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Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
INDIAN TRADING.
The Way to Beat the Red Man Down
In His Prices,

In HIS Prices.
Few white men know how to trade
with an INDIAN" remarked a Denver
man who has made a study of Indians
for ten years past. 'I once met an In
dian with a magnificent mountain lion
skin. He was willing to part with the
ornament, but his price was too high
offered him $125O, but he indignantly
refused. Later, on the same day, after
had learned to trade with an Indian,
bought the skin for $1.5O.
''The secret of trading with the In
dian is to appear Indifferent The most
successful trader is the one who goes
with a supply of the same article he is
most desirous of buying. The Indian
sees tha4 the stranger has had expert
ence, and negotiations are carried on
upon strictly business basis. An In
diam refused $40 for bow and arrow.
1t was bought for 81 by a man who
carried several bows and arrows in his
hand. This willy individual leased the
supply from a store in order to i'm
press his copper colored friends, and
he succeeded.
"The Indian" said the speaker, tell
ing of traits of character he has OBJ
served in his red friends. 'is one of the
most faithful followers in the world
if he has confidence in you. If he takes
a liking to you, there is nothing you
can ask he will not do. If he dislikes
you, the less you have to do with that
Indian the better" = Rocky Mountain
News
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Butchera Who Swap Meats.

A housekeeper who went to live Oh
the far east side of New York asked
a butcher why she couldn't get from
him the best cuts of meat. His shop
was in Second avenue, above Thirty
fourth street. The housekeeper, al
though she was economical, occasion
ally wanted a fine steak or a choice
piece of other meat for a special occa.
sion. She learned that while the
butcher bought whole OK he did not
keep the best parts of it.
Every day." he said, Il send the
best meats l buy to the shops farther
west. The butchers over there buy il
from me, and | get from them the
cheaper cuts, for which they have nc
use. We have regular system of ex.
change York Times.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
The ShillRlah.

The shillalah is not a mere stick
picked up for few pence or cut casu-
ally out of the common hedge. Like
the Arab mare, 1t grows to maturity
under the fostering care of its owner.
The shillalah, like the poet, is born,
not made. Like the poet, too, 1t is a
choice plant, and its growth is slow.
Among 10000 blackthorn shoots per-
haps not more than one is destined to
become famous, but one of the 10000
appears of singular fitness. AS soon as
discovered it is marked and dedicated
for future service. Everything that
might hinder its development is re-
moved, and any offshoot of the main
stem is skillfully cut off. With constant
care it grows thick and strong upon a
Dubious root that can be shaped into a
handle
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Suffering Sour. the Temper,

"In all my experience as a physi
cian," said DR.. s. Weir Mitchell, the
nerve specialist, in lecture, 81 have
not seen more than n dozen men OF
women who have been improved NOR
ally by long continued suffering. Acute
Illness and illness which brings the
patient close to death often has a bene
cial effect upon the disposition, but ]
cannot agree with the assertion which
we frequently hear made in the pulpit
that suffering is usually the means OF
refining. 1 have seen a few Isolated
cases in which this was so, but 1t is moi
the rule by any means. The chronic In
valid is almost invariably selfish and
peevish, and it is hard task to find @
nurse who can stand the strain of suct
a service"
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Time rabies ns Geograpbie..

81 never realized the value of time
tables until | got hold of a class of
boys old enough to take an interest in
geography" said a New York public
school teacher. $50 far as the study of
maps goes, | can get better results
from the use of time tables than from
all the Biographies in the market Maps
that have been prepared for the pur-
pose of cultivating the youthful mind
in the matter of locality are Stunned
as bugbears by all except the studious
few. But just set a dozen boys around
Il pile of time tables and tell them to To-
cate certain cities, lakes and rivers,
and they will work like beavers and
come out letter perfect every time. For
most children time tables and accompa-
nying maps are Il source of unfailing
interest both in and out of school
hours. 1t is true that this unorthodox
method may give the boys eXagger-
ated ideas as to the Importance of GER
tain railroads, but they seem to get
enough good out of the investigation
to counteract such Impressions"
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Don't forget the old man

AOA 81 IiiN Oio iic'ii
with the fish on his back.
For nearly thirty years he
has been travelling around the
world, and is still travelling,
bringing health and comfort
wherever he goes.
To the consumptive he
brings the strength and flesh
lie so much needs.
To all weak and sickly
children he gives rich and
Strengthening food.
To thin and pale persons
he gives new firm flesh and
rich red blood.
Children who first saw the
old man with the fish are now
grown up and have children
Ot their own.
He stands for SCOTS Emul-
sion of pure cod liver ola
delightful food and a natural
onic for children, for old folks
nd for all who need flesh and
strength.
SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists.
: |S9-4I5 Pearl Street. New York.
soc. and $1,oQi all druggists.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
ESKIMO COURTSHIP.
How the Native Selects n Bride--The
Marriage Ceremony.

marriage Ceremony.
The Eskimo gentleman never selects
a wife In his own village. As soon as
he Is able to make living for a family
he goes into neighboring village and
falls in fit of love before some likely
girl. She Is then penned up for some
time in a house-a sort of dugout or
burrow In the ground-and when the
bride day comes he goes there and
crawls in. 1t is in the play that the
bride to be shall 30 strenuously object
that she fights him off. He then goes
out and gets his dogs and sled, and
when they are harnessed up he goes
In again, overcomes her. ties her hands
and feet, places her ON the sled and
hauls her to his own village. That
completes the ceremony of marriage
The whole village gives them a. we'd
ding feast. Next day, or later on, If
they don't forget it, they go before
minister of the gospel and are married
In due form, This feature of the union,
however Is not important and does
not bother them very much.
The dressing of the brides hair is
Il revelation. 1t Is done up in a series
of knots about foot high on top of
her head and pulled so tightly from the
scalp that very often big patches of it
are fairly pulled out by the roots, leav-
ing bald and barren places around the
ears and the temples.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Cold Feet.

Cold feet are a sign of disordered cir
culation. Continual warming with ar
titicial heat is but temporising with
the evil, and the difficulty should be
overcome by proper dressing when that
is in fault and by foot and ankle exer-
cises. The latter can be taken at fire.
quent intervals during the day, and
they will assist in stimulating the cir
culatiOn of the blood Point the toes
down to the extreme limit till you feel
the muscles strain over the ankles and
work the feet up and down eight or
ten times; then devitalize them and
shake them from the ankle, as one
does the hand with a loose wrist Suf-
ferers from cold feet in bed can quickly
warm them by this exercise, and 1t
will bring relief and comfort during
q long ride.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
How the Rash Comes.

In measles a rash appears on the
fourth day of the fever 1t is first seen
on the forehead, face and neck, after
ward over the whole body. 1t consists
of raised red spots. In scarlet fever
the rash appears on the second day of
the fever, commencing on the upper
part of the chest and neck, whence it
spreads over the body. In smallpox an
eruption is seen on the third or fourth
day on the face, neck and wrists. In
chicken pox the eruption is made Of
small blebs. In typhoid fever the rash
rarely shows itself before the seventh
day of the fever. The spots are rose
colored, and they disappear on pressure.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
JOhnnie's Suggestion.

Johnnie, bright boy of six, while
being dressed for school. observing his
little coat much the worse for wear and
having more mended places than he
admired, turned to his mother and
asked her.
Mother, is father rich?"
"Yes; very rich, Johnnie. He's worth
$2,5OO,O00"
"How, mOthcrF'
"Oh, he values you at $1,O00,O00, me
at $1,0O0,OO0 and the baby at 100000" ;"
Johnnie, after thinking a moment.
said:
Mother, hadn't you better tell ia
ther to sell the baby and buy us some
clotheS?'
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
The He0t nf Laya.

The lava streams from the eruption
of Vesuvius in 1858 were so hot twelve
years later that steam issued from
their cracks and crevices. Those that
flowed from Etna in 1857 were found
to be steaming hot just below the crust
as late as 1910. The volcano JorullO,
in Mexico, poured forth in 1850 lava
that eighty-seven years later gave on
columns of steaming vapor. In 17S0 1t
was found that stick thrust into the
crevices instantly ignited, although no
discomfort was experienced in walking
on the hardened crust,
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Henty,s Young Critic.

G. A. Henty, the writer for youth,
frequently got letters from admirers
all over the world asking for his auto
graph and Offering criticisms of his
books. In u story of the peninsular
war he made two boys disguise them
selves by staining their faces with
iodine. Shortly after the book was
published he received a letter from a
boy, who said he was chemists as
sistant, stating that while that special
incident was represented as taking
place in 1905 iodine was not discovered
until 1911, three years after.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Cows and Their MILK.

A professor in Konigsberg university
has experimental to determine the ef-
fects of various foods ON the odor Civ
en- off by cows milk "Some cows give
always, no matter what their food may
be, milk of strong or disagreeable fla
vor which is apt to cause digestive
troubles. In vain is the food changed
the flavor persists. The taste of the
milk depends in a certain measure on
the cows food, but in a degree more
important on the peculiarities of the
animal"
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Ended the Dispute.

Two ladies at tea party got quar-,
reling about their respective ages. At
last, to end the dispute, one of them
said in a conciliatory tone of voice:
Don't let us quarrel over the matter
any mare. dear. 1, at least, have not
the heart to do it. 1 never knew who
my mother was, for she deserted me
when | was baby, and who knows
but that you may have been that heart
less parent?-Pearson's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
That That.

There Is one word in the English Ian
guage which can appear six times con
secutively in a sentence and make cor
rect English.
To illustrate: A boy wrote on the
blackboard. 'The man that lies does
wrong"
The teacher objected to the word
that" so the word who was substi
tuted. And yet it must be evident tc
the reader, for all that, that that that
that that teacher objected to was right
after all.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
A Little Too Much.

"a wife has right to expect much
Of her husband" remarked the philo-
sophically inclined person musingly.
"Yes, l suppose she has," replied the
meek appearing man with wilted look
ing whiskers; 81 suppose she has, but
when she expects him to live up, stead
lily and without swerving, to the motto
on her first husbands tombstone 1
somehow think she is expecting more
than she really ought to expect from a
common, everyday, earthly man."
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Alsatinn Egg Women.

A favorite trick of Alsatian market
women is TO place six or eight adde's
cent eggs in Il small basket and to de-
clare that those are all the absolutely
fresh ones they have. The victim buys
them, thinking that if the woman were
dishonest she would have offered more
fresh eggs" Afterward the market
woman takes six or more out of a lar
ger basket which is carefully covered
OVpr
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
QuaIf6Rd.

"Yes, he's sure to make a grand pres
idenr for the college. He's had so
much experience"
Il didn't know he was prominent
educator"
HE isn't. He was an insurance
Rgent, and he can coax money out of a
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
signing With the Cross.

Signing with the cross was first prac-
ticed by Christians to distinguish
themselves from the pagans. In an
cient times kings and mobiles used the
sign of the cross, whether they could
write or not, as symbol that the per
son making it pledged himself by his
Christian faith to the truth of the mat
ter to which he affixed it.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
both Were Candid

Doctor-Your wife is in a very crit
ical state, and 1 should recommend yor
to call in some specialist to consult OF
the case.
Husband-There, you see, doctor,
was right again. told my wife Ions
ago she ought to get proper medical ad
vice, but she always thought you NIGH
be offended.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
A Silent Man,

Jorkins-There's Perkins-you know
Perkins 7-entered into an agreement
with his wife soon after their mar
riage. twenty years ago, that whenever
either lost temper or stormed the other
was to keep silence.
Bob-And the scheme worked?
Jorkins- Admirably. Perkins has
kept silence for twenty years.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
FickIe.

Tommy-Lil Greenup, you told me
last week you liked me better'n you
did any other boy, an now you're let
tin Dick Trotter shine up to you.
Lii did like you best last week,
but I've changed my mind Does your
papa keep candy store?
Tommy-No.
Lll-Well, Dicks does.-Chicago Trih-
me.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
The Cheerful Man.

Give us. oh. give us, cries Carlyle,
the man who sings at his work. Be his
occupation what it may, he is equal to
any of those who follow the same pur-
suit in silent sullenness. He will do
more In the same time; he will do It
better; he will persevere longer.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Two Double Roles.

Joey-Uncle Joe, what is an optimist
and pessimist?
Uncle Joc-An optimist, Joey, is a
man who can act happy when he feels
miserable, and a pessimist is a man
who can act miserable when he fefls
happy.-Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Had Its Good Points.

That medieval armor must have
been very uncomfortable" said visit,
or at the museum.
Yes" answered the man with
darned clothes, "but there was one sat
1sfaction about 1t. A man could always
take down a suit Of it in entire conf
dence that the moths hadn't got into
it."-Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Noble.

Mother-You naughty boy! You've
been fighting
Little Son-No, mother.
''How did your clothes get torn and
your face get scratchedY
81 was trying to keep bad boy from
hurting good little boy"
THAT was noble. Who was the good
little boy?"
'NTe"
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Nothing AccruinE.

Granger-I understand you have an
interest in the Sweatman mine?
Lamb have an investment there,
but have seen no interest on it up to
the present moment-Boston Tran
script.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20

Some men will get out of bed at
o'clock 10 the morning and run to a
fire who can't be induced to get up ut
o'clock to start one in the furnace
Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
His Last Visit.

Stranger Ito small boy)-Is your
neighbor Jones at home?
Small Boy-No, sir. He went to the
cemetery this morning.
"When will he return?'
"He's gone to stay"
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Leisure HOmrs

DR.. johnson had scant sympathy
with inconsistent and arrogant indus
try. mo man, sir, is obliged to do
as much as he can. A man should
have part of his life to himself
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Too Menn For Anythinr

Delia-What did you fall out about?
Celia-Why, we hadn't been engaged
week before he quit buying boxes and
brought me candy in a paper bag.-De-
troit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Inaue Verbosity.

Don't you think that Mrs. Chatson
is quite brilliant conversationalist?
"Oh, quite! She can express less in
more words than any one ever met"
Life.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
A Mean RetOrt.

Bertha-Tm sorry you asked me to
marry you. 1t pains me to refuse.
VIII (cheerfully-Oh, don't worry!
Perhaps you know best what I'm es-
Gaping.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
To Cure A Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. E. w. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
DesDerate,

Doctor-To remove your mother-in-
law in her present condition to the hos
pital would, am afraid, prove fatal.
Henripeck-Well, let's try it any
way.-Kansas City Independent.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20

The food value of pound of veal is
little more than half that of a pound
bf beef. Eggs and lean beef have the
Fame value in equal weight
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20

Two papers for the price of one
Ledger and Sacramento Weekly Rec
ord Mon for 81. so per year.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20

PIONEER FLOUR always has been
and still is the best.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Such is the tiexibilIty Of our language

that noble brute may be either a
thoroughbred st. Bernard or a rascally
foreign fortune seeker. - Washington
Times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-07-23
ReHroat Got Fourth

The Colonization Agency of South
western railroad lines have offered a
free pass on any one Of their lines 70
the person from each section who
sends them the best descriptive letter
OF his section Of the country N. +.
Rexroat Of Ardmore entered the con
test and won fourth prize As an
award he has his choice OF ride
through any one state traversed by
these roads. Mr.. R9xroat says that
he is Of the opinion that he viii take
his pass on the Santa Fe and go
from Gainesville to Galveston and re
turn.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-07-23
DEATH 70 GASSIUS N. CLAY
T-E oLo GENERAL sUccUNss
At THE AGE OF 90 YEARS
--s c-us-sr E-t.- wni;ensu oniy
eftsr rs Ns-tsI ili-sss-A pc
tsrsszs. Ss-t.esd dsn-Sf-is-
tsr e Rsssis- Uris. Et--

Rieknozt. Ky July zz-Cezsrzi
CasE1s % Cay. Unitei s-ztss zl--
ister 30 Rsssta from 1881 20 lsss
a-d ore q the most picfurssq-e fg-
1res stEl remaining q a pasi gs1sT-
atoz. died a. Whitehall. near here
a. e.f5 O'Clock this evening IN his
s3d year The Eenersi uas receufly
declared insane. znd had beea IN m
health. For forty-eiEht hours pre-
ceilng his death he had been uncon-
scious. ana hIs family. whom be had
been keeping from Whitehall. pistol
Ia hand when be passed away. His
I've children had succeeded in gain
Ing an entrance into the house only
after the sturdy old fighter had be-
come TO ll 70 hold a revolver. For
years be had lived as recluse a.
Whitehall with the house heavily bar.
ricaded. under the delusion hat some
enemy would take his life He al
tracted notice several years ago by
marrying his ward. a ls-year-old girl.
who was known thereafter as HIS
"child wife" Later he divorced her.
She remarked. and when her husband
died. leaving her a widow recently.
the old man again called for his form.
er wife and. II Is said. would have
married her again had she been will.
Ing. This led his children to apply
to the courts 70 have him declared
insane. which was done.
The funeral will be held in the
First Baptist church here on Saturday
and interment will be in Richmond.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-07-23
RlPE'8 BODY LIES N State.
sEsiLics O. s.. PETEEs r-oLos
ELL THAT'S MORTAL oF LEo.
u. Fsitsfsi MI ss ss-it.ss g
psy T-sir Lsts rs-s~.ll-ssls--
Trissts = Dsss Ps-tie-cs--
ssyi-s 5ssy e S. Peters

Ro-s July z1-Tonight the boy
y Leo XIII lea l- Erats i1 re szsc-i-
"a. % g. Pster- BeHnninE touo-.
r9E a. s1nrss ne peopIs q Rome and
tsose - al latiols noE Ia he Eter-
nsi City rln BE- admitted 70 pay their
izst farszel Opportunity for this
81 trl5afs wm end o. Saturday.
A. 0.ciock thls Afternoon the body
q The dead pope iay in the throas
rooI % The Vatican. where the lead
sTs of the diplomatic. clerical and
civil World EeFe allowed % pass the
bier The ceremonial tonight Ehen
the BODY vas conveyed from the
throne room 10 s. Peters. was cze o.
the most striking o. all obsequles.
During the day the congregation Of
cardinals met and decided 70 hold
ihe conclaye under the identical reg.
uiations which obtained a. the con
ciaye which elected Leo
The arrival of Cardinal Gibbons 70
morrow Is an1iOusly awaited. Moth
ing 10 known A. this time a. 70 whom
he favOrs Tor supreme pontlh. bat ~
is generally conceded that he will be
a power In the conclave. and Il f. not
entirely impossible that he will be
able 70 influence enough votes to de-
eide the election.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-07-23
HAY FEVER FOR 27 YEARS.
Well Known New England Woman
Cured BY Homei-cure Was
Lastino


The thousands of discouraged peo-
pie who dread summers approach be-
cause they think that they have hay
fever cannot be avoided. will read
with interest and gratitude the fol-
lowing statement from Helen F. VIII
liams Of Mansfield, Mass
For p years. from the month Of
August until heavy frost, I have been
afflicted with hay fever, growing
worse and worse each year. and Of
late years l was unable TO attend to
my work during that period.
Last summer fortunately gave
Hyomei a trial and am happy To- say
that it entirely cured me and have
had no return Of the afHiction since. q"
This letter is one Of many that
have come to the proprietors Of Hyo-
mel and the results following this
treatment have been so wonderful
that II is proposed at the annual
convention Of hay fever sufferers to
recommend Hyomei TO all who are
susceptible 10 this disease.
Hyomei is a treatment for hay fe-
yer that combines the latest discover.
les Of science and the best of common
sense. Knowing that change Of
climate was the only way in which
relief could be obtained, the evolu-
ton Of Hyomei naturally resulted.
BY breathing its germ killing and
healing balsams, anyone can have at
any moment Of the day. either in
their home. the office or the factory,
a climate like that OF the White Noun
tains or other health resorts, where
hay fever is unknown.
The City Drug Store agrees to re-
fund the money to any hay fever suf-
ferer who uses Hyomei II il does not
give satisfaction
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-07-23
LETTER LIST.


LIS, Of unclaimed letters a. the
Ardmore Dostofnce July p. 1909.
LADIES.
Arnold. Absgile
Bowen, Mona: BOseman, sallie
Denton. Beatrice. Davies, Brownie;
Denton. Katie.
Ely. Mrs. r. r.
Gains. Emma. 2
Ham, Maud; I'M. zelda; Howes
Melier; Hurt. Almira.
James. Fannie; Janson. Lottle. ?.
Ncswan. Ida.
Nation. Oracle
Ross, Matte.
Sane. Mrs. Joe.
Trice, Lola.
Whitson, Mrs.W r.
Wheeler. Tennie 2. Whitaker, Eliza.
Wright. Miss d. L.
Young. Miss vina.
GENTLEMEN.
AlbeTsOn. Ellis. Arnold. Jary; Arl-
man. Thompson.
Ballew, VIM; Brown. G. D.; Benja-
min. Ben; Billie. NJ B.; Breayeale.
r. u. 2; Brooks. W. r.
Grain, Jim.
Didner. W. r.
Farmer. j. r.; Frazier. Sam.
Greer. Tom; Green r n: Grove.
W. II.
Jackson. d. y. r.; Jackson. Hart.
ford Jobe. II. A.; Joiner. George ?:
Jones. Victor
King Mr.
iane. Frank. Lee. Wlllie.
Mecom. Dr. A. c.. McComal. +. j.:
Moore. Sine
Norton, n. d.
Richardson, Betram Richeson. J. g.;
Rogers. W. w. 2.
stobe. l.. H.. Sheffield. J. s. slsk
- - Sanger. o. p; Smith. VIII.
Smith. Noh.
yaught. G. w.
Williams. A.
Persons calling for the above let
'c-s win please say "adyerti1et."
d. REDFIELD. p. VI.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-07-23
Territory Wheat.

The flour mill season opened thirty
days earlier than usual this year and
for the past thirty days the Wha;ey
mills nave been running day and
night. The mill has purchased more
territory wheat this year than any
other since It began operations in
Ardmore The territory wheat is
very fine and Of equal quality with
that raised in Texas or Oklahoma. The
finest grade Of wheat brought to the
Ardmore market 80 far this season
was raised by C. C. stilwell Of near
Springer.