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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18
TIE WOOD DUCKS FlRsT SWIM.
How Ihe Mother Gets the Little Onss
From the Ncss 20 tie HEnter.

How ihe Mother Gets the Little Onao
From the Scs; to tilc water.
A few miles fram INV home there is a
lake that Inns for years been the abiding
place Of "a colony If wood ducks. l have
spent hours along the shores watching
these prctticat IF water fow IS The wood
duel, has ono pcculi rity not possessed
by other members of the duck family
it builds its home high up ~ the cavity
of some dccayed limb. usually one that
juts out over the water.
The eggs. from seven TO 13 in mum
ber, are creamy white in color House-
keeping Is begun in May, and the young
arc ready 10 leave the nest carly in June
was curious TO know how the little
ducks reach tine water from their lofty
homes. l had often seen them. when
hardly clear Of their shell. swimming
ahlIt with their H4pihyr -.i fest CON
viuced that they never could have left
home unaided
One bright june morning fortune fa-
vorcd me. l had ruwcd along the lake
shore to pay visit To hou-cful ~
noisy rcd wing blarkhipls. Ny boat was
lying motionlc>s among the tail cat
tails that friuEcd tie shores of the lasc.
suddenly | heard loud splash behind
me, and turning o. luuk | saw aI. ti4o
water short distance away. just >hak-
ing the spray from her wines. female
wood duck and near hrr ty,otiny yellow
balls, so small that they ro-rmb!cd wa
ter lilies floating on thc >urltco.
The old bird took wing. havcrcd and
circlcd above her babies Tor few MIN
utcs and then flew 10 a cavity IN "a tail
tree, short distance away. In short
time the male bird. arraycd in the hand
someSt of plumagc. Joined his mate.
Then for few minutes | cuuld hcur "a
soft cooing noise. which reminded me oi
husband and wife discussing some i'm
pOrtaLt point relative TO the welfare ot
their children.
The cooing soon stopped and the moth
er duck appeared in the doorway of her
home. Then She dropped toward the WA
ter at a slight angle. As her breast
struck the surface she immediately
divcd, and where her body had been I
was surprised 10 see two little ducklinCs
swimming about as uncouccIncd as
though they had been travelling in the
water for years.
The routine of flying to the nest was
repeated four times IN rapid succession,
and each time it resulted in an addition
of two to the family in the water. which
kept growing until it numbered u.
Then the mother duck swan out in the
lake, followed by her brood, while tine
male bird brought up the rear Of the
procession, acting, no doubt. as a guard
and protect0r-C. 5. Shick IN Phila-
delDhia Times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18
Chair Of the Giant 1dris.

One of the mountain peaks of north
Wales is known as the Chair of Idris, or
Cader Idris, as the Welsh people call it,
because its top is followed out like an
immense couch According to local ira
dition, whoever spends n night i'll the
Chair of Idris viii, ON the following
morning, be dead, raving mad or en-
dowed with the lofsiest poetical inspira-
tiOn. No one seems to know exactly who
Idris was or when he lived, but he must
have been a giant if his body was in
proportion with his celebrated "chair. 4"
Mrs. Hemans has a fine poem with the
Chair of Idris as the theme, and Tenny-
son also mentions it in Enid st.
Louis Republic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18
UNCLE DICK oeLessY.
Two Characteristic Stories of the Genial
Ex-Governor of Illinois.

Ex-Governor of Illinois.
think il was during the Cleveland
Blaine campaign that ex-GoverEor
Oglesby cf Illinois, Uncle Dick, as
he is familiarly known, first made a stay
of any length in New York
He and . companion had a sumptuous
luncheon, .e.ad oI course by the intro
ducer, who wound up by inviting the
governor to smoke. The clerk at the ci-
gar counter handed out some fine Havana
cigars Uncle Dick was about to take
one, when some thought arrested his
hand, and he asked:
What's the price Of these:"
Twenty five cents, was the reply.
holy smoke" calculated the govern
or. Put 'em back Put 'em back,
quick ~
But, governor, this is my treat, q"
said his friend
"Daren't t do it'll Daren't do it Put
EN- backr'
Yes, but governor
Il tell you l daren't do il. Why,
man, if they should ever find out III Il
linois that smoked % cent cigal in
New York, they'd turn me ont Of the
church, and it would ruin me politically
forever Daren't do i'll Ten cent cigars
are good enough for me in New York
and centers at home "
Uncle Dick always prided himself on
his success in campaigning when called
upon to reach a mans vote through his
family pride.
On one of his tours ne passed through
a country town in Illinois, when he
came suddenly upon a charming group
"a comely woman with bevy Of little
ones about her-in garden with high
picket fence in front of it. He stopped
short, then advanced and leaned over
the front gate
Madam, said he in his most in
gratiating way, may kiss these bean
tiful children?'
Certainly, sir" the lady answered
demurely, there is no possible objec-
ton.
They are lovely darlings, " said Un-
enth. Il have seldom seen more beauti-
full babies. Are they all yours, marmF'
The lady blushed deeply.
"Of course they are-the sweet little
/ treasures. From whom else, marm, could
they have inherited these limpid eyes,
these rosy cheeks, these profuse curls,
/ these comely figures and these musical
voices:''
The lady continued bluShing.
by the way, marm, said Uncle
Dick. "may bother you to tell your
estimable husband that Richard J.
Oglesby, Republican candidate for gov
ernor, called upon him this evening""
Alas, sir, quoth the lady, / have
no husband. "
But these children, madam-yOu
surely are not widow
4 fear You were mistaken, sir, when
you first came up. These are not my
children. This Is an orphan asylum -
Exchange.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18
EYPpINATEo NAMES.
Some Are Scnuine, Others Simply Stand
Fer Bnobbery-HOw to Distinguish.

Some Arc Scnuire, Others Simply Stand
Fer Bnobbery-How to Distinguish.
HSphenated names in Europe may be
ivided into two categories-namely
those wherein the hyphcn is a mere piece
of snobbery and affectatiOn, and those
wherein it is consequent upon legal
obligation The latter are i'll the minor
ity and are borne almost invariably by
legatees and their descendants, who have
inherited property, usually real estate,
contingent upon their tacking the name
Of the testator ON to their own, or else
they are men who have married heiresSes
and been accepted as husbands for the
latter on the condition that they should
append the family name Of their wives
to their own patronymic.
People in the other category, who use
the hyphen merely with the object of
creating the impression that they are OF
more ancient lineage than is really the
case, invariably prefix, instead of APP
pending, the additional name, and it is
this that enables one to distinguish the
bona fide double barrel, " as Lord Ran
dolph Churchill used to call them, from
those who are not, for you have only to
ask Mr. Ponsonby- Jones for the name of
his paternal grandfather in order to find
out that the old gentleman was a simple
Jones, devoid of the aristOCratic Ponson-
by, whereas in the case of surnames
adopted in Difference to testamentary
dispositions one Will invariably find ON
inquiry that the paternal grandfather
and ancestors bore the first of the two
patrOnymics.
The persons who make use of hyphen-
ated names without being compelled to
do so are usually the owners of patro-
nymics excruciatingly plebeian, who
hope, vainly, it is true, to redeem the
commonplace character of their name by
prefxing thereto one calculated, they
trust, to create the impression that they
are connected with some of the great
houses of the nobility. Thus 1t is quite
common to find MontmOrency- Smiths,
Plantagenet- -Robinsons and We're de
We're Browns. Chicago Tribune
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18
Cost Of PolIeemen,s Uniforms.

The prices paid by the Baltimore po-
lice are: For overcoats, $50 dress coats,
90. 90; blouses, $s; summer trousers,
&5. l2; winter trousers, Sc. 25. These
prices, the commissioners say, are lower
than those i'll any city, with the excep-
tion of Philadelphia, where a different
system obtains, and where the men are
required to purchase new clothes every
year, making the cost to them eventual
ly more than to the Baltimore police-
Baltimore Sun.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18
Decayed Wood Breeds Ants.

An amateur gardener has had great
deal of trouble, year after year, with a
certain bed III her flower garden. 1t was
so infested by ants that nothing could
grow there, but was invariably devoured
by the insects. She tried every vermin
destroyer known, with boiling water and
other preventives, all without success
At length she found that portion Of the
outer boarding of the shed which stood
near this bed was decayed and needed
renewal When thee boards were taken
away, they were found to be alive with
ants, which, being destroyed, disappear
ed from her flowers, and she has had no
more annoyance from them. Often ants
will get into the house closets and into
the food in the same way from some de
cayed wood near at hand, in which they
nest If their source is looked up when
they come they usually may be unearth-
ed and killed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18

An old negro named Nanny who had
taken day of in order TO attend that
most important function among Afro
Americans-a wedding-waS asked how
she had enjoyed herself
"Enj " meself! didn't enj'y meseh
no how. " was her reply. d" 'Twan't no
weddin. dat IT. Twas jest a marryin.
Dere wasn't no cake nor ice cream nor
muffin else to eat wuff talkin about.
'Twan't no weddin. Twas jest a mar
win. New York sun.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18

The croupiers Of Monte Carlo have q
school of gambling IN which they learn
the ins aud outs Of the games, the meth
DDS Of defeating trickery, manual dex-
terity in clearing the boards and paying
the stakes, readiness in reckoning and in
dealing and shuffling the cards and sc
on Most Of them come from AlSace.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18
A lightning PhOnoTrapher.

Business Man-Can you write short
hand?
Applicant-Yes, sir.
How many words a minute?"
81 never counted. 'em, but the other
day, when my wife found in my over
coat pocket a letter which she gave me
to mail last fall, took down every
word she uttered as fast as she said
them. "
You II do Toronto Truth
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Christian Church-Frenslcy street SER
vices every Lords day at ~ 90 q M. and s:is
.. m. sunday school ssSo a. m. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday s:is D.. m. Choir
practice every Friday evening az s.i5 q. M.
Ladies' Aid Society every Tuesday after
cial meetinl. every Tuesday night al place
announced each Lords day. Officers meet
ing ur-t LORDS day in each month. an are
cordially invited to all services.
joe NJ. London. Sup't sunday School.
Nolncy Johnson. Past pr.
FIRST Baptist church broadway street.
Services every sunday at N 90 q. m. and ss3Q
O.. u- Prayer meeting "Wednesday evening >
at o'clock sunday school 1t SD a. m.
Choir practice Friday evening at O'Clock
pr. Young. Pastor.
VI. p. church south Corner broadway and
church street. Preaching every sabbath
morning 20 ID o. rn-. and 7.31 J.. ~. Prayer
iay school every sabbath at 10 n. m. Ep-
worth League o.. M y r. Law. Pastor.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church-Corner
church and Cumberland streets. Services
every SUNDAY q p %. m- and 5;lo o. m.
saturday evening. sabbath school 40 g.U
20. u- Every hndy cordially invited tu wur-
ship with C~. j. =. Williams. Supt.
J.. T.. Aubrey. Pastor.
Ardmore Mission N. T.. Church South-scr-
vices 90 Tabernacle. Mission Ridge addition.
CORNER WulVcrtuu avenue and Carter street.
services every first and third sunday "a. M.
tut every sunday evening az $50. CutaC
ana Worship with o..
!. o.. Godfrey. Pastor.
FIRST PEE~RYTEHIAN CHURCH.
BETWEEN
Springer and Frcnsly Streets
Regular -crNiccs
~thhafh-ii e. III. morning Worship.
DO. fIr.. evening worship.
1855 %. iu-. Sunday school.
Wtiucr days o.. ul.. PRAYER meeting.
D.. ui-. Session meeting.
W." extend a cordial invitation Q" al 9"
Worship with us. ff q stranger. We desire
Vnur acquaintance In the name 20 the Mas
ter. we welcome ysu.
REv. a.. q. McGtNLEY. pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18

Venezuela means Little Venice. ="
The early explorers found the natives
living in houses placed ON piles in the
marshes
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18
We See All Of the Sun.

The inhabitants Of this earth never
get glimpse of but one side Of the
moon. but in the course Of a year every
portion Of the sun surface Is turned to-
ward Us. This Is because the sun : oqua.
tor Is almost coincident with the plane
Of the eclptic, the inclination being only
about seven degrees. st Louis Replb-
lie
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18
Arrival and Departure =. 5. Mails.

Arrival and Departure 4. ). Malls.
South bound mail closes 4:45 ID. m.
South bound mail arrives $50 pm.
North bound mail closes II:I5a. m.
North bound mail arrives 1900 m.
Night mails are closed at $3.50 p. m.
Money order department is open
at 5 a. m, and closed at p. m.
Office hours from a. m. TO 6p.m.
Sundays from ; a. m, To n. m.
JOHN :. HAMMER, =. VI.
EDGAR SANDIIN. Deputy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18

In 1889 the first patent for water gas
was taken out in England by Cruick
shankS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18
TIME TABLE.

Gulf. Colorado and Santa Re Railway.
SOUTH BOUND.
Galveston and Chicago Express s.fl a. n
Clehurnc and Kansas City EXPIRES 5.25 o. m.
NORTH BOUND.
Galveston and Chicago Express 1879 a. n
Clchuruc and Kansas City Express HISS an
I.R- MASON. Ticket Agt.
". :. KEENAN,. Gen. Pass. AEt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18

You want my goods and / want
your trade. You can get my .Cods
for a very small sum, and I glaran
tee TO keep your trade. for / will
treat you right. Let me prove this
TO you. j. J. Rackiey, two doors oa-f
OF pustofiice, Gainesville, Texas. .24-tt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18
Beatty.s orrans and Pianos.

Hon. Daniel F. Beatty, OF Washing
ton, New Jersey, the great Organ
and Piano manufactures, is building
more Organs and Pianos than ever.
In 1870 MIR. Beatty left home "A pen
niless plow boy, and by his indomit-
able Will he has worked his way up
SO as To sell 80 far, nearly 100, 900 OF
Beatty's Organs and Pianos since
1870. Nothing seems TO dishearten
him; obstacles laid in his way, that
would have wrecked an ordinary man
forever, he turns TO an advertisement
and comes out OF it brighter than
ever. His instruments, as is well
known, are very popular and are TO
be found IN all parts of the world
We are informed that during the
next ten years he intends TO sell 2OO,-
900 more of his make; that means a
business Of $50, ,0O0, coo, il we average
them at 500 each. IL is already the
largest business Cf tic kind in exist
ence. Write or call upon Daniel r.
Beatty, Washington, New Jersey, for
catalogue.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18

cEl0 nm BEATTY'S Organs $500
nIkIlt, ,Iilliluu. For particulars. Cata-
luEue. address or call. Daniel
T.. Beatty. Washington. New Jersey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18

8EATTYS ORGAaSr $500 s:f.lss agsaF, s5Sl %[!s
pr caii Daniel F. Beatty. Washington. New
Jersey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18

U0D QIIn Scholarship in a Business
run OALE college here in Ardmore.
at Bargain. For infurma
tiun and price call on ur address THF ARb-
NoHEITE. Arlmure. Ind. Ter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18

Blank mortgages of the best form
for sale at this Office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18

8EATTYS PIANOS ,i51;.:oS sz7s;oO ugS95as s5, For
call. Daniel r. Beatty, Washington. New
Jersey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-18

The ARDAOREITE 5oRoFFIcF m Id1S s + PFeP9Fs Fs,s,s
tn hr~t-cla~- Stylc on short notice. Every
thing New. stock hr~t-cla~s.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1895-10-05
ARMY STAFF CHANGES

Occasioned by tho Assignment OF NAL
Gen. Miles TO the Command OF the
Army.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-The assign
ment of Maj. Gen. Miles to succeed
Gen. Schoficld in command of the army
will occasion the transfer OF a number
OF officers on duty in Washington, the
more important OF which will be
in the adjutant-general's depart.
nent. The details of the five as
sistant acknowledgement on duty here
are all changed. Col. Vincent, who
has been on duty at army head
quarters ever since Gen. schofeld was
placed in command Of the army, will
have charge of the new division of
military information. Maj. Babcock,
who has been in charge OF the work,
will still remain on duty at the war
department, and have charge of mat
ters pertaining to enlisted men. Mai.
Hall. who has dealt with the enlisted
force, will relieve Col. Gilmore, who
has been assistant adjutant-general In
charge OF the detail of officers, espe-
cially to colleges
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1895-10-05
THE GOLDMAN MURDER
St. Louis Police Not So Sure That
They Have the Murderers
ANOTHER THEORY OF THE saElT CRIME.
Goldman Said to Have Been Addicted
to Practices That Nave Have Called
Down the Vengeance Of Some
Young Girls Faths.

Sr. LOUIS, Oct. 3. - DIR, Howard
+ oraker's positive identification of the
Birnie brothers as the men whom he
saw escaping from Ignatz Goldmau's
home Is not sufficient. Il appears, to
make the police believe they have the
real murderers in custody.
There is no reason to doubt Foraker's
veracity. but the search now pro-
crossing for Goldman's murderer, while
the Birnies are In Jail. charged with
the offense. indicates the fullest con-
fidencc Is not reposed in the correct
ness Of Foraker's impressions
II ForalSer's testimony were out Of
the way the Birnies would doubtless
be released because OF an absence of
motive and paucity OF recriminating
circumstances IL is known they have
but one suit OF clothes each. and when
they were arrested they were clad ex-
actly as they appeared Tuesday night
before the murder, and as they have
appeared for weeks No blood was
found upon the person or apparel Of
either.
Neighbors OF Goldman say one Of his
practices has long attracted attention
that Of persuading girls Of tender
years, from TO i3. to visit his rooms.
1t was no uncommon thing, IT is said.
for him to detain little girl all
night
That Goldman committed revolving
acts OF indecency during such visits
the police believe. and they are now
looking for some father who deter.
mined to mete out vengeance himself
rather than to invoke the law and in
vite thereby publicity that might
prove ruinous to his daughter An
outraged father, In killing man
whom he believed guilty OF the acts
mentioned, might he carried to such n
degree Of frenzy as to ,nutilate his vic
tim, whilc 1t Is difficult, the police be-
lieve, to think that the Birnies could
have been actuated by any such resent
ment.
The Goldman inquest was continued
until Friday.
All the suspects under arrest for the
crime have been released except the
Birnie brothers.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1895-10-05
KNOCKED OUT IN ONE ROUND.
A Qu,etus Put Upon PrIze-t lighting By tho
Lone star Legislature.

AUSTIN, Tex, Oct. 3.-There will be
no prize-hght at Dallas October 81 be-
tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons. This
fact was settled Wednesday afternoon
by the Texas legislature in exactly
three hours by the watch.
The vote In the senate on the bill,
with the emergency clause attached,
was 81 yeas to | nay, and the same bill
was passed by the house by vote Of
1l0 TO ).
The bill. which will prohibit prize.
fighting in Texas in future, reads as
follows:
SEcrIoN /. Be II enacted by the Legislature
Of the state OF Texas, thatany person who shall
voluntarily engage ina pugllistic encounter be-
tween man and man. or fight between man
and bull or any other animal, for money or
other thing OF value. or for any championship
or upon the result OF which any money or thing
Of value is bet, or to which any admission fee
Is charged. either directly or Indirectly. shall
be deemed guilty OF felony, and upon conyic-
,ion shall be punished by Imprisonment in the
penitentiary not Ass than two OF more than
I've years. d,
SEC. .. BY the term "pugIllsslc encounter"
as used In the act IL meant any voluntary hight
or personal encounter by blows by means OF
the fist or otherwise whether with or without
gloves, between two or more meu. for money or
for a prlze OF any character, or for any other
thing OF value. or for anv championship or
upon the result Of which any money or any
thing Of value is bet or wagcred.
SEC a That all laws and parts OF laws IN
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1895-10-05
CHRISTIAN UNITY.
The Protestant Episcopal Couven-
ton at Minneapolis, Mimi.
VOTE FOR THE TERM AMERICAN CHURCH
ana decide BY Two-Thirds Vote, to
Send Fraiernal Greetings to the
Northern Minnesota Method
ist Conferences,

MISSEAroLIs. MINI, Oct. "A hu.
morous episode grew out of a motion
at the morning session or the Episeo.
pal convention to invite the bishons
10 De present at the reception Ia the
Canadian delegates in the afternoon,
Inc resolution used the expression
american church, and this was taken
exception to by Dr. Carmichael, of Vir.
ginia, who contcnded that the denomi.
nation had no other title than "The
Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States"
An amendment thus correcting the
resolution was defeated by viva voce
vote, and amid much laughter a diyi.
sion was demanded. 1t resulted in n
vote OF 22s to 81 for the term, "Ameri.
can church" and the resolution stood.
1t happens that the Methodist con.
ference OF. northern Minnesota is now
in session few blocks distant, with
Bishop Fowler presiding, and in spirit
of good will Maj Samuel Mahon, OF
ottumwa, Ia, moved that the house
send fraternal greetings to the Meth.
odist gathering, with assurances
OF its sympathy and Joy in the abun-
dance of their Christian labors. Wig.
orous objection was entered, however,
by Delegate Fairbanks, of Florida, who
characterized it as an extraordinary
and unusual proceeding, and as one OBJ
lection was fatal, the resolution
went on the calendar. This disposi.
tion. however, was not satisfactory
to the convention at large, and in
behalf OF the entire Iowa dele.
cation Rev. Dr. Green, of Cedar
Rapids, pressed for immediate
consideration. The necessary two
thirds voted TO take the resolution
from the calendar, and its adoption
was urged in vigorous speech by DR..
Green, who said that the house should
manifest its Christian courtesy and
consistence. and rid the church OF the
oft-repeated reproach that 1t simply
spoke empty syllables, and that its
heart was not In the cause of Chris.
tianity.
Delegate Fairbanks, Of Florida, con-
tended that the body OF Methodists
now in session was not general con-
ference. but mere fragmentary af-
fair. The house was of contrary
opinion, and 'the greetings were
adopted. This is the first time in the
history Of general conference of the
Episcopal church that greetings have
been sent to conference OF another
denomination, and the action is re-
gnrded as a significant mark of the
advance of Christian unity.