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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-19

Inaugural parade" of woman's
suffrage advocates to be held in
Washington, March g..
Schoolteacher spanked Johnnie
Miller. Had matches in his peck
ct. He now eats off mantlepiece.
She is doctoring burned hands.
States Atty Hoyne wants
County Board to abolish all civil
service positions in his office ex-
cePt those of Emma Luby, oper-
ator, and Mae Hefernan, stenog-
rapher.
Martin Crest, grocer and butch
er, 3514S. State ST., and 3714 Cot
tage Grove av., fined 500 and
costs, for giving short weight
Mrs. ]. Engel, widow, 2911 N.
Troy ST., suing DR.. w. F. Won
Zelinski, 2346 Lawrence av., for
$4,000. Love affair. He will be
charged with having performed
two operations upon Mrs. Engel.
He is married.
Vim. B. Cushing, 65, real estate
man in Roanoke building, was
making tour of the building to
raise Xmas fund for elevator man.
1--WE got $72 in a Xmas pool for
the elevator boys" he told w. L.
Peck. ''Eow much will you
give?"' Cushing reached for the
bill Peck handed him, then he
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-19

the elevator boys" he told w. L.
Peck. How much will you
give?". Gushing reached for the
bill Peck handed him, then he
turned pale and sank into chair.
Died. Heart failure.
John Engan, "a, 4758 N. Ash
land av., fatally hurt by auto at
NJ Ashland and Lawrence avs.
Auto went on.
Burglars got $6O5 from home
of Mrs. ]. Weinberg, 318 w.
Tooth st.
Eighty-seven autoists arrested
yesterday for violation of various
laws,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-30

the state board of education in max
ing the payments for books as deliv-
cred, put in claim with State Aud
itor Meyer for the amount involved.
Upon the state auditors refusal to is
sue warrant, the board, through
mandamus proceedings, could bring
the matter before the supreme court
upon all the issues presented.
Governor Cruce will not sign any
contracts or approve the bonds OF
any successful bidders, but attorneys
for the publishing houses have ad
vised that the authority of the state
board to make and enter into the
contracts in behalf of the state, be re
earded as final and it is understood
that the majority of the successful
bidders will be bound by the action
of the board in making the awards
and letting the contracts. In other
words, they have been advised that
action taken by the state board is
final and that the contracts will be
good even though Governor Cruces
approval IS lacking. This WIN bring
the matter into the courts also.
The Awards.
Others are of the opinion that the
legislature will render final judgment
on the contracts and that nothing
can be done in the way of validating
the contracts until the Legislature
convenes next winter.
Following are the successful b'd-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-30
FOR FULL PARTICULAR ADDRE ESS
REV. W. H. MARTIN, A. B., Phi. D., Pres.

act of April, 1906, which made certain
lands taxable and provided that other
lands should become taxable when
ever the restrictions were removed,
applies to the lands on which restric-
tions were removed by the 1905 act.
None of the plaintiffs in this case
received their patents until after the
passage of the act of 1906 and some
Of them were not approved by the
secretary Of the interior until after
that time. There were only a few
patents issued in the Creek nation
prior to that time and none at all III
the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Semi
mole nations. while in the case of the
new borns" all proceedings were ia
ken after that time, so that it Is pos
sible that many or all of these classes
of lands may be taxed, even under
the decision Of the supreme court.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-30
REMANDED INDIAN TAX.
Plaintiffs and State Join in Petition
to Supreme Court.

Oklahoma City, Okla. July 29.-D.
C. McCurtain, representing the plain
tiffs in the Indian tax case OF Gleason
ct al VS.. Wood, and Attorney General
West, representing the state, have
Joined in presenting motion to the
supreme court OF the senate for the
remanding of that case to the supe-
rior court of Pittsburg county for a
further determination of the ques-
tions involved.
The supreme court of the United
States recently reversed the state SUI
preme court in this case, but did not
pass upon all the questions raised
The court held invalid the provision
of the congressional act of May u,
1908. which attempt to make taxable
the lands from which restrictions
were removed by that act, although
upholding the validity of the removal
of restrictions.
The decision vas based on the as
sumption that the patents to the In
dian lands had been received prior
to the passage of the act of 1908 and
indicated that the allottees accept
ed the patents subject to the law as
they existed at that time. The attor
ney generals contention is that the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-30

ders: Scott. Foresman n Company.
w. II. Wheeler & Company, Woodruff
Bank Note Company, Silver Burdett
&Company, B. f. Johnson Publishing
Company. Allyn & lBacon,i Charles
Scribners' Sons, Atkinson. Mentzer &
Company, BENZ. II. Sanborn & Com
pany, Gum 4 Company, ID. Appleton
x Company, Row, Peterson & Com
pany, Little, Brown q Company, Fer
guson Publishing Company, Eaton 4
Company. Southern Publishing Com
pany, World Book Company, Charles
Il. Merrill & Company, Colonial Book
Company, Educational Publishing
Company, Mcmillan Company, j. f..
Dyche Publishing Company. Oklaho-
ma School Herald Publishing Com
pany, Jasper Sipes, American Book
Company, A. N Palmer Company.
The American Book Company.
which is referred to by Governor
Cruce i'll his letter, was awarded the
contract for dictionaries.
In regard to the appointment of
successors to Dunlop. Hayes and
Glen, Governor Cruce said Monday
that he would go slow and pick only
men who are well qualified to serve
upon the board The office will seek
the man." he said. No announcement
of the appointments is expected for
several days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-30

If you are housewife you cannot
reasonably hope to be healthy or
beautiful by washing dishes, sweep
ing and doing housework all day.
and crawling into bed dead tired at
night. You must get out into tie
open air and sunlight. If you do this
every day and keep your stomach
and bowels in good order by taking
Chamberlain Tablets when needed,
you should become both healthy and
beautiful. For sale by all dealers.
ID. W. Baldridge, the Up to Date
Grocer. lbtf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-30
A Supposition.

81 suppose pawnbrokers as rule
are on the water wagon"
What makes you suppose that?"
Don't they as . class take The
piedse!"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-30

D. w. Baldridge. the Up to Date
Grocer 16tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-30
HARGR0VE COLLEGE
THE COLLEGE WITH CHARAC

III ARGROvE COLLE,r, the College with
III character, offers rare opportunities IN
~ the following courses: Classical
Leading to the A. B. degree. Scientific-Lead
ing to the B. S. degree. English--LeadinS 10
the NJ E. L. degree Musc-Vocal Piano
and Stringed misunderstanding TO b. NJ
and NJ. NJ degrees. Oratory-Leadng to the
O. degree.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-30
COMMERCIAL COURSE ADDED.

We have added full commercial line oil
work including three courses, The Bookkeep-
ing course, including Bookkeeping. Banking, Cor
porations Rapid Calculation, Arithmetic, Com
mercial Law, Penmanship, Spelling and Gram
mar The Shorthand Course. including Snort
hand. Typewriting, Dictation, Commercial Law.
Penmanship, Spelling Grammar, Tabulatins'
Manifolding, Punctuation. The Combined BOON
Leonnp and Shorthand course, including Book
keeping Banking Corporations, Shorthand, Type
writing, Dictation, Rapid Calculation, Arithmetic,
Grammar, Spelling, Penmanship. Commercial
Law. Punctuation, Tabuatng and Manifolding'
No trouble to secure good positions Tor our
graduates. ,-,.,.
Government contract for Choctaw and Chick
asaw Indians.
Send your sons and daughters to Hargrove
College the College with character. Heathfui
location, splendid water, fine athletic grounds
Good work in literary and athletic departments.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25
ALMOST CRAZY WITH ECZEMA

81, the undersigned, cannot give
enough praise to the Cuticura Rem
edies. / had been doctoring for at
least a year for eczema on my foot. I
had tried doctor after doctor all to
no avail. When a young girl ! sprained
my ankle three different times, paying
little or no attention to it, when five
years ago a small spot showed upon
my left ankle. I was worried and sent
for a doctor. He said it was eczema.
He drew a small bone from the ankle
about the size of q match and about
al inch long. The small hole grew
20 about the size Of an apple, and the
eczema spread to the knee. The doc.
tors never could heal the hole in the
ankle. The whole foot ran water all
the time.
"My husband and my sons were up
night and day wheeling me from one
room to another in the hope Of giving
me some relief. I would sit for hours
at a time in front Of the fireplace
hoping for daybreak. The pain was
SO intense / was almost crazy, in fact,
I would lose my reason for hours at
a time. One day a friend Of mine
dropped in to see me. No more had
she glanced at my foot than she ex.
claimed: Mrs. Finnegan, why in the
world don't you try the Cuticura Rem.
eldest Being disguised with the doc.
tors and their medicines, and not be-
ing able to sleep at all, I decided to
give the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment a trial. After using them
three days that night I slept as sound
as a silver dollar for eight long hours.
awoke in the morning with but very
little pain, in fact, I thought l was
in heaven. After using the Cuticura
Remedies for three months I was per.
fectly restored to health, thanks to
the Cuticura Soap and Ointment. !
will be sixty-four years Of age my
next birthday, hale and hearty at pres
ent." (Signed) Mrs. Julia Fnnegan,
1924 Hebert ST., st. Louis, Mo-, Mar.
Z, 1911. Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere, a sample of each,
with 32-page book, will be mailed
free on application to "Cuticura."
Dept. L, Boston.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25

Haven't you read it," she asked
in some surprise.
mo" I stammered. AT least not
vet. I'm going to as soon as l can
find the requisite leisure. You see,' we
are very busy just now--very pusy.
But If o car vouch for the story pc
ing a first class understanding, say,
like The Vicar Of Wakefield or David
Harum'-we'll take it."
Now you're talking" she said. Ana
do l get a check now?'
Wait" / said, mot so fast. / have
forgotten one thing" and l saw her face
fall. 1--WE want the privilege Of pub
fishing the novel under a title OF u
own, and anonymously. If that is not
satisfactory the lea is off,"
She frightened in a moment.
ITS a go. If that's all" she said.
Call it whatever you please; and the
more anonymous it is the better 1t will
suit yours truly"
So we settled the matter then and
there; and when l gave our check for
81, 900 she said it vas all right.
Half an hour after Miss Vincent had
left the Office Perkins came in with his
arms full of bundles, which he opened,
spreading their contents on my desk.
He had a pair of suspenders with
belt, a pair Of low shoes, a shirt. a box
of cigars, a package Of cookies and
half a dozen other things Of divers and
miscellaneous character. I poked them
over and examined them, while he
leaned against the desk with his legs
crossed. He was beaming upon me.
WELL" l said, what is ia bar
gain sale?"
Perkins leaned over and tapped the
pile with his long forefinger.
Aftermath" he crowed. After
math!"
"The dickens it Isl" I exclaimed.
And what has aftermath got to do
with this truck? 1t looks like the
aftermath Of a notion store"
He tipped his "Air-the-Hair" hat
over one ear, and put his thumbs In
the armholes Of his ready tailored"
vest.
"Genius!" he announced. Brains!
Foresight! Else, why Perkins the
Great? Why not Perkins the Nobody ~
He raised the suspenders tenderly
from the pile and fondled them in his
hands.
See this?" he asked, running hi.
finger along the red corded edge Of the
elastic. He took up the tie and rar
his nail along the red stripe thai
formed the selvedge on the back ant
said, "See this?" He pointed to thu
red laces Of the low shoes and asked
"See this?" And SO on through tn,
whole collection.
"What is it" he asked. IT'S genius,
It's foresight"
He waved his hand over the pile.
1.-THE aftermath" he exclaimed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25

wrapped it in his customary enthu-
siastic manner and set on my desk
a cigar box bound in the style he had
selected for the binding of THE
Crimson Cord" 1t was then / spoke
Of the advisability of having some
thing to the book besides the cover
and a boom.
Perkins" I said, don't you think
1t is about time we got hold or the
novel-the reading, the words?"
For a m he seemed stunned.
1t was clear that he had quite for
gotten that book buyers like to nave
a little reading matter in their books.
But he was only dismayed for q mo-
ment.
Tut" he cried presently. "All in
good time! The novel is easy. Any
thing will do. I'm no literary man. l
don't read a book in a year. You get
the novel;"
years!" I exclaimed. II don't know
anything about books. l don't know
where to get a novel;"
advertiser" he exclaimed. "Adver-
tise! You can get anything, from an
apron to an ancestor, If you advertise
for it. Offer a prize-offer $1,000 for
the best novel. There must be thous-
| ands of novels not in USE"
Perkins was right. I advertised as
he suggested, and learned that there
were thousands of novels not in use.
They came to us by basketfuls and
cart loads. We had novels Of all
kinds-historical n hysterical, hu-
morous and numerous. but particularly
numerous. o would be surprised to
learn how ready-made v can be
had on short notice. 1t beats quick
lunch. And most of them are equally
indigestible. I read one or two, but
was no Judge Of novels. Perkins sug-
gested that we draw lots to see which
we should use.
It really made little difference what
the story was about. THE Crimson
Cord fits almost any kind of a book
It Is a nice, noncommittal sort or title
and might mean the guilt that bouno
two sinners or the tie of affection thai
binds lovers, or a blood relationship, OF
II might be a mystification title witt
nothing in the book about 1t.
But the choice settled itself. ON
morning a manuscript arrived that wa:
tied with a piece of red Irvine, and w
chose that one for good luck because o.
the Irvine. Perkins said that was {
sufficient excuse for the title. too. w
would publish the book anonymously
and let 1t be known that the only clu,
to the writer was the crimson cord VIII
which the manuscript was tied whei
we received II. 1t would be a mrs
class advertisement.
Perkins, however, was not much In
terested In the story. and he left me Z
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25
MR.. PERKINS OF PORTLAND
THE VENTURE OF The CRIMSON CORD.
BY Ellis Parker Butler.

settle the details. l wrote to the author
asking him to call, n he turned out
to be a young m
Our interview was rather shy. ! was
a little doubtful about the proper way
to talk TO a real author, being purely a
C~hicagoan myself; and / had an IDEA
that, while my usual vocabulary was
good enough for business purposes, II
might be too aSy going to impress d
literary person properly, and in trying
TO talk up to her standard l had to pc
very careful in my choice OF words.
No publisher likes to have his authors
think he is weak in the grammar line.
Miss Rosa Belle Vincent, however,
was quite as flustered as l was. n
seemed ill at ease and anxious to get
away, which / supposed was because
she had not often conversed win
publishers who paid 81, 900 cash In ad-
for a manuscript.
She vas not at all Wnat 1 nau
thought an author would look like. she
didn't even wear glasses. If l had met
her on the street l should have SAID,
There goes a pretty flip stenographer.
She was that kind-big picture hat ana
high pompadour.
l was afraid she would try to run
the talk into literary lines and lbsen
and Gorky, where / would have been
swamped in q minute, but she didn't;
and, although / had wondered how TO
break the subject of money when con
versing with one who must be think
ing of nobler things. l found she was
less shy when on that subject than
when talking about her book.
well, now" l said as soon as l mad
got her seated, I'VE ave decided to
buy this novel of yours. Can you
recommend It as a thoroughly re-
spectacle and intellectual reproduce
tion?"
She said she could.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25
BY Ellis Parker Butler.

where are you going?' I asked.
Contracts" he said. Contracts
for advertising! We Il boom the
Crimson Cord!' We must boom her
big!"
He went out and closed the door.
Presently, when l supposed him wen
on the way downtown, he opened the
door and inserted his head.
Gilt tops" he announced. "One
million copies the first impression
And then he was gone.
A week later Chicago and the greater
part of the United States was placard-
ed with The Crimson Cord" Perkins
did his work thoroughly and
well, and great was the in
terest in the mysterious title.
1t was an old dodge. but a good one.
Nothing appeared on the advertise
ments but the mere title. No word as
TO what THE Crimson Cord" was. Per-
kins merely announced the words, and
left them to rankle in the readers
mind; and as q natural consequence
each new advertisement served to eX-
cite new interest.
When we made our contracts for
magazine advertising-and we took a
full page in every worthy magazine
the publishers were at u loss TO clas-
sifv the advertisement; and IT some
times appeared among the breakfast
foods, and sometimes sandwiched in
between the automobiles and the hot
water heaters. Only n publication
placed it among the books.
But IL was all food advertising, and
Perkins was a busy mar. He racked
his inventive brain for new methods
of placing the title before the public,
In fact, so busy was he at his labor
of introducing the title that. he quite
forgot the book itself.
One day he came TO the office with
a small rectangular package. He un-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25
Tho Test of Friendship.

The professor was examining a dark
brown substance spread on paper,
when he was interrupted by a visit
from a friend.
"I say would you kindly let me place
a little bit Of this on you tongue?"
said the man of learning to the new
conner; my taste has become 80 vitiat-
ed by sampling all sorts Of things"
Certainly" responded the friend,
thrusting out his tongue.
The professor took UP little Of the
substance under analysis and placed 1t
on the others tongue. The latter
worked 1t round for fully a minute.
tasting IL much as he would a sweet.
Mote any effect?" inquired the pro-
lessor.
mo, none"
1T doesn't paralyze nor prick your
tongue?"
mot that I can detect"
IT thought not. How does 1t faster
VERY bitter"
"Un-m; all right"
What Is it?" inquired the friend
81 don't know. That's what I'm try
ing to find out. Some n has been
poisoning horses with It."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25
Kindly Scribe.

THE editor of the Weekly Plain
Dealer is a charitable sort Of %feller.T
commenced honest Farmer Hornbeak
in the midst of his perusal Of the vii
lage newspaper, wherein he had en-.
countered an example of the linotype's
peculiar p~erves!ty. 'In his article on
the death Of LATE Dabsack, who be-
twixt we and you, hadn't much to
recommend him except that he wasn't
quito as bad sometimes as he vas 9th.
ers, he says that the deceased was
generally regarded as hijjdytS9mfwrd.
etahrmfwhrtadfyp!"
"And / guess that's about as near
as anybody could get to making an
estimate of the departed without hurt.
ing his relatives feelings."--Puck.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25
Bad Teeth Go With Good Brains.

An English scientist has pointed out
that there are signs of a steady de-
generacy in two sets of organs vital to
the we'll being Of the human race. and
the fall is most marked among the
western nations. The evidence is that,
coincident with the mental advance of
man, there has been a diminution in
the provision Of teeth. In the ape.
the negro, and the white man, brain
and teeth are inversely proportional
to efficiency. Increase of cunning has
reduced the work of the teeth, and the
demand of the brain for blood has
starved the former; disorders Of d.
gestion show that the balance is I'M
satisfactory.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25
Why Hens Don't Lay in Winter.
From Farm and EireSide.

I nave found 1t very difficult to make
people understand that q hen cannot make
eggs and feathers at the same time. She
can lay while she Is shedding her feath-
ers. because there is then no drain on
her system for any other purpose. But
when the new coat of feathers Is started
she quits, simply because sho cannot do
double ~duty-make feathers and eggs at
the same time. When people learn this
fact they will not EXPECT eggs from a hen
that is growing a coat of feathers. And
then they may also learn how to manage
their Matching and feeding SO as to get
eggs In the late fail and winter. when
they want them badly.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25
Found Imitation Difficult.

Bert, a freshman, closed a letter to
his cousin, Joe, five years old, by say
ing: "Now, I must quit and write five
pages on Esther"
The next day his father found Joe
armed with tablet and pencil, trying to
hold down his young brother Robert,
and said to him: Joe, what are you
doing?"
"I'm trying to write five pages on
Bob, but he won't be STILL" replied the
little fellow.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25
THANKSGIVING PSALM
A RhythmicaI and Grateful Chant.

Y A teacher in a Terre Haute public
school joins in the chorus:
! Teaching is a business which re-
quires a great deal Of brain and nerve
force. Unless this force is renewed as
fast Is expended the teacher is ex-
hausted before the close Of the year.
Many resort to stimulating tonics for
relief.
For 8 years I struggled against al
most complete exhaustion, getting
what relief l could from doctors ton
lcs. Then in the spring of 1903 l
had an attack Of la grippe and ma
laria which left me too weak to con-
tinue my work. Medicine failed to
give me any relief, a change of eli
mate failed. / thought I should never
be able to 60 back In school again.
IL ate enough food (the ordinary
meats-white bread, vegetables, etc.,
but was hungry after meals.
II happened at this time to read an
article giving the experience Of an
other teacher who had been helped by
Grape-Nuts food. I decided to try
Grape-Nuts and cream, as an expert
ment. It was q delightful experience,
and continues so after a year and
q half Of constant use.
First, l noticed that I was not
hungry after meals.
I'm a few days that tired feeling left
me, and / felt fresh and bright, In
stead Of dull and sleepy.
I'm three months, more than my usual
strength returned, and I had gained Ii
pounds in weight.
81 finished the years work without
a kind of tonics-was not absent
from duty even half a day.
"Am still in best of health. with
all who know me wondering at the i'm
provement.
II tell them all Try Grape-Nuts!'"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. There's a reason"
Ever read the shove letterS A new
one appears from time to time. They
ara Gsnuine, true, and full OF human
oAsagAst.