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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-20

j. T. Whittle, a representative of
the Buick Automobile Co., arrived to-
day from Jackson, Mich, and look a
trip over the auto route.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-20

Mrs. c.. F. Howard left today for
her home in Woodward, o. T., after
spending six weeks here with her
daughter, Mrs. James Litton.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-20

Tom Lawing, G. F. Formwalt and
Postmaster M. Schloss, of Dexter,
were nere yesterday on business.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-20

L. Durham, the cattle inspector,
and L. R.. Hartley, the well driller,
left on the auto yesterday.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-20

L. K. McGaffey and j. P. Church
wen to Carlsbad yesterday on cement
business.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-20

Charles L.. Murphy went to Carls-
bad today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Good intentions rarely survive the
headache that actuates them.
when you talk about people be.
hind their backs. do you give them II
square deal?
You have probably met the bore who,
no matter what the attraction. always
recalls n better one.
There Is this much 10 be said about
the men: Some very fine rsh have
been caught by very inferior bait.
They say a mans disposition Is sure
20 come out when he's drunk, and Il
is sure TO come out also when he Is
buylng-when he Is spending his
money.
when you meet n man on tie streets
and feel n desire 20 tell him story.
shorten H. Don't string II out with long
and unlmportant details. Get 10 the
point at Oncc.-Atchison Globe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16
A FRIGHTENED ACTRESS.
when MaIIbrnn Ran For Her Life
From Her Father.

MaliIran was an exceptional woman
as well Us 3 great singer. nnl she had
an interesting aud spontaneous tenn.
permanent The daughter Of Garcia.
she hgd q harsh aud dillcult master H.
her own fnthcr.
When she was sixteen he one day
came 10 her room aud without aoy
Kind of preparation said 10 her. "Nou
win make your first appearance with
mo on saturday In 'Otollo.'"
IL gave her exactly six days Tor prep.
aratlpn. The child terrified nearly into
spccchlcssncss. stnmmcrcd that she
could not possibly do it-what he asked
was impossible But Garcia could take
no contradiction. All he answered
was: "You'll make your first appear.
ance on Saturday. and be perfect. n
not. In the last scene. when I am sup.
posed 20 plunge my dagger into your
breast. I'll do so In real earnest"
Tho frightened girl had TO make the
best OF Il. Her success was absolute
but one little piece OF realism In her
acting at the end was n delicious
AA'Akh 'AAAAfAe AhNNAiH' i'hH la''' w
retaliation upon her father for rather
brutal method. Her Desdcmonn had
been exqulsite: she had made her what
she was herself. child, innocent and
submissive and adorlng.
But IN the last act. when Othello
strobe toward her with upllftcd dag
ger, In Mallbran, truly frightened out
Of her wits. ran away from him and
made for windows aud doors, frantic.
ally trying 90 escape. When her father
nj last caught hold OF her so real had
the whole thing become that, SELLING
the hand with which he was supposed
10 murder her. she biz II I'LL II blcd.
Garcia gave cry ~ pain, which the
audience took for n cry OF rage. and the
act ended In deafenlng applause for
father aud daughter.
The incident reveals In Malibrnn.
She was never, In one sense OF the
word. an actress nt all. There was no
studied counterfeit Of emotions, hut n
woman with an extraordinary power
~ losing herself In the emotions OF
others rs Weekly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16

The illustrious men in history who
were distinguished as much for the
fascination which they exercised over
the fair sex as for their talents and
ability were, as o rule. plain and In
significant In appearance. Julius Che
sar was very III favored man, and
yet when n mere STRIPPING, before his
fame In Rome, girls OF his own age
sighed for him aud mature women
longed for his love. Among the men OF
later times who were renowned in like
manner Were Sir Philip Sidney. plain
almost 90 ugllness; Paul Scarron, the
comic poet, n cripple; Noltalre, unmis-
takably ugly, and Rousseau, whose
manners were awkward ns his face
was plain, while John Wilkes. who had
the power TO subiugate any woman
who spoke to him for even Ave min
utes, was admitted by his own show
Ing 10 be the ugllest man In England
In his time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16
LAUNCHING A VESSEL.
The Crucisi Moment H. when she
Takes the wnter.

That launch is n matter OF mathe-
matics. as we'll as Of great sklll and
labor. Is shown by the fact that the
man OF science who has the matter In
charge always makes a set Of calcula.
tlons showing the strain Of the ship
aud its precise condition at practically
every foot Of the journey down the
ways. II a boat should get In the way.
or II II should take an unusual length
OF time TO knock ont the keel blocks.
or IN any one of half dozen things
should cause serious delay. tho scien-
tihc man knows just how long he can
walt aud iust how far the limit OF
safety extends.
There is always one supreme mo-
mcnt In launch. and II Is at time
that escapes the average spectator II
Is when the vessel gets fairly well into
the water. This Is when an important
factor known ns the moment of buoy.
ancy" comes into play. II you can
imagine vessel sliding down an In
cline without any water into which to
drop you can see that the vessel would
tip down suddenly at the end which
has loft the ways and would rise at the
end stlll on the ilcline. But really In
successful launches the stern of the
vessel Is gradually lifted up 10y the
water. and this throws the weight for.
ward on that part Of the ship stll rest
Ing on the ways. The force OF the
water Is called the moment OF buoy
ancy." and the natural tendency OF the
ship TO drop 10 the bottom OF the
stream Is called the moment Of
weight" Now. the moment OF buoy.
ancy must always bc greater than the
moment of weight. but Il must not be
very much greater. for u IL were II
would throw too much weight forward
on the part OF the ship still on the
ways and might break them down or
lniure the plates or keel Of the ship.
When the English battIeshlp Families
was launched. this did really happen,
and so great wns the strain near the
bow that parts OF the cradle were ac.
tually pushed right into the bottom of
the vessel. II Is this danger of disaster
that causes the scientific launchcr to
make the msst careful calculations ns
10 the conditions surrounding the ship
nt every foot OF her journey into the
water
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16
ThroNlnH Mnd.

Unless words without meaning are
used n persons vocabulary must be
bounded 10y his knowledge. Many
years ago was teaching class OF
poor children In the school connected
with the Church OF ST Pauls. Covent
Garden. one day exhibited picture
OF bayfield, with men carting hay.
| asked the children what the men
were throwing up into the cart. They
answered, without moments hesita-
tlon. Mud" IL then occurred 20 me
for the first time that these children
had never seen bayfield, or the cart
Ing OF hay. but the scavenger's cart,
carting mud, they were quite familiar
with. and hence they spoke within their
knowledge Notes and Que
rles,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16
The word "Tar."

Why Is the word tar" a synonym
for "sailory' Some dictionaries say
that the alluslon Is 10 the seaman's
tarry hands and clothes-the SAVIOUR
OF tar" Of Stcphano's song In The
Tempest" Burns uses "tarrybreeks"
as equivalent to sailor" But II ls re-
gardcd as much more probable that
tar" is short for "tarpaulln," since
Clarendon and other writers colloqulal-
ly use 'tnrpaulin" TO signify n seaman.
or course. this ultimately gets back 70
tar, tnrpaulin being a tarred pail
Ing" or covering (thc same word as
''pallJ
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16

The steam engine goes back 10 Hero
OF Alexandria. IN the third century
II. G. Branca. an Italian. in 1920, made
an engine which blew steam against
vanes and thus made wheel spin.
The first actual steam engine was
made by Captain Savey, an English
man, 10 whom, In lG9s, a patent was
granted for steam engine 10 raise
water. In 1908 Thomas Newcomer
made vacuum steam engine. But the
steam engine OF today, which has
wrought such "A tremendous evolution
In industry ana society, was the in
vcntion Of the Englishman James
Watt. ana the first patent bears date
OF June .. lTO0.- Scrapbook.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16
VIBRATION.
Examples OF Its wonderful Power
and Penetration.


The wonderful force OF vibration IL
recognized In all IT'S power by few
architects and builders. II would
Bmuse them II they were told that the
most solidly built Of their walls would
be injured by the continuous scraplng
Of bow across a violin. OF course il
would take years Of playing to loosen
masonry and render iron brittle. but
there are facts on record which show
that such n result has occurred. On
first class battleship a man may feel
the vibrations Of violin though he
may not be able ~ hear the nuic II
is the regularity Of the vibrations
which tells The player Is not affected
by them. for he IL a flexible object and
can give way 20 motion.
Every one knows that squad OF
soldiers or any body Of marching men
break step In crossing n bridge. no
matter what its size and strength may
| be. for none could withstand the vibrn.
| tions OF this concerted action Even
| the tread Of n dog may make n bridge
shake because Of the regularity Of tho
| vibration. 50 that on many of the Ing
suspension bridges dogs are not al
lowel unless carried In the arms Of
their owners
a good Illustration Of the power OF
vibration can be found in the Green.
wich observatory. u stands on the top
Of a hill on whose slopes hundreds OF
children play on fine evenings. Their
favorlte play Is to join hands at the
| top and dash hcadlong 10 the bottom.
where they fall In n heap. This starts
the vibration OF the hill to such an ex-
| tent that the scientists OF the observa-
tory are unable 90 carry on their OBJ
servatlons which depend upon tho mo-
tlonlcss state of n tray ~ mercury
The solid hill is IN such state OF tre-
NOR that the vibrations continue tlll
long past midnight when the children
who have caused II have been asleep
for hours
\ SIN more wonderful Illustration OF
| vibration Is I'm tho human throat. SIX.
~ vibrations per second Is the least
number by means of which n sound
! can be- produced. This Is n sound new
er used In speaking. but Is found In
mems voices In an extremely low reg.
lister. The highest sound produced by
the human volce-that Is. L In altlssimo
lis caused by 1924 vibrations per sec.
ond. This, too. Is exceptional. being
only obtainablc In the highly cultivated
female or boy voices.
II is simply the vocal chords which
vlbrate. not the throat. In the lower
notes the whole length and thickness
OF the vocal chords are used. the thin
edges being employed for the highest
ones. Thus In speaking for minute
or two there II sufficient vibration en-.
gcnderel In the throat. were It's walls
OF solid nature instead OF soft aud
flexible. 10 shatter and destroy H. Ev.
cry minute we speak the vocal chords
vibratc from 10000 TO 10000 tines
New York Herald
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16
FORCED TO EAT BOOKS.
Human beings Who Were Compelled
to DcNour Literature.

Among the causes that contribute 10
the destruction Of books, says an ltal'
ian writer, America Scarlnttl, there II
one very curious one that may bc called
bibliophagia. No reference Il Intended
10 the mice that once destroyed In
England an entire edition of Castcll's
lexicon IIcptuglotton.' but 10 bumnn
beings who have literally deyourcd
books.
In 1870 Rarnabo Nlsconti compelled
two plpnl delegates 10 clt the hull ~
cXcommunIcatlon which they had
brought him. together with is silkcn
cords ana lcadcn seal As the bull was
written on parchment, says the Scion
tliic American, not paper II was all the
more difficult 90 digest.
4 similar Nuccdotc was related by
Oclrlch In his "Disscrtatio de Blblio-
thccorum ct Iibrorum Fats" O750 Of
an Austrian general who had signed n
note FOR 1000 forms ana wheu Il fell
due compelled his creditors 20 eat II.
The Tartars. when books fall Into
their possession, eat them that they
may acquire the knowledge contained
I'm them.
4 Scandinavian writer. the author of
political book, was compelled 10
choose between being heheaded or eat
ing his manuscript boiled In broth.
Isaac Nolmar. who wrote some spicy
sntires against Bernard. duke Of Sax
ony was NJ allowed the courtesy OF
the Kitchen but was forced 10 swallow
| them uncoOked
Still worse was the fate OF Philip
Oldenburgcr, jurist OF great renown,
who was condemned not only 10 eat n
pamphlet Of his writings, but also 10
he hogged during his rephst. with or
ders that the foggng should not cease
until he had swallowed the last crumb
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16
Her EInnce.

A West Philadelphia family was at
supper one night, talking about the en-
gagement OF one OF the daughters,
whose wedding was soon 20 be. The
negro servant, who acted as waitress.
laundress, etc, had just brought into
the dining room the dessert, when ono
OF the girls asked. Virginia, have you
seen Edths hanceT laws! doan
know, honey" she replied. "Hlt aln't
been In de wash ylt."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16

est man that the state possessed at
that time"
In his early days at the bar Mr.. Ben
ton had. it is said. gone 10 Texas for
the purpose OF prosecuting a land
claim. lie lost the suit, but was so
fortunate as 10 win an extremely
handsome Texas girl, who accompa.
MED him TO his Missouri home At St
Joseph the couple we're met by Ger.
tain General Mitchell, a very plain.
spoken politician, to whom Mr. Ben.
ton introduced his BRIDE. He stared
at Benton and beamed on the pretty
bride Finally he could repress him
self no longer, so he blurted out:
"Mrs. Benton ain't there any men
In Texas?'-A American Spectator
why. MIR Knox said the landlady
to the new boarder, you have let a
piece q fbutter fall in your coffee"
Il did It on purpose Mrs flasher
replied the n. b. II believe IN com.
pclling the strong to assist the weak
Chicago News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16

A peppcry New England parson who
was disturbed 10y his choir during
prayer time cot even with them when
he gave out his closing hymn 10y add
ing, II hope the entire congregation
will join In singing their grand old
hymn, aud know the choir will, for
heard them hummlng II during the
prayer"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16
A Curio.

Reggy Frappc - Yes. met the
chawming Miss Flasher when she was
on her tour, and she asked me for my
picture, weally. Miss 1abasco-Yes,
heard her say she was collecting pie
lures OF all the curious objects she ran
across In this country Chicago News
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16

Where necessity ends curiosity be-
gins, and no sooner are we supplied
with everything that nature can de-
mand than we sit down to contrlve ar
tihcjal appetltes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16

81 have been suffering much OF late"
he said, with writer's cramp." And,
smiling wanly, he frightened his belt
two holes
Here Is whore II usually takes me-"
no explained, patting his concave stom-
ach.- 81. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16

Mrs. whte-And DO you mean 20 say
that you and your husband always
agree about everythingi Mrs. Black
Always OF course, now and
then, when he's out OF humor or pig.
headed, or something OF that sort
London Answers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16
On the snfe aIhe-

Student-Then how much does the
suit come 10 for cash? Tailor-Fifty
marks, Student-And II paid for by
installments; Tallor-A hundred marks
only In that case you will have 10
pay half down.-From the German.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16

A western railway manager received
the following letter from some con.
scicnce-strlcken unknown who had ex.
peflcnccd religion "Meestare Smut:
Eet ees wit sorrow | approach before
you. ! stol one ride an eet has bod.
cred me laik haall | got rellchion now
an so I sen one teeket an Ave cents
wish you much LUX please excuse
me. Kansas City Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16
lie Was Good.

Miss Askham-And do you paint
nothing but animal pictures every day2
Mr.. D'Auber-Well on Fridays l paint
hsb. Leader.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16

II you failed TO get our
counterpane special last week. don't
be uneasy, we will give you another
chance soon.
l3.tf NEW STEAM LAUNDRY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16

Some years ago there sat In the
hotise OF representatives as member
from Missouri a genCemal na,iei
Benton. According to the congre ssman
who tells the story, Mr. B>nton was
kncwn as the shrewlest and hon.eli.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-16
ODDS AkO ENDS

4 teacher In a Connecticut district
school gave one of her pupils these
two sentences TO correct
Tire hen has three legs"
"wh1 done it?"
The little fellow looked at his slate
minute and then seriously wrote:
Then hen didn't done It. God done
it."-Iippincotts.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
By Blindness,
Holman Hunt, The Azhst,
GiOes Jp Work Fo1eUez
Old Painter Remembers CritcS-PoSSibities of Wire
onograph-"Little Dorrit' Still Living Woman
Suffrage Valuable in New Zealand.

LONDON, Dec. 22.-Nothing is more
pathetic than the darkness into which
men are shut by the loss OF sight, but
there is something tragic In the fact
when the eyes that are dimmed have
been the instruments TO give to the
world imperishable beauty.
There is an old man in London today
who has seen visions and dreamed
dreams, but the twilight is gathering
round the soul OF the great artist, and
he will paint no more. The tired eyes
OF Holman Hunt see no more, and the
gentle old man bows his head and says
il is the Will Of God,
Some time ago. he says. he received
the news that his sight was falling him;
he underwent an operation. but 70 no
purpose-the optic nerve is atrophied.
Remembers His Critics.
Think OF the early days" he will
say with a smile. when MilIais and I
We're chastised by the Times, and Ros-
setti q taught him TO painD gave up eX-
hibiting for two years. Millais, with a
wife and children to support. was COM
PEELED to give way 10 the dictates OF
the men who buy"
None know better than Holman Hunt
how difficult it is TO appeal 70 the
Imagination of the great public. In 1854,
when he exhibited The Light of the
World" at the Royal Academy, many
Of the critics did not even notice the
work
Ruskin wrote to the Times saying he
spent a whole day in front of the pic
ture. and that scarcely anyone stopped
to look at that wonderful presentmeut
of Christ The difficulty then was To
move the crowds forward that thronged
10 gaze at that which had been inter-
preted for them.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
About American Girls.

Paul BOurget. the celebrated novelist
academiciau. whose book on America
some ten or twelve years ago was not
only the subject OF the gossip of tea
tables but probably did more than amy
other literary work TO make known
young America TO the Latin race of Eu-
rope. contributes the following pages on
tH1 American woman 10 a Paris maga-
zine:
THAT which first strikes the traveller
who has heard so much of the Ameri-
can eirI is the utter impossibility OF dis
tinguishing her from the married
woman. The fact that is so often COM
mented on in Europe, that she goes
about alone and unattended. is not the
whole cause of this confusion. The sim
Narity goes much further. They wear
the same jewels and the same tOilettcs,
they enjoy the same liberty Of laughing
and talking. they read the same books,
they have the same gestures. the same
fun blOwn beauty. and. thanks to the
invention of the chaperon, there is not
a theater or restaurant party nor tea
10 which they do not go alone and at
the invitation of any man OF their ac-
qudintauCe.
The younger the chaperon is the bet
ter she is liked. The young widow or
the grass widow that is, the young
wife separated. divorced or simply liV-
ing away IrOm her husband, hll the con-
ditions of the role TO perfection.
For my part, and after having stu
died human conditions closely / be-
lieve that Tor a young man of twenty or
twenty-five the best chances of happi-
ness arc To be born of Il good English
family and 10 study at oxford, but tor a
young girl IL Is To- be born an American,
with a father who made his fortune in
mines, railways or land speculation and
enter New York or Washington society
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
RACE DYING OUT.
SAYS FRENCHNAN

PARIS. Dec. 22.-The statistics just
published by Dr.. Mesli7r on the depopu-
lation of the whole world are startling.
Dr. MesIer says that this is not only
caused by artificial means. but also be
cause the whole human race is grad
ually dying out
Taking the years Of 1881 70 1905 he says
that for every thousand married women
from fifteen to hfty-five years Of age
taken from different countries the births
have decreased IN England is per cent.
10 per cent in Scotland, 10 per cent in
Bavaria, per cent in Italy, per cent
i'm Sweden, II per cent H. Russia. i
per cent in France. Il per cent In Den
mark. Is per cent in New Zealand, =
per cent in Saxony. , per cent in tie
State Of Victoria, and per cent in New
South Wales.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
PRODUCES PLANT LIFE
BY ARTIFICIAL k!1ANS

PARIS. Dec. Giving plants, pro-
duced chemically from artificial seeds, is
the latest scientific marvel, due to the
genius of Prof. Ledue, Of Nantes.
The seeds he made of sulphate of cop
FER and glucose. and he planted them in
a liquid bed composed OF gelatine and
ferrocyanure Of potassium, and sea salt
This way. the seeds terminating, sprout-
ing and developing into a plant Tesem-
bling seaweed. Every function of a
natural plant is fulfilled by these crea-
lions which are amenable 10 the effects
OF light and warmth exactly like any
gardeu growth.
The Washington times., 1906-12-23
Woman Suffrage in New Zealand.

Last week one of the members oL the
government of Now Zealand happened
.to lunch with me, and 1 asked him about
the effect "f woman suffrage ia New
Zealand. lie certainly was an impartial
witness. Tor he told me that before lac
lad been prejIdiced against fl. but that
he had seen nothing but good arising
from it.
lie said that the women form no solid
party. but vary in opinion as much aa
men; bur one thing is certain. all laws
that affect the bc-terment of children
and women, everything that makes for
sobriety for protected labor. for edUca-
tion ard for morals has decidedly im-
proved since woman suffrage came into
effect.