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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-07-12
To the Atlanta Reunion.
Headquarters United Confederate
Veterans,
New Orleans La, July 1.

Headquarters United Confederate
Veterans,
New Orleans La. July 1.
Circular Orders:
[. The General Commanding de-
sires to aid the Veterans in securing
the cheapest possible railroad rates
to the Atlanta Reunion, on July goth,
21st, 22d and 2Sd, and suggests that
each Camp and town work to get up
as large a number to go as possible,
and in doing this remember that any
one, whether a Veteran or not, can
take advantage of the excursion rate
fixed for the Veterans, and thus by
securing a large number of passen-
gers they may get rate much cheap
er than the one cent per mile.
III. Adiutants or Commanders of
Camps will please notify these head
quarters, at as early q date as posai-
BILE, of about how many Veterans
and how many visitors from their
respective towns they calculate will
go to the Atlanta Reunion.
III. 1t is hoped that each Camp
will appoint Sponsor, daughter of q
Veteran, to represent the Camp, and
to accompany the delegates and al
ternates to the Reunion.
w. In writing to Headquarters
Adiutants are requested to always
give the name and number of their
Camp at some place in their letters,
either in the heading or with the
signature preferred.
By order of
J. B. GORDON,
| General Commanding.
GEO. MooRMAN,
Adjutant General and Chief of Stan.
All persons contemplating making
this trip are requested to send in
their names at once to T. B. King,
Adjutant, John HI. Morgan Camp, U.
G.. ", Ardmore, l. T.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-07-12

Three cars of heavy machinery
for the compress are now on the
sidetrack here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-07-12

A dispute between two train
crews as to which had right of way
was one of the amusing incidents
OF the day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-07-12
SELECT A HOME.

Anyone desiring to purchase
residence lots of any size, in the
most desirable portion of the city,
can be accommodated by consult
ing Richard McLish, who will take
pleasure in showing the grounds
at any time. First come gets first
rhSice. Apply also o. M. Red
field. l2tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-07-12

The matter of retiring the city
scavengers, the hogs, will be a
consideration before the city coun-
ell at q very early date.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-07-12

DR.. Simmons Sarsaparilla restores
and invigorates the whole system ,
renovates and enriches the blood,
gives appetite and tone to the
stomach. Only so cents for 30 doses.
Manufactured by "A. @. simmons Jr.,
Med. Co.
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Weak, pale and sickly women and
children made healthy and rosy
checked by using DIR. Simmons SRr-
saprilla. 80 cents and so doses. Man
ufactured by A. @. Simmons Jr,
Med. Co.
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Haynie & ScriVner,

Box No. 108, Ardmor and they
will call and see you.
They do the best work. and
meet anybody's prices.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-07-12

There is no pain or discomfort
when Tabler's Buckeye Pile Oint-
ment, is used. 1t relieves that
itching increased by scratching.
1t is prepared with scientific ac
euracy and professional knowledge
and it is the kind that cures blind,
bleeding, itching and protruding
piles with no pain or loss of time.
Sold by T. N. Coleman.
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To Lady Maccabees.

Mrs G.. M. Campbell will enter
tain the ladies of the Maccabees at
her home on Wednesday afternoon
from 4 to 6 O'Clock.
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LIVE STOCK.

ChicaRo-Cattle. $500. Hogs. $500.
Kansas City-Cattle, 5000. Hogs, 1900.
Omaha Cattle, 5000. Hogs. 10000.
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Pimples and Blotches on the face
are most unsightly things to look at
and disigure an otherwise handsome
face. Are you aware that these can
be entirely removed by using Beggs'
blood Purifier and Blood Maker.
Sold by City Drug Store and I. N
Coleman
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-07-12

LosT-A jeweled belt, between
he Episcopal church and Skip
worth's. Finder please return to
this office. 1ltf
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For RENT-Front room, well
ventilated and nicely furnished.
Three blocks from Main street.
Apply Box Sc. 8tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-07-12

Keep the flies out and get
your screen doors at BiYens &
Williams. lift
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Win your battles against disease
by acting promptly. One Minute
Cough Cure produces immediate re-
suits. When early it prevents con-
sumption And in later stages it fur
nishes prompt relief. City Drug
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-07-12

DR.. Simmons Sarsaparilla effect
ually aids weak, impaired and debiIi-
tated organs of both sexes. Its
action is quick and lasting. so cents
and so doses.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-07-12
PRIME LEAF LAI

The ARDMoREITE is in receipt of
a substantial "Oakdale offering"
in the way of a watermelon. Such
nice remembrances break the mo-
notony of the day for the. printer
and is no less appreciated on the
part of the editor. The melon
didn't 90 Z 'unk" enough when
it was pulled, but many thanks to
Mrs Taylor for her kind remem-
brance just the same.
Is your hair falling out or turning
gray? This can be stopped at once
by the use of Beggs' Hair Remover.
g 81, Iddell. of Nevada, Mo-, says:
"One bottle entirely stopped my hair
falling out" We sell it. City Drug
Store and T. N. Coleman.
Machine and engine oil at Kear-
ney's. Io74t
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Purs AND CALLS ON SEPTEMBRR WHEAT
Puts 81 IA to 3-S.
Calls 6S 3-4.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-07-12

BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Maxey, on Sunday morning, a son.
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| want to rent a two or three
room house in good neighborhood
only. Apply to Make, at Bonner
& Bonner's drug store. 12,2
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The ARDHoRBITE Job departm en-
turna out only hrst class work.
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WELLS I!

II you want a well bored or an
old one fixed, address
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LOST-Two insurance roll books
between town aud Springer cross
ing on Caddo. Finder will please
leave at this, office.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11
GunEOats

Total. .......... .1O1 rs 133 Isl
Of the American and British ships every
one is effective in the highest degree of
its type and class. There Is grave reason
to doubt the efficacy of great proportion
of the French battleships. A French Off.
c.al declared openely a few weeks ago
that the channel squadron of the French
navy could not take the sea. .1taly's llarg-
est battleships we're built at time when
naval constructors were entirely off the
track. They we're working on the theory
Of enormous size and huge ordnance,
which the British discovered was useless.
How they wouldswork In heavy seas and
whether they could be used at all off q
stormy coast is an open question. Austria
Hungarys navy Is ancient. Its battles
ships are arrncred enough and carry ord
nance enough to rate as such, but they
are not fit for active operations In any
except harbor waters.
AS far as the cruisers are concerned.
America and Great Britain not only own
more than the combined powers, but 1t Is
doubtful whether the combined powers
could make single squadron OF fifteen
vessels Or twenty that could compare in
force. speed and endurance with any
SQUADRON that the two allied English ma
tons could send out. In torpedo boats
the balance is very much In favor OF the
powers But Spain aboasted of an enor-
nous fleet of these hornets. and when 81
came to the pinch she had only four or
Ave that were available for serious work:
Gunboats and miscellaneous vessels need
hardly enter into the calculation at all.
for most Of them are not sfoFmid BILE: As
The United States has proved IN this MAJ
with Spain. there nj hardly ~ limit tQ lHs
axe 81 4 fieet of auxl lila thu ~
otted out. IA thiS the Ar ~
~ AZ 4 "a 4! sths
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11

sels-eE.:.sred voluntarily or luvoiur ia rIT:y
r-he is made to feel that he is no better,
than beast. For the SLIGHTEST infraction
Of regulations he is punished In a ia sbtona
that makes his fellow blueiackets in, ma
vtes like our own, or that of Great I3rirsf1fE
flush, with anger. The central and con-
Stunning idea Of the Spa nish raval officer.
fts that all hards forward arc his servants
There Is absolutely nothir Of this in the,
American navy Once in a while when a
American ship at sea for a considerable
period in tropical y aters and all hands
|5fore and aft. are wearing white .,,niforns
an ofiicersWili pay mess attendant for
|scrubbingT one sof.shis uniforms and hang
Ing 1T out on the scrub-and-wash line!@
The officer who requests a M. to do,
ANYTHING like this stands by to SVye the
man refuse. It is the mans pri Hege to
refuse outright to perform suc. q task
for money or otherwise, but IL i ..rpts
the Job he is we'll paid for 1 b the
Spanish navy every man forwI from
the 4chlef petty officers down tLgs..5 e I'M
rated landsmen, stand byffor a1o ok "a
Wallets for all the. officers aft EsS.R ara
not asked to wash the otfice1 % linen:
they are not requested to black} q he Of
hcers' shoes or pipeclay their ID - Ethey
are commanded to do these I'll and
tasks more mental. more repu 1t to
men OF self-respect, and thcsStightest
iEdfcat1on Of hesitancya on the part- of a
bluejacket is visited by heavy punishment.
Wien Spanish officer gets it in for a
chief petty officer for any real or fancied
cause he does not Immediately undertake
to secure the petty officers dlsrating In
stead, ne begir.s systematically to iu-s
initiate the petty officer. He calls him
vile names in the hearing of the unrated
biuejackets and not infreau.ntly kicks
him. He calls him aft-especially when
the petty officer is showing a party of
women visitors about the ship-and or
ders him to blacken his shoes, right in
sight OF all hands and all the visitors on
the main deck. Tie writer was a visitor
on board q Spanish gunbcat at Cadiz a
few Years ago and saw chief petty Of
,hcer-the ship s. signal quartermaster-
treated in this manner by a junior lieu
tenant. Finally, after the Spanish officer
who conceives a dislike for petty officer
has abused and Inundated the man for
weeks or months at stretch. he cooks
up set of charges against the wretch
and has the man contaminated ana re-
duced from his rating to-athat Of an or
binary seaman
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11
THE oREGON-AMERICAs UNRIVALFD BATTLEsHIP.

are the principal reasons for the jealousy
Of the nations Of continental Europe. So
all the islands which are scattered
Through the world would be the
goal tof hostile; ships. Ascension, st.
Helena. Sauritius the Faulklands, the un-
fortified islands In the Bahamas. Barba-
does, the Leeward islands. Fiji, New Zea-s
land, New Guinea Borneo the Strait.
Settlements, her possessions on the coast
OF Africa-wherever! she could be struck
the powers would grab them. Proba bly,
Great Britain would have to let many Of
them go at the beginning. as a chess
player would sacrifice his oawns in or
der to save his pieces for real work. II
the swa-a ended in favor of American and
Great Britain she would get them all
back; and If it didn't, few islands more
or less would hardly be noticed in the
general cutting uD that would ensue.s
Between them the powers calculate that
they could raise an army of 1aSS7.459 men.
Against this, the United States could put
into the field an army of 300 men.
There would be more trained soldiers In
the armies of the powers, but there would
be also an immense number Of unwilling
conscripts. The Americans would be
fighting for their country and for issues
that we're clear and dear to them. Tens
of thousands Of the soldiers forced into
service by the powers would be fighting
Fsfor rulers whom they hated and for an
issue of which they knew nothing and
about which they cared less. Just how
many men of this enormous array could
be sent out OF the continent and advan-
tageously handled in a strange country
cannot be estimated but 1t could not
possibly be more than comparatively
small percentage. a i55s
The estimate as to the: size OF the
armies that the powers could raise Is
based on the official figures. which In turn
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11

or peace. /. But IL you ask any Spanish
marc wars man how. he happened to
take on imam outfit wherein he received !
so little constellation, the reply Is apt
to be: II was drunk:n1t. is asserted
that ajority OF the Spanish sailors are
men from inland Spain. The Spanish
merchant sailors. the men living In Span
ish ports " ho are of age for service
aboard warships: knew too well the Cruz
elites and !hardships inflicted upon men
forward in their countrys naval serv-
ice to put themselves In the way Of being
TRAPPED into it. The exact sum which
petty officers on Spanish warships receive
FOR bringing aboard their vessels the
wine befuddled lads whom they pick up
ashore in Spanish. ports and enchant with
N cry tales of. the glorious life led by
tars is, OF course,r only known to them
selves and to the mani p1aators of spanish
shfps's budgets but that the petty Of
this manner of work, which is nothing
short Of shanghair G. Is certain. The
writer has frequently heard drunken
snetty officers Of the Spanish navy brag Of
the number Of landsmen they have bagged
for their ships and the money they have
made out OF the business. Spanish petty
officers, even within the past five years,
have been ambuscaded ashore and killed
by shipmates that they have thus shang-
haied "A case Of this sort occurred In
Perpambuco. Brazil. In 1893. a lad who
had been filled with liquor IN Barcelona
ny the chief gunner's mate Of q Spanish
rnaE-oe-war and had awakened to ind
ah'mEelf at sea on = Spanish warship
hourd for South America, went ashore
, IN Perns mbuco; and on the main street
OF that town. struck the gunners mate
dead with asknife. He Was court-nar-
tailed. sent hack to Spain under guard.
ard executed. N
Spanish sadlors forward are ill-treated
Ishabitually BY their o1lceTs This - not
Il Is literally frues The od1cess Of thu
Spanish navy are for the most part young.
Ter sons OF good faEnilie Who have, galned
their blIleta not ~ atelsty nor fhr0ugt
comp etition. hut thIouo iIteIslo ll Z!
Iaof their people ~ thosc Kh0 lncaD
lsIfx 81 suianYs sc them 81 q
cruelty II. notos
q IS essl ,s!l1
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11

the fleets of the enemy, and then to loose
4 reserve fleet or' fleets on his coasts and
commerce. That requires an enormous
fleet, and the two ma tioTls. Mogetheri,eould.
not muster enough shipsctofdo it fasz eon-
.stituted at present But they should be
able to muster enough ofoaA reserve fleet
to eliminate the; Mediterranean fleets of
the powers from the problem and ITO SIM
plify the operations for the big fleets in
the Atlantic ocean. There Great Britain
is confident Of one thing. and that is that
she has the coasts of the United Kingdom
In condition where they cannot lie at
tackled easily She has a home fleet {wlliea
Is considered strong enough to protect the
coast in conjunction with the forts, and
this leaves her great Channel squadron
free to fight anything that may try to get
into the North Atlantic through the Eng
fish cha mel. Sa SO II sf5:
Her coaling bases in the Befmudas and
in Halifax are SO well protected that they
could be attacked successfully only with a
huge fleet, and they could not be held
without a great army. The difficulty Of
shipping soldiers on transports as long as
an enemy's fleet Is free to act on the sea
lis shown by the care with swhfchysthe
United States authorities have handled
the question OF invading even 80 nearby
an island as Cuhasas long as the Spa ntsh
ships had not: been found and destroyed.
{ Until the question Of the supremacy O
the ocean had been settled, there could
be no large military operations In the
countries OF the two allies, with one ex-
ception. That IS India Is; Russia's goal
AT the first sign Of war she would en-
deavorsto push mighty army into that
country Here the cOntrol Of the sea
would not avail Great Britain, except thai
/ It would enable her to send men there
But. on the other hand. she has been fol
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11

rner temporary Dases nearer To- .tnen1.
There could be no decisive engagement
there In many months. and Great Britain
thus would be left free To seght else:
where. s. 81 q - 20 y & .s5Ss "
Americas action in the case Of. suchsa
war with all the powers would be largely
naval at first. If there were no fleet
threatening her Immediately and the
enemy had no powerful ships in her
waters, she would, no doubt, cooperate
with her English &ally in operations LIN
the eastern waters Of the Atlantic. She
would find its the wisest policy to fortify
her. coasts, so that they could Withstand
any fleet that could be brought against
them, and then push her naval line of
defense clear across the Atlantic. taking
advantage of English coaling bases and
meeting the hostile fleets a before they
could disappear in the opehsoeean
Decisive naval actior $ ending In the.
victory Of the Anglo Saxon fleets would
come near to ending the WarwasIf the pow
'ers still insisted on sit,. the two
nations could starve them out In short
order. They need American and Cara
diam Wheat and meat. They need Ameri-.
can and British money. They could mot
invade, without fleets. Russiass advance
on India could be checkmated by the
seizure of her possessions in China. Ger
many, too, would lose the Chinese terri-
w.
But it is not likely that the question OF
naval supremacy would be settled easily.
If Great Britain and America found that
1T would be unwise to risk decisive en-
gagements, and the mastery of the At
lantic ocean remained in doubt for. any
length of time, the United States and,
Canada would be be confronted with the
danger Of invasion and we would have to-
raise an armYindeed. That possible army
or lO,OOO,OOO qf volunteers would need to
become a fact, then. A single strong
fleet Of the powers could make an inva-
sion of the United States possible If the
entire coasttis not fortified perfectly. A
check to the channel fleet would mean
invasion of the. United Kingdom. "A
check to the American and British fleets
IN the Mediterranean would leave the
enemy free to move into the Atlantic or
through the Suez canal The war could
be carried into Australia, India and Ito
our Pacific coast. .
Even without a decided setback to the
American and British fleets Great Britain
would lose much at first. Her immense
colonial possessions. her extent Of empire
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11

Eatrd to slperiors in rank. It is an ac-
*tual fact that the apprentice bows in the
3Ssoarish navN are the recognized ships
kNhinpers.s The sDectaciesof an understood
lad, Lying THO lash on the naked back Of
v chief petty officer from when the lad
ffstsi'pDosed TO derive his sea KNOWLEDGE,
I IS Enthusiastically Spanish anG Abys-
sinian. s5 -
$Sgs The rule o. thumb" is another common
punishment in the Spanish naVy-the sus-
pending OF offenders by the two thumbs
so that their feet barely touch the ground
from overhead sratihgs. The writer once
attended mass on board a Spanish
cruiser in Spanish waters. rhe mass was
celebrated on the berth deck forward
In full view Of all hands who attended
the mass was the ships brig, on the
berth deck, UP in the eyes Of her. Eight
men We're ST spended by their thumbs
from he grating covering the hatch lead
ing from the togallant fo'c'sle, and their
Sgroans We're mingled with the responses
OF the men to the words of the chaplain
Another feature OF, the Spanish navy's
punitive system is the SOLITARY and fish,
stnf!ct ipn: This consists in locking up a
min or offender in, anEunlighted and prac-
tically unYentilated compartment and in
feeding him UPON salt fish, and no water
whatsoever for couple Of days at a
stretch. Men who suffer this ordeal have
always to be lifted out CT their place of
ccrfir e'nent when II is over. with their
swollen tongues hanging out of their
me uths from thirst. and men have been
taken out of the glory hole dead after
UNDERGOING U! this barbarity. The wonder
IS truly not great that slurnbering devil
OF bitterness seems always to look from
the eyes of the, Spanish man forward.
There have been many nutinies in the
spanish navy. but they have always been
suppressed. after serious loss OF life nv
the marines. for the Spanish naval Of
ncfrs are crafty enough to{treat the ma
rtnes we'll. The Snanish marine gets all
the best Of 1t. andshe is even coddled by
the officers aft. 1t is not an uncommon
t th Mn for private marine aboard asspan.'
!sh Lad oI-war 10 slug !, chief petty or
nicer Without receiving the slightest pun
lshMent for it. Indeed the marine wAo
does this is privately applauded by the
oHlcers. In return for this sort of cod
ding treatment at the hands Of the Of
hcers the marines are the officers pro-
tectors, and on every occasion when the
b!Iejackets have risen in revolt--and they
have done this within the past ten years