The Exponent. (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
THE EXPONENT.
W. A. SMITH, Publisher.
"BALSTON,
OKLA.
NEW 8TATE NEW .
Campbell Russell, a prominent stocfc
dealer of Russell, has brought ult
against the Missouri, Kansas A Texas
railroad for $2,BOO damages because he
was forcibly ejected frem a passenger
train at McAlester when he had a ticket
which the train auditor refused to honor.
300 MILLIONS OF CHINESE.
yellow Empire Has About One-fifth o*
Globe's Population.
Bishops Are Under Fire.
The commercial club of Clinton has of-
fered a reward of one hundred dollars
for the arrest and conviction of certain
(parties who posted notices threatening
(violence to the owners of the cotton seed
oil mill at that place In case they em
iloyed negro laborers.
r
At the Instance of officers In Tennessee,
[Sheriff Ray of Kiowa county last week
'arrested Charles Sofford, a youth of 17.
[who Is wanted In his native itate for
imurder and forgery.
Shawnee Is threatened with a fuel
famine. The shortage of wood has
caused the price to advance from two
to three dollars a rick, or about nine
tslmoleons per cord. The fact that every
available man Is employed In gathering
cotton causes the shortage of wood.
For the first time In the history of the
school the student body of the state uni-
versity at Norman was aflowed to select
vthe managers of the different athletic
[teams last week. Heretofore the
.agers have always been selected by the
faculty. The nominations of the ^arl®"8
candidates, however, was made by the
faculty council.
' The Frisco's new $20,000 depot at Tulsa
Iwas formally opened to the public las
[week. A number of the road's prominent
officials Were present at the doings.
At a special election last week Clinton
voted a bond proposition to establish a
system of water works. There Is a^pos-
sibility that this city will soon be light-
ed with electric lights.
A1 and Frank Jennings have contract-
ed with a publishing firm for the produc-
tion of a book, written by themselves,
reciting the numerous acts of ™tlawry
committed by them throughout the twin
territories. It is also stated that^a pu
fishing firm in London have made them
a proposition for reproducing the boo*
in England.
i F. W. Gist, a representative of the
agricultural department at Washington
was in Guthrie last week to confer with
jthe agricultural committee of the con
"atltutional convention.
Ed Purdue, a farmer residing
Wisher, was killed last week by the
falling of a shed on which he was work-
in*. He was tearing boards from the
side when the structure collapsed, crush-
ing him to death.
The Interesting question of the pop-
ulation of the Chinese empire ba9
often been discussed, but it Is still
Impossible to say with any degree of
certainty what the figures are.
At the beginning of the Christian
era It is tolerably certain that there
were at least 80,000,000 Inhabitants,
and It must be remembered that the
empire then was much smaller than
It Is at the present time.
Most of the censuses taken In Chins
during the last 2,000 years, says th«
North China Daily News, have nol
professed to take In the whole popula«
tlon. Young children and old men, foi
Instance, were sometimes omitted, thq
main object of the census being to as?
certain the number of taxable persons.
By common consent the most reli-
able consus ever taken in China was
that of 1812. This gives the figures
as more than 362,003,000. In 1868 the
population was estimated nearly 408,-
000,000; but In 1881 It had fallen to
38,000,000, the great Talping rebellion,
in which so many millions of people
lost their lives, being one of the prln*
clpal causes undoubtedly for this great
decline.
Travelers, missionaries and others,
who have visited the region devas
tated at the time of the Talping rebeli
lion, express the opinion that the lose
of life during the great convulsion has
generally been estimated at too low a
:flgure, and it Is a question also
whether the terrible famine more than
a score of years ago In the province*
of Chill, Shansi, Shensl and Honan
with a population of 70,000,000, Is nol
responsible for the loss of more lives
than It is usually credited with.
It Is still more certain that the Mo-
hammedan uprising in the northwest
destroyed more lives than It is gen
erally supposed to have done. A very
moderate computation of the loss of
life Incurred in these three calamities
makes it to be fully 60,000,000. And
In this connection It would be well
perhaps, to remind ourselves that thq
habitual use of opium by such
large number of the people has tended
to act Injuriously on the recuperative
power of the nation.
ARE PERSONA NON GRATA TO
SOME IN HOUSE OF LORDS.
Were Mighty Hurdlers.
Farmer P , In Barre, Mass.,
generation ago was a crafty cattle
dealer and had a handsome yoke of
oxen he warranted to be good, faith
ful workers. One day a man came in
search of just such oxen and Mr.
p showed the pair. They were
sleek and well matched, and seemed
versed In all the variations of the lan
guage of "haw and gee."
But the stranger noticed the "nigh
one's roving eye, and his suspicions
were aroused.
"Are they peaceable? That nigh
' At Perry last week a Jury , returned a
verdict of manslaughter against N
Watkins, who shot and killed Halgler his
hired man. while the latter
Watkins set up a claim of
which was disproved by evidence. Wat-
kins Is an lnter-marrled Osage cltlsen
and a full cousin of Ben Cravens, the no-
torious outlaw.
Jeff Coffee, a passenger conductor on
the Sulphur-Davis line, committed sui-
cide at Davis one day last week after
making his run. No cause is known i tor
the deed. He leaves a wife. At one time
Coffee was a conduotor on the main
of the Santa Fo nnd was well known by
the railroad fraternity.
The force having in charge the com-
pilation of the bids on the big pasture
are disposing of them at the rata of
four hundred per day. Owing to the
heavy malls the bids are sent fro™ V**
Ion to Washington by express each day.
! Secretary Hitchcock, of the Interior ^
rartment, has granted the right-of-way
through the Indian Territory for an inde-
pendent plp« ne which wll be built
from Bartlesville to Port Arthur. The
line will cost >*.000.000, and construction
Cn the same will be begun at
^oposed line will be a common carrier
|n tho fullest sense.
one acts breachy. Jest's lives jump
over anything, hadn't he?"
"My good man," answered Mr.
P "i tell ye what 'tis, one rail's
jest's good as five!"
The stranger paid the price and took
the oxen, but the next day he re-
turned very angry.
"What d'ye mean by telling me them
oxen are peaceable? When I got
home I put them in my pasture where
I kept oxen fur 20 year—and I've had
all kinds of cattle, too—and this morn-
ing they're In my best clover field.
What kind o' Christian are ye, any-
way, to lie like that?"
"I didn't lie," returned Mr. P ,
calmly, "I said 'one rail was jest's
good as five,' and 'tis so, they'll jump
over five rails jest's quick's they will
over one."
Parliamentary Leaders Making Or-
ganized Attack Upon Church
Qlgnltarles Holding Seats
In Body.
Blehops In the English state church
are coming in for some rough handling
just now. The organized attack which
bas begun on the house of lords In-
cludes, among other things, the entire
sweeping away of the state church.
Parliamentary leaders like Lloyd-
George are touring the country and de-
livering fierce attacks on the bishops
In the house of lords—who are as-
serted to be "useless and dangerous"
as well as clogs to progress.
Many strong church of England
members are in favor of a complete
separation of church anr* state, while
others fear that the ret jnues of the
church—if cut off from piblic support
—will not be sufficient to keep it go-
ing.
Naturally the bishops in the house
of lords are preparing to fight hard for
their own Interests, which lie mainly
In keeping up the established church
as an integral part of the English po-
litical machine. Twenty-four bishops
and two archbishops of the English
church have always been entitled to
sit in the house of lords, forming the
lords spiritual" of the upper cham-
ber.
Throughout the past, the "lords spir-
itual"—or the bishops In the hou3e of
lords—are accused of having steadily
opposed many measures of popular re-
form.
It is on this account that Lloyd-
George and other popular leaders are
beginning a determined attack on the
Church of England. By disestablish-
ing the church and throwing it on its
own resources, they wish to remove
the ecclesiastical body from political
temptation.
Aside from the great political influ-
ence wielded by the church party, pub-
lic attention has recently been called
to the very curious state of affairs ex-
isting within the ranks of the clergy
themselves. 4
What has brought home the short-
comings of the Church of England to
the London public more than anything
else recently is the agitation which
has been raised over the empty
churches of London itself. Though
many of these churches are practically
without a congregation, it has been
thought fit to keep them up just the
same as if there was a full attendance.
According to a list Just compiled by
Rev. Henry Clarke, there are 15
churches In the city of London Itself,
The salaries which many clergymen
draw from the public exchequer, and
the fact that their churches are get-
ting more empty every day, has
brought the people face to face with
the question of either keeping the
bishops, archbishops and other ecclesi-
astics under the patronage of the
state, or turning them adrift and let-
ting the church of England take care
of itself. . .
The archbishop of Canterbury, for
instance—head prelate, or primate of
the Church of England-to-day draws
a salary of $75,000 a year, while he
has In addition, as part of bis official
staff, a dean, drawing $10,000 a year,
and six assistants, each of whom
draws $5,000—the total salary list of
the chief officials In the primate's of-
fice being thus $115,000 a year, to say
Archbishop
bury
Residence
the total congregation of which amount
altogether to only 148 persons. The
up-keep of these churches Is $49,665.
Canter-
nothing of the 50 or 60 minor prelates
attached to the ^rchtyshopric.
Next in order to the primate comes
the archbishop of York, with a trifling
salary of $50,000 a year, assisted also
by a dean at $10,000 "per," and four
minor prelates each drawing $2,000 a
year.
The bishop of London is another
$50,000-a-year churchman, assisted by
a $10,000 dean, and four "canons,"
each drawing the modest stipend of
$5,000 per annum.
In addition to those prelates men-
tioned above there are others drawing
big pay, of which the following Is only
a partial list: The bishop of Winches-
ter, $32,500 a year, assisted by a $10,-
000 dean; bishop of Durham, $35,000,
with dean at $15,000; bishop of Ely,
$27,500 a year, and his dean, $7,500;
the bishops of Gloucester, Oxford,
Worcester, Salisbury and Bath and
Wells, each with $25,000 a year; while
even small towns such as Bangor, Chi-
chester, Exeter, Hereford, Lincoln,
Landaff, St. Davids and other minor
places have bishops whose salaries are
not under $20,000 a year.
Malthusian Theory Discarded.
The tendency of modern science
and of modern thinkers Is to discard
the Malthusian doctrine and its impli-
cation that salvation lies In the re-
striction of population, and proceed-
ing the other way around, to find
means whereby the natural fertility
of the earth may be brought to supply
the needs of a natural growth of pop-
ulation
THE FABLE OF THE TWO FLEAS.
Two fleas were once sitting on a
dog who was wandering about the
streets, when one of them said,
"Brother, what a degraded, half-
starved lot Is ours! Here we have
chosen to unite ourselves to a com-
mon street cur who wanders from
alley to alley. We see nothing but
the most dismal sights. We hear no
elevating conversation or delightful
pmall talk. Surely there ought to be
something better in store for us than
this."
"You are right," said the second
flea. "Look, my brother, here Is a
carriage approaching. It Is evidently
some high-born lady bent on a charit-
able enterprise. In her lap sits such
a beautiful little terrier. Let us, there-
fore, make an effort to better our-
selves."
"Splendid," said the first flea. "We
will live amid the most luxurious sur-
roundings. We will feed on the fat of
the land. We will sleep at night in a
clean bed."
And so In a few bold but successful
Jumps, as the carriage stopped, they
both landed simultaneously on the
back of the terrier. In a short time
they were driven to their new home.
So delighted were they with their
new life that the two fleas could
scarcely contain themselves for 'oy.
Their manifestations, however, were
so unusual that the terrier frantically
scratched himself, which attracted the
attention of his mistress, who immedi-
ately sent for a physician, who at
once gave the dog fuch a radical
treatment that the two fleas were
slowly drowned lr. a horrible fluid that
came like a flood and surprise! them
before they were able to get away
"Alas! brother," said the first flea,
as he gave a dying gasp, "why could
we not have been satisfied with our
humble lot?"
Moral Some folks never know
when to let well enough alone."—Life.
When you
success, you
shrivel up.
are satisfied with your
will begin to wither,
r
4-
*
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Smith, W. A. The Exponent. (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 5, 1907, newspaper, January 5, 1907; Ralston, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc169125/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.