Ellis County Capital (Arnett, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, July 9, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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The
Exceptional
Equipment
of the California Fig Syrup Co and the
scientific attainments of its chemists have
-rendered possible the production of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of Senna in all of its
excellence by obtaining the pure medic-
I inal principles of plants known to act most
beneficially and combining them most
1 skillfully in the right proportions with
j ' its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of
y California Figs
' ' As there is only one genuine Syrup of
V 'Figs and Elixir of Senna and as the gen-
i'uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co only it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects
A knowledge of the above facts enables
one to decline imitations or to return them
if upon viewing the package the full name
of the California Fig Syrup Co is not found
printed on the front thereof
EXPRESSIVE REPLY
Freddie — Your father told me that
I was the black sheep of the family
Gertrude — What did you say?
Freddie — Bah!
Interrupted the Wedding
The other day at the Shawnee
county Court House Probate Judge
Schoch was about' to marry a young
couple He pronounced the prelim-
inary words and told them to join
hands and started on the ceremony
“Hey there! Hold up a - minute!
Walt I say!” This series of startling
exclamations came from the door
The groom was horrified — the bride
badly scared
“Just a minute I want to give you
each an apple before you are married”
said the man who bad made the noise
And In he calmly walked and handed
each of them a Grimes Golden
It was one man’s idea of a joke—
Kansas City Journal
Help for the Artists
The comic supplements are filled
these days with pictures representing
some of the foolish questions that
people ask Here is a suggestion lot
one:
A man was walking hastily through
the rain yesterday afternoon his um-
brella raised and his head bent An
acquaintance standing in a doorway
hailed him:
“Say” he shouted “are you going
to use that umbrella? If you’re not
lend it to me!"
Doesn’t that capture the icing?
Overcome Adversity
The waves which sorrow lashes up
around us stand high between us and
the world and make our ship solitary
in the midst of a haven full of vessels
Cannot one do like the fair sun and
go under the waves and yet come
hack again And yet after all if you
look upon his going down rightly
there is no such thing in reality—
Richter
Hard to Handle
“How are you going to keep com-
plaints from arising among con-
sumers?” -
“I don’t know” answered Mr Dustin
Stax “Consumers are mighty trouble-
some Sometimes I think they take
advantage of the fact that we can’t
get along without ’em in our busi-
ness'' PRESSED HARD
Coffee’s Weight on Old Age
When prominent men realize the in-
jurious effects of coffee and the change
in health that Postum can bring they
are glad to lend their testimony for
the benefit of others
A superintendent of public schoolB
in one of the southern states says:
“My mother since her early child-
hood was on Inveterate coffee drinker
had been troubled with her heart for a
number of years and complained of
that ‘weak all over’ feeling and sick
stomach
“Some time ago I was making an offi-
cial visit to a distant part of the coun-
try and took dinner with one of the
merchants of the place I noticed a
somewhat peculiar flavour of the cof-
fee and asked him concerning It He
replied that It was Postum
“I was so pleased with It that after
the meal was over I bought a package
to carry home with me and bad wife
prepare some for the next meal The
whole family were so well pleased
with It that we discontinued coffee
and used Postum entirely
“I had really been at times very
anxious concerning my mother's con-
dition but we noticed that after using
Postum for a short time she felt so
much better than she did prior to Its
use and had little trouble with her
heart and no sick stomach that the
headaches were not so frequent and
her general condition much improved
This continued until she was as well
and hearty as the rest of us
“I know Postum has benefited my-
self and the other members of the
family but not In so marked a de-
gree as in the case of my mother as
she was a victim of long standing”
Read “The Road to Wellvllle” In
pkgs “There’s a Reason”
Evr read the above lrtterf A new
no appeara from time to time They
are arruulnet true aud fall of hum I
Interval
Ellis County Capital
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Qee B Bandera Ed
ARNETT I I I I I OKLA
The “Teddy bear” is developing In-
to a whole zoo
The young thief and his employer’s
money are soon parted
Jail sentences would soon discour-
age reckless auto speeding
Frenchmen must come to America
to learn how to fight a real duel
There are a great many “ifs” In
Prof Pickering's Martian scheme
The Holland stork refused to be In
tlmidated and brought what it pleased
Help the organizations that are
planning to help the poor this sum-
mer Astronomers had better practice up
on Esperanto If they would talk with
Mars
“Darned effects continue in the mat-
ter of embroidery” That’s what a lot
of them are
The discussion over the life of a
silver dollar is useless it all depends
on who has it
Ab guests of honor at banquets the
Wrights are said to be timid and re-
tiring They are free and fearless In
the air but shy at hot air
The police of Coney Island have to
be married men Tough things to eat
are handed out there and experience
is needed in meeting the danger
Holding the auto owner responsible
for his chauffeur may not be suffi-
cient in itself to prevent abuses by
the man at the wheel but it will help
a lot
Nebraska will hereafter have only
daylight saloons It will be mighty in-
convenient for a lot of those fellows
to have to change their habits and
get drunk in the morning
A French learned man says the only
way for women to be beautiful is for
them to be silent for talking brings
wrinkles And does he mean to 1 r
fer there are no beautiful women?
Detectives in New Jersey allowed a
dentist practicing without a license
to draw their sound teeth in order to
get positive evidence against him
Their sense of duty certainly had a
strong pull with them
Points of view were reversed in a
bull fight lately In Madrid The Set of
the bull in killing a torreador turned
the fight from an amusement into a
tragedy while just the reverse took
place from the bull’s standpoint
“Newspaper men dine” is a head-
line That may formerly have been
a practice ' sufficiently unusual to
Justify its lifting into prominence as
news but we are Informed that it is
now quite a common occurrence
That fireproof bulldogs are not al-
ways fireproof especially when stored
with inflammable contents was dem-
onstrated in the blaze at Akron which
Involved the narrow escape of 200
people and the destruction of proper-
ty valued at more than a million dol-
lars Seven millions of gold has been
shipped from New York to Paris Rot-
terdam and South America This is
more than the total for the month of
April New York’s loss of gold since
January 1 has aggregated $60000000
There are those who predict “tight
money” in Wall street later in the
year
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A report received from Victoria
British Columbia that Japan intends
to Bend cruisers to Behring sea to
look after the Interests of Japanese
pelagic sealers will cause no uneasi-
ness in the United States If Japan
co-operates with the United States in
keeping the Japanese sealers within
their rights under the law the seals
will be spared and there will be no
trouble with the Japs
The number of Germans who left
the Fatherland in 1903 for the purpose
of making homes abroad was only
19883 In 1881 the number of emi-
grants from Germany was 220901 The
total emigration from Germany since
1871 amounted to 2750000 and of
these people 17951000 came to the
States The practical cessation of
emigration from Germany has a bear-
ing upon the future of both nations
The public schools in Washington
have just observed what is called
"vine day” for the first time It came
about through the Inspiration of Miss
Susan B Slpe instructor of botany in
tbe Washington Normal school who
proposed such action “to beautify all
back fences that abutted on tbe
streets and on those alleys which
are generally used as thoroughfares
by having vines of different kinds'
planted on either side” The project
was promptly indorsed by the local
board of education
Tbe unveiling of a statue of Henry
W Longfellow in Washington last
week was an event of national in-
terest and it was very fitting that
representatives of the national government-
participated in tbe cere-
monies Washington abounds in me-
morials of great Americans most of
whom were renowned as soldiers or
statesmen But Longfellow is given a
place as a representative of Ameri-
can literature and the choice wai
happy He was the most beloved ol
American poets and none better il-
lustrated thsAmerlcan spirit
Collection of White
WASHINGTON— The White House
collection of presidential table-
ware which has become one of the
great show features of the historic
home of presidents has taken an im-
petus under the new administration
Some time ago the collection re-
ceived an important addition in some
Fillmore ceramic relics sent from
Buffalo There has now been con-
tributed one of the largest and most
Interesting additions yet made
Many years ago it was a custom oi
Incoming presidents to have the old
furnishings sold at public and private
sales Such a sale took place when
President Buchanan came into office
A Washington family bought many
pieces of plate chinaware and glass-
ware belonging to the Madison Jack-
son Polk and Pierce administrations
This family has been the proud pos-
sessor of a large quantity of White
House china for more than 50 years
Through the efforts of Mrs Abby
G Baker the granddaughters of the
family to whom it had descended be-1
came interested in the patriotic col-1
President Taft Is
PRESIDENT TAFT dearly loves
flowers and his passion for poBies
it has leaked out came near caus-
ing his arrest the other night by a
vigilant Washington watchman
The president accompanied by
Capt Archibald Butt his chief mili-
tary aid and a friend whose Identity
remains a mystery was taking a ride
In the president’s big touring car
Their route took them through the
Mall and when they arrived in the
grounds of the department of agri-
culture the president ordered - the
chauffeur to stop -“Those
are beautiful flowers Butt”
he said to his chief of staff pointing
to one of the beds in front of the
secretary’s office “let’s get out and
pick a few”
In the fraction of a second the
three had deserted the autohioblle
and like three small boys were hav-
ing the time of their lives robbing the
flower bed Each gathered a big bou-
quet when all of a sudden the watch-
man appeared The president had
just finished his bouquet and was
standing a few feet away in the sha-
Rats Cost Americans Big Sum Yearly
EVEN the wealthiest of American
millionaires soon would be a bank-
rupt If he had to pay out the rats’
annual board bill It costs the Amer-
ican people $100000000 yearly to
feed on grain alone that worst mam-
malian pest according to a statement
from the experts of the agrieultural
department entitled "The Rat Prob-
lem” An active campaign to rid the
country of the pest is strongly urged
Untold millions of dollars in prop-
erty are being destroyed every year
by the rat also the principal agent in
the dissemination of bubonic plague
The rat’s bill of fare includes every-
thing eaten by man and carrion mice
kid gloves ivory and living horses
hoofs ’Its most common foods are
Federal Salaries and Cost of Living
OF THE 25361 employes of the gov-
ernment residing in Washington
one-half are married The approxi-
mate average compensation is $948 a
year Of those earning less than $720
a year 6501 in all 2028 are married
The bureau of tbe census recently
compiled statistics dealing with 186-
874 government employes including
workers in all parts of the country
The largest class 43790 persons 236
per cent of the total receive from
$900 to $1000 each year Nineteen
per cent or 35331 persons earn less
than $720 a year Those making $1-
OoO but less than $12000 form 184 per
sent
House Tableware
lectlon at the White House They
were induced 'to send some pieces to
Mrs Taft for exhibition In ' the cab-’
inets where they will undoubtedly
prove one of the most Interesting
features of the collection
The contribution includes an ex-
quisite cut-glass decanter with stopple
a champagne glass two small wine
glasses and a dainty cordial glass — all
cut In the grapevine leaf and fruit
design — and a green-edged opaque fin-
ger bowl
There are also two most Interesting
plates — a service and a 60up plate —
of the Polk administration They
are of French pottery
The soup plate has a medallioned
border and also bears the seal of the
United States This seal not only
adds to the beauty and interest of the
plates but adds infinitely to their
value historically as the upper part
of the escutcheon bears 28 stars and
therefore must have been made in
1845 the first year of President Polk’s
administration
That year Texas and Florida were
admitted to the union and was the
only year that the flag or the seal
could have borne the 28 stars as Wis-
consin was admitted In 1846
The contribution also Include a
tea plate of the well-known red-banded
Pierce set as well as a quaint cof-
fee cup and saucer and a breakfast
plate decorated in blue and gold
Caught “Stealing”
dow of a tree “What are you doing
there?” said the watchman to Capt
Butt who was caught red-handed
with a big bunch of flowers in his
hand “Don't you know you have no
business doing that? Don’t you know
you are breaking the law stealing
government property that way?”
Just then the president came from
the shadow of the tree and joined the
watchman in a tirade against the as-
tonished Butt As though he had had
no part In the affair the presidents
carefully concealing a large bouquet
behind his back assumed an air of
virtuous severltyi
“I told you not to do that” he thun-
dered at Capt Butt “I told you
‘Uncle Jimmy ’Wilson would have
somebody watching those flower beds
You know you are breaking the law
and now you are going to be arrest-
ed” While Capt Butt was gasping for
breath and trying to understand the
desertion of his chief in the hour of
trial the watchman got a look at
President Taft Recognizing him he
stopped talking and began wondering
what to do next Then the president
told him they would quit their tres-
passing right away If he would not
arrest them
“You’ve done your duty and I shall
tell Secretary Wilson so the first time
I see him” said the president ' And
he did tell the whole story to Wilson
In great glee
corn and grain One rat will eat 60
cents’ worth of grain in a year while
of oatmeal it will consume $180
worth
Through pollution of food products
it does as much damage as by eating
them It also does great damage by
digging under buildings and embank-
ments by gnawing wood cutting
holes in sacks and by cutting up
goods and papers to make nests Kill-
ing young poultry and stealing eggi
are among Its destructive habits
The rapidity with which rats mul-
tiply is the main reason why man ap-
pears to make so little headway in
their destruction It is calculated that
a single pair of rats and their progeny
breeding without interruption and suf-
fering no losses would in three years
increase to more than 20000000 Rat-
proof construction of buildings espe-
cially the use of concrete in founda-
tions is urged The rats' food supply
could be reduced and their numbers
thereby decreased by the disposal of
garbage and the protection of food
supplies the statement says
The “government service” — a term
which stirs the ambition of many a
plodder in other work — does not fig-
ure out attractively on paper In
Uncle Sam’s employ you may be get-
ting a “salary” in stead of earning
“wages” but the distinction is one
without much difference in dollars
and cents Moreover the federal
salary has not increased with the up-
trend in the cost of food and raiment
nor kept pace with the Improvement
of “wages" which the aggressiveness
of the laboring classes especially
skilled and specialized labor have
brought about in the industries
The entire range of the federal
service in Washington including all
grades up to the cabinet and the
president has but 617 persons receiv-
ing $2500 a year or better Many
men whose names figure dally in the
news accounts of the government’s
activity assistant secretaries and
chief clerks of departments receive
from $4000 to $5500 a year
I’ve locked tbe door
upon them all
they’re waiting
on the walk —
The man to teach
me how to
breathe the one
who teaches talk
The one who guar-
antees to give a
graceful easy
gait
And all the other
specialists I’ll
leave them there
to wait
I’m tired tired tired
—and their books
are on the shelf
And for to-day I’m
going to be my
simple awkward
selfl
I shall' not draw my
breath just so
and hold it while
I count
I do not care how
much I breathe
nor measure the
amount—
I’m simply going to
take my breath
so that it gets In-
side The yearning of my muscles for a rest
won’t be denied '
O what relief to draw a breath and not
think of the rules
For breathing from the diaphragm as
ordered by the schools I
To-day I shall not talk Just so-1 shall
not place my tones
So that I feel a tremor in the little nasal
bones
I’ll vocalize to suit myself I’ll turn my
larynx loose
And let it shuttle up and down and sim-
ply raise the deuce—
The elocution teacher Isn’t here upon the
watch
And I Intend to have' a spree— a lingual
debauch I
To-day I will not hold my chin at Just
the right degree
Nor keep my belt-line gathered in and
balance from my knee
I’ll walk Just any way I please flat-footed
pigeon-toed
Or any way I feel inclined that Isn’t a
la mode
I’ll drag my feet I'll shuffle them I’ll
step on toe or heel—
And would that I had words to tell the
thrill of Joy I feel!
I'm Independent for a dayt I will not
hold the thought
I will not worry my poor brain by think-
ing as I ought
J will not plumb my consciousness nor
turn my ego on—
Aha! I looked outside and saw my teach-
ers all had gone!
I’m tired tired tired — and their books
are on the shelf
And for to-day at least I’ll be my simple
awkward self!
(T)ldManJiddies
Observes
The great
trouble with this
world is that
everybody wants
to talk and no-
body wants to lis-
ten Lots ' of men
criticise tbe Cu-
bans for not run-
ning tbeir coun-
try peaceably and
then go home and make the family
unhappy by kicking about some un-
important thing -
Some people's idea of patience is
for you to stand meekly while they
get the best of you
While I do not relish the idea of
kings kissing each other how-de-do
and good-by still I doubt if either of
the kings accuses the other of having
been drunk again
Here is an epitaph you have never
seen: “He Never Made a Fool of
HlmBelf”
Ezra Timms is so afraid of being a
bore that he bores everybody
A real statesman is one who can
keep right on looking dignified after
his collar has wilted
Enterprise
“No time to talk to you” growls
the man at the desk
“But I—”
“Don’t want to look at anything I
tell you”
“I merely — ”
“Won’t buy a thing”
“One moment sir I—"
“Can’t stop to listen"
“I simply wanted to get you to buy
one of these neatly-printed cards read-
ing This Is My Busy Day’ to bang
over your desk Ab thank you sir”
Overly Enthusiastic
That new man you hired yesterday
leema to be very enthusiastic about
his work I'm glad of that It is a
good trait in a man” says the propri-
etor “Yes” replies the foreman doubt-
fully “But the trouble with him is
that he is so enthusiastic about his
work he wants to talk about it all the
time instead of doing it”
Better Bo
“The critics” growls the disgruntled
author “have roasted my book with-
out looking at It”
“You should not complain" sooth-
ingly says the friend who has had to
read the story as a matter of cour-
tesy “Think what they might have
said about it if they had read It
YOUR
BACKACHE
WILL YIELD
To Lydia E Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
Rockland Maine— “I was troubled
r a long time with pains in my back
tnd was miserable in every
way I doctored
until I was dis-
for a long time with pi — - -- —
and side and was miserable in ever
wa ’ '
couraged and
thought I should
never get well I
read a testimonial
about Lydia E
Pinkham’a Vegeta-
ble Compound and
thought I would
try it After tak-
ing three bottles I
was cured and
never felt so well
In all my life I recommend Lydia E
Pinkbam’s Vegetable Compound to all
my friends”— Mrs Will Young d
Columbia Avenue Rockland Me
Backache Is a symptom of female
weakness or derangement If you
have backache don’t neglect it To
get permanent relief you must reach
the root of the trouble Nothing we
k now of will do this so safely and surely
as Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Com-
pound Cure the cause of these dis-
tressing aches and pains and you will
become well and strong
The great volume of unsolicited
testimony constantly pouring in proves
conclusively that Lydia E Pinkbam’s
Vegetable Compound made from roots
ana herbs has restored health to thou-
sands of women -
Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Mass
Invites all sick women to write
her for advice She has gruided
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Tired Tom (sadly)— Ah that patch
tells me that my old pal Plodding
Pete has been this way Poor old
Pete!
‘At a Chick with Big Eyes
A trainman Is telling an Incident
that occurred on a Mohawk A Malone
train up in the woods the other day
The train was standing on a siding
waiting the arrival and passing of an-
other train when an Italian ' walked
through the coach his bands crossed
on his stomach and bla head wagging
from aide to side in a doleful manner
“What’s the matter John?” some
one inquired
“Oh me sick — me sick as dev” re-
plied the man rolling his head still
more distressingly and continuing the
rubbing of his stomach
“Sick? Well what you been eat-
ing?” asked the sympathetic passenger-
“Eata de chick with the big eyes”
responded John as his groans in-
creased John had killed an owl the night
before and It didn't agree with him—
Utica Observer
A Man of Means
Stern Parent — Ethel young Fledg-
ley gave me to understand he was a
man of means when he asked for your
hand
Ethel — He is a man of means fa-
ther Stern Parent — But he only makes -$1000
a year
Ethel — Well he means to make
more
“Good”
t Breakfast Lunch
or Supper
Delicious
Post
Toasties
A new dainty of pearly white
corn by the makers of Postum
and Grape-Nuts
Toasties are fully cooked
rolled into thin wafers and
toasted a crisp golden-brown
Ready to eat direct from the
box with cream or good milk
The exquisite flavour and crisp
tenderness delights the most
fastidious epicure or invalid
“The Taste Lingers”
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