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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-25

Bargain Matinee, Saturday after
noon. 10 cents admission. 25.2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-25

LOST-A link mother-of-pearl cuff
button. Finder leave at Ardmoreite
Office
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-25

Bargain Matinee Saturday after
noon, 10 cents admission, 25-2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-25
Home Pleasures

are greatly increased by the
presence Of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-25

WANTED-A man to fence and break
100 acres Of land two miles west of
Cornish. Also to build a house.
Good job to right party. Apply to
r. ]. Williams at once. 21-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-25

Phone rs for closed carriage any
hour. Carter & King. 19.1m
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-25
WANT COLUMN
WANTED.

good reliable boy with
pony, to deliver papers. Apply Ard.
moreite.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-25

Moler System of Barber Colleges 10.
Gated in fourteen leading cities
wants men to learn barber trade.
Scholarship includes tools, tuition,
positions and board. Few weeks
completion. Little expense. Write
nearest branch. Fl. Worth or /
las, Texas. 21-6
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-25

G, II. BRUCE. City Clerk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-25

WANTED-A good reliable boy with
pony, TO deliver papers. Apply Ard.
moreite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
PAYMENT OF THE CLERKS.
With the Method In
Operation Expressed.

Dissatisfaction With the Method In
Operation Expressed.
''Now that the pay-check method and the
postponing Of the date OF the payment OF
the salaries of government clerks has been
in practice long enough to prove Its incon-
venience and unpopularity it ought to be
time to change back to the original and
logical method OF efrecting payments on the
18th and the last days OF each month.
said an experienced clerk to Star reporter
this morning.
There has been no innovation in the gov
eminent service since I have been in II,
for twenty years, which has caused such
universal inconvenience and dissatisfaction
to both clerks and busienss men OF the
capital than this change Of money distribu-
ton among such large proportion Of our
population. In business pursuits the change
would be just as radical If employers
shifted the usual pay day from Saturday to
the following Monday or Tuesday. 1t needs
no elaboration to appreciate how this would
tons generally, and the effect In the gov
eminent service is Identical. In some OF
the departments. II the 18th falls on Sum
day, the actual money distribution OF sala-
whereas before the change the clerks went
to the office OF the disbursing officers and
received their pay on Saturday, as ought
to be the case now.
"As It is now we have to carry around
in our pockets the pay checks for two days
after signing the rolls before we get our
money, and IL they should happen to be
lost, as is the case occasionally a whole
lot of red tape Is unwound and still further
delay occurs before the payment Is made.
The fact that the government Is under no
obligation to pay its employees except In
monthly payments Is no excuse. The dis
bursting officers receive large salaries for
the work they and thier abundant clerical
forces do. and that Is just what they are
there for.
There never was a time when govern
ment clerks had to borrow toward the end
Of the monthf-most of them unwillingly-
than now. This Is largely due to the fact
that they have outside contracts and obli-
cations to meet which conform to rational
dates and rules. and they have to be met.
The alleged reason that some one of the
thousands OF us might die on this eve of
pay days and the government thus lose an
imaginary dollar IN consequence, or that
the clerks take up time In going to the
Office of the disbursing clerks which might
otherwise be devoted to work. is pure nc
ton.
.srhe clerks have submitted because they
were obliged to. This fact, however, has
no bearing upon the tangles the new rule
has caused, and, while In some departments
payments are made as promptly as posst-
bic, In others the two and even three-day.
limit IS taken advantage of every month
TO the inconvenience OF the clerical force
therein"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13

on your knees to anybody. Simply be 9
man Of sense plain boss sense. Keep YOU
wagon in the middle Of the road, bu
dodge the stumps. The driver who goes
over instead of around obstacles may
reach his destination. but he'll need g
blacksmith when he gets there. Make
tact, tact, tact, a compound with your
love. and you will eventually praise the
Lord that your wife has relatives: And
now, my boy, right now, is the time To
make them friends. Now you are on trial
in a way; now they are sizing you up tt
see whether Anna May has drawn prize
or q blank. The judgment will be rem,
dered soon, and your conduct toward them
has much to do with that judgment. See
that it is rendered in your favor. and you
will have provided capital for your future
life that will yield interest compounded
semi-annually to the end.
have treated this matter seriously
John, because il Is really a mighty Sc
rious subject in spite of the jokes 1t has
caused Your wife's relations are OF muon
more Importance IN the maintenance OF
your domestic happiness than your own.
and you cannot do too much 70 secure
Sathcr JOHN SNEED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
NEED OF INNER GUARD RAIL.
Observations of Visitor From New
York

81 should think that accidents would De
frequent on the street car lines OF the capi-
tai because Of the absence of the inner
guard rail on the open cars and traiiers.
said visitor from New York to Star man
while riding on one OF the local lines.
The car had stopped at street crossing,
and an elderly lady had partially alighted
from the inner side OF the tralier. Al ina
moment the car coming in the opposite oi-
rection. which she had not seen, Whlzzed py'
and, but for the timely assistance OF TWO
gentlemen. who were fortunately eDie 10
hold her in an upright position on the step.
she would have fallen directly under the
wheels, To compIicate the situation, the
conductor. who was on the running board
of the forward car. had rung the bell to &C
ahead. not having seen the elderly laoy
movement TO alfght.
"But for the inner guard rail on the cleo
trical lines in New York and Brooklyn,
where open cars are run exclusively except
during cold weather the number OF acci-
dents would be appalling" resumed the
Gothamite. II have made study or TINS
question. and 1t Is a singular fact that OF
tho travelling public the most careless are
elderly persons OF both sexes. VINO. by rea
son Of experience and mature years, should
be the most cautious. As in this instance
they seem to act upon impulse, make a sud-
deu dive for the nearest footboard, seeming
to forget the common instinct OF self pres
ervation In their anxiety to get of the car.
Irrespective OF whether II Is In motion or at
q standstilI. And, as In this instance the
conductor comes I'm for a berating usually
when the fault is not his, though. of course,
frequently 1t Is.
mo doubt the placing Of the inner guard
ran on the cars In Washington would arouse
considerable protest from the riding public
at the outset, but this would soon wear
away when the assured protection TO life
and limb became apparent i have noticed
here that intending passengers will APP
proach the car from the near side, and ire
quently directly in front of the car APP
preaching from the opposite direction. and
jump on the inner footboard just in time to
escape being struck and mangled They
win do this fooihaIdy act until the guard
rail- is In use. just an they will continue get
ting on from the inner side, well knowing
the danger attending this practice. and that
the distance Of the approaching car In the
opposite direction 10 frequently miscaleu-
lated. even by active men who are con-
gtantiy travelling.
Another error Of the street car travelling
publio especially conspicuous on the open
aar1 In summer Il their failure to prsss the
slectrto button or otherwise to give the
gIgnAl that they wish the car stopped. II
brings mans heart. up IN his throat to SEE
adieA hampered b. their skirts, attempt
he get-od-auick act. Young men and boys
AN execute this acpbatic feat with slight
~, but the ledies, who. strange to observe.
~ u4naI1y the mofst impetucuz ought 10
- II lens haste to reach tho bargain coun-
- Or the Nmergency Hospital where thay
nay 90 insteaAs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13

are sure your way is the right way. Don't
attempt to destroy her love for her
mother. You can't do 1t. In the first place.
but II you could you would deprive her
OF friend whose help she will often need
In times when you are helpless. No mat
ter how deep her love for you, you can
not I'LL a mothers place. and you can add
to her happiness and to your own by max
Ing that mother your friend 1t isn't hard
to do She Is not an ogre. Let her be
once convinced that you can be depended
love she is entitled to. and she will be-
come your most devoted ally. Take her
into your confidence, treat her as you
would your own mother, show her that
made a friend you will have many occa-
sions In after life to be thankful for.
Make her your enemy. and you not only
make your wife unhappy. but you lay the
foondatlon Tor some mighty unc0mforta-
BILE moments for yourself Don't be
chump my boy. Diplomacy has ever won
more victories than war. and tact will ac-
complish what opposition cannot effect In
Give Them Their Due
It is much the same with your wife's
sisters. but the conditions are CONSIDER
ably modified IT Is quite important to
obtain and retain their good will-lmpor-
tant, mean. for your peace Of mind and
comfort as well as Anna May's-and you
cant gut Il by force of arms. Keep In
mind all the time that they are your sis
ters-in-iaw. and therefore entitled to
greater consideration than most other
women. Once make than your friends,
Il will take cataciysm to change them
As to your father-in-law and brothsrs-1n-
iaN--Weli. they are mon and compara.
them see that you ara Z real man and that
you ara going to give their daughter and
sister square deal. and they win stand
b. you until the lower regions bscome
congoa1od-
%, John. Il all resolves itself into the
right treatment Of yeur wffe n tho Arse
placs and - 1indly apd tactfua conslqsr.
~ not rNn1ypd 70 yteld any q your
z!rhte: yeg Don't haye to nal martyr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
THE

7 DEAR JOTIN-Marriage al
NH ways means great deal more
VU than merely trotting girl up
~ to a preacher. Most Of the
present day youngsters seem
to think that's all there is to 1t and never
try to see beyond. They don't realize that
marriage is the passing into a new life.
Or rather, the graduation into real life.
where the surroundings and conditions are
different and the responsibilities much
heavier than before. That's why there are
SO many disappointments. It's just like
putting green man into foot ball team
at the beginning of a match. He doesn't
know the game. isn't prepared for the con-
test and is carried out In the first hail.
Marriage is the greatest game on earth.
and there ought to be such things as mat
rimonial coaches to teach those who
would play 1t not only how to line up. but
how to reach the goal Such coach
would need to have many and diverse les-
sons Tor his pupils, and ono OF the most
important In the course would deal with
the treatment Of ones wife's relations.
That, I Judge from the iugubrious tone
OF your last letter. Is the problem you're
'.rasslin'" with now. and It's problem
that better men than you and have
down. It's knocked out q good many OF
the best OF them. too. Some of these dusty
dlggerS after family secrets OF the past
are said to have found mother-in-law
jokes in cuneiform inscriptions. That
may not be true. but nobody can deny the
fact that there were mothers-in-law in the
days when men wrote their lettrs with
q pointed stick on a COB of mud and they
were doubtless as prominent in domestic
affairs then as now. Yes. I know it's tho
present that's bothering you now, but
just wanted to show you that you haven't
butted into an entirely new proposition.
as you seem to think. Why, even your
mother had some relations when I mar
ried her, and a good many Of them have
the temerity to be alive yet I am rather
much attached to them as to my own
blood kin. and there are one or two in
particular that I'd feel mighty lonesome
without. There's your Grandmother Lar
son. for instance. Why. my dear boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13

from some swamp-water academy or other,
their coats the regular officers coat, u. s. ;
on collar, but the trousers gray. The ap-
partition saw yesterday wearing staff
trousers was their commandant.
How long can bell boys. peanut vend-
ers, elevator boys, bankers for dentists and
medical charlatans wear the uniform or
insignia of the army? No military school
or military organization should be allowed
to wear uniforms without a license from
the War Department. Military insignia
should be forbidden. You cannot with I'M
punity wear badges Of secret societies to
which you do not belong: cannot style your
self doctor IL you are not. Military uni
forms, insignia and titles should be pro-
tected. The state troops would all join 20
get bill of this kind passed. and 1t should
be pushed at once"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
THE MAKING OF A
SUCCESSFUL HUSBAND
BY CASPAR s. YosT,

all night and not exhaust the list Of her
good deeds to you and me Oh. you say,
but that's my grandmother! Surel And
you don't want to forget that she's my
mother-in-law You think whole lot of
your Aunt Fanny too. don't your I heard
you say not long ago that she was a
peach" ! don't know that / would ex-
press It just that way, but my opinion Is
I mel, sane me, as YOUR And there's your
better friend? Yes. It's true that both OF
them are your blood relations. but they
are not mine: They are just my wife's
orsar through your thinker and ciinchsd
on the other side. These kinfolkB you
love 30 well bear the same relation to me
that the people you are grumbling about
do to you. and don't believe my rela-
tions-in-law will average up any better
than yours.
You feel aggrieved because your wife's
father and mother and brothers and sis
home In your house. You say you didn't
marry the whole derned family and want
them to stay in their own yard. Before
! say anything more I want you to de-
carry on q conversation with you without
megaphone. You are right at the point
where you are about TO make some very
friends. and true friends are rare enough
In this world to make 1t worth while to
80 little way to get them. 1t Is true
that you didn't marry the whole family,
many responsibilities and secured some
tncumbranceE and few perquisites that
the preacher neglected to mention. Your
wife's people may be tncumbranoes, and
they may be perquisites. but whether they
are ono or the other depends to a mighty
considerable extent on your attitude to-
ward them.
She's Been Maligned.
From time immemorial 1t has been the
custom OF humorists out OF material for
copy to fall back on the mother-in-law.
She has been held up to ridicule as the
common enemy Of married men the world
over. There isn't any more real basis for
these jokes than there is for the ancient
one about the bald-headed men in the
front row. I have always been pretty
regular attendant at the theater and
have yet to see greater proportion OF
bald-headed men in front than Of those
more fortunate In the matter of hair. I
believe IN giving even the devil his due,
owes Its mOthers-in-laW is so great that
not even the interest on 1t could ever be
paid 1t Is true that the mother-in-law
has caused many domestic upheaval
but the meddlesome mammas are not
nearly SO numerous as they are supposed
to be. and II we could get at the facts we
would find the chuckle headed soni-n-law
70 blame for her meddling in most cases.
Your marriage to Anna May didn't make
her an orphan Her mothers Just as
much her mother as she was before and
Just as much interested in her welfare.
She has natural desire TO see her happy.
and she has her own ideas about the
PROCESS. You must remember, too, that
she has known her daughter somewhat
,0nser ana rather nor Intimately than
tastes and her wants much better than do
you. She probably has her doubts about
your ABILITY % al the role Of the model
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
Try to Be Logical.

fool If you did not accept her views and
act upon them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13

Yesterday noticed about the 'ornariest.
looking regular oficsr imaginable resi-
dent Of New Orleans 10 quoted 40 saying
II said to myaelk Can such things bef.
Yes. h had the U. 8. on his collar. the fun
uniform, wondered how he had ever
passed either physical or mental examina-
ton, To-Day the mystery was solved !
came upon some very sloppy looking cadets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13
Patriotic Precedence.

From the Cleveland Leader.
wen teach the Kaiser Wilhelm one
thing"
What II thatfs
'-You know he says things like Myself
and the empress.
ssYeg?"
sweIi. guess he won't say Me and
Teddy Roosevelt for nobody In Europe
win believe him"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-13

Try to Be Logical.
There's another point that may not
have occurred to you, although you are
the proud possessor Of college degree
Your marriage did not alter your love for
your mother. Neither in that ceremony
did your wife concentrate all her affection
on you. All her life her mother has been
her most beloved counselor. Now, 1t Is
true she has transferred her allegiance to
you. but few words spoken at the altar
cannot change in a moment the influence
and training Of lifetime. Anna May is
still her mothers daughter. still respects
her advice and oherishes her love, and,
although she may do as you wish in every
particular. IL your wishes are opposed to
the influence that has hitherto guided her
she cannot yield without struggle within
herself. Now. don't misunderstood me.
am not saying that you should let your
mother-in-law run your house-not by g.
joyful But you must take all these facts
Into consideration and bring your wife
gradually to your way Of thinking, II you
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-08
FERGUSON'S
CHALLENGE
He Asks Police to Show
Alleged Drunken
Record.

Joseph Ferguson from Massaehu
setts), whose letter TO the ADVERTISE
which was dictated TO a reporter by its
author with authorization to sign his
name to twas reproduced by the
Bulletin on Saturday with contradic-
ton of his statements, called ar the
Advertiser office yesterday with a copy
of the Bulletin In his hand 80 request
the publication of a reply from him.
In his published letter Ferguson COM
planned that no arrest had been made
on warrant that he swore out against
a man . who drew knife on him Sun
day night The Bulletin says the
warrant was . not FOR assault with
deadly weapon, but for using threat
ening language "a somewhat n-
relevant remark, as Ferguson letter
did not state what the charge was.
However, the day or the day after tie
letter appeared the man was arrested,
and this is what the Bulletin says tod
lowed:
+ tHe IFergusonl did not appear
in court yesterday when the case was
called, so it was put over till today.
9 When he appeared this morning he
was a very different man from the
chap {whoever it was) who wrote the
above statement He stated in open
court that the only trouble which he
had had was the result OF q drunken
brawi. He made no statement to show
that he was not the aggressor and in
fact refused to testify against the man
whom the police on his sworn state
ment had arrested and placed in the
city jail. Whether he was afraid that
his own history, during his residence
in this city, would be brought up or
not, remains a mystery.
The source from which the morn
ing paper tried to obtain statement
against the police department to in
fiuence the voters of the county is
shown by the statements made this
morning to a Bulletin reporter by the
clerk and deputy clerk of the police
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-08

bic extends back to the time when T
was Is years Of age, and as 1 am now
~. that is considerable period. Dur
ing all this time 1 was subject to pains
in the back. They continued DESPITE
the fact that I consulted several nv
sictans and took numerous remedies.
No relief thus gained can be compared
TO the benefit obtained from USING
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills I have
got on wonderfully well since TAXI e
them. I am quite satisfied with the re.
suit, and shall always have some OF
the pills by me. even when going from
Honolulu TO other missionary feds IN
the South Pacific. There is no other
remedy ike Doan's Backache Kidney
Pills for kidney complaints, including
backache.''
Doan's Backache kidney Pills ar.
sold by all druggists and storekeepers
at 80 cents per box (six boxes for
$500. or viii be mailed on receipt Of
price by the HOLSTER Drug Co, IIo-
nolulu, wholesale agents for the Ha-
waiian Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-08

court. who said that the complainant,
Ferguson had been before the court a
number of times on the charge OF
t,unkenness That he was a sailor
who at sorle remote time had worked
on the Inter-IsIand boats. but that at
the present time II was unknown
---Fe+ie4r he was a working man or Tvhe~a
he obtained the money to keep him IN
iluuor. as ne sand a9luseIf lie was Wneh
the trouble mentioned in the article
quoted occurred.
To all of which Joseph Ferguson
from Massachusetts, desires to reply
in the following terms:
81 was never arrested for drunken
ness since I came TO Honolulu. | wish
you would ask the police 10 lock up
nv record and show any time l was
arrested for being drunk.
The only time | was ever arrested
in Honolulu was in September, 1899,
for using profane language on the pub
lie street to one Sam Pedro. That was
the only time in twenty years L have
been in this country ! was quarter
master on Wilder s steamers for SIX
teen years. y
Ferguson here reeled off the names
Of about a dozen of Wilder s captains,
beginning with the present wharf su-
perintendent Of the Inter-Island fleet,
Captain Clarke. under whom he was
quartermaster, as references for has
character.
Il belong 10 the Christian En-
deavor. he went on to say, and this
false statement about drunkenness
hurts me. ! was just coming from the
Kakaako mission Sunday school this
to me. and Mr. Ryder said it was
pretty hard and advised me TO come
right down to the Advertiser and con-
tradiet it,
The reason l did not say anything
against the man in the police court was
because he came to me and asked me
not to prosecute him on account of
his family, and his wife and children
came crying to me TO drop it, and Wal
lace Jackson. my best friend, asked me
to drop it.
Joseph Ferguson (from Massaehu-
setts) thus speaks for himself as he
did in the first instance. The Bulletin IS
insinuation that his letter was procured
by the Advertiser for political or
any other purpose is too puerIle to an
swer. Yet III case anv are foolish
enough to notice such rubbish, the facts
may be stated. Ferguson on Wednes.
day evening suddenly appeared at the
desk of a reporter, then acting as
night editor, requesting that a state
ment be taken from him for publica-
ton As the reporter had never seen
tie man before 10 his knowledge, nor
heard OF him, he preferred to give his
statement in the form of a signed let
ter rather than that of an interview