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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-07
CITY's LOST ISLANDS.

Illinois Has Three That Once Belonged
 to St. Louis.
 St. Louis has lost three islands, though the names are as well remem- bered now as when the islands them selves were actually in existence. One lis Bloody Island, just opposite the city. The old timers used to go there to fight their duels, and in those days the river channel ran on the Illinois side of the island, and except in high water there was only slough between St. Louis and the duelling ground. The govern ment and railroad works put Bloody Island on the Illinois side, and now a good part of East St. Louis is built over the sand bar that was once a thicket of willows.
 Arsenal Island, too, used to be on this side of the river, and boys rolled up their trousers and waded across the narrow slough from a point a little south of the workhouse. The boats went on the other side of the island but the channel began cutting into the Illinois farms at such a rate that the government threw up a dike just across from the arsenal, turned the river to this side, the island was joined to the Illinois shore, was finally pur- chased by the state of Illinois from the city of St. Louis and the former bee of the river is now covered by farms. Duncan's Island was big sand bal that began near the foot of Lami stree and extended north to Geyer avenue It was purchased by the Iron Noun. tain Railroad company, which wanted to locate its yard in that neighborhoot and filled up the site with earth iron Picots Hill in Carondelet. The names ] still live, for the people of East St Louis make a difference between thu
 island and the mainland, just as thu farmers in the bottom still talk abou Arsenal Island and the switchmen il the yards south of Chouteau avenu, tell one another that certain car il down on Duncans Island.-St. Loui Globe-Democrat,
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THE sIsAL PLANT.
A Weed Four Years Ago; Now Worth
 $1,OCO,Oa0 Year to Nassau.

s1,Oc0,000 Year to Nassau.
 The cultivation of the slsal plant in the Bahamas has increased SC much in the four years since 1t was introduced by Governor Sheat that it is pushing the sponge industry very hard.
 A writer in the Rosary Magazine predicts that the full development of the fibre plant will make a wonderful position for the little island in the commercial world.
 The sisal plant has always grown wild on the islands, and has been look ed upon as ono of the greatest pests, as it was almost impossible for the na- tive farmers to eradicate it from the soil, its hardy bayonets appearing in the midst of every crop and refusing 1 to be distroyed.
 Governor Ambrose Shea discovered that the fibre of the leaves when strip ped of the outer covering of green was the firmest and whitest of rope flores, and, soliciting the aid of English cap italists, he at once set to work to make the sisal an important item for com merce, and now the income is nearly $1OOo,0o0 year to the island of Mas sau.
 An acre of land will produce annual ly half ton of fibre, and the plants last from twelve to fiften years. Only the poorest and scantiest soil is neces- sary, and no climatic effects influence the growth of the plant in the least.
 All the available land in the island has been bought up by capitalists since the sisal boom, and the govern ment has already received a fund of $250O00 from bounties ard grants, which will be used in public works on the island. The sisad industry has spread to neighboring islands, and plenty of employment is given the na- lives at from 50 cents to a dollar a day.
 They have also been allowed to buy government land in ten acre lots al S1o each. paying for it out of the first years crop. In this way many oi them have become independent, g ready market always existing for theil products
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HANDWRITING OF AUTHORS.

An interesting study is the hand writing of authors, as it indicates to a greater or less degrees their personal temperaments.
 Longfelow wrote bold, open back hand, which was the delight of print CTS, says the Scientific American 1 Joaquin Miller writes such bad hand that he often becomes puzzled over his own work and the printer sings the praises of the inventor of the type- writer.
 Charlotte Bronte's writing seemed to l have been traced with a cambiic nee dle, and Thackerays writing, while marvellously neat and precise, was so small that the best of eyes were needed to read it. Likewise the writing of Captain Marryat was so microscopic that when he was interrupted in his la bors he was obliged to mark the place where he left off by sticking a pin in the paper.
 Napoleons was worse than illegible, and 1t Is said that his letters from Ger many to the Empress Josephine were | at first thought to be rough maps of the seat of war.
 Carlyle wrote a patient, grabbed and oddly emphasized hand. The pen manship of Bryant was aggressive, well formed and decidedly pleasing to the eye, while the chirogaphy of Hunt, Moore and Gray was smooth and easy to read, but did not express distinct individuality.
 Byron's handwriting was nothing more than scrawl. His additions to his proofs frequently exceeded in vol ume the original copy, and in one of his poems, which contained in the original only four hundred lines, one thousand were added in the proofs.
 The writing of Dickens was minute and he had a habit of writing with blue ink on blue paper. Frequent erasures and interlineations made his copy a burden to his publishers.
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ENGLAND NOT READY.
Anxious to Avoid Embarrassment Over
 Disarmament Question.

London, May 6.-Questioned in the house of commons to-day as to wheth- CT, in view of the statement on the limitation of armaments made by the tGerman imperial chancellor, Prince von Buelow, in the reichstag recently, the British government intended im- mediately to lay down another Dread nought, which was promised in the event of a plan for the limitation of armaments not being adopted at The Hague, Premier Campbell-Bannerman made an exceedingly non-committal reply.
 He said it was apparent from the tone of the imperial chancellor's state- ment that the German government de- sired, while maintaining its own view, to avoid embarrassment to other pow CTS.
 The premier added that he was not prepared to make any statement at present in regard to the shipbullding programme.
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prIann Was prnfernhIe

The St. Louis negro convict who re- gently tried to escape from the peni- tentiary by having himself shipped out of town with consignment of shoes says he will never try that trick again. The plan is not a new one, but it has never yet worked successfully.
 The negro in question was boxed up in shipment of shoes and hauled to the freight depot and left standing on his head until his yells to be released attracted attention. The box had been up-ended so that his head was down. He had pretty good grit and held out for two or three hours, but finally be- coming convinced that he could not
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others I could name. I am director in many financial institutions and I never borrowed dollar from one of them in my life If was a director in the National City bank and I had got collateral on which l wanted to borrow money, I could probably get what I wanted from that bank, But if my stuff is good I can get the money from any other bank in town. If it's questionable in it's character then I've no business to unload it on my bank and the president has no business to let me have the money.-Chicago Tribune
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857-9 Chapel St.

live much longer in that position, he made his presence known and was re- turned to the prison Nine times out of ten 1t would require the connivanca. of some outside parties to render esS cape in this way possible
 Another negro tried to make ny escape by crawling in a wagon that was being loaded with sawdust. He did not know that before the wagon would be driven out of the yard an ex- perienced prison guard would jab a Hong steel prod repeatedly through ths load. He discovered this important
 fact, however, a little later on when
 the prod struck him.-St. Louis Re. i public.
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Patron-what is this Fmollycoddl,

Patron-what is this Fmollycoddly soup you have on the bill of fare?
 Waiter-Its a sort of weak noodl6 sah?-Cleveland Pleain Dealer
 Say, paw queried little Tommy Toddles, what is meant by carrying concealed yeapons?o
 It applies to women who have oe. casion to keep their tongues Detween their teeth, my boy" replied Toddles sr.-Chicago News.
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Wish Armament Limitation.

Vienna, May 6.-The congress of the peace societies of Germany, Austria and Italy to-day adopted a resolution to the effect that, in the opinion of the congress, 1t was the duty of the com ing peace conference at The Hague to discuss the limitation of armament preferably in full session, but other wise in a committee specially appoint ed for that purpose.
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Fellow Employees of Price, Lee & Co. Present Him With Beautiful Placque.

Frank A. Baldwin, who for the past eighteen years has been with the Price,
 Lee & Adkins company, and who on
 May l severed his connection with the firm, was most agreeably surprised last Saturday by sixty of his brother employees, receiving present from them, in token of their high esteem for
 him. of solid silver chased work plaeque on which his monogram, "F. A. B." was elegantly engraved. On
 the reverse side was, "In token of ap- preciation, from fellow workers, May, 1907 The placque was accompanied
 by the autographs of the sixty men, beautifully engraved on specially pre- pared card board.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-07

Thirsty Thomas-Say, where did youse git dat sandwich?
 Hungry Harvey-I saw'd wood for 1t.
 Thirsty Thomas-T'm ershamed uv youse, Harvey. Youse air disgrace t de union.
 Hungry Harvey-It wusnt my fault. De woman hipnertized me.-Kennebec Journal.
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Many school children Are sickly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders. for children, used by Mother Gray, nurse in Cbildren's Home. New York, break up colds in 24 hours, cure feverishness, headache, stomach troubles, teething disorders, move and regulate the bow els, and destroy worms. Mrs. Emily Maronn, Aleriden, Conn, says: Tt Is the best medicine in the world for chil- dren when feverish and constipated." !" Sold by all druggists or by mail 25c
 Sample sent FREE. Address Aliens
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If the Baby is Cutting Teeth be sure and use thatold and well tried remedy, Mrs. Wnslow Sooth ing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens tho gums aays all pain. cures wind cholio and is the best remedy for diarThOeR Twenty five cents bottle. Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act, June Ntn, 1906. Serial number lQeS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-28
GUARDING Tit GRAVES
INDIAN MAlDENs SHOW DEVo.
TIoN TO LAST RESTING PLACE
OF Their ANCESTORS.

Kansas City, July 27.-Helena, Ida
and Ida Conley, sisters, and Wyan-
dotte Indians, began an armed guard
yesterday over the graves of their
ancestors In Huron cemetery In Kan
sas City, Kan, recently ordered sold
by the government and threaten to
shoot the first person who may at
tempt to remove the bodies.
Congress authorized the sale of the
cemetery, set aside for years as a
tribal burying ground and a division
fthe money among the remaining
members of the Wyandotte tribe, first
removing the bodies. The Conley girls
say they won't permit the graves to
be touched, and today began the cree
ton of a shanty on the outskirts OF
the cemetery.
Miss Helena Conley, who was su-
perintending the building, said
From this time on one OF the three
Conley sisters will be here in the
daytime. Al night all three OF us snail
sleep here and guard. In this Gene.
terry are buried one hundred and four
ancestors. The blod of the ancient
royalty of France flows in my veins.
My grandfather owned the whole
state of Ohio. Why should We not
be proud of our ancestors and pro
tect their graves? We shall do 1t, and
woe be to the man that first attempts
to steal a body?"
I'VE shall keep right on asking
bids for the property" said II. y
Durant, chairman OF the government
commission which is trying to sci
the cemetery. "The government is be
hind us
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-28
CASUAL PHILOSOPHY.

A woman's idea of extravaganza Is
to spend money for sensible things
Love Is the only cable that viii
keep a couple on the sea of matri-
mony from drifting apart.
It's fortunate thing that babies
can't say what they think of the baby
talk women hand them.
Company can seldom judge how a
husband and wife really gel along to-
gether.
The trouble with money Is that
there are so few ways 10 make 1t and
so many ways TO spend IT,
Time and tide wait for no man, bat
you cant make woman believe II
when she is putting on her hat
Wrory never completed a task
worth while
The vacation earned is the vacation
enjoyed
Men who ride hobbies usually en-.
joy the excursion.
The new restaurants bill OF fare al
ways looks good
Worry causes more perspiratioI
than the heat OF the sun.
The vacation We miss is the one We
would have enjoyed the most.
Finishing is the hardest part OF
lazy mans job.
Most married men do as they please
in their minds.
It's difficult to generate philosophy
on an empty stomach.
If a girl is happy it is a sign that
her clothes are satisfactory.
A girl never likes TO be kissed un
less she says she doesn't.
Forbearance is one of the virtues
our enemies do not possess.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-28
The Holy Graill

London, July 27.-The Express
prints a story of the discovery near
Glastonbury abbey of a glass vessel
of beautiful workmanship and appa-
rently OF great antiquity, which one,
at least, of the discoverers, believes
is the holy grail of the Arthurian
legend.
The holy grail is the cup from
which Christ is reputed to have drunk
at the last supper and according to
ancient British tradition IL was
brought to England by Joseph of Ari'
mathea after the crucifixion.
The vessel is OF blush green glass
OF some kind, cunningly iulaid with
silver leaf A number Of eminent per
sons, including some peers with eccle-
siastical interests, Ambassador Reid,
Prof. William Crookes and the Rev.
r. j. Campbell, have examined il. 1t
is now in the possession Of Prof.
Crookes, who has undertaken to solve
its history.
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! PERSONAL MERTl0Nit

Hugh Cathey is spending Sunday
in Sulphur.
Miss Ora Cooper of Davis is visiting
Miss Fay Reaves.
Mrs. Neil Carter is spending a few
days in Whitesboro.
John Straight is in Cleburne for a
few days on business.
Miss Jennie Williams is visiting
with friends in Purcell
Mrs. Russell Williams Is in Davis
for few days visiting friends
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Baum have ~.
turned from a pleasant o.ing at Sui.
phur.
Mrs Emma Farthing has returned
from visit OF few weeks with
friends in Chickasha.
Mrs Philips from Colorado is here
visiting her son, Paul Philips. and
family on r street northwest
Chas. 4. Milner left yesterday for
Illinois, where he was called on &C
count OF the serious Illness OF nis
Travelling Passenger Agent Jny
Cobb Of the Frisco came in Saturday
n orning and spent the day in the
city.
Miss Bette Gwynn of Gainesville,
who has been in the city the guest OF
Mrs. John whiteman, has returned
home.
Clay Waller came in aSturday to
spend the Sabbath in the city after
a weeks business trip to points on
the Frisco.
Miss Nellie Brady OF Gainesville
who has been in the city the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d. Brady, returned
TO her home Sunday.
Claude Bender and sitter OF Laiay-
cti,, Ala, who have beOu IN he city
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Bra
dy have returned homa.
\. w. Durham, formerly agent OF
the Santa Fe agent at this point
Uul 1T plt0thA NItll hbNhN ~ ips
Worth. was here Saturday on a shor,
business trip.
Mrs. Richard McLish and fon, Dick
Jr.. have Joined Mrs. McLish's elder
son Jerry IN this city, from their home
at Wapanucka, and will remain here
several days.
Father John G. Herring, the Cath
Ollie priest at Tulsa, spent Friday 1f
ternoon and aSturday morning in Ard
more with his relative. Mrs. John G
Spreckelmeyer.
Capt. Clark, an old seaman of Cor
pus Christi, Texas, is visiting the fam
fly of Mr.. and Mrs. T n. Coleman
Capt. Clark runs one of the boat'
out into the bay at Corpus Christi.
Jesse Holland, a prominent farmer
from the Overbrook neighborhood
was in the city Saturday and say
that the crops of that neighborhoo'
are in fine condition and the farmer
in excellent spirits as a result.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-28
CARTER COUNTY REPUBLICANS
WANT FULL TICKET.
WILL SUPPORT TOM RODNETT
And Work for the Success OF State
Hood--Jim Humphrey Chosen as
Chairman OF the Delegation.
Love Feast Meeting.

Carter county delegates TO the state
republican convention will 20 in
structcd pledged to support the candi-
dacy of r. a. Robnett as the nomi.
nee for the office OF Secretary ot
State on the republican ticket The
delegation also pledged to secure the
pulling out OF a full state ticket and
also reiterated desire of the party
for the success of statehood
It was the consensus OF opinion
among the delegates present that
should the party BE- successful III
clecting the state officers. that Ger.
tain errors and wrongs as they seem
to exist by the republicans, In the
proposed constitution that were not
amended at the last session OF that
body will ne submitted to the people
TO votc upon
Col James f. Humphrey was sc.
lccted as chairman OF the delegation
with the authority of appointing a
steering committee TO consist OF SIX
members, including himself.
The meeting was in the nature OF n
love feast. and every one present ex-
pressed himself as believing that
Frank Frantz the present governor
of Oklahoma, would be elected the
governor of the new state when II
was admitted into the union.
In all probability a ticket for a full
set of county officers will also be put
out in this county.
Quite a number of visiting republ!
cans were present and took part in
the deliberations of the caucus and
all spoke as to the probability of elect
ing a state ticket in the coming cam
paign.
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Boy Kills Sister.

Tulsa, |. T., July 27-Rachel May
Collins, the 10 year old daughter OF
l.. L. Collins, farmer living north
Of this city, was accidentally shot
and killed by her : year old brother
tonight. The little boy. thinking some.
one was in the watermelon patcn
nearby. was making In that direction
with a shotgun, when the gun was dc
cidentally discharged, the contents
striking the little girl, who was in
his path, in the right lung. She died
instantly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-28

Denison, Texas, July 27.-Ye3ter-
day, while Joel and rom Harper were
proceeding to their homes on the
Washita river, Tom Harper Jumped
from the wagon yelling. the hes has
melted my brain" and plunged into
the river. II was with great difficulty
that his brother rescued him The
man was so prostrated that 1t was
some time before the start was made
for home. The terrific heat had driv-
en- Tom crazy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-28
Beats Child TO Death.

Little Rock, July 27.--...Jer quarrel
ing with hor husband, AIRS William
Blackburn OF Montgomery county
waited until Blackburn had left the
house today and then attacked her
I2yearold stopdaughter. boating D.r
20 d.ath with h-ooms tick The
childs back was bfonan and her skul
Is fractured, The woman is now un-
der arrest and sentiment Is high
against her. She will be taken to Hot
Springs for safekeepiug
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-28
HON. c. N. HASKELL. DEMOCRAT.
Ic NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR.
UNTERRIFIED GET READY
Meeting Of the Club VIII BE Held
Monday Night to Arrange Pro.
gram for the Reception OF Mr..
Haskell on Saturday, Aug. 3.

August 3 will be- another gala day
for the Democracy Of Carter county
the occasion of the visit Of the Dem.
ocratic nominee for governor at the
new state Hon G y Haskell Of Mus.
logee will speak at that time A.
ready numerous inquiries are bciag
received from points In the county
wanting to know IT the invitation tina
was extended TO Mr. Haskell has
been accepted N. T.. ilutchus. sec
rotary Of the Keller Democratic club
was among the first to write ana
Mr Hutchins wrote that Keller would
be we'll represented with a large d"i-
,gation and that no sore backs re-.
sided In that precinct but all would
como 10 Nrdmorc to hurrah for Has
fcll and the constitution. The Demo
cratic club has iesrcl 'hc follnvitg
call for % meeting tn no hoI Noudlv
night 2, the city hall % complete ar
rangements for the entertainment OF
the distinguished guest on the occa-
sion OF his visit to this city:
The members OF the Ardmore Dem
ocratic club are hereby called TO
meet at the city halt at s o'clock,
Monday night July 20, 1907. Hon. c.
" Haskell, Democratic nominee for
governor, has accepted the invitation
fiom this club and will speak in Ard.
more on the night OF Saturday. Aug.
ust 3rd, 1907. II is the duty Of the
Democrats I'm Ardmcre and Carter
county TO give MIR. HASKELL hearty
reception and this meeting is called
for the purpose of arr ,uglng a pro
gram.
r A. BONNER.
FDw. L. DEEM, Vice President.
Secre.try.
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Exnress onee Robbed.

Paris Texas. July 27.-The Office
Of the Wells-Fargo Express Company
was touched for $4,000 last night,
The money came from Dallas to the
City National Bank of Paris and th"
First National Bank OF RoXton. Five
thousand dollars was In currency and
the balance in silver.
A warrant for The arrest OF \. =.
Richmond, night clerk, has been is
sued.
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Crops at Wapsnueka.


Special Correspondence.
Wapanucka, I. r., july p Reports
received from all parts of this sec.
tion indicate the best corn crop in
many years. The acreage is unusual
ly large and the yield will be almost
doubled over former years. In every
direction one can ride for miles and
miles through the big corn fields
that look as fine as those of Illinois
and Iowa and upon every hand the
song of prosperity is heard.
While late, the cotton crops are
looking well and with favorable
weather the next ten weeks, this sec
tion will contribute its share Of the
fleecy staple to clothe the world.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-28
PRELIMINARY TOMORROW
PRINCIPAL IN BAUM SHOOTING
TO BE GIVEN A HEARING
MONDAY.

II the bullet hole through his shoul-
der doesn't prevent. J. H. Love will
be placed on trial in the commission.
ers court Monday morning. for tho
murder Of ". \. Watts and the at
tempt to murder Bud Rowen
Love is resting quietly in the Fed.
cral jail here since his arrest at Raum
on July 3, after fight with the ~
ficers in which he received his wound
The crime with which Love is
charged was committed at a picnic 1T
Baum on july II. u is said that
Watts. Rowen and Love had an al
tercation. after having filled them.
selves with bad booze Love is said
to have drawn and shot both Watts
and Rowon. Watts was instantly
killed. Rowen was shot through the
leg. Love then made an attempt 10
escape. and was himself shot through
the shoulder by pussoman before
being captured.
Deputy marshals returned Saturday
from the Baum neighhorhood. whcr"
they have been summouinr witnesses
for the trial Rowen. 70 is said Is
sufficiently recovered To attend the
trial
The jail physician, who has been at
tending Love says that if no complica-
tions set i'm the prisoner will be able
To stand trial tomorrow.
Rerrigcrators at cost r. X. Kcar