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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18
LOCAL POINTS.

just at this time there is a hull in
passenger traffic. everybody is waiting
FOR The Christmas excursions to go into
effect All Of the railroads are looking
for heavy traffic and are bringing
coaches to points where the heaviest
win start from. The Santa Fe road
expects to have an immense business
TO western Kansas. Colorado and other
points in the west ana as their rates
cover nearly every point In the east,
viii have big crowd going that way
AS there are prosperous times through
out the country everybody who can
leave home VIII go on a visit to the
old home, and the railroads win be taxed
to the utmost capacity 70 handle the
passengers The Santa Fe rates viii
extend an over Colorado a thing never
done heretofore by that road in making
holiday rates. January 2, the return
limit. IS "a concession that win be ap-
preciated.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

A. NO 40 not know st personally.
BY Mcrrick
O. You do not know anything about
that matter THEFT except by hearsay, DO
you?
"A. NO. SIR
Witness excused.
Moved hy hfcrrick that transportation
be sent 10 Norman to NJ. b ehive, and
hey be requested to rero tomorrow
night before the committee az
O'Clock with the hooks ard bills show
ing the purchase OF everything pertain
ing TO that institution since May 81
1901. Motion carried.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

we're. Fred Coleman, theft; Thomas
Phillips, burglary; Thomas Moore theft;
William Y McMahan. thefts X. @.
Dunmire. burglary; Rose Caiman per-
jury and Dora Braseola, nssault with
intent to RH Work on the criminal
docket was begun this afternoon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

Pain may go by tho name Of rheu-
matism. neuralgia, iumbaeo. pleurisy. 40
matter what name the pairs are called,
aonistcr's Rocky Mountain Tea viii
drive them away. 30 cents, Tea or
Tablets. Ask your druggist.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

Below is given the program for the
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Bar as
sociation meeting that wiz be held on
Thursday ana Friday Of this week at
oklahoma City.
Address OF the president-IIon. c. y.
stuart, South McAlcster
some Suggestions On the Insurance
Problem'-O. r.. Smith, Guthrie
History OF the Treaty Relations
with the Five Civilized Tribes Charles
NJ. Fechheimer, Chickasha.
"The Trial judge. t. Dickerson'
ChiclSasha.
ncherokee Nation"-w. H. Kornesay-
vinita.
"choctnw-chi r.-qw Nations. T.
0'aesSsf se1oes "iSail SaS ". T. np'ehins.
Musaogee.
souht McAlcster
Lincoln, the Lawyer'--Jesse j. DunF
Aiva.
Barnum. Ponca City
"A code OF Laws For the New stat'
Of oklahoma7-C o. Blake. bl Reno
Jau-es Gordon. South McAlester.
Besides these there viii be an eminen
speaker from some other state, sew
eral wen known lawyers have been con
sidared, but no definite action takei
as vet. The announcement of the spe
cial speaker will be made soon, how
ever
The meeting this year promises
lbe OF more than usual interest as thsr
are many legal topics Of current inter
est TO be discussed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

Canadian County Jury Returns BIZ
Against Alleged husband Polsoner.

Special 70 Daily Leader.
EI Reno, Okla, Dec 1S.-The grand
jury saturday afternon, returned an In
dictment against Mrs. Anna Rugg'
charging her with the murder Of her
husband who mysteriousiy died at Call
umet several months ago. Other in
dictmcnts returned by the grand jury
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

In this city. today marks the opening
of the holiday season. All OF the stores
are raliv bedeolxed for the Christmas
festival and. beginning this evening,
M wealth OF Christmas novelties VIII
be on display under thousands Of lights.
THE stores win be open every night ua-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

Morning shopping should be The rule
with Guthrie people from now until
Christmas is over. The country people
come in during he afternoon. and by
thus dividing up the day the merchants
can better minister TO the wants Of both
classes Of customers. The people living
IN the city should at least try and COM
plete their shopping expeditions before
Saturday The town win be fun Of vis-
itors and they win want every adyan-
tAge.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

Just received, new, up-ro-date line
Of Mems. Women's and children's shoosi
it will pay you 70 inspect them. We can
save you money. White House Shoe
store, 1f4 w. okla. Ave.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18
GRIMES STORY OF
''The Lost Ireasurership"
Or why
MI. MeNeal Got Bitterly Sore
Secretary Of the Territory Tells How j. W. McNeal
Threatened to Do Business Unless Governor
jenkins Appointed Him TO the Office Of Terri.
tOriaI Treasurer.

Mr. Grimes Says He Was Never Connected with the
Asylum That He Owned No Stock That He Merely
Represented Mr. Flynn and That Mr. McNeal Acted
AS Though He Was Sore
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

al after Christmas, and never before
i'm the history Of Guthrie have the peo-
pie been better satisfied with their lot
on earth.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

HOLIDAY GOODS AND TOYS AT
RENFRO'S.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

BETTER GOODS FOR LESS "oNEY
AT THE FAMOUS.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

SEE THE HOLIDAY GOODS AT
RENFRO's.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18
DO YOU KNOW

DO YOU KNOW
We have our three thousand dollars
worth Of new china and glass in an the
newest patterns from the leading mar
kats OF the world? We arc direct i'm
porters Of foreign goods. and are thus
enabled to make the loves prices. We
invite comparison of quality and
prices. Guthrie Glass & Chb'a Co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-18

1.-THE MOST OF .T z eEST FOR
THE LEAST" PA E1ON FHsNt-
TURE co.
The sun., 1905-12-31

Yet the time was, when mounted on sar-
senet ribbon, they were counted an ideal
gift from a girl to a man.
At this same time knitting, that staid
and homely craft responsible for mittens,
stockings and many other practical articles,
was made to disport itself in such fantasies
as little baskets and jugs to hold trinkets
and, horror of horrorsl was employed in
making flowers out Of wool, which were
fondly supposed to be in imitation Of nature
and which were disposed in wreaths or olus-
ters on O knitted lamp mat.
Lamp mats were also orooheted and made
OF velvet and beads. Indeed most OF the
varying fashions in fancy work have been
applied to them as they have been to
tides. Men have been much afflicted with
presents Of tides, an article toward which
they have always shown aversion. even in
the days when hair oil made the antimacas-
sar a thing of necessity as well as beauty,
but their women folks usually knew what
was good for them from the period OF the
netted antmacassar to that OF the hand
The sun., 1905-12-31
KNITFASTER THAN THEY WALK
Ely FINGERS or THE WOMEN
" no WAKE NIPPERS.
The WoolIcn MlttenS W0rnbN the Gloucester
Fishermen Made by Women IN Maine
The busy Needles Kept Going at
Prayer Meetings and Even Funerals.

PfNOEsCOT, Me. Dec 80. More than
900 women in eastern Hancock county
earn money for Christmas presents and
winter clothing by knitting woollen nip
prr4 which are used by the winter fisher
men who sail out from Gloucester Mass.
hsherman's nipper is heavy wool
mtt with short wrist and with thick
protection for the thumb and forefnger
and padded palm. 1t was designed for
protecting the hands of fishermen who
hauI wet lines in cold weather.
Fully $1,000 pairs of nlppers are worn
out every year, of which more than rs per
cent are knitted by women who live in the
shore towns east of Penobscot River. As
a rule a woman with active fingers can knit
Tour pairs of nippers day in addition to
doing her housework.
The pay, for making a set of nippers is
four centse which il taken up in store trade
from the agents. In actual cash value,
no more than three cents pair il given
for the work,
The knitterS begin their labors late in
November and continue until February
or later. The rushing season is from De-
cember Is until the New Year. 1t is not un-
common TO see aged women walking along
time and holding balls Of yarn in their
Gpron pockets.
A smart knitter can Use up greater
length Of yarn than she can cover in walk
ing along a good road, her fingers out
stripping her feet in a ratio of to s. She
is counted a poor knitter who cannot knit
up a mile of yarn while she is walking a
mile. though when person keeps her eyes
upon the flying needles all the time walk
ing is more from feeling than from sight
and consequently slow,
The women carry their knitting work
about them, no matter what they are doing.
At evening prayer meetings it is not un-
usual for woman to knit across a nipper
before she can rise to give her testimony
when called upon bv the class leader. Cases
are known in which women have taken
their knitting to funerals, though near
relatives of the deceased are barred from
this privilege. As the communities are
strictly orthodox, no knitting is done on
Sundays.
The nipper business furnishes good
revenues to railrYds, steamboats, and
about $4,000 a year.
The sun., 1905-12-31

blunt end of my pen, | would smile II |
wasn't afraid she would be offended. and
when 4 man walks madly up and down and
shlieks out his Jealous woe. | just have to
cough in order not to lose my dollar
"Oftentimes am just as much in the dark
as you are concerning the identity of people.
Very often | am not told name or address
The person calls for the letter, or it is sent
for. and when the correspondence has gone
on for few weeks or months it stops right
of quick
Il don't know whether they marry quar-
rel are found ont or what has happened
they drift ont Of my life and my thought
Sometimes a third person comes, tells the
circumstances and returns for the letter
| never know who the originals are.
Naturally | am somewhat curious, for the
letters are wonderful revelations Of char
acter OF circumstance, but never display
too much curiosity.
About IL week ago a man, fine looking
man. came in and asked me to write a few
lines for him lie asked my fee and ! said
a dollar. and he said all right, with manner
that gave me to understand that hc would
be willing TO pay s. if | had asked it, He
produced paper and wanted me 10 copy
Il few lines | saw they were very well
written and he admitted that they We're in
his own handwriting. That aroused my
suspicion and when he said that hc wanted
me to change the time mentioned in tho
document from ten days 10 three months
thought that there was something crooked
ieioat 1t WIS d legal paper and no 'ioubt
was to he used for wrong purpose.
absolutely refused even when he offered
me $40
Many times people comctnd try to get
me TO write threatening letters. always
refuse and ALWAYS tell them that it is not my
business neither lit lwoud ike above all
else to keep II within the sentimental lne-.
and Judging from my srrrye-s | guess the
field is not worked out yet"
The sun., 1905-12-31
1T HAPPENED
| IN BROADWAY.
An Incident With a Surprise at the
End for One Small Girl
Spectator.

1t Is not only fine ladies in f,tI- and fine
but feeble old gentlemen in broadcloth
that the policeman pilots safely across the
street. He makes way there as well for
cripples, countrymen and children in fact
for all who need his help and protection.
SO there was seen yesterday a tail, calm
policeman ConN Dying across Broadway two
small children who had been out gather
ing refuse wood which they were now carry
ing home for firewood. One of them,
a girl of perhaps II, Wore a little, old fash
oned shawl and had balanced on her head
a bundle Of wood as big around as her own
body and as long, The other, a boy of g.
carried on his head bundle of wood like
wise as big as himself
The two came up together, but with the
girl "a leader, to the big policeman stand
ing by the corner, and he, with no delay at
all, but with quite as much attention as he
would have shown oany one, started on with
them across the street, holding up a warn
ing hand to drivers, where that was needed
as he went, Probably there could come
to his post nobody to whom the big police
man would give kinder and safer care than
lie did to these two small children carrying
the big bundles Of wood.
Dlil W SOIllt III lIl' ilSStlSJN IHe SlRl'
Of the policeman esCorting the two little
wood gathCreTs over so was at least some
thing out Of the usual, and a little knot of
people, men, women and children out
with their mothers shopping, gathered on
either side of the street TO see the Incl
dent through
Close by one Of these corners, standing
by the curb in the intersecting street, was
the handsome and trinity saddlcd horse
of a mounted policeman. his rider being at
that moment dismomted and' standing in
the street q few feet away, looking after
the traffic there.
This horse seemed to become interested
in a little girl that was standing there with
her mother, and very quietly he moved
forward, close to her. And when the police
man on the crossing had finally got the
children over and had started back him
self, and the people who had been watch
ing him faced around to start on this little
girl found tn handsome police horse stand
ing there looking at her and with his nose all
but touching her coat sleeve.
She certainly was n little startled, but
she wasn't scared, and she was pleased,
and she stepped back closer to her mother
and looked up at her and smiled and the
mother smiled at the little girl and then
at the horse, and then the two went on to-
gether, still smiling and still quite wrought
up over this-for them-quite unexpected
ending of the incident.
But there are things happening in Broad
way all the time, and even the little things
may be interesting.
The sun., 1905-12-31
CAPTNN MtDE / niSCOl ERr
How a FamISIch Grew Found Drinking
water.
From Me l'ou1's Comprnion.

From NE IOui's comp p1uiOr.
1T PAYS to know things, said IA" oh sea
captain as he sat on a New Bedford wharf.
Il remember time when Ignorance uonrlv
held me down and drowned un or should
say. nearly killed me for the want of SWal-
low of fresh water.
I'd shipped in brig from New York going
down to Brazil and southland, CARRYING Il
cargo of air and linen collars aud such stun
and hoping 10 come baCk louI"I with coffee.
There weren't ANYBODY on board had been
in those waters arore except the captain,
and he ID forgotten most of what he learned
there. Everything went all right till We
started to work north to u port lust "A couple
cr inches on the chart beyond the mouth OF
the AMAZON River.
We hadn't slowed any water for a week
or two. but the winds 'orc fair enough to
suit, and there didn seem to b. any reason
to Get suspicious. But on" morning the
Captain, who'd been study ying the chart
says to me, pointing to a shadow of land,
There's the mouth Of the Amazon He'd
hardly got the words out Of his mouth when
the canvas Tapped with Il quick change of
wind. and all the afternoon it got weaker
and weaker as We approached shore. BY
the time night came YOU could drop cannon
ball overheard and drop n feather after it,
and they'd both hit the water in the same
place. The next day the weather was thick
eight bells the captain called me and says
Have you noticed the tide; Something s
carrying us out to sen, and it's dead calm"
"'What of IL" says |, careless Haven I we
got time enough to wait for wind
"'Timc enough all right, lie says. but not
water enough What's left is in quarts, and
not gallons, he says
Il won't have TO tell you how We tried to
make the water last. or how tantalilIuE the
ocean looked to lis. or how our tongues swclcd
ny after four days and got rough like leather
md how the weather kept thick and haHy
uud we never sighted a sail or a steam VeS-rl
bOwsprt And the sun dried cut our skins
as IL ducs sthr"lcd clothes on Monday morn
inFs;
Finally one afternoon the captain Crawei
mp on deck and began 10 rave, tie VI as crazy.
After a while he grinned at me. and said
i won't stand IT any longer. If ! don't got
some moisture on me III crack open and
althou Eh he couldn swim a stroke, over the
rail he wont like thing with wings. We all
went to look over the side.
lie came up after his bubbles, My stars,
you should have seen tho look on his face,
! never saw such II shccpish expression in
"SGissor4 to grind he wells This ocean
amt salt at all The water a. fresh a. hot
douEhnuts, and hc rulps down another
quart OF il, smacking his lips. Throw me
fool OF this week. he says
Sure enough. it Wns Just as lie said the
water was fresh. The delta OF tho Amazon
pours such big stream that even out of sight
OF land the water IL sweet as dew on clover
blossoms"
The sun., 1905-12-31

painted velvet throw" as it was called in
the provinces
1t would take pretty large volume to
enumerate the many uses to which fancy
work has been put by the fair in their deter
mination to benefit the masculine half Of
creation. Ottomans, or footrests, bags,
purses, braces, watch pockets, cigar cases
smoking caps, napkin rings, towel racks,
shirt boxes, card cases and pocketbooks,
skating bags, shawl traps and many others,
are mostly Of the old school, usually worked
on canvas in wool, silk and beads in the
brightest Of patterns.
There were in this period also number
Of mild little arts devoted to less practical
gifts, such as wax flowers, hair work, in the
shape Of watch guards or initials, marking
pocket handkerchief, picture frames Of
leather autumn leaves, of acorns, of shells,
and-n brief, goodness knows what has not
been tortured into picture frame even
unto the present day of burnt wood, leather
and velvet
Between 1870 and 1880 what was supposed
The sun., 1905-12-31

the latest craze In fancy work 70 perhaps
the one touch Of nature which proves the
kinship Of the old fashioned and the new
woman
1t Is probably aboriginal instinct, which
cultivation will never be able TO destroy,
and in its manifestations 1t has been and
always will be governed entirely by fashion
The diffcrt noe between such work in the
twentieth and the nineteenth century
seems to be merely that at present pyrog-
raphy is the rage, while in the flfties
potichomanie was the all absorbing occupa-
tion and, in a particular case, that as girls
grew taller pincushions grew longer. Pin
cushions are now often three feet long by
four or five inches wide, while in the days
when the fair makers were small and plump
pincushions also we're round and plump.
There is a certain change of sentiment
also Nowadays a pincushion, fashioned
in the shape of feminine leg covered
with long black stocking and emerging
from frill OF lace, is thought to be n smart
little gift for man friend or relative, but
consider the scandal Of such a thing if it
had been done in that squeamish age when
the lower limbs were scarcely supposed
TO exist, or at any rate were never men
toned in polite society.
The glories of the embroidered waistcoat
have long since waned, but in view of the
revival of the worked slippers, it is within
the range of possibilities that they will
come to the front again, so young ladies had
better take note of this description of them
in their heyday. For dress they were
made of satin, worked with small wreath
around the edge or in very small sprigs
all over, and for morning wear they were
worked on canvas, a pattern of stays heads
being recommended for a sporting gentle
man or a Scotch clan plaid as suitable for
any one.
There is something pathetic in these
unregenerate days in the contemplation of
the queer little bookmarlers of perforated
cardboard on which scriptural or friendly
;motto was neatly worked in silk and beads.
The sun., 1905-12-31

Marriage this little Work possesses peculiar
appropriateness and in all Families IL would
be the index to the economy OF time and
the cultivation of the most Elegant as well
as Useful Female Accomplishments. Also
we find in the text this comment: In lieu
of giving up to sleep we arise betimes and
in the paths of cheerful industry that is,
fancy work. avoid those stings OF self
reproach which attend but too certainly
! on the slugGard,"
Satan apparently was exercised but ho
must have enjoyed the exquisite humor
of the thing as he inspired in the feminine
brain the desire to apply the latest craze
in fancy work TO articles which were gener-
ously bestowed upon the men, to their
confusion.
The sun., 1905-12-31
'THE VICTIM OF FANCY WORK,
EMBROIDERED SHIPPERS ARE
BACK To PLAGEE NAN.

Fancy work Of Half Century Ago TO
the Confusion or Their Masculine
Friends Cushions and other Fsncies,
The modern man has received many a
buffet from fate but staggering blow
came this year in the shape Of n Christmas
present, pair Of slippers worked in cross
stitch on canvas in gorgeous floral pattern
after the good old tasteless fashion Of
the earlier nineteenth century.
Who would have thought such a revival
possible in these days, when high art OBJ
jects are scattered about as thick as black
berriesP But go it Is. Tho canvas slipper
patterns partly worked have been ex-
phibited in the fancy work shops for some
weeks past, a good many have been sold
and the same number Of fond, patient
men are now sheepishly wearing them.
Poor souls! who knows but next year
+ the smoking or lounging cap may be re-
Etuscitated, and then it will ony need a pair
I0f Turkish trousers and a lowered dress
! ing gown to make Fascination Fledgebys
sof them all. There is consolation, though,
Yin the thought that this desire on the part
Fof feminine relatives and friends to endow
Sfhem with the, products Of their skill in
The sun., 1905-12-31

to be an artistic awakening took place, but
such vandalism as was then perpetrated
by the unframed fist in the name Of hand
painting was never seen before or since in
the realm Of fancy work. Man was as usual
the victim.
There IL one other article besides pen
wipers, pincushions and picture frames
which has had a persistent vogue az a home
made gift through all the varying fashions.
That il the sofa cushion and the 1910 girl
agreed with the girl Of 1905 that the main
thing was to make it scratchy. wooly or
uncomfortable in some way 30 that the
careless man to whom it was presented
should not dishgure it by use.
From the time when sofa pillow covers
were knitted or crocheted or worked with
large beads through tho period when they
were made of velvet decorated with large
daubs OF paint down, to the present day,
when the proper thing il to ornament them
with glittering paillettes and large raised
FLOWERS, the gift sofa cushion seems to say
Keep your dstance!" and man is as ever
an injured being.
But the discovery has been made that in
this as in some other matters, he is indi-
rectly to blame. 1t was ever his joy in
his palmy days as lord Of creation to hold
UP to his wife and daughters the warning
maxim that Satan finds some mischief
still for idle hands to do" What do we
find in the preface to The Work Table and
Embroidery Frame Companion" but this
recommendation of the work "As a gift
of love and friendship in the hands of
Father, Brother or one on the point Of