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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-21
ro nlnl.e Am nnnpr.

Old Peterby Is rich and stingy. In
the event OF his death his nephew is TO
inherit his property. A friend OF the
family said 10 the old gentleman:
Il hear your nephew is going to mar
ry On that occasion you ought to do
something 10 make him happy"
II Will" said Mr.. Peterby; 'Pll pre-
tend that am dangerously ill"-Lon-
don Telegraph.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-21

A laborer employed at ono Of the
local railroad camps attempted TO
force an entrance to a west side nome
a few nights ago, during the absence
o fthe husband The wife placed 2
revolver against the door and fired.
with the result that the next morn
ing the laborer's arm was carried In
a bandage II is said the intruder was
intoxicated
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-21
EXCURSION aATEs.
via.

Cheap round trip tickets on sale.
daily, TO points in New York. virginih
West Virginia, Illinois, Iowa, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Tickets are limited 10 October sist.
1903.
Besides these rates, we have special
excursions TO different places at dif-
ferent times-can not advertise them
all
II you contemplate a trip be sure
and see the Frisco agent. or address
3. ?. DUNN,
Division Pass Agent.
Wichita. KAN
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-21
LOCATING JOHN.
The rate Of Tiaer Hunter and His
steturu Hos.@


A story Is told of young man
named John r.. who. being in poor
health, went to India His family had
instructed him not to spare expense.
but to cable three times week how
he was and what he was doing. The
first cable message rams
I'm well Have native guide rnja.
II Mt tigers tomorrow
rhe next communication did not ar
rive till two weeks later. II was this;
John dead Killed. Tiger what do7
INA.
Back went the fearful message;
Send on body.
A month later there was delivered TO
the keeper of the receiving vault Of NJ.
cemetery a box or coffin so large and
heavy that it might have been fSe
home of a second Cardiff Giant. Sus-
picion having been aroused a permit
was secured and the sealed coffiu
opened. 70 tha eoAsternation of those
present there lay the body of a magnif.
icent Bengal tiger resting on white
satin. The following message was soon
racing across the Atlantic:
!. Some mistake. Some mistake. You
send a tiger Where is John?
The following information was soon
received.
No mlstexs. No mistake. John inside
tiger.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-21

vith those who give lltte thought
10 its advantages
Chief among these, OF course. IL the
absolute security Afforded by the mod.
crn bani-and
THE GUTHRIE NATIONAL BANK.
is modern In every respect
In our fre and burglar proof vaults
money and valuables are perfectly
safe.
And BY our aystem of cheques and
correspondents payments can b made
a distance as easily ~ they can be
hsre
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-21

Mrs Marryat- Mamma Is talking OF
closing her house and coming 70 live
with us DO you think you could sup
port both OF usf
Mr.. Marryat-My dear, / can support
you very nicely now, but I'm afraid
your mother would be insupportable.-
Catholic Standard and Times.
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SIN mnre rrcin.ir..

Mrs Woodby-There's nothing ike a
college education 10 open the way TO
exclusive society Since my son start.
ed 10 20 20 the university hes got into
the -Four Hundred.
Mrs. McGinty-hy sons doing even
better at college. He's on the nine
Philadelphia Press
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-21

You Know What You Are Taking
When you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic becouse the formula is plainly
printed OF every bottle showing that
It is simply Iron ard Quinine in a
tasteless form. No Cure, No Pay. soc
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-21

A schooiboy. being asked by hN
teacher how he should dog him. ~
piled;
III you please. sir. | should like 4
upon the Italian system OF penman.
ship-the upward stroke heavy and the
down one light"
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D p UuHH,
Div. Pass. Agent,

Here is q little gem clipped fruza \
gynall boys essay on parents: Parents
are things which boys have to look aft
er them. Most girls also have parents
Parents consist OF pas and mas Pas
talk good deal about what they ars
going TO 10, but mostly it's the mGs
that make you mind"
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No rrouhls In Arruinr.

Nine out OF ten persons with whom
you argue say. But you don't under
standw That's what you think about
them-they don't understand
SOD Globe.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-21

The way 70 loss q friend l. 70 havs
hiu sst rieh Whiss yea stay poar.
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Try bottle OF MayhoweI. Missourfs
Best bottled beer, is absolutely pure,
has delightful flavor For sale a.
William Barringer's
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Denver. Enid and euIf.
o., E. & G. RATES AND DISTANCES

List Of stations on this new line, and
rates and distances from Enid, TO-
getber with through rates from i'm
portant teemini:
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Markets
Produce Marke,

Our best 6neep are sollle af Ir0I0
1915 TO 81 90. we have sold three car
lords Wednesday for 81 90 per hundred
pounds as shown below II we should
have a heavy run, we would not be
surprised 70 see them drop IS cents
per huadred at any time
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-21

Fred Van Duyn Of Guthrie, was in
the city over night enroute to Geuda
Springs for a few days visit.--Arkan-
sas City Traveller.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
MOVES TO ANNEX CANADA.
Resolution introduced In Congress b
Representative De Arm0nd.


Resolution introduced In Congress by
Representative De Armond.
Washington, D. c.. Representative
De Almond, of Missouri. introduced a
concurrent resolution providing IS fol-
lows:
"That the President be and is hereby
requested to learn and advise the Con-
gress upon what terms, If any, honor
able to both nations and satisfactory
to the inhabitants Of the territory pri-
marily affected, Great Britain would
consent to cede to the United States
all OF any part Of the. territory lying
north of and adjoining the United
States, to be formed in due time into
one or more States and admitted into
the Union upon an equality with the
other States, the inhabitants there
of in the meantime to enjoy all the
privileges and immunities guaranteed
by the Federal Constitution"
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06

On the Verge of Bright's Dfsease.-
A Quick Cure That LAsteds
CASE NO. 30.611.-C.s 3. Boies; dealer
In grain and feed, sos South Water
street. Akron, O., made the following
statement in 1896; he said: ever
since the Civil War l have had attacks
Of kidney and bladder trouble. decid-
eddy. WORSE during the last two or three
years. Although ! consulted physi-
clans, some OF whom told mt / was
rerging on Bright's disease, and I was
continually using standard remedies.
the excruciating aching just across the
kidneys, which radiated to the shout
der blades, still existed. AS might be
expected when my kidneys were in a
disturbed condition, there was a dis
tressing and inconvenient difficulty
with the action of the kidney secre-
tions. A box of Doan's Kidney Pills,
procured at Lamparter & Co.'s drug
store, brought such a decided change
within a week that / continued the
treatment. The last attack, and 1t was
particularly aggravated, disappeared"
Three Years After.
Mr.. Boies says in 1899: "In the
spring of 1896 I made a public state
ment of my experience with Doan's
Kidney Pills. This remedy cured me
of a terrible aching in the kidneys. in
the small Of my back, in the muscles
OF the shoulder blades, and in the
limbs. During the years that have
gone by / can conscientiously say there
have been no occurrences Of my old
trouble. My confidence in Doan's Kid
ney Pills is stronger than ever, not
only from my personal experience,
but from the experience Of many 9th
ers in Akron which have come to my
notice"
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Boies
will be mailed on application to any
part Of the United States. Address
Foster-Ailburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price so cents
per box.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06

A. little p'blished recently
relates to Tue W.; OF a monument
at Calcutta Dy Tue .sroy to the mem.
DRY OF MI. Hola.sna, with 145 other
persons. were rn in the Black
Hole IN june ,.o aahe hole was a
room about eisn'ern let square and
lighted by one small Widow nlv TIN
idea OF 40 peopie Tito struggle and
nant for air in this spase 10 tr,,1U -,
fying. comments the U,ndon Cbron,a.,e
when the doors were 5pena5a 1913 were
found to be dead or dying, and of the
tw~enty-three survivors several were
subsequently cut off through the dis.
ease induced by the experiences of that
terrible night. The statue is erected
on the site of the Black Hole. The
ease reminds one Of regent experiments
in ventilation. 1t has usually been 90.
timated that air containing more than
six or eight volumes of carbonic acid
gas in. 10000 is unfit for breathing,
But nowadays we are told that this
amount Of carbonic acid gas-one uf
our waste products-may be increased
without injury to health. That which
affects us in bad air is therefore the
combination Of this gas with other
waste products. and most notably. the
organic matter given off from lungs
and skin. This last consists of the
WORKOUT cells Of our frame and is
putrescent. 1t is amid air loaded with
this material that the germ Of typhus
fever the old "jail fever of John
Howard's days. breeds and m%ultiplies
The prevention Of typhus fever is a
matter Of ventilation, and doubtless
the deaths in the Black Hole were
due to a rapid form of blood poisoning
induced by the breathing Of air contain
mated by the debris of the unfortur~.
bodies imprisoned therein.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
some Laws.

Professor Maxwell Sommerville was
discussing the other day the Buddhist
faith, for which he has a profound re-
spect. Some Of the striking tenets Of
Buddhism that he quoted were:
Use not perfume about thy person.
To cough or sneez in order to win
the notice of a group of girls is a sin.
Destroy no tree.
XIII no animal.
Drink no intoxicating beverage.
Care for the aged and infirm.
1t is sinful to think one way and
speak another.
It is a sin to pass judgment on the
acts Of other men.
Give no flowers to women, and sing
no gay songs.
Keep neither silver nor gold.
When you eat make not a noise like
a dog.
1t is a sin to eat Of the flesh of ham,
elephant, horse. crocodile, dog, cat,
tiger or serpent.
A priest may not wash himself in
the twilight or dark, unless he should
unknowingly kill some insect or other
living thing.
Lend nothing on interest.-Philadel-
phi1 Record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
"Catatypy."

Herr Oswald. a German professor,
has evolved a new process of photogra.
ply, which has worked its a into
publicity under the designation pho
Biography without light" Such a de-
scription is, however, only half Of the
truth, for the negative is produced In
the camera in the usual way. The pro-
cess is named "catatypy," which sig
mites a process for reproducing with
out light photographs and other pic
lures whose picture substance consists
of those bodies which chemists call
"catalyzers," that is. bodies which de
compose others without themselves be.
ing decomposed. "C~atatypy' may be
termed Germany's New Years present
to the Photographic industry.-London
Globe.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
Minor Mention.

The Government has accepted the
monitor Nevada.
Michigan may adopt the South Caro-
lima dispensary law regulating the sale
of liquor.
Vienna is contemplating the taking
over Of the business of the undertakers
as a municipal function.
Partisan sculptors have a new fad Of
net only tinting, but also pertaining
their feminine figures.
Indications Of the presence Of gold
have been discovered in the xcava
tons for the Metropolitan Railway un-
der the Paris Opera.
American trained nurses are in great
demand at present in Paris.
John d. Strassburg has been a post
Office employee in Louisville, KY, sixty
years. He is eighty-five years old and
says he will work as long as he can
walk.
The South Carolina Senate has passed
a bill prohibiting cotton and wooden
factories and their operatives from en-
gaging in sympathetic lockouts and
strikes.
A central library for the blind. ron.
tanning 1000 volumes and a consider
able amount Of music, has been opened
In Vienna. The INDECENT blind have
the free use Of the library.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06

Kansas miners earn $3.50 on an aver
age q year.

Kansas miners earn $3.50 on an aver
age a year.
There were seventy-ive strikes in
Canada last year, most of which were
successful.
There are over Il. 1000 men and women
in Cleveland. Ohio, who belong to labor
organizations.
Gas workers at San Francisco. Cal.
have been granted their demand for an
eight-hour day.
OF the 437, 600 miners Of Grea. Brit
ain, 347, 900 are members of the union
in good standing.
The demand for skilled Filipino
clerks has been greatly in excess OF
the number available.
Sherman, Texas. painters have re
turned to work, differences having been
satisfactorily adjusted.
The average number employed at the
London docks is nearly 1000 below Flo
number when trade is good.
Reports Of the labor leaders indicate
that good work is being done in the
formation Of labor unions throughout
Iowa.
There js a strong movement on foct
in Oakland, Cal, to form a cooperative
union stable. 1t will . o take definite
: shape.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
~cRoWNlNsHlELD RETIREs
Rear-Admiral Objected to 4 Cruiser
IS Flagship.
Deprived Of the Illinois. He Now sur.
renders Command q tho Euro
psan Station.

M
Washington. D. C.-Rear-Admiral
Aren't S. Crowninshie,d, who was Chief
Of the Bureau Of Navigation in the
| Navy Department during the war with
Spain, has asked for immediate retire.
ment from the Navy. Admiral Crown
inshield is now in command Of the
European Station. It is known +bo+
he was dissatisfied because he was de-
prived of the battleship Illinois and
given the cruiser Chicago for his flag
ship.
Lieutenant Henry NJ. Ward. Nava,
Secretary to Admiral Crowninshield.
following the example of his CHIEF. Ia &
resigned his commission in the Navy.
The communications from the two
officers were received at the NAVY
Department. Secretary Moody later
cabled an acceptance Of the Admirars
application for retirement. and ov-
pressed his regret at the loss the Navy
would sustain. Rear-Admiral Carton
Commandant at the BROOKLYN Nayv
Yard, was Immediately assigned to
command the EuropeaH Station and
will start as soon as possible to relieve
Mr.. CrOwninshield.
The battleship Illinois was aken
away from the European SQUADRON nv
the General Naval Board. Of which
Admiral Dewey is head. This board
decided upon the creation of a strong
squadron Of ironclads of the first tvne
to constitute the Home SQUADRON.
guarding the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts,
as the British Channel Squadron forms
a first line of defense for that
It was necessary in the Judgment Of
the board to include the Illinois. More-
over, such battleships are neither effec-
tive nor economical as cruisers. and the
Illinois was doing that sort of duty in
Europe. So the department assigned
Admiral Crowninshied to command the
Chicago. This cruiser is a fine vessel
Of ten years ago. but not so imposing
as the Illinois.
Admiral Cr0wninshield did not care
to 60 back to the Mediterranean and
the ports Of Northern Europe. where
his flag had foated over the battleship
in an inferior craft, so he protested.
That protest was made during the
maneuvres, and it was given due con-
sideration, but the original plan held.
Admiral Crowninshield retfres under
that section of the Personnel act which
permits him to do so at an advanced
grade in consideration Of at least forty
years creditable service. He will have
a place in the first grade Of Rear-Ad-
mirals, with an allowance of $5625 per
anpum.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
PREFERS BRIDE TO MOTHER.

Boston Society Man Refuses to Give Up
Chorus Girl He Married.
Boston, Mass.-Charles Edward Malt.
by, whose hasty marriage to Miss
Helen Tudor Danziger, a chorus girl,
created a sensation in Back Bay so.
ciety circles a week ago, when called
on to choose between his mother and
his wife, chose the latter. Mrs. Ed.
ward B. Maltby, his mother, refuses
to recognize her daughter-in-law, o r to
admit her to her magnificent Beacon
street residence.
Every effort has been made to induce
the young mar to relinquish his bride,
but without avail. Friends believe
thai the mother will insist on relin.
punishment of the bride before: a recon
Citation is possible.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
$500 FOR A LYNcHlNc.
An ohio County Settles With Family q
Man Killed by Mob.

An ohio County Settles With Family OF
Man Killed by Mob.
Cleveland, Ohio.-The famous case
brought against the County of Cham
paign by the family of "Click" Mitch
ell, who was lynched at Urbana sew
eral years ago, will be settled On pay
ment Of $500.
Action was begun under the anti
~lynching law. which gives the family
OF a person subjected to mob violence
right to damages from the
county in which the violence occurs.
In the trial court a verdict for $4,000
was given. The case was carried
through all the courts in the State, and
the county was beaten each time. Now
the county has agreed to pay the iudg-
ment with $500 interest. as well as the
costs in the case, and it agrees further
more not to prosecute the case IN error
proceedings in the Supreme Court of
the United States.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
A "DivIne', Tree.

The "divine" trees of India are com
monty freaks of nature; for instance, two
trees Of different species united by a kind
example at Colombo, in the Island Of Cey-
Ion, where a slender and graceful borassus
palm can be seen growing out of the heart
of the banyan or Indian fig tree. The
trunks of these alien trees are SO strongly
joined that only violence can separate
them, and it will not escape the attention
of the reader that the aspiring palm is pro-
tected against the fury Of the wind by the
sturdy branches of the surrounding fig tree.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06

$4,000 REWARD
vim be paid to anyone who
On digprove this statement.
Because w. L. Douglas
isthe largest manufacturer
he can buy cheaper and
produce his shoes at q
lower cost than other con-
Germs, which enables him
to sell shoes for $3.50 and
$500 equal In every
way to those sold else
whore Tor 81 and $500.
49,
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06

The dinosaur whose mammoth skeleton
is being articulated, had two sets of brains
-one in the head and the other some
sixty feet down the spinal column. The
dinosaur, which is said to have lived TO-
000, 600 years ago, was unearthed by Pro-
lessor Ferrington and other scientists in
the coma beds of Wyoming last year, and
is now being mounted in Chicago at the
Field Columbian Museum. cit is not un-
reasonable that such a mammoth being
as this dinosaur should need two brains.
He is seventy feet long and weighed more
than twenty tons when he was alive" de-
clares the Professor.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06

the directions, bathing Charlie and
putting that nice Ointment on the
sores.
81 wouldn't have believed that
my baby would have been cured by
a little thing like that. Not all Of a
sudden, mind you. Little by little,
but so surely. Charlie and ! both
got more peace by day, and more
sleep by night. The sores sort of
dried up and went away. / shah
never forget one blessed night when
I went to bed with Charlie beside
me, as soon as I got the supper
dishes out of the way and the older
children undressed when / woke
up the sun was streaming in. For
the first time in six months I had
slept through the night without 3
break.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
One Pair Of rrouser. Between Two.

In a case at Leicester, England, II
was stated that in a two-roomed cot
tage where accused lived ten other
people resided, three families sharing
the rooms. Prisoner and his younger
brother had n pair Of trousers be-
tween them. Accused worked in the
c%olliery at night, and when the came
home the younger brother daHIed them
to go to school in. When aflested ac-
cused could not be brought to Leicester
Police Station till his younger brother
had been fetched from school and
handed over the trousers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06

WOMEN should beware of contract
w ing catarrh. The cold wind and
rain, slush and mud of winter are es-
pecially conducive to catarrhal de-
rangements. Few women escape.
Upon the first symptoms of catching
cold Peruna should be taken. 1t forti-
6es the system against colds and ca
tarrh.
The following letter gives one young
w0man's experience with Peruna:
Miss Rose Gerbing is a popular soci-
ETY. woman Of Crown Point, Ind, and
she writes the following:
Recently. ] took a long drive in the
country, and being too thinly clad
caught a bad cold which settled on my
lungs, and which / could not seem to
shake off. 1 had heard a great deal of
peruna for colds and catarrh and
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
Co1.ers.. Gel. J.ckson Papers,

The collection Of papers of President
jackson. in the possession of Montgomery
Iincoln's Cabinet, which passed to his
four children, have been given to the IL
brary of Congress. These papers comprise
thousands Of manuscripts and volumes.
They include not merely letters to and
from President jackson, but muster rolls,
military reports and various memoranda.
They begin before 1900 and come down to
Jackson's death in l845. The most in,por-
transmitting the papers to the library the
children ask the gift to be known "a the
Montgomery Blair Collection"
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
voIcapo Pouocat.petI SOFIA.

Popocatapetl volcano in Mexico, including
the immense sulphur deposits in it's crater,
is reported to have sold that property to
an American syndicate, in which the STAN
dard Oil interests are largely represented.
The purchase price is said to be 5000. COO.
The purchasers intend to build a cogwheel
railway up the mountain and to operate
the sulphur deposits on an extensive scale.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
SECURE 100000 VERDICT.
Heirs of an Indian Recover Valuable
Lands From Packers.

Kansas City, Mo.-A jury in the case
Of Annie B. Wood and other heirs of
Silas Armstrong, an Indian. to recover
missouri River bottom land in Kansas
City, Kan, valued at 81, Zoo, 900 and oc-
cupied by Armour & Fowler, the, pack
ers. and others, has returned a verdict
in favor Of the plaintiffs.
The attorneys for the defense have
filed notices Of appeal. If the decision
OF the lower court shall be sustained
the Armour packing companies will
probably be the heaviest losers. The
portion of the tract claimed by Armour
is valued at nearly $1,000
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
warships Not Bought by Britain.

Warships Not Bought by Britain.
In answer to a question in the Brit
ish House of Commons Premier Bal
four said that Great Britain had re-
fused to purchase the Chilean and Ar
-gentine warships under construction
IN Europe. The Admiralty had care
fully considered the matter, and had
concluded that these vessels were not
suitable for the British Navy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-06
Galveston's Big Sea wall.

The cornerstone of the 81, SOC, 900 sea wall
at Galveston, Texas, has been laid with
imposing ceremonies and a parade of citi-
and marines and officers from the Uni
ted States battleships at anchor in the
harbor. The work on the sea wall has
progressed most satisfactorily since its be-
ginning, last October. 1t will be three
miles long and give absolute protection to
the city, even from a stage of water equal
to the tidal wave Of 1900.