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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05

Captain Amery, of the British
schooner Origin, reported that while
on the last outward voyage fir ON Eng
land the vessel was attacked by a
swordfsh, whose sword pc netrat ted
the hull and broke OF as the rish at
tempted to withdraw it. The fish
then turned several somers aults and
disappeared, as If either killed or
stunned by the force OF the shock.
The sword left in the ship me assured
eighteen inches Before Newfound-
land was reached the vessel made
over foot OF water, and the crew are
Of the opinion that If the 6sh had sue
c,eded in withdrawing its sword the
vessel would have foundered.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05

A Chinese mandarin is not expected
to have any friendships or intimacies
outside of his office, and he cannot en-
courage visitors within it's precincts
without laying himself open to a
charge of favoritism or corruption. If
the inhabitants of district wish to
show their appreciation of an Of
ficial's administration and testify to
his probity, the most effective way in
which they can do SO is to wait upon
him at one of the city gates as he
makes his farewell exit and beg the
gift of the official boots, which are
thenceforward preserved in some tenn
pie as public property.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05
Lie Ik Short.

While living in Boston, Edison
bought Faraday's works on electricity,
commenced to read them at o'clock
in the morning, and continued unit!
his room mate arose, when they start
ed on tieir long walk to get bl eak-
fast. That end, however, was en-
tirely subordinatcd in Edison's mind
to Faraday. and he suddenly remarked
to his friend: adams, nave got so
much to do and my life is SO short,
that have got to hustle;" and with
that he started off on a dead run for
breakfast
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05

A story is told of two Irishmen who
were caught one night in the loft of a
burning building. One of them hastily
drew on his trousers and jumped from
the window. In his fright and hurry
he had pulled on the garment wrong
side foremost with an effect which,
when he recovered his equilibrium af-
ter the jump, excited his profound
CONSERVATION. ''Pat! Pat" called out
his companion, still in the loft; lair We
kilt intirely?" NO, Moike," replied
Pat, in hopeless tones, Its not kilt
Oi am, me bye, but Oh fear Dim fatal
" twishtedr'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05

She had been a servant ere she
became rich, ami was able to assume
n very high quality Of hatenr. She
be,towed a whitening glance upon the
artist. "Do understand you to say
you charge me $1,000 for painting the
portrait of my granlfather?" she de-
mandcd increlulously. The painter
bowed low. You understand me
Alright" he replied simply. She
sneered. VERY we'll -" She shrug-
ged her shoulders coldly. then,
but shall insist" Her lip curled.
that you pay the model" Lean
ing gracefully over the escritoire she
wrote a check
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05
As USUAL.
Re HAD Forgotten All About What nj.
wife Wanted.


A few weeks ago q prominent
Washington lawyer left home to
go 20 his Office. His. wife asked
him for the fourth coEsecu-
tive day 20 do a certain errand
for her at ONE of the downtown stores.
Her husband said he would attend to-
che matter. provided he did not forget
all about it before he got two squares
from home.
Let me fix it so you viii not forget
it, my DEAR" said his wife, as she re-
sorted to the old scheme of tying a
string around his finger.
About o'clock in the afternoon the
lawyer met gentleman friend on the
street, and in shaking hands the
friend noticed roll of dirty string ON
the lawyers finger.
What are you wearing that string
for?' inquired the friend.
by George!" exclaimed the lawyer
that's to remind me to do an errand
for my wife. I must go do it right
away. too, and keep peace in the fam
ily," and he started off for one of the
dry goods stores
All the way to the store door the
lawyer tried in vain to think what it
was his wife had asked him to buy.
He walked four blocks out of his way,
thinking of every article he had ever
known her to use; still he could not
think what it was Il ut she wanted on
this particular occasion. Finally,
thoroughly disguSted with himself, he
returned to his Office. called a mes
senger and wrote a note to his wife,
asking her what she had put the
string on his finger for. He waited
nearly an hour for the return of the
messenger. paid the boy sixty cents,
and then had the extreme pleasure of
reading this from his lovely little wife:
Dearest: did want you to get me
some clinical, but | knew you would
never think Of it, SO l sent Mary down
this afternoon and she got it for me. "
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05
A. D Chase 60 ner. w. Main ST., Ardmore.
ThIrry-rhres Years Mirhou Food,

A queer story, and one whice
readers would do will to thOl 0ugh-
ly salt (give it more than thu pre-
verbal grain) before swallowing.
comes with first class recomme ada
zion ali the way from Engh nd.
Thirty. three years ago, in 1860. a
mem b"r of the Chaplin family died
at BlSnknev. Lincolnshire, and was
laid in the family tomb This par
ticular Chaplin was a naturalist, and,
among his other pets, had large
gray bat The bat was permitted to
e5.ter the tomb and was sealed up
alive along with the corpse Of his
dead master. In 1866 the vault was
opened and TO the surprise of all the
bat was alive and fat On four diff
ferent occasions since the Chaplin
family have looked after the welfare
of their dead relatives pet. and eac b
time it has been reported that the
bat was still in the land Of the liv-
ing, although occupying quarters
with the dead. He was last seen in
k9g2 st Louis Republic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05
OUGHT TO BE IN HEAVEN.
A Millionaire Whose Ambition e to Have
NOne-Such Home.

millionaire whose Ambition 80 to Have
a NOne-Such Home.
Architects have some very trying
experiences with wealthy patrons who
want to own palaces that excel in
beauty and costlIness those of their
Fifth avenue neighbors A wealthy
New Yorker had more than thirty
elaborate plans drawn, at $500 plan,
and rejected all of them.
''Of course we can't complain" said
an architect, 80 long as we get his
check. This man has about worried
the life out of us trying to get up q
plan of a mansion that would suit him.
If he goes to the club he meets some
one who gives him an idea of what his
home should be. He gets ideas also
when visiting the residences of his
neighbors or from reading up descrip-
tions of houses in different periodicals,
well, would you believe that man
actually got me out of bed at a. IN.
to tell me he had at last hit on a plan
for a mansion that would be the finest
in the world? 1t was to be an exact
duplicate of the White house. Well
we prepared another set of plans for
him, but a week later he changed his
mind. The only thing that will ever
suit that client of mine is castle in
paradise.
"Our wealthy New Workers. are now
building mansions that are as strong
rs fcrta They are as we'll guarded
by bolts and bars as any fortress of
the days of old. In case OF a social
revolution and an attack by a mob on
Fifth avenne mansions many Of them
would be found almost impreguable.
Steel shutters that slide out of sight
are now coming IN vogue to protect
the windows of mansions along the
fashionable thoroughfarcs, and the
thick oal1cn doors would Withstand a
great deal of battering before they
would yield
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05
Education In the south.

There are $3.50 negro schools zow
in tho South, where 1880, 600 negroes
have learned to read and most of them
TO write. In the colored schools are
23s. 900 pupils and 10000 negro teach
ers. There are $50 schools for ad-
vsnced education and seven colleges
administered by negro presidents and
4aeulEicA
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05
AncIsn. rreaerv.tlon Of the nsad.

Herodotus gives good description
ct the manner in which the early
Ethiopians preserved their dead. Hav-
ing thoroughly dried the corpse, they
plastered it over with a paste made OF
gypsum and then painted the face and
exposed parts so as to make them look
as natural as possible. Dead bodies
served in this manner remained in
tact for hundreds of years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05
Last Years Fatalities on the Lakea.

Navigation of the great lakes dur
ing the season of 1898 resulted in the
loss of 123 lives. The number of ves-
sells lost was SO, with an aggregate
tonnage of 24.25s, and valued at ST.
04O. 400. Partial losses by standings,
collisions and fires bring the total up
TO 81, lie, ,5ss. The shallow waters of
Lake Erie claimed nearly half the
lives lost Lake Huron being second.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05
UnanAwerable Argument.

In 1868, Gabrielli, one of the most
beautiful of women and magnificent
of sopranos, demanded 5000 ducats
salary from Catherine the Second OF
Russia. The empress objected that
it was larger than the pay of field
marshal "Then-let yoar field mar
shals sing for you" retOrted Gabriellt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05

Charlie - What have you done
about the physicians advice to take
physical exercise
Fweddy-Incweased the size OF the
chwysanthemum + weah,
Record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-05-05

"Dah's new people libbin' in de
Aouse cross de road FUN you"
Deed dey is. AM dey's quality
folks, too"
How kin yoh tell?"
Case dey hab de signs Dey
shows dey hab 'sideration foa dey're
fellow man."
'.How?''
"Dey dom lock de chickens up In
de wood she'd"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-04-14
The soodby's Arc Said.

The formal goodhys of the Mayor
and council were said at the meeting
Wednesday evening. Mayor Kennedy
addressed the council at some length,
in which he reviewed the work of the
past year and complimented the Alder
men on the work they had performed.
At the close Of his address, Alderman
Atkinson, on behalf of the council, re
Piled to the mayor, which proved to be
a presentation speech. and as he clos
ed aldermen Anderson and Barton
placed on the Mayar's table beauti-
full silver water pitcher, cup and tray,
bearing the names of the eighteen Al
dermen and this inscription, To May
or f. c. Kennedy, Superior, 1898
The council then adjourned, and at
the invitation of the mayor all repair
ed to the West Superior hotel, where
the mayor served lunch and cigars and
where a very pleasant hoar was enjoy
ed by all
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-04-14
State VS.. Norman.

When Superior does not lead, she
will always be found close second
"Kunnel' Breckenridge and Miss Pol
lard got the start of us for the benefit
of Washington society and dragged
their foul MESS about the streets long
er than we. But the west is more
prompt and 'boomy'' than the Wash
ington people, and our Thomas Nor
man and Nellie Howard follows close
on the heels of the former case, and
was soon disposed of. Thomas was
prosecuted by Nellie and the State of
Wisconsin on the charge of seduction,
abduction, and bastardy. The case
was before Judge Smith of the Supe-
riOr court and when once on trial oc
cupied but two days. Nellie told the
story of her or their illicit joys and
the result thereof. In defense, Thorn
as admitted all Nellie had said but de
clared that she had willingly consent
ed to all that had occurred. OF course
the jury found him guilty.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-04-14
CONCENTRATIONS

We congratulate our readers who
aValled themselves of our offer last
week IN connection with AMERICAN
CELEBRITIES. The number who cut
the coupon and sent us the dime was
really larger than we had expected,
although our expectations We're not
specially modest We venture the as.
SertlOn that there is not among the
many a disappointed recipient. On
the contrary, we have been compli-
mented on the value of the work and
upon the liberality of our offer. There
were, of course, some who neglected
to avail themselves of the opportunity
which was theirs, but we are loathe
to believe that it was because they
Jailed to appreciate the surprising
merit OF the work, we think we know
our readers better than that. 1t was,
we bellve, due rather to neglect, and
for this once we are going to give
them chance to redeem themselves.
W e print today a special coupon for
Part One, which, if cut out and sent
to us together with ten cents, VIII
still make it possible for them to Sc
cure the part. We print also coupon
for Part Two; it is very interesting
and will be much appreciated.
The portraits are those of benjamin
Harrison, Elk President of the United
States, w. l.. Wilson, Author of Re
form Tariff Bill, Robt. lngersoIl, Law
yer and Orator, Frances E. Willard,
President w. c. I. u, Adlai Steven
son, Vice President United States,
VIM. b. Allison, United States Senat-
or, Joseph Medill, Editor Chicago
. Tribune" Thos. B. Reed, Ex-Speak-
er House OF Representatives Geo. NJ.
Pullman, Manufacturer, W. Dean
Howells, Author, t. De Witt Tain
age, Clergyman and Lecturer, Ed
ward Everett Hale, Clergyman and
Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
W oman Suffragist, Sol Smith Russell,
Actor, Gen. VIM. 5. Rosecrans, of the
United States Army, and Russell Sage,
Fimancier
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-04-14
The minneapolis Way.

Ig. Donnelly and ~ P. y. Sims held
a joint meeting i'll Minneapolis Wed
nesday evening to discuss the Ameri
can Protective Association. No great
e. demagogue lives today than Igna
titus Donnelly but he got respectful
hearing. But his opponent, Mr.. Sims,
whether right or wrong we do not say,
was h0Oted at, called liar, and other
wise insulted by this Minneapolis au-
dience and they seem to think they are
entitled to much praise because they
did the speaker no actual personal VIC
lence. Minneapolis is evidently an en-
envy Of free speech. The inference is
that Mr.. Sims told them some plain
truths which they did not wish to hear,
and SO got mad about it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-04-14
superior Gold Hunters,

The Northwest Development and
Investment Company Is the modest
title Of an organization composed prin-
cipally of East End SuperlOrites, hav-
ing in view the deyelOpement of valu-
able gold properties III Montana, Idaho
and Washington. The plan of the
company is to issue 900, 900 shares of
capital stock, 100000 shares of which
Will be sold for the Introductory price
of ten cents per share. This Will sup
ply all the money required to make
first payment upon the properties on
options are held and which are fully
described in the prospectus, and place
the same upon a paying basis and in
such shape that they will not only carry
themselves but to pay a handsome
dividend also. No further sale of stock
VIII be permitted at this figure, and
the directors may at their discretion
increase the price of the unsold portion
at any time. In any event the first Is
sue of 100000 shares is all that viii be
sold for ten cents. The incorporates
have expended their time and money
in seeking, securing and investigating
the properties referred to; for this they
ask no profit from the company, only
the actual expense thus incurred viii
be asked or allowed.
The properties include group of
gold quartz mines III Black Gulch,
Idaho; the Swauk and Baker Creek
High Bar placer claims i'll kittitas
county, Washington, and other promis-
ing claims. The officers are \. X.
Smith, President, Sarah S Bradshaw,
vicepresident; II. II. Smith, secretary,
of Superior; James 5. Casey, treasurer,
of st. Paul, and C. l.. Hathaway,
manager, of Wallace, Idaho. z. IL
Smith and a. b. Weller, of this city,
are on the board of directors The
company is pushing things and the
stockholders are enthusiastic over the
prospects of untold riches in waiting.
Telegram.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-04-14
To CutOn Fire departments.

AT the council meeting Wednesday
evening Alderman Barton introduced
the following resolution which ought
to pass at the meeting this Friday
evening:
Resolved. That the paid fire departments
at Connor'S point South superior, Steel plant
and Eighteenth street be discontinued as
such, and that the fire engines and other
necessary appliances in the Eighteenth street
fire hal! be placed in the Sixth street fire hail
and the Sixth street fire hall shall be dcsig-
mated as the central station. in lieu Of the
present location; that the horses at the four
departments so discontinued, which are not
needed in other places be sold at an early
date; that two paid fr"men be left in charge
of the departments so discontinued, one for
day and one for night work, that il is the
SENSE of this council that volunteer compan-
les be organized to take the place Ofeach one
of the paid companies so discontinued. and
that the chief OF the fire department is au-
thorizcd and Instructed to make these
changes a soon as possible.
The resolution WAS referred to Il
committee consisting Of Alderman
Anderson, Bailey, Barton, Rice and
Waterman. Something must be done
to cut down our local expenses, and
We think this is one move i'll the right
direction. Our fire department costs
Us about twice as much as it ought to
cost us, or at least twice as much as
the city can afford to pay
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-04-14

Chief of Police Mckinnon has com
pleted the annual report of his depart
ment as follows: DRINKS, Sl1; vag-
rancy, fS4: larceny, %; assault, II f.,
fighting, 81; prostitutes, IS; suspicion,
80; dlsorderly, Il; opponents, ,: at
tempted rape, ,; indecent exposure, /;
carrying concealed weapons, ,; arson,
l; burglary, ,; peddling without a Ii
cense, >; wife beating, /; forgery );
Highway robbery, i adultery, /; dis
charging fire arms in city limits, 8;
frequenting houses Of i'll fame, 6; in
sane, /; bastardy, ! street walking, l;
impersonating an officer, /; illegal vot
ing, 3; begging on The street, /; forni-
cation, ,; total number of arrests,
1907.
Number Of runs made by the patrol
wagon, Isl; number Of dodgers re-
ceived, $40; amount of stolen and lost
property recovered and returned to
owner, $3,G55; number of arc lights re-
ported out, ,2S5; buildings found open
and owners notified, II; insane persons
cared for, Is; sick ana injured / ersons
taken home, -; runaway horses stop
ped, 10; sick and injured persons taken
to hospital, 10; nuisances and dead an
finals reported, 81; foundlings, /; lost
children found, 10; dead babies report
ed and taken to morgue, 1 disturb
ances suppressed, II.
The total value Of police department
property is placed at S6,35S.50, includ
ing the patrol system.
There'are thirty-nine names on the
payroll of the police department, in
Guiding one lineman.
The payroll for the year has aver
aged about $500 per month.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-04-14

And now it is the fire-insurance
men vino are going to Try and run our
city government, aud they are petit
ti0miug mayor elect Woodward to
make few If any changes III the fire de
partmpnt OF the city. This is an arti-
Gle of gall that knocks the !. I. y.
gall silly 1t is only u trick organized
for the purpose Of giving Insurance
companies an excuse for making an
other increase IN insurance rates and
for shifting the blame onto the should
erS of some one else. We trust Mayor
Woodward VIII not be intinidated by
any such hoodlum racket.
The County Board was in session
Thursday but transacted little bust
ness. \ week or 50 ago the board
awarded to IIaugner Il Dahl the con
tract for the woodwork on the Ne
madji bridge; then a day or two later
the board changed its mind and gave
the contract to LadouX & Co. Now
the first firm serves notice that they
VIII expect the board to keep faith
with them. The board ought to have
settled on its favorite in advance and
then stuck to Their first choice
5. L. Tubbs addressed the Con
nor'5 Point school last Monday, on the
surrender of General Lee. Mr.. TubbS,
like Mr.. Agen, was one of the infants
of the army, going through the whole
of that great conflict and getting back
home again before he was twenty years
of age. 1t is such kids" as Agen and
TubbS that IIOke Smith thinks this
government should forget, and let
starvc, perchance, in some howell Bat
this country is not entirely composed
of IiOke Smiths.
On Monday last the anniversary Of
the surrender of General Lee of the
Confederate army to General Grant
and the Union forces, was observed by
all our public schools In each schOo
an address or talk was given by some
good Grand Army man. At the Mel
son Dewey school James IL. Agen, who
went into the army at the age of not
quite fifteen years, and remained t.
the finish. eloquently entertained tht
school for about an hour, and won The
hearts Of his young listeners.
Mr. Frank Matchette has LEASED
the West superior hotel corner o
Tower and Belknap, for a term of fly,
years. lie takes possession Of TIT
house today Mr.. Matchette was man
agrr OF the Hotel Tower when it burn
I ell year ago. The TIMES wishes NJ
Matchette success in his new under
/ taking.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-04-14

All Of our flour mills are taking
anoihef rest.
Pbnc Rar,ln., If Ashland cnen+ .
uhS VI ~" ~ Oui Ii'S tiiIS NttN.
lie EpNorth League ol the NJ. T..
Church VIII hold lis regular meeting
next Sunday evening. Miss Lydia
Tubbs, leader.
Miss Hall, one Of the Nelson Dew
e\ teachers has been "hh@rd 10 take
lay OIL J" order 10 recover from the Ell
reefs ol vaccination.
Mr.. Booth IS painting and gener-
ally rcnoyatin@ the interior Of his
news depot on tHjh street lie Is
putting on regular cry aus
Nh" Leader seem to he very anN-
IouS 10 help Mayor " oodWard make
ms appointments. H"S99 'he -I"S "i
can 2et al'A@ "illiouI rs alu-
a great deal of time is wasted in
collecting bills. save time and money
by dealing with Stoltzman, the spot
cash eeonomZer OF time and money.
IIark. bark. bark. the little dogs bark,
The Regents are again in town
Some IN pInSs' ana some with Jugs
""' io"' - our ''''s uo"''
The Leader man seems to feel very
bad because we gave the TIMES little
puff last week Poor old dwelling
dotard, how he hates to hear anyone
well spoken of,
Mr. II. W. Austin has returned
from his winter soj'urn in the balmy
south, and IS again looking about for
real estate snaps. We are all glad to
have him back again.
We know how you feel 1t was a
pretty hard winter We must all econ
omize now, and the way to begin is to
deal with Stoltzman, Descent Block.
We are sorry to hear Of the illness
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-04-14
4. y. wAII.S

The arrival and departure Of the mails at the
superior office is Is follows
-ARRiyF-
81 Paul, Chicago Eastern states and Slope, S 90
IN and Ia p IN.
Ehicago Lind. City and East, 1900 a. m.
Northern Minnesota tributary to ~ F. and West
ern mail Local, West superior and Duluth
l045 a. m. and 30 p. ID. This includes the
Iron River mail
Local mails Ashland aud Ashland Distribute,
Poplar Maple and Brule, il.lj a. III.
Wisconsin Nosth OF AbbOStStnri and Neenah, all
Northern Michigan aud points in Ontario trb-
utaEy 70 the 500 al coop. III.
DEPART
For West Superior South Superior. Duluth and
all points An-th and West 90 a m, &.iu T. III.
Tor MI points East Chicago. New York, St Paul
aud Western states, 1910 a. IN. 10 p. IN.
For Ashland and all points North of Necnah, at
la.l0 m.
Local points on N L. r. r., and Northwestern at
80 r. m.
Chicago city, Milwaukee and all Eastern points,
10 y. m,
Far aI points in Northern Michigan and Ontario
trlasfarv To the 500 at 20 p m
a. 4iail for outgoing pouches 'isST be in the
JtIce lit least 10 minutes before schedule time To
iusurc Ainittunce to such mail
Office hours Il. to =.
JOSEPH d. CONAN, P NJ