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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22
COSTLY BELGIAN GUN BARRELS.


They Are Mado by Hand aud by N Conn
plicatsd Process
The United States consul in Lioga de-
scribos, in u recent report. the manufac-
ture Of and tIcde in Damascus gun bar
rels, wholly handmade, in the valley ef
the Vosdre, in Liege provinca Ttnse
barrels are for sporting guns ard tito
industry is many years old, the week
men in the villages in the valley being
almost all gun barrel makers ard tho
trade descending from father to SON
The best barrels are n combination Of
the best primary substances. welded
and forged by the martelage a froid
process The steel comes from West.
phalia the iron is manufactured at
Couvin, in Belgium the coal, which 10
specially suited for the work, from the
Herve highlands. in Belgium, while the
motive power Of the factories 10 obtain
ed from the river Vesdre The industry
has increased greatly in recent years
These armes de luxe, as they are called,
are made by men working In pairs. each
pair in its own little factory. quite in
dependent Of all others. They are paid
by the piece. the wages being good, and
work in the valley. Medium quality
barrels are made Of coke iron and steel,
while the superior quality. which are
produced in the Vesdre valley. are made
of charcoal iron and steel An ingenious
marriage" Of these metals gives COM
position which, when manufactured.
guarantees the required solidity and re-
sistance.
The improvement in these damascus
barrels dates from the introduction Of
PERCUSSION caps in place Of the old flint
lock. Formerly iron barrels alone were
produced. Now. TO manufacture the
curled damascus, the ingot is composed
Of so sheets of iron and steel, each hav-
ing n thickness of four millimeters.
which are enveloped in a sheet iron box,
placed in an oven and welded togo ;hcr
at the lowest possible temperature. Zach
barrel receives $50 welding beats while
being forged. and if a single one Of these
is unsuccessful the barrel may be fail
ure, either by alteration of the dcmas-
cened work or al imperfcction in the
welding
There is no official test Of these Grmes
de luxe, but they are thoroughly tested
by the manufacturers before delivery.
The annual production OF damascus bar
rels in the Vesdre valley is about S0O.-
GOO pairs, of a value Of about 3, 500. 600
francs. OF this the wages alone-for all
the guns are handmade-amount to
about 1000, 900 francs. The principal
markets are Great Britain and the
United States About half the barrels
made in the Vesdre valley are sold TO
manufacturers Of arms in Liege 70 be
mounted. New York Times
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22

The occupation of a boiler inspector
is one in which a man cannot grow fat
without losing his job. aud perhaps is
a funny business in that respect Each
boiler inspected is drained of its con-
tents, and t. N tine inspector rigs him
self for dirty job and wriggles himself
into the inside of il through the man
hole. This aperture cannot we'll be
made large enough to admit . large
man, hence the smallest sized fellows
have the monopoly Of the business But
though that fact may be funny, the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22
Early nf.nt,on Of Tobacco.

The first account In which the tobac-
co plant was minutely described was
mt from Haiti to Peter Martyr in the
year l496-4O0 years ago exactly-that
by Hernandez de Oviedo, the man who
introduced tobacco culture into Spain
In 1861 Nicot. the man for whom nico-
,;.:>. the &c, i've principle Of tobacco, was
named, brought it under the notice Of
Catherine de Medici, to whom no pre-
sented scmo plants grown in his own
garden from seed brought over from
Florida Hico. appears to have been
the first EUROPEAN to use tobacco as q
medicine, proof of which may be found
in Arber's reprint Of the famous tract
issned BY King james, and which bore
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22
Order Rcxoked.

In the United States District Court
in the Indian Territory, Southern
District.
The order heretofore made ap-
pointing one J. A. Mcclure special
master in ehancery to act in such
capacity in the reproducing the
burnt records Of the Ardmore court,
is hereby revoked; and all orders
and circulars promulgated by him in
that connection and under and by
the authority of the court are this
day cancelled and annulled and
hereafter held for naught.
tSignedl G. B. KILGoRE,
d&wlt Judge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22

business itscir. getting InJo oIrTy anu
sitting places and wriFgling like hu-
man worm into every hole and corner
10 know its real condition. IA anything
but fun The most e5rupulous care In re-
quired in these examinations. and as
everything is out Of sight. the insurance
company have TO depend wholly upon
the trustworthiness Of their men. Hence
these get pay that makes amends for all
they have 20 undergo sufficient, indeed.
to keep them from getting too big for
their businessl-Lewiston journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22

About half n mile Of steel has been
laid on the new railroad connecting
Tecumseh with the Choetaw. Only
a short time will be required to
complete the new line, and then the
Choctaw will have another feeder. 4"
South McAlester Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22
To the GoId-fIeIds Of the westI

Via the Burlington Route.
A fast through vestibuled train
daily to Denver making direct con.
nections for Cripple Creek, Col; also
fast daily trains to the gold fields of
Montana and Black Hills.-2O0 miles
shortest line from Missouri River;
ask your agent for information about
the Burlington Route
l.. W. WAKELEY.,
St. Louis, Mo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22

Some sneak thief entered the mill
of Capt. Woods last night and stole
the water gauge from his engine.
Petty thieving seems to be quite
prevalent and constantly on the in
crease.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22

MARYLAND long Evo was known as the
old Line state. the reference being
10 the line drawn by Mason and Dixon
along the northern boundary Of Mary
land and the southern limit Of Pennsyl-
vania. an effort having been made to
consider this line the northern boundary
OF tho slave territorT.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22
Knows No Fear.

Are you afraid. Lily. when you 20
driving with Mr. Phillipa that the
horse will run away?''
mo. indeed Mr.. Phillips has trained
his horse 10 drive without lines DE
troit Free Press
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22
Al the Asphalt MIaes.

Every Sunday refreshments will
be served. Go out on Sunday look
around, and when you want some
thing to eat or drink call on Speigle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22

Ine Jltle OF "A COunTerDIasTe 20 IoDac-
CO. " The very earliest detailed account
Of the tobacco plant in the English Ian
guage is by Me-. Arber mentioned
ah6ve), bearing date Of l577.-St Louis
Republic
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22
The Dn~cn commI,,Inn.

NAsHINToN, June 22.-The Dawes
indian commission has gone to the
indian Territory to begin its labors.
Tho work will open at Vinita in the
Cherokee nation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22

The Hostess-I suppose there Is no uss
Of asking you TO stay TO dinner?
Tho Callcr-Not in that way.-ClsTs-
land Plain ncnlcr.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22
Arrival ond Departure U. 5. Mails.

south bound mail closes 4:45 p. m.
South bound mail arrives $3.50 p m.
North bound mail closes il:i5 a m.
North bound mail arrives 1900 IN
Night mails are closed az $3.50 p. m.
Money order department IL open
at a. m, and closed at 5 p. m
Office hours from 5 q. m, to pm
Sundays from a m, 70 Q a m.
JOHN 3. HAMMER, p. n.
EDGAR SANDLIN. Deputy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22

Blank mortgages for sale at this
Office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-06-22
A PYRAMID OF FACTS.
A
Fact
needs no
demonstrations:

We tell you facts about our
own business In all profes-
sions and lines of business, there
is always one that is best and we
strive constantly to make our busi-
ness the best of it's kind in Ard
more. We do not hesitate to ask
you for your patronage fO- we know
We can give you the very best service
to be had. We always have induce
ments for you in some lines, viz.
Tablets No.. pap =, soap perfumes
and Toilet article,
We are nnw ElaHItactuIii. q fill
nne Of p:;rut nediciAas, called iaC
QUICK RE ,iEF, or Standa.l rem
edies. These We guarantee each
bottle.
This is the season for collie, caolerr
morbus and bowel troubles our
quick Relief, the standard bowel
remedy, relieves them.
Our QuicE Relief, the standard
nnimen;, bas no superior among it,
KIND Try = hoo:n -e.ac.'v. if J.
uoesn't give as gooG = rtisfaction as
any we will return your money as
freely as we took it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-23

as 10 which was the most deserving of
all the contributions. Mr.. Hawthorne's
work is brilliant representation of
contemporary American life, with
plot full of novel situation and dramatic
incidents 1t shows keen observation
and stamps its author as a minute dis
sector OF character, a realist and a ro-
mancist of unique conception and great
power. The novel was written by Mr..
Hawthorne in Jamaica, whittier he had
gone in 1888 1t was sent to his friend,
J. NJ Stoddard, of the Transatlantic
Publishing company, New York, under
a pledge of solemn secrecy and was for
warded by him through the ordinary
methods The second prize in the novel
contest was won by the Rev. W. G.
Brakeman, of Islip, n. Y. His work is
entitled THE Black Hand" and the
prize amounts to $4,000. The third
prize, 81 900, in that class has been
awarded to Mrs. Bond Valentine Thorn
as, of Millville, n. J., who competed I'M
der her maiden name, Edith Carpenter.
Her novel is entitled Your Money or
Your Life" The prize OF So, 600 for the
best novelette, was awarded to Miss
Molly Elliot Seawell, of Washington,
d. c.. whose work is entitled THE
Sprightly Tale of Marsac." The g, 900
prize for short story was won by Ed
ward Fawcett, of New York, for a
story entitled "a Romance of Old New
York" The $1,000 prize in the epic
poem contest was awarded to an an
onymous writer whose pseudonym is
"Sangamon," but whose identity has
not thus far been established. All the
contributions were submitted anony-
mbusly. that being one OF the cond<-
Eons laid down.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-23

competition was open to the world, and
there were plenty of aspirants for the
tempting award, but Mr.. Hawthorne is
easily recognized as among the fore
most novelists of the time, and that he
should have achieved this marked trI-
umph in literature Will be matter of
general satisfaction. He was born IN
Boston in 1916, entered Harvard college
in 1868, and though he failed to re-
ceived the degree with which his col
leagues in the class were decorated, he
excelled them all in athletics and was
consoled in the hour of disappointment
by his friend, John c. Heenan, the
prize fighter, who assured him he
would be successful prize fighter,
and urged him to adopt that occupation
He didn't follow the advice, though
strongly inclined to do so, for his illus
trious father had warned him to try to
earn an honest living in any other way
than by authorship. He sried to be a
civil engineer, succeeded measurably
in mastering that difficult profession
and was for a period employed in the
New York department of docks under
General George B. Mcclellan. He grew
weary of the work, however. and in
1872 gave it up and went to Dresden
with his wife and child. During the
latter part of his residence in New
York he had, to use his own language,
contracted a deleterious practice OF
writing short stories for the maya
zines" which he followed up during his
residence abroad by the production OF
a novel entitled "Bressart,' which was
published in England and America, and
was regarded as a work of much merit.
Since that numerous works have fol
lowed, among which were Saxon
Studies" Garth" Sebastian Strome,"
''Sinfire'' and Archibald Malmaison,
the last two of which he rates among
his best works. The prize winner in
the recent contest is entitled Between
Two Fires" and strangely enough an
other of the competitors had chosen the
same title for the work he submitted,
but without the least depreciation of
the others it may be said that there
were no two opinions among the judges
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-23

to the girl of the wonderful things to
be seen in London, and the delight he
would have in showing them to her
Hamilton took so much upon himself.
in fact, that Ruthyen felt compelled at
last to remind him that his time was
not entirely his own. and that if it
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-23
WON A BIG PRIZE.
JULIAN HAWTHORNE,S LATEST
STORY BROUGHT $4,000.
He Entered Newspaper Contest and
Bassed the Highest Prfze-Competi-
ton Was Open to the worfd-His
Various Productions.

HE success of Ju-
liam Hawthorne in
the competition for
the s10.0 900 prize Of
fered by a New
York paper is not
a great surprise to
those who have
closely observed
his career in litera-
ture during the
past few years. The
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-23

-di SdIel ever re-
membered to have
spent. Both Ruth
ven and his ne
phew were so anx-
ious to amuse and
interest her, the
younger man par
ticularly so. He
took all the con-
OF his uncle's
he ratified on
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-23
;ro BE CONTINUED,
How He Liked 1t.

Ices are so delicious in summer.
Don't you like ice, lieutenant?"
Yes, when a bottle Of champagne
rests on it-'-Humor1stische Blaetter.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-23
CHAPTER VII.

MHt + e pleasant test
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-01-23

versation out
mouth. while
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-18
RAILWAY STATISTICS.
Twenty Thousand Less Men Employed
in 1896 Than 10 the
Year 1892.

Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 17.-From the
state railway bureau comes the intelii-
gence that nearly 10000 less men were
employed by the railroads Of Pennsyl-
vania in 1896 than during the year 1882.
The number of employees in 1892 were
213, ,573; in 1893. 200, ,15S; 1884. 176.22s; 1895.
1873, ,16l; 1896, 194,S24. The report states
that there are substantially q million
persons sustained through the employ
ment given by the railroads of the
state. Had the percentage of increase
between 1883 and 1892 been maintained.
the number of employees now would be
about 275,000. 1t Is probable that there
has been as much suffering among rail-
way employees as among any of the 9TH
er classes of labor as thousands have
been absolutely thrown out Of employ
ment.
The daily compensation of the rail-
way employees has been maintained,
even by roads that have gone into the
hands Of receivers. The Pennsylvania
system employs 81. 565 men in the state.
Eight companies employ about u per
cent. Of all the railway men in the
state, and annually pay them $50, ,5O4. .37l
of which amount the Pennsylvania
pays $3l,579. .909. In computing the num-
ber of railway employees in the cOun-
try, 1t must be remembered that there
has been a slight increase in railway
mileage. which of itself would cause
an increase in the number of employees.
The true test in making comparisons, Is
to compare one year with another with
reference to the number Of men en-
ployed per 100 miles of road. Such
comparisons will disclose the fact that
while there has been falling of in the
number of men, there has been
greater percentage Of decrease in the
number Of men per 100 miles of road
In Pennsylvania in 1896 there were 993
employees per 100 miles Of road.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-18
CORBETT SIGNS THE PAPERS.
He Agrees to Fight FitxsimmOns for
Purse Of $4,000.

New York, Dec. 17.-Dan Stuart met
James J. Corbett this afternoon at the
Police Gazette Office for the purpose of
getting the pugilisrs signature to
articles OF agreement for a finish fight
with Bob Fitzsimmons. Stuart's prop
osition was a purse of $4,000 for glove
contest to be fought in January, the
Texan agreeing to furnish battle
ground wnere the fight can be held
Without interference, failing which he
Will forfeit the purse.
Corbett considered the Texans prop.
osition favOrably and both men cross
ed the ferry to Taylor's hotel In Jersey
CITY where the articles were signed.
This was done to avoid the penalty OF
arrest which would be incurred by sign
Ing articles for a prize fight in this
state.
Stuart will endeavor to get Fitzsim.
mons signature Immediately. For
obvious reasons the name Of the place
where Stuart proposes to bring of the
battle was not divulged. The date Of
the proposed battle has been arranged
for March II, next. The place Of the
battle Is to be announced before Feb
ruary II.
Stuart Is to post forfeit Of 5000
In the hands Of Richard X. Fox, or AL
Smith, and COrbett and Fitzsimmons
must each post $1,000 as a guarantee
Of good faith. George Siler, of Chicago,
Is named as referee. COrbett signed
the articles before he noticed that they
reserved all privileges for Stuart and he
became somewhat excited when he
thought Of the Kinetescope privileges.
After some reflection he finally said:
II would not change the articles for
one million dollars, but II l find out
Julian or FitzsimmOns get any share Of
privileges money I will kick for my
share"
Corbett also stated that he would
like to have an additional clause in
serted calling for q $4,000 side bet In
order that he might put himself right
before the public on Fitzsimmons'
statements, but stated that as far as
he was concerned himself, he was ready
to fight the Australian for a dime or
for nothing. Although for obvious rea-
sons no place was mentioned for the
holding of the fight It is not unlikely
that the rendezvous will be In Mexico.
Stuart stated that he would wait
until Fitzsimmons arrived in this city
to get his signature to the articles.
The Australian Is due here In about ten
days.
Fitzsimmons was not represented at
the meeting.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-18
SENATE CONSIDERS
IMMIGRATION BILL
BAR IS PLACED UPON IGNORANCE
The House Sets the Inaugural Bill
Rolling by Authorizing Additional
AccOmm odations for Visitors.
Army Appropriation Bill is Passed,
and Measure Of Local Interest is
Also Attended To.

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE bill which
passed the house OF representatives
last session. and for which substi-
tute was reported by the senate COM
mittee, to amend the immigration laws
of the United States. occupied the at
tention of the senate during nearly
the whole of tOday's session. The sub
stitute was amended in some particu-
lars, the most notable amendment be-
ing one providing that the exclusion
under the act shall not apply to Cuban
refugees during the existing troubles
in Cuba, and then 1t was passed by a
vote Of So to 10, and a conference asked
with the house.
The bill as passed excludes in addi-
tion to those classes excluded under
existing laws. all persons over l6 years
of age who cannot read and write the
language of their native country or
some other language; but II does not
exclude the wife, child, parent or
grandparent of an admissible immi-
grant, notwithstanding their inability
to read and write.
At 4.3O y. m. the senate adjourned
until Monday.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The house today set the inaugural
ball rolling by the passage Of the usual
bills authorizing the laying of the ne
cessary railroad tracks to accOmmo-
date the increasing travel; the use of
streets and reservation for the erec-
tion Of reviewing stands and the loan
Of such government flags and ensigns
as can be spared for decorative pur-
poses.
The army appropriation bill, which
was the unfinished business at the
opening OF the session, was passed, af-
ter the amendment recommended by
the committee Of the whole. Wednes-
day, practically abolishing the hospital
at Hot Springs, Ark, by cutting off
the appropriation for its maintenance
had been agreed to. Half dozen
measures of local interest to the Dis
trlct of Columbia were passed, and
consideration Of the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill was
begun In committee of the whole. thir-
ty-one pages Of the ITO comprising the
bill were disposed Of without amend
ment, when at 6 o'clock the committee
arose and the house adjourned until
tOmorrow
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-18
RAIL RATES REDUCED.
Carnegie Steel Company Seek to
Stimulate Trade.

New York, Dec. lit was announced
here today that the Carnegie Steel COM
pany has reduced the price Of steel
rails from $2S to $25 per ton. For a
year past the price has been $2S. The
object of the reduction, 1t Is said. to
induce the railroad lines to buy more
freely. The reduction follows yester.
days meeting in this city Of the steel
rail pool, which President Leishman, Of
the Carnegie company attended.
During 1896 the consumption of steel
rails, It is reported, will not exceed
SOC, 900 tons, against 100000 tons the
ordinary previous annual consumption.
The steel rail pool which caused the
advance in the price. was formed in
November. 1893. Steel rails at that
time were $50 a ton. The pool has
since gradually advanced the price to
Sc8.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-18
FILTRATION WITH A SEQUEL.
Embarrassing Position Of Two
Oakley. Mich. HumOrists.

Oakley, Mich, Dec. 17.-Thc Misses
Lee, Of Oberlln, O., advertised for cor
respondents with view to matrimony.
Fred Read and Morven Teachout, Of
Oakley, replied, and the letters soon
flew thick and fast. At last the boys
proposed matrimony, provided the girls
would come here.
A few days ago the Misses Lee and
several large trunks arrived. The girls
held interviews with the boys and were
greatly disappointed to learn that their
own accomplishments did not suit. The
girls went to Tachout's house and de-
clared that they would stay until the
young men came to terms. The boys
consulted attorneys, and the whole vii
lage took sides.
The sisters left for home today,
threatening to bring suit. The boys
say they were only in fun.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-18
MARKETS AND STOCKS
Wall Street Review.

New York. Dec. ia firm tone charac.
terixed operations at the Stock Exchange
today. The opening was strong. the gain
being equal to. Nails per cent Shortly
after midday, however, the Gould socks
were subjected to q severe raid. and un-
der free offerings for professional account
declined isa2A per cent. Manhattan fell
2h per cent. Later in the afternoon the
for both accounts. The gain in prices
was equal to ha2la per cent. and was well
distributed. The chief topic Of the day
was the possibility Of goll exports t.
Germany next week. The opinion In
financial circles Is that three million gold
will be forwarded to Germany next week.
Speculation closed strong. Net changes
show gains of Aa1 per cent, Manhattan
and Western Union lost l.a7s. Total sales
were 17i,O00 shares.
EEMSrnss9ea %1 Dy WILLIAM Ld,aa LINN; ;,,i,d- IA