Claremore Messenger. (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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JOHN DRUMMOND
GENTLIMAN
ADVENTURED
flejvry Collins WaJsK.
COPTRICHT BY /t/DCWAY CO
YPES are modified by
their environment, and
to suit the times, liut
they are eternal, and
live by that perpetual
adaptation to environ-
ment which Mr Spen
cer tells ut< Is the law
of life. When we say
"gentlemanly adven
turern," we Immediately think of
Kaleigh and Morgan and Ponce de
Leon. and such geutlemen of the old
school, but they have their successors
today, and will have till the love of
adventure Is dead In the human heart.
I have met several of these adven-
turers In the course of my personal
wanderings Here Is one of them.
After many days of traveling on
muleback, through Jungles and over
mountains. In Spanish Honduras, 1
'found myself at a little Inn In Santa
Itarbara. a town situated In the Inter-
ior Here, one evening. 1 was Indulg
Ing a cigarette and after-dinner coffee
with my landlord and his la<Jy, when
In upon this peaceful scene walked
John Drummond.
I had heard of him, and he was good
enough to sa.v that he had heard
NOTED BAND AND SINGERS
- AT OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR
verted tug—was sent to attack Drum
niond by sea. Sunk partly lb some
ancient earthworks commanding the
harbor wan a very ancient piece of
Spanish artillery, quite a large smooth-
bore brasn cannon, artistically orn
mented after the old Spanish fashion.
The ancient piece could not be swlv
eled bernu.se of the embrace of Moth
me. and that he had come into Santa j Pr Larth, but Drummond waited until
Itarbara to take me out on his ranch. diminutive man-of-war was on a
if I would accompany him
I was obliged to refuse his invita-
tion, but we remained together for
'that night and part of the next day.
-at Santa Barbara
Aside from displaying htmself In
the altogether and showing nie a body-
fairly perforated with bullet-holes, the
visible reminiscences of many battles,
•he was reticent concerning ills life and
adventures, as Ruch men usually are.
What I record about him I have learn
imalnly through a friend of mine who
line with his piece of ordnance, then
he hade his gunner to fire. As nothing
happened. Drummond, who was smok
Ing. leaned over and placed the light-
ed end of bis cigar to the touch hole
The cannon belched forth its missile,
but It also rose In the air, struck
Drummond In the face and knocked
him senseless. He has been minus an
eye since this exploit.
He was taken in a stretcher to the
home of the lirltlsh consul, where he
lay for some days, "lost to life and
has been much in Central America and us,> ""d ""me and fame."
who knows John Drummond well Meantime, the Invading government
John Drummond. I have learned, was
born In Mobile, Ala . but Just w hen I
do not know, nor can I tell unythlng of
forces entered the town. The eight
Texans discreetly vanished, and
Drummond's small army took to the
his early days, and It suffices to say ta" timbers
that be really became Interesting ' The commanding general demanded
when the spirit of adventure led him | Drummond from th? llrltish consul,
intc the unsettled country of Hon ' who parleyed, having cabled to Ja-
duras Here he became a soldier of! maica for a llrltish man-of-war So,
fortune, and rose to the position of1 while the parleying was going on, the
< ornmander In chief of the urmy of! Hrltisher appeared hot-footed from
Honduras under the former President Kingstson. the largest and most awe-
Vasquer.. whom he helped into power; inspiring Instrument of navsl warfare
for the presidency of Honduras is won 1 that had ever been seen In those wa
iiot by votes but by bullets
Vaaquer. remarked to mv friend that
John Drummond was always absolute
Jy loyitl to whatever cause he happen
♦<d to be enlisted In
At the end of his enlistment he
would fight Just as well and loyally
under the flag of a former op|M>nent.
Well. Vasqiier had gone out of pow
■er and was anxious for another term.
In Honduras this Is a matter not of
•conventions and elections, but of up-
tm
It fired a saluting broadside. Just to
proclaim its deep-toned bass, and the |
general of the government troops was
Invited on hoard After the usual ex
change of courtesies, the Kritish cai> I
tain told the general that if an.vihing
happened to Drummond he would blow
Puetro forte? to an even hotter eli ,
mate than it at present enjoys i
This casual remark, emphasized by |
stern array of 12 Inch guns, pro
risings. So Vas.juer rose, and engaged duced a salient effect, and Drummond.
Drummond to help him Drummond
was first sent to capture a quartelle,
or small fort
He stole upon It during the night
and darkness He armed his men only
with daggers, and made them strip
off every article of clothing Nude,
they stole Into the quartelle. and Iro
mediately extinguished sll lights. In
the confusion arid darkness. Drum-
mond's men knew each other by the
feel of the hare skin in the hand-to-
hand combat that ensued, and In this
way the garrison was quickly ex-
terminated
who had partly recovered, was allow-
ed to depart In peace, while the cruls
er sailed off to Its own waters
Hut Drummond was captured as he
was making his way to safety, and
was incarcerated In a dismal prison
cell In San Pedro. II was the Intention i
to give him a trial for the sske ol ap-
pearance. and then to shoot him As
a solace due to his rank and station,
he was allowed a bottle of claret each
night for his dinner
One evening he sat In his dim and |
lonely cell awaiting his dinner, and
perhaps also looking forward with an-
Drummond with a small bo^„" • tjcipatlon to his bottle of claret
troops then made a rapid march to One of the Jailers entered hearing
the Atlantic coast and captured the the bottle
Itrlnrlpal port. Puerto Cortex Ills "lUve a drink with me. senor," sug
force consisted of eight Texans and gested Drummond
a few hundred native soldiers , "With pleasure, senor." responded
An army of government troops were
stationed at San Pedro, a town at t!ie
end of a line of 40 miles of railroad
which starts at Puerto Cortex and rep-
resents the entire railway system of
Honduras
One day It was reported to Drum
■mind that the government troops were
on their way from San Pedro on a
banana train He immediately took
IKtssesslon of an engine and tender,
placing the latter In front of the en-
gine Then b barricaded It. mounted
a small piece of ordnance and his
eight lusty Texans upon It. and so
went serenely forth to meet the en
emy
As aoon as the banana train hove In
alght. he let fly at It with artillery
and rifles, aid stampeded the Invading
army, who took to the woods In tar
ror
Drummond and his men returned In
triumph to Puerto Cortex Then an
alleged gunboat—nothing but a con-
Quean Beta Liked Har Ala Strong, i
What the London Chronicle calls
Mr Bryan's 'teetotal hospitality"
would never have done for Queen Heaa.
►'or wlierver Elizabeth went there ale
had to go ils<t--strong ale Brent
were the trials of her hoat, the earl of
Leicester, aa expressed In a letter from 1
list field to Ixiri Hurlelgh: "There Is
not one drop of good drink for her |
bora We were fain to aend lo l<on- ,
don and Keollworth and diver* other
places where ale was; bar own beer
waa so strong aa there was no man
the Jailer.
There was but one glass, so Drum-
mond took the hottle In his hand and
tilled the glass Then he handed It to
the Jailer, who bowed and placed the
glass to hla lips As he did so. Drum
mood hit hltn a fearful hlow on the
head with the almost hill bottle, crush-
ing In his akull Selrtng the soldier's
musket. Drummond rushed forth and
shot bla other taller dead
Itv good fortunn. a mule, saddled and
bridled, waa tethered to ■ near-by trea.
Mounting tr.e mule, Drummond rode
off Into the darknesa. and. you may
he sura, kept the mule going at Ita
highest uiule-power With the animal
dead-heat, be crept Into a village at
daybreak, woke the alcalde from bla
slumbers and told hint In excellent
Spanish that the rascally Drummond
had escaped, that he was In bot pur-
suit and that be wished a fresh mule
at once. In the name of the preeldent*
Thn mule waa furnished. and again
able to drink It." And one quart of
this "eacellent wash" of good strong
ale for breakfast, we ore told, put the
queen In good splrita for the atari of
the day's work.
Drummond rode off at top speed. But
his adventures were not yet over. He
was captured by a squad of govern
merit soldiers near the borderland of
Cuatemnla. the haven of safety be was
seeking
After a brief court-martial, Drum
mond was sentenced to be shot at sun.
set. He was backed up close to a low
wall, bevond which were jungle and
thick woodland
Hanking as a general in the Insur-
gent forces. Drummond asked permis-
sion that be be allowed to give the
word of command to the soldiers to
fire.
The soldiers stood ready with guns
leveled at the doomed man
"Ready—Are!" called Drummond,
and fell Just before the flash. The
volley passed over him. and the sol
dlers behald the amazing spectlcle of
a man whom they thought shot to
death suddenly arising and Jumping
over the low wall.
Once In the Jungle and protected by
darkness. Drummond made his way
over the borderland and found safety
In Guatemala.
And as the wheel of fortune and
revolution has turned since this epi-
sode, he is now a respected cltixen of
Honduras, and has various mining In-
terests to keep his fertile mind from
stagnating
Plant of Many Usss.
In 1830 the congress of Mexico la-
sued an order that none of the stale
documents should be Indicted upou
any material other than the paper
made from maguey. This is the na
tional plant, and some have insisted
that the very word Mexico was derived
from the word mex til. wblcb means
maguey.
The Mexicans do well to be grste-
ful to this product of their country,
says the Ave Maria, for it is food snd
drink, house and raiment to the Mex-
ican. Its other name Is agave, or
century plant, from the popular fa!
lacy that It blooms only once a cen
tury. whereas It really blossoms every
eight years
The stalk of the blossoms readies
to the height of 26 feet and looks like
a giant candlestick, for it carries often
as many as several thousand blooms
Many fields of maguey miles In length
are to be found in Mexico, and there
Is scarcely a bit of the plant which
cannot be used in some manner
Bananaa From Brazil.
Brazil, encouraged by the g>e.it
northern demand for banknas. is go-
ing to enter upon the cultivation of
tbat fruit In a large way. An Amer-
ican company has been organized to
operate In the state of Parana. Prom
day to day the lands of the valleys of
the Cuhatao and Cubataozlnbo rivers
are being transformed In'o banana
plantations of great extent. The
American company will sell portions
of this land and distribute banana cut-
tings to agriculturists who will de-
velop their plantations with full assur-
ance of the ready transportation of
their product. The company will buy
or charter special vessels In sufficient
quantity to transport this fruit.
Miss Ollvs Elsom Scharf, Soprano, at 8tate Fair.
The famous Natlello Rand has been engaged for the Seventh Annual
1 Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition. Oklahoma City. September 23 to Oc-
i tober 4, m:s. One of the features of this band will be the celebrated soloist,
! Miss Olive Kison Scharf, a soprano of note. She has just completed a
successful tour of the large cities of Europe. Everywhere she waa a favor-
ite. As the star attraction of some of the leading orchestras of this coun-
i try, and prima donna of the German Opera Company, Mlaa Scharf haa
i achieved much success She la a young, comely woman. Her voice la
characterized by sweetness and finesse. In solo work sha la unexcelled.
Another lamous soloist accompanying the band Is Joseph C. Ramaer, a
baritone, who ranks with the most popular singers in America. Mr. Ramsar
wTiT also feature the appearanee of the hand at each concert, and the band
| itself will present various novelties, auch aa chimes and bells.
WHEAT ESTIMATE LOWER
, Crop Will Aggregate 15.000.000 to
18,000.000 Bushels
Oklahoma's wheat yield for this
year will aggregate fr0m 15.000,000 to
18.0u0,000 bushels. This represents a
falling off of approximately 50 per cent
from what the prospects were for a
yield the latter part of May when the
dry weather caused the wheat to lose
the moisture that was so necessary
for the final ripening period. Last
year's total yield for Oklahoma was
approximately 20,000,000 bushels.
Chinch bugs did little damage to the
wheat, the principal damage having
been due to the drouth, accordlttf to
Charles F. Prouty. secretary-treasurer
of the Oklahoma Grain Dealers' asso-
ciation Prospects for a big yield
were never brighter than a week be-
fore the time for the wheat to ripen
and the crop harvested does not repre-
sent the highest grade of wheat, he
said.
Fifteen million bushels will ha a
good yield, according to D C. Kolp.
of the firm of K It and D. C. Kolp,
grain dealers, who estimate that at
l^ast 10,000,000 bushels were lost be-
cause of the drouth Tbis also is the
contention of R H. Conyers. manager
of J. Kosenhauin Grain company, and
of J. J. Stinnett, manager of the Okla-
homa Export company. The wheat
will bring approximately 7!i cents a
bushel to the farmers, they contend
Katy Kicks on Ita Taxes
! Muskogee.—Alleging the Oklahoma
| "tax ferret law" Is Invalid, because It
| Is In conflict with both the constltu-
I ton of the United State* and of Okla-
, homa, the Missouri, Kanaas and Texaa
railroad brought suit in the superior
court which if won will knock out the
law, according to local attorneys. The
suit is brought against W. H. Wain-
wright as treasurer of Muakogee coun-
ty, and asks the court to prohibit th*
treasurer from placing on the tax
books flO.OOO worth of company prop-
erty in tbis county.
Baptiats Are Asked to Sav* College
Judgment for flg.000 against the
Oklahoma State Baptist college of
Blackwell was granted in district
court in favor of the State Life
Insurance company of Missouri, which
holds a mortgage against the institu
t-ion. I'nless the incumbrance is raised
by August 11, the property valued at
$100,000 will be sold at auction by the
sheriff. There are over 80,000 Bap-
tists in the state and they have been
appealed to for Ihe neccs*arv fund*
to save the school.
A Young Naturalist.
One afternoon my little slater, aged
four, while sitting looking at our ca-
nary. turned to me aud asked' "Sis-
ter. wheu the canary grows up will It
be a poll parrot?"
Ash Heap for Grandma.
I A certain little fellow love* hla
grandmother dearly The other day.
1 hearing her talk, perhaps a bit mourn-
j fully, of growing old, the child was
■such troubled. "Grandma." he asked,
, his baby arms about the beloved neck,
I "when you do get old will mamma
! throw you out on the ash heap, like
she doe* all our old things?"
Paw Mirror* In Japan.
It la only during a comparatively
short time that th* Japaneee nave
known glass as occidentals know IL
says Harper's Weekly. When AIM first
railroads were built passenger* In the
noarhe* often put their heads through
Hie (laas, auppoalng the frame* of th*
Queen Wilhslmins and th* Council.
The International council of women
recently convened at The Hague wa*
somewhat disappointed In not receiv-
ing a message of greeting from Queen
Wllhelmlna. Tbe royal lady, who waa
at her country palace, la said to die-
play no interest In the woman'* pro-
gressive movement. At the opening
receptton of the council a representa-
tive of Queen Emma, the "queen
mother" wa* present to bring greet-
ings and the wish for a successful
meeting
windows to he empty, and th* rail-
road company nt length pnated pic-
ture* on the glaa* to call attention to
th* fact that a solid subatancs waa
behind them The masses of the Jap-
aneae today do not haow th* mirror
na It Is known In th* w**t. The rich-
er people have one mirror, Indayd, but
usually tbe glasa used In tho mirror*
sold to the popular* I* not qulckail
vered. being merely well polished. At
for cut glass. It I* practically un-
known In the Island, and glaaa drink
Ing cupa are rara. •
It Would S**m So.
"What do you consider the most Im-
Important event In the history of
Pnrla?" asked the obsequious landlord i
of tbe American tourist. "Well" re-
plied the tourist, who hsd grown
weary of dlatrlbuting tip*, "so far na
financial prosperity Is concerned, 11
should say the dlacovery of Amerloa
was the making of this town "
Squar* Foot and Foot Square.
There is no difference In area be-
tween one square foot and one foot
square, though there may be a differ-
ence in tbe sbape and dimensions of
the surfaces. For instance, one square
foot may be inclosed by a circular
line, a hexagon, a triangle or a rec-
tangle One foot square la an area
of fixed form, the four aidea being
equal and tho four angles all right-
angle*.
Contagious.
" Tie *trange," muttered a young
man, a* he ataggered home from a
•upper party, "how evil communica-
tion! corrupt good manner*. I've been
surrounded by tumblers all thn oven-
lac. and now I'm a tumbler
Machln* That Blown Bottle*.
A glaaa bottle blowing machine la-
vented In Germany has a speed of
1.000 botl lee an hour, equal to the
work of 160 expert glass blower*.
Laat Known Survlvar of Tribe
Andrew Harrison of New Britain.
Doubling Human Lift.
In 1S(« the public health condition*
of N*w York war* In *o low n state
that th* average length of llfo of the
Inhabitants waa 10 year*, In 1912
these condition* of life waa M years.
Thus the value of human life, reck-
oned In terma of time alone, hnd more
than doubled in leaa than hair a cen-
tury.—Century.
DlfUreno* Between Two Word*.
The vaat difference between tbe
worda "may" and "ahall" oan bo fit-
tingly deecribod by thooo who have
gone before the parole ttard.
Take AH tho Cream.
Educated folk keep to on* aaother'a
company too much, leaving other
people much Ilk* milk aklmmed of Ita
cream. . .
Simplified.
The driver of an nutomobllo la called
Andrew Harrison of New Britain, • «• v « niwwm u wng
Conn., la the last known survivor of, • chauffeur by thoae who ride with
tho Mohican Irlb* of Indiana. hlm' but what P^deatrlans call htm la
A. Vfhnls Irkf amalar In ahnll
S*ar«h That Navor End*.
Ignorance may find a truth oa Ita
doorstep tbat erudition vainly
Is tbe atara.
"Have
a whole lot *a*l*r to spell.
Navor lyan Tepid.
yon bot
house?" "Have IT
sa asm out of IL
'
water
My
your
or, i
CROP CONDITIONS IN
WESTERN CANADA
ARE THE MOST PROMISING FOR
MANY YEARS.
Tbe deepest Interest I* attached to
the condition of the grain crops In
Western Canada, especially among
the thousands In tbe United States
who are financially Interested In land*
In that country. Tble lntereat I* fully
a* great among those who hav*
friend* there following farming and
the growing of grain.
The reports from Canadian govern-
ment officials convey tbe Information
that the area under crop thle year In
the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta will probably be no
greater than that of laat year. Last
fall the weather wae such that there
was not aa much fall plowing aa bad
been hoped for. The getting ready of
land this spring made a considerable
portion of the grain late In seeding.
Notwithstanding this, wheat, oats,
barley and flax were got in in good
shape, although from a week to ten
days later than last year. On the
27th of June the reports regarding
crop conditions generally In Western
Canada were: "Abundant sunshine
with timely and copious rain through-
out Western Canada give* every as-
surance of generous harvest. Climatic
conditions in recent weeks have been
absolutely Ideal. Western correspon-
dents agree In predicting every indi-
cation of a bumper crop under favor-
able conditions. Wheat should be
headed out In Manitoba between July
10th and 12th, and In Saskatchewan
and Alberta from 16th to 17th. The
oat crop la looking well, although late
and rather short In straw."
Thl* I* followed by a report July
5th: "Crop conditions continue In
same satisfactory condition as last
week. Plenteous rains have fallen all
over prairie, provinces, followed by
general warm and splendid growing
weather. Experts agree aufflcient
moisture for many weeks, while crop
la ten to fifteen days late, prospect*
are extremely favorable and condi-
tional upon reaeonable weather for
next four weeks. Splendid western
crop la assured."
There la, therefore, the beat reason
to anticipate most magnificent crops
throughout Western Canada In lflS.—
Advertisement.
How to So* Through Papar.
A very remarkable experiment
which any one can repeat with very
little trouble ha* been unearthed by a
German. Take a piece of paper of
auch thickness that, when It 1* laid
upon a piece of printed matter, the
character* Just *how through, but can-
not be read. Placing It over n printed
aheet. Impart to It n circular motion
to and fro. and to your surprise you
will flnd that now you can read the
print below the paper.
It Is rather difficult to explain this'
peculiar effect. The explanation of-
fered is that tbe paper haa thin places
In it, and by rapidly moving It over
the print, every part of the printed
matter is exposed In turn underneath
one or the other of the thin places in
the paper, and thus the entire print
can be read. However that may be.
the experiment is interesting and very
simple, requiring for Its performance
only the simplest means Imaginable.
In th* Making of Mirror*.
A chemical action of the ultravio-
let rays, applicable tp the making of
mirrors, was recently demonstrated
at the French Academy of Sciences.
This action consist* in decomposing
gaseous metsllic compounds and pre-
cipitating the metal In finely divided
particles on glass-to form a reflecting
aurface. By this method It I* possible
to produce mirrors backed by a re-
re fleeting layers of zinc, antimony nnd
other nonprecioui metal*. It Is said
that the result compare* favorably
with tbe silvered mirror.—Popular
Mechanic*.
Real Diplomacy.
'In the silk department a woman was
In great agitation. Bb* bad bought a
36-cent remnant, found ah* couldn't
uae It and wanted it taken back. 8he
was in fear and trembling, nnd ready
to get much excited If they wouldn't.
But they did. "You wonder why wo
exchanged that?" naked th* buyer.
"True, we may not be able to aell It
again, for she * bad It a week, tat If
we didn't ahe might never com* la
the atore again. Som* are no anally
offended. Didn't you see bow planned
ahe waa? Bho might glvo ua a big
order now. Yea, women nre queer.
Some day I'm going to write a book
about 'em."
Warm Enough?
While coaching n claaa of childraa
for a little play, the teacher told th*
boys that In th* third act tbey wonld
have to woar their heavy ov*rcoata.
aa that wonld b* tho anow seen*. Af-
ter a abort nllenc* a little fellow about
•even yearn old rnlnod hla hand nnd
•aid: "Taaaher, father oaa't flnlah
my overcoat la time because fc* work*
late; but will It be all right If I wear
my henvy underwear?"
Oar of Sailing Ship Ended.
Apparently, tbe foreign typo aniline
■hip haa practically diaappeared tor
good from International tradeiln tho
Pacific ocean Thn Hong Kong har-
bor atatlatlea for ltll return Just one
nailing ahlp entsrad far that year—
the sole survivor of th* great clipper
•hip trad* of halt a o*ntury and mora
ago. Thta Iona ahlp. tho Inrg*
four master Comet of the BUndnrd
Oil company,, waa the laat of a con
■iderahle Boet employed In tbe oil
trade betwoao tho oaat aoaat of th*
Usltod State* aad Heag Kong
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