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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-16
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-16
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-16

Mr.. John Tippis, Cotton, o., says:
"Foley's Honey and Tar cured my
little sirl Of severe cough and in
famed tonsils." j. N. Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-16

Any advertised dealer is authorized
to guar4rtee Banner salve for letter,
eczeraa, piles, sprain, scalds. burns
ulcers and any open or old sore.
J. N. Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-16

Cheaper than ever to Colorado and
Utah. Daily June 18th to Sept. 10th,
1901, via the
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04

Mark Twain once used a successful
ruse to attract the attention of Presi
dent Cleveland to an injustice which
he thought was about to be done to
Consul General Mason at Frankfort,
one of the best men In the service.
Mason was notified that his resigna ton
was expected and that Mr. Rapp of
Illinois was to be his successor. He
was packing up his goods when Mark
Twain happened around that way and
visited the consulate.
Being Informed of the situation, the
latter wrote letter to Ruth Cleveland,
the baby daughter Of the president,
telling her that he could not interfere
In matters Of patronage because he was
a Mugwump, but he considered it
shame that a man Of experience and
ability like Consul General Mason
should be turned out of Office simply
because some Democrat who knew
nothing about it's duties wanted the
place. He said that he was acquaint-
ed with great many consuls and that
Captain Mason was the best he had
ever known. and If her father ever con
suited her about the consular service
he suggested that she advise him not
to disturb good men merely to give
places to politicians.
About a month later Mr.. Clemens re-
ceived little note in President Cleve-
lands handwriting. in which Miss
Ruth Cleveland presented her compli-
ments to Mark Twain, thanked him for
calling attention to the threatened re-
moval of Consul Mason AID said that
if he knew of any similar cases the
president would be glad to hear from
him
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04
A JossHousE.

Pen Picture of the One In San Fran
cisco's Chinese Quarter.
In one corner is a miniature wooden
warrior, frantically riding fiery steed.
toward a joss who stands in his door
way awaiting the riders coming. A
teapot of unique design, filed with
fresh tea every day, and a very small
cup and saucer are always ready for
the warrior This represents a man
killed In battle, whose noble steed,
missing his master, refused to eat and
so pinned away and died. A welcome
is assured to them in the better
land If the work of man can accom-
plish it. The horse and rider are to
them (the Chinese) what the images Of
saints are to Christians. In another
corner is q tiny bowl Of water. The
gods occasionally come down and
wash. At certain times Of the year d.
rect questions are written on slips OF
paper and put into the hands of one
of the greatest josses. These disap-
pear, and then the joss either mods or
shakes his head in answer.
On the altar or affairs are several
brass and copper vessels, In which the
worshiper leaves a sandaIwood punk
burning in such a position that the
ashes will fall on the fine sand In the
vessel. When one Of these is full, 1t Is
emptied into an immense bronze vase
on the balcony, and this. in turn, is
emptied into the ocean. The Chinese
take good care of their living and ney-
er forget their dead. Once year, the
fourteenth day of the seventh month,
they have a solemn ceremony by which
they send gold and silver and cloth to
the great army Of the departed.
A furnace is a necessity In joss
house. 1t is lighted on ceremonial
days, and paper representing cloth,
gold and silver is burned, the ashes OF
the materials being, in their minds,
useful in spirit land. Private families
send to their relatives and friends
whatever they want by throwing the
gold, the silver and the cloth paper,
also fruits, into fire built in the street
in front of their houses. The days Of
worship come on the 1st and 18th of
each month.-Modern Culture.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04
THE TALE OF. A TACK.
How an italian Tenor Was Enables
to Reach High @.

How an italian Tenor Was Enabled
to Reach High @.
"There was once an Italian tenor at
Covent Garden of the name Of Tasca,
who, 1 am sorry to say, sang his own
praises better than the score" says Mr..
William Parry, the stage director at
the Metropolitan Opera House.
"For this and other reasons he was
strongly dlsliked by all the workmen.
One day he came to me and said, with
great show of mystery:
"'Tell me the exact spot
81 could not for the life Of me under
stand what he wanted.
"'You know well enough what l
mean,' he persisted. Show me the
spot where Tamberlik sang the high c.
There IS always one spot on the stage
that is better than all the others to
stand on when you sing. Where is itT
"I'll show you later replied. But,
remember, never a word. 1t would
cost me my place if it should leak out
"Then / drove brass tack into one
of the stage boards, and he was over
joyed when l solemnly pointed out the
exact spot and so were the workmen
at the prospect of joke at his expense.
That night he carefully stood on the
tack and sang the high @. Rushing
into the wings, he exclaimed; 'Beauti-
full! Wonderfuip Ever afterward, no
matter what part of the stage demand
ed his presence, he would rush to the
tack when the time for the high O
came and there deliver t."-Saturday
Evening Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04
He DID HIS BEST.
Celebrated Musicians Adventure In
a Swiss Country Village.

Celebrated Musicians Adventure In
a Swiss Country Village.
The late Sir John Stainer, one of
England's most celebrated musicians
and composers. was several years ago
In small Swiss village, and the Eng
lish clergyman was on the lookout for
a musician to assist at the service.
Stainer was in the smoking room of
the hotel when the clergyman found
him and started the conversation with
do you play the harmonium p "a lit
tle," was the reply of the ex-organist
of st. Paul's cathedral. ''Win you,
then, be good enough to help uszout of
our difficulty on SundayY We will
read the psalms, and the hymns shall
be the simplest l can select" added
the delighted parson. 81 will do my
best" said Stainer, with a smile.
The service passed off all right, but
the congregation, instead of rushing
away at the close, listened to brilliant
recital When the parson heard the
name of his assistant, he asked him to
dinner. DO you smoker" he said at
the close. 81 will do my best" NUT
tered Stainer, and the ensuing laugh
ter was the prologue of an entertaining
exchange of oxford "reminiscences.
Stainer was a great story teller. One
anecdote he was fond of relating had
reference to the days when there were
amateur orchestras in churches. The
messiah" was being sung, and as the
line "Who is the King of Glory? APP
preached the man playing double bass
whispered to the violoncellist in front
of him, Let us have your rosin, and
will show 'em who is the king of glo-
ryv'-London Tit-Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04

1t is always interesting to know what
colors are used or selected by royal
families as being their very own. To
England, the only royal family Of mod
ern times which has selected 1t, belongs
scarlet, and it must be confessed that 1t
Is a most effective color. The royal
households of Portugal, Prussia, Swe-
den and most of the German princes
wear blue, Russia chooses dark green,
and Austria delights In black and vel
low. According to the usual belief
scarlet, as the royal household color of
England, was chosen because of the
red rose of the Plantagenets, but this
is not true. 1t was taken from the
field gules of the royal standard and
from Henry's adoption Of the scarlet
dress of the yeomen Of the guard.
In days gone by 1t was the privilege
of the aldermen's wives to wear scar
let gowns. but Englishmen having an
nounced in song and story that they
never will be slaves the general Eng
llsh woman of today Is never so happy
as when she has an entire red gown
or coat or some touch of the glowing
color about her.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04

the room-showed his ragged clothing,
glinted on the tangled white hair that
covered his head and the white beard
that hung unkempt on his breast. His
eyes looked out hungriIy from beneath
shaggy brows.
He took step into the room. Aunt
Charlotte rose to her feet.
SIS it you, CharIotte?' the stranger
said. Charlotte, where is my wife?
Where is the home? Where is your
little Marse John? left them in your
care"
The old woman gave one cry of hap
piness.
''Marse Cunnel," she cried, "my mar
ster! Dress Gawd dat you come home.
Whut dey do to you, ole marse, dat you
look dat ole an po'Y
II want my wife and child" the man
repeated sharply.
The old woman knelt at his feet.
"Marse Cunnel, dey bofe gone desc
many yeahs." she said, her tears be-
ginning to fall.
"Gone," he said after her-"both
gomez
81 done de bes' could, Marse Gun
nel," she begged. "Gawd knows dat
KEEP dat trus' de bes' could. l KEEP
de grades moughty nice an green, sub"
''The gravesr this wreck Of her old
master shouted. "Deadl Margaret
dead! My Godw
He pushed away Aunt Charlotte's de-
tanning hands and rushed out into the
night
'Lawd," Aunt Charlotte whispered,
kneeling with appraised hands where
her master had left her, you know dat
1 done filed dat spoons bility de bes'
dat knowed how. o Lawd, you know
how l wuk with dem grades an cut
de grass and fotch de water an KEEP
UNI green. Miss Ma'gret, Miss Ma
greet, Ise ole an lonesome. De 'spons'-
bility is ober AK Gawd to femme
come erlong wild you an lrp Marse
John"
They found the colonel next morning
wife's grave. And in the old Kitchen
on the bed where Miss Margaret had
died, Aunt Charlotte lay, her response
bility over, the years of her trust full
filed.
Three days later, when the keepers Of
a northern insane asylum came to Riv-
erview in search of an escaped patient
who had been an inmate Of the institu-
ton for more than 80 years, and who
had never been able to tell them where
was his home and who were his
friends, they found two new graves in
the plat behind the rail fence.
Master and mistress and faithful
servant were united.-St Louis Repub-
lie.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04
TWO PRAIRIE TERRoRs.
The Havoc That Is Wrought by Fire
and SnOwstOrms.

The Havoc That Is Wrought by Fire
and SnOwstOrms.
One of the most terrible of the dangers
encountered by the homesteaders on the
prairie has been the prairie fire. Its be
ginning was a trife-a careless brand
from hunters campfire perhaps-but
the outcome is dreadful and momentous
indeed.
At first there is only a low bank of
dark cloud on the horizon. An hour later
or less the cloud, like a black band
across the sky, has. risen half way to
the zenith, and along the lower edge of
it runs fringe of visible fame.
1t is quick work then. Nobody who
has not seen full fiedged prairie fire can
realize it's immensely, its tremendous rate
of progress, which is swifter than that
of the fastest horse, and its power of de
struction The mass of heated air
thrown up from it causes a great sue
ton, producing a wind which follows the
fire and pushes the column of smoke to
the front.
When there is time enough, fire is
started in the grass toward the approach
ing fire, so as to make a burned space
that will check the coming flames. If
there be not time for that fire is start
ed in the same direction, so as to leave
in its wake space in which shelter may
be found.
Great snowstorms, accompanied by cold
waves, in the east are commonly called
billiards., but they are not at all like the
western blizzard. In a real. blizzard the
air is filed with a peculiar vapor of
snow which drifts before the wind at
the rate of 40 to go miles an hour. The
vapor is so dense that in it the traveller
can hardly see his hand before his face.
A person caught abroad in blizzard
is in dreadful plight indeed. The snow
drifts through his clothing and beats di-
rectly against his skin. No clothing,
however thick, will keep it out. Thus
he is subjected to dreadful distress, but
what causes most of the deaths that oc-
cur in billiards. is that the snow vapor
is carried into the lungs in breathing
and paralyzes those organs. Often it
has happened that a man has ventured
out of his house a few yards to the barn
and in returning has fallen dead before
reaching his threshold.-Saturday Even
ing Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04

and TRANQUILITY dined. AS for escaping
he had no such idea.
What was to be done? Again the
ministers deliberated. LET us tell him
plainly" said one, that we do not
want him. Tell him to march," Goodl
The ministers of justice summoned the
criminal and said:
"Why do you not escape? You have
no jailer, no one prevents you. and the
prince will certainly not object to your
leaving his country"
1.-THE prince would not object" re-
piled the prisoner, that l quite I'M
derstand, but where can l go7 What
would become of me? Your sentence
has forever dishonored me. No one
wants me. | have no way OF support
ing myself. Why have you treated
me so badly? You condemned me to
death. Very well. You ought to have
executed me, and you did not do it.
l said nothing. Then you sentenced me
to lifelong Imprisonment and appointed
a Jailer to bring me my meals. Next
you took away my 1ailer. Still said
nothing, but went myself to get my
food. And now you tell me to go. All,
no, indeedl Do what you like, but as
for me shall stay"
What was to be done? Again the
council met and deliberated. At last it
was decided to offer the criminal a
pension. otherwise it would be impos-
sible to get rid of him. The matter was
referred to the princeling. There was
really no choice, and he approved. A
pension of 600 francs was decided up
on, and they Informed the prisoner.
"All right" said he, II will go. but
you must pay regularly"
The new pensioner received on &C
count 200 francs, babe goodby and left
the country To do so he was obliged
to travel by rail only for a quarter OF
an hour. Having bought at few MIN
utes' distance from the frontier little
bit Of ground, he raises vegetables and
on certain days goes to draw his PEN
sion. The money pocketed, he repairs
to the casino, risks 2 or francs on the
green cloth, loses or gains, then goes
quietly home. Thus he lives soberly
and well behaved.
He had the good luck to commit his
crime outside the countries which
grudge no expense for cutting on mems
heads or for shutting them up for life
in prison.-Translated For New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04
HARD ON SMOKERS.
old Time Legislation Against the
Ese nf ROhaecO

Old Time Liquidation Against the
Use of Tobacco.
1t is one of the curiosities of old time
legislation that the use of tobacco was
in early colonial days regarded by the
magistrates and elders as far more in
furious, degrading and sinful than that
Of intoxicating liquors. Both the use
and the planting of the weed were for
hidden, the cultivation of it being per-
mitted only In small quantities, ''for
meere necessitie, for phisick, for pres
ervation of the health, and that the
same be taken privately by ancient
men," But the Creature called tobac-
ko" seemed to have an indestructible
life. Mrs. Alice NJ. Earle writes of
these early restrictions about tobacco
in "Stagecoach and Tavern Days.
Landlords were ordered not to ''suf-
fer any tobacco to be taken into their
houses" on penalty of a fine to the
"victualler" and another to ''the party
that takes it." The laws were con-
stantly altered and enforced, and still
tobacco was grown and was smoked
No one could take it ''publicquely'' nor
in his own house or anywhere else be
fore strangers. Two men were forbid
den to smoke together.
No one could smoke within two miles
Of the meeting house on the Sabbath
day. There were wicked backsliders
who were caught smoking around the
corner of the meeting house and others
on the street, and they were fined and
set in the stocks and in cages.
Until within few years there were
New England towns where tobacco
smoking in the streets was prohibited,
and innocent cigar loving travellers
were astounded at being requested to
cease smoking.
Mr.. Drake wrote in 1886 that he
knew men, then living, who had had to
plead guilty or not guilty in Boston
police court for smoking in the streets
of Boston.
In Connecticut in early days a great
indulgence was permitted to travellers
a man could smoke once during a jour
ney of ten miles.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04
her from Amantor Pasna.

threatened her from Amantor Pasna.
eff your excellency let's him know by
how great a parsonage you are hon.
ored."
sBut he must not know. 1t is imper-
alive he should not" And then in a
low tone she unfolded to him her plans.
She must be saved after having Sc
cured her quarry.
"It shall be done, your excellency,"
my life and that of all my kinsmen."
When madame and Iona returned to
their residence, the Turks had gone,
and Sophronia at once sat down and
wrote a most caressing note to Aman-
tor Pasha, and this she sent to the
palace at once, smiling slyly as she
thought how the great eyes Of Aman-
tor Pasha would glow as he read the
perfumed page, how lovingly he would
finger his long mustachios.
Two days later Sophronia sat in
closed carriage with dispatch boxes
near her containing documents by
which both the Ottoman and German
governments laid the utmost store.
They were going to Amantor Pasha's
shooting box, which lay near lakelet
in a lovely mountain glen. A few
Bashi-Bazouks were the sole escort.
Some cantered in front; a denser body
brought up the rear. Amantor on a
handsome charger caracoled gayly in
sight of the open window of the car
riage. They were in the center of the
defile of Jalouf when suddenly q rife
shot rang out amid the stiffness of the
mountain solitude, and a horseless
steed came Gathering past the carriage.
Amantor Pasha galloped forward to
see what had happened. Before he
had ridden 80 yards the mountains
were echoing with the sharp, swift
volleys poured In on all sides. The
Bashi-Bazouks in front were shot
down to a man. Those in the rear,
having lost heavily, turned to fly, but
their retreat was cut off at the mouth
Of the Jalouf def1le, and not one es-
capped.
Again Sklavatz stood bareheaded in
front of Sophronia Valoffsky, who
smiled on him her sunniest smile as
she sat back in the carriage.
"And the pashaT' she asked.
"He is dead, madame"
1T is WELL" said she; she became in
solent."
=
Later in the day Sophronia turned to
her trusted servant after a few mo-
ments' reflection. "This is a great
coup, Iona" said she. But this Mace
me. Penny Pictorial Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04

The United States grants $4,000 pat
ents per annum, or nearly as many as
all the rest of the world. England
grants 5000 per annum and France
and Germany each about 1000, and
such countries as Canada, Australia,
Austria, Italy and Russia grant about
1000 each. An interesting and hopeful
fact is that more patents are granted
in proportion to the applications than
ever before in the history of the patent
office, showing that mechanical genius
is not chasing as many rainbows as
formerly. American inventive genius
is shown In all lines of invention, but
it greatly predominates in machinery
for manufacturing. transportation and
labor saving. Europe and the orient
have begun to find that without Amer
lean Industries they would be unable
to go ahead.-Success.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04
THE GOLD SPARE BED.

when you have friend to visit you, II she be .
welcome guest,
You will try to make her happy, and you'll give
her Of your best;
You'll tell her all the story Of your varied house
hold cares
And everlastingly you'll pirate about your own
affairs
But whatever else you do, don't, for heavens
sake, be led
To put that helpless woman In the cold SPARE
bedi
You may tell her Of your troubles with your nu-
merous hired girls
And what ''she said'' and what ri said' till her
understanding whirls;
You may talk Of the servant question till the set
ting moons last CLEAN
And begin again next morning on the same old
tiresome theme;
But whatever else you do, don't, for heavens
sake, be led
To put that helpless woman in the cold spare
bed
You may tell her Of your pains and aches and
what the doctor said
That time you came near dying with neuralgia in
your head;
OF how you poured down bitters and drops and
patent pills
When you caught the dread malaria and had such
awful chills;
You may bore her, you may weary her, till she
wishes she were dead
But, for heavens sake don't put her in the cold
spare bed
New England Farmer
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04
LET ME BE NOT TOO SURE.

Let me not be of life's bequest too sure
Nor hazard on frail tomorrow's light,
But, answering days behest, forget its lure,
Lest there shall rise no stars upon my night;
Let me not rest on joys improvidence
Nor build upon the fabric of dream
Nor times irrevocable coin cast hence,
However near its fair fulfllment SEEM
Thou, who alone hast ward Of certainties,
Let not spend of gift or grace too soon
Nor squander any sweet that therein lies
But for high service keep the utmost boon,
Lest l shall be too seek to prove
And break the alabaster box of Lowell
Virginia Woodward Cloud in Harpers Bazaar.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04
------s---lIl777'77l77777-'77
THE Amendment.

In a bank In Philadelphia is display
ed prominently this sign: Gentlemen
VIII Please Not Smoke In This Build
ing" To which somebody, evidently a
lover of the weed, annoyed by the
manners of the clerks, has appended,
ut Makes the Clerks Sour and Envi-
ouA"