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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-26
w. A. DASHIELL
Agent
RAILROAD EXCURSION RATES.


Fall Festivities. Kansas City, Mo,
oct list. to 9Th Rate $l2.45.
Annual meeting Kansas Division
Anti-Hursc Thief Association, Empor-
la. Kan, Oct 18th to 18th. Rate $14.S5.
Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros,
show, Wynnewood, Oct. 5th. Rate
Sl55.
Oklahoma Annual Conference NJ ".
church. Blackwell, Okla, Oct. End to
9th. Rate $685..
American Royal Live Stock Shows,
Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 7th to nth.
Rate s14.45.
Oklahoma G.. A. Il. Territorial Re
union. Perry, o. +. Sept. Gath to 3Oth
Rate $5.35.
Baptist General Convention J. r.,
and o. r.. Oklahoma City, Sept 24th.
| 25th and 20. Rate $3.50
/ !. O. o. f.. Grand Encampment and
Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly,
Perry, Okla. oct. l4th to 18th. Rate
s5.35.
Excursion rates TO Galveston June
/ to September 80. Rate s1765.
Excursion rates to Lampasas, Tex,
June to Sept. 80. Rate 1880.
Excursion rates 10 san Angelo,
Texas, June / TO September 80. Rate
sl3.75.
See Ticket Agent for one way sec
ond class colonist rates TO points in
| the Northwest, Sept 10Th to oct. both.
". a. DASHlELL, Ticket Agent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-26
Fool island Excursions.

Fall Festivities, Kansas City, Mo
Oct. lst. TO 7th. Rate S1245.
American Royal Live Stock Shows,
Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 7th to 1ith.
Rate Sl44J.
All-year tourist rates to Hot
Springs. Date of sale daily rate
S177O.
Summer tourist rate 10 Eureka
Springs. Ark. season 1905, daily dur.
ing July, August and September. Rate
$3.50.
One way second class colonist rates
TO points in the northwest March l 10
May Is, Sept. to Oct. 81, inclusive.
Rate 32745. sz7.5O and $40.
w. A. DASHIELL, Ticket Agent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-26

Our buggles are standard brands,
the guarantee that goes with them
will stick. You make a mistake when
you buy from the buggy peddlor.
NOBLE BROS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-26

TAe pill that will. Berg's IJttle
Liver and Stomach Pills cures consti-
patton, sour stomach and liver com
plaint. Try them. 100 pills 25 cents,
at City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-26

When a politician says he has moth
ing to say it's a safe bet that he Is
loaded TO the muZzle with information
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-26

An average man would soon attain
perfection if he followed the advice
he hands out to his neighbors.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25

SCopyrfght. 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles)
During my experience as a life in
surance salesman" friend of mine
remarked recently, my greatest trouble
was not in the keen competition which
exists among the good old line COM
panies. but with the young, so-called
legal reserve companies, who flaunt
the signature of the state auditor, and
possibly the seal of the state, as abso-
lutte proof that they are-to quote their
own statement-'as safe as national
bank note.'
The average man thinks that the
old line legal reserve clause means
absolute security, whereas advantage is
sometimes taken of this idea by un-
scrupulous agents, representing ire
sponsible companies, to defraud the
unsuspecting purchaser of insurance.
One morning an acquaintance
whom had unsuccessfully solicited
for insurance hailed me, and said:
Jim, l do not see how you can ever
expect to sell your old cut-and-dried
proposition, when the - company, of
-, is selling a 2O-payment life
contract, wherein you make only 13
payments, clear saving of seven an
nual premiums.' CAT his age, about
SIS per $1,000 of insurance.)
"Now, am thoroughly familiar with
all the phases of the business, and
know that there can be no bargains
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25

The Bad Boy and His Dad at Chris
tian Science Boarding House-The
Bad Boy Tells His Uncle How They
Were Kidnapped in Greece-Dad
Sang "Hot Time" in the Bandits
Cave and When They Were Asleep
Escaped on Mule.
BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Former Ed
1tor Of "Peck's Sun." Author Of
Peck S Bad Boy etc.)
Copyright, 1905 by Joseph B. Bowles)
We'll, suppose you have got your
European airs worn of, SO you can
come down to plain American living
agail said the old groceryman to the
bad boy when he came into the grocery
with a kerosene can, and sat down on
the barrel of dried apples, and reached
into the barrel of lump sugar, and filled
his pocket. The old man had just cut
new cheese, and he sliced off thin
piece of cheese and laid it en- big
square cracker and handed It to the
boy, saying: "Just lay that inside
your ribs and tell me if you got any
thing to eat in Europe that could hold
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25
HANDY HOMEMADE BoxESa


f,na ~ the redeeming features a.
tha cleaning season Is the distinctly7
housewifely pleasure Of Installing wv
holstered boxes IN bedrooms Avln 3
rooms and reception halls Tne wfnsI
dow seat which masks userui ~
ceptacle is now firmly established in|
the domestic affections, and detached
boxes for myriad uses are onered Dyl
manufacturers Of upholstery noveltles-
The mother OF q growing family naal
ut last solved the problem of disposss
ing Of such household parapner rnailA
as schoolbooks, tennis racQuets, mltss
tens. rubbers, etc. The bedrooms II
this lrome are small. while the singIds
closet in the entry is under the stair
case. and has been dubbed anecti0nafe
" by the entire family, the Dark Hole'9
OF Calcutta. Nothing can ever oe
found within its recesses unless lcan
die is brought into play SO TINS yeafS
house cleaning luxury planned by
the busy mother is a triple seat wh1cl
is to be fitted into the bay window o1I
the liying-room. Each section nttes1
to one of the low. broad Window
ledges. is a substantial shelf. with tWos n
under shelves Of uniform depth fitted1
into grooves The lower shelves are$
hidden by box plated valance ok
sage green denim tackled to the tor
shelf. which is covered smoothly and
tightly with the denim by brass up
holstery tacks. The cushions Tor thiS&
window seat are detached and n three
sections, being Of home manufacture
built from the hair OF 9 discarded
mattress and the green denim. IN the
shelves of one section will be kept
rubbers, mittens, etc. In another Will
be slowed schoolbooks. and In g third
tennis balls and racquets. basebalkIZ
gloves and other small implements togs3
outdoor games.
A handy young husband has spent
his winter evenings building an ADMIR-
ably planned box to hold the belons
ings kor his prospective heir. II y ON
trifle shorter and more narrow than
the usual box couch. and is set oa
casters.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25

America Inat was going to buy the
Acropolis and move it to the United
States and make it over into a morgue,
and that he didn't care for expense.
for he was the richest man in the
world
''Well, we looked things over, like
all tourists do, and we went to Mars
Hill, where Paul preached, and dad
read up on Paul, and offered to bet
that Paul could give, cards and spades
to any preacher, and then beat him
preaching, and the next night we went
to the place where Socrates and Plato
taught school, and some of the Greeks
had watched us pretty close, and just
after dark, as we were walking around.
a beautiful woman, like Greek statue,
rose up before us, with white robe on,
and she went up to dad and claimed his
protection, as she was being pursued
by robbers, and she cuddled up to dad.
At first we thought she was a ghost,
but when she touched dad, and clung
to him. he said she was warm all
right, and was no ghost. and he told
her not to worry, as she was under
the protection Of the American flag.
and he would stand by her till hades
froZe over, and he put his left arm
around her and drew his revolver |
can remember the scene as though it
was last night. and how that Greek
woman clung to dad. and thanked him.
and she smiled smile full Of teeth
and red lips, and then she locked out
into the moonlight and screamed:
There they come" and she tainted
in dads arms, and then we were sur
rounded by about q dozen Greek ban
ditsa dressed in whits petticoats. and
with long crooked daggers, and one
fellow that seemed to be the chief,
put crooked knife to dads throat,
and dad turned blue and said what
are you going to do, but they didn't
say anything, but took us to a cave,
where the woman got over her faint
ing spell, and then they dressed dad
up In a white petticoat, and these long
socks such as ballet dancers wear, and
we all got on to small mules and start
ed for the mountains and rode all
night.
Say, dad was picture. The Greeks
are small men, and they look all right
in petticoats, but dad was 50 fat he
looked swelled up, and even the mule
noticed 1t, and the girl. who was on
the white mule, laughed at dad, and
she could talk English, and she told
dad that the bandits only wanted his
money, and they wouldn't hurt him II
he gave up million or so. It proved
that she was one of the gang. and
dad and held q consultation, and we
decided to give her a letter to the
American consul at Athens, authorizing
him to give her a carload of money
for ransom, and in the letter dad
wound up with . postscript telling the
consul not to give confounded cent.
but to arrest her and send troops to
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25

Very soon asuave, addressed gentle.
man made his appearance, and after in
PRODUCING himself, informed me that he
had Just received a telegram from the
home Office of his company, to the es-
feet that the particular policy I want
ed was to be Immediately Withdrawn
from the market, that the company
was losing money through it. How
ever, he would try to put my applica-
ton through, as could not well afford
to lose the opportunity of securing such
very desirable proposition.
II, of course, appeared very ig.
norant of the forms and phrases, COM
mon to insurance, and simply said that
l desired the best l could get for the
least money, and that l wanted 1t
right away; whereupon, he produced
the application blank (the document
for which L had been so anxiously
waiting). In it was embodied in very
fine print, the following:
Certificate of loan ($975.O0). jan
uary 81, 1905. This certities that the
.......... company, of ........... has
loaned on policy No. 1921 nine hum
dred and seventy-five dollars ($975.0O
being part of the premium on said
policy which, with any additional
loan, shall be lien on the policy only
until paid; interest at five per cent.
per annum on the same, to be payable
on the 21st day of January in each
year, the amount of the existing loan
to be endorsed hereon.
"The assured has the privilege of
paying the loan prior to the terminar
ton of the policy.
"'It is understood and agreed that
if the interest shall not be paid when
due, it shall be added to the pri.cipal
of the loan.
(Signed) ....................'
81 suddenly decided that. after all,
I could manage to get along few days
longer without the $4,000 protection;
that l would like to look over this pa
per he wanted me to sign; whereupon,
l picked it up and placed it in my
pocket. OF course he objected strenu-
ously, but possession is nine-tenths of
the law, and did not propose to lose
out at that stage of the game
81 explained to Mr.. Agent that was
in somewhat of hurry; that had al
ready lost much valuable time waiting
for him, and if he would be so kind as
to excuse me, I would call him up at
my first opportunity.
"The loan of $975 against the policy
only was so arranged in the body of
the application that the purchaser
would have no suspicious, thinking
that the company as an old line cor
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25
TOPS FOR SOFA PILL oWs.II
opalescent colors on Washable Cow
ezs Well Liked-Beautifu1 Ap-
plique Work on Tinted Linens.

For washable covers, linen. scri1
and heavy, plain linen are the mOet
popular foundations. The scrim u
covered with designs In either Russian
cross-stitch or the new darning ef-
fects. For finishing these pillows
come strips Of plain or figured scrim,
four and one-half yards In length, ~
ready hemmed and prepared Tor q
draw string.
This scrim comes In both pure white
and a yellowish natural linen color.
For the darning opalescent or old
world colorings are employed. The
opalescent colors are the blues. pinks
and green seen In opals or mother 81
pearl, and are even more delicate th1nE
the pastel shades.
The new appliQued pillows are beam
tiful studies of softly tinted linen and
pastel or opalescent shades. A stun
ming example was square cover ~
natural toned linen, appliQued wlt1
five lotus blooms In opalescent pint
and blue, stitched down with heavy
hand embroidery In self-tOne nossE
The stems are OF green embroidery,
and the blooms, instead Of standing
out stimy in each corner, follow o.
chase each other around the pillow.
bending gracefully to at each angle.l
The cord which finished this pillow
showed the natural linen tone @ MalI
as the colors employed In the hoWeE
The latest idea In gingham ena.
broidery is to get yard of evenly
plaided gingham, green and whits, bhus|
and white, etc. Commence 1t one coss
ner and smock It BY drawing thsS
white figure. When pulled ont. w
make perfect square. the cornerei
must be evened Oh. Finish up NV
way desired. Boston Budget md
Beacon. u sag N
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25

In q company that is Straightforward
IN its methods.
y" MY dear SIR said I, any company
that will offer that kind Of PROPOSE
tion is good company-to leave en-
tirely alone
ssUnshaken in his faith, he offered
b show me the policy which he
had Just purchased, giving a 90-day
note as payment Of the first premium.
upon our arrival at his office, he
spread before me large, imposing
contract. 1t was almost completely
covered with apparently sworn state
ments from state ofiicials. as to the
sound financial standing OF the COM
many. and there was paragraph stat
Z ing that IL anyone ever said the policy
was not all right. to see the agents,
and not some disinterested party.
"This suggestion was, in my opin-
ion, an evidence Of weakness some
where.
"If this company Is SO sound and
strong 1 asked, turning to the young
man. why Is 1t necessary that such a
clause should be'inserted? It is moth
ing more nor less than bolstering-up
proposition. :.
ssTt should be remembered that in
each and every policy issued by any
company, good or bad, is written:
sThis contract Is issued in considera-
tion of the statements and agreements
IA the application, hereby made part
hereof etc. The application is. there
fore. as binding as the policy you hold,
but very few companies issue copy
az It to the purchaser.
..Upon my inquiring for the applica-
tion, my friend informed me that he
had no such article, but he guessed he
did sign some sort Of paper which the
agent explained was mere old line
legal reserve form, and really mad
nothing to do with the policy itself.
II could ind nothing unusual In
The contract, but 1t was plain to me
] that there was q snake In the grass
somewhere, and I was not long in max
ing up my mind what to do next. |
told my friend that would see him
again about four p. M, and immediate
II left his oface.
s.ft occurred to me that 1t would BE-
I rood plan to have my own life In
sured by this old line legal reserve
company, and thereby learn their
methods in detail. Accordingly, l tele-
4nhousd the local agency Of the COM
navy that was in the market for
{ about Is 900 insurance: that under
stood tAey could give me seven annual
premiums on q 20-payment life policy.
II and asked II they would please send
e Representative to my ONCE, as I
wanted my protection to begin at once.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25

rescue Us. asked dad what he was
going to do II she didn't come back
and the bandits decided to kill us, and
he said never You mind, your papa
will get out Of this all right. and he
did.
The woman went away with a let
ter she could not read. but which she
told dad how to write. and then the
bandits made dad do the cooking for
the bunch, and he put 80 much salt
in the food that 1t made ,hem ali
thirsty, and they sent one of the ban
dts to q vineyard. where he got sew
eral pig skins full Of wine and brandy.
and that night they sung songs, and
made dad sing Hot Time and they
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25
Steak with onion oerniah.

Have the sirloin o. porterhouso
steak cut thick; grease the wire br0ils
with some Of tho fat. put ii the meat
and, holding the broiler over tho coala.
turn It as often as you count 70, which
will be about every tan seconds.
When both sides ~ ven 9earsd.
lengthen the time between turning
After about eight minutes tho steak
should be puffy and done u - % H.
pink all the way Through and neithes
dried nor yet purplislf n color, whith
indicates m underdone stats.
Transfer TO Z heated platter. dusk
with salt and spread with butter. puf
. row Of boiled button or snaAll onions
round a. . garnish. keeping the shapo
Of the whole as nearly oval - possibls.
Serve with baked sweet potatoes
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25

poration, was surely free from fraud;
and the average applicant seldom
takes the precaution of reading the ap-
plication blank thoroughly.
Had I not been suspicious I, too,
would have been led into the trap, even
though l had really intended taking
the policy.
"'The loan note Of 1915 embodied in
the application is accepted by the
company as the security necessary to
place with the state as the reserve on
seven years insurance. So long as
the policy is kept in force, the loan
note against 1t is as good as the cash,
inasmuch as it carries five per cent.
compound interest.
"The face of the policy was payable
at death only. The loan against it
would continue to increase, and If the
insured lived so years after buying the
policy his family would find thar, in
stead of the 5000 cash, which the
husband and father had depended on
to take care of his loved ones. they
would receive only $1,000 less 1915,
with five per cent. compound interest
for 30 years, or $4.212, leaving bal
anee of only $7Ss due the estate
ct is needless to add that my
friend, when he understood FUZZY the
conditions of the policy, lost no time
in finding the agent who had sold him
this very desirable proposition and,
after threatening to expose the COM
pany's methods in court. secured his
90-day note, and eventually took poll
icy in my own company"
While in small country town in
Ohio, selling Yankee notions at auc-
tion, I met stylishly dressed young
man who explained that he was col
lecting for q large Cincinnati collect-
ing agency, and that he had business
in every small town In the state.
The following morning, when ready
to start for my next town. this young
man asked me II I wouldn't like to
have him accompany me. assured
him that would, and he jumped into
my WdSOu. AOuuu A1A VcAy 1AteA-
esting, well posted sort Of chap.
On reaching our destination, he left
me and went on with his business,
while attended to mine. The next
morning he asked the name Of my next
town and, on hearing 1t, well, |" said
he, Il am going there too, 80 guess
I'll ride with you again, Il you don't
object"
was glad OF his company, and once
more we drove together. As on the
previous day he went about his busi-
ness, and not until the next morning,
when he WAS again au ready TO accom-
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25

made me dance, and dad kept SAYING
Let's have one more on me- and they
drank until the whole crowd was
stupefed, and dad acted as though he
was drunken than any Of them, but
when they all got asleep, and / began
to cry, and wish l was dead, dad woke
up and said: Now I wont do 4
thing to your Creeks and he wen,
around to the sleeping bandits and
took all their knives and all theil
money, and he took OF the petticoat
they had given him to wear and tied
q blanket around his waist, and he
tied their legs together with strings
OF the saddles Of the mules, and just
before daylight on the second morning
dad and got on the biggest mule and
started down the trail, and when we
struck level ground we mauled that
mule and he got a move on him and
went across that prairie on a hop,
skip and jump, and only touched the
high places.
"Along towards noon we saw dust
in the road ahead, and pretty soon we
met mess of Greek soldiers. with the
American consul at the head, and told
them where the bandits were, drunk
and with their legs tied, and the con-
sui and some soldiers went back to
Athens with us, and the rest OF the
troops went on after the bandits. We
got to Athens before night. and found
the woman under guard in the con-
sul's office, and when she saw dad.
and he told her how he had dAed the
bandits. she cried, and said ste wasn't
to blame. and wanted to hug dad. but
he said: Nay, nay, Pauline. and
then she said he was no gentleman
because the consul did not pay the ran-
som, and dad told her he wrote to the
consul not to cough up. and she looked
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25

COOKING.
mad ut dad and said: You think you
are smart, don't your and then she
was taken to jail. and dad and / took
an account Of the stun we robbed the
bandits Of. and found we had several
hundred dollars, and besides, dad fled
claim against Greece for half a mill
lion dollars, for lacerated feelings, and
left 1t with the consul to collect, so
Il you ever hear Of American warships
going to Greece, you will know what il
the matter.
'The next morning the soldiers came
into Athens with the bandits tied to
mules, and they threatened to kill dad
on sight. 80 we skipped out, but dad
got his pants back, and SO he didn't
have to sail with petticoats on, but
whenever dad meets q Greek gentle-
man around home here 1t Is all can
do to keep him from robbing the
Greek. Say, give me another slice Of
that cheese and the bad boy got up
and stretched himself and yawned.
The old groceryman looked at tEs
bad boy for a minute, and then said:
Either your father ought TO be in
the penitentiary or else you are the
condemndest liar in Amefica."
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25
Saved by Love Notes.

A packet Of love letters, carried next
his heart, saved the life Of young
man Of Berlin. The young person was
despondent and chose a street car as
the scene for his suicide. He drew a
revolver and shot himself. apparently
through the heart. The bullet, how
ever, glanced OF. At the police sta
tion it was found that 1t had been
stopped by the layer Of billets-doux.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25

evensky fleet The Japanese torpedo boats attacked the Russian
ships after wrecked by the 12nc guns Togu roncads
That battle has proved than the superiority OF batteps
and has set the torpedo where belongs class auxiliary weapons
which be used effectively only under certain conditions
The policy of the United States keep building hrstclass
battps We will believe turbine oncads
patterns of 12nch guns and 50 reench guns
We hardly stop till have 50 balshps and naval force OF
least 10000 hold and defend Philippines,
Hawaii and Porto Rico Cuba and make the Panama canal
when it is built.
We can't mprove force like that It will take make it.
Some day will with powerful
than natonand then must be ready
only with ships but with What you suppose Russia would have
been willing for the eight batps squadron she could
have them few weeks ago? She could paid
80 times what they and they would have been cheap That's
the look this naval situation President
No great nation afford to be unpepared for Defeat
costly
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-11-25
Misguided Politeness.

Pusey is nothing if not gallant, MS
Brown is exactly the same age as he1
husband, but she will not admit It.
'tMy husband is 49," she said to some
friends the other day; .'you won't be,
lieve it, but there's actually ten years
difference in our ages"
Impossible. dear madam" hastily
interposed Pusey, anxious to say some.
thing agreeable, "I'm sure you look
every day as young as he does. ."-Bos-
ton Globe.