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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11
APPROPRIATE LECTURE.
The Ga1nosvillO HeaPSPlaA Scores
the Young Men Of its TOWn In
Friendly Way.

The Gainesville Hesperian, always
an excellent paper, OF which its town
should feel proud, really surpassed it.
self in yesterdays edition. Aside
from its usual quota of news it con-
tanned a column of most interesting
reading under the heading Of "Town
Topics, one OF the features of which
was lecture to the young men on
the growing habit of permitting
young ladies to attend concerts, lee
lures, etc, without escorts, practice
which it censures in the following
appropriate manner:
The observers at theaters and lec-
lures in Gainesville can see a vast diff
ference between now and ten years
ago IN some things.
lone of the most noticeable is the
number of young ladies who go with
out escorts. Now we see very few of
the young society men with ladies.
Then one scarcely went out without
taking young lady. We hardly know
the reason. 1t can not be that the
Young man Of this decade is less fond
OF he society Of bright young ladies
than were those of the last. II can
not be that young ladies are less
charming now than they were then,
or that they are less willing 70 go ou +.
w.ththeir beIux. There may be fin an
ciaI reasons, but we do not think they
are good ones. The girls of today can
walk as well as they ever did, and the
sidewalks are better than they were
then. 1t is true those young men who
work for a living get less wages, but
are they right sure they could not cut
oil some other expense with more
profit To themselves than to cut of
this: Ii seems to us that a young man
thinks very little of young lady
when he can bore her three nights in
the week at home and perhaps take
her to church on Sunday night. and
then let her stay at home from the
lecture or concert or pay her own
way.
Young man unless you are laying
up the money thus saved to take care
Of her in the future you are treating
her badly"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11
A Neat Compliment.

Lncian Stove was asked today if he
would be an applicant for the mar
shalship in the event Of a vacancy,
and he replied in the Affirmative.
Thus far there are two aspirants,
Gait and Stowe, either of whom
would be model selection in case the
Morgan bill becomes a law.-ARD-
NOREITE.
Mr.. Stove was for years citizen OF
Sherman, and no better man could
succeed Mr.. McAlister, the present
marshal Democrat.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Next Friday night is the occasion
for the rendition OF Pinafore at the
opera house. While the reporter has
n .ver been present at any Of the re-
hearSalS. he is informed that most
satisfactory progress is being made,
and the people Of Ardmore have in
store for their op0ratic delectation a
rare treat, surprising anything Of tho
kind heretofore attempted in the
amateur line. Remembering this,
and the worthiness OF the cause To
which the proceeds are to be devoted
should fill every available seat in the
opera house. Tickets are now on
sale at the usual places.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11
New. Cheap. Ornamental.

The reporter for the AROMOREIrE
IN passing by the yards of the Wilton
Lumber Co. noticed great stacks of
fencing put up in rolls, a novelty
to him in the line of picket work. Man
ager Byrnes was asked for information
and from him it was learned that they
had just received a car load of the
Hodge combination picket fencing,
suitable for yard and cemetery enclOs-
uFes. 1t is something entirely new,
simple, yet durable in construction,
ornamental in design and remarkably
cheap in price. If you are contem-
plating fencing you should not fail TO
examine this stock before doing so. 5tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11
STANDARD COTTON RELr ATTRACTIONS

STANDARD COTTON RELT ATTRACTIONS.
Through trains twice each day from
Fort Worth. Plano. Greenville, Sher-
man, Whitewright, Wolfe City, Sui
phur Springs, Waco, HillsbOro, CorSi-
cana. Tyler. PittSburg, and Texar-
kama to Memphis, Tenn, making
close connections at Memphis for the
Old States, and at Texarkana making
close connections for St. Louis and
the north via st. L. 1. NJ. & ) Ry.
Pullman sleeping coach service from
the above cities for Memphis via Got
ton Belt Route" and for st. Louis via
St. L. i. NJ. & S. Ry. from Texarkana.
Through Pullman sleepers from san
Antonio to Memphis via international
& Great Northern railway, Tyler and
Cotton Belt Route"
Close connections TO receive ana
deliver Messengers in Texas as follows;
Greenvflle with the NJ. X. & I. and
Texas Midland railway; Plano with
the II. & T. e. railway; Fort Worth
with the Fl. & d. c; Ft. w. * X. q;
G. G. & $. f; T. & p. railways. Big
Sandy with the T. * p. Ry., Tyler
with the l. & G. n. Ry: Corsicana
with the II. & T. c. Ry; Waco with
the NJ. X. < II. and >. A. & A. I. Ky
McGregor with the G.. G. n ;. r. Ky
All Texas railways sell tickets VIZ
the cotton Belt Route" ask then
and secure the accommodations anc
0uicks time offered by the only lin'
running solid trains from Texas 4
Memphis. All enquiries answered
nromptly by S. g. WARNER,
G. p. a., Tyler, Tex.
A. A. GLIssoN.
T. p A., Fort Worth. Tex
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Marcn terms 1870.
z. A. Vincent, plaintiff,
ys
Sarah A. Vincent. defendant.
The defendant. Sarah \. Vincent Is
warned to appear in this court In
thirty days and answer the complaint
Of the plaintiff, +. y. Ninc,n
Witness the Hon. Chas. B. Stuart,
Judge OF said court. and the seal
thereof this 30 day Of Jan. 1895.
SEAL Jos. W. Phillips. clerk.
;. l.. Garrett. deputy.
Campbell. Fowler x Kendrick, attor's.
II. II. Brown, attorney FOR non
resident defendant. 81
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11
To the Puhlic.

from this date l cannot sell under
1kers goods, save for spot cash. In
making this announcement. ] do 50
Nish full appreciation of the pat
Anaage AdIaage OF my friends and am only IN
tial, tiu, With which to meet my Obliga-
"9's. ~. J. S. b. APoLLOs,
''to ltW Undertaken
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11
Duncan Ranner ClinnIngu.

I. 5. Deputy Marshal, Loss Hart,
the deputy that fired the shot that
killed Bill Dalton, was in the city the
first Of the week.
Every town on the Rock Island
from the Canadian to Red rivers, has
been represented in the U. S. Com
missioner'S courts here this week.
Mr.. Albert Harris left for ArdmOre
today and will probably return Mon
day Look out for a further an
hOuncement next week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

March term. 1895.
VIM. NJ. Lee. plaintiff,
"
Queenie Lee defendant.
The defendan Queenie Lee. Is waruy
ed 20 appear in this court In thirt-
days and answer the complaint Of the
plaintiff. Vim. VI. Lee.
Witness the Hon. ClaS. B. Stuart.
Judge Of said court. and the seal there
@. this 34th day OF January, 1885.
tSEALl Jos. W. PHILIPS. Clerk.
=. l.. GARRETT. Deputy.
Lcdbetter y BledSoe. attorneys.
O. W. Patchell attorney for nun-rcs-
idcnt defendant. - I'm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11
Snrine Suita.

Just received from three merchant
tailors, l2Oa samples of spring goods.
Prices p per cent of from last season.
No tailor in the country can SurpaSS
j. l.. Bass in taking measures for
suits. Call and leave your orders.
32-lm GLENN Y PEOPLES.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11
Furniture Repairinr.

I am now ready TO repair, revarnish.
reinish in oil, repOlish with French
polish. your piano, Organs. Bureau,
or any other furniture, right in your
own houses without Soiling your car
pets or room. in any way. Can make
your furniture as good and as nice as
when new. Charges reasonable and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Office, Room No. 3, over City Drug
Store. J. ). EVANS, lock box, 23I.
I'm DIV
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r. s. w. Parker, OF the AEDMoRR
rTE, is In sherman. He viii return
tonight.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Miss Maud, daughter OF Rev. c.
Stubblefeld, returned yesterday from
an extended visit to friends at Waco.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Miss Jennie Blake, OF Whitesboro,
Texas, is visiting in the city and will
remain until after the Coleman-Blake
nuptials tomorrow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Unlike most proprietary medicines,
the formula OF Dr. J. G. Ayers Sarsa-
parilla and other preparations are
cheerfully sent to any physician who
applies for them. Hence the special
favor accorded these well known
standard remedies by the Worlds
Fair commissioners. lw
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Bluff Davidson had quite run Wed
nesday evening on a mission Of mercy.
Mrs. Coffee told Bluff that a woman
had been to her house begging and
said she had two small children and
an aged mother and had no bed cloth
ing and even asked for the blanket
used by Bluffs dog. He could not
stand this so he started out to find So
complete a case of destitutiOn. In
agine his surprise to find a room well
warmed by two stoves, floor covered
with mating and fat looking beds in
the corners. This woman's name
will be given to the public the next
time she is known TO do such work
Purcell Enquirer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Miss Mamie Ennis, of DenisoR, Tex,
who has been visiting Miss Lem
NOlen, returned home Sunday morn
ing. This beautiful and highly ac-
-cemplished young lady made many
friends during her short stay in the
city who look forward with fond antic-
ipation to a repetition Of her visit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

South Court street paint shop, car
riage painting and trimming. First
class work guaranteed.
5-Iwk ID. +. ALLEN.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Mr.. c. L. Hilesweck, Of South Nc
Alester, is visiting friends in the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

IL you wish your jewelry or silver
ware nicely engraved, purchase same
OF me and the engraving will cost YOU
nothing. l have an artist IN that
line. II. H. Parker. u
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Misses -Choc and Daisy LAHORE re-
turned 10 their home at Limestone
Gap this morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

FOR SALE-At bargain, two lots
IN Ferndale; apply at this once.
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Buckles. RuChleuI Bucklos!

Just arrived at T. II. Parker's man.
moth jewelry store
Ladies belt buckles.
Ladies dress buckles.
Ladies garter buckles.
). 5. Case, Of that most able Journal,
the Purcell Register, came. down
'ns morning. While here he gave the
lARDNoREITE most pleasant call. He
seturned to the city on the hill this
Afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Snider's opposite postonice Is head
quarters for drugs, paints and Jew
elry. s-lw
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Carriage painting and Overhauling
sDecialties at Elliott n Williams
shop on Broadway. Give them call.
I5-mo
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

March term. 1895.
VIM. Brockway, plaintiff,
"
Nora BrOckway, defendant. '
The defendant. Nora Bruckway, il
warned 70 APPEAR iu this court ia thir-
" DAYS and answer the complaint Of
the plaintiff. VIM. Bruckway.
Witness the Hon. ChaS. Il. Stuart,
Judge OF said court. and the seal
thereof. this thirty-tirSt day Of Jan
uary. 1895.
SEAL Joseph w. Phillips. clerk,
G.. W. Stuart, deputy.
RObt +. Lee, attorner for plaintiff.
Nicholas Wolfe, attorney for non
resident defendant. film
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Remember Downings special price
Of one dollar per dozen for cabinet
photos stands only from day to day
and may be recalled any hour. Proof
shown and work guaranteed "a here
tofure. Bring your dollar while the
special price j. on. dlwW4
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

If you have a good single buggy to
trade for an extra good double buggy
call at Ardmore Livery Stable. j. T.
BowleS. lS-tt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

lack Davis, at Central barber shop,
can give you a nice shave In a very
short tire u
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Engraving done free on any article
OF jewelry or silverware purchased Of
me. 7. II. Parker. II
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For a nice. clean shave 90 70 the
Central barber shop. tf
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Snider leads In drug, opposite
poStOliice. S-lw
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Tomorrow YOU can get ono dozen
best finish photos for one dollar at
DOwning'S gallery. Strictly cash in
advance TO one and all dlww4
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Frensley's dwelling. Apply at Har-
ris Il Sloan's. 3I-tf
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- Jos. w. PHILLIPS, Clerk.
EAL. ). l. GARRETT, Deputy.
MARNING ORDER

In the United States Court in the
Indian Territory, Third Judicial Di-
vision.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

For drugs and jewelry, go TO +. II
Snider, opposite p1stofiice. Slw
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For one dollar. cash in advance, to-
morrow, YOU can get one dozen cabinet
photos, best finish and guaranteed
tirst-clasS at Downing'S. dlww4
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11
WARNING ORDER.

In the United States Court In the
Indian Territory, Third judicial
Division, March term, 1895.
Dora Riggs, Plaintiff,
vs..
Reuben Riggs. Defendant
The defendant, Reuben Riggs Is
warned 70 appear in this court In
thirty days and answer the complaint
OF the plaintiff, Dora Riggs.
Witness the Hon. Chas. b. Stuart
judge OF said court, and the seal
thereof, this Ind. day OF January,
1895.
Jos. w. PHILLIPS, Clerk.
SEAL =. l. GARRETT, Deputy.
Randell & Woods, Attorneys.
John G. Flemings. attorney for non
resident defendant.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

FOR SALE-At bargain. two lots
in Ferndale: Apply at this ONCE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

Leave calls for the Wisnor Hotel
bus and baggage wagon at the WisnOr
Hotel ONCE for all trains night and
day. BROWN Bros,
22-lm Props.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-11

ST. Valentines headquarters at
LondOnS. 4-5.
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FOR SALE-At a bargain, two lots
IN Ferndale: apply at this office.
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Don't buy Valentines until you get
the proper prices from London. 10
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WARNING ORDER.

In the United States court in the
Indian Territory, Third Judicial Di-
vision.
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have now opened up my ONCE and
am ready to furnish cut and made
to measure" suits. fine shirts OF any
style, linen cuffs and collars. suspen-
ders, etc. made by the well known
firm, "Wannamaker < Brown"
Business hours. TO Il a m, 20 p.
m. Patronage solicited, satisfaction
guaranteed. once, room No. 3. over
City Drug Store.
J. s. EVANS,
lin Lock BOX 237, ArdmOre-
Joe VI. London bought the complete
line Of WhitDey's Valentines, one OF
"A kind. He offers them AZ about
what they cost from iobbers. rs
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T. n. Parker. JeWeIer.
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London's for valentines.
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MANNING ORDER.

In the United States Court in the
Indian Territory. Third Judicial Di-
vision.
March term. 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-30
OUR WICKED SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 1S95.-Senator
Cockrell, of Missouri, Chairman of the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate
and 4 strong advocate Of silver, said to-
day that it was simply a waste of breath
to assert that financial bill along the
lines of the Presidents message could
pass the Senate. Such measure stood
not a ghost of a show of passing.
When told that the Treasury gold re-
serve would soon be exhausted unless
Congress or the Executive authorized
the sale of bonds to recoup it. Senator
cockrell said the gold reserve could not
ne exhausted too soon to suit him. He
had no fear that our legal tender notes
would not be received by our people. He
expressed the opinion that the entire
elimination of the gold reserve would
not so much as create a ripple in our
financial system
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-30
JAPANESE MORALIZING.

An English teacher in Japanese
school discovered, by giving out subjects
for composition, that the pupils had been
trained to find a moral in everything,
animate and inanimate. Mr.. Hearn, IN
his "Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan .
gives a few specimens of the moral ideas
evoked from the native students by sub
jects for English composition. One boy
thus prote on "Mosquitoes':-
"On summer nights we hear the sound
of faint voices. and little things come
and sting our bodies very violently We
call them ka-.in English mosquitoes
/ think the sting is useful for US, be-
cause if we begin to sleep, the ka shall
come and sting u.s.. uttering q. small
voice; then we shall be bringed back
to study by the sting
To another pupil was assigned the botan
Japanese peonD for composition, and
he wrote:-
"The botan is large and beautiful to
seee; but it has disagreeaible SMELL
This should make us remember that what
is only outwardly beautiful in human
society should not attract US: To be at
tracted by beauty only may lead us into
fearful and fatal misfortune
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-30
oRAzED BY MISFORTUNE.
Sad Fate of Mrs. Jennie Bricher
Gould, Well KNOWN Musician.

SHG E8tc Oh MTSs ScHHAe
Gould, Well KNOWN Musician.
BOSTON, Jan. 30. 1S95.-The condition
of Mrs Jennie Bricher Gould, found
insane in New York yesterday, has been
suspected in this city for some days.
There are no reasons for mental de-
rangement aside from severe trouble
through which she has passed.
Mrs Gould is the wife of W. A.
Gould, a brother of the wife of Judge
Richardson of the Supreme Court here.
employed on the jetties of the MISSISSIPPI
pi. About four weeks, ago the couple
came to Boston. The husband went to
the Massachusetts General Hospital,
where he submitted TO an amputation
of leg. Through his confinement at
the hospital his wife was constantly
with him, and experienced great nervous
strain. 1t was remarked by her friends
that hers was a condition of unbroken
melancholy up to about three days before
her departure, when she became sudden
ly more cheerful and almost hilarious.
On Friday she went to New York, leav-
ing her husband convalescent at the
hospital.
She is native of Newburyport, Mass,
but has lived in Alabama for a number
she was a we'll known music teacher.
About year ago her home at Newton,
Ala, was burned and she lost of every
thing of value.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-30
FAMOUS CAT FAN0IERs.

Looking backward we find that pussy has
been the pet and favorite of of the most
famous personages in history Mahomet rather
chose to cut off the sleeve of his robe than
to disturb a cat lying upon them; and his
followers, who have no more obligatory term
for the Christian than dog, admit it into their
mosques. Dame and Petrarch each had a fond
ness for them and the great Richeleu had a pet
cat, while Cardinal Wolsey placed his favor
ite tabby near him while exercising his judi
cat and kitten. and it is recorded that the
cial functions. Sir Isaac Newton had pet
worthy philosopher had two holes cut in the
door for their convenience, the larger one for
the cat and the other for the kitten. Mon
taigne, too, was not too witty or too cynical
but the frolics of a cat would amuse him. and
La Belle Stuart, famous beauty of the reign
of Charles H. satirized by Pope in the line
well known
die and endow college a cat"
left annuitles to several of her friends on
condition of their caring for and maintaining
her cats. Among contemporary celebrities,
Ellen Terry loves to dlsport herself with cats
and to amuse herself with their mad capers.
Edmund Yates was a noted cat fancier Both
Renan and Taine possessed extravagant
fondness for cats. and Francois Coppee, who
since the death of Victor Hugo has been
generally classed the leading poet Of con-
temporary France, also shares this hobby in a
marked degree. Cats surround his desk and
nibble at his pen while he writes, and his
friends recite dozen poems which he has
composed in honor of these pets.-North Amer
lean Review for February.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-30
BRITAIN IN HAWAII.
One of the Results of the Revolution
To American Enteregts.

to American Interests.
WASHINGTON. Jan. so, 1sS5.-Consul-
General Mills. at Honolulu, in re-
port to the State Department, submits
a statement showing the merchandise
imported by the Vancouver, Canadian
and Australian line for nine months,
which, he says, VIII give some idea OF
how this line is encroaching on the
business heretofore enjoyed by American
steamers, and is indicating an English
source of supply for the Hawaiian mar
ket, which has hitherto been exclusively
American in the particular line of goods
enumerated. Most of these are staple
articles of export from California upon
which the American line of vessels ply
ing between the Islands and San Fran
cisco rely for the freight-ng business.
Consul-General Mills says it is notice
able that the amount of freight which
the Canadian steamers bring is increas-
ing, much of it is brought on ships ac-
count, and what those vessels lose n
the way of freight when the goods are
sold is more than made up by the large
subsidies which they receive from the
British Government In the list OF mer-
chandise imported by Canadian steamers n1is1s
among others are the following items:-
Lime. $3.50 barrels; -four, 5000 barrels;
bran, SIS tons: rolled barley, $50 tons;
whole barley so tons; oats. ESQ tons;
wheat, 200 tons; posts, ZOO; shingles, 592
bundles: lumber, 4,771 pieces; rags, 3S4
stores, 600 packages, and 1,014 packages
of machinery and merchandise