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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-12-25
NOTICE OF GEARING.

Before the Trustees of Townsite Board
No. &, Guthrie, o. Il. Contest docket
No. 1902. Lot No. i3, Block No. AZ
Townsite of East Guthrie, o. r.
To William r. Little, John 5. Douglas,
Moses c. Hoyt, John Hotchiss, Will
liam Taylor, George C. McCord,
claimants.
You and each of you are hereby no
titled that the above entitled cause
involving the applications of the par
ties therein mentioned for deed to lot
10 in block AZ, in the town of East
Guthrie, county of Logan and terri
tory of Oklahoma, by order of Board
No. 6 of townsite trustees, is set for
hearing before said board at its Office
located at Guthrie, o. T., on the 18th
day of January, 1895, at . o'clock a. IN.
of said;day and of all continuances aud
pOstponements, you and each of you
will take due notice without further
service thereof
In witness whereof we, the mem
bers of said Board, have hereunto sub
scribed our names this 97th day of
November, 1894.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
On Pike, Peak.


 "The officer in charge of the United States signal service station on the top of Pike's peak has rather lonesome time of it, especially in winter, said Major c. P. Leonard of Colorado "He lives in low, flat building made of itone, which is anchored and bolted to he granite bowlders During the winter months he has no correction whatever with the rest of' the world, as it is i'm possible for human being to ascend to his station and just as impossible for him to go down.
 ''Snow is his only water supply, and even in the heat of summer there is al- ways enough within few feet of his door to furnish all the water needed, His official duties are light, requiring only an occasional inspection of the in struments. The rest of the time he oc- eapies in reading and viewing the sur rounding country through bis telescope. On clear day the houses of Colorado Springs, 20 miles away, are plainly wis. ible, and during the summer he can sec men walking around the town i'll their shirt sleeves and ladies clothed in white dresses, while he is perched up among the clouds, with snow piled around or all sides "--St. Louis Globe Democrat,
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
On Parade,

It was a great day in the driving park, and there Ead never been finer display of wealth on wheels seen in that local ity, and a man had come out to see what it all meant It was plain he had never seen carriage parade before. After 9 bit he turned to one of the great mass of spectators.
 What is it?" he inquired, nodding toward the gorgeous pageant
 Its carriage parade of our most fashionable classes was the reply.
 "Oh, said the man, "it's kind of parade of the unemployed, is it?"
 The other one looked curiously at the man.
 ''That's all right, said the man, as if he knew what he was talking about, and he walked away Detroit Free Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
Dubbed Visionary.

The probability that vehicles driven oy steam would be the future means of transportation on land was very well foreseen 20 years before the last century closed by Oliver Evans of Philadelphia, the inventor of the high pressure steam engine. As early as l7S6 he petiGoned the legislature of Pennsylvania for tho exclusive right to use his inventions for road wagons to be propelled ly steam. The word locomotive had not then come into use This privilege was denied, but the Maryland legislature granted the right for l4 years. There appeared at one time good prospects of Evans obtain. ing the necessary financial support to apply his steam engine to tie propulsion of boats and road wagons, but some cautious capitalist of that day deter mined to have B. H. Latrobe, an accom- plished architect and engineer, report upon tho schemes that Evans was advo. eating, Latrobe reported strongly against the steam engine, saying that the inventor was a visionary. This re- port ruined Evans career and deprived America of the benefits of the steam en. zine in transportation for two genera. lions longer,
 By curious irony of fate the son of this same Latrobe performed important engineering services in building the Bal timore and Ohio, the first railroad ill this country where a steam engine was used successfully Locomotive Engi. neerinp
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
Failing Eyes.

'I think the eye power of the present generation of civilized men must have deteriorated q good deal" said an ocu- list to me the other day. ''I ain called upon to examine so many young persons nowadays whose eyes show no symp- toms of disease or strabismus, but are simply unable to do the ordinary amount of work required of schoolboys, school girls, college students or moderate read CTS without showing symptoms of over work.
 "This weakness seems to be constitu. tional, and glasses arc required which lessen the muscular strain on the eyes only In spite of the invention of the typewriter, which has relieved the eye of so much work, the state of things is almost equally as prevalent in business circles as among students. "-New York Herald
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
DIAMOND SMUGGLING.
The Ease With Which Precious Stones o
 Large Value May Be Concealed.

The Ease With Which Precious Stones of
 Large Value May Be Concealed.
 One of the simplest devices for snug gling diamonds is that of the hollow Aeeled shoe It is asserted that boots md shoes constructed 50 as>to leave a small vacant space in the heels ire easily obtained in Europe, and they arc espe- clally manufactured for the purpose of supplying smugglers with Q means for
 caping detection.
 The porous plaster has often served as
 means of secreting diamonds. When
 is understood that $I0,oo0 worth of G.amonds or moro can easily be inclosed <, Q paper parcel about as wido as this column, 1 l$ inches high aud about Q quarter of an inch thick; 1t is easy to comprehend Shat such a package can be kept securely in place by means of an innocent but highly serviceable porous plaster.
 One of the most ingenious methods ever employed was the use of cake of soap, wherein a number of diamonds had been imbedded. IL is highly proba- ble that this plan would have proved successful had 1t not been that the off, cers of the government had received in. formation that tho suspected person had diamonds with him and searched his eff. fects SO thoroughly that they examined even the gem studded block of soap
 Tho wife of this smuggler helped her spouse, and her plan was not less ingen- ious than that of her husband Her hat was ornaraented with punches of grapes, which under ordinary circumstances would only have awakened the envy of other wearers of bonnets. Within the grapes were diamonds and fancy stones of great value,
 Another smuggler was especially pro vided by Providence with smuggling device in the shape of heavy covering of thick, bushy hair, which he arranged so that it stood up from his forehead like an impenetrable bush. Within this mass of heavy hair he deposited good ly stock of diamonds and succeeded for . time in escaping the vigilance of the custom house officials
 As these schemes have become known tO tue CuStolil uOuSe dutuuIlll0S tlo Al' genuity of smugglers has been more se- verely taxed A recent discovery dis closed the following elaborate plan, which succeeded great many times be- fore it was discovered
 Two smugglers operated in partner ship. The first crossed the ocean and be- fore leaving the wharf reserved q return berth for 2 certain date. The date and the number of the berth were at once cabled to his accomplice in America Having purchased his diamonds, in due time he returned to this country in &C., cordance with the instructions previous ly cabled No amount of examination resulted in finding any diamonds upon his person. Meanwhile, however, his partner had secured the same berth.
 When the day for sailing came, part 4lr No 2, accompanied by his family, entered the cabin and extracted from Q secure hiding place several parcels of diamonds left there by his accomphce. These he handed to his fearful family, who after bidding him goodby left the steamer unsuspected and brought the diamonds into the market. It took a long time to discover this scheme. Jewel CTS Weekly.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
HE cAr CAME iN.
Is It the Reincarnatlon of Che old Musi-
 elan Who Didn't Como Back?


 clan Who Didn't Come BaclS9
 Plants? Why of course I believe in them," said Wes Hearn to group of congenial Bohemians crowded around the lunch counter about midnight There's hant now" and he pointed to a big black cat which stealthily made it's way in the door and under table, out of the shadow of which his eyos glowed red and green. That cat's hant and mascot all in one.
 "0ne stormy night about four years SEQ he came in here, and he's never been away since, There used to be an old musician who visited us every night steady for years. He used to come in hollow eyed and haggard. He enever said word but laid down his money, got his bracer-Old Tom gin--always the same, and went on his way. The time the cat came in the night man noticed that the old musician hadn't appeared. It was stormy night, too, just about this time The wind howled and moaned, and the lightning flashed in red ribbons, while the thunder cracked like tho guns of battle and reverberated in boom that made all the dishes in the house rattle. It was bad night too dismal by far for people to be out in. Every body was sitting around the stove talk ing. Just Gs the clock was striking I2, Mir Frazee expressed wonder that tho old man, meaning the musician, hadn t come in, At that moment the big black cat came in and took his place by the stove and never uttered a meow, and he 8 never been away since, and, more than that, he never sleeps. If that cat should go to sleep believe tho house would fall down Once in awhile he gets a ht- tie bit sick, and then everything goes wrong,
 ''But the strange part of the story is that the old musician never came back. Two days later he was pulled out of the river dead. Hemust have jumped in the same night that cat came. believe the spirit of that old man is in that cat, What makes mo believe so is that as soon as band passes that door playing that cat makes for the river as fast as he can tear, Ho goes away the moment any music is heard, and he doesn't tarry when he starts. What he goes to the river for don't know Perhaps it was music that drove the old man crazy. Two heard some music that would drive anybody so, "--Florida Times Union.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
non,t .Inlrr br Annearance..

A one legged street beggar who, rain or shine, sits every day with outstretched hand on the steps of warehouse in a down town cross street is quite philos- opher in his way. He says that, so far as his experience goes, little can be judged regarding the benevolence of men or women by their appearance, Some. times, ho says, he will sec Q man ap- preaching who seems to be the personi. fication of charity allied with opulence The beggar stretches forth his hand with confidence, but withdraws it with disap- pointment. Then there hurries by Me. phistophelian looking creature, seedy perhaps, with cynical smile on his face, who drops quarter into the besoeching palm Among women, the beggar asserts, the best dressed are seldom the most charitable. There are exceptions to the rule, of course, but the prevalent theory that street beggar can "size up" pc destrian by his appearance is erroneous. New York World.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
GROWN WISER.

l fused to watch her girlsh head
 Bend over wsrk; the sunlight stole Totouoh her wayward hair and spread A soft encireling aureole. She looked so slight, so innocent thought al twenty-one or so, With all sufficient self content,
 knew so much sue did hot know. For men grow old in knowing, taught By evil things as well as good. My life was in he world, l thought, And hers in gentle solitude. But now, at twenty-four, there lies Such wisdom won of joy and pain, Deep shining in her quiet eyes,
 As may never more attain. might not learn it. if would,
 This strange sweet thing she understands It came to her with motherhood
 And tiny touch of baby hands. B. Going in Ladies' Home Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
nnntf EIirt.

The man or woman who will indulge in the practice of flirting with an outside party is not worth going out with or being taken out. It is species of bad form that nothing can excuse, and though thero are many who think it cute to make eyes and return signs mado by strangers, feeling that such at tention is bit of personal homage, the outside world judges differently, and one exhibition of that sort should be enough to wean the respect of either man or woman, no matter how devoted they might heretofore have been. Chi cago Tribune.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
ALnyeniln Renotter.

"Now, tell me, said the aunt to lit- tie Annie, who had been taken to the concert for the first time in her life, what did they do?'
 "Oh, there was lady screaming be- cause she had forgotten to put on her sleeves, and waiter played on the pi- quo all the timer" was the child's reply. --CorrierC della Sara
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
A ,Ie,hnnrnn Hnstler.

Miss Agnes Murphy is an enterpris- ing young woman. She IS the editor Of the Melbourne Punch, is member of ali the leading women's clubs of that city and writes authoritatiyely on Vie toria and It's Resources. She calmly says that she expects to be quite inde- pendent financially by the time she is 50, when she intends to take up literary work in London. Melbourne Gazette.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
Railroad English.

Teacher-@Give a synonym for the word reduce P
 Bright Boy-Equalize.
 Wrong.
 ''Well, that's the word the railroads use when they reduce wages. Hum! Give a synonym for the word increase. ,"
 ''Equalize.
 'cNonsenseF'
 "Well, that's tho word the railroads use when they increase rates. "-Good News
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
The Voices of Nations.

The Tartars are supposed to have, as q nation, the most powerful voices in the world. The Germans possess the lowest voices of any civilized people. The voices of both Japanese and Chinese are of very low order and feeble com pass and are probably weaker than any other nation. Taken as whole, Euro peans have stronger, clearer and better voices than the inhabitants of the other continents. London Tit-Bits
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09

Philadelphia has some long streets Second street, l5 miles; Germantown and Ridge avenue, 10 miles; Broad street, 99 miles; Frankford avenue, s miles; Fifth street, 61a miles; Market street, 515 miles.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
Meteorological.

The young man came rushing into the house of his best girl as the rain came pouring down.
 "Wow, " exclaimed the small brother, meeting him at the door, "sister don't know what she is talking about. 1"
 "Why, what did she say?'
 "She said the other day when you was hero that yoa didn't know enough to come in out Of the wet. "--Detroit Free Press
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09

A mans time, when well husbanded, is like a cultivated field of which a few acres produce moro of what is useful to life than extensive provinces, even of the richest soil, when overrun with weeds.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09

In tcsling the lifting power of grow. ing plants and yegetables--an experi- ment ms Co under the auspices of the ted States department of agriculture was found that common pumpkins
 lift 2 weight of 2is ions
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09

The poet writes of the music of the woodland depths, but he omitted to'say that it Ss the pine tree that gives the If ,t.1 Lowell Courier
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09
I Reg Pardon.

Solemn stranger-All flesh is grass. Deaf Man-Hey?
 solemn Stranger-No, grass. New Va,.k fp,e-g
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09

Colorado has 5000, 900 acres pnder artificial irrigation The farm products exceed SIP, 900, 900 year There are 1,50O, 900 cattle, 2.000, ,000 sheep. The coalfelds cover 10000 square miles The supplies of marble, granite and other building stone are inexhaustible
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09

The mortar and pestlc still in use ill most parts of Asia and all over Africa is the prototype of the modern four mill.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09

The syrinx, or bundle of reed pipes, is the prototype of the bagpipc.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-09

York Press.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-02
v1Re1N1A ANp WEST VIRGINIA..
A New Scheme for the Settlement of
the Old Debt.

Richmond. Va, Feb. I'm the Senate
to-day Mr.. Wickham submitted a joint
resolution to provide for the settlement
with West Virginia of her portion of the
debt of the undivided Virginia. The reso-
luton provides for commission of five,
one of whom shall be the present
chairman of the Senate finance
committee, one the chairman of the
House finance committee to be chosen
from the Senate, one from the House and
one TO be appointed by the governor. The
commission is authorized to negotiate
with West Virginia and to conclude with
the proper authorities such settlement
and adjustment of the proportion of the
original debt proper as is 10 be borne by
West Virginia.
In case no such settlement or adjust
ment can be arrived at by AMIGA BILE nego-
tiatiOns, the commission may institute a
suit in the supreme court of the United
States in the name of Virginia against
West Virginia to determine the question
at issue. The resolution was referred to
the finance committee. Whatever the
result of this effort, it in no way effects
the Virginia debt settlement
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-02
oARLIsLE's BONDS.
Three Republican Senators Speak in
Denial of His Right to Issue Than.

Denial OF His Right to Issue Them.
Washington, Feb. 1.-The Senate de-
bated, during the whole of to-day's SEES
sion, the resolution denying the authority
of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
bonds. The principal speakers were Mr..
Stewart. rep, of Nevada, Mr.. Dolph, rep.
OF Oregon, and Mr.. Allison. rep, of Iowa
None OF the democratic sena tors appeared
IN the debate except occasionally to ask a
gu estion or to make a suggestion
All the republican speakers denied the
authority to issue bonds for the purpose
OF meeting current expenses; and Mr.
Dolph denounced the claim of right under
the resumption act as a bold usurpation,
and as case of false pretenses. His own
plan TO replenlsh the treasury would be
TO announce that there would be no tam
perlng with the tariff-no free-trade leg
islatiOn
AT the close of the debate the resolu-
ton went over until tomorrow, when Mr.
Villas is to speak-upOn it,
Two other resolutions on the same sub
lect were offered to-day by populists from
Nebraska and Kansas -Messrs. Allen and
PETER. Those viii also come up to-mor-
row.
Before the debate on the bond question
began, Mr.. Hill said that he had received
from the legislature of New York state
va loll ACoOAAblOio NA4lCu IL DGCdAlb MS
duty to present. to the Senate, and which
he now did without comment or remarks
The resolutions were then read. One of
them congratulates the President on his
abandonment of his Hawaiian policy
and the other is protest against the
Wilson tariff bin.
Mr.. Aliens new resolution calls on the
secretary of the treasury for information
as to the amount of the different kinds of
government paper money redeemed since
Jan. Il, 1875, giving the amounts by years,
and also as to the authority
for the establishment and main
tenance of the gold reserve
Mr.. PETERS resolution calls on the Sec
rotary of the Treasury for a statement as
to the offers made for the ngw bonds, with
the names and places of business of the
persons, firms and corporations making
offers; and also as to the amount of bonds
sold, TO whom and at what prices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-02
DEBT OF THE NATION.
A Net Increase During Last Month of
S7,93O,O64.

Washington, Feb 1.-The debt state
ment issued this afternoon shows a net
increase in the public debt, less cash in
the treasury. during January of $780,
064 33. The Understanding debt in
creased $3.50, 900, and the non interest
bearing debt increased 81 ,535, 1913 50. The
cash in the treasury decreased $685.
455 3d.
The balances of the several classes of
debt at the close of business Jan. 81 were:
Interest bearing debt, S5S5, 04O, 900; debt
on which interest has ceased since matu-
rity, 81, 1884 $50; debt bearing no interest,
$37S,217, sos; total, 1866, ZAP, 525.
The certificates and the treasury notes
Offset by an equal amount of cash in the
treasury outstanding at the end of the
month were S6l2,059, ISL, an increase of
$7,741, ISL.
The total cash in the treasury was $751;
100, 1853.
The gold reserve was S65, $50, 175 and
the net cash balance SIS, 43l, 1924. 80.
In the month there was a decrease in
gold coin and bars of SIS, 63S. 1916. the
total at the close being S142, 665, 594.37. OF
silver there was an increase of So, 434, $40
OF the surplus there was in national bank
repositories $l6,6SS, 3549l; against S16-
154, 48 at the end of the previous
month
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-02
END OF THE BELL MONOPOLY.
The Expiration of the Telephone
Patent to signalize the Beginning of
Big Competition.
From the Philadelphia Fress.


Big Competition.
From the Philadelphia Fress.
New York, Jan. 22.-The Bell telephone
patents will expire tomorrow From a
financial standpoint it has been one of the
most successful patents ever taken out,
and millions of dollars have been realized
from it during each OF the seventeen
years of its life Henceforth the essential
principle of the telephone will be public
property like that of the steam engine.
Wednesday you will be able to buy
telephone for 81 or 50 and complete pri-
vate system for private use, including re-
ceiver and transmitter, will be sold for
S35. The Bell telephone monopoly in this
city, however, will continue charging
$40 year for the use OF its wires and in
struments, at least for the present. A
''better service is promised but no re-
duction in prices. A better service"
however, would not be promised were
there not prospect of competition in the
immediate future, and this may bring the
price down as well.
Besides the expiration of the funda-
mental Bell patent tomorrow, which has
long been foreseen. an event happened
last week which has still further weak
ened the confidence of the Bell people in
their ability to maintain monopoly. A
decision was handed down in the supreme
court in the case of Miller VS.. the Eagle
Manufacturing Company, which will
terminate in the near future the life OF
the Berliner patents upon which they had
been relying TO carry them over into the
next century. The Berliner patent, which
is controlled by the Bell company, pro-
vides an instrument which is in some
respects better than the Bell It's validity
has been brought into question by the
United States government and suit is
now pending in Boston, wherein the attor-
ney general seeks TO prove that the Der
liner patent is null and void. The Bell
company claims to have a perfect de-
tense. BY the decision handed down by
the court last week the Berliner patent
has been attacked from an entirely
new point. According to that decis-
ion the Berliner patent cannot live
after 1897, even If it escapes in the suit
brought by the United States, which is
soon TO be tried.
Several strong companies have been or
Cauized TO fight the Bell monopoly.
The war will open Wednesday In the
west, where powerful company has been
organized, with headquarters at Chicago.
There is strong popular prejudice
against the Bell monopoly all over the
northwest, and contracts of the new con-
Germ have been eagerly accepted. The
Bell company, il is said, will be driven
back into the large cities. Within the
past few days powerful combination has
made It's appearance in the east, and IL is
said that IL will fight the Bell monopoly
for the control of the business in New
York. This Is the diamond Telephone
Company OF Philadelphia. This company
is said TO be backed by 1.-The Philadelphia
syndicate" including WideneT, Elkins
| and other millionaires.