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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02
what Am l Fitted For7"

In my own case the hardest problem was
10 find out what was best fitted for, I was
ambitious enough, but too much like millions
OF others In being able to do several things
fairly WE'LL and no one thing supcrlatively
we'll. Besides, had no special learning or
opportunity to help me decide. In this dilem-
ma made a desperate plunge and wasted
ten precious years and all my savings trying
to get started in q profession for which had
little fltness
Now why am not sure enough dead
failure? Simply because am not dead, AS
result OF all those years of hard work. high
ambitions, and low returns, have found
myself, which means that at last I know
what am at for. and am now enga ged In a
determined effort to make the public know
the Same thing,
& have only contempt for men who whine,
or shoot themselves for one-tenth OF tho
trouble and disappointment have been
through. But whether ! fall or succeed be-
fore cross the Great Divide, let my epitaph
be that Of the Thoroughbred: He went with
his head up till he dropped"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02
Waste Time and Delay Others.

It is in this manner that tho crowds look
Ing on at such work delay not only thelrown
work but interfere in costly manner with
those buster ones who find their passage
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02
No Man Is Utter
II allure " ntil.
He Stops Trying
BY r. w. Conant.

= Is hard to say which Is the most exasper-
attng to look back on, q life wasted In
riotous living or upon career OF Sunday
- school rectitude ending in flzzle. The
first man has the possible consolation OF
being able to recall some pretty jolly times
and OF knowing Just whom to blame Cor his
failure; the second has no gay memories, and
is at loss to account for finding himself
beaten. :.
AS the world counts success am failure.
have no bank account, have not even broken
Into who's who, and am 80 old that when a
prospective employer Is 60 impertinent as to
ask my age give him an evasive answer
Just about rs per cent OF the answer.
BY the way. what right has any one to ask
mans age any more than woman's? II
the inquisitor should " dare /" to ask a woman
her age what would he get? The stony stare!
OF course he would claim that he needs to
know my age in order to Judge OF my fitness
for the position. but that is no more true in
the one case than in the other. Besides, 1t
isn't true. anyway-it's sheer impudence.
Old Hoss Can Still Run.
Well. let him have discount OF % Der
,ent for cash. For personally ! shall refuse
o consider myself, or be considered, failure
50 long as can stand on my feet There's
plenty OF ginger in the old boss yet and be
will hold his head UP till he crosses the tape.
AS to the causes OF my failure. know
now pretty we'll where to look for them. and
i plead no baby act. Barring luck--for there
is such thing-viz.: a fortunate or unfor-
tunate combination OF circumstances not due
10 the intention OF the fatcd one-barring
luck, can lay my failure so far TO several
causes; inexper!ence, poor Judgment. lack OF
initiative, and following other peoples advice
instead OF my own. Two Of the worst breaks
ever made were due to the last stated
cause. and after the second swore big
swear that never again would I take any
important step except on my own Judgment.
Then In case things turn out wrong, 1 can
kick the adviser.
BY hard knocks have learned few things
pretty thoroughly-that man can't have too
many friends and we'll wishers OF the decent
kind; that,he must stand on his own feet and
be careful not to stand on other peoples;
that he must save money, and that he must
Hx his eye on some goal early in life and push
for 1t steadily with all his might.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02
Hard to Talkto Small Crowd.

> - W 0iinlA \TOWQ, 81
u is easier to talk to a large audience than
70 small one. Tact and resourcefulness arc
gained by speaking on different topics and
before audiences OF varying sizes. Speeches
are OF many kinds. and each. like an essay,
aims for the accomplishment of particular
object, Speech Is to persuade. To convert
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02
YOUNG man can have no better
luck than to be born poor"
That was said In n lecture dc.

mn 1OUNG man can nave no better
- N luck than to be born poor"
II ~ That was said In n lecture de.
llvercd in San Francisco by David
" Starr Jordan, the head OF the fac.
ulty OF Stanford university.
Is his statement true7 Is It luck, Cor any
young man to be born poor? Will his state
N fnent bear any decent analysis? II may be
that when President Jordan made this state
K 1nent he had In his mind the sad ending OF
Il1 the lives of two or three young mon OF the
NI( PACING slope, sons OF monaires whose
IN wealth came from the rich odes Of the Com
9 STOCK. These young men werc born In the
purple OF unlimited riches their lives wero
failures; certainly not however, becaus
dollar is either vicious or virtuous In itself.
lie may have been thinking OF David Living
stone, cotton factory boy at 10, and at
whose death the world sorrowed; or Hugh
Miller, a stone breaker at 10, a great man
at 49, Will President Jordan say that these
two or others in similar circumstances would
| not have made still more Of their lives II tho
restrictions imposed by poverty had not been
IA their heritage7
WI No Virtue In Poverty.
WI Certainly there Is no virtue In poverty
NJ. II there ts, David Starr Jordan Is tho Colum.
WI bus Of It's discovery No Sane man can DO
WI an ad1nirer OF poverty. Every man strives
NJ against 1t with might and main fights it OF
M Z. d
w Poverty implies lack 1t implies restricted
NV opportunities. It implies all the dtsadvan-
~ tases OF an extremely limited education, and,
Va ordinarily, associations that are morally
"a u weakening. II the young man born poor
VI achieves. and acquires, and rises superior
la to these immoral influences he does both
IN these things at FAR greater cost to himself
NJ and the world than docs tho young man born
vi lwell to do.
Ikl Poverty implies insufficient nou1islr1neut
IA Dand clothing. 1t implies constant conflict;
/Na struggle for bare existence. Economists
" put poverty at The bottom OF four-ifths OF
~ tho drunkenness and two-ttards Of the crime
|H/in the world. II the strong sometime. or
III ganize ruin and disaster for their selfish
lM xends, tho poverty weakened drift into crime
LVL% to combat It, and loss
III President Jordan knows that such poverty
M las ono finds in the tenement districts and the
VII slums melIls an impoveriehment Of the
IYS blood: that the boy born TO 1t and reared in
w 1t Is fccblp, sckly, and incapable. compared
UNTO the boy In that comfortable condition
YLH known as . being wcdl to do" He knows
lkl that the thin impoverished sod OF Vermont
~ yields Bcant cTop-nght a. the farmer may,
VIZ and docs; mea8er crop compared to tho
VII crop from bis nch California soil he knows
" that butchers get their fresh beef aud NUT
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02
Stop to Watch Open Fires.

~ d + y. !
Nothing In the work OF the streets attracts
more attention than that which demands
the building of an open fire. Man reverts to
his aboriginal instincts more readily because
OF the open fire than because of any other
material influences that reach him In the
PUBLIC thoroughfares. The adjustment OF
the car tracks In Madison street, between
State and Wabash recently has cost the dis
interested city at large at least ten times
as much as 1t has cost the railroad company.
Every phase OF the work has had It's effect
upon Professionalism, as well as upon drivers
OF vehicles and street cars themselves. Ce-
ment mixing, drilling OF rails and placing
them. and. lastly. the fire blast that heats the
asphalt to softness for spreading have
held their crowds day after day past NIL
count Tho blazing asphalt has held tho
largest crowds, and at times tho pavements
on each side have been crowded back to tho
building line withilookers-on.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02
Years Wasted 'Rubbering'
at Workers in Chicago.
By Frank G. Lands.

- EW people have stopped to consider how
much the doing of a piece OF heavy or
striking work in downtown Chicago
streets may cost the workers Of the
district In time-and therefore money.
Putting In stretch OF new asphalt paving,
for instances; placing a heavy boiler, a great
dynamo. or the rigging of block and tackle
system for any purpose in the busy portions
( of the twenty -four hour day costs the down
town district perhaps hundreds of dollars an
hour.
The other day the placing OF giant dynamo
In a downtown basement required the greater
part Of the working day For at least seven
hours the crowds that stood watching In the
streets or that peered from ncighboring win
dows averaged ut least $50, mostly men and
boys. Scarcely messenger boy OF any type
got past the scene under ten minutes while
men of business dress and look and manner
would take half an hour watching the move
ments of the apparatus. Looking the crowds
over 1t would be seen at glance that nine
tenths OF the spectators were squandering
time that had value to somebody; they were
not hobos or tra1nps.
With an average OF $50 persons watching
the work for seven hours, the time OF one
person for 221 days OF eight hours each was
lost right there.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02

insulting to his audience to grin and bear
the speakers prolix hnrangue.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16

occupied by him gave him prominence
that ho could not otherwise have
achieved lie BE- not in any respect a
brilliant man. nor has he ever figured
as n leader. Tie ia tho creature Of Den-
nis Flynn and Horace Speed and Bih
Crimes. born Of the trcacherous poli.i-
cal intrigue that politically assassinated
whispering Willie Jenkins
But Ferguson has been n sad disnp-
pointmen, even to The trio that created
him. re has foohshly conceived the idea
that he was n man 81 destiny, q creature
Of the forcordination, and tho Flynn
Grimes-s Speed triumvirate had nothing
10 DO with his being governor Of Okla
homa, and sometimes he would ballS
against their commands. lie was not
awakened from his pipe dream uutil the
name Of Frantz began to ring upon his
cars, and then It was that he realized
his danger lie appealed to his creators
10 save him. hu. the appeal came too
late. Two OF his creators are busy "a
cranberry merchants trying 70 save their
own hides. while the oiher informed him
II was too late.
on Captain Frantz we have nothing 10
say Politically hc h.ts never cut amy ice
in Okhhoma. lie can be judged only
by his future actions Tic viii have the
honor Of being the last territorial cover
nor Of oklahoma. and IL he is strong
enough to arise above political chicnn-
cry and partisan Intrigue. ne win be
able to build for himself q name that
his friends may well be proud of
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16
AS TO JURY MIDDLE
Different and Divers Opin-
ions Relative to the Legal
Mix up.

JNdge Irwin win empanel no juries in
Ci9velane county during the autumn
court TO be convened soon az Norman.
County Attorney Wolfe Of Cleveland and
Judge Irwin held conference ON the
mater recently and this course was de-
cided upon because of the Phillips de-
cislon Irwin win merely hold q torm Of
court ana dispose of such cases as can
be handled without jury
An Editorial Opinion.
IN shis weeks issue OF The sullwnter
Advance appears the Following editorial
mention OF the muddie:
eThis propostion advanced by some
of tho district Judges TO remedy sup
posed irregularities IN the drawing OF jU-
les by "a resort 90 the common law, Is
dangerous and antagonistc. oklahoma
has one of the best laws in the United
States regulating The drawing of juries
ana II can be easily followed. The
trouble OF tine matter Is that some oi
me courts take themselves too serl-
ously They aspire 20 be the makers
ana executors OF the law rather hn
90 judge the law as they find IT, Let
ID not be forgotten that d tyrant on ,he
bench is -e worst sort OF a despot'
Joe wisby is positive IN his stata-
ment that none Of The iurles now being
fixed up the various Judges are lsgal
ne maintains that the common law iury
OF Judge immer, the commissioner
jury Of Judge Bcauchamp or any other
jury except tho one drawn strictly ir
accordance with the Oklahoma statutes
IS legal and lis findings VIII not hold
water before superior court H'
states that the judges VINO are thus
taking such power upon themselves are
usurpmg power and placing themselves
above the legislative powers Of the ter
ritory
JGdgc wisby says that the unte'
states supreme court decided cas-
/ from Utah. making the same hndinl
exactly as did Judge Phillips. recent.
I n the circuit cour- Of appeals al 81
/ Louis m Utah The case was held tha
no jury IN a territory except that draw
strictly along the lines laid down bi
/ t'le territorial statutes, is legal. Wish
used this ease as a basis in moving [
Quash the indictment ai Perry sovera
years ago. IN the United States vs.. Ma
lone. government land onice oficia
who was Indicted for abuse OF hi
power Judge Bierer was presiding IA
ovorniled wisby's motion 70 quash o
/ that ground. hut did dismiss the IN
dicument because OF msancieat evl
dcace
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16
TOpRODUCE TALLY SHEETS
Hearst Gets Order Which
VIII Help Unearth
Frauds.

New York, Nov 15.--Counsel for the
Mraicipai Ownership league last night
oblsdned from Juetice Amend in the
supreme court an order directing Coun-
y Clerk Hamilton TO produce before
The board or county canyassers the
original tally sheets in his custody at
their meeting or in default Of so doing,
% show cause why he should not do
-. Justice Amend also restrained the
board Of county oanyassere from TAX
ing any action with regard TO the can
vass Of the votes until the question as
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16
sEvENry-slx mAsoNs INJURED.
A soaHold at a Wichita Scottish Rite
Meeting Fell.

Wichita, kas., Nov 15-Ninety men
attending the Southern Kansas Scot
tish Rite conyocation we're thrown into
a heap by the breaking of a scaffold on
which they stood to have their pictures
taken last evening S. II. Thomas,
commandant of the State Soldiers
home at Dodge City, was among the
injured one ankle was sprained.
.Seventy-six others received bruises
and other injuries, 40 one was dan
gerously injured.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16
LAST PAY
FOR FRANTz
INDIAN AGENT ANNOUN-
CEs DISBURSEMENT TO
HIS CHARGES
SIS TO EACH Usage
FrantzWiII Make RedSHappy
Then Become Governor.

Captain FRANK Fr&ntz, Usage Indian
agent lodsy announced that the next
annuity payront would occur hero on
Dec 4 each Indians share will be
S45. Parents and guardians must snow
that children are being Kept contlnu-
ously in school If they draw annuity
for children. This will be Frantz's
last payment before being inaugurated
governor of oklahoma.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16

Why suffer with your kidncys7 The
dis,'vf"y OF Kianey-Ettcs has rroSed a
blessing 70 thousands Of kidney suffer-
ers who have been res,ored 10 perfect
health. These Tablets drive the dis
eased germs out OF the system, and we
urge all sufferers TO give this scientific
and successful kidney remedy a trial.
25 cents
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16

But few peopIe are entirely free
from indigestion at this season o;
the year Kodol Dyspepsia Cure IS
not only the best remedy to use
because 1t digests what you ca;
but because Il also enables the digos-
1.-Two apparatus to assimilate ard trans
form al foods into tissue-bunding blood
Kodol relieves 9our stomach, heart burn.
belchiag and all forms Of Indigestion.
Sold By C. r. Renfro.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16
ODELL TO GET AT HYDE
Asks That His Testimony
be Taken by Insurance
Committee.

New York, Nov 15.-Former Cover
nor 3. B. Odel, Jr.. today requested
Chairman Armstrong of the insurance
investigating committee to call him
before the committee and give him an
opportunity to testify under oath in
reply to the testimony Of James Hay.
den Hyde before the committee yester
day President Hartman of the Un
ion Pacific and Southern Pacific rail
ways, was called to the stand this af
ternoon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16
Men Is arutai.

We don't believe IN striking man
Riter ho IS down When Tommy Fersu-
son was yanked from the sand dunes oi
Blaine county ana piunSod .aio the gu-
bernatorlai chair we predicted al The
time that he would be a one-termer
There has bnen nothing done by him 20
attract any particular attention 70 him
a. the chief executive Of the territory
Naturally ihe Importance q the onlee
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16

cried Hannah Plant Of Little Rock. Ark.
"for the relief / got from Buckien's
Amica salve A. cured my Fearful run
s.rg soras. which nothing else would
hes;. ana from which had suffered for
years" IL IS a marvellous healer ior
cuts. burns and wounds. Guaranteed ai
an drug stores. 15c.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16

Do not he deceived by counteueits
when YOU can buy Witch Hazel saive
rhe name Of Il. c. Dewitt & Co is on
every box Of the genuine Piles. IN their
worst form will soon pass away u you
ssnl apply DeWitts witch Hazel salve
night ard morning Best for GUS,
Burns. Boils. letter. Eczema, etc. Sold
by c. II. Renfro.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16

Niseuse rs NirOr Ot
body and activity
OF the natural func-
tiOns.
the kind Of as
sistdHcc is import
ant. 10 must not
be stimulation for
that gives but tenn
porary effect. and
the reaction Is more
than depressing
Take Il tonic one
that viii re- -estab-
lish normal diges-
tiCn and aSSimilg-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16

to the production of the tally sheets
had been decided
II was claimed by that the tally
sheets We're necessary In order that
the vote might be properly canvassed.
A similar order was obtained from
justice Dickey in Brooklyn against the
caiivassers Of Queens county.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16

New indictments have been returned
at Olmulgee against T. G. Cutlip,
charged with embezzling funds Of the
Wewoka bank.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16

Or Thomas Electric OH is the best
remedy FOR that often fatal diCe1se--
Group Has been used wiki success ia
our family for eight years Mrs T.
Whiteacre, Bunalo n.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16
ADVICE OF BISHOP HOSS
Cautions Ministers to Be
ware of Politics and
Urge Moral Reform.


l-awgon, Okla. Nov 15.--.At the tenn
perance rally held here today Bishop
Hoss said: advise ministers to take
no part in politics. advise caution
as to the question Of prohibition
But" said he take a strong stand in
behalf of morality"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16
The TEXAS WONDER

Cures an Kidney Bladder and Rheumatic
troubles. Sold hy all druggists Send
for testimonials DR. =. W Hall, office
ee26 olive street, ST. Louis
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16

ton and prove a reoonstruciive rather
than a promoter of waste This VIII GiUe
nature q fair chance 10 put In motion
normal work OF repair and tissue building.
Such q tonic was grown In Natures
Laboratory, hidden in the ground and
brought thence forty years ago by DR..
r. V. Pierce. who has made The treat
ment OF lingering diseases hls lifelong
study and care
lie uses glyceric extracts instead Of
alcoholic ones, exactly propOrtiOnod and
combined by processes OF his own inVcn-
ton, first used in his private practice and
now given out freely to the world in his
"Goidep Medical Discovery" which Is
composed Of Golden Seal root Queens
root, Stone root. Black Cherrybark, Blood
root and Mandrake root
Mrs A. T. Jones, Of s16 HAYES Street San
Francisco. Cat. writes "As a child / was
delicate. and great care was taken of me
because some OF my relatives had died Of
consumption. although my father and mother
we're healthy. ! grew up with only the or
dinary diseases OF all children. but about
two years ago I contracted a severe cold.
which would not yield 10 such hOme-treat-
ment as was handy. Doctors were tried. but
after three months OF this treatment was
only worse. Then ! was advised 20 try Dr.
plerce's Golden Medical Discovery. and am
glad to say that three bottles not only cured
me Of the cold and cough, but made me feel
better than ever had before. / will always
have bottle OF this medicine IA tho house"
K-Ne.-,.,. These tiny. sugar-cOated anti
'NiA.SNt~s bilious granulCs regulate and
KeNNcSS inyigorate stomach. LIVER and
Bowels. DO not bcget the plll
habit" but cure constipation one or two
each day for laxative and regulator, three
or f6dr for an active cathartic Once tried
always in favor Put W Ia walls always
fresh and reliable
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-16
INDIAN DIVORCE CASE.
Young eJn Bear Wants Separation
From Little Woman.

In the district court at Kinghsher.
Clerk Laing filed for record divorce
@tse wherein Young Bull Bear a
Cheyenne Indian. asks "A legal separa.
tion from his squ4w, Little Woman Bun
Bear He charges her with desertion.
quarelsome diJposuiqn, and being
abusive to his two children by a former
wife. They have been married two
years. The defendant Is now with her
people Ia Blaine county.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-12-22
EDITORIAL

salve to our wounded and outraged
pride. as panacea for the cruel NOR
| lti6cation and sovereign insults heaped
upon US; this is what is offered as
sop to the victims threatened with an
unheard of despoiliation.
A great part of our politicians belong
in the class that is incapable of being
taught anything, who are impervious
to teaching and insensible to advice
and reprimands.
Up to the present moment they ap-
pear to have been unable to note the
imminent danger threatening the CO.
lony, neither have they shown any
signs of having grasped the real situ-
alton nor worked out any means for
defence.
Men in whom such traits are cons
picuous, who lose themselves in pre-
mature rejojcings and demonstrations
over things which are injurious to
their native country, show false pa
triotism which can command neither
respect nor serious attention.
The country has noted the lack of
wise policy and realizes that it is
suffering the consequences.
1t is necessary for the political par
ties to hoist on high the flag of Econo-
mic rights, in order to say to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, to the national Con-
gress, to the press and to the Ameri-
can people, that we know better than
do they the safe and wise road of eco
nomic reconstruction. and that the re-
commentators contained in the pre-
sidential message are unn .cessary and
undesired, because we desire to retain
for our own that which we have.
1t has been favorite pastime of
certain superior men and papers in
the mother country 10 speak of Us and
look upon US as children demanding
constant care and watching needing
tutors for our guidance; but all such
may as well recognize the fact that we
are men, despoiled men, outraged men
it may be, but nevertheless men who
are wise enough 10 foresee their dan
ger, and realizing 1t, to take measures
for their defence with the supreme
energy of those who appreciate their
imperative duties and accept the res
possibility placed upon them.