The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-06-12
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Lord Od0 Russell. uhiie calling On
Prince Bismarck during the setting of
tla BetI. conference asked him how
ts managed % nd himself oi fEat
class r. impJrlna'e visitors whom be
could u1' well AFFORD 20 au7. but
whose room he found preferso o'e %
their company con replied the
. chancellor @ have very simple
n..aoI. us wife +rrae them pretty
well ami vten .he .aas they age witl
ua .1a generally e1n'-.ses 20 cone
I i- a1d calI me away upon sue r-sfey.
I ,r another Hs bad scarcely flashed
..s- ..ue ahs1 the pr-se rl. be-
|tsad In az the door ana said So
/ dear t1r mus' come .u md take yo1r
medicine. yo1 oIait f1 have had it an
/ hour ego. ."-Kansas cry Journal
Two commercial traFeie-s one from
. london and ,rc from Nev York. acre
/ discus .nr tho weather ln their re
sp,r.ise countries The E11lIsiman
said that English weather had one
great ault-its sudden changes "A
person may take a walk one day" be
Nd. .aitrei in a light summer suit
and stliI feel quite warm Next day he
needs an oyercoat That's nothing
faId the American MY two friends.
johnson ana Jones we're once having
aa argument There was eight or nine
inches of snow on the ground The ar.
gumont got heated and Johnson pick
ai up SNOWFALL and threw D. al
Jones. from q distance of not more
tIln five yards During the transit
1f that tnowball. believe me or not.
as you Ike. the weather changed and
became hot and summer like. and
Jones. Instead of being hit With a
vsall vas-er-scaldod with hot
water Kansas city star
Admiral Capps. in an address 20 a
temperance society. told how drink
had once caused the d1wnfaH or
brave soldier
In the course Of the sad story he
said
Sometimes after a dobauch. tho
man would bo repentant. humble Hc
would promise his wife 10 DO better.
But. alas. the yoars taught her the
barouncss of an such promises
And one night. when he was get
ting 10 Boz an old mana prcmaturey
cid man. thinlimbod stoop shoulder
cd. with red trimmed oycs-he said 10
hls wife, sadly:
You're % clever woman, Jenny;
courlgoous. active good woman You
should have married better man
than I am dear
"shc looked at him. and. thinking
.i what be- had once been, she an
woroI In q quiet voice:
"I ala James Kansas city
Journal
Back In the CO.'S there lived In
Washington county. Vermont. two law
yrrs. a. ". Hcaton and Paul billing
ham. The father Of the present United
states senator They were both noted
/ f1r ability ana for tile candid and
truthful way they argued cases.
In "a trial In the county court. Heat
on was employed by the plaintiff an.
Dillingham; by the defendant Among
! '', witnesses was lady q little past
middle age. whose testimony was very
damaging To the defendant and oil
lngham. In his argument undertook
10 break the force with the claim that
her testimony should have but little
weight on account Of her extreme
age ~
Look at her" said Dillingham;, IAN
Ola lady. so years old, who walked
with difficulty to get to the witness
chair"
Al this point the old lady who
happened to be- still in the courtroom,
sung out with strong Irish brogue,
Eighty years old and a boy only o."
This set the court room IN roar
and the laugh was on DlllIngham.-
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The scene D. an African wild, the
time high noon out Of sky of brass
| .an sun blazcs morcilcssly Stagnant
and heavy I'm The miasmatic air, and
in the morass under foot brilliant and
| poisonous orchids bloom.
with a sigh Of utter exhaustion the
old gentleman throws himself among
the weeds IN the shade Of dragon
tree