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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-22

II yot can't come, write for c. C.and
Cream -four Made in Guthrie.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-22

Harry Decker will give balloon as
cension next week.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-22

A local scientist says there are 6s1
nutty people in Guthrie. Nutty means
dotty.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-22

Two trains daily on the Choctaw be-
tween Howe and Ell Reno. See agent.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-22

A mother hubbard ball game is or
the tapis.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-22

Vine street smells to high Heaven.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-22
w ELLING The BEST
WAUlTS us AND Is
- URE TO SATISFY YOU
EiSenSChmidt & WOCkGI

We Have Some
Bargains for Small Feet
Ladies High and Low
Shoes
sizes q to 4, soc and 75c
Also same for children, soc
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-22

S swimming is ripe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-07
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
aiuch Sickness Prevented by It's sub
stitution for Gas.


there are no stronger advocates for
electric lighting in houses than medical
men, who say that an immense amount
OF sickness has been saved since the
electric light took the place of gas in
modern houses. There can be no doubt
that IN the matter of maintaining the
parity of air during ineandescenee.
electricity stands without a rival. Air
Is composed of four parts ofNnitrogen
combined with one part of oxygen.
Inc nitrogen, in a sense, uodffies the
too active powers of oxygen, which, II
undiluted, would make every one in
haling 1T so excessively energetic that
the human framework would speedily
be racked to pieces. When combus-
ton takes place oxygen is absorbed,
and carbon diexide "a poisonous gas) is
given off. The act OF breathing pro-
duces a similar effect, and thus resent
bles the burning of a lamp or candle.
Air containing as little as per cent
of carbon dioxide is difficult to breathe
in, and when it is considered that
medium gas burner produces as much
six feet per hour it naturally follows
that air in a room SO lighted soon be-
comes dangerous. Besides carbon d.
oxide, there are other impurities in
gas, such as su1phureus acid, ammonia.
sulphuretted hydrogen. ETC., which vary
in quantity according to the purity OF
the gas. Each has its own deleterious
effect on the air and surroundings, and
most of them cause fame to be less
luminous. With an electric ineandes-
cent lamp there is no combustion. The
hlament merely becomes ineandeseent
by reason Of its resistance to the pas
sage of the current, which is compelled
to exert a certain amount of energy IN
travelling through it. This energy Ia
given back by the filament in the form
of light but the whole being hermetic-
ally sealed in vacro there Is no ex-
halation from T. ocess Of mean
descence, and t zide air remains
unyitiated by it
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-07
cuRFEw IS UPHELD.
One Town which Finds the Evening
Eel Success.

VHS 1oWD Nh+ch ElnoS the evening
Eel a Success.
Elmira is trying Che virtue of cur
few ordinance. It's express purpose ia
to keep oat Of the streets the Children
who have been permitted to frequent
them in the evening without restraint
heretofore, says the Elmira Advertiser.
Ii takes effect at 8 o'clock in the sum-
mer and at 5 o'clock during the win
ter. The effect of the rule has been
watched with interest, and no one can
doubt that the new rule will be as
faithfully enforced hereaftey as it has
been during the first week. Only one
arrest has been made, but that was
sufficient to show the intention OF the
police department to enforce the ordi-
nance in fair and reasonable man
ner. According to all the testimony
at hand 1t aecomplishes the purpose
for which it was passed. Children, and
young giils in particular, are no long
er seen promenading the streets in
groups or singly, and the gain for or
der is plainly noticeable. There is
disposition shown in the press of other
cities to poke fun at the course pur-
sued here, but our citizens care nothing
Cor that. They are trying honestly an
experiment from which much good is
hoped, and their expectations have
met no appointments up to today.
Instead of laughing at our village"
similarly afflicted communities would
DO well to adopt the same course of
treatment for what is everywhere ac-
knowledged to be a serious evil. II
large. numbers of the young can be
kept out of temptation and from evil
courses by so simple a device, it is far
wiser to try it than to jeer at 1t. It is
not a laughing matter at all, bur one
of grave moment to the welfare OF
nearly all large towns. Our expert
ment is worthy of general imitation,
for 1t is great success in its begin
ming
rail Walt
Fall Mall pronounced pei mell
comes from pale maize, an aneienA
game supposed to have been played or
the present site of Pail Mall by Nor
man monks, by whom it was intro
duced into England. The observant
Pepys, in his famous diary, makes
mention of it thus: April 2. 1861.
into st. James Park. where I saw the
duke of York playing at Pelemeie, tbs
first time that ever l saw the sport
Pail Mall Bulletin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-07
QUEER NAMES OF SOME FLATS
DO They Affect the Characters of Those
Who Dwell Within2


CAS- for me" yentured the man with
the wooden head, Il can't indorse your
views. You lay claim that our apart
ment-house-ou ELECTROMAGNETIC
as given expression in Chicago, is too
airy. too exalted, too fanes9ul. On the
contrary it is not the one nor the
other nor the last of these You say:
Here; man lives in the Santa Maria
He comes home with Saturday night
tolerance of feeling for all men He is
willing to sleep on the grass In the in
ner court. He is even ready to indorse
the views of the janitor-to carry the
white mans burden for the off-scour-
fns e. err social system. Then. you
! g what unhappy contempt does
NJ pstao name conveying such ten
derrSss as does Santa Maria? My con-
tentloi4 is that is all wrong with the
deeency of the man and all right with
the name of the apartment building.
The Abbotsford, you say. Great
scott! can man live up to that? Can
ne dwell always upon the pinnacles of
romance while stuffing cheese and beer
IN little back room? Can he live up
to the idea of dwelling in the compan-
eonship Of fatted knights, who rescue
distressed maidens when at his daily
business he has to haggle over the sale
price of pair of pants and to figure
with the girl who brings him his lunch
upon the relative merits of corned beef
hash and chicken wing PURGE with
r1ee| While you are right in part, you
are wrong in most. All of us admit
that the sentimental atmosphere sur
rounding man makes for much In
his daily conduct. I 1 say that it makes
for everything. If 1--we In the Wash
ington' don't you perceive I am going
TO be higher, decenter, cleaner. more
devoted citizen than would be If I
fived in the Aaron Burr?' There is a
standard set for me; if am half hon
est to my environment | must try to
attain 1t. Don't you suppose that a
resident of the John B. Cough fats
will pay more taxes in the end than
the dweller in 'Bacchante' apartments?
Wouldn't your chest expansion be
greater on the twelfth floor of the
'Mastodon' than in the parlor suite OF
the Little Jennie?' Some names, of
course, are Ill chosen and comparative.
ly meaningless. / do not myself like
to see a twenty-foot front, story-and-
a-half bit of brick and mortar called
the Pantheon, nor a nest amid
wor1e of downtown stories called the
Plaza del Mesa del Virginia. but gen
orally speaking. there is a good deal
in a name. in fat name, Shakes
peare Notwithstanding.
Nov would you prefer to live in the
Otis or the 'Aguinaldo? asked one
of the earpers Lest I incriminate
myself" said the original speaker, Il
decline to answer. Come up with me
to the House of David and I will see
what can be done to remove this dust"
Chicago Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-07

THE BICYCLE TRADE.
Combination Cannot Keep Up the Prios
of Wheels.


The reduction in the price Of bicycles
from $3.50 to less than a third Of that
amount has weighed heavily upon the
minds of the manufacturers who en-
tered the wheel trust. The combna-
ton was undoubtedly made with the
purpose of advancing prices to a point
that would restore at least Lart of the
old fabulous profits, but it is doubtful
if 1t can be made success. Too many
Independent manufacturers are in ex-
istence VINO are free to extend their
trade by Offering every possible induce
ment in the way of price and quality,
such as individual competition sug-
gests. One of these has just issued a
circular, in which lie has the following
to say: I'VE have a thoroughly or
ganized and profitable business, both
in firearms and bicycles, and there is
20 necessity for our Joining any move
ment to attempt to monopolize or
manipulate the bicycle trade, or to as
sist some of the 'top-heavy' firms to
dispose of their factories at fancy
prices and thus avoid a probable col
lapse. We are and shall remain per-
fectly Independent and free to act &C
cording to our business judgment and
our sense Of justice and fairness to the
agents who have assisted US in building
up our present large business. No one
can buy better material or build high
Grade bicycles cheaper than we can,
and we have completed our plans and
our new line of bicycles much earlier
than usual, SO as to make this state
ment frankly and squarely to our
agents, and we announce our line and
prices for the coming season as fol-
lows: Mediun-grade roadster, $25;
.high-grade roadster, SIS; with coaster
1 brake, $40; with cushion frame, $50;
$780," AS these prices are
cut of SIS on each grade, and as the
manufacturer is one of high repute in
the trade, it is manifest that the trust
will not BE- able to advance the cost
of wheels next season. Besides, the
day has passed when the wheelman
could be persuaded that his machine,
beautiful and delicate as 1t is, can be
more costly than a small steam engine.
louisville Courier-J Journal.
Cubans to Learn the American Language
Gen. Wood says that there are cow
5000 scholars in Cuba who wish to
learn the American language and ways.
and who ask for teachers. The amount
already subscribed in Boston for his
work is nearly $4,000, and the books
will not be closed until $4,000 has
been subscribed
a Rustic Query.
Mirandy Visiting city friehds)-My,
here's her visitin' card. Miranda's
Husband What does it say Miriam
dat says she's at home Thursdays.
Wonder where she stops rest OF the
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-07
Hen and Terrier.

A. W. GLENN Of Sioux City, Iowa, re-
.ently purchased a sitting of eggs and
placed them under an old hen in his
hen-house. In the same hen-house
lives terrier A few days ago the
animal gave birth to eight white pup
pies, and they were placed in a box
in the corner. To the astonishmant of
the owner, his hen left her thirteen
eggs and placed herself in full charge
of the puppies. She has been cuddling
the tiny pups under her wings and will
allow no one to take them away with
out great fight. The mother of the
pups is on friendly relations with the
hen, it would seem, for she lies on the
floor and seems to have no objection
to tie foster mother. In the meantime
the expensive sitting of eggs spoiled
Wedding Houses.
In olden times certain towns and
villages in England used to possess
wedding house, where poor couples,
after they haG been welded at church,
could entertain their friends at a small
cost, the only outlay being the pur-
chase of such provisions for their
guests as they brought with them, the
house for the day being given free Of
payment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-07
y Rustic Query.

Mirandy Visiting city friehdso-My,
here's her visitin card. Miranda's
Husband--What does it say Miriam
dat says she's at home Thursdays.
Wonder where she stops rest of the
time?
The progressive farmer., 1900-12-18
STATE HCRriCULTURAL SOCIETY.
Annual Meeting at Asheville Next Week
President Lindley's Coming Address.

Annual Meeting at Asheville Next Week
President Lindley's Coming Address.
Correspondence OF The Progressive Farmer.
The twenty-second annual meeting
of the State horticultural Society
will be held at the Swannanoa Hotel,
Asheville on December 18th, at
4 80 p. M.
Members will come prepared to
discuss this that which seems most
important to the growing interests
of fruit raising, etc.
In his annual address President J.
Van Lind.ey will make strong APP
peal to the fruit growers of Western
North Carolina to place North Caro-
lima in the list of successful fruit
growing States. During this present
year our State has been blessed with
an abundant yield of fruits.
What has become of all the fruit
raised and how much is there on
hand, and what condition is the large
apple crop in at the present time,
will be questions for the serious and
proftable discussion expected to be
brought out at the coming session.
There will be two sessions, one at
4 80 another from 8 TO 10 p. m.
The Swannanoa Hotel rates will be
% per day.
Let every member be in attendance
and bring others interested in the
good work. THOMAS L. Brown.
ASheville, Dec. 10th. Secretary.
The progressive farmer., 1900-12-18
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS NOTES.

Smallpox has appeared in the
North and West. There are more
than 400 cases at WinOna, MINI. ,
and there are cases in New York and
Hoboken, N. J.
The State paid out for legal ser
vices last year S21, ,56628. The firms
and individuals that received 81, 900
or more follow: JnO. w. Hinsdale,
$3,26755; W. G. Douglas, 1850; G..
A Cook, S2.359.76; J. e. L. Harris,
3, ,238. "a Simmons, Pou and Ward,
$4,000; Simmons and Ward, Allen
& Dortch, 81, ,983.45; Jas. H. Pou,
81 ,888.15; H. G. Connor, 1000.
Messrs. Harris and Cook are Repub-
GINS, the others Democrats.
Goldsboro Cor. Post: Ex-COngress-
man John E. Fowler, defeated by
Congressman Thomas in the Third
district, was in the city today and
advised me that notice of contest
had not been served on Mr.. Thomas,
but it was true that he would CON
test the right of Mr. Thomas to a
seat in the next Congress charging
that votes cast for himself in Craven,
y n"s Onsl0w and Dupiin counties
were cou 1tcd for Thomas. Fowler
,.ant 10 Craven this evening pre-
slmably to take affilavitI
The progressive farmer., 1900-12-18
TWENTY VACANCIES AT THE A. & M
COLLEGE,.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
There will be about 20 vacancies
at the A & NJ. College in january
owing to the Withdraw walls from pow
erty and failures in studies. These
vacancies will be filled by selecting
young men of mature mind and good
preparation. Character and desire
to study will be Indispensable requi-
sites.
Entrance examinations will be
held at the College in Raleigh, Janu-
ary 2nd and 3rd at 9 a. m. No en-
trance examinations will be held
elsewhere. 1t will probably be use
less for applicants to come later, as
the vacancies will all be filed on
those dates.
The work of the College this year
has been remarkably fine. The new
Course in Mechanic Arts training
boys to be machinists, mechanics,
engine tenders, boiler tenders, dyna-
mo- tenders, locomotive engineers,
ETC., has been very popular. The
special course of instruction in the
machine shop has also been largely
attended. The Textile Department
i equipped with several thousand
dollars worth of cotton machinery
and is doing admirable work. Stu
dents are crowding into it with
enthu SiaSm.
The total enrolment so far is $50,
although the College has rooms for
only 100
There has been practically no sick
ness during the year, not case last
ing a week. The discipline and
morality Of the College have been
admirable in all respects.
GEO. T. WINSTON, President.
The progressive farmer., 1900-12-18

kidneys and bladder need immediate
attention.
In taking Swamp Root you afford
natural help to Nature, for Swamp
Root is the most perfect healer and
gentle aid to the kidneys that is
known to medical science.
Swamp Root is the triumphant dis
covery of DR., Kilmer, the eminent
kidney and bladder specialist. Hos
pitfalls use it with marked success in
both slight and severe cases. Doc
tors recommend 1t to their patients
and use it in their own families, be-
cause they recognize in Swamp Root
the greatest and most successful
remedy.
If you have the slightest symp-
toms of kidney or bladder trouble,
or if there is a trace of it in your
family history, send at once to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
who will gladly send you free by
mail, Immediately, without cost to
you, sample bottle of Swamp Root
and a book Of wonderful Swamp
Root testimonials. Be sure to say
that you read this generous offer in
The Progressive Farmer.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take,
and if you are already convinced
that this great remedy is what you
need, you can purchase the regular
fifty-cent and one dollar size bottles
at drug stores. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root.
The progressive farmer., 1900-12-18

Pain or dull ache in the back is
unmistakable evidence of Kidney
trouble. It is Nature timely warn
ing to show you that the track of
health is not clear.
If these danger signals are un.
needed, more serious results are sure
to follow; Bright's Disease, which
is the worst form Of kidney trouble,
may steal upon you.
The mild and the extraordinary
effect of the world famous kidney
remedy, Swamp Root, is soon rea-
lized. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most dis
tressing cases. A trial will convince
anyOne-and you may have a sam
pie bottle for the asking.
Lame back is only one symptom of
kidney trouble-one of many. Other
symptoms showing that you need
Swamp Root are, obliged to pass
water often during the day and to
get up many times at night; smart
ing or irritation in passing, brick
dust or sediment in the urine, ca
tarrh of the bladder, constant head
ache, dizziness, sleeplessness, nerv-
BUSINESS, irregular heart beating,
rheumatism, blcating, irritability,
wornout feeling, lack of ambition,
loss of flesh or sallow complexion.
If your water when allowed to re-
main undisturbed in a glass or bot
tie for twenty four hours, forms a
sediment or settling, or has a cloudy
appearance, it is evidence that your
The progressive farmer., 1900-12-18
Correspondence.
1oEsN,F UNDERSTAND THE REFoRMA-
TORY.

Jurisprudence of The Progressive Farmer.
7 have read great deal on the
ouestion of prison for young crimi-
mails. or the reformatory, but haven t
read any plan on which it is to be
run. The majority of the young
criminals are from families where
home training has been neglected,
and whenever you put u number of
them together for any length of time
they will come out worse criminals
than when put in. / would suggest
instead that all boys under 81 years
of age be publicly whipped and that
the parents, guardian, or nearest of
kin, be forced to see it done.
l believe this would do more to
raise the morals of our people than
any prison that the State can build,
and cause the parents to give more
attention to home training.
a TAX PAYER.
~, Fou-Ia ~ NJ y
The progressive farmer., 1900-12-18
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS AT THE Ma
TIONAL CAPITAL.
T. NJ. FRIzELL, Sec,

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The Grout bill for the protection
of dairymen and all that eat dairy
products, has passed the House. 1t
is to be regretted that only two
North Carolina representatives.,
Messrs. Kluttz and Pearson, sup
ported the bill. Messrs. Atwater,
Bellamy, Kitchin, Linney, Thomas
and White opposed it. Mr.. Small
seems not to have voted.
The Statistician of the Agricul-
tural Department reports 1O,1OO,OOO
bales as the probable cotton produc-
ton of the United States for 1900
1901. In the making of this esti-
mate the same methods and agencies
have been used that were employed
last year. Many thousands of gin
ners have, however, made repol Is
for the first time.
The estimated yield, in pounds Of
lint cotton per acre, is as follows:
Virginia $50, North Carolina 1919,
South Carolina 167, Georgia 172.
Florida 1873, Alabama ISL: Mississippi
159. Louisiana 234, Texas 226, Ar
kansas 223, Tennessee 177, Missouri
275, Oklahoma 3l8, Indian Territory
289. The acreage, after eliminating
all land from which no crop what
ever will be gathered, is estimated
at 25, ,O34, 1874 North Carolina stands
pretty we'll. The report caused u
great furry on the New York Cotton
Exchange. Prices dropped nearly ii
half cent per pound within few
hours. B.
Washington, D. @.
The progressive farmer., 1900-12-18
FROM JACKSON COUNTY
A TAX PAYER.
Catawba Co, n. G..

correspondence OF The Progressive Farmer.
Our regular January meeting will
be with Loves Chapel Sub. on the
second Thursday in January, 1901,
at IL m. hope each Sub. will be
represented there at that time. Let
everybody attend it will do you no
harm. Our County Alliance is weak
and all Alliancemen ought to be
present 81 all come promptly and
let US have u good old, fashioned
time once IN re in Jackson county
Fraternally,
T. NJ. FRIZELL, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer., 1900-12-18
TO THOSE TROUBLED WITH NoxIoUs
INSECTS.
Washington, D. G.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
1t Is desired to call the attention
of the farmers, fruit growers, truck
ers, and all others interested in agri-
cultural pursuits in North Carolina,
to the fact that the Entomologist OF
the Department of Agriculture, at
Raleigh, n. c., desires them to send
him specimens of any injurious in
sectS that may come to their notice.
They are also invited to send speci-
mems of any insects regarding which
they desire information, and such in
formation will be given so far as
possible. It is desired to make the
Department of as great practical
benefit to the people as possible, and
no effort will be spared to attain this
end.
During this winter the fruit grow
ers are especially urged to make a
careful examination of their trees,
and send any insect or suspicious
twig to the Department so that the
matter may be investigated, If it is OF
importance. AS this Office is for the
benefit Of the people, we hope that
they will use it to the best of their
ability, by correspondence or Other
wise
An effort is being made to build up
collection of insects for the Agri-
cultural Department and for exhibi-
ton in the State Museum. The aid
OF all Is asked in getting specimens
Tor TINS purpose.
Send any specimens or inquiries to
FRANKLIN SHERMAN, JR.,
Entomologi>t, Dept OF Agriculture,
Raleigh, N. e..
The progressive farmer., 1900-12-18
staple.

The famous pan-American beauty
contest closed Saturday and the
awards were made. This was a COM
petition held for the purpose of Sc
lecting the two most beautiful wo-
men in America, blonde and brunette,
to typify North and South America
on the official emblem of the pam
American exposition in Buffalo in
1901 A committee of ten, of which
Senator Chauncey M. Depew was
chairman, selected from thousands
of photographs sent to New York,
Miss Maude Coleman Wood, Cf
Charlottesville, Va, to represent
North America, and Miss Nixine
Elliott, (Mrs. N. G. Goodwin) bl u
nette, to represent South America.
The progressive farmer., 1900-12-18

Enclosed find one dollar, my sub
scription to your most valuable pa
per. love your paper because it is
a clean sheet-may be read by any
one, always inspiring him to more
useful and d higher and holier life.
Long live the paper.
JOHN E. JONES.
Goo4o,o 10 NJ n
The progressive farmer., 1900-12-18
CHARLOTTE COTTON SEED.

Charlotte Observer: The farmers
are pretty much disgruntled over
the prevailing price of 9 cents for
cotton since the governmental report
was made public, but they are even
ing up on cotton seed. For three
months past, the prevailing price of
seed was 1917 cents, but as soon as
cotton went down, seed went up.
The buyers in Charlotte yeste1 d W
were paying 221a cents for cotton
seed. 1t was noticed that the farm
ers were selling seed and holding the
staple.