The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-06
Ardmore, Sunday August 6, 1905.

Ardmore, Sunday, August 6, 1905.
The Masonic Grand Lodge Of Indian
Territory will meet at Tulsa tomor-
row.
Norway seems TO be allowed TO go
its way in peace. For once the Scan
dinavian union made no objection 20
n walk-out.
Russia should not be so anxious
to tell what she viii not do until she
learns what she will be asked to do
in the way Of paying indemnity.
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You never can pick the victims of
notoroty in advance with New Or
leans as a field to work in and a little
yellow fever to work with, the despis-
ed mesquite has taken first page.
first column space
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That every man has his friends is
illustrated In the case Of Farmer VIII
son of Iowa There are people who
assert that he can tell a mushroom
from toadstool. and a cotton grower
from a cotton speculator.
It has been shown I'm the invCsi-
cation Of the agricultural department
that scientists are not always so we'd
ded TO their work that they overlook
the rolling dollar Its attractions are
as great i'm scientific circles as in
commercial circles.
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The report is now circulated that
Mr.. Rockefeller pines for a kind word
from someone and that Mrs Rookie
teller is sinking into the grave be.
cause people are so harsh with her
husband. Thus do We see the unhap-
piness which comes from great
wealth. which so many pursue as IL
willing to take chances on being un-
popular
The great trouble with the Amer
lean people today is that they all
want TO get rioh In a hurry. can't
be content with slow and safe gains
Nine-tenths of them commence spec
ulating and gambling as soon as they
can reach mp TO drop nickle in a
Wot machine and keep the thing up
AS long as they live and die poor. The
old-fashiUned way Of being content
with moderate profits in the doing
OF legitimate business is almost
out of date,
The Bennington disaster was the
result of criminal negligence Of men
in the government service on good
pay. The court Of inquiry finds that
the boiler exploded not because of
high pressure but because the metal
crown sheet and bolts holding that
crown sheet in place had become
dead, had lost all life and nearly
all tensile strength by reason of con
stant use and failure to renew the
weakened places during the twenty
years of service. Still, under the
prevalent policy of noglecting such
dangers we are blowing in 100000
O0O year while blowing up our own.
sailors.
The bicycle, which for a few years
formed the center OF many OF the
sporting events OF the country, has
completely fallen from its high posi-
tion and is valued today solely as a
utility machine, in which capacity il
is doing most yauable work. We have
not heard of a scoTcher for nearly two
years, and, il anything, the machines
are more popular out In the country
districts than in the cities. The auto
now monopolizes public attention as
a sporting craze. This in time will
follow the bicycle; it will become
cheaper in price the country horses
will get used to it, and it will take
its place as one of the most valuable
means OF locomotion ever devised.
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Drowned While Bathing.
(By Associated Press.)
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