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Evening star., 1896-12-26

OF the house IS Of that period. The walls
are fully three feet in thickness.
The mansion is modelled and named after
one OF the former homes of the Lee family
IN england, aad built with an eye to the
law of prfmogeniture, a substantial dwell
ing to pass from generation to generator
The house and outbuildings are still I'm GOOD
repair. and the old place looks as If It could
original estate comprised about 1s OO0
acres, the garden alone taking up 30 acres
1t Is several miles from any Travelled road
and very isolated, there being no railroad
rachitles IN the lower neck of Virginia. The
neighborhood in every direction is rich In
historical associations. few miles away
Is Washingtons birthplace, where a hand.
some marble monument erected by the
Evening star., 1896-12-26
Ammonia In the Air.

DIR. Heber Plank says: Chemists for a
long time considered 1t impossible to separ-
ate nitrogen from oxygen as 1t exists in
the air, and then to unite it with hydrogen
to form ammonia, but claimed that our
sources Of ammonia must come from the
wastes and decomposition of organic mat
ter. More recently. however, by expert
ment ammonia has been produced directly
from atmospheric air by means of elec-
tricity. This would seem to prove the fact
that every flash of lightning is manufacture
ing tons upon tons of ammonia, and every
peal Of thunder II but recording the same
that falls to the ground during every elec-
tric rain storm. each tiny raindrop well
laden. conveying to the soil Its portion of
the good things already prepared for the
plants banQueting table. And this also ex-
plains the reason why vegetation Is so much
more luxuriant after gentle and refresh.
ing thunder storm on our grass pIats and
lawns than ID produced by irrigation from
hydrants or brooks.
Evening star., 1896-12-26
DR.. SHADES
ehaoriaum Discovery for Consump-
tfon Administered at Reduced
Rates., $40 Per Month.
All Applicants for Treatment B~fere
the 18th of january. 1897, VIII
Receive Treatment at the Re-
duced Price Of $40 . Month
Until Cured.

DR. Shades chloriium discovery for consumpt ION
Is conceded to have cured a larger percentage OF
throat lung. catarrhal and bronchial diseases than
all other treatment combined
Dr. shade has been permanently located in WASH
fngton for FIVE years.
Interview . few permanent cures the result of
Dr shades chloridum discovery for corrsumption-
Reference-Dr. Patterson. So st. ne: Dr. Me-
Kim. y 3th ST. Sc. Miss Lillian Hunt no. 18Th
St NV: Mrs. Bender. I2ae 9th ST. NV; Mrs. Hol-
land col 9th ST. ne: Mrs. Hughes 4so 18th st.
s-w.; W. Sanford Brown. 2i45 X st. NV
Write or call for booklet. Symptom blank Sc..
Tor those desiring home treatment Cons,,lta.
ton free. l2S2 l4th ST. DIR. Shade in charge.
deo65t
Evening star., 1896-12-26

Philo spoke Of the inscription and corrob-
grated the statement of the Jewish histor-
ian. But the discovery of Clermont-Gan-
heau has placed the matter beyond dispute
The tablet which he found was part Of one
OF the columns guarding the inner sane
tIary from the approach of unhallowed
feet; and the connection between the in
soriptien carved on 1t and the passage in
Jcsephus Is most striking. The expressions
and forms are almost Identical
Evening star., 1896-12-26
Brought to Terms.

From the New York Weekly.
Husband (growling)-"supper ought to
have been ready half an hour ago. What
on earth are you 1eading%'
Wife (sweetly)-"Old love letters Would
you like to look over them"
No, 1 don't care to be reminded of
what fool l was about you
"Oh, these are not your letters. They
are letters from former lovers"
Er-by the way, my dear, you speak
ABOUT wanting to go to the opera tonight
II forgot about it, but I'll 20 right ont
and telephone for Seats
Evening star., 1896-12-26
Deeply Interested.
he New York Weekly.

From the New York Weekly.
Jinks-'T would. have been run over on
Broadway today If it had not been for
winks, who was with me. He sprang for
ward and showered blows on the horsaS
heads with an umbrella. Just as the uni
brella broke the team stopped. and / WAS
pulled out from beneath the wheels"
Blinks-"Did the umbrella have silver
handle like a shepherds crook?"
II didn't notice 1t particularly, and. be-
sides. he broke 1t all to pieces stopping the
team. Why?"
He borrowed mine yesterday"
Evening star., 1896-12-26

Light Horse Harry" Lee. 1t was also the
birthplace of Gen. Robert y. Lee
The house was built about 1735 by Thos.'
Lee. president Of his niajesty's council. who
afterward became c0mmander-in-chiaf of
the colony. The cost of building tt was
$16O. 600. one-half Of which sum. It is said,
was sent Lee as present by Queen Caro-
line Of England. 81 ss5 Il.
1t ID built Of brick and contains an Inn
naense number Of rooms. It has the large
hall and beautiful wainscoting found In all
Evening star., 1896-12-26

United States to commemorate the snot
VIII soon be unveiled.
Stratford Hall contains many fnterest,ne
relics Of past days, among them a nnrtratf
OF ITS nrst occupant, Thomas Lee wearing
the official wig and gown of president Of
the council. The place has always. from
his time down to the present day, been the
scene OF the far-famed s'old Virginia. hos
pitality. The house IL now owned and oc
cupted by DR.. R. H. Stuart, brother az the
iafe ex-Speaker Charles Stuart Of the yir-'
ginia house OF delegates.
Evening star., 1896-12-26
Got Mixed Up.
From Fun.

from run.
1t was duly Impressed upon boots" at
the country hotel. when the bishop stayed
there, to address the reverend gentleman as
my lord" Somewhat anxious, boots"
look up the shaving water and knocked at
the bishops door,
who is there" demanded the dignitary.
Its the lord, my boy." And he had
practiced It's the boy, my lord" all the
way upstairs.
Evening star., 1896-12-26
Sir Walter scott ON Golf.

From the Newcastle England) Chronicle.
The following letter was written by the
great novelist on June 8, 1924, to a Mr.. John
Cundell of Hope street, Leith. the author Of
the Historical Sketch Of the Game Of
Golf" 1t was to this effect:
'Sir: / should esteem myself happy IL
could add anything to the elaborate account
of the game of golf which you were so good
to transmit to me, as l am still an admirer
of that manly exercise, which in former
days l occasionally practiced. should
doubt much the assertion that the word
golf Is derived from the verb to gowff,' or
strike hard On the contrary, 1 conceive
the verb itself Is derived from the game
and that to gowff Is to strike sharp and
strong, as in that amusement. If l were to
hazard conjecture, l should think the
name golf Is derived from the same Teu-
tonic expression from which the Germans
have 'colb, a club. and the Low Dutch
kolff, which comes very near the sound of
golf The exchange of the abial letter b
for If Is a very common transformation. If
1 am right, the game of golf will just sig
nifty the game Of the club. l am, with the
best wishes for the sport of the 'Gowff
Club in the field and their conviviality in
the club room very much your and their
obedient servant, WALTER SCOTT"
Evening star., 1896-12-26
HOME OF THE LEES.

A Famous Old Virginia House and It's
Appearance Today.
One of the most famous cid homesteads
in Virginia Is Stratford Hail. in West
moreland county. Few houses have been
the birthplace of so many great me.! as
this one. and the spot has been connected
with American history for more than a
century and half Two9sianers Of the
Declaration Of independence were born
there. Francis Lightfoot Lee and Richard
Henry Lee. The latter ranked6With Patrick
Henry as an orator Stratf9rd was the
home 1.-The famous revolutionary general,
Evening star., 1896-12-26

FTER AN INTER-
val of fifty years the
scientific world has
again taken up the
matter Of antarctic
exploration, and 1t
seems likely that
during the coming
year much important
information will be
obtained regarding a
region of the earth's
surface of which we
as yet know hardly
anything, and whose
Evening star., 1896-12-26
At the Re.ervatio..

From Puck
The Missionary's Wife-"And will not
Laughing Water try to be like her white
sistersT
Laughing Water-"Laughfng Water In
trying. Laughing Water now has her feet
cramped into moccasins that are three sizes
too small"
Evening star., 1896-12-26

MOkY HILL WAS
the end of the track
at that time" said
t h e oil d engineer,
shifting his lame
foot to an easy posi-
ton. We had built
a round house-a
square on e with
only two stalls and
room at the back for
three or four hunks
and a work bench.
To protect ourselves
against the Sioux We
Evening star., 1896-12-26

Mr.. U. 8. J. Dunbar is now devotins at
Evening star., 1896-12-26
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
Three Expeditions Planned to Explore
the South Polar Regions.
AMERICAN. NORWEGIAN, BELGIAN
Graham Land viii Probably Be the
Point of Attack.
OUR PRESENT KNOWLEDGE
ERICAN. NORWEGIAN, BELGIAN
OUR PRESENT KNOWLEDGE

for The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1896-12-26
AS A WAR CHARIOT
How an Engine Made an Assault
on Hostile Sioux.
A GARRISON IN A ROUND HOUSE
Stirring Story ofWestem Warfare
Told by an Engineer.
DEFEAT OF THE INDIANS

Written for The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1896-12-26
Region of Graham. Land

Il seems likely that the points of attack
for all expeditions will be the region OF
GrahaIhs Land, south of Patagonia. which
lies nearer TO the base of operations than
the Victoria Land of Ross. and offers ad
ditional advantages to exploration which
are not found in the track lying south of
Australia IL holds out, moreover. hopes of
important scientific results even with the
failure Of the objective aim of any expedi-
tion-i.e., high penetration southwark. II
Evening star., 1896-12-26

Mr. Lucien Powell has been celebrating
4 number of the sketches which he made
up in Paxson, Va One which is at present
on his easel is gray day scene handled
with a great deal of breadth. He has been
at work on some Venetian scenes, class
Of subjects which has always had a great
for him, and in which he does
perhaps his best work.
Evening star., 1896-12-26

One of the two decorations in mosaic
" hich Frederick DieIman has made for the
special reading room for the House of Rep
has reached the library, but
will not be put in place until the other one
arrives.
Evening star., 1896-12-26

The portrait of Mrs. Julie Closson Kenly
which Mrs. 8. NJ. Fassett has been making
is one of the best portraits that the artist
has done for some time. 1t is in water
color upon rough paper. and the black
dress and hat are handled with consider
able II eedom. The face is. however, paint
ed in the same carefully worked manner
which Mrs. Fassett employs In her minia-
lures This method gives great strength
and brilliancy to water color. gives it in
fact almost the strength Of an oil Mrs.
Fassett has recently finished the portraits
of Mr., ], d, Sullivans father and mother.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08

Prayer has a right TO the word 'siu-
effable. " 1t is an hour of 'outpourings
which words cannot express-of that in
terror speech which we do not articulate,
even when we employ it.-Mme. Swetch-
inc
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08
White House of the confederAe,.

Within a short time the old home of
Jefferson Davis in Richmond will be
thrown open to the public as a Confed-
crate museum. The "White House of
the Confederacy, as it has been called,
has been the property of the city for
many years and has recently been used
as a schOolhouse. A room in the house
will be assigned to each of the states
hat seeded for a collection of relics,
and i'll addition there will be a large
room for general museum and one for
library. The first of the state collec-
;ions-that of Georgia-has been re-
ceived. 1t was presented to the commit
tee by Mr.. De Reune ON the eighty sixth
biri hday Of President Davis, June, 1894.
Among the relics are the cape, gauntlets
and sword of General Lee; the plumes
from General Stuart's hat; the spy
glasses used by General Beauregard at
the battle Of Manassas, and the collec-
lions from the various soldiers homes
established throughout the south, in
Guiding the Lee Camp Soldiers home
collection, which contains, in addition
to many rare and interesting relics, the
skin of Stonewall Jackson's charger.
There are also a number of manuscripts
and private papers. New York Trib-
uno.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08
OLD MILITARY LORE.
Regulations That Guided Soldiers In th'
Sixteenth Century.

Regulations That Guided Soldiers Tn thu
Sixteenth Century.
"The Pathwaie of Martiall Disci-
pline'' t15S1), by Thomas Styward, is
full of plates and abounds in quaint re-
marks. Giving the duties of a provost
marshal, we find: HE shall according
to the lawes punish all offenders with
out regard or respect of persons, and in
the market place shall set up pair of
gallows, both for the terror of the wick
ed and for execute upon them that Of
fend the lawes. That he shall set upon
all victualls brought to the market
reasonable price, that the seller and the
buyer may reasonably live by il. !" In
the Office of coronel (or colonel-the two
terms seem to have been introduced at
the same time, but the latter became the
favoritel, after mentioning his appoint
ing of as many captains as is needful.
giving 800 men to accompany, (which
is a convenient number, :" for if the men
are divided into smaller companies too
much money would be spent on the Off
GERS. With regard to the lieutenant, he
is to be "of great experiences, qualities
and behavior. F" THE coronel shall also
examine the selections that the captains
have made of all the officers throughout
their companies, and if they be such as
ought to be, or not much worse he may
allow them, and not otherwise. 4"
Before firearms drove ont all other
weapons it was an object to eQualize
the strength of the company, "the shot
las the musketeers came to be calledl
supplementing the pixies. All the COM
binations OF men for drilling which are
given by various authors illustrate this; /;
thus for the defense from horsemen
place the ranks of pixies every way,
your shot next unto them, your bills (or
halberds) and ensign in the midst, the
pixies ends cOuched down the better 70
resist the enemy"
All kinds of lodges are taught-thus
If in sight of the enemy, which is su-
perior in numbers, the front rank OF
pixies shall spread out SO as to admit the
men of the second rank in the open
spaces. But if the enemy manifest
real intention of attacking, and there
lie no place Of refuge near, the second
rank shall return to their places, and all
shall serrie close together. The shot
shall be placed in the voward and rear
ward so that they may skirmish and re-
tire as occasion serveth. .''-Gentleman q
Magazine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08

Sir John Herschel proved that an ioi-
Gle 45 miles in diameter and 200, 900
miles long would melt in one minute
should il fall into the sun
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08

Friend-Doesn't the journey to and
from the country every day seem very
long?
Mr.. Su5urh-Long? It's too short.
When take the train in the morning, I
know I've got to pinch in and work like
horse the moment the train reaches the
city. That makes the journey seem too
short, doesn t it?
Il presume it does But how about
the journey back?''
Well. / always remember after I
start that I've forgotten something my
wife wanted particularly, SO that ride
is always over too soon. Pearson s
Weekly
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08
WOMANKIND.
For Woman and Home.

WOmankind appeals TO the tastes
of the great mass of people; its
editors aim to fill it with such
bright stories, clever poems, in
teresting sketches, helpful hints
and suggestions that no woman
can afford to be without it. Sen
sible Wear" Motherhood, " The
Bright Homes" " Woman's Pro-
gress," Child Life" Floral, .
Women of the Day." ETC., are a
few of its interesting departments
1t is sensible and practical in all
things. Able, Bright and Clean"
is its motto, and that's the reason
it is the favOrite paper for woman.
Each subscriber paying one year
in advance for the WEEKLY ARD
MOREITE, or two months in ad-
vance for the DAILY ARDMORTITE.
can secure Womankind one wear
for 25 cents.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08
Administrators Notice.

Letters CT administrators on the estate of
solomon Z. Jackson Deceased, were granted
TO the undersigned, dated the ~ day of No
vember 1885 by the United States court in
Ardmore. -
All persons having claims against said
estate are required TO exhibit them properly
traitor, within one year after the date Of said
letter, or they may be precluded from any
Denent IN said estate; and II said claims be
NOT e1nlDlted within two years from the
Date OF said letters they shalt be forever
barred and precluded from any benefit from
said estate A. J. WoTvERToN
Administrator of the estate OF solomon +
Jackson, deceased.
1895. Sine -
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08
Warning Order.

In the United States Court in the Indian
Territory, Southern District.
H. H. Pennington, pIaintiG.
VS..
J. X. Jenkins and r. L. Jenkins, defendants.
The defendant, r. L. Jenkins is warned To
appear In this court in thirty days and ans
wer the complaint of the plaintiff, H. n Pen
nington.
Witness the Honorable Constantine II.
KilgOre, judge of said Court, and the seal
thereof, this D day of Dec. 1895.
lsEALl JOSEPH w. PHILLIPS, Clerk
j. C. Thompson attorney. s. T. Bledsoe at
t0rney for nonresident. d29-90t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08

If the picture of DR.. Jameson
is anything like the man we can
easily understand why England
secured his services as chief of one
of her bands of land and gold
thieves. His picture represents
him as a true type of the same
class that robs trains, stages and
barns in the United States; Bill
Dalton and Bill Cook for instance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08
Warning Order.

In the United States court in the indian
Territory, Southern District
Oracle Cooper, plaintiff
VS..
John Cooper, defendant.
The defendant John Cooper is warned To an
pear in this court in thirty days and answer
the complaint OF the plaintiff Oracle Cooper.
Witness the Hon. Constantine b. KiIeore
Judge of said court, and the seal thereof. this
81 day of Dec. 1895
isEALl JOSEPH w. PHILLIPS. Clerk
VIM. PfeI1er, attorney, for plaintif.
c. d. Kendriek, attorney for nonresident
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08

For SALE-At bargain, a course
in business college. If you want
business education this is your op-
portunity. Apply at this office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08

THE fire boys have a splendid
engine and beautiful uniforms,
but they yet lack that one i'm
portant essential, water. If a fire
should occur they could turn out
with their apparatus, themselves
gaily uniformed and watch the
flames complete their work of des-
truction. That would be all they
could do.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08

Paleface-Why don't you get a civ
ilized name for yourself, now that you
have become a civilized Indian?
Noble Red Man-Ughl What your
name?
Paleface-My game is Iglehart.
Noble Red Man with crushing sar-
casm)-Ugh Iglehartl Heap good! In
jun S name Eagle Heart Heap bad -
Chicago Tribune
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08

THE ARDMoREITE is in no way
responsible for, nor will it pay
any debts contracted by any em
ployee of this office, unless ac-
companied by an order signed by
the business manager.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08

THE only sure way to ever per-
feet a system Of protection against
fire in Ardmore, will be found in
the passage of a townsite law
Then a little statutory compulsion
could be used to advantage where
moral suasion so far has failed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08

The ARDMoREITE is in no way re.
sponsible for, nor will it pay any
debts contracted by any employee of
this office, unless accompanied by
an order signed by the business
manager.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08

During the four years of the civil war
there We're 107 pitched battles, I02 com
bats involving the presence of a number
of regiments on each side and 362 skir-
mishes, sieges and other actions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-01-08
a SUMNER SCENE.

Laden come the maidens home.
With poppies and wild roses,
Singing ditties as they come.
And bl1shing like their posies.
Crowned is one merry maid
With coronal Of poppy;
Nature has with beauty played,
To make q faultless copy
Laughter gathers in her eye,
Her every movement blushes;
Harkl she mocks a lovers sigh
With songs in birdlike gushes-
Cupid, should he pass her way,
For lack Of strength must tarry;
She will steal his bow away
And BID the rogue go marry
Charles It. Lusted in BlaclCwood's Magazine
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-25

LIST. 3OO acres OF land, two must
from city hall of Brownsville, sil l.
ated on Resaca la Guerra, and
horseshoe affluent of such resaca
ON mail road, suitable for fruit or
chards, 80 acres now in irrigation
with pecan, walnut, chestnuts
plum, peach, pear, apricot, cherry
Japanese persimmon, fig grape and
ribbon cane. Can be sub-diVided
into or 10 acre lots, giving each
ABUNDANT water supply, there being
a depth of 5 to 10 feet of water all
seasons of the year. Price $40 to
$50 per acre, according to location.
Will sell in body at special rates.
I'd. 80 pieces adjoining, one of
20U and the other of 100 acres, stu
ated on Resaca Rancho VieiO, five
miles from city hall on mail road.
Both pieces almost surrounded by
water of 10 to Is feet in depth, DO
acres under irrigation. This land
is eqaal to if not superior to the
Mississippi bottom lands, and can
be made paying investment for a
fruit orchard or truck gardening.
Can be sub-divided into 5 to 10
acre lots Price $40 to $25 per
acre; whole tract on special terms.
Sd. 100 acre tract two miles
from the city of brownsville, on
resaca, with good water supply.
Ebony, Mesquite, Ash, blackberry
and other timbers. Alluyial soil.
TO one who desires to sub divide in
small tracts, this is a paying in
vestment. Sold in bulk only. Price
SO per acre.
18th. $4,000 acres in one body,
having frontage Of about six |
miles on the Rio Grande Railroad |
pm the south, and the Arroyo Col
orado on the north. Well timber
ed along the streams and lakes; ba~
lance prairie. Includes within its |
limits the famous battle fields of |
Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
Arabic and pasture. Price So per
acre.
9Th. A tract adjoining No. 4, |
which together with that tract will |
include 100000 acres in one body |
very desirable. Special terms to
9th. 10000 acre tract about |
three miles. from the Arroyo Post
Office. This land is we'll timbered |
and watered, soil alluvial, adapted |
to fruits, cotton, corn, cane, etc.
Special terms to any one buying
tract, obligating to colonize.
7th. 1000 acre tract, fronting on
the Rio Grande. ahont twenty miles
from Brownsville aud s miles from
Santa Maria, 800 acoes under oulti-
vai,on on low lands on river front
All good arabic land. Price 50 per
acre.
9Th. 725 acres, triangular form.
fronting on Rio Grande, Is miles |
above Brownsville good land. Well |
Price. $4,000
9Th. Numerous tracts OF pasture
lands from 1000 to 5000 acres each
in drffereut parts of the county
10Th. This is very desirable
place for a small fruit or truck farm,
10I acres, with a new
brick dwelling Of 6 rooms. frame sta
bic and other ont houses, and large
cisterU: three miles from
ou Resaca de la Palma
nu the county road.