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A ROYAL CORNER.
How the Sacred. if Lonely. Precinct VFns
 Invaded by en American.

uew the Sacred. if Lonely. Precinct 0Fss
 Invaded by an American.
 An American attending q wedding TO- seption in great house in London con. gratulated bride and bridegroom and passed the usual compliments with tie host and hostess.
 There was great throng of guests, and he could not finger at the entrance of the drawing room when there were many behind him anxious to offer their greetings.
 Peroeiying quiet corner to the right of the bride where q gentleman and E lady were standing apart from the othel guests he went directly to it, unwit tingly coming to stop between two royal personages.
 The American was not aware Of tho fact that he WAS face to face with one of tho queens daughters and had turned lis back upon another member of the royal family. He stood quietly looking about, hoping to see some acquaintance tn the company with whom he might have q chat, and soon became uncom. foftabiy conscious that he WIS attracting attention and that the hostess and bride were casting uneasy glances in the di Feetion ef the corner where he haa taken shelter. While the drawing room was crowded tho company of guests with oile consent avoided ts.a st. .s.1.5s, corner where ho ard his two royal companions were stationed.
 An acquaintanoe in the background perceived his mistake, and coming with in hailing distance lnotioped to him. He left his two companions in exclusive occupation of tho cGrner, turning his back upon both as he edged his way through the throng. while everybody stared at him. When he reached the spot where his acquaintance was wait ing for him, the stage whisper was breathed into his ear:
 'You have been poaohing on royal preserves. You are privileged charao ter because you are an American, but no Englishman ventures to turn his back upon prince or q princess. People were staring you out of countenanoe because they took it for granted that you must be royal parsonage, yet they were uns able to identify you. ;
 The answer might have been made that every American is a sovereign tg the divine right of equality Of free cit. fzenship, but this would have been 6 meaningless pleasantly in all English drawing room, whore social etiquette aas sancti1y superior to loyalty to democratic principle.
 The American thanked his friend fol resouing him from an eno 5arrassing DO. sition. and then stood by and watched tho corner where royalty was isolated from too close contact with tho world of wealth and fashion.
 No guest approached tho royal pair. Their presence was an act of condeseen. sion to the host and hostess, and they remained on exhibition as the patrons of this social function without having their corner invaded. Everybody was careful not to approach them too close ly, and there was a general sense Of re. lief when they departed and the neoes. sity for backing away from them on sida tracks was removed. s~. Youth Compan. ion
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Mozart,s Method.

Mozart's method of composition was such as could only have been pursued by child of genius He would riso early, eat hearty breakfast md then stroll for several hours in q forest near his hone, where, inspired by natures beauties, heavenly melodies came troop
 ing through his brain Repairing to bis cottage, hc would summon his wife
 very witty woman, and bid her tell him stories He would then mount his high stool and proceed to commit these inspirations to paper, his wife telling him jokes and funny stories while he wrote These he enjoyed immensely, frequently interrupting her with hearty bursts of laughter and sometimes even falling from the stool and rolling on the floor. But amid all this hilarity and uproar the flow of music which was to move the world went steadily on His productions were wrought without the least thought or study, but came almost unbidden direct from heaven !" Like Shakespeare. he was purely the creature of inspiration, q genius of the highest order. 70. c. Hieatt in Housekeeper.
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.a5,
 The 40uoSeDHe.

h the loftiest tower in the city oi Vienna there is 8 novel instrument. known as tho toposoope, constantly at- tended day and night, for the purpose oi locating fires. It consists of good teIe- scope, which is solidlY attached to an arrangement of levers, while graduated sections of circle are arranged horizon tally and vertically i'll such a way that Ihe moving of the telescope sideways CT fp or down results i'll a change of posi- tion of the hands attached to the levers in reference to the graduated scales. Thus, the stability of the apparatus be- ing assured by the Armness of tho fas- tening, whenever the telescope is focus ed upon the same object the hands will poin6 10 the same figures on the hori, zontaI and on the vertical sextant, and sinea an index of the whole city has been made it is but matter of few seconds, when q glare is discovered at night to direct upon tho spot the topo. scope on the side. to read off the mum. bers to look up the object and to tele. graph to the central station the details observed. Local conditions are, of course, necessary for the successful oper- ation of such an apparatus. but in this case they arc said to be almost perfect The tower is over 300 feet high, and all uninterrupted view of the great area of the city is thus possible to the watch. man if tho atmospheric conditions are favorable.
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sA Managing Widow.

1 certain young widow of Indianapo. lis, who has just changed her weeds foi brighter hues, gave 3 dinner party not long ago, says the Indianapolis Sentinel. The rooms were decorated with q great profusion of flowers, Roses in masses were on the mantels, and the dinner table fairly blossomed. In fact, tht abundance of flowers was unusual. One kof the guests could restrain her curiosity no longer, md when tho dessert wal brought in said:
 aWell, Mrs, Plank, you're rather |ipreading orf-1he flowers tonight. J Yes, replied the fair widow bright.
 ssbut tomorrow am going to tallS ein out to Crow dill and put them oi pr Tom $ grave.
 l regular "13 shiver went round
 ytable.
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is 1nsidious, and men do not realize that they are in it's clutch. While consumption is germ disease, the bacilli will not in- wade sound and healthy lungs The lungs must first be iii a diseased condition.
 First man feels a little ont of sorts. Probably he is oVerworlzed and has given too little time to eating, sleeping and rest ing His appetite falls off. His digestion gets out of order and his blood does not receive the proper amount of Iife-giving nutriment. The liver becomes torpid and the blood is filled with impurities These are pumped into every organ of the body, building up unhealthy, halfdead tissues. The most harm is done at the weakest spot, and most frequently that spot is in the lungs A slight cold leads to in1amma- ton, the hacilli invade the lungs and we have a case of consumption.
 Ninety eight per cent. of al cases of consumption are cured by Dr. Pierce g Golden Medical Discovery. It is the great blood-maker and hesh-builder It restores the lost appetite, makes the digestion per feet, inVigorates the liver, purifes the blood, builds new and healthy flesh and drives out all impurities and disease germs. 1t cures weak lungs, splitting of blood, obsti- nate coughs and kindred ailments. No li0n- est druggist will recommend a substitute
 Mrs. Ursula Dunha1u, of sistersviiie. Tyler O., V. Va, writes: had pain in my side all the time, had but little appetite and grew very thin. The Golden Medical Discovery promptly cured the pain, restored my appetite and in- creased my weight"
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PROMOTED FOR oALLANTRY.
Kew York Policeman Rewarded For
 Catching . Rurg1a1

Hon. Theodore Roosevelt writes an article entitled The Roll of Honor of tho New York Police for The Century. Mfr. Roosevelt says:
 Early in our term we promoted | pa trolnan to the grade Of roundsman for activity in catching . burglar under rather peculiar circumstances. hap pened to note his getting D burglar one week, Apparently he had fallen into the habit, for he got another the next week. In the latter case the burglar es- caped from the house soon after mid night and ran a1ssy toward Park ave nue, with the policeman in hot chase. The New York Central railroad runs under Park avenue, and there is a succession of openings in the top of the tunnel. Finding that the policeman was gaining on him, the burglar took a desperate chance and leaped down one Of these openings at the risk of break 9sne his neck. Now the burglar WAS running for his liberty, and it was the part of wisdom for him to imperil life or limb, but the policeman was merely doing his duty, and nobody could have blamed him for not taking the jump. However, he jumped, and in this par. tioular case the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the unrighteous. The bur glar had the breath knocked out of him, and the ''cop'' didn't When his victim could walk, the officer trotted him around to the station house, and week afterward he himself was promoted, it appearing upon careful investigation that he was sober, trustworthy and strictly attentive to his duty.
 Hero again it seems to me that VIC followed the eminently common sense plan of promoting 8 man who had ea14l- ed his promotion by faithful and dis tinguished service and by proved supe. Eor capacity. We cared ho more for the policelnan's views on the tariff or the currency than we did for those of the burglar. Our interest and the inter est of citizens generally was to have the officer catch that burglar and otherwise do his duty. If he did his duty, we were for him; if he did not, we were against lin. In neither event did we cGre 0l-t -s eiiIoer had or had nos the backing of the congressional delega- tion of the city or the central committee of the county, Of course, as before, this exposed us to wild outeFies from the local political bosses and heelers and much sneering at civil service reform. :. but all the outeries and sneers meant was that we were doing our duty as de- cent men and as public officials with some slight appreoiatinn If xvhat xvas implied by the words honor and up rghtness. Political organizations are eminently necessary and useful, bus when they are seized by professional spells politicians of low morality, who run the machine" in their own inter. ests, who elanor against honesty and defy decency and rail against that de. vice for obtaining clean government which is known as civil service reform, then it is time for al1 citizens who believe in good citizenship to rise in re. volf
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Remote Ancestry.

'Tt has long been supposed, says The Outlook, that tho most startling genealogical claim is that of tho negus of Abyssinia, who insists that his de- scent has been ill a straight line from the union of Solomon with the queen of Sheba, but some cue has discovered 8 noble family i'll France, the counts of Noe, who not only claim Noah as their remote ancestor. but show on their fam fly blazon that veteran seaman in the a1l. ,,
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ENGLISH lNNKEEPERs
Said to Iie Mainly Hoors Who Treat pa-
 trons as IntTaaars

Ii your pocketbook allows or fate CT the desire to see the country eonpels you to remain in England, there arc parts where you can rltss on your wheel with great satisfaction and at great ex- pense. Nothing could be more beautiful than the midlanas lovelier than tie counties that surround London, but westward go no farther than Bristol or Truro, northward than Chester. avoid ing Manchester-that is, unless you mean to go still farther north into Scot land, which at times will repay your enterprise. The southwest is largely to be avoided. Cornwall and Devon have the worst roads il civilized Europe-in fact, the roads and inns explain that the country is not and never has been civilized In the inns you are often treated as an intruder, and sometimes cheated in fashion that would brina @ blush to the cheek of q Swiss landlord, for the emptiness of the larder the bill makes up in laYishness. There is hard ly anything to eat save cream, but for that and salt bacon and ancient eggs you arc asked to pay as much as for q good dinner at the Cafe Royal. The inn keepers t,a mainly boors.
 As for the roads, they go straight tc the top of all the hills, as uncompro. nisingly as the roads of Bohemia, then drop down the other side and are unrid. able ill beth directions When not climbing ipitately, they lie buried at the bottom Of ditch. They are shadeless and uninteresting, rarely ap. preaching the seaeoast# or passing near anything that is worth looking at, and yet sqe know Englishmen who are pro- foundly impressed with the belief that they are the best in England, and there- fore iii the world The roads, inns and irnkeepers of scotland are in every way better, but the fact that the average Briton spends his holiday OH the cont4- nent when he eaa proves not only that he wants to get there, but also that he is driven from his own country by the shortsighteaness of the people who leeY it's inns and look after its roads.-Mr and Mrs. Penhell in Fortnightly Review
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Snrp Sign.

ker's wife k rather the boss of isn she:2
 Id not like ta s}y So positive know that they have only s, aud ene is | woman 5 the other k | tandem. - kical Journal
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IeyIl,m EiriHits.

\ briel1layor can lay about ,50o or l,G00 bricks in day of 10 honfs where the joints are left rersh, about l,000 per day when both faces have to ifa worked fair aud not more than 500 a day when carefully iointed and faced with picked bricks ot ! uniform color s-Exchange,
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RntrIa,n e,annnr.

J. M. Barrie is more conscious of his limitations than are some of his fellow workers of the period. At the repeated solicitation of his journalist frienda he consented some time ago to write the life of the late Alexander Russell of The Scotsman. but he immediately relin- quished the task when he perceived that biographical writing lay altogether out side his particular sphere of work.
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The proyerb . Necessity is the mother of invention" can hardly be traced to one independent source. The idea was expressed by Psrsius, the Roman satirist about 60 4. D., and is found. in tho precise form now quoted, ill Richard Franck's Northern Memoirs" (priated in London, i694l and in various later English writers
 Rice IS the most important of all Japanese crops The cultivation takes ap more thaa half of the country $ total surface of arable land
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ThefR fa

There is implanted in every man a love of life strong enough to make him Ire b1e and kiieei before death when he thoroughly rec ognizes it's ap- preach. The trouble with men is that they do not rec ognize death unless it comes in some violent rapid form. Consumption kills more men than wars, fam ines plaques and accidents, butts approach
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SaI,aa.an Oasis.

rench experts in thedesertof Sahara Expressing apprehensions at the tal diminution of the fertile cases, known that the large oases were Hanger ill the time of the ancient
 Is and that they arc being eon-
 reduced in size by the encroaeh- bf the sand dunes. The problem Nto stop these
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-27
MATCH EMPTY BARREL.
Drug Clerk Hixou Has Marrow Is.
cape Sunday Morning

Horace Hixon. tho irreptessible drug
clerk at Ed VanderPoors pharmacy,
is carrying around eountenance
which Tor artistic decoration is a
beauty.
Sunday forenoon he was enjoying a
needed recreation in the back room Of
MIR. Vanderpoors establishment smok-
ing and reading with his feet cooked
up on barrel which had at one time
contained whisky, but which had been
empty for six months or more. For
convenience sake extra matches were
deposited on top OF the empty barrel.
His cigar having gone out Mr. Hixon
gently reached over and scratched a
match on the head OF that empty bar
rel and the alcoholic gas which was
contained therein did the rest
The explosion was heard distance
OF several blocks. Part Of the barrel
was driven into the ceiling and the
only wonder is how Mr.. Hixon ever
escaped alive. But he did, the only
in pjuries he received being about the
face which was driven full OF charcoal
Strange to say his eyesight was not
destroyed, although his eyes were
badly damaged.
few days rest will bring Horace
around ali right, but judging from
what he says, the next time he lights
match near The bung-hole of an
emoty barrel he will get behind q
brick wall TO do it.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-27
EDITORS FATHER DEAD.
G. G. Niblack Falls From Moving
Train and is Killed

The editor Of The Leader yesterday
received the sad and shocking intelli.
gence Of the death OF h,s father Mr.
George e. Niblack, which occurred
Sunday night at Cincinnati, o.
Mr.. Niblsck left Guthrie last Thurs
day. He had mapped out long pleas
ure trip and intended to visit his old
homes IN Kentucky and Indiana.
Few particulars were received re-
garding the accident which caused his
death, other than that he had fallen
from moving train and sustained o
fractured skull. He was removed to
the city hospital in Cincinnati in an
unconscious condition and lived but a
short time.
The deceased lacked only five months
Of being 20 years OF age, yet despite
that fact, was remarkably hale and
vigorous. He possessed bright mind
and looked forward to his trip to the
old home with great joy. He was
born in Dubois county, Indiana. For
thirtv-6ve years he was a successful
com mission merchant aud was presi
dent OF the Grst steamboat transporta
tion company operating between Cin
cinnaCi and New Orleans. Mr.. NiblEck
having retired from active business
came to Oil lihoma four years ago and
has since lived at Chandler with kii
son, Il. A. Niblack.
The deceased was one OF the mosi
lovable OF men. Always kind and
courteous, conscientious and strictly
honest, he was esteemed and respected
by all who knew him. lie lived :
pure, noble and unselfs life.
The deceased was Mason and 1
member of the Presbyterian church
lie leaves two sons and two daughters
TO mourn his loss.
Editor Niblack left en- the Afternoon
train yesterday for Cincinnati. The
remains will be taken to Roekport
Ind, and laid beside the wife and sol
OF the deceased.
Commissioners Frank Niblack anC
sisters, Misses Ida and Dayse, lef
Chandler last night TO attend tho
funeral.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-27
Agents Wanted,

For Or. Talmage's THE Earth Cir
died, or his famous tour around the
world. A thrilling story OF savage
aud barbarous lands. Four million
Tslmage books sold, and THE Earth
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Demands enormous; every body wants
this famous book Only $3.50. Big
book, big commission; q gold mine for
workers. Credit given, freightage
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-27
HER LIBERTY AT STAKE.
Preliminary Examination OF Grace Al
len Being Had at Chandler.

The preliminary examination Of
Grace Allen, the alleged poisoner Of
Miss Phrona Eckes and her mother
the full details of which have been
given by The Leader, was commenced
at Chandler Yesterday. The case is
one OF absorbing interest to the resi-
dents of that place and the court room
is packed to suffocation by spectators
who eagerly watch every detail.
Miss Allen is defended by Hon. s. 8.
kirkpatrick. the we'll known Kansas
attorney, who is taking advantage of
every technicality known to law.
At toe hour Of adjournment last
night the prosecution had not finished
its introduction OF testimony, and the
examination will probably last all OF
today and part Of tomorrow.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-27
aeorge wIIlls Heard Boom.

A letter from Geo Willis says that
he leaves New York in few days for
home. George reports having seen a
good time generally and says that he
is coming back loaded for bear" in
the way Of new style ideas, with
which TO please his customers this
fall George is a hustler and always
abreast of the times and the reputa
tion which Guthrie sustains THAT OF
having the best dressed men Ia the
territory is largely due to the work
of this popular young tailor in enccur
aging the wearing Of advanced styles
in mems clothing.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-27

Mr.. James jones, of the drug firm
OF Jones & Son, Cowden H., in speak.
ing OF DR.. Kings New Discovery, says
that last winter his wife was attacked
with La Grippe, and her case grew so
serious that physicians Cowden
and Pima could do nothing for
her. 1t seemed to develop into Hasty
Consumption. Having DIR. Kings New
Discovery IN store, and selling lots OF
IL, he took bottle home, and to the
surprise Of all she began to get better
from the first dose, and half dozen
dollar bottles cured her sound and
we'll. DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds Is
guaranteed to do this good work. Try
II. Free trial bottles at c, r. Renfro's
Drug Store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-27
supreme coart In Intormal se..Lop.

All the mem bers OF the supreme
court arc in the city and were in iufor-
NAL session yesterday formulating
opinions to be handed down in cases
before that body The next three
days will probably be spent in the
same manner and the latter part OF
the week the court will sit and hand
down opinions in several cases OF inn
portance. Associate Justice Keaton
has declined TO SIT in the tax cases,
so that in all probability these cases
will not be disposed OF at this session.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-27
BAND BOYS HON0RED.
The Guthrie Band WIFI Lead tire
Priests Of Pallas Parade.

The contract has been signed where
by the First Regiment band, o ~ e.,
will again lead the Priests OF Pallas
parade at Kansas City, October 6, :, {
aud Judging from results, the
band boys, while there last year, must
have made moro than the usual favor.
able impression, as the management
at Kansas City has offered even more
than the usual liberal inducements,
Besides the side issues, which will net
the boys a neat little sum. they are to
receive something over slO0 parade
each day, which will bring the grand
total up to guile a respectable gum.
The band is now meeting for practice
three times a week, Mondays, Wednes'
days and Fridays and il not as success,
ful this year as it was last in captur'
ing prizes it will not be from lack oi
conscientious work before starting.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-27
Notice to Contractors.

You are invited TO bid on the work
of completing thu Territorial Normal
school building, located at Edmond,
o. T., and on such other work as is
necessary for the establishment of q
permanent laboratory.
Sealed bids received till midday,
July %, when same will be considered.
The board reserves the right to reject
anv or all bids.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the building. JouS l.. MITcH,
Secretary OF Board,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-07-27

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