Anadarko Daily Democrat (Anadarko, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 194, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 26, 1902 Page: 3 of 8
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Wonderful
it of Cecil R.hodes X X
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In 1871 a young Oxfoid undcrgiadu-
ate. broken In health by consump-
tion left England In chargo of hid
brother with tho dospaltlng hope that
In the highlands of Natal his life
would be pi olonged
Two vcars Inter ho had been re-
stored to health Ho had laid the
foundation of n meteoilc caieer that
has wou for Unglnnd tho south halt
of the African continent nnd gained a
unique place in the history of tho
British empire.
Romance has been outclassed by the
life of Cecil Rhodes. There was no
project too great for his ambition and
he firmly believed In tho maxim Hint
'lman can get anything ho wants it
he only wants It enough. ' The great
struggle now going on in South Africa
is tho direct outcome of his gigantic
pltns for tho overtlnow of all control
save that of England and the weld-
ing together of the Inhabitants under
tho Union Jack. Ho lived to see the
vision almost realized.
One of the most gigantic railway
Hcbemos ever thought of was the
Cape to Cairo railway which Mr.
Rhodes determined to construct. Ills
wonderful powcis were exerted on
KaUer William of Germnny who
after a conference with him gave per-
mission to build tho road over a part
of the German possessions In Afrlci.
No other opposition of Importance has
been met. Tho road Is projected to
run through the Interior of the conti-
nent. Rivers must be leaped swamps
drained morasses made solid and
mountains bored tluough. Hostile
tribes and deadly climates have to be
Cerll rtlioileJ.
overcome. Rhodes estimated that
50000 lives would bo sacrificed in the
construction. It would require an
army of 500000 workers. Ilhodes'
transcontinental telegraph line is oven
now being built.
Mr. Ithodcs was born July 7. 185"..
He was one of seven brothers. His
father was a country parson Rev
Francis William Hhodes at one time
vicar of Bishop Stortford Hertz.
The man who controlled the des-
tinies of Africa and who has been
called the most active man in the
world never had time to get married.
For all that ho was a highly polished
man and shone in woman's society. It
may bo that with a wife his gigantic
plans would havo sunk to the care3 of
tho family man and tho course of his-
tory might have been changed by so
slight a cause.
When tho two brothers arrived In
Natal they first went on a cotton plan-
tation. Then the rush to the diamond
fields of Colesburg kopje now known
as Klmberley began and the young
men went to the mines and laid out
claims.
A3 a miner young Hhodc3 swung the
pick and dabbled in the blue mini
for diamonds. In a surprising short
tlmo ho won health and fortune too.
With health and strength tho Ideas
of the dreamer becamo widened.
Wealth to him was but a means by
whli h to riso to higher things'. But
it was absolutely necessary.
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CECIL RHODES' HOME.
ITront of Orooto Scliaur
"&
Career
He secured u majority of the stock
of the great He Becia mine with IU
51000.000 capital. Other piopeitlis
wtio secured until at last eery mine
In the Klmbeiley distilct was united
In the l)e Doers Consolidated with
cnpltul of 520000.000 and a ievonu!
that has been phenomenal.
Tho Hnglish government had not
been called Into his plans thus Tar
Meantime Hhodes was establishing his
political Influence at Cape Colony. He
secured the complete confidence of Sir
Hercules Robinson the governor. Ho
lmpiesscd him with the boundles
prospects ahead In the settlement of
Afilui.
Tho race for Matabeleland began
and Oora Paul Kruger was defeated
In It by Rhodes.
IIIh soldiers sti earned through Bo-
chuanaland nnd Mashonaland. He
found Mashonaland harried by tlie
Matabeles'and sent a machine gun ex-
pedition against them.
This resulted In thousnnds of dead
savages and the absorption of Mata-
beleland. The Mashona people weio
left to till the soil In peace.
Finally the dominion of his com-
pany which Is the dominion of
Hhodes extended all over "Rhodesia."
He had kicked out the Poitugucso and
shot out tho natives and his empire
was safe. In this aggression he was
hacked by the Capo Colony govern-
ment because It believed that ho in-
tended to make of Cape Town the po-
litical and commercial center of tho
"United States of South Africa."
Germans Boers and Portuguese were
claiming the country. Mr. Rhodes be-
lie" ed that the domination of an oli
garchy of Dutchmen who resisted nat-
ural expansion was doomed. Later on
he acted.
In 1890 Mr. Rhodes became premier
of Cape Colony which ofllte he held
for five years. Under his rule German
ambition and designs had been baf-
fled by him single-handed and a vast
territory gained for his nntlve land.
The iron rul of tho Dutch premier In
the Transvaal boio heavily on the Kng-
llsh settleis. Rhodes became their
champion.
That ho was connected with the
Jameson raid into the teirltory of tho
Boers is no longer doubted. Its failure
gave tho Boers the opportunity to pre-
paie for a struggle with the English
when It should be backed by the gov-
ernment. Rhodes never expressed regiet for
tho attempt.
He declared that he had proof that
tho Pretoria government had been In-
triguing with Gcimany.
While the Boer war was raging Mr.
Rhodes was shut up In Kimbeily
while the Boeis besieged the place. It
Is said that If they had captured him
a lansom of 510000000 would havo
been demnnded in case his life was
not declared forfeited.
A reward of 5000 was offered for
his body dead or alive. To the Oiange
Fiec Statu olhcials and tho Transvaal-
cra his personality and ambitions were
hateful to the last degtee Mr. Rhodes
escape Is well known.
An Englishman wrote of Rhodes:
"Ho has the face of a Caesar the am-
bition of a Loyola and tno wealth of
a Croesus." As to his ambition and
wealth thero can bo no doubt. Hhodes
hnd the scholar's brow and tho steely
blue ees and thin lips of the man of
Indomitable will.
I.Ike all successful men ho battered
down opposition and forced his Ideal
on those by whom he was surrounded.
Those ideas however were not nar-
lowed to self but as broad In their
scope as national British aspirations.
If England over succeeds In planting a
second America on the soil of Asia she
will owe that treasure to the fact that
the young Oxford graduate was driven
from home by tho ravages of dread
consumption. Ills subsequent adven-
tures will ultimately become fabulous.
Itoadbocb Near Cape Toitr
national Trunin-'' nf Tlnrft
Tho Experiment Station Record thus
reports a paper read befu.o tho Acad-
emy of Sciences at Paris: Tho author
F. Kovessl holds that tho ripeness of
tho wood materially Influences the pro-
duction of fruit tho following season
This is truo not only of vines but of
fruit trees. Tho influence of llpencss
Is felt In two ways: It modifies tho
ripeness and tho position of the fruit secictuiy of Etate of a murdeied Prosl-
buds and also tho number of fruits. lenl itnNProi . eulogy of his dead
With wcll-rlponed wood the fruit buds
begin close to tho baso of tho shoot
on which they nro borne sny tho third
bud whllo on shoots of poorly-matured
wood tho fruit buds commence to form
only with tho fifth bud. Besides tho
shoots In the first caso will carry two
or threo branches while In tho second
thero will bo only one. Tho produc-
tion of a fruit crop therefore Is sub-
ject to tho Influenco of tho meteorologi-
cal conditions of two seasons: Tho
j car preceding which determines tho
degree of ripeness of tho shoots and
thus tho position and number of
bunches nnd that of tho same year
which affects florlzatlon fructification
and tho maturing of tho crop. An ex-
amination of tho weather record and
of vintage production over long periods
of timo showed that dry years which
permit of tho thorough ripening of the
wood aro usually followed by ubun-
dnnt harvests whllo wet years which
favor a lato Immature growth of wood
are followed by small harvests.
Thoso facts are susceptible of prac-
tical application and furnish a ration-
al basis for tho pruning of different
varieties In different localities. If the
sesson has been such that the fines
aro well matured pruning should be
short. If tho season has been rainy
and conducive to the production of
poorly-matured shoots tho pruning
should bo longer than otherwise.
Campbell Mtitlioit ol Soil Culture.
A few years ago tho Campbell meth-
od of corn culture made quite u stir
in tha country and It was claimed that
a revolution In soil tillage was Immi-
nent. The method was tried ulto ex-
tensively In different states and at thu
experiment station. Interest In tt
waned and gradually It dropped out of
sight. Recently however the writer
in talking with Professor Cottiell of
tho Kansas Experiment Station
learned that tho Campbell method is
still In use there and is giving excel-
lent results. Especially wus this true
last year when tho drouth was so ex-
tensive that It annihilated crops grown
by other methods. Tho Campbell meth-
od necessitates tho use of a dinked
roller on tho soil the disks sinking
Into the ground and packing tho soil
some inches below the surface but
leaving the top of the soil In a state
of looseness that serves as a dust
mulch. The theory is that the dust
mulch on top and the packed soil be-
low tend to hold the moisturo and to
give it off only by way of the plant
roots. Professor Cottrell says that un-
der this system It has been found pos-
sible to raise crops with much less
than the average rainfall even in Kan-
sas. The Kansas station Is located on
Mils and much of the surface soil is
ISO feet above water. It will be seen
then that it is very necessary to con-
serve all the water that comes in the
way of rain since no form of Irrigating
is possible.
Itoot Crops for Stoclci.
Bulletin 132 University of Califor-
nia: Several of tho vegetables aro val-
uable in supplying succulence for the
ration. Among the root class the one
in most common use is the mangsl
wurtzel beet because very largo q En-
titles can be grown per acre and oe-
cause it is palatable to all kinds of
live stock. Carrots are also used in
Borne sections and they havo the ad-
vantage of containing a slightly larger
amount of dry matter than mangels.
Of all tho roots moreover none are
more relished by horses than carrots
Sugar beets are not found profitable to
grow for feeding stock because they
yield so small a tonnage in compari-
son to mangels and tho greater cost
of growing and gathering can only bo
undertaken on tho ground of their
greater valuo for sugar. Potatoes con-
tain about twice as much dry matter
as mangels and threo times as much
caibonaceous material. They are
therefore of greater food value but
like sugar beets havo too high a com-
mercial value as human food to makj
them profltablo for stock.
African fleeie.
Gray African geeso are by many
j raisers considered tho most profitable
or all geese to keep. They grow tne
heaviest in the shortest space of time
and are ready for market in ten weeks
weighing at that ago between eight and
ten pounds. They are very much like
J tho Pekin duck in this respect and as
1 compared with other geose give the
I most satisfactory returns for tho la-
bor and time spent In growing thorn.
' Bulletin 64 U. S. Dept. of Agricul
ture.
Rest is tho sweet sauco that is dish-
ed up only in connection with bard
labor.
TWO FAMOUS EULOGIES.
PeroroUlons of the Grca.t Speeches Made by Secre
taries Hivy OLrvd Blsxine
iwi-vmyjinVkMiMiBa!fsBanuniiuiiivsc3rr3XMSBnT
It Is n curious coincidence that on
Feb. -27 188.' and on Feb 27 1902 a
rhCf ilcfor. the houses of Congress
Ml. Hill Is primarily a wiltoi lllnlue
was flist of all n speaker. It Is Inter-
esting nt this tlmo to lompnie tho pet-
oiatlon of Hav with that or Blaine.
Here In tho conclusion of the euolgy of
McKlnley.
"Thoie Is not one of us but fools
prouder of his native land becauso tho
august flguie of Washington presided
ocr Its beginnings; no ono but vows
It a tenderer love becauso Lincoln
poured out his blood for It: no ono
but must feel his devotion for Ills
country renewed and kindled when he
lomembors how McKlnley loved rev-
ered and served it showed In his life
how a citizen should live and In his
Inst hour taught us how a gentleman
could die "
Tho mutton on Gai field ended with
the famous passage
"As tho end drew near his early
craving for the sea returned. The
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HILL WAS STILL THERE. I
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Weak Sister Not at All Disappointed at Result or Prayer t
A clei g man a member of the fac-
ulty of a certain university In tho
houtli vvns accustomed to going
aiound visiting among tho country
folks to talk and pray with them nnd
encourage them all he could. There
was 0110 very poor "sister" on whom
he called one day and asked how she
was getting along
"Pco'ly very poo'ly huh' I'm all
dwindled down to notliin'! Hard times
an' harder comln'; hard work an'
hand to ninutii year In an' jear out!"
she tepllcd shaking her head and
drawing her thin lips tighter.
"Muybo jou don't hnve faith enough
with jour work. Perhaps I'm afraid
you arc a weak sister" ventured the
spiritual adviser.
"You'd bo a weak sister too If you
had to go a mllo to the spiing up hill
an' dawn hill thloe times a day an'
toto a pall o' water on your head an
a strapping' young 'un on your hip
an' have notliin much to oat. You
can ert fried cblck'n ev'y day wear
broadcloth an' do notliin' all tho time.
Of nil the animals that pass the win-
ter months In sleep tho most inter-
esting Ib the bear. When ho decides to
begin his long nap ho belects a nlrc
sheltered place where the maw will
blow In. Not right under tho falling
flakes does he He but In a crevlco of
rock and here the snow drifts In nnd
covers him and Bruno sleeps on his
breath keeping tho space open aroui'd
his 11030 and dealing an air passage
through the drifts.
The badger goes to sleep for a long
tlmo during the cold months. Ho hi-
bernates. And so does tho hedgehog
the porcupine and tho dormouse. Tho
porcupine sleeps so soundly that you
can pull out his quills and ho will not
rouse and you can stand him upon I1I3
feet and turn those quills any way
without making him fretful. His head
will droop his legs will double under
him but he will continue asleep. Tho
only way you can waken hlra Is with
ENGLISH ARMY'S FIGHTING KIT.
Neither Iteil Nor KlmUl but Drub
Juckst mill Txrtnn Trouier
The war office has at last decided
tho new military uniforms in detalln
and the transformation of tho Boldic.
is expected to commence about the
middle of the year.
Tho ceremonial dress will be tho full
dress at present used and will be worn
with a cap for walking out whllo the
servlco dress the fighting kit will bo
an entirely new one of special mate
rial replete with tho latest improve-
ments and designed alike for rough
wear and comfort.
The service dress is In fact de-
signed with a view to furnishing a
comfortable uniform light enough to
bo worn on servlco abroad and in
warm weather at home and also with
the addition of warm underclothing
for wear In winter. It consists chiefly
of 0 rainproof drab-mixture cloth. Tho
great coat Is to be light and supple
with a small cape attached capable ot
being easily put on or taken oft and
oablly folded
I ANIMALS SLEEP LONG.
A Some Peculiarities of the Most Noted of Hibernating
I Animals.
amivuEBfcvMflrtCVi'hVaiurvi w iiMMtn 'jmAimmjfcEgivi
J
state!) mansion of powoi had bicn to
him the weailsome hopltnl of pnin
and he bogged to be tu..on film his
piisou walls ft om Its oppressive
stilling air from Its homelessim and
lis helplennnc'SH Gently silently lhi
low of a gloat people boio the pah
suffoior to the longed-for hoallng ol
the on to live or to die us God should
will within sight of tho homing hit
lows within sound of its manifold
voices. With a wan fevered fmo ten-
derly lifted to tho cooling breezes lit
looked out w lstfully upon tho occnu'n
changing woudeis on Its far sails on
Its restless wnvos rolling shuiownid
to break and die beneath tho noodny
sun; on the red clouds of evening
arching low to tlo horizon; on tho
sercuo nnd shining pnthwny of the
stnis. Let us think thnt his dying
oves road a uivstlc meaning which only
tho inpt and patting soul mny know
Let us bellovo thnt in tho silence ol
the locedlng world he heard the great
waves breaking on n farther shore and
felt alieady upon his wasted brow thu
breath of the eternal morning "
You hain't got nothln' to make you
vvenk" she retorted at length
"Why sister you can remove moun-
tains If you havo faith enough" said
the preacher gently ignoring hor
thrust nt the "cloth."
looking him steadily in tho fnio
she asked
"Do vou think if I pray to tho Lord
to tuke away that steep hill between
hole an' the spring that He'll do it?"
"Ccitalnly If you havo faith that
Ho will."
"Well I'll tr It to-night" bIio re-
plied Aniphnticnlly.
A few days late- she happened to
moot tho pienchor who asked her If
she had praved for the removal of that
hill
"Yes I did" sho replied "an tho
first thing I did next mornln' was to
look out for it. It was still thero an'
stcop as over an' I know'd it would bo
there! The Bible tells 'bout the 'ovcr-
lastln' hills.' Don't you reck'n tho
Lord thaught I was n everlastln' fool?"
she added with a sniff of contempt.
sovcro heat or very severe cold and
either may prove fatnl. He must alcep
out his appointed tlmo.
The squlnel Is supposed to hibernate
and probably does. Tho marmot
sleeps steadily in winter and sheop
have been known to sleep In tho snow
without injury.
Land tortoise hibernate and aro
slow when awake though they are
well established animals and very per-
sistent. They stand well In tho animal
kingdom though they have a tendency
to spend a great part of the year
asleep; and lizards crocodiles and
frogs nil hibernate.
The snake nearly always fills him-
self well before lying down and when
ho does lie down he Is sure to select a
warm place. It Is supposed that the
snake can stand any amount of cold
but this Is far from being tho fact. He
is very sensitive to zero weather and
freezes to death if exposed to it.
Tho Jacket is of very light drab mix-
ture serge of Norfolk pattern. It will
havo a turned-down roll collar shoul-
der rifle patches two breast pockets
with plaits and two strong side pock-
ets with flaps plaited at the waist and
ivith a false plait down the center ot
tho back. It Is intended to bo loose
fitting.
Every rami says tho London Mall
will wear on a particular colored
ground tho title of his urlt.
Ancient Kcjptlun ICInzi.
Recent explorations in Egypt have
unearthed the consecutive order of 17
kings thus establishing a firm founda-
tion for tho investigation of Egvptian
history.
Count de Castellano cables to Now
York a long plea in favor of tho sale
of the Panama canal to the United
States.
A cynic Is usually a mau whose wife
Is a rec.ilmlst and whose best friend Is
an optimist.
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