The Farmers' News. (Sands City [Knowles P. O.], Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1907 Page: 2 of 4
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To the Pole by Bear Power.
Capt. Roald Amundsen, the explor-
er of the northwest passage, la the
latest aspirant for the honor of discov-
ering the north pole. Capt. Amund-
aen has a new scheme. He Is not
going to take any chances with air-
ships, motor sleds or any other artifi-
cial achievements of modern ingenui-
ty. His motto Is: "Back to nature."
He proposes to use things that are at
home In arctic conditions. His motive
power will be polar boars. The nor-
mal polar bear as he is found at large
would have some disadvantages in the
role of a domestic animal. His temper
la not amiable, and it would be hard
to keep him in a proper state of dis-
cipline, even with a club. The only
effective argument with him is a gun,
preferably at long range. But Capt.
Amundsen purposes to employ bears
that have never heard of the call of
the wild. He is having them trained
aa cubs, so that by the time they grow
up they ought to be as docile as
horses. When he takes them north a
trip to the pole will be a mere pleas-
ure Jaunt for them. The colder and
meaner the weather the better they
will like it. If they come to a break
In the Ice, such as the one that stopped
Peary, they will enjoy swimminK
across. With sea flesh for their food
they can live on the country. Accord-
ing to Capt Amundsen a bear is ten
times as strong as a horse and can
haul as much as a hundred dogs. With
six bears, therefore, he will have 60,-
horse power, or 600-dog power. More-
over, when tamed, polar bears are
"tractable, reliable and affectionate."
Even if they should eat their master
In a moment of forgetfulness, remarks
Collier's, no doubt they would regret
It afterward.
Russian Church Architecture.
Nothing shown more clearly how
far from the main stream of Europe
the currents of Russian life have
flowed than the architecture of the
Russian churches. The new church
of the Redeemer, erected In memory
of the grandfather of the present czar,
which was dedicated by the czar in St.
Petersburg a few weeks ago, is a good
example of the prevailing Russian
style. It is not Gothic, nor Greek, nor
Roman, nor yet Renaissance. The in-
fluences which have fixed the Russian
church architecture are Asiatic rather
than European, remarks the Youth's
Companion. The predominating arches
are Indian rather than Roman, and
the domes, with their bulging sides,
come from Asia and the non-Chrlstlan
races. Russia Itself was In closer re-
lations w«th Asia than with Europe
• till Peter tne Great turned the face of
the empire westward and began the
recreating of a semi-savage nation Into
a European power by building his new
capital In close contact by sea with
the western world. But the choice of
tho oriental type of architecture for so
aplendid a church as that recently ded
Icated proves that the Influence of
Asia Is still strong.
No Nsed to 8uffer Every Day frem
Backache.
Mrs. Joannah Straw, B2I North
Broadway, Canton, S. D„ says: "For
three years I suf-
fered everything
with rheumatism la
my limbs and a
dull, ceaseless ach-
ing In my back. 1
was weak, languid,
broken with head
aches and dizzy
spells, and ths kid
ney secretions wera
thick with solids
I was really In a
critical condition when I began wltl
Doan's Kidney Pills, and they certaia
' ly did wonders for me. Though I an
81 years old, I am as well as th«
average woman of 60. I work well
eat well and sleep well."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a bom
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. T.
No Work, No Food for Indians.
Indian Commissioner Leupp at
tributes the little trouble among the
LUes to the fact that the Indians will
not work and thus gain the compen-
sation and the food which will support
them and their families. Speaking of
the policy of the Indian office. Com
mlssloner Leupp says; "This office be
lieves In applying the same rule that
la applied to poor and Ignorant men of
any race. We believe in finding work
for them and then in permitting them
to go hungry if they will not accept
the opportunity to make a living" It-
add* that it Is the practice of his do
$artmont of the government to treat
the Indians kindly but to "Insist that
they ahall cease to be pnuners when
there is work at which they can earn
food wages practically at their doors."
Can anyone point out anything unfair
or unreasonable In that principle?
NEW STRENGTH FOR OLD BAOKfc
HAD NO DOUBT OF HIS FATE.
Because her husband In his will had
expressed the wish that his estato.
comprised of land and mortgage* val
ued at |150.000, should he kept Intact
until their five children had become of
age a New Jersey widow took to the
wasbtub to maintain tho family, and
■when her strength gave out was much
disturbed by tho successful sppeal
made by her friends to the court for
s comfortable allowance out of the
property. To her the wishes of the
dear departed overwelghed all other
Interests This incident teaches that
the patient Griarlda Is not unknown Id
(modern life
Mr. Jerome Evidently Was Aware ei
His Wife's Culinary Ability.
Some weeks ago the wife of Judgt
Blank, of Pacific avenue, lost her cook,
and since she had no other resourot
she rolled up her sleeves and for s
week provided such meals as thsjudgs
had not enjoyed since those happy
days when the Blanks did not keep •
cook. The judge's delight was so great
that by way of appreciative aoknowl
edgment he presented Mrs. Blanl
with a beautiful ermine cloak. Quit*
naturally, the Incident was a good
deal noised about among the aoelal
acquaintances of the Blanks and a
spirit of envious emulation was de
veloped In certain quarters. It was Is
this mood that Mrs. Jerome recited
the story to her husband. "What do I
get, Jerry?" she asked, "if I will do
the cooking for a week?" "Well/*
said Mr. Jerome, "at the end of •
week, my dear, you'll get one of those
long crepe veils."—San Frauiolsoo
Argonaut.
RATHER A POINTED REBUKE.
Minister'e Amendment to Usual Qraas
Fitted Circumstances.
A Pennsylvania divine formed ons
of a house-party in Philadelphia
where the younger son, in accordance
with what the clergyman observed to
be his constant habit, as soon as h«
bad seated himself at breakfast Im-
mediately possessed himself of a largs
slice of bread, the quality of which ht
proceeded to test by a liberal mouth-
ful.
The minister, a stickler In such mat
ters of propriety, gazed blandly at
him for a moment or so; then he fold
ed his hands and closed his eyes la
preparation for grace.
"For what we are about to receive,"
he intoned with painful empttaais
"and for what our young friend hai
already received. Lord, make ua truly
thankful."—Harper's Weekly.
Corpse in No Hurry.
Respect is due to the man on hli
last journey to the cemetery, and ths
New York cabman who was making
for the Central station showed the
proper feeling in driving for some die
tance along the procession without
trying to cross It. But at laat hs
could contain himself no longer.
Turning bis horse across the hearse,
he Baid, In a cabman's whisper: "Look
'ere, my fare's In a 'urry, an' yours
ain't!"
BOTH GAINED
Man and Wife Fatten on Grape-Nuts
The notion that moat Is necessary
for real strength and the foundation
of solid flesh Is no longer as prevalent
aB formerly.
Excessive meat eaters are usually
•lUfl ' h a part of the time because
they are not able to fully digest thelf
food, and the undigested portion Is
changed Into what Is practically a
kind of poison that acts upon ths
blood and nervea, thus getting all
through the system.
"I was n heavy meat eater," writes
an Ills. man. "and up to two years
ago, was In very poor health. I suf
fered with Indigestion so that I only
weighed 95 pounds.
' Then I heard about Grape-Nuts and
decided to try it. My wife laughed at
mo at first but when 1 gained to 126
pounds and felt so fine, she thought
she would eat Grape-Nuts too.
"Now she Is fat am! well and hai
gained 40 pounds. We never have in
digestion any more and seldom feel
the desire for moat. A neighbor of
ours, 68 years old, was troubled with
Indigestion for years; was a heavy
meat eater, and now since he has been
eating Grape Nil's regularly, ho say*
he is well and never has Indigestion
I could name a lot of porsons who
have really been cured of Indigestion
by changing from a heavy meat diet
to Grape Nuts." "There's a Reason *
Name given by Postum Co., Battls
Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, 'Tho Road to
Wallville" la pkgs.
THE THOUGHT INDICATOR
BY CHARLES H. DAY
(Copyright, by
Daily Story Pub. Co.)
One bright forenoon In the early au-
tumn of 2007 Raphael Sears, the world
famous inventor, alighted from his
aerial auto In front of the majestic
100-story Mammon building on Wall
Btreet and promptly reached the of-
fice of Gardner Coigne the billionaire,
promoter and magnate of the Aerial
Navigation company, Unlimited, by be-
ing shot up to the ninety-second Btory
in his own Tubular Propulsion, an In-
genious application of the force of
condensed air.
The distinguished caller was admit-
ted to the private office of the Largest
Man in Wall Street without formality.
The small boy in the outer office re-
marking to the clerk:
"Old man Sears with his white whis-
kers looks like Santa Claus out of
season."
The two Important Individuals ex-
changed cordial greetings, whereupon
the caller proceeded to business with
the abruptness of a busy man:
"Coigne, I have something new,
something that puts in the shade my
discovery of perpetual motion, the tem-
pering of copper, the making of gold
and the manufacturing of diamonds."
"I am prepared to take your word
for anything."
"Thanks for your confidence and ap-
preciation of my abilities. Now we
have both filled our barrels In the ex-
ploitation of my Aerial Navigator for
the transportation of passengers and
freight through space, and I propose
that you join me in the promotion of
my latest and best—Sears' Thought
Indicator, which I have just brought
to perfection. I have brought one of
the machines with me for you to give
it a practical test before we come to
a financial understanding."
The speaker sat upon Magnate
Coigne's desk, a pretty clock, such as
is seen in the Jewelers' windows.
"A clock," remarked the Largest
Man in Wall Street.
"It is not a clock," explained the
Inventor, "except that It Is in part a
clock, a clock that has a greater use
—a deceptive time piece, but an ac-
curate Thought Indicator. When a
person enters this room to talk busi-
ness, you press this invisible button
at the back See! That puts the
Thought Indicator into operation and
It records the thoughts of the party
you are negotiating with. You close
no transactions on the first visit;
make an appointment for the next day,
and after the departure of the party
you read the record of his thoughts
transcribed by the Indicator and know
just how to handle him the next time
he comes in."
"Amazing! Marvelous! Astounding!"
"And you are in with it. We have
always been fortunate in our Corpora-
tions. Now I will drop In to-morrow
about this hour and we'll make a
deal.
Gardner Coigne arose and as his vis-
itor was about to depart, remarked:
"I suppose that you are using your
judicious caution in not overstocking
the world's marts with diamonds and
gold. Our interest being mutual In
many things, I hope that you will not
take affront at my Inquiry?"
"Certainly not. As soon as I ar-
range for the manufacture and intro-
duction of the Thought Indicator, I
shall visit Mars In my Aerial Motor
and unload a large quantity of my
home made gold and diamonds."
The balance of the forenoon the
largest Man in Wall Street was waited
upon by many callers, projectors and
investors. At the noon hour the front
offices were vacated by the clerks, the
private secretary was at lunch and
the office boy was out In tho hallway
discussing the last baseball game of
tho two leading nines of the Electrical
Mechanicals Haseball had not been
played by hand In Manhattan since
the summer of 2001.
A business like looking person made
his way Into the presence of Gardner
Coigne and engaged the magnate in
a proposition to purchase a certain
amount of Aerial Navigation Btock.
At the entrance of tho stranger the
promoter bethought himself of the
Thought Indicator, and pressed an In-
visible button on the wonderful ma-
chine.
The visitor was in the course of the
ensuing conversation informed that
the price proffered for the gilt-edge
stock was below the market, and
could not be entertained. The caller
arose aud remarked:
"I am the co-executor of a large es
tate, utid am not authorized singly to
buy at your figure I will consult my
ussociatc and drop In to-morrow."
"Very well," replied the Largest Man
In Wall Street
As soon as the visitor had passed
out the magnate turned to the Thought
Indicator, manipulated the machine as
he bad boon Instructed by the Invent-
or and removed the record which ho
read with much perturbation;
The Record of the Thought Indicator.-
Just as my lookers out Informed me. The
old fool is alone at the noon lunch hour
and easy to do. And the door of the great
safety vault wide open at that; we will
drop in on him to-morrow and clean out
millions of the stocks and securities and
hold them for redemption upon future
negotiations. Why, it's a cinch!
Gardner Coigne read and reread the
telltale record of the Thought Indlca
tor, and after regaining his composure,
remarked to himself:
"The greatest invention of all
time!"
The next forenoon Raphael Sears
called as agreed, and was quite start-
led as he read the record of his re-
markable Invention. The two men had
a prolonged consultation in whis-
pers.
At the noon hour the caller of the
previous day dropped in "about that
little matter of the Aerial Navigation."
Gardner Coigne was alone on his ar-
rival. but no sooner was the visitor
seated than Raphael Sears entered
followed by the entire office staff of
the Largest Man in Wall Street, all
having been concealed in the outer
office on the ninety-second floor of the
Mammon building. Each of the ar-
rivals was armed with a Raphael
Sears' One Hundred Shot Sudden
Death Pocket Pistol.
The accomplices of the visitor had
discovered the reenforcement of Gard-
ner Coigne, the proposed victim, and
made good their escape, leaving the
principal in the lurch.
The conspirator blanched and al-
most fainted at the invasion; with a
great effort he managed to ask: "What
does this mean, gentlemen?"
Gardner Coigne replied: "Your vile
plot for my plucking has been dis-
covered by the fortunate first practi-
cal use of Raphael Sears' Thought In-
dicator. By the way, you are in the
presence of the most famous inventor
of the century. Mr. Soars is the patri-
arch with the flowing white beard.
This little machine, which has the ap-
pearance of a clock, recorded your
thoughts during our conversation of
yesterday. I will read It to you."
The magnate read the Incriminating
record and resumed:
"If I had chosen, you would now be
in the hands of the officers of the law,
but you escape your just dues be
cause I am adverse to the notorious
publicity, and think It advisable not
prematurely to put the public In
knowledge of so important and ai
most increditable mechanical dlscov
ery, which will shortly come into gen-
eral use when exploited by my un
falling methods. Go!"
The conspirator fled. The clerks de-
parted for lunch and t-he inventor and
the promoter conversed on the first
practical test of the Thought Indl
cator.
"We must get together now," said
the promoter, "and organize a com
pany, say with a capital of ten mil
lions—half water for you and 1."
"That's the Idea," coincided the in
ventor.
"How many do you think we can
dispose of the first year?" inquired
the Largest Man in Wall Street.
"I should judge in this country one
hundred thousand—"
"To be sold at?"
"Twenty-five thousand dollars each "
"And bear in mind, we will dispose
of just as many more at the same fig
ure in Mars. The stock should sell
well in that distant world."
"It certainly will. 1 can foresee
that all parties engaged in large mat-
ters must be possessed of a Thought
Indicator.
Honor Due to the 8hakers.
Shakers were probably the first
among modern peoples to recognize
and uphold the equality of woman in
domestic, business, social and re
ligioua economy. Ann I-.ee. a woman
of wonderful mentality, a woman In
many respects two centuries In ad
vance of her tluie, a woman whoBe
primal Intuitions or whose spiritual
illumination, for she was absolutely
unlettered, placed her far aheud of
j later reform leaders, was the first
; In western lands to receive the
I thought of a divine motherhood, co-
existent and cooperative with the dl
vine fatherhood in God. The logical
outcome of this truth she unhesitat-
ingly promulgated In the moral and
I Intellectual development of her poo
pie, woman's equality was Insisted
upon. Yet, It was the equality of
I he true helpmeet, as embodied in the
Mosaic legend.
Amusing Birth Notice.
The following amusing birth notl<«
appeared In a recent issue of the |)re
den Anxelger: "To our seven hearty
boys there came to-day. In God's early
morning, not ths wished for little
daughter, but. In compensation, a pair
of fine boys. We Juuge by this ele'
msalary event that those strenuom
times demand more sen than bios
soma of the gentler sex."
IN MY FAMILY
Ml Have Used Pe-ru-na at Varloui
Times for Several Years."
I Recommend Pe-ru-na.
MR. EDWARD M. BURTT, 5 N. Jef-
ferson Ave., St. Louis, Mo., writes:
"It affords me much pleasure to an-
nounce that I have used your medicine
at various times for several years, and
that it has given entire satisfaction, not
only in my own family, but also that of
others of my friends. And would cheer-
fully recommend the use of Pernna, as
I certainly do endorse your medicine"
Catarrh of Head, Nose, Throat
Mr. Charles Levy, 80 Allen St., New
York, N. Y., writes;
"I am very glad to tell you of the
cures wrought by Pernna in ray family.
"My son. aged seven, who had ca-
tarrh of the nose, was cured by two
bottles of Pernna, and I had catarrh of
the head, nose, throat and ears. One
bottle of Peruua cured me."
Pe-ru-na Tablets:- Some people prefer
tablets, rather than medicine in a fluid
form. Such people can obtain Pern-
na Tablets, which represent the solid
medicinal ingredients of Peruua.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peru a*
Almanac for 1908.
Served Accordingly.
At a men's cafe one night a young
American—a barber—fell In with an
Englishman. The latter was berating
the Yankees for doing all manner of
business in their shops and not follow,
ing the better English plan of sticking
to one branch.
The next day he swaggered into the
barber shop to be shaved. The barber
gave his face an extra good soaping
and left him, at the same time seating
himself to read.
The Englishman kept quiet for a
few minutes, when, seeing his attend-
ant reading, he blurted out: "Why
don't you shave me, sir?"
"You will have to go up the strest
for your shave," quietly replied the
barber. "We only lather here."
Starch, like everything else. Is be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat-
est discovery—Defiance Starch—all in-
jurious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in-
vented by us. gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
proached by other brands.
Reconciled to the Inevitable.
"The only thing I can recommend la
your case," said the surgeon, "is a
long Journey."
"Well, If it has to be, doc," the p*
tient groaned, "get out your whittling
tool8 and go ahoad with the opera-
tion."
Never tell evil of a man, if yon do
not know it for certainty, and if yoo
know It for a certainty, thou ask your-
self, "Why should I tell it?'—Lavater.
Truth and
Quality
sppeal to the Well-informed in every
walk of life ami are essential to permanent
succeaa aud creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it ia not claimed that Syrup of Fip
and Elixir of Senna ii the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it ia the beat of personal and family
laxatives ia the fact that it clcanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acta without any debilitatin|
after effects aud without having to increaa#
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleaaantly and naturally and
truly aa a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it ia free from sll objection-
able substances. To get its beneficiil
effects always purchaae the genuine-
manufactured by ths California Fig Syrup
Co , only, aad for sale by all leading drug-
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