Oklahoma City Daily Pointer (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 215, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 25, 1907 Page: 3 of 4
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Mice
news
John Lane, a bartender who former-
ly worked at the Orient saloon, was
fined $6 and costs last night, charged
with impersonating an officer.
Robert Montague, who is a familiar
face in police court, was picked up
last night by a policeman upon a drunk
charge. VI wasn't drunk, Judge, I was
Just trying to get drunk when I was
arrested," said Montague.
Henry Miller, charged with disturb-
ing the peace, pleaded not guilty; case
continued until tonight.
Delia Robinson, charged with dis-
turbing the peace, pleaded not guilty;
case continued until tonight.
James Johnson and Genevieve Robin-
son, each charged with immoral con-
duct, pleaded not guilty; cases were
continued until tonight.
All 3-day ads
Placed Tomor-
row will be in
the Sunday morn-
ing Pointer.
MEXICO EXCURSION
November 1st. Farm lands and val-
uable townsite property for sale on
easy monthly payments. Will sell 800
lots in the best located townsite on
the continent on payments. If you
are a promoter here is your oppor-
tunity. Agents wanted. Call and see
me or address with stamp, G. W.
Patrick, 315 Culbertson building, Okla-
homa City, O. T. 16
CHARGED WITH THEFT.
Lorenzo Moore, a negro woman, was
arrested last night by Patrolman Page
upon a complaint charging her with
theft of $70 from a man named A.
Hyatt. The woman plead not guilty
in the city court this morning and the
case was continued until tonight. It
Is stated that the woman entered
Hyatt's room and is alleged to have
taken the moeny from the man's
trunk.
Get Your Want
Ads in the 8,000
Sunday Morning
Edition of the Daily
Pointer.
CONVENTION
HALL
Will Open the Skating;
Season with a Grand
Prize Masquerade Skate
TUESDAY
Oct. 1st
Three Prizes to be given
valued at $30, $20, $10.
Doors Open
Admission
7:30
10 Cents
THE POINT
OF VIEW
"A queer thing happened on the
train this morning,' said the commu-
ter to his wife. "I am going to put the
situaUon to you and see what you
think of it
"At Caldwell two men began to ar-
gue on the general cussedness of hu-
man nature. One was a pessimist, the
other an optimist. The optimist did
most of the talking.
" 'The average man,' said he, 'is
honest. I will prove it to you right
now. There are at least 50 men in
this car, and not one of them, I ven-
ture to say, will claim anything that
does not belong to him.'
"The cynic admitted that they were,
indeed, a pretty decent looking lot.
" 'Nevertheless, I'd advise you to go
slow,' he said. 'How do you propose
to test them?'
" 'This way,' said the optimist. 'I
have in my pocket a scarfpin that I
have never worn. I only bought it
yesterday ejid am taking it to town to-
day to give to my wife's nephew as a
birthday present. Now, I am willing
to give the impression that I found it
in this car. If anybody has nerve
enough to claim it he may have it'
"The cynic agreed to these condi-
Uons and the porter was called.
" 'Will you ascertain,' said the op-
timist. 'if anybody in this car has lost
anything recently?'
"The porter walked up and down
the aisle and bawled out at the top
of his voice:
" 'Lost property found—lost proper-
ty found. Who does it belong to?
This gentleman has it.'
"Everybody looked through his
pockets and several persons claimed
to be poorer than when they left home.
Three had lost money, one a watch
charm, somebody else a bunch of keys
and another a signet ring. Presently
a man sitting near the middle of the
car jumped up and said:
" 'By George, I have lost my scarf-
pin.'
" 'What kind of a pin was it?' asked
the optimist.
" 'It was an opal set in a gold hand
of peculiar Egyptian workmanship,'
was the reply.
"The optimist nearly dropped.
" 'Is this it?' he asked, and showed
his own scarfpin.
'"It is,' said the man, and he took
the pin.
"The optimist was disheartened. He
had lost a valuable pin and his faith
in the honesty of mankind at the same
time, and the double blow was enough
to floor him. The cynic, although se-
cretly delighted, was puzzled.
" 'Of course," said he, 'you can't
squeal. You've agreed to let the fel-
low keep the pin, and you're in honor
bound to do it; but I'd demand an
explanation if I were you. The cir-
cumstances are really remarkable,
and that much is due yon.'
"The optimist thought so, too, so
he went back and sat down beside the
man who had filched the pin.
" 'Sir,' said the optimist, 'there is
no need for me to tell you that you
are an infernal rascal. You know that
as well as I do. You are aware that
that pin does not belong to yeu. What
I would like to know is how you were
able to describe it bo accurately?"
"Then the optimist proceeded to
relate his previous conversation witk
the cynic. The young man listened
with keen appreciation. He did not
get mad.
" 'Sir,' he said, when it eame his
time to talk, 'perhaps I am not such
a villain as you think. I co«ld de-
scribe this pin because It kelongs to
me. I lost it five years ago. I have
been looking for it ever since. I
knew that I should find it some time.
In all these years, whenever I heard
of a man finding anything, I have but-
ted in with a description of that pin,
Roping that ]ie might have it I have
"been particularly anxious to get it In
the last two years. I am married
now, and I want to get the opal set
in a ring for my wife. I thank you
for returning it to me.'
The optimist listened, but he was
not convinced.
" 'I now understand the situation,'
he said, 'but I still think you are a
rascal. In my opinion you have no
right to that pin. I bought it yester-
day in good faith, and I consider that
it belongs to me.'
"Finally they submitted the ques-
tion to the rest of the men in the
car. Opinion was divided. Some
thought the young man entitled to
the pin, others that Diogenes had the
best claim to it."
"I am surprised," said the commuter's
wife, "that there should he any disa-
greement. Of course, it belonged to
Diogenes. The ethics of the case are
as plain as a pikestaff to anybody
except that young man."
"Thanks," said the commuter.
"That was the point I wanted your
opinion on."
There was a brief silence. Pres-
ently the commuter's wife looked at
her husband's flushed face, at his
wilted collar, and the tie beneath.
"Why, where did you get that pin?"
she asked. "I never saw it before.
An opal set In a gold hand—well, upon
my word! You don't mean to say—"
"Yes," said the commuter, "I do.
I wanted the opal for you, but since
you think I have no right to it—"
"Oh," said the commuter's wife,
"that's different."
Many Refusals.
Clara—You may not believe it, but
[ said "No" to seven different men dur-
ing the past winter. Maude—What
were they selling?—Pick-Me-Up.
Easy Shaving?
The barber in China frequently pur-
sues his calling under peculiar condi-
tions. No soap is used, the parts be
ing simply rubbed with water and then
scraped with a fearsome irqji weapon
made locally, which, though it might
astonish a cutler, yet answers the pur-
pose very well.—The Wide World
Magazine.
Prize for British Museum.
Miss Harriet Chicele Plowden, of
Folkestone, has left to the British Mu-
seum the original manuscripts of Bee-
thoven's first sonata for violin and
piano and Mozart's ten great string
quartets. The Mozart manuscripts
cost Miss Plowden's father less than
$70 in an auction in 1S47.
Two thousand persons o l> nt (hi
Pointer office every agternoon to get
a copy of this great free circulation
newspaper. And you must never hesi-
tate to join the crowd. Remember it
is popular to read the Pointer. They
are as free as the air you breathe and
you must never fail to get one.
THE
HAMMOND
CAFE
OPEN FOR THE
SEASON
SERVICE AND CUISINE
UNEXCELLED — EVEN
BETTER THAN EVER
Meals A LaCarte.
Breakfast Served.
Under New Management
GUY i. PAYNE
Proprietor and Manager
Okluhoinn City Frlduy Oct. II.
llAltMJM UAI1.ICY, (ilUiATUNT
SHOW ON EARTH.
The Mwilera Art-air CoIonhun!
3 Ring Circus—Double Menagerie—Ro-
man Hippodrome—Superb Horse Fair—
Congress of Marvels. Glorious Peace
Sprctai'lr, Stunning Automobile Santera
Nfiult; ThrlllliiK Aerial lllorlc TwIrlM)
SciiNiitioiiiil Sk>-Sulllim. .Sea-Lion Act-
ors—Equine Displays—Canine Come-
dians—Only Riding Seal—40 Funny
Clowns—World's Finest Zoological Col-
lection.
Tw complete performances Daily, at
2 and 8 p. m. Doors open one hour
earlier.
Geiiernl Adniinnlon 50 renin—Children
under 10 yearn, linlf price.
Reserved seats on sale show day at
Westf/i.11 Drug Co., Main and Robinson
streets.
DAYTON BICYCLES
none better. Cash or time. Okla-
homa Arms & Cycle Co., 311-313
N. Robinson. Phone '2373.
There will be a special meeting of the
Porcia club at the Carnegie library
Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
DR. G. S. PETTIT
—CURES—
Cancer. Skin Diseases and all
Indolent Ulcers ;Piles, Fissure,
fistula; without surgical oper-
ations; no detention from busi-
ness; no pain or discomfort.
Consultation free. Pay when
cured. Office 310-312 Lion
Store Bldg. Phono 678, g2_2C
GRAND BABY
SHOW
TOMORROW AT 3 P.M.
At*Delmar Garden--Admission 25c.
Every Baby Gets a Present if
Entered in the Contest. For Entry
Blanks and^Other Information Call
at The Lion Store.
Benefit Provident Assn.
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Tucker, Dudley R.; Tucker, Howard A. & Tucker, William L. Oklahoma City Daily Pointer (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 215, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 25, 1907, newspaper, September 25, 1907; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc152847/m1/3/: accessed March 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.