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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15
FIRE AT THE PARK.
The Roof of the Pavilion Destry-
ed Last Evening. Snrposedso
be ResHlt of fCareiessness

Yesterday afternoon about b O'Clock
VIII Taylor was passing by the park
aud discovered tho pavilion to be on
fire. The covering was of jute aud
it WAS this that was on fire. by heroic
WORK he succeeded in extiuguishing
the aames The origion of the fire
is unAnCwn but is supposed to be the
result Of careiessnoss or deviltry of n
lot OF boys, WHO are known TO have
been there smoking cigareits. The
damage was Slight ouly the covering
and rsftcrs being burnd and probab-
~ amounts to S25. But for the time
ly discovery the entire structure
would soon have been CONSUMED.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15
OFFICIAL MINUTES.
or Lnst Nights Proceedings of the
Board otTrade. Commit
toe Reports.

A regular meeting of the Ard
more Board OF Tfade was held at
the rooms Tuesday evening Aug.
il. vice president Wilmington in
the chair. TIE meeting was call
ed to orlar ut $50. The minutes
of the previous meeting were read
and approved. The Committee
on assessment reported progress
and $4,000 in sight for road and
bridge work, and was continued.
Letters from Holder and Heald-
{ n were read and a motion made
and carried that the Board coop
crate with those places in road
work. The matter OF securing
manufacturing enterprises was
discussed by Messrs. Redfield,
Potterf, Bledsoe and Kendrick,
and on motion Of Mr.. Bledsoe a
Committee OF three composed OF
Messrs. Bledsoe, Redfield and
Kendrick was appointed on man.
ufactories and advertising. The
chair reported for the Park asso-
citation the purchase of 100 acres
of ground, on which near $500
has been expended in race course
an1 pavilion work which is stiiI
being vigorously pushed.
Committee on census reported
progress and asked further time
which was granted. There being
no further business the meeting
adjourned until August 2S.
c.. B. Douglas, Sec.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15
Farmera Loaene Matter.

Secretary Douglas of the farmers
protective league mailed today to the
local leagues ninety re e,ord books
aud large amount Of printed litcra-
mre, circular letters etc. Below are
the articles OF faith as they app az on
the fy leaf of the rocort books and
which on mt ring The league agree
to endorse and support, which say;
"Bclieveing change Of Govern
ment IN the Indian Territory immi>
ueut, aud with all due respects to the
rights of the Indian, we concede ii 10
be duty we owe to our families aud
to ourselves usc all honorable means
to secure such protection ~ COR
rights and interests in the Chick asa "
Nation may be justly entitled to-
Therefore, wo the undersigned. as.
sociate our selves with the United
States Citizens Protective League OF
the Chickasaw Nation, aud pledge
our heNrty support and cooperation
to that orgauiIatlon, to Tho end that
the true condition. of affairs may b,
properly presented to tie UniteC
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15
NOTHING UNUSUAL.
That Yarn About Lightning Cavortiax
on shipboard ,


That Yarn About Lightning Cavortiax
on shipboard.
When the captain of the steamship
Abanl, from Dundee, came into port .
few weeks ago and told yarn about
ball Of tire doing insane things about
the decks of his ship, there were some
people who heard the tale with scorn,
and others who wrote poetry about IL.
And now here comes another Dundee.
skipper who tells Of similar electric
display. go. .s-a
lie is Captain Lord, OF the British
steamer Croma, which lately arrived,
in New York from Dundee. Captain
Lord says his ship encountered heavy
weather from the start Seas beat
high, and the barometer dwaTfed IT.
self 20 2s.45.
That night there was a succession OF.
hail squalls, and the captain asserts.
that during each squall every mast
head, yard-arm and gaff were ablaze
with composants, or ST. Elmo's lights,
as mariners prefer TO speak Of them.
They came and went as the squalls
blew and subsidized, and, as these lasted
throughout the night, the ship was
several times illuminated with dancing
tips of fire.
The ship during this time was driv-
ing before the gale with engines
stopped She was lightly laden, and
the seas were swinging so high that IL
was found necessary to stop the en-
| gines to check the frightful racing
the propellers. Waves constantly
dashed over the ship, and one Of the
vessels crew was badly injured by be-
ing thrown to the deck.
Toward morning the wind fell light,
and then came in atful gusts Then,
the lightning got in its play. and tor
an hour or two the ship Was In per-
feet blaze of sheet lightning
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15
A CHECK ON The icsMAN.
Gas Meters and Water Meters, Why
Not Ice M~ters1

Gas Meters and Water Meters, Why
Not Ice M-ters1
II was left TO a Kansas City man 10
foil the Ice man, another prolific sub
ject for the funny men who write for
comic papers seems doomed. w. B.
Dickson, who by profession, is at the
head of a school Of shorthand, and in
cidentally is an author and inventor,
was recently granted a patent for an
ice meter, 10 be attached TO refrigera-
tors. II is to be known as the Dickson
ice meter. by its use the consumer
will no longer be at the mercy of the
ice man and the ice man will no longer
be compelled TO listen 10 the com
plants OF his customers. The device
weighs the ice as II is day by day put
into the Ice box and registers the
weight of each days purchase on a
months register, so that at the end oi
the month "a look at the register will
show the exact number of pounds used
during that period. IL indicates the
exact number OF pounds of ice remain
ing in the refrigerator at any time OF
the day, enabling the owner 70 know
whether or not IL is necessary 10 order
ice. There are also other adyantages
attached ~ the use of tho meter. Mr..
Dickson has received numerous In
quiries about his invention and hal
been offered hsttering sum for it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15
cor EVEN AT LAST.
Row Cleveland Lawyer Avenged
Blow of III rty Years Before.

Bow "a Cleveland Lawyer Avenged .
blow of III rty ye,rs Before.
"'Thai al things come to him who
waits has been proven more than
pace," said Judge Henry Mckinney of
Cleveland, To a reporter
"Once when | was boy of nine or
ten years | was sent on an errand u
long way into the country. On my
way home, bsing hot and thirsty, !
climbed over fence into a meadow
and began picking some wild straw
berries. All on a sudden the owner OF
the farm came rushing ~ behind me
and struck me brutal blow with a
heavy OK gad, almost cutting my body
in two As ! started 10 run away he
hit me Sgain a most vicious blow.
"'oid rlan, sand l, IN get even
some day did. but II was thirty
years la.er was called on to defv nd
the pro cry rights OF some orphan
children. As it happened, the op.
pres or was the man with the OK gad.
In summing up .o.d the story Of the
brutal biows that | had received in
that meadow tn rty wears ago There
Is the man that did it, said | 10 the
jury. Do you wonder that such a
man would rob orphan chi ,dren2 The
Jury didn't seem To wonder bit, for
got a verdict IN my favor in less than
five minutes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15
Territorial Business College.

Attention is called to the change of
"ad" for Prof. j. NJ. Rudisill, from
North Texas 10 Indian Territory Bus
mess College. This institution is a
most valuable acquisition to the city
and is one which should be met with
a liberal patronage. Prof. Rudislll
will make il territorial institution
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15

Notice is hereby given, that wi | sell all the
prop .rty, lately convey TO me- by Minnie
swift, Nv a certain deed OF Assignment con-
sistug Of a stock of millinery, hats. caps, rib
bols. corsets. mits, gloves, feathers, howers,
velv IA, veillngA, eto and the furniture and
hNturcs lately located in building. on North
Cad 10 street In the town of Ar more, !. I. At
public auction, tor cash in hand, to the highest
and best bidder on saturday tb sih, day OF
September, lsFt. at the frtbnt door OF the city
National Bank building in Ardmore, 4. For
further particulars enquire OF the underSigped.
DAVID hzDgiYLD, Ass.gli?.
TITO, Az gust 3, 1894
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15

States authrri les ia such manner as
viii most prohnhiy secure couoidcra-
tion and recognition. IN pursuing
this method OF Organization we do so
helleveing il to BE- the best manner in
which to inleligcntiy erumeratc and
classify our holdings, that they may
be presented in ta6nlnted form for
the consideration of those having tho
adjustment ofsuch matters in charge.
We hereby nd"ll the name a appears
above for our sub League
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15

Caswell Webb ba!liug from Court
ney Flats was up before Commission
er Scott today trying to explain away
a charge against him for carrying a
weapon and disturbing the peace,
Failing In ais efforts be was bound
over to Judge Stuart's court.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15

have been during the ten days, over
hitY conversions. Rev. A. j. Harris,
of Gainesville, known rs as the COW.
boy preacher, is in charge and is rat.
Ting up the dry bones OF that COM.
munity to remarkable degree.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15

W. Il Moore, manager OF The Oh
Nill,, returned from Texas this ms rr-
ing. he t. vofy much elalcd over the
promising aspect of his conrauy'S
business this season.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15

Tom Sanders was given a hearing
yesterday afternoon before COmmis-
eioner Gibbons on a charge OF horse
theft, The evidence was very damag-
Ing to defendant and he was held un-
der bond in the sum of $3.50, in de-
fault of whica he was taken to Paris
last night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15
Lamrnsas Springs.

On each Friday and Sal urday dur
iug June, July, and August, there
will be on snle, round trip tickets
from Ardmore to Lampasas, Tex, at
rate OF S6.s5, good Tor six days.
/. Il. Mason, Agt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15

AT revival meeting now in pro-
gress al the New Hope church, five
milts southwest Of Oye-hrook. there
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15

Think OF it, lots IN the ferndala A6 I,
dition among the verdure from s2oto
500, soc half page ad. at
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-08-15

Advertise 10 the lfa!sorit~
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-26
why They Do 1t.

A we'll bred man puts his hand over
his mouth when he yawns, but not
one well-bred man in ten thousand
knows why. The reason is this: Four
or five hundred years ago there was
a superstition common in Europe that
the devil was always lying in wait to
enter mans body and take posses
sion of him. Satan generally went in
by the mouth, but when he had waited
reasonable time and the man did
not open his mouth the devil made
him yawn, and while his mouth was
open jumped down his throat. So
many cases of this kind occurred that
the people learned to make the sign
of the cross over their mouths when
ever they yawned in order to scare
away the devil The peasantry in
Italy and Spain still adhere TO this
method, but most other people have
dispensed with the cross sign and
keep out the devil by simply placing
the hand before the lips. 1t is most
remarkable survival of a practice after
the significance has persisted.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-26
Patents. Trademarks,

Examination and Advice as TO Pasentability Of
invention. Send for Inventors Guide or How 10 34k
Patent" PATRICK oSAsRElI. .wAsHnSegcna q q
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-26

called upon by his party TO run against:
O Meara, union-1ator candidate. and
Walter,L Hayes. the democratic nomi-
nee and present representative of the
Second congressional district Of iowa.
Kirkwood was at the time IS years of
age and did not wish to accept the
nomination, although the importuni-
ties of his party finally forced him to
do so. He was defeated, however.
O'AIeara receiving s, COZ votes; Hayes,
Is, 279 Kirkwood received s. 900. The
immediate cause of his defeat was the
Endorsement of the union labor candi-
dnte by members of his own party.
In quiet country spot in the out
skirts of Iowa City the old governoe
retired from the scenes which filed so
large chapter in his life. Gov. Kirk
woods adopted son. S Kirkwood
Clark. died in St. Louis in 1868 from a
wound received in his leg at the bat
tie of Arkansas post He was a great
favorite of the governor and was
adopted when an infant Mrs. Jane
Clark Kirkwood. the governors wife.
is past II years of age and attended to
the comforts of her husband till the
last
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-26
POWER OF NAILS
Relative Grip of the Two Kinds
Products.

Relative Grip OF the Two KInGs a
Products.
The holding power Of wire and cuk
nails was recently investigated at the
Watertown Arsenal, and the cut malta
were shown to have q holding power
about seventy three per cent greater
than the other class. As the produc-
ton of steel wire nails now exceeds
the output of cut nails, and, as the
manufacturers of the latter claimed
for them a greater holding power,
challenge was issued and accepted,
and the arsenal test was to decide the
dispute. In ffty-eight series of tests
the cut nails came out ahead in each.
and in most cases very much ahead.
In all, /, 100 nails, ranging from one
and one-eighth to six inches In length,
were driven into spruce and pine tim
Der, and the force required to pull
them out was measured on an Emery
testing machine. With floor nails
from two to four inches long. driven
in spruce, the resistance of the cut
nails was eighty per cent higher than
that of the wire nails; with finish
nails, in spruce, the cut sail was sew
enty-two per cent ahead, and when
driven into pine, with the taper per
pendicular to the grain of the wood,
the excess resistance in favor of the
cut nail was 1S5 per cent Even with
the taper parallel to the grain of the
wood, the cut nail afforded resistance
twice that of the wire nail.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-26
CARRY OIL AND MoLAssEs.
Same Tanks Used by vessels Retwee
This Country and Cuha

Same Tanks Used by Vessels Between
This Country and Cuba.
Almost all the molasses which comes
from Cuba to the United States is
brought in the same tanks IN steam
ships that are used to carry petroleum
IS a return cargo. The ships tanks
are about sixteen feet deep and nave
q neck seven feet deep. They are
Philadelphia, then taken to Havana.
and the oil is pumped out into the
tanks of the refining plants there.
Molasses is brought from the interior
OF the island in huge hogsheads.
which are emptied into the storage
tanks. A suction pump drawing about
10000 gallons an hour fills each ships
tanks to within about two feet
of the top, that amount of space being
required for the expansion Of the mo-
1asses. 1t might be supposed that the
petroleum would have bad effect on
the molasses, but it has been shown
that the contrary is the case, and as
nearly one-half the importation is
made into rum and the balance refined
into sugar a little oil is not of much
account. The tanks are cleaned after
the molasses has been pumped out by
turning in a powerful steam jet,
which washes down the sides and
hquefies whatever molasses may be
left in the bottom of the tank, and the
suction pump finishes the work. A
cargo of molasses, which formerly
required ten or twelve days,
can be unloaded in forty-eight hours,
while the difference in cost of hand
ling, to say nothing of the saving of
time, amounts to large sum. The
first attempt at handling in bulk was
made by the brig Novelty in 1877.
She was fitted with a lining, and her
whole hold was used without parti-
tions. She made several trips be-
tween Matanza and Boston, but was
not successful as a dividend-earner.
Since the present system Of dividing
ships hold into tanks was devised and
put in practice on steamers the profits
Of the trade and the steamship COM
panies have largely increased.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-26

Gov Cur tin is the only war governor
surviving the notable conference of
loyal governors which met in Altoona.
Pa, in 1863 for the purpose of secur-
ing the recall of Gen. George B. Nc
Clellan. 1.-The proceedings of this
conference" says H W. Lathrop.
director of the Iowa Historical society
and bosom friend of Gov. Kirkwood,
were curiously enough never reported
to he press. The meeting was held with
closed doors Gov Kirllwood was
selected as spokesman for the 10y al
governors and assigned the task of
suggesting to President Lincoln the
wisdom and necessity of recalling Me-
Clellan. The reasons advanced for SO
doing are of course familiar. It is
said the President flushed at the con-
clusiou of Kirkwood's remarks, but re-
covering his composure replied: Gov
ernor, if 1 thought the removal of Me-
ClelIan would advance the Union
cause, he would be removed by to-
morrow night The convention re-
suited in the removal of Mcclellan in
the following Novem Der. "
Another story IS told of Kirkwood's
relations with Lincoln which well IL
Illustrates the friendliness between the
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-26

two In 1859 Kirkwood was given
the gubernatorial nomination by the
wings and was pitted against A. c.
Dodge. The campaign which followed
marked the most bitter and closest
political struggle ever waged in Iowa
Lincoln, shortly after the beginning
of the canvass, made trip to Kansas
City Returning by way of Council
Bluffs, he stopped off at the city,
and made an earnest appeal
to it's citizens in behalf of
Kirl1wood Kirkwood returned the
compliment by his services in the
convention which subsequently, nomi-
mated Lincoln for the Presidency.
Iowa was strong for Lincoln; Ohio
wavered To Kirkwood's influence
with the Ohio and other delegations
was due the nomination of Lincoln.
Kirlwood was originally a Jackson
democrat and voted for Franklin
Pierce. Before leaving Ohio in 1855.
the democrats wanted to run him for
congress on the free soil platform.
Kirkwood, however, declined, and
abandoning his law practice and the
state of Ohio began life again in Iowa
City, where he engaged in farming,
milling and general merchandise He
still found it difficult to leave the law
and shortly formed partnership with
Ezekiel Clark. In conjunction with
Clark he purchased l 200 acres of land
near Cora1ville, two miles north of
Iowa City. on the Iowa river On this
land the familiar Coralvil1e mill
stands which, on account of its con-
nection with Kirkwood, has become a
spot of much historic interest.
AS politician. Kirkwood was a
constitutional failure. Says Mr. La
throp: He was the poorest poll
tician 1 ever knew. Still he had the
reputation among his political oppo-
nents of being a shrewd schemer. Eat,
as a matter of fact, Kirkwood could
not lay scheme deep enough to elect
an alderman IN third rate town.
He would not stoop to that kind of
business. He was the most truly
honorable man it has ever been my
fortune to meet He hated CORFU tion
and surreptitious methods. For ex-
ample: At one time during his can
di6acy for the senate there was talk
of running James Harlan against him.
Ia course of hecontest a letter was
secured by the republican central
committee which was derogatory to
Harlan aud the publication of which
Would greatly advance Kirk wood's
Seadvass: The question arose in
committee meeting i whether,
the letter should, he used 4 in the.
canvass by some of iKirkwood ,sfriends- {
'ts Kirkwood never received a college
education. He was, however. given a
good classical education! at hiss home
il MsrylaRd- and laterSzt.5 Gem:,Mc G..
!! LEeeod 'a5aeademy in s,3R sshiAg t4ens p g.
While in Washington he aided: in the
organ ization of a deba.oi1g school to
which in after years. he Attributed
his inspirations to iksseOmess a-ftublic
speaker ssssssses. sH .t'E s1&6
- Coy. Kirk woods. lest pesitiea8s eaR-
yass Waa maas. ..l II lsae when rs Is aaa
-=x ss.ss T. <srtfs-5 - >
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-26
Fit Only for a AIaganino.

''This story won't do for u.s." said
the editor of great metropolitan
daily to the literary aspirant 'I have
glanced it over and ind that the
hero dies In tho third chapter, the
heroine perishes of broken heart in
the sixth, all the auxiliaries have
shufied off their mortal coils by the
time we get to the eleventh. and the
narrator stands amid their graves, q
ssd-eyed man, prematurely gray. It
won't do for US. but any of the maya
zines would jump at it.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-26
Underground Growth of Mushrooms.

Mushrooms attain their growth be-
fore appearing above ground. If the
soil of mushroom locality is careful
ly scra ,ed off in the fall of the year,
there will often be found full grown
mushrooms, just beneath the surface.
waiting for favorable night to shoot
above the earth. A cool, clear night
in the autumn is the best, and after
one of these typical autumn nights.
fully grown mushrooms viii be foua1
in the greatest abundance, where, or
the evening before. not one was to bs
seen.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-26

Like Sweet Bells tangled Out of Tune"
Weak nerves respond harsh1y and inharmoni-
ously 10 slight shocks, which would produce no
effect 4pon strong ones. The shrilI outcry of
child, the slamming of door, the rafting Of a
vehicle over uneven pavement and other trihtng
disturbances effect weak worcestershire
nerves, sorely. Nervousness is largely at
tributed to dyspepsia and non-assimilation Of
the food, very usual concomitant of sleepless-
ness. Digestion and assimilation renewed by
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, soon beget nerve
quietude and sound repose. The great alter
stive causes the liver and bowels to unite in CO.
operative harmony with the stomach, whereby
the general tone Of the system is raised to the
true standard of health. In maIarial complaints
rheumatism and kidney trouble, the Bitters
produce excellent results.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-26
A Little Ton Late.

Miss Fadd-The meanness of some
people is past comprehension.
Mrs. Fadd-What has gone wrong.
my love?
Miss Fadd-Last week 1 was elected
an active member of the Young
Ladies' Philanthropy club and to day
1 began my ministrations by taking a
basket of cold victuals to a poor
woman whose name was down on the
books Well, when I got there
found that some meddlesome busy
body had been there two weeks ago
and given her work, and I had to
carry all that stuff back.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-26
Hot Strings. S. d.

Calls for your admiration, recommends
ton and patronage. It is the nearest,
most attractive summer, pleasure and
health resort to Lincoln, and possesses
the merit of being among the very best
in the country. It is located on the
E1lkhorn railroad, the chair and sleep
ing car route. Low excursion rates
are in effect For descriptive pam
phlet and tickets call on or address,
J. R. Buchanan, Genr Pass. Agt., Om-
aha, or A. S. Fielding, City Tiki. Agt.,
Lincoln, Neb.