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Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-02
LIFE UP ON GAME OF CARDS.
Amused Themselves During a Trip to south Africa.

l They had been speaking of experi'
 ences during the trips made to South | Africa while the war was going on,
 and the curious way in which mule | teers often amused themselves, says
 the New Orleans Times-Democrat. | "That reminds me of the heaviest wager 1 ever made," said one of the ] group, "and when 1 tell you that my | life was upon game of cards you Will
 understand just how l felt for awhile
 at least. We had all become little
 sick of our bargain and had that wild, desperate sort of feeling which impel
 man to join a suicide club or do some l thing equally as foolish, so when it was | suggested that we enter into game l of cards and stake our lives on the re- suit we thought we would try the thing once, just for luck.
 "We agreed to play series of games | to run through three days, and at the
 end of the third day the man furthest | behind was to be counted the loser and | dumped overheard. The terms were | agreed to without a whimper. The playing began promptly and progressed | without a hitch. At the end of the | third day we began to count up. It | was a period of great anxiety for all | of us, for no man knew just how he stood in the game. You can bet felt cold about the spine.
 "Finally the result was announced. skinny, pale-faced cadaver was the un- lucky man, and l was a close second The loser accepted the announcement with composure. We at once set about to carry out the terms of the agree ment. Without much ceremony we simply dumped the man overheard. We turned our faces from the scene as quickly as possible, for we did not care
 to see our late comrade struggling in the water, and did not want to hear his cries for help"
 After a slight pause the narrator went on: I've went on to South Ar rica. We tried to forget the little in cident but to save my soul 1 could not help thinking of the poor fellow we had thrown into the sea. Here is where the strange part of the tale comes in. When on my way back somehow knew NIell Ne Sol lO tllC pliCe " lleIC " t lltid dumped our friend into the sea. The moon was up, and the water was shim mering as brightly as if it had been surfaced with the molten silver. Al most in the shadow of the ship 1 saw on the crest of wave the calm, con- tented face of my friend, serene in it's resignation, infinite in it's placidity, as it rose and fell with the swash of the tide. But the ship kept on, and we soon passed out of sight"
 The crowd yawned.
 "Losing the game and being dumped into the sea was not so bad," said the lean, lank member, "but honestly, lost my temper when you refused to pick me up on your trip back, for l
 had to stay in the water week long CT before the next ship came along'
 And the Veracity club adjourned without date.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-02
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KEEP ON PRAYING.
How Little Boy Succe eeded in Work ing n Reform in lis Fathers
 Life.

Che James Smith, an English la- borer in the navy yard on the Thames, had little boy Johnnie, says the Wes- leyan Methodist. James was very intemperate man. After the death of his wife sorrow kept him sober for awhile, but he took to his cups again. and, as poor Johnnie expressed it, got bladder and bladder all the time"
 One night the drunkard awoke, q most uncommon thing for him at such an hour, and lay very still, for he heard a sound. It was his motherless boy praying by his bedside. He heard him say: "Please, God, make daddy better man. for Jesus sake."
 James Smith could not sleep any more. He rose very early and went to his work. He came home early
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-02
Temperance Campaign iu Paris.

The latest and one of the most novel methods of promoting the cause of temperance is that of impressing the effects of alcohol upon the public by means of advertisements. This pecul- far device originated in Paris, France, and has proved very effecttLal in de- creasing the consumption of liquor in that city. Scientific facts, statistics, cartoons, caricatures, all are used and the Parisian is reached at every turn, from every ground of appeal. The billboards shout the results of alcohol at him; the cars and buses present brilliant arguments for temperancein word and picture; he is enticed into reading some thrilling incident in his morning paper and finds that it ends with forcible temperance applica- tion. The Frenchman has been reached and France has scored point in the battle against the ruyages of alcohol.-Ram' Horn.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-02
Intenhpe perance.

One day man was cutting missiles out by the road. Another. passing by, asked him why he was cutting those thistles, remarking: "They are not on your lot" "No," replied the other "They are not on my lot now, but if left the seed will ripen and the wind will blow them to my lot, and then will have to crop the thistles.' So it is with intemperance. So long as sa- looms exist there is danger of this thistle entering our homes, or Of oa1 loved ones in some way being injured by them, We are not to wait until oul own has been injured but to do at all times all we can to save the fallen, and to make the way safe for those who shall folloN.-EXchange.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-02
Burning Words from T. Y. POsvderly.

Turning Words from T. Y. POsvderly.
 Had 1 1O,0oO,OOO tongues, and a throat for each tongue, l would say to every man, woman and child here tonight: "Throw strong drink aside as you would an ounce of liquid hell; it sears the conscience, it destroys everything it touches. It reaches into the family circle and takes the wife you have sworn to protect and drags her down from her purity into that home from which no decent woman ever goes alive. 1t induces the father to take the furniture from his home, exchange it for money at the pawn shop, and spend the proceeds in rum, It damns everything it touches. Ihave seen it in every city east of the Missis- sippi river, and 1 know that the most damning curse to the laborer is that which gurgles from the neck of the bottle. I had rather be at the head of an organization having 100, ,0O0 te,n- perate, honest, earnest men, than at the head of an organization of l2,00O,- 900 drinkers, whether moderate or any other kind. Every cent spent in the rum-shop furnishes paving stone for hell.'
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-02
DRINK IN, CLOTHES OUT.
Passenger on Ocean Ste,a Who Had Been Drink
 ing.

On one of her recent trip, to Euin- burgh, a certain steamer carried a deck passenger who retired At night fall, having imbibed more strong beV' craze than suited his constitution. His mental confusion on rising next morning was sadly intensified when he made the unpleasant discovery that all his personal clothing was missing.
 The steward and his staff were promptly summoned to his cabin, and were followed in due course by the genial captain himself.
 The mystery seemed to defy all con- lecture until the captain asked the suf- ferer if he had any rememhrance Of how he had disposed of his clothes overnight.
 A sudden gleam of intelligence light ed the passengers eye, and the mis- chief was made apparent to all the onlookers when he answered.: .
 ''Why, of course. remember now Before turning in put them all into that little cupboard yonder."
 "Why, man!" roared the captain, ''that little cupboard, as you cali if, is the porthole!"
 Only one person on board failed to thoroughly appreciate the humor of the situation, and he it was who bor- rowed an outfit from the steward, and abstained from drinking whisky and like beverages during the remainder of the voyage.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-02
X Queer Clock,

A naturalist, while visiting one of the CelebeS islands, found a curious time recorder lodged at the house of rajah. Two bottles were firm ly lashed together and fixed in a wooden frame. Some black sand ran from one bottle into the other in just half an hour, and when the up- per bottle was empty the frame was reversed. Twelve short sticks, marked with notches from one to F, were hung upon a string. A hook was placed between the stick bear- ing the number of notches corre- spending to the hour last struck, and the one to he struck next The sen try announced the time by striking the hour on large goIg.-London Globe.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-02
CHOICE EXTRACTS.

The tongue of scandal is harmless until it finds listening ear.-United Presbyterian.
 Self-denal and self-government are necessary to the friendship both of God and man.-George Walker.
 Generally speaking we let what is most original and best in us be wasted. We reserve ourselves for future which never comes.-Amiel.
 Learn to commend thy daily acts to God, so shall the dry everyday duties of common life be steps to Heaven and Pusey.
 It is a strange but infeXible spiritual law, that those who aim at anything short of the best according to their conception, as God has given them light, will sooner or later come to grief. It is merely a matter of time. Charles II. Brent.
 Real growth in character comes as so many of the best gifts of God come by the way. in doing what we be- lieve to be Gods will for us, many things lie in the straight line of that fidelity. Every unseltish act makes un- seltishness more possible.-H. w. Foote.
 Hurried results are worse than none. We must force nothing, but be par takers of the divine patience. If there is one thing evident in the worlds history, it is that God hasteth not. All haste implies weakness. Time is as cheap as space and matter.-- George Macdonald.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-02
What We Can Give.

One of the bravest things in the world is to give to others out of ones deepest poverty. whatever that may be -cheer out of sorrow, hope out of dis appointment. help out of weariness, courage out of defeat, the precious mite out of the slender store. It is a brave thing to do this. and yet not often an unrewarded thing. We do not know that the recording angel keeps any special account of such heroic be- nevolences, but surely they do not es- cape the loving cognizance of God Wellspring.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-02
Great aS Men.

What Christ sought was to make men great, great as men, created in the image of God, with broad concep- tions of the meaning of life, with holy ideals.-Rev. Dr. Raymond.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-02
Helping 1t Along.

Lady Visitor-What handsome man. and how kind and gentle he looks.
 Prison Warden-Yes, ma am. He is one of the loveiest murderers we haye~Chi- cago News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
Want Stewards Millions.

New York, Feb. 5.-By an order
granted by Judge Levenritt in the su-
preme court the will Of A. T. Stewart
has again been opened for contest. The
old documents are to be submitted to-
morrow for the examination OF law
yers and handwriting experts re-
tanned in an effort TO prove that the
accepted will should have been thrown
out and new line of heirs admitted
to a share in the estate
Seven witnesses have been brought
from Ireland and maintained here
since October 16 to prove the pedi-
gree OF the heirs, who base their
claims as descendants of third cous-
in of Mr.. Stewart. Among them is
Father Aloysius, a parish priest, who
has been brought to establish the
records OF birth and to identity the
claimants. In this case II was neces-
sary to secure a special dispensation
to obtain a leave OF absence for the
witness.
The claim is made for one-sixtieth
of the estate which is probably worth
from $25O,OOO to 100000, if the di
vision can be carried back far enough
and appraised at present values
The present suit is directed against
the property at Tenth street ant
Broadway, which is claimed to be
worth $3,500,000
The present suit is said to be bu
the beginning of long series of new
litigation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
BANKRUPT Notice.

In the United States Court for the
Southern District OF Indian Terri
tory, in bankruptcy. In the matter
OF w. II. Thomson and James II.
Thomson, partners as Thomson
Hardware company, bankrupts, in
bankruptcy.
To the creditors of Thomson Hard
ware company OF Addington, in said
district, bankrupts.
Notice is hereby given that on the
22d day OF January, A. d., 1908, the
said w. II. Thomson and James H.
Thomson, partners as Thomson Hard.
ware company, were duly adjudicated
bankrupts. and that the first meeting
of their creditors will be held in my
Office at Chickasha, in said district. on
the 7th day of February, A. d., 1908
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at which
time the said creditors may attend
prove their claims, examine the bank
rupts, appoint a trustee and transact
such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
Il. HAMILTON,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
First published Jan. 20, 1908.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
Notice Of Public Sale.

BY virtue of an order of sale from
the United States court for the South
ern district OF the Indian Territory, as
q court OF bankruptcy, | will sell at
auction on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1908, at
Addington. !. r., a stock of general
merchandise invoicing about ($3,300)
three thousand, three hundred dollars,
open accounts for about (S600.00) six
hundred dollars. one half interest in a
store house and three lots in said town
Of Addington, 100 acres of land in
Scott county, Kansas. described as
follows: N 70. a Sec. a. township
II, range 81 w. and all other assets
OF ]. T. Hawkins and II. NJ. Hawkins,
bankrupts, which are not by law ex.
empt. s. II. GAINES.
Trustee in Bankruptcy
First published Feb. !. 1908
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
Cancer Cured.

Mr.. w. W. Prickett. Smithied, H.,
writes Sept. 10. 1901: "I had been suf.
fering several years with cancer on
my face, which gave me great annoy
ance and unbearable itching was
using Billiards. Snow liniment for a
sore leg, and through an accident
rubbed some OF the hniment on the
cancer, and as It gave me almost in
Istant relief, decided TO continue the
'use OF the liniment on the cancer. In
short time the cancer came out, my
face healed up and there is not the
slightest scar left have implicit
faith in the merits of this preparation
and it can not be too highly recon-
mended." 25c, soc and 81. For sale by
w b. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
Congress of colored Men.

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 5.-A con-
gross or representative colored people
from all over the South, who are op-
posed to antagonizing the Southern
white people by seeking political pre-
ferment, will be held in Birmingham in
May. as the call says, "for the purpose
81 announcing the exact position. and
feeling OF the Southern negro toward
the white people of the South"
Prof w. H. Council. president Of
the colored normal and industrial
school, near Huntsville, Ala, and a
leader second only to Booker Wash
ington in ability, is one OF the promot-
ers OF the movement.
The congress. It is expected, will
adopt resolutions to the effect that
lthe white man of the South is the
colored mans best friend; that his
best chance in the United States is in
the Southern states, and that 1t be-
hooves him to hold aloof from politics
and seek TO develop along educational
and industrial lines, deporting himself
in such n manner as to merit and re,
'ceive the good will and cordial support
Of the Southern whites, leaving the
latter to have direct charge Of govern
mental affairs
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
WARNING ORDER.

In the United States Commissioners
Court in the Indian Territory,
Southern district.
Hughes Bros. Mfg. Co., plaintiff, VS..
J. b, Duncan, defendant.
The defendant, ]. d. Duncan, is
warned to appear in this court in thir-
ty days and answer the complaint OF
the plaintiff, Hughes Bros. Mfg. Co.
Witness T. N. Robnett, U. s. com.
missioner this 22nd day OF January
1908. T. N. RoBNETT.
u. S. Commissioner
II, A. Ledbetter, attorney for plain.
tir.
Tom Norman, attorney for non.resI
dent defendant.
First published Jan, 2S, 1908.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
MONK.
special Correspondence.

CDttlul correspondence
Monk. /. r.. Feb. 4--Plowing is the
work of the day now. Some farmers
are about done plowing while others
have just commenced.
J. c. Pierce of Texas, a prominent
merchant, was a pleasant visitor on
Cool Branch this week. He has cat
tie located here.
c. Pierce's little child has recovered
from severe attack OF pneumonia
and hope she will soon be entirely
well
Cattle are looking bad in this vi
entity. Notwithstanding the winter
has been very warm. We are look
ing for the tax collector every day f..
his 25 cents.
School is going along nicely at
Monk with a very good attendance.
/. V. Pierce. the Tussy merchant
was up here on his farm last Sunday
looking after his stock
VIM. Kern is doing quite a good
business here at present
A. Pierce is laid up with very bad
arm. caused from boils and inAamma.
ton
Health OF this community is reason.
ably good There has been some
deaths Of late.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
A MONTE CARLO LEGEND.
The story the Croupiers Tell of the
Wandering jew.

All gamblers are superstitious. and
some of their pet superstltions are now
so old as to have acquired the respec.
liability OF venerable traditions. The
croupiers of Monte Carlo have an In
teresting set Of traditional supersti-
tions of their own. most of which are
entirely unknown to the many thou
sands of visitors who toy with the
'tiger" in that gilded court OF chance
The most striking of these is the
story OF the Wandering Jew, which the
croupIers believe as fervently as they
do that the bank will down any ''sys-
TEN" that ever was invented. There
is one day, and one day only. in the
year on which the rooms of the casino
at Monte Carlo are closed-that is on
Good Friday. When the rooms are
opened on the following day, they say,
the first person to enter the Grand
Nouvelle Sale de Jeur" is an old man
of venerable appearance. He wastes
no time; but, walking straight to one
of the tables, he places with the trem-
bling fingers of extreme old age q
piece of money upon a certain number.
The wheel is turned, the croupler's ma
sal cry falls upon the ear, announcing
that the number selected by the old
man>has won, With a bitterly savage
exclamation the aged man seiZes his
winnings, throws them about him and
hurries from the room to disappear, no
one knows where.
He is the Wandering Jew, and until
he can lose a bet IT Monte Carlo he
must contlnue his waDderings. Get on
the "bllnd side" Of any Of the old crou-
piers of Monte Carlo, and they will tell
you this legend. Have they seen him
or course they have and are fully per.
suaded that the aged and mysterious
stranger is none other than the man
condemned TO perpetual earthly wan
derings nearly 1000 years ago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
NERVOUS ENERGY.
Dont ovcrdrnw Your Account In the
BANK of Nature.

Don't Ovcrdrnw Your Account In the
Bank of Nature.
You have a deposit of nervous energy
placed TO your account in the bank OF
your body. 1t may lie large, in which
happy case you are a millionaire in
strength and accomplishing power, or
II may be so microscopic as TO need
careful outstanding and little expendi-
ture TO keep it from dwindling out al
together.
But many millionaires become pau
pers, and some "dime savings" swell
into millions. II depends upon the way
the capital is managed. You may
think you have so much that there is
no need to be economical You get up
in the morning and feel the blood
bounding through your veins like noun.
tain cataracts, and you think you can
turn the mill wheels of the world.
You work day and night or you play
day and night. which is sometimes
more exhausting, and go at the limit of
your speed all the time. You are over
drawing your bank account of energy,
and hat needlessly. for you probably
have enough to last n long useful
lifetime. 1t pays TO sit down ana slarp.
en- your tools, and it adds cent per cent
to your body bank deposit.
Another with not half your brains
or hustle will get ahead of you in the
end, for he makes every act, every
thought. so straight to the mark. He
wastes no effort. Everything he does
means something 1t helps toward some
given end. You spend a great deal OF
ammunition on your quarry because
you are overanXious. He keeps cool
takes steady aim and wings his bird
You get wrinkles and frost tipped
temples and become bankrupt in vi
tality when you should be in YOU
prime. You have overdrawn the bes
and most valuable bank account the
Lord ever placed on the books of life
the ability ito love and to work and tC
play and TO look up at the stars"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
AToKA FALLS DOWN.
Rumored That Atoka Is Not Able to
Ruild the Hotel as Promised.

Rumored That Atoka Is Not Able to
Build the Hotel as Promised.
II is announced that the Atoka hotel
promised the Dawes commission IL the
ehoctaw land Office would be located
there. has fallen through FOR lack OF
anancial support A party from Ato-
ka Gays that the town will appeal
to the Central Trust Co of South Nc
Alester for finances and If their prop
osition is turned down the hotel will
never be built Atoka promised a
sne hotel and separate building for
the land Office. The latter structure
has been completed and plans we're
accepted for the hotel
Il is further reported that a frame
shack will be erected to house the
Dawes commission and the large mum
Der OF vositors that are expected. The
contractors received, so 1t is said
81 900 - cancel the contract
II is up to the Dawes commission
now to show why the land Office should
be located where hotel facilities arc
lacking South McAlester Capital.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06

Treasury Department, Office OF the
Comptroller Of the Currency, Washing
ton, ID. c., Jan. 10, 1903.-(No. 6,57S)
Whereas. by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, it has
been made TO appear that the First
National Bank OF Mannsville." In the
town OF Mannsville, Chickasaw ma
tion, Indian Territory, has complied
with all the provisions OF the statutes
of the United States, required to be
complied with before an association
shall be authorized TO commence tho
business OF banking.
Now therefore l, William d. Ridgei,
comptroller OF the currency, do here
by certify that ~The First National
Bank OF Mannsville." in the town OF
Mannsville, Chickasaw Nation. In.
dian Territory, Is authorized
to commence the business OF banking,
as provided in section ffty-one hun.
dred and sixty nine OF the revised
statutes of the United States.
In testimony whereof, witness my
hand and seal Of office this tenth day
of January, 1908.
VIM. b. RIDGELY,
(SeaD Comptroller OF the Currency
First published Jan. 10. 1908
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
lArknnsa- and oklahoma Exnressl

ARKANSAS and Oklahoma Express)
Leaves st. Louis........10:00 y. m
Arrives Oklahoma City. Gas y. m
Through cars and Pullman sleepers
between Oklahoma City, Kansas City
st. Louis and Memphis. For rates
and other information call on nearest
Frisco System agent, or address the
undersigned. b. f. DUNN.
Div. Pass. Agt., Wichita. Kan
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
Nearly Forfeits His Life.
WASHINGTON, d c,

A runaway almost ending fatally
started a horrible ulcer on the leg OF
j. b, orner. Franklin Grove. ILL., For
four years 1t defied all doctors and all
remedies. But Bucklen's Arnica Salve
had no trouble to cure him. Equally
good for burns, bruises, skin eruptions
and piles. 25c at w. b. Frames.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-06
First published Feb. 1. 1908.

You Know What You Are Taking
When you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that
1t is simply iron and quinine In a
tasteless form. no cure-no pay. 50:.