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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-11
ASSAY of Gold and Silver.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The process of assaylng gold and silver
is identical. The metal Is first put through
a highly heated furnace and melted, the
samples for assay being dipped out
while the metal is in liquid state. Next
the sample is thrown into vessel of cold
water when granulation ensues. Taken
from the cold bath it is boiled in sulphuric
acid. the silver dissolving. while the gold
is precipuated TO the bottom where IL Is
caught in proper receptacles.
The acid was drawn off and the metal
placed In another vessel laid with sheet
lead, the bottom being plates of copper
Chemical action now sets in, the acid,
copper and lead being in q ferment. While
the gold Is being precipitated. the silver. II
there be any in the sample under test. is
being deposited in thin metallic sheets on
what before the fermentation set In Were
the copper plates. but which have now
been transformed into blue vitriol, or sui
plate of copper.
After the metals have all been deposited
they are gatherd up. and. with the i'm
purities still remaining. pressed into cakes
by a hydraulic machine which has a
pressure OF 300 tons. Again it is melted
(the gold and silver each In separate watts.
of course). the pure metal being again de-
uosited and the impurities, aided by chem
zeal action, left floating on the top. The
next and last process runs the metals int"
ingots ready for the markets of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-11

It pays to read the want columns OF
The Star Hundreds OF situations are
filled through them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-11

PARIS. July 11.-At a meeting of the
Association of Contractors last night
general lockout was voted. This situa-
ton has been brought about by the
workmen's campaign of partial strikes.
hONcottS etc.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-21

% distanc, of half a mile This is what
first attracted tls attention OF oil
men tu this place rs field Tor
their operations and geological
q ports of this section lead them TO
bcucv. that parafnc oil can bee found
ju abundance
thcr parties are watching the op.
"rations OF Mr. Mahoncy and as soon
as he gets his first sign of oil in pay.
ing quantities, other rigs will he nut
tu work In the northern and eastern
parts of the county Another rig is
now al work NJ Myra, eighteen miles
west of here, and the work has al.
ready progressed far enough THAT the
company has secured franchise Ia
furnish Gainesville with natural gas
for lighting and heating purposes.
MI Mahoney also has such conf
deuce In his part of the field that ne
has gone before the council and TAX, A
ont franchise for natural gas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-21
CONVICTED OF GAMBLING
JURY IN LOGAN COUNTY REACH
es VERDICT IN CASE OF FOR.
MeR GOVERNOR BARNES.

Guthrie. Okla. Aug 30 \ mrs m
the logan county court toda. convict.
od Ca--lu- NJ narue,. tormrr COVER.
nor ot oklahoma Territory aud mayor
uf Gu'h,.r of gambling Judge Sranr
reserved sem, nee
o., jury reached "a ,y.d0c, after
-horf>,ousil,rarlou Mayor Euucs
Na- represented by Frank Mcclure.
N.couuJ! prosecutor and thr rrpubu-
c.u member ot the county election
board Considerable interest was man
ifc,,od BOO ,ha rial the court rooms
capacity being taxed by the crowd of
SIP c'gtors and Witnesses
Mayor barnes was arrested somc
time ago with a number of other we'll
known mru about town They plead.
cd guilty and We're fined buj Mayor
Barnes mauded a trial
County judge Strang, who nroupuu
c"d sentence, was an appo.urcr OF
Governor Barnes. serving as attorney
general under lis administration
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-21

Mrs VI. VI DAWSON of 40 &79 cir
fordNNo.. san Jose. Cal. saws. THE
worth OF Electric Bi-tcrs as a genera.
family remedy for headache bilious
ness and torpor of the liver and bow
els is So pronounced that am prompt
cl to a word I'M 10, favor FOR the heue
fit OF those SrNiug re,ief from suCH
aft'ictions There is more health for
the digestive organs In 4 bottle 90
Electric nitters than In any other
remedy | know Of Sold under guar.
antee at W B Frames drug store
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-21

LOIS OF men ana women who are
agreeable with others. get cranky" at
home. lis not disposition, IT'S the
liver II you find in yourself that
YOU feel cross around the house. m.
Tie thhSs worry YOU. just buy a bot.
q" of Billiards. licrbne and put your
liver in shape Iou and everybody
around YOU Will feel better for II
Pric" 90 cents per bottle. Sold by
+. J. Ramsey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-21

Most elderly people have some Md
ncv or bladder disorder that is both
painful and dangerous. Foleys Kid
nor Remedy has proven a boon 10
elderly people as 1t stimulates the
urinary organs, corrects Irregularities
ana tones mp the whole system. Com.
meuce taking Foley's Kidney Remedy
az once and be- vigorous Sold by all
druggists. DIV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-21
Cured Hay Fever and Summer cold

\ ; Nushaum, Ratesyille, Indiana
writes "last year I suffered for three
months with summer cold So dis
ressiug that IL interfrrrd with my
business | had many of me symptoms
OF hay fever and doctors prescup
tion iii nor reach my case, ana / TOOK
several medicines which seemed only
20 aggrayate IL. Fortunately | insist
ed upon having Foley'S Honey and
Tar, II quickly cured me NV wife
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-21
FOR CAMPAIGN FUND

~ au advocate ot the motto. lie,
rlc People Rule. aud Tor the rlcc.
tou of BRYAN and Kern. let ms all r,a.
liz" that our government is sacred ro
MS We want our candidates. for pub.
ljc office ru di-charg their duties
tree from an, bargains claims. or OBJ
legations, with or to amy one. but the
gr,t mass of honest people.
70 takes money to pc, u., necessary
expenses ot a campaign This money
the people who want honest govern.
mru must contribute
Honest vos,rs pay your own way
and control your own government.
Th, candidate who goes ro Wall
street .or millions or dollars for a
Rm.Hlu wuI must barter ava, the
sacred rights ot tnD prou. foo have o
go, mmuur u,. uom control by
special interests
Wal street newer raE- % dollar 10
amy cmnolru uud without pl der
e.. % r.ou.1ud .u'd rrmu
rn- mprr thr Nrlmuutc viii
.acrn, Your contributions publish
,ouu ulmc and amount and forward
rnr m,uN 'o the d,mocruuc rrcosur
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-21
II You Knew

The merits OF the Texas Wonder.
YOU would never suffer from kid.
ney, bladder or rheumatic trouble.
81 a bottle, two months treatment.
sold hy druggists or nv mail Sand
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-21
WHO KNOWS COTTON?
The FARMER WHO DEPENDS UP.
ON Vt OR TIE MAN WHO
NEITHER BUYS NOR SELLS.

NotAthstandug the fact that re-.
porter on a local paper attacked the
Dallas News correspondent for rc-
porting to thar paper that This sec.
tiou needed rain sIu the reports
come iu from AN sections that moist.
urr is needed The rain that fell
night before last was % welcome
visitor. but all sections of the country
were not touched There are few
men in Ardmorn who can sit inn
@ 'hroc.story window au the spring
and summer and know a great deal
more about what fhr farmer needs
than the farmer himself know.
These people say That % RAIN would
cost the county thousands of dollars
AZ lhv smur tim. every farmer len
tn" country Says .ho crop I- suffer
.us or has suffered .um rain Th,
men who deal ir cotton aud observe
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-08-21

.N Irc oitcu given TO PERSONS suffering with
So powerful /, the action of this drug that Il
Ms III a short while and shuts the disease
daWNgc to the delicate internal membcrs
, left oh the disease always returns aud the
hccu injured by this powerful m,ncral and
,ch disturbed digestion mcrcuriIl rhcuult-
: is entirely different II contains no
.ul drug but IS made entirely of healing.
.urcS Contagious Blood Poison by removing
searches ont every particle OF the poison
trace for future outbreaks : $ S. in
'uIldS up and strengthens every part of the
up the stomach and digestion improve the
system. Home treatment book containing
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18
By JAMES A. EDGERTON.

.T% HE making of a president may
be considered the nations pas
time. 1t is a game in which
every man has q part, or at
least he thinks he has. He makes
some particular candidate his own and
takes personal and propriete " inter
est in this mans advancemant Nor is
the average citizens concern over the
great Office entirely objective The
American voter who has not had fond
and Sneaking dreams of some day be-
ing president himself must be lacking
in patriotism and has failed fully to
enter into the genius of our institu-
tions. OF course the chances against
realizing his ambition are about 49,
100000 to /. But when did unfa-
vorable odds ever make a lottery ticket
holder despair of winning the big prize?
This subjective and personal regard
for our greatest office is as it should
be. 1t keeps the government close to
the people and develops that indi-
vidual aspiration and initiative which
spell the secret of progress.
Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who never to himself has said
81 may be president some day
And follow in the lofty way
OF Washington. whose motto high
Was that he could not tell lie,
Or Roosevelt, who has found a few
Who can lie fiuently-and do?'
There is another advantage to the
secret ambition held by the average
American of some day being cartooned
by the newspapers and greeted by
brass bands playing Hail to the
Chief" 1t has Kept many out of the
penitentiary. Who can tell how many
men would have robbed hen roosts but
Copyright 1867, by J. E. Purdy, Boston.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18
COULD PAY HIS WAY.

Story Of CIubman Who Had Dined
"Not Wisely, but Too WE'LL"
The man who was going home from
the club after dining mot wisely, but
too well,'' had paid five fares during
the first ten minutes he was on the
street car. When the conductor came
along again he handed out a sixth
nickel and then a seventh as the man
In uniform was returning to the back
platform. A little later when the con.
ductor went through the car he was
given an eighth five cent piece by the
clubman and then a ninth, but at this
stage of the game his money was
handed back to him.
sit seems to me you have paid your
fare" said the conductor as he looked
around to see what the other passen-
gers thought of the matter.
mo. shirt was the reply. 81 inshist
on payin' my way, shir!'
every we'll, then" said the other, ac-
cepting the nickel, with shrug of his
shoulders
During the next fifteen minutes quite
a number of people got on the car,
and the clubman managed to pay five
more fares without a word of protest.
The conductor hesitated. however,
when the fifteenth nickel was handed
him by the same man, and he gave it
back with the remark, Il am almost
sure you have paid your fare"
mo, shir. and l 'shept no favors
cfTo w loi
the man. Il can pay my way, shir,
and l propose do sho." h,
Another nickel passed between them,
and then the one who had dined mot
wisely, but too WELL" settled back in
his seat and nodded sleepily. When
the conductor passed through the car
again, however, he sat up and handed
over another nickel and said:
"'Scuse me, shir-scuse me for not
payin' fare"
"But l believe you have paid your
fare, sir"
No, shir! Don't shink for moment,
shir, that I'm tryin' beat zhis COM
pany. l can pay my way, shir."
Before he came to his street he in
sisted on paying three more fares.
Then as he was leaving the car he
shook his finger in the conductors
face and said:
"'Ductor, I'm goin' report YOU"
'W-what for, sir?''
For lettin' me ride free, shir! Rule
is no passengers lowed ride free, and
I'll report you unless you collect my
fare. Here it is, shir."
And for the twentieth time the club
man handed the conductor Nickel
A. B. Lewis in Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18
Winner of Mems Hearts.

Some wise newspaper correspondent
in writing of the mystery of Mr.. Taft
announces q tremendous discovery lie
solemnly declares that the secret of
the big secretary is that "he wins the
hearts of individuals, but he does not
fire the heart of the sovereign multi
tude." That is a good example Of
phrasemaking, but does it hold wa
ter? What is the sovereign multi
tude" but a collection of individuals?
If one has the faculty of making those
he meets his friends, will he not make
the masses his friends as soon as they
know him? Until a comparatively re-
cent date Mr.. Taft has never come
into intimate personal contact with the
American multitude. But he did not
fail in winning the collective hearts of
the FilipinOs or the Porto Ricans or
any other people that have become ac-
quainted with him.
Even granting the sapient CORE
spondents sweeping assertion, hOWev-
er. what does it all amount to? Where
in does it initiate against Mr.. Taft
presidential prospects? How many Of
our presidents have had the faculty of
firing the heart Of the sovereign null
titude?" Have they not been of the
more dignifed and less dashing type
that can inspire individual respect
rather than elicit the cheers of the
crowd? Magnetic leaders like the
Clays. the Websters. the B.aines and
the organs have missed the presidency,
which has gone to the Harrisons, the
Hayeses and the Clevelands.
Of course President Roosevelt is q
notable exception to this general rule,
but it must never be forgotten that
his first entry into the White House
was because Of an assassin's bullet.
Therefore it is scarcely fair to argue
| from his case as a precedent.
Mrs. Taft, by the way. is the daugh-
ter Of 4 former law partner of Ruth
erford B. Hayes and was a guest of
President and Mrs. Hayes in the White
House thirty years ago. Probably she
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18
A. Eastman has gone to Texas

The Our WAY club were enter
tanned last evening at the hotel.
Mrs. Laughton served refreshments,
and afterward S. E Livingston took
the young ladies' 10 the hall where
the Gideon Show Co, is holding
down the boards this week.
Our W. G. L. u, are talking of
having a public library here. We
hope this plan may soon go into eff
feet.
The 1. o. g. 7 and Rebekah's
held open installation Thursday
evening.
Mrs. E. Bailey spent Friday in
Montfort.
Will Mundous two children of
Roth, Iowa, are here visiting with
relatives.
DR.. Tufiey spent Saturday in
Lancaster.
Mrs. Bert Bishop spent Monday
with her sister, mrs. Harry Allen.
Mrs. Moore and Blanche returned
Thursday from a visit at Preston.
Mrs. Alice Howdle attended the
-Blddick wedding at Mont
fort Thursday.
Mrs. Robert Hershey of Hurley,
S. D., Is visiting with her mother,
Mrs. Grace Livingston.
The children and grand children
OF Amasa Latham and wife surprised
them on Dec. 10, by coming in and
helping them celebrate their 5Oth
wedding anniversary. Mr.. Latham
and wife are early Wisconsin
settlers, living on a farm in Fair
view, until moving in our village
last spring. Their many friends
wish for them many more ami
VersarieS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18
LITTLE GRANT.

special Correspondence to the Herald.
Misses Anna Henry, Lille Mogan
and, Jessie Pendleton have re-
sumed their studies at the Mt. Hope
high school after two weeks va
cation at Bloomington.
Mrs. Mike Jordan is visiting at
her mothers, Mrs. John Hore's.
Mrs. Sanford is at Ellsworth
Jeidy's.
Visitors at the Miner school Fri
day were Misses Mary and Hattie
Hamer, Mrs. Harvey Hurlburt and
Mrs, Tommy Pendleton.
Pennock and Oats sawed wood tor
Jimmie Garthwaite, Saturday.
Andrew Lewis bought quite a few
horses in Little Grant last week.
Edd Jeidy's baby is quite sick
with la grippe and malarlal fever.
Rev. Wooley filled his appoint
ment Sunday at the Union church.
John Gull and Albert Krohn de-
livered cattle at Lancaster Monday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18
Taft, Winner Of Mems Hearts
Secretary of Peace, War and Matrmony Around Whom the
Battle of Presidential Candidates RACES, Has the I'm
failing Aptitude to Meet Any Situation and Perform
Any Task = Ever Optimistic With a Good
Nature That Resembles Gale.

primaries, party machines, bosses,
state conventions, secret cOnclaves,
moves and counter moves, finally Gull
minating at Chicago on June Is and at
Denver on July Z. After these side
shows the crowd will move on TO the
main tent, where the elephant, the
donkey and other animals of the pO-
litical menagerie will perform.
Since he is the avowed administra-
ton candidate. the battle at present
RACES about the ample form Of Sec
rotary Taft. Taft's abundant smile
and comfortable form do not look very
much like Il battle center. but you
never can tell by the loudness of Il
mans laugh the amount Of ginger
there is in him. The most amiable
men are usually the best fighters.
Never attack Il man because he has a
baby blue eye and a grin Of childlike
innocence
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18
Rides a $1,000 Horse.

When he became secretary of war
Mr. Taft had to have his chairs and
other furniture built to order. He re-
quires horses especially constructed in
the same way. Recently he hunted al
over the country to find suitable
steed and had to pay $1,000 for one
guaranteed to bear up under the strain.
Atlas had a. hard joh, but the Taft
horses could tell him some things that
would make his load seem easier
Secretary Taft does not want to be
president, feeling that all the other
candidates share with him. His life's
ambition has been to sit on the su-
preme bench, and both his friends and
enemies agree that he would grace
that tribunal When he took the gov
ernorship of the Philippines, it was ex-
planned to him that it might prevent
him from realizing his aspiration to go
to the nations highest court, but he
nevertheless chose to follow duty.
Fate sometimes has strange way OF
dealing out poetic justice in such
cases. Abraham Lincoln lost the SEN
ate by clinging to his principles, but
won the presidency. Is history again
to assume her familiar role of q re-
Deater?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18
A Great Privilege.

The next best thing to being presi-
dent yourself is having your man
there. Inasmuch as only one man can
live in the White House at a time, it is
this sort OF vicariOus occupancy of the
Office that must satisfy the other ff-
teen or twenty millions. But what
does that matter to a man who has
really entered into the American spir-
1t? Even if he cannot deliver the in
augural address himself he can help
make the man who does, can call him
by his front name and take an init
mate interest in his comingS and go
ings, his family and his policies. 1t is
for this that the voter each four years
neglects his business to argue politics,
yellS himself hOarSe at political rallies
and marches through sun OF rain to
elect his faYOrite. 1t is a great thing
Just how great we have not yet meas
ured. 1t gives breath to manhood and
makes the spirit of the nation.
That the president of the United
States has more power than any other
ruler on earth is so universally recog-
nized that it has become platitude.
But his sovereignty is delegated and is
under a time lock. 1t does not inhere
I'm him and his family, but in several
million John Smiths and Tom JOneses,
who collectively are greater than all
presidents and all administrations
whatsoever. If he is temporary mon
arch, he is a monarch made by the
people. They give and take away.
Theirs IS the substance of sovereignty,
of which he is but the passing symbol.
The nation is now in one of its quad
rennial throes of choosing a new form
into which to incarnate its spirit,
new figure into whom to breathe the
breath of its national authority. Who
is the man? Taft? Bryan? Hughes
One of the two JohnsOns? Knox:
Gray? La Toilette? Harmon? For
aker? Fairbanks? Or some unguessed
candidate to be born Of convention
| deadlocks?
Despite the growing spirit Of political
| independence, we are still nation
ruled by parties Undoubtedly the
man who is to succeed Roosevelt will
/ be named by one of the two dominant
groups that we label Republican and
! Democrat. The first interest. there
fore. centers in the nomination strug-
gle, which passes through the stages
of newspaper discussion, caucuseS,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18
LIVINGSTON.

SpeciaI correspondence to the Herald.
Miss Verda PrideauX is In Dodge
Vile. on account of her fathers ill
ness. S. E. Livingston is SUBSTITUTE
ing for her in the school room.
H. BOIL and wife were guests OF
c. Thompson's over Sunday.
H. NJ. Livingston is in Lancaster.
VIM. Kenney, of Montfort, is
here plastering JnO. Alcott's resi-
dence.
Alice and Gladys Watson visited
at Vance lannon's, in Cobb over
Sunday.
Chas. Thompson has disposed OF
his livery business to Art Livings-
ton, and is now Carl Mueller sue
cessor on the mail route.
Fritz Schmitt is spending this
week with his parents at Bascobel.
On Sunday evening, Jan. 18th.
Rev. w. Merkle will deliver his adj
dress on Japan.
Rev. A. Verran delivered lecture
Tuesday evening on Love" court
ship and marriage.
Mrs. JnO. Alcott and children
were called to Potosi last week, on
account of Mrs. Alcott's mother
being i'll, they returned Wednesday
evening.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18
Secretary of Peace"

Despite the fact that Taft has called
himself the secretary of peace and has
made matches and settled quarrels in
two hemispheres, there was a time
when he led class scrimmages in col
lege and whipped an editor who libeled
his father. His frequent and infec
tious laugh may be freighted with OPP
timism and good nature, but his nose
and chin are those of a warrior.
Physically Mr.. Taft looks like Gro
yer Cleveland, but politically he re-
sembles Theodore Roosevelt. Is his
likeness to these two presidents pro-
phetic? OF course the American peo-
pie do not choose their chief magis
trates for personal pulchritude, doubt
less for the reason that this would not
be fair to the cartoonists. There is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18
Notice to Settle.

To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Ali bills owing the undersigned
from the year 1907 must be settled
on or before Jan. 80, 1908. We dis
like making extra expenses for any
one, but will have to insist upon
getting what is due us Therefore,
all accounts unpaid on the above
named date will be placed in a col
lector's hands at your risk.
GEO, LUDVIK q Son.
ST. Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18

Following are the names of the
various officers of the Lancaster w.
r. c., who were installed last Sat
urday evening:
Eugenia Hannum President
Georgiana Place Senior Vice
Mary A Croft-Junior Vice
A j. Mitchell - Secretary
Mae Tiller -TIeasu1er
Harriet Decker Chaplain
Sarah E. Calvin-Conducror
Lucrethia TOtman-Guard
Kate Stone-Asslstant ConductO
Maggie Wenzel-' . Guard.
Mary ROthschild-Press Cores.
Ida Miller-Musician
Helen Judd, Clara Schreiner,
Laurie Croft and Hannah Long,
Color Bearers.