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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-30
Arrival end departure U. 5. Malls.

Arrival end Departure U. $. Mails.
South bound mail closes 4:45 p. m.
South bound mail arrives $50 pm.
North bound mail closes 11:15 a. m.
North bound mail arrives 1900 m.
Night mails are closed at $3.50 p. m.
Money order department is open
at a. M, and closed at p. m.
Odice hours from q. m, to 6.p.m
Sundays from a. m, to 9 a. m.
MORAN SCoTT, p. n.
EDGAR SANDLIN. Deputy.
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Major Q. T. Picton Is manager OF
the State Hotel, at Denison, Texas,
which the travelling men say Is one
OF the best hotei' In that section.
In speaking OF Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy MAJOR
Picton says: 81 have used IL myself
and in my family for several years,
and take pleasure in saying that
consider il an infSllibls cure for d.
arrhoea ard dysentery. I always
recommend It, and have frequently
administered IL TO my guests in the
hotel, and in every case Il has proven
itself worthy OF unqualified endorse
ment- For sale by Frame, Green &
Co., druggists.
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The True Remedy.

W. NJ. Refine, editor Tiskilwa, ILL.,,
Chief, says: 1--WE won't keep house
without DIR. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, coughs and colds.
Experimental with many others, y
never got the true remedy until we
used DR.. King's New Discovery. No
other remedy can take its place in
our home, as in it we have a certain
and sure cure for coughs, colds,
whooping cough, etc" IL Is idle TO
experiment with other remedies, even
II they are urged upon you as just as
good as DIR. Kings New Discovery.
They are not as good, because this
remedy has a record OF cures and
besides Is guaranteed. IL never fails
to satisfy. Trial bottles free at
Frame, Green & Co.'s Drug Store.
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TIME TABLE.

Gulf. coIOrado and Santa =e Railway.
SOUTH BOUND.
tt.fi~eset,n and Chicago Express 4:io a m.
Cieburne and Kansas City Express $50 o. m.
NORTH BOUND.
Galveston and Chicago Express 12:35 a. N.
(ylshur1e and Kansas City Express 11:40 am
IR. MASON, Ticket Agt.
IA. 8. KEENAN,. Gen. Pass. Agt.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-09-26
Training the Dairy Calf.

The training of a calf for the dairy is
mostly a matter of feeding In the
calf we have an animal with natural
inherited disposition to eat and dis
pose of food and to turn it into milk.
1t matters not whether this calf Is
highbred one or not; it possesses the
character of its parents to some extent.
as the feeding and producing habit of
it has been cultivated in generations
past. But this habit must be constant
ly encouraged by cultivation, or It will
be gradually lost by the return
of the animal to its condi-
ton before. it had been sub
jected to culture by the breeder and
feeder. For what has been made in
this way will inevitably be lost by the
suspension of the methods by which
the improvement was first started and
gradually advanced. 1t matters not
whether the COW be high-bred or COM
mon, the possibility of improvement
Of the progeny exists, if not to the same
extent, yet in some degree, in her
progeny, as in that of any other cow.
The owner of any herd of cows is able
70 begin course of Improvement, If
he will quite as we'll as one who owns
pedigree herd of highest-bred cows,
and more so, for he will have lower
level to start on, and thus more room
in which to rise.-Dixie Farmer.
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H. rse Hints.

Stuff thc'pads with timothy hay
1t remains springy.- Cotton or wool
becomes hard and often forms into
Jumps.
The best fed work horse has the
heavy grain ration in the morning
and at noon, and the bulk of its hay
at night.
Don't allow a work horse to suffer
for want of water during the long, hot
days. A half day is too long for
him to do without drink.
The man that would have sound,
nicely formed hoofs on his horses when
he comes to sell them, must give at
tention to the hoofs of his colts.
1t is said that one quart of rye
whisky with two ounces of bicar-
donate of soda dissolved in it makes a
wash that is sure death to vermin on
horses.
If the horses shoulders arc washed
clean and bathed- each evening with
strong salt water lit is all the better if
little alum is added, only very i'll
fitting collar can make gals.
We prefer to have the colt In the
field with the mare. If the colt is
shut in the stable both 1t and the mare
will fret Besides, the colt should
suck every two or three hours.
1t is said that sulphur applied to the
shoulders of horses that have collar
boils, will cause boils to disappear. 1t
Is better, however, to prevent sore
shoulders by having well-fitting col.
lars. AH
When you have good horse, stick
to him. He may not be fast. he may
not be completely sound, but he does
ell you need of horse, is safe and
healthy. Why change, even if some
jockey with more snowy horse does
offer to trade? You know nothing OF
the other horse, and do know your
own as fully honest. The chances are
that the man who deals in horse:
knows more about them than You do
and that you will make nothing by the
transaction and will in alt probability
lose. He is in the business for whal
he can get out of it. s
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MONEY AND CREDITORS.
When the Measure of Value Varies tho
Laborer Gets the Worst of 1t.


Laborer Gets the Worst of It.
Probably no question that has ever
been made political issue appeals more
strongly to our selfishness than the,
money question. The value of all the
property we possess is expressed in the
terms of money, and not our property
only but our labor.
A horse, a COW, a corner lot, share
of stock, bond or note ore all meas
ured as to their transferable value by
money. They are worth so much. So
OF our labor, whether in the profess
sions, tie skillful trades or in more
manual en-. ,;oyments. We are worth SO
much an hour or day or n week by the
services we are able to render, and we
are paid accordingly. The result is, il
we are not fools, that we want the best
money that circulates in exchange for
our services or our property, and the
less our income the more we want the
best. --t.-....a -.
The contention. therefore, seems un-
answerable that government or q
community should establish the high
est standard of money whereby to meas,
ure those exchanges of labor and prop
erty which constitute the business of
the world. If this is not done and the
measure of value becomes variable, who
suffers? The men who have large re-
eources behind them or the men who
have nothing but their hands and
brains? Most assuredly the latter. A.
well-known banker of this town has
often been heard TO say that the money
standard did not and could not affect
him, for he could make money whether
we were on gold or silver basis. So
he could, and so can any capitalist. 1t
is the man who depends upon his labor
that would suffer by deprecated cur
rency.
1t is the creditor class of the COM
munity, therefore, which is most inter-
ested in preserving the stability of the
currency and its high value. But Of
whom is the creditor class composed I?
| Manifestly of those to whom something
is due from day to day, from week to
week and from month to month. These
are the laboring people, the men at the
| desk, at the counter, at the forge, at
the bench and at the pillow. The toiler
who patiently wields the shovel and
the pick when nightfall comes is cred
flor, and he is entitled to be paid for
his days labor in the best money the
country affords. And so throughout the
whole round of employment where men
and women receive wages.
| Is it not, then, inexplicable that a
large proportion of those who in the
sweat of their face earn their daily
bread, laying by perhaps trife from
week to week toward a rainy day, de
posting it in a savings bank-that
these should be led away by the cry for
cheap money? What do they want with
cheap money. or poor mans" money
III there is any difference, why should
they not have rich mems money?-Chi'
cago Times-Herald. q
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Notes About Bees.

There are about 5000 bees in a
pound. A gallon of honey weighs
from IL to IL pounds, according to its
density.
The life of bee in the busy season
IS very brief. 1t is conceded that dur
ing the honey flow they do not live
more than six or eight weeks.
New swarms that have to build their
own combs on foundation or other
wise, make whittier combs in sections
than when hived on old combs.
Comb honey seldom graduates if
kept in a uniform temperature; that
is, not too cold. 1t will keep better in
the kitchen than in the cellar.
We have never found it profitable to
dequeen, for the purpose of obtaining
more honey during a flow. The only
dequeening profitable is in exchanging
inferior ones for young, vigorous ones
Honey costs nothing, and is valua-
BILE product, considering the price it
usually brings, in comparison with the
small outlay in care and expense.
There is no good reason why every
farmer should not keep bees
The spacing of combs should be
from l% to l. Il inches from center ia
center, as that space allows the proper
depth - cells for brood; if working
for extracted honey. this spacing can
be slightly increased with. good re.
suits.
1t Is an idle practice for beekeepers
to feed swsrms durl1s = honey dow IN
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order to forward storing. When the
sweets can be obtained from the flowers
1t is useless to try to feed" the bees
in any other way. They prefer Flora's
fresh nectar. and will gather and store
it in the combs, entirely ignoring all
other food which can be placed before
them.
Snow-white sections are pleasing to
the eye, but pure white, clean comb,
filled with pure white honey, is more
SO, and pays better. Therefore, the
Judgment in removing sections early
to insure this condition. Don't wait
for the Gaping of every comb. Of
with the super and remove all filled
and capped, putting back others not
ed.-Colman's Rural World.
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HERE AND THERE.

The leased colt is sire to the ILL
tempered horse.
AS machine for turning weeds
into fertility the sheep goes a long
way toward paying its way.
Black pigs usually have tougher
skin and are less liable to skin diseases
than white ones.
Put ground oats before the lambs
at an early age They will soon learn
to eat and will greatly profit thereby.
Mood ashes are too valuable fer.
tilizer to be wasted. For the orchard
and berry patch they are especially
valuable. Scatter on the surface and
either plow or hoe under previous to
irrigation.
DO not allow the weeds which have
sprung up everywhere to come to ma.
turity and scatter their seeds broad
cast in all directions. just before the
seeds form. cut down the weeds with
mower or scythe.
"A horses collar and harness should
be as well fitted as we fit shoes on our
feet or coats on our backs before buy
ing them. In buying a collar, many
look only to size and price; shape and
quality are quite as important.
The cherry tree is close grower,
and does best when planted closer to-
gether than peaches and other trees.
They may be set IL feet apart in the
row, but the rows should be "a feet
apart.
On any good farm and under good
management flock of sheep will pay
| for care and feeding in the manure
they will make. Give them lots OF
straw and they will convert it into the
richest kind of food for crops.
Pea vines, both for hay and ensil
age, are asserting their place as one Of
our most valuable forage crops. The
almost universal plating of the corr
and stubble fields in this two sidei
crop evinces the farmers appreciation
of its offices as renovator and food pro
| Queer.
See that the farm animals hav.
salt, not only once q week, but 81
placed that they can have daily access
to it. 1t most frequently prevents thu
parasitical diseases from which oul
stock suffer and which are taken int
the system with the green, tendel
heritage Of Quv pastvreA
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silver Patriots In 1873.

The advocates of the cheap silver
standard pretend that the white metal
is patriotic" while gold is disloyal.
One-half of the arguments. for t0-cent
dollars consists of appeals to patriotism
for votes in favor of the American
money" and against the traitor gold"
of England. ri; 4r
In the happy days before 1873 the
bullion value of the metal in silver
dollar was worth on an average about
s1.o3. Did the noble-hearted, patriotic
silver miners rush to pour their prod
ucts into our minis, so that the coun-
try would have plenty of money? Not
by great deal. They were the kind
of patriots who shipped their silver OF
to France as fast as they could send it
in order to get little higher price for
it. They knew at that time metallic
money was scarce in the United States,
but they didn't care for that They
wanted the highest price for silver bull
lion, and they therefore sold it in tae
dearest market. Noobdy blames them
for doing so. But now that the price
abroad has gone down, and they waslt
Uncle Sam to give them more for their
bullion than its market value, they talk
of patriotism" and pretend that they
wish to get their silver made into dol
lars in order to benefit the country.
Nice kind of patriots they are-men who
will send their silver away when it is
badly needed and try to unload it ON
the government when it is cheap and
plentiful!
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
FERTILIZERS FOR CORN
A Georgia Farmer Tells Of His Way of
Doing.

A Georgia Farmer Tells Of His Way OF
Doing.
In previous article expressed my
views as to the use of fertilizers for
corn. Continuing, will say that
have, during several years used on
about half my crop the following
method: At seeding time, open fur
rows with large shovel on CAN'T
distributor, applying rs to 100 pounds
per acre of a mixture in equal parts of
acid phosphate and cotton seed meal.
The soil falls on the fertilizer and COW
ers it, SO that it does not injure the
seed. At first blowing, run four fur
rows to each row with small scooter.
In the outer Of these burrows, say about
one foot from the corn, run the distribu-
ter, putting deep in the ground $50 to
300 pounds of the above mixture. If
time presses, run in one furrow to
the row only, applying $50 to 200
pounds When the corn gets waist
high, I SOW broadcast 60 to so pounds
nitrate of soda per acre, especially on
the thinner portions. BY this method
have got from 20 to 80 bushels per
acre on land that without manure
would have yielded not over S to ~
bushels. 1t sometimes happens when
May and June are dry that cotton
meal sown broadcast lies mostly inert
and does the crop not very much
good, becaus, large part of it is not
in moist soil This meal, however,
will'not be lost II fall grain Is sown.
The Unknown pea should be sown
broadcast in corn at last blowing, and
1t would pay to prepare for this before
planting the corn, by sowing broad
cast 200 or more pounds of acid phos-
phate per acre. not for the benefit of
the corn, but for that of the peas.
This would be the cheapest way to
manure the next crop, whether of cot
too or small grain. In this connec-
ton, let me add that acid phosphate
and the COW pea should form the basis
of all intensive farming in the south.
They should be sown broadcast on
every acre of corn. Every aero of
small grain stubble should be put in
peas. either in drills or broadcast. II
In drills (Which / prefer, open fur
rows with CAN'T distributor, using not
less than $50 pounds of acid phosphate
per acre. The acid phosphate is spe-
cific for peas, and, used alone, does
not much help weeds and grass, thus
enabling the peas to overgrow these
latter. had some land SO badly In
/ infested with wild coffee that could
not make peas on 1t until hit upon
the idea of helping the peas with acid
phosphate. The plan succeeded fully.
The idea has been valuable one to
me, and will. hope, prove useful to
others.-A. c. jackson, in Southern
Cultivator.,
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r he Cotton Tie Combine.

The cotton growers.of the southern
states are confronted by a grievance
in the shape of combine on cotton
ties that threatens their interests more
than what might appear at first glance
1t is a question which should be at once
fully appreciated by the farmers and
their friends. the ginners and the
local merchants, and which should DO
Immediately met by condensation
which would protect from extortion.
The wrong exists in the fact that
cotton ties sold in 1895 at an average
of 80 cents per bundle, and sI.40 Is
asked in 1896, making difference Of
60 cents, or an increase of rs per cent.
in price, and entailing an extra ex-
pense of about 81, zoo, 900 upon this
years estimated American cotton crop.
The same comparative prices and cal
culation apply equally to old cotton
ties. 1t has been suggested that
wire is selling at reasonable
prices, and that cotton can be as
well tied with wire of a proper size,
and that the same conforming to all
commercial requirements would Ger.
tainly be satisfactory to buyers, fac
tors and manufacturers. Such seems
altogether feasible and practicable.
1t is confidently believed that imme.
date and united wire pulling as OUT
lined would soon bring those wishing
to sell the old-fashioned cotton tie to
selling at reasonable profits.
This question is not speculative, but
will be certain and positive loss If not
counteracted by those affected there
by.-Cor. Southern Cultivator.
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Awonderful Phenomenon.

The man who should pass through life
without experiencing a twinge of indiges-
ton, might be fifty regarded as wonderful
phenomenon. We doubt If such priv
LEGGED mortal has ever existed. If SO, we
have never seen him. But thousands are
known to be daily relieved of dyspepsia by
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the popular
remedy for that truly national complaint
as well as for fever and ague, debility, con-
stipation, rheumatism and kidney troubles.
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Success.

It is not luck that enables men to
climb to positions of merit and attain
ments; it is the natural consequence of
high and noble purpose, coupled with
industry.-Rev NJ. G. Coleman, Meth
odist, Beardstown. Ill
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Breed and Feed.

Use the best sires that your means
will admit. Select your female breed
ing stock with care. Weed out the in
ferior stock year by year, retaining
the best always. Feed well. Breed
ing well and feeding well, says the
Southern Farm Gazette, must go to-
gether. The best blood on earth will
rapidly degenerate If not well fed and
cared for
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Science.

Science is simply inquisitiveness-
the thinker seeking some reason for
unanswered enigmas. The astron-
omef in his Investigations is trying
simply to think Gods thoughts. Rev.
Howard Dufield, Presbyterian, New
York.
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The platform, Adopted by the silverits
wing which controlled the democratic
national convention contains abundant
material for stirring campaign notices.
Free Silver Imitation" Debt Repudia-
tion," Property Confiscation" and
Commercial Stagnation" are brief and
truthful statements of the aims of the
cheap money democrats and the certain
results which would follow their sue
cess in November. Shouting these
cheerful strains. the silverites can march
to the certain defeat which awaits all
movements based on sectionalisn,
greed. appeals to prejudice and hatred
Of property rights,
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"JoHN," said Mrs. Wilbur, "vhy dom
you brush that fly of the top Of your head
aim stay,n said John. am not using the
Top of my head just now."-Harper's Bazaar
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never drew you to itln He (impressively)-
cit was not the seaside drew me here -
She-"Of coursc-you came by train, didn't
youi II was the engine drew you!"-Illus.
trafcd Bits
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But you remember on one historic occa-
sion, when the sky was all covered with
fog, some one asked: sob, say, can you
see by the dawn's early light the star.
spangled banner yet waving?" And IL
was there. Enthusiasts cheers
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WAITER Cat club restaurant) ''Ready
with your order, sahl' City Sportsman
(back from n weeks fishing)-"Glvc me
some fish: Pm tired to death OF other
things.n-N. Y. Weekly.
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AN employment, the satisfactory pursuit
of which requires Of nan that he shall be
endowed with rctentive memory, quick al
learning, lofty minded and graceful is the
friend and brother of truth, justice, fcrti
tude and temperance.-Plato.
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"ARE those stars which you see OF night
sunsln asked a little boy of his father.
s'Yes, my boy, they arc suns" swell,
tben,n added the youth, 81 suppose the
shooting stars are ddrtersi-
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AND He FOLLOWED 1r.-"One kiss" he
said, ''before got,
The girl knew what she was about,
Aud said to lin: 1.-THE rule, you know,
In kissing is, three tines and outs
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"ARE you taking swimming lessons, Cad.
by!' ssNo, old fellow. It's too much
bother. Ny valet is learning, and as
20 anywhere without lin, IL fall in
the watah he could rescue ne" -Harper's
Bazar
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How STRANGELY do life's prizes go,
Awarded BY the crowd;
Some triumph by the things they know,
And some by talking loud.
--Washingto Evening Star.
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JOHNNY says 1t was William Tells son
who had such an arrow escape.

THE men never talk about each other, be-
cause they know all about each other; the
women know so little about each other
tat they do lots of guessing. -Atchison
Globe
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DEACON BERRY-"You remember the
words of st. Paul in his defense before
Agrirpl.n Miss Stalenate-sNo, can't
say that remember, deacon; ST. Paul, you
know, was bcfoie my time" Deacon
Berry-"You surprise mc."-Boston Tran
script.
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/ BELIEVE Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boys life last summer.-MRs
ALLIE DOUGLASS, Leroy, Mich, Oct 20, '94
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SHE-"Was there any particular thin
about the town which struck you" He
"Yes; q bicycle"