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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-21
Right of Way Granted.

Denison, Dee. 20.-The Chicka-
saw legislature in session at Tisho-
mingo passed a charter granting
the Chickasaw Central Railroad
company right of way through
the Chickasaw nation, starting at
a point near the bridge on the
Colbert road, running through the
towns of Emmett and Tishomingo
on to the Canadian river. The in
corporators are people living in the
Chickasaw nation and largely
identified with her business inter
ests. They are the most enter
prising and rushing men of the
nation, as follows: Ex-Gov. r. N.
Harris, William Rennie, NJ. V.
Cheadle, Charles d. Carter, Treas
urer P. S. Moseley, ex-GOv. VIM.
Byrd and their associates. The
line will tap some of the finest agi
ricultural and mineral lands in the
Chickasaw nation and have con-
nections on the south end at Deni-
son and on the north end with 9TH
er lines.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-21

Don't forget the old stand when
leaving bus call. Stay with the
line that has always stayed with
you. T. B. Cathey. Phone q.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-21

That dark brown taste and horrid
breath you have in the morning is
caused by an inactive liver; some
medicines relieve for while; others
for few days, but Herbine cures.
Sold by 7. N. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-21
TRUTHS FROM TUSSY.
Special Correspondence,

Tussy, Dec. 19.-The cold wealth
er has done more toward restoring
the health of our community than
all the physicians and patent med
icines during the entire summer
and fall.
DIR. Stone of Elk is contemplate
ing moving to Tussy in the near
future
AdsThrelkeld, promising young
attorney of Tussy, is now kept
busy assisting the natives in lOcat-
ing their allOtments. He is well
posted on the Curtis bill and the
land laws in general.
Henry B. Tussy will allot the
townsite of Tussy, and then sell
lots to the settlers at a nominal
price. 1t will not be a great while
till the settlers in Tussy will hold
warranty deeds to their property.
Then watch Tussy take the second
growth.
D. r. Miller, one of our general
merchants, is goiug opt of busi-
ness.
George Graves is running his
shingle mill at full capacity.
Miss MOllie Halstead of White
Bead is visiting H. B. Tussy's
family. She will. remain till after
the holidays, when she will begin
a school in the McCarty district.
Miss Eta Gray of Hope, who
has been in school here, will spend
Christmas at home.
There will not be a Christmas
tree at the school house Christmas
eve, as had been contemplated.
Turkey shooting has already be-
gun. Jim VanpoOl is the cham
pion shot up to date.
A. A. Anderson of this place
has rare collection of fiat stones,
which are covered with Mexican
hieroglyphics. He has 30 of then
translated which give a history Of
the Spaniards and MeXicans eXplor-
ing the Indian Territory in searcl
of gold. There is one chapter per
tanning to Masonry which woul(
interest any Mason. Mr.. Anderson
: has gone to considerable eXpens,
in collecting the stones and havin!
them translated, and would like t,
discover a plan by which the.
might be given to the public
: Gold hunters would value thes
= records highly.
Will Girard is the happiest ma
in Tussy this morning-a new gil
baby at his house.
WANTED-Chickasaw warrants
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-21

Holiday goods in every line at
the City drug store
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-21

A few kegs of herrings left at
1S-7t JAKE's.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-21

For school books, tablets, states
and everything wanted at school
try Frame, at City drug store.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-25

Probably the first man that used q stone to
crush grain or acorns threw that stone away
when he got through and picked up another
crusher the next time. presumably the one
nearest a conveniently shaped boulder on which
he could place the food to be ground. But as
soon as a family or a tribe begun to visit one
certain spot with any frequency the same crush
err and the same boulder were used every time
the family wanted food. This. of course. soon
caused n hollow in the lower stone. Explorers
have found ample evidence of such a practice;
Bartlett, In 1854, found at FL Paso, Tex. on the
face OF a rock near an Indian settlement no
twelve to eighteen inches in depth and about
six inches In diameter; all Of which shows the
continued use OF that particular boulder and
the approximate size OF the poundero or crusher.
The shape OF the hollows was also convenient
for holding the grain to be crushed. The
Rlobular crusher first used soon gave way to
the pear-shaped stone, MUCH resembling a we'll
made pestle, and the hollow soon became u
mortar.
Discoveries OF crushers and neither stones
have been always many. In. Egypt and Somali-
land Mr., Seton Carr has lately found specimens
tons on the sites OF, Troy. MycenU and other
places which flourished in the time of ancient
Greece. brought forth numbers of globularcorn
crushers. Virgil, that great recorder OF the
ar9sRIne ss sto mad' With %lSSt.nct E Tssesen ISsde ed fhhiss
seven boats on the Libyan shore and the
wearied TroJans sprang to the beach, the faith
full AchateS struck a spark from a flint and
lighted a fire his companions. producing their
the corn with a stone UrdnqPre sdrO). In the
prehistoric Swiss lake dwellings the globular
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-25
WORLDS OLDEST INDUSTRY
CORN MILLING As PRACTICED IN
ANCIENT TIMES. Is

Two stones Formed the First MiIl-How the
First Mortar Came into BeinE-Corn
Mills worked by slaves and Later by
Cattle-The Ass n Favorite Millworker.
The oldest continuously conducted indus
try Of the world has recently been written up.
apparently for the first time. At any rate,
corn milling is practically the oldest indus
try. and Richard Bennett and John Elton.
who have written several other books on kin
dred subjects. say that their newest book.
THE History OF Corn Milling" tsimpkin.
Marshall'& Co, Londonl. practically opens the
field Of photography on that particular sub
ject. The FIRST volume treats Of Handstoues.
Slave and Cattle Mills.
Primeval m1n's first efforts were directed to
pounding out some sort OF meal. from grain.
nuts. or berries. In pace with the progress OF
the human race. machines or mills were made
to take the place of mere brute force, aided by
rough implements. until the gap between the
rough stone FOUNDER and the improved mill
ing machinery Of the present day was bridRed.
or course. there could be no dearth OF rec
ords In the case OF so vitality an important in
dustry, and the wonder is that somebody did
not get to work long ago and collect In some
systematic way the scraps OF history on the
subject to he found in nearly all the classical
works and writings Of later date. But. as the
authors say in the introduction TO the first vol
mme OF the book under consideration histor-
ians seem to have overlooked the interest and
importance attached to corn milling.
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tinet advances. After that, Instead OF using
4 popnder and 2 hollow i ne GSHISed Its man name g
from n resemblance Of the concave surface 81
the neither stone to the seat OF a saddle III
this, hSlloE ths ~ E MEANS SS 81 g sr smaIp stone 20 null.
Ter. Actual specimens OF the SADDLE SIohe AN
somewhat rare. but their use ,ts Won snowh
models. statues, statuettes and toys placed IN
tombs and recently discoveries. Al.
Chaldea, the ,radle OF civilization ana sn9
arte. possessed as its chief corn-Rrtnnlng mn
ths saddle stone. Traces Of the appliance are
still sufficiently definite. In l92l l, G. tn9e
patriarch h. Abraham II m n%rga : go eor DG miiiine BY
the angels RsS Among the relics Of ancient
l EFSyPtI are task %aP ~ T stSf%Gs IN 5o %PPrSparIns food,
always in the seryile posture, OF kneeiin9i
which was the only position by when n ttHba
ancient Hebrews the use OF the saddle stone
Is not very clearly TRACED. but there are traces
indicating that the Hebrews USED A. the Is sqme
ties used the mortar, but the same passage
mum, XII, 81 says that they also Used mills :,
or o6o What ,so the nsm trG 9sIiod Mo tsrm en %5IIs, t Anf mo- 40
milestone TO pledge, for he taketh mans
occurs The passage. the sound of millstones'
Hebrews made their women and slave9 per
form this task. In the same way rs the ERyp-
Among the arts and sciences taught to the
GreciH bS By III EE s1dd IL probably stons, E9osS Sa fpInu'fi R
Argeolis. south Of Corinth, have reyealed the
Ginning OF the historic records OF. the Grecien
people. and Mt that early stage we, find the mill
Of Homer. undoubtedly a saddle stone mill.
tons on the site 81 Troy various examples OF
the saddle stones. and his fairly accurate de-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-25

The ancient writers we'll appreciated the
fact that the origin OF corn milling must be
associated with the remotest era OF mans ex-
istence, and to Ceres they offered praise for
giving to man his first knowledge Of grinding
corn. A freely translated passage OF Ovid
reads:
THE first food Of man was Of herbs requir-
ing little trouble or care; nuts atterward. and
then were:happily discovered the acorns OF The
magnificent oak. These he used until Ceres.
advising him Of bettersfood. for acorns oene-
lcially substituted grain"
Virgil even says that Ceres taught man how
to plough. Pindar alludes to the worship Of
the goddess among the Greeks. and Pliny
credits Ceres with teaching the children OF
earth the grinding Of corn and the art Of bak-
ing In Attica and Sicily.
The handsome. the mere rough implement
at first. was the sole agent. so far as history
sheds any lighter the subject. that was used
in grinding or pounding corn for four Of the
six thousand years Of the worlds recorded
chronology. The men who used these stones
improved them. however, as one can see by
the earliest specimens. The corn stones Of
the paleolithic age have been found. although
not In great numbers. in the caves and pit
dwellings Of Europe. in the wastes Of Asia
Minor, and in the wilds OF Africa and America.
Such stones were merely stones of convenient
size, much as could be found almost anywhere.
A crusher which has been assigned by scien-
lists to the paleolithic period was found in
Rents Cave, Torquay. in 1865. 1t was OF hard
sandstone. and part was worn away by long
usage until the stone assumed the shape Of
cheese. The barbaric tribes Of modern times.
such as the Seneca Indians. the Omahas. or
the Oregon tribes. used Just such implements
-. 80, - ~ tHntr -rntn
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corn crushers we're In ordinary use. as DR..
Keller found IN his discoyerles, In Great, Bri-
found in no small number. An interesting
British sDecimen Of a stone. with two cups or
ton, OF a bed Of a brook for making the lake
In Seton Park: Liverpool. This stone Is a
by 10 inches. The two holIows we're each
about five inches deep and seven inches in
diameter. Among stones containing more than
one hollow for crushing corn are the remark-
able specimens found in Ireland and known as
the buAdn stones. The "St; Bridget's Stone"
Of Lock Maenean 10 a circular boulder. 5 feet
9 inches one way and 8 feet 2 inches the other.
In its rough surface are nine distinct hollows.
Each hollow contained a crusher, The boulder
was presumably the meeting place. OF several
women Of the tribe. who could thus grind
corn for oil their families at once.
The occurrence OF grain crushing stones In
omb OF prehistoric peoples seems to the
authors no accident. The stones may have
marked the grave OF the, faithfuls wife or
daughter. as the spear marked the final rest
ing place Of the warrior father and son.
From pounding TO actual grinding was only
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spindle wheels, connected with the stones
which were placed above, The cattle mill
was always capable OF WoTK,u noI peing made
Charters on the Roman ,pistores,, or mill
pval suppression OF duerns, with reference ia
fhe9dGl IPws as 81 to ,ho milling irah9m n, 91 br the me Modern Is9,
V Ron1rn'e Of H The S work XXI 10 sJ : close. O''"N VIC "'S'
The chapter, on the Roman pistoreS Is esne.
cially interesting. The slaves who drove the
been s6ockineiy treated; The asinlne hero Of
placed In q position, to reflect has this to say
Of the poor slave. grinders and bakers; u
skins were @SSSi seMa same ali III over We % With marks Of 5n ths
than covered with tattered frocks; some, word
their shin was Visible through the rents In the
ragsi Their foreheads were branded WITH
irons on their legs: they were hldeously sal
low; their eyes were bleared. sore and raw
E 1THR f fSn fm as StS Gtsas G wfth da sssE were covered
The above may be an exaggeration Of the &C.
tual facts. but there is no doubt that the fScts
authors have drawn almost as, hide ous q pic.
ture-as. for example. that the slaves wore
not reach food to their mouths and thus cheat
the owner by eating what II was their business
i GPblyd t Sy GT EbS ho %hea fiItHy ye6K T y ion nR'elIlH Tine se far
the Romans to look upon the milleT's trade as
anything but the next thing better than slaves
suffered under the misfortune of being re:
puted to be the son OF a piston. The poet Yir-
macy and favor with the Emperor by abiding
IN q Joking way to the Emperor's parentage.
BY a daily gift OF bread; this passed without
any trouble. but the donation was ordered to
be doubled on the. news OF . SECOND service Of
soS" asked the Emperor. "Becapse, sire"
regarding people with gifts OF bread" It IL
said that the Emperor. was sensible enough to
mains that throughout the period the work OF
the miller was regarded as somewhat degrade
ing, and that not until the beginning OF the
century A.. d. was the trade recoga
niZed as IL deserved.
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N OF WELn1NaroN,s SOLDIERS.
John McDouEall Drank WhiSkey, Studied
the Bible and Lived to Be IO4.

John McDouEall Drank Whiskey, Studied
the Bible and Lived to Be IO4.
EAsToN. Me-. Sept. 23.-John McDougall. who
died recently on his small farm four miles out
OF this village. is believed to have been the
Oldest man In Maine. and possibly the Oldest
person in New England. A copy OF a church
record made by his daughter says that he was
baptized In the Presbyterian Church of Dunn
fries. Scotland. on Sept. 20. 1894. which would
make his age O4 years at the time OF his death.
Among, the papers found in, his trunk is an
honorable discharge from the British Army
dated Oct. IL. 1915. less than four months
after the overthrow OF Napoleon Bonaparte at
Waterloo,
Mr.. McDougall camo here from New. Bruins
wick to live with a married daughter about ten
years ago. He used to relate that he served
under wellington In Spain andtook part In two
pitched battles. receiving, . severe wound In
the second engagement which laid him up In a
ent at the battle Of Waterloo; Soon after quit
ting the army Mr.. McDouRall married and took
his wife to Moncton. N. b., where he lived for
about seyenty-iye years, Though he raised
away StS Or diissd al az early age, 50
the death OF his wife he. anne to Maine
and made his home with his daughter. As her
husband was In straitened circumstances the
old soldier worked on the farm or IL the woods
large quantities of Scotch whiskey whenever
he was able to buy 1t until he was 0S years old.
and smoked plug cut TOBACCO up TO three days
before he died. During the ShEistmss holi;
and the books Fl Proverbs from memory. and
frienSs. RnoWip his feeble condition. per-
suRded him not 70 make the attempt
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ass by magical metamorphosisl was fastened
w 10 turn what, seemed to me the largest mill
stone OF all, and with my head covered, / was
put upon a little path. in the form OF a circle
~ which was TO go round and round perpetu-
sshfowered storms Of blows upon me. S%
The day was near its end and / was very tired
me TO the mill and led me to the manGer. /
neglected the food to observe, with a sort OF
pieasure, the economy OF our detestable work
place. How shall / describe my
brute companions2 What WORKOUT old mules
the manger as they chewed the heaps OF straw
Their Ineeks, were covered with ugly sores;
through their, gaping nostrils they couRhei
incessant!yi their chests were raw from the
friction OF the rush rope their TANKS lay open
TO the bone with continual cudRelllnR, I" 40.
Through medieval times the horse mill
was practically Identical In construction with
the wind or. water mill. The simple DRIVING
gear in the lowest story OF the building com
Rrlsed an upright shaft. reyolyed by the tTac-
taehed 70 the shaft near the ceiling a large
horizontal toothed wheel moved one or morS
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tney are, ought 10 lnllce us 10 at once aDan-
adopted seem to PROMISE
If by your energy and exertions. added to
the supplies now sent forward. you succeed
we may caicuiate that, having received this
self will possess sufficient energy. courage and
talents. and. II accounts are correct, suii-
With SlfR' f 'n1er steps s1 aDd to one eo pedRpiff his Ii ni iPisn3 8s
and followers to the gates Of Tripoli. Every
SUPPORT will. Of course be given to him by a
squadron SO as to enable him to get In the rear
Of the town"
To this communication Eaton, replied as
follows, dating his letter from the scene Of
his victory. two days after the assault:
Il confess, sir. there is one discoHraging
views In ,afrordlqg auxiliarles TO ,Hamet Ba-
shaw, These aids are to be withdrawn at any
period when the enemy shall propose terms Of
peace which may be accepted by the agent of
the Government on the spot, II Hamet Ba-
shaw Is 70 be used solely az an instrument TO
advantage OF the United States without any
consideration to his future existence or, well
being, | cannot, persuade myself that any bond
Of patriotism dictates to me the duty OF hav-
ing a chief agency, nor. indeed. any; in so ex-
traaf9rdlnary q sacrltice' Certainly the enemy
ment he entertains. serious apprehensions
from his brother, This may happen at any
dangerous a rival, aud not only Hanet Ba-
shaw, but eyery one acting with hin must In,
eNituDly lull VltlIHb 10 our economy. II we
proceed no further. it would seem incumbent
on the honor OF our government IN the event
situation rs eligible az that from which he has
been draTn: out OF the power 2i an ineensed
shaw would agree to establish him in the
Government OF this province and Bengazi and
restore him his family. He may. perhaps, be
made satisfied with such an accommodation,
and the. United States experience from I
many OF the advantages calculated to result
from carrying the original plan into execu;
ton. and consistently with both our honor and
interest. At all events. 1 am deeply inn
pressed with the opinion that the port we
have secured here should not be abandoned,
no terms of peace precipitately embraced; in
deed. 1t were to be wished that the effect OF the
success OF the cooperation might be tried,
II would very probably be a death blow to the
Barbary system. ANY accommodation sayor-
ing OF relaxness would as probably be death TO
the navy and a wound to the national honor"
No consideration whatever was given TO this
appeal: Barron and Lear had been edRing
toward peace with the usurper ever since De-
cember. and they went on eontentedly with
their arrangements for negotiating o treaty
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-26

sponse the Alfonso XIII hoisted the stars and stripes and returned the sa- lute gun for gun. Captain Sigsbee of the port and the captain of the Ger man cruiser Gneisenau.
 When I boarded the Maine Captain Sigsbee told me that he was at Dry Tortugas at II o'clock when the tor pedo-boat Dupont arrived from Key West with orders to sail. He got under way immediately and came over under easy steam. He stopped outside the harbor to take on a pilot at o'clock. Captain Sigsbee came ashore at Ma china wharf unattended. and drove to the American Consulate. The crowds respectfully made way for him. After the call on General Lee Captain Sigs- bee returned to the ship. Absolute tranquility reigns in the city.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-A Washing ton special to the Herald says: No word has yet been received here con- corning the evolutions of the fleet off Key West Secretary Long has finally determined to assign the torpedo boat fiotilla to the North Atlantic squad ron, with a view to practicing the ships in combined maneuvers. Orders have been sent to Lieutenant Commander w. W. Kimball. commanding the f1o- tilla. directing him to report with the vessels under his command to Rear Admiral Sicard. and perform such serv- ice as he may direct. These orders re- yoke the instructions issued to com manding officers of the ships and to Rear Admiral Sicard, informing them that if they should fall in with the fio- tilla they would have no command over 1t. Lieutenant Commander Kim ball had been told, too, that the flotilla was only under orders which he might give.
 The programme prepared contem- plated the maneuvering of the fiotilla down the Atlantic coast into the gulf, where it would touch at gulf ports and during the coming spring ascend the Mississippi This programme has of course been abandoned as a result of the new orders sent to the flotilla, al though it is still possible that the tor pedo boats may ascend the Mississippi during spring. The assignment of the torpedo boats to the North Atlantic squadron, it is suggested in some quar- ters, is due to the Cuban question. This is true so far as it relates to the reten- ton of one of the boats at Key West. which will convey any dispatches from Key West to the squadron, but with the Maine at Havana there is no ques- tion in the minds of the officials that there is an adequate force at Havana to adequately protect American inter ests. This fact tends to substantiate the statements of officers of the depart ment, who say the main reason the torpedo boats have been placed under Rear Admiral Sicard's command is l that they may engage in the maneu- vers of the squadron.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-26

HAVANA, Jan. 25. - The United States battleship Maine steamed into Havana harbor this morning and came to anchor with no more disturbance than attends the arrival of the Key West mail steamers.
 Signals were flown fro Morro Cas- tie at 10 o'clock that an American steamer had been sighted, but no pub lie attention was attracted until the battle-ship was passing Morro Castle, when crowds began besieging the piers When the Maine was almost alongside Morro Castle she saluted the Spanish flag with twenty-one guns. This was responded to by the guns of Cabanas. The firing attracted great crowds to the water front to view the spectacle A few minutes later the Maine ran up the Spanish royal ensign and saluted the flagship with thirteen guns. In re-
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-26
SPAIN INTENDS
 70 SOON RETURN
 TIE c0ltPLLMEGT.
WH Send a Hun-of- War to a Hdrbor Of tie United States as nn Act Of
 Courtesy

MADRID, Jan. 25.-Whether 1t con- siders the arrival of the Maine at Havana timely or not the Government has decided toregard it as an expression of good will, more so as all conditions are so favorable and there is a firm conviction that President Mckinley will abide stanchly by his message, and that he is determined to give au- tonomy a full chance of establishing it. self In this spirit a Spanish warship will visit an American harbor to return the compliment of the Maine's visit.
 The Debats, in the course of a long article, praises the United States as a country without intolerance or ex- clusiveness, whose virtues are undeni- able It says with reference to the con tribution sent to alleviate the suffer ings of refugees in Cuba that the