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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-06-10

Emancipation Day Celebrations. June
10, 1897.
For the above occasions, the q. &.
* $. F. will sell excursion tickets to
all points on their line, at the rate of
one and one-third fares for the round
trip. Tickets on sale June Is and 10,
limited to June 20 for return.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-06-10

ArdmOre Chapter No. II, r. A. M.-Regular
meetings on second and fourth THURSDAYS
in each month AT 4 y. Ii. in Masonic Temple
corner Main ana Springer streets Visiting
brethren are extended a cordial welcome.
G.. II. Bruce, II. p.
/. r. Mason. Secretary
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Eaturalists say there Is tree in
Chinese Tartary which is unable to
bear moisture, even that of a mod
crate rain. After being rained on it
becomes wilted and does not resume
its original appearance for several
days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-06-10

Junior order United American Mechan-
les. No Meets every Saturday night Ia
/. o. o. r. hall on Springer street Visiting
members cordially invited.
X. b. WILKINSON. Counselor.
a. f.. ROLAND. Rec Sec
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Episcopal Church Service every Sunday
at IL O'Clock a. m. and 80 y. m. Choir prac-
tice Friday evening.
w. II. Ayers. Pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-06-10

Myrtle Lodge No. :, X. OF P.-Meets every
Thursday at Sis y. m. in their Castle Hall
Main street. over ARDMoREITE office. All
visiting brethren are invited.
a. wALCOTT, c. G.
r. Y. Morgan. X. OF r. and s.
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Chickasaw Tribe. No. 3, Improved Order
of Red Men-Meets at their Wigwam third
sleep every seventh sun, thirtieth breath.
Moran ScoTT, Sachem.
STANLEY r. Bruce c. orr.
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Santa Fe Excursion Rates.

GRAND LODGE CoLoRED MAsoNs
Gainesville, Tex, June IS to Is.
1897. For this occasion the q. G.. &
>. r. will sell tickets from all points
on their line for one and one-third
fares for the round trip. Tickets on
sale June IL and morning of IS, good
to return to June 10.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-06-10

First Baptist Church-Broadway street.
Services every Sunday at IL 100 a m. and s 30
p- IN. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening Z
"a O'Clock. Sunday school AT $3.50 q. m.
Choir practice Friday evenings at O'Clock.
DIR. Young, Pastor.
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FRATERNAL.
SECRET SOCIETIES.

Ardmore Lodge No. 81, A. +. & A. M.-Re-
gular meeting. Saturday. on or before every
full moon, at p. m in Masonic Temple
corner Main and Springer streets Visiting
brethren are extended a cordial welcome.
II. NJ. Furman, w. NJ.
d. T. Nisbett. Secretary.
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church-Corner
church and Cumberland streets. Services
every sunday at IL a. m. and 7:30 y. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday. Choir practice
Saturday evening. sabbath School at $3.50
a. m. Everybody cordially invited 10 wor-
ship with Us. J. +. Williams, Sup't.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-06-10

ArdmOre Lodge, No. 3O9 Order Of the Col
den Chain-Meets every Monday at o. m.
in the l. o. O. r. hall on Springer street.
Visiting brethren always welcome.
J. +. Hamilton, Commander.
w. :. Smith. Sec'y.
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WOodmen of the World.-Regular meet
ngs on the second and fourth Fridays il
each month al p. m in Knights of Pythiai
hail. Visiting brethren invited,
c. B. DeudriCk. G.. c.
T. c. Bridgman. Clerk.
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II. T.. Church South-COrner Broadway and
church street. Preaching every Sabbath
morning at IL a. m. and 200 y. m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 200. sun
DAY school every sabbath al 10 a. m. Ed
worth League y.
Al. worlev. Pastor.
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IoTEL GRAND AVENUE

The only first 6gSs
$500 a day house
in town
A. l.. MOORE, Pro.
WYNNEWOOD.
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NO &.

On June in addition to the above
through sleeping car service will be
lnaugurated on trains Nos and
between Waco and Nashville. via
y. G. and 81. l.. Ry., on the follow
ing schedule:
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SLEEPING CAR SERVICE TO
NASHVILLE VIA COTTON BELT.

On May I6, through sleepinp car
service will be inaugurated between
Fort Worth and Nashville on trains
Nos and 4, via Memphis and the
n. c. x St. l.. Ry., on the foIlowinp
schedule:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-06-10

East Ardmore NJ E. Church south
Services every sabbath 1T II a. m. and 7:S0
y. IN. sunday school 10 4. IN. Epworth
League y. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday
nj ight. 4 cordial invitation 10 all. Come
and worship with US.
J.H. Godfrey. Pastor.
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no.

+. W. LABAUME, q. p. 4 +. A.
:. G.. WARNER,
g. p. A. Lines in Texas.
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Patents ON improvements.

Every application for the patent
of q machine or an Improvement OF
q machine must explain the principle
of its operation and the best meth
cd, according to the inventor g
k---pledge, of operating it, and
must als~etate what portion of the
device or lmprU-ament the inventor
claims as his own
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w. r. GARDNER, NJ. ID.
Office over Coleman K Lynn's
Drug Store, Residence North Caddo
Street.
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Good Sample
ROURr.
Livery StabR
in Connection.
IND. TER
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Bad Luck In slippers.

Tommy-Herei Don't you hit ms
with that old shoel Don't you know
ITS awful bad luck to hit anybody with
shoe?
Jimmy-Is it? I must tell NAV that
us soon as get home Cincinnati En-
quirer
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
BETWEEN
Springer and Frensly Stre9tsi
Regular service:
sabbath IL a. m, morning worship,
y. m, evening worship.
9:f5 a. m, Sunday School.
Wednesdays y. m, prayer meeting.
9p. m, Session meeting.
We extend a cordial invitation 10 all TO
worship with US. If a stranger, we desire
your acquaintance. In the name OF the Mas
ter We welcome you.
REV. c. c. McGISl.EY. pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-06-10

Christian Science Serv1ce-u o'clock
every Sunday morning. childrens Sunday
school 1880 Al Red Mems Hall over Brady
Bros. Thursday evening testimonial meet
ings AT 1880. Every one cordially invited TO
worship with us.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
HESE PEOPLE MUST LIVE And ACTUALLY DIE IN TUBS

startled out of his sleep by his head turn
ing little and the water touching his
mouth.
The story has been printed that Benja-
min Franklin, who in his youth, was
fond OF natatorial sports and accustomed
to floating great deal on his back, once
fell asleep on the surface of still water,
and so remained for perhaps an hour.
Many constant bathers know that they
can easily reach the point of falling asleep
while afoat, and even doze off into I'M
consciousness for few moments, until
the tapping of a wavelet on their lips sig
nails danger, with the result of a sudden
awakening.
The tub-dwellers have on the floor of
their watery habitations flexible wooden
lattice, covered with blankets and sup
piled with rubber pillows. Thereon rests
that trit1lng portion of the weight OF the
patients body that is not sustained by the
water. At night when the few electric
lights burn dim all is silent in the baths
of Hebra save for an occasional snore,
stertorous breathing or the soft splash OF
the arm of an uneasy sleeper changing his
or her position.
the human body is manifested very mod
erately so far as concerns external and
superficial appearances The structure
and organs of the body do not suffer or
change. Even the skin shows small signs
excepting upon the palms of the hands
and soles of the feet. There the skin be-
comes shriveled, puffed and bloodless like
the hands OF hard worked washer
woman. When pain is caused little oil
soon relieves it. In some cases about the
arms and shoulders, where the skin is out
of and in the water alternately, the soak
ing produces a mild form of paDular
eczema.
Three times daily in ordinary cases the
whole contents OF the tubs, which are
copper lined, are changed. A small in
flowing stream of warm water suffices to
maintain the temperature at from 80 to 81
degrees Fahrenheit. The surplus water
runs off through an overflow pipe.
The diseases amonable TO this treatment
are chiefly those where there is consid-
erabe loss of integument, as in distress
ing bedsores, forms of gangrene, univeraI
exfoliating pemphigns, extensive burns and
wounds involving great loss of skin. The
UlSedSeu part, through COHStdHI lulIueT-
sion, is relieved of the weight of the body,
and frequent painful dressings can be dis
pensed with.
In the case of severe burns, such as the
young hero Zolnay's, the tub life is sim
ply a godsend. The sufferer in such
case cannot assume any position that does
not cause unspeakable agony from the
pressure upon the burned surface. The
relief of the bath is so marked that lives
which otherwise would be lost because of
shock and suffering are saved and health
eventually restored.
When they die in the tub these suffer-
ers can thank the Creator for the good
thoughts of the ingenious inventors of the
baths of Bebra, as they are called, who
have by this simple use of water made
possible new, long, comforta bic and even
happy life, even though it be spent and
sometimes ended in a tub, of some of
Europe's otherwise greatest sufferers.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24

stained from any OF the good things OF
life until they had, possibly as result of
high living, taken 10 water as last re-
sort.
This Jolly party was intent on good
came OF pinochle. They were playing
with the regulation double deck in vogue
with pinochle experts, and exhibited con-
siderable tinesse in their desperate deter
mination TO hang on to jack of diamonds
until the queen of spades came along to
help him count forty, or gamely letting
trick after trick be taken, with the be-
guiling hope that the one ace needful to
make up the four and score hundred
would come in the next draw.
The least careful of the quartet OF card
players was the jolly German frau, whose
dimpled pink and white and fat bare arms
and shoulders attracted more attention
from the visitors than did the game. 1t
was evident that she was in more for the
fun she could get out of it than to be the
first TO score a thousand points. Her
cherished score was the number OF hearty
laughs which she could evoke and join in.
Every time it came her deal she would
flip and ssil the cards so recklessly that
several times one fall-in the water in the
other players tubs. This did not injure
the cards, it was observed, because they
were possibly a special make, having a
sort of celluloid finish.
There was q pretty general indulgence
in tobacco a few OF the men smoked
pipes, but the general preference was for
paper-cIad cigarettes of Turkish tobacco.
Three men were smoking chibouques, as
if their faith in water was so great that
they wanted their tobacco-smoke bathed.
Among the cigarette-smokers was young
Spanish woman, whose dark lustrous eyes
and Iuxuriant glossy black hair, which
was coquettishly arranged, and fine fea-
lures, all conspired against her COM
plexion to make her beautiful. The
otherwise pretty Andalusian's complexion
was exceedingly detrimental, and in fact
she was under treatment for humor of
the blood. She was very bright and hope
ful and an attendant said her case was
not chronic She was regarded by the
colony as transitory and merely amphibi-
Gus and not as they were, devoted-it
night be for years, it m ght be forever-to
( a completely aqueous existence.
An interesting patient was mana
! young man OF 2S-named Z0lnay, an
artist. Zolnay had been seriously burned
in hotel fire, where he had suffered
through an act OF heroisIn in rescuiug a
/ bedridden old woman who had been for
/ gotten by others who were selfish and
cowardly. ZoInay had been great
sufferer, but after three months INNER
sion had at last experienced an inexpressi-
| bic relief from pain and discomfort. Great
patches Of cuticle had been burned from
his body and in places the underlying
flesh was charred to a considerable depth.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
TEN THOUSAND NILES BY MIGHT
his Whooman Has Completed the Most Remarkable Series Of
Century Runs BotWoch Set and Rise Of Sun-~Curous
Optical Illusions in the Darkness

| up the miles and centuries to his credit.
What makes his achievement all the
more interesting is the fact that he was
employed in business during ten hours OF
the day, and therefore had no chance to
ride by day. AS for sleeping, that was
quite a secondary matter. What few
winks he did catch we're after or before
his nightly runs. And here is a strange
fact. He slept at times on his wheel, he
says. Not as one ordinarily sleeps, with
closed eyes and in a state of complete un-
consciousness, but more in a semi-con-
scious condition, when the eyes were open
yet saw practically nothing, and the feet
mechanically pushed the pedals around.
His own story of his experiences is as fol-
lows:
II believe l am the only man in the
world who ever rode 10, 066 miles at night
within so short a space of time. My
wheeling for the year, consisting of 219
days of actual riding, has Just ended, and
L am happy to say that L have won the
century and mileage medals offered by the
Indiana officers OF the Century Riding
Club.
During the day 1 was busy attending
the time to ride, so l was obliged to do my
riding at night. l soon became used to
wheeling about in the darkness, and be-
fore many nights became so accustomed
to it that | might almost say l preferred
it to riding by daylight.
'It certainly was novel in many respects,
and it has been my experience that dark
ness is no bar to speed. On a road with
which one is any way familiar and with
ever so little moonlight l can ride as fast
as l can during the day, and on several
occasions have during my experience as
a night rider made a century in seven
hours, which would as a rule be consid-
cred excellent work by day.
Zone very peculiar thing in connection
with night riding is that one experiences
certain optical illusions which sometimes
have unique results. The most common
of these illusions is the impression that
one is constantly riding down hill.
have experienced it so often that l know it
well, and yet often found myself apply
ing the brake TO my machine when speed
ing along road knew, if l had thought
about the matter, TO be perfectly level.
"At other times when on an unfamiliar
road l have been thinking of something
and on coming, to a steep incline the
machine would get away from me and get
half way down the hill before could get
control of it. This would be due to the
fact that although l saw the incline gave
it no second thought but set it down as
the customary illusion until l found N.Y.
self going down an actual hill much TOO
+ 4. 3 @AA
l would find myself pedaling along
mechanically, being practically asleep on
my wheel, and yet having my eyes open
and keeping my balance on the wheel.
"When there is no moon or it is cloudy,
one has to keep a sharp lookout, or an
ugly fall is apt to result. During my
experience in night riding / tried dozen
or more different kinds of light but found
| none OF them satisfactory. They either
jar out when one is riding fast, or if they
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
Night and Day. Up to he Chns in Water, They Pass al
Strange Though Not CoIoross Existence

I Sometimes / feel ready to die of ennui;
but, God willing, shall be out of this in
year, as new skin is beginning to grow
and some other poor people must live
here, until. as one did last month, they
literally die in the tubs they have so long
inhabited.
Zolnay was an ardent musician. AS
student he had been a devoted pianist,
but had always played the violin, and
since his immersio has been able to use
his arms sufficiently to take up again his
beloved violin. He, without excuse,
played several selections when asked
one exquisite one, solemn and tender,
from Mozart, and some Hungarian music.
He played one waltz, and the German
frau and one of the other pinochte play
ers- a German commercial traveller
waltzed in a sort of porpoise fashion,
to the great amusement of every one.
At o'clock in the afternoon luncheon
is served to the bathers. Their breakfast
in most cases is very light cereals with
fruit fgnringgargely in the simple menu.
Those whose ills are not incidental to the
quality of the blood enjoy coffee The
luncheon was a more imposing affair.
It's menu comprised about the dishes
which might be served at good hotel,
exec pting that well-demonstrated rules
for hygienic pabulum were observed. The
patients were unrestricted in their de-
sires excepting by the dIctum OF the doc
tors and the limits of their private purses.
The tables were fiat boards laid across
the tops OF the circular tubs. The boards
were neatly covered with white oiIcloth.
I T l.
ages, but these in most cases were con-
siderably diluted, and it was noticeable
that the patients were inclined to drink a
good deal, to some extent as one is when
in Turkish bath. One of the trifing in
cidents of life which it was demonstrated
coaId be made unusually annoying under
peculiar circumstances was when bather
accidentally knocked mis- salt.cellar into
his tub. He instantly disappeared be-
meath the surface and quickly recovered
the bottle; but most of his salt was in the
tub in solution, the water having entered
the perforations of the salt-cellar's metal
top.
One of the most inexplicable and inter
esting phases of tub-life to the visitor is
the sleeping of patients. "Great heavens"
said an American girl visitor, who was al
most startled out of her propriety when
this matter was referred to. II didn't
suppose for a moment that they slept in
there, too"
But they do. The faculty OF going to
sleep in the water is not inherent with
humanity. 1t can be acquired. The
novice when he tries it is for several
nights victim to wearisome insomnia,
but at last tired nature acknowledges her
need of the sweet restorer. and the new
bather succumbs, only to be suddenly
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24

stay lighted, they only make the road
uncertain because of the limited area over
which they cast light.
''horses invariably shy at the cycle
lights at night, and after number of
trials, 1 found it much better to ride with
out any light and trust to quick eyes and
a good sense of hearing.
Il tried, OF course, to take my runs in
good weather, but sudden storms would
come mp, and TO be twenty or thirty miles
away from any shelter, on n lonely country
road, at midnight and get caught in a
lively and fully developed thunder
shower, is not the pleasantest experience
in the world.
II have had many such experiences, and
in a measure have got used to them, but
with the rain beating down in torrents,
the thunder booming overhead with a
sound as if the very hills were being
toppled over one against the other, and
worst of all the lightning zigzaging about
ones wheel, it is hardly a comb mbination of
circumstances which one would choose to
encounter if given any voice in the matter.
"Not only were these sudden showers
disagreeable in themselves, but, aside
from the drenchIng, the rain would leave
the roads in such a muddy condition that
getting home was the hardest kind of
work.
dogs were another fruitful source of
annoyance to me during my night runs.
They seemed to naturally infer that | had
evil intentions upon the property Of their
owners, and on more than one occasion [
had TO stop, dismount and give battle TO
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24

This new grade conqueror's number is
139 and as she stands in the Buffalo yards
of the road she is constantly the center OF
an admiring throng who never tire OF dis
cussing the huge machine from all points
OF view.
This same engine has since making its
debut attracted great deal of attention
in the railway world.
Charles E. Turner, the roads superin-
tendent of motive power. has consider
able in the way of CORES pondence added
TO his duties in replying to the food of
queries which is diverted toward him by
the president and general manager who
receive them. Some of the letters asking
about this monarch of all locom otives
used in pusher service go into minute de-
tail, and the Mogul's proprietors begin to
think that all the roads In the country
having heavy grades and freight traffic
are going to get Mogul like No. 139.
No. 139 was constructed to use bitumin-
Gus coal as fuel and to run on track of
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24

The tank is a level topped one, and is big
enough to float a good-sized boat, or
it would make an ideal swimming pool
for the omnipresent small boy. When
filled it holds $500 gallons OF water.
When the big Mogul climbs the grade
for which it is intended the track inspec-
tors and section bosses and gangs are
likely to get some extra work in keeping
the road bed in order. The total weight of
the engine which bears on the drivers is
LAG, 900 pounds. The total weight of the
engine as it is working order IS 174,000
pounds The tender, when loaded with
lts black diamond fuel and water, weighs
$1,000 pounds.
When this weighty mass of metal and
material gets going it will acquire mo-
mentum that will not be so easily inter-
fered with and overcome. The type of
brakes known as the New York have been
adopted for No. 139 as most effective. The
air brakes have been supplemented with
hand-wheel brakes of powerful leverage.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24

some ugly canine, taking as a weapon the
first club, fence rail or anything which
could lay my hands on.
"The owners always took the part of the
dog until after matters were explained. and
then, with some tattering remark gener-
ally to the effect that no'one but lunatic
would go scorching about the country on
bicycle at midnight, would lead the dis
appointed dog away, while would con-
tinue on my way.
1.-The particularly pleasant features of
night riding are the perfect rest and quiet
of the country, and when the moon is
bright the light throws weird aspect
about the most ordinary object. The long
stretches of country road reach out far
ahead into the gloom of the night, while
the cool breezes which always rise after
the set of sun make riding delightful.
~ think" said Mr.. Manly in conclusion,
"I may safely say that, all things con-
sidered, am an advocate OF night bicycle
riding"
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24

4 feet 81 inches gauge. The total wheel
base of the engine is 20 feet 5inches, which
means that its wheels stand on a space
longer than the width of full city lot.
The driving wheel base is Is feet inches.
The to tai wheel base of engine and tender
is 80 fee; inches, while the total length
of engine and tender over all is over 60
feet.
This engine is a giant, and would in
carrying out the idea of symmetrical pro-
portion have been taller than it is but for
the numerous obstacles, like the roofs OF
tunnels and bridges, which locomotive
while travelling is likely to encounter. 1t
is cheaper 10 foreshorten the stacks of
locomotives than to incur expense for ex-
ira rockwork in tunneling and for build
ing higher abutments and approaches for
wagon-road bridges.
The top of 1893 stack is AZ feet from
the tops of the rails, over which the mon
ster runs. From the rails to the center OF