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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-05

The experts say that it viii take
Russia seven months to get her army
big enough TO suffer such a reverse as
that at Mukden. The Russian army in
Manchuria Is about as large now as II
will ever be. II oyama's movements
count for anything, and they general.
ly do.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-05

The Russians now claim that II Is
not courage, but indifference to their
lives and the lives OF other people,
which makes the japanese terrible.
The Russians seem to have for physi-
cal courage definition which the
world Is ignorant Of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-05
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No some man has said that We are
the most profane nation on earth
but why would't We be, with sppring
house cleaning 10 do, stoves to take
down and flower gardens 20 make.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-05

Japan has already accumulated an
ample supply Of glory out OF the war
and now she wants some Of that Rus
sian coin and Is going TO have g..
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-05
Aremore, wednesday, Apr 5, 1905.

Cassie Chadwick's daughter has ac-
cepted a position as stenoga9her
This is enough to make Cassie dis
own her
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-05

Tn. dispatches from Paris state
that the peace negotiations are at an
end. and tho war win drag on again"
Not II the Jap1ness can help H. 30
far they have managed 20 keep the
conflict from dragging.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-05

Mr.. Carnegie says gamblers arc
parasites feeding on business That
explains why 50 few gamblers are
punished. Parasites are too small to
be seen with the naked eye, and that's
The kind Of eyes policemen usually
carry
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-04-05

Jerry Simpson IS said TO be 'hc
owner OF the bigg 80 sheep ranch IN
New Mexico. when Jerry left congress
wool gathering struck him az being
about as good an occupation a. lc
couid engage in
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
Lynx~Eyed Russian Spies

Russia is prominently the land OF
spies. Democratic and socialistic
France has raised the spy system to a
state function, but in Russia it is the
very soul Of the state. In Moscow, in
the streets, agents Of the police are
stationed every five hundred yards;
In addition, secret agents watch the
houses day and night-one being al
lotted to every four houses, and in
every house is another spy, the porter.
Go where you will, you are never out
Of the watchful eye of the police. You
brush against spies in your hotel, as
IN the theaters; in a restaurant, as in
the drawing room of a friend. 1t is
easy to recognize those
you meet in the fashionable resorts.
They have. evidently been instructed
TO disguise themselves as gentlemen,
and for one Of them the livery of
gentleman is frock coat, a silk hat,
Ind, always-by rain or sunlight-an
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
Size Of Ancient Babylon.

Ancient Babylon was not such a
great city as some have supposed, &C.
cording to H. Valentine Geere, the
archaeologist. He says: "The idea
OF Babylon's vastness and magnifi-
cence, to which we have become &C.
customed, has been practically explod-
ed. DR.. Kodewey told me that the
site of the city was larger than that
OF any other ancient city; but even
SO, the idea that it could be compared
with London and it's suburbs, which
has been very generally held, is en-
tirely erroneous. In point of fact, it
appears that it's walls were not more
than eight miles in circumference.
Moreover, the great palaces are shown
to have been poor affairs after all,
with wretchedly cramped apartments,
and next to no pretensions to archi
tectnral style; and the temples were
crude, buildings"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
Saved F Friend from Bore

You appear to be unusually glad
to see me-" remarked a man surprised
at the effusiveness of the greeting of
which he had been made the object in
entering the Office of a friend whom
he was accustomed to see every day.
II am always glad to see you," said
his friend, subsiding into his usual
manner, says the Washington Star,
but do you know that when you hove
in sight it was just as I was going
down in the water for the third time
and help had Unexpectedly come to
my rescue"
Curious sensations for man to
have during business hours in his
office, far from any water" said his
friend, who began to look him over
with rather grave face.
well, perhaps, the figure is rather
overdrawn," he admitted, still there
is no doubt about the relief your COM
ing gave me. You noticed the man
who left after you came in. He
would have been here yet if you had
not come in. He had been talking
steadily for half an hour and he is one
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10

OF those takers that never seem to
reach period or to arrive at a place
where you can interrupt, change the
topic and stand some chance of get
ting away. He held me with his eye
and his tongue ran on. When you ar
rived a diversion was possible, and
the warmth of my greeting left no
doubt in his mind that wanted to see
you. At any rate he realized that the
spell which such men throw over their
listeners had been broken, and so he
fastened away"
Il understand the situation perfect
ly." observed his friend, "as l have
acted the role Of life-saver before
this. Some men do not realize the
amount of good they can do by drop
ping in on an acquaintance who don't
seem to have the faculty of getting rid
of bores. There are, of course, some
men who can take care of themselves,
whether in their Offices or elsewhere
But then there are others who fall
victims through some hypnotic influ-
ence, and they need the aid of their
friends"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
Oil RUBBING.

Clothing exposes us to great dan
gers. We wear too many clothes
We dress too warmly, so the skin be
comes relaxed, and loses the power tc
take care of itself, and this is the rea.
son Oil rubbing is necessary. The
simple removal Of thin layer of oil
by a hot bath may be sufficient to
cause a man to take cold, so this must
be replaced by special oiling, or
some other treatment, in cold wealth
er.
People who are very susceptible to
cold, should be rubbed with oil after
each bath. Oil rubbing is especially
needed in cases liz which the skin is
dry, through deficient activity of the
oil glands of the skin. Great care,
however, should be taken to avoid too
vigorous rubbing in the application of
the oil, as sweating is very easily pro-
duced, to the disadvantage of the pa
hent. In the treatment of infants and
children, a marked and most favor
able effect upon nutrition is produced
by Oil rubbing. Application of oil
after cold baths encourages reaction.
In most cases of chronic dyspepsia
when accompanied by emaciation, in
diabetes, and in most cases in which
malnutrition with dryness of the skin
Is prominent feature, oil rubbing is
valuable curative agency.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10

| which he said was Wheelock's name
in Russia.
81 should say his age at his death
was 81. remember that he once had
$4,000 on 20 to 1 shot, his horse win.
ming, only to be disqualified on foul.
| believe his largest winning was on
King Cadmus, when he was reputed
to have won from 100000 to $500, OOO
l think the real amount was either a
little above or little below 100000.
Phil was cold-blooded and business
like in his methods. He wanted to
know things, not rumors. He didn't
want anybody to tell him. He went
himself to see. He was man who
never dissipated. This plan of life
undoubtedly heightened his life. I
believe he suffered from tuberculosis
for over ten years. His life was like
his actions in the ring-quiet and I'm.
assuming. There is no doubt but that
his huge operations were regarded
as menace to the turf and that is
why the Jockey club warned him.
do not think there was ever any dis.
honest trick done by him.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
Told Of "Pittsburg Phil"

"Pittsburg PHIL and his character.
istics have Deen discussed in nearly
every sporting headquarters by men
who had known him before his death.
Phil was in class by himself like
Jeffries," said Sam Summerfield. HE
was quiet, unassuming and probably
has less of following than any big
better ever had. In his method of
going at it he was different. He was
unlike Drake or Gates, who go it blind
and on stable information, from Riley
Grammar, Steve L'Hommedieu or Davy
Johnson. Grammar would go through
the ring with punches of money in
his hands. Phil always came in quiet
ly, walked from behind the book.
made his bet and walked away. Since
his dispute over a marker twelve
years ago with George Wheelock,
president of the Metropolitan Turf
association, 'Pittsburg Phil in his big
gest operations never bet a marker.
In his way of hating he was like an
Indian. He never forgot. To vent his
feelings against Wheelock he bought
cheap horse, named it Wheeloski,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
Will Cheaper Old VioIins,

Are we about to witness a slump in
'Strads" and other old violins? A let
ter received in Rome, from Bucharest.
states that an Italian artist named
Antonio Bonardi, long resident there,
has found method Of greatly improv-
ing the quality of tone in violins. This
result is secured by a certain modifi-
cation Of the shape, especially at the
narrower part, rendering the instru-
ment at the same time more elegant
in form. 1t is stated that at a recent
Conversations, the Bonardi
although made of new
wood, was tried against an old Qua
dagnin with triumphant results.-Lon-
don Globe.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10

umbrella. The famous third police!
A stranger might fancy that, in an
open cab-talking French or English
to his friend-he would at least be
safe from surveillance; but his friend
will touch him significantly and speak
OF the weather. The fat cabby on
the box, somnolent, with white hair
and good paternal eyes, may be a
spy, more skilled in the languages
than the travelling stranger; and if
the cabman has been found lettering
near the great clubs, the hotels, or the
embassies, the chances are strong
that he is. A subtler police than that
OF the third section-the akrana.
which has its ramifications in eyerv
capital in Europe and America-com.
plete this great system of espionage.
Its mesh Is over every man in Russia:
no one goes unwatched-save only old
Count Tolstoi.-Vance Thompson in
Success Magazine"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10

See here, don't understand what
you're talking about. But I'll tell you
what I'll do. If you'll write that propo-
sition out in ordinary English, so that
an ordinary man can understand it,
I'll not only take the policy, but I'll
publish that explanation as an article
and pay 500 for it."
Twill I Sure, will" exclaimed
the overjoyed agent. thinking he had
indeed struck an easy job. And he de-
parted, adjuring the editor not to for
get.
A week passed by. The agent call.
ed up on the telephone to say that he
was working on the thing. There was
less exultation in his voice.
Two weeks more elapsed. The edi.
tor had forgotten the whole thing,
when the agents card came in one
day. 1t was followed by the man
himself.
We'll" said the editor Got my
article?"
'"N-no." said the agent, sheepishly.
"The fact is, l guess, can't do 1t the
way you want, after all. Let's call it
off,"
1t is hardly too much to say that
his is typical.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
WOMHN NEEDS

For the relief and cure of the MANY del.
icate, intricate and obstinate ailments
peculiar to her sex, remedy carefully
devised and adapted to her delicate
organization by an experienced and
skilled physician. Such remedy is
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
The treatment of many thousands of
those chronic weaknesses and Distress
ing ailments peculiar to females, at the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y, has afforded vast ex-
perience in nicely adapting and thor
oughly testing remedies for the cure of
woman's peculiar maladies.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
the outgrowth, or result, of this great
and valuable experience. Thousands
of testimonials received from patients
and from physicians who have tested it
In the more aggravated and obstinate
cases which had baffled their skill.
prove it to be superior remedy for the
relief and cure of suffering women. It
Is not recommended as "cure-all. ("
but as a most perfect specific for wom-
ans peculiar ailments.
AS a powerful invigorating tonic, it
lmparts strength to the whole system
and to the womb and its appendages in
particular. For over worked, "worn-
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dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-
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AS soothing and strengthening
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distressing, nervous symptoms com
monty attendant upon functional and
organic disease of the womb. It in
1uces refreshing sleep and relieves
mental anxiety and dependency.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
Couldn't Write Ii Out

Illustrating the frequent ignorance
Of his own wares displayed by the
selling agent, the following (true)
story is told by H. w. Lanier in "How
to Buy Life Insurance" in Worlds
Work:
There are today some thousands of
varieties of life insurance policies,
each Of which has a technical name
and Is capable Of being made quite un-
Ineligible to the average man. Some
INSCRIPTIONS agents trade on this;
many do not fully understand the
meaning of terms themselves, but
have learned their lesson parrot-like,
and most of them apparently find it
unnecessary to describe in plain Eng
lish to those about to insure what
they are contracting for. The result
is mass of transformation and con-
fusion about the whole subject.
For instance, an agent was trying to
insure an editor on some new plan.
The editor had theory that any fact
could be put into plain everyday Eng
fish If the man behind the fact really
knew what he was talking about.
After listening to an involved flow of |
premiums" deferred dividends"
cash surrender values and Optional
choices" he said, gravely:
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
Sugar a Universal Need.

sugar has modified the history Of
Europe and of the world in more ways
than one" says a writer. used four
centuries ago, almost exclusively in
the preparation of medicines, and long
afterward an article of luxury only &C.
cessible to the rich, 1t has by enlarged
production and cheapened manufac.
ture been brought within the reach of
all. The universal use of this prac.
tically pure carbohydrate, which is
not only freely burning fuel and
proteid sparer, but a muscle food, in.
creasing the power of doing work
and lessening fatigue, must have had
widespread and beneficial effects on
the general health. Especially in the
case of children, whose greed of sugar
Is the expression of physiological
want, has that food been valuable in
to growth. contentment and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
HEALTHFUL DISHES.

Fruit Nectar-Take Concord grapes
or any kind Of berries and put into 6
stewpan with a small amount Of
water; boil ten minutes, stirring oc
casionally. Strain first through a sieve
and then through a cheese cloth. Add
one-third sugar to two-thirds juice and
boil briskly for fifteen minutes. Put
in bottles and seal. When used add
either hot or cold water, to suit the
taste.
Macaroni au Gratin-Break enough
macaroni into inch lengths to fill q
cup and cook in one and one-half pints
of boiling water in double boiler un-
til tender. When done. drain and sepa-
rate by dashing over it little cold
water. Mix with the macaroni one
cupful Of cottage cheese, one table,
spoonful of cracker crumbs, rolled
fine, one-fourth cup of cream and one
half teaspoonful of salt. Put in an
oiled graniteware dish and bake until
brown.
Grape Fruit.-Chill the fruit; then
cut it crosswise, providing half for
each person. Loosen the sections
from the skin and remove the center
white membrant. Fill the cavities
with sugar, and serve with a couple
of white cherries on top of each half.
Vegetable Bouillon.-To one and
one-half pints Of bran (pressed DOWN,
add two and one-half quarts of boiling
water. Allow this to simmer for two
hours or more; strain, add one pint of
strained tomato one stalk of chopped
celery, one large onion and one-half |
of powdered mint in a |
muslin bag. Let this simmer togeth-
er for from half an hour to an hour.
Add water to make two and one-half
quarts of soup. Strain, add one tea
spoonful of salt, or more If desired,
Ind reheat for serving.
On each bread-and-butter plate put
| pat of cocoanut butter, two nut
cheese straws, and couple of bread
n cream sticks tied together with yell
ow and white ribbon.
Golden Salad.--Prepare eggs by
lard boiling them. Cut, when done,
nto two parts; remove the yolks
Without breaking the whites, mash
hem and mix with enough mayon-
aise or boiled salad dressing to bind
hem. Fill the egg-white shells with
he prepared yolks, and stick the two
alf whites together, thus forming ,
1hole eggs. Cut one end fiat, and ,
tand an egg on lettuce leaf on each
alad plate. Around each egg put a ,
ircle of mayonnaise.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10

A prospective mother cannot begin
TOO early to look after her own health
and physical condition. This is sure
to be reflected in the baby. ANY weak
ness or nervous depression, or lack of
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Ism specially concerned in motherhood.
1t makes the coming Of baby abso-
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tutional vigor to the child.
DR. R. V. PIERCE Buffalo. N. y:
Dear Sh--Some eight years ago, after the
birth OF our first baby. was left in q weak.
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were badly unstrung. Did not suffer much
pain. but believe | suffered everything that
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physician several years but obtained no re-
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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10

horse power, which can safely be in.
creased to forty-horse power. The
pillow is pulled by the cables from one
side of the field to the other, and
when it reaches the end of the furrow
1t stops automatically, the current be.
ing cut off. It can be run backward
or forward with ease. One man man.
ages the pillow, and each car is oper.
ated by one man. Thus three men do
all the work.
or course, much depends on the
condition Of the soil, but it is said
that from seven to fifteen acres car
be plowed in twelve hours. These
power cars are said to be as easily
managed as traction engines, and
their power can be applied to thrash
ing machines, corn shelters, pumps
grain drills. etc.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
Cost Of Tuberculosis.

DIR. Harmon Biggs of New Yorl
tAmerican Medicine), after a careful
estimation, places the annual expense
OF tuberculosis to the people of the
United States at $3.50, OOO,OO0.O0. He
first calculates the loss to New York
city by putting value of $500 upon
each life at the average at which
deaths from tuberculosis occur. This
gives total value of the lives lost
annually of s1,500,OOO.OO
But this is not all. For at least nine
months prior to death these patients
cannot work, and the loss of service
1t one dollar a day, together with food,
Nursing, medicines, attendance. etc.,
1t one and one-half dollars a day, re-
suits in a further loss of $4,000, 100000,
making a yearly loss to the munich
pality of $4,000, 10000. For the whole
country the 10000 deaths from tuber.
culosis represent in the same way
loss of $780, Oo,OOO.OO.
Dr. Biggs also states that the total
expenditure in the city Of New York
tor the care of tuberculous patients is
act at present over $500, 100000 year;
that Is, 1t does not exceed two per cent
sf the actual loss by death, etc. IF
this annual expenditure were doubled
pr trebled it would mean a saving of
several thousand lives annually, to say
Nothing of the enormous saving in suf-
.erlng." Further evidence of this is
Afforded by the fact that in the last
twenty years the total number of |
aeaths from tuberculosis in New York
has decreased instead of increasing,
Although there has been an increase
Of 70 per cent in the general popula-
lion.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
Electric Power for Flows

The Societa Elettrotecnica Italiana
ef Turin has invented and constructed
devices for the application of electric
power to plows and other farm ma
chlnery, writes Consul Cuneo from
Turin, Italy. The experiment of plow-
ing by electric power was recently
made near this city in the presence of
representative men from different
parts of Italy, and, it is reported, with
gratifying success.
The device consists of two power
cars, which are stationed at each side
Of the field, and between which are
stretched cables attached to the pillow.
The electric current is taken from a
trolley line; current of about 500
volts is said to be needed. Each car
Is said to communicate twenty-five
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-03-10
Horrors of the Cocaine Habit.

The following illustration of bad ad-
vice in the lecture room is probably
not an exceptional case. A professor
Of materia medica lecturing on cocaine
called it one of the greatest of all
Btimulants and perfectly harmless.
He cited his own experience of its
good effects, and advised the class to
test 1t personally in debility and ex-
haustion. OF class of thirty-two who
listened to this advice, five became
cocaine takers within two years. Ten
years later thirteen of this class were
drug and spirit takers. In all prob
ability, the use Of cocaine was the
starting point Of their addictions.
Four died from the direct use of this
drug. Evidently more than half the
class had followed the advice of the
teacher and were wrecked. A few
years after, the professor became an
invalid and retired from the profess
sion, q victim of his own counsel and
confidence in cocaine.