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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

1t is impossible to live right with.
out laughter, and there is lifetime
of laughter tucked away in the per
formance which Ringing Brothers
circus is presenting this year. In the
army Of fun makers engaged to take
care Of this feature of the entertain
ment are fifty OF the best known com
edians in the world The majority of
them are famous European pantomim-
lists, and they are scream from start
20 finish.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

A handful Of raw pig iron, weighing
about five pounds. is worth five cents.
From it 60 table-knife blades can be
made, of value of SIS. Converted
into steel watch springs, there can be
about 10000 of those tiny coils made
from it, They sell for S1.75 dozen.
which would bring tle neat sum OF
S1G,07OS3 for the five cents worth or
raw metal.-Browning's Magazine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03
RINCLING CIRCUS
TO SHOW HERE
THEIR GREAT PERFORMANCE BE.
GINS WITH AN ELABORATE
WoROLESS SPECTACLE.

Elus'ing Brothers Worlds Greatest
SHOW is coming to Ardmore on Fri.
day Oct -. Their performance this
season begins with an elaborate and
costly spectacular production OF Joan
Of Are" which employs in itself ,20o
persons, GOO horses and II trainloai
OF special scenery and stage proper.
ties. This spectacle cost the show
men 100000, 1t is an attraction that
should draw immense crowds to the
CITY on show day, for nothing like it
has ever been seen in this country
The Ringing circus is thirty years
old this season. The first perform
anCc was given in Baraboo, Wisconsin,
on April 3, 1883. The tent was home
made. The seats were planks borrow
ed from a lumber yard The five
brothers made all their ring props.
They had but one horse. 1t was a very
small beginning but it was an earnest
endeayor. Simple as it all seems, it
was enough to make them sufficient
money TO start out the following year
with a bright little show. A few
years later they made their first ton"
with railroad show From then ON,
in spite of bitter opposition of rival
concerns, the five showmen forged
ahead. 1t was not very long until
their opponents found themselves on
th" defensive side of the game. The
Ringi.ugs had come to stay.
The rest OF their history reads like
a miracle Beginning with nothing,
they have built the greatest amuse-
ment enterprise in the history of the
world. Their wonderful popularity and
success can be traced principally to
two things: They were ON the square
with the people, and they had the pc.
culiar talents that achieve greatness.
The name of Ringing is a guarantee .
Of satisfaction. Their word is as safe !
as the figures on Uncle Sans money. |
In its new dress the circus this year
presents an inspiring picture. The
show grounds are in a city of a thou
sand wonders. All the great talent Of
-he world shows itself in the perform
ance. The foreign agents of the snow
engaged the company with but very
'ew exceptions OF the 375 perform
ars there are not 100 who were ever
seen in America before this season.
The brilliant new three-mile pa
'ade was built last winter in the for
ign workshops Of the circus at Stoke
,u-Trent, England 1t is a worlds
air of wonders, gathered from the
i've continents of the globe. Nearly
800 people, $50 horses, forty ele-
,hants and several hundred floats,
ableauX, open cages, fairy art vans
nd band chariots appear in it. The
ew menagerie is Il complete garden
T zoology. There are more than L.
90 specimens.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03
Eternal EtmlnIns.

Margaret. aged seven years, was
playing houseEcCper AS she pretend.
ed to wipe the perspiration from her
face she turned from the toy wash
board upon which was rinsing out a
handkerchief and, addressing her
brother, q year younger, said: There
you are sitting at your ease and me
breaking my bones doing your wash.
ing"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03
GREAT CROWD;
GREAT SERMON
DR. 5uLGlN's DISCOURSE ON
CHRISTIAN CHARACTER LAST
NIGHT A SPLENDID EFFORT.

Dr. Bulgins subject for this even o.
ing What is the objectionable sin
and how may a mar commit it?
On account of the Y. NJ c. a. pro-
gram at the High School auditorium
the services will begin early and
those who want to attend the Y. NJ.
c. A lecture will have the privilege
OF doing so.
A vast audience greeted DR.. Bulgin
at the tabernacle Thursday night
10 hear his sermon on Christian
Character, preached from the parable
Of the Ten Virgins.
The revivalist has a question box
and through this medium he is given
an opportunity to discuss many
phases of Ardmore life.
One question last night read
when are you going to hit the gam
blers and bootleggers? The answer
was That is my business But when
do ! want a court of inquiry, I
want to know who is selling whiskey
ard who is gambling and who is
renting houses for these people to
operate in. | never say anything
from the pulpit that ! do not first
have documentary evidence to prove.
If I did so / would have been IN
the penitentiary long time ago. No,
I am not ready to fire the bootlegger
sun yet, but some Of these DAYS
something is going to drop in this
town. Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock
l will preach my sermon on Tie
Lean Cow This is the sermon that
cost so much trouble in Shawnee.
Here is one Of the strange things f,
If the lid fits so well while Bulgin
is in town why does if not fit all the
time The man who says prohibition
will not prohibit either acknowledges
that his officers are inefficient or
that they are in collusiOn with tho
bootleggers These same officers will
catch the highest criminals such as
bank robbers and train robbers and
burglars, but they can't catch a boot
logger. The bootlegger has a string
of people going in and out of his
place of business, but the officers
cant sec them. The bootlegger's
iY1it thnfT.
months and their breaths smell Of
whisley. but the officers can't catch
them. They can catch the high grade
criminal but they can't catch the low
grade criminal. If whiskey is sold
in your town your officers are a
dirty damnahle set of towards or
else they are in collusion and now
is the time to cheer. MANY cheers
followed this remark) +,
81 came to your city first to preach
the gospel. told the Shawnee peo-
PIE they had better quit I plead
with them time after time but they {
would not. That town had sixteen
joints and four gambling dens that
paid each S125 month FOR their pro.
lection. ] had the documentary evil
dence 7 knew what | was talking '
about. went to those officers AMI {
plead with them. ! would rather
save than ruin. There are officers f
here who would better clean up. I !
am not here to nose into the personal /
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

Platinum countsr,.it.-, Metal

Platinum was a favorite metal with
counterfeiters some years ago. when
its intrinsic value was about S6 all
ounce Many spurious $40 and SO
United States gold pieces were turned
out composed chiefly Of this metal
The coins Of Great Britain have also
been initiated in the same way.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03
Henry nrd LIia Arv.n

Henry VIII. was king OF England
and the greatest widower that ever
was states a boys essay. He was
born at a place called Annie Domino,
and he had $50 wives. The first was
beheaded and then executed. the sec.
ond was revoked, and the third died,
and then he married Ann Bulletin
London Lancet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

Guesses on the cotton crop have
been raised from what they We're
placed the first of the season One
prominent cotton man said last night
that he was looking for at least
10000 bales this season. Nearly six
thousand have already been marketed
here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03
GnthI

AN aceliyity' said the teacher, rs
slope up; a Gecl'yity being a slope
down" Then" asked the class prod
igy, upon which would | be standing
If | were on SIDE hill? 1t runs both
ways" But the teacher was making
little Johnny Jones throw away his
chewing gum.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

business OF any man, but | can say
that if there is not some cleaning up
in this town that there are men
here who will be ruined and ruined
forever. now have the names Of
2l gamblers
A second question asked something
about Christianity and tobacco He
SAID, 81 believe a man can be a
Christian and use tobacco, but he
viii be a mighty nasty one. Were
a woman | would rather kiss a
mule than a man who uses tobacco.
Wien you come to this church chew
ing tobacco, just lay our cud on II
stump near the newspaper otTice and
when You start home you Will fiEl
it there waiting for you. There is
not dog III all this town that will
interfere with it,"
\ third question was rs conscience
safe guide?" The reply came in
The negative. Paul was conscien-
tious when ne prosecuted the Chris.
tians, but that did not make him
right. The heather mother is con-
scientlous when she sacrifices her
babe but that does not make it right,
The holy rollers were conscientious
when they induced girl to expose
herself tc snakes that they might
prove their power to heal, but that
did not make it right"
There are just two things that
you and ] need to know about the
second coming of Jesus Christ. lie
told us very plainly about them when
he was here, We have great many
people who have sidetracked on the
doctrine of the second coming of the
Son of Man and they have made it
ridiculous by setting a definite time
tor this great event, but / repeat
there are but two things that we
need to know about. First, it will
De long delayed; second you be ready.
The Jews asked Jesus about this
one day and he told them the story
If the ten virgins, five of whom were /
wise and five foolish Now wherein /
lid the wisdom of the wise consist |
md what marked the folly of unfor-
unate maidens who were shut out If |
he marriage feast Five had oil
md five had none There are M
nerous volumes in theological libra
les regarding the meaning of the
Ill in this parable, but ] don't agree
With any of them. l'm right AMI
hey are wrong and you are going
o agree with me too, The oil rep
esented the things that are going
0 fit you and me for the second com
lg of our Lord. What is that? Real
ital godliness."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

Pop, what's poise? "Poise, ny
son, is when a man can pick up a
pretty wCmans handkerchief in a
street car and then look at the other
passengers without feeling and acting
Ike q fool. Judge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

\ Mr. Miner who lives east Cf
the clty, was seriously in iured yes
terday afternoon when be vas thrown
to the ground by an auto and re
ceiyrd a severe bump. The car was
driven by Charles Heed and vas
about to stop at the curb when Mr.
Miner stepped off the sidewalk with
out noticing the approach of the car.
NO blame is attached to Mr.. Heed
for the accident, as it vas purely
accidental.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

The I, gular monthly meeting OF the
A'dmore Gun club was held at the
state National Bank last night The
club Is making preparations TO or
ganile u ten man team to compete
with clubs from surrounding towns
in the near future.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03
Terse ard Truthful.

Too much absorbed in his busi-
ness" was the comment Of a newspa-
per on the death Of brewer who
was found drowned in u tank Of his
own beer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03
RaphaeIs Madcnnas.

What are Raphaels Madonnas but
the shadow of mothers love fixed
in a permanent outline forever?-
u. w. Higglnsou.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

American salmon in the fresh waters
OF Tasmania are prospecting wonderful.
ly' Some Of them increased in weight
from two ounces to four pounds in q
months.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03
BRITISH OFFICER KILLED.
Major George Merrick Killed When
AeroPlane Collapsed Today

Salisbury, England, Oct 3.-Major
George Merrick Of the British army
flying corps, was killed today when
his aeroplane collapsed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

"A yolley of criticism has been
poured upon this wonderful parable
by the infidels of all ages, but it
stands out as one of the most beau.
tiful and helpful stories which ever
fell from the lips Of our Lord One
criticism is that an Oriental wedding
is a prompt ceremony, and yet Christ
represented it as lasting until mid
night, but that is a very superficial
argument in fact it is not true. The
bridegroom tarried, saye the Book.
Now the fastest train of that age
was a camel, with about thirty-six
gallons Of water in his boiler to
make steam for the desert journey
and you could calculate as accurate
ly upon the moment of arrival as
YOU can upon the Rock island. The
bridegroom tarried. and that is one
Of the high points of the story, but
be ye ready. You can't marry a cou-
pie until you get the bride and groom
together so this wedding was de
layed, not postponed"
Another criticism is that this
teaches that repentance after death,
so much so that the Universalists
claim this story as iustifying their
theory. Go aud buy oil at midnight
was not suggested by Christ but was
the mistaken dismissal OF the foolish
girls by the wise ones. don't
know whether they got any oil at
or not but ! do know that +,
they did not get into the feast. which |
the blissful state of heav-
en- and is mighty pretty repentance
after death that won't let a fellow IN :
on the general wind-up. Now all
these girls rose and trimmed their
lamps. Why, there was no need Of
five of these girls trimming their
lamps They have 10 oil. that's true.
Lamp trimming won't save you If
YOU haven't oil, church member"
"Ingersoll said, What Cutlandish
.ools these girls we're to be on a
Journey requiring OIL and the vessel
n which the oil should have been
,arried was an open vessel and they
,ould have looked into it any moment
md they must have known that they
or once. the vessel was an open
me, but I will answer him in two
Ways. First, it was fools the Lord
vas talking about and when he sets
mt to point out fool he can do It. ]
second. these girls We're no bigger s
Ools than yoI church members in {
,rdmore who are on a journey - :
eaven requiring real love to God I
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03
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40. 1 advertising car of the Ring
ling brothers circus, in charge of
George Goodheart, is in the city put
ting out adv ertising matter for the
big show Harry Scott, press rep
resenta'iye, is along to attenl 10 the
newspaper fraternity.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

These girls all looked alike, tor
the Jews laid great stress in uni
formity; they were dressed alike, they
carried lamps alike. and vessels alike
and they were all on a journey to
honor the bridegroom, in nearly every
point they were alike but there
was one place where they differed
and that was infinitely more to God
than all points OF similarity, five
had OIL and five had none. If you
ASKED these foolish virgins why they
were on their way they would haI e
told you they loved the bridegroom.
Shall ! call them hypocrites? No.
Shall call you good-for nothing
church members without the real
love of God, hypocrites? No, that is
an ugly name and there are not Il
great many hypOcriteS in the churches
anyhow, but / will come to n word
which to me is worse. | will say
you are protracted infants, no older
and no larger than the day you were
born into the kingdom. I'm sure
that's wnat pains the heart of Jesus
Christ as he looks over the dam I
sells of glory tonight and calls, My
give me thine heart Pro-
tracted infancy is the sin of the
church today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03
sMUGeLER SENTENCED TODAY.

Jose secrato, Member of Mexican
Band, Given Twenty five Years.
Pearsall, Texas, Oct. 3.-Jose Ser
ratio, the first of the band Of Mexican
smugglers on trial for the murder
Of Deputy Sheriff Cndeiario Ortiz.
was convicted today and sentenced 10
twenty-five years in prison.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03
THIEVES PLAY GHOSTS

Steal DIAMONDS, hide in empty
house play ghosts to scare away
mtruders They are overpoweret
and the jewels recovered.
THE GHOST"
victor Drama, with James Kirkwood
and Gertrude Robinson.
Edwin August i'm "The Folly of
it an Saturday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

This story is not picture of the
world and the church 1t is a pic
ture of the church alone. The five
foolish virgins do not represent the
bootleggers and gamblers and jail
birds. Can it be that the Son CT
God gave a picture of the church in
which fifty per cent of the members
We're unfit to meet the bridegroom
unfit to be admitted to heavens
wedding feast? Yes, and | ask you
church members to take alarm and
come out of your protracted Infancy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

and the human heart is an open YES
sell you can look into il at any mo.
ment and know that you are abso.
lu'ely void Of real vital godliness and
yet you steer right on under a hol-
low profession OF church member
ship"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

Another criticism is that these
girls slumbered and slept and a lot
Of fanatics say that this means that
the church is all asleep and on the
way tc he'll. That is a false deduc-
ton, for all these girls slept and
there was no sin in the sleeping,
else the wise girls would have been
guilty of foolishness. There was no
sin in sleeping the sin lay..,n the
fact that they went to sleep without
oil 1t is no sin for the Christian
TO take the needed rest OF the body
at night, but it. you are not ready
to meet your God, it is a big sin
Tor you to sleep at all That's the
reason Christ said the very plough
ine of the wicked is sure
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

Another infidel criticism is thai this
parable teaches human sefishness.
Why didn't the good girls divide
oil with their unfortunate and tool
ish sisters? Well, they did not di-
vide oil because they could not, the
oil represents true christian charac-
ter, that is a personal thing and
wherever found it is always labeled
Not transferable Character is re-
vealed, never made. At a crisis It
was too late to sink an oil well and
set up a refinery at the midnight
hour when the Cry was raised be
held the bridegroom cometh. l have
the least confidence in death bed
repentance of any man you ever look
ed at and I'll give you my reasons
why l am so skeptical on the sub
lect You cant drive a sharp bar
gain with God like a wicked life and
turn to God on a death bed just to
stay out of hell. Religion is not
fire escape. Love is the true motive
Of salvation and you can't scare live /.
into any man on a death bed. Char
icter cannot be developed in an hour |
in the hour wherein the I
body is racked win pain and the .
mind is paralyzed with fear of the .
eternal bell Opportunity never makes
| man, Il brings out Of a man what
lie and God have puC into his head
ma heart. Opportunity for gaining
haacter will some day close and the
addest picture in the Bible is that
If these poor girls coming to the
ioor of The feast and crying for
omission while from within the
'arred door comes the answer Too
ate,' In the name of God, | call
pon you people to wake up and
ct some oil before you hear the
yerlasting Too late at Heaven
AIRED gates
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-03

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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-08
HOW A PIONEER ORGANIZATION ~
WAS FORMED BY old TIMERS

dictated how each one should enjoy
himself, so long as he did not intrude
On the pleasure and happiness OF his
other guests.
Say what you will against the con
duet OF these old settlers, they are
model me for our youths to initiate
and take for their models. They have
gone through trials that would have
laid hundreds to rest by the way
side. To-day they have lived to a ripe
old age, enjoying splendid health with
keen, sane, intclects. In their bolster
Gus sports Of We olden times they
st;ll show you their courage and
strength, and above all. each mi has
a splendid home with all modern I'M.
provements, showing that they have
not wasted their substances.
The writer has acted on the com.
mittee for preparing and entertain.
ing these gatherings at each Of the
eight annual picnics and firmly be-
lieves in letting everybody have a
good time and enjoy himself in his
own way, so long as he does not in
trude on the rights Of others.
Considerable comment has been
made on the conducting of these
picnics. but they have been generally
made by selfish people who never
turn over their hand for the happi-
ness and pleasure of their fellowmen.
and stand ever ready to destroy others
Joys. Some have even gone so far
as to stay. away from the picnics as
il their skirts would be stained with
the JOY of those who were happy at
the picnic, in what they call an evil
way. They forget that the bible says
take a little wine for thy stomach's
sake and thy oftimes infirmities. and
that it says the pure in heart and the
Angels go among the sinners and re-,
turn spotless free from temptation.
Those who stay away from the pie
MICS because some disagreeable per.
son comes I cannot class as Angels
but compare them to the mighty Angel;
Gabriel who tried 10 d~isorganize the
very heavens. Shall we expel the
element those mighty Angels con.
denim, or take them in and try and
make them good neighbors and com.
panions. If 4there is a spark of a
hood or %Womanhood in us, need We
fear we will be tempted to. join them
instead of tempting them to Join US.
A word about prohibition. There is
no n more. Interested in a temper,
ance in all things than | am. ! dis
like the word prohibition. 1t sounds;
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-08

Spalding and ]. e. Robertson enter
tanned complimentary to Miss Elsie
Heron. The table was beautified by
a color scheme of pink flowers blend
ed with green, and place cards were
arranged for II guests, who enjoyed
a seven course repast which had been
dainty prepared. The room wasin sub
dued lighting during the dinner hour.
The guest list included following: MIR.
and Mrs. c. N. Chase, Mrs. Edmund
Hughes, the Misses Elsie Heron,
Clara Tatley, Odessa Williams, Ethel
Barnes, Jessie Webb, Messrs. Chas,
aMAttum. Albert Void. Ben Tillotson.
and Phillip Webb.