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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-22

MILL PAY CASH for Il coed stock Of
b0cts and shoes and gents fnrnishinga;
nprst be baPgein for cash: Henderson d
Williamson, Main ana Preston. Iious-
inn -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-22

LOST-Frlday night. breast pin In
shape OF u spoon. the finder viii be re-
waTded If returned 10 2sl0 Sherman
street. 70 Miss Lucle Kegans. Y
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-22

WAIT TO BUY house and lot, must be
close In and cheap, give number an
price Address GIL, care Post. 70
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23
LIES BIBLE CLASS

It HAs Become One Of the ReIlEioas IN
situations ef Omaha
Speaking Of churches reminds ms
that Elijah Halford's Bible class ha
become ono Of the great institutions OF
the town When he lived in Indianapo-
lis and edited The Journal for the Hon
John &. New. Lije had n Bible class in
the Methodist church that was almost As
large as the average attendance at morn
ing service. On rainy Sundays, OF dur
ing the hot weather. when the brethren
didn't feel well enough 20 20 TO church,
they could always be depended upon 20
turn mp after the benetliction for Sun
day school and listen to Lie Halford eI-
pound the Scriptures. as he could dc
better than any preacher or laymsn
south Of the Wabash river.
When he went 70 Washington, that
Bible class disinteRrated, and Lie didn't
start one there because he was 30 bur
dened withthe cares Of state But when
he went to Omaha a. brand new major
and paymaster in the army the fret
thing he did after getting measured for
his uniform and unpacking his trunk
was 60 organize a class in the First
Methodist church that isn't equAled for
numbers and general intelligence-ex-
cept perhaps by the one Mr.. Wanamaker
conducts in Philadelphis-in the whole
land There are 235 snembers-all men
and some Of the wisest and the most
learned Of the population answer here
as Life calls the roll every Sunday
morning. No fatigue or business en-
gagements. M storm or cold or heat. can
keep them away. for when Lie Halford
commences 20 expound Scripture IL IL
worth going a long journey to hear him
tAlk-Omaha Cor. Chicago Record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23

From ths sea Port Louis has Pictur.
esque and oriental aspect, bnt the streets
are Sess SO than enc imagines- They are
wide and resemble thnsa Of Cape Town.
Numerous European shops Rl-O line their
fronts
Lying behind she town is the Champ
de Mars 1t Is Hsed as n p4@ee of amuse-
ment. and opening into Is are she streets
Of BuTbOn and CoEderie, while TO the
left Of the quays n the bazazr or market
place. Ii is surrounded by an iron rail
ing, has several gates leading to the
principal streets and Is divided into
two equal parts by Farquar street
A broad avenue also traverses its en-
tire length, lined on either side by COW
eredsheds, where she wares are exposed.
Fruit stalls occupy the upper end, and
here is exhibited q marvelO1s variety,
q collection that would make the fruit
sellers of the west mad with envy.
Plantains in great yellow heaps are side
by side with custard apples, alligator
pears, mangOes, pineapples and others
too numerous To- mention Mangoes are
the most esteemed by Europeans The
lower market contains the butchers
shops, where fowl, fish and kid are
conspicuous the Year Round
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23
The Mantle Of Charity.

1t is the one garment the fashion Of
which never changes, writes Ruth Ash
more in Ladies' Home Journal The
years may go and come, and yet she who
cloaks herself in this mantle is at-nnce
happy herself and the giver Of happi-
ness. In cut it never changes. II is al
ways large and full, SO that il can en-
velop those wLo are unhappy and give
them warmth and comfort Like the
cloak worn BY the prince in the fairy
tale, il Is invisible to all bEt those whose
eyes are made clear by faitl-. IL 10 the
garment that / would like my girls To
wear. 1t is true that much patience and
much self denial are requ red before
this cloak is put ON, as il .e-lld be, for
all time, but once assumed 20 amount
Of joy TO be got from il az she happy
heartbeats to the wearers il cannot
possibly be overestimated-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23

A aasrx - Masa.hss IA--aaty E.~stSa-s
~ Deaa a.a - L4vi.g-
81 have hnnra ol nrumf many eann
"a rniuemham idmmnfy, |" said - ulmlaR
sOnnty az. T.)tMwynr. hat me4er ul
one quite e rcunnrknble as that q John
DearmAn of Old Hurley, IN mT nounl5
Ten years ngo John Drarman married
Katherine Criapal1. mwelIto do fahmar.s
danRhter. soon aftsrward he took 20
drink and In time abused his wife
ahamefully Five years ago abe deter
mined 70 have him Arrested for tll treat
ing her. but he disappeared oafora abe
carried out her intention
Mrs. Dearman heard nothing Of her
husband after be went away. but . year
o. 20 later she resd in q Newspaper an
account Of the discovery Of the body Of
n man in the Hndson river. near New
burg The description. Of the drowned
man Wa 20 much like that of her miss
ing husband that she Went-to Newburg
20 see II the body was hiA It had been
buried when she G.. there She showed
10 the coroner, the physicians who had
held the post morism and 10 others who
had seen the body photograph Of her
husband. and every one at once pro
nounoed it that Of the dead man
Mrs. DearmAn had the body diain-
terred In order that she might herself
see the face and make sure that IL was
her husband. She recognized the body
nt once. and the further fact that the
dead man had two front teeth missing
Just as her husband had. made the iden-
tifcation the mure positive She re
moved the body 10 her home and had it
reinterred
"A year OF 90 ago MnL DearmAn
married John BrAnthover and removed
with him 20 Albany. where they now
live. prosperous and happy. One day last
week, to the Amazement Of everybody
who had known him. John DeArman.
long supposed dead and buried. returned
% Old Hurley. There oould Be no mis-
take as 10 his identity. Too many cir.
cumstaBoes proved that he was the true
John DearmAn- The story Of bis sup
posed drowning was told 20 him. and
the grave where it was believed he had
been lying these four years was shown
70 him he also learned that his wife
had remarked and had moved away.
and he said:
- It's all right. deserve it
Then be walked away and hasn'i
been seen since But who was the mar
who was drowned. identified and buried
m John Dearniang'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23
$1,000 A SHOT
n Es Es-s~us5-AI- 4 fssT EIE. . Gs~~tAsred
PraPerBy-

II Is Ee~~su.$eaI- 4 fseY EIE- = Gs~~tSsr-d
PROPERLY
One ehsuSan& cellars M ahns nv rafher
expensive shooting But when you come
to RgUIs is ont yeG wiH 6A2 that IL is
not quite rs zEzGh IA proportions - 500
a shot EndeF sertxiB conditions 1he old
smooth bore ea-ner- shoH1 IN bMrTeh and
short in the breach, had 10 be trained
with the greatest ganiaRcs and enre on
the object aiuSa at and II the 100
pound ball dittA't Land s1aRtly where il
was intended it dGi6 very little harm
With tina hoy PDeunIaiis REH at Sandy
Hook 10 Ia impossible 10 na4s misS
Hoa Just tO1cb her 0fI AZ s. eco per
touch, and if she ProJGtiSs dsOps within
one-sixth Of a BIIss Bf ~heEs Is was in
tended to drop there Is TnEediaEs and
serious trouble and IN all probability no
necessity for the expenditure Of another
dollar On that particular target 1t costs
more to IRE the big Knapp gun than it
does CUR dynamite gnn, but the ezecu-
tiOn bears no comparison One hundred
gatling glns, Sired st shSrt intervals for
one hoas, ws1lS eest $l0- -00e- Even il
the object Shat at was WiAhiE range the
shooting would not be sne-tenth As e.
feGtiEs as the shooting Of the Sandy
Hook terror. New York Mail and Ex-
press
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23
our snail Mln-r.l Proanrt.

The total value Of the mineral prod
uct Of the United States in 1898 was
the smallest since 1889. according % n
recently issued report Of the govern
ment geological survey. IL represented
$500. sal. $40. compared with e5Ss, Gle. .
954 in is92. n decline Of il.44 per cent
The most conspicuous decline was in
iron and structural materials Bitumi-
nous coal showed n slight increase in
quantity over the product in 1891 Pc
troleum increased in value, but de-
creased in quantity. Pig iron declined
from Q. i57. 900 tons In 1891 to Z. i24.
602 tons in 1898 The total producs
Of iron ores fell from i6. 296. e66 tonE
worth e5s. 204. 500. 70 N. $50. 62S tonA
worth ei9. 265. s73 at the mines The
gold product, on. the other hand, In.
creased from i.5s6.s75 troy ounces.
with coinage value Of eSs. 900, 900. IN
1894. 70 ]. .7Se. Osi ounces. worth eS5,
$50. 600. in 1898. the largest quantity
since iss6 OF silver there was mined
In 1898 50. 900. 900 ounces ~ against
6S, 500, 900 ounces in 1891.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23
THE PRICE or A WIFE.
Savage Pisos . vsryInE vAlas UPoa xA~as
Ch0sen HelpmAte&

Savage Place . vsFying vAlas UPSa RhsR
Chosen Helpmate&
In the earliest times Of purchase n
woman was bartered for useful goods or
for services rendered % her father. In
the latter way Jacob purchased Rachel
and her sister Leah This was Beena
marriage, where n man. ns i'm Genesis,
leaves his father and his mother and
cleaves unto his wife, and they become
one flesh or kin-the woman'G The
price of a bride in British Columbia and
Vancouver island varies from $40 20
R4O worth Of articles. In Oregon an In
dian gives for q wife horses. blankets
or buffalo robes; in California, shell
money OF horses; in Africa. cattle.
A poor Damara will sell daughter
for one COW. A richer Kafir expects
from % so. With the Banyai, il moth
ing be given, her family claim her chill
dren. In Uganda, where no marriage
recently existed. she may be obtained
for half a dozen needles. or q coat, or a
pair of shoes. An ordinary price is a
box of percussion caps. In other parts
a goat or a couple of buckskins will buy
. girl Passing to Asia, We find her
price is sometimes 3 TO so Tabies, or at
others a cartlOad Of wood or hay. A
princess may be purchased for 5000
rubleS
In TaHtaTy = woman can be obtained
for few pounds Of butter, or whore =
rIch man gives 80 small oxen n poor
man may succeed with a pig ln FIJI her
equivalent is a whales t0Otb er n nus-
ket. These and similar prices elsewhere
are eloquent testimony 80 the little value
a savage sets on his Wife--New York
Advertiser
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23

In some parts Of Sicily IL birth Of a
girl is looked upon as suck a misfor-
tune that a black flag is hn.g out the
window to proclaim the sad event. Hav-
ing to be supported by the family az
long aA they are unmarried. and being
obliged to dover the bridegroom, they
are looked upon as expensive Injuries.
Boys, on the other hand, are very soon
self supporting. and when the time
comes for marrying increase tine family
wealth by bringing home "A bride and
her dot The girls live in seclusion, are
most kindly treated. and at the age OF
II or Is they are disposed Of in marriage
on purely financial basis New York
World
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23
r.ss e rnnsus PhyuIsa.u..

The British Medical Journal, Just
out oo1trndicts Or. shrndy's nssertious
In bis recent article in an American
=AgAzine regarding the fees Of famous
physicianA IL says:
The fees attributed to Sir william
Gull and Sir Andrew Clark for country
attendance are multiplied by ten The
total fess earned BY Sir Morell Macken-
Eie for attendance On the German en-
peror. extending over monthS are dou-
bled. and no such fee ~ $50. 900 wns
ever earned by any surgeon In India"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23

Arrival and Departure u. 8. Mails
South bound mail closes 1:30 p m.
South bound mail arrives 2-31 p. m
North bound mail closes I-3n D. N.
North bound mail arrives 2:@ O.. m
Night mails are closed at $50 p. m
Money order department is open at
a. m. and closed at 5p. m.
0d3ce hours from a. m to D. m
Sundays from 9 q. m. to 10 a. Es
JOHN S. HAMMER, p n
EDGAR SANDLIN, Deputy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23

Experiments In the in5ections Of blood
serum for diphtheria are meeting with
tDcreaGing Gnoceu& In Vienna the pA.
tienta TN the Children's hospital there.
who are given MP under ordinary treat
nenL are reoeiving The new rsmsdy.
and thres cut u four recover.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23
HOTEL,
GAaNEsvILLE. TEXAs.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CHRISTIAN CnUacH--Frunalsy Street. Ser
vices every L0rd,a day 10 n 90 .. N and {. IS
heetinE every W ednssday. rs p m. Choir
practice everv Friday evening. Is p. m
Ladiea' Afd Society every Tuesday afternoon -
eveFy Tuesday night arPlacs announced each
Lords day. Omeeu' meeting nrst Lord .
day In each month. All are cordially Invited
20 all srrvicea. / n. Mason. Superintendent
sunday schools volney Johnson. Pastor.
FIR4r BArTIsT CHuRCu-- Broadway Street.
Services every Sunday az N % A. m. and = %
p. I'M Prayer meeting wednesday evening"
az O'Clock. Sunday School At 10 n m. Choir
practice friday eFenlnCa 81 : clock. q.
Stubblrdeld. Pastor q. a. Bruce. Clark. q.
Hill. superintendent.
a. CnuNCm. SouTH--Corner Bread way
and Church street. Preaching every Sab
bath Morning. n n. IN aud 80 D. m. Pray
rr meeting wednesday evening at o. sue
day school every sabbath ~ 10 q. m Ep-
worth League, sp. m. y. y. Law. Pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23

JOHNNY tell you. papa's going 10
catch 1t after the cOmpany's gone.
Tommy-How do you know?
Johnny-He's told ma once OF twice
abe was mistaken about something, and
she's said, why. darlingr'-LondOu
Million.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23

Myrtle Lodge No Z. *. OF r.. meets every
Thursday night At 7sSs. Hall oPpoalte eouri
hOuse. Court street. Visiting kniKhts eor-
italy Invited.
W. + McKELvET. Z. c
J. T. HoWKTH. X. x. a s.
Ardmore Lodge Nc. 81, ~. and A. NJ.
mevtR In their hall on south Caddo ateert. the
'rst Saturday night In each month. on or be-
ore the full moon.
II. ID. Flow. Wonhipful Master.
A. B. SILLInAS, Secretary.
ArlmOre Chapter. No. II. Royal Arch Ma
soma, meet In their hall over Whithngton'a
store the fourth ThursdaY nightin each month.
g r. BHUcE. High Priest.
A. b. SILLINAS. Secretary
Ardmore Camp No. 81. Wooiincn Of the
World. meets In their forest at Whittington
Hall every second and fourth Monday nightn
each month. Visiting sovereignn invited TO
attend.
T.. y. KENDRICK. consul commander.
T. T.. BRIDGMAS. clerk
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-23
TINE TABLE.

CALI, Colorado and Santa Ee R'y.
SOUTH BOUND.
galveston and Chicago Express S.45 q. m
ClshuEns and Kansas City Express AZ p N
NORTH BOUND.
Galveston and Chicago ExPEss8 Ss a. ma
GfebMTne and Kansas CITY Express ala m
kR~ MASON, Ticket Ag't.
W. S. KEENAN,, zen PssA AgT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-06
THE YEHUDA BROTHERHOOD.
An Oath-ROund Band of CONNER,
feiters,

-
feiters.
The United States closed its case and tho
defense opened Yesterday in the United
states district court at Philadelphia, in
tn" trial of Moses Rosengarten. Max
Frank. Jacob Fineburg, Jacob Freedman
and Henry Greenburg, alleged counterfeit
ers. The Men are Russians, and are
charged with having banded together as
the "Yehuda Brotherhood to flood the
country with spurious coin.
Their principal rendezvous was a house
IN Landisville, N. j., where a complete
coming outfit was found by secret service
officers. The testimony was to show that
the men had been operating in New Eng
land, and that they obtained a quantity of
nickel Tor coming purposes from Connec-
ticut hrm, which furnished like material
Tor the government. They had also occu-
pied farmhouse outside of New Haven
TO which 3o0-pound press had been taken
The coins made We're mainly dimes and
nickels.
1t was brought out that Greenbury. who
is thought to be the leader of the gang,
has been carrying on a correspondence
from prison with his relatives and some
OF the other defendants, and there was
evidence showing that letters had been
Smuggled into cells in bottles of milk
Inc secret service department believes
that this is the beginning of disclosures
which will reveal a gigantic system of
counterfeiting throughout the country. The
officers declare that the men were bound
togethe: by oaths. and that death was the
penalty prescribed for betrayal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-06
his sickness to drinking milk which had q
decided traften aa9 Ha rnr

his sickness to drinking milk which had
decided rotten egg flavor.
"a colored girl on 25th street had drank
water and eaten apples in an infected house
en- @ and 34th street, Georgetown.
''Two cases occurred at 2151 Pennsylvania
avenue on the second floor of house occu-
pied below by a filthy butcher shop. which
had been vacated short time before; this
case is mentioned because some very COM
petent observers have commented upon such
incidents, and the family was positive that
there was causative relation between
this filthy shop and the occurrence Of ry-
phoid fever.
Georgetown.
II have investigated twenty-four cases in
Georgetown, five of which were contracted
at summer resorts. OF the nineteen remain
Ing cases six were FATAL four in consumers
of well water; one in consumer of Potomac
water; one in consumer of water from a
spring located in the cellar.
"Of the thirteen other cases ten were con-
sumerS OF well water and three were con-
sumers of Potomac water.
The well on Bath street between o and
contributed four cases, and a well at 1914
Valley street two cases. Twelve of the pa
tients were white, five colored; two of the
hVe fatal cases were in colored persons. In
one OF the fatal cases. the water closet was
found in the basement, within u feet from
the Kitchen range and no partition except
curtain to separate the kitchen from this
apartment. The water closet was the ordi
rary rim flush basin: members of this FAM
lily had dfphtheria last year, and although
the house is quite modern and compare
lively new, am not surprised at the occur
renee of these diseases under such circum-
stances.
I'm one of the cases it is probable that the
disease was contracted at Brightwood, and
in another at Ivy City, the patients having
worked Or remained at these places sufti-
ciently long for the incubation of the germs.
In one instance the patient had drank spring
water whilst out hunting two weeks before
the attack. In the house of family with
three cases l found a box privy full to over
flowing: the mother informed me that the
first case occurred in April, and that she
had buried some of the dejecta in the yard
not over hundred feet from a public pump.
meteorological examination of the water
has not revealed the presence of dangerous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-06
TWO ATLANTA TRAGEDIES.
Young Wife AveDGcs an Iusult-A
Woman EutnIlY RucncI.

Woman Fatally Burned.
Atlanta, Ga, has been stirred to its depths
by two episodes, in both of which women
were the chief actors.
Mrs. Jessie Owens, the young wife of
]. B. Owens, employee of the Southern rail-
way fired four shots. three of which We're
effective. at Jake Adolpnus, an eighteen
yeGr-old youth, Wednesday evening. The
young man was seriously and perhaps ia
tally wounded. The shooting according to
the statement of Mrs. Owens, was done to
avenge an insult to her on the part of the
young man. Adophus is now lying uncon-
sCious al his home. and is expected to die
The shooting occurred at the home of Mrs.
Owens about o'clock in the afternoon.
Adclphus called at the home of Mrs. Owens.
Just what conversation passed between
them no one else knows. but Mrs. owens
claims that the young man insulted her.
She secured a new pistol, which, it seems
she had purchased for the occasion and
while Adolphus was sitting in a chair plac-
ed 1t at the back of his neck and fired The
bullet passed upward through the head and
passed out near the eye.
The young man jumped up and ran out
OF the house. closely followed by Mrs.
owens. she fired three more shots, two OF
which hit the mark. one bullet entering his
leg and another grazing his ear. The fourth
ball missed Adolphus ran to his home
about one hundred yards away from Mrs
scious Adolphus is the son of a prominent
physician.
The second case also occurred Wednesday
little cottage outside the city limits was
burned, and the horrible discovery was
made that woman had been burned to
death. Detectives who have been working
on the case find that the woman was Mrs
Riley, and they are now on the hunt f.,
James Riley, the woman's husband, who is
missing
Riiey was seen Immediately after the dis
coVery and claimed to have reached the
burning house Just in time to pull his wife
out of the building. She was, he said, yer,
badly burned. and died Immediately after
me coroners inquest developed the fac
that the house had been robbed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-06
EIEEAll lllTElA MATER


I'm StCnc IA the Bladder aul Renal Cilc.l'; OF
the Red iit,c Acid and th.. White i:'=SphJt.c
variety, the Solvent lower Of this Water is an
mis- tGEablC.'
DR.. WILLIAM L. TOWLES. Professor of Anat-
oiny AND Matcria Medica in the Medical Depart
ment OF the University Of Virginia.
Il feel no heeitan"y whatever In saying that Ia
GCai. Rheumatic Govt. Rheuruatisr, Stone in the
Bladder ami in all Diseases OF Uric Acid DiarIeSis
l know OF no retGtdy at all cOmparable to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-06
Mother Goose on Wheels.

From the Toledo Blade.
The king has left his counting house and
wisely spent his money:
The queen and he are bicycling, forgetting
bread and honey;
The maid has bought n wheel. too, and left
her hanging clothes:
'Twould take nimbe blackbird now to nip
off half her nose
The herald., 1895-03-24

That Dr. Shores treatment is established
fact No doctor has given much evidence of
from such responsible people has Dr. Shores. The
chant, mechanic doctors, praise it, and
statement from minister of the gospel Rev. r. s. Reese
Of the most prominent old gentlemen in the West He
highly educated and his abors in the pulpit have been
the of saving thousands of souls Now that he has
reached the & and his health has been the sacrifice of
his Efforts that he has been compelled to abandon his
calling he does good still in all possible. After treat
ing with Dr. Shores Rev. r. s. Reese enthusiastic in his
recommendation of this successful treatment
Rev. r. S. Reese has preached the gospel almost forty
years. He built the first Presbyterian church in Warrens
burg, Mo.
He was personally acquainted with Robert E. Lee, and
lived Lexington Va where he had charge of Presby
teran church. Rev. Mr. Reese also President of Ben
Salem Academy where students prepared for Washing
ton and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute
Walter McOorke eminent lawyer at the New York City
bar, and Emmett, his brother Presbyterian minister of
considerable note, students at Ben Salem Academy
In conversation Rev. Mr.. Reese said: eyes al
physical wreck. that had to give
up middle of sermon, would become exhausted
very bilious. had appetite whatever and what
did did to give the strength for work