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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-10
sNor SPOKEN As SPELLED.
sSus EaEsIsh Names which = Stranger
IL Liable to asisprOaouncA

SOA0 EnglIsh Names which ssranges
II Liable to AdisPrO"OuncA
A certain English magazine has
been printing q series of articles on
etiquette, and, after disposing of the
treacherous knife. fork and spoon,
elevating and lowering the hats of
mankind for all possible occasions.
and providing rules for every posi- BILE
emergency, from tipping over your
neighb boris coffee to coming to life at
your own funeral, this accommodating
journal gives one really interesting
paragraph ON the proper pronunciation
OF English namea OF course every
one knows the old catch names Of
Cholmondely (Chumley). Beauchamp
(Beecham), Derby Darby and
Majoribanks archbanks). But
it may not have occurred to
this benighted people to call Lord
Ruthven ''Lord Riven," or to speak Of
Berkeley must also be called Barclay;
Drogheda drops the hard "g'' sound;
the Seymours are like the St Maurs,
"Semurs;" De Moleyns is Demolins:
Beauclerc is Anglicized; the letter "t''
in Johnstone might better have never
been born for all the attention it
receives; Cowpor might be written
"Coo per" and be less delusive; Mont
gomery is called Muugumry; Blount,
of course, is Blunt; equally, OF course,
Brougham is Broome; Trafalgar has
the accent on the last syllable; Villiers
is called Villers By all but the un.
initiated; St John and st Clair are
pronounced Singin and Sinclair; the
two surnames Knollys and Knowles
are alike; Dalziel is Deel; Glsmis i:
Charms, and Leveson Cover (the
Sutherland name), is called Lewson
Cor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-10
AND SUCH is FANS.
TAo Greatest Maa n Enwaukes
Locnned Up ae Last.

ThO Greatest Maa ~ Milwaukee
Loensd Up at Last.
81 was ont In Milwaukee the other
day." said . business man, 'tand.
after / had done what went there to
do. 1 looked ap friend and he took
me ont to show me the town. We
walked around on all the principal
streets. and he pointed out 60 me the
big buildings aud all that sort of
thing. Finally we reached down
town corner and my friend took mp
his stand there
~ didn't know what he was up 20,
but dutifully stood beside him and
we talked of all sorts of things for
half an hour or so. just a. / was be-
ginning to get very tired no nudged
me and pointed out 9 very ordinary
looking man who was walking slowly
towards US
"'That's hina!' he said, in great ex-
element
81 expected to see the pr 1sident or
somebody equally great. and looked
In the direction indicated saw " no.
body but tho ordinary-looking man
before mentioned.
"I know If we stood here long
enough we'd see him. continued my
friend. That's him, sure enough
"'ThAt's who,' / asked.
"'Why,' he answered. that's Charles
FL. Harri4'
"'And who, in blazes. is Charles 81.
Harris?'
81 shall never forget the look Of
utter contempt that my frienl cast on
me. He drew himself up to his full
height and answered in . tone that
made me feel very small indeed:
Why, he's the man who wrote After
the Ball."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-10
He Had Him Thera.

The late Sultan Burghash had .
very savage, chained lion. and as a
happy thought, offered it to Sir John
Birk. then British consul-general to
Constantinople, reminding him that
the lion formed one of the supporters
of the royal arms above the gate
of the British consulate, and that the
presence of the real brute would,
therefore. be highly appropriate. ST
am sure that your highness would
never make an incomplete present" {"
he replied, ''and when you are able to
accompany the lion with a unicorn l
shall be delighted to receive your
munificent offer" i
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-10
WHEN THE QUEEN CALLED.
doe Jefferson Was Unfortunately '.NOt
It Home"

doe Jefferson Was Unfortunately '.Not
~ Home.'
Jefferson, the famous American
actor, was once asked to spend . week
with a Scotch peer. Among the
guests was q brilliant and naughty
lady, who was the daughter of an
earl 81 suppose" says Mr.. Jefferson.
there must have been a homespuD
flavor in my American manner that
amused her, for she made a dead-set
mt qu;zzing me. ! did not detect it
mt first and answered some of
her absurd questions about America
quite innocently. She kept her
face so well that l might never
have discovered this but for the broad
grin u ON the smooth face of one OF
her boyish admirers; and then 1 felt
for the honor of my country that if
she ever made another thrust at me, /
would parry it if could had not
long to wait, for, emboldened by her
late success. she turned upon me and
said: By-the-bye, have you met the
queen lately?" mo, madame" re-
piled l, with perfect seriousness. 81
was out when her majesty called upon
me-" She colored slightly, and then
turned away. and never spoke to me
again. but I was revenged."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-10
THE WRONG PLACE.

A Couple Who Were MarrIed when
They Had NO Need Co do So.
A good story ia being told of Penn
sylVania preacher. Ono Sunday after
noon couple called at the parsonage
and in broken English inquired, 80 the
reverend gentleman understood, if the
preacher man. lived there. Ano, on
being invited in they commenced pre-
pairing their toilet OF course it was
supposed they had come to be married
and every assistance was given by the
preacher and good wife in getting
ready for the ceremony. The bridal
veil and wreath were carefully ad-
justed by the lady, and the gentleman
carefully combed his hair. Then their
nands were joined and the solemn
words were spoken which bind
humans together in wedlock.
The ceremony over, of course 1t was
supposed the newly-married couple
would be in haste to depart But IL
was not so with them, and by their
actions they betrayed that they en-.
pected something else before leaving.
Finally the reverend gentleman re-
marked. "Well. now you are married,
and the snswer came. ''Oh, yes, VO
bin married last February, and nov
want unser Sigture dsken." A feather
would hare knocked down the preacher
upon the revelation. It was the
''picture man" they were looking for,
and not the preacher man" How.
ever, there can now be no mistake
about their being married. and thai
the knot u tied good and tight
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-10
BrleanA conrrasaman.

Something much akin to consterna-
ton has been created throughout
Greece by the issue of warrants for
the arrest Of several members of the
national Legislature on charges OF
completely in the acts OF brigandago
which are now monopol;xing the at
tention of the Hellenic government
One of the most prominent importers
of NJ. DelyAnnis. namely. N. Takis.
representing tho district Of Trikkala
In parliament, has already been
lodged in Jail, and it II expected that
he will shortly be joined there by
several of his colleagues who sre
Sccused Of being in league with the
Theasallau banditti
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-10

Three catS of . species said to be
unknown were discovered recently in
the spire of church at Brighton,
Mass The cats are covered with q
coat of long. shaggy fur; their teeth
are long and almost like tusks- On
the nose of each is a long tuft of hair
resembling a tusk. They are very
agile and spring from rafter to rafter
with the ease of squirrel It is not
known how they got into the spire or
how long they>have been there, bat il
Ii believed that they hAEe bees CON.
Aned in their aerial shode Tor mary
years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-10
a RICH RUSSIAN BROTHER.

Ivan Had . Great Opinion Of Him and
9 His Ability 80 Get Drnuk.
"The house on the right, says Ivan.
with some pride, belongs to my
brother, who is the richest man in the
vi lage. He has Ave grown-up sons,
and therefore q large amount of land.
four good horses and six cows; he
lives we'll"
"Does he drin k?" we inquire.
''Of course he does" says Ivan,
'hard on holidays; but he is good
worker. and, with Eve sons, can spare
two or three to work in town. Three
of his are labOrers, and most Of their
wages come home. As for the land.
my brother and his two sons and their
wives can easily cultivate it All,
barin! it's a great thing for us
moujiks to have grown-up sons!"
VANS remarks were true enough.
The large family in Russian village
il q cooperative concern, and pays
we'll
rs your rich brother at work to-
day?" we asked.
Ivan made a tipsily comical gesture
"a AoEEOES n0 SP3S uPOA CAS SEOuuu
with unnecessary vehemence and ther
crossed himself
''The BARN is pleased to joke" he
said. ut is holiday. Ny brother
and his sons are not sinners. They
do not work on a holiday. They are
all at the kabak, as they should bel"
"Drunk?" venturcd.
Drunk, barin; certainlyl' said Ivan.
''EYhy, what would you have"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-10
Al oah,r Named Family.

DR.. Rupert of Green brier county.
Vest Virginia, is the father of fifteen
children, whose names all begin with
the letter L and end with a vowel
The children's names are Ledona, La.
varia, Livigua, Lorena, LycenN.
Lualzo, Leancy. Lacelia, LSdurA.
Leonida, Luna, LydAho. LomeG&
Eanida and Leslie
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-10
W. Wilmington
Leader in the lines below enumerated
at bed rock prices.

DO you want fne suit of clothes, if 80 60 to
w. f. Whittingtonis.
How about one of those fine overcoats at
w. F. Whttngons
Lock at the immense stock of overshirts at
w. r. Whittngtone
if you will look those beautiful albums at w.
Whittington you will buy several of them for friends
Dolls Dolls Dolls! You the quantity that
have for the Christmas trade.
Ny stock boots and shoes is complete every respect
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-07
journalistic.

Rev. j. r. Andrew, once Il pastor of
the M. f. Church, South, Frostburg,
is now at Easton, Nd. Added to his
passionate there are the labors of
editorial control and the perplcxities
OF publishing Il newspaper--THeC Cir
cut Rider. Andrew is "a diamond in
the rough"-a great big good-hearted
fellow, with a penchant for making
striking remarks, but in his best moods
eloquent as any of his sledge- hammer
prototypes of the Methodstic school.
His paper Is, therefore, considerably
characteristic Of the man. For in
stance, he says to subscribers who APP.
parently want to stop the paper the
wrong way:
lfvou are determined to pull up-pay up,
and we will shut up-the accounts. We
havn't time to fall on your neck weeping and
give you the full series of Ruth and Naomi
tabieauf.
He evidently has servant whom he
calls "Our Chocolate Drop" and who
could not see how the reverend editor
could smile under so much care when
she reported:
Dem jars what had de ransom lard is ellen
EN- with consecrated Ii, an da is jes as clean
as ANYTHING.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-07
BreXiIieS.

The keyser CIV. Va.) Echo informs II
correspondent of the Cumberland Nems
that there amt no sich person. AS
Hon. John o. Thompson" and that
''the name of the editor is James"
This is not per- cent. as bad as that of
the candidate who, having been called
Il liar and a thief, published card
Indignantly denying tina: he was a
thief.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olution at Frederick, Md, distin-
guished the Fourth of July this year
by erecting marble memorial tablet
over the grave of Thomas johnson.
the first governor of Maryland. The
tablet was a gift to the d. A. r.
by Mrs. Ann G. Ross, of that
city. The governor was one of Gen.
Washington's closest and most stead
fast friends. A numerous family of
descendants inherit the governors
excellencies of character, among them
the Johnsons whose country-sea is on
the National Pike, about miles west
of Frostburp,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-07
A Tariff Mistake.

Some Western editors think coal ought to
be free of duty and that if it were so, their sup
ply of soft coal could be had at so much less
per ton. Referring to the matter, they say
there is one thing these operators have not neg
lected to do and that is to add that 75-cent duty
to every ton Of coal they have sold and put it
in their pockets. These writer's don't know
a fact Of what they are writing about.
There is no margin of IS cents a ton on soft
coal to the producer, nor one-third of that
sum, as rule.-Coal Trade Journal.
In this region, after labor is paid.
the amount of the duty left to the own
err of the coal isn't large enough to be
called margin"
Labor here gets nearly every cent
the tariff provldes-gets it without en-
countering competition or making the
slightest effort.
What the owner gets he wins in a
scuffie with vast and growing rival
domestic interests.
When, therefore, in the past he won
his 5 cents per ton labor gained its 10
cents, and when he lost his 5 cents,
labor lost its 10 cents.
Is it not strange, therefore, that the
producer can be persuaded by any
sophistry to stop furnishing his sales.
agent with goods
In what other business do people
with goods to sell strike against their
statesmen
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-07
GENERAL ITEMS.
The ShipCanaI.

The practical business way in which
to make any great enterprise go, and
cause its stock to be sought after as an
investment, is to prove to the public
that it is bound to pay handsome
dividends. 1t is noteworthy fact
that the 10000, 900 tons of coal shipped
annually from the Western Maryland
and West Virginia coal fields were
almost entirely overlooked by the
speakers. If the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal was extended from the Great
Falls in the Potomac to the Patapsco
river at Elkridge, coal barges could be
shipped directly through from Cum
berland to the Delaware bay and New
England ports without breaking bulk
and saving over 300 miles in distance.
The Frostburg JOURNAL called at
tention to this subject last week, and
it is a little singular, as we'll as I'M
fortunate, that the very strongest
argument in favor of this much needed
outlet for our unlimited coal and
timber products should have been for
gotten.
1t seems remarkable, indeed, that
our great and wealthy coal companies
do not take more interest in this i'm
portant enterprise. A saving of even
80 cents per ton in delivering coal to
the coast and New England markets
would shut out the Nova Scotia coal
and put an end to ''strikes" in the
future Oakland (Md.) Democrat.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-07
Inevitable Conclusions.

In certain school of economists it
is held that high protection promotes
high rates of wages.
Inside of that school the bene-
ficiaries of high protection hold that
Organization" is the offensive and
defensive force that secures and main
talns high wages.
Here is "house divided against
ITSELF"
But let us suppose that both are
right, and then ask several questions :
l, Taking it for granted from the
wage earner's standpoint that wages
cannot be too high, why are wages,
eia tariff, limited by high protectionists
to any figure =!
>, Taking the same thing for grant
ed, why do workingmen strike for a
given rate of wages if striking will
win higher wages at all
For instance, why were we eyer
satisfied with Is cents ton duty on
coal when higher, and higher, and
still higher duty would have given us
a higher, and higher, and still higher
rate wages9
And if strike will bring us 90
cents a ton wages, why will not a
strike for Is cents. 81, or $l.25 raise
wages to the higher as well as lower
figures
For it must be remembered in each
case that both the propositions and the
means to enforce them are unlimited.
1t is yea and amen.
l, Raise the tariff-up goes wages.
., Strike-up goes wages.
We must not stop to notice the sus-
picion that if the tariff had done its
inevitable work, there would have
been no need to strike.
But we are dealing with affirmations
that are self-attesting and methods
that are omnipotent. We knoU what
is wanted and know the remedy.
The only question that remains is
why do we limit our wants when our
privileges are illimitable?
In the answer to that question lies
exposed the prodigious, not to say
sometimes dangerous faliacy that
wages can be regulated by any IN
fuence or force outside the automatic
machinery CT demand and supply.
Hence, all artificial means, such as
"raising the tariff and ''strlking," to
raise wages, must be in their very
nature reactionary, and all the results
no matter how seemingly favorable,
must be of uncertain benefit and short
duration.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-07

a growing disposition on the part of the
miners now out, who mine coal for seaboard
business, to go back to work, and this is
being done by them slowly. And as these
men resume work and more coal reaches
tide the price will naturally return to its
normal figures.
Considerable Nova Scotia coal has been
used during the strike but it is thought that
the quantity reaching the United States at
present is diminishing, as it can be replaced
by domestic fuel furnished by the original
contractors.
The strike has afforded the Nova Scotia
article, especially in New England. an ex-
cellent opportunity to meet comparison with
American Goals.
The importation of English Goals has COM.
pletely stopped, and with it the expense of
supplying tins kind of coal to customers
Most of the large shipping ports are idle,
but the smaller ports are making heavy
shipments.
The Pocahontas region is still working
overtime and shipping to Norfolk a great
portion of the output. 1t is reported that the
Pocahontas coal company has 10000 tons
vi NSSStlS anu HOW waiting IOr coal
to arrive. The New River and Beech Creek
regions are shipping small quantities.
Clearted and Its tributaries are sending
more coal to market than is generally known.
AT Boston all interest seems to center in the
soft coal situation. The strike has caused
greater scarcity of soft coal than was at first
toreseen. This does not, however, necessarily
mean that those who are III the habit of
using it as fuel must shut down if they
cannot get 1t. Other Goals can be mixed or
substituted wholly. Were it not for the
mixing with it of buck wheat pea and dust
anthracite, many mills might have been
obliged to shut down. BY its use the coal
heaps of many concerns have been heightened
fully SO per ce"t.-Engneering and Mining
Jorynal
Soft coal is now being more generally pro-
duced than at any time within the past ten
weeks. The men in Maryland have resumed
| operations at the old rate of wages, while the
mines in central Pennsylvania are governed
| by the same conditions and rules that existed
before the strike, and in the Broad Top dis
! trict men have resumed, so that we shall now
have large tonnage from all these points,
in addition to the coal coming from the more
southern points of shipment to supply the
seaboard soft coal consumers. Reference to
the table of statistics shows that there has
been quite serious oss in the way Of tonnage
to many of the districts, and there will be
every effort made to recover their statistical
position before the close of the year; in
fact, if some Of the rumors which are current
be true, shippers over the PENNSYLVANIA rail-
road are going to be able to put their coal III
the markets of the seaboard at as favorable a
price as the Goals from any region.
AT Boston the soft coal market continues in
about the same condition as reported last week.
Several large consumers are just out Of COAL
but the situation is a little easier, as some
New River and Cumberland coal arrived
here the past week.-COal Trade Jou1UM.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-07
SEMI-LOCAL NEWS.
Almost as Bad Loss as the Problem
Of Euclid.
A modern scientist says:

A modern scientist says:
The latest theory concerning the cause of
the aurora borediis has been deduced from a
careful examination of the light thrown
through spectroscope. This unique expert
ment clearly establishes the fact that it is
caused by an electricral discharge among the
particles of meteoric iron dust contained in
the atmosphere.
Not long ago II true story was told
the JOURNAL concerning this matter
true because told by clergyman
A professor had taken IL class
through a protracted and trying
examination and at length asked
What is the cause of the aurora bo,eatiS>
The class was about to give it up,
when young man arose and said he
had once known, but now honestly
and frankly admitted that he could
not recall it.
80, fiddlesticks =" exclaimed the
professor impaiiently; there is the
only man that ever knew the cause of
the aurora borealis, and he has forgotten
it Too bad Too bad :"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-07
Low Rates to Denver, Col.

The Baltimore & Ohio railroad com
pany will sell round trip excursion
tickets to Denver, Col. from all points
on its lines east of the Ohio river,
July 10Th, both and 2lst, good for re.
turn on trains leaving Denver July
9th, August 2ud and 18th; tickets
will also be sold to Denver August Sth.
9th and 10th, valid for return passage
on trains leaving Denver August 10Th,
10Th and September 18th.
The rate from Baltimore and Wash
ington will be SIT 40 and correspond
ingly low rates from other points.
Passengers taking the B. and o.
have choice of routes, going cia
Plttsburg. Akron and Chicago; gia
Grafton, Bellaire and Chicago, or oia
Parkersburg, Cincinnati and St.
Louis double daily service of express
trains, with Pullman sleeping and
dining cars on all routes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-07
The Riot Act.

The invasion of this State by an armed
band of roughs from the region of Georges
Creek was an unmitigated outrage. The
men composing the mob were law breakers
pure and simple, and they should be punish
ed to the full extent of the law. OF those
who got out of the State good many are
known, and they would do well for them,
selves if they keep on the Maryland side Of
the line. If they are found in this county
they are very likely to see the inside Of
the Mineral county Jail, and to face Mineral
county court.-Keyser CIV. Va) Echo.
If the JOURNAL is not mistaken, the
visit of the Georges Creek men to
Elk Garden was merely return CALI
at most an answer to Macedonian
cry.
In either case, it was an example of
suspension etiquette which cannot be
disliked with more JUNCTION in one
State than the other.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-07
Come.

Those Frostburg people are certainly ell
terprising. They are using the presence of
the military to boom their town as an ideal
summer resolt-Easton (Md) Ledger.
The Ledger is owned and edited by one
of the best men within the charmed
circle" of JOURNAL acquaintance.
And he is hereby and herein invited
to come up from the land of the lobster
to the home of the eagle and stay with
the great paper at least long enough
to become enraptured with the sublime
splendor of our scenery, inspired by
the Pierian qualities of our water and
exhilarated by the laughing gas which
pervades the circumambient atmos-
phere.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-07-07

The Baltimore SIN correspondent at
Homecoming writes the following inter-
eSting item:
Superintendent X. l.. Somervlle, of the
Georges Creek coal and iron company, has
forwarded to the company's office in Balti-
more a complete set of miners tools to place
on exhibition. The set consists of two picks,
one sledge, one wedge and a shovel.
When showing the tools to the Sm,
correspondent, Mr.. Somerville said that
the iron from which they were made
was manufactured by the Georges Creek
coal and iron company at this place
about 1852. The furnace has been idle for
many years. The tools were made by
Theodore Hardegan, the company's engineer,
who has charge of the stationary engine and
machinery. They are handsome implements
and will no doubt attract considerable atten-
ton in the CITY,