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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04
FAILeD 10 VIZ vorEs.
Great Speeches Have NOT Always Had
Effect Desired.

In eloquenco and point no other
speech in the whig convention in
Baltimore in 1865 even remotely ap-
preached the one which Rufus Choate
made Tor Webster. but Webster was
never "A serious factor In the ballot
ing. In every one OF the So ballots
Fillmore and Scott had several times
rs many votes as Webster, and Scott
carried OF the candidacy. Robert g..
Ingcrsolls "Plumed Knight" speech,
In which he said "hike an armed
warrior, like q plumed knight. James
G. Blaine marched down the halls Of
the American congress and threw his
shining lance full and fair against
the brazen forehead of every defamer
OF his sountry aud maiigner of its
honor" in the Cincinnati convention
Of 1876, gave Blaine a sobriquet which
he carried TO the end OF his life, and
II made Ingersoll famo IS.
But Hayes and not Blaine won the
nomination. Conkling's Appomatox
speech in the Chicago convention of
1880 In favor Of Grant captivatcd the
country dJ tne moment anu HHWcbe
the convention of it's feet Except
the delegates). Garfields in favor OF
sherman in the same convention was
scarcely inferior to Corsiing's ia point
and power Neither 7 ant nor Sher-
man received the nomination.
Garfiele's speech for Sherman help
ed Garfield to get the nomination him
self in the deadlock, although neither
he nor anybody else at the opening
OF the convention rad thought of him
as a possibility. When Bryan made
his cross OF gold speech, which
stampeded the Chicago convention of
1896, he was not, ostensibIy, talking
For himself, nor did anybody in the
convention think of him in connection
with the candidacy at the time he got
up there to speak He entered that
convention as member of a contest
ing delegation and was unknown 10
the country at the time. though he
had the presidential bee in his bon
net and was working for his own
nomination all the time that he was In
the onvention.--Leslie's Weekly.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04
Faots Concerning Herrinu.

Some new facts concerning the her
ring are contained in the scientific
section of the fishery board for Scot
land. According TO a paper by DIR
Wemyss Fulton. certain theories as to
the growth and age Of the fish which
have been accepted for the last quar-
ter of a century are not well found
ed. 1t now appears that the herring
is a fish of slow growth. and is barely
IA inches in length when one year
old. 1t does not reach maturity and
spawn until Ave years old, and Is
then of an average length of 9ss
inches. Herrings over ~ inches long,
like the large Loeb Fyne fish, may be
ten years old and more. and the large
specimens that are occasionally
caught, measuring from IA to 10
lnches. are probably over is years
old. and may be 20. Investigations are
in progress to discover the reason for
the decline in The herring fishery OF
Loeb Fyne in recent years An inter
esting method which has been adopt
cd to trace the migrations of the fish
consists In marking some of them
while in the seine net with a printed
silk tag and setting them free. over
500 have been thus marked but, so
far only five have been caught again.
and these were near the place of lib
grafton.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04

a remarkable story WAS told at the
Easter vestry meeting at Wimborne
Minister. Dorsetshire, according to tho
London Tribune.
It was stated that tho document re
garding the payment OF los. Cd year
ly TO a clergyman TO preach a Good
Friday sermon at Holt Chapel-of-Ease
was missing from the parish chest un'
Ill some time ago. This deed was re-
covered BY the merest chance
A sister of the vestry clerk bought
drum at Thame fair for her chill
dren. the toy being marked made In
Germany" subsequently the drum
was broken and an examination Of the
parchment showed il to be the original
title deed setting forth the conditions
governing the payment for the Good
Friday sermon.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04
brilliant enaIIA Woman.

yady Huggins. now that Miss Agnes
Clerke is dead. says a London writer,
may be regarded as our only lady
astronomer OF real eminence. When
about ten years old Miss Margaret
Murray. as she then was. went to
work at astronomy Systematically. and
by the time she married DR.. Huggins
she knew enough to be of the greatest
assistance to him, They established
themselves at the Tulse Hill, then a
mere lane in the midst Of fields. and
carried out the new astronomy, the
principle of which was to investigate
not only the motions of the heavenly
bodies, but also what they are made
Of. Lady Higgins is, indeed, a many
sided woman, for she has managed to
find time 10 cultivate music. painting,
wood-carving and botany. and she is
devoted TO her beautiful garden. She
is great Judge of bric-a-brac, and
possesses some wonderful examples
of medieval craftsmanship. She plays
the piano. the organ and the con
certina.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04
SHEEP fArreNeD ON sNAIls.
Makes the Finest Mutton on Earth,
Says a Breeder.

Most people would be Mortified to
learn that the finest, mutton in the
world comes from sheep fattened on
snails," says large breeder of South.
down sheep; nevertheless. It is a
fact. In seasons when snails are plen.
tiful the mutton from our sheep has a
delicious flavor which It never ac-
qulres from the most scientific form
OF feeding On the continent diet OF
snails is regular cure for consump.
lives and is said to fatten and nourish
the body In wonderful way.
There is a popular superstition, " he
adds. that the unique and delicate
flavor of Souihdown mutton Is due
largely to the quantity OF wild thyme
which they crop with the grass in
their pastures. But, personally, !
give the snails the greater part OF the
credit for the soft. plump flesh and
the sweetness OF flavor in our cele-
brated sheep. SO much is this the
case, that the saying: Good snail year,
good sheep year. mas become almost
a proyerb among shepherds and breed
ers.'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04
Ianan peveIoplna china.

South China is being covered with
Iap,nese educational appliances spe-
dally adapted for Chinese USE
schoolbooks, maps. globes. anatomicai
inh other charts-all helping to res
,ue the people from their ignorance.
every school teaches physical and
military drill. In every town of any
size. and often in villages, there are
now schools with Foreign fittings for
teaching western learning. Large
numbers of temples. often every tenn
pie except the city temple and the
confucian temple, are being converted
into schools and colleges, while
scholars in their semi-foreign dress
are counted by thousands, says the
London Times. English songs are
sung to the music of a Japanese har-
monium.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04
Not the Right Man.

A large number of readers, in
cluding many clergymen from all over
the country, entered the clerical anec-
dotes competition of the Church Fam
lily Newspaper. The first prize goes
TO Rev G. Emery. rector Of Penmaer,
s. o., Glamorgan, England, for this:
"At village church a wedding was
fixed for certain date. The happy
morn arrived. and in due course a
youthful swain and faire ladye pre-
senteu themselves at the chancei
steps.
The service proceeded smoothly as
far as the question, Wilt thou have
this woman TO be thy welded wife?'
Whereupon the supposed bridegroom
stammered blushingly, Please, sir, I'm
not tho right man. Not the right
mani exclaimed the clergyman,
aghast Then where IS the right
man2
"'He's down at the bottom OF the
church, sir. He's asheeamed to come
up"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04

Hall Caine has a great horror Of
the autograph hunter but during his
latest visit TO America he was trapped
by willy collector In a very curious
way. One day porter at the hotel
brought him a registered letter. He
signed the receipt, and was then
asked 10 sign second paper. which
he was told had 10 he returned to the
sender Of the letter New to American
ways, he did So and when he opened
the letter found IL to be a note OF
thanks for his autographs, which he
had. Of course, appended to the paper.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04
THE eRowrH o. elsAEs.
Males Attain Their Maturity Earlier
Than Females.

There is now In course OF arrange.
ment In the Central han OF the Nat
ural History museum at South Ken
sington, says the London Daily Graph
ic. most interesting exhibition illus
trailing some of the principal features
OF the fishery investigation work OF
the Marine Biological association, to-
ward the support Of which he chan
cellor Of the excheauer was feceati-
asked to increase the government
grant Specimens OF poIlack are on.
view showing the annual growth rate
in the English channel which varies
from about one and half to two and
a half inches at the age of three
to scur mouths to 2th inches at the
end of the sixth summer A series
of scales taken from the same fish at
various periods are also exhibited in
illustration OF another method OF de.
termining the age OF fish. In like
maraer a number of plaice taken from
the bays and estuaries on the east
coast of England, the English channel
and the southern part Of the North
sea are on exhibition, an examination
showing that for the first three years
the growth rate Of both males and fe-
males Is practically Identical, and
that after that period the growth of
the males is slower than that of fe-
males. a circumstance which is as
ISOLATED with the earlier maturity of
the males.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04
A Enrtunate Texan.

Mr.. E. w Goodloe OF 107 st. Louis
St, Dallas, Tex, says: In the past
year | have become acquainted with
DR. Kings New Life Pills, and no lax
ative ever before tried so effect
ually disposed of malaria and bilious
ness" They don't glinii nor gripe-
25r at all drug stores.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04
YeIIowstone Park.

The reservation known as the Vel
laNsiono National park. set apart for
pabllc uses by an act Of congress
pnsssd IN 1872 covers tract OF about
e5 miles in lensth f,om north to south,
and about SIS miles in width from east
20 west lying chiefly in northwestern
Wyoming and overlapping TO a small
extent the boundaries Of Montana on
The north and idaho on the west
This gives an area Of 3,3l2 square
miles tract that Is nearly the area
of the states Of Rhode Island ana Del
1Narc combined and nearly half as
arse as The state nf Massachusetts,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04

How to live ON IS cents a day The
mind as well as the body is benefat-
ted by economy in eating There's no
health giver like a diet of HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea. In startling
way it keeps you going. 35 CENTS
Tea or Tablets.--C. r. Renfro
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04

Dry1ng preparations SIMPLY cesr
vpdry catarh; they dry up tho seeretioaS
which adhere 70 the membrano and decoIn
pose, causing far more serioustrualblet thoi
The ordinary form Of catarrk. Avoid Gll dry
ing inhaiants, fumes, smokes and enuns
aud use tllat vlaeh cleanses, soothes and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm Is such a remedy
and viii cure eelarrh or coidin the heaa
easily aud pleasantly A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
100. size. Fly I,tptAers. % Naifra ~. NY.
The BALM currs without pain, does nci
ifriteie or aesc s,ioe1ng. II srgeads iisoll
over an irrilated and angry surface. relioy-
ing immediafely the palnisl infemma.ien
With Ely1s Cream Balm you are ernod
against Nasal nelarIh and Hay Fever.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04

II you want a good Gasoline stove
buy the Jewel II combines all the
good points Simplicity. economy,
safety and durability DAY BROS.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04

Want a Lawn Mower7 We can sup
ply you A fne assortment from $3.50
np at DAY BROS. Also scyihea ana
Hapdsiekles
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04
snoksn WIN PatrIotlo prla,

"Y0u have nothing that carries with
II the charm Of antiquity said the
European.
rOh. yes, we have" answered the
rich American, 1T won't be long be,
,ore we have The megket IN that line
oinered. Were buying mp antiques
faster than you can make EN-"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04

Have you ever tried one of our
roasts? We can certainly please YOU
Our service is prompt, f. Wrinkle,
New York Meat Market.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04

For fresh country butter and eggs
aud all kinds Of vegetables, call on
Gus Anderson. corner Division and
Cleveland.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04

Ex-Governor VIM. jenkins has 70.
turned from 9 "trip 70 Kaw elly,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04

Private money to loan ON city prop
erty. Low interest. Olds, Lymon Gray
block.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-04

Good bread keeps good temper in
the home. For bread. cakes, and
cookies Richmond's Bakery is In the
leead. The place to patronize.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-09
Knockinq Down.

A Philadelphia clergyman was talk
ing about the late Sam Small.
<T once heard him speak" he said,
'and his humor and eloquence I'M
pressed me deeply.
"He had happy knack of illustra-
ton. He wanted, remember, to illus
trate the frailty that is part Of even
the best characters, and he told
story about a brave young soldier.
'This soldier" he said, enlisted
in the Spanish-American war and
fought like lion for his country. The
firm he had worked for, pleased with
the record he was making for himself,
told his wife that all the time he was
away they would pay half his wages
to her.
Accordingly, at the end of the first
week the young woman called at the
office and the head of the firm handed
her SO.
7'She looked at the money and her
face clouded over.
"'Nine dollars? she said.
eyes, said the head of the firm, a
little hurt; that is just half. I'm sorry
you are not satisfied
"Tt isn't that I'm not satisfied said
the young woman, but all along he's
been telling me his pay was only Sill
a week. Wait till he gets home! Ii
them Spaniards don't kill him I will !"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-09
Size of Human Head.

The average adult head has cir
conference of fully twenty-five inches.
The average adult hat is fully 6 ga
size. The sizes of mems hats are
6 ga and 7-8 generally. Heads wear
ing hats of the sizes of 6 3-8 and
smaller or being less than twenty-one
inches in circumference can never be
powerful Between nineteen and
twenty inches in circumference heads
are invariable very weak and, accord
ing to authority, mo lady should think
of marrying a man with a head less
than twenty inches in circumference"
People with heads under nineteen
inches are mentally deficient and with
heads under eighteen inches "invaria-
bly, idiotic."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-09

Let me mail you free, to prove
merit, samples of DR.. Shops Re
storative, and my book on either
Dyspepsia, The Heart, or the Kid
neys. Address me, DR.. Shoop, Ka-
cine, Wis. Troubles of the Stom-
ach, Heart or Kidneys, are merely
symptoms of deeper ailment. Don't
make the common error of treating
symptoms only. Symptom treating
is treating the result, not the cause.
Weak stomach nerves-the inside
nerves-means Stomach weakness,
always, and the Heart and Kidneys
as we'll, have their controlling or in
side nerves. Weaken these nerves
and you inevitably have weak vital
organs. Here is where DR.. Shops
Restorative has made its fame. No
other remedy claims to treat the Sin
side nerves." Also for bloating, bill
iousness, bad breath or complexion,
use DR.. Shops Restorative. Write
for my free Book now. DR.. Shops
Restorative sold by Freeman q Son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-09
POINTER FOR TOURISTS.
Pack Your Prayer Book on Top, but
Don't BE Free With Your Cigars.

Pack Your Prayer Book on Top, but
Don't Be Free With Your Cigars.
'If you ever go to Bermuda, | can
tell you how to make time at the Gus
tom house." said a returning New
Yorker. 81 reached Bermuda early in
the morning | made up my luggage
rather hastily before leaving the ship.
Gust as l was ready to close my
suit case / noticed that | had left my
prayer book on the lounge. / pitched
it in rather unceremoniously, strapped
down the case and hurried ashore.
"You don't have to wait to declare
as you do when coming into the port
of New York. AS I stepped into the
office of the Johnny Bull official | I'M
strapped my case and opened 1t up.
The official talked at me as if | had
been telephone.
"Hello,' hesaid, the first thing.
What's this?' he asked, picking up my
prayer book. Prayer book, Ell? All
right. Shut UP your case.
ono, you're all right, my friend.
Any man who will put his prayer book
on top of his traps isn't likely to beat
the government. I'll take that for
your declaration
81 threw him half dozen cigars.
That's where l made my mistake
Got any more like these in that
case?' asked the official.
81 said 1 hadn't, but do you know
he wouldn't believe me. and | had 10
open up the case again, and he went
through it as if he thought was a
smuggler."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-09
CUTS DOWN HlTcHINc POST.
Banker Diagnoses His Physicians
Case With Some Sense.

Banker Diagnoses His Physicians
Case With Some Sense.
A wealthy New York banker while
visiting his parents in a small town
was stricken with fever. For three
months he was confined in the old
homestead, dutifully attended by a
fond mother and a jealous doctor.
The banker recovered slowly. One
morning he decided that fresh air
would do more for him than medical
environment and in short time he
was able to dismiss the physician.
When the doctors bill arrived the
banker studied it closely. A few mo-
ments later the mother saw her son
go to the woodshed, procure an ak
and begin hewing at the hitching post
which had stood in front of the house
for fifty years.
Frank" she shouted Historically,
believing her son in another delirium,
what are you doing?"
You'll have no further use for it, !"
chuckled the prespiring banker:
hereafter the doctor will come in an
automobile
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-09
Modern Court Jester.

Consuelo, Duchess Of Manchester,
(Consuelo Yznaga, widow of the duke)
is such a favorite of King Edward and
Queen Alexandra on account of her
ready wit and amiability that no soon
er had she landed in England from her
cruise in the Mediterranean on F. w.
Vanderbilt's yacht, the Warrior, than
she received wire from Balmoral
commanding her to stay a few days.
A few years ago the duchess was
asked by an American friend why she
was so popular with royalty. well"
she replied, 81 am the court jester. |
don't get salary, but l feel l should
earn one if-there were any about"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-09
NV Best Friend.

Alexander Benton, who lives on
Rural Rout I, Fort Edward, N. Y,
says: CDR. Kings New Discovery is
my best earthly friend. 1t cured me
of asthma six years ago. It has al
so performed a wonderful cure of in
cipient consumption for my sons
wife. The first bottle ended the ter
rible cough and this accomplished,
the other symptoms left one by one
until she was perfectly well. DR..
Kings New Discovery's power over
coughs and colds is simply marvel
ous." No other remedy has ever
equalled it. Fully guaranteed by R.
S. Freeman & Son, druggists. soc
and $I.oo. Trial bottle free.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-09
HOG OF BRILLIANT COLOR.
Red River Porker of South Africa Is
GaudiIy Tinted.

Gaudly Tinted.
That really beautiful species, the
Red river hog of South Africa, is now
well represented in the zoo. In COM
mon with other Juvenile wild pigs the
Red river hog is striped in the early
part of it's life, says the Westminster
Gazette. When about three months
old it loses these markings and the
body has a spotted appearance.
The adult is one of the most bril-
liantly colored mammals in existence,
but it's bright red hue no doubt har-
monies with its surroundings. The
soil in many parts of West Africa be-
ing red. 1t is of an an elegant shape
and with its tufted tail and long, pen
ciled ears has considerable preten-
tons to beauty.
Though it has not the enormous
tusks found in many of the wild swine,
the Red river hog is not devoid OF
means of defense. It's face is protect
ed by hard callosities on each side, just
below the eyes, and there is a bony
ridge on each side of the upper jaw.
And that these growths are not merely
ornamental is proved by the fact that
this animal can hold its own with the
wart hog, a species provided with
formidable upturned tusks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-09
a WASH Tree.

The singing tree of Australia some
what resembles a gigantic nettle 1t
has an unpleasant odor, and the ma
tives and native animals are careful
to avoid it, When a man is stung by
the tree, or, to put it more prosaical-
ly, pricked by the trees thorn, the lit
tie wound gives at first no pain what
ever. But in a few minutes a mad
dening pain is set up, and the victim
shrieks and rolls on the ground. For
months afterWard, when water
touches the stung part, great agony
ensues. Dogs, when stung, rush about
with piteous whines, biting pieces of
flesh from the place that has been af-
fected.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-09
An Ill Wind.

T. P. O'Connor, the Irish leader, be-
gan a brilliant after-dinner speech IN
Philadelphia in this way:
st must confess that dread to make
after dinner speeches. At the most
sumptuous dinners, even at such a
dinner as this one, if 1 know that at
the end l must make a speech, | am
nervous, have no appetite, find little
to admire in the best efforts of the
chef.
I'm truth, gentlemen, can readily
imagine Daniel, if he was at all of my
mind. heaving sigh of relief as the
lions drew near to devour him-heav-
ing sigh of relief and murmuring:
"'Well, if there's any after-dinner
speaking to be done on this occasion
at least it won't be done by me-.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-05-09
Csal Under a School.

A seam of coal has been found un-
der a portion of the Kirkby-in-Ashfield
East Council school, Nottingham, and
it has been decided by the Motifs edu-
cation committee, subject to the APP
prevail of the board of education, to
sell this to the Butterfly colliery for
965. The liability for any settle
ment of the buildings in consequence
Of the taking of the coal will, it is
stated, lie with the company.-Londop
Globe.