The Curtis Courier. (Curtis, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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WEN IN THE RED PLANET.
Tim to inriit. is:*.
That they fai d ui*on the tun,
F®r Um arl ‘nti«i> o|wi..|
V* aoiumu ideate with M.im.
AB preliminaries finished
T# their teleaco|>ea they glued.
Waiting for the mew<(«
WUh axeitetnent deep Imbued.
Wa«M It solve creation's riddle?
Would It be a word of choer
from a more advanced exlatenoo
To the plodding spirits be re T
IVl they held their breath In wondar
Aad the awestruck silent grew.
While they spelt the starry flashes:
“Is It hot enough for you?"
RdhoiKh Wilson in New York Bun,
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♦ RANDOLPH AND CROCKETT. ♦
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♦ Rev. Thomas B. Crsgory Talks In ♦
4 tsreatingly of Famous Characters ♦
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John Randolph is the most remark-
able character in American history
and as hii all-round wonder will prob-
ably never be equalled in the country's
auuals.
Born in 1773 and dying in 1*33, tlie
right to which he owed an uROnntpro
miaiitg and iinqiu-Mionine fealty
and to that belief lie wa> faithful uBio
the end.
There were giants m those days, but
the giants were une.'le to seme him
from the judh 110:14. which be felt it
to be his duty to imvui.
Page* might be lil ul with bis keen
sarcasms and merciless retorts. Time
and again be was beset by the hench-
men ot urprineiplo. by the footiickers
I courtly Virginian made au impression time servers of hi* day .md up '
there treat ores he turned with all tin*
Nagged Into Court.
out of ten men who arrive In
police court," declares Police Mngis-
Wate Finn, of New York, "are driven
there by nagging wives.”
Certainly, a nagging wife can drive
E man anywhere.
She bat more profiling power than
a Bwarm of horneta, which the most
innocent action may met into furious
operation.
And she doesn't cure much whero
she drives him, so long as it is not
beyond the reach of her nagging.
Whou he lands in police court in u
fair way to go to the workhouse, for
half cracking her head, then Bhe gen-
erally appears tearful and forgiving
and pleads so earnestly for h s release
that the human-hearted Judge lets her
tako him hack home to more nagging,
a • • • •
But there are two sides to tho mat-
ter.
Is It not possible that husbands with
police court proclivities may make
nugs cf their wives?
Isn't it just possible tlint the hus-
ha id does not always begin as an an-
gel and the wife as a devil?
The world bps heard a lot—entirely
too much—about men being driven to
dr.uk by their wives' nagging.
Maybe it wouldn't hurt so much to
hear something once in a while about
wives being driven to nagging by
tbeir husbands’ drinking.
It might be of some interest and
much value to know tlint many a inau
is kept sober, at least part of the
time, by the nagging which is so
sweeplngly condemned.
Many a man who would be a loafer
or a crook is kept industrious and
straight by the wholesale lashing of;
his wife's tongue.
Many a man who gets into pol'.co
court and Bays his wife’s nagging
drove him there might have been there
long before and many times but for
hor corrective influence.
Usually, it isn't a man’s virtues
that arc nagged about, but his faults,
and many men, would be far better
than they arc if their wives were
sharp naggers.
The wife who nags for the saks of
nagging is an unmitigated nuisance,
and her husband should not be blamed
too severely by the public for any cus-
sedness he commits.
But the wife who nags wisely has
much to be said in her favor.
Perhaps if the matter were reduced
to exact fact it would be found that
nagging keeps more men out of police
court than it drives into it.—Des
Moines .News.
i ufion his day and generation that can
never be effaced.
Randolph fascinated his contempor-
aries, and his life story is as fayln-
' ating to us of today as it is surely
destined to be to those who hre to
come after us.
In this brief article I Would speak
not of Randolph the statesman, the
politician, the orator, but of Randolph
the man. As a statesman he was the
peer of any man of his age. ns a poli-
ticlan he was pre-eminently success-
ful, while as an orntor he had but few
equals und no superiors.
It is of Randolph the man that I
would here speak, hoping that this
short account of his personality may
prove to be an inspiration to the
young Americans who may chance to
read it.
John Randolph was a man. Physi-
cally, lie was a mere shell, so thin and
frail that lie was scarcely able to cast
a shadow. Jim Jeffries, had he be<Ai
gresMnun from w nat he believed io be
the plain path of duty.*'
"Be sure you'n* right, then go
ahead," was the motto of his life, aiul
from that motto nothing could swerve
him.
In the lieirinning of his career ho
idolized "Old Hickory." Thau Andrew
Jaeksoii, there w«s, iu his opinion, no
grand' 1 man, und he was p: .y »i • d to
follow him to the last ditch. Hi.I the
moment Jackson attempted that which
seemed to him to be wrong Crockett
left him, denounced him and sworn
that he would have no more to do w t.h
him.
“I ain at liberty to vote as my c<>n-
arieuct, and judgment dictate to l*o
right, without the yoke of any party
on me, or the driver at my heels with
the whip in his hands commanding
fire and fury, with all the wit and vit-
riol of his impassioned soul, blister-
ing them until they howled with pain.
Th» re nav r bv d a man about wbotn
there is a greater fund of anecdote. A
man migln tell stories about John
Randolph by the hour.
But, interesting as these stories are, nie at his pleasure,
they pule tudore the simple face of ^ Ux»k a man to brave the iro of
Randolph's incorruptible integrity. Andrew Jackson, but Orockctt did it
The old Virginian was briltiant. for Jackson's wrath he did not
brilliant as a star, and many in his
day were made to feel the sting of
care a "continental."
And so the rough tnnn
from the
his terrible to gue-but the main thing frontier served out his four years ut
for us to remember about the man is
tnc fuel that he was not to be bullied
Washington a patriot in tho truest
sense of tho word, returning to bis
or bribed from doing the thing which constituents without spot or blemish
he honestly believed lie ought to do.
Long life to the memory of John
Randolph of Roanoke!
Of David Crockett nearly every na-
tive American has heard, and yet of
David Crockett the overage American
ns clean as the hearts of the onks un
dor whose lioughs lie grew up to man-
hood.
Crockett was too honest, to bo suc-
cessful in politics anil ho met the fate
that might have been cxi e ed—ho w.i.s
♦ THE OESERT PEACH. •>
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+ A Scrubby Fxr Western Co •»!'* of *
+ Favorite Summer Fruit t
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*■ America is at rah in nat ire
fruits." sa d the old traveler, 'ihal I
have often thought that if a sml<i> n
blight should ilranf all ib<* or hard -
14111! fruit gardens of the world, we
should soon be able t i supply tk‘-
nuuki-l from iho wild fruits of our
Melds amt forests,
"Our wild straw brines Ul.o-kUr
1 rios and rasp Lorries ar** dclioi «» »»
• they grow, to say nothing of their
possitnlit ie*. under cultivation. M*n>
of our wild grape* arc wcell ut wdl
you ever forget the foxgi.iis* jolly
that 'mother made?*—and t*u-y .uv tit**
1 original stock of many a favorite cul-
tivated variety, such k* tV.m iwd, Ci-
tuwba, Isabella ami SoupjieruotUC. Our
Pennsylvania mountains yield two
species of wild apples, and several
Yurctics of pi 11 tun, which, in (sol,
grow abundantly from the Atlantic
to tho Pacific, many of them Msg
very pleasant tasted, while at least
one is delicious.
"As for wild cherries, the wrssla
and hedgerows supply many sorts
though it must bo confess, d that un-
cooked they are almost, too piukory
as a rule firr the civilised palate. EFo
living in hi.s day, could have laid him knows very little.
wild black cherry, however, has no
beaten, finally, by those who were bet- ^I|e, „ayori aild lho
out with Ills little finger.
He was sick all his life, and for
He was a backwoodsman who could
shoot and till funny yarns. As a
ter versed than himself In the points
of the game.
Ilut there was one thing that tho
politicians could not do—they could
not keep Crockett from fighting for
human liberty, and when the Texas
patriots begun tlio'r heroic strugglo
against Mexico, Crockett shouldered
his tru.-ty rifle and started to uid
them in their glorious fight
As long as the English languago
bitterness that is mixed in a only
enough to be tonic.
"llow about peaches? Well. I must
say I long thought that Undo Sam
would have nothing to say if tho pres-
ent pouch orchards were wiped out.
A year or two ago, however. I road**
a tr.p with a botanical friend through
tho desert countries of easteru Cali-
fornia, and he showed me the deeurt
is read the name of “The Alamo" will peucli, hundreds of acres of «t grow-
stand forih ns the synonym of heroio >nS 'n *1ic »dg»o ^ a
courage und self-sacrifice.
groat Mojave desert, where it Loaches
of tho mountains, it
Among the defenders of "The Ala-1 eaatern foot
mo” Crockett was prominently con- '8 a good-nixed shrub, and in tin r
splcuous. When, in overwhelming "bite the peaches are only about
numbers the Mexicans broke into the ,lH marrowfat poas, und iu the r
present undeveloped stalo not Ut to
out. They have, however, tho shape
and furry skin of the real Delaware
article, together with tho regulation
prussic acid kernel iu the stone; and,
as they grow in the vnme ntuto that
raised Burbank, I guess, if need be,
he could Boon make them take on
flesh enough to go with cream.”
The doctors arc now
before you kiss.
To Prevent Disease.
advising theuse of a carbolic atomizer on the lips
stronghold, Crockett was one of tho
few survivors to meet them in the
final death grapple.
With his own hand he slew 17 of
tho enemy before he was struck down.
All honor to this man's memory!
Brave ns a lion, and us incorrupt-
ible us nu ungel, he was proof against
all fenr and ull wrong.
Would that every young man in the
nntion could read, study, and "In-
wardly digest’’ the life of David Crock-
ett.
years before the undertaker finally story-teller he was inimitable, and as
took charge of him he was to all in- for his skill with the rifle, is it not
proven by the surrender of the coon,
which, when it looked down from the
limb on which it lay and saw Crockett
about to fire, cried out: "Don’t shoot,
colonel, I'll come down!”?
Such is about the extent of the
knowledge that the rank and file of
people have of the man whose career
tents and purposes as dead as he is
today. *
And yet, ia the truest and highest
sense of the word, no man of his time
was so thoroughly and grandly alive
as was John Randolph.
Frail as ho was physically, mentally
and morally he was a giant of the
A Tangled Relationship.
Mr. and Mrs. William Fasnaugh of
fichuood, Ohio, recently became the
parents of their grandchild, Jesse Fen-
ton, aged 10 months, who in turn be-
came a brother to h>s own mother.
Shortly after the child’s birth Thom-
as Fenton and his wife separated. Mrs.
Fenton supported herself and babe,
but, growing ill, appealed to her pa-
rents, who had frowned upon her mar-
riage. They agreed to adopt the child,
whose father objected, because, he
said, the grandparents separated him
und Ids wife.
Probate Judge Foster then appoint-
ed lllduird Horn as the child’s next
best friend, nnd, with Horn and Mrs.
Fenton recommending the babe’s
adoption the necessary papers were
signed. ,
Shellfish Silk.
Sicily supplies a curious silk which
is spun by the puina. a Mediierranean
shellfish which has n little tube at the
end of !»* tongue. Out of this tube,
spide- fssh'u.n or sllk-wo-n fashion,
It spins n silk thread, w h which,
says I he London Tit-Bits, it fastens it-
self oil any rock it fancies When
the puina moves on its siUen cnlde re-
mains behind. This cable,’which is
called byssiiH, the Sicilian Isl ermen
gntho- B.vssiib weaves into the soft-
est ami chin feat of fabrics, but it is
very rare -ind expensive.
giants, and l»y his superb will power rt.flects as much credit upon his coun-
and uncompromising integrity of spir- frv ns Htiv one who was ever born
it wrote a page of the nation’s history
that will always Vie to us an honor and j
a glory!
lie was a politician, but he was a
politician with principle. Whether
listening to the hozannas of success or
sitting in the ashes of defeat, he never
knew what it was to feel the sting of
shnmc, the lashings of an upbraiding
conscience.
He never championed a cause, that
he did not believe in with all his heart
and soul, and there was not a man in
the congress he served id who did not
know that John Randolph was too
brave to be frightened ami too pure
to be bought.
Randolph had an ideal. Falstaff did
not know what “honor” meant. Rnn-
1 ilolph did—nnd his honor was tho
touchstone by which he tried every-
thing that he said or did.
A physical weakling, erratic, eccen-
tric, impulsive, hot-tempered, the gr *a;
Virginian never lost sight of the star
(hat guided (>im—the star of truth and
principle, of integrity and manhood.
His soul was not in the market. For
no price could his honor he purchased.
He was high above being influenced
by either threat or bribe.
A gentleman of the ‘‘Old School," he
was foolish enough to believe with ull
his heart, and soul, and mind, and
strength, that there was a*j eternal
try ns any one
upon its soil.
David Crockett was' indeed a splen-
did story-teller and one of the best
shots that ever put a gun to his i-houl-
der, But he was far more than that—
he was a big-braiued, great-hearted,
cloar-souled man. whose incorruptible
manhood made him ihe eternal exam-
ple of all "ho would do the thing that
is right.
Crockett wns horn in the wilds of
Limestone county, Tonnesseo, August
17, 17So.
Without education or any of the ac-
complishments that go along with the
culture of the schools, the young back-
woodsman by sheer merit and bruin1
power caught the attention of his
neighbors, anil wos by those neigl.h u-s
sent to represent them in the legis-
lature—1832-1823.
He did his work so well in tho leg-
islature that he was sent to represent
his state in the national congress, be-
ing elected first in 1S28, and again in
1830.
While a member of congress 1 e did
little talking, but when It came to
voting he was always on the side of
“Justice, economy, and liberty.”
They laughed at hi roughshod ways,
but no mother’s son <>1 them would for
one moment have attempted to bribo
The Hen Bird.
Behold
The Hen Bird.
The modest mistress of the barn-
yard,
The great talker,
The gabbler, gossiper.
And producer of fruit.
The renowned originator of tho pre-
historic
Omelet,
Tho creator of the “sunny side tip,”
The purveyor of the rare delicacy
Which accompanies
"Haniund—”
The celebrated inventor of the lump
of
Indigestion, known as
"Hard-boiled,”
I salute you,
’J ake off my hat to you,
I have met your cold storage child-
ren,
Ancient nnd modern.
Many times.
Fresh from the Stork they are
Delicious.
But lying forgotten and in disuse
Many days, they are beyond—
Peradventure.
M.-ty your days be enlightened.
May you walk in the ways of tho
inspired
And some day may you learn
That the mission of true Henhood
Will he fulfilled
When you can lay a
Poached egg
On buttered toast.
Fresh
Every
Morning.
i —John Quill. In Technical World Mag-
azine.
Serving Hints.
Parsley Is the almost universal gar-
nish to all kinds of cold meat, poul-
try, fish, butter, cheese, et*.
Horseradish is the garnish for roast
beef and for fish in general. For the
lattor slices of lemon are Romotimea
laid alternately with heaps of hors*
radish.
Slices of lemon for boiled fowl, iu*-
key and fish and for roast veal aad
cairs head.
Carrot in slices for boiled beef, hot
or cold. This may be cut into ornA*
mental forms if desired.
Barberries, fresh or preserved, far
game.
Fried smelts for turbot.
Red beet rout, sliced, for coW moat,
boiled beef and salt fl h.
Fried sausage or force moat balls
for roust turkey, capon or fowl.
Fennel for mackerel aud salmon,
either fresh or picklod.
Lobster coral and parsley for boiled
fish.
Currant jclVy for game, ul»o for cus-
tard 1 r bread pudil.ng.
Seville oranges, ton siloes, for wlM
duck, widgeons, teal rvmt such game.
Mint, i-itlu r with or without parsley,
for roast lamb, whether hot or cold.
Pickled gherkins, capers or oukms
for some boiled moats, stcw8> etc.
A red pepper or small red apple
for the mouth of a roast pig.
Spots of red n ml blnck popper, al-
ternated, on the fat side of n boiled
hunt. \\lii(h side should lie upp-rmoflt
on tho serving dish. ,
Sliced egi'S, showing the white and
yellow parts, for chicken salad.
Teacher (sternly)—Wlint were you
laughing at, Robert?
Bobby—“I wasn’t laughin', ma'am;
my complexion puckered, that’s nil. ’—
Woman’s Home Companion.
or bulldoze the unlettered hunter-con stores
No matter how high a man’s prin-
ciples are ho cannot resist stealing
grapes from tho bunches of grapes
displayed in front of the grocery
Double Gauge Cars.
Owing to the difference in gauge be-
tween IId* Prussian nnd Itus 'nu rail-
ways, nuii'li delay has hitherto been
involved in tho unl< ading and reload-
ing of goods for transhipment, across
the frontier. According to announce-
ments jn the Herman pres*, an at einpt
is being made to meet this d.fflculty
by tho employment of adjustable wag-
ons. Two thousand aro being instal-
led by way of experiment, and. if they
prove successful, similar rolling stock
will gradually l>0 introduced through-
out the entire frontier railway sys-
tems of the twe countries.
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