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AN OKLAHOMA MULHATTON.
The Following Lie Beats Any of
the Fishing Season.
It will be remembered that Turn
King, the noted female bandit, broke
jail in Oklahoma City last. fall. 1U-
cently sh« had the same success in
escaping from prison at El Keno.
Sheriff Jackson of Canadian county
now has her in charge having recapt-
ured her near Fredonia, Kansas.
When she was first arrested and con
fined in El Reno she wa3 robed in the
apparel of her sex and rode side sad
die when brought into town. She
protested her innocence to all her
visitors and said she was guiltless of
any wrongdoing. She was in a flood
of tears all the time and refused to eal
and could not be comfortcJ. She
carried herself with such womanly
modesty and adroitness toward the
jailor that the fellow became smitten
by her charms and her liberty was in
sight. One night while a storm was
ragiug two horses were brought, to the
rear of the jail, and in a few minutes
Tom and her smitten guard were
astride the horses and away in the
storiu. In three days the poor fellow!
was abandoned and one of the blood-
hounds put on their trail which was
afterwards found dead with a note
fastened to one ear by a hairpin giving
warning of the same fate to those who
dared to pursue.
Mrs. Mundis isa southwest Missouri
product, born and reared in the se-
clusion of the Ozark mountains, re-
mote from civilization or the influences
ot society, schools or churches. Her
parents were not considered lawless,
although her father, old Tom King, it
is believed, operated a small still and
peddled contraband whisky among the
settlers who at an early day inhabited
the Ozarks of Missouri.
The daughter was a daring girl from
early childhood, and would go on long
hunting expeditions alone. She was
known for miles around, and the early
pioneers would spill their blood for her
on the slightest provocation. It is
said that before she was 14 she eloped
with a lover of doubtful reputation,
and who afterwards proved to be a
notorious horsethief wanted for years
by federal authorities in the Iudian
Territory. She followed her desper-
ado lover in many exploits, and one
night while camped in a grove of trees
on the South Canadian and surrounded
by a posse of deputy United States
marshals, she stood by the side of her
outlaw husband and handled a Win-
chester as dexterously as brave trooper.
When her husband fell, pierced by a
bullet, she mounted her steed and es-
caped to the Wichita mountains where
she has been a hunted woman ever
since; with a big price on her head.
She is a woman of more than medium
height, weighs perhaps 140 pounds, is
of rather preposessing appearance and
when attired in the habiliinrnts of her
sex is an ordinary good looking woman
and with the clothes she has secreted
in her rendezvous, she has been enabled
to elude her pursuers on more than one
occasion. Fearless as a Comanche, a
dead shot, a skilled rider, and with re-
markable physical endurance, she is not
constantly annoyed by deputies.
The story is told of her that at Pauls
Valley last summer a ball was in prog-
ress at the hotel where she was stoppiug
and she was invited to dance by the
gentleman who knows Ft. Smith when
he sees it. During this terpsichorean
amusement he confided to his next
partner that he was was an otlicer in
search of the notorious "Tom King"
who it was believed was hiding in that
section. She imparted this infor-
mation to the sleuth hound that if he
would meet her in the yard at 1 o'clock
she would give him news of the great
horse thief. At the appointed hour the
deputy strolled out into the yard.
There he met his partner of the ball
room, mounted on his own horse, and
after politely requesting him to hand
over his weapons she galloped away.
At one time she was negotiating for
a large livery and feed stable in Sapul-
pa, in the Cherokee nation, repre
sented herself to be a wealthy ranch-
man from Texas, and was rigged out
in high heeled boots, ponderous spurs
aud the regulation sombrero. In the
negotiation the owner revealed the fact
that he had some very line animals on
a ranch not very far away, attended
by a Creek negro. That night she
went to the pasture, stole the lmrses
and ran them off. She returned to Sa
pulpa in a few d lys as a handsome
woman, finely dressed, and solicited
subscriptions lor a book publishing
house. In some way she put the offi-
cers on a false scent, and the horses
were never captured.
Three years ago during the light
that was waged in tho Cherokee na-
tion between the factions of that
tribe in the election of a chief, and
which was later carried into the
council, she appeared as one of the
prominent workers of the Nays fac-
tion, and labored in the interest of her
friends. She was the brains of the
fight, and in every transaction where
cunning and trickery were necessary
she was consulted in every detail.
She rode out of the Cherokee capital
one day on a stolen horse. She does
pot steal horses for the revenue it
brings her. It is a mania. She le-
came Mr*. Mundis by h r ra irriage to
a liveryman of that name in Guthrie,
but is known Ihronghon', the west an
"Tom King," Ihe name of her fathnr.
- Oklahoma City Oklahoman.
INDIAN TERRITORY
COURTS.
by
other as to the political situation.
Robin Pann, or Tahlequah, was
elected permanent chairifftll of tlie
convention and W. W. Hastings sec-
retary. The second day, Tuesday,
Major Kidd and Captain McKennon
of .tiie Dawes commission addressed
the convention. Aft/ r explaining:
tiie proposition submit'ed through
Chief Harris to tiie Cheulicc pet pie
these gentlemen gave three reasons
why the United States deslreil a
I change in our form of government.
' 1. The white people residing among
us had no educational facilities. 2.
Crime was too prevalent and it cost
tiie United States to., much to main-
tain tlie courts for the purpose of en
forcing the laws extended over tiie
territory. 3. Iu prevent monopoly
of the lauds of tiie various tribes.
They advatued tiie same old argu-
ment or rather used ( lie same t hreats,
that in case we did not at once pro-
ceed to negotiate with them, they
would send to tiie interior depart-
was something like town | ment such a report of our obstinacy
The first proposition plac ed and method of regulating our altairs,
Determination of Locations
the House Judiciary
Conunittee.
Washington, Aug. 17.—The judi-
ciary committee of tiie house held a
meeting to take up the bill providing
addi'lonal court facilities for the In-
dian Territory. The committee had
previously given two days' hearings
on the bill, and it was proposed today
to make final recommendations for a
report.
The leading trouble seemed to be
ntered in tiie matter of determin-
g locations for courts. This
brought on a fight, the nature of
which
fight
be
ASTHMA,
Distressing Cough,
SOKE JOINTS
muscles.
Despaired
OF RELIEF.
CUBED ltY
fore the connnitte was to select a that congress would proceed toanrii-
location fur a court to be held on what
is known as the''West Side," on the
Rock Island road. Duncan and
Chickasha were the two towns to be
voted for. Duncan is located twelve
miles south of the center line of the
district, and Chickasha twenty-four
miles north, but the latter claimed
to be the ccnter of population of the
judicial district. The vote in the
committee stood four to tlve in favor
of Chickasha. '1 hose voting for Dun-
can were Wolverton, Boatner, Bailey
and Lay ton. De Ariuond had prom-
ised, according to the claims of the
Duncan contingent, to support their
town, and lie was present, but con-
luded that he would simply answer
as "present" and not vote. Those in
favor of Chickasha wereOates, W. A.
Stone of Pennsylvania, Bay, Broder-
ick, Powers and Childs. This settled
the West Side contest in favor of
Chickasha as against Duncan.
The next proposition was whether
or not the town of Purcell should be
selected for one of the locations in
which court should be held. The
Purcell light has been in the hands
of Col McClain, of that town, and he
had insisted that a majority of the
committee would be for his town, but
on a vote it appeared that he had
but two members. Tliey were Wol-
vertoa and Boatner, while the re-
mainder of the committee were
against Purcell.
It was decided unanimously that
Vinita should be made one of the
places for holding court. This was
the on'y real change made in the
senate bill, which as passed provides
that courts be held at Muskogee,
Ardmore, South McAlester and
Chickasha The bill as agreed to be
reported will add Vinita to the list
of places at which courts shall be held.
There are some other changes also
in the bill, the most important of
which is the provision preventing
any one to bring suit against an In-
dian tribe. Representative Bailey
has been very much interested in
having the provision found in the
senate bill retained for the reason as
explained by hiin, that he has a client
who hopes to collect from one of the
tribes a fee of $11,001). This being
his personal situation, he has insisted
all the while that the law should be
so arranged that he would be able to
enter suit against a tribe, so that he
could get his fee. But the commit-
tee concluded that this provision
would invite litigation against the
tribes and result in designing white
men getting up contracts in which
the tribes would be entangled in a
financial way. After a hot discus-
sion this provision was removed. Mr.
Bailey was very angry about this
change, and after the committee had
agreed upon the report that would
be made on the bill he insisted that
he would sec to it that the bill does
not pass this session. In view of the
fact that the house will not be able
to show a quorum again during the
session, it is fairly certain that
Bailey will be able to defeat the bill
by carrying out his threat to refuse
unanimous consent.
Some of the members of the com-
mittee are not in a good humor over
the fact that Bailey will refuse unani-
mous consent for consideration of t he
bill, and will, in fact, light a report
made by the committee, because it
will not contain a provision that will
enable him personally to collect from
one of the Indian tribes the amount
$11,000. , After the committee meet-
ing some of them tried to induce him
not to mingle his personal interests
in the legislative work to this extent,
but he positively refused to be com-
forted under the circumstances, and
promised to waylay the bill and pre-
vent its passage this session.
The Commission to the Cherokees.
The Downing convention convened
iu its regular annual session last Mon-
day, principally for the purpose of
making the nominations of candi-
dates for the offices of principal and
chiefs and judges of the northern
and middle judicial circuit. Little
was accomplished the first day except
to organize and confer with eacU
hilite us with one "fell sweep." 'Ill
refused to enter into a discussion and
regarded it as impertinent to even
presume that t he representatives ot
a great government would debate, or,
as they termed it, "wrangle" the
question. It. was enough, they said,
that it is thus and so, and if we es-
sayed to doubt it, we were then and
there convicted of contempt and the
congress of the U united States would
soon inflict the punishment. The
third day was devoted to routine
work and the making of the nomina-
tions. Hon. S. W. Gray of Canadian,
in a great speech, placed Hon. S. II.
Mayes of Cowecscoowcc, in nomina-
nation as the candidate of the Down-
ing party, for the office of principal
chief. After several seconded the
nomination, he was declared the nom-
inee by acclamation. Hons. Wash
Swimmer, of Saline and Adam Lacy
of Golngsnakc, were placed in nomi-
nation for assistant chief, in speeches
by their friends, pointing out their
respective merits.
The ballot showed that Swimmer
received a majority of the vote's and
was declarce the nominee of the
Downing party. Delegates of the
northern and middle circuits nomi-
nated T. M. Bulllngtcn as the Down-
ing nominee forciecuit judge of the
northern judicial circuit and W. N.
Littlejolin as candidate for tne mid-
dle judicial circuit. Every one was
well p'eased with the work of the
convention.
The National convention nomi-
nated II. 11. lloss for Principal and II.
l\ Landrum for assistant chief.
Judge John Scliimschcr was nomi-
nated for circuit judge nortnern ju-
dicial circuit and M. V. Benge for the
middle judicial circuit. Both con-
ventions have adjourned.—Tahle-
quah Courier.
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CIVIL ENGINEERS.
AN BXCITINO EXPERIENCE,
A Saw foi Life !>«t of ii f'osl S|>riMil-
ing Foreat Fire.
The most exciting expei' \*r.oe I over
had was in a forest flic near Manis-
tee Mich. I had visited a snail lum-
ber camp and retired .o rest in one ot
the bunks provided for the choppers.
I was awakened by a strong light from
the north, and going-outside of the
wooden shanty it seemed to me that
the entire world was on tire. It
cracked and snapped, danced and
jumped as if the demon of'• fire was
holding a high carnival and celebra-
ting the end of the world. From every
6idc could be heard sounds like tho
firing of eannon and the shrieks of dy-
ing human beings. It was the falling
of the boughs and tho sighing of the
winA, but 1 never heard so horrible a
sound, nor witnessed so weird and ter-
rible a sight.
Hastily awakening the other men in
the camp I mounted a horse and fled
from the flames. Hut the lior.se could
not keep pace with the progress of tho
fire. The lurid heuvens looked as
though they were at molten heat; the
air was stifling; the smoke almost suf-
focated me, while falling leaves anil
boughs burued my horse, and the sick-
ening odor of burning flesh added to
the horror. Within two or three hours
I was in an opening, where I was no
longer in danger, but my horse was
badiy injured, while my clothing was
full of holes where embers had struck
me. I will take my chances with cy-
clones or earthquakes, but not with a
burning forest again.
A9 USUAL.
ill*
: TEACHING HIM TO WALTZ.
Iho Gift Who Tried It Will Never
the Attempt A? l i.
Did you ever try to teaeh a man
how to waltz? If yon novor have,
don't attempt it, says tho boston
Globe. One girl went through such
an ordeal, and this is what she says
about it:
••In tho licet place, I stood beside
him, took hold of his hand and tried
to illustrate how the first steps went.
"Then I told him to do as I did,
and ho began to see saw back and
forth like a wild Indian.
••Wheu he whirled around both
arras sprang out, sometimes hitting
mo in tho eyes, and occasionally giv
ing mo a whack In the back of tho
neck.
••His feet made themselves into
Chinese puzzles, llo invariably toed ,
in, walked on his own heols, or olse I the lawyers finger.
pranced around -heel and too1 fashion. < "What are you wearing that string
••lie said that ho had no idea that! for?" inquired the friend.
ho had so little control over his feet. "By George!" exclaimed the lawyer,
"I had to sit dowu every few | "that's to remind me to do an errand
moments to collect my thoughts, / for my wife. I must go do It right
catch my breath and refrain from j away, too, and keep peace in the fain-
growing incurably ci'oss-oyod trying j ily," and he started off for one of the
to keop track of the whereabouts of dry goods stores.
his shoos. It was 'one, two, three, j All the way to the store door the
four1 until my lips became parched i lawyer tried in vain to think what it
■# find Frtffoltan All About What
Wife Wanted.
A few weeks ago a prominent
Washington lawyer left home to
go to his ofllce. His wife asked
him for the fourth consecu-
tive day to do a certain errand
for her at one of the down-town stores.
Iler husband said he would attend to
the matter, provided he did not forget
all about it before he got two squares
from home.
"Let me tlx it so you will not forget
It, my dear," said his wife, as she re-
sorted to the old scheme of tying a
string around his finger.
About 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
lawyer met a gentleman friend on tho
street, and in shaking hands tho
friend noticed a roll of dirty string oa
rhey rwi Not Allow Their ( lerka to Keep
Private Note- llook*.^
"He was the best surveyor and
draughtsman in my employ," said a
well-known civil engineer a few days
ago, referring to a man whom he had
just discharged. "I discovered a short
time ago that he was keeping a pri-
vate note-book, and after notifying
him that he must stop it and again
learning that he was continuing the
practice I, was obliged to discharge
him." x '
1 asked the gentleman to explain
what he meant by "keeping a private
note-book,"
"A surveyor," said he, "in doing a
piece of work makes minutes as he
goes along of the lines he runs, of the
various points markiug tho bounds of
Ihe lands he is surveying and all <mch
4ata as is not only necessary fo.' the
drawing of his plans, but aljc inci-
dentally that which may aid him in
the case of any other survey being
made later on.
This data, yja see, really con-
stitutes a sort of capital or stock
trade, for if the party owning tiie
land ever wishes another surv-jf of It
for any purpose he will Naturally
apply to that same %urVeyor, who,
having these old memoranda, can do
tho work easier and more cheaply
than any other surveyor. Oftentimes,
after many years have elapsed And
old landmarks have passed away,
those minutes bccome very valuable.
Consequently a civil engineer al-
ways wisfles to keep those in his own
hands, and men in his employ are not
allowed to make copies of minutes ol
surveys which they make while in his
employ. Otherwise an old employe,
in leaving and setting up in business
for himself, could carry away a large
slice of his employer's business.
SPITTING SERPENTS.
An Oklahoma Divorce Case.
Perry, O. T.,Aug. Hi. Oklahoma'
lax divorce laws, which are drawing
hundreds of victims ot m-s-alliaices
here to settle their difficulties have
resulted in a big sensation.
"I,o d" Hrook, said to be of a noble
English family, who has been selling
warrants in this city was yesterday
arrested on thechargeof illicit cohabi-
tation with Mrs. Parker.
Here is where Oklahoma's disgrace-
ful divorce laws comes into the story.
Sometime ngo Mrs. Parker came to
this city from the eas*, informing her
people that she was going to take a
claim. Upon ariiving at Perry her
lirst action it is alleged, was to insti-
tute proceedings for a divorce from
her husband, E. E. Parker, formerly
of Vermont and later from Chicago,
who is no.v iu this city. It is further
alleged that, during the pendency of
the divorce proceeding*, she was in
constant communication with her hue-
band and that she gave him no hint
that she had tiled an application for a
divorce. It is alleged tint she went
into court and made oath that she had
no knowledge of the whereabouts of
her husband and was therefore unable
to serve notice on him. The decree
was granted, but it takes six months
to perfect it, so that she is still a
married worn in. In the meantime
Urook made Mrs. Parker's acquaint-
ance and it is said. Mr. Parker was
in Chicago when he learned that his
wife was in Perry and had applied for
and obtained a divorce. He immedi-
ately came on here, discovered the
status of affairs and the guilty relation
cf the parties, the result of which dis-
covery is the present criminal com-
plaint. Mr. Park *r is determined to
pursue Iirook to the bitter end. Pa-
pers were made out for a civil suit the
damages in which will be laid at
150,000. Mr. Parker will remain in
Perry until the matter is settled.
Hrook says he comes from the best
stock in England. He invested largely
in real estate here and today he trans-
ferred all to a friend.
This is not tiie lirst case that
has resulted from the Oklahoma di-
vorce lawi, which are even moro lax
than those of Dakota.
They Are Able to lillntl a Man by I
jecting a Fluid Into HIh Kycs.
The African explorer, V. Iloehnel,
on his voyage to lakes Rudolph and
Stephanie, encountered one day, after
a long rainy spell, rolled up in a cor
ner of the basket in which the dishes
of the expedition were carried, a ser-
pent of narrow girth and about twen-
ty-seven inches long. His servant
armed himself with a long dirk
to kill the serpent, but the moment he
approached the basket he fell back
with a heartrending cry and covered
his eyes with his hand. The enalce
had projected into them a tiny stream
of burning liquid which caused terri-
ble suffering.
Hoehnel came up and placed himself
in such a position that the wind would
blow tho liquid past his eyes should
the serpent defend itself in tho same
manner it had dono before. As soon
as the snake caught sight of him it
lifted its head and squirted two drops
of black fluid upon his neck, which,
however, produced no burning sensa-
tion on the skin. An Arab guide, who
had heard the cries of the explorer';
servant, came up, and, wrapping his
turban around his hand, endeavored
to make a dive into the basket for the
snake. A moment later he, too, fel
back blinded and covering- his eyes
with his arm. Hoehnel did not seek
to repeat the experiment. He turned
the basket over on the ground, and
the serpent in its flight was killed
with sticks, so that the mystery could
not be solved as to the nature of its
peculiar squirting qualities.
MASON AND SEA COOK.
A Full-lUooded Apache Who Has Travel-
ed Far and I.oar mid Much.
Since the days of William Kidd, the
talented but unfortunate buccaneer of
the Spanish main, there has been a
halo of romance over the head of sea
cooks. They have been the heroes
and villains of prodigious tales, and
even their sons have been endowed
with peculiar attributes. Not one,
however, is himself more of a unique
specimen than the cook of the Hritish
ship John Cook, which recently ar-
rived at San Diego, Cal., after a long
and dangerous voyage from Cardiff.
This cook is a full-blooded Apache
Indian, born in the White mountains
of Arizona. His people, the terrible
White mountain and Tonto Apaches,
have caused no end of trouble to the
troops and settlers in Arizona. This
man was named Tumashaney (Silver
River) and was taken when still a
child to Mexico, where he was raised.
He has followed the sea for the
greater part of his life, and has visit-
ed every part of the globe, learning
several languages, including English,
and becoming some years ago a mem-
ber of the masonic fraternity. In
civilization he is known as John Levin.
He is quite dark, with tho Indian
physiognomy, and although 60 years
of age, appears hardly in middle life.
He has a Mexican wife and family
living on the pcn'usula of Lower
California, and say*> this if his last
voyage.
AN ICELANDIC INCIDENT.
rlmltive Mode* of Pealing With Crim-
inals In the Northern Islimds.
The laws of Iceland are so fully
recognized that the services of a police
officer are hardly necessary; crim-
inals arrest themselves, and the au-
thorities have little trouble in secur-
ing the punishment of an offender. A
young Icelander going across the
desert from Reykjavik, met a man
riding a pony. Such meetings are
rare in those parts, and, like ships on
the sea, the two hailed and spoke.
And this was the manner and sub-
stance of their conversation:
"What's your name?" "Stefan."
Whose son?" "Thorslein's son."
'Where are you going?" "To prison."
'What for?'' Stealing a sheep." "No
one taking you?" "No, the sheriff
was busy, so he gave me my papers—
the warrant for the arrest, —and sent
e on to prison by myself."
The men exchanged snulf and a kiss,
and parted. A week later the young
Icelander was returning to Reykjavik,
and near the same spot he met tho
same man.
"What!" he cried. "Stefan Thorstein!
Why, you said you were goinj
prison!" "So I was, and I went, but
they would not let me in." "Why
not?"' "Because 1 had lost my papers,
and the sheriff said he could not take
me without my warrant." "So they
won't have you in prison?" "No."
"And you are going home ugain?
"Yes."
from constant counting.
••You'd huvo thought that ho was
walking through snow-drifts to watch
his steps. Such wiggling, such
twisting and twirling I nevor before
ga/.od upon.
•I kept saying, 'You must be
very tirod; won't you rest a while?'
and he always answered: "Tired
Well, I guess not? This is just too
jolly.'
"And then olT he'd go in a inad
tanglo of jumps and hops, and all
the timo he sang that awful song
about 'My left foot is crazy, my right
foot is lazy, now don't bo unazy, I'll
learn yoz to waltz.'
••After a while lie insisted on my
was his wife had asked him to buy.
He walked four blocks out of his way,
thinking of every article he had ever
known her to use; still he could not
think what it was ti at she wanted on
this particular occasion. Finally,
thoroughly disgusted with himself, he
returned to his office, called a mes-
senger and wrote a note to his wife,
asking her what she had put tke
string on his finger for. He waited
nearly an hour for the return of the
messenger, paid tho boy sixty centt,
and then had the extreme pleasure ol
reading this from his lovely little wife:
"Dearest: I did want yon to get me
some chineal, but I knew you would
never think of it, so I sent Mary down
dancing with him. Well, when I'd this afternoon and she got it for me."
start ho'd bo puzzling about which | * —
foot ho should begin with, or else ! OUGHT TO BE IN HEAVEN,
he'd say: 'Hold on now till I think -
, ' . . . i • .i i 1 A Millionaire Whose Ambition Zi to Have
of something to whistle.' c .
••When wo did make a beginning a °ne"' ' t _
he used mo for a pivot and raced I Aroh.Ucts have some very trying
around mo as if ho wore tho tiro of a exper.ences with wealthy patrons who
whocl and 1 tho hub. 1 want t0 °wn P!;lace8 ,t.hat eXfC°.h„£
••Oh, it wa awful! And whon he i beauty and coatlinen those of their
got all through with tho lesson, and ' *"««. avenue neighbors A wealthy
I was puzzling my brains wondering j New \orker had more than th r jr
why it wasn't moro successful, it elaborate plans drawn, at $300 a plan,
Buddenly dawned on my weak littlo and rejected all of them.
mind that 1 had taught him to begin j "Of course wc can t complain, said
with the same foot that girls begin architect, "so long as wc get his
: check. This man has about worried
"So I suppose X'vo got to go the life out of us trying to got up
through the whole thing again tha plan of a mansion that would suit him.
next time he calls." I lf he goes to the club he meets some
| one who gives him an idea of what hie
SEEK THEIR FOOD AT NIGHT. j home should be. He gets ideas also
when visiting the residences of his
Prowling Auimais Which Keep Lata neifffcbors or from reading up descrip-
IIours In the Tropical Countries.
In tropical countries, where the
struggle for lifo seelns to rage oven
fiercer than in the temperate regions,
a vast number of animals have been
driven by want to seek their liveli-
hood in tho dark, through stress of
competition. The Cornhill Magazine
mentions tho howler monkeys, for
example, who make night hideous ia
largo tracts of South American for-
ests, beginning their dismal rausio
as soon as evening sets in and only
retiring for tho day as dawn purples
tho horizon. There are the lemurs
of Madagascar, so called because,
like ghosts, they walk by night and
withdraw at cockcrow— strange,
stealthy, noiseless creatures, with
great, wistful, poetical eyes aud
enlarged pupils; monkeys that prey
on birds and insects in tho gloomy
depths of their native forests. There
tions of houses in different periodical®.
"Well, would you believe that man
actually got me out of bed at 1 e. m.
to tell me he had at last hit on a plan
for a mansion that would be the finest
in the world? It was to be an exact
duplicate of the White house. Well,
we prepared another set of plans for
him, but a week later he changed hia
mind. The only thing that will ever
suit that client of mine is ai castle ia
paradise.
"Our wealthy New Yorkers are now
building mansions that are as strong
as fcrts. They are as well guarded
by bolts and bars as any fortress ol
the days of old. In case of a social
revolution and an attack by a mob om
Fifth avenue mansions many of them
would be found almost impregnable.
Steel shutters that slide out of sight
are now coming in vogue to proteot
the windows of mansions along the
is the, slender lorisI, a graceful and I fash,onabu thorou?hfaros, and th.
beautiful beast, with eyes like
gazelle's, but treacherous man-
ners, who pounces upon birds as
they sleep in their little nosts.croep-
ine silently upon them from behind
like an Indian upon the warpath,and
affording no indication of his hateful
presence till ho Is within arm's reach
of his slumbering victim. There is
that curious little nondescript ani-
mal, tho aye-aye, who attracted so
much attention a few years ago at
the zoo—a quaint, small beast, half
monkey,half rodent, who comes forth
at night in search of fruits or insects
and crawls through tho woods with
catlike pace upon butterfly and cater-
pillar. And there is that other con-
necting link, the galoopithecus, or
"flying monkey"—a loraur well on
its way to dovelop into a bat, apolike
in form, but with a membrane
stretched loose between his arras and
thick oaken doors would withstand i
great deal of battering before they
would yield."
A PARISIAN AUDIENCE.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Contains no Ammonia or Alum.
The Lnwyers Not In It.
The shortest and most intelligent
chancery suit on record was probably
one—recorded by Mr. Croako James —
between Lord Enniskillen and a lady
litigant. It was about a piece of
waste land that promised little har
vest except to the lawyers, and his
lordship called upon his opponent and
proposed, instead of fighting it out, to
toss for it. "Come," he said, produc-
ing a sovereign, "heads or tails,
ma'am?" This very sensible lady at
once fell into his humor, and cried,
"Tails!"—which it was. What rather
spoils the story was that she had
afterwards misgivings about the re-
spectability of this way of settling
mattors, and, selling the land in quea*
tion, bestowed it on a charity.
flow "Sizes" Vary.
When you speak of a man's hat be-
ing "about two sizes too large foi
kim," you do not mean that the proper
fit would be a hat two inchos smaller
in either ciroumfereaoo or diameter;
with his coat, however, when you say
"sise" you mean an Inch. The follow-
ing may be of interest to those likely
to get mixed on the question of "sizes"
and inches. A "size" in a coat is ex-
actly an inch, in underwoar it is twe
inches, in a sock an inch, in a oollat
one-half inch, a shirt the same, in
ehees one-sixth ef an inch, in pants
«ie inch, la gloves one fourth of An
tech and in ht*« one-ei^Uth of a inch
An American Girl Found It Very E?tj
to Attract At fen lion.
"I can cap that story," said Amy
"You don't know I had my stage
aspirations, did you? lint I assure
you I was applauded, at the Theater
Francais, not three months ago. '
went one night with somo friends to
see Adriennc Leeouvreur at the liousi
of Moliere. Wo had a box at the back
of tho house and half way to tho roof.
"Well, after tho third act I was so
tired I got ap and moved about a bit
When they begem to knock like the
Macbeth porter t« show that tho cur-
tain was going up I came back to my
place in the front of the box and
stood by my chair a minute, talking
to my friends and looking about rne.
Mind you, the ourtain hud not gone
ap and it waa rather dark, but tip
plauso bioke out, first in the stalls
then all over the house, aud laughtei
and calls eocompanied it. I looked
about eagerly, hoping to see some
eelobrity, but, though the noise in*
creased, I was still in the dark as tc
why. At last I and everybody else it
the box saw that all faces were turned
our way.
"Yee, it you'll believe, it was all b
eauso I was standing up in that boa*
or because I was standing up after
their old rapping! had begun. I don'l
pretend to know now just what their
idea was,but au? way when I dropped
into my seat they stopped.
"An American audience wouldn't
act that way if a woman sat on the
front of a boa and swung her feet
over. An usher would go for a police-
man If necessary,but the whole house
especially if it were theswcllost houa
in town, wouldn't rise up and guy her
"Countrified I eall it, if it was in
tarlfti"
I
yj
Bargain.
She had been a servant ere eiia
became rich, and was ablo to assuaM
a very high quality of Ivateur. She
bestowed a withering glauce upon the
artist. "Do I understand you to say
you charge me 81,000 for painting the
portrait of my grandfather?" she de-
manded incredulously. The painter
bowed low. "You understand ino
aright," ho replied simply. She
sneered. "Very well " She shrug-
ged hor shoulders coldly, "——then,
but I shall insist Her lip curled.
" that you pay the model." Lean-
ing gracefully over tho escritoire she
wrote a check.
I.lfe I> Short.
legs after tho rudimentary fashion of I While living in Boston, Edison
the flying squirrel,by means of which bought Faraday's wo«ks on electricity,
he glides from troe to tree with a sort commenced to read them at 5 o'clock
of half jump, half flight, very curious in the morning, and continued until
to witness. Tlicso are but a few of his room-mate arose, when they start*
tho nocturnal inummals of the mon- ed on their long wr1 c to get bieak-
key and lemur type, ancient ances- j fagt. That end, however, was edi-
tors of our own. gone wrong through tirely subordinated in Edison's miad
keeping such very late hours, and ! to Faraday, and he suddenly remarked
now st!ftnd«-:l for tl>e most part in j to his friend: "Adams, I nave got so
islands <.v peninsulas of extreme an- ■ much to do and my life is so short,
tiquity. ' , that I have got to hustle;" and with
-* that he started olf on a dead run for
! breakfast
Old Lady, in Midway—Ugh! Tliosf
horrid Fijians! Hut what are thosf
awful looking fellows with pie pand
on their heads? Are they savages, toot
Guide—No; those are Chicago you«f
men. "What do they carry those
horrid clubs for?" "Exercise."
"Going ta the lodflfe, Arthur?" ex-
claimed Ihe young wife in surprise "1
didn't know you were a member of
any lodge!" "Why—aw—yes, Georg-
lana," said tho young husband. "I
belong to the Order of Elka" "And
would you rather spend tho evening
with a lot of elks than with your own
little dear?" And Arthur meekly
bung hia hat up again.
The French Meter.
Everybody knows that the French
standard of measurement is the "me-
ter," but how many correct answers
do you think you could get should you
put the question to the first hundred
persons you meet: What is the basil ^ery tfQod at figures.
■.attar-Day Children
domestic—It's getting very
Johnny.
Little Johnny—Goin' to bed?
"Yes."
"Is papa and mamma in Sed?"
"Yes."
"Then I gucai it's mos' time for Mt
to go, too."
Mr. tftoortpuria Kntertatna.
Domestic—Beggin' your pardon fov
jnterruptin' you and your oompany,
air, but the grocer la here with his bill,
fllr, and—
Mr. Shortpurse (anxioua to gaU|
time)—Have you looked over that bill
to see if it is correct?
"N-o, sir."
"Ha! I thought not. How am I to
know that it is not full of mistakes!
Some othei day, wheu I have more
lime—"
Oh, I'm sure it's all right, sir. He^a
of French measurement? What is the
"meter" a part of? Should you be
fortunate to got a single correct
answer it would bo something liVe
this: The Frencn standard measure of
length is founded on the measurement
of tho earth from tee pole to the
equator on the meridian of Paris. This
total distance is dividod in to 10,000,-
000 equal parts, each of which ia a
"meter." The meter is 1.004 EafflUh
fMdi
IIow should you know that?"
"Whj, .lr, he laid this waa th*
twcnty-Buvcnth time he's called with
that bill, aad I korvr that la ao, 'oauM
t kept count myself.'
"C. C. <J. OrlHln Corn Cure*
rrmnvea rami, uarlt, bunimin,
mole* mill «' lluua«>. Wiirruu-
1,'rt. Src that V. C'. la blown
In every bottle. Tuke no other.
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