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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-04

Mass Margrerite Brown, principal lp
music at the Edmond State normal
school, left this morning for Chicago,
where she will take a post graduate
course I'M music.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-04

To accommodate those who are partial
"a the u8oof atomizers IN applying liquids
ir-o the nasal passages iof ctfarrh0l tr0it-
biss. tho propfintors prepare Cream Balfnin
rsuid form. which will be known as Ely's
LIQUID Cream Balm Price including ths
s5rhving tube il 20 cents. Drur ,sfs 6r IN
mil. lEe liquid form emi 49, the mel
ci.ial properiio4 Of the solid prsporasion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-04

Nasal Catnrrl quietly yields 70 tteat-
mem lv tie az ceiAio, aromatic Ely's
croam Rslm. 10 s received through The
nce,rls and cleans 4 unl heals the whole
sar.ace over which s. ailusas itself Drug
rists s.il the zoe. size. Test It and you
9rr sufa 10 coadaue the treatment till re-
i,,,-f4
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04


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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-15

consent to the use of the school
houses for such a purpose, Civ
ing the following reasons:
THE buildings are not suited to
the purpose of holding elections,
the desks and seats being screw
ed down to the floor and ar
ranged in such manner as not to
allow for the proper placing of
booths and other election para
phernalia.
Because as furnished and ar
ranged for such work, the build
ings can not be used as voting
precincts without damage being
done to the desks, libraries and
other school furnishings.
The buildings being insured
against fire as "schoolhouses"
they can not be used in a more
hazardous way without vitiating
the policies in the event of loss
by fire originating from, or
traceable to-, the holding of an
election in the building"
We think the School Boards
reasons good and their position
eminently correct, for school
houses should be used for school
purposes only. They represent
a considerable investment or the
part of the people for a certain
purpose and they should be con.
fined to that purpose. The mo.
ment they ire given over to other
uses it leads to still further uses,
for if they are to be used for one
thing why not another?
Schoolhouses should be fur
nished to make school both
pleasant and attractive, and the
teachers should be held respOn-
sible that the rooms come up to
as high a standard of cleanliness.
attractiveness and beauty as
possible for the ethical effect
upon the children who pass one
third of the entire day there and
over half of their waking hours.
If the schoolhouses are given
over to other uses, it will inter
fere largely with this part of the
schooling, and more than likely
result in damage to the building.
Besides it is worth consider
ing also that elections fall on
week days and every election
would mean a suspens ion of
school which would dlsorganize
the work two or three days.
The schoolhouses should be
used exclusively for school pur-
poses and we hope that the new
school board will decide that way
and refuse to let them be used
for polling places or any other
purpose besides the true pur-
pose of educating the children.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-15
Tuesday, Dec. Is. 1908.
INSURANCE RATES IN LAF-
AYETTE,

The question of insurance rates
certainly deserve the early and
earnest consideration of the
people of this city. We are pay
ing entirely too high rates. and a
united movement on the part Of
the citizens should be made to
have the rates put at a reason
able figure. Not alone are the
rates high, bat in some cases alb
solutely prohibitive. There
might be some reason for high
rates if the city had no fire pro-
lection, but it has. The water
works plant is equipped with a
large and effective pump that has
power to respond to all demands
that might be made upon it by a
city double the size of this ,an6 our
fire department has demOnstra
ted time and time again its
splendid efficiency.
We are protected and the in
surarce companies are protected
against loss because Of our fine
fire department, and there is
neither sense nor justice in the
high rates imposed upon this
town going to seven per cent and
beyond.
This town has always been a
money maker for the insurance
companies for fires have been
few, and in every case that We
can remember, the fire has been
confined strictly to the burning
building after saving fully half
the value of the building. such
being the case, with a proven ef-
fective department., why should
such high rates be imposed on
US? None that we know of except
that we are good natured and
won't kick. Well. it is time to
kick" and right now.
These high rates, too, are very
expensive to the pocketbooks of
the citizens. A reduction in
rates means money saved to the
and a very nice. large
sum either to be invested in
more protection. for under pres
ent rates a man can not afford to
carry adequate insurance, or to
be spent here at home in new en-
terprises.
The question needs to be taken
up at once by the citizens and a
decided effort made to give Lafa-
yette a reasonable rating.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-15
An Editors Lament.

Dallas New Era.
Lives of poor men oft remind US
honest toll don't stand a chance: the
more we work we leave behind US big
ger patches on our pants. On our
pants once new and glossy now are
patches of different hue; all because
subscribers linger and won't pay up
what is due. Then let all be up and
doing; send in your mite be it e'er so
small, or when the blasts of winter
strike us we shall have no pants at all.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-15

The Moss Pharmacy Cold
Cream is an elegant preparation
for chapped hands, face and
lips or any roughness of the
skin. Try a Csc jar.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-15
SCHOOLHOUSES FOR POLLING
PLACES.

The Police Jury IN designating
polling places included the Burke
and Monton Switch schoolhouses.
The retiring school board notified
the Jury that they would not
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-29
Chemists Show Bottles.

Formerly apothecaries used red
light as sign of their trade. Now,
it happened one night that drug
gist, finding himself without the
necessary red light, made shift with
a bottle of red liquid placed in the
window with a candle behind it..
The effect was so good that he put
a similar decoration in another win
dow. The sign was excellent-so
excellent that a rival apothecary
tried to improve upon it for his
own benefit. His idea was to place
bottle of yellow liquid beside the
red one, and then he surpassed his
former effort by adding a bottle
containing green to the other two.
The red, yellow and green made a
fine show, and every druggist in the
town followed in the wake of their
more enterprising rivals. In course
of time the bottles were replaced by
the magnificent colored vases which
are now familiar sign everywhere.
London Chronicle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-29
To Cough Properly.

Few people know how to cough
properly. 1t never occurs to the
ordinary individual that there is a
right way and wrong way of doing
1t. ct it is matter of no small
Importance. If every sigh means a
drop of blood out of the heart, as
people say, every cough means some
greater or less proportion of time
knocked off ones life. Most people
cough as loudly and forcibly as they
can. But it is rather costly noise,
for the single reason that it tears
and infames the lungs. The lungs
consist of an extraordinarily deli
cate spongelike tissue, which some
times gets infamed and choked
with phlegm. When we try to get
rid of this substance we cough. But
obviously if we remove it violently
we must necessarily injure the del
icate lung tissue. Therefore train
yourself to cough as gently as pos
sible.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-29
WHEN A PYTHON KILLS.
Painless Death Without Terror For
the serpent's Prey.

the Serpents Prey.
When l was a youngster in Indis
a friend gave me an Indian python
1t was tame to handle, but it was s
dull, uninteresting thing, and We
used to leave it undisturbed in It'll
resting place, an old beer chest, with
bars at the top. 1t was over ten OF
eleven feet long, so it was never ex-
tended. 1t used lazily to change its
position, but seemed to prefer com
plete rest even when wakeful. We
used to give it six live rats of Sun
day. When not having been fed for
a week, it would be moving about,
but was never quick and lively.
One rat at time was put into the
cage and never seemed scared or dis
turbed, but just moved about in the
open places and sometimes even on
the snake. The latter for a time
took no notice. Then it would wake
up and slowly work itself into posi-
ton with more motion, particularly
in the head and neck for about two
feet.
The quickness with which it then
struck and seized its prey was won
derful. In less than a moment the
rat was tackled into a fold and
squeezed tight, being instantly kill
ed without any apparent fear or an
ticipation of death. 1t was far more
merciful and natural than a steel
trap.
After waiting several minutes be-
fore changing the position to feed,
the python would slowly move and
get the dead rat straight end on, re-
lax its grip and gradually swallow
the prey until it came to the first
kink at the end of the first fold,
when the position had to be changed
to pass the rat farther down, the
same process being repeated with
each rat, getting slower at each
mouthful until it had swallowed FIVE
1t never ate the sixth, which was the
perquisite of an expectant terrier
and had more painful end. 1t was
plain to see how many rats had been
swallowed by the bulges in its
length. 1t would be torpid till Fri
day, gradually wake up and be hun
cry Sunday.
Can there be any doubt, with its
rapid movements and constructing
power, the python's victim is in
stantly caught, enveloped in a coil
and at once killed? No snake can
afford to risk struggle, for if the
skin is injured, the natives state, no
snake RECEIVERS from such a wound,
for the ants and flies will torment
it to death.-London Field.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-29
The Oklahoma Bank Law.

The more the provision of the Okla
bona law providing for the insurance
of depositors against loss is studied
the more It finds favor as model
among those who are insisting upon
radical reforms in banking. The Chi
cago News recently declared that the
growth of the demand for government
action In this direction is rapid and
widespread. Several states have given
serious consideration to the question
and the idea, In some form, has many
supporters among the national leglsla-
tors and among conservative financial
authorities on the outside.
The provision of the Oklahoma law
referred to creates a state banking
board having power to levy assess
ments upon bank capital stock to CON
stitute a guaranty fund, which, by ex-
ira assessments when called for and
adjustments, shall be maintained at ii
certain minimum. Commenting upon
this feature of the banking legislation
of the youngest of the states, the New
York Financier says:
One of the objections offered against
the establishment of the guaranty safety
fund principle in general has been that
the removal of responsibility to depositors
would tend to make bank officers care
less, and 1t is a fact that with the loose
laws which are in force in many states
this objection would hold good. The Ok
lahoma law, however, provides for at
least two examinations a year into every
bank. and violation of the law sections Is
punishable by Imprisonment. 1t Is to
be anticipated, therefore. that officers of
banks operating under this law will be
foolish indeed to violate its provisions and
that Oklahoma banks will be carefully
and conservatively managed.
The New York Tribune takes issue
with the idea as a general proposition
by saying that the fact that no insur.
ance company has entered the field of
guaranteeing bank deposits is proof that
there is no public demand for such
protection. Furthermore, the demand
for extra guarantees is not sufficiently
strong to commend itself to the consld-
Grafton of the banks in their intense
competition for deposits.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-29
Our Warships Are All Right

Artist ReuterdahPs severe criticism
of our battleships has been replied to
at length in the columns Of the Scien-
tific American, and the result Is one to
strengthen the faith of the public in
the vessels themselves as a strong fac
tor In our fighting outfit and likewise
In the authorities who are responsible
for them. 1t was too much to ask this
nation to believe that all the genius for
designing and constructing weapons of
war which this country's intelligence
and resources could command had been
occupied in setting afoat a practically
useless navy.
The Scientific American boldly as
serts that the gravest of the charges
printed by Reuterdahl have really no
basis in fact 1t says the American
battleships have more freeboard than
most of the same class In the British
navy and that they carry their guns
much farther above water than do the
typical battleships of any of the for
eign navies. Furthermore, the fancied
defect of the placing of the belt of
armor plating in our ships is greatly
exaggerated by the artist critic.
Every man who has seen a ship
knows that war vessel fitted out for
a long cruise must be weighted down
with extraordinary supplies, which
must also gradually tighten. Perhaps
at times the muzzles of the lower guns
are below the crests of the waves in a
stormy sea. But that is not saying
that capable commander will go into
action with his fighting efficiency hand
icapped in that fashion. He will play
his strong points for all they are
worth and avoid exposing his weak
ones. Good tempered criticism of our
navy may prove beneficial If rightly
timed. However, Incorporate attacks
Of a sweeping nature like the one re-
viewed by the Scientific American are
not only foolish. but in very bad taste,
under the present circumstances.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-29
He Followed Copy"

Mrs. Marble after the death of
her husband went to Mr.. Stone, a
dealer in headstones, and consulted
him in reference to an inscription.
She said, Put on it, TO my dear
est husband and if there be any
room left, we shall meet in heav-
en-"
Entering the cemetery and going
to her husbands grave, she noticed
the headstone and quickly rushed to
see how he had engraved it. The
poor old widows heart beat with
pain when she read the following on
the headstone; 'To my dearest hus-
band, and if there be any room left
We shall meet in heaven" Port
Chester Record.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-29

Knockers of the $500, 100000 isthmian
canal, as the latest estimates figure It,,
quickly discovered that the dear pub
lic' did not echo back even a ghost Of
a sound in approval. The trouble is
that the dear public" wants that canal
at any price and would rather add an
other $1O0,OO0,O0O to hurry along the
completion than to save that amount
by old fogy methods.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-29

"More than a million dollars a day
for military purposes" is the way one
congressman sizes up one item of the
budget for 190S-9. Well. 1t is "a good
deal Of money" but If Uncle Sam
thinks he cannot maintain American
dignity on less his nephews must dig
up the coin somehow.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-29

A French legislator has suggested
that titles be taxed at $50 each. That
will be regarded as a trifilng sum by
those who can come over here and dis
pose of life interest in their title for
several millions.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-29

The man who cleans a loaded reyolv-
er with the muzzle pointing toward
him may be gifted with common sense.
but his friends are entitled to their
doubts.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-29

New York" says Gertrude Atherton.
never makes up its own mind about
anything" Certainly not. 1t is too
busy making up the mind of the rest
Of the country.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-02-29

Small blunders break the greatest
buildings.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-19
1. Recommendations
"a Are 10 Be Made to
City Council.

u,,ler viii recommend a
NaFes imnrovcment measures
.se.f = .s,.,rnsAl inaeyations IN his
II atsl's. - 10 the city council
So Tho chief executive
: sas ....as,.nscated with the heada
= - asuaslments, asking for
! y sss g. 20 these changes.
- \. ,s' smh..as The ideas that ap.
= y. s,.s ln his FIRST official mes
= . 80 - mep clearly 20 under
Y \. slsnstlon with regard 20
- - .s's..smpllshed. A. compared
sAfs .ss.,,,s Years. and as show
- sss<ssslty Acr changes that
y ~ accommodated. the mayor
= !. : "a psrsonsl interviews With
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-19
REGRADE DEFICITS ARE
REFERRED TO BOUILLON

sion yesterday afternoon and 10.
ferred 10 Superintendent Boulllon
Of The department OF public utilities
formal ordinance and a letter
explaining tho. legal questions In
eelved will probably be filed with
Tie council az It's meeting ON next
Monday evening.
IN. corporations committee aud
MS committees on fire and water,
lighting. and health and sanitation.
viii hold regular meetings tonight
st which a number OF matters Of
easHidsrable importance will be
taken under discussion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-19
REPORTS ON DEEP
WATERWAYS
(sy United pr...A

BALTIMORE. Md. Nov 10
clifford Fnchot. chief forester of
the United States. in an address
this afternoon before the Atlantic
Deep Waterway association. aaid
The success OF the Development
OF tho waterways of both eoasta
and the Interior OF the coustry de
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-19

penda on whether we take up the
question In a broad way. When all
the intereata concerned In the I'm.
proyement % waterways. aud that
means every interest Ia the nation,
unite demanding their development
under an immediate. uniform aud
effective plan. tho work will BIO.
SIN. aud not before"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-19
rlYoR ARRANGES FOR
HIS FIRST MESSAGE

All OF the chief municipal officials
The message will deal somewhat
extensively with thu police depart.
ment, and contain recommendation
regarding additional patrolmen. a
Fedistriciing OF the city. the crea.
ton OF second police court and
tho establishment OF police sub
stations
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-19
The Committee Waits for
Complete Reports on
the Case.

The question Of raiaiuE money
for the big regrade deficits. rel
Huliing from the recent declaion Of
the supreme court upaettlng oonnl
oil assessments levied In the Jack
son a. reErade proceedings. wad
taken up by the city council !
finance committee at a special sesl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-19

Patterson IL endravorlng 20 cloae
n contract to bring q Chicago high
school team here TO play the winner
OF the Lincoln. broadway game.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-19
DSCREDIT PATTERSON

SPOKANE. Nov ia-~K. NJ. Pat.
terasn snme time ago tried 10 ar.
range post season championship
game here with the spokane high.
but hts offer WAS not taken serious
" here. Patterson was not man.
ager OF the Chicago team that via.
Tied Seattle. but a cub writer on
the Chicago Tribune and the Joke
OF the trip. Since then he has
been a sporadic letter writer. pro.
poaing innumerahle 'invaalona" fot
different teams.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-08
Marriage, Not Peonaqe.

From the New York World.
Senator Johnston, Of Alabama. owni
beautiful home in Birmingham and
takes great delight in donning "A pair
OF cveralls and a split hickory hat and
working in the garden. one day shortly
after the expiration of his last term as
governor fashionably dressed woman.
who had resided in Birmingham only a
short time and had never seen johnson.
called on his wife. No one answered
the bell. so she walked out among the
flower beds where the ex-governor was
hoeing some geraniums. He bowed and
she asked him how long he had worked
for the Johnstons
"A good many years, madam" he
replied
DO they pay you well?"
About all | get out OF IL is my
clothes and keep
why come and work for me" she
said. "I'll DO that and pay you so much
q month besides"
II thank you madam" he replied
bowing very low, but signed up with
Mrs. Johnston for life"
Why, no such contract is binding.
That is peonage"
Some may call it that, but 1 have
always called IL marriage"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-08
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.
Boy In Misery ~ Nenrs-EcBema tn
Rough scales, Itching and In
ncd--Curcd by Cuticura.

Boy In Misery ~ Nenrs-EcBema in
Rough scales, Itching and In
cd-Curcd by Cuticura.
"Cuticura has put stop TO twelve
years Of misery passed with my son.
AS an infant noticed on his body
red spot and treated same with differ
ent remedies for about five years. but
when the spot began TO get larger I
put him under the care OF doctors.
Under their treatment the disease
spread to four different parts of his
body. During the day it would get
rough and form like scales At night
it would be cracked. infiamed and bad
ly swollen, with terrible burning and
itching. one doctor told me that my
sons eczema was incurable. and gave
il up. decided 10 give Cuticura "A
trial. When | had used the first box
of Cuticura Ointment there was a
great improvement and by the time |
had used the second set Of Cuticura
Remedies my child was cured lie is
now twelve years old and his skin is
As fine and smooth as silk. Michael
Steinman. sumner Avenue. Brookl Ign,
\. v, April 16, 1905
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-08
A Ruse That Failed.

From the New York Times
Henry Clews Is telling "A new story
which he says he got straight from the
Canal street district. A young jobbing
firm the tale tells. overbought for the
fall trade. Their heaviest mistake had
been in a line of overcoats. which il
looked they would have to carry over
season. Efforts to get cash for the
stock was fruitless. except at ruinous
rates. Al last the firm went to an old
timer in the trade for advice.
Well" said the man of experience.
you've got a pretty good list of GUS
toners. Just divide the coats up into
lots of i3 each. Send a batch apiece
To some of the sharpest customers, but
make out the bills for twelve. They'll
be so tiCkled to get one coat for nothing
that they'll take 'em all"
The scheme has been tried before the
men met again. The old timer waited
for bis praise.
"'Wel, didn't they keep the coats? 2"
he asked
Yes, returned the jobber sadly
"One each The one that wasn't billed. :"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-08
GalIantry.

rom th- thiidueipnia Ledger
on his homeward trip by trolley a
tired business man was much annoyed
by the conduct Of three middle-aged
ladies who stood near him. They were
evidently just returning from a sum-
mcr tour.
All the seats I'm the car were occu-
pied, but they seemed determined that
he should offer one of them his seat.
He screened himself behind his pa
per and listened TO plainly audible re-
marks about the decline of gallantrv in
the present age. This grated on mis-
nerves, SO he arose, and with a pro-
found bow, addressed the three.
win the oldest of you ladies honor
ME by accepting my place."
Whereupon they became Interested
in the advertisements over the win
dows and the man triumphantly re-
sumed his seat