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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-11-25
ST LOUIS, and all points east
KANSAS CITY. and All points north


KANSAS CITY, and al points north and
Eureka Springs has world wide reputation a wonderful
health and pleasure resort the properties of
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eur OF the scenery surpasses that of Colorado.
Passenger train leaving Oklahoma City % m. and
Wichita az s arrives u So Louis the following morning
at 125 making close connection with AN trains for the
Passenger train leaving ST. Louis at da arrives n ok
ahoma City the following evening at o'clock and Wichita
8iO making close Wichita Oklahoma
City with the Santa Fe Our service unsurpassed We
latest improved seat and chair also Pullman observation
seepers, between ST. Louis Oklahoma City and Wichita
When purchasing your tickets that they read via The
Frisco Line For further particulars, ca address
b. +. DUNN Dist. Pass Agt., Wichita. Kas
BRYAN SNYDER Gen. Pass. Agt. St. Louis Mo
B. r. IOAKUM. General Manager
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-11-25

brave i.tt.e vOmar sept up thc .p'ri'f
~ 90, guests ty rendering "a variety of
gay and inspiring muse Landlord
BUDDY declares that 10 was a perform
arcc worthy to ruuk vith Admiral
Dcwcy's daring entrance into Manila
bav
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

cheerful disposition? You have been
downcast long enough. You have
given yourself and others too much un-
happiness. You have shut out great
deal of joy from the home circle. Why
not turn about and join the ranks OF
the sunshine makers? Iron out your
wrinkles. Meet the world with
smile. Stop your groaning and begin
laughing. Do not cross your bridges
until you reach them, and then smile
all you can in going across. The
world has enough Of tears, groans, long
faces, clouds and thorns, and it needs
more sunshine, more roses, more
smiles, more cheerful faces. Life is
too short for you to waste another hour
in being blue. Come in among the
laughers and carry joy to your fellow
travellers on the highway OF life. FAN
in to-day, can't you?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

soft cons between his toes. Brudder
Spooner was honest an darfo' pore; he
was consciencshus an darfo' ragged;
he was full of mercy an sympathy, an
darfo' men called him weak in de top
story. doan' advise any man to be
bad but 1 wish to keerlessly remark
dat dis world doan' expect no man to
reverse his paper collahs. If he hasn't
any money to pay fur washln' de ole
ones he's expected to steal some new
ones and say muffin bout il.
"It's good idea to love your naybui
as yourself, or even better, but git de
best of him in a mewl trade if you kin:
He'll be workin' with de same objick in
view.
"Allus respect de truth, but at de
same time remember dat &c world eX-
poets you to lie bout half de time.
"While it am well to strive fur
reputashun as an upright man, re-
member dat de merchant who pays his
creditors so cents on de dollar kin anus
come back in de market and git plenty
o. credit.
"A mans word may be as good as
his bond, but de safest way is to heV
him make out q note and find an en-
dorser. De banks doan' do bizness on
words.
"And now, my frens," continued the
president as he took off his coat and
looked over the hall, sit has bin on my
mind fur a month past to hev few
words with you bout sartin matter.
AS de days go by and de world pro-
crosses, Ize disappointed dat de black
folkses doan' progress wild it. l was
les gwine to sot down to breakfas' de
odder mawnin' when Brudder Sunrise
White cum rushin' into de cabin like
he was pursued by daWg. l reckoned
he had struck 81 in policy, or dat his
ole woman was sick, or dat his boy
Moses had fallen off de roof, but I was
mistaken. De Gle man had galloped
cher to tell me his dream. He had
dreamed of seem a dun-culId mewl
chase a cream-cull'd boss aroun' yal-
ler-culld ban, an he couldn't make out
whether he was to cum widin one of
hittin' $500 in a lottery or his ole wo-
man was to break her leg.
Now, gen'len' l am giben to under
STAN dat some of our moas' prominent
members believe in dreams and shape
der course accordin'. I'ze an ole man,
an Ize had bout a millyon dreams
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
Q}.an2<NcE
"
BROTHER GARDNER.

The Lime Kiln Club Hears a Lecture on
the Significance of Dreams.
'My frens,' said Brother Gardner as
the triangle sounded and Paradise Hall
grew quiet, it ar my painful duty to
announce all announcement to you dis
eavenin'. Word has been received dat
de Hon. Lightfoot Spooner, an honor
airy member ob dis club libin' in Vir-
ginny, has gone hence. He was one o
de first honorary members 'lected to dis
club, an only las week l received a
letter from him sayin' how glad he
would be to be wild us. In his death we
has lost a good man, but hev at de same
time gained some val-ble p'ints.
"Brudder Spooner believed in de mot
to dat honesty am de bes' policy, an
he died pore-so pore dat his assets
didn't fgger up but twenty-five clothes
pins an straw bed.
HE loved his naybur as hisself, an
his naybur allus got 95 per cent. de best
oh de bargain.
'sHe had charity fur all, and dat was
de reason why his chill'en allus had to
go bar'fut and his wife had to dig sas-
safras roots fur coffee.
His motto was Excelsior an when
he didn't hev a bile on his leg, he had
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
ten-dollah doctah bill.

"To dream dat you am WORT a mil
lyon dollars ia cash, an dat you am
about to sit down. to fried chicken, raw
oysters. champagne an sweet cake,
signifies dat de grocer whom you owe
1920 fur Goldfish an Eaters has got
mad an made up his mind to do a
strictly cash bizness in de fucher.
Oar am lots of odder dreams dat
mean lots of odder fings, but desc am
fair samples of de lot. If dar am any
bodv in dis hall idiot huff to believe
dat he kin lay on his back on an ole
straw bed an groan an grunt an
dream six weeks into de fucher, now
am de time fur him to pick up his hat
an bid US goodby!
can one fng mo: / understan' dat
sartin members of dis club am, in de
habit of seem ghosts. ] doan' specify
any names, but wish to say to de hull
conyenshun dat de very fust one OF
YOU who sees a ghost or cotches sight
of a spook will be cantered outer dis
club so fast dat de tracks lef' behind
Won on de stairs will be smokin' hot.
Like huff dar' am ghosts roamin'
bout at night in nightgowns an bath
in suits, but l doan' believe it. Like
huff a spook may stan under your
bedroom winder an warn you OF sick
ness OF death, but | want to see de
tracks befo' / take any stock in SIGH
fngs. Like huff dar' may be sunthin
in dreams, but between dream an
fifteen cents in cash I'd advise you tc
take de money cherry time. As dar' am
no pressin' bizness befo' de meetin'
an as moas' Of de members want C
cit DER shoes off an tend to DER chill.
blains. | shall break de audience in two
fur one week an we will go home"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

sincs be1Sn biz6es pnxs su1thln'
Ia EN-. bit not much
80 dream dot III sde kinks hev cum
out OF your wool. an your feet shrunk
up so you kin war No. shoes. mears
dat you owe sumbody 81 borrowed
money an he's gwine to cali around
an az fur it.
ITO dream dat you are crossin' a
muddy stream to steal turnips signi-
fies dat you had bettah go to work an
arm sum 'taters.
ITO dream, dat you are trabblin'
long a dusty highway an lookin' fur
a lost pocketbook wild $50 in. signifies
dat you am much mo sartin to be
trowed OUT of de house for non-pay-
ment of rent dan you am to pick up
single nickle.
ITO dream dat you saw white cat
UP green tree at midnight, an dat
you frowed brick1b6t at her an hit
yaller dawg down a deep we'll. may
be tooken as a sign dat you am gwine
to try to git into a circus free of cost
an git hit on de head wild a club.
ITO dream dat you are ridin' a white
boss past a red ban, an dat gray
haired man comes out an points blue
umbrella at you, signifies dat de -four
bar1 am empty an dat you had bettah
hunt fur work.
ITO dream dat you sot on de fence
an saw funeral purceshun go past,
an dat de man who driv de hearse had
glass eye, signifies dat you owe de
grocer $3.75, an hev bin dodgin' him
furIe las three months.
ITO fall asleep on de doah-step in de
middle of de AFTERNOON an dream dat
an angel cum down from Heaben an
hoed all de weeds out O. your cabbage,
may tickle you when you fust wake up,
but if you go out arter chickens dat
night policeman is suah to cotch you
an send you up fur sixty days.
"To dream of seem a woman walk
in ober a creek on a suspension bridge
signifies dat your ole woman can't go
to church fur de want of shoes.
'To dream dat you are leadin' one
horned COW long plank road, wild de
moon hangip' blood-red in de sky an
a lion roarin at you from de top of a
high hill, may mean dat you am gwine
to pick up five dollars on de sidewalk
next day, but it am jest as apt to
mean dat one of de chillen will cum
down wild whoopin coff an make
n-dollah doctah bill.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
papers exaggerate at ALL"
Ally sloper.

papers exaggerate at all"
WAS it awful?" asked one Of the
group.
Awful beyond description, sir.
never think of it without a shudder."
What was your personal expert
ence?"
well sir, I owned an acre of grass
land, and was moving it. 1t was about
2 o'clock in the afternoon, and / was
hard at work. / saw the clouds coming
up, but apprehended no danger. All
of a sudden there was a sound of a
thousand empty wagons rolling over
cobble stone streets, and then the cy-
clone burst. I was fair in It's path"
Did you drop down and clutch a
bush or stump Of anything?"
NO sir. 1t came too quick for that
1t was on me like a tigers spring.
was picked up as IL by mighty hands
and sent flying through the air. For a
time / must have lost consciousness"
ouL yOu ~tlc HAdily udSADo ~
earth, Of course, and it's wonder you
escaped with your life, observed the
questioner.
II don't know how l reached terra
frma," sighed the story teller, "and
can't give a guess as TO how long l
was flying through space. I was I'M
hurt, however. In addition to that. l
had my scythe II my hands"
by George, but that was wonder
full"
"And I was 200 miles due west Of
where started from"
"You don't say"
"And | was in another mans mead
ow, and I had cut half an acre OF
grass" continued the story teller.
rs it possible."
1T is, and do you know the owner
of that land was such mean old cuss
that had to sue him for my labor. and
even when / got verdict he went into
bankruptcy and beat me out of it,"
But you don't pretend to say
began the man with the white eye
brows. after long pause, but the other
interrupted him with:
1T was a cyclone. passed through
II hare given you my experience II
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

late brown color, being something that
can be best described as midway be-
tween Malay and Papuan. They
carry on farming in primitive sort of
way, but, unlike all Buddhists, are
great meat eaters. Among them they
keep a breed of huge bloodhounds, and
with these hunt down the wolves and
tigers infesting their districts. In their
social life they affect sort of inverted
Mcrmonisnn, each woman having a
number of husbands.
AS is very wet known. the Chinaman
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

doctrine of Confucius. He assumes
matrimony with dutiful and laborious
intensity, and even the babies of China
are prodigies of gravity incarnate. They
never romp and crow, and the shadow
of a smile on their little faces is said
to betoken the presence of the evil one.
Among the many other queer sights
that meet the eye OF the visitor in CEN
trail China is an odd type of humanity
to be found in the mountainous table
lands and valleys of Szechuen and Yum
nan. This peculiar tribe is of choco-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
To Have the Blues Some People Look
for ThornS in Life.
PITIES THE FAMILY WITH THE
GLOOMY MEMBER-CHILDR
WRCNGED BY INHERITlNG
MELANCHOLIC TENDENCIES.
copyrighted, 1899, by Charlz Nox Press
BureauC

copyrighted, 1899, by Charlz Nox Press
Bureau)
New York, April 2.-This Sunday
Morning Talk is for people who have
the blues" People whose brows are
furrowed with the worriment of years.
People who lose half of the sunshine
possible for themselves and who rob
other lives of cheer. Long-faced,
gloomy, bilious-dispositioned creatures,
of whom there are altogether too many
in the world.
Now, then, men and women Of the
melancholic temperament, how about a
change from to-day onward? What say
you? You know it makes vast differ
ence in the sum total of a person S
happiness through what kind of a dis
position he views the world. AS one
can hold a piece of green glass before
his eyes and make nature lock as green
to him as if it had been painted thus
py the Master artist, 81 ne can make
every thing look dark and gloomy if he
looks at it through cherries DISPOSE
ton. The same conditions in life
which to a man who has cultivated the
habit of seeing the. brighter side OF
things will give considerable joy will
become source of Encouragement to a
person of a morbid disposition.
You will never be any richer than
you feel know Of a person who had
enough so far as worldly goods were
concerned, but who took the edge Of
his happiness by useless worriment
arising from the fear that extreme pow
erty would overtake him and make it
necessary for him to spend his last
days in the poor house. By and by,
even the poor house will not be as I'M
, desirable as some other houses are If
one took a cheerful disposition with
him as he entered it. There are people
whose dispositions would enable them
to be happier in poor house than some
people are in the brown stone fronts
in which they live in the shadows of a
ef-sorless temperament. Happiness is
simply a e96dition of the mind, and
the habit o9looking for the bright side
OF things en- be formed like any other
habit.
Lod ING FOR ROSES.
There is Considerable sunshine in this
world, and We.can get our share of it
II we seek II. We can look for clouds
and thorns. br we can look for sun
shine and rqsss. The stock OF thorns
is not nearly Exhausted yet and more
will grow. And the same is true about
roses. | cannot understand it, but it
seems 10 me that some people are al
ways look-rg for the thorny side of life.
Were you to pass one of these unfcr-
tunate people a most beautiful, long
stemmedL rose you would presently hear
MIN remark: 81 wish we could have
NTesas Without thorns.' Thornfnder,
why not take another point of view?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

is not noted for his astounding bravery.
In fact, there is good deal of the cow
ard about him, and as a military organ
ization his armies are stupid and IN
wieldy bodies of primitively armed bar
barlans. Where generous and kind
hearted German and Russian officers
have done their best to Europeanize
these martial natives there has been
some slight Improvement The only
tribe among them of marked physical
courage are the Tartars, who are tar
tars' in every .ense OF the word.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
THE HEATHER CHINEE AT HOME.

Seen at short range in his own land,
the Chinaman is disappointment. He
is content to exist and asks nothing
more. The untutored native of the
orient takes himself seriously, and even
the Chinese soldier, with his bit OF
wood-mounted gas pipe, considers his
infallible self the great and mighty
protector of an unrivaled and indie
structibie empire. The gravity of the
Chinaman is attributed to the written
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

The talk had been about cyclones and
the awful damage done by them. and
the man with the red whiskers who
had been reading magazine, finally
looked up and said:
Gentlemen. l passed through a
cyclone experience in Oklahoma three
years ago, and l don't think the news
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
NEW ADvERTisEMENrs.

A RCHITECTURAL IRON AND
n WIRE WORKS.
Manufacturers bank and ONCE fixtures.
Elevator enclosures. window guards. WIRE
ard lenders Cemetery Metal Works.
building CONSTITUTIONAL work, all kirds
of renairlng attended 70. u Seventeenth
Street WHEELING. W. Va.
au2idc
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
PUPIL SCORED.

sIf I say SAID the teacher: The pu-
oil loves MS teacher what sort Of a sen
tence is it?'
Sarcasm" SAID the boy.-Tit-Bits.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
A CLEAN LARDER-

Ambrose. do you fast during Lent7'
Yes Ny wife and the cook go to
church 30 much that have to.''-Detross
Txae PresA
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

you doubt my veracity it will perhaps
be as well not to say anything lEc.s
about it,
But how could you be cutting grass
200 miles away?"
did you ever pass through cy-
clone?"
mo"
Then wait until you have. You will
then see how it was possible for a
woman in our town to have been blown
over in Missouri and set down in a
house where there were seven children
who called her ma as soon as she
landed"
THE AMBITIOUS LITTLE BOY.
Some fellers like to play base ball.
An some likes foot ball. too.
An some thinks marbles better yet
Can plays for keepszthey do.
But where they's any fun IN them
Ia more n / kin see.
Fer Bufflo Bill an cowboys
is good 'nough fer me!
ia ruther roam the prairies vide,
An hunt the Intuns Wild,
Than have TO monkey round In school
Jes' like some little child.
/ don't see how my folks expect
To make much out o me.
Unless I'm round where Bun'lo BILL
An all his cowboys be!
II could get nice fast horse,
gun an pistol too.
You bet / wouldn't stay 'roun' here
With Sich prospects IN view!
ia start right fer the woody west,
And mighty soon I'd be
With Bufflo BIZ an cowboys
They're good 'nough fer me!
I'm les about discouraged
When / think Of what name
I'd carve in letters big an bold.
Sides winnin piles o, fame.
I'd call myself the Infant Scout"
An soon my ma would see
That Bufflo Bill an cowboys
Wuz jes' the men fer me!
ia wear my hair way down my back.
An sport buckskin coat
with fringes runnin down the seams.
An open at the throat.
I'd wear a big sombrero,
An boots an spurs-O geei
If I could only live out west
Where all the cowboys bel
Ny mama says I'm orful bad
Cause / don't like my school,
An sez If keep on III be
Jes' nothin' but a fook.
She ser she tes' can't tnderstar
What hez got into me; -
An what there is bout Buff 10 BIZ
That's good-she fatls ter see.
But then, my ma, she amt a boy.
So now Is she to know,
Fer If she was bet she'd guess
The reason l think so;
She never read of Jesse James
|. Er Injuns shot out west,
T1r else she'd see why Bun 10 Blu
An cowboys is the best!
I guess taley's time enough fer mo
To 20 to school bine-by,
les now | want 10 win a name
How can | less / try?
III YOU ike school. why, that Is jeS
The place you Orter. be:
But BunIo Bill an cowboys
is good 'nough fer me! -
&c A. ERfNINSTCCL.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02

The Lime Kilu Club Hears Lecture on
the Significance of Dreams.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-02
THE AMBITIOUS LITTLE BOY.

Copyright. 1899 by John Brisben Walker.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-09-27
MoRMoNs IN OREGON
The Grand Ronie Valley Becoming Pios
porous Mormon Settle.

The Grand Ron1e Valley Becoming Pios.
porous Mormon Settle.
PENDLEroN, or, sept 27.-Thpe
Mormon elders are here 10 rcma . about
a month. They announce they will con.
duct meeting in the interest oi their
ialth. Elder NJ. u, Bird, J. ". Bright
and James : Gc,ldcs are the three.
They have bccn iu the town. further
east.
Elder Bird stated that the beet. .sugaf
factory 70 the Gnlud Ronde valley q.
owned principally by Mormon capital.
irts, and that large number Of the I,co.
Pile who are cultiyat'1g the g'ound for
the raising OF bccts are from Utah, and
oi the Mormon faith.
This year, said Elder Birl. "the
crop Of beots Is very dnc. The returns
viii put the farmers mquiiea prosperous
condition. last yeat the crop was "a
failure and the farmer were placed iu
a very embarrassing situation. But
this year people over there are smil ~
Ia their prosperity, and the sugar enter
prisc roems 90 h. an assured suocess
This better result attained b. ia,
largely a. the ia,t that the people came
into the valley and took the land in
smaller tracts than those bciorc them
bad attempted 10 hendlc. They thus
more thoroughly cultivate the = u. and
prove the wisdom 81 careful ulling oi
small amounts OF land Many Mormon,
are coming int, the Grand Rondv valley !
rom Utah, and many mon may h. cx.
'cctod 10 come. With their irugality |
'nd industry these Mormons will make |
hat Iart oi the state exceedingly pro, |
luc'lVe hrioro many ycar- have gone
D."
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-09-27
PIANOS, ORGAN AND SEWING
MACHINES.

/ As now Is the time when many are
| thinking ut buying pianos, organs and
sewing machines, | take this method
/ "a remind you that you have with YOU
au old tealeT la these lines, ,Whu makes
I it study 10 buy his goods 50 he can
meet all advertised prices 90 the same
goods. la the sewing machine line
persuns that come Co my store aud see
what prices machines eau be bought
Tor, buy here Others, | hnd, send,
Out not near stnlany a. used L. de-. be-
cause 81 many Salesmen they talk To
charge 81 much more than they can
gct them by sending Tor them. 1 have
in siOcS HE arm, ,sclf-threading shut.
Tie, all attachments, i.uraweT, oak
table. sewing machines Tor 81 3 % slS5 so
You DO not taSe any risk sending uf
depuSltiug your cash. You can see
the machine aud sew on 10 before yuu
pay Tor u. Figure your prices adSeF-
tlSed aud freight and you will see 4
am from 81 10 - 80 cheaper than those
prices, One example; My gain on
shipping single piano. have nov
on Tue ruad acar of pianos, unboXed
packed Ia a car, az the rate of sl.5Oa
hundied; price of box, e. az the fac
tufli weight ut bON averages 20
pounds, al - a hundred Is slO; weight
OF piano In bON U0O pounds. al a.
makes go Az the rate uf q. 20 makes
- 90 "A difference on the piaLu in box
ut slA.ie making a total difference of .
- plus $40 plus sli.iO ar SEQ. 40 save
ou eacu piano, A very fair prunt on
each piano aud large saving on a car,
load.
| could hll this entire paper fun of
names OF parties that have bought
either plane, organ oT sewing ma
chine from me. | Will give yOu the
names Of six only via PrOi. W.C.
llaNley, Geo. a. MYer, Dr. ", n.
Byrd, Father Z. Placitu>. of Nj.
Angel, Sol puThin aud Mrs. 4. A.
Hinges. t'rOm these professional nlen
iud ladies ~hu are guud Judges, sou
lave evidence that they fuuad my
'tuck A. good aud as cheap or cheaper
.han any other place.
As these people nave found IL 10
heir advantage 10 buy from nae, will
~ yOu alsuf
ln short, buy aud sell my yoads A.
heap aud chcepcf than any uutSid,
Or dealer can possibly
AZ down a single shipment of a piann,
fgan oT sewing machine,
GEORGE &. WILL.
'o, 23l Commercial slrcct, Saleai. On
po>ite Hush hans gIS dNwtf