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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11
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The National Ranking and Exchange
Record has sounded warning which
though somewhat belated, is none the
less worth needing The character
OF the National Banking and Exchange
Record may be recognized when it is
known it is used as an advertising
medium by such great financial firms
as j. q w Seligman & Co., j p. Nor
gan a Co., Goldman, Sachs q Co,
Dick Bros, John II. Davis & Co, and
Others belonging to the same class Of
tinanciers. The National Banking
and Exchange Record says;
Senator Hanna may not exactly wish
70 be King Mark the First Of Cuba,
but he is certainly setting out to be its
Croesus
The keenness that has made him so
great power IN politics and finance
has pointed 10 MIN the wonderful
money making possibilities In Cuba,
and ne Is organizing a syndicate TO
BUY up vast quantities OF timber and
farm land
Nhen the eolonizing rush begins, as
II certainly will this fall the coloniger
will have 10 stand and deliver TO Mr.
Mekiniey's mentor sueh price as he
may demand per "mansana 81
That Is, those will wait idlv until
the millionaire syndicates have grab.
bed OFF everything in sight. Besides
the Hanna land syndicate there ia a
New York syndicate with 500, 600 600
Tor tobacco plantations; Boston com
blpe with SEQ, 900 600 for fruit planta.
tions and lumber forests; and a dozen
organizations backed by sums rang
ing down 10 Si 900, 900 for all sorts OF
concessions from trolley. roads 20
breweries.
But even the sum total Of the eapl.
taiizstion Of these great syndieates
hardly reaches the total value Of Cuba's
yearly expoI -sllO OOO, 900. And il
must be remem bered that these ex.
ports were made IN time Of war, apd
with only one eighth Of the island un
der cultivation
These facts alone are enough TO set
the man OF moderate means thinking.
de is entitled to and should get his
share Of the wealth 10 be developed In
the eountry's new possessions (for
nnpa IS practically as much ours as
Porto Rico)
California and the KlonGike. with
their gold discoveries or Kansas,
Washington and West Virginia, with
their land booms, are not 10 be com.
pared with Caba and Porto Rico.
which have chances in every line
commerce, agriculture, minioR and
land development.
Much Of the existing plethora OF
money viii be used ia the advance.
ment Of the islands. aud there viii be
capital for every worthy and legiti-
mate seheme that is devised. With
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

All that's bright must fade,
The brightest arc the iieetest;
An that's sweet was made
To be lost when sweetest.
No. not lost, we know.
Though We miss her sadly:
Hard has been the blow,
Thy VIII be dpnef Yes, gladly.
For thou knowest the cares
And sorrows and the sighing,
ln this world of tears
ris well We cease our crying.
fearful eyes we raise
And the thought comes u'er us
IN heaven they're singing praise
And Bessie's in the chorus
on, precious, happy child
Care can touch thee never.
And with the undehled
Thou shalt be forever.
n s. Men
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11
Frisco Line.

81 Louis and San Francisco r. r.
Inc alrect through car goute 10 points
IN southwest Missouri, southern KAN
Texas.
The most direct route to St. Louis
ana the east. Kansas City and the
northwest. Double daily vestibuled
trains Free reclining chair cars; ob,
servation and drawing room sleepers:
ht Yey dining halls. Ask the nearest
ticket agent OF the Frisco line -or full
particulars, or w1ite, u. Il DUNN,
L. 7. A. h. A., Oklahoma City, o. Il.
BRYAN SNYDER, q. =. A., st. Louis.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

ADMIRAL DEWEY ordered his first re-
treat on Sunday, February 80 But
Dewey was not aboard the ship at the
time lie Was piloting a party Of ladies
70 the front when skirmish opened.
He hastily led his char ges to the rear.
But Uncle George is not 10 be censured
not just vet. He has never retreated
while aboard his own Gag ship.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11
In Men,oyIa,n..

lieautiful girl so happy and free,
Ever 50 kindly and brimful of glee
smiling ana gracious to everyone,
rad are onr hearts to think She has gone
Intelligent sweet. 50 trusting and pure
Everyone loved her that knew her I'm sure
Heavy our sorrow but we do not despair.
Ah Wen we know she is happier there
Can We wish her back I'm sure yOull say no
How happy she'll be in that mansion OF light
Ever 50 hlled with such perfect delight
Right by the throne Of her Savior so bright
"a men.
'Read the first letter OF every line down
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

Miss HELEN GOULD displays excel
lent judgment in declining to accom-.
modate those persons who are striving
10 utilize her generosity for advertis-
ing nnrnnses
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

= IHE announcement that William
Bryan was about to publish a book
entitled, "From Republic to Empire, "
is without foundation A Chicago
house will, however, publish such a
book, and IL will contain several
speeches delivered by Mr. Bryan,
against the policy Of imperialism. Mr.
Bryan has no financial interest in the
hnnE
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

The Washington Post thinks that
the Philadelphia girl who claims to
have had her hand squeezed 1000
worth will doubtless make it costly
for the chap who takes a chance with
her rraist
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

THE Republican party in oklahoma
is stronger today than 1t ever was. II
you don't believe it go and smell Of
it for yourself.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

THE New York stage is now exper-
fencing q revival Of Shakespearean
plays and pugilism. Shakespeare
VIII probably get the worst OF IT,.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

PERHAPS we would have saved mon
ey by paying for the muster out Of
Aguinaldo, but it is too late to con.
slider that proposition
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

OVER in Lincoln county the peop.e
are vaccinating against smallpox and
recurrence OF Hugh McCredie.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

PoLrrICs does curious Things. Dur
ing all that legislative row not one
word was said against Treasurer
Thompson Now look
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

The Pennsylvania politicians will
probably proceed upon the theory
that Mr. Quay is not much Of a monk,
even when sick
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

AT any rate is pretty hard to
shoulder it all onto Mr. Thompson.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11
F,ner and Enaler 49,. -.

The California Limited, Santa Re
Route, solid between Chicago aud Los
Angeles. Time, 2z days, Electric
ighted. Three times a week.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

THE enemies Of Admiral sehley are
quite persistent. They are now talk
ing Of Miies AID Schley presidential
ticket
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11
Are You Going 20 Californtay

The califorD' limited, Santa Fe
Route, gives t.s best and speediest
seryiee; only 2A days 70 Los Angeles.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-11

TUESDAY. APRIL u, 1899
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

man he met, and it was the first case
| ever saw CT yellow turning TO white.
His eyes bulged, his jaw dropped, and
he sat right down on the floor.
Don't come disturbing my sleep
again. | said to him. I don't like it,,
and might do you harm
"'But I stabbed you to death last
night, he whispered between his blue
lips.
"'Bosh. You only woke me up. If
you come again I'll throw you through
the window ~
THAT fellow would have knelt TO the
executtoner with a leer on his ugly
mug" said the story teller, but he
had found a mystery in me and
couldn't get over it. He stretched out
and begged me to walk on him; he
rose up and entreated me to kick him;
he got down on his stomach and licked
my shoes. AS a matter of fact l
couldn't get rid of him and had to take
him on as a servant, though he refused
al pay. / am sure he was connected
with a band of thugs in the city and a
gang of pirates on the river, for at one
time l knew of his having about $780,
600 in hard money, and he offered the
whole of it to me as a free gift. To
the last day of my stay in China my
escape from his knife was a mystery,
and the last words he said to me as
came away We're:
"'You will get safely home Even
if the ship sinks a bird will be at
hand to pick you up and fly with you
to landn"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

where he gives the command, Put none
but Americans on guard tonight" A
one horse chaise of the period of 1776
is another queer looking contrivance
kQe body is painted yellow, and the
wheels and shafts are black.
An ancient pipe organ is also in the
curiosity shop. 1t formerly belonged to
Dr.. Van Zandt, Of Brooklyn, and is said
to be over 100 years old. A walking
cane with a timepiece in the head Of it
was one of Mr.. Halleran's favorites
said. Another oddly is pair of
Spanish dancing boots. The heels are
hollow with little holes bored in the
bottom of them. The boots are filled
with Spanish coins.
Other curiosities are in the group of
relics illustrated, which are interesting
and represent forty-seven odd pieces.
Among them, as will be seen, are Quak
er bonnets, colonial hats, Washington
Sudi VI DIV Oi 10, ldHtCi LID VI Jul ue,udlCo,
Revolutionary swords, fintlock dueling
pistols, a Revolutionary cap, a foreign
helmet, dagger with the words IF. NJ.
Anterior, First Massachusetts Cavalry,
Company k engraved thereon; Revo-
lutionary epaulets, Washington Rides
sword, Revolutionary powder TASKS, old
time bellows, a copper urn, bronze
lamps, Revolutionary stirrups, an army
medicine chest, old fashioned tin coffee
pots, Spanish dancing boots, pewter
teapot, pewter pitcher and coffeepot,
with trays of the same metal; old
fashioned candiesticks, an old hackle
for TASKS, old bedpan warmers, old
style farmyard pictures, an old fashion
ed hand painted mirror, an old colon
list chair, an old time spinning wheel
and tongs and stand, andirons, long
handled frying pans an Old Dutch vest,
fintlock guns, a waffle iron, a Revolu-
tionary warming pan, a Russian sam
ovar and Revolutionary horse bits.
A splendid piece of furniture is an
old fashioned cupboard, which is in
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

vironment. When sufficiently encour-
aged No. II will tell all about himself,
even to the loves of women and the
letters that he has received.
The cold and mean man in the chair
was not disposed to provide environ
ment. Some BARRIERS might have TAX
en- warning from the fierce scowl with
which the man regarded his own image
in the mirror, but No II male a spe-
cialy of overcoming these reserved
characters.
"A fine day" he observed, as he
tucked in the towel with motherly
care.
Il don't think So" -
We'll, it is rather cold"
mot cold enough
Is that so? Well. of course, no
two men are constituted alike. One
man likes it very cold and the other
likes it very warm. There's a fellow
up there on the end chair who never
wears an overcoat. It's like the old
saying, One mans food is another
mans poison You'll find good
many people who prefer wintry tenn
perature, as you say
Il don't"
We'll, as you say, none of us like
to have it too cold" (Pause.) This
soap I'm using on your face is a new
kind we've just got in. One Of them
small pieces costs us thirty cents
wholesale 1t makes fine lather."
THE best / ever tasted"
THE soap, say. It works up under
the brush into fine lather''
THE best I ever tasted
"Oh-I-did II believe l did get a
little right there at the corner of your
mouth. I'll wipe it off,
"All right, if you want to, but l like
it,"
The man in the chair closed his eyes
and was silent for few moments, and
then he added, without opening his
eyes:
Only you want to get a different fla
vor. | think | prefer strawberry"
No. II gazed in uncertainty al the
wrathy countenance before him, and
seemed to have run out Of topics. Then
he leaned over and asked with gentle
solicitude: Does the razor pull sir?r
This question is never asked by a
barber unless he is certain that the
razor is so sharp that its strokes Is a
mere caress. When the patron lies in
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
AN ELECTRIC TREE.

A German authority has recently an
nounced the discovery of tree in the
forests of Central India which has
most curious characteristics. The
leaves of the tree are of highly SEN
sitive nature, and so full of electricity
that whoever touches one of them re-
ceives an electric shock. 1t has very
singular effect upon a magnetic needle
and will influence it at a distance Of
even 20 feet. The electrical strength
of the tree varies according to the time
of day, it being strongest at midday,
and weakest at midnight. In wet
weather its powers disappear altogeth-
er. Birds never approach the tree, nor
have insects ever been seen upon it.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
A MYSTIF1fD CHlhAMAh.
MurderousIy Minded Celestial Who Was
Tricked by Bostonian's Little Plant

Il was in China for our house for
five or six years, said the Boston
man, "and though the Chinese were
arrogant and insulting / imagined to
keep clear of trouble except in one in
stance, and that terminated to my
great advantage. One day, when the
force at our warehouse were extra busy
I caught a native pilfering. l started
to kick him out of the place, but he
turned on me and gave me a lively
fight. Indeed. if one of our force
hadn't come up he'd have done for me-
Being in bad temper and thirsting for
revenge, turned him over to the po-
lice, and as consequence he got fifty
whacks with a paddle on the soles of
his feet. You'll understand what that
means when | tell you that he couldn't
walk for a week, and that he limped
He came to me and offered to settle
the case for about four cents in Ameri-
can money. 1t looked to me like a
case of gall, but one of our porters told
me that if l didn't settle the fellow
would find opportunity to murder me.
l had whacked him for trying to steal
for his pains and aches was absurd.
He went away saying | would regret it,
and was probably in hiding for the next
fortnight One day | was told that
he had been seen inspecting my living
quarters, and the porter who told me
added:
4 am sure he will come tonight to
kill you, want you to let me fix
things
His scheme was to arrange a
plant continued the Bostonian
THAT is, we fixed up a dummy and
placed it in my bed, and leaving a con-
venient window open we shut ourselves
into another room. At II o'clock the
fellow came. He wasn't in the room
over three minutes, but with his big
knife he cut the figure and the bed
clothes pretty well to pieces. He
chopped the dummy in twenty-six diff
ferent places, and he grunted every
time he chopped. He must have been
in a sort of frenzy not to have discov-
cred the cheat, but he went away
thinking he had made mince-m<at of
me- The next day, big as life and
with the cheek of a mule, he walked
into the warehouse. was the first
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

ever get the best of you
well, there l was, doubtless in the
sight of those youngsters the persona
fication of a horseman. While talking
to them my horse danced about and
did all sorts of gymnastics, and there
they saw me taking no more notice OF
his doings than if / was on a sofa
Then, just as I had told them that
no horse in the world could get the best
of them if they did what l told them to
do, gun was fired on the plain just
behind us, andt thatsherse of mine gave
a tremendous jump backward, some
thing broke, and I went clear over his
mead, body, soul, and bleeches."
Every one in the room smiled. Even
the story-te!ler had to smile. do you
know what the effect of it all WASP
ended the officer. ..'Those boys, for the
four years they were here after that,
before they graduated, wouldn't believe
a damned word l said on any sub
ject!"-New York Sun.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
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A REMARKABLE FLOWER.

A remarkable flower has just been
discovered in Siberia. 1t will grow, 1t
seems, in the coolest climate from
frozen earth, and bear fruitful bios
SONS in the month OF January. In the
duration OF its bloom the flower re-
sembles somewhat our eonvolvulus,
each blossom lasting but a day. The
flower is star-shaped when it opens, its
petals OF the same length as the leaves,
and about half an inch wide. The an
theirs, which are five in in number, at
the third or fourth day show at their
extrenities minute glastening specks.
which shine like diamonds. They are
about a sixteenth Of an inch in diam
eter- These are the seeds The name
Is an unpronoUncabls Russian word
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

quaint old Long Island towns. He
would stop at the farm houses. inquire
whether their owners had any old
things they were willing to sell and
would bargain for them until an agree
ment was effected. Many valuable
pieces of china and furniture were OBJ
tanned from coaored families, the older
members of whom, when slaves, had
received the things from the masters,
who then considered them old fashioned
and useless.
The Halleran collection now fills not
only the entire building-a great, old
fashioned, double house, formerly used
by the family as a residence-from top
to bottom, but half a dozen other
houses.
A dealer in antiques who had charge
of preparing the valuable collection for
sale is authority for the statement that
the number of pieces, including prints
and bits of virtu, will be at least 1o0,-
900.
AS character Mr. Halleran was one
of the most curious specimens of mod
ern times. He would never attend a
visitor who wished to purchase unless
he felt in the humor. 1t is related of
him that he was once visited by some
New York people of wealth who were
desirious of purchasing very valuable
ring which he had in his possession.
When the message was brought to him,
he was serving beer to his customers
behind the bar in his saloon. At the in
terruption he looked UP with a frown
) on his usually rotund, good humored
face and answered shortly, ''Tell them
am selling beer to-day; they will have
to- come some other time" against
which edict there was no appeal. One
curious trait which indicates the col
lector's mania better than anything else
was his habit of buying whenever and
wherever he could, regardless Of the
fact that every available empty build
Ing was full to overfowing and that It
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
|Oae 0 Americas
Old Curiosity Shops.

became a matter of serious import
where the things we're to be put. He
had shelves put in the stable over the
horses heads, and it was nothing un-
usual to see the incongruous combina-
ton of an ordinary, everyday horse
calmly munching oats surrounded by
bins, stalls and shelves full of price
less antiques of every description.
Among the odd things of historic in
terest still in the collection are great
numbers of Revolutionary relics, his
torical engravings and paintings.
There is picture of Edwin Bright, late
of Maiden, Essex, who died on Novem-
Der 10, 1850, at the age of 20 years,
weighing 900 pounds; one of George
Washington last interview with his
mother, and another of Washington
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
AN UNFORTUNATE MOVE.

at was before the war" said the in
structor. Il was giving the 'plebes'
their first lesson on horseback. l saw
that many of them looked shaky' In
deed. l do believe that a few of them
had never been in the saddle before.
They were lined up just of the car
riageway near the library building,
and there was line of carriages there
with the anxious friends and relatives
of the boys.
1T was a hot day, and some of the
horses got ugly. You know what a
West Point horse is always-ever
ready to make plunge.
Now, gentlemen said l, don't feel
nervous All you've got to do is to sit
firmly erect in your saddles. keep your
knees tightly pressed to the horses
sides, and no horse in the world vii
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
BARBER MEETS HIS MATCH.
Actually Finds a Man Who Disagrees
With Him and Dares, to Talk Back.

Chicago Record
The man in the chair had,a cold, and
mean disposition, which contrasted
with the affectionate and confidential
nature of No. IL. If you had seen No.
II walking along State street with his
melton overcoat hanging straight in
the back and his silk hat shining like
a metallic helmet You would have said
that he was at least the president or
the director of something. Seeing
him here in the shop, attired in Eyhite
and daintily arranging the toiNt in
struments you would learn that he
was barber.
No. IL is of that type of beauty
which is set out in the family story
papers, and wherever he goes he dis
penses the soft odors of Florida, Ara
by and France. When No. IL has a
patron in the chair he cuddles up to
him and purrs softly. His talk is for
the customer, and for the customer
alone. He acts as if he would like TO
crawl up over the arm of the chair
and sit in the friends lap and pour
out the secrets of his heart.
The soul which warns and yearns
and sympathizes needs the proper en-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
SHRAPNEL.

One of the most embarrassing things
connected with a modern battlefield is
the shrapnel shells, which throw all
sorts of strange substances about.
There is not so much danger in their
fire as in that of modern musketry,
but the sound of the shrapnel is much
more disconcerting and demoralizing;
;ts wild "whee-wew-wew" suggests
missiles filling all the air and coming
from all directions. A surgeon relates
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

His advice was frequently sought by
private collectors regarding the anthem
ITCHY of articles in their possession.
His knowledge OF the subject was the
more remarkable as he was man who
had had little opportunity for educa-
ton in his early years and whose bus
mess as. saloon keeper would, it might
be thought, have left him little leisure
for the study Of antiques. Many of the
articles were collected by Mr. Halleran
in the course of driving trips which he
made for that purpose among the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09
Copyright, 1899


It Is not often that history has been
the handmade of the beer pump. 1t
seems far cry from foaming larger to
colonial furniture. But the death of
an eccentric old saloon keeper of Flush
ing, N. Y, has shown that the mixer of
the mint julep may also be skilled
and judicious cleaner of antiquities, as
glimpse at the relics and antique
treasures left by the recently deceased
John J. Halleran will show.
For over a quarter of a century this
eccentric old mans place has been the
haunt of dealers and private collectors,
who came-often from long distances
to examine and purchase some of the
valuable and rare relics which Mr. Hal
leran was so successful in securing.