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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-13

when you make deposits Deposits
made in this contest Will not De
subject TO withdrawal until the close
Of the contest. For the convenience
of those living in the Country de-
posits viii be received II sent by
mail-hut be sure TO state AGE and
postonice. All accounts viii be kept
on Special CONTEST Ledger
The Contest viii open SATURDAY,
APRIL ], 1911, and will close SAT
URDAY, SEPT. 3, 1911. This will
give all the boys aud girls an eX.
ccllcut opportunity TO earn money
during VACATION DAYS You viii
not only SAVE n nice little sum
for your own PIN" money, but
you have the opportunity OF receiy-
ing one of the Ten or Five Dollar
prizes. Now, there are many ways TO
earn this money-plant garden and
sell the vegetables, selling papers,
doing crrands and many other Jhings
that will suggest themselves TO the
alert boy. The girls can also have
gardens. both vegetables and flower
which they can sell, they can make
candies, cakes, pies, and ghls who
are handy with the needle may
make fancy work OF some kind and
sell to earn money to deposit,
SOMEBODY WILL RECEIVE THESE
PRIZES, WHY NOT YOU?- start
early and stay in the race The
County Superintendent Of Schools Of
Carter County and the Superintend
cnt Of city schools OF Ardmore viii
be asked 10 examine and audit the
Contest Ledger at close OF business
Saturday, Sept. 80, 1911, ana they
viii make announcement OF the win
ncrs of the PRIZE money over their
own signatures. This win insure alb
sClutp fairness.
REMEMBER THE CONTEST
OPENS SATURDAY. APRIL !. 1911.
ARDMORE STATE BANK,
G. ~ Barringer, President; Harold
Wallace, Cashier; Fred Carr, Assist
ant Cashier.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-13

\ wife is very convenient to lind
fault with for your own mistakes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-13

FoA. Okla. June 12.-Another hot,
dry week has passed, with not even
shower. Corn in our vicinity is
about all down and out, especially
on the uplands the bottoms might
make half crop, il rain comes with
in a few days. Cotton looks wei,
and most everybody is about through
work
There fas preaching at the school
house Saturday night, Sunday and
Sunday night by Bro. Cox and Bro.
Allen. We had good attendance. Glad
to note we have SO many church
going people in our neighborhood.
Quite a number of drummers visit
ed our little city last week.
Mrs. r. K. Davis has been quite
sick the pas, week, but is improving
Con Pruitts little girl Myrtle,
fel from her horse Saturday and
broke her collar bone.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-13

Little Earnest Nails was on the
sick list Monday.
rhe Cannon school house ball team
came over and played the Fox nine
SATURDAY Fox came out victorious.
John Davis of Nocona, Texas. is
visiting his parents here now.
The school election was very well
attended Tuesday evening. Messrs.
Walter Nails, Jim Sulley and John
Hodge are the newly elected officers.
MIR. Moon OF Poolevil'e has a cold
driuAstaud at Fox now.
We all need something cool these
days when everyone is talking hard
times, dry weather and corn famine,
ANA hunting a shady place and a
palmetto fan.
Let's all lool, for brighter days
alead and try and see the silver lin
ing instead Of the cloud
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-13
SIXTY DOLLARS IN GOLD FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS OF ARDMORE AND CARTER CO..

pe,zre GIVEN BY THE ARDMoRE STATE BANK-AN oPPORTU'
nv ron ANY BOY OR GIRL DOLLARS OR FIVE
nolLARs IN eoLp-READ CONDITIONS BELOW.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-13
Five Per Cent Money.

Fire, Tornado and Live Stock In
surauce on Farm and City Property.
per cent money TO loan on Farm
and City Property. II will pay you
to list your Real Estate and make
your Bond with me.
Pam J. W. POST.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-13
Work viii Soon start

after you take Dr. Kings New Life
Pills. and youll quickly enjoy their
fine results. Constipation and indi-
gestion vanish and fine appetite re-
turns. They regulate stomach, liver
and bowels and inpart new strength
and energy to the whole system. Try
them. Only - cents at Ringer Drug
Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-13

tend that the American people viii
be mach better prepared for war BY
among themselves a large
number of men who have learned
soldiery, rather than through the
OF a regular army con
sisting Of men who have never done
anything but march and shoot.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-13

Capital is other peoples money
that those who don't own it spend.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-07-21
CHAPTER II.
The Man of Action.

The conference that followed in the
quiet of Mrs Missioner's library
threw no light on the mystery of the
Maharanee's disappearance. Mrs.
Missioner was not of the fatnting
type. and when she entered her Fifth
Avenue home, followed by Dorothy,
Sands. and Griswold. she went
straight to the room In which she
kept her jewels.
Mrs. Missioner herself switched on
the lights to their full radiance. She
fastened across the room, her opera
cloak slipping from her white shout
ders. and paused in front OF the safe.
"You don't expect to find your dia-
mond there?" inquired Griswold amaz-
eddy.
Perhaps all the other stones are
haste" she answered. | am going to
see how many have been stolen"
She dropped to her knees before
the steel door of the bank-like vault
buiIt into the wall and turned the
nickel knob to right and left. The
door. painted to harmonic with the
Flemish oak OF the wainscot, was
ornamented with only the widows
crest Silence held the others as her
gloved fingers whirled the little knob
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-07-21
rome to the orchestra hurried into the

rome to the orchestra hurried into the
box
I've looked thoroughly. sir" he
said 10 Sands. and can't find the
diamond anywhere"
The millionaire slipped a banknote
into the mans hand.
Try again. he said quietly.
There's a good deal more than this
in it for you If you find it,
Griswold, as he moved to let the
usher pass, stepped backward with
such abruptness as to drive his heel
sharply down upon something that
slipped under his tread like a peach
kernel. In the very moment when
Mrs. Missioner, resuming her talk
with the Oriental, said, with empha-
sis, Il leave limitations to others,
that laundering heel crushed into and
through the velvet carpet, crushed,
against the unyielding hardwood OF
the floor, what had been the most con-
spicuous diamond in all the richly
jeWeled collarette-crushed it until
only tiny heap of pallid powder lay
there, save where a great flake had
slipped from the pressure and remain
ed to betray what the little pile of
dust had been.
THE Maharanee!" gasped Dorothy.
The widow paled.
The light in the Oriental's eyes far
ed to a fame. With a smile as in
scrutable as his thoughts, he leaned
across the low partition, picked up
pinch of the powder and the telltale
flake and laid them deferentially on
Mrs. Missioners outspread fan.
Your maid is more cautious" he
said, his smile softening slightly, "or,
it may be, your jeweler has made a
mistake"
Mrs. Missioner did not faint. She
only clutched the soft hand of little
Miss March so tightly that the de-
butante with difficulty suppressed
scream. This time there was silence
in the Missioner box, for Griswold,
even as he began to stammer an apol-
ogy for his awkwardness, let the
words die on his lips as he saw the
cruel pallor of the widows face. The
silence of Sands was grim, that OF
the Oriental suavely self-effecing.
Then" said Mrs. Missioner at last,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-07-21

Not until a click announced that the
bolts were thrown did Sands speak.
You are sure all the other stones
are here?" he asked, picking up Mrs.
Missioner's lorgnon bag, into which
she had slipped the recovered gems
on leaving her opera box.
YES" the widow replied, but, Brux-
ton, the Maharanee, the beautiful Ma
haranee diamond. If you could know
how l prize it,
Sands, absently counting the lesser
jewels, did not see the massive safe
door swing open. His disciplined mind
was working slowly, steadily. Doro-
thy. her small face cameo clear in the
intense light of the mercury, watched
the shining gems as the millionaire's
strong fingers flicked them delicately
from the silken bag to the table.
Plainly she, too, was cropping for a
clew. Griswold alone, therefore, saw
the widows gloved hand tremble as,
swiftly, she turned a smaller knob
controlling the combination of the
compartment in which she kept her
jewels His eyes still upon her, he
felt for a cigarette.
The match fell from his fingers as
the inner door opened to his search
ing glance. Lances of many-colored
light slashed the comparative gloom
of the compartment as Mrs. Missioner
brought forth tray after tray from the
jewel vault The steel box in the cen
ter of the safe was an Aladdin's cave
in miniature. 1t held stones Of every
sort in settings Of every fashion,
ranging from the product Of twentieth
century jewellers back to the loved
works of Byzantine artificers. Little
Miss March gasped again as the wild
ow spread the trays on the Persian
rug
The widows guests saw what few
persons other than Mrs. Missioner had
seen-all the Missioner jewels at once.
The gems were the collection of
lifetime. Missioner, In the intervals
of amassing millions, had devoted
himself to gathering them from the
earth's four corners.
You have an inventory, of course"
asked Sands. Even his sturdy indi-
viduality paid passing tribute to the
magnificence of the collection. He
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-07-21

left the stones of the necklace on the
table and strolled over to stare at the
rubies and emeralds, the sapphires
and tourmalines and amethysts, above
all at the unrivaled group of diamonds
graded from f1refy's sparkle to the
gloryburst of radium.
Mrs. Missioner drew from a shelf
in the jewel box a catalogue of her
treasures. Item by item she read
from it, the others checking tray by
tray until the last stone was account
ed for, the last save the wonderful
Maharanee diamond.
THE big stone gone" unused Sands
Then, Doris" and there was convic-
ton in his tones, as he gathered up
the jewels scattered or the table,
these others are false, too"
"Oh, 90 you think SOP" asked Doro-
thy, her fingers interlacing in re-
pressed hysteria.
Sure of It," said Sands, holding
one of the suspected gems to the
light. I'm not an expert, but l
nav Ch IhC oAA5ALCoI OOuDG
Let me see them" Griswold inter
posed. He scrutinized three or four
for more than a minute They look
genuine enough to me-" He offered
them to Miss March. whose fingers
did not unlock to take them.
I'VE can be certain very quickly"
said Mrs. Missioner. She was study
ing Griswold's whitening fingers
steady enough, but deadly white. II
was a popularity Of the man that he
turned pale only In his hands 'T will
send for a jeweler."
my dear! At this hour?" came In
Dorothy's child treble
Mrs. Missioner smiled in a way that
said there were jewellers OF no small
Importance In commercial circles who
would be glad to answer a summons
from her at any hour-that 1t was not
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-07-21

in a low, tense tone, this is-this
is"
Not the Maharanee diamond" re-
piled the Oriental" I'm a sense,
madame, I congratulate you"
She stopped him with look.
"This-this thing is" She could
say no more.
Pastel" Numbered Sands.
81 have been robbed" said Mrs.
Missioner in a stifed voice. Take
me home, Rruxton."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-07-21
CHAPTER III.
A Searching Examination.

When the millionaire stopped talk
ing over the telephone, he turned to
the widow with an air of finality.
81 have taken 1t on myself" he told
her, ito inform the Detective Bureau
This is no time for Sherlocking.
There1l be a couple of detectives
here In half an hour"
Mrs. Missioner looked at him ad-
miringly. But her eyes turned to
Griswoid with a light It would have
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20 60

She Went Straight to the Room In Kept lei
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
Cement Talk No. 2

Portland Cement does
not come from Portland,
Maine, or Portland, Ore
gon, and it was not first
made at either of these
places. 1t is called Portland
because it was given this name
by the Englishman who first
made it. He called it Portland
because he thought it resembled GER
tain natural deposits on the Isle of Port
land in England. Portland Cement is
the fine powder produced by pulver-
izing the clinker resulting from the
burning together of various materials of prop
er chemical composition. In the case of
UsfverJaI Portland Cenenf, these raw mater
ials arc blast furnace Stag and pure limestone.
There are many brands of Portland Cement
on the market, produced by different manu-
facturers. UnfVer5aIis one of the best known
and highest grade Portland Cemenb. You
can always tell it by the name Uniyersaland
the Blue trade mark printed on each sack.
Forty million sacks of JniUsrJaiare made and
used yearly in this country. Hyou have any
eOnerFI work to do, you will make no mistake
byusing Unfz,sryaI 1rfkand Cement Uniz,ErJaI
isforsale byrepresentatiVe dealerseverywhere.
UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT co.
IL W. ADAMS STREET. CHICAGO
ANNUAL OUTPUT 100000 BARRELS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29

her to go with him on Saturday night
to see play at a nearby theater.
This was the kind of invitation she
craved, and she accepted gladly.
On their way to the theater they
passed Billy Locke He bowed, and
Virginia saw the astonishment in his
eyes. Serves him right for not TAX
ing me himself" was her thought as
she tossed her head, but all the even
ing his miserable face haunted her.
The >head-waiter proved to be poor
company. He was not in Virginia s
class and his conversation was limited.
Virginia, however, made another
engagement with him for the follow
ing Saturday, and the next day when
she went with Billy Locke to the park,
she told him of it.
He's awfully nice, he is so gener-
ous," was her statement.
Perhaps he's generous" poor Billy
said, because he hasn't anything
ahead of him to save for
Il should think a man who cared
for girl would want to give her a
good time," said Virginia.
For moment Billy was silent. Then
he faced her. Look here, Virginia,
he said, Il want to take you back
home and put you in a little house OF
your own, and care for you for the
rest Of your life. And can't do 1t II
| spend money on you now. / cannot
bear to see you In place that you
don't belong, like that lunchroom. 1t
is not the place for lady, like you,
and that head waiter is not gentle
man. l don't like to see you with him
and l don't think you ought to go
with him, Virginia"
He spoke with a vehemence that as
tonished Virginia She had not dream
ed that Billy had 1t IN him. why,
Billy Locke" she gasped, 81 didn't sup
pose you thought about me that way"
well I do" said Billy, earnestly,
Il love you, and l want to marry you.
Virginia, and by fall l shall have
enough to take US both back where we
want to be. Will you wait till then,
Virginia."
OAO hOoAIoICu. Ons l. Shll soy hANS
will do right now, Billy"
She thought 1t over and the vision
of the little home among the lilacs
came to her when, on the hot days, she
served luncheons to a ravenous popu-
lace.
In vain did the head-waiter whisper
in her ears dreams of future delights.
What had he to offer her that could
compare with the dreams Billy had
put into her head? Trips down the
! river. and to amusement resorts
these were things of the moment. But
| Billy's promises were for lifetime.
The next Sunday in the park she
told the results of her decision to
| Billy Locke.
'It is because you are so good
Billy" she said Somehow from the
very moment l saw you standing on
the corner, / knew that ! could trust
you"
You bet you can" said Billy, fer
vently.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29

pendence made 1t impossible for heI
to accept too much of the boy who
had been only casual acquaintance
in her home town.
What are you doing?" she asked
him. He had a fairly good position in
the packing department of big store
Some day, want to go back homo
and have store of my own" he said
II don't care much about living in the
city"
1T would be lovely here if | only
had money" Virginia said, but Billy
shook his head.
1T amt any place for people like
us. We are better off in small places
Virginia did not dare tell him how
homesick she had been.
Il have just got to find work." she
said desperately. Then her eyes bright.
ened. 81 believe you have brought
me luck" she exclaimed.
"How?" Billy demanded.
She pointed to sign on the wall,
Waitress wanted"
Billy, remembering her refined home
surroundings, expostulated. ooh, you
wouldn't take a position here, would
you?"
But she did take 1t. There was a
head waiter, a young man of some.
what sporty appearance, who passed
her on, when she questioned him, to
the woman at the desk. Arrangements
were made for Virginia to come the
next morning, so Billy took her home
promising to see her soon.
Every day after that he sat at the
table where she served, and every day
he begged her to let him write to his
people and make arrangements for her
to go home. 1T makes me sick to
see you working here" he said.
ct needn't" she told him. I'VE get
good things to eat, and I have a CON-
Portable room, and tomorrow 1 arr
going to buy myself new dress anG
a hat"
She hoped when she told him that
that he would ask her to go out with
him to the theater or to some of the
restaurants where some of the other
girls went.
But he did not do anything so daz-
zling. He blushed and whispered,
"Will you walk in the park with me
on sunday?"
She consented, wondering II he were
stingy. He surely made as much
money as the head-waiter, who invited
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
BroiIed Steak.

While porterhouse or sirloin steaks
are the approved cuts for broiling,
even tougher steak can be broiled
If treated first In this way: Put 8
tablespoonful olive oil and one table
spoonful vinegar in large fat dish.
Lay the steak on the mixture and let
it rest for half an hour Then turn
and let 1t rest another half hour In
the same quantity oil and vinegar.
Two inches is the approved thickness
for broiled steak. If broiled over
coal the fire should be clear and
bright. II under gas flame leave the
oven door open that the air may cir
culate freely while the steak is brofI-
ing. A steak two inches thick will
take about Is minutes to broil To
tell when meat has cooked sufficient
ly. press with the back of a knife. If
It offers slight resistance 1t is rare.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
LAWYER CURED OF ECZEMA

While attending school at Lebanon,
Ohio, in 1882, became afflicted with
boils, which lasted for about two
years. when the affection assumed the
form of an eczema on my face, the
lower part of my face being inflamed
most of the time. There would be
water-blisters rise up and open, and
wherever the water would touch 1t
would burn, and cause another one to
rise. After the blister would open,
the place would scab over, and would
burn and itch so as to be almost I'M
bearable at times. In this way the
sores would spread from one place to
another, back and forth over the
whole of my upper lip and chin, and
at times the whole lower part Of my
face would be solid sore. This con-
dition continued for four or five years,
without getting any better, and in fact
got worse all the time, so much SO
that my wife became alarmed lest 1t
prove fatal.
During all this time of boils and
eczema, 1 doctored with the best ply
sicians Of this part Of the country, but
to no avail Finally l decided to try
Cuticura Remedies, which i did, TAX
ing the Cuticura Resolvent, applying
the Cuticura Ointment to the sores,
and using the Cuticura Soap for wash
Ing. In very short time I began to
notice improvement, and continued to
use the Cuticura Remedies until l was
we'll again, and have not had a re-
currence Of the trouble since, which is
over twenty years. have recon-
mended Cuticura Remedies to others
ever since, and have great faith In
them as remedies for skin diseases"
(Signed) A. G. Brandon, Attorney-at-
Law, Greenville, o., Jan. IL 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cuu-
cura," Dept. 8 X. Boston.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
LIME WATER MADE AT HOME
Summer Luxury That Costs Little and
Conserves Health Of the
Family.

A more general use of lime water
during hot weather is much to be de.
sired. 1t can be made at home and
costs but little. Lay lump of quick
lime as big as the two fists in gran
tteware pitcher or bowl, pour over it
two quarts of cold water, stir with
a wooden spoon, and let it stand six
hours. Strain the liquid without dis
turbing the sediment of lime. Put in
bottles and cork tight; before using
pour off half an inch Of the tor If it
has stood any length of time.
Lime water is good to rinse bottles,
pitchers. and pans that have held
milk.
To sweeten drains and bleach out
murk left when stronger alkalies have
failed.
From teaspoon to tablespoonful
In glass of milk will make 1t ac-
ceptable to delicate stomachs, espe.
cially where there is acidity.
Lime water is good for a mouth
wash. Equal parts of lime water and
sweet oil make the very best remedy
for burns and scalds and will not be
forgotten when once nsed.-Chicago
Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
Works Havoc With Rest of Force,
Especially in the Dog
Days.
NEVER GOT A MAN ANYTHING
Cheerful Disposition Well Worth cul.
tlvatine and Really Is a Business
Asset-At Least One Need
Not Deliberately Make
Oneself a Crouch.

Kind OF up on your ear these
warmish days. Ell? Sort of feel like
a cross between zap who's been
disappointed in love and a snappin'
turtle. don't you? Nothing looks coed
to you, and every one seems to have
it in for you, eh? Well, choke that
grouch-can It!
A crouch never got man anything
and it never will Run over the list,
in your minds eye, of your business
acquaintance. Pick out those who
stalk along each day with sour
grapes expression and chip on their
shoulder. May be they never get
stung In any deal. but-what do they
amount to? Does anyone like them?
Have they any real friends? Aren't
they insufferable nuisances In any
company, any place? They are, be-
ieve us, they are!
Stop and think minute what one
Groucho-chap can do to an office
force. You and the rest of the toilers
come down in the morning hoping to
goodness that today'n not be the
scorcher yesterday was. You were
up late last evening trying to keep
cool You are divided between giving
way to yawns and dilatory methods
OF buckling down and getting your
work done and over with as soon as
possible. So are the rest of the boys.
Enter then Mr.. Groucho-man. Be-
fore he's even opened his mouth he
fairly radlates i'll humor. Ten to one
the first thing he says is something
anent the weather, the very thing
that you are trying your durndest to
forget. Then lie turns on the office
boy and calls him down; being hot
also, the Office boy answers him back.
Straightvay a large, fat scrap Is on
deck. The Office boy finally squelched,
Mr.. GrOucho-man muses. up a few
papers on his desk and glares around
at the rest Of you. The chap few
feet from him, perhaps. starts to
whistle under his breath sort OF alb
sent-mindedly. Bingo Old Groucho
IS up on his ear in a second. The
office Is no place TO whistle.
Some one kids him bit in the hope
Of jollying him out of his blue funk.
But 1t doesn't work, for he takes 1t
seriously and answers back with a
snarl. For the first fifteen minutes
maybe it's more or less fun. But after
that it becomes tiresome. And by the
time lunch hour arrives the entire