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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-21
cen.ele.. CROWN of the Ears.

The systematic examination Of more
than 10000 pairs of human ears in
England and France has resulted In
some interesting conclusions. For one
thing. 1t is ascertained that the ear
continues 10 grow IN the later decades
of life. In fact, it appears never to
stop growing until death. A woman
who has small, shell-like ears at 20
years Of age will be very apt to possess
medium sized ears at 40 years and
large ears at GO. - Saturday Evening
Post
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-21
Quite willing 90 Migrate.

A traveller passing through a fever in
fected locality said to an Irish resi-
dent:
"Pat, I'm surprised that you stay in
a place where people die so thick and
fast"
Faith" rejoined Pat, 'if you'll be
afther tellin me av a place where pay
pie nlver die Oi'll move there tomorry
an end me days."-Chicago News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-21

Lady Passenger-Do you know. cap
tain. have never been able to under
stand how you find your way across
the ocean?
Captaln-Why, by the compass. The
needle always points to the north.
i.oly T-ssenger-Yes, know, but
supposing you want TO go southH-Glas-
gov Times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-21
cr.o, telescope For Rome.

ufue Ms reported that an American citi-
noneg ,ndnnhor NJ the Roman Catholic
DC perch has offered to present to the
n telescope larger than the great
W Escope of the Paris exposition, 10 be
finished at the observatory of the
'on' loan. says the New York sun. This
mare,yatory was founded before 1857
IN nupope Gregory XIII in connection
.,,h his reform of the calendar and
hal since 1883 been revived by the
vourent pope.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-21

links (meetng Winks in light lunch
cafe) What are you doing hereI
Wnks-Getting my lunch, Of course.
Jints-But thought you were keep
ing a swell restaurant down town.
Wlnks-So | am, but wouldn't keep
II long IL ate there. It's too expen-
siye.-Philadelphia Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-21
Busy Days.

81 suppose the demands on the time
OF a successful hnancier are very
great"
"They are" answered the highly
prosperous citizen. IL am kept so much
occupied telling yodng men how to sue
ceed In life that scarcely get an OPP
portunity TO attend to my regular busi-
ness. Washington Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-21

The immortal Shakespeare Is said to
have worn earrings, and Charles Is
reputed to have been the owner of o
magnificent pair of pearl earrings.
which he beQueathed TO his daughter
the day before he was executed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-21
The Same Old Cry.

81 wonder what Eve said when she
found she had to leave the garden Of
Eden" said Mr. Grumpin's wife.
1T was Just about what all women
say when they are starting on jour
ney. She complained that she didn't
have thing TO wear" Washington
Star
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-21
wanted Her 10 Have the best.

Nell Rather conceited. isn't he?
Bele-l should say. He said the best
was none too good for me, and then ne
proposed.-Phlladelphia Record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-21
A stin One.

IA latest trust aiming at the popular
K says the Philadelphia Times, Is
10000 900 collar and shirt combine
SeM York.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-21

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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26
JEFFRlEs WINS THE FIGHT.
Champion PuGiIist Defeats Rubin at
San Francisco.

James ]. Jeffries, champion pugilist of
the world, forced Gus Rubin, his chal-
lenger, to quit after five rounds of fight
ing before the Twentieth Century Ath-
letic Club at San Francisco Jeffries re-
tains his title; Rubin is branded as a
"faker."
The fight ended abruptly. After three
rounds of easy fighting Jeffries pounded
the Akron giant to pieces in the fourth
round. In the fifth he almost stopped
him, according to accounts of the con
test. Rubin foresaw the outcome. So
did every spectator of the 10000 in the
hall. AT the end of the fifth round Rub
lin gave up. A blow in the stomach, he
said, had disabled him. That was his
only explanation for refusing to continue.
1t is the first time in the history of the
ring that contender for the champion
ship has deliberately quit. Rubin is
being called a "faker" and a "quitter"
and Jeffries says the victory was too
easy. Critics arc kind enough to say that
Rubin has been overrated as a pugilist
and was outfought There are others
who declare openly that Rubin went into
the fight simply to get the small end of a
big purse; that he knew he was beaten
when he entered the ring and that he
showed it by quitting when the punish
ment began. Euhlin's career as a pugi-
list of the first class is ended. His ac-
ton has given the boxing game in San
Francisco a severe blow, and there is al
ready talk of preventing any further
contests in that city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26

don't travel fast. Besides that the load
was heavy and some of the roads was hub
deep in mud | had TO ask my way from
every man l met and | stopped at al
most every log cabin for the same pur-
pose. But neither the men nor the cab
ms were numerous enough TO delay me
much. Before l started father gave me
a silver half dollar. 1t was the first
money of my own I'd ever had. | tied
it up in the corner of a red bandanna
and made great plans about what I'd
buy with it.
"Of course, / walked all the way in
from the clearing to Chicago, goading
the oxen and making the best time
could. l went to the tavern and ate
breakfast, all the lunch l took with me
being gone, and then went out and sold
my corn. With that money | bought sup
plies according 10 a written list father
had given me. Then l spent few hours
looking at the sights of a great city, and
turned in for the night at the tavern at
s o'clock. Next morning at o'clock |
was up and started back for home.
Fifteen miles out from Chicago / sud-
denly thought Of my silver half dollar.
What had become OF it? Finally l re-
membered that when l went to bed at
the tavern the night before had put the
handkerchief, in which it was tied up, I'M
der my pillow. l had gone off in the
morning and forgotten it. There hap
pened to be a log cabin near where [
was on the road when | made this alarm
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26

arately Is called Initiating into Polite
Society" The victim is brought into the
room and directed to stretch out his arm
and point the index finger toward the
head of a pin that has been stuck into
the wall some six feet away. After he
has taken good aim he is told to keep his
arm and finger in that position, and is
then blindfolded. The demonstrator then
explains that if he is able to walk for
ward, blindfolded, and touch the head of
the pin with the end of his finger he is
fitted to enter polite society. A good
talker must be chosen TO make the ex-
PLANTATION, so that the victim will be con-
WINGED that the real test is TO be able TO
keep the arm in its original position long
enough to reach the pin head; he will
then start forward, holding his arm out
stiff and straight, and being blindfolded
he will not see the person who slips noise
lessly in front of him ready to receive
the extended index finger between two
rows of shining teeth. When this is well
done it makes great deal of fun for ev-
erybody-except the victim, but he gets
in his innings upon the next one who
does not know the trick
The game OF geography, though some
what simple, affords considerable e7ter-
tainment for both old and young. EMch
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26

Henry Marshall of Deerfield had his
hand caught in a corn shredder, making
amputation necessary.
Gas escaping from coal stove came
near causing the death of David Cole
and his family in Cumberland.
Milo Graves, hunter, shot a wolf and
says they are very plentiful west of Wau-
saukee. They drive the deer out of the
country.
manuel Hake, an aged man, living
south of Js4.erson, was kicked by horse
with suc2 force that he survived only a
few hours.
James Wartinbee, a member of one of
the ward school football teams in La
Crosse, had his arm broken in a gams
with rival school.
The Northern Pacific freight shed,
large structure at West Superior, was
entirely destroyed by fire. The building
was about go feet long and was valued
at $4,000.
At Eau Claire Oscar Israel, So years
old, shot his wife with Winchester rifle
and then fired bullet through his own
head. Mrs. Israel will recover. but the
husband died Immediately. He is beIiev-
ed to have been temporarily insane.
Six thousand paper mill employees in
Fox River valley demand shorter hours.
They have given the employers until Dec
/ to grant the demand or a strike will be
declared.
The new Baptist Church in Kenosha
was completely destroyed by fire. The
L. l.
$4,000, the insurance amounts 20 SO, 600.
The church win be rebuilt az once.
The store Of Groves Bros, at Ross. in
which the postOffice is located, was burg
larized and the safe blown up. One hun
dred dollars in stamps and postal funds
was stolen.
William Walsdorf, woodsman EN-
ployed in a logging camp on the Jump
river, was shot and killed. He was climb
ing a stGmp and is believed to have been
taken for deer by a hunter.
Louis GOhnsol, resident Of Chippewa
Falls, was caught under falling tree
while at work in the woods near Bruce,
and was badly crushed. He is not ex-
pected to revoyer from his injuries.
Kenosha viii have a chilly proposition
ture, for Mayor James German has sent
an order to the police department author
izing the officers to shoot at sight any one
found climbing porch or proving about
the residences Of the city.
Fred Goetz, 10 years old, died at the
st. Mary's hospital, Racine. Wis, from
the effects of the injury sustained by
dropping from a freight train. He. with
two other boys, boarded the train at
Lake Side for a ride to Kenosha. He
jumped of, fell and struck his head
against the rail, fracturing his skull.
The golden wedding celebration Of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ H. Soverhill OF GAINESVILLE
came to a sad ending. As the guests
were departing William Sanford, the
aged brother Of Mrs. SoverhiIl. played
Home, Sweet Home on his violin, AID
as the last strains OF the melody died
away he dropped back in hi5 chair deed.
He was 10 years o. age.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26

Keep right along. Gershom," she'd say
20 her husband, carve the turkey ana
help the sweet potatoes while tell these
children how that hole came in the pew
ter platter.
Now that platter, you see, children,
was brought over from England by your
great, great. great grandfather, who was
one of the passengers on the Mayhower.
He settled down there at Massachusetts
Bay and became one Of the elders of the
church. The Indians were thick all about
the settlement and the men carried their
guns with them even to church. One
Thanksgiving day while the family were
at church the Indians broke into your
great, great, great grandfather's - cab
in and carried off everything they could
their hands on Among the things
ey stole was this pewter platter. The
old chief, Sonnawish, had the platter and
he made up his mind that it was intended
10 be used as a shield. So when he saw
the people coming through the woods
from the Thanksgiving service he held
the platter up in front of him and ran
out into the open, yelling and making
insulting gestures at your great, great
great grandfather. And your great, great,
great grandfather drew bead on the In
dian chief and killed him with a single
shot. That is the hole through which the
bullet passed"
When the conversation turned to the
weather it was Uncle GershOm's recog-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26

given it to the proprietor. He laughed
when l asked him for it and asked how
far | had come back for it. l told him
about fifteen miles.
WELL he said, as he handed me a
silver dollar, If a half-dollar looks that
big to you you'd better try to tote this
silver cart wheel home. An if you're
going out the Rockford and Galena road
there's a wagon of mine starting that'll
give you lift to where you left your
oxen
$50 l got back from my first trip to
Chicago with twice as much money as |
started with"
Uncle Hezekiah was always short and
to the point. On the regular Thanks
giving program he Immediately followed
Uncle Ebenezer.
look at them children laugh" he
would begin as his brother finished the
story of the 50-cent piece. ''They
haven't got an idea of the value of money.
1t positively don't mean anything to
them. How do you think l earned my
first money? BY grubbing forty acres of
forest land. How much do you think
got paid for it? Fifteen dollars. don't
suppose there's one of the young ones
around this table that even knows what
grubbing means, let alone doing it. And
they don't know whether SO is low or
high pay for clearing all the roots and
stumps out OF forty acres, either. I'll
tell you what I'll do. I'll pay any three
of you boys $15 apiece if you'll grub half
an acre for me and I'll furnish the land,
too."-Chicago Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26
ASKS NEW wARsHlPS.
Twenty-Five More Vessels Are RECON-
Iueuded nv Secretary Long.


mended by Secretary Long.
Secretary Long wants twenty-t@o adj
ditional warships for the navy. In his
annual report he asks Congress for APP
preparations for that number Of new ves-
sells. He recommends the construction OF
three frst-class battleships, two first
class armored cruisers, three gunboats of
1000 tons trial displacement each, three
gunboatS of about 200 tons displacement
for service in the Philippines, three pick
ct boats of about $50 tons displacement,
three steel sailing training ships of about
1000 tons, one collier of $4,000 tons and
four tugboats. In support of this recon-
mendatioa the Secretary says:
THE navy to-day is far greater fac
tor in our relations with the world than
it was before the recent national expan-
sion, which now includes Porto Rico. the
Hawaiian Islands, the vast area of land
and sea in the Philippines and our obi
cations TO Cuba If we are to have
navy at all it must be commensurate with
these great extensions greater in inter
national even than in territorial impor-
lance. This necessarily involves the con-
struction OF more naval vessels, their
manning, exercise and maintenance.
In order to provide sufficient number
of officers and men for the growing navy
Secretary Long urges an increase Of tf-
ty lieutenants, 5000 enlisted men and
$50 marines The Secretary urges the
establishment of naval rendezvous and
naval reserve. In explanation of the
purpose of the former he says:
In such rendezvous the enlisted men
should be made familiar with all the me
chanical appliances with which they
would have to do on shipboard. There is
no reason why boilers should not be set
up on shore at such a rendezvous, en-
gines run and all the other appliances of
naval machinery typicaly represented.
Such station would serve for the assem-
bling, recruiting and drilling of tha en-
listed force from which the crews for
vessels would be drafted as required"
The Secretary's argument for the naval
reserve is briefly stated in these terms:
THE results of the Spanish American
war We're such as to assure everyone hav-
ing knowledge of naval matters that
steps should at once be taken to meet
the one certain and positive requirement.
which viii face the nation upon an out
break of wharf.-the immediate necessity
at that exigent time, if it comes, of
large increase in the men of the navy
from an existing reserye-an Increase
which must, in the main, be made from
the seafaring class, who, having acquir-
ed the habit of the sea, are at home on
the water.
There is no better way of insuring
such reserve than by the measure now
urged. Our pressing need is for such
reserve-a body to go to the front on
board ship at once upon the outbreak
of war, or when it is imminent Next to
this will come the defense of the coast,
and for such purpose the naval militia
will be essential. l see reasons for both
organizations"
Secretary Long declares that American
armor plate is the best in the world, and
the cheapest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26
PI)lPuApo
PREAlnUR

The Methodists of Wayne, Neb., dedl-
Gated a new $1,000 church. a
The semi-centennial of the First Free
Baptist Church, Minneapolis, has just
been celebrated
The centennial celebration of the old
Reformed Church, Brookdale, n. j., was
begun on last Sunday. y
The Rev, Z, NJ. Frank has entered up.
on the rectorship of Grace Episcopal
Church, ShebOygan, Wis.
Bishop Edsall of the Episcopal diocese
Of Minnesota has announced definitely
IT,. he will make Minneapolis his home.
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church.
the largest church Of that denomination
in New York City, raised $4,000 on last
Sunday to clear off the church mortgage
J. S. Huyler contributed $4,000 Of the
amount.
There are twelve vacant pulpits in the
Ohio Synod Of the Reformed Church,
with no young ministers to supply them.
The Rev. A. w. McGlatllan of st.
Joseph, Mo, has accepted a call TO the
pastorate of the Presbyterian Church at
Savannah, Mo.
The Rev. A. Grabowski. formerly of
PinckneyvilIe. has been Installed as pas
tor Of st. Pauls German Evangelical
Church, Quincy, III.
Fifteen years ago there were but fif-
teen Baptist churches in the Northwest
provinces of Canada; now there are 200,
with 1000 members.
The Presbyterian Church at Dover. N.
j., celebrated the twenty anniver-
sary Of the pastorate Of DIR. w. w. Hal
lOway.
The Methodist Episcopal Church OF
Menasha, Wis, was destroyed by fire.
The church cost $1,000 in 1887 and was
insured for $1,000. A new church will be
built.
Reports made to the Indiana Synod
Of the Presbyterian Church, at its ses-
sion at Madison, show that during tine
last year the synod raised for home mis-
sions $4,000, to which sum must be add
ed $6,340 contributed by the Womea's
Home Missionary Society.
DIR. Robert Mckenzie, pastor OF First
Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, has
been called to the pulpit Of Rutgers Riv-
erside Presbyterian Church, New York
City.
DIR. Cameron Mann, the newly elected
Bishop of North Dakota, will be eonse-
Grated in Grace Episcopal Church, Kan
sas City, about Dec. /. Bishop Mann
expects to go to Fargo soon after Christ
mas.
The Rev. Stephen H. Green of Mem
phis, Tenn, son Of the late Episcopal
Bishop of Mississippi, has accepted a call
TO the Church Of the Redeemer, Elgm,
H., Of which he was rector about six
teen years ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26

wings at the shoulder joint, then slice the
breast down to the long wedge-shape
piece-the ''emperor's muscle" says the
Womans Home Companion. Next the
bone should be removed whole and then
remove the oysters from the back, divide
the legs and thighs and begin the serving.
Remove the filling with spoon.
A goose, unless young and tender, is
carving problem, and even when in prime
condition is a deceiying meat dish in the
matter of quantity. The same may be
said of ducks, wild and tame. There is
almost no meat on the backs of these
birds; the wings and legs are far from
choice, having little meat, and that not
often tender; so there remains only the
breast for satisfactory servings. Cut
the breast meat straight down parallel
with the bone. A roast from the round
must be thinly sliced across its face.
Carve a rib roast in slices parallel with
the ribs, never parallel with the back
bone and make the slices as thin as pos
sible A fllet can only be cut through
in uniform slices, somewhat thicker than
from rib roast. A sirloin must have the
tenderloin removed and sliced separately.
Roast or boiled legs of mutton, venison
or veal are carved by cutting at right
angles down to the bone. the thick side
first, then turning to get at the thin side.
In veal, mutton and lamb the lowest bit
of meat on the leg, the hook, is the
choice piece, being very tender and juicy.
Tongue should be cut in slanting slices,
as thin as waters. Ham, likewise, should
be shaved rather than sliced toward the
bone When one understands the exact
location of joints and the grains of meats
the rest of carving is easily acquired.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26
GET A JAIL SENTENCE.
Chicago American EN- Ioyes Punishe
for COufof mr. Of Hourf

Chicago American Employees Punished
for Contempt of Court.
Judge Hanecy, of Chicago, SEN
fenced Managing Editor Lawrence of the
Chicago American, to forty days in jail
for contempt of court. Reporter III. s.
Garfield was given thirty days for the
same offense. General Manager Cara
valho and Assistant City Editor Ham
mond, also charged with contempt, were
dismissed.
After they had spent an hour in Jail
Judge Dunno released the prisoners on
bonds of $4,000 each under a writ of ha-
beas corpus.
The American criticised Judge Han
ecy's decision of the gas trust case while
1t was still open. The offense of Law
renee and Garfield against the court, the
judge ruled, was the writing and pubIica-
ton of an article implying that the Judge
was influenced in his decision in favor of
the gas trust, by his political aspira-
tons and the power of trusts.
In his opinion, Judge Hanecy contends
that if the court loses the power to com
nit persons guilty of contempt, the whole
judicial structure would fall, and when
the judicial structure is gone, the struc-
ture of civil government win fall and
there will be no longer any guarantee Of
our liberty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26
The Bible and Thanksgiving

In everything give thanks, for this is
the will of God in Christ Jesus concern
ing us.
Give thanks unto the Lord. call upon
his name, make known his deeds among
the people.
Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for he
is good, for his mercy endureth forever.
will give thee thanks in the great con-
gregatiOn; l viii praise thee among much
people.
Let us come before his presence with
thanksgiving
And offer a sacrifice OF thanksgiving
with leaven and proclaim and publish the
free offerings.
For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he
will comfort her waste places; and he
viii make her lderneSs like Eden and
her desert ike the garden of the Lord
therein, thanksgiving and the voice of
melody.
Thanks be to God which giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26
Something to Be Thankful For

Thar's sumthin' to be thankful fur, no mat
ter how things go
In summer time fur fruit an flowers in
winter time fur snow.
Thar's sumthin' sort o. pleasant happens to
us every day,
An nfe's a perfect picnic eff we look at it
that way.
Thars always sumthln' purity for our weary
eyes to see
The glory OF the sunset, or the blossoms on
the tree;
An always sumthin tuneful for our tired
ears to hear
The childrens voices chirpin', or the robins
music clear.
Thars always sumthln' ready fur our wilIin'
hands to do
Sum haltin' steps to help along, some Job to
carry through:
No chance to be a-kickin' when our feet are
busy goin',
No time fur idle growlin' when we're plant
in seed an sowin'.
Tha-s sumthin' TO be thankful fur, no mat
ter how things go
No end to all our blessings, eff we only count
'em so.
An even eff you're out o. sorts, or sick, or
sad. or pore,
Jest thank the Lord you're Twin eff you
can't do nothin' more.
Atlanta Constitution.