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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17

A large number OF plants which are
usually looked upon as harmless pos
sess poisonous properties. says he
Dundee Advertiser Ihose who are
employed IA picking danodils aud mar.
cissus frequently suner severely from
troublesome skin affection known az
"danodil poisoning" The most trying
feature of this ailmelt Is the small
gatherings which form under the Ia
ger nails. II Is said that minute crys-
tails OF lime exist in large numbers Ia
the iuite OF the stems OF the pretty
blooms and that these are Responsible
for the poisoning Regular dan0dil
pickers are accustomed to rub their
hands with oll ana work tallow 10 IN
derneath their nnger nails before De.
ginning their work Tie bulbs Of the
white Roman byaclnth have similar
unpleasant properties.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17
No order To Day


Making and Losing Friends.
TIN not so sure" observed the doe
tor refectieeiy as he watched the
smoke curl upward from his cigar
ithat we Americans are not neglectlng
one Of the most Important Of the arts
1.-The art OF making friends.
1T wouldn't do anybody a bit OF
harm to take half an hour OF and sit
down TO go over the accessions to his
friends within the past year or So In
cldentally he might reflect on what he
has done IN the way OF keeping up old
friendships. II seems 70 me that peo-
pie drift apart very quickly nowadays.
Absorption ia business IS one factor
making FOR this end. Another IS the
growing disinclination to keep up any
sort OF correspondence, and a third IL
a tendency, increasing as the years go
by. to let ones personal interest be-
come more centered All Of these
things initiate against the making Of
new friends as well as helping to
loosen the bonds holding the old ones
"The fault" he concluded, isn't In
the people whom we meet Its In our
selves, and we might as well realize IT,
Let us look for likable qualities and
not the reverse. There is such thing
as being too cautious about our ac-
quaintances and thus shutting our
selves of from much Of pleasure and
orofit New. York Press.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17

Bert Barber, OF Elton, Wis, says:
q have only taken four doses of your
Kidney and Bladder Pills and they
have done for me more than any
other medicine has ever doge, Mr.,
Earber refers to DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills. They are sold by G.
r. RENFRO.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17

The law Of gravltation is thus given
in Newton's words: Every particle OF
matter in the universe attracts every
other partiC.e with force whose di.
rection Is that of the straight line join
ing the two and whose magnitude Is
proportional directly as the product
Of their masses and inversely as the
square Of their mutual distance"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17
Queer Names.

"we Chinese" said the law student.
"give our children queer names. our
girls, for instance, are not called Ma
bel Jenny or Matilda, but Cloudy
Moon, Celestial Happiness. Spring
Peach or Casket OF Perfumes.
"Our boys get less delicious nanez.
Boys are made for work and wisdom
rather than for dancing and pleasure
and their names show this, as Prac-
tical Industry, Ancestral knowledge,
Complete Virtue, Ancestral Piety, Dis.
Greet Yalor.
= 40 our slaves We give still another
Set OF names. Yes, those dear pathetic
little slaves Of ours some girls, some
boys, who do5a hundred various little
tasks about the house, these lowly
creatures have names like Not For
Me, JOY TO Serve. Your Happiness and
Humble Devotion" = Cincinnati Eu.
quirer
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17
statesmen WANTED

WANTED Salesman OF ability and
neat appearance to call on merch-
ants in their territory; elegant side
line, convenient to carry; good com
missions prompt remittande. Bel
mont Mfg Co. Cincinnati, o.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17

Kennedy'sI.axative Cough Syrup
acts gently but promptly on the bow
els. Il stops the cough by soothing
tile throat and lung irritation. Sold
by G. r. Renfro.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17
LOST AND FOUND

LOST-Oyercoat. at Convention hall,
last night; return coat you got to
J G. Polnnd's grocery store and get
VDurs
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17
MATRlMoNlAL-.

BEAUTIFUL young lady, very
wealthy, desires early marriage.
No objection to workingman. Give
age, etc, S. Club, S5l Park avenue
Chicago.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17
CHURCH MEMBER WANTS
TO OF LIQUOR VENDOR

Frederick. Okla. Feb l5.J w s..
pigler. member Of the Christian
church. Has a,,aus...-...--,-...s ua q candidate
for the poshton of county Dispenser
OF liquors.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17
cor anNr
MALE nELP wANTEp.

WANTED Men TO learn barber trade
few weeks required, best paying
work within reach OF poor man. can
have shop with small capital. wages
from sl2 to 500 weekly. wonderful
demand for BARRIERS. Catalogue
mailed free. Moler Barber College,
Dallas. Texas.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17

LADIES to copy letters at home spare
time; good pay; cash weekly; re-
liable; send stamp. zeck Co., Nor
''stown, n. Y
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

RELIEF FOR LADIES Original
and only genuine Tansy Waters, put
I'D IN yellow wrappers and crown
trade mark. Accept no substitute.
wor sala at III drnggists S-23-2sb.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17
HELP WANTEp-r EMALE.

WANTED good girl for general
housework. inquire at III East
Cleveland avenue.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17

Use DeWltts Little Early Riscrs
pleasant little pills. They are easy
TO take sold by G. r. Renlro.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-17

5ooda Packed, Stored and Shipped q Order
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-03-19
TWO MINUTE sketches
David Glasgow Farragut.
81 RoBE AoVE
Th oid man
magnificent II
ne dmeriC0n
NaUt

~ II T. most famous naval ofbeei 10
American history was David
Glasgow Farragut who died 10
1870 Admiral Farragut GER
tainly had abundant opportunity TO
make himself famous He served in
three great wars-that OF 1872. the
struggle with Mexico and the rebellion.
Admiral Farragut's chief service,
however. and that which won for him
the distinction which places him at the
head OF the list OF our naval commsLd-
ers. was given during the civil war II
Is fact somewhat remarkable that a
man past sixty years OF age should dis
play such bravery and such ability as
were shown by Farragut.
Farragnt. 1t may be said, grew up
In the navy He was adopted into the
family Of the Commodore Porter Of
his boyhood and was bred to the sea
Though but eleven years OF age when
the war Of 1912 began. be served
through that conflict up to the begin.
ming OF 1915. as a midshipman. From
that time forth be remained in naval
service, and when the civil war opened
he was already veteran OF almost
fifty years experience Though born
In Tennessee and living in Virginia
at the outbreak of the war. Farragut
adhered to the Union cause. went
north and was assigned to duty in
command of the western blockading
squadron in the gulf of Mexico. The
story of his gunboats passing the bat
teries at New Orleans, Port Hudson
and Nicksburg under heavy fire, re-
sulting in the capture OF New Orleans
and opening the Mississippi up to
Vicksburg, greatly aiding General
Grant in the tedious but triumphant
campaign against the latter strong
hold, Is unique in naval history.
But Farragut's most sensational and
thrilling exploit was achieved at the
entrance to Mobile bay, where he was
in immediate personal command, his
vessels plunging through a field of the
enemy's torpedoes, silencing the terri
BILE batteries and capturing Confeder-
ate boats In what was practically a
hand to hand fight. Schoolboys OF
many years to come will be thrilled by
the story of the brave old admiral
lashed to the mast of his flagship,
glasses in hand. watching and direct
ing the movements Of his squadron in
the midst of plunging fire from pow
erful forts.
Farragut received from congress the
highest honOrs possible, the ranks Of
vice admiral and admiral being Gre
ated for him. He was the old man
magnificent Of the American navy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-03-19

Pardon me-" said Ascum, "but 1t
must be tough TO be married to a
strong minded woman"
oh" replied Henpeck, 1T has its
advantages. When my wife thinks
she hears burglars downstairs she
won't trust me to go down and inves.
tigate. philadelphia Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-03-19

"Your husband is still very fond OF
horses" said the woman who disap'
proves Of betting,
YES" answered Mrs, Torkins,
"Well, it's nothing to his credit"
II don't know about that. 1t shows
he has very forgiving disposition,"-
Washington Star
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-03-19
Q a - IN o III L a.
Bsara III, ,Th8 Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature !. L1HHAZIZx

Wnkins-Blinks says he does not
know you at all.
Bilkins-Im not surprised, He ne7
er sees me, you know.
wilkins But l thought you were
members of the same church?
Bilkins-Yes, but l invariably take
up the collections,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-03-19

Doan's regulets cure constipation,
tone the stomach, stimulate the liver.
promote digestion and appetite and
easy passages of the bowels. Ask
your druggist for them. 25 cents a
box,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-03-19

Woman loves a clear, rosy COM
plexion. Burdock Blood Bitters pu-
rifles tbe blood, clears the skin, re-
stores ruddy, sound health.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-03-19

Rub fork, spade, ak and other tool
handles with linseed oil on hot days.
They last longer and are pleasanter to
the hands
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-03-19

Do not fail to read the new story
now running in the Kentuckian' You
will find it a romance of thrilling in
terest.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
1907, by r. F. Hamilton.)

meet many tall slender willowy women
of refined English type of features. In
Georgia and Alabama there are to lie
found the same delicate compieNions To
he met in Wisconsin and northern Miclli-
gan. But i'm the lake regions the eyes az
the people are smaller, owing. probably
10 the high winds and SHOWS OF WINTER
and eyeglasses are as prevalent there as
in New England.
There are certain towns where the
women are particularly good-!ookinG:
other towns where the rule is exactly the
reverse. dozen different types OF ne
groes may he counted in The south. I'll.
French speak, negro OF Louisiana is as
widely different from the Virginia article
a. could well bc. and the South Carolina
and the cotton-belt negro differ as widely
from each other as from the other two
varieties.
The Charleston negro often has a we'll
shaped head and straight nose. while the
negro from the kongo has low mental
development and fiat nose. The various
negro types are due 10 the unprc JUDGED
views of the Yankee slaye-traders as ID
where To catch their load OF "blackbirds'
on the African coast.
Evening star., 1908-01-26

ell and municipal officers would greatly
exceed their usefulness, and SO the bill 10
remedy these conditions provides FOR .
community form of government.
Under this form of government three
commissioners elected by the community
are placed in charge of the tax funds, but
have no other municipal jurisdiction. This
form of government. while not in accord
ance with the generally accepted forms OF
state and municipal government. has been
tried and found adequate in New England
The present form of tic distribution OF
taxes is given by the county authorities
in explanation for the absence OF sanitary
improvements in the unincorporated
towns.
Evening star., 1908-01-26
Ancient Bible Manuscripts.
m the Philadelphia Inquirer

i'Nih ihe hiihueipnla inquirer.
The discovery Of a seventh century
fragment of portion of tho New Tes-
lament. containing variant readings OF
importance. Is not a remarkable occur
renee 1t really adds little or nothing 10
our knowledge of the authorship and de-
velopment of that portion of the Bible
There are many such manuscripts in ex-
istence and all scholars are aware that
In various parts of the early Christian
world efforts We're made to amend the
gospels or epistles to suit local or per-
sonal views. Jerome wasgfamiliar with
many such manuscripts Whsn she made
his famous translation into. Latin.
The earliest and most r3Farcd manu-
scripts of the New Testasaspt date from
the fourth century. But teyen~ this is a
comparatively late date, as is shown in
many ways known TO schdarss 1t seems
certain that the original documents OF
the New Testament were written on
papyrus which was the only form OF
paper then used. This was made by
conprcssing strips of the stalk of the
pa Dyrus plant into homogeneous sheet
by means Of glue and pressure. The re-
suit was a fairly good paper but IL was
stiff and the hooks OF those DAYS were
invariably rolls mad> of papyrus sheets
glued together and rolled up for conver-
ience in reading. Much handling caused
them to break and eventually they were
copied on parchment for preservation.
Evening star., 1908-01-26

four very rich people live i'll palaces, and
three or four thousand very poor are
jumbled together like pigs in stX.
Certain racial distinctions are very
plainly visible in certain states. The
Frenchman and the German have left
an absolute record Of their nationality.
and the Spaniard and the Slavs are mark
ed in certain sections with equal distinct
ness. In every Mississippi river town
the traces of the French settlers remain
characteristics Of the people. The women
there are the Partisan types-slender.
Evening star., 1908-01-26

! A dirty town almost always has dirty
people--drty in person. dirty in morals
and dirty in business dealings. \ clean.
wcll-buiit, thriving little city, with agree
able surroundings. produces an ntcln-
gent. thrifty and agreeable people. OF
clean habits. clean morals, and fair aud
sound business principles. Or, is it that
the character OF the town springs from
its inhabitants" anyhow, | have always
found that they so together. They tit.
Show me an ill-arranged badly built,
! filthy. smoky. cheerless town. of which
you may find some in ALMOST every state
in the Union. and l will show YOU an
ignorant. low-livad, sordid community,
where IL YOU are going TO do business
you'd better keep both eyes open and both
hands on your pocketbook.
There are two other unfaiiing ndica-
iions of the character of town and its
people. These are its hotels and news
paper offices. They are the first thing I
study when / hit the place The conduct
of the hotel YOU stop&at shows the local
idea of decent. everyday life. The char
acter of the newspaper Offices indicates
the degree OF local intelligence and cul-
ture. / have found them almost certain
+. guides. If the best hotel is mean. dirty
and poorly conducted. my prejudice begins
to work. When l find the newspaper Of
| flee poor and half asleep. that settles il.
/ am ready then to classify that commu-
nifty. for have l not had hundreds of eX-
amples to insure my conclusion:
There are a few exceptions TO this rule,
the reasons for which in each case are
readily apparent Such newspaper offices
are almost invariably associated in my
mind with hotels to match-and poor
show business
Evening star., 1908-01-26

the killed and injured in any railroad
accident in these sections invariably con-
tains principally foreign names.
OF course. the most casual traveller has
observed the marked differences between
the peoples of New York. Philadelphia.
Baltimore and Boston. There are funda-
mental reasons for this difference. But
how about Rochester and Buffalo? And
why should there be a difference between
the newer cities of st. Paul and Mime
apolis? | have gone from n town like
Columbus. Ohio. TO u town like Cleve-
land and marveled at the difference De-
Evening star., 1908-01-26

ported bodily from the Seine and Loire.
Yet while general characteristics may
be thus easily accounted for. there are
special differences between the towns
people Of the same sections of country.
The physical difference the traveller sees
readily what the moral and mental differ
ences are may be approximated only by ii
study of their respective surroundings.
| used to stop regularly in front of the
local photograph galleries. where frame
set with portraits OF local people IS al
ways hung ont. In one town could be
seen broad features, thick lips and robust
Evening star., 1908-01-26

ties Of Jefferson district and request the
cooperation of the magistrates in re-
moving the undesirable citizen
"And in such cases. he continued. al
though as rule, the commonwealth is
10th TO place too much credence in the
testimony given by the average darky in
criminal cases, We have found by expert
ence that when complaint has been made
against any citizen Of Queen City. or of the
other towns. the cause has usually been
4 just one.
Queen City lies at the extreme eastern
end OF the National cemetery at Arling-
ton. Its three acres or so of ground ad-
join the land of the Arlington expert
mental station OF tine United States De
partment of Agriculture. at which many
of the residents are employed. y few
hundred feet up the road lies Johnson
Hill. and a short distance beyond that
point Offutt's Settlement. with about 2GO
inhabitants is found. From Queen City
have sprung all of the other settlements.
x x
Following the close OF the civil war
Washington Walter. negro Baptist
race. whose ties had been severed by the
long struggle and emancipation, came to
Virginia His recruits hailed from Mary
land, Virginia, North and South Carolina
| and Georgia.
| On little knoll at the extreme end of
the old Lee estate. now used as the Ma
tional cemetery Walter and his followers
erected q camp of worship which they
termed the Mount Olive Church." Grad
ually they came TO spend all their time at
this camp OF meeting, until few shacks
OF brush and timber. their homes ap-
peared in the neghboring woods
! This continued for some time. until,
about twenty years ago, when the en-
largment of the cemetery made it i'm
possible for them To retain their homes
and their place of worship.
I \ board or trustees had been appointed
/ for the camp meeting. which was composed
! OF Isaac Green, Robert Jordan, Clearbert
Evening star., 1908-01-26

a communication from the patriarchs OF
the town, asking them TO call and remove
the miscreant for they DO not want him
among them.
From the twenty lots and the frame
work of a church has sprung commu-
nifty of 900. living in fifty or sixty houses.
and the negroes say that as long as the
present system of regulations work salts
| factorily. they will give no thought to in
corporation.
From Queen City has sprung Johnson s
Hill. and there nearly like number Of
negroes live under similar principles. This
town numbers among its inhabitants the
only negro United States commissioner,
j. w. Wormley.
Offutts Settlement is an offshoot Of
Johnson's Hill. and is now almost in Its
infancy, but the principles of the untram-
meled communism with relation 10 mu-
nicipal government has entered there and
he little place is growing steadily.
x
According TO Crandal Mackey. common
wealths attorney for AleXandria county.
movement is on foot in the Virginia
state legislature to place communities un-
incorporated like Queen City, and white
settlements such as Ballston. etc. under
community form of government
This step is taken not as the result of
any dissatisfaction on the part of the
state and county authorities regarding
the observance of laws on the part of
citizens of such communities. The move
ment is one designed purely TO get around
the existing tax laws.
The present laws regarding the use and
distribution Of tax funds III the state Of
Virginia require that taxes be equally dis
tributed in the counties and districts in
which they are collected. and unless
town is incorporated the majority Of the
taxes collected are used for the improve
ment OF the county roads.
Should these towns be incorporated the
expenses which would accrue in tho pay
ment of salaries for the mayor. city coun-
Evening star., 1908-01-26

tween every class of their respective in
habitants.
Go some ten miles from Goshen to
Elkhart. Ind.-both in the same county
and on the same trunk lines of railroad
and YOU can observe the same thing. The
towns and their inhabitants have their
own individual Characteristics. Why
Evening star., 1908-01-26

There is always reason. One is a
railroad and manufacturing town. the
other an agricultural town. with few
manufactures The manufacturing town
always differs materially from the agri-
cultural town. Not only are the people
different. but their business methods are
different.
AS rule agricultural towns present a
more even and substantial prosperity
The pawnbroker thrives only in manu-
featuring towns, where periodical strikes
Evening star., 1908-01-26
biggest shows in the country

ARHE biggest shows in the country
often play in towns SO small
that they never see the cheap,
fiy-by-night theatrical combina-
tions Yet circus day will see
from 1opu 10 3o.ooO visitors there. most
Of whom come in farm wagons and other
read vehicles. although i'll recent years
the interurban trolley lines throughout
the country have greatly Facilitated the
gathering of these crowds.
Your farmer almost invariably has
money laid aside for circus day So in
an inland country town on show day YOU
viii see the real vertebrae of the Union.
Ii is Immediately after seed time or
after harvest that the Snowman has fixed
10 come in and separate the farmer from
this money. On that particular morning
The roads leading TO the county seat are
lively with wagons, busgies and pedes-
trians. and cloud of dust miles in length
on still summers day hovers over the
highways and byways.. In the town the
courthouse SQUARE is packed with vehicles.
the horses having been taken out and
stabbed somewhere. The owners and their
families covered with dust lounge in the
hot sun or beneath the store awnings.
painting: or race up and down impatently,
waiting for the parade.
rs soon as that event IS over they be-
take themselves 10 the wagons under the
trees-for there is no place elsewhere to
fit down-and cat their basket dinners
With their children and sweethearts: then
for the circus grounds all the time in a
cloud OF dust. pushing. sweating and
chatterng and keeping a hand on their
money.
They surround the ticket wagons an
hour before sales begin. So as To get in
first; and when the ticket sellers make
their appearance the people form such
a rush and crush may be elswhere
seen only al the doors OF a broken bank.
In their intense excitement and distrust
of the Snowman they will frequently hold
their money with tight a fist that the
ticket sellers have 10 crack them over the
knuekles 10 get it.
Let go your money Give up your
money is the steady cry of the ticket
sellers Now and then it is broken by:
Get Your change Here, you; take your
change For men and women having
finally given up, forget their change and
have to fight their way back again
through the struggling mass in order to
get it. Some never get it. and the ticket
sellers with the brass trough before them
full of silver and bills up 10 their knees
on the floor SO much to the good.
K
This LEFTOVER change more than off
sets the losses from bad coin and bills
put on@the ticket men. AS the former is
raked from the window upon brass
plate below. the false sound quickly be-
trays the spurious coin: there is nothing
but the quick eye and the experienced
touch 10 protect the lightning ticket seller
from counterfeit bills Lie often gets
Evening star., 1908-01-26

1.-THE. graceful. The man
ners are French manners-polte. gracious,
most considerate of strangers and sudden
and severe in quarrel. The old warehouses
along the river. the levees. where once
the fast packets excited the admiration
of the popuace. are warehouses and land
ing places thar might have been trans