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Milford chronicle., 1903-07-17

During the last dress rehearsal at
the Metropolitan Opera House OF Mas
cagnps Japanese opera, Iris" which
was produced last autumn for the first
time in America, Mascagni, who was
conducting the orchestra. was greatly
annoyed by the ineffective perform
ance OF one of the singers in a partic-
ular scene. The passage was a very
intense one, a love scene between the
chief reprobate and the heroine.
do not move so timidly! Stand
farther to the right! Play with more,
vigor. more color, more variety!' shout
ed the composer above the surge off
the music.
The unfortunate actor thoroughly
discounted. went from bad to worse
in his impersonation and now was
singing almost continually out of tune.
The exasperated composer could stand
it no longer. He stopped the orchestra
and beckoned the singer down to the
footlights.
"Since all other methods for making
the passage effective seem to have fall
ed" he remarked sarcastically in his
most scrupulous Italian. suppose you
try singing it on the ?''-Harper's
Milford chronicle., 1903-07-17
A Prencher In the saddIe.

In the Outlook DR.. Rainsford tells
how once. when he had been long away
from civilization. he was riding with a
lawyer friend TO an army post.
Il wore no coat" writes Or. Rains
ford my shirt was heavily spattered
with blood from butchering our own
meat and carrying it into camp on my
shoulders. Just before we reached the
post we met three or four rough west
ern fellows They looked at me and at
my friend. gave us the time Of day, as
they always do there, and passed on to
whore our outfit was behind. They
hailed the drivers Of our pack horses
and said:
"'Who are those two fellows in
frontY
Zone is a lawyer and the others a
parson.'
Suppose the big fellow is the law
yerY
"'No; he's the parson.'
"'Well. be looks big enough to work
for his living they answered as they
rode on"
Milford chronicle., 1903-07-17
Marriage Estremea In britain.

A recently published table of the
British census gives the respective
ages Of all the married couples in the
kingdom. There is one husband of
ninety-five years who has wife of
twenty-one, while three husbands rang.
ing In age from eighty-1ve to ninety
five have secured wives of twenty-five.
Elderly wives and youthful husbands
are rarer, and the greatest disparity in
this direction is between a wife of six
ty-hve years and her husband Of TWEEN.
ty. The oldest couple in the list are
aged 100 and ninety-five respectively.
while the youngest pair have only num-
bered sixteen and fifteen summers re.
speetiYely.
Milford chronicle., 1903-07-17

worth. The following day dispatches
from Wellington announced that Ma
poleon's army was annihilated Sc
curities at once jumped upward Ma
than Rothschild pocketed his millions
of profit. But though Nathan Roths.
child was the wealthiest fnancier in
all Europe he was one of the most
unhappy of men. When a friend Wis
tied him one day and said, You ought
to be a happy man with all this
wealth" Nathan turned and, with a
look Of scorn, answered: Happy!
Happy! l happy! Bosh! Let US
change the subject"
If wealth does not in itself produce
happiness neither does worldly fame
nor honor. Men strive for place and
power as if with them they were sure Of
happiness. Thay plot and consplre and
murder that they may mount the steps
Of a throne. and when they succeed
they find that they have gained moth
ing but anxiety and worry. When the
Servian king and queen. Alexander
and Drsga, We're assassinated Pope
Leo XIII. was heard to exclaim in the
Vatican. ''Oh, when will the people learn
that thrones stained with blood are not
worth having:" And yet for financial
wealth and worldly honor thousands of
men will surrender their all. They will |
follow these will o the wisps, though |
the shining lights may lead them over
miasmic sWGmps and quaking bogs |
and into the fatal quicksand. They |
will seek and struggle and continue TO
struggle to possess these supposed |
priceless treasures, because they be-
lieve that In them the great heart Of
rich blooded and life giving,
can be found. Then when they have
been defeated in the struggles of life
they sometimes drive the destroying
dagger into their own arteries as a
serpent buries his poison
nus fnnGs In his own flesh.
Milford chronicle., 1903-07-17

ed with our own lives. Brother, better
change the lenses In your spectacles.
Better be a sunbeam playing in the
day than a sulling owl, solitary and
alone, croaking during the night.
A towards heart is a direct cause
for the suicidal sin. "Oh, no" says
some one; that cannot be. \ suicide
may be this or that or the other thing,
but he is not a coward No man is a
coward who dares to commit self muir
der. No man is a coward who viii
calmly look death in the face and defy
the grinning skeleton of the tomb"
All, my friend, you are wrong. The
direct cause of the suicidal sin IS in
variably the result of a towards heart
It is the act OF a man who runs away
from trouble instead Of courageously
graphing with it, The bravest of
deeds is TO die if necessary TO save 9th
ers. But it would not be heroic for
men to die merely because they are too
cOwardly to fight. Neither is it he
roie or brave for any man TO commit
gE2aEde merely because he is too craven
EepFted to meet the responsibilities Of
~ as they arise The nOblest word in
some respects in all the English Ian
guage is duty" That word Will some
times compel its followers to plunge
into and endure the bayonet thrusts Of
a thorny hedge, as it will sometimes |
give the pleasanter command of fol
wing that stern word through an en-
wegeG pathway
Milford chronicle., 1903-07-17
he Trne tn chrint.

Now, my friends, as the suicidal sin
is often caused by a towards heart.
how can we best become brave and
true? How can we better fight this
tendency to self murder than by ncbly
and conscientiously and dauntlessly
meeting the most pressing duty which
is nearest at hand? How can we cease
to be towards better than by fulfilling
our honorable obligations which we
know we owe to our God and our
Christ? We have all read of the Ro-
man sentinel who during an awful
eruption of Mount Eesuvius was ready
to die at his post when the officer of
the guard did not relieve him and al
low him 10 fly for his life. Should VIC
not be equally ready to be brave and
true to that great Commander who
shall yet ride the white horse of vic
tory and in the great millennial day
come to claim and defend his own? Ho
has placed US here TO do our duty. to
live Lis life in the world to serve him
by serving our fellow men. Shall we
cravenly desert our post? Shall we
declare that the task assigned us is too
hard for us? Rather let us look to him
for the almighty strength that he
promises to his faithful servants that
we Ray endure as seeing him who is
invisible. So let US stand undaunted
beneath his standard until his sum
mons reaches us and we quit with the
shout: Il have fought n
good fight. l have finished my course.
have kept the faith. Henccferth |
there is laid up for me a crown Of
The brnvest act in all the world for |
some mea is to publicly confess
Christ. While we are preaching today |
IN tho suicidal sin arc you ready to |
)e as brave as William CowDer once
vas? In n time Of great mental de
lression he was on his way to the
liver Thames to take his own life.
When he arrived near the fatal waters
e saw man fishing at the end Of the
ocl. frcm which he intended to throw
imself into the stream. He turned
ack. Then he went home and tried
D stab himself to death. but the knife
mapped in two. Then he tried to
ang himself, but the rope broke.
hen William Cowper realized what
e was doing and how cowar1ly he
'aS He confessed his error before
le world and gave himself up. as new
r before. TO sound forth the divine
raise. Oh. my friends. Will you not
,ali2e FIAT one Of the chief reasons Of
le cowardly tendency to suicide is
le unwillingnP5s to publicly confess
nd work and live for Christ? As all
ads We're once supposed to lead to
ONE, ovevy act and deed and thought
yoar life should lead you to the
ot Of the cross. Then. oh. then. if
III arc true to Christ. yOu VIII never
false TO yourself! Then. oh. then,
Dur life. instead of having a suicidal
ndency. Will be an eternal life Of tri-
nphant joy!
Copyright, 1903. by Louis Klopschl
Milford chronicle., 1903-07-17

Dare any Christian, by self destruction
Dbliterate that life which God alone
can give and which God alone has a
right to take away?
Put on the Gospel Armor.
The whole tendency Of the gospel of
Jesus Christ is opposed to this suicidal
epidemic; the whole tendency of unbe-
lief is TO promote and increase 1t. To
the atheist life is a single span, one
abutment of which is the cradle and
the other the grave, at which he meets
annihilation. To such a man there IS
no better principle of life than to eat,
drink and be merry, for tomorrow he
dies. He would make life a comedy
for all and death a great finale. His
idealism would do for his fellow men
as that millionaire capitalist recently
did for his friends. He provided, by
last will and testament, that mo serv-
ice of a religious character be held at
his grave; that special train of Pull
mans be chartered to take his remains
from Louisville to Cincinnati to be ere
mated; that the buffet cars be well
stocked with good things to eat and
drink: that while his remains are being
cremated an orchestra render a pro
grumme Of popular and select music,
and that when an intormission IS reach
ed the friends ask the members of the
orchestra to drink TO the dead mans
memory" That is the consistent out |
come of the total annihilation belief. J
The earnest Christian disciple says, |
Life is not a joke; death IS not
finale" Life is an opportunity for do .
ing good and for struggling against
evil Because the good as well as the .
evil lives on for ever and ever we
ought to put ourselves in the hands Of
the Almighty, who arranges our lot for
US, aud say, as did Job. "All the days Of
my appointed time will l wait till my
change come"
The unbellever in the gospel says: "If |,
there is a hell it is to be found this side
ana not the other side Of the grave.
When things go wrong the best way
to escape suffering is to snap the silver
cord OF human life and silence the
fNe eLl+AAe7 lASt4A L. Alt A-A4iAHLltlll UlStlIlE
says: "Sauctifed troubles are a splr-
Itual means by the grace of God for
raising an immortal soul on and up.
Unsanctihed troubles are the lneNora-
Die means Of dragging a sinful, de-
innt soul on ard forever down. He
hat is unjust let him be unjust stilL
md he which is filthy let him be filthy
itiil, ard he that Is righteous let him
)e righteous still and be that is holy let
lin be holy STILL" Such ARE the two ex-
remes-the tenets Of the believers in
otal annihilatlon 1T the brink Of the
rave and those of the earnest disciple
# Jesus Christ. Do you wonder that
charge the hideous monsters athe-
SIN, agnosticism and infdenty with
eing the chief causes of this accursed
uicidal epidemic? Do you wonder !
hat look to the gospel of Jesus Christ [
D stay the hand of self immolation? a
vii you not, by buckling on the gospel a
rmor prepare to wage incessant war Q
Sainst the insidious demons who I
light the lives Of your fellow men by 9
Dbbing them Of pence, Joy and faith
nd leaving them so despoilcd and i'm ?
lttered that they prefer death to life? u
f3sSrls. - - .sS--..-s %. r
Milford chronicle., 1903-07-17
False Standards Of Happiness.


false standards for happiness can
be cItalogued among the frequent. pro-
lIEc causes Of the suicidal sin. They
are the decoying mlrages which tempt
the weary life's traveller to lose himself
Ia tie midst of a Sahara of sand. They
are the deceitful stars twlnkling their
benedictiOns over affairs Of silver and
OF gold and of fame, which suddenly
20 out and leave the devotees worship
ing in total darkness. They are the
musical voices of the sirens singing
their sweetest songs when Turing their
victims on to fatal shipwreck.
In the false standards of happiness
can be found the origin OF the disap-
pointments which so often end I'm sui
eide. Men do not first seek wealth or
fame to possess those treasures as a
miser might hoard up his gold. They do /
sire the merchant princes palace and I
the kings throne because they foolish :
ly think that happiness is COY maiden
who loves to robe herself in silks and
to have her throat and fingers a-glitter
with precious jewels, and therefore /
they can the more readily find her in
the rich mans mansion than in the
poor mans hut. If they cannot have
wealth or fame or worldly honor is
about to be taken away from them.
then they feel they cannot have happi-
ness. Then, with one pull of the pis-
-ols trigger, they fling away their
llightad lives, as did the late cotton
King of Louisiana. who lost his for
une in Wall street, or rs did the late
Cir Hector Macdonald of the British
rmy. who killed himself to avoid fac
ng the publicity of a court martial and
dsgraceful dismissal from the kings
ervice.
Source oS True Happiaess.
Now. my friend5, tho human being
rho commits suicide merely because
he golden breasted orlole of wealth
as plumed her wings and disappeared I
rom sight or because The iconoclast Of
rOuble has shattered the idol Of fame
! doing Il FOOLS business. Happiness.
ne happiness. the happiness for
-hich we all long and for which some I,
us are seeking. is not dependent up
n outside surroundings. but upon the ,
)nditiOn Of the heart. Some of the
lost unhappy human beings have
cen the so called worldly successful
ZEN. Did all the unlimited financial ,
ealth of Nathan ROthschild make ,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-04-24
Danger Of Colds and orIp.

The greatest danger from colds and
grip is their resulting in pneumonia.
II reasonable care is exercised. how.
ever. and chamberlain's Cough Rem.
edy taken. all danger will be avoided.
Among the tens OF thousands who have
used THIS remedy for those diseases
we have yet TO learn OF a single case
having resulted in pneumonia. which
shows concluslyely that # is certain
preventive OF that dangerous disease.
II will cure a cold or an attack Of the
grip in less time than any other treat
ment II is pleasant and safe to take.
For sale by City Drug Store, F. J..
Ramsey and Ardmore Drug Co.
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To Aav,rtlse the er.a, na.,h,u..,

To Advertise the Great Southwest.
Farmers. farmers wives and daugh.
ters. school teachers. doctors, Clergy.
men. merchants in smaller towns. any
citizen who has something TO say. are
invited TO write letters and longer ar.
ticles about a locality In which they
live in the Southwest
The territory includes Arkansas,
Arizona, Indian Territory. Southern
Missouri New Mexico and Texas.
Premiums that make it an objec,
are offered, a set for each state and
territory. Full particulars Of the con.
ditions Of the contest and a list Of the
prizes and awards will be sent uopn
application TO ]. w. STEELE.
Commissioner Colonization Agency
Columbia Theater Bldg, ST. Louis
Mo. 1s.,f
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The pleasant 10 take and harmless
One Minute Cough Cure gives imme.
oiAte relief In all cases Of cough.
Group and la grippe because II does
not pass Immediately into the stom.
hch, but takes effect right az the seat
OF the trouble. II draws out the In
hAmmauon, heals and soothes and
cures permanently by enabling the
LUNGS TO contribute pure life giving
and life sustaining oxygen 20 the
blood and tissues. City Drug Store.
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Does opportunity. The S0uthwest
knocks loudest Just nov. Get posted.
travel. and dOn't let the opportunity
alp. business Cbances- and cher
interesting pamphlets about Kansas.
Indian Territory. okiAhoma and Tex
A.. sent free on request Address
~hATY."
900 Wainwright. 81 Louis
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Cured by One Bottle Of chamberlaIn's
Cough Remedy.


Cough Remedy.
WHEN ! had an attack OF grip last
winter (the second one) actually
cured myself with one bottle OF Chan,
berlain's Cough Remedy" says Frank
w. Perry, editor OF the Enterprise
Shortsville. n. Y. This is the hon.
est truth at times kept from
coughing myself to pieces by taking
a teaspoOnful Of this remedy and when
the coughing spell would come on at
night | would take dose and #
seemed that In the briefest interval
the cough would pass on and | would
go to sleep perfectly free from cough
and its accompanying pains. To say
that the remedy acted as a most agree
able surprise is putting II very mildly.
| had no idea that II would or could
knock out the grip. simply because |
had never tried II for such a purpose.
but It did, and II seemed with the
second attack Of coughing the remedy
caused II TO not only be OF less dura-
uon, but the pains were less severe,
and had not used the contents OF one
bottle before Mr.. Grip had bid me
adieu.' For sale by City Drug Store,
F. J. Ramsey aRd Ardmore Drug Co.
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Miners Obstinate.

About 100 miners employed at Red
mon. Wild Cat and Archibald mines
have served notice on the owner OF
ssn PROPERTIES. ]. r. McMurray. that
they 10 not desire TO work under the
suDeiinteudency OF Charles Collin, re-
Gently appointed general superintend-
ent. and have quit work. It is claim
ed that the new superintendent in.
tended to make a cut Of seven cents
per ton on all coal mines.
As the mines are not unionlzed no
strike could be ordered, but the men
will refuse 10 work more than two
days each week-Capital.
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STOLEN HORSE ascovERsD.
Before Owner Knew Arrival Wa
Nissino u Wss Loestec-


Durant I T.. April zz-EArly las;
Saturday morning a young man rode
q gpcd horse into town from the west
and left Tor the east Deputy Uaitsd
61tes Marshal Wilcox pursued ard
oyertcok the stranger near Roberta.
feEen miles east Of Durant The
young man. after having been arrest
ed. admitted 70 the officer that be had
taken the horse be- was riding from
the pasture % "a Kirk. near Nadu
Ofacsr WILCOX teiepho1ei Kirk re-
garding the arrest and the horse. He
replied that be did not know Of any
q bis horses having been stolen, but
On going 10 the pasture upon receiv-
frg the message NJ XIX found that
one q his animals vas missing. and
a. was described ~ him a. the idenu-
cal bore ridden b. the young man
who gave his name a. "a Cranson.
alias Tom Howard He was given a
hearing ia C0mmissi0uer Psrker'sl
cOurt and held 10 the grand jury 10
the sum Of $3.50 bond. Failing 70 give
bal BE- vas remanded 70 jan al A D
Ia IN custody q Marshal Wilcox
This Is said 70 be the only instance
c1 record IN his country where an
ohcer has arrested a person for horse
theft In advance Of his o-ner knowing |
his animal vas mlss.as-
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Walks Without crutnh.s-

was much afflicted with sclatica.
writes Ed G. Mud, Of Iowayille. Sedg.
wick Co. Kan, going on crutches
and suffering deal OF pain. | was
induced to try Billiards. Snow Lini.
ment, which relieved me. used
three soc bottles. II is the greatest
tiniment ever used have recon,
mended II to a number OF persons.
eli express themselves as being ben.
edited by II. now walk without
crutches, able TO perform a great deal
OF light labor on the farm" 25c, SOC
end 81 st w. b. Frames.
6ubscribe for the Ardmorefte.
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Dao notice is hereby served on the
public generally that De Wits witch
Hazel Sslve is the only saive on the
market that Is made from the pure.
unadul'erated witch hazel De Witt's
Witch Hazel Salye has cured thous-
ands q cases of piles that would not
yielf 70 any other treatment. and this
iact has brought out many worthless
oounterfeits. Those persons who get
the genuine De Wits witch Hazel
salTe are never disapp0inted. becaute
i cures. City Drug Store.
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epseiaI TraIn ane Mu.Ie for y. c. v

Special Train and Music for v. c. v.
The TEXAS and Pacific Raazay com
pany will run a special train which
viii be accompanied By Harris Ju-
Eenile Band (25 in NUMBER who will
furnish music en- route. This special
train will leave Fort Worth Monday.
May ~. al i1:15 a. N. and Dallas al
1890 p. m. arriving at New Orleans
next morning for breakfast
Reduced rates round trip win be in
eject to Ne~ Orleans. For particu
fsrE address any agent or r p. Turner
general passenger agent Dallas. II.
y. Hughes. travelling passenger agent
Fort Worth. s1,f
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UNION srcass.

The following named Embellishments
having complied with the require
meats necessary 20 become union
stores are hereby declared such. and
all union men are requested 70 give
them preference in their patronage:
Org Goods.
Sig Simon CO.
Weiss Bros.
Y. B. lynn.
Sass & Crawford
Cincinnati Racket Store.
MADDEN. Sykes & Co.
Farthing & Cooner
I'd Ringer.
Burton-Peel DTy Goods CO.
J. A Leatherwood.
Balunore Racket Store.
J. z. Hamilton
r. Lowensteln.
J. ~ BarrzL
o. /. Dennes.
RandolB Banks Merchandise Co.
Nickel Store.
Groceries.
J. p. Smart
{. Crosby.
A ?. Jones.
]. A. sklpEorth.
W A. Payne.
NJ 7. Felker.
W. C. Kendall & Co.
Furniture.
A. {. Young.
C. r. Jones.
Hardware.
Williams. Corhn & Co.
Weeks Bros.
The above list will be revised as
'ften as It becomes necessary.
2. O. MURPHY, Sec.
's-h Local No s35, r. C.LP.A.
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Marnlna Order.

In the United States Court in the In.
dian Territory. Southern District
justin T. Movies plaintiff W. Emma
Movies. defendant No 5.55s.
The defendant Emma Movies Il
warned 70 appear In this court In thir.
ty days and answer the complaint Of
the plaintiff Justin r. Movies.
witness. Hon. Hosea Townsend
judge Of said court and the seal there
Of this 9Th day OF April. 1903.
c. " CAMPBELL. Clerk.
=. z Riddle. Attorney.
D. z. Crutcher. Atty for Hon-Resi
dent Defendant.
FIRST published April 6. 1903.
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Committees.


Fnance-R. Hardy, chairman; @.
L. Byrne, w. F. Wilmington.
Street and Alley-The aldermen for
each ward are the committee for their
respective wards. with the mayor as
chairman over them all.
Police. S. Mullen, chairman; J.
s McCharen, w. T. Gardner.
Fire-W. T. Gardner, chairman: c.
=. Fraley, r. W. RAndol.
Waterworks-C l. Byrne, chairman;
W. F. Wilmington, r. Hardy
ordinance-C. F. Fraley, chairman;
r. W Randol. C. L. Byrne.
Cemetery-R. W. Randol, chairman;
W. 7. Gardner, J. S. McCharen-
Sanitary. S. McCharen, chairman;
C. F. Fraley, J. s. Mullen.
mprovenent-W. F. Wilmington.
chairman; R. Hardy, r. W. Randol. c.
L. Byrne.
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After Laorlppe-what2

Usually a hacking cough and a gen.
eral feeling Of weakness. often leading
TO fatal results after the patient is sup.
posed 10 have passed the danger point.
Foley's Honey and Tar is guaranteed
TO cure the grippe cough" and make
you strong and well. 1t never iails
20 stop a cough II taken in time. Take
no substitutes. Bonner & Bonner.
druggists t.may1.
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Dreadful Attack Of whoopIns couob

Mrs. Ellen Harrison, OF 900 Park
Avenue, Kansas City. Mo-, writes as
follows: "Our two children had Sc
we're attack OF whooplng cough. one
OF them in the paroxysm OF coughing
would often faint and bleed at the
nose We tried everything we heard
OF without getting relief We then
called in our family doctor, who pre-.
scribed Foley's Honey and Tar. with
the very first dose they began 20 I'm.
prove. and we feel that Il has saved
their lives" Refuse substitutes. Sold
by Bonner a Bonner.
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Foley's Kidney Cure, sif taken In
time. affords security from all kidney
and bladder diseases. Sold by Bon
ner & Bonner.
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Board Of Health,

DR.. J. W. Moffett, city physician;
Drs. S. S. Carr. j. W. Smith, Walter
Hardy. Mayor r. W. Dick.