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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-22
strIks whlIe the lren b Hot.

Young Dr. Noel had not practiced
long enough to have developed those
callosities Of heart which are as es-
sential TO a physlcian's financial sue
cess. And he had. after a heroic strug
g.e. lost q paiient-a man who left a
widow s2,50O insurance. Il was short
" after the funeral and Dr. Noel was
somewhat worried as to what should
be bis method Of procedure with re
gard to his fees. He had called into
consultation. in his treatment OF the
case. old DR. EHewe, the nestor Of
the medical fraternity and to aim be
now appealed for advice.
"The widow is inconsolabie, he SAID
concluding his explanation, "and
think that sense Of decencY iorbid'
my presenting a bin al once"
The patriarch stroked his lonc
beard thoughdully. "Inconsolable, 4
ahe?" he inquired.
Eyes. absolutely cast dq~A'
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GUARDIAN OF ARISTO-
CRATIC GOLF CLUB
WOUNDS HIMSELF
WANTED TO POSE AS HERO
Brings Police Out on Night
RObber Hunt.

New York. Dec. 2s-The actor who,
when he pI6yed otheno. was accustom-
ed to black himself from head to foot
in order to feel the part" has an imi-
tator in Fred Bitter a special police
man, who wounded himself in the leg
while springing a false burglar alarm
to impress his employers with his brav-
cry.
Blttei has been in the employ OF the
wIkagyl Golf club, in upper North
street. New Rochelle, as protector Of its
property. The club is not far from the
Iselin estate, and its members comprise
wealthy residents Of New Rochelle Pei
ham Manor and Larchmont. 1t Is one
81 the most exclusive golf clubs in the
East
1t was Bitter's duty to sleep in the
club house and see that none of the
"silk hat burglars that have plunde-cd
other clubs in Westchester county car
ried Off the silver plate and gold tro-
phles OF the Wikagyls. Bitter took his
job very seriously and a few days ago
appeared in an elaborate uniform. Hes
alf right" commented some OF the mem
bers of the club. They admired his en-
thusiasm.
Bitter began recently, however, TO
prove an alarmist. Burglars didn't APP
pear, so he imagined them. He was
like soldier in barracks, pining for
battle Several times he startled the
club members with stories OF masked
highwaymen attempting to hold up peo-
pie Of the neighborhood The members
now recall that Bitter had exclusive and
sole knowledge Of these holdups.
However, there was something do
ing at the club house yesterday morn
ing about O'CLOCK The New Rochelle
police received hurry call to the effect
that burglars had broken into the club
house and that Bitter had been shot
while making a gallant defence.
Detectives Fannell and Cody rushed tc
the club house, about a mile distant
Bitter was lying in the cafe groaning
He was horribly wounded. he thought. II
one leg. He told thrilling tale Of how
three mashed burglars. all wearing sill
hats. had prfed open a window ane
were gathering UP the clubs plat'
when he confronted them single-hand
ed They attacked him. one shot him
Then. said Bitter, the burglars leape'
through a window and escaped.
There were chisels. jimmles and saw
l scattered about the room---a good set
ting FOR Bitters story.
All but the window When the polio
had discovered no signs OF forcible en-
try to the club house they sized up tn
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duties Monday. sne failed to appear,
however. and yesterday the lazy of the
house received the following explana-
tory letter, which is given verbatim;
los Angles, Sept, the 25.
Respeckted maddum. / begs Pardun
for not putting il an appearance at
Yure hous yistiday as l egrede for 10
do, but Had went hoam my Foali5s
sed Yure family was to big for nv
hart. l have week hart and ain't
so strong as look. A sister Of mine
neerly died Of appendyseettc so ! have
to be Careful You wont feal so dlssa-
pinted mebbe wen tell you am Like
ly to get married tnis fall if he gets
a rase in wages as he expects so YOU
wood half to git another Girl mebbe It
had OF went to yure hous. / know5
of a good green girl you can cit whO
is on the way over mere, If you wants
for to Break her in. She don't know
nothin' now but is willin' to be broak
and and work cheap ontil she is broak
in. She is a sweade girl and you Know
thay breks in easy, SO fergiT me for
not sticldn to my werd wich | would
of Done but for my hart witch II don't
tick right.
Respectfully yours.
riNidsf Los Angeles Express.
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Cakes and ale.

The sad position forcseen by the
blum old shak,epearaan swashbuck-
ler has come TO pass in these days.
Because we are good. there are to be
no more cakes and ale-at one spot in
England, at all events. For over 200
years II has been the practice, under
the provisions Of the "Turton Charity"
az Penistone. to distribute cake and
ole to children on Holy Thursday and
a quart OF rye ON Good Friday TO poor
people Of the district Il Is now con-
siicrcd a scandal 20 distribute beer TO
boys and girls, and the rye is very
nuch abused. Accordingly, at a spec
iai yes,ry meeting, Il has been agreed
that the Two charities be combined
tho money to be spcnt "a 1our ana els
trihuted 70 poor people on the Thurs
doy preceding Good rriday.--Londer
Globe.
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"Has she collected the insurance"
''Ycs. l helleye--I am sure she
has"
"Wel, my boy" said the old man
slowly ''you would better present your
ain at once, while she is inoonsolabla
and has the money while she Is In
ccrsolable and has the money she viii
not be disposed to quibhie over fees.
Hei appreciation of the departed Is a,
it, food ana the money is easy Later
she may be consoled and tighten ths
purse strings A sense of decency is a
fine thing, young man, but 1t snouli
rot stand in the way Of business"
The moral OF this story is that thii
is a sordid age, but we've got to play
the game st Louis Globe Democrat
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He Noticed the JAYS.

zlNif. Los Angeles Express
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window through which the supposed bur
glars had fed.
1t was tee small. A coLtortionist
couldn wriggle through 1t. A burglar
couldn't pry himself through with a
jimmy.
In the hospital. to which he had been
taken, Bitter was confronted with the
facts He weakened and confessed Ho
shrunk He was not a hero but a
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Society Leader--You win have to
excuse me, but l see no reason why !
should introduce your daughter into
society. am not even acquainted with
you.
Visitor-No; but perhaps you will
when / tell you that l am a member
Of the Amalgamated sisterhood Of So
eiety Editors wives.-Brooklyn Life.
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"fakir." There weren't any burglars
with tall hats OF without. The wound
in his leg was a slight abrasion. Hc
had done 1t himself with a small re-
volver
Bitter win probably be arrested.
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Upson-C Carnegie is a conundrum,
isn't he?
Down-Why sO2
Upson-He can't get rid Of his
money fast enough to suit himself.
and yet he says he doesn't want any
worthless dukes in his family. De-
uoit Free Press.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-22

Indian curios and bead work Of all
kinds 12O South Second ST.. Guthrie,
Okla
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Too many people are interested Ia
isiness that is none Of their business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09
HUDSON GAY COMPANY PROFITS
Rise in the Value of Furs Helped to
Swell Last Years Total.

Rise in the Value of Furs Helped to
Swell Last Years Total.
Large sums Of money have been
made in the last few months by Lord
Strathcona and other prominent snare
holders Of the Hudson Bay Company,
now 235 years old, as a result OF the
profits arising from the vast land
sales of the company and the increase
in the number and values of the furs
handled by it's agents in the far North.
In the twelve months ended May 81,
the trading profits on furs, etc.,
amounted to f102,969, compared with
f9S,934 for the previous year, and
after setting aside 100000 to the credit
Of the building account the balance OF
the land account for the year amount
ed to G187,364, as against 6179,047.
The progress in the company's af-
fairs is illustrated by the fact that
the land sales in Western Canada
have increased from 64,59S acres in
1900 to 368,676 in 1903. The total net
profit from both lands and furs in
1901 was but 1888 while in 1908 it
amounted to 9319,S58. Prices Of furs
materially assisted this increase, their
values going up from ~ per cent In
the case of white fox to 20 per cent
for ermine.
It is not unusual for the skin Of
sea otter to sell for $500, while re-
markably good ones may sell for four
or even five times that price. These
are now very scarce, however, aid
some seasons there are hardly any to
be had. In fact the animals are in
danger Of determination. At me end
of the eighteenth century they were
SO abundant that 10000 skins a year
were taken in the vicinity Of the
Aleutian Islands.
The only skin which approaches the
sea otter in value is that of the black
or silver fox. These are chiefly found
in northern Canada, and when an In
dian hunter knows the whereabouts Of
a pair of these animals and protects
them he is sure of comfortable liv-
ing out Of the annual sale of q pair
Of their progeny.
Good skins Of the black fox have
been sold in ST. Petersburg at from
81, 500 to $4,000. A pair of silver skins
in London sold for $2,4OO while sin
gle skin often brings $1,000 The white
and blue Arctic foxes are in great de-
mand, and seem to be increasing in
value. The pelt of the white fox,
which a few years ago was only worth
from 81 to 81, now sells for SIG to $25,
while the price Of the blue fox skin
runs from $50 to $75.-Correspondence
of Washington Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09
Lesson for Women.

Jersey Shore, Pa, Aug. 2S.-(spe-
cial.)-"Dodd's Kidney Pills have done
worlds Of good for me-" That's what
Mrs. G. B. Earnest of this place has to
say of the Great American Kidney
Remedy.
Il was laid up SICK" Mrs. Earnest
continues, "and had not been out of
bed for five weeks. Then l began to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills and now | am
so | can work and go to town without
suffering any. l would not be without
Dodd's Kidney Pills. l have good rea-
son to praise them everywhere"
Women who suffer should learn a
lesson from this, and that lesson is
'Scure the kidneys with Dodd's Kidney
Pills and your suffering will cease .
Woman's health depends almost entire
ly on her kidneys. Dodd's Kidney
Pills have never yet failed to make
healthy kidneys.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09

children who are too young or 1nflrm
to walk.
When on the march the prisoners are
allowed three pounds of bread and
one-half pound Of meat each day, and
they are not forbidden to receive aims
But when they arrive at their destina-
ton their lot is a pitiful one. Their
cells are damp and fungus covered,
their food is less than the allowance
during their journey, and their work
in the salt mines is most exhausting.
Many Of the prisoners are very ignor-
ant. Few Of them can read except the
Caucasians, but they are all put to the
same laborious work, and in the event
Of their being physically unable to per-
form their allotted tasks their punish
ments are very cruel. The English
"cat-o'-nine tails" is nothing to the
terrors of the "bodiga." In this instru-
ment of torture the prisoner is so fixed
that he can neither move nor cry out,
and wire thongs bound at the end with
pointed tin strike his back at frequent
intervals.
Other tortures to which prisoners
are subjected are too dreadful to write
about, and during all these tortures the
prisoner Is prevented by gags from OBJ
tanning even the poor relief Of
Ecream. Surely the horrors Of the salt
mines Of Iletskaya are nothing COM
pared with the denominations Of SAX
halin.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09
BABY CAME NEAR DYING

From an Awful Skin Humour-
Scratched Till Blood Ran-Wasted to
a Skeleton-Speedily Cured by Cuti-
Cura.
"When three months old my boy
broke out with an itching, watery rash
all over his body, and he would scratch
till the blood ran. We tried nearly
everything, but he grew worse, vast
ing to a skeleton, and we feared lie
would die. He slept only when in our
arms The first application of Cuticura
soothed him so that he slept in his
cradle for the first time in many weeks.
You don't know how glad l was. One
set of the Cuticura Remedies made a
complete and permanent cure. (Signed)
AIRS. M. G. Maitland, Jasper, Ontario.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09
No Rhymer.

The amateur poet scratched his
head.
1T must be somewhere" he MUIR
INJURED, ''but where is it,"
'Where is what?" asked his friend.
"Why, I'm writing a verse and I
want a rhine, but I can't find it. l
want a rime for the word twelfth
Good reason" replied his friend,
there's no such rime in the English
language. That isn't the only unrimed
word. According to Tom Hood there
are just score Of them, although he
forgot to include that word. His list
includes bilge, chimney, Golf, crimson,
culm, cusp, fugue, gulf, have, kiln,
microcosm, month, mouth verb,
oblige, rhomb, scarce, scarf, silver,
widow and window. Some of these
words may be rimed by two others
combined, such as did, oh, for widow,
but none can be rimed with another
single word"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09
AFAsT RuNoN THERocK ISLAND
49, Miles in 100 Minutes, Including
SfOue.

AoA MICS IN lou Minutes, 1ucluQ1Qg
Stops.
A new instance of fast railroad time
was added to the history of quick runs
some two weeks ago, when the Rock
Islands Rocky Mountain Limited
made phenomenal burst of speed into
Chicago This train leaves Denver
daily at 1l:2O a. M, and makes run
ming time between Denver and Chi
caso of p hours. On the day refer
red to the train arrived at Rock Island
(1S1 miles from Chicago an hour and
q half behind its schedule, owing to
an unavoidable delay in transit.
On the train was Mr.. Thos. Botterill,
who was Fastening to New York on a
matter Of urgent business. 1t was i'm
peratlve that he make connection with
the Lake Shore flyer, which leaves
Chicago shortly after the arrival of the
Rocky Mountain Limited. When the
Mississippi river was reached and Mr.
Botterill realized how late he was he
almost despaired Of reaching New York
in time. His fellow passengers, learn
Ing OF his predicament, volunteered to
assist financially in raising purse for
the engineer if he would make up the
lost time. They realized that they
would have an exciting ride and were
willing to pay for it, The engineer con-
sented to do his best and the race for
chicago was commenced.
The Rock Island right of way across
Illinois is double-tracked and in SUI
perb condition. Five regular stops
hot
gers say the train touched the track
only in it's high places At three diff
ferent times speed of 96 miles an
hour was chronicled, and for a ma
Jorlty of the distance the train whiz-
zed along at a neutrality-suspicious. clip.
The flyer arrived in Chicago ten
minutes ahead of the schedule on
which it was running and Mr.. Bot
terlll had an opportunity to alight and
stretch his legs before taking the Lake
Shore train. When interviewed he
modestly refrained from posing as the
hero OF mad ride, in which records
were sent glimmering, and all of his
expressions with regard to the I'M
usual exploit were in very matter-of-
TACT tone, as though it was nothing
OF more than ordinary interest. Rock
Island officials also make no boast over
the accomplishment, fast runs being
of frequent occurrence on that road.
The Go new engines which the Rock
Island has recently placed in service
on its various divisions are all models
of the latest type and built for speed.
Every day of the week sees one Of
these monster greyhounds of the rail
Keeling off the miles at a rate that
makes the telegraph poles look like
picket fence. Only the train perform
ance sheets reveal the special bursts
Of speed that now and then come to
general knowledge through some ad-
miring passengers account.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09
SAkHALlN A TRAGIC ISLAND.
Most Violent of Russian Prisoners Sent
There from Siberia.

There from Siberia.
Sakhalin, the island which Japan is
now taking, or, rather, retaking, from
Russia, is the place to which Russia
sends her violent convicts. The con-
Wet at Siberia has some liberty to con-
sole him for his detention, but the con-
vict in Sakhaln none. When a party
Of conyicts Naving been pronounced
violent" by the governor of the 81
berian station) is landed at Sakhalin
the procession to the Jail is as follows:
First among the prisoners come men
with letters on their legs and linked
together in pairs, the clanking Of their
chains making lugubrious noise.
Next come half a dozen men, each
without letters, but secured by the
hands to long iron rod. Then follow
female prisoners, and after them the
most affecting part of the whole-the
wives and children who have elected
to accompany into exile their husbands
and fathers. Behind them rumble
"telegas," or rough wagons, wherein
are transported baggage and those
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09
Observation-Disclosures Ons@ 0GO GO0HS~

wrote You for advice and commenced
treatment with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound as you directed, and ! am
happy to say that all those distressing symp-
toms left me and I have passed safely through
the Change of Life, a well woman. I ana
recommending your medicine to all my
friends. Mrs. Annie e. G. Hyland, Chester
town, Md.
Another WOman's Case.
"During change of life words cannot ex-
press what I suffered My physician said
had a cancerous condition Of the womb Ono
day read some of the testimonials of women
who had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and decided to try it
and to write you for advice. Your medicine
made me well woman, and all my bad symp-
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IT advise every woman at this period OF life
to take your medicine and write you for ad-
vice. Mrs. Lizzie Hinkle, Salem, Ind.
What Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
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It has conquered pain, restored
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pound Succeeds Where others Fail
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09
CLEMENTINA GONZALES,
or CENTRAL AMERICA,
RESTORED TO HEALTH.
PE-RU-NA THE REMEDY

Miss Clementina Gonzales, Hotel Pro-
vincia, Guatemala, G. A.. in a recent
letter from 247 Cleveland Ave-, Chicago,
Ill, writes:
~ took Peruna for a WORKOUT con-
difion. was SO run down that could
not sleep at night, had no appetite and
felt tired In the morning.
~ tried many fonics, but Peruna
was the only thing which helped me i'm
the least. After had taken but half
bottle 1 felt much better. / continued
its use for three weeks and was conn
plefeLy restored to health, and was
able TO take up my studies which had
been forced to drop. There is nothing
better than Peruna to buiId up tho
system. "---Ciementina Gonzales.
Address The Peruna Medicine Co.,
Of Columbus, Ohio, for instructive free
literature on catarrh
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09

in life when woman's great change
may be expected.
These symptoms are all just SO many
calls from nature for help. The nerves
are crying out for assistance and the
cry should be needed in time.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was prepared to meet the needs
Of woman's system at this trying
period of her life. It invigorates and
strengthens the female organism and
builds up the weakened nervous system.
It has carried thousands of women
safely through this crisis.
For special advice regarding this i'm
portant period women are invited to
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
and it will be furnished absolutely free
Of charge.
Read what Lydia E. Pinkham's Com
pound did for Mrs. Hyland and Mrs.
Hinkle:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
81 had been suffering with falling Of the
womb for years and was passing through the
Change of Life. My womb was badly swol-
len; my stomach was sore; had dizzy spells,
sick headaches, and was very nervous.
Lydia e. PinkhaEn's VEGETABLE Con
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09

py is to try to cheer up some one who
is worse off than yourself. Morbid
and self-conscious people especially
need to remember that. It's the only
cure for their disease"
This is ''the roundabout remedy" Is
at another time her aunt called it, that
proved effectual in Katie's case. Nor
is it roundabout in the sense that
one must go far out of ones way iI
order to help oneself by helping 9TH
ers.-Youth's Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09
''THE ROUNDABOUT REMEDY"
Katie Found a Cure for Her Extreme
Self-Consciousness.

Katie Found Cure for Her Extreme
Self-Consciousness.
Katie was certain that nobody loved
her. Indeed, she did not see why any
body should. She was not beautiful:
he was not clever; and by her dwell
ing upon these facts her natural shy
ness was gaining a morbid tinge, SO
that the more she shrunk from people
the more she wanted to do so. When
on the second day Of her visit to Aunt
Julia that wise woman proposed TAX
ing her to reception, the girl very
nearly ran away.
Il don't know what to say when
strangers talk to me-" Katie confessed,
miserably. "I'm not at ease with
them at FL. / get to thinking how
stupid l must seem, and then"
"Oh, that's readily remedied," Aunt
Julia interrupted, briskly. youth
soon get interested in watching the
persons I'll show you, and I'll see that
nobody annoys YOU" So, as the elder
woman was capable and masterful,
Katie made her preparations even
while she protested.
Somehow the terrible moment Of
meeting the hostess was got over, and
Aunt Julia and her niece withdrew
one side. For little while they chat
ted together, and then all at once
Aunt Julia pointed out a young girl
who seemed to be quite alone.
"She hasn't even an aunt to fall
back on" Aunt Julia said, "and she
looks very lonely. Why not go up and
speak to her? She'd be afraid Of me,
suspect, but any one Of her own age
could make things much pleasanter
for her."
That argument was bound to be
effective with kind-hearted girl, and
Katie responded to it. Not stopping
to think about herself, she did ap-
proach the stranger, and after a time
they two made up to third girl, who
seemed to have no friends. Probably
Katie said nothing particularly witty
or wise. but she was so anxious to
show goodwill that the other girls
were compelled to help her by answer
ing in kind. She babe them good-by at
last unwillingly, promising to meet
them again, and Aunt Julia smiled to
hear.
"You don't seem so wretched as you
expected to be-" Aunt Julia said.
"Why, no." Katie responded, bright
". "I've had a lovely time"
Exactly" nodded the elder. THAT
was because you stopped thinking
about yourself and thought for other
people. The only sure way to be hap