Mayes County Republican. (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1920 Page: 2 of 10
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MAYES COUNTY REPUBLICAN
These Are Real F
Jack Betta, a mighty boater end Indif-
ferent fahoer, often bore blm company
la tbe blf room, where ha dept la
■lata, long after the othera were to
bad. Jack waa no dullard, only a aria*
lit pioneer, bora a hundred years too
late. He would bare braved and con-
quered the real •'lldernesa. Here la a
stranded eddy of wild country, be waa
thwarted and alunted. But he did not
know It—that wade part of the
tragedy. Millay saw that Axan waa
coming to know It—of her father, and
of herself no less.
She had told him wistfully of the
people "down on the river." They hud
IS CHILD'S LAXATIVE
Woman Hat Exciting Experience
Seeing Eruption of Mauna
Loa in Hawaii.
By M. McCUL LOCH-WILLIAMS
Hilo, Hawaii.—Accompanied by a
diapason roar, similar to nothing la
the experience of those best acquaint-
ed with Mauna Lon, a giant fountain
of lava. 800 feet In diameter, Is rush-
ing 300 feet Into the air at a new
Azimuth-Ann bore witness alike to
her mol hers ear fyr the uuuaual anil
her filial piety. “Mtiw. site wouldn't
never git over it If thar wasn't Ann
somewhara In hahy's name," she had
confided to her visitor*. "But I do
like names thut sound tatty—Ann nev-
er waa much to my mind."
So Aziiuuth-Ann tolled up the years.
bottom Innds, fine houses, fine clothes.
even pianos. Little-Ann wus of them
—It was by visits to her A run knew
the difference. No. site waa not go-
ing there again—no matter about rea-
sons—It was Ju*t so. Then Mrs. Betta
had explained, solely through ths me-
dium of significant nods and winks,
which left Mllhy more than ever be-
wildered. But Jacksy, the biggest boy,
to whom Milby was little short af a
demigod, awM disgustedly in his ear.
when the nodding and winking ended:
"Maw thinks she's the slyest—but I
bet you don't know now no more'n
shucks what she's been fellin' ye—
erhont LUtle-Ann hatin’ Axan on ac-
count er Joe Huine. He runs the mill,
down yonder, and Little-Ann’a mind la
•ot on him—hut ever senoe he seen
Axhii—why he's been keepln' the path
hot here. .
“Ob. indeed! Joe. you mustn't tell
family secrets!” Mllhy whispered back
—and fell to looking at the fire, con-
scious Hint he w sn unreasonably angry,
but not admitting to himself the rea-
son for It.
The revelation had come SnturCuy
afternoon late. Father was away, out
hunting despite the snow. Milby ought
to have gone with him. but had stayed
behind. At dark the hunter came
through croups, measles, school, first
love and getting religion, weighted
with her name. By the time she was
nineteen It had shrunk In all mouths
to Axan—the faintest pause after the
Ax. Still it waa anfflciently afflictive—
all the more so that (intnoy, resenting
Azimuth, had left her whole string of
gold I leads, no le* her chain and lock-
et, to little Ann, her next eldest grand-
child. That was a slmme—little Ann,
dark-skinned and pa I .Hia I red. ufatched
the heirlooms so ill. But since alte had
Inherited also n fine farm, money in
bank, also her depd father's thrift, the
neighborhood did not say out loud she
wa« homely-hat thought It all the
harder.
Axan was another sort—i gypsy
beauty, with Idg black eyes and cheeks
like a Jac rose, Graceful withal—
her dancing was worth watching—
walking she moved as lightly as the
bird on wing. Bright things trausfig.
ured her. In her long, red coat and
hat looped with gold braid she looked
another creature than the slim girt in
brown calico, somewhat faded, who
catne to the furmhouse door in answer
to Mllby's hallo.
Night was falling cold after a raw
and gusty November day. Milby. an
out lander, hopelessly lost In the hill
country, had been genuinely relieved
by sight of chimney smoke. Very short-
ly he found himself sitting beside a
blazing log fire, hia numbed hands rest-
mw Is on# hundred and fifty. I
caiumt prala# PE-RU-NA tea
highly, for It waa a Godsend toms.
I got relief from tho first half
bottle sad twelve bottles cured me.
I advise all aufferera to taka
PE-RU-NA."
Aa an emergency remedy fa tho
home, there la nothing quit# tho
Accept "California" Syrup of Figs
eoly—look for tho name California on
ffltkfn then you are rare year
^Bd Is having the beet end moat harm-
leas laxative or physic for the little
•tomach, liver ead bowels. Children
love Its delicious fruity teste. Full
ftrocUeua for child's door on each hot-
Bo. Give It without fear.
Mather! Ton moat say "California."
v-Adv.
28? &£
the thing like five hundred dollnrs for the
and finest gmde. The coatee Is a groat
that fnvorlte. and this one Is cut on slm-
1 file and gracious lines that promise
If well for n day in the future tkheu it
pre-1 may he iiltered In style,
ihsn ( The glorious rape at the right of
•.he the group I* math- of tlarfc mink skins
not mill has a very luriie shawl collar. It
nest Is fringed nt the bottom with long and
ex- short tail* mill there Is no skin time
nil cun outshine It for beauty. Mink la
t tug u durable fur, rind there I* an ari-
sen- \mitnge in having » cape of It; for
her! rapes are never out of style. So benu-
uve llful a garment need not eonoern It-
iose self ns to whether it is more or less
sn i popular than ntltor styles. But such a
Doesn’t Pay.
Hobbs—Tour debts don't *eet
wry you.
Dobbs—No; If I look worried It
rtau my creditors, and then they «
■a Into worrying a lot more.
RHEUMATISM
BEGINS
Causer] by
lng agonies of rheums-
tfie result of failure of
expel poisons from the
irritation of these uric
■Bowed to continue, in-
or kidney disease mey
to it at once. Don't
wary relief. The sick
> restored to health by
Millions Of people who worry, pro Swoon-
eont. hero opelle of msntol deprwoloo. fool
Mao end nro often molnneholy, boltoro the!
thoee condition, ore doe to oatoMo IntmoMoo
over which they hove little or no central.
Nonrly nlwnys. however, they eon ho trsrad
to on lntornol oouroo—rrld siossuh Nor Is
* *» ho wondered ot. Aeld-otoaoph. kef la
■tnf with each wall denned symptoms os Is*
4'5,**',?**!'h5*1 besrthttrs. Most. ets..
wW, if not chechad, la time affect to some
dsfroe or other nil tho vttnl orfsna. Tho
asrvoss erotera hacomos dorses*d Dlwssttsa
snffora. the blood U Imporortehed. Health
and etreofth nro aadarmtaod. Tho victim of
Mld-slomnrh, elthoosh ho may not hasw
the esaso of hie ailments, foots his hope,
•“"*» "'rrinf And
traly Ilfs la dork—not worth maeh to tho
man or woman who hoe seld-atmusht
Oet rid of 111 Don’t lot eeld-atemoch hold
ysa kook, wrack your heolth. moke rarer
ft* raheroklo. moke yea n victim af tho
_ “f, »M ffloomy thoofhte! Thera Is •
mo?V'* ramedy colled KATONIO
that brlnas. ohl each qolck relief from year
mt—rlffl# Hi your atomuh to rtf kto
—mahoa It atrona. rack sweet end comfort-
M«,p* ro* «0t back yew strength. Vtfor.
rttsIHy. enthooloom and good cheer. So
raoslto that wo era ears you will
*f*-l>* —— *»y ]f you will I set give H u
!? l—**■ *• *•« •» #ATONIC—
ths rood tasting tshlots that yos oat Uko n
oe r»stored to health by
mo sterling remedy which
i return of the disease.
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem
Immediately. They have
thei Joys of life to count-
■ of ouserero from rheu-
bock, lumbago, sciatica.
Pretty Neckpieces
Even the self-made man does
hoaat of hla worth to the assessor.
Those who expect e young men with
dazzling prospects to set the world on
fire are apt to be disappointed.
FAT0NIC
iHl CroArdo* AOD-STOMACK
CHEST CLOGGED UP
WITH HEAVY COLO?
Kill the Cold. At the first
HMM
HILLS
CASCARA
T^HAT dangerous stage whan a
1 cold or cough or case of grippe
‘ - might get the better of you may
be nearer than you think. PromDt
action with Dr. King's New Discovery
win avert a long siege. 7
For fifty yeara It haa loosened con-
gested chests, dissipated tight-packed
phlegm, broken vicious colds and
coughs Give It to the youngsters—
take I* yourself. There will be no disa-
greeable after-effects
«0c and 11.20 a bottle. At your
druggists Give It a trlaL 7
ira—raluvss grip is 1 dan.
laser hack U it fails. The
genu las ho* has a ltd
k top with Mr. Hill's
picture.
^ At AUDnm teams
Wanted Them All to Sat Htr New
Pinery.
had fetched him. while a huddle of
sturdy children stared at him from Ibe
opposite corner sod exchanged awed
yet audible whispers among them-
selves.
Mrs. Betta, their mother, had laid
her sewing across her knee, to engage
In affable converse with the stranger.
“Frum up no'th? How funny—abut
could folks that lived In town, or
handy by It. wanter coine down In the
hills for? Nothin' ter see, sly. Nothin'
■-tall. To be sho, thar wus circuses
once in so often down at the Cross
Roads.
Human Pendulum Foils
Woman’s Plan of Suicide
New York.-Tying a rope
around his waist, Fireman Tim-
othy Fitzgerald leaped into the
air from the tenth floor of a
fashionable Brooklyn hotel,
swung through a window on the
ninth floor, knocking down Mrs.
M. M. Canda and frustrating
her threatened attempt to hurl
herself to death. The woman
had locked herself Into the room
after announcing her Intention
to commit suicide.
A Young
Girl
wall groomed
is an attractive
Be not mistaken about neckwear ot I
jn-rsnaded that the neck unadorned blue silk. A ...
ran hold Its own ngslnst one that la this collar, has
riot lied with pretty furbelows,
usual, the approaching holidays find | There are
neckwear departments In the stores all , of
blossoming out with collars, fichus,
ties, scarfs, guimpes, jabots and ves-
tees. singly and in combinations and
ninde of many different materials.
Leading off are lace and net. following
close are organdie, batiste, scrim and
cre|»e georgette. Then there are nar-
row silk or velvet ribbons in ties, and
an army of knitted scarfs. And ev-
ery article Is a possible gift that will
be a joy to Its retSplent. Just a few
pieces are grouped together in the pic-
ture ubove.
The scarf shown at the top of the
group. Is knitted of light gray yarn
end finished at the ends with a tied
fringe of the yarn. Its special pride
anti glory lie in the spray* of roses
lets and hemstitching done In light
A net gitlrnpe worn under
-----. —i a high collar finished
As with narrow beading.
a great many ties made
narrow velvet and silk ribbons and
ornamented with heads like that
shown in the picture. Beads and rib-
bons of all colors ate used In these
gny little neckpieces. There are also
annul i<ive then, the words corning
hard. "Now—I know—It's worse's a
murderer. Ton go back to her. She
deserves ye."
“How come you ter leHm?" Joe de-
tnmilled fiercely, making a step toward
the girl. She looked appealingly at
Milby and dropped her head. With a
hound he was beside her. holding both
her hands Slid saying to the rest; "|f
Indeed I have taught her, It Is because
I first learned the lesson myself."
Father, he’s up and said all
the children might go next time. And
next lime waa next week—actually
them hrats hadn't done nothin' much
since they knnwed it. hut eat and sleep
and talk rrhout It. Tea—site was goln'
—In spite o’ belongin'—and the preach-
er not likin' of It over-well. The baby
wasn't weaned, so he Jest couldn't go
onless Ills mammy <lld—and she didn't
believe In bein’ partial—not to big chil-
dren nor little uns."
Mllhy agreed wjjb her on every
point, smiling to himself over tbe hu-
man comedy. His aching hands were
eased, and as he put down the pan
Axan bent from behind him, snatched
sssssjsessssssss
Blue \ > i
if wed in
the laon- Vil'y__']
dry will
give that
dean, dainty" ’^ 1
appearance that everyone
admires. All good grocen
•ell it; 5 cento a package.
54,000 TOO MUCH FOR SHAVE
Civil War Vetsran Haa Let Hair Grow
8ince Shtrman’a March
to Sea.
Animals That Blush.
In spite of the admiration expressed
by poets for a blush. It Is, after all only
a rush of blood to the fnce. caused by
modesty or some other emotion. Ani-
mals blush, too, through fesr. hut tha
B.A.THOMA.S
Connellsvllle. I’a—Col. James J.
Barnhart, who served In the Civil war,
has an umisuully long and flowing
beard. He has confessed why he al-
lowed It to grow. The colonel said
hla last shave waa In Atlnnta during
Sherman's march to the sea. When
the Georgia barber charged him $4,000 ]
In t'-onfedernte money for the work be
swore that he never again would touch
a razor to hia cheek. And be neveff
did.
it ale) darted away. But he caught a
- Evening Wraps
The evening wrap la a thing apart.
It hears some style relation to the
day time coat, but It haa a much broad-
er license In llie matters of material,
color and line. IUch satin, sumptuous
velvet and magnificent brocades are
the mediums of expresalon. And It la In
Ihe evening cloaks that one fluds tho
subtle drapery hard to describe and
even more dlfflciilt to Imitate. Tbo
fact that the ensemble Is one of strik-
ing simplicity will tempt the Inexpe-
(Tocheted of the same wool ns the
scurf and fastened to its ends.
Just below tbls scarf tbe collar and
one ruff of a filet collar-anil cuff set
show such a combination to be easily
made. Tbe filet Is I .ought by the yard,
measured Into the lengths wanted and
cut off. The ends of the collar and
tbe cuffs are finished with a very nar-
row edging of filet and tbe straight
edge sewed to a narrow band of fine
battete.
Organdie both plain and crisis
barred, la ornamented In several ways
with pretty needlework and stltcbery
la collar and cuff sets or with flue em-
broidery or lace. A long collar of It
to be worn with a surplice waist ap-
pears at the left of tbe picture. It is
edged with three rows of narrow ral
laeo. At the opposite side of the pic-
ture a collar of linen scrim has a/e-
gllrnpse of her face, flushed, humili-
ated. sroraful. It gave him a curk.ua
thrill—one that ought to have warned
him to ride on a way before he was
tempted to make love. It did no such
thing. He stayed on overnight, through
next day's snowstorm, and the day
after, crystal-dear but with a bitter
wind. He bad taken the whole family
captive. The children ran over him,
feeling In every podtot. playing with
hi* watch, hie knife, aghast over hie
pen—"the slick that made marks 'Ith-
otit dlppln'," the throe Initialed hand-
kerchiefs he had by good chance sup-
plied to himself, most of all tbe ring
upon hie Unger.
It touched him that the handker-
chiefs had been abstracted while he
slept, and laid hack era he awoke deli-
cately rieaa. It waa the same with hla
sucks—his shoes moreover were kept
at mirror polish. Father, otherwise
Blind Woman Raises Chickens.
Marlon, Ind.—Although Mrs. Ezra
Stlmson he* been blind for ten years,
ahe Is an excellent chicken raiser, hav-
ing raised a flock of 7R chickens this
year. Of these a pullet only fire
months old has already laid two dozen
eggs. Mrs. Stlmson ceres for the
chickens herself. She Is able to go
about with remarkable ease, and fre-
quently Is seen feeding the chickens
and gathering the eggs.
Bloused Back, Flat Front
Fashions demand Ihe bloused hack
end flat front.
Old Folks’ Coughs
SftSSSg&si
Boy, Flaying Cowboy, Hanga Bolf.
Pittsburgh.—Flaying cowboy In bis
home, Charles I’ohle, eleven year* old,
acddeatally hanged himself on a ben-
Ulster, when hla mother left the hoc of
tor a few mlnstaa.
Simplicity la All Styles.
Simplicity is the keynote of all
new styles.
PISO'S
to fade nntil by sunrise not a bloom la
INFIDENZ/
startswitha
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