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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-08-06
CHAPTER X.
TUE RETREAT or THEODORE.

GERS lot tnc Shipment OF Lne
I'll engines and began to provide
better equipment for the
house. He brought as companion
for Miss Sunrez an elderly widow.
Mrs. Stott, who was addicted to the
writing of poems OF a. Iovelorn nature,
worldly wisdom rose at this provision
for chuperonage But she gave him
too much credit. He merely thought
Of Virgtnia's becoming lonely.
He could not depart until sure that
"Miss Virginia" would not feel slighted
should he. push on. .t s-
Craigltmd's kilograms came in from
the east. still Depbic in significance.
One reported that New York was prac-
ticaIly .'Sllrrnundrd." another that the
country would soon he "gridironed."
Theodore was deaf TO voices from the
outer world. A letter from Harrod.
proving that the news Of his return
had reached the cabin in the dunes.
lay on the old esrritoire one morning
Theodore inserted Il paper knife in the
envelope, huff cut 1t Open-and saw
Virginia's dress glimmering outside.
The half opened letter fell to the desk.
and Uncle Theodore lcaped out on the
veranda
Morning. uncle" said she. "Have
you slept *elI:"
Zine"
"You don't look IT," said she. "Your
eyes look dull. You devote too much
time to business while your family Is
asleep. don't yon?''
Uncle" thought Of the unopened let
ter. the unanswered kilograms. the
neglected business. Mr.. Waddy's mon
ey. the uncomple,cd aeronef. the Sleep
less nights. tormcnted by-not business
At all. not business! Decidedly not!
.! slept 100 soundly." said he.
They spent most Of their time out Of
doors Theodore ate wolfishIy each
day end drank great quantities Of cof-
Zee to show that he was in 6ne fettle-
quite unable to pick up his end Of the
conversation. 1t WIS youth and spring
and sweet fellowship, though the
items made him sick Of Mrs. Stotts
table talk. He wanted the river and
Psyche. knowing that he ought to go
and leave her. Every night be vowed
to go next morning-and laid plans for
another day with her. =.
Early one morning they started out
on berry picking expedition. The
sir! trod in hollow and fell in a
heap on the Bermuda grass Theo-
dore found her with Der ankle grippcd
In her hands and her lips tight to hold
back a cry. A hurried question. a
CHEEKY reply cut in two with twinge
Of pain. and he picked her up. She
threw her arms about his neck to ease
the burden. Alas. 1t made 1t heavier!
The fervor Of his embrace did the an
kle no good and nearly crushed poor
Virginia. The color rose slowly to her
brow az he set her down on the veran-
da and stood over her. breathing hard
She rose on the sound foot and tried
the other carefully.
1T isn't bad at ALL said she.
Taking oil the shoe. she held the lit
tie foot in her hand. examining the an
kle critically.
do you think it's swe!iing?" she
asked.
Theodore tenderly squeezed the
shapely ankle and rose to his feet
II don't KNOW" said he, 'l-VI.
' 0tnia''-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-08-06
CHAPTER TX.

THE INCEPTION OF UNCLE THEODORE"
.~HEODORE'S mind. habituated
to the airy ease Of an unut-
III tered faith in his mastership
Of the air. felt the CALLING Of
reality as he walked westward from
the station toward dilapidated Car
sons Landing.
Seated on a stump. he sought mental
{ adjustment before entering his house.
He had had his chance with Shayne.
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out to look upward past the awning.
In the water, instead of bird or sail or
cloud. she had seen. crming up from
the depths under their Jail, the Roc.
under full speed. her great engines
puriing like tiger. cats, der screws
shimmering, her giant huh resplend,
ent bubble of steel. Looking up, Vir-
gini:: saw her overhead and covered
back into the boat. for peering over
the rail and calling like an evil bird
was Silbcrberg.
"Shall All answer the hail. miss?'
asked the captain.
NO" whispered Virginia take
no notice, beg Of you. captainw
The Roe swept on like meteor,
leaving the launch behind. Virginia
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sea-" he walled. land 1t was worth a
million dollars to me-
Harrod took pity on the inventor
and as result Wilmer stayed for
weeks. sleeping in his bag on the porch
Of the cabin. and, to the captains i'll
tense anger. tried several times to visit
the shed where Carson's newly invent
ed airShip was i'll course of completion.
Finally Carson arrived. Theodore
ordered the spying man away, and an
alteration enSued in which Wilmer
was roughly handled. At last he took
his leave. vowing vengeance OH Carson
and the airship. which. he said. was
worthless. He had made rough draw
ings Of the airship. as he had managed
secretly to elude IIarrod's watchfui-
ness.
At the lagoon he took a boat and
rowed to the north shore. The boat
from the submarine that had signalcd
Harrod had brought her crew ashore.
lie addressed one Of the men as Ia
vile and learned that the Sticklehack.
the submarine. was offshore for some
unknown purpose. Reagan. the Site
kleback's captain, came lazi!y up. and
Wilmer Informed him that he (Wizncr
was going on board her. The captain
amazed. asked for what reason.
I'm goin' to use her"
1.-THE ID you are"
well. II not III show you up to
the authorities as a smuggler, Reagan
you an Harrod."
Reagnn's face paled. He hastily
drew a revolver from his pocket. then
thrust it back
How do we know" said Reagan,
that you won't peach after YOU get
through with us?'
IF l make the play | expect to-" re-
piled Wilmer. I'm be In Id sight
dcepern you arc.."
THAT means" said Reagan. worse
thnn smuggling"
II mean the only thing the law pun
ishes worse than smuggling with n
submarine!'
Reagan answered slowly:
~ didn't expect FL ever go that far,
but guess III have to serve under
you. Wilmer. You're captain Of the
Stickleback"
(,YJA pvYTH VI
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-10

ed hon0rs with Edmond central. The
parliamentary debating club of North
western with Tai Smith. Clay Fisk
and Robt. Parkhurst. as the debaters,
won for us at home. The vote stood
two for Northwestern and one for
Weatherford. with Messre. Harris Of
Thomas. Supt. lBuzzard of Wood
ward, and Mr.. Gard Mills as Judges
After the bebate banquet was serv.
ed to about one hundred and twenty
guests Prof Walter l.. Ross de-
leyered the Invocation and Mr.. Ilom-
or Hin acted as toast master. The
normal orchestra. directed by Mr..
Bogue rendered music for the oc.
casion.
Prof. De Barr Of state university
will deliver lecture in assembly
hail. Friday evening
A classical club has been organ
lied by Miss Pritchet and Prof.
Jeffries. This club is strictly for the
students and doubtless will be a
great benefit and encouragement to
the students of the lower rs well as
10 the higher classes.
Mrs. O. W. Jeffries, wife of Prof.
Jeffries of the Latin department,
died Easter morning at her home
on College avenue. The remains were
taken to Oklahoma City for burial.
Mrs. Jeffries was daughter of Prof
Il. +. Nihart of Epworth University,
The baseball season opened last
week with two game series with o.
/ c. L. of Enid Northwestern won
the first by a score of 3 to .. o. c.
Monday and Tuesday Northwestern
played Fairmount college. winning
Monday by a score of 30 to o. Tues
day. % to ..
] After the game. Tuesday evening
reception was given TO the Fair
mount boys. The first part of the
evening was spent in assembly hall
| playing and singing athletic songs
after which the party, chaperoned
| by Misses Pyle, Deham, Watt and
| Brewer, repaired to the home OF
Miss Pyle on College avenue. where
Miss Pyle served refreshments.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-10

The biggest stock of screen wire,
screen fixtures and screen mould in
Ardmore, at Fraley's Planning Mill.
Att
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the results OF other Investigators in
the field have been freely used.
MIR. Herman Douthitt. who will
graduate from the university next
June has been awarded a fellowship
in zoology at the university of Hi.
nois for next year. lie expects to
pursue three years degree of Pm.
ID. in zoology. While in the univer-
sity here he has completed some
very extensive research work on in.
sects that are injurious to the cotton
plant. He is writing his thesis for
graduation upon the pocket gopher,
its anatomy and Economies
The university chemistry club met
in science hall last Thursday night.
Interesting talks were made by Cal.
vert OH benzoates, Dangerfield on
physical constants. and by Rood on
the relation of appetite to chemis.
try
Professor Iennox. of the fine arts
department. who has been i'll for
some time. was able to resume his
classes last Monday.
The Sooner baseball team return
ed from saltwater last Sunday af
ter having won two games from the
fast team Of "Aggies" at that place
The boys report a pleasant trip and
were well pleased with the recep
tion given them.
Artie Reeds. the Oklahoma all
round athlete. broke the state rec
ord for the shot in practice by toss
ing the leadcn ball IS and S-l0th
feet Monday
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-10
State University News.

Norman, Okla. April 9.-The sen.
ate literary society held it's annual
banquet at the Airline hotel last Fri
day night.
The athletic association has voted
to raise the salary of Coach Bennie
Owens. director of athletics, two
hundred dollars. 'Bennie," as he is
familiarly called is very popular
with the student body.
Frank Herald. a member of the
class of 1910, now at Washington,
ID. c.. writes that he has recently
passed the United States civil serv-
ice examination and is in line for
a good appointment on the L. S.
geological survey. He is a product
of the university geological depart.
ment and is another example of an
Oklahoma graduate who is making
good in other fields.
A university rifle team has been
organized and proposes to affiliate
with the intercollegiate rifle teams
of the United States. Some of the
| members OF the organization were
on the state militia rifle team. Lieut.
| VI. y. Riley is president OF the or
| ganization, \ model firing range
! has been established one mile south
ot the university. II affords all the
different firing points up to one
thousand yards. The team has the
! latest regulation targets, the lates
model 3O-calibre Springfield rifle,
and all other necessary equipmen
for first-class rifle range.
Research Bulletin No. 3, is Just of
the university press. II is entitled
"Prcp posed Groups OF Pennsylvania
Rocks OF Eastern Oklahoma" an,
was gotten ont by DR.. Chas. \
Gould, director of the Oklahom
state geological survey. assistant d
rector. l.. l.. Hutchison. and DR.. /
w Ohren. professor CT mineralogy
at the university. The bulletin en-
bodies certain results of field wor
accomplished by the authors durin
p the past twelve years. In additio
70 data collected by the authors
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-10
The Demon OF the Air

is The germ of IaGripDe. that. breath
ed in. brings suffering to thousands
Its after effects are weakness. ner.
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kidneys. The greatest need then is
Electric Bitters, the splendid tonic,
blood purifier and regulator of
Stomach, Liver and Kidneys. Thous.
ands have proved that they wonder
fully strengthen the nerves. build up
the system and restore health and
good spirits after an attack of Grip.
If suffering, try them. Only soc. Per
feet satisfaction guaranteed by Ard
more Pharmacy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-10
Notice Of Sale OF Real Estate by
Guardian.

In the matter of the guardianship
OF Marec. Claude and Murdie Roberts.
No tice is hereby given in pursuance
of an order OF the County Court OF the
County of Carter. State OF Oklahoma,
made on the 9Th day OF April, 1910.
the undersigned Tuck Roberts, guar
dian of the estate OF Maree Roberts,
Claudio Roberts and Murdie Roberts,
will sell at private sale TO the highest
bidder. subject TO confirmation by said
court on Saturday the 3Oth day of
April, 1910, at 10 o'clock a. m. at Ard
more all the right, title and interest of
said Maree Roberts. Claude Roberts
and Murdie Roberts, in and to the
following described real estate sit
uate in Carter County, State of Ok
lahoma, to-wit:
(Maree Roberts). The Northeast
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of
Section Thrty-four (3D, Township
Two (2) South and Range Two CD
West, (Chickasaw Nation.) (Claudic
Roberts,. The Southwest Quarter oi
the Northeast Quarter OF Section
Thirty-four, (3D Township TWO c.
South and Range Two (2) West
. (Chickasaw Nation) (Murdie Rob
ertsD The Southeast Quarter Of th'
Northeast Quarter of Section Thirty
four (3D Township Two 90 Sou'l
and Range Two ca West (Chickasav
Nation.)
Said real estate will be sold on th'
following terms and conditions, to-wit
Cash.
Bids for the purchase thereof mus
be in writing and must be filed in tn
County Court or delivered to the NJ
dersigned at Ardmore, Carter County
Oklahoma.
Dated the 9th day of April, 1910.
p TUCK ROBERTS,
Guardian
CHAMPION & CHAMPION,
Attorneys
= 7Ite12S,
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NOTICE.

Water rents are due. both meter
and flat and must be paid on or be-
fore the 10th or you will be cut on
and the usual penalty OF 81 charged
for turning on. Don't remit for sew
er rs there is no more charge for
sewer service.
II. $. HAYDEN,
3.S City Assessor and Collector.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-10
EAT HAY; CHEAP AND GOOD.
Kansas Experiment Shows Alfalfa
Can Be Made Edible.

Topeka. Kan. April " Kansas
raises more alfalfa than any other
state in the union. but this great
crop is not doing much to reduce
the cost of living except that It
makes fattcr COWS and steers and
puts more lean streake in the bacon
of the Kansas hog
Domestic science students i'm yau-
Gus parts Of the state and ~ the
Kansas agricultural college are work
on the problem and making alfalfa
edible for human beings
Miss Ruth ingram of Topeka. a
graduate of the Kansas agricultural
college. 8, conducting the expert.
mcnts with alfalfa bread and cakes.
She has found that alfalfa bread
is better than corn bread has as
much nourishiug qualities ae meat
and it costs cents a pound, while
wheat flour costs 10 cents per
pound Just to show that edible
and n,urishing bread and cakes
could be made form alfalfa Miss
Ingram made some of these and
gave the members Of the Shawnee
Alfalfa club feed" Of alfalfa
products.
The members Of the club ate much
Of Mis-, lngrams alfalfa pastry and
bread and pronounced all of it good.
The cakes We're probably the best.
at least the club members ate more
OF the cakes than of the bread. In
the cakes nuts ana raiens were used
to remove the decided hay flavor
which alfalfa meal has
In making alfalfa bread small
quantities of wheat flour and cara.
way seed were mixed with the alfalfa
flour. These added ingredients re-.
moved practically all of the hay
flavor.
Those who were given chance
to taste It pronounced the bread
delicious and satisfying.
Alfalfa leaves used in brewing tea
were not a success when used alone,
but when mixed with coffee and real
/ tea the brew was one that did not
need an acquired taste to enjoy.
People must become accustomed
to alfalfa before they will learn ia
like it," said Miss Ingram. 1T is
/ like learning TO eat olives, oysters and
many other articles Of food the taste
must he cultivated. II requires only
a few days for one 10 acquire this
taste. however, have tried the
bread and cakes az home many
times. The family were quite patient
with me and my experiments ana
now they and many of our friends
really enjoy the alfalfa cakes and
bread and there is never time
when these are not in the house
know of many others who ar,
using alfalfa bread and cakes"
Alfalfa meal is simply ground al
falfa hay. The hay must be prop
erly cured and dry when it goes tC
the mill 1t is chopped fine and
then crushed, leaves and stems be
ing crushed together. 1t is of about
the same coarseness as corn meal
There are POO Of these alfalfa
mills in Kansas and many farmers
have mills of their own
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-10
GUMMEO SIDE Up
IS INSTRUCTIONS
GUTHRIE STAMP CLERKS IDEA
is ADOPTED BY PoSToFFICE
DEPARTMENT.

Guthrie. Okla. April To lud-
Wig Hcymm. stamp clerk u tho
Guthrie postofficc, Is due the credit
of general order of the department
aimed to conserve the public health.
is the opinion ot Postmaster Mccoy.
The instruction is known as the
"gummed sidaup' order
Hereafter. when purchaser of
stamps receives the mail passports
Of Uncle sam upside down ho can
not Justly accuse the clorh of care
lcssocs. On the contrary. hc ought
to feel grateful toward Il benevolent
government which is now rcs rtiug
to a unique method 10 prevent tho
discrimination of dangerous germs.
About six months ago lIcymau
called McCoy's attention to handing
but stamps with the gummcd side
down. so that It scraped the coun.
ter. lie contcndcd no matter how
hard clerk tried to keep the win
dow ledge clean. 1t su.l collected
dirt All kinds and varieties Of
genus homo patronizo the stamp
window. and while their hands rest
upon the counter infect it with a mul.
titudinous variety Of blcilli Then
when the writer licks the stamp with
his tongue. as most of them do. the
principal work of the disease is ac-
complished tuberculosis. moro than
any other rIyaging agency, was fear
ed.
Postmaster Mccoy while approv-
/ ing Of the idea, thought that the de
partment would disapprove of it be
cause of the kicks about inconyeni-
encc in turning the stamps over and
the accusation that it was done with
view to shortchanging the buyer.
What persistence and sound idea
can accomplish was shown. however.
by lloyman's subsequent actions. I'm.
discouraged. he wrote To the Worlds
] Work Magazine concerning his plan
.
ter of thanks for the suggestion.
Then he again spoke of the matter
to the postmaster, who became i'm.
pressed and wrote to the depart.
ment.
He informed the Washington bu.
Ieau of the practice his clerk had
inaugurated \ reply came. stating
that the department had no obiec.
tiOns to its continuance as long as
there were no complaints. but did
not think the time proptious for a
general order. \ short time after
ward the department must have re-
considered the proposition. for a
copy OF the order has been receiv.
ed at the local postoffice. affect.
ing more than 10000 stamp clerks.
ordering them TO place all stamps
before the purchaser with the gum
med side up.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-10

Northwestern State Normal.
Alva., Okla, April S,-in the tri-
angular debate Northwestern divid-
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Citizenship Claims.

All Choctaw and Chickasaw persons
by blood who have heretofore made
application for enrolment and have
been denied. should write Immediately
to William W. Wright, Registered At
torney, Washington Loan & Trust
Building, Washington. d. c.
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Now is the time to have your pho
tos made at half price AT Webb's
Studio. Bring your coupons. 76
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Don't forget your coupons for pho
tos are out the 18th Of April. Webb's
Studio 7-6
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-09

words 'El Maida-El paso' N the
front. These win be worm hy the pal
grims while IN New orleans, except
when the more formal fez is required.
The thirtv-two burro busters WHO vii
ride the lei paso hurros through the
streets Of New Orleans at the annual
Shrine parade. win wear heavy MaN-
lean serapes In bright colors in lddi-
ton TO the straw hats. and Bob Page,
the highest high priest in S%hrlnedam,
viii appear at IA head of the dol"9a-
ton. wearing "A charro suit, CONSISTING
of tight fitting trousers, short coat and
immense felt hat, Two Of the bur'os
hat we've sent to New orleans were
baby mes ana these viii march AZ the
side OF Page IT'S his desert escor
In addition to the original party
which had planned "a make the trip.
Eugene Nolte. United states marshal,
and +. 7. Boor of the immigration
service, have arranged to accompany
the III paso delegation
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-09
VERDICT IN RUPEE
CASE EXPECTED
THIS MORNING
Veteran Litigation Which Has
Been Before Courts for Seven
Years Likely to be Settled
Today,

Following seven years of litigation
in which the matter has twice been
to the supreme court of New Mexico
and as often remanded for trial, and
after three hearings in the local
court without decision, the case of
hi Palma and Ruppe VS.. Barnett and
Weinmann, an action involving So
000 damages for the destruction Of
the Ruppe Drug store through the
caving in of the building while the
Barnett building was under construc-
ton, went to the jury for the firth
time yesterday afternoon and at a
late hour last night had not been de-
terminod. There are a number of
technical questions before the Jury,
involved in the determination of dam
ages which il was expected would
take considerable time to determine
and the verdict is looked for this
morning. In the trial of the case at
the last term of court the matter re-
suited in no verdict, the Jurors fail
ing to agree.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-09
CIRCUS CARRIES A
BASE BALL
TEAM
Unique Attraction With the
SeIIS-Floto Show to Open
Here on the 10Th Of April,

Baseball rams are likely to be in
terested in nm attraction carried this
year with the Sells-Floto shows
which open the season here on April
I6th. The circus this year carries
with il something seen with a
circus before, a fun fledged baseball
team,
lt is possible that the big tent
shelters more Northumberland fans
than any other organization on the
road. Fred Lodgett. the greatest of
ring artists, is never happier than
when out on the lots" leading his
team of ball tossors to victory. the
close OF an afternoons performance
Is always the signal for a lightning
change and an adjournment to the
local baseball campus.
Last season the Sells-Floto team
played ia games with All sorts and
conditions Of aggregations and placed
rs wins to their credit. The last
game of the year was where they met
their Waterloo.
1t was at Columbia, S. C., late in
NHt lbll AiHN Ah'A Nti' Ni"ii'hS'N ~
the local speed marvels. Would the
circus folks play a friendly game FOL
a beefsteak dinner
Sure they would. and what was
more they would bet a weeks SALARY
that they could mon up the floor with
anything that looked like South Caro-
linans.
Well, that game commenced. The
home team went to the bat first and
stayed there till the distant tinklc OF
COW bells emphasized the fact that
the day was far spent. There the
game was called.
col. Franklin, general manager of
the Solls-Floto show vas lamentins
to a native the fact hat his team
had made such n poor showing.
"Our best pitcher Is sick eN-
planned the Colonel. and we had to
put the elephant trainer in his place
We'll" responded the local man,
W didn't play our regular team
neither. Thar II three tellers frum
tn north passin' through here goin'
south ON a huntin trip an we lowed
it wouldn't be a bad idea ter let EN-
play. one of their names is Cobh,
an Il Dutchman named Wagner, an
IA guy named Mathewson. They sure
do put up what you might call q very
fair sample Of what baseball aughtcr
be"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-09

Leaders. not followers. Gem.