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sure that the man will drop, but they
couldn't move from the tragic spot
to save their lives.
Queer remarks some of them
make, too. Poor man., one sympa-
thetic girl will murmur. Il wonder
whether he has a wife and children:'
Would he be killed before he struck
the ground?' another asks And they
will stand and discuss that question
quite angrily. Some say he would
and others swear he wouldn't, until
sometimes | almost feel inclined to
wish that the man would be obliging
enough To drop and settle the ques
ton
Once. | remember. benevolent
old gentleman came up TO me and
asked whether the law couldn't stop
such 'foolhardy exhibitions A stee-
plejack was climbing up the side of a
church spire, and getting on the poor
old mans nerves.
Il told him the lazy could not in
terfere, and, anyhow. what could | do?
Go and tell him to stop. the old
gentleman insisted
Considering that the steeplejack
was two hundred feet up in the air
and there was no way of getting TO
him, ! had to tell the old gentleman
was sorry the equipment of city
policeman didn't include airships as
vet"
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SAY BUCK NoW5 YER
= TINE To GIVE YER.
FARMING YARN.
The Author Of deep Sea
Do3dbondS" Relates Some
Fo'csle Stories

switched off onto other subjects, prob.
ably more interesting
| remember a typical evening wher
we were in the southeast trades. The
weather was warm-perfect-and we
were all stretched out on the big
main hatch in circle, contently smok-
ing and talking.
Say, Buck, remarked one man,
''now's yer time to give yer farmin'
yarn. Let's have an account of yer
experience as an agricultoorist. Larst
time We got TO where yer barn took
FIRE, but We drifted off into how yer
uncles grandmother fell into we'll "
How could | tell about my uncle's
grandmother when | never had an
uncle with a grandmother" growled
Portland Buck, cheerfully.
Come off, don't go back on yer
uncle's grandmother" admonished
Dutch Charlie. "Ye sartinly had a
uncle's grandmother last night"
Must 4 been my mother-in-law-
my wife's mother, wot | was tellin'
we of"
Nav; We told as we never was mar
ried. Maybe it was yer own grand
iilVAhCi. ANCNCi lilillu, 80 dHCdu Will
yer yarn. Ye was tellin', afore the
barn burned, how yer chickens laid
eggs in rows SOS you could count
EN-"
Was /? Pears to me I had some
chickens, but that was arter | cum
up from my trip to town. Ye see,
went down TO buy a new horse, bat
when | gets there, who should | see
but Mike Sawyer, just home from a
long cruise to the West Indies"
Hello, BuckP he shouts, come an
have a drink
well, seein' as how it was my old
shipmate Mike, | couldn't say no, so
off | goes with him"
Say, Buck, where does yer farm
come in?" suggested one of the men.
"Shet yer head, an wait till We see,"
was Bucks answer. We'll, as | was
sayin, fore that galoot interrupted
me, Mike an me goes off for a
drink"
Most extraordinary proceedin',"
broke in shipmate.
Buck paused TO wither the inter
locutor with look, but continued:
Mike an me was drinkin', an I
guess they must a drugged our drink,
cause suddenly | didn't remember
Last | see was the coolie
barkeeper GRIMM
"Coolie barkeeperw several listen
crs exclaimed at once.
"Yes, the coolie barkeeper In Cal
cutta the coolies keep bar Buck gave
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breaks cover at last, a shot from the
boys gun brings him down.
During the midday heat the young
hunter employs other methods. He
leaves the hounds at home and seeks
the sequestered hooks where the bucks
are used to lying stretched out at full
length.
At night, when the moon is out, he
lies hidden beside the drinking pools,
always to leeward, and when the deer
come to drink he bags his game.
There is an unwritten law among
California backwoodsmen which
makes the killing of doe or spotted
fawn a serious offense The day a
young buck loses his spots he be-
comes legitimate game.
The State game laws are almost
completely ignored. Even the sheriff
of backwoods county is not always
above hitting the trail Of buck some
moonlight night. In districts where
houses are twenty and thirty miles
apart, game laws must necessarily be
a dead letter.
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best way 70 lombard New York;"
You fellers," retorted Buck, SIS
most thankless lot o buns to tell
a story TO, cause yer ignorance is
cloudin' yer intellects. Now, if | was
TO tell ye story of the Bowery or
Whitechapel, | would be comm down
to your level, but a chap like me, wot
has knocked around the world an
seen the swell people of all lands, is
not appreciated by crowd o yokels
like you. However, shall do the best
| can SOS yer lop-sided brains can
Let's see, was tellin' we Of"
That We woke up in patch of wa
termelons with red flowers a CROWN
over 'em, prompted one of the men
Was 2" reflected Buck. We'll.
seein' as how melons don't grow in
Rangoon, that was most extraordi-
nary incident"
How did We get to Rangoon,
Buck?" queried Billy the Swede. Vas
the English admiral take you dere in
his fagship?"
Come, fellers," admonished an old
salt, don't be joshin Buck when
he's "a tryin' to improve our minds
with his truthful yarns of life in the
Orient. Buck, these chumps is a
guyin' ye, but | have the greatest con
fidence in yer truthfulness. We was
tellin', Buck, how We woke up in a
public park in Calcutta, arter a booze
as would make any able seaman proud
of hisself, an Sikh policeman was
tryin' to lead We off TO the station
house. Ye was givin' most vivid de-
scription of how the trees looked red
an the fountain was a spoutin port
wine, which, arter all, was most
natural, with head like you must a
had. | been there myself, an | knows
how il feels Go ahead, Buck"
But the thread of Bucks narrative
had been broken.
"You chaps" he said, as not capa-
bic of understanding my high class
story tellin'. Hereafter, | shall have
to keep my yarns down to booze
shops, above which yer imaginations
carnt rise"
One bell struck Buck arose to go
into the forecastle TO prepare himself
for relieving the wheel
Say, Buck" shouted Pete as a part
ing shot. you raisa blue turnip an
pink watermelon on your farm, like
wasa grow in dat garden you wake
up in?"
Ten minutes later eight bells
brought an end to further talk, and all
hands mustered aft, after which the
watch not on duty turned in.
ALBERT SONNICHSEN.
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THE LOUVRE
IN DANGER

"HE Offices of the Department
of the Colonies of France are
situated in portion of the
Louvres Museum called the
Pavilion de Flore" at the end of the
great building on the side facing the
Seine and the Garden of the Tuileries.
This proximity of the government Of
fees to the art treasures OF France
and to a certain extent of the whole
world-has often been the case OF Sc
rious complaints on the part of the
French artistic world.
In the winter the Colonial Office
is heated with stoves and CRATE fires,
and civil servants smoke cigarettes
more or less openly in Partisan gov
eminent buildings. 1t goes without
saying that in case OF fire twenty min
utes would be sufficient to destroy
art treasures which could never be
replaced.
A remedy would seem hopeless
were il not for the fact that the Bud
get Committee have put their feet
down firmly and given the Minister
of the Colonies to understand that
he and his numerous staff must move
to the Champ de Mars, where accom-
mediation is provided in the shape OF
buildings used during the exposition
of 1000.
Provided that FIRE does not break
out in the meantime in the present
Ministry for the Colonies, the Louvre
may be considered safe and saved.
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HOlU the Men U,h0 Uork the
U'ind TANNER Whiie AlOdy
the Hours
the Hours

Nav" corrected some one, you
had got TO where you was so Jagged
that We Thought yerself in Calcutta
when We was in Portland, Maine"
And you vas lookin' in de mirror
over de bar" broke in Dutch Charley,
"und ven you see yourself, you tink
it was Hindoo cooley. You got to
we're you vas GRIMM at yourself. T."
Never mind, Buck" said Italian
Pete, soothingly, you wasa tell how
you wasa dom most unusual ting
you wasa TAXA drink. Go ahead,
Buck"
Buck looked about him pityingly, as
though in sorrow at the grade of hu-
man beings he was obliged to associ-
ate with.
when / come to- he continued,
ignoring all Interruptions, Il found
myself IN a most wonderful kind o
garden, where the trees was different
from any I'd ever seen before, an
there was flowers of all colors, an
in the middle was FISH pond, the
water o which was red like blood. l
riz up, an so help me Bob, | had on
wot seemed to be silk pajamas, but
wasn't; an on my feet / had red slip
pers, an putin my hand to my head,
took off a most wonderful lookin'
cap full o gold and lace. Now, you
must know, was young in those
days, an not half bad lookin' chap.
Well, | reaches into my inside pocket
where usually kept a small hand
mirror, an pulls il out, and would we
believe me, | was dressed and looked
like one O them swell maha-rajahs."
There must a been a powerful
change in yer looks broke in one of
the men.
Buck ignored the remark and went
on.
well, got up, an walked around,
an pretty soon ZIP comes a fancy
dressed coolie with some drinks on
big frypan without handle. After
salaamin' TO me good deal, he SEE:
"'Will we have a drink, sahib?
"'Corse | will seq |.
"An' with that | drinks off the finest
cocktail as ever | tasted.
well, SEE | after drinkin,' what's
this game? How tell did | get hereP
why seq the coolie, me mistress,
the rajah's daughter, is wantin' TO see
yez.'"
Say, Buck" broke in one of his
audience, what langwidge was ye a
talkin' to the coolie? Was he Yankee
coolie from Maine like the one what
grinned at we over the bar?'
Say, Buck" ventured another,
whereabouts does the English adj
miral come in as was asking yer the
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Sparrows in Tunis.

In France and. in fact, in most
European countries, sparrows are
commonly considered useful TO the
agriculturist on account of the guam
titles of caterpslars and other insects
which they destroy.
In Tunis, however, this is not the
case. There these little birds have
been found to be so destructive 10 the
crops that they are declared by the
Government to be outlaws" The
French Government in Tunis has gone
even further than this, and has issued
proclamations to the effect that not
only sparrows be destroyed BY every
one, but that they must be extermi-
mated under penalty of a fine in the
case of those who neglect this public
duty.
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SOME FOREIGN
CELEBRITIES
ONG sermons are the German
Emperor's special aversion, and
court chaplains are obliged to

NOuht NhoPAoiho oiS OOii6SN "
condense their discourses so
that the delivery will only consume
fifteen minutes.
The King of Italy detesty cards ard
will not touch them, owing to the fact
that his father wasted hours over
them.
Since the death of Alphonso XII,
card playing has been forbidden at
the court of Spain.
The King of SPANS pet pastime is
kite fighting. 4 game called the
knights of Spain is also another
one OF his sports. Ii is something
like polo, only on less dashing scale
The Grand Duke of Hesse is never
so happy as When he can snatch a
moment from affairs of state to de-
vote to his embroidery. He is very
skilful with his needle, and his work
is described as beautiful. He takes
the greatest interest in it, and is par
ticularly clever in the arrangement of
colors.
The King of England is an, expert
shoemaker, a trade he chose TO learn
when a boy. He was obliged by his
royal parents to learn some business
he has even worn shoes of his own
making. The late King Humbert of
Italy was also royal cobbler.
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A Collection of Pens.

The Carnavalet Museum in Paris
contains a collection of pens which,
while interesting from a connoisseur' s
point of view as works OF art, are no
less attractive to the historian.
Every time a sovereign visits the
Town Hall in Paris he is begged TO
sign his name in the Visitors Book,
and for this purpose richly-orna-
mented pen is handed the royal Wis
itor.
For the intended visit of the King
of Italy the city of Paris has ordered
a special pen of the Italian silversmith
Froment Meurice. The design is in
XVI. century style. and is in exquisite
taste. The penholder is ornamented
with little enamel cartridge bearing
the arms of the House of Savoy.
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Sympathetic Colors.

Science has made the discovery that
every person is sympathetic to some
particular color. This being the case
II is important that every person
should learn what that color is, Ner-
volts persons are said to find blues
and green's soothing, while reds and
yellows best suit the emotional tenn
permanent The brain worker will find
il beneficial to use a shade of his or
her special color over the reading
lamp.
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III s sa., the city s', sss..'as at rs 'es
there was a momentary
lull in the traffic, what causes the
biggest blocks on the sidewalks in our
big cities? 1t is the sight of a man
doing some stunt on top of a sky
scraper.
Nothing else carses a crowd to
gather so quickly and stay so long.
When a man gets out on top of the
Park Row Building, the tallest sky
scraper in America, and paints the
flagstaff four hundred feet above the
ground, a squad of police cannot keep
the sidewalk clear. Even when man
gets outside one of the top stories to
clean the windows, there is sure TO be
crowd watching him.
1T is the same when a steeplejack
climbs up 20 the top of a church
steeple. Men who have rushed out
of their Offices as il their worst enemy
were after them with a gun. and have
wolfed couple of bananas and glass
of milk AZ the lunch counter. will stop
on their way back to the office and
watch that steeplejaok for a quarter of
an hour, as il time were no object to
them.
Women are even worse. They are
absolutely fascinated. They feel dead
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-18
Eating Ones Gods.

The gods of South American tribe
of Indians are generally looked upon
as sacred. But when the gods become
a nuisance, IL is time 10 put an end
TO them. At least, that is what GER
tain tribe along the Yabari River think.
They worship the iguana and monkey,
but as soon as the iguana started
eating chickens they thought il time
to stop worshipping him. and to- eat
him in place of the chickens he had
eaten. This they do, and they prefer
iguana stew TO chicken fricassee.
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Demitasse In a Small Cup.

The jargon of restaurants was new
to him, but he had ambitions, an OBJ
servant eye and an acute ear. So he
soon came to feel he could order his
dinner with as much grace as the next
man. and thought himself of the elect
when he called out 20 the waiter:
Some demitasse coffee, waiter, and
bring it in a small cup"
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WILL YE HAVE A
DRINK, SAHIB p
".CORSE | WILL, SEz I.

this explanation with whitening scorn,
as though addressing landsmen.
But you was a tellin' us" broke
in one man, that this was in Portland,
Maine, an you was down from yer
farm to buy a horse"
"Ye lie" said Buck YEARLY. "This
happened when was paid off from
the Trojan King in Calcutta. | can
prove. It by Mike Sawyer any day
You fellers is blasted particular, but
we can't ketch me in no lies-I'm too
circumstantial story teller for that.
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-
VG the social life of the
f%AI seamen is concen-
Ks&~ trated into the sec
- HN ond dog watch. That
~ name alone gests
~ to the sailors ear a
convivial time when
the days work is done, and he may
sit laziIy around. smoking. singing
and spinning yarns.
Nobody ever mentions the first dog
watch; il Is the second, the two hours
from 8 till 8 in the evening, just after
supper. that means as much to Jack
as the 5 o'clock tea or the evening
reception does TO the society swells
ashore. Then the most grabbed of
sailors will thaw out and display con-
versational ability that would be en-
We'd by many a man in higher walks
of life.
Sea life develops a keen sense of
humor. and this enters strongly into
the social talks aboard ship. Each
man is willing to be made the butt
of his shipmates' jokes and to have
all his little failings presented in
humorous light, ii he knows that il
will afford general amusement. But
his. replies in defense are not apt to
lack the sting of sarcasm.
On American ships the second dog
watch is not made so much Of
American ships officers drive their
men in truly American fashion. 1t
was on a British ship, a limejuicer,
that first learned the full meaning
of the second dog watch. In the
British Merchant Marine that time is
held more sacred from interference
than Sunday services.
There were twenty of us in the fore
castle-ten men on each watch. In
fine weather all hands had the even
ing meal together at four bells-6 in
the evening. The glow of social con-
tentment came after the mess tins
were cleared away.
There were men of almost all ma
tons among US, but all had the com
mon EARNING ability of the sailor.
Billy the Swede could tell of the
Greenland whaling fleets, Cockney
Joe could spin out tales of soldier life
in India, and Italian Pete educated us
on the fisherman's life in the Bay OF
Biscay. Then there was a chap from
Portland. Maine, who was always GO
ing to tell us how he managed farm
in the Pine Tree State, but always
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-18
Audible Toilet.

"What noise is that"
Man in next room, wiping his face
with a crash towel"
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nj States are there more crafty
j and experienced hunters than
in California: The growing
youth of the mountain regions of Bret
Harte's country learn the difference
between deer tracks and pig tracks,
which are similar to the uninitiated,
long before they attend the district
school.
There are boys of seven in Califor-
MIA who have slain more bucks than
they have fingers on their hands. And
such youngsters could give the oldest
Adirondack guide points on wood
craft.
A California boy will tell you, al
most before he has ceased lisping,
that a trailed deer will always seek
high ground. SO. while the hounds
are bayihg along the trail, the boy
hunter takes a short cut through the
brush to the highest peak within the
hunting grounds. When the deer
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ropin' in whales with anchor cables"
This last was evidently meant for
Billy the Swede, who responded with
simply a contemptuous snort.
We'll, as | was saying, | had just
taken a drink, when-when-had | got
to where the English admiral an /
was holdin' a conhab?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-18
LL,hut Blocks Sidewalks Horst of I'LL

ffY FAVE you ever noticed" ask
49, ed the policeman at the
= i busy city crossing, when
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N BOARD sailing ships
the social life of the
seamen is concen-
trated into the sec
ond dog watch. That
name alone gests
to the sailors ear a
cornwall time when
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Santa Ee Excursion.

The Santa Fe is going to run an
other big excursion to Galveston on
Saturday, July %, starting from Pur-
CELL l. T. The gigantic sea wall, now
in course of construction at Calves
ton, the surf-bathing, fishing, yachting
and the cool breezes Of the gulf are
drawing more visitors to the Sea Wal
City this summer than in any pre-
vious season.
Following is the rate that will be
in effect for the coming Santa Fe ex.
cursion: Gainesville $3.50, Thacksr
vile S5S5, Marietta, $6.15, Ardmore
500, Berwyn 81, Pauls Valley 81
Davis, 81 Wynnewood 81, Lindsay ST.
Byars 81, wanette 81. Tickets will
be on sale good TO leave July 25 at
3:40 a. m. and at 3:OS p. m. and
returning from Galveston tickets are
good up to and including Monday
July 27.
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sterrett,s silver sheekeIs.

The BannerLedger Of sterrett, ].
T.. says:
sterrett cannot be excelled and has
very few equals as a shipping point.
The grain END hay season has Just
opened and Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday Of this week fifty cars
we're loaded and shipped.
When the season gets in full blast
sterrett could easily ship thirty cars
day. If the cars could be secured.
Very few towns on the Katy can hold
the light for Sterrett for the next six
months as a shipping point.
The grain and hay business amounts
to something for the town financially.
The value of the grain and hay mar
keted here in one day is about $4,000;
out of this about $4,000 is paid for
labor, which makes an abundance OF
cash in circulation. Take this
amount OF cash for few months and
see what It amounts to.
Our merchants are enjoying a good
cash business and will continue to for
six or eight months, for as soon as
the grain and hay season slacks up
an immense cotton and corn crop will
be on.
Sterrett has a rich surrounding, and
is a nice town to live in.
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A TEXAS WONDER.
HALLS GREAT DISCOVERY.

One small bottle of The Texas Won.
der. Halls Great Discovery, cures all
kidney and bladder troubles, removes
gravel, cures diabetes, seminal ennis.
sions, weak and lame back. rheuma.
tism and all irregularities of the kid
neys and bladder in both women and
men. Regulates bladder trouble in
children. II not sold by your druggist
will be sent by mail on receipt of 81.
One small bottle is two months treat.
ment and will cure any case above
mentioned. DIR. Il. w. HALL.
Sole manufacturer, 81. louis, Mo.
Sold by all druggists and w. b.
Frame, Ardmore, |. T.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
LAWYERS.


W. A. Ledbetter. 8. T. Blodsoo
LEDBETTER q BLEDsoE,
Attorneys at Law.
once in Ledbettsr & Bledsos Build
ing. Main street.
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READ THIS.

Ardmore, I. T.. oct. is, 1902.
This is to certify that the Texas
Wonder, Halls Great Discovery. cured
two of my family OF kidney and blad.
der trouble, and can fully recon.
mend It to others suffering in same
manner. Respectfully,
Il. ]. STILwELL.
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When a mother approves a man who
is interested in her daughter II is a
sign she would like to pad the gate
where they say goodnight.
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Foley's Kidney Cure Purifles the
blood by straining out the impurities
and tones up the whole system. Cure
kidney ad bladder troubles. Bonner
Bonner.
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he Tribal Development company
( Tishomingo. |. T., is the strongest
] estate company in the Indian
: ritory. The man who desires to
ome in possession of lands here
, hnd no better medium. The rec
of their office are open to those
rested and absolute fair dealing
bona fide contracts are assured.
Indian will find that this COM
will look after mis- interests and
)u have lands to lease you will be
Al paid to turn your business over
TO this company. See the names of
the officers and directors elsewhere
in this paper. 1S-dw-tf.
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To make your home complete and
your kitchen neat and comfortable
you need only Garland stove.
]. B .SPRAGINS & co.
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Sound kidneys are safeguards
life. Make the kidneys healthy wi
Foley's Kidney Cure. Bonner & Bon
ner.