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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10
WoopFoRp.

Sjecial Correspondence
Woodford, |. T., April 9.-We are
having some very cool weather at
present.
The farmers are planting some cot
ton; some are having to plant their
corn over.
Joe Sellars and Walter Turner vis-
Tied friends here last week. They
returned to their home at Cleburne,
Texas, Tuesday.
Tom Akers started to Plainyiew.
Texas, today
Born April G, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Wallace, a son.
b. C. Hill left Friday for Melrose,
n. NJ. He expects to make that his
future home.
We had four candidates out with
us Saturday night. Senator Gore
made us an interesting talk
The infant child of Mr., and Mrs.
G. b. Salyer died at Keller and was
buried there yesterday, Rev. j. A.
Clowdus conducting the services.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10
ROBERT E. LEE.
Some characteristics Of the Great Con.
federate Leader.

Unlike many of the leaders In The
CoRfcdcracy. Robert L. Lee had no pc.
theory the maintenance OF which ro'
qulrcd him to cast his fortunes with
the SOUTH" says Mrs. General Pickett
IN her Personal Memoirs OF Robert
l.. Lee" In LippincOtts. "A soldier by
birth and training, he had belonged TO
the United States too long entirely t.
have developed an allegiance To the
doctrine Of state rights. though long
after the war nc made the statement
that had not that theory been taught
at West Point there would have been
no secession.
Though invariably considcratc to
his subordinates. Lee could he drastic
and dictatorlal when 1t became ncccs-
sary, and II occasion required 1t he
could outranlS the president Jefferson
Davis always claimed that he himself
was intended for soldier, not n prcsi-
dent. and he was fond Of being under
fire II he could not get behind the guns.
one day he came out on the field dur
Ing battle. Lee turned TO him and
asked:
"'Mr. President, am I in command
hercf
"'Certainly,' said Mr.. Davis.
"'Thcn, sir lee replied. I forbid
you to stand here under the enemys
guns. order you OF the field
THE president went.
cone Of Lees strongest characterls
tics was the grave immoblllty Of his
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10
Why Do Plants Grow Ereet7

Exactly why trees and other plants
grow erect has never as yet been def
nitcly determined. Some of the sci
cntists have given 1t as their opinion
that the phenomenon Of erect growth
was and is in some manner related to
the action of light That this hypothe-
sis is untenablc was proved 10y Or.
Maxwell $. Masters Of England, who
found that sprouts on green posts thou.
sands Of feet underground In the mines
always assume the erect attitude.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10
The Majority Are Risht Eyed.

"Nlost right handed persons are also
right eyed" an oculist said. "Of
course they can use their left eye just
as well as their right one, but they
think they cannot. For an instance,
in the navy or army recruiting sta
tions one of the examinations consists
of reading certain printed letters with
one eye lad In almost every case
where the applicant is right handed
he will close his left eye first and give
the right the preference, And when
he comes to read with his left eye
alone II is more difficult. Now, If that
mans eyes were TO be examined by
an expert ocullst both would probably
be equally strong. but the right handed
man always does most Of his one
eyed work with his right eyc."-Kan-
sas City star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10
Revival Services.

Revival services will begin at the
Broadway Methodist Church next Sun.
day. Preliminary services will begin
tonight "wednesday. Rev. j. J. Clark
of Gainesville will arrive Monday and
will have charge after that time. We
respectfully invite the Christian peo-
pie of the city and the public general
ly to attend and assist us. We need
your help and maybe you need The
meetings.
Respectfully,
j. w. SIMS,
Pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

c. n Haskell Of Muskogee enters a
general denial to all questions pro.
pounded to him recently in this paper
regarding the manner Of his election
to the constitutional convention an
his relation TO the Cal c. Bdycc ring
w. J. Bryan in 1896 and in 1900. Mr..
Haskell must bring something more
than general denial forward II he
wishes 10 appear in a clear ngr. be.
Mro the democracy of the new state.
There is too much positive eyid,rcc
against Edmund Enterprise.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10
POINTED OUT BY ITS BUSINESS
MEN as A CENTER.
WHAT SHOULD NATURAL GAS
What should natural gas. ..
Do to Develop the City in the Bus-
ness World-Will Secure Pres.
byterian College.

With the advent Of natural gas, the
construction of an electric street car
railway system, the city Of Ardmore
is beginning to wake up % its pos
sibilities, and it is now up to the
Commercial Club to begin the work
of judiciously advertising the re.
sources of the city and this section OF
the country. Ardmore has the
strongest card to play Of any town
in the state, that OF cheap fuel and
this alone should bring manufactur-
ing plants here world without end
The population should be over
doubled within the next few years,
and on every hill top the roof OF
factory should be seen. The city
has the best system of waterworks
in the state. the advantages of cheap
fuel, streets well paved in the bus
ipess section. and the residence sec
ton streets in fine shape. all of which
goes to the makeup of a magnificent
city. Last, but not least. the school
system of the city compares with
any in the United States, and with
Hargrove College on the eve Of
enlarging its curriculum and ir-
creasing its capacity, and with the
prospects Of the establishment Of
/ the Presbyterian College here, what
are the possibilities of Ardmore?
The Ardmore people are beginning
to take an unusual amount of inter
est in the establishment of the Pre-.
byterian college in this city. one o.
the property owners has offered to
donate twenty acres OF land, anoth-
er has offered to donate forty scres
and a number of them have Offere /
cash donations in sums of $500 each.
The Commercial Club is awake 10
the advantages of the city and a com
mittec appointed short time az
will in a few days begin the wori;
OF doing some advertising in the
leading Eastern papers and Journals
setting out the advantages of Ard
more as an investment field.
Hardly day passes but that from
two to three prospectors arrive in
the city to look over the field seek.
ing investments of their money.
A numbet Of the best business
men of the city expressed them
selves as follows on the subject as
to what natural gas means for Ard.
more:
j. w Banks: Natural gas mean-
that Ardmore will have a population
Of $4,000 people within FIVE years,
and | consider this very conserva.
tive estimate. Cheap fuel and cheap
lights mean that we will get enter
prises that we could not hope to gel
without these agencies.
Don Lacy: One result of natural
gas is that | will put 1t into my hore
and realize big saving on fuel and
lights. II will enhance every piece
of property in Ardmore and insures
our rapid growth into progressive
city.
j. l., Dashner: The best town
building proposition on foot today in
Ardmore is natural gas. 1t will bring
thousands of people here to worl
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

Proverbs are the literature of reason
or the statements OF absolute truth
without qualification. Like the sacred
books Of each nation. they are the sane
tuary OF its intuitions. Emerson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

President Smith Of the Mormon
church is out I'm an interview strongly
dcnouncing polygamy The combna
tion of high prices and the Easter
season was entirely too much for the
old fellow
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10
His Position,

Father-All right, young man. You
tell me you have declared your love to
my daughter but you have not said
anything Of your position. Lover (em-
harrassed)-My position, sir? Why
why was on my knees ms Is natural.
-Dlahel Rosa.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

The telegraph companies raise the
wages of the employees llurrah, The
telegraph companies raise the rates on
messagese 33 l2 per cent Hmrrah.
some more! Puzzle: Who always
aud invariably pays the freight
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10
The Emerald Isle.

Ireland Is called the Emerald Isle
because of the richness of its ver,lurc,
the term being first used 10y DR.. VII
Ham brennan. the author Of "Glcudal-
loci" and other poems, published In
the lattcr part Of the eighteenth cen
tury.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

II the earthquake was sent upon
san Francisco for its sins. why didn't
Il destroy Abe Ruof and Schmitz in.
stead of so many acres Of improved
real estate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

The fact that Mr Richard Mansfield
has declared himself for Roosevelt for
a third tcrm is sign that the third
term idea Is rather upopular.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

young woman In New York ruined
her Easter hat and gown IN saving a
boy from drowning In addition To
awarding her medal. the Carnog q
commission should sce that she gets
the finest hat and gown on the mar
ket.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

Abe Ruef is staggering under a bur
den Of S65OOO0 bail It looks to Abe
as though the courts proposed to bond
him for the full amount he stole.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

Missouri stands by the mule says
a Georgia exchange But II she does.
INIT want TO be shown she will
stand by the head of the mule.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

The baseball, fan is no longer count
ing the days To the opening game. He
is now counting the hours
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

where are the dudes Of yostcr
year, asks the New York World.
Among the mollycoddlcs Of today, of
course.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

Roosevelt lemonade was probably
invented for use among MIR. Foraker's
following In Ohio
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

"rredtyse of Fysshyngc With an
Angle was the first book ON angling
printed I'm English II appeared In
liiO
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

She-You haven't told me once you
loved me today. He-And you haven't
asked me II loved you since the day
before yesterday. (rhe honeymoon,
shuddcrlng, saw its finish)
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They say,"-that phrase that has
blasted more character and wrecked
more homes than any other in the
language Call a halt On the iccher.
Gus peddler who comes at ynu with
his wares-"They say" Level your gun
at his cowardly heait-rire rOint
blank Put It straight-"Who says'' II
hits the spot. You cant afford to miss.
Tho person who citCrlltcS a @anGal
or peddles truth tone is a good as
the othcfl g. \ vampile. H'aey suck
life-blood. | of"r NJ apology for saith.
erinE here recent editorial express
sion in the Fort Worth Telegram
wish It might be written on every
heart with an iron pen. 1t declares
that no combination Of words in the
language has caused more trouble, pain
and sorrow than the phrase, They
say II hits in the dark II IS anony-
nous II has no personality. It cannot
suffer from any reaction. II Is totally
irresponsible The phrase ought to he
put under the ban. It is this way: You
speak to some one Of mutual ac-
quaintancc There is shrug of the
shoulders, or lifting of the eye
brows, And the lowering of the voice,
with the preface They say Even
whe nthe gossip has failed to give las
authority he has put an ovil suggc3
tion into your mind respecting the
person he speaks of, a suggestion 1t
is impossible to be rid of The inn
preston stays The suspicion turks.
A great wrong is done They say
When the suggestion is dropped into
eager ears, the assassination of char
aCtor is begun WHEN there is a will
ing mouth to give the message to
other eager ears. What They say
may sometimes be a true message,
But Is IL a necessary message? VIII
It make the world better or worse by
the telling Of IL? II is very plain that
much suffering and sorrow might be
prevented by cutting the ugly words
clear out OF the vocabulary. And let
me add-if man or woman won't cut
the phrase out of their speech, you
cut them out-and be quick!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

See the pretty post cards Of Ard
more in colors at
9-5 j, j. RAMSEY, the Druggist.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

y. O Nelson, a wealthy manufac-
turer of Saint Louis, has offered to
take all the children under the age
of fourteen from the mills and facto-
ries of that city and place them in
school lie agreed to pay onc-halt the
wages earned provided the women
clubs Of the city pay the other halL
Such charity Is deathless-its record
shall pass from breast to breast down
the generations. Carnegie, RocketeH'
er Mrs. Russell Sage-the multi'mil'
llonaires-are braln.racked over the
nroblcm of how to unload their mis-
lions. NcNon, of Saint Louis can
learn them trick And it means the
raising of a monument more enduring
than the costlicst mausolcum or pol
ished shaft. In an overwhelming ana
ceaselcss influence it will abide when
libraries and palaces are given over to
the owls and the bats.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-10

MUSINGS BY the WAY /


brotherhood has two supreme mani.
festations; first the power to be silent
as death when the repetition Of a
scandal Is damaging; and second. the
power to play the role Of an oyrtcr
when the repetition Of a truth does
not help a man. Whenever "the truth
hurts" you slander a n-that is.
the effect Is the same. The only differ
cnce between drinking carbolic acid
and blowing your Drains out Is that
the former is a bit slower in its re-
suits. II a man is dead the processes
furnish no promise of life. The most
Of us need to learn the rare art OF
keeping our mouths shut.
=
Success declares him to be a pretty
poor sort Of man who loses cour-
age and fears to face the world Just
because he has made a mistake or a
slip somewhere. because his business
has failed. because his property has
been swept away by some general
disaster. or because {. other trouble
impossible for him to avert. This is
the test Of your manhood; how much
IS there left in YOU when everything
outside is lost? II you lie down, throw
up your hands and acknowledge your
self worstcd. there is not much in YOU.
But II. with heart undauntcd. and face
turned forward, you refuse to give mp
or lose faith in yourself If you scorn
Ia beat retreat, you will show that
the man left in you Is bigger than
your loss. greater than your cross,
and larger than any defeat
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walton and feeding reduces it's prac-
teal utility.
Our Experimental Station has said:
IF the crops mentioned above cou1d
be saved and fed out to animals as
wanted, there would be enough pro-
tein in the velvet bean Zone acre) to
last a I,ooolb animal go days. This
plant also furnishes 1924 pounds of
carbonaceous matter, which is used
for fat formation and supplying heat
and energy to the body. An average
crop Of cow-pea hay will furnish 21C
pounds of carbohydrates An average
crop Of beggar-weed will furnish $50
pounds Of protein, about 80 per cent.
digestible, and about $50 pounds of
carbohydrates"
| am unable to state in pounds Of
protein and carbohydrates what they
will do, but by actual test, that one
acre of good velvet beans will feed
for ninety days a I,ooolb animal, pro-
vided it has access to rough land or
w1regrass, b DOM sage or a stack
Of oat straw, and turn him out at the
end Of the period fat enough to dress
90 per cent. of live weight if well
bred
They cost 81 to S. per acre to grow,
and can be made on any high, dry
land of medium to good quality. Cow
pea hay alone fed in liberal supply.
will winter cattle in fine condition. but
more extensively than velvet bears.
In caring for Our pure-bred herd
of about 100 cattle, we depend upon
native pastures from March till No.
vember for the adults. They have
corn fields, melon fields, or native
grasses or oat straw and run on
velvet beans from November till
March. For the calves and fresh
cows, we Craze on oats from No
venber till March, and they also have
the ruin of velvet bean fields, rape,
cassava, and other small CROPS easily
prepared Oats grazed till March
make average crops of grain after
pasturing. By this method we have
made registered Shorthorns weight
73o pounds at nine months old, and
1000 pounds at year1ings
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Lives on Four Cents a Dav.

Copenhagen, and, indeed, all Den
mark, is in fever of excitement
about the latest National hero, DR..
Hindhede, Of Skanderborg. He pub
1ished 1ate1v book DEALING with diet
reform, and already his adherents are
numbered by tens Of thousands in the
canital and in every village of the
little kingdom. His reputation is
Spreading to Norway. Sweden and
Germany. and especially in Germany
the number Of "hindhedianer" is
ranid1v increasing"
In his book Hindhede answers the
questions. what is the best and cheap
est wav Of living. and. secondly.
what are the most nutritious foods
which 2 human being can consume?
Practical experiments which ex-
tended over wears have forced him to
the conclusion that the most nutri-
tious food is at the same time the
cheapest.
He makes three tablets. The first
is a luxurious one. which. if a nqon
INDUCES in, he will have too much.
but which costs only 10 cents a day.
The second is very substantial and
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works out 6 cents day. The third
is an ordinary workingman's fare at
cents a day or fraction more.
The theory that albumen is needed
in food in large quantities, Hindhede
knocks on the head The healthiest
food, he says, is bread with a little
butter Or lard. This might be sup
plemented by potatoes, fruit and some
cheese, with various kinds of cereals
and vegetables but under no cir
cumstances meat, alcohol, coffee, tea,
or "other poisons" On that diet
Hindhede and his family have lived
for long time and have been in bet
ter health than they ever were be-
for.
Living on four cents a day, Hind
hede rides bicycle thirty-three miles.
His food is black rye bread, little
cheese and now and then an apple.
The doctors book gives many au-
thentic cases of men engaged in the
most enormous mental and bodily
work who eat little bread, pa1min,
margarine, milk, potatoes and beans,
and enjoy life as they never enjoyed
it when they were indulging in
POISON" His system has been intro
duced into the army on trial.
He contends that the new food
doctrine should be taught in the
schools as it is pitiable thing to
have to learn how to live when one
is too old to enjoy life.
Accompanying the doctors book
are several hundred recipes, and as
they are admirable, every housewife
in Denmark is buying the book.
All over Copenhagen the visitor
will see in staring letters: "Lodging
and pension a la Hindhede,' where
the cost of food is only So a month.
Students Of both sexes, poor and en-
thusiastic food reformers, are focking
to these establishments.
The doctors of Denmark are silent
but it is believed that they approve
reform in a land where nearly as
many people eat themselves into their
graves as die from drink. Hindhede's
friends are proposing to erect a
statue Of him in one of the principal
city squares.
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Fertilizer for Wheat.

In some parts of the East farmers
are giving up wheat growing. Many
of them think it useless to try and
compete with the newer and richer
soils Of the West Many argue that
wheat growing is profitable only on
new and rich soil MIR. C. R. McKen-
zie, Of West6eld, New Brunswick,
undertook to see if by the use of
chemical fertilizers on poor soil he
could not compete with Western
grain fields.
He selected a piece of dark loan,
slightly grave1ly soil which had had
no fertilizer for ten years. 1t had
been in grass, and farmers can readily
understand it's poor condition for
grain. In order to test the soil, Mr..
Mckenzie used nothing on one part
Of the field On another part he used
Thomas Phosphate to supply phos-
phOric acid and nitrate Of soda to sup
ply nitrogen. On another part he
used the phosphate and the nitrate
and in addition, muriate of pot
ash. The object of this was to see
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which element was the key to wheat
crop on that soil
Potash gave the yield. The answer
was clear, as the following figures
show:
Yield of Increase
Plot grain over no
per acre fertilizer
2 800 lbs. Thomas Phosphate 25bn Is br
$50 lbs Nitrate of Soda -'oo' 10 Ou'
600 lbs. Thomas Phosphate
3 1870 lbs. Nitrate of Soda 40 blu. Blu.
12O lbs. Muriate of Potash J
The natural soil gave only 10 bush
els. The phosphate and the nitrate
brought the yield to rs bushels, but
when the potash was added there was
an increased yield of 10 bushels per
acre It is evident that this increase
was directly due to the potash, and
when we compare the cost of the pot
ash with the price received. for 10
bushels Of wheat we see that few
other farm investments could have
paid SO we'll. Consider the price of
wheat and straw on an East
ern farm and it is plain that no
Western wheat field can compare acre
for acre with such yield as 40 bush
els. The main reason why some
Eastern farmers say that wheat will
not pay is because they use the wrong
kind of fertilizer. They use a smell
of nitrogen, a peck of phosphoric
acid and pinch of potash. No won
der their yield is poor Mr. McKen-
zie's experiment shows why. The
wheat crop demands potash. If the
soil will not supply it the fertilizer
must do so.