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The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13

prompt action on the part of the United
States to put an end to this barbarous
kind of warfare. 1t is in line with other
acts of the Spanish and, think, calls for
immediate action"
Chauncey NJ. Depew said: 'If the re-
port be true no language can characterize
it. 1t is simply a cowarcly saSsination.
1t is hard to believe that so brave a man
as Maceo. should meet with such
wretched fate. The confirmation OF it
will stir the people of this country as
nothing else has done since the Cuban re-
beilion began"
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13
Nerndn ard Stnfehaad.
enrolled

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 1.-The prop
osition, seriously set forth by a Chicago
newspaper, to suspend the representation
of the State of Nevada in Congress be-
cause of Its sineompetency in point of popu-
iation, just as the. rights of the Southern
States were suspended during the war, is
reluctantly disapproved by the Boston
Herald, to which the equity of the action
is more apparent than its legal possibility.
A better method to settle the Nevada
trouble. according to the Herald, would be
to agree to the union Of Nevada with
Utah.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13
WELLER rs SATISFIED.
Brutal ButcIsery and AsscssSnatf
Please the CGpfain- General

Brutdt BHtcbery and AsscssSnatfon
Please the Captain General
HAVANA, CUBA, Dc. IA reporter
had an interview this evening with Cen
eral Weyler, who returned 10 Havana last
night from the province of Pinar del Rio.
When asked concerning his opinion of
the campaign in general he said that he
was very well satisfied with the course of
events and expressed the hope that in a
snort time there would be change that
would modify some OF the aspects of the
situation.
he was asked concerning the result of
ms operations in Plnar del Rio and re.
Piled that he was pleased with the out
come, since the rebels in that province are
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13
PROMPT ACTICN DEMANDED.

The United States Should End the Span
,sh Atrocittes.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 1.-THE dis
patches telling of the ASSASSINATION of
General Antonio Maceo by the Spanish SOL
diers have aroused indignation among the
friends of Cuba in this city. General
Daniel <. Sickles did not hesitate in de-
claring the affair an outrage.
"If the story of the murder of General
Maceo is true" said he, sit warrants
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13
G,,ord,n,en 10 Aia Cubon.

TOLEDO. OHIO, Dec. ia company is
being organized here of members of tho
Ohio National Guard for service in Cuba.
1t is said that already fifty men have been
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13
WHeRE rs SPANISH cHIVA1Rr2
Delegate Palma Speaks of General
Maceo's AssdsS indttOn.

Delegate Palma Speaks of General
Maceo's ASsass tnattOn.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 12.-The
Cuban Junta in this city received the fol-
lowing telegram from their Jacksonville
agent, P. A. Huau, this afternoon:
Received letter from Havana confirm
ing death of Maceo and staff by combi-
nation between Marquis Ahumada, second
In command to General Wevler, and DIR.
Zertucha. They were murdered"
Delegate Estrada Palma, after the re-
ceipt of the above, dictated a statement
for the press. 1t was as follows:
1.-The news does not surprise me- because
the rst reports were so contradictory that
they read like mystery. l was inclined
to believe that the news was false at first,
but that if General Maceo was dead it was
through the assassin's knife. 1t seems
now that he has been muSdered.
General Weyler in addressing the
crowd from the balcony of his house
seemed anxious to shirk credit for the re-
sponsibility, of Maceo's death when he
said that the victory was clearly due to
Ahumada. Perhaps his conscience begins
to feel remorse. This very act of the
Spanish general proves the straits of the
Spanish army. They must resort to
treachery.
''They did not face Maceo. They stabbed
him in the back Let me ask where is tho
Spanish chivalry of which they boast so
much?'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11
CAUGHT HIS TRAIN ON HORSEBACK.
A Runsw-y Locomotive Had Many Sleep
inE Passenger In Tow.


Early one morning the engineer and
hre1an 0f the Santa Fe overland train,
bound east, when near Caion pass. i'm
agined they saw something ON the track
right ahead. Thinking the train was
about &c wrecked they both jumped.
The engineer Was rather badly hurt, but
when the fireman picked himself up out
Of the dust he found that the engine had
made kindling wood Of a wagon to
which two horses had been attached.
Their driver had seen the headlight ~
the engine and had jumped in time To
save himself. and the animals them
selves were cropping the dried grass
along the roadside, which showed that
they had not been greatly disturbed by
the accident.
But the train, with nobody at the en-
gine's throttle. was plunging away
through the darkness, the passengers
asleep in their berths, utterly ulfcnn-
scious that they were being drawn by a
wild locomotive.
The fireman. who had heen left be-
hind, thought he would try TO ovcrtake
the flying train on foot Then ne changed
his mind aud, jumping astride enc Of
the horses, he ret out after the runaway
train. He knew il must stop shortly, as
il had TO climb very steep grade, and
If the fire under the boilers was not kept
mp the supply Of steam would not fur
mis- sufficient pressure TO keep the
wheels going around The vagrant tram
did stop mile and half from where
the accident occurred There did not
seem to bc any reason FOR an Interrupt
tion ol the Journey Just at that point,
and 81 the conductor and brakeman hur-
ried ahead with their lanterns To ask the
engineer what had given out
When they found the cab empty. Of
course the trainhands We're very much
mystitiei. They asked each other a good
I..any questions, and were engaged in
looking up theories to account for the
strange disappearance Of the engine
crew when the fireman came Looping
along CA the horse lac had borrowed.
After explanation had been made. he
turned Iii horse toward this city and
Brought the first tidings the railroad
people had of the missing train. A hack
was sent ont To- tho scene with another
engineer. and as soon as steam was
raised the overland went on over the
hill through Cajon pass. Tho same car
riage brought the injured engineer a.
the city.-San Francisco Examiner
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11
An old Colonial nreekhsu.s.

Among the attractions Of the town Of
Bourne, Mass. are two historic cellars.
One was dug by the Plymouth colony
and the other bY the Dutch traders.
These cellars lie Side by side. and the
structures built over them were filed
with goods so necessary for the comfort
of the early pilgrims as we'll n the
Dutch. The pilgrims needed manufac-
tured goods such as the Hollander had
for sale and the Dutch required prod
nets such as the colony could supply.
Governor Bradford. in his diary. state
that this blOck.house was built as early
as 1927. only seven years after the land
ing Of the Mayfiower. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11

The most powerful sunglass ever con-
structed in France was that made un-
der the supervision of the savant NJ.
de Villette This glass generated heat
sufficient to melt copper coin of the
size of our silver 20 cent piece in z y
seconds.
George Parker of Fleet street, Lon
don, made a glass much more powerful
than that which resulted from tho
Frenchman' efforts. Parker's was three
feet in diameter and so powerful that it
was actually used to melt substances
which were too refractory for the fur
naceS. The best authorities ON heat say
that it had a power Of l66, ,362 degrees
+. This is best understood when il Is
known that it only takes a temperature
of 2, 7S7 degrees to melt cast iron so that
il will flow like water.-St. Louis Re
public
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11

Pointer dogs can always be trained to
steal Many Of them are natural thieves
without training. and any Of the species
can be taught. There il a dog Of this
kind in northwest Washington He will
pick up anything he can find around a
yard or outside Of 4 store. bus his spe-
cialty Is ladies pockotbOoks and hand
bags. When he sees one Of these. ho
grabs il and runs. always succeeding in
getting out Of sight before he Gun Be
captured or followed. No owner has
ever been seen, hence no complaints
have been made nj police headquarters.
but there il but little doubt. II il were
possible TO follow the animal. that IL
would be found that he has been care
fully trained as purse snatcher and
that be takes his booty home to his
master. He seems to be aware that he j.
doing wrong. jumping fences and dodg-
ing around houses when running away.
Washington Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11
BUILT THE WRONG WAY.
Why the Quaker's Chester Hogs Took No
Prizes In Georgia.

Why the Quaker's Chester Hogs Took No
Prizes In Georgia.
Il never shall forget an incident
which occurred at the first fair ever
attended IN Georgia, said Il retired
Cincinnati meat packer. "It was at
Macon. and i think they called il a state
fair. AT any rate il was a big thing for
the town in those days. They had some
fine stock on exhibition, and "A Ponnsyl-
vanian had sent down about 20 of the
finest locking hogs yOu ever saw. They
We're mostly Chester Whites, and IL 1
recollect Alright they We're exhibited by
Thomas Wood, a great hog and cattle
fancier Of 20 and 30 years ago. He it
was who introduced that famous breed
of hogs, the Chester White, and he
made great deal of money out of his
fancy stock. He was a Friend-a Qua
ker you know-who used the plain Ian
guage and wore a broad brimmed hat.
He was a smart old gentleman. honest
and prosperous. He sent his hogs from
state fair to state fair, and they took so
many prizes and blue ribbons that each
hog looked like boy who had spent all
his money making collection Of badges.
"When the Macon judges made their
awards, they gave blue ribbons very lib
orally TO the razor backs, hut not one Of
the fat, sleek Pennsylvania hogs got n
prize. The owner Of the exhibit did not
understand it, so lie hunted UP one of
the judges and said in the language of
the Friends:
4 know thee TO be AN honest man,
and do not question thy fairness in the
award, but To crafty my own curiosity
l would be glad TO have thee tell me
why thee gave all the prizes to the ma
tive stock and what fault thee found in
mine:'
MY friend, the committee admired
your hogs greatly. the judge replied.
They are certainly handsome. and |
have no doubt that in your section they
are the best breed To raise, but they are
not suited for this country. They are go
short legged and fat that a niger could
catch them in two minutes. What we
require III hog in the south Is legs and
wind. We give our prizes for speed. y
Atlanta Constitution.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11
THERe IS no NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
Not Even th- Iab-sr Day Aet Creates oas.
say the InErrrw

SAY thr Lawyrrx.
There would sefm to he no such thing
IN this country as a national holiday.
lawyers assert that even Labor cav.
which was set apart by act Of congress
IN 1894 in such manner rs 20 lead the
coniiding layman 20 suppose IL at least
10 lie a national holiday. Is not snch
outside Of the District Of Columbia un-
less by state enactment. The creation
and regulation Of holidays have been
left entirely TO the legislatures Of the
individual states.
The act Of congress concerning labor
day was approved June 2S. 1894. IL pro-
vides THAT the first Monday Of Sept-m-
Der in each year, being the day celc-
brtted and known n Labor day, Is
hereby made a legal holiday, 20 all in
tents and purposes. in the same manner
as Christmas, Jan. ], Feb. p, May so
aud July & arc now made by law public
holidays"
Clearly the proper construction Il
this statute can be- arrived at only by
reference 20 the provisions bearing upon
the other holidays named The act max
ing holidays of Jan. /, July 4, Christ
mas and any day appointed OF recon-
mended by the president u the United
states as a day Of public fast or thanks
giving WAS passed in June. 1870. and
was restricted in its effect 10 the Dis
trict of Columbia. These DAYS arc holi-
days in the various states only as they
are made 80 by the various state legis-
latures.
The act 81 Jan. 81. 1879. makes Feb
% legal holiday. and the act uf Aug.
81, 1855, does the same for May 80.
and both are restricted IN their applica-
tion TO the District Of Columbia. The
act referring 10 Labor day says nothing
about the District Uf Columbia. but IL
does say that the first Monday u Sen
tembcr shall be a legal holiday, Ito all
intents aud purposes. in the same man
ner as Christmas. Jan. /. Feb. -. MAY
30 and July are now made by law
public holidays.
The intents and purposes for which
and the manner in which those days are
made holidays are expressly limited TO
the District Of Columbia, and su, by
necessary inference, Is the act referring
20 Labor day.
The misleading language Of the Labor
day act has led To prevalent statement
that the iirst Monday Of September Is n
holiday throughout the United States
by congressional enactment.-NewY York
Tribune.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11
PUTTING UP q STOVE
A Version % the Operation That Rarely
Happens In Real Life.

A Version O1 the Operation That Rarely
Happens In Real Life.
This is about man who put up
stove.
1t is unnecessary perhaps TO go far
ther with il. You know in advance lust
how he swore and tore and spoiled the
carpet, and the pipe didn't fit and no
skinned his knuckles and uut his finger
and spilled SCOT down the back Of his
neck and finally went up town and got
six men to finish the job.
johnson" said Johnson's wife at
dinner yesterday, Il want you to come
home early this afternoon. want that
sitting room stove up and going by sun
day"
All right, my dear, - said johnson.
IN he home at 4. "
So that afternoon Johnson's wife sent
the children over to visit on the other
side Of town and stuffed rags in all the
cracks to dcaden sound. After a fervent
prayer that all the neighbors would be
ont Of town for a few hours that after
noon she was ready for johnson.
He arrived promptly.
The stove is out in the wood shed, &"
said his wife.
The stove was not very large. and
after johnson had dressed himself for
the occasion, with the help Of Mrs John
son, who had taken care TO have his old
clothes and gloves handy, he got tine
stove to the back porch without much
difficulty.
1T must be blackened, 4" said Mrs.
Johnson as she mixed the blacking. 1t
blackened to a beautiful finish with very
little rubbing, and johnson whistled at
his work
Then he tackled down the oilcloth
mat and the zinc and kept on whistling.
He took the stove in carefully and
put il in the right place.
There was plenty Of the old stovepipe,
and while he cleaned il in the alley
with a stick Mrs. Johnson sat on the
back porch and listened to him whistle.
The first joint went on all right, and
the daInper staid in place. The next
joint fitted so well that Johnson almost
stopped whistling III sheer admiration
for IL. and so did the next one. The ell
bow fitted admirably, and the collar and
last joint went ON like "a top. The seam
was Oh the right side all the way mp.
There was not even u speck Of SCOT ON
the papers Mrs. johnson had spread on
the carpet.
In ten minutes more Johnson had n
lovely fire in the stove and was in his
business suit gain spick and span read
ing the paper while his wife got supper.
Ii was Just here that there was a saw
age nudge in Johnson 5 left ribs and he
heard his wife tell him to wake mp, and
hustle out now, for it had been daylight
for half an bour.-TopeLa State Journal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11

A unique occupation for n woman Is
reported from Berlin. The proprietor Of
"A large brewery there received n request
from a Russian lady TO be shown the
interior arrangements of the brewery.
After looking at various processes
through which the golden beverage has
to go the lady inquired for several de-
tails Of the pneumatic machinery in the
malthouse. which proved 10 the brewer.
to his great surprise. that sine was per
fectly familiar with every detail Of tho
entire complicated machinery. Upon in
quiry it was learned that the lady, n
Russian countess. had a large acreage
of barley growing ON her estate, and in
order To increase her revenue from this
source sine had built brewery, which she
managed all alone. She was interested
very much in the pneumatic mailing
apparatus because she could not get
skilled labor necessary for the prOduc-
tiun Of malt ON her Russian estates.
Tasting the product uf the Berlin brew
cry, she stated that her own beer was
not much inferior to the German prod
net. When few days later the brewer
received some. samples Of the lady's
Russian beer, he pronounced II excel
lent and not inferior in any respect to
the best Bohem AN or German beer.
This lady is believed to be the only
woman brewer in Europe. e.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11
PRANks oF scoTTIsH FARIEs.
A Firm Belief In the "Fair Polk stiI
Lingers-

Firm Belief In the "Fair Folk" Stili
Lingers-
There still fingers widespread belief
in the north Of Scotland that the fair
folk. " or ''gwecd nCcburs. - as the fairies
are called. still live in the hills. aud
during the first days Of cunvalcscence .
mother must be zealously guarded lest
one Of the "wee people" c0me and rob
the child uf its nuurishment some
times they succeed in carrying ofF the
mother. Here l. one of the superstitious
legends:
A north country fisher had fine
child. One evening a beggar woman
entered the hut and went up TO the
cradle tn gaze into tho eyes Of the babe.
From that time good health left IL, and
"A strange look came into it, face, and
the mother was troubled. An old man
begging for food passed that way. When
he caught sight of the child. be cried:
THAT : nae a bairn. It's an image.
and the gweed folk has stuun his
speerit. "
Thereupon he set to work TO recall
the fisher hairn. A peat fire was heaued
high on the hearth and black hen held
over il nj such distance that IL was
singed and not killed. After some strug-
CLING the hen escaped mp the lum. A
few moments elapsed. and then the par
ents were gladdened by the sight of a
happy expression once more ON the
child's face. IL throve from that day
forward. scottish Review.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11
Events OF the COMM Year.

The coming year Will be period
memorable in the history ofthe world, p,
if but 3 part of the plans of the Uni
ted States Government and Europe
an nations is carried out. In the
United States, there will be the live
liest presidential campaign ever held
and the Fifty-fourth congress, now
in session, will furnish exceedingly
interesting debates on the tariff and
financial questions until June. There
will be several exciting state
elections and many great political
speeches. Every one will watch
with interest the progress OF the Ven
ezuelan commission's inquiry, the re
suits of the wars in Cuba, in South
Africa, in Turkey, and the outcome
of other complications now arising
in the Old World.
Ii is n remarkable coincidence that
at the beginning of a year of such
rich promise of stirring news the great
est metropolitan newspaper in the
United States The st. Louis Repub-
lie, should reduce its price to SO
wear, or to less than two cents day.
This low price now places the Re
public within the reach of everyone.
Those who wish to keep posted on
Dolitics, trade, national and interna-
tional affairs, during 1896, should al
once subscribe for it on these terms,
in addition to taking their own local
paper.
Newspaper readers who may think
thev cannot afford to take a metro
politan daily paper, should at once
subscribe for the "Twice Week
Republic-1O4 papers year, for only
81 a wear. 1t contains the best oi
everything that appears in the daily.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11
Amusement.

The Armentie Concert Company
at the opera house last night render
ed programme of classic high grade
music, to a most appreciative and
attentive audience, some of the
selections being excellentIy rendered
and fully appreciated as was mani
tested by the frequent encOres given.
From one versed in musical lore we
were told that each participant
proved themselves to be masters in
the fullest sense in their profession.
How is your hair, or have you got
any If you have none, or if you are
losing what little you've got, go to
Jim Sharp's barber shop and get
some hair tonic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11
ARTISTS AND TRAoEsMEN.
In the Early Days the Former Had
struggle TO Live.

struggle TO Live.
Among the artists resident i'm Glas-
gov who had acquired before 1910 some
what Of reputation Graham Gilbert,
Huratiu MaCculloch and Daniel MaCuea
are those most widely known To general
fame. To these men fell the prizes Of
the profession such a. they were at that
time. Prices were then un a scale that
would not please the popular landscape
and portrait painters Of today.
The smaller mcn-nOt very uumCr-
ous, il j. true. and yc, some Of them
most deserviug-had a tulerably hard
struggle for existence and had To exc
out their income by other work than
that of regular picture painting. Mac
culloch and Macnee themselves made
money in their younger days by decurat-
ing the lids of snuffbuxes. The average
painter was frequently pretty much of q
bohemian, living from hand TO mouth
and glad TO clear of a tra.i-~man's bill
by painting the portraits Of the worthy
shopkeeper and his wife.
One of our best known artists tells
how on occasion in the long years ago
when he was engaged al a sitter's house
on the portraits Of a successful clergy
man and his family the dinner hour ar-
rived. He was not considered "genteel'
enough To be asked TO take place at the
table. but the mistress Of the house
kindly sent To the parlOr, where he was
working. pate Of stewed rhubarb 20
keep him from welrying while the fam
lily fed Magazine Of Art.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11

'Girls, " remarked the small boy in
his composition upon the subject. lis Of
several thousand kinds. and sometimes
one girl can behave like several thou
sand girls Some kinds Of girls is better
than some other kinds, but they ain 6
any Of them up % boys. This is all i
know about girls. and father says the
less 1 know about 'em the better. -
New York Advertiser
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11

Peat fiber can be bleached to snowy
whiteness and will dye amy color. One
Of the great advantages Of cloth made
from peat fiber il that it is entirely anti
septic and possesses properties which
render it inimical TO parasitical organ
ism. In appearance the finer makes are
quite equal to the best tweeds ana close
ly resemble the camel's hair cloth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11

The first alcoholic perfume was Hun
gary water, made from rosemary by
Elizabeth of Hungary, 1870, she having
procured the recipe from a Hungarian
hermit. This perfume became popular
throughout all Europe in that and the
succeeding century.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-02-11
wIthdrer the Charge.

"Sir. did you say that the pug dog
evoluted from monkey
lis this your pug dog, MADAME"
''Yes, sir.
"Then beg the monkeys pardon. "
Detroit Free Pres.