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RENFREW’S RECORD. ALVA, OKLA. FRIDAY, JULY 2R. 1®0».
PACT
Dr. R. M. Minter
DENTIST
Successor to J. C Herron
(4 years Experience. Special
iat. Plates Crown and Bridge
work.
Guaranteed Satisfaction
Prices Reasonable
Office,South Side Square
Phone 136. Alva Okls
OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS LOST
NOT A DEALER IN FLATTERY. HAS A PERSISTENT HOODOO.
We Pay flash
Poultry, Eggs
and Butter.
Come and get
our prices be-
fore selling else-
where
Csrrect Counts aid Weighti'Guirantee*
J. P. REED.
President Madison Could Not See
Ahead Sufficiently to Realize an
. Empire Was at Stake.
When the war at 1812 broke out As-
tor asked President Madison for let-
ters of marque to equip an armed ves-
sel at his own expense to defend his
Pacific colony, but the appeal was
ignored Had that small favor been
granted, Astor would probably have
maintained himself at Astoria, despite
the apathy or treachery of his British
partners. If there had been a man
of Imagination and courage in the
White House In those days—a man
like Roosevelt or like JefTerson—this
reasonable measure of recognition
would have been granted.
If they had been granted, what
would have been the outcome? With
his large resources, his sea base, and
his Russian affiliations, It Is extremely
probable that Astor would have shut
out the Hudson’s Bay and the North-
west companies from all trade west of
the Rocky mountains; that contro-
versy with England over the title to
African Native Gave Straight Answer
to Straight Question.
The negroes of Africa are simple
and direct in speech. It never occurs
to them, writes Mr. R. H. Milligan la
“The Jungle Folk In Africa," that the
purpose of language Is to conceal
thought, and to commiserate the Afri-
can for his color is a waste of sym-
pathy. In illustration of this Mr. Mil-
ligan gives an amusing conversation
with one of his pupils.
One day, when I was talking to Ba-
Jedl, something In the course of the
conversation prompted be to ask him
whether he would like to be a white
man. He replied respectfully but em-
phatically in the negative. 1 wished to
know his reason. He hesitated to tell
me; but I was Insistent, and at last he
replied:
“Well, we think we are better-look-
ing."
I gasped when I thought of the vast-
ly 111-looking faces I had teen In the
jungles, and in apology for myself, I
said;
“But you have not seen us in our
ICELANDIC FORM OF PEDIGREE.
Pure
Food
the Oregon region, then including - own country> where there Is no ma-
everything up to the Alaskan line, an(j where we are not yellow and
which ended In 1846 by the cotnpro-
Bakery
WM. AECKERLE, Prop.
The first-class Bakery of Alva.
Corner of Fifth street ani
Barnes Av.
C. N. B1LBY,
Physician and Surgeon
OFFICE PHONE 59
RESIDENCE PHONE 81,
ALVA, OKLAHOMA.
mise that gave us all the territory be-
low the forty-ninth parallel, would
have been averted; the present Brit-
ish Columbia and Yukon, which were
not valued highly by anybody In those
days, would hare been ours by the
peaceable process of occupation and
expansion; and then when California
came Into our hands In 1848, and
when Russia handed over Alaska to
us in 1867, we should have had an un-
broken coast line from San Diego up
to Point Barrow, in the Arctic ocean.
In that event, restricted to the east
side of the Rockies, as she would have
been, Canada would probably long ago
have asked for annexation; the great
lakes and Hudson bay would have
been near the center of our territory;
and the United States’ place upon the
world's map, and the United States’
Influence In the world’s councils
(large as each Is at this moment),
would have been much greater.—C. M.
Harvey, in Atlantic Monthly.
Dr. A. E. GERISH
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
All Cases Promtly Attended-
Day or Night.
Office in McHenry bldg. Up stairs
Phone 352.
ALVA, OKLAHOMA
We Offer High
Grade Meats at
Reasonable Prices
Tender Steaks, Jnicy
Roasts, Mince Meats,
Pickles, Dressed Poultry
and Veal Loaf.
J. M. FREE
West Side Square
H. A. NOAH,
LAWYER
green.
He quietly asked what color we were
In our own country, to which I prompt-
ly replied, "Pink and white."
Looking at me steadily for a mo-
ment, he remarked;
“Mr. Milligan, if I should see yon
in your own country I don’t belieye I
should know you."—Youth’s Compan-
ion.
IN THE TEETH OF HURRICANE.
What 8allorman Meant When He Told
of an Adventure in Force 10.
At a Chinese Banquet.
I once attended a banquet at which
one of the guests—an Englishman—
drank a little too much sam shu, an
exceedingly heavy liquid distilled from
rice. There were in attendance two
half-grown Chinese girls, 14 or 15
years old, one playing the Chinese fid-
dle, the other, the tall Chinese drum.
The Englishman, to amuse himself, be-
gan making hideous faces at them un-
til he terrified the little creatures Into
silence. A handsome and dignified
Chinese merchant was seated next to
me, watching this procedure with an
Impassive face. The Englishman
caught bis eye, and said:
“They no sabe me,” pointing to
the girls. "They tink me alle same
clazy. Wat you tink?" To which the
merchant gravely replied, in perfect
English;
“I would not exactly call you crazy,
air; but your mind certainly seems to
be somewhat affected.”
The Englishman did not know that
the Chinese merchant was a graduate
of Yale.—Jerome A. Hart, In Bo-
hemian.
Doubtless there were many puzzled
readers when a deep-sea skipper rolled
into this harbor a few days ago and
reported that his ship had been be-
lated by a gale which had piped up to
'force 10." “Force 10,” It was ex-
plained, meant something Uke a hurri-
cane.
It is a term borrowed from the Beau-
fort scale, a scheme of wind measure-
ments devised by the British admiral
Beaufort before the days of ocean-
going steam. Force 1 was a calm,
force 2 a light breeze, and ao on up
the hurricane velocity.
Perhaps, too, the Beaufort scale may
give a clew to those who have been
wondering for some time at the title
of a popular German picture. It le Just
one expanse of frowning cloud and
storm tossed billow, and the artist has
named It "Wlndstarke 10, 11.”—Ntw
York Sun.
Mr. Oliver J. Goslington Gives a Faint
Outline of the Troubles That
Pursue Him.
“I don't know why It is,” said Mr.
Goslington, “but when 1 travel 1 al-
ways seem to get the worst of tt In
some way; If there's anything going
that Isn't pleasant It conies to me.
“Yesterday i made a little trip to a
place about fifty miles from the city.
1 went to the station early to get a
seal by a window. 1 managed that all
right; I got a window scat and just
where 1 wanted, not at the end of ths
car, but about two-thirds back from
the front, where I would ride easy and
at the same time have something to
look at ahead, and of course that all
pleased me very much.
“At the first station out there got
aboard the car at the forward end
seven men, a very assorted lot of men,
some tall, some short, some thick,
some thin, and among them one man
of phenomenal proportions, a giant of
a man, with legs sticking out beneath
and a head projecting up on top, and
then I watched with fearful Interest
the procession as it started down the
car, for I was seized with a mortal
terror that the big man would want
to sit with me. Really he ought not
to, for I sat two-thirds of the way
| down the car and there were plenty of
vacant seats ahead; but you never can
I tell about a thing till it’s settled.
“1 watched that procession coming
with a great and fearful imerest. the
big man bringing up the rear, and
then with increasing hopefulness I
saw it dwindle as one member after
another of It dropped out to take the
first seat he came to, until all were
seated except the giant, who was left
alone still four rows In front of me
and with three vacant seats In those
four rows to choose from, and then
my hope ran high, hut he kept a-com-
lng and passed them all until he came
to mine, where he halted.
“‘Is this seat taken?’ he said to
me, and what could I say but;
“ ‘No, sir,’ and then he sat down,
sitting partly on that vacant place In
the seat and partly on Oliver J. Gos-
lington.
"So I drew the fat man after all;
but things like that happen to me
whenever I travel."
Simple But Effective Manner of Keep-
ing the Recora.
The inhabitants of Iceland have kept
their pedigrees In a zealous way. Num-
bers of them can trace their descent
from the Vikings who emigrated from
Norway to Iceland in the ninth cen-
tury. Unlike many other countries,
there have never been really any no-
bles in this island, the nation having
ever been a republic In spirit. Conse-
quent upon the smallness of the popu-
lation there has been a considerable
amount of Inbreeding, and all Iceland-
ers seem to be cousins, There Is an
old Icelandic adage which translated
Into English reads: ’’tousins are worst
to cousins." The most curious circum-
stance in this connection Is that there
are scarcely any surnames, as known
on the American continent. As a dis-
tinctive mark an Icelander places his
father’s Christian name after his own
Christian name, adding to the former
’sson,” which signifies “the son of,”
and this Is continued from generation
to generation. An Icelandic pedigree
reads as follows; Thorsteln As-
glersson, Sigurd Thorsteinsson, Einar
Slgurdsson, Baldur Elnarsson, Thor-
steln Baldursson, Hafsteln Thor-
steinsson, and so on.
A SHEET AT A TIME
is what wo use. Careful workman-
ship soon finishes the job.
TINNING ROOFS
like wo do, gives a security that
makes one sleep easy. No matter
how driving rain may be, you’re un-
disturbed. It’s because you know It
won’t leak. Give us your tinning and
it will last. Prices charged won’t
worry you.
A. MC KITRICK
Where to Pat a Horse.
A horse lover, who Is also learned
In the ways of horses, has been trying
to induce kindly disposed persons who
pet horses to do so in a manner that
will give the animals pleasure. Most
persons stroke the horse's uose, an
operation which only a well behaved
animal will tolerate, and, even he
cannot be said to get satisfaction out
of such caressing. Gentle rubbing
over his eyes or up between his ears
gives him great pleasure, because here
are certain nerve centers that are
stimulated by this friction. Most of
those who know how to pet a horse
properly were brought up In the coun-
try and thus learned to know the
horse as city boys can never do.
On Being Happy.
Pleasures are more beneficial than
duties because, like the quality of
mercy, they are not strained, and they
are thrice blessed. There must always
be two to a kiss, and there may be a
score In a jest; but wherever there is
an element of sacrifice, the favor is
conferred with pain and received with
confusion. There Is no duty we so
much underrate as the duty of being
happy. By being happy, we shower
anonymous benefits upon the world. A
Retains Health by Fasting.
To prove that complete abstinence
from food for indefinite periods Is not
only conducive to good health but also
to perennial youth, Miss Claire de
Serval, niece of the famous "fasting”
Dr. Tanner, is submitting herself to a
remarkable series of experiments at
the Royal Charite hospital In Berlin.
Miss Serval ended at noon the other
day In perfect health a fast of tea
days, without nourishment of any
kind, either liquid or solid. During
that time she lived In a glass cage,
into which fresh air was pumped by
a motor. She was then removed from
the cage and placed In the ordinary
ward, but she intends to abstain from
food for another 20 days, living In the
meantime on mineral water. Her
weight has decreased from 114 pounds
to 101 pounds, but her condition other-
wise is perfectly normal. She stated
at the end of the tenth day, that she
t2Thln“to tadPtLr?“vip*aMd j 1,1 from Uck of food
note. He or she Is a radiating focus of
Alva,
Okla.
Office Phone 202
Residence Phone 36
A. W. CLARKE,
DENTIST OPTICIAN
Work Guaranteed. Gas Admtnisterd
Office over First National Bank.
PAGE FENCE
The Hidden Corner.
Let mystery have its place In you;
do not be always turning up your
whole soil with the plowshare of self-
examination, but leave a little fallow
corner in your heart ready for any
seed that the winds may bring, and re-
serve a nook of shadow for the pass-
ing bird; keep a place in your heart
for the unexpected guest, an altar for
the unknown God. Then if a bird
sings among your branches, do not be
too eager to tame It. If you are con-
scious of something new—thought or
feeling—wakening in the depths of
your being, do not be in a hurry to let
the light in upon it, to look at it; let
the springtime germ have the pro-
tection of being forgotten, hedge It
round with quiet, and do not break in
upon its darkness; let it take shape
and grow, and not a word of your hap-
piness to any one! Sacred work of
nature as It is, all conception should
be enwrapped by the triple veil of
modesty, silence and night.—Amiel.
good will; and their entrance into a
room is as though another candle had
been lighted.—Robert Louis Stevenson.
I will unload a car of Page
Woven Wire Fencing, wrought
iron and orameutal fenc and gates
about June 20. Write or tele
phone
C. A. GIBLER,
Alva, R. F. D. 2.
Phone S515-C Dacoma Okla.
Leave orders at A. McKitrick’s
Tin Shop.
J. A. McCLAIN
Having just installed a
new gutter-former. I can
make guttering of any
size or heft.
PUMP WORK
TIN WORK
ROOFING and
SPOUTING
of all kinds. All work guar
anteed. If you have any
work of this kind, it will pay
you to figure with me.
If vou need a well bored, don’t for-
get that digging well* is my spec-
alty. 1st door south White House
Phone 38.
Residence 86
Bibulous Prisoner Punished.
In one of the Basque provinces of
Spain there is a prison which opens
the doors every morning and the pris-
oners go into the town for housework,
gardening or some trade. Some act
as commissioners. In the evening
they quietly return at the appointed
time to the prison, and the Jailer most
carefully identifies them before with-
drawing the bolta for their admission.
Once a prisoner ventured to present
himself at the gates of the prison In
a state of inebriety, and the jailer
refused to admit him. “To punish
you,” he said, “you will to-night sleep
out of doors.” And the prisoner, it is
recorded, In spite of tears and en-
treaties, was condemned to pass the
night outside of prison!
and drink, and was entirely free from
fever or headache. The young lady
says that she was induced to become
faster” In order to cure herself of
chronic headaches and lack of appe-
tite, and also because she finds ahe
emerges rejuvenated after a period of
self-imposed starvation.
Something That Survived.
“It is my ambition,” said the earnest
young man, “to write something that
will be handed down to posterity.”
“Well,” answered Farmer Corntos-
ael, “all I have to say Is be careful
how you go about it. My grandfather
wrote his name to a mortgage on hla
farm and it looks as If my grandchil-
dren will have to go ahead struggling
with It.”
His Simple Statement.
Fanny Kemble, the famous actress,
was a warm supporter of “Women's
Rights,” and one evening at dinner
she was seated next “Poodle Byng,” a
well-known man about town. The con
versatlon turned on “women’s rights,"
and Fanny Kemble expressed her
views with so much vehemence that
Mr. Byng took refuge in polite silence.
After finishing a brilliant tirade, she
turned to her neighbor and asked his
opinion. “Poodle Byng” looked at her
with a half smile, and answered her
in five words: “I don’t agree with
you!”
Where Dante May Have Studied.
St. Edmund's hall, Oxford, Eng., is
now the sole survivor of the original
“halls” from which university life
arose at Oxford. It bears the name
not of the martyred Saxon monarch,
but of Archbishop Edmund Rich, who
possibly about 1219 delivered near this
spot'-the first Oxford lectures on Aris-
totle. This legend once enabled the
present principal to retort that if
Dante really visited Oxford he might
conceivably have studied at SL Ed-
mund’s hall, but not at Queen’s col
lege, which did not then exist.
Penalty of Firmness.
The comptroller of the treasury Is
an autocrat whose decision overrides
even that of the chief magistrate of
the nation. Some years ago the then
incumbent of the office refused to sign
Two Birds; One Stone.
"What! Your wife is dead?”
"Yes; a year ago. And last week 11 a warrant for money which Gen. Grant
married again.”
"My sincerest
heartiest
Opinion.
condolences
thought it proper to expend. “That is
and I right," the president said; "I admire
congratulations.”— Londoe | your firmness. Where your conscience
is concerned, never permit yourself to
be coerced. ■ You may consider your-
self clear In this affair, for I shall ap-
point a new comptroller to-morrow.
The Transient Kind.
Miss push—Oh. Mrs. Jqnes, the chil-
dren of the lady who has your flat are
perfect little pictures.
Mrs. Jones (grimly)—Yes, and this
week they are going to be moving pic-
tures.
Justice.
"My wife and I always settle oux lit
tie disputes by arbitration."
“And who Is the arbitrator?”
"My wife, of course.”
How to Land Him in a Week.
Monday—Be pretty, Smile once.
Tuesday—Be prettier. Frown at
him.
Wednesday—Be pensive. Sigh once.
Thursday—Confess your regard for
| him.
Friday—Laugh at him.
Faturday—Be “out.”
I Sunday—Name the day!—New York
Herald.
STEEL
WHEAT BINS
BEAT THEM ALL!
C, Anyone wanting Wheat
Bins. Water Tanks or Cis-
terns call at my factory by
county scales, one block
east of St. Nicholas Hotel.
CHAS.E. WATKINS
Alva, Oklahoma
ALVA PRESSED
STONE WORKS
CHOCTAW STREET
We make only the beat If you want food Stone, come to us. We are heaiqiartera
E. S. MYERS, P«*op.
CALDWELL NURSERIES
GROWER OF A FULL LINE OF NURSERY STOCK
If yon will need anything to plant in your yard,
orchard or forest, write me at once and get low pricen
on nursery otock, freight paid to Alva. We have a fine
lot of shade and fruit trees Our Evergreen* we pack
in their own dirt, their roots never see daylight. They
are nearly sure to grow We have this year in our nur-
series over One mllliei forest seedlings, Catalpa Spcdosa, Black
Locust Mulberry and Osage hedge. If vou are thinking of
planting a forest we can do well by you, especially in
Catalpa Speciosa. We do not grow the dwarf kind.
Write for priceB and catalogue.
A. M. MALLORY, CALDWELL, KANSAS.
MONEY LOANED
ON REAL ESTATE
LONG TIME, - EASY PAYMENTS,
RELIABLE REPRESENTATIVES WANTED
The Jackson Loan & Trust Co.
Fort Worth, Texas. Jackoon, Mississippi.
rRENFREW FURNITURE Co.
FURNITURE AND EMBALMING
Largest Stock.
Finest Hearse
Best Service.
Everything New
and Up-To-Date.
No old Shop worn
stuff.
OFFICE PHONE 47
Southwest Corner Square
HOME PHONE 91
ALVA.
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