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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-09

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 hvT NJ NoIapoop
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-09
Late Dispatches.

Washington, Aug. 9.-No
more troops will be sent to
Porto Rico. Gen. Miles cables
that he has all the troops he
needs.
Washington: 1t is stated at
the French embassy that
Spain's reply will not be deliv-
cred until after IL o'clock. pos
sibly not until the afternoon.
Washington: Secretary AL
ger regards the Manila fight as
the beginning Of a general at
tack in the Philippines.
The public statement just
published by Assistant Secre-
tary Howell of the receipts and
expenditures Of the government
is anything but fattering to the
Dingley tariff law. This state
II ent is for the fiscal year end
ing June 30th, and with all ex-
plantations that accompany it. If
is a most discourging showing
Stripping it of all war expendi-
lures. the report shows that the
present tariff laws, while it has
greatly increased the cost OF
living for everything that enters
into consumption of the house
hold, it has been practically and
emphatically a non-producing
source of revenue to the govern
ment. AS compared with the
Wilson tariff it has indeed been
a stupendous failure.-Oklaho
ma Leader.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-09
Sold bv T. N. Coleman.

A lady was SO reduced in flesh last
summer by the chills that she ac-
tually had to wear suspenders to
hold her corset up. Some friend ad-
vised her to take Cheatham's Taste
less Chill Tonic-she did SO. That
pair of suspenders for sale cheap.
She now tips the beam at 140 pounds.
Guaranteed. Tasteless SOC size.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-09

SI' FHILIFS , TAhOCnIAL SCHOOL,
ArdmOre, l. T. A day school for
both sexes, under the control of
st. Philips (Episcopal) church.
Instruction thorough. The school
founded and indorsed by the Rt.
Rev. Francis Key Brooke, STD,
bishop of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory. School opens Septem-
Der 4. For terms address
HENRY B. SMITH, B. &c.,
Rector st. Philips Church,
1tf (BOx 515) Ardmore, l. T.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
To Make a Combination picture.

Have you ever made a combination
picture? 1t is splendid way to
put in long, disagreeable evenings. ga
Cluster of Babies" makes good sub
ject for the girls, and Football
Favorites' will do for the boys. The
pictures can be clipped from the news
papers and the magazines. After the
girls have a large collection of baby
faces the picture must be neatly
trimmed and pasted on big sheet OF
paper so that the effect will be that of
a hundred or more babies looking ont
of window frame. Some are crying.
some are smiling and some look pert
and saucy. If you are fond of birds,
make combination picture OF them,
or you can have a flower garden if you
wish. Gathering pictures of public
men is a good plan, too, for it famil-
iarizes one with celebrated faces.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
keeps the water almost as cold as if it

keeps the water almost as cold as if it
contained ice. In a country where ice
is both scarce and expensive these
jugs are Indispensable.
The water monkeys have two aper-
tures, one about the size of a dollar,
through which water is poured into
glass. On the opposite side is a pro-
tuberance with small hole running
through 1t. From this the experienced
Cuban drinks without touching it to
his lips. When about to drink he
holds it two or three inches from his
mouth, into which the tiny stream of
water pours. Gradually and slowly
he lifts the monkey away from him
until it is almost at arms length, the
water continuing to flow from the
monkey down his throat. Occasion
ally the drinker gulps, and when his
thirst has been satisfied he returns
the monkey toward his mouth, then
suddenly tips it up, shutting off the
stream 1t takes considerable expert
ence to drink out of water monkey
gracefully. The beginner sends
stream of water down his neck instead
Of his throat four times out Of five,
until he has mastered the art
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
Pigeons Devotion.

In the animal kingdom there are
many strong examples of mother love,
and the birds are particularly noted
for displaying it. A remarkable in
stance of this maternal instinct was
recently noticed near Elwood, Ind.
A mother pigeon whose young one
had dmysteriously disappeared searched
increasingly for weeks for the little one,
and one day was seen flying violently
against the side of frame building in
the city.
Each time she came in contact with
the house she Clipped of small bit
of wood with her bill. For nearly two
days the old bird kept this practice
up, often during that time falling ex-
hausted from the repeated shocks and
fatigue. In the afternoon of the
second day she had pecked a hole in
the wall, the wood of which was old
and soft from the weather. This hole
was large enough to admit mans
hand, and through this the mother
bird went and came.
Every time she entered she carried
grain or seeds or grass. Some curious
people investigated the hole while she
was absent, and there they found the
little lost pigeon, just below the hole,
wedged in between the weather boards.
For two days more the bird continued
to bring the little one food, and would
stay fluttering near the hole, chirrup
ing and trying to cheer the little
prisoner up. Many times it entered
and seemed to be trying to extricate
it's Young one, but it could not sue.
ceed in doing so, try as it would. The
prisoner had flown into the building,
which was empty, and managed to get
between the weather boarding, near
the top of the inside. Falling con
siderable distance, it lodged in the
marrow space, which did not permit il
to use its wings in rising again. Its
plants had reached the mother, and
she, not being able to reach it from
the inside, had cut through from the
out. An admiring man thrust his
hand through the hole and brought
out the fluttering young thing, much
to the great delight Of the anxious
mamma bird. Indianapolis Sentinel
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
Two Ways-A Fable.

Two little weeds grew on bank by
the roadside. All summer they had
drunk dew and sunshine, and had
been happy, but now autumn was
come, with gray skies, and winds that
nipped and pincheG them.
"We shall die soon,' said one little
weed. ''I should like to do some
thing pleasant before I die, just to
show what happy time I have had.
I think I will turn red. and then people
will see how feel.
"You will be a great fool to waste
your strength in any such nonsense!"
said the other little weed. II shall
live as long as can, and hug the
brown bank here
So the first little weed turned bright
scarlet, and was so beautiful that
every one who passed that way turned
to look at it. By and by there came
along most lovely maiden with her
lover; and. when the lover saw the
scarlet leaves, he picked them, and
set them in his maiden's hair, and
they lent her new grace. This made
the little weed SO happy that he died
for pure JOY.
The second little weed lived on, and
turned slowly brown. like the bank
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16

could get near enough to attack an en-
envy. To approach an alert ship of war
close enough to use the dynamite gun
the Vesuvius or the Buffalo must steam
for several miles under fire, for the
ordinary powder guns of any warships
will throw shot at least three or four
miles, and the big guns will carry
seven miles with fair accuracy. The
dynamite throwers must rush at the
enemy under storm of shot, there
fore, and this, at the rate of speed of
either these ships, would mean that
they would be exposed to it for fifteen
minutes at the least before they could
reply. But if they survive this fire
and drop one projectile within fifty
yards of the greatest battleship aHoat,
the result will be the enemy's annihil-
alton. No craft can Withstand the
shock of an explosion of the amount
of gelatine or nitro-glycerine which
their projectiles can carry.
1t is somewhat misleading to speak
of dynamite guns when referring to
the dynamite battery on Sandy Hook.
What they are really is torpedo tubes
that discharge aerial torpedoes instead
of the submarine variety. The tubes
are mounted like cannon, and to an
extent look like them; but, exactly
speaking, they are torpedo tubes, and
nothing else. Like the submarine tor
pedo, they are of use only ut close
range, or what is considered close
range in these days of high power steel
cannon which throw shot ten miles.
The dynamite battery has an extreme
range of only 1900 yards, little over
two miles.
The accuracy of fire of the dynamite
battery is great. This is due to the
absolute evenness of the propelling
force. Compressed air projects the
torpedo. The best of powder varies
in pressure, while compressed air is
exact. The full calibre projectile
(called full calibre in distinction from
the smaller projectiles, which are made
to fit the tube by means of fngers)
weighs 1000 pounds, 500 pounds of it
being explosive gelatine. either nitro
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
Caught a Witness.

A man named Hogan was charged
with murder. A hat, believed to be
the prisoners, was found near the
body of the murdered man, and this
was the principal ground for suppos,
ing Hogan was the perpetrator of the
foul deed. O'Connell, who was rer
tanned for the defense, felt the case
required the exercise of his utmost
powers.
The counsel for the crown made
strong point on the hat O'Connell
cross-examined the witness who iden-
titled it. care you perfectly sure that
this was the hat found close to the
body?" ''lSartin sure O'Connell
proceeded to inspect the caubeen.
"Was the prisoners name Pat
Hogan" The spelled each letter slowly,
Gin it at the time you found it?'
s"Twas, of coorse." you could not
be mistaken?" mo, sir. "And all
you swore is as true as that?" "Quite."
''Then get off the table this minute!"
cried O'Connell triumphantly. Ad,
dressing tAe judge, he said "My
lord, there can be no conviction here.
There is no name in the hatp'
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
DO Your Best.


A gentleman once said to physi.
clan, 81 should think, doctor, that al
night you would feel so worried over
the work of the day, that you would
not be able to sleep"
"My head hardly touches the pill
low before 1 fall asleep" replied the
physician. 81 made up my mind, !"
he continued, sat the commencement
of my professional career to do my
best under all circumstances; and SO
doing, I am not troubled with any
misgivings." A good rule for us all
to follow. Too many are disposed tc
say: 'No matter how 7 do this work
now; next time I'll do it better" The
practice is as bad as the reasoning
"No matter how learn this lesson in
the primary class, when l get into a
higher department then I'll study. y
AS we'll might the mother in knitting
stockings say: "No matter how the
top is done, even if I drop stitch
now and then, I'll do better when
get further along" What kind of a
stocking would that be? AS well
might the builder say: 'I don't care
how I make the foundation of this
house; anything will do here; wait till
get to the top, then I'll do good
work"
Said Sir Joshua Reynolds once to
DR.. Samuel Johnson: 'Pray tell me,
sir, by what means have you attained
such extraordinary accuracy and flow
of language in the expression of your
ideas?" 81 laid it as fixed rule, !"
replied the doctor, ''to do my best on
every occasion, aud in every company
to impart what 1 know i'll the most
forcible language 1 can put it,"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16

TERRIBLE DYNAMITE
CRUISERS AND BATTERIES,
WE OWN TWO SHIPS UNLIKE THOSE OF ANY
OTHER NAVY


With the incorporation of the Brazil
ian cruiser Nictheroy into the United
States Navy under the name of the
Buffalo that branch of the service will
have two ships that are unlike those
of any other navy in the world-de-
stroyers on huge plan. These two
ships-the Vesuvius and the Buffalo
are throwers of dynamite. The ex-
plosives which they throw do not de-
pend, as do those thrown from the tor
pedo tubes of ordinary warships or the
missile sent from torpedo boat, on
any mechanical contrivance inside of
the missile. They travel through the
air, and their propulsive force comes
from compressed air, which is stored
in tube that is more like gun than
tube. The shots have ranges far su-
perior to those of the torpedo and ac-
curacy which is almost perfect.
The one question is whether large
ships like these can get near enough
to an enemy to reach him with their
shot. They are not like torpedo boats
or torpedo boat destroyers. They are
large and noticeable objects, and while
the Vesuvius is armored, the Buffalo
has little defensive power. Butt they
do get near enough to an euemy to
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
ssts. Shields protect the weapon
DYNAMITE CRUISER vEsUvIUs.

rests. Shields protect the weapon
and the men who serve it.
On the way to Brazil the crew prac-
ticed with it, using dummy pro-
iectiles, and It's accuracy was found
remarkable. The gun was SO new, how
ever, that the men were almost as
much afraid of it as the enemy was
expected to be, and there was consid-
cradle relief on board when it was
found ca arrival in Brazil that there
would be no need for firing it with
real dynamite, as the revolution as
over Since then the successful in
stallation of two batteries of these
guns in United States forts has made
artillerists more confident, and much
reliance is placed in the work of both
the vesuvius and the Buffalo.
One weakness OF the dynamite gun
stem is the fact that the proiectiles
4. discharged with compressed air.
! This makes necessary special plant
which, of course, means complica-
tions of the kind that every naval
officer is anxious to avoid. II ia not
80 bad on land. where the necessary
steam plant can be protected with
earthworks. but on ship the matter
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
TriAes Make Perfection.

When Michael Angelo, the great
sculptor, was employed on one of his
noblest works of art, a friend called
to see him, and during his visit ex-
pressed great surprise at finding his
statue apparently no further advanced
than when he had seen it few weeks
before. ''Stay, my friend" said the
artist, 81 can assure you that have
been hard at work on it since l saw
you last. Ihave deepened the furrow
on the brow, and slightly depr, s'ed
the evelid, while have added another
line to the mouth" EYES," said his
friend; 81 see all that. but these
things are only triAes.' '"That is
true" replied the sculptor, ''still, it
is these trifies which make perfection,
and do you call perfection trihe?"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
The Language of colors.

There is a language of color as well
as OF flowers. White expresses power,
wisdom, purity, candor, chastity.
Red is symbolic of power, passion and
riches. Kings and rulers on earth
have always worn red mantles, and SC
have the executioners of cd, 50 that
this color also stands for cruelty and
hardness. Blue denotes fidelity,
sweetness, tenderness, loyalty,a spot.
less reputation. Aeriel divinities are
invariably clad in blue. The ancients
allowed yellow to stand for glory and
fortune. Now it is called the color OF
intidelity and shame. Green is EN-.
blematic of hope and Joy. 1t is the
emblem of youth, because spring YER.
dure is green. Jealousy does not have
any showing in discussing this color.
Black stands for sadness, for de
ception, for disappointed hopes. In
fernal deities are painted black. lie.
gend says that Apollo turned the
raven black because it betrayed him.
Hence the raven is called the bird OF
misfortune. Pink denotes health,
love, youth, pleasure. Violet is the
tint allowed faith. Orange means
divine inspiration and poetry. The
muses. are represented as draped in
orange colored drareries. Orange
was once the color of Hymen. Brides
in ol,len times wore orange colored
wells called fammeum, and they could
not pronounce their VOWS uncless Gov
cred with fammeum. Even now
brides wear orange blossoms on their
wedding day. Philadelphia Times.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
The Big Wall.

A story of the Chinese wall was
read to a class in composition. After
the reading they were expected to re-
produce the story in original style,
and they did so. Here is sample:
''Once they was man, and he was
the greatest man of any one there, or
in the United States. And he had to
build wall, so he built it. He had
lot of Shanghais, and he built the
wall around the Shanghais. These
were all China people. Some of the
other people who were not China
people tried to climb the wall, but
they didn't, cause they were afraid of
the Shanghais.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16

Janeiro. She was reitted pretty thor
oughly as a cruiser, and her coal
bunkers were so arranged that they
protect the machinery and the parts
necessary to operate the gun. The
latter is mounted in the bow, and
projects through an opening in the
spar deck, giving it clear range for
ward and permitting free motion on
each side, so that it can be trained
either to port or starboard The air
reservoirs of the gun are in the lower
hold, on the starboard side, directly
under the gun, and central air-pipe
leads up through the foundations
ON which the carriage of the gun
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16

glycerine or guncotton, and it is fred
with an air pressure of 1000 pounds
to the square inch. This pressure is
exerted so evenly and gradually that
the explosive is not shocked into pre-.
mature detonation, and it is so steady
that the unwieldy torpedo or projec-
tile hits with remarkable accuracy.
The enormous charge would wreck the
hull of any battleship ahoat, even if it
did not strike the ship directly, but
exploded anywhere within fifty feet of
it under water.
There are two dynamite batteries at
forts in this country. One is in Fort
Scott in San Francisco Harbor and the
other is in Fort Hancock, on Sandy
Hook. The Fort Scott battery con-
sists Of three fifteen Inch and the Fort
Hancock battery has two fifteen-inch
and one eight-inch tube or gun. The
torpedo boat Vesuvius has fifteen-inch
guns.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
HUMOROUS.

Newsboy Ito distinguished author
just arrived Extra, sir. Full ac.
count of your arrival.
The Rejected One-I have rival.
then? The Girl--Hardly that; have
promised to marry him.
Many young man who has entered
on career has been glad soon after.
wards to get steady job.
Mrs. A.-Do you think Mary Gill
pert is as old as she looks? Mrs. B.
My dear, she conldn't be.
Fuddy-Are you in favor of sim
gle tax? Duddy-I go farther than
that. would have no tax at all.
Teacher Showing off his pupils)-
Now, Johnny, tell us how the earth is
divided. Johnny (vivaciously)-By
earthquakes, sir.
Clerical Friend--I hear you are hav-
ing trouble i'll your church. The Rev.
DR.. Fourthly-Not word Of truth in
it. The trouble is in the choir.
His Wife-They say photographer
is to establish a place here soon.
The standardization can he expect
people who live here to look pleasant?
Miss Blackleigh Cooking at her pho
tograph)-I should like to know what
people say about my picture. Miss
Daisey-No, dear, don't think you
would.
She-Do you recollect the night
that you proposed to me? l bent my
head and didn't say anything. He
Quite right; but you've made up for
it since
Proud Father-My daughter strikes
B and is reaching for G. Friend-Oh,
but you can't really complain until
she begins to strike you for VS. and
reach tor KS.
Editor-Why don't you want your
article ON "Advice to Housewives"
signed? Hack-Writer - Because I
want my wife to take some of the
advice herself.
Governor, the bicycle trade posi-
lively refuses to go to the front"
whats the reasone" ''They claim
that they would be at once disabled
by the hard-tack.
Helm the spring the young
mans fancy -" you know; the little
birds begin to mate-the- She
Yes; in the spring, even the potatoes
begin making eyes.
Spa, can 1 go to the circus?" "No,
my son; if you're good boy, you
won't want to go to the circus
''Then I'd better go while I'm bad
enough to enjoy it, hadn't 1 %
"Do you think said the man who is
slightly superstitions, ''that comet
pressages danger?" "Well," replied
Mr.. Meekton, with the deliberation of
man who is accustomed to think
many times before he speaks, sit does
if L stay out la,e enough to see it.
Pat was suffering dreadfully from
seasickness, and there was no pros
pect of relief, for the vessel pitched
and rolled without cessation. "By
t'under,' he cried in his agony.
"Won't somebody second this motion
and let it be passed without debate!"
A teacher asked little boy to spell
Responsibility, (which he did. "Now,
Tommy" said the teacl g ''can you
tell me the meaning of that big word?'i
tYis, mum" answered Tommy. 'If
had only four buttons on my trou-
sers, and two came off, all the respon-
sibility would hang on the other
two."
''Papa." said the youthful student
of history, sis an ultimatum the last
word?" moo, not exactly; that is,
not always" )" replied the old gentle
man thoughtfully. 'You, see, there
are circumstances under which a man
may give an ultimatum to woman
his wife, for inst:nce-but, of course,
that doesn't mean that he will have
the last word; not by good deal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
The FLAG.

Lo. in night dry rods have doomed
In flowers Of red and white and blues
On ev ry staff the dawn's illumed
The new glorious banner waves anewl
No blossom this, to droop and fade
In sulph'rous smoke OF belching guns;
Its roots were set, its tints were laid
In the best blood OF Freedoms sons.
Across its hues the eyes of men
Flash each to each with patriot fire,
And heroes press its sacred stem
To lips that smile as they expire.
The sluggish blood, by commerce chilled,
Leaps to its fount with sudden pride;
And children gaze, with bosoms thrilled,
At this their heritage and guide!
Grace Duffie Boylan.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16
The Emotion of Grief in a Dog.

Dutch was q brown retriever of adj
vanced years. Curly was said to be
a Scotch terrier, but his appearance
suggested some uncertainty in his
descent. Dutch was chained to her
kennel, and Curly, who enjoyed his
liberty, evinced his friendship by fire.
quently taking bones and other canine
delicacies to his less fortunate friend.
One morning Curly presented himself
at the house evincing unmistakable
signs Of grief by his demeanor and his
whines. A visit to the kennel, where
poor Dutch was found lying dead,
showed the occasion of Curly's un-
happiness. We buried Dutch de-
corously under vine in the garden,
and supposed that Curly would forget
the incident, but we we're touched to
see him in the capacity of faithful
mourner often revisit the spot where
his old friend was laid, taking by way
of Offering choice bones, which he
carefully buried by the grave. This
practice Curly maintained for two
years, when we left the house.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-06-16

been in the school four years and was
detailed on the New York few months
ago. He is but little more than
twenty years old, but is spoken of
highly by his superior officers.
At once, on being transferred to
the flagship, he was placed in charge
of an eight-inch gun, with twenty
four men under him. When the or
der came from Rear-A Admiral Samp-
son to ''cut loose" he sent the first
ball straight through and through the
walls of the Spanish fort, tearing
away everything IN its path.