The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 209, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 20, 1907 Page: 4 of 8
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The Shawnee ews
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1907
Txy a Want Ad
CURRENT VERSE.
Where Prairie Breeze* Blow.
0 the .scent of the saK« cornea drifting
down on the breath of a prairie
breeze.
From the plains where the bunch gran*
ripples brown, like the waves of the
summer .seas.
And the dear, sweet smell of th« hillside
pines, and the cottonwoods that grow
In canyons deep, comes home to me when
the west winds gently blow.
1 ean see the bulk of a milling herd in the
rain clouds massing black
(By tho angry brouth of the storm wind
stirred) and riders on its track;
I can hear the rush of a mad stampede
when the lightnings flash and glow
And wild hoofs beating the prairie sod.
when the stirring west winds blow
O for the feel of a braldnd rein and the
plunge of a prairie steed,
And i.ie brave, true hearts that the open
plain and the wind swept mountains
breed.
O for the days on the long divides, and
nights by the ramp fire's glow,
Hard ..r the trail of the herds that roam
where the prairie breezes blow.
—Bernard W. Sinclair, In the Bohemian.
The North Wind's Mustering.
FYom the dark of the boreal seas.
Prom the midnight morn of the pole.
To the sands of youi southland leas,
Where sweltering cities roll;
From the still of the ("aves of the Cold,
To the resonant marches of men,
By the wind that runs, I summon my sons
To the arms of the north again.
To the ships of the scurrying main
Where the stern wheels southward
thrum,
To the lands of the Sun and the Rain,
On the wings of the dark I come;
And never thy Love, nor the lure
Of thy Fame shall make thee free.
For a sail or a soui, at my rallying roll.
Must turn to the North with me.
Ye hsve fathomed the fines of the Fast
And the reach of the West ye know,
And the wilds of the Earth, as the beast.
Te have tamed to the whip and the hoe.
But the breath of my pltlles# plains
Ye have faced—Ye have failed of the
goal;
And the drums of the North, they shall
summon ye forth.
Till ye win to the prise of the Pole!
—Chester Firkins, in the Metropolitan
Magazine.
The Brokan Vii#.
This vase, where the white rose dies,
By touch of a wing was oleft.
Grazing It, song bird wise;
No sound revealed the reft
The slight the secret wound
Has grown from day to day,
Stealthily creeping around
Biting the crystal away.
Its dew no more protects
The rose, that hangs forgot
Dying—yet none suspects.
'Tls broken—touch it not
A hand we love may wound
By touch in gentlest guise.
Then, with no sign, no sound.
The heart breaks, and love dies.
The world sees not. nor knows;
But the heart's one wounded spot
Weep.- life blood, and deepens and grows;
Tls broken—touch It not.
—From Bully Prudhomme, by Curtis Hid-
den Page, in the Metropolitan.
A Little While Ago.
There comes a song In summer days,
A low and tremulous refrain;
Tls murmured in the leafy ways
And In the dropping of the rain.
It tells of pleasures all complete.
The Joys of which only youth may know.
And swings Into this burden sweet,
" 'Twas such a little while ago."
Bach weed bloomed delicately fair.
And life was only made for song.
The world was Ailed with treasures rare
That waited for the brave and strong—
And all are brave when love Is young,
And all are strong In hope's flrst glow;
How stoutly was the challenge flung
To fate, a little while ago
And whatsoe'er the years may bring—
Bo sing the zephyr and the rain—
The popples left all withering
Are dearer than thn garnered grain.
Though toil and care through field or mart
Plod on forgetfully and slow,
Youth's sweetness lingers near the heart
And seems a little while ago.
—Washington Evening Star
Home at Evening.
0ee, dear, the old blind singer, lame, foot-
sore,
Orope doubtfully along the emptying
street.
His mute face searching ever, yet his
feet
Feeling their conscious way to his own
door.
What the eyes lack, the sharpened ears
restore;
His sense Is keen to catch the delicate
beat
Which minute ripples of the air repeat—
A stir of guiding wings, unfelt before.
'There is a sight in blindness." and a
strength
Out of deficiency, confirming us.
Poor In all else, my very want of the#
Did walk before my steps, until at length.
World Btalned and worn, I came—O
marvelous!
Unto thy heart all warmed and lit for
me.
—Algernon Tassln, In The Reader.
Holy Land.
This Is the earth he walked on; not alont
That Asian country keeps the saored
stain;
'Tls not alone the far Judean plain,
Mountain and rlverl lx , the sua that
shone
On Him shines now on us; when day is
gone
The moon of Galilee comes forth again
And lights our path as His; an endless
ohaln
Of years and sorrows make the round
world one.
Ths air we breathe. He breathed-the
very nlr
That took the mold and music of Hit
high
And godlike speech Since then shall
mortal dare
With base thought from the ever-sa
cred sky —
Soil with foul deed the ground whereos
He laid
in holy death His pule Immortal head!
—Richard Watson OMder.
The Fool'e Mother.
When 1—the fool-am dead.
There will be one to stand above mj
head,
Her wan lips yearning toward my quiet
lips
That stung her soul so oft with blttei
cries.
And 1 shall feel forgiving fingertips
And 1 shall hear her saying with her
sighs:
"This fool I mothered sucked a bitter
breast;
His life was fever and hie soul was fire;
O l.urnlnK Kool! O re.tl... Fool at re«t!
None knew but I how deep your aoul
could sink!"
• John G N'ihardt, In MeCI tire's Maga
fine.
rut htr M rw
jhLL iUli AN tLElillON
io the public, greeting:
Whereas pursuant to an ael of con .
vba, entitled
'An art to enable the people ol j
.ilahoma and of the Indian Terrltor. i
form a constitution and stai-
vein meat and be admitted Into th. ,
lion ou an equal . ailing with ti •
iginal states; and to enable th
•ople of New Mexico and of Arlzon
, form a constitution and stale gov
onient and be admitted Into the ui
n on an equal fooling with the
rlglnal states."
Approvt U June 1C, 1906, and hereih
fter referred to as the "Enabling
ct,M delegates were duly elected, an<
Whereas, said delvgateg so elected
Id, on the second Tuesday after theli
aid election, meet at the city of
iuthrle, tho seat of government of
said Oklahoma Territory, and organ
ze as a convention, and
Whereas, after such organization
said delegates, in convention assent
bled, did declare that they adopted
the constltutio:> of the United States
on behalf of the people of the pro-
posed state of Oklahoma, and
Whereas, said constitutional con-
vention did, by ordinance Irrevocable,
accept the terms and conditions of
said enabling act, and
Whereas, said convention did there
upon form a constitution and state
government for said proposed state
of Oklahoma, and
Whereas, In pursuance of a resolu-
tion of said convention, the said con-
stitution of said proposed state ef
Oklahoma engrossed and enrolled up-
on parchment, signed by the officers
of said convention and certain mem-
bers thereof, and attested by the sec-
retary of the Territory of Oklahoma
under the great seal of said Territory
Oklahoma, was on the 22nd day of
July, A. D., 1907, filed In the office
of said secretary and Is now on file
in said office, and
Whereas> said convention did, after
said constitution and state govern,
ment for said proposed state of Ok
lahoma had been so formed as afore-
said, provide by ordinance, as amend-
ed on the 15tBh day of July, A. D.,
1907, entitled
"An onliiance providing for an
election at which the proposed con-
stitution for the proposed state of Ok-
lahoma shall be submitted to the peo.
pie thereof for ratification or rejec
tion, and submitting separately to
the people of the proposed state ef
Oklahoma the proposed prohibition
article making, subsequently, the
terms of the enabling act uniformly
applicable to the entire state for rati
Icatlon or rejection, and for the
election of certain state, district,
county and township oBcers provided
fer by said proposed constitution, and
for the election of members of the leg
islature of said proposed state of Ok-
lahoma, and five representatives te
congress."
For submitting said proposed cou
atitutlon to the people of said pro.
tween the hours ef said day fixed by
law, at which elections the qualified
electors for said proposed state of Ok.
lahoma shall vote directly for or
against the said proposed constitu-
tion, and for or against the separate
provision separately submitted
aforesaid, and for any and all of the
elective officers for a full state gov.
ernnaent, state, district, county and
towashlp, and members of the legis-
posed state and Tor its ratification or
rejection at an election to be Meld at
time fixed in said amended ordi-
aance, to-wit, on the 17th day of Sep-
tember, A. D., 1907, at which election
the qualified voters for said proposed
state shall vote directly for or against
said proposed constitution, and for or
against any provisions separately sub-
mitted, and
Whereas, by said amended ordi-
nance it is provided, that, at said
election, a separate provision adopted
by said convention, and for or against
any provisions separately submitted
and
Whereas, by said amended ordi.
nance it is provided, that ,at said
election, a separate provision adopted
by said convention, that is to say, a
proposition as to whether ir not the
manufacture, sale, barter, giving away
Humor and Philosophy
By DUNCAN M. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Suppose George Washington told hl«
mother the straight of It when she
asked him If be had been In swim-
ming?
Many a man has been talked
death and lived to tell about It.
Arret
I The grass widow is a great lady to
Be Used This brown velvet—centered with a large make hay whlje the BUn Bhine*
headed pin is set on the brim a littla [ —
High treason Is usually accounted a
low trick.
Soft Fet Hoods Will
Fall.
Th.- soft felt hood used so exten- to the 13ft of the front, and along the
sively in last year's millinery appears side of the brim aad extending out
again this season, but manipulated in over th« crown a trifle are a pair of Well, the man who can*t stand proa-
such entirely different ways that one large brown wings. The wings seem parity Is In a position to select his
scarcely recognizes it as an old friend ( a trifle large for the size of the bat eaay chair.
Its best development is in th form ( but this is a feature of many of the *"*
of a small loqu \ The pointed sugar ( smartest hats of the season. The wouj(j ^ wjjj.
loaf crown is folded and dented over: larger the wings, th«^ smarter, and, to ^ tor
the flat frame of the toque, and th« I of course, the more expensive. A hat « cause provld-
brlm covered plain, as Illustrated in J of this kind could be easily turned ed they could
th • accompanying picture, where the, out by the honi • milliner at a trifling
color scheme is a soft shade of golxpense considering what the high ^ watch
den brown. A large soft rosette of class shops ask for such a mod«*l. 'that doesn't
' ——tell the right
time le a lie on
ship officers, provided for by the pro-
visions of Buid constitution, members
of the legislature and five representa-
tives to congress, and
Whereas, said amended ordinance,
certified by the president and secre.
tary of Bald convention, was on the
22nd day of July, A. D., 1907, filed in
the office of the secretary of said
Territory of Oklahoma and is now on
file in said office, and
Whereas. Section twenty-one (21)
of said amended ordinance makes it
The democratic papers of the terri-
the face of it
tories are a hard set to please. Before j
the state republican convention they ^ wjj0 wishes to remain In the
were clamoring for the rank and file bnslness will cast about for a rich
to "turn down the old bosses" and father-ln-Iaw.
now they ape frothing because the old ~~
i When a young man begins looking
timers were turned down and a new oyer ^ ads lt 8afe t0 u,
regime placed In control of the party ,j,at ha ha9 BOmethlng on his mind.
machinery. j —
Here are just a few things the re.;
publicans stand for and the demo-,
crats oppose. Separate schools, just J
the duty of the governor of the Ter-'taxation, equity between capital and
ritory of Oklahoma to issue proclama-; labor, high wage*, sound money, rigid (
tlon giving the public notice of the regulation of trns s and combinations,'
time and place of holding said elec. protection for the farmer as well
tion, j manufacturer and operative, good
Now, Therefore, I Frank Frantz, \ toads, good schools and good g ver i-'
governor of the Territory of Oklaho-1 ment.
ma, by authority of said amended or-
diuance, do hereby make proclama-1 Rottenness and graft have been
tion giving notice that the elections, rampant in Pottawatomie county in
hereinbefore mentioned and provided the past under democratic mirule and
for will be held In each and all elec- it is for the best interests of the peo-j
tion and voting precincts In each and pie that the-/ guard against these evils
every county and district in and iQ the future. They can do this by \
throughout the said proposed state of electing the clean and able county
Oklahoma, on Tuesday, the 17th day ticket which tfie republicans have put
of September, A. D., 1907, at and be- in the field.
lature aud represntatlves to congress1
hereinbefore mentioned.
The Stern Reality.
Where th® water lilies lie
Underneath the azure sky,
Nodding to the water weed,
There Is where mosquitoes breed.
Where the Ashes shake and grind
In the wanton, willful wind.
There Is where the creeping crab
Walts your searching hand to oak
Where the turtles In a row
Watch the wavelets come and
There's a sunken bowlder dark
Waiting to upset your bark.
On the banks the grasses sweet.
Waving, welcome straying feet.
But the garter snake is there
Basking in the sunny air.
Tlsn't safe to climb a tree.
For the poison vines In glee
O'er the trunk their tendrils trail
And their baleful breath fnrhaie.
Only thing a man can do
Is to swear a time or two.
Pay his bill and get away.
Thankful he don't have to stay.
Lost Opportunity.
••What was he doing when his
Vote for Frantz and the republican Bcked him?"
in Witness Whereof, I have here.! t|#Ket wr ck.an ftnd ab(e g<m.rnInerl. -NotHln'."
unto set my hand and caused the No go|d brjcka or Kraf[pr8 uf suppos. he la crying with right-
great seal of the Territory of Oklaho- bogBes are (q h(j <m Uck(>t Indignation."
a to be affiled thereto, at the Ciy of ^ ^ ^ "N* h, to
Guthrie, County of Logan. Territory incompetency and cor- ^lik^yw^
of Oklahoma, th.s 24th day of July, | of ^ ^ and
A D PHANT7 ithey WlU f!"d 11 ln the republican Juit to Ple.se Her.
J' ' ticket which has a set of able men "A man should always take his
Governor of the Territory of Okla- j frQm top to bottom who arg kaown wife's advice."
homa.
(SEAL)
Attest:
'
1 for their integrity and character.
CHARLES H. FILSON, If there is any more hypocritical ^ 1 ^
Secretary of Oklahoma Territory.; dope originating from the Haskell *ou 110
—————— j camp like that charging the republic-1
• j ans with fighting satehood and tho
In the state campaign th- charge that o'
of the Haskell forces that the repub-!of^ , tUrxl |
licans are fighting statehood is one
more example of the low, irrespon-
sible mai> Haskell. The truth is that
stamped by leaders of their own par-
ty as grafters, needs to be organized.
Such str'eraents coming from Has-
kell headqharters only adds to the
the republican party has made many | bad oplnkm ^ thfi already
sacrifices In order to get statehood. j haTe q{ ^ democratlc tlcke.
not the least of which is acecpting i
a constitution that is celarly thej
work of a political trickster and! The wretched condition of the
against the best interests of Oklaho ' democrats of Pottawatomie county
ma. How different the republican was never more strikingly illustrated
stand that every voter should have j than when they allowed Lincoln
or otherwise furnishing intoxicating ^ privilege of deciding for himself j county with a great deal l^ss repre-
llquors shall be prohibited in said pre.
posed state for a period of twenty-oie, cv<jry man mugt wlth Haske„
or be branded as an outlaw.
• YQU DON'T HAVE TO
® Sometimes when sickneaa Is In the family and a physician has
m
been called in and a prescription written, you have noticed the
W name of some particular druggist printed on the paper on which
2k the doctor writes the prescription.
tfj) This does not mean that you are compelled to take your pre-
scription to the druggist whose name appears on the paper. It is
recognized the world over that a patient has the privilege of tak-
ing the prescription to any drug store that he prefers.
The prescription department in our store is always watched
over by a registered pharmacist; a dfcetort prescriptions are al-
ways filled exactly according to the ay he intended they should
be filled.
i lt is a great relief to a man when he
sees a policeman coming up the steps
of his residence to find that the officer
to looking for a lost boy or something
of the sort
You can't convince the man who is
' getting $12 a week and who thinks he
should be getting more that thirteen
Is an unlucky number.
j Btrange things happen, but don't look
to see the burglars' union strike tot
! daylight hours.
See the Resemblance?
A man of words and not of deeds
Is like a garden filled with weeds.
A man of deeds and not of words
Is like a bird cage full of birds.
P. 8.—We do not know Just why he I*
tat anyway the rhyme sounds all right
Valuable Secret
•"Does he belong to any secret so-
cieties T
"Only the Sons of Rest"
"What is secret about thatf*
**Only the secret of being able to lire
without work."
Place to Jump In.
MHe didn't call on her the eeeeod
years from the date of its admission
into the union, and thereafter uBtll
the people of the state shall other-
wise provide by amendment of said
constitution and proper state legisla-
tion, the said proposition being "Shall
the Provisions for State-wide Prohibl-
tioa be Adopted?" and
Whereas, it is provided by said
amended ordinance, that, at the time
aad place of said election for the rati,
flcation or rejection of said proposed
constitution, there shall be held
election for officers for
and that of the Haskell party that mentation to nominate their man over
William Blessing, the Pott countv
candidate. The democratic party is
torn with dissension and the people
want a change. Vote the republican
And how would y. like to vow for tlck(,t from top tQ boUom
a grafter like Charles West, the dem-
ocratic nominee for attorney general
who is suing the state for $7,500.00
for a few months' service, after al
ready receiving a big fee for services
that many a lawyer would have nc-
Mr. Haskell is a party minority
candidate, Governor Frantz is thr
unanimous^ choice of his party. Mr
Haskell got his nomination by a
cepted at less and done more good? count that is not considered a true
With me like Boas Haskell, "West, one by any person in the two terri-
as the grafting attorney," and Gold tories, Governor Frantz got his nom.
full state Brick McAlester, how ridiculous it is inatlon by acclamation without a dis-
government, including ail of the elec- for the democrats to ask the people senting voice—and it will be sustain-
tive state, district, county and town- to put th^m in power! [ed Sept. 17th. |
Comes Natural.
For acting out a §ober part
A Chinaman might do.
For when he learns a pleoe by 1
Be can't forget bis queu*.
I> 'v * «<>«•
LITTLE
DRU6 STORE
I WALLACE MANN
I
WITH
i %s
' it
Opposite City Hall
TRvUTGVCVITSTTT fNll
i BI6 TRADE X ®
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For Rent
Modem Flats of 6 rooms each—Nos. 14 and IP—East
Tenth Street. Also Modern Rooming House, corner of
Bell and Tenth Street.
Inquire Dr. J. H. Scott, Whittaker Bldg., or Con
servative Loan and Abstract. Compauy, c rner of Broad-
way and Main.
See
Harry
Johnson
If you are in need of awn-
ings of any kind. For
store fronts, for windows,
business or dwelling, he
handles all kinds in the
celebrated Cog Gear Rol-
ler Awning. No chains
to rust or break. They
are the best awnings that
money can buy.
PHONE 459
123 NORTH BEARD.
YOU CAN POINT
to the savings bank with pride, es-
pecially if you have an account there.
A man with a savings account knows
the great benefits he derives from
having money in the bank.
The Union Savings Bank is a safe
place to keep your money. It allows
interest at the rate of 4 per cent per
annum, and is wisely and conserva-
tively managed.
$1.00 STARTS AN ACCOUNT.
UNION SAVINGS BANK
"Not if he loves her. If things turn
oat wrong, it humiliates ho* If her
advice has been taken, and deprive
PHQ1N"E TI 2 I Cor. Okla. & Ninth Streets
Taylor Lumber Company
POD FIRST-CLASS BUILDING MATERIAL
•Satisfaction Guaranteed"
E. A. Bradfield, Mgr | G fVR USACALL
Your Winter Coal
Best McAlester Lump Coal at Wholesale
Prices Until August I 5th, I 907.
Store your coal now. I will buy it back if
Natural Gas is put in.
ROODHOUSE The Coal Man
I 07 West Main
Phone 800
The flrst time he called she
gave him minute directions for finding
the lake.**
Urging Him On.
"Is Jack going to marry MaryT
"No doubt of it. She has refused
him twice already."
Some Choice.
-Don't yon hate to break bad aewaf
"Tea, bnt I would rather do it tha«
BINDER & HINZE
Dealers in
Shell Hardware and Household Goods
1-2 gal. Mason j irs 7Sc doz. Cut priccs on gasoline stoves
1-4 gil. Mason jars 6Sc doz. 510.00 Refrigerators $7.00
Phone 183
506 East Main Street
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