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He dreamed in particular of getting infor-
nation as to a new French fortress. but
weeks passed. and he was no nearer to II
than at the beginning.
One day he heard that there was to be a
"horse requisltion inspection in a nearby
town. That is to say, the farmers of the
region having by law declared each year
the number, ages, etc, of their horses. were
now to bring them up for periodic inspec-
ton by the cavalry specialists SO that there
may be no mistake in the hurry of mobil-
izaton of the next great war. When that
day comes the farmers of all France Will
assemble their horses here and there. in the
accustomed places, so that the French cav
airy may pick and choose and pay for what
1t takeS--inStanter.
The disguised German officer was hanging
round the ceremony. storing away facts for
future reference, when a gruff voice told
him to Follow me and show your paperse'
AS luck had it, they conducted him inside
the very fortress he had been vainly dream
ing of penetrating!
According to certain French ideals. the
easiest way to get into German fortress
is to send your wife. One such, twice fall
ing to report on an important secteur in
the neighborhood of Metz, at last In des-
peration, took his young and pretty COM
panfon OF his bosom on health and pleas
ure trip to nearby little German cure
station, which was also the resort of the
officers OF the fortress.
There she made herself look pensive and
interesting. while the husband assumed the
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furniture = the plants and trees and
nearly forty varieties of Towering shrubs
which will produce every color ever
known to the most beautiful rainbow. With
these and the plants work out designs
and color schemes, which are maintained
by what we call 'pinching.' That is,
gardener goes over the beds every few
days and pinches' all the leaves and flow
ers which prelude over the line. That kills
that portion of the foliage and the design
is kept intact"
''Have you any new plants to be set out
this year?" asked the reporter.
Every year we experiment with new
specimens. This year we will put out about
twenty-five strangers to this vicinity, prin-
cipal of which will be the Gamma. This
grows to about three feet in height has
large green leaf and a long brightly -colored
flower It is snowy, and l think will prove
to be a popular addition to our plant life
in Washington Some of the Gamma plants
have purple foliage and some have orange
and yellow flowers
In another hot house are the bay trees
which in summer will adorn the roofs of
the east and west wings of the White
House They are beautiful specimens,
some tall and slender and others short and
round They were imported from Holland
and Belgium at approximate cost OF
$500 each. There are seventy-one trees In
the collection, which would represent an
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ed and started on their journey to ma
turity. Half dozen gardeners are seated
at one end of the house clipping and trim
ming. while another gardener Is kept busy
setting out the cuttings" in the sand beds.
The operation is simple. The gardener
places a rule on the sand and draws his
trowel along the edge of it, leaving a tiny
furrow. in which the cuttings are placed.
about an inch apart Then the furrow is
closed, and nature does the rest. In this
manner from twenty to thirty thousand cut
tings may be set out in one hot house, and
by the time the gardener has completed
the setting out task the first cuttings have
taken root.
Then another gardener comes along and
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Extensive Operations
Of European Army Spies

owed, retired along the coast of Finistere.
He sojourned a time at Quiberon, then
passed to Belle Isle. where. ina ginning he
had shaken off the sleutns he had actually
begun making plans of the battery of the
Gros-Rocher when he was arrested.
Was his luck due to GOODNESS and re-
source. or. as a section OF the Paris press
insinuates. to culpable timidity on the
part Of the present French government?
water color sketch was found in cleft
between two rocks.
Il put it there to keep the wind from
blowing it away" said the Englishman.
A rough pencil sketch of the exterior of
the fort had been knocked out of his
hands when the French sleuths melo-
dramatically fell upon him from behind.
I'm an English tourist" he said of
himself. II like to do water colors."
Water colors OF fortresses?' they ac-
cused him.
The fort was picturesque" he said.
Being a retired English army officer I
thought 1t beautiful and interesting TO
put in the background of my water color,
which you see is marine view
With superficial frankness he gave his
address in London. his rank-colonel-in
his alleged former branch of the service
the Royal Artillery; and he calmly an
swered all their questions as TO his itin-
erary along the Breton coast. He was
out for health and recreation; he loved
water color Sketching; there could be no
harm in IL the way he did 1t. because he
had been arrested once beforehand been
let go!
The British government never budged-
The French government held Edward
Smythe Gordon 'in secret" SO that what
might be the evidence against him could
not be known. But strength was on the
side of the British passiylty At the end
OF the month the British ambassador mildly
asked to know about what date the self
styled British subject Gordon would come
up for trial No more. So it was up 10
the French to show their hand. The only
tangible evidence was the commencement
of a water color painting and the fact that
Gordon had once before been arrested-and
, released-ou no more tangible evidence
They dared not try him; for the moment
England learned the incompleteness of the
direct proofs against her subject she would
cry "Outrage." with boldness. So they put
him on a channel boat.
Imagine. on the other hand, he had been
taken with the goods Enthusiastically on him
like the Italian General Giletta. The British
government would have been obliged to
4 disavow him and leave him to his fate, to
| be abused in a French prison by Spy-ha ting
| patriotic guards. Giletta, after three months
| of preventive arrest" and six months of
\ prison. pardoned out. very exception
| ally. by the president OF the French re-
| public All the same. he has never re-
| covered his health since.
| Not a month passes but some spy Is taken,
| French or German. on the Franco-German
frontier. The case Of the latest Of these
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role of a well-fed, somnolent. wine-drinking
silly, born to ''be it." Together they fire.
quented the terrace of the little casino
where the German officers met afternoons.
The general was a stout man, who had
been a ladykiller in his younger days. Lit
tie by little he came to take the charming
French lady out horseback riding. Once he
wanted to take her little further than
usual. But where would we lunch?" she
asked.
1t was the ardent generals chance. why,
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inside descriptions the officer-spy must de-
pend on-money, He must make the &C
uuaintance of some non-commissioned ON
Ger of expensive habits and tempt him to
furnish drawings. 1t is mean, repugnart
work.
Nevertheless, 1 have heard Of two III
stances of foreign officers penetrating foru-
fed places in disguise. One was an Asa
tan Prussian lieutenant, operating in the
extreme east of France, where he pretended
to be hunting work as hydraulic engineer.
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DEVELOPING CUTTINGS.

removes the tiny plants to tiny pots, not
more than an inch and a half in diameter.
where they grow until time for the spring
moving and the exodus from the hot house.
Each one of the one million plants must be
cut and trimmed and set out and placed in
pot and watered every day and finally
: planted in the park, 50 it is apparent
that Mr.. Browns task is not simple one
What are the first of the city fiowers?'
was asked
THE Dubious flowers are the first, such
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REMOVING 0UNG Tree
} PROPAGATTNG GARDEN

rHESE are busy days at the propa-
eating gardens, and plants by the
thousand are deserving the hot
Il house for the free atmosphere of
thecity's parks IN plant life as in
human life spring Is the time for NOV
ing. and for two weeks past there has been
a great exodus from the long. low glass
houses down back of the monument The
good people Of Washington and the visitors
from all parts of the universe are in the
habit of viewing the flowers and plants in
the parks Of Washington in matter-of-
fact way. They comment upon their beauty
and forget all about them. They do not
think that these simple decorations repre-
sent the life work Of nearly two score men.
and that every year there are planted no
less than one million bulbs and bushes and
trees in the two hundred parks and reserva-
Think Of It, you who have a geranium or
a fuchsia or a dwarf nasturtium in your
window box at home.
The work is done by a force of thirty
skilled gardeners under the direction of Mr..
George II. Brown, while the entire project
is under the supervision of the suptrin-
tendent of public buildings and grounds
Col Charles S. BromweIl, U. S. A Mr.
Brown started the prOpa eating gardens thir-
ty-hve years ago and has had charge of
lhcU ever since. lie mas watched the hot
houses increase in number from one to
twenty, and ne haSpersonally directed the
planting of every flower and bush and
shrub and tree which today flourish in the
public parks of the District of Columbia
representative of The Star called on Mr.
Brown yesterday and fonnd him busy in the
garden.
Il came down to talk plants" volunteered
the reporter.
Well responded the venerable gardener,
that may be treat for you, but it Is
shop for me-" But he smiled as he said
it, and in moment he was going this way
and that among the hot houses and ever
greens, explaining each specimen with as
much enthusiasm as a boy.
These said he, ARE the tiny pansy
plants. We will put out about forty thou
sand of these this summer to help make the
city beautiful. Here are a few thousand
gerdnium plants. They will be in the
parks about the first of May. There are
the palms and the crotons. They will not
leave the hot houses until June, when the
temperature is high"
But one has to stand there with Mr.
Brown to appreciate the vastness of his
army-the standing army of the vegetable
kingdom. Going to the 'propagating' hot
house. one sees the first step of the work.
Here the cuttings" are trimmed and wash
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ial Correspondence of TIE Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
PARIS, April II, 1905.
Who is Ellis? He is still under military
arrest awaiting trial and he continues a
mystery. The French War Department has
asked itself the question during months,
and in the mind of the French public he
has come 10 personify dangers which the
popular imagination is erecting into great
national scare. Who is Edward Smythe
Gordon Who was Martineli? Who was
HeIbon?
Ellis. Gordon, MartinelH and Henbon-
they may all be taken as the same type Of
obscure herO-frOm the point of view of
their own countries; and every now and
again they can be matched in England Ger
many and Italy by vague. mysterious Do
points. Duvals and Durands. In a word
they are men of culture. honor and high
special education. who. from patriotic mo-
tNeS. have stepped down to walk unknown
and unprotected In dangerous shady paths
where one false step means ignominy They
are army officers turned spies.
How vital the terrible eXigencies of up
Iu-udte warfare render the intelligence de-
pdrtment OF an army was shown by Gen
eral huropatkin's naive astonishment ex-
pressed in his explanation OF the defeat
OF Mukden. The Japanese knew all our
movements and positions" he complained
and he mentioned as a strange item of in
Ger In disguise was found wounded, by the
pickcts.
In spite of General Kuropatkin's surprise
If he was correctly reported by the dis
patches-the same thing is going on all over
Europe. The latest example is Edward
Smythe Gordon, though eciipsed by that OF
Ellis. still IN confinement when he was
taken. Regularly the governments in cases
in acting and in giving out the news un-
less the evidence is crushing. In the French
republic, particularly. there Is always the
possibility of q popular scare bringing with
II criticism and discomfort with the exist
ing ministry. Therefore the spy is ar
rested without noise. examined without
noise. and oftenest in the end sent across
the .frontier-also without noise.
such was the luck of edward Smythe
Gordon. who. like Ellis, was arrested sud-
denly, in the midst of his apparent tourist
uesSeS Tor the account of the British intel
ligence department. Though still wrapped
IN complete mystery, the case of Ellis must
be more grave than the French authorities
wish IL TO be thought for the simple rea-
son mat the British government does not
claim him. but leaves him to his fate Cor
oon, coming so soon after the affair OF
Modane. the affair OF Toulon'' and 1.-The
anatr OF Cherbourg," had a narrow escape.
Two months ago his presence as a '.sus-
piclous parsonage was noted in the forti-
q ned per1meter OF Lorient on the Breton
coast. AT once the maritime prefect set
suspected foreigner, feeling himself shad-
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door and showed a hot house full of the
no blossom or flower but rely solely upon
their varied colored leaves for their beauty.
This is the palm house." he continued.
where we grow all sorts of tropical plants
with the aid of stove heat. These will not
see the city's parks until June
The collection includes giant Mexican
ferns and the multi-colored ''croton," of
which Mr.. Brown said, there is no au-
tumnai tint in the forest that cannot be
found in the foliage of these wonderful
plants" All of these will leave the hot
houses as. soon as the weather will permit.
and Washington in July will present all
the phenomena of a far more southern
cline
I'VE improve the parks" said Mr.. Brown,
''as you would furnish a room. First we lay
the carpet of graSs-then we put in the
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But one has to stand there with Mr..
Brown to appreciate the vastness of his
army-the standing army of the vegetable
kingdom. Going to the ''propagating'' hot
house. one sees the first step of the work
Here the cuttings are trimmed and wash
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No legend is more popular than that of
the aristocratic French or German oflcer
who. in disguise, obtains work as a mason
or carpenter in the fort he wishes to OBJ
serve. Yet few think of the practical Inn
possibility OF such feat. For how shall
such man know the trade. the slang, the
social ways Of foreign officers? For such
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the first. such point Mr.. Brown swung open
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-03-24

After season OK one night stands
th.atcr goers are now to- nave a whole
week OF entertainment at the Robson
opera house, when Tom Franklin Nye
and his merry company come to the
city t1 open six nights engagement
Mr Nye's press agent pays glowing
tribute to the merits of the show and
his statements are borne ohlt by the
notices received by the company in
other cities The show plays to popular
prices. 10. % and 80 cents. and gives
a change of bill nightly Il is accom-.
panied by a vaudeville section which
will make the several performances
continuous by appearing Between the
acts.
The speciality artists with the com
pany include the Brothers Fitzgerald,
song and dance artist and acrobatic
comedians. John Coburn, minstrel and
pigeon trainer; Fred Soular clog and
soft sup, dgncer.: Helen Weber and
Day Dayso souhrettes and illustrated
songs. The opening play of the engage
mcut will be tac Light House Rob.
berry" "a comedy drama The company
numbers IL people and 60 carries q
large amount of special scenery for
each play. So that excellent produc-
tious may be expected
Ladies' free Monday nicht If accom-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-03-24

Arkon. Ohio. Marcn 23.-While
along the south shore Of silver lake
today, George Lodge stumbled upon
a huge billet of metal which was found
to be silver. Making further inyestIga-
tions, he and his brother dug out
twenty-six additional billets OF over
twonty-six pounds each, making a to-
tai of over a ton.
For many years the late Henry Wet
more. who died at the age OF 10 years
told a story of an encampment Of 500
Indians shortly before the battle OF
Tippacanoe who lcct vicinity of this
lake in single night, and 1t is thought
the silver was the treasure they
dumped into the water for safe keep.
ing.
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The public schooIs viii close this
year on the 31st of March. This makes
n seven months term and every child
ought to be in school at least ten
months in the year. In the course OF a
year or two Ardmore's public schools
will probably be iilnnig full time,
but the problem with the parent is
what to do with the children this year.
Most of the parents will solve the prob.
lem by sending to the business col
lcge, as they have no vacation. The
students in the advanced grades can
complete the business or short hand
course by fall and thus be ready for a
position if they do not care to attend
the public schools next year. 23-tf
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Special ono way second class colon.
ist rates to California and the north
west March l to May IS, inclusive
Rate s25, S27.45, S2Z5O ana $50.
International Epworth League con
vention, Denver, Colo, June 50 to July
4. Rate S24.
Annual meeting Southern Baptist
convention and auxiliary societies.
Kansas City, Mo, May to u. Rate
$12,95.
Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and
Texas Cattle Raisers' Association,
Fort Worth, Texas, March 20, q and
%. Rate $4.55.
Town lot sale, Ada, |. r., March 90.
Rate $3.05.
w. A. DASHIELL, Ticket Agent.
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Peach trees of best market varIC
ties at 4c a ,jece, or So per 100.
Apple trees 4 cents
Pear trees 10 cents.
Cherry trsts 10 ca Is.
Grape vines 4 cents, or So per 100
Blackberries / cent.
Dewberries / cent
These trees were grown by J "
Tackett < Sons of Weatherford, Tex
as. and are fresh trees OF the best
varieties. The nursery is overstocl.'
ed and they must be sold This is VIII.
we are selling them at this remarkably
low price.
Fresh shipment of 5000 trees just
received from nursery. Call at Hills
shoe shop, next door west of U. S
court house, Ardmore, I. T.
This is a chance for parties who
want to put out market orchards. Call
at once or phone 10.
These trees are being sold by vii
liam Tacliett. 15-tt
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Rock Island Excursions.

One way second class coionist rates
to points in the northwest March l 70
May 10, Sept. l to oct. 81, inclusive
Rate S27.45, $3.50 and $50.
Annual session Grand Council Unit.
ed Commercial Travellers of Kansas
and Oklahoma, independence, Kan
May II and 12 Rate $3.50.
Meeting American Federation of La
bor Muskogee, March %, 2S and %
Rate 1920.
National convention Travellers Pro
tective Association, Savannah, Ga.
May 70, 13 and IA. Rate $32.45.
w. A. DASHIELL, Ticket Agent.
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G., c. & S. r. RY.

Annual meeting Sou ap"n Bapt.s-
convention, Kansas City. May to L.,
Rate s1295.
Special one way second class colon.
list rates to California and the north
west March l to May 10, inclusive
Rate s25, $2745, S27.50 and $50.
Stock Show, Fort Worth, Tex, March
20, 21'and %. Rate $3.50.
w. A. DASHIELL, Ticket Agent.
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recital. Her program is one that viii
delight the various tastes in music.
From the brilliarcy of List to the
weird melody croonad by the shepherd
on the bleak mountain side of Nov
way, in Grieg's Ballade. 1876
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Cold Facts.

Coughs and colds are easily @ureL
with Bunsen's Pine Tar Cough II Honsy.
This preparation is delightful 90 take
but is stronger and more encctive
than any other on tho ul;KeC. Get
trial bottle free from .u. drug
gist Price 25 and soc.
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save one Half.

John Deere combined double-row
cotton and corn planters are by far
the best planters Do perfect work
and save half your time. Sold by
BIVENS, CORHN & FRENSLEY.
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Election Proclamation.

r. w. Dick, mayor OF tha city OF
Ardmore by virtue OF author
ity vested in me as such
mayordo hereby proclaim and give
public notice that an election shall
be holden in the city of Ardmore be-
tween The hours Of o'clock a m.
and sundown on the 4th day OF April,
1905, for the purpose of electing one
mayor one police judge, one chief )t
police. one city attorney, one assessor
and collector, one treasurer and one
alderman for each of the four wards
in said city. That the place of hold
ing such election in the various wards
and the judges of the elect on are as
follows, to-wit:
First Ward.
w. b. Frame building, occupied by
l. X. Best-Judges, J. n. Morgan, u.
Taylor and A. b. Mayhew.
Second Ward.
OH fire station building-Judges, S.
a. Weeks, J. o. Smith and w +. Lam
drum. Clerk l.. T. Wilkinson and j.
NJ. Shelton.
Third Ward.
Noble uilding-Judges, Mike Cor
man, Ium Johnston and j. +. Gait.
Fourth Ward.
Wilmington building-Juuges, r. ].
Jones. J. c. Boucher and w. r. Cox.
And that all qualified voters resid-
ing in the Indian Territory for oae
year and in the Chickasaw Nation Tor
six months and in the ward in which
they propose to vote for thirty days
Immediately preceding said election
shall have the privilege to vote in said
election.
Witness m hand and seal as may
or Of Ardmc!e, Indian Territory, on
this the 11th day Of March, 1905.
r. w. DICK, Maze.
First published March II, 1909.
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Notice is hereby given to all per.
sons not to purchase a $50 note due
May /, 1905, executed to j. a. Hump.
rey by w. NJ. Miller j, r. and II. c.
Allen. The consideration being void.
22-3 b. NJ. MILLER.
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\ London motor periodical finds a
moral in the Sergius assassination. II
says that II the grand duke had been
I'm a highspeed auto the chances are
the bomb would have missed him.
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For cracked hands. cnapped lips and
rough skin, Pinesalve is the incest,
quickest, best cure. One application
In one night proves 1t. Sold by the
City Drug Store.
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Bring your ladies' to Kahn's parlor
and treat them to one Of those Trilbys
which have made him famous. s.
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Which has the right-otway: Tle
street car, the auto, the team or the
pedestrian?
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II s,metmes happens tAal 'he ca.
ly bird scratches up the worm for the
late I!ser.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-03-24

Some men are born to sorrow %
says the cynical bachelor "and others
get married
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-03-24

When a man tells a solicitor that he
will think about IT," the solicitor
knows that he has lost
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-03-24

About the hardest thing in the wor.I
is to speak a good word for an ANA
teur brass band.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-03-24

Lots of heavily insured men are
worth more dead than alive, but they
would rather be alive.