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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-10-01
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THK LEADER Blndery Is one OF the best
institutions OF the kind In the West and Is
daily turning out large quantities OF work.
Send IN your orders for binding and blank
books and they will be promptly attended
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-10-01

FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
OF MAINE.

FOR VIUE-PREsIDENT,
ARTHUR SEWALL,
OF MAINE.
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WE WANT YOUR EGGS!

We must have $4,000 eggs before November LIST
and prepared to pay the highest market price
We want fresh eggs from farmers only. No dirty, sun
burnt, old held, salted picked wanted. Bantum
and guinea eggs go at half price
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-10-01
NOW is THE TIME TO BUY A SNAP.

Sow the land in wheat this fall, and this
pay for the land
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MY FRIENDS.

eloe as journey on from dav to day,
] come on other wanderers in my path,
Some sad, some singing, some in bitter
wrath.
and some who join me for little way
Not always very far. Perhaps we SEQ
That one step moves too slow and one too
fast;
Some have overtaken, loved and passed,
And some there are who would not wait for
me.
Some cross uy march just once-across tho
lawn
hear a fooistep; We shall almost meetl
Alas! We may not stay too long &c
greet!
A nod, n pleasant word-and he is gone
How many million friends there are who's,
lot
Keeps them outside my path for life's short
while!
Dut through the distance and the dark
smile,
For can love them though see them not
Robert Il. Hale, in Independent.
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HERE'S AN ODD CALLING.

One of the most curious professions
followed by a woman is that of Miss
Fannie Elkins, who prepares anatomi-
col charts and specimens for the work
of students and professors in medical
colleges. She also illustrates medical
books for the publishers.
Miss Elkins's studio-for the work
requires more than ordinary artistic
skill-is situated on Fourteenth h street.
She has been situated there for seven
years, making her physiological draw
ings and charts. She was formerly a
teacher of science in Packard Insti.
tute. in Brooklyn. She was always
particularly interested in physiology,
and so remarkable was her skill in
making the somewhat grewsome
sketches for physiological classes that
she was finally commissioned by Ger.
tain physicians toi make a large chart
to illustrate lecture. From this be.
ginning her work grew.
Now she visits hospitals with camera
and note book whenever an operation
is to be performed. She received n
medal and diploma from the Worlds
Fair authorities for her work. She
colors and models pathological speci-
mems. work which has hitherto been
done mainly in France.
In spite of her peculiar and grew
some calling Miss Elkins is herself a
very womanly woman. She is about
thirty-eight years old, with brown
hair touched with gray, gray-blue eyes
and II nervous but pleasant manner.
Her studio, which she prefers to call
her workshop, is free fiom the artistic
embellishments of the ordinary studio.
New York journal.
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The Atlanta Journal says that a syn
dicate of New York capitalists are
about to purchase the grounds OF Pied.
mont Park, Atlanta, on which the Ex
position was held. 1t adds that New
York capitalists already hold large
interests in Atlanta, and thus New
York capital is destined to cut large
figure in the bustling metropolis Of
Georgia. These statements. comments
the New York Tribune, are especially
interesting, in view of the fact that
while the Fair was in progress last fall.
everybody in Atlanta was predicting
that Chicago capital was soon to come
to Atlanta and revolutionize things,
and New York was denounced as slow
because it f.iled to appreciate its op.
portunity. Chicago money, however,
is still far from conspicuous down
there, but it should be added in fair
ness that the Chicago papers wrote uI
the Fair in fine style.
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Decided by jury.

II Is not uncommon for an r
Judge to try to raise n laus
strange to say. he usually suct
by affecting an infantile ignor
all things but purely judicial M
Sir Henry Hawkins not long ago
In court, what is hayT'
A correspondent Of the Philal
Ledger says that in recent m.
a strange affectation of judicial
nnce was evinced by Lord Russa.
Edward Clarke read, from a b
the plaintiffs, description Of ca
"umber-shaded head"
"What shadef" asked Lord Rp,
"Umber,' replied Sir Edward
"Yes, but what Is that?" pers.y,
chief justice.
At this poA, the feelings Of ,.s
were too much for them. Withsr
unity reminiscent of the "rinl
Penzance," they chanted In cyri
tory chorus: Brown, my lord N
and the trial went on.
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THE REIGN OF THE AMERICAN GIRL.

The NElbN OF TIE AMERICAN GIRL.
Word comes from London that the
reign of the American girl in Great
Britain is ended. The report is that
the British damsel has learned her
lesson, and has come to be as lively
and brilliant as her American cousin,
and is a winner once more in the COM
petition between them. If the news
is true, there will be few mourneis.
None Of the Americans, except the
ladies Immediately concerned, have
taken any great amount of comfort in
our girls success in London. The
American men and the British ladies
have been of one mind about il. Both
have disapproved. The international
marriage has had certain usefulness
In bringing the Americans aud the
English into closer relations, but the
advantages of it have been Coo one
sided. Nine times out of ten the
United States has lost citizen and
England has gained one. 1t is time
for n moro equitable arrangement to
obtain. Perhaps. if it is true that
English women have developed new
charms and graces, some of our young
men may begin to go accounting be.
yond the seas. Would it avail them
anythingp Perhaps 80; but that is
still to be demonstrated. We have
been used to realize that English men
of large matrimonial opportunities are
liable to marry American women, but
il is still to be shown that an English
woman who is in position to have
good offers at home is in any danger
at all of marrying out of her own land
and into the United States. The Eng
lish women have not always seemed
superlatively attractive to the Eng
lish men, but hitherto the Englisf
men have almost invariably been goot
enough for the English women. =
Harper's Weekly.
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II is stated in the New York Oh.
server that the reindeer which were
introduced into Alaska largely through
the efforts of Rev. DR.. Sheldon Jack.
son, who is kind of apostle of Alaska.
have been giving u good account OF
themselves. While dog can average
but thirty-fve miles Il reindeer can
make ninety miles day. Swift com.
munication between many of the scat.
tered settlements has thus been made
feasible. The natural increase of the
reindeer is rapid, being estimated at
fifty per cent, SO that large herds
may be expected in course OF time. AT
present nearly one thousand head OF
reindeer are herded at Port Clarence,
near Bsrin2 Strait. Numbers of the
natives whose homes are contiguous to
the Government school stations are
thus being lifted by degrees from q
dependence upon the uncertainties OF
fishing and hunting to the more steady
and comfortable condition of herds
men. The skins and meat OF the rein
deer are also valuable, 50 that Alaska
IL finding the ANIMALS already import
ed yerltahle rodsend. g..
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FASHION NOTES,

Buttons will be q summer craze.
Every tone of velvet is favored in
Partisan millinery.
All violet bonnets with white satin
Alsatian bows are lovely.
Tailor biclcle costumes are well
worth the cost of their making.
A correct veil is part of the we'll
gowned woman's essential attire.
Silk petticoats are as wide as the
dress skirt and generally much pret-
tier.
Tapestry panels for the nursery IL
lustrate rhymes that are favorites of
the Juveniles.
Square gold lockets, with q solitaire
diamond in the center, are worn on
mems watch chains.
The shades finding favor are poplar,
nile, pea and other delicste greens.
followed by yellows, browns. violet
and tan. No one fancy shadeis likely
to rule.
So long MS there are curio cabinets
there will be more or less demand for
silver toys. which represent in min
iature all sorts of subjects, such as an
old English coach, Sedan chair, a
grand piano, etc.
Shirt waists of moderately thick
linen duck are among the novelties.
They are made after the usual fashion,
and are liked because they are thicl
enough to be slight pro- elton, and
not uncomfortable even on very warn
! days.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-14

James p. Hamilton, q blind piano
tuner of Grand Rapids, Mich, is max.
ing q great excitement in Athens,
where he went to study Greek. The
Greeks were amazed at the idea of a
blind man acquiring an education, and
they are discussing the establishment
of n school for the blind, with Hamil-
ton at the hend of it. There is no
euch school in Greece, where blind
person ia considered tit for nothing
but begging.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-14
HEAp.GEAn THAT CAUSES prsMAY.

Women fond of quiet, elegant head
coverings look with mingled awe and
dismay Mt the startling exhibit Of
summer millinery shown on every
hand this season. Not hat or bon
net ready for wear that is not over
burdened with topheavy mass of
garnitures with colors swearing at each
other from crown to brim. The winter
cart-wheel hats were bad enough with
their crazy-looking feathers set in
struggling, dropping, Ayinglgroups on
the outer edge of the chapeau and the
topmost height of the crown, but the
hat was mostly black and theres,,r a
degree less conspicuous. No. Il is
oil the colors Of the rainbow, and the
hat.brims are crimped and crihs,ied In
the most novel and inimitable man ner
treat wide ruchas ~ "S hInA ~
| green tulle are pleated up together OF
one hat, with perhaps high stalk o.
dark-blue French lilies on the crown
n bunch Of yellow narcissus at tn,
back under the turned-up brim, ant
clusters OF magenta roses at each sidt
of the crown. This is actually tn,
description of model now on exhibi
tion in the parlor of French millinel
on Fifth avenue, the hat itself blacl
lace straw. A two.inch hedge-row o
violets is around the brim of greer
openwork straw hat trimmed will
immense red silk and velvet poppies
perfumed violet aigrettes, yellow pan
sizes, and tan-colored tulle. The onl,
advice to give to those who look il
despair at what is at present ofiere,
them for post-Easter wear is to selec
their own shape and style of hat o
bonnet and trimming, and order tn
garnitures arranged to suit their IL
dividual tastes and wishes. New Yor
Post.
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The rate of increase in wages shown
by Mr.. Carroll ID. Wright, United
States Commissioner of Labor, in the
lecture he lately delivered in New
York is striking. His figures cover n
period of fifty years, no doubt the
most important in tho history of mod
orn times, and they show progress
tive increase from an average of S2i7.
8s in 1850 to S2ss.94 in 1860, to
S302.oS in 1870, to S34G.91 in 1880
and to Si44. SO in 1890. Mr.. Wrigh.
points out tina. '~-e 'he real signif
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-14

fish,, landscapes, forests ana mou.
aims. He may embroider it in silk
floss until one would swear that it was
n creation Of the taxidermist and not
Of needlecraft, or he will tint it in
water colors, cover it with applique
work, and even draw out threads hero
and there and make it into dainty
and tilmy piece of lace.
More extraordinary are the military
and royal fans worn up to 1860 III
Japan, and also in Korea. These were
made of metal, in order to be appro.
pirate to the military character Of the
wearer. They were made Of copper,
brass, bronze, steel, silver and even
gold. One type used by the great
warriors had points on the end, which
could be used for about the same pur-
poses as dagger. The body of the
fan itself was 80 strong that If needs
were it could be used as buckler.
There is still another type of ex-
quisite beauty, the tortoise shell fan
of Nagasaki and Kyoto. In this the
genius of the East almost reaches per.
fection. Out of the crude material
the artisan produces n finished shell
of marvellous beauty and resplendency.
He models and shapes it to suit his
taste. Usually the ribs are finished
in half.open work, which is almost as
delicate as lace, while the outside
sticks are decorated with dragons,
flowers, faces, or anything which the
wearer may desire. New York Mail
and Express.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-14

A scientist in Washington cannot
understand why women hnve such q
strong prejudice against vivisection,
when, according to Genesis, had it
not been for an experiment in vivisec-
ton there would have been no woman.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-14

A Spanish newspaper, quoted by tho
New Orleans Picayunc, says; "Exter-
mination. This is the only solution
of the wer in Cuba. Let the romantic
North Americans say what they wish,
the moment has arrived for showing
ourselves cruel and inhexible, and
bloody il necessary"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-14

The London Standard thinks that IL
is high timo to begin hanging captains
of ships who run down small craft at
sea. Passing ships are known to tho
fishers and coasters rs "silent deaths, 1"
and dreaded far more than storms.
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went forward to attend to the wants
of his guests. A small trunk and two
shot guns was the only baggage the
travellers possessed. and these were
carried to the inn and the strangers
assigned a room, and while their sup
per was being prepared, Peter re-
sumed his seat by his brother.
"Do they seem like persons OF
means ?" inquired Helst.
GLOW can I tell?" replied Peter,
"They went to their chamber without
taking n drink"
"lf | had examined their faces, "
continued Helst, 81 think / should
have been able to determine their
quality. Your business is not the
kind to enable you to discover the
depths of your customers pockets.
All Pete, / fear you never will accumu-
late large fortune"
"Well, Dyke may, il 1 don't" re-
piled the brother. "He's like you,
Helst, he turns penny over twice be-
fore taking it to zee if it is good"
"Dyke is prudent lad, said Helst.
"He may turn out well If he con
tinues to be SO cautious. Brother, We
have to be wary in this world"
"Thank heavens there'll be no oc
casion for it in the next" replied
Peter, and he laughed and bley grea,
clouds of smoke in Helst's face.
"'Tis nasty practice" exclaimed
the brother, coughing and moving @
little apart, so rs to be out OF the
reach of Peters pipe.
"1ts II great consolation, some
times, replied Peter.
"lts great waste of money" re
torted Helst. "How much do you
spend in tobacco?"
"How should | know" replied Petel
in surprise. 81 never kept account.
Try it," remarked Helst, dryly.
just then couple of shots mad,
Helst Steen bounce in his seat.
'lt's only the travellers discharginl
their guns" said Peter.
81 must co." replied Helst; "good
night, and the brothers separated.
Peter Steen found his guests to b.
quiet, but eccentric Englishmen, wh'
seemed to take the world easy and pa,
Gberally for all they ordered.
"What in the world can they wan
here?" asked Helst. "Why don't the,
go to the city,"
'l'm sure / don't know" replie
Peter, "and as they pay in homes
money l care not how long the
tarry.".
"They may be robbers" suggeste
the timid Helst.
| $50 they may" responded Peter
"but they haven't robbed me, and q
they are not sharp enough for You,
don't see why We should complain"
Fall deepened into winter, and th
strangers still soiourned at the re
Lion. They went out cunning Ire
quentlY, and when they remained in
doors they necessarily read the newl
papers that came from England.
~ have it," exclaimed Helst on
event ng to his brother. "rhey NJ
refugees from justice. and they rea
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-14

A French scientist says that the
"salt air" of the seacoast is n popular
delusion. He has been conducting n
series of elaborate experiments and
can find no trace of salt in the air.
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II Is figured that the sen swallows
20O0 vessels every year, with $4,000
human lives and s1OO, 900, 900 of prop
ertv
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must be considered. He says that the
real question OF wages is OF the amount
Of the necessaries and comforts of life
n days labor will buy at any given
TINA ...-
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weighed 1873 pounds a year ago, I!
O mere skeleton. From your li''i
think my trouble is profuse me'i
Ny symptoms are etc
Our doctor (my uncle) tells fathe''
In consumption, and wants to i-l
Florida. Please help me! Tell me VI
and tell me quickly. lam engaged
ried In September. Shall | live .
dayi LulI
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Cripple

Tho iron grasp OF scrofula N
mercy upon its victims. This n
of the blood is often not satisfel
causing dreadful sores, but rac,|
body with the pains OF rheun|
until Hoods Sarsaparilla cures
NEARLY four years ago II beca,
fiicted with scrofula and rheu,
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The Host of the Red Lion.

r one we're to seek the
site OF the Red Lion,
that stood on the Har-
lem road over n century
ago, he could no more
discover it than he could
the snow that fell at the
date of which we write.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-14

Herr Krupp, the guumaker, Is the richest
Of the Prussians being taxed on an income
Of 81 200, 900. Baron Rothschild comes next
with u taxable income OF ~ 100000. Only
seven persons ia Prussia report incomes Tor
the last year aboYe .i7U 600.
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ON FANS.

The fan again becomes a necessity
in place of luxury, writes Margherita
Arlina Hamm. Like so many other
good things. the West received the
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Chicago, .
Nv dear Mrs. Pinkham

MY utdI MIns llUhidill'
This is happy day, am wei
weight daily, but shall continue ;h
and Vegetable Compound during Z
as you suggest. Uncle knows MOI
what you have done for me, becar
make things very unpleasant in q.
would like To give you testimon'l
but father would not allow H.
shall be married in September, 40
20 Boston, will call upon you,
prove my gratitudel
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The Red Lion was an inn kept by n
Jolly old Hollander, named Peter
Steen, and directly opposite was the
only grocery store on that part of the
island, and this was presided over by
Peters brother, Helst. Tho brothers
were very disslmilar in temperament
and appearance. Peter weighed over
two hundred pounds, was n hard
drinker, inveterate smoker and n
great talker. Helst was of small
stature, weighing only one hundred
and some odd pounds, and he never
drank spirituous liquors or used to-.
bacco in any form. Neither was he of
loquacious turn. Silent and medi.
tative, he weighed out his sugar and
tea to his customers, took their hard
money, put it safely away, and grew
richer each year than his laughing,
rollickirg brother Peter.
Every evening after the store was
closed, Helst invariably went across
the way, and the brothers, taking
chairs. would (when the season per.
mitted) sit in front of the tavern
under the trees and converse, while
Peters son, Dyke, attended the bar.
IL was the latter part OF the summer
when the brothers we're seated in their
accustomed places that q couple of
strangers we're driven to the inn, and,
alighting, requested accommodations.
Peter slowly took his pipe from his
mouth and shouted for Dyke.
500 yourself" said Helst, in ,an
under tone. "You'll never become
rich if you turn these matters over to
others. You must mend YOUR ways,
'her, and not put the of the
Dyke. Cone.
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fan from the Orient. Despite our
progress, we have never yet cqualed
the artisans and artistsiof the far East
in making these little articles of COM
fort and Of relief. We have not even
learned more than the rudiments of
the fan. In those old civilizations
there is light and strong fan for the
child, another for the stripping, one
for the youth and one for the admit.
There are fans for men and women.
fans to suit every purse, from that OF
the pauper to that of the prince. A
residence in either Japan, China or
Korea is liberal education in fam
craft.
There are great fans which require
n strong man or On able-bodied woman
to WELD them, and still larger, is the
giant fan known as the punka, which
is suspended from the ceiling over
the table or the bed, and pulled like
q great swing by cord in the hands
of muscular servant. The East has
an etiquette of the fan which recog-
nizes attitude, angles, movements and
poses. There is way of handling it
in the presence of friends, another
way before official superiors, third
in the street, fourth in the theatre
and fifth in a church.
was amused to learn in Japan that
Young man could express his love
with few beats of his fan, and
young woman could return or reject
il in tho -lme manner. Even the chill
dren are depts in fan science. Japan
ese child IN use fans to keep paper
butterAi suspended in the air, and
Chinese jys use them rs battledores
upon inty little shuttlecocks.
America are only beginning to APP
preciat the superiority Of the
Orient in this regard. They import
and u ,ver.increasing numbers of
the de te fabrics of the East. Far
from austing the supply, we are
not ye miliar with all OF the various
types classes. Thus we are well
acqua' with the old-fashioned fan,
which Is together pleat on pleat,
} proba because that is our favorite
type f caking it ourselves. But we
kknow y little of the wonderful
seffectt mt can be secured with single
solid ace, which will neither fold
l..
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Wei

take Hoods sarsaparilla. Soon A,
came back; the sores commenced h
My limbs Strengthened out aud I,
away my crutches. am now So,
hearty and am farming, whetes,
years ago I was a cripple. clad,
ommend Hoods sarsaparilla." /
HAMMOND, Table Grove. Illinois.
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just such cases as the alb
in women's circles, and tina
confidence of the women o
bestowed upon Mrs. Pinkhs
Why are not physicians
with women when sutferir
ailments?
Women want the truth,
cannot get it from their
seek II elsewhere.
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WI adj 4

Running sores broke out on my \
Pieces Of bone came out and IN OF.
was contemplated. had rheumr
my legs, drawn up out OF shape. | ID
petite, could not sleep. / was a \
wreck. I continued to grow won.
finally gave up tho doctors treat,
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The losses to New York farmers IN.
nually from insects are $50, 200, 900.
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SarsapariIIa

Isthe One True Blood Purifier. All dr1,,
Prepared only by G. ]. Hood n Co. Low
Hoods Pills sSEs fsEs. iasy hiye5 to IIS gl.,.,