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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04
oAKDALE OFFERINGS.
To the Ardmoreite.

To the Ardmoreite.
After several weeks of hot dry
weather, the welcome rain came at
last and truly thankful were every
one, we almost seem to have forgot
ten those dusty unpleasant days and
hail that bounteous shower as a
beautiful September Offering. The
air is cool and the toiling farmer can
gather his bountlful crop in comfort.
What a grand scene, q farm In good
condition with diversity of crops,
lowing herds, barnyard fowls and
swine. OhI n rural life for me far
from "the city's msddening strife;''
but be still fond heart we are Just
outside the city's corporate limit,
and soldiers there too, SO we're GO
ing to be very nice, for fear we fail
to get our allotment and annuity.
We noticed the ARDMoREITE had
some Curtis bills at our reunion.
We would rather have q dollar bill
any time Mr.. Editor. We arrived
on the grounds too lac to hear the
best of the speaking, but IL 1t was
anything near as dne as Mr.. Wea-
ver's address that was published in
the ARDMoREIrE, it win rank with
the foremost of the land. Yes, we
beheld the soldiers 60 forth to bat
tie, we saw them return and the pic
ture is not overdrawn; those reun-
ions are sad when we contrast the
scenes, then and now, and we feel
like the poet In right who said "Ah.
why should the spirit of mortal be
proud"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

The statement of the comp
troller of the currency for Aug
ust shows the total circulation
of national bank notes on Sept
/. to have been 1927. .178. $40, an
increase for the month Of $491, :
745, and a decrease for the year
of So, ,329, 500. The circulation
based on United States bonds
was $196, us, 7O4, an increase for
the month of 81, 1,083. .019, and a
decrease for the year of SO. .013.-
022. The circulation secured
by lawful money amounted to
$39, ,402 ,911. a decrease for the
month of $6O1, ,273, and an in
crease for the month of Sc, ,650,-
1868. The United States regist-
cred bonds on deposit were as
follows: To secure circulation
notes 1929. .496. 100. and to Sc
cure public deposits $46. $780,
66O.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04
Gov-E1EoT d. H.JoBNsToN
Houston,

Gov-ELECT d. H.JoHNsToN of
the Chickasaw nation, was in
Denison Friday. A special
from there says:
Gov. Johnston is engaged up
on the work f constructing his
message to be delivered to the
legislature on the 9th or 7th in
slant. In regard to the meet
ing place of the legislature,
Gov. johnson said: Il have
understood that there are two
vacant rooms in Tishomingo,
which l can get to convene the
legislature In, but in the event
/ can not, 1 don't know of any
thing to do but to C lvene the
legislature and adjourn it until
the capitol building is finished.
| do not know yet just what
will be done and will not until
am on the ground. The legis-
lature meets Monday and will
canvass the vote cast at the
election Aug. IL. declare the re,
suit and attend to such prelim-
inaries before anything else. II
will probably be Tuesday or
Wednesday before | take the
oath of offica.O
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04


THE syndicate Bchemers have
again worked Uncle Sam.
Through forgeries and wrong
fnl dealings they have obtained
millions of dollars of the recent
bond issue. Evidences of sus-
picions bids caused the secre-
tary of the treasury to INSTITUTES
an Investigation. which has re-
suited in unearthing a gigantic
scheme by syndicates to get
hold of millions of dollars in
bonds. Many of the bids re-
celved from New York are
shown to have been either sign-
ed by individuals who had no
direct interest in them and sub
seribed their names simply at
the request of or in considera-
ton of compensation by other
parties or the bids bore sigma
lures that were forgeries.
Many of the bidders, it IS
SAID, were hired to sign and the
system was carried so far that
virtual agents were employed
who were paid so much a sub
scriber, the last named merely
signing his name and giving the
bid with his signature to the
agent or directly to the party
seeking control of a large sum
of bids.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

PRESIDENT HARPER is head of
the Chicago commission, ap-
pointed by Mayor Harrison,
which has recently reported in
favor of the reduction of the
salaries of women teachers. It
is needless to say that the re-
port has not met with a storm
of applause. but the contrary i.
For years attention has been
called to the unjust discrimi-
nation against women and there
are very few places as yet
where women receive equal pay
for equal work. They make
fine teachers; in fact. it is gen.
orally conceded that thay are
the best teachers we can get for
young pupils. Tney have a
better faculty of imparting
knowledge, and inculcating
noble principles. Good man
ners and good principles are
worth as much as any thing
else.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

Have you ever studied political
economyf" asked the long haired
passenger as he laid down his news
paper and turned toward the portly
individual across the aisle.
That's what I have, /" replied the
portly man, with an audible sigh.
i studied it from the beginning to
the end of one campaign"
And what is the result of your
investigatlonf" asked the other.
II was defeated for alderman i'm
my ward, was the reply, land am
firmly convinced that the best DO
htical economy is to stay out Of pol
tics. Chicago Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

II your child has thin. pale
cheeks uncertain appetite and un-
restful sleep. it has worms. and
curing with strong medicines only
makes conditions worse, by irritat-
ing its delicate stomach. Whites
Cream Vermifuge is mild in effect.
and is a superior tonic, as well as
o positive worm destroyer.
Sold by II. n. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

The Washington correspond
ent of the Atlanta Constitution
says:
From all accounts the prize
ass of this war is the product of
the great state of Tennessee.
He is G. Henry Gibson, who
represents the second district of
that state in congress, and who
is reported to have given utter
ance in a recent speech to
these words:
Democrats have hoped and
prayed for some great calamity.
They wanted Dewey's ships
sunk at Manila. and Shafter
and Sampson whipped at San
tiago, but the Lord was on our
side. because we were on His
side. !"
The correspondent has offer
ed an irreparable insult to
the animal to whom he has
compared Gibson. This coun-
| try has so far failed to produce
any living thing in the order OF
lower animals to which he can
be reasonably likened. That's
all.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

Hon. JOSEPH D. SAVERS.
Democratic candidate for Coy
ernor of Texas, promises to be
elected by the largest majority
ever cast in that banner Dem
ocratic State. The only con-
tingency that can prevent this
result may be that thousands
of his party. for lack of the in
centive of opposition. may re-
main away from the polls on
election day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

SAGAsTA is having trouble in
selecting peace commissioners
to meet the commissioners of
the United States. None of
Spain's prominent men want
to act in any such a humiliat-
ing capacity after blowing
about whipping the American
pigs" so easily.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

RECENT statistics show that
there are more bachelors than
spinsters in every state in the
Union except in California,
where. strange to say. there are
nearly three spinsters to every
bachelor. In Texas it seems
has 169, ,453 bachelors and ST.
704 spinsters. As the CONNER
cial Appeal says, there has been
a general impression that the
unmarried women of the coun-
try greatly outnumber the un-
married men and that in con-
sequence a large number of
women were doomed to isola-
ton, so to speak. When the
manageable mole population
learns that there are two mill
ion more bachelors than old
maids the matrimonial market
ought to liven up.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

"You was in the minstrel bust
ness, wasn't you, Mr.. MarigoldI"
why, no, Johnny. What makes
you ask that's"
''Pa said that IL you could only be
eorked up you wouldn't be such q
bad sort OF fellow. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

HERE Id IN sermon that every
one can read and reread aud
mediate over with great profit.
It is not taken from any OF
Paul's epistles or Chrlst's ser
mon on the mount. but it is
just as true as anything they
ever said. Here it is:
MEN are like hcgs. however
distasteful this may sound to
hogs. When a hog gets an ear
of corn, every other hog will
trot along behind and squeal,
and wine and beg, and is ready
for a bite; but just let the front
hog get his head fast in a crack
and every son of a SOW will
Jump on him and tear him to
pieces. Just so with men. As
long as a man is prosperous
and has money he can't keep
his friends off with a base ball
bat. The moment he is unfor-
tunate and his wealth is gone,
be is not only snubbed by his
former alleged friends, but
they begin to do him all the
harm possible. When a man
starts up grade they fall in be-
hind and push, but when be
starts down grade the world
steps to one side and greases
the track" Haven't you seen
lots of this in your life. How
many times have you heard
men and women talk about Other
men and women. who have mel
reverses in life, in a sarcastic
and unkind manner. They ust
10 think and talk we'll of them
but that was when they were
rich or infuential-before mis-
fortune overlook them. Maybe
their downfall was not caused
by themselves. but by shrewd
scheming rascals. or long
tongued scandal managers
Thousands of men and womel
to-day are down in the gutter o
despair and woe, the victims o
the foul mouth of some Sian
derer, or the nefarious schem,
of some Shylock, money-grasp
ling. soulless wretch.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

MARK HANNA says the fight be-
ing made on Secretary Alger
is politics. and that there will
be no Investigation of his con-
duct; that his record is all right.
What Hanna says goes. you
know.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04
A PRoMINENr Ardmoreite re

A PROMINENT Ardmoreite re-
marked yesterday that Ard
more would have a population
of twenty thousand in five
years. We believe he is right.
No town in all tho country is
attracting so much notice.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04
ARDMoRE. SUNDAY, SEPT. A.

The farmer who puts his sur
plus corn in hogs this year will
be the wise man.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

MAYOR GALT's views on pub
lie free schools for Ardmore. can
be found in to-day's ARDMoRE-
TIE. Read what he says and go
to work for free schools for
Ardmore. Nothing would help
our town as much.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

The United States has 1884,
800 miles of railroad, nearly
100000 men are required to
run them. they have $40, ,OOO,-
O00. 900 capital and they handle
"a. 600. 900. 900 worth of soil pro-
ducts a year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

It absolutely has no equal and all
others who claim theirs is Is good rs
Beggs' German. Salve are irnitators.
A fair trial win convince any one
that there 10 no preparation yet dis
covered, that stands sven an equal
I'm allaying pain and I'm its healing
qualities,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

The ARDMoREITE Office wants Is
cords 4-foot wood on subscription.
Bring it along.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

ABOUT the only war news of
interest now in daily papers
consists of reports Of move
ments and deaths of soldiers.
Disease is killing more of Un-
Gle Sans boys than did Span
ish bullets. There is something
radically wrong somewhere.
Somebody is responsible for
this wretched condition in our
army. 1t is doubtful if the
blame will ever be located.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04
A WEALTHY prospector in thi

"A WEALTHY pFOSp0cCOE III LQlS
country has this to say:
The beautiful Indian Terri
tory contains as much valuable
agricultural area as any state in
the union relatively; contains
more valuable timber and min
eral lands than many of the
older states; offers fields for
the legitimate investment of
capital that are not approached
BY any other portion of the
United States and is destined to
be wonderfully prosperous dur
Anf the next few years,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

MISS WINNIE DAVIS, daughter
of jeff DAVIS. is critically i'll at
Narragansett pier, r. l., with
gastritis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04

IT is we'll that the plain peo-
pie: the mainstay and hope of
this country in times of peace
and war. are ignorant of the ex-
tent Of the rottenness and cor
ruption that this war has deVel-
oped, lest it cool their patriotic
ardor for a while. Our high
officials are angry with each
other now, and every time they
open their mouth they enlighten
the public. Mckinley is un
doubtedly good man. but he
has gathered around him one OF
the scabbiest lot of officials
that have assembled there fol
many years. So much for po
litical obligations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-04
TIME TABLE.
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway.

Calf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway.
SOUTH BOUND.
Galveston and Chicago Express 4:12 a. m.
Cisburne and Kansas City Express $40 p. m.
NORTH BOUND.
q llveston and Chicago Express 1859 q. m.
Ci ,burne and Kansas City Express :02 am
A. LUCAS, Ticket AGt.
VS. KEENAN,. Gen. Pass. Agt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-05

theoretical writer's and surface oh
servers who are ready to ndopt and
proclaim anything that casts refec-
tions on the acts Of farmers in general.
Many varieties of hawks are named
and their bill of fare is given in full,
and this nearly always includes squir-
rels, snakes, frogs, toads, spiders and
lizards, but no mention IL made of the
fact that all of these live on insects.
We have seen striped squirrel with
his mouth full of grasshoppers, and
we would rather have toad in the
field than q dozen of the hawks that
are snid to eat insects. Nothing il
said about the number of small insect
eating birds that these harmless"
hawks destroy. These birds would.
II undisturbed, do more good among
small and destructive insects than the
hawks would il they lived wholly on
grasshoppers. The most important
part of the article in the Year Book
we have never seen quoted. In real
ity it takes the force from oil the
other parts. 1t is this:
at should be stated here that sew
eral Of the species belong to one or
another class according to the locality
they frequent. A hawk or owl may be
locally injurious because at that place
mice, squirrels, insects and other in
furious animals are scarce, and con-
sequently the bird hal to feed on
things of more or less value to man,
while in other regions where its favor
lite food is obtainable in sufficient
quantity it does absolutely no harm.
There is the whole story in few
lines. That does not ask farmers to
throw away what they have learned by
experience aud believe that hawk
will sit harmlessly over flock of
chickens and wait for mouse to ap-
pear. The balance of nature was
abont right as long as we let nature
adjust it, but when man brought so
much Of the face of the earth under
artificial conditions there were many
things that would not readily conform
and in drawing line between friends
and enemies we have to cut many cor
ners. The skunk lives largely on in
sects but he is death on poultry.
Foxes catch mice aAd do not refuse
birds nor respect ownership. The
snake eats insects as well as toads and
frogs. Toads eat insects and small
frogs, and frogs retaliate in the same
way. Among the insectivorous birds
and reptiles we find none that will de-
stroy our enemies aud spare our
friends. Therefore in regions where
a 'arge part of the former home of
small, wild game is cleared and culti-
waited, while hawks lurk in the forests,
no profession of friendship for or
faith in the latter will induce them t9
60 home hungry If they can find q
chicken in place of partridge. Man
chester IN. H. Union.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-05
ALMOST A TRAGEDY,
why the Bungling Bucksaw Was Rc;e.
gated to the Barn.

gated to the Barn.
"What 1 want" said the Young
wife who is bravely starting to do her
own work, lis a saw for general use
about house. Here am chopping
away with dull hatchet at this ham
bone" and the vigor with which she
hacked expressed her feelings better
than words could have done.
81 can get you just what you want"
volunteered the man who was attach
ing weights to the kitchen windows
so they could the more easily be man
ipulated, ''and it won't cost over
thirty cents"
He received the commission and
the result was bucksaw with par
ticularly large frame, cost seventy.
five cents.
''There's saw" said the pur-
chaser, ''as is saw. When your
trees blow down you can cut them up
into stove lengths, or you can cut an
old broomstick in two with it to make
a clothes stick, or you can use it in
cutting bone when it has to be done.
That's great all around saw, num-"
There was another ham bone to DO
cut, and she called her husband to
hold the ham while she did the saw
ing. He laughed outrageously ut her
purchase, but she stuck up for it and
made plain the opinion that his judg-
ment in practical matters was very
undesirable. OF course the long, sharp
teeth of the saw struck too deep into
the bone and made it impossible for
him to hold the ham steadily.
"Give me that saw" he said, testi-
ly. ''Thero are some things beside
throwing stone that woman can't
do"
He tried and she tried. but results
were no different.
"If you'd just go away and leave
the whole thing to me-" she said, 81
could get along nicely"
He went as far as the door and
stood there laughing while she held
the ham with her left hand and made
frantic efforts to saw with her right.
When the ham made dash from the
table aud slid clear across the floor
and down the cellar way, he leaned
against the door sill and she began
making arrangements to go home to
her mother. When they seriously
talked the matter over half an hour
later the bucksaw was relegated to
the barn and he went down town to
buy q meat saw.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-05

The system of spreading some light
material on the surface of all flower
beds aud borders, now that planting
is complet', =, rs worthy Of more atten-
ton than is usually accorded to IL.
1t serves two distinctly useful pur-
poses, namely: it preserves the mois-
ture in the sell during dry weather,
and improves the general appearance
of the garden. An excellent material
for the purpose is the refuse from an
old mushroom bed, If such be at com
mand, and II not, leaf-mould answers
equally as well. Either would, how
ever, be too rough and untidy in the
ordinary state, and must therefore be
passed through half-inch sieve.
Spread over the surface of the beds to
n depth of about half an inch, it keeps
the soil cool aud moist and encourages
freer towering habit in the plants
in the garden. Every few days the
surfacing should be lightly passed
over with the hoe or rake. going no
deeper than is necessary to keep it
loose and open, as in this lies greater
part Of its value. Household Words.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-05
A KnIlrOad,s ThomxhtfuIness.

Commuters on the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna a. Western railroad in New
Jersey are inclined to challenge q.
new regulation which has inst been en-
forced on the ground that it smacks
of paternalism. As each brakeman
calls station, as, for instance, Hack
ensack, he does it in this fashion:
"Hackensack! Don't forget your
u-n-d-l-e-s." Occasional passengers
find those calls very amusing and as,
each station is announced they grin at
the brakeman, who doesn't enjoy the
new regulation, and then look around
to see the commuters pick up their
bundles. Undoubtedly this new regu-
lation was suggested by the number
of bundles which commuters left be-
hind them in the cars and then both
cred the railroad company to look up
for them. 81 object to this reguls-
tion." said one OF the commuters. "If
the railroads are going into this busi-
ness, the first thing we will know the
brakeman will call out; 'Hackensackr L
Have you forgotten to mail your wife's
letter. or perhaps it will be Mont
clair! Remember to stop at the butch-l
er's.' invited friend to come out
and spend the night with me short
time ago, and he began to laugh when
the first station was announced. Az
station after station was reached and
the brakeman sung out monotonouslj
at each: Don't forget your bundles,
his merriment increased. He would
talk about nothing else at dinner, and
when he said good night to us Id
added. Don't forget your bundles.
It's kind of the railroad, of course
but don't like It,.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-05
TIE CALL.
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inc oiouds grow uark as the people paused,
hpeopie ot peace ana toll,
ana there came n cry from all the skyt
a, Come. children OF mart and soil,
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lhough sue mas not son TO spare,
ohe nus sPVkeh the worn tnat ye aii nave
nearu.
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List tbe North men cheer ih. en- mon from
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-05
The Cost of Noise In the Dairy,

The cost of noise in the dairy can
be figured to certainty; and the man
who doubts this may gain some valu-
able information by making few ex-
periments on his own account.
A neighbor of mine has been doing
this and the result is decidedly start
ling This man has dairy of about
twenty cows, mostly grade Jerseys.
A quiet man by nature, his cows were
accustomed to receive only the kindest
treatment.
A few years ago this neighbor bought
Babcock test for use in his own
dairy. One day he directed the hired
man to shut the cows in the yard and
to let the dog in with them. The
hired man thought his employer must
be going daft but he obeyed instruc-
tions. The two men took sticks in
their hands and went into the yard with
the cows and began to shout, the dog
barked and pandemonium reigned for
few minutes, although not bow
was struck nor COW bitten. The
herd was then brought into the barn
and MIXED.
The falling off in yield was quite
noticeable, but the test when applied
showed loss Of forty per cent. in
butter fat on the basis of the week
previous! Think of that, We men who
yourselves shout, kick, thump and
bang your cows and permit the hired
help to do the same.
Suppose these COWS gave at milk
ing three hundred pounds of five per
cent. p.;ik when treated kindly. The
loss in weight placed at low figure
must have been at least Ave per cent.
or fifteen pounds. While the loss in
butter fat, forty per cent. would bring
the test down to three per cent.
What does this really mean? At
twenty cents per pound my neighbor's
three hundred pounds Of milk, testing
five per cent, would have been worth
to him $3. 90. As matter of fact, it
brought him only $l.74, loss on one
milking of 81. .26. After such result
who can wonder if this daryman laid
down some laws and insisted on their
rigid enforcement?.-E. l.. Vincent in
Farm, Field and Fireside.