The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 108, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
THIS OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL: THURSDAY MO UN I Nil. SEPTEMBER 7. 1S99.
GENERAL MARKETS.
f riT. LOUIS G-EJNERAli.
! Bt. I uia, (Sept., 6.—Flour -unohunjji?^
iDry Salt meats firmer; (boxed ahoulde*
lend extra short $5.j0; Cuoar rii>s J5.62Va
fclear sides $5.73.
Bacon fl-qpier; boxed shoulders J". 73. ex-
tra. shorts Jti.uO; clear r.bs $5.j2- -, clear
Bides Sfi.25.
(Receipts flour 3,000; wheat 41,000; co.r
136,000; oats 32,000.
Shipments flour 34,000; 'Wheat 4o,000: corn
036,0000; oats 42,000.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.
CMoago, Sept., 6.—Cattle prices for good
to Choice oattlc were strong t under
te.n excellent demand. Common and medl-
fum grades were also firm. Good t:> choice
(beeves |5.70®$f>.85; commoner grades 54.10
IS4"i.65; Rtocketrs and feed em J.1.00i'i/$1.75;
•mils, cows and 'heL'f« r- $2.00f($." :;5; Texas
l^teers $3.50®$5.20; rangers $3.40@$5.4u;
toaives $4.00@$7.25.
{Hogs, prices for tiv.gsi were steady nnd
Wbout unchanged. The. demand was !';ilr
(offerings light. Heavy >h ^ s ' ! at 14.00
©$4.t>0; mixed Jot? $4. IUTi light $4.20^
Sheep there whs a fa rlv good demand
tfor ihtfvh sheep and lambs and prices were
ftiwchanged Sheep s.ld at 32.25^2^4.50; for
(the poorest to best, western range flocks
bringing $3.60tg)$4.25; kcmt> $3.50'9,$4.00 for
fcommnn up to $6.10*5*6.25 for prime, flocks.
(Receipts cattle 14,000; 'hogs 21,000; sheep
15,000.
NEW YORK COTTON GOODS.
New York, Sept, 6.—Demand f '' > aple
icotiton gxxnls fully up t > previous aver-
age and itone good. SomX^lour yard
/brown shoelings raised ito 4%. Heavy
fcrrown e.ittm against 'buyer.--, Bleojc'hed
icotton selling well at> full price®. "Wide
tehhcctlng firm, Utica and .Mohawk advan-
ced o per cenit. Denims, ticks, chevio s and
toti'ner co-arse colored cottons vctry firm.
iPriret el the unchanged. Prints in good
Idemand for slaipl.-s but f;iny prints in
indifferent demand. No chaup in gingh-
•ams. (Drers jfooda sell .w Jl in stapl.ts and
trough fanews.
! NEW YORK COTTON.
New Orleans. Sept., 6.—Oot'«- n firm;
§4.70; Pigs $3,400)4.40; culls |2.00®$3.95.
LOCAL MARKETS.
Wheat, soft
Wheat, hard
Wheat, low grade testing from
52 pounds
Corn
Oats
Castor Beans
lApples
Co'ton basis middling,
Beed cotton
Cotton seed per ton
Potatoes
Cattle, cows
Prime steers
fflogs
Errs
IBut'tr
Hay, loose
(Hay, baled
Btrn w, loose
Alfalfa, baied
Hera
Springs
Hides
Ducks
BIic.es, dry
Time 1:02.
Second race, seven furlongs. Pat Gar-
ret 'won; Racivan second; The Bondsmu.1
third. Time 1:37%.
Third race, one mile. Tullane won;
Abe Fuerst second; Silver Tone thirl.
Time 1:43 V*.
(Fourth race, six furlongs. Damocles
won; Ledford second; Bert'ha etl third.
Time 1:1444.
I'-fth ra>ee, one and one-sixteenth mil>s.
Catastrophe won; T liie >\V second; Bit: ;r
Root tfhfcrdd. Time 1:47%.
Sixth rate, one mile 'and quarter. Dr.
(Nembutal won; Goldfox second; Fonso
•third. Time 1:39Vi-
NEW YORK <RAOES.
New York, Sept.. G.—The Belles stakes
and the iRusse hand leap were the features
on the card alt the Sheepshead Bay track
today.
First trace, six firrtortgw. Belle of Or-
leans won; Post Haste second; Herbert
third. Time 1:16 1-5.
Second rac , one mi'e. Voter won; Peep
1:40 4-5.
Third race, the (Belles futurfty course.
(Musette won; Runaway Girl second;
Oneck Queen thiTd. Time 1:10 3-5.
(Fourth race, six furlongs K. C. B. won;
Vei*c<>u3 second; tEmigre third. T me
1:17 2-5.
Fif'th nice, one milo and a furlong.
Rare Perfume won; Maximo Gomez sec-
ond; Picectu .third. Time 1:56 2-3.
Sixth race, tho Russell handicap, one
and one-OKi.f miles. Prince 'McClurg won;
Thomas Cat second; Tho Bachelor thrd.
Time 2:38 1-5.
OASTOTIIA.
Bears the Tlw Kind You Have Always Bought
P. PORTER PROBABLY CHIEF.
ELECTION RETURNS IN CREEK NA-
TION COMING IN SLOWLY.
Muscogee, T. T . Sept 6 - Returns from
the election held in the Cre«*k nation yes-
terday are coming in slowly. The election
passed off quietly and the indications are
that P. Porter of this place, the leader
of the progressive element, has been
ekrt. d chief of the naiio. bbyj# small
majority.
KENNY CLEWS
ON FRANCES.
Weekly Report From This Recognized
Authority.
A FORTUNE
TELLER'S CAVE.
(By Jean Middlemass.)
■J Gi.
DREYFUS STORY
For. THE WEEK JUST ENDED.
tettlcd 4 ond it ions In l.urope i
the Cause For Nensitlveness
in the Stork Market—
The Kail roads.
New York, Sept. C.~Conditions on the
slock exchange show little change from
our last advices. Some hesitation was
produecd by tho unsettling effect of the
Transvaal difficulties upon the Lond>u
I market, but as the best opinion inclines
to the belief that there will be no war
and that President Kruger will ultimately
make concessions, no serious Injury t-
confidence followed. This market is, of
course sensitive to foreign affairs and
must always remain so in these days of
close commercial and financial interde-
pendence; yet were war tc happen be-
tween England and tho Transvaal it will
find this country far better able to take
care of its finances than usual; an,i no
one anticipates that any flood of Ameri-
can securities could be returned to us,
for tho simple reason that the available
supply over there has been so greatly
reduced by shipments to the United States
during the last two or three years. Any
important declines In London would bring
out eager buying on this side of the At-
lantic,
LOCAL MARKETS GOOD.
The general tone of the local market
continues good. Confidence In a broade-
and more active market during the aut-
umn is almost uyf&rsal. This, of cours ?,
pon ti/ extraordinary wave ol
wh le
► signs
| is ';t
Gai<
... .3."' '(|/4.00
....5.50
2.50
6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BASE BALL NEWS.
Ivas., Sept 6.—Hon. E. C. Weilp
ex-con. nl to onnebur^, Germany says of
the ^enthelm Interview sent out from
Atlanta, Ga.
"I cannot believe Bentheims story. He
implicated one Herr Alvuin «Floerschultz
in tho matter. When I ^as consul at S<>n-
ir.eburg Mr. Floersehultz was my^l-rk
and had been a clerk at the consul office
for a number of years, and^ n my re-
commendation he was made t y the G< r-
man government a>s consul at Sonneburg
and that he was accepted.This is not true
although he was vie© consul •v.der me.
Our laws do not allow a foreigner to act
as consul in foreign lands. He -must he
a naturalized citizen of the United States
at least which FJoerschulta was not.Also
Bent helm makes another error when he
states documents wene received in the
regular United States consular envelopes
with the tisual official business only print
ed on them, as such envelopes are not
tranfcmissihle In the mails of the old
country unle. s stamped, so th-t :ho Ame I
can consular seals could hot have been
used as a safeguard."
Mj- Wellp was consul at Sonneburg dur-
Jt • ti rm.
•NEW YORK 4; PROOKl.YN C.
New York. Sept. 6 Th< Bro iklyn i w n
their fourth straight e irne from the N°w
Yorks today. The local team < ut-flelded
•the Brookiyns, bu> could not bat Mc-
James' ultchir.tr. Dohjjny settled «i wn af-
ter the third lnninj, but it tva* then too
Jate. Score:
New York 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 r 0—I. 4, 1
Brookly n :: 0 : 0 0 0 0 o x—6, n, 4
Batteries—Doheny and O'Neill; Mc-
SJames and F.irrell.
INDIANAPOLIS 6; MINNESOTA 4
Indianapolis, Sept. -Si e
Indianapi s 20 200020 x—T. S, S
IflmMpolll J000100 00 4, 6, 5
Batteries—Scott and Heydon; 'Hart and
fisher.
BOSTON r>; BALTIMORE B.
Boston, Sept. 6.—After Lowe had tif d
4he score in the ninth by a heme run to-
day, Baltimore won by bard and consecu-
tive hitting in the tenth. « It' ! ison wai
struck In the face by a pitched ball and
retired in the fifth Inning. The feaures
were Smith batMntr and a quick double
play by Smith *" Tbinee S-e
p.^ton 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0—3. P. 4
Baltimore 00 4o 001 01 2—.", 10, 1
Batteries I^ewis and lJergcn; Nops a'r.d
SRobinion, Smith.
CHICAGO 4; PITTSBURG 5
Chleapo, Sept. 'Hie Orphans l it Lce-
Ver freely it the start but emi
rate his benders after the third,
ahs pegged Garvin at al>out
>t lo-
Jon-
Cost of Aatomobilos.
St. Louis Kepiiblic: In determining
the expense of the automobile the cost
of power Is everything. When the test
was made the power < ame from a cen-
tral pow r house, which will.of course,
be the case in every community where
mobiles are much used. But a teat
was also made with a gas enfeine, sueh
as may be set up In any cellar or sta-
ble, and it was found that the power
for charging electric, batteries could
be produced at the' rate of from two to
three cents a working hour. At this
rate, the coet a mile is about 11.21 cents
as against 13.86 cents, when the vehi-
cle is drawn by horses. This is a sav-
ing of 95.4 cents a wagon a day. and as
the mobile takes only four horses to
travel 36 miles, as against 5.14 hours
required by the other vehicle, this is a
time saving on each wagon of 356
hours each year.
rate, tleies the
t I
winning
end n steal
Chicago ...
JMttsburg
Batteries
nnd Bowerman.
IgTrth on
Score:
2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
. ... 10120001
.arvin an j Donahui
DETROIT 4: ST PAT'I. 3
Detroit, Sept. 6.—Spore:
j>trolt 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 ft-4, R. 0
pr Paul 0 ft 0 0 0 0 1 2 0—3. R. 2
Batteries—Croiuin and Shaw; Patterson
end Spies.
GftAND RAPIDS 0; KANSAS CITY. 6.
Grand Rapids, Sent •: S on
Grand Rapids 0 ft o ft ft 0 f 0 ft- 0, •. 2
Kansas City 200200(10 1-.1. 12, 2
Battsties—MrClill nnd Sullivan; Patten
end Conditio.
Thought He'd Re«u lilt.
Oallipolie (Ohio) Tribune; A funny
story is told of an old farmer in an
adjoining county who was struck by
lightning. The countryman wai squat-
ting on his heels In front of a barn
door, and was engaged in a somewhat
acrimonious argument with a neigh-
bor about some steers that had brok-
en into his corn patch. Just as the
controversy reached Its highest point
a bolt of lightning from a passing
Btorm cloud knocked the old farmer
over. When he came to his senses
he thought the neighbor had struck
him, and he began to pummel bim
with his flsts in lively manner, when
his son spoiled the light by explaining
tho cause of the trouble. Now the
old farmer is kept busy telling how it
was.
perity which extends over
| country, and which as yet slue
of having spent its force. *h
, kindred industries are making a wonder-
| ful record; our whol history falls to
show a parallel. R iw materials, such as
pig iron, copper and tin. show advances
from lowest prices of from 50 to 100 per
Cent Finished products of course show
no such rise; but In many instances price
is :i secondary condition with buyers;
delivery being the main want. So far,
high prices do not seem to have checked
business, and there has been a retnatk-
| able absence of speculative buying. Later
; on these conditions must check purcha e3
asd defer repairs, Improvements and new
j enterprises until values recede to a nor-
mal basis; but this stage of affairs has
not yet been reached. I'ntil it approaches
we are not likely to witness a">' import-
ant recession in the stock market.
RAILROADS A#.!. RTGHT
I Railroad earnings continue making sat-
lsfactory gains; giving rise to all sorts
of hopeg regarding Increased dividends.
Some of these aro like y to meet with
disappointment; for j res -nit conditions
mean increased costs in operating that
will materially modify unreasonable x-
'pectations. A little skepticism regarding
dlvidenj rumors will do no harm. Some
I of the best railroad stocks are held at
prices that offer slight chances for furth-
er pr< fits. As I P ictjl li t mated In (hesi
low-price, Issues of re-organised proper-
ties which I1.11 been m "r 1 a neglect-
ed and which must show large apprecia-
tion as they approach from a non-divi-
dend paying basis.
The market is likely to have the sup-
port of big operators for some weeks to
com ; and as these return from summer
resorts dealings will be resumed with
greater activity. Comparatively little at-
tention Is being paid to crop reports. It
is certain, however, that we shall have
sufficient wheat and corn for home and
• reign wants, uul that our farmers will
obtain reasonably good prices for their
crops. Prosperity is shining upon the
fields of the west as well as "upon the
mills of the east.
BANK STATEMENTS.
This Saturday's bank statement Is not
likely to be .1 pooj one, nor is there likely
to be any Inrcease in the bank reserve
during the month of September, for the
reason that it is the principal crop mov-
ing month of the year, and money, there-
fore, is more Halve to be drawn from tnla
centre than returned to it from the vari-
ous sections of the country. What will
make tho V ank statement worse than
otherwise is the payment which was
made to the government by tlw* City
Hank, for the purchase of the. custom
house, the amount being $3,266,000. The
! small surplus reserve of the banks at this
season of the yi at\ when the natirraJ cur-
rent is against the money centre, is of
course .1 reason for conservatism, and
1 -hould be a wholesome check against ex-
cessive buying on borrowed money, and
I this is calculated to dwarf the business
of the "street" for the next two or thr^*
weiks at h i t. I therefore advocate
quick in-and-out transactions, as tempor-
ary higi er rates for money may be used
, ut any time to force lower prices.
iY>u be the only blind-folded Individual
in Belgium."
"What can I do? I am not rich
enough to order a statue."
M. Bertel kuew quite well what wan
"Well, children, would you like to expected of him, tom to pretend to do
go tonight to the Salon Blanc?"
"Yes, yes, papa; how delightful!"
shouted a chorus of merry voices.
"And you, Claudlne, will you come?"
And the father of the family turned to
his eldest daughter, a bright-looking
brunette of 18, who had been crossed
in love.
"I should like very much to go to the
Salon Blanc," much to his surprise.
And then she ran up stairs after tho
others to wrap up.
Claudlne was only 18; thus alacrity
about a fete ought not to have sur-
prised any one; but she was what is
called "crossed in love," and for the
last three months bad taken no inter-
est in her surroundings.
M. Bertel, who was a retired law-
yer, and very well off objected to a
young man called Louis Gavron, to
whom Claudine had given her heart,
simply because he had artistic procliv-
ities.
Snow had fallen all over Belgium,
but in Brussels for two days the air
had been clear and frosty; the snow in
the park haviu. become quite hard,
a snow fete for the poor had been or-
ganized a night fete, too, and in the
open air.
"Claudine, I am glad we came," he
cried. "Yets, children, of course you
can go on the ice; no fear of falling
in. Ha! he. Only leave us in peace
to look at the groups. Ah, you are
looking at tho cave with the fortune
teller, Claudine, and the young beauty
coming to leftrn her fate. Excellent,
most excellent! 1 declare it Is the best
of all."
"The sculptor who Is responsible for
that cave has received the gold medal,"
announced a voice Just behind them.
M. Bertel looked around and saw one
of his most intimate friends.
"Well, he deserves it. Who Is hp?
I should like to ma Ax his acquaint-
ance," he said.
"Louis Gavron," replied the other,
briefly.
' Impossible! That young fool who
—no, I cannot believe it. And the
medal, too? No. no; you are playing
e practical joke on me, Devoost."
"Not I. Young Gavron has an im-
mense amount of talent, if you would
only believe it."
"Louis Gavron—the gold medal!" re-
peated M. Bertel. It was the gold
medal that overcame him. He turned
to see whajt Claudine thought of the
matter, but Claudine had disappeared.
"Sho is talking to my wife—at least
she was a second or two ago," said
Devoost.
And then he inveigled M. Bertel into
an animated discussion on the politics
of the country.
Ijouis Gavron was his cousin, and
Mme. Devoost's companion when she
met CI audi no was Louis Gavron him-
self. He had stood carefully in shad-
ow so as not to be recognized by M.
Bertel Meantime, not a word of the
old man's eulogies on his work had
escaped hini. Dearly as Louis Gavron
prized the gold medal, he prized those
words of praise from Claudine's father
ten times more.
"Ma cherie, my beautiful one," h«
murmured; "did you hear what your
father said about my work?"
"I am so glad you have that gold
medal, Louis. Father will think so
much of it. It will almost make him
—well, 1 dare scarcely hope, and yet I
so would bo to give up without
struggle. Tie gave up the fight, how-
ever, when Claudine throw herself on
his neck and kissed liim as sho whis-
pered:
"Father, now you have seen he can
work you will no longer refuse your
consent?"
"Of course he won't," crlod Devoost.
"Come and kiss me, too, Claudlne, anil
receive my congratulations."
An hour or two later, when Claudlne
was alone, there was a very different
expression on her face to the sorrow-
ful otre that had lingered there of
late.
Even while she was thinking of this
there was a light footfall on the stair.
"Louis! You here9 How did you know
that you might come?"
He laughed.
"Good news flies swiftly, you see. M.
Devoost. said that you had something
to tell me."
"M. Devoost Is a dear. If it had not
been for M. Devoost I doubt if even
the fortune teller's cave would have
done any good.
"He is a true friend as well as a
relative." said Louis. "Is is through
his influence that I have got two im-
portant orders, and he told me only
this morning that as he has no chil-
| dren of his own, lie look.; on mo as
his son and will meet M. Bertel's views
1 in the matter of an allowance."
| "Oh, Louis!"
And so overcome by emotion was
happy Claudine that she looked as if
she were going to faint. This, of course,
| necessitated that Louis should take her
In his arms, and there she was when
the door unexpectedly opened and her
father came into the room.
"So. so. This is the way you behave
wiien I am absent. 'When the cat's
away,' etc."
But though he tried to speak sternly
there was a break in his voice. He,
too, had seen Devoost that morning,
and they had come to terms on the
subject of ways and means. It amused
him, then, rather than angered him, to
see the frightened, shy manner in
which the lovers rushed away from
each other, looking imploringly at
him the while, as though to beg for
forgiveness.
The ordeal did not last. long, for
Claudine noticed a glimmering twinkle
in his cyo and instantly took advan-
tage of it to kiss him and tell him
that he had promised her to accept
Louis for bis son-in-law.
\nd so, even the Contretemps of dar-
ing to make love before M. Bertel's
formal consent had been given was at
last overcome, and among all the peo-
ple who visited the Salon Blanc on that
criRp January night there was not a
happier couple than brown-eyed Clau-
dine and Louis.— Lloyd's Weekly.
tttu;
rtz
"THIO IS THE WAY YOU BEHAVE
WHEN T AM ABSENT."
do. Oh. blessed Salon Blanc, not only
will it benefit the poor, but the poor
In heart, like ourselves
jolced."
"Dearest!"
They walked along for a few sec-
onds. Then Louis Gavron whispered:
"My cousin Devoost has promised
to put in a good word for me with
your father."
At this moment they came upon the
ffwmlly party. M. Bertel's brow con-
tracted when he saw by whom his
daughter was accompanied, but he
said, a little stiffly:
"I must congratulate you. M. Gav-
ron, on your success. T he medal you
houses aro selling out in Manila and J 'iave gained is. I hope, only the first
The Quaker
Doctors,
Q|;IUh Spoken HP
Is said that Spanish
THE TURF.
I !H IO AGO RA'IIUB
Chicago, Ccipt., 6.—Wett r clear, track j
0ast.
BMrvt race, flflvo furlongs. P. Arm nion
pron, Uric.tu, gwcoimS, iicarltil, I «UAv. UUahI. j
Curving Knife 0 Frft 3 IneltM Lou*.
A gigantic carving knife and fork,
made by a cutlery concern in this state,
und to bo exhibited by it at the Pan-
Auierioan Exposition, at Buffalo, in
1901, aro on exhibition in an up-town
department store, says a western pa-
per. The knife Is 9 feet 11 inches long
aud weighs over M)0 pounds. The blade
Is made of tho finest steel and is cov-
ered with beautiful etchings. The
handle is one gigantic tusk of solid
Ivory, handsomely carved by hand.
These tusks were Imported especially
for this knife and fork. The fork is
a perfect match for the knife, the pair
cobtiug over $L',&00 to ^^ke. Truly a
carving set for giants*
English firms are buying. That means
that the sign, "English spoken here,"
is going up to stay.
Ink
nltur
To remove ink spots from furniture
wipe them with oxalic acid, let It stand
for a few minutes, then rub well with
a cloth wet with warm water.
Nutritive Value or PIaIi
According to chemical analysis fif-
teen parts of the flesh of fish have
about the same nutritive value as
twelve parts of boneless beef.
Th<> Khepherti'H lluroiorier.
The wool on the back of a sheep Is a
shepherd's barometer. The curlier the
wool the finer will be the weather.
of a long series of art triumphs."
Louis Gavron bowed and thanked
him, and theu the Bertels went home,
never a word more being said about
Louis Gavron or their meeting with
him.
About 10 o'clock the next day De-
voost arrived.
"Hurrah for the Salon Blanc!" be
shouted. "May they have one every
winter if it brings about suoh good
results."
"Why, Devoost what has happened?"
asked M. Bertel "Have the poor got
a Mgger sum than you expected?"
"Confound the poor—no. I didn't
mean that; but tx>uis Gavron'e fortune
is made. Two orders, moo cher, and
big ones, too, all owing to the fortune
teU*?r's cave. l> ok here, Bertol, dout
Schoolboys' Own I>o(jn.
What piping times the modern school-
boy has! At Clayesmore, Enfield, En-
gland, for instance, he is actually en-
couraged to keep dogs, for the masters
believe that, the "possession of a dog
is an open sesame to many chambers
in the great temple of natural history.
Dog-keeping is the surest antidote to
homesickness and effectually dispels
that chill and formal atmosphere that
may pervade a school to the exclusion
of all warm and natural affections."
At most public schools the privilege
is not granted, but the boys keep dogs
all the same, with the disastrous re-
sult that they do so "on the sly" at
some outside livery stable or among
the small cottagers. At the Britannia
training ship u good pack of beagles is
maintained, but this is altogether dif-
ferent from the individual ownership
at Enfield.
The Kennel Club at Clayesmore,
which stands at the end of an undulat-
ing old English archery lawn, is a
model ancient Greek temple, with four
Corinthian pillars with Dorian capi-
tals. The club is managed by a com-
mittee of the boys, with one of the
masters as president. English or Irish
terriers are found to be the best
breeds—bigger dogs being Inconven-
ient, for many ressons. Such matters
as regular exercise, cleaning, caking,
feeding washing and other duties are
arranged by the committee and car-
ried out by members without the aid
of servants. These duties can bo dis-
charged without interference with
will be re- ' cricket or football, in odd leisure time,
when boys might otherwise be engaged
in the occupation of walklug about
aimlessly. A well-thumbed reference
book on natural history in the club
kennel room bears evidence of the im-
petus which such a pastime exercises
in stimulating curiosity in that direc-
tion.
The experiment was begun three
years ago, and recently a new kennel
was opened by Lady Warwick. The
kennel is built of wood and corrugated
iron over a cement foundation and sur-
rounded by light railings, with a bevy
of fine old English oaks and elms inter-
spersed with towering firs and flanked
by glaiit rhododendra. Lady Warwick
opened the door of the Kennel club-
house and d*rlar *d the new buildings
open amid the cheers of the boys, the
i.iptain of whom then presented her
ladyship with a magnificent bouquet.
flao
Botanist and Physicians
Will he in Guthrie at the Okla Hotel three weeks commencing
Monday, Sept 4th
All chronic, nervous and special diseases
treated. Cancers cured without the use
of knife, no pain, no blood. Tapeworm
removed in forty minutes. All medi-
cines used by the Quaker Doctors are
purely vegetable. Herbs, leaves, barks
and berries from the
CAL GARDEN,
..Office At..
GKIA HOTFL.
HOURS BETWEEN 50 AND 12 A. !W.
JOURNEY OF SACRED CARPET.
Far-Fumed Art loin Ueticrlbud by a
WltneM of Itrt Start.
"It is an odd thing to call the sacred
carpet of the Mohammedans a carpet,
for It. not only Is not a carpet in it-
self. but It is not the shape of a carpet,
it is not used for' a carpet, and does
not look like a carpet. We were among
the fortunate ones who were Invited to
the private view of it the night before,
when the faithful were dedicating it,"
says a writer in the Woman's Home
Companion. "They sat ou tho floor,
these Mohammedans, rocking them-
selves back and forth, and chanting
the koran. The 'carpet' 1s a black vel-
vet embroidered solidly In silver and
gold. It Is shaped like an old-fash-
icned Methodist church, only there are
minarets at the four corners. It looks
like a pall. Every year they send a
new one to Mecca, and then the old
one is cut into tiny bits and distributed
among the faithful, who wear It next
I heir hearts. This carpet was about
six feet long, and was railed in so that
no one could touch It. A man stood
near by and sprayed attar of roses on
you as you passed, but I do not know
what he did it for, unless it was to turn
sensitive women faint with the heavy
perfume. But the next morning tho
procession formed and amid the wild
est enthusiasm, the l>owlng and sa-
laaming of the men and the shouting
and running of the children and the
singing of the Arabs who bore the car-
pet, It was placed upon the most mag-
nificent camel I ever saw, which was
covered from head to foot with cloth of
gold, and whose very gait seemed more
majestic because of his sacred burden,
and thus, led by scores of enthusiastic
Arabs, he moved slowly down the
street, following the covering for the
tomb, and In turn being followed by
one scarcely less magnificent, destined
to cover the sacred carpet In Its came!
journey to Mecca That was absolutely
all there was to It, yet the khedlve was
there with a fine military escort, and
oil Cairo turned out at the unearthly
hour of 8 o'clock In tho morning to
see it."
I'nlrifH iuy In Austrian Army.
A,; ..ria's pension bureau hau been
obliged to recognize polygamy in the
army. Since the occupation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina many Mohainmrlans
hav t> become soldiers, . and each of
th- when he dies may leave several
widows. A recent order settles the
pension question thus: "In case a col-
li if r le; ves moro than one legal widotv
the pension assigned to the widow
si.. 1 1' divided equally among all his
widows who are entitled to te pen-
sioned.1'
'It
Age of CrooodllcM.
Croccdiles, like ostriches, swallow
pebbles and umall stones, which nerve
tin" purpose of grinding their food.
The natives assert that it la posalMs
to tell tho age of a crocodile by the
number ot' stones in his stomach, for
they swallow one each year, in point
of fa< t, frfteen stones liave been found
in the stomach of a crocodile twelve
feet. Ions whereas the average number
of younger ones varies between four
and eight.
MANILA AT NIGHT.
When Draih Hold* Hw«y,
Earh in the morning is generall/
suppo i to be the most common time
for d( h to take away tho sick. Old
nur will tell you that froxu 2 to 4
o'cock life la at its lowest ebb. and
(the dying patient usually passes into
the great beyond between these hoiirs.
A famous French physician, bowover,
has examined over 23,000 cases of
death, and finds that more deaths oc-
eur at 1! o'clock in the afternoon than
at any time. Philadelphia Record.
Ucrm Killers.
It. has been shown by Koch and others
that soap is a microUicide. or germ
killer, and, according to Prof. Heta-
flnl, soda or potash soup is quite a good
disinfectant, not only because of the
alkali.-, but the combination itself.
Heating the water favors the effect,
Kofiiious soaps are not-the best disin-
fectants Marseilles soap Is very good.
A solution of 3 or 4 per cent kills most
resisting microbes.
A Wedding <.lft.
On" of the pre nt* showered upon a
rural bride came from an old lady with
wli<>in both bride aud bridegroom were
prime favorites. Some years ago she
had accumulated a supply of cardboard
mottoe . which she worked and framed
as occasion arose. In cheerful reds
and blues, suspended by a cord of the
same colors, over the table on which
the other presents were grouped hung
the motto -"right on, fight ever."
City Scrupulously PoUred and Nocturnal
Traveler* ('lonely WaU-lied.
Carriages are but little seen at night.
Tho native driver of a public vehicle is
not allowed out any more than a pe-
desttian would be. Hence there is no
carriage to be had, unle s you are the
owner or lesst*3 of a private rig, and
| even then you must be cither official
i or sufficiently near so to be privileged
to pass your driver by the sentry.
Moreover, every time you are halted
iu a carriage you must leave the car-
riage and advance on foot for inspeo-
1 tlon and question. Over in the San
Nicholas district, around the port, the
sentries are so thie.k that proceeding iu
a carriage is more tiresome by far than
walking. Every little interval covered
necessitates another bait, explanations,
advance, and the same thing over
again, about as fast as you can euter
; the carriage and alight. There is no
pleasure in a night ride through the
I crowded parts of Manila. But the. end
justifies the means. There are no na
five uprisings, and no possibility of
one. No city ill tho world is as safe
by night as Manila. Deserted and
nearly as still as the grave it remain*
under martial law, until broad da>
light comes,around again, when win
dow; open, shutters come down, th<'
populace swarms out, and the busy llfi
of a city begins Hko magi'1 with the
Urmg of the sunrise gun. Manila Cut
i'fc<Uroudem;e l<salifc's vv^akly.
liave a t'Uanca.
In the lunatic asylums of Belgium
there aro securely locked boxes In
which every Inmate may depcslt let-
ters of complaint. Three times a w««k
theee letters are oollected by outside
officials, who investigate every case,
and if a person asserts that ho Is not
insane a prompt examination ensues
by medical experts.
(live to Itubjr'i llalr a Nutural Curl.
Young mothers may be glad to know
that a baby's hair may often be en-
couraged to curl naturally If it Is
brushed upward aud twisted round the
finger while it Is wet. Brushing down-
ward rather encourages a child's half
to grow straight.
Cost of Thirty learn' War,
A German historian has figured out
that the thirty years' war cost Wur-
temberg alone nearly W.OOO.OOO, In
1' the population was 425,2b8, of
m 375,186 were missing In 1060,
•iml it took a hundred years to reach
the old figure again.
Colored Jury.
For the first time In Its history Mil-
waukee bad a colored jury siioimoued
la.st week It was a coroner's Jury
was called together to hold an ID-quest
over the body of one negco supposed
to have been killed by auofum.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 108, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1899, newspaper, September 7, 1899; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc123901/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.