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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07

ton of where it should be raised. Enos
Hopkins, who had started ii all, got
up in a modest way and said he would
go to the expense OF plantin a pole in
front OF his house. 1t was on high
ground. and the flag could be seen
from every house in Jericho.
We shouldn't put Enos to all that
trouble said Deacon Spooner as he
rose up. Hes done his sheer in think
in out the plan. Ill see that the flag is
duly displayed from the roof of my
cooper shop when it arrives"
What's the matter with h'istin 1t
over my grocery" asked Dan Skinner
as he wiped the tears OF emotion from
his eyes.
"Or with h'istin it over my coal
yard?" said Darius Waterman, who
calculated to chip in ten cents and no
more.
Then everybody bobbed up and de-
manded to be heard. Every man pres
ent wanted that flag in front of his
house or place of business and no
where else, and purity soon they was
shakin their fists and sayin they'd be
burned If they wouldn't have !. there
or refuse 10 contribute a red cent.
There was a lively row on in two min
its, with no more weepin over patriot
ism. AS the row grew hotter Abijah
Dawson turned to Joel hardman and
said he was glad his dog had bit the
ear Of that hog and that he'd like to
serve Joel the same way. Deacon
Spooner ratified on the s~tovepipe with
his cane until he quieted the racket,
and then he said:
"Feller patriots. but have we no pub
lie speerit among us?'
We have." yelled the crowd.
Then let us exhibit IL. Befn my
cooper shop is the highest buildin In
town and bein the American flag has
got TO fip-fap in the breeze to be seen
and v~enerated, | u~nsel1shly offer TO put
up a pole and take charge OF the flag
$50 do T." shouts every man in the
crowd.
Then Squar' Josiyn mad a speech.
He told how a million men had died for
that nag: how its stars and bars had
made tyranfs tremble: how a young
nation had w~crshippd II and made ali
the world respect II. He would up after
ten minit3 ~ olfefin to 1oat It from
his boss barn. but only hi@es and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
UNCLE ELS FABLES.
The weir and the pea,,n,

Copyright. 1900. by c. a. Lewis)
once upon a time the Wolf went to
a Peasant and began:
For many years there has been war
between us. but | am growing old and
wound have peace. Let us be friends
instead of enemies
Il am willing" replied the Peasant.
If you had not killed my sheep. |
should v have been your enemy"
1T is about those sheep | wish to
speak TO you,' continued the Wolf.
One of them wears a bell. and the jim
gle jangle OF it by night makes me ner-
vous and keeps me awake
But the bell is my safeguard. Should
| hear it making a great noise | would
know that something was wrong with
my sheep"
But to prove that you are willing to
be friends with me you'll take the bell
of. won't you?"
The Peasant thought the matter over
and said he would. and the Wolf went
away with a grin on his face and hon
eyed words on his lips. When night
came and he left his lair In search OF
supper. he heard no bell, and he there
fore made his way toward the flock
with all speed. .shen he had come
among the sheep and was about to
seize a fine fat eve, he was rolled
over by the farmers dog and given
such a mauling that be could scarcely
drag himself along. On his way back
10 the forest he met the farmer and
cried out to him:
Alas. but | trusted -FOUR word. and
this Is what Ii brought me to-"
MY lear Wolf replied the Peasant.
you asked me TO remove the bell which
disturbed your slunbeTs. and did so.
But having remo-sd the bell. you
Exactly. Having removed the bell.
I put my dog to guard the flock. Dut
had you not been after mutton you
would never have known II. Is there
any other little arrangement 0 wish
to talk over"
Moral-When a thief complains that
your closed windows give him a pain,
stand In the open door with a club
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07

ANl8SC0 Out AS "A
she caught sight of him she had to
laugh. 1t was as if a bicycle suit had
been put on a cider barrel. The cat
came in from the back yard and took
one look at the zephyr and then made
a dive under the lounge.
Something seems to appeal to your
sense of humor," sternly remarked Mr..
BoYser as he sat down to put on his
shoes.
Il was thinking of zephyrs,' replied
Mrs. Bowser as she choked back a
laugh.
Very kind of you, and you shall be
rewarded in due time. ! might have
known just how you would act about
it. Whenever the question of my health
m up, you are so set and obstinate
that only one conclusion can be reach
ed. You long to be a widow"
Il hadn't heard that there was any
thing wrong with your health"
And why hadn't you? Simply be-
cause I am one of those men who car
suffer for years and years and never
make a complaint. If ! should tell
you what the doctor told me the other
day, you'd be astonished. Perhaps it
will be news ito you to hear that | have
been on the edge of the grave for the
last three years"
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But now you are going to get away
from the edge?"
81 am"
by running your bike into a curb
stone and being sprawled all over the
sidewalk"
by thunder, woman" shouted Mr..
Rowser as he sprang up and danced
around, do you want to ~aggrayate me
till l do something desperate?- When
did | ever run a bike into the curb
stone? When did l eve sprawl all
over the sidewalk? understand your
motive in seeking to discourage me,
but the plan won't work. ! shall go
out on the bike for a spin. AS a mem
Der of the Zephyr club l shall be at the
front. | will ride and ride and ride.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
THE JERICHO POsTOFFICE.
Pap Perkins, Postmaster. Tells About
the American Flag.
Copyright, 1900, by c. B. Lewis.)

Copyright, 1900, by c. B. Lewis.)
1t was Enos Hopkins who got the
idea that Jericho should prove her pa
triotism to the world at large by dis
playin the American flag for seven
days a week. He got the idea one
Sunday mornin as he lay in bed, and
he Rugged it 10 his soul and chuckled
over it for a week before he said any
thing to a Twin soul. Everybody knew
by his actions that somethin was up,
but they couldn't fgger out whether
he was plannin to stamp McKinley's
face on his milk ans or Bryan's on his
rolls OF butter. At length, when Sat
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07

81 don't tumble" replied the Gobbler.
81 have said that ! loged you, but
you seem TO doubt me"
yes. ! do"
You won't even come down and
walk with me while we talk things
over"
Not at ALL"
"What can l do to prove my earnest
ness?"
Nothing at all. | know your little
game and ear beat It. Just trot right
along, Mr.. Fox"
All, me-" sighed the Fox. "but must
I go and praise that vain bird. the Pea
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07

FOHs BNFF
cock? Only last night she was telling
me she felt a contempt for your sqnint
eyes and ragged feathers"
"What, The Peacock scandalizing
me-" exclaimed the Gobbler. III that
stuck up. no account bird has dared
And che called you bow legged in
%terrupted the Fox
How dared She"
And found fault with your voice. I
stuck I'D for YOU OF course, but being
you don't care for my society III move
on. IL the Peacock sas as out walking
together"
she shall-she shalt" exclaimed the
GotoIer as he few down.
Moral.-When the Fox had picked
the bones clean. he stretched himself
and said;
"Fiatfery and envy are a double bar
relied gun. and II one misses the other
is very sure 10 hi"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
DER GERMAN B

A Gives Him a Pointer and
Lots of Trouble.
Copyright, 1900. by c. B. Lewis.)
One time l don't hat 2 cents worth
of work in der shop und belief vhas
a bankrupt man, when a young man
comes in und like me to fix oop his
heel. He vhas a reporter by some
newspaper, he says, und when he sees
I hat no work he says to me-:
"Cobbler, you vhas a mar who don't
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07

possibly save him, but if you do he
should be confined in a lunatic asylum
all the rest of his days. A man IKE
him is a danger to The whole town n
should not be allowed to run at large"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05
KIND JUsrICE
rook Up Collection 20 Help tho YourE
People Marry.


New York Journal: Magistrate
Crane has heart full Of sympathy for
lovers n there are any young
sweethearts who want a cheap
wedding they will find Mr.. Crane
sitting in the Essex Market po-
lice court ready to marry them for
nothing. II he is in the mood, he will
also pay the expenses of their honey
moon Il was married young myself"
Mr. Crane sighed, "and after / paid
the minister there wasn't much more
than enough left to buy us a couple OF
plates OF ice cream for our wedding
breakfast" Charles Boemh, % years
old, and Minnie Daubt, II years old,
arrived in town from Bethlehem, Pa. IL
was the old story OF stern parent
with large and heavily clad feet. We're
PennsylvG a Dutch people," said the
young man, who fumbled with his hat
and was greatly embarrassed. The
young man said he had boarded with
the girls parents until be was elected
Tor proposing, and Minnie was threat-
ened with a boarding school, She
climbed out OF window, and, joining
her sweetheart, they came to New
York. Were dead broke, Judge" the
young swain said, and If you charge
anything for marrying us we can't
pay IT," While the magistrate was pre-
pairing to perform the ceremony he
found out that the girl was under lS
years Of age, and that she could not
be legally married in this state. He
told the pair that they mast so over
to Jersey City, where the marriage
would be legal, whereupon they asked:
What wlth?" Then the magistrate
passed around the hat in court, head
ing the subscription with 81. They
secured s. and set off with it to Jor-
sey City, full OF gratitude.
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BETTER THAN EVER.

The big clubbing offer of the
Weekly Leader is catching on
in great shape. The people
know a good thing when they
see it and they are not allowing
the big offer to escape unnotic-
ed.
The Leader, by special ar.
rangements with the Times
management enabled us to make
the big offer still better.
Instead of the Weekly Times
we give the twice-a.week Times
with club offer.
The whole thing for only 81.
50.i
This gives the new subscriber
or the subscriber who pays up
arrearages four metropolitan
papers and two farm papers to
say nothidg OF he Atlas and
Dictionary.
One Republican and1 three
Democratic papers.
This is open to all. Persons
already subscribers can get the
bi & offer by paying up back
Subscriptions.
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r-n.l.r 20 nnnrh,nr..

Il would probably astonish the ma
jorlty OF mothers who guard their
daughters so zealously from all house
hold "drudgery" to be accused OF cruel
ty, and yet 1t has been very justly
claimed that there can hardly be a
more mistaken kindness, In reality a
greater cruelty, on the part OF a
mother toward a daughter than for her
to relieve the daughter from all active
participation in home duties. To keep
their hands fair and delicate, to spare
them all care and trouble-this will
work very we'll for a few months or
Years, but what Is the after conse-
qnvnce? asks the conscientious mother.
Your silken-haired little girl-what a
sweet. attractive little creature she is
And you bring her up like playthins,
as II she were live doll; but all your
fondness and tenderness and devotion
will not keep the years back, and she
soon grows to be a woman. II Is power
greater than yours-it is the Creator
himself-who has imposed upon her a
destiny from which It is impossible for
you to withhold her II you would,.ays
the Philadelphia North American. Tbe
fairest child cannot always remain a
child in age or in stature. VIII you
have her continue only child in prac-
teal knowledge, ignorant of the labors
that inevitably devolye upon a woman?
She may be Graded in the lap OF lux
4 L haf ~ "A a
to have a wish unfulhlled that money
could crafty; she may marry just
the incest husband in the world her
bridal presents may be unsurpassed in
costliness and splendor; her tour OF
Europe and her year of boarding are
completed her housekeeping and her
misery, and the ioisery of her husband
and household now begin. And why
their misery? Because for this most
important function in domestic econ
omy you, in your ill-judged tender
ness, have left her wholly uneducated.
No hired help can ever make up for
the lack OF knowledge and qualifica-
tions in the mistress OF a household. A
mother who has allowed her daughter
to grow up uninstructed in the myste-
ries of housekeeping has been guilty OF
an unkindness toward her own child
which will be life lasting in its unhap-
py influences. Many mothers will be
ready to meet this argument, Of course
with the excuse that there will be plen-
ty Of time later" for the study OF
housekeeping; but the later" is very
apt to prove too late for the thorough
knowledge that will insure home hap
| pinlss.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05
FREAK on PHorooRAP4Y.
A Queer Earn THAT savors Of spirit
ualism.

ualism.
To sit for a photograph and have It
turn out to be a precise likeness OF
ones deceased father Is sort OF un-
canny proceeding that does not happen
frequently, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat There Is young woman in
charge OF a modest little picture gal
lery at Broadway and Convent street
who maintains with all seriousness
tnat an effort on her part to reproduce
the features OF an elderly customer in
tintype resulted in producing a pho
tograph OF the mans sire. The young
woman does not undertake TO explain
the phenomenon-she only knows
that It happened, that's ALL" When
asked for her experience with the pic
ture. she said: "An old German, not
more than five feet tall. and aged about
65, walked in and asked to have a tim
type taken. l posed him in the atti-
tude he wanted, which happened to be
sitting on chair with his arm resting
on a small table. / went about the
work in my customary manner. When
1 developed the plate / was astounded
and little frightened to find that the
picture was altogether different from
what II should have been. Instead OF
a little man seated by a table the tin
type showed a tall man standing inn
mediately behind one. And the face
OF that man was entirely different from
the one of the man who had sat in
front of the camera. The picture was
OF man aged at least so and had full,
long whiskers reaching almost to his
waist. ] explained to the sitter that
would have to make another tintype,
as the first effort had turned out a
failure. He wanted to see the picture,
and, when he had looked at It a few
seconds, he said, in broken English:
'Mein Gott! That is a perfect likeness
of my father, who has been dead for
many years These words frightened
me more than ever but the man in
sisted that the photograph was the
image OF his dead father and would
not listen to me when | wanted him
to destroy IL and make another of him.
He said he would not give it up for
anything, and, paying me more than
asked. he left the shop. He evidently
presumed that, because the picture
tried to make OF him turned out to be
a likeness OF his dead father l used
some spiritualistic process in taking
tintypes. for few days afterward a
woman came into the place and asked
to have a tintype made of her dead
mother"
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1t is strange how nearly extremes Of
feelings approach each other. A sud
den exquisite Joy Is almost pain, and
the story of 1t has a strain OF pathos.
A touching instalce Of this is related
by Mrs. Pickett, widow OF the famous
confederate general When the war
was over Mrs. Pickett waited for her
husbands return. After the battle OF
Five Forks he had persistently refused
to surrender his shattered force, and
PROLONGED the unequal struggle. Soon
rumors came that he had been killed
in a skirmish, and the rumors were
corroborated by the newspapers and
even by official reports. Hope seemed
at an end, and Mrs. Pickett sat day
after day, her baby in her lap, in the
quiet OF despair. She can best tell her
own story: "One morning l had
mechanically dressed Baby George, and
had taken him to the window to hear
the spring sounds and breathe the spring
balm and catch the sunshine's dripping
gold wreathing the blossoms OF the
magnolia and tulip trees. IL was the
time when the orchestra OF the year is
in perfect accord, when all the world Is
vocal. Through the CULVER and curl OF
leaves, the perfume OF flowers and the
soft undertone OF the dawn-winds
came the words, Whoa, Lucy; whoa,
little girll oh. those tones. those
words, that voice! They thrilled my
heart so that wonder II did not burst
from very gladness! Such JOY, such
gratitude as flooded my soul only the
Glver OF all good can know! All the
privation and blood-stains OF the past
four years, and the woes and trials,
griefs and fears OF those last dreadful
days were swept away by those blessed
words, Whoa. Lucy! spoken in my
husbands tender tones. How l got
down the stairs / do not know; do
not remember. with baby in my arms,
we were both OF us in my husbands al
most before Lucy had been given into
the hands OF the hostler. / do not
know how to describe the peace. the
bliss. OF that moment-it was too deep
and too sacred to be translated into
words. think that II was akin 70 the
feeling thai will come 10 me in the
hereafter. when ! have gone through all
these dark days OF priyation and star
walton OF heart and soul, and at last
safe within the golden gates. waiting
and listening. shall hear again the voice
that said. Whoa, Lucy" here, bidding
me welcome there"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05

There is no better medicine for the
babies than Cham berlain's Cough
Remedy. Its pleasant taste and prompt
effectual cures make IL favorite with
mothers and small children. II quick
ly cures their coughs and co DIS. pr0vet-
ing pneumonia or other serious con
sequences. IL also cures Group and has
been sed in tens of thousands Of cases
without a single failure so far as we
have been able TO learn. II not only
cures Group, but when given as soon
As the croupy cough appears, will pre-
vent the attack. In cases OF whooping
cough ii Iliquehes the tough mucus,
making IL easier TO exFectorate, and
lessons the servity and frequency Of
the 7 aroxysms OF coughing, thus de-
priviDg that disease of all dangerous
consequences. For sale by C. r. Rem
fro.
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LINGUISTIC PRopIoIEs.
Learned Men who Master FIFTY Diner-
ent Tongues.

Learned Men VINO Master fltty DihoF
ent Tongues.
When one considers tho difficulty Of
acquiring even "nodding acquaint-
ance" with two or three languages, it
seems almost incredible that some men
should be able to speak with all the
fluency of a native in twenty. and even
fifty, strange tongues. 1t is only few
months since DR.. Gottlieb Loitner, the
most famous linguist OF this genera
tion, died at Bonn, in Germany. Dr.
Leitner, who acted as interpreter to an
army in the Crimean war, could speak
with equal facility in no fewer than
fifty languages; and many OF the more
abstruse eastern tongues he knew as
intimately as his native German. But
there have been phenomenal linguists
in all ages, from the far-away days OF
Mithridates. king of Pontus, who could
converse with the subjects in each Of
their twenty-five tongues; and from
the days OF Cleopatra, who never used
an interpreter In her relations with
the worlds ambassadors. Pico della
Mirandola, a learned Italian OF the
fifteenth century. was eloquent in
twenty-five languages, and M. Full
gence Fresnel was familiar with TWEEN
ty, and In the seventeenth century
Nicholas Schmid, a German peasant,
translated the Lords Prayer into as
many languages as there are weeks in
a year The greatest iinguist OF all
time however, was Cardinal Mezzofan-
ii, who died half a century ago. Mezzo-
fantis lin tic range was so great
tnat he cou have conversed in a diff
ferent every week for two years
without exhausting his vocabulary. In
all he was familiar with ia languages
and dialects, and In most OF them he
could speak with such accuracy and
purity OF accent that he might have
been, and often was, mistaken for a
native.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05

Weekly Leader one year and the
Farm Journal the remainder of
1900 and all of 1907, 1902, 1908
and 1904, for only SOC. SUB
s0nDtiOHs begin with the current
month; we cannot supply back
numbers. Orders sent in FebTu
aTy wiH begin with February, and
so on.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05

The Farm Journal is the boiled
down, hit-the-nail- head paper
out to At the farmer and villager who
know what's what. The Farm Journ-
al for nearly years Remainder Of 10
90, and all Of 1901, 1909, 1903 aRd 1901
and the Weekly Leader one year, will
ooth be sent % every new su bscriber
TO our paper and 70 every old subscrib-
er who pays soc Walk right up TO
the captains office.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05

Guthrie Lodge No. z, X. OF r. meets every
Monday ats Pm. ia their nall Ia the Vic
tor block corner First and Harrison. Welt
ing knights are always welcome.
Q. II. CARPENTER G.
A. g. BALDWIN, M. OF y. and X. OF q.
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MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN.
Indianapolis Letter.l

indianapolis Letter)
Mrs. A. Elberson, formerly OF South
Bend, this state, who says she has
special message from heaven, has come
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05

Commencing November 18th,
Observation sleepers daily between St.
Louis and San Antonio, adding an
other unrivaled feature 20 southwest
travel via the Frisco line.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05

Guthrie Lodge No. 2, /. ., o. r. meets
Monday night OF eaoh week att 30, Visiting
odd Fellows always welcome
G W BRUCE. Secretary
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05

20 this city to speak in the streets and
distribute her tracts She says she in
tehaa TO distribute the tracts free 20
the poor and 70 sell them for a penny
each n persons able to pay. She says
she has spent six years in this work
and In her travels has visited the Holy
LAM. Italy. Egypt and England. She
came hore from Chlcsyo. whore she has
been at work for the last two months.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05

Oklahoma Encampmeut No. l. I. o. o. r. ,
meets the second and fourth Friday nights
In e. a E.Onth. $. r. BATES g. p.
r. f.. MERTEN, Scribe
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05
I'"N" ~ |"''5 IFV"UVII EVU
LIQUOR NOTICE

First published In Daily Leader, Feb. T. 1900.
LIQUOR NOTICE
To Whom II May Concern
Notice Is hereby given that Emil and Guss
Ritterbush have this day filed their petit
tiOn TO sell al retail spirituOus, vinOus
and malt liquors In the town of Guthrie,
Logan county. Oklahoma Territory and
tnat unless objections be fled on or before
the 18th day Of February, A. D.. 1909. said
petition will be granted.
Guthrie, Ol IA. February /. 1900
n H. NORTON. County Clerk
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Guthrie lodge No I, A, o. U. W, NEE
Thursday evening OF each week at 1880
Victor block, corner First and Harrison
Visiting Workmen always welcome.
G.. w BRUCE, N. W.
A. G. DENNIS. Recorder.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05

First Published IN the Daily Leader Jan.
uary ~
LIQUOR NOTICE.
To Whom IL May Concern
Notice Is hereby given that Felix Adler
has this day fled his petition 20 sell AZ
retail spurious yiniOus and malt liquors
IN Guthrie, Logan county, Oklahoma
and that unless objection be
nled on or before the i2th day o.
February, "A. ID. 1900 said petition win be
ranted. n. r. M0RrOu. County Clerk
0uthrie, Okla, January, -. 1900.