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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-03-06
Mvths Tor Moderns.

Jove looked down ruefully upon the
slaughterer Of the Titans. Olympus
was really a sight, but Juno cherked
him up a BIT. Brace up old man;
it's all right Remember Port Ar
thur" and Jove's brow cleared as he
whistled down the tube for the jani-
tor to come and mop up the debris.
Venus was doing her best to per.
suade the bashful Adonis to let her
nave just one kiss. The goddess
looked enhancing. but Aeonis was
adamant. NO" he answered sorrow
fully to her pleadings. Don't yon
know there are microbes in kisses?"
It was Charon's busy day on the
Styx. Several souls grumblcd be-
cause of the crowd. and having 70
wait while the ghostly ferry made q
second trip. Charon g'ared at them
with fiery disgust "No ads in .his
subway, anyhow" he roarei.-New
York Times.
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taken in at the home of friends On Le.
goes Point Upon her recovery sne
agreed to have the wedding take
place at once provided her fa.her's
consent could he obtained. The mdy
way to reach ne light house was over
The ice. which Their held numerous
vessels in ITS grip in Chesapeake bay.
In spite Of the currents swirllng un-
dornea.h the nr holes which yawnec
threateningly, the lovers tramped and
climbed over the ice packs two miles
and half to The island the journey
taking them all day.
Having obtained Mr.. Cchoe's con.
sent the couple next day again bragcd
the icy peils. On reaching Legoe''
Point they walked through the snow
seven miles further TO Edgewuod sta
ton and took the train 10 Baltimore
where the marriage took place.
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No MoaE RAILRoAO coLLIsIoNe
System IN New Zealand Most Perfect
Safety Device.

System IN New Zealand Most Perfect
safety Device.
Railway managers in New Zealand
believe that they have succeeded in
finding a new method of signaling
that will make collisions absolutely
impossible. 1t has recently been put
into operation there
The block system Of signaling has
been in general use in New Zealand
hitherto; but the new system. called
the tablet has now been introduced
ITS essential feature = that no engine
driver Is allowed tc leave a station
without a tablet in his possession, and
the element of safety rests on the fact
that the machines are so made that
It is impossible for two of the tablets
to be out at the same time.
If driver leaves Auckland for
Newmarket with a tablet. that tablet
has to be dcrosited in the machine at
Newmarket before another tablet is
issued for Auckland. and the cleo
/ trical connection between the two
stations ma es it impossible to ex
tract a tablet from the Auckland ma
chine until the tablet has been put
into the machine at Newmarket Rail
way experts are quoted as saying that
--der this system two trains cannot
be on the same section at once, there
fore all danger of collisions is pre-
vented.-The World To-Day.
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Ia Easn credItor.

In a certain town Of Connecticut a
deacon of the church. charged with
soliciting subscriptions for a charity.
recently experienced considerable diff
iiculty in getting the townsmen to
contribute.
To one of his neighbcrs the deacon
said:
"oh. come. Richard, do give some
thing"
"scpg, deacon" answered Richard,
''bul don't see how l can"
"tVhy not? Isn't the cause good
one%
90 les. tbe cause is good enough
bun owe too much money"
"But, Richard you owe God a larger
debt than anyone else"
That's true. too" drawled Rich
ard. but God amt pushin me."--Har
per's Weekly
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-03-06
ANOTHER DEFENSE OF
GOVERNOR VAROAMAN.

vardamaus geasral position on the
negro question is that Of ninety
nine ont Of every hundred men in the
south. In some respects he IS some
what ahcad Of the general run Of PEG
pie. Especially as regards his views
as To negro education He believes
The negro not 1T fer self government
much Jess for comination by sheer
force Of numbers, Of a more intelligent
race. He believes that the negro
should he protected in his natural
rights Of life. liberty, property and the
pursuit Of happiness. These, as gov
ernor. he has seen that the negro cit.
izens get.
lie believes. however, that the cleo
tive franchise is gift Of civilization
and rot an absolute right; it is TO be
exercised ty the intelligent and cor'-
pretending. and extended 70 those
from time TO time who SO qualify
themselves to receive it, from these
who already have obtained it, and that
these are The ones % be the judges
OF the f-pess Of the applicant TO be
received into their rarks. He believes
that the negro is not 1T associate
for white man by reason Of racial
and therefore. mental aad moral, in
ferority, that in country where tw
such races live The white race, by
/ reason Of inherent and demonstrate
superiority Of attainments, therefore
higher scale Of civilization and capae
ity for government, should be the dem
inant one; that there is not now, MOI
can there be, social equality hetweel
the races, for such would debafe
drag down and demoraiize tho highe
one without in the least uplifting tn
lower: and that, finally. he Whit
race. situated as it is in this countr'
: which It won With is blood came
and VIII not share sovereignty of dc
minion with the inferior oncs-Garrar'
Harris in lIarper's Weekly
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NO FRIEND OF HIS.
Previous Ties Broken When Brick
Came Into the Game.

Previous Ties Broken When Brick
Came Into the Game.
AS Justice Friedel was seated at his
desk buslly engaged in flling out the
commitments he was suddenly dis
turbed by an airy young negro who
blussed into the room and without
more ado blurted OUT
"Mohnin, squisn I wants war
rant for a niggah who broke the peace
last night by strikIn me on nah head
wit a brick / didn't do Ic.hin' 30
him. He jes' hit me, dats all"
After inquiry Justice Friedel decid-
ed that he could issue .he warrant,
and forthwith began to I'll out the
warrant blank
whats your name?" inquired the
magistrate.
Charles Sewell, yo' honah,' came
the prompt response, IAN his name is
Thomas Kane" sewell continued, as
Justice Friedel began to write.
what did you say your friends
name is?" asked the Justice.
'Frenl Frenr" grunted the com
plainant. "He amt 20 fren' of mine
He hit me wit er brick. Baltimore
News.
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CAMEL CARRIES A clsTeRN.
Its stomaehs So Wonderfully Con
strueted They Store Up Water.

It's stomaohs So Wonderfully Con.
structed They Store Up Water.
The stomach of a camel is divided
into no less than four compartments
and the walls Of one OF these are lined
with large cells, every one Of which
can be opened and closed at viii ty
means OF powerful muscles.
Now, when a camel drinks. it drinks
a great deal Indeed, 1t goes drink,
ing on for such long time that really
You would think that 1t never meant
to leave of. But the fact is that It IS
not only satisfying it's thirst. but is
filling up its cistern as well. One
after another the cells in its stomach
are filed with water, and as soon as
each is quite full It is tightly closed.
Then when the animal becomes
thirsty, a few hours later, all that IL
has TO do ~ TO open one of the cells
and allow the water to flow out. Next
day 1t opens one or two more cells
and so it goes on day after day until
the whole supply is exhausted In this
curious way a camel can live five OF
even six days without drinking at all
and so is able to travel easily through
the desert, where the wells are otter
hundreds Of miles apart.
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rss EMloRANTs.

(Kansas City s'ar)
They crossed the prairies az Of old,
Our fathers crossed the sea;
To make the west as the east
The empire Of the free.
-sFIom Whlttier's Emigraat Song.
And you win observe, If you are
feepihs track Of what is being done
in kansas. that They have arrived
and are attending 10 their anointei
TASK IN a way to make the Rockefeller
octopus lash the oil fields with its ten
saclea into o foam for miles around.
But when you thiak What a state
The union might have in oklahom'
ana low The light against metropolis
lic oppression might be aided by it'
admission. isn't It just a burning an'
a crying shane 10 think that ia ca
he kept out by such huakies as Rhode
island nelaware and Kew Jersey?
o temporal o moresl
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came a letter toFhe dead man home
stating that Luch hod fallen heir tc
sl.sGanN in the estate of his second
wiie's father 0ho had died at Pmla.
dclphla before lle death cf Luch
The Inheritance came too late tC
ifi The one time esteemed player cut
of poverty and want There bins no
children of the second wife the inher
itancc vii revert to Luchs third wife
,ht surviving widow
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lNcoME wAs Too LlMI1sp.
50 a Month Really Not Enough I,
Support a Gentleman.


Somewhere in town is man OF
good family and excellent education
who has simply gone to the dogs He
has reached the dime stage Of tho
borrowing habit One Of his friends,
Bob by name. grew tired some tine
ago of his opportunities.
"see here. Joe" said he, If you'll
promise to stop asking me for a dime
every time you see me, III give you So
a month can't stand being bothered
so much III tell the cashier. and
every first OF the month you come in
and he'll give you the $2"
It was the last Of the month then,
and Joe promised. Prompt on the first
OF the month he called for his money
About a fortnight later he came N
again TO borrow a dime. Bob lost
patience.
why, you promised TO quit bother
ing me-" he said. Il can't have yos
taking up so much Of my time Didni
we make a bargain, and didn't you
agree to stick to III"
Il did promise" said Joe Il made
that bargain in good faith. and
meant to carry it on, but just wan
to ask you one thinr, Bob Don't yo'
think 81 a month IS dern little for 1
gentleman to live Washingio.
! Post.
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FCOH WEARS AiF nCQoE y r o.
President Roosevelt IS now seated
for the nrst time in his own right
add nay consratulaie himself for tne
overwhelming majority ~ which ne
was supported. for it was entirely q
personal compliment 20 himself rathc-
than to hts party A large nsnibcr of
democrats thought they saw IN him
an oppoitrnitv OF dealing an enective
blow to the trusts and SO gave him
their support They we're exceedingly
anxious to attain their purpose ane
we're willing TO lay politics aside
So far a good hosmring hos been
made Investigations and cases nave
been started and the trusts and mo.
ucnolies thoroughly ycased, 50 much
SO that it is safe to say that if they
had their campaign contributions
bacl, they would keep them.
However. it IS only a gooi beein
ming that has been made. the real
work IS before him yet whether h'
viii push it home TO success remains
to be seen. If he docs there will be
cnly the greatest personal praise fol
him. for he win have much TO Sver
come within the lines Of bis owl
party. Re it said. he hos good nerve
and that is why so many democrats
voted for him
II he brings TO light The shady meth
ods ry which billion dollar corpora
.. iions piled up their ill-gctten gain
and succeeds. even FIN part, in reDress
ing them he win be entitled lesson
ally to the everlasting gratitude Of tn
American petple. But If he permit
his political associates to first friehtel
end then whltewash in consideration D
! liberal CAMPAIGN contributions tn
j greater viii be his condemnation.
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clronmstantlal EvIdenee.

Senator Depew. at a lawyers din
ner. talked about circumstantlal evil
dence.
"Circsmstantial evidence may be
conclusive enough, he said. There
IS, for instance. the old case of the
frog that hoped out of the pail Ok
milk. thus affording conclusive cir
cumstantial evidence OF the milk's
watering, and the other day heard
OF a new case of positive proof that
circumstantiai evidence had Afforded.
"A young and pretty girl had been
out walking.
"On her return her mother said:
where have you been, my dear?'
"Only walking in the park. she re
piled.
"'Who with2' pursued her mother,
"'No one. mamma said the young
girl
''No one, her mother repeated.
No one, was the reply.
Then. said the older lady, 'ex
plain how Il is that you have come
home with a walking stick instead Of
an umbrella?"
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ACCURACY As A REQUISITE.
OF Vital Importance fer Success IN
Commercial Life.

OF Vital Importance fer Success IN
Commercial Life.
The head Of one Of the largest dry
goods commission houses in this city
was asked the othes day how Il hap
pened that his partner, upon whom the
principal responsibility OF the bust
ness rests. came to attain that DO
sition. while not yet so years Of age.
Purely ard simply On his own
merit" he replied. "He came into my
Office and told me that he had Just
finished school and was looking for
position I tappened To have a 20
sltion open at the time for an Office
boy, and started him IN at S. a week.
His rise from that position to the one
That he now occupies was steady and
rapid, and was due entirely to the fact
that. after having received an order
or instructions, he could be relied up
on to carry them out and do Ii cor
rectly, too lie never started on on
anything half-cocSsd, 50 TO speak. ne
was not afraid to ask questions and
thus get his Instructions straight be
fore undertaking the work in hand. In
fact, ! might say that he owes every
thing to the fact that he was always
accurate IN all that he did. You may
think that | am preaching q sort OF
sermon. but II young men entering
business positions. whether high OF
low. would take for their motto tbe
two words, BE accurate and would
live up to II. there need be no fear o.
the ultimate outcome Of their under
takings. New York Commercial
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overheard hn central.

The telephone operator at Bellevue
hospital, who is often obliged to give
distressing information concerning pa
tients 10 relatives inquiring by tele-
phone. received shock the other
night. A man inquired. feelingly.
about the condition Of so-and-so. The
operator replied cheerfully that the pa
tent was doing nicely.
Doing nicely? Why / thought he
was dying" came in a tone of pLined
surprise from the other end Of the
wire
"Are you a relative?' asked the op
orator, anxious to learn why the in
quirer seemed disappointed.
"-- mol" came the response. "Im
the undertaken. New York Sun
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Night Was No Time for Coming q the
last Day.

Night Was No Time for Coming q the
Last Day.
Prof Hiram Corscn OF Cornell Is
not only a great shakespearean critic,
but also a person who upon occasion
knows how s. meet an emergency with
true shakospearean elevation Of soul.
It IS told Of hin-and all good stories
In that neighi crhood are ,Old " him
that he was once sroused from HIS
nightly smmbeIs by his wife, who had
become frightened at q thunderstorm.
"walzo up. Hiram she cried. The
professor turned uaeasily on his
couch, bus was sound asleep again In
two seconds. A binding Cash, fol-
lowed almost instantaneously by ter
rife peal Of thunder, caused his terri
hei spouse to again cry: Wake up;
oh. do wake up. FL am" No response
came beyond az inafticulate gurg e
from the professor. succeeded prompt
" by the regular d. eathing OF deep
sleep
Another flash more vivid than its
/ predecessor III up the room. while the
wind, tearing some bricks from the
chimney. brought them rattling ant
banging do upon the roof. accom-
panied by tho sharp detonation Of tbs
thunder
Hiram. wake up; the last grea
day has comei" shrieked Mrs Corson
"Wha-aa.t IN the night?" querie,
The professor.-New York Times.
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III ne Silent 5edrcnefh-
When the darkness OF night has fallen,
And the birds are fast asleep.
An army Of silent scarchers
Erom the dusk shadows creep;
And over the quiet meadows,
or amid the waving trees.
They wander about with their tiny lamps
That fash IN the evening breeze.
And this army OF silent searchers.
Each with his hickeIing light
Wauders about TN morning
Has driven away the night
What treasures they may be seeking
No man upon earth can know,
Perhaps 'tls the home Of the fairies
Who lived in the long ago.
For an ancient legend tells us
That once. when the fairy king
Had summoned his merry minstrels
All the royal feast 20 sing
The moon. high over the tree tops
with the stars, refused 20 shine,
And an army with tiny torches
Was called from the oak and pine.
And when by the imps of darkness
The fairies were chassd away,
The army began its searching
Al the close of a drcary day;
Through an the years that have followed
The seekers have searched the nieht.
Piercing the gloom Of the hours
With the fash OF their magic lieht.
Henry Ripley Dore.
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lreredIbIe erutaIliy.

It would have been incredible bru
tality If Chas T. Lcmberger, of syra.
cuse. n. Y. had not done the hest lac
could s9r his suffering son. NY bog
he says. "cut fearful cash over his
eve, so ] applied Buclleu's Arnica
salve. Which quickly healed it and
saved his eye" Good for buns and
ulcers too. Only 25c at all drug stores
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When but a child ! marveled much
That once upon the marbles breast
/ found engraycn DER tomb
These simple words and few. "At Rest"
They told no place nor hour Of birth,
No record Kept Of how or where
The tenant there Rad welcomed rest,
And put aside life's fevered core.
But now ] marvel much the more
Wheneer ] read on carven stone
AuEht OF inscription. line or date
Save that which tells Of this alone;
That ne who lies beneath the mound.
With sighNess eyes and pulselcss
breast
Has gained the one great boon OF all
EteInol. everlasting rest.
Darlie Stiles Prescott
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Only IS hours TO st. Louis via the
Frisco. sE9IEMFSy, ,vSS-NE ENTs
Ingenious Door Lock.

An ingenious lock. which has just
been patented. has the keyhole in the
knob or handle OF the door. The mech
anism OF tae lock IS So constructed
that a person on the inside OF the door
can, by turning the knob in one d.
rection, lock the door so that it cam
not be opened, even by key, On the
outside BY turning the knob in the
opposite direction the door is locked,
but can be opened on the outside by
the use of key designed to fit the
lock.
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why was his time, already short.
cut prcmaturely shorter?
Because at first he floored the port.
And then he foored the porter.
Mine q varl.colored oak.

A RusSlan timber dealer has dis
covered a valuable mine OF oak. II is
in river of south Russia, in layers
three or loar feet Deep scattered over
$50 square miles. and its most strik-
ing feature is its variety Of eolors.
supposed to be due TO the variegated
soil Of the river bottom. Not fewer
than twelve shades Of pink. blue, yel-
low and brown have been noted, each
log having It's own uniform shade.
The logs taken out have ranged from
forty TO 200 feet in length and from
fifteen to twenty inches in diameter
and It Is estimated that more than
10000. averaging seventy feet, re
main.
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srArEAoon Sol az cANNoN.

STATEHOOD SHOT BY CANNON.
The statehood bin is dead It was
fatally stabbed py SIS professed friends. I
speaker Cannon did the deed The
fatal hlow was struck by the rerubli- /
can caucus called February 10th. After
lingering illness of twenty-one days
the last spark Of life went cut Fri
DAY night March Ord
The real truth is there has mover
ncen ary hone for statehood since
that republican caucus was neld on
February 10th bat local statehood en-.
ihusiasts hoped against hope for three
weeks. Now the suspense IS ovei.
nnt the PEE PIE cf oklahoma nc longer
entesiuin any doubt about Who did the
fiRins Nor will they Sail 10 hold the
proper parties responsible.
The events are so recent that all
viii easily recall them now and it win
he We'll just to set dowa some Of these
''s tial loinss for ready reference
;" the cmnpaigu liar is abroad Ia
d.
9n February z, 1905, the Hamilton
y lin. as amended passed the senate
granting statehood to oklahoma and
lndisA Terrtcry combined as ole
state. ana to New Mckee leaving
.s-. /. ta,,ttrrv
On February astvo days later, the
bin vas returned to the house for con-
sairrence Or nonconcnrrence in tre
senate amendments and at once re-
serred by speaker Cannon 70 tie com
mittee on territories
just here is where the shady work
come in. A close roll Of tue house
showed that thlrty-three republican
members AID AL the democrats were
in favor II statehood and would vot'
70 pass the bill If Il over cane TO
vote in the house.
At thIs point Autocrat Cannon
called the republican caucus Of Feb
ruary 10Th where he let It be lnoNi
hat the bill would never be reported
y back from NE committee on terrlte
ries unless a majority cf the Who'll
house would sign written agre'
meat to vote to hon-concur and sen
the bin 70 conference comnhtte q
representatives and senators. Unde
this compulsion the party lash line
Up enough members 10 send The hi
to conference. where 1t met its deaf
at the hands Of its profes9ed friends.
II that is not perfdy, kindly nam
il. Cannon ana his republican coI
snlrators in that caucus killed the bi
hy one Of the most high handed pr
ceedirgs set iraulged by represel
tative body
ralk Of rule by the majority is a
very hice but when a speaker Of III
house can defeat the viii Of a maio
ity by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.ty by trickeIy it becomes a mytl
Oklahoma and Indian Territory woul
now have an enabling act II Joseph
q. Cannon had been a speaker and M
a trickster and submitted the bin
the house as became one Of l.
standing.
The democrats Of the territory nav
cause 20 congratulate the democra
in both houses for their firm stand
favor Of statehood for Oklahoma AZ
Indian Territory Hereafter voters
Oklahoma will remember the recoi
as il is
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MIIIIonaIres obIeet . HoteI.

WIIITuUHITVa DUINNN % TTVNITl
The milliOnaires who have private
mansions IN the neighborhood Of the
St Regis hotel. New York. are vexed
and peevish over the fact that this
exclusive place dispenses alcoholic
beverages 10 It's guests They want
II stopped. They have filed an agpl!-
cation at Albany TO have the license
revoked. Among the residents Of the
fashionable district where the hotel
stands live John ID Rockefeller. Lew
p. Morton. Cornelius Vanderbilt, II
Mex. Twombly, Henry s. Redmond
and a score Of other milnonaires. who
opposed the erection OF hotel SO
near their homes
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CENTURY OF GREAT MEN.
ok Immortal Characters In .sodsrf
History's Paaes.

Six Immortal Characters In .soderf
History's Paaes.
From 1880 to 1850 is the most mem
orable period in modern history. 81;
great men made their marks-Na
poleon, whose chief feature was am
bition; Nelson, courage; Pitt, states
mansh.p. and George Stephenson, in
genuity. Washington and Nelsol
have secured the affection Of poster
ity, Washington and Stephenson hay|
done the most for mankind, Welline
ton enjoys the respect Of all, Pitt ha
our admiration and Napoleon will for
ever excite the wonder Of the world
Napoleon endeavored to remodel Et
rope; George Stephenson succeede
in doing sol Washington and st'
phenson together had independence
observation and ingenuity thre
qualities which are Of the most SER
ice to humanity Truth.