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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-10

travel short distance toward the west
to escort him on his way. The belief
exists that divinities reside in trees.
A tree located in front of a country
mans hut will not be touched, even if
the family are freezing, for fear Of Of
Tending the spirit residing in it. On
certain days of the month Chinese
merchants and scholars may be seen
worshipping such animals as the fox
the weasel the hedgehog, the snake
and the rat, all of whom are known as
Their EXcellencieS,' and are sup
posed to exert a powerful influence
over the affairs of human beings In
case Of a flood the water serpent is
supposed to be angry and the inhabi-
tants unite in trying to appease it's
wrath.
The insincerity Of the Chinese is
shown in their worship. At times they
are supposed to burn money to propi-
tiate certain gods, but they never use
good specie for this purpose. A
wealthy citizen who desires to gain the
good will of a certain god does not
hesitate to bride the priest to mark
him up on the list of donors at double
what he really gave. Whenever it be-
comes necessary to repair the temple
pieces of paper are pasted over the
eyes of the images therein, so that they
may not witness the confusion in over
hauling the place.
THE GODS ARE BUNCOED.
The kitchen god of the Chinese house.
hold is supposed to ascend to heaven
once each year in order to make a re-
port on the conduct of the family
The lips of this god are smeared with
honey to bride it not to tell the bad
things it has observed. Another COM
mon attempt to fool the gods is to call
a boy by a girls name so as to divert
the evil spirits who work harm to
young males. Still another cheat that
is worked upon the gods is the make
believe offering of a mans head. In
order to convey the idea that some de-
voted subject has allowed his head to
be cut off as sacrifice, man crawIs
under a table and puts his head
through a round hole made for that
purpose. Chinese gods must be very
simple if they are taken in by all the
hocus-pocus that is practiced on them
1t is strange that the Chinese with
all their shrewdness cling to so many
absurd customs and outlandish be-
liefs. They won't have pockets in their |
clothes, and will not forsake their pith |
or paper-soled shoes. A rainstorm |
Will disperse an army because the !
fighters do not want to spoil their |
shoes. The modern drill-master has |
trouble with his recruits when he re- |
fuses to allow them to use fans on |
dress parade, or prohibits sentinels |
from carrying lanterns while on duty |
at night When the Picking Gazette |
that the Emperor has put |
on his winter hat, every man in China |
follows suit, no matter how hot the |
weather may be. On that day every
chair cushion in the empire is changed |
so as to expose its winter side The
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-10
WILL CHINA REVIVE?

Add to ignorance, superstition. dis
honesty. lack of public spirit inordi-
nate greed, and prejudice against re-
form, the dreadful evils of gambling
and opium smoking and disrespect for
women, and we have the principal
reasons why China Iags behind as the
rest of the world moves onward. The
Old empire is heavy with the rank at
mosphere OF the dark ages. The wisest
students OF its history claim that it is
so STEPPED in its vices that it lacks the
power to accomplish it's own resuscita-
ton 1t is like a drunkard with ap-
petlte beyond control or a person i'll
unto helplessness. Now that the light
or peace and progress is clearing the
darkness OF Asia, it remains to be
seen whether China, the old granny OF
the family Of nations. can learn new
tricks and stay in the game, or wheth-
er she will be content to ossify and at
last succumb to the ravages of time.
FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-10

delusion that a mythical dragon is
about to swallow the sun has been kept
up for thousands Of years, this dreadful
catastrophe being prevented only by
a ceaseless tom-toming of temple gongs
which stretches from one years end to
another
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02
New York Cotton Letter.

Ardmore, |. r., Aug. 2-Fol
lowing is New York cotton let.
ter by Mcintyre;
After yesterdays extensive
liquidation and heavy short sell
ing and vigorous bear raids,
some rally was to be expected in
the market today; there was
some attempt to crowd the mar
ket at the opening because Liv-
erpool came about l to 3 points
lower than was necessary to
have responded to our net de-
cline of about 20 points yester-
day. We have been expecting
for the past week or two that
the government report will make
the average condition of crop no
better than rs VS.. II last month.
During the past week it has
been plain that the heavy buy.
ing movement of the past month
and advance TO II cents has dis
counted the publication of such
a low average.
This may be true in a measure
but We would not advise opera.
tors TO sell short to any extent
at this basis on this idea, and
the belief that there is to be a
collapse in prices below the i0ct
basis which the bears are now
fully predicting. An average
under 70 per ct on August LIST
indicates a TN, eatened crop dis
aster. If weather conditions
from now on are of the most
perfect character up to the mid
die of Oct. and the South is ia
vored with late frost and good
weather for picking, 1000, 900
bales will be a big estimate.
Yours very truly,
f. +. Guillot $50.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02
MIGHT AND RIGHT.

THAI Might makes right Is a doc
trine which has always been abhorTent
to believe in a republican form OF
government, and. indeed. to all who
revere human liberty and abject jus
tice. Any defense of the doctrine
seems at first thought to be subver-
sive Of all ethical standards. There
Is everywhere among civilized poo
plies a growing tendency tn apply TO
nations and governments the same
moral rules which have long been APP
piled to individuals, and the result
is. in the main, 90 the benefit Of hu.
mainly.
The process must not. however. be
carried too far, for then IL developcs
a narrowness Of vision impossible with
the most efficient stat, Smanshlp. Pres.
ident james b. Angel in his recent
Phi Beta Kappa Grafton at Harvard
touched upon some of the cases in
which nations cannot be governed by
the ethics of individuals and in which,
In some sense might does make right.
To most Americans the European
concert represents the perpctuatlon
of injustice, yet n broader view pre-.
sents il In a different light. Let IL be
recognized that the concert has kept
The Sultan OF Turkey on his throne.
and has failed to punish his misdeeds,
that IT. has not given TO Greece all
that Il desired or deserved, and that
II has done or left undOne other
things the omission or performance
Of which would better have satisfied
the universal sense of justice. Yet
II must also be recognized that II
has preserved the peace of Europe,
and so performed n service of tran
scendent Justice.
In America the Monroe doctrine in.
wolves the use of power similar to
that which the European concert pX.
ercises in the other hemisphere. BY
what right shall the United States
decide what European nations may dc
with the Independent governments in
South America? The answer is. by
the right of eighty or ninety millions
of people to judge nor wisely than
ten or twenty millions IL 10 plan
more surely for the general welfare
Of all.
This is the doctrine of the will o.
the majority, upon which all republics
rest. Heretofore 1t has been apple,
only to the people of one city or stat,
or natiOnl. Now it Is beginning t
be regarded in the light of applicab
ility Ia the community of nations
Youths Companion.
FfT
Grayson county declared for the jui
tain and abe unsuspoctlnE drug
store by 500 majority II the tota
vote was light.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02
FEVER Is
INCREASING
MANY NEW CASES REPORTED
FoRTY.TWo YESTERDAY.
The Situation today is not so Favor.
able-Two Cases In Detention
Camp at Shreseport-Author.
tiles May Have Trouble.
(By Associated Press.l

New Orleans. Aug. with a large
increase in the number of new cases
during the past twenty-four hours, the
fever situation was not so favorable
to-day, although the authorities still
believe they Will be able to handle
the situation. In spite of the most
rigid inspection, concealed cases
among Italians are creeping out. Two
or three new cases of persons outside
the infected Zone lead to the belief
that the disease Is spread by street
cars. and hereafter all street ears wa.
be disinfected.
Jackson. Miss, Aug. 2.-Governor
Vardaman left here today for the Gulf
coast TO make a rigid investigation OF
the complaint from Governor Blan.
chard of Louisiana, that Mississippi
troops have invaded Louisiana terri
tory and ar patrolling neal Lake Rid
olete. Governor Vardaman declined
to make any statement.
Memphis. Tenn. Aug. IA special
to the Commercial Appeal from Baton
Rouge, La, says:
A clash between the Mississippi and
Louisiana authorities over quarantine
regulations is imminent.
A private dispatch was received IN
the city today. stating that Mississippi
soldiers, employed as quarantine
guards had invaded Louisiana soil
with arms and that boats were pa
trolling the mouth of Rigolette Lake
and Pearl River off the Louisiana
coast to prevent Louisiana boats from
leaving.
Gov. Blanchard at once communi.
Gated with Brig. Gen. Perraliat of his
STAFF and Capt. ]. w. Bostwick, com.
manding the States naval militia, di.
recting them TO investigate and report
10 him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02
DISTRICT COURT TERMS.
Marietta, Tishominso and Ardmore
Will Have Three Terms Each.

Marietta, Tishomingo n Ardmore
Will Have Three Terms Each.
Judge Townsend has made the fol-
lowing order or court with reference
to the terms Of district court 10 be held
at Marietta, Tishomingo and Ardmore:
In compliance with he provisions
OF an act Of congress entitled IAN act
providing for additional United States
judges in the Indian territory and
for other purposes, approved April rs,
1904, II Is ordered:
That there shall be three terms OF
court each year at the following places
In the said Southern district: Mari.
eta, Tishomingo and Ardmore, as pro
vided by law, same beginning as fol
lows:
Marietta-First term, beginning DC.
tober 2. 1905.
Marietta-Second term. beginning
October 10, 1905.
Tishomingc-Frst term beginning
OCtODcT 30, lJuO.
Tishomingo-Second term, beginn.
ing November 10, 1906.
Ardmore-First term, beginning De-
cember 4. 1905.
Ardmore-Second term. beginning
January 2, 1906.
Third Term.
Notwithstanding January 29,
1906.
MISUNDERSTANDING February
IL, 1906.
Acknowledging March 26, 1906.
Done In chambers at Ardmore, In.
iian Territory, this Path day Of April,
1905.
HOSEA TOWNSEND. Judge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02
A Mayor MISSING.
lDy Associated Press.l

IBy AsSOClated Pross.)
Paterson, n. j. Aug Mayor Bel
cher, of this city is missing since yes
terday, and his friends fear he has
committed suicide. Mayor Belcher has
been worried over an investigation of
certain collateral he had given for
loans and the report by the state bank
ing department that the signatures
had been forged.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02
HOSEA TOWNSEND. Judge.

Bankruptcy stock OF millinery at
80 1-3c on the dollar. Choice hats.
vciling5 and childrens headwear.
Come today and take your choise.
Four doors West City National Bank.
27tf J. w. KEMP
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

Galveston, Aug. state Health
Officer Tabor confirms the report Of
two eases of yellow fever in the de-
tention camp II from Shreveport.
The patients are isolated and quaran-
tined in the camp two miles from the
city and every precaution has been
taken to prevent a spread of the dis
ease.
The patients came direct from New
Orleans, were taken from the train by
the Texas quarantine inspectors, and
the fever has been defined as yellow
feYer-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

We have just received a stock of
German enameled kitchen ware, bowls
and pitchers. Something new and the
incest in the city. Come in and see.
WEEKS BROS,
30.tf. Practical Timers and Plumbers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

Pure soaps that will not irritate the
most delicate skin are a speciality with
US. No poor soaps in our stock.
30 +. j, RAMSEY, Druggist.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

Make your own Ice cream. II at
last suits you better. It's no trou-
BILE when you have one Of our freez'
prs.
BIvENS CORIIN & FRENSLEY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02
Ardmore, Wednesday August 2, 1905

A Kansas girl ~journeyed all the
wav 10 the summit of Pixies Peak IN
order to be married. Here Is announcer
instance inwhich conjugal relations
arc started of in high hopes.
with l0-cent cotton and a few well
constructed sheds for the protec'ioh
of IN. bales before they are market
"a the southern farmer will soon at
tain all of his old-time glory.
49,
The first car load Of Grand valley
onnles was shipped to Texas from
Grand Junction, Colorado this week
Estimates of this years crop at Grand
Junction places the amount at 1000
car loads.
When Secretary of the Navy Bon
aparate says that he will allow no
body to BIT whitewashed in the Ben
nington investigation he leaves the
natural inference that such things
have been done in the past.
r ++
New Orleans can hardly complain
of the ~harshness exercised by other
communities against her when she
counts up the number of yellow fever
victims She had before the world was
advised that the disease existed In
that city.
One of the largest yields of wheat
ever raised in Colorado is being har'
vested this week by G. j. Graves
whose farm is near Boulder. The crop
is averaging sixty-hve bushes to the
acre. Some of the heads are five in
ches in length.
The people of Kansas are enjoying
the luxury Of two state t~reasurers'
But Kansas Is different from Other
states. Ordinarily n state needs no
one to look after its cash, particularly
il IL has had a recent session of the
legislature on its hands.
<++<
General Stoessel Is In hard luck.
The Japs relieved him Of Port Arthur
and now the ear has relieved him OF
his command. Perhaps he counts him
self lucky that an itinerant shell did
not relieve him of his head while he
was enjoying himself in the Far East.
le3 +S++
According TO the Chicago Record
Herald, a Pittsburg spinster willed
$500, 900 to her old sweetheart, who
had married another woman. But
wait. Don't get excited. She provid-
ID that he would have to secure a
divorce from the other woman to Sc.
sure the money.
OF course, II hates to admit That
the members pf conercss and not
the people Of the two territories are
the principal factors in the determine
ing Of the conditions under which Ok
lahoma and Indian Territory shall re-
celve statehood. Yet whether Il Is
admitted or not, the disagreeable fact
holds true.
Merchants Of the Snake river coun.
try in Colorado have combined against
the mail order houses Of the large
cities. No merchant will purchase
produce from nor extend credit to
any Snake River ranchman who sends
10 a mail order house for any article
which he can secure in his own com
munity. Thus far the experiment has
been a complete success for the mer-
chants.
A few friends Of Hoch, the man
convicted Of killing one of his wives
in Chicago, raised $500, and thus Sc,
cured a stay OF execution. They did
not raise the money till within a
couple of hours Of the time when he
would have been hanged. What kind
OF country is this in which a mans
life may depend on his ability TO
raise court cost 10 save II from being
taken by the law?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

New Orleans, Aug. Following is
the record up to q p. IN.
New cases. ~.
Total cases q date. 346.
Deaths, q.
Total deaths to date. IS.
New foci. {.
Total foci to date. 80.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02
MARKET REPORTS

(By +. L. Guillot & Co, members OF
New Orleans Cotton Exchange.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02
COTTON Markell.

Ardmore, Aug. 2.-The following
are The quotations for today:
liverpool Futures.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

Hogs opened steady
$500 hogs left over
Receipts year ago 1900
Mixed 565-6l2 Ia
Good b76-6O5
Rough b3O-b6S
Light 800 -6l5
sheep steady
Cattle steady
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

One of the largest yields OF wheat
ever raised in Colorado is Elm mar
vested this week by G. j. Graves
whose farm is near Boulder. The crop
is averaging sixty-hve bushes TO the
acre. Some of the heads are i've in
Ches in length.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

New Orleans can hardly complain
of the ~harshness exercised by other
communities against her when she
counts up the number of yellow fever
victims She had before the world was
advised that the disease existed In
that city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

The first car load Of Grand Na'iey
apples was shipped to Texas from
Grand junction, Colorado this week
Estimates of this years crop at Crane
Junction places the amount at l'oo'
car loads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

The people of Kansas are enjoying
the luxury Of We state ~treasurers'
But Kansas is different from other
states. Ordinarily a state no
one to look after its cash, particularly
il IL has had a recent session OF the
legislature on its hands.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

General Stoessel Is In hard luck.
The laps relieved him of Port Arthur
and now the czar has relieved him of
his command. Perhaps he counts him
self lucky that an %itinerant shell did
not relieve him Of his head while he
was enjoying himself in the Far East.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

with lO-cent cotton and a few wen
constructed sheds for the protection
of IN. bales before they are market
ed the southern farmer viii soon AT
tain all of his oldtime glory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

A Kansas girl journeyed all the
way TO the summit of Pixies Peak IN
ord.r IN he married. Here is another
instance inwhich conjugal reia'ionS
are started on in high hopes
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

OF course, one hates to admit that
the members pf congress and not
the people Of the two territories are
the principal factors in the determin-
ing Of the conditions under which Ok.
lahoma and indian Territory shall re-
celve statehood, Yet whether Il Is
admitted or not, the disagreeable fact
holds true.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

When Secretary of the Navy Bon
aparate says that he will allow no
lod to BIT whitewashed in the Ben
nington investigation he leaves the
natural Inference that such things
have been done in the past.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

Grayson county declared for the jug
tain and abe unsuspoctlnE drug
store by 500 majority and the lota'
vote was light.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-02

was enjoying himself in the Far East.
lel +S++
According 10 the Chicago Record
Herald, a Pittsburg spinster wiiled
$500, GOO to her old sweetheart, who
had married another woman. But
wait. Don't get excited, She provid-
~ that he would have to secure a
divorce from the other woman TO Sc
cure the money.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-19
Some sseasonable Advice.

It may be a piece of superauous
advice to urge people at this sea-
son of the year to lay in a supply
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
It is almost sure to be needed be-
fore winter is over, and much more
prompt and satisfactory results are
obtained when taken as soon as a
cold is contracted and before it has
become settled in the system, which
can only be done by keeping the
remedy at hand. This remedy is
SO widely known and SO altogether
good that no one should hesitate
about buying it in preference to
any other. It is for sale by R. w.
Russell Drug Co.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-19

The big cattle syndicates who
have for several years been obliged
to pay rent to the Indians on the
Cheyenne reservation for the use OF
their land, are endeavoring to have
the rule set aside and the free
range rule established. They are
being aided in their endeavor by
the Indian Rights association of
Boston. This service is about as
consistent as most of the services
rendered by this Boston associa.
tion, but fortunately for the Indi.
ans the government agents do not
belong to any Indian Rights asso.
citation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-19


A Harvard professor has com
piled a table of statistics which she
claims refnte the statements Of J..
J. Hill that freight rates have de-
.clined during the past twenty years
and on the contrary show an in
crease. Both of these getlemen are
safe in making their assertions, as
no person with ordinary means of
information can tell whether they
are true or false. The roads may
make a decrease in rates on many
articles that are shipped in small
quantities, and by slight increase
in rates on q few articles Of heavy
shipment really increase their a G.
gregate income, while their gener.
al schedule would show decrease
hence both of these gentlemen
may in sense be right in their as.
sertions.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-19
State Superintendent Raj

State Superintendent RameT,
has called meeting of all city su-
perintendents and village princi
pals of schools, in the state, to be
held in Mitchell November End.
The purpose of meeting is to for
mulate a new course of study for
rural schools that will conform to
the city schools. The committe on
revision has recommended course
comprising 70 sections of work to
be divided into eight grades of nine
sections each. While this provides
for a regular eight years course
many Of the rural schools will not
be able to cover the ground in eight
years, SO the purpose is to elimi-
nate as far as possible the word
''year" and regulate the work by
secti ions, allowing as many years
as necessary to complete the work
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-19

K
It is bad habit TO borrow any
thing, but the worst thing you can
possibly borrow is trouble. When
sick, sore, heavy, weary and worn
out by the pains and poisons Of
dyspepsia, biliousness, Rright's
disease, and similar internal dis.
orders, don't sit down and brood
over your symptoms, but fly for
relief to Electric Bitters. Here
you will find sure and permanent
forgetfulness Of all your troubles,
and your body will not be burden
ed by q load Of debt disease. At
R. W. Russell & Co.'S drug store.
Price SOC. Guaranteed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-19

The 1905 delinquent tax list for
Bon Homme county was published
in the Springfield Times last week J.,
and makes a remarkable showing.
According to this list the total de
linquent real estate tax in this
county on October first was only
S2,021.92- This is divided as fol
lows: On farm property $966.13
City Of Scotland, $4S1. .45; City of
Tyndall $269.99; Springfield $157.
As; Avon 1884 Tabor 1892.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-19

Mr.. McCurdy, president of the
New York Mutual Life insurance
company has given US a new inter
probation of the purpose Of life
insurance. He says the companies
are great philanthropic concerns.
AS Mr.. McCurdy has been allowing
himself an annual salary of $3.50,
600 he doubtless believes himself to
be the proper recipient of that phil
anshropy.