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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-10

T. b. Johnson x Co, are sole
agents for old McAlester coal. We
are now ready for business and all
those desiring this best Of fuel are
requested to give Us their orders.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-10

The Mexican Twist, the best DC
cigar on earth at DR.. Littell's, oppo
site Iron store. 6-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-10

Wyse gives more goods for the
less money than any house In the
territory. 2-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-10

Go to DR.. Littell's East Main ST.
for pure, fresh drugs. 6tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-10

The Yucatan is the best SC cigar in
Ardmore. They are put up in glass
Jars, twenty-five in n jar, especially
for this climate. You who love a
good cigar call az the W. VI. Nix
Gvocer Go. htf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-10

H.F. Potts returned today fror
Gainesville.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-10

Envelopes and letter heads At this
un1ep
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-10

4 carload Of flour just arrived from
Kansas City, ground from new hard
and soft wheat. At the W. NJ. Nix
Grocer Co. Off
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-10

Don't forget that I. y. Morgan has
fresh celery daily. SIT
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-10

DR.. J. L. Wood has returned from
Kansas where he had been on a bus
mess trip.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-10

The Alliance Courier office will be
moved next week from its present
location TO more commodious quar-
ters in the Hardy building.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

tent to move along the same lines as
their fathers.
Ancient Inhabitants.
But the beautiful region they inhabit
was not alwoys peopled by men of their
kind, for before the coming of the Span
iards this part Of America had attained
a degree Of civilization such as was
known to no other portion of the north
ern continent. The ruins Of scores Of
cities which must, from the extent of
the remains, have been of very consid-
cradle size, and probably had each a
population Of many thousands, attest
the former populousness of the
try, while all over Guatemala the pres
ence Of irrigating works of great ex-
tent, the remains of highways over
grown with forest trees, the ruins of
temples and palaces show that the
country must have had a powerful, or
gained administration, capable OF ak
ing in hand the functions of govern
ment, and also of looking after the gen
eral interests and welfare of the people
in a manner similar to that Of the
Peruvian Incas.
The remains Of upwards of fifty cities
antedating the Spanish conquest have
been found in Guatemala alone, and
this number in a territory only two
thirds the size of Missouri probably in
dicates a density of population similar
to that of the most crowded parts of
Europe to-day. The word probably
is advisedly used in this connection,
for aside from the statements Of the
Spanish explorers, little or nothing is
known as to the number of the nations
that once inhabited Central America.
The only ancient structures whose
use a positively be stated are the
huge pueblas, or communal towns, in
which all the inhabitants resided under
a common roof and in q sort Of fortress
of their own construction. Best known
to us from their presence in parts of
New Mexico and Arizona, these curious
community towns are found in great
numbers in Mexico. and to some extent
also in Guatemala and other parts of
Central America. That they are not
so numerous in the Central American
States is explained by the fact that they
were originally built for defense, and
that the Central American Indians,
having no hostile neighbors. did not
need them, and so gradually abandoned
their use.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

continuation Of the table-lands of Mex
leo ana ~iucatan. and has many Of the
principal characteristics Of both. Whilo
there Is no mountain range, in the geo.
logical sense Of the word, there are in
Vulnerable mountains, which rise in the
most unexpected quarters, solitary in
their grandeur, and so irregular and
broken that the Indian legend of Cen
ira America, regarding it as a place
where all the waste material left by the
Creator was dumped, is far from being
ridiculous when Illustrated by a view
OF the mountains themselves. And the
mountains command unbounded re-
spect in Guatemala, for no small pro-
portion of their number are volcanoes
Of the most eruptive and aggressive
kind, liable at any moment to send out
a shower of stone or lava, and capable
Of generating more earthquakes than
any other set Of mountains on the plan
ct. The n%ative-born Guatemalan does
not mind earthquakes much-he is too
well accustomed to them. He general
ly lives in a One-story house of fimsy
construction and the earthquake can do
no more than knock it down about his
ears. and when this happens, as in
some quarters it does about once in six
months, he crawls out of the debris gen
orally with no worse injury than a few
scratches, builds another house and
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

gangs of laborers employed by the
chieftain, and the farmers We're COM
PEELED to keep their fields clear of
weeds. With the coming Of the Euro
peans, all the conditions which had
tended to the prosperity of the people
were completely changed. The roads
were Obliterated, the reservoirs were
ruined by lack of attention during the
rainy season, the irrigating bitches
the temples We're OvergrOwn with
trees. For three centuries incentives
to industry We're taken from the pOpu-
latiOn, and in that time the natives lost
all memory of their former greatness,
and now could not perhaps revive
their ancient prosperity even by ardu-
Gus effort. 1t is probable that even
during the period Of Guatemala's
greatest glory the country was ruled
by chiefs of a superior and different
race, who treated the people like serfs,
and compelled them to work against
their will. Even, however, if this
were not the case, three centuries Of
idleness create Il hereditary aversion
to labor that is not easily overcome.
In spite, however, of it's lazy popula-
ton, of it's climate, of its almost i'm
paSsable forests, thick with veno1nous
reptiles and insects, Guatemala must
always be an interesting country-in-
tereSting from its associations connect
ed with the early Spanish conquerors,
for here Cortes was lost for nearly two
years, and here Alvarado made one of
his earliest expeditions; interesting
from its savage mountaineers, whom
neither the Aztec chiefs, nor the Span
iards, nor the Guatemalan rulers have
ever been able to bring under control;
Interesting from its ruins, showing, as
they do, the former richness and pros
perity Of the country.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

mainder mixed, pure whites being de-
cidedly in the minority.
The Indian population may be said to
give tone to the entire republic, and the
tone it gives, by the way, is by no
means as exalted as it might be. for a
lazier set of people than the Central
American Indians are hard to find.
But they are philOsophic in defense OF
their laZiness, for their country pro-
duces all things necessary to the sup
port of human life. and why should
they work? Why, indeed? The ques-
ton is a conundrum, for when bananas
and oranges and bread fruits are to be
had for the %plucking, it is not easy 10
see why nan should exert himself, par
ticularly in IA tropical climate. In a
certain lazy way the Guatemalans do
exert themselves. however: they export
a good deal of coffee, the greatest trOu-
bic of which is in the picking. A good
many hides, gathered from the half
wild cattle that over the plains.
and here lately. a considerable quantity
Of bananas, every bunch gathered at
the risk of mortally offending Il cent?
pede or venOmous serpent that may
be concealed therein. But of the re-
sources of their magnificent country
they really know nothing at all.
Though limited in extent. the terri
tory of Guatemala is capable of a de-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14
Sure Enough.

On n occasion, when Won Moltke
was in Il South German town, the news
leaked out that the great general had
arrived. Sitting in the dining-room of
a hotel, somebody addressed him, say
Ing that he had heard that Moltke had
arrived and that he wondered what he
looked like. TO which Moltke ingenu-
ously replied: What should he look
like? Why, like one of U.S."
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

where tropical rains are succeeded by
tropical sunshine, where the winter
does not deserve the name, sc mild is
the season, nature is bounteous, and
all sorts of vegetation grow with a
rapidity and luxuriance unknown else
where. In many parts Of Guatemala,
when a road is cut through jungle,
constant labor and watchfulness are
required to prevent it's obliteration by
the encroaching verdure on either
hand. Roads neglected for two weeks
can not be traced, so completely are
they overgrown by the trees and vines.
The abundance Of nature in the fields
overpowers the industry Of man. A
farmer can cultivate only q limited
area on account of the rapidity with
which the native plants grow. Under
the chiefs who formerly ruled this
country, the roads were kept open by
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

continues the eve tenor Of his lazy
way until the mex seismic CONFUSION
compels him to enc eXertiOns in the
line of domestic architecture.
Guatemala has not developed for an
other reason han the earthquakes. 1t
is almost destitute of ports, and equally
bare Of navigable rivers. There are
many streams, but all so broken by
rapids, cascades and falls that they are
practically useless to the country, save
for purposes of irrigation They might
be employed for that, but as during
half the year rain falls every afternoon
as regularly as the afternoon comes,
irrigation is nOt so much needed as in
some other regions, where the skies are
no so bountiful. AS for the ports, the
two or three on the Pacific side are
hardly worth the name, being for the
most part open rOadsteadS, while the
solitary port town on the Atlantic
slope is a miserable collection of huts,
not deserving the name of town. With
only about 100 miles of railroad, with
no navigable rivers and no ports worthy
of the name, a considerable develop
ment could not SOC be expected. But
more could have been done than has
been by a different class of poulation,
for, besides their unconquerable repug-
nance to work, the native Guatemalans
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

out Of their sordid hearts all c~onsidera-l
tons Of humanity, and in wanton
cruelty they butcheYpd the natives in
discriminatory until finally only a few
stragglers in the remote recesses Of
the forests remained Of all the popu-
lation that filled the cities and cult
waited the fields. Central America has
never recovered, and may neve recov-
err from that deadly blow. In q country
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

are not in the least cnterprising, nor do
they seem to understand or appreciate
the natural resourceS of their country.
With mines of silver. gold, copper and
other metals, with Il land of almost in
conceivable fertility, with forests of
valuable wood, with plains that in
many quarters could be made to pro-
ducc two crops a year, they are yet con-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

'elopment that, in the hands of enter
prising men, would make the State not
only by far the most important in this
section of the continent, but, also. capa-
Die OF welding no inconsiderable de
gree of foreign influence. The country
is an elevated table-land, rising abrupt
~ from the Pacific in a range of lofty
mountains and sloping gradually away
70 the sea on the east coast. 1t is a
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

;han passing mention among the ma
lions of the earth. In area it Is far
from large. having only 10000 square
miles. or about two-thirds that Of Mis-
souri. At the last census there We're
100000 population, of which over GO
nor cent. were Of Indian blood, the re-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14
People Are IndO1ent.

EW people KNOW
m C h concerning
G IL a te m a ! a, the
country with which
Mexico has been
having trouble. SO
far as the Guate-
mala of the present
is concerned, the
country is so insiy-
niticant as scarcely
to deserve m o
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14
ESCUIUTLA, IN GUATEMALA.

More imposing than the ruined pu-
eblas are the remains of the gigantic
pyramids that abound in Guatemala,
Mexico. particularly in the Yucatan
peninsula and almost everywhere in
Central America. They are often enOr-
nous in extent, some covering as much
as ten or twelve acres, thus almost
equaling in area of base that of the
great pyramid of CheOps, in Egypt,
which is thirteen, but they are by no
means so high, rarely exceeding 200
feet. That they We're erected for the
purposes of worship is clear from the
testimony of the Spaniards, but there
is nothing to Indicate the character of
that worship save the CHASTITY fact that
the human sacrifices formed a part,
and, perhaps, the most conspicuous and
important part. 1t is impossible to con-
template without emotion these gigan-
tic monuments of a people whose arts,
civilization and letters have complete
ly vanished. The scenes of blood, the
gorgeous parades of painted and be-
feathered chieftainS and their retain
ers, the magnificent assemblies, and.
finally, the carnage that made their
steps and pavements slippery with
blood In the last great struggle with the
merciless invaders, are all called up
by the crumbling walls and terraces of
the pyramids that were already old
when Columbus landed.
The Spanish Invasion.
In the general destruction that fol
lowed the Spanish invasion the Cen
trail Americans Jared no better than
the people of Mexico. The worst butch
cries by the Turks, the S%aracens. the
Huns, were surpassed by he cruelties
thai the Christian Spaniards inflicted
on Il helpless and inOffensive people.
The acts of the SpaniardS were foolish
as well as brutal, for in destroying the
Indians they destroyed the only means
of making a paying investment of the
country. The early cOnquerors, how
ever, WERE, for the most part, men who
had no idea of settling permanently
In America, but who We're DESTROYS of
making Il fortune as soon as possible
and then returning to their native
country, to spend their blood money
in the baZars of Madrid and Barcelona
and Cordoya. The greed Of gold burned
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14
coveted BY MEXICO.
GUATEMALA, INTERESTING BUT
uNDEvELOPED COUNTRY.

. Region Rich in Ruins and Old Asso.
...;ous Strange Remains of an
,,r,x CivilizatiOn-The Guatemalans
of the Present Day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-07
Nanoleon at Sixteen.

It was the autumn OF 1884 when Napo-
leon went to Paris. He was in the six
teenth year of his age, entirely Ignorant
of what were then called the 'humani-
ties, but well trained in history, eeog-
rauhy and the mathematical sciences
His knowledge, like the bent OF his mind,
was practical rather than theoretical, and
he knew more about fertilization and sieges
than about metaphysical distractions,
more about the deeds Of history than
about its philosophy. His defiant scorn
and habits Of solitary study grew stronger
together. finding no vent except in pee
wish memorial addressed TO the minister OF
war on the proper training of youth In
French military schools. Nevertheless he
found almost if not altogether for the first
time boy friend in the person Of Des
Mazis. his roommate, youth noble by
birth and nature. a pensioner. moreover,
like himself Professor Sloane in Cen
fury.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-07
Dermody Plumbing, Pump and Supply Co.


We Hose Rubber leather
Loves prices ST. East Douglas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-07
The best cold weather story ever heard

The best cold weather story ever heard
A. ON Nartz. Names veteran Snowman.
He was up in Maine one winter day,
the coolest day that ever was. He was
Siyen a candle TO take 10 bed, and after he
h,6 gone TO his room he came down and
eat hv the fire. They asked him what was
she tro,,hle No trouble, said he, only [
can't sleep with light in nay room.
".Why don t you blow 1t out.
az tried 70. said Nartg. but couldn' T.
r,., f,ar,e is frozen stiff Lewiston
Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-07
BACTERIOLOGY.

Dr. Richardson, the Bacteriologist. is
now at 407 East Douglas avenue. Here
you get the Ideal Dry Vapor bath
with massage, and with or without
medication. All chronic diseases
speciality. Microscopic examinations
free.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-07
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w. A. JORDAN, M. ID.
Office: File cher Block, Ground Floor,
Main Street Entrance.
Cures ali cases of Rupture IN 5 to
weeks without knife, without pain,
without detention from business. No
nav REQUIRED until cure is effected.
Hvdroc-le. varicocle; piles, flsIula and
fi>sure successfully treated.
Special attention given 10 diseases OF
women.
Private hospital for patients from
abroad
LIQUOR HABIT CURED-No pay
until cured.
Calls in the city promptly answered.
day or night
OFFICE HOURS
Q to II e. m. 80 p. m. : TO $50 p, m
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-08
GOING TO HONOLULU.
The Olympia Preparing to Go to Sea to
Take the Place of the Phila-
delphia.

The steamer Gaelic, which arrived from
the Orient by way of Honolulu on Monday
night, brings the news that the Philadel-
phia is to shortly sail from the islands for
this port. The place of Admiral Boards
lees flagship will be taken by the Olympia,
which is now lying at Mare Island.
On the last ste amer which arrived from
Honolulu Mrs. Beardslee was one of the
passengers. 1t was then predicted that
the lady's husband would follow shortly
on his flagship. 1t turns out now that this
was merely guess, Mrs. Beardslee having
come here on private business.
Notwithstanding, the Olympia is being
fitted for sea as rapidly as possible, and it
is expected that she will sail for the Para
disc of the Pacific in about ten days.
The Monterey is on her way to Cal
lao. From this port it is expected that
she will return to Mare Island, but not a
few of the officers on the coast are OF the
opinion that the Monterey will go over on
the Atlantic side before she is again seen
in these waters.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-08

test between the present leaseholders and
the City and County. Aquestion has arts :
en- between the parties as to the ownership
Of the improvements which amount to
something like 100000. Shall the i'm
provements revert to the City and County
at the expiration of the lease, or have the
people who made these improvements a
legal right to remove them2
This is the question over which several
subcommittee of the Board of Education
have been doing considerable thinking of
late. There are a number of reports on
the subject from these committees, but in
every case, after reciting history of the
transaction and citing a few authorities,
the board IS asked to consult higher
authority. Even the Judiciary Committee
of the board, when asked for light relative
to the technical point involved, respect
fully declined to express final opinion,
referring the board to the City and County
Attorney, who now has the matter under
consideration. A brief review of the situa-
ton may be in order here.
Under the provisions of an act of the Leg
islature, approved March 80, 1874. the
Board of Supervisors was authorized to
lease for term of twenty years that por-
ton of the 100-vara lot 128, on the south
east corner of Market and Fifth streets,
275 feet on Market street by uniform
depth of 100 feet, to be leased as a whole or
to be subdivided into lots, as the board
might determine, to the highest response.
BILE bidder or bidders. The minimum price
fixed by the act for the lease of the lot was
S4 per front foot on Market street for the
first term of five years, Sc per front foot for
the second term of five years, So per front
foot for the third term of five years and
$40 per front foot for the fourth term of
five years.
The board concluded to make eleven
subdivisions of the lot, each with 'front.'
age of twenty-five feet on Market street
with depth of 100 feet, and mum bered the
lots consecutively from to IL, commence
ing with the lot on the southeast corner of
Fifth street.
Proposals were called for observing the
requirements of the act and on July 20,
1874, five bids were received. On Novem-
Der %, 1874, the board awarded to the
highest bidders lots l, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10 and IL,
and on June Is, 1875, the remaining lots,
4, 5, and 8. The resolutions awarding
the leases provided that the amounts were
to be paid monthly, in advance, to the
Mayor of the City and County.
The following table shows the lots and
the bidders to whom the leases were
awarded:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-08
RAN AWAY FROM HOME,
A Fifteen-Year- Old Girl Decamps with
Valuables Belonging to Her
Employer.

Rhoda Webb, an attractive girl of Is
years recently living with the family of
Mrs. McKinnon at 81 Scott street, is
being looked for by the officers of the HUI
name Society. Rhoda ran away from her
home several days ago, and, after making
q bundle of clothing and valuables which
did not belong to her, made her escape by
climbing through window in the rear of
the house.
The girl, although young, has given Sec
rotary McComb of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Children infinite
trouble. She was left an orphan several
years ago, and was picked up by the So
ciety and provided with home. Display