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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-06-02

The wind bloweth, the water dow
eth; ;the farmer soweth, the SUBSCRIBER
eweth, aud the lord knewcth that NC
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-06-02

A car load of watermelons passed
through here this morning from Gal
weston enroute to Kansas City.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-06-02
NOTICE.

/ will furnish day board at $S per
week, commencing June /.
20 At Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-06-02
L . / E n:

Good gunpowder tea, .40c III.
Best refined lard, &c ID.
Best refined lard, 80 ID. tins, 1-zc.ss
just recefved-Full cream choice
grated pineapple; Cox gelatine Ger.
man sweet chocolate; bakers choco-
late aud retail preserves by the ID.
Smoke Little Cuban Boy cigars.
Butter always on ice.
Soda pop on ice.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-06-02
A HOLE IN THE GROUND.
Four Hundred and Fifty Miles Around-The
Grand Canon Of the Colorado

River IN ATlzOna.
This Titan of Chasms is the grandest and
most sublime scene in the known world. No
where i'll human experiences can the like he
found.
The beauties of this grand scene have re-
Gently been portrayed by America 3 greatest
painting 6xl2 feet, shown at the Worlds Fair,
and valued at S25 600. BY special permission Of
the owner to the Santa Fe route, Hthographs
size 29x42 inches, has been made, " hich in al
its details, Is exact reproduction OF the
painting itself, and is worthy Of place and dis
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-06-02

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20 pounds gran. sugar. stand, $1.0o.
3 pounds pie peaches, 10c.
Corn, 10c.
AprIcots, 15c.
Plums, lac.
Grapes, IL 1-2c.
Genuine sugar house molasses, SOC,
Good molases, SOC.
Parlor matches, 15c doz.
Lemons, 15c dOZ.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
Large Rats, Small Bottles.

Lord Albemarle told Mrs. Beecher Stowe
when she was in England a really witty
and amusing story about the Duke of
Wellington, which was, in fact, squib of
his own rejecting on the high handed au-
tocracy of the duke in the later days of his
command of the army. Sitting next "A
lady at dinner who had a smelling bottle
containing musk, the duke is alleged to
have said to her, ''In India ladies put
muskrats into their smelling BOTTLES. J"
"They must be very small rats, then," the
lady observed
mot at all-about the size of English
rats" "Then their smelling bottles must
be very large" "Not at all-no bigger than
yours" When the gentlemen entered the
drawing room, Lord Fitzroy Somerset whis-
pered to the lady: "You now see the sort of
difficulties we have at the Horse guards.
We are required to put very large rats into
very small bottles" To hear the narrator
mimic the Iron Dukes manner when he
told this was "as good as play"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
The Greedy Rats.

If wild fowl that are visiting waters get
fed in order to encourage them to remain,
the rats will come to see how they eat it
and contrive among themselves to appro-
pirate the food. No job is too hard for a
rat, and l can say from personal expert
ence that past master or mistress in rat
craft it is hard to circumvent.
The common house rat, the brown one,
is IL first rate swimmer and good diver
He will watch the ducks and listen to all
their calls, and if the birds have located
themselves on some island he swims out
to it, steals the eggs, or kills and eats the
young birds. If the nest is near the wa
ter, by the side of some stream or outlet,
the rats will cross with the young ducks,
after they have killed them, to the other
side.
A dozen young ducks, half eaten, have
been found under one large stone close to
the waters edge. They will watch close
by for the departure of man or dog-they
know well when these have gone-and
then they do their work quickly. Stoats
and weasels are really benefactors to man,
for they will kill rats and mice in great
numbers. Pheasants and partridge suffer
in like manner as the ducks, but to a less
extent.-Cornhill Magazine
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
Six Curious Chinese least Days.


The first day of the Chinese New Years
feasts is called Birds Day (Kay Yat(,
and is supposed to bring to mind the util-
ity Of the feathered tribes as food On this
day all orthodox Chinese abstain from
eating flesh, and they sometimes observe
it as a day of fasting. The second day is
Dogs Day Ku-Yat). This day is es-
pecially held sacred to the canine hosts of
the Flowery Kingdom. The Chinese, not
withstanding the fact that they eat the
flesh of the dog and esteem it great
delicacy, honor their dogs more highly and
take better care of them than any other
race of people. In every large Chinese
city there is a workman whose sole trade
is that of making coffins for departed
CANNES.
The third day, Hogs Day (Chen- Yat), is
celebrated in honor of hog that once
drew valuable manuscript out of bon
fire of trash. The fourth feast, Sleeps
Day (Yaong Yat), is honored in memory of
Pun KoonVenga, a shepherd who clothed
himself in leaves, grass and bark of trees,
refusing to make use Of any part of the
sheep, either for food or clothing. The
fifth day is Cows Day (New-Yat). This
day is consecrated to the COW that sucked
the orphan who afterward became rich and
built the celebrated "Temple of Cows"
The sixth day is Ma-Yat. or Horse Day
and is set apart to call to mind the useful
ness of that noble animal.-St. Louis Re-
public
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
Mothers Affection.

Do mothers favor their sons because Of
some instructive influence which makes
them feel prouder of boy than of girla
Because a "boy is father of the man"-man
with all the possibilities of power and posi-
tion before him, and which are closed to
girlsS Or are mothers actuated by a nat
ural law, and lean toward their sons as
women lean toward men-the weaker to
the stronger?
Mothers as a rule aid and abet their
daughters in getting married, but often
hear with regret of the engagement Of
their sons to other women. However, girls
are somewhat compensated by the partial
ity their fathers show them. If the 'stern
parent" have soft spot in his heart, sell
dom can it resist the coaxing and whee-
ding way so natural to girls when desirous
for him to part with an extra half crown
or to give them treat at the theater or
elsewhere.
Perhaps it is but fair that, as mothers
favor their sons, fathers should favor their
daughters. But the attention girls miss
before marriage is repaid sevenfold after
ward. For, whereas a mans mother usual
ly leaves him and his home severely alone,
and is quite difident when visiting him
his mother-in-law's concern for her daugh-
ter's welfare exhibits itself in multitude
of ways.-London Tit-Bits.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
A Grand Electric Discovery,

The Italian who saw in the motion of /.
frogs leg the key to a grand electric dis
covery by this opened new and broader
field for modern and practical electricity
Galvani, the Italian, had been experiment
ing on the legs of frogs and several other
animals of the reptile kind, and was inves
tigatng by practical demonstrations the
power of electricity upon the animals
muscles and upon copper hooks ON which
the frogs hung. Galvani's heart went up
with thrill of inspiration when he found
in his experiments with copper and frogs
were combined perfect electric machine.
The frogs furnished the electricity; the
copper hooks and bits of iron were only
conductors. Out of that simple expert
ment grew grand results. Galvani be-
came famous and attracted the attention
and honor of all the learned men Of Europe.
Franklin's bottled lightning was an i'm
preston worked out scientifically and re-
suited in grand revolutions in the scientific
world. Galvani's frogs made another grand
stride in the development of electricity as
a science.-New York Telegram.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
A Daily Performance That Is Free.

Matinee every day; seats free. Perform
ance commences at 3 a. m. All are invited
that are wide enough awake to listen.
Thus announces natures orchestral man
ager Spring comes in with this matinee,
summer sees the height of this outdoor
concert and autumn brings the adjourn
ment of this open air entertainment til
the first day of the next spring.
As soon as Aurora with her rosy fingers
draws aside the curtains of night and ap-
pears at the opening the concert begins.
"Copse, rock and river ring again on n fine
spring morning." The melody finds its
way to the heart of every one or would
if sleep had not SO locked the outward
senses that the heart cannot be reached
Chanticleer opens with his shrill Cock-a
doodle-do-o-o.
When one begins to sing the whole wood
soon manifests its sympathy by u general
chorus, and the songs inspire delight in
the feathered songsters. They care not
that men are not listening; they sing Their
sweetest songs to one another, they are
telling their brethren of their happiness
they are singing their songs of love, they
are chanting the same songs of praise that
the morning stars sang together when the
world was created and God pronounced il
good, they are caroling Of hope for days to
come and of joy in the days that are.
The deep blue heaven is full of voices ol
unseen birds that flutter at the pale porta
of morning. Matinee closes promptly at
q. IN. After that each bird sings solo OF
chorus, as he pleases, but all through the
day they keep up their constant chirping
Troy Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
EARLY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES.
The Members Were Generally Pretty
Good Nntured Fellows.

THE Eagle Fire Engine and Hose com
pany," said an old timer yesterday, twas
the first Pittsburg company ever actually
organized on the volunteer principle. This
occurred in the year 1874. There was a
great time in the village when the Eagles
secured an engine. When the wagons
which brought it from Philadelphia ar
rived the town could hardly contain itself.
Everyb body turned out to see the wonder
ful machine, and scarcely an eye winked
while j ohm Johnson, the village mechanic,
put the pieces together The new engine
was rude in the extreme. 1t consisted of a
plain box, which contained the mechanical
works of the engine and was operated by
first pouring the water into the pump by
means Of buckets, and then forcing it out
through the base. The fireplug was then
unknown
Sometimes the members of the Eagle
undertook to inculcate morality by means
of the shower bath. Whenever a false
alarm brought them out they invariably
repaired for practice to Virgin alley and
played upon house there called The
Crows Nest which possessed an unsavory
reputation and was one of the earliest land
marks of the alley. In vain the inmates
would cry from the doors and windows
that there was no fire there. The boys al
ways replied that the place needed wash
ing anyhow, and this method of getting
rid of Objectionable residents was winked
at by the authorities.
"When several companies had been or
ganized an intense rivalry sprang up be-
tween them. So bitter was the partisan
spirit that lively pugilistic encounters
sometimes took place. and indeed it is said
some of the good church people of that day
took n hand in the contests. On Sunday
afternoon, while returning from fire, the
Eagle boys met the Allegheny company at
the corner of Market and Liberty streets.
The Eagle captain ordered his men to
march quietly by without any demonstra-
tion. The order was obeyed by all except
one bully, who tried to provoke quarrel.
The captain thereupon became enraged,
and rushing to neighboring stable Sc
cured a pitchfork and made for the man,
who showed fight. The latter lodged the
weapon and ran. From that day on he
never showed rebellion.
"On another occasion when these two
companies were returning from a fire, side
by SIDE each crew waiting for the other to
start up row. one of the Allegheny men,
great big fellow over six feet in height,
who was casting threatening glances at
the foe, slipped and fell down. A little
Eagle man, the smallest member of the
company, stepped over to the prostrate
giant, and shaking his fist at him said
There, you might have known l would
knock you down for looking at me that
way Your responded the big one as he
struggled to his feet, you knock me down
Why you little runt, you, could eat you
for quail On toast and swallow your en-
gine for DESERT The scene was SO ludi
crous that both companies burst into a Fl;
of laughter There was no fight that day.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
Riding Down a Wolf.

1t has been often noticed in India how
fast wolf travels by means of lounging
Looping trot that is by no means suggestive
of speed. While one gallops after 1t as
hard as good horse can go, the wolf pur
sued, never apparently hurrying, lollops
along at pace that equals that of the fol
lowing steed. | have heard it said that no
horseman ever rode II wolf down, but to
this statement l must demur, inasmuch
as have done this thing Perhaps my
wolf was sick.
BE that as it may, did, when out pig
sticking in the Ganges country over against
Colgong, follow wolf, and that wolf
turned sharply when I closed with it, and
the horse l rode-a rare good one-kicked
it over with his forefeet and made the
matter of spearing my wolf simplicity it
self. One of my companions of that day
found explanation of this performance in
the fact that l had ridden another mans
horse with my own spurs -Blackwood Is
Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
PRICES of Old XialiuS.

don't think a more unscrupulous set OF
men exists anywhere than the old violin
dealers of Germany and Austria. They
have absolutely no price and absolutely no
business basis. They ask one man 1000
marks for an instrument (having sized
him>up as an American), when to the very
next person who enters they will gladly
sell for half the amount. Such a thing as
a price list or catalogue is unknown to
them, and consequently an unsophisticated
stranger is at their mercy and they have
not as much mercy as a western horse
shark
The American public can form no idea of
the demand that exists for Italian violins.
1t is simply marvellous, and you will see
before long specimens by third and fourth
class makers that now are worth from $3.50
to $500 each bringing the price of Guarneris
and Bergonzis today. 1t is bound to come,
people who have money are bound to have
fine old violns, and will pay fabulous
prices to get them. They will be worth
more than their weight in gold The APP
probation of the violin is growing every
day in America, and numberless young
ladies are now studying it in preference to
the piano, and inasmuch as the ambition
of every violinist always has been and N
ways will be to own an Italian or some
other good old violin, the demand is yet.
it seems to me, in it's infancy in our coun-
try. Exactly what proportions it will as
sumo no one can foresee. but | believe that
we will see the day when $4,000 will be
paid for a Stradivarus, and when no
Italian violin of any merit whatever can
be had for less than 81 900, while the MAJ
jority will bring from $1,000 to $4,000. =
Cor. Chicago Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
D!AMOND MINING.
The Process of handling the Dirt Taken
from Below the Surface.

The Process of handling the Dirt Taken
from Below the Surface.
The De Beers and the Kimberley mines
are probably the two biggest holes which
greedy man has ever dug into the earth,
the area of the former at the surface being
thirteen acres, with depth of 450 feet, the
area and depth of the latter being even
greater. These mines are no longer worked
from the surface, but from shafts sunk at
some distance from the original holes, and
penetrating to the blue ground by trans
verse drivings at depths varying from 500
to 200 feet. The blue ground when ex-
traeted is carried in small iron trucks to
the floors"
These are made by removing the bush
and grass from fairly level piece of
ground; the land is then rolled and made
as hard and as smooth as possible. These
"foors'' are about 600 acres in extent.
They are covered to the depth of about a
foot with the blue ground, which for a
time remains on them without much ma
nipulation.
The heat of the sun and moisture soon
have wonderful effect upon it. Large
pieces which were as hard as ordinary
sandstone when taken from the mine soon
commence 10 CruIlDle. Az tnlS SudSe Ol
the work the winning of the diamonds as
sumes more the nature of farming than of
mining. The ground is continually har-
rowed to assist pulverization by exposing
the larger pieces to the action of the sun
and rain.
The blue ground from Kimberley mine
becomes quite well pulverized in three
months, while that from De Beers requires
double that time. The longer the ground
remains exposed the better it is for wash
ing. The process of exposure being COM
pleted, the blue ground is then carried to
very large, elaborate and costly washing
machines, in which, by means of the ac
tion of running water, the diamonds are
separated from the ordinary earth.
1t may be mentioned that in this process
100 loads of blue ground are concentrated
into one load of diamondiferous stuff. An
other machine, the "pulsator," then sepa-
rates this latter stuff, which appears to be
a mass of blue and dark pebbles of all
shapes, into four different sizes, which then
pass on to the assorters.
The asserting is done on tables, first
while wet by white men, and then dry by
natives. The assorters work with kind
of trowel, and their accuracy in detecting
and separating the diamond from the
eight different kinds of mineral formations
which reach them is almost unerring.-
Lord Randolph Churchill in Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
1T WASN'T A DOG.
Finally the Street Car Conductors Curl
ositN Was Satisfied.


They stood on the crossing of Fourth
avenue and Eleventh street. The old lady
was completely occupied with a birdcage
on each arm and the old man was obliged
to deposit a parcel, two baskets and
satchel before he was able to wave the free
hand at passing car. This latter act,
however, made necessary the gathering up
of the bundles anew, and progress from the
curb to the car was slow and painful.
The old lady, whose natural stoutness
was tremendously augmented by the bird
sage additions, prudently took the car door
sideways and secured seat without mis-
hap, though the car was somewhat crowd
ed Her husband, however, was only able
to stagger on board, drop two satchels and
a basket on the platform and gasp for
breath.
The other basket was large covered
one, and he clung to it with such solicit
tude rs to excite the irritated conductors
suspicious.
"What you gotS" he demanded.
"None of your business"
ayes, it is. What's in that basketp"
81 won't tell YOU"
Its dog"
"'Tain't."
"Cat, them"
"'Tain't."
Eyes, it is. Get off the car"
81 WON'T" said the old man stoutly. hug
ging his precious basket and pushing in
side the car.
Get Off or Tll put you off" said the
conductor roughly. mo dogs allowed on
these cars" and he reached for the strap.
"You leave that old man Alone" called
muscular man up toward the front.
mind your business" snapped the con-
ductor. Hes got dog, and he's got to
get Off"
"He hasn't dog He hasn't dog"
screamed the old woman, peering excited
ly over the birdcages.
81 haven't n dog" echoed her husband.
"Leave that old man Alone" yelled the
muscular passenger You wouldn't dare
to monkey with young man. Come out
and settle it wild me.''
The conductor made no reply to this Sc
ductive invitation, but by a quick move
ment he pried up the lid of the basket, in
tending to look in, but before that was
possible out popped the green and solemn
head of large parrot.
The new arrival calmly surveyed the as
tonished car and then remarked: "How do
you all dor Polly want crackerP Every
thing goes"
This last remark may have been sug
gested by the conductor.
He was already on the back platform,
gazing pensively down Fourth avenue.
"Dog, hey?" came shrilly from behind
the bird cage barricade. "Stop the car.
Put us Off No dogs allowed You pore
noodle, sure faint a cat?"-New York
Tribune
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18

The clover has played an interesting
part in many philosophical discussions.
In the Old World, it is asserted, it fails to
produce seed unless the humblebee brings
it pollen from another flower. In Penn
sylvania the humblebee does not take this
trouble, but Sits the tube and steals the
honeyed sweets without making any re
turn; but the New England bee is better
behaved and enters the flower from the
mouth, as a well ordered bee, according to
Darwin, should do.-Thomas Meehan in
Philadelphia Ledger.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
The Buttercup.

In the eastern states there are some twen-
ty species Of buttercup found in different
places, but few would know what butter
cup was, or appreciate the poetry and SEN
timent which surrounds the famous flow
er but for two foreign species which have
made their home with us. The one which
prevails SO abundantly around Philadel-
phia and southwardly is the dubious but
tercup, the roots having bulb as large as
q marble 1t is by far the handsomest Of
the buttercup family, the flowers being of
deep orange yellow and snowy. AS the
traveller approaches New York through
New Jersey buttercup, taller and of a
lighter shade, with tint more approach
ing yellow, mixed with the deep golden
kind, is noted. This is known distinctive
" as the tall buttercup-Ranunculis acris
of the botanist.
After leaving New York. eastwardly,
only this species is seen, and it gets more
abundant and aggressive as we go north
ward In many cases it will permit little
else but itself to occupy the ground, to the
serious loss of the agriculturist. 1t is so
acrid as to blister the mouths of cattle,
which, will therefore not touch it if pos
sible, and thus COW may be in some of
these broad acres of buttercup fields and
yet nearly starve. They have to carefully
throw their tongue around the buttercup
plants for the few blades of grass which
try to hold their own in the floral warfare.
In the pastures where this buttercup is
so thick the eye of the COW can be but a
poor guide in selecting the herbage, and l
have often wondered how the tongue
reaches such degree of sensitiveness that
the desired herbage can be selected and
the undesirable rejected.-Thomas Meehan
in Philadelphia Ledger.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
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ministers 10 .na,o group: "nen 0no .n MS
sloharles reuuceo Hawaiian W /" "iiooen
ian9 uage' IL was iouiu ohao aii ono 1ouuo5 ,os
couio oe Representa- oy nso soMeis dAu
seven coisonah's' III ioreisn woiue oouei
consonants were changeo ih'o ohose near
eso allieo 70 Iuen.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
An Anecdote of Parkman.

DR.. Francis Parkman, the late histo-
rian, had a strict idea of justice. A friend
met him one day walking along the street
leading a street boy with either hand.
"What in the world are you doing, Park.
mani" asked the friend. 81 found that
Johnnie here had eaten all of the apple in
stead of dividing with his little brother. !
am going to buy another for the younger
boy, and make Johnnie watch him while
he eats it."-San Francisco Argonaut
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-04-18
Badly EXpressed.

Mr.. Jonathan Trump-You are charm
ing tonight.
Miss Penelope Peachblow = Indeed
What nice things you men sayl Mr.. Flat
ter Just told me the same thing.
Mr. Jonathan Trump anxious to depre
ciate his rival)-Of course you don't be
lieve he meant itS-London Tit-Bits