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PAN People Make Town.

But il isn't altogether the number
y income tax payers that makes a
fly The fellows who dig Ike the
iickeEs for five hundred a year also
play their part-Bartlesyille Exam
ner
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The coming Of the Madame Sherry
show saved one Oklahoma City man =
ife. Il is reported Coming nome
three sheets to the wind" at 5 4. m.
January L. 1914. his wife started q
row then forgaTe because she re =
membered the sherry" song hit.
For We're Only Poor Weak Nor
tails. After Ail."
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This remedy has no superior for
coughs and colds. Ii is pleasant to
take. 1t contains no opium or other
narcotic. II always cures. For sale
by all dealers.
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Harsh pnysics ieact, weaken the
5owels. will lead to chronic cohstipa
ion. Doan's Regulets operate easily.
% box al ali stores
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China has bcen hit hard by the in
creased cost Of living. The price Of
rice has jumped 50 per cent since
l9ll-due partly tc the famine and
more to the destruction Of crops dur
ing tho flghtin, on the Yangtse.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-06
NEW CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICTS IN STATE.

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I. Nowata, Washington, Usage, g
= Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, e
!. and Pawnee 3
;. District No. 2.--Adair. Sequoy- r
= ah. Wagner. Cherokee, Musko- Z
= gee, Haskell Mcintosh, and Ok e
:. mulgee 4
= District No. 3.-Le Flore. Latl- 4
= mer, Pittsburg, Atoka, Pushma- z
Z. taha, McCurtain Choctaw. <
:, Bryan. Marshall, Carter, and 2
:. Love &
:. District No. Greek, Lincoln, z:
:. Okfuskee. Seminole, Pottawato- 4
4 mie. Pontotuc, Hughes, Johnston. q
2. and Coal =.
:. District No. Payne, Logan, 4
= Oklahoma. Cleveland. McClain, =.
4 Garyin, and Murray. &
4. District No. G.--Bla,ne, King =
:. fi.her. Canadian. Caddo, Grady. =.
;. Comanehe, stephens, jefferson. x
:: and Cotton org q
= District No. Fills, Roger >
s. Mills. Dewey. Cuseer. Beckham. =
4. Washta. KioSa. Greer, Jackson. X
7. Harmon, and Tiliman. =
( District No. S.-Cimarron, r
: Texas, Beaver, Harper Wood x
4. ward. Major, Woods. Alfalfa, r
{ Grant. Garfield. Kay, and Noble. y
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-06
Piles Cured in 6 to "A DAYS

Piles Cured in to "A Days.
Druggists refund money If PAZO
fails to cure itching,
Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
First apphaatin gives relief. 5oc -
Adv.
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Not to be ontdone by the new coins
OF the United States. the Bulgarian
government has commissioned an
Austrian Factory to coin variety of
pieces q. 10 and J stotinks. One
hundred st1tinks equal 1913 cents.
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Wow!

The Cordeii Beaeons idea Of a
pc.iticai millennium would be for
Speaker MaNey to catchfKa Barnard
itanding under the mistletoe Mus
ogta phoeSir
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-06

Charles Frederick Holder, in TRAY
ell describes little-known region
Of California as The Garden Of
Titans' The Clorado Garden Of the
Gods he asserts. sinks into insigni-
ficance beside the new wonderland.
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Aluminium soled shoes are made
for laborers compelled to work on
damp ground or wet floors. They
have leather tons. M A@t~ II
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He that believeth on Me, the works
that ! do. shall he do alsc-John
xiv, II.
We can not always choose our
work, but few can choose the way in
which We do our work.-Smiles.
Are you in earnest Seize this very
minute,
What you can do, or think you can,
begin it;
Boldness has genius, power, and
magic in it,
Only engage, and then the mind
grown heated:
Regin 1t and the work will be COM
pleted.
Gothic
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-06

School district warrants ale to be
issued by tEe clerk and countersign-
ed by the director In regular board
meeting and hpol. itemized claims
approved by the district board fsee
section 81. 1913 School Laws). Al
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-06

1t is of vital Importance that the
county superintendents familiarize
themselves at once with the follow
ing sections OF the school law to-wit:
sections 10, 10. 20. %, Sc, 119, $50.
l67, 191, 1872 and 230
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fHE DAILY LEADER
sy LESLIE q. nIeLAck

Published daily from The Leader build
ing West Harrison avenue. and entered
al the Guthrie postolnce - ssccnA eha0
matter.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-06

The Nv9Ts milqher isNa corruption
of NIilaaeF} for4 Milan, ,,the city which
once established The hat styles for the
world f~Nt Nv
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-06

The thing we long for. that We are
For one trans eendent moment
Tennyson
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-06

Seldom can the heart Re lonely,
If It seek a lonelier still,--
Self forgetting, seeking only
Emptier cups with love to fill
Watts.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-06

-Tis the mind that makes the body
rich.
And as the sun breaks through the
darkest clouds
so honour peereth in the meanest
habit
-Shakasneare
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be dawn is not distant.
Or is the night starless.
Love is eternal
God is still God, and
His faith shall not fail us:
Thrist is eternal
I ruofa ll.. q
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-06

Tha recall becomes grown.
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Gothic
All that Is. at all

All that is. at all
lasts over, past recall;
Earth hanges. but thy soul and God
stand sure.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-06

Truth is eternal. but her efflunce,
With endless change. is lifted to
the hour
ctvalf
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1t Is Of equal Importance that
teachers famiiiarize themselves with
the following sections; 81, 1877. 1872,
1874, 100, 1876 and 1885, and that school
boards should familiarize themselves
with the following sections: SO, As.
so, 81 62, 81, 14j, 100 and iS7.
The above sections contain prac-
tically all Of the changes made in
the new law.
Yours very truly
X. H. WILSON.
State Superintendent.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 3rd, 1914.
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arrangement

BY cooperation on the part of the
county superintendent and county
treasurer the school district war
rants Of the county can be placed at
par and the school teachers of the
state saved thousands of dollars each
year in discounts. The proper use OF
the sinking funds as provided in the
law referred to above Will place
practically all OF the school warrants
on a cash basis, and the teachers
viii be enabled to dispose. of their
warrants at once at the local bank
or store. II may be that some coun-
ty treasurers will prefer to make ar
rangemdnts with their repositories
tc cash school district warrants at
face value and carry them until they
are payable This Arrangement. while
not Of pecuniary lenefit TO the
county funds, will meet the situation
so far as the teachers are concerned
II they receive par for their warrants.
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The county superintendents are
earnestly requested TO take this
matter up with the county treasurer
and county attorney OF their respec-
tive counties and make arran genents
Whereby the teachers OF the state
can secure the full benefit OF this
.aN. Several county snperintendents
Of the state succeeded in placing their
school district warrants On q cash
basis under the Old law. All should
be able 10 DO 50 under the new law.
In no other way can the county
superintendent be OF greater service
% his teachers this year.
Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1914-12-17
PRICE CITY IN PRICE SCHOOL
DISTRICT No. q.

s. A. Fiack. Lot I, Blk g. Price
Townsite Survey o.. 80, o.. 37,1T
Annie l.. lessen, Lot 3. Blk 3,
Price TOwnsite Survey ... 1918
q, w. Rogers, Wa % what
remains In BIN 4. less ID q
n q n OF W; Lots and 3,
Blk 4. Price Townsite Sur. rs 90
r.. @. Chamberlain. Beg 1875 n
OF ME cor Blk 4. w l26 n,
II. s 80 n, r 1875 n. N 90 n
20 beg. Lot 4. Blk 81, i2,it
w. +, Olson, Beg SIC cor Lot
/, Blk 7. w ~ rds N 10 rds
63h n, s ~ y n. u l5i n. s
10 beg o, ,, ,,. 81, 32, 81
Anna b. McIntire. Lot 2, Blk
7. Price Townaite Survey o, i6 10
Jno. Mott. Beg NV cor blk z,
Price Townsite Survey, s
SAN n, Il 1854 n. N SAW n.
w 1874 n 20 Beg o.. 90 98
Mcdonald II. a. Inv. Co.. Beg
b4h n 8 OF NV cor Lot 8.
s 100 n, r $40 n. N 100 n.
w. 2i0 n 20 beg. blk 7,
Price Townslte Survey 80, 13.49
w. II. Olson, Lot 3, blk Z.
Price TOwnsite Survey. beg
SW cor OF lot, E 10 u line
Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1914-12-17
GLEN SCHOOL DISTRICT
No. 5.

lentry. All OF Blks Al
A Sec 81. Twp rs, II
|@ffmann. Lots I and 2.
+. Bee 80, Twp 10. II 10 i7.09
IN, Lot 3, Blk 1. Sec
10 l3, n 10 -. .. .. 22.7s
N iseman. Lot 4. Blk
y 20. Twp 10. II 10 o.. S,b4
Per Prop ass
u Her, Lots and 2,
Pee 80, Twp ~, n 10 20 90
|pnogea, Beg NV cor
N blk 2, 8 s rds. ~ 18
) rds, w rs rds 20
30, Twp rs. II 10, 1857
~ 10, n o o.. o.. $40
.Nf Mrs, NJ. j. Rowley.
Blk 3, Sec rs. Twp
Book. Lot 3 Blk 3,
TWP 10, II .. o.. $40
rook, Lot 4, Blk 3,
~ Twp 10, II 0 .. .. 1919
~ oeTg. Per Prop 49,. 3.42
The citizen., 1914-02-27

earnestly into his eyes. Father
Francois is alive!"
For all his gruff self-control the gen
eral made the letter an excuse shortly
to sit down. Queer, that mans knees
should suddenly bend and give way
because of a thrill of rapture in q
mans psychological makeup! But the
general had to sit down. And ther
and there all that had been extracted
from little Battista was rehearsed, and
the letter read over from start to fin
ish.
But he is alive, father! Alive!
That is happiness enough to kill one
never knew till now that feared he
was dead"
"Alive-yes! But in prison-in that
DEVILS hole of an old castle!" And
Alike looked at Pietro and laughed
but the general paid no attention. "He
must be got out. There is no time to
waste. Diable! He is perishing in
that vile stable! What was that the
lad said about the doctors speech
that only long sea voyage could save
him? One must get him out, mon dieu
quick!"
Alike, her hand on his arm, put her
head down on it suddenly and stood
so for a moment, her face hidden
Pietro, his hands thrust deep in his
pockets, looked at the general with
wide gray eyes, considering With that
Alike flashed up, turned on the young
italian, shaking her forefinger at him !;
her eyes shone blue fire.
THAT is for you, Pietro II we
should lose him now, just as we have
found him! Now is the time for you
to show if you can be what is brave
and strong, as Francois has shown. 1t
is your castle; you must save him"
Pietro looked at the girl, and the
color crept through his cheeks, but he
said nothing.
alike, my Alike" her father put an
arm around her. "One may not de-
mand heroism as if it We're bread and
butter. Pietro will not fail US"
Alike always wished me to be bril-
liant like Francois" Pietro spoke
gently. But never could"
yet, Pietro, 1t is indeed your time, "
Alike threw at him eagerly. Francois
must be rescued or he will die"
YES" Pietro answered quietly.
Francois must be rescued
He was silent a moment, as if think.
ing. His calm poised mind was work
ing swiftly; one saw the inner action
in the clear gray eyes. The general
and Alike, watching him, saw it.
Il think know how" he said.
The citizen., 1914-02-27

And to Francois, considering It, the
fact seemed an odd one. And then
the governor set to work drinking
Pietro's wine. and little thought. as
he urged it on his prisoner. how much
more right to it the prisoner had than
he. 1t was wonderful old liquid,
full of a strange dim sparkle. and OF
most exquisite bouquet. As he drank
it Francois silently toasted it's owner
on his return to his own again. He
took so little as to disgust the gov
ernor, but it put fresh life into him,
and when at last he could leave the
count, who was by that time more
than fairly drunk, he went up to his
cold prison under the roof quieter and
more at peace than he had been for
months.
The citizen., 1914-02-27
6z~FLA2Y RAYMOND SfIPMAN ANDREWS y
ILLUSTRATIONS l~ uLSMORTH YOUNG~

see the peaceful little village and the
stream that ran through it, and the
steep-arched bridge, and the poppy
fields, and the corn! The gray castle
with its red roofs, and the beech wood.
and the dim, high-walled library. how
he wanted to see it all! How his heart
ached, madly. fiercely! This was the
worst moment of all his captivity. And
with that, Battista was over him, was
murmuring words again. Something
was slipped under the bedclothes.
"Paper-pens. The signor will write
a letter this afternoon. And tomor.
row little Battista will take it."
And the heart of Francois gave a
sudden throb of Joy as wild as its an
guish. He could speak to them before
he died; it might be they could save
him. His hands stole to the package
under the coarse blanket. 1t seemed
as II in touching it he touched his
mother and his sweetheart and his
bone.
The citizen., 1914-02-27
SYNOPSIS.

Francois Beaupre. a peasant babe of
Gree years, after an amusing incident in
which Marshal New figures, Is made a
Chevalier OF France by the Emperor Ma
poleon. who. prophesied that the boy
might one day be a marshal of France
under another Bonaparte. At the age Of
ten Francois visits General Baron Cas-
Dard Gourgaud, who with Alike, his
seven-year-old daughter, lives at the
Chateau. A soldier of the Empire under
Napoleon he fires the boys imagination
with stories of his campaigns. The gen.
eral offers Francois a home at the Cha
teau. The boy refuses to leave his pa
rents. but in the end becomes q copyist
Tor the general and learns of the friend
ship between the general and Marquis
Zappi. who campaigned with the general
under Napoleon. Marquis Zappi and his
son. Pietro. arrive at the Chateau. The
general agrees to care for the Marquis
son while the former goes to America
The Marquis before leaving for America
asked Francois to be a friend of his son.
The boy soiemnly promises. Francois
goes to the Chateau to live. Marquis
Zappi dies leaving Pietro as a ward of
meet strange boy who proves to be
Prince Louis Napoleon. Francois saves
his life. The general discovers Francois
loves Alike. and extracts promise from
girl and Pietro. Francois goes to Italy
as secretary to Pietro. Queen Hortense
plans the escape of her son Louis Ma
poleon by Disgusting him and Marquis
Zappi as her lackeys. Francois takes
Marquis Zappi's place. who is ILL., in the
escape of Hortense and Louis. Dressed
as Louis's brother Francois lures the
AustrianS frcm the hotel allowing the
prince and mis- mother to escape. Fran
co.'s Is a prisoner of the Austrians for
in Italy. He discovers In his guard one of
P1etroS old family servants.
The citizen., 1914-02-27
CHAPTER XVII.
A Loaf of Bread,

The next morning Battista came in
with a manner which to the observing
eye of his prisoner foretold distinctly
some event. He talked more than
usual, and more gruffly and loudly. but
at last, after wandering about the
room some minutes, all the time talk
ing. scolding, he swooped on Francois
and thrust a thick paper into his coat
and at the same instant his heavy left
hand was over Francois mouth.
Not word" he whispered. and
then THE loaf of bread"
Francois, struck dumb and blind.
turned hot and cold, and his shaking
hand in his coat pocket clutched the
letter
But Battista prodded him with his
hard forefnger. BE careful" he NUT
tered, and then again, THE bread
with sharp prod-"The loaf of bread"
and the door had changed. Battista
was gone.
A strong man, who had not been
shut away from life, would likely have
read the letter instantly, would in
stantly have examined the long round
loaf lying before him. Francois was
i'll and weak and it was the first word
for five years from his own people.
which lay in his hand; he sat as II
turned to stone, touching the paper as
if that were enough; he sat perhaps
fifteen minutes.
Then suddenly a breathlessness
came over him that something might
happen before he could read it-this
writing which, whatever it should say,
| meant life and death to him. Taking
care not to rustic the paper, deaden-
ing the sound under his bedclothes,
he read it, kneeling by the bed. 1t was
four letters-from his mother and
Alexe and the general and Pietro;
but the first three were short He felt,
indeed, reading them, that no words
had been written, that only the arms
of the people he loved had strained
about him and their faces laid against
| his, and that so, wordlessly, they had
told him but one thing-their undying
love. Weak. lonely, his intense tenn.
permanent stretched to the breaking
4
point by the last three months of fear
| full hope, it was more than he could
bear. He put the papers against his
cheek and his head dropped on the
bed, and storm of tears tore his soul
and body. But it was dangerous; he
must not be off his guard; he remem-
bered that swiftly, and with shaking
fingers he opened Pietro's letter.
Pietro's letter which, yellowed and
faded but distinct yet, in the small
clear writing, is guarded today with
those other letters in the mahogany
desk in Virginia.
MY dear brother Francois" the let
ter began, and quick tears came again
at that word brother" which said so
much "My dear brother Francois
this is not to tell you how have
searched for you and never forgotten
you. will tell you that when see
you. This is to tell you how to get
out of that house of mine which has
held you as a prisoner when you ought
to have been it's welcome guest. When
Italy is free we will do that over; but
The citizen., 1914-02-27
coHr%NcnT /9I2 ey eoeeo nxHNuL co

wood, his face hardly older than when
he had come to Vicques, but sterner
and sadder; his still soldiery gait less
buoyant than it had been five years
ago.
He saw Alike and Pietro coming
joyfully toward aim, running light.
heartedly. calling to him with excited
gay voices. 1t stabbed the generals
heart; quick thought came Of that
other who had been always with them.
now dead or worse. of that other whom
these two had forgotten. And with
that they were upon him, and Alike
was kissing him, hugging him, push
ing q letter into his hand, up his
sleeve, into his face-anywhere.
"Father-good news-the best news
almost the best! Father, be ready
for the good news!"
Il am ready" the general growled
impatiently. What is this foolery i?
Sabre de bois! What is your news.
then, you silly child?"
And Alike, shaking very much, laid
her hand on his cheek and looked
The citizen., 1914-02-27
CHAPTER XIV,
Good News.

Good News.
In the garden of the chauteau of
Vicques, where the stiff, gray stone
vases spilled again their hearts blood
of scarlet and etching Of vines: where
the two stately lines of them led down
to the sundial and the round lawn-on
one of the griffin-supported stone seats
Alike and Pietro sat, where Alike and
Francois had sat five years before.
AS they sat in the garden, they had
been going over the pros and cons of
his life or death for the thousandth
time. Pietro's quiet gray eyes were
sad as he looked away from Alike and
across the lawn to the beech wood.
God knows l would give my life
quickly if l could see him coming
through the trees there, as we used to
see him, mornings long ago, in his
patched homespun clothes"
Alike followed the glance consider
ingly, as If calling up the little, brown,
trudging figure SO we'll remembered.
Then she tossed up her head sharply
-"Who?'-and then she laughed. Il
shall be seeing visions next, like Fran
co.'s" she said. 81 thought it was he
back in the beech wood"
81 see no one." Pietro stared.
But you have no eyes, Pietro--I can
always see a thing two minutes before
you," Alike threw at him. "There-the
man"
"Oh," said Pietro. your eyes are
more than natural, Alike. You see in
to wood; that is uncanny. Yes.
see him now Mon dieu! he is big
fellow"
"A peasant-from some other vii
lage," Alike spoke carelessly. 81 do
not know him." and they went on talk
ing, as they had been doing, of Fran.
co.'s.
And with that, here was Jean Phil
lippe Moison, forty now and fat, but
still beautiful in purple millinery, ad-
vancing down the stone steps between
the tail gray vases, making a sym.
phony of color with the rich red of the
flowers. He held silver tray; a let
ter was on it.
For mademoiselle."
Mademoiselle took it calmly and
glanced at it, and with that both the
footman and the Marquis Zappi were
astonished to see her fall to shiver-
ing, as if in sudden illness. She
caught Pietro's arm. The letter was
clutched in her other hand thrust back
of her.
"Pietro"
What is it, Alixe?" His voice was
quiet as ever, but his hand was around
The citizen., 1914-02-27
CHAPTER XVI.
The Stone Staircase.

Battista's prisoner stood at the
barred window high up the steep side
of the castle and stared cut wistfully
at the receding infinity of blueness-
his meadow. In the three months
since his letter had gone to France, he
had grown old. The juices of his
youth seemed dried up; his eyes were
bloodshot, his skin yellow; there was
no flesh on him. The waiting and
hoping had worn on him more than
the dead level of the hopeless years
before. There was new tenseness
in the lightly-built figure. even in the
long. delicate, strong fingers. The
prisoner had caught a Whit of the air
Of home and was choking for a full
breath.
The citizen., 1914-02-27

we must get you free first. Francois,
am now within five miles of you"
The man on his knees by the prison
bed gasped; the letters staggered be-
fore his eyes.
Il am living on ship, and | will
explain how got it when see you, In
few days now, Francois. Every night
for a week, beginning with tonight
there will be person watching for
you in Riders Hollow, from midnight
till daylight. After that we shall go
away for two weeks so as to avoid CIV
ing suspicion, and then repeat the ar
rangement again every night for a
week. You do not know Riders Hol-
low, and it is unnecessary to tell you
more about 1t than that it is lonely
place hidden in trees, and supposed to
be haunted by ghosts of men on horse
back; the people about will not go
there for love or money except by
broad daylight.
CTo BE coNTINUED9
The citizen., 1914-02-27

her shaking fingers, and he held them
strongly. What is it, Alixe?"
She drew forward the other hand /;
the letter shook. rustled with her
trembling. 1T is-from Francois!"
Jean Philippe Moison having
stayed to listes, as he ought not, lift
ed his eyes and his hands to heaven
and gave thanks in a general way,
volubly, unrebuked. By now the un-
steady fingers of Alike had opened the
paper, and her head and Pietro's were
bent over it, devouring the well-known
writing. Alike, excited, French, ex,
ploded into disjointed running com
ment.
From prison-our Francois-dear
Francoisl" And then: Five years,
Pietro! Think-while we have been
free!" And then. with a swift clutch
The citizen., 1914-02-27

One may be better than his reputa-
tion or his conduct. but never better
than his principles.-Latena.