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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04
HAD TO WAIT A LITTLE.
The Reason Liszic could Not Mnrry
Ted ON the Instant.

The Reason Lizzie could Not marry
Ted ON the Instant.
Late IN the sixties actcrs still had
their costumes carried TO and from the
theatnr In champagne baskets by the
basket boy" and the very first ana
most important duty OF the actor or
actress after rehearsal was 10 get the
basket ready and place it outside the
door; then only one might feel free.
Wen, Cupid had been taking little
flier behind the scenes. ana a young
comedian had been stricken with love
for n bit Of girl who danced between
the first play and the farce. one day
he saw the old leader Of the orchestra
tap her cheek with his bow, and the
awful familiarity was too much to be
endured silently. lie walked home
with her and in the boarding house
hall he spoke. \ minister's name was
mentioned, number, a street, some
thing about license. Nothing seemed
very clear except his love and his de-
sire to get married at once, at once!
"Oh. Lizzie. will you marry meI Dear
little Lizzie, will your" he implored.
And Lizzie, who was about the height
of a nineyear-old child, but was full
sixteen, very pink and very pleased,
looked coyly up. then modestly down
and answered. I'm awfully glad you
love me- Ted, but - but. really you
know, you'll have to wait n lttlew
Down went Ted's face. watt" he
cried in tragic voice. Wait. Good
kingdom. Why? What for? How
longf" And Lizzie, with wide, reproach-
ful blue eyes, said, "Why, Ted, you
know well enough you'll have to wait
til Get my basket readyw-Clara Nor
rls in McClure's Magazine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04

There was certain young minister
in Maine who on his first charge was
called upon TO preach a funeral sermon
over woman. II was his first funeral
sermon, and he laid himself out TO
make an impression and succeeded.
The woman had had her faults, but
the minister forgot them. This was TO
be expected. but he extolled her so
highly that the poor bereayed husband,
sitting there listening couldn't recog-
nlze her by the description. Finally, In
a glowing peroration, he pictured God
and the archangels aud the angels aud
all the hosts of the redeemed joyously
forming a parade 10 welcome TO heaven
this zone Of the very best of all wom-
en-" The husband could stand Il no
longer, and leaping up, interrupted
him with beckonlng hand. gasplng out:
mo, no. elder Not quite that! She
was only bout middlin'."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04
THE BRAVE WOLVERINE.
Not a Little Wolf bnt ~ DIgnined
Forest Monarch.

Not "1ittle wolf" as the Ignorant
think. is the Significance Of wolverine
but something Of greater dignity
embodiment of the terrible spirit of the
Wild fire OF the prehistoric forests
Wonderful Ia its strength and courage
q tree climber on occasion. not immense
OF size, but with limbs and claws great
out of all proportion TO its size. with a
muzzle almost boglike. but With great
white fangs. the beast had still an
element Of the grotesque In it, makeup
with its sweeping, bushy tail and the
broad bands of yellow white upon rs
back and shoulders. Woe TO the small
er beast or the deer upon which Il
dropped from some great low hanging
branch or before which II suddenly ap.
peared In the dense windfalis!
or all the continent. the Michigan
peninsula was the chosen habitat Of
the wolverene. aud he struggled long
before backwoodsmen drove him from
his heritage. So enduring was he. ~
desperately courageous. that his name
became n synonym fcr pluck and
prowess, and proudly the people of
Michigan accept the nickname which
has been given to hlm.-Outing
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04

When an editor makes a mistake in
his paper all the world sees it and
calls him n liar. When private ciu-
zen makes a mistake, nobody knows II
except a few friends. and they come
around and ask the editor to keep 1t
out Of the paper. When the private
citizen dies. the editor is asked to write
up all his good qualities and leave out
the bad. When the editor dies, the
private citizen will say, "Now that old
liar will get his deserts. ."-Cleveland
(Okla) Triangle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04
The snnnlsh schooltcnch.r

The teacher Of any land may be over
worked. He may suffer from the par
simonious policy Of the powers and be
underpaid even in our own enlightened
country, but in few countries. certain
ly not IN the United States. could such
a story as the one which follows be
truthfully told
In the streets of "A Spanish city, says
the author Of The Land Of the Dons,"
a police officer stumbled on the corpse
OF a ragged and emaciated pauper. In
making out his report he asked what
he should enter as the dead mans pro
fession.
"What did he die Off asked She mag
istrate.
starvation" replied the policeman.
Put him down as schoolmaster, -
replied the magistrate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04

What In theatrical parlance is a well
dressed houseY said dramatic writer.
and after silent pause he continued
Il went the other night to show, and
as ! passed in the doorkecper said to
me, we have well dressed house TO-
night, sir | supposed he meant that
the audience was sporting It's best
clothes. but | found on looking about
that this was not true, and so between
the acts | asked him what he had
meant He answered: I meant that
the house had been seated by the box
office man very cleverly. SO that II bal
anced well. and so that the fact that it
was not small was not perccptible 70
dress house Is to distribute an audi.
ence all over II so Il looks full when II
is, as n matter of fact far from being
so. There are here enough people to
fill about the first seven rows OF the
orchestra, but the house is well dress
ed, and on looking at it you have the
impression that It Is fairly well filed.
Every ticket seller should see to II that
his house Is dressed properly. That is
why you 80 often fail to get seated as
far up front as you would like Phil
adelplha Record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04
why shnI.espeare Endnre-.

What interests us in Shukespeare's
plays is not the plays themselves. but
the (strlctly irrelevant truth and beau
ty that he poured into them. We love
them for their matchloss poetry and
their matchless insight into the human
soul Hamlet Is for us nothing but
the study Of n contemplative man dis.
tracted by the necessity to be up and
doing. Macbeth" the study Of noble
mind degraded by ambition, The Mer-
chant Of Venice" the study OF racial
strength against contempt and persecu-
tion. Nothing TO us now the actual
framework of these studies; everything
the studies themselves and the Ian
guage In which they are set forth. Our
pleasure In the production Of Shake
spearean play is according solely 10 the
illuminatlve rightness of the conception
of the chief character or characters and
TO the sonorous beauty with which the
verse is declaimed by all.-Saturday
Review.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04
PIgeon,. MlII. Not a LoI.e

The Joke about pigeons milk has Il
foundation in fact. After the lncuba-
tion of the young has been completed.
the crops of the parent bird become
thicker and secrete sort of curd. with
which the young are fed. This de-
scription OF nourishment is necessary
for them, for II the young pigeons are
deprived OF II during the first week or
two after Matching they are sure TO die.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04
TonsIIitIs.

An attack OF tonsilltis can usually be
warded of by painting the infamed
tonsil with tincture of iodine. II YOU
are unsuccessful in the attempt and the
tonsils ulcerate. swab them at once
with guaiacum and repeat in i've or siN
hours. This | learned from well
known throat specialist Of st. Louis
and find can almost always recover
without the services OF my physician
Good Housekeeping.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04

The black cap has no specific relation
20 the hanging of a criminal. Its sin
lister reputation. its color and the fact
that a judge when pronouncing capi-
tai sentence always wears il have com
bined TO attach TO it meaning and
symbolism which it does not possess.
II is really nothing more than a part
Of the full dress Of a judge. Genealog
ical Magazine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04

The Vlsitor-And what are you going
TO make of him?
Mamma want him to be a philan-
thropist.
why, there's no money in that"
But all the philanthropists have
been very rich"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04

First Stork-I just left baby at that
millionaire's house.
Second Stork-Funny things, these
human beings! I've just delivered three
10 one woman in a tenement house, and
her husbands out OF work. and they
haven't a cent,-Brooklyn Life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04
j. b. GORDON.
Tendency Of the Lines.
~ command Of

The tendency of medical science is
toward preventive measures. The
best thought of the world is being
given TO the subject IL is easier and
better to prevent than to cure. 1t has
been fully demonstrated that pneumo-
mia, one of the most dangerous dis
eases that medical men have to con.
tend with. can be prevented by the
use Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Pneumonia always results from a cold
or from an attack OF influenza (grip)
and il has been observed that this rem
edy counteracts any tendency of these
diseases toward pneumonia. This has
been fully proven in many thousands
OF cases in which this remedy has been
used during the great prevalence OF
colds and grip in recent years, and
can be relied upon with implicit con.
fdence. Pneumonia often results
from a slight cold when no danger is
apprehended until it is suddenly dis.
covered that there is fever and din.
Guilty in breathing and pains IN the
chest, then IL is announced that the
patient has pneumonia. BE on the
safe side and take Chamberlain s
Cough remedy as soon as the cold Is
contracted II always cures For sale
by City Drug Store. f. ]. Ramsey and
Ardmore Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04

jefferson Davis memorial service,
which will be held in Christs church
cathedral. Tuesday. May i9, 1903.
All United Confederate Veterans
United Sons Of Confederate Veterans
and United Daughters Of the Confed-
cracy are cordially invited TO assist
at this solemn and impressive cere'
mony in memory Of the first and only
president Of the Confederacy. The
commanding general sincerely trusts
that all who visit New Orleans Will
take part IN this beautiful service, II
possible. The Confederate soldiers
cannot too often mark his appreciation
Of the glorious women Of the South,
and their noble work.
g. Many matters of importance will
be brought before the convention.
among which will be the proper steps
10 be taken TO teach the young men
and the young women who are soon
to take our places, that the cause for
which their fathers fought. and their
mothers toiled so ounswervingly for four
sune-l2 years was right-was right
then is right now. and will ever be.
No greater effort has been made to
instill the truth OF history into the
minds Of the rising generation than is
put forth by the historical committee
OF our organization. OF which General
5. ID. Lee Is chairman, and the COM
manding general feels that the con-
vention should adopt measures to push
forward the noble work Of the com
mittee. Prizes should be offered for
the best school histories; old soldiers.
privates and officers. should be pre-
vailed upon to contribute to the press.
likely TO be lost; publishing houses
should be encouraged 10 open busi-
ness in the South devoted to the in.
tcrest Of this section. These are some
OF the subjects which the commanding
general desires his beloved Confeder.
ate comrades to think over before the
meeting. That ample time may be
given to the consideration of all mat
ters likely to be brought up. four days
have been allotted TO the convention
unless the business is disposed Of
sooner.
q. The commanding general most
earnestly begs all Confederate sol
.diers, whether Of the army or navy.
whether members of camps or not. to
meet in New Orleans and live over
for little while in loving comradeship
with each other the glorious deeds Of
the grandest armies the world has
ever known.
T. The commanding general sin
cerely hopes that the press of the en-
tire country will endeavor to stir up
interest in the coming meeting, and
to this end he requests that this or
der be published and editorial comment
made thereon
BY command OF
J. b. GORDON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04

as Bronson as forgetful as ever?"
"More so. Why, that fellow has to
look himself up in the directory every
night before he goes home from bust
ness-forgets his address"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04

Customer Ito grocer)- How much Is
your butter a pound?
Grocer-Do you mean sweet butter.
dairy cream butter, best butter. nne
butter or butter Stray Stories
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04

Regulations which have been forced
into an unnatural bloom fade almost
as soon as they have expanded.
caulay.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04

stops the Cough and Works OFF the
Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure
a cold in one day. No cure-no pay.
Price 25 cents.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04
Mysterious clrcumstanee,

One was pale and sallow and the
other was fresh and rosy. Whence the
difference? She who is blushing with
health uses DIT, Kings New Life Pills
10 maintain H. BY gently arousing
the lazy organs they compel good dl.
gestion and head OF constipation. Try
them. Only 25c at w b. Frames.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-04

The man who doesn't amount TO much
usually has bis sign out. - AtchIson
Globe.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-12-10
City Council DoinRs.

The City council met on Thursday
evening, December 3, at city hall,
with all present except Councilman
Binns, and transacted the following
business
In regard TO the street in block 30
railroad addition, @. d. Welters'
proposition to exchange lands to make
the street 40 feet wide and to open
the alley through the block was ac-
cepted.
A street light as ordered placed at
the corner of Maine and Oak streets
and the light on G street between
Seventh and Eighth was ordered re-
moved to the corner OF G AMI Seventh
streets
The resignation Of John Lockliardt,
as marshal was rendered and accepted
and ]. D. Stevens was appointed and
confirmed as marshal to fill the
vacancy.
The following bills were allowed
d. L. Dotson, copies of tax
R. L. Zoe coo & Co., wall paper paper 10 10
Rehkopf & Rauch, blacksmith
ing ........~... 20 90
Il. A. Edgar, rent Of wagon co
b. o. McCullooh, surveys ..... 36 OO
Cramer Bros, sewer pipe, etc, 6l 30
Oregon Mining Journal, printing 25 90
Sunset Telephone Co., tele.
phone rent. .............. 80
The City surveyor was authorized
to make survey of Sixth street to
establish location Of monument on
L street.
A deed to the Salvation Army for
lot 7, block a in the original Town
site, was ordered made, pursuant to
resolution of the Council passed in
1900
Saloon bonds of G. E. Smith APP
proved.
An ordinance granting franchise to
j. o. Booth for gas works was
amended, read the third time and
passed.
The council held a special meeting
Friday evening to consider the propo.
sition Of renting the hall over the
hose room to the American Athletic
club, who had made application for
the room. After some deliberation
it was decided to rent the hall for
81. 30 per month. The hall be used
for gymnasium. Councilman
Bacher was appointed to have charge
of the matter.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-12-10
Boundry Board

Notice is hereby given that the
District Boundary Board of Josephine
County, Oregon, will meet in the
court house in the afternoon on Janu-
AIRY Z, 1904 to act ON a petition now
on file to change the boundary lines
OF school district No. 2S and No. Z,
so as to include the following de-
soribed territory in school district
No. Z, of Josephine County;
Commencing at the point where the
center line of Sec. 10, Township 3G
South, Range West Of william tie
Meridian, touches Rogue River
thence running south ON said line to
the corner in the center of section
30 of same township and range
thence east one mile to the center of
Sec. 30, thence North on the line in
the center of sections 20 and 20 to
Rogue River, thence westerly down
the bank of said river to the place of
beginning.
LINCOLN SAVAGE,
County Sup't and Sec'y of Board.
Done at Grants Pass, Oregon, Dec.
B., 1903
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-12-10

Mayor-ElecG H. G. Gilkey is a
native Of Maine. but came to tie
Coast in 1872, when lad of Z years.
For % years lie lived in Western
Washington, at one time being a D osi-
dent of Seattle and later of Montesa-
no, where ne had an interest in the
Bank of Montesano and fer six years
hr was cashier of that bank.
Nine years ago, Mr.. Gilkey came
to Oregon, locating in Medford aud
engaging in the hardware business.
The last three years of his residence
in Medford he he Id the position of
Cashier in the Bank Of jackson
county. Three years ago he came to
Grants PAS to accept similar posi-
tion in the First National Bank of
Southern Oregon.
Mr. Gilkey is republican and
while in Montesano. he served for
three terms on the city council and
at Medford served two terms as
mayor Politics are not considered
in municipal elections in Grants
Pass, Mr.. Gilkey being nominated
because of his business ability and
firm stand on the question of strict
observance OF law byHall classes of
business-saloonist as well as mer-
chant
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-12-10
WOMAN'S CLUB NEWS.

A regular meeting of the Grants
Pass Womans' Club was held in the
parlors Of the Presbyterian church,
last Saturday afternoon. Much bust
ness of importance was considered by
the ladies.
The following bills were allowed.
ard a motion made that an order be
drawn on the treasurer for the respec-
tive amounts:
Literary department, expense Of the
Howe lecture, $l1.
Art department, 81.
Musical department. $40.
Needle work department, $40.
Mrs. Robt. Booth, 50 for the prize
window box.
The matter of Miss Ethel Palmer
giving piano recital, under the
auspices of the club was considered
1t was the voice Of the club that the
recital be given, and committee of
arrangements was appointed by the
president. 1t was deci ded that all
receipts, above expenses, be given
Miss Palmer
A proposition considered some
time ago was brought up for final
settlement, and it was agreed that
the words religion, politics and
temperance" be stricken from the
constitution, leaving the club free
to consider matters
The ladies of the club will keep
"open house" to their husbands and
gentlemen friends on New Years day
from 2 till p. IN. The arrange
ments for the reception were left
with committee.
Vancios in the two departments,
Home and Household Economics,
and Physical Culture. for the posi-
tions Of superintendent, were filed
Mrs. Hildreth was appointed ITO the
former, and Mrs. Hemenway to the
latter
Mrs. Robert Booth gave an interest.
ing report Of the work being done by
the Philanthropio departments of
other state clubs, and desires that
the Grants Pass club take up similar
work.
Mrs. d. II. stovall. Reporter
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-12-10
Literary Department.

The liter airy department of the
Woman's club will hold its regular
monthly meeting at the home Of Mrs.
W. NJ. Hair on Friday, December ls,
1908 at 3 40 p. m.
the following is the program to be
given
Roll-Noted women writer's
Life and character of Elizabeth
Barrett Browning-Mrs Young.
Critical Study OF Selected Sonnets
Miss Barnard.
Talk-Mrs. Browning's Influence
Upon Italian Literature-Mrs. Dur
ham.
Observation-Disclosures as an art
la The fundamental principles
Mrs. Clark (b) Variety of concep-
tion-Mrs. Thomas.
Harriet Silsby, Sec'y
Scresns-beautifu new arrivals
Thomas
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-12-10
FIFTY SHIVERING H0B0S
Arrived In Town Tuesday and
80 Leave on So me Train.

The annal southwark migration of
the break beam tourists is now at its
height. Tuesday there were about 30
in town. but they pulled out On the
night freight. This same freight,
however brought in about 30 half
frozen mortals, who had come from
Roseburg.
The Roseburg authorities lined
them up, marched them to the depot,
and told them TO pile on the out GO
ing freight. This they did and rode
on tho outside to this place. They
were soon thawed out and as good as
ever except that they were hungry
The marshal refused TO purchase pro-
visions for them and they subsisted
on "hand outs " The majority Of
them left on the night freight south.
These men are not all professionals
some are willing to work, but have
been unable to find IL.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-12-10
RELICS OF EARLY DAYS
Exhumed From Indian Grave
on Rogue River.

l Edgar and Warren Hubert, sons of
A. N. Hubert of Sans Valley, some
time ago located an old Indian grove
on the banks of Rogue river, near the
mouth of the valley and last week
they went on tour Of investigation.
The sprt was soon found and they
went to work. At a depth Of FIVE
feet they came upon the bones of a
human skelton-more digging and
the shovel struck against hard,
metallic substance This proved to
be an old Dutch oven, large and
heavy, covered with heavy copper
lid. Removing the lid, the boys
came upon the earthly treasures of a
Redskin. who, years before had gone
to the happy hunting ground There
was display of beads that must have
made its former possessor the envy of
his tribe. Twenty-four big, silver
dollars-each with hole punched
through the center and all strung oD
a buckskin thong, were discovered
These were Mexican, Peruvian, and
Spanish coins, dating from 1920 to
1916. They were tarnished and dis.
colored from their long years of
burial There was quantity Of
Wampum or Indian she'll money,
copper ornaments of Indian make,
two pestles of stone, one with an or.
namental handle, large cleaver and
big disk, both rusty with age, and
an iron hook or sinch, from a pacK
saddle. A most gruesome find was a
mat OF auburn hair-a scalp lock
taken, perhaps, from the owner of the
Dutch oven and the pack saddle-a
hardy pioneer who came west in the
early days ana was never heard of
more-the only clue to an unwritten
tragedy.
The spot where the grave was
located is within sight OF the historic
Table Rock and the scene Of fierce
battles between the redskins and the
whites.
For hack accommodations from
Merlin to Galice and other points,
call on j. r. McGalliard, who will
meet trains No. 12 and 10 if notified
by wire or mail beforehand.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-12-10
Committee AssIanments.

The Oregon members Of the House
of Representatives have been given
the following committee assignments
by Speaker Cannon:
Hermann-lndian Affairs, Election
OF President, Vice. Pre- idcnt and
Representatives
Williamson-Mines and Mining,
Irrigation.
Representative Hermann, ON the
Indian committee, will bo able to do
u great deal in behalf of legislation
affecting Indian schools and resorya.
tions in Oregon He says he is we'll
satisfied with his assignment ON this
account. As Mr. Williamson landed
ON the two committees which he
asked for, he expresses qualification
at his assignments.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-12-10
CITY Election.

Monday was election day in Grants
Pass. but it would not have been evi-
dent to an outsider that there was any
thing unusual happening. The day
passed quietly, but there was earnest
work done in bringing voters to the
polls. The principal interest oentering
in the election OF mayor. There were
40 VOTES cast Mr., Gilkey receiving
307, giving him a majority Of IA.
The vote stands as follows