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The Ward of King Canute
A Romance of the Danish Conquest.
By 0TTILIE A. LILJENCRANTZ, author ol The Thrall Ol Liel the Lucky.
Copyright, lmrt. l.y A. C. Mot'I.rKU A CO.
CHAPTER IV.
Before the King.
When the curtain had fallen behind
his advisers, the young king threw |
himself back upon his rude high seat
nnd rested motionless among his cush-
ions, his head hanging heavily upon
his breast.
Crouching on her bench near the
door, Randalin watched him as a fly
caught In a web watches the approach-
ing spider. Her eyes followed his
roving glance from spear to banner,
from floor to celling. In terrible antici-
pation. It approached her; It turned
aside; It passed above her, hesitated,
sank, touched her! ABhcn white, she
staggered to her feet and faced him.
"In the Troll's name, who are you?"
he ejaculated. "How came you here?"
The pale Hps moved, but no sound
rame from them.
He made a petulant gesture toward
the half-filled goblet. "Why do you
stand there making mouths? Drink
(hat and get a man's voice Into your
throat, if you have anything to say to
ne."
"A man's voice!" The girl stared
it him. "A man's voice?" Then, like
lungfuls of fresh air, it entered Into
her that she was not really the naked
fledgeling she felt herself. She was
In the toils, surely, but there was a
shell around her. Glad to hide her
face for a moment, she seized the
goblet and drained it slowly to the
last drop.
Leaning back in his seat, the king
took frowning measure of his guest,
from the toe of her spurred riding
boot to the top of the green cap which
she had forgotten to remove. With
her last swallow, he repeated his chal-
lenge.
"Are you capable now of giving me
any reason why I should not have you
flogged from the camp? Is it your
opinion' that because I choose to
a half-smlle as he refilled his cup.
motioning toward the other flagon.
"Kill up. and we will drink a toast to
their loyalty and to your beard; they
appear to be equally In need of en-
couragement." Draining it ofT, he sat
staring down into the dregs, twirling
the stem thoughtfully between his
fingers.
By tho time she Mad shifted her
weight twice for each foot, the peti-
tioner ventured to recall him.
"It gives me some hope, to hear
what you say about suspecting Edrlc
Jarl," she said timidly; "for that
mnkes It appear more likely that you
will be willing to give me justice on
hlr man."
"Justice?" The King's mind came
back to her slowly, as from an Im-
mense distance. "By Thor, 1 had for-
gotten! Yes, certainly; I will be
kinglike once. Stand here before me,
while I question you."
She caught her breath rather sharp-
ly a3 she stepped forward. Would
she bo able to tell a straight story?
"Tell me first how you are called?"
"I am called Frldtjof Frodesson."
"Frodc of Avalcomb! Now I know
where I have heard that name; my
father spoke It often, and always with
great respect. It will go hard with
me If I must return an unfavorable
answer to his son. Tell me how his
death was brought about."
Randalin thrust the sobs back from
her throat; the tears back from her
eyes. She began slowly: "Leofwin-
esson set upon him last night, at the
gate of the castle, and slew him. He
had flve-and-flfty men, and my father
but twelve—besides me; he—we—
had just come in from liunttng. Then
he rode over my father's body Into
the castle." She stopped uncertainly
to glance at her listener.
"Go on and tell me the rest. How
comes It that you escaped un-
harmed?"
"I will have your tongue if you lie to me!"
behave foolishly before my friends, I
am desirous to have tale-bearing boys
listening?"
She managed to stammer out. "I en-
treat you not to be angry. Lord "King.
I did not understand six of the words
you spoke—I beseech you to believe
It."
"Did you think you had fallen into
a bear pit?" the king asked with a
faint smile, that sharpened swiftly to
bitterness. "After all, it would mat-
ter little what anyone told of me.
Without doubt your kin have already
taught you to call me thrall-bred and
•witless."
That from the warrler whose foot
was already planted on the neck of
England! In her surprise, Randalln's
eyes met his squarely. 'By.no means,
King Canute; my father called you
the hlghest-mlnded man In the
world."
The young leader flushed scarlet,
flushed till he felt the burning, and
averted his face to hide it. Ho said
in a low voice, "Many things have
been told of me that I count for
naught, but this—this has not been
said of me before. Tell me bis
name."
"He was called Frode, the Dane of
Avalcomb." The red mouth trembled
a little. "He Is dead now. Ho was
slain last night, by Norman Leof-
winesson. who Is Edrlc Jarl's thane."
As both horseman and sentinel had
started at that name, so now the
King straightened Into alertness, for
getting everything else.
"Leofwinessou? What know you of
him or his Jarl? Where are they?
When saw you them?"
"Last night; when they lay drunk
In my father's castle at Avalcomb.
It was spoken among them that they
would join you at sunset to-day "
Canute's hand shot out and gripped
her arm and shook It. "You know
this for certain? I will have your
tongue If you lie to me! You are
sure that they Intend coming—that It
is not their Intention to play me false
and return to Edmund?"
"I know what I heard them say.
lord King. They said that Edrlc
Jarl had marched on to St. A'.ban's
to l!e there over-night. Leofwlnes-
son stopped at Avalcomb because he
wished to vent his spite upon my
father. They will be here before the
sun is set."
Canute release! her arm to roach
tor Ills goblet. He looked at her with
With Gram's experience to follow
it was not hard to frame that an
swer. "They knocked me on the
head with a spear-butt and left me
for dead. When I got my senses
agtin, I found my way to the npns of
St. Mildred's; and they gave me food,
and I rode hither."
"It is the Troll's luck!' I—yet, go
on. The day will come! Did they
further harm within tho castle? Have
you women-kin?"
Randalin hesitated. Would it not
he safer if she could deny altogether
the existence of a daughter of Frode?
But no, that was not inisslble, in the
face of what Norman might reveal.
She began very, very carefully: "It
happened that my mother died before
we came to Avalcomb; and my father
had but one daughter. She was called
Randalin. A—her thrall-woman told
me that Lcofwinesson pursued her to
a chamber in the wall. And—and be-
cause she could not escape from him
—she—she threw herself from the
window, and the stones below caused
her death."
The King's hands clenched con-
vulsively. "It Is like them!" he mut-
tered. "It has happened as I sup-
posed. Have no fear but that I will
avenge your kinswoman. Those of
her own blood-ties could do no more.
And Frode also. You shall see! Have
patience, and you shall see!"
Upon burning ears the word "pa-
tience" falls coldly.
"Patience!" the child of Frode re-
peated. The bitterness of failure had
swept over her ami maddened her.
Was she mistaken, then, about every-
thing? Could those trembling old
women behind the broken wall read
the world like witches? Was every-
one false or. a beast? Oh* how her
father had been wronged! 8he shook
off the King's hand and faced him
with blazing eyes, seeking for words
that should bite like her thoughts.
Then she became conscious that a
word would precipitate a flood of hys-
terical tears, to the eternal disgrace
of her warrior kin. All that was left
for her was to get away without
speaking. Out in the woods there
would be no one to sec; and the
grass would hldo the quivering of her
Hps. She put up her hand now to
hide it. and, struggling to her feet,
began groping toward the door.
8bo did not atop when Canute's
voice called after her—not until she
hod reached the entrance, and the
rattle of crossing cpears, without, had
told her tSat her way was barred.
Then she vhirled back with a sharp
cry.
"Let me go! I hate you! Let me
go!"
He did not bid bis guards kill her,
as she half expected. Instead, he
said patiently, "I foresaw that you
would take It 111; there Is the great-
est excuse for you. In your place I
should be equally unruly. I v ill grant
you boon In time to come; so sure as
1 live, I will. And until then, since
all your stock has been cut off. I will
be your guardian and you shall be
my ward, as though you were my own
brother. Coine, sit here, and l will
tell you."
She repulsed him sharply. "No.
no, you shall do nothing for me) I
am going back. 1 ask you to let me
go."
leaning at his ease In the great
chair, the young King regarded his
ward thoughtfully.
"It Is not possible that the son of
Frode the Fearless should be a cow
ard," he said at last; "but you are
over-peevish, boy. Listen now to the
truth of the matter. If you were
maiden, it would be easy for me tc
Are you listening?" He paused, for
the slim figure had suddenly become
so statue-like that he suspected It of
plotting another attack on the door.
The boy answered very low, "Yes,
lord King. I am listening."
Canute went on again: "I say that
If you were a maiden—If you were
your sister, to tell It shortly—I could
easily dispose of you In marriage,
would wed you to my foster-broth
Rothgar Iodbroksson, and thus bri
good to both of—Are you finding
fault with that also?"
But the lad stood before him like a
stone. If a faint cry had come from
him, it was not repeated; and there
was nothing offensive about a hidden
face and shaking limbs.
The King continued more gently:
"But since you were so simple as to
be born a boy, such good luck is not
to be expected. It is the best that I
can do to offer you to becomo my
ward and follow me as my page, un-
til the sword'3 game has decided be-
tween me and Edmund of England.
What say you, Frldtjof the Bold?"
For a time it looked as if "Frldt-
jof the Bold" did not know what to
say. Silence filled the tent, while
from outside leaked in tho noise of
the revel. Then, through that noise
or above it there became audible tho
notes of far-away horns. Edrlc Jarl
was fulfilling his pledge. An ex-
clamation broke from the King's lips,
and he leaped up. At that moment,
"Frldtjof tho Bold" fell at his feet
with clasped hands and supplicating
eyes.
"Let me go, I>ord King," ho be-
sought passionately. "I>et mo go, and
I will ask nothing further of you. I
will never trouble you agaih. Let mo
go!—only let me go!"
Canute of Denmark Is not to be
blamed that ho stamped with ex-
hausted patience.
"By tho head of Odin, it would
serve you well did I take you at your
word! It would serve you right did
I turn you out to starve. Were it not
for your father's sake, and for the
sake of my own honor, I vow I would I
Now hearken to this." Bending, ho
picked the boy up by his collar and
shook him. I shall not let you go, and
you shall be my ward, whether you
will or no. And If you answer mo
now or anger me further—but I will
not say that, for It is your misfor-
tune that makes you unruly, and you
are weak-spirited from hunger. Take
this bread now for your meal, and
that bench yonder for your bed, and
trouble me no more to-night. I must
meet with the Jarl! Go! Do you
heed my orders?"
Only one answer was possible. Af-
ter a moment'the page gave It In a
low voice.
"Yes, lord King," he whispered,
and crept away to his corner.
(To be continued.)
SOCIAL C'JSTOMS OF JAPAN.
Status of the Mother-in-Law Seems
Curious to Ua.
The mother in-law is the most mo-
mentous social question of tho day in
Japan. A woman prays that she may
become a mother-in-law. because It Is
only In that capacity that she Is ever
allowed to show human weakness.
Those are not, as one might imagine
at the expense of her son-in-law, be-
cause in theory there is no such thiug
as son-in-law in Japan, except where a
man has married an heiress with no
brother. In that case it is the man
and not the woman who Is a slave
and liable to bo divorced just as one
discharges a cab when it is no longer
wanted. It Is he who Is dressed like
a corpse when he leaves nls parents'
house, as a sign that he is dead to his
parents' family. It is he whose change
of owner is registered at the police
station, so that in Japanese literature
it Is the gentle daughter-ln law who
Is tho victim of the mother-in-law's
tantrums.
FRIGHT WAS TOO MUCH.
Thought of Meeting Irate Mother-in-
Law Killed Chinaman.
Henpecked husbands are not un-
known in China. They have a story
there about three henpecked hus-
bands. who met in a secluded spot on
the outskirts of the village to discuss
their troubles. A bad boy thought It
would be fun to play a practical Joke
on them, bo he^broke on their delib-
erations with the dreadful news that
the three venerable sisters-in-law —
the.v call married women sisters-in-law
In China—were coming down the
street, each with a broomstick. Two
of the men rushed in terror to the
door to see if It were true ami, finding
that they had been deceived, returned
to find their companion undisturbed
in his place. As he had always been
as timid as any of them they could
not understand and resolved to ask
the secret of his courage. It was
speedily revealed, for when they
spoke to him he did not answer.
BIRTH OF A GEYSER. I News From the Front
I Ping Yang—A large party of Japan'
Smooth Lagoon Changed to Fiery fcse, under tho art editor of Collicr*3
Caldron in Few Minutes. | Weekly, succeeded in crossing the
Near the famous and erratic geyser \nju recently, but was repulsed by a
of Waimangu. in New Zealand—so uiperlor force of Cossacks under tho
whimsical In Its spoutlngs and times! Sunday editor of tho New Yorli
of quiet that the oldest Marl in the'Herald.—Life.
region can give the visitor no sched-1 ■
ule of these performances—there has!
Why It Is the Best
lately been born a now geyser. A um.I«> by an entirely different
fan hours before the birth a paster by process. ntflinn Wank Is eaMbe «ny
had stopped to look at n placid little1 -ther. better and one-third more for 10
lagoon ringed about with gentle green
llOpH, Then dwellers in the region | A successful method of making
were notified of something doing by a wo,„| proof against both fire and de-
salvo of earthquakes, more than thlr- .ay |s being introduced in Germany,
ty shocks In half as many minutes. rhc eon8 of the timber are emptied
The next man who walked that way )f air ln a varum and filled with sul'
foftnd, instead of the placid green phate aH,i borate of ammonia.
ringed lagoon, a boiling, bubbling cal- .
Catarrh and Headache.
i Mrs. Z. E. Goforth. 2119 Holly St..
I Kansas City, writes:
"After using a sample bottle anil
two C.r.c twit ties of Hunt's IJghtning
Oil I am almost well of Catarrh. It
stops my headaches. It Is the best
medicine I ever saw and I just can't
keep house without it."
She is right.
25c and 50c bottles.
ilron over which hovered and soared
and rolled Into fantastic shapes a
deftse cloud of steam. The older anil
more famous geyser looks placid
enough, too, sometimes, then It wfears
a feathery, foamy cap. again It belches
out water and stones and mud to im-
mense heights and with Immense
noise.
HISTORY OF OLD HUNDRED.
"Now, let's see about this portrait
/ou're to make of my wife," said
Nuritch. "Water colors rub out easy,
Famous Psalm Tune Composed In the
Sixteenth Century.
The history of this old psalm tune, j
which every one has been accustomed don't they?"
to hoar ever since he can remember , "Oh, yes!" replied DAuber, it
is somewhat shrouded In mystery, must be in oil "
Martin Luther has generally been con j "Wait a minute. Just make the head
sldered the author, but it has been and neck In oil and the dress in water
pretty satisfactorily shown that It was J rolor. Then It'll be easy to bring It
composed In the sixteenth century and up to date every time the stylw
Some Old-Time Recipes.
Some of the recipes in a quaint old
book were intended specially for n
"lord's" table. For Instance, a pike
was to be served whole to "a lorde,"
but cut in pieces for the "common-
alto." Cabbages were to be thickened
with grated bread for ordinary peo-
ple, but served with yolks of eggs for
a "lorde." The dishes at this time
used at table were either gold or
silver for great occasions and wooden
trenchers and platters for ordinary
use. It was not till the time of Queen
Elizabeth that plates of metal anil
earthenware began to be generally
used instead of wood.
■rtainly previous to 1546, by Gull-
launic le Frane of Rouen.
In the course of time Its arrange
ment has undergone repeated altera
tlons, and It is said that as it origin-
ally appeared It was of a more lively
character than at present. Many ol
these alterations have been preserved
and may be seen by reference to
Moore's Encyclopedia of Music.
ln England It was first sung to the
looth psalm, and thus came to be call
ed "Old Hundred."
The Little Grave.
"It's only n llttl« grave." tliey said,
"(itily n child thiit'H dead;"
A*.I s.i they iiiri-lt-HMly turned away
Krnin tin- mound tho spudu hud made
tliiit day. •
AM I hoy did not know how deep a
shade
That little grave In our homo had made.
I know that the coffin was narrow and
■mall,
<>v- vard would have served for an am-
ple pall;
And one man In his arms could have
borne away
The rosewood and Its freight of clny.
Hill I know that darling hopes wi-ru hid
lleneutli that little cufttn-lld.
changes."
John Wesley.
"The world my parish Is"—prophetic
word!
The map Napoleon carvcd on Europe's
E'en now the student may no longer
trace.
All conquerors by vain ambition spurred
Haw merely proved their vaulting pride
absurd;
But thou, great conqueror, thy parish
grows
I'ntll no corner of the world hut knows
Thy name, that's loved wherever heard.
mighty man of mighty
the
Great Wesley!
men!
Wo cam? to scrlbc our love upon
scroll
That's writ by lauding continents, whose
shores
Are blest with churches dotting every
glen-
All bearing witness to the kindly soul.
That brightens through the everlasting
doors.
—L. T. Weeks In Winfleld (Kan.) Journal.
HAS SIMPLE FIRE ESCAPE.
Englishman's Invention Seems to Fill
Long-felt Want.
An Englishman has devised an In-
genious traveling-bag fire escape. It
can be made at any trunkmaker's for
little more than an ordinary port
manteau of the same kind would cost.
Moreover, the fire-escape part of it
does not interfere to any extent with
its capacity for holding your dress suit,
hoots, shirts or other things requisite
for the traveler. In one small com-
partment will be found hundreds of
feet of fine, light rope used by moun
talneers in the Swiss Alps for roping
themselves together while crossing
glaciers and climbing precipitous Ice
slopes. There is also a particularly
Ingenious little brake arrangement
and two pairs of steel snap hookB. If
an alarm of fire Is given in a hotel in
the dead of night and the flames cut
off every means of communication
with the outside the possessor of this
portmanteau simply slips out of bed,
snaps one set of hooks round the bed
leg or other substantial piece of furnl
ture, and the other set to the sides of
the portmanteau. This last he then
throws out the window, gets Into It
himself, and then lowers himself as
as quickly or as slowly as he pleases
by means of the brake.
Chile Rich In Mineral Wealth.
According to the United States con-
sul at Callao, Peru, that country has
many rich, large mineral deposits of
gold, silver, copper, mercury, lead
sulphur, coal, salt and petroleum, not
to name those of less Importance. He
further states that the only Milngs
necessary to develop these vast de-
posits are capital and labor, which
would make the republic as renowned
for its mineral wealth as California,
Australia and South Africa,
a mother stood that day
hands by that form of
I know thnt
With folded
clay;
I know that burning tears were hid
" 'Neath the drooping lash and aching
lid;"
And I know her lip nnd cheek and brow
Were almost as whlto as her baby's
now.
I know that some things were hid away,
Tho crimson frock, and wrappings gay;
The little stock, and the half-worn shoe.
The cap with Its plumes and tassels blue;
And an empty crib, with Its covers
spread,
As white as the face of tho sinless dead.
'TIs n little grave; but oh. have care!
Fur world-wide hones are hurled there;
And y<\ perhaps, in coming years.
May see. like her, through blinding tear%
Ib'W much of light, how much or Joy,
Is burled with an only boy.
Women and Nature.
Here is a neat passage from "The
Napoleon of Notting Hill," ln which
Mr. Chesterton discussed feminine
nature: "However much, physically,
about town' a woman may be, she
still models herself on nature; she
tries to carry nature with her; she
bids grasses to grow on her head and
furry beasts to bite her about the
throat. In the heart of a dim city
she models her hat on a flaring cot-
tage garden of flowers. We, with our
noble civic sentiment, model ours on
a chimney-pot, the ensign of civiliza-
tion."
A Practical Joke.
"The practical jokes of Harvard ui)-
dor-graduates do not usually Interest
me," said a Boston banker, "but two
young Harvard men played-en-a**hop-
house man a trick that was neat. They
got a brush and a can of paint, and
they painted out one letter in the
chophouse man's big sign. The sign
road originally:
"OUR CHOPS CAN'T BE BEAT.
"It read after they got through with
It:
"OUR CHOPS CAN'T BE EAT."
Hints on the Care of Violins.
The violin should be kept at a falr-
ly uniform temperature, where there
is no moisture; never expose It to
humidity. If the G string buzzes. It
bould be tightened somewhat above
the pitch and rubbed with olive oil or
with half a lemon. If the pegs slip
they should be rubbed with soap, and
then chalk should be sprinkled on
them, and on getting a new bridge. It
's always best to get the violin maker
o choose and adjust it for you.
Wonderi of Flowers.
The sensitiveness of plants and
5owers to certain conditions of weath-
•r and light Is such that It Is always
Kisslble that they may have other
iropertles not yet discovered. There
-i an American garden, for instance,
n which the flowers are so selected
hat one set closes at each hour of
he day. Others only open and shod
lorfume at night, others curl up and
nippress their existence for months,
ret will open In a few minutes and
ut forth buds In a few hours when
mmersed in water.
Old-Time Gambling.
Some of the old stories told of the
gaming tables can hardly bo believed
nowadays, though they are related ln
such a cool, matter-of-fact style by
writers of the time as to show that in
the eighteenth and nineteenth centur-
ies the practice formed a part of high-
class social existence. Capt. Gronow
relates that, having been appointed
to the staff of Gen. Plcton, who was
then starting for Brussels (1815), ho
obtained fl,000 from the army agents,
"which," ho continues, "I took with
me to a gambling house In St. James'
square, where I managed, by some
wonderful accident, to win £600"
(93,000). With this sum he aubse
quontly provided hla necessary outfit.
Having a Pic-nlc.
Pic Nics are never complete without,
sandwiches, aweet white broad with
a generous layer of meat between.
Llbby's canned meats are Ideal for
plc-nles and outings. Tho cans are so
easily opened and the contents so
fresh and palatable that no pic-nlc Is
a success without Llbby'B "Natural
Flavor" Food Products.
Mrs. Grammecy—When did tho
house party break up?
Mrs. Park—When the hostess had
won all the money from her guests
at bridge.—Town Topics.
Every houseneepor should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks to the Iron, but because
each package contains 16 oz.—one full
pound—while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up ln ^4-pound pack-
ages, and the price Is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch Is free from all Injurious chem-
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you a
12-oz. package It Is because he has
a stock on band which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package ln large let-
ters and figures "16 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time ana
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
A scientist says it 1« not true that
intellectual work is a relief from
physical work, or vice versa. Fatigue,
of whatever nature It Is, accumulates
during any kind of labor, and disap*
pears only on complete repose.
Insist on Getting It.
Some grocers say they don't keep De-
fiance Starch. This is because they have a
stock on hand of other brands containing
only 12 oz. ln a package, which they won't
ho able to sell first, because Defiance con-
tains 1U oz. for the sumo money.
Do you want 18 oz. instead of 12 oz. for
same money 1 Then buy Defiance Starch.
Requires uo cooking.
"Of course," said the sarcastic man,
"you always do your wife's bidding."
"Gracious, no!" replied Mr. Hen-
peck, "she wtWldn't let me. When
she goes to an auction sale she never
takes me with her."—Philadelphia
Press.
Two Confusing Verba in English.
"There aro two verbs that are al-
ways confusing," said the man whto
minds his p's and q's. "They are rent
and marry. 'I want to rent a house,'
says your friend tho broker, and no
one can tell whether he desires to be
a landlord or a tenant. The verb ap-
plies to-either tho act of letting some
one have property for hire or the act
of paying some one hire for property.
Marry is no better. 'I Just married a
charming woman,' says your friend
the preacher, and if he has been a
bachelor you do not know whether to
congratulate him or Inquire the
amount of his fee."
Has to Fight for Bride.
Among the I.o1ob of Western China
it is customary for the bride on the
wedding morning to perch herself on
the highest branch of a large tree
while the elder female members of
her family cluster on thf> lower limbs
armed with sticks. When all are
duly stationed the bridegroom clam-
bers up the tree, assailed on all sides
by blows, end it is not until he has
broken through their fence and cap-
tured the bride that be Is allowed to
carry her off.
"HI, there," said Joseph to his
brothers. "What kind of a game ar«
you playing on me?"
"Pit," they cried, as they pitched
him over the edge.—Harvard Lan
poon.
Anaesthetics Cause Deatha.
The annual returns of the British
registrar-general show a steady In-
crease of mortality from anaesthesia
since 1863. Dr. A. D. Waller of the
University of London, says that
deaths due to chloroform, the popular
anaesthetic In England, aro caused
by too much concentration of tho In-
haled vapor. A pump. Invented by
Dr. Dubois of Lyons, has proveu itsell
especially effective in anaesthetizing
animals, and has been tried on hu
mans with satisfactory results.
The cost of maintaining the Eng-
lish navy is at the rate of J22 a year
for every family In Great Britain, or
more than two weeks' wages for th«
great body of working people.
American Nuiaance.
The nuisance of whistling by switch
engines which work all night in th«
railway yards in and near cities li
permitted In no other country than
America. It Is a serious detrlmen!
to public comfort and health.
Wagner Was Philosophic.
An English lecturer told some inter-
esting anecdotes about the pet birds
of musicians to the members of the
London section of the Incorporated
Society of Musicians recently. One
of them was of a parrot belonging to
Wagner, which kept up a terrible din
while Wagner was being visited by a
friend. The friend asked the master
how he st(x>d it and Wngner replied
that though the bird did make a great
noise sometimes he was compensated
by having a wife who did not piay tho
piano.
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