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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26
Another Act IN the Train Robbery

Another Act IN the Train Robbery
Another chapter has been added
to the tale of horror, human de-
pravity and bloodshed, by which
the history of the Santa Fe train
hOld-up, near Fort Worth, must
be told. First came the awful
death of the fireman shot through
and through while at his post of
duty and thrown from the engine
cab. Next the halting of the
train and the dastardly attempt to
blow up the express car and its
occupants. Then the finding of
Joe Williams the brave engineer,
lying beside the track, bleeding
slowly to his death from a great
gaping wound in his left leg. Ten
derly was he cared for by his com
rades and placed in the hospital,
where the kindest and most skilled
treatment was misunderstanding
wound refused to heal and slowly
the life blood Of the wounded man
ebbed away-death claimed its own
yesterday afternoon. Thus another
life is lost and the responsibility
rests oD the heads of the moral de-
generates who attempted the lives
of all on that train.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26
Necktle Party.

A number of young folks as
sembled at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Kinkade last evening
and enjoyed the social features of
necktie party given in honor of
Aiss Lou Widows, recently of
Gainesville. The prize for the
best job Of sewing was awarded to
Dave Sheriff.. Those present
were: Misses Susie Frame, Bessie
Banks, Efie Kinkade, Ida Sims,
Virgie Bryant, Annie McCracken,
Essie Glover, Quinnie Lindsay.
Mollie Duston and Miss Cardwell,
Walter Rowland, W. Farthing,
John Cooner, Joe McFarlane,
James Light, Fred Kinkade and
Mr.. Blake.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26
THE REUNION.
The Old Soldiers of the Blue and the
Gray Will Celebrate
Tomorrow.

Ali preparations have been arranged
for the reunion Of old soldiers tOmor-
row at ROff's Grove, where they hope
to have their friends to spend the
day with them. The following is
the programme:
The old soldiers will meet at the
court house at $50 a M, and form,
and then march to the grounds. Capt.
John s. Hammer, master of ceremO-
MES; John L. Gait, officer of the day:
T. b. King and David Red6eld, mar
shals. Judge 3. B. Bradford and R.
d. West, speakers. Others will de-
liver speeches.
Brower's Band and Orchestra will
furnish music for the occasion. There
will be camp on the grounds, wheer
all old soldiers will be provided with
pork, beans, hard tack and coffee.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all who wore the Blue or the Gray,
their families and friends and the
public generally to attend, all of
whom are requested to bring well
filed baskets or haversackS.
The special excursion train on the
Santa Fe, from Cleburne, Fort Worth
and Gainesville will arrive at 11:30 a.
M, and it is expected great number
Of people will be present. it is to
be hoped our people will see to it
that their visit to the city may be a
pleasant one.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26
Curtis Bill nav Win.

The latest election returns re-
ceived at the ARDMOREITE Office
this afternoon show that Pamela
county defeated the Atoka agree
ment by a majority Of 20 votes in
favor Of the Curtis bill. The
same report brings the informa-
ton that voting in the ChOctaW
nation is very close.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26
The Treaty Ratified.

According to unofficial returns
the Choctaws have by their vote
ratified the agreement made be-
tween the Choctaws and Dawes
commissioners. The negro freed
men were allowed to cast their
vote and no disturbances took
place as was at first expected.
The official ballot will be can
vassed Monday next at Atoka by
secretaries and principal chiefs of
both Choctaw and .Chickasaw Ma
tions in presence of a member of
the Dawes commission.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Our friend, Al Swisher, was the
lucky individual at the rattle Of a
horse and harness by l.. P. Law.
AL succeeded in drawing ticket No.
which entitled him to the first
throw of the dice. Mr.. Watts
threw for him, getting 45, which
was not beaten by the other SO
who followed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Deputy Booker brought in from
the Arbuckle mountains two men
named Lawson charged with COW
theft. After o hearing before Judge
bradford they were dismissed. The
same officer had Arthur Looney,
charged with carrying weapon. In
default Of funds he was sent to jail,
Dut later gave necessary bond.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26
SCHOOL NOTICE.

Owing to delay in completing
the school building on College
Hill, the fall term will open there
on Oct. Sd. For the accommoda-
ton of our pupils we will also
open school at the building form
erly occupied by us, September 5,
there to continue until the holi-
days. Both schools will be under
the same management.
Tuition rates from $3.50 to 81.
For further information see w. A.
Sniff or the undersigned.
25-3t T. r. DUNLAP.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

The ARDhoREITE Is today unload
ing car of printers supplies ma
cninery and presses, which is being
placed in the Odd Fellows building.
Our large new press, folder and
other machinery will be here Mon
day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26
Play Ball SATURDAY..

A game of ball has been ar
ranged between the Ardmore
Reds, lively team of young men,
who give older heads serious
trouble on the diamond, and the
Regulars from Lone Grove. The
game will be called at 8 O'Clock in
the afternoon and will be PLAYED
at the new grounds about 200
yards from the picnic grove. The
game will prove an interesting
feature of the days exercises, even
the old vets will turn out to root
for the Red Birds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Attention is called to the school
notice of Prof. Dunlap in this is.
sue, which appeared yesterday
without the proper date. His
school begins Sept. 5.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

T. B. Cathey has purchased the
stage line from Sulphur to Davis
and wagonettes meet both day
trains at Davis and make two
trips to the Springs each day. 19-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

LosT-A black pointer dog,
with white spot in breast. Wears
collar and tag which bears the
name of j. B. Spragins. A suita-
BILE reward will be paid for his re-
turn to j. b. SPRAGINS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26
Information Wanted.

j. HI. Morris, of West Virginia,
wants information of the where
abouts of Clay Chernault or broth
ers or sisters, children of Samuel
d. Chernault deceased, or of de-
ceased wife's relations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

o. S. Bailey has been duly Ii
censed to do general scavenger
work in the city of Ardmore, and
your work is solicited. Notify box
Gal. W1
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

j. G.. Moss, in his 18th year,
one Of Gainesyille's oldest citizens,
died last evening. Mr.. Moss had
lived within the city limits for
forty years and in q word had been
witness of the growth of that city
from its infancy. He was one of
Gainesville's land marks and many
Ardmoreites will learn with regret
his demise.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

The jail record shows that East
man Fry and Tom Carroll were re-
leased under the provisions of Sec
ton 1042 and that Arthur Looney
charged with weapon gave bond.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

More than twenty million free sam
pies of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
have been distributed by the man
ufacturers. What better proof of
their confidence in it's merits do you
want? 1t cures piles, burns, scalds,
sores, in the shortest space of time.
City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26
PURELY Personal.
Prominent Goers and Corners a. Caught
on the Wing by the Reporter
for the-ArdmoreIte.

Ed Ooopman, of Gainesville, is in
the city to-day.
T. e. Geren, of Denton, Tex, is q
guest at the Wisnor.
L. W. Howe, of Leba1 on, was in
the city last night.
Joseph W. Phillips and s. A Doug
las are in Sherman on business.
D. J. Calkins, of the Brunswick
Asphalt company, of Dougherty is
here.
8. III. Gibson, a prominent Chick
asaw from Purdy, made q pleasant
call at our office.
G. w. Stuart, one of Ardmore's
most enterprising stockmen, left this
morning for his ranch.
L, M. Turner, of Graham, is here
to-day getting lumber to erect q new
business house in his town.
T. M. Stroud, wife and daughter,
of Graham, are in the city visiting.
Mr.. Stroud is q prosperous famer.
Deputy Marshal WIN Little, form
erly of this place, now of Okumlgee
in the northern district, Is here to-
day.
Mrs. F. G. Barry returned last
evening from Kansas City, where
she has been spending a couple of
months.
E. H, Bond, Esq, who las been
spending a months holiday in Ten
nessee, has returned looking well
and hearty.
]. w. Banks has returned from the
eastern markets, where he has been
purchasing a large stock of goods
for his fall trade.
Hon. ]. P. Mullen left to-day for
Stonewall to represent the Chick
asaw freedmen. His son Sylvester
accompanied him.
Rev. III. B. Smith returned last
evening from Guthrie, at which
place he was attending q session of
the Theological school.
Jim Myers surprised his old friends
by his return to Ardmore this morn
ing. Mr.. Myers, who has been gone
from here for six years, was one of
Ardmore's most expert buyers years
ago and 10 kindly remembered by
many, who welcome him back.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

A Memphis, Tenn, special says
Soldiers at Fort Point, two miles
from Galveston reported a case of
yellow fever. Houston and New
Orleans have quarantined against
Galveston"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

A dispatch from Shanghai re-
ceived at New York to-day reports
the entire available British feet in
Chinese waters, to support the
demands of the British minister to
China.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

8. 8. Ford. Ty Ty, Ga "Beggs'
Diarrhna Balsam gives the best salts
faction to my customers of any med
icine ever sold for all Summer Com.
plants. We always keep it in stock
City Drug Store and T. N. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

The treatment for worms must
be prompt and safe Whites Cream
Vermifuge can be trusted to restore
your child to health. 1t is a tonic
as well as a worm destroyer.
Every bottle guaranteed to bring
worms, 25c.
Sold by T. N. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Ballard's Snow Liniment is the
most penetrating Liniment in the
world. 1t cures pain and infam-
alton of all kinds quicker than
any other remedy. Price, SOC.
Every bottle guaranteed. 25 and
soc.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

When you call for DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve the great pile cure, don't
accept anything else. Don't be talk
ed into accepting q substitut, for
piles for sores, for burns. City Drug
Store,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Parties were here from Berwyn
last night after coffin for old man
Wsbberly who died yesterday and
was buried today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

A delegation of Odd Fellows
left here shortly after dinner for
Earl where a new lodge of the or
der will be instituted to night.
Past Grand Master 1. r. Mason
will be the instituting officer. The
growth Of this order in the Indian
Territory during the past year has
been phenomenal and is greater
than in any other state or terri
tory in the union.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Is your hair falling out or turning
gray3 This can be stopped at once
by the use of Beggs' Hair Remover.
O. II. Iddell. of Nevada, Mo-, says:
"one bottle entirely stopped my hair
falling out" We sell it. City Drug
Store. and T. N. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Beggs' Dlarrn@a Balsam, the most
wonderful medicine ever put on the
market for all stomach troubles. 1t
cures where all others fail. We keep
it. City Drug Store and T. N. Cole
man.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

City Marshal Pulliam had the
misfortune to lose his watch this
morning. After a diligent search
he found it in his orchard where
he had been chasing a COW at an
early hour.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26
SCHOOL NOTICE.

School will open for the coming
year, the first Monday in Septem-
Der. Tuition reasonable.
2l-2w MRS. W. NJ. ROBIN SON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26
TAKE NOTICE.

will not be responsible for any
contract. sale or purchase made by
". j. Williams for the firm of
williams & Bechtel, Dougherty,
l. l., without my consent.
BEN BECHIEL
Dougherty, l. T., Aug. 16, '98.
l6-tt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

The shower this morning kept
down the dust while it rained but
that was all. West Main street is
as dusty as old Rhodes"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Truth wears well. People have
learned that DeWitt's Little Early
Risers are reliable little pills for
regulating the bowels, curing consti-
patton and sick headache. They
don't grippe. City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Colorado celery.
Rocky Ford cantelopes.
Fresh frankfurters.
Cream, Swiss, Brick and Linn
burger cheese.
26-2t Johnson's Meat Market.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Tonight the Woodmen of the
World sup ice cream and eat cake
at the residence of Mr., and Mrs.
G.. E. Troutman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

ST. PHILIPS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Twelfth Sunday after Trinity,
Sunday school 10 a. m. Solemn
Mathis IL a. m. Choral Vespers
Sis p. m. Music by vested choir
at evening service.
HENRY b. SMITH, Rector.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

See l.. F. Burton's 1915 suits
and So parts, they are cracker
Jacks. Next to Wisnor Hotel 19-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Yesterday evening A. NJ. Burch
received a telegram from Howe,
lexas, requesting him to telephone
u once to w. H. Savage, at
Evansville, that his daughter,
mss Ina, was dangerously sick
and to go to Howe at once.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

WANTED TO LEASE-600 or 800
acres grass land with small farm.
Apply to S. g. B Coleman & Ma
sons Drug Store. 3t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Now is the time buy Figs and Pears preserving
now Offering them for less than sold before Armore
The for this delicious fruit win We
ice the famous WOoen Wells Mineral Water for by the drink
or by the gallon PUGH TYLER. Cor Mill and Main SITS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received
at the office of the undersigned for
The erection and completion of a
one story frame residence for j.
M' Jameson until Monday, Aug,
18th at 3 p. m. Plans and specifi-
cations can be seen at my Office in
Wilmington building upstairs.
G. E. TROUTMAN,
2l-t28 Architect.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-26

Sold by T. N. Coleman.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-30

and warns away a pleading Sister OF Mercy
because forsooth. We arn't got that name 10
the House" The sketch is interesting enough
as the portrait OF a type. 1t is still more inter
esting as an example OF what can be done BY .
clever draughtSmaD
1t does not have. perhaps. that sensuous beauty
which depends TO some extent upon subject
and to a still greater extent upon the artists
faculty for weaving pleasing araoesque o"
of his material Keene was handicapped.
every caricaturist is handicapped. by the cha'
acter OF the stuff in which ne dealt. beadS
repulsing a Sister OF Mercy is not intrnscalv
an enchanting theme any more than the soca
groups which for thirty years or more have p'r
vided the comic draughtsman with his opporIr
nifty have inherent elements Of charm. Further
more as We have had occasion to point out -
fore this. Keene was not wholly without The tra"
mels Of his birth. Like Cruikshank. Ike Doys
like Leech and Du Maurler he knew something
of the dignity but little OF the 1.-THE radan'
beauty OF i woman. You do not look for unqua'
fled beauty in his work Something OF BrirS
prose remains in his drollery. something OF brF
ish hardness and heaviness But certain ID
termittent grace of line. a certain elusive grs@
OF light and shade. certain occasions
felicity OF style. this is within the reach OF e'o
the satirst of AIRY and Arriet. Sir Georsi~
Midas and Lady Ponsonby De TompTh>
Charles Keene grasped the things TO which "
refer. not invariably. as Mr.. Pennell in his ny
periodical way would have believe. but otIo
enough to make himself interesting nsu'
to students OF his art. The fame that he misses
during his lifetime is not undeseryedy besto""
upon him now In the shape OF such Nolu"
as this OF Mr.. Pennelrs We cannot praise I"
warmly the care with which it has been ?"
dIced in all that means artistic manuiactu"
New-York tribune., 1898-01-30
CHARLES KEENE.
TRIBUTE TO NOTED ENGLISH
DRAUGHTSMAN.

THE WORK OF CHARLES KEENE with an
Introduction and Comments on the Drawings
Illustrating the Artists Methods by Joseph
Ponnell TO which Is Added photography
of the Books Keene Illustrated and Cata-
logue Of His Etchings by w. II. Chesson. Folio
PIP 2s9. X. II. Russell
The history Of English caricature is extremely
interesting to the student Of national character
istics as well "a OF pictorial art. OF practically
all the salient figures in that history it may be
said that they made for satire first. for art
lcrg way after. Hogarth the immortal founder
Of the school, offers no contradiction to this
by pothesls When he chose to paint magnifi-
New-York tribune., 1898-01-30

that his models were lacking in comeness 7,
that charcoal drawing Of two eighteenth cen,n,,
figures. which we reproduce the standing liza,
oner is ugly and the face Of the seated musici,.
is scarcely visible. But the lover Of o.,
draughtsmanship will perceive the power /.
this sketch. he viii recognize the subtle skm
in the modelling Of the musicians back. no nm
feel even in the few lines which indicate -.
mirror over the latter's head the touch o, :.
artist with certain accent of originality Ar.
force. We will not dwell upon the snccess b,
the delineatiOn OF character which Keene 20,
almost from the very start. That Is impor,a,,
but. for our present purpose. no, prOyocatlv.
Of discussion. Other caricaturists have show,
abilities in this direction comparable 20 Kesns,
own What we especially wish 10 indicate IA N.
frequent visor Of his style the rang.
Of his so restricted pen. the artistic value wi,h
which he sometimes endowed a most unproml.
ing subject. as in the case Of that deprecatorv
beade who stands upon the workhouse s,er,
New-York tribune., 1898-01-30

cCrtly he could do so. as witness his celebrated
shrimp Girl" in the National Gallery but one
Of the sillest pieces Of cant ever invented was
that which accepts Hogarth as pre-eninently a
naster OF the art Of painting With all his
passion for beauty he rarely achieved it, He
theorized and he labored. but fate willcd tha;
he should count for us as the designer of per
laps the greatest pictorial satres ever produced
From his time down tn. carcaturists of England
have shown pretty much the same traits. Row
landson and Gillray had broad and telling hu-
NOR they had a charming quaintness at times.
and they were always divertingiy grotesque. but
beauty. glamour the crown and quintessence Of
New-York tribune., 1898-01-30
Netp!Dork Gribn,le
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEB. D. 1898
The Head Master of Harrow. DR. WELDON eA

The Head Master of Harrow. DR.. Weldon, ex-
pressed in an interview lately some opinions
which commend themselves 10 American school
masters II regard it as of the utmost inpor-
tance." he declared, Ito rouse in boys minds the
sense OF literary beauty. Nothing Is more re-
fning more educating" Continuing DR.. Well
don observed that every school should have It's
library. 10 which the boys could retire ana
browse at their own sweet will. lie had no
fear that it would be neglected because it con
tancd no trash, or because. rs he admitted,
there was no writer taking the world by storm
Just now and rouSing The reading instinct IN
BOYS as Dickens and Scott reused it. The need
of English schools is the need Of American
schools 1t is not the formal and 'comprehen-
sive' course in literature that does the most
good i'm schools, or, for that matter. in colleges
The graduate who can name without wlnklnS
all the poets from Chaucer 10 l'ye is no doubt 10
be congratulated upon his training but the
graduate who can tell the difference between
Pyc and Chaucer would somehow be more
cdifying individual, and it is this type that Is
produced by such liberal policy as DR.. Weldon
suggests
New-York tribune., 1898-01-30

art. eluded them utterly. Cruikshank. cultivat-
ing a more refined style. nevertheless was equal
ly lacking in exquisiteness. Among the men
who link his tradition with our own we find that
Ieech who was "A master of caricature pursued
beauty in vain. while Tenniel. Doyle and Du
Maurcr secured 1T spasmodicay rarely demon
stratcd that within their province of what might
be called ,ruel realism the grace Of a sweet
ideal was accessible Charles Kecne demon
sirated 1t hardly more often than his fellows.
Mr. Pennell II somewhat irritating euloglst
lie has violent way with him that repels sym
pathy. II prediction for savage onslaughts
New-York tribune., 1898-01-30

1t appears that the style is not the man after
all II is his diet At any rate Mr.. H. g. Wells
who is scientific in his methods and therefore
ought to know. tells us that n light and hui
morous style is best attained by soda water ana
dry biscuits following cafe nOir. The soda
water may be either Scotch or Irish Us the taste
incncs" Mr.. Wells AYERS that AL people fed
mainly on scenes become clever" so we suppose
there will at once be Il corner in scenes. but we
think the diet fer IA light humorous style Is
more To be recommended. We have all the
clever people we want Too many Of them. The
clcyorness OF the present century is like the
Euphuism Of the sixteenth, sometimes attrac
tive but more often deadly dull and super
nuouS What the world needs is IN increase in
light and humorous STYLE not the style of the
sclf-conScious jester. but that. for example. Of
an author like Mr.. Andrew Lang. That dis
tlnguishtd writer has been gried at by half the
wscacrcs Of his time for multitude of sins,
but he has put his critics 10 shame through just
the lishtness and humor of his style.
New-York tribune., 1898-01-30

Thai is a surprising and suggestive disclosure
made in the note quoted from the late John Ad-
dinston Symonds on another page today MY
average earnings from literature during the
last ten years" he says have been E21 5s. Cd,
or, in our currency, not much more than thou
sand dollars. In those ten years, too, Symonds
was at the height Of his fame. 1t goes to show
once more that as between scholarship and fc-
ton the writer with fondncss for the flesh
JotS Of this earth would better not hesitate
The situation indicated in our citation is the
more deplOrable when it is considered that Sy-
monds was not by any means a dry. pedantic
historian. one over whom the general" reader
might bamelessly fail asleep.