The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-02-19

instinct is second to nature.
A committee once waited on Gen.
Toombs to consult him about erecting
a hotel in the town.
We have no need of one said
General Toombs, simply. when re.
spectacle people come here they stay
at my house. If they are not respecta-
bic we do not want them at all
Youths Companion.
A certain mother-in-law had stayed
so often with her daughter as to cause
quarrel with her husband, and one
day, when she again came to stay, she
found her daughter in tears on the
doorstep. II suppose George has left
you" she shifted. "Yes"-sob. Then
there's a woman in the case?' she
asked, her eyes lighting up expectant-
ly "Yes"-sob who is it," she de-
manded. "You'-sob. Gracious! "
exclaimed the mother-inlaw. 81 am
sure | never gave him any encourage
ment. ."-Argonaut
Private" John Allen tells some
good stories of man in Jackson,
Mississippi, who, so far as his finan-
cial notions so, is OF the type made
famous by Colonel Carter of Carriers.
ville.'
The cashier of the bank at Jack
son. with which the Mississippian did
business, one day very politely init
mated that the gentleman's account
was overdrawn. Thanking him pro
fusely for the information, the Jack
son man left the building, promising
that the situation would be remedied
the following day. But nothing was
heard from him then, nor for some
weeks after. Then, when the cashier
referred to the matter, remarking that
the gentleman was now even further
indebted to the bank than before.
Again came the polite assurance that
the matter was to be adjusted that
day; and again did the Jackson man
fail To keep his promise.
On his next visit to the bank the
president himself took occasion to call
the depositor's attention to the situa-
ton.
The Mississippian became very in.
dignant. Look here SIR he ex-
claimed, this makes the third time
the officials of this bank have pester.
ed me about that measly overdrawn
account. If you don't quit bothering
me about it, I'll take it to another
bank!"-Lippincott's.
Congressman Mann of Chicago is
somewhat absent-minded and the fact
worries him not little at times. II
cant explain It," he told Congressman
Bautell but 1t worries me great
deal" oh, you're not really absent
minded said the North side man. "An
absent minded man is one who thinks
he has left his watch at home and
then pulls it out of his pocket to see
IL he has time enough to go home
and get it."-Kansas City Star.
Winter strawberries are raised In
large way by S. f. Jeter of Hum.
boldt, Tenn. In all the big cities Mr..
Jeter's strawberries can be bought
in the coolest weather, and the fruit
is as sweet and delicate as that of
Jun
1T is one thing to raise winter ber-
ries, and it Is another thing to raise
good ones-to raise that kind that
don't knot up your face like a mouth
full Of lemon" said Mr. Jeter recently.
You test strawberries as you test
port wine, by the color, the odor, and
the flavor. And there are few winter
berries that will meet this test. 1t is
like the port wine story.
"A gentleman invited a connoiseur
To try some mort that he had just laid
In. like it myself he said. but l
admit I'm no judge. I'll feel DeLrer
about II after I've had your opinion"
We'll, said the connoisseur, we
judge a glass pf port in three ways:
first by the color, second by the odor
and third by the flavor