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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-24

A barrel of oil and box of glass
saud we're sent TO the Louisiana ex
position from Cleveland last week. II
was The first barrel Of oil taken our
Of the first flowing well in Oklahoma
according to the Triangle
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-24

NJ White. contractor, viii build els.
terms at forty five cents per barrel o.
100 barrels capacity aud up. For
prices on less than 100 bbls. see me. at
Santa Fe Hoase
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-24

The Hanover National bask OF New
York has approved as reserve agent
the Caddo National bank of Caddc I
T and the National Bank of Com
merce of St. Louis has approved as
reserve agent the First National bank
% Pawnee. Okla.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-24

{. 6. Brannon was nominated fol
the Office Of representative by the Re
puhlicans Of Pswnee county last week
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-24

Tho Rev. W. VI. Anderson Of Okla
honla city Okla. has accepted a cal
to be pastor of the First Baptis
church Of st. Joseph, Mo.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-24

Mach,tt & McKeown's restaurant,
1O7 South First street. is the right
place to &c FOR a square meal. Clean.
tidy. up-o-date and good service.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-24
LkApERErrEs.
Local Happenings Of City and Terri
tory Briefly Told.

R1ads fer a s5.O0c school house
have been voted al Red Rock.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-24

60 to Nachett & McKeown's cafe
for your dsily luncheon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-24

only-,S hours to st. Lorls via the
Frisco.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-22

IN 1867, we are told, the first coffee
house had been prosecuted as Dui-
sunce. IN 1908 there were 1900 cot
Fee houses, and each coffee house had
liz habitual circle There were coffee
houses froquented by merchants and
stock JObbers carrying on tho game
which suggested the new nicknames
bulls and bears, and coffee houses
whore the talk was Wing and Tory,
Of the last election and change Of min
istry, and literary resorts such an the
Grccian, where, ns we are told, n fatal
duel WINS provoked by n dispute over
II Greek accent, IN which, let us hope,
II was the worst scholar who was kill
ed and Wills, where Pope as boy
went 10 look reyerently at Dryden, and
Buttons, where at n later period Add
son met his little senate. Addison, ne
cOrdlng 70 Pope, spent Ave OF. SIX hours
dry lOuDgIng at Buttons. while Pope
found the practice and the consequent
consumption Of wine TOO much for his
health. Tbackeray notices how the
club and coffee house "bOOzing short
cncd the lives and enlarged the waist
cOhts Of the men Of those dayai'---
English Literature and Society fn'tho
Eighteenth Century"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-22

The time was, and not no long ago
either, when men Of sixty Ave and sew
enty regarded themselves and were re-
garded by others as having reached
that point when they should be willing
to retire from the activities Of life.
Our conception Of the man OF seventy,
Ave only Il few years ago was that OF
u white haired patriarch who found
pleasure only In "reminiscences. the sec
tartan weeklles. checkers dominos and
his grandchildren. But the times have
changed The average man OF seventy
Ave today II neither bent, feeble nor
senile. He has not retired from the nc
tivities OF life that he IL aware Of, nor
has he any idea Of retiring Much less
IL he inclined TO surrender TO the youn-
ger people around him any Of the re
sponsibilities or pleasures Of existence.
lie reads the sporting columns, plays
golf, roots for his favorite baseball
club and may perchnnce take n fller on
the races. Moreover, he II II anything
inclined 10 be more attentive TO the la
dies than he was at sixty. at forty or
at thirty Chicago Inter Ocean.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-22

train came to standstill, and Miss
Murdoch hurried away. stu, Billy
felt that he had made good progress
for bashful man.
Late that afternoon Bob came hurry
ing into his office with apologies and
protestatlons of regret.
IL had no chance to send line to
ether you or Grace" he said, "and
somehow, old fellow, you've made u
good impression on her. She really
wants to meet you"
Never mind, Bob" answered Ste
venson kindly. 81 leave tomorrow for
three months trip abroad II will
do just as well when return"
"Oh, better, much better" returned
Bob In a relieved tone. "She would
forget all about you I'm that time
When you come back, I'll give you an
Introduction and recommendation be-
sides"
you might put In the recommends
tons while I'm gone" poking his head
into a closet, pretending to look for
something, 'and l say, Bob, make 'em
strong, Tell all the good you know;
the bad keep to Yourself"
mo one could say anything but good
OF you, Billy" said Bob, with wonder
ing earnestness, land II you weren't 30
confoundedly bashful you'd say It for
Yourself"
Billy had very positive conviction
that Miss Murdoch would not mention
the circumstance OF the morning to
Bob, and subsequent events proved the
conviction well founded.
From London and Edinburgh, from
Paris and Berlin, came long, bright
letters over which Miss Murdoch laugh
ed and cried by turns as the writer
touched upon the varying phases of life
seen from the viewpoint OF keen
understanding and quick sympathy
with humanity.
Her brief replies were not encourag-
ing, but Bllly's bashfulness was ex-
oeeded by his tenacity, and foothold
once gained he kept He was In Ber-
lin when he received note that cleo
trited him, my vacation begins Just
AZ yours draws to a close, leave Bos-
ton on the Commonwealth. We will
likely pass each other In midocean"
Indeed we won't" exclaimed Billy
81 hereby vote myself an extension Of
time I'll cable to the firm, and when
the Commonwealth reaches Liverpool
Billy will be on the dock"
And he was.
She saw him, towering above the
crowd, and waved her hand.
He had no intention OF doing any
thing SO precipltate, but when he saw
the earnest face turned 40 joyfully
toward him something sprang up In
his heart and jumped into his throat,
and, making a hurried dash through the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-22

wife John, IL there any poison In
the housef Husband Yes. But why
do you askf Wife, want to sprinkle
some on this piece Of angel cake and
put II where the mice will get H.
Wouldn't that Kill themf Husband
Sure. but II isn't necessary to waste
tbe uOlaOu
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-22

His Wife Why don't you 90 to the
doctor and ind out Just what you
ought 10 eat and what yoy. ought 10
nvoid7 Dyspeptic oh, fkn6w' aii that
p0wl ought TO eat everything
don't like ana AVOID 9Eerything ! 90.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-22
WINDOW GLASS,
ALL SIZES.

The public arc respectfully informed
that have added 10 my stock a full
line Of WINDOW GLASS.
X. w. VTNSON,
Directly opposite Court House,
doc 10 Rockville, va.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-22
CROPLEY.
MANUFACTURER Or FERTILIZERS
md Dealer in all kinds of FERTILE
Err MATERIAL,
Fold and Garden Seeds.
Maine Seed Potatoes.
Hardware. Harness. etc.

Agent for the following goods: Deer
ing Harvesting Machinery. Syracuse
Chilled Flows, Malta Riding and Walk
ing Cutivators, Double and Single
Shovel Flows, Ohio Cutting Boxes, FL
is Keystone Tread Powers, Page
Woven Wire Fencing, Celebrated Ten
nessee Wagons, tlench Il Duemgold
Spring Tooth Wheel Lever Harrows,
Pennsylv MIA Low Down Grain Drills,
with Hoes or Disc; Economy Round
Silos and Tanks, Star Milk Coolers,
Geiser fraction Engines and Threshers,
Sharpless Separa;ors, Disc Harrows and
Pl VS., Poultry Supplies. and everything
for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26
ROW OVER THE ARMY
Lively Times in. French
Chamber Of Deputies.
MINISTER INSULTED
OFFICERS ARE UP IN ARMS
AGAINST EACH OTHER.
Favoritism and the Spy System - The
People Versus the Aristocracy-
More Trouble Likely.
MINISTER INSULTED
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
PARIS. November H. 1904.
The other day at a funeral at Versailles
Gen. Duchemin, late chief of the French
forces in Indo-China and relative Of the
deceased, stood In a group. chatting. Up
stepped Commandant Bouquereau, also a
family connection Of the deceased, saluted
the general and offered his hand To the
stupefaction Of all, Gen. Duchemin turned
pale. hesitated, looked the other way, and
then walked off without a word.
Last Friday afternoon as Commandant
Letang and his son, Chasseurs lieutenant,
were entering the Palais- Bourbon, they met
one of the latter's st. Cyr classmates
Lieut.. Altmayer. son of Gen. Altmayer.
Young Letang offered his hand. Young
Altmayer refused to see it. Then young
Letang struck him In the face; and young
Altmayer got in two body blows before
they were separated. The result is a duel
All over France officers are refusing to
speak to each other, suspecting each other,
and holding themselves painfully on the
alert for insinuations; and this extraordi-
nary state of things has been brought about
by certain disclosures whose discussion has
just led up to the greatest rough-and-tum-
BILE fighting ever seen in the French cham
Der Of deputies-the period of the Dreyfus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26

Of war defended himself badly, and so
many republican deputies were shocked by
his admitted methods that when the order
Of the day, which was to support or con-
denim him, was put to vote there were 277
against him and only 279 for him-a ma
jority Of two votes, made up by six min
listers using their votes for their colleague.
1t was practically a defeat for General
Andre and the ministry. Such defeat
would have been nationalist triumph.
Then suddenly a nationalist deputy, NJ.
Syveton, did an outrageous and foolish
thing
General Andre was descending from the
tribune pulpit after finishing his speech.
Without warning Syveton ran up to him
and struck him twice violently OH the
head.
HE needed IT,! IT,, cried syveton. Some
one had to do it,
Immediately there followed a scene Of
outrageous rough-and-tumble. Gerault-
Richard began strangling Guyot de WILLIE
neuve. The Marquis de Dion clinched with
Jules Coutant. M. Lasies grabbed the
beard Of M. Jaures. On every side there
was wrestling, scrapping, slapping and de-
flying, in the midst of which the eccentric
royalist deputy. Baudry-d' Asson, held
Questeur Chapuis in strangers grip and
with pair Of pocket scissors cut off, one
by one, his long curly locks!
Effect of the Outbreak.
Meanwhile NJ Brisson. president of the
chamber, closed the session by putting on
his hat. When orOer was restored ne
asked the deputies to pass a vote Of blame
and exclusion against Deputy Syveton. It
was passed with majority of LOT. Syve-
tons foolish violence had run up General
Andres majority more than fifty-fold in
fifteen minutes!
General Andre remains minister of war
thanks to Syveton, who is to be prose-
cuted for assault on government func-
tionary in the exercise Of his Office Mean
while the French people are asking them
selves:
HAS the republic really been in danger
from the army?''
The great socialist, Jules Guesde, affirms
that the republic has never been in danger.
Guesde is a kind Of socialist Warwick,
welding immense influence, yet refusing
to accept office.
Maurice BerteauX, the socialist stock
broker millionaire, who as deputy made
himself a specialist of the army, declared
from the tribune that there has been cause
to 'tremble for the republic"
The great Jaures, defending Andre,
cent of the lieutenants of the French army
are from noble families, when you come
to generals they amount to twenty-nine
per cent He asked why. In mounting
from lieutenant to general, the proportion
should so increase?
ssIf you cannot reply to this precise
question" he Numbered, ut Is because the
disproportional promotions Of the nobility
toward the higher grades can be explained
only by reactionary complaisance and or
ganized favor!"
80 the matter STANDS.
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26
proportion Of Mobiles in Promotionsw

proportion OF Mobiles in PromotionS!"
Papers attacking the president. the minister
of war and the government were openly
circulated in the regiments, and when he,
Andre, as a simple general, tried to stop it,
he was ordered by his superiors to mind his
business.
when l became minister of war;" he
said, II was prepared for an open struggle.
But no, met only the secret resistance OF
inertia, miSdeeds, underhand work against
the republic, of which l could get no infor-
nation by reason of the honorable tendency
of chiefs to cover their interiors.
THE situation was grave. Acts of hos
tfuty to the government, acts of political,
social and religious intolerance were rife
everywhere. Officers clubs refused to take
in republican papers; projects were insulted
behind their backs in officers clubs for
speaking Of devotion to the republic; OFF,
GERS were sent to coventry for marrying
divorced women; others for marrying Pro-
testants and 1sraelites. In the majority OF
messes life was made intolerable for re-
publican officerS-to say nothing OF their
promotion being retarded"
The Spying System.
In answer to the question whether he de-
Tended the spying system of obtaining in
formation about officers. he replied:
II met with what 1 have called inertia.
1 could not get the information I needed
from the regular sources. 1 had to get in
formation where L could, in order to COM
Dat grave dangers.
In answer to the question whether he had
favored certain officers and hindered the
promotion of others, he said:
After long period, during which re-
publican officers obtained, in way, moth
ing, and officers hostile to the government
obtained everything, it seemed to me just
to begin by giving satisfaction to republi-
can officers
The great adversary of Gen. Andre In this
memorable debate has been a new man,
Guyot de Vieneuve, the deputy for Neu-
fly the smart Paris suburb. He is now
nationalist leader; but previous to the
Dreyfus affair he was captain in the
army. After resigning he devoted a large
part of his fortune to aiding other nation
alist army officers who resigned at the end
Of that fmbrogio. There is no doubt that
he managed that particular campaign with
wonderful force and skill.
In continual contrast with their leaders
impla cably precise and correct manner, the
mass of the nationalist deputies interrupted
and insuIted the minister of war like
schoo.bcys.
The Minister Insulted.
"You were false to your duty!' cried M.
Lasies.
''Your only feat of arms has been to stop
soldiers Newspapers cried Gen. Jacquey.
'You deserve the military medalv' cried
PuglieSi-Conti.
Your defense is grotesque and ridicu-
lous," cried Gabriel Syveton.
You le!" cried General Jacquey.
It is generally thought that the minister
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26
japanese Imperial Mint.
From Engineering.

One of the earliest western institutions
established in Japan was the imperial mint
at Osaka, and 1t has been one of the most
successful and useful. In the convention
which was signed at Yeddo, in 1885, be-
tween the representatives of the Japanese
government and those Of the foreign DOW
ers, the establishment of a mint was stipu-
lated. The Japanese government purchased
from the British government a mint, which
had been established at Hong Kong, but
which the latter had resolved to discon-
tinue.
The mint is now managed entirely by jap
anese. and, judging from the report Of the
director for the year ended March 81, 1904
1t maintains It's reputation not only for the
amount of its production, but also for the
efficiency and exactness Of the work done.
The report, which is printed in English, is
model of its kind. It states that the
coinage for the financial year under review
consisted Of gold, silver and nickel coins In
six denominations, amounting to 1S.316b71
pieces, of the value OF Is ,601 .O86 yen,
against 5,851. 126 pieces OF the preceding
year, valued at sc. 8Oo. 583 yen In 10 yen gold
and 20 sen silver coins. In addition to
these. 6.131 .006 pieces Of silver yen were
struck during the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26

imbroglio not excluded. At its elimination
Gen. Andre. minister Of war, was struck in
the face in the full view Of the chamber by
a deputy named Syveton
Gen. Andre is not member of the cham
Der of deputies Nevertheless he was max
Ing a speech from its tribune when he was
struck. Members of the French presidents
cabinet, when called upon, have to defend
their administration before parliament.
When their explanation Is satisfactory, the
chamber passes a favorable order of the
day; when it is not satisfactory the cham
Der passes a resolution Of blame; and the
particular minister-and regularly the whole
cabinet-has to resign. The president him
self does not resign; but he must appoint
This Is why the fall" of a. minister be-
comes SO important ant,affair capable of
changing the policy Of the country.
A Serious Accusation.
Gen. Andre appeared before the chamber
of deputies to defend himself against an
accusation that has astounded the French
people, and in his defense he made counter
assertions of the most troubling character.
To what lengths is republican minister
of war justified in going, in order to purify
great standing army of aristocratc and
reactionary tendencies?
Is he justified in employing otherwise
reprehensble methods If he judges the re-
public to be in danger from its army?
Gen. Andre Is accused OF preventing the
promotion of officers suspected of un-repub-
lican or even religious sympathtes, of send
ing such officers to languish in undesirable
posts; of promoting republican officers over
their heads without taking account of their
merit or fidelity as soldiers.
Furthermore, he is accused Of doing this
in secret without giving officers a hearing,
on the faith of a tale-bearing system that
sets subordinates-like Commandant Bou-
quereau and Lieut.. Letang-spying on their
superiors, and puts meritorious officers at
the mercy of irresponsible civilians. In
deed, it has been proved, by hundred fac
SMILES of documents in Andres own hand
writing, published in republican papers like
the Figaro. the Jurnal and even the govern
mental Matin, this information system has
been long centered in the grand orient Of
French RECONSIDERATION, 1t may be
mentioned In passing, has no connection or
sympathy with Masonic orders in America.
Denounced His Comrades.
AS to the accusation Of his tempting Of
ficers to spy on and secretly accuse each
other extraordinary documents, flched
from the ministry of war itself, are publish
ed. Thus a certain Commandant Pasquier
is shown to have denounced literally hun
dreds of his comrades.
1t is shown that such denouncers were
rewarded by promotion, that those they de-
nounced were retarded and that those they
favored were advanced. You can, there
fore, imagine the effect of these revelations
in the French army. officers suspect BROTH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26
ARTS PATHETIC SIDE
Oopyists Who Work Hard for
a Scant Reward.
MANY CURIOUS TYPES
THEY'RE TO BE SEEN IN EVERY
BIG GALLERY.
Great Waste Of Time and Canvas, for
There's Little Demand for
Their Output.
MANY CURIOUS TYPES

Written for The Evening Star.
1--WE call this place the morgue," said
an art student who copies pictures at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York,
as he showed a friend into a room in the
basement of the museum.
In this room the copies of famous pic
lures which have been begun by students,
and left at the museum unfinished, are
stored There are stacks of them. leaning
up against the walls, placed neatly in
the racks, or flung in piles upon the floor.
How many are there here altogether"
the student was asked.
"Hundreds-thousands- knows how
many" he replied. These dust-r covered,
half-finished failures are hardly ever claim
ed. Many of them have been here fer years.
suppose in every case the artist started
the work with high hopes, but got dis
Outraged and disilusoned as he-or more
likely, she-went on. Then the tired, dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26

illustrated papers. Sometimes their ems
blowers send them to the Metropolitan Mu-
scum to copy well-known pictures. The
copies are put In big gilt frames and taken
out to the smaller cities.
A hall is hired and the pictures. resplen-
dent in their gilt frames, are hung amidst
gorgeous red plush with electric lights art.
fully arranged to give them tones and
shadows to which they have no just claim.
They are offered for sale by auction and
people flock to buy. Usually these buy
ers know nothing about art, but think
II is due to their position to make bluff
at knowing. In the result they very likely
huy a picture that has cost the hrm sl.oO
for anywhere from $25 to $50.
Vesey street, New York, is the center OF
this peculiar kind of art. If you happen
TO walk through that street at noontime
YOU can see the ten-dollar-a-week copylsts
coming up from their cellars for lunch.
They are haggard. unshaven and ragged;
hut they still cling to the artistic tradition
Of wearing long hair. If they have the
price of a glass of beer they saunter TO the
nearest free lunch counter; II not, they
stand in the street and MUNICH a loaf or
bread. This may seem to be an overdrawp
picture but frequenters OF Nesey street
know that it is absolutely true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26
Declining Birth Rate in France.
From the Tablet.

rom the IaDlet.
Some information from paper on the
decline of the population in France by NJ
Bertillon Is to be published in the course of
a few days in the Journal Officiel.
'Thirty-four years ago." says NJ. Bertil-
lon. 1.-The annual number of births was &c.,
600. 1t is now about 1000. The births
last year were 25,OO0 fewer than in the year
before, and 1900 fewer in 1902 than in
1901. Deducting the deaths, there was an
addition of only 1900 to the population
last year" But DR.. Bertillon predicts that
because of the great heat of last summer
so destructive of infant life-the statistics
of population for the current year will,
when they are made up, show a most seri-
Gus narrowing of the margin between
births and deaths While the population of
France is steadily declining, that of Ger
many Is increasing at the rate of about a
million year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26
Psychology of the Settin' Hen.

Psychology or the Settln hen.
From the Boston Herald.
The hen patiently sets" only through the
overpowering pressure of mysterious crea-
tive impulse that masters her restless i'm
pulses to be outside scratching and cack-
ling instead of working for posterity