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| Hi, there. Great Kingdom Come,
| hold on!
Abel Pendleton stopped and looked
around astonished
What's ailin' you? said he
! :" In the name of all the showers of
fire and birthstone that ever fell, hol-
Tered the man fromst the window, you
amt going to pounce down on that nj
! tro- -glycerine like sledge hammer, are
you, and blow us all sky high?'
Nitro -glycerine? said Abel, look
ing at the can and edging away
Yes, nitro -glycerine!' yelled the
housed-up citizen. You've come to Try
for the 500 by Juggling it away, amt
/ you?
Fifty dollarsn exclaimed Abel,
more amazed than ever
Jumping sJuggernaatn shouted the
man from the window You lon'l
mean to tell1me that you We're going to
pick that can of nitro glycerine up
without getting the $50 fro1a the Ar
cade OIL Salt Coal and Gas Company
! for doing it?'
| Thunder! exclaimed Abel Nitro
/ glycerine! You don't say SOL
And he gave another look at the can
and hurried away, andswas even then.
according to the excited bearer of the
news, in consultation with the all-com-
prlSing mining. company's representa-
tives This was true, and the upshot of
the business was that Abel agreed to
run the risk of transporting the deadly
can beyond the outskirts of the town
and assume all further responsibility
for its future in return for the $50
which was to be paid when the village
was placed out of range of danger
+ from the explosion. Abel returned to
the street picked up the can carried i;
carefully to his wagon, put it in and
drove along Arcade with it. During all
that time the town held its breath and
people shook their heads and declared
that it was like hiring a man TO Kill
himself. that deal with Abel.
AT the end of an hour Farmer Pen
dleton came back He had removed tho
can two miles out of town, and would
take it further, he said. when he got
his 500. He got the money.
1 want TO tell you right here said
he that if I'd a-knowed it was inter-
glycern I'd seen you all hung fust fore
I'd a-teched it. / thought sure it was
can O maple syrup that was washed
out o my milkhouse by the creek a
week ago. I'd most swore it vast
Wei. great heaven. Abel.' folks
said, what are you going to do with
it?'
4 thought sure it was that can O.
maple syrup o mine or l wouldn't a
come within gunshot of it, not fo.. fifty
hundred dollars! said Abel. If Ia n
knowed it was nitergiycern I'd a seen
you all blowed sky high before I'd a
touched 1t. What be goin' to do with
IL? Wen, as the ding thing is that can
maple syrup o mine, rather guess
III take it on home with me-
And Abel got into his wayon and
drove away. The relapse of feeling 1aft
the town in worse shape for business
than it was before, and I departed
without making a sale''-New Yorl,
Sun.
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further than the daily press III their
pessimiSm.
Correct Weight aEa Proportions.

It would seem an easy matter TO give
these: but it is not so, as there are
so many things to be taken into con-
sideration The measurements dlr1er
with the different races, and the dlt-
ferent classes as well. The artistic
standards are given. The head is taken
as the standard Of measurement. The
hight should be eight times the length
of the head-the length of the head
taken to mean the distance from the
top of it to the lowest point OF the
chin. The trunk should be four heads
in length: the distance from the trunk
to the knees two heads; and from the
knees to the feet two heads. The arms
should be head and a half from the
shoulder to the elbow, and the same
from the elbow to the hand. The
length of the face should be the same
as the length of the hand-from the
tip of the middle finger to the wrist
These are the proportions for the adult
They differ according to the years Oh
growth with children, and are different
also between girls and boys and men
and women. The trunk of women IS
said to be longer in proportion than
that Of men.
Dr. Sargent of Harvard prepared for
the Chicago Worlds Fair two clay mod
els, founded on the measurements OF
several thousand students. The aver
age hight of the young men was feet
inches; the average net weight, los
pounds; chest measurements, "a to 81
inches inflated 1t is said that in
hight. weight and strength this far ex-
ceeds the average of any other nation,
even England. The average for the
young women Was-hight, > feet 5
inches: the weight, Ia pounds; and
the chest measurements but 30 inches.
The measurements were not as good
for the women as for the men, and do
not represent as we'll the development
of the American women. While girls
are pretty and round-with the round
ness of. youth at 16-they, nevertheless.
do not show SO perfect development
Of form as when "A or more.
Women have a tendency to put on too
much flesh, and should beware of it.
as it destroys the proportions and the
looks. as well as the pleasure of moving
about. A short woman cannot weigh
much over 139 pounds and preserve the
proper proportion. while the woman
who measures : feet 6 inches or more
looks we'll when she weighs 150-Har-
per's Bazar.
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FRANCE MUST SURRENDER.
AngIo-French Situation Nearer n
Crisis Than Ever.

| NEW YORK. March PA sun 5
London cable says: Reading between
the lines of Ministerial statements, 1t
seems pretty clear that the report that
England had yielded to French pressure
by consenting to refer her rights at
| Poussa to arbitration, was incorrect
! The Anglo-French situation, therefore,
/ is nearer a crisis stage than ever, ana
war can be avoided only by some Knd
of. surrender on the part Of the French
Government. The immediate question
Of interest is. can Fanotaux afford &c
surrender before the general election?
This African 1interland scramble IS dit
ficult business and is complicated by
numerous side issues and political con-
siderations which only a few experts
understand or appreciate.
One thing certain at this moment is
that the French Government has at
length made up it's mind as to British
intentions and limits Of British for
bearance That is the real advantage
for the cause of peace. Baron de Cour-
eel. the French ambassador here, un-
doubtedly received an intimatien which
might almost be described as an ulti-
matum, during his two hours interview
Thursday with Balfour.
1t is rumored to-day that Baron Gle
Courcel has made arrangements oy
which French claims to Boussa and
Nikl1i have been formally withdrawn
on the understanding that no public an
nOuncement of surrender will be made
until after the general election in
France In the meantime. Captain Lu-
gard, now on his way to take charge
of the British forces in the Niger re-
( zion, will make no aggressive move
ment which might embarrass Hano-
tauX a home.
It is known at the French Foreign
! Office that Captain Lugard left Eng
! land with instructions TO resume the
British occupation Of Nikki and Boussa,
using force against French interlopers
/ if need be. But these instructions may
be easily modified by cable. There IS 10
lack of vigorous demands upon The
British Government in the press 20 act
up to the brave declarations of its policy
made during the past winter. But tie
courage of some of the Conservative or
gans is of the Weakened variety.
Gloomy views prevail on all Sides.
Weekly reviews, out to-day, go even
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pointed. The report and accompanying
message viii be brief, and after being
read ~iH be referred TO the Committee
cn Foreign Affairs without debate
Hitt Of Illinois. Chairman of the For
eiga Affairs Committee. will be recog-
nized by the Speaker TO make this mo-
ton. The motion IS not debatable. 1t
is said that the President expressed the
wish to the leaders Of both parties that
this course be followed, and the pro-
gramme has been acquesced in by all
parties Should any single member at
tempt to interfere with it demand for
the previous question viii take him oft
his fest once in committee, the find
ings of he board will re1a n there until
a report is made by the committee,
which would certainly not be until
SPANS explanation and position are
made known to the Administration.
Meantime the precipitation of the
Maine issue between Spain and the
United States is likely to throw the dis
aster which the Administration means
to deal with as a separate and distinct
issue into the background as a subject
for future settlement, unless Spain
should take a position not now antici-
action.
On Wednesday the President will prob
ably transmit g message asking for an
appropriation to relieve the starvation
in Cuba The appropriation viii prob
ably be voted with almost as much
unanimity as was the $30,0G0,000 for
the national defeLse, but the debate
may bring out some criticism of the
Nv rpn
believe radical and aggressive interven-
ton should be taken at once. The Adj
ministratior is assured, however, of a
strong majority for the policy it has so
fer mapped out to the Republican and
Democratic leaders. The members are
so completely absorbed by the ques-
tions of the hour that during the re-
mainder Of the week they are likely TO
inject debate upon the question into
the proceedings at every opportunity.
But the rules as at present enforced are
rigorous. and the outcrop of passion
and patriotism is likely to be confined
largely to the debate upon the naval
appropriation bill. Every effort will
be made to dispose of the bill as quickly
as possible. in order to remove oppor-
tunity for inf1ammatory speeches. The
Republican leaders believe they are
justified in exercising restraint until
the time for action arrives.
After the Maine report is read to-
morrow the death of Representative
Simpkins will be announced, and the
House will Immediately adjourn as
mark of respect.
Tuesday and Friday are private-biH
days. and a contested election case
ho tn
sume the remainder of the week. IN
der the rules any attempt to discuss the
Cuban question. except during the con-
sideration of the naval bill, and then
only by subterfuge, can be prevented.
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Getting Out of a Hole.

See. madame. did you ever see such
a homely NGan as that one over by the
chimney 9orner?"
Sir. that is my husband
"Ah. madame. how true the proverb
is that the homeliest men always have
the handsomest wives."-Gaulois.
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MRS. DANIEL MANNING.
Chosen President Of the Society Of
Daughters of the Revolution.

AT the recent annual meeting of the
members of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, held at Wash
ington, d. c. Mrs Daniel Manning
was chosen President of the society
She is the widow of Daniel Manning,
who was Secretary of the Treasury
under Cleveland
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She Was Curious.

She was a giddy little thing
Not forty summers old.
And when she met Alaska Joe
She wanted to be told:
Juneau the way to klondike cold,
Up where they mine out brass?
Then tell ire how does Norton Sound?
Who let the Chilcat pass?
TELL me. is Mr. Behring Strait?
And tell me if Yukon
What makes the Mountain Wrangle So
Alaska Joe was gone.
-Tndianapolis Journal
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Not Just as He Meant.

Johnson wants to borrow sona
money from me. Do you know anything
about him? 90
Il know him as well as I do YOU.
wouldn't let him have a cent."-In.
dianapolis Journal
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the PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE.
The Important Even! Of The Week
in The Sanai9.
To te Referred to The Committee en- For
eigl Relations.

II Is Hoped That There WilI Be
TO Undue Agitation on the Sub
icat TIL the President Can For
..iuIzte a Policy, but It VIII Ss
Hard to Avoid Speeches - Il
Large Crowd Expected in the
House To-Day, But the Message
VIII Be Similarly Referred.
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NEAGLE
Medical Institute,


DR. Neagle and associates treat and
cure all Chronic Diseases and Diseases ~
the Eye, Ear, Throat and Lungs. Ca
tarrh surely cured
All private and wasting disease.
promptly cured and their effec+,
permanently eradicatcd from th.
system.
Diseases of Women and Children
given special sttention.
Nervous Diseases and Nervous
Prostration made a specially.
Consultation, either at the met;
tute or by mail, Free, and StrictIv
Confidential.
OFFICE HOIJRS--9 to II a. m. ? RI :
p. m. and to D. m. sSUNDAYS-10 ~
l. a. m.
NEAGLE MEDICAL INSTITUTE 10.
"a ted permanently at i2ila X street. Sac
rameuto. =
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The Humber
IChainless Bicycle.

Has ust reached us and will be
placed Oh exhibition Monday. The
Humber chainless is the best
chainless wheel on the market
See it. Price, SIPS.
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spring is the most important season
from health standpoint. Hoods Sar-
sapariiia taken now will purify your
blood and put you in good condition for
the whole year. Get only Hoods
The record-union., 1898-03-28
Huge Trees in Mexico.

A huge cypress tree in Tulle, in the
State of Oaxaca, Mex, is 154 feet in
circumference.
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TO CTR. 4 COLD oxE DAY

Take Laxative isromo Qanne Tablets. All drl--
.sts refund the money if il fails 10 &c. The
genuine has L. b. @. each tablet
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Her maiden name was Mary Mar
garet Fryer. She was married to Dam
iel Manning in November, 1884. and in
March. 1880, her husband was appoint
ed a member of Mr.. Cleveland's Cab
met. He took his bride to Washington.
where she had a brilliant experience
in society She belongs to one of the
old families of New York. Her Dutch
ancestry on her fathers .d goes back
for many generations into Holland his
tory Her mothers family goes back
to Robert Livingston, and she is con-
nected with great many of the old
respectabiIity of New York. Mr.. Man
ming died in 1897, but his wife kept up
her Washington friendships, and is
very popular in Washington as we'll
as in Albany, her home, and in New
York City
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The Baron and
Baroness Bicycles, S32 so,

Are made by A. Featherstonc &
Co., one OF the largest bicycle con-
Germs in the world. The Feather
stone concern believes in quick
sales and places its wheels i'll the
hands of the largest dealers, who
III turn make low prices to GUS
toners. \ far-seeing concern is
the Featherstone Company. 1t
makes less profit on a single wheel,
but i'll the end its profits are great
er, as its sales are much larger
than they otherwise would be.
That the secret of such low price
as S32 50 for The Baroness for wo-.
men and The Baron for men.
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Try MeMorry's Soc tea 5s1 NJ. !.
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After using, a ~ cent trial size of Ely's
Cream Balm you will be sure to buv fhe
30 cent size. Cream Balm has no equal
in curing catarrh and cold In the head
ASK your druggist. for it or send 10 cents
to us.
ELY BROS, SO Warren St, N Y. City.
/ suffered from Catarrh three years: IL
two bottles Of Ely's Cream Balm and am
entirely We'll. would not be wfthoat II -
4. e. ClaIke, 34l Shaw wmut. ave. Boston
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PERSONAL MENTION.

VIII Little and Will Walker are in
the city.
Banker Guss came in from the north
yesterday.
A. J. Biddison WAS here from Paw
nee yesterday.
Miss Myrtle Cook. of Oklahoma City,
is visiting MISS Alice Paine.
Miss Mary Nicholas has returned
from the Chicago hospital, cured.
Miss Fannie Wallace, from Perry, is
visiting her brother, j. n. Wallace.
Professor Thatcher and family were
up from Edmond TO enjoy the festivi-
ties.
Mrs. d. f. Best is entertaining her
sister, Mrs. Il. G Anderson. Of New
kirk.
q. w. Heth, representing the West
ern Wheel Works of Chicago, ILL.,, is in
the city.
Attorney Hutto, OF Saltwater, was
transacting business In district court
Yesterday.
Mrs. Harry Ardery is entertaining
Misses Ada and Russie Mcconnell from
King gfisher.
Prof. G. f. Morrow, of the sgricul-
tural college, took in the sights here
yesterday.
Prof. J. W. Means. superintendent Of
saltwater school, is a guest OF Rev.
l.. IL. Holt.
Ex Governor Refrow and wife ar
rived in the city yesterday from a trip
TO Nashville, Team.
NJ. @. Ford was down from Perry
yesterday enthusiastically "rooting"
at the foot ball game.
Gregory A. Sears has returned from
Pueblo, Colo, where he has been
spending the summer.
Cattle Inspector CAntelou was here
yesterday attending a meeting Of the
live stock sanitary board.
]. s. Walton, from Ponca City, was
transacting business before the school
land department yesterday.
Co mel GlAzier and family came
over rom saltwater yesterday and are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. George Dodson.
Otis Franklin. who has been con-
nected with the Capitol National bank
Of this city as collector for the past
eight months, resigned his position
last night aud In the future will make
his home in Joplin, Mo, at which
place his parents will reside.
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A JOLLY PARTY.
The Misses Sharum Pleasantly Enter
tain Last Evening.

Misses Grace and Maud Sharum gave
New Years party TO their many friend.
last evening at their home on East Cleve.
land. The evening was pleasantly spent
with singing, dancing, games, etc. Re,
freshments were served, and all report a
pleasant time and happily spent New
Years eve. The following were present;
Will Upton, Lloyd Sampseu, Warren
Painter, Henry LindlAw Harry Long,
Walter Billingsley, Harry Weinberger
Wallace Poland, Edgar Lowman, Fred
Rhodes. Ed Oyersay, OFT Lyon, Fred
Rhodes, Lyman Gray, Misses Lillian
Boles, Lena Richardson. Pearl Rhod es
Edna Ackley, Jennie Collar, Jennie Rine-
mart, Maode Painter, Iona COyle, Nellie
overbay, BERTHE Lyon, Jessie McFerson
Jessie Sampsell, Grace Taye7s, Edi Il
Sharum.
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NEW YEAR CALLS.
Guthrie Ladies Who win be "At
Home" Today"

Mrs ]. w. McNeal will receive call
ers between 2 aud 8, assisted by Miss
McNeal, Mrs. VIM. Jenkins, Mrs. j. o.
Severns, Mrs. r, r. Co lin, Mrs. ID. r
Widmer.
Mrs. Frank Dale, Mrs. John f.
Stone, Mrs. Hainer. Mrs. Fegan,
Mrs. Nix, Mrs. Spurloek, Mrs. Frazier
Mrs. Chas Filson and Mrs c, r
Brooks will keep open house at the
residence Of Mrs G r Brooks, COT
Noble avenue, from TO 8
Mrs. f. X Brooke will be a. home
from $3.50 to $50. The following ladies
will assist: Mesdames Barnes, Girls,
sell, Seaton, Nicholas, Havighorst, Lu
cas-, Leonard; Misses Barnes. Paine
Jessie Paine, Ruth Brooks, Nicholas,
Alice Paine, Edith Grssell, Louiss
Brooke
Mrs. Ii. c. Nicholson, Of Perry, and
Mrs. z. Ii. Greer will receive from tc
to $50 at the latter's home on Easi
Cleveland.
Misses Dorothy Flynn aud Agnes
Mulhall will entertain from 3 TO al
the home Of Miss Flynn on East olave
land avenue.
Mrs, Ned Cheadle will receive from
to at her home on East Springer
avenue. She will be assisted by Miss
Emma LINER, Of Pierce City, Mo, and
the Misses Blackwell
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cation itself, With al its advancement,
still ciings TO methods and idess that
are worse than useless. foliticians
and statesmen today are mainly guided
by the Aocient landmarks, set up cen
turtles neo, but never intended 20
direct our going. The church with su
her glorious achievements has yet too
much OF dogma, too much OF supersti
ton Science alone he's opened her
doors, thrown down her barriers and
said 70 the youth, Come In; come in
with all your individuality, with all
your originality, and be at home; come
in, discover truth, and proclaim IL TO
the world" For this cause many
youth OF our time are turning TO the
loutstretched arm OF science, forgetting
some Of the better aud nobler philoso
| ply Of life, and becoming unreasona
| BILE. incorporating critics; all be.
cause the ancient superstitions Of
church and state stand in tho way Of
original thought
Superstition is always baneiul Old
or new Il stands in the way OF all de-
velopment, OF all true growth. II re-
'ards every forward movement OF hu-
mRnity; 1t is a menace and curse
before high heaven. II is an idol that
/ demands the sacrifice OF all the higher
faculties and aspirations OF the soul. J
stand tonight against all such, as an
incorporating advocate Of reform
and progress in every avenue OF human
activity, in every phase Of human life
Progress toward the better has been
the history OF man from the very be-
ginning OF history, and endless devel-
opment toward higher attainment l
| believe, is the eternal plan for the
race, and therefore right. stand for
right; only right to me is sacred; and
! / call upou every liberty-lovinR son
and daughter to stand with me- Upon
us who are younger falls the work OF
reform The older mino, as rule, is
chained by old ideas and cannot re-
spond to the worlds needs. The
younger thought must assert itself
| whatever the cost. We having been
born under brighter stars and stand
| ing today upou the shattered hopes
ard faiths and fears OF the past can
see better than those less fortunate
and we must direct the stream OF
human thought into the ocean OF re-
form.
Not with affected ambition, but with
earnest zeal, sincerity OF purpose. pu-
rity Of life and strong confidence in
the power OF right let US work Then,
when time for us is over we shall not
have lived in vain. Then, when the
morning splendor OF the coming cen
tury shall dissolve the evening shad
ows OF this, coming men with clearer
vision and freer thought shall brush
away the debris OF idols we have de
stroyed aud shall lay we'll aud deer
the strong foundations OF better civ
ilization, grAnder nation and more
holy church.
This closed the orations and while
the Judges were celebrating. th'
Kiugfsher Choral clas, the Norma
Choral class, the A and Nj college or
chestra and Miss King, OF Norman
favored the audience with pleasing
musical renditions. The entertain
ment was in every respect pleasing
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