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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-29
Billion Dollar Crop.

DR.. O. Wood is at home on a visit
with his family. He has travelled
through Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mis-
souri, and says crops from joplin to
Ardmore are very fine. Crops look
especially well in the valley o, the
Arkansas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-29

Carter county cabbage is better
than the Colorado or South Texas
cabbage. Order from Claude Stub
blefield. 29-2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-29

It's easy to fix a quick noonday
lunch on hot day when your pantry
is supplied with our summer canned
goods. Claude Stubblefield. 29-2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-29

Steffen's vanilla and cocoanut ice
cream and pineapple sherbet. Phone
us your order to 651 Bomar Drug
company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-29

Steffen's vanilla and coCoanut ice
cream and pineapple sherbet. Phone
us your order 10 65l. Bomar Drug
company.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
"BUCKEYE" BOYS CORN SPECIAL
One Thousand Lads VIII Enjoy Great
Educational Trip at State Com
missions Expense.

Thousands Of boys from the state
OF Ohio will leave Cleveland. Cincin.
natl. Columbus, Toledo and other
points. in special trains on the Penn
sylvania Lines, for Washington, D. Co.
Dec. lst
This trip Of the Buckeye Boys
Corn Special" is to be made under the
auspices of the Agricultural Commits
sion of Ohio, for the winners of prizes
in the Buckeye Boys corn growing
contest. The journey will include
short sightseeing visits to Pittsburgh
Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and other
points on the Pennsylvania Lines.
A number of leading state officials
and members OF the Commission will
accompany the boys. There will be
special entertainment in Pittsburgh.
reception by Pennsylvania governor
at Harrisburg, a daylight ride through
the Allegheny Mountains, two days In
Washington and day in Philadelphia
An elaborate program has been pre-
pared, and both state and railroad
officials are determined to give the
boys the time Of their young lives.
The excursionists will meet Presi-
dent Wilson, Secretary -5ryan. and
Senators and Representatives with
out number. Many Of the young corn
experts will be accompanied by their
parents and friends. and the Pennsyl-
vania management is preparing to
handle one of the largest and happiest
crowds 1t has ever carried to the Ma
tional Capital.
Several Pennsylvania trains will be
run from the different points, making
many stops to take on the prize win
ners and their friends. The first I'M
portant stop after the trains leave
Ohio will be Pittsburgh, which will be
reached Monday night, Dec. /.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27

his fellows who have pCospered better
than he, It disinclines him to give
thanks. Another theory Is that al
though we have meager possessions
others have less, therefore we should
be thankful. This is mighty mean
way to do. It's one way of growing
over your unfortunate neighbor and is
the quintessence of littleness. Anoth-
er way is to thank God that your reigh-
bors are no better off than Yourself.
This was the case of the old lady when
the frost caught her garden truck.
Still another is to take advantage Of
your neighbor and then return thanks
that you are self-made and successful.
And yet another way is to do your
neighbor ere he does you and then
give thanks, as David Harum would
say. And there are those who profess
thankfulness because matters might
be worse. And that brings up the
query whether matters ever are so bad
but that they might not be worse, II
not. then one might find an endless
chain of thanksgiving If one cculd
really be thankful to a being who
would SO dispose or order events as to
produce so much misery. All these
notions or conceite are more or less
crooked.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
PRACTICALLY BUT ONE HOPE
Under the Circumstances, Agent Could
Do Little for Unfortunate
Mrs. Fourthbell.

81 tell you what it is," said Mrs.
Fourthbell, as she paid her rent,
things are coming to a pretty pass!
There are about sixteen children run
ming up and down the fire escapes all
day long"
Complain to the janitor," said the
agent, as he wrote out the receipt.
Then the people in the fiat under
us do nothing but talk all night long
close to the shaft. We can hear every
word they say and cannot sleep
wink"
you would better complain to the
janitor," repeated the agent.
THE servant girl in the fiat above
shakes her mats out of the front win
dow, and our parlor is full of dust"
Complain to the janitor," said the
agent. mechanically.
But that isn't the worst of It," con-
tinued Mrs. Fourthbell. THE janitor
himself doesn't do anything he ought
to do Half the time he doesn't take
the ashes off the dumb waiter, forgets
to light the gas in the halls, keeps our
letters in his pockets, and never can
be found when wanted"
in case like that" said the agent,
as he started to go, 81 don't see that
you can do anything, but-just pray!
Puck.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
ThanksuivInu Prayer.

For days of health, for nights Of
quiet sleep; for seasons of bounty and
beauty, for all earth's contributions to
our need through this past year, good
Lord, we thank thee. For our coun-
try's shelter; for our homes; for the
JOY of faces, and the Joy of hearts that
love; for the power of great examples;
for holy ones who lead US in the ways
of life and love; for our powers Of
growth; for longings to be better and
do more; for ideals that ever rise
above the real, good Lord, we humbly
thank thee! For the blessedness of
service and the power to fit ourselves
to others needs; for our necessities to
work; for all that brings US nearer
to each other, nearer to ourselves.
near to thee, we thank thee, o our Fa-
ther!-Selected.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
(By M. M. EASTMAN.)


When the harvest is completed, cul-
tivation of bush fruits should cease.
The sowing of some cover crop with
the last cultivation is most excellent
practice.
Oats and peas, either separate or
In combination, answer this purpose
admirably. The benefits derived from
a cover crop are manifold.
The greatest Of these benefits, per
haps, comes in the protection afford
ed by the growth to the surface Of the
ground.
It Is we'll known among those who
have made a study of soil physics that
when left unprotected by growth Of
some kind there is loss both in
plant food and in the humus content
of such soil.
Hence in so far as Is practicable
the wise husbandman will keep his
land covered with a growth Of some
sort.
1t Is not practical to keep a cover
crop growing among small fruits
through spring and early summer, for
the best interests of such fruits re-
quires intensive cultivation through
this period Of their growth, but with
the fruiting season over such neces.
sity ceases.
Unless drought conditions are un
usually severe there will be a suffi,
cient amount of moisture in the soil
of bush fruit plantation that has re-
ceived intensive cultivation through
out the spring and summer to start q
vigorous growth of oats or peas, and
under ordinary conditions Of fall pre-
cipitation such grains will attain con
siderable growth.
The protection afforded by such &
growth prevents teaching of intrates
that are continually being evolved
through identification processes con
stantly in operation among sol
agencies.
Such growth also prevents washing
Of soil by fall, winter and early spring
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
QUEEN BEE AND
HOW TO FIND HER
1t Is Her Sole Duty to Lay Eggs,
Her Nourishment Being Sup
piled by Workers.
(By F. G. HERMAN.)

In every colony of bees, whether 1t
be located in skep, the hollow of
tree, or in a modern hive, there will be.
found at some time of the year three
kinds Of bees-Queen. drones and
workers. The queen is the most I'M
portant bee in the hive. She is the
egg-layer, and as such Is the mother
of the bees in the hive, whether they
are workers, drones or queens. Only
one queen is, under ordinary c1rcum-
stances, found in hive, but occasion
ally two-mother and daughter-are
for a time living together. The queens
sole duty being to lay eggs she has
no other cares to claim her attention.
in fact she does not even attend to
her own food supply The nourish-
ment needed to keep up the extraor-
binary egg-laying power she posses
ses, is supplied by the worker-bees
which are for the first fortnight OF
their existence what may be termed
nurse bees. If comb be taken out OF
a movable hive quietly and without
disturbing the bees, the queen may
be seen surrounded by cluster OF
workers.
The queen Is fair and stately bee,
differing from the workers both In
shape and color, she is longer than a
honey bee by one-third. and somewhat
longer than a drone, but not quite SO
big around. The queen Is treated
with the greatest respect and afrec
ton by the bees. A circle of her on
spring often surround her, testifyinG
in various ways their dutiful regard
offering her food from time to time
and all politely backing out of hel
way, to give her clear path wher
she moves over the combs. So strong
is the feeling of the worker for the
queen, that If for any reason she Is
removed, the whole colony is filled
with CONSERVATION and dismay. Hel
death, when it is too late in the sea
son to raise another queen, means the
raj extinction of the colony. A goot
queen will sometimes lay from two tt
three thousand eggs day, or nearl!
the weight of her own body and con
tinue doing so for weeks in success
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
CUSTOM HAS ALWAYS BEEN
Popular Error Holds That President
Lincoln Issued First Thanks
giving Proclamation.

There is some discussion as to the
origin of the present national custom
of observing Thanksgiving day. 1t
was held by large number Of people,
until recently, that the custom was
hrst established by President Lincoln
during the Civil war. Examination of
the records showed that this was a
mistake. A number Of the presidents
who preceded Mr.: Lincoln issued
Thanksgiving proclamations, the prac-
tice dating back to Washington. They
had been desultory, however, and there
had been no regular repetition Of the
proclamation until after 1t had been is
Vued by Mr.. Lincoln.
The custom of observing a day Of
thanksgiving and prayer is as old as
the civilization Of the country. 1t was
inaugurated in New England very
shortly after the arrival of the first
English immigrants, and 1t gradually
became the day of all others In the
year, for surprising Christmas in the
enthusiasm and universally of its OBJ
Vervance. In the southern states, prior
to the Civil war, 1t was quite general,
though there was no common day OF
celebration. The governors OF the
states issued their proclamations with
Out reference to the dates set by the
governors of other states, and 1t not
lnfrequently happened that the cele
bration would occur in Maryland on q
day different from that which was OBJ
served in the neighboring states. There
were commonwealths, prior to the
Civil war, where no proclamation wa'
issued, and there was no observance
whatever.
The proclamation of Mr.. Lincoll
seemed to electrify the country and tt
cement the states in their observance
of Thanksgiving, though there wer
commonwealth which for some year
afterward selected different date
This gradually ceased, until now tn
celebration has become a thorough
national and universal event. For
while it eclipsed the Fourth Of July
and in New England today 1t far sui
passes Christmas in interest Wit
the disappearance OF sectionalisn
however, the Fourth of July has al
sumed its normal place in America
holidays, and ie not likely agaii
through any combination of circuu
stances, to lose 1t.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
Blessings Enumerated.

As a nation we individual citizens
Of the United States have reason
above all other peoples for the giving
of thanks. Where others have within
the year been menaced by war. by do
mestic disorder, by revolution within
or enemy without, Americans have
been at peace at home and enjoying
peaceful relations with all the world
Our government has been honored
with the leadership in a movement for
the limitation and eventual ending Of
war. The broad principles of demo-
cratic government upon which our re-
public rests have been an inspiration
to less favored peoples even in the
most backward quarters of the earth.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
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For Which We owe Thanks.


That we have much to be thankful
for no one doubts or denies. 1t is not
necessary to rehearse details. We
know that we are happy and favored
people. We are rich, prosperous and
free. Our problems. great as they are,
are as nothing compared with those
that are distressing the nations of the
old world. But the things which we
regard as blessings. and for which we
are supposed to give thanks. are bless
ings only as we use them right, and
only in so far as we humbly acknowl-
edge that they are the gifts of God.
The danger is, not that we shall at
tribute too much to the divine power,
but that we shall take too much credit
to ourselves. This has always been
true. Far back in Old Testament times
the people were warned against think
ing that they themselves had got the
wealth which they enjoyed, and were
told that 1t was God who had given
them the power to get wealth. The
old religious idea, therefore. rather
than the new one. makes--if 1t Is cor
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27

sion. At the beginning OF the season
the queen lays eggs in the workers
cells. She walks over the combs, puts
her head into each open cell as she
comes to 1t as though to discover
whether 1t Is occupied or is In fit con-
dition to receive an egg. l have look
ed into an observatory hive for hours
and watched how faithfully she goes
about her work. The queen only
stings other queens, and seeks only
to kill her rivals. She may be hand
led to any extent without fear Of be-
ing stung. She has also great tena-
city of life as we'll as longevity. She
will often continue alive in conditions
that have proved fatal to the workers
confined with her.
Well-bred queens are good for two
full years work, and the great ma
iority for the third year. A queen
hatch in the early part Of the season,
so that the year Of her Matching she
does much breeding. Is aged and very
uncertain her third year. Hatched In
mid or late summer she will complete
that year, all the next, and make a
good colony for the next honey season
after that, when she ought to be su-
perseded. Do not expect queen to
do more than two hard summers
service. Many will be good for long
er. but not enough to make 1t profit
able to risk keeping longer.
There are no sure rules for finding
a queen. 1t Is somewhat matter of
patience and practice. And yet atten-
ton to some things will help very
much. Go at 1t as quietly as possible,
using very little smoke, as smoke and
rough handling will alarm the bees
and set them to running, and then you
might as we'll give up the job until
another time.
II the bees are Italians, queens car
usually be found at Least on the third
or fourth frame taken out Of the hive
A practical beekeeper will first pull
out the center frame. and look fol
freshly layed eggs. Failing to find
these he will take out another frame
from another portion of the brood
nest If he finds the eggs. then he
has reasonable assurance that the
queen Is somewhere In this part O.
the hive, He looks the frames ovel
carefully. and. falling to find her. hC
takes out the next one, each time fol
lowing in the wake Of the eggs. Whil'
it no sure rule that the presence O
freshly layed eggs In any portion o
the brood-nest is evidence that tn,
queen is in that part Of the hive, yet
generally speaking. she will be foun'
near them.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
FASCINATION OF THE POPPY
Has Effect on Bees and Animals the
Same as 1t Has on the
Human Race.

The direful effects OF opium upon
animals and the fearful temptation 1t
Is to some OF them are set forth in
recent number of the French Gazette
des Hopitaux, which quotes some
strange evidences gathered by Francis
GARNER in China in 1878.
The culture of the poppy" writes
GARNER, has caused most important
article-wax-to disappear from the
market Of Yunnan. According to the
natives, the bees, formerly very nu-
merous In this part of China, have
experienced for the poppy flower the
same morbid liking that the Chinese
feel for the juice that Is drawn from
It's fruit. In the season when the
poppy fields are in bloom these insects
come in crowds to ransack them, but
they are unable afterward to regain
their taste for other food, and they
perish after two successive seasons.
Another example OF this singular
attraction that the poppy exerts upon
animals as we'll as upon men waf
called to our attention. In an opium
refinery in the city it was noticed that
the rats came every evening in great
numbers to snuff the fumes that arose
from the furnaces. Following the sud
den occupation Of Yunnan by the Mo
hammedans the refinery was closed
down and was abandoned for a time
When new owner took possession ht
found upon the waiting that remained
In place many dead rats. These hat
died Of hunger while waiting for the
pleasure they had been accustomed t.
enjoy in breathing the opium fumes
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27

rains, which. in cases Of even slightly
rolling land, may be the source of con-
siderable loss.
The first spring cultivation will
work this vegetative growth now dead
and partially decayed into the soil.
Through the processes of decompo-
sition the supply of soil humus is thus
replenished, and soil agencies liberate
the plant food used in making this
growth, when 1t Is at once taken up
used in the growth and development
of the various parts of such plants
which at this season are in an exceed
ingly high state Of activity.
The growth of grain presents very
pleasing picture to the eye through
out the fall season, during which time
there Is usually not much verdure in
evidence.
To the one possessing an aesthetic
nature this alone will be ample re-
compensation for the expense in.
volyed.
AS soon as the fruiting season is
over, 1t is usually advisable to remove
the canes just fruited and burn them.
Where there are fungous diseases
to contend with the need Of this be-
comes imperative. After this growth
has been removed the young canes
should be thoroughly sprayed with
the Bordeaux mixture. A month later
another application should be made.
When the canes have so far ripened
that the leaves begin to drop, the
growth of young canes may be re
duced by cutting away about one-thirt
of the growth made.
Fall pruning has no advantage ovel
spring pruning, perhaps, except thai
with most growers work Is not 81
pressing at that season as In th'
spring.
Then. too, where there is los'
caused by breaking Of canes from
high winds and deep SHOWS fall prun
ing may lessen injury from thi!
source.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27

Second St, w. s., Streator, Illinois.
Philadelphia, Pa. -"It was at the
'Change of Life that l turned to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
using it as tonic to build up my sys-
tenn, with beneficial results. - Mrs.
SARA HAYWARD, 1925 W. Venango St,
(Tioga) Phila., Pa.
San Francisco, Cal.-"I have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for many years whenever I
would feel bad. / have gone through
the Change of Life without any troubles
and thank the Compound for it. Irec-
ommend it to young girls and to women
of all ages. s.'-Mrs. G. BARRIE, 3052
25th St, San Francisco, Cal.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by
woman and held in strict confidence.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
ACCORDING to Orders,

A woman. coming down the garden
walk, was Mortified at seeing her son
standing on his head against the gar
den wall.
johnnie, you wretch" she cried,
what are you doing now"
Standing on my head" replied
Johnnie. Didn't yer tell me to play
at summat that wouldn't wear my
boots out?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
For the Asparagus Bed.

The land for an asparagus bed
must be we'll drained, warm, rich soil
and thoroughly worked. For a home
patch deep spading may do, but care
must be taken to get the manure well
mixed with the soil IL best results are
desired. For larger beds the manure
should be turned under with plow.
Deep plowing is advantageous In
most cases. The first plowing should
be done late In the fall. the second
early In the spring. Good. strong one
year-old roots are the best. A long
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
Count Transfers BY Weight.

Several electric railway companies
including those in Detroit and Phila
delphia, are using a machine fol
weighing them. This machine is sc
delicate that it can be used for count
ing items weighing from 1-25,OOC
ounce to Is pounds each in capacities
ranging from eight to six tons.-Elec
trio Railway Journal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
salt for Cows.

When the cows are salted only once
a week. they eat too much at a time.
and it causes looseness of the
bowels. They will eat a little salt
nearly every day If 1t is kept where
they can get at 1t, especially when the
grass % fresh and abundant.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27

Swinburne evidently found baths
source of inspiration. for he told
Edmund Gosse that "Baudelaire" was
written in a Turkish bath. Doctor
Johnson, on the other hand, regarded
them with suspicion. When an old
Lichf1eld friend. showing him over a
house built specially for him, dilated
on the advantage of the bathroom,
the doctor said: "Sir, are you we'll?
Quite well. thank you, DOCTOR" was
the reply. Then, sir let we'll alone
hate immersion"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
Rouuh on Dad.

Baby had been displayed in his best
bib and tucker to a number Of admir-
ing callers. The last one looked him
over and was evidently trying to think
of something nice to say. Finally she
remarked: Dear me, how much he
looks like his father!"
Its only the warm weather" replied
his mother, somewhat testify. THE
child Is usually right cheerful and
handsome"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
OF cnIlras IA Did.

Charlie. aged six. asked at the soda
water counter for cone OF ice cream
The clerk, not catching his order
asked:
DO you want two cones?"
II want two" said Charlie, but I've
only got one nickel.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
ArranoInu q Program.

what did you do in vaudeville on
the Crimson Gulch circuit?" asked the
blonde lady.
Il sang" replied the lady who was
still more blonde.
"You sang in Crimson gulch! Was
1t safe?"
Perfectly. My husband does a
sharpshooting act. By letting him pre-
cede me on the bill l was assured OF
perfect politeness."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
Natural Supposition.

Johnny" the teacher asked, "can
you tell me anything about Christie
pher Columbus?"
He discovered America"
Yes. What else did he do?"
81 s'pose he went home and lee
tured about It,"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-27
This WIN Interest Mothers.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
relieve Feverishness, Headache, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and destroy worms They break up
Colds in "a hours They are SO pleasant to take
children like them. Used by mothers for "a
years. al Druggists, Csc. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress, A. s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y. Adv.