The Hollis Post-Herald (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1907 Page: 8 of 8
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LEFT NOTHING FOR HEIR3.
Eccentric Frenchman Carried Reeetrv
ment to the Grave.
There haB Just died at Belley,
France, an old man of 72, who during
his lifetime was notorious for his ec-
centric and mlBerly habits, though he
was In possession of an Income of
|4,000. His funeral was attended tyy
a large number of relatives, who were
astonished to discover only a few cop-
pers in the bouse after the funeral.
The will wn then opened, and it read
as follows: "My dear relatives: I
am afraid you are going to be disap-
pointed. I know that none of you
have any sort of affection for me, and
that if you come to my funeral It will
h* in the hope of dividing up between
y u whatever 1 may leave behind me.
I now inform you that I have left no
money whatever. I sank the whole
of my fortune some years ago In a life
annuity. All the money that remulned.
over and above what 1 spent of the
annuity 1 have given away or "burned.
1 hopo this will be a little surprise
for you." A search revealed, however,
$1,000 worth of annuity stock, the
coupons of which appeared to have
remained unpaid, but on going to the
bank to have these coupons cashed
the heirs discovered that the coupons
had been paid, but at fhe special re-
quest of the old gentleman, who had
given a separate receipt for each
coupon, they bud not been canceled.
"Tills Is only a little surprise 1 am
keeping back for my heirs," he said.
It appears that on the occasion of
I he annual festival the old man de-
liberately burned $10,000 worth of
bank notes, which he found he had
been unajle to Kpe.id.
ROBINSON
(Copyright, by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
BODY NOT TO BE SACRIFICED.
Physical as Well as Mental' Education
Demanded.
The rr.m or woman who will train
the mental faculties without any ref-
erence to the physical, shows a faulty
quallftt ation for the work in which
he or she may be fyigaged, says the
Knoxvllle Journal. The mind may be
ever so well trained and stored with
knowledge of the books; but unless
there Is behind It a reasonably strong
body, life runs the risk of being a
failure; if not that, an existence of
pain that serves as a limitation upon
its possibilities. It is a species of
cruelty to educate the mind at the ex-
pense of the body. Better let a
child grow up into manhood or wom-
anhood with an inferior education
than with a better education of the
mind and a body weakened in the ef-
fort. The fact that so many men
in th?s country have succeeded in busi-
ness and in professional and public
life have been the sons of farmers,
whose early life has been spent out
of doors, has been a subject of re-
mark: may it not be accounted for on
the ground that l> their boyhood their
physique was developed so that In
niter life, besides their mental ac-
quirements, they had strong bodies
with which to do the work they have
so successfully performed? This is
not ouly possible, but very probable.
A youth was walking on a high bluff
that overlooked the sea. A maid was
also walking on the® high cliff and
there the youth first met the maid.
They became acquainted and talked
and laughed together. The youth did
not know that he loved the maid.
Therefore his love did not exist. It
was latent.
The youth liked to row and fish and
roam about the woods and read. The
maid loved all these things, and they
enjoyed their pleasures In company,
which was much more pleasant than
being alone."
It was not until the fourth day of
this newly-formed friendship that this
narrative begins. The first few days
were days of Evolution. The embryo
man and woman were In the process
of formation, and were all uncon
sciously undergoing slight but contln
ual changes. To be sure there were
outward signs of change. The collar
of the youth disappeared; his face and
arms grew brown and Btrong. The
hat of the maid disappeared and also
her sunshade.
On the fifth day the woman dropped
her handkerchief. The man returned
it to her with more than ordinary
pleasure, all unconscious of change
as yet. And the next day when he
stepped Into his canoe she gave him
his paddle. This was a subtle sign
of change. And for many days to come
they served each other in little ways.
And later she bound his bruised finger
with her own handkerchief, and he
disentangled her hair when it was
wound about a twig. It was wonderful
that they experienced no change. Con-
ventional lines were rabidly disappear-
ing. But they were blind.
Later they sat for hours In a drift-
ing canoe motionless and silent, or
they lay quietly upon the river bank
or near the sea, and they took long
strolls together In the moonlight sum-
mer evenings. When she was from
his sight his heart was distressed by
the sudden snapping of a twig and she
became breathless If a- fish splashed
suddenly In the quiet water. They un-
consciously sought each other.
When they opened their lunch
basket In the quiet woods the things
that she cooked were always best,
and she wondered why, unshaven and
collarless he looked better than the
groomed effects of culture and civiliza-
tion whom she had left in town. Un-
consciously each was glad that there
were no others to share their com-
panionship. He was glad when her
hair became unpinned so that
room and he did not sec her. He re-
turned home by the path over the
cliffs his thoughts filled with visions
of a woman's hair and laughing eyes
and a sweet voice and brown arms
with dimples at the elbows. When
he reached the place of their fii'-.t
meeting he had fully awakened.
She remained in her room, and they
forgot to mention the fact that he had
called. She dreamed of a strong face
and broad shoulders, of muscular arms
and a low musical laugh. The next
morning all was changed In their little
world. The man was chained, by the
deep humility of love. The woman
mistook this for Indifference.
The woman was fearful of Incurring
the man's dlspleasune and of the
thought of losing him. They were in
the toils of love, swayed by petty mis-
understandings, self-conscious and
groping blindly In the dark, the one
fearing to offend the other.
Thus the days wore on and summer
was drawing to a clowe. Dame Con-
ventionality had resumed her sway.
Hats appeared, hair was no longer lied
in a careless knot. They became
formal and distant. And the man
could not speak of love to her when
even his attempts at friendship were
apparently not acceptable.
The vacations of both had come to
a close but each, dreaded to go. It
was the woman who first decided to
return home. They met one evening
and the hearts of both were heavy as
they thought, "this will be the last
time."
He was conventionally formal. Sud-
denly her woman's intuition saw it
all In a flash. She prepared to go.
He took her hand. In a moment he
found her in his arms. He never knew
how It happened.
"Dear one," he was saying. "Dear
one, 1 did not know—until now—how
I love you."
She did not reply. But he felt that
he was happier than ever in his life
before.
THE POST-HERALD.
Published every Thursday,#
POST-HERALD PUB. CO.
Subsorluilon Price #l.0<i Tlic Year,
Enicreii at l'o.st Oftice in Hollis, okluhoi
as seeoiul oluss mull /nutter.
Bells Led. to Burglar's Capture.
Nocturnal clock striking and too
much of It has enabled the Paris po-
lice to lay their hands upon a gang
of burglaiB and their very valuable
booty.
The Inhabitants of a house in the
Faubourg du Temple quarter, com-
plaining to the police that for some
time past they had hoard an extraor-
dinary amount of what sounded like
electric bell "ringing in the night time,
that seemed to come from rooms in a
certaip direction, the police first veri-
fied the fact for themselves and then
raided the rooms. Here they found
two men busily engaged In testing a
number of timepieces, of which ti«*y
had stolen 200 from a manufacturer's
warehouse, and were selling as tested.
8HE HAD IRONING TO DO.
Drug Store Audience Hears Why She
Couldn't Meet the Youth.
O, Pickles!
A woman writer says: "Marry a
man with a good digestion and no
nerves if you want a pearl of .a hus-
band. All of the seven deadly sins do
not make a man as hard to live with
as a genuine, v/ell-developed case of
liver. Choose, therefore, as a husband
a man who Is hearty and husky and
who can eat three square meals a day.
A preferred type of this man is the
one who is frankly fond of good eat-
ing and who has a welsh rarebit
recipe and a special way of making
salad dressing. Grab a man like that
the very first opportunity you get, for
as a husband he is lovely."—Milwau-
kee Sentinel.
(Ill III HM
-THIS 13 -
THE'PLACE
get THE
BEST
IMBER-
Has been surprised at our
assertion that that this is
the place to get the beat
lumber, and best contract
work, but it is a fact, for
there is no better. In fact,
better lumber
|/1 amm'i
#7 in "//it i
V/ I (( I ft"'
Never been manufactured
than the lumber we keep.
///>nU
anil
How to Treat. Employee.
Every store that I "know of in Amer-
ica obliges Its help to stand on their
feet from morning Until closing time.
Fehlud each compter in my store is a
chair. I want m.v employes when not
busy to ait down iirnd rest. As 1 walk
through the dliTerrent departments In
n;y store my enrjployes do not have
to feel that they must brace up be-
cause the "boss" Is coming around.
My employes are dolnj.: right all the
time because they know .that I am do-
ing right and uslnr; them us near right
a.i 1 know how. My employes would
far rather have l.ie home than abroad.
1 £UC6s that I air an eisler fellow to
\ for than the maiicger, but he
U'.mot bo very severe with them, be-
> i ■ I always tell him to use them
:r 1 use him. 1 tell every man at
>■ 1' :ul of a department, "lie kind
• ■ t'.e l.elp under you. Do not speak
U> :j : i in any other way than the
i. :. ■ ik to you. Handle your help
11...; they will respect you and so
i . • iIn." will regret to leave my ern-
i . Everybody's.
Derived fro.m the French.
Persia's ruler is the "shah," which
word entered the English language
long ago by way of the Arabic and old
French, arriving in the form of
"check." "Chess" is really "checks,"
kings; and the cry of "Check!" means
one's king Is in danger. Hence the
verb and substantiative "check" in all
their English meanings; "check,"
or "cheque," which was originally the
counterfoil of a bill that served to
"check" frhud; -"checkered," from the
aspect of the chessboard, and "exche-
quer," from the checkered pattern of
the tablecloth on which the kind's
accounts were kept with counters..
If y'iti v, ;:ni.;; farm loan don t malre a mistake in deal-
ing with foreign companies. We represent Oklahoma peo-
P e, who are acquainted with the needs ofOklahoma farmers.
Let us expltiin our terms to you. We can get your money
lor you just as quirk as any company represented in Okla-
homa. When v.i ><: ..sii.se you your money within a week,
you dout have to wi.it ii-om thirty to sixty days and pay in-
terest jvhile the company is getting the use of it.
Next Door to Holies Confectionery.
Its - - Oklahoma
AAA *W> AAA
Or. J. L. Smith, Dentist.
Crown and Bridge Work.
Office in stone building.
C. W. KING
Attorney-at- Law
Office at Hollis National Bank.
Mollis, - - Okla
T 2 CIJ-Fachioned Sea Captain.
Tj • old-fashioned sea captain ex-
t':;i ( .a type? He stuck close to
1 :• hip In the moments of disaster.
: what he could to save the lives
•i f passengert and crew, and. If neces-
, gal.r.. to his death in the effort.
I i' i.lav often have erred in his ex-
i. ;:e devotion to duty, but he held
I'.atlinchlnglv to the loftiest ideals of
).< nsibilitv and self-sacrifice, and
).... e\amj > was of incalculable value
t i hl3 profession and to humanity.
a we to regard him only as a mem-
cry. or does he anywhere to-day sur-
xlvu'.'—Brooklyn Eagle.
Submarine Lifeboat.
\V!;?n n submarine boat becomes dls-
: 1 b?neath the surface of "the wa-
i i cannot rise its crew Is in a
: i !;< anient. To renw-dv tht dlf-
: i>;•> an inventor l:a- contrived an
i . v:!i~ . boat to be carried in the
: : . ur- s.nd to be a part of it. prac-
t:<,:t'... until needed. In time of acel-
fi> . t the rrew of the incapacitate J
; • urine would enter the little craft
d v.hen the containing chamber had
•••n flooded the bolts would be with-
and the vessel with its human
. ; wvuM elt-ar Itself and rise to
He was very much excited when he
went into the drug store. The drug-
gist noticed it, and called an old
patron's attention to the fact with a
nod and a wink.
"Crossed In love," said the druggist
In a whisper.
"How do you know?" asked the old
patron.
"Comes in here every morning to
telephone," replied the drug man.
"Walt a minute, and you'll hear him;
It's a treat."
The agitated one entered a booth
and carefully closed the door after
him. He failed to observe that a
broken pane of glass in the back of
he I the booth had never been replaced, so
might fasten It. back again and she j the druggist and the old patron over-
was glad when evening came because i heard this:
he never forgot to unroll her sleeves i "Hello!" (Pause.) "Hello, Central?
which he rolled lightly about her el- Hello! Hello, Central!"
bows In the morning. There were (A muttered something as he hunt-
dimples on her cheeks, but he has i for a nickel to put in the slot.)
never noticed that even to thl^ day, I "Central, give me 16— Quick, please;
which fact proves that truth is stran- j I*™ in a hurry."
ger than Action. "He always is," murirrared the drug-
I One bright day, In the very heart of, gist- Then the agitated one got his
I summer, they had paddled to a place I number. The change in Jiis voice was
| far up the river where the trees j remarkable.
i formed a dark low hanging archway "Is that you, dear?" Vjo purred.
I and wild grape vines hung almost to, "Shall I see you to-diy?"
I the surface of the water. On that par-) "Why not?"
ticular day they were talkative. -They! "Oh, that's tough." (His voice be-
had discussed death, then life, then j gan to change In tone here.)
; the soul, and then the train of thought! " "You can't help It? Yes you can
drifted to friendship and last of all toj help It. You know you can help it.
love. Hath admitted that they had I've waited for three days to so" yon."
I never been In love, that is, since they! "Saw her day before yesterday,"
were children and thought they were j muttered the druggist.
In love and went about greeting their j "Tell her you're going to call or.
affinities with the pleasant name of your cousin," continued the agitated
"Smarty," Each felt relieved by the one.
confession of the other. | "You've too much to do? What
Everything came about so uncon- have you got to do? Iron half a dozen
sciously. He would lean forward to pocket handkerchiefs. My lieavons,
pick a lenf or twig from her hair or girl! What do you think I'm made of
a piece of river grass from her fingers —ice water and cheese cVith?"
and her hand would be resting in his j "Half a dozen handkercl iefs! Why,
or she would be resting on his shoul- I'd go half way around th" world fol-
der. And sometimes she would lean 1 you. You don't like me any more;
forward to pluck a lily from the water j that's what's the matter v ith you. l'ni
and vice versa. He was as dear to her sorry 1 called up. It must have put
as a brother and he had no sisters of you to a lot of trouble to answer the
his own. Day by day the conventional 'phone. I'm not going to— Hello!
arrangement of things disappeared, hello! Are you there?"
Once he found himself carrying her There was a pause. Then the ardent
across a stream, but he did not quite one hung up the receiver and spoke
awaken. And the dimples on her el- aloud. The druggist and tli old
bow rested against his neck. i patron agreed later that his le.marks
They always ate their lunch to-1 as an exhibition of sustained inventive
Tether now. They were sad when were worth hearing. After a few
apart and happy when together. The minutes, with his mind relieved he
summer was waning. It was she who emerged from the b;*ith mopping his
tfrst awakened, and this Is how It hap- brow with his handkerchief " He
pened. She found him with his head walked slowly to the door and paused 1
lying in her lap and she was wiping a with the knob In his hand.
stain from hU forehead where a dusty ."Say." he observed, dramatically
vino had struck him and moistening "if you had waited for davs to see ',' or
the handkerchief with her lips. Upon tfrl. and she told von she couldn't see I
awakening her first act was to gasp you because she had to iron half a "ICIUS, See J. Dav.
f«->r breath. Then with her free hand dozen handkerchiefs, what would
she gently stroked his hair from his do?"
forehead. Sh.p lived him. He be-
table
Good turnouts on short notice at all hours
Iieasonable Rates
I solicit your patronage
!I©E Eldorado, Okla,
Dr. H. H. WYNNE
Eye, £ar, Noes and Threat
Oklahoma City, Gkfa.
Mangum First Tuesday
Each Month
Dr. T. J. Oodson's Office
To come to Cliildress for your Hardware, or if you
need a Buggy, Plow, Corrugated Iron Stove. 1 have a
large stock and my prices are as low as anyone can sell
same goods for. • J
Childress Texas. R. H. NORRIS.
I IT A? HA! Pont Forget I
They will wholesale and re- ^
tril Ice, Ice Cream and
Soda water Come in
i '-s
and see us. ^
f:
&
&
e
&
THE HOLLIS ICE CO.
Have Put in a •
Cold Storoge
PHONE 67
TO MM E <& CAUGHEY
PROPRIETORS
Books and Novelties
Wslmer PringSe
Proprietor.
rir^Y<>u gieed
jp Machine
Shuttles,
other extra
Sewing
Needles,
Bobbins
attach-
, .. He waited a second for a replv. and
.-n-ied to her No one could take him when none was forthcoming shook hi*
. ... St,°uM not know' sa(«y went out into the
CrSMing the Lii
..i aiit l.mkea Enjjii
"Very *e!l: I <
-i English, but I
;and that I shall di
:.tn UiiaA. '--Uoiiiu
<k oof
satlls-
* i'u i
leist not yet.
All tba: day she seemed preoccupied
irri •• Iiffi-:« nr. her voice wa< distant,
or . • t-xaslve. Hut she was think
I «.w couid iLe awaken him
t friendly." she said to her
flf h r indifference increased
<•!;. !t;itl«a gre.r Hut he thought
if h i u<-!fare only, not of his own.
PV* i Ica.-ed and -nno.ved her at the
T.e nev n' ir.rng he received a
' • n Miss Brown She
' I • •> "slight indisposition'
• • - I h— from spending the day
rrh h; (.tanned He was lonely
••..! .: •• day wore on his k>nelines$
r: - I He thought of all the pleas
- days of summer and many little
><!es came to him that he had al
io t torgotten. In the evening he
tiled again, but she reoialneJ In h«>
' remarked the old patron
New Watches and
Clocks traded for old ones
by Day Jewelry Co-
All kinds of repairing.
rain.
"Sad case.
with a sigh. . ... . ,
"Oh. don't worry about him" an- atClieS, LiOCKS, Jewelry
swere.l the dnieglst. "To morro
morning he'll be bark Just a< usual."
India Rises to Remark.
Mr Dababhai Naoroji has been
called the Grand Old Man of India,
and no one will begrudge the veteran
of S2 that title Rut .Ws he deny
the necessity of India bein; in a posi-
tion to ward off invasion from sea or
land. and. if he admits it. do*.* he
think that thejr.di3n people are qual-
ified to undertake the task? Have
they the common basis of Inten^t. the
real unitv of aim. which an- th-- ■ s-
aentiato of a nation ?—Homu^> Piuccer
Mail.
and Sewing Machines at
| Day Jewelry Co.
HOLLI5, - OKLAHOMA.
We hi
visitinir ran
faces t>f tpj
Call and loo!
prices at Hi
tho
- .„ns it
ho ate* t
•ni wit';,
and B t
When you irantgroo
Fewell Do Lamar's.
t to
i
New Railroad. Notice of Publication.
Territory of Oklahoma )
County of Greer )
In the Justice Court of Dry-
den Township, before C. R.
Plummer, Justice of the Peace.
L. M. Cunningham, plaintiff
vs Alton Oldham, defendant, said
defendant, Alton Oldham, will
take notice that he has been
sued in the above named court
for the sum of fort-six dollar.^,
with interest at 10 per cent froia
May 20, 1907, on account for
board, horsefeed, cottonseed and
repairs of plow tools furnished
the defendant from March, 1907,
until May, 1907, and must an-
na , y swerthe
v s n,Ltl (said
fallis j
When'
uoulu I ,etition wil1 he fken as time,
:,.pli,'s U d judgement for said plaintiff
; ahoriiajin said action for the sum of
'is\ j>4').00on account, ana in the at
i" m ' 11 tac^ment t,iei"fin granted will be
- best r8Ddered accordingly.
J Okla C. r. Plummer,
I Jastivt of the Peace.
The Horscback Survey is Made
and Surveyors Return Highly
Pleased with Pror-peets.
John Summerfield returned to
Dallas Saturday evening, while
Chief Engineer Engs winger
started for St. Louis the next
morning. The latter promised
to be Oack by next Monday, and
arrange for some teams to help
i:i the survey. He said l,e would
have to run two or three prelimi-
nary liues before they could com
:nencecr« ss sectioning.
Mr. Er.swinger e~>uld notjielp
manifesting his surprise ;tt the
beautiful country the now rail
read will travel's
•sked if that t
country ten miles
beyond
. would utiI<Z'
assured that I
use the r a<
from Port \\
t'ity. he thro-
Surely, no
thatcountry,
this will be
laying r.-ads i
homa.- Tnbu
tht
petition filed there by
plaintiff on or before the
j 13th day of July, 1907, at ton
i Tt>
iet
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