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The advocate., 1896-01-01


rather doubtful story comes from the
Blue and Gray, . new and successful
magazine. The editor declares that it
is true, however, and gives an ex- Con-
federate Colonel as the author:
A party of Northern tourists formed
part of large company gathered on
the deck of an excursion steamer that
was moving slowly down the historic
Potomac one beautiful evening in the
summer of 1880. A gentleman who has
since gained national reputation as
an evangelist of song had been delight
ing the party with his happy rendering
of many familiar hymns, the last being
the sweet petition to every Christian
heart, "Jesus, Lover of My Soul"
The singer gave the two first verses
with such feeling, and a peculiar en-
phasis upon the concluding lines, that
thrilled every heart. A hush had fallen
upon the listeners that was not broken
for some seconds after the musical
notes had died away. Then q gentle
man made his way from the outskirts
Of the crowd to the side Of the singer,
and acCosted him with:
"Beg your pardon, stranger, but were
you actively engaged in the late civil
WARP"
ayes, sir" the man of song an
swered CourteouBly, 81 fought under
General Grant,"
"Well," the first speaker continued,
with something like sigh, 81 did my
fighting under General Lee, and think,
indeed am quite sure, was quite near
you one bright night nineteen years
ago this very month. II was such q
night as this. If l am not mistaken
you were on guard duty. We Of the
South had sharp business on hand, and
you were one of the enemy, I crept
near your post Of duty, my rifle in hand,
the shadows hiding me. Your bestled
you into the clear light. AS you paced
back and forth you were humming the
tune Of the song you have just sung.
1 raised my rife and took aim at your
heart. 1 had been selected by our
company for the work because l was
sure shot. Then, out up n the night
rang the words:
"CoVer my defsnssless head
With the shadow Of Thy wing"
"Your prayer was answered. Icould
not fire after that. My rifle was brought
down from my shoulder, and there YVES
no attack made on your camp that
night. felt sure when heard you
sing this evening, that you were one
and the same whose life / spared from
taking"
The singer grssped the hand Of the
Sou:herner, and said with emotion: 81
remember the night very well, and
distinctly the feeling Of depression and
loneliness with which I went to my
duty. / knew my post was one of
great danger, and / was more detected
than remember to have been at any
time during the war. l paced my
lonely beat, thinking Of home and
friends and all that life holds dear,
Then the thought Of Gods care for all
that He has created came to me with
peculiar force. If he so cares for
A. .n..nm hnrz -nnnh unn.n %.
The advocate., 1896-01-01

give exchange where cOuneSOr districts contract
In point excellence qusn
every best the old line priced books superior them
many respects.
supply officers who contemplate buying with Of
the application, and fully recommend them.
OBSERVE THE SCALE OF PRICES
The advocate., 1896-01-01
School Books.
Law Books.
The Old Kansas Publishing House Of
CRANE & CO..
TOPEKA, KANSAS,
Have added to their publications line Of SCHOOL r.
BOOKS and are now supplying

History Of Kansas (Hszelrigg)
Heavy paper, SO cents cloth. .Sl.00
Government In the United States,
with Kansas Addendum. ..... so
Stepping Stone to Singing isle g.
Foote) ...........,............ so
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

commission making on the citi-
zenshlp roIlsi"
Nearly all the applications
have been passed upon and
wherever a claim was establish
ed there was no contest urged
by the Indian representatives.
All intermarTied citizens were
enrolled as were their children
by such marriage, but in cases
where a second marriage to a
non-citizen had ensued after
the death of Indian wife or hus-
band, children by that alliance
were cut Off"
What about the Chickasaw
freedmeni"
Their claims were passed
until after the 10th of Decem-
Der. They will then be taken
up and disposed Of, but with
what result cannot with any
certainty be stated"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30
RELIC OF BARARISM.

In commenting on dueling as
it is kept up in France and Ger
many, after chasing it as a relic
of barbarism, the Kansas City
World with pride points to the
fact that the practice of aveng-
ing honor according to the code
in the United States, has been
stamped out, and it says Hon.
A. S. Clay. the newly elected
senator from Georgia. spoke
the words of brave man when
in recently answering q chal-
lenge to fight a duel, when he
used these words:
Il am opposed to duelling. j
am opposed to it because il is
prohibited by the constitution
of this state, that / have FIRE
quently sworn to support and
defend. / am opposed TO it be-
cause it is condemned by every
principle of our laws and every
doctrine of our religion. / am
opposed to it because ! am un-
willing to commit murder, or to
become a party to its commits
sion by others. / never intend
to take the life of a human be-
ing, unless it is absolutely nee
essary to do so in self-defense,
Nor have / done you any
wrong that entities you to re.
dress at my hands. l have
done you no injustice. If
had, l am manly enough tc
confess it and make the proper
reparation for it."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

YESTERDAYS Hesperian was
eight pages of seven columns
each. 1t was filled with the
ads of local merchants and
reading matter. The ARDMoRE-
ITE of the same date was of the
usual size and was filled almost
exclusively with reading matter.
Gainesville merchants adver-
tise, Ardmore merchants as a
rule do not, that's the differ
ence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

In 1922 Canton was almost obliter-
ated by a fire which swept over
three-fifths Of the city. Tho houses
usually built by the Chinese are Of
very himsy construction, being
light structures having walls Of
thin plank. often only Of mating.
and roofs Of straw. The value Of
such houses Is very triHing. and
though on this occasion thousands
Of people were rendered homeless
In less than q month from the time
Of the hro the city was rebuilt with
the same sort Of houses and wrs
quite ready for another oonhagra-
tion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

WHY don't some of our deputy
marshals go after the foreign
hunters who are infesting the
country! If it comes under
their jurisdiction they should
stop it, and if not the Chickasaw
government should enforce its
laws. All the newspapers of
the nation recently published
the acts as passed by the last
legislature at TishOmingo, max
ing it an offense punishable by
fine and Imprisonment to trap,
net or shoot quail, deer, etc.,
except for home consumption.
We hear of hunting parties
every day from Kansas and
Texas, who bring their guns,
dogs and camping outfits and
spend the hunting season in the
territory. If we have any game
law why not demonstrate lti-
Pauls Valley News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

EX-GOVERNOR PALMER Mostly
and family of the Chickasaw ma
ton were in Atoka this week
and remained over night. Gov.
Mosely thinks an amicable
agreement will be reached by
the Indian commissioners and
the Dawes commission. The
Chickasaw commissioners, as
we understand it, only have au-
thority to receive propositions
from the Dawes commission
and submit the same to the
Chickasaw legislature and the
Chickasaw people for approval.
The Dawes commission has long
since given out that they are
not submitting propositions
and will not do so, but will only
treat with such commissions as
have authority to make an
agreement with them. We
think the Chickasaws have
made very grave error in not
giving their commission more
powers, and we think the sooner
they correct it the better it will
be for them.-Indian Citizen.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

In the United States court IN the In
dian Territory, Southern District.
A. n. Law. plaintin,
va.
Chickasaw Asphalt Co., defendani-
The defendant. Chickasaw Asphaf
Co., is warned 70 appear In this co1n
In thirty days and answerto the con
plant Of the plaintiff. A. H. Law.
Witness the Hon. Constantine 3
Kflgore, Judge Of said court, and tst
seal thereof this 18th day of Nov. isl4
JOSEPH W. PHILLIPS. Clerk
Ledbetter & Biedsoe, Attorney
e.. l.. Herbert attorney for non-
resident defendant. y
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

In all societies it 10 advisable 10
associate. IL possible, with the high
est not that the highest are always
the best but because. IL Disguised
there, we can at any time descend
but IL We begin with the lowest, 10
ascend Ia impossible. In the grand
theater of human life . box tioket
takes rs through the house.-Col-
ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

Though the Twice-a-Week Repub-
lie of st. Louis excelled Gll other
Western weekly papers In publishing
the news of the campaign, IL now
announces that IL has extended its
news services, and hereafter give its
readers the best paper I'm the coun-
try. This means much, because the
next twelve months viii be crowded
with news Of big events. With all
the improvements 20 It's service the
yearly subscription viii be the same
one dollar . year, by mail, twice n
week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

IT will take from two to five
years in which to complete de-
tails of allotment. Does that
mean we will have to wait that
long for a townsite lawi We
do not believe it does if our
people will urge the proposition
on congress.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

Announcement Is made of n proc
ess invented by Heibling, says the
London Chemist, for producing alu-
nina from clay in n form absolutely
free from silica and readily con-
vertible into sulphate and other alu-
mimic salts. The clay Is incorporated
with a mixture of equal parts Of am
monium and potassium sulphates in
the proportion of three molecules Of
ammonium sulphate 70 each mole
oule Of aluminA, this mixture being
pressed into the form Of hollow
bricks and heated in q furnace 20
go to $50 degrees G. Gaseous ammo
nia and acid ammonium sulphate are
given of at this temperature. while
acid potassium sulphAts Is formed
and combines with the alumina Of
the clay TO form alum. Tho alum Is
leached from tho bricks with water
and freed from iron by recrystalliza-
ton, and the insoluble silica which
remains behind may be employed in
the manufacture Of oements. BY
spreading out tho powdered alum In
thin layers on shelves arranged in n
vertical tower on passing over IL the
warm, moist ammoniacal vapors
from the brick oven, the alum is
Transferred into alumina, which re
tains the form Of the original pow
der.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

THE foolish statement going
the rounds OF the republican
press that "the democrats lost
100000 votes in the south this
year" is refuted by the facts.
The states of Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Florida, Georgia, Ken
lucky, Louisiana. Mississippi,
Missouri, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia four years ago gave
Cleveland a plurality of 1926
907, and this year they gave
Bryan 1877 ,251.-Republic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

TIE comptroller of the cur
rency has approved application
for authority to organize the
First National Bank of South
McAlester, l. T., with capital
of $4,000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30
Arrival snd Departure U. ;. Malls.
ARDMoRE. MONDAY, NOV. 80.

CHIEF OF POLICE IRWIN of
Kansas City died Friday night.
The Kansas City World says he
was bounded to death by his
political enemies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

THE Daily Wagner Sayings
will make its initial appearance
tomorrow. 1t will be conducted
be the present managers of the
Weekly Sayings. We wish the
venture abundant success.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30
field Up and Robbed.

Washita, l. t., Nov. 27.-
William Owens, a one-armed
man, was held up and robbed
of So ten miles east of here last
night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30
ALLOTMENT COMING.
Hon. Richard MeLIsh on the Situation
The choctnws and Dawes com@is-
sion win Effect q Treaty.

three weeks as one of the rep
resentatives of the Chickasaw
nation to confer with the Dawes
commission in reference to al
lotment of their lands.
He was seen this morning by
an ARDMoREITE reporter and
submitted to an interview as
follows:
"What do you think of the
situation, Mr.. McLishl" The
reporter inquired.
Il think the allotment is GER
tain and that a treaty between
the five civilized tribes and the
United States government is
inevitable. 1t is coming soon."
"How soon do you think it
will become a facti"
From what / can see ahead
at present, and from my recent
| conference with the commission,
l am of the opinion that a
treaty will be consummated be-
tween now and the 4th of next
March, in time to present tothe
incoming senate for ratifica-
ton"
"The Chickasaws did not pass
any allotment bill authorizing
a treaty with the government,
and the Choctaws are the only
tribe that has passed such a bill,
are they mott"
''Yes, the Choctaws are the
only tribe that has passed such
a bill for allotment of lands and
authorizing their commission to
treat with the Dawes commits
sion. But in that matter they
have us on the hip. The treaty
now in existence between ouI
people and the United States
government is a joint one with
the Choctaws. While we oc-
cupy about half the territory,
we are only as three to one in
numerical strength of inhabi-
tants, so that a treaty with the
: Choctaws and the United States
government would be a treaty
governing also the possessions
{ of the Chickasaws. 1t is the
intention of the Dawes commits.
, sion, so far as | can discern
; to treat with the Choctaws anC
then extend the treaty over oul
people whether they favor it ol
not.
= Commissioner Montgomery
: of the Dawes commission saiC
, to me before | left: You car
, go back and tell your people
that the treaty is going to bt
5 made, and they can get in the
| band wagon or be left out in the
cold, as they like l infer from
| that that they will treat will
3 the Choctaws and then, as oul
9 treaties are joint, they will ash
: congress to extend the treaty
over the Chickasaws also.
"Our legislature appointed
commission to go before tn,
Dawes commission and present
the claims of our people anC
: citizenship roll, also to confe
with the commission in REGARD
to allotment and treaty, but W,
are not authorized to enter int,
any negotiations looking to
; treaty or to treat. When we ap
peared before the Dawes com
5 mission with our statement the
told us they could not hear us
that now there is no time 70
comforting or talking; it i
: simply matter of treating o
not treating. They said tn
time for talk and discussion ha
PASSED and they are down +
business. They refuse to hea
any commission or body wish
I ing to confer, but are ready t
entertain any proposition for
traatv
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

M- l. GAHHErE. caaHEtzrs Hans.
summnru marsiy. strznzrasksr.
GARRETT & HARDY,
ATTOkNEYS-AT-LAw.
Practice In all the Courts, Term.
rial, State and Federal. Special A..
tCntion given 10 criminal cases.
omce-Up stairs In Hardy buildl.f
Ardmore. l. I
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When bilious or costive, eat a
Cascaret, candy cathartie. cure
guaranteed, Zoe, 25c.
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7. S. BOOTH, n. d.
once over Coleman a Iyuna
Drug Store. Residence West Ma
Street.
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c. c. PoTTKR. ~. own.
c. L PoTTER, formerly % FGris. i,
G.. n. PoTTEE, n. G. TuuMAn
Of Gainesville, Texas.
POTTER, owNBY & THOMAS
LAWYERS,
Ardmore, l. 7
This firm ia now located over p
National Bank. WIN do clvf -
criminal practice In all courts In -.
Indian Territory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-11-30

ATTORNEYS AT LAW
once over KesTncy 4 WISE.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20


Of the most marked characteristics OF
the coming woman Is full sense Of
humor. Humor and culture are usual
ly found hand in hand-not simply wit,
but refined humor-and it Is only
among modern women that this is no
ticeable. | observe it on every side
in their books, their plays, their speech
es and in ordinary conversation. Men
have been humorous for centuries, but
women are just beginning to develop
this quality, so invaluable to the author
and especially the playwright"
"The Brooklyn Handicap" produced
at the Grand Opera House in New York
in 1894, was the first sporting play
written by a woman When Miss Alice
Ives was asked by New York man
ager a couple of years ago whether she
could write horse play" she replied
Il certainly don't know much about
races, but | can try"
And TO use Miss Ives own words
Trying means almost living on the
race track for a couple of months fol-
lowing. I read all the sporting papers
and talked about the turf with all the
sporting men l could meet. Why, just
to get one fact, the chest measure Of
one horse, I spent days visiting veter-
mary surgeons and livery stables Fin
ally | had to carry tape measure and
measure a vicious looking brute my
self. You see, an amusing incident in
the play hinged on that one thing, and
wanted my audience to laugh at the
play, not at the author"
In regard to the money to be made
by play writing, Miss Ives said: you
have to wait a long time for success.
Nothing is harder than to get play
accepted, but once accepted nothing
pays better. Success, fame, money all
come at once
Miss Ives was born in Detroit, and
her first literary efforts were for the
local newspapers of her native city.
To-day a more prolific and versatile
writer would be hard to find. She has
written grave and thoughtful articles
for Harper's and the Century, and
bright jokes for Puck. Her first play
was a tragedy called don Roderic."
Lawrence Barrett read this and wrote
Miss Ives that it was full Of poetical
beauty.
"Lorine," in which Mazda Craigan
starred last season, and 'Lavarre," are
two delightful plays by Miss Ives, and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20

ular and yet fail utterly from lack OF
knowledge Of technique, or what Is bet
ter known as stage business, A play
is not finished when 1t is written. The
first act Is to get 1t accepted, the Sec
ond to get 1t produced and the third to
secure public"
Mrs Ryley's home charmngly renects
the artistic taste Of the hostess. Fine
oriental rugs, beautiful Bagdad draper
les, and piles of cushions, large and
small, form an interior at once luxur'
ious and unique. Mrs, Ryley has just
finished play written to order for Nat
Goodwin.
Miss Mary Stone, who is "reader" at
the Garrlck theater, New York, Is
sweet-faced, charming-mannered Phil
adelphia girl. She is regular first
nighter" at New York theaters. Her
WORK as reader" demands that she ia
millarl2e herself not only with all new
plays but with the popular dramatic
taste as well.
Her first work for the stage was
dramatizatlon Of Stanley Weyman's
House Of the Wolf" for Richard Mans
field. Her success, however, came with
the production of "The Social High
wayman" by the Holland Brothers In
September This play was dramathed
from story by that name that ap-
peared in Lipplncott's July, 1895, and
would have been brought out by Rich
ard Mansfield had not his recent Sc
we're illness interferred with his plans.
The Holland Brothers are at present
making successful tour with 1t
through the United States.
Miss Stone is much interested in
woman's progress.
Il find" she said recently, that one
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20

rvatory of Music for the libretto of
Daphne a comic opera. The music
will be furnished by Mr. Arthur Bird a
pupil of List. SO far this brilliant
woman's contributions to the stage
have been noticeable for unique char
acter sketches and c:~at skill in con-
struction.
One of the present seasons great sue
cesses. according to critics and mana
gers, was the production of "Christo-
pher, Jr.," at the Empire. After crowd
ing the house for weeks in New York it
was sent out on an equally successful
tour Of the western cities. Mrs. Made
line Lucette Ryley, the author of the
play, is a beautiful vivacious woman,
and an accomplished actress as well as
clever playwright.
Speaking of christopher, Jr.," Mrs
Ryley said in a recent interview: Il
wrote the play in six weeks and was
six years in finding a manager to pro-
duce it. | think it has been in the
hands of fifty different managers
Sometimes it was too long, sometimes
too short, sometimes too light, and
again too heavy. 1t is really astonish-
ing, the variety of faults of which one
simple little play is capable No one
who has not tried it can possibly under
stand how difficult it is to get a play
accepted. Managers are afraid of a
new playwright, especially of woman,
You are sure, if you are just beginning,
to present a melodrama the season for
farces, or farce when tragedy is the
fad; or again, if the character Of the
play is adapted to the tickle public, you
have probably put too many men and
women in the story, or made too many
scenes, and that means enormous ex-
pense in production. And, last of all
you may succeed in every other partic-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-02-20

II V@E tleaLer III 1000
Clara Morris afterward starred in II
for several years under the title OF Inc
Refugees Daughter" "The Mer-
chant" however was the play when
brought Miss Morton most prominently
before the public. 1t was first brought
out at the Union Square with Selma
Felter, L. ]. Henley and Nelson Wheat
croft in the cast Subsequently 1t was
purchased by Thomas McDonough, VINO
put it on for an extended run at inc
Madison Square theater and later sent
it out as a popular attraction on the
road.
Jeffrey Middleton" her next play,
was brought out in Minneapolis by Au-
gustus PitOu. This was so successful
that it brought her an order to write a
play for William II, Crane. This she
called Brother John" and Crane had
a prosperous season at the Star theater
with it. A Chicago Brother John
mad an almost unprecedented run,
yielding 100000 in six weeks.
Miss Morton's latest play, His Wile's
Father" which made such a hit re-
Gently at the Fifth Avenue, with Crane
as the star, is undoubtedly her best
and indeed, one of the best plays ever
written by woman.
Miss Morton is New York girl and
received her education at one Of the
public schools Of the city She began
writing short stories and poems for
magazines when quite young, but soon
found her dramatic instinct too strong
for such limitations, and in her first
dramatic efforts proved herself to pos
sess a knowledge Of stagecraft that
amounted to genius and is usually &C
quired only after years Of experience
and drudgery. But she Is not the only
playwright Of her sex here.
Miss Marguerite Merrington, who is a
college professor, wrote her first play
for L. II. Sothern. Capt, Letterblair'
was given an elaborate production two
seasons ago at the Lyceum, where 1t
lan successfully for many weeks,
"Good-By" and "A Lovers Knot" were
Miss Merrington's next successes. At
present she is engaged on play which
Mr.. Sothern expects to bring out soon,
a historical drama called Bonnie
Prince Charlie" She also wrote play
for Sol Smith Russell, An Everyday
Man" which contained fine character
study.
Miss Merrington received the first
prize of $500 from the New York Con-