Coweta Times. (Coweta, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1909 Page: 2 of 12
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THE COWETA TIMES
Ifark A Leftwlch Editor and Prop
COWETA
OKLA
INFINITE
VARIETY
By Brand Whitlock
illustrations by Ray Walters
(Copyright 1907 by UobbM-lleirill Co)
SYNOPSIS
Senator Morley Vernon's visit with his
Jlinccc wa interrupted by a call from
his politicol Ikiss ut the stuto capital
Doth r grelted it tiu girl more than he
fbetiuv' she had arranged to attend a
dinner that evening witli liim Site said
she i a i ik (I for a national oihee foi him
fn Vermin desk in the senate he found
m red lose accompanied by a plea for
olTrage fur women He met the au
t Imres pretty Mias Maria Greene of
4'hfcago who proposed to convert him
Into voting for house resolution No H
M tsp crr-ttie pfcuri'tl Vurnon’s prninlso to
oolo I i tin- HufTraRo resolution Ho also
sided her hy oomlnulnir otiirid He tnolt
liking to tlio filr sulTriiirotto Miss
Kroi no oonsiiltod with the liciitonant-soi-prnor
Vernon utiinitletl to hunsrlf thit
the siiffruitetle hod stirred a stranoe feel-
tnpr within him Ho forgot to rtad his
fiunoee s 1 tier Vornon niado a irri-nt
spot idi In favor of MilTrniro aided bv
Sltut't - f 1 1 ii Mips (lieene The lesohltion
watt mofle a spoLtal onier Vernon was
enliiuslas tie on the piospeits for the res-
olution lie was niueti in Miss tlreone’s
r-onijiiny Veroil neglei ttd thonglds of
jSnelit Jfe took Mlsstiiperip dm nn: and
laid out pi uiH for the sin eess of the reso-
luiion Vernon’s speech paused a e re it
tw a jipi i 'enMition He was being neg-
ledsl by Amelia wbo had not answered
ills lett'-r Veinon Is "tipped olT" tiial Ins
sutTi ‘tge tesoluilon may not pass As
Aliss 1 1 rr-i no was duo tile following morn-
ing lit hud no fears Miss Gieene ar-
Piui arid bleakfasted with Vernon
Across the dining room entrenched be-
Innd women opponemts of the suffrage
esnliition lie spied Amelia Ho started
towaid lor Site treated liim eolilly and
Hie w onion opponents of suflrage re-
r rmpil blin for Ins part Mis lloiige-
silhrop told Senator Vernon that Ids
coneliKl with Miss Greene lind been hard
upon Amelia He was told to comfort
her omen had a tearful Interview with
Amelin nnd he tried to undo the Ills
which Ills suffrage move had caused He
parLloPv ’ made up" with Amelia who
Iiid turned lobbyist against the resolu-
Hon CHAPTER XII I— Continued
“Sweetheart” lie said ‘‘I must go
now I should have been In the sen-
ate at ten o'clock I hate to leave you
bn! I'll explain everything when I get
back”
He waited an Instant then he went
‘ Aren't you going to say: ‘Good-
by’
Amelia got up
I’ll go too" she said She was
till catching little sobs In her throat
now and then Vernon looked at her
In some surprise
"Why — ” he began Incredulously
ilie must have divined his surprise
I have to help Mrs Hodge-La-llirop”
Blie said as it in explanation
“But of course I hate to bother you"
' "Oh nonsense dearest" he said
Impatiently ‘‘Come on Let's start"
“But I can’t go looking this way”
she said She walked across the room
and standing before a mirror wiped
her eyes cirefully then arranged her
bat and her veil
"Would anybody know?" she asked
lacing aboul for his Inspection
'-Never — come on "
They went out and down the eleva-
for When they reached the entrance
Vernon looked up and down the street
but there was no carriage in sight
The street was Quiet and the hotel
wore an air of desertion telling that
all the political activity of Illinois had
been transferred to the state house
Vernon looked aiound the corner hut
the old hack that always stood there
was not at its post
"We’ll have to walk” he said “It'll
take too long for them to get a car-
riage around for us It's only a few
blocks anyway The air will do you
Rood”
As tuny sot forth in the bright
-morning sun they were calmer and
"having come out Into public view for
the time being they dropped their dif-
ferences and their misunderstandings
and began to talk In their common
ordinary fashion
“Old Mrs Hodge-Lathrop ask you
to change me on the Ames amend-
ment?” Vernon asked her
“The what?”
“The Ames amendment that's the
woman-suffrage measure"
“No do her justice she didn't”
“What then?"
"She said she wanted me to work
galnBt It that's all”
"Didn't she say anything about ask-
ing me not to vote for it?"
"Weil yes but I told her — "
“‘What?”
'That I wouldn't try to Influence
you In the least"
' Vernon made no reply
"No” she went on “I'm to work
against It of course”
They were silent then till sudden-
ly she appealed to him:
"Oh Morley I've got to nsk strange
men men I never met to vote against
st! How am I ever!"
She shuddered
"It's fill very strange" Vernon said
CHAPTER XIV
They walked briskly down the slo-
ping street under the railroad bridge
and then up the little hill whereon
its the capital of Illinois They
could see the big flag high upon the
dome standing’ out In tbs pralrla wind
i I'u'li'yii r ‘
and the Uttle flags on the house wing
and the senate wing whipping joyous-
ly sprightly symbols of tho sitting of
both houses
Now and then they heard cheers
from the house wing where the legis-
lative riot that ends a session was al-
ready beginning They passed Into
the dark and cool corridors of the
state house then up to the third
floor where members and messenger
boys correspondents and page boys
rushed always across from one house
to the other swinging hurriedly
around the brass railing of the ro-
tunda It seemed that the tide of
legislative life was- just then setting
in toward the senate
“Oh Morley" whispered Amelia
forgetting his offense and clinging
close to him “I can't go In there
really I can’t”
"Nonsense" said Vernon “come on
I'll deliver you to Mrs Hodge-La-tlii'op
in a minute then you'll be per-
fectly safe Besides you have your
lobbying to do”
They reached the senate entrance
and the doorkeeper seeing a senator
opened a way through the crowd for
their passage There was confusion
everywhere the nervous and excited
hum of voices from the floor from the
vestibule from the galleries from all
aiound And just as they stepped up
to the raised floor whereon the desks
of senators are placed the gavel fell
and stillness with It They saw tho
lieutenant governor leaning over his
desk studying a slip of paper he held
in his hand
“On this question" he said "tho
yeas are SO and the nays are 17 and
two-thirds of Hie memberselect hav-
ing failed to vote in the afllnnallve
the resolution is lost"
Vernon stood transfixed Tho whole
thing was borne in upon him he saw
"Never — Come On”
Mrs Overman Hodge-Lathrop and the
expression of calm and lofty satisfac-
tion that had settled on her face told
him that It was the Ames amendment
that had been lost But some new
thought seemed to strike her for when
Senator Porter looked around with
something like a smile of congratula-
tion she beckoned him and he has-
tened to her side
“Move to reconsider and to lay on
the table" she said and with a look
of admiration he turned and made
the motion It was put It was carried
of course nnd the amendment was
lost Irrevocably
"Well that's attended to" said Mis
Overman Hodge-Lathrop “Ah Mor-
ley” she said calmly “you here? And
Amelia ?"
“She's here" he said “and I — I did
not get here on time!" The shame and
mortification on his face were pitiable
though they could not have touched
Mrs Overman Hodge-Lathrop's heart
“And I didn’t get here on time"
he repealed ruefully
“Why my dear boy” said Mrs
Overman Hodge-Lathrop "I didn't In-
tend that you should"
He looked at her fiercely angrily
a second
“So that was the game was It?” he
said He whirled with another fierce
look on Amelia
"That was the game yes Morley”
said Mrs Overman Hodge-Lathrop
"but you needn’t look at Amelia so —
she was utterly innocent the dear
little thing'’
Amelia came up She had seen Ver-
non's expression
"What Is it— what has happened?”
she inquired
"Well I got here too late that's all”
said Vernon "I was detained and
Mrs Hodge-Lathrop has Just now
kindly told me that she had arranged
that I should be I’m ruined that’s
all I'm lost”
"No Morley" said Mrs Hodge-Lathrop
"you’re saved You're saved
from yourself” She still smiled at
him sweetly “You might have made
Age no Mark
Nw York Police Statistics Prove
Most Lsmentable Fact
A woman shoplifter who had passed
the Psalmist’s allotted period and
who hnd a loug record of offenses be-
hind her was sent to prison again the
other day and In the printed accounts
much was made of her yoars as If ago
and misdemeanor were etrangors As
a matter of fact among women youth
and dlBdemeanor are strangura If we
make the test of the matter the fact
of falling Into the law's clutches
More than half the women offenders
of New York are classified In the re-
Iwrt of the state prison commission
O'
don't you know another one of your
speeches” '
Vernon bit his lip and walked away
He encountered Martin but could only
look at him helplessly Martin re-
turned his look with one of surprise
“You here?” he said
“Well yes" replied Vernon “At
last — too late It seems”
The surprise had not left Martin's
face to it was now added a perplex-
ity "If we'd known” said Martin “but
we thought that is we heard that you
had ducked”
Vernon shook his head as with a
pain that would not let him speak He
was looking disconsolately across the
chamber to where Miss Greene stood
talking with Bull Burns As In a
dream he heard Mrs Overman Hodge-
Lathrop exclaim
"Ah there is that Greene woman!”
Mrs Overman Hodge-Lathrop was
lifting her gold glasses again Vernon
was wondering how he was to face
the Greene woman But at Mrs Over-
man Hodge-Lathrop's words an idea
came to him
“I'll go bring her and introduce
her” he said He bolted away and
went toward her She was cold and
distant Fortunately Burns lied al
his approach
“Can you forgive me?” he said “I’ll
explain It all In an Instant”
“And how?” she asked with a chill
rise In her tone
“Have you ever met Mrs Overman
Hodge Latlirop?" he asked signifl
cantly
"No" she answered
“Then permit me” he said She
went with him Mrs Overman Hodge
Lnthrop had wlthdiawn her delega
tion to the rear of the chamber and
there awaited Vernon's return
“Mis Overman Hodge-Lathrop per
mit me to present Miss Greene Miss
Anslev Miss Greene" And so on in
the order of relative rank he intio
duced her to the other ladies
Mrs Overman Hodge-Lathrop ex
tended her hand officially Miss Greene
took it with a smile
“I am very glad” she said “to meet
Mrs — Mrs — ah pardon me but what
was the name?"
“Mrs Overman Hodge-Lathrop"
Vernon said
“Ah Mrs Lathrop"
Mrs Overman HodgeLathro
seemed to the eye to swell
“You have a charming little cltj
here Mrs Lathrop We poor Chi
cagoans love to get down Into the
country once In a while you know”
Mrs Overman Hodge-Lathroj
reared back a little
“No doubt” she stammered “1
have always found it so”
Miss Greene feigned surprise and
affected a look of perplexity Vernor
withdrew a step and with his chin In
his hand looked on out of eyes that
gloated The other women In the
party exchanged glances of horror and
wrath Mrs Barbourton for her part
seemed unable to endure It
“Mi-b Overman Hodge-Lathrop lives
in Chicago" she Interjected
"Oh!" cried Miss Greene "Is 11
possible? How very strange that one
could live In the city all one's life
and not have heard!”
“Not so very strange I fancy” Bald
Mrs Overman Hodge-Lathrop “One’s
circle Is apt to be so far removed”
"Yes?" said MIbs Greene with that
rising Inflection "Then you can not
haye lived In Chicago long?"
“All my life” snapped Mrs Over
man Hodge-Lathrop
“So long as that!” said Miss Greene
with eyes that stared Incredibility
Mrs Overman Hodge-Lathrop actually
colored
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Kiddles
The Increasing respect for children
Is beginning to make Itself felt on all
sides Little boys and girls are no
longer put off with careless words and
Becond rate toys They are studied
with constant thought by parents scl
entists devise their playthings and lit
erary and artistic "celebrities” make
the books Of these things modern
children are not unappreciative II
they are growing hypercritical In some
directions they are becoming very to!-
eiant In others and not Infrequently
they understand their parents’ Uttle
shortcomings much better than do
those humiliated “elders” themselves
— Philadelphia Record
In and Out of Focus
"I beg a thousand pardons” said
the man with the strange eyes "for
not speaking to you the moment I en-
tered the room I will tell you why
When I enter a room It is almost Im-
possible for me to recognize anybody
for a few minutes My eyes won't
focus When I was a child I had a
Berlous Illness When I finally re-
covered my eyes were In this condi-
tion and have remained so ever
since”
But just the same she noticed that
when the waiter passed with the
punch his eyes focused on It correctly
every time
of DscreUon
as "middle aged or elderly women”
Of the 0644 women sentenced to the
Blackwell’s Island workhouse during
the last year 3403 were more than
30 years old About one In IB of the
number were legal minors Disorder-
ly conduct and public Intoxication ac-
counted for all but a few hundreds of
the entire number
There Is really no surprise In these
figures for the spectacle of gray hairs
without honor is not unfamiliar In any
of our small parks It would be su-
perfluous to point the moral— and
Horace has done it already In bis
warnings to Lalage and Chios
THE ntw
KING OF BELGIUM IS DEAD
THE END WAS UNEXPECTED BY
PHYSICIANS
No Direct Heir and Crown Will Pass
to Brother’s Son Prince
Albert
Brussels Dec 18 — King Leopold
died at 2:35 o’clock The collapse
came suddenly and at a moment when
the doctors seemingly had the great-
est hopes for his recovery
Soon after the end had come the
ministers were notified The first
official to arrive at the death chamber
was the royal chaplain The ministers
remained In the chamber for a con-
siderable time discussing in subdued
tones the death and matters of state
Leopold II was the son of the late
King Leopold I upon whose death in
1865 he succeeded to the throne He
was born in Brussells April 9 1837
His father was the former Prince of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and his mother
Princess Louise was a daughter of
King Louis Philllppe of France
August 22 1853 King Leopold mar-
ried Archduchess Marie Henrietta
daughter of Archduke Joseph of Aus-
tria She died September 19 1902
There were three daughters born of
this union — Louise Stephanie and
Clementine The two older princesses
have been estranged from their father
but Clementine remained in his affec-
tions There Is no direct hereditary heir
hence the crown will pass to Prince
Albert the only son of Leopold's broth-
er the late Philllppe Count of Fland-
ers The new monarch was born
April 8 1875 and October 2 1900 he
married Elizabeth of Bavaria They
have three children — Prince Leopold
8 years old Prince Charles 6 years
old and Princess Marie Jose 3 years
old
THEIR EMPLOYES OWN STOCK
United States Steel Corporation De-
pends Upon That Fact to Prevent
Threatened Strike
Pittsburg Pennsylvania — Pittsburg
will be the chief battle ground of the
war declared by the labor unions of
this country and Canada against the
United States Steel corporation There
is unusual activity among the captains
and lieutenants of the industry and a
number of secret conferences were
held
It was held that the corporation
bases its hope of preventing the strike
on the tact that 40000 employes own
stock in the corporation which Is pay-
ing them good dividends and steadily
Increasing in value
There are 175000 steel employes In
and around Pittsburg wbo have never
taken advantage of this opportunity to
purchase the company’s stock Yet
the steel magnates believe If the 40-
000 stockholding employes remain
steadfast no strike will be ordered
Gifford Plnehot Will Not Quit
Washington D C — While Gifford
Plnehot chief forester Is not In Wash-
ington to speak for himself his friends
are confident he has no intention to re-
sign from the government’s service
and accept the presidency of the Uni-
versity of Michigan
Will Evaporate Kansas Milk
Wellington Kansas — Adolph Meyer
and Fritz Krager representatives of a
cream evaporating company at High-
land 111 are here with a view to
establishing a branch They desire
the farmers to furnish 5000 cows for
dairy purposes
Harrlman Lines to Seattle
Chicago Illinois — The railroads of
the Harrlman system will Invade the
territory long considered as the
private domain of James J Hill Jan-
uary 1 by running passenger trains for
the first time through to Tacoma and
Seattle and terminals of the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railways
under the new traf!lo agreement
More than 25000000 deposit ac-
counts are oarrled by 22493 banks In
the United States
SKYSCRAPER
tvOiAH i'-K
SO FARMERS’ WIVES MAY KNOW
The Teaching of Domestic Science
May Soon be Taken up by the
Government
Washington D C — The teaching
of domestic science on a broad scale
may be undertaken by the federal
government as the result of repre-
sentations that have been made to
congress by the National Pure Food
association i nls organization wishes
the government to conduct investiga-
tions of the best methods of food
preparations and dispense Informa-
tion and instruction upon the subject
as done on matters pertaining to crop
cultivation
Miss Emma C Sickells secretary of
the association appeared before the
committee on agriculture and asked
that an apprpriatlon be made to pro-
vide for such investigations and the
dissemination of the Information ob-
tained The senate committee al-
ready has voted money for such an
appropriation
Miss Sickells pointed out that the
government Is doing much for the
farmers through the department of
agriculture but practically nothing
for the farmers' wives The latter
need instruction in the selection and
preparation of foods quite as much as
their husbands do in the handling of
soils and crops
ZALAYA’S MESSAGE TO TAFT
In Order That His Country Might Re-
sume Friendly Relations With
United States He Quits
Managua Nicaragua — President Ze-
laya cabled a conciliatory message to
President Taft saying that he had
shown his good faith by resigning In
order that Nicaragua might resume
friendly relations with the United
States The message read:
On December 4 I cabled Washing-
ton this message
"Secretary Knox: I believe that the
sources of your Information are prej-
udiced and request that the United
States send a commission of Investiga-
tion If Its findings show my adminis-
tration to be detrimental to Central
America I will resign”
I have received no reply To avoid
harm to my country and desiring that
It shall renew friendly relations with
the United States I have sent my
resignation to congress As my op-
ponents consider my presence a dis-
turbing factor I propose to show my
good faith by leaving Nicaragua I
stand ready to account for my acts
A Motor Car Down 100 Feet
Pasadena California— Miss Agnes
Clay poo 18 years old the daughter of
a wealthy resident of this city was
killed and Harvey Bissell 24 years old
son of a Grand Rapids Mich million-
aire manufacturer was dangerously in-
jured when the racing motor car In
which they were riding went over the
grade of the Eagle Rock Valley Road
and fell 100 feet down the steep in-
cline Broken Wheel Wrecks a Train
Omaha Neb— A westbound Chi-
cago Milwaugee ft St Paul Railway
train was derailed two miles east of
Bayard la the engine tender and
entire train composed of baggage and
mall cars two coaches and two sleep-
ing cars leaving the track
Citizenship to Porto Ricans
Washington D C— Exenslon of
American citizenship to Porto Ricans
Is recommended by Gen Clarence R
Edwards chief of the bureau of Insular
affairs in bis annual report to the
secretary of war
Nebraska Colleges to Merge
Kearney Nebraska— The Presbyter
Ian Sjnod of Nebraska has voted to
consolidate the college at Bellevue
with that at Hastings The combined
institution Is to be called Bellevue col-
lege and will have an endowment of
5250000
An Old Resident of Lawrence Dead
Lawrence Kansas— George F Sox-
man one of the oldest residents of
Douglas county who has held several
county offices died after au Illness of
ome months
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
Csa quickly be owkows by
CARTER’S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS
Purely vegetable
—act lurelr end
llyon the
Cure
Heed
Dizzt
nee and hktigectioBe They do tbor duly
Small Pill Small Doow Small Prica
GENUINE must bear ngnttures
17ESTERI1 CANADA
What Prof Shaw tb Welt-Kjwwa Aid
cutturfut Say About Its
"I would eooner ralw eettle In Wtwtern
' — -- than In the corn belt of
the United Suteo Feed
le cheaper end climate
better for the purpose
Your market will im-
prove faster than your
farmers will produce tho
supplies Wheatcan be
grown up to the flOtb par
nllol (ftp miles north of
the International bound
art Your vacant lend
will be taken at s rate
beyond present concep-
tlon we have enough
le In the United
CK? alone whojrant
home to take op this
70000 Americans
will enter andmake their homes
will enter
in Wooicrn lanmla this yen r
1009 produced another large
crop of wheat onto and barley
‘tie
In udilition to n htch the cattls
exports was an iiumeuae item
Cattle raising dairying mixed
farming and grain growing In ti
provinces of Manitoba Baskm
ehovrunnnd Alberto
Free homestead and pre-emption
arena oa wtdl as lands held
by railway and land companies will
provide homes for millions
Afiuptable anil healthful cli-
mate splcmlld schools aud
churches and good railways
For settlers' rates desoriptivo
literature ‘'Lost Best Wert” bow
to reach the conntry and other par-
ticulars write to sup’t of Immi
gration Ottawa Canada or to the
Caoadif- ’
aa Uoveramoafc Agent
I 8 CRAWFORD
No 128 V Ninth Street Kimm City Me
(Use address nearest yon) (S'
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LIGHTNING OIL
In the one tmfalllnir netenflfle
rirennlmr which flnstnnflr re
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all liurte cute borne hrnleee
eprnlne nnd wstnb of every
frtnd Pnln lenven nt once be
cause the nlr In exdnded and
the oil covering aete aa nrtlfl
elnl akin The qnlekeat fneteef
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known— HUTTS
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All Druggists Always
A B RICHARDS MEDICINE CO Ihrma Tern
WANTED!
To buy 30a to Sooo acres in one
body of timber coal otagricultural
lands in Oklahoma OWte-ftill de-
scription and prices Quick sale
Address i H ELTON Muskogee Okli
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