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nave 20 Provide Tor the vertical Motion
Of structures

nave TO lEnNtuf Tor Anh NtENtfAi Mottnu
Of structures.
The passenger crossing the great
Eads bridge at ST. Louis on a train
weighing 100 tons and running at a
high rate Of speed, is seldom aware
that even this wonderful structure
has a vertical motion. This marvel
of engineering is proportoned TO bear
burden of 1000 tons Co the span,
which Is equal to 5000 pounds to the
linoal foot Yet so great is the vibra-
ton under n uniform motion that the
slightest vehicles arc forbidden to
cross it at gait faster than a walk.
Just as the jefferson avenue bridge
was completed, steam street roller
weighing fifteen tons crossed over,
and / watched the effect closely, and
there were no vibrations. Suddenly
| noticed that the bridge was going
up and down, and on looking around
! saw that the motion was caused by
the trotting OF a little donkey which
was drawing a cart on the bridge.
Almost everybody knows that bodies
Of marching men are required to
] hItdh IhllhN pclplc CROSSING bIiuBof
aud this is the reason. Any modern
bridge would safely hold as many
men as could crowd on il. but the
regular step of a company Of infantry
soldier7 might prove a great tax on
account of the vibrations that it would
cause.
This motion is much more noticea-
/ BILE in suspension bridges than in
/ bridges of other pattern, and certainly
greater in steel and iron than in
wooden structures, because Of the
more flexible character Of the metal.
Bridges move up and down because
they arc purposely built that way.
There is no necessity for passenger
hugging his seat or clutching his
/ neighbor because a real or imaginary
sway is detected. This motion is
never n sign of danger, and is pro
vided for in the plans Of every bridge.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

story is going the rounds TO the
effect that a married lady had birth
day anniversary a short time ago,
upon which her husband presented
her with pretty piano lamp. lie
was much fattered when She told
him she intended TO give it his
name, until he asked her reasons for
so peculiar Il proceeding. "Well,"
said she, you know, dear, it has a
good deal Of brass about it, it Is hand
some to look at, it is not remarkably
brilliant, requires a good deal of at
tention, is sometimes unsteady on its
legs, liable to explode when half full,
flares up occasionally, is always out
at bedtime and is bound to smoke. "
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
SAW a cLAIRvoYANr.
It Cost Her Five Dollars aud Now sh
Knows Better.


It Cost Her Five Dollars and Now She
Knows Better.
"Yes, i went TO clairvoyant once, ="
she was saying TO a friend as they
waited for car, "it was when my
husbands overcoat was stolen from
the hall of our clearinghouse"
"And did he recover it?"
"IIe did"
Wonderful! What did the woman
tell you?" .
"She saw black cloth overc9s,',n"
trunk. 1t had been stolen '' "'"
den there"
"Dear, dear"
"And the trunk ssas on moving
tram goi. s4G. The owner OF the
trunk. she said, was young man
with red hair and blue eyes"
''IIow very strange"
''She charged me to tell this to the
police, who were on wrong clue, and
that 1t would be some months before
my husband would get his oyercoat,
but get II he certainly would.
And he did?'
eyes. He had found the overcoat,
and was wearing it when ! got home.
1t was a light tan color, and he saw
man wearing it, took the coat from
him aud let him go. He was a sneak
thief and had taken the coat from the
hall"
"And the clairvoyant didn't have
anything to do with it?'
"Oh, yes she did. She made a dol
lar out of my foolishness; but don't
You ever tell my husband; he would
! think it such a joke on me-"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
INSURED CROWNED HEADS
Policies for Millions Taken Out by Roy
alties Dead or Alive.

Policies for Millions Taken Out by Roy
alties Dead or Alive.
The crowned heads of Europe seem
to take a good deal of stock in life in
suranee. 1t is announced that the
king Of Portugal has just taken out n
5000, 600 policy on his life, but that is
an insignificant investment compared
with those OF some of the other po-
tentates. The late Emperor Frederick
of Germany was insured for 81, 600, 900.
The queen regent of Spain has
her life insured for large
amount in the behalf of heI
two little daughters, following the
example Of her husband, whose death
mulcted the varloua companies in
" hich he was insured for S5,OO0,O 600,
King Leopold of Belgium's life Ii
heavily insured, as is also that OF
Queen Victoria. The queens hus.
band, the late prince eonsort, was in
sured for close upon 5000, Oo0, the in
come of which has been enjoyed by
his widow. About the only sovereign
in Europe who is not insured is the
czar of Russia, the companies regard
ing him as too unsafe risk on ac
count Of the nihIlists
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
Tho Easiest Way.

During a strike ON the North British
railway, much difficulty was expert
enced In finding engineers 20 keep the
necessary trains running One of the
substitutes, a young fellow, ran some
distance past the station, and then,
putting back, ran as much too far the
other way. He was preparing to make
third attempt when the station
agent shouted, TO the great anuse-
ment of the passengers; Never
mind, Tammas; stay where you are
Wen shift the station.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
A. uroARps rARIFF OK wOOL

Hon. w. II. Morrison, in comment
ing on the new tariff bin said "lf it
contained no change from the Mchin-
ley law except in its woolen schedule,
il should be enacted hIto law" In a
speech in the senate while the tariff
bill was under consideration, senator
Mills Of Texas estimated that the saw
ing to the people on the single item (
wool amounted to from Sl5O,OO0 600
10 5000 900, COZ year The appraiser
OF tustoms at New York, after care
ful examination Of the fats, states
that the saving oa importations at
that port alone will be SiAl,o00, 900
annually. These estimates are based
on manufactured woolens. Since
the Mckinley law became
operative no raw woods have
been imported These simple state
ments show the vast savings which
will result TO the people in putting
wool on the free list and the redue-
tion OF duties on woOlens.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
The old Lady Had no idea OF seokin,
Watery Grave.


Watery Grave.
on one OF the Detroit ferry boats the
other day little old woman leaned
over the rail in such careless manner
that a gentleman felt bound TO drop
her word of caution.
"Oh, | kin take Seer of myself, l
guess, she replied as she turned on
him.
"But accidents do happen, You
know, he persisted,
Yes, suppose so, but nuthin'
won't happen to me-.
81 was on this same boat once when
a woman about your age precipitated
herself into the water said the man.
"She did, ehl Did you save her?"
ono She screamed out and sank
like "A stone"
"Did they find out who she VASE"
ooh, yes. 1t seemed that she want
ed TO die, Her husband tAs S-y..yued to
leave her for. Guotner woman, you
see." -
- and she couldn't stand it?"
"No. When | saw you leaning over
the rail didn't know but what-but
what"
''Yes, | see" she replied, as he hes
itated. ''Wau, jest let me tell you
suthin', I've got a husband, and
maybe the day will come when he
will threaten TO do that very thing.
lie may, yes
'But If he does, | shant precipitate te
myself into no Detroit river I'll jest
precipitate myself right agin Joel g.
Saunders, and II he's able TO git one
foot out of bed in the next foar weeks
he'll be the lucl<iest man IN all Onta'
rio! You jes. go on and tend to YOU
bizness aud I'll tend 10 mine~
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

Ordinarily there is no cause for
alarm should trolley wire break. as
soon as the broke n end of the trolley
wirs touches the ground it makes
what IS called a short circuit, and the
short circuit causes the circuit breaker
in the power house 70 cut oil the elee-
tric current
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
Failed to Practice Ills own Preaching

The Able d'Aubignac, who wrote
admirably on dramat'e competition,
and had instareoA ,ueily 1iying exam
pies OF failure in that direction, was
so imprudent, after thirty years 81
lenee, as TO write n tragedy himself.
In the preface he boasted that he, of
all dramatists had most scrupulous
/ ly observed the rules of Aristotle,
whose inspiration he had followed
TO this II was replied by one who had
suffered from his criticism ~ do not
quarrel with the Able dAubignac for
having followed the precepts of Aris
totle, but cannot pardon the precept'
OF Aristotle that caused the abbe I,
write such tragedy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

The name Of the great Morse Amer
lean engineer who revolutionized the
American navy thirty years ago has
been bestowed on the FIRST torpedo
boat built on inland waters for the
new navy. The Ericsson Is boat
OF only l20 tons displacement, but she
can go twenty-four knots an hour,
and she has three torpedo tubes. II
is predicted that il there is a war She
will be heard from.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
THEY DIDN'T FRArERNIzE
The Old Circus Man Had to GIvo Up tho
Lion and Lamb Effort.

Lion and Lamb Effort.
"The hardest thing to train n wild
beast TO do is t. perform with a weak,
defenseless animal, remarked A. l..
Hutchins, an old circus and menag-
erie hand, who had deserted thd
arena and ring for mercantile pur-
suits, as IA commercial traveller. II
remember once, several years ago,
an effort being made to persuade a
very docile lion to lie 1Cwn with a
lamb. The idea was certainly good one
but it took several lambs and also
several weeks before the lion, which
was willing to jump through a burn
ing hoop, sham death on being shot,
etc, could be persuaded to allow a
lamb to enter his den with impuuity.
Twice he killed lamb in the pres
ence OF his trainer, and the second
time he early killed the trainer, who
rather recklessly tried to get away
the carcass. Finally the lion would
tolerate a lamb in its den just as long
as the keeper stood over it with an
iron bar. But the effort was so evil
IDENTIFY forced and the performances
was so utterly lacking in smoothness
and intereat that it was abandoned
after two or three attempts"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

WE understand that Miss Boswoi tn
is kicking So are the members Of
the Coryphees protective union in
Gotham. But they don't protect the
public from the sawdust game as It is
practiced in the ballet
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

RErUBLIcANs are not saying much
about the reduction of tariff on wool
ems; neither are they furnishing any
ready explanations relative to conven-
ton bribery aud Miss Bosworths split
in her normal condition.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
AMoNn TIE ozARKs.

The land OF big red apples, is an at
traetive and interesting book, hand
somely illustrated with views Of south
Missouri scenery including the fan'
Gus Olden fruit farm OF 5000 acres in
Howell county II pertains to fruit
raising IN that great fruit belt OF
America, the southern slope of the
Ozarks, and viii prove of great value,
not only TO fruit growers, but to every
farmer aud homeseeker looking for d
farm and home.
Mailed free. Address.
n LOCKwOOD,
,atDnaRd Borch; MesSls. - ci,v. ~.
platt Leach ana West. III
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

HAVING ascertained that the au-
thorities at Sioux CITY will not permit
a prize eight TO be pulled off in that city
both Corbett and Jackson are fairly
frothing for a meeting at Sioux City
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

For Delegate to Congress,
JOSEPH Wisely.
prMocRArIo CENTRAL CoMmIrrEr

There viii be meeting of the Demo-
cratic Territorial Committee at Guthrie
Oklahoma. ON Tuesday. September 9Th
1894. at O'Clock y. m. business of i'm
portaurc in mapping ont the coming
campaign will be- transacted aud 10 is i'm
portant that every committeeman should
attend. Ed. l.. DUNN, Chairman,
j J. LINDSEY, Secretary.
democratic papers please copyJ
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
rnnnlnr IrndnrlIons.

"Tm not much of a literary man,
myself said the cashier OF the big
publishing house filling out another
check, "and vet my writings are
more sought after than those of any
other man abont the establishment
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

dissertation. Still II is measure
creditable to the Democracy Of that
section that no Democratic flags are
available for the purpose
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

REv. JAMIsoN struck key note
when he stated that the platform OF
the Republican party was Negroes,
watermelons and whisky"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

II is said that Madgc Pollard will
star in play called "Moths II is
very probable that the moths are in
Sl5. coo suit.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

The report that Miss Hosworth re-
members distinctly the Inauguration
of President George Washington can
not be confirmed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

JUDeING from the tone Of his letter
Editor Rosewater is anxious to leak
out of the Republican party.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

Mrs. LEASES lecture price is SioC
per night, but Mr. Lease gets a differ
ential rate on all that are delivered at
home.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

Irs about time for the taxpayers of
Logan county to rise enmasse and
register large, juicy kick.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

OKLAHOMA Populists will not be able
to get their kite very high as long as
they utilize one Vincent for tail.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

WELLMAN is forgotten and the North
Pole continues to do business at the
old stand.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

Ir is possible that the school board
desires to help the Republican cam
paign SIS, O0J worth.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

SARAH BosowoRTn is making prepa
rations to work the mayrtress busi-
ness
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

Mrs. Yoaug will give twenty les
sons free to every buyer Of a piano or
organ at Murray a. Williams musiS
house within the next thirty days.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

.~TnE negro candidate, Stewart, and
Miss Bosworth will make living pic
lures on the stump
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

WE understand that Dennis Flynn
has made satisfactory arrangements
to prevent his reelection.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

FLYNN gazes with horror on the
rash being made for Wisby's banner.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

CoNGBEss adj urns today, This is
only one of the good things that con-
gress will have done.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

PtNG-YANG seems to have beer
Japan's Bull Ru'.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28

Ir is evident that the machine Re-
publicans didn't know Jamison was
AIDED
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Are you reading a borrowed copy of
The LEADER this morning. Don't inn
pose on your neighbors, but su bscribe.
Only costs you Is cents a week. Give
your name and money TO Bert Orner,
city circulator II
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
Rshe pldn,t Take Mith tho GcntlemcI


Sle was a refined, intelligent, and
not bad looking, but somehow she
never seemed to take with the gentle
men. They didn't like her listless
ways; they said she hadn't any snap"
about her. Poor grill She was suffer
ing from functional Irregularities, and
it was actually impossible for her to
take much interest in anything. But
change came. One day she heard of
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
She procured bottle, and she had not
taken half its contents when she felt
like another woman. Now she has
the enjoyment of perfect health, and
has suitors by the score. No woman
need suffer from functional irregulari-
ties aud weaknesses. The "Favorite
Prescription" is a safe and certain
cure for all the weaknesses to which
women are peculiarly subject
DIR. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation,
billiousness, indigestion and headache.
One dose.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
YOUNG MEN AT THE FRONT.
Few Nenerabies to 80 Found ANON
European soverelgns and Statesmen.

Few Nenerabies to 80 Found Among
European sovereigns and Statesmen.
Lord Rosebery's succession to the
premiership serves TO call attention
TO the fact that whereas during the
first decade after the anco-German
war, and throughout the major part
of the second, the destinies of Europe
were controlled by monarchs and
statesmen of advanced age, their
power is now vested in the hands of
comparatively young men. This is,
indeed, the epoch of youth. Lord
Beaconsfeld, Prince Gortchakoff,
Prince Bismarck, NJ. Thiers, Deprets,
Gladstone and the Danish statesman,
Estrupp, have all either died or with
drawn into private life, and the same
may be said of their masters The
German emperor, who is undoubtedly
the man at the helm in the Teutonic
empire, is only 80 years old; the prince
of Bulgaria is 33, the emperor of
Russia 40, while the king of Wurtem-
berg, the king of Portugal and the
king of Greece are all young men.
Still more youthful are the queen of
Holland, the young king of Servia
and the little king OF Spain. As re-
CARDS statesmen, we find young men,
such as Lorl Rosebery and Mr..
Asquith, occupying the principal offi-
ces of the British crown. The Austrian
prime minister, Prince Windisch-
graetz, is under 30, and Cardinal
Rompolla, the papal secretary of
state, is barely one or two years
over that age. NJ. Casimir- Perrier, the
French prime minister, is about 4s
years of age, while NJ. Dupuy, his
predecessor, and now president of the
chamber of deputies, is about three
years younger. Many other names
might be added to the list, but the
above will suffice TO show that we are
living in the golden age of youth, and
that while age and experience are at
discount youth and enthusiasm are
above pa~.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-28
A NEEDLESS ALARM.

PULLMAN should be remodeiled.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-03
Cost of Growing Wheat.

The United States Department OF
Agriculture has Issued a summary
made from estimates of 25, 900 farm.
ers of the West and Northwest and
OF 1000 experts of the department on
the cost OF growing wheat The ay.
erage cost per acre for the region GOV.
cred Is SLIGO, while the average for
wisconsin is more than dollar hiph.
er, or sl2.03. Ground rent is ibe
heaviest single item, and estimated
At nearly 80 per acre. The principal
items OF cost have rema ned about
normal during the past four or flye
years, being slightly higher where apy
change Is noted, owing to increase OF
cost Of labcr during the prosperous
times from 1890 TO 1892. During
hat period, however the price of
wheat fell nearly one-ha,f. As a re.
mlt either wheat production must be
'estricted or a large part OF 1t must
be done at loss.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-10-03
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Tnr most prolific novelist OF tho day Is r.
Marion Crawford.
JOAQUIN MILLER is raising mile OF roses
on his California farm.
THE Duke Of Orleans says thnt exile killed
his father, the Comte of Paris.
QUEEN VICTORIA Is frequent sufferer
from sciatica as we'll ns lumbago.
A STREET in London suburb has recently
been named for Rudyard Kipling.
CouSr DIES GARErs, grand nephew OF
Lafayette, Is hunting in the Rockies.
Don Proc. the last Mexican Governor Of
California, has Just died at Los Angeles,
CAL, Mt the age OF ninety-four.
W. TAso. n member OF the sanitary corps
OF Hamburg, Germany, has record OF saw
ing 2s5 persons from death by drowning.
J. NJ. BARRIE, the novelist and playwriter,
made the assertion some time ago that day
In bed refreshed him rs much as few days
spent at tho seaside.
ALois BuRosrALLEn, tho tenor singer at
Bayreuth, was Va wood chopper In Bavaria,
at twenty-three cents day, when Frau
Wagner discovered him last spring.
THOMAS q. LAwLER, the newly elected
Comman der-in Chief OF the Grand Army, Ia
tho first native Englishman to be placed in
charge OF an army In this country since the
days OF the Revolution.
President CAsrMIEB-PERrEn. OF France,
lives In the Elysee. palace with 1900 door.
He occupies bed In which Napoleon I'LL,
the King OF Sweden, Ismail Pasha, M. Thier5
and other potentates have slept.
JoHS d. RocKErfLLER, the standard OIL
magnate, II Is said, has given his daughters
TO understand that they will not be great
helresses. The bulk OF his vast fortune is to
20 to charitable and educational institu-
tions.
EsocH PnArr has Just celebrated his
eighty-sixth birthday. Sixty-four years ago
has since spent more than 81 100000 In
good works In his adopted city. He has
plenty more to give when he chooses.
PIERRE Lori describes Ii Hung Chang,
the Viceroy OF China. as he saw him couple
OF years since, rs "a tall, slender, bony,
Observation-Disclosures man with n beard and
long moustache. When on horseback II
would be difficult to imagine a man more
dignifled In appearance.
The late Professor Helmholtz will be best
remembered as the discoverer of the oph-
kaleidoscope, to which thousands OF people
owe their eyesight. The Emperor OF Ger
many has sent his widow n message OF con-
dolence, saying that, "the entire scientific
world, the Fatherand and the King are
mourning with you"
The King of Korea is suffering from dis
ease OF the throat. Unhappily for him, he
is looked upon as divine being, whom no
metal instrument may touch. In consequence
OF this, the operation which Is necessary to
save his life cannot be performed, and the
monarch will probably die on this account
in n comparatively short time.
A FRIEND Of George Gould says that the
millionaire yachtsman Is bitterly disap.
pointed over the result OF the vigilant's CON
tests In English waters. He asserts that Mr..
haI atal a..
his yachting exploits In foreign waters, but
was patriotically anxious TO keep the Stars
and Stripes In the van and to maintain his
own reputation as a winner