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BEMABKABLE TRAKCES.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NARROWLY
v ESCAPED BUR I At. A LI YE.
Mm Who Could Induce an Attack
ol Catalepsy at Will Arqua Inted
With All the ArrangeBnf-nta
for His BnriaL
Perhaps the most remarkable case
An record is that of Colonel Townsend.
This gentleman could induce an at-
tack of. catalepsy at will. When be
did so .be assumed every appearance
of death. The pulsations of the heart
became .inperceptible and it was Im-
possible to discern any respiratory
action. His face became colorless and
bis entire frame rigid in which slate
he would continue for several hours
when all .the symptoms would wear
away.
A case recorded by Plutarch would
seem to support the theory that dur-
ing such periods of prostrated insen-
eibilitT the spirit of the sleeper freed
from the body wanders away to
realms snd scenes not conceivable by
the ordinary eens.es. A man named
"Thespius. he tells us. fell from a great
height and was picked up to all ap-
pearances dead. There were no ex-
ternal wounds about him. but the phy-
sicians were satisfied of the fact of the
decease.
Arrangements was mado for his
"burial but oc the third day after his
fall he revived much to the conster-
nation of his friends. In a short time
it became quite evident that the whole
tenor of the man's -life had changed.
Previously his character was that of
a reprobate and .a vicious man. but
after his insensibility ho ever followed
after virtue. ' On being asked the
reason of the change. Thespius related
that during his long sleep his spirit
had been liberated from his body and
had soared away to a strange land
where it had joined a whole company
.of other spirits. His past life was
.disclosed to him in all its hldeousnesa
and the glorious capabilities which
were before him were revealed in
6uch a manner as to make him ambi-
tions of attaining them.
Dr. Tahsavant also records an in-
stance of a peasant boy who revived
after being supposed to be dead for
several days says the Yankee Blade.
The boy bitterly resented his being
called back to life and informed those
who gathered about him that he had
been in a beautiful place and had
associated and conversed with his de-
ceased relatives. Before his insensi-
bility his faculties were not even
ordinarily brilliant but afterward he
conversed and prayed with'surprising
eloquence.
It cannot bo doubted that in numer-
ous cases of cataleptic trance the ap-
parently lifeless patient has been ac-
quainted with all the arrangements
being mado for his interment. Sev-
eral instances arc recorded in which
although the body presented every
appearance of death the patient was
conscious of everything going on
around him. but absolutely unable to
raise a limb or in any way communi-
cate with those near his bed.
Dr. Binns mentions the case
of a
girl who lay iu this state for a
6iderable time and then revived
actually heard every word that
was
said around her. but was unable to
give the slightest evidence of her
continued vitality. !rho t.fterwards
said that her horror was simply in-
describable. She had endeavored to
ehout and to move but in vain. At
length her state of mind when she
was being prepared for burial was
Buch as to cause he.- to break out in a
profuse perspiration and she recov-
ered. She described the sensation
very much in the same way as the
somnambulists say they feel. llr;r
soul she said seemed to have no
power to act upon her body. It
seemed to bo in the body and out of it
at the same lime.
QSeveral remarkably narrow escapes
from being buried alive are mentioned.
A Mr. (I.. who had been ill some time
fell into what was thought his last
sleep. The medical attendant how-
ever had suspicions in his own mind
which he did not care to communicate
to the man's family for fear of arous-
ing false hopes. Ho therefore put off
his sanction of the burial from day to
day much to the indignation of the
supposed dead mans mother. On the
fifth day. however the doctor had
the gratification of seeing his- patient
revive. Mr. G. some time afterward
had a recurrence of tho' malaly this
lime lasting seven days.
In Ireland the custom used to prevail
of burying the dead as soon after
their certified decease as possible. It
is very probablo that many were thus
buried alive. It is related that a
certain Dr. Walker of Dublin enter-
tained 6uch strong views upon this
question that he never wearied of dis-
coursing upon it and even wrote a
pamphlet embodying his views which
was widely circulated. While con-
versing one day with his friend. Mrs.
Bellamy a ccebratod actress the
lady informed him that she herself
would take care that he should cot
he committed to the cold embrace
of mother earth untiil indis-
putable evidence was forthcoming
of his death provided his de-
cease preceded hers. Some ' time
afterward the doctor contracted a
fever of which it was supposed he
died. Id spite of the opposition he
had raised to the prevailing custom
he was buried the day following. Mrs.
Bellamy was at the time in Ireland
and hearing of his death and burial
she hastened to Dublin and at once
had his body exhumed. Her consid-
erate offices however came too late.
On opening the coffin it was found
that the doctor bad evidently revived
since his interment.' for he was found
lying upon his side.
Thackeray and General teott.
When Thackeray was In . this
country he called on tJeneral Scott
full of adm. ration for bis remarkable
campaign in Mexico and eager to
hear the warrior explain how 'battles
were fought and fields -were twon.
Well now yon knew all about It"
remarked a friend as the novelist re-
turned front a two hours' tete-a-tete
with the soldier. No at all" re-
plied Thackeray with a twinkle in
his eye. "The general takes no in-
terest in strategy. I found that lit-
erature was his forte."
HE TOOK A TUMBLE.
The Witness Answered His Questions and
AH Was Over.
The attorney provocating in a
breach of promisecase was young and
fresh and delighted in showing him-
self oft but be didn't know what a
guy he was until it fell onto him with
a uull and sickening thud. Tho de
feed ant had taken the stand.
You say" said the attorney after
several impertinent quest ons. "that
you cever asked the plaintiff to be
your .wife?"
Neve.-." responded the witness
with emphasis.
-Hut you made love) to her?"
Not to my knowledge."
Never called her pet names either.
r Rnnno?"
j '-No. sir."
"iow. as a matter of fact didn't
you call her Lizzie alter you had been
to sea her only three or four t mes
and always after that when you knew
you bhould have called her Hiss
Smith if you had not been seeking to
win her young and trusting heart?"
No sir. I did not"
The plaintiff pulled the attorney's
sleeve but he paid no attention to
her.
Ah. indeed." very sarcastically.
I presume you never called her Liz-
zie in your life?"
I never did. sir."
Again the plaintiff caught at the
attorney but he ignored her.
Now. once more sir. I ask you
directly to state to the court whether
you did or did not call this young
lady by the endearing name of Lizzie.
Kemember. sir you are on your
oath." and the attorney reared back
in his chair while tho plaintiff made
another ineffectual clutch at him.
The dofendant smiled slightly.
I never did" he said firmly.
The attorney sat forward with a
sharp crack of the chair legs on the
001.
"I'd like to know why you never
did. sir?" he asked with the air of a
man who knew he had tho facts.
Because. " and the witness was as
cool as a palmleaf fan could make
him. because that wasn't her
name."
Then it was the attorney heeded
the plaintiffs wild clutchings and
wanted to hit himself in tho neck
with a law book but it was everlast-
ingly too late.
THE STHAIN ON OUR MINDS.
Our
llodies Mtint He liuilt up so as
to
Furnish Health to Our llraiii.
In thirty years' time less than half
the Biblical allowance of man's life
the United States has multiplied its
wlallh six times. What energy what
work what unceasing effort has been
needed to bring about this marvelous
result! What can wc do to retard
this development of tho brain and
nerves at the expense of the body?
asks tho North American Review.
Obviously it is impossible to change
our surroundings to change our food
to lessen the drive of ou-' modern life
to relievo the strain ou our mind to
make the competition less fierce.
it is apparent then that we can-
not lessen the strain we must increase
the ability to undergo it We must
as a people learn to understand this
that while we drive the brain we must
build tils body. Tho methods of do-
ing this are so simple that they are apt
to be overlooked; they may be sum-
med up in two words exercise and
fresh air. As wo teach our children
to wash their hands and face in the
morning and continue our teaching
until ablutions become a habitso fixed
as to produce positive discomfort if
they are omitted so we must teach
them to exercise until this. too. be-
comes a habit a second nature a
something that when omitted causes
real physical distress and we must
choose a form of exercise which is
adapted to persons of middle age as
well as to children.
Build up the body build up the !
body.' In our modern life this should i
be dinned into the ears of all until it j
is obeyed for. verily unless vc build I
up the body the strain on the brain !
will ruin the American people. The
very elements in ourselves that have 1
made us great the push the drive. !
the industry the mental keenness the !
ability and the willingness to labor !
these contain in them the seeds of na- !
tional death. No race may endure
that has not the stamina and power of ;
the healthy animal. The American I
race has run too much to brain.
Between Two Evil.
Flossie is 6 years old. "Mamma"
she said one day. '-if I get married
will I have a husband like pa1"
Yes." replied the mother with an
amused smile. "And if I don't pet
married will I have to be an old maid
like Aunt Kate?" "Yea" "Mamma"
after a pause "it's a tough world
for us women ain't it?" Philadel-
phia Times.
An Able Critic
Yea.'' said Mrs. McGudly. "my
nephew is getting along very well in
the newspaper business. Ha tells me
he's been criticising Wagner. " .
"Is he a musician?"
"1 believe so. But principally he
writes pieces about base balL"
Washington Star.
Ho Cause for Jealousy.
Cora But my dear that
was
years ago. 1
MerrlU Still you loved him enough
to give him a lock of your hair. 23
Cora Pshaw! That's grown . in
again since then.
OLDEST PLAYBiLU
Printed In 1883 and Announcing aa En-
tertainment at Drnry Lane.
; It. was the teastom 4t early English
actors to announce tneir performances
by sound of trumpet and la the ab-
sence of any noise from vehicles
this method Although primitive.
I proved effective enough. Suc!i was
the. custom during Shakespeare s stay
in London although some little while
before that period according to the
Collector it had -become common to
affix printed bills to the doorposts of
the theaters in addition to blowing
the trumpet This was probably the
earliest iorm of playbill and the first
date of tt being used dates back as far
:os 1533. In that year Strype. in his
Life of Grindal. " stating the objec-
jactions of the archbishop to dramatic
amusements mentions that he repre-
sented to the queen's secretary that
the players did then dally but
especially on holidays set up their
bills inviting' to plays." What these
primitive playbills were l'"ke or
how they were worded is a matter
regarding which we have no informa-
1 tioa. not even a solitary specimen hav-
j ing been preserved to gladdeu the
I heart of some enthusiastic collector.
Whether the names of the characters
! in tlie plays were printed with those
i of the actors who formed the cast
cannot be determined. The famous
Shakespearean commentator Maloue
slates distinctly that the names were
not given and. although his assertion
seems to havvi been made pretty much
at haphazard ho was probably cor-
rect in his conclusion. At what time
the custom of printing the dramatis
persona- and names of actors filling
the parts was adopted there is no
means of determining with any degree
of precision. The earliest playbill
known to be in existence distinctly
gives both na.ues of characters and
actors. It is dated 1603 and reads as
follows:
Ky His iI;':j?st.v's Comp.iny of Comedians.
At the New Theater in Drur.v Lane.
This day. boinp Thursday. April 1653
will be acted
A Comedy Callel
THE HI MOaOCS LIEUTENANT.
The Kir.fr Mr. Wintersel
D.-ra.rtrius Mr. Hart
Seleucus Mr. Burt
Leontius Major Mohuu
Lieutenant Mr. Clun
C.'iia Mrs. Marshall
The pla.v will bprin at 3 o'clock exic lv.
Boxes 4s. -. Pitt. 2. Ud.: Middla Gallery
Is. OX: Upper Gallery Is.
It is printed on one side of a small
quarto sheet of handmade papsr in
plain but distinct type and in all the
essential requisites for a programme
it is as complete and useful as any of
the productions of the present day.
SO HE KEPT HIS SEAT.
A Stranger iu Cliui-t-h Not to Ho Scared
by Kich JVwIioId-rs.
A Brooklyn preacher who has been
considerably advertised of late told a
New York Advertiser man of an inci-
dent which many people may not yet
have heard. He said that a man who
had not been to church in a very long
time finally hearkened to the per-
suasions of his wife and decided to
go. He got tho family all together
and they started early. Arriving at
the church there v.'ei-e yet very few
people in it and no ushers on hand
so the man led his family well up the
aisle and '.oo'.c posc;so.n of a nice
pew.
Just as the services were about to
begin a pompous looking old man
came in. walked to the door of that !
I pew and stood there exhibiting evi-
dent surprise that it was occupied
i The occupants moved over and ottered
him roota to sit down but bo de-
J clinol to bo seated Finally the old
i man produced a card and wrote upon
I it with a pencil:
1 pay for this pew."
He gave the card to the stranger
occupant w ho. the preacher remarked
had ho been like many people would
have at once cot up and left. But the
stranger adjusted his glasses and
with a smile read the card. Then he
calmly wrote beneath it:
How much do yo.i pay?''
To this inquiry tho pompous gen-
tieman still standing wrote abruptly :
Two hundred dollars a year sir."
The stranger smiled as though he
were pleased looked around to com-
pare the pew with others admired its
nieo cushion and furnishings and
wrote back:
I don't blame you. It is well
worth it"
The pompous gentleman at that
stage collaped into his seat The
preacher remarked that he would
1 Ht'ner have a pewholder of the stylo
of the stranger than of the pew
lessee.
He Wh Cleared.
The deacon was haled before the
committee on the charge of using a
short peck measure in his "huckster-
ing" trips.
Brethren. " he admitted "it air a
little 6hort"
A thrill cf horror ran through the
assembly and bumped up against the
rear wall of the little whitewashed
meeting house.
But" continued the deacon. "I
alters heaps it up till there is quite a
peck an' if people thinks that they're
gittin' a peck-an'-a-half o' p'taters for
the price of a peck it ain't none of
my business is it'."
Verdict for the defendant.
A Preventive.
My hoy never heard his father
swear. " remarked a Cass avenue lady
to a caller the other day.
Indeed how does that happen?"
"Well just as soon as he was old
enough to understand anything I
bought a bushel of collar buttons
and have always kept them on his
father' dressing case. " .
" Ab Revolt-.
Judge Duffy I hope I shall not see
you here again.' -
Regular Customer Not see me here
again! ' Why. you ain't going to ro-
iirn vour posisbAare you? Texas
. re
U-tings.
IN A LAPID ARY'S SHOP.
HOW WORK IS DONE ON THE
PRECIOUS STONES.
la an Age f Progress and Invention This
Work Has Not Lagged Behind
Bare Gems on the Lathe
. African Diamonds.
The actual work of cutting drill-
ing and polishing gems has ever been
surrounded by an air of mystery
which the curious have only in very
rare instances been able to penetrate.'
A Philadelphia Times reporter was
was recently accorded the privilege
of witnessing all the operations inci-
dent to transforming what seemed to
be only rough pieces of ordinary reck
into brilliant genii. Strange as it
may seem the hardest gems and
even the diamond are cut with a
rapidly revolving disc of tin. that nss
no teeth and is perfectly smooth on
its edge.
There are a number of these discs
varying in size from the head of a
small pin up to twenty inches or more
in diameter. The discs ars placed on
the mandril of an ordinary foot lathe
and the face of the disc is kept run-
ning in a bath of turpentine and oil
in which is placed a quantity of emery
or diamond dust according to the
character of the stone to be cut By
this process it has been found that the
hardest stones are the easiest cut.
The little disc of tin slips through a
piece of crocidolite quite as rapidly as
a bu'.z saw would through a piece of
soft pine.
Much of tho work that formerly was
accomplished by the slow process of
grinding after chipping off as much as
could be -done with safety and at
enormous expense is now done so
easily that it is scarcely counted in
tho cost After the gems are cut on
the tin wheel to near their required
shape they are taken over the polish-
ing wheels where another surprise
awaits the visitor.
The polishing wheels are all made
of lead and turned slowly by hand.
The gems however never touch the
real surface of the lead. They are
smeared with a mixture of water and
tripoli or diamond dust The drilling
is still performed with tho old-fashioned
bow an'! cord of the ancients
which for m-my reasons has been
found superior to the finest lathe drill.
Tho gems before they can be polished
are carefully fastened on the end of a
stick about four or five inches long by
means of a cement which is first
heated over a gas jet.
One of the mijst costly stones in the
collection was a small opal about
one half an inch long from Australia.
Another rare gem was a magnificent
star sapphire from India which has
the peculiar property of showing six
distinctly marked white lines that
radiate from the center and extend
across tho stone to the outer edges.
These white lines or apparent rays of
light change their places with each
movement of the stone which is of a
grayish blue in c lor.
l.'nc.:t diamonds from South Africa
were showu still clinging to tho soapy
clay matrix just as they were taken
from the Kimberly mines. One of the
most curious specimens in the entire
collection is white quartz crystal with
rutile running through it which gives
it the appearance of a pieco of clear
glass pierced with short straight
black hairs This specimen was taken
frem Western North Carolina and is
found in pieces already polished by
the hind of nature.
Owing to various causes the prices
of gems and stones nre constantly
changing. The crocidolite. or what
is popularly known a-s tho tigers eye
was lirst introduced into this country
during the Centennial year of 187G.
At that time it was sold at $!) per.
karat It comes from Africa where
the supply is practically inexhaust-
ible. Greedy speculators have in re-
cent years brought over whole ship-
loads of crocidolite until the price has
fallen from $'J to one cent per carat
Mr. Heath has a line crystal sphere
four and one-half inches in diameter
and without a flaw. A few years ago
it could not have been bought for less
than $2. 000 but its present price is
only $100.
Klcctrlc Lis lit and Complexion.
When the electric light first came
into vogue great alarm was caused
among the fair se:: by the statement
that tho new light was an active crea-
tor of freckle and advantage was
taken of the temporary paalc by a
celebrated maker of lotions and cos-
metics to place on the market a won-
derful -freckle-proof" wash the use
of which would secure immunity from
the beauty-destroying influence of the
new light
Since then the world has grown
wiser but still the ultra-truthfulness
of the modern luminant in revealing
the actualities of feature and the arti-
ficialities of complexion met with in
every ball-room have militated greatly
against its popularity. A prominent
New York society leader has earned
the gratitude of millions of her sisters
by the discovery that all of its objec-
tionable characteristics can be re-
moved by covering the incandescent
lamp with pale yellow silk. The
effect on the complexion is said to be
creamy and fascinating; and It may
be takon for granted that henceforth
the staunchest advocates of. the eleo
trio light will be found among the
sex that has found a new way of
causing it to render tribute to their
attractiveness. Electricity.
Treasure Trove of Spanish Dollars.
An odd discovery was made on a
coral reef la the Coral sea off the
north of Queensland. This is a treas-
ure trove of f 5. 000 worth of Spanish
silver dollars dated from the opening
of the century and of cannon now
removed to the Thursday Island mu-
seum. Tie dollars wero found stuck
together lA clusters some much eroded
others In" good-condition. Jobabljr
some Spanish ?hip making for Manila
(which by the by. is almost always
pelt incorrectly in England with two
H's) .was blown southward and
wrecked. " Another suggestion is a
ship on the way to China. Pall Mall
Budget.
HONEY MADE BY INSECTS.
Not by Bees Alone But by Wasps. Ants
and Other Mute.
"Did you ever consider how many
flowers are required to supply one
pound of honey?" suid a naturalist.
About 2. 000.000 is a fair estimate.
Think what a vast amount of toil by
hard working bees that represents!
However there are other creatures
besides bees that gather honey. For
example there is tho honsy wasp of
tropical America and the honey-raak-ing
ant of Teus and New Mexico.
The latter is very abundant in the
neighborhood of Santa Fe. and the
sweets it collects are highly esteemed
by the Mexicans not only as a food
but for medicinal purposes. Thero is
an insect called -tazma' in Kthiopia
which deposits its stores of honey
without wa'. It looks like a giant
mosquito and its product which it
hides away in holes underground is
eagerly sought by natives as a reme-
dy for diseases of the throat
"Thero are giant bees ia India
which suspend combs as big as house
doors from the branches of trees in
the forest In the Koono prov nee of
Lithuania bees are reared in ex-
cavated tree trunks in tho woods and
tho famous Koouo honey derives its
peculiar and deiictous flavor from the
blossoms of the linden trees which
are so abundant in that region. One
tribe of people in the province de-
votes its attention exclus.vely to bee-
keeping. Beekeeping is taught in
Switzerland by paid lecturers who go
from town to town and from canton
to canton. In that country honey is a
staple article of food even among the
poorest classes bread and honey
being the most common breakfast
One gets nothing else for the morn-
ing meal at the big hotels. Conse-
quently nearly all of the Swiss pro-
duct is required for home consump-
tion and very little of it is imported.
All over Continental Europe
apiculture is a very important in-
dustry. The German government
compels all schoolmasters to pas an
examination in beekeeping. European
Russia produces 700.000 pounds of
honey annually. The ancient Greeks
wore famous for honey making but
the business is neglected by their
modern descendants.
OIL MAY SAVE THE BEACHES.
Inventor Moore Has a rian to Calm the
Augr.v Surf.
To save the beaches at Coney Island
and Long Brunch from devastation b
speading oil upon the sand thereby
preventing tho waves from breaking
against the shore is the ambitious
project of Everett Moore a Baltimore
inventor.
His plan is to station cannon along
the beaches as soon as the stormy
weather sets in. and whenever the
waves become dangerously high to
lire seaward from these guns can-
nisters filled with oil which are so
constructed that they will begin to
leak as soon as they str.ke the water.
By this means the sea will be covered
for a long distance off shore with a
j film of oil that may prevent the waves
from breaking on the sand.
Each of the projectiles will be at-
tached to a line by which it can be
drawn ashore to bo reloaded and re-
ared. Its return course will thus bo
marked by an oleaginous waste which
tho inventor snys will greatly add to
the value of the operation.
Another use to which the apparatus
enn bo p.it will be to smooth a way
! through the angry surf when a life-
; boat is about to he sent off to a ship-
i wrecked vessel.
j From experiments made at Old
! Point Comfort Ya. ; Ocean City. Md. .
and other points last winter the in-
ventor is convinced that cannon sta-
tioned every half mile and firing a
gallon of oil each once every four
hours will be sufficient to protect any
beach from the ravages of the heavi-
est winter gale.
He Would Do It to Please Then.
A Harlem man had married a
young wonmn who was inexpressibly
ugly. Recently he passed an evening
with some friends and as he was
about to depart for home one of the
ladies said: "Kiss your wife for us
when you arrive."
I will do it for you." he sigbed.
if you insist upon it" Texas Sift-
ings. GRAINS OF COLD.
Ignorance ft the mother of impu-
dence. Don't look back and you won't want
to go back.
Most anything can be forgiven easier
thau selfishness.
Temptations resisted are stepping
stones to heaven.
A fool thinks he is right because h e
can't see very far.
Indecision is the greatest robber on
the face of the earth.
Sometimes we take a long step by
being put down a bit.
A seed that will not grow is no bet-
ter than one that is rotton.
It is hard to be a friend to a man
who is an enemy to himself.
The first mile toward hell always
looks like a short cut to heaven.
No college can do much for the man
who thinks he knows it all himself.
The spider probably thinks that the
bee is wasting time in making honey.
The man who brags 'much on his
goodness will bear a good deal of.
watching.
Superabundance Is trouble want a
misery; and an exalted station a great
burden; but competence is true happi-
ness. -.-.-'
WILD; CAMELS IN AMERICA.
A Herd of Mora Than 8lty Boamls(t!
r . ArUona Desert. "f -
The ' camels that were brought to
this country before the war. td be
used by our army as draft auimais in
the deserts of the Southwest are still
to be seen or rather their descend-
ants roaming the sands of ' Arizona
between Yuma and Ehrenberg On the
north and south and Wickenburg
and the Colorado river on the east
and west The herd has increased to
more than sixty although many of
the animals have been taken away by
circus men and others have been
killed by prospectors. As "ships of.
the desert" they wero a failure the
pebbles and rocks of the foothills
proving too hard on their feet which
became so sore tha they were finally
turned loose to shift tot themselves
In those days there were no white
men to speak of in the region of tho
Arizona desert and the wanderers
had nothing to fear from Indians who
superstitiously gave them a wide
berth. Not so the prospectors when
they came. Their high-spirited Httlo
mustangs were so oTteu stampeded at
the sight of the long-necked and
unwieldy beasts that the riders found
it convenient to take a shot at them
whenever opportunity offered. A
prospector writing of his first expe-
rience with the expatriated camel
says: "We were coming 'through a
vast e panso of grease weed almost
as high as my head when suddenly
the burro stopped raised his head
and gave a snort that could have been
heard half a mile. I tho.ight it w?'
bo Indians and. throwing a car'
into m v Winchester tnolc no A
the brush. Peering over the
the weeds I soon saw the camels Cu:
als cut
ing with their peculiar swinging trot
showing only their heads and humps
above the brush. That burro evinced
more life than I had ever seen' him
show before and I do not think any
horse in the country could have out-
run him. My pack broke in the first
10.) yards and meat beans coffee
and tools were scattered for five
miles. The camels went on their
way and it was several years until I
saw any of them again when one of
them was captured and brought into
I'hi nix. where it finally died." Ke
thinks the government ought to take
some steps to protect the camels
against malicious injury by trappers
and prospectors.
HE WAS THE FIRST VANILLA.
The Thin Man Has an Experience While
Katinir Ire Cream
The thin old man in an alpaca
coat and a palm leaf fan. at the third
table in a Gratiot avenue ice cream
dispensary showed evidence of great
excitement. His supply of vanilla
ice cream was only half gone but he
seemed to have lost interest in the
other half and was ipping ice water'
and fanning himself violently. "FeC
faint?" asked the proprietor btep
over to the third table.
Bet your life I don't"
I kinder thought vou looked flus
tered. ' suggested the other sooth
ingly.
Flustered hey? What did
I or-
der?"
"Vanilla cream."
Plain wasn't it?"
"Certainly."
You don't remember my asking
for a wooden leg'"
No."
I didn't mention a giHta percha
arm nor a plate of false ears did 1?"
Certainly not" admitted the pro-
prietor vaguely wondering whether
ho could get tho police (station on tho
telephone without scaring a Detroit
Free Press man who sat near.
Well see what I dredged up in
your durned old cream." And the ag-
itated customer in alpaca passed over
a glass eye.
The proprietor looked horrified.
It's Jake's." he said brie.1y. in-
specting tho discovery. "Mary." he
added calling to a passing waitress
you tell Jake that vanilla at the. third
table found It Tell him if it happens
again I'll discharge him. "You see."
ho continued apologetically to the
agitated customer. "I've got a man'
downstairs to make cream. He makes
the finest icecream in the state or i
Michigan but he's got a false eye
and he's nlways leavln' that fWO
around and losin' it It's got lo&p
now though or that sort of thing
will break up the ice cream busi-
ness." Do you mean to say." faltered the
old man. 'that other people have j
found that same same article In i
their cream?" ' !
Oh. well" admitted the proprle- ;
tor diplomatically -you're the first
vanilla."
To Her Conaternat'on.
Miss Ella Potts a Chicago teacher.
told her pupils one "composPJoa -
day" that they might each write .".
letter to her making an excuso for not '
inviting her to an imaginary birthday
party. The scholars were called upon
in turn to read their letters aloud.
One little girl made her excuse as
follows: Lear Miss Potts: I want to
apologize for not asking you to my
birthday party yesterday. I fully in-
tended to do so. but as I alwsys do
in everything I put it off until the
last minute. When at last I started
and reached your gate. I saw the doc-
tor's buggy standing there and think-
ing some one was very ilL I did not . t
go in. What was my consternation ;
the next day to learn that the doctor
was courting your sister!"
lat Uke st modera.
: "This mummy fell to pieces as v
were unpacking it" said the directed
of the museum to Gazzam.
Ah" replied Gaziam auead brc'. -evidently.
' HuraJ CsnXor. '.
j Is there a saw-mill in o'-
to-night?" asked the sumcier .
' .t rJJopo. i replied ta u
Them's mosquito tV '
Star."
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