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The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-24

A skull and crossbones is the some-
what grim emblem adopted by Capt.
Montmorency's scouts in South
Africa.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-06-24

There are twelve men in Chichester
CEngland) workhouse whose united
ages make 1912 years-an average OF
nearly eighty-seven years each.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
A shining MnrIs.

A lady, grievously tormented with a
corn on her toe, was advised by one of
her friends to anoint it with phosphorus,
which in a weak moment she did, but
forgot to tell her husband before retir-
ing at night. 1t had just turned ls
when the husband awoke, and was star
tied to see something sparkling at the
foot Of the bed.
He had never heard of freely in the
locality, nor did he ever remember see
ing such terrible looking object as
the toe presented. Reaching carefully
out OF bed till he found one of his slip
pers he raised it high in the air and
brought IL down with great force upon
the mysterious light.
A shrek and an avalanche Of bed
clothes, and all was over. When at last
he released himself from the bedolothes,
he discovered his wife groaning In a
corner Of the bedroom, but she had not
got that phosphorated corn. London
answers
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
Weather rnrannat..

The fret attempt at scientific fore
casting Of the weather was the result Of
a storm which during the Crimean war.
Nov IA, 1854, almost destroyed the
fleets of France and England AS a
storm had ragged several days earlier in
France Valiant, the French minister of
war, directed that investigations be
made to see IL the two storms were the
same and If the progress Of the disturb
anoes could have been foretold. 1t was
demonstrated that the two were in real
ity one storm and that its path could
have been asoertained and the feet fore
warned in ample time to reach safety.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
Greatest Appro-shlpplng Point.

Leavenworth. Kas., it is claimed,
stands at the head of American cities
In the shipment of apples. Indeed,
more apples arc shipped from Leayen-
worth than from any other point on
either side OF the Atlantic ocean. In
addition to the large number of local
packers engaged in the business at
that place hundreds of packers flock
to Leavenworth annually from other
parts of the country for the purpose Of
shipping away fruit. There are two
immense cold storage plants in Leav-
enworth, one Of which is built to ac-
commodate $4,000 bushels OF apples.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
A LapAne.a Rridn.

The japanese bride, dressed in a
long. white silk kimono and white veil,
sits upon the floor facing her future
husband. Two tables stand near, and
upon ore are two cups, a bottle OF sake
and kettle with two spouts. Upon
the other are a miniature plum tree.
typifylng the beauty Of the bride; a
miniature fir tree, which signifies the
strength OF the bridegroom, and a
ttork standing upon a tortoise, repre-
senting long life and happiness. The
two-spouted kettle is put TO the mouths
of the bride and bridegroom alter
nately, signifying that they are to
share each others joys and sorrows.
The bride keeps her veil, ana 1t is used
as her shroud when she dies.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
Increase Of European Armies.

Within ten or twelve years the Rus
sian army has increased, on a peace
footing, from 100000 men to $685. 900;
that of France has grown from $4,000
to $4,000; Germany has increased her
100000 men by $4,000 more, and Aus
tria has raised the number OF her sol
diers from 100000 to 395, 1000 The ex-
penditure of Great Britain on her army
and navy has grown within the same
period from G31, 100000 to nearly
946,O0O,OOO, and the British will prob
ably spend about a million and a half
more In the coming year.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
HOW a Frog HIbernntee.

According to Simon Henry Sage, the
frog does 10. hibernate in leaves or the
trunks Of trees, but in dry hole in the
ground not likely TO freeze He scratches
the hole with bis hind feet and enters
backward. Once inside, there ia appar-
emily no trace of the fact outside. Frogs
found under frozen leaves are still able
to move about Mr.. Sage has found
alternating frogs with their extremities
and skin frozen, but their vital organs
were still intact, and they recovered
their activity on being liberated. Lon
don Glope.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02

THE PRESIDENT7S STIRRING WORDS.
'Mr. Dooley," otherwise Mr.. f. p.
Dunno OF Chicago, has never been
more caustic in his comments on pub
lie questions than in this summary Of
President McKinley's recent message:
"An' he sets down and writes: Eel
ow Citizens; I'm glad to see ye her.
an hope ye won't stay long Thanks
to ye'er Uncle Bill times is lookiu' up
an will be more so in the near futuree
Me foreign relations ar.re of the mos
plisint nature Ye will be glad to
know that tn frlndship OF this coun-
thry with Germany planted in Samoa
rn' nourished at Manila has grown to
such point as to satisfy tn mos crit
ical German American. With England
we Ar-re on such terms as must please
ivry Canajcen, but not on amy such
terms as wud make amy Irishman
think we Rr-re on such terms as we
ought not to be. In other wurruds,
we cherish deep Rnimosity, mingled
with passionate love such feelin' as
we must entertain to a nation with
common impulses f'r tn same money
an common language OF abuse. To'rd
our sister rRypublic iv France an our
oil frind an ally, Roosha, to Sunny
Italy, and AusthriA an Boolgahria, an
oppressed Poland, to the Boer, who has
rilitives her, an livery other nation but
Cinnamon and Indyans not votin', kind
regards. i wud speak to ye on tn
subject iv thrusts, but have nothin'
TO say If ye wSnt to smash this nee
essary evil, this octopus that with its
horrible tentaeles is crushin' out an
nourishin' commerce, do IL ye'erself.
That's what ye're here rr. Something
ught to be done for tn Nic-ragyooa
canal, but what tn d,vvle IL is dim
nav. As f'r our newly acquired pos
sessions, tbs our intintion to give thin
form iv government suited to their
needs, which is small an in short to
do as we blamed please with thin,
maxim up our minds as we go along.
So no more firm ye'ers thruly, Willum
Mckinley"
$50 there's tn message" said Mr..
Dooley.
"An' what did congress say9" Mr..
Hennessy asked.
Congress didn't say anything" said
Mr. Dooley. Congress yawned. But
coDgress'll get tn rAle message whin
a. rnns over 10 tn white house wan at
time to see about th' fOorth.clAss
postmasthers."
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02

Dromodaries Like Tobacco Smoke.
Dromedaries have a great love for
tobacco smoke and can be made to do
almost anything under its influence.
and in Egypt they rely more on II than
anything else to control these huge
animals. In cases where dromedaries
have TO work night and day to accom-
plish a journey IL the shortest possible
time they are kept going with cigars.
The driver inserts a triangular piece
OF wood pierced at one point like a
cigarholder into the mouth OF the ami
NAL. the cigar being lighted and
pressed izto the hole in the fashion
followed by man. The dromedary Inn
mediately shuts its eyes and puffs away
through It's nostrils until the cigar is
burnt out The smoke appears to re-
fresh II and the driver has no dificul-
ty in persuading 1t to go on without
further rest.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
HOW. Thisi

We offer one hundred dollars rev ard
for any case CAtarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls catarrh Cure.
#. j. Cheney & Co props, Toledo o.
We the u Undersigned, have known f.
j. Cheney for the last is years, aud be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able 10 carry out any obligations made
by their firm
West Traux, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, D. Wa'dipg, KinnRn a. Marvin
Wholesale Druggists Toledo o.
Halls Catavrh Cure is taken intern
ally acting directly upon the blood and
75c, per bottle. Sold by al druggists.
Testimonials free.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02

the man who turns to Nature and lets her
help him may yet save himself Medical
science knows this, and its highest authori-
ties affirm that the utmost medical skin
can do is to help Nature.
The great success Of Dr. PieTce's Golden
Medical Discovery In curing wasted bodies,
weak lungs, and obstinate and lingering
couRhs, is. based on tie recognition Of
this fundamental scientific truth. Golden
Medical Discovery supplies Nature with
body building, tissue repairing, muscle
making materials, in condensed and con-
centrated form. With this help Nature
supplies the strength to throw of diseases
Of the lungs heal the sick stomach, re-
establish the digestive and nutritive organs
in sound health, purify and enrich the
blood, and nourish the nerves.
III your dealer offers something Just a.
good" Il is probably better fer him /, II
pays better. But you are thinking Of the
cure not the profit, so there's nothing just
as good for you Say so.
In letter received from A. D. Weller Esq,
of Pensacola, Escamhis Co, fla. (Box SAD, nc
of my case as stomach trouble and liver com
plant taken eight bottles of the Golden Medi-
cal Discovery and must say that am trans
formed from a walking shadow (as my friends
called mel, TO perfect health. ! value your
remedies very highly and take pleasure in
recomme nding them TO any and all who suffer
as / did. -Four months ago did not think TO he
In shape to assist our Uncle Samuel in case of
hostilities but thanks to you, am now ready
for the Dons 2"
Or. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser In Plain English or, Medicine Sim
pli6ed, 1908 pages, over 100 illustrations,
paper bound, sent for 2I one cent stamps,
to cover cost Of mailing only. Cloth bound
ten stamps more Address DIR. X. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02

England's queen intends to add one
more to the list of tea houses on the
Balmoral estate Each of these re-
treats is decorated to represent some
particular country. For instance,
there is india, which is furnished
with bamboo and Indian mating,
while China" is decorated with the
Celestial emblems in beautiful color
ings. The new tea house is to be
America" and will be put up in readi-
ness for next year.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
rurkl.h women.s Rlrhts.

The Turkish woman is marriageable
at the age OF years, and by Turkish
law, at that age, II married, she is
competent to manage her property
and dispose OF one-third OF her for
tune. The law allows her to abandon
her husbands house for just cause.
and will protect her in so doing. She
cannot be compelled TO labor for the
support of her husband.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
Tuesday. JANUARY ., 1900.
Committee Meeting.

There will be meeting Of tie Lo
gan county Democratic central CON
mittee at the county building in Guth
rie on Monday, the eighth day of Jan
uary, 1900, At 2 o'clock p m. Import
ant business demands the Immediate
attention of the committee and every
member Is urged and requested 10 be
present. JOHN Il. TAYLOR,
j. A. SAMPsEL Sec Chairman.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
Cars Household.

The military household OF the czar
is composed of ninety-eight officers
OF various ranks, eighty-two of whom
belong to the army and fifteen TO the
navy. Nineteen members Of the royal
family are included in the list
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
TheatrIca1 snou.torm.

Realistic snowstorms for theaters
are produced by new machine, which
has two revolving perforated cylinders
to drop faxed and granulated sub
stances respectively with electric fans
under each cylinder to drive the
SNOW" across the stage as it falls.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02

aUvv9 Vn- ".=sesr name Oh All, cOuIu 20
seen the legend ~. S. S. Brooklyn"
And there today, looking down upon
the tiger guarded palace and the harem
Of the sultan, ever before the Arabs and
the Beloochistanese of the tiny sultan
ate, still CLEANS the magic name that
Sohley and Cook once again made ia
nous and that shall endure in history
when Muscat itself shall be forgotten.
Washington Post
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
Elevation OF Africa.

Africa is the most elevated Of all the
continents. It is the continent of
plateaus." The great tableland in the
south has a mean altitude of over
$500 feet; the wide tableland on the
north has an average elevation of
about l 300 feet.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
rha World,n Emorr.

All the emery used in the world
comes from the little island OF Naxos,
near Greece. AS 1t is one OF the hard
est substances known, ordinary quarry
ing tools cannot be used to cut It out.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
The cut IS after an old painting Of a man

q paiuuflf OF n tIiau
gam bling with
Death with his life
as 4 stake. Behind
the man stands his
good angel striving
to save him.
This game with
life as the stake ie
the every day game
Of men and women.
Behind the player
stan DIS the good
angel Nature, striv-
ing TO preserve the
life. Even W h e n
the game is almost
In Deaths hands.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02

The deatA rate from disease in the
Dutch navy last year was only $3.50
per 1000. There were four suicides.
Eighteen deaths were caused by chol-
era.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02

THE Capital city started the new
year with a straight arm jolt towards
prosperity.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02

DR.. Pierce's Remedies are for sale
at the Eagle Drug Store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02

Hoods Sarsaparilla is for sale at the
Eagle Drug Store
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
RodJ Sol1qbHM
IE5I I53l1D

Hoods Pills cure liver nlsi the non-irritating and
only cathartic 70 take With Hoods sarsapariiIa
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-02
"A Good PaynaSter
Starts Not al
Assurances. 4"

There Is one good pay
master zUho Is around on
time, gfVeS full Vaine, and
never fails IN IDS duty. If
Is your prfvilege to select
him, and IDS name Is pure,
wholesome blood. This
paymASfer makes the
rounds of the body, visits
brain, stomach, Kidneys,
Hver, heart and head allie.
Hoods SarSaparflLa acts a,
a guaranfor that thEs pay
master 1vfH do IDS duty.
If the HoO6 Is impure. a cannot DO rs
duty, and you are Inc sufferer. - Bot you
need not be. Hoods SsssApaSilA purf-
fies, vhaitseS and enniehes the Blood.
II rever disSppod1ts.
Catarrh my throat zuas b7 rich a
condition 9lith eafarrh that I could hardly
sVpalouv and had no appetite. J found
Hoods Sarsaparila an excellent remedy,
and nouU haze good appetite. Ella J.
White. Ennis, Texas.
Eoils-"My boits vanisted after Itook
Hoods Sarsaparizla. II purified my blood
and gape me strength. Hoodrs Pills cured
r,ysiek headache. 4" LW capea. csty, sc.
1Inogf Nk,uLrsEH.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-15

Mr.. Bryan was understood. Some time
ago a Democratic correspondent In
Washington said that if the convention
should go to Milwaukee the location
would be regarded as equivalent to a
decision to make Imperialism the lead
ing issue and to put silver in the back
ground. On the contrary, If Kansas
City were selected, 1t would mean that
16 to l would be the leading issue. One
reason given for taking the convention
to Kansas City is that the holding of it
there will exert an influence to bring
the State of Kansas back to the Bryan
column. IL that has affected the deci-
sion, it is an admission that the Bryan
leaders have no expectation Of swing
ing any State of the Northwest into the
Bryan line. In other words, the Bryan
National Committee has decided to
fight in 1900 to hold the States that
Bryan carried in 1896 That this is the
purpose of the Bryan leaders is further
verified by Bryanites calling the Popu-
list National Convention in South Da-
kota, another State which has broken
away from the fusionists since 1906
st. Louis Obe-Democrat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-15
1865 and 1000.

This is not the first time the Demo-
Gratis have called a national convention
for the 4th day of July. The Democratic
Convention of 1868 was called for that
day, and the two conventions promise
to have some points of resemblance.
The 1868 convention was the first ma
tional convention called after the civil
war ended. We were in the midst of
reconstruction. 1t was a more difficult
problem than the war. The Democrats
met in the guise of critics and malcon-
tents. They declared the constitutional
amendments, abolishing slavery, to be
revolutionary, null and void. They
raised the military bugaboo and avow-
ed their belief that the Constitution
was being violated. The Democrats in
convention assembled in Kansas City
will repeat much Of this folly. They
will declare in favor of running away
from the obligations which the Spanish
American war imposed upon us. They
will pretend to be seized with a great
fear because the standing army has
been increased, and they will repeat all
their old-time charges about the viola
ton of the Constitution, and 1t may
be added confidently that their nom
inee thissyear will come no nearer cleo
ton than Seymour did in 1S6S.-Cedar
Rapids Republican.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-15
Reasons for Confidence.

It has grown to be almost provcrbial
that a Presidential year is a bad year
for business. In fact, this has often
been presented as reason for length
ening the Presidential term. The year
1900, however, bids fair to discount the
proverbial claims. Wherever statistics
are gathered together the fact appears
that the year 1900 has started out with
better business than did 1898 or 1899,
wonderful as was the showing made
by each of those years. Every sign
points to bigger volume of business
for the country than ever before. Bust
ness men feel reasonably sure that the
country will not consent to go back to
the starvation days Of Democratic tar
iff reform; they feel reasonably sure
of the continuance of our present policy
of giving protection to American in
dustries. Therefore they have the con-
fidence to go ahead. With protection
as the established policy of the coun-
try, with no possible danger of its
downfall, Presidential years, as well as
all other years, will be years of nation
al prosperity.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-15
GETTING "Even."

Some people are philosophical enough
to accept defeat gracefully; others
nurse their wrath and waste much time
in a mistaken effort to get even." OF
one of these latter Chicago paper
tells an amusing story. $500
A man care to Chicago hotel for
one day, ana took his dinner outside
with friend. When he came to pay
his bill lac ound himself charged with
a days boz; I'd, dinner and all. He pro-
tested. The clerk tried to explain that
the American plan was based strictly
upon time, and that IL he chose to eat
elsewhere it was his own lookout, but
the man would not be pacified.
He paid the bill under protest. Then
he asked if dinner was still on, and
was informed that it lasted until In
the evening.
Then I'll go and tackle it!' he ex-
claimed. "I've eaten one dinner, but
I'm going to, get my moneys worth
out of this house, or perish in the at
Tempt .ah8fot 5d4a
He rushed into one of the dining
rooms, seized bill of fare and ordered
everything he could think of. When he
finally got to the end Of his tether the
waiter handed him a check for $4.10.
whats that for" he asked in sur
prise.
q"Your dinner, sir" M aF
"But I have already paid for my din
ner In my bill,'' he protested. Elm
staying here ON the American plan.
"Then you should have gone to the
other dining room" said the walter.
"This is the European plan cafe." &
The man paid the bill and walked
out. His feelings must have been
heavy. both in body and mind. aItl
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-15

Those
or
of things
the honor
To to
of
defend. Y ~ ~e,N 60 49,
bave hopefully
millions American unable
opportunity The opportunity than the burden May
acquisitions the of life liberty the
suite Presidents
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-15
Trainin0 Master Tom.

When dueling was in vogue, the ex-
pert use Of the pistol formed part iof
every young gentleman's training. One
old and faithful servant adopted prac-
teal method Of teaching the young
master to shoot.
He loaded the pistol, and told the
youth how to hold 1t. Then old Martin
stopped behind low wall. twenty
PAGES distant, and jumping up sudden
ly. cried, Nov, Master Tom! One.
two, three, firey' and bobbed down
again before Master Tom had succeed.
ed In hitting him. ...,..s.s.4i
After weeks practice, the lad had
improved so much that he. could put a
bullet through the servants hat.
well done, Master Toni. cried Mar
tin, exultantly. "Thry agin. An If We
can get the hand up a little quicker,
maybe We can hit me in the shoulder"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-15

There are no more strikingly interest
ing people In America than these isol-
ated mOuntaineers who make their
homes generation after generation
among the Businesses Of the eastern
section of the dark and bloody
ground" The waves of civilization
which swept westward along the st.
Lawrence. the Erie canal, and dozen
other routes seem to have found at this
point In the Appalachians an insur-
mountable, barrier and rolled back,
leaving the descendants Of the pioneers
of a century and half ago with many
of the same habits and customs and
traditions dear to the hearts Of their
forefathers. ~ eght 500 yrai
A man who knows the whole country
as a child does his first picture book
told me that IL any person took the
trouble to go through a copy of Shak,
speare and pick out all the obsolete
words he would find nearly I'll Of them
in common use among these mountain
folk. In their phraseologoy we find
'holp" for "help," hit" for it, and
other words which, fur from being corr
ruptions. are the pure old Anglo-Saxon.
Even their ballads are mementos +
ages gone by. and know Of one man
who. after riding 200 miles through
the mountains for the purpose, finally
picked up, from hearing the women
sing them. the full thirteen verses Of
an old Scotch ballad which proved to
be identical with those recorded in a
diary bearing the date 16G5.--lnterna-
tional Magazine. ,,.....f. +
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-15

Porto Rico, the abandonment of the
Philippines, under claim Of the utter
impotence of the United States TO do
aught for them except through the de-
basement of our own people. If such
contention is to be maintained, what
follows? 1t follows that this nation is
powerless to expand except at the peril
of self destruction: it follows that it
cannot employ its strength in the re-
sponsibilities of government outside of
the CAPABILITIES of the States compris-
ing the Union, without inviting the an
Inhalation of Republican institutions.
If that contention has meaning back of
it it means that this nation has not the
power of self preservation.-Sioux City
Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-15

"a party Is Ike a. suit of clothes.
worn for mans protection, and when
the party. is worn out and ceases to
protect him he ought to throw the party
away and get new party" said Col.
Bryan in his Minneapolis speech. AS
the Democratic party Is worn out and
ceases to protect, great many former
members, most of them prominent In
its councils. have taken the advice Of
the Colonel and candidate and got a
new party, the Republican, which has
given evidence of its ability to protect
their interests.-Tacoma (Wash) Led
ger. ,as+.s..f