Claremore Progress. And Rogers County Democrat (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1910 Page: 3 of 12
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REFORMING IHE STRIP
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BAN WHILE the
ranch on Wan-
derer'* creek bad
suffered. Com-
pelled to be ab-
■ent most of the
time, McDonald
waa unable to
give b I a herd
personal protec-
tion and now and
again bunches of
his cutle were driven off by out-
laws from acroas the border. The
thieves would seem to have taken
•special delight in watching for
the times when Deputy BUI waa
•baent and then descending on his
herds. mainly for the booty, no
doubt, but alio by way of retalia-
tion. It waa r dangerous thing
for them to do and they were cer-
tain to pay for It In the end; the
double temptation of profit and ra-
venge, however, was not to ba re-
sisted.
But while the ranch did not
prosper. Its owner was In no lm-
mediate danger of bankruptcy
With bis success In breaking up
the gang, ,n Hardeman and ad-
joining counties and In No-Man's
1-and McDonald's rame had grown
amaxlngly As a thief taker he
waa regarded as • past master.
The Cattlemen's association a
combination of law abiding ranch-
men. one of tbe strongest organ-
izations ever known—invited bla
apeelal attention to their herds
and contributed a monthly ac-
knowledgment of 160. which, with his n„m...
ous fees made hi. income an ampfe one-
—"as -cri-jassr ™
rangement with the cattlemen Lazarus was
In to K* * hCr? .°f PPrh*PB * thousand head
Into Kansas, driving tbem across the Terri-
and wh** T°,f0rh ch"*e of th, herd
and when Just beyond the Territory line In
•r:'r1'd,,tr,ct-n,et wi,h ^"0^
K * nf"r nl*htfall the cattle sud-
den y became frightened, doubtless by some
i.7n r °Vh.e ouUaw > "n<) Wolforth and hi.
""" '°U°d " 'J"possible to control them. A
genera) stampede followed and Lazarus' rattle
were scattered over the prairie, an™ through
IT"' °f the P"r to the
■pollers lying in wait on every hand It was
a heavy disaster and there seemed little hope
of much In the way of recovery.
Bill McDonald took no such view of the
eltuatlon_ With Pat Wolforth he Immediately
f" 'Cea",ot fh* stampede and began
^ fortcattle wlth 'he "Dlamcnd-tall"
such being the trade-mark of the Lasarus herd
* Vclt"8^ undPrtaklng. Some of the
cattle had been butchered and they, of course,
were lost. Others had been absorbed by tbe
herds of the men. who. though not regularly
engaged In cow stealing, were In nowlne par-
tlcular a* to whose cows they got ani wel-
corned anything that browsed unguarded on
the range.
McDonald began by prevailing ufxni the
honest ranchmen In that section to Jcln at
once In a general round-up. by which me*na a
great number of cattle could be collected and
distributed to their rightful owners.
It mattered little to McDonald and Wol-
forth where they found the Diamond tall brand
they took the cattle: peaceably If p<-s(lble.
forcibly If necessary It wns a sudden and
energetic procedure and resulted In the rccov
en- of the greater number of the lost drore of
Lazarus
It resulted further In a definite plan by Bill
McDonald for tbe discouragement of c tt!e
ateallni? in the Territory and for the capture
of thus* most actively engaged In thai In-
dustry. The back country mas very sparsely
settled and the Indiana and half-brie,1 white*
and negroes were not especially Interested In
law and order, even where they were not di-
rectly concerned In opposing these things
Nearly all. however, made a preteos- of
agricultural employments. There were towns
of considerable size, and railroads—the latter
affording liberal returns now and then when
•ome train was waited upon In a lonely plap*
and the express messengers, mall agents and
passengers were Invited at the point of si*
shooters to contribute to a highway develop-
ment fund.
BUI McDonald decided to break up this sort
of thing and set about It In a way suggested
by bis own peculiar genius. Investigation
must be conducted openly and yet In a way
to avoid suspicion.
Returning to Quanah and Wanderer's creek.
McDonald allowed his heard to grow mutton
chop fashion, bought a "paint horse" (n spot-
ted pony), an old tenderfoot saddle, such as a
plainsman would never use—and a book with
pretty pictures of fruit In It—a nurseryman'a
plate book, the kind fruit tree salesmen
always carry Then, dressed as unlike an offi-
cer or a cowman or a Texan as possible, with
these properties he set out. to all appearunces
• genial, garrulous, easy going tree man. will-
Ing to si', around all day and whittle and swap
knives and yarns nnd to express any kind of
Interest or sympathy necessary to encourage
a man to tell his business ventures and those
of his neighbors.
It wss a pleasant excursion enough. No
fruit tree man had been through that section
before—none had ever dared, or peihap*
thought It worth while to go McDonald'* ex-
cursion proved that profit awaited tbe seller
or trees who should llrst make that wilderness
his territory. Most of those bad men had
been fairly good boys at home at some time
In the past and the sight of those luminous
plates, presenting fruit of extravagant size
and coloring, made their mouths fairly water
at tbe thought of Its cultivation by the door-
way of tbelr own dugout or sod house or log
•cabin. They turned the pages lovingly and
lingered over the wonderful plums and pears
and pearhea. Aa they turned they talked and
The Tenderfoot Farmer
i that it didn't matter what the cow ate so loaf aa (he
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entered into his calculations.
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somehow almost without realizing It they told
• groat many things about themselves and
neighbors. He wrote down tbe orders and
listened and chuckled at some of the yarns,
while he encouraged further confidences.
The tree man did not hesitate to give a
generous return for sny such confidences, in-
venting on tbe spot some of his own for the
purpose. The number and character of crimes
he confessed to having been accnsed of In
the States would be worth recording in this
history If they could be remembered now. The
tree man would then fall to abusing Isws In
general and the men who enforced them In
particular nnd end by declaring that he was
mightily In love with that particular section
and would stay where there was little or no
chance of meeting any of those obnoxious offi-
cials. If the boys would consider him one of
them and all stand together In time of trouble.
Talk like this would open the door for any-
thing The rest of the Interview was likely to
run somewhat as follows:
"By gum," nods the big, burly Individual,
staring at a picture of such peaches as grow
only In paradise, "eatln' peaches like them
would be like holdln' up the Santa Fe express."
Thats what." assents the salesman gaily
"regular picnic all the time. I s'pose you fel-
lows In here have money to throw at the birds
after that kind of a Job "
"Well, not so much after all. Too many
to have a plcce out of It. Everybody wants to
help on It ; It has to be a pretty big basket of
money to cut In two more'n twice and leave
enough to pay."
The salesman shows a sympathetic Interest.
"Of course." he agrees. "It's too bad to
spoil a good bunch of money by making little
piles of It. I guess you havs to have a good
many, though, for a Job like that."
"No; two can do It. an' there ain't no need
of more'n three. One to take care of the en-
gineer. another to pull down on the passengers
and the other man to go through em. It's
plum easy They give up like sinners at a
'amp meetln." nnd the messengers and mall
fellers come down pretty ensy, too If they
don't w. put a few shots through tbelr cars
and that fetches 'en.
"You ought to ct-me down here an' go In
with me. You've got a persuadin' way about
you that would make a man give up anything
he had and thank you for takin' It. It 'iid
pay yeh better. I reckon, than ridln' a paint
hots over the country, peddlln' trees. That
reminds me- you c'n give me six o' them
peaches an' a few o' them pears an' plums an'
a couple o' cherry trees and some grapevines
—the big yallrr ones—Nlagaries, 1 think you
said they was "
And this was the drift of more than one
conversation between the Cherokee agricultur-
ists and the genial tree man, who certainly
did have a "persuadln' way" In making a man
give up anything he had i>i the way of Infor-
mation.
pany of regulars over here. If you want ta
undertake that campaign."
McDonald argued and related what he had
done In No-Man's Land, but to no purpose.
McDonald went about the town trying to
enlist volunteers. He realized that a scat-
tered gang would require time to corral and
that Its members would be likely to be awake
and busy before he got them all In. He did
not want a company of soldiers, for such a
force would scare the gang and accomplish
nothing. He discovered a man presently who
agreed to drive a hack, provided he would be
asked to do no fighting and would be allowed
to remain out of range.
They set out long before daybreak next
morning with a big three-seater—McDonald
with an extra horse— and drove to the home
of what was considered the most desperate of
the Sand creek gang—a very hard looking cus-
tomer who lived with bis wife in a dugout in
a small clearing. McDonald lost no time, for
a whinny of the horse might rouse the occu-
pants of the dugout, and with his Winchester
cocked stepped across the little clearing and
without ceremony pushed open the door. As
he did so a woman stepped directly In front
of him. cslllng out a warning to some one be-
hind her. In the dimness of the place McDon-
ald saw a man on a bed in the corner reach-
ing for a gun which lay on the mattress near
him. It was no time for manners With a
quick sweep of his gun tbe officer pushed the
woman aside and covered the man on the bed
before he could bring his weapon to bear.
"Drop It." be said; "drop It or you're a
desd man!"
There was no mistaking the sincerity of
that order. The mild fruit tree peddler was
merged completely into tbe resolute officer,
with eyes of steel and a crisp voice that ut-
tered words of unmistakable meaning The
gun fell upon the bed. McDonald backed out
of the door, ordering his prisoner and the wo-
man to follow him nnd to make no suspicious
movements Outside, he handcuffed the man,
led him to the waiting hack and shackled him
"First delivery." he said to the astonished
driver "Well go on now and make the rest "
The next hut was perhaps a mile further
along and the sun was getting up when they
arrived. As they approached they fhw the
occupant standing In the doorway He saw
them about the same time and suspected
trouble His horse was hitched to a mesfjuite
tree, and making for It he mounted and (led
McDonald was mounted also and gave chase.
The race continued for perhaps a half mile,
when the officer realized that his man had the
/r/ ■'
The next bouse lay acroas quite a
stretch of prairie and (be hack and Its
contents were discovered, before the
approach waa near enough for effec-
tive action. McDonald, on horseback.
Immediately charged, but the outlaw
suspected the nature of bis visitor
and. mounting his horse, raced away,
emptying his six-shooter at his pur-
suer. Riding and shooting backward
disturbed his aim and his bullets fie1
wild. McDonald also began shooting,
to bring him to a halt, not to kill. As
the outlaw uncssed his Winchester,
however, the officer decided that It
was time to bring matters to a focus.
Dropping to the ground, he knelt aod
sent some bullets close to the ear of
the fugitive The rider dropped his
gun back Into the scabbard and leaped
to the ground.
"Well, you've got me." he called, mm
he came up.
"Hello, Joe. what you been buyln'T
Prickly pears. I reckon." waa the
greeting from the hack as he came
nearer—tbe latter half of the remark due to
a trickle of blood on the man's ear. where the
last bullet had sung its warning aong a trifle
too nesr.
The hack went to Kingfisher next morning
with every seat full and the driver sitting on
the knees of two prisoners The Sand creek
gang—one of the toughest gangs In the Terrt-
"O. well, beauty passes, you know."
"Yes; a pity you didn't stop It on
Its way. Isn't it?"
Traveling Man Got Evan.
A traveling man called on the man-
ager of a large New York concern tbe
other day and sent his card in by the
boy at the outside gate. The boy
sauntered back lazily and told the
traveling man that the manager
wouldn't see him.
"Well, you go and ask him for the
card I sent In." said the caller.
In a few mlnutea the boy returned
from his second trip. "Say," remarked
tbe boy. "the boss told me to tell you
that he tore up that card, but he sent
a nickel to you to pay for It
The traveling man was deeply in-
tory- in the space of a single day and by a suited, but he decided to get back as
single man had been retired from business. best he could. He opened his card
The Cherokee Strip campaign was not al- case and drew out another card, hand-
lowed to languish An outlaw community i ing It to the boy.
about 25 miles north of Kingfisher and seven "Give this to your boss." he said
miles west of Hennessey, on Turkey creek, "and tell him that 1 11 keep the money
was raided next. In the course of bis tree My cards are two for live Much
selling McDonald had fallen In with a man obliged."
who waa peddling stolen beef. He bad learned The manager rushed out of the gate
that this man was operating for the Turkey to find the traveling man. but he was
creek gang and that the beef he waa selling too late. The man bad left
was really the property of the Cherokee Strip
Live Stock association Anslyxsd by Chemists.
McDonald now went to Kingfisher, took the Apropos of President Taft and his
beef peddler to Wichita. Kan., and put him In recent decision about whisky. Richard
Jail. Then he got on friendly terms with him. '•*' Galllenne said at a dinner at the
DOUBLE REWARD OF VIRTUE
Love Story Written by Small Boy at
Least Brought Things to a
Happy Conclusion.
Apropos of love atorles In general.
Jerome 8 McWade. the well-known
Duluth connolaaeur. said at a recent
dinner:
"At the approach of Valentine day
last year 1 offered a prize of five dol-
lars to the little boys of my Sunday
school class for tbe best short love
story. I have one of the stories here,
and I am going to resd it to you."
Mr. McWade then read:
"A poor man fell In love with a lady
whose mother was a rich toy dealer.
"The poor man could hot marry tha
rich lady, because he had no money.
"A villain then offered him $50 if ho
would become a drunkard.
"The poor man wanted the money to
get married with, so he agreed, but
when he got to the beer saloon he
said:
" 'No. I will not become a drunkard,
even for great richea.'
"On the way home he found a bag
of gold. 8o the young lady married
him. It was a splendid wedding, and
the next day they had twins.
"Moral—Virtue Is Its own reward.™
—New York Times.
He gave his prisoner some good fatherly ad-
vice about bad company and the usual rewarda
of becoming the tool of lawless men Tha
result was a general confession and turning
of state's evidence. McDonald next morning
swore out warrants for the men named and
with a deputy marshal from Kingfisher, who
declared himself willing to go. aet out for
Turkey creek. They went In a back, as ususl.
and arrived before daylight at the bouse of house near the
one Charlie Tex. night and said:
When they entered they found only one man " J^r whisky pure?"
In bed. He declared he had Just arrived In " 'Well. I should think so.' the pub-
that country: that there was nobody at boma "can answered, 'it's been paralyzed
and that he knew nothing of the owner's three anarchists.'"
whereabouts. They took him along, how.
ever, and proceeded to another house nc* When Tempus Didn't Fugit.
far away, but found It also empty. The «fl- Helen- during the three years
St. Regis
"While I was living in Liverpool
there arose a hot whisky discussion.
Was pot still whisky the only whole-
some one. or was patent still whis*y
the one non-poisonous drink? Chemf-
cal analyses were applied to every
whisky going.
"A Liverpudlian entered a public
Albert docks one
If She Had Her Choice.
A gentleman who flndB great amuse-
ment in telling his wife which lady of
their acquaintance he will select as
her successor when she dies, and who,
one day. had been teasing her with
numberless mock-serious allusions to
the subject, suddenly called their lit-
tle daughter to him and asked her.
shaking with laughter at his own wit:
"Madeline, how would you like to
have a stepmother?"
The child considered for a moment
and then, with great earnestnesa re
plied:
"I think I'd much rather have a
stepfather."
Not Appropriate.
Senator Heveridge was replying at a
dinner In Waahington to a defender of
the sugar trust.
"You remind me of a man at his
brother's funeral. This man bent over
the grave and cloaely watched the low-
ering of the coffin down Into the clean-
cut rectangular chamber prepared for
it. He heaved a sigh aa the coffin
came to a rest, and aald to the under-
tsker heartily:
" "It's the neatest fit I ever saw tn
my life. Come and have a drink on
the head of it.' "—Sunday Magazine of
the Cleveland Leader.
Why She Needed More Nights Off.
Having recently engaged an 18-year-
old colored girl to do housework a New
York woman was adjusting the vari-
ous questions of privileges.
You will have Monday and Thurs-
ccrs now concluded that the men had In i tu of her "fe- had neVf>r been separated
manner got wind of their coming and were ,rom her elder 'Kht or day for
hiding In the bo't .ms They followed a way molv ,han a few Minutes at a time;
down th~ creek, breaking through to the pral- 1>u' at last ,he "me when the
rie again, not far from the Tex house As went awav f°r a whole day. Mnnaar ana . nur,
thoy did so they noticed the man with them 1 h«; ch,'d 'ri"d *v"ry S"™ and occu- day nights off. Eliza " the mistress of
apparently trying to signal In that direction. I,a"on lhi*T knew of, and a new (hp house said.
Th< n they became aware that several men "ne or suggested by her mother.
with Winchesters were walking leisurely along but ,hey "" Pa"«*l-
the top of the grassy hill, either unaware of Finally she gave up and stood and
the presence of the officers or Indifferent to It. look,>d sadly out of the window. Then
McDonald and his associate, satisfied that sh'' deeply and said:
these were the men wanted, set out up the bill 11 8 s"'' the same oid day, isn't It.
briskly. mother?" —Woman's Home Companion.
McDonald did not take time to guess at D , . . . 77
their plans, but kept straight after them, sup- . ® yed by ,he T'PP,n9 Habit.
posing his companion-in-law was following.
"On'y Monday 'n' Thursday nights!"
the other exclaimed, rolling her eyes.
"My Lawd. Xtis' Blank, dat won't do
dat ain't enough. You see,
, I s a debbytante."
"Your friend, the count, my dear,"
better horse and would presently get Into the The men did not pause when they reached the T'd Jhe ®'1"onalre to h' blooming
brakes and escape. He dismounted quickly, house, but made for a half-built lo* stable— daughter, has an odd way of extend-
( horofnra anH 11 lr I >. <• «O f.. 1 — i > I • • . . i n If hlK h.'tYli) TUrl vnn imtin ...
So for several weeks tLe tree man on his
paint horse with his old tenderfoot saddle and
his picture book loitered up through the Strip
snd on over Info the Territory, on the surface
taking orders for spring dnllvery and beneath
It all locating the different communities of
offenders, the Jndlvlduals of the same, and
securing data of particular crimes He ended
his canvass at last at Gutlrie, a busy frontier
point on the Santa Fe. with twenty-five hun-
dred dollars' worth of orders for trees, trees
which might be bearing to this day If the
spring deliveries had been made as planned
Hut McDonald wns ready now for deliveries
of n different sort deliveries of the purchas-
ers themselves into the hands of the law As
a preliminary step he swore out warrants for
eight men- the chief operators In a very bad
community located along a small creek be-
tween Guthrie and Kingfisher- about 15 miles
west of the latter He then went with his
warrants to a deputy marshal at Guthrie and
Invited his co-operation in making the arrests.
The Guthrie deputy looked at him with curi-
osity. wondering perhaps If this circuit riding
Texas person was In his right mind Clesrly
the fame of Rill McDonald had not yet pene-
trated Into darkest Oklshoms Then when
he had looked over (1111 Jess's credentials, and
perhaps felt his pulse, he said:
"If you can gel a company of soldiers to
go along I might undertske that Job with you.
You don't know that Sand creek crowd - I do
No two men nor ten men could go up against
(bat outflt and get back alive Hriug a com-
Uierefore, and, taking careful aim. began to
shoot at the ground near the flying horse In
such a manner that the bullet striking the
earth would go singing by very close to the
ears of the fugitive He had long since dis-
covered that a bullet singing In that way, close
to a man's ears, has an Impressive and con-
vincing sound. A man hearing a bullet sing
by like that would be willing to bet any rea-
sonable sum that the next one would hit him.
especially when the command. "Halt! or I'll
get yeh. next time." came with It With the
second shot the disturbed rider brought his
horse up suddenly, dismounted and made mo-
tions of surrender McDonald* signaled him
to approach, still keeping him covered He
came up In good order and was marched to
the hack.
Two men were at breakfast at the next
place and Deputy Bill's Winchester covered
them before they fairly realized that they had
a morning visitor. These two were hand-
cuffed together and marched to the hack The
driver by this time had picked up a good deal
of courare and remained only a few ysrds be-
hind As for the outlaws. Ihey were Inclined
to be sociable, and with the true western
American spirit discerned a certain humor In
the situation.
"Hello, Jim, you been buying fruit trees
ton" was the greeting of one of tbe men al-
ready loaded as the handcuffed pair came In.
"What did you get peaches or pears?"
"You go lo bell, will you? You'll get a tree
with a rope on It before you get out of this
mess."
which- formed a sort of pen-and leaping 1^ h'8 band. Did you notice when we
It. put their guns through the space, between ** t0^.t.fht ,hat he hWd hia Palw
the U gs and yelled at McDonald to stop, swear- . . r . . .
Ing they would kill him If he came any further. daughter sighed
M 'lHmald discovered now that his partner
was not with him, nor snywhere In the neigh-
borhood, and he concluded to stop and nego-
tiate.
"Well, boys." he said. "If you want to raaka
a light you might as well get at It. It's time
for my men to be here Your partner I got
yesterday said you'd likely try to start some-
thing. so I come flxed for such fellows as you.
Come, let's see what you can do."
McDonald waved his hand as If signaling
to his companion half a mile In the rear and
made a start toward the log fort. Defore he
had taken two steps out of It piled the six out-
laws and broke "lickety brindle" for the creek
bottom like a bunch of frightened steers Me-
Ponald ran after them snd saw them leap on
their horses that they had tethered In the
bushes and go tearing down the creek, without
stopping to look behind. Deputy Rill, on his
part, was not sorry to see them go. for they
had him at a serious disadvantage anil his
B1"u^n-:0r;,c'
Asher hv «7v Jf u 1 " Kln«- brt'akfast of fruit. Grape Nuts with
man Whom hi i° " T/ , l,el.enll t«1 • cream, some crisp toast and a cup of
man whom he knew, one Charley Meyers, and Postum
sr
and the machinery doesn t work
"I was in hopes," she murmured,
"that If Alphonse was exposed it
would be found that he was at least a
restaurant waiter—but I'm afraid he
was only a shoe sbiner in a barber
shop."
Tha. English Way.
"Do you think baseball will ever get
a foothold in England?"
"They play it some."
"As strenuously as we do?"
"Well. no. They serve tea between
innings, 1 understand."
Excellent Connection.
'Is bis family well connected?"
"Kxtremely so. They have an eg-
luslve private phone."
CHANGE THE VIBRATION
It Makes for Health.
A man tried leaving off meat, pota-
Big Bugs.
Dr. Cook was talking to a Washlng-
"The man Is wrong In his attacks."
he said. "He errs as ludicrously In his
idea of polar conditions as tbe Brook-
lyn domestic, who said:
" It must be a flllby place, that
north pole, ma'am I hear It's full of
ice bugs as big as churches.' "—Wash-
ington Star
Exposed.
"She is homelier than her slater,
don't you think so?"
"No; you Just think so because she
wears a low neck gown and you see
more of her than you do of her sis-
McDonald, always good ns.ured wlth his f^rce'^'^y"!^.'^^ wUh^usVTbree*
prisoners. Joined in the bantering
"I'm delivering." he said; "I brought In a
nice pair, this time," as he loaded his double
capture into the back.
the men threw down their arm7"snd* Hurren' ,hl-k'n«l Puts aside food
dered -the others fired of ,ow "utrltlve alue and takes
LIVES IN STRONQ CONTRAST
Ths Pity of It That the Latter Is So
Much More Frequent Than la
the Former.
In atribute to the memory of a Har-
vard professor of advanced years, who
recently died, au associate, speaking
of the personal relations of his de-
parted friend: "Ilia wife gave Into
his Ufa tha spirit of old faahlonad
Literal folk may ask what (his, pre
clsely, means, but those with Imagina-
tion snd iho Insight that looks not to
lexicons for all definitions need no ex
planallon. To them the simple words
bring a vivid picture of that married
life and of the wife's part In It. Into
It ahe brought sweetness and gentle
ministrations; ahe filled her home
with an atmosphere of peace aod com
fort. To her tha husband turned for
dered -the others fired some scattering shots
8« they ran. and they must have kept on run-
ning. for they troubled that country no mora
the aentlment and poetry and tender
affection needed to round out his ex
Istence and to give Inspiration lo his
professional labors. I.Ike an old fash
loned rose, never flaunting Itself, with
a fragrance not loat when It Is faded
and old, hut lingering like a spirit of
grace, this wife was the soul of her
home and made her husband's life
complete.
In the papers from day to day are
being published rhaptera of a married
life where sweetness might have
reigned had not tha rose been crushed
before It fully bloomed. It began with
love and hope and promise; It ends
In the divorce court because one, per-
haps both, failed to live up to their
opportunities; because dissipation,
recklessness, temper, led to negletf,
quarrels, unfaithfulness; because self
Indulgence, not duty, was the rule
of action. It la a vivid contraat which
this lire affords to the other, and the
pity Is that there are ao many Ilka U.
—Indianapolis star.
Snoring la tha pessimism of slum-
ber.
up
food and drink of tbe highest value,
already partly digested and capable
of being quickly changed Into good,
rich blood and strong tlasue.
A most valuable feature of Grape-
Denatured Kicking. „ -
New Jersey has a mayor who aska '* ,,le natural phosphate of pot-
the citizens to come around once a *8h •rown ,n the grains from which It
week and register their kicks. Yea. ,n,de' Tbla '* element which
snd no doubt he has a bulky chief of transforms albumen In the body Into
police and several brawny patrolman th# *°ft *r*jr ,uba'a"c« which fllla
brain and nerve centers.
A few days' use of Grape-Nuta will
give one a degree of nervous strength
well worth the trial.
Look In pkgs for the little book. "Tha
Road to Wallville." "There's a Reason."
■vet reed the etna tetter r a new
— appears hep il« te Use.. T*ep
stsndlng around to
kickera.
Intimidate tha
Me Failed to Sea It.
Mr. Closecoyne (during his wtfa'i
reception)—She gives 'em llshts; she
gives 'em mualc; ahe give* 'pa food,
flowera, champagne, and that's what
aha calls receiving!— Puck.
There are any number of women
violinists. bu( did you ever meet a
woman who could play the fiddle?
_„k my r thatcovoh
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Hear your own burdens first, after
that help to carry those of other peo-
ple.—George Washington
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f K HHOMO Outnint* TWblata.
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It Isn't every pi
a whack at (he ol
Clear white clothes are a sin that tha
housekeeper uses Ksd Crow Ball Bias.
Large 2 us. package, ,
It doesn i take one
an expert fault finder
PATENT ESSS-a-sS
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