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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15
clRcuMs1An1lAL EVIDENCE.
IN EHp~ricnce which Decided One Mas
In Forever Di-ercditinE IL


In Forever Di-ercditinE IT.
Il do lot believe that Il Is right 70
convict u prisoner on cirCumstantial
evidence. said a prominent ritizen-
Whenever | am inclined to believe q
man guilty. always remember an expe-
rience in rIy own life wLtn, If ! had
been tried for murder on circumstantial
evidence. ! would have been proved
guilty. Years ago was living in an
other city. was married 20 my second
wife, aud il was nsiEhborhoOd'talk that
we did not agree ON account Of property
and my children. We had had several
quarrels. and our domestic relations
were rather strained My wife became
desperately III Of fever. and IL left her
mind in rather a shattered state.
She had become well enough one
day to go ont for a drive. and OF course
accompanied her We lived in large
house alone, and on returning she start
ed up the front steps, and as she was
weak / took hold of her 10 assist her
just as did so a former servant girl
passed along, and she looked surprised.
as my wife suddenly wuthed IN agony.
/ She had rheumatism, and my graSping
her caused her TO feel very sensitivcly
my touch and 70 almost Shrek IN pain
However. l mana ged TO get her up 70
her bedroom, on the second story. ami
/ after she had Lain down went down 10
the stable 70 fecd my horse.
Il was ont NJ the house only a few
seconds when heard cries Of help and
saw several nei-hburs rush into my
yard Invent hastily IN the direction in
dicated. and, To my horror, found my
wife lying prOS;rate under cn open win
dow in the side yard She had fallen ON
the top Of her head and would have had
her brains dashed out, but by good for
time her head struck the soft soil Of a
flower bcd As il was. she was uncon-
scious for several days and 1 heard from
various sources that ugly reports had
been circulated 10 the effect that / bad
been seen by the servant referred to
choking my wife. and that had taken
her up stairs and had pitched her out
the window.
"Of course / knew that ! was inno-
cent, but how could / prove ~ For
weeks / passed through the most awful
anxiety that any man ever did expert
cnce. The officers we IT shaduwing my V
cry movement, / knew, and | felt that
all would be- over with me il my wife
should die II iwever. 10 my great JOY,
she recovered, and with hCr own lips
told how the whole thing happened.
was at once rcinstated in the good Opin-
ion of my friends, hut sometimes | trcm-
BILE even now when / think Of what 4
narrow escape | had from being con-
victcd of murder. Itcll You appearance
are often against the innocent, and this
incident has always made me very char
liable in my estimates of win, ther "A man
is guilty or not. louisville Courier
7 Trrrrsr.H
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15
vcN1ILATIoN EoR EVERYBODY
The Only Method by Which All kinds OF
Crank~ Can BE Suite.i.


One of the greatest difficulties met
with in ventilating public buildings and
railway cars Is IL settle the question OF
how much air shall be- admitted or how
often the entire cubic contents of an
apartment shall be renewed. This from.
the fact that in the quantity Of air r.
quired individuals vary greatly. To
some the whole ocean of the atmosphere
is inadequate. and tlry do lot feel even
comfortable unless a Niagara Of air L.
pouring over them.
This is the fresh air fiend. male or fe
male, who opens the car window and
swallows dust and cinders (and makes
others do the samoI foT the axe of salts
flying their craving. Behind sits doubt
less a person TO whom the least breath
Of air in motion is a calamity, yet both
of them must make the journey III com
pany. One has Just as much right a.
the other TO his views of what Is desira-
BILE to him. and neither Is called Rpon
to give way to the other. One smothgrs,
and the other feels that BIC OF she Is
about TO be blown out of the car.
The only compromise that VIC caI
Alilllh VI AAdA MUh4AA hiANNNl anu LIAM
ven; ilation of public rooms Il success j.
to provide an automatic system which
shall be variable in different parts OF
the same room. These parts should h,
supplied with traps in the floor ant
have, say, "a six second fan blower be
meath each trap and be accessible only
to fresh air fiends Of both sexes.
In the other parts dead air space
approaching a vacuum. should be main
tanned, into which little sulphurct o
hydrogen should be injected PERIODICAL,
in order TO obtain all the phenomena o
I bad ventilation for persons of infirn
health who are compelled TO travel
Then every one would be satisfic,l-i
the plan Engineer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15
WHERE 14E nRhvEs1 QUAKE.
And often the Anilc ipatIon Is Worse Than
the Realization

the Realization
Most men will face n gatling gun
with less herv business than they viii a
dentist. IL is hard to say why, but .
dentist 5 chair Is a more terrible object
TO the average mortal than n surgeon
operating table, and nearly evcry den
tist can tell stories of ordinarily cOur-
ageous men who have backed out OF an
engagement at the last minute.
One young Chicagoan, with plenty OF
nerve ordinarily, knows Of a dentist
whom be studiously avoids on account
of a sudden and unaccountable weaken
ing at the critical moment And the
dentist-well, the dentist would proba-
bly, like to sec the young man. The lat
ter had been troubled with tOOthache
for about week and at last made up
his mind TO have the tooth pulled. To
prepare hims, If for the ordeal he took
some liberal dos"s Of whisky aud then
sought out the dentist. The paiu Of the
tooth. combined with the whisky, had
put him in a pretty nervous state, and
to quiet him the dentist put him up IN
an operating chair and put b'g tum-
bier of whisky On the table besl le him.
When you are ready, call uc, he
said. Il have some work TO ID III tie
next room.
Half an hoar later the dentist looked
in aud asked:
"Arc you ready?"
Not yet, doctor" replied the pa
tient.
Another half hour went by. and the
doctor tried again, but the patient still
wanted more time.
Half an hour or so after that the den
tist looked in again. and tbe patient
had gone. So had the whisky. Tie
young man had finished the last of II
and still found that he had not enOugl
nerve TO undergo the ordeal, so he hac
quietly got down from the char, SO
cured his hat and Sneaked out
But that Is merely an illusi ration o.
what fear If 4 dentist will maze a maI
do.-Chicagu Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15

Miss Fadd-Thf meanness Of some
people is past comprehension.
Mrs. Fadd-What has gone wrong.
my love?
Miss Fadd-Last week was elected
an active member Of the Young Ladies'
Philanthropy club, and began my
ministrations by taking basket Of cold
vlctuals to poor woman whose name
was down ON the books. Well, when |
got there, | found that some meddle-
some busybody had been there two
weeks ago and given her work, and had
to carry all that stuff back New York
Weekly
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15

There Is probably only one church in
Britain which contains a satirical pic
ture Il Is the little church If South
Brent, in Some rsctshire. On three Oallen
pews are carved pictures which were
intended ID satirize the greed II ccr-
tain religious disnitary at Glastonbury.
This ecclesiastic is represented in the
first picture rs fox dressed in robes
and miter and holding a crook in his
right paw. In the second picture the
fox has been manacled by flock Of
geese, and in the third the birds have
revenged themselves on their foe by
hanging him from tho branch Of n tree
London Correspondent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15

The Christian woman's Exchange Of
New Orleans encourages an art interest
and opens new avenues OF reiIunerativS
work for women in Louisiana by offer
ing, as il does, two medals gold one
and "A silver one fur the best decorative
design for wall paper. textile fabrIc
fresco carving. pottery, book covers,
wrought iron. stained glass. tile floor
tile mantcls. art embroidery and th'
rest Of the list The competition elose'
March l. 1885.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15

Miss Sadie Monroe Swift. tbs clevel
5ficial reporter Of the Middlesex and
Barnstable terms Of the supreme cour'
OF Massachusetts. who won the disrinc
tion Of being the first and youngest wo
man to be officially recognized IN Bos
ton as a court stenorTapher. has made
another record The past Summer sh'
rode on her whcel TO Yarmouth from
Boston. over n route sSi milcs bong. Il
less than 10 hours on an extremely ho
day, being the first y oman 10 make th'
rfrF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15
$50 Reward.

will pay the above reward for the
arrest and delivery to the officers Of
the court for the third judicial di-
vision Of the Indian Territory Of I. }
Upton wanted for the abduction OF
my child and for whose arrest papers
have been duly issued by l.nn. Charles
B. Stuart. Judge Of said court. linton
j. 80 years old. feet. Il or 3inrhcs tall.
light complexion. dark grey lair. and
heavy brown somewhat grey nous
tache. has prominent scar across up
per lip. deep blue eyes, q,irk spoken.
but reticent. and Spe1Es crabidly.
Child was stolen August II last: IL i
a boy aged years and months:
has sCaT from burn on left leg.
Address. Mrs. L. J. TIF-ToN.
II d-&w I'm Hewitt. !. II.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15
MI.. Sanger Trnn.ferred.

Miss Alice Sanger. the only woman
employed in the executive mansion IN
a clerical capacity. has been transferred
TO the pOstofiioe department. Miss san.
ger -has been employed at the White
House since the beginning Of the Harm.
son administration. There l. not enough
work at the Viii House 20 justify 4
continuance Of the present force, and
the vacancy just created will not b
filled
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15

Il IS very sad 10 read Of the wrath Of
the woman sufTragists Of New York ovel
their defeat in the constitutional con-
vcntion and Of their announced deter
mination TO blacklist every delegate who
voted again them. II seems 10 dem
onsratc anew that the women are un.
fitted for the ups and downs Of political
strife. Boston Herald
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15
The India Rubber Variety.

'iuest-waiter. bring me u steak and
some mushrooms
Waiter-Yes. sab. You'll have TO
wait few minutes foh de mushrooms,
sab. They are being used on a steak fob
another customer jes' now. sah.-New
York Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15
TIME TABLE.
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe R'y.
Arrival and Departure q. S. Mails.

South bound mail closes 1870 p. m.
South bound mail arrives 2:30 p. ~
North bound mail closes |: 81 p. IN.
North bound mail arrives 2::i0 p. n
Night mails are closed at S.30 p. Ii.
Money order department i open
a. m. and closed at > y. IN.
Office hours from $ a. IN. 10 Is p. m
Sundays from d. m. TO 10 a. m.
JOHN =. HAMMER. L. VI.
EDGAR SANDLIN. Deputy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15
He Spoke Too Soon.

Il have heard it said. Miss Emma,
that kiss without love tastes like
egg without salt Is that true?''
Il don't know-I really cannot
have never in my life
Come now, Miss EDsmar'
Eaten an egg without salt "-Dilu,
via
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15

My husband has all the virtues but
one, remarked tic wilo Of struggling
young doctor.
What is THAR" asked her sympathet-
ic friend.
Patients. replied the young wife. -
New York Telegram.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15

The brother OF Cetewayo. according
to Rider Haggard. was at one time al
most persuaded to become Christian.
but when he was told that he must put
away his wives he refused to accept the
condition
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15

Agent Mason has perfected arrange
ments whereby me can furnish tickets
from all points TO Ardmorr. ~ we'll
as from ArdmOre. Now j. yuur time
To bring your friends TO tie ~ iian
Territory. Call upon him. No trOu-
bic TO answer questions. n
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

Myrtle Iod sp No :. X OF p. meets svri
THURSDAY night AZ $50. Hall opposite cou
house, Court street NisitIns knights CO
dially invited.
W f McKELvEY. { 4
= r HowErH. X. r. y )
Ardmore Lodge No. 81. A. F. ana \ NJ
meets in their hall on south Cadio stc,' {. q!
Iirst SATURDAY night in each month. on or b.
fore the full moOI-
d. D. Flow. WorshpfHl Master
4. B. SILLIMAN. Secretary
Ardmore Chapter. No II Royal 'rch Nj
sons, NEE in their ball over Whittingtoa'
btOre TIE fourth THURSDAY night in each mont,
q II BurCE. Iii IN Priest.
4. b. SILLINAN. Secretary
ArdmOre Camp No. -, WOOdlaen Of IN
World meets in their forest 1T Whittinl-tO
Hall every second and fourth Monday night
in each month. Visiting soyeTcisns invited {
attend.
{. B KE>piIcK. consul commander
I. G BHID,.NAN. CI-rk
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15

The average growth in white oak Il
only about four one aulIdredths VI an
inch . year
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Z. +. HowkrH, h K. y :.
4. B slLLINAN, secretary
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CHRISTINN CuUECH-- Frens ey Street. Ser
vices every LORDS day al II ~ a. in and :
= IN. sunday school. 9 81 a IN. Prayc.
Meeting every WeiI csiay. : ~ p IN. Choi,
practice every Fri, evening - y. IN
Ladies Md society every Turst tay afternoons Il
the church. 5 y. IN. Mite anu Social meetin.
every tuesday nj -sht at place announced eac
Lords day. Officers meeting first Lord
day in each month All are cordially invite
10 all services. Mason, Superintendent
sunday school; Noluey johnson, Pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15

FIRST BAPTIST CuUECH--B broadway Street
Services every sunday AT II ~ a. IN. and ; ~
p. Prayer meeting Wein' STAY evenings
at O'Clock. SUNDAY school AZ II m. Choi
practice Friday evenings at 'SlOCk
Stubblefeld. Pastor q. II. Bruce, CCrk. G
Hill Suppriutendeut
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-15

4. CnUBcH, SpUrH--Cnrner BroadwHN
AMI Oh rc1 Street Preaching every sab
bath Morning. II aud 80 y n. Pray
Pr meeting "Wednesday evening at 20. ~un
day school every sabbath at 10 "a m Ep
worth Lea -ue, 3 p. m. y Law. Pastor.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11

Jerusalem. during the pontifcate OF An
mas and Caiaphas.
Pontius PLATE. intendant of the prov.
ince Of Lower Galilee. sitting in judg.
ment in the presidential seat OF tho
Praetor. sentences Jesus OF Nazareth
to death on q cross. between two rob-
bers. as numerous and notorious testi-
monies of the people prove:
l. Jesus is a misleader; .. He has ex.
cited the people to sedition; 3. He is an
enemy to the laws: 4. He calls himself
the Son OF God: 8. He calls himself
falsely the king Of Israel; 6. He went
into the temple followed by a multi
tude Of people carrying palms in their
hands.
Orders the first centurion. QuirilIus
Cornelius. TO bring him TO the place OF
execution.
Forbids all persons. rich or poor, to
prevent the execution Of Jesus"
This constitutes the body. and. Of
course. the interesting portion OF the
plate. but in addition the names OF
three men are perpetuated and given
value that their owners never prob
ably anticipated would cling to them
by being attached as witnesses Of the
PRONUNCIATION Of this sentence
The names Of the witnesses and the
order in which they come are:
/. Daniel Robani. Pharisee; 2. John
Sorobabel; g. Raphael Robani.
II is believed that twelve of these
plates were engraved and sent to the
various tribes throughout Judea and
over into the Roman provinces Of Eu>
rope. The remaining eleven are prob
ably buried in widely separated points.
where they never will be brought to tho
knowledge Of mankind. or have long
since been destroyed.
The engraving on this plate Is well
done, the Hebrew characters are cut
deep and with perfect accuracy.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11
Easter Morning.

With what joyous anticipation the
ringing of the bells on Easter morning
foods the mind! 1t is summons to
celebrate the passage Of the gloomy
neriod of winter and cold during which
the earth has slept and all nature has
stagnated. buried under a mantle of
snow and ice. The warmth Of the sun
has released the brooks and filled the
air with a golden mist and the brood
ing spirit of a new creation hovers over
the land. The period is symbolical of
the resurrection of all bright and glor-
ious things, and the season appropri-
ate for the celebration Of the greatest
event in the history Of Christendom,
the resurrection Of Christ.
On this day all thoughts Of young and
old are turned toward the future. 1t
Is a day consecrated to hope, and 1t is
a Christian duty to exert all our
strength to throw off the depressing
influences Of the past and take courage
and resolution in the blessed promises
of the future. In the beautiful land
which we have inherited doubt and dis
couragement have no place. Every in
fiuence waited by the great agencies
of civilization. the press, the pulpit. and
the far-reaching lines Of transportation
which traverse the country from end to
end. is exerted for the amelioration and
advancement Of the people. The depres-
sion which the past year has witnessed
will soon be forgotten In a revival OF
industry and restored confidence. Pro-
phets of evil will find their occupation
less and less II accord with prevailing
conditions.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11

rode at the mercy of the elements.
Crash went the foretopmast, then the
bOwsprit, and afterward a jury mast
rugged by John Maddox and the gal
liant crew, who toiled in vain to save
the ship. The captain stood with John
in the poop that night, and heard the
distant breakers on the shore.
mo hope for her. Maddox" said he,
sadly. with shake of his grizzly head.
I'VE have done all"
The remainder John never heard. Just
then she struck. He was thrown clear
off the poop, overheard. He looked
around. There reared the stern almost
perpendicularly. She had run into the
jaws of a rOck-riven chasm, which
gripped her like wise. The mainmast
snapped with a crack; the breakers
dashed her sides; and with dash, one
great wave flooded her waist. Oh. that
cry of despair, how it haunted John $
ears. He caught falling spar and
flOated clear of timbers and cOrdage.
The nose of the vessel was high up
in the rocks. dotted here and there with
black figures. They had nothing to
hold to, and one after another fell into
the seething caldron beneath into full
twenty fathoms of foaming water,
which dashed its spray upward until
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11
Easfer In Washington.

Easter in Washington is recognized
more as a great awakening Of fashion
and its votaries, dormant for forty days,
than as a day devoted to religion and
its functions. The fashionables burst
from their cocoons and come forth full
tiedged in spring iinery, and even hum
BILE sales and wash ladies deck their
forms in some bit Of new rainment, be-
fore unworn ami reserved for this day.
when new garments are dedicated at
the altar Of the god Of spring. For
years past the ultra-fashionable have
endeavored to kill the custom OF using
Easter as a day to show forth fresh
raiment to the rest Of the world, by
frowning upon the custom, but II is too
strongly entrenched to be banished.
When Casters sun shines brightly
forth Sunday morning, 1t will beam
kindly upon streams Of exquisitely
dressed. church-going multitudes.
thronging Connecticut avenue and the
other fashionable thoroughfares. At the
churches there are always feasts for the
senses; music. color, perfume will lend
their potent charms TO aid in the serv-
ice Of God. The music is good, as be-
comes a city famed for its contrlbu-
tons to the ranks Of good musicians. On
the following day the feast is really
observed by the most enthusiastic Of OBJ
servers The children-tots ranging
from to 10 years Of age-gather on
the lawns of the executive mansion as
the guests Of the president, and give
themselves up to the riotous revelry OF
egg-rolling. From early morning until
late afternoon the toddlers trot about
the grassy acres of the white house
grounds, enjoying themselves at sport
very Washingtonian in character. After
a long day of enjoyment in the open,
the happy little youngsters are corralled
in the big east room, where they are
welcomed as the guests of the presi-
dent.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11

why should he not? He did so last
night" thought Esther. Then John is
on that ship" she said.
John? Who's John?r queried the
master.
Esther needed not. She ran alongside
the nearing vessel. A bronzed figure
stood on the stern. 1t was John.
Il knew you would come" she re-
marked. very quietly. five minutes lat
er, and then tainted in his arms.
The next afternoon they were mar
ried. All Bideford gave them an East
er welcome; for was not this a resur-
rectiOn of the dead? And Ralph Col
well WINGED, but bore his trouble brave
~, as he gave the bride away, saying:
she is yours, John, but now her
father is dead, / claim the right to
stand in his ylace to you both"
Today the aged John and Esther
Maddox live in the home left them by
Ralph. and this Eastertide their grand
children gather to listen to this. my
story, told annually by their adored
grandfather.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11
DIR. CoLLYER'S EASTER HOPE.
The Day OF All Days When No Humna
Reing should Despair

Dciht Dtspihs
The resurrection always follows
death. We shall spring into new life
out Of the duller and outer darkness.
That's the truth about men and that's
the truth about nations. Until nations
are struck by the second death, as some
nations have been, from which there is
no resurrection-and we are very far
from that, / think-we are bound to
look forward to better life right here
and a nobler life. I saw picture once
in Chicago that seemed to tell the story
Of the nations. One great figure was
looking backward on wreck and ruin,
with no hope in her eyes and no expec-
tation of new life there. The other was
looking forward eagerly and hopefully
toward a new world that was rising.
The eyes that were looking backward
were dark and sad. and full of regret
for the past The eyes that were look
ing forward were gray and clear-proph-
cts eyes-and full Of light touched
with Joy. That's the look we should
give on human life. for 1t rises into
immortal life for which our Easter fes-
tival stands rs a reminder. That's
the look we should give to the nation
to which we belong. which has still the
new world before it, and which Is des-
tined to be the greatest and best, as L
believe. the world ever saw.
ROBERT COLLYER.