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The Jasper news., 1908-10-22
JOHN t1[|NRM
ON Il
DINNER
GUESTS
BY GEO. v. HOBART, ("HueH M'HUeH.~

a good one, too! Let me sit down q
minute, stones got into my shoe"
But it wasn't a stone. 1t was po-
tato salad which the Irish cook threw
at him for interfering with her work.
After all the excitement was over
and INK Greg. was sleeping with mag
nificent noises on the sofa in the
library, your sister Jennie was coaxed
to sing Tosti's "Good-by."
OF course you know, Bunch, we're
all very fond Of your sister, but Pm
afraid If Mr.. Tosti ever heard her sing
his "Good-by" he would say: "The
same to you, and here's your. hat"
Before Jennie married and moved
west remember she had very pretty
mezzo-concertina voice, but she's been
so long helping Stub Wilson to make
Milwaukee famous that nowadays her
top notes sound like a cuckoo clock
after it's been up all night.
suppose, Bunch, it's wrong for ms
to pull this on you about your own
flesh and blood, but when married
woman with six fine children, one OF
them at Yale, sides up in front of the
piano and begins to squeak: "Good-by,
summer! Good-by, SUMMER" just as
if she were calling the dachshund in to
dinner, think it's time she declined
the nomination.
Then Bud Hawley, after figuring II
all out that there was no chance Of his
getting arrested, sat down on the
piano stool and made a few sad state.
ments, which in their original state
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PRESCRIBED curIcURA
After Other Treatment FalIed--Raw
Eczema on Baby's Face Had
Lasted Three Months-At Last
Doctor Found Cure.

"Our baby boy broke out with &C.
zema on his face when one month old.
One place on the side Of his face the
size Of nickel was raw like beefsteak
for three months, and he would cry
out when bathed the parts that were
sore and broken out. 1 gave him
three months treatment from a good
doctor but at the end Of that time the
child was no better. Then my doctor
recommended Cuticura. After using
q cake Of Cuticura Soap, third Of a
box of Cuticura Ointment, and half
bottle of Cuticura Resolvent he was
we'll and his face was as smooth as any
baby's. He is now two years and a
half old and no eczema has reappeared.
Mrs. M. L. Harris, Alton, Kan, May
IA and June 10, 1907"
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in the evening and spill lot Of cheap
songs all over the carpet while wait
ing for dinner to be announced
l don't know just exactly where the
onion comes in, but suppose that ap.
plies to most of the guests.
There were present at the battle
speak of Uncle Peter Grant and Aunt
Julia, Bud Hawley and his second
wife; your sister, Jennie, and her hus
band, Stub Wilson, from Milwaukee
oh, forgot to mention that old Dr.
Guffhander, the celebrated food ex
pert, was the guest of the evening.
DR.. Guffhander is great friend OF
Uncle Peters, and has been using
him for a meal ticket for several days
Somehow or other Uncle Gregory
got on to the fact that Morty Smith
had sent me a case of Pommery, and
long before the dinner hour Uncle
Greg complained of dust in the pipes
He limited around so hard about the
Pommery that l took him out in the
buffers pantry, opened quart of the
only real wine, and let the old geezer
slosh around in the surf.
After Uncle Greg. came to the sur.
face he marched back into the parlor
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22
Swallowed a Lion.

The case of bird swallowing a
lion whole-the latter being afterward
rescued alive-is what happened at
the Earls Court zoo in London lately.
The bird was great pelican, one of
the kind with a pouch beneath his
beak wherein is stored the swallowed
food before digesting. The lion was a
tiny, wriggling cub, whose pink skin
showed in wrinkles through his tawny
down. The pelican looked at the baby
lion, seized him and gulped him down.
But keeper happened to see the act
and three men pounced on the bird,
held 1t in their arms and forced open
the mighty beak. while one OF them
extricated the cub from the pouch.
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BATTLE. FOR LIFE
ON hitch TOWER
FATHER TRIES TO HuRL GIRL
OVER RAILING ON AUDITOR.
luM AT CHICAGO.
CAUGHT In THE NICK OF TIME
Elevator Operator FoiIs Attempt Of
Former Lunatic to Dash Daugh-
ter to Street-Fight RACES
Fifteen Minutes.

Chicago.-A terrible battle with a
maniac with the life Of his daughter.
Marie Shilling, a 21-year-old girl, at
stake, took place the other afternoon
when J. e. Shilling of La Grange, ILL.,.
attempted to hurl her from the Audi
torium tower, and was forestalled by
John Richardson, an elevator opera,
tor.
The screams of the girl as she strug-
gled In the powerful arms of her
crazed father attracted the attention
of sight-seers who were viewing the
city from the tower.
The man was caught as he held the
girl poised at the edge of the railing
ready to dash her to the street, hun
dreds of feet below.
For Is minutes struggle on the
narrow corridor on top of the tower
ragged before the maniac was overpow-
cred. Once he broke loose from his
assailants and grasped his daughter
in his mad attempt to end her life. As
he loosened his hold on her the last
time she staggered through a door
way and fell down a flight of stairs,
where she lay until her father had
been overpowered.
The attempt on the life of the girl
was brought about by recurrence of
an attack of insanity from which
Shilling has been suffering for some
time. Only two months ago he was
released from the asylum cat Kanka.
kee, where he was confined for three
months. He was driven insane by the
loss Of his fortune.
For several days he had been acting
queerly. A few nights ago the family,
consisting Of wife and two daugh.
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He Could Not Read X.

While visiting in a small town in
Connecticut, seven miles from the rail.
road station, received occasionally
a postal card from my fiance, written
In kind of shorthand of our own.
One day when a cousin was going to
the post Office asked her to inquire
II there was anything for me. She re-
turned, saying there was nothing. The
next day she made the same inquiry,
when the postmaster showed her q
postal card addressed to me and said:
EN-. can you read this?" She said
mo" Thereupon he said: Neither
can I, and have been trying ever
since yesterday" This illustrates the
fact that curiosity is not confined to
the fair sex.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

tiers, Alice, 20 years old, and Marie, 81
years old, sat up and watched him,
fearing violence.
The other morning he asked Marie
to accompany him to Chicago. He said
he wanted to pay his life insurance
dues.
During the morning the man and his
daughter walked along the lake front,
during which time he acted nationally.
Later he went to the insurance Office
and transacted his business, after
which he asked Marie to go up on the
tower with him. The girl didn't wish
to go, but the father insisted, and to
avoid Scene she went.
When he reached the top of the
tower the insane man walked away
from his daughter and gazed out on
the lake. Suddenly he turned on the
girl. Her back was turned to him.
With wild cry he grabbed her about
the waist and. lifting her above his
head, started to throw her over the
railing. She grasped tie balustrade
and screamed for help.
John Richardson, an elevator start
err, employed In the observatory, was
standing a few feet away. He grabbed
the insane man by the neck and
pulled him from the railing. Snarling
with rage. Shilling tore at the throat
Of Richardson. Several other persons
who saw the ARRAY joined the strug.
gle.
The crazed man was finally over.
powered and was held until the police
arrived The girl was taken to a doc.
tors office, where her injuries were at
tended to.
Shilling will be examined and appli.
cation made in the county court for
his return to the Kankakee asylum.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

and insisted upon singing the swan
song from Lohengrin, but his idea of
swan was so much like a turkey
gobbler that loving friends had to
put the moccasins to him and run
him out of the room.
Then he went out in the buffers
pantry, hoping to do another splash in
the Pommery, but not finding any, he
began to recite: Down in the Le-
high valley me and my people grew;
| was a blacksmith, capn; yes, and
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch matter of great i'm.
portance. Defiance Starch. being free
from all Injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as stiffen.
err makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary, with the result OF
perfect finish. equal to that when the
goods were new.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22
LICE in POULTRY.
,Borax. Spray Safe Preventive
Simple, Cheap, Harmless
q r. to Fowls.

"20 Mule Team" Borax was a good
thing to rid poultry Of lice. had used
so much inflammable Lice killers that
my Poultry Houses were regular fire
traps. I gave my 8. G. w. Leghorn
house a good spraying Just two months
ago. Since I have caught several hens
and found no lice. am rid OF lice
and shall continue to use "20 Mule
Team" Borax as q spray, also as q
wash.
(Signed) MRS. B. r. BUFFHAM,
Roswell, New Mexico.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Dear Bunch: Your letter from
London to hand and contents noted.
Peaches and l are mighty glad
you're starting for home in two weeks,
and we'll meet you at the pier with
bells on. -.
We're all we'll here with the
exception that Peaches gave an onion
saengerfest night before last and I've
been on the blink ever since.
This onion saengerfest thing may be
a new one on you, Bunch, so I'll
specify. =
An onion saengerfest is where a
bunch Of people gather in your parlor
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Forest fires are among the regular
annual sufferings of the eastern states.
The dry weather this year has made
the loss unusually heavy In New Eng
land, New York and other states. Not
only valuable timber, but farm houses,
planted fields and precious forest loan
have been destroyed. Scientific for
estry and wise legislation are neces
sary to protect our trees against the
combined armies Of flames, bugs and
unintelligent lumbermen.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

A Pennsylvania mans horse went
lame. When he started to investigate
the trouble he found a stickpin with
a diamond worth $3.50 in the animals
hoof, which had caused the trouble.
AS the horse showed signs OF distress
In another foot, that was examined
and flve-dollar gold piece extracted.
Paradoxically, to pick up gold with
one foot and diamonds with the other
is anything but lame performance.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

The formation in Germany of com.
pany, with a capital of more than
$6,250.000, to lay a cable between
Germany and South America is, OF
course, not violation of the Monroe
doctrine, but it suggests that the Uni.
ted States ought to be making efforts
to increase and facilitate its business
with South America, too.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

The retirement of Capt. Watt, com.
mander Of the Lusitana and commo.
dore of the Cunard feet, having
reached the age limit, comes oppor.
timely. His ship is at the head of the
ocean greyhound class. That's glory
enough
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

BY chasing and holding in team Of
runaway blooded horses and saving
three lives Kermit Roosevelt Is quail.
flying for shooting lions in Africa. 1t
is strenuous training after his ia.
TIERS own heart.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Not one of the $4,000 depositors in
10 banks and trust companies which
closed their doors in the panic last
fall will lose a dollar. Banking insti
tutions In the United States are evi
IDENTIFY conducted on pretty sound
business principles.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22
MARCH THROUGH FIRE

After walking around this artificial
Gehenna three times they emerged ap.
parently none the worse for their ex-
perience, and have established an UNI
assailable claim for sancltity among
their people.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22
london's BRIDGES.

Few perhaps are aware Of the ex-
tent to which the city Of London 10
bridged over. In all, 1t seems, there
are no fewer than rs bridges. OF
these 70 are railway bridges, three
are bridges over roads (such as Hol.
born viaduct) and So bridges which
connect private premises.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

By following the directions, which
are plainly printed on each package OF
Defiance Starch, Mems Collars and
Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de-
sired. with either gloss or domestic
finish. Try 1t. 16 OF. for loo, sold by
all good grocers.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

A sober, elderly person certifles in
the New York Sun that she has seen
old mosquitoes helping or pushing the
young ones through the window
screens. Could there be more touch.
Ing illustration of parental interest?
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

The chief of the secret service po-
lice Of Sydney says that no better-be.
haved, manlier lot of fellows has ever
come under his observation than the
American sailors. The nation is
proud Of its jolly tars who are SO
we'll unfolding its prestige.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Some friend Of Castros should call
him up by long-distance telephone and
let him know that in this mixup with
Queen Wilhelmina the sympathies Of
all the bystanders are with the royal
lady.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

A New Jersey man won't pay his
bills because his wife is out Of work.
Some charity organization should look
up this pitiful case.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

A West Virginia magistrate prides
himself on the fact that he is the only
Justice of the peace in the state to
hold court in his bare feet. In most
other places it is the head which
counts in the position.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Don't misunderstood the announce
ment that Mr.. Edward w. Deming is
going to paint the Ojibways in north
ern Canada. What Mr.. Deming really
Is going to paint is canvas.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Berlin must be getting SO used to
seeing airships that before long the
Berliners will decline to strain their
necks.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Smokers appreciate the quality value of
Lewis Single Binder cigar. Your dealer
or Lewis Factory, Peoria, III.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

High winds during the summer have
blown enormous numbers of crabs out
OF the Chesapeake bay into the ocean.
Fortunately the oysters are naturally
anchored
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Kermit is sure to bring back some
remarkable photographs from Africa,
II only he doesn't get so excited that
he forgets to snap the shutter.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

The human body is rs per cent.
water, says a scientist, the other rs
per cent. being spirit. we presume.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

II you have anything to do. do It;
don't loaf on the job.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Now it is revolution which is on
the Persian carpet. The movement
has just camped, apparently perma-
nently, upon the Turkish rug.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

The hand can never execute any.
thing higher than the character can
aspire.-Emerson.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Many man is buried in oblivion
long before he II dead.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

FARMS FOR RENT or sale on crop pay
ments. ]. MULHALL, Sioux City, Il.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Talk not of good life. but let thy
good life talk.--Schiller.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

A million for turnpikes, but not q
cent for graft.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Indiana steer ate dynamite; enraged
owner threw brick at him. Much
noise. Result, a bum steer.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Castro is defiant So was the bull
that tried to throw the locomotive OF
the track.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

In these modern days the raging
Of the dog star" is not taken Sirius-ly.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

These Tired, Aching Feet of Yours
Write A. 3. olmsted. lie Roy. N. Y. Tor sample
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22
REASON FOR EXERCISING.

"Are you trainin' for a race, Jim.
mie?"
NAV, we're goin' to have meat for
dinner to-day an I'm gettin' up an APP
petite"
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Some men ought never to have
been BORN" says the Philadelphia In.
quirer. How true!
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

JASPER. ......... ...... MISSOURI
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces In
fammation. ellays palm wind collie Csc bottio
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

One cannot quarrel il the other win
not
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

ROLAND B. GRIFFITH, Editor.
The Jasper news., 1908-10-22

ters, Alice. 20 years old, and Marie, 81
years old, sat up and watched him,
fearing violence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-29
Marked for Death.

Three years ago was marked for
death. A graveyard cough was tearing
my lungs to pieces. Doctors failed to
help me. and hope had ned, when my
husband got Dr. Kings New Discov.
cry" says Mrs. A. C. Williams. OF
Bac, Ky. THE first dose helped me
and Improvement Kept on until y
had gained So pounds in weight and
my health was fully restored" This
medicine holds the worlds healing
record for coughs and colds and lung
and throat diseases. II prevents pneu-
monia Sold under guarantee atArd-
more Pharmacy. soc and $1.00. Trial
bottle free. - & w
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-29
Police Court.

In police court this morning there
was bright looking lad of fifteen
before the Judge charged with using
vulgar, profane and abusive Ian.
guage to his mother The boys faith.
er has been dead about two years
his mother has worked very hard
TO support and educate her two no. 5
and to make them useful and re.
spectacle men. This youngster has
been causing her considerable trou
BILE OF late, and any attempt 10 cor
rect him has always met wi,h Io
sistancc. At last she appealed TO the
police. Judge Gait gave the lal q
lot of good advice but he did not
seem inclined TO take Il, and he
was held over until the afternoon
session OF court so that his cas-,
could be thoroughly investigated.
Several Ardmore citizens who dis
charged fireworks on the streets
Christmas day paid fines this morn
ing
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-29
PERSONALS

J. c. Jamerson Of Oklahoma City
is transacting business here today.
Attorney shelton is in oklahoma
City today looking after business mat
ters.
Mrs. Miller OF Oklahoma City is
here visiting with ]. VI. Miller and
sister.
s A Hill OF Oklahoma City is
here today looking after business
matters.
". H. Brown aud Mrs c. \
Powell of Garyin. OKLA, are here
today visiting with friends and look
ing after business matters.
j. p. London a prominent young
business man Of Marietta, is here
today looking after business mat
ters.
+. c. Garner is here today from
Muskogee looking after some bust.
ness matters
/. j. Nooldrige ana VIE OF
Plainview, Texas, are visiting here
today
~. ". Kirkpatrick OF Little Rock
ARK, Is among the business visitors
here today
Judge CampbeIl and daughter. Miss
II
Ray went up TO Oklahoma today
TO Visit relatives and friends
Dr. RaWles Anderson or Marietta
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R.II From Sleeping Berth,

Chicago, H.. Dec. 2S.-R. c. Win
sey fell from window OF a Pull
man sleeper on the Monon railroad
near Reynolds, Ind. He was Ill when
he boarded the car in Chicago. When
the train reached Lafayette his berth
was found TO be empty. A switch en-
gine was procured and a fast run
mas made back TO the missing man
lie was found by the side OF the
track and was hurried to a hospital
Winsey said he fell from the window
when he opened 1t to get some
fresh air. The train was running six
" miles an hour
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-29

The Hidden Hand" n new drama
tization OF Mrs. +. ID. y. South
worths story of old Virginia before
the war, will be at the Robson op-
era house, matinee and night Jan.
lst. The play is In four acts and the
familiar characters of the story, Cap
itola, Black Donald Old Hurricane,
Mrs. Condiment, and the extremely
funny darkies. Wool and Pitapat, ap'
pear in the drama The picturesque
scenery, some of the finest In the
United States, is reproduced. The 70
nance. melodramatic. intensity, anC
the mystery OF the story are mos
cleverly brought out in a series o
powerful scenes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-29
Oklahoma Educators,

Shawnee. Okla, Dec. 29,-Gather-
inC fcr their third annual conven'
tion. members OF the Oklahoma State
Teacher Association are pouring
into Shawnee today for what prom
ises to be the most successful edu-
cational meeting ever held in the
new state The program for the next
three days Is an impressive one
the speakers including Bishop Quayle
Hamlin Garland, the poet; Protessoi
Charles Lane OF Georgia. and Pro
fessor o. ]. Kern OF Illinois.
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One Of Americas Greatest Novels.

One Of Americas Greatest Novels.
The announcement that new
dramatization of the Hidden Hand
will be presented at the Robson op-
era house matinee and night on
January 1st, recalls that this story
made Robert Bonner, owner OF the
New York Ledger, a millionaire. He
had just bought the paper when he
was lucky enough TO get Mrs. South
worth's story, The Hidden Hand,
n serial The circulation Of the
Ledger went up by leaps and bounds
and soon the brave, bright, innocent,
lovable Capitola was Known in almost
every home in the land. Everybody
was talking about the story and It's
madcap heroine, its terrible Black
Donald. and it's irresistible funny
dgrky characters Wool and Pitipat
All these characters have been In
cruded in the cast of this new drama
tization and the play has been built
up by the experienced hand OF an
actor OF the best landing, Eugene
Moore.
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LOCAL NEWS.

Jesse l.. Jordan IS here today from
Marietta looking after business mat
tcrs.
John Thomas, a prominent Indian
citizen of Baum. Is business Wis
itor here today.
Zan Williams Is in Marietta today
looking after the wants OF the gro
cerymen at that place.
w. H. Cardwell is suffering from
blood poison as the result of a bruis
ed hand.
Steve Cole OF Berwyn Is here 10
day looking after business matters,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-29
Robson Opera House
Matinee and Night, Jan. lst.

and there confined until they are
returned to the road. We condemn the
practice of permitting convlcts to be
permitted TO come 10 Ardmore and
go TO their respective homes on Sat
'irday nights and Sundays.
Respectfully submitted.
w. f. WHITTINGTON. Foreman
AT. RAMSEY, Clerk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-29
Gainesville ReslGenes Burns.

Gainesville, Texas. Dec. 29.-Dur'
ing the absence Of Elder c. \.
Wheeler, Christian church evangelist
and his family on a holiday visit.
their residence in e,s 81 gainesville
was badly damaged and the contents
destroyed by a fire of 1nkn own or
iei. The amount of insur. nee is not
known.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-29
Oldest Santa re Conductor.

Guthrie. Okla, Dec. 2s.-Conductor
\. Il. Glazior. now OF Ardmore, Is
here today attending the meeting Of
the Employees Railroad Protective
association. al" Is the oldest con
ductor I'm the service OF the Santa Fe.
lie IS not in active service now and
the Santa Fe, 1t Is said Is contem-
plating placing him on the pension
roll OF faithful employees.
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Miss Eugcnie Potter OF Dallas Is
here visiting Mr. and Mrs Z. +. Gull
lot.
Mrs. J. II. Fry and daughter. Miss
Fry, of Dallas. are in the city Wis
iting Mrs H. c. Ledbetter.
Miss Leslie Wood and Miss Madge
Roberts left today for Shawnee to
attend the annual state teachers as.
sociation.
Miss lillian McNeese and MISS
Crystal Majors who have been spend.
ing the holidays in the city with rela.
tives and friends, left today for Sui.
phur
The society people Of Tishomingu
will entertain at the opera house
Thursday evening of this week with
a New Year ball quite a few Of the
daucmg crowd Of Ardmore have been
invited and will attend.
Mr. James Frame and Miss Juuita
Johnston. Miss Mamie Gilmer and
Miss Wolfcnbergcr Of Marietta went
to Pauls Valley this afternoon TO AT
tend the Leap Year ball given by the
young ladies' of the Mistletoe club Of
that city.