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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-01-04

out warrant against you for blow.
Jag up his eoffer-dam. I've got to
take you. and ia rather be shot. as I
say"
Macpherson got upon his feet ratk,
er tmsttadiiy That's the thanks I
get for saving bis miserable liis.v he
said 4ssH - thrust out his hands
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-01-04

Good by, Jack TIL be ouc on bona
in a day dt two. and when get back
youll hear Something drop. Conae
on, Burt; dpty's dutS You don't
need to pack gun when you come
efter me"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
NATURAL HISTORY.

Ostriches live to the age of about
sixty years.
The mandarin duck is one of the
most beautiful of aquatic birds.
So voracious is the cod that it will
swallow anything it sees in motion.
An eel has two separate hearts. One
beats 60, the other 100, times minute.
A ladybird can travel 20,000,000,000
times its own length in an hour. In
that time a sloth can only travel fifty
times its own length.
There is no country in the world in
which the raven is not found to be ma
tive; it is also the only bird known to
ornithologists which is of such cosmo-
politan character.
Only one existing reptile can sustain
itself in the air. This is the flying
dragon of the East Indies. 1t has no
real wings. but can glide from tree to
tree like flying squirrel.
The common house fly usually pro-
duces the note + in flying. To do so
it must vibrate its wings 800 times
second The honey bee sounds A,
which means that its wing vibrations
are 40 to the second.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
THE COOKBOOK

If the pastry be slow in browning
throw little sugar on the oven shelf
This will expedite matters greatly.
If the skin of beet root has got bro
ken. scar the part with Il redhot iron
before cooking it, This will prevent
the beet from bleeding.
The next time tomato soup is plan
ned for the family dinner try adding
a few slices of orange Just before serv-
ing and enjoy the pleasant flavor which
they impart.
Eggplant is most palatable when
broiled Cut into thick slices. with the
skin on: dip in olive oil seasoned with
salt and pepper and cook on wire broil-
er over clear fire five or ten minutes.
When a cake contains too much flour
or has baked too fast. it will sink from
the edges or rise up sharply, with a
crack in the middle. II cake has Il
coarse grain, il was not beaten enough
or the oven was too slow.
If you like cocoanut pyramids, beat
the whites of two eggs till light and
stiff; mix with two cupfnls of grated
cocoanut, one cupful of powdered sug-
ar and two tablespoonfuls of flour;
make into pyramids and bake brown.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
The Shortest Lived CITY.

Which of the large cities of the world
had the shortest life?
In the ancient world the answer is
Palmyra. The period of its prosperity
extended only from III to 273 A. D.,
156 years. In the fifth century b. G..
Persopolis was the capital of the Per-
sian empire for thirty years only. but
this was merely an accident of war
and politics. Carthage was the shortest
lived seat of empire, for it only en-
dured about 500 years In modern times
the answer would be Amarapura. the
former capital of Burma. Founded in
1888, it had In 1900. a population of
175,000. Sixty years later the seat Of
government was transferred to Man.
dalay, and Amarapura is now repre-
scented only by few ruined temples
and bamboo huts.-London Answers
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
FINS OF THE FLYING FISH.
They Are Used as Parachutes Rather
Than as Wings,

Out from the warmer seas fiy the
flying fish, the fish of which every one
has heard, which yet none can see for
the first time without gasp of amaze
ment without Il feeling as though be-
holding the miraculous, the fish which
mas given rise to more untruthful sto-
r1es than any other fish in all the seas.
Undoubtedly the flying fish has wings
like bird; undoubtedly it flies, vet not
as bird. 1t does not flap the wing
ike, pectoral fins on which it is up-
borne, nor, once launched in the air.
can 1t change its course by any move
ment OF its wings until it dips again
to the water. Yet it will pass a ship
making ten knots in the hour and trav-
ell In the air as far as 500 feet at a
time.
Astounding, indeed, is the sight of a
shoal of flying fish taking to the air.
skimming far over the surface when
the sea is calm, leaping high over
great waves when gales blow Fish
seem ludicrouSly out of their element
in the air, but that fish should fly is
not really more wonderful than that
some animals and birds, like the otter
or the penguin, dive and swim to per-
lection.
The flying tish's fins are really para
chutes to support and steady its body
rather than wings to propel it. The
lobe of the tail gives propulsion to the
body as it leaves the water. A flying
fish measures about a foot in length,
and its long. transparent pectoral fins
reach almost to the tail; but, though
very large when expanded, they can
be folded up very neatly. Its fight is
short and intermittent, and it must
needs continually dip into the sea to
give itself a fresh start.-Pearson's
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12

tlcles thus in the open air Won have
taken no account of the buoyant now
er of the air. which bears everything
up IN proportion to the objects bulk
AS the bag of feathers is of greater
bulk than the shot, it is borne up more
than the shot is, and for that reason
1t is necessary to use little more than
a pound of feathers to balance Mound
of lead.
rms, however, is theoretical. The
practical proof is obtained when Won
place the balance bearing the lead and
the feathers on the receiver Of an air.
pump and cover them with the glass
bell. Then exhaust the air. and Won
will find that the pan bearing the feath-
ers will sink and the pan bearing the
lead will rise, thus showing that when
weighed in the ordinary way the ouan-
tity of feathers used to make a pound
Is actually more than a pound.-New
York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
A POUNDS A POUND.
nut Pound of Feathers Is Heavier
Than u Pound of Lead.

Than Pound of Lead.
mat old question about a pound of
Ieathers and pound of lead takes OIL
new interest when we look at it in a
s'nlpie scientific way. 1t seems alb
suru' OF course, that pound of one
thlhg could be heavier than pound of
another thing, and yet that is exactly
mnat may be shown in this case; not
mat the pound of lead is heavier than
'ie pound of feathers, as most persons
would say on the spur of the moment,
ou' Just the other way-a pound of
feathers is heavier than pound of
lead
iuls apparently inconsistent state
lNeilt may be quite easily proved. With
accurate scales weigh a pound of lead,
using ordinary shot for convenience;
'neh with the same scales weigh a
pouild OF feathers, putting them into a
muslin bag for the purpose The feath-
W ana the bag together must weigh
exactly a pound.
ne next step in the operation will
slo" apparently that there is no diff
.e'ehce Whatever in the weight of the
wv articles, for you put the shot in
SNe pan of balance and the bag of
feathers in the other, and after little
,s a they will come to an exact
., NoW' however, the scientific phase of
'ue question presents itself. and YOU
"'e reminded that in weighing the ar
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
First ANALYSIS of AeroIites.

In 1896 a stone weighing fifty-six
pounds was exhibited i'll London. 1t
was said to have fallen from the sky
in Yorkshire in the previous December,
but this statement was received with
great incredulity. At that time Sir Jo-
seph Banks was president of the Royal
society, and he noticed strong re-
semblance between the Yorkshire stone
and one sent to him from Siena, in It.
ally, which was said to have fallen
from the sky. Two or three years lat
er he received an account of fall of
stones near Benares, in Hindustan. A
chemical analysis of the stones from
all three sources proved them to be
identical in composition, and increduli-
ty as to their meteoric origin began
to give way.-Notes and Queries.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
Accurate Delay,

Many stories are told of the lack of
punctuality upon southern railroads.
1t is said that when New England
man found his train, advertised to
leave at II O'Clock, starting at exactly
that hour he complimented the con-
ductor
"Just on time, see" he said genial
ly. "All this talk I've heard of the
lateness of your trains is without foun-
dation, I've no doubt"
The conductor smiled at him gently.
This train, sir he said without a
trace of embarrassment, lis not today's
II o'clock train, sir. 1t is yesterdays
II o'clock. Todays will probably not
get here from way down until tomor-
row, sir. "-Youths Companion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
Eccentricities of English.

There is new maid in the family,
a Swedish girl. who has many things
besides language to learn. says an ex-
change. Her new mistress. who is q
young wife with a husband many
years her senior, is trying to instruct
her. One of the lessons was upon
bread, the girl being told that she
should speak of bread which had lost
its freshness as stale, and not old. The
girl was sure to remember this, for
she was quick to learn, and she did.
So the young wife knew when a few
days later the maid remarked to her
confidentially:
ut is too bad. isn't it, that your
husband is so much more stale than
you arew-Detroit Free Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
YOUNG GRANTS COLT.
The Story of n Purchase That
Earned the Boy Much Teasing.

When Ulysses S. Grant was small
boy living in Georgetown, o., he want
ed, like most boys, to own a horse,
and one particular colt belonging to a
man named Ralston he wished espe-
cially to have. To indulge the boys
taste and buy the colt his father of
fered Mr. Ralston $50, but the owner
valued the colt at $50 and refused the
offer, taking the animal home with
him.
As the hours passed after the little
horse had trotted away with its owner
Ulysses disappointment and eagerness
for possession increased, and he final
ly begged his father to pay the $50 de-
manded. His father said that $50 was
all the animal was worth, but since
Ulysses desired it so much he might
20 to Mr.. Ralston and offer $50 again.
If, his father added, he could not buy
it for $40, he might offer S225O, and II
the owner would not let it go for S22.o0
he might, in order to obtain it, give 80
ULYSSES therefore mounted horse
and set out for Mr.. Ralston's. He was
at that time probably about eight years
old
When he found the owner, he told
him, Papa says | may offer you So
for the colt. but if you won't take that
to offer you $22.50, and if you won't
take that to give you SO"
The eagerness of the boy to gain the
horse could not brook any barrier. 1t
is needless to say that he paid SO ana
led the animal home.
Grant said. in writing his memoirs,
that the story of this purchase OF ms
got out in the village and it was long
before he heard the last of it. Inc
schoolboys delighted in teasing MN
about it: schoolboys are very oiteh
little barbarians for tormenting one
another, and they did not let Ulysses
forget this one instance when he was
behind the rest in cleverness.
He kept the horse for several years
and finally sold it for 500 the poor
animal having become blind. Later
he found it taken from the road ana
working the tread wheel of ferryboat
which piled between the Ohio ana
Kentucky banks of the Ohio river.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
HE TOOK THE SHOWER BATH UNCLE SANS FREAK MONEY
Biiis That Are Twenty Dollars on
One Side and Ten on the Reverse.

Bills That Are Twenty Dollars nm
One Side and Ten on the Reverse.
Scattered throughout the country are
lew pieces of paper money that are
known as freak bills" by the officials
OF the treasury department. One of
them turned up in this city not long
ago-it had the imprint of n twenty
dollar note on one side and ten on
the other. AS the face showed the
twenty, that was its legal value.
The deputy assistant treasurer of
the United States, who is stationed in
the New York subtreasury. was sneak
Ing OF these freaks the other day and
said he had only seen one of them in
ms life, although he had heard of sew
eral. Very rarely they have slipped
through the bureau of engraving and
printing despite a careful scrutiny by
three or four sets of inspectors. In
most cases they have been national
banknotes, which, like regular treasury
notes, are printed ut the bureau in
Washington. The face value always
Is recognized when the freaks come to
be cashed in at any branch of the
treasury, and the imprint on the back
has no lawful status whatever.
The notes are printed in sheets Mt
the bureau" said the official. Usual
ly there will be one twenty and two
tens on a sheet. They are printed one
side at a time, so it can be seen that
the printer in turning over the sheet
might get it upside down and thus put
a ten dollar back on the twenty dollar
note, or twenty on the back of one of
the tens"
In the bureau are women who are
supposed to examine all the bills care
fully, but occasionally they neglect
to look at both sides as scrutinizingly
as they should, and SO the money goes
out into circulation. When errors are
discovered, the misprinted sheet is laid
aside to be destroyed. 1t cannot be
torn up at once, for every sheet has TO
be accounted for. After good deal
of red tape, it is ground up into pulp.
Most of the freak bills which have
been issued in the past have found
their way back to the treasury, there
to be destroyed. 1t is thought that less
than a dozen are now scattered about.
most of them in the hands of curio
hunters. The official said that no eff
fort to collect them had been made by
the government and that the treasury
department did not consider the circu-
Ia. - Al. .
any consequence, inaSmuch MS there
was no doubt about the values as in
Dictated on the face-New York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
What's In n Name.

Her name is Margaret. but all her
friends call her Daisy. 1t Is pet
name she has been known by since
she was a child. There is a pretty,
bright, charming freshness about her
which the flower suggests. But not
withstanding the appropriateness Of
the nickname the girl. who has recent
ly attained the dignity of an engage
ment ring. has discarded it once and
for all, and no one is friend of hers
who does not call her Margaret. 1t is
all on account of the new name she is
to take. She will eventually be Mrs.
Field.
"And it is very nice name. too"
says the girl. but do not intend to
be a daisy field New York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
Ana 1t Drove Him From the Yosem-
lite BACK to New England.

ii.
After a week of little journeys. strik-
ing here and there few miles to nh.
sorb the Yosemite valley from dozen
coignes OF vantage. we We're whining
Tue llillouette one afternoon for noun
tam trout, says the Worlds Work
tomorrow" said a voice. II shall
take a shower bath under the seven
teen hundred foot fall"
YOU" said another voice. "are n
fool"
Not at ALL" came back argumenta.
lively. THE rivers very low. What
there Is Of it turns to spray in the
first hundred feet; it will simply come
down like rain. Why. you'd 90 under
the Bridal Veil yourself. Only that's
prosaic. This is something big. Come
on"
Not l."
But | was there to see. The water.
as he had said, came down, a consid-
cradle part of it, in rain and spray
that flew out on the wind incredible
distances. But to crawl down, dressed
In a bathing suit, closer to the main
stream that falls to the pool and upon
the rocks with murderouS swish in
the air and roar like railway train
when 1t strikes was daring to fool
hardness. At any moment veering
wind might swing the whole mass upon
the tall, slim figure backing tentative
~ on all fours down the jagged talus
slope, his eyeglass pebbles glinting
cheerfully. A steady breeze kept the
fall swung out little the other way,
and the spray burgeoned out far I'D
the other slope. The roar was deafen-
ing.
All at once the wind shifted, the
water swung back, and in a flash the
human figure was blotted out in a del
uge that turned me sick. For sec
ond-that seemed an hour-it played
on the spot fiendishly, it seemed to
me, standing Mortified there, and then
slowly it swept away.
And then there was a movement. a
painful, crawling movement. down there
on the slope, and scrambled down the
slippery rocks to help blinking, creep
ing, much surprised youth, bleeding
from a hundred cuts. up to where his
clothes lay. He was still too dazed to
speak. When his breath returned and
his extra glasses were perched again
on his nose, he said:
'The oceans fell upon me. For God S
sake, come back to New Englandw
And we went.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
After the Dance.

81 hope you have enjoyed the even
ing, Miss Oliver"
Not excessively, Mr.. Roland. The
men are such wretched dancers.
have had only one really good part
ner"
"My own experience precisely"
"Yes, Mr.. Van Twister is the best
dancer ever saw. There he goes now
with Grace Turner. 1t is pleasure to
watch them, isn't it?'
Eyes; he does very nicely-with
partner like your friend Grace. She
is the one to whom | was referring
just now"
$50 | supposed. New York Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12

The policeman heard high words and
poked his head in the door.
"What's goin' on here?" he demand
I'd
"Nawthin'! Nawthin' at all" answer
ed one of the belligerent Irishmen in
he middle of the floor. There's naw-
him goin' on. but there's a fight com
IN off in liss than a minute if yen only
ieep movin'. "-Chicago Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
Homemade Barometer.

A convenient barometer for the
kitchen may be made with an ordi-
harry glass jam jar and an old oil
task. Fill the jar three parts full Of
water, and after cleaning the flask
place it in the jar neck downward.
The rising of the water in the flask
will indicate fine weather Unsettled
weather win be foretold by the sink
ing of the water.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12

"Somebody advances the idea that
there are words that affect us just as
certain cClors do"
81 dunno about the colors, but. I'm
pretty sure to froth at the mouth
every time hear lines busy -
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12

"If you refuse me-" cried Moody,
"my blood will be upon your head. |
cannot live without your
"Well, self preservation is the first
iaw of nature" replied Miss Cooley.
81 simply couldn't live with you."-
Philadelphia Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
CURRIT0 and CASPARD.
Two of the Best and HandsOmeSt
SireS i'm Frederick County.
O-@ss--~

GASPARD.-Ths grand sire of STYLE speed nd action, a
horse to be b the farmers of the who fine large
mares and who wish improve their by the blood
the nest strains OF registered stock in this country.
Gaspard getter and has number of splendid look
ing colts from farm TO and hanso looking colts
you must breed to stylish horses of good size and action
GaSpard bright bay, high weighs
hundred pounds; splendid carriage fine action and the
very horse to produce large which
mand as well as fine road horses.
GaSpard King celebrated Woodburn
Stock Farm, in Kentucky Gaspard RUSSELL
brother to Maud s.. 2OSa
The dam Gaspad PEN standard and registered by
Mamhrino Ablallah (great brood mare Sire.)
by Harold Maud S. and sixty Others the
$50 list.
$50 list
GaSpard will of Wa at
fifteen dollars the money
with oal He will also stables Frederick
For information about Gaspard apply Edward Fink Walkers
vie or to Michael Knil Frederick, Md.
CURRITo of the best known Maryland
mont Park. Philadelphia gamer
starter Currito beautiful brown stands fifteen three
splendid appearances and has number colts oi
nary mares His colts are large and handsome and all show speed
by Gift 2.2 he by Akers Idol he by
Mambrino Chief.
Cutos dam Maid am Clayton, 2.l9 by Jupiter
Abdallah.
2nd dam Lady Mason, by American
3rd dam by Hunts Commodore
Curro stands his owners stable
Should not he with toa privilege
is given. Liberal terms are always assured
MICHAEL KNILL,
L. VICTOR BAUGHMAN,
Terrace Freder
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
Invisible.

Briggs (sarcastically)-That was a
beautiful, fine horse you sold me-
Griggs- Wasn't he? As | said, not a
blemish on him.
mo All inside" = Detroit Free
Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
4 NInntrnp.

Willie ,glanclng up from his hookl-Pa,
what is Il 'mantrap!
Pa-Well, my son. the most effective
manirap know Of is an old fashioned
rocking chair in dark room.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
Good Manager.

"You seem to manage remarkably
well on your housekeeping money"
ayes. The tradespeople haven't sent
their bills In yet New York Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12

Mr.. Newlywcd How did you know
really loved you?
Mrs. Newlywed- you acted So
$50 sort of foolishly,-P Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12

"Pa. what does 'absentminded
mean?"
MY boy, that's easy. Did you ever
stop TO think
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-12
And your thoughts ran on?"


"wen. that's it."-Indianapolis News.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-14
a VERMONTER.

Consul Thomas T. Prentis, who,
with his family was killed at St.
Pierre, was formerly well known in
Montpelier. He was born in Waits
field fifty-siX years ago and at an early
age enlisted with a regiment of sharp
shooters in this State. At the out
break of the Civil war he went to the
front and was wounded. Through the
influence of Senator Edmunds he was
appointed Consul of Seychelles Islands
by President Grant. There he re-
manned from 1871 to 1880, when he
was transferred to Port Louis, Mauri-
titus, where he held office for about
fifteen years and was retired by Presi-
dent Cleveland during his second term.
After leaving Mauritius, the Consul
with his family removed to Melrose
He went back in the Consular service
under President Mckinley, through
the influence of Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, and was sent in January, 1900,
to Rouen, France, where he remained
for few months and was afterward
promoted to Batavia, Java where he
served as consul for only about two
weeks He was recalled from there
and sent to st. Pierre. Consul Prem
tbs was married some twenty eight
years ago to Miss Louisa Frye of
Mauritius at her home. They had
two sons and two daughters.