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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-23
THE CIVIL SERVICE EASIER.
Examinations Reduced TO essential
Tests for Fitness.

Washington, D, c.. Dec. 2S.-Frank
NJ Higgins, chief examiner of the civ
Il service commission, in his annual
report says that in the last fiscal year
there were il2.62l persons examined
for the classified service Of the govern.
ment aud 4O,423 appointments to all
branches Of the service. OF the ap-
pointments "a per cent were purely
clerical positions. 3 per cent profes-
slonal, technical or scientific n4,itions,
lbs per cent mechanical positions re.
quirlng no educational examination.
and per cent skilled labor positions.
not exactly mechanical in their char
acter bat requiring no educational ex-
animation Nearly so per cent passed
and SO per cent Of an examined We're
successful in securing appointments.
Mr. Higgins SAYS the commission has
reduced It's examinations TO essential
tests of fitness. and urges the consoli-
dauon of many local boards Of examin.
ers throughout the country, 10 secure
closer supervision and more effective
administration
The report states that conditions of
employment In the Philippines are i'm
proving and that salaries for technical
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-23
pIsaoIves Iron nrew InIunotIon.

Special to Daily Leader.
Lawton, Okla, Dec. 23.-Special Ref
cree Judge o. H Travers today hand
ei down decision in the iron brew
case, which attracted attention. The
Lawton bottling works had obtained
a temporary Injunction restraining the
Eagle Bottling works from using it's
iron brew" trade mark This "iron
brew" is a brand Of pop much used in
Northern Texas and Oklahoma The
Eagle company got the decision today
from Judge Travers and the injunc-
tion was dissolved.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-23
nIa Flre At sapulpa. |. 7.
.cial to Daily Leader.

Rpecial to Daily Leader.
sapulpa, !. t. Dec. 23-Part of the
business portion of sapulpa burned
Monday morning The principal loss
was the merchandise store Of p. G.
Hall & Co, which carried a $4,000
S ock Only part Of this is covered by
insurance The fire origiL d u in a
millinery store. p. c. Hall & Co were
Indian traders among the Creeks
twenty-five years ago and established
the first store in sapulpa It is one
of the largest in this district
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-23
THIs cHRIsTMAs COMING

And DO Not Forget
That the place to buy good box OF
cigars. from soc to $40 each. A nice
pipe from 1Oc to $40 each. Elegant
pocket knives from 25c to IS each Fine
set Of carving knives s. to IS set The
best razors ever made from SITS to
s. each, and anything else you may
be wanting in sportsmens goods or
smokers supplies for Christmas pres
ents, or present use, is at
oLsMlTHs. tts South Division St.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-23
- b No. b Lamton.

Lawton, Okla. Dec 23-The orgsn
lied labor forces Of Oklahoma and In
dian territory viii meet here Decem
ber 2S The purpose Of such a meet
ing Is 10 organize the different
branches Of labor 80 harmonious ac
tion may pc aad The delegates will
represent $4,000 members
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-23
$t2 e5 For Cotton.
'ial to Daily Leader.

Special TO Daily Leader.
Shawnee, Okla, Dec. Hundreds
Of bales Of cotton have been market
.ed here today and the highest price
ever paid to farmers was reached at
.Sl2.65 per hundred
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-23
A coatlv MIstake

Blunders are sometimes very ex-
pensive Occasionally life Itself is the
price OF a mistake, but youT never
be wrong II you take Dr. Kings New
Life Pills for Dyspepsia, Dizziness,
Headache, Liver or Bowel troubles.
They are gentle yet thorough. 25c. Of
F. B Lille & Co.'S drug store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-23
70 CURE A COLD in ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets All druggists refund the money
IL it fails to cure E. w. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c
TWO Killed Near Ardmore, /. 7.
Special TO Daily Leader.
Ardmore, I. T., Dec. 23.--J. H. Stott
ana Samuel Victory, farmers. quarrel
ed near mere about Stott's castle
breaking into Victory'3 field and Stot'
shot Victory with shotgun Victory
shot al stott FIVE times and three bull
let's struck him Victory lived about
four hours and Stott about FIVE hours.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-17
When Man is Envied.

When he gives his hair a neat
little sick with Il comb, and
pres,u! his couture is complete.
Wn,n the children cry and
he eau whistle d tune, get his
hat, bang the door and go out.
Wh,n the dinner is spoiled
anu tx CHATS uuCUhcrturdlN,
and al, lllc guests pity uiIu be-
Gauss, - married. tudu IuCOtn-
pe,en'. lu~sy, dlsc"mpu>ed
woman.
Whe" lie trips up the street
ahead IT ntr on d rnIuy day
with I's II"users JduntIly turu-
ed up ana IT, skirts 10 kick.
When he sW 'ngs easlly on and
off a moving car without dan
ger OF laug ilng his heels in his
petticoats. .....
. When lie slows things away
in his multitudinOus pockets
and saunders on with unencum
bered hands.
When he can wear his bes'
hat in the rain without getting
the curl out Of the feathers,
When he doesn't have t
twist his arms to hook his bod
ice up the back.
Nor drag six superfuou'
yards of dress goods behint
him, and do it gracefully, too
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-17
Nor kiss his sworn enemy and
fell him hnU Smanf ba lookc

Nor kiss his sWOrn enemy and
tell him how sweet he looks.
Nor smile. seraphicaIly all
through the play while a hair
pm Is jdbOing in his head.
Nor move heaven and earth
to look pretty while suffering
the pdngS Ut the third place.
He ca just Icok as misera BILE
an a. yellow as lie feels anu
folks On'y pay hun.
These are just d few of the
times wHeu the most cuntented
woman ia tue world wouldn't
mud DcinS Il man. -Chlcago
Jourudi
Jonn Read, ut Rock Island,
ILL.,, has been the guest of his
brother, Rev. DR.. 1. w. Read.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-17

If you want the very best
meats, home killed, at a low
price. buy at the John L. Owen
& Go. meat market.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-17

w. H, Saunders, of Lakenan,
was the guest Of his son. L. G.
Saunders, THURSDAY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-17
H UNNEWELL TELEPHONE
COMPANY

Trv our lines 70 Monroe CITY, I5c; 70 shclbiua,
hefbyvllle. clarence MAcon City, 25Os Haden
ellVllle RnrksvLlS I'd al polnts in shelby
suntieS Nc. WHEELER, MET
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-17

James Gibbons, of Hunnewell,
was a business visitor in the
city Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-17

w. w. Longmire was trans.
acting business in New London,
Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-17

But I'm drifting away from you
drifting away!
The sorrow-the pain
You may strive with in vain,
1 would bear: But L go: and l
come not again:-
I'm drifting away deac,-rm
drifting away!
You must reap Tor yourself ia
Life's Winter and May;
For I'm drifting away, dear
I'm drifting awdy
l have given you bread
And a shelter o'erhead;
Aud may God light the lonely,
long way you must tread
For I'm drifting, away, dear
I'm drifting away!
In county near Atlanta
when the stock law Was adopt.
ed two adjoining farmers fought
against each other in the cleo
tior. The stock law crowd won
and shortly after the no-law
farmers cattle got into the pro- F..
law fellows crop. They were
seized until the owner Came for
them and asked the damages.
well" said the STOCK law
farmer, Il am a law. oiding cit.
izen and as there were fourteen
head of your stock in my crop
the bill is 81"
The bill was paid, but short
ly after about twenty head of
the pro-law mans cattle got in
to the other mans field. Pro-
law went over TO recover his
cattle and took his wallet
along.
What are the damages?" he
asked.
Nothing at ALL" SAID the no
law man.
why not?"
Because I'm a neighbor and
not a Iaw-abidiug citizen!"
Mamma" said the little Z
year.old girl in a north side
flower garden, do you know
what the flowers are?'
What do you think they are
dear?"
why when God breaks up
a rainbow He throws down the
pieces and they light on the
bushes!'
Wild turkeys are going for a
song, mighty few people in this
neighborhood can sing.
There is no money in circula-
ton here. but We'll have a good
time Christmas for all that. We
I raise our own prosperity.
The Literary Society will en-
terrain it's members with a prize
J fight Christmas eve. One of the
fighters has been named Brown.
ing and the other Tennyson.
The Pc st-Dispatch does more
! kicking about the country press
useing it's editorials without
. credit, than all the metropolis
tan papers in the state. The
Post Dispatch is correct. If a
thing is worth the space, il
surely is worth the proper
credit. Give full credit boys
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-17

DR.. c. G. Hampton, the dentist.
Phone 1874.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-03
ono Kick Coming"

A railroad engineer who has been in
the service so many years that his hair
has grown iron gray and his visage as
stern as warriors While he has driven
his iron monster over the parallels OF
iron, recently experienced his first col
lision. He came out of it with badly
demolished engine and a sufficiently
smashed-up leg for any occasion.
The surgeons took him in charge and
by dint of splints, bandages, skill and
patience saved his injured limb and
got 1t on the road to recovery.
The other day he walked out for the
first time, and as he hobbled along on
crutches, the injured member looking
very unwieldy indeed friend hailed
him with: "Hello, Jim! how's that leg
of yours getting along"
The veteran has gray eyes, as clear
and penetrating as a youths, and they
twinkled with tonic effect as he said
laconically:
"Oh, l can't kick."-New York Times
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-03

woman, nodding to the breeze, which oc-
casionally brushes past her so fast that
she lazily opens her eyes, and with her
long-heeled foot gives jog to the rose
wood crib wherein lies little tiny thing
which was left here FIVE weeks ago to-
day. oh, how odd and funny it seemed
when Richard first laid on my arm lit
tie bundle of cambria and lace, and whis-
pered in my ear, Would you like to see
our babyW
Jessie was she baptized, Mrs. Ian
sings tears falling like rain on the face
of the unconscious child which she fold
ed to her bosom as tenderly as If 1t had
indeed been her own lost Jessie come
back to her again. Upon Ada the arrival
of the stranger produced novel effect,
overwhelming her with such a load of
modesty that she kept out Of Richards
way nearly two weeks, and never once
came to see me until l was sitting up In
my merino morning gown, which she had
embroidered for me herself. Ada has n
very nice sense of propriety.
There is rustling in the crih--the
baby is waking, and Mt my request Juno
brings her to me. saying as she lays her
on my lap "She's the berry pictnr of
t'other Jessie" and as her soft blue eyes
,lnclose and my hand rests on her curly
hair, which begins to look golden in the
sunlight, I. too, think the same, and
with a throbbing heart pray the Father
to save her from the early death which
came to our lost darling Jessie, the
Angel of The Pines"
(The end)
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-03
"FoRElGN" CHEESE MADE HERE.
Almost All the Best Products Are Sue
cessfully Initiated.

AImo st All the Best Products Are Sue
cessfulIy Initiated.
Simple folk who pride themselves
upon their gastronomic taste are some
times heard to speak scornfully Of
American cheeses, but perhaps in nine
cases out of ten they eat and praise
as an excellent example of the foreign
product cheese that never crossed the
Atlantic. Camembert and Brie are the
only soft cheeses that are imported in
considerable quantity, and even they
are manufactured in the United States.
1t Is confessed that the native Cam
embert and Brie are not so good
as the foreign article, but the cheese
makers of New York and New Jersey
have come at length to produce admir-
able Roquefort and good limitations, If
they may be SO called, Of many other
famous foreign cheeses. The French
cheesemakers, with the conservatism
characteristic of rural Europeans, have
neglected to adapt their products to the
American market.
The Bre cheese from abroad for
example, comes In q large disk, that
puts it beyond any but those who con-
sumo it in large quantities, whereas
the native Brie is made in small cakes
that may be purchased for family USE
The sale of Gorgonzola cheese, which
is still imported, is much less than it
would otherwise be if made in smaller
parcels.
Only two or three English cheeses are
now imported in large quantities, and
the so-called English dairy cheese is a
| native product. Meanwhile, enormous
quantities of American cheeses are ex-
| ported to Great Britain. Some English
cheesemakers have taken to putting up
| their products in jars instead of blad-
ders, in this way making them more
easily preserved.
German and Swiss cheeses are im!-
tated here, though less successfully
than some others. AS to the Italian
cheeses, they are made without any
pretense Of concealment wherever
there is considerable Italian quarter,
| though the limitations are not liked
| by the Italians themselves, and cheap
Italian cheeses are imported in great
| quantities. Parmesan is a great favor
lite with Italians, since it is cheap and
In various ways useful. Limburger is
| initiated here, as is Neufchatel.
According to local tradition, the ear
Hest maker of foreign" cream cheese
in this region, was Frenchman, whose
first customers We're few fashionable
restaurateurs. He produced in small
quantities almost perfect limitations of
French cheeses, and delivered them to
his customers himself The manufac'
turer of these cheeses has now so ex'
tended that many grocers make no eff
fort to keep a stock of foreign cheeses
AS yet, however, the conservatism OF
the commercial world seems to make II
necessary to stick to old names and
foreign labels.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-03

surprised that he has lived as long as
he has. Arthur's head has not grown
any for the past year, but it is now
large enough to cause the boy a great
deal of Inconvenience and may result
In his sudden death almost any day.
The head measures thirty-two inches
In circumference and is said to be the
largest Uranium on human being In
the world. Local physicians say the
enlargement Is due to water. The
head is so large that the spinal column
has been affected, and young Jennings
ID compelled to use cane when he
walks to keep from losing his balance.
His body is far below normal size.
Jennings has already received $1,000
on the deal. The remaining $1,000 will
be paid to his heirs after his death.
Young Jennings laughingly refers to
the sale of his head and thinks he has
perpetrated a good joke on the col
lege. II feel all right and do not be
leve l am going TO die very soon," he
saVS
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-03
An Unfortunate Investment.

The story of the man who paid the
minister his marriage fee in yearly
dividends, according to the value Of
the matrimonial goods, Is matched by
one which the Philadelphia Telegraph
relates.
A Southern clergyman had married
a pair of negroes. After the ceremony
the groom asked, How much yo'
change TO- disY"
"Well," said the minister, 81 usu-
ally leave that to the groom. Some
times / am paid five dollars, some
times ten, sometimes less"
Oats lot OBJ money, pahson. Tell
you what Oh'll do. Ah'll glib yo' two
dollahs, an den eff l fin l amt got
cheated, I'll glib yo' mo- in a mont"
A month later the groom returned.
"Ah's yere, lax All promised, pah-
SON"
yes" said the minister. expectant
| ly. ..H
"Ah toll yo' dat eff it was all right,
Aid glib yo' mo- money didn't Ah%
You did"
well, pahson, as dis yere am a
sort of speculation, All reckon yo' owe
me about a dollah an eighty-five
cents, an All come ter git It."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-03
AMERICAS MANSIONS.

Type of Buildings the Great Wealth
of the Country Has Produced.
Readers will recall how many pages
Of the Architectural Record have been
devoted in recent years to the repre-
sentation of costly city houses and
country places erected not only by the
Vanderbilt family, but by the Goulds,
the Astors, Messrs. Poor Whitney,
Wetmore, Huntington, Benedict,
Bourne, Foster and others-a register
of the great opportunities that have
been provided for the American archi-
tect by the astonishing increase Of
wealth in this country, and an indica-
ton also for the world at large of the,
new and interesting development OF
American social life, which as ye,. has
attained to barely more than its be-
ginning. Nothing comparable to it ex-
lists elsewhere in the world, writes II.
w. Desmond in Architectural Record.
The buildings it has produced (and in
the future will demanD are very decid-
edly dllferenced from the English coun
try house, their nearest contemporary
analogue. They differ even more from
The American homes that arose after
the war and when prosperity returned
TO the country. Neither are they at all
kindred to those old colonial houses
which added the chief charm to our
early social life, the remaining exam
pies Of which still retain an ind2Struc-
tible atmosphere of delight. The squire
of the old days, or, rather. his Amerl-
can counterpart in the Southern plant
er and the New England trader has
been replaced by the merchant prince,
and the homes the latter is now Great
ing, especially along the eastern lit
tora', may best be lkened to those
| which the merchant princes of Medi-
| elan days erected i'll a manner and
with a purpose not entirely dissimilar
to the manner and purpose OF their I'M
| dreamt-of American Successors. These
buildings are the registers. and, let US
hope, enduring chronicles of our very
latest days, of our rapidly accumulat-
| ing wealth, of the prodigious rewards
| OF high finance, and the extra ordinary
degree of luxury that has become COM
patibe with American life.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-03
! Meadow Brook /
NARY J. HOLMES w.


should be angry in his way, and | have
; learned to be a very little afraid of him
since that morning when on board the
steamer "Delphine" we sat and talked
| together of the past, go
! Wonderingly i listened while he told
me how long he had loved me; how it had
filed his heart with bitter grief when
he saw me about to marry another; how
his sister had deceived him or he should
have spoken to me then; and how, in Il
moment of temptation, when he stood
over my pillow he had asked that
might die, for he would far rather hat
death should be his rival than II fellow
man. Then as lie thought how near |
had been TO the dark valley he shuddcr-
ingly drew me closer to his side and told
me how he had wondered at DR.. Clay
toms leaving me so abruptly, and how
sometimes, when ray Of hope was be-
ginning to dawn upon him. it had been
chilled by my manner, which he now un-
derstood
You cannot conceive" said he in con-
clusion, what my feelings were yester
morn when / babe you adieu, nor yet
can you comprehend the overwhelming
delight | experienced when | read that
letter and felt that you would at last be
mine"
When he had ceased to speak, ] took
up the story and told him of all my own
feelings, and that nothing would ever
have induced me to think for a moment
of becoming DIR. Clayton's wife but the
belief that he was engaged to Ada, a
story which | told him his sister affirm
ed when 1 went to her for counsel.
And so Angelina played double
part" said he, signing deeply. 81 never
thought she could be guilty of so much
deception though l have always known
she was averse to my marrying any one"
OF Ada he said that never for
moment had he been engaged to her.
She is to me like a sister, said he,
"ahd though l know she has many faults,
| am greatly attached to her, for we have
lived together many years. She was com
mitted to my care by her father, and
shall always be faithful to my trust. And
If, dear Rosa. in the future. circum-
stances should render it necessary for
her to live with us, shall you object?
She cannot harm you now" s'I'
He had talked to me much of his love,
but not a word before had he said of
my sharing his home at Magnolia Grove,
so rather coquettishly answered. you
talk of my living with you as settled
matter, and still you have not asked me
if l would"
a shadow for a moment darkened his
face, and then with a very quizzical ex-
preston he made me formal offer of
himself and fortune, asking me pointedly
| if | would accept it, d-and-well, of
course / did what my readers knew
would do when | first told them of the
dark man at the theater-I said yes"
and promised to return with him to Mag
nolia Grove as soon as my health would
permit, which he was positive would be
in very few weeks, for he should be my
daily physician, and ''love," he said,
would work MIRACLES
| Thus, you see, we were engaged
Richard and |.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-03
The old-Fashioned Woman.

Oh, well l remember the home of my
childhood.
The hill that l climbed in the sunlight
and dew:
The rabbits that hid at it's base in the
wildwood,
The hunters that often would trouble
them, too.
But better than these was the ivy-grown
dwelling
Oh, why did l ever away from it
roam?
Where lived the dear woman whose story
Pm telling,
That old-fashioned woman who made
it a home.
That love-fashioned woman,
That sweet-fashioned woman,
That old-fashoned woman who lived In
the home.
Oh, where has she gone with her aprons
and knitting,
Her calico gown and her sunbonnet
dear?
She never was one that was given to
fitting,
Her home was her temple, her empire,
her sphere.
She cared not for riches, nor travel
nor pleasure;
The wealth that she craved was be-
meath her own dome,
Her husband, her children, her friends
were her treasure,
That old-fashioned woman who lived in
the home.
That dear-fashioned woman,
That soul-fashioned woman,
That old-fashioned woman that lived in
the home.
The ivy-grown walls of that homestead
are falling,
The brambles have choked out the
blossoms-the weeds
| Grow wild and unsightly-the night
hawks are calling
When day into darkness and silence
recedes.
| Oh, never again shall l haste there to
gather
The flowers that grew in the sweet
scented loan
| When my heart and my steps were az
light as a feather
To greet that loved woman who made
it home.
That old fashioned woman,
That home-fashioned woman,
| That God-fashioned woman that lived in
the home
| Chicago Record Herald.