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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

A tramp knows what it is to be leg
weary, farm laborer to be body-weary,
literary mun to be brain weary, and a
sorrowing man to be soul-weary. The
sick are often weary, even of life itself.
Weariness is a physical or spiritual ''ebb-
tide" which time and patience will CON
vert into d ''llow.' 1t is never we'll 20
whip or spur q worn out horse. except
in the direst straits. il he mends his
pace in obedience 20 The stimulus, every
step is spark subtracted from his Wit
al energy. ldieness is not one of the
faults of the present age; weariness is
one of its commonest experiences. The
checks which many d man draws on his
physical resources are innumerable; and
as these resources are strictly limited,
like any other ordinary banking ac-
count, it is very easy to bring about
balance on the wrong side. Adequate
rest is one kind of repayment to the
bank. sound sleep is another, regular
eating and good digestion another.--N.
Y. Witness.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
Maxim< : OF Merit.

Let none wish for unearned gold.
Be honest and thea be generous.
Tomorrow NAV never como to us.
Mockery never degrades the just.
One fib Is oft the cause Of ten more.
The poorest are the most charitable.
The post of honor is the post of duty.
1t is not parsimonious to be economi-
cal.
Wealth nor power can ennoble the
mean.
To-day is all the time we absolutely
have.
1t is not selfish to be correct< in your
dealings
a single fact is worth folio of aEgu-
ment.
The worth of thing depends ON he
want of it.
Honesty is better capital than a
sharper's cunning.
Small profits little risk; large pro its
great risk.
sonetl,ing wrong when man is at daid
of himself.
whose credit is suspected is not safe
to Ne trusted. N
obnscience dead as stone is haaA
Ting TO carry.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
Mahometans at Prayer.

Writing from Constantinople. Frank
Carpenter says:
BY the liberal use of backsheesh, ac-
companied by my Mahometan guide, I
obtained admission to the gallery of
Santa Sophia last night. It was 9
o'clock when arrived and the acres of
floor below me were covered with wor-
shippers. In long, regular lines, with
their faces toward Mecca, sitting on
their knees, were at least five thousand
Mahometans. In turbans and gowns,
with their bare or stocking feet, looking
up at the gallery, they formed long
lines of curious colors on the white
mats away down there under the float
ing flames. From the back of the
church came the shrill voice of the
Imaaum who was leading the devotions.
It was wonderful tenor, which pene-
trated the remotest receSSes of the vast
mosque, and in response to which these
five thousand turbaned men rose and
fell like clock work in their devotions.
They moved as one man, and when they
sunk to their knees the striking of ten
thousand legs upon the floor made a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

The tendency of every race track 8
toward degeneracy. An honest jockey
is rare bird. but strict management,
holding the whip aggressiFely. can
compel honest races. One corrupting
influence is the close connection be-
tween the betting-shed and the stables.
The average book on AN interesting
eventis $1,000. Multiplied by forty the
wagers are something like Sl20. OOl
Half of il is the money of amateurs
'and straggiers. who accept the book
makers dictum as to the fayorite and
back him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
The Original "Boy Preacher"

Those who happened to drop into the
Continental about 10 a. m. yesterday
would have been gratified by sight Of
a much talked-of evangelist, Thomas
Harrison, the hoy preacher" who had
just registered from the modern Athens.
AS he leaned over the corz.a and
talked to the clerks his appearance was
carefully studied by the bystanders.
Mr.. Harrison is apparently about forty
three years old, with smooth-shaven,
rather droll-looking face, peculiar dull
blush gray eyes, and. with his black,
low-crowned slouch hat and rusty black
clothes, conveys the impression of the
average low-comedy actor. He is about
feet 8 inches in height and of very
spare build. He has habit of clutch
ing one by the upper arm and biting his
under lip when 10 conversation. When
joked with on the subject of his blonde
admirer, who follows him about the
country and sends him bouquets, lie
looked knowing and rather pleased than
otherwise as he bit his under lip in his
usual manner.-Philadelphia Enquirer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

interesting short Selections, Calchlafed
% Make Us Wiser. Happier and
Better.
Living IN vain.

Living in Vain.
God grant may not hive in vain,
Some useless part fulfilling;
Like water gathered not again.
Which careless hand is spilling.
May but add my beings force
To that eternal river
Which has in Gods own love its source,
And flows to HIM forever.
Some Christian song may but write,
And to his altar bring it;
Some hymn of praise to Christ indite,
And after-ages sing it.
To some lost soul the gospel preach,
Give him kind exhortation;
Some little child the way may teach,
And bring it TO salvation.
By some lone couch may breathe prayer,
Or send some tender token
To save the tempted from despair,
Or bind the heart that's broken.
That me- at last, my Lord may know,
And give me recogniticn,
Because walked with him below,
And kept the great commission.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01


Life everlasting-Amen!" the
last word drawn out. sonorous,
resonant, in the rector's best style.
The ceremony was over. They rose
to their feet. A brief pause followed
then the rector was saying something,
there were kisses on the brides
cheeks, sweet phrases in her ears:
good wishes and congratulations made
buzz throughout the room. And
ever at her side stool the tall, straight
man with the clear brow and the
frank eye. She could feel the out
TUNED edge of his arm pressed toward
her in mute sympathy and support an
unnoticed putting of love into the
quietest of actions. Yet it failed to
Stir her apathy. She was still think
horn peering over her bridal veil She
even put slyly out first one foot and
then the other, to see which of them
was cloven. But she saw only dainty
white bottines, embroidered with tiny
pearls, and above them strips of soft
est white silk hosiery. No, the cloyeH
foot was clearly lacking. She
wondered vaguely at its absence.
almost fretfuliy, as one wonders at an
absent though invited guest. She felt
that it ought to have been there, for
these strange words kept still hum
ming themselves in her brain, the
words of her ether. inner self-"How
good he is; how bad am Ir'
There was the wedding breakfast,
the clinking of glasses, the perfume
of flowers, the making of toasts. She
had inserted silver knifo in the great
white cake which stood before her,
simply because they told her TO dc SO,
and then she forgot all about it. The
tall, straight man at her side stood
and said 1aany words. They were
good words, She thought, faintly, the
good words of a good man, and She
she was SO bad.
A party ST merry girls took her to
her room upstairs and began TO help
her of with her white garments.
Even the s'aorn' fell. she grimiy no.
tieed And they put dainty paEent-
leather slSees where the white erp-
broidered ones had been aad dark,
clinging draperies instead Of the
snowy ones, and then they went out
ard left her alone.
She went to the window, opened it.
leaned out aud tried to think. There
Law the smooth lawn below, with this
gaudy geraniums. its late glory and
CENTER ie&e, bruised into J. yeliowing
crispness of decay. There was the
hedge of evergreen fir, bat beyond
that was Long line of unfamiliar
carriages They wearied her. She
turned her lis1iess eyes the other
way; there was the Barbary tree in
its scarlet and green livery, standing
guard by the library wipdowl Oh!-a
sharp paiG sent the blood stinging to
tine apple OF her throat and tearing at
her eyaballs- 1t was there that she
had cre2t and hidden 70 read letter
only week ago and the red berries
haG dI6pped upon her breast as she
writhed beneath the boughs ard every
drop seemed as hare 20 burn into
her heart How could one suffer so
and liveY
And why was she 'sbad?" She could
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
Keeo Your Word.

Whatever else you do never viola te
your word. In this respect we are de-
generating'as people, for years ago
when men said they would do anything
on their word of honor, it was done.
Nowadays men make promises, never
intending to keep them, aud hence
want of confidence in each other marks
the human race. A fully truthful man
is pearl in the days in which he lives,
but he is not appreciated by the masses,
because the masses are given 10 equivo-
cation. SO educated and forced to lie in
self-defense, hence we have broken
promises, misplaced confidence. wound
ed hearts and general chickering's Mems
cupidity leads them to prevaricate:
mems love of money leads them to lie;
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

/ Ii Is the duty o. every citizen sum
laouod befoee The grand jury at any
iime or in any case to refuse 10 answer
any question outside the grand jury
poom Only eraud jurors have right
10 put questions. Any one. no matter
what his pretensions, undertaking to
bully, bribe Or intimidate by disten-
tention or threats of arrest any one
into answering questions outside the
grand Jary room may be punished if
the right steps be taken before the
criminal judge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

T.uE way to establish trade with the
Mexicans is TO send agents among
them. not only to sell things, out to
Iea;; the purchasers how to use them.
The azeat must be not only sales
ma1 hut teacher. And that is what
he is not at the pressnt time. He
represents both tool cpmpany and
hair-oil syndicate. and i1he can reap
y rich harvest of commissions by vend
ing hst;r-oil ne devote5 his energies TO
That trade and drops the tool trade. \
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

THE miserable thief who steals a
pocket book is a babe in influence and
and example compared with the bust
ness man who. under the outward
seeming of honor and probity, defrauds
his associates oqs'of thousands. 1t is,
not the money il is the loss of faith in
business integrity that is involved. for
these lie at the fo4ndation of all busi-
ness transactions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

On more than one occasion chemists
and physicians have shown that the
present fashion of having bodies
roughly embalmed shortly after death
throws serious difficulties in the way
of chemical analyses in cases of sus-
pected poisoning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

EVERY little while some one is kill
ed while sleeping on railway track.
OF course the remedy for this is for
each legislature TO pass a law to the
effect that people shall not use rail-
way track for sleeping purposes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

NATURE produces but one kind OF
electricity known to scientists or
observers, the only difference in the
curreats being greater or less proper
tions in the quantity of the current or
in the electro-motive force, voltage or
tension of the current. There is no
difference between the electricity pro-
duced by chemical action in the cells
of a battery and that produced by
magnetism in the armature Of Il
DYNAMO or that produced by flash OF
lightning. Popular theory has pict-
ured several kinds OF electricity. when
in fact there is but one.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

i0t4 1anwot &ivt Il 4
ny 6est l646 Il mi 2
she went sisftly down 6re
Hare 1 and tlie lEE
wheels and riu one could Gf6t
aieifenfnN noise 0t 10 Il 56 a ts e.
a gusa Of blood red 81 tie
berries, over The dr1lt iron % TIL
q shriek or horror from many
! shril1 c0mm1rf too late fs
the engine
And then the brideeroem
through the open door calling
for his bride to come.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

WHAT strange survivals of old forms
of spesch we constantly meet with.
1t is said. for instance. that there are
still some old settlers in Chicago who
refer to the Chicago river as s.the
drink"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

IN Wyoming the women have voted
SO long that NOBODY thinks anything
about it. From all accounts women
go TO the polls just as simply and
natur lly as they go to the postoffice
or the railroad station. And from
present observations they look very
much like other women.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

DO NOT read anything upon which
you wish to pass fair judgment until
you are in a pleasant frame of mind.
No production, however meritorious,
favorably impresses the reader who is
vexed. irritated and uncomfortable.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

DIR GIBrER, at the Pasteur Institute
in New York, believes that as human
beings can be rendered proof against
smallpox oy vaccination, SO dogs can
be rendered proof against hydropho-
bia by inoculation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

IEyEHroRs who have business tact
and ability m4y make some money,
but they are never regarded as public
benef.ctors or as deserving the ho1ors
due to professional patriots.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
ENoLlsfi RoAnss.
rlle Macndam 6yAtsm Might rof|
BE Usnizsd Here.

be Ututzo0 HERE
Macadam. an Americen. gave ling
land the splendid roads on ~ 1icA tliN
old coaching records wEre made, Smd
which she enjoys to-day II fs tzost
devoutly to be wished that his oonnz
trymen may fol- ON his sound xdvice
and set about road.naking Up fo
date. Our roads. in both city and
country. as rule, are Just sixty
years behind the age Many years
previous to the MaCadaan road being
introduced In England. i've miles an
hour was considered tirst-class work
When the Manchester merch7n Is. "a
1854. to facilitate business placed
their dying coach on the read be-
tween London and their city 186|
miles) and timed it to reach the II
ter place in four days and q half.
was considered most incredible and
new sensation in the world. Fro
London to Exeter (175 miIes).
1742, the coaches took fortnight
slow, but not always sure. What
change came over the country wlaei
the perfect roads have free acces
all over it; and in consequence an
extraordinary rise in the value Cd
land took place A few records maj
be of interest, always bearing 10 mi
the coaches carried heavy loads
sengers, luggage and nails
The Holyhead and London n
was considered the finest in
country, being built by the wor
known Telford, and 260 miles in
tent. The surface was so peri
that no horse walked any part of
journey, although the last 107 mil
from Shrewsbury to Holyhead, vi
through a very hilly country. Ia
records made on it were neTA
beaten, not even by the 'sQnicksiI
yer" on the Exeter road. The Man
chester Telegraph travelled soml
part of the journey ON this road and
did her 1876 miles to London in
eighteen hours and fifteen minutes.
The ..W onder,' between Shrewsbury
and London, 158 miles. made her
journey in fifteen hours and three
quarters. This is a remarkable ex-
ample of sustained speed, which has
never been surpassed. The aWon-
der'i was so regular in her time that
the country people set their clocks
by her. May day, however. was the
great day on which the coaches tried
to beat their own time.
The independent Tallyho. rum
ming between London and Birming-
ham. covered the distance, 109 mllesE
in seven hours and thirty minutes OF
May /. 1890 The Shrewsbury ~s6reF
houndn made her trip to London. I5s
miles three furlongs, at the rate of
twelve miles an hour, including stop-j
pages, on May day. 1888. This means
galloping the greater part of the dis
tance, and is strong evidence as to
what can be done on perfect road
Let us hope the shade of Macadaa
will help US ere we despair.
present we are travelling on mid
roads, and such neglect of his nati7af
land shows want OF thought for the
present generations comfort
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
--
What Did II.

The Ceroner-You say in 20
opinion the man was killed by
funny story. Explain yourself.
The Drummer. witness at the Il
quest-Tt's this way. We were q
standing at the head OF the stairs I
the second floor of the hotel.
The Coroner-Yes; go on
The Gaggs. the shl
man. said he had two Or three 9o{
ones to tell US.
The Coroner--I understand.
The Drummer--He startsd rie'
in with one OF them. Noae] 1l
caught on except tho poor fsllON
ing there dead He
The Corcner-He whatp
The Drummer-He tumbled t5 Cd
first story. The fail killed nm :
Hotci World.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
CLoYD.
Tu

We have come to pretty pass when
Adpes high ana low sh 1t their eyes to
she redkissue OF ease. and upon some
trivial by-point give justice slap in
the face,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

SHr courts in England are stern Rnd
Eupseatiuent;h. One OF the fashion,
able guests st Stahley's wedding fho
stole several valuable silver spdOns
from the room in (which the wedding
present. were exh ibited was arrested
aud seltenced to tFo weeks imprisPn-
ment She was widow with great
wealth and ; prom iinent light in 1he
highest circles OF london society. In
the limited Stated her theft would
have been called Py tho fashionable
name of kIeptonaspia and she would
have been handed fom the court-ro o
20 10. carrtara.;git u humble apollo :.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
Nsbuehadnszzar.. Haag.ng .sardsn.

Nebuchadnszzar Hanging Gardens
The changing gardens Of Babyl6nl
were built by Nebuchadnezzar 10
crafty his wife, Amyitis, native 1f
Media, who longed for something b
this fiat country to remind her of heft
mountain home. They consisted a
an artificial mountain. 400 feet o.
each side, rising by successive terraces
to a length which overtopped
walls of the city. The terraces them
selves were formed Of succession q
piers, the tops of which were coyeredS
with fiat stones sixteen feet long and
four feet wide. Upon these we're
spread beds of mating; then thick +
layer of bitumep. covered with shee
of lead. Upon this solid pavenen
earth was heaped. some Of the pile
being hollow soi> as to afford Opt
for the roots OF the largest sees
Water was drawn nom the rf r
as to irrigate these earde -
thus presented to the Sye the dppee
ance of g mountain clothed IA v
dure. Now OrleanY Times Den
crat,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01

Is s5 aasssisss Il is.ls /. !
OF honor. - &Gdaui0us and nnprins
ciTaled are pressing down the timids
modest, honest. truthful men or che
age, and hence there In IA want cf con-
fIdence in each other and an unstable
condition. Let every naan adopt the
motto: my word Is as good as my
bond !" and maintain it in his personal
integrity. and confidence would soon be
restored and q happier state would soon
exist Again, society should ignore the
man who habituaIly lies instead of pet
ting him; should frown down the pre-
varicator instead Of laughing at his viii
famous attempt to deceive; should
boycott the man who heats instead of
he who gives honest measure. and on
the other hand, society should uphold
and maintain men of truth, of honor,
of virtue, of manhood, and who are
honest in their dealings with the public
But will society do this? Wea afraid
DOT. individuals can do it and thus
would society, and if each one would
start out with determination to main
tain his word of honor, much could be
accomplished toward great and very
necessary reform.-T. M. Newson, in
Midway News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
Lost Character.


What would we not give to regain
our lost character? In moments OF
earnest reflection we curse the day that
we first offended against the laws of
our country. No man of us, if he has
common sense, but wishes in his heart
that he had never been guilty of dis
honorable act. Every time we see aD
upright man we unavoidably compare
ourselves with him, greatly to our own
belittlement. We say that if we had
our lives to live over again we would
keep to the straight and narrow path.
1t is useless to talk of what we would
do: our life lies before US; the narrow
path is right along side of the crooked
one we have been travelling and we need
but take one step to reach it. Why do
we not take that step? Simply be-
cause at some time in our lives on find
ing ourselves in the crooked way, we
determined to follow it until some sta
ton had been reached where the two
paths met and the transition would b0
easy and unnoticed by any save our
selves. But not one Of a Thousand ever
reach that station; they either abandon
the undertaking or keep on stumbling
and falling by the wayside until worn
out they succumb to the inevitable con-
sequences of issipating their energies.
AT last, when too late, comes the
awakening to the fact that their lives
have been failure. Mirror.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-10
4 rhlrst for ISnoNinll. n.

Itis reported from sylyapia. Ga, TINT
Marshy nyles an old colored woman.
wholiyes twomiles below sslSania. and
Is pow over seventy ears - age, started
% school tor tho FIRST time me other
mornine For three score years and
ten she has walled his toetsiooi ii ii.
tcllectnal darlsness nnd thcre Is both
humoriind pathes Ia The picture efthis
Old woman vending her way q the lit
Tic cl,eolhcusein the woods. NIarshy
has been blessed with numerous
progeny. and has children ana ef,lnd-
children IN numbers, ana even great.
grandchildren q call her name. she
has always been d lover 81 the Scrip.
lures and her object ii startling to
school now, she SAYS, Ii that ii may mid
her IN Studying thc Bible and thus help
heronto glory. Every morning with
dinner bucket and spelling book III
hand She goes along with the children
to the log academy and theirs pores
over the mystic letters which seem
hard enough indeed to her fettercd
mind.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-10

Sisnpes then ~, Is adjourn 4 ccnt,irys
ago there were but three streets in tl,.,.
village aad they were inhalSitesl by tbe
lowest class o. sailors Now Canfies &
the fayorite resort Of an tie crowned
3neaas ~ the world. Damp dirty. d..
spised little Cannes has become comet
lisa and charming, snperb and ma Eniti.
cent, the gintering station III ali titled
persons and Of i fair number IL
wealthy ones Grand houses hnye
sprung up where there we're only hnts.
and fair gardens have grown where All
was bare and bleak. Empires and
3duchessss ride in costly sYs npon
tho Hlllo Goth roads, where the poor ISL
ierltlar dragged his net on the single.
But brig I, prosperous and afistoerat-
e tls Cannes may be, with ROYALTY and
nobility gazing ia fond admiratii in on
the little islauds of rs baya aud on that
scene 81 seendent beauty, which
makes one sigh with happiness when
looEing toward the lovely roseate
l1sterel mountains in their mafyeious
beauty 81 form and color. II is not 10 be
compared TO Nice. Nice renains witch
her suburbs aud Surroundings what she
was in the times OF the Romans ana
what n all probability she always viii,
be, queen Of the Riviera
Cannes has nevertheless many ut
fractions. Romance and history lend a
particular charm 70 the island OF st.
Marguerite which lies opposite the
city where the Man il theIron aIasls,'
was imprisoned and whence more re-