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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

The paid Washington special liar
who writes for Oklahoma consumption
is still plying his petty trade in an at
tempt TO inJure the Hon. Bin Cross,
but of no avail.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

A nervous desire TO be in the band-
wagon rather than a determination to
selectithe best Esan has characterized
the Enid convention throughout.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

The smooth deals of the Republican
ring used to defeat the will OF the
people, who sent them to Enid VIII
furnish some interesting chapters
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

There are times when the man be
hind the bars thoroughly enjoys him
self 1t was so at Enid.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

There is one thing about that old
Republican machine 1t works if prop
erly oiled.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

Ex-Governor Barnes yellow badge
haunted in the fact Of the stalwarts
here turned our to be an ostrich feath-
er at Enid.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

Reader-lou will confer a lasting
favor and receive a reward. If you
will report the name of dealers trying
to sell you substitute for the Madt-
son Medicine Co.'S Rocky MountAik
1ea
Ask your druggist.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

III brave the storms of Chilkoot Pass,
I'll cross the plains of frozen glass,
ri leave my wife and cross the sea,
Rather lhan be without Rocky
Mountain Tea
Ask your druggist
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

McNeal got up on his barrel and
reached for the tall persimmons.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

The Enid Republican convention
placed FlyAnism on the
shelf The question is; viii Flynn
stay deadY
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

Filsons ghost is a very disturbing
factor to McNesl's peace OF mind
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

N bis speech Of acceptance Bird
Mcclure noblv forgave his adversaries.
That was easy for him
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

Business booms in sprte Of politics
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-26

Ask your druggist.
The evening times., 1902-04-22
By
Judge HENRY E. ROWLAND,
Of New York.

there must be good judgment For the
finest characters are sometimes wrecked
for the simple lack Of the guiding rein.
The track may be never so finely laid and
the engine Of the nest approved pattern:
but without safe guidance the very mo-
mentum OF the train preeipitates disaster.
And SO. in the rate for the first places in
life. the principles may be Of the highest,
the character UntarnizRed, but the life
may be wrecked by lack Of judgment
a man mnst, also have stamina 20 stand
an early success and not be spoiled by it.
All men. old and young. are susceptible
to hattery. and nothing can be more fiat
tering to anyone than success: and lucky
is he who can stand up against his first
taste CT It!
But honesty and high principles must
win in the end. and Z the young man can
but hold together and not try to reach
his goal TOO speedily. his reputation for
character and trustiworthiness is bound
TO work to his advantage.
There IS so Hauch that is bypocritieal
and fraudulent in the social and political
issues created that the young man Of to
day must walk very carefully to avoid the
pitfalls that await him on every hand,
The evening times., 1902-04-22

still to sit stilI and to sit stin. When
we cease to seem inquisitive about
the birds, they become inq.4isiitiive
about us, and indulge their curiosity
quite as freely as do human beings in
similar circumstances All we have
to do is TO behave as If we were at
home with them, and they viii take
us at our own valuation.
The hunting of birds and animals
with a camera instead of shotgun
IS practice which is, happily, on the
Increase. It calls for quite as many
sportsmanlike qualities as cunning
for rabbits or partridges. and teaches
one considerably more of the habits
OF the game There is no getting into
the confidence of anything when You
are after its blood. The conditions
breed distrrist and suspicion on the
one hand, and caiIousness and lack
Of sympathy on the other. some old
hunters do know a great deal about
wild things, but that is not primarily
because they are hunters; it is be-
cause they love woodland life and I'll
that belongs TO it
The evening times., 1902-04-22
Puzzled by Decollete.

josephine Dodge Daskan1, whose stories
Of children have had such pronounced sue
cess, dislikes in real life the little people
Of her Imagination The publication OF
this tact may sbatter the ideals Of many.
who naturally judged from the exquisite
understanding Of child nature revealed ia
Miss Da6kaH's stories that the author
was aided by sympathy and love IN the
development Of her characters. There is
no explanation Tor Miss Daskam's feeling
toward children, excepting that she .'just
can't bear them'-a wemanIy season for
an unwomanly sentiment
On many occasions. unfortunately for
herself. Miss Dasxam has been made the
subject Of embarrassing remarks by pre-
coeious and thoughtless youngsters. An
example illustrating this occurred re-
Gently. While visiting a former school
mate, who is the mother of very brighs
youngster OF six years, Miss Daskam was,
one evening. invited 70 q reception 80 be
given in her honor by The member Of
local woman's organization, composed
chiefly of single wCmen. with neither de-
sire nor hope OF ever changing from
maiden to matroDhood. The town was Of
puritanical tendencies and without social
preteusions.
At 7:3o a committee from the woman
club called upon Miss Daskam to escort
her to the reception The latter had been
delayed in dressing and her hostess with
her little daughter entertained the com
mittee until the gUsst of the evening
should be ready. Finally Miss Daskam
came down stairs arrayed in a conven-
tiona1 evening gown cut rather low
The little tot wlo had never seen a
neckless dress before, opened her eyes
in amaZement- Then, in a voice that was
distinctly audible to the members of the
committee and Miss Daskan1, she said:
Mamma. is Miss Josephine dressed 10
go to the reception, or uRdressed to go
to bed 2''-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The evening times., 1902-04-22
THE TAMING OF BIRDS


A RECENT 4oeeI has fer one of
Il its most charming episodes
L \ the tanning of wild birds by
the heroine. The simple process used
was that of keeping very sfin and
scattering birdseed about in conven-
lent places, till the little feathered
visitors came to alight on the Iady's
lap and her hands ami allow her TO
fOndle them This sounds rather like
a fairy-taIe, but there is really moth
ing contrary to nature in it.
If people only knew how much
aransement they could get out of
tanning wild birds in their native
hauntS, the number of Gagged things
would be diminished. So. let US trust.
would the numEer of birds on hats,
for when one has spent many sunny
mornings tanning bIuebird, for in
stance, there is an uncomfortable
feeling as Of cannfbaIism. OF some
thing of the sort, in wearing the
wings of that kind of bird on ohe's
hat for an ornament
The main requisite for the tanning
of wild cream res IS the ability to sit
The evening times., 1902-04-22
A MATRIMONIAL QUESTION

virtually ecndone= his ofense by saying
that it IS her duty to submit to the in
fiction. is she doing him OF herself the
least bit CT good2 That is a phase Of the
matter seldom considered If her subTais-
sion arises frcsa genuine affection there IS
some hope that this. in time. may bring
the fs5n to his senses, but it is to be
toubte3 whether he can ever be reformed
o. any evil habit BY merely. conscientious
condonement Of it. There is a distinction
between the love which endures and the
duty which endures- One is Unselfsh; the
other is selfish; and that makes all the
difference; for a sense of duty may be the
outcome OF a thoroughly selfish nature.
The endurance Of iiI-treatment from
others from a sense Of duty may be ben
eft TO ones sell. but it docs not do them
one bit Of good. We have all seen con-
scientousIy unselhsh people who simply
encouraged others IN selfshness and i'll
temper. The person naturally prone TO
indulge a vicious temper comes. in such
association, to have a sort OF sub-ccn-
scioGs feeling that he has right to
MS outbreaks OF anger. that they are his
natural preTogative- 1t is undoubtedly
right to influence him through affection,
but when it comes TO ones duty toward
MIN. a conscientious frmness in standing
rp Tor ores rights is, as 4 reFo-matory
Influence, worth all the conscientious
submission IN the world.
The evening times., 1902-04-22

II HEY had a discussion at a woman's
conference in New York the other
I day ever the question Row much
ilI-treatment a woman should en-
dure from her husband teIore leaving
him. a lady who edits q religious news
paper thought she should let him beat
her as much as he would, rather than
seek relief by leaving him. She said that
she had known many no5Ie wives and
mothers whose husbands had beaten then
every Saturday night
This IS certainly an original view to
take OF the holy estate Of Iaatrimony. To
most people Il would seeIa IS If the holi-
ness was mostly gone Under such condi-
tions. Bat the point which t4e conference
lost in its discussion. perhaps because no.
body vas there who could speak from
practical experience. vas this: There Is q
kind o. love which endures through all
sorts OF iil-t-e2tmcnt. and when that love
exists it VIII and must condcne anything.
Tie real question ct issue IS whether a
woman who does not feel this SOFT OF love
for her husband should submit to his
ili-treatment from a sense Of duty Most
of the people who think she should have
never happened 10 IT, such an experiment
themselves. and it is qgite easy to dc
tate virtue 10 oihars when one has not
got 20 practice as well as preach
That it IS a sin fer m&n to beat his
wife aduisss Ct no GUestiea. Il. then. she
The evening times., 1902-04-22
The Canny Scots.

\ certain Scottish minister II West
Highland parish has never vet been
known TO permit a stranger to occupy his
pulpit Lately. however. an Edinburgh
divinity student was spending few days
in the parish. and on the Saturday he
called at the manse and asked the min
ister 10 be allowed to preach the following
day by dear young man. said the min
ister' laying hand gently on the young
mans shoulder, 'gin lat We preach the
morn. and ye gle 4 better sermon than
me- my fowk wad never again be satisfied
vi my preaching; and gin ye're nae a
better preacher than me. ye're no worth
listening taei" And another
perhaps even mere characteristic. IS told
by Dr.. John Kerr as follows; Robbie. the
beadIe Of KiIwinning. once had to dig
grave for the wife Of a weII-to-do but
niggaTdfy farmer When ali was over the
farmer assured Robbie that he was
Obliged to him for the trouble he had
taken. "Oh." said Robbie, there's nae
sense in that. ye ken. It's just four-and-
saxpence.' -Four and-saxpence! I
thought you beadies did this for nothing
''Oh. faith, no. I just ay get four-and-
saxpenee.' -Tn not give you four-auti-
saxpence. III give you half crown"
Faith. I'll no TAX it We'll. II you'll
not take half d crown you'll get nothing.
Very weel. said Robbie, digging his
spade into the grave, ''Dod. up she comes -
Robbie got his feur-and- -saxpence.-Ne
York Tribune.
The evening times., 1902-04-22
Cupid Out of Practice.

Young Cupid caught them on the beach;
The moon was iull and mellow.
Aad she was pretty as a peach
4 loyeSick youth Che fellow.
''HFo, ho," said Cupid, work to doi
s I'm sadly out OF practice
The moonlight makes it harder. too;
I'm getting oil. the fact is"
he fired an arresr It went wide,
And pierced two little fishes.
And they were married at high tide
With ali their friends best wishes.
He welded lobster TO q whale,
a scu'pin to a founder;
A bachelor bIuefsh, nose TO tail
He pieFeed-a sixty FOUNDER.
-Four times I've fred. Great suffering
Scott
He cried in CONSERVATION,
III keep on IKE this. Lord wot''
I'll marry OF creation,
Four times I've fred-I've lost my art:
Four times I've fired and missed her:
I'll try once more" He hit her heart.
And then the fellow kissed her.
The evening times., 1902-04-22
HOW NATURAL Gas HAS
BENEFITED THE HOOSIER STATE


simply checks its waste for the present
and the future.
But Indiana Is prepared to get along
without natural gas. We have great fields
Of the finest ccaI in the world and can use
coal as a fuel without making any very
pereeptible change. It is being done now
here and there all through the gas belt.
Those who see the decline Of natural gas
are taking time by the foreloek in the
way of making change.
The impetus given manufacturing in n
diana by the discovery OF natural gas viii
never be lost. We have gone forward to
a point from which we viii never Tecede.
The machinery and the plants, the build
ings and the business are located there
for good. Millions Of dollars have been
invested in lands. buildings and machin-
cry, and the increased cost OF our own
coal as fuel is nothing compared with the
cost OF moving 10 other points and start
ing anew. Besides. what could be gained
by move? Fuel is no cheaper elsewhere,
If as cheap The name and location has
been established and made known ali over
the land. venture to say that Indiana
viii not lose one plant even if her supply
OF natural gas comes absolutely to an end
Natural gas has been of untold perma-
nent benefit to Indiana. It has brought
US millions OF dollars in the form Of in
dustrial investment thousands OF new
citizens of the best class. and gave Us
prestige in business and manufacturing
which tine VIII never din
The evening times., 1902-04-22
TIE ART OF PRESERVING YOUTH
By
Il. JoHNsToEE VAUGHN.
of ~ -vsK-

Just before going 10 bed, cold plunge
or sponge bath in the morning, are both
fine for the skin and for the health Won-
en- are learning, too, in this connection
the value of wholesome food.
The old women who seek the skin spe-
cia1ist are too sensible TO aspire to re-
gain their lost youth. but desire merely
to keep their skins so firm that the lines
may not go deeper: in short. TO make the
best of what they have and 20 be good to
look at" There really are no more old
women
In my opinion, the best way 20 keep
skin young and fresh is to have new
skin every year. BY this means every
blemish and face line may be removed.
and a fresh and lovely complexion pro-
duced- This skin, if kept well fed BIZ
coed skin food and an occasional mas
sage. viii remain clear and smooth. This
work is accompanied by a harmless treat
ment. ara the work can be carried on
without visible eTidence. I feel sorry for
the women who are carrying around such
unsightly things as Treckles. moth
patches, moles, and superfuous hair. Al!
these can be easily removed.
One thing that amuses me very much
Is the apparent horror most women have
Of any kind of makeup. This prejudice
is due to the early manufacturers Of COS
metics. whose face powders we're certain
poisons- and whose rouges Eve don't call
It rouge any more. If you pIcase) were not
OILY very injurious. but we're of a hard
color. that IN no way resemblef the nat
ural flush Today We have face powders
and eolorinss that are pure, and which.
without the least injury. give that dainty
velvet finish all women long to have.
The evening times., 1902-04-22
Rulers Odd Titles.

Very curious titles are borne by. some
potentates- The Sultan of Turkey. says
AZ English statistfeian. who has been col
IsctiRs data on this subject. has seventy
one titles. and en- the parchment contain
ing them are the words. AS many mere
as may be desired can be added to this
number
among the titles are s'Af5aI Hamid. the
Eternaily Victorious" the EeernalIy
Smiling, the Eternauy Invincible.''
Distributor of Crowns to the Heroes
Seated cn the Thrones" and Shadow of
God and Earth
The Shah Of Persia has also many Pom
pous titles. among them being Luminous
Star Of the Firmament," 'sThe One star
that Gives Light to ,he Terrestrial Plan
ct, Pivot Of the Universe" and Mag
netic Centre Of the Globe"
The funniest title. however. IS borne by
the ruler OF Ava, small kingdom on. the
/ borders Of the AfghanistaD This mon
arch signs ali his DEGREES as follows:
Signed and sealed by the King Of Kings.
whom ali the world should obey. because
he preserves life in All human bcings. be-
cause he regulates thc seasons. because
he is the father Of the sun, and because
he is the king Of the twenty four umbrei-
las"
In order to convince the sBeptical that
these are no unmearing words. twenty
four umbrellas are 5-iways kept in the
kings private closet.
The evening times., 1902-04-22
LEASING OF GRAZING LANDS
IN THE LONE STAR STATE
By Representative JOHN H. STEPHENS of Texas.

Ny bill before Congress for leasing
the grazing lands OF the United States
Is substantially the same as the Texas
lease law bill / entertain hopes that
the bill viii receive favorable action
in both houses Of Congress, and be
enacted into law at this session.
I an also urging the passage of a
bin permitting cattle in transit to
market to remain OF the cars for
forty hours, instead of twenty-eiglt
hours, which is the limitation under
the existing lax. The present law
was passed before cattle were fed
and watered on the ears, when they
had t. be unloaded IN order to be
fed and yyatered-
The modern cattle cars are arrang-
ed so that the stock can be watered
and fed II transit. hence I deem II an
unnecessary hardship on the cattle
men TO compel then 10 unload stock
every TWenty-eight- hours. l think the
Limitation VIII be increased to forty
hours AT this session.
The evening times., 1902-04-22

and we all see many public men whose
conduct We admire IN certain ways, whose
actions at times are so incompTehensibIe
that 1t is Impossible TO understand them.
The case is rare where we find a man who
always acts consistently with the high
principles that We may know animate
him. But there are such rnen-u4en who
invariably and under the severest Of
temptations hold to that which is truest
in them and live the life that is nobIest
and best
But these are those who are guided by
judgment.
And 81 I think we must come to this
conclusion that, given a man with high
principles and with a steadfast purpose
10 live up to them, add to this the stamina
70 carry out his desire and judgment in
guiding bin in the proper exercise OF his
powers for good, you viii find the com
pouent qualities Of the perfect character.
OF their relative value principle must, OF
course. come first, but it must be guided
by 50 much judgment that the two might
almost be represented by the red and
black, the male and female Of the Chinese
eye Of wisdom, that, taken in its entirety.
forms the perfect circle.
The evening times., 1902-04-22
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
By
Representative JOHN ]. JENKINS,
ef Wisconsin.

4 4 Y contention is that the District of Columbia
M Is suffering from want of attention TO pub
lie affairs, The division of power over the Dis
trict between the Committees Legislation and A{-
preparation IS the prime of all the difficulty
There should be joint committee of the Sqaate
and House with full power every subject
ter in any manner affecting the District, and such
committee would find its time fully employed
There are a great many people in the District in
terete in legislation and each person feels that his
her bills are entitled to respect and of
Portance. Their inability TO present their views and
receive the consideration which they deem important
develops criticism and fil-feelfng.
There should be entire harmony OF action between
The evening times., 1902-04-22
AMERICA CAN GO IT ALONE
b state Senate. GEORGE w. .PLCSKTr.
Of New Yor,z

Politics is emphaticalIy trade; nay.
more, It is q professioai and the man who
denies that fact CT who fails to live I'd to
that ideal, will. Of necessity. be a political
failure.
This country Of ours is great; it was
built Up during years Of hazardous un-
certainty by two great parties which we
might cali the --ins" and outs. though
they are more often styled Democrats and
Republicans, and we can safely assert that
the country is safe in the hands CT either.
-'Isms" are great feature OF this coun-
try; they rise ike mushrooms. live for
year or two, and then as suddenly die.
But the politician still goes en- until he
becomes a statesman, and IL CT the t-7Ie
metal, ne is always Of great service to
the party from Thieh ne comes and to
which he owes his allegiance
Politicians are wise, and Wisdom is
justified OF all her children. There are
fewer politicians and statesmen in State
prisons and lUnatic asyIUrns today than
Representatives OF any other profession in
the country.
The most un-Amerfcan ism of TODAY
is civil service, so called
Americans do not believe in perpetual
oflcehOlding, and further. no one should
be employed By any government, either
national, State or city who does not con
tribute to the maintenance CT either PARTY
The government Of New York toCay is
an ism, and they are utterly dissatis-
fed with their own ism is response
bic 20 nobody. Un-Americaa e'isns" should
be eradicated from America
Let Us keep tee country, to preserve
which our forefathers bied and died. for
ourselves and our children. It is ours
and ours only America never has looked
10 any other country for support or even
for her ideas; she always has been the one
to 90 ahead on her own responsibility, and
1t viii be bad day for her when she in
troduces ideas utterly at variance with
the spirit Of her Constitution.
Civil service and some other inslitu-
tions are contrary 20 the spirit OF our
Constitution. and, therefore. Should be
cut out, and I hope TO live 10 see the day
when this viii be an accomplished fact.
The evening times., 1902-04-22
SPeei and ThorougI1ness.

II the minds CT sons people s2eel
and superaciality are izseparabiy as
sociatcd. They seem 70 be incapable
CT understanding tEat a person can do
a thing quickly and do It well They
may be heard sayiag. to a child, You
didn't take Ions enough to do that;
&c back and DC If over again This
idea does not rest On a substratum Of
logic
OF course. fhaye are some things
which cannot be done quickly.
Patience is. one oeshe rlcst necessary
parts Of the human equipment As the
small boy said, there are come things
which even The Almighty could not do;
he could not make tve-year-old cclt
in Eve minutes But it Z important
to recognize tae fact that business
Is not thoroughly learned until speed
is acquired. II IS not enough that the
accountant should be able to cast up
a column CT aguros If you give hin
time; he must be able to do both
swiftly and accurately. one reason
why we have SO much sI:pshod and IN
reliable work is that pupils are not
kept at a thing long enough to learn
to work both quickly and wen. Para
doxical as it may seem. in most things
speed and thoroughness are fnsep-
arabic other things being equal. the
most thorough workman is the quick
est. He does not waste motions. be-
cause he does everything right the first
time; he cannot be furried by inter
ruptions. or disconnected by a sudden
demand for haste; his brain and hand
work together with automatic GRE
cislon.
It is a good thing, in learning any
thing. TO make up ones mind 10 10 it
right the first time. and not depend on
a second fooking-over. It is compare
lively easy to form a habit Of correct
ness when habits are forming, but
very hard to acquire it if one is al
ready in the habit of going over
thing two or three times to see that
it is all right It is a good deal easier
10 avoid q mistake than to patch it
up when it has been made, if one can
possibly choose the first alternative.
The evening times., 1902-04-22
A LAY OF ANCIENT ROME

He frequently was seen
At combsts giaditorial,
And ate enough to feed
Ten boaFders az Memorial:
He often went on spFees.
And said, On starting homus,
s'Hic labor-opus est,
Oh, where's my-hic-hic-domus
Altheu' he lived in Rome
OF all the arts tha middle
He was fexeuse the phrase)
horrid indivd1;
An. what e dih'rent thing
Was the homo (dative. hominy)
OF far-away B. c.
From rs OF Ammo DomInt.
Harvard Lamp0on,