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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-20
AssoLUTELv sRAlNLgss.
TAs OId Man Tells an Explosion story 20
fIluatrate MIs Meaning.

illustrate Hls Meaning.
al suppose, said the old man.
tsthat it is necessary to have just SO
many people in the world who have
no brains Things wouldn't wAg
along-there would be no excitement
If every man knew as much as every
other man. Now. the other day. J
saw an example of absolute bratL-
lessnesa
Then the old man paused anu
waited to be persuaded 10 tell the
story. His audience insisted, and he
began:
Il was down in the oil country and
was talking to a friend of mine who
uses naphtha in his business He
buys it by the barrel. and as he was
about to order a new lot he walked
out into the yard where the stun
was kept and said to one Of his men.
the foreman: Jim. how much naph-
tha have we got?' The foreman told
him that he didn't have much left
There was but q part of one barrel
My friend told this man to find out
just how much there was. It was
about 6 o'clock. and quite dark. The
told him to take a stick and put it
down through the bung-hole OF the
barrel Then he could see how far
the nsphtha cathe up on the stick and
estimate the amount in the barrel
1.-The man had q lantern and the
foreman cautioned him about taking
1t near the barrel. He told him to
put the lantern on the ground at
least twenty feet from the barrel.
and then go over and measure the
stun with q stick The man sham
bled off toward the barrel. He looked
at it and found the bunghOle, and
then put his lantern ON the ground
fully two rods from the barrel. Then
he walked back. pulled out the bung
and stuck his stick i'll the barrel
He pulled it out and deliberately
struck a match to see how much
there was He held the match down
over the bung, and instantly there
was the biggest explosion you ever
heard. We were thrown down by
the shock and the man disappeared
entirely. They gathered him up in
small pieces, deader than a smelt
That" the old man continued.
''was an example of yellow fat in the
place of gray matter. That fellow
was very careful about his lantern.
He didn't get it near to the barrel,
but he struck match and almost
dropped it through the bung-hole.
So long as there are SO many low
foreheads and narrow eyes in this
world there will be- no lack of news
for the papers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-20
A Comedy OF Errors.

While two wedding professions
were fighting for the road at one of
the gates of Hankow. the chairs
holding the brides got mixed, and
each lady was taken to the wrong
bridegroom- The gentlemen, never
having seen their. wives before, ac-
cording to the Chinese custom. knew
no mistake. When the next MORN
ing the mothers of the two brides
went to present the usual hair oil to
their daughters, each found a stran-
ger Installed in her place. Neither
mother, moreover. had any means of
finding out where her daughter had
gone After very difficult search
of the city the brides were both
found. and then the idea of making
the best of things was blockeH by the
fact that one of the brides. who was
rich and intended for a rich hus-
band, had fallen into the hands of a
very poor man. The problem re-
mains unsolved.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-20
THE rRICOLOR.
How FrsnoS Came to Adopt the Red.
white and ISIus.

How Fr.ncs Came to Adopt the Red.
white and IsIus.
Some seventy or eighty years be-
fore France was involved in the
flames of the revolution-that is, at
the epoch of the war OF the success
sion, when she was in close alliance
with Spain and Bavaria-it was
thought desirable TO distinguish the
&llied soldiers by 8 eockade. which
combined the colors Of the three ma
tions-the white OF France, the red
of Spain and the blue of Bavaria
To none of these incidents. how
ever. would it be wise to attribute
the origin of the historic tricolor,
and cOckade adopted by revolutionary
France At the outset there seemed
q likelihood that green-which Cam
lille Desmoulins had popularized at
the Pslais Royst-would have BE-
come the national color; but men
remembe bered in time that it was that
of the Comte d'Artois. the most un-
unpopular of the Bourbon princes,
and it was thereupon discarded.
A proposition was then made to
assume the colors of the city of Paris
- blue and red. rs Dumas reminds US
in his six Ans Apres" To this
was added Ghe white" OF so many
glorious memories, because it had
been selected by she National Guard
always faithful to the throne and
its traditions
Not until some months after the
capture OF the Bastile was the tri-
color definitely adopted. says All the
Year Round. when Bailey and Lafay-
cite presented it to Louis XVI. in the
great hall of the Hotel de Vile. and
The convention in which 1t was de-
scribed as consisting Of three colors
-'-disposees en- trois bandees egales,
de m2niere que le bleu soft sttache
. L. garde du pavilion, le blanc au
milleu, ct le rouge Aottant dams les
airs"-that is, in equal vertical sec
tions with the blue inward, the red
outward. and the white between.
This is the historic flag which Ma
poleon's legions, in conjunction with
their eagles, bore victoriously from
the Seine TO the Elbe, the Tagus, the
BOrodino, and the Danube; which
they planted victoriously on the walls
Of almost every European capital.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-20

A most remarkable case Of theft
was in Whitfield county, Georgia A
family living In the country left
their home for q few months visit.
When the family returned there was
NO house. NO barn. no stables and no
fences. while large hole had been
dug where the house had formerly
stood. Suspicion pointed to a man
who occupied an adjoining farm. and
after q rigid examination it was
learned that he had first entered the
house and stolen the cook stove.
Then he took some other articles
His next move was to take the bal
ance of the furniture to town and
sell it. He then appropriated the
fences. and later the outhouses to
repair his own fences and buildings
Emboldened By success he tore
down the dwelling-house and sold
the lumber. and. not satisfied with
stealing the furniture and house, he
began - excaxate the ground in
order to ELL low place upon his own
Iand.-St Louis G!obe-Democrat.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-20
FIAff 1a n Fertilizer.

It was q novel object lesson on the
effects of stimulants that New
Yorker so;Ourning in Maine last sum-
mer discovered. Beside the house
where he boarded was field that
had once been cultivated, but now
was rs barren as the Sahara. What
is the matter with the land that
Hothing will grow on it?" he asked
the fisherman. his host Fish did
it," was the laconic answer "How?"
why, it was manured with fish.
You know farmers near the seashore
use porgies. dogfish, and other fish
worthless to eat to fertilizc the land.
And don't the fish just make the
crops grow for q few seasons! Look
at that patch now. For years it
yielded the finest corn. potatoes and
garden sass you ever heard of. You
see the fish acts on land just as alco-
hOl acts on a man. 1t stimulates it
it UP to the highest notch
and as long as there is any produc-
tive power left In the soil it goes
into the crops. But there came the
time when that field gave out all at
once. and all the fish you could heap
on it wouldn't make it bear SO much
as weeds or grass The only thing
is to let it ic fallow until the soil
gains strength by rest Farmers
round the seashore have found out
that. though fish fertilizers give
them tempting crops to start with.
they must be handled as carefully as
a man ought to handle rum or
brandy"
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Of Philadelphia, Pa.

its points merits over the old 1ue pred Insurance
the cheap fraterna assessment orders?
of all
n
GOOD
than the
faerna ORDERS by maintaining sufficient
obligations epidemic.
than
known be and return such pro-
SALARIES aud COMMISSIONS. NOtwh
standing charged the undersigned will place bank in th"
oh officer
will
Fdeiys bundanty sufficient to
obligations.
business faernal ordets
combine banking life
But lie insurance that absolutely safe OF
community Texas For
address A. D. BROWN
General Manager, Trust Building Dallas, Texas
WM d. SCOGLNi
General Agent Indian Territory; Ardmore, l. T.
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lEass.s an nox.
rail- oe MlsehsSe-Aow He OutrOds the
cyclone on FlauR.

Cy0lOaG on FaauG.
Jesse's boy was bad When he
was little fellow who could just
toddle he was bad. Mischief shone
in his eyes. lurked in his broad nose
and grinned openly from. his mouth,
says the New York Tribune At 8
years he would come to the store
for biscuit, show his penny, but
when he got the biscuit of went bis
cult, penny and boy. and feet must
be the foot to catch him At safe
distance he would stand derisively
waving biscuit and penny with a
'.Don' yo' wish yo' had um" When
8 years old he caught his fathers
unbroken colt and scrambled on his
back. The colt gallOped madly
down the road. but the boy stuck on
and soon rode proudly back, the colt
conquered. Many q stolen ride he
had after that
It became his greatest pleasure to
exhibit his skill. racing up and down
before the store. Meet HIM in the
road il was: "Give me a ride, Mr..
Mac?" When he tired of hanging on
behind he ran races with the horse,
but to his chagrin. feet rs he was,
the horse could beat him.
At his badness had increased
with his years, and one day he stole
a chicken aud was discovered. Now
Jesse was n big. powerful man. and
his blows were hard 20 stand up un-
der. so to save the beating he knew
was Ia store Jesse's boy ran off to an
aunt who lived some miles away on
III AnA
stormed and when night came the
tides rose so high that the house was
surrounded by water. and still on it
came. The occupants turned to fee
one man was drinking his coffee.
the other called him to come. ''Not
till done drink" he said. They
left him and the next moment the
house fell.
Jesse's boy got astride a plank.
He saw his aunt sink in the water
Amid wind and rain he aoated out,
an atom on the angry waters
At daybreak, miles away, two mon
searching for bodies. hear1 a shrill
little voice say: "Get up. old
plank" And riding the water as
fearlessly as though on his believe !
colts back. came Jesse's boy. just
the boy. Wind and rain had stripped
every vestige of clothes from his
back lashed and beaten him. but
with his bare body. brimful OF cour-
age yet. after a night that would have
shaken the heart OF the strongest
man
But the little fellow paid dearly
for his terrible night, and for weeks
the hoy was sick unto death. Now.
however, on the road can be seen the
small piece of black humanity, with
mischief shining in his eyes
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LADIES, DON'T Be DECEIVED

any believing that the paste make allowances
system esscutting Works
ting system the only practical existence, being
principle tailurs combines simplicity
exactness of M and be applied article Of ladies'
from pocket handkerehef to the latest and most fashionable
dresses Those contemplating taking lessons should
for themselves the truth of
tenn 1t easily understood, and
to give perfect satisfaction desire the ladies call
MY residence address through mail
fully call them if they desire Home hours
9p M MRS. BESSIE SMITH, Carter Ave, oppo. L. da1t's
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he G.rantin collaaum.

According to expert calculations
the Coliseum of Rome seated 81, 900
spectators, while 10000 more could
have found standing room The
external circumferences of the
Coliseum as it stands to-day is 1928
feet. it's long diameter SIS feet. its
short diameter $40 feet. The arena
is 279x296 feet and the height of
the building 156 feet There is still
standing four stories of the original
structure. 1t was in all probability
the largest building of auditorium
arrangement ever known.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-20

Lady-Have you any Turkish
towels?
New Boy-Turkish' towels?
"Yes. Haven't you: ever heard OF
Turkish towels?"
1--WE read a good deal abouE Turks;
ma'am. but never knew they used
towels"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-20
REAL ESTATE GALES.
Deeds Recorded In the Auditors O0es
Yesterday.

Real estate transactions from January I,
1894. are s., SO, 63s There were flied for
record yesterday i6 deeds, the considera-
tions agsregating 81. s5A Following Is
the list as furnished by Osborne, Tremper
4 Co., abstractors OF titles. iie Cherry
street, between Front and Second:
Lena Watson to J. A. Landstrom, lots
and Q, block "A. South Park. $40.
w II. 7. Barnes TO b. l.. Barnes, block
35...Wood and add to Salmon bay. s.. 600
s. J. Wright TO n. Hume. lots - and "a.
block b Lincoln Park, 500
Ii. +. Johnson TO W. W. Baker. lots !, 2,
8. 4. 5. block q. Pontius, 81.
j. J. Crow TO Com merrial National bank
Of Portland. lots q and ID. block 9. Yesler's
lst. 81.
S. ID. Gustin ct al. TO J. 7. Moore. lot ..
block 3. Snoauaimie, SIS.
J. +. Mcknight 10 Mcknight Land and
Investment Company. lots aud 8, block
10. Terry's ist. 81.
L. N. Meeker to J. r. Jones, blocks A
and +, Meeker's supi, $3.50
May X. Shum TO Swan Olson, lot 5. block
T.. Crows LIST. 500.
G. +. Aust. trustee, 10 J. b. Combs, lot 10
aad s,s lot II. block Is, Frank Pontius. IS.
4. fryberg to l. +. Leslie. lot .. block 10.
NssIe's. 81.
l. V. Johnson to NJ. J. Shaf!er, lot l.
block 4, G. A. Whites add. $1,000.
John Reynolds TO X. Is. klmbail, lots 9
and 10, block !. Whites add, s..
H. MeAandrews ~ Ella Barto, tracts
and $. Eronsou's, $500.
C. Mel. Welshon 20 Robertson Mortgage
Com psny. eis OF me-. sec 5, p, 3, 81 coo
". J.. Anles 10 A. J.. Robertson, lot s,
block 4, Dunn =, $50
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Ship Commodore has arrived at Port
Gamble TO load lumber.
Steamer Rainier. which has been housed
In. will resume her run to Hoods canal In
aday or two.
United States steamer Yorktown left the
harbor yesterday morning presumably for
Wha;com to test the Blue Canyon coal.
Two Of the Black Diamond coat feet.
ship Columoia Capt. Nelson. and bark
Germsnia. Capt. Pierson, arrived yester-
day, the former fifteen days and the latter
sixteen days from San Francisco.
Steamer Clan Nc Donald will leave Lilly,
Bogardns & Co.'S wharf at 10 O'Clock to-
morrow nsorning for Edmonds. Richmond
Beach. Everett, Stanwood. MI Vernon
and Skaget river points, carrying freight
and passengers.
The yacht Rainier was brought down
from its Uuwamish winter quarters yester-
day aud is tied mp at Towle Il Peters boat
house 10 be overhsuied and made ready
for the seasons work. Johnson's boat
house has also been taken to it, Old
quarters near Union dock.
Steamer City of Seattle took the Kings
tons run TO Victoria yesterday. The latter
will be thoroughly overhsuled and receive
a new wheel like the one that brought her
around the Horn, which gave the best re-
suits of any wheel ever used on the
steamer. The new one was cast in the
East.
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MN YORK Ers.
IRE sT8cg gxcHkssx.

sFs NrEK. ApriI 10 The course Of
speculation IN the share market today Was
seoidelsy e:ra,ic. rallies and reactions sue
eee1s4 csch other in rapid order, but
esins s. the prevailing dullness, tho
ordinations were. IS guse, within narrow
.'ss''S. Most ot the business, especially IN
'As morning. Nas done in the indaslriais.
shi'e 81. Paul led the railway lass in the
transactions Streagth sas impaired -
s-e UaYkes 81 the opening by the receipt
I" esH'ng orders from, I.ondou Which In
ssa&ed - Eaui. louisville aud Northera
racine preferred. The frat prices male
ssse generally = tribe higher than yestsr-
saw chasing tsBres, Chicago Gas being
sas s1c,3 uoa, opening :. per ceut lover,
s@t qaiek.F selling up Is per cent. The
ssaefal Warkrg advanced fraction or
moderate taving and sagsed CT
soSn lie purchasing orders
ha9 Been tUe1. nelaware & Hn2-
seo eFoAs = Ter esat.; and she ether
s@<fes ,Fadea IN to = Peg cent. she AT
vi IN Mes YORK GcntrAi. which w&s de-
PRESSED by runners u a trunk line S&r Of
rates ard II a reduction OF wages on some
y 'as taaas in the system. Bote ot these
iefDf'a aere deuis4 - later dealings, ths
s'esS recovered a. tgs :. per osai. Of the
ssS'.-s. Sugar. which had risen - per
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rHm aRLISaroS.
Ssw Train Equipment.

The Nerih- \ estssn limited leaving M.uneap-
els aa4 - Fsg. sxSry GsY ~ abs rear fog Ch.-
raso cares the azest rsslFosI c&rs y on tia
slfsa hss ssss sssn. They are respectively
hgavt, smoking Aaa library car, d3ubss state
Toosa aieSskgg ear. 9 drawing FSoga car. a diE.
izg car sa3 private Compartment slsep~
ins car. IL toGk longer H. sssign ssssa ears
tsaa 10 eGtl1 them. 80 much attention wss
given % tie asssils PlntscA gas and heated by
steam. Tia ~asels are tAtFtys.x Inches -
dsAnsssxr az. Ut Knapp steel
bach es- aas sae aGsi-tclsscoPsns device sad
every ether feature dssisss3 10 increase fas
safety &C travel 4ss stsps. ratings. gGar9s.
etc are az ct Sold tFsss highly po-ishst
ben yea sEssei De sure your ucksis READ vs.
tie SoFsA- es:sra- Esrtas IN ths s5oys ears AZ
tie sans rates Of al oEaiGsry sespeK T. "
Psgset. Puget so=1a sssaS III CAesrT street,
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cent In the early trading. fsu OF x NJ
cent on small be&R raid. The so>sr 6e.
It's ioF thss stock attracted bryine. ana
she od story 20 the effect that ref.nad
sak.< VIII sscsive mcrs peotsesica than 10
s.sen 10 The sxissing bsiI vas revived. With
'ns result that m advances Of X rsr cent
sas mace. OF which Per cert vas lost
az aae 'sssr deaisnes. the closinx being x
ADVANCE on the DAY. Shorty altes I O'clock
,hs general list receded q per cent. New
ssJ ieadiag the decline which vas.
however. checked before noon. and sh.ru
spAas1 turn recorded, in which General
Lseeisic was prominent. scoring gain OF
u per cent Chicago Gas. which had Lost
= per cent OF the early advance, rose IL.
ana sugar per ceat. During the cary
part OF The afternoon the Indussrials
we're quite strong, Corcage Advancing l..
Tobacco / u and the rest of the group
traction. except Corlage preferred, which
hade some rapid and dig turns, selling off
% to = and then sold .: 81 aad A., thea
ioalowed . break 10 s. again, with snal
faisy back 70 - again, making q net loss
oi Ia. Sugar rallied * and then los.
Per cent. Chicago Gas reaeting x and
ccrcaga e The railway list vas veil
held aud during the last hour improved
gradually. closing fairly frrn but very ir-
regular
The bond market wss weak during the
greater part Of the day. bat closed firm.
Government bonds-Firm.
State bonds-Dcli.
Petroaeum-Steady; Pennsylvanis oil
saess mone. closed sc bid. Lima oil saIss.
none.
FINANCIAL
Money-on call. easy At 1 per cent,
last loan. per csnt: closed. | per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 2s4s5 per cent
STERLING exchange--Weak, with actual
bushes in bankers bills at 81 est.
for demand. and $iss349f4 81 for sixty
ssys Posted rates. 81 sss1ls sk; COM
neral bills. As6l4Gise5z. SILVER cerfin-
cascs. 6iZc.
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CHICAGO usEkETs.
rpx saAkD oy rxanx.


CurcAso. Aprg Ia--The continued Ia
vorsbge reports Of growing crops from
every state started the market for whea,
rather at about yesterdays slos.ng prices.
hat the number Of buyers and sellers was
very limited. The fluctuations for az hour
were eonhned between 535se and 1859 for
May aua 6it.e and 6lssc Tor July. Tse
xxoort oiesrances from Baltimore
amounted in wheat and iour 10 about
600 bushels CA that May advanced 10
soc aad July 10 sc, The total elearaness
from the four principal Atlantic ports
amounted to.oser sn,co bushels IN wheat
and -four. aud shat vas the cause for an
ether slight advance. Say sold 90 10 'sfs.
aaa,.c and July 90 es}sc. The edge sore
ofs about an hour before tie close. when
NAY dropped 20 69sse aad July 10 ts1'ie.
The market closed wssk and AZ the ioses'
prices OF the day.
Corn was generally firm for Asy and
weak fer July. The former. IN the end,
lost ne anG ths lister seont lac.
Provisions openet frsn ana closed weak
a, from -, - .7e decline Tor the day n
pork.
E.ssraaisa receipts for tousorros; Wheat.
- eArs: corn, les cars cats. rs cars hogs,
- 90 head.
Closing wheas-Easy; cash. Sec May
seize. ~, a..
tagn-rasisr; cash. ss'.c; Nav, &C.
osis-Sssaiy; eAsh, Sc: May. s-sse-
Rye~~eufet. 49,
Bsriev-tllseL
PAX seea-~Iossr sl2s
Prlsie ,imoShy--ss @ef taa
Fork LoRsri May. si@~Gsa; 1n'y'
81 ~.
shost abs-LowsE. Nay, <c.sss,s JAY,
S6iTn
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MARINE sKwa.

TAroosH, April ia.-5 ?. m.-icpe-
cial. i-De0se fog: fresh southwest wind.
Inward--U. s. str Albstross, 80 p. n. 4
barxsntine outside bound in.
SgAH BAT. April 1a--5 p m.-lSpecial.l
Clear; cain. Tugs Wsnderer and Iyss
In Ray.
PYsHr, April la-5 p. m.-lspecisi.i-
Gear: light east wind.
PoRr AssEIEs. April ia.-5 .. n--lSpe-
Cal. Clear: light northwest wind
SAN Francisco. April 1a-Arrived -
Saturn, b. p. Cheney. Raphael, Ceylon.
Departed-Ivanhoc. Seattle; John c. Pot
ter. Pyramid harbor; Peieus. Queens
town; Matilda, Nanaimo: Gen. Fairehild.
Nansimo: sch Joseph Russ, Eureka and
Caliao. Cseared--Belgie. Yokohama and
Hongkong; Walla Walls, Victoria: John
{. Potter. Pyramid harbor: Matilda, Ma
naimo; sch Vine. Mszatian.
san DfKGo, April ia.-Sailed leth-U. b
Str Ranger
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Hops--Quist.
MxrALa

nk1AL.
Pig iron-QuIe.
Copp<r-Quiet
Lead-Qaiet.
Tin-Firm.
Speiter--Easy; sales on Change on
prompt shipment from the West: spelter,
$3.50.
corrEx
Coffee--Options opened dull and sheavy
and declined under disappointing cables
ard extreme apathy of spot market.
Closed dull at unchanged 10 Is points net
decline Ssies were 50oo bags. Including:
Arrii, si605; July. $l5sGl 1850; October.
Sfs 81. December, SistS.
SPOT coffee--Rio. dull and nominal;
mild. inactive; sales. 500 scksges Jamaica
Warehouse deliveries yesterday. 2. 4oo bags;
New York stock today. i3i,4io bags:
total United States stock. ~, 100 bags.
aflost Tor the United States, SIS, 900 bags,
total visible tor the United States, SIT, 100
bags, against last wear aai, SIS bags.
kio-Market steady; No. Rio, t5c. $50
exchange. at.d. Receipts, 90 bags; stock,
s9.eoa bags.
Sanios-Market quiet; no quotations;
receipts, Loo bags stock. ssoa bags.
uamburg--Market duh; sales. 600 bags;
prices unchanged 20 !. pig lower.
Loudon--Markst quiet. prices IN
changed throughout
Hayre-S@ies, 6. 40 bags. Prices is@l.
lower.
susar-Raw, steady: sales. 5. 800 Rags
centrifugal. rs test, 2izc; refined, steady.