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New-York tribune., 1900-08-19
CHINESE PELEGRAPHTNG.
From The LONDON MaiI.

BY NUMBERED SIGNS.
From The London Mail
The failure of teegraphic communication
with Peking has added not a little 10 the anx-
ieties and difficulties of the great Powers in the
present crisis. Though electrical science many
years ago secured a footing in China, the Chi
nese still regard 1t with superstitious abhor-
renee.
AS long ago as 1855 Russia asked the Chinese
Government to connect China and Siberia by
telegraph. and the request was promptly refused.
1t was not until 1884, says The Telegraph
Chronicle" that the Chinese Government per
mitted a telegraph line to be erected in it's ter
ritory. In that year wire was carried to the
walls of Peking The inhabitants looked askance
at the new work, dreading all sorts of evil a
result of this mysterious and saCriegious inno-
walton. They believed that if the shadow of a
telegraph pole should fall the grave of one
of their dear departed ones his rest would be
disturbed until some sacrificial eXpiatiOn should
have appeased the offended gods. The poles
were frequently dug out and the wires cut and
otherwise damaged. This resulted in a decree
being issued by the Chinese Government which
affixed to each telegraph pole to the
effect that any person damaging a telegraph
pole or line would be liable to punishment by
death Two years later the Chinese telegraph
lines were extended.
The apparatus and methods used in China are
of the most antique description. In the Prov
ince of Canton, for example, the most important
trade province of the empire, there only
six Morse instruments. All the appointments are
Chinese. As is known, the Chinese have no
alphabet. but each word has d special sign. In
order to telegraph them each sign has to be
numbered and the number is sent. The receiv-
ing clerk refers TO his table and translates the
transmitted number into the Chinese sign The
tables bear some resemblance to a logarithm
table, the signs being printed in vertical col
Umus. There are ten columns to a page and
each column contains twenty signs, so We get
two hundred signs on each page There are
forty y-nine pages to the complete table, making
in all $500 numbered signs. Each tiny square
contains sign for a word and its corresponding
number The numbers are made up of signs
ranging from to 9
kilograms are sent in this manner: The sender
writes his message in Chinese characters on
form. This message is then converted into num-
bers, according to the table by emplOye
These numbers are teIegraphed and the receiv-
ing station then retranslates them into Chinese
characters.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-19
LAYING NEW CABLES.
IMPROVED METHODS AND APPLIANCES

IMPROVED METHODS AND APPLIANCES
MAKE THE WORK EASY NOWADAYS.
The recent activity Of transatlantic cable COM
panies in laying new ines Of communication
rrOm New-York to foreign shores has brought
two Of the most complete cable laying ships in
me world to this port One was the Silvertown
which has Just landed the Nova Scotia end of a
rev cable which starts from Coney Island
The other is the Anglia the largest newest and
most complete cable steamer afioat which is
now churning her way through the Atlantic
headed for German Shores leaving behind her a
Enakelike trail Of gutta percha. wire and tute
as permanent mark of her course So effec-
tive are the modern appliances for cable laying
that the Anglia viii almost be able to run on a
prearranged schedule, and the cable company
can count on having the line ready for pub
lie service by September l
One does not wonder that the first attempts
at cable laying were unsuccessful when the
6LveTtown and Anglia are compared with the
poorly equipped Agamemnon and the Niagara
which hungled the first attempt in 1857 after
laying 5.S5 miles Even the huge Great Eastern.
which finally laid successful cable in 1866 was
& poor and faulty pioneer, and would be lit
lie suited for such service to-day as the Gov
cred wagons in which forefathers travelled
TO California would be able TO compete with the
lEalSCCuLlenLaI express trains. Ihat cables
are not broken of in the laying process is due
to q certain extent 10 improved methods of
making them but the speed with which the
work is done is entirely the result of using spe-
cially constructed ships with countless modem
improvements
The cable companies, as a rule, do not lay
their own cables, although they have large and
well equipped steamers with which 70 make re-
pairs. There are several British companies
which make a business Of laying cables. They
ewn their steamers and train their officers and
crews 10 the work The Anglia which sailed on
Tuesday morning with the German-American
cable coiled in three huge tanks in her hold, is
uuder the flag Of the Telegraph Construction
and Maintenance Company Of England which
built the first successful transatlantic cable
Her tanks hold seven thousand tons Of the most
modern cable which is equal 10 twenty-four
hundred miles. The Silvertowns tanks did not
carry so heavy q load when she started from the
Lower Bay 10 carry a new line for the Com
mercial Cable Company TO Fox Bay, at cape
Canso Nova Scotia. This line has been com
pIeted. and will be used IN connection with a
cable from Nova Scotia TO the Azores.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-19
COMMERCIAL CABLE AT FOX BAY CAPE cANs0 NOVA SCOTIA

These cable tanks the most important
feature Of modern cable ships. When the Sill
vertown was being planned the marine archi-
tect drew three circles a piece of paper and
sent it to his designers Build me a ship
around these circles he said. The circles rep
resented the cable tanks The tanks are of
various dimensions, according to the ships.
Those on the Anglia are the largest which have
yet been constructed. Each of the tanks has
conical core for guiding the cable when it is
being paid out The space within these cores
is usually used for the storage of fresh water.
The tanks are connected with ways" or
troughs, by which transfer may be made from
one tank to another, or from any tank TO either
Of the paying out machines. The cable IS
handled with great speed by means of steam
drums Gable men call the coils in which the
cable is Tapped around the cones flakes" and
so well does machinery do the work that the
flakes never get tangled.
The paying out machine has been greatly I'M
proved in late years, and seldom gives the
cable layers any trouble. AS the cable is
brought UP from the tank it passes through
iron ring suspended the hatch, thence
around a deeply grooved iron guide. It passes
several times around the dynamometer, over
several deck pulleys and out over the stern
sheaf TO its resting place at the bottom Of the
sea. Modern vessels have paying out machines
advantageous to work from the bow of the
steamer. The speed of the paying out machine
can be regulated to a fine point by using the
engine at different speeds and by brakes with
which the machine is provided.
The dynamOmeters are important part Of
cable ships equipment. They are, as their
name indicates, strain measures, and used
to indicate the strain the cable ii is being
paid out. The arrangement is simply an ap-
plication of what is known in elementary me
chanics as the triangle of forces. 4 pointer at
tached TO the dynamoneter wheel indicates the
stress the cable by passing over a vertical
scale caHbrated in tons and hundredweights
Stations provided for the officers who
superintend the laying Of the cable. They are
iron platforms alongside the projecting sheaves
at the bow and stern. These stations are
equipped with electric signalling machines with
which the speed of the ship and OF the cable
engine can be regulated
Another interesting appliance used in laying
cables is the submarine sentry and sounding
machine. II is often desirable to keep the cable
at an even depth, especially out of shallow
water The kite" sounding machine, is set
at the minimum depth desired and thrown over
the stern. When the boat gets into shallower
water than desired, the lever at the lower end
Of the kite" strikes the bottom releasing the
New-York tribune., 1900-08-19
THE ANTIQUITY OF AGRICULTURE.

Professor A. C. Hedden, in knowledge.
The origin of agriculture is lost in the mists
Of antiquity. We know that in Neolthlc times
in Europe eight kinds Of cereals were cult-
waited, besides fax, peas poppies, apples, pears,
bullace plums, etc, at the same time various
animals were domesticated. Among these were
horses, short horned oxen, horned sheep, goats,
Two breeds of pigs and dogs. Professor w.
Boyd DaWkins says that evidence goes to show
that these animals were not dOmeStlcated IN
Europe. but probably in the central plateau Of
Asia He also thinks that agriculture arose IN
the south and east Of Europe. and spread gradu-
ally TO the centre. north and west. hunting
population is often very averse to even the
slight amount Of work that agriculture requires
in tropical country. The same holds good, as
a rule, for pastoral communities. In all cases
a powerful cOnstraint is necessary to force these
peoples into uncOngenial employment Fate IS
stronger than will, and at various periods. in
different climes, hunters and heTders have been
forced TO till the soil.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-19

towline at one end, and allowing the kite" TO
come to the surface, at the same time ringing a
signal bell on the bridge.
The big cable ships cannot work in shallow
water, and the ends of the cable have 10 be
started or landed by means of small boats and
barges In the case Of the cable to Germany,
which is being laid, ten miles Of cable
were transferred from the Anglia to a barge
and laid from small boats until the water be
came deep enough for the steamer to begin
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
Something Necessary.

Chickasaw Engineering and Sur
veying company, the only en-
gineers in the Chickasaw nation
possessing government field notes
of government survey, thereby in
suring a perfect title to property
embraced i'll survey. All work
fully guaranteed. Parties claim
ing lands should see to having
same surveyed, plated, and record
ed to insure possession.
w. l.. Hallonquist, chief en-
gireer, ex:city engineer of Calves
ton, Tex; late U. S. geological
surveyor; late locating engineer
U. P. r. r., and construction En-
gineer Ferro CARL Del Norte,
Guatemala.
Office-Randol block, Ardmore,
l. T.
Branch Offices South McAlester,
Muskogee, Tulsa and Vinita.
2Sd&Wtf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
Organize Clubs.

To the Democrats of the Indian
Territory.
The Democratic Territorial Con-
vention has been called by the exc
cutive committee, to meet in Ard
more on the 11th day of June,
1900. The object of this conven-
lion is to send delegates to the
National Democratic Convention
which meets in Kansas City on the
4th day of July, 1900, and to trans
act such other business as the well
fare of our people and the best in
terests of democracy may require.
1t is earnestly desired that every
community in the Indian Territory
shall be represented in this conven-
ton. The prospect for democratic
success is very bright. and every
democrat should do all in his
power to contribute to this end.
1t is highly Important that a
democratic club should be organ
lied at every postoffice in the In
dian Territory. Let democrats in
each community see that this is
done. By application to any MEM
ber of the executive committee, or
to the undersigned, a copy of the
rules adopted by the executive COM
mittee, for the organization of
clubs and governing representation
in the Territorial Convention, will
be furnished.
All democratic papers in the In
dian Territory are respectfully re
quested to publish this notice.
JNO. l.. GAIT,
Chairman Democratic Executive
Committee for the Indian Terri
tory.
HARRY w. FIELDING, Sec'y.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
1T is HERE.

You are invited to visit my place
to see the long talked of and won
derful bread making machine in
operation. Nothing like it has
ever been used before in this city.
The excellent bread made on this
machine will be sold two loaves
for 5 cents and the family bring
ing the greatest number of tags by
the first day of June will receive
So. 90 in gold.
'Tis a home industry. Pat
ronize it.
Yours for business,
j. ii. SPIEGLE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
New rlineral Discoveries

Should be brought to the office of
Hoge & Hoge, in the Williams &
Pennington building to be assayed,
as this is the only reliable way of
finding the true value of your ore,
coal or asphalt. We do strictly
accurate work only. Sanitary and
mineral analysis Of water. The
only up-to date assay office in the
Territory. 2d&wlm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
The BeatIn the worId.

We believe Chamberlain Cough
Remedy is the best in the world. a
few weeks ago we suffered with a
severe cold and a troublesome
cough, and having read their adver-
tisements in our own and other pa
pers we purchased a bottle to see if
it would affect us. 1t cured us before
the bottle was more than half used
1t is the best medicine out for colds
and coughs.-The Herald, Anderson
vile, Ind. For sale by City !Drug
Store and T. N. Coleman.
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r1erit Wins,

j. H. Sneigle's bread has become
so popular since he put in his
wonderful Steam Power Bread
Machine that he has been compell-
ed to enlarge his shop and employ
additional help. Speigle's Bread
is not surpassed by any and you
should patronlze home industries.
0Stf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
Remarkable Cure of Rheumatism.

kenna, Jackson Co., w. Va
About three years ago my wife had
an attack of rheumatism which con-
fined her to her bed for over month
and rendered her unable to walk a
step without assistance, her limbs
being swollen to double their normal
size. Mr.. s. Maddox insisted on my
using Chamberlains Pain Balm. l
purchased a fifty cent bottle and
used it according to the directions
and the next morning she walked to
breakfast without assistance in any
manner, and she has not had a SINH
lar attack since.-A. B. Parsons.
For sale by City Drug Store and T.
n. Coleman.
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dRANTnAM 0RlNDINos.
Special Correspondence.

Grantham, /. T., April - Mr..
Chaney. our gin man, is putting the
lumber on the ground this week for
his new gin.
w. II. Smith went to Ardmore on
business Monday.
W. II. Stark, of Gainesville, was
here Thursday.
Baby Bowlin, son of G s. .Bowlin of
this place, happened to quite a pain
ful accident Thursday near Cumber-
land. In an attempt to use the brake
on a wagon, heavily loaded with
lumber, he was thrown from the
wagon and the wheel passed over his
body, but luckily the child sustained
no serious injuries.
Say, Oakland correspondent, is it
a fact that your town refuses to pat
ronize the Frisco railroad in case it
misses you? That's right, talk to
'em. The Frisco road would be a
dead enterprise without the cooper
alton of Oakland, wouldn't it? 1t is
hard to determine which will be vic
torious, Oakland Or the railroad.
Thanks for the cordial invitation. but
we will wait on the Frisco railroad.
Our Woodmen of the World camp
is progressing nicely.
1t is reported by some of our citi-
zens upon their return from where
the Frisco railroad surveyors were at
work Thursday evening, that the
line is being located one and one
half miles west Of this place.
Crops and vegetation of all kinds
are growing nicely.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
Warning Order.

In the United States District court in the
Indian Territory, southern district:
Va. No. 4O9s.
Matilda CHM, Defendant }
The defendant Matilda CHM, Is warned
to aDDear in this court in thirty days and
answer the complaint OF the plaintin, Robt.
A. CHM.
Witness Hon. Hosea Townsend, Jud&e oil
said court aud the seal thereof. this 18th
day Cf March, 1900.
C. M. CAMPBELL, Clerk.
Cruce, Cruce a. Cruce, Attorneys,
r. ID. Slough, Atty nonresident,
First published March IS, lSO0.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10

Many people suffer untold fortunes
from piles, because of the popular
impression that they can not be
cured. Tabler's Buckeye Pile Oint-
ment will cure them. 1t has met
with absolute success. Price 90 cts.
in bottles, tube IS cents. City Drug
Store, w. B. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
Special Attention

OF the members of the Rod and
Gun CluJ and all others fond of
the sport of fishing is called to the
complete stock of fishing tackle at
opragins & Co.'S. You can get
anything you want at their store.
-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10

w. w. Mayhem, Merton, Wis,
saws, 81 consider One Minute Cough
Cure a most wonderful medicine
ou;ck and safe.'' 1t is the only
harmless remedy that gives immedl-
ate results. 1t cures coughs,
colds, Group, bronchitis. grippe
whooping cough, pneumonia and all
throat and lung diseases, It's early
use prevents consumption. Children
always like it and mothers endorse
it. CITY Drug Store, w. b. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
M'klNNEY nATTERS.
Corresnondence.

Special Correspondence.
Mckinney, 1. T., April 9.-Good
rains have fallen here this week.
Farmers are all smiles and the pros
poets are very fiattering for good
crop, Judging from present indica-
tions. Lots of corn up and some few
have already begun to plow their
corn.
Messrs. Ritchey and Mckinney
have repaired their fences which
were cut few nights ago by un-
known parties. One and one-fourth
miles of a three-wire fence was cut
all to pieces.
Mr.. Ritchey of Thackerville was
up last week to see his disfigured
fence.
Tom Gillum of the Greek nation,
formerly of this place, is here this
week on a visit with friends. Tom
will probably relocate here.
Miss We Strater is visiting rela-
tives near Denison, Tex this week
G. w. Castleberry and sons, W. 8.
Flanagan and sons, o. Holt and
Scott Mckinney, composed a Fishing
party to Red river last week.
London Lance received a photo
from Claude Covington, formerly OF
this place, but now at Cebu, T. /.
The postmarks were a curiosity here
as it was the fret over seen by many
Claude looks very natural. He ex-
poets to return home in about four
months.
The following have been on the
sick list since our last report: t. A.
Strater, Less Mckinney, Novel Doug
las and Mrs. NJ. Hitchcock.
Uncle Tom Strater went to Dexter,
Tex, this week to meet his daugh.
ter, Miss We, but failed to meet her
owing to so much rain.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE
BEST LINE.

WEST: Kansas City to Nebraska,
Denver, Utah, Pacific Coast-TwO
TRAINS DAILY. Weekly California
excursions.
NORTHWEST: To Black Hills, Mon
tana, Washington, Puget Sound, via
the short Billings route, the time
saver-5O to 500 miles saved. Tour
ist sleepers Tuesdays and Thursdays,
Kansas City to Seattle.
EAST: Unquestionably the best
trains via Chicago or ST, Louis.
NORTH: To Omaha. st. Paul, Min
neapolis and the northwest region.
HoMEsEEKERs' EXCURSIONS to the
West and Northwest.
1900 MILES OF STANDARD RAILROAD
The main Travelled road in the Loui-
siana Purchase.
Wide-vestibuls Pintsch-lightsd,
complete trains of chair cars (seats
free), Pullman sleepers.
All Ticket Agents can ticket via
the Great Burlington Route.
For details, ask your ticket agent
or L. w. WAKELEY,
Gen'l Pass'r Agent, st. Louis, Mo
L. J. BRIcKER.
Trav. Pass'r Agent, Kansas City, Mo
HOWARD ELLIOTT,
General Manager st. Joseph, Mo
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
no Your kidneys Trrubie You?

If SO, try Bright's Kidrey Piiis' tne
on medicine that positively cures
dioeases arising from disordered kid
news; such as nervous heauache,
weak back, dizziness, congestion OF
the Kidneys, Inflammation OF the
bladder, rheumatism, gravel, dia-
betes and all urinary trouDies'
Rripht's Kidney Pills, the great Kla'
nov medicine. Twenty. five cents
per box. Mason g Mason u'us
gists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
Natives

And others in need of Surveying
and Civil Engineering will find it
to their advantage fo call on Hoge
& Hoge, Civil Engineers, in the
Williams & Pennington build
ing. Parties holding land should
have the same surveyed and plated
at once in order to secure a per-
feet title. All of our work fully
guaranteed. 2d& WIN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
Tn cmre a CnIh In One Nav.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
IL it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine
has L. B. Q. on each tablet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10

Spiegle, the popular practical
baker, is still turning out that good
pure and unadulterated wholesome
bread at two loaves for 5 cents.
Patronize home industry. l5ti
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
Best Bread in Town.

Two loaves of bread at Speigle's
bakery for 5 cts. spot cash. 15tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10

female troubles" A pain in the side or
DacK, a cisagreeable drain, bearinp-doun
SENSATION, headache, nervousness. veal
ness III the distinctly feminine organs had
complexion and loss of flesh are forer,,n-
neIs OF hnal collapse. DR.. Pierce's Fa-
volte PRESCRIPTION is a specific for weak
~onien. ~ c"'eS In great majority of
eases tne patient can treat herself at home
anu obnoxious local examinations can he
aVoloed. In few bad cases it is wise for
tne sunerers to write to DR. r. V Pierce
alMseif, alIIf, at Buffalo, n. Y, and he will pive
iutI aavlce ny mail free. He is consulted
ually oy great numbers of women Through
out the world, and his advice is founded
upon wide spread experience. All core
spon9ence IS treated by him as sac,edIy
connoenraL His "Favorite PrescriptionH
IS non-alcoholic, and does not create crav-
ing i0r strong drink. 1t contains no opium
or other narcotic 1t is perfectly harmless
IN any condition of the system. No rnedi-
elne IS equal to 1t in any respect for dis
eases OF worier. Therefore, accent no
substitute for this world famed remedy
though it Re urged upon YOU as Fe;ng
just as good"
x,i MIS-. Mary F. Jones, of 52o Madison Avenue
Iemale weakness, and after taking three bottles
OF Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription I am FREE
from pans. had suffered for two wears when I
logan taxing your medicine. I could not walk
across my room without suffering dreadful Mains
now do all my housework and walk where I
please" van "eio
Constipation and biliousness are rad;-
cally cured by DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They don't gripe; they never fail.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10

Buy your screen goods at Weeks
Bros and keep out the flies. They
sell cheap.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10
Bicycle for Sale

Anyone desiring to purchase a
good second hand bicycle which
makes it a bargain will have an
opportunity by calling at this offices
The wheel is in good repair and
has been used but a short time. Off
III. Clark, Chauncey, Ga, says De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured him
of piles that had afflicted him for
twenty years. 1t is also n speedy
cure for skin diseases. Beware of
dangerous counterfeits. City Drug
Store, w. b. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-04-10

The completest stock of fishing
tackle in town at Spragins & Co.'S.
18tf