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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-07
Furniture Sale

At 10 norlh Second street, TO close out
s'ork Unusual chance 70 make money
Stdeb 1ards. oak fi2 10
Side boards,sweil front worth 9S0 - 10 %
window shades OPAQUE tt-.4 -.- 22Mc
window shades, OIL. "a, iringed
worth 7fC - "a
American mirrors, isX30 oak frame 90
French p" SIT frame 5 90
Peerless sewing machines with 400 ~ ~
Chairs double Cane aud 1913 As
Chairs cane seat OAK braccd 50
Go-carts, adjustable with pafasol 70
G0-Carts. adjustable Fuhbcr tired 90
Baby carriages, with parasol O0
Baby Carriages,r ubber tired So
Stools. 2S-in 81. % in Is
apiece wash set, White China so
Roll top desks8ld7 10 and 10
Secretaries beauties 8i5 ana rs bO
Centre tables, qr sawed oak worth % 20
Chihoniefs ~ fs ana ....-- 90
Deck and snclvinF for sale We want 10
seie cry article In our stock this week ana
our loss is your gain " LEVY.
North OF Capitol National Bank
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-07

The Webb Tailoring Co, popular
prices; suirs $3.50 to $4,000; ali wool
scotches, latest novelties, SIS. SIS and
$40, and big line 10 select from.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-07

wanted-Every man in Guthrie to
quit talking politics long enough 10
buy his fall suit We have got what
you want. Come and see. Webb Tall
oring Co. t
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-07

Oysters, lunch and short order at
the Merchants Cafe. Open all night
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-07

h're territorial school land board
holding a regular meeting this after
noon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-07

Upright piano. cheap. viii take COW
in part payment Address X, care
Leader
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-07

The territorial pharmacy board will
meet here tomorrow.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-07
Kansas City Produce.

Butter, creamery, 2O@21; dairy, 1s.
Eggs, 171z.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-07
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
Of the American Loan and Trust Compa ny Close
of Business. Aug. 2.

Opened business May 10th 1902 Report of the condition
the Loan and Trust Company, of Guthrie, Okla
homa. az the close Of bnslness. August 2nd. 1902
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-07
Your Hat

OF course you're going to get a new hat this
fall What do You wear-a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12

Once there was land where they
said, Go to. Let us teach the people
TO love history" So there was an cpl.
demic of the historical novel. 1t per.
vadcd the book stores, and the maya
zines. and the news stands, and the
daily papers. Then 1t invaded juvenile
literature and ousted the fairy tale. In
the course of Il few years the people of
that land knew more history than they
had ever known before in all their days.
and much of 1t was wrong. They began
to balk.
"rhls is enough they said. 1--WE do
not want any more"
But the writers kept OH writing, and
each tale was more wild and impossi.
bic than the last.
Finally matters reached a poiut where
the women took frantically to reading
recipe books, and the men to studying
ledgers, and the children to begging for
the multiplication table. The atmos.
phere became so practical that the
moon was almost afraid to come out
and shine for fear of being snubbed.
And more work was done than ever be-
fore in the history of the country.
Moral: There is no instruction like
giving people what they want.-Wash.
ington Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12
How He Broke 1t.

From the London Telegraph comes an
amusing anecdote of Joseph Chamber.
lain, the English parliamentary leader
Some visitors had passed through Mr.
Chamberlain's orchid house at High.
bury one morning, and very valuable
plant was discovered broken.
Mr.. Chamberlain, it is said, almost
lost his temper, and declared that sight.
seers should no longer be welcomed
Theen he Intercepted the gardener in
charge of the houses. The man appear.
ed confused. but protested that he
didn't do the damage.
81 was very sorry when saw it done,
SIR"
You saw it done? Then, of course,
the visitors did do It,"
NO, sir, the visitors didn't, either"
said the man.
"Speak out, mani" cried Mr.. Cham.
berlain. 81 am resolvede to discover
the culpritH'
You did it yourself, please, sir; for
saw you. You were walking up and
down and rehearsing something. I
heard Lord salisbury's name, sir, an
Mr. Gladstone's, an then you struck
out with your right arm. sudden like.
and down went the orchid!
The master smiled, and sightseers
were not forbidden the orchid houses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12
certain way, we grow to be that way
in Observation-Disclosures Journal.
When a Man FANS Down.

Slippery sidewalks tend to bring out
emphatically one of the peculiar sides
of human nature. No matter how much
the fall Injuries q man physically, 1t
seems as nothing to the damage to his
self-esteem II perchance his misfortune
happens to be witnessed by some one
else. The first thing the unfortunate
does after picking himself up is to look
all about him with an idiotic smile on
his face, just as II he took the whole
thing as joke. but anxious to see IL
any one has seen his tumble.
If there happens to be some one near
by who has witnessed the fall the smile
vanishes. and there is display of tenn
per that is ludicrous. 1t Is his hat that
suffers. 1t is pounded instead of brush
ed, as II that hat was responsible for
the humiliation, or as IL he could get
square with the hat by ''roughhouse"
sort of brushing. II, however, no one is
in sight, and no face Is seen at a win.
dow, the unfortunate goes his way at
ter few preliminary limps, as il the
thing was matter-of-course incident,
that must be taken od-naturedly in
common with the other trifing affairs
Of lifetime. The result Is about the
same when n soft. slushy SNOWFALL,
hurled by small boy, finds Its mark
on the broad back of an otherwise dig
nified Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12
VENICE IN FLOOD.


Occasion of Mcrry-Making to the
Light-Hearted Popu1ace.
What fog is to London flood is to
Venice. 1t interrupts routine and dis
organizes everything. The comparison
ends there and does not extend to vital
statistics. The fog is noisome; the
flood Is an occasion for merrymaking
a Venice correspondent sends us lit
tie impression" of recent flood ex-
perienced there. When the bland wind
to which Venice owes her mild winter
is persistent the tides are so affected
as to arrest the flow of water from the
narrow canals to the lagoons. The
wind brings rain, which, being continu-
Gus, assists to raise the water level.
In the recent food the halls of houses
and entrance steps Of palaces on the
Grand canal were submerged; the
piazza was inundated and lay like a
mirror under st. Marks, whose alabas.
ter and porphyry and golden, blue, and
red mosaics shone rs If freshly washed.
The atrium was under the flood. which
washed the stored sarcopbagi Of the
carly doges. The black gonodolas float
ing on IL level with the lower ranges
of pointed windows We're making har
vest. Porters and street boys were
turning nimble coppcrs by placing
planks for foot passengers, and great
deal OF amusement was got out Of their
behavior by the legion Of loungers who
were flooded out of work. Everybody
was out of doors enjoying the fun. 1t
was not long before the piazza was n
scene of animation, with its improviscd
plank bridges and quick-fitting boats.
10 add TO the scenic effect, it was con-
firmation day at st. Marks.
1t was pretty sight to watch the
little maids in long, white wells and in
white, pink, or blue dresses, each with
n lighted taper, walking two and two
over the tottering bridges. But the
water carnival went rs soon as 1t came.
Little whirls and eddies, noticed by old
boatmen, betokencd that the flood wai
falling, and in few hours the sun was
shining, and the Venetians were Cos.
siping on the dried stones of the square.
London Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12

this, two of the passengers In the held
up stages knew something of Black
Bart when he held central California
In terror 20 years ago, and. from his
speech and figure, are sure that their
robber is the noted bandit. Moreover,
no one seems to know what has be-
come of him since his release from
San Quentin prison, where he had been
sentenced for eight years.
The trial Of Black Bart for highway
robbery in Visalia. Cal, In May, 1884,
revealed mass of information about
this unusual bandit. For II years high
way robberles by Black Bart had taken
place at intervals and in least expect
ed localities. all the way from Port
land. Ore, to Yuma, Ariz.
His arrest came about In this way.
In March. 1884, the stage coach that
travelled the rough road over the desc.
late hills and through the lonely
gulches from n gold mining camp in
the Sierras to Marysville, Cal, was
held up by n masked. lone highway
man, whom the driver and all the pas.
sengers recognized by his manners and
speech rs none other than Black Bart.
The veteran highwayman had reduced
his mode of robbery to n science, and
when he had quickly harvested n crop
of gold watches, purses and bits of
jewelry, he shouted to the driver to
go ahead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12
THE HAWKEYE STATE
NEWS OF THE WEEK coNc,sELv
CONDENSED.
Mystery in Girl. Death at Burlington
-Blairstown Livery Destroyed by
Fire-Davenport's Special Election
Life Saved by Button.

Miss Frances Dozah. whose home is in
Quincy, ILL.,, but who had been employed
MS clerk in Burlington department
store for year, was found dead in bed
in room at the Western Hotel In the
latter city. Deep mystery hangs over the
cause of her death. A man with 4 dark
mustache is being looked for by the POI
lice as the one person who may be able
to clear up the mystery. This young man,
whose name is unknown, went to the
hotel and engaged two adjoining rooms,
saying his sister would arrive on the
evening train. He paid the bill in ad-
vance. No one saw the couple enter the
hotel In the evening, but the night clerk
heard them go upstairs to the rooms.
About 10 o'clock the following morning
the man left the hotel by side door and
disappeared down an alley, evidently in
great hurry. Shortly afterward a
chambermaid found the young woman ~.
ing in bed, apparently asleep. The SER
want left her, but at / o'clock she went
to the room again and shook the occu-
pant, finding then that Miss Dozah was
dead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12
Salaries of officials.

Propositions to raise Washington sal
aries will generally be regarded with
suspicion. The explanation that the
officials are sacrificing large private In
terests to accept low salary from the
government has been stretched to the
limit. The fact is that comparatively
few men can earn $4,000 year in the
law or in any other profession. Al
most any town could entertain com,
fortably n convention of those earn
ing more than this amount. With a
few conspicuous exceptions the office.
holders in Washington are paid liberal
ly. The country sees no occasion for
the flood of bills to increase salaries
Kansas City Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12

Thousands of us have our moments
of imagining that we are independent
characters. We pride ourselves on our
independence and many Of us are new
err so foolish as when we are trying
to prove how Independent we are. Ey.
cry man, to begin with, is born Deepen
dent on and absolutely at the mercy of
his ancestry. You have not thing
in you. and you never will have thing
in you, that you did not inherit from
some one of the thousands and thou
sands of ancestors. all of whom are
diniIy stored away in your complex
makeup. You may develop marvel
ously the faculties which they gave
you. But you are dependent on those
who brought you into the world. The
Kaffir. well-meaning, sober, industri-
Gus. honest, with all the virtues rolled
up within him, has not fragment Of
one chance in ten thousand billions of
ever equaling the achievements even
of tenth-rate white nan whose an
cestral start was better. After birth
you start with dependence on your an
cestors, and after youth you are de-
pendent on your education. Facts are
your tools and you can't work without
them. If your mind has the right for
nation and your brain is well pro-
vided with the deep convolutions. and
good luck has supplied you with good
education in youth, the whole thing Is
dependent on your health-on your
liver. your stomach or some other part
of your internal machinery. Very often
your success is dependent on your tenn
per and tact. These depend Oh your
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12
This is the Dinerence.

"Yes, that is where he made mis-
take" said Mclean. referring to the
latest act of stupidity on the part OF
McFarlane.
II don't call such an action as that a
mistake" cried old Cormack, dictate.
rally; II call 1t a blunder."
well. It's all the same thing" re,
turned Mclean.
mo. you're wrong there" was Cor.
mack's reply; there's good deal OF
difference between blunder and a
mistake"
81 should like to know what it u.s."
answered Mclean skeptically.
well. suppose you went to call on
some friend, put an old umbrella into
the stand and took away n new one
when you left, that would be a mis-.
take; but suppose you put down a new
one and brought away an old one. that
would be a blunder. dye see?"
Mclean admitted that there was q
difference after all.-Buffalo Enquirer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12

The United States government should
certainly not be ashamed to make open
announcement of Its Philippine policy.
A reluctance to do this in itself
amounts to n confession of belief in
the wrongfulness of the policy. If,
knowing that we are determined to
deal with the people of the Philippines
on basis Of utter disregard of their
rights, we yet delude them with vague
and misleading promises of ultimate
national independence we shall be
guilty Of peculiarly contemplate sort
Of cowardice-the cowardice Of the
strong robbing the weak in the guise of
benefactor.-St. Louis Republic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12

Speaker Henderson was indiscree,
enough to inform constituency by let
ter that: You have accepted the lies
sent out by the press which Is being
manipulated In the interests Of free
trade with Cuba" The Speaker is In
a bad way with a bad cause when he
is obliged to accuse the press Of the
country of lying in order to bolster w
his position. Such charges are invari
ably the last resort of n cheap poll
tician. We have never known an in
telligent, well-balanced man to make
them.-Detroit Free Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12
The Only Course Left.

The idea of forbidding any amend
cept those emanating from the ways
snd means committee was so remarka-
BILE and SO lacking in legality through
depriving the House of Representa-
tives of any voice In the matter that
the contemptuous action of the opposl-
ton in making the passage of the bill
unanimous was the only course left
open. The bill will now go to the Sen
ate. where 1t will receive full and free
discussion. Thus we have the anoma-
lous spectacle of one house being pro-
hibited from legislation while the 9TH
err revels in unrestricted license Pitts
burg Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12
Them man who has an income of $4,000

The man who has an income of $1O, 900
year, and spends every cent of it on
his wife and family and friends, is a
good fellow, and is blessed by every
body, even after he has died and left
not cent to keep his children in school.
40 save his wife from going to work
for their bread and butter, or to nav
his bills scattered around the town.
He dies royal good fellow, with the
reputation of living only for his family.
The man who takes 81, 900 a year off his
wlfe's back in clothes and $1,000 year
off his own back and off his drinks and
cigars and puts it into insurance for
them against the time when he is dead
and another $1,000 year out of other
things that make n man generous and
lovable, and puts that into bond every
twelvemonth for them, and then dies
and leaves them where his children
can stay in school and his wife 20 ON
living in comfort-well, lie is a cur
mudgeon with mind not above sordid
things. Every time!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12


The House has passed without n dis
senting vote the joint resolution pro-
posing constitutional amendment to
provide for the election of United
States Senators by the direct vote Of
the people. While it is improbable
that the Senate will follow the Houses
action, Senators who oppose such an
amendment to the constitution cannot
fail to appreciate the fact that they
are setting up their Individual wishes
against the almost unanimous senti-
ment of the people in favor Of a change
In the method of choosing Senators.
The election of Senators by a direct
vote may be delayed, but 1t is steadily
gaining ground and will carry sooner
or later.-Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12

The Kansas Supreme Court has rem.
dercd a decision to the effect that
where a man owns home, and his
wife dies and his children marry and
establish homes of their own, his home
ceases to be homestead and can be
seized for the payment of debts. The
same decision applies to bachelors, and
the Kansas court seems to be working
along the line that widowers and bach
elors must pay their debts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12

1t is scarccl,ss sedible that there
should exist e ground for the
remarks made ny members of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor touching an
age limit beyond which mechanics and
laborcrs find difficulty in securing en-
ployment. The limit mentioned-35 and
45-is so low, so far from what is gen.
orally considered old age. SO clearly in
the very prime of life, that one cannot
help expressing the hope that the COM
plainants are mistaken. Yet there must
be some basis for the criticism, some
reason for the action taken by the Fed
Grafton in resolving to Investigate the
matter and ito see IL some action can.
not be taken to correct the evil" The
temper Of the labor element on this
point must be judged from the ironical
remark made by one of the speakers at
a recent meeting of the Fcderation-"A
man should be dragged out and shot
when he has reached the age of As
years. He is dead timber in
the pathway of progress under modern
industrial conditions" Following this
1t was stated that some of the railroads
and large manufacturing establish
ments now refuse to hire man over 35
years old, and that mechanics are dis
charged at the age of 45 years by these
concerns because they are too old
Without more evidence than this, few
arc prepared TO accept 1t as fact. We
can understand how railway companies
that have adopted the merit system in
making promotions in their service
should place comparatively low limit
on the age at which they will take new
employees; but that any man should be
considered unfit for work simply be.
cause he has reached the age of As is
incredible. 1t has been pretty clearly
established that the really useful and
productive years of the average mans
life are the decades between 30 and CO.
Even beyond 60 man Is at his best
particularly where n combination Of
skill and experience is requisite. In
fact, the general tendency is to advance
the age limit, and for this reason we
shall await with interest the further in.
vestigation of the Federation of Labor
into this most important question. 1t
would be n matter for profound regret
should it develop that our modern in.
dustrial system finds man too old to
enter 1t at the vigorous age of 80, and
useless to it in the height of his prime
at 40, or even Mt the steadied and ex-
perienced age Of 60.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12

Germany and the United States are
down" with the same complaint. Both
have trust-breeding tariffs and both
have producers who will sell dear at
home and cheap abroad. The British
consumer buys German iron or German
sugar on much better terms than the
German consumer does. The German
consumer very naturally is becoming
indignant. He does not see why he
should be robbed in order to benefit
either the producers at home or the
consumers of the Dingley sort. lie
wants indirect robbery taxation stop
ped. This is n point to which the
American people are coming.-Terre
Haute Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12
What the Trusts Have Learned.

The trust is in Its infancy, but the
managers of trusts have already learn
ed that the very life of all such or
CARNATIONS depends upon their good
behavior. A concern that deals with
the general public must be us shrewd
and as polite as any man seeking Of
flee. 1t must make Its goods popular
if 1t would sell them, and in order to
make them popular the goods must be
both good and clTeap-the best article
for the money to be had. There is the
key to the trust problem.-Richmond
Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-03-12
No Thought of Pledged Faith.

One set of Republican leaders cry
out: Don't reduce the duties on Gu
ban sugar and tobacco lest you open
the perilous tariff question: Another
set of leaders vehemently declare: I'VE
must do the right thing in Cuba or
we shall run the risk of certain
break in the tariff wall" Both of the
contending factions are intent upon
saving the sacred tariff, and while they
bicker time flies and nothing is done
one way or the other. In the mean
time the pledged faith of the govern
ment stands unredeemed and its plain
duty Observation-Disclosures Record.