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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27
CURRENT FUN.

'Why are you in such bad hu-
mor?' because l met a fellow yes
terday whom 1 treated very politely.
and it has only just occurred to me
that he has owed me $40 for several
months"
"Dey has done bruk the engage
ment." "Yoh doan say So" 'Yassin'
deed" ''What foh?" 'She done
tas'ed a pessimmon dat warn't ripe,
an he misconstrued de pucker an
kissed her."
Mistress s-Marga1 ct, you have no
right to leave me without due notice.
cannot give you a character; sup
pose you understand? Servant-Oh.
yes, ma'am; it is not in reason to ex-
peot it. One can not gather figs from
thistlea
"What the deuce are you doing
right on the top of that tree. Mike?
Don't you see that it's being cut
DOWN." Mike-Yes, your honor; the
last tonne ye had tree cut down 1t
fell o2 the top of me, and. begorra,
Oi'll be safe this tonne"
Her Father-Have you considered,
young man, that you are compare
lively poor, while my daughter is very
rich? Young Mau-Yes, sir. But, be-
lieve me, sir, l would not for an in
slant allow that sordid consideration
10 stand in the way of our happiness!
Angelina, anxiously-Are you sure,
dear. that you don't regret it, and
that you don't sometimes miss your
life as bachelor? Edwin, with cheer
full conviction-Not a bit tell you
what, Angy, miss it SO little that it
l were to lose you-a-Pm blessed If
wouldn't marry again.
He walked up to the register in the
hotel Office and wrote his name: John
Smith" "How are you! I'm mighty
glad to see you; l am indeed" but" "
protested the stranger, you don't
know me. I've never been here be-
fore" That doesn't make any differ
ence." replied the clerk. "If you had
wreStled with jit-jats and maharajahs
the way ! have this year you'd know
what comfort it is to get a man of
your name into the house"
Some very nice old missionaries who
were propagating religion among tho
Indians were accustomed to give them
presents of blankets. Lo, however,
came very frequently for the present,
and finally was demonstrated with.
mo give Injun blanket?" said the red
man Not now, for you had one only
a week ago." was the reply. @No
blanke. for Injnn?" was asked again.
The missionary shook his head. ugh!
No blanket, Indian no hallelujee."
said the Indian. as he stalked away
disguised.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27
Household Helps.


To keep ice in the sickroom over
night set tho pitcher in a newspaper,
gather up the ends, twist them tight.
and snap on a rubber band.
Covers for cups and glasses used
in sick room can be made of card
board and covered with q crochet
cover of either white silk. wool or
cotton, as preferred. q small loop
being put in the middle of the top to
lift it by.
If celery were eaten freely, suffer
ers from rheumatism would be com
paratively few. 1t is mis- istaken idea
that cold and damp produce the
disease-they simply develop it.
Acid blood is the primary and sustain
ing cause. If celery is eaten largely,
an alkaline blood Is the result, and
where this exists there can be
neither rheumatism nor gout It
should be eaten cooked.
Carrot pudding is said by those
who have eaten it to be very nice.
Boil and mash fine six ounces of car
rot, add six ounces of suet chopped
fine, half a pound of currants. two
large tablespoonfuls of sugar, half a
nutmeg, a saitspoon OF salt and three
large tablespoonfuls OF -four Mix
all these ingredients thoroughly, put
them in creased pot and boil the
pudding for three hours. This re-
ceipt is from a correspondent who
has tried it.
A home way to repair garden hose
when you are at a distance from the
supply shop: Take two ounces or
moro of naphtha, into which drop as
much shellac as it will absorb till
OF the consistency of thin gum. Cut
some bandages of canvas or thick
leather, spread the composition on
ono side of them. bind tightly round
the hose and tasten firmly with twine.
The hose must be kept dry before the.
plasters are applied. Keep the ce-
ment in glass-stoppered bottle.
The floor OF the kitchen and dining
room should be brushed after every
meal, the sideboard rearranged. and
the table prepared for the coming
meal This is an important matter
when the housekeeper attends per-
sonally to the dining room. The re-
ceptacles for sugar, salt, the various
table sauces. etc, thS glasses. silver.
napkins and cutlery may be placed
ready for use. and the table prepared
ready for the water, bread. etc. and
then covered with clean cloth large
enough to protect it entirely from
dust and disarrangemenh
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27
GAS FOR COOKING.
Its Use In England Il Increasing and
BCoomIn6 Very Profitable.

Its Use in England IL Increasing and
Becoming Very Profitable.
While electricity is trenching SO
seriously upon the field of gas light
ing any recent application OF gas
which leads to an extension of its
consumption is of Importance to gas
producers. Some foreign companies
seem to have done this quito success
fully in at least one direction.
At the recent Dundee meeting of
the North British association of gas
managers. one member. Mr.. j. Ball
antyne. Of Rothesay, stated that his
company had gained an increase of
consumption of at least 40 per cent
in about six years, due to cooking by
gas among It's customers. The gas
company furnishes the cookers to its
patrons at q renal Of ten per cent of
the list cost price per annum which
charge also includes putting them in,
taking them away and keeping them
in order. About eleven per cent of
the customers are supplied. His and
other companies have not only found
this profitable part of their market,
but it has the added advantage of
being nearly a daylight consumption.
thus tending to equalize the demand
on the plant. Engineering Record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27

EpaElsfa IN NeF1nv nes TAenla1lVus =
she 1atddls oe = alalnboWs
A correspondent Of Nature. -
Chrisffana. gIves an account Of avery
curious phenomenon Witnessed from
the top of Gausts mountain, height
6, 900 Norwegian feet. In TelemarlEen,
south of Norway. We were . party,
he says, of two ladies and three gem
tlemen on the summit of this noun
tain on August 4. On tho morning
of that day the sky was passably
clear; at noon there was thick fog
Between 6 and 2 o'clock in the after
noon (the wind being south to south
west) the fog suddenly cleared In
places so that we could see the sur
rounding country in sunshine through
the riffs We mounted to the flag
staff in order to obtain q better view
of the scenery, and there we at once
observed in the fog. in an easterly
direction, double rainbow forming
a complete circle, and seeming to
be twenty to thirty feet distant
from US In the middle of this we all
appeared as black, erect and nearly
ilife-size silhouetEes The outlines of
,bAo o1LuOuSbtSS WoT0 80 6udEP bu0S
we could easily recognize the figures
of each other and every movement
was reproduced. The head of each
individual appeared to occupy the
center of the circle. and each OF us
seemed to be standing on the inner
periphery of the rainbow. We esti-
mated the inner radius of the circle
to be six feet This phenomenon
lasted several minutes. disappearing
with the fogband. to be reproduced
in new fog three or four times. but
each time more indistinctly. The
sunshine during the phenomenon
seemed to be unusually bright. Mr..
Kielland- -Torkildsen, president Of the
,Telemarken tourist club. writes to
me that the builder of the hut on the
top of Gausta has twice seen specta-
cles of this kind, but in each case it
was only the outline of the mountain
that was reflected on the fog. He
had never seen his own image, and
he does not mention circular or
other rainbows.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27
Regulating tho Day.

In different times and in different
countries there have been at least
four separate systems of regulating
the civil day. The ancient Baby
lonians reckoned from sunrise to sun
rise. and a great division of the Per-
slams even to this day reckon the day
as beginning at noon. The Romans
finished one day and commenced an
other at midnight, and II was from
them that we have inherited our
time-reckoning custom. The Athe-
mans, and the Jews. Gust prior to
the crucifixion. at least finished the
day with sunset. The scientists have
their 'sidereal" and "solar" modes of
keeping track Of the fight of time,
besides a variety OF other systems.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27
Manure in Winter.

AS it will be an eXceptionable case
when the land will be SO rich that no
manure is necessary, all reasonable
care should be taken to secure all
that is possible On the majority of
farms winter is by far the best sea-
son for making manure; and general
ly, there is more time to haul out
and properly apply. But in order to
secure the best results it is very i'm
portant that the preparation be made
in advance. One important matter
in doing this is to have feeding
places where the stock can be fed
and the manure accumulated in one
or more places. A supply OF bedding
Is also essential, so as to absorb and
retain the liquid soiling, and at tn @
same time help to keep the stock
clean and comfortable. With all
classes of stock it is very important
in maintaining the best health and
thrift to do this, at tho same time
avoiding using too much, as this adds
to tho cost of handling without an
increase in value.
One OF the best ways OF applying
manure is on plowed land intended
for spring crops. BY applying on
the surface during the winter. the
action OF the rain and the melting
snow will tend to carry the more val
uable portions into the soil. while
the necessary preparation of tho soil
in the spring, the cultlvating and
narrowing that will need to be given
to properly fit it for the feed, will be
sufficient to thoroughly incorporate
the manure into the soil.
One of the rest plans of manage
ment is to use what bedding is
needed to keep the stock clean. and
then as it accumulates both in the
stables, sheds or feeding lots load
directly into the wagon, haul to the
field, and scatter where it is needed.
This avoids all unnecessary hand
ling. and is an item in getting the
work done at the lowest cost. An
other thing should also be remem-
bered. that it pays better in the end
to manure thoroughly, than to scat
ter over too large surface. With
little planning of the work. nearly
or quite all of the manure made dur
ing the wintor cap be hauled out ar
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27

THAT n strict construction of the
immigration laws will be beneficial
TO the United States is evident from
the wrath of the Canadian papers at
the extra precautions taken by our
officials to prevent the dominion
from shipping paupers, criminals and
other riffraff over the border. The
Canadian-good, thrifty soul-has
been lining his pockets with the head
money exacted from the Chinese and
other undesirable immigrants. Tho
trade of immigrant smuggling has
become so profitable that our friends
across the line look upon its sup
preston with disgust and indigna-
tion. They feel that remunerative
industry is to be ruined, and their
newspapers. as a consequence are un-
usually venomous against this coun-
try.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27

The cigarette is to be banished
from Georgia if the house of repre-
sentatives has the power to enforce
its will. A bill forbidding the sale
of cigarettes in the state was passed
by that body last week. AS intro
duced the bill only made it unlawful
for any person to sell cigarettes. but
the committee on hygiene and sani-
tation. to which it was referred, en-
phasized the rigid moral sense of the
house by amending it SO as to include
under the ban cigarette tobacco and
cigarette paper. Then the house
passed the bill by 1O1 to As. 1t is
interesting to note that this same
body has been using every effort to
encourage the cultivation OF tobacco
in the state.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27

A YOUNG man who is not driven to
It by hard necessity may not be
blamed for not cking out his inan-
DIAL means by manual labor while in
college, and it is not pleasant to
come down to the plainest food at
school or anywhere else; but tho
practice of spending money with q
free hand, which has in recent times
become SO general in almost all our
colleges, is simply to be deplored.
Is leads young man into dangerous
habits at the very time when he be-
gins to act upon his own RESPONSE
bility. weakens his regard for thrifty
and careful living and too often dulls
his sense of honor by leading him
into debts which he knows cannot be
paid except by distressing those to
whom he is under every obligation
to consider and regard.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27

SOMERvILLE, one of Boston's sub
urbs, has a schoolmarm who is evil
IDENTIFY committed to an unfaltering
faith in the truth of the doctrine
that in proportion as the rod is
spared the child Is spoiled. She only
walloped twenty-five pupils in one
day, and all in rapid succession.
Lobengula himself couldn't have
beaten this record. The Presump-
tion is that the only reason Miss
Mason stopped at twenty-five was be-
cause there were no more pupils in
her room. The riot all grew out Of
the fact that the youngsters hadn't
properly committed to memory their
geography lesson. They wouldn't
study geography, so she promoted
them by laying them across her lap
and making them see stars. She
made them study astronomy. And
all this, too, almost in the shadow OF
the Cambridge buildings and Bunker
Hill monument!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27

cnhs gos 81 the way ana ny heart
sank. The old tiger gave the cub
playful cum which sent IL rolling ID.
one side. The ns,xt instant pulled
the trigger-e4a ,ny heart stood still.
> Of the rifle was
'ierce yell from the
and the longbarred body
htened itself up into the air
Ind fell over almost on the top OF
me. The cubs sheered of In great
CONSERVATION. I sat up and drew q
long breath of thankful relief. The
tiger lay beside me. stone dead.
was too weak to walk at once, so
] leaned against the body of my
vanquished foe and rested. My
shoulder was by this time setting up
an anguish that made me think little
of my other injuries. Nevertheless,
the scene about me took on a glow Of
exquisite color. So great was the
reaction that the very sunlight
seemed TRANSPORTED. I knew l fairly
smiled as / raped the cubs on
the mouth with my rife bar
rel. felt no inclination to
shoot the youngsters, but l.
would have no more of their over:
ardent attentions. The animals soon
realized this, and lay down in the
sand beyond my reach, evidently
waiting for their mother to reduce
me to proper submission. must
have lain there half an hour, and
my elation was rapidly eubsiding
before the agony in my shoulder,
when at last my man. Gunjeet, ap-
peared. tracking the tigers traces
with stealthy caution.
He had not waited to go for help.
but had followed up the beast with
out delay. vowing to save me or
Avenge me before he slept The
cubs, on his approach, had run off
into the covert, SO we set out at once
for the post. When got there I
was in a raging fever. which, with
my wounds, kept me laid up for three
months. On my recovery l found
that Gunjeet had gone the next day
and captured the two cubs, which he
had sent down the river to Benares,
while the skin of the old tiger was
spread Iuxuriously oD my lounge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27

Bur tor the hope that springs
eternal in the human breast Wall
street could never exist 1t is upon
the inevitable in every mans nature
that the Wall street broker feeds
His customers shut their teeth tight
together and stand by their losses
day by day as they see the market
going against them. all the while
hoping that the turn will come and
the tide set in their favor, and they
do that day after day until their
margins are swallowed up. If per-
chance, however, the market goea
their way, as ~ sometimes does, they
DO not sit stolidly by and let thei r
profits run. With one or two points
in their favor they exultantly grab
the profits. They almost in
variably reverse the old stock gam
blers' law of stopping their losses
and letting their profits run. They
stop their profits and let their losses
run, and thus doeth the busy broker
prosper; thus is he able to own his
steam yacht, while his old custom
ers finally become members.of the
yachts crew..
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Take Q ride with me and will
EhoW you corn fields that have
pe&roely been cultivated al all. and
whore the drills arc solid rows Of
gTNsO and weeds. says T. b. Terry in
Practical FArmer ] will show you
potatoes oarod for, or rather not
cared for. in about the same way.
Yes. I will show you fields where they
ore % USrIpPed by bugs and over
grown with weeds, and tho cultivA-
ZION betwcen the drills so neglected.
that you can scarcely see . potato
leAk And this shall not be on
OomO shIftless farmers place, an
exceptional case. but on farms
managed by good farmers. in some
cases our best farmers. They are
not lazy or shiftless. They under
take TO do too much, that Is ell, and
something must suffer, could not
take their places and do any better,
perhaps not as we'll The trouble 10
not In the men. but in the system
they are following. We have had
dry season, which of course, is fav-
orAole for taking care Of drops, and
and still, while they have been Sc
curing hay and grain. corn and pota-
toes hsve suffered severely. In some
cases they will not pay for the labor
put on them and the use Of the land.
They will be grown at a loss. Years
ago did Just this way myself. but
seeing It was not business-like l
gradually worked out of it. and
undertook TO do less and less
until there was little enough to do.
SO we could usually do about
our best and make everything
We did, pay. The above named
doing pretty we'll. but they might do
better. As little as we undertake to
do, We sometimes get caught. One
day our wheat was all cut and
dry enough to get in; there were
six acres of potatoes that should
have been cultivated at once, tho
rest were too large. But it might
come on catching weather and the
wheat would then be damaged, and
so it must go in the barn. This
took three days, and then my son
jobs that must be done, and those
potatoes were neglected for some
time. It did not rain, but was hot
and dry. If we had tended to the
potatoes we should have been quite a
few dollars ahead. but we were afraid
20 risk leaving tho wheat out. But
there is very little loss of this kind
on our farm, not that we are any
smarter than others, but simply that
we do not undertake to do any more
things than we are quite sure we can
handle.
Friends, let me urge you to work
In this same direction. There is less
worry and more profit. l can take
you to farms to-day, where the owner
has tried to grow corn and potatoes.
II he had put out but the one crop.
and no more acres of it, and put all
the labor on it that has been spread
over the two, it would show a fine
profit and be something to be proud
of. Now there is no profit in either
crop, and il they are near the road,
she farmer wishes they were back
out OF sight, and he never would in
vlte any friends to go and see them
either Would that all could throw
aside all inherited notions, that were
sound once. but behind the times
now. and run their farms on sound
business principles, as far as circum-
stances will permit them to do SO.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27

WOMAN fell dead in New Haven
the other day, and within few hours
three bereaved husbands stepped for
ward to shed few tears at her bier.
Nothing but selfishness would per-
NIT woman to place herself in a po-
sition thus to bereave hearts by
Wholesale.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27

The growl of the English sporting
papers that English fighters sent
over here are shabbily treated does
not seem we'll founded. In the first
place the fighters have been per-
mitted to land,a concession for which
they should be grateful. and compar-
atively few of them have been mo-
Tested under the vagrancy act
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27
The Eye.

There is a remarkable sympathy
between the eyes, So much is this
the case that any serious injury to
one is almost certain to affect the
other. hence the necessity which
often arises for the removal of the
injured eye mainly for the sake OF
saving the other. This sympathy
has been shown to extend 80 far that
color perceived by one eye alone ex-
cites the retina of the other.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27

Two constables near Stockton.
Cal, were held up by highwayman
armed with a piece of a cornet. 1t
was not really a dangerous weapon.
The highwayman could not blow q
noe on it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27
Dairy Notes.


A creamery should not be started
until 800 cows are guaranteed.
No matter what breed the cow is.
she requires good care to produce
profitable results.
1t is a good plan to keep good
milking COW in the dairy as long as
she is a good mixer.
The wise dairyman provides soil
ing crops to patch out the dry pas
lures during the summer time.
No calf should be raised for dairy
purposes from cow of weak consti-
tuition or one with organic disease.
The best dairymen practice the
best economy in feeding when they
feed all the COW will eat up clean and
no more.
Bulky food should always be fed
with concentrated food, to avoid
possible discomfort and injury from,
the latter.
The cream should be set as soon
as possible after milking. 1t will
not separate rapidly when subjected
to iarring and shaking.
1t is poor economy to turn herd
of cows into a largo pasture and al
low them to roam about all day, when
all they get is exercise.
The milk tester and the separator
are important factors in dairying.
The milk foster in the near future
will be sine qua non in dairying.
Cows should be trained SO that
they will let any kind of person
milk them, but they do better when
the same person milks them each
time.
Uncleanliness III milking, not cool
ing tho milk quickly after milking,
bad fodder, bad air in stables and
disease in cows are causes Of tain ted
milk.
In order to get the fat all out of
the butter the churn should not be
filled too full. 1t is necessary to
have room in the churn to give the
cream coucussion.
1t costs less to feed and care for
one COW than it does for two. there
fore every farmer who is keeping two
cows and getting really but VIII at one
should produce is losing money,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27
AN old law. which has been forgot
3. P. cLoYD. EDIToc.

AN old law. which has been forgot
ten. requires Ell ships leaving she
port of New York to carry q small
cannon. two projectiles and 500 yards
Of line. SO that in case the ship
should be beached the crew would be
able to communicate with the shore
All sailing masters have received no
ticO to comply with the law.
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applied upon the land to benefit The
next seasons crop. and generally
viii give better results than to apply
on unplowsd land and plow under;
while there will be much lega loss OF
the valuable pastures In applying
the manure. should distribute rs
evenly as possible. gauging the
quantity largely by the needs Of the
soil. remembering that there is little
danger OF applying too much
journal of Agriculture.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27
The Book That Helped Him.

"Will you oblige me-" said the re-
porter wnc gets novel interviews,
'.by telling me what book has helped
you most in life?"
And after a thoughtful pause the
great man answered.: My bank
hook"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27

Mister. gimme dime. I'm a vic.
tim OF the Indianny train robbery
''How were you a victime"
II didn't gee any o. the stollB
money, see ?"-Chicago Record