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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28

There Is story about General Sam
Houston of TcNus and a pracucinr
physician who did not Ike the old gen
eral. being strcuuously opposed TO him
politically. one day after heated po-
litical discussion th" physician said.
General. like you wen enough social.
~. but politically would not belicv"
YOU on earth" II would believe ypc
doctor. was the quiet reply of the gcu
cral. Then. sil," vchcmcutly cXclaim
ed the doctor. "you have q much bet.
ter opinion Of a." than have of you.
"Not better opinion doctor. but
simply have little more politcncs'
than Won have"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28
counhIna Spell causes Death.

Harry Duckwell, aged 25 years
choked to death early yesterday
morning al his home, in the presence
Of mis- wife and child. He contractsi
a slight cold few days ago anc
Taid but little attention to IT, Yes
IL. ny morning he was seizai with a
H. coughing which cOntin Jel t1r
some time. His wife sent for physl
uan but before he could arrive an
other coughing spell came on and
puciwell died from sunocation.-St
Louis Globe.DemoCrat, Dec. /, 1901.
Ballard's Horohound Syrup would
have saved him. 25c soc and Sl.OO
tpr sale by w. B. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28

When a child shows symptoms OF
Group there is no time to experiment
with new remedies, no matter how
highly they may be recommendc,
There is one preparation that can al
ways be depended upon. It has b,
in use for many years and has never
been known 10 fail. viz: Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy Mr.. NJ. f. Com
pton of Market, Texas, says OF II
Il have used Cnamberlain's Cougl
Remedy in severe cases OF croul
with my children, and can truthful!
say It always gives prompt relief
For sale by w. b. Frame, +. j. Ram
suy, Arimore Drug co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28
A Natural Result.

tt IS very reasonable TO suppose II
the foundation Of n structure was re
moved that the building Itself If
hound to come down. 1his same prin
Cip'o can be applied 20 disease Take
medicine into the system that will re.
tIuye the cause OF sickness. and til.
loss will leave OF itself Dyspepsia,
j1digestiou. sicl, headache and bilious.
urss have their foundation in stomach
G.sOrders Remove this weakness and
me other SYMPTOMS sc no more
There is one cure for this that all
druggists sell for 25c. per box It Is
rr. Gums Improved Liver Pills. They
t right at the beginning of these
diseases and make the cure by taking
away the cause. For sale by W. B
Frame. Druggist
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28
A Thousand Dollars Worth OF Goods

A. H. Thurnes, well known coal
operator of Buffalo. o., writes 81
have been afflicted with kidney and
bladder trouble for years, passing
gravel or stones with eXcruciating
pain got no relief from medicines
until began taking Folcy.s Kidney
Cure then the result was surprising
A few doses started the brick dust
| like fine stones and now | have no
pain across my kidneys and | feel
| like a new man. 1t has done me q
$1,000 worth OF good For sale 10y
| Bonner & Bonner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28

Look out for Colds, coughs, Group
and whooping cough. They are dan
gcrous at this season Of the year.
I'hey lead to phCumOrla or consump-
tiCn. You can prevent or cure all
such complaints with Bees Laxative
HoAey and Tar--an improvement over
al, cough, lung and bronchial rene
dies, and the best Cough Syrup. Sold
by City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28
BROWN & BRIDGMAN
Sold by all Druggists

Have the largest stock Of Cof.
ms and the finest line of CaSkets
in the Territory. They have
the best equipped undertaking
establishment, with all modern
apparatus, such as lowering de
vice, black and white floor mats,
couch cooling board, church
trucks, etc, and will embalm
bodies entrusted TO their care in
the most scientific and up to
date manner. When the servi-
ces of an undertaken is needed
call on us day or night and we
will spare no pain, in trying to
please you. Res. phone No. I.
Store phone No. %.
DD0llIN o DllnnMhN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28

Tommy can count up 10 five on
mo fingers can't ], MAJ Na-Ncs,
Tommy. but don't brag. ] saw Il little
boy no older Cham YOU today who could
count up To ufty Iommy-Gcc whiz,
Where did lc get an them fingers =,
Philadelphia Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28
lamh- wool soles at
lSCt HAMILTON & co.
Head About to Burst from Severe
Bilious Attack

Il had severe bilious attack ana
felt like my head was about to burst
when got hold OF free sample or
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. took a dose OF them after
supper and tho next day felt like a
new man. and have been feeling hap
py ever since" says Mr. J. w. Smith
OF JuntH, Texas, For biliousncss
Stomach troubles and constipation
these tablets have no equal. Price
% cents. For sale by +. J. Ramsey,
hIdmore Drug Co, and w. u. Frame
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28

Nothing makes a married woman
so mad as to hear her husband mum.
bling in his sleep and not to be able
to make out what he's getting az.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28

Another car of buggies will arrive
within q few days and TO make room
e.. them We make special prices on
buggies for a short time
BIvENs, CORHN d FRENSIEN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28
His Masterpiece.

Binks-So you think there's n world
of hidden meaning in my sonnet? Miss
Gushley-Oh, yes, And SO we'll hidden
too!-Clcvcland Leader.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28
Cnnnrminr His Theory.

Hc-It seems To inc you are very ga
pricious. You were more cordial the
last time ! saw you. Shc-Was II
Well. | dare say that was mere caprice.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28

One OF Rings Dyspepsia Tablets al
ter eating even II you can cat but lit
t.C. will digest the little you do cat,
and cure Indigestion. dyspepsia, Sour
Stomach. Be'ching and weak Heart.
sold by City Drug Store,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28

Ecror, FTOm Ire NCiorm SchooI.
j. G. Gluck superintendent, Prunty'
Town. W. Va, writes. "After trying
aI other advertised cough medicines
yu have decided To use Foiey Honey
aud Tar exclusively IN the West Vir-
dnia Reform school. find 1t the
most effective and absolutely harm
less" Sold by Bonner Il Bonner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28

A special low price on ali kinds O
guns until our stock is closed out.
BIVENS. CORHN & FRENSLEY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28

Some women who claim 20 be- under
30 talk like sixty.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-28

An opportunity to do the wrong
thing is generally taken advantage OF
The Washington times., 1904-03-06

ter, is a gem perfect in brilliancy,
color, live fire play and all the other
beautiful qualities possessed by the nat
ural ruby. and has been so pronounced
by some of the most eminent university
professors and precious stone experts
in the world
Professor Harold Hartley. of Balliol
College, Oxford, when he received from
Mr.. Oblatt one of these assembled gems.
wrote in great surprise to him as fol-
lows:
Il have examined the rough stone
you sent me yesterday and have de-
ternined its qualities with the excep-
ton Of its density, as I was much press
ed for time. This I will do and return
you the stone. II shows no signs of
crystalline faces. and its outward APP
pearance suggested that it hao been
produced by fusion. The presence of
small spherical cavities in the stone con-
firmed this supposition. Its hardness
was approximately that of corundum
ruby). 1t was strongly double refract-
ing and gave a uniaxial figure, the
double refraction being of negative
character. It was also strongly plos-
choric. All these properties are possess
ed by the ruby. The presence of small
circular cavities would betray to an
experienced miAeralogist the fact that
the stone was not of natural origin. At
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I finally loaned one hundred pounds ster-
ling. with which he fitted up a Iabora-
tory and commenced in earnest the
work of producing the gems. He was
so successful in this that a gem sent
in the rough to Professor Hartley, of
Oxford. elected the above tribute.
Following Natures Own Processes.
Professor SiIvanus p. Thompson. r
A. in his lecture at the Londen Insti-
tuition Royal Academy on the SUBJ
ject of the optical properties Of dIa-
monds and rubies. said it was the real
ruby produced in the laboratory in
stead of the crucible Of nature.
There are true crystalline gems, and
there are limitations. but quite apart
from any limitations in the gross sense
of the word such as those sham Jewels
Of which there are so many in regent
street. made of glass. there are a large
number of other materials, natural pro-
ducts, true gems in the striccest sense
OF the word. not regarded by the pub
lie perhaps in the same view as the
gems whose names they know better. IT
is not wearing an imitation when they
wear these. but the true product OF ma
ture.
In these processes he claimed that In
respect to these gems man had over
taken the processes of nature. and had
succeeded in the laboratory in producing
real ru5ies artificially. They were pro-
duced by the use Of tie same natural
laws that nature had used in their
production Therefore who should say
that diamonds, sapphires and emeralds
could not be produced?
Success Found at Last in New York.
After his meagre successes in London
Mr.. Oblatt concluded that America was
the pace for him to locate for the
inal work of putting his natural gems
upon the market He came TO New
York, where he found abundant wealth
ready at his command. A company was
organized to assist him. and with this
he fitted up the little laboratory at S.
Beekman street, where he is working
to-day in the production of the gems.
The company's office is in a downtown
office building, and orders for the gems
are flowing in from all parts of the
country and from Europe So it will
no longer be necessary for those who
wish to wear these beautiful gems to
import them and pay the heavy tariff
tribute at the docks
The gems are in every way equal 10
Aose that are found in the rough in
Burmah, and after they are cut cannot
be told from the natural stones even
by the best experts in the world-for
the simple reason that they are per
fectly natural
1t is not probable that this little
laboratory. hidden away among the
great office buildings of Manhattan. will
Immediately affect che gem market seri-
ously, for it is not intended to sell them
at such wholesale reduction of prices
as to cause the market to suffer The
profit on them, though. is so obviously
great that the wealth OF the manu-
facturer will pile up rapidly.
Rubies and diamonds are not worn
because they are expensive. as many
people think. but because they are beau
tiful They greatly add to the beauty
and attractiveness of the wearer. and
were they as cheap as water, which
they never will be. they would stiu be
worn by those who know how to dress
for artistic effect
The Washington times., 1904-03-06
An Idyl Of Southern California
BY ALLEN KELLY

bees and the honey and newell, 1t
wouldn't have been so lonesome for him
up here on the Ojai.
And then Tom Newly remembered
that last dance down on the Camulos,
and he played the fandango, that same
old fandango that has been played on
every guitar in the world, and as he
played he saw the Senorita once more
through his half closed eyes She was
looking at him through the foliage of
a grapevine in the garden. and her eyes
glowed with the excitement of the
dance.
But there was something odd about
the Senorita's eyes. Surely she had
eyes as black as coal; but here they
were shining with a greenish light that
was very unpleasant "A curious
fancy" thought Tom Newly, shaking
his head to settle his wandering wits.
But the eyes did not disappear when
he shook his head. They belonged TO
cougar that was lying stretched along
the lower limb Of an oak close to the
cabin. The Camulos, the dance Under
the arbor and the Senorita vanished
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and through his studies became recog-
nized as a noted chemist and precious
stone expert. was impressed by the fact
that large quantities of small particles
of precious stones were yearly thrown
away. This because of The smaIlness
OF them. He believed that a process
for the fusion of these precious parti-
cles was possible. He began to expert
ment. with the result that he wasted his
substance and became a poor man,
even losing his small income from his
work for jewels and chemical firms.
They believed him a visionary and would
have nothing to do with him.
He had first chosen the ruby as the
object of his experiments because 1t
seemed to him that this stone offered
the greatest chances of success. And
all this in the face of the fact that
hundreds of years of labor on the
part OF chemists had been wasted in
the self-same experiments.
He labored on inS the face of great
discouragements till. on October s. 1895.
his efforts were suddenly crowned with
success, and to his unspeakable delight
he produced a ruby which was pro-
nounced genuine by the most noted
chemists and mineraiogists Of Europe
They would not believe that it was a
fused gem.
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She was so near that she could reach
him in one bound. and he dared not
attempt to jump from his seat to the
door of the cabin.
At last he thought of the dog. which
ought to be somewhere about the place.
and he began to whistle as he PLAYED.
softly at first and then in sharp, clear
notes, familiar to the spotted hound
The dog heard and came trotting
around the cabin from some bone-bury-
ing rites back in the brush.
The Dog to the Rescue.
The hound scented the great cat I'D
in the tree, and gave tongue in a
hoarse. angry bay. The cougar startled,
turned her eyes toward the dog and
Tom Newly dropped the guitar and
sprang into the cabin
There was a yellow flash in the moon
light as the cougar shot out from the
limb like a coiled spring suddenly re-
leased and cat and dog rolled over to-
gether on the ground. Tom Newly
seized an axe and went out to help the
hound. and at the first chance that Of
gar's spine. A blow on the head ended
the sufferings of the mansled hound.
And then the night wind grew chilly
to lonesome Tom Newly and he shut
himself up in the cabin with his guitar
and divided his regrets between the
senorita and the spotted hound. He
was saddest when he thought of the
hound.
The Washington times., 1904-03-06

THE sun had gone down behind
the Topa-Topa ridge. the SER
rated shadow had crept across
the Ojai slowly at first. and
then with rapid lengthening
over the valley. until it Joined and be-
came merged with the gloom of the
forest on the opposite hills. And then
the great round moon came UP into the
sky and made the night glorious
Guitar and Aigrstte.
The soft wind blew down the valley
of the Ojai. carrying the faint perfume
of the sage and the Yerba Santa. and
tempted Tom Newly out Of his cabin.
The sweet smell Of the herbs and the
caressing touch Of the night wind made
lonesome Tom Newly just the least bit
sentimental. and he tuned up his guitar
rolled and lighted a cigarette. leaned
back against the front Of the cabin and
picked out the accompaniment 10 an cid
Spanish love song that he had learned
years ago from a Senorita down on the
Camulos
AS he hummed the soft Spanish sylla-
bles-not very loud OF clear, because OF
the cigarette between his teeth-Tom
Newly wondered IL il wouldn't have
been better for him after all If ne hadn't
left the Senorita. Instead of making
tortillas and frijoles for Mateo the va
quero, and looking after half a dozen
brown-skinned little Mateos. size might
have been helping him take care Of the
The Washington times., 1904-03-06

from Tom Newby's mind in an instant.
ano he forgot how lonesome he had
been.
He stopped playing the fandango and
was about to spring to his feet when
the cougar raised her head. gathered
herself FOR spring and began switch
ing her long tail from side to side
Toms hand fell upon the guitar strings
and at the sound the cougar relaxed
her attitude
Music for the Cougar.
Tom played the fandango again and
the cougar stretched out along tie
limb and watched him, seeming to be
soothed by the music. Whenever Toms
hand faltered she showed signs of IN
easiness. but while he played she was
contented.
Tom played all the variations of the
fandango that he could remember, and
then he tried Spanish waltz, all the
time trying to think of some way to
get out of his dangerous situation.
Twice he stopped the music expert
mentally, but the evident hostility of
the cougar induced him to resume his
playing each time.
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grees F. The concentration of this
fearful heat is part of the secret of
my process.
THE use of these real ruby chips
make the rubies that produce genuine
instead of limitations Rubies are found
IN Burmah the same way that diamonds
are.
They are mined in the sand, and
among the tiny ruby particles thus
found are pieces large enough to be Sc
lected and cut into gems as diamonds
are. When dealer buys consignment
Of rubies he receives large box of this
dust or ruby sand, and the real gem
pieces are selected from it. The re-
naming particles which are too small
to be cut into ornaments are then
thrown away, or sold to the stone cut
tiers to be ground into powder and used
upon the gem cutting wheels. This has
hitherto been the only use to which this
ruby dust has been put.
Il melt these particles into Jumps.
from which are cut zeal rubies. which
are equal in every way to the natural
stones and cannot be told from them by
experts.
How the Stone Is Melted and Fused.
AS soon as the first chip is mel,ed
upon the iridium tube then pick up
another chip which I hold on the end of
an iridium instrument in my hand, and
when II has melted il flies off, like the
jump of flea, and adheres to the FIRST
melted particle on the U-shaped top
OF the tube The two Particles immedi-
ately fuse. In that way 1 build I'D a
genuine ruby whose weight varies from
I'VE to ten carats. The operation va
ries from one to two hours, according
to the size Of the gem that 1 wish to
produce.
Then comes the difficult part of the
operation. Nature, in the production of
these beautiful gems, had at her com
mand tremendous sustained heat. and
the cooling process lasted for years, and
perhaps ages. Who can tell? And yet
IN many cases the cooling process was
so rapid that the outside Of them cooled |
before the inside. and produced in mil
mons OF instances minute cracks which |
are called ribbons and run through the
more imperfect rubies found in the
earth The absence of these ribbons |
which are not perceptible to the naked |
eye, but are noticed under a magnify |
ing glass-make the value of the gem.
AT present 1 have a different process |
The Washington times., 1904-03-06

FVERYONE can now own and wear
IL real rubies or beautiful trans
IL parency and color without vast
ing a fortune in buying them.
They are produced right here
in America.
In dingy little laboratory at SIS Beck
man street, New York. a mysterious
young Hungarian chemist is working
day and night at task which will. in
the opinion of the best chemists, revolu-
tionize the gem traffic Of the world.
He is producing real rubies by arti-
cial means, but by natural laws
Artificial Real Rubies.
This has been the dream Of the chem
lists for ages, but the text books Of the
profession have persistentiy taught that
il was impossible. And yet when Mr.
Rudolph Oblatt. the young inventor Of
the process. took a handful Of his fused
rubies to the most noted jeweler and
gem expert in New York. They were
pronounced perfect natural r1bies.
When told that they were not natural,
but the product of a new process he
became greatly excited and exclaimed
that the gem trade Of the world would
be turned topsy turvey by the discov-
cry.
Mr.. Oblatt's discovery has created
CONSERVATION in the ranks Of the great
jewelry firms that have on hand ex-
pensive gems that they have noarded
and have bought at great expense from
the miners of Burmah,
Process Is a Profound Secret.
The process of producing these rubies,
while apparently very simple. is so COM
plicated and mysterious that the funda-
mental secret will remain in the pos
session of the discoverer and he will
really control the ruby market Of the
world for years to come.
Il select from the small genuine ruby
particles which are found in their nat
uraI state with the genuine ruby in
Burmah little pieces whose color and
qualities are practically the same said
Mr.. Oblatt in explaining the process
to a writer for this paper "One chip
1 place upon the top OF a u shaped
platinum iridium tube. Upon this /
focus the heat from two jets Of gas
produced from oxygen and hydrogen
tanks in my laboratory. The gas has
a pressure of eight hundred pounds to
the inch, and the heat thus produced
has temperature of six thousand de-
The Washington times., 1904-03-06

Every one listened. smiling.
AZ clio. Calaisr" The call was repeated,
to the CONSERVATION of the breathless
audience in the classroom. Then:
Hello. Calais! This is Dover! Do you
catch us?"
The words were slowly licked out in
the Morse alphabet.
There was hush OF excitement in the
room and the smiling faces suddenly be-
came set and pale.
Why don't you answer, Calais?'' The
The Washington times., 1904-03-06
Matching the(Blast for the
Proper Color

of cooling which works very well. but
am now working upon a process of
cooling which will take days and which
will be perfect. am sure Of it 1 can
even now produce rubies that have no
cracks, but the process which shall
put into operation shall be less expen-
sive.
The cooling process is one Of the
most wonderful parts Of my secret
II then send the enlarged ruby to the
The Washington times., 1904-03-06

lapidary, who cuts it in exactly the
same way as the natural stone IS cut.
For. since it contains all its natural
prop critics the process of cutting, set
ting and finishing must Of necessity be
the same as in the case of the natural
ruoy from the Burmah mine.
In the process of cutting and polish
ing from 40 to so per cent. of the en-
larged ruby is wasted. but the finished
product, when returned from the cut
The Washington times., 1904-03-06

question came family with some of the
letters missing.
I'VE have caught a message of the
air between England ard France" ex-
claimed student There was great
excitement till from the window a send
ing pole was discovered ON TIE roof or
a neighboring building. and at IN open
window near lower class man was dis
covered induStriously sending The mys-
ferrous message which Eas creating so
much excitement in the classroom.
The Washington times., 1904-03-06
Coumbia's Intercepted aWireless' From Dover.
COLUMBIA students who were

%OLUMBIA students who were ex-
perimenting with wireless telegra-
- ply had erected a pole near the
university and were gathered around
a clicker in the classroom listening to
a talk upon the possibilities Of the send
ing of wireless messages across the
ocean. Suddenly the clicker began OF
its own account to rattle away. > mes
sage apparently from space was coming
over the receiving wire.
Calais! Calais" came the call.
The Washington times., 1904-03-06
SortinS Ruby Dust for Material

Even then the jewellers with whom
he had worked refused to assist him
pecuniarily and he went to London.
hoping that there he would be given
the assistance that he so much needed
to perfect his work.
After more discouragements he was
The Washington times., 1904-03-06

first sight l thought the stone more
similar to the rubies put on the market
by French firm last year. but those
were spinel rubies, and the stone you
sent me agreed in all it's properties with
the real ruby
Mr.. Oblatt, who was born in Hungary