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Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
CHINESE CONTRASTS.
We bake bread; in China they steal

We bake bread; in China they steam
it.
We divide the day into twenty-four
hours; they into twelve.
We locate intellect in the brain; they
locate it in the stomach.
Our calendar is based on solar time;
theirs is based on lunar time.
With US the seat of honor is on the
right; with them it is on the left.
Our given name precedes the sur
name; theirs follows the surname.
The needle of our compass points to
the north; theirs points to the south.
We have standard weights and meas.
ures; their weights and measures differ
in each district.
Our children stand facing the teach
er to recite their lessons; theirs turn
their backs to the teacher.
Our watchmen quietly go their
rounds with view to catching
thieves; theirs beat gongs and yell to
frighten them away.
We bury our dead few days after
their decease; they often keep theirs in
the house in heavy, sealed coffins for
years.-"China's Millions"
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
GOLD CANNON BALLS.
The Jungle Hidden Treasure of an
East Indian Princess.


East Indian Princess.
Not long ago an old peasant was
wandering in the jungle about half
mile from the city of Ahmadnager, in
India, when he found a round ball of
metal 1t was black and looked like
an old iron round shot, but when the
old man lifted it he was struck with
its immense weight. He carried it
home and found on scratching it that
It was lump of solid gold 1t weighed
eight pounds and its sale made the
finder rich for life.
There are many more of these can
non balls, each worth a small fortune,
lying hid or buried in the recesses of
this jungle. and their story is curious
one. At the end of the sixteenth cen
tury Akbar, the greatest emperor Hin
dustan ever saw, was at the height
of his glory. At the head of his con-
quering army he summoned Ahmad-
nager to surrender. The city and its
rich treasure were then under the rule
Of the Princess Cande. Knowing that
resistance could be but short, and in
bitter rage against the oppressor, she
caused all the treasure of gold and
silver to be melted down. She cast
the metal into cannon balls and en-
graved upon each maledictions against
the conqueror. These were fired into
the jungle and when Akbar entered
the city, instead of the rich hoard he
had hoped to win, he found treasury
absolutely empty.
That this is not the only occasion
upon which cannon balls of gold have
been cast is proved by the fact that in
the treasury of the shah of Persia
there may be seen in the same room
where stands the famous peacock
throne two small globular projectiles
of gold. They were estimated by re-
cent visitor to weigh about thirty-one
pounds each and are roughly made
Their origin or purpose is,. however,
totally forgotten. 1t is only known
that they are very Old Chicago Chron-
icle.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
A PINCH OF SALT.
As Necessary In Our Daily Life "a
In Our Daily Food.

As necessary In Our Daily Life ns
In Our Daily Food.
How could we get on without salt?
In our daily food, as In our daily life, a
little of it is necessary, and the absence
Of 1t takes away from the flavor of ev-
erything we eat. The "salt of life'
which we hear about signifies the
health, vigor and wit which we find in
life. There was a time in countries far
from the sea when primitive man nev-
er used salt in his food, and it was
only when nations advanced in civili-
Eation that salt became an absolute ne
cessity.
But 1t was not alone as food that salt
was valued. Among the ancients salt
spring was regarded as a gift of the
gods, and 1t was believed that any salt
found in the soil lent it peculiar sane
tity and made 1t place where prayers
were most readily heard. Every meal
that included salt had a certain sacred
character, creating bond of piety and
friendship between host and guest;
hence the expression, There is salt
between u.s." meaning friendship, and
to be untrue to salt' means to be dis
loyal or ungrateful.
In the middle ages, when all classes
and degrees sat at the same board,
they were placed according to rank,
above or below the great saltcellar,
which always stood in the middle and
marked the dividing social line. "Above
the salt" meant "of high degree" Be
low the salt were the yeomanry, serfs
and vassals of the feudal days. A good
description of this custom may be
found in "Ivanhoe' where Cedric, the
Saxon, entertains his vassals and
friends.
A pinch of salt is always considered
lucky in cooking. To take anything
with pinch of salt' means to excuse
or make allowances for it. A salt is
a sailor. 70 salt ones conversation
means to make it sparkle. Salt is al
ways employed in sense Of benefit or
strength.
The Bible has many references to
salt, among them being 'Ye are the
salt of the earth," Matthew v, 13, and
St. Paul says, "Let your speech be al
ways with grace seasoned with salt"
Salt is used by Catholics in baptism.
They consider it symbol of wisdom
and put few grains in the mouth of
the person baptized.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
DON'T GET ANGRY.

Fire in the heart sends smoke in the
head.-German Proverb.
An envious man wakes lean at the
fatness of his neighbor.-Socrates.
One of the very best of all earthly
possessions is self possession.-G. D.
Prentice.
The fire you kindle for your enemy
often burns yourself more than him.
Chinese Proverb.
The envious man pines in plenty, like
Tantalus up to the chin in water and
yet thirsty.-T. Adams.
An irritable man lies like a hedgehog
rolled up the wrong way, tormenting
himself with his own prickles.-E. P.
Hood.
Lamentaion is the only musician
that always, like screech owl, alights
and sits on the roof of an angry man.
-Plutarch.
A man can easily be intoxicated with
anger as with wine; both produce
temporary insanity, and during the
paroxysm he should be avoided as q
nadman.-J. Bartlett
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
HIGH PRICED COFFEE.
Yet the Hotel Steward Thought the
Charge Was Moderate.

CnarSe was moderate.
$50 yeu think we charge too much
for coffee, do your asked the steward
of one of New York's fashionable no
tells in response to a mild complaint
from a guest. you paid 50 cents for
a small pot of coffee with Ct cam, didn't
you? You admit that there was moth
ing the matter with the coffee, but you
say you didn't use all of the cream.
Maybe you didn't, Int some other
guest might have wanted more than
you did. The coffeepot, pitchers for
hot milk and cream and the sugar bowl
were of silver. Your cup and saucer
were of the very best china. 1t costs
something to make that coffee, and we
have to get some return on our invest
ment in the silverware and china.
There are two cups of coffee in a small
pot, and we would lose money if we
sold it at 10 cents cup.
There is another thing you must
consider = when you go into a high
class cafe you are given a table by
yourself. No matter how badly we are
crowded no one is placed at the table
with you. Suppose we sold coffee at
popular prices. Don't you know that
hundreds of people would be dropping
into the cafe just for a cup of coffee in
order to see the crowd? They would
monopolize all the tables. Don't say
a word, but one reason why we put up
the price is to keep the coffee drinkers
out, so that you may have table when
you want TO sit down to champagne
and terrapin. New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
Night Air.

One Of the bugbears of old time peo-
pie is night air, and there is little ex-
aggeration in saying that the supersti-
ton against night air has killed more
people than the free circulation of 1t
has ever injured. There is abundance
Of proof that night air is injurious to
no one. On the contrary, people who
sleep outdoors under the mere protec-
ton of tent are the healthiest of all
people, and the practice has largely
gained in popularity of late years un-
der wider knowledge of hygiene for
people in delicate health to go In
camping parties and breathe the bal
sam of the night air. The vigor gained
from a few weeks of such an outing Is
a marked proof that the old prejudice
against night air is as foolish as most
other old wives whims.-Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
THE TRUE FISHERMAN.
He Enjoys Natures Beauties and Il
Not a Mere Butcher.

Not Mere Butcher.
The anglers art is but a pretext, or,
rather, the incentive to a ramble. and
not the sole object of the fisherman.
unless, alas, he belongs to that too
common variety, the man whose sole
object is his catch. Such a man fishes
with worm, hides fingerlings in the
depth of his basket and photographs
his catch as witness of his crimes.
He is not a fisherman, but butcher.
a yellow primrose on the rivers bank
is to him a primrose and nothing
more.
The true fisherman loves to catch
fish, to match his wits against the
weary trout, but as he wanders from
pool to pool the songs Of the birds
greet him restfully. Every turn in the
stream reveals nook in which strange
wild flowers nestle. The gentle ex-
element of the sport prevents the
scene from becoming monotonous The
element Of chance, the uncertainty Of
the catch, add the drop of tabasco
sauce which gives zest to the day. And
the noontide meal by the brink Of the
stream! When did a meal have a more
delightful flavor? Delmonico never
served trout like unto those we have
eaten by the banks Of a mountain
brook with the clear blue sky above,
the waving forest round about and
the murmuring stream at our feet.
The hour of contemplation comes
afterward, with the pipe of peace In
our hand instead of the relinquished
rod. How far off the city seems! Are
there such things as corporations,
trusts, stocks, bonds, electric lights
that amaze the sight, harsh warnings
of trolley gongs, the rumble and grind
of the wheels and the brakes on the
elevated road which alright the ear?
The harshest note that breaks the still
ness here is the boom of the bittern in
the distant marsh.
Home to camp the fisherman goes,
taking a cast in this silent pool in
which the trout rose in the forenoon
to his cast, but missed the fly, or in
that dark hole deep under the bank
in which a vigilant eye may detect the
brown sides Of a trout with lazily wav-
ing fins and tail, an old campaigner
not easily caught.-Dr. A. T. Bristow
in Worlds Work.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
THE SHANK OF THE SHOE,
What the Glazed, Metallic Marks
Thereon Told the Broker

Half q score of clerks in one of the
largest brokerage houses in New York
were astounded one morning when
one by one they were called into their
employers private office and asked to
hold up their feet and show the shanks
of their Shoes They thought the "old
man" had gone quite mad. Each
young man as he entered the office
was told to sit down and put his foot
up on corner Of the desk where it
could be examined. Then the head of
the house put on his glasses and very
carefully scrutinized the shank of the
shoe.
When oil had been put through this
examination he called the entire force
of clerks into his office and explained
to them why this unusual examination
had been made.
You are well aware" said he ''that
1 will not have drinking man in my
employ If 1 know it. For some time
have had good reasons for believing
that several of the young men before
me have been indulging quite too
much. Now 1 know it. Here are the
marks of the bar rail on the bottoms
of your Shoes"
Several of the young men braced
themselves against the wall and lifted
their feet as a blacksmith lifts the foot
of a horse. Sure enough, there were
the glazed, metallic marks on the dry
leather. They were the evidences of
guilt, and the young mems faces
showed it,
"It's unmistakable proof" said the
head of the house. "You may fix up
your breath at the drug store and the
barber can clean up your eyes and
face, but you neglect the shanks of
your shoes"
That afternoon three young men
cleaned out their desks and gave the
keys to the managing clerk.-New
York Herald.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
The Hookah In India.

The hookah is smoked as refresh
ment and sign of fellowship by the
natives of India and not merely as a
luxury. When group of natives are
seated together and, as is the custom,
the hookah is passed around to each in
turn it is considered very bad manners
for any one to decline to have few
puffs. If the hookah is thus refused
in a friends house or while one is the
guest of another it is regarded as an
insult. If for any reason a native is
put out of caste the fact is strictly
marked by his former caste fellows
refusal to smoke with him, and any
one who eats, drinks or smokes with
an outcast is himself outcasted.-
Chambers Journal.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
The Giant spider of cex1on.

Far up in the mountains of Ceylon
there is a gigantic spider which spins
a bright yellow web, each thread being
almost as large and strong as button
hole twist or embroidery floss. The
net which this creature forms from
these webs is often five to eight feet
across. This net is swung on main
stays or guys which are from ten to
twenty-five feet in length and strong
enough to call the pedestrian to a halt
as suddenly as IL he had encountered a
low hanging clothesline. These yellow
webs are collected by the natives as
well as by Dutch and English residents
and woven into pretty mats, screens.
etc
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
Talent and Vocation,

Each man has his own vocation. The
talent is the call. There is one direc-
tion in which all space is open to him
He has faculties silently inviting him
thither to endless exertion. He is like
a ship in a river. He runs against OBJ
structions on every side but one. On
that side all obstruction is taken away.
and he sweeps serenely over Gods
depths into an infinite sea. This tai
ent and this call depend on his organ,
ization or the mode in which the gen,
eral soul incarnates itself in him.-Em-
ersop,
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
Murder of Speech

Is suffering, stammering. Mel
bourne Institute (patent rights protect
ed), Van Ness and Market. San Fran
cisco [Los Angeles branch], guarantees
cure by celebrated Australian system.
or fees refunded. fares repaid. STAN
mers are sensitive, slow to act. Friends
are true; real friends who quickly send
addresses-confidental. Special rates
90 days. No immortality or dissipation
tolerated.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
"Executiye Ability"

"But then, of course, he has execu-
tive ability" we said conclusively.
Executive ability" repeated our &C
quaintance. What do you mean by
thatT'
"Why, the quality of holding subor-
dinates responsible for failures and
taking credit to ourselves for their sue
cesses," we responded.
Which we considered rather clever
for studied impromptu. - New York
Herald.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
A Mystery Explained.

81 don't understand" said the igno-
ramus at the academy, ''why they al
ways put the baldheaded men up in
the front row."
"That's easy" butted in the usher.
'9They put 'em up there so they'll be
near the f1ies.''-Boston Herald.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
Mad and Had.

Don't worry over it, little boy. You
didn't break your pitcher, and there's
no use, you know, in crying over split
milk.
Little Boy-Do talk as if was cry
in, mister? Resumes his violent Ian
guage.)-Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
Care of Rnnls

A lover of books will always take
good care Of them. He never holds
the book by the corner of the cover,
never turns down leaves, never lays
the book down open, either with the
face downward or on its back, and
never breaks the binding by opening
the book too forcibly. He turns the
leaves one by one, taking great care
not to soil or tear them, and uses the
volume gently. 1t makes no differ
ence If the book be cheap or worn;
he always handles it gently.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
Quite Impartial.

Mrs. Hiram Offen-I understand you
to say you're good, all round cook,
but of course you must have some ia
vorite dishes?
Applicant-No, ma'am. They're all
wan to me. Dim not the koind to be
considerin' whether dish is chape or
expansive whin Ofm breakin' It.
Washington Post.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
He'd BE LenYin,.

"Now, tits OF do be askin' ye," said
Clancy, "av yez sees a dawg growlin'
wild is mout' an waggin' wild is tail.
which ind wud We believe in?'
'Thot's easy" replied Moriarty
"Shure, OF be leavin' tn front ind,
Clancy. y."-Baltimor News.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
Informing.

Informing.
"Who lives In that big house on the
corner, DennisP'
"The Wildly O'Malley, sor, who is
dead"
'Indeedl When did she dfer
eff she had lived till next Sunday
she would have been dead year.
Kansas City Journal.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
A Poor Bargainer.

Ethel offered Ferdy a penny for
his thoughts.
Edith,-Well, I'll never let you do any
shopping for me-Puck.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
EVIL.

Good is positive. Evil is merely
privative, not absolute. 1t is like cold,
which is the privation of heat. All
evil is so much death or nonentity.-
Emerson.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03

Olives, salami, swiss. limburger
Martin S cream and California cheese
at Caminetti's Mkt.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-03
|. L. GODFREY
BUILDER, JOINER and WORKER IN WOODS
Watsr Street. Jackson

Is PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OF
i plain or ornamental work. Bookcases.
Wardrobes, Commodes, ETC., turned out in the
most skillfUl manner. Window Screens and
Blinds made in short order. Orders from the
coQptry ATTENDED to promptly,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-05
London rhe..er. OF Long Ago.

A writer IN London Truth says that
IN the early part OF the eighteenth CEN
tury the London theaters opened at u
o'clock. and as II was therefore ditii'
cult for playgoers to arrive punctually
and obtain seats many OF them sent
footmen or hired men from the streets
to secure places for them. These sat In
the seats until those who had sent them
came, and the custom prevailed until
1866. when the system now I'm force
was adopted. "a footman used to be
sent early to take places and keep
them by the simple but effectual plan
of sitting ON them till his masters and
mlstresses arrived. Such practice
would now he considered an intolerable
nuisance. but people in those days were
much less particular and appear to
have thought nothing Of sitting for an
act or two cheek by jowl with fun
ky or, worse, with a vagabond picked
up in the street" An allusiOn to the Gus
tom occurs in Fielding's Miss Lucy In
Town" act ]. scene 2, and Pepys IN
his DIARY" occasionally mentions hav'
ing hired a boy in the streets TO occupy
a scat for him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-05
TWILIGHT IN IRELAND.
IL l. Different From, That Seen In
Any Other Country.

The interior Of n typical Irish cabin
is sorry sight The floor is Of stone,
uncovered except for a few rag mats.
The furniture Is of the poorest. and
sometimes It h homemade; tables i'm
provised from boxes. chairs from bar
rels, and the beds more Ike stalls for
cattle, with their straw mattresses and
bundle of rags for clothing. 4 slow,
dull fire of peat gives cheerless
warmth TO the room What few dishes
there are belonging to the family are
arranged on the mantelpiece Strips OF
bacon, dried cod and herbs hang from
the ceiling.
After a frugal meal Pat will take his
evening promenade. IL is between sup
per time and going to bed that the Irish
most enjoy themselves. An Irish twl-
light is different from any other; in
deed, It is without a rival IL seems as
IL there the sun were loath TO set. cast
ing it's rays over the Emerald Isle many
hours after II had disappeared else
where In that delicious moment. just
before It hnds its tinal resting place for
the uight, II Is most enchanting. over
everything Is an unspeakable spell OF
peace and quiet, and warm glow casts
into shadow unsightly objects and sur
rounds them with mystic halo Of
golden light II radiates into the hearts
OF Ireland's humblest inhabitants. and
they sally forth. rich and poor alike.
minEling In a tbrong OF living, moving
humanity.
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j. T. Nance Of Sherman is here to-
day.
c. J. Mckinney is here from Mari
eta.
r. Blackburn is here from Mari
eta.
c. P. Ansley came up today from
Denison.
II. Drake is in the city from Okla
homa City.
]. w. Shelton came in last night
from Berwyn.
j. w. Scrimshire is in the city to-
day from Mannsville.
Mrs Laura James is at home from
visit with friends in Guthrie.
Cyrus G. Keen. a prominent attorney
of Wynnewood is attending court here
today.
p. l.. Soper, United States attorney
of the Northern district, is in the city
today.
O. w. Patchell and II. NJ. Carr, two
Pauls Valley attorneys. are in the city
today.
Mrs. S. w. Webster returned today
from Weatherford, where she visited
relatives.
Mayor VIM. F. Warren and son ana
], w. Shelton and sister came in this
morning from Berwyn.
Miss Hannah Norris has returned
to Norman, Ok, to resume her stud
les in the State Normal.
Capt. w. F. Wilmington has re-
turned from Honey Grove, where he
went to place his young son Willis
in school.
J. l.. Zachritz of Sapulpa and John
Helm of Sherman, two engineers of the
Frisco road. are in the city today at
tending court, and are witnesses in the
case styled s. II. Gibson VS., the Fris
co railroad This suit is all about
a Frisco train running over and kill
ing Mr. Gibson's COW near Colbert
and p l.. Soper the attorney for the
Frisco road, is here to defend tn,
rights of the road.
| T. c. Brooks of the firm of T. c
Brooks & Son of Jackson, Mich, Il
in the city today. Mr.. Brooks toll
the Ardmoreite that they were water
works builders, contractors, etc, ant
were here to bid on the Ardmore sys
TEN Of waterworks. Mr.. Brooks say
they put in the waterworks for tn
Worlds Fair at Chicago and has in
stalled many plants since then.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-05
J.nnn once JoIned TO china.

Japan consists of group Of "festoon
islands," forming long curve, with it's
concavity toward the mainland, aud
many OF their peculiarIties are due to
their upheaval by subterranean forces
OF which they are still one OF the most
active seats. They were undoubtedly
connected with China and with the
land to the north Of this at no very re
mote period. geolOgically speaking, and
therefore. like Great Britain and Ire
land. are scientifically classified as IRE
cent continental islands" The proofs
OF this are twofold-frst, they are con
nected with Asia by submarine bank
less than a hundred fathoms beneath
the surface. and this Is believed to be,
as In all such cases, submerged land
tract; second. the animals Of Japan are
closely similar to those OF China, the
only plausible explanation Of this being
that formerly there was land connec'
| tlon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-05

Arthur Jackson was released from
Jail today under section 1912.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-05

Repairs for all stoves and ranges.
Aft. HALL & HILLS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-05
THE DISTRICT COURT.
The Jury Cave Mrs. Emma Watkins
the Land and $40.

lNC IdUo anu P1TSs
Nearly all the morning was taken
with the case Of Mrs Emma Watkins
VS.. Lem Gooding, brother and sister
in which both parties claimed a tract
of about ESQ acres of land on Red
river, valued at 500 per acre. The
plaintiff also sued for $250O damages,
Both sides were well represented
and the arguments closed before noon
and the case went to the jury. With
in a brief time the jury returned a
verdict for the plaintiff, giving her the
land in controversy and $40 damages.
The following other business was
attended to:
Dave Grow, charged with larceny,
on motion of his attorney his case
was transferred to Tishomingo.
NJ f. Moss was appointed a notary
public at Milo.
]. G.. Thomas was made notary
public at Doyle
]. C. Mcneil VS.. r. w. Mathews,
.eerred to Tishomingo by agree
| =. -.
W -. Bowen VS.. ]. A. Fuller ct al,
dismissed without prejudice.
VIM. T. Holloway VS.. Western Ok
lahoma Railroad company ct al, judg'
ment against Bernard, Corrigan & Co
and Pat Bowling by default.
E. r. Johnson VS.. Lib Wall. contin
ued by agreement.
S. II. Gibson VS.. Frisco railroad
suit for value of COW. was on trial
when court convened afternoon today