Lincoln County leader., October 25, 1912, Image 5

Xjscs of
Dr. H. Bolte'of Sapulpa,
Nniw luitiv. jjr. n. nuns ui ooyu
pa, Okla., may find some satisfac
tion in a notice sent to him the otbe
day by Deputy Police Commissioner
Dougherty to the effect that Thomas
Brown la under arrest here and will
be held for Dr. Bolte's Identification.
Mr. Brown said his arrest was an out
rage and that he never swindled a
dentist or anybody else out of $1,500
by a variation of the good old wire
tapping game.
This was the tale of the dentist:
He came from Oklahoma to New York
to get to Europe. He bad over $500 in
cash and a check for $1,000. He met
a nice fellow in a Broadway bar room
who called himself Valter Sims and
said he was a planter from Jackson,
Miss. Sims Introduced the doctor to
J. W. Walsh, a "millionaire grain
peculator of Buffalo." The two took
Dr. Bolte to a "club" at 128 West
Forty-fifth street, where one might bet
on the races.
Millionaire Walsh pried a wallet
from his pocket, unstrapped the same
and produced $20,000 in cash and a
certified check for $20,000. He bet
Woe Confronts Women
CHICAGO. The French heel, the
military heel, the Cuban and all
the other leather prongs of fashion
have been discriminated against by
the South Park commissioners in fa
vor of the low- squat, broad, common
place beel that is, on the Jackson
Park golf course.
The park commissioners, who have
no soul for art and no eyes for beau
tiful heels, are enforcing .this rule only
for the sake of their horrid old golf
links, say the women.
Six hundred owners of fancy heels
the other day were refused admission
to the course.
There were many protests from
women who hesitated betweed their
love for the game and appearance.
The "common-sense" heel, as the at
tendants Insisted on calling it, despite
feminine pouts and frowns and "I just
don't cares," is not liable to do any
damage, while any other kind will cut
up the turf.
Preacher Aids Bashful
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. "If any poor,
bashful man In my audience has
fallen lp love with some worthy wom
an, and wants to meet her for a wife,, I
will see that he is introduced, has a
, place to court, will help him get his
license, pay for It if necessary, marry
him free of charge, and furnish him
with a wedding certificate which he
may hang over the motto, 'God Bless
Our Home.'" . ..
This la the offer made the, other
Sunday by Rev. Q. L. Morrill, a prom
inent Minneapolis pastor, in his. ser
mo non "The Masher Mashed."
When Is a Lap Dog?
LOS ANGELES, CAL. When Is a lap
dogt Lap dogs are carried free
of charge on .Los Angeles street cars,
and the rule defines the limits and
boundaries ot such a canine as "one
which may be carried in the arms and
kept in the lap in such a way that
other passengers will not be annoped,"
or words to that effect
"She" came from somewhere out
yonder and when the Arcade station
was clear of her ample bulk there was
so much room left that the waiting
room looked like a church on Tuesday
afternoon.
She had a dog with her. A dog
built upon good, old-fashioned sub
stantial lines, long, low and rakish
and a leg on each corner; a zoologi
cal specimen weighing perhaps (0
pounds. AU know every dog has his
day. The animal had a kindly, open
countenance it was open anyway
and the glittering array ot teeth would
have been the pride of any dentist
"She" and the dog started to mount
the cabin deck of a seagoing street
ar. Tb "inductor obligingly threw
tOkirA SM fSEEMEO TO
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Okla., Is Still Waiting.
the whole $40,000 on one race. Strange
to say, be won $30,000., Despite the
warning and caution of Dr. Bolte he
bet $70,000 on another race and won
again, at evennoney. Dr. Bolte's
eyes almost bulged out of his head.
Millionaire Walsh sauntered over to
the cashier to collect his $140,000.
"Sorry," said the cashier, "but we
will have to investigate that $20,000
check before we pay your bet."
Mr. Walsh was much put out He
took Dr. Bolte and the planter over
in the corner and confided in them.
"That blamed check is not good,"
he informed them. "There is only
$6,000 back of It. I have got to get it
back before they look it uu. If you
fellows can lend me enough to take
It up I will pay you $20,000 bonus
apiece."
Planter Sims produced $500 in cash
and a check for $12,000. Dr. Bolte,
thinking of what he could do with
that $20,000 In gay Paree and in the
concert halls of Vienna, could not con
tribute his $500 and his. check quick
enough. Millionaire Walsh put in a
check for $6,000, representing his actu
al cash balance.
The dangerous overdrawn check
was withdrawn. -
"But," said the cashier, "of course,
you must wait until we have heard
from these checks. That will take a
week."
Dr. Bolte 1b still waiting.
Golfers With High Heels
CAN'T
WEAR THEM
THIMCJ
HERE
Ml
a it was that many were angry
wh (turned away from the grounds,
but 1 glance at the sign convinced
them that their only recourse was to
the cobbler. The sign reads as fol
lows:
Men and women may not use thli golf
course while wearing high-heel shoes.
Only low and broad heels such as are
commonly used In the practice ot sports
will be permitted.
Games attendants are instructed to en
force this rule.
"Just about one-third of the would-
be players have the right heel," said
an attendant.
to Meet Future Wives.
Mr. Morrill termed a masher "a bi
ded who roosts on the corner and by
look, gesture and speech takes . fa
miliar advantages of women who
pass by."
- "And If the fellow seems to want
hot time, girls," the paBtor advised!
"wallop him with your bag and then
throw red pepper in his eyes.'
Regarding eugenics, Rev. Mr. Mor
rill said:
"Woman was made to marry, and
not be a religious recluse, old maid
or stenographer, unless she possesses
some defect of mind or body Which
would result in degenerate offBpfing."
Following the Bermon Rev. Mr. vMor
rill was approached by several young
men of his audience, who sought; him
to Introduce them to women they
1 thought "worthy." Unhesitatingly, their
request was ' granted, and they - were
to)d to go ahead "with their courting
and then come back for their marriage
licenses." .
Owner Solves the Question
he wonr.
Darc must
you, romeo
DEAR -
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out a life line to the struggling pas
senger, and then aimed a well-meaning
kick at the dog which was blight
ly climbing aboard.
"Howdareyou doathlnglikethat? I'll
report youtothecompany. Neverheard
ofsuchathlngtheveryldea," said "She."
"Come Romeo," this to the dog.
Romeo "came," snapping happily at
the open work sox on the street car
man
' Then the "dog" rule was explained
to "She." "Oh, very well," was the
response with a Laura Jean Llbby in
flection. "I shall hold Romeo upon
my lap,' 'and hold Romeo she did..
' Which brings us . back . to the
original proposition, "whoa is a lap
dogt"
ISA- ;Urer -TMW
H0UGHT TOO MUCH OF SHOW
Finicky Action of Wife of English
Fireman Duplicated In Our Own
Country.
Before a Justice, in a small English
town of the south, coast, there, ap
peared, not long ago, a wife who ac
cused her husband of assault and bat
tery. The man admitted , that he bad
seized her and thrown her down, per
haps roughly, yet not without making
Bure she would fall upon a soft place.
But he. had done so; h declared, in de
fense of his person and his honor. He
as a fireman, and she had tried to
keep him from going' properly appar
eled and equipped to a Are.
The fire company of .his village, he
explained, was composed chiefly of vol
unteers, whose uniforms were kept in
their homes and kept: in repair b
their wives, a task that no wife per
formed more faithfully than his own;
In fact, she was too careful of it.
When a night alarm was given for a
fire in the quarter between the glue
factory and the ' wharves, and lie
Jumped up to dress, she had positively
refused to. allow him to put it on, de
claring that smoke and cinders were
bad enough, but when it came to salt
and glue and fish-scales as well, it was
beyond all reason; his oldest trousers
and a pea jacket were plenty good
enough. He had remonstrated and
Bhe had vituperated.
"But I didn't lay a finger on her.
your honor not till she eaved a kittle
at me 'ed when I grabbed for me
boots," he protested, "and then It
come to me 'twas no less than a pub
lie Juty to chuck 'er cn 'er bed where
she couldn't hlnterfere; and what I
sees to be my juty, I ups and does. So
I chucked 'er."
Were ducking still the accepted pun
Ishment for vixenish, wives,, she might
have been awarded poetic Justice at
the nozzle of a hose. As it was, the
case ended, amid general laughtr-. in
the discharge of the aggrieved us
Dana, and a reprimand . to the too
careful wife.
In our own cou- "ry, and in a com
munity by no means rustic, a little In
cident but a few days ago proved that
it is not only the better halves of fire
men who can be too finicky. The fire
wagon, responding to a still alarm for
a chimney fire, was met by the son of
the house, who eagerly snatched an
extinguisher, while the firemen were
unreeling the hose. But the eagle eye
of the chief was upon him.
"Here, here!" he cried, authorita
tively. "Don't meddle with that extln
guisher, young man. Why, It's only
luBt been poliBhed!" Youth's Compan
Ion. - -
How the Picture .Animals Talk.
A Parisian novelty is a picture
book of animals, and each animal ut
ters its own characteristic cry. The 1
pictures represent the most familiar i
domestic animals, and each animal
speaks its' own language. To cause
it to break silence 'nothing is neces
sary but to pull a little string at the
edge of the book.
In the books are to be seen a
rooster, a cow, a lamb, little birds in
tbeir nest, a donkey, a cuckoo, a goat
On the last page are children who are
welcoming their parents. ' By pulling
the string at the right page the cry
of any particular creature is elicited.
The listener hears the donkey heehaw
and he rooster crow. The crowing la
well imitated. - The string is pulled
again and the lamb bleats, the birds
twitter, the cuckoo sings, the cow
moos, or the little children call out
"papa" and "mamma."
These interesting results are ob
tained simply by the aid of small bel
lows placed in a box hidden In the
book. When the string Is pulled the
air enters the corresponding bellows
and- is thence expelled by a spring'
The air makes its exit through a spe
cial tube appropriate for .each cry
and at the same time the bellowt
meets with obstacles placed on a
wire.
Magic of September. :
September seems to me to be the
fairy among the months of the year.
She is so crowned with gold, ko full ot
play and magic spells, she has no
work to do, and it ia she who trans
forms the green . woods and ; gray
marshes to wonderlands of fairy fire
and brings the great pale moon back
round and full night after night InU
the skies. Yes, September has r
maelc! St. Nicholas. '
His Best Friend.
Tanv cron wrltarn t-PKHpa CMr,
and Emerson have written on friend
snip, but it may be doubted wnethe
any essayist had a more definite ldei
than a small boy who was recent)
asked what he meant by "best friend.'
"My best friend," he replied, "is i
person who knows me and yet like
me." Collier's.
Reminiscence.
"You never speculated in corn?" sal
the Chicago man. "No," replied Mi
Cumrox, "I got an idea that my luc:
didn't run that war. Finding: a re
ear at ahusking'.bee.wa how l com
to get engaged."
PENGUIN OIL INDUSTRY
BIRDS ARE CAPTURED AND BRED
FOR PROFIT.
Macquarle Island, Between Tasmania
and the Antarctic Continent, Is
the Center of a Promising
Commercial Enterprise.
What is probably the most southerly
industry of the world is being carried
on at Macquarle Island, about halfway
between Tasmania and the Antarctic
continent, in capture of penguins for
their oil. Macquarle island belongs
to the state of Tasmaniaand has an
area of about 25,000 acres, being about
twenty-five miles long and five miles
wide. The island Is leased by the
Tasmania government to Joseph
Hatch, who has established a penguin
oil industry there. Recently meeting
Mr. Hatch, I obtained the following
particulars from him:
There are probably 80,000,000 pen
guins on the island, bo that the stock
to be drawn from seems almost 'limit
less. There are also a large number
of sea elephants about the shores of
this island. The oil Is obtained from
the penguins by boiling the carcasses
in digesters capable of dealing with
800 birds at a time. The tops of the
digesters are fastened down and steam
applied until about twenty-five pounds
pressure is abtalned. The steam Is
then turned off and water pumped into
the bottoms of the digesters, this
causing the oil to rise, when it is
takken off the top by a tap.
The oil is placed in barrels and sold
to binder twine makers in Australia
and New Zealand. There is a good
market for all the oil that ft produced
here, but the Industry has met with
several severe losses through wreck
of ships attempting to visit the lsfand.
There is no harbor about the island
so that vessels have to He about half
a mile off the rocky coast, and all
material has to be conveyed to and
from the shore on rafts formed of
casks. Owing to the roughness of
the open roadstead, it is Impossible to
obtain insurance for vessels trading
there.
Macquarle island is about 750 miles
southeast of Hobart The island is
barren, being covered only wlth tus
socky grass. Whaling ships visiting
there' introduced rabbits and Maori
hens, which are now quite prolific.
The Mawson Antarctic expedition
from Australia has established a wire
less station there, and daily messages
aro now being received at Hobart It
was the intention of this expedition to
use Macquarle Island as a means of
sending messages all the way from
their base at Adelie land to Hobart,
but unfortunately the wireless station
established at Adelie land has been
unable to communicate with - Mac
quarle island, owing, it is supposed,
to being too near the magnetic dis
turbances caused by the proximity
of the south magnetic pole. The
station at Macquarle island, however,
has already proved of considerable
value to shipping in Australian waters
by giving warning of storms coming
up from the south. Consul Henry D.
Baker, Hobart, Tasmania.
Drunken Monkeys.-
According to a recent letter from
the Congo region on the west coast of
Africa, the monkeys there are Inor
dinately fond of a kind of beer made
by the natives, who use the beverage
to capture their poor relations. i
Having placed quantities of the beer
where the monkeys can get It, the na
tives wait until their victims are in
various degrees of Inebriation, .and
when they then mingle with them the
poor creatures are too much fuddled
to recognize the difference between
negro and ape. '
When a negro takes the hand of one
of them to lead him off, some other
fond creature clings to' the hand of
the latter one, and another one to his
hand;, thus a single negro may some
times be seen carrying off a string of
staggering monkeys.
Effectually Aroused.
A large, perspiring individual en
tered a subway train at one of the up
town stations yesterday afternoon,
squeezed himself into a seat between
two women' and promptly . went to
sleep. He nodded, he swayed from
side to Bide with every motion of the
car, and at last, to the secret delight
of every passenger opposite, began
slowly but surely to lay his head On
the shoulder of one of the young wom
en beside him. At this juncture the
unexpected happened. Without even
raising her eyes from her paper the
young woman reached into her .bag
with one free hand, drew forth a
small silver vinaigrette of. smelling
salts and carefully placed it under the
sleeper s nose. There was a rum
bling sound, followed by a series ot
sneezes, and the man Bat bolt upright,
blinking In bewildered fashion, while
the car echoed with laughter. The
only person who took no part in the
merriment was the young woman, who
calmly replaced her vinaigrette and
went qn reading. The man remained
wide-awake -for the rest of the trip.
New York Times
NEWS form
YOUNG
PEOPLE
NEAT HOUSE FOR SONG BIRD! .
Made of Three Shallow Boxes Set
Angles Upon Each Size May
Depend Upon- Taste.
The picture illustrates a neat am
serviceable bird house. It is mad
of three shallow boxes set at angle
upon each other, says a writer b
American Boy. The size of the boxei
depends upon your own taste. I thlnl
18 inches square-and Inches dee
Is about right for each. In designlnj
the house I Intended it as a refugt
for untamed birds and so made at
many compartments as possible. EacJ
of the shallow boxes is divided IntJ
four spaces, as shown in the lllustra
tlon. The space "p" is where the pos
comes up through the center. Tht
perches and openings are cut out wit!
a small circle saw. The roof is o
tin or galvanized iron. It la made oi
four triangles lapped over each otbet
and riveted. Two coats of steel graj
paint on the outside will add to tht
appearance of the. house and makt
it weather resisting. . .
It should be set upon a high posi
and made as inviting as possible foi
the feathered visitors. Remember thai
A Bird House.
as man has encroached upon the do
main of the wild creatures only thre
courses were open to them; either t
move towemoter regions, to adap'
themselves to modern conditions or tt
die out altogether. The robin is on
of the species that has made the best
of things and tried to stay with us
It is interesting to study Its habits and
his shelter will aid you in doing so
Here are some things to discover tot
yourself. Do the robins arrive front
the south singly or in flocks? Do th
sexes migrate together? How long
after the arrival does nest building
begin? What is their food. Is it tht
same in various months? All thest
and a dozen more lines of lnqulrj
will make the shelter interesting.
AID AFFORDED TO SWIMMEF
Mitt Slipped Closely Over Finger
Prevents Flow of Water and
. Facilitates Stroke.
A swimming mitt, having a body ot
a length and width to slip falrlj
closely over the four fingers ot th
hand, is shown in the illustration
Swimming Mitt.!"'.
The purpose of the mitt is to make
possible a more effective stroke In
swimming by preventing any flow ol
water between the fingers.
Could Spare One.
One day Charlie, aged four, and hl
baby sister were playing with some ,
small marbles when one of them dis
appeared and could not be found.
Their mother assisted in the search
and was very much alarmed, fearing
the baby bad swallowed It
"Oh, w.ell, don't worry about it
mamma," said Charlie. "We've gor
enough marbles without it."
"Dlrthopper."
Charlie, aged four, spent a few
weeks In the country. One day he
saw some queer things Jumping about
on the grass and asked what 'they
were.' "Why, they are grasshoppers,"
replied his mother. A short time aft
er he discovered a toad on the walk,
and exclaimed: "Oh, mamma! Loolr
at this big dirt-hopper!"
Embryo Philosopher. .
Small Robert was an embryo phil
osopher. One evening he sat for
some time seemingly lost in thought
"What are you thinking about, Rob
ert?" asked his mother.
"Oh," be replied, "I was Just won
dering where today would go when
It gets to be yesterday."