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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21

There are good many people who
criticised Governor Haskell when he
made that appeal 10 President Taft
40 stop encouraging hootlegging in
this state by selling revenue stamps
10 any and everyone who had $25.
While the President was not willing
to concede anything to Democratic
Oklahoma, he did grant that very re
quest to Republican Kansas, when
Governor Stubbs made 1t, and made
it apply to Oklahoma as well as
Kansas. tf0,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21
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Famous Actress Here Tonight.

Famous Actress Here Tonight.
Miss Blanche Walsh considers the
role Of Emma Ell nge' in which she
appears in The Test even greater
than the emotional part she played
in Resurrection" She scored such
phenomenal bit in this work that
Tolstoi wrote 70 her and compliment
ed her personally. Following tier
triumph in THE Test New York
critics declared it was even superior
TO "Resurreet ion'-in fact they char
acterized this newest work Of Jules
Eckert Goodman as one of the few
genuinely strong plays produced IN
New York in many years. MISS
Walsh appears at the Brooks tonight
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21

The sum of 100000 of the $780,
600 capital location grab, according to
the scheme proposed, is to be divided
equally between the six prominent ad-
dition owners of oklahoma City. Roy
Stafford is to handle the swag
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21

Democrats In Oklahoma are worry.
ing none over the senseless trash put
forward by a so-ealled Republican or
gaiiization. Democrats will select
good candidates. go before the people,
triumph, and proceed to conduct af-
fairs IN proper ana economic man
ner. The old carpetbaggers depend
upon their pledges to withdraw the
s,iite TO enforce the orders of the
corporation commission. that they
may get the sinews of war for the
Fray. but the people OF this state can
smell high freight and passenger
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21
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1t is little wonder tDat tDeTe IL
multitude of unfortunates when so
many throw away their chances OF
success by shirKing or by right down
dishonesty. The woman who gives
100 cents worth of work for each dol
lar she receives soon becomes known
as a trustworthy person, and there
are many in quest of just such work
ers. The shirk becomes marked, al
ter time and is avoided save in time
of stress.
The law is always trying to save
US fiom the depredations OF dishonest
men and women, and its latest effort
has brought to light number OF
cheats in the way of measures.
Among them are four-quart pals
so caled-h hai-bushel baskets and
weighted scale basins. The poor are
the victims of this kind of cheating,
and they would have TO be pretty
clever to detect it, even though they
had suspicious. Think of q manulac'
turer who makes hau-DusheI baskets
woven double, with an inner comparl-
ment which makes the basket more
than two quarts short OF the actual
measure.
A pair of kitchen scales IS safe
guard in the home. Weighing every
bit Of food that comes into the house
is precaution that Is calculated to
save money. II does no harm TO hon
est dealers and gives one chance
to avoid dishonest ones. Ii every hu-
man being refused to be cheated
twice by the same person honesty
would become widely accredited
virtue. 1t would be impossible for
cheats long in one locality-they
would have to move on. II we were
not so eager to get something for
nothing. 1t would not be possible for
man and woman to palm off ten
yards of sewing silk when the buy
ers were expecting dress silk for an
absurd little sum.
Gold bricks have existed since the
world began, | reckon, but there was
never such variety as is offered at
the present day. There are clever
brains at work on the problem of get
ting money ON easy terms, and ii re-
Quires some skill to avoid the snares
set by them. But money should be
spent with some degree of thought.
and ordinary caution should be used
TO protect ones pocketbook. There
should be something to show for each
dollar spent, and receipts should be
kept till claims are outlawed and
cannot be pressed the second time.
Shiitless women do not bestow
proper care upon theif belongings,
They fail to look after clothing IN
moth season, and TO see that food is
kept unspoled after being purchased.
They neglect small repairs and for
get little duties. They have no place
for anything, and waste time and
strength in searching for needed ar
tticles. Shiitless men and women are,
| failures at eve .ything, and no amount
Iof missionary work can reclaim them
| Regeneration Is the only cure, aud
that Is not probable
BETTL BRADEEN.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21
THE ADVANTAGES OF A BANK ACCOUNT.

*
and William Struthers. Articles on
bridge whist, By Arthur Loring Bruce
on contemporary musicians. by VIII
liam Armstrong on+theA stagerand on
books complete this note worthy NUM-
9ber apf the magazine that entertails.
Laughter and sigh,
However lifo begins,
Together bie, t.a ;
Close, yet contrasted twins.
One clad In white,
ine other robed in gray, :
They take their devious fliSht
Through night and day.
Til smile and tear
Become as one at last;
And love masek fear
A dream. when life is past
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21

A Garvin county paper wants TO
know what Joe McNeal was indicted
for in Guthrie several years ago. Ask
the widows and orphans.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21

What does this mean? The garn-
ished hero of the toilet room,' es-
pousing Taftism
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21

Putnams addition at Oklahoma
City IL also on a creased track.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21

Probably the less said by guberna-
torial candidates the better.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21

President Taft again announces the
policy OF his administration, but no
one seems Interested.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21
Your tongue Is coated.
Your breath is foul.

f1tdudCHts CUHV anu 30.
These symptoms show that youf
stomach is the trouble To remove
the cause Is the first thing, and Cham.
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-26
CHAPTER VII.
A Fine Gold Chain,

The conductor held it out to me, his
face sternly accusing
rs this another coincidence?" he
asked Did the man who lef, you
his clothes and the barred silk hand
kerchief and the tight shoes leave you
the spoil Of the murder?"
The men standing around had
drawn off little, and l saw the alb
solute futility of any remonstrance.
Have you ever seen a fly, who, in
these hygienic days, finding no cob
webs to entangle him, is caught in a
sheet Of fly paper, finds himself more
and more mired and is finally quiet
with the sticky stiffness of despair?
Well, was the fly l had seen too
much of circumstantial evidence to
have any belief that the establishing
Of my identity would weigh much
against the other incriminating de-
tails 1t meant Imprisonment and
trial, probably, with all the notoriety
and loss of practice they would en-
tail. A man thinks quickly at a time
INV Shhbs All bhC plOOoOlC SOhoC-
quences Of the finding Of that pocket
'book flashed through my mind as ex-
tended my hand to take it. Then
drew my arm back
II don't want it," I said. Look in
side. Maybe the other man took the
money and left the wallet"
The conductor opened it, and again
there was a curious surging forward
Of the crowd. To my intense disap-
pointment the money was still there.
stood blankly miserable while it
was counted out-five 800 bills, six
twenties and some fives and ones that
brought the total to $3.50.
The little man with the notebook
insisted on taking the numbers Of the
notes, to the conductors annoyance.
1t was immaterial to me: Small things
had lost their power to irfitate / was
seeing myself in the prisoners box,
going through all the nerve-racking
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-26
Copyright, by Bobbs-Merrill Coz

"Mr. Blakeley you say you have
occupied the wong berth and have
been robbed. Ib you know anything
of the man who'd it?'
"Only from what he left behind" I
answered. "Th(se clothes"
They fit YOU he said with quick
suspicion. isn't that rather a coinci-
dence? You are large man."
Good heavens l retorted, stung to
fury, do I look ike man who would
wear this kind Of necktie? Do you
suppose I carry purple and green
barred silk handkerchiefs? Would any
man in his senses wear a pair of
shoes full size too small?"
The conductor was inclined to
hedge. "You will have to grant that
/ am in peculiar position" he said
''I have only your word as to the ex-
change of berths, and you understand
I am merely doing my duty. Are there
any clews in the pockets?"
For the second time emptied them
of their contents, which he noted. rs
that all?" he finished. There was
nothing else?"
Nothing"
That's not all, SIR" broke in the
porter, stepping forward. There was
small black satchel."
That's so," exclaimed. "I forgot
the bag. don't even know where it
is" ~
The easily swayed crowd looked sus-
picious again I've grown so accus-
toned to reading the faces of a jury,
seeing them swing from doubt to be-
lief, and back again to doubt, that I
lnstinctively watch expressions l saw
that my forgetfulness had done me
harm-that suspicion was reused
again.
The bag was found couple of seats
away, under somebody's raincoat-an-
other dubious circumstance. Was l
hiding it? 1t was brought to the berth
and placed beside the conductor, who
opened it at once.
1t contained the usual travelling i'm
pedimenta-change of linen, collars,
handkerchiefs, bronze-green scarf,
and a safety razor. But the attention
of the crowd riveted itself on a fiat,
Russia leather wallet, around which
a heavy gum band was wrapped, and
which bore in gilt letters the name
"Simon Harrington.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-26

The advertising of the whole
county by The News has con-
tributed to the advancement of
land values in the county, thus
benefiting not only its owners
but every land owner in the
county, including the owner of
Globe. The waking up of busi-
ness men by The News to the
advantages of advertising has
not only benefited The News
but also the Globe. The repre-
sentative of a large paper house
while in town remarked that The
News has the best equipped
country Office he had seen in the
southwest. Such an Office can
not be fitted up for anything like
100000, the amount of the stock
of The News company. 1t there
fore is an asset of the stockhold-
ers, which make their stock
worth more than it's face value.
The Globe had to take shot at
the editor of The News person
ally few weeks ago, 1t pub
lished paragraph credited to
the Emporia Gazette, in which it
was remarked the f. d. Smith,
editor of The Meade County
News, had done certain things
in the discovery of fvolcanic ashes,
that he had not gathered much
of bank account etc etc. The
fact is that the name of E. d.
Smith did not appear in the arti-
Gle copied nor was the Meade
County News mentioned. You
may judge of the reliability of a
paper which for spite does a
trick like that. When the Globe
attacks the owners of The News
he does not hit the editor, who
is only a hired man and whose
salary is small but who is having
lots of fun. When it hits the
editor it does not hit the paper.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-26
Still Afflicted

The Globe is yet suffering
from an attack of Partisanitis,
complicated with egotism and
aggravated by disappointment.
Last week it threw another fit
in which mania became apparent
and it saw things.
This disease will only succumb b
to counterir-ritants, and we shall
apply one, which if not effica-
cious we propose next week to
apply blister.
The immediate cause of the
present attack of municipal econ
omy which has brought on the
dangerous illness of the Globe,
was caused by the city getting
some printing done from which
the Globe received no part of the
cash. 1t at once became frenzi-
ed, and judging others by
itself concluded that there had
been culpable graft in the work.
Week before last it published in
situations which in the public
mind ammounted to an accusa-
ton that those members of the
city council, who own stock in
The News had violated their
oath of office, and corruptly
given the work to The News at
larger price than it should
have been done for. Last week
it repeats the insinuation. Now
if The News had received the
work at legal rates, it would
have only received what it is
legally and honestly entitled to
for the job. The only thing
which the officers could have
been Justly held responsible for,
would have been the neglect in
contracting for the printing, for
the city has no contract with any
publishing house for their print
ing. The law does not require
that bids be asked for on print
ing. Why bids should be asked
for on printing and not on other
supplies, does not appear. Get
this firmly fixed in your mind,
that recently the Globe proposed
in its columns that the city pay
legal rates for the printing, but
that it should be equally divided
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-26

It'll sit up in a second. Are you
hurt?"
mo, only bruised. Do you think
you can walk?"
l drew up one foot after another,
gingerly.
"They seem to move all right" I
remarked obviously. Would you mind
telling me where the back of my head
has gone? / can't help thinking it
isn't there"
She made quick examination. Its
pretty badly bumped" she said. "You
must have fallen on it."
/ had got up on my uninjured elbow
by that time, but the pain threw me
back Don't look at the wreck |
entreated her. ITS no sight for a
woman If-if there is any way to tie
up this arm, I might be able to do
something. There may be people un-
der those cars!"
Then it is too late to help" she re-
piled solemnly. A little shower of
feathers, each carrying its fiery lamp
blew over us from some burning pill
low. A part Of the wreck collapsed
with crash. In. a resolute endeavor
10 play a mans part in the tragedy
going on all around, I got TO my knees.
3hen realized what ] had not no
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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-26

up the saw:1iii. The hero goes up
through the roof and alights on the
bank of a stream at the feet Of his
lady love, who is making daisy chains.
Nevertheless, when / was safely
home again, with Mrs. Klopton brew
ing strange drinks that came in paper
packets from the pharmacy, and that
smelled to heaven, l remember stag
gering to the door and closing it, and
then going back to bed and bowling
out the absurdity and the madness Of
the whole thing. And while laughed
my very soul was sick, for the girl
was gone by that time, and knew by
all the loyalty that answers between
men for honor that l would have to
put her out of my mind.
And yet, all the night that followed,
filed as it was with the shrieking de-
mons of pain, saw her as had seen
her last, in the queer hat with green
ribbons. told the doctor this, guard
edly, the next morning, and he said it
was the morphia, and that was lucky
not to have seen row of devils with
green tails.
/ don't know anything about the
wreck of September 9 last. You who
swallowed the details with your coffee
and digested the horrors with your
chop, probably know great deal more
than l do. | remember very distinctly
that the jumping and throbbing in my
arm brought me back to a world that
at first was nothing but sky, heap of
clouds that I thought hazily were the
meringue on blue charlotte russo.
AS the sense of hearing was slowly
added to vision, heard a woman near
me sobbing that she had lost her hat
pin, and she couldn't keep her hat on.
think I dropped back into uncon-
sciousness again, for the next thing
remember was of my blue patch Of
sky clouded with smoke, of strange,
roaring and cracking, of a rain Of
fiery sparks in my face and of some
body beating at me with feeble hands.
opened my eyes and closed them
again: The girl in blue was bending
over me. With that imperviousness
to big things and keenness to small
that is the first effect of shock l tried
to be facetious, when spark stung
my cheek.
You will have to rouse YOURSELF"
the girl was repeating desperately.
You've been in fire twice already"
A piece Of striped ticking floated SLOW
ly over my head. AS the wind caught
1t its charring edges leaped into flame.
Looks like a kite, doesn't it?" /
remarked cheerfully. And then, as
my arm gave an excruciating throb-
"Jove, how my arm hurts!"
The girl bent over and spoke slow
ly, distinctly, as one might speak to a
deaf person or a child.
Listen, Mr.. Blakeley," she said
earnestly. you must rouse yourself.
There has been terrible accident.
The second section ran into us. The
wreck is burning now, and If we don't
move, we will catch fire. Do you
hear?"
Her voice and my arm were bring
ing me to my senses. "I hear" l said
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-26
Art FolIick to We'd June lst.

Invitations to relatives here
announcing the marriage of Mr..
J. Arthur Follick and Miss Ella
Elizabeth Logsdon of Minneola,
on the evening of June 1st, at
Minneola.
Mr.. Follick grew up here at
tending the public schools and
entering the employ of DR.. Fee
learned the drug business.
Later he went to Minneola
where he bought out stock of
drugs, and began business for
himself. Miss Logsdon came to
Minneola something more than
a year ago, where they have
many relatives. The wedding
will be at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clute. Mr.. Folllck was
always manly, studious young
man who has made success of
life up to the present, and has a
bright prospect for the future.
The News with Mr.. Follick's
many friends in Meade and
Meade county wish these young
people all the joys and as few of
the troubles of life as is consist
ent with successful life.
Comrade N. H. Kyger was in
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-26

routine OF trial Tor murder-tne cnal-
lenging of the jury, the endless cross
examinations, the alternate hope and
fear. | believe / said before that /
had no nerves, but for a few minutes
that morning l was as near as man
ever comes to hysteria.
folded my arms and gave myself
a mental shake. l seemed to be the
center of hundred eyes, expressing
every shade of doubt and distrust, but
1 tried not to finch. Then some one
created a diversion.
The amateur detective was busy
again with the sealskin bag, investi-
eating the make of the safety razor
and the manufacturers name on the
bronze-green tie. Now, however, he
paused and frowned, as though some
pet theory had been upset.
Then from a corner of the bag he
drew out and held up for our inspec-
tion some three inches of fine gold
chain, one end of which was black
ened and stained with blood!
The conductor held out his hand for
It, but the little man was not ready
to give it up. He turned to me.
You say no watch was left you?
Was there a piece of chain like that?"
mo chain at all" said sulkily. mo
iewelry of any kind, except plain gold
buttons in the shirt l am wearing"
Where are your glasses?" he
4h,ou, ~ mo euddonIu. ;pctip ctivalv
my hand went to my eyes. My glasses
had been gone all morning, and had
not even noticed their absence. The
little man smiled cynically and held
out the chain.
81 must ask you to examine this"
he insisted. Isn't it part of the fine
gold chain you wear over your ear?"
l didn't want to touch the thing:
The stain at the end made me shud-
der. But with bakers dozen of sus-
picious eyes-well, we'll say 14-there
were no one-eyed men-I took the
fragment in the tips of my fingers and
looked at it helplessly.
"Very fine chains are much alike
Ildhd6Cu W ooy' VI oil hLOWB
this may be mine, but l don't know
how it got into that sealskin bag.
never saw the bag until this morning
after daylight"
HE admits that he had the bag"
somebody said behind me. How did
you guess that he wore glasses, any
how?" to the amateur sleuth.
That gentleman cleared his throat.
There were two reasons" he said,
for suspecting it. When you see a
man with the lines OF his face droop-
ing, healthy individual with a PEN
sive eye-suspect astigmatism. Be-
sides, this gentleman has a pro-
nounced line across the bridge Of his
nose and mark on his ear from the
chain"
After this remarkable exhibition of
the theoretical as combined with the
practical, he sank into a seat near by,
and still holding the chain, sat with
closed eyes and pursed lips. 1t was
evident to all the car that the solution
of the mystery was question of mo-
ments. Once he bent forward eagerly
and putting the chain on the window
sill, proceeded to go over it with
pocket magnifying glass, only to
shake his head in disappointment. All
the people around shook their heads,
too, although they had not the slight
est idea what it was about.
The pounding in my ears began
again. The group around me seemed
to be suddenly motionless in the very
act Of moving, as if a hypnotist had
called Rigid" The girl in blue was
looking at me, and above the din l
thought she said she must speak to
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-26
CHAPTER VIII.
The Second Section.

Have you ever been picked up out
Of your three-meals-a-day life, whirled
around in a tornado Of events, and
landed in a situation so grotesque and
yet SO horrible that you laugh even
while you are groaning, and straining
at its hopelessness? Mcknight says
that is hysteria, and that no man
worthy of the name ever admits to it.
Also, as Mcknight says, it sounds
like tank drama. Just as the revolv-
ing saw is about to cut the hero into
stove lengths, the second villain blows
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-26

between the Globe and News.
Have you noted that down? At
this point in the exposition we
show you what the Globe is
bowling about. The city pays
The News one-half legal rates
and pays the Globe nothing.
That is where the shoe pinches
the Globe. it hurts it's stomach.
The Globe may be in need of
charity, The News is not. If
The News does printing it re-
ceives reasonable compensa-
tion, if it does not receive
reasonable compensation, some
other publisher does the work.
When the county let its printing
at less than it was worth to the
Globe, we had nothing to say in
criticism of the board.
The News gets nothing from
the county, but neither does it
yowl about it. Week before last
the Globe by insinuation accused
those members of the council,
who hold stock in The News, of
giving The News the publishing
of an ordinance at legal rates
for the purpose of securing
thereby the increased amount
to themselves in dividends. BY
the calculation of the Globe, the
amount corruptly paid amounted
to $4,000. There are two MEM
bers of the council who own
stock in The News, one to the
amount of $4,000 and the other
to the amount of $50 co. The
mayor also owns $4,000 worth of
stock. The News when the
company was organized issued
So, 100000 worth of stock, and no
additional stock has been issued.
Therefore, it follows that the
mem Der owning $4,000 worth
of stock would receive from this
$4,000 which the Globe falsely
says was paid, the munificent
sum OF 81. so and the other two
each rs cents.
The Globe does not name the
men whom it charges with this
graft. The following gentle
men are members of the council.
John Wehrle, Louis Boehler,
Ormond Hamilton and Fl. L.
Jones with S. d. Adams as may
or. The Globe did not name
the guilty men who held stock in
The News, and we leave you to
select the ones who you believe
would for the seventy-five cents
or even one dollar and half sell
out his friends who voted for
him and violated his oath of Of
fee, for even the sum, large as
it is, of one dollar and a half to
say nothing of the unfortunate
gentlemen, who stood to get for
their perfdy only seyenty-fve
cents.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-26

Comrade N. H. Kyger was in
town from his ranch Wednesday.