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MOORELAND LEADER
OMKK SCIINOKI1ELEN, Pnb.
MOORELAND,
OK LA
TERRITORY TOPICS
Truck Grower# Organize.— The
Truck Growers' Association lias l>een
>rganized at Ardmore. The object of
:he association Is to promote the
truck growing Industry. I
Match Into Gasoline.—At Shawnee
Mrs. Martha Templeton emptied the
tontents of her gasoline stove tank
into a bucket, refilled the tank, light-
ed the burner and tossed the match
behind her Into the bucket of gaso-
line. The flames burned every parti-
cle of clothing off her body and her
Besh from her ankles to her chin was
roasted, but she still lives, although
she will die from her burns. Her house
being Isolated from her neighbors.
«he lay screaming on the floor an hour
before she was found.
Wins High Honor.—At the trl-en-
rial session of the Grand Chapter.
Order of the Eastern Star, which
has been in session In 8t. Ix>uls this
week, Mrs. Madeline B. Conkllng of
Guthrie was elected most worthy
grand matron, Mrs. Conkllng served
tor two years as most worthy secre-
tary, and two years as worthy grand
matron of Oregon, Order of Eastern
Star, and for the paBt five years has
Indian Payments.—In response to
petitions from leading citizens of
other towns who represented to In-
dian Agent J. B. Sboenfelt that they
Would be greatly inconvenienced by
having the largest snare of the "Loyal
Creek" payment made In Muskogee,
tho agent revised the llsi. and added
two more towns. The distance, they
claimed, from certain parts of the na-
tion to Muskogee Is too great, compel-
ling claimants to pay out unnecessary
sums in hotel be|lls and transporta-
tion. The revised list, showing dates
and places of payments, follows: At
Muskogee, October 1 to 8 Inclusive; at
Weleetka, October 1 to 13; at Okmul-
gee, October 14 to 20; at Sapulpa, Oc-
tober 21 and 22, then returning to
Muskogee to pay all claims which
shall not have been satisfied.
General Productions.—Syl Dixon,
who gained a national reputation in
1X9C by running the McKlnley corn
train from Kansas to St. r^ouiH, has
made arrangements to take a general
produce train from Oklahoma to the
world's fair. The train according to
the present schedule, will leave Enid
October 3d Dixon has been In al-
most every part of the territory, and
has completed contracts with almost
every town of Importance to be repre-
sented. It was at first his Intention
to run a wheat train carrying that sta-
ple only, but he found more favor with
the farmers by adopting a general
line of production
Murder Over Trifle.—Walter Wil-
liams shot his brother-in-law, Charles
Webster, through the head with
The Ward of King Canute
A Romance of the Danish Conquest.
By OTTILIE A. LILJENCRANTZ, author ol The Thrall of Lief the Lucky.
Copyright, 1803, by A. C. MoCLURO & CO.
been an active worker and recogniz- .
ed leader In the supreme chapter of wlnc^Bter rifle, killing him lnstant-
the world. y" The men- who married sisters,
lived togethec just outside the South
the world.
Inspecting Indian Territory.—Bish-
op David H. Moore, of Portland, Ore.,
who Is to preside over the Methodist
Episcopal conference In October, ar-
rived at South McAlester on a tour
of inspection of Indian Territory. He
will report to the general board of
missions, which meets soon Is Bos-
ton, Mass.. on the advisability of
forming a mission conference for
Indian Territory. He Is gathering
data on the needs of the churches
and the material of religious pros-
pects of the country.
Would Borrow Money.—The farm-
ers of Greer county are considering
the adoption of a plan whereby they
hope to be able to hold their cotton
until the market becomes better. 'The
proposition is to have the staple
ginned, weighed and stored at home,
the certificates of weight to be used
as collateral for money they hope to
borrow from the banks. At a recent
meeting of the farmers a committee
was appointed to investigate the mat-
ter and ascertain if the banks would
be willing to let them have money
upon the surety of their cotton. If
the scheme proves satisfactory to
| McAlester city limits. They had quar-
reled about bringing In the wood with
which to cook breakfast, and Williams
assaulted Webster with a stick of
wood. The killing occurred ten min-
utes later. Mrs. Webster says it was
unprovoked but Williams declares
Webster tried to cut him with a hatch-
et. Williams gave himself up and is
in the United States jail.
No Money for Schools.—The Chick-
asaw legislature has made no appro-
priation for the support of tribal
schoolB. Until the legislature acts
no new schools will be established in
this nation. The legislature has been
in session two weeks. It ts understood
that the tribal government is still bit-
terly opposing the attendance of white
children at the schools established by
the federal government and main-
tained by the Chickasaw nation. For
this reason the legislature will make
no appropriation for the support of
mixed schools. The matter has been
referred to Governor Johnston.
Choked on Cracker.—J. w. Swack-
er, one of the best known farmers of
Noble county, met his death in a pe-
CHAPTER XVII—Continued.
The forest seemed very still when
she had done,—the only sound the
clanking of the bits as the horses
cropped the withered grass. Then
suddenly the King gathered up his
lines with a Jerk.
"I cannot believe It," he said harsh-
ly. I do not deny both that you know
weii how to feign and that I would
like to believe you, but you must prove
it first before I do,"
"How can I do that, lord?" she said
helplessly; but shrank, the next mo-
ment, as she saw that already he had
a plan in his mind.
Moving his horse a step nearer, he
bent toward her triumphantly. "I will
send for the Englishman, In your name
or the name you wore—and you shall
meet him in my presence, and I shall
be able to tell from his manner wheth-
er or not you have spoken truthfully."
"i should like to reconcile myself to
you," he went on. "Since first you
came before me and showed by your
entreaty that you thought me some-
thing besides an animal, I have felt
friendliness toward you. And I should
like to believe that some woman loves
some man as you say you love this
Englishman." Out of the very wish-
fulness of his voice a terrible menace
rpake: "I shall like it so much that
I shall neither spare you in word nor
deed if you have deceived me!" Draw-
ing ofT his glove, he stretched forth
his hand. "You may find that a man's
harshness is little worse than a wom-
an's guile," he said bitterly.
Dimly guessing what was in his
mind, she dared not trust herself to
Words, but told her gratitude with her
pjes, as she returned his clasp. Then
ae sent her back by the one semblance
uf a path which ran through the for-
f'ft, and himself rode on to his hunt-
ers.
CHAPTER XVIII.
With the Jotun as Chamberlain.
"Once more. Lord Sebert, be ex-
horted to turn back," old Moreard
then, bide here, and I will bring you
a morsel to stay your stomach."
Sebert smiled his satisfaction as
the sandals pattered away. He had
foreseen this interval of waiting—in-
deed, he had timed his arrival to gain
it—and it was his design to put it to
good use. While he swallowed what
he wanted of the wafers and wine
which were brought to him. he too*
measure of the reverend servitor, with
the result that, as he set down the
goblet, he ventured a question.
"From the numbers and heaps of at-
tendants I saw in the outer courts,
hcly brother, it appears that this sea-
son of peace has in no way lessened
the tax on your generosity. Is rumor
right in declaring the Danish King to
be one of the guests of your bounty?"
"Rumor, which is the mother of lies,
has given birth to one truth, noble
stranger. The King whom a chasten-
ing Providence has set over the north-
ern half of the Island, has been our
guest for the 8pace of four weeks,—
together with the gold-bought English
woman who is known as his 'Danish
wife.' If you have eagerness for a
Eight of him, you have but to walk
through the galleries until you come
to the garden in which he is fleeting
1 is time with his women."
"Now I think I should like to take
? look at him while I am waiting," the
Ethellng assented, rising gravely.
"Should Edmund be the first to pay
the debt of nature, which God avert!
the Dane will become my King also."
The November sunlight that, unsoft-
ened by any filter of rich-tinted glass,
fell coldly upon the worn stone,
showed the carrels beneath the win-
dows to be one and all deserted by
their monkish occupants, and he
strode along unhampered by curious
eye or ear.
"After all this luck," he congratu-
lated himself, "it will go hard with me
if I do not either stumble on the
youngling himself, or someone who
can give me news of him."
He had no more than thought it,
when the sound reached him of a door
the money lenders the cotton growers ! rulinr manner. Just before retiring
can well afford to hold their lint un- ' he wont to to the kitchen and picked
til the market changes.
Tired of Oklahoma.—The Anti-
Horse Thief Association of Indian
Territory will meet at Checotah,Creek
nation, October 2G, 27, and 28. It is
expected that over 500 delegates from
tip a cracker lying on the table and
j took a bite of it. A piece of the
cracker caught in his windpipe and
choked him to death before assist-
ance could reach him. He was about
C5 years old and came to Oklahoma
various parts of the territory will be when the 8trlp °Pened- locating on
present. A street parade will be a fea-
ture of the meeting and other means
of entertaining the guests are being
arranged. The Indian Territory asso-
ciation is making a strong effort to
fine claim in Red River valley,wher
he has slnse resided.
Force Better Prices.—The Oklaho-
ma Broomcorn Growers' Association
which was chartered at Guthrie met
break away from the organization in j at Alva and Perfected a complete or
Oklahoma. Both would remain su j Kan|zation, electing officers for one
bordlnate to the same national organ >eai'• The object of the association is
ization, but the Indian Territory mem- ! n,ain|y t0 devise means for getting a
bers wish to form an organization of ! better market for the staple. It is
their own. Oklahoma has been mak- 1 Prob bJe that the association will rec
ing a strong efTort to control the In-
dian Territory association and to this
most of the latter members object. H.
A. Harrison, territorial treasurer of
the association, who lives at Checot-
ah, says that a strong fight will be
made at. the next national associa-
tion meeting by the delegates from
Indian Territory for recognition of a
•separate organization from Okla-
ma.
For Indian School.—The govern-
ment has ordered constructed two
utone buildings at the Comauche In-
dian school, one mile north of Law- I occupy the second, third and part of
ton. The buildings will be used as | the fourth floors. The building is a
dormitories. One for the girls and I five-story office structure and will
one for the boys. They will be 32xli6 j probably serve as quarters for the
feet, two Btories and a basement, a j agency during the rest of its tenure
large frame building on the school ! bere.
campus will be torn down
ommend that the brush be held until
late In the season and thus force the
buyers to pay better prices than they
are now offering.
Prominent Officials.—Prominent A
T. & S. P. officials, headed by Gen'
eral Manager Mudge. were in Tulsa,
O. T.. overlooking the lay of things.
The right of way was reviewed for
some distance both ways from the*
city.
New Quarters.—The Union Indian
agency at Muskogee has moved into
the Indianola building, where it will
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Cor til. Ot laker-M
fered Is a harm to-me, and that mj
sword is equally ready to avenge it.'
Much to bis surprise, the Dane ao-
corded this challenge no notice what-
eier. He stood studying the Lord ol
Ivarsdale with eyes in which malicious
amusement was growing into open
mirth. It came out in another laugh.
"Now it would be more unlikely
than the wonder which has occurred,
yet I begin to believe you! I myself
villi guide you to your Fridtjof, only
for the pleasure of watching your face.
The Fates are no such stepmother!
after all!" He turned in the direction
from which he had come and made
the other a sign. "This way,—if you
dare to follow. I am not afraid to go
Ilrst, so you need give no thought erf
the chances of steel between your
ribs."
The Ethellng took his hand off his
weapon with a twinge of shame; but
Le was not without misgivings as he
strode along at Rothgar's heels.
Unless the youngling had made
decided change for the worse, what
satisfaction could the Jotun expect to
get from witnessing their meeting?
Before his mind, there rose again the
tear-stained boyish face which had
bidden him farewell that night at the
postern, and bis pulses throbbed with
a fierce pity.
"He took himself from the one per-
son who was dear to him, poor little
cub," he murmured. "If they have
maimed him, I swear I will tuck him
under my arm and cut my way out
though there be a wall of the brutes
around him."
His musings came to an end. as the
man preceding him stopped suddenly
where one of the milky panes broken
from the cloister window gave a view
of the cloister garden. With the cold
November sunshine a hum of voiced
was coming in, now brightened by
peals of laughter, again blurred by the
thud of falling quoits. Over the Jo
tun's shoulder, he caught a glimpse
of gorgeous nobles and fairhaired
women scattered in graceful groups
about a sunny old garden, green in
the very face of winter, thanks to the
protecting shelter of the gray walls.
In a moment, they stood just out of
teach of the square of light which
fell through the open doorway.
Framed in carved stone, the quaint old
garden with its graveled paths, its
weedless turfs and its background of
ivy-hung walls, lay before them like a
picture.
(To be continued.)
SSLMADE BYTHE
The man who wu advancing was Rothgar Lodbroksson.
ipurred forward to offer a last remon-
strance as the city gates yawned be-
fore them. "Even if the message be
genuine, you are putting your life in
peril."
The Ethellng replied without slack-
ening bis pace: "I do not think they
ere liable to molest a peaceful trav-
eler. I will take care that I upheave
no strife, and I will make all my in-
quiries of the monks."
"Go a little more slowly, lord, and
consider the other side of it," the old
cniht entreated. "Suppose the mes-
tage is false.—the black tress around
it proves nothing. Suppose the son
of Lodbrok has spread a net for you?"
"Then should I keep on my own way
still more lustily." the Lord of Ivars-
dale answered, "for his making use of
the boy's name to entice me would
show that he had discovered our
friendship, in which case the young-
ling would be suffering from his an-
ger."
Contenting himself with an indig-
nant grunt, the old cnlht reined to his
place at the head of the dozen armed
servants who formed the Etheling's
safeguard, and the young lord galloped
on between the bare fields, humming
absently under his breath.
"Poor bantling!" he was thinking
aompassionately. "I shall be right
glad to get sight of him again. I hope
he will not betray himself in his Joy
when he sees me. Anything like show-
ing that one is fond of him is apt to
turn him a little soft."
None of these undercurrents was
visible in his face, however, when,
having left his escort in one of the
outer courts, he stood at last in the
parlor of the Abbey guest-house.
"I am a traveler, reverend brother.
Journeying from London to Worces-
ter," he said with grave courtesy to
tbe gaunt black-robed monk who ad-
mitted him. "And my errand hither
is to ask refreshment for myBeif and
my men, as we have been in the sad-
dle since cockcrow."
'The brother whose duty It is to at-
tend upon travelers is at this hour in
the Chapter House, with the rest of
the household," the monk made an- j
fwer. "When he comes forth, I will
acquaint him with your needs. TJstU
closing somewhere along the next side
of the square, followed by the clank
o* spurred feet coming heavily toward
him. As they drew nearer, the rattle
of a sword also became audible. Lift-
ing his eyebrowB dubiously, the Ethel-
lng grasped his own weapon beneath
his cloak.
When the feet had brought their
owner around the corner into sight, he
did not feel that this motion had been
a mistaken one, for the man who was
advancing was Rothgar Lodbroksson.
Sebert stared in amazement when the
Dane, Instead of flashing out his blade,
stopped short with a burst of Jeering
laughter.
"Here is the Englishman arrived,
and he looks small enough now!" he
cried in his thunderous voice. "Has
It happened that I am to be the bower-
thane who is to fetch you in!"
Sebert's grasp tightened around his
bilt. Apparently the son of Lod-
brok was expecting him! He said
with what haughtiness he could mus-
ter, "What should a plain traveler
want with a bower-thane. Danishman?
I stand in more need of the cellarer
who is to provide me with a meal."
Another jeering outburst interrupt-
ed him. "I mean that I will fetch you
in to one who sent you the summons."
"The one who sent you the sum-
mons?" Certainly that sounded as
though he were usinc the word^ to
conceal a name. Neither the Ethel-
lnr*8 patience nor his temper was long
enough to reach below the knee. He
irade a swift gesture of throwing
aside all reserve. "Enough of mys-
tery. Danishman! If the message
which I have received was not sent by
Fridtjof Frodesson, it was sent by you.
Be honest enough to admit it and say
plainly what your intention is toward
me."
"Fridtjof Frodesson," the Jotun
mocked, and his fiery eyes probed the
Englishman like knives. "Now since
honesty is to your wish. I will go so
far as to confess that the word came
neither from Frode's son nor irom
me."
Sebert's foot rang upon the ground.
"Say then that the Devil sent it, and
a truce to this juggling! Since you
know that I am the boy's friend, yon
understand that any harm he has snf-
A Great Dishrag Farm.
A novel enterprise, that of raising
dishrags, is being exploited by a num-
ber of southern California horticultur-
ists, who received the inspiration for
the scheme from Charles Richardson,
whose gardens in Pasadena are be-
coming famous for their remarkable
productions. Mr. Richardson has suc-
cessfully raised many growths new to
American soil, and this year is ex-
ceeding all his previous triumphs by
raising thousands of dishrags. Last
year Mr. Richardson's string beanB,
which measures forty-three inches in
length, created a stir, but dishrag
vines, which, with their pendant dish-
rags, twine about orange trees, palms,
evergreens and peach trees, and peek
fn at the second-story windows, bid
fair to win the championship from
the beans. These dishrags, or vege-
table sponges, as they are sometimes
called, are indigenous to Africa; but
now that it has been demonstrated
that they will thrive in this country
they are bound to become a popular
production. The seeds look like a
cucumber, but when ripe the shell is
broken and a sponge disclosed.—New
York Tribune.
Health
Calumet makes
light, digestible
wholesome food.
Economy
Only one heap-
ing teaspoonful
is needed for one
quart of flour.
WILES OF THE VAMPIRE.
The Merry Ha-Ha.
Speaking of laughter a writer in the
Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette says:
"The most heartrending laugh is
the laugh of the summer girl who
shook you and is gadding around with
some other fellow.
"The hollowest laugh is the laugh
a man laughs when he sees the neck-
ile his wife has bought him.
"The most hilarious laugh is the
laugh of the fellow who scoops in the
stakes on a jack-high bluff.
"The cutest, sweetest laugh is the
laugh of your best girl.
"The most enjoyable laugh is the
laugh that's on some one else.
"The most grotesque laugh is that
of the fat woman at a picnic when
sfce's got a pickle in her mouth."
Never Awakens its Victim While, It
Draws tho Blood.
Night brought us to the miserable
(peon village of Palencia, says a
writer, and as we could get no ac-
commodation in the cane cabins we
were obliged to sleep ia our ham-
mocks.
The place swarmed with mosqui-
toes and while Tipe-Chico slept
soundly I arose and built a fire in
whose smoke I passed the night. But
if Tipe was immune to the plague of
mosquitoes he did not escape a more
serious pest. When I met him in the
morning his great toe was still bleed-
ing and his hammock was stained
With clotted blood.
Nobody in Yucatan could explain to
me how the vampire manages to draw
such a large quantity of blood—from
six to ten ounces—while its victim
all the time remains in a profound
sleep. I have never heard of anyone
waking while the vampire bled him.
Indeed, so gently does this nocturnal
Burgeon draw blood that the patient
by some mysterious process is lulled
into a profound sleep.
The vampire measures about two
feet from wing tip to wing tip, has
very sharp teeth, not unlike those of
a rat, and attacks sleeping animals
as well as human beings. If he in-
flicts a wound with his teeth, one
would think that the pain would
cause the person who is bled to
awake, but it does not
The Voice of Experience.
Tbe wedding is to occur soon, and
she was telling her mother about her
plans.
"When Fred is out late at night,"
she said, "I shall not scold him. I
shall try to be reasonable. I think I
shall go so far as to keep a light
burning for him to make him cheery
when he returns."
Her mother was silent.
"Don't you think it would be a good
idea to keep the light burning?" she
persisted.
"Well, it might do very well for the
first month or so. But after yon have
paid a few gas bills you'll probably
conclude that it will be just as well to
put the matches where he can find
them and turn the light out."
Lesson For Women.
Jersey Shore, Pa., Sept. 26 (Special)
—"Dodd's Kidney Pills have done
worlds of good for me." That s what
Mrs. C. B. Earnest of this place has
to say of the Great American Kidney
Remedy.
"I was laid up sick," Mrs. Earnest
continues, "and had not been out of
bed for five weeks. Thea I began to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills and now I am
so I can work and go to town without
suffering any. I would not be with-
out Dodd's Kidney Pills. I have good
reason to praise them everywhere."
Women who suffer should learn a
lesson from this, and that lesson is,
"cure the kidneys with Dodd's Kidney
Pills and your suffering will cease. '
Woman's health depends almost en-
tirely on her kidneys. Dodd's Kidney
Pills have never yet failed to make
healthy kidneys.
Ages of Fish.
The limits of fish, life are not
known. But it seems pretty certain
that, as the salmon shows astonish-
ing variations and possibilities of
growth, so other fish may live to con-
siderable ages, even in captivity.
Some striped bass have heen living
for ten years in an aquarium, and
according to Country Life the electrio
eels are among the oldest piscine in-
habitants of the reptile hous at the
Zoo, where one of them has been for
more than fifteen years. Cases of carp
which lived to be a centary old are
repeatedly quoted, and he would be
a bold person' who would deny to a
whale the possibility of Hving to be
a couple of ceturies old.
All His Life on Shipboard.
Dr. J. Furness Brice, ship's sur-
geon of the trans-Atlantic liner Cym-
ric, has crossed the ocean 819 times,
traversing about 2,500,000 miles, equal
to more than 100 times around tha
globe. The doctor, now in his seventy-
oigKth year, is as active as he was
thirty years ago, and confidently look*
forward to making his nine hundredth
nip across the Atlantic. His firm
opinion is that there is no sure cure
lor seasickness. He has tried them all
on passengers—from copious cham-
pegne drinking to staying all the way
over in a berth hung on rollers. The
trouble, he believer arises frwn th# j
brain rather than the stomach.
Do Your Clothes Look Yellow?
U8e Peflance Starch, it wll
keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents.
Sudermann of Dutch Descent.
Germany's great dramatist, Suder-
mann, comes from Prussian Poland,
his birthplace being Matzich, near the
Nlemen. His family, originally Dutch
anabaptists, settled there more than
200 years ago, forming with the other
co-religionists a small colony. One
of them took a leading place in their
little church as the author of a hymn-
book.
Uses Aniseed on tiog.
It was found in London that a stolen
dog which failed to identify its owner
had been dosed with ani3eed by the
thief. Aniseed destroys the sense of
j smell temporarily. The dog did not
recover for two or three days.
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