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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-11-16

For Memphis and all points East
and South fast trains take the Choc-
taw Route. Two daily fast trains,
vestibuled, Pullman Sleeper, Free
Reclining Chair Cars, Gas Lighted
and Steam Heated
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-11-16
A Deliberate Duel.

Barlow. Fla, Nov. 15.-John
Carter and Oliver Moody, two tur-
pentine men, became involved
at their camp near here over a wo-
man to whom both were paying
attention. They agreed to fight
it out with guns and deliberately
planned for the duel, fred stimuli.
taneously. When the smoke
cleared away it was found that the
aim of both men had been true
and that both were killed instant
ly. Officers were sent for, but
there is no evidence that there
were any other parties to the affair
before or during the shooting.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-11-16
Killed f1ls Parfners-

Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-19
An "Oyen Story.

MIKE DoNoHUE COMPLIES WITH A
Rock ISLAND ORDER.
A good story is going the rounds in
railroad circles, being the result of an
order issued by the Rock Island railway
not long since, requiring all its section
foremen to report to an occulist on a
certain day and have their eyes exam
ined. One afternoon after those pres
ent had undergone the examination and
the eye doctor was about to close up for
the evening, messenger boy rushed in
with a small package neatly tied up in
tissue paper. and which proved to be a
glass eye. The following, and evidently
hurriedlY scribbled, note was attached ::
ToPEKAY, Kan.
Dye inspector:
Dear Sur-The dav befoor Yesterday,
at nune, got word to cume down and
have me Use looked into for cnlur blind
ness as We call it. had forty-f ties
and ten rales to put down beyant the
sand cut, an as jerry Sullivan an Dom
mick Coolly hav bin indishposhed since
the wake that was holded over the ded
corpus of Danny doherty, me hands wor
tue short to spare me. Twas lucky that
the rite owe that wuz first in me he'd
were knocked out wild pix. an me glas
oye that is purfect tigger NV the Oye
that was not put out. is sint to YOU fer
denomination. 1 cud spare the glass
oye better than the oye in me he'd, an if
she is cutler blind III git me one what
aint. Yures thruly,
MIKE DoNoHUE.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-19

There vas something almost pathetic
in Governor Thomas speech before the
Democratic state central committee last
week in which, after recounting tile dis
advantages under which he had labored,
be said: I'm your convention IL you
cannot indorse the present state admini-
stration, l hope it will at least have
your sympathy" The governor has
been woefully handicapped at every
turn by this infamous fusion business,
and it was almost a foregone conclusion
that in the end he would displease ali
the parties to it. Policy may dictate
another fusion this year, but we will be
glad when the times comes for each tub
to stand on its own bottom.-Steamboat
Pilot.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-19
Even strikes are expanding this year.

The ancients believed that rheumatism
was the work of demon within man.
Any one who has had an attack of
sciatic or inflammatory rheumatism will
agree that the inHiction, is demoniac
enough to warrant the belief. 1t has
never been claimed that Chamberlain's
Pain Balm would cast out demons, but
it will cure rheumatism, and hundreds
bear testimony to the truth of this
statement. One application relieves the
pain, and this quick relief which it
affords is alone worth many times its
cost. For sale by Louis L. Strehlke &
COMPANY.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-19
MEEKER, COLORADO.
"A Midnight Alarm"

A medical practitioner OF the old
school was called out of his warm bed
on very stormy night in md winter,
by vigorous ringing of his door bell.
He thrust his head out of the window
and said, whats wanted p His eX'
cited caller below said, You must get
up and so over to Bowen's, he is very
sick" What seems to be the matter
with him p'' Hes got chill, teeth
chatter, and can't get warm" well,
You gou go back and fill pail with hot
water, put some mustard into it. and
let him soak his feet in it. Wrap him
up in IL wooden blanket. Get a tumbler
take a good sized wine glass of 'G. O.
Taylor Whisky. a couple Of spoonfnls
of sugar, some hot water. toast cracker,
crumb it into the tumbler, crate some
nutmeg into it, and let him drink it.
1t will do him good !" "Laud sakes
alive!" his visitor said, at would do
anybody good!' There is more than
one moral to this story. First OF all,
YOU must have chill. second, you
must follow the doctors advice, any
Whisky won't do. G. o. TAYLOR Whis-
key can be depended upon for cmer.
gencies OF this sort; the weakest
stomachs retain it. See that you have
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-19
Senator Cl.rk,s Coup.

One Of the shrewdest moves In the
Montana senatorial muddle took place
last Tuesday, and created quite sensa-
ton. 1t will be remembered that VIM.
A. Clark was elected United States
senator by Montana's legislature last
winter, and the means resorted to Sc
cure the election we're 80 openly corrupt
that the U. S. senate appointed COM
mittee to investigate. After many
weeks of testimony taking the commit
tee unanimously reported that Clark
was not entitled to his seat. The senate
has had this report under consideration
recently, and Tuesday Mr.. Clark rose
to a question of personal privilege and
announced that he had sent in his res
ignation to the gover,.Jr Of Montana
This was bomb shell il, the upper
house of congress, and 1t exploded good
and hard an hour later when word was
received that Montana's lieutenant gov
ernor had appointed CLARK to succeed
himself, and the latter promptly wired
hrs acceptance. The governor of Mon
tana, who is decided anti-Clark man,
was temporarily absent from his state
when the coupd'etat was effected, and
his feelings can easier be imagined than
described
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-19
How Times Have Changed.

/ hOW Ii!neS I1aSc CuahScN.
W. n. Sweetzer. of Milwaukee, was
speaking Yesterday at the Hoffman
House of modern improvements and
how completely in the last half century
they had changed the manner and mode
Of life.
| "Contrast the way in which we live
now with that of Our ancestors said
Mr.. Sweetzer. land see what tremend-
ous changes you will find. When my
father was boy such thing as cook
ing stove had never been heard of in
tho land. Everything was done on the
open Misunderstanding. boiling or bak-
ing-but he always maintained that the
invention of the cooking stove really
gounded the knell of good cooking. and
from what have heard him tcll | am
not at all sure he wasn't right Where
YOU cooked your meats on spits and the
like they had to be constantly turned in
order to be sure of the meats being
evenly cooked throughout, and every
atom of the juice was saved. In conse-
quence your fowls or roast came to the
table done to an exact turn, which can
not be said to hold true to-day. In the
marvellous stories of delicious feasts
with which Dickens interlarded the
pages of 'Pickwick Papers, the cooking
must have been done after this manner.
1 come from a Northern state, and in
the earlier days of the century the win
ters were more rigorous, snow fell
earlier and lay deeper than it does to-
day. snd, in consequence of smaller
population. there was less traffic over
the highways and byways, and there
fore travel in winter time was more
diffioult AT that time it was the Gus
tom to lay in your winter supplies In the
fall, Before the snow began to fly. Coal
was unknown, but attached to each resi-
denee was an outhouse filled from floor
to rD0f with neatly stacked cordwood
withsA smaller pile Of kindling wood
neat 10y. Gas was not known, but q
convenient and warm closet, generally
adjaeSnt to the kitchen hearth, held the
wintefs supply Of oil for the lamps. In
Tho 0enter Of the cellar, in deep pit
IisHed si.h straw and covered over, wers
thS vegetables that were to be consumed
during the frozen months. Provisioned
for the siege, the inhabitants of the
North bravely and successfully with
stood tho attacks of Jack Frost. Double
windows and evergreen bOughs or leaves
banked around all sides of the house
add I'd to and retained longer tho heat
within. Communities were cut off, and
for weeks at q time each little village
became, as 1t were, nation of itself.
The times are changed. We live differ
emily now, and OF what Is called the
world, personally and physically we
undoubtedly see and know more, and of
life itself as made up of the distinct and
different personalities of the inhabitants
of tie world we undoubtedly each and
all of us, know personally larger num-
Der Of persons than did people similarly
situated three-quarters of century ago;
but, on the other hand, l doubt If We
know any given person or any given
number Of persons as intimately as did
our forebears. or enter as closely into
other peoples lives, and 1 am rather
inclined to think that in the olden times
they actually knew more of his life,
even though they saw less of it."-New
York Tribune,
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-19

Transact General Banking business.
Highest price paid for County Warrants. In
crest allowed on Time Deposits. Drafts
irann on EASTERN Cities and Europe.
CORRESPONDENTS, kountZe Bros, New York;
First Rational Bank, Omahn: First Ma
tionnl Bank. Denver: First National Bank,
i.awlns, wyo.: First National Bank, Glen
wood SPRING.; and in all principal cities ot
Europe.
Collections Promptly Attended TO.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-19

Recent remarks of Admiral Dewey
indicate that he is beginning to see the
humor in his Presidential candidacy.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-19

tsucccssor to j. W. nngus 4 Co. i!ankcrs)
MEEKER, COLORADO.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-19

The Nicaraguan canal bill has passed
the House as q concession to American
popuinr feelings Now It Will Be pigeon
holed in the Senate a . concession to
British popular feeling. And 80 every
body will be happy.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-19

England objects to l8 to ! when 1t
comes to money matters, but at the
same time it has found it absolutely
necessary to put 10 Toms in the field to
kill or capture Boer.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-19

sJENwoop spRiNGs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
The Rush OF q She'll.

AS q shell rushes through the air al
the rate of 1000 miles az hour it gets
heavily charged with electricity by
friction, says London Answers. 1t parts
with it to any good conductor it meets
on the way, doing terrible execution.
Passing in front Of British soldier, q
big shell gave him such shock that
he instantly fell dead.
In one Of our wars two officers, stand
ing side-by side saw q shell coming.
They stood apart, and it passed be-
tween them without touching either.
But one officer lost the sight of both
eyes, and the other instantly became
blind in one and soon lost the other
also.
In another battle soldier had just
stopped to help q fallen comrade when
q shell passed over his back. He fell
forward quite disabled, and for months
after he could not stand erect.
a curious accident Of similar kind
happened to an American officer in the
Cuban war. He was galloping across
TIE field when q shell whirled past in
front of him. His horse rolled over,
and he himself became unconscious.
On recovery he found that neither self
nor steed had been wounded, and he
knew that they had simply sustained
q severe electric shock.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
The Poodle and the Lions.

"I notice that Automobile Mont
gomery says that horses often make q
dive for the corn he paints" remarked
one art league student to another.
"Well, there might be some truth III
it." said the second. Il saw little IN
cident at the art institute the other DAY
that made me think Of Mr.. Montgom-
ery's proud boast. You know those Dig
lions on the sides Of the steps, the
work Of Kemeys, are pretty lifelike'
l was standing looking at them when q
little white poodle came down the steps
in the wake of a woman with stylish
clothes on. The poodle had 6 gold col
lar around his neck and was alto-
cether one Of the tiniest, dandiheo
specimens Of dog that you could hno.
He walked up to one Of the lions, set
tied back on his hind legs, and looked
at the big stone beast. Then he sniheo
and glanced around inquiringly. an
at once he made up his mind. he
made fierce rush for the lion, barking
as viciously and as loud as q dog SIX
inches long could bark. He positively
swelled up and appeared about to eA'
plode with wrath.
There you are. If kenneys nous ~
excited q poodle dog, 1t may be tnas
horses will eat Montgomery's corn PIC
lures. "-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
An Ocean Hotel.

Some idea Of what big hotel q
transatlantic liner is may be gained
from the following from Ainslie's Mag
azine: Everything about the kitchen
OF great steamship is on a most elao-
crate scale. The range weighs many
tons; the various soup caldrons are
constructed to hold 20 gallons; loaves
are baked by tie hundred, joints roast
ed by the dozen, each in separate and
specially constructed compartment. To
serve the meals thousands Of plates,
pieces Of silver, cups and saucers and
napkins are required, and the average
breakage in the galley Of big ship
amounts to barrel Of china every day.
"The amount Of stores required for g
single voyage by great liner IS COM
parable only to the commissariat Of an
army. Here are few figures furnish
ed by the chief steward CT one Of the
big German ships from the order sheet
for a recent trip: Sixteen tons Of fresh
beef, five tons Of lamb and veal. $500
head Of chickens, ducks, geese and
game, four tons Of salted meats, 1000
dozens eggs, three tons Of sugar, 100
barrels Of -four, 700 bushels Of pota-
toes, 211s tons Of butter, 1000 quarts Of
milk and 500 gallons Of ice cream. OF
course this is not an exhaustive list,
but it will serve to give an idea Of the
enormous appetite which the store
rooms Of the ocean liner must satisfy"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
Sparinc OF Her Remedy.

There Is at least one woman in Ken
wood who believes thoroughly in the
efficiency Of prayer. About year ago
her husband engaged in a business
venture that looked rather uncertain.
But his wife had strong faith that it
would turn out we'll.
"Go ahead, john" she said, "and let
US put our trust in the Lord. pray
every night that we may have no rea-
son to regret the risk we are taking"
The affair seemed to turn out pretty
we'll right from the start. Handsome
dividends were paid all through the
summer and during the winter, and
great joy was in the home Of this man
and the sharer Of his fortunes.
But there came turn about q month
ago. The business ceased to pay, and
since then the losses have been increas-
ing every day. Nothing was said about
II at the freside around which so much
happiness had centered during the last
year until the other day, when 1t was
suggested by the worried husband that
it would be well to cut down expenses.
Questions followed, as a matter Of
course, and then it had to be confessed
that the business was not going we'll.
Dear mew exclaimed the distressed
woman when all the truth had been re-
vealed to her. II must begin praying
again tonightw Chicago Times-Her-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
A Mispamed Train.

He had driven from backwoods
hamlet to the station and after making
an inquiry Of the conductor boarded
the train for Philadelphia.
When well on the way, he stopped
the blue coated official and asked in
all seriousness:
I'm sorter hungry. Will We just tell
me where the eatin car is:'
There is none on this train was the
answer Its short run does not re-
Quire it,
Huh grunted the queStioner
"W'ich Of yer keers is the one that ye
Jest loll around in an turn an twist
yer cheer any way We please: Don't
imagine that because I've never went
railroadin afore don't know all about
these things
''You probably mean the Pullman
We haven't any attached"
"Well, Dustin squashes, w'ere's yer
cigar stand, SOS kin be buyin weed
an lightin up:'
eve don't have such thing, man.
can we've no place fer me ter git my
shoes shined, ter be sure?''
'.No, SIR
Course I'd be crazy ter think ye
might have barber Lad aboard?'
Eve haven't any"
The rural gentleman subjected the
conductor to a menacing scrutiny from
head to foot and back again; then he
drawled out in an angry, disappointed
tone Of voice:
"Well, sufferin cornmeal. I thought
We said this wuz an accommodation
inr-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
A Famous London Tavern.

The Mermaid was the name Of ia
nous London tavern frequented by
noted literary men and actors during
the reign Of Queen Elizabeth. All the
wit and talent Of the time assembled
there for conviyial enjoyment. Au-
thors have made it the scene Of great
mind combats between such men as
Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont,
Fletcher, Selden, Carew, Donne and
others Of reverential memory. 1t was
the gathering place Of the celebrated
Mermaid club, the origin Of which is
ascribed to Sir Walter Raleigh. The
Mermaid tavern was located in Bread
street and was handily reached from
three thoroughfares, so that it has been
often referred to in various ways. The
Mermaid in Bread street, the Mermaid
in Friday street and the Mermaid in
Cheap street were, however, all one
and the same. It was the nearest to
Bread street. The Mermaid was de-
stroyed in the great London fire. There
were other Mermaid taverns, one In
Cheapside and another in Cornhill, but
they had no such associations as clung
to that Of Bread street
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
dyer TOuchc -

a sailor who met with serious accl-
dent was carried to the London hospi.
tai. The poor mother hurried to the
building to see her son. She was met
by kind but firm refusal from the
house physician, but nothing daunted
she pleaded for admission to the poor
fellows bedside. Who could resist q
mothers entrcaties? The safety of the
patient lay in his being kept absolutely
quiet, but the physician consented to
her admission on condition that she did
not speak q word. She stole softly to
his bedside and gazed as only a mother
can at her unconscious boy. She dare
not speak, but mothers love was not
to be denied all expression, and gently
laying her hand on his fevered brow
she let it rest there moment and then
noiselessly crept from the room.
The watchful nurse heard the coma
tose sleeper murmur the words, Her
touch" and, rousing himself, he added
''Surely my mother has been here.
know her touch"'
All, there was an electric thrill OF
sympathy in that touch which told its
own tale to the dying man.-Weekly
BOUQUET.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
Friendships Trials

cam going to the wedding? Ger
tainly not" snapped the pretty girl In
blue. I'D like to see myself there,
You thought we were friends: Oh
yes, we're friends. Id like to scratch
her eyes out, the deceitful thing. How
did it start? How did what start?
If her young man wished TO call on
me, there was no law against it, was
there? If he got in the habit Of call
ing here every day in the week and
twice on Sundays, it wasn't my busl-
ness to turn him over to the police,
was it? I wish I had, though, as he
was an awful bore and so persistent
that l never got chance to go any
where or see any one.
"And all the while that deceitful
thing pretended to be crying her eyes
out at the desertion of her young man
into my camp. If I had not thought
that that young mans presence here
was making her awfully mad, he
would have got his walking papers
long ago. But l endured him because
l thought that she cared everything
for him and could not live without
him.
"And to think that she simply turned
him over to me to get rid Of him as
we'll as me while she landed the eligi-
BILE young man with the bank account
who recently arrived in the city! And
I never knew that he was here until it
was too late! And We were such dear
friends too!-Detroit Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
When Poor wiring IL Best.

A popular author whose handwriting
was none Of the best used to maintain
that it was q matter Of principle with
him not to write too well. BE declared
that for the use Of printers, good hand
writing was only O. snare and a delu-
sion, tending to encourage carelessness
and mistakes on their part. The com
posi.ors, he asserted, were compelled
to devote their very best care and at
tention to bad handwriting, with the
result that, when it was deciphered, II
was so fixed in their minds that 1t was
impossible for them to set it up in
correctly. He therefore declared that
the worst handwriting was the best
for the printers.-Truth.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
A Match Trick.

4 feat which any one can perform
with little or no practice is that OF
placing II matches upon table and
lifting them all up upon one Of the
matches. This is how it is done: Pick
out one match-the one that has the
fattest surface-and then place six OF
the other matches about one-fourth
each across the first one, each Of the
six being parallel to each other and the
thickness Of 4 match distant from each
other. Next place six other matches
one-fourth each across the first match
but from the other side, all parallel and
in the spaces left by the arrangement
of the first six matches. Now take the
fourteenth match, lay it over the l.
matches where they intersect, and by
carefully lifting match No. and hold
ing match No. II in place you will ac
complish without difficulty the feat
Adelaide Hermann in Woman'S Home
Companion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-18
Cooling Water In Nicaragua.

"They have" said railroad man, "a
primitive method Of cooling water in
Mexico and Central America. The
principal is perfectly simple, but there
is O certain knack about the thing that
7 have never known O white man to
fully acquire.
when q native in one Of the broilins
hot little villages Of interior Nicaragua
wants to cool some water, she fills q
half gallon earthenware jar about two
thirds iui. Parenthetically say she,
because this is q task that requires
more energy than any male Nicara-
guam was ever known to possess. The
lar is made of baked clay, and, not be-
ing glazed, is partially porous and soon
becomes moist on the outside. Two
leather straps are firmly attached to
the neck, and, seiZing these in her
hands, she begins to rotate the jar
swiftly in the air. The mouth is wide
open, but centrifugal action keeps the
liquid from flying out.
"The average native woman is frail
and listless in appearance, but the en-
durance which they exhibit at this sort
of calisthenics is marvellous. 1t IS
about the same as swinging Indian
clubs, and I am afraid to say how long
I have seen them keep it up, lest you
might set me down as q prize liar.
Generally the lord and master lies IN
one corner of their jacal,' or hut,
smoking a cigarette and watching the
operation languidly. When the wom-
an thinks the water is sufficiently cool,
she stops with deXterous twist OF the
wrist and hands him the jar.
Usually he takes gulp, growls out,
Mocha caiorar which is native pa
tois for blamed hot and she begins
again, patiently describing pinwheels.
1 have never made test with ther.
mometer, but assure you they can re-
duce tepid water to the temperature OF
a very cool mountain spring.
Orleans Times-Democrat.