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Conscience Stricken, Appeals to Taft

on Cnaln.
When the hole was bored Peterson
remembered the law relative to mutt
lating coins. He searched his CON
science and found himself to be a law
breaker, 1t is probable that he had in
mind the power of the president Of
the United States to pardon offenders
against the law when he wrote the
following letter, inclosing the penny,
which was received at the White
House:
president Taft, Washington, D. c.:
Please find C"e ceLj which bored
hole in and ieel very urry for it.
!IolI you di forgive me. Yours
truly, Patrick Pc srr, BuxtoA "a.
"r S.--Hoping to near from yop."
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III ASHINGTON.--Tn imlta
w tation Is all the monkey has. In
'erential limitations are not among his
mental equipment. Physlologically he
closely related to the greatest mind
he world has ever known, but that is
where the wise man stops in his
lrawing of parallels.
Such are the conclusions of Prof.
". T. Shepherd, of George Washing
on university. He has had a dozen
assorted monkeys Gagged In the labora-
ory of the university for months,
.rying to get from any or all of them
what a layman would designate a
yleam of intelligence.
These little copies of the human
being were invited to do dozens of
stunts such as trained animals are
taught, but the professor made no
effort to compel them to learn them.
He simply made conditions such that
II they had had any reasoning power
hey would have been able to figure
1ut way of doing the desired stunts
without any further assistance from
lim. But not one showed what to
he professor would be evidence of the
reasoning power. Not one showed
capacity to watch the professor do n
certain thing and then do it himself
because he liked the result.
Not one of them, for instance, was
able to trip the lever that released a
peanut, although the professor showed
Iham often how IN do II All howavar
neld forth dirty paws begging for the
peanut. Not one even made what the
men who study mental phenomena
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M arriaqe.

A game of chance in whld
chances are about even. Tt.
leads at first, but after leavil
altar he usually follows bread
In his wife's trail. The rules q,
confusing. If a masked playei
you up some night at the en-
long gun, it is called "robber
entities you to telephone the
but if your wife holds you "
much larger amount the next
Ing at the end of a long hui
termed diplomacy" and count!
favor. In this, as in other Ga
)fe, wives are usually allowe
privileges than other outlaws
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Good Dairymen Know

The cost of producing one gallon of
milk.
The cost of producing one pound of
butter fat.
The cost of feeding COW one year.
The number of pounds of milk each
COW in the herd yields each year.
The number of dollars each cows
milk brings each year
Which is the most profitable COW in
the herd, and why.
Which is the poorest COW in the
herd, and why
How many boarders there are in
the herd
How much feed each COW will con.
sumo during the feeding period.
Which is the best and cheapest
feed
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Flrst-CIass Fruit

I am convinced that the greatest sat.
isfaction in growing frstclass fruit is
not measured in dollars and cents but
by the satisfaction the grower gets in
producing a first-class article, saws a
writer in Baltimore American. II Is
purely mental, and cannot be meas.
'ured in any other way 1t is akin n
the JOY that the artist and the poet
take in producing their work. such
men have bond of kinship. They are
the kind of men that the state needs
rs citizens
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Goose Feathers.

A goose will average about a pound
OF feathers a year. They should never
be picked during the summer, since IT
nterferes with their growth and gives
them less desirable appearance for
market purposes, The feathers should
be pluclIed when there is no blood IN
the ends If the quills. This can be
readily ascertained. as they will then
leave the flesh without hard pulling
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A MUTLATED Lincoln penny
a weighed on the mind of Patrick
Peterson of Buxton, Ia, to such an ex-
tent that he has written letter in
regard to the coin to President Taft
The shining new penny made a great
hit with Patrick, and he decided TO
make a lucky piece OF 1t. 50 he boz vi
hole through the penny TO hang i.
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fective than the
old kind, 1t has
the advantage OF
being useful in
breaking colts be.
I ore they are
hitched to a wa.
gon, writes c. f.
Bassett in Farm
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important to Mothers.
BRINGING up.

Bringing Up.
They're bringing the baby
be a mollycoidle."
How so?"
"They have the nurse take 4
a go-cart, instead of giving it .
mobile"
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Found Wantino

$50 he has lost faith in deep
ing?"
Yes; it wouldn't keep hi
from falling out. Houston Ct
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And the man who kills t1
discover that sooner or later
come back and haunt him.
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Takers OF the United States
willuse Waterman S Idea FouDu
because ii is always ready al
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A brother is a young maj
flatters his grown-up sister
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STRAP STOPS KICKING HORSE
Contrivance Does Not Interfere with
Use of Hind Legs Except When
Extended Too Far.

Here is a drawing of a new-style
kicking strap that is even more eff.
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The best people on earth a
wife's folks-so she thinks,
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DAVIS PAINKILLER
has no substitute. No other remedy lsS
for rheumatism. lumbago, stiffness neIi
&C Id OF any sort. Put up N PC, 5jc and y
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:, Mrs. Justwed-I want a 4,
that l can fry, roast, stew .. y
any way | want.
Dealer--Here's one. ladv :.
do anything you like with ~ y.
hurt 1t. ~
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-08

1437-Sigismund, emperor of Ger
many, whose perfidy in allowing Huss
and Jerome of Prague to be burned
after promising them safety and CIV
ing them a passport, turned the en-
tire nation against him, died.
1691-Richard Baxter, celebrated
English non-conformist divine, died.
1746-Charles Ratcliffe, Earl of
Derwentwater, executed at Tower
Hill, London. He had resided in
France thirty years.
1792-Henry Laurens, South Caro-
lima statesman, died. Born in 1924.
lS29-Henry Timrod, poet, born.
Died October 6, 1867.
1S32-Bjornsterne Bjornson, Nor
wegian poet4dramatist, born.
1S61-Commodore Wilkes captured
S. S. Trent.
1S6S-The house passed by 1O5 to
81 the bill regulating the duties on
imported copper and copper ores.
1S74-An exchange of notes took
place between Washington, D. c.,
and Madrid concerning the Virginius
affair.
William H. Vanderbilt, New
York capitalist died at age of sixty
four, leaving a fortune estimated at
5000 100000.
1S93-Trial of DR.. Meyer, the al!eg-
ed murderer by poison, began in
New York.
1903-Herbert Spencer, English
philosopher, died. Born April q,
1920.
1904-Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, mil
lionaire swindler, imprisoned in New
York.
190S-Milton Tercentenary cele-
brated.
19O9-Dr Cooks Arctic records
were received at Copenhagen for ex-
animation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-08
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Frcebooters,

CHAP IEh NVlll'
The Freebooters.
The waye-likc unduations of the
plain roll away to the horizon. The
Tank grass droops under the blaz
ing sun. Though the neat of the day
is passing, it is not yet the time
when it lifts beneath its burden.
There is no shelter here; there is
no relief.
A herd of springbok is brows-
ing in the distance. There is not
a house or a bush in sight, and
the ponderous wagons making the
trek of the Salt-pan flats must carry
their own fuel for the campfire, and
use it sparingly. The springbok is
the only creature to use the great
plains. The hartebeest and koodoo
and the slower creatures seek the
cover of the valleys ana the more
difficult places, just as the lesser
buck haunt the bush.
The red sand road which heads
away towards Kunwana in the west,
and leaving behind it Lichtenburg,
and farther eastwards Pretoria,
winds its ribbonlike course from
end to end of the plain. Where it
is lost to view in the distant rise
and fall of the land its course can
be detected, by occasional eddies OF
dust which, funnelshaped, rise upon
a whirhng breath of air towards
the hard, blue vault above.
In one OF the troughs between the
high-rising, land-waves there is a
camp within a few feet of the road.
1t is Just the usual trekker's out
span during the heat of the day,
such as one might see in almost
any remote spot of the great inte-
rior. There is nothing unusual about
it. Perhaps one might wonder at
the large number of oxen grazing
near by, for there is only one large
tent buck-wagon, while there are
oxen enough for at least three
teams. Then too there are an unu-
sual number of Kaffirs attendant up
on it. Seven boys are sitting ada
cent to the smouldering emlbers of
the fire, while a vorlooper is leis-
in tho oatt1p
Inside the wagon, to which two
horses are hitched, two men are sit
ting on a large bed-kaartel engaged
in slow but earnest conversation.
The Boer. Jan KoetZe, a mountain
of bone and muscle, is propped
against the pillows at the head of
the bed, his feet and knees drawn
up into restful attitude. Opposite
him at the foot the Simmer but
equally large form of Ferman EL
wood is sitting tailor-fashion upon
the straw-stuffed mattress. Both men
are smoking, talking in that pensive
fashion which is so common among
the Beers. 1t is as though both
with much to say yet striving to out
do the other in the brevity with
which they express it. Jan has
reached the enl of his news and
sits waiting. He knows, if only
from the nature of his report, that
his sphere of usefulness is not yet
at an end. Elwood is thinking.
So they sat for some minutes.
1T seems as if it's all over said
Elwood, pressing the ash down into
the bowl of his pipe with his fin
ger. That is, bar the shouting
he added after a pause.
IF you mean tnat the German
trader is everywhere, and that he
has vinooked the Kaffir chiefs into
granting large concessions; then,
yes" replied the Boer.
81 mean that
There was a longer pause. Then
the Englishman went on.
But the shouting. 1t isn't yet.
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Bower. Mrs. John Nichols introduced
to the honor line stationed in the
parlor and composed of Rev. Weith,
the bride and groom, rne maid OF
honor and best man, the brides
maids and groomsmen, Mrs. Peo-
PIES, Miss Hanna, Mr.. Russell and
Mr.. Kyle.
Mrs. Sutherland wore a handsome
gown of black voile, trimmed with
jet and real lace.
Refreshing punch was served un-
der a pink canopy by Misses Mar
guerite Guhrfige and Sue Frame.
Very effective was the dining
room, all in pink, the table laid in
cluny lace, adorned by great banks
of carnations and asparagus fern.
Old crystal candlesticks burned
their lights under fluffy pink shades
and were bowed with pink gauze rib
bon hat was drawn up into the smi-
lax festooned electroiier and tied
in big love-knots.
Delicious cream and cake in white
and pink were served by Mrs. Allen
and Mrs. Nichols.
Then the guests inspected the we'd
ding gifts and wrote their names in
the guest book, presided over by
Miss Jennie Williams. There were
many handsome presents which Gov
cred four large tables and which
spoke of the esteem and love in
which Mr.. and Mrs. Colquitt Sykes
are held.
Mrs. Sykes is the only daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sutherland,
who have been Valued citizens of
Ardmore for years. She has grace,
charm and cleverness that have won
for her many friends and have made
her one of Ardmore's most loved
girls.
The groom, Mr.. Colquitt Sykes,
whose former home was Georgia,
is prominent young business man
of Wheeler, a young man of ster-
ling qualities and business percep-
tons, a man whose future is indeed
bright.
After an extensive wedding trip OF
several weeks through California,
New Mexico, Wyoming and Mon
tana, Mr.. and Mrs. Sykes will be
at home in Wheeler, OKLA, where
Mr. Sykes will build a modern bun
galow and they will begin house
keeping.
The bride has a beautiful tros-
seau, her going-away gown was of
brown basket cloth, with accessories
to match.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sykes wish them a life of long use
fulness and much happiness.
The out of town guests were Mrs.
Bower and daughter Bessie, of
Stigler, OKLA; Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Bride Of Oklahoma City; Miss Marie
Travis, of Oklahoma City; Miss Sig
mund, OF Chickasha; Miss Avis, of
Fort Worth; Mr.. Tom Boyd, of
Cnickasha; Mr.. p. Il. Rast of Beau
mont, Texas; and Mr.. Redmond, of
Galveston, Texas.
(Contributed)
(By Mrs. Harold Wallace)
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Ends Winters Troubles.

To many, winter is a season of
trouble. The frost bitten toes and
fingers, charged hands and lips, chill
blains, cold sores, red and rough
skins, prove this. But such troubles
fly before Bucklens Arnica Salve.
A trial convinces. Greatest healer
of Bunrs, Boils, Piles, Cuts, Sores,
Eczema and Sprains. Only 25c at
Ringer Drug Co.
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unzod the horizon in the direction
OF kunwana. Then he went to the
side Of the wagon and opened
| box in which he stored his firearms
and ammunition. He withdrew TWEEN
! ty magazine rifles and deliberately
| filled the magazine of each and
| propped them against the wagon.
| And the train of thought which
prompted him, his reasoning would
have been hard to follow. But Jan
Koetze was an ardent hunter with
the perfect instinct of such. And
nov he scented danger, nor could he
have said why.
1t was nearly sunset. The ruddy
cloud-banks rose to meet and en-
velop the globe of dying light The
noisy evensong of the frogs was in
full swing down in the Maritzani
Spruit, directly below where FL
wood and his servant had taken
up their position. The servant was
divided between 4 furtive watching
of his master and keer lookout
to the east, the point where they
had ridden
For two hours they mad occupied
this post, hidden within the depths
OF thick bush, with their horses
concealed at a more distant point.
Nothing had occurred to disturb the
perfect calm and silence of the
place. The freebooters should have
reached it long since, but still there
was no sign At last the white
mans impatence found vent in
sharply expressed doubt
They don't come, Saturday" he
said in Dutch. You have been mis-
taken" and he turned and looked
into the nigger's eyes.
The boy avoided his gaze, and,
from habit, looked away towards
the Salt Plains, where they had
left the Boer win his wagon.
"Why don't they come, Satur-
dag?' his master went on keenly.
The boy had no answer for him.
His great eyes grew larger with
very real fear. Elwood's face
darkened to an angry frown. He,
too, turned his eyes in the direc-
tion of the Salt Plain. A slight mis-
ty haze was slowly rising upon the
horizon. 1t was densifying below;
thicker clouds were mounting I'D in
great rolls. The mist became distant
smoke, even while he watched. He
pointed at it.
Smoke" he said.
The niger nodded His mouth was
dry, and he still had no answer.
The whites of his eyes showed all
round his pupils.
THAT is where the wagon was
and Jan Koetze' Elwood reached
out and caught the nigger's arm
and held it with a powerful grip
THE men do not come-and yon-
der is fire. You have-.made mis-
take, Saturday. Tell me truth"
There was an icy ring in the
white mans voice. The Kaffir was
shaking. Suddenly he fell on his
knees
'Baas, good baas,' he cried with
whine of unutterable fear. Lis
ten, n | speak true. tell you"
Quick"
Elwoods command came fiercely.
TT dis, baas, de boys learn much.
dey hear much. These men say
'Baas baas Elwood, Jan Koetze, on
the Salt Plain. We go. We kill
him. So! Then we go on by Mafe.
king Sol Dey kill all up. Dey take
cattle OF OIL Montsoia. So The
baas' yrouw, she be kill too. Satur
dag says to himself, 'Noln 1t not
so. tell baas dey come to Marit-
zani. Baas him watch, him watch
desc men. So, he leave de wagon
O-o-oh!"
The boy finished up with a cry of
pain Efwoods hold ON his arm had
become like the clutch of a vice,
and in an access of rage he wrench
ed the poor wretch's arm so that
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Cupid went shopping and he bought
A yard of moonlight and a kiss,
A loving glance, a tragic sigh
And two bright tears to go with this.
A maid went shopping, and she
bought
A cunning gown all made of lace,
A rose-crowned hat, parasol
With which to shade her dainty
face.
The maid and Cupid CHANGED to
meet;
He asked the maiden what she
sought;
And she was curious to know
The use of all the things he bought
But neither would an answer give,
But straightway from each other
ran,
For both were buying things to
trap
The same poor unsuspecting man.
Exchange.
Ferndale Club.
The Ferndale Review Club met
Yesterday afternoon with Mrs. NJ.
lizard with the following excellent
program:
SCOTLAND.
Response to roll call-Scott.
Scottish Lakes-Mrs. Jno. S. Ow-
ems.
The Hebrides-Iona and Staffa-
Miss Noel
The War of Independence-Mrs
Herman.
Leader-Mrs. M. lizard.
x****
Methodist Bazaar.
The Broadway Methodist ladies
wish to remind the shoppers of
Ardmore that Friday they will hold
their bazaar at the building formerly
occupied by the Ardmore State Bank.
The sale begins promptly at ten
o'clock in the morning. They also
wish to announce that they have
large number of embroidered pillow
cases and embroidered towels for
sale.
Another specially is rag dolls.
Be sure to pay them visit.
*****
At Christian Church.
A call meeting of all members
of the Circles of the Christian
church will be held at the church
Friday afternoon at three o'clock.
Mrs. H. G. CONNELLY.
xk*xk
The Domestic Science Philathea
Class will meet on Saturday after
noon with Mrs. ]. A. Bivens.
****&
The Broadway Baptist ladies will
hold their bazaar tomorrow at Cole
man Bros drug store, when all
sorts of articles suitable for Christ
mas presents will he placed on
sale.
The Orio Club have suspended
their meeting until after the holi.
days.
The Wednesday afternoon Bridge
Whist Club was entertained on yes
terday afternoon by Mrs. c. L. An
derson Two tables were entertained.
SutherIand-Sykes.
So take her trusting hand in yours
And leai her forth, o bridegroom
gay,
A smile upon your faces fair,
Upon this happy wedding day
But fear no dread, within your
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TOMORROW'S CALENDAR.

Schubert Symphony Club !
at Robson opera house under I:
: the auspices of the Elks. !:
!; Broadway Baptist Bazaar !:
}: at Coleman Bios. Drug u
. Store.
Broadway Methodist Bazaar !:
; at old Ardmore State Bank :
stand.
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THE COMPACT
~
Story of an Unrecorded Conspiracyin South Africa
(By RiDGWELL CUlLUM)

Author Of "The Watchers of the
Plains" 1.-The Night Riders" Etc.
(All Dramatic Rights Reserved)
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- MARY
>N1 GWYNN
~E.AA WHiTEMAN.
AAkNk Phone 1<2.

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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-01
About Fertilizers.
BY F. WALDEN.

so universally used with good results
where it can be secured is owing to
the fact that it contains all three of
these elements. 1t is generally strong
in nitrogen and potash but may be
short on phosphorus but as it con-
tains some of this element it is what
may be called "a balanced ration"
for the soil. The directions that go
with such complete fertilizers will
furnish the information as to the
quantity to be used and the time of
applying it.
may say in passing that l would
not apply such a fertilizer in the fall
of the year for the winter rains will
wash much of it away before the
spring time when the plant can use
it. Remember that plants cannot
use food material only when the leaves
are on. In the case of stable manure
it is different for the manure must
rot before it can give up its fertiliz-
ing materials So apply your manure
in the winter but your prepared fer
tilizers in the spring. In making up
these combinations the materials are
used in the available form and need
only to be dissolved in water to pass
into the circulation of the tree or
other plants.
Ii the soil is SOUR it needs lime.
This sourness may be indicated by
the presence of sorrel on the land.
There are two forms of lime that can
be used, one is known as gypsum
which is the sulphate of lime and
the other is the carbonate of lime.
1t is better to use the lime in either
case as raw lime but ground fine.
The carbonate of lime is the kind used
in making mortar after it has been
burned and is known as quick lime.
Gypsum or sulphate of lime can not
be used on land after it is burned for
then it is what is called plaster Paris
and sets in a few minutes after being
wet aud becomes as hard as a stone.
Quick lime may be used on land but
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-09-01

G. A. Warner, Port Orchard, WASH,
under date of July 10th, makes the
following statement and asks the fol-
lowing questions: 81 have lately NOV
ed from Prosser, WASH, and know
but little of this land. | do know
that it is short of some kind of fer
tilizing materials. My land is what
is called shot clay. l have both high
and low land. I also know that sta
BILE manure is good, but it is out of
the question to get enough OF it, so
I will have to depend on commercial
fer tilizers. The ground does not pro-
duce plant growth. Glover and grain
are very short. Berries, vegetables
and trees all need something What
is it? At what time of the year
should the fertilizer be applied? The
trees are nearly covered with moss.
Will the Bordeaux spray clean them?
or will the Rex be better? The trees
are also badly affected with fungi
and black rot. What shall l apply?
1t is not any easy matter to tell just
what fertilizers may be needed on
this land. I have frequently pointed
out to the readers of The Ranch the
fact that growing plants need ten or
eleven elements in order to grow at
all. But fortunately we need give
ourselves no concern about the most
of these because they are abundantly
supplied in the air, the water and the
soil. Only three of these elements are
likely to be short; they are nitrogen,
potash and phosphorus. In some
cases lime is wanting, not so much
as fertilizer as it is the element
that sets the fertilizers free so the
plants can use them. Ii, therefore,
it is needful to buy commercial fer
tilizers, it is best to buy a combined
fertilizer consisting of nitrogen phos-
phorus and potash. l have in my Gel
lar a sack of combined fertilizer that
I bought of Lilly & Co., that I use
around my rose bushes and on my
lawn. 1he reason stable manure is