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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-12-17

IL workman Ofen
eats bis lunch on the
same bench where
he does his work.
The % m ce man
turns his Dc K into
a dining table Nei-
sther gets the out of
doors exercise he
needs neither takes
the proper time for
eating. II Is small
wonder that the di-
gcstiou uf both gets
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-12-17
First pubIlshod in Ne Daily Leader No,
Notice for Publication.

Land Office az Guthrie, o. T., Nov Is,
1885.
Notice s. hereby given that the follow
Ing named settler has filed notice Of hi,
intentiOn 20 make final proof IN support
0f his claim. and that said proof viii be-
made before The register and receiver at
Guthrie. o Il. on January 2. 1s96. viz:
Nelson II Barrett for the " qr, sec q,
tp f7. mr. W.
he names tae following witnesses "a
prove bis continuous residence upon and
cultivation o.. said land. viz:
Mark !. ShuItZ. VIM & Cody. James
Craven. Isaac b Arnold. all Of Guthrie.
Oklahoma.
A. " J. CROOK, Register
2sOf
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-01

Buffalo to Niagara Falls and return This
ticket is good from Aug to Sept. Is, 1895,
and includes berth in stateroom and meals
on steamer both ways, and one days board
and lodging at any hotel at Niagara Falls.
The holder may take the train or steamship
at any intermediate station Steamship trip
must be continuous each way. No stop off
except at Buffalo.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-01

49, A Free Trip From St Paul to
~ Portland, Oregon, and return over
the beautiful line of the Northern
+ Pacific Railroad This ticket includes trans
portation, double Pullman berth and meals
in dining cars both ways and one days,
board at Hotel Portland, Portland Oregon,
good from Aug. to Oct. 81, and from any .
intermediate station, and to stop off at any
station.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-01

~ A Free Trip from St. Paul to
~ Yellowstone Park and Return
over the Picturesque Northern
Pacific Railroad This ticket includes trans
portation, double Pullman berth and meals
in dining cars both ways. Also five and one
half days staging in the Park and five and
one-half days meals and lodging in the hotels
of the Yellowstone Park Association This
ticketsgoo1 from Aug. to Oct. 81, 1895,
and from any intermediate station and stop
off at any station on the Northern Pacific
Railroad =. :. =.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
Her Noblest Duty.

The forms of life are subject to law,
and broken law avenges itself by
making an end of the law-breaker. The
the land. Like other fashions, she is
destined to excite notice, TO be admired,
criticised and forgotten. The liberty
which she invokes will be fatal to her.
If on mems selection of their mates the
future depends-and they are still, by
force of numbers, able to choose-what
likelihood is there that an untamed
Marcella-still less the scientific Evadne,
and the savage viper" with chloroform
on her toilet table-will attract either
Hercules or Apollo?
Who would bind himself to spend his
days with the anarchist, the athlete, the
blue-stocking, the aggressively philan-
thropic, the political and surgical wom-
anP And what man would submit to
an alliance which was terminable, not
was tired of him? Such are not the
ideals to which he had looked up or the
qualities that win his affections.
The age of chivalry cannot die SC
long as woman keeps her peculiar
grace, which is neither rugged strength
nor stores of erudition, but a human
nature predestined to motherhood. She
is called upon, in the plain language o1
Mr. Carpenter, "to bear children, tc
guard them, to teach them, to turn them
out strong and healthy citizens of the
great world" And she has a divine
right to all that will fit her for so noble
a OuarterLy ReUtelC.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
Spectre Stops a Train.

Here is something that is said to have
happened less than year ago, within
less than hundred miles of this city.
An elderly lady, whom shall call Mrs.
Smith, set out for the metropolis in the
early afternoon. Friends gathered
around her at the little way station where
she meant to take the train. They had
so much to say that the gates of it were
on the point of closing as she made to
get aboard. 1t was startling, in fact,
when she saw man in a conductors
uniform lean out and say:
"Wait, Mrs. Smith. The train shall
stop"
It did stop, in fact, obedient to his
signal, and she scrambled on and found
a seat. Once settled in it. it came over
her like flash that the obliging con-
ductor was young man she had be-
friended years before.
Il will thank him properly when he
takes up my ticket" she said to herself.
But, to her disappointment, the man
who took it was an utter stranger.
When she asked if he had an assistant,
either regular or volunteer, she got
gruff negative.
Then, how do you know my name,
when you stopped the train for meP"
she asked. The man looked at her
hard.
81 don't know your name-I never
did," he said. Il do know that the train
stopped after it started. and have been
wondering ever since what the deuce
was to pay with the engineer" Then
at her request he took her through the
whole train, but no man in uniform was
visible, nor any one whom Mrs. Smith
had ever seen before. And though she
was puzzled over it not little she is
still without an explanation of how she
happened not to miss her train.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
STRANGE SCENES IN rIMBucroo:
The Town Scarcely Recognizable Under
French Domination,


A French officer at Timbuctoo, in a
letter communicated to the Temps, de-
scribes that town as hardly recogniza-
BILE now that there is the hustle of SOL
diery there and the sound of trumpets,
with an embattled fort and a gate closed
every night. There is also a munich
pality, besides police commissaries and
scavengers, so that promenades in the
streets at night involve no unpleasant
ness. In the market troop of Tuareg
boys, their fathers killed and themselves
picked up in reconnaissance, address
you in smattering of French. The
market, with its straw sheds and its
poorly supplied. The oldest mosque
has within the inclosure acacias dotted
with hideous black storks. A labyrinth
of narrow streets leads to the massive
Tower of Sancore, the summit of which
serves as perch for all the pigeons of
the district. In spite of its three
mosques and of its being a holy city.
religion has very little hold on the peo-
pie. Timbuctoo, in fact, is merely a
vast exchange where salt, calicoes and
honey are given for slaves.
Before the arrival of the French
udACSo Ou uOISGUdCk HOulU OIC6n az
rive at night before merchants shop
and stick their lances in his door, where
upon he was glad to offer them his best
goods as blackmail. Many doors still
bear these lance marks. The Tuaregs
still occasionally carry off slaves work
ing in the millet fields, and the French
have to make weekly reconnaissance to
tranquillize the villagers, for though the
latter were accessory to the massacre of
the BONNER column, their millet is re-
quired for men and horses. The Tuar-
egs have only twice shown fight. In
one case they used the captured mus
kets of the BONNER column, and left
forty-tive of their number dead on the
sand. Their usual plan is to draw the
French into tedious pursuit and then
attempt a nocturnal surprise, but
against this the French are now on their
guard.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
CONCERNING SMILAX.
A Florists Expert Hints on the Treatment
of the Creeper.

"Smilax," said the florist, 'is just as
fashionable for decorating purposes
now as it was ten years ago. 1t Is one
of the few small-leaved creepers that we
have, and while it never attains the
luxuriance with US that it does in the
tropics, its lack of rank growth gives it
just that delicacy of appearance that
makes it so valuable and useful.
"a peculiar thing about smilax is that
Notwithstanding its hardness and free
growth it will not grow at all unless the
conditions are exactly right. Most
people kill it at the start by placing the
vine right in the sunniest window. As
a matter of fact, smilax, like ferns, re-
quires shady place, though l do not
mean by that a dark, close corner.
Another popularity of the plant is that
while it requires plenty of air. it will die
in draught. In word, when you try
to grow smilax you must try to repro
duce the natural conditions under which
it grows as nearly as possible, and those
are warmth, moisture, and plenty OF
quiet air. One of the best places for
your box of snilax is at the side of
sunny window.
"Smilax will grow either from seeds
VI Ou4Oo' OuO q SNO0S W "AAA AAA 49,
best results, and you will no doubt get
speediest results, from bulbs. AS soon
as the sprouts appear, start a network
of threads to the box and carry the
threads wherever you want the plant TO
go-around the window, across the
window, or festooned among the pict-
ures. Don't give the roots any water
to speak of until the leaves appear, and
then, was going to say, you can hard
ly give them too much water.
@Another mistake that most people
make about smilax is that of thinking
the plant is dead, because the leaves turn
yellow. That's the end of one life, but
not of the plants life. When the leaves
begin to turn, water but very little, and
when the foliage is dead, take up the
bulbs, pack them away where it is dry
and cool for. couple of months or so.
and then they'll be rested out sufficient
| ly to begin raising another family OF
foliage. IN y Sun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
WHY THE MONUMENT is THERE.
The Story of Major Dade and His Brave
Companions.

Many visitors to West Point have
wondered what was represented by
handsome monument of Italian marble,
inscribed "Dade and His Command"
The story is not told, or only casually
referred to. in the popular histories, and
the shaft tells nothing of the gallant
deeds of those whom it commentaries.
1t is futed column of artistic design,
surmounted by an eagle, from whose
beak descends wreath which grace
fully entwines it. The base is square,
the slabs bearing the names and inscrip.
tion being separated by miniature can.
non, over which numerous stars are
placed at appropriate intervals. The
names of the officers who fell with Dade
are inscribed on the slabs. But no hint
is given of what they did, or when and
where they fell.
The thrilling episode is worth recall.
ing, especially as it occurred just fiity-
nine years ago, or, to be precise, on the
2Sth of December, 1885. Major Dade
and detachment of III United States
troops were within few days march
of Fort King, Florida, when they were
surprised and massacred by over 1000
Seminole Indians. The men were re-
joicing at having almost reached the
end of long and tedious march, and
were looking forward to celebrating
the New Year with their comrades at
Fort King. They were suddenly at.
tackled by the savages, in overwhelm-
ing numbers, and slaughtered without
mercy. Three only survived to tell the
story. An exploration of the battle
field. made in the following February,
by order of General Gaines, showed that
the detachment had fought TO the last
extremity. and that each man had died
at his post. The scene presented to the
exploring party was an awful one.
They buried the bodies of eight officers
and ninety-eight men, and small six
FOUNDER cannon belonging to the com.
mand, which was left by the Indians,
was placed vertically at the head of the
common grave, where it remained for
many years.
The long-forgotten tragedy is COM
memorated by the graceful shaft on
the banks of the Hudson, inscribed
simply to "Dade and His Command"
1t was erected in 1845.-Bmfalo Com
o1oercjoJ
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
FACES MADE ARTISTIC.
Blemishes Removed and Objectionable
Features Remedied.

Why should any woman be an un-
pleasant reflection of herself in the mir
ror, is the query of varied curists of the
day. There are tonics to fatten and ex-
ercise to reduce; athletics to produce
strength and color and dyes to subdue
or brighten the shade of ones hair, saws
the n. Y. Press.
Is the complexion bad? Then cos
metics and coloring matter are pushed
aside to give way to massage and steam
ing, for the method of personal art is
growing more healthful every day.
The manicurist and the hair-dresser
care for the two eXtremities in an ar
tistic manner and the curves that ma
ture or gymnastics have not sufficiently
developed are left to the art of the
couturiere and the south's staple pro-
duction. But-wail womeu!-given fig
ure, complexion and coloring complete,
ones features remain often a serious
blemish.-
Just here is where the surgical curist,
the dermatologist, steps in.
These promoters" of good looks
claim to arrange a harmonious contour
in the features that nature thought wise
to neglect.
Should the forehead wrinkle small
slits are made at the junction where the
hair grows and the skin pulled up
smooth and taut and bit of adhesive
plaster put on; and the wound soon
heals. If the cheeks are inclined to be
"saggy", wrinkle deeply about the
mouth and seem to lack muscle the lit
tie incisions are made in the extreme
outer surface of the cuticle near the
.,Y,1 fho
These bits of neat surgery require skill
but are not dangerous. as the operation
is confined entirely to the top layer and
not extending to dangerous depths.
Also, the marking leaves no scars and
the pain is incidental
However, these are the simpler oper-
ations. For the changing of the fea-
lures more skillful and compromising
treatment is advanced. Ones nose can
be enlarged or narrowed, the ears
can be put at different angle, the
eyebrows be thickened or thinned and
eyelashes be made longer. This is done
by fine instruments and in the case OF
those sufficiently venturesome to try
the experiment the result has been
most satisfactory 10 patient and der
matologist.
A nobler test OF the curistS art is to
puncture the eyes with harmless So
luton that broadens the color line or
deepens it as the case is desired. This
is an operation that is doubtful and has
been tested by minority only.
Puncturing the cheeks with solu-
ton of rosaline and glycerine with 9TH
er component parts that are not given
away by the preparer is trick Of the
trade that is more popular. Small
needles are used and the coloring mat
ter injected under the epidermis, which
produces roseate glow that pervades
for at least year.
As to the wisdom of these proceedings
toward personal adornment the indi-
vidual must choose. One may question
the judiciousness of the course but the
fact exists that it is done.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
ON THE ANGLE OF THE JAW.
Why an Ordinary Blow Delivered Their.
Is Likely to Prove Fatal.

"Why is blow upon the angle of a
mans jaw-the Knockout blow of
pugilists-so effective, and what is the
immediate result of such blowP"
In view of the recent death of Con
Riordan after boxing bout with Cham
plon FitZsimmons, this question was
put by Baltimore San reporter to DR..
B. Merrill Hopkinson, himself an ath-
lete and the president of the Baltimore
Athletic Club. DR.. Hopkinson has
gwen study to anatomy and physiology
IN their relation to athletic exercises.
He said:
'It is somewhat difficult, without en-
tering into technicalities, to describe
properly the Knockout blow. The
skull rests upon the atlas, the first of
the bones or vertebre of the neck. The
articulation or joint is simply by means
of contact of the condvles or proturb-
ances at the base of the skull with two
facets on the atlas. The arrangement
is most favorable for movements of the
head, but is susceptible to dislocation.
Immediately at the base of the skull is
the foramen magnum-a great hole
which forms the passageway between
the skull cavity and the spinal canal.
Through this pass the spinal portion of
the central nervous system and verte-
bral arteries.
"a blow delivered upon the angle of
the jaw is, of course, given directly at
right angles to the passageway between
the body and brain, through which
passage run the wonderfully delicate
structures. Now, owing to the slender
joint OF the skull with the spinal col
umn, resistance must necessarily be
very weak, and blow, even though
light one, is capable of producing so
great shock that man can readily be
rendered unconscious by its effect. An
experiment is very simple. Let any
one strike himself quick blow just at
the angle of the jaw, and he will find
that he is dazed just in proportion to
the amount of the force applied. That
it is possible to kill a man bv such a
blow has been demonstrated more than
once, and more is the pity that such
thing can be recorded in the recital of
the so-called amusements.
81 do not believe that a man in good
physical training, with healthy heart
and arteries and well nourished nervous
system, could be destroyed by such
blow from another man who is his phy-
steal equal, but it would not take a
sledge-hammer blow delivered upon the
angle of the jaw to produce thrombus
or blood clot at the base of the brain of
a man whose heart, arteries and nerv-
Gus system had been weakened by alco-
holic or other excesses. Temporary
knock-cuts occur daily and fatal cases
are of rare occurrence; indeed, the pro-
portion of deaths as compared with
horse racing or football is ridiculously
small. Any man entering the pugilistic
ring is liable to receive a blow which
will put him to sleep and the duration
of Inconsistencies is altogether pro-
portioned to the science of the delivered
blow, the position of the man struck
and the amount of force used"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
Sweethearts.

Where are my sweethearts, fond and fair?
None of the graceful group | see;
Fitting fairies they clip the air,
Or peep from the woods and laugh at me-
Laugh at the old man moving slow,
In circle of dreams of long ago!
Thus in memory's mystic room
Supreme their changeless charms appear,
Rose and lily in breathing bloom,
And love-lit smiles that thrill and cheer.
Wherever affection has touched the past
Is Immortality DER it cast!
Seems it only vision yet
One little month since her met;
May fadeless flowers enWreath the night!
A lady beautiful aglow
With. kindness. Strangei Her hair is
white,
Her cheeks are Sunset-tinted snow;
Her eyes have that religious light
Cathedrals in their dimness know!
My queen of fairiesi Not alone
stood by her eXCl lted throne;
For he was there, her gracious king,
The royal family around,
All, what an unSubstantial thing
My room of old delight found!
Each image false took instant wing,
Reality resumed the groundl
Washington Star.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
Bullet Proof Shields.

The invention of bullet-proof shields
is charging. and the patent office will
soon be compelled to eatablish special
sub-department for the exposition of de-
vices in this direction. A point is laid
down by New York engineer, which
is that the outer surface of such ma
terial should be of soft, yielding ma
v ths forca Of the 20 If the
cuter ns surface lpSs Gi IS 'he herd oD unveldns
the blow is sometimes so great as to
overpower the recipient of Che shot, and
instance are on record that men on the
battlefield have actually been killed by
this shock. The whole subject is an in
tricate one, and the progress made in
it is not such as to deter the inventor
from thinking out new devices.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13

A man in town is dying by inches.
He is engaged to be married and can't
afford to marry before two years and is
gradually wearing himself out by be-
ing lover. 1t is worse on the consti-
tnfion thah chills. s.-Atehiso1l Globe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
Don't Plan, but Act.

Do not say to yourself that if you
were rich or influential or had you
executive power you would do thus
and so for the ameiioration of mankind
or the assistance of your friends, but
put your shoulder to the wheel and do
the very best you can for yourself and
for others in the sphere in which you
have been placed. The tiniest thing
that exists has its influence upon some
thing. So you have. The sphere
may be small. but action will make it
wider.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13

"Daily. TExcept SUNDAY. fFlags stop. meals.
Dark Faced Type denotes time from % 90 noon to - %
midnight jght Faced from u co mda ght to IL 90
JOSEPH WOOD, T. A. FORD,
General Nansgr- General Passenger Agent
H-S0-s4-l Pittsburgh, PENN'A
Fo. time cards, rates of fare, through tickets,
bagga e checks, and further information re-
garding the running of trains apply to any
Agent of the Pennsylvania Lines.
w.D, oNG. Agent. Rayenpa. Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
She Protested

Etha-What did you do when your
lance said he was going TO have his
shaved off?
Maude-Oh. 1 set my face against it.
Life.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-13
Earthnuake Incidents.

A Constantinople correspondent OF
the N. Y. Tribune says that it will
probably never be known how many
persons were killed in that city by the
earthquake of last summer. The Turk
ish government has a chronic hatred of
facts and the newspapers were forbid
den to publish statistics of the earth
quake. What are believed to be mod
crate estimates place the number OF
deaths at about 150 and the number OF
the wounded at about 600.
The correspondent cannot help prais-
ing the courage of the 6remen stationed
on watch at the top of a tower more
than 200 feet high. They stuck to their
post, although the tower swayed like a
flagstaff, and when the fires broke out
after the overthrow of dwellings, they
gave the signals as usual.
Another case of a similar sort was
that of a minaret-builder who had gone
up to the top of a minaret to remove a
conical cap which the first shocks had
thrown askew. While he was there an
other shock occurred and there was an
other panic in the streets.
His assistants, who were in one of the
galleries of the minaret, began to run
downstairs, and the mosque servants
below shouted to him to come down,
but he stayed where he was.
"If this is going to fall, he said, "it
will fall before can get out of it"
And he proceeded with his work.
Many wonderful escapes occurred.
Two men were walking together. A
Turk met them, and as is not unusual
when a Turk meets foreigners. he
pushed in between them, instead of
turning to one side. At that instant q
stone fell from the building above them
and hit the Turk, who fell dead between
the two Mortified foreigners.
But the most marvellous escape was
that of boy years old. He was run
ming along the street at the base of the
city wall just as one of the ancient tow
erS was oVerthrown. When the dust
cleared away he was discovered pinned
to the ground by great stones lying on
his skirts, but himself quite unhurt
Money Value of Hands and Fingers
An engineering journal has collected
some interesting statistics from the
tables of a German miners insurance
company, If man loses both hands
he is registered as entailing a 100 per
cent loss. In other words, he has been
deprived of the ability to earn iveli-
hood. The loss of the right hand de-
preciates the value of an individual as a
worker 20 to 80 per cent, while the loss
of the left hand leaves him with only SO
to 20 per cent of his original earning
capacity. The thumb is taken as play
ing part equal to 20 to 80 as bread
winner; the first finger of the right hand
is put at IA to Is per cent, that of the
left hand at from to 1875 per cent and
the middle finger of either hand is worth
from 10 to 16 per cent. The value of the
third finger is put down as from z to 8
per cent while that of the little finger is
estimated at to II per cent. These val
ues may appear arbitrary, but it is ex-
planned that the apparent inconsistency
in the rating is occasioned by the differ
ence in trades followed by injured ones.
Don't Plan, but Act.
Do not say to yourself that if you
rara rich OI. iOfiuaptial or bad Won