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Ardmore, Friday, May 5, 1905. THE DAILY ARDMOREITE. THREB HINDOO CREMATION. Till I'uncrnl 1') ri nml llio II II rn lie-fori- 1 1i- II n r it I ii K. Toward tlio upper end of tin Khali i lit the luiniliic ground. Then' nre no uteps hero, but u slope oC biwlcu dirt Stop half nu hour titid .vou may fee every ttc of the cremation riles Sit ' ting on Htono ramparts above, to ilie right nml left, lire friends anil rclntncs 1 of the dead one. Tin- llirurc to tin- 1 right, huddled up In n tt-lMlit given ' wrap, W of Hie lowcil ciislc of Hindoo mill Uei-p-i tin- mat shed near bj, where the Hilcrcd lire for Igniting vwry eorpsu U for xalc. Yon bear hoarse, luiid ctie-, of "Hani! I'iiiiiiiiim!" ami. bi'liolil, ,) blirlnl prori'SHlon Is coming down tin1 hIoh. I 'our iDeii carry the rorpi Miing between two bainlioo pole ami cry to Hit gml Kaiii. lit Is tin personi Mention of llllnl low, ami thus It h meet that they should cull lilm to wit ni'ss. They swing down to tin river iiiul Immerse tin corpse. It Is wr.ip pet I In n while Minimi stained with red Mutches. 'I lien thi'.v lift tin- liend HllRhtly out ot the water mid remove the Hhroitd from the face, splashing WHler live tlniM upon the mouth Other. in the meantime are building a wooden pyre, made of fagots sold lier.r by mid when rtiilsheil slaiubn three feet or more above ground. The corpse, Its dark color showing through the dripping sbrolid, Is then placed on the wooden altar mid covered with fapolH. This done, nil but two mount the ramparts and watch the llnnl cere inony. Of the two remaining, one pours oil upon the wood from n small elny dish, while the other goes to the fire bouse nbou. He soon returns with I a long straw wisp, blazing at one end He advances to the corpse's head, touches It w'.lh the wisp anil then ir cbM the pyre live times, tombing th bead each Mine until the fifth, when be places the blazing wisp beneath the foot, nml tbo whole pile bur s Into damp. When all Is consumed the ashes are rnkcil Into the river mid float away to bliss eternal. P. ,T. O. Alsop In Oill lug. BUY YOUR LUMBER FROM US for building your homes and HAVE YOUR MILL WORK DONE AT OUR PLANING MILL AND SAVE MONEY. EAST SIDE LUMBER COMPANY Cores Cfiolera-lnfantum, Dlarrhoca.Uyicnttry, and the Uowtl Troubles of Children otAny Age. Aldi Digestion. Keulitei (TEETHING P0W0IRS)hN the (loweli, Strengthens n i , n - . the uwa md mxu Costs Only 25 coils at Prcjxists, teething easy. OrratU 26 centu to C. J. MOFFCTT. M. D., OT. LOUIS. MO. Mather f iHotltate no lamer, but save the health and life or your child as thousands have aonc, oy giving zneso powacr. TEETHtNA Is easily given and quickly counteracts and over comes the effects of the summer's heat upon teething children. THE UNDER MARRIAGE. i AWtlillnre t'uiliiiii" l-'mllc 'I'.'inl I lrrtnll In llnllimtt. III Holland two weeks before a urn rlatci taken iilnce curds lire .sent out do clarmg that Ibe banns have Iven pub llshed. This is called ni "under mar riafte." The card nlso anuomices when the tlnal marriage Is to take place The ' wedding ltelf Is n small atl'alr, and , Uii civil marriage Is the only one rcc j oRHlxeil by law. A church wedding Is usually I 'inked upon ns n concession to either fashion or sentimentality unit Is called a eonneeratlon of the marriage" Tim couple enter Hip church behind the family ni"mber.s, bridesmaids and o;h i cr attendants!. They are shown to heats I before the whole assembly, and the clergymnn comes In with two witness- os long after the others have been seat d. He tlrst makes a prayer, then de livers n sermon on n suitable text, which usually brings thu bride to tears. After that the couple are mnrried. Then , u hymn Is wins and the blessing given, Tlie wholo occupies about nn hour nnd ti quarter. Mefore leaving the church a bugo ltlhle Is presented to the bride jrooni. I Hiring the two weeks of wait ing between the "under marriage" nnd tlx real ina-rlng" all the wedding fes tivities lake place. The happy couple j art Morall- surfeited with dinners, bills and theater parties, nnd nil mint ner of practical Jokes are played on th p.ilr. At the dinner toasts Innumerable rf given, 1'nd at each tlio whole com- . jviliy rUes from the table to sound nml touch glasses with the bride nnd groom, who never line. Among their friends tin idea Is not to allow the couple a u'glit of sleep. If possible, before the wedding day. The Territory's Greatest Hardware House Our offerings this spring include the linest stock of Buggies, HacKs, Phaetons and Surreys we'llavo over carried. Stop into our bwjry Iioumo on North "Washington struct, make your selection, you'll find that we will give ;you tlio most liberal price! and the lowest terms. For tjho farmer we have the newest tiling RAILROAD EXCURSION RATES. G., C. 4 S. F. RY. Meeting Intercollegiate Athletic and Oratorical Association, Oklnhomn City, May 17 nnd IS. Itnto $3.50. Fort. Worth-Austin baseball game, Fort Worth. May 7. ltato $1.50. Spe cial train leaves Ardmirro 0;"5 ti. m. lMcnb Wahlt Canyon, I. T., Wash ita Cnnyoii Mny II. Ituto CD ceuU. Special train loaves Ardnioro 11:10 a. in. (I 11. meeting, Lnwton. O. T. TIcKets will bt nold to Uuduay May 22 to l!o Rato $2.00. National Convention Travelers' Pro tective Association, Savannah. Ga.. Iny U. 1.1 mid II. Itatu $32 I... International Convention Unit" il So clety of ClirUtlnn Kndenvars. Ualtl more, Md., July 1, 2 ami lla'e $3S.15. Trennlil convention International Sun day School Association, Toronto. Ont., Juno 18, 10, 21 and 22. Hate 3tf33. Oklahoma Cliy Clmtitiiiupia nssum hly. Oklahoma City, Ok.. Juno II to 22, Kate $3.50. Annual couvuitlon ot Baptists of N'ortli America and lmlioiml Hup! 1st nnnlvir.siries, St. I.ouls, Mo., May 13 to 22. ltato $18.30. W. A. DASIIIICLU Ticket Agent. I'm (la . in Cultivators, Turning Plows, Cotton and Corn Planters We want to sell you your hard wan for b"o Steyen?,Kennerly5vSj:raoin5 Company Ardmore Sanitarium I iiin' .liihii Mirriiinn, Tin late Secretary John Sherman sli r.vcil bis laleni for llimiielerlng nt n;i early nge. He and two of hh brothers lrul been given n sum of money with which to pay their board while on n fJiootlng trip for a weeh lit t!n house of a fanner near Lancaster, O.. their home. 'Hie week ended. John ordered the wagon anil paid bis board. Hut the farmer refused the money, saying that the sons of Judifrt Shennnn would nl way be welcome guests. When John found that he did nut have to pay ms b().rd lie sent th wagon back to tin bam nnd stayed another Meek, l.lp plneott's, llmm'tli For rlinrrliH.iliiit. At Holsvvorthy, in Pevonslilre, Kna land, the prettiest girl who nttends i-lnirch gets well rewarded for doing xo. Alsjllt fifty years or so ngo It struck the Itev. Thomas Meyrlek, who was then vlcar of the parish, that the young ladles there did not intend church so often ns they might do. So he left a Mini of money, ami this, according to the terms of his will, was to be put out ut Interest. The annual income, from It was to be given each year to the prettiest ydiing woman at Holsworlhy who had attended church regularly for that year. , (let 1 1 nu n 1'iilnlrr. Husky I say, doctor, 1 want you to look at n horse up here nt the stable nnd tell me honestly Just what you think about him hether he Is sound or unsound. Veterinary I always tell Just what I think. Hy tbo way, Is It a liotso you think of buying or one you Imvo for saloV llostou Transcript. Rock Island Excursions. National Convention Trawicr tectlvo AM-ociatlon Snwtnnnh. May 12. 13 and 1 1. Itate $32. 15. International Convention Unit' d So ciety of Christian Kndeiivors, Haltl more Md . Jul 1, 2 mid 3. Unto $3S.15. American Stock flrowers' Assocla lion, Hiiehlo and Denver, Colo., Muy 7 S unit J Kalis l'uohlo $23.55, Demur $2C. Furmets' National Congress. Hi h mond. a; Sept. i, j, 10 and 11. llate $37 75. Oklahoma City CliHiitaiiipia Asscm hl. Who dor Hark. Oklahoma City. O T Juu.' 1 1 to 22 iclulC. Kilte$ir,o Sumiii" r tourist rate to l'nrcka Spring". Ark., season IMS, daily dur li;g Ju!, August and Scptembur. ltato $12 3i Oiii way second class colonist ratus to points In the northwest March I to May 15, Sept. 1 (o Oct. 31, Inclusive. Kate $27.15. $27.50 and $30. Annual session lira nil Council Unit' ed Commercial Travelers of Kansas and Oklnhomn, Independence, Kan May 11 and 12. Kate $S.C0. National convention Travelers' l'ro tectlvo Association, Savannah, (la. May 12, 13 and II. Kate $32.15. V. A. DASHII3LL, Ticket Agent. t-. I. A.vnuuhON. rretlen C. !., ANDKHHON, Cmtder II. V. FHRNHt-KY, Vice Tret. C.H. MAUPIN' An'l Ctibler FIRST NATIONAL BANK Ardmore, Indian Territory Citpltal Paid In $ 60,000.00 Surplus Fundi 200,000.00 Total $260,000.00 The nlrioat bank In I ml Inn Territory Afoant ot llrms nnd ImllTlitnnla ioIIoUimI upon Ibu mull lltiernl torma oanalslent with wood banklni;, J. A. DIVEN8, Preildent ON LACY, Vlce Pretldnt A. H. PALMER, CtihUr. FRED C. CARR, AtL CaMsr, THE CITY NATIONAL BANK AUDHORU, IND TUK. Capital $100,000.00 Surplus Funds 30,000.00 Accounts of (inns ml iniliviiluuls solicited. Courteous treatment accorded to till aliko. I W. S. WOLVERTON S SON Insurance, Bonds, Real Estate, Abstracts The lartont nnd etronk'eat niri'nor to the two tnrrltorlea, Managers of Ardmore Abstract Co. OenerHl Aurnta II, Inula Idle Inanrancn Co. anil United HUttt I Molltr nnd (liurantr Cinnimny. Ardmore Ice, Lii?lit and Power Go. DISPENSERS OF THE BEST PennsylvanL A.itiiracite, and McAlester Black Diamond Coal FOR FUEL PHOIIE 15. A. J. TOOI.KK I'reii. nuil .l'r ii)ni:y hi(hi Vic-I'ra j s txnv.NAiit Hocretnry i.i:k c'liuru Trtf, The D DRS HARDY & McNEES. Proprietors Large, clean, airy, well-lighted rooms. Equipped with every modern convenience. Surgical Diseases and Diseases ot Women are given special attention. Trained nurses in attendance. Charges reasonable I Record llliri- IiihIkIiI. .Iolion-Mliw ItluiiU loolis awfully frivolon to mo. What make you llilul; t-ho linn so much liiinl Konso? Itoli'on I Just lioiml lier ri'fiise tin hivltntlou tp a ml imrly becnuuo kIio couldn't play ciinln. Detroit Pico 1'ixM-f. Hi wlio forocoi onlnmltlc suft'ors Uieni Iwlce over. I'ortcouM, fir Lena tlian a year old, the Southwest Limited lias .income the prelevrod train for tlrst-clasa travolora bo twern Kanias City and ChlcaKo. Kvery car on thin triun la owned nnd. operated by tlio iGhicap, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rv. ; Coinpartmcnt-nbaervatlon nlcepcra, atandr.nl tlcop era, dlnlnp; cara, :h.ur cara and coacbea woro nil bnllt exproaaly for Tbo S .nthweat Limited, and are without equal In beauty and comfort. Lnnvo Kanaaa Ojty, Unlou Station, 5:55 p.m.; Urand Avonue, 6:07 p. m. Arrive CIiIchko, Union Station, S:G5 a. in,, in tlmo for trina to tlio north nnd tlio oast, or for tbn dav'a bualnoH. j. n i nnnn ri r cmitu 1 t?f u. l. uuuu, hi. r. oiiuin,r '-.'"v- J5J ftoutliwestcrii I'assetipijr Agent, Commercial Agent, ' " 007 flnln St., Kansas City, ,Mo. 201-303 ilnuj;litei IIIJs, llnllag 5 r fir St. L. i. S. F. y. National Convention Travelers' l'ro trctlvo Assoelatlon, Savannah, Ga. Hay 12. Ill anil II. Kato S32.ir,. Intornatlonal Convention United So clotv of Christian IlndoavorH, llaltl- mo.o. Mil., July 1. - and S. ltato J3S.tr,. International Sunday Sclviol conven tion, Toronto, Ont., Juno IS, 19, 21 und 22. Hate $39.35. Koitml trip excursion ratu3 to Kureka Sprlups, Arts., April 1 until. further no tice. ItatuH $12.53 and $17.50. General assembly rreabytcrlan ckureh Port AVorth, Texas, May 10, 17 nnd 13. Kate $C.O.". National convention Travelers' Pro- j tectlvo Association of America, Sa van.ih, Cia.. May 12, 13 and 11. Itnto! $32.15. American Stock Growers' AShoela t.on, Denver, Colo., May 7 to 9 inclu sive, ltato $2fi. International convention United So ciety of Christian Kmleavor, Haiti more. Md., July 1, 2 and 3. ltato $3S.45. Special ono way second class colon ist rakH to California and tlio north west March 1 to May 15, Inclusive, ltato $25, $27.13, $27.50 au.l $30. International Epworth league con vention, Denver, Colo,, Juno 30 to July I. Kato $21. Annual meeting Southern DaptUt convention and auxiliary soclcttaa, Kansas City, Mo., May 8 to 12. ltato $12.95. W. A. DASII1HLL, Ticket Agent. ownard Paving and Construction Go. INCORPORATED) Asphalt Street Pavements, Bituminous Ma cadam, Sheet Asphalt Sidewalks, Sta ble Foors, Factory Floors, Private Driveways, Etc. Roofing a Specialty. Addritaa ' A. J. TOOLEN, Manager l lrat NallnnM Hunk tlutlitlnL' LOCK llOX 37 or riiiino AVj ARDMORE. I. T. Work Contracted uny wlioro in the Southwest. r Time Tried and Merit Proven. One Minute Couch Cure Is rtijlit ou time when It coniOH to curitiB Coughs Croup. WhoopliiK C'oiiRh, etc. H Is per fcHiIy liaruilehB, pleaanui to tuki- nml I , tb- children' favorite CoiikIi Syr up All iIi'iibsIbU. from Hr.nr.To there. A HOUSE ON A HILL And there's pure air, pure water and .sunshine on the hill. Just the place for a rust al ter the long winter. It's the Crescent Hotel EureKa Springs, ArK. Operated by Frisco System Round-trip tickets to Eureka Springs ou sale every duy in the year. ASK C. W. STRAIN. D. P. A. Wichita, Kansas Ii I- u waste or breath to bark at a iii on flic top of a backyard fence Lesion In Health. HenMiy kldnojh (liter the linpn't i!i from the blood, and uiiIckh they lo tnin K'Kid health U liu possible Fo ley's Kidney Cure makes sound l id iics nml will positively cure all form of ki'lne yand blaililer dlsi-as - I' Htri'imthcns the wholo systein. Ci'j Ding Slor. Ii 1- iiiiwhie to .'iHnunm thai a w in 111 us ';uili li-o as her eonvi n atinn Ilerp;' l.lttle hlvor and Stomach Cilia 1U cure constipation, liver ;iiiI .fi. vch tiMH. when all other r m irt.on falL llUiolent nnd do not gilpo. tftO pill en. City Drug Store, V- U. I tamo, frop Who Goes There? U. C. V. REUNION Louisville -:- Kentucky June 14-16 Very Low Round Trip Rates Hei- thnt j our ticket refill t1 It n-l. lal.unl. Full Inturmat'bii on tuiiueat. GIO. II. LIE, G. P. A. I. Ittlu Ituok. rn. J 8. 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