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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-10
7 HE N A RKE1S
AS RECEIVED BY THE AROMORE.
ITE EVERY AFTERNOON BY
TELEGRAPH.
COTTON.
Liverpool Futures.


Liverpool, Sept. 10.-The range of
cotton futures today was
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago Grain.

Chicago, ILL.,. Sept. 10-The follow.
Ing is the range of the active futures
on the Chicago Board OF Trade to
day:
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FOR RENT Fiveroom cottage In
good. repair. Caddo and Seventh
avenue. $40 month. +. l.. Guillot.
1913
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Open, High Low Today Ye

Open High Low Today Yesi
Wheat
Sept ..97as 9S9s 97A ss9sa 97h
Dec ..961a 977s s6la s77sa 96ss
May 1COls lOOas 100 1OOas lOOB
Corn
Sept ..7919 SOla 1919 SOla 7sAa
Dec ..6S1a 69A 6Sas GsA 6S1sa
May ..522s 52& 523s 52& 52%a
Oats
SEPT ..i9i2 497s 1919 493, 49as
Dec ..5Oh 5OPs sos sos 5O1s
Mty .52as 52A 52as 52% 52Sa
Pork
Sept 1860 1850 1455 l46Ob 1iGOa
Lard
Sept 9.S2 9.72
Ribs
Sept 915 9.22 915 $50 9l5
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New Orleans Spots.

Spot market, firm. lie up; mi,
9 3-lG; sales 1850 to arrive 1850.
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LOCAL MARKET.

LOCAL MARKET.
(By VIM. Newman
Hens &c gross.
Fryers from 100 to s27j per doz.
en-.
Eggs l7lsc per dozen
Green hides 4c to sc.
Dry hides Sc to 10c.
Butter l5c to 25c
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FOR SALE.

FUR SALE-Coupon Books at Ard.
moreite office.
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(By Cold Storage)
Hogs sc ITO 5Ia gross.
Cows &c TO 2Ac gross.
Calves 3lac gross.
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FOR SALE Any amount Of dirt. Ap.
ply L. r. Marston. 20.tf
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

Rockefeller scientists use all sorts Of strange words
but that need not frighten one. The thing to see
IS what they are driving at. One word that L saw
spelled out like this Observation-Disclosures
hvde | do not know what 1t means, and DO not
care If you wish to look it up, you are at liberty
to do So The point that you should not lose sight
of IS that all this profound research IS for the good
of human kind to find causes of diseases, and to
suggest remedies, without price, free for all the
nations So the chemistry of foods as It IS
called IS of such extremely great Importance that
these research men thinking hard on 1t, day and
night.
1t is quite necessary to know also that careless
editors often do great harm by talking lightly OF
the work of great scientists like the men at the
Rockefeller Institute | hope | have made 1t PLAIN
that the plan is a broad one, and that nothing IS
patented and nothing promised The work IS all
Experimental and the latest scientific discoveries
are made use Of That is all that honestly be
said without exaggeration. If DR.. Loeb finds for
example that he IS able to certain salts to bring
tinv sea urChins life, that is reason why one
should Jump at the conclusion that he has dis
covered the secret of life" Recently, DR.. Ludwig
HektOen of Chicago, acting for DR.. FleXner OF the
Rockefeller Institute, read paper on some expert
ments, and the next day they read report,
which was printed far and wide. 1t began with
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

these misleading words: ''Want new liver: Get
it from sheep or other animals Proposal 70 trans
fer sound vital organs from brutes 20 man
In the same way. It must be made perfectly clear
that the Rockefeller Institute IS no alchemsts
chamber for the discovery Of the secret Of human
life 1t may be that one day all life VIII be shown
to be more complicated forms OF motion. Just as
motion IS going on IN the cells incredibly rapid With
invisible mechanism, but there are also sound
reasons for denying this theory That there are still
ungrasped forces at work Is the reason Why learned
men such as are found at the Rockefeller Institute
spend their lives IN research calling for the highest
science For science IS always asking and trying 70
find the answers to very hard questions
The scientists Of this fortunate laboratory are
united by rules so elastic that It can scarcely be
said that rules exist. There are no regular ONCE
hours. if the men come, they are welcomed; and
if they stay away. they are not missed And all the
heavy expenses of the exhaustive researches are
met by Mr.. ROCzefeller's generous funds Then.
too if scientist wishes 70 work all night, that IS
his privilege if It IS likewise his pleasure Il ne
wishes to take lodgings there and have ms meals al
the laboratory. ne may also do that There are
dining rooms living rooms baths. librarians tele-
phones. and corps of willing assistants to do MS
bidding and to provide every convenience OF re-
quirernent, personal or professional
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
l

cycles of life passing from one, state to another
then to old age and to final death.
A wonderful fact is that the research men, mar
velous in their resources and fertility of invention
have actually been able to slow down the micro
scopic processes in the cell, and then the scientists
are more clearly able to think about what they
learn using for that purpose sound knowledge OF
chemistry and physics.
Much of the building up of higher compounds
from cells we do not know. And there is a spot IN
these cells. or in some of them, called the nucleus
which is the most wonderful laboratory on TINS
Garth 1t is so small that it requires very high
power microscope to see the nucleus, and IN some
special cases even then the nucleus is invisible. but
the most extraordinary things are gong on there;
and the wisest man does not know why or now,
though it passes right under his eyes. lie thinks
that there is some sort of life there; but Just what
II is or how it exerts itself he is trying to lind out
The most complicated thing ever built by human
hands is crude and clumsy compared with the Won
derfI something that enables the cell to do It's work
A watch a printing press a telephone, modern
batteship all great triumphs of mans BRAIN are as
simple as a sheet of white paper when you th1nE on
the delicate invisible machinery or lie IN the ceil
requiring microscope to be seen yet so perfect that
the OnlV word to describe its action Is marvellous.
In studying these extremely complex things
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
Torch Prepares the Food

WHEN feeding time comes. the teEe-' lt's o. ~ ~
w thOrny forage plant can OTTER j. 81. e.-E l- IT,
never before staged n barnyart Ei--.r =
farmer shoulders his blast torch AMI marches -
TO the thorn patch. with the WISE ami moons - -
following close IN his wake the sheep --i--- l..
ahead. and the pigs SQuedlng m l---lii+-,-- -.
their pens. He reaches the prlcNly pear pI-o"' -. &
torch shoots out and its flame EcIS off every 'eS'7
They fall on the singed plant and uu-eE II WIN ~
satisfaction of long anticipation, but "tt III -
as the torch has done duty, for beyond -lS -
lies in wait. They eat the Joints AND -,-i-N>
every part Of the plant down TO It's very oolt, -
the hogs eat this 20 the ground y few I5Inis -
sngcd and carried back 70 the chickens ana ,t
up for them. Then the chores are done -'r lAe -
and the remainder OF the crop stands immune
the torch Is again applied. , f.
No sooner Is the plant oucc eaten down NJ H.
sends forth new shoots from vigorous TO- ~ ~
produces another crop that Is heavier anu '' NJ
passes the one gone before. and So ON -' ~-o -. Nd
the chapter There Is no harvesting no "-.s.e.isi
failure OF crop through drought, NO pr'-el-'
from animals or weather. ~ ,~-s-
Where the prckly pear grows a. 1l- l i,., - ,.p
per eight times we'll II cultivated me - S,r
of the soil puts II IN condition t' take L ,,yll
serve the moisture, and tins, dldcd ~ gas. rer-
of other competing vegetation 10y tU-.-,,''' -
mitS the production of the increased tt'l, ~s,LIv
The extent of the empire over NhlNi. CIV t.,,rrd
pear may hc set to rule Is too vast % le .r,ss
by eastern standards Ii takes three U"H : r-.,ch
it on an express tram from east Co "C>- ,4 the
lareer north and south Ii all New ing S'tl''- ,rI3
Middle States were thrown into II. thel ,,-s
rattle around considerably without III L7lrei
attention IL could easily aCc'ull''---'t 1r IS .
million people If It develops that PflINN -
good food for the human race - -s.sl,taace
As its arid stretches offer the GIe.,.o- ,.rrs Of
to tuberculosis IN man and beast INA. L,,rrsa
practice has vet discovered, those So ''-'N 49,. uIr
and bovine might be Colonized theIe 10
mate great benefit Of the health oL INC "o-'-
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

ments they devoured in its entirety paCcn
Of the spineless variety Its defensive
policy is without a flaw.
The crop IS green II summer and winter winter
always ready for harvest, Yet ever IndL--e1-
ent to it If not harvested. the JON,
maintains its vigor and nourIshnenr anu
puts forth a fellow % increase the st1Ie-
it Is as safely stored as though IN the LArSs
barn of the settler II the crop IS n0l
harvested in two or three or tour yea-S'
every Joint that has grown IN that lnne
IS still as fresh and pala-aa.e as IN the l-''
of its virgin youth
Then finally the time Of harvest comes.
As the crop may he planted any d4E o-
the year that the farmer r--S time l~--7
ing heavily on his hands. SD 1t may -C
harvested ON the dlv chat he 1ndS rs
cattle most IN need of green and ~,lccl-e-- ----
forage There are long seasons UL-le- --'5
present arrangement when only lrE --.r- ,r-
Is obtainable. and at these times -1l fTi-A-. ca
pear viii prove the grea-es- gt delC.--.Ds '.. ;
Experiment has shown. however .l1- = - =
a good food at all seasons and r--1 le Ll,- ~ "
the exclusion of all other Foods 9- Us ~--'''
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
Burbank Started 1t

THE beginning of it all was four years back when
l. Luther Burbank announced that he had de
veloped spneess prcky pear that could be used for
making hot cakes and unscientlfc enthusiasts be
gan figuring the prospective product'veness of
such uupopuous sections of the globe as Death
Valley. The department had an experiment station
at San Antonio, Texas, and various and Sundry
varieties of thorny plants grew thereabout, many
kinds were corraed and placed in captivity.
Now it appears from results obtained that certain
varieties notably the bultid LiHdhcHerI, had been
waiting through the centuries under untavorable
conditions to show what they could do 1t given
fair chance to compete with civilized things. They
had remained green and sturdy and unaffected by
the droughts of the ages that had grpped that vast
stretch of country extending west from Central
Texas to the Pacific Coast and north and south for
thousands of miles. They had placidly survived
amid difficulties that had proved death to all reCog
nzed products of the farm, and, given opportunity
equal to those other forms of vegetation, they pro
ceedcd to prove their superiority under favorable
conditions.
The ground was plowed, and leaves or joints of
the plant laid the surface III rows SIX feet
apart a leaf placed every two feet. Not one
in the lot failed TO take root though they were not
covered with earth, and not one there that did
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

send up sturdy stalk that developed into many
branches. The soil stirred and weeds kept down
and the pricly pear plants grew and thrived beyond
anything of their kind that had ever been seen be
fore. Each Joint strutted with its found vigor.
and each thorn took unto itself strength that
BODIED i'll for anything that in contact with 1t
The Joints were thrown the ground during each
month and, regardless of season, took hold and
mer and winter and perennially the same strength
and vigor foreshadowed in all its fullness
The crop might have been harvested at any time
but in the experiment It allowed to grow
years before it was interfered with When cut it
found to amount to twenty-three tons to the
acre for each year since 1t had been planted. In
these figures the scientists purpOsely make the low
est conservative estimate. and far below the
actual production Side by side with the cultivated
patch similar land unplOwNd vet planted in the
same way. The cultivated plants yielded eight times
the quantity of those which were not helped along
But these thrifty plants the thorniest of the
thorny. Plants without thorns have been intro
duCed from Africa, Italy, and Mexico. and some
varieties almost thornesS have been found IN Texas
But all these proved inferior as producers and
reslstants of cold and drought The prize plant Is
the ruggedest and thorniest of them ali
The Process of Feeding
THEN came the process of feeding. which is not
entirely new, but has never been tested to
great extent. The blaze of a torch was applied to
the thorns, and they were burnt off the housewife
slnges the down from q chicken Then the palatable
globules were ready for the cattle, which they fell
with aVidtV.
Herein develops the peculiar labor saving quail
ties OF the new forage crop, which turns the thOrnS
INTO blessing many times multiplied and To- a
quality to he carefully husbanded in breeding the
plant. The pnCkly pear may he planted in the open
range or III unused corner of a pasture with no
fence inclosure and the livestock that browse there
abouts will not touch it. for it is protected bv its
thorns. They will not trample 1t nor in any way
interfere with its growth. Not even the rabbits
will exact toll from 1t; yet in course of the expert
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

that of the farmer with twelve stalWart sons; for
the absence of fences will in no way endanger its
produCtiVenesS
All Of which novel conditions and many Others
are to be brought about by experts of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture in connection with their eN-
peri1nents with the much hated and long sp1ned
pricklv pear. They have shown that in bad years
this doInescated denizen of the great deserts yields
forage to the extent of twenty-three tons to the
acre and they accidentally slip in statement to
the effect that little tried variety last year yielded
fftv-fve tons Tried side by side with sorghum,
the heaviest producer on the given farms, the
pricly pear yields six times much feed for stock
as does that staple crop. Its advantages over all
other crops are numerous that only few of them
can be put down here.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

IF farmers ate Welsh rabbits and dreamed
l those fantastic vagaries that beset the
followers of the gay life, and if Government
scientists had not disguised it as Bulletin
I24, B. P. S, Department of Agriculture,
and put it at the disposal of any doubling
Thomas, | should not dare tell this story
and expect it to be taken seriously But
the farmers don't, and every statement
here IS set down in accordance with the
chronicle of those dry as dust scorners OF
sensation, our scientific friends.
In the first place, the farmer, particularly,
if he lives south, and west, may as well
throw away his pitchfork, sell his moving
machine to the scraPiron man, and burn
down his barn; he is to have no further
use for them. The trade OF the manu-
facturer of harvesting machinery IS to he
revolutionized; for the forage crop OF the
future is 10 be garnered with no more }T
orthodox thing than lighted torch. lie
should turn to the making OF torches,
those with a long handle and a strong blow
preferred Under the new regime the
widows farm, scorned through the ages,
iii l,,-. nc ,rrnat chance . success as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-24

Incidentally this plan of organizing a
new court system in the state for the
purpose Of handling liquor cases almost
exclusively to the end of enforcing the
prohibitory law would be the means in
the hands of an INSCRIPTIONS governor,
If Kansas should ever get one, of build
ing up a political machine of elaborate
qualifications and exceeding strength.
1t contemplates the appointment by the
governor of a judge for liquor cases in
every county and also similar num-
Der of state marshals, whose duty It
would be to hunt out violators Of the
liquor law and bring them before the
new courts. Still. the plan is not with
out some merits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-24
TIE HoRsELEss CITY.

Some exceedingly interesting facts on
the way that horses are vanishing in
the larger cities of the world and be-
ing superseded by automobiles, motor
wagons and other conveyances driven
by power other than that of mans
best friend" is found in the annual re-
port of the committee of the board of
trade of London, England, which has
just been made public. 1t declares that
the city has made great progress dur
ing the last year toward what it con-
siders ideal conditions. So far as traf-
f1c is concerned. it is fast becoming a
horseless metropolis. Cabs and horse
drawn omnibuses are rapidly disap-
pearing, while taxicabs and street rail-
roads are multiplying with even great
er rapidity than heretofore.
Under these conditions there has been
far less congestion in the streets than
in former years. The committee points
out as the reason the fact that motor
vehicles take UP less room than horse
drawn vehicles and move more quickly.
Moreover, as the number of horses is
diminishing the consumption of forage
has been so largely reduced that there
is far less carting Of hay, straw and
manure through the streets. Another
great advantage OIL motor LrdIIlC IS that
it causes no dirt, so that the street
cleaning department is enabled to work
faster and more effectively. From ev-
cry point of view, therefore, the COM
mittee thinks the equine must go, the
ideal city being a horseless city.
During the last II months 1900 more
motor omnibuses were placed upon the
London streets, while horse drawn om-
I
Hanson cabs decreased in number by
1900, being replaced by 1000 more mo-
tor cabs. Curiously enough, during the
same period, as the committee points
out with great content, accidents due
to the traffic in the crowded parts of
London decreased more than 30 per
cent This is one of the most signifi-
cant points in the report. The further
plans of the London county council for
developing underground electric trans
portation during the coming year prove
that London is fast approaching the
time when a horse will be a curiosity
in the streets. Probably the same con-
ditions will prevail in the times to come
in some of the larger cities of this
country, but it will be many an age
and generation before such a condition
of affairs exists generally in the smaller
cities of the world and this country
where traffic conditions are not con-
gested and never will be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-24

Bllly. He was husky guy in D 112,
and he had the willies he was so
scared. says to myself that If he got
EN- runnin' 'E 112" would have the
chance of a SNOWFALL in-weu, you know
where So plugged him wit the glass
es, and then he was good for a while.
Wouldn't let them walk all over you"
he added to the girl.
The glorious eyes grew more tender
as she realized what the boy was say
ing. Men had sought to do great things
to show their love for their lady loves
but this boy of II was as brave and as
fearless as any knight who Never wore
his lady's favor in his helmet
His thought had been solely for her
yet he had probably saved scores from
death or injury, and it was she who
was responsible for the deed. Slowly
she bent her beautiful head and press
ed her lips against his own
1T was very brave of you, dear" she
said in a whisper. "I am very proud to
think that it was for me you did so
fine a deed"
Billy blushed. then he looked with
adoring eyes into the brown ones that
were searching his face.
I'D burn. down the theater every
Tuesday-when you come-for that" he
declared as he lapsed into unconscious
ness, and it was Miss Golden's turn to
blush. Could he but know it, Billy had
for the moment become more than a
boy. He was a man and the knight OF
e 2."-(Copyrighted, 1908, by Associa-
ted Literary Press.)
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

When your ship finally comes in,
you will be luckier than most people
if the Silent Boatman isn't in charge.
Question for the Lancaster Literary
society: Does a man find as great
comfort in swearing as woman finds
in blubbering?
There are two things upon which
no man and woman ever agreed: The
good sense in riding a lodge goat or
reading a paper at a mothers club.
One of the reasons the women give
as a proof that a girls pretty COM
plexion is painted on. is that they can
remember when she didn't have it.
Hope is born. and dies. at least
seventeen times in mans heart be-
fore the woman who is calling on his
wife, and has risen to go, reaches the
front gate.
In a hundred years from now, men
will lecture for the uplifting and en-
reimbursement of their oppressed and
downtrodden sex. How our great
grandsons will abuse US for not stand
ing firm!
Some people have a queer idea of
humor. If they learn that anyone is
particularly TENDER on a certain
subject, they never fail to bring it up
and talk about it, This is not hui
NOR; it is brutality.
Men and women are constantly
screaming to the children, What do
you say!" in attempts to teach them
politeness. But how few grown ups
are really polite! How many grown
ups accept favors without so much as
saying thank you!
Children complain that every min
ute of their lives, almost, someone
screams at them, to remind them of a
duty unperformed. The children are
apt to think they will escape this
when they are grown. The darlings
are mistaken; somebody screams at
me about duty every time 1 turn
around."-Parson Irvine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

CFrom the Chicago News.1
Every rose has it's thorn-and few
more.
A cheerful liar must be great com
fort to himself.
Dissatisfied laundry girls should
strike while the iron is hot.
Lots of men manage to sneak out the
back way when duty calls.
Boys will be boys" and lots OF girls
would be If it were possible.
The palmist has no use for man
who is afraid to show his hand.
A Jealous man appears to almost as
good advantage as a Jealous woman.
It's easier to lead a balky horse to
water than it is to drive him to
wagon.
A woman likes to have man say
that he can't understand her. Wonder
why?
If actions speak louder than words,
what a lot Of noise deaf mutes must
make when they talk.
When a man treats his wife kindly
she imagines he is concealing a con-
fession that he ought to make.
The average woman is always fgur-
ing on doing something she knows her
husband will not approve Of
If, as reported, the cost of living mas
increased so per cent in ten years, a
dead man ought to be in position 10
save a lot of money.