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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-04
aack 10 the sImnle Llfe.

Back 70 the Simple Life.
"Bn' Bennett, station master az
the Union station. has resigned to so
back To work on his farm north of the
city, In Lawrie township Renuett
made good station master and was
always courteous 10 everybody Bun
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-04

Appeals 20 suprems Court.
The case OF Roy tIill VS.. john Reed
was appealed TO the Oklahoma So
preme court today from the district
court of Kay county la the lower
court Reed got Judgment for s8g.6f
for services due him while in the
employ OF thc plaintiff who operates
a second hand and furnitere store iu
NeWlSlrk
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-04
RuNs lNTo A wAsAour.
seaboard Air Limo Freight Trah
Wrecked; Four Persona Killed. \

Americus, Ca, oct Three train
men and an unknown white man. sup
posed TO be a tramp. were killed this
morning when a freight train on the
Seaboard Air Line ran into wash
out near Alamo, Ga. and was
wrecked.
Tho dead include
Engineer Charles Hines, Of Ameri-
Gus. and fireman and brakeman,
both colored.
Traffic was blocked for several
hours The bodies Of the four men
killed were brought 10 Americus.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-04
aboul By the slnaIn of overunrk.


sold WhiskeY to indiana.
Deputy Marshal Eshclmau placed ln
the Federal all here today George
Davis. colored. VIII Nichols and John
O'Brien whom he arrested yesterday
at Pawnee ON the charge OF disposing
of whiskey 10 Indians
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-04

slasher Again in Tolls.
Sadie Edwards colored, the ne
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-04

says there is nothing like The simpt
life On the farm
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Al the Party

A GOOD joke is going the rounds A of the clubs.
 4 \ A certain young gentleman was invited to a party at a private lunatic asylum, and, according to his wont, selected the prettiest girl in the room as his partner, and kept up very animated conversation with her.
 In the course of the evening he said to the doctor:
 "Do you know, that girl in the white dress with blue spots is very curl ous case? I've been talking to her, and cannot for the life and soul of me discover in what direction her mental malady lies. of course, saw at once she was mad-saw it in the odd look of her eyes. She kept look ing at me so strangely. I asked her if she did not think she was the queen, or whether she had been rob bed of a large fortune, or. tilted by the Prince of Wales. and in various her lunacy; But couldn't. She was
 Very likely" answered the doctor; you see, she is not a patient; she is one of the housemaids.
 Meanwhile the pretty housemaid went to her fellow servants and said:
 Have you seen the new patient? He's been dancing with me-a fine man and bronZed. but as mad as a March hare. lie asked if I wasn't the queen. if I hadnC been robbed of a large fortune, and whether the Prince of Wales didn't want to marry me. He is absolutely mad What a pity, and such a fine young man!"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24

PERSONALLY, I consider 1t little
 short of an insult to call me mouse. I am really first cousin to the squirrel, and my nearest relative. the Ioir, which lives in the beech woods of France and Germany. has the hairs in its tail in two rows, exactly like a squirrel I scorn any connection with a crumb-stealing' wainscot-gnawing creature like the common house mouse.
 Having thus attempted to vindioate my character, will give you @ short sketch of my career. from which you will be able to judge whether or no am right in what have said about my family.
 Born in a Nest.
 was born, not in a dark hole behind the cellar stairs, but in a most beau tifulIy built, globular nest. which was deIicately suspended among the thick. dead herbage in the centre of bram- bly hedge. The nest was about the size of a cricket ball, made entirely of grass and bents ounningly inter woven, the eoarser pieces being out side, while the little inner chamber was lined with strips hardly thicker than horsehair. I think that dor mouse might safely. challenge the world of four-legged creatures as architect. Our cousins, the squlrrels' as often as not steal old crows nests or make their homes in hollow trunks A dormouse is never guilty Of such slackness. .a-,. from the looks of my own ralmHes' | have no doubt but that we were as ugiy a lot of blind, hairless, helpless little miseries as you would wlsn te zee. However, we grew rapidly, ana within three weeks were almost as ,wn,,ohia and active as our parents. Day bv day we made longer explorstions in the wonderful recesses Q. the hedge. sometimes even venturins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Sixteen-Foot Beard

T ORTY- EIGHT years ago Mir. Robert E Latter. a respected resident of Tunbridge Wells, England, decided to grow a beard. At that time he was following his occupation as an engineer. with his sole ambition centred upon his work.
 The rapidity with which his beard grew, however, supplied Mir. Latter with a new idea. Everybody took a pride in something. he argued to himself, and he decided to try and grow beard which would eclipse any in England.
 And MT. Latter has succeeded. At the present time his beard is more than six teen feet long. and is so cunningly con- cealed that only a few of his friends know that he possesses a beard of such marvellous length.
 At first Mir. Latter cultivated two small 6urls beneath the chin. and as their length increased he used to wear them beneath his waistcoat. Eventual ly these curls attained such. a length that for his own comfort he had to in close them in a bag, which was renewed every birthday.
 Then MT Latter took to plating his beard, and as 1t became too large even to be carried in a bag he wound 1t round his waist. and thus the beard forms a natural garment which it's own CT declares he would not part with ai
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
The Story of a Dormouse

little way out into the fast-growing grass of the adjoining meadow. Father and mother encouraged us to climb as much as possible.
 They said weN were safer above the ground than upon 1t. We had sad proof of this before long. One of my sisters, a rash little thing. went off down the hedge one day to a beech-tree. which grew perhaps fifty yards away from our nest. Mother had taken us there once before, but warned us not to go again without her.
 When mother found out where she had gone, she followed. Alasi she was too late. She hurried back, shivering with fright, and told us the terrible news that a stoat had caught and devoured her child.
 Stoats and weasels are our worst ene- mics. They can climb almost as well as we-at least, in the hedges. Snakes, too, are a terror to our race. put our chief reason for keeping within the coV- CT of the hedges is our dread or kestrels and sparroWhawks, which sWoop ooWn upon us out of the sky.
 What We Like to Eat.
 All summer long we feasted upon buds, grass, seeds, and berries, and when au| tumn arrived we moved to hazel cop pice. where we grew fat as butter on plump nuts, the shells of which we cut through with our long, sharp front teeth.
 October found us storing nuts. acorns ana beech-mast for winter use; ana then, when the leaves fell and the hrst hard frosts> blackened the land, back We all went to our nest, and, squeezeo m tiehfiy together went warmly to sleep; On calm. sunny days we would crawl out for a little food, but most of the Is.-- .la aONIndIN nntl near In9 GnQ oT March. Then, one bright morning, we said goodbye to one another, ano each separated to ind mate ana build a home for him or herself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24

free.
 The boys should be careful not to hit out too viciously, and especially not to hit the monkey about the head and face.
 Walk, Moon. Walk, is another nice game.
 Moon is selected from among the players and blindfolded. He then stands with his legs wide apart, while handkerchiefs through the arch form ed by his legs.
 When this is done they all start crying, Walk, moon, walk" and the moon steps about until he puts his foot on one of the handkerchiefs.
 The boy whose handkerchief is trod- den on then becomes moon, having first run the gauntlet" between two rows of his comrades, who hit him with their knotted handkerchiefs as he runs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Can You Tell?

4 N express train starts from New IN York for Buffalo and maintains \ an average speed of sixty miles San hour. At exactly the same minute train starts from Buffalo, travelling at the rate of forty miles an hour. Which train will be further from New York city when they meet?
 As an aid to the guessers, it may be said that Herkimer is the nearest half way railroad station between New York and Buffalo, the distance between which is Al miles. Herkimer is PA miles from New York, so that train running at sixty miles an hour would reach Herlx- mer in three hours and forty-four min utes. A train from Buffalo would cover the distance to Herl<imer in five hours and seventeen minutes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
The Cat Got Out

THE school principal was examining
 the class in arithmetic.
 \ Now" he said, ''here is one more problem. If cat should fall down bottomless hole and try to climb up, and for every two feet 1t climbed per second 1t slipped down three feet. how long would 1t take to get out Of the well?'
 There was a twinkle in his eye, and the class proceeded to smile. But the serious boy grabbed his slate and quick ly filled both sides of it with figures.
 Good gracious" said the principal, sternly, haven't you sense enough to see that the cat would never get out or the well?"
 The boy looked up from his figures.
 That cat would get out somewhere in the Indian ocean in ASA days hours, sir" he said quietly, as if he had not heard al,
 And the class, remembering that the diameter through the earth Is only Ivz61a miles, after all, smiled some more. He who laughs last sehoEnesA with ae7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24

HERE you see a form of palm tree F which rejoices in the botanical naE-e of Liviston Australis. It grows in Australia, and is the most common variety found in that country being the only one that extends from tropical Queensland down southward to Vlctor.@.
 It is commonly spoken of as the cab bage palm, because the early Australian settlers used to eat the growing cen- tre or heart of the tree as a vegetable. It really is good eating and has a pe- culiar flavor like walnuts, but as Q whole tree must be destroyed to supply a single dish of the cabbage" you can easily see why 1t is no longer utilized as food.
 The average height to which the tree grows is about eighty feet, some few trees attaining much greater height.
 The tree pictured here was originally a part of the "bush," or thick woods but has gradually lost most of it's neighbors as the country has become settled up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Some Good Outdoor Games

H O YOU boys know the game of
 RoundersH
 A< The game is played with vari- ous numbers of players, but to be quite correct, there should be twenty, ten on each side, the 'ins'' and outs" There should be i've bases arranged in the form of pentagon (ive-sided fig ing only five players, when you should arrange only three bases in the form of a triangle.
 draw lots as to who shall have the first innings, the losing side ranging them selves as flelders, with the exception of one of their number, who acts as feeder; so-called bat is provided, but should be a stout stick or something of that kind.
 The ''ins'' take their stand. one after the other, at No. i base. The first has the, ball served to him and: If he fails still fails, he is counted "out."
 If he hits 1t he must drop the bat for the next player and run from base to of the fieiders may seize the bali and RSI R'out." u @' ''-'A' N ~ ' ''' A' ''
 If he gets back safely to No. base Gin other words, "home') he takes his stand at the end of the row of 'ins'' to run when his turn comes.
 Any striker. hitting the ball so that it is caught is 'out
 Another jolly game is Sling the Monkey.
 The boys draw lots as to who shall take the part of monkey. The one to whom it falls is fastened up, given a large piece of chalk. and the rest then proceed to attack him with knotted handkerchiefs.
 As they dance around him, hitting at him with their handkerchiefs, he tries to mark one of them with the chalk If he succeeds. that boy be-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Loyal Little Kicker

Thinks I. next time pop gets took up, thatlI be fine place between them there flowers. Nobody'd ever think to look for it there"
 "weli, I should hope not" ex- claimed. "what do you mean by hid- ing stolen property in my garden? She grinned from ear to ear.
 Blessed if you ain't greenr she cried. "well. I'll be blowedl What dye take me fur7 A thieff''
 I hastened t, apologize. But what did she mean?
 ''I s'pect I'll have to show you.' she said, slowly, after moments con- sideration. Only you'l have to prom ise solemnly you won't tell"
 I promised would not tell. and she led me back Into the garden. A black bird delving for worms stared at us in some astonishment. The birds are fearless in my garden. But Kicker stopped and picked up stone.
 BIRDS MARROW ESCAPE "see me hit that there bird9" she said.
 But seized her arm.
 "why. child. don't you know it is wicked to hurt a little bird? It's real- ly murder"
 She stared up at me curiously.
 Laws. missusi' she exclaimed. "if you aren't funny 'unr'
 We had reached the sweet peas now, and her face grew earnest.
 'I had to be very careful" she said. eff don't hide 1t good. the others'l collar it"
 When the loose earth had been shoveied aside a small wooden box stood revealed.
 "There ,tis," she cried.
 Visions of stolen silver spoons, or even jewels. crossed my mind. Then she opened the lid.
 What did see?
 Only a dirty clay pipe, humble briar and a half-finished packet of tobacco, which loyal little Kicker was trying to keep safe hidden from grasping fingers until her father should have served out his six months sentence and returned to enjoy his
 MoLLIE KENNEDY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Don't You Know

STHAT oxen are still used to draw
 carts and blow in many parts oG
 the world
 That a growing mushroom can lift up a paving stone, and that creeping plants sometimes kill the plants round which they climb
 That. there are scarcely any wild goldhshes left anywhere.
 That the gray buzzard is the heavt- est bird that flies.
 That some hedgehogs like blackinBs and will, lick peoples boots.
 That the first electric railway in the world was built in Ireland.
 That Turkish men are more polite tC their mothers than to any one else. That Japanese workmen are obliged to wear on their caps card sayint what their business Is and who Il their master.
 That steamships can move muck more qNiolElx In deep than In ahall0&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Try These Puzzles
when is a man thinner than a

1. When is a man thinner than lath2
 2. Why is A like E o'clock2 s. Name a wcrd of five letters from which if you take two but "one re- mains.
 4. why is dancing master like tree?
 & Why could a negro slave not re caught if he ran awayR
 6. What is the easiest way to swal- low a door?
 T. Why is a certain city In Ireland likely to be the largest city in the world7 8. Why is a tight boot like an oak tree?
 g. Why Is @ game of cards like a lumber yard2
 10. What tree is nearest the seaF II. What trade would you recom- mend to an undersized boy2
 IF. Why is the snow or rain differ ent from Sunday
 I3. When is a sailor not a sailor2 IA. Why Is plum cake like the i5 What is tho difference between A blind man and a sailor in prisonT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Stories for Little Folks

%RETCHEN was a little German
 Y girl. who lived with her mother o on the borders of great. dark forest.
 Many of the children in the village were afraid to go into the forest, for it looked so big and black. But when Gretchen was a very tiny girl her father used to take her with him across the forest when he went to sell the butter. and so she knew it all and loved it.
 One day Gretchen's father died. and her mother was too i'll to walk the dis tance to sell the butter. so. although she did at first feel little afraid of going across the big. lonely forest by herself. Gretchen bravely told her moth CT that she did not mind a bit. and that she would go.
 AN ACCIDENT OCCURS
 or she started one fine afternoon. and reached the town and sold all her but ter. But when she reached the forest on her way back 1t was almost dark, and Gretchen. thinking her mother would be anxious. began to run.
 Suddenly she caught her foot in the root of an old tree, and fell and sprained her ankle very badly.
 When she found that she could not walk. brave little girl though she waa she grew very frightened at being in the dark forest by herself and so far from home, and began to cry.
 How long Gretchen had been crying she did not know. when she heard some little voices saying: "Therei Therel It's all right wen light you home.'' She looked up and found the place full of little red-cap forest men, every one of whom had brought lantern.
 we were cleaning up the forest and heard you crying, so we knew you were where all good girls live"
 "But I've hurt my foot, and can't walk replied Gretchen.
 ''oh, dear" said the little men, and for a moment they. looked perpiexed; but they soon thought of plan. They fetched a big mushroom, and told Gretchen to sit on it. Then they carried her by turns, and in next to no time there she was at her own door.
 Gretchen was never afraid of the dark forest after that, for she knew that the kind little men were looking after her. A. F. c.
 The Little Chronicle tells very nice story about two young ferrymen.
 'T wish could earn some money" said Miller.
 T wish could, too" answered Evert. saCan't you think of e way2"
 1T am going to try" said Miller.
 The two boys were talking as they came from school. At the corner they left each other.
 Goodnight" called Evert.
 eC5ood-night," Miller answered.
 Miller was 10 years old. Evert was T. They lived in Chicago, The next day was Saturday.
 When Miller went outdoors there were puddles of muddy water in the street, He wanted to cross the railway track. He had to go through tunnel, under inc track. A stream of water was running through the tunnel. 4 lady stood near by with an umbrella in one hand, With the other she held her
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Hidden Countries.

Find one country in each sentence. strain. 9 At Vespers 1 almost per ished with cold. 8. Do you consider pemmican a dainty kind of meat2 1. hin. 5. There were ten glands in fiamed causing me such pain. 6. It is vital, you Llean, not fatal, as you said. T. This pain IS terrible when 1t is at it's worst. 8. Yes, we deny the charge in toto. 9. I assure you that the wateE from the blun ran eeaaeaess-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
What One May
Become

Y ITTIE Teddy Tadpole,
 regret to say, 1 -Iways looked the dark side Grumbled night and day. Now you may behold him, Sitting meath a log, For the grumbling tadpole Is oroaking frog.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24

You may be a grumbler, If you're so inclined; But cont advise 1t, Lads and lassies. mind! If along life's pathway Cheerfully you jog, You'n become a 'croaker,'' Like old Teddy Frog.
 Marian Isabel Hurrell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Jacobs Ladder,
Transnosad Words.

tre-recent. 4. Lima4xmall. 5. Kiel-- like; s, Etna-neat 2. piapa~nsiad
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24

skirts from the street. She did not know how to cross.
 Then Miller thought of way to earn money. He ran home and then went to Evert's house.
 Soon both of the boys were going barefooted down the street. They were drawing cart behind them.
 When they came to the tunnel, there was woman, man and a little girl. They wanted to go downtown. but the water in the tunnel was too deep to walk through.
 ''Ridei Five cents ride.' called Mii- Ter. as he came up with the cart.
 ''Right this way" sang out Evert He had heard coachmen say that.
 Get in," said the man to the little girl He helped her into the cart and gave Miller a nickel. Then the boys splashed through the water to the other side. There Miller politely helped tho little girl out.
 'Now may ride7' asked the woman. She tucked her skirt into tho cart and held up her umbrella. She was soon safe across.
 Next 1t was the mans turn.
 Gan you carry me2" he asked. au1ii- ing. He was a heavy man.
 "Oh, yes," answered Miller.
 Don't tip me out" said the man. He got in and they drew him carefully across.
 Fifteen cents! How rich the boys felt. They sat down on their cart and waited. The next person who came along was a Chinaman. He gave the boys nve cents more. There were many others who were glad to ride through the mud dy water.
 WORK AT NIGHT
 When people went home from work at night, the boys had to work fast.
 Don't spatter water on me-" cried one woman, as they ran across.
 The boys had not thought how the wa ter was flying. After that they were more careful.
 When most of the people had gone home from work, Evert said he thought 1t was time for them to go home, too. So they counted their money. A dollar and a haIfi They had never earned SO much before in their lives.
 They went home tired, wet and happy. we will try 1t the next day 1t rains. Won't we?' said Miller.
 ''Yes," answered Evert. "1 won't care now if 1t does rain on Saturday,"
 After that, the boys spent many rainy days at the tunnel They earned many nickels to put in their banks. They came to be called the ferrymen,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
March 17 Answers Geographical Acrostic. INTENT O B A D A H MA F H T H A ID E c l. A 1 M O B s c U R E N D M D s

Addition PuzzIe. 1. Im-material. 2. Improve. 3. 1m- part.
 Riddle. sx=Essex (county).
 Beheadings. 1. Grace-race. 2. Glad-lad. 8. Gaunt aunt.
 Charade. Father, rather, gather. father, hnther.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
Dnt to the addition Of the campnor.

emit to the addition Of the campnor.
An Italian boot-black, speechless
with horror at my appearance, helped
me to mount into the great armchair
which was his pride and sole capital
in trade, standing as it did out of
doors where could watch for the
coming of the right car. Even the
nearby saloonkeeper took and trans
mitted our telephone message and
called up the hack which was to meet
us two blocks from home and thus, at
last, meeting pity and kindness at
every turn, eventually got safe into
my own bed. Two hours later, when
the surgeon had done his part, had
so far got my wits about me that
knew the sermon had already pre-
pared would keep" and had deter
mined that would nurse myself the
best / could and cover my disfigure.
ments the most might-the doctor
had only made me little more bald
than age had already done-and then
! would assure my people, Gods dear,
tender, sympathetic people, how man
feels who finds himself suddenly "Free
among the dead"
Amid the beautiful dollhouse roses
which the parents sent, and the wild
yiolets which the boys and girls had
gathered for me, was permitted the
next Sunday to tell them how had
gone down into the pit" only to learn