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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

There is something SO hideous in
the thought of robbing the dead that
the goulish work following the War
rensburg wreck adds immeasurably to
the horror of that disaster. This
crime. at least, cannot be explained on
the score OF mistaken orders for
getfulncss," ignorance" or careless.
ness II is a deliberate manifesto
tion Df an extremely low order of hu-
man deprayity. II would be appalling
enough to think that the robbing Of the
dead at Warrensburg was committed
only by few despicable persons who
happened to be among those who
crowded tho train But the charge
that it was done in part by one Of
the train crews is a severe arraign-
ment indeed If this charge can be
proven 1t will show an extremely lax
system in the employment of train.
men. There are some vices that can.
not be discovered by superficial marks
or by following references for good
character; but a man who has IL In
him to rob the dead is pretty certain
to bear some evidence Of his utterly
depraved nature
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

GERS must comply with the treaty in
regard to the deeds.
The business interests of Ardmore
and other towns would gladly Ike
TO see the question Of deeds finally
settled.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

II Is estimated that l5OOU,OOO votes
will be cast for president in November.
The vote in 1896 was 1928 ,37S. and in
1900 it was l3,9Gl 500 II the estimate
of l5,0OO,00O votes should prove cor.
rect, over "A million more votes will
be cast this year than were cast four
years ago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

American sewing machines are be-
ing sold In the heart Of Africa az a
lower figure than the poor white
seamstroas IN America can hope to
buy one for.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

WANTED Men TO learn the barber
trade. Few weeks completes. Can
nearly earn expenses before finish
ing Top wages paid graduates. Cat
alOgue mailed free. Moler Barber
College. St Louis. Mo- loGt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

An Episcopalian bishop in a speech
at Boston the other day declared that
10000 divorces had been granted In
the United states in the last year, and
that the time has come when the di-
yorce mills must be blocked. The
evil is growing to alarming proper
tions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

Appointment OF the negro Murray 10
a South Carolina postmtasership Is
another little foretaste Of what the
South will get when Roosevelt has an
administration Of his very own.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

The Democratic whirlwind campaign
has just begun. New York and West
Virginia are reasonably safe and New
Jersey Connecticut Delaware. Indiana
and Colorado are now the storm cen.
ters
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14
1 O'CLOCK EDITION
Ardmore, Friday, october IA, 1904.

II makes no difference whether Mr.
Cortelyou uses a fryingpan or a lemon
squcezcr. ne is getting results from
the trusts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

Cotton crop estimates are Increasing
slightly but not enough 70 materially
arect prices The world needs all that
may possibly Dee gathered this year
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

II seems almost impossible for a
week 10 pass without two trains go
ing In opposite directions 20 meet on
the same track
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

Rings Dyspepsia Tablets cure in
digestion, dyspepsia and strengthens
the stomach, Sol by City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14
LATEST WAR NEWS

Headquarters OF the Japanese Left
Army in the Field. oct 10. via Fusan.
oct. 1.-THE victory OF the Japanese
left army today was a decisive one.
The Russians fought ,bravely and sey.
eral times attempted counter attacks.
The japanese repulsed them each time
and continued their steady advance.
The left wing OF the left army threat
ened to envelop the Russian right.
compelling the Russians to retreat.
The japanese artillery, including the
batteries captured from the russian.
did their usual splendid work in shell.
ing the trenches and the retreatins
Russians
London, oct 1.-THE Standard 3
correspondent in the field with Gen
cral Kuroki, tclegraphing October II,
SAYS:
After two days heavy fighting. the
onemy's resistance was broken this
afternoon and the Russiars ar now
IN full retreat
The Daily Mails Toxic correspond
ent asserts that the pursuit oy the
japanese is working great havoc 70
the dispirited Russians, who left tneir
dead and wounded on III held. The
Russian forces are estimated at POO
900, with 1000 guns The correspond.
ent says the fighting was the most
severe and terrible Of the whole Wa.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14
WANI COLUMN.
WANTED.


WANTED To paint your house and
hang your wall paper. Am practi.
cal painter and paper hanger. Moth
ing but frst-class work done from
the cheapest TO the best. If you
want me address Lock box rs and
will call on you at once and give
you my figures. Address Box as,
Painter and Paper Hanger 14-1m
N'ANTED-Song and dance man. Will
be at Courtney. l. T., for next ten
days. Baldwin Quaker Med!cine
&C., Courtney T. 1873
WANTED-Dressing.making. VIII call
for and deliver work. Write p. o.
Box 267, city. 3-12
CARPENTERS WANTED-Good first
class carpenters can secure steady
work. VIM. Tackett at Houston
Bros. Ardmore. |. r. 2-tf
WANTED-To repair your watches,
clocks and jewelry. Mainsprings
75c; cleaning 75c; hairspring 75c;
jewels 75c; crystal 15c; balance
staff 81. We are going to estab-
lish a good business and cut prices
to convince you that we know Cur
business. Miller's Loan Office. 1876
Main street. 21-d& vim
WANTED-Clean, old rags, at this
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

WANTED--Clean, old rags, at this
Office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-10-14

WANTED-Dressing.m making. VIII call
for and deliver work. Write p. o.
Box 267, city. 3-12
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04

MAY l be permitted, in this appeal
kFK for simplicity of speech. to
frame a wish whose fulflment would
have the happiest results? l ask for
simplicity in literature, not only as one
of the best remedies for the detection
Of our sOUls-blase, jaded, weary of
eccentricities-but also as pledge and
source of social union. l ask also for
simplicity i'm art. Our arr and our lit
erature are reserved for the privileged
few Of education and fortune But DO
not misunderstood me. I do not ask
poets, novelists and painters TO de-
scend from the heights and walk along
the mountain sides. finding their salts
faction in mediocrity; but, on the con-
trary. 10 mount higher. The truly pop
ular is not that which appeals to n Ger
tain class of society ordinarily called
the common people; the truly popular
IS what is common to all classes and
uDites them The sources Of mSpira-
ton from which perfect art springs are
i'm the depths of the human heart, i'm
the eternal realities of life before
which all men are equal. And the
sources of a popular language must be
found in the small number Of simple
and vigorous forms which express
elementary sensations, and draw
the master lines of human
destiny. I'm them are truth.
power. grandeur. Immortality Is there
not enough i'm such an ideal to kindle
the enthusiasm of youth. which. sensi-
bic that the sacred flame Of the beau
tiful is burning within, feels pity, and
to the disdainful adage. obi profanum
vulCus. prefers this moro humane say
ing. Misereor super urban. As for
ne. / have no artistic authority. but
from out the multitude where ] live, I
have the right 20 raise my cry to those
who have been given talents and say
TO them: Labor for men whom the
world forgets. make yourselves inteii-
eible 10 the humble, so shall you accom-
plish a work of emancipation and
peace: so shall you open again the
springs whence those masters drew,
whose works have defied the ages be
cause they knew how to clothe genius
in simplicity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04

The first sOphism consists in asking
ourselves if there is such a think as
duty in the abstract, or If this word
does not cover one of the numerous il
lusiOns of our forefathers For duty, in
truth, suppOses liberty, and the ques-
ton of liberty leads US into meta
physics. How can we talk Of liberty so
long as this grave problem of free will
is not solved. Theoretically there is no
objection to this; and if life were a the
DRY, and we were here to work out a
complete system of the universe. it
would be- absurd to concern ourselves
with duty until we had clarified the
subject of liberty. determined its con-
ditiOus. fixed its limits.
But life is not a theory. In this ques-
ton Of practical morality. as i'm the
others. life has preceded hypothesis
and there is no room TO believe that
she over yields it place. This liberty
relative, ! admit. like everything we are
acquainted with, for that matter-this
duty whose existence we question. is
none the less the basis or all the judg-
ments We pass upon ourselves and our
fellow-men. We hold each other to "a
certain extent responsible for our deeds
and exploits.
The most ardent theorist. once out
side of his theory, scruples not whit
To approve or disapprove the acts of
others. to take measures against his
enemies. to appeals to the generosity
and justice of those he would dissuade
from an unworthy step. one can no
more rid himself of the notion of moral
obligation than of thai OF time or
space; and as surely as we must resign
ourselves to walking before we know
how 20 define this space through which
we move and this time that measures
our movements, SO surely must we sub
nit to moral obligation before hav-
ing put our finger on its deep-hidden
roots. Moral law dominates man.
whether he respects or defies it. See
how it is in everyday life: each one is
ready TO cast his stone at rim who
neglects plain duty, even if he aHege
that he has not yet arrived at philo-
sophie gertrude. Everybody will gay to
him, and with excellent reason: "Sir.
we are men before everything. First
play your part. do your DUTY as citizen.
father. son; after that you shall return
TO the course Of your meditations.
However, let us be well understood
We should not wish TO turn any one
away from scrupulous research into
the foundations of morality. NJ
thought which leads men to concern
themselves once more with these grave
questions, could be useless or indiffer.
cRt We simply challenge the thinker
10 find a way TO wait till he has un-
earthed these foundations. before be
does an act of humanity, of honesty or
dishonesty. Of valor or cowardice. And
most of all do we wish To formulate
reply for all Che insincere who have
never tried 10 philosOphize. and fol-, 0Hf-
selves when We would offer our state
of philosophic doubt in Justification OF
our practical omissions. From the sim
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04

a GAIN, the plain duty is the near
IA duty. \ very common weakness
keeps many people from finding what
- near them interesting: they see that
only on its paltry side The distant. on
the contrary. draws ard fascinates
them In this way a fabulous amount
Of goodwill is wasted People burn
with ardor for humanity. for the public
good. for Fighting distant wrongs: they
walk through life. their eyes fixed on
marvellous sights along the horizon.
treading meanwhile OF the feet Of
passers-by. or jostling them without
being aware of their existence.
Strange infirmity that keeps. Us from
seeing our fellows at our very doors,
People widely read and far-traveled are
often not acquainted with their fellow
citizens, great or small Their lives
depend upon the cooperation Of null
utude or beings whose lot remains to
them quite Indifferent Not those TO
whom they owe their knowledge and
culture, not their rulers. nor those who
serve them and supply their needs, have
ever attracted their attention. That
there is ingratitude or improvidence in
not knowing ones workmsn. ones
servants. al those i'm short with whom
one has indispensable social relations
this has never come into their minds
Others go much farther TO certain
wives, their husbands are strangers.
and conversely. There are parents who
do not know their children: their deVel-
opment, their thoughts. the dangers
they rum the hopes they cherish. are TO
them closed book Many children 40
not know their parents. nave no sus-
picion of their difficulties and struggles,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04

n HARLES WAGNER, the Alsatian in The
u Simple Life" takes up our American Thoreau,s
for uncompeX existence was born in 1852
at Wlbersyie in the district Chateaux Salins old
department of the Meurthil since annexed to the
German empire. His father, poor country parson,
died when the boy the eldest of five children, was
but Z years old. For education Charles to a
village primary school, for culture went into
fields rOamed the valleys and climbed the mountains
At H. after some study along Lutheran lines. he
TO Paris, where he entered a school preparatory
theology under a Pastor Kuhn. took his
degree of BA in the Sorbonne, and inscribed himself
as student in theology in the university of
bourg. A stormy period in which his religious ideas
were greatly disturbed followed. At its close his
thought had formulated itself thus 1t enough
to believe in God; one must believe in man. humanity
and its future. He became student Of Goettngen
in 1870, and finished his theological course there.
His first call was to assist the aged pastor Nesser
de Bar. in his parish at the foot of Ste Ode Noun
tain Later he accepted position at Remiremont in
the French NOsges. where he remained until 1882.
Then he made d second entry into the great world
Paris. He first opened Sunday school, giving
lures in the evening, but in 1888 he began preaching
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04
Simple Duty,

" HEN we talk to children on
subject that annoys them, they
cali our attention 10 some pigeon on the
roof- giving food to its little one. or
some coachnan down III the street who
- abusing his horse. Sometimes they
even maliciously propose one of those
alarming questions that put the minds
of parents on the rack: all this is to
divert attention from the distressing
topic / fear that ia tht face of duty
we are big children. and. when that il
the theme, seek subterfUges TO district
Us.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04

in a small ROOM From that hour his congrega ton
has grown and continues to He is preaching
today young and old. Of the upper classes
and 10 working men. His talks laborers. be-
gun during his first years in Paris, gave impulse
the formation Of wOrkingmens circles and churches;
and 10 his influence in large measure is due the
rise of the Popular university which is
in France.
The ground work and foundation for the philosophy
of Charles Wagner. whose Simple Life was so
highly praised by President Roosevelt is the
nature. His early life all spent among the
NoSges Mountains and his natural inclination kept
him all the time out of doors, roaming the valleys
and climbing the peaks SO the worship of nature
became a religion with nina religion NOr which he
IS always seeking proselytes II is told of him that
once when he was passing holiday island
the French coast, some young people. who had been
married by the mayor of place in the north,
TO MN TO ask him to bless their marriage. They
came to the little island for that purpose. When
mad arrived, Mr.. Wagner straightway led them to a
spot on the sea shore called The Black Coast
there he blessed them, with the immense ocean
stretching before them the blue sky above and the
wild pinks and immortelles lining the shore. saying
that nothing could glOrify sanctfy the blessing
more than having nature a witness.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04

r HESE reflections lead US to con-
n slider a similar subject, also very
worthy of attention: 1 mean what has
been called the vice of the superia-
tive If we study the inhabitants of
country we notice differences OF
temperament, of which the language
shows signs. Here the people are calm
and phlegmatic; their speech is jejune.
lacks color. Elsewhere temperaments
are more evenly balanced: one finds
precision. the word exactly fitted to the
thing. But farther On-effect Of the
sun, the air. the wine perhaps-hot
blood courses in the veins, tempers are
eNcitable. language is eXtravagant,
and the simplest things. are said in the
strongest terms.
II the type of speech varies with eli
mate. 1t differs also with epochs. Com
pare the language, written or spoken.
of our own times with that Of certain
other periods Of our history Under the
old regime. people spoke differently
than at the time Of the revolution. and
we have not the same language as the
men of 1880, lS4S, or the second empire.
In general, language rs now character
lied by greater simplicity; we no lon
ger wear perukes. we no longer write
in lace frilis; tbut there is ne aignif-
cant difference between US and almost
all of our anCestOrs-and it is the
source Of our eXaggeratiOn-Our ner-
yousnese- Upon oyer-excited nervous
systems-and heaven knows that to
have nerves is no longer an aristocrat-
iC privilege!-wOrds do not produce the
same impression as under normal CON
ditiOnS. And quite as truly. simple
1-rr4
over wrought sensibilities when he tries
To- express what he feels. In private
life in public. in books, on the, stage.
calm and temperate speech has given
place to excess. The means that nov
elists and playwrights employ TO gal
Vanize the public mind and compel its
attention. are to be found again. in
their rudiments, i'm our most common
place conversations in our letter writ
ing. and above all in public speaking
Our performances In language COM
pared 30 those of a man We'll balanced
and serene.are What our handwriting
is compared 20 that of our fathers. The
fault is laid 10 steel pens. If only the
truth were acknCwledged-Ge then.
could save us! But the evil goes deep
er: IL is in ourselves. We write like
men possessed; the pen of our ances-
tors was more restful. more sure. Here
we face one Of the results of our mod
ern life, 50 complicated and so terribly
exhaustive of energy. 1t leaves US i'm
patient, breathless I'm perpetual trepi-
dation. Our handwriting, like our
speech. suffers thereby and betrays us
Let US 80 back from the effect to the
cause. and understand well the warn
ing it brings us
What good can come from this habit
OF exaggerated speech? False inter-
prefers Of our own impressions. we can
not but warp the minds of our fellow
men as well as our own. Between peo-
pie who exaggerate, good understand
ing ceases. Ruffied tempers. violent
and useless disputes, hasty Judgments
deNoid Of all moderation, the utmost
eFlraYaSmnce in education and social
hfe-these things are the result OF in
temperance of speech.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04
Not So Easy as 1t Seemed.


he was stopping AT Cleveland hotel
and went down 10 the union depot on
an errand. There he met man who
seemed to want TO be friendly, and after
a bit the first one said:
Yes. ! am total stranger here. [
am almost without baggage. ana yet
they have let me run an hotel bin
of about 81. What is there 60 prevent
me from taking train and Jumping
the bill? ] could be loo miles away be-
fore they missed me"
Wei, l dunno" doubtfully replied
the other
But don't YOU see how easy il would
be-"
Yes. II looks kind o. easy. but
don't you sire 1 am the hotel detective.
and having. a suspicion that YOU in
tended 10 beat US I have been following
you fer the last two dayz"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-04

pie fact we are men, before all theoriz-
ing, positive, or negative about duty.
We have the peremptory law to con-
duct ourselves like men. There is no
getting out of it,
But he little knows the resources Of
the human heart who counts on the
effect of such a reply. 1t matters not
that 10 is itself unanSWerable; il can
not keep other questions from arising.
The sum Of our preteXts for eVading
duty is dual 10 the sum of the sands
or the sea or the stars of heaven.
We take refuge. then behind duty
that Is obscure, ditFicUl5. contradictory.
And these are certainly words TO can
up painful memories To be a man Of
duty and 10 question ones route. grope
IN the dark. feel ones self torn be-
tween the contrary solicitations Of con-
hicting calls. or again. to face a duty
gigantic, overwhelming, beyond our
StrenSth-what is harder, And such
things happen. We would neither deny
n-r contest the tragedy in certain stu
aticns or the anguish OF certain lives.
And yet, duty rarely has to make itself
plain across such conflicting circum-
stances, or to be struck out from the
tortured mind like lightning from
Storm-cloud Such formidable shocks
stand staunch when they come, But
If no one is astonished that oaks are
uprooted by the WhrlWind. that a way
tarer stumbles at night or an unknown
read. CT that a soldier caught between
two fires is vanQuisned. no more should
ne condemn without appeal those who
have been wOrsted i'm almost super
human moral conflicts. To succumb
under the force Of numbers or obstacles
has never been counted disgrace
SO my weapons are at the service
OF those who intrench themselves be
hind the impregnable rampant OF duty
iI-defined, complicated or contr2dic-
Tory But it is not that which occupies
me today it is of plain. I had almost
said easy duty. that l wish to speak.
" f have yearly three or four high
feast days. and many ordinary
ones: there are likewise some very
great and dark combats 10 wage. but
beside these is the multitude of plain
and simple duties. Now. while in the
great encounters our equipment is gen
orally adequate, it is precisely i'm the
little emergencies that We are found
wanting. Without fear of being misled
by paraGoxical form of thought. I
afnrm. then, that the essential thing ~
TO fulfil our simple duties and exercise
elementary justice. In general. those
who lose their souls do SO not because
they fail 70 rise TO difficult duty. but
because they neglect 70 perform that
which Is simple. Let US illustrate this
truth
ie. who tries TO penetrate into the
humble underworld of society is nst
Slow 10 discover greet misery. physical
and mural. And the closer ne looks.
the greater number OF unfortunates