The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-18
SALAMAGUNDI.


In Austria no fewer than "A out OF
every 100 doctors die OF heart disease.
In Persia hereafter Russian officers
can only instruct the soldier, not com
mand them.
The Ameer OF Afghanistan says
the British government is without its
right in building strategic railways
in that country.
Louisville recently increased the
water rates to an amount that viii add
s140.O to the receipts. The depart
ment was running behind.
New York's city police dogs are
being trained according to the usual
police method They are taught 20
follow and hold men who are dressed
to give the appearance OF poverty
The Iong-seryice record OF so years
has been achieved by Anna Gabrieli,
who has died at Botzen, Austria, aged
%. after serving since her thirteenth
year three generations OF the same
family
The ivory market at Antwerp. or
ganized but a decade ago, has become
the largest one in the world-larger
than the two other great markets
those of London and liverpool
Thomas Hill, a Lawrenceville On.
J) farmer. has trained bull to run
treadmiil. which pumps water,
churns butter and does all OF that
kind of work. The bull, Hill says,
beats windmill or gasoline engine.
Thomas Morrison. at one time part
ner with Gen Grant in peddling fire
wood in st. Louis, died there recently,
ared SO years. He was the founder
of the st. Louis Provident Associa.
ticn. and was the city's oldest phil
anthropist.
In the last % years we have burn
ed up 81, 500, 100000 worth of property
tthe highest point ever reached in our
national debt. 1898, was only $2,f35,-
600 .OOO). we have wiped 100000
buildings out of existence in the last
10 years, and, mark you, that Is alb
solute loss.
A New york inventor has devised a
mechanical attachment for an auto
mobile which, on pressing a button,
will start a watch or clock fastened to
the dashboard At the end Of a mile
the watch stops automatically. thus
enabling the driver to test his speed
time to time.
Recent measurements of the vibra-
tions of the wings OF dragon ny IN
the Stuttgart University showed that
they ranged from 10000 to 10000 per
second The common house fly makes
| 600 strokas Of its wings per second
when flying at It's highest speed
There are three black fox farms
near Atherton, Prince Edwards Island,
where these animals are raised for
their skins. These farms contain
20 25 and 80 foxes. respectively. The
skins are sold in London at prices
ranging from $500 to $1,000 each ac-
cOrdlnB 10 quarry.
II Is satisfying to note success of
American drummers in South Africa.
Those selling agricultural implements
and machinery have secured over one
half the trade. Statesmen from the
United States are pushing ahead,
even with the dull times and stringent
money market reported from the
Transvaal at the present time
some undertakers. whose custom
ers are poor people are using cofnns
made of paper The coffins are made
In all styles Of pressed paper pulp, the
same as the common paper buckets.
When they are Vanished and stained
they resemble polished wood, and In
point Of durability It Is said they are
much better than wooden ones.
Frederick van Erden's drama THE
Promised Land" which had Us first
peprformanoe before the Nederland
Toneelveresniging at Amsterdam re-
Gently. has been the theme of con
siderable discussion. A Berlin paper
in It's account of the first performance
SAYS: "The central feature OF the
play is a communist community This
and the contrast shown between the
Christian and the Anarchist view Oh
the world and society cannot fail to
interest an audience"
He Got What He Needed.
'lline years ago II looked as II my