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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
THE LOST TRIBES.
The Old Question As to whether the
Indian Are Hebrews.

The Old Question As to whether the
Indian Are Hebrews.
L have been privileged to look over
the advance sheets of ''The Story of
Old Fort Loudon"-a true history
cast in the form of semi-romance-
by the lady who calls herself Charles
Egbert Craddock. The Macmillan
Company will publish the book dur
ing the course of the coming week.
1t will be reviewed later. Meanwhile
l quote from the supplementary notes
a curious account of the ancient city
Of refuge, Chote,
This town. seldom alluded to with
out the phrase "old town" or ''be-
loved town." to distinguish it from
another WALLACE of the same name
among the. lower towns, was a sane
tuary for criminals, the only one of
Cherokee nation. IA murderer, even
if the victim Cherokee, might live
for years there secure from ven-
geance. Although there is an in
stance known of a malefactor who
sought an asylum here and was pre-
vented from landing, being held
down in the Tennessee river until
drowned, still the rule was invioiable
that if the refugee could bat gain a
footing on the eyer sacred soil he
was as safe as If clinging to the
horns of an ALTAR
This fact, Miss Murfee reminds
us, contributed, with other confirm
atory circum stances of usage and
tradition, to continue the specula-
tions touching the identity of the
American Indians with the lost tribes
of Israel. Humboldt says that from
the most remote times of the Mis-
sious the opinion has been enter
tanned that the languages of the
American Indians and the Hebrews
display extraordinary analogies.
James Adair, who 1775 published in
London the results of bis observa-
ton as trader among the Chicka-
saws and neighboring tribes, calls
attention to these verbal analogies
and also to many customs from which
he seeks to discover precedents in
the Mosaic dispensation. He fur
ther declares that one of the Chick
asaw prophets assured him that they
had once had IAN old beloved
n Speech" which in the course Of
time and national degradation they
had lost. lone is moved to won
der," comments Miss Murfee, 'i
there was also among them a remin
iscense of AN old beloved char
acter, and if the extraordinary in
vention of the Cherokee character
of the syllable alphabet by the In
dian Guest, early the in present cen
tury, partly partakes of the nature
of tradition. New York Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
Danrera of the Grin.

The greatest danger from la grippe
is OF its resulting in pneumonia. If
reasonable care is used, however,
and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
taken, all danger will be avoided.
Among the tens of thousands who
have used this remedy for la grippe
we have yet to learn of single case
having resulted in pneumonia, which
shows conclusivelv that this remedy
is a certain preventive of that dam
gerous disease. 1t will cure la grippe
in less time than any other treat
ment. 1t is pleasant and safe to
take For sale by City drugstore and
T. y. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
Tishomingo Cabinet Meeting.

Denison, Tex, March 9.-There
was a meeting of 1sov. Johnston and
his cabinet in Tishomingo the capi-
tai of the Chickasaw nation, yester-
day for consultation in regard to i'm
portant matters pending in the
Chickasaw nation. Recently two
important bills passed by the extra
ordinary session of the Chickasaw
legislature, were referred back to
the Chickasaw people by Indian In
spector J. George Wright of Musko-
gee. One of the measures referred
back was one providing for the an
nuity payment to the Chickasaws.
There was a defect in this act, the
Indian inspector said, and it would
take legislative action to remedy it.
The other with the bill granting a
franchise to the Chickasaw Central
Railroad company. for right of way
through the Chickasaw nation.
As the annuity matter is very I'M
portant one, and as the people of the
Chickasaw nation are anxious that
the money due the nation from the
federal government trust funds
should be paid out to the Chickasaw
citizens pro rata, it is needful that
legislative action be Immediately had
to remedy such defects as may ap-
pear in the bills, as pointed out by
the Indian inspector, After long
and thorough consideration of mat
ters the cabinet session adjourned,
and nothing was given out as to what
would be done, but it was learned
that determination was reached at
the meeting to communicate with
Indian Inspector Wright at Musko-
gee, and if legislative action is nee
essaIy, to call an extraordinary ses
sion of the legislature to take such
action as is necessary to remedy the
Nmatter. The defect complained of
is said to be a technicality and it is
likely that a session of the legislature
will have to be called and that it
will meet within a short time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
Allotment Notice

The Dawes commission has ISSUED
the following notice to the Creel
citizens:
''Notice is given that on the frs
day of April, 1899, at the town
Muskogee, in the Greek Nation, Ir
dian Territory, the commission to tt
Five Civilized Tribes will open
office at which citizens of the Gre
nation and Greek freedmen, whI 81
right to citizenship is unquestiont .
may each select 100 acres of Ia,
from the Greek domain, as provided
by the rules and regulations made
by the Secretary of the Interior Oh
October the Z, 1S99."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
A VERY SAD AFFAIR.
BY the Mothers Death Seven Orphan
children Left TO charity.

oS ene motner's Death Seven Orphan
children Left TO charity.
Another one of those sad cases
which is calculated to arouse the
sympathy of everyone is that of an
unfortunate family living in a tent
just south of the city.
About three yeas ago James O'Neal
was tried and convicted for blowing
up the crematory in this city and
sent to the peniteutiarv. He left a
wife and seven young children
without home or money, who existed
as best they could until few months
ago when they were forced to ask
assistance at the hands of charity.
Mayor Shortridge took the case in
hand and with the assistance of other
sympathizing friends constructed q
tent on the creek, just east of the
south school building, and moved
them into it. In this fragile struc.
ture they spent the past winter and
lived on what charitable hands pro-
vided for them.
This morning at O'Clock Mrs
O'Neal was relieved of all her earth
/ ~ troubles by the cold hand of death
brought on no doubt by exposure
Seven unfortunate children are Ief
to tell of the many trying rodeals anC
hardships which they have been sub
jected to.and to battle against the un
certainties of very hard world. Mrs
was buried this afternoon.-O'Nea
Gainesville Register.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
Body Found Petrified.

Mckinney, Tex, March 1O-In-
formation comes from Farmersville
today that while the remains of a
man were being removed from cem-
etery there it was discovered that
the corpse had become perfectly pet
rified. The entire body and burial
clothes and even bouquet held in the
hand were in perfect state of petrifi-
cation. The corpse was encased in
a metallic coffin and buried just II
years ago today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
CattIemen,s Convention.

Account cattlemen's convention
to be held at Fort Worth, March 13-
10, the Texas and Pacific Railway
company will sell round trip tickets
from all stations in Texas to Fort
Worth at rate of one faer. not to ex-
ceed $500, for the round trip; ex-
cept from stations west of Pecos
where agents will add one-way local
to the So 90 rate quoted from Pecos.
Tickets will be on sale March 18th
and 18th with final limit for return
March 18th, 1899.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12

Fifteen clergymen of New Bruns-
wick, N. j., have Joined themselves
together and issued a circular in
which they decline to officiate at fun
erals on Sunday. Sunday funerals,
they say, are inconvenient to the
clergymen and cause others to work
who should rest on the Lords day
1t is hoped that the good people of
Few Brunswick will see the error of
dying on SatuId day and avoid it. In
deed, they might save their pastors
mnch labor by not dying at any time.
Oakland News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12

United States Deputy Marshal Ben
G. Collins of the Tishomingo district,
arrested Robert Chapman, charged
with theft of COW and calf from q
farmer named Fred Mobbs, living
five miles sovth of Tishomingo.
Chapman was given hearing before
United States Commissioners Cornell
ius Hardy in Tishomingo this morn
ing and was bound over to await the
action of the federal grand jury. His
bond was fixed at O.-Denison
Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
For La Grippe.

Thomas Whitfield & Co., 240 Wa
bash avenue, corner Jackson street,
one of Chicago's oldest and most
reliable druggists, recommend Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for la grippe
as it not only gives a prompt and
complete relief, but also counteracts
any tendency of lagrippe to result in
pneumonia. For sale by City drug
store and T. n. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12

The Times Printing Co. have built
themselves a neat combination frame
and tent quarters and expect to be
ready for business by the first of next
week. While their quarters are not
aslarge and as good as they would
like, they will for the present accom-
MEDIATE them until buildings are er-
ecIed and they get into one. Forthe
present their location will be in the
vacant corner of the yard of the Wei
hnyton hotel.-Muskogee Phoenix.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
Church Organist Hanged.

st. Scholastique, Que, March TO-
Mrs. Cornelia Poirier and Samuel
Parslow were hanged here today.
The drop fell at sos.
Samuel Parslow, the woman's low
er, who was hanged with Mrs. Cor
della Poirier today for the murder of
the latter's husband, tried to escape
last night and had actually got out
of his cell when the guards detected
him.
Mrs. Poirier, who was the organist
at st. Canut church! asked as her
last favor, that her parlor organ be
brought into the Jail so she might
play and sing the musical part of hel
own death service.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
Recrulting AddltionaI Men.

Washington, March 9.-The War
department has commenced the work
of recruiting the additional $4,000
men to give the regular army a
strength ofI65, 900. instead of 40, 900
men. The number of recruiting sta
tions has been increased from about
forty to between seventy and eighty.
The men will be first recruited for
duty in -he Philippine Islands, and
be ordered, uponIacceptance, TO join
the six regiments, the ninth, sixth,
fifteenth, sixteenth and twenty-first,
and the sixth artillery, which are
under orders to reinforce Gen. Otis
at Manila as soon as transportation
can be arranged. Officials of the War
department said today that enlist
ments for the new regular army are
being made at an unprecedented rate.
The effect of the advertisements in
serted in the papers bas been to bring
out great crowds of recruits.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
G. P. & T. A. Dallas, Tex.

Food does more harm than good
when not digested. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure digests what you eat. 1t pre-
vents wasting diseases and cures
stomach troubles. 1t cures indiges-
ton, sour stomach and belching, and
allows a wornout stomach rest. 1t
acts instantly. w. b. Frame, drug
gist.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
Beaes' Cherry Cough syrup

Gives you the essential qualities
of the cherry tree bark from which
it derives its name. 1t cures your
stubborn colds, coughs of long stand
ing and Group. 1t is the best known
cure for la grippe. Sold by City
Drug Store and 7. ". Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
Came to Satisfactory Conclusion.

Springfield, ILL.,, March 1O.-The
joint convention or coal operators
and miners of Illinois came to har-
monius conclusion today with the
adoption of the agreement and scale
recommended by the Joint scale
committee. The scale of wages is
substantially the same as that in
force last year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
WARNING ORDER.

In the United States Commissioners Court
in the IndianTerritory, Southern District:
Mary Hurst, Plaintiff,
VS.. NO 3624-
S. S. Hurst, Defendant
The defendant. 5. s. Hurst, is warned to
appear in this court in thirty days and ans
wer the complaint of the plaintin, Mary
Hurst.
Witness Hon. Hosea Townsend, judge Of
said court and the seal thereof, this eth
day of December, 1898.
c. NJ. CAMPBELL, Clerk.
4. B. Pearson, Attorney.
Thos. Norman. attorney for nonresident.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
A Battle for Life.

You need for perfect health, a
plentiful and constant supply of pure
new blood. Beggs' Blood Purifier
and Blood Maker tones the stomach
and assists digestion. We sell it.
City Drug Store and 7. n. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12

There is no pain or discomfort
when Tabler's Buckeye Pile Oint-
met is used. 1t relieves the itching
increased by scratching. 1t is pre-
pared with scientific accuracy and
professional knowledge, and is the
kind that cures blind, bleeding, itcl
ing and protrudiDg piles with
pain or loss of time. Sold by T. \
Coleman,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12

The war is not yet over in Spain.
Admiral Montejo is now in prison,
pending trial for misconduct in the
battle of Manila. Generala Linares,
who was in command of the Spanish
forces at Santiago de Cuba, is also
to be prosecuted for capitulating to
Gen. Shafter. Death seems to be the
only honorable escape for Spanish
warrior when overpowered.-O@k-
land News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-12
Nearly 10000 Claims.

Washington, March 1O.-Pensions
are being granted to claimants on
account of the Spanish war as rap
idly as the claims can be appro ed
in accordance with the regulations
of the pension office. Thus far $3.50
claims have been filed for wounds
and for alleged permanent illness
contracted in the service. Eighty
nine hundred of these claims have
been filed by officers and men in the
army and $40 By officers and men in
the navy. Up to the present time
45 claims have been favorably pass
ed upon and the pensions have been
issued.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-27
He Held on to His Knife.

On the afternoon of June 1, 1872, an
old painter named William McCul-
Tough while painting the bridge above
the falls between the first and second
Sister islands fell into the rapids. In
stantly he was swept furiously toward
the cataract, but whirled into lesser
waves so that he struck against and
seized rock not far above the brink
Hundreds quickly gathered on the
shore and watched, all eager to help,
but ignorant what to do. Among them
was Thomas Conroy, who secured
coil Of rope, fastened one end to tree
on shore and with the other end in his
hand waded out as far as he could and
occasionally swan, the water being
from IS inches to six feet deep.
He aimed far up stream to allow for
the power of the current and at last
with great difficulty reached the unfor-
tunate painter and bound him to him
self with the rope. They were swept
off their feet several times on the way
back to shore, but the rope had been
firmly fastened, and they finally landed
safely. When they reached shore, it
was found that Mccullough still clutch
ed his putty knife firmly in his hand,
having held 1t during the three hours
he had been on the brink Of the falls
F. A. Acland in Adventures at Mag
ara" In Youths Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-27
An Insulting Parrot.

Bayard Taylor relates the following
about a parrot once owned by lady In
Chicago, says Our Animals Friends.
When the great fire was raging. an
owner saw that she could rescue moth
ing except what she instantly took in
her hands. There were two objects
equally dear, the parrot and the old
family Bible, and she could take but
one. After moment Of hesitation she
seized the Bible and was Fastening
away, when the parrot cried out in a
loud and solemn voice, Good Lord, de-
liver usv' No human being could have
been deaf to such an appeal. The pre-
cious Bible was sacrificed and the bird
saved. He was otherwise clever bird.
In the house to which he was taken
there were among other visitors gen
tleman rather noted for volubility.
When the parrot first heard him, it lis
tened in silence for some time, then, to
the amazement Of al present, it said
very emphatically, "You talk too
muchv'
The gentleman, at first embarrassed,
presently resumed his interrupted dis
course. Thereupon the parrot laid his
head upon one side, gave an indie
scribably comical and contemptuous
"H'm-mw and added, "There he goes
again.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-27
POETRY WHICH BURNED.
The Successful Scheme of a Rhyme.
ster to Make Money.


ster to Make Money.
A very wealthy, sedate and enter
prising manufacturer in Pennsylvania
has brother who is trifing, dissipat-
ed and of course spendthrfft. But
the fellow now and then displays re-
markable ingenuity in making a
raise" All his life he has INDUCED,
among other bad habits, that Of writ
ing eXecrable verse, much Of which,
however, he has managed to get
printed.
Lately he conceived the monsfrous
idea Of having all his stuff printed in
a book and with the aid Of an unscru
pulous printer succeeded in bringing
out the ''work" in quite handsome
shape. But in the most affectionate
terms he dedicated the book to his
wealthy brother, who regards his near
and dissolute kinsman's poetry as
really the most reprehensible thing
that the incorrigible fellow does
But the rhymester and his 'black art
accomplice knew their business. They
printed large edition of the book and
sent copy to the wealthy man, who
Immediately purchased the entire edi-
ton and the plates and made words
that burn" of the poems" by means Of
a bonfire He also sent to his cruel
brother and induced him to accept
salary to do nothing but throttle his
verse fiend.
The wicked printer obtained capital
enough to go to Chicago and carry on
a reputable printing establishment.
and the bad brother is earning more
money by keeping his verse fiend 81
lent than better poets do by keeping
their muses. constantly at work.-Wo-
mans Home Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-27
A Nice, obliging Man.

While good many of the funny sto-i
ries of "She asked me to hold the ba-i
by" have been written and the subject
consequently is somewhat frayed, still
the scene that occurred in Madison
square one night was funny. A jovial
looking old gentleman was sitting on
bench beside portly, well dressed
woman who had baby in her arms
The two got in conversation by the old
gentleman remarking, How well the
baby behaves" for the little thing lay
and slept peacefully. wrapped in nu-
merous veilings.
Presently the woman said she was
going over to Fourth avenue to buy a!
bottle Of milk and requested the old
man to hold the baby. "Why, certain
ly," said he. give been a father and
grandfather to so many that I know
how to handle them" The woman
went away and didn't come back. The
old gentleman became nervous, but as
the baby still slept on peacefully he
waited until long past his own bed
time for the mother to return.
It was nearly midnight when he
walked into the police station and
handed over the bundle. Then he bare
ly escaped arrest for trying to hoax
the sergeant when the wrappinss were
thrown aside and there was disclosed
papier mache doll, one of those
jointed things from Paris which ad-
mirably reproduce an appearance Of
nfe.-New York News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-27
him, too-lots of folks did-the grog.

him, too-lots Of folks did-the grog-
shop keepers best of ALL Thought
that he was a kind of saint, did you?
Well, now, Lucia didn't when he used
to beat her til she was nearly dead;
and she didn't when he stole Parson
Grants colt; nor she didn't when he
used to swear blue streaks at her; nor
when she used to have to keep herself
and him from starving by taking in
washington, she didn't think him a
saint till he up and died in the gutter,
relieving her Of a nuisance. I mind
how she broke down when we told
her he was dead and said: He's done
one good thing that 1 hope the Lord
will give him credit for, he's died."
John Washane walked home in a
dazed condition.
Lucia" His voice was still some
what awed as he addressed her, in
spite of what he had heard. Lucia
did-did-did"-
"Oh, John, why don't you say what
you start to without repeating? Dear
George used to speak so differently"
did he ever cuss you" John had
found his tongue at last.
"Why, JohnY'
sand strike you? Get drunk-steal
-neglect-come, Lucia, tell me. want
to know the truth"
Mrs. Washane's dimples became ap
parent.
"Some one has been talking" she
said, twinkle in her brown eyes, $50
may as well admit 1t. He was-oh,
John, dear, he did make my life so mis-
cradle, so unbearable."
"Why did you deceive me soY John
demanded, pulling upon his knees the
wife whom hitherto he had hardly
dared to kiss. "You made me think
he was an angel-an but"
'It's too bad" Mrs. Washane gave a
playful tweak to the griZzled mus
tache so near her face, 'but, John,
dear, did it in self defense. I'd heard
how you told your second wife of the
virtues Of Susan. And I'd heard how
she came at last to the conclusion that
you didn't think she was worthy to I'm.
tie your shoestrings and so died. And
then you told your third wife that she
had been treasure, that Matilda was
not to be mentioned lightly, that she
was a worker, helpmate, a woman OF
thousand and you could never forget
her worth; and then Jennie died and
you put on her tombstone what you
never told her you thought about her
and fh0n Carrie hoo ri nf Tnnnio,c
goodness and how you could trust her
but died not knowing that you trusted
her, too; and then Mary-the sweet
est woman that ever lived, admit, fol
I knew her, she was my own cousin
Mary became your wife, and you never
told her that she made your home as
happy as heaven, and she died. And
John, dear, didn't want to hear what
all the others had heard, and so CAV.
you the chance to hear the kind Of tall
your wives had heard-and-John
!! dear, you're not angry, dear, are you
because-well, it has been lovely here
and I'm so glad you married me ant
gave me a chance to forget Georg,
Douglas. You're not angry, John
dearY
And John Washane kissed his pref
ty, coaxing young wife and said: 81
you'll never mention your dear de
parted to me again, I'll tell you wha
I think. I've got wife now who IL
the best and brightest, loveliest, sweet
EST, cleverest, dearest woman There
there, puss, don't smother me!'-St
Louis GloDe-Democrat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-07-27

Landseer and the Dog Tax.
On one Of Landseer's early visits to
Scotland the great painter stopped at
a village and took great deal Of no.
tice Of the dogs, jotting down rapid
sketches Of them on piece Of paper.
Next day, on resuming his journey, he
was Mortified to find dogs suspended
from trees in all directions, or drown
ing in the rivers, with stones around
their necks. He stopped weeping
urchin, who was hurrying off with a
pet pup in his arms, and learned to his
dismay that he was supposed to be an
excise officer who was taking notes of
all the dogs he saw in order to prose
cute the owners for unpaid taxes.