Garfield County Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 24, 1902 Page: 3 of 8
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ONE MAN'S FINE CONCEIT.
Massing of Men, He Says, Means
strength; of Women, Bonnets.
"It's u odd thing about women."
remarked Jones to hid wife, as he
SALISBURY RESIGNS HIGH OFFICE:
BALFOVR NOW PRIME MINISTER
Lord Salisbury has resigned the
Long since, there lived a man reputed
wise
(Some better thing* were said of mm.
some worse>.
Who made his iife a tireless quest to
know
The Why and Wherefore of the universe.
He wandered through solutions intricate.
And old and new philosophers he read;
This one converted, but another spake.
And mado his faith apostasy Instead.
His life was girt with vain analysis.
And subtle disputations held in thrall
His soul, that wildly dreamed to overleap
The mystery Life offers to us all.
But when Age left him twisted, grny,
and worn,
He felt the barren purpose of his quest.
And longed to quite forget his mocking
doubts
And live his last, few, trembling days at
rest.
But Death had wateh?d him with a
cynic's eye-
Had marked his shuffling step, his s.g.it
grow dim,
And one still evening stood before nis
chair, .
And smiled, half kindly, as he beckoned
h*m.
One passing through a certain field of
graves
May find a stone of rather ancient date
Which bears these words, the last phil-
osophy,
Of him whose life they thus commemor-
ate;
"Here sleeps a man who sought to ques-
tion God—
Who conjured with the everlasting Why:
Delved deeply into science, creeds, and
schools,
And learned this truth—that Man is born
to die."
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settled himself for a special effort, j preiniersh|p Qf Great Britain and his
"We admire you intensely In the lndl- j nephew Arthur J. Balfour, Is now
vldual. We adore you 'he^taken , mln,gU)r
8a( Like Gladstone, Lord Salisbury
singly. But it's a strang,
that when a few hundred of you get
together you lose distinetion. A mul-
titude of rare women brought together
in one building for a common causo
«ro far from venerable. Ix>ok at Sor-
has been prime minister four times,
but the duration of bis four admin-
istrations was nearly fifteen years,
whereas his great rival held the
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Lord Salisbury first became preml
in June, 1885, Gladstone having re-
signed office in consequence of his
defeat in the house of commons 011
the proportional duties on beer and
spirits. The conservative minister
remained in office until the follow-
ing February, when Gladstone entered
upon Ills third administration. After
an existence of only 178 days tlio 11b-
osis. The club is undoubtedly mado premiership only a little over twelve,
up of Ideal mothers and wives, but
one resolutely refuses to find It any-
thing else than a convocation of bon-
nets. Earnest, intense women recruit
tho ranks of the Women s Christian
Temperance Union, but Its mass meet-
ings only amuse tho rest of the world.
An exclusively feminine tea was never
an object of envy to those who pass
It by."
"And what of you men?" suggested
Mrs. Jones. "Are you all so much
finer in a crowd?"
"Undoubtedly," replied Jones. "It
Isn't open to dispute that a gans
of men is at all times convincing. If
it Is only a mob with a rope looking
up a criminal tho sight does not lack
Impresslveness. The Imagination
plays about a 'smoker,' and speculates
as to the quality of the cigars and the
stories. And a good share of the
world's work has been done by men
in mass for a purpose. Union to us
Is strength, and the novelist has al-
ways remained below when the door
of the banquet hall was opened fo,
the filing out of the ladles."—New
York Tribune.
liberal cabinet was reconstructed and
remained in power three months
longer, when it was killed by tho
famous Cordite division and Salisbury
became premier a third time, with a
solid majority cf 152 i the house
of commons. There w.is a general
election in September, 1900, and union-
ists were again voted to power, with
a majority of 134 in the commons.
Salisbury for the fourth time took
up the premiership, but he left the
foreign secretaryship to lx>rd Lans-
downe and became lord privy seal.
At the time of the death of Queen
Victoria he wished to resign and only
remained in office at the urgent re-
quest of King Edward. But he lias
gradually lost touch with the affairs
of the nation, and the official an-
nouncement that the king has at last
BEFORE ™E
PUBLIC EYE
The I). S. Grand.
(Copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
It was just a common black army
horse, raw-boned and broken-winded,
such as the quartermaster-general
was buying and marking by the thou-
sands; and the bugler who rode him,
stunted and narrow-chested, the re-
cruiting sergeant had picked out of
the gutters of the Bowery.
The general, inspecting this last
shipment of recruits, let his glance
rest on the two.
"Poor material," he said, gloomily,
to the young aide at his side.
That same afternoon a foraging
party was sent out up the valley.
There were none of the enemy, it was
believed, in the neighborhood; but
less than two miles from camp they
ran Into a strong detachment of Con-
federate infantry, concealed In the
woods and a ravine. At the first vol-
ley the color-sergeant fell, shot
through the head; and the bugler's
horse stumbled and threw him; but
he was up again in an instant and had
caught the colors from the dead man's
hand almost before they reached the
ground.
The rest of the party had wheeled
about and were riding back up the
hill. The boy stared after them
blankly. They were going hack with-
out the flag—the flag! Putting the
bugle to hM lips he sounded the rally.
Half a dozen of the enemy came
running toward him.
"Guess that old rag's ours," said
one of them.
But the boy flung his back against a
tree, whipped out his sa'ore, and
sounded the call again.
The men around him laughed.
"The trump of old Gabriel himself
wouldn't bring them fellers back," ob-
served one; "It ain't no use a-kicldn',
sonny."
The bugler glanced despairingly to-
ward the hill. They couldn't really be
To vault into the saddle and dart
through the crowd took but the space
of a breath. The enemy's surpriso
gave him a minute's start. Then the
bullets came singing after him, more
than one finding lodgment in qulver-
LOST CHANCE FOR A PANAMA
An Cfficeseeker Hears Too Late of a
Cabinet Officer's Desire.
An unsuccessful applicant for a gov-
ernment office was chatting with some
friends the other day just before
starting for home, and the conver-
sation turned on Panama hats.
The unsuccessful candidate had n
beautiful Panama, soft, light and
close-woven, which had been ap-
praised by a local hat dealer at a high
price. One of those In the conversa-
tion repeated the remark of a cab-
inet officer, that he had been intend-
ing all his life to buy a high-grade
Panama, but couldn't muster up cour-
age to pay the price.
1 have often thought of writing to
some friend in the tropics to purchase
one for me," the cabinet officer was
quoted as saying, "but have never
done so. You know they can be
bought much cheaper down there. The
finest one I ever saw was worn by
a man 1 met more than thirty years
ago. He got it at Panama and told
mo he paid $300 for it."
'Don't you believe these stories
about such prices," said the unsuc-
cessful candidate. "This fine hat thai
I'm wearing came from South Amer-
ica. It cost just *5 in gold at tho
place where it was made."
There was silence for a minute, and
then the ex-candidate asked:
"Who did you say was the cabinet
officer who told that story?"
The name of the secretary who
hadn't looked kindly on the candi-
date's application was mentioned.
"My!" said the candidate, sadly
fingering the soft fabric of his Pan-
ama, "I wish I'd heard it sooner."
WHOLE PARTY MIXED UP.
Curious Happening That Enlivened
Visit of Prince Henry.
When Prince Henry visited Bang-
kok about two years ago, says the
Straits Times, he was entertained on
board the royal yacht Maha Shakkri
by the officers of the Manathai (Naval
Department). Seated next to the Ger-
man prince was a Siamese of high
rank, a minister of state and half-
brother of the king. This gentleman
hail been Indulging rather freely, and
he suddenly remarked: "I've got a
lger in my compound which speaks
Jerman. Ho says 'Ya! ya!'" Princo
Henry smiled anil said: "Oh. I've a
big boarhound on board the Deutsch-
land who speaks Siamese." And just
at that moment some one proposed
the health of the kaiser and the band
struck up, of all airs, "Tho Marseil-
laise."
TO COMMAND IN THE WEST.
Brig. Gen. Bates Will Have Depart-
ment of the Lakes.
Brig. Gen. John C. Bates, who is to
succeed Maj. Gen. MacArthur In com-
mand of the department of the lakes,
is most famous for his successful
negotiation of the treaty with the
sultan of Sulu. He has been In active
service continuously since May 1,
1861. He entered the army as first
lieutenant, and was a captain at the
close of the civil war, becoming
major in 1882, lieutenant colonel in
1886, colonel In 1892, and brigadiet
general at the outbreak of the Span
ish war. He served in Cuba before
1 LORD JALHmPY^
1830
1853
Born
Member of parliament since ••• •
Enters cabinet as secretary of state state for inula
Chancellor of Oxford University
Returns to cabinet as secretary of state f6r India
Special ambassador to Turkey
Minister for foreign afflalrs
Attends Berlin congress
Elected leader of conservative party
First term as premier begins
Second term as premier
Third term as premier
Began last term as premier
Retires
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1902
• * neld out the flag to the young
aide.
ing flesh; but the rider, bending low
in the saddle, murmured soft words
of encouragement and praise, and the
horse swept on up the hill and over
the crest, leaving a trail of blood be-
hind; across the creek, past the Union
outposts, into the quarters of their
own company; then dropped without
a groan.
The boy sprang to one side to avoid
the fall; and with the blood stream-
ing down his face held out the flag to
a young aide—the only officer near.
"We've brought back the colors,
sir," he said.
Then men about sent up a quick
cheer. The boy staggered a little as
he turned toward them.
"Tain't me that done it, boys," he
said, with an uncertain smile; "It was
the hoss," and fell, fainting, across his
dead steed's saddle.
The young aide turned away with a
grim half-smile.
"Poor material!" he muttered.
What He Wanted to Say.
A few days ago Mr. Taylor was ab-
sent from his drug store for a few
minutes and left his wife in charge. A
large Norwegian who spoke English
with difficulty entered and said:
"Hi owe de firm 10 cents."
"Very well," replied Mrs. Taylor;
"just pay it to me and it will be all
right."
The Norwegian made no attempt to
produce the coin, but gazed steadily at
Mrs. Taylor and repeated:
"Hi owe de firm 10 cents."
"Yes, I heard you say that before.
Now, if you are afraid I will give you
a receipt for it."
In astonishment the man from Nor-
way looked at her and walked out
without a jvord. Pretty soon he re-
turned with a fellow countryman
whose command of English was a lit-
tle better and who interpreted the re-
mark to Mrs. Taylor by explaining:
"He wants 10 cents' worth of iodo
form."—Frankfort (Kan.) Review.
Odd Wedding Customs.
Giving wedding presents is an old
custom, but It differs in various coun
tries. Scotland's penny weddings
were peculiar. They were called
penny affairs, but the invited guests
contributed a shilling and occasion-
ally a half crown, and out of this sum
thus collected the expenses of the
wedding feast were paid. Germany
has a pay wedding at which the bride
receives her guests with a basiu be-
fore her, in which each person enter-
ing deposits a jewel, a silver spoon
or a piece of money. In some parts
of Germany the rule is that the ex-
penses of the marriage feast shall be
Hiet by each guest paying for what he
eats or drinks. The prices paid for
viands and drinks are high, and the
eral party was badly beaten on the
second reading of the Irish home rule
bift, in the largest division on record,
656 members out of 670 passing
through the division lobbies.
Then came Lord Salisbury s sec-
ond term of office, which lasted from
August, 1886, until August, 1892, when
the house of commons gave Glad-
stone a majority on the home rule
question. Lord Salisbury resigned
and Gladstone became premier for
the fourth and last time. The second
home rule bill was thrown out by the
house of lords In September, 1894,
and in March of the following year
Gladstone resigned the seals of of-
fice in favor of Earl Rosebery. The
going to the Philippines. Since his
return from the islands he has been
in command of the department of the
Missouri at Omaha.
accepted his resignation does m>t
cause any surprise.
It is significant that Balfour In
terviewed Chamberlain before con-
sulting the other members of the
cabinet in regard to the situation.
Many people think that Chamberlain
must eventually reach the premier-
ship. and it would give great satis-
faction throughout the country if the
king had chosen him to step info
Salisbury's shoes in the ordinary
course of events. His chances of ob-
taining premier honors are now con-
siderably minimized, as he is many
years Balfour's senior. He will, how-
ever, be as loyal to his new chief
as he was to the old one.
Food Adulteration.
The Connecticut State Experiment
Station in its last report shows extcn
slve adulteration of foods sold in the 1 coup)e Qften maku u handsome
1,1 "k ' profit out of their wedding, ijten real-
izing a sum quite sufficient to start
markets. Out of 375 samples of
obtained in 28 towns of the state, 8
per cent were adulterated. Out of 1,256
samples of food products analyzed,
441 were found adulterated, 29 of them
with preservatives on?y. Eighteen out
of 35 samples of suspected DUtter con-
tained oleomargarine and 25 out of 231
them nicely in life. Often as many
as 300 guests are present at such a
wedding.
New York Coaching Parties.
Personally conducted coaching par-
Tracing Floating Germs.
A curious and interesting experi-
ment was conducted recently by Prof.
McWeeney on the premises of a Dub-
lin manufacturer, who was anxious to
ascertain whether he ran any risk to
health from the presence on a neigh-
bor's premises of a refuse-heap, the in-
tervening distance being 800 feet.
Prof. McWeeney took a number of
easily recognized microbes, which
were not common to the neighborhood
and sprayed them into the atmos-
phere over the heap of refuse, taking
care that the wind was In the right
direction. On the premises of the
manufacturer culture-dishes were ex-
posed for three hours, and at the end
of that time examination showed that
colonies of the newly introduced mi-
crobes were developed. It is note-
worthy that rain was falling heavily
during the progress of the experiment.
We thus learn that even under un-
toward conditions germs can be con-
veyed through the air from a distant
point, and that it is quite as necessary
to see that the surroundings of a
house are clean as to attend to its in-
terior sanitary condition.—Chambers
Journal.
HEIR TO ANCIENT TITLE.
Lord Talbot Now the Successor to
Dukedom of Norfolk.
By the death of the duke of Nor
folk's son, who had been an Invalid
since his birth, the duke's brother,
lx>rd Talbot, becomes heir to his
title and estates. An heir to the pre-
mier dukedom of England, Lord lal
bot is also heir to thi earl marshal-
ship, a position which is at present In
great prominence in connection with
"Poor material," he said, gloomily,
going to desert the colors! For a
third time he was raising the bugle,
when there was a sound of hoofs be-
hind him. Here they came at last!
He turned eagerly; and crashing
through the underbrush came his own
riderless horse—answering the call
samples cf molasses contained glucose i ties are a summer feature of New
syrup. One-tenth of the samples of ] York. The coaches leave at stated
coffee were found adulterated; 18 out I times during the day and in two hours
of 38 samples of jelly; 19 out of 29 | and a half most of the "sights" of
samples of cordials; 41 out of 62 sain ■ Manhattan island, including Grants
pies of vanilla extract; 51 out of 66 i tomb, Riverside drive, Central Park,
samples of lemon extract, and exten- Fifth avenue, etc., are vls'ted, each
slve adulteration of many kinds of coach having "an expert guide and
spices, chiefly by ground cocoanut j lecturer" on board to explain "the
shell* 1,000 points o' Interest en route."
ARTHUR J. BALFOUR, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER.
1848
Horn [' [ .. 1874
Entered parliament jg-jg
Private secretary to Lord Sal!sbu«|r
Employed on special mission to Germany igg5
ETfected a privy councilor . • •••• m6
Secretary for Scotland, with seat in «*Mnet jg<j#
Elected lord rector of St. Andrew* University lg87
Chief secretary for Ireland j
Elected chancellor of Edinburg University i"
Leader of House of Commons 1894
Leader of the opposition 1895
First lord of the treaiury 1902
Premier
King Edward's coronation. Lord
Talbot, like his brother, is a Catho
lie If he sholuld die the dukedom
would go to a Protestant cousin, and
the Catholic church would lose Its
most Influential lay member In the
British Isles.
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Moore, E. P. Garfield County Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 24, 1902, newspaper, July 24, 1902; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc166445/m1/3/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.