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Travels Of Package of Money

From the Philadelphia Record
A package of money amounting to g. 600
mostly In bills of the denomination of 500
or less. has recently ended lengthy travels
In the care of a man who was entirely tR-
norant OF its value. 1t arrived in this city
recently, and was thrown on the desk of
the financier to whom it belonged, with the
remark. Here's your socks!" According
to account this package was being brought
from Trenton by New York man who
also has an office in this city. and who
stopped to converse with a friend in the
railroad station at Trenton While thew
We're talking the New York man suddenly
exclaimed Here's my train" and away
he went, leaving the package on the win
dow SILL The friend. assuming from the an
pearance of the package; that the contents
were Of trifling value put it in his suit case
and continued business trip that carried
him over western New York state and to
Pittsburg and in the course of which he
frequently left the package on the table of
his room at hotels. Meantime the financier
moved every agency to recover his money
without avail and had about made up his
mind that II was gone forever when the
package was restored to him as told above
He is said to have jumped foot when
the package was placed on his desk. The
same evening he did the honors at n hotel
dinner the temporary and unconscious
guardian of his wealth having refused any
other reward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

I was lettering on the piazza of a hotel in
Emporia, Kan. one day, when boy came
along and deposited in my lap pamphlet
of some four or six pages of solidly printed
matter about theatrical show which was
to play at one of the theaters that night in
the town. What was my surprise upon
reading it to find every word had been
written by me two years before.
The only change made in the entire bill
was the erasure of the name of our show
and substitution of the title Of the other,
and. stranger still, the agent of the theatre
cal company had the effrontery to put on
his courier" copyrighted" few hours
after this 1 met the agent, whom 1 knew
very well, and I showed him the copy of
his bill which still held in my hand, call
ing his attention to the fact that 1 had
written it word for word. OF course he
acknowledged it, whereupon> we both
laughed over the incident.
Perhaps the most difficult bit of show
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repeatedly called public attention to it.
Vanity Fair devoted the better part of two
columns Of that staid sheet to an editorial
comment, and in such complimentary
terms that modesty forbids me to repeat 1t
here
Both in England and continental Europe
many of the epigrammatic and alliterative
phrases became catchwords, applied to
politics and other things of everyday Ife
1t was a new and therefore attractive use
of language to them.
The greatest difficulty experienced year
by year in the preparation of show paper
Is the invention of terse and expressive
terms for the fast succeeding thrillers that
for the time being are to form the star
attraction of the show. The thriller fol-
lowed the ten years reign Of the great
spectacles, and usually was a mechanical
act.
1t was to designate these startling acts
strikingly that my ingenuity and vocabu-
larry were most severely taxed. The first
of them was Loop the Loop" given at
Madison Square Garden while 1 was
abroad. Then came the "Kinetic Demon"
both highly sensational From Looping
tHe Loop CAME numDer OF Other similar
acts-looping the gap, ETC., reaching a
startling climax in ''Volo Volitant.''
In the latter the bicycle rider descended
an inclined plane. attaining sufficient
momentum to mount a slight upward curve
at the bottom and thence describing an arc
of circle, or, as I described it, "arching
an awful aerial abyss" landing safely some
fifty feet away. That headline was con-
sidered happy thou It, being short,
catchy and expressive.
Then came THE Best YETI followed by
THE Fearsome Double Paradox" Dual
Deeds Of Death Defying Daring" Fear
some Frolic and Frightful Flight With
Fate which was concurrent double act
by Les Freres Ancilotti'' on bicycles. The
act was more sensational in the description
than in its execution. 80: 80
All this looks easy, but after several
years of descriptions of Daring Deeds
Deity Done" any new and particularly
devilish feature became sore burden to
the imagination, for 1t was of paramount
Importance that each successive feature
should be better-that is, more dangerous
than anything ever before exhibited.
So, If you had exhausted your stock of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

problem. They fling their refuse into the
nearest copse, hedge. ditch or stream. rem
dering hideous the vicinity of any cottage
Nor are the cottagers really to be blamed
considering no place is provided for this
purpose, and no means supplied for cart
ing the rubbish elsewhere I should be
glad to know If any regulations exist on
the above question, or whether it is the
fate of the country to be spoiled by I'M
collected and ever-increasing refuse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Servants and Eggs.

Mrs. Phelps Stokes, in an address in New
York. said of the servant question:
Are there not too many mistresses who
treat their servants as the lady did In buy
ing eggs?"
This lady entered shop and said:
Have you eggs?'
Eyes. madam said the shopman.
"'wen.' said the lady. L want a dozen
absolutely fresh eggs for myself. and (she
touched the arm of her maid, who stood
beside hsr) a half-dozen not quite so fresh
for my maid here"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

extravagant characterization, what were
You going to do next? Dig up new stock
That's what had to do
The breath-bating feats Of the bicycle
were succeeded by the still more sensa-
tonal stunts Of the automobile Hitherto
all mechanical thrillers had been managed
by men. With the advent of the automo-
bile in the arena came THE Young and
Fearless French Lady in THE Dip of
DEATH" which was also IAN Awful. APP
palling, Appulsive Aerial Automobile Som
ersault Act" not to say "A Fascinating.
Fearful, Fugacious Frolic With Fate, for
Fame and Fortune"
This really daring act was looping the
gaap In an automobile. 1t had to be de-
scribed In strong language, and yet with
out lessening the Importance of the former
bicycle feats. The public had been PAM
pered with bicycle feats SO long that it
seemed as If nothing more could be done
with that little machine that would be con-
sdered wonderful or at all sensational
The automobile saved the day, though 1t
covered the same act in the same way
Showmen considered THE Dip Of Death
as the most extreme point of sensational
ism, and the daring little French woman as
having capped the climax. They were mis-
taken. The very next season an ingenious
Frenchman conceived a still greater auto
mobile act. that of really~turning a COM
plete aerial somersault, and coming down
right side up to ride away unframed This
performance characterized as:
THE LIMIT LIE TOURRILLON DE LA MORT,
Where Chnekling and E1pectant Death Meets Dis
appointment and Chagrin. Turning. Twisting
TThrilling Terrifying. Tremendous. Tumbllng
ABs6LtTELS THE i EITREME LIMIT
OF Human Daring and Intrepdity; the veritable
Marvellous. Maddening. Mechanical Mystery
and Miracle.
My object was to characterize this act
as the greatest sensational performance
that was ever given to the public, and
exhausted ALTERATION in the effort. My
only assistance was the dictionary I have
never used any other. The dictionary how
ever, only furnished the words not the
combination, nor the many nuances Of the
English language
X
The circus business itself is an inexhaus-
tible mine of suggestions, though 1t may
appeal more forcibly to the active brain of
the billwriter. During the last twenty
seven years have probably written some
thing like 100000 words, yet can scarce
ly say that I suffer from mental exhaus-
ton. 1t is easier for me to produce circus
copy than to write straight matter upon
any other subject. A very defective men,
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writing is the house program. / claim to
have designed it in its present form, ar
ranged the acts in number with qualifying
headlines and the races as events, and the
idea has proved to be one of the most
popular ever devised. Every show in the
country now uses it.
One time I was the guest of the pro-
prietor of prominent western show while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Reflections of a Bachelor.

From the New York Press.
If woman goes out of town for lunch
it's house party.
Everybody is sorry to be abused unless
it's because he is rich.
If men weren't brutes women wouldn't
have so much fun tanning them.
The way to cure girl of being lovesick
over a man is to let her marry him.
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horse show in 1875 It was under the novel
title of wv. C. Coup's Eauescurriculum."
Though the manufactured word seemed to
fit the show perfectly, the show itself was
not so great success.
In later years when the attraction pos
sessed far greater merit than the shows Of
earlier days, dependence came to be placed
more upon a vigorous, incsive style, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

KKR RS. CHANG, the Chinese woman
Nl editor, reformer and general bene-
factor of her sex, has just cele-
brated the first anniversary of her new en-
terprise. the newspaper for women when
sha publishes in Picking. In the year that
has elapsed since she launched her first is
sue upon a population which had never De-
held a paper of that sort before. the cir
eulation has grown from nothing to list OF
moro than sixteen hundred. Furthermore,
she is making money out of 1t, though
profit was not her object when she con-
ceived the plan. Her purpose may De pest
stated in her own words:
To open closed doors TO the mind of the
Chinese woman, to liberate her from the
four walls of her home, which she has never
dared or cared TO leave in mind or body, Is
an object worthy of strife. II change can
be brought about l believe it will be largely
due to the work and power of the press"
-.
But radical though Mrs. Chang is-for a
Chinese woman-she is a living proof in her
own person that a woman can have Ideas
and be good mother. too. Mrs. Chang Is
a widow. She has brought up daughter
who is married and lives in Shantung, and
she has raised son who Is so In accord
with his mothers ambitions that he has
work He and his wife and babies live with
Mrs. Chang In her joint home and Office,
and she is said TO be a very devoted grand
mother. II she has her way her grand
women like herself.
busy life this woman editor must lead.
She dictates all her editorials. covers the
local stories. writes her own headings and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

is copied from circus literature. There is
a grandly triumphant ring running through
circus paper that renders it attractive to
the eye and ear. In considerable degree
it has been adopted by the theatrical agents
and patent medicine men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

A company has been organized for the
purpose of constructing an electric line
from Toledo to st. Louis. 1t will be the
longest run Of the kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

Next came the preparation of the adj
vertisements to be used In the newspapers,
about twenty different advertisements,
ranging from one hundred lines to two
columns. These advertisements are written
to permit the use of cuts and to be ADJUST
BILE to different length of columns. By the
time all of this work is done there is about
Just enough time left to prepare the ad-
vertising for the metropolitan press and to
write about thirty special stories for the
big Sunday papers.
The aggregate of words in the entire
work would be the equivalent Of from 100
to $50 columns of New York newspaper.
or about 100000 or 100000 words. Doesn't
look like snap, does it? Yet 1 frequently
wrote PAPER Of a special character for other
shows at the same time
used to smile when some agent called
my attention to an aliterative line that
he thought "a corker.' The alliterative
lines are not the chief merits of either
show bills or advertisements 1t is in what
showmen call strength that the real merit
lies.
To make bill strong is to write the lines
catchy, epigrammatic, conspicuous and con-
vincing. When at the New York aquarium
the institution received consignment Of
huge pythons, glass snakes, rattles and
other reptiles to the number Of over a
hundred, l wrote a line: six miles of
slimp. snuous. sleek. slippery, sluggish
snakes" which excited considerable COM
ment at time when this style of allitera-
tive writing was little used.
1t was once considered quite trick in
writing show paper to use some word that
would be expressive and set people talking.
1t was imagined that such a word would
result in much free advertising through
the people puzZling their pates over its
meaning.
When w. c. Coup organized his trained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

It is said that Australia has more horses
in proportion to the population than any
other country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

Copyright, 1907, by r. F. Hamllton.l
RVP rI1H the exception of three, all
the showmen with whom l
AAk have ever come into contact
wv were men of very little educa-
ton, while some had none ut
all. But all were men of marked shrewd-
ness allied with business cunning.
Many of their agents, too, were men of
limited education, but they knew so much
more than their employers that they passed
for men of considerable erudition. / knew
one agent who wrote that his show was
''the elephantiasis show and his boss said
that the line was immense. Another agent.
at one time general agent of the Barnum
show, wrote letter of invitation to clergy
men to visit the menagerie''-a very COM
mon trick-and signed the letter Yours in
the faith, W. c. Coup. Snowman"
However, most of these men, who were
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road.
Ny work of this nature consisted usually
OF compiling an eight-page newspaper or
pamphlet Of about thirty-two pages, a
courier of sixteen pages, many varieties of
three-sheet bills, paragraph bills, pro-
grams, quarter-sheets of solid matter,
dodgers, excursion programs and the let
tering Of some one hundred different styles
of lithographs-al of the great posters and
pictorial work.
When this was finished I would take up
the notices to be used en- route in the coun-
try press. These embrace about one hun
dred, with an average Of some 800 words,
each covering every feature Of the show
They are printed column width and bound
In tablet form for convenience.
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-22
MAGILL'S RETURNING
Continued from page one)

positive. Whether she would leave
today but had already stated he did
not know, but ne believes that she left
San Diego several days ago. Mrs.
+. c. Chambers disappeared from
San Diego today. IL became known
that Marguerite Magill had been taken
to her home. II is thought that
she is accompanying tho girl East.
Gets Privileges.
If Mr.. Magill had desired to commit
suicide he certainly would have a
good many opportunities for doing so.
For ono thing he has shaved himself
and has been allowed to have a razor
In his cell. This was but one Of the
many privileges afforded him. II is
also doubtful II many prisoners would
have been permitted to visit with
friends when they were Obliged to lay
oYtr for a few hours. Extraordinary
precautions have surely not been
taken to guard tho prisoner. It was
Mr.. Magill and his friends that plan.
ned his departure from the train at
Los Neitos and though the sheriff
had but a few moments before that
expressed his intentions of keeping
them in Jail during their stay here
he Immediately acquiesced to their
arrangement.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-22
AMERICAN
MINING
ENGINEERS
AT TORONTO,
CANADA, FOX ANNUAL
MEETING
ORGANIZATION IS
STRONG AND INFLUENTIAL
Yearly Excursions Made by
Members TO Mining Gen.
terS the World Over
fRy Associated Press.l

Toronto. ont. July 22-Many mem
bers of the American Institute of Min
ing Engineers, one of the strongest
and most influential bodies of its kind
In the world, have arrived at the King
Edward Hotel in anticipation of the
opening tomorrow OF the annual meet
ing of the organization. The institute
will be in session here two days. dur
ing which time there will be numer-
Gus papers, addresses and discussions
on topics OF interest TO the profession.
At the conclusion of the meeting a
trip under Government auspices will
be made to Cobalt, where two days
will he spent in visiting the working
mines, and another day will be spent
al Temagami. Thence the party will
proceed to other northern Ontario
mines, including the nickel mines of
Sudbury and the Hutton iron range.
The party will be the guests of local
committees a. all the mining centers
visited.
The American Institute of Mining
Engineers was organized In 1871 and
has a membership of over 1000.
while n majority OF members are
residents OF North America, they in
clude the leading mining engineers.
metallurgists and biologists of nearly
all countries in which the mineral in
dustry has been developed. Two fam
Gus mining men, Mr.. John Hays Ham
mnd and DR.. r. w. Raymnd, are, re-
spectively. president and secretary of
the organization, the latter having oc-
eupied the position for thirty-siX
years. The Headquarters of the in
stitnte are in the United Engineering
Building. New York. the gift of An
drew Carnegie, and which cost 81 $780,
000. Yearly excursions are made by
the members of the institute to vari-
Gus mining ccnters the world over. In
1901 the excursion was to Mexico, in
1905 TO British Columbia and the Yu-
kon, and In 1906 to England.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-22

require the reclamation service to
use the money belonging 10 Oklahoma
In Oklahoma.
We believe tina the vast contribu.
tions of money by these special in
~terests have given such interests
such power over the Republican party
that a remedy for national conditions
under which the people suffer "a i'm.
possible through that party.
We appeal, therefore,, 10 every good
citizen who WAGES patriotism above
oOmmercialism. happiness and the
welfare of the great body of our pro
duciDg classes above the enrichment
of the few; aud who believes in local
self government, 10 join us In a holy
crusade for the restoration TO the PEG
pie Of their rights.
We enjoin upon the advocates OF
Democracy that they treat with spe
cial respect those OF our fellow citi-
zens who by environments. aniliation.
or by any other reasons have hereto.
fore affiliated with other parties. and
we urge them only to use sound arelI-
ment In appealing to their reason and
to use the force OF courtesy and kind.
ness in ~persuading them to ioin US.
In the great task OF restoring to the
American people their rights 10 the
pursuit OF happiness.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-22

greatest living exponent of Demo
cratic principles, William Jennings
Bryan. and endorse him for our Pres
idential nominee in 1908.
We emphatically demand the rea.
sonable and proper control of trans.
portation and transmission companies
and the supervision and control of
all enterprises engaged in interstate
commerce.
We favor the improvement OF the
waterways of the Mississippi valley
and the establishment of water trans
p%ortation wherever practicable
throughout the Union.
We believe that the patriotic ele.
ment of the Republican party are
no longer able TO control or greatly
influence that great political organ
ism. We believe that the machinery
in that part has fallen under the In
sidious influence of the great pluto
cratic powers and organized monopo-
lies OF this nation.
We denounce and condemn the ma
tional Republican party for the law
ish use OF money belonging to the
people OF Oklahoma IN the reclama-
ton service in other states. and
pledge our members in our national
congress to S their best emofts TO
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-22
M ORE PUBLIC LANDS
OPEN TO SETTLEMENT
tBy Apaoclated Presa.l


Washington, d. c.. July 22.-During
the next two weeks several large tracts
Of land in the Northwest are to be
opened TO settlement under procla.
nation Of the President and according
10 regulations prescribed by the Sec.
rotary OF the Interior. Included in the
lot are the lands within the Huntley
Irrigation project. in Yellowstone
county. Montana. These lands en-.
brace 63S farms, approximating forty
acres each. all of which can be irri.
gated from works constructed by the
government under the irrigation act.
Next Saturday about $4,000 acres
will be subject 10 settlement but not
TO entry in the Portland, Lakeview,
The Dalles and Roseburg districts
n surrounding the Cascade National
forest reserve. On the same date 1872
92O acres heretofore withdraw for pro.
posed additions 10 the Hepnner ma
uonal forest reserve in the La Grande
and The Dalles districts, will be sub.
leci 20 settlement entry. filing or Sc
lection. Several hundred thousand
acres IN the Waterville and Seattle
districts, IN the state Of Washington
are also to be subject TO settlement
THIS week. and subject to entry a
month hence.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-22
stoo Reward, 500.

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all It's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con.
stitutionai treatment. Halls Catarrh
cure is taken internally, acting d.
ractly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. thereby de-
stroying the foudation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature to do its work. The pro.
prietors have so much faith In it's cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hun.
dreG Dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Add. ess:
F. j, CHENEY g. Co. Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti.
patton.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-22

and has been left to the vote OF the
people in accordance with the prin.
ciples Of the referendum.
Fuldllment Of Pledges.
In the constitution which we sub.
nit we call attention to the import.
ant fact that we have faithfully car.
ried out every pledge made to tho
people i'm the last campaign. We
u%nreseryedly endorse the action of
the Democratic majority In its faith
full compliance in drawing the consti.
tuition in accordance with our pledges
TO the people, and we believe that the
Democratic party, T. now entrusted
with power in the administration OF
the state government, will faithfully
enforce, execute aud carry into effect
every principle of the constitution as
adopted by the people and a strict
enforcement of every law enacted by
the people or legislature OF this
state.
National Issues.
We hereby express our allegiance
10 the great principles OF govern.
ment advocated by the national Dem
ocratic party. upon which we believe
the future welfare OF the Republic
must depend
We reaifirm our allegiance to aat
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-22
INDIGESTION.

With its companions, heart burn,
fatulepee, torpidity of the liver. con
stipation. palpitation of the heart,
poor blood. headache and other ner-
vous symptoms. sallow skin. foul
tongue, offensive breath and a legion
of other ailments, is at once the most
widespread and destructive malady
among the American people. The Her
bine treatment will cure all these trou.
bles. soc bottle.-C. II, Renfro.