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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-08-10
Bachelor Girls,

The Bachelor Girls met on Friday
with Miss Thurlow Ward and attended
the Forty Two party at Mrs. H. II.
Sayre's.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-08-10

Pupils in a German school were
recently tested as to their reading of
newspapers. In the highest element
airy class of forty-four, 25 read a
newspaper every day; Is at least
once a week, and four less frequently.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-08-10

Laurium, Minersyille, oxford, Pitts
burg and Rankin, Pa; and Westerly,
r. |.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-08-10

Drawing work from public schools
in 80 cities has been selected by the
United States Bureau OF Education
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-08-10

THE GLOBE WAY
is THE RIGHT WAY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-08-10
A. Mrs. SaYre's.

st. Philips Guild entertained on
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
WHEN ACCIDENTS BRING LUCK
What Seemed at First to Be Misfor.
tune Turned Out to Be Cause
of Prosperity.

What looked like an accident that
would put me completely out of busi-
ness was instead the cause Of my
present prosperity" said a man who
makes business Of taking people out
to the fishing grounds.
when l started business three
years ago 1 had just enough capital
to buy a secondhand motor boat,
which was rated to carry sixty passen-
gers.
"On the first day took party OF
fishermen out the spring on the intake
Of my carbureter broke when the
boat was between Coney Island Point
and Monument Light For an hour
the boat drifted and my passengers
cussed.
"As every boatman knows, the
Shrewsbury river forms new sandbars
every winter, and although l had not
been up the Shrewsbury that season
/ took a chance. Just at the entrance
to the channel the boat poked her nose
upon a sandbar, and as the tide was
on the ebb she stayed there.
Swearing like pirate I reversed
the engine, but it was no use. By that
time practically all Of my sixty pas
sengers were vowing they would never
take another trip on my boat and
they threatened to warn their friends.
An old German who sat in the stern
and who could not speak English did
not realize that the boat was aground,
but thought we had reached the fish
ing grounds. Very calmly he baited
his hooks and threw the line over.
Hardly had the line struck bot
tom when the old man began to haul
in vigorously. He landed a big, fat
fluke on the deck. In moment every
man had line overheard. Such fish,
ing you never saw. The men got
fiuke Just as fast as they could pull
them in.
II have been seaman good many
years and understood what had hap
pened. The Shrewsbury and especial
ly around Sandy Hook Point is famous
for f1uke and these fish will always
go where the bottom Is being dug up.
There's no better place for fluke fish
ing than behind boat that is dredging
! for oysters or clans. The reversing
of the propeller of my boat was, Of
course, tearing up the bottom and the
fuke were coming from all directions.
Il just thanked my stars and kept
the engine reversed. After a couple
of hours the tide turned and lifted us
off the bar, but by that time every
one had a mess of tiuke and all were
happy. The fishermen took 1t for
granted that I had run the boat
aground at that spot and had then
kept the engine going SO as to give
them days fishing and make up for
the time lost previously. They ad-
vertised me literally among their
friends and I've been busy ever since"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
German Dogs Aid to Police.

Since the supreme intelligence of
the German shepherd dogs was brought
to the notice of the police authorities
in Berlin, 1856 dogs have been at
tached to the department. Although
there are so many of these dogs in
Germany it is difficult to purchase a
good one and an ordinary and not fully
trained dog costs about 5000. There
is also feeling that it is somewhat
unpatriotic to sell the best German
dogs, since they are Of great service to
the police and the military.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
Given under His Hand.

Uncle Luke sometimes had the job
of accompanying visitors about one
of the South Carolina cotton mills
near Columbia. One day the party
under his care came to a room where
all the employees were men.
ST see you don't employ any women
here" said one woman in surprise.
Deed we amt, ma'am," answered
Luke, proudly. "Mr Parker done or
der dat hisself, ma'am-nothin' 'cept
manual labor in dishyer room. New
York Evening Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
TO GET KNOWLEDGE
EVERY MAN SHOULD EXERCISE
MIND BY THINKING.
Learning Comes Through Our Senses,
Which Are to tho Mind and
Body What Reporter Is to
Newspaper.

Whatever knowledge we have we
have obtained 1t In two ways, Thomas
Drier writes in the Nautilus. The
first is Inheritance. The second is ac-
QUESTION. With that which we OBJ
tanned from our ancestors we had
nothing to do. We are not concerned
with the past. We are vitality inter-
ested in the present,
All knowledge must be obtained to-
day by one or more of the five senses.
Through the avenues of seeing, hear
ing, touching, smelling and tasting
come all our sensations. The quality
and number of sensations depend up
on the kind of sense organs we have.
The man with weak eyes can never
obtain through sight the knowledge
obtained by the man with eyes that
are strong. The man whose sense of
taste has been impaired, say, by indul-
gence, cannot obtain the sense of sat
isfaction of the man whose taste is
cultivated and trained to report ac-
curately.
Our senses are to the mind and body
what reporters are to a great news
paper. Each has a special department.
One covers police, another the drama
and entertainment, and so on. Each
is a specialist. The more efficient,
the better trained, the more educated
each reporter is in his special de-
partment of reporting, the stronger
will be the stories and articles he will
turn in to his paper.
The strength and power of the pa
per is but combined strength and
power of the work of the reporters.
The truthfulness of the paper is the
sum of the truthfulness of reporters.
The new story written by the re-
porter with weak eyes will lack
strength and accuracy just as the eyes
of the reporter lacked strength and
accuracy. AS the matter which is
printed in the newspaper is the re-
suit of the work of the reporters so
is the matter printed on the mind the
work Of the five senses.
To build the muscles of the body we
require wholesome food and proper ex-
ercise. No matter how wholesome the
food, no matter how much or how lit
tie we eat, we cannot have strong,
healthy bodies unless we take proper
exercise.
So with the mind. No matter how
rich the mental food the senses may
bring to the mind, no good can be ac-
complished unless the mind is exer-
cised, is used in serving some pur-
pose. is employed in doing some work.
Let us use our newspaper figure to
illustrate. If a newspaper employed
the greatest staff of reporters in the
world, If each was a master in his
line, If each one had no superior any
where, If each wrote stories and arti-
cles that had never been equaled, If
the stories sent in were such as to
command the interest Of the entire
city-if these reporters did all and
were all things and these articles were
printed in the paper in the most at
tractive typographical manner, and the
papers were then stored in a vault in
the basement, would that newspaper
have any influence, would its circula-
ton grow, would advertisers clamor
for space in its columns?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
BIushlna Not Lost.

Thus groans a mature and dignified
exchange: "Blushing is fast becoming
a lost art" That depends. For exam
pie, if we were to blush for every DEM
agoEue we soon would be a walking
case of scarlet fever. AS it is, we
compromise by blushing part of the
time and let the fathers turn over in
their graves the balance of the time.
But if our esteemed pessimist infers
that the crimson signal of confusion
or innocence or timidity is burning low
in woman, he errs. It's all in the
viewpoint. The blush, the badge of
refinement, is still current among the
rich and poor-and the world is grow
ing better all the while.-Exchange
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
WORLDS QUEER FOLK
MANY OF THEM IN ACTUAL LIFE
AND IN BOOKS.
Freaks and caprlces of Nature, Added
to Almost Daily, a Source of
Wonder and Matter for
: Study.

We read in the old books catalogued
by booksellers as quaint" books like
the Wonderful Museum" or the &c
centric Biography" about misers, her.
mits, gargantuan eaters, strong men,
men with horns, women with whisk-
ers, and we wonder at the freaks and
caprices of nature, but there is ma
terial every year for still more en-
cyclopedic volumes, year books of
Living Marvels." Read the newspa-
pers. There are wild men in the New
England states. Mr.. John d. Rookie
feller, not believing in holidays, be-
cause they too often lead to extra
vagance," kept the laborers on his
ESTATE" hard at work on September
1. Letters to the New York Times in
form US that there are persons, other
wise sane who are endeavoring to
color meerschaum pipes.
There was hermit in the heart Of
London few years ago. He lived in
cellar, the sole vestige of a house
in Clare Market, pulled down and for
gotten by it's owners" Tradesmen of
the neighborhood gave him food, and
he was lazily happy until journalist
discovered him. The hermit was then
interviewed and photographed, and the
workhouse authorities pulled him out
cs his cellar and cleaned him, so that
his glory as hermit faded. M. Chris
Granger of Brooklyn on August "a
ate SO Holsters weighing from pound
to pound and quarter. Not long
ago he ate a 15-pound bluefish, six
green peppers, nine potatoes, two
loaves of bread at sitting, and, heed
ing not physicians who advise against
drink at table, galy put down 10 bot.
ties of beer. Truly, this is a little
world of great wonders.
Go back a few years. Did not John
Ruskin deserve place in an "Encylo-
paedia of Wonders?" We do not refer
to his handing over Mrs. Ruskin to
his artistic friend, Mr. Millais; we do
| not allude to his crusade against rail-
ways and factories. When he suffered
what would be the worst for him /;
| then ne ordered it and ate it. The
| physicians told him that pepper was
| dangerous. He scattered it profusely
over every dish. An obstinate man,
when he was most disobedient, reck.
| lessly perverse, he recovered.
Some of US remember the old man
who for 40 years had a telescope at
| Fifth avenue and Twenty-third street
in New York, Mr.. Frederick ]. Sey
bold, known to thousands only as the
professor. This learned stargazer in
vited the public by little placards tc
see the Man in the Moon or the
| Mighty Jupiter. He had studied medi
cine, chemistry, law. He was a pro
| found astronomer and an ingenious
inventor. He was member of the
| Grand army. Why did he become q
street astronomer? No one knows
and when he died a few days ago in
a hospital at Hoboken, all that could
be said of him was that he died chiefly
from starvation. Living on the cana
barge on the Hudson, he had burned
all his papers.
Did Edward Harrigan have him in
mind when he sketched the part of the
street astronomer in "Squatter Sover
eignty?" 1t was not one of Harrigan's
best parts; yet the performance was
amusing.-Philip Hale in Bostor
Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
POISONS GET IN FOOD
RESTAURANT KEEPERS SOME
TIMES GIVEN scAREs.
HIunders Which Prove Costly to Pro-
ducers of EatahIes and Serious
to Customers, Sometimes Re-
suIting in Death.

II the proprietor of a restaurant
ever has a nightmare, it is to the effect
that some poisonous ingredient has
accidentally found its way into dish
and that the papers are full of blood
curdling accounts OF the sufferings and
death of his clients.
About FIVE years ago nearly score
of people were badly poisoned after
dining in the restaurant of a well
known West Central hotel in London,
and although the source of the poison
was never accurately traced-all that
was discovered being that it was some
form of ptomaine poisoning-yet to
this day that restaurant has hardly
recovered it's former popularity.
More recently blunder was made
in London fried fish shop. Engine
oil was, in some extraordinary fash
ion, substituted for the cottonseed
oil which is commonly used for frying
fish. This mistake proved absolutely
fatal to the business, and after time
the proprietor was forced to close his
doors.
Oddly enough, a very similar Incl
dent has just come to light in another
large town. On the morning of March
Z last baker made the alarming us
covery that the vegetable oil which he
had used in making his fancy bread
and pastry overnight had been deliv-
cred to him in barrel which had
been previously used for storing kero-
sene.
The moment he heard of the blum
der he rushed off and engaged the
services of six doctors and a dozen
carts. The carts were sent round the
town to retrieve the bad bake, while
the doctors gave their services free
to any customers who had already
partaken of the poisoned food.
Most readers will remember the
arsenic-in-beer epidemic of 1902. This
was the most extensive poisoning on
record in England. 1t was four months
before the authorities realized what
the matter was, and by that time
there were over a thousand cases in
five counties, and 81 deaths had taken
place
The source of all the trouble was a
minute quantity OF arsenic IN the peer
supplied by a Manchester brewer. 1t
was no fault of the firm, for analysis
of the liquor showed that the arsenic
originally came from glucose which
had been made with impure sulphuric
acid. 1t was the acid which contained
the arsenic.
In the year following the great
arsenic poisoning came the oyster
scare There were outbreaks of ty-
phoid fever at Winchester and at
Portsmouth. The fever was traced to
oysteA and the result was that for
some time oysters were almost un-
salable. One big oyster firm which
had been paying $3.50 a. week in wages
dropped to SIS week, and it is reck-
oned that the oyster merchants
throughout the country must have lost
at least S500,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
USES PECULIAR TOOLS
PHILADELPHIA DENTIST ALSO
HAS UNIQUE PRACTICE.
Called Upon to Alleviate Panss Of
Toothache Among DenIzens of the
"zoo," He ls Not Envled by
the Profession.

"Tom Manley, dentist. Office, Phila-
delphia Zoo. Teeth extracted from ele-
plants, giraffes and boa constructors;
rhinoceros horns removed; wild hog
tusks filed"
This card is inserted without charge,
says the North American. In the first
place, Manley holds no degree of doc
tor Of dental surgery, SO the zoo is vio-
lating no professional ethics in dis
closing his methods. In the second
place, he will probably get no trade
boost from his advertisement. One
peep into his Office and laboratory,
where forceps are two feet long and
as wicked looking as a guillotine,
would be sufficient to frighten away
the biggest bravest iron-jawed patient
in Christendom.
No shiny looking knives and drills
in Manley's kit. When he tackles an
aching tooth he arms himself with a
saw, a chisel, a hammer and plenty
of rope. You have to see the two-foot
forceps to understand the meaning Of
the rope. You have to see Manley,
who isn't really a dentist, but head
keeper at the zoo, at work on three
pound tooth to understand the mean
ing of everything.
The other day the zoos big boa
constructor got the toothache. Manley
decided the tooth would have to come
out. One of his assistants threw a
hood over the snakes head, and ten
men pounced on the reptiles body.
The big boa squirmed and wriggled.
Its tongue shot out and in like light
ming and the snake hissed and spat.
The assistants frightened their grip.
and Manley entered the snake cage,
his hands covered with pair of thick
leather gloves. Manley had no way
of knowing which tooth ached, and he
intended to take no chances. So he
took long piece of steel and began
tapping all the teeth in the snakes
mouth.
1t didn't take long to find the sensi-
tive tooth. Manley placed a piece of
burlap bag over the tooth and gave
the bag a long pull. The tooth came
out and another one with it.
After the snake was placed back in
its glass cage Manley, we'll satisfied
with his work, told about some other
big operations he had performed.
Some time ago a hippopotamus
broke a TOOTH" he said, "and we de-
cided to take out the piece that re-
NAMED in the animals mouth. We
threw the big ropes about the hippo
and dragged it to the bars of the cage.
There we pried open the animals
mouth and went to work with pair
of our long forceps, like you see there
on the wall.
Those forceps are strong enough to
pull a railroad spike, but we had to
take three grips on that tooth before
we could remove 1t. The piece
weighed three pounds. That big hip
po was so alfred mad when we had
the tooth out that he charged again
and again against the cage bars with
such force that several Of them were
loosened and bent.
Come out some time and watch us
tackle a giraffe with a ladder. It's
like fighting third-story fire."
"How do you handle an alligator?''
he was asked.
Excuse me-" said Manley. "That's
one animal I don't care to try"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
Why Papa Lost conscIousness.

"If you marry him." said her papa,
who was exhibiting symptoms of VIC
lent displeasure, II will not only have
to support him, but will have to pay
his debts, too"
But the pretty girl and petulant
young thing who was hanging to his
coat lapels was not moved by the ar
gument.
Now, papa" she said, you know
we'll enough that Fred has to live, just
the same as other men. And, as to
his debts, I've heard you say hundreds
of times that mans debts ought to
be paid"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
A Gentle Hint.

II was speaking with your father,
last night" said the young man.
"Oh, were your" answered the sweet
young thing, lowering her eyes. What
were you talking about?"
About the likelihood of war with
Mexico. Your father said If there was
a war he hoped it would be short"
"Oh, yes; l know papa is very much
opposed to long engagements"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
Not Like Her VIaltora.

The perfect baby bad reached the
age when he could coo. an accomplish
ment in which he INDUCED hemself
most of the time when not otherwise
engaged. "He is the most welcome Wis
itor I ever had" said the mother,
proudly. HE just lies and talks to
me by the hour" isn't that NICE" re-
piled the caller. $50 unlike most Wis
itors-they just talk and lie to you by
the hour"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
Taking Too Much for Granted.

Say young man, when you sold
me this fountain pen you told me
could carry it upside down in my
pocket with perfect safety"
'Well?"
well I tried it-and look at this
vest, will you?"
my dear sir, you must have-er-
filled that pen before you put it in
your pocket. You shouldn't have done
that"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
Picked the WRONG Eye.

What soulful eyes you have!" she
said to the innocent youth.
Have II" he smilingly asked.
"Yes," she murmured in her gush-
ing way. Especially the left one. !
could look into its liquid depth for
hours"
Il might leave it with you over Sun
day." said the youth, somewhat bit
terly; "it's glass"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
Authors Cellars.

II hear you have bought house
out at Swamphurst," remarked the
friend of the author Have you a
good cellar?"
Fine" replied the author "They
tell me it's one of the six best eel
lars"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
A Friendly Clock.

Look and see If the clock is run
ming, DEAR" said grandma to small
Sadie.
mo. it's standing still, grandma"
reported Sadie, "bpt it's wagging its
tall"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
Somebody Was Glad.

"And SO this is the end" said the
hero, as he bent over the form OF the
dying heroine, while the orchestra,
played soft, sad music.
thank heaven for that!" exclaimed,
. lethetio voics from the gallery,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
A Slight Discrepancy.

your theory is that the firing OF
cannon in battle produces rain?"
"Yes; and have long list of bat
ties just to prove it."
Just word"
"Well?"
Some of those battles were fought
before cannon were invented"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31

Two Russian aviators have been
added to the death roll. And still
others rush to fill up the gaps in
this perilous work of subduing the
air.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31

There are some men who admit they
are not lazy, but at the same time we
observe there are those who believe
that 1t Is not conducive to good health
to work between meals.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
Just So.

II see one of our young baseball
phenoms is to be sent back to the
minors for more seasoning"
"Yes, evidently he lacks pepper"
"But maybe it's another way of say
ing that he isn't worth his salt"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31

THE inventor Of the harem skirt
ls coming to the United States" Has
anybody notified the immigration
officials?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31

And we have come to learn from OBJ
servation that every woman likes to
have few friends who can't afford
to dress as well as she can.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
A Eailure.

First Small Boy--Is your sister any
good at playing ball?
Second Small Boy-Naw. She can't
throw anything but fit, or catch any
thing but beau.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
competIna Consumers.

"You used to say competition is the
life of trade"
so it is" replied Mr.. Cumrox, only
instead of competing to sell things.
the idea now is to corner 'em up and
get people competing for chance to
buy."-Washington Star
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
A cryina Shame.

Punktown Postmaster-The advance
agent NV thet Uncle Tom" company
told me they wouldn't have tew take
the road at all, but could show in Noo
York the year round, but for one
thing.
Farmer Ruby-What's that?
Postmaster-Why, the Gerry soci-
ETY. won't let Little Eva act down
there.-Puck.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
Cooperation Among Animals.

Cooperation is almost universal in
the animal world. Wolves often hunt
in relays or in couples. When at
tackled, cattle and horses form a cir
Gle. Beavers always work in COM
panies when building their dams.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
klndness.

why does Miss Screamditi always
close her eyes when she Singer"
well, you know she is SO tender
hearted that she cannot bear to see
snyope suffer-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
It's Nature.

Isn't it dreadful that the English
suffragettes commit SO much arson?"
Yes, indeed; it is a burning
shame"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31
Farmer Ruby-What's that?

A telephone girl ought to be about
the last person in the world to think
of telling secrets over the line.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31

Even though man can now fly 142
miles an hour, what will 1t profit him
when they are late at the theater.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-31

The Chinese are beginning to find
out that 1t takes more than a haircut
to make a republic.