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ResponsibnIt

No duty, however hard and perilous,
should be feared one-half so much as
failure in the duty. People sometimes
shrink from responsibility, saying
they dare not accept it because it is
SO great. But in shrinking from
duty they are really encountering a
far more serious condition than that
which they eyade. 1t is a great deal
easier to do what God gives us to do,
no matter how hard it is, than to face
the responsibility of not doing it. We
have abundant assurances that we
shall receive all the strength we need
to perform any duty God allots to us;
but if we fall out of the line of obedi-
ence, and refuse to do anything which
we ought to do, we find ourselves at
once out of harmony with Gods law
and Gods providence, and cannot es-
cape the consequences of our failure.
II. r. Miller.
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LITTLE THINGS.

Myx1ife is full OF little thing:
A little care, a little task,
A little walking In the dark
No great things does the Master ask.
| long to Go some noble thing,
To show how great my love may be;
only little daily tasks
Does the dear Lord require OF me. :
A little yielding of my will,
A little while to patient wait;
Sometimes my life so little seems
! Sigh and murmur at my fate.
Yet ~once-'twas In the twilight hour
He whom l love said tenderly:
There is no task in all thy day
But may be don for love of Me.
Il see each effort hou dost make,
And trivial though thy day may be,
Each one that's spent for Christs dear
sake
Will bring thee one step nearer Me-"
A little life of faith and prayer,
And love and joy, mid daily care,
Ready to help and brave to bear
Yet these. are needed everywhere.
Elizabeth Willard Dennison. in Chris
tian Work.
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He'll is self-indulgence.-James Hin
ton.
Accuse not nature; she hath done her
part; do thou but thine.-John Milton.
Thou canst not tell how rich a dowry
sorrow gives the soul, how firm a faith,
and eagle sight of God.-Dean Afford.
1t will not improve your w crop
to sit on the fence and count the weeds
in your neighbours crop.-Chicago
Standard.
Be sure if you do your very best in
that which is laid upon you daily, you
will not be left without help when
some mightier occasion arises.-Jean
n. Grou.
The spirit of God is the bringer of
JOY, but the spirit of man is the trans
mitter of cheer for other men. Make
yourselves good conductors of the iov
of God, if you pretend to love your
friends.-I. o. r.
1t is no mans business whether he
has genius or not; work he must, what
ever he is, but quietly and steadily, and
the natural results of such work will
always be the things that God meant
him to do and will be his best.-John
Ruskin.
The only cure for Incidence is work;
the only cure for selfishness is sacri-
fee; the only cure for unbelief is to
shake off the ague of doubt by doing
Christ's bidding: the only cure for
timidity is to plunge into some dread
full duty before the chill comes on
Rutherford.
Our bodies are our w%ardens, to the
which our wills are gardeners; so that
if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce,
set hyssop, or weed up thyme, supply
it with one gender of herbs. or distract
it with many, either to have it sterile
with idleness or MANFRED with indus
try-why the power and corrigible au-
thority of this lies in our own wills
Shakespeare.
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A Discovery Worth Making.

A prisoner in one of our state pen
itentiaries writes that he 'thorough-
ly comprehends the kindness of his
unkind condition" He has learned
to trust ''the fight against inhos-
pitable surroundings TO be the
means of developing in him power to
resist the adversities which he is
likely to encounter after he is re-
leased. How fortunate would the
world be if all men could learn to
see the kindness in unkindness. Not
only would the rigor of the law then
always work out it's purposed OBJ
iect of reclamation and restoration,
as it seems to be doing in this case,
but under the infinitely iuster gov
eminent of God sinners would al
ways turn back to Him from His
b~eneficent punishments. Yea, even
Christians would forbear to mnrmur
at Affections and necessities until
they saw what quality of character
their Lord desired to strengthen in
them by His loving discipline.-Chi-
cago Interior.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-17
OMAHA HAS DOODLE SCANDAL
of Education Arrested on Charges
of Receiving Brides.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 12.-Three MEM
bers of the board of education of
South Omaha, A. V. Miller, president,
and members j. L. Kubat and Theo-
dore Shredder, have been arrested
charged with receiving brides. The
specific charges are those of receiv-
ing money from school teachers in
consideration of the latter securing
increases in salary, and also bribery
in connection with the furnishing of
typewriters for the board.
The charges are supported by II af-
fidavits placed in the hands of the
county attorney, and on which the
warrants were issued. The investiga-
ton on which the complaints were is
sued has been in progress for some
time and it is said other arrests will
follow.
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A SULTAN NEEDS SPANKING.
Gen. Sumner He Hankers for War,
and VIII Probably Get 1t.

Manila, Oct. 13.-The sultan of
Bocolod, Mindanao, has rejected the
friendly overtures of Gen. Sumner,
commander of the American forces in
Mindanao, in a defiant letter, in which
he invites war. The sultan says:
1.-The sultan of Bocolod desires war
forthwith. He wishes to maintain the
religion of Mohammed. Cease send
ing letters. What we want is war. We
do not Gesire your friendship
Friendly Moros report that the sui
tan of Bacolod is terrifying his
strongholds. He is in possession of
many rifles. 1t is said that an Amer
lean column will be sent from Camp
Vickars to capture and reduce the
Bacolod stronghold. 1t has not been
decided when the move is to be made.
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The Ease Of wrong Judrmeuts

That is a penetrating sarcasm of
George Eliot's in "Amos Barton:"
1T is so much easier to say that
a thing is black, than to discrimi-
nate the particular shade of brown.
blue or green to which it really be-
longs. 1t is so much easier to make
up your mind that your neighbor
is good for nothing, than to enter
into all the circumstances that would
oblige you to modify that opinion"
Everybody needs the suggestion that
is embodied in the above remark.
Our judgments of men are always
more or less defective. But it is the
man who prides himself on his out
spokenness, the nan who thinks it
would be cowardice to withhold an
opinion of men and things, particu-
larry if he is charged with the duty
OF public u~tterance, that needs to
learn that blue or brown or green
is not black and that in nothing is SO
much discrimination needed as in tho
diagnosis of character.-N. w. Chris-
tian Advocate.
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GAMBLING.
Most Fashionable, Most Prevalent
and Meanest of All Vices-Does
the Bible Forbid Its

Certain of our exchanges are just
now debating anew the ever recurring
questions: Does the Bible forbid gam
bling?" 1t reminds US of the story we
read when a boy-it may be going the
rounds of the press somewhere yet
about an old farmer and his wife who
sat down to read the latest news out OF
their country paper. The old gentle
man began with Fatal Accidents
Goodness "alive!" exclaimed the
listening wife, twas anybody killed?'
81 d'no," said the husband; "just wait
till | read on farther" And so he slow
ly toiled through the story told by the
rural reporter. He found that it was
an account of a runaway. The man i'll
the case ''had every bone in his body
broken" and the woman ''barely sur
vived to be carried to the nearest
house." The zone breathed only a few
short gasps" and the other never
seemed conscious of what had oc-
Cured" At last the impatient wife
broke in again and sharply demanded:
"But what | want to know is, was any
body killed." well" slowly respond
ed the reader after glancing down the
list of horrid details, swell, Maria.
hat is the one thing that it don't tell"
Does the Bible forbid gambling in so
many words? That is the one thing
that it does not do. The thing that it
Ices do is, it forbids the spirit that
leads up to it, the aims that enter into
it and the passions that result from it.
Disguise it as N may, covetousness is
the sou of gambling. Take away the
stake and you have taken away all
interest from the game" Whether it
is a sin to bet on a horse race, or a
game of cards, or the number of hits
it will take to make a hole at golf, de-
ponds simply upon the question wheth-
err the Tenth Commandment, which
forbids to covet, means what it says.
The question often occurs: What
becomes of the immense sums staked
and lost in gambling? Why does the
successful gambler die poor as well as
the unsuccessful player? Simply be-
cause no man regards the money OBJ
tanned by gambling as he looks upon
the wages of his toll. The first thing
a successful gambler thinks of is to
shave a good time Success in gam
bling begets folly in spending. The
loser loses; the winner squanders. The
whole is gone. Both die BROKE
Those not buried by the county are
usually buried by passing the hat"
Gambling is to-day the most fashion
able, the most prevalent and the mean
est of all vices. 1t has not one single
redeeming trait in it. 1t has not one
generous impulse behind it; not one
beneficent result from it. 1t honey
combs the soul with the basest of pas
sions. The confirmed gambler is al
ways a cheat; and the young man in
fatuated with it's excitement is on the
sure road to the penitentiary as a thief.
The gambler is first a fool and last a
scoundrel. Does the Bible forbid gam
bling? Well, is there anything that
the Bible does forbid? If there is, it
forbids a vice whose root is greed,
whose trunk is cruelty and whose fruit
is fraud.-Chicago Interior.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-17
Colombian Revolntionists defeated.

Colon, Colombia, Oct. 13.-Persons
who arrived here from Cartagena,
Saturday, say that the forces of the
government have defeated the revolu-
tionists at La Cienaga. There is no
further news of the situation at Santa
Marta. 1t is reported also that the
government has driven the revolutions
airy general Uribe-Uribe from the
strategic position he held nea Ten
eriffe, on the Magdalena river. Gen.
Uribe-Uribe is said to have been COM
PEELED to retreat with all his forces
toward the interior of the country,
and the Magdalena is now open.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-17
Two suicides at the Capital.

Washington, Oct. 13.-Edward T.
Krantz, aged 65 years, was found
dead, Sunday night, in the belfry of
the Trinity Methodist church. He was
hanging by a rope around his neck
that had been fastened to q round Of
a ladder.
George Huston Cooper, aged 81,
committed suicide at his home, Sum
day, by hanging himself to a closet
door. He had been suffering from
acute ~melancholia. Mr.. Cooper was a
clerk in the fifth auditors Office of
the treasury department.
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"swenting" Pronounced Illegal.

Kokomo, Ind, Oct. 12.-The Indiana
supreme court has decided hat the
process known to police departments
as sweating prisoners is illegal, and
awarded Arthur Steele, of this city,
$500 damages against Lewis w. Har-
ness, sheriff of Howard county, for
false Imprisonment.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-17
Passing Of an Aged Pioneer.

Charleston, Ill, Oct. 12.-Thomas II.
Bowling, a pioneer resident of Coles
county, died, Friday, at the age of SO
years. Mr.. Bowling was the oldest
citizen in this section. He was born
in Loudon county, Va, May 20, 1908,
and came to Illinois in 1897.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-17
A GERMAN subject Murdered.

Berlin, Oct. IA special dispatch
received here from Caracas, Venezue-
la, says Adam Russell, a German sub
ject and manager of the Venezuela
Plantation CO., has been found muir
dered and robbed on the road. The
government is making an investiga-
4ioY
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-17

Metropolis, ILL.,, Oct BIKE Bran-
non, who was tried here for the kill
ing Of viii Terrell, last spring, while
the two were working together in &
box factory, was acquitted.
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Returning to Porto Rico.

New York, Oct. 12.-Acompanied
by his wife and daughters, Wm. H.
Hunt ex-governor of Puerto Rico, sailed
for San Juan Saturday by The steam
ship Ponce, after a protracted visit.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-17

quolSeS. BESIDES, Mr. Smith has been
ridin' side-saddle fashion for some
days, and is probably some played
out. So, adios, chief! Coin down
to Gold Gulch any time soon? See
you there later, then!"
In this amer did Limping Jimmy
square himself with Chief Wet Dog.
And late that same night, unpur-
sued, and safe over the Arizona bor-
der, two hysterical cowboys undis-
guised themselves, and a very nerv-
Gus gray horse with one white leg,
which had been painted pinto, and
otherwise fixed" with an artistic,
but very unfattering ewe-neck. This
same horse later won several thou
sand dollars worth Of races, with a
close second in a fleet Indian pony
by the name of Blue-Jay.
OF this old Wet Dog never knew
for he died shortly after his adj
venture with Limping Jimmy. The
reservation agent wrote down his
death as due TO heart failure, but the
| squaws whispered otherwise. 1T
was white mans medicine" they
murmured. For had they not them
selves seen the white squaw's hair
come off her head and Fly through
the air, and had not Lily-maid's bull
lets gone through her body and
never killed? Natural causes, in
deed! They had seen and they well
knew. Of q verify, was the white
mans medicine powerful.-SaD ian.
] cisco Ar9onaut.
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RELIGIOUS TRUTHS.

Boston Congregationalist-
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Large Amount oi ohey FOnnd In .
strange Place

4 large Amount of ohey FOnnd In 9
strange Place.
For some time past bees have been
annoying the family OF James X. Cleu-
snts, OF Rochester N. Y. Every day
Or so bee would crawl out Of the
opening made for one OF the sliding
doors between the sitting room and
he parlor. I-azily poising itself, the
bee would fly about the room until its
career was cut short by slap from the
palm Of Mr.. Clements or somebody else
in the house. But another bee would
come forth to take the place OF the
slaughtered one.
II finally dawned upon MIR. Clements
that he was keeping bees in his house.
The discovery made no particular Inn
preston on him until the other day,
when one OF them stung him.
Hot water was thereupon procured
and the spo; whence the bees issued
was deluged with it, but hot water was
failure so far as concerns the exter-
mination OF the bees. SO were other
devices for circumventing insect ma
rauders in the homes Of men.
While Mr.. Clements was still hot
upon the trail OF the bees, another
member of the family came into con-
tact with one OF the small disturbers
and, after brief struggle although
the bee was destroyed, couple OF
pieces OF furniture were sacrificed and
the happiness Of the family was dis
turbed.
That night carpenters were sent for
and upon the day following there was
sound Of loud hammering and rip
ping and tearing Of wood. Mr.. Glenn
ents. from another part Of the house,
directed the attack
The worlan tore away couple OF
partitions snd then discovered that .
whole swarm Of bees had taken up its
abode there Many had perlshed, but
still there vas a large. active conting.
ent, and they resisted the intrusion
But sweet were the fruits Of victory.
Honey; bushels Of IT," shouted one
Of the carpenters tearing into the
room where Mr. Clements was sitting
Further investigation after the bees
had been driven away showed the
presence OF thirty pounds Of delicious
honey. II cost Mr. Clements sis5 r
put his house in repair. Chicago inte'
Ocean
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There will be a meeting at Hirsel
hall North Second street, Friday
April 25, D. M, for the purpose OF
organizing a regiment OF Union veter
an union. or Order Of Union Battle
men. This order is composed Of men
who served their country on the picket
line and in the battle at the front
Comrades you have a cordial invita-.
ton. Come and meet with us.
c. r. Long,
g. W. Billings.
c. z Harrington.
Lewis Scott.
Joseph Mooney.
George Latta.
Committee.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs Horace Speed and Master
Horace Speed have returned from El
Paso, Texas. where they have been
visiting for several weeks.
Ex-Governor c. NJ Barnes went to
Oklahoma City today where he makes
an address at the Republican banquet
in that ity tonight on The Party in
Oklaho a. Past. Present and Future"
Mr. cad Mrs. w. P. Eager moved
yesterday to their new residence on
East Harrison avenue. Mr.. and Mrs.
Claude Shaw are moving today into
the Eager cottage on East Oklahoma
avenue
The Rev and Mrs. w c. Miles lelt
today for St Louis where they go to
visit friends
Mrs. John Furrow is slowly recov-
ering from her long illness
Mrs F. B. Lille returned yesterday
from New Orleans where she has been
visiting her sister for several weeks.
Mr. Lille went to meet her.
President Woodson of saltwater,
and /. p. Alley of Kinghsher were in
the city yesterday
Attorney General j. c. Roberts re-
turned last night from the new coun-
try.
President Rurford and Cashier G. +.
Burford Of the Citizens bank at Null
hall. spent yesterday in the city.
Judge ]. H. Burford, Attorney Hor-
ace Speed and Deputy Marshal NJ. o.
Billings have gone to Woodward to
attend court.
]. Frank Laux will return tomorrow
from Tacoma, Wash, where he has
hen or aeyefal months. and resume
his old position with the Hagan Alb
strsct company
J. Hirsch went to Enid on a blsi
ness trip and to be present at the
Democratic convention.
Miss Mary Massey left today for
Lawton on a business trip.
Miss Jessie Paine returned today
from Hot Springs, Ark, where she
has been attending the meeting Of the
National Editorial association.
Prof. e. y. Murdaugh is here from
Woodward.
E. W. White of Kingfsher, is here
on business
Ed Gilroy and E. E. Quinn are visi-
tors in the city from Hennessey.
J. NJ. Oliver and family Of Saltwater,
are visiting in the city.
j. f. King of Newkirlx, is in the city
on business trip.
w. b. Webb. Frank Hudson and
G. N. Jefries are here from Pawnee.
j. l.. Oliver is IN the city from
Chickasha, l. T.
DR., Fowler Border is here today
from Mangum.
The Rev John A. Scott is up from
Oklahoma city
W. c. Wells is a visitor in the city
from Tishomingo.
Attorney c. G. Horner win 80 in a
few days to Baxter Springs, Kas., on
visit to relatives.
Secretary VIM. Grimes and Assist
ant Secretary Mcconnell went to Ok
lahoma City today to attend the an
niversary celebration.
d. r. Widmer is here from Layton
on a business trip.
j. c. Clark came up from Oklahoma
City.
Major f. F. Mckinley and Chas. G..
Baldwin left today for Oklahoma City
10 attend the celebration of the Okla
homa anniversary club.
Dr. G. H. Phillips, county superin-
tendent of health. was here today from
Pawnee enroute to Oklahoma City.
Chas H. Filson went down to Okla
homa City today to attend the banquet
there tonight.
Furniture damaged by fire and
water, very large stock, will new be
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Get your abstractn Of title at W. NJ
Bronson's Office. Has the oldest and
most reliable set Of abstract books in
Guthrie Twenty years experience in
compiling abstracts of titles.
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Sale Of furniture slightly damaged
by fire and water in the big fire, is now
going on at M. Collars, corner Har-
rison and Second street
The Cambridge club will meet Wed
nesday afternoon with Miss Helen
Green.
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Insure your property against fire,
lightning aud tornadoes with w. NJ,
Bronson. He has the largest and old
est agency in Guthrie. He he's al
ways paid his losses promptly.
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knauss the piano man, will furnish
one Of the finest instruments ever ex
hibited on a Guthrie stage. for III,
Leonora Jackson Concert company, or
April Path.
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1t fills the arteries with rich red
blood, makes new flesh. makes sick
people we'll That's what Rocky
Mountain Tea does. 80 cts.
Ask your Druggist.
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FGrniture damaged by fire and
water, a very large stock. viii new be
sold. NJ. Cellar, corner Harrison anG
Second street.
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All kinds of legal blanks at the
Leader office

She is a fine girl quite brilliant 1
hear. understand she has just com
pleted a course of Rocky Mountain
Tea, That accounts for her brili-
ancy.
Ask your druggist
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consistory Reunion.

Spring reunion A. and A. s. R. Val
ley Of Guthrie, Orient of Oklahoma,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
April 22, 2S and "a, 1902. If
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Nothing too good for the old veter-
ans a their friends. Free chair cars
b the Choctaw Route to the Reunion
AZ Dallas in April
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LOCAL MATTERS.

Subscriptio for all magazines and
papers receiyed at publishers prices,
1t Lilies Book Store.
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Fine bed room furniture-car load
sold at 10 per cent discount. Patter-
son Furniture Co.
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Stumpff Hdw Co., is the best place
for buggies, refrigerators, cutlery, ev-
erything in hardware and tinware.
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Have you read Franklin's ad on
early morning deliveries? Orders
must be given before Z.
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General rental and collection agency.
J. B. Green, LOG w. Harrison avenue.
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Insure your property in old line FIRE
companies Write or call at 100 W.
Harrison. Williams & Swinford.
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Confederate Veterans and Their
Friends.
Low rates to Dallas and return by
the Choctaw Route for the reunion
April 22d to 25th.
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Ali kinds of legal blanks at the
Leader office.
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