The Oklahoma Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1915 Page: 4 of 6
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THB 0"AHOMA DEMOCRAT, ALTUS, OKLAHOMA
WEEKLY UTTER
FROM BLAIR
BLAIR CHRONICLER TAKES SNOT AT
HISTORY AND HISTORIANS WHO
AND WHEN TO BELIEVE.
(Hy Homo)
What to believe and whom to be-
lieve, that's the question! Is all
that we learued lu childhood from pa-
rants, teachera and texts to be rele-
gated to the historical scrap heap?
We have the unqualified assurance ol
the higher critics that Washington
never owned a hatchet, nor his father
• cherry tree; that Columbus did not
discover America; that It was not
Franklin who secured help from
France, but rather spent his time with
wine and women; that Houston wa8
merely an adventurer, while Austin
was the real hero of the Texas Rev
dutton. And that it Is to woman that
most of the great events of history
are to be credited. It was Betty
Stark, through some telepathic means
won the Battle of Bennington; it was
a woman that ate the first apple; it
was Catherine that rescued Peter the
Great from the Turks and saved the
Russian Empire from dissolution; It
was a woman that discovered Amer
lea, though by proxy; it was a woman
that stopped the retreat of the Texan
army, turned on Santa Anna, won the
Battle of San Jacinto, and won the
independence of Texas; and it was a
woman that spanked Woodrow Wilson
:&nd made him good so the people
would elect him president.
The traditional and historical icono
ofrst haB Indeed upset us until w
daTe not accept any statement with
out some reservation. So great has
become our skepticism that we some-
times question the authenticity
some statements made in Homer'
and Virgil's immortal epics.
However, there is one point
which our faith rests as immutable as
the everlasting hills. No amount
argument or casuistry could make us
doubt that it has rained in Western
Oklahoma. For nearly three weeks
farm work has been standing with its
hands on its hips waiting for the sun
to come out and dry the earth,
planting to speak of has been done.
.Acres and acres of land has not had
a plow in it since the last crop was
ilaid by. Some cotton yet to pick and
^lay Is standing at the door. It
itakes eighteen months to make
crop, why not arrange to have two
ctwj* every three years?
Ttoe jprotnise of wheat, oats and
falfa could aot be better. If we can
get the sunshine, two weeks from
jiow, we will begin harvesting
reavlest crop of hay ever put up
this section,—barring casualties.
Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs
Fred Smith carried their little girl
about three years old to Mangum
be operated upon for appendicitis.
This is the youngest person the wi
ter ever knew to be afflicted with
this malady.
Last week Mr. F. C. Willis while
hauling lumber had the misfortune
fall from his wagon and the lumber
fell on him, causing what at the time
appeared to be some flesh bruises
r about the hips, but as he does not
prove, it is feared the trouble is more
serious than at first contemplated.
The faculty for the next school
year has been elected, the personel
being as follows: Messrs. Bruens,
Early, Cole, Baker and Pigg; Mmes.
Rawlins and Smith, and Misses Boyd,
Emory and Jones All the teachers,
except Miss Emory either taught here
Laat year or in former years.
The storm Saturday night did con-
siderable damage in this section. It
blew to pieces the chicken house of
Mr. D. W. Phillips, killing more than
: hundred chickens, and blew his
residence from its foundation; de-
stroyed W. T. Clements' hog shed and
killed six hogs, and blew down two
residences, one belonging to W. C.
White on his farm north of town and
Alvab Vaugban's, east of here
AS VIEWED BY PHILOSOPHER
Happiness Not Always to Thoss Who
Make Great Catches In ths
World's Fish Pond.
Wo have seen men absorbedly fish-
ing for wealth, and we liuuglue that
when they fall to got It they are de-
feated and disappointed. Neither one.
The only men who are defeated In
this worldly fish pond are the ones
ho haul up great bags of gold on
their hooks. Thoy are very soon bur-
dened with the catch, and unable to
march comfortably farther uloug the
road. The only dlsuppolnted ones aru
those who have no real purposo lu
life, and suppose that llshlug Is an
oud lu Itself.
I had a great-uncle once who died
quite happy and bankrupt. Through-
out his life he was jubilantly full of
schemes for making a fortune. Hut If
his patent flouring mill hud ever suc-
ceeded, or his method for tanning
leather had brought him wealth, so
that he had been obliged to have two
houses and 20 servants and several
suits of clothes and bills and accounts
and lawsuits, 1 am sure ho would
have died miserable.
Unfeeling and misunderstanding
persons are forever pitying the old
maids, and especially those who seem
to be always angling for men. Hut
such behavior seems to me quite in-
telligible and quite pardonable—espe-
cially if tbey never catch anything.
Having begun this «ame in early life,
earlier than I began fishing, and hav-
ing founded it on Instincts even deep-
er than mine, they would be silly In-
deed now to give up so good a sport
just because they have found other,
and possibly more important, objects
In life—Suburban Life.
MRS. JUDSON PROFITED
WHIN HIS LIBOI LOAD APPLIIO
•HILLAC TO THS STAIRS.
Purthsr Proof, if Any Was Needed
That Man •• a Hslp at Houss-
Clsanlng Tims Has Hla Dis-
tinct Limitations.
of
al-
the
POSSIBLE TO BE TOO GOOD
Writer In Woman's Magazine Gives
Some Wise Advice to Others
of Her Sex.
Women mourn and rail at man's un-
faithfulness, but it is only fair to re-
member, when such shortcomings are
brought Up against man as set over
against woman, that Llllth was just
as truly a woman as was Eve. In our
accusations and recriminations we too
often forget that man's faithfulness to
a good woman is usually encouraged
by the wiles of a bad one, and that
more often than not a woman stands
at each end of the path that stretches
from heaven to hell.
We forget, too, by what dear and
lovable things a man may be held to
the fair and honest ways of life. An
eager comradeship with him in the
things for which he cares, good hu-
mor In sunshine as well as In storm,
an easy-going conscience as to the
smaller duties of life, and an abiding
love for frills and laces, these are the
gentle virtues that will serve to keep
sweet and eager the dreariest mascu-
line heart.
Good women have a world of sin
and sorrow for wfcich to answer, and
a recent chance remark of a famous
writer has more truth In it than we
always care to believe. "When good
women are too good," she said, "to be
restful, dainty and sweet, they are be-
ing as faithless to their marriage vows
as are the tired husbands who no
longer pay them homage."—Southern
Woman's Magazine.
Our Ideal of Perfection.
The modern world has a new and
elaborate dogma of the body, but con-
viction (If it exist) in regard to the
bouI is tentative and wary. For many
past years the faith has been taught,
the belief has been growing, that
physically fit of necessity means men-
tally fit, that physical power is the
-measure of man's efficiency. The one
glory of our college life lies In Its
sports, and education of muscle. The
only ideal of perfection now in evi-
dence is an ideal of physical perfec-
tion; for this, no sacrifice is too great,
no case too onerous. Images of per-
fect bodily development are kept be-
fore the young—the Apollo, with
beautj of sinew and muscle; but the
face of the Christ is growing ever
more and more dim before their eyes,
and is more and more apologetically
presented, if presented at all—At-
lantic.
Mr. Judson laid aside his eveuln(
paper and looked about tho neat llv-
lng room, "House cleanlng'ii about
over. Isn't It, Martha?" be asked.
"Almost." responded his wife;
"there's the kitchen to clean, and the
cellar to be whitewashed, and the
front stairs ought to be freshened up.
Wbaf would you use on them, Wil-
liam?"
"Shellac," Bald Mr. Judson, with
prompt Interest; "that will dry quick-
ly, and as we have no back stairs,
that's an Important point. I'll bring
home the stuff tomorrow night, and do
It before 1 go to bed. You t an go up
first, and stay, so that the stairs won't
have to be used, and by morning
they'll be as good as new."
Accordingly, the next evening. Mr.
Judson sent his wife off to bed at ten
promptly, although he did not leave
his reading until silence reigned up-
stairs. Then he donned a big apron
and got out his brushes and shellac.
"Just as well to wait until there's no
one round to make suggestions," he
mused; "women never understand how
much better a man can work by him
elf!" .
Mr. Judson was a deliberate and
conscientious worker, slighting no de-
tail, and In an hour or so the flight
ot stairs glistened in all its original
freshness. Mr. Judson surveyed It
proudly from the lower hall. Then his
jaw dropped.
"Thunder!" he muttered, disgusted-
ly. "I ought to have begun at the bot-
tom and worked up!"
But out of a momentary mental
haos he clutched at the Important
'act. He must go up backward, and
is he went, varnish over each foot
nark on the stair below. Mr. Judson
,vas portly and his sense of humor was
lot keen. As he backed cautiously up
he sticky stairs at midnight, can and
Drusli in hand, stooping to touch up
jach abandoned step, with due regard
to his blue gingham draperies, he be-
?an to breathe hard; but at laat he
reached the top, and looking down,
■ougratulated himself that no one
aeed know of his blunder. How beau-
tifully the surface shone!
Then it slowly penetrated his con-
sciousness that one reason for the
pleaEing illumination was the gas in
the lower hall, the two burners of
which had been turned high to light
his earlier labors. Mr. Judson hesi-
ated, thought of the gas bill, remem-
bered that the front door was not
locked, and restrained himself with a
sternness of self-control that jarred
ais nerve centers. There was only
jne thing to do. and he descended—on
tiptoes He left his large, sticky slip-
pers at the foot of the stairs, to save
:he hall carpet, locked the front door,
turned out the gas, resumed his slip-
pers. and began his second recessional,
sbliteratlng each footstep by the un-
certain light of the upper-hall gas. It
was not a quick Job; the distance to a
:elebrated spot in Ireland seemed to
Mr. Judson insignificant in compari-
son, although he made no audible com-
ment until he stepped on his blue
gingham tail and sat down unexpect-
edly on the top step. Then, forgetting
caution, he expressed himself in lsud
ind irritated tones.
A substantial vision in pink flannel-
ette appeared at the bedroom door be-
hind him; but realizing that baromet-
ric pressure was high, it retired as
jilently as it had come, with superb
wifely tact, before he had time to de-
tach himself from the step and apply
the final brushwork to his master-
piece.
At breakfast Mrs. Judson's praise
was unstinted, although she casually
ieplored the traces of varnish on the
ipron and slippers.
"Yes," Mr. Judson admitted, with
jut looking up from the morning pa-
per, "I'm afraid I did spill a little. By
the way, Martha, isnt it about time
•or you to think of a new hat?"—
fouth's Companion.
QAVE UP THE DRUG BUSINESS
Incident That Mads Man Dscltfs Thst
ths Profession Was Altogether
Too Btrsnuous.
M| got out of tho drug buslnsss b
osuse something happened that Mar
ly turned my hair gray," Mid ths sal
low-complexloned man.
Of course the other men said: "Tsll
us about It."
"I used to sleep In the store, said
the sallow man obligingly, "and often
I had to answer night calls. Ons
night I was awakened from a dsep
sleep by somebody persistently ring-
ing the door bell.
"1 found a small boy at the door,
and he handed me a prescription. I
was so sleepy that I could hardly ■
but 1 filled the prescription, ths boy
paid me and hastened away.
"When I went to replace the bottles
I had taken from the shelves my eyes
were open a little wider than In ths
opening stages of my wakefulness,
and I was horrified to find that In-
stead of taking down the bottle of
tincture of orange I had used the
next bottle, a deadly poison.
"1 flew out of the door and looked
up and down the street. Tl^ boy had
disappeared. I had never seen him
before and did not know for whom the
medicine was. I wanted to rush off
to the doctor and find out who the
patient was, but that, I decided, would
be useless, as It would be too late
to do any good.
I entered the store and paced up
and down the floor. My hair stood
on end. I saw my victim in all the
agony of aconite poisoning. I saw the
pale face of death; I saw the family
vowing vengeance.
"My heart thumped furiously as I
heard hastening footsteps. I peered
through the window and saw the boy
who had brought the prescription.
The bottle was gone. My only hope
was shattered. With a trembling hand
I opened the door, prepared to hear
the worst.
"The lad stood hesitating. Tears
were in his eyes. I dared not speak.
" 'P—please, mister,' he stammered,
I ran so fast I fell and broke the bot-
tle, and I ain't got any more money.'
"My heart leaped Into my throat.
I felt like giving a yell of joy as I
leaped forward and pulled that boy
into the store. I wanted to hug and
kiss him. When I had mastered my
emotion I gave him another bottle of
medicine which I most cheerfully
paid for out of my own pocket, and
Into the bargain I gave him the big-
gest handful of expensive candy he
ever had."
STOMACH TROUBLE
FOR FIVE YEARS
ti Fitafc TWjW Mr.
HnU WmU Die, B*
Om Helped Kb I*
Racovtry.
Pomsroytoa, Ky.-ln IntSNSItaf id-
vices from this plac Mf. A. J. Hughes
writes as lollows: "I was down with
stomach trouble for flva (5) years, and
would have sick headache so bad, at
limes, that I thought surely 1 would die.
1 tried different treatments, but thejr
did not seem to do me any good.
1 got so bad, I could not oat or Bleep,
•nd all my friends, except one, thought I
would die. He advised me to try
fhtd'ord's Black-Draught, and quit
taking other medicines. I decided ti
take Ms advice, although I did not hat*
any confidence In It.
I have now been taking Black-Dr«u0i
lor three months, and it has cured ate—
haven't had thoee awful sick hsadachM
since I began using it.
I am so thankful for what Black-
Draught has done for me."
Thedford's Black-Draught has beta
found a very valuable medicine lor de-
rangements of the stomach and liver. II
li composed of pure, vegetable herbi,
contains no dangerous ingredients, and
acts gently, yet surely. It can be freely
used by young and old, and should bo
kept in every family cheat
Oct a package today.
Only a quarter. Mi
Literary Controversies.
Famous controversies over the au-
thorship of poems include the fol-
lowing:
"Laugh and the World Laughs With
You," claimed by four or five different
authors, is now credited to Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Her chief opponent
was John A. Joyce.
"All Quiet Along the Potomac To-
night," was claimed by Ethel Lynn
Boers and by Lamar Fontaln, and each
had plenty of unimpeachable integrity
to sustain the claim.
• Rock Me to Sleep," was claimed
by two different authors.
John J. Ingalls, the greatest Kansas"
statesman and writer, had his author-
ship of "Opportunity" disputed many
times.
Walt Whitman and Mary Mapes
Dodge had a stirring dispute about a
little poem: "The Two Mysteries."
The authorship of Shakespeare's
plays has been ascribed to Francis Ba-
con (Lord Verulam), Christopher Mar-
lowe, Sir Walter Raleigh and other
contemporaries.
GO«D SUGGESTION TO
°°* ALTUS PEOPLE
It is surprising the amount of old,
foul matter the simple mixture of
buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc..known
as Adler-l-ka drains from the system.
This remedy became famous by cur
lng appendicitis and acts on BOTH
the upper and lower bowel so thor-
oughly that ONE DOSE relieves sour
stomach, gas on stomach and const!
patton almost IMMEDIATELY, ^e
are mighty glad we are Altus" agents
for Adler I ka. J F. Haggart. drug
««*
You can get thro* copies of that
r 1Bc ahset mm* at W. T. Will-
The American Calf.
Deer hunters are forbidden to kill
fawns in most American states. Then
are laws to protect the baby seal.
Game fish under a certain size have
their lives insured by official regula
tion. How does it happen, then, that
the American butcher goes on slauglv
terlng the American calf, slashing at
the throat of the nation's meat and
dairy supply, without audible protest
from any quarter? The heifer calfs
place In our system of table economy
Is not a matter of guesswork or the-
ory. The calf that is eaten as veal
never develops into beef, nor can it
continue the race of its valuable kind
It is a contention of experts that a
very definite reason for our dwindling
beef supply Is the unrestricted slaugh-
ter of very young heifers.—Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
Egret Plumes.
The story comes from India that
some provinces in that country are
breeding egrets in captivity, and find
it possible to get four crops of plumes
a year without injury to the bird. The
four-crop section of the tale sounds
too good to be true. The rest Is plau-
Bible enough. Men have domesticated
the ostrich, raised the black fox In cap-
tivity and even started breeding
skunks for their skins. Why should
egrets hope to be immune? The time
may not be distant when paradise
birds also will be reared in captivity,
just as pheasants and peacocks are
now. If women insist on having
plumes, plumes they will get—but not
riinn.H Hi. Lock! by the old, fiendish method which mur-
tlCIS Hl , r-r "Medt ! dered the mother bird and starved her
Recen ly William Melvinor Medl- , fm the gaRe of a handful of
middle Wes!\a5 to "have his haircut .blood-stained feathers. That piece of
before beginning an j America is concerned, and It owes its
sentence at the Ohio PenUentiary I a Bectlon of the Vnder.
after a conviction under the Mann
white slave act. Melvin cried as the
prison barber snipped his locks, which
hung down to his shoulders
"I've been eighteen years raising
that crop of hair," waa his reason for
weeping
But a Sing Sing convict a few years
departu
wood tariff law which even Mr. Aldrich
would hardly try to repeal.
Apt Quotation.
Shakespearian quotations are In
great favor with Mr Joseph H. Choate,
but he uses them only when they are
ago established 7halr record that beat apposite. A hit which he scored In
u«. hinnd locks reached fully the Cesnola trial is illustrative of thls^
Clarence Cook, the art critic, had
given testimony unfavorable to Gen-
VAR TO BENEFIT GERMAN JEWS.
The following article taken from a
:urrent Issue of the New York Times
s an interview from the German Am
oassador to the United States, Count
von Bernstorlt, who tells of the rapid
rise of the Jews in all phases of Ger-
man life as the result of the present
<var:
The prediction that the present war
will do away with anti-Semitism alto-
gether in Germany and the assurance
that, by "lessening the power of the
nobility and democratizing the peo-
ple," it already has removed most of
the anti-Semitic prejudices, are ex-
pressed in a statement given by the
German Ambassador, to Dr. S. Mel-
■tmed, of the New Yorker Staats-
Zeitung, pubished in that paper yes-
terday.
Asked if he thought the serv-
ices of the German Jews In the pres
ent war would bring about any politi-
cal results, the Ambassador said:
"The results are already visible. Be-
fore the war the German Jews en-
joyed all political and civil rights; on
they could not become ofTlcers. Not
because the Government was opposed
that, but because they were chosen
the officers' corps. The Govern-
ment, with the best of intentions,
;ould do nothing against this, since
our officers' corps in this matter en-
joy full autonomy.
But now there are about 200 offlc-
3rs of the Jewish faith in the German
Army; in other wordB, the power of
ents has proved strongtr than the
prejudices of the German ofTlcers'
corps. Inasmuch as the prejudice
which existed till now has been bro-
ken in no less than 200 cases, one
may calmly assert that the prejudice
such no longer exists. As soon as
regiment counts one or more Jews
imong its officers, it will be impossi-
ole for a Jewish candidate for officer'3
rank in the future to be rejected be-
cause of his Judals;n. The question
Jewish officers In Germany may he
•egarded as solved.
In the interview, Count von Bern-
storg dwelt upon the social and polit-
ical position of the Jews In Germany,
and asserted, incidentally, that the
Jews in Germany played a much grea-
:er part socially than Jews In England
jr America.
No English or American Jew occu-
pies such a position In his country,
for example, as does Herr Ballln in
Germany.'' he said. The German
Kaiser calls many Jewish gentlemen
nis friends. Hitherto the Jews in
Germany have not fared ill. They
were enabled to develop their econ-
)mic and intellectual forces and to be-
■ome a great factor in the life of Ger-
many. They have rendered great ser-
ice and brought about the present
strong position In all realms of busi-
less and intellectual life, thanks to
.heir energy and ability."
America
Expositions
this His blond locks reached fully
to his waist line. He had never had
bis hair cut since his birth He ex-
A New Method.
Pastor Simon Stephanoff of Moscow,
a merchant of large means, who has
abandoned business life to deTote him-
self to evangelism, has adopted the observation parpen.
following as one method of reaching ... .-a
people usually Inaccessible. He
pressed no regret over the loss of his eral Cesnola. whom Mr Choate was
Focks being oddly confident that he defending Something was developed
could grow another stock of hair In on tb<- cross-examination that materl
; ally weakened the statements made
short orae^ i by the w|,nes8f whereupon Mr rhoate
turned, his countenance expressive
Strengthening Coast Defenses
All the coast forts of the Cnlted
States are being equipped with new
towers that resemble small light-
house)1 Battery commanders will use
of well-a*sum*d Indignation, and,
pointing his finger at Mr. Cook, said,
dramatically
False, fleeting, perjured Clarence
Matter of Location.
"When 1 was a boy." aald Mr. Water
because they overlook the guns and
people usually inaccess.o.e, n* has l^u ^ Md wltbll> calling j When 1 was a boy aaia *r. «a
given into a phonograph an^ addrees ^ q| ^ gUnners. The towers, stock. 1 wanted to go to sea and be
presenting In simple terms ^ from an archl- pirate.
tlals of salvation, and has put the re- | ^ constructed of "And you changed your mind, r
salting disks oa sak. These are
Tkats tie Santa Fe
way—the only line
to both Expositions.
Pueblo Indiana, petrified
forctt*. painted ducrf
for you to ee en route.
And the Grand Canyon
of Ariiona. earth's sccnic
marvel.
Reduced <•«*• durin# Ei o-
•ition period. Aek lor illue-
trated (olden W Celiiornie.
tk« Exposition#
j. BRINKER
Gen. Pat. Agt
Amatilla, Tex
TO THE
NORTH
AND
EAST
The next time you make a
trip northward or eastward,
it will pay you to give the
Frisco a trial. We have a
larger percentage of all-steel
equipment than any other
railway in our territory. Our
dining cars and eating hous-
es are managed by Fred Har-
vey. You get the full worth
of your money when your
ticket reads "Frisco."
J. E. GARTLAND, Agent
u"01 M,"tto° "a" -j-."- -
Of aoU and i
f lu hoteta, private
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The Drugless, Bloodless Way to Health
No Knife No Drugs
The cause of your disease will be re-
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North Side Square
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