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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
A COLLECTION or NEWS FROM
INDusTRIAIs FIELDS.
wonder workers In steam. EiectrIcIey
aud ChemIstry - An lnventIoa for
Karmsrs-Electris Lighter rriating
Press Register.
Novel counting A,taohment.

This improved counter. which is
adapted to automatically register each
impression OF the press, may be at
ached in such a way as TO be easily
thrown into operative position and
easily tilted back cut of the way.
operating only when che press is
actually printing, and not register
The improvement has Eeen patented.
The counter is of the usual kind. with
registering wheels and knobs for set
ting them, and it is operated by a
lever which hangs down at slight in
ciination 10 the bottom of the case, the
lever being bent upward and lateralIy
at one end, and finally entering slot
III the case, where its inner end is
pivoted. A front view Of the counter
with it's attachments is shown in the
figure at the top of the picture, side
view icing shown in the figure at the
left, and the position of its attach
ment to the press on the right On
The top or back of the case containing
the counting mocha nism is a plate
with projecting lugs pivoted to the
upper end of a standard sc -ured to one
side of the frame of the press, the
standard extending upward to a point
near the psth of the platen, so that
when the ca~e is swung into position
for registering. its lever, A, will ex-
tend into the path of q finger or pin
on the platen, Il, of the press. If the
counter is not to be used, it may be
readily tipped over to the back side of
the standard, out of the path of the
finger. When the throw-of is used,
the platen does not quite touch the
type, and the finger and lever are so
adjusted as not to come into engage
ment with each other except when an
impression is actually made, or when
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
Nnt-TapnlnE ATachlne.

A nut-tapI ing machine has been
contrived by Rhode Island invent. +
which automatically presents in sue
cession a mum ber OF nuts to the tap,
releases them from the holding jaws
after tapping and pu>hes them on to
the shank of the tap and, when the
desired number of nuts has been
tapped, the machine is automatically
stopped. The apparatus is described
as having a longitudinal rotatable
tap and means for driving the same,
the combination with the table, NOV
ably supported by frame in front of
the tap, and having an arm, spring
secured to the arm and a stud on the
forward end of the frame. There is a
feed box secured to the central for
ward portion of the taple and
jaw block is secured in the slot
in the tab.e below the box, the spring
operated Tar carrying fingers sup
ported in slide ON the lower sur ace
of the ia bic: this is operated against
the spring pressure by a rod p1voted to
the bar and to depending arm on tne
tabl4, being adapted to be engaged by
stop and rack secured to the under
side of the table. A, lever is pivotcd
b tween studs below the table and
having a semidircular pinion engaging
with the rack and a rod connects the
lower end of the lever with that of the
DiYOtcd lever
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Seven thousand people a day are
added to the population of the United
States.
On some railroads the cars are pre-
vided by the bible society and otncr
religious organiza ,ious with bibles
that are kept in racks and curiously
enough the racks are systematically
robbed.
1t is computed that 20. 100. 900 people
in Europe wear wooden shoes. For
the style of wooden shoes called sa-
bots, b1sswood is mostly used, but
willow is preferred |. Poplar. birch.
walnut and beech are also used TO
some extent for making wooden shoes
Following is list of great hammers
in European iron works: Terni works,
Italy. hfty-to hammer. made in 1878;
Alexandrovski. Russia one of same
weight, 1874; Creusot, France. eighty
ton hammer. made in 1877; Cockrill
works, Belgium, one of 1Oo tons. made
in 1886: one at Krupp gun works, Els,
sen. Germany, also made in 1855
weighs $50 tons and is the heaviest in
:hc world
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

the likst tine Is lZil Ficn !. q lz.I..
the chamber 11ys the New HQe
Herald Ikisa noble apartment 10
feet long by As broad and 10 high.
splendidly adorned and carved, hight
ed by twelve richly decorated win
dowa All round run galleries, pro-
tected by handsome brass raflings.
The end gallery is that set apart
for the use OF strangers. 1t has the
press gallery just in front. The gal
lerfes that run along the sides are
for the use of distinguished person
ages. When the princess of Wales
and other ladies of the royal family
attend to hear the debates they in
variablyNview the scene from the al
cove of the gallery to the left OF the
throne. The throne itself is richly
gilt chair directly facing the strang-
ers' gallery. 1t stands on a slightly
raised dais and is divided of from
the rest of the house by a hand rail.
From this part of the chamber privy
councillors and the sons of peers who
have the entree usually watch che
proceedings, and on the night of any
great debate many members of the
house of commons also may be seen
here.
The seats in the house of lords are
arranged much as in the lower house,
except that rows of cross benches
face the woolsack. 1t is there that
the prince of Wales and the dukes Of
Edinburgh, ,Conhaught and ambridge
ordinarily sit, this part of the house
indicating independence Of political
allegiance to either of the great
parties. Occasionally some noble
lord who may have broken with his
party finds q temporary seat here.
too, as Lord Derby did in the session
of 1879. The lord chancellor. who
acts as speaker or chairman of the
upper house, sits in front of the
throne on the sO-oalled woOlsack-
This is really a sort of ottoman, and
a seat compared with which an arm
chair such as the speaker of the house
of commons is allowed must be luxu-
rious case. The peers of the minis
terial party sit to the lord chancel-
lor's right; those in opposition to tha
left. By a curious custom in the
procedure of the house, whenever
the lord chancellor speaks in debate,
he has to step two PAGES to the left
of. and away from, the woolsack-an
odd idea, for it places him-a men,
Der of the party in power and cabi-
net minister-on the opposition side
of tho house.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
LIGHT DIVERSION.

-Say. Dick, do you really think
Tom is i'll love with Fannic!" well.
it looks like it. lie goes to church
every sunday"
Woman - lave You counted the
spoons, Bridget? Bridget-Yis. nom:
there is tin on the table and two on
the sofa in the 'arlor.
Trul-. job was a patient creature!
Doubtless it was in the dry goods
store that he murmured to himself.
''All the days of my appointed time
will I wait till mt change comes"
The Groom can't see that check
your father placed among the wedding
presents :" The Bride-Papa is so
absentmindcd. He lit his cigar with
il.
by tieorge, there goes n fellow
with my um brella " We'll, why don't
sou make him give it up? "Confound
it. the man l got it from is right
behind me"
try aGd give up something while times
are 50 hard. Teddy-rm willing
Mamma What will it be, dear?
Ieddy-Soap.
Little Tommy, eldest of the family
at dinner-Mamma- why don't You
hep lie before Ethel? Mamma
Ladies always come first. Tommy.
triumphantly-Th why was l born
before Ethel?
Tuner-Your daughter left word
that / should call and repair your
piano. Mr.. Binks-What's wrong
with it? Tuner-She says three
strings are broken Mr.. Binks, con-
fidcntially-Say, here's dollar Break
the rest of EN-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
An Electrical Binding Post.

An improved binding post for inser-
ton in gas fixtures. for making con-
nee tons between the house wires and
the burning wires is shown in the en-
craving. zig l shows the improve
ment applied 10 an electrical gas
lighter, Figs. 2 AMI 3 being trans
verse sections of double and single
binding posts, the former being used
whore the return cur ent is conveyed
by wire instead of the fixture itself.
The body of the post is of hard rub
ber or other insulating material, bored
axially to receive the wires, the end 20
be inserted in the gas fl ture having
an external thread, while the other
end has an internal thread to receive
the contact screw The latter is
threaded, and upon it is placed a me-
tallic nut, between which and the
binding post body the house wire is
clamped- the wire leading to the cleo
trical gas lighter being similarly
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
FRAGMENTS OF sc. .ENcE.

Lightning is believed to be visible
distance of $50 miles
r. D. Kathrcns. secretary Of q large
oil company, says .hat the supply of
petroleum in Wyoming is incxhaust-
ible
The proportion of the size of the
skull of male to that of female is
as 100 to ss; of body weight as 100
TO a.
The rainiest place in the United
States is the shore of Neap bay, In
Washington, where 129 inches of rain
fell last year.
Quinine, the active principle of Pc
ruvian bark, was discovered in 1890
IN 1883 there were produced IL, 900, 600
pounds OF bark and 26O, 900 pounds Of
quinlne.
Coal oil was first used as an illumS-
nant in 1926. The United States ex-
port of oil in 1889 exceeded in valuol
S45, ZOO, O0O. In the same year the
world produced "a, $50, BOG barrels.
The Stag that accumulates about
iron furnaces, and that heretofore has
been a great nuisance. has been dis
covered to contain valuable fertilizing
qualities, and the German farmers ara..
using it freely.
A method has been discovered by q
French inventor for the preparation of
iron so that it can be alloyed with
other metals generally, and particu1
larly with copper and zinc, to procure
white alloy, which the in-entor
terms Iron silver"
Naphthalene, which is q product of
coal-tar distillation, in appearances
something like earaffin, has been
found useful in England for the pres
ervation of timcer. The wood Is
soaked for two to twelve hours in the
melted naphtEalene at "a temperature
of about 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
1t is averreG that bees can tell the
time of day. A ST. Louis gentleman
made an experiment to test this in
stlnct by placing Il lump of sugar out
of doors at noon for several successive
days to attract the bees from hive
near by. He discovered that thev were
on hand punctually to meet him.
From the work of two French
gineers, Messrs. Hugo and LalleE
it is calculated that the ocea
reach Paris without artificial
somewhat less than 3, 900 years
find that the surface of s.
France, especially in the Pyrs
gion, is steadily rising. d
Northeru France, particalnr
vicinity of Lille. is slowl
In Paris itself the subsidenc
third of an inch year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
CATTLE STALL.

the lower edge of each of which il
hinged II crib cover, are secured upoI
a rOtable transverse shaft, on the
outer end of which is a transverse
handle bar A cod extending upward
from the outer edge of each crib cow
connects with transverse cord pass
ing over a grooved pulley at the side,
the covers being raised and folded
against the gates by pulling upon the
cord, when both the covers and the
gates may be raised. as indicated in
dotted lines in the outline figure, by
rotating the handle bar, thus afford
ing g. clear opening from each stall
into the crib opposite it. A lat h
piece is adapted to he swung across
the path the handle bar to hold the
gate locked in elevated position.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
Towing on tho seine.

An account is given of some interest
ing experiments conducted by the
Societe de Touage de la Basse Seine ct
de rOise upon the River Seine, which
have eliminated in the construction
of towboat of large dimensions,
whose towing apparatus has been pro-
vided with a numbe of magnetized
pulleys. In size the main towing pull
Icy is but little over four feet in di-
ametcr, it being simply a solenoid
whose soft iron coil is Hanged TO form
the gr62ve, the bottom of which is a
bronze ring vi " h rubber joints to pre-
vent the wire from getting wet;
the current is generated by small
dynamo. The whole consc>netlon Is
stated to be simple and OF very gfss2a1t.
strength, and, besides the advantages
of having small towing pulley, there
is the much greater one that the
proper amount of adhesion is obtained
with only three-quarters of a turn. A
similar magnetized pulley acts as a
brake on the slack of the chain so that
it can be properly paid out.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
Steam Engineering.

According to q writer in Power, en-
gin ers should apply the steam engine
indicator at least once a week. and
some rig for reducing the motion of
the piston should be availa BILE VIII ch
will admit of easy attachment with
out stopping the engine. A unique
arrangement of this kind has been in
trodIced, which consists of q light
brass wheel which has two diameters,
the larger diameter beicg of such di
mensions that the circumference will
be one-half the stroke of the engine,
and the smaller having a circumfer-
ence one-half the length of the dia-
gram. A cord wound two or three
times around the large wheel is at
tacned to the cross-head, AM cord
from the wheel OF smaller diameter
leads 10 the barrel of the indicator
when in opera ton, or is hooked to an
idler cord which passes over leading
pulley to a weight, while the indica-
tor is at rest A clock spring attached
to the side of the wheel causes the re-
turn motion after the cord has been
drawn out by the msDTing cross head.
This rig, as permanent attachment
to The front head of an engine, has
proved satisfactory
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
Maricans Cannot Change.

An agent Of the English firm that
is constructing the extensive system
of drainage canals near the City of
Mexico told an American toarist that
when they first employed native
workmen their methods seemed too
slow, for they put the earth and
rocks in bags. placed the bags on
their heads and marched of with
them. SO the firm ordered large
number of wheelbarrows The ma
tives filed the barrows with earth
and put them upon their heads. too.
1t was no use--thcy had been doing
business that way for too many cen
turtles
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

ea1lr 80 "a Il i u 4 ll.s3 lI|t . '
OF tbs lnrfe4k 6leseppe 1niI b 81
thaln Is any thing bit mere p1ins Is eE
light without nessurabl maRnitudes
second, their vast distance from kne
earth, . distance 50 great that the
diameter OF the earth's orbit dwindIes
almost to point in comparison-thia
also accounting satisfactorily for the
first fact; and third. the spectroscope-
that unerring instrument of research
in this field-shows that the light
emitted by many of them is very SINH
lar TO that radiated by the sun. Thus,
their Ohemical and physical constitu-
tion appears analogous to that of our
central luminary. Though the spec
ira of the red stars differ much from
the solar spectrum, these objects are
comparatively rare, forming excep-
tions to the general rue.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
An Improved stan for Milk Cattle.

The stall shcwn in the illustration
is designed to enhance the comfort
and conduce to the regular feeding Of
the animal The improvement has
been patented. The stalls are prefer
ably butt in pairs and have traverse
gutter st the rear OF the stall flooring.
The feed cribs are of snch height as
to readily permit the cattle haltered
thereto to feed over their top edges.
and at each wall of a CRIB are vertical
stanchions, from the b,se of which a
short vertical partition wall is ex
tended rearw ardly. The crib covers
are hinged on pendent gates, whereby
the cribs are not only closed at their
tops, but the space above each crib is
smut off from inc stall. Tho gates. to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

The worst feature of flood is the
fact that the river is apt 10 leave
deposit OF sand, varying in thickness
from enc inch to ten feet, over a
large extent Of land that was form
erly fertile. In the flood of 1858
great many farmers in the American
bottom in Missouri on going back to
their premises afte. the subsistence
Of the waters, found their property
covered with river sand in beds so
thick that two or three years elapsed
before good crops could be raised.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

1t has been ascer;ained by Prof.
Kernot OF Melbourne university, Aus
t. ALA, that the usually assumed weight
of 81 to 1OJ pounds per square foot,
produced by a dense crowd of pers ons.
may be largely exceeded. In an actual
trial class of students averaging
1883 pounds each in weight were
crowded in a lobby containing 1872
square feet. making an average foor
load Of 1874 pounds. room still being
left to place ano her man. which woul
have hrOaRht up the loading TO 1A3.1
pounds. In another case ffLy-eight
Irish laborers averaging :45 pounds
each. were placed in an empty ship
deck house measuring 81 square feet
floor ar, a. and the load in this case
was a. out IA; pounds per square foot;
in another test, with seventy three
laborers c; oW d, d into hut feet by
feet inches, lo1d of I42 pounds
was produced, with timated room
for two or three INT n additional.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
They Earn Their Post.

The candidates for bailiff in the
town of Alnwick, North England
just before the election ride in prGt
5cession to horse pond near the
town, dismount and struggle through
the mud and water as best they can.
They are accompanied by brass
.band and all the population the
toNh>and neighborhood. The custom,
6atos fS6p. the time of King John,
Who visited Ahe town in 1910. The
roads we're verS~bad and some Of his
baggage wagons ha6NSo 90 ee.s e sne
mire. On his arrivar nc Asa.lreo
who was responsible for th S1asa e ION ~
of the roads, and learning nAs sne o
bailiffs were to blame ordered
to be seized and dragged thrOug
the nearest pond.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29


waa Extra seatA0ud.
The old fellow had come to Chi
cago to SEQ the worlds fair. hut he
was inclined to be suspicious and
cautious lie had gone to the little
hotel that he had been told to go to.
but he eyed everyone about it with
more or less suspicion. He had set
tied down to read a paper when a
clerk approached him and asked:
"Arc you Jacob Wilder?"
''9ey?" he said, instantly on the
alert
Are you Jacob Wildcr?"
WANT m. to play kyards or some
thiu'?' he asked.
NO. simply want to know
Il writ my name in that there
book once, - he interrupted, IAN l
Svon't sign nothin' else
81 don't want You to sign any
thing"
Il reckon you're goiu' to tell me
men your father was old friends ="
'.No. I'm not. )" replied the exas-
perated clerk. "but you're Jacob
Wilder. have a letter for you"
The old man shook his head doubt
fully.
John that's my son, you know,
he said, slowly didn't tell me
nothin' about any scheme o that
sort. I reckon you'd better hang
onto the letter. mister l ain takin'
no chances of bunko or him Ham.
Maybe it's from your son" per
sisted the clerk.
''Thet's so Noble it Is" he said.
scratching his head. well. jest
You lay it down on the table an I'll
take look at it. bat / ain't t touch
in of it till see what it. is"
He took look at the address and
then picked up the letter.
sits Johns writin," he said. ''an'
sI I reckon it's all right, but don't you
take none O my letters out o the
post Office again. jest you tell the
postmaster to lag EN- to one side an
III cah for EN- myself every day
regular till | go back"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
Onr JnvenIle ExhIhIt..

Little Dot-Thev got women's de,
partmen s an every thing at the
World Fair. Why don't they have
cSildren's departments. too?
Aunty-What would they put II
them?
Little Dot-WbJ bo.js and girls OF
course. 50 foreigners co=ld zee what
nice that is. what nit,-. quiet, well
behaved girls we has. guess maybe
the boys better be left OUT
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

the throw off handle moves at the side
OF the platen the finger. may be at
tached to the handle. The device is
very simple, compact aud inexpensive.
can be readily attached to any job
press and the figures are always in
plain sight of the pressman, who can
at any time tell at a glance just how
many sheets have been printed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

clamped by the nut of the binding
post ad adioining the burner. In the
SIDE of the post l. a binding screw, for
clanping the wire, and the inner end
of the contact screw has an aXial bore
in which is received The EXPOSED end
of the wire in the fixed end of the fix
turc. Two such binding posts are
necessary for completing the eiScuit
through a gas fixture.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
Washington Dined on Pewter.

Two dozen pewter plates. which
are claimed to have formed the camp
service of General Washington, arc
in the possession of Mrs. James
Grant Wilson of New York.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

referring to some of the more val
liable conclusions arrive at by recent
astr nomical research, ar English
writer argues in faver of the theory
that the tArs, or many of them, are
very similar 10 our own sun, this
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
STRICT ODE or RULES.
SOCIAL ETioUETTE AT THE
NATIONS CAPITAL.

Handed Down from the Days OF WASH
tneton. IL IA RIeidIy Maintained by
the Rules of OHeIal Life Disputsd
Points as 10 T'rscedence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
Result of a Twisting Process.

Not-What makes Grimes shaped
so like corkscrew?
Dot-His wife's constant twisting
k1m around her little Cnger.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

richest in horses are
and Uruguay.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-07-04
Bon 81. Sonis mad 0aetp 9prf.

Ser ausgeaei9nete @iiembabn3ugs
Dient bon st. Souls iiber bic 0ans
balia unb Bennfplpania 2inie mad
philadelphia, Baltimore, Maibingtpn
unb Stem Sort aiebt bic Mufmerflam=
felt bes reilenben publifums i'm Wez
fen INNER mebr auf ii6. 9ieie 2inien
i6leiten nit Der 3eit porar nnb fibren
gem0bnli6 suerft ale N%euerunsen be-
aigli6 Der Sag @aggons, pullman
S6lafs unb Dining Cars, pel9e baau
angetbatt iinb. bic Bequemli6feit unb
Si6erbeit bes r~eiien6en publitums gu
erb6ben, ein.
Dieie politif beaiigli6 ibrer gers
waltung ma@t cine &eiie iiber bic
Penniplpania 8abn pia St. 2ouis be-
iOn6ers mini9enspertb unb an3iebemb.
Gin 8erfu9 nirb ben &eiienben bapon
lber5eugen, baB er feinet Srrtbum be-
ging unb baB bies in Der Shat Der eins
aige ri6tige Weg 1T, UNI mad benz
Often gu geben.
Wenbet @u@ i6riftIi6 au 5. 30.
@besbrOugb, Iffitent @eneral
pahagierz Ngent, 81. 2ouis, Mo.,
UNI eine &arte nebft 8ef9reibung, bic
iebr piel mertbbole Snformation ent>
hGlt.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1893-07-04
&ath fiir Matter.

Gor iiber so Sabren f6on murbe
Mrs. Minslow's SOOTHING : Syrup
BON Miaione,1 BON Wiittern beim 3abs
men Der &inber angepenbet. Mirft bu
i'm S6lafe bur9 bas S9reien zines
&inbeS geit6rt, bas int 3abnen 1T uttb
por S9mer3en tueints 8enn 10, laHe
lofort cine Slaf9e bon vMrs. MinSs
Ions. Soothing Syrup" bpIen. Sem
Mertb 1T unbeaablbar. gs mirb benz
tleinen 2eibenben iofort 2inberung pers
i9affen. 8erlaRt eu6 barauf, Miitter,
es 1T fein 3peifel bariiber. Sc beilt
9pfenterp unb 9iarrbDe, regulirt ben
Mageu unb bic Nieren, beieitigt Minbs
&Dlif, ernei9t ben @aumen, perbins
bert gntaiinbung unb ftdrtt bas gauge
Spfem. rMrs. @insIows Soothing
Sprup" fir 3abnenbe &inber 1T anges
nebm in @ei6mad unb baS &ecept
itammt BON einem Der beften tpeibli6en
Qerate III ben Ser. Staaten. SIS 1T bel
aIen Sruggiten in ser ganaen Welt gu
baben. preiS rs @ts. per 6laf1e.
8auft ni6ts anberes. als Mrs. Winss
Ions SoOtbinasS nrup.