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Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
An Interesting Book
BY MARCO MORROW.

bury gallop, so called because pilgrims to Cam
terbury rode at the pace of moderate gallop.
A grocer" so says the dictionary, was
originally one who sold by the gross.
Grog which is often used as a general term
including all intoxicating liquors, is properly
applied to a mixture of spirits and water,
so called because it was first introduced in
the British navy by Admiral Vernon, who
was called "Old Grog" by the sailors, be-
cause, in foul weather, he wore a grogram
cloak. "a grogram coak?" Well, that is
a waterproof cloak, made of coarse mate
rial, literally "grossgrained."
And did you ever know that in Spanish
books or printing of any kind, an inverted
interrogation point is placed ct the beginning
of question as well as at the end of one?
A grenade derives its name from its shape.
1t somewhat resembles a pomegranate.
An extravagant fabrication Is called ca
nard,. which is French for duck" Webster
explains it by telling of certain French writ
er, who, in ridicule of the extravagant stories
of the day, set ahoat an absurd tale in re-
gard to the veracity of ducks. alleging that
twenty of them, having been placed togeth.
en- one of them was killed and cut into small
pieces, feathers and all, and thrown to the
other nineteen, and they Immediately swal-
lowed it. The same thing was repeated, with
the same result until only one remained, this
one having devoured the Others in brief
Lllue. Inc btOfy was clIChatcQ III hCaAiy
the journals of Europe, and appeared, with
some additions, in America. Hence fabrica-
tons of this kind were called 'canards."
A biscuit derives its name from bis and
coctus, meaning "twicebaked," because. ac-
cording to military practice, the bread or bis
cult Of the Romans was twice prepared in
the ovens.
Did you ever notice the leaves of the dam
delion? They are said to resemble IN form
and size, the tooth of the lion, and so the
French call it the dent de lion, and we, the
dandelion.
The Pope was formerly called "The Pape,"
which means the same as papa or father.
Vinegar comes from two Latin words, vim
and acer, meaning wine" and Sour"
These are only few of the many curious
and interesting things / found in my after
Moons search in the old dictionary. An too
quickly sped the time, and ! was surprised
when the express came.
Since then have probably and pleasantly
spent many leisure moments peering into
what I had hitherto considered dry book
for any purpose other than reference
When the family circle Is dull and you
want something to enliven it, get down the
big dictionary. and you will be pleased and
surprised to find how many curious bits Of
information you can pick up in little time;
and then, am sure, you viii become interest
ed In this language Of ours and viii read books
Of philology, and learn how better to use
chat unraG member" the tongue.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
H1R @usie's School Tuno ~
3:2lN.,

'Now, Bill, said Or. Holmes, Eve are
prepared to show that the speckled goose
you had was not yours"
Bill seemed surprised. but he answered.
boldly:
How ere you going to do that|
For one thing" answered Mr.: Holmes,
"Mr. Avery lost very peculiar-look'ng
goose She went off down the stream, to-
while, as runawaySfowls generally do, she
came back to the house, with her brood, TO
be fed. He and -oDias and Susie all recog'
"well." said Bill, dosgedE, chat aca't
her, and | say ! recognized her for one one. ],
and he grinned uneasily.
"Well, then" cried Mr.. Holmes, pointing
his finger at Bill, and looking him squarely
goose was yours, why did you tell Mr.. Avery
a falsehood, and say that you bought the goose
Of Mr. Brown"
Because" b., began, q"
And then, glancing at Mr.. Brown, he be-
gan to stammer He saw that he was cor
nered."
"Now, Bill" Mr.. Holmes went on, Mr..
Brown has here warrant for your arrest;
and if you are not willing to settle this mat
ter at once, we shall make use OF it. 4 ad-
sixteen geese, and to leave the town forth
with"
Bill took the advice, and skunk off across
the fields toward his house. Two days sub
sequent he left the town, and has not been
seen in it since. =,
Father brought home the money for the
geese The whole number we had, young
and old, had weighed over four hundred
pounds, and; at eighteen cents r pound,
brought nearly seventy-ive collars. The fea-
theirs brought little over ten dollars more.
That evening father counted out fifty dol
lars and laid the money in my lap.
have fairly earned it. But for you we should
have lost nearly one-half of what was right
fully ours. Even had you told me Thanks
giving Eve what you learned from Ralph,
doubt if should have made any effort to re-
cover the money.
/ entered the village seminary the following
week, and circumstances were so favorable
that, after my fifty dollars bad been used,
was enabled to complete the full seminary
course
But no part of the money expended was ever
so appreciated by me as that which / had
myself earned under such mingled feelings OF
hope and fear.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
CONTINUED FROM PAGE FOUR

the others and shut them up. / would 60
down after them tonight, but l think it bet
ter to secure them while they are here at the
door. 1t will prove the wiser course, IT Bill
should attempt to make any trouble"
The next day was Friday. Father and 10
bias went out with me at the usual time for
feeding the geese, to help drive them into the
shed.
To our surprise, Old Speckle and her brood
did not make thcir usual appearance.
An hour passed and then another, and st;ll
we saw nothing of them. Finally, father and
Tobias went to the woods to find them, but
their search proved fruitless.
We concluded that we had waited one day
to long, and that Bill Jones had stolen t. m
On Saturday father killed and dressed the
other geese. 4Laaday morning, Mr.. Holmes
hired man drove over to take them away.
He was given what geese we had and told
to tell Mr.. Holmes that father would see him
in the afternoon and explain why he had not
sent the others. Just as the man was driv-
ing out of the yard, father asked;
"Has anyone sold Mr.. Holmes any geese
since Thursday"
Eyes" the man replied, "Jones, down here,
brought over sixteen Saturday night"
At first father and l could not understand
why Bill had sold the gc>5e so near home. a
little reflection, however, showed us that, as
he claimed them for his own, this was doubt
less the safest course for him. 10 have Sc
cretly sold them would be an evidence OF
guilt.
Further INQUIRY at Mr. Holmes revealed
still more of Bill S shrewdness.
The geese he had sold had been dressed.
To identify them was now out of the ques-
ton.
at is useless, SUSIE" father said, again and
ayain in answer to my repeated inquiries,
whether something could be done, cit would
be useless to attempt to recover them. Bill
has the best of it. 1t would cost more than
we should gain to prosecute him. He took
the geese on his own land, claiming them as
his own The old goose set and Matched,
and the old and young have stayed, since
early summer. in sigh. of his house No one
can now prove that the sixteen geese he sold
to Mr.. Holmes were the sixteen geese we have
lost. We do not want to bring suit against
Bill and fail. I know it is hard, but do
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

not see but what we lust submit to the cir
cumstances and accept the loss.'
went to my room and had good cry
over it. :,
had not told father or mother what had
hoped to do with my part of the money, so
they did not know how great was my dlsap-
pointment.
Soon, however, dried my tears. What
geese we had sold would bring enough to pay
my bills at the seminary for one term, at
least, and tried to be satisfied with this.
That evening little. event occurred, which,
for the time, drove all though OF the geese
from my mind.
We had call from Ralph Brown, the son
of Mr.. Brown over at the Lodges, from whom
Bill Jones said he had purchased the speck-
led goose.
sin Emma who lived at the village. to attend
little gathering. of young people at her
home on Thanksgiving I'VE. To this invita-
ton he added another-that l should go with
him.
OF course, accepted his invitation, and
mother and | were busy for the next day or
two in getting a dress ready for the occa-
sion.
The evening proved a pleasant one, and |
enioyed both the ride and party. / would
not allude to it, however, had not circum-
stance occurred in connection with 1t which
bro ght to mind those geese.
On the way home, Ralph mentioned the
large number of geese his. father had raised
IlaJ year. 1Uen ne tdIhSu, WIN iauSh
81 believe you also had a little. experience
with geese this summer. How did you sue
ceed?"
This question led me to tell him the his
tory of what had occurred, and, in the course
of the story, l mentioned the fact that Bill
Jones claimed to have purchased the speck-
led goose from his father.
To my surprise. he replied:
'Father did not sell Bill Jones a single
goose last sprino and we did not even have
a speckled one in all our flock"
some goose of Mr. Brown, and was merely
trying to pass ours off for that one. That his
story was a complete fabrication had not oc-
Cured to father or me.
sTim Lane" continued Ralph, "stays a
good deal at Jones', and he helped us dress
our geese this fall l heard father. ask him
if Bill raised any geese this year, and he said,
No." -,
and had nv father been up when / got home
should have told him what 1 had lt heard IA; As
hin, and in the morning, before left my
room room | had determined for the present not
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

IVY the life of telegraph operator is
W. comparatively easy, although it may
be monotonous; but a storm is al.
most certain to interrupt communication and
call for the exercise of considerable ingenuity
in overcoming the difficulties in the way.
The going down OF the wires IN Seattle,
Wash, one night, recalled singular experi-
ence to a telegraph operator, which he thus
related:
"This wire going down tonight" he said.
reminds me OF an experience that l had IN
Portland Oregon, which was the rarest ever
had in my twenty. years at the instrument.
1t was that of working on probably the larg-
est circuit ever operated at one time in the
United States. The weather was stormy, and
early in the evening the wires on the South
-ern Pacific went down, just east of Deming,
N. M.
"That was already bad enough, but the sit
uaton grew alarming when, at 9 O'Clock,
Omaha reported, AN Communication with the
East shut off, Then | knew we were in for
it, for not line of the night Associated Press
was in, and we had only the wires on the
Northern Pacific to work on. Time was linn
tied, and we had to get the report through to
every town in the West. This is how it was
worked: Chicago connected with st. Paul,
and st. Paul with Helena; from the latter
place connection was made with Butte, Og-
den, Omaha and Cheyenne. and from Ogden
to Deming, way to the south.
"From Helena, connection was made with
Portland; from that point with Seattle, Ia
coma and New Westminster, to the north. and
San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles,
to the south. One man rushed that report out
of Chicago, and we all took it from him. It
was repeated at relays automatically. / don't
know how far that business travelled in miles,
but know it was flashed from the extreme
north Of the United States to the extreme
south, and from the far East to the shores Of
the Pacific, besides chasing off at cat-a-cor-
ners at dozen different points"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

~ OF long since. while on railroad
my Journey, l found myself, one rainy
:" afternoon, at a little country juno
ton, with three hours wait, before
the express train came laundering along 10
take me to my destination. The rain fell In
torrents; l could not leave the waiting room,
and the frecled-faced youth who presided at
the telegraphers' table and acted as station
master, operator, ticket agent, baggage master
and man-of-all-work about the place, was SO
deeply engrossed in a suspicious looking book
that l felt any attempt to engage him in con-
versation would be a dismal failure. What
was I to do? 1 was without book or paper,
and altogether there was every prospect OF a
very dull afternoon.
Finally, in desperation, I asked the boy if
he could not provide me with something to
read.
'Naw." he drawled, "unless you'd like to
read the dictionary" and he chuckled at
what he seemed to think a very good joke,
as he pointed to battered edition of Web
ster that was all covered with dust, reposing
on pile of rubbish in the corner.
/ remembered that there was u word of
which | was anxious to find the meaning
that very morning 80 brushing the DUST as
best / could, from the old book, took it to
the window and looked up the word.
Having nothing else to do, / amused my
self by idly turning the leaves of the diction-
airy, noting here and there word, and was
surprised to find how very much interesting
instruction one can get from "old Webster"
Opening at random, the first word my eye
happened to fall upon was tragedy" and a
note explained that it comes from a Greek
word-which we won't try to pronounce
but which means "a goat song" While i
was wondering why in the world tragedy
should be called ga goat song," the note ex-
planned that it was because the Oldest ira
gedies were exhibited when a goat was sac
rifced, or because goat was the prize given
to the best actor, or else the actors We're clad
in goatskins.
This was interesting especially to one not
deeply versed in languages, SO 1 began a
search for words of curious etymology.
/ found that Infant" is literally mot
speaking" SO it seems that the ancient Lat
ms, from whom the word comes, thought that
all the "da-da's" of the little tots amounted
to nothing.
Have you pug dog? Did you ever think
his face looks like that of monkey? The
monkey he most resembles is the pug mon
key, which gets its name from, Pug or Puck,
as Shakespeare writes 1.-THE sprite Of mis-
chief
"Canter'' is an abbreviated form of Canter.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
Bits Of Fun

The new two cent stamp makes it certain
that at least one part of every letter mailed
will be red.
At the perfume counter,
Clerk (handing out a bottle)-"This, madam,
is the Sweet By-and-By.'"
Lady (smelling it)-"Umph! it may be
sweet by-and-by. but it's awful now"
-Schoolmaster- Scripture history, stand up.
Tomkyns, who was the first man!
Tomkyns-Adam, sir.
oolmaster-Right. Drummer, who was
the first woman?
Dummer-Er-er- madam, sir.
--"At midnight in his fastened coop,
The Turk was dreaming of the min
Of JOY at festal board when
He'd be there, but not be in it."
-
-"Well," said Chappie, impatiently, to the
boy opposite him, what are you staring at?
Is there anything extraordinary about mel
"Oh, no, sir" replied the boy, abashed. IT
think you are very ordinary looking person."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
Utilizing Sharks Teeth

~ HE natives on some of the Pacific isl
ands being provided with neither
~ metals nor any stone harder than the
coral rocks OF which the atolls they
inhabit are composed, would seem badly off,
indeed, for material Of which to make tools
or weapons, were it not that their very me-
cessity has bred an invention no less ingeni-
GUS than curious and effective. This is moth
ing less than the use Of sharks teeth to give
cutting edge to their wooden knives and
swords. The mouth of the shark contains
thres o1 hqndsd n. eesh aTshngdb e in five foN n
outer row, and so constructed that as one
tooth is broken or lost another takes its place.
The teeth are not only pointed and keen
SO that the cutting power is greatly increased.
Indeed, 80 great faculty have these teeth
for wounding, that the implements and weap-
ons upon which they are used have to be
handled with great care. The Kingmll isl-
anders make many strange articles of sharks
teeth.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

~ HE popular notioh vi Oh NO. - "a
that s :, Of no Intellectual aS ss i po%sr T ON the he
contrary, Bishop Whipple, VINO
tnows them shke book" says that the In
dian has keen appreciation of humor, ana
is like a child in his mrthfulness. No orator
can silence foolish speaker more quickly.
Old Shah-bah-Skong the head chief OF Mile
Lac. brought all his warriors to defend forS
Ripley in 1862. The Secretary OF the In.
terror and the Governor and Legislature OF
Minnesota promised these Indians that ior
this act of bravery they should have the spe-
cial care of the government and reVer DC IL
moved .o,,+
A few years later, special agent was sent
from Washington to ask the Oubways TO eeoe
their lands and remove to country nofeL u
Leech Lake. The agent asked my ne'p'
IT know that country. l have camped on
IL. 1t is the most worthless strip OF land IN IN
Minnesota. The Indians are not fools. Don y
attempt this folly. You will surely como 70
grief" u;, .nd s.;d.
"My red brothers, your great father mas
heard how you have been wronged. ne saio
Il will send them an honest man.. he look-
ed in the north, the south, the east and the
west When he saw me, he said 'Ihls Is the
honest man whom ! will send TO- To-, my req
Of fifty-fve years have blown over my head
and silvered it with gray, and IN all that
time / have never done wrong to any man;
AS your friend / ask you to sign this treaty.
Old Shah bahSkong sprang to his feet, and
said: IT, ;nd, &c
head and svered it with gray; but they have
not blown my brains away
That council was ended.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
The Circuit of America

! HEN the wires are working smoothly,
the life of telegraph operator is
comparatively easy, although it may
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
Indian Humor

. HE popular notion Of an Indian is
'T that of a dull, lazy fellow. with 1T
~ tie or no intellectual power. On the
contrary, Bishop Whipple, VINO
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

~ OF long since. while on a railroad
my journey, found myself, one rainy
W. afternoon, at little country juno
ton. with three hours wait, before
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-23
OUR PROPOSITION

We will give warranty deed to pair of residence lots
for paid advance subscribers the Weekly Ard
morCite pad.in advance subscribers the Daily
Ardmoreite for year.
The Weekly months for sI.oo
The Daily months for $500
Or we will give you Life Scholarship of the
finest business colleges in the state for pad-n-ad-
vance subscribers to the Weekly Ardmoreite paid
n-advance subscribers to the Daily Ardmoreite. This
offer is good to Indian or white man. woman 10y girl
in this any other state. So matter where you live
you either or both prizes We have pairs of
residence lots and Life Scholarships. If you in
terested send your and address, plainly
gether with subscription price to either the Weekly Ard
morete sI.oo or $500 for the Daily Ardmoreite. We
will enter your name at and send YOU official
map showing the number of blocks and number of the
twin lots receipt book and sample copies of the Ard
morete. Remember the first one that sends in the
quired number of subscribers will have the first choice of
lots You may if you desire send 10 annual Daily sub
scrbers and so annual Weekly subscribers.
Tell your friends of this great offer and they will
help you These lots worth from $50. 90 $4,000
today and believe they will double within the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-23
THE PROPOSITION OFFERED
BY ". P. POLAND

of same snail become due and the bal.
ance iu and one half monthly pay
mcuts OF $40 per month per share.
Five thousand dollars S5OOO) shah
hc used undc. our direction for pros.
p.ctine for oil and gas and in the
event that oil or gas is found in
quantities to supply factory demands.
then and in that event. the balance
of the money less advertising and
as.u.s expenses win De donated. say
s&uoo 20 boaufiiyiug the City Park
and $1,000 viii be given 70 the four
ward schools FOR bcautifying their
school grounds, but IN the event no
gas or oil is found. tho balance OF the
money Shall ho applied on purchase
price of the i2S lots.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-23
SPECIALIST OR NOVICE

Who is best fitted to put into effect
the reforms which the people of the
United States are demanding in gov
ernmental affairs? The man who has
advocated these reforms for the past
twelve years, and has done more than
any individual to bring the people TO
see the necessity OF such reforms, or
the man who didn't discover until az.
ter he was nominated for president
that there were any reforms needed?
Bryan has been advocating the in
come tax for fifteen years lie has
favored the direct election Of United
States senators for twelve years. lie
has preached publicity OF campaign
contributions in every state in the
union for eight years. He has opposed
Government by Injunction and the un-
lust interference OF the federal courts
in labor disputes for twelve years,
Taft was nominated by conven'
tion which refused by vote OF ten TO
one to adopt plank fayoring the di-
rect election Of United States sena-
tors. and Mr.. Taft himself has not yet
fully made up his mind on this ques-
tion. but SAYS in his letter OF accept
ance that he is inclined TO favor the
idea"
The republican platform rejected a
campaign contribution publicity plank
by vote OF ten TO one, but Mr.. Taft
says he thinks il might be all right
to tell where they got the money
after the election. Mr.. Bryan has d.
rected his campaign manager TO pub
| lish a full and complete list OF all
contributions and expenditures OF the
national committee at least ten days
before the election.
Taft, while on the federal bench,
rendered an opinion which gave him
the nickname OF Injunction Bill" and
| this opinion Is generally conceded 10
be the father OF government by in
junction in the United States. lie 70,
| iterated the idea expressed in that
| opinion on August "a, 1907, when he
said in his speech at Oklahoma City,
but Il is said that 1t denies TO the
workingman, the man who is enjoined
the right of a trial by jury. II does
not deny MIN anything Of the sort;
he never was entitled to the right OF
trial by jury in an equity case"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-23
The Proposition

We, the undersigned hereby agree
70 pay such am amount Sc, opposit>
our name to- such q trustee as We
may hereafter select for the purpose
OF buying one hundred and twenty
eight O2S) lots, seventy feet by one
hundred and forty feet each in what
is known as The Poland and Anderson
addition located in Carter County.
Oklahoma, south and adjoining the
City Park of Ardmorc The consio.
Grafton for the one hundred and twen.
ty-eight lots Is to be one hundred dol
lars 100000 each and each one
hundred dollars (slO0OO) or multi.
pie thereof shall represent a share in
a company hereafter TO be formed for
the purpose OF prospecting for oil and
gas on said one hundred and twenty.
eight lots. No payments are to be
made by us or any OF us until all lots
are subscribed when fifteen per cent
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-23
POOR MEN LOOK TO BRYAN.

John w Hall, writing TO the New
York World, has the following TO say
as 10 his political views;
-Four years ago | voted for Roose-
welt, but today Bryan is the man who
stands for the rights OF all the people.
He has finally risen 10 the heights of
the true and new Democracy and the
champion OF the old The poor man
has not had friend in the white
house since Lincoln died; today he
looks to Bryan.
"Tis many a day since Lincoln died
But now today hope angel eyed,
Sits down beside the poor mans
door,
Today springs promise in the west,
Springs like a flower from prairie
sod;
Emblem OF truth on his broad breast.
on the broad brow the sign OF God.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-23

Below Is the new proposition of.
FER the citizens OF Ardmorc in when
TO take stock.
Ardmore must have cheap fuel gas
10 induce factories 10 locate here.
Ask the secretary OF the Commercial
club SC this is not a fact Ardmorc has
progressed 20 the extent Of her arr-
cultural possibilities. We need cheap
gas 20 bring in other factors that will
make Nrdmurc the pride of the state.
We have the crude material at on.
doors Shall we develop them?
The lot that you ct for your 500
10 We fail ON gas and OIL
". y. POLAND.