The Jacksonian Democrat (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1914 Page: 3 of 4
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BEATEN
HIS OWN GAME
■uthmtn'i Clever Strategy Saved Him
From Becoming a Meal for Prowl-
ing Lion.
The tittle Bushman of South Africa
la not only small in sice, but to the
Buropeon he appears faeble in mind.
Yet there is the story of an encounter
between a Bushman and a lion which,
according to a correspondent of Har-
per’s Weekly, shows a man cool In
danger and fertile In resource.
The Bushman, who was a long way
from home, met a Hon. The animal,
sure that he had his victim complete-
ly la his power, began to sport wtth
him with a feline playfulness that the
little Bushman failed to appreciate.
The lion would appear at a point in
the road, and leap back again into the
Jungle, to reappear a little farther on.
The Bushman did not lose his pres-
ence of mind, and presently hit upon
a way to outwit his foe. Aware that
the beast was ahead of him, the Bush-
man dodged into the Jungle to ’the
right, and quietly awaited the next
move. When the lion discovered that
the mao had suddenly disappeared
from the path, he was perplexed He
roared. Then he espied the Bushman
peering at him over the grass.
The Bushman at once changed his
position, while the lion stood irreso-
lute In the path, following with his
eye the moving black man. The little
man rustled the reeds, vanished, and
appeared at another point.
The great brute was first confused,
and then alarmed. It began to dawn
on him that he was the hunted party.
The Bushman did not let the lion col-
lect his startled wits He began to
steal gradually toward the foe, who
now, in a complete state of doubt and
fear, turned tail, and ran ignomlnious-
ly from the field.
VERY MUCH WRONG NUMBER
Experience Probably Taught Testy
Old Gentleman to Be More Care-
ful Whom He Rang Up.
OWNED BY INFAMOUS TRAITOR
Wisconsin Man Has Ink Well That
Once Was the Property of Bene-
dict Arnold.
Ajnong the possessions of F. A.
Phillips, living at Casy Bluff, Wls.,
is an inkwell, said by the owner to
date back to Revolutionary war times.
The inkwell has been in the family
since the time of the conflict of the
American colonies against Great Brit-
ain.
Mr. Phillips came into possession
of the relic in 1864, it having been
handed down to him by his father,
and his father got it in turn from
Ms grandfather, who captured it
among other things at a little log
cabin near West Point at about the
time Benedict Arnold was figuring on
selling that strategic point to the
British, but took French leave when
he learned that the Colonial soldiers
were after him.
This ink well, it is stated by Mr.
Phillips, Is the one that furnished the
ink for the document Arnold signed
giving the British possession of West
Point, and was found among other of
ArnolJ's possessions after his hasty
leave taking of the place where the
documents were signed and sealed.
It is supposed to have been made In
England and brought to this country.
It Is an old affair—this can be 3een
from the fact that it Is made for
quills instead of pens, as a common
pen will not enter the holes bored for
dipping. It Is square, with a quill
hole at each corner and a large one
In the center for receiving the ink.
The well is of stone, a queer compo-
sition which on first sight resembles
flint or marble, but on closer examina-
tion it is found that it may be cut
with a knife much the same as soap-
stone.
It is highly polished, nicely carved
and is about three inches square and
an Inch and a half deep.—New York
World.
EVEN FLOWERS MUST LABOR
■ —
Nature Demands Ita Toll From Evary
Living Thing, and Accepta
No Excutea.
I
However fine and dainty a flower
may look. It la pressed to do a great
service and Its colors and forms are
all suited to Its work. It must brinR j
forth the fruit, or the continuity of
plant life will be broken and the
earth will be turned Into a desert ere
long.
The color and the smell of the flow-
er are all for some purpose, therefore
no sooner Is It fertilized by the bee.
no sooner does the time of Its fruition
arrive, than it sheds ita exquisite pet
als and a cruel economy compels It
to give up Its sweetest perfume. It
has no time to flaunt Ita finery, for It
is busy beyond measure.
Viewed from without, necessity
seems to be the only factor in Na-
ture, for which everything works and
moves. There the bud develops Into
the flower, the flower into the fruit,
the fruit into the seed, the seed into a
DEMOCRATS MAY EXPRESS THEIR
PREFERENCE FOR VARIOUS CANDIDATES
We believe that an expression from]ballot boxes and it will only be.
our subscribers, and those interested opened by them on stated occasions
a great factor In determining the]ocrat. The certificates will be so
popularity of the various candidates larrnnged that no one will know how
a subscriber votes. Ail subscribers
who havo paid *er the Jacksonian
who think themselves fitted for the
offices to which they aspire. The
Jacksonian Democrat haB hit upon a
plan to secure an expression from
Democrats as to who they want on
the Democratic ticket at the next
election. The plan and method of
ascertaining the views of Democrats
as to who should be the Party s
Democrat for one year will be mailed
a certificate with a return envelope
in which to send in their votes
Remember that no votes will bc
counted by the committee having
the voting In charge except upon
these certificates and that ever?
choice in the August Primaries will | certificate must represent a bona tUU
new plan°^g«ln,"^wd*«o Tortlir'th* I its a^olt^e'fairaM^'and'^i^^rrtiaHty '^hls votinK for oa„
chain of activity running on unbroken, will be readily seen. didatee will be kept standing in th.
Should there crop up any disturbance j THE PLAN. (Jacksonian Democrat each week until
or impediment, no excuse would be ac-| jacijg0nlaii Democrat is going'the contest is closed,
cepted and the unfortunate thing bo i present subscribers The following well known demo-
choked in its movement would at Ho issue
eraeoi „ new subscribers during this
EHm:- r*.! urr r
are innumerable departments with j Democrat to 100 votes. In older t<
endless work going on, and the fine j tngure absolute fairness and impai
flower that you behold there, gaudily j these certificates, before being
attired and scented like a dandy, is j Riven‘ out WIU i,e countersigned t»
by no means what it appears to be. j ” miUee of Democrats whose
but rather is like a laborer toiling in * commll ee
the sun and shower, who has to sub- standing in th
mit a clear account of his work, and ! absolute fairness,
has no breathing space to enjoy him- j will entitle the holder to 1U0 votes
self In a playful frolic—Rabindranath jxhe holder of a certificate can vote
Tagore, in the Atlantic Monthly.
Democrats
state will insure
Each certificate
A gentleman was staying in an
English provincial town, when he
heard that Mr. Moneyboy, his partner
in business, was at another town close
by, so ho rang up his hotel on the
telephone.
“Is Mr. Moneyboy there?” he in-
quired.
“No. he Is not." came the response.
“Well, has he engaged rooms’”’
“No. We don’t reserve rooms
here; first come, first served Is our
rule,” came the sharp and somewhat
airy reply.
He was rather taken back at the
lofty independence they seemed to
revel in In that town.
"Can you tell me,” he asked, "if
he will stay with you when he
reaches the town?"
“It’s possible he may But we can t
say.”
“I^ook here,” roared the irate gen-
tleman. “you’re the most impudent
Jack-in-offlce that ever spoilt his
master’s business. Go away and tell
some one who knows more about the
business of the hotel to come and
■peak to me.”
There was a chuckle at the other
end of the wire.
"This isn’t a hotel; it’s the town
Jail,” said the voice.
The confused gentleman rang off
sharp.
Pur Sales in 8lberla.
The number of furs sold at the fur
sale held at Yakutsk the latter part of
July. 1913, was as follows. White
polar fox, 20,000 skins; red fox, 1,000
skins; gray fox, 100 skins; ermine,
10.000 skins; squirrel, 70,000 skins;
black bear, 100 skins; mammoth
bones, 46,946 pounds. The white fox
skills sold at 28 to 31 60 rubles ($14 42
to $16 22) each; red fox, up to 17 ru-
bles ($8 75); gray fox. 26 rubles
($12.88); ermine, 2.70 rubles ($1.39);
squirrel, 54 kopecks (28 cents); and
mammoth bones at 53 rubles per pood,
($2730 per 36,112 pounds). The price
for white fox was a record, as this fur
has never sold at such high prices,
and during the winter of 1912-13 the
price was only 15 to 16 rubles ($7.73
to $8 24 each Yakutsk is a town of
7.000 Inhabitants on the Lena river In
Siberia, and Is the chief commercial
emporium of east Siberia.
RENT OF FIRST IMPORTANCE
Deciaion of Massachusetta Judge May
Have Created a Deciaion That
Will Be Far-Reaching.
When a landlord lets an apartment
with heat, how many degrees of Fah-
renheit is he supposed to furnish?
May the tenant leave the windows
open to admit fresh air, and then com-
plain because the apartment is not
warm enough? If neither the Janitor
nor the landlady heeds his complaints
may the tenant justly refuse to pay
rent? Or is he liable for the full
amount until the expiration of the
16&86 ^
A judge in the Massachusetts su
perior court threw some light on these
seasonable questions the other day. by
ruling against the tenant, remarks the
Boston Globe. The landlord in the
case appears to have, agreed orally to
put in new and larger radiators and
keep the apartment nice and warm,
but the promise was not in writing,
and so was not valid. Thet tenant sat
at his desk in his study, wearing a fur
coat and with a hot-water bottle at his
feet. When he remonstrated the land-
lord said something to the effect that
if the tenant would shut the windows
the apartment would be warm enough
It appears from this case that while
a man may elect either to freeze or to
breathe impure air, he must pay hla
rent.
First Government Organ.
The first foreshadowing of a gov
ernment organ arose in Venice, in
1556, when the Notizie Scritte were is-
sued by the order of the senate. They
were in manuscript, and, like the Ro-
man Acta Diurna, were posted in pub-
lic places.
The right of perusal was not free,
and here comes the beginning of jour-
nalism as a commercial speculation
Those who wished to read the Notizie
had to pay a small coin, called a
"gazetta"; hence the name “gazette.’
So, through many periods and many
phases, to the newspapers of today,
with their elaborate organization,
their news services covering the
world; their experts, staff and other-
wise; their magnificent machinery;
the perfection of production peculiar
to the best of them; their power for
MAIL CLERK UTTERS PROTEST
Wail Should Appeal to Those Who
Have Habit of Pinning Their
Written Sheets Together.
“If people must stick pins into their
tetters, I wish they would cover up
the points so that they wouldn't push
through,” said a mail clerk whose
hands were disfigured by tiny scratch-
es. "I must get about a hundred digs
a day from pins that systematic folks
use to hold their correspondence to-
gether. I never could make out, any-
how. why so many letters need to be
finished off with a nin.
“Of course, i understand that about
half of those written by women have
a postscript in the shape of samples of
dress goods or newspaper cuttings,
which perhaps require a pin or two to
hold them in place, but even that habit
cannot aocount for the large number
of letters that come through the post-
office with a pin sticking out of one
corner.
“I have come to the conclusion that
many writers so mail their manuscript
with malicious intent. It may not be
us fellows in the postofflee against
whom they hold a grudge, but we are
the ones that usually get the benefit
of those pins.”
How to Wed.
Why should not the church which
solemnizes marriage go behind the
ceremony, encouraging young people
to wed and giving them needed In
struction concerning marriage life?
Just this the New York diocese of the
Protestant Episcopal church proposes
to do. In the discussion of the mar-
riage problem it was unanimously
agreed that health certificates should
be required for marriage. The much
greater problem of how the church
is to bring young people together with
marriage as the aim and how to make
the married Btate happy and perma-
nent has been turned over to the so-
cial service commission to work out- ■
Leslie’s.
the. entire 100 votes for one candi
laie if he desires, or divide hte
votes into lots of not less than fiv*
votes each and distribute them foi
various offices.
A space on the back of each cer
tificate will he provided for the bold-
to write in the name of his choice
and the number of votes he desires
cast for each candidate. Only
certificates countersigned by the com-
mittee having the voting in charge
will be counted, and only then, wher
there is a bona fide subscriber to
the Jacksonian Democrat for each
certificate voted. This committee wil
have sole charge of the keys to the
crats have consented to supervise anu
conduct thts voting contest:
Hon. Milas Lasater,
Hon. Claude Miller,
Hon. S. P. Render.
The names of the foregoing promi
nent citizens are sufficient to guar
anteo an absolutely fair and iinpar
Hal contest. They will countersign
or initial every certificate before it Is
given out; they will count all votes
cast; no votes will be counted except
those for which a certificate is is-
sued except where there is a bona
fide subscription to the Jacksonian
Democrat. ’
if you are already a subscriber to
the Jacksonian Democrat and have
paid your dollar for a year’s sub-
scription, you will he mailed one or
these certificates with a return en-
velope in which to send your -votes
If you have not yet paid us your
dollar, do so at once and get your
certificate.
All new subscribers to the Jack
sonian Demo, .at will be given a
certificate entitling them to one hun-
dred votes. •
We can use a few reliable so-
Heitors and will pay a liberal com-
mission. Call at our office. 102 N.
Broadway.
THE KERR DRY GOODS COMPANY
OKLAHOMA CITY
Thousands of Sheets and Pillow Cases
They are .tariard brands-qualitie. that you know and
years The prices, we believe, are the lowest ever recorded n, Oklahoma Oil
Another point, the quantities are ample and we shall he glad to hll mad orders.
THE SHEETS
Hotel Special Sheets, size 81x91* inches.. ..<§«
Hotel Special Sheets, size 72x99 inches^. 63c
Hotel Special Shets. size 81x90 inches . 63c
Hotel Special Sheets, size 81x108 inches...79c
PILLOW CASES
Full bleached, size 42x30 inches, special at 12c
Hemstitched, size 42x30 inches, special at 1Bc
Scalloped, size 42x30 Inches, special at 19c
Fruit of the Loom, size 42x30 In., special at
SHEETS, SPECIAL
The size is 72x90 inches. The
material is fine firm and ful'y
bleached. All things considered,
is a most remarkable value. 33c
each.
Pillow cases. 42x30 L.ches, s|**clal
at 7'/2C each.
65
Pepperell
Sheets
The quality is practi-
cally unlimited. Size 81x90
inches. Genuine Pepperell.
05c each.
Pepperell
Pillow Cases
Size 42x30 inches. Gen
nine Pepperell; 13c each
is a new low ,.rlce record,
Wf‘ bf*li©Vf*.
Scalloped
Sheets
Very new. Shown here
for the first time. Ex
(•client muslin scalloped
all round, 81x90 inches.
Hack HI C
Towels 9 2
Extra Indeed and ax
rellent, serviceable htick.
Red borders. The size is
18x30 inches, at 7Mtceach.
Turkish
Bath Towels
Spong-y and absorbent
fellows. Size 18x30 in
Bleached and nicely fring-
ed. Special 9c each.
Manners Can Be Acquired.
An English critic says that the ath-
letic girl has no manners and has
other faults. But after the brilliant
showing of a little Baltimore girl late-
ly in rescuing several children single-
handed from a burning house, a res-
cue made possible by her practice at
athletie exercises, the lack of polish
forgiven.
Linen Huch Towels, 19c
Hut k Towels at 19c each,
la the superiority of linen
It has greater ten
absorbency the two
purchase enables
offering of Linen
Splendid as cotton
for towels stands to reason
sile strength and more
Horses Made to Observe Fast*.
His highness the maharaja of Ben-
it Is stated, has put a stop to
— —------ - ... ... | more or less can easily be----
the highest good and for—that which Mannerg can alwayB be acquired, but
is less good. u demand8 very quick action sad abti-
-— ~___ lty to save lives. The mistake of such
Harvests of $9,000,000,000. j cr,tlcB jg to jay the b'ame on athletics
Crops this year will add some $9,- whfin that b1(„e )g due to entirely dif-
ares. It is staieu, mm “ ■*”>■ — i 000,000,000 to the wealth of the nat on. i jerent causes. The old idea that gen-
many absurd customs which affected This sum approximates the largest Uenegg weot wkth weaknes8 and worn-
the health and even lives of animals totai ever realized for products of the Une#g wUh timidity is now exploded
lr his highness' stables and dairies. > BoU. corn, although short some 600,- _Ba,Umore AnH.rioan
The horses, for Instance, were allowed ooo.OOO bushels compared with tne ---
only half rations on Thursdays and yleid last year, is worth $200,000,000
Mondays, and half of the savings thus more than the bumper crop of 1912. :
accrued was given over to the mas- wheat, too, has a larger money value l
ter of the horses and the other half than ever before. The same is true of
credited to the treasury j cotton, despite the reduced yield in
On Shlvaratri day these poor ani- the Southeast due to lack of moisture,
mate had to keep fast, and similarly These estimates are based on sta-
in Muharram they had to for»go their tlstlcs of the Department of Agrlcub
rations in order to show respect to the ture, and as that department is noted
memory of the martyr of Karbela. for conservatism in estimating yields,
These^dumb animals were forced to u is not impossible that when Anal
observe these rituals In order to fur- turns are In the total value p I
nteh a luxurious repast to their wlU be upward of $10,000,000.000-
grooms and masters. ^ ^ the Clock Ahead.
u n. a resolution recently passed by the
.jsrjr.SK
t„wel essential. Fifty dozen to go- plain hems
or hemstitched.
Turkish Bath Towels. 19x38 inches
Turkish Bath Towels. 20x44 inches
Turkish Bath Towels. 22x42 inches
Turkish Bath Towels. 22x42 inches
of double twisted
Profitable British Fisheries.
The British fisheries yield about
2,500,000,000 pounds annually. for
which the "ultimate consumers" are
believed to pay at least $125,000,000.
In view of the part which herring
and other small fishes play In this
* ana as —_______ total. It may be within *he truth to
conservatism in estimating yields, estimate the number of fishes caught
in an average year by the fishermen
of the United Kingdom, at two bil-
lion or more For all Europe this en-
ormous number may be multiplied by
three, perhaps by four.
The last
threads
one .at 29c,
“OPENING”
The first display of the ex
(inisite imported cotton fabrics m
white- tomorrow. Novelty weaves,
plain Gropes and Ratines Yes,
Ratine will be even MORE P«'Pu
lar than last year. Particular in-
terest centers in the novelties
)o<-in blossoms thin, frosty erepe
textures with cheeks, stripes and
/•gun s ’’laid on ’ superimposed
heavily. Direct importations
Franc*- »*" to $3 a yist<1
Bed Spreads, Reduced
Some of them were specially bought, for this
occasion Others are Irom our own stocks. A
low price is often a delusion and a snare, and
»i le g to Inform you that it has not entrapped
ns We are jealous of our good name and we
l ave our customers' welfare in mind. Son,e 0
these spreads are offered at unusually low
prices; but. for that reason, do not fall into the
error of thinking they are cheap.
$1.69
from
Size 12-4. scalloped, special Monday mt, .
S,ze 11-4 Hemmed, crocheted, special at
$1.29
Size 124 extra heavy crocheted, special. $3.00
Crocheted Bedspreads- imported, formerly sell-
nffered during this sab- at $4.95. The
ing a1
size is
13 I
of the authority of the
lord mayor's rawest for provincial
ornamental, vanoe the standard time in British
Dry Dock a Dutch Invention.
A correspondent In Holland draws
our attention to the fact that the con-
coach today. Is uaefuT aa" well Columbia one hour from the first Sun- ^cUon in that country of a floating
as r rntJTpeT: —-kc rr
with wine goes the round^ g »d lhat p^iod to their recreation docltB of this type are built on
when the toast of Proape y Uma ,n (he evening It is considered Dutch way, and towed to their dead-
■StCi.fS*....... a.. «.*. ;
little inconvenience, except to the rail and many foreign-bulit docks ara
glscovMe*^ ^ rvnovatW. pantes.
fldal
Nainsooks, Longcloth and Dimities
Table Linens
Typics' Kerr quabtms for less
than usual.
/hs rn \ vard f"t Table
S1.5U Dan ask. A Urge as
tuirtruetit of patt-rns Our regular
price $169 ,, ,,
Napkins to match, size ^4x2
inches. $4 98 a dozen.
i - . /, \ > aid f"r
Sl.iy Hamad, the kind we
sell regularly at $1 4't. New >’,
te'-iis in large assortment,
inc. • wide and ail pure ..ax
\ iiolt for Chiff
sunk, 1" > at ds :
full 12 iie i e- mi
this price H is 11 !'',l*
ordinary value
98c
It is
ainl at
$1.39
A b*’lt foi * !il' ,
Nainsook, full ■’>*’
inches. Kim- tml-n *" '
sUdte and sne.-iHllv bought ter
<jffer*'i t<>r Jt inf-
this sale
10c
( >» * * r
ya?
Imn
•* rft »t
!ch
• nu*
A
( n»
at *1
bo
y a r * * l
k 36 in*
HIM I 2'»
$1.69
$1.39
12 c
shrunk.
»|t
for K‘-rr
So ' Eng'te
offered at this pm
ted time orilv Y<
a supply
yard for Nurse
h
1 nC ' bolt for Kerr's
Ji.iJD St........ Chiff.on
Nainsook, full 36 inches. Man
ufn* lured tor us and sold un
a,-i MIir own lira* . The best
p< ssible value for tne money.
zjq \ holt t ■> r English
Longcloth The “color
vou will rote, is a pure and
beautiful white riot dingy or
Yellowish it i- 36 inches.
12
run
II Rl>
A yard for Diniltiii
that usually at
.I TIm’I-b art- all sizes
. fine quality, service-
variMv
N -
a yard »
ti
White I hunt i
nil sizes ol i it
at 2">t
yard
M «r,h r Srrri,,i, prompt
the .'hippie* -heror. on oil „t ....... perrhemr.
Out
,'iirrlnt'l t
u<i rmlmad fares to out-of-town customers ac-
th, [ilan of thf Retail Merchants Association,
1
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The .Jacksonian Democrat lias no apologies to offer foi
its existence.
The Jacksonian Democrat is the official organ of the
Jacksonian Club.
The Jacksonian Club of Oklahoma City has a membership
of nearly two thousand Democrats.
The Jacksonian Club membership is composed of Deron-
pints of the highest standing in party council#—men who have
the interests of the Democratic party at heart; men who are
devoting their energy and means to the maintenance of party
principles.
The Jacksonian Democrat stands for Democratic suprem-
nev in tilt- nation, state and every political subdivision therein.
The Jacksonian Democrat hits the courage to, and will, call
tl, account nnv public officer, regardless of his position, who
attempts to play fast and loose with the party or use Ins posi-
tion for his own private ends and at the expense <>t the party.
The Jacksonian Democrat will dare to criticize those in
|,iKh places whenever it feels that their public utterances or
act ions are detrimental to Democratic principles.
The Jacksonian Democrat believes that all appointive
offices at the disposal of a Democratic administration should
l„. tilled by Democrats And that in filling such offices the .
members of Congress, who are charged with that duty, shook
eon-Jder the interests of the party as paramount to any private
or personal interest of any individual.
The Jacksonian Democrat earnestly desires the co-opera-
tion of .-ill good and loyal party men in its efforts to build
,.p and perpetuate the Democratic party in Oklahoma, and
to that end invites the brains and mtelhgence of Oklahoma
Democracy to make use of its columns in disseminating Demo-
cratic truths and doctrine.
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terinl help is needed.
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