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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30
RELIGIOUS ELoPEMENT

Volunteer Lieutenant james Nelson Runs
Away with Coates wife.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, April , 49,
James Nelson, lieutenant in the
American Volunteers, eloped from here
Saturday with Mrs Mary Coates, wife
of an employe of brewery
They had been acting in manner to
cause unfavorable comment for some
time, but Coates had faith in his wife
aud he gave her $40 in order TO visit
his parents, but which she used %
make the elopement successful
Nelson came here from Topeka siA
weeks ago lie was loud street
&C Crncr eXhorter He deserts wife
and two children. Mrs Coates tried
ITO work" her husband for 81, 500,
which he had In bank
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30

LONDON, April The parliament
airy secretary OF the foreign Office, NJ.
Curzon, replying ia the House OF Com
mons to-day to a question Of Henry
Labouchere, said that no agreement
had been reached relative To the with
drawal Of the Turkish forces from
Crete A ajority OF tho powers, ha
added, were of the opinion that the
Greeks must leave frst (Cheers.) Ia
eoncl usion, Mr. CuTzon remarked that
the powers had no intention Of Cccu-
pying any portion of Greek territory
and declaring IL neutral
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30
Agents Wanted

For War in cuba, by Senior Ques4dA,
Cuban representative at Washington.
Endorsed by Cuban patriots. In tire.
mendous demand A bonanza for
agents. Only 81 so. Big book. big
commissions. Everybody wants the
only endorsed, reliable book Outfits
free Credit given Freight paid.
Drop all trash, and make $500 a month
with War in Cuba. Address today,
rhe National Book Concern, sSS-s5t
Dear born ST. Chicago.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30
BATTLE WON BY THE INSURGENTS,

General Comes loads in person aAd
rorts the Spanish, Eight hundred Span
isk killed and l 900 wounded. The great
victory is attributed to the fact that the
insurgents have discovered that DR.. Saw,
ysr's Family Cure gives new life aAl
strength and purihss the blood
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30

Spring Is full Of terrors 10 all whose
constitution Is not Gb Q to resist the
sudden changes Of temperature and
other insAlu brities Of the season. To
put tue system ia condition 10 over
come these evils, nothing is so effective
a. Ayers 6Arsspariila. Take IL now.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30
rhs Eqaltabls Ala ualon Insolvsnt.

ERIE, Pa, April u. Judge Walling
has declared the Equitable AID union,
in all its classes, as corporation, in
solvent, and extended the receivership
of Chauncey p. Rogers 10 class b Of the
order. The receivership extends TO
the order In Ohio and Michigan.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30
mecrar sna rlIet.on Nnmed.

TOPEKA, Kan, April =. - Governor
Leedy to-day issued commissions TO
the members Of the text book board,
including D. o. McCray and d. c. Tn-
lotson, who had not been confirmed
by the senate.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30

WANTKD-Five thousands bushels Of
tomatoes, delivered to Salmon Can
ming factory, Guthrie, o T., during
the canning season. Farmers wishing
TO make contracts address Gus Carson,
care Nix Halsell & Co., Guthrie, D. T..
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30
The u. S. Govt Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior 10 sH Others

Go TO Mrs. New Ton for a good meal
ct the Van Voorhees, old stand, corner
of OklGhomE avenue and Second street.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30

Look at our window aud see
the incest line of Straw Hats
In the TerritOry.-NeW York
Clothing House.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30
BuKKiss.

New styics OF buggies, phAetons. sur
reys, traps and carts just received at
M. Collars, South Second street. Call
and see his goods. N COLLAR
Guthrie. OK.
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ohce over Bush for rent. Inquire
of either @ q uornsr, attorney, or
Or. q L. Smith u
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For trade-A three-room house for >
email tract OF land near Guthrie. Ad
dress "X care Leader. left
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30

For TRADE -Four good lots IN Ohio
manufacturing city Of is 600 for small
tract OF land within a mile OF Guthrie
Address, Good Chance" Leader ONCE.
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with hot air, also use Of bath room In
connection 4Ol Cleveland ave lott
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30

When your watch needs aEing see J.
n Thorpe, the jeweler, At Wander
POOLS drug store. 7tf
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30

A fresh Jersey COW. Enquire q
LsADER Office or J. L. Stlne's. thre,
miles northwest ss7tst
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30

All the Latest Sty les or Child
ren's Suits can be found az
COhen's.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30

For good, cheap. household goods
call At sl5 North second street. II
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30

All the new things In soft and
stiff shirts at COhen's.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30

All the latest styles OF straw
hats at the New York Clothing
House
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-04-30

For period Of about ten years my wife
and myself have observed the wonderful
benefits received from the use Of your
Family Cure for all diseases of the stom-
Ach. liver. kidneys and the blood. and most
sheerfully recommend II to all sufferers.
&SNrGMz H4~SL->
Mason City. III.
A written guarantee to cure or money
refunded with every dollar bottle. Prices,
81 LOO SOC. and 25c.
A written guarantee to cure or money
refunded with every box of DR.. Sawyer's
PastiIIes, which cures all disease psculiAI
to women Price 81 90 per boI
For sale by @. r. Renfro.
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

D STEVENS, NJ d.
Ofice over Guthrie National bank,
Room q Ohlce recently moved from second
hoor OF Seaton's Drug store.
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Railroad Time Table.
NORTH. EAST AND WEST

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AtchisOn, Topeka n santa Fe.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-04-24

ANGLE-woRMs, fish. etc, are often
caught up into the clouds by revolving
storms. and then dropped again many
miles from the place where they were
taken up. Small fish have often been
found in puddles Of water in village
streets, to the establishment Of people
who are unacquainted with the phe-
nomenon.
1t is astonishing how much solid in.
formation o man with two quarts OF
whisky q get out Of a lamp-post at
midnight PretzeEs WeekIH.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-04-24
The Man Who Aspired.

You have furnished rooms. / OBJ
serve" he said, as the landlady opened
the front door and sized him up.
Yes; ] think we might possibly
spare you a room. Come in"
rs it on the top story?"
@Yes."
rs it large enough to contain NV
trunk and . chair and a bed at the same
time?"
Hardly"
is there q handle on the water
pitcher"
Il think not"
LIS the wash-stand minus one legs
Window .ooks down on the back
yard, | presume-three old ash-barrels.
swlil-box, and q heap OF O n and bot
tles ?" 80
Yes, sir"
the floor?
L have forgotten, but / think there
are twenty eight"
Piece Of yellow soap in the dish.
and 2 clean towel twice o week."
Correct, sir"
Madam, ! am o man Of few words,
l don't want the room.n
Exactly, sir. / am a woman who
9 afford to waste any time. II il
evident that You have struck too high a
plane. G~ood-day!D
And she stood on the steps and
watched him until he turned the cor
ner. and then said to herself:
lie forgot to ask me il there were
any drawers to the bureau. and I for
got TO tell him there wasn't. Never
mind' thoueii-he is looking for q cheap
Place Detroit Free Press.
oTEANGERs to honors here are often
best known in heaven.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-04-24
GOOD MANNERS.
church Manners.

While we are upon this subject We
wish to call attention to two matters
in which tue ma GRITTY Of congregation.
might easily improve their and
add to their lmpressivenes. Of the SER
vices. 1t is a common habit, when tie
audience are to stand during the sing.
ing of " hymn, to wait until the frst
line is begun, and then ruin the verse
by confusion of the rising. Again.
during the latter part Of the last verse
the gathering of books into the pew.
racks before the close of the song il 4
serious interference with all devotional
effect, and especially so when that
opportunity is seized for the putting on
OF wraps, rubbers, etc. No M would
do this during the closing sentences OF
. prayer; why should it be done during
the ascription of praise to God?
Hundreds, yea, thousands of Christian
people thus thoughtlessly mai the song
Worship in the sanctuary.-Nusscal
Herald.
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The Manner or q Hostess.

No hostess is to be more dreaded
than the one who frets under her
duties. If she is absent-minded at the
table and conscious of the blunders in
the service, she is an affection to all
about her. Let mistakes 20. An
easy. attentive bearing is worth all the
angels food, and wine, and jelly in
creation; for is it not the very essence
Of the angel itself-that which puts Us
thoroughly at our ease? Oblivion il
IN absolute essential after the guests
are seated at the table. One must be
unconscious Of mistakes if they occur.
We have known instances where an
evening has been marred BY the
obvious anxiety on the part Of the
hostess that nothing should 60 amisa
In consequence everything went wrong.
Let us then have frequent entertain
ments and less expensive ones.--Bolsj
more Herald.
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%upibooaux. 5fntinel.
BY WILL & HAYS.

"Ssy, Mistsr, come sit down awhile,
An i-ten. was thar.
] tell You. cir. 1t got SO hot
The fire tcorched my h'ar.
WOKE up when the whistle blowed,
An hop ! may be dern
Eft took the fire q mlnnta& de.
40 run from stem to stem.
But, Mister, you'll forgive these tears,
That from my eyelids fall;
1t makes 'em come to think Of him.
The hero Of them all.
The one who at the throttle stood.
An never finched with fear.
But sacr feed his noble life
Bob" Kelly, engineer.
Mid 81 the wild, exciting scenes,
The cries for "hclp" the yells.
Bob stood thar o. she engines. sir,
An answered all the bells.
He looked Mt death squar in the eye
An. TO his thrott.e ciung,
An whiting for that gong to say.
I'm done "-it never runR,
Bob, no doubt, thought OF wife an hona.
Of little ones so dear
hut thought OF duty most Of all
An never thought Of fear.
He went down with the burnin' best,
An, Mister, you can bet
Your lie that Bob il standin' thar
Right at them engines yet
I don't ssy that his soul 10 thar,
For that riz through the names,
An put on wings an went up whss
The angels write mems names,
The names of heroes Just like him.
II we could only look
IN bet we'd see Bob KEYS nams
R4t down in Heavens book.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-04-24

A HANET9aEE non killed himself be-
cause hsa val @ould not support him.
II beafs tA9aaeF LOW lazy some women
are geftng q s4 eowadays. -NeWman
Ende1e1aae7l
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-04-24
Gentle Accomplishment.

How sweetly patient and calm are
gentle manners! Courtesy is often
the finest when negative; when, instead
Of seeking to entertain others, we let
them entertain us. 1t Is q small thing
10 be silent, and it is often the kindest
thing we can do for q man to let him
talk. Gentle respectfully puts the shy
est and most timid man at ease and at
his best, and to do that is q finer pleas
are than detailing ones own notions
and experiences in the most elegant and
happy periods. Do not be in o hurry.
Emerson saws Hurry is for slaves"
All! the slaves who are bought and sold
N the market-place do not hurry. It
n the greedy man who is free to get
and keep all that he can lay his hands
upon, who hurries. Il do not like to
80 NORTH, because the men there are
I'll IN such & Jury they cannot be civ
IL q SoHtAefh man once said before
me. l am net sHre that q finer sense Of
the sweet EsaiEsness that is one of the
sprlnes ct geatI8 manner would not
have softanel tbs criticism. for the
sake 81 the SpTtrern woman, alone
among stEfLg " no listened to him;
but to q e7assAl fiH not paffed up with
valnet8fT tha @fiF IN Is suggestive.
NO o3sit tF- pro -perity of the
Mort taaY ~ 'win2 to the push
and saaiHt to live in it, and
deye 1Iatt o. 81 its arctic
whit lu ) hurry which is
mere iatts -. This sort Of
hHrI G ~ the great I'M
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-04-24
Hawaiian Beauties.

HAWAIIAN Beauties.
The Hawaiian lady is O v~oluptuous.
gocd-humored, soft-hearted, sweet
tempered, tender-eyed, merry-making
creature, of q fascinating form and
most languishing, longing, admiration
seeking, yet demure cast of u
tenance, with enviable advantages Of
physique in the way Of teeth, eyes,
hair, form, and complexion. She has
the ability, as well as her sterner con-
panion. Of discerning the laughable
side of a subject and cracking q sly
joke thereat. European education has
greatly improved and instructed the
gentler sex of Hawaii, but 1t must be
confessed that it has signally failed to
curb the exuberance of their spirits. or
tame the i~mpetuosity of their senti-
ment, or convert them into straight
laced prigs, they whose natures are al
boisterous as the bounding pillows Of
their sea-swept rocks.-HaUaiian Re-
oublic.
A NAN can brake on . railroad Tor
$40 . month all his life, but if q mar
gets broken on one he wants S., 900 in
cash, and if he leaves . widow she
usually puts her figures as high as
l0.050.-Teras Siftings.
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The greatest honor that can be paid
to virtue is to live II.
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GOOD WIS.

a view of eniafY Hg the town q -
ave divided my fine small p'anaaiIs
ring Ave arpentr front on nayssS M
irc ituated between Loekper1 ~ y
eJ.Ie Church. into town lots, Wnsh g
te for sale. ...*4ase
sons desiring TO buy and 70 lussi a
III ~Leautiful village sAoald write ef go :
= for full particulars w.vaYyx
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-04-24

A MAN frequently has to prune his
expenses and figger close on dates
coming due, or miss raisin' current ex.
penses.- Texas Stttings.
BLINKs, who is as bald as q badger.
when asked why he did not wear q
wig, said that as to his badness, he did
not care tupees about it, and though he
had often thought Of covering it up, he
never could come down to the scratch.
-Ieras SUtings.
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"No," stsH AE4a Chicago editor, OF his
rival, ! don't tHiak he was drunk when
he wrote thai 1~.itorial; when q mans
drunk be speaks the truth"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19

canal boats have been reduced 10 ABOUT l'-'o'
and these are owned by about Tour hundred
persons. The boats are stocked AZ the terhliha'
points with all that may be needed on the trip
and although purchases are made along the me
by the boatmen and their parties they are small
and entirely out Of keeping with former trans
actions.
The number Of boats on the canal was for
merly so large that block OF two hours would
stop hundreds Of them, AMI while they were
detained the tOwpath would swarm with peo-
pie the stores would be crowded, and money
would be exchanged for all sorts OF merchan-
disc from bales Of hay to silk dresses.
merchant who still runs store on the cana!
and advertiscs his place of business as the mar
ket for "everyth thing and anything in speaking
of the business along the line OF the canal SAID
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19
HIS LAUGH WAS HIS FORTUNE.

From The w-Orleans Times-Democrat
Ever hear OF a man who made fortune out
of his laugh?" said a guest OF the ST. Charles
as he looked over the register Il have heard OK
girls whose faces were their fortunes but
knew a man whose laugh was positively his
fortune That name-Sam Il. Adams-on the
register there reminds me or man VINO inade
a fortune out OF his laugh. His name was John
D. Adams, and ne was the father OF sam, the
gentleman registered there John d. Adams was
a typical steamboatman OF Arkansas, and in ad-
ditiOn to his Steamboating was planter OF tX-
tensive interests. and was connected with other
business enterprises. He was the first man 10
run steamboat up the Arkansas River. and his
name in that state to-day IS synonyme for
geniality, courage and business success. He was
very successful, and his friends used 10 at
tribute his success to his wondrous laugh IL
was not boisterous, yet loud. and was SO musical
and Jolly that one could imagine old Kris hrnSle
was personited in him. Other river men would
say that his laugh got him all the Government
mail contracts. He would go 10 Washington,
get acquainted with the man who had charge
OF the contracts. and he, like all OF AGlmss
new acquaintance would soon come under the
infection Of his magnetic laugh. and form
genuine admiration for the grzz!ed old s;eani-
boatrnan. lie was known At the hotel by very
body and was pointed out for years by negro
porter. TO whom he once gave 50 gold piece
as a tip in fit OF jOllification over the closing
OF a big contract in his favor.
Amazing tales were told OF his courage and
his steau oat experiences On one occasion.
when an accident happened to his boat and the
passengers became pancStricken, ne ctHieo
thin as if by magic by calling them children. and
laughing at their fear-hs famous laugh i'm.
pelling confidence and mrth by its very melody
and iollity He even used his laugh when very
much angered; but 1t was OF a different char
acter and death lurked behind II. In "A steaIn'
boat quarrel with three desperadoes once ne de-
nounced them with a Laughing accompaniment
a cynical. chilling. dangerous kind of laueh. MS
eyes glittering like a snakes. and his forcnngeI
on his revolver. ready to dash out the ne OK
the first one who made move one o, ~. he
desperadoes said afterward In speaking OF tne
occurrence that he never felt so queerly befoN
In his life. He said he felt as though ne veg
marrow In his bones was being frozen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19

Among the causes which they enunerate as
responsible for the decline in trade. the hrst Is
the great shrlnkage in the number or cana-p"a'
ownors. In the days when business was prisk III
the stores along the towpath all the way from
Buffalo to Albany there were fully I'VE thou-
sand beats on the canal They ran indepcho-
emily, and one man rarely owned more thah one
boat. There were more stores on the ihe NJ
that time than there were miles OF canal anu
on one section near Amsterdam there were forty
stores in fourteen miles. They all did good
business and kept large stocks OF groceries and
drvgoods The forty stores have dwindlcd down
10 fifteen. and they depend largely on the trad
Of the farmers and receive little or no patron
age from the passing boats. Boats began 10
double up" and then began running In groups
Of four or more, and instead OF buying hay and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19
steel. CANAL BOATS AT CANAJOHARIE, BOUND WEST

groups Of three and four. and are propelled by
q steel boat which is a combination steamer ana
freight boat. Many Of these boats are loaded In
lake towns. and come on the lakes TO Bunaio'
where they enter the canal. They are painted
black and look as formidable as men-of-war
and bear only slight resemblance to the slow
going white canal boats OF the days OF long
ago. when horses and mules were the only
motive power. and a trip down the canal was
good lazy time" with dances on deck an occa-
sonaI fight with a rival. a spree at New-York
between loads. and money in pocket when the
season closed
But with the changes in the style OF business
on the canal came new scenes for those who live
along its banks. and the towpath of to-day has
as many new features as the canal itself House
boats OF all kinds. from the homemade. crude
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19

nroft that went with It, but the fun as we'll
Tbore was no place where one could find such
nicturesaue class OF people, and a big store ike
this On q night when a number of boats were
tied nm near by. was sight worth coming 10
coo There were no questions, from the Natiohai
debt 20 the proper steps in Highland fiing' th''
were not discussed by the tolers OF the cahd'
and many political harangue has oeeh fiiaue
in this store from the top of soapbox or "ii''e
the canal-sailor orator leaned against cracker
barrel. But those times gone, and the me"
who run boats for corporations have no time 10
stop. either to trade or to gossip"
The change has affected the character OF the
boats also and the old-fashioned craft Is last DC
ing crowded out Of existence. steer ooA'''
capable of holding three hundred tons OF lreish''
are now used TO n great extent Ihey run III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19

oats OIL -four and provisions at store on the
way when the articles were needed these groups
Of boats took with them an extra boat In which
SUPPL IS we're carried and where the men forming
the crews Of the various boats were housed and
fed Just as a town which grew up around n
railway station where numerous trains stopped
for dinner died out when dining cars were put
into use. so many Of these stores which de
pended on the boat trade for an existence fell
into decay when The group system took the
place Of the single boat The five thousand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19

"Boats arr now owned by companies ana
corporations. When the owners ran Their own
boats and had their families aboard we couio
count on good and profitable trade. Boats wou'u
stop on the down trip and replcn'sh the foou
store and buy uxures as WELL and nave 'he
stuff charged. and on the up trip when the cargo
had been converted into cash. they would stop
aga n and pay UP. and possibly buy more. There
vas nothing In the way of goods that we oio
not carry In those days, and good prices were
usually realized
There were disadvantages In our business'
from the city merchants point OF view because
DIR hours OF business were not limited as they
are in all places except along the canal For
wears II was nothing unusual to be called UP
three or four times in a night to attend to the
wants Of our canal customers sometimes