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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-17

IR carrier Ye Merry Christmas?
MrTyyS5 Now don't jump at conclusions and
lSSsU too quickly True these
United States of ours are thinking
about appropriating 500 100000 to be used on
the mail service. rural mail service of course we
are speaking OF. But that's business, and just
at present are interested in holiday things
and we are going to give you few pointers re-
garding the Christmas of the Rural Free Deliv-
cry Carrier and then talk of that twenty-ninc
million dollars later.
Maybe you think that the rural carriers spend
Christmas Day other folks, eating turkey
and cranberry sauce and playing Santa Claus.
No, sir. Not much. They work hard on De-
cenber 25th and what doing, do you suppose ?
Why storing away potatoes, apples, jams, pies,
etc, and In trying on queer assortments of over
coats, trousers and vests and admirng the rain
bow hues of dozens of neckties. They may also
be endeavorng that day to push number s
feet into 61a boots, or TO keep mttens number
mines on hands number six. Each and all are
heaving sighs of relief over the realization that
Christmas Eve is past, for on the week preceding
the great holiday every Rural Free Delivery Car
rier is forced to do double work, not by Uncle
Sam understand but by the apprecative folks
to whom he delivers the mail
Twenty-Five miles is the extent of the route
of every Il. F. ID. Carrier in the country and all
along these twenty-five miles he is hailed with
Merry Christmas" and a shower of gifts some
of them bulky and heavy he is either
obliged to make special trip for them or hire
a man with an express wagon to carry them
home for him.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-17
Lived in a Hollow Tree

the workhouse in Windsor Castle
there has recently died a remarkable
character in the person of William
Tongle (better known as "Navvy''),
who for many years lived in the hol-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-17

state much TO her neighbors and everyone elses
surprise.
The honeymoon had waned, and few moons
had passed since, when old friend dropped in
to see Maggie
And how do you like married Gfe!" the visitor
queried
81 like it fine" was the answer. "The bees
ness is gettin' on weel, I'm gey respectit in the
village, and tits safeguard to hae man in
thouse o'nichts. 1t saves the keep o dog an
buyin license"
so you consider marriage a SUGGEST"
"a very gr-reat success. The takns ha' gone
up third
'And, of course, your husband is very much in
love with youy"
Weel, as tae that, can't abear John and John
can't abear me- But, APART frae that, msrrit
life suits me Nseel."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-17

NudrdClcI bIS person OF william
IXHEI Tonge (better known as "Navvy'') :
tss=<SsaS who for many years lived in the hol-
low of an oak tree in Windsor Forest. Born at
the Nursery Cottage. Windsor Great Park, near
ly eighty years ago, his great ambition was to be
a royal keeper, and III tme9his father who was
the head nurseryman obtained for him the posi-
tion of extra keeper during the birdbreedng
season.
After his fathers death "Navvy" took up his
abode in a hollow tree between Cranborne Tow
or and the Flemish Farm, and in a short time
became well known TO everybody living near the
forest by reason of his eccentricties Many of
the gentry supplied him regularly with food and
his larder was always well stocked.
lie always raised his hat respectfully when he
met a carriage and Queen Victoria when driv,
ing through the park used to take notice of the
old man. In the winter he slept inside his tree,
but during the summer months he took his rest
beneath the overhanging branches
\ few years ago the authorities turned him
uut OF his home, and he took up his quar-, - at
The Windsor workhouse. where he lived p ce-
fully till his death few days ago at the age of
Eeventy-nine
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-17
Her Marriage a Success

1T would seem that with a certain school OF
pessimists matrimony has few, if any,
advantages; but those good people are
pl not in agreement with Maggie MIul-
loch, middle-aged Scotchwoman, who
has recently entered into the married
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-17
Welcome Christmas Gifts

In the East and Middle States where the dis
tricts run through the farm lands the carriers
find waiting for them, out by the mail boxes,
all sorts of strange things.
1t is not unusual for them to gather up six or
eight barrels of apples along the route. Bushel
upon bushel of potatoes are showered upon them
and all sorts of vegetable are boxed and marked
'For r. F. d. Carrier No. 2, Merry Christmas, -
or something to that effect.
Occasionally a farmer will come out to the
box himself and after exchanging holiday greet
ngs will remark, II reckon you can't be carry
ing load of hay for the horse this. trip, eh =?
Well, send up for it then some evening and I'll
lend you one horse to help haul it," As the r.
+. d. carrier has to provide feed for the horse
out of the salary allowed him by Uncle Sam he
is grateful for this substantial gift, but perhaps
the kind-hearted farmer lives at the far end of
the route, if so it is about an all nights job to
transfer this bulky Xmas gift from the donor S
home to the residence of the carrier
Then come the women folks with their gifts of
pics, jams cakes, doughnuts and all sorts of
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-17

HE best friend man has in the world
may turn against him and become his
enemy. His son or daughter that he
has reared with loving care may prove
ungrateful. Those who are nearest and
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-17
II o9zeszzw ZoAb
Or C2NGsc cZ1SZ4o'
GzN'
Strange Presents Given to
the Men Who Deliver
Uncle Sans Mail in the
Country

n OW would you like to be rural letter
- carrier on Ye Merry Christmas?
yN7gN Now don't jump at conclusions and
SSssiV answer too quickly. True these
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18
TYLER.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Tyler. l. r.. April live have fine
weather and the farmers are pushing
their work What corn is up. Is report
ed 10 have a fine stand.
Prof. Fox reports the attendance at
the school Ia be holding up well. II
is giving much satisfaction with his
school.
There has beca some sickness in this
community.
Dr Winston was called to attend the
little daughter OF w. l.. Winston OF
Mcmillan, who is visiting her grand,
mother Mrs. Annie Winston of north.
east Ardmore. He has returned home
ana reports the little one as being i'm
proved
Elder Brown of the Church OF Christ
delivered an excellent discourse TO an
apprec iatiye audience at II O'Clock yes
terGay morning. He breaches here
morning and evening on the third Sun
day Of each month
The merchants here report good
business.
"A tho cotton gin at this place was
burned last fall, rhe whole community
is anxious for someone 10 build anoth
or gin soon, as there Is not a better
location in the territory for one.
Mrs. May Fox, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Monroe Showers and young
Mr.. Shelton are reported sick
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18
Fare $6.4O
A BAMBOO LAND.
Wide Usefulness ut This Wonderful
rlInt In china.


rI1nt In china.
\ recent traveller in China impressed
with the wide usefulness Of bumboO
thus state, some of the possibilities:
\ man can sit in a bamboo house.
under bamboo roof, on a bamboo
chair at bamboo table. with his feet
resting on a bamboo foot,tOol, with Il
bamboo hat uu his head and bamboo
sandals on his feet He can at The
same time hold in one haud a bamboo
bowl, in the other bamboo rhopstickS
aud eat bamboo sprouts
When through with his mcal, which
has been cooked over bamboo lire.
tie table may bc washed with BAN
boz cloIh. aud he can fan himself with
bamboo fan and take II scSta on Il
balnhou bed. lying ON a bamho" mat,
with his head resting on II bamboo pill.
low. His child might be- lying lu II
bamboo cradle, playing with II BAN
boo toy.
On rising. he could smoke u bamboo
pipe and taking Il bamboo pen. write
letter Un bamboo paper ar carry his
articles in bamboo baskets suspended
from bamboo pole, with bamboo
umbrella over his head. lie might
then take Il walk over bamboo sus-
pension bridge. drink water out OF Il
bamboo ladle ana scrapc himself with
Il bamboo sweat sCrapcr (handkcr-
chief. The bamboo ingenuity and per.
sisteucy have produced tbambool joint
results which exhibit the poteutinlities
and possibilities of the Chinese people.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18
CHEEK
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence.
Check, ]. r.. April l7.-As our towr
is not represented in your paper. with
your consent, We take pleasure in Civ
ing a few of the current events.
Farming is progressing nicely. but
there is some complaint of "a bad stand
of corn. The recent rain did some good
but the cold winds are not so pleasant
Jim Collins beautiful residence +.
nearing completion.
Mrs Hare is improving her rcsid
encc
George Collins IS at home, after q
several weeks stay az bis farm ncal
Mannsyille.
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Hodges spcnu
Sunday with Mrs Hodges mother al
Orr
Dr. ". NJ Kearncy left Saturday for
Dallas TO take a special course of lee
lures. .
Dr G W. Anderson Of Chattanooga
Tenn is here and will probably locate
Miss Belle Luna and brother. Wal
ter. spent Saturday night and Sunday
ar Eastman.
Tom Diversified Is a home again al
ter teaching three months successful
school AZ Abnor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18
About Rheumailsnn.

There are few diseases that innict
more torture than rheumatism and
there is probably no disease for which
such a varied and useless lot OF rem
edies have been suggested. To say that
il can be cured is. therefore. a bold
statement 10 make but Chamberlain 5
Pain Balm, which enjoys an extensive
sale, has met with great success in
the treatment of this disease One ap-
plication of Pain Balm will relieve
the pain, and hundreds of sufferers
have testified to permanent cures by
its use Why suffer when Pain Balm
affords such quick relief and costs
but a triGle? For sale by F. J Ramsey.
w. 3. Frame and Ardmore Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18
Dreadful Attack Of whooplne coue

Mrs. Ellen Harrison, Of 800 Park
Ave, Kansas City, Mo, writes as fol
lows. Our two children had a severe
attack Of whooping cough, one of them
in the paroxysm of coughing would
often faint and bleed at the nose. We
tried everything we heard of without
getting relief. We then called In our
family doctor who prescribed Foley :
Honey and Tar With the very hrsl
dose they began 10 improve and we
feel that II has saved their lives
Refuse substitutes. For sale by City
Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18
Health is Youth.

Disease and Sickness Bring Old Age
Herbine taken every morning before
breakfast. will keep you in robust
health, ut you to ward off disease. Il
cures constipation. biliousness, dys
pepsia, fever skin, liver and kidney
complaints. II purfes the blood anC
clears the complexion.
Mrs. d. w. Smith. Whitney, Tex.
writes April 3, 1902: Il have useC
Herbine, and find It the best medicine
for constipation and liver troubles. /
does all you claim for II.
can highly recommend IL. soc. Sol
by w. b. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

Ardmore Local Union No. 1923.
carpen nters and Joiners Of America
Meets every Thursday evening at
1880 o'clock in Union Hall, West
Main street
w. Ii. l<EENER, Pres
d. n. FERGUSON, Fin, Sec.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18

II Is difficult To cure a cough or free
yourself from the discomforts OF cold
unless you move the bowels. Bee $
Laxative Honey and Tar acts on the
bowels and drives all cold out OF tha
system Then comes its soothing Ell
feet and strengthening Influences upon
the throat and lungs. For Group
Whoopins Cough. Colds, and all lune
and bronchial affections. no remed
Is equal to the original Laxative Hon
ey and Tar. Sold by City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18

Doctor don't think it Ia anything
very serious, but you will have 10 stay
In bed at least two weeks. Patient
Say, doctor do You know that this is II
four dollar a day hotel; Doctor Yes,
I'm friend of the proprictor.-.N New
York Times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18

toley's Honey and Tar contains no
opla,es. and will not oonstipate Ike
nearly oil other cough medicines. Re
s.se substitutes, For sale by City Drug
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18

We want every lady 70 the CITY &
call and look through our stock o
buggies and surreys.
BIVENS. CORHN & FRENSI.EY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18

No amount of proficiency in the quo
tation of Scripture can atone for de
fciency in the practice OF it,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18

When you have an affection for the
Golden Rule you will not need to ad-
vertise the fact.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-18

WILLIE Engaged TO Jack? Then you
won't marry Harry. after al? Eunice
Not after all, but maybe after Jack.
Smart Set.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03
POLITICAL GOSSIP AT OLYMPIA

Tax Comm ission Favored by House
mmittee- New Federal District.
General gossip in Olympia is that
Senator-elect and Senator Ankeny will
permit Charles Sweeny and B. d.
Crocker and their friends to select the
new federal judge tor eastern Washing
ton. The candidates SO far are: Ed
ward Whitson, a prominent attorney
of North Yakima and Superior Judge
Thomas II. Brents of Walla Walla.
Frank T. Post of Spokane and Lester
S, Wilson, prosecuting attorney Of
Walla Walla county, are also mention
ed. Representative Joseph B. Lindsey
of Spok ane, it is said, will have prac-
tically no opposition for the new Unit
ed States district attorneyshlr. 1t IS
said that United States Marshal G. B.
HOPKINS of Spokane will be left in the
western Washington district, and that
a new esat side marshal will be select
ed.
The house committee on revenue and
taxation has agreed to report with a
recommendation that it pass the bill
by Mr.. Reid of Pierce creating state
board of tax commissioners and def1n-
ing its powers and duties. The COM
mission is appointive, and shall consist
of three persons to be appointed by the
governor. Their salary shall be $4,000
each year. The scope of the Reid bill
is general, giving the commission pow
er to exercise general supervision OF the
system of taxation throughout the
state, over assessors and county boards
f equalization. 1t is virtually the
yesterday bill to two years ago and
does not give the commission any real
power.
The report recommending the chang
ing of the name of the Washington
Agricultural College, experiment Sta
ton and School of Science to "The
State College of Washington" has been
sent to the house.
The bill for the repeal of the Barber
Sunday law has been indefinitely pos
poned.
The house committee has reported
favorably the bill providing for the es-
tablishment of a trout hatchery on
the Little Spokane river, and making
an appropriation of $4,000 for the same.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03
Indians on Warpath.

Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 2.-W. V. DAILY
a prominent mining engineer and
miner, just arrived from Minas
Prietas, says that the Yaqui situation
in Mexico is very serious. There are
probably 800 Yaquis out, divided into
from IL to II bands. Depredations SO
far have been confined to the Cobache
district. The Indians are we'll armed,
and, according to DAILY, are killing
and Mexicans without dis
Twenty people, DAILY
says, four of whom are Americans,
have been killed in the district within
the past week.
General Torres and Governor Ysabel,
with Mexican troops, are pursuing the
Torres is considered the
best Indian fighter in the Mexican
army. Advices at Prietas Sunday
were to the effect that Torres had sur
rounded a large band of Indians in
Uvalia Ma canyon, in the Mazatlan
mountains. This Is the same place
where year ago Mexican soldiers sur
prised band of Yaquis and slew many
of them.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03
Sensational Scene.

Sacramento, CAL, Jan. 3l.-There
was a sensational scene in the senate
Monday when William Corbin, secre-
tary of the Continental Building &
Loan association, was called to purge
himself of contempt in not appearing
before the committee on commissions
and retrenchment of the upper house
of the state legislature to anwser ques-
lions regarding the alleged mismanage-
ment of that company's affairs.
Corbin was represented by Attorney
Frank D. Nichol, who said that on adj
vice of counsel Corbin had not appear
ed before the committee. He held that
the committee had no authority to act
in this matter. The attorney then
filed an affidavit containing sensational
charges. It declares that the whole
purpose of the investigation is the per-
secution of DR.. Washington Dodge,
assessor of the city and county of San
Francisco, who is president of the loan
association.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03
DoWIE CAN NOT STAY DEATH.
Inroad of Sickness in Zion City Can
Not Be Stayed.

Mrs. ]. G. Speicher, wife Of acting
Overseer Speicher of Zion City, is dead
as the result of consumption. Hers
is the second death which has follow.
ed a recent inroad of sickness among
John Alexander Dowie's chiefs and fol-
lowers, and against which the prayers
Of the First Apostle" have seemingH
been of no avail.
The body of Deacon Carl F. Stein,
for many years Dowie's chief Of po-
lice, is expected to arrive in Zion City
soon.
Stein died while en- route to the b.
hama islands, where Dowie is sufer-
ing from chronic stomach trouble, and
his wife is desperately ill. 1t is SAID
that an investigation of the death OF
Mrs. Speicher will be made by the
state board of health and the coroner.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03

General Matthew Calbrafth Butler,
who has drawn attention to himself
by his marriage near the end of his
Goth year to widow in New York
city, was a senator from South Caro-.
lima for IL years (1S77-S9) and was
particularly well known. He is neph.
ew of that Senator Butler whom Chas
Sumner sayagely attacked in his
speech on the barbarism of slavery
thereby causing the murderous assault
on Sumner by Preston S. Brooks, his
kinsman.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03

-GEl<s@Ss


Speltz or Emmer, above illustrated,
gives 80 bushels grain and four tons hay
besides per acre. It's wonderful. Salzer's
seeds are pedigree seeds, bred up through
careful selection to big yields.
Per Acre.
Salzer's Beardless Barley yielded l2l bu.
Salzer's Home Builder Corn. 300 bu.
Speltz and Macaroni Wheat. 80 blu.
Salzer's Victoria Rape. ...... 10000 lbs.
Salzer's Teosinte Fodder. .... 10000 lbs.
Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass. $4,000 lbs.
Salzer's Pedigree Potatoes. 80. 1000 bu.
Now such yields pay and you can have
them, Mr.. Farmer, in 1905.
SEND 10C IN STAMPS
and this notice to the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, and you. will get
their big catalog and lots of farm seed
samples free. P. c. L.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03

Rev. F. E. Higgins, the logging camp
Presbyterian missionary of northern
Minnesota, travels all over the timber
region of that state with dog sled.
Mr.. Higgins weighs over 200 pounds,
but his dogs have hauled him 40 miles
in six and a half hours Sometimes
he makes journey of 200 miles in the
dead of winter through the forests and
sleeps between his dogs, all three Gov
cred by a blanket.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03

At Denver, Henry Wianand of Sioui
City, Iowa, shot and probably fatals
wounded his wife and made an unsuc
cessful attempt to commit suicide "
the home of his brother in law. Wlar
and was arrested. Mrs. Wianand na'
only a slight chance of recovery.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03
No Color Line in the Taxes,

The house of the Arkansas general
assembly has by a vote Of 81 ayes to
26 noes Indefinitely postponed the Bur
CESS bill providing for separation Of
school taxes on racial lines. The OBJ
ject of the bill was to make negro
public schools depend upon taxes paid
by negroes.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03

According to newspapers published
in the far east General Stoessel, de-
fender of Port Arthur, is Of Jewish
origin. His grandfather, Abraham
Stoessel, goldsmith by trade, went to
St. Petersburg from Moravia about
1885. His son on reaching manhood
embraced the Russian orthodox faith,
and he whose name is famous the
world over was brought up in the same
belief.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03
Morton's Relative Is Safe.

Chicago.-Fears that Yaqui Indians
had harmed William c. Potter, a rel.
alive of Secretary Morton, have been
allayed. A telegram announcing Mr..
Potter's safety has been received by
Mrs. John X. Mckenzie, whose hus-
band was slain by the savages. The
telegram came from Minaco, Chihuh-
hua, Mexico.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-03
WASHINGTON NEWS,
Colfax is to have several new

ColfaX is to have several new brict
business buildings next summer.
The nomination of George NJ Stew.
art as postmaster at Seattle has been
sent to the senate for confirmation.
The directors of the Wilbur school
district are advertising for bids on thu
proposed new high school building.
A mad dog was seen on a Tacoma
street recently. The animal spread
terror among the workmen, but it was
soon shot.
The wheat fields of the Big Bend
are thoroughly soaked by the recent
rains, and farmers are preparing for
spring work.
Another one of Dayton's old timer
passed away at the age of more than
so years, Julia Ann Killingsworth, who
had been a respected resident of that
place for rs years.
The trustees of the Spokane irriga.
ton association met in the chamber Of
commerce rooms recently and voted
to ask the legislature to appropriate
$25, 1000 for typographical survey work
in this state the next two years.
Ralph Garry, the young man of Hart.
line who was arrested upon an alleged
confession of murder of Judge and
Mrs. Lewis said to have been made
to Edward Brusha, has been released
from custody and has returned to his
home.
The rumor that the Oregon RAILWAY
& Navigation Co. will build the main
line through Dayton and Waitsburg
after acquiring the Washington & Co.
lumbia River railways interests in the
Turner extension is emphatically de-
MED at Walla Walla.
For the first time in the history Of
many attempts to secure uniformity in
the fishing laws of Oregon and Wash
ington as affecting the Columbia riv.
er, the conference of the Legislative
committees of the two states have
recalled an amicable agreement that
promises to be productive of the uni.
formity desired.
The reclamation service is in receipt
of information which says that the
interior department and the o. R. &
N Co. will shortly reach an agree
ment whereby the latter company will
share the cost of the expense Incl
dental to the removal Of the railway
tracks in the Washtucna coulee. An
agreement of this kind will insure the
success of the Palouse irrigation pro.
ject.
The mass meeting held in Ellens
burg recently was attended by $50 peo-
pie, mostly farmers, called to consid.
er the irrigation bill prepared by the
state commission. A vigorous discus
sion of the bill was had, sentiment be-
ing divided. A resolution that the bill
should not pass was voted down. A
committee of IL from all over the val
ley was named to consider the bill and
report next Thursday.
John Archibald, who lives 10 miles
east of Downs, was found dead recent
ly. He had started home from Downs
with wagon load of lumber, pulled
by six horses. The supposition is that
the wagon slipped off Oak creek bridge
as the man was found under the bridge
with the entire load of lumber on top
of him. He lay under the lumber and
wagon in Oak creek about eight hours
before being found.