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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-02-13

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ernment must depend. A de-
pendent people can never main
tain an independent govern
ment. The statement of this
proposition amounts to its dem
onstration. Therefore the best
thing the government can do
for the people is to encourage
an independent spirit among
them; to grant no favOrs and
privileges. but to say to all
alike, Use the brain and
Drawn which God has given you
and work out your own fortune
under a just government and
equal laws" The protective
tariff does just the opposite of
this. II teaches the peol ie that
they are not competent Il man.
age their own affairs ana must
lean for support upon the gov
ernment. Itreduces them from
free citizens and independent
men to dependent vassals.
Things have come 70 such a
pass. under the influence of the
protective tariff, that nearly all
departments of labor are now
looking for government aid.
This is wrong in principle. If
persisted in it will inevitably re-
suit in the destruction Of our
country. The advocates of the
protective tariff claim that its
effect is to increase the wages
of labor, and they attempt to
prove this by pointing to the
fact that labor is better paid
here than in Europe. This re-
minds me of the man who said
that his COW had jumped over
the moon and if any man doubt
ed the statement he would show
him the COW. 1t is true that la
Dor is better paid in the United
States than in Europe, but this
is due to two reasons which are
not in any manner connected
with the protective tariff. The
first reason is, that our country
is yet comparatively new and
its resources are largely unde-
veloped. The second is, that
we have the most intelligent
and Sklllful labor upon the face
of the earth. In spite of these
two reasons the wages of labor
in the United States are being
constantly reduced and if the
present ratio OF decrease con-
tinues labor will soon be no
better paid here than in Europe.
There are two reasons which
show conclusively that the pro-
tective tariff does not increase
the wages of labor. In the pro-
tected factories of the east the
machinery is operated largely
by women and children. The
wages paid are too low for the
men. The men come south and
west where they can find more
profitable employment. We
have but few protected lines of
business here. Now, if the pro
tective tariff makes work and
increases wages, how does it
happen that so many men have
to leave that section which gets
| the principal benefit of the tar
| iff and go to other sections OF
the country and engage in busi-
ness pursuits which are not
protected. Common sense
shows that if the protective tar
Tiff made work and increased
wages this would not be the
case, but on the contrary labor
would be leaving the south and
west and seeking employment
in the protected factories of the
east.
The second reason is this:
| Last spring congress passed the
highest protective tariff law we
have ever had. Since then il
there has been any increase in
wages it has been kept a pro.
found secret. This law was
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-02-13
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-02-13


have only put their hands and
feet in the stocks, turned the
lock and thrown the key away
and barred their backs for their
masters lashes. Before this
strike is over these men will be
shot down like dogs by the
hired thugs and assassins of
the manufacturers. or they will
be forced to yield by starvation.
The Dallas News, u gold bug
paper, on the 7th inst, contained
the following telegram: WILL
sTARvE RATHER THAN GIVE IN
New Bedford, Mass, Feb. s.
The third week of the big strike
ended today and owing to the
rupture that prevails between
the union and the uon-union
operatives, it is a question if
the battle can be waged much
longer. All that will help this
rupture is a liberal supply of
funds from outside sources to
divide among the discontented
and keep them in line. The
operatives who are making the
most trouble are not nearly as
bad off as some of their fellow
workmen, who declare they
will starve rather than return
to work"
The fact that these people
are brought face to face with
starvation by a three weeks
strike shows conclusively that
they were paid before the strike
barely enough to keep soul and
body together. Although work
ed like slaves, they have not
been able to save enough to
live on more than three weeks.
The great bulk of manufactur-
ing is done by machinery. The
cost of labor is from nineteen
to twenty per cent. of the cost
of manufacturing. The rest of
the cost is for raw material and
machinery. So it is seen that
a tariff of twenty-five per cent.
would enable our manufactur
ers to pay American labor twice
as much as is paid for labor in
Europe, and then be on a bet
ter footing than the European
manufacturer, because the
home manufacturer would save
the freight on raw material
across the Atlantic and the
freight on the goods back again.
Yet the wages of skilled opera
tives in America are only about
ten per cent. higher than in
Europe. Since the cut in Mas
sachusetts of ten per cent,
American labor is there placed
on the same footing with Euro
pean labor. And yet there are
some men whose heads are soft
|, enough to believe that the pro-
tective tariff benefits laoor.
How is labor benefited by
the tax of twenty-five per cent.
which the tariff places on
biblesf By this all the people
of the United States are forced
to pay a tax on the gospel of
Christ. The grace of God is
made an article of commerce
and a price is put upon the
plan of salvation in order that
a few religious(i) publishing
houses may make money. On
the Sabbath the sanctimonious
hypocrites who own these pub
listing houses attend fashion
able churches and sing Come
to Jesus" and Washed in the
blood of the Lamb" and they
. listen to a dude preacher talk
ing about 1.-THE United States
for Christ" and are very indus
trious in religious work, be-
cause the more bibles that are
, sold the more toll they will col
lect.
Little truck farmers who live
near factories do find a market
for their butter, milk, eggs,
chickens and vegetables, but
no one has ever been able to
show how the price of the sta
pie products of the farms is In
creased by the protective tariff.
IA...o AnoAa..,nc do MT nn,n M G
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-02-13

What pleasure is there in life with
a headache. constipation and bilious
ness? Thousands experience them
who could become perfectly healthy
by using DeWitt's Little Early
lEisers, the famous little pills. City
Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-02-13

Life is short; one bottle of DIR.
Simmons Cough Syrup may save
your life. Fifty cents n bottle. Sat
isfaction guaranteed or money re-
funded. Ask your druggist for q
sample bottle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05
A Moving Mountain.

There is a mountain OF dark brown
basalt on the Columbia river. nearly
1000 feet In height. and stretching
along the stream Tor six or eight miles.
When the white settlers first came in
to the country the Indians told them
this mountain was travelling; that some
day 1t would move across the Columbia
and form lake. which would reach
from the cascades to the dalles. What
the Indians said has been found true
In some respects. The mountain is in
motion. Its movement is forward and
downward. The railroad builders who
constructed their line along the base
found the tracks continually forced out
of place. In some places the movement
has amounted to eight and ten feet in
few years. Biologists attribute the
phenomenon to the fact that the noun
tain rises on substratum of congfom-
crate, or soft sandstone, which is stead
lily being washed away by the current
OF the big river.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05
A Sly Old Moonshiner.

A rich story was told by the officials
at the county Jail yesterday morning.
1t was about sharp trick played by a
win bet and get 30 cents clear profit
Old man Lindsay, moonshiner
makes a few dimes by helping the suit
Ter sell goods to the prisoners. He acts
as sort of local agent for the sutler
A few days ago one of the guards ad-
vised Lindsay to quit selling things on
credit.
MANY of these prisoners have no
money and no way of ever getting It,"
said the guard.
The willy old moonshiner thanked the
guard, but said he didn't believe that
anybody was sharp enough to beat him.
Two or three days ago, so the story
goes, Lindsay sold a negro woman Il
box OF snuff for cents. She paid .
cents spot cash and was debited for the
balance
THAT woman will never pay you
that 3 CENTS said the guard to the
moonshiner.
"TH bet you my valise, clothes and
all, against % cents" replied Lindsay,
that she does pay it,"
The bet was made, and the money
and valise put up.
Next day Lindsay gave negro pris-
oner 3 cents and told him to make it a
present to the woman, and at the same
time asked him 10 advise her to pay
that debt with It, The woman got the
money and promptly paid the moon
sinner.
Lindsay was declared the winner,
and pocketed the 70 cents.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05
A Hermit In a Big City.

Various, indeed, are the ways In
which eccentric people indulge their
little peculiarities, but decidedly orig
inal manner has been adopted by an
old lady living here. On one of the
grand boulevards stands house with
closed shutters and fastened door
Scarcely sign of life Is there about the
place, and the house has remained In
a similar state over quarter of cen
fury. The owner is an old lady, who
on September 4, 1870, the day on which
the republic was proclaimed, resolutely
determined that no one affected by re-
publican ideas should ever cross the
threshold Of her dwelling. TO avoid any
such dreadful contingency she simply
declined to allow anyone inside, and
has refused all offers to hire either
apartments or the shop below. The
only time she breaks through her hard
and fast rule Is when workmen are per-
mitted to enter in order to carry out re-
pairs. Painters, carpenters, locksmiths
and mas0ns once a year in turn invade
her privacy and make good any dam
age. To relatives whose political ten
denotes are the same as her own she Is
particularly gracious. but at the death
OF each one an apartment in the build
ing is sealed up, and now all are closed
barring the very small one at the back
Of the house, which the anti-republi-
can hermit reserves for her own use
and that of her three servants. This
strange behavior on the part of an old
lady has repeatedly excited comment
and numerous have been the attempts
of people to gain an entrance by some
ruse or other. All their efforts are
foiled by an aged servant, who guards
the front door with dragon-llke vigil
lance, and the would-be intruder soon
finds the portals slammed in his face,
and himself none the wiser for his curl
osity.-Paris letter to the London Tele-
graph.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05
ga BUT AM A BEN"
The Humble House I'm Which the Poet
Burns Was Born.

Burns Was Born.
To say that the "auld clay biggin" In
which Robert Burns was born Is hum
BILE and homely, even for peasants
matched cottage, is to give an made
quate idea of the place TO one who has
never stood within 1t. The four-roomed.
story-and -a-half Shakespeare house at
Stratford -on-Avon is commodlous and
more than respectable beside 1t.
If chimney, dresser, pantry and bed
place were taken out of the but" or
kitchen, we should have a chamber
measuring fifteen feet one way and six
teen the other. The projection | have
enumerated contract the clear space
to about ten feet. The floor Is of fiat
stones irregularly laid, and the inter
stices are filed with mortar. The bed
place" Is a niche In the wall opposite
the chlmney-a common feature in Scot
fish farmsteads and cottages. 1t is be-
tween three and four feet deep, and a
trife over FIVE feet long, and is filed
by a bed covered with II dark counter
pane of homespun. The open front Is
protected by coarse network OF wire,
as royal regalia and delicate works Of
art are shielded from lawless handling.
Blue curtains that, when closed, hid
bed and occupants, are pulled back to
reveal recess and furniture. Bedstead
there Is none, the bedding being laid
upon a ledge of like material with the
stone and plaster walls.
The alcove Is a darksome hole, even
now that modern prejudice has cut a
window of fair size in the front wall Of
the lowly room. All the daylight that
made Its way to the eyes OF the new
born baby boy, 1873 years agone, stole in
through an opening eighteen inches
deep, filed with four six-inch panes OF
glass set in heavy sash. This window
looks out upon grass plot that then
formed part Of the .sma' croft TILED
by William Burns. farmer, as he Is de-
soribed upon the family grave in Al
loway kirkyard.
"A but an ben" was the thing In
cottage architecture at that date. This
ben Is an uninteresting room, notwith-
standing our arbitrary plenishings OF
cots and pallets for the 'hantel' Of Ju-
yenile Burneses. 1t Is separated from
the but by square hall, four by five
feet square. Into this the front door,
set In the exact middle Of the house,
opens 1t Is doubleleayed, and a
wrought-iron hook, eighteen Inches
20 or IN a wall when
hasped, kept one-half of 1t shut, leay-
ing the other free for the coming and
going Of family and friends. The house
Is flush with the village street, and was
formerly secured against intruders by
a latch. above which bit of wood was
stuck at night so 1t could not be lifted
from without.-Harper's Bazaar.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05
CITY FIRE FIGHTERS.
The Deadly Perils They Encounter In Say.
ing Human Lives.


A great tenement house was burning
like finder wood in one of the poorest
quarters OF the metropolis. The stair,
had gone up in smoke before everybody
had left the building, and even the fra
escape down the outside of the building
was cut off by the hot flames from tina
lower windows, which had ALREADY
peeled off part of it. A young girl Of
IA or 10 was frantioally shriekinp for
help in one of the top windows, and
mother was wringing her hands in pitt.
full despair down in the street.
The chief called for volunteers to
save the girl, and three men came for.
ward on the instant, without hesitation
and without awaiting to count their
chances for success. This is the custom
in such cases, for no one would take the
responsibility of ordering fireman to
his possible death.
A strong young fellow who had yet
to win his spurs was selected for the
task, and he disappeared quickly
through the doorway Of the adjoining
building. When next the crowd saw
him he appeared at the window Just
under the roof, and, grasping the tin
cornice Of the burning building next to
him, he swung out into the air and
made his way, hand over hand, for 80
feet through the dense smoke that rosa
in black clouds from the lower windows
to the sill where the girl was SEEN
She had fallen back into the room
unconscious and was overcome with
smoke by the time he reached her.
thousand anxious faces in the street b.
low were tortured with fear for the
hero, hundred muttered prayers went
up for his safety as the fireman disap.
peared into the black cloud, and thou.
sand threats sent up lusty shout Of re-
lief as he appeared again at the window
moment later with the limp form Of
the girl in his arms.-Harper's Round
Table.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05
THE CLOTHES OF AUTHORS,
Some Structures Upon the Dress Of Eng.
Iish Literary Men.

Some Structures Upon the Dress Of Eng
lish Literary Men.
Noyelists and playwrights in sample
quantities are the latest class to come
under the basilisk eye and measuring
tape of The Tailor and Gutter. These
members Of the sister profession of jour
nalism, and perhaps even the severely
judged members of parliament who
have appeared in like connection, may
be relieved to know that the novelsts
and playwrights scarcely excel them as
glasses of fashion and molds OF form
BY way no doubt of sharpening his pen
the tailor critic begins with l. Zang'
will, whose lounge suit Knight have
belonged to any period during the last
ten years, and had even reached tho
stage of the shabby genteel " How
ever, it is consoling to know that Mr
Zangwills literary success enables him
to wear frock coat that nearly passes
muster, even though the accompanying
trousers are too short.
Mr.. Jerome, j. M. Barrie, Henry AT
thur Jones and Hall Oaine might al
most be called moderately well dressed
in a nonstylish sort of way. Atall eyeni
they avoid the shuddering soleolsm o.
wearing light coat and waistcoat WIN
dark trousers, attributed to kobet'
Buchanan, or the mixed styles of VS.
Gilbert But the only two members
the class who unreservedly ENJOY INC
approval of our contemporary are OH
Walter Besant and Clement Scott. Inc
former will no doubt be re]olcea 10
learn that his clothes might cause MIN
to be mistaken for "a prosperous CIV!
merchant" while Mr.. Scott mign'
''easily be mistaken for a prosperous
tradesman, says tailor. The force u
flattery could surely no farther CO.
London Chronicle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05
MURDER TRIALS.
cos4 81 Some of the Famous New refh
Cases.


1t cost the taxpayers about $1o,OOo
to convict Carlyle Harris of the muir
der by poison of his young wife, and
for the defense of that ingenious
youth his mother paid $4,000 more IN
special fees and retainers. Five thou-
sand dollars of this sum went to John
A. Taylor, the junior counsel. william
Travers Jerome led for the defense,
but the amount Of his fee has never
yet been approximately estimated.
No official estimate OF the cost of the
trial of Robert w Buchanan for the
poisoning of the old woman whom he
married has ever been made public.
The case occupied seven fun weeks
and at the close counsel on both sides
figured the cost of the prosecution, In
Guiding the heavy fees Of such experts
as LOOMS. Doremus and others, at
$40 900. As Buchanan paid over the
entire $50. 900 which he received by
the death of his wife In the vain ef-
fort to save himself from the death
penalty. his case could not have In
volyed less than $4,000 in expenses.
The two trials Of DR.. Meyer, the poi
soner, are said on good authority, to
have cost the county $4,000. Just
what he paid Charles w. Broke for his
defense has never been known. His
resources were probably exhausted by
the first trial-cut short by the insan-
ity of juror-for in the second hear
ing counsel for the defense applied
to the court for the statutory allow
ance of $500
The determination of the police and
the district attorneys office to convict
Mrs Mary Alice Fleming at any cost,
of the murder of her mother involved
the county in loss of $4,000, of
which $1,000 went to the jury and tales
men, $40, 100 to the experts, $1,000 to
the attorneys. and the remainder in
general expenses. Mrs. Fleming esti-
mates that her defense cost 500, 900 Of
the $4,000 in the hands of the city
chamberlain.
Mrs Florence Maybrick's trial at
Liverpool In 1889 for the poisoning of
her husband was the sensation of the
year. Her prosecution, including the
salary Of Justice Stephen (S25,000 a
year., the retalners and refreshers paid
to John Addison, q. c., the leading
counsel for the prosecution, and his
two assistants; the employment OF
such famous experts as Carter and
Robertson; the expenses of witnesses
and general preparations of the case
reached in all about $4,000 for ten
working days. Sir Charles-now Lord
Russell, who led for the defense, re-
ceived $1,000 and daily refresher of
$3.50. Added to this We're the fees for
| junior counsel, for the solicitors for the
defense and expert testimony, Mrs.
Maybrick calling very few lay wit
nesses Altogether her defense reach
ed S15O00.-New York Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05

duty lead up to the throne OF promo
ton.
Experience is the school of wisdom.
Procrastination is the sleep of folly.
Education is the lighthouse of reason.
Mans rage cannot alter Gods pur-
pose.
True principles are as enduring as the
throne of God.
The loafer who blames his luck ought
to blame his pluck
The man who walks with God never
has to hunt his own road.
Those who prefer the service of sin
must be satisfied with the wages of
sin.
Daniel would not bow to the king In
his religious principles, but made the
king bow to his religion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05
Gladstone's Courtesy.

"My father" says London res'au.
rant keeper, twas q milkman, anu m'
place was in the neighborhood OF ma
ley street. He supplied the Giaas'On'
family with milk, and / delivered "
One day when on my rounds thuna ,s.
storm came on as had just reacheu ~,
Gladstone's house, and the rain desceu CEN,
ed in torrents. rang the servants De.1
but it was not promptly answered, a .Ss
meantime l was being soaked WIN Wv
rain. The front door opened ~.
kindly voice asked me to step in.o W
doorway, so that l might be shei''' ".
Mr.. Gladstone had seen me from "
window and opened the door hil lns,i
He also rang for the servant, so ma
might be attended to without iu'''N
DELAY
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05

break up, so they could proceed on their
way TO fame and millions.
The politician left civilization with
the Iowa ALASKA Mining Company, Of
which he Is secretary. and for two
months the party was In camp, engaged
m the construction of two steamboats,
Two of the party were drowned by
breaking through the Ice. -Four men
and dog team started out on Il little
trip, but the Ice was unsafe and the
whole party broke through. Thomas
A. Barnes and a friend named Richards
sank In forty-nve feet of water and
the other two men were saved. The
dead were buried on the island near
the camp.
Walsh and his party expect to return
to Iowa laden down with the yellow
wealth of the Klondike.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05

bardments OF Forts Jackson and st.
Philip, of the Ohalmette batteries, in
the capture of the Judith and In the
taking of New Orleans He assisted in
the bombardment of Fort Sumter, and
In 1864 was assigned to the academy,
where he remained until after the war.
Then he was transferred to the Asiatic
station, next to the European station,
and then to various posts In many
parts of the country. He got his com.
mission as captain In 1891,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05
Deaths from Snake Bites.

Fully 10000 of the population of In
dia are annually killed by snake bites.
The most deadly of all Indian reptiles
appears to be the cobra dl capello,
which is greatly dreaded by the bare
legged Hlndoos. With view to re,
ducing the mortality. the government
tried the effect of offering reward for
snakes heads. but, instead of diminish.
Ing the number OF these reptiles ii only
Increased 1t, as IL was discovered that
the natives We're breeding the suakes in
order to secure the reward.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-10-05
HERO OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Capt. Higginson, of the Massachu-
sets, Has IA Splendid Record.

Capt. Francis J. Higglnson, of the
Massachusetts, Is a naval hero of the
civil war. By singular coincidence
he Is native of the States for which
his ship was named. He has SPLEEN
did record. He came out Of the acad-
envy in 1861 and just in time to go into
the war Of the Union a finished young
naval officer. He fought In the bonn