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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-09

WASHINGTON. Aug. 9-The official
list OF members OF the house as prepared
by Clerk Kerr gives the Democrats 22O
members, Republicans 1875, and the
third party O. There is one vacancy,
the Tenth Ohio district, caused by the
death OF Representative Enochs, MAKE
ing the whole number 356. The list
contains the name of Mr.. Richardson,
Fifth Michigan district, who has not
yet been sworn in, and whose seat is
contested and claimed by Belknap, Re.
nnhlican
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-09
Preparing for Poets Day.

WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS, Aug. o.
Active preparations are being made for
poets day, Aug. 90. The work of COM
pleting the stage and seating auditor
ium is far advanced and rehearsals for
the outdoor production of 'sAs You
Like 1t" on that day are almost
completed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-09
Gibbons WIN ofaciate.

DUBUQUE. la, Aug. 9.-Cardinal
Gibbons will confer the pallium ON
Bishop Hennessy Sept. II. Archbishop
Ryan will preach. The hierarchy and
clergy attending the Catholic congress
at Chicago will be present.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-09
/. she Refused to Wed.

JACKSON, Mich, Aug. 9.-On her re-
fusal to marry him, Charles Mccormick
shot and fatally wounded Miss Jennie
Hall and then suicided.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-09

II Is far the most important that such
relief as congress can afford In the exist
ing situation be afforded at once. The
maxim lie gives twice who gives
quickly" Is directly applicable. 1t may
be true that the embarrassments from
which the business of the country is suf-
fering arise as much from evils appre-
hended as from those actually existing.
We may hope, too that calm counsels will
prevail and that neither the capitalists nor
the wage earners will give way to unreas-
oning panic, and sacrifice their property or
their interests under the influence of ex-
aggerated fears Nevertheless, every days
delay i'm removing one of the plain and
principal causes of the present state OF
things
Enlarges the Mischief
already done and increases the response
bility OF the government for its existence.
Whatever else the people have right to
expect from congress they may certainly
demand that legislation condemned by
the ordeal of three years disastrous ex-
perience shall be removed from the statute
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06
DROLLERIEs AND FOOLERIES

There is one thing that woman is al
ways looking for and yet never wanting to
find. 1t is a man under the bed.
The snip had sprung a leak. The cap
tain piped everybody on deck. ais there
a Kentucky man on board!" he asked 'I
am from Kentucky, SIR 'Goodi 1 am
glad you are here. We may sink and l
want bottle to throw overheard. De
troit Free Press.
'My boy says you haven't taught him
any spelling," said Mr.. Oatcake to the
teacher. mo, we only teach the girls
spelling The boys don't need it, because
when they grow up and go into business
they employ the girls as typewriters, -
Harper's Bazaar.
Mr. De Brute-''My wife has a dog
which 90 different tricks. Wouldn' t
you like to have him. Showman-'1n In
deed would Is he for sales" mo. +"
Won't she sell at any price," ''No. :"
Then why do you speak to me about
him" 81 was in hopes maybe you would
steal him. GOOD News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06

critical examination of the optic, others
gathering about him in all eager en-
dcavor to get a glimpse of the eye thai
could be lifted out in such a manner
1t was passed from one to the Other
and commented ON, some of the rcmGrils
being funny in the extreme. Finally
the chief took the eye back to Rowe
and informed him that if he could pat
it back again SO it corld see he would
not molest him further.
With this proposition Rowe gently
lifted the eye in pain sight of ali and
replaced it, whcreupon he WAS told to
go his way, the Indians believing that
he was something more than human
being. The eye, however, Nfis glass
and is still being carried by Mr.. Rowe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06

81 foolishly drew forth roll OF
money and handed him a bill. He iMs-
vited me into the house and said to a.
tall woman preparing supper: Sal,
| here's stranger what wants to stay
here tonight and handed her the
money / had given him. The supper
consisted of bacon, corn cake and cof-
| fee. Soon after supper, being very
weary, l stated to my host that 1 de-
sired to retire lie lad the way up a
| fight OF rickety steps to the room was
| to occupy. y was a small affair, with
egress only through. the door Some
how felt a sense of uneasiness creep
ing over me, but feeling very drowsy,
l was soon fast asleep. When l regal med
consciousness it still seemed to De night.
| attempted to turn over, when l found
| was chained tight and fast. cried
aloud, but received no answer. After
some time door suddenly opened and
my host stood before me. / indignant
ly inquired of him why l was thus.
treated.
"'Ah, curse you; you thought you had
Bunk Terry in the pen, but you amt. I
knew you was one of them sneaking de-
tectives. You've hunted your last dis
tiller.' told him who l was and where
from, but he left me without answer
ing. Ny meals were brought to me by
the woman. She finally released my
hands. / worked whole day on the
chains which held my feet, and finally
succeeded in releasing them. / found>
my match box, and, striking one, found
that was in a long cavern extending
back as far as the feeble light would
allow me to see. l found a small
fagot among heap of rubbish,
and lighting it started an eXplo-
ration. l must have gone fifty
yards when | saw a faint streak of
light ahead. 1t came from a small hole,
through which l hastily crawled, find
ing myself once more at liberty.
made my way round the hill, keeping
well within the shadow of the woods,
and saw my jailer sitting on a stump
smoking. My horse was grazing some
distance off. slipped to the shed and,
procuring the bride, caught the ami
NAL. The man saw me leaving and
started on run toward me, but was
soon left behind. l, in several hours
arrived at the house of farmer and
related my story
''He, with several others, accom-
panied me back to the distiller's home,
but the birds had flown with nearly
everything of value. \ small still was
captured. l had strayed over thirty
miles from my route. They probably
drugged the coffee at the first meal and
took my senseless body to the cave.
They kept me confined for thirteen
days Who the man was or where he
came from no one kueIT.'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06
CURSED BY A TRAMP.
The Girl Who Refused Broad to q war-1
derer Now I:egrets 1t.

The Girl Who Refused Bread to a waT-
derer Now I:egrets 1t.
Ore of the cases ihat now and then
come up to puzzle medical men is that
of young girl in Norta Plains, Conn.
who has suddenly developed most abb
n;.r,nal appetite.
She is Of re igious turn OF mind, and
. rew days ag3 She refused food To a
,raInp who applied at the door. The
t.-a7np said that God would curse Il r,
nd she Scon became moody and de-
~ponGcat.
Then the peculiar pppetite began to
cieTelop rpd she has been hrngry al
most ever since. Sne has to be fed
several times day
A iozai p. .y>ician suggested that she
be forced 10 eat until she became naa-
seated, and this was tried, but she ate
everything that was placed before her
Another physician pia ,ed her en- diet
OF three meals day. but she became
delirious ;.nd this plan he'd to be given
up.
Anyone who can suggest a re;..e J
will confer favor iron the ycra-
woman pa.en and also AYERS :
threatened famine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06
A Novel Duel.

Two young men of Lebanon. Conn,
who had a falling out decided to fight
novel duel Aiming themselves
with long whaiebone whips, ana pro-
viding seconds to see fair play. they
began to belabor each other. Never
since the whipping post was G6olished
in the state. says a despatch. did
two men ever receive such a fiogging. "
At length the seconds interfered and
stopped the duel although both men
vehemently protested that they had
not had enough
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06
HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL

Porter got its name from the fact that
porters in London drank the liquid about
1880.
Sandwich in Kent, England, was once a
seaport, though it is now two miles from
the shore.
Hymnologists give 1907 as the year in
which Bishop Ken wrote the 'Doxology"
as the last verse of his morning and even
ing hymn.
The Soldiers Orphan asylum, at Xenia,
has 900 children and 100 employees and is
carried on at an expense of more than
$500. 600 a year,
Venezuela has ffty-six holidays every
wear. On these occasions the people close
their stores and enjoy themselves IN
chicken fights and other tropical amuse-
ments.
The record of earthquake shocks kept s5
the Smithsonian institution in WaGhing
ten shows that there were more - them
during 1891 than there were in any pre-
vious year of recent times.
Gen. Jacksor's old kitchen at the white
house IS now utilized as an elevator en-
cine broom. But the ola fashioned ovens
are still there and the niche in the wall
remains where the big crane was suspend
ed in the old days of primitive hospitality
at the executive mansion
The town of Due West, South Carolina,
was originally named De Wett's Corner,
hut the peoples usage made 1t due West
Corner" and eventually the word Cor
ner'i was dropped as unnecessary. This
is almost as bad as the experience OF Rot
ten Row, the famous London thorcughfare,
which was once la route du Roi, or the
Kings highway"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06
Rip AND ruclx.


EA<Se~8
T I cnee spent four days aboard {
! steamship anchored in ..BaIizeu har.
Dor. Central America prior to her de.
pattdre for Africa. and take it alto
gether. did not ind the time so mo-
notonous as might fairly be expected.
These waters fairly swarm with sharks
of all sorts and sizes several OF which
we captured and hauled aboard. In
fact. every day some incident Of 8
more or less interesting character oc-
CURED connected with these savage
creatures On the last day of oul
stay I was lounging half asleep in 9
deck chair. when one OF the passen.
gers said to me: Il wonder what
that is going on over there" at the
same time pointing towards a spot
where the water was being considera.
bly, agitated some distance of.
Il don't know" / replied, getting
up and watching the commotion, 'but
I'll bet shark has something to do
with it" Several other people soon
joined us in watching the spectacle,
and the combatants. for we judged
that some kind of fight was going
on. Gradually they approached near
err to the vessel Presently we wers
able to make out that a shark was in
deed struggling with something. and
that all the disturbance was caused by
him as he necessarily lashed the water
with his powerful tail, while his op-
ponent seemed to be perfectly pas
sive. Gradually. as the struggle pro-
ceeded. they approached near enough
to enable us to make out that a
huge turtle was the sharks oppo-
nent or perhaps l should say VIC
tim The shark had a firm grip of
the turtle in his jaws, and was evident
ly trying to crush or otherwise disable
him sufficiently to render him an easy
prey, but apparently without much
success. for the turtle was pretty live
ly and seemed to confine his efforts to
remaining on top of the water.
Round and round they spun. the shark
now and again making frantic efforts
to dive and drag the turtle down
with him. The ships first officer at
this juncture joined issue with his re-
volver and few moments afterward
several others of us had followed suit
and perfect fuslllade was being kept
up at the combatants 1t was not so
easy to hit them as it might at first ap-
pear, for they were continually on the
move. and. moreover. the water de-
fected number of the bullets. but l
think some shot must have told, for the
shark suddenly let go his hold and dis
appeared from view. The turtle for
some few minutes continued to swim
about freely on the waters surface,
and the ships steward, with commend
able. Drompitude. put off in his boat
and managed to secure him with a
rope and tow him safely to the steam
er's side. He proved to be an enor-
nous specimen, weighing nearly 900
pounds and furnished US with many a
good bowl of soup and succulent steak
st Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06
A WONDERFUL ART.
The Skill o. the japanese ia Growing
Dwarf Trees.


Dwarf Trees.
The japanese horticulturist shows
wonderful patience Coupled with what
we practical Americans would call ILL
directed skill) in his rare art of propa-
eating miniature trees and vines 1t
is well known fact that both the
Chinese and the japanese are never
satisfied unless they can main and dis
tort both nature and art says the St
Louis Republic. This may be seen in
the outlandish cartoons which their
painters turn out as works of art and
the deformed buildings fashioned by
their architects. But if either may be
said to excel in these unseemly prac-
tices 1t is surely the japanese. Unlike
the American and European gardener.
who strain every nerve to secure large
and thrifty plants and trees the Jap
loses sleep trying to devise some plan
that will deform. cripple and stunt
the growth of his trees and vines;
and, as general thing, when they set
their minds to do a thing it is usually
done. The japanese art of making
miniature landscapes and gardens con-
sists chiefly in starving the plants so
as to retard the circulation of its sap.
or life-giving juices. Ferguson who
was one among the frsto English ad-
venturers to visit China and Japan,
mentions the fact that he saw at Can
ton "a boxe about the bigness of
ladyes snutfe-b box, which did containe
a httyl dirt and sixteen tiny littyi
trees, foure of which were in full
blow, the whole boxe. trees and all
so small that man could put them in
hys mouth together" Kempfer is also
quoted as describing trio of trees he
saw in box l i! inches broad / inches
long and inches deep for which the
owner asked the traveller the
modest sum of $500. The three
| denizens of the box were a bam-
boo monthly blooming plum tree
and a blue leaf pine all perfectly
] formed and seemingly enjoying their
dwarfed existence. When Lady Hes
ter WethraIl visited the royal palace
at the japanese capital in 1886 she
was shown a miniature pine tree grow
( ing in ladys silver thimble, sus-
/ pended by silken threads. The tree
/ was a perfect forest monarch in minia-
7 ture. its branches exhibiting not less
! than fifty perfect little cones.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06
rax.no TIckE AosNrs.
MIR. Willard F7nds That They Are All
Eager for Their own BuAlnsss.

Eager for Their Own BuAtness-
Henry Willard. the railway magnate
while in Seattle. visited mort of the
railroad Offices in the city. says the
| Seattle Times. He walked up to the
| counter OF the down town Northern
Pacific ticket Office and said to Ticket
! Agent johnson. who had not the
| slightest idea tnat he stood in the
presence of the highest officer of the
road.
Give me ticket to Boston over the
| Canadian Pacific"
Canadian Pacific's blocked" Ia
conically responded johnson.
Don't believe it said Willard.
Fact" affirmed johnson.
.'How?n inquired Willard.
Mountain fell on track, cutting
tunnel half mile long"
IN investigate " said the financier
as he asked Mr.. Jacob Furth to await
his return. and started over to the
Canadian Pacific office.
Agent McGinnis looked up from his
book but did not recognize Willard.
Want to go to Boston over the
Northern Pacific said Willard briefly.
Can't do it " said MeGinnis
''Why?"
-Four feet Of sand on the road at
Pasco. Lake Pend d'Orelle overfiowed.
and Indians on the war-path in Da-
kota-
Anything else?"
Yes. Gang of train robbers near
Helena and strike on the eastern di-
vision"
'Jewhilikens" exclaimed Willard.
Think I'll go and try the Union
Pacific then. That's all right amt it?"
''Yes, that all right" sarcastlcally
observed McGinnis, who stopped tele
phoning to johnson for assistance.
That's all right 1 said" continued
McGinnis again, with sort of lost
hope move of the hand, as his sup
posed customer was about to leave.
What do you mean?" inquired
Willard.
'Oh, nothing. Go on and take the
Union Pacific. You'll see time enough
if you live through it."
''Oh, good morning, Mr.. johnson, "
SAID McGinnis. greeting his ally as if
he had not seen him for a month.
AAdNO yOO SOG dIly bAOAhSS VI JOui
father yetP Would you mind telling
this gentleman what you know about
him?'
johnson after struggling with his
feelings and wiping away several
imaginary tears, spoke up sorrowfully:
1t pains me to speak of it but my
father started west six months ago
over the Union Pacific He died on
the way, OF course, and we hope to
receive the corpse in year"
We'll done, boys" said Willard,
after hearty laugh and handing
each agent his card.
when the Canadian Pacific fails to
appreciate your services, come over
and see us, Mr.. McGinnis-' u
johnson, he said. laying his hand
on that gentleman's shoulder in a
fatherly manner some day you will
take my place"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06

SOME of the Canadian newspapers
are raising mighty hullaballoo be-
cause the United States treasury de-
partment has seen fl to stl lingently
enforce the immigration laws. This
action has interfered with that pecu-
liar Canadian industry, the smuggling
of Chinese and other undesirable i'm
migrants over the border. The do
minion government Itself has been
deriving revenue from the tax on
Chinese and therefore the howl has
an official note in it. 1t is to be
hoped that the customs officials
charged with the duty of turning
back prescribed immigrants az the
Canadian border will not relax their
vigilance for mQ1eDt. Canada
should not be allowed to make money
out of the traffic at our expense. If
she loads up with undesirable
foreigners let her keep them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06

remained mystery until FEW Days
ago when the missing man returned to
his home.
II left home with considerable
money said Mr.. Barrow. INTENDING
to purchase some timber lands up fhe
in the hills Of Fayette. / wen&
through the country. One evening
about 4 o'clock was riding along at 3
fast trot in order to make some place
to spend the night The road did not
seem to be travelled much, and began
to have fears that was on the wrong
road. About dusk rode out into 3
clearing, and just ahead could hear
dogs barking. 1 was presently hailed
with Hello, stranger, whar you goin'?'
dismounted and told the man my
condition, and that I wanted to spend
the night with him. He was a big,
rough-looking fellow, and had a mean
down-cast look about him. He took
me to a double log house, built just un-
der hill, and informed me that could
spend the night there if would stay
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06

IT is strange that the extremely
wealthy man is almost always prone
to eyade just taxation. The thought
cannot help suggesting itself that
maybe it is by means of such mean
ness bordering on dishonesty that
enormous wealth is usually acquired.
The man moderately rich may growl
a little when tax day comes around,
but he does not go and show that he
is some two hundred times poorer
than he really is. That seems to be
what Jay Gould always did. The
assessors could never get him to own
that he had more than $500. 000. Now
the state gets more than that as one
per cent tax on his estate, and the
local assessors have raised the as
sessment to $40, 900.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06

In some mountainous and inhos-
pitable regions of this country the
most important vacation OF the pub
lie schools occurs in winter time and
continues from January to April, be-
cause at that season SHOWS are so
deep and storms 50 frequent that
most children are unable to make
their way to school The summer
vacation is short, but the hardships
of attending and teaching school in
summer time is not great, as the
summers of those regions are, for
the most part. delightfully."- cool
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06

HERE is a philosopher of color who
administers a rebuke in q manner
that would do credit - Plato, to
those colored people who are forever
wishing they were white. His name
Is John N. Langston of Virginia.
He has represented his district in
congress. district in which he was
born a slave. He said in the recent
African congress at Chicago; We
have to-day doctors, lawyers and
ministers in every city in tSe land,
and this in twenty-five years. We
made better slaves than any other
people, and our record as freemen is
in advance OF all competitors. Why
should we desire 20 be white? We
are satisfied to be what God made
US, and we have nothing to beg of
any man or race
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06
Too Slow.

Monsieur Calino was ordered by his
physician to make a drive of an hour
each day, and having no horse of his
own he called cabman, for the pur-
pose.
One day he signaled a cabman. and
got in for his daily drive. The horse
started up at a painfully slow gait
Hold on. said Calino to the
driver, Il must get another cab. 1t
would take me all day to ride an hour
with such a slow plug as thatm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06

HELEN LOUISE JOHNSON, editor OF
Table Talk, is demonstrating at the
Chicago exposition that electricity in
cooking will do more to Tighten the
labor of the kitchen. save housework
as well as money, than anything she
knows of. All kinds of ordinary
utensils heated by electricity are
shown, and it is demonstrated that a
steak can be cooked 70 a turn III four
minutes, and every thing else on short
order. The utensils include every
thing required for all kinds of cook
ing, from the making of pancakes to
the baking of ham. and even the
hot-footed fat-iron is obtained by
simply hooking on a cord and switch
ing on the heat-producing current
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06

A rather remarkable story is told
about an apple tree that grows in st.
Georges cemetery in Middleton, Del.
1t is said to yield fine round apples in
great abundance. But no one can eat
them, as they have a graveyard
taste" Even the hogs when the APP
pies are offered TO them. refuse to
touch them. When put by the fire to
roast the apples. it is said. simmer to
oil and emit a dlsagreeable odor
strongly suggestive of graveYards.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06

George Howell, q you.it nan rcs;.' :.
near Aluncle. Ind, is = v-st;Iu 81 t3s5.
dreadful disease, eoa susaptton. ic
other day Howell eoaeiuded 70 try the
deBh of a youn- par "a tf.' It 2 ''nr !,
and in ordc- to c; r y 4; RS VS. :
Y-.ncnths' odd can;l & was pro Erea and
killed, and to-6iy = - Nva Z seaal,s III :
neal He Trsn MI 50 f:-s- t;le4s plssa-
table, and has &. =. - s..-.s y ssi1
improve rapidly in s-c-sst-A.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-06

mexico has agreed to protect all
the Japanese immigrants who will
come. Within few years there will
probably be 500, 900 or more of these
people added to the population of
our Southern neighbor 1t will be
an advantageous arrangement for
both parties to it. Japan is over
flowing with people who are ingeni-
GUS and industrious. Mexico has
lacked labor tc develop her great
resources. 1t is quite likely that
fewer Japanese will now come to the
United States The general DISPOSE
tion ON the Pacific coast to treat Japs
just as John Chinaman is treated has
discouraged their immigration here.