Claremore Progress. And Rogers County Democrat (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, October 18, 1912 Page: 4 of 12
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IRRIGATION BY
CONVICT LABOR
MAN ORIGINATED BY E. B. HOW-
ARD Or HE STATE BOARD
OP AFFAIRS
WOULD BE SUPPORTED
CONVICTS SELF SUSTAINING
NOT IN CONFLICT WITH
FREE LABOR
To create the irrigation commission
tor the purpose of instituting irriga-
tion and encouraging that project la
Oklahoma is the purpose o( data be-
ing gathered by E. B. Howard, mem-
ber of the state board of affairs, who
Is keenly Interested la the project.
Mr. Howard is satisfied that such
• project would receive hearty sup-
port from the agricultural interests
of the state and sees wherein the
atate convicts can be used to great
benefit without interfering with free
labor.
According to Mr. Howard's investi-
gations there are a number of locali-
ties scattered through the various
E. B. HOWARD
Member of the Stat* Board of Af-
fair*
counties of the state where Irriga-
tion would be feasible and where the
farmers would pay the bill if assured
that it could be acquired at reas-
onable figures and tinder the direc-
tion of the state.
"We owe the state the duty of pro-
Tiding some means for the convicts
to be self sustaining." said Mr. How-
ard, "and 1 see in this irrigation pro-
jecta means whereby they could be
ao without any detriment to free la-
bor. Texas rents farms and makes
the convicts produce, thus bringing
them in competition with the farmer.
In that state the convicts are self-
aastalning.
"My idea Is to make them self sus-
taining by helping the farmera rath-
er than by competing with them I
have discussed the matter with nu-
merous farmers throughout the
atate and they all seem to think the
problem can be worked out. That
there will be considerable Irrigation
work done in this state before very
long goes without saying. The de-
mand for It increases every year.
"Not quore than ninety days ago a
capitalist from New York had a rep-
resentative here consulting with one
•f the state departments seeking lo-
oations where Irrigation plants could
bo put tn at a profit This goes to
riiov that Oklahoma is being consid-
ered a field for such operations. Why
not keep this Industry at home? The
atate could just as easily promote
euch a proposition aa any private
eorporatieia or Individual. The atata
baa hundreds of ooavicts at a tre-
mendous expense and they them-
selves would welcome an opportunity
to do something. No one ever
heard of an irrigation company fall-
ing.
"I am still working on the proposi-
tion and expect to have considerable
data before the legislature meets. Ok-
lahoma must have irrigation and the
state can do It."
During ltll only 41 per cent of
the brick of the United States was
manufactured in Oklahoma. A poor
word for a state abounding In good
brick and good clays. We use more
brick than we nianufacture. See If
theee brick manufactured in Oklaho-
ma are not good enough for Oklaho
ma.
Other Minerals Shewn
We'have a vast amount of gypsum
in this state. The raw material In
Ita various phases can be seen in the
mineral building. Some of the man-
ufactured products are also on exhibit
—plaster, flreprooflng. Interior wall
material and others. Builders and
contractors can learn much about the
various uses to which this gypsum il
put by a visit to the exhibit.
Oklahoma can furnish an unlimited
supply of rock asphalt and the purer
varictlea. We have vast quantitlea
of lime, aand and shale asphalt. Ard-
more has an enviable reputation of
having some of the best asphalt
streets in the United 8tates. She
used asphalt from her own commu-
nity. The asphalt trust published a
statement that Oklahoma asphalt Is 111
adapted for paving, yet these same
people entered into a contract with
a large city a few weeks ago to take
off their hands an asphalt pavement
which was no good. It was not Okla-
homa asphalt The chief deposits ot
of this asphalt are f"und in Comanche,
Carter, Murray, Johnston and Atoka
counties. Gllsonite, grahamite and
Impsonlte arc pure asphalt. Rich de-
posits occur near Sulphur, Tuskaho-
ma and elsewhere In the state. It
also Is used for paving, but mora
also is nsed for paving, but more
largely for roofing and In the manu-
facture of paints. All the varieties
are on exhibit and they form a most
instructive series. City officials,
county commissioners and township
supervisors especially would do well
to Inquire into the value of our as-
phalt.
Glass Sand Plentiful
Glass sand, too, abound.4 in our
state. Everyone of our glass factories
ship their supply from Missouri, not
a grain of the Oklahoma material be-
ing used. This Is "hot the fault ot
the factories for the deposits in Ok-
lahoma were unknown until a short
time ago. The sand Is of high grade,
fit for the manufacture of the best
grades of cut glass. Samples from
various localities In the Arbuckle
mountains and eastward will be
shown.
Many other minerals and mineral
products will be found in the building
—lead and xinc ores, Portland ce-
ment, volcanic ash, gravel, crushed
stone, fieldspar. In addition a few of
the remains of prehistoric are put on
exhibition. They are full of interest
to those interested in science.
The exhibit Is In charge of C. W.
Shannon, field geologist of the sur-
vey. He will cheerfully give any In-
formation the survey may possess
concerning our minerals and mineral
Industries. He has just issued a
booklet giving concise Information on
these subjects. This will be supplied
free to those who may be espesially
Interested.
FROM THEBIfiSEA
Nora and Kitty Had Plenty to
Talk About.
By CLARISSA MACKIE.
Jack Nortbrup turned the wheel
and brought the nose of his awlft
little motor boat around toward the
narrow opening of the bay. Once
outside, the little craft rode the BH
waves easily.
"This is great!" ejaculated Jack. In-
haling a deep breath of the fresh salt
breeie.
A crowded excursion steamer
passed him and in response to his
shrill siren call saluted with a
throaty bass growl. Everybody
laughed.
Jack turned and looked after the
steamer. "I wonder If Nora Is on
I hoard—she did say that she might
come down on the excursion boat;
well, 1 may as well finish my run and
; it is very likely that she and Kitty
| will have plenty to talk about—they
won't miss me."
Across the heaving wake left by the
steamer darted the motor boat. The
opposite shore grew more distinct for
| he was nearing Sea Island—an un-
friendly group of rocks and sand like
a bit broken from the mainland,
i Here Jack loved to come and swim
in the sheltered cove on the south
side of the Island and It was usually
bis goal on short motor tripe
This afternoon the Island lay a
golden spot under the leveling rays of
! the dropping sun. A few pine trees
huddled near the shore, while the
rocky center arose to a rugged height
of perhaps fifty feet. Once Jack had
j climbed to the very top of the rock
to find that it was a cup-like hollow
! filled with pine needles wafted from
the trees below.
"Some night I shall stay up there
j and watch the stars swing through
i their courses." he promised himself
as he steered toward the entrance to
! the little cove.
I Once Inside It was only a hundred
feet to the curving yellow beach
I where the Gull nosed up the sand
j while Jack tossed an anchor over-
| board as an extra precaution.
"If Nora had not said she might
1 come down today I'd stay here to-
"Apple-Ple Order."
Every Saturday a Puritan dame,
Hepxibah Merton, baked two dozen or
more aple pies, which were to last
her family during the week. Placing
them on her shelves in the pantry,
labeling each according to the day of
the week on which it was to be used,
and the pantry thus arranged, was
said to be in aple pie order.
FLOUR COMBINATIONS
ard bread flour, and one-half entire
wheat flour. Nuts, dates, raisins,
figs, or citron may be added aa de-
sired.
A delicious yeast dark bread may
be prepared by using equal parts of
barley flour, and whole wheat flour,
or one-third each corn meal, whole
wheat and rye or barley.
These same combinations may be
used tor steamed bread as well aa
yeast mixtures.—M. A. Stoner, Depart-
ment of Domestic Science and Arts,
Oklahoma A. A M. College, Stillwater.
"In the study of combinations ot
flours for bread, what combinations do
you recommend?"
A delicious yeast bread may be pre-
pared from using one-third corn meal,
oae third rye. and one third standard
bread flour. Nuts, raisins, dates, or
figs may be added to the mixture if
desired. Thla bread does not require
knsadlng. It is mixed stiff with a
spoon, and not kneaded and let raise
to double its bulk; the dough Is then
folded over and over with a spoon.
Place Immediately In oiled bread pans,
lot rise and when well risen bake one
hour In a moderately hot oven. Bar-
toy flour may be substituted for rys.
Another combination Is to use un-
cooked oat flakes, (Quaker or Na-
tional) ualng one third uncooked oat-
meal to two thirds hot milk. Add
shortening, cool to lukewarm, add
yeast, augar and aalt, and mix to a
■tiff drop batter, using one-half stand-
French Chalk.
French chalk Is especially good for
cleaning embroidery that is too frag-
ile to be washed with soap and wa-
ter. The chalk should be made quite
hot and sprinkled thickly over the
embroidery, which is then rolled up
carefully so that the chalk Is Inside.
Allow it to stand in a dark place for
a week or two, and then ahake out
all the chalk. This will leave the
embroidery quite fresh.
Early Welfare Work.
Tbe "sick fund" among factory em-
ployees was known as far back as
tbe first quarter ot then nineteenth
oentury, a manufacturing company at
Dover having established tor the
benefit of employees. A hospital for
factory operatives was established la
Lowell In 1839. The charges were
M a week for tbo men and S3 for tbe
women. If they were not able to pay,
tbe employing corporation became re
apoasibie.
A Mystery.
Aa old lady making her first visit
to tbe theater saw one of our ao-call-
•d elaslcal dancers. When tbo cur-
tate toll aha turned excitedly to ber
daughter. "My soul. Msllndal" she
whispered. "It's wonderful I Bhe's
that graoeful. and yet she never ooee
1 bar feet I"
Dally Thought.
A DUe philosophy Incllneth maa'a
as tad to atheism, but depth la phlloe-
ophy bringeth men's minds about to
8trsngs Cempsnlons.
A monkey and a Scotch terrier,
which were tied together, escaped
from their home In I^oudon, the othei
day, and fled, chased by a crowd,
through Shoe lane, to Snow Hill. They
were captured by two city costables
Electricity and Selenium.
It baa beea discovered that eleo
trlcal realstanoe of selenium changes
with moisture and tbo metal has beaa
laoorporated In a now hygrometer.
Beware of Undue Intimacy.
The leaa Intimate you become with
people the wider year circle ot friends
will he.
"Pacifier" Not Good.
A "pacifier" la the worst thing for
a baby to use, as it will strain the
muscles of Its throat and the lower
shape of the mouth and will cause
adanoida when the child la older .
1 • •
Borne folks ean taha pride la how
maoh more distinguished their tally
skeleton to thaa otfcar people s.
"This Is Crest!"
right," he said with a wistful glance
up the steep, rocky path that led to
the summit.
His eyes fell to the sand, and th«re
he saw Impressed the print of a small
foot—a little, bare foot. Next he saw
a small boat lying keel up against the
rocky wall. This was drift from tbe
ccean.
He walked up to It and made a
brief examination. The craft was the
very last thing In luxurious ship
building—a small, dainty yacht's ten-
i der, a masterpiece of inlaid wood and
(olished brass. Her engine was use-
less and she had no oars. On her bow
the bore a name In small brass let-
ters.
"Blsuclne."
"Drift from the ocean." he repeated,
when all at once be remembered the
tiny footprint In the sand and he won-
dered, staring first at the curve of
bare beach, that was washed at both 1
ends by the hungry tide and at tbe
only safe spot on the island—the |
rocky summit.
In a few seconds he waa scaling the
steep path and when he reached the
top so that his eyes could look down
Into the cup-like hollow of the pin-
nacle. rock, he almost lost his bold
on the brim, so great waa his amaze-
ment at what be aaw
Curled up on the thick bed of pine
needles was a girl fast asleep, the
prettiest Jack had ever seen, not even
excepting Nora Smith, with whom be
was supposed to be In love. He Iden-
tified her at once as the maker of the
footprint on the sand, for not only
were there a dainty pair of shoes and
stockings primly placed beside her,
but from beneath the skirt of her blue
serge sailor frock peeped a bare and
rosy foot.
Jack gazed In awed delight and
wonderment at the long, curved tasbes
against her pink cheek; he wondered
what color were the eyes hidden be-
neath the white lids.
"1 wonder!" Jack murmured, when
she opened her eyes and saw him.
Her eyes were hazel. Her face lost
its pretty color ss she sat up and she
shrank back against the rocky wall
In evtdent fear of him. Her lips part-
ed snd he saw that her breath came
In little frightened gasps.
"Don't b« frightened." Jack aald
1 hastily. "I found a boat down on tbe
beach and I came up here to see If I
could not find Its owner. It Is rather
unusual to land hara, you know—a bit
risky at high tide " He smiled pleas-
antly.
The girl looked relieved. "I didn't
oome here from choice," she ex-
plained soberly.
"You don't mean that you wore
washed ashore—shipwrecked?"
She nodded. "It happened yester-
day. I was on ths yacht Blauclao—
she belongs to my father. At dusk last
night a sudden squall struck us and
but It waa dark aad the waves were
choppy. I heard my father ordering a
boat overboard and a couple of sailors
rescued me with the aid of the ten
der. We were on the way back
tbe yacht when a big wave struck
and tbe tender capelsed, throwing ail
three of us Into tbe water.
"I'm aahamed to say the sailors
swam off and left me clinging to llie
boat. I managed to turn It over and
climb In, but I had drifted around so
that I could not locate the yacht. I
could hear the whistle blowing all
night and I screamed and called. Just
before dawn the tender floated Into
quiet water and drifted up on the
beach below.
"I remained on the beach until day
light, then beached the boat and
lound this place. I was so exhausted
that 1 fell asleep and you have Just
awakened me."
"Qood gracious!" exclaimed Jack.
"What an experience you've been
through. Why, you must be plucky
to have stood all that hardship—and
still—be able to tell about It."
"My father has taught me that men
and women who go down to the sea
in ships must have a due respect for
its wilder moods and be prepsred to
meet them." she said quietly.
"You must be very hungry," sug-
gested Jack tactfully. "My launch ia
always provided for emergencies and
1 can give you a aandwlch and a cup
of hot beef tea."
"I am hungry." she acknowledged,
"snd It Is very kind of you."
Jack held up a restraining hand.
"If your father told you alwaya to
be prepared for emergencies at sea he
also told you always to have a help-
ing hand for the stranded mariner—
eh?" he smiled.
"Yes." She smiled too and her face
was wonderfully sweet
Jack disappeared from the rock and
went down to the boat where he bus-
led himself In preparing something to
eat for the girl. Presently she came
down the rocky path and stood be-
side him.
"I will take you to Snug Harbor—our
cottage is there and my sister, Mra.
Frame, will take excellent care of
you. Of course you will want to com-
municate with your father at once."
"He can be reached by wireless
from the nearest station. My father
is Arthur Debrys," she said as she
sipped the hot beef tea.
Arthur Debrys!" Jack stared—If
this girl was Penelope Debrys she
was one of the richest girls In the
land. He had hesrd about her.
H# told her who he was and all
about the little Island which he had
luckily visited that afternoon. It was
so seldom visited that if he had not
arrived she might have starved there
unless she had set a signal of distress
flying.
They started for Snug Harbor tow-
ing the Blauclne's tender. Tbe wind
blew up cold snd Jack Insisted upon
putting his coat around her shoulders.
It thrilled him to see her snuggling
under Its warmth. Already he was in
love with her and there Jwas some-
thing In her eyes that seemed to tell
that she. too, had found some new
emotion.
But there was Nora Smith, with
whom he waa supposed to be In love.
Nora was a bom flirt and exacted this
devotion from all her male friends.
But Jack bad qualms of conscience-
he had been serious about Nora at one
time, but Nora was years older than
he. Still he might ask Nora.
The eyes of Penelope Debrys met
Ills and she smiled "Ah. this Is my
Kirl-—I saved her from the sea—we
belong to each other." he told himself
tccklessly. .
When he led this strange young
woman Into the living room oT the
Sea Shell Mrs. Frame started up In
surprise. "You poor child," she cried
after they had told the story, "come
with me and get into some dry clo-
thing while Jack tries to communicate
with your father Jack, there's a tele-
gram on the table for you."
Jack was alone when he read the
message.
"Married to Tony Pike this morn-
tng. Congratulate us both. Nora
tfmlth."
"Hurray!" yelled Jack happily.
"She's mine—finding's keeping!"
'Copyright, rat:, by the Mrrlure Newe-
pap. r Syndicate >
WANTED $5,000,000 IN GOLD
And the Bank of England Had to Hu
tls Out and Get It for De-
positor.
"All in gold, pleasa."
These are words heard many times
a day by the < .tabler of a bank on
presentation of a check And In this
Instance they were spoken by an or-
dinary sized, tjiiiet looking gentleman
to one of the cashiers of the Hank ot
England
Nonchalantly the latter picked up
the check, and at the same time aa
he examined It made by force of bablt
for the till.
Then be drew up suddenly and care-
fully scrutinized the customer for the
check wss made out for £1,000,000!
Possibly he thought the possessor of
the check was one of those amiable
lunatics obsessed with the /idea that
he Is worth endless money—not an
uncommon experience of a bank
cashier
Hut In fact the geutleman waa one
of the directors of the English Sew-
ing Cotton company, which had ar-
ranged to buy out for cash the lead-
ing American concern, the Wllllman-
tic Thread company, of the same busi-
ness, and the money was required to
ship to America In order to save tbe
rate of exchange, which would amount
to many thousands of pounds. The
money was to be shipped by the
Lucanla In a week's time, this being
tbe last avallabls dsta cf doing so be-
fore the option expired.—Pearson's
Weekly.
FMMMMFFMIS
Events ot Important* Happened
and Were Duly Noted.
By DONALD ALLEN.
There waa more excitement la the
sleepy old village of Parmvtlle than
had been known for 10 years before.
Event had followed event until Dea-
con Chambers bad stood on tbe poet
oflics stepe and wiped tbe sweat from
his brow and said:
"By heck, if this thing keeps up wa
Shall have a railroad and dry goods
drummer la here before we die!"
The eventa were of Importance
enough to be reoorded in chronological
order:
First, tbe widow Bevlns sued Elder
Jarris for breach-of-promlse and waa
given a verdict of one hundred dollars.
That waa ten dollars a year for tba
ten years be bad been courting ber.
i Secondly, close on tbe heels of the
widow's suit bad come a gale of wind
that had twisted the spire of tbe Bap-
tist church until It resembled a glgan
| tic corkscrew. Some of the congrega-
tion were In favor of a new spire at
once, and others argued that time
should be given Providence to twist It
back at lta own expense.
Ia tbe third place, Aunt Hannah
Doty, who laid claim to being a sev-
enth daughter of a seventh daughter,
predicted that the judgment day was
only thirty days off. No one put en-
tire faith In her prediction, but a Bible
man had come along and sold 28 of
the good books In one day. and each
book was conspicuously displayed on
the parlor center table.
Fourthly, Mr. Gerald Walters, a
young man. had come down from tbe
city for the fall shooting, and was
stopping at the tavern. There was
nothing but a few stray chipmunks to
shoot, but Mr. Walters wasn't making
any fuss about it. Ha was the first
fait shooter that had ever appeared
In the village.
Fifthly. Mr. Walters hadn't been
shooting at chipmunks but four days
when Miss Kitty Dorland came down
from the city to stay with her grand-
parents for a few days. There was
wondering and guessing over her. and
for several nights after ber arrival
Brltish Cows Which Eat Fish.
Dried coslflsh, unsalted. Is eaten by
the Inhabltanta of the Faroe Islands
(between Shetland and Iceland) or
their cows, says a consular report.
The fish, which Is of ths cod type, la
considered good for cows, aa It en-
ables them. It is stated, to yield an
ample supply of rich milk. Ths dried
flsb Is not cooked before being esten;
It la merely laid on stones and than
pounded with stones or hammers.
He Couldn't Gain a Foot.
many of the householders did no' go
to bed until the unholy hour of 9:30
It was generally considered that fever-
heat had been reached, and that the
excitement must now gradually sub-
side They were all wrong.
Sixthly, bills were posted for a cir-
cus to fihow at Farmvllle. it was the
usual Mammoth Aggregation, but It
had one feature never shown before In
any circus on the face of the globe. It
had a wild man from Africa who lived
on raw meat and bananaa. and wbo
had to be kept chained in a cage.
The name of the wild man %/aa
"Zam." He consumed sixteen pounds
ot raw meat dally, and on top of that,
three times a week, he devoured a
bunch of banaqas.
He waa the strongest man, wlid or
tame, thla world ever saw.
He could kilt an elephant at one
blow. He could run down the ostrich
or tear a Hon limb from limb. At a
certain point In the performance he
would be taken from his cage by three
men and paraded around the ring.
For three or tour days prevloua to
the clrcua all work In and around
Farmvllle waa stopped, and for the
first time In twenty years staid old
citizens forgot to shut the hen house
door or feed the pig at sundown. On
the morning of the great day Itself the
strain waa ao intense that Deacon
Chambers was Impelled to say from
the postofllce steps:
"I guess the outside world will know
where Fsrmvllle Is after this! I've al-
ius told you fellers that we'd have oar
boom when the sign come right, and
here she are!"
It waan't much of a clrcua. even tor
a village There was an aged elephant,
a wreck of a camel and a giraffe whose
neck reached out for anything eatable,
while the tumbling and riding could
hare been beaten by a lot of farmers'
boys. Tbe wild insn was the draw.
He wss In bis cage In the procession
all right and now and then he beat
his breast and called out.
j But things hsd happened the day be-
fore that the public hadn't caught on
to. In driving across the country ths
wild mfcn who could run down an os-
trich bad said to bis employer:
"I'va got to bava my bask salary to-
morrow or I quit!"
"Ill give you ten of It, If wa have
luck," waa tha reply.
"I want every stiver of ttt"
"What's biting your
"I'm not playing wild man for my
health!"
"You know yon can't strike another
job If you laave me, while I can gat
a dozen fellows to Oil your place."
That waa about all, except that
"Cam" planned a plan to ha carried
oat at VarmvlUa, aad It was earrled
all
right bat when he was taken out of
hla cage to be paraded be whispered
to his employer f
"Do I get the back salary?"
"Go on with you!"
!*Do I get It?"
"Nit!"
Thea occurred a thing that never
happened on this green earth before
and will never happen again. "Zam"
threw off his yoke of slavery then and
there. He yelled. He whooped. He
cast away bis chains, and after seizing
Aunt Hannah Doty by the body and
throwing her across tbe sawdust ring
he made a break for the tent enlranee
and went running down the highway
No more raw meat and bananaa! No
more "greatest exhibition on earth,"
for the Ringtalled Circus.
But whst has all this to do with
Miss Kitty Dorland and Mr. Gerald
Walters? Simply that Mr. Walters
didn't know thst Miss Kitty was with-
in s hundred miles of blm. and v^e
versa.
Simply that Mr. Walters was at the
circus snd Miss Kitty wssnt. Simply
that Mr. Walters came very near be-
ing rough-housed Instead of Aunt Han-
nah. Simply that when "Zam" left the
tent Mr. Waltera was at hia heels, snd
Miss Kitty wss walking In her grand-
father's daisy covered meadow a mile
swsy.
Mr. Wslters was a good sprinter,
and he put forth every effort to over
haul the dangerous menace striving to
escape from bondage and become a
terror to a peaceful community. He
couldn't gain a foot, but he was game
to hang to the trail as long as he
could.
The wild man took the middle of the
highway and held it until he came op-
posite the meadow. Miss Kitty waa
sitting under a tree, weaving a wreath
for aomebody's brow. "Zam" wanted
to get to the woods to shake off pur-
suit. and he must pass her within a
few feet. She saw him—she shrieked
—she sprsng up—she saw Mr. Walters
lumbering along, and then she fainted
and keeled over. Something told her
that It was a wild man from Africa,
and that he Intended to make cat's
meat of her. and It was quite sensible
of her to faint. She fainted so quick-
ly thst she didn't hear him call to
her:
'Don't be scared. Missy! I'm only a
man In disguise!"
And she was dead to the world as he
checked his pace long enough to add:
I don't blame her a darned bit!
Hope It will cost old Ringtail ten
bones extra!"
"Zam" got Into the woods and pur-
suit was off. Mr. Walters, puffing and
blowing, came up to find a good look-
ing girl huddled among the daisies,
and he ran to a brook and got water
tn his hat and sopped her face, mak-
ing the usual mesa of It. By and by
Miss Kitty found herself sitting up
and saying:
"Oh. that horrid thing!"
"But It's gone."
"And you were so brave! Please,
take me home."
At a slow walk, and leaning heavily
on bis erm. grandpa's was reaohed. It
was reached again that evening, and
the next day and the next In fact Mr.
Walters felt It his duty to pay a call
at least once a day until sure that the
wild man had returned to his mother
In Michigan And all this resulted In
Deacon Chambers speaking from the
postofllce steps for the third time and
saying:
"Darn my hat. but what do you fel-
lers think now?"
"What is It?"
"That chipmunk killer and the gal
that fainted away are slttin' up nights
together and if that don't mean love
and marriage I'll saw the horns off
my best cow!"
(Copyright. IMS. bv the McClure News-
paper Syndlcatn.)
BACKACHE IS
DISCOURAGING
Until Yew Get
Altar The Caaaa
Nothing mora die-
coaraging thaa a coa>
■ant backache.
Lama when yoa
awake. Pains pierce
you wbao you beod
or lift It's bard to
work, or to rsst
You sleep poorly
and next day is tha
same old story.
That backache in-
dicates bad kidneys
snd calls for some
good kidney remedy.
Nooe so well rec-
ommended as Doan's ... —- . —
Kidney Pills. *T8lT,J'a&,-
Heve'a A CslltaraUCsae-
Mrs. K. Welsh. 1««> Tenth Ave.. Ha
Francisco, Cel.. says: "The sharp, halts-
Ithe pains tn my bach woro almost wa-
bearatle. I often had to cry sat. Oess
whits walklas. I had a sudden attach
aad a doctor bad to be called. Finally I
used Doll's Kidney Pills aad ther mads
UDWssI Aar Dies Stsee, Ms s Bss
DOAN'S WAV
romta m sum co. buffalo, m. y.
W. N. U, Oklahoma City, No. 41-1112.
Hold him a friend who kindly points
a fault.—Punshlon.
Those love truth best who to them-
selves are true, and what tbey dara
to dream of. dare to do.—Jamea Rus-
sell Lowell.
It la tba tltngs that are posslbta
hut not probable that keep soma
people from being happy.
The faith that Inspires Is the trust
which comes from our time-trusted
friends—W. S. Royston.
Between two evils, choose neither;
between two goods, choose obth.—
Tyron Edwards.
As a summer tonic there is no medicine
thst quite compsres with OXIDINE. It not
onlv builds up the «v tem. hut taken rsg-
nlnrly. prevent! Malaria. Regular or Taste-
less formula at Druggists. Adv.
Complimentary.
"What would you call It la a maa
to steal all my IdeateT"
"Petty larceny."
Of Courae.
"Her husband la a self-made maa."
"She's sure to Insist on altera-
tions."
For Making pspsr Stencils.
For making paper stencils an Ohio
nan has Invented a machine In which
an electric motor drives a tiny drill at
the end of a flexible tube.
Significant.
"He proposed to her In a canoe."
"Did she accept him?"
"I presume so. Ths canoe cap-
sized."
One Problem Settled.
Mrs. Stronghead had Just thrown a
paving stone through a drugstore win-
dow, merely to prove that she waa
entitled to a vote (says Judge), and
had been marched off to Jail. "Thank
heaven." said Stronghead. "That set-
tles the where-shall we spend the-aunh
mer problem, snyhow."
HAD ALREADY LEARNED.
SAW WORTH _0F FRANKLIN
Grest Englishman Paid Trlbuts to
Americsn Statesman, Through
Enemy of His Nation.
In one point of view th<j nsme of
Franklin must be considered aa stand-
ing higher than any of the others
which illustrated the eighteenth cen-
tury. Distinguished as a statesman,
he was equally great as a philosopher,
thus uniting In himself a rare degree
of excellence In both those pursuits,
to excell In either - f which Is deemed
the highest praise. Nor was his pre-
eminence In the one pursuit of that
doubtful kind which derives Its value
from such an uncommon conjunction.
Ills efforts In each were sufficient to
have him made greatly famous had he
done nothing In the other. We re-
gard De Witt's mathematical tracts aa
a curiosity, and even admire them
when we reflect that their author was
a distinguished patriot and sufferer
In the cause of hla country But
Franklin would have been entitled to
the glory of a ftrst-rate discoverer In
science—one who had largely extended
the bounds of human knowledge—al-
though he had not stood second to
Washington alone In gaining for hu-
man liberty the most splendid and
guiltless of its triumphs. It Is hardly
a less rsre. certainly not a less glor-
ious, felicity that, much as has been
given to the world of this man's great
works, each successive publication In-
creases our esteem for his virtues, and
our admiration of hla understanding —
Characterization of Benjamin Franklin
by Lord Jeffrey.
"I hear your son's at college lean*
tn' to be a author. Do you expect
he'll soon learn to write for money?"
"Humph! Ha don't do nothln' elsa
New Theory Regarding Cocoanuta.
The Fort Scott Tribune tells of a
small boy In that town who was read-
ing a book and between every line he
would ask a question. After he had
got through asking, "Why Is a cow?"
the father got disgusted and said:
"Now, Frank, 1 will let you ask ma
just one more question, then you will
hava to ba still." In a few minutes
Frank looked up and askad, "Papa,
do cocoanuta grow?" "Why, certainly,
my son," returned tha man. The boy
looked puzzled for soma time and
then he returned. "Why, I thought
monkeys laid them"
Bhaws Jspan's Advancement
When the Iste mikado came to tha
throne not a single newspsper waa puta
llshed In Japan. There are now over lr
<00 dally, weekly and monthly publV
cations. SO dally papers being pub-
llahad la Tohoyo alone
The Food
Tells Its
Own Story
It's one dish that a
good many thousand peo-
ple relish greatly for
breakfast, lunch or sup-
per.
Post
Toasties
Crisped wafers of toast-
ed Indian Com—a dainty
and most delightful dish.
Try with cream aod
sugar.
"Thm Memory Lingrt"
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