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Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-03
TORNADO KILLS
100 PERSONS
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or the tornado but the only one O1
serious consequence was that in one
of the cotton compressors. All fires
were extinguished by 10 p. m. The
Alabama Great Southern dispatcher's
office has no wires further south thar
a point twenty miles this side of Mer-
idian. The latest information was tc
the effect that the storm struck neal
the Mobile & Ohio crossing and swept
a path through the center of the town
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany reports having lost fifty miles OF
wire and the Postal Telegraph COM
pany also suffered great damage.
Property Losses Reach $1,5oo,ooo
According to the last Associated
Press dispatches this morning, twenty
one white persons and over 100 colored
people We're killed and property dam
aged to the extent of $1,500,000
There were also scores seriously in
jured by being caught in wreckage of
houses. The tornado caught the city
on the southwest and travelled to the
northeast, spending it's force in two
suburbs where many negroes were
killed and injured, a whole tenement
district being wiped out.
Two large wholesale stores, one
smaller one. the principal hotel, the
electric lighting plant and all the
smaller property between the Mobile &
Ohio railroad depot and the business
part of the city are badly damaged.
IWenty-one men were caught in a
restaurant and several were killed.
Two stories of the Y. M. c. A. build
ing We're wrecked and the upper story
of other buildings suffered.
The negro tenement district in the
northern part of the city was demol-
ished and the debris caught fire,
threatening a new danger, but the
local department. with the help of hun
dreds of citizens, overcame this after
a hard fight. They were assisted by
the torrential rain following the tor
nado.
The city is in darkness and the full
extent of the disaster will not be
known until daylight. The known path
of the storm was about 900 feet wide
and one mile in length
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-03

Homeless children received and placed
in homes for adoption. Apply Rev. o.
" Rice, superintendent Childrens
Home society, 334 Bradbury building.
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-03
Nine Below at Wichita

By Associated Press
WICHITAf Kan, March 2.-The
worst storm of the season began here
at 8 o'clock this morning. The temper
ature is nine below the freezing point
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-03

and a stiff wind prevails. Telegraphic
communication to the southwest is inn
paired.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-03
Truckman Injured


Truckman Injured
w. H. Randall truckman on the lad
der truck of Engine company No. 9,
had his right foot injured while put
ting the truck into the Hill street en-
gine house.
The company had just returned from
the Los Angeles street fire and Randall
was pushing on the heavy truck when
the front wheels passed over his right
foot. At the receiving hospital the
police surgeon said that one or two
small bones We're probably broken in
addition to painful bruises.
Randall is 2S years old, married and
lives at us Merchant. street.
Still Another Fire
a midnight fire, plainly of incen-
diary origin, started in a small shed
in the alleyway to the west of the
Bisbee Inn on East Third street.
The outside of the shed had been ap-
parently saturated with coal oil and
kindlings piled at the end of the shack
It blazed up flercely for several min
utes and a lot of apparatus responded
to the CALL it being within the business
district.
The street car lines on Main and
Third streets were completely tied up
for nearly half an hour.
The fire was quickly eXtinguished
with three lines of hose, and the dam
age was nominal.
Truckman Joseph Schlanker of en-
gine company No. 3 had his foot
bruised against a telegraph pole while
riding to the fire and was taken to
the receiving hospital to receive med
ical treatment. The injury proved
trifling and Schlanker was able to re-
turn to his home unassisted.
At o'clock this morning another
alarm was turned in from Fifth and
Spring. In view of the many fires 1t
is likely the last one was also of in
cendiary origin.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-03

II you want TO 60 east, @. Haydock,
Agent Illinois Central r. Re- 2Ss s. Spring
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-03
FIRES STARTED
BY BURGLARS
lcontinned from paee one0

(COntinned from Page OneO
arrived. Watchman f. Yandis dscov-
cred the blaze and a patrolman tele-
phoned to fire headquarters. Damage
WAS nominal
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
queer Beliefs About the Fern.

The fern was supposed to seed only
on st. Johns night and thus to possess
those singular properties for which it
had become almost sacred. The gath
ering of the seed was believed to be at
tended with considerable danger. Po-
vet in his 'Pandemonium:," published
in 1854, says: much discourse hath
been about gathering of fern seed
(Which is looked upon as a magical
herb on the night of midsummer's eve,
and remember / was told of one who
went to gather it, and the spirits whisk-
ed by his ears like bullets and some
times struck his hat and other parts of
his body. In fine, though he appre-
hended he had got a quantity of it
and secured it in papers and box be-
side, when he got home he found all
empty. But most probable this appoint
ing Of time and hours is of the DEVILS
own institution, as well as the fact
that, having once ensnared people to
an obedience to his rules, he may with
more facility oblge them to stricter
vassalage"
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
Dickens, Gnx Clothes.

We were walking down Wellington
street, Strand, and just passing the Of
flee of Household Words, when a ham
som cab stopped, and out stepped a
gayly dressed gentleman. His bright
green waistcoat, vivid scarlet tie and
pale lavender trousers would have been
noticed by any one, but the size of the
nosegay in his buttonhole riveted my
attention, for it was a regular flower
garden. My father stopped and intro
duced me, and 1, who had only seen
engravings of the Maclise portrait and
a very handsome head in my mothers
photograph album, was astonished to
find myself shaking hands with the
great novelist Charles Dickens.-From
Miss FriswelPs "Recollections.'
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
To Examine ST. Jones River.

United States Engineer FIagler has
received the authority and necessary
appropriation from the War Depart
ment to make an examination of Jones
River, in Kent County, with view to
making a recommendation for the inn
provement of that stream. He will
roceed with the work atonce. About
ten days ago United States Senator
Alice presented to Secretary of War,
Taft. lengthy petition signed by every
prominent ~citizen of Kent County,
asking for an allotment of $4,000 to
restore the channel in Jones River. II
was on this petition that the examina-
ton was ordered.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
HERE AND THERE

If the milk goat can be kept with
profit on the rougher New England
pastures it is possible that a new in
dustry can be started, remarks an ex-
change.
1t seems that government officials
are not the only people to develop
hardy oranges. A Louisiana man has
grown a cross bred hardy orange to
which he has given the name Carnegie.
Expert orchardists say it is better to
apply the lime salt and sulphur mix
ture when freshly made. 1t sprays
easiest when hot.
1t is claimed that nowadays SINH
larity in color and markings is not
such an essential thing in matching
horses for pair as it once was. The
horses must be alike, however, in ac-
ton. speed, temper and spirit.
Hay is the second in value of all the
great crops. and last season, according
to the report of the secretary of agri.
culture, it aggregated value of more
than $600,00O00O.
Willis Wing of Ohio claims TO have
realized from So to SIG per ton for al
falfa through regular feeder lambs=
principally procured from the west.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
Luckiest rian in Arkansas.

''I'm the luckiest man in Arkansas. I"
writes b. l.. Stanley of Bruno, "since
the restoration of my wifes health af-
ter five years of continuous coughing
and bleeding from the lungs; and I
owe my good fortune to the worlds
greatest medicine, Dr. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, which I
know from experience will cure con.
sum ptIon if taken in time. My wife
improved with the first bottle and
twelve bottles completed the cure. -
Cures the worst coughs aud colds or
money refunded At Benton N. Wei.
don, druggist. SOC and $10O. Trial
bottle free.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
Tomato Varieties,

The following list has been made up
by Professor L. G. Corbett to show va
rieties of tomatoes possessing markedly
distinct character, such as earliness,
great size, purple, red or yellow color,
dwarf habit, e-c:
Early ripening varieties-Sparks' Ear.
llama, Atlantic Prize, Early Freedom.
Large fruited varieties = Ponderosa
Beefsteak.
Purple fruited varieties-Beauty, Ac
me, Imperial
Red fruited varieties--Favorite Qate)
Honor Bright. Matchless, Stone, Royal
Red. New Jersey.
Yellow fruited varieties = Golden
Queen, Lemon Blush.
Dwarf or tree types-Dwarf Cham
pion, Station Upright Tree, Aristocrat.
Potato leaf types-Livingston's Pota
to Leaf. Miliado, Turner's Hybrid.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
Is Disease a Crime I?

Not very long ago, popular magazine
published an editorial article in which
the writer asserted, in substance, that all
disease should be regarded as criminal.
Certain it is, that much of the sickness
and suffering of mankind is due to the
violation of certain OF Natures laws.
But to say that all sickness should be
regarded as criminal. must appeal to
every reasonable individual as radically
wrong.
1t would be harsh, unsympathetic,
cruel, yes criminal, to condemn the poor,
weak, over-worked housewife who sinks
under the heavy load of household cares
and burdens, and suffers from weak
nesses, various displacements of pelvic
organs and other arrangements peculiar
to her sex.
Frequent bearing OF children. with its ex-
acting demands upon tho system, coupled
with the care. worry and labor of rearing
large family. Is often the cause OF weak
nesses. arrangements and debility which are
aggravated by the many household cares,
and the hard. and never-ending work which
the mother is called upon to perform Dr.
Pierce the maker of that word-famed rem
edy for woman's peculiar weaknesses and
ills-Dr. Pierce's Fayorite Prescription-say
that one of the greatest obstacles to the cure
OF this class OF maladies is the fact that the
poor over-wOrked housewife can not get the
needed rest from her many household cares
and labor to enable her to secure from the
use of his Prescription its full benefits. It
Is matter OF frequent experience, he says.
in his extensive practice in these cases. to
meet with those in which his treatment fails
by reason of the patients inability to abstain
| from hard work long enough to be cured.
With those, suffering from prolapsus. ante
| version and retroversion OF the uterus or
| other displacement Of the womanly organs.
| 1t is very necessary that. In addition to TAX
! ing his vFavorite Prescription they abstain
| from being very much. or for long periods. on
| their feet All heavy lifting or straining of
any kind should also be avoided. AS much
| outdoor air as possible. with moderate light
| exercise Is also very important Let the
| patient observe these rules and the "Favor-
lite Prescription will do the rest
DIR. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt of stamps to pay expense of
mailing OffH Send TO DR.. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, 81 one-cent stamps for pa
per-covered, or 81 stamps for cloth-bound.
If sick consult the Doctor, free of charge
1 by letter. All such. communications are
held sacredly confidential.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate
and regulate stomach. liver and bowels.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
A Healing Oospel

The Rev. J. G. Warren, pastor of
Sharon Baptist Church, Belair, Ga,
says of Electric Bitters: "It's a God
send to mankind. 1t cured me of
lame back, stiff joints and complete
physical collapse. l was so weak it
took me half an hour to walk a mile.
Two bottles of Electric Bitters have
made me so strong have just walked
three miles in so minutes and feel like
walking three more. It's made new
man of me-" Greatest remedy for
weakness and all Stomach, Liver aud
Kidney complaints. Sold under guar
antee at Benton n. Weldon's drug
store. Price SOC.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
The GildeI nInn.

AT the headwaters of the Orinoco the
Spanish traditions located the land of
Ell Dorado, 1.-THE Gilded Man." a po-
tentate whose country was so rich in
gold dust that he had his body anoint-
ed with oil and sprinkled with gold ev-
cry morning. so that he shone in the
sun as though gilded. 1t is a curious
fact that the country in which tradi-
tion located this marvellous being has
never been explored by white man.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
Observation.

To behold is not necessarily to OBJ
serve, and the power of comparing and
combining is only to be obtained by
education. 1t is much to be regretted
that habits of exact observation arc
not cultivated in our schools. To this
deficiency may be traced much of the
fallacious reasoning and the false phi
losophy which preyail.-W. Humboldt.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
P.. tnssler Conrad Receives His Commission

Henry G. Conrad, the newly ap-
pointed postmaster at Wilmington,
received his commission Thursday af-
ternoon. Mr.. Conrad has been slightly
ill for few days and has been con-
fined to his home. The new official
was appointed nearly two weeks ago,
but for some reason, probably there 8
of other business in Washington, the
commission was delayed.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21

Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert
Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, was a
young French nobleman who, on hear
ing that America had declared indie
pendence of Great Britain, resolved to
come over and assist us in the struggle.
He was already an officer in the
French army, but obtained leave of alb
sence. On his arrival in Philadelphia,
then the seat of government, in the
summer of 1777, congress voted him
commission as major general, though
he was not yet twenty-one years of
age. He rendered distinguished service
to the American cause, especially at the
battle of Yorktown, for which WASH
ington publicly thanked him the DAY
after Corvallis surrender. After his
return to his native land he took an
important part in the French revolu-
ton and the events which followed.
He returned to America in 1924 and
was most enthusiastically received in
each of the twenty-fOur states and all
the principal cities. Congress voted
him 100000 and a township of land
in consideration of his former services,
his own fortune having been confiscat-
| ed during the reign of terrorist. Louis
Republic.
roOu OF rRe oyster.
"Many gallons, PROBABLY many bar
| rels, of water are drawn through the
| gills of each oyster each day." writes a
university professor, land the micro
scopic beings that it may hold are
strained out and pushed along into the
oysters mouth. Each microscopic or
ganism is long time in travelling from
the point where 1t first touches the gill
to the oysters stomach; all this while II
is alive and capable of becoming the
parent of new generations when re-
moved from the gill and placed under
suitable conditions. Most Of these or
ganisms are wholesome to man, and all
that enter the oysters stomach are
quickly killed and converted into its
palatable and nutritious substance, but
so long as they are travelling along the
gills all are alive and, some are ex
tremely dangerous to man. The oyster
exercises choice in the selection Of Its
food, rejecting some of the microscopic
organisms and swallowing others, but
those that are discharged into the wa
ter with the sewage Of cities are MOI
unfortunately among the ones that are
rejected, and before these have entered
the oysters stomach they are most ia
vorably placed for gaining entranc,
into human stomachs and multiplying
there A"
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
Monkeys, Rouge.

''Kamala" is the vernacular name of
the red dye produced from the glands
of the mature fruit of a tree named
''Mallotus phillipinensis," which is also
called the monkey face tree" because
monkeys paint their faces red by rub.
bling them with the fruit. Here is o
striking instance of the influence OF
observation-disclosures Mail.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21

1t is said by some prominent jewell
ers that women no longer expect soli-
taire diamond as engagement rings,
but young men in love need not take
courage from this announcement.
What the advanced girl of to-day wants
is not a solitaire but hoop or neck
lace of diamonds.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21

The piazza of st. Peters in it's widest
limits, allowing twelve persons to the
square mile, holds 624,000; allowing
four to the same. drawn up in military
array, 20S,O00. In it's narrowest limits,
not comprising the porticoes of the Pi-
azzi Rusticucci, 474,OOO crowded and
$4,000 in military array
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21

Have you fastened the windows,
dear?' she asked as they were about to
retire for the night.
mo. What's the use? l gave you
the last dollar : had to buy that hat,
and we need not fear burglars"
"But they might sit down on my hat,
you know"
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21
Capacity of Great Churches.

The Roman Advertiser gives the fol-
lowing statistics of the capacity of the
great churches of the world, allowing
four persons to every square yard:
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21

Ford City, Pa, had his hand fright
fully burned in an electrical furnace.
He applied BuckIen's Arnica Salve
with the usual result: ga quick and
perfect cure" Greatest healer on earth
for Burns, Wounds, Sores, Eczema
and Piles. csc at Benton N. Weldon,
druggist
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21

1t is a wise man who knows his owl
business. and it is wiser one wit
thoroughly attends to it.-Wayland.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21

The Woman Suffragists who are in
convention in BALTIMORE split on
the "one-w oman-one-vote" PROPOSE
ton. 1t is evident from their conten-
tion that they are entitled to more
than one apiece that they are now
qualified to enter politics.
There are $1,000 unpaid grocers ac-
counts against Government clerks In
Washington, and the Washington Gov
eminent clerk Is clsmorous for an old
age pension. Some one has suggested
that the Groceries and Department
stores az the Nation 81 Capital are the
ones to be pensionesl.
Smyrna times., 1906-02-21

The Roosevelt demand for publicity
has been rather over supplied lately.
There is Chicago woman who has
not tasted water for twenty five years,
and strange to say, she is not chorus
girl either.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-24
To the cltlz.ns Of Ardmcre.

Carnegie Library will be thrown
open to the public September %. 1906.
For the last siI weeks the Librarian,
Mrs. Myrtle Jones. rs been at work
preparing for the issue OF books.
The city council has voted assistance
as literally as comd be expected.
Some six hun LIred dollars worth OF
books has been donated by the Orio
club Three hundred dollars placed
within the range of the directors will
be expended soon. making about six
or seven hundred fine volumes. But
we should begin with a thousand vol.
umes for a city of 10000 people.
We are putting a slip into your
hands asking for money first. a book
or books second. or II you choose a
subscription 10 a good paper or mag
azine Everyone approached promises
help. Il will be impossible TO meet
personally with ALL, We shall put
this printed slip into your homes or
place Of business. We beg you to be
ready with your contribution by Sep
lst We shall come or send RESPONSE
BILE parties to take up your gift. Let
1t in the name of your city and its chill
dren be a liberal one. If everybody
pushes, a thousand volumes will re.
suit from this chance given you 10
help and be helped.
The library is presenting an inyit-
ing presence these days and is open
TO all visitors. You are welcome any
time. Remember come, rain, come
shine, the Carnegie Public Library
opens to the public its books, Septem-
Der 22, 1906.
DIRECTORS OF THE LIBRARY.
24-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-24
lte nan who net NE genllemen.

ate men who act like gentlemen.
When detectives go on a stin hunt
moonshiners take to the high hills.
Unless her bathing suit is just so
"a woman can't get into the social
swim.
Isn't II queer that the things pco.
pie want Co know most are usually
none Of their business
\ woman doesn't object 20 much to
q mans past as she does to hts ur.
cnts-to some other woman.
No matter how big a man may be
there IS az least one woman some.
where in the world who can make
him feel small
There may be no real happiness in
riches. but there Is real wuhappness
in poverty
u a man hasn't any other bad hab.
its he can alwys even up the score
10y going into politics.
No matter how much YOU dcsplsc
a hattercr It's mighty hard not to
believe his ilattery.
The difference between a man and
his wife is she brags about his good
habits and he about his bad ones.
Stealing is such a habit with some
high nnanciers that they steal things
they afterwards try TO get rid Of as
hard as Il they were a case Of small
pox.
When a woman isn't afraid Of be-
ing rained on It's sign it's her own
complexion.
Any man can get a reputation for
knowing more than he does II he will
keep his mouth shut
II might be ungodly TO lie TO wo.
man about how beautiful she IS. but
It's mighty easy TO be popular that
way.
Either you tell people the truth
about themselves and are hated bv
them for a boor. or you don't, and
everybody else denouncos you for a
hypocritc.
\ nice thing about having your fam.
fly away for the summer IS no matter
how late you come home In the morn
Ing You don't have to take your shoes
on 10 go upstairs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-24
Sour
Stomach

No appetite, loss Of strength. nervous
ness. headache, constipation. bad breath.
general debility, sour risings. and tttafrh
Of the stomach are all due 10 indigestion
kodol relieves ind geston. This new disnoT--
cry represents the natural Juices Of dige.-
Ton as they exist In a healthy stomach.
combined with the greatest known tsnc.
and reconsiructve properties. Kocol scr
dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles by cleansing.
purifying. 6wee,ening and s,rcnglhcffnC,
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr S s p.L n Raversvood W. Va. says--
vas troubled with sour stomach f1r twenty rssrs-
kodol cured me and We are now using ~ in MA
Tor baby 90
kodol Discsts What You Eat.
Bottles only. Relieves indlres,cn. sour s,o-is-h
bc1tug 90 ras, etc
Prepared by {. Q. Dewitt s CO.. CHICAGO.
For sa,e by Hoffman, Durg Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-24
Once in a While.

The following was sent to friend
in this city by Mrs w. r. Gardner.
who has many friends here:
Once 0 a while the sun shines out
And the arching skies are a perfect
blue.
Once In a while, mid clouds Of doubt.
Hopes iairest stars come pcsmng
through;
Cur paths lead down to the maai1 vs
fair.
Where the sweetest blossoms nod
and smile.
And We lay aside our cross Of care.
Once Boo a while.
Once In % while within our own
We clasp the hand OF steadfast
friend.
Once In a while we hear a tone
or love. with the hearts own voice
to blend.
And the dearest Of all our dreams
come true.
And on lifes way in golden mil,
Each thirst flower IS kissed with
dew.
Once iu a while.
once In a while In the desert sands
We find spot OF the faircst green:
Once in a while from where we stand
The hills OF paradise are seen:
And a perfect JOY in our hearts we
hold
a joy that the world cannot defle:
We trade earth's dross for the purest
gold.
Once in a while"