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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-12

The prevention Of consumption is
entirely question Of commencing the
proper treatment in time. Nothing "a
SO well adapted TO ward OF fatal lung
troubles as Foley's Honey and Tar
J. n. Wallace
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-12

lou may be honest with others. but
are you honest with yourselfg When
you lack success, and st IS clearly
your own fault, do yon admit the
facts, and endeavor 70 apply the
remedy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-12

Abass singer in an Atchlson choir
gets his voice down so low that the
people think It is laundering outside.
and begin 70 get nervous,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-12

Territory OF Oklahoma, 90
County of Logan. 20
I. Robert Sohlberg. Cashier of the above
named bank do solemnly swear that the
above statement Is true 10 the best Of my
knowledge ana belief.
ROBT SoHLHEHG, Cashier
subscribed and sworn 10 before me this
ath day OF February. 1908
Sean r. G. CANNON Notary Public.
Ny Commission expires January 49, 1907
CORRECr-Attest:
FRANK DALE
j h. COTTINGHAM.
A. g @. BIERER.
Directors
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-12
REpoRr oE lie coNpIrIoN or

The Guthrie National bank, at
Guthrie, Okla, in the territory of Ok
Iahoma lat the close Of business, Feb
ruary g., 1903:
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-12

4 1a.. .Inger D a AleAI.aa 90
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-02-12

Loans and Discounts . -. s2s5 $50 SO
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured T.lsg on
L. S. Bonds 10 secure circulation 4NliOO 90
Stocks securities. etc i9l 600 A6
Banking house, furniturs and hx-
lures ..... ..... ...... 1900 90
Other real estate owned ---.. 5000 90
Due from National Banks (notre-
serve agents. .-.... ....,........ 49,. 2e,577 %
Due from State Banks and Bank
ers ...-...... ........ ............... 42 $50 90
Due from approved reserve ag'ts o. 1876 81
Checks and other cash items BE-. .- 2ls Al
Exchanges for clearing house &C.. Il aS4 p
Notes Of other MAI 'onal Ranks $500 90
Fractional paper currency, nick
els and cents ..-..........- t- .... ~ OF
Lawful money reserve IN Bank, VIZ
Specie - .-..-... i2 O2b 20
Legal tender notes ...- sO,5ss 90 sssis 90
Redemption fund with u S Treas
urer (5 percent Of circulation) 2.Iso 20
Total s74s sii so
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13


Each one of us has at some time
eaten too much, but we have surely
not gone to such an excess as this fish
has. 1t is called the "black swallow
er" and as a swallower takes first
place, for its stomach is much larger
than its body. 1t will seize by the tail
fish eight or ten times its own size
and work its way over it by repeatedly
sliding forward one jaw and then the
other. Before taking a meal the swal-
lower is a very respectable looking
fish, except for a voracious cast of coun-
tenance, but afterward he certainly
has the appearance of having eaten
too much Then the walls of his stom-
ach are so stretched as to be transpar-
ent. Later digestion begins and the
swallower IS turned belly upward by
the imprisoned gas and his stomach
becomes a balloon, which lifts him
from the depths of the ocean to the
surface, and in this helpless condition
he is thrown about by the waves, per-
haps cast ashore and left high and dry
by the receding tide, in which case he
does not swallow any more, for the re
turning tide finds him dead fish.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

Latin is the language that has most
enriched modern tongues, for its clear
echoes are heard to this day in every
quarter of the world. 1t entered large
ly, after their conquest by Rome, into
the dialects of Spain and Gaul, coun-
tries thoroughly permeated by Roman
life and civilization, and has since
played great part in the history Of
modern languages.
The Roman tongues are practically
Latin in a new dress. Italian may be
called the Latin of today; French and
Spanish are based on a similar ground
work, and English has borrowed large
ly from the language of Rome, either
directly or through foreign channels.
In very early times Latin colonists in
troduced into Britain names for places
and in the seventh century many eccle-
siastical words of Latin origin, such as
altar, priest, candle, were adopted by
our forefathers.
Although it may not be so flexible
and plant as some languages with
which it has been thus Incorporated,
Latin reflects admirably the practical
character of its people. who felt and
used their power SO that it has been
well called the voice of empire and
law"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

MANY very intelligent people are
deferred from swallowing the seeds of
berries, grapes and other fruits lest the
lodgment of these small bits of indiges-
tibleness may induce that dreadful ac-
cident appendicitis" says the Dietetic
Gazette.
This fear is utterly baseless since
the healthy appendix is protected by
q yalvular arrangement which pre-
vents even the smallest seeds from en-
tering it. 1t is only after inflammation
has already destroyed its normal pro-
lection that any foreign substance can
gain access to it.
ITO feel compelled to eschcw all
seedy berries and fruits is to seriously
curtail ones dietary, and it is entirely
unnecessary. In fact, the free and con-
slant use of ripe berries and fruits of
all kinds is one of the best preventives
of this dangerous disease"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
How lt Will Effect Us.

The new law will effect Middlebury
somewhat as follows The local town
agency will be abolished after the first
Tuesday in March. The drugstores will
have the handling of liquors for medci-
nal purposes If the town votes No
License. Any or all of the registered
druggists can do this, provided they
secure petition signed by 5 per cent of
the towns voters and majority of the
practising physicians. The druggists
license fee is only $40 year. They are
not to sell except on physicians pre-.
scription, so that, if the law is followed,
it will he necessary to first convince a
doctor that liquor is needed, before the
goods can be procured. There are heavy
penalties for giving prescriptions which
lead to intoxication and some of our
themselves they should give none at all.
Every March meeting day, beginning
this year, the town will vote whether it
will license the sale of liquor as bever-
age IN town or not. The voting will be
by secret ballot. If the town votes
license, special meeting may be held on
petition of six voters to decide by ballot
whether liquors of all kinds shall be sold
or only beer and matted liquors. If the
town votes license, the selectmen will
appoint three commissioners who will
have charge of the granting of licenses.
If the town votes no, as it undoubtedly
will on full vote, there will be no SELL
ing, except at druggists. Vergennes is
more likely to vote for license than
Middlebury, which would be unfortunate
for the surrounding towns.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
The ext Step.

License being carried, the old order
gives way to the new, and every town
in Vermont must exercise its privilege of
local option. For the annual meeting
of the first Tuesday in March next, the
warning must contain an article like
this -
"Shall license be granted to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors in this town."
If the vote upon the article is mo"
there is nothing more to be done. III the
vote upon the article Is YES then the
selectmen upon the application of six
voters shall call special town meeting
that shall decide the kind of license to be
issued, according to the following ques-
tions -
"Shal license be granted for the sale of
liquors of all klnds?'
"Sha license be granted for the sale Of
beer or matted liquors only"
Within lG days after the special town
meeting has determined the kind of IL
cense to be issued, the selectmen shall
appoint three license commissioners, of
whom one "shall be appointed from
each of the two leading political parties,
and the third member may also be APP
pointed from one of the said parties"
After the board of license commission
ers has been duly organized, persons
wishing to engage in the liquor business
may present their applications, with a
bond of $4,000 in each case. The APP
plications are to be published in two
local newspapers and a public hearing
is to be given on them. The licenses,
when granted, run one year, and are
limited to one for every one thousand
of population or larger fraction thereof.
Towns having less than 1900 pOpula-
ton, may have two licenses in the dis
erection of the board of license commits
siOners.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
The Constitution In Practice.

The theory of the constitution is that
the three departments of the govern
ment-the legislative, the executive and
the judiciary-are Independent of one
another. III practice the government
is not carried on in harmony with this
theory. The system of checks and bal
ances does not operate as its inventors
intended. The president was to have
had the power of selecting his subordi-
mates; the senate, through the exercise
of the power of confirmation, was to
prevent the appointment of unworthy
men, especially of men who might con-
nive with the president to usurp pow
er. In practice most of the presidents
subordinates are forced upon him. He
usually selects after consultation with
a senator, who stands for the whole
senate, for he has its power behind
him through Il custom which has grown
to be rule of conduct, known as the
courtesy of the senate. Century.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
4 Humorous Snake.

In Marianne North's 'Recollections
of Happy Life" is description of a
tame snake.
Its mistress would sometimes twist
the pretty bronze creature in the great
plat of hair she wore around her head
and once threatened to go down thus
decorated to a dinner party of rather
stiff people.
But one of the snakes own eccentric
tiles serves to distinguish it among all
other reptiles of Il similar nature which
have served as pets.
1t was as fond of glittering things as
its mistress herself, and when she took
off her many rings and placed them on
different parts of the table it would go
about collecting them and stringing
them on its 1.-THE body. Then it would
tie itself in knot. so that the rings
could not be taken off until it was
pleased to unite itself again.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

Among the new books Of the season is
one worth more than a passing notice,
Loyal Traitors" a story of friendship
for the Fiipinos, by Raymond L. Bridg-
man. 1t is said of this book: "The
story is one of quick and absorbing
action from the first page to the last.
Whether one agrees or not with the
writer's viewpoint, no reader can begin
the book without continuing interested to
the end. If in its dramatic representa-
tons of deeds in the Philippines the
story is, In sense, a terrible story, it is
terrible only as history is terrible; it is
terrible only as "A Tale of Two Cities
or Uncle Toms Cabin is terrible.
Throughout the story, the eternal right
funess of the Filipino cause is affirmed,
and every specious plea commonly urged
for the course of the American admins
traton is shown to be untenable in the
presence of true American principles,
whose ultimate triumph is foreshadowed
in the prophecy of freedom for the Phil
ippines through the return of reason to
the American people" Cloth, hand
some cover design in gold, 80 pages,
Sl00 net. (By mail, Sl.12.) James II.
West Co., Publishers, Boston, Mass.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
Could Not stand 1t.

A life of the poet James Gates Per-
cival contains some personal incidents
that show the character of the man
Among them is this:
When he was made state geologist
of Wisconsin, young man was APP
pointed to assist him. One day the
geologist entered the governors office
in a state of excitement. Il cannot
stand it. Indeed | cannot | cannot
work with him any longer" he declared
with some agitation, referring to his
assistant.
whats the truoble?"
HE whistles and he throws stones at
BIRDS was the indignant rejoinder
Thereafter he pursued his geological
labors unassisted.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

Two hundred miles beyond the mouth
of the Rio Meta the Inirida river en-
ters the Orinoco. / started up that
stream, says Il traveller with my canoe
loaded with trinkets for exchange with
the natives, who live in condition Of
extreme savagery, although they are
amiably disposed and usually harm
less. They 90 entirely nude save for
the loin cloths and get their subsist-
ence by hunting and fishing, chiefly
the latter.
1 was much interested in their meth
cd of taking fish by their use of the
bow and arrow.
For this purpose they employ arrows
six feet i'll length made of reeds tipped
with iron. While canoe is padded
gently along in the shadows the marks
man stands ready with his arrow on
the string of the bow. AS soon as a
large fish is seen, if the approach can
be made within range, the arrow is let
fly and rarely fails to strike the prey.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

The last issue of the Lyndon Union
contains the announcement that the
paper will be in future edited and pub
lished by John b. Chase, who made the
Bristol News success when 1t was
started few years ago. The Union was
established by his father, C. M. Chase,
Feb. 10, 1865, and it was conducted by
him until his death. Now his son will
continue it on the same lines that have
made it one of the great successes in
Vermont journalism.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
Only One Way.

However the battle is ended,
Though proudly the victor comes
With futtering flags and prancing nags
And echoing roll of drums,
Still truth proclaims this motto
In letters of living Light
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
Though the heel OF the strong oppressor
May grind the weak in the dust,
And the voices of fame with one acclaim
May call him great and Just,
Let those who applaud take warning
And keep this motto in sight
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
Let those who have failed take courage
Though the enemy seemed to have won,
Though his ranks are strong, if in the wrong
The battle is not yet done:
For sure as the morning follows
The darkest hour of the night,
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
BRITISH WEEKLY.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

The Hon. and Mrs. L. \. Woodbury.
of Burlington are spending few days in
Washington at the New Willard. They
are on their way South to spend month
or more and were among the guests of
President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the
Congressional reception on Thursday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. F. Gebhardt of Shell
burne are spending week in Washing
ton, having arrived on Thursday. They
are guests at the Dewey hotel.
A pension of IS per month las been
granted to Ebert f. Gates of Winooski
The pension dates back to March l3 1900
with Spain.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

Dixon's SpeciaITrain.

Thomas Dixon, Jr., author of "Ti e
Leopard's Spots" has the reputation of
having never missed lecture engage
ment, and he is said to have lectured
before more people than any other man
in the United States. Recently, because
a train was late, Mr.. Dixon missed the
to reach city in time to lecture. He
telephoned division superintendent of
the railway for a special train, and the
next day applied to the roads president
for refund of the money the train cost
him. The president had read "Ihe
Leopard's Spots" and gave the author Il
check.
Have you read this book? For sale at
the Register Book Store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

knack of saying pleasant things calcu-
lated to warm the cookies of the oldest
heart was revisiting the town in which
he had spent a summer twenty years
before.
I'm Miss Mears | don't know that
you recall me-" said a coquettish ei-
DERBY spinster, approaching him in tho
postoflice the day after his arrival.
The ready heart warmer turned with
his most beaining smile and wrung har
hand.
Recall you" he echoed. reproach-
fully. las if one could help it, Miss
Mears. Why. you are one of the land
marks of the town"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

The publishers, Doubleday, Page &
Co., say that the subscriptions received
for The Worlds Work during the past
two months have been more than twice
the number received in the same time
last year while the increase for Country
Life in America for the corresponding
period has been nearly three hundred
per cent. Notwithstanding that the size
of the editions has been very much in
creased, the magazines have been entire
ly sold out early every month since last
summer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

Editor K. Ii. Crane of the Ludlow
Tribune is to be sincerely congratulated
on having done the wisest and best act
of his whole career, when he was mar
rled last week to one of st. Johnsbury's
fair daughters. The editor who has the
courage to raise the subscription price
of his paper and the advertising rates at
the same time and run license paper in
prohibition field need not fear to en-
bark on the tempestuous sea of matri-
mony. Here's hoping it will always be
smooth sailing and "the mate" will run
the ship.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
A Double Sunrise,

Furniman-Now, there's your hus-
band coming Mrs. Candor. Let's make
n little surprise for him. Mrs. Funni-
nan and | will hide behind the curtains
here. and you tell him that your ex-
pected guests haven't come. Then We'll
step out and surprise him.
enter Mr.. CandOrD
Mrs. Candor (obeying orders)-Well,
Henry. our expected guests have dis
appointed us-Mr. and Mrs. Funniman
haven't come.
Mr.. Candor (heartily)-Thank heaven!
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
AUCTION.

Having sold my place and going West,
l will sell my Farming Tools and House.
hold Goods Wednesday, Feb. IS. 1903, at
10 o'clock a. m, p miles from Middle
bury village, at the Ford Corners in East
Cornwall, l Buggy Wagon one or two
Horse Lumber Wagon, steel axle, with
pole and shafts; pair one Horse Sleighs;
l Horse Rake for one or two horses. with
pole and shafts; Cutter; | Heavy Har-
ness, single or double; l Single Harness;
| good Buffalo Robe; l Goat Robe:
Horse Blanket; | Lap Robe; l Fly Net;
| Saddle and Bride Il Cultivator; Lad
ders; Chains; Shovels; Forks; Rakes;
l Grindstone; Spray Pumps; Force
Pump; Tackle Blocks; s or 10 cords of
dry Stove Wood; l Large Hand Sled:
Large Brass Kettle; / Pick; l. Mann's
Green Bone Cutter; - Hens and Cow;
Chamber Suits Extension Table 90 ftO:
Chairs; Tables and Lounges; Carpets;
Pictures; Lamps; Geese Feather Beds;
Dishes of all kinds Pork Barrels; a few
bushels of Potatoes and Apples l Kitch-
en- Range; large Stewart Coal Stove;
Oil Stove; | Box Stove; several old
Relics, ETC., etc.
Gentlemen, bring your wives.
Free Lunch at Noon.
NJ. c. HOOKER.
NJ IA MOODE tnotio,oo,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

They are telling this story of the pas
tor of metropolitan church who has
made Il study of palmistry and kindred
subjects:
A woman came to him and begged
that he read her hand. She was a
of lines had spread over her palm with
the years. The minister decided to
give her bit of advice.
"You should never think of marriage"
he said.
Il don't" replied the spinster prompt
ly; ~ worry about it," - New York
Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

The union men of Burlington are
taking most sensible position in regard
to securing the Rutland railroad offices
for that city. The leaders state that
they are willing to do anything reason
able to secure them. 1t is understood
that they are willing to allow the
amendment to the resolution which pro.
vided that all work should be done by
union men and under union rules to be
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

press report states that st. Johns
bury has % cases of typhoid fever and
says the cause is poor water. In Sec
ton full of pure mountain streams, lakes
and springs within reaching distance,
there is no excuse for such an epidemic.
Middlebury has not had a case of typhoid
fever that developed here since she went
to the mountains, ten miles away, and
brought in pure water. Let st. Johns
bury do likewise. "Look unto the hills
from whence cOmeth our strength.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

1t is extraordinary how words for
the same thing differ in even so small
country as England. Take left
handed for example. In Gloucester
shire such person is described as
"scrammy," in Staffordshire he be-
comes ''craggy," the phrase for a left
handed Yorkshireman is 'gawkrodger'
or "callick handed" and in the next
county, Durham, he is "cuddy paw
London Telegraph.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
a Bio Owl Shot.

C. ii. Marshall, of Addison, recently
shot the father of owls In that end of the
county. Its wings measured feet 6
inches from tip to tip, and it stood II feet
high. Its weight was almost 6 pounds.
Mr.. Marshall also saw doe near his
place Friday. 1t did not seem bit afraid.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

Every town that has a bonded indebt-
edness that can be refunded should take
advantage of the Act passed by the last
legislature exempting from taxation
money loaned to citizens of the town at
three per cent. Brattleboro has placed
all its bridge bonds, amounting to S29,-
600 with its own citizen because of this
Act. No town ought to pay over three
per cent in the future on its indebt-
edness.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
Found n Difference.

The Irrepressible Child-Ma, is there
any difference between level and fiat?
His Mother-No, dear.
The l. Citizen why did pa get an
cry when Mr.. Jones said he was a fiat
head and then feel good when he heard
that Mr.. Smith said he was level head
ed?-Columbia Jester.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

The passenger department of the Rut-
land railroad has issued very hand
beautiful scenes in Grand Isle county
where it crosses the islands. Any One
can have a copy for the cost of mailing,
three cents.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
Sahara's Gases.

Some of the GASES of the Sahara are
quite large, one of them being 100
miles long and ffty-eight miles wide.
The springs are of various kinds-hot,
cold, mineral or gaseous. The Kargha
oasis has a population OF 5000 They
raise grain, onions and dates, but live
on the least possible amount of food,
work and reasoning power. Marshes
abound and fever prevails.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

Three towns in Chttenden county,
Colchester, Charlotte and Westford,
with total vote of GSl yes and 33S no,
and Richford in Franklin county, with a
vote of Ia yes and pa no, failed to
make returns to the county clerks and
the vote of these town will not appear
in the official result This will reduce
the official majority for license 3O3.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

1t is safe to say that Senator Hanna's
bill to pension former slaves will not
pass congress. 1t was evidently bid
for the cOlored vote in the next Re-
publican National convention.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

Mistress-Didn't you hear me ring be-
fore?
Maid-I kind of thought did ma'am,
but l wasn't sure.
Mistress - Well, next time, please,
give me the benefit of the doubt.-Puck.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
Desperately Ill.

Mrs. Parke-Your husband has been
very i'll, hasn't he?
Why, for two weeks he never spoke
cross word TO me.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13
Do You Blame Him

Towne-There seems to be nothing
he enjoys so much as the sound of his
own voice.
Browne-That's so, and there's moth
ing annoys him so much as the thought
that he can't hear himself when he
talks in his sleep.-Philadelp Press.