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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-08

Returned Traveller have Otter
thought of that young Mr.. Tease. and
how he used to torment Miss Auburn
about her red hair. Did she ever gel
even with him?
Old Friend-Long ago. She married
him.-New York Weekly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-08
FOURTH PAGEl


Bargains in Pianos Milligan, Wilkfn q
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-08

FIFTH PAGE.
Great Shirt Waist Sale-Geo. M. Shook
g. Co
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06
A .sLueky" Lawyer.

Numerous instances are given of
the power that Mr.. Rufus Choate
possessed over a jury, concealing il
even at the time he was exercising
it with the most potent effect. Mr..
f. p. Whipple instances two notable
cases of this kind: One resolute
juryman said to another as he en-
tered the box"
Now, mind you. there is one
man in this crowd who will not give
a verdict for the client of that man
Choate. Why, sir, he il the great
corrupter of juries. know all his
arts. He is engaged by fellows who
wish to- subvert justice between man
and man. | hate him with my
whole heart and soulr'
When the verdict was given for
Choate's cFaut. with hardly a dig
cussion in tie jury room the wonder
was expressed that this obstinate
member of the conclave agreed so
readily with the rest.
oh" h said, "the case was a
plain one. Choate was right this
time. and you know it would have
been scandaious for me To late
justice because I had pr. ..ui.Ue
against the person who Supported
it. Let him appear before us in a
case where he is palpably wrong,
and / will show you that I'm all
right. He never can humbug mer'
On another occasion a hard head
ed, strong hearted, we'll educated
farmer was one of a jury that gave
five verdicts in succession for
Choate's clients. He said:
Il did not think much of his
flights of fancy. but l considered
him very lucky lawyer, for there
was not one of thce five cases that
came before us W. ~ he wasn't on
the right side"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06
rHe OLD COTTAGE CLOCK.

Oh. the old. old clock Of the household stock
Was the brightest thing and neatesti
It's hands, though old. had touch Of gold.
And It's chime rang still the swcets=.-
Twas a monitor. too. though it, words wero
few.
Yet they lived. though nations altered.
And its voice. still strong. warned old and
young
when the voice Of friendship falterodI
Tick. ticki'' Ia said "Quick. quicki 70 bodl
For ten I've given warning;
Up. ur and go. or else. you know,
You'll never rise soon In the morningi"
A friendly voice was that old. old clock
As 10 stood In the corner. smiling.
And blessed the time. with a merry Chime,
The wiuiry hours beguiiing.
But a crrr-- old voice that tircsome clock
As 10 called nc daybrcak boldly
when the dawn looked gray DER the misty way
And the early sir blew coldly.
Tick. tick" it said. Quick. out II bed.
For Eve I've given warningi
You'll never have health. you'll never get
wealth.
Unless you're up soon in the morning.
sf5;i .'anriy the sound goes round and round.
With a tone that ceases never.
While tears are shed for the bright days fed
And the old friends lost forcvcri
It's heart beats on. though hearts nre gone
That warmer beat and younger.
Its hands still move. though hands we love
Arr claspcd on earth no longer.
''TIci.. ticki" u said. ITO the churchyard hodi
The grave hath given warningi
Up, up and rise to the angel skies
And enter n heavenly morningl"
New York Ledger.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06

thev nav about the same prices. As
these things have already been fully
explained in precedirg articles.I will
Tor the present let tee matter drop
here.
Friend Redield boasts that in some
of the manufacturing states of the
east they have laws fOrbidding the
employment of children OF certain
ayes. This shows the brutalizing
effect uf the protective tariff, and
that the people there realize that
something must be done TO protect
;he children against the horrors OF
industrial slavery H. which they are
involved.
There is only one thing else which
desire To notice. Friend Redhcld
tries to get funny again, and * evil
IDENTIFY still laughing 10 himself over
his wit. with reference 10 Jim Huc&-
aby. As iumorist. friend Redtrld
reminds me of that celebrated charac-
ter. Tittlebat Titmouse. TitmOuSe
could always be relied upon To excite
mirth. but his vanity ana egOtiSm
were 80 great that he imagined pco-
ple were laughing at his wit, when, ia
reality. lac was himself the object Of
their d6riSion. As friend Rediic.d
always amuSes the people and usually
leads in the laughter caused by IiS
sarcasm, | suppose that n one haS
any right toobje-t thereto.
HENRY NJ. FURMAN.
Ardmore, 1. T., March 5, 1895.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06

In her book, "'I'he Home of the
Lafayettes, Miss Edith Sichel mar
rates the following anecdote of the
friend of Washing .on and America: /:
On returning from his visit to
America in 1925 lafayette stood for
his portrait. His sister, Nine. de
Montagu, was muSi embarrassed BY
the thought that ne would probably
have been painted with the declara-
tiOn of rights IN bis hand, but she
was too delicate ask him.
On his first VISIT TO her after his
return homo she inquired what pose
he had chosen. ner curiosity made
him smile.
We'll, my dear he replied. II
am taking a walk-my hat and cane
in my hand-like this" And he imi-
tated the attitude be had described
And the other handf" asked
Mime. de Montagu anxiously.
1T is in my pocket. -" answered
the general. which is better than
having il in somebody else's."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06
Cer.monlous Fnther.

The father of the late Hon. Rob
ert e. Winthrop was a conspicuous
example of the dignified and cere-
monious demeahor Of the old school
The son. even after he had been
elected to congress. lid not venture
TO sit down in his fathers presence
unlimited. The son ard biographer
of Robert c. Winthrop comments
on this English manner" in a note
which reads:
mot only did the sons children
sit down in their fathers presence
when they felt like it. but they were
even tempted. ! an ashamed TO say.
upon more than one occasion to sit,
6guratively speaking, upon him.
Customs change with the times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06
I.r Knew Them.

An Edinburgh paper says that a
young advocate before the Scotch
lords of session, on hearing a deci-
sion against his client which he
deemed contrary to law and justice,
so far fo. cot himself as to exclaim
that he was surprised at such a
decision. The lurdships were an
CRY and were considering how to
mark their sense of the advocates :
impertiDence when pawky old
counselor arose and besought their
lordships' forgiveness for the slip
his young advocate had made. 1T
was purely lack of experience that
led him into error. Had he known
your lordships half as long rs have
done I'm hanged If he would have
been surprised at anything your
lordships said OF did. "
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06
JUDGED BY HIS POLISH.

n IL Net Aiway- the PoIIsi.-d oeutIrman
who IL the oe-tIsman or Real PoIi.h-
The reporter had stopped in the
Office of the laundry TO leave IN or
der. As he came IN young man
who might have come from New
Jersey or Newfoundland passed out
He hasn't been in the city long"
remarked the clerk, with a smile
which was not wholly compliment
tary to the departed
"who is her" inquired the re-
porter.
Don't know; never saw him be-
fore in my life"
'How do you know he is ncv to
the town."
He wanted a shine on his shirt,
a polish on his linen, as Boston per
sons call II.
Does uewness in town have any
thing to do with itf''
docs itf" and the clerks tone
indicated how sorry he was for the
reporter ignorance. We'll i should
say IL did. When a mans been liv-
ing in the city any time. he hasn't
got any use for shiny shirt fronts
and likewise the collars and cuffs
that 60 with them. Take a yap
from the raw districts, and the first
thing he wants to put on when he
strikes the town II a shirt he can
go hsr,aafF -, 81. hc.,,,. - U-l....
he wants his cuffs to glisten to
match, and his collar is a rank fail
ure II IL doesn't look like II had been
soaked overnight i'm IN enamel
bath. That's for the first half dozen
washes or 50. Then he begins 10
think different, depending ON the
kind of society he trains with, and
pretty soon he asks for domestic
finish, and IL amt long after that
until he begins To think that a shiny
shirt front Is something positively
dreadful, and II we happen TO get
the least bit of a shine on his stuff
he wants TO slug somebody. A real
ly and truly swell. don't you know.
would blamed sight rather be seen
drunk at a social function than TO
be seen there wearing linen with a
shine on it.
still there are some right nice
men yet living who like To have
shiny linen. They are mostly old
fellows. and they like the shine be-
cause IL looks cleaner after a little
wear. OF course these old chaps are
of the left over. tine style once he
ing with everybody To have shiny
linen. That's where the laundry ran
out the washcrwoman. who hadn't
the machinery tu shine with. and
she lost her customers She's com
ing in again though now. for the
shine ism the thing any more. and
no machine laundering i equal to
the hand work for real swell finish.
The country laundry Is yet doing
the bulk of its work with a shine
on, and the countryman, like the
one you Just saw go out. - known
by the polish ON his linen. De
troit Free Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06

Every man that l.. neariy every
man - has heen touched" and
therefore the explanation of a
touch, which il given herewith, il
for the benefit Of women and chill
dren who do not know. A touch is
a mace, strike, borrow. {"
There are many different kinds of
touches. There are the hot touch. q"
the rush touch, which Is the hot
touch's" twin brother, the gym
pathy touch" and other kinds too
numerous TO mention.
A hot touch" or rush touch" is
one that - made so quickly that the
TOUGHER" gets the money be asks
for before the "touchee" realizes
what is happening.
The other day a hot one" was
made on a young man who j. rather
near" with his money. The touch
er" IN this case was an artist. he
rushed up To the "tOuchee" with
tears in his eyes and said; I've got
to go TO Nashville, old man. My
mother isdead. Please lend me ten. /"
I'm awfully sorry to hear about
your mothers death, said the stin-
gy one, as reproduced the ten. When
did she diet"
Eighteen years ago. answered
the TOUGHER " as he pOcketed the
money and walked away.-MeInphis
Scimetar
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06
A coaslnaal Gamhl..

Nodd-why do you think New
York the most immoral city ON
earthi
Todd-Do you know of any other
place where even the ministers unite
in bncking the tigeri-Hrooklyn
Life
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06

AS a precauti6n against accidental
poisoning. the German government
passed law requiring all drugs in
tended for internal use TO be put in
round bottles, and those which are
only used externally to be placed in
hexagonal bottles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06

I'm the days of William III any
commoper who remained single at
25 had to pay a shilling yearly, and
the amount was increased with rank
or title A duke was supposed to
be special offender in not taking a
wife and had 10 pay for his whim
to the extent of e12 los. per annum.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06

The average attendance at places
of worship in England and Wales is
computed TO be between 10000, 600
and IL. 600. 900 persons. There is
place of worship for every SOC indi-
viduals taking the country all
through and stated minister for
every zoo. About $4,000 sermons
are preached every Sunday nova
DAYS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06

The Tourist - How is stealing
horses regarded here nowi
Alkali Ike AS ADVERTISING a
funeral.-Yeilow Book.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06
A Profitable Quest.

Stranger wa. room as low
down as you can spare.
Clerk-Give you No. 976, top
story. Acknowledgements.
Stranger want TO lie low down,
so a. to be handy to- the bs-roOm.
Clerk-Frontl Show the gentle
man to parlor C.-New York Week
lY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06

]. H. Newoern, NJ. D., of White
field, one of the foremost doctors in
the Indian Territory writ.s: 81 have
recommended and sold Beggs' Blood
purifier for the past Ave years and
am pleased to say that Il has no
equal in any blood medicine that
have ever tried"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06

Sydney can now boast the largest
town hail and the largest organ in
the world.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-03-06

There is a macadamized road in
India 1900 miles in length
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-16

equally distressing. The fishermen who
have been brought here are soon recon
ciled to capture, which means food and de-
cent treatment. They say that II the
blockade continues much longer bread
riots must follow in all the large towns,
,.as food is reserved exclusively for the
army, thus forcing many people to enlist
who would not otherwise do So Finally the
fishermen say that certain Spaniards
threaten to burn Havana or blow the city
up in the event of the authorities deciding
to capitulate to the American forces.
News Via Kingston
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 15.-(Copy-
righted, 1881 The French cruiser Fulton,
from Havana on May Sth, arrived here yes
terday and landed thirty-eight refugees at
the quarantine station.
The Fulton will now proceed to Santiago
de Cuba with provisions for the French
consul there, who has cabled to Kingston
requesting that food be sent him and an
nouncing that famine prices prevail at
Santiago de Cuba. The officers of the Full
ton, until her arrival here, have been una
BILE to obtain any definite news of the bat
tie of Manila. The first bulletins received
in Havana from Madrid were not allowed
to be changed, and the officials in Havana
Insisted that the honors were about even,
as the American fleet had been unable to
land men.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-16

shell in the air like a spark Of fire could
be discerned with the aid of glasses. The
Hash Of the Spaniards' guns was plainly
visible; reports Of the same were dull and
indistinct. Two shells from the Vicksburg
burst in the rigging of the Alfonso and
some of It came down, but It was of course
impossible to know whether any fatalities
occurred. The American fire was much
more accurate than the Spanish, as every
shell of the latter fell short of its purpose.
The spaniards were a mile off MORO
and our ships were fully four miles further
out when flame leaped from the batteries
of Santa Clara fort and a cloud Of smoke
drifted up the coast, Half q minute later
dull, heavy roar of great gun came
like the deep diaphson of an organ on the
high treble of smaller guns. 1t was from
one of the 12-inch Krupp guns mounted
there, and an $50 pound projectile plunged
into the water half a mile inside of tho
American line, throwing UP a tower of
white spray. 1t ricochetted and struck
again half a mile outside. The mask was
now Off.
Maddened by the failure of their plot, the
Spaniards continued to fire at intervals
of about ten minutes. In all thirteen shots
were fired, but not one struck within 200
yards of our ships.
As soon as the battery opened Command
err Lilly signaled and his feet stood off
shore. Captain Mckenzie, on the bridge of
the Vicksburg, watched the fall of the
shells, but he considered 1t useless to waste
ammunition at that distance. He appeased
the desire of the men at the guns, how
ever, by letting go final broadside at the
Spanish ships, in chance hope of making
them pay for their daring work before they
gained the harbor, but they steamed under
Morro's guns untouched, and as they dis
appeared fired several shots. Several shots
were sent after them at that moment by
the gunboat Annapolis which dropped in
side the harbor, probably creating conster-
nation among scores Of bumboats on the
water front.
At the close of the action, just at sun
down, the Associated Press dispatch boat
Katie Spencer ran up alongside of the
Vicksburg. Her men. many of them
stripped to their trousers and pistol belts.
were still at their guns. The officers re-
ceived the news of SIMPSONS capture of
San Juan with cheers that reached the
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-16

The Machias caught two fishing boats OF
Havana just before her return here. The
Americans offered the fishermen money for
part of their catch. as the fish were needed
on board, but the fishermen demurred at
taking money. they preferring to have
bread. and adding that they were desper-
ately hungry.
When questioned as to the prevalence Of
yellow fever at Havana the fishermen said
there was little sickness at the Cuban hos
pital, but they added that there was much
starvation. The reconcentrados, they said.
are nearly all dead or have been expelled
from the city to die in the suburbs. This
agrees with other reports from Havana
and Matansas to the effect that the Span
ish authorities on the departure of the
American consul seized all the relief sup
plies and applied them to the use of the
army. The Spaniards then drove the re-
concentrates into the desolated sections of
the country between the coast towns and
the insurgent lines-the regions described
by Senator Proctor and others as being
too barren and desolate to support grass
hoppers.
The insurgents themselves have been
chary of receiving reconcentrados, and
hundreds of the latter who had no personal
friends in the insurgent camps had been
left to starve between the lines, which they
did.
About Havana the situation Is even
worse. Hundreds of reconccntrados from
Los Fosos, the big reconcentrado barracks
in Havana, were too weak to walk out Of
town and fell in the streets or died In the
suburbs, where focks of vultures-"Wey-
ler's chickens" as they are now termed In
Havana-have Toasted on the remains. In
Matanzas the feature of the situation is
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-16

1t appears from what the officers Of the
Fulton say that the populace and soldiers
Of Havana are disheartened by the block
ade and the improbability Of any succor
reaching the city. On the other hand, q
great American invading army Is expected
to land In Cuba shortly.
The prices Of imported food. salt meat,
fish and flour are steadily mounting at
Havana, but vegetables are to be had
there in plenty and there 10 no probability
of the troops actually starving until the
city Is beleagured from the land side.
The British troop ship Dilivera has ar
rived here from Halifax with the Leinster
regiment.
There is no communication with Barba-
does, st. Vincent. Grenada and Demarara,
the cable between st. Vincent and st. Luz
cha having been cut. as already reported.
Pulpit and Politics
HAVANA, May Is, $50 p. MIN all the
pulpits today the American practice Of
bombarding defenseiess towns without
previous notification" was severely GEN.
sured. Those who administered the re-
buke said towns should not be bombarded
solely to destroy property or to kill people,
or for mere pleasure, and pointed out that
in the interests of humanity international
law had provided that towns must not be
bombarded until the forces of the attack
ing party were ready and in q condition TO
assault and take the towns.
In political circles 1t Is said that the
Americans. while pretending that they do
not wish the reconcentrados to die Of
starvation, are nevertheless ready to kill
over million people by their blockade.
According to private advices from Car
denas, the American vessels about 10 o'clock
last Wednesday tried to enter the harbcf.
and at o'clock in the afternoon three
large American vessels succeeded In en-
tering. The Spanish gunboat Antonio Lo-
peg fired the first shot from the Zuluela
wharf, and the gunboats Ligerie and Alerta
answered at the military commanders
headquarters, the city hall and the Spanish
Casino, over all Of which the Spanish flag
vas hoisted, The Americans fred 400 shots.
One shell fell In the warehouse, where
many recontrados were living, igniting the
building. but the hremen saved the women
and children from. the flames. Other shells
fell near the military hospital, the Spanish
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-16
Still Headed South
Teddv's Terrors

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May 1a-Theo-
dore Roosevelt, lieutenant colonel of the
regiment of rough riders organized by him
arrived in the city today and Immediately
went into camp He was busy all day re-
ceiving callers. Religious services were
held in the rough riders barracks this af-
ternoon and were attended by nearly all
the men in the regiment and thousands OF
visitors from the city. All the troops are
now in the camp except 200 from the Indian
territory, who are looked for at any mo-
ment. All the men are uniformed and
equipped, and the men Of the first or Ari'
zona squad will receive their carbines, six
shooters and machetes tomorrow. Colone
roosevelt Is enthusiastic over the showing
made by the regiment and thinks it Wi.
move in few days.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-16
SCENES ON ADMIRAL SIMPSONS FLAGSHIP

being questioned by our officers. They all
unite in picturing the state of things at
Havana as being pitiful in the extreme
The Associated Press dispatch boat Kate
Spencer has accumulated all the facts OBJ
tainable along the blockading line, the
latest news being obtained through two
captures made by the United States gun
boat Maclias, which has just returned
opened, making the longest single service
of any blockading vessel off Cuba.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-16
HAVANA IS HUNGRY
CONDITION DAILY GROWING
WORSE
SOLDIERS ONLY ARE FED
WHILE REcoNCENTRADos ARE
LEFT TO sTARvE
THE C0RPSES LYING IN HEAPS
Making a Feast for Vultures, Now
Called Weyler's Chickens by
People of Havana
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
KEY WEST, May 5-(Copyrighted,
1882 The conditions in Havana resulting
from the blockade are being gradually
brought out by information obtained from
fishing smacks and other small vessels
captured Off the coast.
Affairs at Havana now appear to be
worse than at any time since the Weyler
regime. The fishermen who at first braved
the blockade for the high price which fish
brought in Havana now run the risk, not
for money, but for food.
A number of these have been captured
by the vessels of the blockading fleet,
nearly all Of them being released after
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-16
Headed for Camp

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 1.-THE
Fifteenth Indiana regiment left at o'clock
this afternoon for Chickamauga, march
ing from Camp Mount to the Union station.
The men, burdened with their heavy ac-
GOVERNMENTS, were tired and dusty when
they boarded the cars. Fully 10000 people
theered the volunteers out Of Camp Mount.
and it Is estimated that u. 900 people turned
out in the city to bid the boys God-speed.
Two more regiments win depart for cAtexs
amauoA tomorrow.