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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-12-25

Something fine-Swiss cheese at
Goode x Nutters
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For Trade Good family mare tC
trade for milch COW. Call on or ad
dress w. b. Herod. Oswego block.
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A nice residence with stable and
water at reasonable price. Call at 2l6
North Division. Ina
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The Little Victor Commission House
buy and sell everything. lw
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Notice.

To ali whom IL may concern:
You are hereby notified that | will
not be responsible for any debts of any
kind or character whatsoever contract
ed by my wife, Seraphina Thompson,
on and after this date. My present
residence is Waco, Texas.
w. ii. THOMPSON.
Dec. 6. '95. I'm
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Burrows Stage Line
Shortest,
Quickest,
Best
Line between Perry and Pawnee. Stop
at Morrison's for dinner. Leave Perry
every morning at Q. Pawnee at Q.
WANTED.

Agents 10 sell our new book, Die
tionary Of United States History, ty
Prof. j. Franklin jameson. Neede q
by every teacher, pupil and family
indOrsed by press and public. Agents
selling fifty books per week Success
ful agents made general agents. Big
pay. PURITAN PUBLISHING co.
Boston, Mass.
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Cotton Market.

Corrected daily by G.. NJ. Sharum,
dry goods, shoes and clothing, Harri-
son avenue:
Bale, 25 to :. 25; seed, 1. IS to 2 90.
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For flrst-class paper hanging call on
L. Chrisen, Ill north First street
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-12-25

Choice mince meat just received at
Goode & Nutter's.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-12-25

Get your tickets for the contest
Thursday night of Ralph Metcalf. If
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Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf II. h.

GUTHRIE LODGE NO. 3, l. o. 0. f.
III Meets Monday night Of each week
~ at 1880. Visiting Odd Fellows are
always welcome. j. FoUCART, n G..
FRANCIS A. MEYETTE, Sec'y.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-12-25
Deafness Cannot be Cured

Queen Olives in the bulk at Good,
e. Nutter's.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-12-25

Young Fritz cigar. on sale no the
Eagle drug store is a great cigar. Try
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-12-25
Notice.

N0JIce.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that Fred
Bick and II. c. Ritterbusch have this
day filed their petition TO sell spirit
uous, vinOus and malt liquors in Guth-
RE, Logan county, Oklahoma, and
that, unless objection be aled on or be
fore the 3lst day of December, 1895,
said petition will be granted.
Guthrie, Dec II, 1895.
r. Emmett Stewart,
County Clerk,
BY N. j. c. Johnson, Deputy.
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NGUTHRIE LODGE NO. /, A. o. U.
NY w, meets Thursday evenings Of
~ week at 1880 p. m Hall in Victor
block, corner First and Harrison. Visit
ng Workmeu always welcome.
G. G. HoLLAND, M. w.
o. r. MONTGOMERY, Recorder.
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City and county examination papers
-Paper-F Ii Umholtz superintendent
Oklahoma county, Oklahoma City
Shannon McCray, super.
intendent Kay county, Grand; @ +
Greenlee, Guthrie; w L Oxley, super
intendent Woods county, Alva.
General discussion.
Election of officers and miscellaneous
business
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
BY Tradition and Usage,

1t is rather good thing, on the
whole, to be ''reg'lar royal queen"
Victoria's perquisites are valuable and
numerous. Among the most curious
Is her right to every whale or sturgeon
captured on the coast of the United
Kingdom and brought to land. Both
of these perquisites date back to the
days of the Norman kings, and it ap-
pears that in the case of the whale the
monsters were divided between the
sovereign and his consort, the queen
taking the head In order that her ward
robes might be replenished with the
whalel-one needed for the stiffening Of
her royal garments. Every year a
number of magnificent cashmere
shawls are despatched to her from the
kingdom Of Cashmere. Every tailor
holding a patent of 'purveyor to her
majesty" IL he conforms to ancient
tradition and usage, should present her
with a silver needle each year. An
other class of royal purveyors is called
upon to present to her annually a tn
blecloth, while from other sources again
she is entitled to an annual contribution
of currycombs, fire tongs, scarlet no.
siery, nightcaps, knives, lances and
crossbows. These are only a few of
the perquisites to which the queen is
entitled by tradition and usage.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
Feathers PIucked by the Wind.

Feathers Plucked by the Wind.
The man with the wisp-broom goatee
crossed his legs and remarked:
81 never seed such wind as we had
in the State Of Kansas last summer"
'Blow your barn awayY asked the
landlord, sympathetically.
mot much. Barn bowed into the
next county last April"
Blouse, mebbe?"
"Lost the house long in June. Kited
over east about three miles, and lit in
Cherry Creek. Didn't mind that SO
much" he continued, got 'em back and
anchored 'em again all right, but along
about July 1 we got to havin' real
breezy weather."
The landlord said nothing, and the
group around the hotel stove prudently
followed his example.
1.-THE 9th day Of last July" continued
the stranger, after reflective pause,
"there come up the doggondest wind
ever see in the State Of Kansas. When
it began to blow my bantam rooster
was just Tapping his wings to crow"
"Did it blow the crow out of him?"
inquired the stableman loosely.
Gentlemen" said the man with the
wisp-broom goatee impressively, not
needing the interruption, before that
bird had done growing every Twin
feather on his body was blowed clean
Off"
Leave the pinfeathers" asked the
landlord, skeptically.
Eyes, sir. Left the pinfeathers, and
in three minutes along came a streak
of Kansas lightning and singed that
rooster clean"
There was an awkward pause In the
group around the stove. The stable
man looked around the stovepipe elbow
to get view of the stranger, says the
Detroit Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
Flying Under Water.

When the penguin in the London
Geological Gardens is fed, the fish are
thrown into the water, and the bird,
which cannot fly In air or swim on the
surface Of the water at once plunges
In, and Is transformed into swift and
beautiful creature, beaded with glob-
ules of quicksilver, where the air clings
to the close feathers, and flying
through the clear and waveless depths
with arrowy speed and powers Of turn
ing far greater than in any known
form of aerial flight. The rapid and
steady strokes of the wings are exactly
similar to those of the air birds, while
the feet float straight out level with
its body, unused for propulsion, or
even as rudders, and as little needed
in its progress as those Of wild duck
when on the wing. The twists and
turns necessary to follow the active
little fish are made wholly by the
strokes Of one wing and the cessation
of movement in the other; and the fish
are chased, caught, and swallowed
without the slightest relaxation Of
speed, in a submarine fight which Is
quite as rapid as that of most birds
which take their prey in midair.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

for months, and perhaps had my sight
permanently injured.
''This unexpected attack made me
hasten the capture; so, getting his neck
pressed down to the ground with the
stick, soon had him grasped In my
hand just behind the head In such q
way that he couldn't possibly turn to
bite me-which he made every effort 10
do for some minutes afterward. TAX
ing him home with much satisfaction,
I made him thereafter my fellow
ledger. While living In his cage OBJ
served him many times squirt the
venom from his fangs against the glass
of its front Thenceforth my doubts
about splitting snakes were removed"
The cobra is also remarkable for its
habit of raising almost the entire body
upright before striking. When anger
ed that part Of its body behind the
neck swells in very alarming manner.
This is caused by the upper ribs, from
the head downward for five or six inch
es or more, spreading themselves out
laterally. The cobra's poison fangs
project beyond the lower lip when 1t
strikes, so that 1t can injure fatally
without biting.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
Interesting to Collectors.

Nowadays there are collectors of
everything collectable, from postage
stamp to a beetle, but the list Is not
yet exhausted. In Paris they are col
lecting posters-the large sheets posted
OF walls for advertising purposes. The
French posters are some Of them gen.
uine works of art. The drawing Of the
cuts used in their illustration Is very
bold, and the colors are handled well,
although sometimes In very startling
manner. Usually the size of the poster
is large, but there is very seldom any
attempt made to show a complicated
design. A broad sketchy effect and a
dazzling display of color are their chief
points. Some of the best artists In
France design for the photographer.
There are places in Paris where post
ers are bought and sold, and the best
examples cost from GO cents up. Post
ers without any lettering are those
thought most desirable for collectors.
and cost about ten times as much as
the others. Rare examples frequently
command fancy prices. Much of the
work is admirable, and the artist Is not
ashamed to affix his signature to 1t.
No better example of the extreme to
which this art has been carried could
be found than the Poster Exhibition,
which has been held at Brussels. A
special building was given up to it,
and people paid their admission fee,
wandering about through the differ
ent examples critically, just as we
would at an art exhibition.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
A VISION OF BEAUTY,
CORK, IRELAND. ITS HISTORY
AND ASSOCIATIONS.
Has the Finest Harbor In All Europe
Legend of the Far-Famed shandon
Bells - Patrick Street, a Leading
Thoroughfare- Historic Places.
On the Green Isle.

1t has been said that few minarets
placed in the hanging gardens around
the city of Cork, Ireland, would real
lie the Bosphorus. Certain 1t Is that a
fairer vision of noble and quiet beauty
than is disclosed on approaching the
city from the sea Is seldom seen. The
wooded and grass-covered heights, the
beautiful lawns and villas, the splen-
did country seats of the wealthy and
here and there hoary castle or church
tower rising into the heavens combine
to make a picture Of surprising love-
illness. The harbor is the finest In
Europe and within 1t all the navies Of
the world might ride.
The city until recent years was the
second In Ireland, but it now RANKS
third In Importance. The county, Of
which Cork Is the capital. In the early
history of Ireland was separate
kingdom, including, however, con-
siderable tract in Kerry and Limerick,
1t was ruled over by the MacCarthys.
The territory was confiscated by Hen
ry III. Of England, being divided
among his followers, Robert Fitz Ste
phen and Milo de Cogan. In Eliza
beth's reign the territory was again
forfeited and granted to Englishmen
in sympathy with England's sway in
Ireland. Two of the beneficiaries were
the illustrious but Inflated Sir Walter
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
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OUT OF SIGHT.
A vENOM-SPITTING REPTILE.
The Deadly Cobra Equipped to Dc
Battle at Long Range.

The Deadly Cobra Equipped to Do
Battle at Long Range.
G. r. O'Reilly writes some very in
teresting facts about the cobra, the
deadliest of all snakes. He asserts
that it is able to squirt it's venom from
the ground to the height Of mans
face. So nervous is the cobra that 1t
will strike at moving object before
1t has come within its reach. 1t is very
wasteful of its venom.
Mr.. O'Reilly was first convinced of
the venom-spitting habit of the cobra
by this incident: zone day, being
alone in the bush, / saw a cobra band
ed with black and white. He was In
an open glade, gliding through the
heritage, delaying little perhaps for
an opportunity to get at some birds
that were chattering and hopping
about on the branches Of a thorny,
yellow-blossomed acacia. The sun was
blazing down fiercely on him, as, with
-distended hood held close to the
ground, he slowly passed through the
leaves and flowers. For few minutes
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
The cannon of Crimean DAYS,

The cannon of Crimean Days were
mounted on wooden carriages of the
crudest construction; the recoil was not
controlled, but merely limited by a
stout breeching-rope. Elevation and
training were given by moving the
gun and carriage by common wooden
handspikes, and the gun was run out,
after being loaded, by side tackles.
Every operation was performed by the
simple and direct application Of man.
ual labor, and the number of men told
off to work thirty-two FOUNDER gun
Of not more than three tons weight was
fourteen, and they all had hard work
to perform. With the modern gun of
more than double the weight just half
the number of men are required. The
gun captain, or number one, aims and
fires, and, unassisted, elevates and
trains the gun with the greatest ease
and nicely up to tht moment Of firing;
the gun runs out automatically after
recoil. The only operation that re-
quires any expenditure of force Is the
actual loading Of the gun, and that is
reduced to a minimum.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

j watched his movements through my
binocular glass; but fearing he might
notice me and escape in some hole, 1
picked up my six-foot hunting stick
and rushed toward him, intending 10
press his head to the ground with 1t,
and then take him by the neck with
my hand. He saw me coming, and
like a valiant warrior that knew his
power he faced around and stood erect
with expanded hood and quivering
tongue ready to receive me. His bright
black eyes sparkled with energetic de-
flance, and every fibre of his being was
electrified with excitement.
"While was yet ten feet away he
struck toward me with such force that
the impetus carried him fiat to the
ground. In trying to get my stick
across his neck he lodged It, and it
came instead across the middle Of his
body. At this moment he was be-
tween me and the sun, with about FIVE
feet between his face and mine. I
looked into his eyes and held him down
firmly. His rage seemed redoubled.
He leaned backward to make a more
vigorous dash at me, and as he struck
forward the mouth partially opened,
and two tiny streams of venom shot
from his fangs as from a syringe, one
of them catching me on the face Just
beneath the eye. Had 1t gone little
higher up should have been blinded
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
RENTED A CHILD TO BEG.
A Pretended Blind Man Makes |
Easy Living in New York.

A Pretended Blind Man Makes an
Easy Living in New York.
For many weeks past, persons who
walked along Fifth avenue, in New
York City, have seen q man wearing
green goggles who played wheezy
organ, while a pretty, golden-haired
little girl asked for aims. Many have
been moved to pity when the bright
looking child has come up to them and
pleaded that they give the poor old
blind man cher father few pennies.
On receiving the money the child al
ways gives it to the blind man.
Officers were sent to see the blind
man the other day. The mans actions
made them suspect that he was not al
together what he seemed, and lifting
the green goggles suddenly, they found
the man had very good eyes. Man and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
Human sacriflces I'm Russia.

1t Is probably known to few people
that the practice of sacrificing human
lives under certain conditions still ex-
lists in certain parts of the empire Of
Russia. The government and the or
thodox church have ATTEMPTED In vain
to stop the inhuman practice, but up to
the present time they have been unsuc-
cessful. Revelations regarding the GUS
tom was made In recent issues Of the
Gazette Of Yakootsk, Siberia. 1t pre-
walls among a sect known as the Tskuk-
shen, not far from the city. Old peo-
pie, beyond the Biblical limit as to age,
and sick ones, tired Of life, offer them
selves as the sacrifices.
When q Tshukshe decides to "offer
himself up" he sends word to all his
relatives, friends and neighbors, who
then visit him and try to persuade him
to change his intentions. But prayers,
upbraidings, threats, are useless In
such a case, and the fanatic prepares
for his end. The friends and relatives
leave his house and return In ten to
fifteen days, bringing the death candi-
udtc WnItC anu bCNCloi WCaP-
ons, with which he is supposed to de-
fend himself in the other world against
evil spirits and to shoot reindeer.
After completing his death toilet the
candidate takes his place in corner
Of his house or hut. About him gather
his relatives, who offer him the choice
Of three instruments Of death, knife,
a spear. and a rope. If he chooses a
knife, two friends hold his arms, while
q third plunges the blade into his
breast. Practically the same thing is
done If he decides to die by the spear.
When he prefers the rope, two Of those
present place 1t about his neck and
strangle him to death. A cut is then
made in the breast to let the blood flow
out All those present sprinkle their
faces and hands with the blood, believ-
ing that it will preserve them from evil,
and bring them fortune.
The body, after this ceremony, is
placed on q sled, which is drawn by q
reindeer, to the cremation HILL" near
the village. The neck of the animal is
cut at once upon arrival at the place.
The body is stripped of clothing, which
is then cut in small pieces, and placed
on the altar with the dead man or
woman. During the cremation the
mourners utter prayers to the spirits,
begging them to watch over those NOR
tails still left on earth. This custom
has been followed by the sect for cen
turtles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

Mr.. Reardon saw as well as any one
till he was years of age. Then his
sight failed partially. He attended
the school and recovered it in meas
ure, but, when % years of age, he lost
1t entirely. He is now a middle-aged
man, pleasant faced, singularly
pleasing manner and an interesting,
well-infOrmed conversationalist.
First 1 get the idea of what 1 want
in my head" he said, speaking of his
work to Boston Post reporter.
'Then l draw the plan in raised lines
l do not get the correct measurement,
but the plan l have assists me in ex-
planning to draughtsman. l give him
the figures and then he draws the plan
with the correct measurements"
He showed the reporter a plan for
tenement houses. Running his finger
lightly over the raised lines, he ex-
planned where the bay window was,
how far it was to project, the folding
doors, closets. Sometimes, instead Of
raised lines, he uses pins and string
In a pin cushion. He says he does not
read as rapidly as those who have been
educated to 1t from childhood. Adults
seldom grow so proficient as children
who have grown up in the school. Mr..
ReardOn is also foreman in the print
ing room which furnishes all the books
and reading material for the blind in
the institution and also the books con-
tanned in the public library in Boston,
Fall River, Providence, Portland, and
many other New England cities. The
only charges made are those for trans
portation. Their large printing busi-
ness has outgrown their room and an
addition Is needed very badly. They
are trying to save enough to enlarge
their quarters, and no doubt, with a
little aid from the friends Of the insti-
tuition, 1t could soon be accomplished.
His next work will be the plan for the
annex.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
DISAPPEARING BATTERIES



The Importance Of Mechanical In
genuity In Modern Warfare.
Great guns and heavy armor will be
only incidentals In the next great war.
Mechanical ingenuity In matters OF
offense and defense is being expended
In many other lines of fully equal i'm
portance, and vast array of war APP
paratus, In which even the civilian
must be interested, is being put In readi-
ness for action should the demand for
It suddenly come. Not the least inter-
esting product of military inventive
genius is the disappearing gun carriage,
Of which no end of notifications have
been proposed and In part executed
during the past decade, though the
principle Of the apparatus was applied
to Its specific purpose much longer ago
than may be generally supposed. The
first arrangement of disappearing gun
and carriage, mounted In a circular pit,
seems to have been made on jamestown
Island, In Virginia, In the year 1861,
during the great civil war, conical pit
having been dug in which an S-inch gun
was mounted. The piece was so placed
on platform at the bottom of the Fit
that, when pivoting, the muzzle was
just clear of the ground. In this way
AN all-round fire was made possible.
In 1861 and 1862 guns mounted at sew
.eral points were similarly treated, but
the pits were dug deep enough to admit
of embrasures. Mr.. Beverly Kennon,
then In the confederate service, has
been credited with the design Of this
early contrivance and also with that Of
a counterpoise battery, perfected after
he had entered the Egyptian service
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
Work Their Way.

Some of the forty or fifty State agri-
cultural colleges make special provis-
ion for students wishing to work their
way through college. Such students
work daily on the experimental col
lege farm and receive current wages.
There are many free scholarships In
these colleges, and board and lodging
are cheap, so that working student
finds that his labor goes far toward
paying his way. Tutoring pays better,
however, and very clever men some
times earn from $1,000 to $1,000 per
year In helping through their duller
fellows. Such opportunities, however,
are found only In the great colleges,
and are few. At one Of these institu-
lions one successful young lawyer, Of
New York City, is said to have earned
$1,000 In a single year tutoring while
vet an undergraduate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

Walter Raleigh once lived and In tho
shade Of whose trees the poet Spenser
conversed with his patron host, Is only
a short distance from Cork. Here the
first potatoes were planted In Ireland.
Another interesting place In the neigh
borhood II Castletownroche, where
Edmund Burke, the Demosthenes CT
modern oratory, attended school. In
the immediate neighborhood mt XII
colman Castle Spenser lived and wrote
three books Of ''The Faerie Queene."
In the neighboring county, Of Water
ford IL Lismore Castle, one Of the seats
of the Duke Of Devonshire. 1t Is built
on the site OF an ancient university to