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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26

signs of the heavens are to bo trusteGA.
Her horoscope has boen cast and the
whole planes ary system seems to have
done its prettiest to give the new baby
place in future American annals.
This is what the astrologer said at
the conclusion of her study:
''It is indeed a fortunate nativity.
The baby has four planets near a con-
junction in the midheaven. She is
destined to arrive at great eminence,
to become no;ed and prominent like
her father
'At the hour of ker birth are Jupiter
and Gemini. setting on the western
horizon, with three degrees and eight
second, of Sagittarius rising and
eighteen seconds of Virgo in the md
heaven.
Jupiter in Gemini bears witness as
to what her personal appearance will
be- She is fated to be well-made,
rather tall woman, most closely re-
sem bling her mother, of compact and
graceful frame. She will be of light
complexion, brown h aired, with high
forehead and deep expressive eyes.
Her hair will fall we'll back from her
temples. Her nose will be prominent,
her features clean cut and dainty.
The planets tell of a courteous and
gentle disposition. Good nature, mild
ness and charity will be her chief
characteristics.
"The forecast of the early part of
her life shows sickness and trouble of
a critical sort. Up to the age of she
will be continually in delicate health.
When a lit lie short of years l
prophesy that she will be given up for
dead, and again when she has nearly
reached the age of ). After that her
health will gradually improve, though
other critical times are 0 come. The
periods of greatest danger after she
has reached womanhood will be the
ages of -, - and 20 1t is not likely
that she will get her full strength un
til she is over -.
Il hough her danger in early life
will he great. the sun, the giver of life,
is so strong in the midheaven that |
think there is little doubt that she will
live 20 a good old age. The moon she
was born under falls in the sign of the
Zodiac Virgo which impl es disease of
the stomach; fever and intia ammatiOn
are what she will have chiefly to guard
against, and there is also danger that
her chest and throat may become af-
fected. There are some signs of a Sc
rious accident in her babyhood besides,
but this may be avoided.
However, the planet Mars will give
her good stamina and recup rative
powers. 1t is altogether p Obab she
will survive all her many sicknesses.
Her intellectually the planets
make very marked. There is every
sign of her becoming a notable wo-
man. She will excel parti ularly in
mathematics. The planet Mercury,
winch of all planets is nearest the sun,
denotes in astrology psychical power,
perception and memory"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26
Mysterlons Disappearance.

There is something that want to
bring to your attention, he explained
as he stepped. into police headquar-
ters.
Very we'll"
"It's case of mysterious disap-
pearance."
You don't say sou and the speak,
er's nostrils twitched eagerly. exact
ly like those of d story book detec-
tive.
Eyes. and something like it has
occurred before" p"
You amaze me. a"
Il don't wonder at it. I'm startled
myself. 1t happened yesterday af-
teruoon. There we're three police
men in sight. Two men started a,
row in the middle of the street. and
instantly the policemen were gone.
Now, what | want to know is where
they disappeared to-"
And the official scratched his head
thoughtfully and said he would drop,
round to the scene of the occurrence
in week or so and see u he couldn't
find q clue.
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To Isolate Consumptives.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE ac-
ton of the County Medical society in
asking the board of health to
isolate consumptives has increased their
fears occasioned by startling headlines
in a local paper by the resolution of
the medical congress in Washington
and by the state legislature of Michi-
gan. all declaring the deadly disease
infectious. The deaths from con-
sumption have decreased everywhere
during the past year, and DIR. fleck,
with a few others ascribes this to his
isolation theory. Medical experts, in
vestigating deeper, however, say 1T is
due to the Amicl1 cure, free test pack
ages of which are distributed broad
cast to all consumptives through ply
sicians. One authority says, The
doctors talking isolation could better
devote their attention to the authentic
cures by the Cincinnati treatment re-
ported daily in the medical and secular
press"
MINNEAPoLIs, Oct. 14.-Recent edi-
torials in the local press on the Amick
cure ftS consumption have excited ul-
tra-conServative doctors. The Times
says: 1T seems reasonably certain 1T
will greatly assist the fight against the
enemy of human life, for thiry or more
local physicians say the medicine ac-
complished more than the discoverer
claimed" The journals editorial
after saying, ''it is one of the most val
liable and wonderful discoveries ever
hoped for in medical science, congratu-
lates humanity that the formula is not
given to every Tom. Dick or Harry to
monkey with and is preserved from the
tampering of fools empiricists." The
doctors say the editorials are direct
blows against the medical code of
ethics
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successful public REV wASHlNGToN
lecturer He has GLADDEN..
written a number of DO ks, among
them "Plain Thoughts on the Art of
Living" 'WorkinPmen and Their
EMPLOYERS and " The Young
Men and the Churches. DIR.
GLADDEN. is most broad and liberal in
his views and firm believer Soth in
the desirability and the practicability
of cooperation among churches of diff
ferent belief. "Ihe church in any
community" he said recently, ''in-
cludes all the Christian people in that
community" He believes that this
municipal church should be RESPONSE
BILE for the [ hris ianization of its
municipality, all the congregation be-
ing for this purpose one body. The
municipal church, Dir. GLADDEN. saws,
is founded upon the idea that the pri-
mary business of the Christians IN any
community is to Christianize that com
munity and their obligation to CO.
operate for this purpose is a great
deal stronger than the obligation of
amy of them to cooperate with other
congregations in distant cities for the
propaq alton of few theological or
ritualistic fads of their own.
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half dollar. The marking 10 very dis
tinct, little wear showing upon ik-
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
A KENTUCKY SNAKE sroRY.
Remarkable Scene Witnessed by Ken
tuckY JudRA

Remarkable Scene Witnessed by q Ken
tucky Judge
Judge ]. B. Bowman, who lives near
TaIlsborough, gave a Vanceburg, KY,
correspondent an account of a won
derful snake fight that he recently
witnessed. He was going through a
strip of woodland on the way to his
wheat field when his attention was at
tracted by a peculiar noise near his
pathway.
Looking IN the direction whence the
sound proceeded he observed a black
snake and a rattlesnake twined to-
gether in deadly combat. The black
snake was wound bout it's venom us
enemy. endea roring to squeeze the lie
out of him. The judge became an
eager spectator of the novel combat
Ever and anon the rattlesnake would
bite the blacksnake. Then a remarka-
bic thing would occur.
The bIacksnake. as soon as bitten,
would uncoil himself, dart for small
bush and bite off one of the leaves.
He would noisten it in his mouth,
press out the juice, apply it to the bit
ten place and then return to his enemy
again. his was repeated several
times until finally the blacksna Ike
squeezed the life out of the rattler.
Judge bowman says he never kills
blacksnakes. lie says it is their mis-
sion, and one they greatly enjoy, to
destroy all the venomous snakes they
can find. The judge has pet black
snake that stays in his barn and keeps
away all the rats and mice.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26

During the great heat which op-
pressed the southern parts of France
in the summer of last year, . humane
and inventive horse owner in Bordeaux
provided all his horses with straw
hats. At first every body eered at
Il irrses hats, as they did a. oohas liam
ways umbrella But the innovation
soon justified it-elf assO practical that
every body wondered that he had not
thought of it before, and it became to
regarded as so indispensa bic that be-
fore the summer ended nearly every
horse in cabs, coaches, omni ibuses,
wagons and carts in town and
country. had some kind of hat
on his head. The DoY straw hat,
which is now becoming great article
of trade in the 5 nth OF France, covers
he eyes and forehead ~ the horse,
while openings ere left for the ears.
A sponge is kept in the inside of the
hat and this is moistened from time
to time with vinegar, SO as to keep the
horse head refreshingly cool.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26

The mill a three-a nd a-half-story
shin@led structure, overhangS the tide
race in which its water wheel once
dipped ana turned. The mill waS
built in I739 by hute II Stanton, local
millers of that day. it was driven by
the tide. and for several generations
it ground the wheat from neighboring
farms Robert Reid became the owner
of the mill about the middle of the
last century, and was reputed an hon
est though somewhat testy miller
One Waldron afterward he, anne o y ner
or lessee and in 17G2 a town commit
tee was appointed to regulate Miller
Waldron's toll charges The old mill
continued with various fortunes and
succ, sSive owners until within the
last few years. When the region
round about ceased to be 4 wheat
growing country the mill ground
western grain into flour. and the
crooked little stream leading to the
Sound brought upon its tide vessels
that bore grain and griSt. Reid's mill
is now slowly falling ipto ruins. The
wreck of its wheel and other rHachin-
ery is visi BILE at the rear. Many of its
shingles near the ground have Eeeu
torn off as rel IS or to kinds fires.
The great oaken beams remain seem
ingly sound. An oysterman now keeps
liS otS " tLdNC III CAo IA ~ t5iOuilu
floor apartment of the mill, and IN the
water just outside he has ferced a
space where newly caught oyste
may be fat cncd.
Every high tide brings a mass Of
seawecd and marsh hay atout the
mill. The short, stoue-built. isch~liaE
road that lead to the mn door resists
the action OF the tides, ana the visitor
of today may drive quite to the door
step, rs Westc' ester peop Z We're ac-
custolQNi. to drive cen'"rv and Il ha If
ago. when tFe new shinries Of 'he
structure were not yet we thcr >t;sine.;.
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Petroleum to Cuee DiphtheriA.

Paris medical men continue to give
their opinions vaguely on the tieat-
ment of diphtheria by petroleum, as
carried out by DIR. Fiahout, a provin
cial physician. All unite in testi-
mony as to the fact that such a treat
ment is by no means original DR..
Fauvel, cele ehrated throat specialist,
says that in pulmon nary maladies the
application of pure petroleum has pro-
duced splendid results. Moreover,
during the American war of secession
wounds were dressed with the oil.
The doctor, however, cOunsels mothers
whose chi dren are affected by the
dreadful malady of diphtheria or
cfoup TO put their trust for th- pres
ent IN pure lemon. juice which should
be sponged or brushed over t%e throats
of the sufferers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26

/ nlverSlty of Lon SIH JANIS FACET,
Gon, memb of BAhr-- - T.
tne y, aderuy of science of the Insti
ute OF France and the author of sew
eral works on medicine which are
classics in The profession sir James
was ore of the scientific celebrities
who received an honorary degree in
1882 at the jubilee in cOmmemoration
Of the thr-e hundreth anniversary of
the founding of the | Univer-ity OF
N arzburg. lie is now sergeant sur
geon of the queen, surgeon to the
Prince of Wales and consulting sur
. on 10 st. Bartholomew hospital
LonGou
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26
A GOLD CENT.
Relic OF the Earliest DAYS of the Re

a mint prooe in gold of copper
cent is a great rarity, but W. l.. Boyd
of No. 1li Spear 5 wharf, baltimore,
has in his posse on a gold proof of
the first cent issued by the United
States government. 1t IS over one
hundred years o.d.
Under the confederation on Oct Ii,
1856, congress passed an ordinance FOR
establishing 4 mint, and on July i,
l1oT, the first ceutS were coined, 800
tons in copper being ordered of John
Jarvis, the contractor. This co VI as
called the Fugio cent because of the
inscription on it. The diverse bore Il
sun al with the sun at meridian, on
one side of which was the word "iu-
gio," T., ferring to the flight of time,
while on the other was the cate,
l7sT Below the dial was the legend.
Mind Your business" from which
the coin gained The name Franklin
cent" iEasmurh as he was said to
have uttered that SententiOus remark
The reverse bore Il chain of thirteen
links, each of which represented one
of the original states. In the center
were the words, I've Are One" sur
rounded by ring inscribed with the
wor is, United States "
Mr. Boyd gold cent is exactly as
varieties of the Fugio coin, most of
the differt nces being of minor i'm
portance. One of them, however, las
the name of the countrg as States
United" Another, which is very rare,
has each of the chain links marked
with a name of a state. After the
Fugio CONS were made the govern
ment put out no other coinage until
1891, when the eagle cent was issued.
Only one other proof in gold of this
cent is known. 1t is not ia as good
condition as MIR. Boyd's and sold re-
Gently for S125. One of them was sold
in the Pratt collection in New York
in October, 1879. and was classified as
unique" by w. Elliot Woodward. the
numismatist, who prepared the cata-
logue.
Proofs of the Fugio cent we're also
made in silver. The gold proof is of
very fine metal. and is of bright yell
low, being nearly as large as silver
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26
MARRIAde lN nuRMAt..
rhe Tie Il Ea4IIy Formed and Quite -
EaAIIy Dissolved


EaaIly Dissolved.
A chapter In the Burmah census
report, dealing with what Is called
the "civii condition" of the people.
gives much interesting information
! regarding marriage in that country.
From the tables marriage appears to
be much less common than in India,
but this is said TO be due TO the fact
that there is 70 child marriage
among the Buddhists and Nat-wor-
shippers. who form the bulk of the
population. Moreover. in Burmah
marriage is generally the result Of
mutual affection between the parties
after they have reached years of
discretion. On the other hand, mar
riage is moro common there than in
European countries. for the tie is
more easily formed and more easily
dissolved, while motives of prudence
have not the same weight. Destitu-
tion is almost unknown, and the
wants of life in the temperate climate
of Burmah are more easily satisfied
than in the colder countriesof North
ern Europe:
A young Burmese couple can start
life with da and cooking pot. The
universal bamboo supplies materials
for building the house. ligb bting the
fire, carrying the water from the
well, and may even help to compose
the dinner itself The wife is usually
prepared to take share in support
ing the household. and thus she has
gradually acquired a position of in
dependence not always enjoyed by
married women elsewhere 1t has
been decided that, under the ancient
Buddhist custom prevailing in Bur-
nah husband cannot ALLEVIATE
property jointly acquired after mar
riage without the consent of his wife.
Few marriages take place where.
either party is under Is. and the
usual age is between Is and 25.
Polygamy now practically no longer
exists. although in ancient times the
Burmese were polygamists as we'll as
shareholders. Most Burmese have
only one wife. and a few more than
two. The first. or head wife, is
usually the choice of the husband in
his youth, and when she ceases to
have children she often assists in the
choice of young wife. who is bound
to obey her." The ease with which
divorce is obtained is said to be one
of the causes why polygamy is SO
rare. The terms of divorce are based
on ancient rules. one of which is that
the party wishing the separation can
take his or her property and no more;
the other party takes all the rest, in
Guiding the children. The safeguard
against caprice il husbands is not
merely public opinion, which con-
demns too frequent divorces. hut the
self respect of women, which pre-
vents them from marrying a man
who has divorced his wives too
freely. The privilege Of perfect free
dom in this respect is said to be
rarely abused. divorce is very
rare, a fact attributable equally.
perhaps. to the high position occu-
pied by women in Burmese society,
the care with which marriage con
tracts are entered into and the
treme evenness of temper which
characterizes both sexes"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26

oldest Methodist Preacher in Maine
Rev. DIR. d. B. Randall is said to be
the oldest Methodist pastor in Maine.
He was borc in Hardwick, VT, July
Is, 1907, and although now Sc years
old he is still a very active man. When
- years old he was apprenticed to n
blacksmith, but soon broke down and
was sent to school and studied law in
stead. AT the age of 10 he was con-
verted at camp meeting and was or
dained as minister about wear later.
He has been in active service nearly
ever since, and has received many
church honors. He was a memb Der of
the general conference in BalHmore in
1870 and again in New York in IS4i
and 1856. lie has been secretary of
the Maine conference and is now presi-
dent OF its board of trustees Six
times he has served as chaplain of the
Maine house of representatives.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26

wisdom and eX-
perience to the in
ternational con-
gress of doctors at
Rome next year.
He became d mem
Der of the Royal
College, of>urgcons
in 1896 and an
honorary fellow
in l,43. lie was
created a barOnet
in 1871. He is vice
chancellor o. the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26

n orth ConCr e & a.
tional church of
Spring field, Mass
he edited SUNDAY
Afternoon. He IS
now and for ten
years has been pas
tor of the First
Cougre gatio d I
church in Colum-
bus. He has been
q frequent contrib
utor to papers and
periodicals and a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26
A Gentle ReprooG

Mr. N. Peck stood beamlng on the
wife of his bosom with most exasper-
ating complacenGy. lie kept it up
SO persistently that she stopped her
lecture to ask him what he was grim
ming about
Il was just thinking. my dear, "
the patient man replied, ''what a
valuable acquisition you would be to
the Board of Lady Managers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26

Judge Dale has made a new ruling.
Heretofore attorneys coming to Okla
homa from other states have been sd-
mitted on their certificates to practice
before the supreme court, but now all
attorneys have to appear in open court
and be examined.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26
d PRACDC L CHRISTIAN.

How Rev. Wa>hInGton G;ad"en MoHld
Make Chri.;IIns Out of !'agHTs-
Rev. Washington Gladd stands IN
the for. front among those ministers
who practice aud advocate practical
Christianity Perhaps the fact that he
has had experie ce in jOurna ism has
something to do with this. lie was
for a time on the staff of he New ! orlI
Independent. While pastor OF til.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26
smnlI French Farm..

On French farms from thirteen ia
fifteen acres Is the smallest territory
on which q man can live without
some other work. Those who have
less eke out their income with job
werk. So soon as o laborer saves
some money he huys land at about
$500 an acre
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26

A peppery par<on down east. who
was disturbed by his choir during
prayer time. got even with theTn when
ing: 81 hope the entire congregation
will join in singing this grand old
HYMN, and know the choir will, for
heard them humming it during tht
prayer"
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SIR MES PAGET.
\ Venera bic Physician and Surgeon of
Much Eminence

n the anna S of medicine and surg
cry in England no name stands higher
than that OF Sir James Paget, eX-presi-
dent of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Sir james is now in his eightytrs
year but bids fair to make valua bic
contributions from his knowledge,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26
Fs1HER.s HOROSCOPE.

The Planets Seem to Have Been smil-
lag When Sho Was f1orn.
Little Miss Esther, the new Ameri-
can princess of the house OF Cleveland,
has a future before her that is roman
Aic and Q career that is distinguished,
Il the portents of the stars and the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26
MILL OF OLDEN TYMES
1T STANDS ON THE SOUND
EAST OF NEW YORK.

a Century and a Half Ago It Ground
Wheat for Ye Winchester County
Farm FOlk-An Interesting Land
Ra@rk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26

perhaps a mile and half beyond the
line of am bilious little Mount Vernon,
stands Reids mill, overlooking the
broad fiat marshes that edge the
Sound. The mill is approached by
one of the most picturesque roads of a
picturesque region. 1t runs for a mile
or more along the valley of little
wooded stream, and crosses the latter
q dozen yards before it meets tide
water. A few hundred va ds east
ward is the rude beach and farmyard
leading to the old mill. An old Dutch
house, still retaining its wide porch
and broad, low -eaved gables. faces
mill and mill stream. High tides rise
all abont the house, submerge its
flower garden and flood its cellar.
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n f INTEREST
ing landmark of
the last ce ntury re-
mains in a sub
urban region fast
yielding its rural
charm in face of
the city's advanc-
ing vanguard, says
the New York Sun
Between two and
three miles north
east of New York's
city limits, and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-26

John Fisher, United States Comm1s-
been arrested as member of the Bar
ratt gang of outlaws. His brother, A.
j. Fisher and C. P. Barratt were also
jailed. They were held in bonds of
81 900 each.
The Commercial Bank and Trust
Company of Pulaski, Tenn, made an
assignment Monday. The deposits are
about $40, 900 and it is supposed de-
on the dollar. The bank had a CAPT
tai stock paid up of $3s, 900,
The case of w. F. Policy, accused
of the murder of L. B. McWirter, a
well known politician whose assassi
nation caused such a sensation somo
time ago was dismissed Tuesday at
Fresno, Cal, on motion of the district
attorney, that officer stating that the
only important witness against him
could not be found.
A freight train wreck occurred on
the Chester road Monday morning at
the same spot on the Boston & Albany
road where the special was wrecked q
few weeks ago. Conductor John
Mack, Brakeman Patrick Courtney IA
tally, and one other employe were
badly injured.
The venerable historian, Henry
Howe, died Mouday night at Colum.
bus, o., from stroke of paralysis.
He was born In New Haven, Conn. :
October IL, 1916, and went to Ohio IN
1s42, riding over the mountains on
horseback. His best known work
was ''Ohio's Historical Collections" !