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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-02-14
ALLOTMENT BILL
Reported 10 the senate by Pettierew.
Chairman Of the Committee ON
IncIan Affairs

Washington. Feb. l2.-Scnator
Pcttigrcw. from the committee ON
appropriations. to- day reported the
Indian appropriation bill TO the
senate. As reported the hill ear
ries as an amendment the provis-
ion for the allotment Of lands in
the Indian Territory and for dis
placing the local Indian courts by
"a system of federal Judiciary.
which was sent ont yesterday by
the Associated Press.
Among other amendments ia the
Legislative features of the bill arr
the following:
Giving competent Indians the
preference i'm the employment of
farmers at Indian agencies; /;
stricking ont the provision allow
ing the Quapaw Indian 90 lease
their land in the Indian Territory.
inserting the provision allowing
the SiSSton ami Wahpeton Indians
the right To make leases; requir-
ing the commissioner of Indian
affairs to employ Indian girls a.
assistant matronS and Indian boys
as assistant farmers wherever
practicable To DO 81. authorizing
disabled Indians To lease the lands
allotted to them, providing for a
commission To treat with the Rose
bud the Lower Brule Indians for
the cesSion of their lands; con-
ferring jurisdiction upon the court
of claims in th, Cherokee old set
tier claims.
The principal item of this in
crease is $141. 800 for the resurvey
of the lands of the Chickasaw ma
ton.
Forty thousand dollars is pro-
vided for irrigation on Indian re-
servatiou. instead of $50, 900. rs
in the house bill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-02-14

The Business Mems Karnival
to be held in the Opera House
in this city on Monday and
Tuesday night of next week,
promises to be one of the most
successful entertainments ever
given in Ardmore. Sixty-fiye
of the leading business houses
of the city will be represented
Everybody should arrange to
attend.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-02-14
5d6tw4t


On the first day of March |
will sell all accounts due me for
barber work at public auction
on Main street. If you who
are owing me don't want your
accounts sold come and settle.
Yours for business.
5tf j. j, SHARP.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-02-14
L.. ;. Indian Agent.


Owing to confidence being re-
stored, and owe a few debts,
I offer my home place for sale
to the highest bidder. Don't
ask NE what | will take, just
say what you will give. CASH.
W. II. RAWLINGS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-02-14

East Texas lands. Waco i'm
proved and unimproved prop
erty. Marshall improved prop
erty and other Texas property,
for well improved farms or
other property in Chickasaw or
ChOctaw Nations. Address
w. p. PoLAND.
Jd6tw4t Marshall. Tex.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-02-14

\ torpid liver means n bad com
plexion, bad breath, indigestion and
frequent headache. To avoid such
companions take DeWitt's Little
Early Risers, the famous little pills.
Frame, Green & Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-02-14

Constipation in its worst forms,
dyspepsia, sick headache, bilious
ness and arrangement of the liver
are readily cured by DeWitt's Little
Early Risers. These little pills
never gripe. Small pill, safe pill,
best pill. Frame, Green * Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-02-14

Cascarets stimulate liver. kid
neys and bowels. Never sicken
weaken or gripe; Zoe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-13

There is more Catarrh in this section Of
the country than all other diseases put to.
gether, and until the lasi few years was
supposed o-be ineurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced it a local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con,
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it in~curable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. J..
Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
te%aspoonful. II acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case It
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address f. j. Cheney & Co., To.
ledo, Q. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-13
A MIGHTY NIMRoD.
A TnrheeI Hunter Who Has ktIIcd
-Four Hundred Hears.

NAA
Capt. W. IL. Basnight, Of Roanoke is
land. who is on a visit to Raleigh, is the
celebrated bear hunter Of Dare county
He has helped to kill over 400 in his time
"The season for hunting bears is near
at hand" said the captain, "and it Will
be Il good season. | judge from the
berry crop. 1t is cut off back in the
woods and there is plenty on the water
The bears will come out TO get the gum
berries, and then we will kill them
and have fine sport, We ship the meat
to Baltimore, after eating all we want,
selling it at 1914 cents a pound; we sell
a bears skin for $50, and bear oil sells
we'll"
How do you kill the bears?" l
asked.
~ have a big double-barreled muzzle-
loading gun. | use that on account OF
shooting big lead. You cannot use
such lead as | want ont Of a breech-
loader"
what is the biggest bear you ever
killed." | next asked the captain.
81 can't tell you exactly. The largest
| ever killed | could not weigh. have
killed bears weighing 500 pounds. They
average perhaps something over 100
pounds"
Are they hard to kill?" asked.
81 have killed some which fell dead
at first shot. But if a bear gets fully
mad before he is killed, you can hardly
kill him by shooting him all to pieces,
| have been in some close places. |
had a bear once to grasp me around the
shoulders, and if my brother had not
shot and killed him, the bear would
have killed me. have never been hurt
a little squeezing-and no man
to mind a proper amount of hug
said the captain.
"Do you love the bear meat as food?'
You ought to have seer the good cap,
tain's mouth water and his eye brighten
is visions of broiled bear meat came
nto his mind.
Eat bear meat" he said. "Why il
S the best meat in the world. | can
at two or three messes of bear. and
eel strong enough to jump ten feet
Ugh"
Capt. Basnight has charge of Durant's
Stand, which is owned by John +. Rey.
urn, of Philadelphia, who comes down
or hunting and fishing about twice
year. This island contains 1880
is IA miles around, and is 10.
ated at the mouth of Alligator river.
"On the island" said the captain, Eve
ave 500 head of cattle, hogs and sheep.
ne poultry and an abundance of wild
anne, including deer. swan, geese and
Ileks, and many varieties Of smaller
irds. We feed the wild fowl, and at
mes | have as many as 700 wild geese
nat come regularly to the camp to get
lelr teed.'-Raleigh IN, c. Observer
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-13
MAKING PLATE GLASS.
An operation That Requires II Deal OF
Skill and Care.

y visit to a plate glass works reveals
nothing perhaps more interesting THAI
the casting tables on which the heav,
plate glass used in most store window,
is east. 1.-The casting tables" said the
superintendent of a large New YorL
plate glass factory recently, "are III,
most important pieces of apparatus II
ms establishment. Each table is about
20 feet long, Is feet wide and from T tc
inches thick. The heavy strips of iron
on either side of the tables atford =.
bearing for the rollers and determin,
the thickness or diameter of the plass
TO be east.
The rough plate is commonly nine.
slNteenths of an inch thick, but after
polishing it is reduced to six or seven.
slNteenths. All casting tables ort
mounted on wheels which run on
track made to reach every furnace anf
annealing oven in the factory. The
d having been wheeled as near as
possible to the melting furnace, a not
OF molten glass is lifted by means of n
crane, and its contents poured quickly
cut on the table. A heavy iron role,
then passes from end to end, SPREADING
the glass to a uniform thickness. This
rolling operation has to be done bv px.
pert hands quickly, as the boiling glass
1t comes in contact with tbe cold
metal of the table cools very ronidlr
When the rolling process has been com.
pleted, the door of the annealing oven
is opened and the plate of glass is in.
troduced. The floor of the annealino
wen is on the same level as the Wheels
the casting table, so that the trans.
Ter can be made by rail quickly. When
the glass is ready to be taken ont of
its surface is very rough. Tn tnis
it is used for skyliphts md
'ther purposes where strength is do.
rather than transparency. Rnt
intended for windows It is qround
'moothed and polished, and is thor
'eady for the market."-Wasbipoton
tar.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-13

aust be insane. However, | put a bolo
lace on the matter and affected to he
engrossed with my newspaper. though
IN reality | was watching his every
movement.
lie suddenly seized hold of the wooden
box and held ii on his knees. mumb,ino
some lnartlculate words, then suddenlv
replaced 1t beside him. In doing 50 /
caught a glimpse of the butt of a pistol
sticking out of his pocket.
Presently he began again.
Have you studied the marvellous now
ers OF electricity, may | ask?o
replied in the negative.
i have,' said he, "and have arrived
at such a pitch of perfection that. aided
by the contents of this box, / could bloy
TINS train and everybody in it to in.
intestinal atoms"
But" / hazarded, chow about voru-
self?' 'our-
should calmly mount into the air
ana survey the scene without iniurv -"
l 1elt sorry for him in spite Of NV
dangerous situation. | then fried an.
other tack and made several common
place remarks to him, to all of which ho
answered in monosyllahles, suddenly
bursting out with:
DC you dare to address me. sir with.
out having first disclosed to me who vnr
afeF Your temerity surprises mel"
thought it best to humor him 49,,
handed him my card, on which was IN
scrioed d. B, Smith, Quality Court
"Ha, l guessed you were a Smith. ro,,
look like one-a blacksmith, if nav
judge by the smuts on your face. ~
you want to know who l ann"
aid | thought | might as well know
his name, if he did not mind.
WELL" said he, leaning forward and
peering into my eyes, keeping one hand
on the box, when you first jumped into
the carriage / was the khan of Tartary
but the wonders of electricity are such /,
nat ! am ever now changing; | may be
in a few hours, or even min
ties. All, you look surprised; but per-
,aps you will hardly believe that nv
.emper quite depends on who | NAV
happen to be. Not long ago I was con-
with some friends and I sud-
leniy changed into the king of Siam,
Ind before they could get out of nv
way DIT three Of their fingers off. You
mould have seen them scatter. Ha,
10. hal"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-13
Ministers ms business MAJ,

l., Inc idea that clergymen are poo,
business men is pronounced false nv ov,
fostmaster-General Thomas L. .Jamos
now president of the Lincoln nation,l
pahk' lie says: ave have amono nm,
aeposltors n large number of cleroy.
men, and | am free to say that hey oro
ABOUT the best business men that baye
ever known. You ordinarily call n man
VINO is intelligent, methodical md
prompt a good business man. Onr
ministerial depositors are more tban
m%ethodical and prompt. Thev arq
cieVer and sharp, especially in the keen.
ing Oh accounts. do not wish TO mate
any exceptions in my general cbarao.
'~efizat'on of clergymen as good husi.
ness men, but will say that the Roman
oathoilc elergymen-those that 7 bo,o
remarkably able business
men lhey seem to be especially trained
anat way The average clergyman ~
ans denomination, however, can hold
ms with the average business m no,'
:. clergyman of the present dav conmo,
ailord to be slipshod or negligent IN
"oiiu'! aiairs.'-Church E~cononist
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-13

Good gracious" I exclaimed, you
don't mean i'll"
On looking at my watch l found-that
we had yet another quarter of an hour
before the train would stop, All at once
to my alarm, he said, quite %unconcern-
eddy:
81 feel it my solemn duty to inform
you that | am changing, and that in a
few minutes l shall be the king of
ISiam!"
lnstinctiyely Hooked around for some
means of escape, at the same time
grasping my umbrella firmly, resolved
at least to sell my fingers dearly.
As we neared the station the train
slackened speed and at last stopped.
just as | jumped out the man made a
FFring at me, but fortunately avoided
him and slammed the door in his face.
| got into the next compartment, which
was empty; and as the guard closed the
door, | called out:
Here, say, guard, there's a mailman
in but the whistle drowned the rest |
of my sentence, and the train moved off
before had time to complete it.
At last the train stopped at the sta.
ton for which | was bound, and |
jumped out. | transacted my business.
and as | had time to spare | turned
into the first hotel | came to, where
met Fred Charlton, an old schoolfellow
of mine. He seemed surprised to see me
and asked how ! got there. | told
HIM had come down there early that
morning; and | then proceeded to give
INN a sketch of my adventurous Jour
ney. Fred smiled, and said:
"Ah, yes, old man, I've just heard
something about it," =,
You heard something's" I said.
From whom?" :
Well" he replied, "old Harris. the t
merchant, told me that he had 8
just come down from London. When he a
taken his seat in the carriage at t
1uSton all alone, just as the train
started, some fellow rushed at the car. il
lage and jumped in. Harris said he did '
rot much like the looks of the fellow. S
nd as he had about gS,OOO worth NJ +
iamonds with him in a small box he S
to feel uncomfortable. So he II
.etermined to try and brighten him out d
I the carriage by pretending madness. I
men, he says, he did so e~ffectually s.
hat the fellow in sheer fright bolted h
/ the hrst stoppage, and left him TO y
hlSh his journey here alone. But al
title knew that you were the hero. old Il
said Fred, laughing. "You must n
.ay and be introduced to him afresh: it
VIII be here to-night."-London II,
News. St
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-13
The Home of n Genius.

Beethoven was born in a small house
in Bonn. His father had inherited the
of drinking, and often Beethoven
and his younger brothers were obliged
to take their intoxicated father home.
lie was never known to utter an nm
KIND word about the man who had
made his youth so unhappy, and he
never failed to resent il when n third
person spoke uncharitably of his ia
Tiers frailty. Young Beethoven was
thus taught many a severe lesson in
the hard school of adversely. But his
trlals were not without advantage TO
him; they gave to his character that
r texture which upheld him under
his heaviest burdens. - Detroit Free
Press,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-13
S AND LIBRARY.

-Byron's sword, which he wore in tht
Greek revolution, is now the property
of a Mrs. Keith, of Chicago, and hangs
in her library, She saved it from the
Chicago fire.
Sarah Barnwell Elliott, the author
of the anonymous story Jerry" which
appeared some years ago, has begun
20 publish another magazine serial,
"The Durket Sperret,"
White men made their first appear
ance in Hiilsboro county, Fla, 800 years
ago, but the first white child born with
in its borders has just died. This was
Uncle John Hartman" aged 90, and
known all over the state.
Many thousands of copies of "Lu-
ellie are sold annually in this country,
and it has been asserted that no young
lady's education is completed until she
has read the book. Madelaine Lemairc
has Illustrated an edition with fac
of water colors, but as she does
not read English, and could find no
French edition of the poem, it had to be
translated for her.
During the first summer spent by
Mrs. Wiggin-Riggs at Quillcote, she
agreed to give a reading in a neighbour
village. The authorities built a
new station for her-the paint was not
yet dry when she arrived-and the vii.
age people contributed a blue plush
ecker, a green rep "sofy," a marble
table, etc, to decorate the wait
ng-room! Verify, this is fame!
Charles Lamb had a horror of no.
oriety, and of being ]'lectured" in pub
ic places. lmpertinence or offensive
Interference of any sort he could not
'rook. An oyerbearing head of a de-
'artment in the East India house APP
'roached him one day, when Lamb was
.usily engaged, with the Paul Pry
uestlon: Pray, Mr.. Lamb, what are
GU about?' Forty next birthday"
e replied. Il don't like your answer
aid the man. "Nor | your question:"
'as Lambs reioinder.-Acts and An.
of Authors.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-13
QUICK CHANGES.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ARRIVED at Euston station Just a.
the train for the north was about tt
start. | jumped into the nearest first
class compartment, the door of which
stood open, and in which there was but
one other occupant.
AS the train moved off my first i'm.
preSSions Of my fellow-traveler were
the reverse Of pleasant. He was evil
IDENTITY a tidgety, nervous sort of a man;
he had restless gray eyes, without much
expression in them, while his hair and
beard were of a reddish hue.
There was on the seat beside him a
small oaHen box, strongly bound with
brass, and his eyes were constantly
giancing from this box to me in a way
That ! did not at all like. | began to
nave visions of internal machines and |
not know what, After regarding me
steadily for a few minutes he said:
us it possible, sir, that you are not
aware OF this carriage being reserved
for state oiicials?"
looked around, and seeing no indi-
OF the fact, replied that | was not
lWare OF such being the case.
Then, sir" he replied, 81 must beg
d you instantly to yacate it, and leave
me here in solitary silence"
considering that the train was then
gong at the rate of about 40 miles an
lour, and would not stop until if
eaened a small town halfway to my
estimation IN about an hours time, |
Qua o quite see how | was to COM
'iy with his request, or, rather, COM
nand, and frankly told him so.
lie replied with Il most solemn air:
Then your fate be on your own
ead.'
rms began to brighten me, for the
nan 5 manner convinced me that he
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-13
SALOON MEN AND CHECKS.
accommodations to Customers That
Contribute to Profit,


Very few people appreciate the ex.
tent to which checks contribute to the
profits of saloon keepers. The great
majority of persons who receive small
checks for services or wages, for ma.
terlals furnished or goods delivered.
nave no bank accounts and must have
recourse TO those who either have n
Dahk ccount or are in the way of pay
ing out checks. A saloon keeper above
all other men has his assets in ready
money, and for convenience in cashino
a check drawn by a responsible person
or hrm to the credit of a customer no
man IS more seryiceable. His receiDts
are III cash, and his payments for rent,
10 The cigar man, the brewer, the distil.
lery man, the dealer in saloon fixtures
may be made as well in checks as in
cash. Moreover, the customer who
seeks this accommodation is quite Ger.
tam to spend some money in the saloon.
sometimes Il considerable percentage of
lIe amount of the check. Other store
keepers may have more money than the
saloon Keeper, but they have, probably,
TESS cash IN the till, and so are reluctant
10 surrender any of it for a check, nm.
less the holder of the check should
make some purchases.
Again, a considerable humber or On.
loon keepers act as the fiscal accents
st TO speak, of those who are in recent
81 monthly salaries. Avery laroe nnm,
per OF public employees are paid bv tbo
and in checks-policemen' fire.
p'en' School janitors and employees Of
Inc department of public works. Nao,
every New York police station bonsa
ina near every New York irehousc is
a saloon, the proprietor of which mnkes
! specially OF cashing the city's checks
gwen IN payment TO policemen or fire..
1eil' ana a like practice adds consider.
'oie 10 the patronage of saloons in tbo
leighoorhood of steamboat and staom.
mp olllces' and of those railroad com. :
,ai'leS which have offices or sbons IN :
'e" York city. Saloon men have no !
le''er iaclllties in a banking way than
'her retail dealers. Many of Them {
lalntaln no bank accounts and otbora |
NO nave bank accounts find it neces. .
"S u keep all their available 20.
'ureeS in bank. But the collector Of ;
ie brewery, the collector of tbe dis, :.
ilery' the collector of the cigar men ,
III frequently, and when cheeks oro d.
wen TO them the saloon keeper has the =
Sc OF the banking facilities of tbose !.
no employ them-N V g.. ~ |
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-13
Had Him TLnu.

charlie Fewscads asked Mr., Bond.
upper ior the hand of his daughter,
one OF the richest girls in East ST. I.ou;s
NO, SIR a no circumstances can
youhave my daughter. You are n snend.
thrift. l can have no confidence in a
man VINO a no idea of the value Of
money! was the response of the indie
nant parent. my dear sir, does not nv
application for the hand of your daunb.
yer prove exactly the contrary" replied
Charlie.-N. Y. World.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-11-13
DRAWBRlDGE RIGHTS.
why should Water Craft HIVE Right
OF Way Over Trims,

10y "''' ibHtHS
In other days traffic by water was
vastly important than traffic that
went overland, and our ancestors. in
Their wisdom, made laws giving in every
instance the right of way to the former
as against the latter sort of communi.
cation. At present the conditions are re.
Nersed, as regards rivers, at any rate
a vast majority of all passengers and
freight moves on wheels, and bridges
ehder more service in a day than such
craft as frequent inland waters perform
III a year. The old laws remain, how.
ever only slightly modified in some 10.
c%aIlties, and wholly unchanged in
Others. The results are sometimes oh.
surd, sometimes outrageous. For in.
stance, a train Of seven crowded passen.
ger cars, on its way over the pennsyl.
wanna line from Long Branch TO New
YORK, was delayed for 10 minutes re.
Gently while a 3o-foot sloop, carving
TWO men and a load of clans, was poled
through the draw bridge near Ocean.
~,
port. h stopping of this train de.
'ayeo Tor the same length of time an.
other, equally well laden, on the New
Jersey Central road, and at least 1.0Oo
persons, many of whom, doubtless. had
Important reasons for reaching the city
on 'lhe, were put to much eyasperatinn
annoyance and some possible loss in or.
oor 'hat two fishermen might not be
very slightly Inconvenience. This eni.
ODE illustrated both the absurd and fl,
outrageous phases of the law relatino
'o "haVlgable waters" The branch o3
me Shrewsbury river where it occurred
Is NOT more than four or five feet deem
ana rs useful to nothing much biopa,
'Hah a catboat, but it is "navigablc
Na'er' IL the business of a great rail.
ROAD and all its patrons is az the mercy
every BOY who wants to 90 fishing or
Legislators find time TO nos.
iseless or Ubiquitous laws by the hup.
'eeu' lhey might well employ a little
d 'helr energy in demonstrating that
hland navigation and common sersa
iced not always be incommensurohla
'''ess are not sacred to the memory ot
'olohlal days, and the present has sew.
rights which the past is under somo
'ollSallon 10 reSpect.-N. Y Timos