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"COUP DE RNAC."
Ancient uu. to Insulting Mother

Ancient u,t, to Insulting a Mother
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 The duel Chataigneray and Jalnac Ea= ossht in 1547; says writer in tae English Illustrated Magazine. There had been bad blood between the two men for some time, because the fo. mer had spoken insult ing ' of the laIers wifes mother, and they 1 sought to bring the matter to the issue of a duel in the reign of Francis L, but that monarch had re- fused to permit it. Henry II. was more comp}acent, and on a challe ge being given again, it was arranged that the combat should take place at St. Gefmain-en-Laye, where, on the day appointed, the king, attended by his whole court, repaired to witness the duel. It was said that Chataigner- ay was so confident of the result that he prepared a banquet for one hun dred and fifty guests to celebrate his triumph During the month preced- ing the fight Chataigneray practiced with mahy weapons, and, so to speak, got himself into thorough trim At the battle Chataigneray was defeated.
 Chataigneray's seconds bound up his wounds, but he was so mortified by his defeat that he tore off the ban dages crying out that he cared to live no longer now that he was vanquish- ed and dishonored. AS for the victor he rode off to Notre Dame, where he hung ID his arms as a trophy and as a testimony to the fair fame of the lady of whom he had made hii' f the champion. It transpired that C., taig- neray was a most accomplished wlest- Ter. He had counted on being able to close with and throw Jarnac, who, well aware of his adversary's skill, mad provided against it, by the stiff brassart, which completely prevented the other om bending his arm. The particular stroke by which Chataig- neray was disabled-it is not always described with exactly the same de- tails as th> Sc given above-was long known as the "coup de Jarnac.'
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vIRTUOUS COUNTY.
Arcad!an Portion of Illinois Without
 Crime or Consum ption.

Calhoun county. situated on a pen insula which, for fifty miles divides the waters of the Mississippi from those of the Illinois, is proud of many distinctions that make it the most unique county in all the state Of IIll- nois. Calhoun county has no debt, no paupers. no crimes. no prisoners, no consumption. There are no theaters, no telegraphs, no waterWofks, no street ears, no payementS, no factor- ies and no railroads. No automo Jlle has ever penetrated to it's fastnesses, and no golfer has ever made his little ball spin over it's green sod. There is not a photographer within the llm- it's of the county. Foreigners are barred out as if by stone wall. There is not a Chinaman or an Italian on the census list The shiny collar and the hand organ are unknown. Descend ants of the first English and Scotch people that came to America settled the county. They were sturdy plo- neers who entered a rough and p1ctuf- ] " till the soil It is six miles from r1v- CT to river, and from the high bridge dividing the two streams there l. wonderful view of hills that are all aWry. Here are primeEal forests and mountains that are piled one upon another. The topography of the coun- ty became it's safeguard, for only the industrious could cultivate vi, gin land that was rock strewn and ovargrown with timber The kingdom of Calhoun is the name given to the county, and it's residents do not resent the IL pll- cation ill it's title. Petty crime IS al- most unknown. Now and then the tramps or gypsies passing through the county will steal pumpkin or fat chicken, and if the transgressor Is caught the owner of the stolen proper ty is quite able to deal with him with out the expense of trial. A mild re- proof, or, in severe cases, few well directed kicks, prove salutary penal ties At the last term of the circuit court there were only three cases on the docket, and all of these were civil suits. Tn twelve years the states at torney has had but one crime of inn portance to prosecute and that so shocked the county that it has not yet recovered. This was the trial of a 13 year-old boy for the killing of his fa- ther.-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
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Appalling hangers.

It appears to be dawning on the minds of European statesmen that ap- palling dangers might arise from the armament and equipment of the Ori- ental peoples with modern weapons of destruction. It is estimated that China could readily put in the field an army of from million to five mil lions of men. If these troops were provided with modern rifles and eff fective artillery, it can readily be seen that China would be impregnable be- cause of the overwhelming numbers 1t could command. It would be q singular result of the greed for wealth if Germany, in the event of war with China, shoj find the latter using against it's invaders the arms and am munitions of war to semi-eiviliZed na tions is agitating the English parlia- ment, and not long since an attempt was made to pass a bill in that body placing limitations on the exports Of military upplies.-Leslie's
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CULM BANKS AFIRE.
Coal Dust Near Wilhesbarre Burning for
 Twenty-Five Years.

Culm is curious stuff and there seems to be an abundance of 1t. Peo- pie who travel through the mining re- glons always inquire about the great mountains of coal dust that rise in every direction some of them 200 feet in height These piles of culm often catch fire either by accident or spon- taneous combustion, and it is almost impossible to extinguish them. At night the red glare is visible all over the valleys. Near Wilkesbarre culm bank has been burning for 20 years Various attempts have Deen made to quench the fire, but it is just as bright and vigorous today as it was quar- ter of a century ago, and the company having ab1Hdoaed it's efforts to put out the fire, feeds 1t regularly by dumping fresh culm upon the flames. If this was not done the fire would eat it's way into the great bank and ultimate
 ly break out in several places; but as long as the surface fire is fed with fresh fuel it does not burrow into the heap Formerly culm was considered dead waste but some years ago a furnace was invented in which it can be utilized for steaming purposes after water has passed over it and foreign substances washed out. Therefore, more of the mining companies have erected washeries at their culm piles, and many manufacturing establish
 ments have come into this neighbor- hood solely because they are able to use it as fuei.-Chicago Record.
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PLACER MINE IN WALL STREE ]:

Deposi. of Gold Has Been Worked
 Profitably for Years.
 There is a placer gold mine in the heart of Wall street that has been worked with great profit for years and will be worked with great profit for years to come. The yield of precious metal runs about the same from year to year. The mine is on the roof of the government assay office. Gold is such volatile element that in the process of refining much passes out of the ehimneys with the smoke But the moment it comes in contact with the cold air it resumes it's metal shape and falls to the roof in yellow powder 1t is so hc wy that the rains cannot wash it entirely from the roof, says the New York Mail and Express. After heavy rains it is found lodged in the gutters and men with brooms sweep 1t up carefully and return it to the as- say office. This gold is net profit to the government, as it really belongs to nobody, but as it falls on the roof of the government building Uncle Sam clearly has the first claim. The mine is guarded jealously by the federal Watchmen and no stranger ever steps on that precious roof Bad boys in the bankers, offices, knowing of the preci- ous deposit have racked their brains for generations to devise way of raiG- ing Uncle Sam's mine. If any windows overlooked the roof halls of SOft nIlttv tied to threads might lift the precious dust, but no such opportunity is af forded.
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The ASnent of Grcut irarat,

The Great and Little Ararat are the two peaks of the Ararat mountains in Armenia. They are situated about seven miles apart and are respectively 17,260 and 14,320 feet above the plain. They are partially in three countries Russia, Turkey and Persia Snow, ice and glaciers perpetually cover their tops and their ascent is described as being extremely difficult. Prof Par rot reached the summit of Great Ara rat in 1929, and on September 2, 1900 member of the Russian Geographical Society, named Peoggenpohl, is report ed to have made the ascent with a considerable party. The mountain is of volcanic origin. It was in eruption in 17S5 and again in 1S40, when vast quantities of sulphurous vapors were discharged from it's sides, while a violent earthquake shook the sur rounding country The ark is sup posed to have rested on this mountain
 but, according to tradition, Mount Ju- dith, in Southern Armenia, was the place where the ark really rested
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Winter Sailor Hats.

The winter sailor hats have broad brims, the same all around, and are trimmed with draperies of silk and velvet One of gray felt has a scarf of white taffeta, and another of cas- tor velvet draped loosely around the crown and coming well over On the brim. Both scarfs are edged with gold braid, and are knotted directly in front under a gold buckle. A cache peigne of velvet is under the brim at the back.
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 'Ooo'0o0'oess pslputH DUH
 Stopping Trains.
 A train travelling tt the rate of 6C miles an hour can be brought to a standstil in 400 yards, at 55 miles an hour in $40 yards, 50 miles in 275, 4C in 1SO, 35 in 135, and 30 in 100 yards
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A Tiny Planet,

The astronomer in charge of the Harvard Observatory, at Arequipa, Peru, announces that he has succeeded in obtaining four photographs of the recently discovered planet Eros. This tiny orb-a yeritable toy world, it might be called-is only about nine miles in diameter. One reason for the interest attaching to it is that it is the nearest to the earth, and nearest like wise to the sun, of all the minor planets. In 1894 it was only 15,o00 900 miles away from us a mere trlfle of distance from an astronomical point of view, and this month it will ap- proach within 5000 000 miles.
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Gnston Won. Eggs Flew.

The towns of Wheeling and Castor, in Delaware county, Indiana, were ri- vals in the matter of securing rail- road and Gaston won The other night number of Gastonians started over to Wheeling with the intention of jubilating over their success. Just outside Wheeling they were met by a brigade armed with eggs. The defend- CTS were as deadly of aim as the boers and the Gaston folks took to flight but not before nearly each of them had been profusely decorated
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A WINDOW GARDEN.
Rules for Taking Care of Plants Tn the
 HouSe.

Rules for Taking Care of Plants in the
 House.
 Nine-tenths of the windows used for window gardening are too crowded for the plants to look well or do we'll Turn [ new leaf tight now by throwing away every poor or insignificant growth. Better to buy new stock in the spring than to turn your precious window space into a hospital ward for sickly plants. Keep the plants immediately clean Wash the leaves once or twice every week. A plants lungs are in it's leaves. Showering the foliage washes the dust out of the pores, refreshes the plant and imparts vigor. Besides this. clean plants do not harbor insects, the greatest foe of the indoor garden, and the hardest to fight. Loosen the crust ed earth at the top of the pots. The roots need air and in soft, plilblc earth they get it by capillary traaaHs ssioa A hard top crust seals the soil up 2s though in a jug. Neither air nar Wa ter finds free entrance threJah it. Plants in hard soil often sut=ta from lack of moisture at the roots, though water has been given every day. Side the shades up to the top of the upper sash down the curtains at t4a plant windC aFs and let c 9d's iavIg rat ing sun shine in. Sunshine to a plant is what gold is to a Klondike Fl uo.,. In extremely cold weather stay the watering pot Plants need littIe watar during severe weather, and they enili or freeze twice as quickly after 8 fresh drenehing. If watering becomes abso- lutely necessary have it the tempera- ture of the room and give only in the morning Watering in the evening during cold snap is to invite a visit from Jack Frost Pot your plants. Turn them, train them into shape as they grow; pick off every dead leaf or faded flower. Haphazard care dues not pay with house plants.
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The Cardinals "Confidence" Conc.


 The story of the cyclist who found over the door of a Cheshire church the cheerful text This is the gate of heaven,' with the modifying post script, This door is closed in the winter months" recalls to The Tablet another incongruity of rather simi- lar kind. Cardinal Manning went one day to his publishers for a copy of a book of his own-"Con fidence in God" The order was skotzei down to the stockroom, when came the reply, "Manning's 'Confdente in God all gone" The cardinal heard and smil- ed. It happened that he Nes just then in very pessimistie mooJ, owing to the apathy, as he thought it of his clergy about an agitation (of Ml Steads) which he sympathized and they did not. The cardinal t0c& the reply as an intended lesson, and he left Orchard street wiser and a happier man.-London Chronicle.
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WORLD NOUS BON MARCHE.
Great Emporium the Life-Work of Mime.
 Boucicault.

Boucicault.
 As many people are aware, the Bon Marche, one of the greatest emporiums of Paris, was the life work of wom- an the justly famous Mme. BoHcicault, and it was literally the first emporium of the kind ever seen. Mne. Bouci- cault was woman possessed of great heart as well as of a great brain, and her business owed not little of it's monetary success to the fact that it was conducted by her on really CO., operative principles. It is said that each of her shopmen and shopwomen, as we'll, of course, as all those con cerned with the purely clerical side Of the business, was admitted by her to share in the profits. Not content with doing this, she further estab- lshed in connection with her employees homes of rest, holiday homes, hos pital and ar annuity fund.- and at her death 1t was found that she had di- yided her vast fortune among her workers. the sum left in each ease be- ing carefully graduated according to the time the legatee had been in the service of the Bon Marche. All these advanced methods and ideas were new to Paris, and more than at variance with the lines of thought then popu- lar concerning the relations of the en- ployer and employed. But Mme. Bou- cicault pursued the plan she had map ped out for herself, and found her re- ward, not only in the financial success whereby her critics were compe led to own that her peculiar ideas had not brought her failure but also in the knowledge that she had partly solved the problem of her responsibility to- ward her dependents.
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What Surprised the Chinaman.

What strikes a Chinaman is not always what strikes European. A sArewd and well-to-do merchant at Amoy was told that Maxim gun was able to send out 600 shots a minute; he nodded his head politely and kept flaming himself. That was evidently tall story A moment later the fan collapsed, he saw the men off duty sitting about looking at newspapers and exclaimed: Gan all your soldiers read?' matter. from his point of view, truly far astonishment.
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httcomb Riley and Harrison.

James Whiteomb Riley is a great friend of ex-President Harrison, and when the latter Is in Indianapolis, the two generally take together morn sng's walk about the residence portion of the city.
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 Women to Be Half Tud..

Women like to be half und"s Sa
 etore they speak, and tho o.s'0od elect of man seldom more tbsn s,0sse ss, :doist&nds them after they A'l
 Hfeeian Crawford udG
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ae t>lueiluau lIUIn tne Iplru wara
 will be found in this issue. Mir. Mey-
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sou4u ea.uruay to ylslu ms son, MT.
 Oliver Galbraith and family He will
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o1, $50 and s10o Der kents. There IS no
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-07-01
IT IS USELESS TO WRITE
TO A WOMAN

or man for medical advice unless such
are trained and qualified medical practi.
tioner- Offers Of medical advice are
made by those who cannot give wha;
they offer, because they lack the med.
ical training and professional quali6ca-
tions OF physicians. You will not trust
your property to the care Of irresponsible
people. Will YOU trust your hcalth2
Inquiry will slow that no offer made by
any advertising physician can compare
with that Of Dr. K. V Pierce, chief con.
sulting physician to the Invalids Hotel
and Surgical Institute. Buffalo. y. y.
Sick women can consult Or Pierce bv,
letter free All letters are read and arC
swered IN strictcst confidence II you are
suffering from disease Of the womaBly
organs write to
DR.. R.V PIERCE, BUFfALON.Y.
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Cattle for Sale.

We have for sale bunch of 100
head of cattle, of the, following
description.
"a cows and "a calves.
10 cows which will bring calves
soon
I3 two year old steers.
Stwo year old heifers.
l4pne year old steers.
II one year old heifers.
3 buNs.
These cattle are in a good pas
mre and can be shown any day.
SUGGs & Bro.
BEBwYN, 1T. d&w
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-07-01
ARDxoRE, MONDAY, july 1.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation OF
any person, firm or corporation
which may appear in the columns OF
the ARDMoREiTB will be gladly cor
rected upon it's beng brought 10 the
attention Of the publisher.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-07-01

WHEAT stocks are steadily dimin-
ishing. The decline of visible
stocks in May was $4,000, 600
bushels. AS things look we will
have the largest crop of grain ever
known.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-07-01

The presence in our city of an
official 10 institute a free postal
delivery is very suggestive. II
shows that the government is will
ing TO cater 20 our wants, if we do
live in the Indian Territory, which
in itself is a great big thing. 1t
also cites us to the fact that while
we have been roaring, and almost
demanding, this service, we have
been very derelict in doing our own
part toward securing this service.
How are the streets and houses
named and numberedi Are they
all ready for free delivery sys-
temf Are our sidewalks in condi-
tion for a rapid free deliveryi
What Of the crossings on our
streets, YES on our main thorough
fares All this must OF necessity
be perfected. The ARDMoREITE
does hope, in the meeting this af.
ternoon Of the city council, at
which this official will be present,
that something positively definite
TO secure a free postal delivery ser
vice will he inaugurated.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-07-01

THERE is no intention on the
part OF the war department to re
dnce the military force in Cuba, at
present, or in the immediate fu.
ture. The force of nearly 5000
men is held in Cuba on the recon-
mendation Of Governor General
Wood
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XIV. Stewart. of Gainesville. is

XIV. Stewart, of Gainesville, is
mere.
a fine buggy horse belonging TO
jeff Thompson died last night,
THACKERVILLE.
Mrs. Emmitt Harget left this
morning for Norman, Okla, to
visit her parents.
IL. Splawn, of Bob, is here.
Mrs. Jim Lapgston died yester-
day at ! o'clock. The remains
were buried at Mt. Zion cemetery
this afternoon.
SPRINGER.
Mr.. Ftzhugh and family left
this morning for the Choctaw ma.
tion to visit relatives.
Uncle Charles Davenport left
this morning to visit his son in
Arkansas.
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SPRINGER.
Where are you going

TO spend your summer
vacation? Well, it makes no di.
ference where, You will need a
kodak. We are the only dealers
in Ardmore carrying a complete
stock of kodaks aud supplies. Cut
prices on kodaks for 30 days.
BONNER x bonner,
3Ou Druggists.
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IT is understood that when
Prince Chuan gets through deliv
ering apologies of the Chinese gov
ernment to Germany, that be will
visit the United States.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-07-01

CmCKAsHA mas had the most
disastrous fire in it's history. Es'
timated loss $4,000, insurance
a. O00
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Both Were Probably Killed.

Laredo, Tex, June 30.-All
Laredo was aroused at an early
hour this morning by heavy and
continuous firing on the river
bank between the two Laredos
Investigation proved the firing
to have been done by squad Of
Mexican guards upon two de.
serters, who undertook to es.
cape to this side by swimming
the Rio Grande. Every time
one of them showed his head
above the water bullets were
sure to splash around il. The
guards say they did not hit
either one, but those who saw
the shooting on this side think
both were killed. 1t is certain
neither landed on the Texas
side.
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THE st. Louis Exposition com
missioners have decided 10 create
an International Live Stock eX-
hibit in connection with the fair in
1903.
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BUSINESS conditions FOR the past
week, are reported good all over
the United States.
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EASTERN capitalists are working
to secure control of every coal mine
of any importance in Kentucky.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-07-01

THE American peanut crop is
100000 bushels. A bushel of
peanuts weighs - pounds.
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THE difference Is just this, mer-
chants of the world exert their in
fluence against war, fnapciers who
lend money profit hy war.