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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-03-09
FOSTER

a. CORE. rnL..r.t
Poster. T. r.. March -Tae-. Is
soma sickness .n ral. community
Rain began falling here a. dara
-Izht and continue. mos. all.
The ground &. thoroughly we.
sa. .l- road. are very muddy Farm
Ta-. which has just begun VIII Pod.
"a ag-I
Frank C.emsa aho has been Do.
for some time is very little improved.
H. has been moved TO town. where
{, assisA1c. an 1, rsnder'
Kim
Nr Davenport. giu man. is tail.
irg Of putting 10 a modern gin out
st. Nothing is needed more here than
a good u~p-to-date gin
There was more people here satur.
day than has been for some time
Ou. merchants were busy an day.
Mrs J NJ. Bass returned FRIDAY
from Pal'- Valley where She had been
visiting with friends.
W-- Galloway AMI daughter. q
.an ~ Pall- Valley visited N
VIM How ~ron hcr Saturday az
sunday
Miss Garry. Alexander is vis.an.
v..r friends a. Marietta
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-03-09
The Ardmorcite for all the news.
The Field OF Life Insurance

is proving richer every year lol
the up-to.d date cnrerprising man
Its opportunities are unlimited,
and the work is to the great
liking of those who only need a
chance TO win.
Send for Fidelity Agency Terms
u. REPL0GLE.
Agent
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T.. adm --laa OF Oklahoma au.
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Aaonizinq Burns

instantly relieved and perfcc Is
by BuckIcn's Arnica Salye. c
Riycuhark, Jr, of Norfolk, Va.
writes: II burnt my knee dreadmlly
that d blistered all oyer. Bucklen'y
Arnica Salyc stopped the pain and
healed 10 without a scar" Also heals
wounds and sores. - cents az
W. h, Frames, druggist.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-03-09
WOW IS TIE TIME TO
Buy A Home

Can locate y.u 10 any par, Of the
city. A few bargains Four lots
near Harl-ove College, 500; I've
Don house, large lot, near Carnegie
Library 81, 300 six room house good
barn, near High school 1850. Can
sell you a home cheap az $500 or as
high az s6,o9). Have also, a few
farms ranging from 10 20 40 acres
tracts and in price from $40 t. So
per acre. These are decided lands
Call or address
0hithaQt Real Estate tldaRYe
Lover Floor. 50 Door south 8. o.
dROMORE mo. TER.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-03-09

Cali at Sanders x SCOTS and g..
some of those fine, fresh lagetable.
of an kinds. @.r'
Evening journal., 1905-12-28
- cannot ~ enared 40 rrint n.

Space cannot De spared to print It.
S. D.-1he proper place TO apply fol
employment by the Standard on Com
pany is. naturally, to the company itself
Its Offices arc at % Broadway, New York.
know nothing of its plans in Roumanla
J. A. C.-Sorry. but I cannot insert your
advertisement for favorlng extracts ia
this column.
G. L. M.-Why do you ask silly qucs-
tions about what silver dollar is worthf
1t does not differ from that Of any other
dollar 1 never heard Of the stellas Of
1879.
H. R-Whcn were the American and
Canadian canals connecting Lakes HUI
ron and Superior built. and what is their
length and tonnage? CD Have any women
beside Mrs. Surratt and Mrs Rogers been
legally executed ia the United S,atess lf
SO, who and whenG A. The Sault Ste.
Marie Canal was completed in 1895 az
cost of four million dollars. II is three
miles long, has two locks, and has a nav
igable depth of eighteen feet. The ST.
Maiys Falls Canal was completed il
1896 cost S5sO9667, is one and third
miles long and twenty-one feet in nav
I
hand no statistics later than those Of
1902. In that year 22,S9 vessels passed
these canals. and the tonnage for the
Canadian canal was 4.5f756 That Of the
American canal was 27,4OSO2i TONS These
figures are now largely increased. CO
have no list of women who have suffered
death by hanging in this country.
II. r. W.-Please state if Mr.. Pulitzer OF
the New York World is not bind. A. He
has suffered from an affection of the eyes
which made him nearly blind for time.
Widow-Who is the direct superior of
general railroad claim agentg Tell facts
in general as TO the way and expense of
bringing suit against a railroad for the
loss OF a husband7 What is the customary
compensation to ask in such a caseg A.
The president is the head Of any corpora
tion. railroad or other. ana claim agent
would be likely to report directly to him.
TO bring suit you would need to employ
a lawyer. and he will know the course Of
procedure. The charges of a lawyer are
known only to himself and client. The
value Of a life is most often placed at five
thousand dollars, but at times much
higher.
Miss L. B. C.-what is the value Of a
half dollar coined in I777g A. The first
American half dollar was coined in 1874.
Foreign coins have no value here.
ID. T.-Where can / subscribe for good
chronological journal and what is its
lprices A. The Phrenological Journal is
published in New York city. at one dol
lar year.
Evening journal., 1905-12-28
EDITORIAL OPINION
rhe Frlaate constItutIon.

Brooklyn Eagle While It is per-
fectly true that only certain parts Of
the original Constitution ase preserv-
ed IN the ship of that name now an
chorsd at the Charlestown navy yard,
there viii De a very general protest
against Secretary Bonaparte's sugges-
ton that She be broken up. and the
most ancient portions of her frame i'm
corpo.ated in an armored cruiser also
TO be called the Constitution. AS pos
shlc alternative 70 that proposition,
and I'm Difference to popular sentiment
the secretary proposes that the old
frigate be- towed to sea and there sunk
by the fire OF modern warships. pretty
much as We shoot a useless horse or a
disabled dog. Neither proposal can be
called fortunate. Naturally Indignation
arises first i'm New England, where
John ID. Long, President Eliot, of
Harvard, and Charles Francis Adams
lead I'm the chorus of rebuke Presi-
dent Eliot says: "Let the Constitution
stay where she is and as she is
Amen. Il matters nothing whether
most of the original timbers have de-
cayed. The model remains unaltered
and as long as one plank holds to an
other, the ship should be exhibited as
the swiftest, stoutest and most beauti-
ful specimen of the frigate type ever
launched by marine architects here or
elsewhere.
Evening journal., 1905-12-28


Editor Evening Journal.
/ wish you would help me out with a
question that is puzzling me. l am a
bride of not many months standing
and have, 1 fear. great deal TO learn
of the ways of men My husband, TO
the best of my knowledge ana belief,
is not drinking man and I do not
believe he viii take to the habit not
withstanding the allurements of the
Christmas season. He, however, since
1.-THE holidays has been feeling unwell
and when l asked him what the matter
was. he said that he had a touch of
auto intoxication Now what I'm the
name Of common sense is this auto in
toXication. He declared that he had
not been automobiling as I suspected
that auto intoNication meant that a
man drank what they cal a certain
kind Of booze" while riding i'm an
automobile. He said he did not know
what the confound disease was, but
leaid that ne had heard that it had been
discussed by Dr. Springer and others at
a meeting Of the doctors some time
lago and that some of the fancy doctors
were I'm the habit OF calling everything
nowadays auto in.oxication. ] wish
some of the doctors would ten me what
this is. and whether my husband Is
imer9ly j9llying me or not.
Yours, Worried Wife.
Wilmington, Del, Dec. p.
Evening journal., 1905-12-28
RUSSIA,S uPHEAvAL

XA HEN all the rest OF the civilized world is
w enjoying that peace on earth and good
will towards men, the streets Of Moscow. ancient
capital OF Russia, and the real citadel Of Russian
thought and IDEAL is bathed with the blood Of
its citizens Thousands OF them have remorse-
lcssly been shot down by the savage Cossacks
and hordes of the other semi-barbarian troops of
the Car 1t is difficult to tell the outcome OF
the awful scenes that are being enacted in the
Cars empire. The strength of the autocracv is
dependent upon The loyalty Of his barbarian
troops So long as these lovers OF lust and
bloodshed remain free TO carry out the mandates
Of their superiors iist SO long will the Russian
pcpulacc be moved down like wheat before the
reaper
One day we have news of the uprising of Tic
middle and better class OF the Russians and the
next we hear OF The suppression Of them How
much OF the Moscow outbreak was inspired by
the Nihilists and the Anarchists is Of course
problematic. But we do know that the great
mass Of the people are yearning for better gov
crnment and only too willing to throw of the
yoke OF the Little Father, whose chief desire
now, apparently, is to crush his subjects
So long as the barbarous troops remain faithful
the advantage is with them. 1t is difficult for
the populace to cope with the soldiers, much
harder than it has ever before been in history.
Modern science and invention have placed i'm
the hands OF governments terrible implements OF
destruction. A mob is unable to secure these
implements with tho readiness as governments
obtain them, and hence the success OF tho poo
Evening journal., 1905-12-28

81 see their unborn faces shine
Before the never-lighted fire
-Tennyson.
It was his step, Jane was sure, but
with her face turned away she bent
rasolutely over her marigoid bed. The
marlgold bed was near the fence, and
the elms shed wandering shadows up
on It and upon James pink-lawn gown
and her brown hair Rudolph Victor
coming leisurely down the main street
of the village. saw first the white cot
tagc. like a white Hover set In the
flowers and green about it. and then
ne saw Jane.
lie slowed his steps and his eye ran
with languid pleasure over the latticed
arbo7 yellow with roses, and the
wellhouse with its clump of sunilow
crs and the hollyhocks that hid the
Z kitchen garden. June was upon Vt all
and bees hummed near and then van.
Iished. and little smoky puffs Of butter
flies flew by. The girl still bent over
I her margOlds.
Il wonder if this isn't Judge Has
sells house" Rudolph thought, and re
membered next. "Then this must b'
little Janel"
Forthwith he approached the fence
with confidence and a graceful ap
Ipe arance Of eagerness.
81 beg your pardon" he said; 'ii
this where Judge Hassell lives"
Jane lifted her face. pink as he
gown, and then she rose.
"Yes." she said Her heart beat 81
that she could say no more.
"Why. then. this Rudolph ciaimel
with a smile. must be Jane Hasselii
'Yes. Mr. Victor" said Jane simply
I'm SO glad you remmeber me-
Indeed I remember YOU Rudoip
assured her graciously May J com
'in?'
In the little latticed arhor. drows
with the scent Of old-feshioned rose
Evening journal., 1905-12-28
By Zona Gale

who actually recognized and reckOned
with hills. Why, not a single soul Of
her acquaintance had ever seemed to
take them into account beforel Forth
with her imagination leapt up. and she
was consumed with a passionate wish
to prove to this old friend. grown
strange, that the world which he had
gone out to and learned TO love had
come to her there in Middleton. and
that she loved it, too. The thought was
uppermost in her mind as she strove
TO answer his idle question.
Early in the morning" Jane said
shyly, when the sun IS just up. ! al
ways stay over there by the holly
hooks. There is something about the
way the shadows are that makes me
pretend | am a little girl. And then
She stopped in confusion and looked
appealingly at Rudolph 10 see if he
we're laughing.
And then" repeated Rudolph, with
polite interest, watching the color
creep down her throat. She lost the
patronage in his tone in the feeling
that she must prove herself 10 this
man. who could not dream that she
too knew and loved the West Hills
and all the beauty that he had learned
to love.
"Then." she went on. 'for a minute
! am perfectly happy. Isn't II wonder
ful how unreasonably happy You car
be sometimes at the way a shadow
falis?"
Rudolph assented and looked at hel
in langnid surprise. Her face was Tor
mally beautiful, and that was all tha'
he had asked of her; but now he real
lied that the face was all depths ans
delicacies. charming face TO draw
he reflected, with a veXed recollection
lof the portfolio he had meant TO I'll
while he was at home. Her dark eye
and her red little mouth we're exQui
sitely sensitive Could it be possible
Rudolph wondered, that with no othe
teachers than her garden and her ia
Evening journal., 1905-12-28
FIRE

theirs books. this child had actually
come to the beginnings of understand
ing of the things which he owed to his
careful college training and his own
genius?
What else do you do?" he prodded
curiously
She went on. grateful for his inter-
est, trying to prove herself. Il come
here to this arbor in the mornings,
she said. "and read. II is still, and no
one comes-and the roses feel safe
with me here. and they go to sleep
she ended. laughing.
Rudolph was seldom so long occu-
pied i'm merely watching anyone. He
was usually far too anxious 10 prove
his own cleverness and distinction
not from hunger for sympathy but
from vanity. He reused himself now
and volunteered something.
But YOU cannot read all books out
of.doors." he said. "and some books
ON the other hand. must never be read
in the house"
Little Jane clasped her hands and
listened II was a part of her youth 90
believe that everybody outside the viii
lage knew and loved beauty, that 'ail
beautiful and well-born persons wor-
shin the wonderful things in the
world She was willing 10 accept all
strangers as of her caste spiritually;
she trusted them TO be IN love with
her world and she spoke to them Of
the things that She loved. II did not
occur to her. as 20 the more initiate.
to stone strangers with commonplace
remarks as II they were barbarians;
on the other hand, her instinct was to
worship them as honored prophets
from other lands. And when from the
Hips of one such ecstatically received
barbarian Jane heard her own Ian
guage pronounced. as in Rudolph's
words about the books that ought not
to be read out of doors. she was dumb
with awe and delight
(To be Conlnued)
Evening journal., 1905-12-28
THE DAY IN HISTORY

17l5-Samuel Curiven. loyahst. born.
Was judge Of admiralty. salem,
Mass.
l1SS-Enoch Lincoln. lawyer and Gov
eimor Of Maine bcsn.
17S9-Thomas Ewing, statesman, born.
Was secretary of the treasury
under Harrison.
l1S9-Catherlne NJ. Sedgwick, author
born.
1I9S-Charles Hodge. theologian, born.
Founder Of the Biblical Repository
and Princeton Review.
.1S14-Jerenliah Clemens, statesman and
author born. He fought in the
Mexican ana civil Wars.
1Sl6-American Colonization Society
organized
1S35--William T.. Chandler. statesman,
born. Yves secretary of the navy
lS3I-Benjamin J. Lang, pianist, organ
ist and composer, born.
1Sl6-IoWa admitted to the Union.
1856 Woodrow Wilson. historian. born
First laymen president of the
Princeton University
1S6l-Battle of Mount Zion. Mo.
1SG2-Battle of Chicasaw Bluff. Miss.
l1SG2-Capture Of Fort Van Buren, Ark
by Federals.
Evening journal., 1905-12-28
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2s. 1905.
HANDWRITING ON THE WALL.

TAT HAT a harvest the Shyocks have been
w reaping! Raking in the cash undisturb-
ed aided and abetted by one OF the city papers,
ceercine and bulldozing their victims, harassing
voune men with threats of informing their en-
ployers if they do not pay all, and the climax the
Shvlocks arragncd before magistrate and COM
PEELED 10 put up their own ill-gotten gains as
cash security. Abandoned by their advertising
apologists. they are left without even the pre-
tencc of friend They are dismayed and cow
cring They know too well that public senti-
ment is against them, that the strong arm OF the
law is upon their trail and that their days are
numbered. Surrendered by their bondsmen the
Shylocks were left with no one wiling to run
the risks incident upon becoming sureties for
these concerns.
The story told in The Journal of Wednesday
OF the compounding of interest upon interest and
Of how family got deeper and deeper into the
clutches of the loan sharks, was but one of many
showing how unerringly the coils OF the Shylocks
are tiehtened around their victims
And not only in Wilmington but elsewhere
are the Shylock companies operating, but tile
movement IS proceeding against them in other
States. The Shylocks can read the handwriting
on the wall
Evening journal., 1905-12-28
THE JOURNAL QUESTION BOX

B. L. U.-If a man is condemned by the
State law can the President Of the
United States pardon if the governor VIII
notY A. The President pardons cnly or
fens.s against federal laws, with which
governors have nothing to do.
X. Il. D.-What is wife's equity I'm the
husbands estate during his life? Does tie
law require the wifes signature to any
transfer Of real or personal property? A.
The law presumes that husband and wife
are one, therefore there can be no equity
in the matter. If they separate. the courts
will decide as to proper division. A decd
of real estate requires the gnature Of
the wife, also her dover rights would
continue.
p. J. BLOW many miles distant is it
from Oshkosh to Alberta, Canadag a.
About fifteen hundred miles to the near
est point. Alberta is a large territory,
some two hundred miles wide and three
hundred long.
NJ. H-How is the tincture OF cocoa,
celery, chamomne blossom and blue ver-
Wan madcl Tell how each are prepared
and the proper dose of eachg A. TO begin
with, the root. leaf or bark from which a
tincture is TO be made must be dry. Take
such leaf herb, etc. two ounces, bruse
and pour half pint of boiling water on
it. and when cold add half pint of best
alcohol and keep warm from four to six
days or let it stand ten or twelve days
without amy warmth, shaking once Oh
I twice daily Then filter or strain. do noi
care to take the responsibility of pre-
scriblng.
! L. L. D.-Iias the law yet gone into ef-
feet whereby a small shipper gets the
same freight rates as a large shipper.
A. There has been no recent Legislation
that ! know OF. There is plenty OF law
however. Tho trouble is that the big cor
porations have found means to circum-
vent them by systems Of rebates. private
car lines etc.
] J. T-Can "a minor holding note givei
by mis- father collect ii when It is due
Would it be necessary TO have such not'
recordedg a. Yes. through another party
am not aware that notes are over re-
corded.
w. F. C.-Is there any market for biacl
walnut timber that has been usedG A.
lshould say that would depend upon it
tuNulllNls 1nNoulA a NIoN-n VIII
has use for such material.
j. E.-Whom can ] ask about schoo
lands in Texas and Nebraskag a. Tn
superintendent of education at the capita
OF either state.
j. u. A.-What is three-ply bristol boar
and what is it used for? A. 1t is mic
grade of cardboard, such as is used 70
society stationery
j. c. F.-IIas married woman a righ
to homestead? CD If a person has ono
pre-empted and failed to prove up, can D.
again pre-empt? CD Is the timber law sti
I'm forceg A. A married woman may Sc
cure a homestead. CD 1 doubt whether
second application from the same perso
could be considered. Ask the land ofiic
whore you desire to locate. CD There ar
timber laws: ! don't know what law 20
refer TO.
J. c. C.-Please print the main point
of the Kincade act Of Congress in rels
tion TO the government land in Nebraska
Evening journal., 1905-12-28

pie must be conditioned upon the soldiers join
ing with them. In more civilized country, IL
would be an easier task to secure the coopcra-
ton OF the soldiers. The consequences OF the
massacres, even should the Gar triumph and
hold his throne would be legacy OF hate be-
tween The depressing soldiers and au'ocras and
the oppressed The inevitable conflict would
come sooner or later a government ia .his
age, whose hic is dependent npon bayonet rule
against the consent OF The governed. is always
riecanous one. The insumcction, however is
likely 10 spread at any moment and the scenes
OF the French revolution enacted on a larger
scale Perhaps, we have had merely the begin
ming
Evening journal., 1905-12-28
What's tn, Matter With Kansas?

New orYk Tines: The report of
the Kansas Department of Agricul-
ture, issued yesterday, shows that the
year 1905 has been the most fruitful
in the states history. The value Of
farm products and i've stock is S40S,-
GS9,S23, the largest ever recorded for
Kansas. 1t is greater by 11.3 per cent.
than in 1904 and is S2S.000.000 more
than twice as much as their value in
1896 The total yield of wheat was
.77,17S.177 bushels. This Is 12,000000
bushels. or 1874 per cent more than in
1904, and GO per cent. greatee than the
annual average for the last 20 years.
ne is the fourth largest crop produced
by Kansas.
Evening journal., 1905-12-28

Rudolph presently looked into her
face. and gracefully recalled a hun
dred memories to Jane. They were the
commonplace memories of the heart
Of every girl who has lived in a little
town. the memories Of the excitements
of church suppers, and school literary
meetings, and library-fund Christmas
trees, but they were all very sweet to
Jane
In Rudolph's ten years Of art-study
in New York and abroad he had not
once found time 10 come back TO the
little town whose Great House on the
hin had been his home For his moth
er had lived abroad also. and their re-
turn now was simply to give attention
to the property.
But YOU Rudolph asked Jane a
little pityingly: "yoc have been living
here all these years.
eyes" Jane said; Il have been al
most nowhere. Father and I have lived
here quietly with his books and my
/ flowers
1T is a wonderful old garden said
Rudolph, rather with an air of assur-
ing her of its excellence than of ad
miring g. And because it was a delight
to watch her color reappear with each
new question Rudolph added, for
graceful patronage: where do yor
like best to sit?"
Jane tried to remember. but she
could hardly think af an FOR t"e ef- e.
ing Of her heart. She had seen Rudolph
ion,v once before. since his return. IN
then he had not seen her; but thai
tima had set strange little voices
atune.
She had been leaving a shop wheI
he had handed his mother from hoi
carriage Look. mother" she Ia,
heard him say in his tired voice. "a
the West Hills. Their outline is aimos
, a straight line Wonderfully"
That was ail but lane had hurrial
: down the stree. with her face slowin-
, Here was man come 70 Middleton
Evening journal., 1905-12-28
sensatIon unnseessary.

New York Tribune: "The mere men
ton of a prominent mans name before
the Armstrong committee, even in the
most complimentary fashion, seems
enough in the present temper of the
public to arouse suspicion. Such a
disposition is neither creditable nor
helpful. Enough real abuses have been
revealed and enough serious evils are
TO be corrected to call for the earnest
efforts of all thoughtful citizens. Moth
ing will be gained for the community
by the attempts of scandaimongers to
turn the Investigation into a daily
show of horrors for the delectation OF
lovers Of sensation"
Evening journal., 1905-12-28
Auxiliary Elects Officers.

Members Of Lizzie A. Redmond Lodge
of the Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Brother
hood Of Railway Trainmen have elect
ed the following officers Past mis-
tress. Annie r. Gal; mistress, Mary Il.
David: financial mistress. Sadie Glynn;
secretary. Louise J. Campbell; treas
urer. Eva c. Merrill: chaplain, Narcis-
sa Davis. conductress.. Lizzie A. Red
mond; warden. Linda Clany; inner
guard. Margaret Collins; outer gua'd
Helen Pares: councilman, William r..
Davis. The officers were installed by
Past Mistress Annie /. Schowald.