The Wister Informer. (Wister, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 20, 1904 Page: 2 of 8
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Tho only hi«M grade Baking: Pov.'dor
me'er/n rr. ;.ri •.
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Guatsmala'd c.az
Manuel Estrada Cabrera. v o has
been re-electe.l for a Ter.n of s'.x
yiais as president of Guatemala, h:
corao to be known as> i,iu ' i i.-' o.'
his country." From 1W2 t«j livn,
when Cabrera was fir«t < '• t< 1 p r
dent Guatemala was i:i a ■ c-ontir.ml
turmoil of revolutions. But for six
years there lias been remaiKabV
l eaeo under the present ruler. Tie
republic has rlore than l.:!oo s-.-ho: 1
has coffee for its chief agricultural
rtaple and has mineral wealth, be-
sides many possibilities not yet d
veloped. Before hi ; election Presi-
dent Cabrera had been a lawyer by
profession and is a man of education
and culture. Every pre: ident k< for<?
Cabrera for sixty years had been a
military officer.
Tags Valuable in Jaundice.
Ksg* nrr the only food for per.. oni
lfBic*ed with jaundice.
Prizes for Wintfcv/ Gardening.
Paris offers pri'.es for wl:ieow era*"-
l?-iirg.
JUST ONE DAY
free From the Slugger Brought Cut
a Fact.
"During the time I was a coffce
drinker,"' says an Iowa woman. *1 was
nervous, had spells with my heart,
smothering: spells, headache, stoin-
aeh trouble, liver and kidney trouble.
1 did not know for > cars what. m£de
me have those spells. I would fre-
quently sink away as though my last
hour had come.
"For 27 years I suffered thus and
u ed bottles of medicine enough to set
r.j a drug store—Cipsules and pills
and everything 1 beard of. Spoilt
lots of money but 1 was sick nearly
all the time. Sometimes I was so
nervous I could not hold a plate in
my hands! and other times I thought
1 would surely die silting at the table.
"This went on until about two years
ago when one day 1 did not use any.
coffee and 1 noticed 1 was not so nerv-
ous and told my husband about it.
He "had been telling lue that it might
be the coffee but 1 said 'No. I have
b'^n drinking coffee all ray life and
it cannot be.' But. after this I thought
1 would try and do without and drink
hot water. 1 di«l this for several days,
but cot tired of the hot water and
went to drinking ccffee and as soon
ps I began coffee again I was nervous
again. This prosed that it wa.j the
coffee that caused my troubles.
"We had tried Po-tum but had not
made it right and did not like it, but
now I decided to give it another trial
so I read the directions on the pack-
age carefully and made it after these
directions and it was simply delicious,
so we quit coffee for good and the re
suits ar' wonderful. Before. 1 could
r.ot sleep but now 1 go to bed and
rleep sound, am not a bit nervous
now. but work bard and can walk
miles. Nervous headaches are gone,
ny heart does not bother me any
mere like it did and I don't have any
of the smothering spells and wouid
you bfllovc it? 1 am getting fat. We
drink Poatum now and nothing else
and even my husband s headaches
have disappeared; wc both sleep
sound and healthy now and that's a
blessing." Name given by Postum
Co.. B*ttle Creek, Mich.
l ook for the book, "The Road ta
Wellvi le" in each pkg.
HAS DINGY OFFICIAL ABODE.
British Prime Minister Not Housed
With Magnificence.
A dingy old house in a narrow
cul-de-sac leading out of Whitehall,
London, one of three which form a
slender wedge of drab brickwork in
a magnificent block of buildings—this
is a fair description of the most re-
markable dwelling house in England
—probably in the world, for it is the
center from which, for nearly a cou-
ple of centuries, the far-spreading
pected of traitorous conduct place
their hands in the mouthlike opening.
If the stone tit their fingers the pris-
oner* were deemed guilty.
Exterior of No. 10 Downing Street.
British empire has been governed,
and where generations of prime miif
ist.ers have made their home.
A couple or centuries ago Downing
street consisted of "four or five very
large, well-built houses fit for persons
of honor and quality, each house hav-
ing a pleasant prospect into St.
James' park, with a terrace walk";
and it was one of these houses which
George II offered to WalpoJe, the
premier, as a personal gift; and from
that day (o this No. 10 Downing street
has teen the residence of successive
prime ministers, and under its roof
half a century of cabinets have met-
Smallest Electric Motor.
The smallest electric motor in the
a-or Id has been built by a watchmaker
whosStwork has trained him to handle
delicate machinery with the exquisite
care required in making a motor that
moves with all the regularity of a big
machine, and yet is so small that its
owner wears it as a scarf-pin.
Viewed from a little distance, the
article has the appearance of a very
valuable and rather curiously-designed
pin. It is only when standing near to
it that its nature can be discovered.
The first thing to attract attention
is the buzzing of the machine, which,
by means of a current obtained from a
small battery carried in the vest pock-
et, is kept in operation at a high rate
of speed, with a noise like a bee buz-
zing.
Traitors' Stone.
A curious specimen of the famous
Traitors' Stone of Rome is still pre-
served in England. It is a large round
piece of sandstone, much of the ap-
pearance of a millstone, with a few
apertures which make it bear a faint
resemblance to the human face. At
oaf period in Roman history it was
the < nstom to have all nersons sus-
WORN DURING CIVIL WAR.
Woman's Bonnet That Was Consid-
ered Pretty at That Time.
A return of the wartime styles is
among the most, convincing fashion
prophecies for the near future, and
already many touches characteristic
of that, period have begun to creep
into our frocks and millinery.
But what are wartime fashions? asks
the younger generation.
Well, here is a summer headdress
discovered for you in a copy of Godey's
Lady's Book of the civil war-period.
How do you like it? It is described
as "a combination of Marie Louise
oltje reps silk and black lace. The cur-
tain is deT?p, but not pointed; boquet
of open water lil?<.s, a j^eaniy whitq
on the right side."
Romance of a Box.
The wife of a painter named Ourv,
residing at Conde-sur-Marne, France,
has just unearthed a .fortune in a
ctrange way. Eight years ago, whefl
her husband's parents died, he re-
ceived, among other things, a box.
His wife, iu dusting the room, let it!
fall. When she picked it up she dis-l
covered that the bottom lay on the
floor.
The box had a double bottom, and
between the two was a small zinc box
containing Rente certificates for $2,-
200. No interest has been paid on
these for in ore than half a century,
so that the total, value of the treasure
is now considerable. It is believed
that the box once belonged to a bun
glar.
A Harmony in Horn.
This curious table has a top of
wood, but the legs and nearly every
article upon it excepting the cigars
and pencils are made of horns. In the
vicinity of Livingston, Mont., were
formerly ranges whercL thousands of
elk grazed. The elk sheds its horns
regularly, and in many places hundreds
of antlers have been picked Up on a
small area of ground. A mechanic in
Livingston conceived the idea of mak-
ing the horns into various articles of
use, and the table represents one of
his Ideas.
The legs are made of one pair of
antlers. Upon tho table are cigar
holders, inkstand, pen hotter, ash tray
and several other useful and ornamen-
tal articles, and all are composed of j
(he horns except thrash tray and ink-1
stand, which were made from a part |
of an elk's hoof. Not only tables but ,
chairs and other kinds of furniture arc j
made of horn framework, and a house
in tho city is surrounded by an oik' j
horn fence.—New York Herald.
PRAISE FOR MINT JULEP.
New York Newspaper Rhapsod'set^^^
Over Summer Drink.
Vl:e Jingle of ices -the ruby-tint nljtve> was
v
Tho half-burned jewels far dow
it found
the glass.
Small wonder tho heat-ridden wret- «nd of
should buy it,
And sip of its content , unstoadied .
alas! ,ness
How dear to my heart Is the drink oi
my manhood
When Jimmy, the fiarkccpr present:
it to view;
The sparkle, tho mint leaves—(lie
drink that a man should
Toss right to the spot when refresh
ment is due.
—New York Telegraph.
Clock Was Polite.
Gerald Balfour -of the British cabi-
net opined a ijew market hall ir
J.( (is the other day. The opening
was fixed for 12 o'clock exactly. The
large clock in the center of the mar
ket was so manipulated that it shouli
strike the hour immediately on tlif
guests taking their seats. Mr. Bal
four, accompanied by the civic fath-
ers, arrived late. The clock liad~4i«
duty to perform and it meant, to do it.
As the guests took their seats it bold
Iv el iriged out the hour—twenty-live
minutes late.
How Many Feathers on Hen?
A New York concern has just
closed a unique guessing contest in
which the contestants were required
to e ttmaie the number of feathers on
a heir. Many estimates in the hun-
dreds of thousands were received, sev-
eral in the millions., the highest esti-
mate being 600,060,017. The correc/
answer was found it) be 8.120.
Historic Vermont Tavern.
Of the eight taverns in Bennington
Vt.. that entertained man and beast
prior to and after the revolution, only
one, what was known as the Harmon
tavern, is now standing.
This tavern was built about 17G0 by
Daniel Harmon and for nearly a cen-
tury it was kept by himself or some
M
Harmon Inn
of his descendants. It was on th*
direct stago line between Troy and
Montreal an(f Brattleboro for many
years, and had a wide reputation.
For fifty years it has not been occu-
pied, except as a storehouse, and is
rapidly going to pieces.
It was in this house that Gen. John
Stark took his breakfast the morning
of the battle of Bennington, after
leaving his camp and marching to
meet the British forces.
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Matthews, Jesse. The Wister Informer. (Wister, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 20, 1904, newspaper, August 20, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc127764/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.