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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-04
How to Prevent Pneumonia.

You are perhaps aware that pneu=
monia always results from . cold or
from an attack Of In grippe. During
the epidemic Of "a grippe = fewyears
ago when 30 many cases resulted in
pneumonia, it was observed that the
attack was never followed BY that
disease when ohamberlain's Cough
Remedy was used. It connteractl
any tendency of cold or IL grippe
to result In that dangerous disease,
Il is the best remedy In the world
for bad colds aud grippe. Ever,
bottle warranted. E0E sale By Cit
Drug store and = \. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-04
Bioodshed in Choctaw Country

At dance on the night of last
Tuesday at the resident of John
Rains, near Howe, the terminus of
the Cnoctaw road, bad blood which
had existed sometime between two
factions came to fever heat and as
a consequence Ben Brown was shot
and killed, Albert Brown was stab
bed and is expected to die, Morris
Brown is badly cut, Doc Poores and
bis two sons are badly hurt. For al
which ave men are now under arrest
charged with murder and four are
charged with assault with iutsnt to
XIII.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-04
I'D by T. N. Coleman.
Teddy Is Now Governor.

Albany, N. Y, Jan. 3.-Theodoye
Roosevelt was inaugurated governor
of New York today. In spite of ex-
treme cold weather, the ceremony
was Witnessed by great crowd of
people, who gathered in the assem-
bly, hall of the capital. Preceding
the Inauguration there was . parade
of civic and military bodies. Bishop
Doane of the Protestant Episcopal
diocese of Albany offered prayer and
Secretary of State McDonough ad-
ministered the oath of oGice to the
governor-elect. after which Cover
nor e. 8. Black welcomed bis sue.
cessor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-04
sapasta Able to Sir un

Madrid, Jan. s.-Senor Sagasta,
who has been suffering from an at
tack of bronchial pneumonia for
some time past, sat up four hours
yesterday and received successfully
Lieutenant General Correa, the min
lister of war, the president of the
chamber of deputies and the perfect
of Madrid. The premier will con-
tinue the receptions today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-04
'Tis Not tAe Money
Question with Us.

We strive more to give satisfaction than We
try to make money. When we placed on The
market our new brand Of .;SU PREME'' Flour.
our efforts to please were Immediately appfe
ciated BY the public. and this particular brand,
this brand of Supreme flour. is general fav-
orite now.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-04

Ballard's Horehound Syrup is the
best known remedy for consumption.
coughs, colds, and all throat and
chest troubles Every bottle In
guaranteed. It il the best remedy
for children. 25 and soc.
Sold by r. NJ. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-04

The firm of Holford & Mckenzie.
doing . general mercantile business
At lebanon, ]. T.,ts this day dis
solved by mutual eoneent-Bamuel
Mckenzie ret ng, g. N. D. Holfotd
assuming All indebtedness and col
lnrting all outstanding notes and ac-
counts due the old Arm.
g. n D. HoLFoRD,
SAM MCKENZIE.
Labnn0n, /. T.. Dec. 90 1903.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-04

The Stinson residence on North
Court street. one Of the best locat-
ed and arranged dwellings in Ard
more, viii be sold at a bargain by
I. N. Stinson or
ia-lm o. NJ REDFIEED, Agt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-04

The requirement of a medicine is
to tighten the burden of pain snd
cure. This bring US to the question
of a remedy, and Tabler's Buckeye
Pile Ointment is the only remedy for
blind, bleeding or protruding piles
that is endorsed by physicians, cures
the most obstinate cases SOC.
Sold by T. N. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-04

Rev. C. +. Roberts, presiding
elder for the Ardmore district o.
the NJ. E. Church South, an
nounces the following dates for
holding quarterly meetings on his
first round for the present confer
ence year:
Leon-At Simon. Jan. 7-s.
Lone Grove-At Lone Grove. JAM
SO. Sc
Springer-At Springer. Jan. 14-I6.
Ardmore-At Carter Ave. Jan.
Willis-At willis, Jan. 21-22.
Lebanon and Overbrook-At Leb5
anon, Jan. 1913.
Washita-At Big Springs, Jan. q.
Cumberland-At Cumberland ,.Jan.
1929. s
overbrOOk-At Overlook, Feb.
Terral-At Terral, Feb. 11-1g.
Ryan-At Ryan, Feb. 1919.
District stewards will please
meet in Broadway Methodist
church, Ardmore, Dec. 9Th, at
p. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22

4 CCORDING TO Senator
~ Hoar, the ablest and most
a respected opponent of the
Administrations Philippine
policy, the most important and press
ing obligations of this republic, as de-
fined in his recently offered resolu-
tion, are:
/. To solve the difficult problem pre-
sented by the presence of different
races on our own soil with equal con-
stitutional rights. To make the negro
safe in his home, secure in his vote.
equal in his opportunity for education
and employment, and to bring the IN
dian to a civilization and culture In
accordance with his need and capacity;
>. To enable great cities to govern
themselves in freedom, in honor an1
in purity.
s. To make the ballot box as pure
as a sacramental vessel, and the elec-
tion returns as perfectly in accord with
the law and the truth as the judgment
Of the Supreme court;
4. To Danish illitcracy and ignorance
from the land:
). To secure for every workman and
for every working woman, wages
enough to support life of comfort
and an old age of leisure and quiet, as
BELTS those who have an equal share
in a self-governing state;
6. To grow and expand, over the
continent, and over the islands of the
sea. just so fast, and no faster, as we
can bring into equality and self-gov-
ernment, under our constitution peo-
pies and races who will share these
ideals and help to make them reali-
ties;
:. To set peaceful example Of free
dom which mankind will be glad to
follow, but never to force even free
dom upon unwilling nations at the
point Of the bayonet or at the cannon's
mouth;
s. To abstain from interfering with
the freedom and just rights of other
nations or peoples, and to remember
| that the liberty to do right necessarily
| involves the liberty to do wrong; and
| that the American people have not
| right to take away from any other
| people the birthright of freedom be-
| cause Of fear that they will do wrong
with it,
Concerning the first five Of these
| propositions there is not even the ap-
| pearance Of a difference of opinion
among the great body of the American
people. As to the sixth proposition, all
the difference which seems to exist Is
due to a ngsapprehension Of facts and
| purposes. With reference to the sew.
enth, no one is proposing to force free
dom on any nation at the cannon's
mouth, but in the interest of the larg.
er welfare of great majority OF the
native inhabitants of the Philippin,
| islands and, as the Philippine com,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22
Hobart's First Fee.

One of the residents of Paterson re-
lates how the late vice-presdent made
his first fee as a lawyer, says the
Philadelphia North American. He was
employed to write the will of a well
known manufacturer of Paterson, who
was wealthy. Asked his fee, Mr.. Ho-
bart, the legal fledgling, replied: zone
hundred dollars" 1t was from this
that he received a significant hint how
to succeed as a lawyer. The manufac-
turer was well pleased with his attor-
ney, and, turning to his desk, drew
out a package of bank checks that hal
come in during the regular course of
business. Taking up one for $500, he
indorsed it and handed It to Mr.. Ho-
bart
with this start in life" said the
narrator of the story, "Mr. Hobart
married the daughter of Socrates Tut
tie, who has been his helpmeet through
all the years that have followed.
Years afterward Mr.. Hobart learned
that the granddaughter of his first
client was about to be married, and
that the family had been reduced to
financial straits. He sent to her his
check for $3.50 to assist in purchasing
her trousseau and took steps to pro-
vide other members of the family with
employment"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22
MELzAR, THE GENTLE.

Melzar, Gentle of Lystra, buffeted harsh
ly by fate,
Heard, with startled wonder, Paul the
Apostle great.
Ignorant, wretched, unlettered. he lis
tened in awe and believed;
Christ as Mes siah and Master the SIM
pie Gentle received.
Pondered he long the story, the marvellous
Christ-child's birth,
Vision of love incarnate coming from
heaven to earth.
Often wished MclZar, the Gentle, that he
had beheld the star.
Following after its cleaning TO the sa-
cred afar.
Ignorant quite, and Untutored, he pom
dered again and again,
Wistfully hoping the beacon once more
might appear to men.
Seeing one eve with rapture star with
a marvellous light,
Melzar i'll with fever, FASTENED into the
night.
Weakened with suff'ring and anguish,
feebly he rose from his bed,
Following, following, WHITTIER the star in
it's beauty led.
"Surely at length, I shall see Him." Mel
Ear, rejoicing, cried;
LEAD me, oh, Star of Wonder, close to
my Masters side"
Far from his home they found him, there
on the grassy plain;
Whose seeketh the Christ-child, seeketh
Him not i'm vain,
Surely a star will lead them close to their
Masters side
Melzar, dead in the sunlight, never in
truth had died.
Mabel CTonise Jones in Leslie's Weekly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22
PERSONALITIES.

Baron Won Windheim, chief of the Ber-
lin police, is coming to this country soon
for study of our police methods.
Miss Edith Root daughter of the sec
retary of war, makes the tenth young
unmarried woman in the cabinet set at
Washington, an unprecedented number.
Senior Mariscal, Mexican minister of
foreign affairs, is distinguished littera-
teur and has been called the Mexican
Gladstone. lie speaks English perfectly.
Edwin Markham has returned front
California, bringing his family with him.
They will reside hereafter in the borough
of Brooklyn, where the poet has taken
up a residence.
Since the war broke out Queen Victoria
has been present at the daily, public
morning prayers of the royal household,
and special petitions are offered for the
preservation of the army.
Peter A. Porter, of Niagara Falls, n.
Y, claims to have proved by careful
study that it was Champlain and not
| Cartier who made the first reference to
| Niagara Falls in literature.
| S. Joseph Nisvaneth, of Ceylon, a
| Hindu of high caste who has been Il
student in the University of Calcutta, has
| entered Johns Hopkins university as a
special student of Oriental languages.
Emperor William has conferred upon
| Count Won Munster-L Ledenburg, the Ger
| man ambassador at Paris, the title of
prince, in recognition of his services as
| head of the German delegation to the
| Peace Conference at The Hague.
Thomas Dunn English has just cele-
| brated his eightieth birthday at his home
| in New Jersey. lie Is the Oldest living
graduate of the University of Pennsylva-
| nit. Still, his fame, continues to rest on
| the shoulders of immortal ben Bolt"
! Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt has just at
tained his majority. He graduated from
| Yale last June. lie was quiet and stu
| dious at college. lie is said to have
formed an attachment while an under
| graduate for Miss Elsie French, and the
| belief is entertained that they will soon
| be married.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. of Brook
lyn, who succeeds Miss Susan b. An
| thony retired, as president of the Ma
tional Association of the Woman Suf-
frage societies, is a popular college wo-
man and has for number of years beer
associated with Miss Anthony in advanc-
| ing the work of the organization.
| DIR. Anita Newcomb MCGee, who is al
| the head of the woman army nurses, and
| is an assistant TO Surgeon Sternberg, has
| the rank of first lieutenant and is en-
titled to wear shoulder straps indicative
| of her rank DIR. McGee has the dis
| tinction of being the only woman officer
in the United States army service.
! When Thomas L. James, president OF
| the New York Lincoln National bank, re-
| turned home from Europe the other day
his desk was covered with flowers, among
which were five dozen American Beauty
| roses bearing the card of the late Corne
lius Vanderbilt's custom to thus greet
his friend, and the family of the dead
millionaire had thus kept it up.
| Alexander AEassiZ. of Harvard univer
| cit received anV salary fol
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES
Seeing the Editors.

The stranger in a great city was be-
ing shown over the office of great
publication establishment, says the
Washington Star. He saw the presses
and the type-setting outfit, and then
he said with little timidity:
There's one thing more Id like to
see."
whats that?"
I'D like to see 'em edit"
"Oh! OF course. l had pretty near
ly forgotten that. You know, we're
so enterprising that the editing is only
n small part of it. But we've got edi-
tors, lots of 'em. See that man with
the wastebasket by the side Of his
desk and the stack of mail three feet
high"
Yes"
"We've got up a discussion on kiss
ing bugs. He's the kissing bug edi-
tor. The man just to his right, with
all the diamonds, gives advice to peo-
pie in love. He's the wounded hearts
editor. These portly, handsome gen.
tleman to the right, who are engaged
in ordering Office boys around, are the
sea-serpent. how-to-be- beautiful and
summer-drinks editor. The how-not-
at-with-your-knife editor is away
on his vacation. The is-it-right-to-
hug -shooting-th editor
is doing his work. The when-to-put-
on-flannels editor is away on his vaca-
tion, too"
And the unassuming man, who sits
away off in the corner and doesn't
seem to be in it?"
ION. he's Just managing editor or
an editOr-in-chief or somebody-I
don't know exactly what"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22
Santa Claus.

~ HE PERENNIAL question
concerning the morality of
n teaching the young to be-
lieve in Santa Claus has
again been raised. Two or three min
listers in different cities have lately
gone on record with their opposition
to the pleasing legend which annually
brings joyous expectation into mil
lions of happy homes.
1t seems to us that there is an in
consistency somewhere. Christ taught
in parallels. He many times used fic-
tion to emphaize fact. That is to say,
He adapted the readiest means of car
rying to the intelligence of His dis
ciples and followers the grand truths
which it was His mission on earth
to inculCate. The use of the parable
wrought no harm. 1t was a legitimate
and appropriate form of rhetoric, which
in varying manner has been employed
by all the great teachers that man
kind has known.
The legend of Santa Claus belongs
to this category. 1t appeals better
than any other method to the imag.
inatiQns of the young and surely n
one can claim that it works the slight
est harm. Sad, indeed, would be the
day which extinguished this fruitful
source of childish pleasure.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22

in every material respect just as free
and Independent and sovereign as 1T is
today: the only difference would be
that the moral influence Of the United
States would be committed in writing,
as it already is in history and tradi-
tion, to the furtherance of pacific as
opposed to violent measures of adjust
ing the differences between nations.
Before our commissioners would sign
the convention regarding friendly Off
ces in the attempt to compose interna-
tiOnal differences they distinctly and
in writing affirmed that nothing in
their signature vas to be construed as
indicating a departure from the tradi-
tional American position of keeping
aloof from the internal affairs of Eu
rope and of expecting the nations Of
Europe to keep aloof from strictly
American affairs. This proviso was
drawn in language not open to misin-
depreciation, and it constitutes an i'm
pregnable answer to the objections
which these over-cautious senators are
raising.
beyond recall and therefore no longer
open to serious argument; that is that
the United States has already expand
ed. Growth which could not have been
stopped and should not be lamented
has made it one of the determinative
factors in the worlds affairs. The
practical question now is not whether
| this should have been, but along what
lines of principle and policy our new
! ~ acquired influence is to be welded.
Ih" best thought and conscience of the
time approve the principles and the
policies formulated at The Hague. 1t
would not look well for the United
states to lag behind the less enllght-
ened nations in its support of those
| enlightened aims.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22
His Given Name.

This item has been going the rounds
of the Australian press: "a. Swim
de is the name that appears over
the door of a struggling lawyer in an
up-country town in New South Wales.
A friend of the unfortunate gentleman
suggested the advisablity of writing
out his name in full, thinking that
Arthur or Andrew Swindle, as the case
might be, would look better and sound
better than the significant A. Swim
die" When the lawyer, with tears
in his eyes, whispered to him that
his name was Adam, the friend un-
derstood, and was silent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22

GGOSlllON is threatened IN
the senate to the ratification
Y y 3 of the treaty for voluntary
4" international arbitration
signed at The Hague peace conference
by the commission representing the
United States. It's basis is the claim
that the treaty in general way car
res the United States beyond its posi-
tion of traditional isolation and enrolls
it among the powers which are large
ly instrumental in shaping the policies
and destinies of the world. While it
cannot be alleged of this treaty, as
was successfully asserted of the OIL
-Pauncefote treaty of arbitration
between the United States and Great
Britain, that it involves specifically an
"cntangling alliance" yet the opinion
is said to prevail among certain sena-
tors that the tendency of the treaty is
TO introduce this nation unnecessarily
into the conf letting currents of Euro
pean politics and on this ground they
intend to vote negatively on the ques-
tion of ratification.
Accepting this argument as having
been offered in good faith, what is
there in It? The conventions signed
by the American peace commissioners
at The Hague imposed no compulsion
upon the United states as to either
the acceptance of arbitration, or con-
sent to an international commission
OF Inquiry when a difference arises,
or the acceptance Of proffered media
tion before or during a war. In other
words, the ratification OF these three
conventions would leave cur country
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22
A Struggle for Consistency.

Prince Henry Of orleans has pleas
ant system of literary work. When he
travels he takes with him n corps of
talented men, including a physician.
a scientist, an editor, g, historian and
a photographer, each of whom makes
a daily contribution to the book which
is to describe the journey. In describ-
ing this method at a Paris salon, a
friend ironically asked:
And what is the hard work which
you do for your book?"
THE hardest of ALL" said the prince
II have the overwhelming duty of
making the various accounts agree
Saturday Evening Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22

me just few facts about your poor,
struggling people
MY peoplc!" gasped the young
writer. why, the last I heard they
were prosperous and living in Penn
sylvania. Have they met with mis-
fortune?"
The timid woman seized the arm of
her chair for support.
II thought you were a Roer!" she
exclaimed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22

The man arrested in Philadelphia on
the charge of slashing women with a
knife wept when arraigned and said
that he must have been drunk at the
time of committing the crimes. This
will probably not have much effect as
an excuse in the case of the "ripper."
owing to the reluctance of the Penn
sylvania legislature to pass laws in
flicting proper punishment, a man
may get drunk and beat his wife and
escape serious consequences; but
when he starts out with knife, indis-
criminately slashing the women he
meets on the street, he is liable to en-
counter trouble.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-22
Taken for a Boer,

Howard C. Hlllegus, whose recent
book on 'Oom Paul and His People"
has attracted wide attention, has been
besicged by people desiring informa-
tion on South Africa and the Beers,
relates the New York World.
A young woman, a writer for one
of the big newspaper syndicates, called
on him the other day. She wished to
get material for a Boer article, but
had been sadly mislnformed
The little woman was somewhat
timd when she entered the room, but
finally asked coyly:
"Are you the writer"
Yes" replied Mr.. Hillegus.
you will not mind, will you, telling