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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-10-13

Stop and read the Want Ads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-10-13

GOLDEN GATE coFFEEs, TEAS
AND SPICES. w. ]. LANE.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
IN LESS STRENUOUS TIMES
Explanation Of the Difference Be-
tween Domestic Standards Now
and Those Of Long Ago.

In the Woman's Home Companion
there Is an interesting presentation Of
the difference that exists between the
domestic standard of young married
women of today and those OF the past
generation. How did the women OF
the middle class OF generation or
two ago manage when they could not
keep help? Following is the answer
quoted from Companion editorial:
They lived according to their
means: they did not set up impossible
standards. and they knew much less
about the science OF bringing up chill
dren. They had no special style to
keep up; gave the children weekly
bath: kept the table set between
meals: did not serve their meals in
courses. but put all the food on the
table at once: confined their social
affairs to evening calls and parties,
and church suppers. at which they
wore the same black silk dress for al
least two seasons; in short. every
woman did only what she could. and
her friends made 1t easier for Der by
doing likewise"
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
Justice Harlan. Golf,

Here is new golf story about
Justice Harlan, says Tid-Bits. He was
playing one day with friend who
was noted for making long drives
This man found a COW in his path
but, not daunted by the obstacle
drove his ball with great force in the
direction he wanted 1t to go. The ball
landed in the cows mouth. Straight
way the judges friend chased the
COW. The startled animal turned tail
and ran, still carrying the ball. Her
pursuer began belaboring her with his
club as the pair went racing over the
links. Finally the COW, on reaching a
putting green, dropped the ball: 1t
landed in a good position and the
golfer holed out In one stroke. Justice
Harlan followed in leisurely fashion
and made it in eight strokes. claim
ing the hole.
But made it in two!" exclaimed
his friend.
Two nothing" said the Judge, you
mean thirty-two! 1 was watching you.
and every time you hit the COW counts
stroke.''
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
LAWS INJUSTICE MADE PLAIN
Farmers Grievance Was That Story
Once Accepted Should Not
Remain Good.

A story is being told at the expense
of an old English farmer who was
recently called upon to explain why
he had failed to take out license for
a favorite fox terrier dog. les mob
but a puppy" the defendant remarked,
In response to question as to the
animals age. Yes. yes! So you say.
But how old is he?" oh. weei. l
couldn' tell to a Bit" was the reply
II never was much good at remem-
bering dates, but 'es nobbut pup
py." On the other hand. 1t was main
tained that the animal in question
was very, very old-fashioned puppy,
and the magistrate inflicted the usual
fine. Shortly afterward the farmer
was met by a friend who wanted to
know how he had Jared at the police
court. "Nobbut middlin'." was the re-
ply. did they fine you?" Yes" re-
sponded the victim; IAN 'ang me II /
can understand 1t! Last year an the
year afore that l told the same tale
about the same dog, an 1t wor allus
good enough af6re! Who's been tam
perrin WI the law sin last Year,"
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
Why He Couldn't SIT Down.

Why He Couldn't Sit Down.
Harry. aged six. is an orphan; but
an indulgent grandmother and kind
maiden aunt have taken care OF him.
The first pair of knickerbockers were
secured recently. and 1t was a proud
moment for the boy when his aunt
put them on him on Sunday morning
and he was permitted to go to church
with his grandmother. Naturally
maiden aunts know very little about
the arrangement Of knickerbockers.
and there was suspicious fullness in
front and an equally mystifying tight
ness in the back to be observed. as
the little chap trudged happily along.
In church Harry sat down. but did
not appear comfortable and stood up
Harry. sit down." whispered bis
grandmother. He obediently climbed
back on the seat. but soon slipped on
again. Harry. you must sit down
Grandma. can't. My pants 10 chok,
ing me-" She looked more closely
than her dim sight had before permit
ted, and discovered the new little
knickerbockers were on hind side be-
fore. Harry stood up during the re-
mainder OF the service.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
Tho Rox-1ha Girl.

He-Crime seems in a pretty low
way. Only last week some woman
kidnapped a baby-photographs OF 1t in
all the newspapers.
She-What did she take 1t for?
He-Nothing else to take, suppose
should have thought myself that any
body who kidnapped baby would steal
an earthquake or borrow an attack Of
Asiatic cholera.
She-Babies are not so bad as all
that. The only thing I have really
got against them is that If you leave
them long enough they grow up into
human beings.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

Besides its soap-tree. the West In
dies has its toothbrush plant in the
GOuamia domingensis of San Domingo.
One end of piece of the dried stem
is rubbed across the teeth, soon be-
coming frayed and serving like the
bristles Of brush, and the saponin
of the wood cleanses the teeth as that
Of the soap tree cleanses linen. The
material is also crushed into the form
of tooth powder.
To popularize lighting and heating
by electricity, various plans are being
tried by European electric stations. In
Bremen limited current Is offered to
small users, making it practicable for a
workingman's family to use specified
number of lamps-say, three of 16-
candlepower-and no more. the cost
to be about the same as that for oil
lighting. The house may be wired for
any number of lamps, the current
,ljyliter preventing the use Of more
4 I'm the contract number at one time.
kVienna, the municipal plant is seek
to encourage electric baking, and
(ns Iiles free ovens for local bakeries,
santeeing that the electric current
Shali not cost more than sources OF
heat, hitherto employed. Great results
are expected. Among the advantages
claimed are saving of time, greater
cleanliness, greater ease OF manage
ment and regulation, and the Danish
ment Of chimneys and flues. 1t is
Furthermore stated that smaller ovens
will do the same baking, as loaves can
be packed closer.
A novel method of bringing nascent
iodine into contact with the tissues OF
the body, for the treatment of lupus
or skin tuberculosis. has been reported
by DR.. Axel Reyn, German. The pa
tient is first given a large dose of So
dium iodide, and in about an hour the
negative pole of an electric battery is
placed in his hand, one or several fine
platinum-iridum needles, forming the
positive pole, being at the same time
passed into his ear. The current of
three or four milliamperes is applied
for three minutes. OF the five cases
treated, two were completely and
quickly cured, and the others showed
marked benefit, while no harmful ef-
fects on the tissues were detected.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
Brown Bread Baker.

Mayor Gaynor was talking about ad-
yertisement writing.
81 like the literary style of the av-
erage advertisement" he said. Gwen
when advertisements exaggerate, they
are written in good style.
"The best advertisements don't ex-
>aggerate; but there are some few ad-
wartisement writer's who seem to think
IL ut, in their line of work, a little ex-
ageeration does no harm. Y.
'They remind me, in their mistaken
views, of a miner The miner was
passing bakery with a friend. and
in front of the bakery stood very
untidy baker.
"'Gee,' said the miners friend, point
ing his pipe at the filthy baker dis
gustedly-'gee' what a dirty-looking
chap to be baker, eh?'
But the miner explained with a
smile:
"'Oh, that's all right. He's just the
fellow, you know, who bakes the
brown bread"
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

A certain small girl, YEARLY listen
ing to long sermon by Il renowned
cleric who had an odd habit OF draw
ing in his breath with curious whis
tie, whispered to her mother that she
wanted to go home. The mother, ex
pecting the discourse to end momen
tarily, refused permission. The third
time this happened the mother muir
INJURED in the child's ear that the
preacher would soon stop now. But
the child, nervous and despairing, an
swered her in a high falsetto:
mo, mother, he is not going to
stop. thought SO now for three
times, but he has gone and blowed
himself up again!"
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
IN AGONY WITH ITCHING

ABOUT 1Our years ago DTOkO OuS
with sores on my arms like boils. AZ
ter two months they were all over my
body, some coming, and some going
away. In about six months the boils
quit, but my arms. neck and body
broke out with an itching. burning
rash. 1t would burn and itch. and
come out in pimples like grains of
wheat l was in a terrible condition;
l could not sleep or rest. Parts Of my
flesh were raw, and could scarcely
bear my clothes on. I could not lie
in bed in any position and rest. In
about year the sores extended down
to my feet. Then 1 suffered agony
with the burning, itching sores. 1
could hardly walk and for long time
l could not put on socks.
"All this time was trying every
thing could hear of, and had the skill
of three doctors. They said 1t was
eczema. got no benefit from all
this. l was nearly worn out, and had
given up In despair Of ever being cured
when was advised by friend to try
Cuticura Remedies. purchased CUT
cura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent
and used exactly as directed. l used
the Cuticura Remedies constantly for
four months, and nothing else. and was
perfectly cured. 1t is now a year, and
/ have not had the least bit since. I
am ready to praise the Cuticura Rem
edies at any time. (Signed) E. l.
Cate. Exile, KY, Nov. 10, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold by druggists and dealers
everywhere, sample of each. with 32-
page book, will be mailed free on
Boston.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

Had to Put In Human interest.
An old negro preacher, says the At
lanta Constitution, gave as his text:
DE tree is known by its fruit, an It's
des impossible to shake de possum
down"
After the benediction an old brother
said to him:
II never knowed befo' dat SIGH text
wuz in de Bible"
WELL" admitted the preacher, ut
amt set down dat way. l throwed IN
de possum to hit de intelligence of my
congregation"
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
Who could WANT Mora.

We'll, has the old year been good
to you?"
Yes; 1t has treated me pretty de-
Gently. My salary has been raised
$40 week and my former wife has
married again, so that shall not have
to go on paying alimony."
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
No Jury.

Didn't you give that man jury
trial?"
Look here" said Broncho Bob
there amt big lot O men In this
settlement. We couldn't possibly git
10 of 'em together without startin' a
fatal argument about somethin' that
had nothin' whatever to do with the
case.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

Marion-Jack is getting near-sight-
ed.
Myrtle-It doesn't follow that there
is anything the matter with his eyes
because he can't see you under the
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

Thousands of Consumptives die every
year. Consumption results from neg.
Oil will cure these colds. Just rub it into
the chest and draw out the inflammation.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

Museum freaks are complaining
about hard times; but as for that, the
ossified man says things always have
been hard with him.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
Enc. Copy Of Wrapper.
bla Exact Sort

What kind Of glass of fashion
did Ophelia consider Hamlet?" LAS
long as she called him Lord Hamlet,
l suppose she considered him peer
glass;"
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Drugsisfs refund money II il fails 70 cure. n W.
GROVES signature Is on each box. 10.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
Satisfied.

First Saleslady-Are you goin' to
marry that gentleman that comes here
every day?
Second Ditto-Nope; I'd rather have
a job without husband than hus.
band without Job.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
High Aim.

LET us endeavor SO to live that
when we come to die even the under
taker will be sorry.''-Mark Twain.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
PessImtsm.

A pessimist is one who receives q
pair of gloves as present and wor'
ries because they will soon wear out
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
Before the Scrap.

why are you rushing around SO to-
day?" I'm trying to get something
for my wife?" Had any offers?-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

you think she married him for
his money!"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne. at
Gidn't seem to me as much like we'd
ding as like speculation"
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

Some people get 30 accustomed to
looking on the bright side that they
can't see the other side at all.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
Where the Fruit Grows.

Michael Casey. politician in San
Francisco. who has been in office and
on the city payroll for many years.
was addressing a meeting OF his fell
low-citizens. 1t was a labor meeting.
You men must know" spouted
Casey. that you are the great body
polite in this city. You are the roots
and trunks of our great municipal
tree, while we who represent you in
office are merely the branches on that
magnificent tree
True for you, Mike" piped man
in the back of the hall. but did ye
ever notice all the fruit grows on tho
branches Saturday Evening Post.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
Hoods
Sarsa parilIa

Acts directly and peculiarly
on the blood; purihes, enriches
and revitalizes it, and in this
way builds up the whole sys-
tenn. Take it. Get it today.
In usual liquid form or chocolate coated
tablets called 0areatabs.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

Smile on wash day. That's when you
use Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes winter
than snow. All grocers.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

The fellow who is out for the dusl
doesn't always clean up fortune.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

mrs. wsnslow's Soothing Syrup for chtldrsz
teething. softens the gums, reduces inhAmmA
tLon, allays pain, cures wind collie. Nc . bottle
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated. tiny granules. Easy to take
IA candy
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS
Your druSgist viii refund money II PAZO ONT
6ENT falls to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
The only time some people worry Is
when they worry other people.

Red Cross Bag Blue, much better. goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
good grocer.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

There is difference between being
useful and being used.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

The ingredients of health and long
life are great temperance. open air.
easy labor and little care.-Philip Sid
ney.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

De Jaw-No, we never have roast
pork at our house any more.
De Paw-Why. thought you were
very fond of TT
De Jaw-So l am. but my wife's
pet dog won't eat any of 1t at all.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

The total fire loss for the year 1911
is expected to total at 5000, 100000 In
the United States and Canada.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19
HoMEsEEKERs Excl RsioN
RATES TO TEXAS AND NEW
MEXICO POINTS DUR

ING 1911.
< On the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month during the entire year
The Colorado and Southern Rail-
way will sell round trip homeseekers'
excursion tickets to a great many
points in New Mexico and Texas At
greatly reduced rates. Final limit
25 days allowing liberal stop-over
privileges For detailed information,
rates, etc. call on your nearest Colo
RADIO and Southern agent or address T.
q. Fisher. General Passenger Agent.
Denver. Colo.
The Springfield herald., 1912-01-19

PATENTS % s1ss BE F. ;:s:. T x.
| ] ~ sbv ] ~ sss rsferences. Best results.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-26

and this year seems to be a surplus
and low prices.
What n man can make most pro-
Gtah Ia an 4 small piece OF Ian Will
DEPEND. first. on the quality and fer,
t.l;tv Of the land; second, on the local
or outside demand for certain Things
thar he can grow, and thirdly, on the
skill Of the gardener. An acre garden
properly equipped with a little green
house for starting things. ana frames
for hardening off plants or CROWNS
lettuce during the winter, or Vegetapie
plants for sale. can be made a very
profitable piece of lane in the nands
Of a ski1ful gardener who Will put
brains into the work, and always De
ready to take advantage Of conditions
for any particular crop. and VINO VII
keep his land at work continually
summer and winter. producing a Va
rietv suited to the different seasons
Hence, there is NJ crop most profia-
HE "all things considered Prohta-
bile gardening is q matter of rich soil,
brains and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-26
Secrets OF Agriculture-GOOd Things
To Let Alone.

When y maj comes to you with a
secret formula for a fertilizer, or a
remedy for all the ills hat befall your
trees, and wants to sell you the secret,
set him down at once as a fraud. For
years past q fellow has been selling to
a recipe for a fertilizer, made
up of acid phosphate, lime, nitrate Of
soda. sulfate of ammonia and salts.
and he has doubtless reaped a harvest
of dollars from the sucker list for his
worthless Years ago l pub
lished his entire formula, and he hen
got u = patent on it, and paraded
the fact IS q warrant Of it's value,
when in fact any one can get 6. patent
for a mixture of any sort, and the pat
ent does not give any guarantee Of
It's yaiue.
Some time back, y man. whom
"NtrarGg.nf circ'alars Offering two
books containing The Professors Sc
crets ot Farming lie claimed that
his books you'd Tell how to avoid al
damaG" from drouth. all damage
from wet. how to destroy the weeds
before planting the crop, how to grow
crops without labor. how to rid the
land OF pll9f1es and briers without any
cost At al. ana in general. to max
great crops III all seasons withou,
much. i any. work.
Of curse, he had testimonials from
men wno had bought his book. ant
were getting rich from his methods
1t occurred to me that a man who nos
SeSSel such valuable secrets Was
great fool to sell them at ali. when al
he had 70 do was to reap golden har
vests from the soil without work
Tor one OF his testimonials said tina
the man who wrote it was renting tt
acres OF land, ana was too poor &
own n team, and in two wears. y
means OF these secrets. HAD horse:
wagons and cattle. lie was an aser
Ter the books. | wrote to the PRO
lessor and Universal Farmer as Il
styled himself. and told him that
he wanted his books candidly review
q, ] would take pleasure in tellin
the arTner all about their merits
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-26

Il planted Virginia peanuts on light
sandy soil that makes good cotton. l
used 400 pounds IN acre of SD fer
%tiliZcr. and made fine vines and no
nuts. / planted sweet potatoes on land
as rich as Il garden, and gave them
a good coat OF manure and no other
fertilizer. The vines ran everywhere,
and | made about ten bushels an acre.
Why did / fail?" 1t is very easy to
recount for the failure Of the nuts
and the potatoes. The peanut is a
legume ans did not need the ammonia
you applied, but in that sort of land
oid need far more potash than rou
used. il, instead Of the fertilizer you
used, YOU had applied 500 pounds Of
thomas phosphate and 80 pounds Of
sulphate Of potash an acre, YOU would
have made the nuts for the lime the
Thomas phosphate carries would have
helped and the potash would have
made the nuts. Then the sweet pOta-
toes were IN rich soil and you
excess OF nitrogen, and little potash
or phosphOric acid. bOth Of which are
essential in the formation of tn
potatoes. You would have made bet
ter potatoes if YOU had applied the
commercial mixture of.2-S-10. For q
good application, say 500 pounds. OF
this an acre. would nave given you all
the nitrogen desirable and plenty OF
the phOsphOric acid and potash thai
make starch, and, hence. potatoes
Big vines do nc harm If the minera.
matters are there.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-26

he would send me copies for the pur-
pose.
Then I got a long letter saying:
MY new methods have cost
me over fifty years study, ana
although they profit those using
them 500 to $1,000 and some
times $4,000 a season, they have
made me much poorer than be
fore, Now, sir, if your concern is
too poor to pay me 81 for the new
methods, it must be as poor as
am and / am too poor TO Duv
stamps to introduce a thlng as
new and as good as mine when
people say is too good to be rue
When I started out, [ felt conf
dent Of increasing the crops Of
your State three-fOld, but II
would seem hat the people love
to raise less, than to get out or
Starvation Hollow
Noble. disinterested man, With an
unheard-of ability to raise crops IN
wet weather or dry, on poor land or
rich, he is getting poorer all the tlme
by reason of knowing so much. why,
in reason, man, do you not raise the
crops by your new methods? Why
will they not make you rich as Well
as others? Why get poor IN the ct
fort to make other people rich? Let
the u~ngrateful public alone, burn your
books and sit down and kill bushes
and briers without work, for there are
hundreds Of farmers who will pay o
We'll for doing it, and you can make
more money growing crops for other
people without labor han you can
selling your books. No YOU cannot
farm any money from me, or from
any whom I can influence. The
thing is entirely too thin Your
books would make about as good
reading as Mark Tuain's account ac-
count Of his editing an agricultural
paper.
But even such u transparent hum
bug will find him suckers to send hin,
money, doubtless. The sucker list Of
addresses is passed around among the
frauds. Keep your name off the list
and do not be claSsed as an easy
mark by any Of these rascals.