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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-09
MODIFY THE SENATE BILL.

Senators bank heavily on the
power Of effrontery iEtrenched in
a six years term. Events rather
support their faith in themselves.
They have managed to subvert
the constitution by originating n
revenue bill, under transparent
pretext OF amending a house bill,
and have defied n popular de-
mani which has been expressed
in every state.
But il they could realize the
depth as we'll as they see the area
of this public opinion they would
be willing to hedge somewhat.
The Democratic party is prac-
tically n unit in favor of the house
bill which the senate set aside.
Not alone to the general princi-
pies OF free raw materials and ad
valo-em rates does tho unanimity
apply. The party is convinced
that some of the senators who
wear Democratic colors have be-
come as base "a the basest Ro-
publicans in bargaining with
monopolies for private gains.
The people rejoice that this
week is TO give decision of some
kind. 1t is understood that a bill
containing some obiectional feat
ures will be preferable TO no bill.
This desire does not admit that a
radical departure from the Wilson
bill will be a settlement. The
Democratic party wants rove
nue. measure for the general well
fare and will not receive as DEM
ocratic a measure which repre-
sunts a compromise with protec-
ZIONIST dictation.
Democratic mass meetings, the
Democratic press and the utter
ances of Democrats in private
communications to senators have
n wcighty meaning. Members OF
the senate who expect to retain
political influence will leave moth e
ing pndone this week which will
tend to modify the sugar, iron
and coal schedules of the bill
which the house, the president
and the people are vigorously
contcnding against. st. Louis
Republic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-09
A Fir. without >,noE..

That almost anything is possible
with c ence," phrasc that will
some day be all but Synonymous
with tho ono which tells u, that
"everyJhing is pIss'blc" with the
All Wise. Is prosen by the fact that
while eSperimonters the world over
have boen trying 10 got rid OF tho
smoke nuisance b. appliances at.
tached to the smo'Iestack or the
boiler furnace, a German Sc enlist
zones forward with a chemical that
actually prevents smoke at tho time
OF fuel combustion. IL only costs
about ~, cents per ton to use this
chemical now, when its production /,
limited. IL is believed that IL can be
prohtubly produced in quantities so
that it viii only cost cents per ton
tor coal 40 treated Tests OF coal
which has been givon bath OF thi'
solution provo Tn It its heating quail
ities aro III no way curta led, and
that the fire Is clean. bright and
veil maintained
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-09
IN tbs csimEG
A riar sf Truc- seat lor the sake Of ,
Iost EusstsB Bsiv.

A riar at Truc- ,sat Ior the sake OF
Iost Eusstab Bshv
A mandate had gone forth to tho
effect that certain suburb OF So.
bastopol should be raj led by seloc.
body Of Eng.i5h The attack was u
take place at mid lay. when the
enemy wero at dinner Tho venture
was 80 quickly executed that IL wac
completely successful The occu.
pants Of the cottages had He'd loav.
tng their dinnets untouched Oh the
table and the canafies in thci: cagco
ln one cottage was found baby
about six months old clothed and
asleep in its cradle An Oiiiter ca.
lied away the little one a. a prisoner
Bf war aud sent the news Of his cap
ture To headquarters Word camo
at once from Lord Rag an ordering
that a flag OF truce shohld be sent
out next morning and that all pos
sib.e search and inquiry should be
made for the mothor of the child.
Some OF the officers were amused that
90 much trouble should be taken for
ss.ray baby. but the chiefs orders
had 10 bc obcyel No mother was
forthcoming, however, to acknowl
edge the lost waii. Bat there was a
woman in the rino briga 10 who had
baby iow weeks old who was will.
ing to undertake dOubiL duty
About three weeks elapsed and
then Raglan tho Good sent another
message to his staiT. who had forgot.
ten all about tho adopted child. di.
recting that inquiry be made after
1.-The mother and her twins" Word
came back that the two children
were thriving admirably, but that
the mother herself looked worn and
tired. "How many COWS are there?'
asked Raglan. "One, sir" was the
reply. "ThoD," said tho seli-Geny
Ing chief "scnd tho woman down u
bottle OF milk every morning. After
this the little army protege became
very popular. A chaplain christened
her Anna and at the end OF the wal
the queen adopted her aud gave hoI
u libc al education.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-09
DON'T oAaHv noovs con-.
% IL Conttnry To the Law and Msy
hntan Uisagresnbio Coassdusuces.

W
hntan Di.agrssnbie Coa.sdusuees
"a mao better kavo a live rattle
snake in his pocket than counter.
foit dollar carried as n pocket piece.
said Inspector Lawrc nee OF the treas
ory department, TO q Minneapolis
journal man whom talking about the
carrying Of coins or bills which one
knows 20 be counterfeit "a great
many men don't know the danger
they run In this thing" he said.
''Suppose, for instance. that a man
has d counter. cit dol which he has
had for years. ono that he has picked
m somcw hero and carries as pocket
pioca He goes into store one day
to got something or other and gets
lot OF silver coin in change. he
goes from the store say 20 saloon.
where BIO buys a drink. or To some
drug store - get something or 9th r
1T matters not where he goes pro-
vided there is one OF these smart
young fellows behind the counter al
ways ready to take somebody up on
something or other
Paying for his purchase with ono
OF the dollars, the man behind tho
bar, or the counter. rs tho cnsu may
be. hings the dollar back with the
remark that IL Is counterfeit The
purchaser. somewhat aba he'd. and rot
liking the cycling Of tho crowd around,
begins TO make excuses to the effect
that he did not know that It was
counterfeit, and 80 on, an - . clerk,
who Is ANXIOUS TO make o cord as
counterfeit detective. sud- My Gale
In the police aud the man IL arrested
and searched On his person is found
the other counterfeit dollar, and the
possession OF two is prima facie evi
dence that he intended 10 pass both
OF them, and that msn hasn't got
! enough friends ga the world to keep
him out OF the p tentiary. True,
IL looks hard, but the mCn had nC
| business carrying around a counter
felt coin for pocketpiece or any
! oiher reason IL is "a plain violation
Of the law to carry counterfeit none,
about you, something which many
people do not realize.
suppose happen 10 know tina
a man, cashier in one Of the we'll
known banks OF Minneapolis or st
Paul for instance. has "a S2J bill II
his possession. ! go into that banl
aud call him by name and ask hin
for that bill He says ho hasn't go
IL. But | reJoin. you did hay,
such bill yesterday In your posses
sion. for have the Testimony of tw,
reputable men that they saw yol
show il around to some parties Nov
want that bill yoi have no busines
with IL lIo demurs and make
various excuses and docs not Civ
me any satisfaction What do yo
suppose do9 go out and get
ruarch warrant and ! go throug
every dollar in that bank. dollar b
dollar, or bill By bill, until | fin
that counterfeit s2J bill. And .hen
confscate It, There used to be n
law against this sort OF thing. bu
there Is one now, and the publ
generally ought TO know tho facts /
the case. And formerly IL was nc
an oifense TO make the dies whic
are used in countericitiug any bod
could make them and anybody coul
have thcm in their possession ;
long ~ they were not used, but tina
has all boon changed now"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-09

su hsordbe for The Ardm0reite.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-09

THE ARDMoRETTE is not a bank
ing institution, nor does il COM
mand any bankable money, but
it does possess a spirit of progress
siveness as capital which, ifprac-
ticed by certain financiers of
Ardmore, would make the city
boom with glorious prosperity.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-09
ARE you GOING AWAY

During the sumnqrI If so, You
should order the Ardmorcite sent
~ yon. Your address will be changed
as often as requested.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-09

Que hundred, live, energetic, agents
wanted 10 wogk life insurance wlthiu
the OklarolnA aud INDIAN Territories.
Coed aud liberal commission paid.
Good company aud liberal features.
Address II. NJ Wolvertop, General
Agent, Duncan, Ind. Ter I'm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-09
Advertise in the Ardmureitc.

BroWa Bros. will open iull line OF
diamonds, watches. clock., icwelry.
silverwnre, etc, on or about August
10, in " NisuOr Hotel. Ito
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-07

gers. They can sympathize with Euro
pean mammas in a similar state of mind
on the subject of American beauties.
This phase of the matter is we'll known,
and hence the general unwillingness to
believe that Mr.. Chatfied Taylor ever told
any one to go 'offen the floor"
PHILANTHROPY CLUB MEN.
The money raised in New York's
"swell" clubs for the relief of sufferers
from restitution has amounted to a very
large sum. The members of the Union,
the Knickerbocker add other fashionable
lounging places have been very liberal in
deed. At the Knickerbocker, one night
youth who is widely known as rapid
came in with q story of the suffering he
had seen, and emptied his pockets Of all
their cash and heaped the sum on a
billiard table. Instantly every man pres
ent began pulling out greenbacks and
gold, making, almost in twinkling, a
pile that reached an imposing total. Then
the question arose as to how the money
should be donated, and it was finally CON
cluded to give it anonymously to a relief
fund for East side unemployed, and this
was done. The donation reached several
hundred dollars.
Other clubs have been equally liberal.
If the names of all such contributors were
published it would be found that the most
fashionab BILE men in New York have been
unprecedentedly liberal when liberality
meant much, for the now vanishing hard
times have pinched the Four Hundred as
much as anybody. DAVID WEoHsLER.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-07
LOOKING TO MATRIMONY.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Gives Food for
Reflection TO Engaged Couples"

The Announcement-For the Woman
the Most Exquisite Times-The De-
hghtful Interchange of Confidence.
Loves Seal to the Compact-Long
Engagements Are Full of Peril.
Copyright, 1880
engagements of marriage are coming to
be considered more seriously with each
year. In the youth of our new world,
many curious and crude customs pre-
vailed, which the march of progress and
time abolishes. 1t is only during the
later generation that the bethrothal in
America, has assumed anything of the
seriots and dignified nature which is &C
corded to it abroad. A few of our mon
led families to be sure, whose wealth en-
abled them to mix with older countries.
have been pioneers in the custom of MAX
ing the engagement almost as serious a
matter as the marriage, but it is only re-
Gently that the usages of intelligent peo-
pie who fill our lesser cities and towns
have accepted the idea.
In many places the engagement of youn q
people Is still attended with profound
secrecy, In country towns any rumor of
the existence of such relation between
young man and young woman, meets
with the most indignant denials, even if
the wedding day is set. Secrecy seems
TO be considered necessary element of
happiness in the betrothal OF the country
couple. Each party appears wounded
ana indignant, as over a personal loss
when public rumor makes their secret
neighborhood talk.
Strange girl can't talk 10 a fellow
twice without meddling folks saying
they're engaged. " cries the offended bride
elect. And II wish folks would mind
their own business and let me tend to
mine" says the prospective groom.
Guess 1 can look at girl without marry
ing her, can't IL" The couple which
springs marriage upon the surprised
public with least suspicion having been
aroused considers itself most entitled to
credit.
In these circles, the much engaged
young woman thrives. She is product
of American freedom She could not ex-
ist elsewhere-the girl who is engaged
secretly TO three young men at one time.
Each OF the three believes she is making
fool of the other two admirers, and is
chuckling with satisfaction over the sur
prise his marriage with her will occasion.
But one morning he awakens to the fact
that he forms a third in the trio of fools !;
for she has married an unsupported
fourth admirer.
l once heard of q much engaged lady,
who, with thrifty forethought, retained
seven betrothal rings, after having made
and broken that number of engagements.
Upon the occasion of her marriage she
had these rings melted into one massive
guard for her wedding ring Surely the
wedding fetter needed TO be well guarded
on such BRIDES hand. This type of
coquette, so numerously found in Amer
loan villages few years ago, grows less
and less as fashion demands that the en-
gagement shall be an announced event.
Professional people whose names are
public property, are given to secrecy re-
garding approaching nuptials, from OBJ
vious reasons.
To know that such a sacred matter is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-07
TO TOLL AROUND THE WORLD.
The Columbian Liberty Bell to Cele-
brate Historic European Events

Inc columbian Liberty Bell to Cele-
brate Historic European Events
From the Philadelphia Press
New York, Jan. 1.-The travels of the
Columbian LibertysBell will be far more
extensive than have hitherto been men
toned. Not only will it leave the Grand
Central palace next Wednesday to go to
Nashville, New Orleans, Mexico and the
midwlnter fair at San Francisco, but Mr.
j. ID. Prince, under whose management
its extended tour will be made, amour
ces that the bell will be taken to the con-
tinent of Europe for a stay of at least a
year.
First it will go to England, to be rung
on the historic meadow Of Runnymede on
June 10, 1894, in celebration by the En-
glish speaking world of the anniversary
OF the signing of the Magma Charta. After
that it will be taken to France to partici-
pate in anniversaries connected with no.
litical freedom, and to Germany for the
same purpose, its next destination being
St, Petersburg, where it will be rung on
the anniversary of the emancipation of
the serfs.
Next it will go to Italy and thence to
Constantinople, Jerusalem. Cairo, and
thence through Australia, india
China and Japan, back to the Pacific
coast, making virtually a circuit of the
world. Mr.. G. S. Knapp, custodian for
the liberty bell committee of the Sons and
Daughters of the American Revolution
accompanied by his wife and SON, George
NJ. Knapp, assistant custodian, will 90
along with the noteworthy relic of the
Chicago exposition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-07

Health, temper and happiness have all
been sacrificed by long engagement. and
the romance which hangs about the few
weeks or months of a betrothal, fades
into irritating commouplaceness when
the relation fingers into years. If the
contracting parties are separated the
situation is full of dangers if they are in
daily communion the dangers are Of an
other nature, but as imminent.
1t is impossible for two people of oppo-
site sex to become well acquainted until
after marriage. No matter how long the
engagement may be there are qualities of
character and peculiarities of disposition
which marriage alone will reveal. A
long engagement destroys much of the
charm of both the betrothal and the mar
riage; it is trying relation for both par
ties, and has frequently ended in disaster
where an early marriage might have re-
suited happily.
A long engagement is as full Of peril as
brief engagement is of delight.
ELLA WHEELER wilcox.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-07
Riding a Bronco.

From the Phoenix Cali Gazette
TITS all bosh, this talk about cowboys
learning to enjoy the sport of riding
bucking horse" said reformed cowboy
Riding a bucking horse is like having
boils-you never get thoroughly used to
it. When you hear fellow say that he
would like to ride bucking horse he is
either liar or a greenhorn. The first
day ever went out with herd of cattle
was dumped nine times because of the
presence of cactus burr in my saddle
blanket.
Il have never seen but one man that
had grit enough to sit on real bucking
horse until it had bucked all it wanted to,
and he was bleeding at the nose, mouth
and ears when they took him off the horse
at the end of half hours struggle. AS
a general thing, a cowboy will pull
horse's head up, wind the reins around
the saddle-horn, take a firm grip on the
saddle with his hands and then rowel the
bucker until the animal becomes con-
WINGED that it is better to behave than TO
buck -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-07
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
That War for the Croker Succession
In Tammany.
Astors' Strained Relationship Four
Hundred and the Destitute Unem-
ployed.
(CopEight.)


(Copwight.)
New York, Jan. 6.-The biggest kind of
deal is now being arranged among the
Tammany leaders, one of the objects of
which is the political undoing of Gov.
Roswell p. Flower. At the coming cleo
ton, that is, next November, there will
be unlimited opportunities for cutting
and trading" Hence Tammany will
find the work of pulling their city ticket
through much easier provided the state
nominees are not very good. The present
plan is for the Tammanyites to become
enthusiastic over Flower, to espouse his
cause and laud his civic virtues, with the
IDEA of weakening him with an influential
section of the state democracy. Having
thus concentrated Tammany opposition
upon one man, it is proposed to put Gilroy
or some other regular individual on the
local ticket and carry him through by
sheer trading For Richard Croker is
by no means blind to the promising posi-
bilities of simultaneous election of a
state, municipal and national field of can
didates.
Gov. Flower is thus in the position of
being supported by an element which is
largely opposed to him. 1t is no new
thing for Tammany sachems to adopt this
policy With rare adroitness they utilize
their very unpopularity. This Machia-
velian profundity of methed originated in
the brain of Thomas +. Gilroy. Half the
time it is impossible to divine Tammany's
real intention, so subtle is its apparent
opposition and so potent its counterfeit
hatred of candidates for whom the ma
chine works in secret.
sUBTERRANEAN WAR.
Richard Croker will not resign his DO
L. - L
own successor. That successor will not
be James J. Martin, the present police
commissioner, nor Henry d. Purroy
These two men knew nothing of the late
long INTERVIEW with Croker until it
exploded in print. But before the type
written copies of that document were
distributed for publication Mayor Gilroy
went carefully over it and crossed out IN
ink everything about central power, I"
the great boomerang of the interview. :"
But Mr.. Crocker would not consent to
that mutilation, for he considers il a
strong point in his manifesto.
The reason he was so emphatic in re-
fusing to retire was the dread of Martins
power. This Martin has been very
shrewd in acquiring great wealth unos-
tentatiously in Cookers shadow, as it
were. That element in Tammany which
secretly opposes Croker afiliates with
Martin. Many New Workers wonder
why Croker of all the sachens, is a tar
get for attack. The others have profited
as much as the boss Martin, the police
commissioner, is charged with being
millionaire. Not so long ago he drove
streetc His wealth to-day is in a
brown stone mansion, horses and carria-
ges, stocks in railway companies, and all
that. Croker's idea of introducing "busi-
ness" men into the order was put into his
head by somebody as blow at Martins
growing power.
TorTERING ARCHITECTURE.
1t is rather inconvenient to be a tenant
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-07
The Preacher in a Bor owed Coat.
Efro,,, tI,o Quiz. -


Not only on the Bowery, but at RocE'
ford, ILL.,, they do queer things. Charges
have been preferred against clergyman
OF that town because he wears Dor
rowed coat in the pulpit and breaches
from borrowed book. 1t is also alleged
that he is in debt. These charges are
possibly well founded. The laborer IN
the vineyard of the Lord is not overpala
these days unless his section Of the VINE
yard is in one of the fashionable quarters
OF a big city. He is usually sincere, or be
would not face starvation when he coula
do better in another calling, but certainly
his poverty should not be charged
against him as a sin. The Rockford peo'
pie can easily remedy the Shortcomings
OF their vicar. Let them bring him
new. coat and a new bible, let them pay
his debts, and give him a few dollars %
Jingle in his clerical trousers. Then,
he proves to be a bad preacher or a dis
honest man, they can let him 20.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-07

in his very interesting address Tuesday
evening he gave some new information on
the history of the word. In the last
century most of the inland transportation
was done by pack-horses. When he was
visiting England last year he was in
section of the country where the pack
horses are still used. The local namefor
the transportation by this method is jag
ging. A jag is a pack-horse load. So he
found the same use of the word in the
early history of this country. 1t is still
heard in some sections, and it has come
to mean part of load For instance,
if man brings to market a quarter or
half of wagonload it is called jag. The
jaeger wagon is wagon that carries only
a pack-horse's load. Thus it went on
until some inspired genius applied it to
certain alcoholic condition, and finally we
have the result that jag is a small load,
but that real load is equal to several
Tags
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-07
The Origin Of the Jag.
From the Baltimore American


jag is brief but expressive and nm
usually popular word, which has OBJ
tanned general vogue in modern slang
The Century Dictionary defines it: I.Es
much liquor as one can carry; as, to have
a jag on; hence, a drunken condition. /"
This definition is not adequate or setis-
factory. A jag is different from a load
When man has as much liquor as he can
carry easily, it is a jag; when he has
more than he can carry, it is a load. A
jag is term OF intoxication; a load is
pure drunkenness. A jag can be any de-
gree from the happy condition of a few
drinks to the danger point, when the nos
SCISSOR of the jag knows that he must
walk in straight line or stagger. When
he staggers his jag becomes a load.
The words are not attractive. but their
universal use gives them importance
This was recognized by DIR. Edward Eg.
gleston, the eminent historian, VINO Is
lecturing at the Peabody Institute, and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-07
The Bathtub Trunk.
From Hardware.

Some novelties in bathtubs are nade
abroad especially for travelling purposes.
They are made of the best timed iron
with japanned oak outside and white IN
side. The novelty is that they can %
closed up with strap and utilized as q
trunk to hold the clothes of the owner.
A self-heating gas bath is made upon the
following principle: An atmospheric gas
burner being employed from which the
bath by tiues, and after doing this duly
escaping by main fiue. A bath can DO
heated in this way in As minutes AZ an e1'
pense of 3 cents.