Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 19, 1898 Page: 2 of 8
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The State Capital.
A I.ESSON IN TRKES.
There is a st' ry of a Ok tree that
born no fruit and that was cursed be-
tlon on the part of France and the
United States has Just been received
in official form in this country. It is
By the SUte Capital Printing Co.
FRANK H. QREER, Editor.
SPFICIAL PAPER OF OKLAHOMA.
[By Eatctaert f th« L«flslatar«. ]
| caust* it was barren. and, as a result of very explicit in its advice and urgenc>
against action of this kind, saying that
an effort in this line by simply the
three governments, the United States,
France and India, could not being sil-
ver to anything like Its former rela-
tions with gold, and could not be suc-
cessful. The fact that the Indian gov-
ernment has struggled through the
that curse, withered and died.
The state of Kansas is having a re-
petition of that story. Shortly after
the incorporation « f tVa prohibitory
amendment in the Kansas constitution,
and during Gov. John I*. St. John's
regime, a number of prohibition lead-
ers concluded that it would be a good
SUBSCRIPTION RATfcS,
rttrlctlj In AdTtDce.
Daily 1 year $5 M
Daily 1 month ftu
Weekly 1 year 50
Weekly 6 months 25
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1S9S.
It may be said that Zola is safely in
the hands of his enemies.
scheme to plant some trees in the stat-j most <Jif?UWt part of Its attempt to
house grounds as a monument i • i put itself upon the gold basis point-
hibiti n. Then the two 6ouid grow f ifwtion that
t gether While th * trees in gr aving ' unless a large ,'-i ■;•■• a <f t!. -vi-
ylder would spread their l>-ughs and 'lized nations of the world Hill j-in in
protect the passing pilgrims from the! the effort in this line, it would be ex-
rays "f a hot summer s sun. so v uM i tremely bad policy in th > govenrn -nt
prohibit!- n. as years r lied by. expand «.r India to consent to the attempt to
until its b *n-!i • nt eff>- ts - % • 1 - i- ra;-.
sunny Kansas and brought joy to the !
hearts her people. Gov. St. John set
The Paris Exposition has invited the
Kansas corn carnival. It probably
wants to pull the K nsan's ears.
apart a holiday f r that sj■■►cial pur-
pose. and with appropriate servii -i a
d -zen or n. re forest trees of different
varieti'*s wer planted The tre?s g . .
and seemed t • fulfill th *ir pr misc.
Senator Mason talked the s«
stone deaf on the Cuban -ju•
it is now in a worse fix than bef
According t - L* n Whart :
homes fail, the re; u .ns :
ritory are to blame, if they win :li
sionists are to get the r- : .*
nat-
fu-
k place The tie s
.\n unknowji can-
ut their lif • Wht n
umbrageous foliage
1 r■? by one they
Now t heir gic.nl
:. nd in the state house grounds
1 ns m king the people.
Then a change t
began t d \
k->r began to UD
spring air. their
had on a paler
dr ped ind lied
forms
like sfc
His d !i that | str .tst
main editors stamps First
Postmaster General as a w >
.envelops him with the regard
press.
According to I,ady Somerset, a tem
simply
perance society in England
means that one is not to get s drunk
he can't walk. Until New Year the
s : f the prohibitionists are in-
« re. -d t attribute their death to *ne
... i
As>.stant dying faith in the prohibition cause,
man and They ire supposed to have felt better
than any,.n the insincerity of the sen-
timent. It Is understood, however,
that they will be left to stand as they
are. No one has the courage to sug-
gest that they be cut down. It is
feared that like Dante's forest, in the
Inferno, that cried out for pain when
I
served drinks at her table.
great apostle of temperance always ja ijmb w as torn off. each is the per-
sonification of a perfidious temperance
advocate, and no one wants to recog-
nize his own voice in their lamenta-
tions of pain.
The prediction that the enactment of
a protective tariff law would reduce
the foreign market for our manufac-
turers has not been realized. The ex-
portation of manufactured articles
since the enactment of the Dingley law
is greater than in the corresponding
months of last year under the Wilson
law and amounts to $133,000,000 f. r the
first five months of the operation of
the Dlngley law.
"How do people that are insisting that
there has been no improvement in bus-
iness conditions since the election of |
President McKinley acount for the fact
TO REGULATE IMMIGRATION.
The chief « f the weather bureau of
New York has a plan of regulating
foreign immigration to cure the pres-
sure on large centers of population
that has some good features in it. His
idea is not to allow anyone to land
who had n t a definite objective p fnt
to which he wanted to go by former
information as to what he could do
, there, or if an immigrant had no ob-
t | Jective point, but w as n >t undesirable.
that the bank clearings of 72 cities in
the United States were 33 per cent,
greater in January, 1988, than they
were in January. 1897, 30 per cent,
greater than they were in January. |
1S96, 37 per cent, greater than they
the immigrant examiner is t • forward
him to such a locality in the United
. | States known to be capable of being in
need and able to utilize his labor. By
this a umulation • f a great p- pula-
| tion of f oreigners, helpless, without
were in January, 181'5, and 4n per cent,
greater than they were in January,
1894?
knowledge of our language « r our in-
stitutions. will be prevented.
It is generally supposed that a f r-
eigner who is intelligent enough to
know where to go when he comes to
this country end what to do—
w ho has used his ow n pers< nal choice
in coming—is not an undesirable cit-
izen.
There is always a section of the
Fully 200 of the 4s4 tin-plate mills
in Wales are idle, and although wages
have been reduced about 15 per cent.
manufacturers are barely able to hold
their own. This is in marked contrast
with the tin-plate mills of the United
States, which a:e all busy and new | <'■ untry where his services can be
ones being constructed. The fact is of | used. As a rule such should fall to the
Itself a sufficient comment upon the in- j rural populate n of the country and not
slstence of democrats during the dis- , increase the great, helpless army of the
cusslon o fthe McKinley tariff l>: 11 that j great cities, where they are used to
tin-plate could not be manufactured make bad politics, socialism and an-
in the United States even with the archy.
highest tariff.
And now South America Is c >m!ng
to the front as a gold producer. For-
merly her chief contribute ns to the
money of the world were sil\ v. but
now that the white metal standard has
been discarded by most countries, the
bold mines of that part of the world
are increasing in number and output.
Twelve countries in South America
have gold mines, and their production
of gold is increasing rapidly and with
it a tendency on the part of the gov-
ernments of those countries to adopt
the gold standard.
THE TWO JUDGES.
The appointment of Judge J hn 11.
Burford, of El Reno, as chief Justice of
the supreme court and Attorney IS. T.
Hainer. of Guthrie, as associate jus-
tice, will give general satisfaction to
the people of Oklahoma. Both are
able lawyers. Both are well known and
the history of their achievments is not
necessary. Judge Burford was con-
sidered one of the ablest judges of the
first supreme court of Oklahoma, being
appointed to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Justice Seay,
when he became governor. His abil-
ities as a judge were so prominently
acknowledged that he was allowed to
serve out his term by the Cleveland ad-
ministration.
Judge B. T. Hainer"s work is well
known. He haa been elected city at-
torney for Guthrie for three successive
terms, the last time without opposition.
In the handling of Guthrie city cases
he hits never been reversed before th
supreme court, anil he has won all the
townsite cases before the departments
at Washington so far. He has always
had the confidence of the people and
will make an upright, capable
judge. There was never any doubt
from the beglnlng but I would
doubt from the begining but he would
be appointed to a position on the su-
premo bench of the territory.
ANOTHER NEW PARTY.
Edward Bellamy and Eugene V.
Debs have started a new political par-
ty. The other day the two met in Den-
ver with a number of other flotsam
and decided that the present broken
condition of party lines would admit
of an Uher organization.
It has not yet been decM -d whether
Bellamy's "Looking Backward." Deb's
"Social Democracy,"or Henry George's
"Single Tax" is to be the party plat-
form. Of course there w ill be political
clubs that will buy books and pam-
phlets. and who will invite le turers t.>
talk to them. This will all cost mon-
ey and be a field of usefulness and
profit for Mr. Bellamy and Mr. Debs.
When it is all • ver, the two gentlemen
can, either singly, or by co-laboration,
bring out another political fiction and j
the average man will be given a
chance to unlearn all that he had
learned before, and find out as false
all the political principles he hail been
taught to be true.
Messrs. Bellamy and Debs do not
know whether Mr. Bryan will be their
choice for president or not. Of course
that depends on a future contingency
not yet discernable. The new party
proposes the amelioration of social ills
on the lives laid down by Henry
George and others—anybody that has
a theory.
NOT EVEN THREE COUNTRIES.
It is now quite apparent that unless
the United States can get the co-oper-
ation of some other nation than France
the friends in behalf of international
action on ti. silver question will not
be favorably considered by England
or even by the government of India,
and without these it is generally un-
derstood that the co-< pi iation of Ger-
many cannot be had. The report of
the government of India to the British
government upon the proposition f ti-
the re-opening of the Indian mints to
silver in conjunction with similar ac-
BUSINESS MEN ON CUBA
There has been m« ch said and writ-
ten damanding action on the part of
the president to bring about the libera-
tion of Cuba, but in all that has been
said or written no one has seriously or
clearly pointed out to what extent this
country would be involved if it went to
war with Spain. That the mere sen-
timental excuse of this republic desir-
ing the people of Cuba to also enjoy
freedom of self-government and a re-
public Isn't sufficient is felt by every-
one . In the same sense this country
might as well assume the responsibij-
ity of Greece, that of the Hungarians
in Austria. India under England. Chin-
in its present trouble and many South
American republics that desire free-
dom. Some years ago pernaps 1;
should have asumed the freedom of
Ireland, as indeed it did in a certain
sense, having in time furnished ample
donations in money for the caus>
have bought Ireland thrice over.
In times of our trouble, with all the
pretence of friendship of countries
across the channel, no one directly de-
olared war either during tiv vr■■ . lu-
tion or rebellion fjr the presAvation
of the republic.
But there is a movemmK on f it now
that has, in the estimation of a'l gov-
ernments. a claim to consideration. It
is a serious appeal f ir pence signed by
seventy-five of the most important
merchants in New York, actually en-
gaged in trade with Cuba, forty-two it
the city of Philadelphia and sixty-
three in other parts of the country.
These gentlemen lepresent a capital of
several hundred millions of dollars and
a commerce with Cuba and other f the
West India colonies and the South
American countries amounting to not
less than $300,000,000 a year. They are
not jingoes, nor politicians, and they
do not belong t • the Cuban Junta, but
they are all serious men of affairs with
large personal property and commer-
cial interests at stake. In a respectful
manner they set forth that the Cuban
war has already cost America 5300,-
000/''0 and is now costing not less thaji
$100,000,000 a year, without including
the capital invested in sugar and to-
bacco plantations, sugar refineries
and other interests which have been
irretrievably destroyed. They call at-
tention to the fact that the United
States Is more deeply int rerted n th
commerce < f Cuba than Spr.in, and
that fact they believe is sui! < lent jus-
tification for some form of intervention
t.. protect American capital that h;
been invested in the industries ai 1
commerce on the islani. Tpose p
tlernen offer no sug.i- :Uions. They o
set forth the facts and l?jve it f. r the
president to choose his own means.
While there is a universal senlPi.rnt
for liberty, and equality in practice. i o
nation pays much attenti n to senti-
ment. Selfish interests sway all others.
"How does it concern your interests?"
is always the question in international
diplomacy. Only unpon this can de-
mands be made upon another nation
that will be acknowledged Justifiable,
by the unwritten law of all nations. In
al other cases it is considered unwar-
ranted meddling.
< >H YES IN A TH< >USA
Ex-Congressman T. J. Hudson, of Fre-
donia, Kas., says th*> Kansas Agitator,
predicts a revolution in this country
similar to the French revolution.
"American politics will never be puri-
fied except by the letting of blood." he
says. "The revolution may occur with-
in a year or it may be ten years. It
is coming, however, and when it does
come, it wiil be intense. Men who are
now riding high-handed over all law
and justice will be compelled to flee be-
fore the wrath of an outraged people.
I am not an agitator . f public discord,
but I firmly believe th;,t this is the
drift."
If a man wants to predict disaster he
has the whole unknown future to lay
it In. Some day this country will have
a revolution—all countries have had
and will have. Revolutions axe just
as legitihate results of change as any-
other incident of a people's history—
but it will not happen today or
tomorrow, or the next, or next
year, nor the y r after. May-
be in a thousand y.us, more or less,
this government may i. « in a perfect
chaos and it may be u it may go
up nl smithereens. Who shall say? But
it wiil tak • worse conditions than now
eixst to bring this about, and even
worse calamity h wlers than Ex-Con-
gressman T. J. Hudson.
This country has a future to fulfill
with the outside world before it will
seriously fall out with itself. Before
the time comes for Its destruction as
a distinct nationality. It will, like the
Romans, directly or indirectly, domin-
ate the w hole world. This is the se-
cret of a powerful amalgamated gov-
ernment. Absorbing all the elements
of all the people of the world, when
fully leavened and kneaded, the homo-
geneous mass possess more potent
traits than an individual race, and by
that power overcomes and absorbs all
the others. This too, is the history of
all races. Over-Conquest will in time
produce a re-action and the stupend-
ous fabric will in time fall; but Ex-
Congressman Hudson's bones will by
that time not even enrich the soil till-
ed by the husbandman who shall feed
the armies in conflict of destruction:
he will perhaps have been evaporated
to Jupitor or Mars and begun another
race of populists, there to chirp of re-
volutions and destruction of govern-
ment.
imo mistake, §§11!
Z 'la Is a good example that It doesn't
pay to be good. He should have been
mobbed years ago for his novels, and
now when he is trying to redeem him-
self he is condemned.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
small, sugar coated granules; agree-
able to take. Children like them. If
the druggist wants to sell you some
i>ther pills that pay him better, Just
think of what pays you. You will re-
ceive a sample package if you will send
your name and address to the World's
Dispensary Medical Association, Buff-
alo, V.
KINGFISHER PROTESTS.
THEY DO XOT WANT GITHRIE FOR
THE CAPITAL.
Kingfisher. O. T., Feb. 14.—(Special.)—
At a mass meeting of cltiiens of King-
fisher city and county to protest against
the present bill pending in congress per-
manently locating the capital of the ter-
ritory of Oklahoma at the c.iy of Guthrie.
Hon. A irgil M. Hobbs made a few pre-
fatory remarks touching the object of
the meeting, after which Colonel H. C.
St. Clair was chosen chairman and D. K.
Cunningham secretary of tile meeting.
following named gentlement as a commit
tee on resolutions, viz: Hon. Virgil M.
Hobbs. Capt, J. \. Admire, of the Free
Press, and Colonel J. A. Mann, of the
Times, this city.
Eloquent addresses were delivered by
W. H. Mead, Hon. C. T. Prouty, Judge
J. P. Cummins. Hon. W. A. McCartney,
Hon. W. \V. Noffsinger and others, con-
demning the position assumed by our sis
ON THE CARDS.
'Can you tell fortunes, she asked,
leaning her elbows on the table and shut-,
fling the cards,
"Somo people's: feiiall t try j-our
mother's?" Her mother was dozing In
the arm-chair by the Are.
"Oh. don't be silly! Mum's fortune is
told."
"Poor Mamma!" ~
"Well, you know what I mean—all
that's worth tollll'.ff she refused the fair
man and married the dark one; wasn't
very ri«K and wasa . very poor—pulte
poor ewsugh!" She shrugged her shoul-
deVs and Made a dainty grimmace—a las!
unnamable. "Had two tiresome boys and
one very nice girl—viola moi.'
Fortunes don't go Into such details
"mamma's silliness. Why. he's as , id
as dad; and I wouldn't. " You kn ' i
wouldn't." 1
"T he cards leave it to you. Milly."
"Don't you believe me?" She look-d
quite hurt.
"Of course. If you say so." I .,at '
U-d her nana, which was lying the
table, but she drew it sharply awav
and rubbed thetouch off with her
handkerchief.
"Well! the King of Hearts! What
does he mean?"
I considered a moment. "The K,,,H
Hearts, I pronounced slowiv
"means a handsome young fellow who
paid you a great deal of attention
when you were staying with the
I Queen of ('lulls, a dark relative—prob-
ably your aunt."
"I won't listen to another word!" she
cried, indignantly. "It s a nasty hor-
rid fortune and quite untrue. Ther.\"
"Very well." I made as if I would
sweep the cards together.
Don't be disagreeable." She look-
i. i. wc MiMKieeame. ?sne looK-
nbout secondary persons even if they hap . ed at me reproachfully, with one of h r
* * ' ' kaleidoscopic changes. "I want to
pened ot be true; which they aren't"
"Since you know so much about it.
you can tell mine. She scattered the
cards toward me with a crash. "It's
all right, mum: I'm only throwing the
cards at Cousin Harry." Her mother
gave a sleepy smile and returned to her
slumbers.
"You musn't blame me if the card?
are unfavorable."
"I shall know you have made it up
If they are."
"I wouldn't dream of jesting upon
such asubject," I assured her. For-
tune-telling follows certain principles,
which are immutable and"'
"Should be practiced
Go on."
"To start with .then.
Queen of Hearts."
"Why?"
"Because the Queen of hearts rep-
resents feminine beauty and charm."
"Oh!" She leaned back and laughed.
"If yau are
not preached, j
hear it-
sense!"
"Well, isn't this true?"
"No, it isn't."
"Didn't he pay y. u a lot of atten-
i tion?"
"Young Jephson?"
"Yes, he was the
feared.
"Nothing special."
"So many pay you attention that you
think nothing of it."
"You silly felllow!" said she scorn-
fully. "Why, he's almost engaged to
Cousin Annie." I felt as t hough a
weight was taken off me.
-my proper fortune— not non-
rival I really
"Why!" I said, "how stupid of me!
you are the 1 She must be the dark lady' 1 SUPP" -
I ought to have connected him with
her instead of with you."
"I don't believe yi.u understand the
fortune business a bit."
I "It's very difficult.'' I apologized.
But you see the cards are all right,
nly going to flatter me,I car'1s ar,p al
when ><>u read them properly.
won't listen."
"I merely state a fact. You are the
Queen of Hearts,"
"No, I'm not. I'm spades or clubs,
because I'm dark."
"Excuse me, it is not a matter merely
of complexion .but of general appear
. "• '* r* -
t pon motion the chair appointed the ance. Spades represent plain people,
"What else do they say'.
"The next point is money. The seven
of diamonds, next to the knave of
clubs—brobably your uncle—Indicates
a legacy; and"
"Xo, no!" she interrupted. "I don't
want t*. know about money."
"Well, the duration of life Is shown
she,
"That doesn't mattpr." said
quifkly. shrugKlne her shoulders.
"Then I hardly know what else there
is to tell." I looked at her doubtfully.
There was one thing only that I want-
ed to tell her. "What do you want to
know. Milly?"
She put her elbow on the table and
diamonds passable people, clubs niee
looking people, and hearts very nice-
looking people. Therefore you are the
Queen of Hearts."
"Lots of people wouldn't consider me
good looking at all." Her tone invited
contradiction.
"Very likely not." She flashed an In-
dignant glance at me. "Hut the for- . -.ne put npr ,
occasions6" * '"le ,Udge the8e r"^"' •>*«'■ <"> her hand. Then
— " *•" 1~" """"utu uy our sis- "I'm glad the fortune-teller Is soap- : breath"^' '•! an'' ' he'd my
tor city, Guthrie, and urging the meet- preciative. Of course I know you're' ■ L,vt ,i, m,'nt' ,
ing to take immediate steps toward con- only pretending." She looked at me for with—thn—thc . 5 "U nn'sh
trovertlng any representations or action ' denial, but I busied myself with the them"" admirers, as you call
that may have been had in congress ; cards. "Go on. she cried. i • t , . .
touching the same. j "First I shuffle the cards-so. Then „P I I 'UfvT"'T"' ' ^ her, "but
The following resolutions were adopted I cut then -si. N'ov; I place my hand 1 ' ' menti°ning.
on them-so. You place vour hand on ' , " , ,Be'ause 'I'^sn't care
top of mine." She did. "Now I plac ! call it-much*" ' Wha*ever yuu
my other hand on top of yours—so. and I ■ , ,h rj„> . ■
and you put your other hand on top of Be'nc'otiiv th ' i-J r J"""/ y'|U Se"'
mine." I s 5 h Klnsr "f sPades. lie has
"I never heard of this before." said 1 !°t "" h* admlres
she doubtfully. Neither did 1 but it betweeen him and her. vou see ' °
nv-nt K(Uriet l° me aS an lr"PI,)Ve' •But," said she. very gently, "they
,.x. are hearts."
Now you must sit quite still and; -Vl. •• t.,n T ,.
i ♦ s. sam i. they are hearts; be-
ing two. they show that he is distantly
unanimously:
"\\ hereas. We are advised upon what
seems to be reliable information, that an
effort is being made by certain persons
in the interest of the city of Guthrie, to
procure the enactment of a law by con-
gress. providing that the capital of this
territory shall be permanently located at
Guthrie; and
"Whereas, If the capital is thus perma-
nently located, there will be u strong and puiet for a full minute,
constant effort to secure the apprupria- I "I know I shall laugh."
tion of public money which ..ave by con- "Then the fortune will 1
gressional enactment already been de- I "I don't believe it is ne
1 to the issue of the future state of | "Yes, it is—to place th
vote
Oklahoma, for the erection of capital
buildings at Guthrie, and thereby divert-
ing the public funds from their proper
and intended use, to the lasting and irre-
parable Injury of the whole territory; and
"Whereas. The advocacy anu agitation
of such legislation at this time, by tend-
ing to divert public attention, will greatly
endanger the success of the free homes
bill now pending before congress
spoiled."
ssary."
teller and
tellee en rapport."
"But we aren't, you know. We al-
ways quarrel—at least you do."
"Couldn't we be, just f <r a minute,
Milly "
She nodded gravely, and I sat
watching the pink color steal over her
pretty face. I think that it must hav
been two minutes that we sat like that,
during which 1 forgave all her little
relate
ly. "They indicate
fond of her, but I
she is more than :
econd cousins real-
that he is very
■aves it doubtful if
rhtly attached to
her,but
erasure of first anil paramount import- j wickedn .
ance to all the people of this territory; "There!" said T, reluctantly ' Now
therefore, be it for the f,irtune. (-ut cards, Miliv
"Resolved, That we earnestly protest The fortune must be vour own mak-
against any and all such legislation, «s |ng
detrimental to the best Interest and fu- "Vou have made me feel quite Berl-
ture welfare of the territory of Oklahoma 1 ,,us saj(j
and we deplore the action < i our sister i iaUph
city. Guthrie, keeping paid agents in j "jt [s sc>|n?
Washington to lobby before the congress j meant it ,,, ,
of the United States solely In her inter- "Then-then won't you cut. too.HarrV I
est. and who are wi ling to sacrifice the U, , ,)th„, '
best and paramount interest of the terrl- aI1 tlu. , j
toryw secure purely local advantage s for ' ,. t ,
earnestly desire that the capii.il V,' 1 I"" ''"'ml
uestlon lie not now agitated, but that ' "" °'H'n Ian r
the same be left as-originally provided by l' *U' ' 1'■ course, i d ni't
' know anything abou t fortune tilling,1
she, with a nervous little
a serious fortune."
•otion 15 of the organic act. so that th
merits and demerits of every locality may
be properly considered and t.ie permanent
location made at the proper time by all
the people of the territory 01 Oklahoma."
"NoxacoldM positively cures a Cold
or LuCirippic in a day. Guaranteed
in every case. Sold by all Druggists.
JUDGE IN HIS WAY.
Exchange: The sheriff of a certain
Oklahoma county intercepted the fol-
lowing letter from a prisoner who was
charged with murder:
"Dear Hill—Please kill the judge
what's going to try my case. It's the
only way I kin get a continuance wich
would give me time t<> break out of
jail. Ive hearn of a good many people
being shot from ambush. Find out if
ambush is in the judge's cirkit an if
locate there and shoot him with No.
buckshot. You will greatly oblige
me Bill, if > >u will do this much for me
wich I will never forget, but always
remember . Yours, JIM.
. S. Give him both barrels. Bill.
I
really
"The question of the cards
gravely, indicates many possibilities of
Jiappiness and good fortune, if you take
your own decision."
"\Y hat a nuisance! Don't th- y say how
I shall decide?" I shook my head.
"The hearts near the queen show that
you will be much lik- i and .idmired."
"I believe you are ma king It up."
"The three kings next to her indicate ' pushed
three admirers—perhaps lovers." i 1 tr.'V she
OOD'S ^wvipariiia lias owranfl
■ ■ over :iguin proved by it* euros,
when all other preparations failed, that
it is the One True SLOOD Purifier*
A real estate transfer at N rmnn: W
C. Renfrow t Wm. Grimes, of Kingfish-
er. 1 ::i and : l! in blo( k 5; lots LM. 24 and.
25 in block f>; lots 3 to 13 inclusive In
block 7; lots .'7 t . inclusiv-. Consid-
eration $5,000.
"Whoever can they be
"The King of Clubs, with the other
lube close by, I t ake to be a soldier,
good-looking, dashing, and. from the dia-
monds in the same line, not badly off.
The hearts at the end of the line denote
that you have given him some encourage-
ment."
"I'm sure I haven't," said she with
some warmth. < >f course she knew I
meant Captain Richards. ' The cards
are wrong."
"Perhaps they mean that you will th
do so," I suggested, inquiringly: but , th
she twisted up her handkerchie
made no answt r.
"The King of Diamonds, w ith spades
following, ne ans an elderly suitor who
has prospered in trade. He is shown
by the diamonds, ending with th-
knave, i . have made o fortune !•:,<]
t« tir d, handing over the business to
his son." I meant old Parsley.
"I call it very unkind of you,
Harry." Her lip dropped a little, and
I hast r ned to apologise
"It isn't my doing, it is the cards."
"Well, you know It isn't true. It's
only —she looked over h :• shoulder t •
him. I looked appealingly
j her eyes were cast dow n.
I How do you make that out?" she
| asked at length.
• le* card next to her is the two;
: means great affection."
"What does the rest of the line
mean?
The nine of spades, on the other
| si,,.- of the king, shows that he has a
] g:eat deal more \\,.,k to do before he
can be in a position to ask the knave
[ot her father-for hep hand.
Meanwhile, th- eijjht of spades and
I the a' ■ of Clubs show that he must
, toil at some risk in a land across the
I *,
. he iasped her hands sduddenly
j and looked up.
"< 'h. no, no!" she cle d.
I "Yes," I said quiet!} .
j here?" Her dainty
| quivering.
"The cards do not say.
ape. r believe, where a relative has
ffered hint a good berth."
I We looked at the cards in dismal si-
for a while. Then she smiled at
I me . ver so brightly.
j I here Is the ace of hearts at the end
. !'ne' Hi"Ty' sl,e whispered.
. What does that mean?"
I i took the hand near me gently in
( mine. - I thoink. Milly,"I said, ear-
' nestly, "it must be my heart, because
it is over by you. Will you have it
! dear?"
| She looked down for a moment, then
gently toward me. 'I
11 *;.t t.
mouth was
But it is the
o\. r t*
ea
•nit
The Denver. Col.. Republican has the
following to say: "Oklahoma territory Is
the most prosperous section of country
in the United Sta os.' said C. A. Clark,
' h;"Th-' farmers and stock men
■ tetu.illy I: ive so much money they don't *
know what to spend it on. The popula-
tion of the territory is not very large,
and there art but three settlements in it
that e;,n he railed towns or cities. Rut
volume of business transacted in
• . . •• t uvns and the few smaller ones is
ana j atonoM beyond belief. The crops last fall
ie111pi] about II'W.Ojmi.OOO, as nearly as can
Iestimated, and a large part of that
' abulous sum remains in the territory.
!'• i-'in-'ss tod.iy is b iter in tiiai territory
t1 >n any other state or territory in the
1 ountry. The cotton crop especially was
Immense. Then came the corn crop
wh: h w is exceptionally large. The cat-
v i; good, and the crops ofM
1-oth hay and wheat far exceed expecta-
tions.
Oklahoma City is booming another rail-
oad proposition.
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