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Democratic messenger., 1894-09-15

I suffered intensely
from dyspepsia. and
In fact was n Iniser-
able wreck, merely
a skeleton. j seem
ed to go from bad
60 verse. i really
wished ! was dead.
! lad no rest day or
night. / did not
know what TO do. l
had taken so much
niedicine OF the
wrong kind that It
had poisoned me,
and my finger nails
began ss sn rn
black and come off.
4 hogan IN tax
Democratic messenger., 1894-09-15

Rambler Bicycles are much i'm
proved this year and greatly reduced
in price They are undoubtedly the
cheapest wheel i'll the world. They
will last ior wears AMI run easy a!l the
time, and cost little for repairs. The
past demonstrates these facts. Some
persons bIy low grade wheels. but
don't YOU, it is IL great mistake.
They are in the repair shop much of
the time. cost IL much. or more in the
end, than high grade wheel. run
hard all the time and soon wear out.
You will make no mistake l;' YOU
buy No. 1 Rambler nj $1,000. 1t
is the cheapest wheel on earth.
Some makers put . high grade price
on low grade wheels and give big
discount to make You think YOU are
getting great dcal for your money.
Don't be deceived hy this. Strictly
high grade wheels are not sold that
way. Ramblers aie not the only high
grade wheels on the market, but thev
are THE BEST.
j. w. VINCENT,
The JEWELER,
SNOW HILL, MD.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06

A silver quarter dollar rarely doe.
~ much damage as in the case OF ?
,treet-csr horse in Reading, Pa. which
has been utterly ruined by this littlo
piece OF money. fcr the past -four
years there has been ho-sl in the
Bird street stables OF the city passen-
ger railway company that became lame
for a few days every month, nd on each
occasion hard lump formed on the
right shoulder, but never twice at tn .
same place. The attention OF super.
intendent Rigg was called to the
horse. and he had the shoulder lHnced,
The superintendent stood aghast when
= quarter dollar was taken from the
lump A scar in the horses chest
leads Mr Rigg 70 bslieve that the
horse was injured some years ago and
that the quarter was placed in the
wound 10 keep il opeu for the removal
Of pns and then forgotten.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
LIVING CEd ,.
ofa nonds Declared to n' Ssso1 =
Fpcrrbously Active Atoms.

ois ruonds Declared to B. Ssxo8 -
Enoessousiy Active Atoma
Ifyou think your polished dismoad
u more aggregation OF inasimAte
crystals YOU ore away wrong. III JON
Imagine that its components are le-
.oij of or iefly. coherent motion. Jon
are equally mistaken. IL has come W
pass that we are given 10 uaaarsta M
that diamonds are masses Of active
uolecules Inasmuch a. every com
pace body is composed Of uultitcd.s
81 .sceedingly email. ye, not in1is-
lingrishable molsc,ies, IL might be
sonclude that in e solid. st least.
hose particles scptd be clustered "
sesb.r in an indivisiole macs THIS
eAsery ss applied N dsnDnls 10 Id.
.orrsct aud has been co n rletslv over
drown by the researches and srpsri.
nentations OF Sir Robert Bbll of Lie-
erpool. The facts set forth by Mr.. BAH
With reference 10 the structure OF tss
diamond src fascinating. He s>serts
that were the sensibilty OF our cycs
Increased 20 as 70 make th,m . few
million times mere powerful ~ would
be seen taas ths diamond stova
which forms the perfect gem when sS
gregsted in sun .isnt m iris is svs
escS, in a condition OF rapid mpvemsst
II the most complex description
Each moleoule woull he seen swing.
Ing to aud fro with the. utmost VIC.
ieuce among the nsigh boring m lie.
culcs and quivering from ths shocks
II receives from encounters With other
molecules, which occur millions OF
times in each second. The hardness
and i'm pc netrability 50 characteristics
would at first sight seem u refute this
suppos tlon that il is no m ,re than .
cluster Of rapidly moving particles;
but the well-lnovn inpcnetrability
OF the z I'm arises from the fact that,
whom attempt is maio To press q stsei
point into a stone, IL fails, because tbs
rapidly moving molecules OF the stoss
batter tho metal tn such cStraor-
diusry vehem 'nce That they refuse N
allow IL To penetrate or even IN mark
the crystalhzed surface.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
4 Peculiar VIII.

One OF the most peculiar Wills ever
recorded was that OF Madam Mcens.
who died in Antwerp, in which she
to the Twelfth degree OF kinship The
testator was repoI ted 10 have beeu
worth one hundred millions of dollars
The ambitious relatives hnstencd 10
file their claims. As result the court
Is obliged TO pass upon the alleged
rights of li,554 heirs The family
tree Of one heir alone covers n space
sixteen meters square. The poor peo-
pie are doomed TO disappointment, AS
the estate turned out to be worth only
about three millions. So many law
ysrs have been engaged that their fees
alon, will swallow up this amount
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
DIED OF A BROKEN HsAer.
a Segro's rathstic Grief over the Death
OF Ut. wife.

There recently died N Loui,IsnN an
old negro womIn name Auat Harriet
Mo1re, who left to mourn her tbs
husband with whom she hal lived
something over Atty years Uncle
Nuggie seemed brokcnhearted over
the loss, and Il Is thought finally had
his mind unsettled BY his b,rcAve-
nent. Ataay ratc after Aunt Harriet
tad been dead ard buried several
lays her husband went by night -
the cemetery ani disinterrci the re-
mains and carried them home again
He WAS met on the road by man OF
his own color. who. taking HIN for .
ghost. fied from HIM lie. however,
told what he had seen. AMI ths neigh
bors went to Uncls Sugy.c's oab; n sni
fouRd him engaged in rubbing tue
feet OF the corpse with mustard. and
trying to force doYn this rigid hro ~
hot whisky aud water.
Tha old intn Sal he hal been
warn, ID in q dream that his wife VS.
only in u trance, and that q "A. would
fstch her home and use rnsasures 20
revive her sh. wop'j come To life
again. H'S get wn,n the body Vac
again takcn from hiin Uas p'tifui, aud
he seemed utahle =. attend the
second bnr'al. i;it, as the coffin vss
bring lower Il into the grave. & oels
Maggie suid-n'y app p'iye l. ant.
breaking tnrouSA chs party a rout the
grave. throw hinselt into tho hlllpw
on the cas'lct. lie va, gotten onS
with ali spcei l. but a- -. koun W be
quite dead ia ugh n" oiiry u h %
was visible. an thc verdict y!ven by
physicians is that the ol man died u
the act OF ttsti' s himself down os
heart failure, o., N otnsr woris, liter
ally of broken heart
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06

While coming across Combs fiat re-
Gently w. @. Plummer, of Prineville,
Oregon, witnessed an exciting fight
between an eagle and a coyote. The
eagle had caught rabbit aud the
coyote undertook to take it away from
him. The eagle defended his prey
manfully for some time, but the coy
ote was too much lor him and finally
got away with the rabbit, but not
until the eagle had clswed several
bandfuls of bsir out of his back and
left him somew disdgured.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
where suicide Wa. x.sa..e,..

A beggar at Pesth, Hungary. whs
" as arroatcd for throwing himself
into the river with intentions of COM
mitting suicide. was discharged sftes
telling his remarkable story. He was
an aged and shriveled specimen OF hu-
usas sity, with long, patriarchai beard.
and acknowledged that be WAS past
% years OF age. His excuse for 81
tempting to take his own life was shss
he was NO longer able TO take care of
his father and mother. who were afeA
las and 100 years respectively.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
Goa Even with the judge.

1t q told of Henry w. Paine, ths
Boston lawyer, who recently dfsd In
that city. anl who more than onoe
refused seat ON tho Massach usetts
supreme court bench, that while he
was arguin. cise one day befsrs
Chief Justice Gray the latter iut~r-
rupted the course of tae srsumsst
with the Impatient remark; Mr..
Paine, you know that Is not law"
Tho nature aud manner of the inter-
ruption we're NJ kind Z, thro " even
the most sslf-po sessei advocate od
his balances. Mr.. Paino. however,
without any outward man Hesitation sf
annoyance or embarrassment. replied
with simple dignity, 1T was law until
your homo, spoke" aud proceeded
with his s-xument
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06

Evidences of preglacial rivor
have been found. which in earlier
ages drained Lake Michigan west
ward into what is now the Mississip- =
pi river. Some OF the places where
this river ran are covered by nearly
two hundred feet o. deposit, but tho
sift which occupies the rivers bed Is
black and contains shells which show
remains OF earlier animal life, probs-
bly, before men lived on this planet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
uE cor A LESSON.
rh. Fnthnsi..tis Ia.ur>n~~ Assas w"
To, Entba.lAstte tn sssorej

To, EntbaslAstte tn ssse~>S
a man in ny bus,ssss.- remarked
. very sueeessful soiicit,r q life 10
.,i-snce. can't be too careful not &c
be too enthusia stic in his shop talk.
OF cours, ne must get In all the srsa.
ment he can. but IL must b. done
iudiciousiy. remember when | be
ran the work could scarcely and
a Electives enough to de escrib- .he eN
ce'lence of my company. one day
however. I got setback that taught
me a valuable Lesson. had gouc TO
a fine risk, a friend of nv fathers.
nan ~ about forty and good for the
limit. lie wanted Ave. thousand snj
wanted him. but wasn't certain OF
him, for he had his mini set on
another company. Just the same, |
tackled him. and the way talked up
my company AMI it's very superior adj
yanta res over all others was worthy
Of publication on circus poster.
"'Hold on . minute, Charlie he
said. interrupting me in gushing
aow o' enconium. Hold on
"'what Is it?' ! asked, thinking !
bad him.
"'Do you really believe all these
things you are telling me-
"I most enphatically do
"'And do you want me tor
"T don't want you to GO into the
company IL you don't
"'well, he said quietly, q won't &c
into Il, because. my boy, IL I believed
implicitly that your conpany's policy
embodied all the advantages 10 the
insurer that you claim for il, I'll b'
blamed IL wouldn't commit suicide
in order % enjoy them
Then he smiled and ! lost hhl, bu'
I never lost the lesson"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Cuni-rtAS Cuuncm.- Frenslcy Street Ser
vice. every LOri's dny - ~ ~ o. IN and : u
. m sunday school. ~ u. m. PRAYER
Meeting every "Wednesday. ~ y IA. choir
prn~tic. every Friday evening. IS p. IN
Ladies Aid society every Tuce lay afternoon ai
thc church. 3 y. M. Mite lnd Social meeting
'yrfN tuesday night ht place announced each
Lords day Ohicer6' meeting hrsi Lord
luy IN each month Al are cordially invited
- all services. ! u Mnson. superintendent
sunday school; Nolney Johnson, Pastor.
FIRsr BAPTIST CurRcu broadway Street.
Neryices Uvrry sunday at II ~ n. IN. aud n
p. m Prayer meeting "Wednesday evenings
II so'clock SUNDAY school At lOa m. ChOii
,raciirc fridny svenin,s nj O'Clock. 4,
stubbl. held. Pastor. &. II. Bruce, Clerk. &
nm, superintendent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
TO I,nder Hearted.

She sat dowh with the fierce light
Of controversy shining in her syes
Whats the reason you think women
should not be allowed TO voter" she
aggreSsively inquired. II don't OBJ
tect to the single women voting hs
answered, but think . poor mar
ried woman who has a husband 70
look after has AL the trouble on SeS
hands abe deserves. That's my only
reason" She arose with her face 3.
wreathed in smiles
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
Ih. nak Of Iiriti.nY.

In the ground surrounding the alb
hey OF Netron, Brittany, there once
6ourishod an oak which is said TO
have sprouted from the staff Of ST.
Martin. This miraculous sprout was
transplanted By the saint and IL said
to have almost instantly become .
full-grown tree, furnishing shade
Tor "a praying band Of almost u score
OF women the next day after it was
transplanted."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
TORNADO PROTECTION.
ssUestins pev.ss TO Destroy the Pun
mel shaped Cioes-

mel shspsl tiond
Tie nara torbslocs.' or tceuadt
DESTROYER. L. the name of q maehl.s
or contriysnce which may we'll take
rank ss one OF the most ambitious
Inventions OF the age. Tho power OF
this new weapon against . terrihc
enemy has not been teste 1 yet fret.
because II has been sesrce month
since the brain OF its inventor de.
sigued ia and. eecoud, because thore
have heeu no lorna .oes svsiloble In
his locality to destroy.
i, is tho inveutiou OF Fagene Tur-
pin. Q man recently recessed from
French prison flo says Lieutenant
fiudlay. Of tho United states weather
bureau. confirms Fs G. or at least
he declares that nearly all tornaioes
are formed in the upper layers OF
atmospher.
The records Of the United States
weather bureau show that the tor
naioes in America always travel
from the southwest to the northeast
This being estahiishs l, IL Is com
parstiyely easy TO lace the enemy.
because you know from just ~ha'
direction he will come.
The dangerous extent is only an
eighth OF the points Of the compass.
says the Kansas City Journal, that
Is. " you protect tovn 90 its sou'b-
west boundary for one eighth Of Its
circumference IL will be tornado
proof.
IL IL q we'll known fact that water
spout at sea collupses instantly II a
heavy gun IL fred This is so well
understood that nearly all ships 10
tropical latitudes cary cannon for
this purpose tornado ON land.
which is n phenomenon OF the same
nature. can bo dissipats Il In the same
way
His plan in u nutshell, then, il 20
establish aerial torpedoes, fixed on
! high towers. AMI. like the electri,
/ ght towers used In somo American
cities. and SO placed that the eXplo
( sion can only take place By auto
matte action Of the tornado itsolf.
"rhe apparatus which have de.
signed. and patented IL few days ago,
L. 80 constructed that wind OF tor
nadO intensity will by simple mo-
chunical means discharge tho power
iul explosive with which the mRga-
zuo is ioa led.
IL am acquainted With explosives
and do mt eXa tgerate when say
that the apparatus which nave in
mind will scep in perfect working
order without attention Tor about d
century. should use about 20
pounds Of the most powerful e. plo-
sive in each tower. or pyloDe. The
explosion would developo an immens Sc
amount Of <. 5 under enormous pres
sure. quite capable Of destroying
any tornado in it's vicinity. At the
same time the explosion taking place
l20 Ieet or higher in the air would
do no damage to buildings or other
property lower down.
The number OF thefe towers or
para-tornadOes necessary would de-
pend upon the area or Importance OF
the town or buildings to be protertcd.
To furn sh absolute protection i,
would be necessary TO place them
from fifty TO ~ yards apart.-the
minimum width of the path OF u tor.
nsdo within the dangerous octant
Take, for instance, Il town three mi cs
in diameter. The dangerous Octant
would be about a mile along its
southwest border. | would place
sixty para tornadoes in four row.
eng that section Of the cIrcum for.
cnce. That would represent an ex'
pense Of about f3l. ~
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06

hNpod rm'c iNl"'ti"n' OF f"rIi'n -
There was quite rage some yesrs
ago in tho East for porfuming the
skin. Some physician discovered
that the h,podermic injection OF
some perfumes. such as white rose.
lilac or vi lot. under the skin. caused
tho perfume TO be exhaled from
the whole b dy, and even from the
breath. All the ladies wanted to DO
perfumed. The operation had to be
repeated about once n week in o, Ter
to secure the desired results. But
un ortunaie.y. two or three Of the
perfumed ones suJered subsequently
from blool poisoning. and one o. two
oiod. That put quietus on the
hypodermic IN ection OF perfume, aud
the whole matter drDpped. london
Answers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
THE INDIAN AS A FIGHTER.
he Was Born TO Fight. Giori~s IN Fighting,
and w1n snd Can Fight.

he Was Born TO Fight, Giori~s IN Fighting.
and w,n spd Can right.
"The Indian is the most vicious
fighter on earth" said Major Barbour,
late press agent Of the worlds fair,
but u former plainsman. "You read
in the accounts Of the South African
war where hundred OF two Fnglis
men 20 out and whip 5000 or 1000
black men. There il no uncivilihed
people on earth. no race which is ut
tcrly ignorant Of what we call the sci
cnce OF war, thata can for minute
compare With the Inl ans aS war; iors.
No frontier general would th'uk o!
leading his troops against oily OF
Indians where the odds were Greatly
dim is naturally fighter aud a
marlssman, and because he has beer
quick to learn what the whit, armies
have taught him in warfare.
Take that fight in which Sitting
Bull was killed. That was skirmish
it's true, but il illustrates my point
There were Just sixteen men on cacf
side. Those Indian scouts rod,
straight through the camp of Sitting
Bull, and engaged the old demon him
self and fifteen of his picked warriors
IN battle in which no man knew n,
hai more than an even chance of sur
viving.
1--WE seen them. They love to fight
Their ambition is to win glory il
6ghting. Their traditions urge then
On to fight It's their only really aris
tocratic business. They are physic
ally we'll qualified to fight; they know
how, and you can bet they do dgh'
when they get at it."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
tsNIC sOCiETssiS.

Myrtle Ia,,sr No. :. n. OF p. meets every
Thursday night nj $50. I,nll opposite couri
,ouse, Court street. Visiting kuights cor
italy invited.
W. v. MckEivEY, q.
y. =. Uowhru, II u. a. :.
Ardmorc Lodge No. 81, A.. Y. and 4. NJ,
nets ~ their ball on south Cnddo steert. I'll,
mt saturday night In each mouth, on or be-
~" thr iull tnoot
y u. FLow, worshiprul Masior
\. " >ttJiMAN. Secretary.
ArdmJrr Chapter, No n Royal frch Ma
ons, met ~ their ball over Within Son
tore the fourth Thursdny uishs ~ each month
n BwrcA. III sh Priest.
A " SILLfs,S, secretary,
Ardmorr Camp NJ S. Woolnlrn Of tn
World. mvtts In tlIrir f1rcst rf WhittingtOt
Iali every second aud fourth monday night
u osch month. NlsIsng sovcreigns Invited t.
utcnd.
&. y; KiSpmck, consul commander.
Gr0Ni.r HkAp, Clurk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
W.n-us.,.d sef ~ Omar

Tho soldier 10 the best fed n
d!Sidua! o. his o,sas IN Europe. Ths
British soldier roceives Tor his daily
ration Is ounces OF bresi, - OF meat, 3
Of rce, 8 Of dried vegetables, 10 AZ
sotauoes. ana once " sch no receives
oances OF salt, of aoHse ana as
sagax.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
Judging From Experience.

5ro~n. who has mys an ed FREUD
II suppose your SOC = Sn..s Sorsg
man nowi
Smite--O, yes. he. arrived at
wears Of d'rcre,ion Indeed. he's
going 10 be married
Brown-Do YOU cali that dissrs
tioRg- rTu.A
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
a Fabrication Ruled by . Planet.

One OF the newspaper curiosities of
the world is called lie Passage de
Venus (thc transit OF Venus), and is
TO be published whenever that ss
Economical phenomenon reegrA It's
FIRST issue bore the date OF De-
eember q. 1882; the next will be dated
June s, 2oni. The subscribers Of this
unique josrnsl cannot possibly hope IN
get the fourteenth issue b1tore he
wear 2ss2.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06

Two men at work sweeping and
cleaning the street in the upper part
Of New York.
"Mctiinty. IL looks No rain"
Lets sit down, Motke Be ~
bers IL moight rain and thea -
would be doin this worrick fo
nothing. "--Texas Silssss
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-09-06
TIME TABLE.
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe R'y.

sAlvestDn aud Chic1 - Express as IN
Il burnr and Kansas City Express . III IN
SOl-TIi BOCSD.
'alveston aud Chicago Express L. 9la. m
1eburne and Kansas CITY Express s.l7 a. m
l. Il. MAsoS, Ticket Ag't
W. ;. KEENAN,, Gen Pass. Ag't.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1894-05-12
THE lady OR THE TIGER.

She gets two letters in the mail,
The envelopes are scanned;
A girls handwriting is on one,
A mans the other hand.
She lays them down; she picks up one
It's seal is quickly burst
Now, who is wise enough to say
Which one was opened first?
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1894-05-12
NOT THE OLD RACKET.

susceptible young had asked the girl to be his wife,
very sorry she sad but be-
/ can be a sis"
His face grew hard
up will you peae?" he gowed Its bad enough
rejected without having that sister racket fired at
him."
beg pardon smiled coy II had not intended anything
What about that would be sister
naw YOU particulars consult looking
brother. Good morning"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1894-05-12

Our Graduating goods begins Monday and lasts
Responsiveness Co. 30 inch all wool Nuns Yelling all
light and 80 yard and other light wool goods
equally low.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1894-05-12
POINTS IN POLITICS.

"Yes candidate governor remarked NJ Raymond to
The COURIER.
II want the support Of Lancaster county and propose make
a aggressive all along the line"
Mr. Raymond has to this conclusion without serious
consideration prevailing
publican field Of Nebraska politics. and he convinced there
encouraging degree hope county candidate
governor.
Mr. Raymonds sagacy well known, and there plenty
politicians who will say that the reached by him
correct
Both Majors and McCo wagng the most earnest kind Of
fight and hotter the between old the
better the chances for third and Mr. particularly
qualified step into the breach and pull out nomination
That Raymond would make strong candidate and excellent
governor goes without saying