Claremore Progress. And Rogers County Democrat (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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JUL
MOCKS
DO NOT tell this story be-
causc either the memory or
the relation of ttie event! la
pleaaant to toe. Indeed, It
la the record of tbe moat
distressing and humiliating
experience In mjr life. But
I am Impelled to relate it
aa a proteat agalnat the
prevalent Idea that tbe ex-
istence of a castaway on a
tropic laland Is one of com-
parative comfort and eaae.
In my younger daya I was
In the employ of a Arm of merchanta at Apia,
Hamoa. who had eatabllahed In bualneaa in tbe
Klllce Inland* a young man of the name of
Symonda. ion of a well-known mlaalonary. Ilia
beadqtiartera were at Funafuti, and after aev-
eral successful yeara he had purchased from
the "King" of Valtupu the amall. deaerted
laland of Nuulaklta—"Little Land." It Ilea
Home one hundred and fifty mllea southeast of
Funafuti, alone amidat extensive sboala. Sy-
monda' ambition waa to people and plant It,
but not a native could he Induce to make hla
home there, for tbe Elllce Islanders firmly be-
lieved tbe place waa haunted by evil splrlta.
Not long after thla. Symonda died auddenly.
and I was aent to Funafuti In the company'a
schooner to install a new manager, with In-
atructions to atop at Nuulakita on the home-
ward voyage, inspect the little laland and aet
a value on It as an aaaet of Symonds' eatate.
We left Funafuti with a aoutheaat trad4-
wlnd that aoon died away, and for daya we
drifted over a glaaay aea In intolerable beat.
Finally, on the laat day of February, we
reached Nuulaklta and aalled alowly along lta
const, searching for an anchorage and landing.
In a abort time we came to anchor In aeven
fathoms of water, in a convenient place on the
weat side of the laland where we could aee an
opening through tbe reef. Four of tbe ahlp'a
crew and I made an eaay landing, but, finding
a atrong shore current running, we were com-
pelled to haul our boat up on the aanda. for I
intended to take at leaat two boura to tnapect
the place.
Tbe captain advised me to examine the
place hastily, for bla barometer warned him
of a change that waa Imminent, and this waa
the dangeroua season in theae latltudea.
Above the aand beach, where had formerly
been a settlement, a few Jackfrult treea were
deteriorating, being overgrown with clinging
Tinea and other paraaltea. Here I discovered
aome native aepulcbers which, beside a well
that I found later on. were the only actual
aigna of man'a handiwork upon tbe Island.
Pandanua, which seema to delight In sterile
•oil and In oppoaltlon to the elementa. now
predominated, stretching forth lta weird
brand f and atandlng upon lta singular stilt-
like roota. an omen of desolation. Here and
there I penetrated the buah. observing the na-
ture of the soli and noting It In my book.
I must have been nearly opposite where our
veaael lay, when I came to a beautiful la-
goon, with charming vlataa and lovely gladea
leading In varloua directions.
I was about to return to the beach and con-
tinue my circuit around the Island, when I
heard a musket shot—a signal for my return,
for the aky had darkened and I felt sure that
the glasa had gone lower. I started directly
for the boat-landing.
Towards the center of the Island the trees
grew less vigorously, and were fewer in num-
ber. and many old trunka lay prone on the
earth Tbe walking became exceedingly diffi-
cult. for It was hard to penetrate this broad-
leafed. stout-stemmed vinery.
I bad already had several nasty falla. but
had escaped actual Injury, until at last I
stepped on what appeared a sound tree-trunk
crossing a vine-covered chasm and felt myself
swiftly descending Into space, clutching wildly
at the vines as I passed through them.
My head baving come Into violent contact
with a jutting coral. I lay huddled and sense-
less at the bottom of a deep pit which In for-
mer yeara had been used as a well and now
was partly filled by the action of the elements.
When I revived all was darkness, and rain
waa falling In torrents. In fact. It must have
been the cool drenching I had had which
brought me to my senaes.
I I tried to raise my arma and round them
ftrtunately uninjured, but one knee had been
severely bruised and my back waa badly
wrenched, while my head ached as If It were
about to split In two. and a great lump ex-
plained wfcy I had wasted hours In this situa-
tion
i Though It was very dark, with occasional
flashes of lightning. I found no great difficulty,
•xcept from my own Injuries, In getting up-
ward. as these native wells are so constructed
that the owners may walk down one side to
dip the water with their shells When I ap-
proached the mouth of the pit and thruat my
head through the aopplng vines. It semed as if
the world were at an end. I could hear the
screaming wind rush through the now leafless
branches, and great boughs and mlssllea of
many sorts were flying through the air, mak-
ing it hazardous to rise above the level.
I thought of our brigantlne and hoped she had
got away without losing ber anchors. At that
moment, though the tempest roared. I did not
fear for ber safety, for from the direction of
the wind I was sure she had not been blown
ashore 8uch a gale would Inevitably drive
her far away to westward, and her return to
this region of frequent calms was quite sure
to be slow and tedious. And bere I waa. all
vaprovided for. and destined to pass some days
In utter loneliness In time they would come
back again, and I must contrive to exist till
they turned up. This would be an adventure
to recount to my children as they gathered
round me In tbe evening.
How was 1 then to know that this raging
cyclone had utterly destroyed our ship, and
that, while I sat shivering in my bole, my
brave companions were In their watery graves?
<Never a word was ever heard from them
again, and no fragment of our poor vessel was
discovered lo mark her loss.
When the light returned tbe sun was not
visible It waa not safe to make, my exit yet,
ibut thank Ood! I had my pipe and tobacco
iwlth me, and some mstches that were not yet
|a| lled. Fool! Fool! Everlasting fool that I
\f, ■ ■
was. I wasted several of those precious
matches before I lighted iny damp tobacco.
It waa well on in the afternoon when the
pangs of hunger drove me forth to seek
provender of some sort Though the force
of the gale was quite strong enough to Im-
pede me greatly, 1 managed to struggle through
the torn shrubbery and tangled vlnea until I
once more gained the open beach, and atood
appalled before the ocean'a sublime fury.
Great seaa burled themselves at the trifling
Island, and actually threatened to engulf It.
According to my calculation I bad now been
above forty hours without food. Worn out by
tbe wretched weather, and quite famlahed, I
grasped a stick to aid my injured leg. and set
out to discover food and shelter.
After a painful effort I came to tbe second
patch f cocoanuts. and was not disappointed,
for most of the fruit lay scattered on the
ground, shaken down by the storm. After a
bit of hard work In removing the outer husk,
I regaled myself upon a ripe cocoanut and Its
firmer and more matured fleah, and thla had
to serve me. for I saw nothing elae that was
eatable at this time.
Night came on while I still painfully wan-
dered In search of shelter, and I would have
been glad to occupy the pit again had the dif-
ficulty of returning there been less formidable.
The night proved a wild one, and I lay
stretched out to leeward of a giant tree, whose
out-of-ground roots and buttresses gave ate
juat a little protection from the chilling blast.
Here In this miserable situation I passed the
tedious hours till day appeared.
My Injured leg had grown worse and swell-
ed to a considerable size, throbbing and
alarming me thoroughly. Hunger and thirst
once more assailed me, and painfully I drag-
ged myself forward in the hope of finding
some sort of sustenance. If the brigantlne had
been lost In the hurricane there was very lit-
tle chance of another vessel's coming to Nuula-
klta for months and montha. Possibly It
might be years before the place waa visited.
Such despairing thoughts as these produced a
sort of sinking of the soul, an apathetic sad-
ness Why struggle farther? Rut still I
wriggled forward over the soft sanda. which
seemed barren enough. A soldier crab cross-
ed my path, and I devoured him raw without
a qualm.
Even at this early stage of my Imprisonment
I must have been a bit delirious, for I began to
imagine I heard voices calling me. and at
length I fancied I saw people quickly flitting
about as If to avoid my vision.
The pain In" my wounded leg was very
great, but I sometimes forgot this because of
mental torturea far more acute Another hor-
rid night, and another boisterous day without
the smallest comfort, left me still more help-
less Reason. I believe, was on the verge of
collapse, when my remaining physical strength
suddenly gave way Sleep, delirium, or prob-
ably prolonged unconsciousness, at length re-
lieved me.
I awakened at last to behold the splendors
of a tropic sunrise, the great orb soon shining
directly In my face. My leg was much better
for the enforced rest U had had. and. strang-
est of all, I was not ao hungry as I .had been.
Melancholy forebodinga that rerhaps I waa
fated to die there like a dog and lie unburled.
a feast for crabs and noxious vermin, spurred
me to further effort. Pride and every primal
Instinct urged me forward, and at length, ex-
hausted with fatigue am* in great pain. I
reached the region of the fallen cocoanuts
and. after resting sufficiently, food and drink
were again my portion, and later in the d*.T I
was enabled to stagger along the deserted
beach upon a rude crutch which I had im-
provised.
Onward, palnfuiy onward. I went, craving
satisfying food and rest. Eventually I passed
a sandy place marked all about by turtles'
flippers—a depression where eggs had surely
been deposited More than a hundred eggs
were In the nest, all closely packed together
and covered from marauders. Gathering
some dry wood and bark, I built a little pile
and drew forth my treasured matches.
What an appalling disappointment I was to
suffer! Tbe box In which they were contained
was crushed quite flat, and the matches them-
selves were loose In my pocket. Some, being
wet, had lost their black heads. I must dry
the matches carefully before one of them
should be risked. I did not dare to take any
chances of failure, and always afterward I
would have to keep a smoldering flre or lose
this great necessity. A flat coral stone ex-
posed to the sun was selected, and my treaa-
ure was spread out In the genial warmth. The
Ignition papera from the dilapidated box were
turned and turned until quite crisp, while each
individual match was given careful attention.
When all waa ready I tried to strike a light-
tried and tried again until the whole atock
was done, and this with never a glimmer of
success!
Raw turtle eggs are not to be commended as
a steady diet, but they will serve a turn. In
due course I w s able to get to the rookery,
but most of the birds were gone, dispersed no
doubt by the violence of the gale. None of
their eggl that 1 could find were eatable.
I now tried ineffectually to produce fire by
rubbing two sticks together as I had often
aeen the 8amoan natives do. No, I could not
do the trick.
I began to think of preparing myself some
sort of shelter—at least a lodgment where I
might sleep In comparative comfort. My ear-
liest effort produced a kind of windbreak only.
Raw turtle eggs whefk steadily adhered to
become absolutely disgusting as a diet, and
on the recovery of my leg I sought many ex-
pedients that might serve my turn. Raw un-
salted meat I could not abide, even when I
knew that It was sweet and wholesome. 8o
now when I caught a bird or turtle. I cut the
flesh Into thin strips and bung them In ths
sun. or placed them on hested rocks until thsy
received s sort of natural cooking.
Dressed in a worn-out suit of thin pajamas,
my only other possessions were a pocket-
knife, a note-book and pencil, and a useless
pipe, for the small fragment of tobacco I had
been possessed of had been nibbled away as a
makeshift stimulant
A spell of wet weather set before me
urgently tbe problem of constructing a
thatched house.
After many fail-
ures I at length
owned a weather-
proof roof, and
was much pleas-
ed with my per-
formance.
Salt, In small
quantities and
mixed with sand,
I found In sev-
eral spots, and
the need of this
mineral seemed
so great that I
set about Its
manufacture from
sea-water, by
evaporation. In
this work I waa
fairly successful,
but even this
could not make
me content with
the raw food I
was compelled to
est.
Now strongly
suspecting tbe
fate of our ship,
I might have des-
paired. but a new
Idea entered my
brain and for some time claimed my careful
attention. Many young gannets were by this
time occupying nests by the lagoon shore, and
I decided to adopt several of these, bringing
thehm up by hand, and afterward employ
thehm to carry away letters describing my
deplorable situation and praying for relief. But
my first efforts were unsuccessful, and all
three of my adoptions were dead birds within
a few days. This set me to thinking that per-
haps tbe food I was providing was unsuited to
their Immature digestions—that raw turtle
meat, which they ate with avidity, was a dan-
gerous diet.
I now enlisted another family of birds, and
by stoning up several small basins near the
reef at high water. I waa enabled to catrh a
small supply of little fish, when the tides had
fallen and the water had drained away Into
the sea With a supply or what appeared a
suitable rood. I was at length able to bring
up a brood of promising birds, who were
taught by me to rest on the usual sort of perch
provided at the other Islands. When my
proteges had grown, they were not long In
learning to provide for themselves.
The hopelessness of my situation and mv
constant longing to be with my family often
quite unnerved me. and surely left me less
thankfu! than I should have been ror benefits
received and unacknowledged. My mind, at
times thoroughly discouraged, recoiled berore
such an existence. Several months had elapsed
and my situation was still unpromising
Tbe reeding of my pets bad provided a cer-
tain amount or occupation, and as the birds
rapidly approached maturity, I noted approv-
ingly their greater proficiency In flight At last
all of them were able to make extended excur-
sions. I easily taught them to return at the
call of the flag My tattered pajama coat an-
swered as a signal.
One day while experimenting with my own
birds, I called from the skies an utter stranger,
who calmly perched himself and squawked
loudly for attention With avidity I searched
him for communications, but evidently the
animal was off on leave, for he bore no let-
ters. I red him slowly, and between whiles I
wrote what I thought would have been any-
where construed as a touching nppe"' for as-
sistance Tearing the leaf out or my note-book
I fastened the missive so that it laid flatly
underneath the feathers of the back.
For several days the new bird continued to
resort to my perch, always returning with my
message, and It waa not until I refused him
food continuously that I was able to get rid or
bfm. Then, some days later, having rastened
missives to all three oT my birds. I took down
the perch and rerused to notice them at all—a
treatment they could not understand, ror fmm
their earliest recollections I had been their
only parent
Within a week arter the birds had deaerted
the laland, I re-erected the perch, and thence-
forth every afternoon I waved my rotting gar
ment. hoping that some intelllglbls answer
would reach me. But days and weeks passed
without any sign whatever and I again grew
utterly despondent.
The turtle season had come and gone, and
the extent of my depredations had ao alarmed
the laland blrda that I waa now forced to trap
those which I would uae for provender, or
climb the treea at night and secure my victims
quietly.
One day. observing a troop or newly-hatched
turtles painfully dragging themselves towards
the salt water. It occurred to me that If I were
to place these In the lagoon and feed them, a
plentiful brood could be raised, and turtlea
would ever after be obtainable at all seasons
Once more I decided to entice ths distant
blrda to a renewed perch, and they returned
upon my signals of a welcome. At last I round
a bird with a letter written In the Samoan
tongue and addressed to one or the teachers
Though I could not write grammatically and
with precision In the native language, I was
able to read sufficiently well After divesting
the missive of Its religious commonplaces,
which begin and end every native communica-
tion In these latitudes. I saw that ths writer,
living on a distant Island, had no knowledge or
csre for me, for he sddressed a fellow worker
In tbe mission field on topics of mutual In-
terest
Detaining the bird for «ome time hv such
entertainment ss was sure to i leise him and
his comrades. I now prepared several messages
In such Samoan aa I could muster, snd then,
having neglected the animals to Induce them
to set out. I once mors resumed work upon a
construction somewhat resembling a monstrous
top, which I proposed should spin continuously
In a groove of soft dry wood until Ignition
would follow. It must not be supposed that this
was my first effort In this line, for I can recol-
lect at lesst four other oonstructlons which
were wholly useless. By my repeated failures
(EVIL PUTS A BUT
Oil DOT GRIDIRON
Naughty Lad Disobeys His Moth-
er and Gets Into Many
Kinds of Trouble.
STEPS ON THIRD RAIL
This
I had at leaat acquired some experience.
time success crowned my efforts.
From this moment 1 date a comfortable
change of diet, and I may say that In ths com-
pletion of this labor and a contemplation of Its
results to me I was happier—at any rate calmer
—than 1 had been since my arrival on the
Island.
My misery was soon deepened, aye. made In-
supportable. by tbe loss of my precious knife,
the one Invaluable treasure that yet remained.
As I was stooping over my turtle cage to ob-
serve the welfare of Its occupants It slipped
from my pocket and dropped Into the water.
For aome time I had been of opinion that
the bad weather would soon have Its ending,
and that probably a gale of wind would mark
Its exit. The accuracy of my calculations was
justified, for after several days of great beat
and unexampled calm, one of those sudden con-
vulsions of tropic violence assailed the Island
with cyclonic force. My frail but was bodily
lifted by the blsst as if It were a feather's
weight, and no portion of it«or Its contents ever
met my eye again. Torrential rain In blinding
aheets. almoat suffocating In Its profusion, ut-
terly drenched me. and the great ocean, lashed
Into a wild fury, seemed bent on submerging
the little Island, as It bad done on previous oc-
casions.
From the ending of this storm, my days
were spent In searching for food and praying
to the fiend, and my nlghta were troubled with
such realistic dreams and phantoms—If such
they were—ss wholly to wreck my reason.
Naked and unkempt. I roamed over the lim-
ited extent the land afforded: attached now to
no particular place, and heedless of any at-
tempts at rescue, I no longer kept a lookout
Like a wild man that I was, I gleaned such
rood as the place afforded, untroubled by
qualms of any sort.
One day while drowsily musing, new sounds
assailed my ears—more Intelligible, more har-
monious they seemed, than the others I bad
been accustomed to. Though they evidently
came from behind, I expected the new breed
of Infernals to deploy suddenly in rront. as
thehlr predecessors had always done, there-
rore I did not turn until one or them laid a
rough hand on me. This waa a new experi-
ence, for till now the busy Imps had under
close Inspection seemed Intangible.
Turning to the touch, a number or figures
In white garb met my astonished gaze, and
though their countenances seemed pitying and
beneficent. I knew them for their deceitful
worth, and cursed their uncalled-for Interfer
ence I would have rhased them from the
island Till now all goblins and little Inqulsl
tive Imps had fled before my rage, but these
new-comers closed In around me. seining mv
weapon and overpowering my fiercest efforts,
until I ^ay faat in bonds, and quite Insensible ;
The (nd had come I had been reacued by I
an adventurous and devoted party or Samoan :
missionaries snd their Elllce Island followers
Strange to say, nearly If not all or my mes
sages had safely reached some inhabited
island, but unfortunately none could read and
understand the English words.
Paulo, the teacher on Nanomea. sent mes- |
sage after message through tbe group, and i
these timely explanations came to the south- I
ern teachers, enlightening them as to the
real meaning of my misspelled and almost un
Intelligible Samoan notes which they had
been getting rrom time to time by bird post—
a letter-delivery service which waa soon ac-
tively employed In my behair.
As soon as the derectlve aystem would al-
low, the teachers consulted, and one bold
spirit, an aged man brave old Alamoa—Jour
neyed rrom N'lcutao to Valtupu. and on to
Funaftitl. in an open boat, to give direction
to tbe work or rescue.
As an example or Infinite unselfishness, or
noble devotion to high convictions of duty, I
think that the work of my difficult rescue can
be ravorahly compared with many other shin
Ing records of Chrlstlsn endesvor.
The original party of thirteen adventurers
set out from Funarutl In an ordinary open
boat, three oars on a side, and using a bat-
tered compass ss their only guide. After s
rest of several days on Nukulallal. and with In
creased stores of food and water, the perilous
Journey to Nuulaklta was successfully at-
tempted.
Who can with pen or type recount ths rap-
tures of a return such ss mine turned out to
be?
"By kindness and generosity, my employers
sought to rewsrd the good teachers snd the
workers who hsd saved me from a living death
st the Imminent risk of their own lives, and
my good wife and children set down In fsellag
terms the heavy obligations under which they
lay; but I. who more Immediately knew tbe
case, felt that a long life of thankfolnaM to
and respect for the good people of tbe Biles
"roup no more than paid ay score.
Said Afterward That He Thought He
"Blew Up." and That His Back and
Legs Felt Llks Something Was
Going Through Them.
New York.—A very persistent devil
whispered Into the ear of sine-year-
old Charles MolBt as be left bis home
at No. 86 Catherine street to play la
tbe street tbe other afternoon.
"Remember." bis mother had said,
"tbe devil geta boys who are bad.
You mustn't go eut of tbe neighbor
hood and you musn't get papers for
tbe newsman."
For Charles's principal Income and
candy fund came rrom tbe money tbe
newsdealer on tbe corner gave hliu
for trips to a news company.
Though Charles had promised neith-
er to leave the street nor go for pa-
pers, the devil suggested that the day
was Saturday and tbat ths boy
wouldn't be paid for bla week'a work
unless he flnlsbed It, and that It would
be too bad to lose a whole week's psy
Just because of failure to work one
day.
Charles, tempted, fell. He trotted
quickly to a news depot in Chambers
street snd started to go home. But
that devil whispered again, it would
be nice to go out on Brooklyn bridge
snd aee how the motormen ran their
trains to Coney Island. Again Charles
fell. He got by the policemen on tbe
northern vehicle roadway of tbe
bridge, and with bis package of "6#
cents' worth or papera" stood close to I
the Manhattan bound track or tbe "L" >
trains.
A train went by. The devil Jogged |
Charles's srm and the package tell to '
the tracks a few feet below. Tbe |
small transgressor decided be would
have to reacue the papers or be '
wouldn't get hla pay.
"I bung on wld me bands," said !
Charles afterward, and then 1 put ;
SWEET SLUMBER
BROUGHT BACK
Mrs. WhiU, Usable to Sleep Telb
Hew She Bresg ht Back
Natural Sleep.
Gsstonia, N. C.—Mrs. Ellen White,
of this city, says: "I suffered for
several years with womanly troubles.
1 could not rest at night
I began taking Cardul, tbe won*
an's tonic, and before I bad finished
one bottle I could sleep welL It just
acted like a charm.
81nce taking Cardul I have been la
better health than for ton years. II
Is the best medicine I ever used. It
did me more good than tbe doctors.
I can oertalnly recommend Cardul
to all suffering women, for I have
been greatly benefited by lta use. It
will build them up.
Cardul has been worth Its weight
In gold to me, for now I am well and
hearty."
No matter how long-standing tbe
trouble, Cardul will help. It is •
tonic remedy. It Is prepared for worn-
sn to bring relief from womanly ail-
ments.
It helps sleeplessness, one of tbe
most common symptoms of nervous
breakdown. It helps build nervea and
system.
Msde from strictly vegetable In-
gredients, It hss no ill-effscts on any
organ of the body, but aets naturally,
gently and safely.
You can rely on Cardul. It will do
for you what It haa done for thou-
sands of others.
It will help you. Try tt
It. B.—Write tei Uiln' Adilsery
Dtfi, Chattaaoace Medlelae Co., Chat.
Hospital experiments With Warts.
Physician at Hahnemsnn hospital
In Philadelphia are experimenting for
the removal of warta and advertised
for one hundred men and women bur-
dened with the blemishes.
There has been such a rush of th*
wart-laden the hospital bids fair to
become an Immense beauty parlor.
Wine Again.
The International Pure Food Show held
in Parts March UU. has just awarded Cal-
umet Baking Powder the highest honors,
jiving them the Qrand Prise and Oold
Food Exposition In Chicago, gives Calu-
met the highest honors Issued by two of
the largest Pure Food Shows ever held and
proves conclusively the superior whole-
someness, purity end uniformity of Calu-
met Baking Powder.
What 8hs Wsntsd.
Before the fire on Christmas Eva,
two old maids were planning for the
holiday.
"Sister Mallle." said the younger,
"would a long stocking hold all you
want for a Christmas gift?"
"No, Elvira," aald the older, "but a
pair of socks would."
His Work.
"An electrician ought to be a social
success."
"Why an electrician especially?"
"Because he la so wsll posted oa
current topics."
Nothing jolts sn egotist like tbe re.
fusal of people to pay any attention te
him.
Was Fully Equal to the Occasion
Quests Would Have Submitted
te I neon ven I ence, But Net for
This Youth I -
"It la funny." said a wen known so-
ciety woman, "how different people
•St nader embarraai
Yea win aotioe tbat
"I never aae anyone embarrassed
tbat 1 do not think of what happened
at my home one evening whan I was
giving a dinner party.
"Ws had almost reached the final
course when hot chocolate was served
my gaeeta. It wag steaming hot. hat
the whipped castas cava It a different
appears* os. The yoong man at whom
I am miiMbb waa «Mnaai Is ea
venation with one of tbe debutantes
and did not notice the chocolate was
hot He took one gulp, and then what
happened I will never forget.
"He merely turned his heed to one
side and spat the chocolate on tbe
aaw wall paper. Not In the least em-
barrassed be turned to tbe gaeeta and
remarked:
"'Now, don't yon know tbat some
fools weald have swallowed It.' It waa
so funny that we wars all forced to
Comprehenslvs Census.
A blank crop report was sent out by
p Clevelsnd paper for the farmers to
fill out, and the other day one of tbem
came back with the following written
on the blank side In pencil: "All
we're got in this neighborhood Is
three wldders, two school ma'ams, a
patch of wheat, tbe bog cholera, too
much rain, about fifty acres of 'taters,
and a durn fool who married a cross
•pad gal becauae she owaa eighty
CSUSAB UMSM
"A great many men of gsalae make
a sad mistake."
"And that Is?"
"They frequently get the Idea that
alcohol and the "dlvtae
Identical."
Fear.
"Have rivaliiea ariaen
suffragstteaf"
"Same," replied Ufa.
nera. "I leer wo may yet develop the
His Foot Cams In Contsct with ths i
Third Rsll.
down me foot. I touched a thing dowu
there. When I let go 1 blew up."
If Charles didn't blow up, be cer- |
talnly did go up. His foot came in
contact with the tblrd rail and sparks
flow from bis school shoes, of which I
bla mother had told him to be care- 1
fuL
"Me back and me legs lelt like
something was going t rough 'em. '
says Charles. He went into tbe air, I
shrieking with pain. But be only rose ,
two feet: then be came down sitting
between tbe rails. A moment after- ,
ward be waa standing up In the cen-
ter of tbe track, rubbing hlmaeir,
while a crowd ot homeward bound
Krooklynltes was standing on tbe
promenade shouting advice Two prac-
tical men shoved forward and
stretched their banda down to
Charlea. First he paaaed up bla bundle
or papera, then bs consented to be
lirted out
Patrolman Scbnltxler of tbe bridge
aquad came up and took the mean
devil's victim to the police room at
the Manhattan tower. Dr. Orr arrived
In an ambulance from tbe Hudson
street hospital snd the boy waa
stripped. Not one burn was on him
Dr. Orr and the police thought It wes
amazing that Charles had not been
killed outright. They told the boy be
oould go home.
Charlea delivered tbe papera intact
to the newsman at Catherine and
South streets snd ssked for his 1&
cenu He hsd resolved to end forth
with all connection with tbe devtl. He
was told be would be paid later. Then
he slipped Into his bome
He ssld nothing, but eventually the
bows penstratsd tbe circle of his
brothers, thencs reached eleven-year-
old Mary, bla sister, snd then, of
saarae, got to his mother. Agsln
Charles was stripped; again no burns
were found. Mrs. Moffit msds ths
further reassuring discovery that
shoes and trousers wers still preaent-
ahle at school. Hut she drove home
tbe moral lesson.
"You see." she ssld. "how ths devil
gets bad boy I who disobey. The devil
has set his mark on you. snd your
father'll whip you tonight"
Thereupon Charles, who hsd beea
a hare to his brothers and sister.
Alwsys remember to be a gentle
man—unless you sre a woman.
HUNGRY?
But afraid to eat—
Afraid of the digtresa that
slwsya follows.
Cheer up—Gets bottle of
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
today and notice the greet
improvement in your
general health. It hss
benefited thouaands—
will aid you, too.
ALL DRUGGISTS.
Splendid Crops
la Saskatehnraa (Wastsra Cassis)
retara from a HeyS-
,ailnstsr farm la ths
mm sf ISM. Manr
teMsla that esw.lt ••
ether districts vie'
ed frem a te IS I
riieto ef wheat te t
acre. Other grains
psspsrtfaa.
LAME PROFITS
ftacsni
tvrxsvsi
. Yur partisale is as IS Is salina.
CAROM and POCKET-
BILLIARD TABLES
koarssTMieas saav wavmbnts
Yon cannot afford to experiment with
untrisd goods sold by oommiaaloasgSBta
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