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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-24

New hats just in at Mrs. James
something swell and neat for early
fall wear, see them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-24

Chattel mortgage blanks and
notes, on hand all the time at the
ARDMoREITE Office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-24
Tired of Home .

Nelson Gouge, aged IA years,
and Calvin Milligan. aged 13, be-
came tired of the parental roof
and left last night for parts un-
known. The formers parents live
at Healdton and the latter's at
Reagan. The boys we're together
at Healdton when they planned to
get out and see the world. Rela-
tives were here today searching
for them. Both lads are described
as being stout, healthy and lLtelli.
gent. and their mother ;,i' o;,.' anpre.
ciate any information concerning
'eneir whereabouts, and any infOr'
nation left at this Office will bt
communicated to their parents.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-24

Fire broke out in the residence
of Tom Roberts last night, but the
prompt response of the fire de-
partment and the assistance of
neighbors extinguished it before it
had gained much headway. Mr..
Roberts loss is comparatively
small and is covered by insurance.
1t is thought that the fire was
caused by some clothes hanging on
the wall being blown over a lamp
by the wind and ignited.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-24

Green hides, SC; dry hides, IL 1-2c
Wool. 10 to IL 1-2c
Better prices are expected to pre-
| vail next week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-24

Miss Nina Smith will entertain
a few friends tonight at the resi-
dence of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. o. Smith, in honor of
Miss Bena Carter of Miami. Tex,
who is visiting her.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-24

Good dry cook wood at l.. B.
Roberson's Wood Yard. Phone
116. Palm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-24

There has been very little news
today. Everybody that could
stayed in their houses to avoid the
hurricane of dust and sand which
has blown Increasingly all day.
Judge Bradford is out Of town, so
there was no court news. and
there were no arrivals at the jail.
Police court did nothing and there
has been little else to write about
but wind and dustand disagreeable
weather.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-24

The Western Union company
has I put on an extra operator
here to attend that company S
business exclusively. Mr.. Mcclure
of Gainesville is the new man and
with Mr.. Harding, who was already
here, the telegraph service will be
excellent in the future. -....t.
The evening times., 1900-04-14
NO PAIN, THRILLING EXPENSE.
4 simple. Harmless Remedy for the
Cure of Piles.

! person contracts a cold. pneumonia.
rheumatism. and pleurisy from exposure;
dyspepsia and liver troubles from dietary
errors and The causes of most diseases are
easily traceable. but although piles and
rectal troubles are as common as any OF
these the cause is obscure.
Violent oNerti0n as in lifting. sometimes
produces them and sedentary occupation
+ by some supposed TO be a predisposing
cause. but as a rule piles and rectal trou-
blsS appear without apparent proyocatlon.
There are many pile salvCs and oint-
menjs which give temporary relief, and
when these fail. the patient if he can af-
ford the expense and is willing 10 take
the risk has resource to a surgical opera
tion. But there is one remedy which gives
immediate relief and the regular use OF
which will bring about a permanent cure.
and that is the well known Pyramid Pile
Cure.
In long standing cases the Pyramid has
proven To be the only cure except dan
gerous and exceedingly painful surgical
operation and its advantages over any
kind Of operation are many, as n Is pain
less. causes no interference with daily Oc-
cupation. and being in the form OF sup
pository. is always convenient and ready
for use
The Pyramid Pile Cure is an effective
combination OF soothing oils and antiseptic
acids. II contains no cocaine nor nerve de-
stroying opiaJes. and unlike most pile
salves. contains no bichlorde of mercury
nor any poisonous. injurious drug of any
kind
All druggists sell the Pyramid Pile Cure
al 80 cents for a complete treatment of
the suppositories.
4 little book on cause and cure OF piles
will be mailed free by addressing Pyramid
Drug CO. Marshall. Mich
The evening times., 1900-04-14

| the history and Government OF our country.
| A very large percentage of pupils failed to
comprehend question five in regard to the
| three branches OF our Government.
| -. There is apparent a lack of training
| in elementary principles; pupils work
shows weakness in elementary educational
| foundation. due. no doubt TO lack of drill
| in elementary principles OF arithmetic and
/ in elementary and essential facts concern
| ing the history OF our country; misdiyision
of words incorrect use of hyphen. and
misspelling of simple. ordinary words, due,
no doubt. TO lack of sufficient drill in SPELL
| ing. The fact that pupils use from three
to five or more styles Of penmanship in a
single answer in history indicates that pu-
pills have been taught different styles Of
penmanship as they advanced to the vari-
Gus school grades. The penmanship. in
many instances, showed q peculiar mixture
of all styles.
History aud Arithmetic Markings.
by combining the markings in arithme-
tic and history this result is obtained:
First, Business High School, 64.67 per
| cent; second. Central High School, 56.49
per cent; third Business High School (col-
ored), 55.5 per cent; fourth, High School
(eoloredD, 55.13 per cent; fifth. Eastern
High School, 52S4 per cent; sixth, Western
, High School. 51.45 per cent.
The results of the examinations would
seem TO prove that the instruction in the
lower grades of the District schools does
not teach the average pupil to use the En-
glsh language correctly and fiuently, nor
does Il give him a good training in arith-
metie. In so far as English is concerned,
the testimony given before the sub-com-
mittee went TO show that written exercises
were seldom resorted to; that such exer-
cisas were not corrected by the teachers
and returned to the pupils to be rewritten.
The spelling book has been discarded and
the pupil has nothing in its place. More
over. there would seem to be no uniform
tests for advancement from grade to grade
and for entrance 10 the high school.
Startling as the results of these eXsmi-
nations are. similar results would he OBJ
tanned probably in the majority of cities
East and West. II is only within the past
few years that the colleges. b. concerted
action. have undertaken To insist on bet
ter instruction in English. The method
adopted 10 secure the result Is a demand
that frequent written exercises be required
of pupils and that every such eNerrise-
whether in history in physics. or in trans
latoins from modern or from ancient Ian
EuaEes- hall be written in correct En-
Eh-h
Again. there b. a widespread revolt
against the multiplicity - studies ana he
fsuanI fhst fbe fundamentals 0f cduca-
t.sr stall b. learned a. task=that the
uUrI SHALL have definite work for which
De- - f8 he held responsible Tie b. % b.
Taught -sW. relisUre the economy ~ time
.r tfaIt aud the high value ~ definite
ar.a.rueur Iu SNOW ledge kindergarten
-rs. hlI- arf fha amusement 81 thr child
.rr -rf f1 br .rrHsf through ths grades,
o.. f#Fa.. Fr# ono precise tCfni' .1u are
r. re insisted .a-E
4h. rruH.r .Ha.'.Hs- vsfl tables show
.rE De- marking at thr various eAamIna-
f.ar Ha nsFs.
The evening times., 1900-04-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.

A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
for the election OF directors OF the WASH
ington Safe Deposit Company viii be held
On Friday, the 27th day Of April, A. ID. 1900.
Polls open at II N. and close at O'Clock
d. m. SAN CROSS,
mh29-dtoap27 Inc, en- Secretary.
DIR. CLEMENS HAS REMOVED FROM
1z11 II st. NV. TO 511 18th st. NV. The
electrical and Sprague hot-slr apparatus
are installed. BY special arrangement with
the Sprague Company charges reduced to
So. Skilled masseur In attendance. Sep
arate hours for ladies. Office hours, 10
g. m. to s -h1s-1un
The evening times., 1900-04-14
To CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund the money if it fails TO cure.
" Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
The evening times., 1900-04-14
WORKED THE "PHoNIE, TRICK.
Mortimer Westcott Fined for Pawn
ing Eake Matehes.

Mortimer B. Westcott. the PhiIadeiphian
arrested here Tuesday by Detectives We'll
don and Horne, accused of swindlins
pawnbrokers by means of what is known
as the ''phone'' watch ticket. was arraign-
ed before Judge Kimball this morning,
charged with two cases of petit larceny
The complainants were Abraham Bernstein
and Ebenezer Middaugh, pawnbrokerS.
Through his attorneys. Turner & Mitchell.
the defendant entered a plea of not guilty
and asked the court to dismiss the case on
the ground that while the information
against WestcOtt charged larceny 10 lar
ceny had been committed.
Mr. Turner. for the defence. argued that
the pawning of watches by Westcott even
though the watches were not genuine, was
not larceny He further argued that such
an expert as a pawnbroker accepted
pledge at his own risk.
Westcott made a statement in his behalf
and explained how two watches. with diff
ferent names engraved came into his po-
r=ssion He denied that he had intended to
Gefraud the pawnbrokers, and claimed that
he could prove as the engraving in one
watch stated, that il had been presented to
him by friends. The second engraved
watch. which has the name G.. ]. Beech,
had been presented to Beech and later
turned over to Westcott to be pawned.
Both presentations the defendant claimed,
were made at the same time.
Westcott told his story in ruave.
straightforward manner. When it was
concluded Assistant District Attorney
Mullowny suggested to WestcOtt that In
the event his statement was disproved he
would be prosecuted for perjury, and add
ed that it would be better to accept Jail
sentence in default of a fine than 80 to
the penitentiary. After consultation be-
tween Westcott and his counsel 1t was de-
cded to take the advice of Mr.. Mullowny.
Judge Kimball then imposed fine OF
$25 in each case of larceny or an aggre-
gate sentence of 120 days in Jail in de-
fault. Judge Kimball also ordered resti-
tuition OF the SIS and $21 obtained from the
pawnbrokers on the watches or an addi-
tionaI term of sixty days in Jail as an al
tentative Westcott thanked the judge
for bis leneney.
The evening times., 1900-04-14
DIED.
EREEM AIT-.nied- Eridar- Anil Il ]

FREEWAIT--Died Friday. April l2. 1900, at
a. IA, LOT Il c., beloved husband of Rosa B.
fr,rwllt. in his forty-fouTth year. at his resi-
dtuc". 2JSl Fourteenth Street northwest.
Funeral from his late residence, 2U5l 18th st.
UN. sunday, the 18TH at p. m.
Odd Fellows meet at Mount Pleasant Lodge.
ISIS 18th st. NV. At 80 p. IN. sharp and attend
funeral ia 3 body. Item
KALE-Depa arted this life on Friday, April Il.
ZOO. at AS i. n. ARTHUR r.. the only aud
beloved OF Joseph and Ella Kyle, aged six
teen months and sixteen days.
Funeral from parents residence, lOI7 18th st.
Sc, On sunday. April Is. at 3 o'clock p. M.
Relatives and friends respectfully invited 10 at
tend II EN-
SANFORD Saturday, April H. 1900 at 6:Ij i.
m. e.. W SANFORD. ST.
Notice Of hntIal hereafter. Item
The evening times., 1900-04-14
FUNDS FOR A HOSPITAL.
Commissioners Recommend Money
for Contagious Diseases.

At the instance of the Health Officer the
Commissioners have forwarded to both
Congressional District Committees joint
resolution appropriating 81 ,O0O for the
benefit of Garfield Hospital. This sum is
to be expended in maintaining the Garfield
wards for contagious diseases.
DR.. Woodward submits with his recon-
mendation to this action statement
showing the cost per day of each patient
treated in this ward to be about $l.27 and
contends that though this is somewhat in
excess of the cost for other patients, the
additional outlay is more than warranted
by considerations of public safety.
The evening times., 1900-04-14
GrnatuE af H.sL.

The following b. srarrutr. aE f.rts
noticeable to ;hs examiners Ir fl. grading
30 rs book. as 90 history. sgafa.flssI ere
rlrs m spelled word. errors la Tar.-la-
Jlsn errors DOB use of words. a1s peru4u-
The evening times., 1900-04-14
TWO FIRMS FAIL.
The Washington Law Book Company
Makes an Assignment.

The Washington Law Book Company, in
corporated under the laws Of West Nlr-
ginia. today made an assignment to Henry
L. Haven, of this city. The company lists
its liabilities at $l4.0fS11 and its assets at
over 81. .000
Lawrence G. Fletcher jr.- today fled a
petition in voluntary bankruptcy through
his attorney. Mason " Richardson. He
lists his liabilities at about Sl.6o0 and his
assets at So.
The evening times., 1900-04-14
RoiIroud Inborer Killed.

WATERFORD, n. J., April 14-Frank
Villetti. aged twenty-five years, resident
Of this place was struck by train on the
Camden and Atlantic Railroad yesterday
afternoon and instantly killed. Nillet,l
worked in the Ancora section gang. He
had gotten out Of the way of freight train
and was picking stone out OF fork on
the upper track when he was struck.
The evening times., 1900-04-14
Marriage Licenses Issued.

Marriage licenses were issued today 10
Edward F. Ford and Annie A. Vernon. Ed
ward b. Daw and Cecilia NJ. McCann,
Earl C. Bryant and Lillian V. Green. Roy
Payne, District of Columbia and Mary l..
Day. Prince George county, Md; Royce
Smith and Laura NJ. Smith.
The evening times., 1900-04-14
,h,rt-. "a >...II,. wuI.

The euI o. CEarl,s ". shell dated April
8 lsae vas today filed for probate. The
fa-rator leaves his entire estate To his
rtfs Mary Frances Schell, who Is named
sze.ltrIx without bond
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-25
NEGROES MAKING PROGRESS.
New York'a Coiored Population lie
Improving lite Coalition
Rapidly.
rag time.

Though q large proportion OF the
negro population Of this city still re-
main in the degraded condition which
vas the natural result OF the races
serritude, there are many-h both men
and women-who have broken through
the barriers surrounding them, and
have won for themselves respectable
positions in various walks of life, says
the Scottish American. No longer are
they crowded together to the same ex-
tent rs formerly. They are to be found
above the Harlem as we'll as below II,
and in the suburbs of brooklyn as wei
as in the quarters which in time past
were considered peculiarly their own.
In the hitter borough there Ia Society
OF Sons of Virginia, and in Manhattan
the colored people from North Carolina
have banded themselves under the
name of Sons of the Old North State,
They have several churches of their
own, and also places of instruction In
which pupils are prepared for special
callings. -
The negro medical fraternity num-
bera about IS, all with diplomas from
well-known institutions. Five are
GRADUATES OF Long Island college, and
u III .;tha TIDIveraif !, ~
- ~ ~ -
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-25
ST. PATRICK'S GRAVE.
The saint. Resting Place Said to
Have Hcen Discovered Ut
Last.

After ages of neglect. says the Lon
don Daily Graphic, the traditional
resting place OF the remains Of Ire
lands patron saint in the cathedral
grave yard at Downpatrick have been
covered with memorial stone. The
stone is a rough, weather beaten bowl
der of granite, weighing about seven
tons, from the mountain side Of Sieve
na-Largie. where 1t rested at aheight
of coo feet. Upon the upper surface Of
the bowlder is incised an IrAh cross.
faithfully reproduced from one cut on
an equally rough. unhewn stone found
on the fslandot Inisclothran one OF the
islands of Tough Rec, where St. Diar-
mid founded his famous ecclesiastical
settlement in the middle OF the sixth
century. Under the cross the name
-Patric" is cut In Irish characters
copied from the earliest known Celtic
manuscripts. The simple treatment Is
considered to be the nearest approach
TO the form OF monument which would
have been constructed about the yeer
400, the supposed date of the saints
death.
The movement was initiated by F. ],
Bigger. Of Belfast. who was warmly
supported byallclasses and creeds. The
supervision of the work was intrusted
10 W J. Feunell, architect OF Belfast.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-25
MOST PRECIOUS MANUSCRIPT.
The handwriting OF Milton Treas
ured as the Gem Of All
EnglLsh Poets.

We have spoken of the Milton book
ut Trinity as being the most precious
manuscript Of Engliah literature in
the world, says Edmund Gosse, in At
lantic, and the longer we consider its
constitution tho less likely we are to
dispute this claim Nothing Of Shakes
peare's works remains in his own hand
writing; nothing important, SO for as
we know Of Chaucer's. or OF spenser's.
OF later poets, indeed. we possess man
uscripts OF more or less value and in
terest. But In no other case that 1 can
recall. ancient or modern, has II been
our privilege TO examine the sheets in
which. through several years of the
highest creative intensity, great poet
has left on record the very movement
of his mind and the hesitations and Sc
lections OF his art in the act OF produc-
ton. When that poet is Milton, the
most splendid artist in verse whom the
English race has produced. the impor-
lance Of the document stands revealed
beyond any need OF emphasis or in
sistence. Now, in the Trinity manu-
scrpt, everything Is the unqueot3uuod
handwriting Of Milton. except Some OF
the sonnets, which have evidently ban
copied by successive amanuensea.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-25
SHOES POLISHED IN RAG TINE
nnper,enco on the Bootblack's stand
When q Hand Organ Came
Along the Street.

"Just after I had got comfortably
settled in one OF the leather-cushioned
chairs" said Mr. Ellington. relates tho
New York Sun, "thcre came along the
street one of those big piano organs
with voice like cnlliope's, and halted
right in front. It WINS q two-chair
stand, and there were two men on 1t.
I was the only customer up ut the mo
ment, and the two each took foot.
-They had just begun polishing when
the hand organ began to boot 'Loozy-
ana Lou Instantly the two blachng
artists swung in with the music, and
from that on, with many original rag
time variations of their own, they
piled their brushes and polishing
cloths in time with it. When stepped
down TO the sidewalk to be brushed off
both men took up that work, the hand
organ playing now The Georgia Camp
Meeting and the two men coming In
with their whisk brooms with an in
terlocking fIp-hap movement that was
nothing short of marvellous. I would
not have been surprised any minute to
see them each turn cartwheel hand.
spring changing places in the turning
but keeping up the brushing and never
for a minute losing time. They kept
right on down to my feet. and putting
in there singularly able combination
effect in that last final touch around
my hoppers they turned me loose.
Il paid for the polishan put nickel
in the organ collectors box, for the
backing artists and myself, and then
walked away. keeping step with the
music on the sidewalk, on one side of
the hand organ, while horse pulling a
grocery wagon. and going the same
way. kept step along on the other in
the street. The whole earth seemed to
move. in fact. to the stirring strains OF
rag time"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-25
AMERICAN SOLDIERS WIVES.
They Must Wait Long. Weary weeks
for Letters from Their
Loved Once.

Yet, terrible as war is, with its
weary marches, battles, siokness,
wounds, slaughter. death. and know
Ing that the soldier must endure It
all, yet, repeat, wy heart sheds not
its keenest blood Cd sympathy foF
him, writes Mrs U. 8. Grant IN Har-
per's Bazaar. No, Il 10 for the woman
he leaves behind-the woman whose
province Il "a to wait. and Who. in
that waiting, must endure the tor
lures Of . lost soul-to whom my
keenest sympathy criee out There
are no drawer women in the world to-
day than the wives OF our army ofii-
GERS. and those Of our private aoldiers
as web, for the heart under the rough
wooden jacket can ache as plercingly
as that under the Silksn robe. To
their honor, be It said, that in the
path of duty no sacrifice is too great
for them, no loved one too dear to
yield.
Six seemingly interminnblc weeks
must elapse before letter from the
Philippines can reach the eastern part
of the United States. and every SOL
dier's wife knows when she reads tho
letter that in the intervening weeks
since II was written the loved hand
that penned the words may have
fallen palsied by Manser bullet.
What. too, of the women who have
no more to wait for, who sit no longer
at the window of hope. they from
whom wars cruel avarice has robbed
all that life held dearcst--the widowed
wives. the bereft mothers md the sor-
rowing sisters.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-25
PETITION FOR DISCHARGE IN
BANKRUPTCY.
United States Of America,

United States Of America, -
District OF West Virginia, IS.
In the United States District Court
In and for said Distrlct,-- Division.
In the matter OF E. A. Goodman,
bankrupt, No. 135, In bankruptcy. Pc
titlOn for discharge.
TO the Honorable John j. Jackson,
Judge OF the District Court OF the
United States for District
OF West Virginia:
4. A. Goodman, of Rockford, in the
County of Harrison and State OF West
Virginia, in said district, respectfully
represents that on the Both day Of
March, last past, he was duly ad-
judged bankrupt under the acts Of
Congress relating to bankruptcy: that
he has duly surrendered all his prop
ertyand rights Of property, and has
fully complied with all the require
ments of said acts and of the orders of
the court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may be
decreed by the court to have full
discharge from all debts provabe
against his estate under said bankrupt
acts, except such debts as are excepted
by law from such discharge.
pated this 10th day of May, A. D.,
1900.
j. Law, EA. GOODMAN,
Counsel. Bankrupt.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-25
An A,l,ona Eli Of Fare.

II wns at restaurant out in All
IONA once" said q salesman for q
weu-known revolver corporation. '-and
was looking over the bill OF fare IT
ga~e q better description Of some
features of the country than whole
volume For ten cents you could get
some delicious lamb chops and fr4ed
potatoes. But bread and butter were
extrn, while dish OF milk toast was
IS cents You see that meant that
they raise cattle out there for their
meat and not for dairy purposes.
Mich COWS are scarce and dear. But
the Chinese broil beefsteak by frying
1t and then making the marks of the
griddle with red-hot poker"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-25
nomh to pc.troy nm Army.

A retired artillery officer of the Bel
CLAN army has invited number of
officers and engineers to an exhibition
ut Antwerp Of an invention he con
tends will rcvolutionize warfare. The
inventor, a Mr., Rculing. says that his
invention is so deadly that the army
against which 1t is directed would be
entirely Destroyed in few minutes.
1t is species OF bomb, loaded with
a terrible explosive. the name of
which the inventor haa not yet d.
vuiged. He has promised to give INF
contestnble proof of the destructive
powers e Tie Invention before ct