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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

We have the Filipinos so badly
whipped that Gen. Lawton found
it necessary to retreat and leave
the eight towns he recently cap
tured to be reoccrpied by Aeui
haldo. And it may be mentioned
incidentally THAI Gen. Lawton has
publicly expressed the opinion that
it will take an American army of
100000 to ''pacity" the Philip
pines. Oh, yes, that was a great
bargain Mr.. Mckinley made when
he gave $20,OOO.O0O in good money
for those Islands.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

THE sanitary committee will
please notice that spring is actu-
ally lurking about in this vicinity,
that the unsavory condition of our
streets, alleys and byways will
make spring medicines cost more
than garbage wagons, that hog
sites, chicken yards and filthy cor
nevs would make a more behtting
decoration to a forty-acre field
than backgrounds to our main
streets and avenues. Our newly
elected officials should nos overlook
this golden opportunity 10 make
themselves immortal, and give The
city the most thorough cleaning up
it ever had, regardless of public
sentiment, treating 81 alike.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

THE long prayed for rain has
come and the ground is thoroughly
soaked. The busy housewife is in
ecstacy over an abundant crop of
garden sass. The farmer is delight
ed with the outlook for big crops.
All nature smiles DER this glorious
land, the Beautiful Indian Ter
ritory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

IT transpres that the United
States is supplying locomotive en-
gines as well as steel bridges to Ing
land. AS a matter of course on.
manufacturers are elated, and
every American is expected to feel
patriotically proud of the achieve
ments of supplying the Aijoara
bridge to the En- rglish govern
ment, and six locomotives TO a
Welsh railway company. but the
pride il some of us is tempered
with the wonder how it comes
about that our bridge and locomo-
tive builders can so successfully
compete against British manufac-
turers in Africa and Wales when
they cannot do so in this country,
and the rest Of us have 10 be mulct
in 30 per cent tariff exactions to
help 'em make a living.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21
christian government.

THE reports from over the Ter
rtory indicate that the recent rains
have done the wheat so much good
that the farmers who contemplated
blowing it up have concluded to
let it stand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

EVERY democrat will be glad to
know that ex-senator Roger Q.
Mills is getting rich from the pro-
duct of his Texas oil wells.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

Just as the Sun Went Down"
is now the most popular song in
the land. This is very appropriate
following A Hot Time"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

ALGER's defiance of those who
have been trying to force him to
resign indicated confidence in his
hold on Mr.. Mckinley rather than
grit. He believes that Mr.. Ne
Kinley is afraid to kick him out.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

DEMOCRATS may disagree about
the popular price to pay for a din
ner and yet vote together next
year. and we hope they will.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

If man fiirts wi h a girl and
she falls in love with him, he thinks
her silly; if she doesn't he thinks
her conceited.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

Buds are bursting in the hedges,
Leaves are stirring in the lane,
Everywhere the sap is stirring,
Love returns to life again.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

Before the discovery of One Minute
Cough Cure, ministers were greatly
disturbed by coughing congrega-
tions. No excuse for it now. City
Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

THE recent rains are the best
prosperity agents who have visited
our fertile land lately.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

ENGLAND has been killing a few
Chinaman in its newly acquired
Chinese territory, to show the pa
tives the advantage of being under
a Christian government.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

WHEN nature has done so much,
it does seem that the people should
do little something toward keep
ing this citv clean.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

HAPPY springtime! IRE es are
budding and trusts are blooming
all over the land.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

ADoLLAR expended now in clean
ing back yard may save ten dol
lars in doctors bills later in the
season
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

AGUINALDO is getting his army
together-that is to say he is bury
ing the dead.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

Opportunities are never lost;
they simply move on.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

If YOU don't work for your town
the town won't grow for you.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

The ARDMoREITE Office has a
good steam engine and boiler tor
sale cheap. 3-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

A babbler is a surplus of tongue
run by a scarcity of brain power.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21
TIME TABLE,

Gulf, Colorado and santa Fc Railway.
soUTH-BoUED.
Galveston and CHICAGO Express 9;3G 4 m
CIeburne and Kansas City Express 6;l0 p m.
NoRTH-BoUND.
galveston and Chicago Express----12:50 a. m
Cleburne and Kansas City Express II 10 a. n.
A. Lucas. Ticket Agent.
w. s. KEENAN,. General Passenger Agent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21

ARDMoRE, FRIDAY, APRIL 21.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-21
UNITED STATES COURT.

UNITED STATES COURT.
che United States court for this district
Gill meet as follows:
Chfckasha -. February : and October3
Ryan ..E e .Jruary q and October
pauis VALLEY March and October 81
purceIl - March % and November p
Ardmore April IL and December
Hosea Townsend ..----.----- United states Judge
" p johnson - United states Attorney
a nj CamnheU United states Clerk
IrSnn 6 Hammer United States Marsh-l
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09

a water the history of which is not
thoroughly known" The water having
been properly collected from either
source of supply, or from place of de-
livery i'm clean glass s-stUppered bottles,
which have never been used before, the
bottles having been rinsed and filled to
overlooking to displacc the air, then
having been completed" emptied and
filled again, a piece Of cloth should be
fastened firmly about the neck of the
bottle and the ends of string which
keep it i'm place may be fastened by
scaling.
The least carelessness in collecting
the water will render the report worth
less. Give the date of taking of sam
pie since water even thus protected
soon changes. Send also a description
of the soil with which the water comes
in contact in any way together with
immediate or remote sources of pOssi-
bic contamination. The chemist con-
slders appearance of water, odOr and
taste, temperature, reaction, color, to-
tai solids as to source, hardness Of
water, permanent or temporary,
amount of chlorine present, nitrogen as
nitrites, nitrogen as nitrateS, as free
ammonia. as alhuminoid ammonia,
lead copper, iron, zine, alum, phOs-
pilates, dissolved gases. Many sub
stances render the water turbid, as
death of algae and separation of their
growth.
Dead leaves, washingS from tanner
les, dye works, etc. Any quickly sub
siding material Is to be reckOned sedi-
ment and not turbidlty Odor and taste
which are such important items of in
terest to us are not So considered from
the chemists standpoint, since it has
been found by analysts that a good
water may possess a marshy odOr,
u II "a hn ia De-
less and odOrless. In the report of the
Massachusetts Board of Health, 1879
may be found this: The lower forms of
animal and vegetable life giving by
their death odOrs described as musty,
fshy horse pond and the like, however
objectionable from an aesthetic stand
point, are not productive of disease.
When the small plants themselves are
swallowed they act chiefly in a me-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09

Below is given in full the paper on
'Water supply" read by Dr.. Martha
Everitt at Mondays meeting of the
Womans Club at Green Ridge:
AS regarding their uses for household
and town supplies, all natural waters
are divided into four classes Rain
water, surface water, including
streams and lakes. ground water, in
cluding shallow wells. deep seated
water which includes deep wells, arte-
sian wells and springs Each class is
to be studied as to advantages and dis
advantages, liabilities of pollution, etc.
From an aesthetic standpoint ~ re-
fuse water which is so polluted as to
he Objectionable to sight. taste, or sense
of smell, and our first thought in every
Instance is the relation between such u
water and disease.
Perhaps more than any other danger
we fear to encounter. by means of inn
pure water, our enemy, typhoid fever,
though we all know that other forms
of intestinal infection may be- due to
polluted drinking water There is un-
disputed and overwhelming evidence
that typhoid eXCreta may be greatly
diluted and be filtered through a great
thickness of soil without losing their
disease producing properties.
Since the character of IA water supply
utptIuS IldlnlN On the cnuIdtlef OF lne
ECil, through or over which II pass -,
and moreover since we must regard the
soil as the habitat of disease producing
germs, no consideration of water sup
ply can be complete without a Consid-
grafton of the soil through which
water percolates and upon which water
drains to meet river, or lake, or streams
feeding reservoirs.
MOISTURE OF SOIL
II soil be permeable moisture is
transmitted, and thus contributes TO
the supply of ground water: soil with
hlgh power OF absorption retains mois-
ture. The permeability Of the soil reg
ulateS the amount of surface water
which shall percolate through the soil
"rhe moisture of the soil depends upon
the power of inhibition, which varies
with coarseness, or fineness Of the
rock, and is greater for rocks which
consist of fine particles" Rain water
in its passage through the soil and
underlying rocks abstracts, by chemi-
cal and mechanical means, many of
their ingredients and becomes charged
with great variety OF mineral matter.
Impurities which are held I'm suspenI.
sion which are easily removed by fill
tration do not add an element Of dan
ger to the supply. Impurities which
exist In solution and are due TO the
solvent power of the water itself are
elements Of danger. All rain water
contains a certain amount of coz.
Most sfllcates are decompOsed by the
action Of CO2 and the metallic ele-
ments. alkaline metals ca, Mig, Fe
pass into solution in the form of solu-
BILE carbonates of those metals.
Water charged with COZ IL ca. able
of acting directly upon limestone and
dolOmite, and reducing them TO soluble
bicarbonates of Ca, Mg, which pass
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09

material is quickly absorbed by grow
ing vegetation" So-called albuminoid
ammonia does not exist ready formed
in water, but is a product of the de-
composition of organic nitrogenous
substances by alkaline permanganate.
CThe term is derived from the fact that
albumin gives off ammonia i'm like
manner when similarly treated DR..
Smart believes that a water which IN
the third or fourth measure Of distl-
lation gives persistent evolution of
free ammonia which is followed in the
progress of the experiment by a per-
sistenCe of twice that quantity Of al
buminold ammonia probablv contains
urea which is the chief solid cOnstitu-
ent of urine, and the principal nitro
genOus end-product of tissue change.
NITR1TES FORMED.
"Nitrites are formed at the expense
of ammonia and they i'm their turn are
converted into nitrateS by further oXi-
dation." Lead and copper and zinc be-
cause of their distinctly poisonous pro-
perties are most Objectionable constt-
uents of the water supply. Iron, If in
considerable quantity. is also objection
able. Phosphates are never present in
more than minute traces in water fit
for domestic use, but are always pres
ent in contaminated water,
Bacteria under very adverse condi-
tions may be transported by flowing
water to very "reat distances without
losing their vitality, and thus it be-
comes necessary in a complete analysis
of water to make meteorological exam
inatiOn of water for the discovery of
possible germ contamination. Nichols
says lin the matter of determining the
suitability of stream for city supply
the service Of the bacteriolOgist should
be unquestionably secured" DR.. Du-
Pre- has pointed out that chemistry an
ticipates what may happen in the fu-
ture, and by timely advice may pre-
vent an outbreak of disease, while on
the other hand the discovery Of disease
germs in a water is only possible after
the water Is infected.
BacteriolOgy is of special value and
greatly superior to chemistry for the
testing of filters and watching the var
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09

iation in their efficiency Numerous
bacteria in water indicate that there is
food for their substenanCe since they
cannot live without nourishment, and
this food is usually supplied by sewage
Ordinary boiling for a half hour will
destroy SO per cent. of all bacterial life,
and that which remains is harmless.
Since ice enters so largely into the
drinking water in general usage, and
because it is popularity supposed that
freezing destroys germs, and because
this has been proven absolutely incOr-
rect, it seems wise i'm this connection
to speak Of ice, and to point OUT its
danger.
Ice, If cut from a stream whose fow-
ing water is suitable for drinking pur-
poses, may with safety be used in cool
ing water Arti2cial ice made from
distilled water contains no element of
danger. Unfortunately in many in
stances ice is cut from any place where
it is found of sufficient thickness To
make 1t seem worth while td take it,
Notwithstanding the water of such
place is SO impure that the most ignOr-
ant would not drink of it.
In conclusion | cannot give more
timely nor more useful advice than to
repeat to YOU the words of that most
accomplished physician Hippocrates,
which are repeated in these days so Of
ten without reference 10 their 1istn-
gushed author, and which constitute
our bulwork of defense in all times of
danger from poisons of typhoid fever
and cholera, and with which you are
all So familiar. repeating them when
ever you say, Water should be boiled
and filtered"
Mr.. Reuben Haines offered the fol-
lowing figures representing the aver
ages of "a different determinations Of
uncOntaminated waters and recon-
mended them as standards for pure
waters in the neighborhoOd of Philadel-
phia.
Parts per million:
Free amOnia 003l
Albuminoid amOnia 0.04i
ChlOrin 11.9,
Nitrogen as nitrates 5.0I5
Total solids, 1851
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09

into solution. The other chief mineral
impurities found in rain water are
silica, sulfatcs, Chords of ca, Mg, *,
Ma. We know from the fact that
spring water issues at natural OPEN
ing that ii has been constant move
ment and has not stagnated in under
ground reservoirs. Little is known az
to the depth to which underground
water pcrcOlatcS. and as to the causes
which check it's downward course, but
it is invariably found that below a GER
tain depth rocks are completely per-
meated by water Ground water, a
continuous sheet of water, from which
air is excluded, is found below the
rocks
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09
ABLE PAPER BY
DIR. MARTHA EVERITT
WAS READ AT A MEETING OF
THE WoMEN'S CLUB.

She Discussed the Question of Water
Supply in Very Thorough Man
ner and Pointed Out the Dancers
That Arise from a Contaminated
Supply of Water for Domestic Uses.
She Repeated the Old Recommends q.
ton That Water Should Be Boiled
and Filtered.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09
MAINTAINS IT'S LEVEL.


This water maintains its level just
as does sea or lake. Ground water is
in constant movement towards the sea-
or nearest water course, moves in u
lateral diqractiOn, rises and falls The
amount of water which is held by the
subsoil as ground water depends upon
the saturatiOn of the subsoil The
value of a rock as n water bearing
stratum depends upon its capacity Of
saturation. The most permeable soils
having least storage capacity. "All
collections of water in free contact
with the atmosphere. are collections OF
surface water, he the collection a pool
or the ocean itself. This water may
move in rivers on creeks.
The water from artesian wells comes
from considerable depth and is pre-
vented from contact with water of the
subsoil by impervious strata, Artesian
wells are by natural channels or are
made by drilling to points below layers
of rocks, which cut off the grOuni
water. Wafer supplies Of villages,
small towns is usually obtained from
wells driven or dug, or from collections
Of rain water stored in cisterns, or
natural springs. and is delivered by
means Of many devices varying from
the bucket to the most modern pump
The water supply of large towns and
cities Is in most instances collected into
impOunded reservoirs from which II IS
carried by iron mains into the locality
to be supplied and thence into smaller
leaden pipes to places of delivery.
The Ideally pure water would be OBJ
tained from a source undoubtedly be-
yond contamination, and in it's con-
Neyance to point Of delivery should
maintain its purity. If the mountain
spring with sources undoubtedly be-
YOnd danger of pollution IL not to be
obtained, the next best would be a
water properly purified by slow sand
filtration or pure ground water supply,
or surface water supply with large and
impounded reservoir. protected against
pollution by properly enforced laws
or the supply may be taken from large
normal rivers, or rivers in which pol
luton may be considered to have great
ly vanished through agency of sedi-
mentation, dilutlOn, or other causes
one of the sources above named should
be chosen. but unfortunately the bes;
furnished in many cases Is found to be
water from large inland lakes more OF
less subject to pollution, or is taken
from upland streams, or small lakes
with limited water sheds, which are
more or less inhabited, or from rivers
or public or private wells. which arl
known to be polluted with sewage ol
other infectious matter i'm varying de.
greeS.
CLAsSED AS NORMAL.
For a water to be classed as nor
! pal II is necessary that intake OF water
| works should be so located, as TO bt
| above the influence of the discharge
| of either sewage or surface drainage
! from urban or suburban districts. Thert
| should be no city up stream
| discharging crude sewage into river
| within such distance that sewage
| would not be thoroughly and complete.
| ly disbursed at the cross section Of
| river before reaching the water works
| intake"
so many complex phenomena are
| met with In cases of river pollution
that probably no definite standard car
be adopted excepting 10 consider al
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09

Unless water contains free acid
usually sulfurC, and this occurs in
manufacturing CCnters and in coal re-
giOns, and is washed down by the rains,
the reaction Of the water is alkaline.
Water of all degrees of hardness and
variety of color and turbdity are due
to material dissolved or suspended in
the water derived from the strata
through which 1t has passed. Perman-
Cnt hardness of water is due to sui
tates of calcium and magnesium, and
does not disappear upon boiling. Tenn
pOrary hardness Of water is due to
Carbonates of Ca and Mig held in sOlu
tion by coz present in the water. Boil
ing eXpellS coz and the salts separate
from the water and the hardness dis
appears. Chlorin in water is indica-
tion of contamination by sewage un-
less its presence can be explained as
having been washed from air or soil
Mallet says: II am inclined to attach
special and very great importance to
the careful determination of ntrltes
and nitrates i'm water to be used for
drinking purposes, and this because
their presence is always an indication
Of contamination" Nitites are al
ways suspicious If found I'm ground or
surface water. However, the absence
Of nitrtcs proves nothing. Mason cites
case in which a most foul cis-
tern water showed upon analysis but
trace of nitrites and nltrates, and yet
the water was contaminated, with en-
tire house drainage, and produced most
serious illness. This case shows plain
ly the necessitv for the chemist to use
his judgment, to know the history of
the water and To make actual inspec-
tiOn of premises i'm order that a correct
judgment may be arrived at.
"Nitrates indicate putTefaCtiOn Of
animal rather than of vegetables tissue
on account of a greater amount of oxy-
gen in animal tissue and because of it's
more readYfdeCompositiOn. Surface and
ground water of good quality are low
in nitTateS, for the reason that such
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09
ABOUT FREE ACIDS.

chanical way, like unripe fruit in caus-
ing darrhoea. The filtered water is
harmless. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09

Parts per million:
Free amOnia O,03l
AlbuminOid amOnla 0,04i.
ChlOrin 11.9,
Nitrogen as nitrates 5.015,
Total solids, 1851
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09

The chemist must have knowledge
of the history OF the water. Nichols
says II Is a great mistake to suppose
that the proper way to consult chem
sealed vessel with no hint as to its
source. What is called a golden rule
among chemists, and is insisted upon,
runs thus; "Never pass judgment upon
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-01-03

PITTSBURG. Jan. ga general strike
in the bltuminous coal region IS looked
for on April /. at the close of the term
of the interstate agreement between the
miners and operators. This strike can
only be ayerted by the miners and
operators of the competitive field reach
ing an amicable agreement at the con-
vention to be held in this city next
week. \ reported interview with Oper-
ator Thomas (. Young. manager Of the
Hanna coal interests Is as follows:
1t is the intention of the operators
to reduce the mining scale of wages.
The operators cannot afford to maintain
the present rate. The miners want a
higher rate and the operators claim a
reduction must be made. 1ou can
readily see the miners and operators are
far apart. There seems to be little
chance of getting together. The opera
tons DO not see how they car maintain
the present scale. Coal is now being
sold below cost. The miners in this dis
trict, comprising the tour states men
toned are we'll paid if they could work
tull time. They have done pretty well
during the past year. Intact. they have
made more money than the operators,
The operators in this district pay :.
much more for mining than the opera.
tors in the West Virginia district that
they are lot a0le to compete. We losa
business right along for the reason tina,
We ann meet the competition. One
rpSul. of the strike will bp the alyanr,