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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11
prpIorabI. Irnaranor.

General John Mcneil. who was a
brOfher-in-law of President Pierce and
major general Of the New Hampshire
militia at one time. is said 20 have bcen
considerably incensed when he met airy
one who appeared 10 b. ignorant II the
wounds and honors he had won ON the
field OF battle.
During the war with Great Britain he
was shot while mounted on his faithful
horse. receiving n severe wound In the
knee, which caused him 70 walk stifiiy
for the rest Of his life.
How did you hurt your knee. gen
erals'' asked a young man whom the old
officer characterized as a "whipper
snapper" one day from a certain lacf of
respectfUlness in his air and manner.
ID -ou have a falls''
Yes. sir. " snorted the general indig-
nantly. II fell OF horsei You never
read the history of your country. did
you. sir?''-Youth's COMPANION.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11
MrneIrk.. Presrnt.

One Of the first things that strike the
visitor TO the Bible House iu London IS
a magnificent pair Of ELEPHANTS tusks
presented by Mcnclek IL. emperor Of
AbyssiniA When Menelck came 10 the
throne. the Bible society committee sent
him specially bound copy of the Scrip
tures in his native tongue, and offered
10 replace in the churches and houses
the Bibles destroyed by the dervishes
The emperor's gift was accompanied by
a letter the seal Of which bears this in
scription in Amharic: The Lion of the
Tribe of Judah Hath Conquered -
London Letter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11

When the guest of the Rev. Edward
II. Ingle in Roanoke, Va, was asked
by Mr.. Ingle TO make the experiment.
whether l could bring into my cOnver-
sation with him the word holes" with
out its being curiously noticed by his
dog. l tried it more than once, not en-
phasizing the word or making it louder
than any other words. The first time
the word "holes" reached his ear the
dog looked toward me with am EXPIRE
sion of apprehension. The second time
he rose, curled his tail between his legs,
and stood watchful, as if to know
whether he was TO be further disturbed.
The third time he left the room with
unmistakable demonstrations of alarm
and shame. Mr.. Ingle told me, as the
only explanation he could give, that t'c
dog had dug holes in the grass ON tho
lawn and had been sharply reprovrd
and scolded for it, but never punished
otherwise.
We have dog which viii do the
same thing, for precisely the same rea-
son, on hearing the word ducks" " The
little wretch killed a tame duck aud
was verbally flagellated London Sp,c-
tatOr
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11
PhiladeIphIa Policemen.

Although every Philadelphia police
man is provided with uniform, helmet,
belt and club by the city, he is forced to
purchase the revolver and black jack
which go to make up his equipment.
This circumstance is possessed Of legal
significance. Everything that the city
authorizes the policeman 10 wear or
carry is provided out of municipal
funds, but the city has no authority to
allow any man to carry concealed weap-
ons. This authority is given the police
men by the courts. However, the depart
ment Of public safety is a factor in the
question, because it accepts a'ccrtain re-
volver as the official weapon of the pO-
lice force, and the policemen are expect
I'd TO purchase the official revolver. Per-
sonal taste enters into the purchase in
the way of embellishments, and some
members of the force pay from $l5 to
$40 for a revolver that can be- purchased
bare of ornaments for s.. The official
black jack is Of infinite variety, but al
ways of equal utility.-Philadelphia
Record
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11

The curly haired. mild little woman
at the cashier d,si. ia a Park row b IN
cry renowned for It's piety as well AS its
beans glarcd iisrrtly az demurc wait
rsS standing hy the draw ono counter
and called cut, with seeming vicious in
tent IN her tome:
Sixteen. come over here till punch
your
Il have been punched once. " pleaded
Sixteen with n pout that seemed 20 the
surprised man who was paying his
check 90 threaten tears
We'll. said the cashier imperiously.
''come over here till punch you again
didn't punch you good. "
Sixteen trippCd over 90 the onyx pull
pit and handed her checkbook to the
cashier, who figured up the stubs and
then punched an o. X hole in the book.
Tell all the other girls To come up
and let me punch 'em again. " said the
cashier 90 Sixteen
And the man paid for his lone in
milk, heavsd sigh of relief at tho
amicable closing of the incident and
wondered afrcsh nc the oddities Of bean
cry English. New York sun
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11

Our way lay through forest ravaged
here and there by fire. The mosses along
the road were beautiful, and, indeed.
everywhere in Finland where went /
saw much beauty ON the ground. not
merely IN the way Of flowers but Of
leaves, some Of which lie by me as /
write, still glowing as when first gath
cred, and sprays Of moss which are long
feathcring trails Of marvellous lowell
ness The lichens and fungi add purplcs,
yellows and reds in every shade, 50 that
the artists palette might sOun b. cx-
hausted in painting these rich carpets u
gorgeous coluring -''Nigncttes of Fin
land "
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11
A NIr.terr Of the RInr.

Something that no man understands
is why rihe, clamped in an immov-
able wise, viii not put the bullets into
the same hole every time, even If the
wind does not interfere. 4 correspond
ent Of Shooting and Fishing tells how
he put rife Of 81 calibe. into wise
and fired it ten times, the sights being
always aimed directly at a mark The
bullets went all over a four inch circle
at so yards Theoretically all ought to
have gone into the same hole
A man who holds his rife gripped
hard at one time and easily at another
will not shoot rs we'll as one who takes
the same hold Of his rife every time
The best results are obtained from bench
rests when the man puts his shoulder
against the rife butt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11
REMOVING A CAPITAL.

The Emperor Constantiae's Momentous
Change From Rome 90 ConstAntinopIe-
The removal of the imperial capital
from Rome TO Byzantium was one Of
the most decisive acts ON record-a sig
nal monument Of foresight, genius and
will Madrid, St Petersburg and Berlin
are also capital cities created by the act
of n powerful ruler. But none Of these
foundations can compare in scale and in
importance with the tremendous task Of
moving the seat Of empire 1000 miles
TO the east, from the center Of Italy to
the coast of Asia, from n Latin to q
Greek city. from pagan TO Christian
population. Tho motives which impel-
led Constantine to this momentous step
were doubtless complex Since the time
Of Trajan Rome had not been the con-
slant residence Of the emperorss except
Of Antoninus Plus. nor the regular seat Of
government Since the time Of Diocle-
tian Rome had been abandoned as th
official center of the empire Manv
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11

About 100 residents OF North Art-
more have been summoned TO a :
pear next Monday before Edwin
Hobby, master in chancery and
show cause why they should not pay
rent TO the receiver for certain
property claimed to belong to Tom
Adkins as Indian landlord for these
various occupants. All these gentle
men SO summoned are requested to
meet at the Odd Fellows hall Satur-
day night for the purpose Of dis
cussing the situation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11

A prominent Detroit firm having
millinery department in their store re-
ceived the following mali order for a
bonnet from patron who wrote that
she lived where millinery is not Of a
high order" She therefore sent the fol-
lowing:
"Direcktions for bonnet. Of
head from ear to ear over top of the head
12 inches, from ear to ear under my chin
91a inches; from forehead to back hare
inches. want a black lase bonnet
with streamers and rOzetts of red or yal-
low satting ribbon an would like a
hunch of pink Rozes or blue plOOm be
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11

places ensr OF Nc had been tired. ana Iaon-
stantine, when resolved ON the great
change, seriously contemplated two, IL
not three, other sites IL had long been
agreed that the imperial scat must be
transferred toward tho east, and there
was an instructive sense that the valley
OF the Tiber was no longer safe from
the incessant onward march Of the Tcu-
tonic nations i'm arms
The tendency was TO get somewhere
south Of the Danuoe and within reach
OF Asia Minor and the Euphratez The
greater chiefs had all felt that the en-
pire must be recnst. both politically and
spiritually. BY the fourth century IL
was clear that the empire must break
with the rooted prejudices that sur
rounded the senate Of Rome and the
gods OF the capitol And Constantine,
the half conscious and half convinced
agent of the great change-the change
from the ancient world TO the modern
world, from polythcism 20 Christianity
saw in the church and bishop II Rome
power which would never b. his crea-
ture. Dante tells rs that Cesar became
N Greek in order 60 give place 10 the
Roman pastor. 4" There j. much in this.
but it i not the whole truth. for Caesar
might have bocome q Spaniard. OF q
Gaul, or an Illyrian. Dante might have
added that Cesar became an oriental in
order 10 give place 10 the Goth. Con-
stantinuple from the first was a Chris
tian city, with an orthodox church. hut
y was church that was from fit. iirsr
a department q tine state. -l',.rtn ightly
krvi.w.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11

In a magazine article Mr. Andrew
Carnegie says: I'VE should be quite
willing to abolish luxury. but to abolish
poverty would DO to destroy the only
soil upon which mankind can depend TO
produce the virtues which alone can en-
able our race to reach a still higher civ
ilization than il now possesses
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11

hind with black Jett bucket AZ aru-
fishcls IS stu all the go want bunch
Of grapes or birds tale somewharcS. /
do not dczire anything too fansy, but IL
you think reath Of pansics would look
good you may put one On have some
good pink ribbon here at home so you
need not put ON strings. ''-Dctr0it FREQ
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11

Charity Is a universal duty, which it
is in every mans power sometimes To
practice, since every degree of assistance
given to another, upon proper motives.
is an act IF charity, and there is scarce
ly any man III such state Of imbecility
as that he may not. ON some occasions.
benefit hi~ ncighbnr. johnson.
Mi>si>SipI,i las bs-eu 's,ll.,i tilr BAYOU
state from thr long >trrtch-- ~ almost
Stagndnt water-b.icA water of the Mis-
sissippi river-found within the limits
of the state
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11

All kinds of legal printing done on
short notice at this office. 49,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11

Queen of the Pantry -four sold AT
Felker's. T-iw
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11

captain, What is the matterG
or, times are so hard and
Taoaey SO scarce | am going to
WALLS SHOE STORE and buy
! my wife and baby pair of Slip
Pcrs and get the benefit of his
great COST SALE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-11
E. B. PUGH.

Said Mr.. b. to Mrs.
B. as he came home
last evening. l was
just glancing over the
new advertisement of
ROSS < BONNER'S.
| see today these
words.
Southwest-sentinel., 1896-03-17

IN an account Of the wood bending in.
dustry a writer in The Woodworker re-.
marks that comparatively few persona
outside the carriage and boat building
interests ars aware Of it's extent, and
but few realize that the carriages they
ride in are very largely made Of such
wood-the fellies Of all their wheels
are bent and made Ia Two parts-the
framework OF coaches and heavy car
riages is nearly all made Of bent stock,
and not only better made, bat more
cheaply, and the frames Of pleasure
boats are bent, as also many Of the
frames of the finest sailing yachts. Fur
niture, too, Of many kinds, has bent
frames, all the celebrated Thonet chairs,
for example, being made entirely Of
wood thus treated. The object of bend
ing is twofold--namely, saving Of time
and stock and stability and strength of
the work when put together-this In
dependent Of beauty Of form, and bent
carriage shafts are almost, II not entire
ly, used now, instead Of the old style,
clumsy, sawed ones. Skill in manipu-
lating the material Is very essential.
Simply the forms to bend on and the
steam box in which to soften the wood
do not alone insure success in the opera
tion-it is necessary to know perfectly
the stock 20 bend, IL being so variable
that no two pieces bend alike.
Southwest-sentinel., 1896-03-17
Vns o. ths Many Important Factors rn
sturder Cnsea.


Ons 81 tne Many Important Factors M
sturder casss.
In centuries past the human hair
played IN important pnrt In all judicial
proceedings. Those that were permitted
70 wear beard aud hair had rights that
could not be claimed BY the shorn aud
shaved. When men made oath, they
touched their beard and hair, and wom-
en- placed the finger tips Of the right
hand ON their tresses.
Servants were obliged to have their
hair cut. and II a freedman went into
slavery he bad 10 divest himself Of his
hirsute adornmenta An adult adopted
BY foster parents was obliged to have
his beard shaved and the shaving of
beard and hair was a punishment in
hicted on criminals. The jurisprudonce
Of our ancestors dealt with punishment
'by skin and hair" for small ofienses
and "by neck and hand" for greater
crimes
There has always been more or less
superstition about hair. Great strength
was implied BY II. and wizards and
witches knew Of concootions of hair by
which they poisoned enemies Oats hair
was especially named in the category Of
poisonous hairs, and even at the begin
ming Of the seventeenth century Paulus
zacchias, famous physician, writes Of
the virulent poison Of the hair Of cats.
Among civilized people such supersti-
tious beliefs have gone out Of existence,
and only Malays give their enemies
tiger hairs in broth 10 kill them.
Hair today, however, Is one Of the
important factors in deciding murder
cases, and the microscopic examination
Of hair, where IL is found in criminal
cases under suspicious circumstances, is
invariable.
The first thing the coroner Is called
upon TO determine is whether the hair
Is from man on beast The microscope
determines this beyond peradventure.
Animal hair differs In construction from
that grown ON q human head. In human
hair the upper skin is smooth and thin.
The circular section Is comparatively
broad, forming the main part Of the
hair shaft. It is striped In appearance
and carries the color matter. The tubu-
lar part Is thin, extending 70 about one
hfth and certainly not moro than TO
one-quarter of the entire width Of the
hair.
Animal hair also consists Of three
parts, but these are differently con-
structed, the tube often filing the en-
tire hair. The ends Of the hair must be
closely watched, and especially woman's
hair will be found ragged and torn ct
the ends
The hair from boards e usually the
thickest, its diameter being as much az
O.i5 millimeters, while hair from female
heads can be- as fine as a diameter Of 0. O6
millimeterB would make It.. -
Southwest-sentinel., 1896-03-17

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 is a dog Of this
kind in northwest Washington. he will
pick up anything he can find around a
yard or outside of a store. but his spa
oialty IS ladies' pocketbooks and hand
bags. N.hen he sees one Of these, he
grabs Il and runs, always succeeding in
getting out Of sight before he can be
captured on followed. No owner has
ever been seen, hence no complaints
have been made at police headquarters,
but there is but little doubt, IL Il were
psssible to follow the animal, that II
would be found that he has been care
fully trained as q purse snatoher and
that he takes his booty home TO hia
master. He seems to be aware that he ID
doing wrong, jumping fences and dodg-
ing around houses when running away.
Washington Star.
Southwest-sentinel., 1896-03-17

Fatalities resulting from "bloWing
out the gas" are generally OonGidered as
due to rusticity and ignorance, but tire
Philadelphia Record is responsible foE
tho statement that Henry Clay was oneo
in danger Of his life from the same
cause
Mayor Swift OF PhiladelpAIa and
Henry Clay were very intimate friends,
and several times during the mayors
administration the eminent Kentuckian
came TO visit him. On one Of these 90
casions Mr.. Clay nearly lost his life.
During the first night Of Mr.. Clay'l
visit the mayor noticed an unusual odol
Of gas In the house. and ON investiga-
tion II was found that Mr.. Clay had 70.
tired without having turned OF the gas.
The new Illuminating agent had been
lately introduced, and IL Is not imprOba-
ble that Mr.. Clay blew out the Light in
Ignorance Of the proper method Of extin-
guiahingit. Certain Il IL that had Mayor
Swift not made his timely discovery,
Mr.. Clay's brilliant career would have
been prematurely cut OF.
Southwest-sentinel., 1896-03-17
PRANKs oF ecoTrIsH FAIRIEs.

A Firm Belief In the 'Fair Folk" stln
Lingers.
There still lingers widespread belief
in the north Of Scotland that the fair
folk, " or "gweed neebors, as the fairies
are called, still live in the hills, and
during the first days Of convalescence a
mother must be zealously guarded lest
one Of the "wee people" come and rob
the child Of its nourishment. Some
times they succeed in carrying of the
mother. Here is one Of the superstitious
legends;
A north country fisher had a fine
child. One evening a beggar woman
entered the hut and went up to the
cradle to gaze into the eyes of the babe.
From that time good health left it, and
a strange look came into its face, and
the mother was troubled. An old man
begging for food passed that way. When
he caught sight of the child, he cried:
"That's nae a BARN. It's an image,
and the gweed folk has stoun his
speerit.
Thereupon he set to work to recall
the fishers bairn. A peat fire was heaped
high ON the hearth and black hen held
oYerit at such~a-diistaHce that IL wal
ainged and not killed. After some strug-
Cling the hen escaped up the lum. A
few moments elapsed, and then the par
ents were gladdened by the sight Of q
happy expression once more on the
child's face. II throve from that day
forward. Scottish Review.
Southwest-sentinel., 1896-03-17
what HsImholt. Dia.

TO appreciate his many sidedneas we
have but TO follow the development OF
his life. While his first work was main
" mathematical, HE second was in
quite a different field. Il consisted in
the measurement Of the velocity Of prop
agation Of sensation by he neryea To
accomplish this he must needs have
been an anatOmist too.
His labors In the line Of psychological
optics show that 6e was also a master
OF psychology.
But perhaps it q by his achievements
In the remains Of music that he ID beat
known and most celebrated. In his book,
''The Sensations Of Tone. be solved
completely the riddle Of nature which
had puzzled the world since the time Of
Pythagoras. Thus 10 give a rational nu-
merical explanation Of the intrioacies Of
harmony and their eject on the ear,
there was need not only Of q mathema.
tician, an anatomisi a physicist and q
Psychologist, but also Of a musician, all
united Ia ono man. Helmholtz was all
this and even mor8. --ecrihner'a
Southwest-sentinel., 1896-03-17
Two Literary Cosnoldsnos..

In a recent after dinner speech Rider
Haggard mentioned two old literary CO.
inOidenoes that had occurred in connec-
tion with his works.
One Of these concerned his invention
Of an incident ON the Tana river, where
a mission station was attacked by the
Nasal and the mission people were
killed. Str 'uge TO say. after his imagi-
nary aoooune had appeared, some mis-.
slonaries di found a station on that
river, were attacked by the Nasal and
some Of them were killed.
In his look, "The People Of the
Mist" he had fixed upon an unknown
part Of Africa and had described a re-
gion from his inner consciousness, and
only week before the speech was made
a company, in which the author is a di.
rector, had sent ont orders to take pos.
session Of the very tract no had in
view. and 50 far as the reports Of the
native agents who had inspected Il went
he believed his descriptions were fairly
correct
Southwest-sentinel., 1896-03-17
Mas. pEARY VS. ERIeHrENep.
It Was When She Went Hunting waIru
With Her Husband.

70 Was When She Went Hunting WaIrus
With Her Husband.
Mrs. Perry, wife of the famous arctic
explorer, declares she has had more
than enough of che polar regions, and is
determined that her husband shall never
repeat his travels in those frigid lands.
When asked what experience stands out
most prominently In connection with
the unusual life while exploring, Mrs.
Peary, without a moments hesitation,
said; "Our hunting the walruA Il ia
the only occasion in my life when was
30 frightened that would have well
oomed death as a relief. We were out in
q boat with DR.. Cook, Mat, and some
natives. Mr.. Peary had broken his leg,
but was steering the boat, his leg, in
splints, stretched ont before him. We
saw the walrus coming toward us, and
when the natives said, Shoot at them.
we took our rifles and did so.
''Then followed q scene too terrible
for words. The bullets had only entered
the hides of these animals, enough to
infuriate them, and they came forward
enraged and with but one determination
TO turn over the boat. They placed
their long tuslrs on the gunwale and at
tempted to tip us out. 1 orouohed at the
bottom of the skifl, loading the rifles,
80 that the men would not have to wait
a second. The sea was crimson with
their blood, and for a few moments
did not know whether ! should be sho,
by the excited men or drowned by the
walruses We killed about n, and have
some Of the tusks. But don't let me talk
about Il any more All that is past. -
Philadelphia Times.