The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-03

jed; Dut l could not get MN out on
that plea. CULVER.
Mayor Stoy of Atlantic City was de-
scribing the cosmopolitan throngs
that visit this famous. and gay re-
sort.
Every nationalty comes here" he
said. "Greel's. Turks, Hindoos. Chi
nese, Moors they I'll coma
Il was talking the other day to one
Of the physicians at the Pasteur lnsti-
tute-the hospital. you know, for the
prevention and cure OF hydrophobia.
The Pasteur Institute reminded me
OF Atlantic City, its visitors seemed
to be OF such diversified character.
The physician told me about an
Indian chief who had come to me for
treatment last year.
my name said the chief. is War
Eagle. Please take me in hand. / fear
I am getting hydrophobia.'
Have you been bitten? the
clan asked, by a mad dog?'
mot exactly bitten War Eagle
answered; but have the creates.
suspicion about a black poodle that
was served me in ragout last Fri
day afternoon Exchange.
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A Chicago lawyer gives an interest
ing instance of vicarious valor on the
part of a sheriff in South Dakota.
II appears that near large town
in that state a party of Indian squat
ters' had resisted the efforts of the
deputy sheriff to oust them. The lat.
ter at once telegraphed the sheriff,
who was in another part of the state,
asking for instructions and saying
that the "squatters" had threatened
to shoot him, the deputy sheriff. in
the back, II he showed his face in that
quarter again.
Very soon came. a wire from the
sheriff, reading as follows:
"If these rufians think am to be
scared by their threats, they mistake
their man. | defy their vengeance
Consequently you will at once chase
them away, and show them that
despise their measly threats. Fort
Worth Telegram.
Chancellor James II. Day Of Syra-
cuse University, In discussion of the
craze for athletics that sometimes be-
comes too rampant In the universities
uf America. said with a smile:
why | know a young clergyman
he had been an excellent first base
man at college in his time, who after
reading a portion of the Scriptures
said solemnly. as he closed the Bible,
one Sunday morning in the baseball
season:
"'Here endeth the second innings.
Exchange.
The other day Foreman Brown of
the Waltham Watch Company was in
terviewed by young man just up
from jefferson, Me. VINO was anxious
to secure employment. Among the
many questions put to him by the
foreman was the folpwing: Have
you ever had any experience in run
ming automatic machinery"
Sure" said the young man. Il ran
Buckeye mower all summer down
home
lie got the job.-Boston Herald.
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A western railway man tells OF a
road in Arkansas built long ago, a
road that had all the weaknesses to
which neglected systems are exposed.
The ballast was thin, the grades heavy
and the ties rotten. Nearly all passen-
gers travelling by this road provided
themselves with accident policies, al.
though as a matter OF fact there was
not much danger, as the trains Were
not given to sprintlng. and the reg.
ular accidents used to occur without
very serious results. Trainmen had
by long experience learned when to
jump, and the passengers, by follow.
ing their example, Jared just as well.
The fastest g. FIN went at the rate
when the wind wag not unfavoIable-. .
of ten mil2s an hour, and so was cali
ed tho Li,;i. RqeK VNprsss.
One day Ike l.utli Rock Express
jumped tie tracs sud wsa. tearing