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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29

ly all OF the supernatural part OF the
story We repeated it till every man
IN the station was half dafy about
mysticism and bankrupt with paying
admission fees We'd have all become
Buddhists, guess. il one fine day Col
Dnel Dinwiddie's niece hadn't come
along, touring India with party of
English folks and camera. She was
the prettiest, daintiest-"
Now, stop. Harry" cried Mrs.
Montford I'm finish the story Well,
as the major was saying. I came along
and found the whole station crazy
about the mysterious performances OF
Ali Beg OF course. | had a camera.
and made up my mind to see the
show and make as many pictures OF
II as | could OF course, that meant "a
matinee in the middle Of rhe day,
when the sun is at the proper angle
for photographs And we had It. It
all happened just as Harry told ii, and
was swapping away all right till
we'll, didn't exactly"
"out with it, Annel You tainted
when you saw the leopard, laughed
Montford
But you, you picked up the kodak
and went ahead swapping it and turn
ing the films, didn't you?"
Yes, and was quite methodicai
about IT, too"
Nov, what do you Think conclud-
ed the majors wife, pouting mis- disap-
pointment, when we developed and
printed those pictures there wasn't q
sign in any OF them of All Beg, the
boy. the leopard or even the cloak
"Was there a picture OF anything"
asked Mr. Hammersly the spIitualist.
That's the funny part OF IT," ex-
planned the major the pictures Of the
group OF staring officers and soldiers
were perfect Get them down. Anne.
never knew how perfectly idiotic
poor Pitcairn could look till 1 saw
those photographs"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29
Malaria and Yellow JAck

From n. Y. Herald, January "a, lSO2)
''The widow of DIR. Lazeare, who, in
the employ Of the Government went
10 Cuba, was inOculated with Yellow
Fever through mosquito bites. and died
applied to Congress for relief to-day"
The above tells Of the sad culmina-
tiOn of a series of experiments by the
Government. all Of which proved con-
clusiyely that the familiar mosquito IL
dangerous yehich cor carrying Malaria,
yellow Jack" ana other malariai teSers.
Those who are exposed 10 mosquitoes
should take warning. Nature provides
a certain degree of resistance, which,
when the bodily functions are in normal
condition, Is Sufficient to ward on dis
ease but If any Of the functions are lag
ging, II there Is weakness. there is dan
ger, aud particularly II the blood Is i'm
pure OF impoverished there Is great dan
ger If you would escape. keep the
blood pure and properly nourished with
DIR. Harter's Iron Tonic That Is eK-
actly what IL does, and fas been doing
for the last half-a-ceutury. II Is recog-
nized everywhere as the best blood puri-
fer and tOaic in use.
Houston. Texas. Aug i. 1901.
Il have used DR. Harter's iron Tonic
myself, aud ia my family for Twenty-Five
years. ana can heartily recommend H.
/ regard il as particularly valuable %
ward OF maiariai aud other feyers."
a. j. II. Hayes,
Land & Emigration Agt.. Frisco lime.
0s,ooo g1afausss shas shove sssnoaia IA lsnsins.l
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29
SMAJoR MONTFoRD's ODD STORY. I
BY JOHN II. RAFTERY.

Speaking of spirit manifestations
and the etheric double" said Major
Montford. when Nine. Blayatslky, Mrs.
Colonel Oleott and all the modern
adopts had been discussed, Il don't
profess to understand anything about
occult science and | am prompted to
confess that one little experience had
in India
IF you tell that story, Major, I'll
quit the room. You know that | can
explain away your whole theory. That
Marjheet adept was all right 1t was
the fault q the camera or something.
L"
Now, come, come, Anne Don't
spoil the story. Try your hand at p
Welsh rarebit If you don't like to hear
it, but let me tell my story my own
way first. You can add all the trim
mings afterward"
So the sweet little lady pouted like
a sweetheart at the horid beau who
had been her husband for five years
anu left the room.
Il was quartered az Mariheet that
year with my squadron of the House
hold Cavalry It was our first try-out
in the tropics, and every jolly officer
line and staff, was dying of ennui.
well, we were hard put to il foi
recreation until Ensign Pitcairn, q
wierd-faced inquisitiye young chap
began to give us all the creeps with
his stories about occutlism, astral bod
les, spooks and manifestations. Well
Dinwiddle and Pitcairn and | kept VI
the best mess In the station. and, OF
course, every buck in the garrison
who had the entree sponged off om
hospitality. SO when they were al
worked up with the ensign's story
hit upon the canny idea Of getting M
one of the Indian adopts, as Pity
called them, to give a seance in. oui
garden
$50 Pity arranged matters with his
sorcerer and I sold tickets TO the en-.
tertainment at two shillings, Englisl
money
Except for the colonel and the
major surgeon we had no chairs. anC
the audience sQuatted around in cir
Gle upon the sand. We borrowed {
few torches from the quarter-master
though we didn't need them. as IL turn
ed out, for the moon was well over tn
low roof of my quarters before Pit
cairn. as self-important as Mrs. Jarlel
herself. came in with Ali Bog, tn
vaunted mystic who alone could max
sure my personal guarantee that tn
entertainment was worth the fee
Pity led his adept into the center o
the ring, a space about twenty feet 4
diameter, and introduced him Nth
pompous salutatOry and q general wav
Of the hand The Tommies. who ha
no respect for anything native hoOt
ed the miserable indian, who aimof
groveled before them, calling hir
'Ayen't you any happaratusT Tn
performer, who was almost a skeleton
had brought with him none Of IN
paraphernalia which European mag
clans always have about them, thoug
he wore upon his skinny shoulders
dirty. drab-colored cloak. which b
unwound and dropped upon the san
as he saluted Colonel Dinwlddle an
the ribald ring Of sahibs round abou
But hear what All Beg did befoT
J our unbelleving eyes. Having droppe
: his cloak upon the sand, he unbelted
crooked scimitai that hung by h
side and laid it behind him. The
with a strange exclamation he fell VI
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29
rhe eest Horseahoelnn-

A horses foot needs as much caro-
and attention as a man's--sometimea
a great deal more. make speciality
I expert horsoshoeing Having grad
uated from veterinary college. and
understanding thoroughly the anat-
omy Of the foot and leg, It stands TO
reason that J am better prepared to
shoe a horse scientifically and hu
namely than those who nave not had
these advantages. shoe a horse for
mobility and action, and successfully
treat lame horses. Refer to 100 peas
ed patrons In Guthrie and vicinity.
s. n. Olson,
Proprietor Capital Blacksmith Shop.
SiS NJ Division st.,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29
IJryIng prcparations sinp,

DryIng preparations SIMPLY coycl
op dry catanh they dry up Tho gecretious
which adhere 10 the membrane and decom
pose, causing q far more serious trouble THAI
the ordinary form Of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snuaf
and use that which eleanses, soothes ant
heals. Ely's Cream halm is such a remedy
and viii cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly A trial size will b.
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
SOC. size. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren st., NY.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
iritate or cause sneezing. it spreads itself
over an irTitated and angry surface, reliey-
ing Immediately the painful inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29
Imperial Council, Mobiles Of Mystic
Shrine

Imperial Council, Mobiles Of Mystic
Shrine
At San francisco, Cal, June 10 IA,
1902. For the above occasion we will
sell tickets TO either Los Angeles or
San Francisco and return, via direct
routes at rate Of sl5 for the round
trip. Tickets will be on sale May n
10 June inclusive and will carry a
final return limit of sixty days from
date Of sale. The going passage TO
begin on date OF sale, and to be con
tinuous up to the FIRST Colorado com
mon point. West thereof and east
OF California, stop overs may be had
at any point within ten days from
date Of sale. Within California stop
overs may be made at any point with
in transit going limit OF ticket which
Is 55 days. Return passage TO be
gin on date OF execution BY Joint
agent stop overs will be allowed at
and west OF Colorado common
points Baggage may be checked 10
any point in route either going or
retarhing at which stop over Is desir-
ed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29

ed Immediately to the credit of the
governors OF the two nations, SO that
the distress may be relieved as soon as
possible.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29

A Kansas City firm has been award
ed the contract to draw plans for
Muskogee's water works and sewer
age systems.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29

The Santa tc railway has haSled in
2,40O car loads of Texas cattle to
Craze in western Indian territory.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29

Holdenville is satisfied with the
purchasers OF the Choctaw and is
making oyertures for the location of
the division there.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29
TERRITORIAL SNAP SHOTS.
Matters Of More or Less Interest to
Leader Readers.

Minco has been Incorporated by
Judge Townsend.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29

The Tonkawa News tells of the
troubles of citizen of that berg, who
resolved to quit chewing tobacco as
follows: "A friend o ours, an pvet-
crate chewer who chcwed 2G cents
owrth of tobacco per week conclud-
ed a week ago to try tobacco cure. He
has eaten, up to now, s1.5O of the
cure, 10 cents worth of candy. cents
worth of peanuts and 20 cents worth
of cough drops per day During this
time he chewed up two large rubber
erasers the rubber tips of all his own
and his friends lead pencils and we
are afraid to judge by his looks, he
is even chewing the rag with his wife. a"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-04-29

Robert Mcbride, Jrp who publish
ed the Edmond Sun in its palmy
days, has sued the Santa Fe railroad
for 10000 He was in the wreck
this side OF Waterloo year ago last
summer and claims that he had his
head hurt At the time the Santa Fe
road settled with Mr. Mcbride for
$25. The suit is brought at Ccl-
cordia, Kas. Mr.. Mcbride Is noy' pub
fishing a paper at Watervill, Kas.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-05-01
q LITTLE OPTIMIST.

IN. skies are gray, the keen winds blow
THE air is chill with gathering snow,
We mortals draw together
Around the hearth-fire, lowering near
To catch the glowing, radiant cheer,
Though often grumbling, too, fear,
With hearts that match the weather.
peer through frosty window pane,
For hopeful signs l search in vain,
And sigh, for spring a-weary.
When, harki voice falls on my ear,
/ start, surprised. it rings so near,
This merry whistle, loud and clear,
of Cheer up! cheer up! che-ery!"
On wonder dogwood's slender frame
A vivid dash of scarlet flame
Lights up the landscape dreary.
A tiny knight in gala suit,
Whose voice tunes up his mellow lutte
With Cheer up! cheer up. che-ery"'
Now, like a gleam of sunlight, see,
He fits about from tree to tree,
Now gayly silhouetting
Against the clouds his flashing form.
All! what cares he for wind and storm?
His loving heart is ever warm,
He sees no cause for fretting.
A blessing on his scarlet coat
And merry, lifting, tuneful note!
All! who could now be dreary?
Come, let US from this cheerful sprite
lesson learn; when cold winds blight,
To whistle till our hearts grow light,
"Oh, cheer up! cheer up! cheery!"
Marian Phelps, in Chicago Advance.
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BENTON, LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1902

"Then do this for Chubby" h.
smiled, holding it out to her. 81
haven't any need for it, you know.
It's ERIN my way. 1 use mile
age, myself
The little Gray Nun recoiled. The
dimples froze in her cheeks and her
chin. Her small, well-set head lifted
and lifted-Scott, man, do YOU see
how tall the Little Gray Nun is grow.
ing!
Thank you-let me pass, please"
the Little Gray Nun said, frigidly.
And he stood looking after her in
stupid surprise. Put his foot in it,
mad he? BY George, she looked as
II she had job for the conductor
this time!
III try another tack,' he NUT
tered. 1.-The little thing has got to
be befriended somehow, or Bubby or
Chubby or Name will
have to eat his birthday cake with
out any frosting. Never!" He over
took her in the waiting-room. 1 beg
your PARDON" he said; Il don't want
to bore you, but if you'd accept the
loan of a mileage book-I don't need
mine. It's in my-er, that isl
mean-oh, say, you'll take it, won't
your he burst out, boyishly. The
Little Gray Nun was vanquished. The
dlmples trooped back again.
But we haven't been introduced,
she murmured. "How could I? We
don't even know each others Names"
Sure" he said gloomily. He had
not thought of that. But there
ought to be way-let's get the de-
pot nanny to do it, Tell her who
we are, you know. Mammies are al
ways ready to accommodate"
The Little Gray Nuns laughing
eyes followed his to the comfortable,
black face of the fat Aunt Chloe
across the room.
ut would be fun," she cried, but
Instantly she was grave and proper
again. IF we had mutual friend"
The mammy's friend of every
bod"
But l don't know a soul in this
city except Cousin Althea.''
Jones or-er Pettengill?" the
Young man said, eagerly. 81 know
Joneses and Pettingills to burn"
The Little Gray Nuns dignity had
again come back. She drew away
tiny space. Smith," she said, prim-
ly, cousin Althea Smith. 1 should
go right up to her house if it wasn't
for Chubby" He laughed aloud in
his relief.
''Oh, I know Smiths!" he cried
slathers-er, I mean quantities of
'em."
Il am not aware that you have
the honor of knowing my Smith,"
she responded, crisply. 1t did not
look promising. The Young Man had
mind to give it up. But the Little
Gray Nun needed championing, and
then there was Chubby - always
Chubby. He's the only little nephew
I've got in the world" murmured the
Little Gray Nun, as if in answer to
his thought. ''And he'll never be
six years old again if he lives hun
dred years!"
Nephew-nephew? Had he heard
Alright? The Young Man felt the ro-
nance of things in his grasp again.
If Chubby was nephew, Heaven
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bless him!-then what were OBJ
stacles? A sudden inspiration was
born in the Young Mans brain. He
motioned toward seat near by.
wont you sit DOWN." he said.
Sand would you mind naming over
some of your friends at home?" He
did not realize that he did not know
her own name yet, or the name of
''home."
"At home?-in Bu'tonwood, you
mean? Oh, ,I,ere grandfather and
Uncle Joe and Uncle Sam"
Their last names, I mean. Brown
or Robinson or So-and-so, you know"
"Why, of course! What a stupid"
She ran over list of surnames rapid
ly. He caught at one as at straw.
Scott. Bradley?" he cried.
"Yes, James Bradley"
"Broker?"
"Well, he was. He's broken now,
poor man! He stays right at home"
Telephone connection"
I'm his house, you mean? Why,
ye-es-yes, know there is"
''Then we're all right. Well get Mr..
J. Bradley Scott to introduce us. He
used to be Jonathan to my fathers
David. De you mind coming over to
the central office? Just across the
street?"
Buttonwood was called up. Then
Mr.. j. Bradley Scott.
Hello! That you, Uncle Brad?
Know my voice? What? Yes, sir,
same old sixpence! Yes, Berlin--last
steamer. Dad? He's all right. What?
No, not professorship, unless you've
got one up your sleeve for mc-But,
Uncle Brad, l say! There's a young
lady here waiting to speak to you.
She wants to be introduced to me
oh, mean l want to be introduced to
her, you know. We've got to be in
troduced, and you're the man to do it.
She's going to speak now."
"Hello!" called the Little Gray Nun,
clearly. do you know me, Mr.. Scott?
Not Dolly? Then I'll never speak to
you again-oh, you do know me-?
Well, I'm on my way home, you know
you haven't seen Chubby to-day,
have you? It's his birthday. What?
Birthday-six years old. I've got to
get home to frost the cake, and I've
lost my pocketbook. There's love-
ly young m-oh, l mean there's a
young man here who wants to lend
me his mileage, but we haven't been
introduced. It's dreadful scrape, for
there's Chubby's cake, you know.
What? Both of US stand up here?"
She motioned to the Young Man.
"Well, we're here. Oh, yes, l can hear
you-Yes. Yes, he says he can, too"
They stood there an instant to-
gether, while across 27 miles Mr.. J..
Bradley Scott introduced them. Both
faces were grave, but all four eyes
were dancing. At the proper time and
in the proper way they touched fin
gers and bowed to each other politely.
1t was over.
"Now, we're all right" cried the
Young Man, briskly. And there's the
whistle of our train. We've got to run
for it."
The conductor tore off mileage for
two and left them then to the tender
mercies of little Dan Cupid. Little
scamp! it is amazing the amount of
work he can get into 27-mile run!-
Ladies' World, New York.
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LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
The New Government Printing Offic
at Washington Will Excel
All Others.

If the shade of Herr Gutenberg
could come back to earth when the
new government printing Office is
completed and roam through that es-
tablishment he would note a few
changes in the art of which he is the
father. The biggest printing shop
in the world will be established un-
der the roof of the mammoth build
ing now nearing completion on North
Capitol street, reports the Washing
ton Star.
The printing bills of Uncle Sam
are enormous. He is a great pro-
moter of publicity. He drives thou
sands of men day and night to turn
out millions of copies of every kind
of document from single leafet to
a 50-volume set of 600-page books.
He publishes a daily journal during
a portion of the year. He loads en-
tire cars with bulky documents and
ships them thousands Of miles to
ultimately gladden. the heart of the
ragman. He runs a bindery and
turns out marvels of leather and sat
in coverings. He has an illustrating
department and makes maps and
beautiful half-tone pictures.
And all this work has been done
heretofore in ramshackle old
shop, so shaky that every workman
has kept one eye on his case and the
other on the nearest exit. But there
VIII be no excuse for criticism
in the new building. 1t will be a
marvel of convenience, safety and
equipment.
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Gentle

Waiter-How would you like to have
your steak, sir?
Meek Customer (who has been wait
ing 20 minutes)-Very much, indeed,
thank you, if it isn't too much trouble.
--Philadelphia Press.
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Repartee.

Repartee either makes a mans rep
utation or causes him to lose his job.
Chicago Daily News
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Hunting for the Colonel.

An army surgeon recently returned
from service in the Philippines tells
new story, which is one of the best
that has come from our new posses
sions. He says a soldier was serving
in regiment whose colonel was very
much averse to leaving the comforts
of city and who had pull enough to
get himself assigned to special duty in
Manila, which had caused his absence
from his regiment for several months.
in the meantime portion of that par
ticular command got into mix-up
with some stray insurgents, and Incl
dentally the soldier referred to had an
eye shot out. He put in some time in
the hospital, and when convalescent
was turned loose for walk. As he
strolled down the street he met
friend, who, seeing the bandage which
hid the cavity, asked him: "What hap
ened to your eye?" The soldiers
other eye twinkled, and with true
"doughboy" wit he replied: 81 wore
that eye out up-country looking for
that blooming colonel of mine on the
firing line" detroit Free Press.
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lust what She Needed.

WHATS this thing? asked man
who was inspecting music emporium.
"That? Oh, that's used on violins.
We call it a chin rest"
Gimme one!" exclaimed the visitor.
.s'pose it would work on my wife?'-
1'it-Bits
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Clusters Greyhound.

talking about Indians reminds me
of paragraph in this column recently
concerning some greyhounds which
were said to be the descendants of an
animal owned by Gen. George A. Gus
ter" says a writer. II had it from an
old post Office inspector who knew Gus
ter well, and was in the northwest on
postal business; that at the time of
the massacre of Custer and his COM
mand in the Big Horn fight by Sitting
Bull and his Sioux warriors, Custer
had with him the very greyhound
which was probably the progenitor Of
these latter-day beasts. The inspector
told me that he was in Bismarck. n D.,
at the time, and that over week after
the battle the hound found it's way into
the town, having traversed all the dis
tance, some 400 or 500 miles. and found
the starting place by some remarkable
instinct. 1t was one of the few sur
vivors of the terrible fight in which its
heroic master had perished. ."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-01

BIG TEXTILE STRIKE
TEMPORARILY AVERTED

=
ing several hundred dollars more
were found hidden in the Innings of an
| old trunk. The officers found the
trunk we'll wrapped with rope, the
rope being run about the trunk at least
| fifty times.
In the face of his apparent wealth
Adams, man of 76 years, has allowed
himself no comforts. When undressed
at the undertaking establishment it
was found that he had not a button on
his clothes, but that his wearing APP
parel was held on with strings The
| buttons had fallen off and he had re-
fused to get more. His clothing was
very old and in dilapidated condition.
At Adams room it was found that he
had but one chair. and that no com,
| forts surrounded him. A stale loaf of
bread was found lying on an uncover,
ed table, and beside it chunk of dry
bologna. In a pail lying under the ia
BILE the officers found quantity OF
sauer kraut
Letters found in the trunk indicate
that banker at Brookfield Pa. is a
relative of the dead man. A message
was sent to Dickey and a reply receiv.
ed stating that he will come here to
take care of the remains. Adams will
be given burial in keeping with his
station from the monetary standpoint
His case is one of the most peculiar
ever found by the police of this city.