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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-24
A HISTORICAL MYTH.
The Story of General JacksOn's Cotton Bale
Breastworks a Pleasing Fiction.

The Story of General Jackson's Cotton Bale
Breastworks "a Pleasing Fiction.
There are few of the schoolboys Of
several generations preceding the pres
ent who do not remember being taught
that General jackson won the battle Of
New Orleans by throwing up breast
work of cotton bales and meeting the
British assault behind them.
A dramatic a>count Of this was in all
the school histories and several others,
and the novelty of the affair appealed
vividly to the Imagination. The cold
facts of later history prove this all to
have been fiction. Henry Adams, in his
history of Madison 5 administration, de-
scribes the battle Of New Orleans and
mentions no such feature McNIaster,
in his latest volume, refers to the story
in a note only TO say that there were two
or three cotton bales used in one place,
and they We're either set ON fire OF
knocked ont at once.
Jackson's line of breastworks was Of
earth irregularly thrown up and of vary
ing height along its length. The trained
sharpshooters of the west did great work
as marksmen behind it and SO CALLED
the heavily laden British troops that they
had no alternative but 90 be shot or re-
treat before the American line.
The schooIbook story used to be that
the Americans lost six killed and seven
wounded AIcMaster places the figures
Of killed and wounded at 20. The Brit
ish, it seems, We're not all repulsed nc
eording TO the popular story. The right
line of the American troops was driYe
in, and the British left advanced II mile
in the rear of jackson ON the way {,
New Orleans.
He was really fanked by this success,
but the terrific slaughter he inflicted mp
on the British in the center, involving
the death of the first and second generals
III command, completely dispirited them
and induced the return OF that wing of
their army that was ON the way to the
city.-Boston Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-24
A STOLEN SECRET.
How Minister Jewell Learned to Mako
Russia Leather.


Russia Leather.
Jewell, Like all men brought up to
learn a trade, and who afterward gained
prominence in affairs, made now and
then unconscious revelations Of his early
training. During one Of the campaigns
in which he was engaged he found him
self at a country hotel where the table
was hounteous, but the rooms few and
small 1t was necessary in order that the
whole party might be housed for each
bed to be occupied by two persons The
governors roommate was young poll
ticSAn, who could not hide his surprise
when the governor Just before retiring
rol9ed the slneves Of his night shirt even
an far up rs his shoulders, and then
bathed his arms in cold water
You wonder why do this" said
the governor. "Wen. couldn't sleep
unless I did When / was a youngster
learning the tanners trade, used to
hare my arms in the watts all-day long,
and afzsnigbt my skin would smart rs
though / had been stunE by uettles. ]
could not bear to have any cloth touch
them. So got the habit of rolling any
6IllEb S4ctNbS as AtAI az 4 GO44tAs ahA4 AAAAS
have slept ever since.
When Jewell was minister to Russia,
he played n Yankee trick upon the Rus
SLAMS, the benefits of which we are reap
ing eten to this day in this country.
Like every other American tanner, he
had long wanted TO know the secret Of
the process of manufacturing Russian
leather He had experimental with a
few dollars himself, only to learn that
the secret was not to be discovered
When at the court of St. Petersburg,
he professed great interest in Russian
industries and was shown through many
Of the manufactures there. By and by
there came an opportunity to go through
factory where Russia leather was maui
ufactured. Jewell was all smiles and
ccurtesies and seemed profoundly inter
ested in those things which really did
not interest him and wholly blind TO the
very things he went to that place to
see. But he was not so blind as they
Thought. When he came out of that fac.
tory, he had discovered, as he believed,
the process. and he brought the diseov-
cry back TO this country with him, 81
that by and by the United States began
to turn out very good article Of leather
resembling the Russian product. Phil
adelphia Press
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-24
Making Steady Progrsss,

Yes, sir, y said the long haired board
er, 1T am fully satisfied in my own
mind that woman should be vested with
all the privileges of man -
''1 don't see why she shouldn't be
vested, T" chipped in the cheerful idiot
She has been coated the same as man,
and if this bicycle business keeps on she
will be trOus''-
The dinner bell rang, and in the mad
rush ensuing the rest of the cheerful
idiots speech hit the empty air.-In-
dianapolis Journal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-24
We See All Of the Sum.

The inhabitants of this earth never
get glimpse of but one side Of the
moon, but in the course Of q year every
portion OF the sun s surface is turned to-
ward rs. This is because the sun 5 equa-
tor IS almost coincident with the pl.me
Of the ecliptic, the inclination being oaly
about seven degrees. st Louis Repub-
lie
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-24
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Christian ChuFch-Frensley street. Ser
vices every lords day nj II 100 a. m. and s:ta
D. IN. sunday School $3.50 a. m. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday s.i5 u. m. Choir
practice every Friday evening af s:iS y. M .
Ladies' Aid Society every Tuesday after
noon at the church nj y. IN. Mite and So
ciaI meeting every Tuesday. night al place
each Lords day. Officers meet
ing first Lords day in each month. All are
cordially invited 10 all services.
Joe NJ. London, Sup't Sunday School.
Volney Johnson, Pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-24

Effie-Please, Uncle-Arthu-, do come
and play chess with me.
Uncle AIthur-Oh, Efie! Don't Won
remember? It's Sunday.
Effie-Well, We can let the bishop
win Pail Mall Gazette.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-24

First Baptist Church-Broadway street.
Services every Sunday at II 200 .. m, and $500
n. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evenings
AZ = o'clock. sunday school. az 40 n. IN.
Choir practice Friday evenings at O'Clock.
&. Stubhipheld. Pastor.
q. III. Bruce, Clerk.
G.. Hin. Suur.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-24
TIME TABLE.

Arrival and Departure 4. ;. Maiia-
South bound mail closes 4:45 p. m
South bound mail arrives 5:N pm
North bound mail closes Ii:iS a m-
North bound mail arrives 1900 No.
Night mails are closed az SD p m
Money order department = open
at a. m, and closed at p. m.
Office hours from a. m, 20 pm
Sundays from 5 a. m, 20 3 a. m
JOIN :. HAMMER, r. w.
EDGAR SANDLIN, Deputy.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
TALMAGE AND CONG kESS.

Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage has been safe
ly e%nsconsed as assistant pastor of the
old First Presbyterian church in Wash
ington, D. G. He has ever taken the
precaution to purchase a residence and
see that it has been fitted with all the
modern appliances. Talmage is all
right from his standpoint. He is sensa-
tional and modern. He is not able to
chop logic with Ingersoll, but if he gets
an audience he can hold it with meta
phor and platitudes, and, above all,
with gestures. The arrival of this noted
preacher in the Capital City at this
time is most opportune. A new congress
is about to convene. If he can attract
only a few of the best of the members to
his church and persuade them he will
have accomplished a great deal. Sup
pose, with the force of his eloquence and
his honesty of conviction, if he has any,
he %persuades a number of men, who
shall be nameless, to surrender their po-
litical ambitions and agree to serve their
country in their allotted sphere without
hope of reward save the consciousness
of duty we'll performed, his mission will
not have been in vain. If, on the other
hand, Mr.. Talmage proposes to preach
politics and stand in with either of the
parties or their representatives under
the caves of the capitol, he may not be
a political, but he will be a spiritual
failure.
Rev. Byron Sunderland. the superior of
DR.. Talmage in the First Presbyterian
church, has always been something of a
politician. During his ministry he has
than he has after souls. He had rather
be pastor of the American chapel in
Rome or chaplain of the senate. both of
which positions he has held, thar be a
meek and lowly follower. From Tai.
mage better things are reasonably to
be expected. He has run the gamut OF
notoriety. AS a declaimer he has beer a
success. Now let him prove his faith by
his works; the field is an ample one
Eechewing party politics or any Of the
lines that today divide men, the sky.
rocket preacher may find an opportunity
to apply his genius with good results, Ii
Talmage can and will pray and talk the
coming congress into being honest anc
doing right he wlll-well, be will nave
earned the title of being a great man
If, on the contrary, he misses his oppor
tunily Of trying "a do right he will be
properly judged as being only common
clay.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
HOW TO CLEAN LAMP SHADES.
The Best Means of Renewing These Filmy
Chiffon and Silk Trifles.


Owing to the delicacy Of the fabrics
q dry process should be used whenever
possible, as silk, satin and lace lose
their luster when washed, and besides
the shademaker's touch is more or less
lost when the shades are taken apart.
Procure an infants hairbrush, which is
made Of soft bristles set in a bone back.
The brush is small, and for that reason
and also because of it's softness is best
adapted for cleaning silk and satin.
Lamp shades which have been used i'll
suburban houses and are merely discol-
ored with dust may be satisfactorily rem
ovatod by a careful and gentle securing
or scrubbing with this little brush. &c
free lace covered shades from dust apply
cOrnmeal for light ones or fuller's earth
for dark and remove all loose powder
by gentle brushing u tapping, or by
means of compressed air if this is avail
able. Fly spccks can generally be picked
off with the point Of a knife.
Shades that are used in the city soon
become noticeably soilcd and blackened,
particularly about the collar, by reason
of tho SCOT with which the air Is
charged. The quickest way to clean a
shade thai has been thus discOlored il
to immcrse as much Of it as possible II
gasoline, which should be placed III
clean dishp:n, and move it briskly about
i'll the fluid.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
QUITE A BIG BLAZE At BELT
1t Starts in the Peoples Meat Market
Which Is Reduced to a Heap
of Ashes.
The County Jail Is Also Completely
Gutted-LOss Is Estimated
at $4,000.

Monday morning, about 3 o'clock,
while the inhabitants of the big coal
camp at Belt were just finishing up their
beauty sleep, they we're awakened by an
alarm of fire, and in a few minutes a big
crowd had gathered at the scene Of the
confiagration. 1t proved to be located
in the butcher shop known as the Peo-
pies Meat market. which stood about
half way up the hill, between the upper
and lower town, and just beside the
county Jail. The origin of the fire is not
definitely known, but is eupposed to have
originated from u defective fue in the
rear Of the shop, When the fire was
first discovered it was bursting through
the roof and the whole building was, in Z
very few minutes, in a mass Q. t1ameH.
There is nc fire company in Belt, and If
there was there is no way of getting
water to fight a fire in this locality, ami
all that the crowd could do was
to watch it burn and hope the wind
would not cause it to spread
to other buildings. The county Jail was
the neares. building to the meat shop,
aud Notwithstanding the fact thai IT 10
built of stone, it was soon evident that
this building, foo, was doomed. The fire
soon caught 10 the roof and on the wood
work Of the building and the flames
went through it as though it had been
a wooden building. 1t was completely
Quilted inside, although the stone walls
are left standing. The ends Of the joists
and timbers which were set into the
stone walls were consumed, leaving the
wall full of holes where they had been.
The Jail cost the county about s1,700.
and, while the stone walls still stand,
everything else about the building is
a total loss, and even the walls are
considerably damaged. The butcher
shop belonged to Myers & Co.. who re
Gently came there from Sand Coulee and
went into business. Some of the meal
was saved. but the loss on the meat
market is probably $1,000. The loss or
the county Jail is at least as much, &c
that $1,000 is a low estimate of the tota
loss. 1t is thought that the county jai
was insured, but it can not be learned
at this writing whether there was an!
insurance on the meat market or not.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
The North vest Passage.

Through all the centuries since the
nations of Europe became masters of the
worlds commerce, up to the fifteenth
century. the trade with the rich coun-
tries of the Orient had been conducted
chiefly by long, tedious, and often dan
gerous journeys overland, Navigators
conceived the idea that 10y sailing west
from European shores, India would be
reached by an all sea route. This was
the motive of Columbus voyage in li92,
when he found his path blocked by tie
new world. Fooled in this hope, the
geographers calculated. from what they
thought they knew, that a Northwest
Passage by the Arctic regions, existed,
which would be- practicable for com
merce. In the attempt to lind this pass
age, the most celebrated and unfortu'
nate) expedition was that Of SIT John
Franklin, in l64J, in which every man
| persisted. The "passage' was finally Chs
| covered, in 1886, by Capt, Mcclure, who
sailed from Bering sea to Baitln's bay,
but is totally impraCtlcaD!e as a COM
mercial route. The true "NorthWest
Passage" to the Orient now is by the
great railroads of North western Amer
lea, which bring the most ancient and
the newest peoples together in close rela-
tons. Among these is prominent the
Burlington Route, which may be said 10
occupy the whole Central West and
Northwest, and is the quickest and best
means of communication, which its peo-
Pile have. Your home agent can sell you
tickets by this route, and give informa-
ton, or you can address w. j. &. Ken
yon, Gen. Pass. Agent, st. Paul, Mimi,
who will give prompt attention to CORE
spOndenCe.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29

and ezS OF ne4 and neA of seL of Sec
$1,000. range eas''
oertlhcate OF sale-Sherif to Com
monwealth Title, Insurance and Trust
company, interest of Eli H. Moorman ct
a.. 10 lot 8, block 200, First addition to
oreat Falls townsite; Sl,O85. O5.
IDeciaratlon OF Observation-Disclosures s..
pam to the public, e4 of neA of sec
Iion 10, sw4 of nw14 and seI of nwL
ci section II, township II north, range
= east; value, $500.
rover OF Charles G.. Girls.
wen to Largent & Huntoon, to satisfy
Judgment obtained against the Montana
central railway company.
Power OF MISUNDERSTANDING Silver
man to William Silverman,to collect and
receipt for money, satisfy claims, etc.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
No Profit in 1t
nv Associated Press,

Iy Associated Press.
OMAHA, Nov. 25.-The Nebraska Say
ings and Exchange bank of Omaha went
into voluntary liquidation today. The
directors published the reasons today,
explaining that. owing to general depres-
sion throughout the United States, tho
bank found little profit in continuing
business. The patronage of the institu-
ton Was always good and the bank IL
strong.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29

We offer One Hundred Dollars lie
ward for any case Of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
f., 7. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, O.,
We, the undersigned, have known i.J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and beileve
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially abie to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
w" WEST ~ TRUAx,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio
W,LDING, KINNAN a MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Price,
75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
COMEDY AND CAKE WALK.

Entertainment For the Benefit of the A.
NJ E. Church in the Opera House.
The African M. f. church of Great
Falls is considerably in debt and needs
money. A benefit has been arranged to
take place in the opera house Tuesday
evening December 3. 1t will be con-
Quoted by MIR. Charles S. Sager, mana
ger of the Imperial Comedy
who has consented to give the services
OF his people for the occasion, and be-
SIDES their program there will be "A grand
Old fashioned cake walk. Mr.. Sager's
company gave a similar benefit for the
African Nj. f. church Of Spokane, and
the Daily Spokesman-Review of that
city said of it:
Plantation melodies, mirth, song,
drama and an old-time cake walk com
blned to make up a pleasing entertain
ment, delighting al audience that near
ly filled the Auditorium last evening.
The cake walk was announced as the
leading feature of the evening and placed
at the end of the program. Ia the alb
sence of Judge Buck, Councilman Not
bohm consented to act as one of the
judges, with Mayor Belt, Councilman
Dwight, DIR. c. G. Brown and Colonel
W. w. D.. Turner. When the curtain
went up for this act the contestants, in
full dress, and the judges were discov-
cred, seated in a semi-circle, n a mag.
nlticent th!ee-story cake was borne in.
The points governing decisions In such
contests, are style, beauty, and carriage
In plantation life tricks are sometimes
adopted to throw contestants off theiI
guard, causing errors. 1t is deemed in.
excusable on the part of a lady or gen
tleman to become frustrated on any oc
%casion, and thus the cake walk was &C
copied as a school for the cultivation Of
refinement and natural ease and grace
in company.
The tournament began with a Crane
march. Then the ladies walked alone
succeeded by the gentlemen alone. The,
were required to walk in couples and III
groups of four. laugh and converse, anc
the memorable judge finally insisted upor
a change of partners.
The program included seven numbers
besides the cake walk. Mr.. CharleI
HUM and Miss Bohee, and the Imperia
Comedy company, consisting of Messrs
CHARLES Sager, w. E. Craft, Richard
Butch, VIM. Jones and George Jones, ar
al professional performers, and thei
clever work was highly appreciated, EN-
joyed and applauded by the audience
The performance opened with 9Th
South in Slavery" introducing a cottor
field and steamboat race, songs, dance
and solos by Miss Bohee and Mr.
HUM, "Suwanee River" by the former
and "Slavery Days. and a parody upol
in Days Of DID," all won recalls. MI
Sager made a stump speech, Mr.. VIII
Ryan recited How they Saved 81
Micnael's," and Master Butch sang tn
Drum Major" displaying a remarkabl
voice. The sketch with songs, by Mis-
Bohee and Mr., Hum was very pleasing
and the song and dance Daddy by M,
Side" by Messrs. W. and q. Jones, Graf
and Butch was exceedingly pretty an
the dancing was capital. The little farce
The Literary Club Reception gave r
opportunity for more specially work, il
Guiding the popular ballad "Swee
Marie" The program given in Spokan
will be reproduced here.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
How to Clean the Face.

To keep the face clean without the
use Of soap make q little bag of cheese
cloth and fill it with bran, oatmeal o.
almond, and when you wash your face
use this bag in the place Of soap. When
the bag is dried, it may be utilized
again if the meal is almond, but where
oatmeal is used it should be renewed
every day.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
A Mt,
Ey IL wrongful Act, Renders His En-
ployer Liable.

tN Il " fouSIhi wv, hei"N ''
ployer Liable.
Largent Il liuntoon. attorneys for
plaintiff in the suit for damages OF q. u.
Criswell vs.. the Montana Central Kali
way company, yesterday received intor
nation that the supreme court rad al
frmed the judgment, of the district court
for Cascade county, awarding plaintiff
5000.
The suit was tried first il October,
1893, plaintiff oecuring judgment for
$1,000. A new rrIa! was ordered, on
which plaintiff was awarded the same
amOun by the same vote ot tue lury-o
To + The case was then appealed,
The decision of the court Is of interest
to every employe o. a trim employing
more than one MAN in Montana, for the
defendant attacked the constltuuonaIlty
of a law, which is contrary to The conl-
mon rule, and reads as follows:
IN every case the liability OF the
corporatlon TO a servant or employe' act
ing under the order Of his superior, shall
be the same in cast d. INJURY sustained
by default or wrongful! act OF hia su"
perior. or to an emPloye not appointed or
controlled by him, as if such servant or
employe were a passenger.
The suit is also OF interest to employees
of the defendant, for TIE defendant
claimed that the accident to plaintiff,
which occurred near the race track west
Of the city, occurred on the Great North
ern and not Oh the Montana Central.
Plaintiff is now employed at the Dos
ton and Montana smelters.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
A WHITE MANTLE
Snow Falling and Wind Blowing
Hard Throughout the South
west, Troubling Traffic.
NEBRASKA and minnesota
Also Visited by the White Flakes
Ten Inches in Nebraska
Heavy Fall.
Nv Associated Pre- s..

OMAHA, Nov. 25.--From five to ten
inches of snow covers Nebraska today.
Snow fell all night. All the country
within 100 miles of Omaha was expert
encing the anne storm, while from
Chadron and along the line there we're
reports of a heavy fall of snow, continu,
ing for at least II hours. All of Ne.
braska seems to be included in the limits
OF the storm.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29

BY Associated Press.
MOLINE. ILL.,, Nov. 25-Sometlme be-
tween midnight and Sunday morn'lg'
robbers entered the bank Of Alpha a
village 3 miles southeast OF here, s7cur-
ing S4,700, The men accomplished lhelr
work with the greatest skill, and attract
ed no attention.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
Young Dumas Sick.

By Associated Press.
LONDON. Nov. 25.-Reports from Par g
Indicate that Alexandra Dumas, the
younger, is seriously ii from what Was
at first thought to be violent neuralgia,
but the attending physicians nave since
recognized graver symptlms. 1t is not,
however, feared that he is in immediate
danger of death.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29

To tell whether a thermometer actu-
ally does its work invert the instru-
mcpt. If the mercury does not fall to
tho end or if it breaks into several small
columns, the thermometer contains air
and is inaccurate. II perfectly made
the slender thread should i'll the tube
or should break oil at the bulb and fall
to the end of the tube.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
Djsappointment for Society.

BY Associated Press. .
New York, Nov. 25.-The marriage OF
Miss Edith Rockefeller to Harold NC
Cormick will take place tomorrow IN the
apartments of Mr.. Mccormick on account
of the severe illness Of the prospective
groom.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
hi Was n Binder,

BY Associated Press.
SHERMAN, Tex, Nov. 25.-A binding
snow storm has ragged since $3.50 a, n.
and increases in force. The temperature
is falling and live stock in this section is
in bad shape to meet it. Heavy losses
are expected. 1t is showing 200 miles
south of here.