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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-02-19
Women as Inventors.

Miss Udall gave the paper at the meet
ing OF the Alliance study class Monday
evening. Her subject was "Women In
ventors." She referred in the beginning to
the most remarkable inventions of modern
tlmes,-the telephone, phonograph, and
mlcrophone, and the remarkable discov
cries made through the medium of the
sp1ctroscope and the X-rays. While the
names OF women have not often been CON
nected in the public mind with great in.
Ventlons they have often furnished the
primary suggestions which made such in.
ventlons possible. The invention of paper
by the Chinese is attributed to a ladv of
the court. 1t was Mrs. Catharine Greene
widow OF Gen. Greene of Revolutionary
fame, who suggested to Eli whitney. an in
ventlve Yankee who boarded with her. The
idea of the cotton gin. and the machine
then made was so nearly perfect that few
changes in its principle of constrnction
nave since been made. A French ladv
MADE the hrsI manlkin. Betsey Mitchell,
In 1883, made the first straw bonnet and
thls soon became leading Massachusetts
INDUSTRY Inc mower and reaper was in
vented by Mrs. Ann Manning, who per-
iecteu the system of combined action of
Teeth and cutters patented by her husband.
IL was Margaret Knight who invented
only few years ago the satchel-bottom
form OF paper bags, which every grocer
now finds Indispensable. A long list of
minor inventions and discoveries. made nv
women, was given showing comprehensive
knowledge and reading upon this subject
Inc paper was well constructed and its
reading was listened TO with pleasure.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-26
SERIOUS CLOUDBURST.
Houses and Bridges Swept Awoy and
Rivers Turned Iato RaRIne Tor
rents Loss 10 Property.

Eufaula. l. T, April Pa
series of cloudbursts, heavy
winds and transforms occurred
in and around Eufaula all last
night and extended over about
100 square miles of territory.
The rain fell in torrents and
was the heaviest for fifty years.
Farms. houses, fences and
crops were washed away to an
extent amounting to a calamity.
The North Canadian rose
twenty feet at this point within
fifty minutes.
The North Canadian railway
bridge is so badly damaged
that no trains can cross it and
1t cannot be repaired for twen-
ty-four hours more. The south
bound passenger train had
scarcely passed it at 9:45 last
night when the south end gave
way.
Many trains are tied up at
this point, and there is a series
of washouts for twenty miles
that are impossible for the
present.
The damage to crops is be-
yond estimate. Nearly every
acre of ground for many miles
in all directions will have to be
replanted and many farms
were entirely under water.
Several covered wagons float
ed down the South Canadian
river this morning, accompan-
led by small houses and house
hold furniture.
All ferryboats are washed
away, and communication is
cut off.
No news of loss of life has
been reported.
Much property was destoyed
in Eufaula by the wind and
rain.
a cyclone passed about five
miles south of town, destroying
some houses and killing some
cattle, but the full loss cannot
be ascertained at this hour.
The river is now falling. but
repairs cannot yet be made on
the railway bridge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-26
Battle with Horse Thieves.

Parties from the Chickasaw
nation today report a pitched
battle between horse thieves
and a posse of officers ON the
Blue prairie in the Chickasaw
nation. Seven horses and
mules had been stolen from the
vicinity of Kemp, and officers
got on the trail of the thieves,
rounding them up at Blue prai-
rie, where the battle took place.
None of the parties were injur-
ed, so far as learned, the thieves
escaping and leaving their
booty behind them. The
thieves are supposed to be
members of the Doolin gang
that has been operating in the
territory for a long time.-Den-
ison Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-26

Coca-Cola at Ross & Bonner's
fountain. lift
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-26
THE GREEK FLEET.

New York. April PA dis
patch to the Herald from Corfu
says:
The Greek squadron sailed
from Corfu to Santa Quaranta.
to lombard it and continue op-
erations along the Albanian
coast.
Later the Greek squadron re-
turned to Corfu. conveying
about eighty Christian refugees
from Santi Quaranta, which it
destroyed. The Turkish troops
resisted, but were compelled to
retreat. Their losses are un-
known.
The sailors landed at once,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-26
BAD FOR TIE TURKS.

Constantinople, April "a
The latest advices from the seat
of war indicate that the Greek
forces have penetrated Turkish
territory, reaching the rear of
Elassona on the Mount Olym-
pus side, which IS most serious
news for the Turks if true.
An official dispatch dated to-
day from the Turkish comman-
der of the army at Janan Ep-
irus, announces that after a
desperate battle lasting seven
hours, the Turks captured Fort
Beshphoumar, where the Greeks
were intrenched after crossing
the frontier and advancing
along the river Lurox.
The news received from Ep-
irus is most serious. The Greek
division which defeated the
Turks at Fillipiada are continu-
ing the march on Janina, near
which place n strong Turkish
force is gathered, and an impor.
tant battle will most likely be
fought. The most alarming
news received from Epirus IS
that four battalions of Albani.
ans belonging TO the Luros di
vision of the Turkish army
have mutinied, and it is said
have deserted to the Greeks.
When bilious or eostIve, ecurs
Cascaret. candy cathartie, at
ouarantaad 1Oe O5c
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-26

When bilious or eostIve. ecura
Cascaret. candy cathartie. at e
guaranteed, Zoe, 25c.
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setting fire to the government
storehouses, containing flour.pe-
troleum and other provisions.
On returning to Corfu the
warshirs bombarded St. George
and the village Of Chimara. Ii
is reported that they will bonn
bard Salada today Saturday }
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-26
TRIUMPH FOR GREECE
Universally Predicted. Unless Turkey
Cen Bring the war 60 an Early
Close-Peaee Is Predicted.

New York April pa dis
patch to the World from Lon
don says:
Unless Turkey can bring the
war to a rapid termination the
triumph of Greece cannot he
prevented.
This is asserted in quarters
here in which the real situation
is thoroughly understood. espe-
cially the desperate state of the
sultan's finances.
Therefore. Osman Pasha, the
hero of Plevna, has been sent
to the front with orders to strike
a daring, decisive blow without
loss of time.
That a panic is prevailing at
the VildiZ Kiosh is plainly
shown, too, bv the sudden dis
patch of the Russian envoy
from Constantinople to Sofia to
stay the menacing demands Of
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria,
which the porte is equally
afraid to refuse or to concede.
The situation is deemed To be
supremely critical, and unless
Osman Pasha can gain n con-
spicuous triumph the cataclysm
of Constantinople, which the
powers have disgraeefully COM
promised themselves in trying
to prevent, may come at any
moment.
In ministerial circles here,
where a quick defeat of Greece
was regarded as the surest and
least unsafe solution of high
ly dangerous complication, the
new developments are causing
CONSERVATION.
The increase of popular sym
pathy for Greece caused by the
gallant conduct of the troops
following the first defeats has
amounted to revulsion. The
incapacity Of the European
concert is at last universally
admitted. and its conclusions
can now be safely ignored.
King George, after great eff
forts, has saved his people and
can now afford to be moderate.
Speedy peace may be expect
ed both on the frontier and in
Crete.
The prevalent feeling here
undoubtedly was that, as
Greece had followed a provoca-
tive policy. she should be pre-
pared to pay the penalty. In
ministerial circles and the min
rsterial press little concealment
was made of the hope that the
campaign would be short, sharp
and decisive, but the events of
this week have produced a
marked change in these senti-
ments, aided probably by a
growing suspicion that Russian
diplomacy is agging Turkey on
with an eye TO some big eventu-
al coup perilous to British in
terests.
The confident anticipation
that the Turkish army would
make short work of the Greeks
has been signally falsified, and
now the recall and disgrace of
Edhem Pasha has fortified the
belief that such success as he
has gained was far less sub
stantial than had been repre-
sented and at a cost of life and
morale to the Turkish forces
1.Aa1- - 1saaaN.-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-26

Thirty years is a long time to fight
so painful a trouble as piles, bnt ia
cob Mitchell of Unionville, Pa,
struggled that long before he tried
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, which
quickly and permanently cured him.
1t is equally effective in eczema and
all skin affections. City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-26

1t should be made a matter of pub
lie knowledge that DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve win speedily cure piles
Of the longest standing. IL Is the
household favorite for burns, scalds,
cuts, bruises and sores of all kinds.
City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-26

Unconditional surrender is the
only terms those famous little pills
known as DeWitt's Little Early Ris-
ers will make with constipation, sick
headache and stomach troubles.
City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-04-26

We are sole agents in Ard
more for DIR. Peppers Phos
Ferrates, 3 cents a glass.
Ross & BONNER,
Prescription Druggists.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15

last, as in the first battle of the war.
the c0nfederates We're successful" The
commander of the colored troops, Who
did the bulk of the fighting at Palmet-
to ranch, writes in his official report Of
the affair: The last volley of the
war, it is believed. was fired by the
Sixty-second United States colored in
fantry about sunset of the 18th of Nav.
1866, between Whites ranch and the
Boca Chica. Tex
This battle is remarkable for other
reasons than its date and the gallan-
try of the colored troops. 1t is one of
the times when the imDerialists of
Mexico forgot themselves so far as to
lend aid to the confederate cause. The
desire you, on some fitting occasion. to
make known to his majesty the en-
peror, that in the case of unexampled
catastrophe 10 our arms and the final
overthrow of the government which l
have the honor to represent as the mill
tary chief of the states west. of the
Mississippi river. an event do not now
apprehend, but which yet may possibly
federals were fired upon several times
from the Mexican side Of the Rio
Grande in their advance upon the con-
federates and a body of the imperial
cavalry actually came across the river
and aided the confederates in their
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15

Many of the best known portraits
purporting to be the accurate likenesses
of our great 1nen and women are moth
ing more nor less than apocryphaI Not
only are these pictures unauthentic,
but, in many cases, portraits of other
well known personages have been used
to supply the deficiency"
Thus vigorously spoke Charles Henry
Hart of Philadelphia, justly looked up
on by art. connoisseurs as the supreme
court of appeal a all questions touch
ing the genuineness of historical por-
traits. Mr.. Hart has made this highly
interesting subject lifelong study, and
in the world of criticism his opinions
pro and con suffice to relegate a por-
trait to TIE realm of the legendary or
to stamp its pretensiOns with truth. He
1t was who discovered that the famous
Lansdowne portrait of Washington was
only a replica of the original Stuart
portrait which hangs in the Philadel-
phia Academy of Fine Arts, and who
pointed out the fact that the well
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15

desirable such a. corps of southern SOL
dlers as might be induced by the offer
OF HDerai terms TO COLOMBO the empire,
and thus greatly strengthen it, Should
you ind that this offer and the accom-
panying views are not wholly inappro-
PIRATE to be attended to. you viii please
tender my services to the emperor. and
at the same time assure him Of my
heartfelt wish for the eminent success
of his reign, and the honor, welfare and
happiness of his people. / am. very re-
spectfully, your cbedient servant.
E. KIRBY SMITH, General.
But while Palmetto ranch is called
the last battle of the war, there was as
a mater of fact much desultory fight
ing west of the Mississippi later. Kirby
Smith, who commanded the troops OF
that region, did not surrended until
May 20 and then the surrender was a
farce for Smith fed to Mexico and his
troops, who had declared they would
never lay down their arms escaped to
their homes. destroying the magazines
and carrying away arms and ammuni-
ton 10 renew the fight some later day
they said
In Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana
there were a succession of hOstilities
which kept the federal forces busy,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15
the morning of the 18th the post was the |

the benefit of foreign travel and some
experience such as is acquired by the
command of armies actively engaged in
the field for more than two years, it is
my desire still TO continue in the ex-
ercise of the profession of my choice.
Having some knowledge of the French
and Spanish languages. and having
been ON duty once ON the Mexican
frontier. my humble services and such
influence as l could exert might be rem
dered available 10 his majesty's gov
eminent. l, therefore, authorize you to
tender them TO him in the possibility of
the contingency above alluded to- The
national antipathy that would exist in
the minds of many citizens of the con-
federate states to those of the north, to-
gether with their intelligence, endur-
ance and daring as soldiers. might IN
contemplation of possible collision be-
tween the imperial government and the
United States of the north rended very
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finally successful attack This was
believed by the federals at the time,
though not reported as a positive fact.
1 have it, however, from one of the
officers of the confederates' side. Nor
was this by any means the only time
the imDerials took sides with the re-
bellion. Nor was it remarkable that
they should have done so. Macmillan
had the sympathy of the confederacy.
Nearly all the southern newspaper sup
ported him, and avertures of various
kinds were made to the emperor by
many persons high in authority in the
south. The following remarkable let
ter from Kirby Smith shows how
many Of the confederates felt toward
the emperor of Mexico and what they
were willing to do to help establish his
cause:
Shreveport, La, Feb. 1, 1865.
Hon. Robert Rose, Shreveport, La:
Sir-Whilst in the City of Mexico
occur in the future, it is my fixed pur
pose to leave my native land and seek
an asylum in Mexico. Bred to the pro-
fession Of arms, having such education
N my profession as the best military
schools in the United States offer. with
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the morning of the 18th the post was
reached and, after a vigorous attack,
the confederates were driven out, and
large quantity of stores were seized
by the attacking party. The commands
of the federal party did not feel strong
enough TO hold the place, and so fell
back and sent for reinforcements. On
their arrival he attacked again, and
again drove out the confederates This
time he burned up barracks and stores,
cleaning out the post entirely. The
victory was short lived for the. same
day MAY 49, the confederates came
back with larger force and drove of
their assailants. The federals retired,
fighting as they went The battle was
kept up for three hours. but finally the
confederates gained the day. This bat
tie is called by many the last battle of
the civil war. Jefferson Davis, in his
Rise and Fail of the ConfedeTacy.'
speaks of it so. and adds: Thus in the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15

ebration of the Inauguration of Wash
lngten as president of the United
States. Mr.. Hart was born in 1S47 and
IN his veins runs the best blood of sew
eral nations He is a graduate of the
law school of the university Of Penn
syivania, and during his professional
career some of the most valuable in
terests in Philadelphia have been en-
trusted to his care. He resides in an
attractive country home in the sub
urbs Of the Quaker City
GERALD Brennan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15
A Kentucky Snake Story.

Mount Vernon Signal: Gus Stewart was
over from Wilde Saturday ard told us
the following snake story: A snake came
upon gang of chickens on the outside
of the yard, caught one and swallowed it.
He followed the chicks. which by this
time had passed through the fence. His
snakeship reached through, grabbed an
other and swallowed it. The old hen
could stand 1t no longer. and bounced
upon him, but having chickens inside on
both sides of the fence he could neither
go forward nor backward The hen tore
the snake to- pieces and released her
chicks, which were alive.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15
Facts Important, Remarkable and Strange.

another widely read magazine dis
played the features of Joseph Wright OF
Derby, the British painter, in mistake
Tor those Of the American artist of the
same name. Indeed, the list of opo-
cryphal portraits in this country might
be prolonged indefinitely. A century ago
picture of Charles Churchill. the sa-
tirical poet, was made TO do duty in
Boston for that OF Colonel Benjamin
church, the venerable historian OF King
Philips war. Pekinino, an Italian en-
gfaVer, who came TO this country about
1875, engraved in an oval the portrait
OF Asher Brown Durand our eminent
artist. Desiring to raise some neces-
sary money, he added to the plate a
rectangular border and inscribed on it
the name of the liberator Bolivar.
then at the zenith of his fame l be-
heve the Durand-Bolivar engraving is
stin treasured as the faithful picture of
Bolivar.
There is no portrait extant of Cen
eral Hugh Mercer, who fell at Prince
ton, the accepted one having been
painted after his death from his son,
who closely resent led the General
Neither is there in existence. in truth. a
portrait of Mary, the mother of Wash
lngton, although she is frequently de-
pleted as from life In the catalogue
issued by the Metropolitan Museum of
Art for the year 1896, a certain minia-
ture is entered as by an unknown ar
list Portrait of George Washington,
the earliest known picture Yet this
same miniature is an established paint
ing py no less an artist than Charles
Wilson Peale. Moreover, it was painted
IN 1iG, so that il is not the earliest
known portrait of the Father of his
Country
There is no true picture of Edmund
Randolph, Washington secretary of
state. a short time ago an enamel
miniature of Washington, painted by
William Birch, was published in a well
Known historical work as being painted
~ Henry Bone, the English enameller.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15
fields As REH As KL0ADYKE.
FIELDS DO NOT EQUAL
THE BALLARAT HINES.
Toe-Pick Miners Numerous-Kicked
the Sand About With Their Boots
and Picked Up Fortunes-FieIds
Appeared to Have Been Rooted By
Hogs-One Man Filled Big
Lemonade Bottle With Dust For
His Sweetheart.

The Alaska gold fields are not the rich
est in the world for virgin gold: nor are
the finds there more sensational than
those in the famous Australian fields in
Victoria. The fevered excitement and
mad rush to the Klondyke gold fields re-
calls the scenes and human pictures of
the Ballarat and Bendigo (sandhursD
gold fields of Australia. Ballarat and
Bendigo proved 10 be the richest finds,
and the richest auriferouS bed the world
has ever seen. For more than three
years after the first discovery of gold on
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15

every feyerish rush to a new field. The
succeeding generations of man never did
profit by the poverty. suffering and fall-
ures OF the ones before it in gold mining
1,ne old fever has lost none of IT'S fervor
or folly. ,o,r,,,s
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15
NATIONAL PORTRAIT FRAUDS.
MANY ATTEMPTS TO MAKE PoR.
TRAITS OF GREAT MEN.

The Portrait of Patrick Henry Is
Really One of Captain Cook, the
Navigator-Mrs. Siddons Passes
as Nelly Gustis-Fraudulent Por-
traits of Eleven Signers of the
Declaration of Independence.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-15
E,v. anarchists convicted of particle

Five anarchists convicted of particle
patton In the bomb outrage on June z
last in Barcelona, Spain, were shot.
One report from Athens says the min
isters of war and of the interior have
returned from Pharsalos and made a
report to the cabinet which favors dis
continuing the war, and another dis
patch saws the war will be continued.
The Greeks routed the Turkish troops
both at velestino and Pharsalos in the
biggest and most important battles Oh
the war. Crown Prince Constantine and
Prince Nicholas fought courageously In
the front rank. The losses were heavy
on both sides.
Further advices from Paris say that
$50 bodies had been taken from the
ruins of the bazaar that was burned.
those dead including many OF the most
conspicuous women in Paris society. Or
the 400 or more injured many will die.
Pharsalos has been taken by the
Turks. The Greek troops abandoned
the town and fled to Dokomos, IL miles
south.
Eleven men were drowned through
the inflow of water into the Kelloe col
liery near Durham, England.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-15
noipty New Bed.prcnds.

Daintiness and perishability seem to
be the characteristics most sought after
in bedspreads that bear the mystic
stamp imported" The latest and per-
haps the most frail is made of fine
French swiss over pale-colored silk,
pink, blue or yellow, finished with a
deep frill about the edge, and with in
sertion or honiton lace in delicate pat
tern above. AS in the case with all the
best household furnishings, whether for
the table or the bed, its beauty is made
to depend rather upon exquisite fine
ness of material and perfection of finish
than upon elaboration. Simplicity is
considered essential to true elegance,
but, alas, it is the simplicity that means
greater outlay than do the more ornate
designs. Silk beneath and cotton above
is always indicative of the highest de-
gree of elegance. 1t is only the wealthy
who can afford to hide their fine wares,
and these lovely spreads are no excep
ton to the rule. Their lining must be
of the best and their simplicity is only
cloak for more generous expenditure
than would be required for many more
snowy covering.-Sau FRANCHISE Chron
icle