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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
DE song birds, dey hab lef' de Ian;
We doan' know whah dey's at;
But de eagle is a screamin' an
De tnhkev's giftin, fat

DE song birds, dey hab lef de Ian;
We doan' know whah dey's at;
But de eagle is screamin' an
De turkeys gittin fat.
Washington Star
-Willie-"How long are
you going to visit u.s." Aunt Jemima-
81 haven't the least idea. Why do you
ask, Willie?" Mother wanted to
know" -Detroit Free Press.
Farmers Wife-''I hope you are not
afraid of work?" Tramp uDeasilyl-
81 amt exactly afraid, mum; but l al
ways feels fidgety when there's any
thing like that about. Boston Tray
eler.
A Sure Cure for Dumbness.-Mr.
Gabbleton-"Oh doctor, my wife has
suddenly lostthe power of speech-can't
utter a world" Eminent Physician la
conically) her to the opera. -
n. Y. World.
THAT was a bright answer given by
little girl in a suburban school to the
question of her teacher as to what peo-
pie find even in warm countries, when
they get to the top of mountain.
"Most people find" said the child, that
they are out of breath"
His Idea.-Mrs. Jimsmith (whO has
been reading one of the current beauty
prescriptions)- George, what is your
idea of perfect fgure?" Jimsmith--
well, S25O,OO0 may not be perfection,
but it's near enough to satisfy man
with my humble notions. buffalo EX-
press.
-She-"That lame man with one eye
over there, whom everybody calls cap
tain-was he in the army during the
WARP" He-"Oh, no. He got his title
and injuries as captain of a college foot
ball team" She-"Oh, how lovely! The
brave fellow!"-N. Y. Commercial Ad-
vertiser.
Mr.. Dismal Dawson's removal of
the trash from the lawn was so languid
that Mrs. Watts was moved to say:
81 fear you are not fond of work ?" "Oh,
yes, | am, num-" said Mr. Dawson. 81
think so much of work that | wouldn't
be violent with it fer nothin'. "-Indian-
aDOliS journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
LAWS OF WAR.
A Code that is Recognized in All Civil.
lied Countries.

Code that Is Recognized IN All CiviIs
lied Countries.
Leading men of every coultrT ara
agreed that the world is about 70
enter one of its most crucial periods
a period marked, perhaps, by bloody
wars and international complications
of milder type. The ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of Turkey during the present year is
almost an assured fact and the divi-
sion of its territory by the great own.
ers will be watched with interest by
the people on this side of the water.
Nothing short of miracle can prevent
Russia and England becoming involved
in the settlement of this matter Spain
is still waging war on the poor little
isle of Cuba, with no more prospects Of
subduing the patriots than she ha9a
year ago Italy is bristling oveg, the
wrongs she claims to be suffering from
the Brazilian government, and squad
ron of King Humbert's war ships ia
now on its way to the South American
country The marvellous diplomacy of
Prince Lobanoff will no longer repress
the war spirit that has been so mani
fest in Europe for the past several
years, as that splendid statesman I'M
fortunately has died. Altogether, these
be troublous times; and in view of this
it is well to look into the etiquette, ]"
as it may properly be called, that gov
ems civilized warfare.
The claws of war" as at present
formulated by civilized nations, forbid
the use of poison against the enemy;
murder by treachery, such as assuming
the uniform or displaying the flag of a
foe; the murder of those who have sur
rendered, whether upon conditions or
at discretion; declarations that no
quarter will be given to an enemy; the
use of such arms or projectiles as will
cause unnecessary pain or suffering to
an enemy; the abuse of flag of truce
to gain information concerning an en-
emy's position; all unnecessary de-
struction of property, whether public
or private.
They also declare that only fortified
places shall be besieged; open cities or
villages not to be subject to siege or
bombardment; that public buildings
of whatever character whether belong
ing TO tne cHurcn OF SldIe, sudAl Do
spared; that plundering by private SOL
diers or their officers shall be consid.
cred inadmissible; that prisoners shall
be treated with common humanity;
that the personal effects and private
property of prisoners, excepting their
arms and ammunition, shall be re-
spected; that the population of the
enemy's country shall be considered
as exempt from participation in he
war, unless by hostile acts they pro-
woke the ill-will of the enemy; that
personal and family honor, and the re-
ligious convictions of an invaded peo-
pie shall be respected by the invaders,
and that all pillage by regular troops
or their followers shall be strictly for
bidden.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
A TEAM OF ALLIGATORS,
Sensation Created in a Texas
Town by a Hunter.

Every old settler in eastern Texas
knows old Buck StObbins. Stobbins
came to the lone star wilderness when
the republic was in its infancy. lie set
tied in the Big Thicket, not far from
Houston, and, during his long careers,
he has hunted bear, only varying the
monotony of the sport by occasionally
getting drunk and spending few days
in getting sober aud resting the dogs.
The old man is an ironside, hard-shell
baptist, and liar-not a mere novice
in feeble and unpolished mendacity, but
a wholesale. artistic, rough and tumble
liar of gigantic proportions. His word
is pretty good on ali ordinary subjects,
but when 1t comes to bear the aged vet-
eran varies. twists, distorts and piles
bears and hounds and gunshOts and
butcher knives together, and makes a
story worth listening to. Every hunter
goes to see him. and all leave his cabin
pleased with his extraordinary hOspi-
tally, and feeling that if there were 4
few more Buck Stobbinses in the world
the human race would laugh more and
1ilC NOulel bt Nol III IL lliS ttlAti hli'
He has been making war on the black
bear of Texas for more than half a cen
fury, and killed every year, according
to his own candid statement, bear
enough to feed an army, and yet he can
put YOU on stand where you can get
shot at big, rolliclling bruin any
fine morning. Very recently he has fig
ured as the most conspicuous character
in an adventure that is without parallel
in the history of the world. The old
fire eater had one son. and when this
heir apparent to the Stobbins claim and
cabin in the wilderness was about ten
years old be captured a pair of young
alligators two or three feet in length.
Now, young Stobbins did not have any
calves to fool with, and 50 he chained
The young alligators together and
hitched them to a small slide. He put
bull rings in the nose of each gator, and
then, by the deXterous use of a pitch
fork, managed to extract n good deal of
deviltry and fun out of his wonderful
team.
The boy was fast growing to man
hood, and the alligators - well, they
were fast growing to 'gatorhood. They
were at least ten feet long when the
promising youth took the swamp fever
and died. Old Stobbins was devotedly
attached to his son. He expected to
make a famous bear hunter out of the
boy. His grief was not of the common
kind. He tried to burn it out of his
''in'ards" with moonshine whisky, and
possibly would have succeeded, but the
capacity of the stillhouse was a grade
less than the old warriors endurance
and metal. When the still went dry H."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
The Moon and the Earth.

The strangeness of the scenery of the
moon, and the enormous size of its
crater-shaped mountains, have led some
astronomers to think that it's past his
tory must have been quite different
from that of the earth. This, however.
is not the opinion of Messieurs Loewy
and PuiseuX, who, in recent communi-
cation to the Academy of Sciences in
Paris, say that a study of the latest
lunar photographs tends to show that
the condition of the moons surface has
been produced by the action of the same
natural forces now at work on the
earth.-Youth's Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

then the horses that were hitched to
they wheeled around and turned the
wagon over and spilled the brass band
fellers out right Immediately on top
of my gators. Look QUIT / shouted,
or some of you will be missn'' They
did not need anybody to advise them to
get out of the way. When the elephants
and lions came and smelled the gators
there was fun sure 'nough. You never
heard such roarin' and bawlin'. l
thought the devil himself had broke
loose. But this was only the commence
nent of the frolic. The circus horses
began to run away.
81 never seen so much commOtion in
all my born days. There was 40 teams
all runnin' away at once and 40 more
a-tryin' to run away. People were
a-hollerin' and cussin'; lions and tigers
were roarin' and women and children
were cryin'. Says I: Miss Nancy, my
opinion is that we have played the
deuce amazingly, and old Buck Stobbins
is goin' to try to vamoose the ranch.
stuck the fork into the tail of the OF
alligator and shouted: Get up and
dust, my beauties The gators seemed
to be enjoyin' the frolic, and they brew
open their jaws and plunged right into
the mass of overturned wagons, strug-
Gin horses and wild elephants. When
we came out on the other side | heard
Miss Nancy say: Great Heavens, dad!
look there!' and I felt something Shiny
hit me in the face, and when got my
eyes open my blood froze in my veins.
The off alligator had the clown of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

Another Great victory i"i CIV"
We have called attention before TO
ovoe+ amount of satisfaction the
silver men get out of the election by
Touring out "how near" they came
TO carving this, that and the other
State. or what would have happened
If thew had got few more thousand
votes here and a few more Thousand
votes there. They can point OUT
= dozen combinations by which by
merely changing a thousand VOTES
or 60 from Mckinley to Bryan the
worry old smash would have been TO
,lay with the goldbugs and the
monev-power. Kentucky is the
latest state upon which this klhd ol
. nost-mortem examination is peihe
held There change of about l3'
votes would have given the state tC
Rowan and a silver man holds TIM
TO show what narrow margin ther'
was in the gold victory, ana "liaV
snlendid success the free-silver hgh
was He never stops to think Una
bv adopting the Chicago platiori
the electoral vote of Kentucky wa
simply thrown away. Before tina
convention met it would have pee
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

queer story is told of an English
naturalist, who died in 1860, and was
buried at Blankney, in Lincolnshire.
Among his pets was a large gray bat.
This bat was permitted to enter the
tomb, and was sealed up alive along
with the corpse of his dead master. In
1866 the vault was opened, and to the
surprise of all the bat was alive and fat.
On four different occasions since the
relatives of the dead man have looked
after the welfare of his pet, and each
time it has been reported that the bat
was still in the land of the living, al
though occupying quarters with the
dead II was last seen in 1S92.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
Very Old Soap.

Soap has been in use for 5000 years,
and is twice mentioned in the Bible A
few years ago soap boilers shop was
discovered in Pompeii, having been
buried beneath the terrible rain Of
ashes that fell upon that city 70 A. D.
The soap found in the shop had not
lost all its efficacy, although it had
been buried 800 years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

mitted.
Bringing forward the reas'
question is IL ridiculous way
dicating'' Mr.. German and en-
The revolution against bos'
this State. Everybody kn'
the issue in the campaign OF
hossis,n. The Cambridge
nledged the Republican pr
new and more equitable
valuation. As Mr.. Cox say
other hand, the Democratic
"uneouivocally committed.
enactment of u similar la
German Rasin convention
while it was expected that Il
Leans would redeem their
reither Mr.. German nor MI
anv other man of ordina
oence and familiarity with I
of the dominant ring III
believed that the pledge OF
, more convention was meant
, II was not the first, or the.
..-a, +I,o third time, that -
o cratic party was by its plat
a. ouivocally committed TO {
+ of an assessment act. The
+ that declaration in a Cor
n platform was well underst
g bosses inserted it to catch
It then gave the gold ART
n Baltimore" its choice OF
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
A Curioua Custom.

The butchers of Berlin are in the
habit of informing their customers
of the days on which fresh sausages
are made by placing a chair covered
with large, clean apron, at the side
Of the shop door.-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

"FoLKs dat is allus looliin' fob trouble"
said Uncle Eben, "hab ies' one ting ter
brag about. Dey doan' hahdly ebber git
disappointed. Wv ashlngton Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

OLD BULLIoN-''Whatl You wish to
marry my daughtera She is mere school
girl yet" Suitor-"Yes, sir came early
to avoid the rush. Modes and Fabrics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19

PEOPLE who eat the most, usually think
the least.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-19
vantage.

from this time forward. Ihey may
find therein something to their "o-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

A hundred yards above the brink
Of the American fall a rock ten feet
square projects for foot above the
water in midstream. One morning
the inhabitants awoke and saw q
man sitting ON il. The noise of the
rapids prevented verbal communica-
tion. They did not, do not and new
er will know how he got there. he
staid there SO hours. The people
telegraphed to Buffalo, and the rail
way company sent one excursion
train after another for SO hours 70
see the man on the rock. They
painted signs and stuck them up for
the man to read, saying, I'VE will
save you" Two hundred yards
above there is bridge. From this
by ropes they foated RATS with pro-
visions to him. At the end of his
stay big one came for him to get
on. What they were going to do
with him if they got him in this
seething rapid is not known. de
tried and failed and went over the
fall, and that is all.-Blackwood' q
Magazine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

The largest stock Of well as
sorted merchandise in the In
dian Territory. Is now offered
by rs, either at wholesale or
retail. for cash only. at eastern
and factory prices. These goods
were bought at much lower
figures than they can be bought
for at present and includeevery-
thing contained in the Big Iron
Store. We viii make special
prices to parties who wish to
close out any Of the different
departments. All goods viii be
sold at prices which will induce
intelligent buyers to give prefer
ence 10 the Receivers Cash
Sale. going on today. Come
and be convinced that this Is
the greatest opportunity for
bargains.
". A. LEDBETTER.
NJ. LEVIN,
Co-Receivers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15
A CARD.

Having taken charge of the
ARDMoREITE presses, type ETC.,
as the attorneys of the Inland
Type Foundry, under a mort
gage in favor of said Inland
Type Foundry, we wish to an
nounce that the publication of
the paper will be continued as
heretofore until the date of sale
of the mortgagcd property.
The former management of the
paper, however. will be dispens-
ed with during the time the pa
per is in our charge. Nc
change whatever will be made
in the politics of the paper
while controlled by us. The
publication is continued not fOl
any private gain, but solely fOl
the purpose of realizing a.
much from the sale of the plan
as possible. We respectful!
ask a continuance of its presen
patronage.
JOHNSON, CRUCE & CRUCE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

FROM the various Cuban re-
ports it is learned that Maceo
was slain while bravely leading
his gallant army, that he was
treacherously shot down with a
flag of truce in his hand, and
that he eluded his pursuers and
easily reached a place of safety
nnharmed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15
POLITICAL NEWS.
BRYAN's CHICAGO SPEECH.


Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 12.-The
jackson celebration banquet, at
which William j. Bryan will be
the chief guest Of honor, will be
held at the fremont hotel. This
was decided upon at a confer
epce of democratic leaders to-
day. 1t is expected that Mr..
Bryan on that occasion make a
speech urging the friends of
silver to keep up the fight. Gov.
Altgeld will also be present.
DROPPED ANTI-BRYANITEs.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 12.-The
aristocratic democratic organi-
zation of Omaha, the Jackson
ian club, tonight dropped from
the rolls all democrats who re-
fused to support Bryan in the
recent campaign.
Those expelled include many
prominent members throughout
Nebraska and all prominent
, federal office holders.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF WASHINGTON,
Olympia, Wash. Dee. 12.-
The official vote of the state OF
Washington for the November
election has just been complete
ed by the secretary of state
The vote is as follows: Bryan
81, GAG, Mckinley IS, ,574, Lever
| ing 96S, Palmer 14S.
DUMB As AN OYSTER.
Cleveland, o., Dec. 13.-
Chairman Hanna returned hom,
today, coming from Philadel
phia. He declined to say any
thing about the gossip concern
ing the cabinet appointments o
President-Elect Mckinley.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15


The Houston Daily Post of
last Sunday was the largest
daily ever issued from a Texas
newspaper Office. 1t contained
fifty-two pages, and was brim
full of interesting reading mat
ter and live advertisements of
Houston's progressive mer-
chants, who have learned by
practice there is money in print
ers' ink. The Post is a model
paper, and compares favorably
with the large dailies of Chica-
90 and New York.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

THERE are reports that the
full-bloods favor allotment, and
are kept from expressing them
selves by the villainous pOliti-
clans, and there are also reports
that the full-bloods are against
allotment, because they have
been taught by the villainous
politicians to believe that it en-
tails direful consequences to
them. The truth is that they
have their own original ideas
regarding the matter. The Gus
toms of the full-bloods' ances-
try have left their impress and
when we reflect that these full
bloods are the direct descend
ants, their blood unmixed, of a
people who for untold genera
tions held land in common, it is
little wonder that they do not
want allotment = Tahlequah
Arrow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

MARION POTTER, charged with
being implicated III the hanging
of one of the Wichita bank rob-
bers, was on trial in the district
court in Gainesville yesterday.
A motion to quash the indict-
ment against him was overruled
and the case continued until
next term.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

A MOVEMENT has been put on
foot by the democrats of Ken
lucky, who have become dis
gusted with the Courier-Journal
and other Hannacrat dailies, to
establish a first-class demo-
cratic newspaper in Louisville.
1t is said the movement is meet
ing with success. There is con-
siderable talk of a similar move
in Texas, to put in a plant in
the northern end of the state
either at Dallas or Fort Worth.
Those behind the move say
that 100000 will be easily
forthcoming at the proper time.
1t will take at least that much
and probably more to make the
venture a success. - Houston
Post.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

A CONTRACT has been award
ed to I'll. l.. Breneman. of Paris,
Texas, to erect a mortar bat
terry on Fort Point, Galveston
island, the cost to be $96, 800.
Work will be commenced Jan.
uary 10, and completed 0y July
30. 1897.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

SENATOR MILLS wants the
United States to take immediate
possession of Cuba and hold it.
1t is due Mr.. Mckinley to say
that this is one instance in
which his election is not re-
sponsible for starting the Mills.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

The blind have one advantage. In
their correspondence they have only
to pay cent postage. The point
system is not olassed as writing
Postal Record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

THE Wynnewood Republic of
last week was chock full of dis
play advertisements, in which
the business men of that thriv-
ing town solicit trade. This
speaks well for Wynnewood,
and proves conclusively that its
merchants are wide-awake and
progressive.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

BEING no longer able to raise
respectable stake, John l..
Sullivan is giving his time to
raising side whiskers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

IT IS difficult to convince the
head of a family that prosperity
is approaching when the holi-
days are Immediately confront
ING him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

THE fate of Maceo is another
illustration of the adage that
the pitcher that goes to the well
100 often gets broke at last.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

VENEzUELA's dissatisfaction
with the boundary line settle
ment indicates that the little re-
public had set its heart on
seeing John Bull get a licking.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

One-half carload of fire works
just received at the Cream Bak
cry. Sueh fun we will have.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

If you want flour that will
please you get High Hannibal
Patent at Star Grocery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

ARDMoRE, TUESDAY, DEC. is.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

When it comes 10 printing -, -.
the ARDMoRKIrE Is the ieaaef'
OF work on short notice
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

To the Gold-fIclds % thc Wrau
Via the Burlington Route.
A fast through vestihuled train
daily 10 Denver making direct eo1-
nections for Cripple Greek, Coli also
fast daily trains 20 the gold helds o.
Montana and Black Hills--2Qo miles
shortest line from Missouri River
ask your agent for information abo1i
the Burlington Route
L. W. WAKELEY.s
81. Louis. Mo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-15

JOHNSON, CRUCE & CRUCE.