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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-30

and before long viii reach the new
town. The contractors cut ruthlessiy
through hills and hll I'm ravines with
out regard 20 expense, the purpose
seeming to be Go have q permanent and
lasting road, SO that there viii be- no
necessity hereafter for Strengthening
the tracks and otherwise improving
Che line as traffic increases.
"The population of the territory has
naturally Increased enormously With
the coming of so many settlers. and
they have brought great deal of
money with them Accordingly busl-
ness has been on the boom. re-.
gard lt as a very conservative osti-
mate that the town Of El Reno alore
has taken I'm nearly sz000OO0 from
these new settlers during the last few
weeks There were about l75. 600 ar
rivals ia El Reno. and lt Is a very low
estimate that every one Of them spent
at least $40 before getting out Of the
town.
No Boom in Hotel Rates.
"To the credit of Oldahomans it
should be said that they did not lit
their regular prices for entertainment
The hotels filled the corridors and of
fees with cots but # there was any
room. a guest could get his bed for
so cents a night or for whatever rate
It had been customary to charge be
fore the time af the boom Everybody
made money. The small son of
friend. who was kind enough to take
me into his house at El Reno. set up
a little stand for the sale OF sand.
wiches and light refreshments. He
had taken In $40 before his business
had hardly started.
"We were a littlc anxious about The
handling OF SO large an amount of
money as came to us through ihe sale
of lands. The law specially proyii-
ed that the receipts must be transmit
ted daily to the sub treasury at st.
/ Louis, but at Lawton for instance.
VIC were thirty miles away from the
railroad There was some lawlessness
about the town at first as there was
no local government and 10000 peo-
lple were gathered. Hardly any othe"
result could have been expected, but
1.-THE conditions were emphasized by
+ the prescense of a certain tough ele-
ment Great care was exercised I'm
counting and keeping the money ANIL
eventually the military assisted us
The chests of money were ca:Htd
away TO the railroad depot uudci the
escm of several soldiers in Charge
of a sergeant, and finally taken by an
exoress company to ST. Louis. Tho
dispatchlng Of these squads with gov
ernmeat money was a picturesque fea
ture of this pioneer settlement.
Banks Bursting With Money.
The banks in III Reno were simply
bursting with money for a lime New
comers hastened to a ba1k TO deposit
their funds. ard 10 hlppeuaj Shat g
little bank with only S25o05 capital
would sometimes have depoaits
amounting TO half a million dollars
and even more The officials anI
their clerks werl .ept busy night aud
day attending to rhis large busines
I don't know wheta 20 prohled th,m
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-30
PREFERRED DEATH

. IWTHI5DWWE 7 .,
lBy Associated Pressl
Leavenworth, Kas., Aug 3O.-Emil
Johnson q four years convict commit
ted suicide by drinking a large guam
tity OF alcohol IIe was sent up from
Dodge City and had three wears yet 10
serve.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-30
HER FORTUNE IN
HER STOCKING
Governor Richards Story
of the Woman Who Bid
on a Lot
Special to Daily Leader.

Special 20 Daily Leader.
Washington, Aug. 3o.-"Durlng our
sale Of lots the other day in Lawton
there was brisk bidding on piece of
corner property adjacent to 5be school
reserve land said Assistant Land
Commissioner w. A. Richards yester.
day having just returned from tmce
months soiourn in Oklahoma terri
tory. where he has been laying out
town sites and directing the opening
of the Kiowa and Comanche reserva-
tion. cone of the bidders was a wo.
man wearing a calico dress and a sun
bonnet. The figure offered climbed
higher and higher. till finally it
reached $500 It was twenty-five
foot front, and the rate was even
higher than real estate would bring
here in the national capital The wo-
man reached down toward one stock
ing and pulled out mighty roll of
greenbacks. The government, you
know requires cash payments on all
sale of land. She counted out S3,5OO
in money and passed it mp to the land
office clerk She had a good deal left
after she had paid for her property.
That is only one example of illus
rating the zeal with which people are
buying real estate in those future cit
les Of Oklahoma. continued the as
sistant commissioner, as he opened
out on the desk before him the maps
Of the towns Of Lawton, Hobart and
Anadarko, all Of which towns he has
been laying out inst as L'Enfant laid
out the plan OF Washington city more
than one hundred years ago.
Bid an othcro TO a standstill.
Take the sale over IN Hobart We
offered a certain lot in Che business
section of that town the other day
and there were many bidders on hand.
The price went up steadily, but among
the bidders was a man who kept pace
with all the others, and always went
"a little higher. At last the others got
tired and the lot also twenty-five foot
front weAt to him at S2,1OO. He drew
out Of his pocket four lunches of bills,
each containing $1,000 and counted
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-30

a blessing alike 20 young and Old;
Dr. Fowler's Extract OF Wild straw
berry. Natures specific for dysentery,
darrhoea and summer complaint
Evening star., 1901-11-16
Electric LamDs.

From the London Chronicle.
1t looks as though we were on the eve of
a number of interesting improvements in
the utilization of electrical energy in the
form of light The existing lamps suffice
fairly well for the distribution of light, but
they have their faults and failings, and
they are by no means SO economical in their
usage of the energy as is desirable. In
ventive genius is at work on the problem
of the discovery of the best lamp for cleo
trical lighting. Two such inventions are
passing through the stages Of prefiminar ry
evolution. One is the Cooper-Hewitt mer-
cury-vapor lamp, which appears to afford q
Singularly large amount of light on a very
low electrical supply 1t is reported that
the difficulty experienced in starting this
lamp has been conquered In part at least
while the character of the light is rendered
agreeable through the use of nitrogen
which adds red rays. The other invention
is that known as the Nerust lamp. It also
halls from America, and contains a spe-
ciai kind of filament or GLOVER" differing
materially from the carbon thread of the
ordinary incandescent lamp. The glover is
made Of oxides such as are employed in the
making of the mantles for gas lights. These
materials are ultimately pressed out into
threads, baked In order to harden hem
and then finally adjusted in the lamp Ger
tain intricate problems which concern the
electrician arise out of the behavior of the
new filaments. 1t Is added that no lamps Of
the Nerust pattern are made under fiftv :.
candle power, and that the intention of the
inventor is that of rivaling the arc lights at
present in use, rather than that of compet-
Ing against the incandescent lamps.
Evening star., 1901-11-16
Hfndrances to Success.


Many man with great brain power and
fine physique who started in life with good
prospects has failed to attain great success
because Of little idiosyncrasies, pecuIiari-
ties Of speech or manner; things not in
themselves vicious or wrong, but which
render him disagreeable or unacceptable to
those who have dealings with him.
II it were possible for us to write of ali
the little things which have cut down the
average of our success and to calculate
just how much each has contributed to the
whole 1t would be most helpful
For example, one young mans advance
ment has been cut down % per cent by
bad temper, surly. disagreeable DISPOSE
tfon; another's by carelessness in dress an
unkempt or slovenly appearances; and vet
anothers by sharp tongue or an unkind
habit Of criticising. :.
Many brilliant and capable stenographer
has failed to advance because she had dis
agreeable habits which ANNOYED her en-
ployer, who. while he recognized her abil-
ity. preferred less able stenographer who
had amfabie and agreeable Qualities. The
lack Of amiability has stood in the way of
advancement of many an employe who Won
dered why he did not get along.
Evening star., 1901-11-16
Flower Culture.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
Flower culture is no longer looked upon
as a m ere amusement nor is 1t followed
merely for the love of the beautiful ana
florists are becoming flower farmers who
raise large quantities for perfumes. The
government is encouraging this movement.
and the Department of Agriculture calls
attention to the fact that in the southern
states are found exceptionally favorable
conditions for this profitable industry.
California, too, it is thought, could pro-
duce the essential oil, or altar. OF roses on
an extensive scale to great advantage. Ac-
cording to official authority an acre OF
ground will produce 100 pounds of rose
petals, from which five ounces of the altar
may be distilled, and this quantity is worth
on the market s45 to $SJ. The rose water
which remains amounts to 800 gallons TO
the acre, which is worth from 70 cents
to 81 a gallon. Lavender gives a net profit
of 800 to the acre. Pure lard satura ted
with the scent of fiowers-pomade-is worth
81 to $50 pound. Cologne OF the finest
quality, obtained by soaking the pomade
saturated lard in alcohol. is worth All
the way up to 81 a pint. Other perfumes
are equally profitable.
Evening star., 1901-11-16
A Giant Fuchsia.
From the Portland Oregonlan.

From the Portland Oregonlan
The largest and most magnificent fuchsia
plant in this city, and probably in the
state, is to be seen in the garden OF Robert
-Foulkes. 1t springs from a single stem
some three inches In diameter. but divides
into three at the surface of the ground
The top Is seven feet in height and is
twenty-six feet in circumference, and is
loaded with hundreds of beautiful flowers
in every stage OF development, while the
ground beneath Is carpeted with fallen
blossoms The plant would have been
much higher and broader but for the fact
that 1t has to be put In the cellar every
winter and the limbs have to be trimmed
off. The height has to be reduced 50 that
1t can stand under the floor above A rath-
er remarkable thing Is that when the plant
Is dug up at the beginning OF winter, It
is In full foliage and still loaded with
blossoms. Dprooting almost any plant In
this condition would prove fatal, but the
fuchsia takes 1t all as a matter OF course,
and soon after 1t Is housed the leaves and
flowers fade and drop of and the plant
goes to sleep. As soon as It feels the
breath OF spring l. begins to put forth ten
der shoots jim profusion. as hint that 1t
wants to get out of doors. When 1t is
planted out. 1t starts in growing and
blowing" as If to make up for lost time.
Mr.. Fouikes has several other varieties of
fuchsia in his garden, one of which pro-
duces beautiful blossoms eight inches In
length from the end Of the stem to the end
II the petals. s,-9s, s..s
Evening star., 1901-11-16

rf"m the Worlds Work.
The open warfare between capital and
labor has been an extraordinarily destruc.
tive one. as the statistics Of the department
OF labor show. during the thirteen and a
half years from January i, 1881. to June
81. 1874 The open struggles cost more
than s2s5.oO0 900. 1t threw 3.1l4,4o6 per-
sons out of employment by reason or
strikes, each striker losing an average or
$44; and 3G6.690 by reason OF lockouts. each
person locked out losing an average of s13
But averages are unreal. They are based
on short and long strikes together and a
more vivid impression of the unavailing
struggle is given by their frequency. Dur
ing this period there were in the United
states 1880 strikes In Gg161 establish
ments. That means that the fight was as
widespread as 1t was mischievous. Chicago
suffered most as far at least as the num-
Der or establishments involved is concerned.
The most vexed industries were the build
ing trades, in which 26 $50 establishments
We're involved; then the following in order:
Coal and coke, tobacco, clothing food prep
arations. metals and metallic goods. trans
portation, stone quarrying and cutting
boots and shoes. All these industries II
viii be observed are those to which inter-
nal conficts are most natural. For in
stance, in piece of work In which the
building trades are concerned-a house
IL seems almost foreordained that from the
sensitive and jealous relations between
union and non-UnioH plasterers. plumbers,
carpenters bricklayers and stonecutters
trouble should arise. Not less than GO per
cent of all the strikes that occurred were
ordered by organizations yet these organ
izations paid only about one-t hrtieth of the
entire loss in dollars. OF the total loss of
S2So,oO0,oOo caused by strikes and lockouts
two-thirds was borne by the men and one
third by the employers.
All this desperate fighting did little but
leave unhealed wounds behind Strikes
succeeded in A per cent of the establish
ments affected and they failed in "a per
cent. In the rest it was drawn battle
In the whole movement the strikers have
advanced in wages and In some cases in
shorter hours. but not often in securing
greater advantages for the unions
Evening star., 1901-11-16

world. has this to say Of the comparative
merits of American and foreign apart
ments:
In Contrast with the French.
THE best Partisan apartment houses are
very beautiful to look at. but they are far
behind our best apartments In every other
quality. The London apartments are lit
tie more than lodgings. and are scarcely
worth considering, The Partisan apart
ments are usually built upon lots OF irr.g-
ular shape. with streets on all sides aaG
great court yards In the center. The irr, g-
ular formation of Paris streets. of course,
gives much better opportunity for archi-
tectural display than the square lots OF
New York. But the arrangements Of the
rooms In the Paris fiat would be absolutely
impossible in America. The French sacri-
nee light ana air and convenience for the
sake OF having a large reception room This
apartment is always the feature OF Paris
nat And this is very characteristic OF
frehch me. Guests are entertained In this
room, and IL is here that the Frenchmau,
SO TO speak. puts his best foot forward.
Inc dining room is very small. In Puss
Ihe dinner party so familiar to the Anglo
saxon Is practically unknown The bed
rooms also suffer and are made dark ana
small In order to give every possible A l.
vantage of light and space to the recep-
tlon room The kitchens are often nothing
more than closets, and badly lighted and
ventilated, at that. Then. even in the best
apartments. bath rooms are unknown III
one wants TO bathe he must send out and
hire bath tub and have il carried in for
the purpose The elevators are not conn
mon as yet in Paris. even In the best apart
ments, and there is no heat and often very
poor means OF Illumination
Then, consider that the front door is
Always watched. usually by an old woman
who lives in a little room at the entrance,
ana spies upon every one who goes out or
IN. Another curious feature of apartment
house life in Paris is the contrast between
the tenants upon the various floors A
prince may live on the first floor and a
pedoler on the top. but both will use the
same staircase. When they chance TO meet
the poor man without hesitation dofrs his
nat ana stands respectfully to one side
Wnlle The great man passes. In brief, ev-
cry feature or the French apartment indi-
Gates the lack OF home life in Paris, while
IN America every detail OF the apartment IA
contrived with this idea In view"
Evening star., 1901-11-16
Meals in Russia.

From the LONDON News.
The Russian has no fixed meal time. He
eats when he is hungry, which is often. He
has about six square meals a day. He has
at least dozen lunches, little bit of salt
fish or some caviare, or a piece OF bread
and cheese, washed down with a nip of
fiery vodki. He never passes a station
without glass of tea-marvelous tea, with
a thin slice Of lemon floating In IL. You
get a fondness for Russian tea, and for
swear bemilked decoctions for ever The
ta BILE manners of the Russian-such as you
see In hotels and buffets-are not pleasing.
.e sprawis with outstretched elbow on the
taoie. and gets his mouth down to his food
rather than raise the .ood TO his mouth.
He makes Objectionable noises In his thoat
He has finger bowl, and rinses his mouth
as the rest of us do when cleaning our teeth
in our bath rooms. Then he squrts the
water back into the bowl. In time one may
get used to this.
Evening star., 1901-11-16
The "Devil's Own."

From the st. James Gazette.
Who Is the patron saint of lawyers? is a
question that might pertinently be asked
on day when both bench and bar attend
their devotions prior to the opening Of the
law courts. According to one old story
famous Brittany lawyer once appealed to
Rome for the appointment OF a saint. The
pope proposed that he should go round
certain church blindfolded. and lay hold of
the saint nearest to hand. Following this
suggestion he stopped and grasped a GER
tain figure. crying. This be our patron
saint When the bandage was removed
from his eyes he found that. though he
had stopped before the altar Of st. Michael.
to his horror he had laid hold. not of ST.
Michael but of the figure under ST. Mich
ael's feet, the devil. Hence. of course, the
nickname OF the Inns OF court volunteers,
the Devils Own"
Evening star., 1901-11-16
- o'sfisabp1red words.


From. the academy as. .-,.,.s -
"Extra"nis .an1abused word. People saw
extra go1d' or extra cheap in order to
intensity aaigoodas and CHEAP" But ..ex. -
ira" has no such force. So far from In
tensifyingsa given condition, it denies y
by indicating that the thing SO described
lies outside thsse,isphere or quality named
Thus, ''extxa judicial does not mean more
than ordinarily judicial; as thouea a ,ud9e
had dredged his conscience in giving an
opinion. BIT outsade Of judicial, and. there
fore, incapable Iof being judged at all in
the prescribed way.
A grievous fault is the use Of .Idertfrv"
in phrase like this: HE is identif,ed with
the antf-vaccination movement" A man
can only identify himself with anothar -, y
or set of men, He can identity himself
with the opponents of vaccination-s nd
even here the word carries shade of
meaning OF its own, distinguishing Tho
phrase from such one as ..he ioined the
opponents of vaccination 49,
One should not speak of high" or s1ou,,.
scaifber; but, remembering the meaning of
'.caliber,'' one should apply to II oniv snch =,
adjectives as great or s.srnall.
1t is wrong to speak of a Consensus ~
opinion. The word Consensus" itseif
means an agreement Of thought. and si1ouli
stand alone.
Evening star., 1901-11-16

The present shape of the lottery scheme
to provide money for the payment of the,
indemnity to foreign governments is as
follows: 1Oo.0oo.O0O tickets will be sold. each
for 10 taels. producing iOOO, ,800, zoo; 100 eco :.
O0o will be consumed in expenses: 40 an. ono
Will be distributed in prizes. and this vii.
leave 450.000,000 to- pay the indemnitiesi
This Is. certainly one Of the most gigantic
bubbles ever set afioat In the world.
Evening star., 1901-11-16
The Methodist Ministry Overlooking.
From Zion's Herald

There is not only no falling of Of recruits
for the ministry In the Methodist Episcopal
Church. but rather an increase. Instead Of
there being dearth In the ministerial ranks
of the denomination having the largest
membership of any Protestant religious
body In this country. there is positively a
plethora of effective ministers, making II
difficult TO station all those In good and reg
ular standing who annually desire and de-
mand pastorates. as they have q full and
perfect right to do under our peculiar
church economy.
Evening star., 1901-11-16
They Am no.

from the Chicago Record Herald.
What is the first and most import ant
thing to do when one goes out to learn to
play golf?"
sGet photographed In the act OF arisir.s
or putting or something. .
Evening star., 1901-11-16

What, YOU here agains' exclaimed the,
woman at the back door when Weary VIII.
lie presented himself. Il thought you were
deady' .
oh. no. replied Weary. touching his hat
Il didn't eat that piece of pie You gave me
last time was here.',-Yonkers Statesman.
Evening star., 1901-11-16

ew York Weekly.

From the New York Weekly.
Boston doctor-.1 think. madam, that
your daughters brain has been overtaxed.
You must take her to some place where
there win be no temptation to serious
thought study or even reflection
Mrs. DE Hubb-"Very well: your advice
shall be followed. We will 20 to New
York..
Evening star., 1901-11-16

This is my birthday"
And suppose you feel as young as you
ever did?'
No. don't believe IN quite old enough
yet to feel as young as ever did."-Brook-
lyn Life.
Evening star., 1901-11-16

world, has this to say OF the comparative
merits of American and foreign apart
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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-08-23

ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.



L,yd Land. the seven ysar old sor
of II l. Land, living t~o niiss spuii
of town MAS accidentslly shut an
ruessisy afternoon and died Wednes
day morning sls,ut eleven o'clock from
the effects of The ~ound.
The little fellow ~ar ~ home At the
time u the accident, with only his
year did brother - \ co,.,panlon.
A near ~ eouid be a-cert.ined from
the statements II the two little t,oyr
the accident appri,ed y i,iie they were
up stasss f~siing witt, 50 c~l,bre pi--
toI OF The bull d,K variety. They had
Ia some manner obtained this weapon
and had loaded nll five rh1mt,ere
when IL WAS accidentally discharged.
tho ball striking The older bay IN The
abdomen on The left sisie ranging
through the tn,wel. aud coming Out
near The tpinc vn The right side uf the
hack. Tie accident happened about
hall past one ia the afternoon aud
when tie mother returned about three
the w"und'-d hoy had dragged hini.
sslf down the stairway aud ~As lying
across \ Cot on tlsc hoor. DIR. Coburn
vas immediately summoned and upon
his arrival made an examination OF
the injurc.i boy. lie immedissei,
the wound mortal one, |
but did what iie could u make the
little fellow N comfortable rs possible.
He fingered until about IL o'ciocx
Wednesday morning when I,e peace
'uliy passed away.
lie MAS bright iovsble child aud
made friends with ali Who came Ia
s'ntsct with him, aud the sorrowlng
ans,ly hare ths sympathy Of the en-
ire community IN their sad bcreave-
nent.
The funeral was conducted frnm
hc house at teu o'clock Thurrday, the
Rev. Giles officiating. The remains
rerc inferred in the city csmctsry.