Oklahoma Daily Times-Journal (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 269, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 11, 1891 Page: 4 of 4
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▼ery thick slab. on which is inscribed ,
the official record of the public game* ■pnM about that part of the face are
celebrated bv Augustu« in the Tear 17 *"e w,n t of hard drinking and are
B.C. The decree of the senate and ! *lw*3™ mdkattye of that vice. With
Other r«% +« than I>riaklo« that L««4 ta
An interesting discovery has just; tb itukwfMiion of Hiatu CroboMM.
been made at Rome in the process of j ■
excavation for the Tiber embankment ^ *tT7 error, says the
This is a flattened oblong column, or Atnerienn Analyst, in the belief that a
rv fchiftlr kt*h nn which la intrriho/I red nose or chin and pimples or "blos-
som*" about that part of the face are
B. C. The decree of the senate aud
the regulations enforced by (be execu-
tive committee are followed by a list
of the necessary prayer* and sacrifices
and the order of the contests. Then
comes an announcement that a choir
of twenty-seven yout us and as many
maidcus will sing the "Cs/nicn Secu-
lars," written by Quint js lioratiui
Fiaccu*. In tb#; same locality the
workmen have discovered twenty-five
additional fragments of the great map
of the old city w hich formerly stood in
the Forum of Augustus. When this
map was destroyed by fire or earth-
quake, many of the pieces were thrown
into a heap of broken building mate-
rials, and finally found their way into
the walla of the old Aliieri palac*
which have just been unearthed.
Americans Who Wear Title*.
Mr. Murphy of Chicago, is a mar-
quis of the papal states.
Mr. Loubat, of New York club fame,
nas a patent of nobility from the pope*
Surgeon Warren in Warren Bey,
through the kindness of the khedive
of Egypt.
Cyrus W. Field has an Knglinh title,
and can bp Sir Cyrus whenever he
wishes.
Sir George" Pullman is the way
Mr. Pullman can write his name in Iu
aly, thank* to King Humbert.
Mr. Gwynn of San Francisco, had
the title of duke given him yean ago
by the ill-starred Maximiilian of Mox-
Clatts Sprockles is a member of the
high*-i Sandwich Island nobility, his
tit: I,, mi <r £ j veil him by the king in
return for a money kien.
a Chinese poker sharp.
Bat lift h'm m <>uod Oas nail Herer l
Club m«ii Arm Horry They Met film
fiuuie mischievous club men met hb
innucout looking Chinaman on Delan.
cey street the other night and took
him in tow, savs the h Y. Herald.
After inducing him to take several
drinks they escorted him to their club
house under the pretext of "baring
some fun." Well, he had it,and ho did
the club men.
Once inside the building the China-
mau was made the target for every-
body's witticisms. These John en-
dured with patience. Finally the men
grew tired of this sport, and somebody
suggested lh .l a game of poker be
started. InoUtultj Ihe Chinaman was
all attention.
• Mo plav plokee," he said. "Ms
hlave niluch mloney," and lie displayed
a roll of small bills.
Iu the hops of having "more fun"
John was permitted to play. The ante
wn« 10 ceutd aud the limit 60. Quii t
ty the g.ime progressed for a few mln-
#tes, Juhu in the meantime showing
that he was by no means a novice. At
leuglh there was a .tout little |H,t
ot ' 'bio and Juhu opened it (or
hi. 'ar, and everybody etaved in.
John drew throo curd, and so did all
the r- .it with Ihe exception of one man
who took only ne.
tor a tin... there was considerable
action, but John stood every raise un-
til the crowd began to fret tired.
"Mo iilever callee on tblia lilamL
Me laise fifty clonts."
Of course the thing had to be ended
i some time or other, aud so John was
hn«lly called. With a grin that ro-
•embied a slice out of a watermelon lie
■pread out a sliaight royal flush of
spades, jack high, and raked away the
moiiev. Tlifn lin dwioa i i
many persons this is the case. The ac-
celeration of the movement of the
heart, the rapid heating of the body,
and the slow weakening of the blood,
three of the chief results of the use of
alcohol upon the system, too often
find expression in the unsightly symp-
tons mentioned, as well as others mors
serious.
But these symptoms often arise from
other and very different causes. In
some instances exposure to the sun-
light will produce results hardly dis
tinguishable from those of alcoholic
indulgence, and more especially with
those with impure blood or whose
habits have not been marked bv the
regularity demanded by health, fight
lacing or even mere wearing of stays,
no matter how lcx- ely these may fit or
bow soft and flexible the material from
which they are made, frequently exer-
cise the same effect in every regard.
Many a temperate woman and abstin-
ent maid has acquired the reputation
of being a hard drinker and from the
appearance of her face, when, as a
nialter of fact, her only fault has been
the desire to look attractive and its
foolish expression in the compression
of her waist and abdomen. Gluttony
is another common cause of a red nose
and cutsneous disorders of the face.
And in this regard gluttony does not
mean the eating of large quantities of
food, but merely of more than a sys-
tem requires. Two and a half pounds
of nutriment per diem maybe gluttony
for a young man or young woman who
takes little or no exercise and passes
the day reading light literature or idly
conversing, where live pounds would
be abstemiousness to a young collegian
playing hall and rowing twelve hours
out of thetwvnty-fonr. Many diseases
and more.particularly the affections o?
the erysipelas class tend to express
themselves in and upon the nose and
face, not only in ull of their forms and
stages, but even after having been
nominally cured they leave or imprint
a tendency upon the system to the
same unsightly aud disgusting syiup-
tons.
Howe vet serious or deep-seated the
causes, it is always possible and easy
to cure aud prevent the effects. When-
ever the original source of the trouble
lies in constitutional disease, depraved
condition of the system, hard drinking,
overheating, sunburn, or tight lacing,
it cannot produce the blemishes de-
scribed until after the blood has been
surc harged with humors and the vital
organs have become weakened in the
tone and activity. They are iu every
instance the immediate cause of the
trouble. If they be stopped l>efore they
reached their full development no
skin disease will break out. If they
be properly treated aftt?r that point the
disease M.f.n disapp, ,, and the sufferer
speedily refrniamkim beau^juui health
HOW BAR0ARIAN4 SHAVE. <
FortorM Mm"*! an Hrhii hi Thorn- Rn-
«tur«<l by rivtlime Brethren.
to be eacused, wen; away, amiougi
some ot the players insisted on his re
maining longer.
•■Oh. let hiui go," said one; "we'™
bad plenty of fun foi our money. Lei
the poor fellow go.11
Aud John went. Rut after he had
gone somebody pickod up John'* hand
and started in surprise.
la my vtuudeuogs about the world,
writes a veteran traveler, being of the
Esau type, a hunted and a hairy man,
I have tested tho barbers of many
nations aud bought their facial imple-
ments, too.
Tho razor in India, though a clumsy-
looking semi-disk of steel on a straight
handle, does its work iu native hands
on scalps (as a religious rite) and on
rough faces very nearly as comforta-
bly by morely moistening the epider-
mis with cold water, soap being pro-
hibited. Many a time has that primi-
tive instrument crossed my chin with
. - - mi ' ""—j ,iid iiiv in-ill ■■ till; iii CI u>.1
money. I hen lie arose, and, beiririnc' on' tch.
usun.i won au><.«r although At the courte vrfTSHontal tyrants
n rn. timwinrr ■ .lr. .^ nf l.i i i. ._
drawing a drop of blood during the
operation of shaving was a capital
offense—a precautionary edict, no
doubt*
Mussel shells were till lately used by
savages for the removal of hair till the
important discovery that a fragment
of bottle is far more effective Such is
f:
1
h
fierce Hpenk. t,, III. Wlffc.
In the northwestern part of the eli,
ii couple who for twenty-two yeiin
* "ord to each other,
in IHby Ihe husband was a man of
Me ans owning considerable propertr.
but through ueouliariti ore than
generosity ho became a sort of Coil
Oil Johnny.' Houses and ground,
were given Hway without an instant's
eons,deration. The wife expostulated,
but ill vain. Hnally nothing was left
except the little oottage which Mas
then and is now their place of abode
fortunately this stood in tho wife's
name, and though he used every effort
to secure possession of it, pleading
with her aud using violence and ten-
deruess by turns, she remained Hrra
and would not let him have it. As a
oa^h't'Ch® h0 ,".W01c' " "^endou,
oath that he would never siieak to her
•ai long as ho lived, aud up to tho pres.
ent time ho has kept his word From
prosperity thev have sunk to abiect
poverty. Ho make, what he can out
of a news stand which he keeps Ths
old couple have two children, both
daughter*. One lias been married for
some y.ur. to a man of wealth, while
the other Pves at home with her pai-
euts, and seems to take the rospon.l
fai 1 on l":r""1' " ••• [ '!"•
ful sight to 800 tho old njan every
evening at 6 o'clock distributing hi.
papers to tho very houses which twen-
ty-two years ago were his owu, and
by tho gift of wliicli be has made neal
oille fortunes for many whoso heirs
•re iu total Ignorauce of hi, existence.
n"fr j« r he toils on, daily be-
\ <,°,"l"tr 'eebler, "forgettiug the world
\«nd by the world
pfiia Jiecord.
• Bv frrnnirma ru™i n A luc ,s ,ftr moro e««ctive. Such ii
there bad a nine slot TK". OT« """"e «' ">osc Hcrce islanders of the
u re had a nine spot of spades in hi. I Andauians, who operated in this fash-
hand, because he showed It to me. CI Ion on two escaped Indian convict,
discarded one and I had two otherv. 1 WhoseIWes were snared as thev were
Now how did that heathen K,X hold ,( considered deeirab". '■yoJnc ineu " St
a ttfth nine snot: 1 II liet he mananed 1 for n tribal nlliauci' l.v" marri.ir.
l°-SK!LuJ>!h; onoplacarded hy gj. | When afterward rescued the« toXh
~^^nil'llli.i 111. 1! - 1 ™lula desovibed tbeir suflerinKs
iswmSSF*? "•
butiness, and in Bono-wnv oi "lul «yebrow«|
his unhappy vicUin, C , L u c ' on od
without doteotion. 1 .,!£? ,r '"ouruing.
| he modern Himliio shows his grief
at tho barber's hands in the same fash-
Ion as did his motherland, old Egypt
have nice specimens of Norwegian
cn icrv, bin not until a few days ago
did I know that the inventive Norso-
men had in arched before us in ranors.
A friond who has boon traveling for
two « ho e yours cauie to stay with me
and exhibited the most beautiful pair
of those toilet tools I ever saw, of very
highly linisjiod Bessoiuor steel, simple
and sciontilto, belug merely thin. Hat
^.^a1 inserted in grooms of
Tb. .gent warrant, thoir edges to
mnl'I , 0° months, w|10„ the rarors
tnust be sent to him, dismounted and
sharpened, having to bo removed from
the grooved back to do so, Chantroy,
Oio sculptor, made ono of hard bron ,
with a keen aud effective edge, aud
hero re relics of Poiupeii manufact-
ured in that alloy.
A High Heroinnu*nilarIon.
tlnv" 1^'","' ^un'y Parson tell, us
l'"i* Joung Kothodlst minister had
^n , P1i?"OU lho oonfereao. for
?d bvT. "" lV'3 "Wr recommend^
t-res.diOK elder whom th«
ishop asked about the applicant'*
preaching abilities. -No. sir!'?replied
ahn but h."? 0l<',er' "J h"c "ol ''®ard
*ie sio I m 1":"r<l m# llvi('". and
stood it like a hero." Tho lioensa
*as granted.—i'arw (Mt.j DtrnZ™
(I*q- n° pn, ,I0)jJS(|I]*^n0™
1" (51 anii«3,.a
is I tig uifoq^oois IK'ZI J(jni|aii!i|
i" 8-1 91 uopuo'i pi 'sjnou ci bi *io
.« «.<P.a),ox«pn,Xo,!.!jxI
The proprietor of . jarKe etfe tod
restaurant down-town thinks he ha«
solved the problem of ke*pjQ<g kq eye
on two or three score of e^n|0yes %♦
the same time. His plase is \ verita
bie bee-hiv Tor two or three hour* w
the middle of the day and in order to
*eep the employes well up to their
duties it becami paccessary to make
them feel that the watchful'eye of the
employer was on them all the time,
lo effect thii an ingenious arrange
ment of mirrors was devised. A duseo
of them were built iuto the wuinocot-
iug in sijch a way that they not only
formed * rich oronmentation to ths
place but they euabled a man at the
Cashier s detk to view every nook and
corner of the room without turning bis
bead.—A'. Y. Ti$*c$.
The Jrmep Fk<J.
An instep pad is a new fad ot those
fair women who are so unfortunate as
to be possessed of a "low bred" foot.
It is simply a little linen pad fitted in
place directly over where the instep
should be but very often isu't. If such
a faiihion becomes general it will com-
pel shoemakers to keep a htock of
shoe* with high insteps, and the mod-
erately low heels now demanded alike
by good sense and fashion. It is next
to impossible now to get a shoe with
a high instep, except one made on
what is known an the ' Spanish last"
aud a ridleulou>iy exaggt-iated heel is
a part of tho make up of these shoes.—
N. y. Iributic.
Hartal Odors.
All Indians greatly dislike what
they call the white man's smell, aud
can detect it with perfect ease "I
have," says a western man. -entered
tepees ot the Utes tilled with Indiani
who had not bathed for a year, and
whose aroma rose to heaven, and every
one of them would complain of th«
twior that I brought iu with me. The
same feeling is manifested by the Chi-
uef-e, who themselves have a verj
marked odor that is intensely disa-
greeable to whites. As a matter v
fact, each race has its peculiar odor,
which is not perceptible by people ol
similar origin, but which i* piainlf
noticeable by those of differeut blood.*
A PECULIAR REVENGE. "**<r
S«d Fate of art Old |* rty Who Did Ho#
Apologise.
It was on a suburban train coming
Into Jersey City, says tho N. Y. Sun.
A bald-headed, fussy-looking man. with
a pair of spectacles on his nose and his
hat on the seat beside him, kept rub-
bing his pate in a nervous way and
hitching about on the seat as if ho was
afraid of tacks. Opposite him sat a
man who was closelv watching his
niovemeuts and chuckliug and grin-
ning until the atteution of a dozen
people was attracted. He was finally
asked to explaiu, and he said:
"The old chap over there sat down
on my hat, stopped on my toes and
elbowed my ribs, and didn't apologize.
I determined to get even with nim.
Ho always sits iu that seat if it isn't
occupied, nod ho alivayv hunts around
to find a paper instead of buving one.
I m getting even with him this morn-
ing.
• But how?"
"That paper is just three years old
to-day. It cost me 50 cents to procure
it, but I ve had $60 worth of revenge.
5s 11, °? l',t} 8oat- he's been
A Cain in- Vert>(K>jr
newsboy in the City of Mei.ro has
taken' a partner into his bu-oue** in the
person of a large and intelligent dog.
The animal follows bis owner about,
carrying several papers in his mouth,
and will wall- b to * prospective pur-
cfcsaer and present a- paper, waging
his tail in a sociable sort of way that
general!v -uceeedr and if he makes a
sale be bring, bat k the money to kis
associate nromiHlr
Hani lone* .. RvanjteHsta.
Krangeiists, ffi ■; and female decent
and indecent, pious and penurious,
along with tent n.eetings, meetings for
•men only." with their advocates pro
an<t con.seems to i o agitating the groat
American mind.
1 hive traveled much and kept up
with the lime. iud seasons1 some-
what. and feel free to say that the
church with the ordinary means ol
grace is not reaching the case. If, alter
constant treatment at the hands of the
old family physicinn, the patieut gr.j-.vn
worse, had we letter stick in him
though the patient dies, or chance
physicians, say. try au expert—not Til
a different school of medicine, but one
who is skillful in diagnosis and an ei-
pert in praeticeP There is much in
treatment, but more in diagnosis; hut
few of our pastors are skilled in either
diagnosis or treatment.
The only queatiou is,does (hepatient
improve? If not. what then? Is there
an expert available? Shall we use
him? Common sense controls us iu
all other matter; why not use a little ol
the same uncommon article in religious
matters?
I don't eare what you call the expert
— evangelist, ra.ivalist, eeclesiaitical
tramp, or what iiot, the fact that so
many pastors nefl I and call for him is
proof of the proposition that tho ordi-
nary means do not re.-tch tho case.
I hey must not beg ' the question by
talking of motir^s, ^nd* tue charge
that fa. U pr«t 'fhtflf:-Hiiiuay, nend-
ing around tl^TdU. is just a new way
• ti ass has ol kicking with his uioutu.
I prefer his treelg turoud toward me.
1 state facts vvjion 1 say uot on.
pastor in ten is ; <Jent as a soul wiu.
uer. when God iitfwls wo should all be
soul winners.
Some talk of stopping the whole
evangelist busities< out they must get
to the forefront of the procession be-
oro tiiuy cau stop it. 1 am sure that
Ihe old poky crowd I hear talking
•gainst evangelist.-, can never catch up
with us, muclt less get ahead. —Atia.l i
Constitution.
.. , - —« «uu iiu s oeon
'or the last twenty miles.
The old fellow struck the head lines
of a railroad accident, looked puzzled,
boboed up and down, and slowly
shook bis head. He jumped from that
to a murder—on to news from Wash-
ington—and for a minute was inter-
ested in tbe stock market. Then ho
folded the paper up, removed his
glasses, and looked ni.r o' -r--,'
-~tiu - ....uoiiKT expression on his face.
"He's wondering if his luiud isn't
giving way, and is half scared to
death," chuckled the joker. "Been
flattering himself that he is good for
twonty years yet, and the lirst thing he
does when he gets to the city will be
to buy some brain food ana a liver
pad. I'm not a bad, bad man, but the
chap who sits down on my hat must at
least apologize."
Rural Iitfe fn Arkansas.
Catting with Hcissora.
k St. l.ouis paper says that glass
may tie cut with scissors as easilv as il
it weio a pieco of paper. The 'secro'
consists tu pluogiug a pane of glass iu^
to a tub of water, submerging also the
baud, and the scissors. Tho scissor,
will cut in straight lines without „
flai-. Tho result is achieved in eouso-
fiiivnee ot the absetice of vibration. 1/
Si r^n^he^W
•are tfaaM* "?ricillluri" should t.k.
are that iu his school davs the ntnH*
f not ignored. The
<0 arHhmX ^f 0V
-* , v* viuimhuu. u md tiiA i T '"easurations
the least portion of tho scissor* is left I >noinetrv~th! i ?! lgobra aud trig,
out of the water the vibr.tiju will hable In tha . I r,a"^ '"dispell-
prevent ihe gla.s cutting. " |„v'er Z relr^."L^ln«~"'11
A Hint to VoiinK Kartncra
^>ctave Thanet, in her paper in the
Atiantic, Plantation Life in Arkansas,.'
writes:
i vyomen have a hard life, work-
" and In the hou o| tlmy
' '"'1 ie when,under happier
n, P V ' " ',,iwy would be in their prime.
tUke of fl.n- I hue it happens that so many nen
id evebnnv. b.ve iUreJ,' or four, or S^wkes
■without," as one honest fellow said
never lighting with none of 'em."
,.P. 01,1 all decent, an' I buried 'era
all in II store coffin," said he. An
old planter alluding to an unhealthy
I hnriJT ' "VVi'-v' riS'" ''own there
I butied two or three wives, and four
Ohlldren, and a heap of niggers!"
They are very fond of their c'hihlre.
and kind to tiioui; unwisely kind per-
haps, as wo Ainericaus are iucliued to
bo. i o all the other hardships of i
woman s life lioro is added her mourn-
lug for her little children; for the care-
less life bears hard on them, especially
111 overflow seasons. Sometimes we
are reminded of this in a homely vet
affecting way, as yesterday, when, in
buying some chickens and asking for
more, the little merchant said: "Thev
aiu't no more,only but oue old rooster;
aud we don't aim to .sell him, Vausi!
my "tile brother that died, ho alwavs
claimed hlni, and inaw saved she never
would sell him!"
A queer expression (which is never
theless a common one here), used bv a
poor mother whoso little girl was
burned to death, ,ticks in my memory:
• It hen ten years, now, but I ain't got
KUuJM with it yit."
And a poor man, who clung desiwr-
fiirm f- .1 Wretched 'u°rtgaged little
[arm in tho swamp, excused himself
for unwisdom that evou he could see
by tho plea that his two dead children
wer. burled there, and "My woman
•he li.ted terribly to have theiu die
and .lie c.yn't git satisfied to lcav.
em. nohow!'
sav'WhrVt^U'e!",?r No"llern 'ri®nds
«ay. ret it is a life with huge ame*
liorations. In this country, evorr oup
has the climate, to begin with. Then.
in tho year when
we can be said to have cold
She AlwnyH Contradicted Him.
A recent German paper tells ths
«tory of an elderly mau who had for a
wife one of thoao trying persons who.
according to their own ideas, are al-
ways in the right and who make it a
point of conscience to prove every oue
else in the wrong
The poor mau v as never allowed to
niake any statement without having it
instantly disputed by his accurate but
irritating spouse. JSlie had acquired
such a habit of correcting and contra-
dieting him thai, according to tho
story, sin: ono day made a mistake
which gave her mi HY-ring husband m
chance to laugh at her.
Do you remember, my dear." he
said iu a retrospective mood, the
letter-case embroidered with pearl
beads that you made for me with your
own hands when we became engaged?
It was worn out vcars ago, but 1 can
still see it very Uiainly. On one side
there was emWj Jered a beautiful
butterfly, and Ai
butter^V as on the other
side.' interrupted his wife, in her most
Mr. Und
stories without
ward.
Cspt. li.tfftnan—Well, I'm surprised
to see■ you. here, I had no idea you
were interested in this wedding. Miss
Klirtiby—Neither am 1; 6ut you see I'm
*oing to get married myself next week.
rl'tti up in the lines, but I'm ruthw
rusty in tbe business, \<>u know.—
Puck.
Amateur actor—"! thin k I v as grea
in that death scene, Charley. Char-
lev—"Yes indeed, old man. Why,
when you fell back and expired and
your lifele-s form was cai ried away
the applause was fairly dea'ening. I
never saw such a delighted audience."
—New York Sun.
It is said that canuibals will not eat
a mau who has used tobacco. Indeed!
Is it not brazen unto the verge of un-
reason to ask a missionary to deny
himself the solace of the weed just to
make a gastronomic tid-bit of himself
ior a cannibal? There is a limit to all
things. —Ifimjhamton Rcpubli' un.
A New York doctor has written an
article in which he maintains that there
is no physiological necessity for death.
Maybe he is right; but, with a country
to be saved ever four years, where is
the wenjy citizen who would live al-
ways? There is a political necessity
for death anyway.—Indianapolis
Journal. ~
lie stole softly up-stairs, and in the
dim light began to rock the cradle
and croon. ••What's the matter,
John? a-ked his wife, sleepily. "Th%
baby was (hie) nest ling 111 <iear," re-
plied John, "an' I got up t'rjulet him.*
"You had better come to bed, John;
the baby is in here with me."—A'ew
York Sun.
"How do the new-fashioned bonnets
strike you?" asked a lady of an ac-
quaintance on whom she was calling.
•'There hasn't any of them struck mo
yet," was the reply, with a glance to-
ward her husband. "I am sitting
around patiently waiting for one of
them to come in ray direction."—
Merchant Traveler.
Tailor Vo, sir, I won't let you have
this suit of cioLhes until you pay for it.
Customer—But, my dear sir, i/ I can't
have the clothes to wear 1 can't pay
for them. "Don't see apv sense in
that." "You don't, eli? Well, you've
got a mighty poor head for business.
How do you suppose I'm to borrow
enough to pay for thsni il I have to go
arouud among my friends in the rag*
ged suit that I've got on?"— Unuika
World.
lift In California
Life in California was at that time a
wild romance. No words of inins can
describe tbe scene** that were enacted
during that chaotic period. Thou-
sands of men, organized in bands or
wholly disorganized, were constantly
arriving from every part of the world
and leaving for tho diggings. Out-
laws and professional gamblers opened
saloons by the score at every point
where men congregated. Money was
scattered everywhere as if by the wind.
Miners who had realised fortunes in a
few days came down to Stockton, Sac-
ramento aud San Francisco to squander
them in a night at tbe gambling-tables.
Scarcely a woman was anywhere to be
seen. All restraining influences of
society were absent, and I cannot find
an expression better suited to the case
than "Pandemonium on a frolic."
As there were no wives, there eould
be no homes or families. A few stores
had been hastily put up along the
shore, made of rough boards or can-
vas, and all of them were doing an
enormous business. The rust of ths
village consisted of shanties or tents
used for rostaurants and saloona
Human life was a moving panorama
The whole place was alive with a mass
of unkempt men clad in flannel shirts
and heavy boots, who were inspired
wiMi the one desire to hurry on to ths
mines.
This rough life was not without its
touches of sentiment. Ono day the
town was electrified by the rumor that
an invoice of women's bonnets had
arrived and oould be seen at one of the
stores. The excitement was intense,
i nd there was a rush from every direc-
tion to get a realistic view of even so
insignificant a substitute for female so-
ciety. 1 do not overstate the truth in
saying that tho thoughts of home that
were awakened in the breasts of the
rude-looking men at the sight of those
Manufacture of Muuimie«.
A manufacturer of auciem Egyptian
mummies has l>een severely sentenced
by the courts of Alexandria. He ma.|tt.
his articles with carefully prepared
asses1 sk^us, and had a good trade.
Everything went well so long as he
made kings only, but when he tried
the production of high priests he com.
milted archaeological errors that led to
his detection.
AHrtIL FOOL IN SPAIN.
«ril Put Up • Job on ,,
Artlat.
Twi Jollr Slg
tradition and truth.
What ISecam* of Gmi. Flenedlct Arnold
And 111o Family.
History is sometimes false. Tradi-
tion is sometimes contrary to the truth.
The case of Benedict Arnold and his
'attiily is in poinJj- says tbe Atlanta
''onstttktion,
It is generally believed in America
th.«i! Arnold died miserably in dis-
grace, and that his descendants never
ueld their heads up before their fellov*
men.
Now. let us get at the f-acrs Recent
cyclopedias and writers, and notably l
writer in the Philadelphia Press, throw
new light upon tho Arnolds.
After Benodiot Arnold's death ia En-
gland his widow never rested until she
paid the last cent of his debts, con-
tracted iu uufortunate speculations
l'hat was the only cloud on his name
In Kurope. Otherwise he stood well,
and enjoyed the favor of brave and
distinguished men.
Tho young Arnolds went to the
front. For fifty years they fought like
heroes for tho British llag. At Suriam,
James Uobert Arnold led tbe assault,
captured the fort, was presented with
* ♦oO*) sword, made aid-do-Camp to
V comnl.iUBd that """i? aid-do-camp U
lerfehT ^aH J0|)f, of te)ijng ' William, aud died a lieijtenaufi-
liihout k* uuim ' When.*..? ««,u«ral iu ">•'>«• „
*yin„;
Carl Sclmra. in this brilliaut pappr
on Abraham Limhiln, in the Atlantic
thus ducribtt til. jooiljf Abraham
Lincoln. He write-:
He won a neighborhood reputation
js a clever young mau. which he in-
creased by his performances as a
•peakor, not sel«ora drawinir upon
limseK the dissatWactiou of his cm-
.lovers by mountjug a slum,, in the
field, and keeping the farm hands
fiom their work b; little speeches in a
fenS° , i0"l«,"l<'9 also a serioun
vein. At the rudoiocial frolics of the
«ettloment he bowme an important
person. W ing fu.iv .tor™, iffi!
log tho itinerant preachers who had
happened to pass y, Hnd n|ftkjng hu
mark at wrestling oatehes. too; for at
hi?f!f?7i •<?;enW" he 'ia<l attained
his full height, iiitfeet four inches in
ship had failed to moisten.
The Christian missionary was al-
ready on the ground, and good Parson
Williams had managed to lind a place
where he could preach on Sunday.
One of the first men who arrived with
his family came to one of these meet-
ings attended by his wife and baby.
During the sermon it chanced that the
baby cried and the mother was about
to withdraw, when tho preacher ad-
dressed her thus: ' My good woman,
I beg jou to remain; the innocent
sound of that infant's voice is more
eloquent than any words I can com-
mand. It speaks to the hearts of men
whose wives and children are far away,
looking aud praying for a safe return
to their own loved ones at homo."
Never shall I forget the sobs and tears
which those words evoked throughout
that rough assembly. That infant's
cry seemed to them the music of
angels.
With those who made San Francisco
their temporary abode gambling ap-
peared to be the chief occupation and
Spanish nionte the favorite game. One
house fronting ou the plaza, a two-
story frame building called the Parker
House, rented for $120,000 per annum,
the rental being paid mostly by gam-
blers A single store of small dimen-
sions and made of rough boards rented
for $3,000 a month. A canvas tout
used as a gambling-saloon rented for
$40,000 per annum. Money was loaned
ou good security at fifteen per cent, a
month and out of the loan tho borrow-
rs made fortunes in real estate opera-
is. — The Century.
across the plains in 1846.
A PANoaal Narrative of the Overland
Trip to California, from The C'eutury.
I was a child wheu wo started to
California, yet X remember the jour
ney we'l and f have cause to rcmein-
r\t t ,rHi®.■*n tl|P Crimea.
, c' "•■nedn-.t Arnold's other ons, Ed-
A Description of i ,e i*r.. d«nts T, a paymaster in he English
VoutMfol n j*. arruv m IfTdfj. where he noi«d for
his good and charitable deeds. George
tfied lieutenant colonel of the Second
Bengal cavalry. William, the father
of the captain killed in the Crimea,was
a C0ui>try gentleman iu Buckingaiu-
J,, ■ One of his sons was the Rev
howard Arnold, who married Lady
Charlotte Choliuondely.
Altogether, there have been few fam-
He. braver, more successful, and
more popular. Fortuuo lias favored
ihem Irom the time of Arnold's trea-
son, and while millions of Americaus
nave believed them to be suffering dis-
grace and poverty, they have been cx-
ceptionally favored.
All of which goes to show that much
of the .111,1 tailed history and tradition
l worthless. History is very often
mere fiction.
_Mttle l
■ / iMiu'miMif1
Tingtieid, Illinois,
, —navo com weather-
and eveu through thoso months are
, scattered lovely days of truce, tilled
wlmiimi, re,li"K.I,IlPor on teohnle.l 1 """"J;1"".. Neither need we pay
ta ,1° '"Printed JS™"ith hot summer^
rr, , not summers.
i hero arc hut two mouths tlmt are
really uncomfortably warm for nior.
than a fow days at a time. These arc
• i P'eni',or- Thfv toll i
that the night, are cool tbon; but I re.
ceiveI this Statement with a degree o(
apathy, because I never was in auv oli-
mate so torrid that 1 did not hear it
or that two blankets did not make .
handsome figure in the storv. We
xtrs;"°ibi,,nk6'8' ,rk« ,h«
J". ®L Augustine. Nice, Al-
?h! !• , 1 d."° ,a-v a11 the citizens ol
th. equ.tor that respect themselves
■h stockings, if l.-,;Ki ttny,
4"l,,0Pl>«r ho was.
.J r. r wl "'!Vor "se ><!
•itraordmary atratrtii to the injury
or humiliation of tner.; rather to do
them a kindly tnrn.or to cnforco iu.-'
Ice and fair dealt^ between them.
All this made him i favorite in back-
woods society, a/liiuugh in some
things ho appeared a little odd to his
friends. Far more nan any of them,
ne wes given not oily to reading, but
, . ■ostractioi to quiet musing
with himself, and alt* to strange spells
of melancholy, fron which lie often
would pass in a monent to rollicking
outbursts of droll himor. But, on ths
whole, he was one aj the people among
whom he lived; in a pearanco perhaps
even a little more uicouth than most
of them, —a very tall rawboued youth,
with largo features dark shriveled
•km, aud rebellious lair; his arms and
egs long, out of ptoportion; clad in
1eer.skin trousers, wheh from frequent
exposure to the rain had shrunk so a
o sit tightly on his limbs, leaving sev-
eral iHv-h, s of bluish'.shin exposed be-
tween their lower end and the heavy
Uli-colored shoos; the nether garment
held usually by only oue suspender
that was strung over a coarse home-
made shirt; the head covered iu winter
with a coooikin cap, in summer with
4 rough straw hat of uucertain shape,
without a band. 1
It Is doubtful whefeer he felt hlio-
^tioh superior to his surround
gs. although he confessed to a yearn
•og for some knowle^e of the world
'Iiisnlc of the circle in which he lived.
Mils Wish was gralitied; but howf
at the age of nineteen he went down
the Mississippi to New Orleans as a
flat mat hand, temporarily joining a
trade many members of which at that
1 'n° 'ook pride in being called
half horse and half alligator.,P After
• is return he worked and lived in tho
old way until the spring of 1830, wheu
hi. fa her • moved again," this time to
Illinois; and on th. journey of fifieen
days "Abe had to drive the ox wagon
which carried the household goods.
Another log cabin was built, and then,
fencing a field, Abraham Liutoln split
hose historic rails whioh were des-
lined to play ,o picturesque a part in
y-irTs't.' 0S:"P'lig" 1 wenty-eigh
It Vas a Court of I.'rrom.
Ex-Senator Arntzen was in ■ remi.
niscent mood the other day. and 11, B
Butlers recent Iroublo in the Boston
Of an incident o,
early Illinois A lawye,
named Roavill was trying a case over
il the center of the stale before a
J udge Lock wood, and persisted in in-
terposing objections to rulings and in.
ertoptions of all sorts. Finally the
judge liecama tired of it. and ordered
it slopped. Hut Keavill persisted and
wanted lo argue the question, wlicu
the judge cut him off with:
"Mr. Iteavill, your objeotions
overruled If you do not like the rui
lugs of this court the way is open for
redress and you can appeal to th.
Court of Errors.
■ Won," responded Reavill, quick as
a Ua-h -if this isn't a court of errors 1
don t know where too will find ou "
— Quincy Whig.
"Spoon collection*.
The custom of collecting «poon,
doubtless had its origin in the visits
paid by our well-to-do people to
Kurope, sinco it has from time im.
memorial been the custom "to brine
back something" in th* way ol
.ouvenir. of the triy. Representative
articles from tli** several countries
visited were easy to obtain, a*d it was
Mil a step to the fashion of getting like
article, from difTereut lands by way of
contrast as for instance, hoaddrcsses
footwear, gloves and th. like. Present!
ly it was found that tho various coun-
tries indulged different patterns ol
spoons—that in England the handle
terminated in a reproBe.tation of a
full-blown rose; in Scotland a thistle
took the place of honor, tho stem of the
handle more or less representing the
prickly .talk of the national flower: in
Hollaud . the traditional windmill is
not only represented, but is arranged
so that tlie slightest movement of the
.poon sets the fairy wheel in operation
•These, as well as the gold-enameled
mementoes from Denmark and Nor-
way, are representative of the conn-
U ies and stand for the entire domain
Alauy of the European cltios will be
found to have emblematic spoons the
•"graving of wh.jh is calculated sim-
ply lo recall Ihe ingl« municipality. I
who diovo out of fpringtieid, Illinois,
that spring morning of X846 have since
lieen known ju historvas tho "Ill-fated
Banner party „r -Martvr Pioneers."
My father, James F. Reed. was the
originator of tho party, and the Don-
ner brothers, George and Jacob, who
S out of Spring-
held, decided to join him,
All the previous winter'we wore nrc-
!'a':'n« for t,le journey—and right
here let me say that we suffered vastlv
more from fear of the Indians before
star ting than we did on the plains; at
least this was my case. In the long
winter ovemngs Grandma Keyos used
to tell me Indian stories. She had an
aunt who had been taken prisoner by-
the savages in the early settlement of
Virginia and Kentucky, and had rc-
mained a captive in their hauds five
years before she made her escape. I
was fond of these stories, and evening
after evemng.would go iuto grandma's
room, sitting with my back close
against the wall so that no warrior
could slip behind mo with a tomahawk
I would coax her to tell me more about
!l?« ,aU", ,aD. Vould sit an'1 ''steii to
the locital of the fearful deeds of the
savages, until it seemed to me that
everything in the room, from Hie high
old-fashioned bedposts down even to
the shovel aud tongs in the chimney
corner, was transformed into the dusky
tnbe mpumt ami feathers, ail read;
. !j ? war danc0. So when I was
i°ndihf,]re_!r®™ «oin.gto
..v- .......... V, V . UV.WV IU/II.1UUUJ Jl If.
ard. and attached by a thread to the
nkirt of the maiden, ho that, by certain
dexterous movement* and hitches it
could be made to leap after her as she
hurried along. It was the Basque
equivalent to tho old English joket
practiced on tho 1st of April."
Add (o Your Vocabulary.
A certain father constantly told hit
daughters: "Girls, got new words in-
to your vocabularies!" It was plain
his admonition was heeded. Seldom
were girls mot whose language was as
varied and picturesque as theirs. They
wore never ut loss to express exactly
what they intended. They used differ-
ent phrases to describe different feel-
ings and sensations, and the proper
one appeared where it was needed.
After talking to the average girl, to
whom everything is "awfully sweet."
or "simply dreadful," and whose ternii
of joy or grief, assent or denial, can he
confidently predicted, it was a pleasure
as well as a reliof to listen to these
bright young people, whose conversa-
tion showed what might be accom
plishod with a little effort.
The English langua^o made up as it
is of words derived from the principal
languages of the world, holds immense
possibilities for the student. Those
able to speak or write it easily, who
have a ready coir-mand of a correct
phraseology, possess a po;ver qnlckly
recognized and strongly foil. And ii
is a power which a sufficient amount
of study can givo to thoso willing to
take the trouble to acquiro iU
Every oue may not be able to write
freely and with the most agreeable
effect to the reader, although with the
requisite amount bl pains, more could
be done in this direction than most
!>'" ].lesuppoac But it is i-t
possible for vouug .cople-and some
older people—to get
words into their-HI
- few
eessible help. It r-oul leach a f,.„
«c«.ve;|, ,„5,h vi^,,;w„d
T wi i *" -piently woru thread! ,v
Indeed, some of these
have become meanint'les<i a r
oneICof't'|Ubli'Sl'H'1 " H"° for thu "se'"o{
one of them, coupled with rmvo. A
miffh,0 ' application ofnew word
spread m' ''1110 al"'0r 111 w,,'0hWZ.d
spreait as do toe ripples until ii
covered a whole corni,? 0i Zijty!
Harper's Bazar.
mill pond.
General r.arllol
I's Dog.
tom mat we were going to California
Pled bv" n l!'a8S thr°Ugh " ru«i0"
by Indians, you can imagine iiow
Equivocal Sentiments.
merchant of*Mi"wl,ukee^wh bDi(t ""
^?.w r of t"e 'ebellion be^ng ^n'e^
:inrabh,ayD„dna;he8k^!iiBS ifi™
negro's head, and „X a 'it" vZ,'
In a manner worthy of the nil i '
oracle, -Dis Union tow her " Wif fu
Ihe sentence meant loyalty to JhJ
Union or not. was the nii7/HV.«
tion which the gentleman himsSfnhvel
'Sdil f„aiWvyS rt?lyiD« ,0 inquir'o"
ueaditfor yourselves, geutlemon"
Thus t came to bo a saying I , '
own that -no one knows ^how dal
Another''.""Ii 011 WiU' 1ue'tion."
Another similar story of more recent
origin is about a question which is
Piling the young ladies who attend
a Western female college. It seen,.
15*'°°? of ""!m discovered that som.
gSWlSSaSTAS;
the writer meant what Was written in
° an ironioal «<"> —Bostor
A Hank-Car.
Pay cars are familiar sights on Amer-
eiU ^°L8'.^t,this 0OUQtO' b not
{ '"Dimer of 1880, when the
nrst delegation of enthusiastic poli-
ticians came trooping up from the
M ntor statnin through the lane that
Lawnfleld." in order to con-
gratulate General James A. Garfield
on his nomination for the Presidency
hm,?„ilu0nu I"cmberof Garfield
household who met the well-meaning
but noisy strangers with an air of as-
thevnme^ar disapproval, and, aa
hty neared the house, disputed fur-
ther approach with menacing rcice.
hiJi}" ";'S "I**0-" ''''ocral Garfield'.
I g Newfonnd'and dog; and not until
™1e^'",?al|ed him that it
oninl 'l l'lf and "1!it 1,8 nulst 1)0
Sons ''"m! hostil° demonstra-
After that, whenever delegation,
came-and they were „f daUy^occur-
"17" wa'kod around among the
,mi^'u°?kluS/fravo and sometime.
can railway., but this country nas no
let emploved the locomotive in bauk-
l^operauon. One of the New Zea-
land banks has a special car which
visits the rural districts, cashes oheckf
and receives deposiu. The eioerl!
ment is said to be profitable,"and is a
great convenience to settlor*
would otherwise be compelled to leave
visit ,oivq °n
„.. | t or""° uu Boinenmei
'. .H'l U8"a"? Peat'efnL General
look n ?,rS V"rvr foml uf lal'S<'. n We-
Ug t ogs. \ eto was a puppy when
Kjvon to him, but in two yein' time
.id grown to be an immense fellow
ftnd devotedly attached to his master
Hayes^vZ"',','} "f Pr' «i'lent
«iSg„Vn879 a r,'rl,u" biU U
he' ^u'-ied
let^TrV' '" ^"rlar^
tnniliarilv of the strangers" who ™
nenc.rCnf; ' "1<,ir P'^'oal pronii
spoiled tluffnilt trees 'Prod'nt!!0 u"'
barns and poultry yZTZ* we™
together over-curious and iutrusivn.
He had been fold that it was .'a|i
?iglit.; but these actions bv «ln i
wore"' h|'•BhlS "ndh,|rrahing bv nigh"
wore on his spirit, and temper fhii
evident miHtuess for j.ul.li, Afe'caused
n,ust"ei- ^;:ln"|i,'nl f""" "l '"•'oved
master, foi when, in the following
Vriug. the fainfy moved to WaZng®
ion to begin residence at tho White
Ike V "'".V thought it was not best ^
bind ^n Mentor "1' '° he
. Po.or fellow! all hi. doubts and fear,
lor the safety and peace of him h!
loved and guarded were indeed well
VsitoC"'* Van "■
V
Irviug Montagu writes in "Wander-
derings of a War Artist": "One even-
ing I met two very fascinating Span-
ish girls in a quiet quarter of I run one
of whom, being a blonde, was envelop*
od in a white inuutilla. It being cusU
omary on meetiug a white mantilla to
extend her somewhat similar homage
to that paid royalty, 1 raised my hat
and stopped on one side to allow the
couple to pass, when, in doing so, I
saw to my horror, by the light of the
moon, that they were followed closely
by a grim und grotesque reptile, haft
lizard, half frog, which with a seriei
of spasmodic bounds, was making di-
rectly for their heels. Oh, the horrid
beast, the indescribable monstrosity!
To rush forward aud trample on the
uncanny thing was the work of a mo-
ment.
"I was dumbfounded; my exploit 1
heroism, far from indueiug the g*ati
tude I expected, was immediately
lowed by roars of laughter, the.ii r
ring of which reverberated on tiie /
night air, 'Unconscionable fool'd- is
not express the littleness I felt us I
was subjected to the ridicule of those
wily damsels, and if a man is opah e
>f that becoming peculiarity 1 must
.uu0-iuua,u8 >uv„ at n.o oifc.i* ui hiubo have blushed scarlet. I ha4 trodden
bonnets started tears from eyes which 0n El drap-a pieco of cloth cut into
the worst forms of privation and hard- the semblance of some moinsiruus lit
tdun find f.'tiU'd to moisten. i ai-ii ..(ui ..ii....I «.ii i.,, .. iu.if....i . .i
Uone.ty,
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