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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-26
STREET CRIES IN CAIRO.
sounds aud Voices That Travellers
Hear la the Egyptian city.

sounds aud Voices That Travellers
Hear La the Egyptian city.
Take chair oatside n busy cafe
near the market place and tram center
and watch street life There are no
hungry men, no starving pinched child
faces, no finger worn mothers, for this
Is a land of plenty, and the peoples
wants are few and simple. Th.j sun
shine and laughter spray W leone
fragrance over the novelty and ro-
nance of the gay city's streets. Here
Is n street mclodist twanglng a monster
one stringed something and accom-
panied by nose ringed girl who taps
deftly on a species of tambourine,
while bystanders calculate "Allah, al
lahg'-the Arabic word for applause.
If not quite in accord with your preju-
dices concerning music, well, maalaish
(never mind. IL Is not nearly so dis
tracing as a street corner at home, and
they will 90 away if you tell them to.
The baboon, the donkey and boy are
I'm evidence, with score of performing
tricks that are very original and GER
tainly funny. and you console yourself
with the hope of a minimum of cruelty
I'm the training.
A fruit seller, basket on head, with
luscious grapes and figs, saunters by,
singing IN a quaint minor: 30 grapes
o sweet grapes, that are larger than
doves eggs and sweeter than new
cream. o angels food, delicious figs
bursting with honey, restorers OF
healthw There is a drink seller, bent
under the weight of the odd shaped jan
slung over his shoulder, n lump Of ice
projecting from It's mouth, coniuring
custom in similar strain as he struts
up and down, making the air resound
with the rhythmical clap clap of two
brazen saucers 30 refreshment Of the
weary! o quencher of parched lips
o blessing of heaven"
Another street cry which may bC
heard I'm the main street of Abbassich
a suburb, contains the following entic
ing announcement: Tomorrow, O peo
pie, | am going to kill camel! The
| doctor says IL Is young and healthy
Oh, its flesh viii be tenael MS the quail
| and juicy as lamb. Its price is but II!
| piasters G cents a pound. Do you love
the sweet flesh of the camel? Ther
come early and be satisfied" Not the
least picturesque figures I'm the streets
are the city police, in their neat white
drill and red tarbouches In summer anC
blue serge in winter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-26
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.

From a twenty-year-old mulberry
tree 21S pounds of leaves have been
picked in a year.
String beans may be obtained during
the entire summer by planting once Il
month for successive supplies.
Some trees are much more unfavor-
able to the growth of plants beneath
them than are others. The worst are
the yew and the ash.
Whenever water is given to pot
plants enough should be used thor
oughly to wet the soil around the roots.
Mere sprinkllng of the surface does lit
tie good.
The next time you have bouquet Of
flowers TO keep add a very little cam
phor 10 the water in the vase and see
how much longer its freshness will be
retained
One Of the most satisfactory plants
for house culture Is the yellow oxalls.
II will blossom freely If given sun and
water and its bronze brown foliage
sets off It's pretty yellow bloom rarely.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-26

The man who is ever ready to bet on
anything said suddenly to a group of
members Of the club, "I'll bet case of
catchup TO bottle of curry powder
that there isn't man in the party that
can name the denominations Of United
States paper money" All lost, and all
We're abashed when he mentioned 81.
50, s., $40, $50, $50, 500, $500, $1,000,
$1,000 and $4,000. Most men are un-
accustomed TO handling notes above
500, and few ever saw one of $4,000.
New York Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-26

1t was to combat and expose quacks
and fools that laughter was invented
Thacktray. -
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-26

American tourists abroad often com.
ment upon the literal translation into
English of notices in foreign languages.
The well meant efforts of landlords and
others to convey In the language Of the
visitor the meaning of the native often
produce laughable results.
A Washington citizen found this no
tlce posted in his room In an Alpine
hotel
"Misters, the venerable voyagers are
earnestly requested not to take clothes
Of the bed to see the sun rise for the
color changes. Washington Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-26
MlssIssIPPI RousTAeoura.
They Are Travellers. Nomads, Auto
crats, Men of Leisure.

They Are Travellers. Nomads, Auto
crats. Men of Leisure.
The black steamboat roustabout Of
the Mississippi is as much part and
parcel of the river as is the water and
quite as necessary. There is an i'm
preston that che roustabout is much
abused individual au inclination 10
class him along with the sllyelikc cir
Gus hand. This is wholly wrong. The
roustabout is traveller. uoulad. auto
crat man OF leisure. lie is little seen
on the upper river, hut ln ST. Louis,
Memphis and orleans there are enough
of him to man five times Hs many
boats as touch at those ports Yet
lower river packets have trouble in
shipping full crews of the blacks. They
are compelled to ship for each trip sep
arately. because IL does not please the
rouster to take more than one trip i'm a
month. The balance of tho time he
plays gentleman OF anluence. ON the
Memphis levee | listened to a group Of
the brayny fellows as they lolled with.
In the shade Of a freight pile. Not one
was there who had not visited at some
time every point in the Mississippi val
ley at which the steamboat calls. They
were equally at home in Pittsburg or
Orleans. Little Rock or Chattanooga.
In summer the roustcrs are fuirly
willing 10 work. though they exercise
fine discrimination in The matter Of
boats. but In the fall, when steamers
are plentiful aud labor scarce. they
become exceeding COY. They do not
gather around the bring mate then.
lie has to come to them They regard
coldly the average monthly wage, $40
They ask for $50 and even for 500, and
they get it If they hold a grudgc
against the mate of boat, they de
mand his discharge and get that too.
But the moment, summer or winter
that the roustabout steps upon a steam
ers forccastle his hours of ease are
done. He works day aud night, a sort
of work no white man could stand foi
even twelve hours. lie sleeps at ode
minutes between landings sprawled OF
deck or cotton bale. lie wears shirt
usually-trousers and shoes and find.
them burdonsOmc. He lays aside his
powers of sight and reasoning. retains
only ears and muscles and becomes :
powerful machine. answering to tn,
slightest inclination of a mates will
Willis Gibson In Scribner's.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-26
Chamber Of Commerce Committee.

Chamber Of Commerce Committee.
Finance. A. Blyens, c. L. Ander.
son, J. a. Madden.
Manufacturing and mercantile in
terests-C. II. ones, ]. r. Pennington.
j. X. p. Campbell.
Public highways-Max westheimer.
H. b. Robertson, w. S. wolverton. A.
II. Palmer II. II. Pennington.
Advertising--sig Simon, T. N. Cole
man, Orin Redneld
Railroads. etc.-w. A. Ledbctter. F.
NJ. Gates, John L. Gait, W. f. Whit.
tington, G. i. Herbert.
Agrlculture-J. y. Boone, John F..
Easley, J. S. Mullen, M. Munzeshelmer.
Mombership-C. l.. Byrne, II. w.
Dick, Don Lacy.
Entertainments-John l.. Gait, A.
" Doak. Il. w. Roberts.
House-R. w. Dick. w. A. wolver.
ton, A. c. Young.
Arbitratlon-C. l.. Herbert, Lee
Cruce. d. f. Allen, w. p. Poland. ].
B. Spraglns
SIDNEY sUdGs, Pres.
c. J.. BYRNE. sec'y
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-26
SOUTHERN SUPERSTlTlONS,

II you kill frogs, your cows will "go
dry
Tickling a baby will cause the child
to stutter.
To throw hair combings out of the
window is bad luck.
To thank Il person for combing your
hair will bring bad luck.
No person who touches a dead body
will be haunted by its spirit.
Cut a dogs "dew claws" and 1t will
not die from poisonous snake bite.
To kill n ghost it must be shot with
a bullet made Of silver quarter dollar.
To dream Of live snake means enc
mics at large; of dead snake enemies
dead or powcrless
To dream of unbroken eggs signifies
trouble to come; If the eggs are broken,
the trouble is past
If you boast Of your good health,
pound wood Immediately with your fist
or you viii become sick.
To cut n baby's finger nails will de-
form it. If the child is a month. old 1t
viii cause it to have fits.
TO allow child TO look into a mirror
before 1t is a month old will cause it to
have trouble In teething.
4 child win have nature and dispo,
sition similar to those of the person who
first takes it out Of doors.
To hear a screech owl is bad luck
10 prevent hearing its cry turn the
pockets inside out and set the shoe
soles upward.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-26

1t is surprising how circumstances al
ter animals. The savages Of the ANA
zon region feed the common green par
rot for generations with the fat Of GER
tain fishes, thus causing it TO become
beautifully varlegated with red and
yellow feathers. In like manner the
natives of the Malay archipelago, by
a process Of feeding, change the talka-
tive lory into the gorgeous king lory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-26

''rhere is something eleystlng in mu.
sic,' said the artist.
Yes" answered the manager. "Mu-
sic certainly has the effect of stimu-
lating lofty ideals as TO salary. Wash
ington Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-26
A Scientific Discovery.

Kodol does for the stomach that
which II Is unable to do for itself, even
when but slightly disordered or over
loaded. Kodol supplies the natural
juices OF digestion and does the work
of the stomach, relaxing the nervous
tension, while the inflamed muscles
of that organ are allowed to rest and
heal. Kodol digests what you eat and
enables the stomach and digestive or
gans to transform all food into rick,
red blood. City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-26
3 a ~ ~ "a SALvE
tbs mos, hesIln@ sslve in the weird

You get more for your money in
heating and cook stoves at Spragins'
than any other place. He sells the
Leader ana the Garland. Caa you
think of better stoves?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
HOBSON INSISTS ON
LEAVING THE NAVY.

Washington. Feb. 5.-Capt. Rich
mond P. Hobson of the corps. of naval
constructors insists on the acceptance
of his resignation from the naval serv-
ice.
Secretary Moody received a telegram
from him to-day to that effect. He
thanked the department for it's indul-
gence in the matter, but said his de-
cision to resign was final His tele-
gram was in reply 10 one from the
Secretary of the Navy, requesting the
withdrawal of his resignation and that
he make trial of the duties to which
he had been assigned at the Bremen
ton naval station, assthe navy did not
wish to lose the services of an officer
whose record had been so brilliant.
Constructor Hobsof is now in New
York. Secretary Moody has decided,
in view of Capt. Hobson's declination
to reconsider his preferred resigna ton,
to accept the same. He will take oc-
casion to formally RECORD the naVy's
high appreciation ] Of the officers
worth.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
CROWDS FLOCKED TO
HEAR WASHINGTON.
Though Some Had Protested. Yet
the Court House Was Packed.


Gainesville, Fla, Feb. 5.-Two thou
sand people of both races went to the
Court House tonight to hear Booker
Washington. and by o'clock the house
was packed and hundreds were stand
ing outside. unable to get in. He made
no allusion to the discussion over his
invitation, except as it might be in
ferred from the opening of his adj
dress. He said in part:
Many teachers of the public schools
of Florida were educated at the Tusk
egee Institute, and | am sure 1t is but
right and proper that you should know
something of the methods employed
in preparing colored teachers for their
work. There is nothing unnatural or
unusual in my being invited here to
explain the methods and object of ouT
work. Even in days of slavery the
two races had frequent conferences
with each other. There was no master
who would not permit a slave to come
into his presence and talk freely about
his condition and aspirations. There
was no slave who did not feel he
could have hearing in the presence
of his owner"
Speaking of the work at Tuskegee he
said:
when I began the work Of founding
Tuskegee Institution | resolved to make
the school not only of value in uplift-
ing my own race, but a school to send
out colored men and women, who
should prove of value to both races.
In Analysing the condition of our peo-
pie l found a majority lived by some
form of agriculture, and | found in
studying the life of the race that, as
a rule, 1t was better off in the country
districts, occupied in the cultivation of
the SOIL and from the first | have
placed the greatest emphasis on agri-
cultural training. | believe the time
not far distant when the advantage of
teaching agriculture in all public
schools will be seen.
Il believe you will agree with me
when | say the time has come when
we must recognize that an intelligent,
skillful, conscientious man is OF more
value than an ignorant, shiftless one.
l do not believe the negro will ever
appeal to the white man in vain"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
LAYS IT ON BANKHEAD.
HobsOn Says the Alabama Man Held
Up His Retirement.


New York, Feb. 5.-Capt. Richmond
P. Hobson of the United States Navy,
who was in the city to-day, said he had
information from reliable source that
legislation, which would have enabled
him to go on the retired list, had been
held up in the House Naval Affairs
Committee at Washington by Congress-
man Bankhead. The congressman rep
resents the Sixth Alabama district. in
which Capt. Hobson lives, and the cap
tain said he believed. on the informa-
ton which has come to him, that Mr..
Bankhead's opposition was due to his
political interests.
Capt. Hobson said that construction
work in the tropics, where the refiec-
ton of the suns rays on the water is
intense, had impaired his eyesight. He
had been invaded from Manila after
having been forced by, weak eyes to
quit work.
THE construction work required Of
me-" said Capt. Hobson, us Just the
kind which my impaired eyesight has
made me unable to perform There
was nothing for me to do but to retire
or resign; could not go on attempting
work for which / was physically dis
qualified. My application for retire
ment was approved by the construction
bureau. and by the President, and all
went well until ii reached the House
Committee on Naval Affairs, of which
Mr.. Bankhead is a member. The op-
position in that committee left me no
other course than to resign"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
ALASKAN TREATY WILL
NOT BE RATIFIED,

Washington, Feb. 5.-During the past
two days President Roosevelt has had
several conferences with prominent
senators concerning the status of the
Alaskan boundary treaty, and he has
been informed that the opponents of
the treaty will not permit it to be rati-
fed.
1t was indicated to the President and
Secretary Hay that the active oppo-
nents of the treaty maintained that
there was nothing in the boundary
question to arbitrate, and, therefore,
they would not consider it's reference
to commission, as provided for in
the treaty.
1t is understood that the President
and secretary have practically aband-
oned hope of the ratification OF the
treaty. If it should not be ratified
the modus vivendi previously agreed
upon by Great Britain and the United
States will remain in force until it
shall be displaced by some permanent
arrangement.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
FELL FROM WINDOW.
Leading Baritone of Castle Square
Company Killed.

st. Louis, Feb. 5.-Wiliam PAUL of
London, England, leading baritone of
the Castle Square Opera Company is
dead as the result of a fall from
sixth-story window of the Southern
Hotel.
The singer was leaning from the win
dow, when he is supposed to have lost
his balance. He plunged out headfore-
most. striking the telegraph wires OPP
posite the second-story window. These
broke his fall, but did not save his life.
1t was reported that Mr.. PAUL threw
himself from the window, but nothing
authentic as to this could be learned
At the time of Mr.. PaulPs first APP
pearance here with the Castle Square
Opera Company, two years ago, he was
married to Miss Ethel Gordon of Sgd
ney, Australia. Miss Gordon, who,
three years previously, was a member
of the same company with Mr.. PAUL
in Australia, came. Is, 900 miles to meet
her afflanced
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06

intention of the allies to appeal to
President Roosevelt to act as an arbi-
ter for them in the matter of prefer
entail treatment, made the significant
point that if the allies appeal to the
President without first consulting Mr..
Bowen and gaining his consent, Vene-
zuela will feel that her rights are be-
ing trampled on, and unless her per-
mission is gained, will certainly not
consent tC the Powers naming the ar
bitter of this vital question.
In the event that the matter goes to
The Hague, the allies will only be ac-
cepting the proposition made by Mr..
Bowen in his ultimatum addressed to
the British ambassador last Monday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
CUBAN FLAG MAY FLY.
spain's, However. VIII Not Float
at Havana.

Madrid, Feb. 5.-The Minister of
Foreign Affairs denies positively that
any representations have been made
TO the Cuban minister at Madrid
Senior Marchan, regarding the hosting
of the Cuban flag over his residence
The Cuban minister is declared to be
acting within his rights in displaying
the flag the day he presented his cre-
dentials, and the government recog-
nizes both the Cuban minister and the
Cuban flag.
1t is understood here, however, that
the Spanish government has advised
its minister at Havana not to hoist
the Spanish flag on assuming office.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
PUTS 1T ON THE DEAD MAN.
Engineer Davis Held Responsible
for the Wreck.

for the Wreck.
Plainfield. N. j., Feb. 5.-The inves-
tigation by a coroners jury into the
wreck on the New Jersey Central
tracks, near Graceland on Jan. "a, was
resumed to-day. Several witnesses
said the engine on the flyer was en-
veloped in steam. Edward McEwen,
conductor of the flyer, said Engineer
Davis told him he could not see the
signals for the steam.
Thomas B. Smith. a passenger, had
been told the same thing by Davis. Will
liam G. Besler. the vice president and
general manager of the Central Rail-
road, declared that any engineer who
tried to run his engine in a faulty con-
dition would be dismissed from the SER
vice.
Prosecutor English then asked Mr.
Besler who, in his opinion. was respon-
sible for the wreck and Besler replied
THE engineer of the Philadelphia
train, James Davis"
When asked why he held this opinion,
Mr.. Besler said that Davis alone might
have prevented the accident
The inquest was adjourned.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
AMAPALA BL0CKADED.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The following
cablegram has been received at the
State Department from United States
Consul Moe at Teguciga1pa, Honduras,
dated Feb. 5:
Government DEGREES Amapala block
aded.'
Amapala is the island were Bonilla,
who claims to have been elected Pres
ident of Honduras, has taken his stand
and is raising a force to maintain his
claim.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
NEW NEW YORK PAPER.

Trenton, N. j., Feb. 5.-The New
York Evening News Company. capt.
tai $1,OOO,OoO, was Incorporated here
to-day to publish the New York
Evening News. All the stock. with the
exception of two shares, is owned by
Benjamin L. Goldberger of New York
Walter Scott of New York and An
drew Kemp of New Orange, N. j.,
own the remaining two shares.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
WIND BLEW PEOPLE
FROM THEIR FEET.

New York, Feb. 5.-A terrific wind
storm prevailed in this city throughout
the entire day. The gale blew at the
rate of sixty miles an hour, and in the
vicinity of the now famous Flatiron
building no one could stand long
enough to make an estimate of It's
speed and force.
Scores of persons were blown from
their feet at this place, and several of
them were severely injured. A 14-year-
old boy was picked up by the wind and
hurled under the wheels of an auto
mobile and killed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
MEN LIVING ON ICE
DROWNED IN THE LAKE,

Chicago, Feb. SIT is feared that
forty-seven persons went to their
death in the storm which struck Sagi-
nav Bay Tuesday night, says a dis
patch to the Tribune from Bay City,
Mich.
The men were living in shanties
built on the ice. The storm burst
without warning. 1t was accompanied
by a binding swirl Of snow, and the
waves crushed the ice in the bay upon
which the hshermen's huts were stand
ing into a grinding, crunching mass.
Nothing has been seen of the men or
shanties since.
1t is known that two were drowned
and little hope is expressed for the
others.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
ASKS FOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Morgan Wants Truth Regarding
Offer to Colombia.

Washington, Feb. 5.-Senator Nor
gan to-day introduced resolution ask
ing the Secretary of the Navy to sup
ply the Senate with copies of any cor
respondence that may have occurred
between the naval officers of the Unit
ed States and persons on shore In Co.
lombia during the recent stay Of Amer
lean vessels in Colombian waters.
Senator Morgan's purpose in intro
ducing the resolution is to ascertain
whether there is truth in the report
that the American naval officers made
an offer of $4,000. 900 to the revolution
lists to desist. He called attention to
the fact that the first treaty which
the United States sought to negotiate
with Colombia for construction of the
canal called for 81 1000. 000 whereas the
treaty really negotiated calls for $10,-
100000, the difference being the amount
involved in the reports concerning Of
fers to the insurgents.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
Won BUELOw's POLICY
As He Expressed ii BefOre the Ger
man Reichstag.

Berlin, Feb. 5.-Chancellor Won Bue-
low, reviewing the political situation in
the Reichstag to-day, said:
Il showed sufficiently six years ago
that am far removed from a policy
of adventure. The Samoa question was
settled to general satisfaction. We
came out of the Chinese action with
undiminished power, in all honor and
with a strengthened position in East
Asia. In Venezuela we move on pre-
cisely the same lines with England and
Italy, upon the path of thoughtful
calmness. We only want to secure the
lives, property and trade of our peo-
pie there. In our foreign policy try to
strike a middle course.
II am far from following petty poll
tics, whereby our paths would be un-
dermined, but l am just as far from a
policy which would extend our sphere
of action excessively and which would
be dependent upon ebullitions Of feel
ing, instead of being fixed by the we'll
considered, plainest interest of the Ger
man people.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-06
FACILITIES REMAIN.
House Voted Against Motion to Cut
Them Down.

Washington, Feb. 5.-when the
House met to-day the pending question
was on the motion of Mr.. Talbert of
South Carolina to amend the motion
Of Mr.. Underwood of Alabama to re-
commit the postoffice appropriation bill
so as TO add instructions to the COM
mittee to eliminate the appropriations
for special facilities from Washington
20 New Orleans. and from Kansas city
to Newton, Kan. Mr.. Talbert's amend
ment was voted down. 100 to 12l.
Mr. Underwood's motion was then
was passed.