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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

The Patterson Motor company deliver
ed a Dodge touring car to 0. ID.
Thomas, Of Berwyn, last week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

driven until several hundred dor..
"or'h oi work had been done on them
OnleI among the occurrences of tho
week along motor row was the sale oe
,He Palace Garage, Ardmore's second
largest automobile repair service sbon
W Ray Peterson to William Lean II p
Hnoehlaker and j. II. Haddock. The
'erlhS OF the transfer were not an.
ne new partnership, in addition TO
conducting the garage will be local
dealers for the Oakland and Chandler
cars.
MI Peterson will retain the Buick
agency here, and will establish sales.
rooms and service station in the Won
"eise building, Main and c streets.
A carload Of Dodges, one roasster
ana four touring cars, was unloaded
by the Patterson Motor company last
week Another carload will be unloaded
the first part Of this week.
q. c. Price, Of the Motor Car Sales
company Of Oklahoma City spent Fri.
DAY In Ardmore, visiting Moorehead &
Telford company, local dealers for the
cadillac, REQ and Stephens. Mr. Price
Is state distributor for the Cadillac. and
signed contracts with the local dealers
ior delivery Immediately, Of seven cars. |
Additional orders for thirty more cars.
TO be delivered within the next three
months also were placed
). c, Dodd Of Milburn, spent Thurs.
lay in Ardmore, and drove home with
him a new Maxwell delivered by L. c.
slaughter, local Maxwell dealer.
Hal Spragins, of Spragins & Twombly,
ocal Overland dealers, went to Okla.
loma City last Wednesday and returned
irving new Overland. He encounter
d several bad stretches Of road on the
eturn trip, particularly just north of
Moore about seven miles from Ardmore
The county commissioners cannot be.
I'm too soon the work Of repairing and
the county's roads" Mr.
'pragns said. Improvement is need.
d in number Of places"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

c. C Hendricks, of Springer is driv.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-05-25
ULYSSES S. GRANT

By practically unanimous verdict, Ulysses >.
Grant is named as one of the few great military
chieftains of the world. And the closest scrutiny
of his work will convince us that his fame rests
upon the most substantial foundation; upon sue
cess unqualified and unquestoned; upon the car
rying through to it's fHfllment of the most stu
pendous projects, involving such perplexng and
elusive problems are only to be encountered In
the art of war, Henry E. Wing writes in the New
York Christian Advocate.
And he won his success without any of the
purely personal advantages with which, In the
popular fancy, the ideal hero Is endowed. Grant
was not a handsome man. / mean there was
nothing specially attractive in his bearing. He
has the reputation of having been wonderful
horseman; and he was, of certain sort riding,
occasionally the most fractions animals, and rid
ing always like of the furies. But mounted
or afoot he had careless and almost slouching
manner. and he cut pretty poor figure by the
side of the stately and dignfed Meade and Burn
Hancock His habitua conduct exceedingly
quiet and reserved, giving one the impression OF
innate dfidence bordering real bashfulness.
His ordinary conversation was on the most COM
mOnnlace TOPICS and have no recollection Of his
ever giving expression by look or language to the
extraordinary genius with which he was certainly
endowed.
The trait for which he best esteemed, at
the time knew him. was his tenacity. But am
certain that 1t was not appreciated. How, while
sturdily holding to his main purpose. he sub
mitted the details Of the campaign to almost and
sometimes most radical changes. His message to
General Halleck, from Spottsylvania, 81 purpose
to fight it out this line if it takes all summer
was INTERPRETED to mean that he would not alter
his course one iota, whatever might happen. This
did him great injustice, as representing him to be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-05-25
DADDY SLV[NIN(
ARY TALL l
% MARI GRAHAN- BONNER
DOCTOR BIRDS.

"a little boy named Peter" said
Daddy, ''had been very i'll. His mother
and daddy had been so worried about
him that they had decided he needed
change of air. So his mother had
taken him down South, far, far from
his home.
''An Peter could do was to lie in the
warm sunshine and think. Sometimes
he would doze of but his dreams
would be troubled and not so very
pleasant because he was i'll and he
wasn't resting a good healthy rest.
'Poor Peter! How long the days,
did seem sometimes. Often he would
ask his mother the time, and he would
be so surprised to hear that the morn
ing had not half gone. And often,
how he would long for school-in fact
every day he longed for it, and Satur-
day he wished for his playmates and
the games they would have after the
errands had been done.
"School would have been the most
glorious thing in the world compared
to being i'll, he had thought so often.
In fact he thought so most of the
time. He did not think he would ever
again mind doing his lessons, because
there was so much else that was Won
derful about school. There were all
his friends, all his playmates. What
good times they all had had.
"Peter would think of the games
they would be playing at just such a
time-and oh how much longer the
afternoons seemed than the mornings.
"And when he would raise his legs
and try to imagine he was back with
the boys, ready for races, sports and
pranks. But his legs felt so weak
His head got so tired. How wretched
1t was to be i'll.
"The doctor had told his mother
that half the reason he took so long
to get well was because he was so un-
happy.
If he could only get interested in
Something said the doctor. He would
then get well twice as quickly. Doesn't
he like to read?'
Yes said his mother, but he is
lonely for his friends
But one day on the ledge, of the
little sleeping porch Peter had, came
a small bird. Peter spent his days in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-05-25

bed on the sleeping porch too, for the
doctor said the air would make him
well and strong so much more quickly.
'Twit-twit,' chirped the little bird.
"'Hello,' said Peter.
''The little bird cooked his head on
one side as if to say he wasn't at all
sure what Hello meant, but he
thought it sounded rather nice. So
he burst into q song. Such a glorious
song! How Peter loved it. He smiled
and he even laughed at the little bird
who seemed to sing as If he would
burst his tiny throat.
"'What beautiful voice. said Pc
ter.
"Twit, twit,' answered the little
bird. 'Chirp, chirp, tweet,' which was
his way Of saying he was so glad Pc.
ter liked it.
"Then the little bird looked about.
him for crumbs or something to eat.
He moved his beak and tried to pick.
up things he thought he saw. They
did not turn out to be good at all.
Mother called Peter, may have
some crumbs for this little bird? He.
has sung for me and has been here to-
call on me-
Peters mother came rushing out
with a bowl of bread crumbs and then
she brought out some clear, cool wa
ter The little bird looked so grateful
and pleased, and he went off singing
gaily. That morning seemed very
short to Peter, and that afternoon the
doctor said that Peter seemed very
much better. The next day seven
birds came and sang and had deli
cious repast. And the following day
a flock of birds came-all of many
colors and they all had lovely voices.
Peter grew steadily better.
''Spring was just about to arrive
when Peter suddenly thought that the
birds would leave him. Sure enough
they began to grow fewer and fewer,
but his first little friend was the last
to leave.
"Oh,' said Peter, you've made me
well. How hate to see you 60 Peter
was walking around now, but he al
ways spent his mornings in the Sleep
ing porch where the birds came. And
Peter waved a beautiful blue silk
handkerchief he had. 'Good-by little
bird friend be called.
"But that afternoon when the doctor
came he told Peters mother that Peter
was well enough to go back home, so
Peter went back with his friends, The
Doctor Birds as he called them"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-05-25
MAN AND SOLDIER

a very stubborn man; while, the contrary
among Grants most valuable characteristics were
his open-mindedness and his wonderful faculty of
putting lessons once learned into practice.
Behind that impassive face this silent man was
holding substantial scheme for putting down the
secession This scheme embraced the general
movements of all the great armies of the United
States and involved the intelligent cooperation
of half a score of loyal general commanders.
this general plan that incident of battle march
or siege could disturb his equanimty
Only once in my presence in that whole cam
paign did he betray the slightest perturbation or
vexation. That was with his chief subordinate
on the fatal morning Of the Petersburg mine ex
plosion After the mine had been fired it was
absolutely necessary that the assault should be n-
Stantly made We waited long time to hear the
cheers of the men they would charge through
the breach. At last, facing the stalwart com
nander Of the army, he cried "Why don't thu
boys go in?" And on Meade-to whom this seemed
q idea-starting to stammer reply
Grant gave him one look of intense disgust and
wheeling his horse, rushed headlong to the front
An example of this resoute faith occurred at
the Wilderness. When affairs In the most
terrible confusion en- our left, officer rode up
and reported in excited manner that Han
cock had been cut off and captured. Grant was
sitting on the ground with his back to tree He
did not even get to his feet. He quietly took his
pipe from his mouth and said that he did not be-
Iieve It, And he right 1t was during this
battle that he gave me a characteristic message
to insert in my dispatch to the Tribune 'Tell the
people that everything is going swimmingly down
here" This was in the midst Of an engagement
which was at least indecisive and in which ali his
plans were being frustrated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-05-25

The only thing he wrote was short note to his
mother saying that he had been captured and was
to be hanged and was not afraid to die. AS he
stood on the scaffold messenger arrived from
General Dodge promising him immunity II ne
would reveal the identity of his confederate. The
rope was around his neck; the boy answered
IF had thousand lives / would lose them all
here before would betray my friends or the con-
fdence of my informant"
Then he turned to the executioner and SAID
casually, IT am ready" The trap was sprung
and one of the heroes of the Confederacy was
dead. He was then sixteen years old.
There was an underground railroad of Confed-
crate sympathizers running through Maryland ana
Virginia headed by Custs Grymes of Virginia
He came of the family which gave wife to
George Washington, and many of his emlssarles
were high born women. One was clergyman
Rev. DR.. Stuart. an irreproachable Epscopai1an
When the dashing but hopeless raid on Ver1nont'
by Confederate force In Canada was ordered IN
1864 Grymes sent girl named Olivia Floyd. who
concealed the order in her hair. 1t was the fash
ion then for women TO curly net over their
locks, and Olivia hid the documents there and
made wild ride on a bitter cold night into the
lines where she delivered the orders that resulted
in the attack OF st. Adams
Gen Jim Lane had spy named Eliza
beth w. Stiles, whose husband was murdered be-
fore her eyes by Quantrells guerrillas in 1862
Border warfare was merciless; there some
thing Indian about it. Mrs. Stiles devoted her
life to vengeance. She quite deliberate about
it. She went East and put her children in school,
and then came back to the West and put herself
under Lanes orders. She faced death many
time; once she arraigned before Sterling
Price himself but she made him believe she was
Confederate spy,>and he gave her a horse and fire.
arms and sent her on her way.
One Union spy Mack Williams, found himself
in the Confederate line face to face with his own
brother Confederate soldier "I'm Yankee
spy" said Williams; "you're rebel. Betray me If
you want to; it's your duty" 1t was hard and
delicate question: but the ties Of nature out
over patriotism.
General Baker has recorded the fact that for
two years farm near Fairfax Court House was
frequented by Union officers none of whom had
the least suspicion that daughter of the house
Confederate spy. She was, Baker says "a
young and decidedly goodlooking woman, with
pleasing, nsinuating manners" She appeared to
be violent Union sympathzer, yet at night she
used to go out and meet Colonel Mosby and give
him the information she had gained from the
credulous Union officers. Baker finally caught her
by sending spy who gained her con-
fdence.-New York Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-05-25
Otherwise Engaged.

$50 you think you will stand bet
ter chance with your gardening this
year?"
eyes," replied Mr.. Crosslots. "All
the nelghbors will be making gardens
themselves, instead of standing around
laughing at me-"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-05-25

TONEWALL JACKSON'S Valley
campaign was one of the great
deeds of history. Not since Ma
poleon's time have men been so
.dazzled as they were by that great
exploit of his. Yet Stonewall might
have gone down the Valley in defeat
had it not been for little college
girl named Belle Boyd. On May %,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-05-25
AIteF !'ls Murine Is for Tired Eyes.

GuEWWBWO NGu Eyes = OOTB EyGB = z
8 Granulated HyelidS Rests s
Refreshes Restores Murine is FaVorit0
: Treatment for Eyes that feel dr.. and smart. :
Give your Eyes as much OF yonr loving care :
As your Teeth and with the same regularity.
CARE FOR THEM YOU CANN9T BUY NEW EYESl {
z Sold at Drug and Optical Stores or by Mail s
Ask Murine Eye AsmadS Co. Chicago. for Free Book
@suuutuIi,u
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-05-25
put or Until Tomorrow.

It Is folly not to put off until tomor.
row the things that can be done bet
ter tomorrow than today,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-05-25
USE ALIENS FOOT EASE

The antiseptic powder to be shaken into shoea
and sprinkled into the foot-bath. 1t relieves
painful, swollen, smarting feet and takes the
sting ont of corns and bunions. The greatest
comforter ever discovered for all fOot-achea.
Sold everywhere, Csc. Trial package FREE.
Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.-Adv.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-05-25
Amateur Gardening.

''Planted anything in your garden
YETI" Both rubbers, two pencils ana
q fountain PEN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-05-25
Not So Precinitate.

'Bliggins is one of these men who
want to get ahead of everybody else."
'Oh, / don't know. He hasn't en-
listed yet"
The Washington times., 1917-02-02

Every Shirt Full Cut and Perfect FIFTH
The Washington times., 1917-02-02
QUIT MEAT IF YOUR
KIDNEYS ACT BADLY
Take tablespoonful of Salts
if Back hurts or Bladder
Bothers.

We are a nation OF meat eaters and
our blood Is nIled-with uric acid. says
well-known authority, who warns
us to be constantly on guard against
kidney trouble.
The kidneys do their utmost TO free
the blood OF this irritating acid. bat
become weak from the overwork
they get sluggish; the eliminatlve
Tissues clog and thus the waste is re-
tanned in the blood to poison the en-
tire system
When your kidneys ache and feel
like Jumps of lead. and you have
singing pains in the back or the
urine is cloudy, full of sediment, or
the bladder is irritable, obljgipS you
TO seek relief during the night: when
you have severe headaches, nervous
and dizzy spells. sleeplessness, acid
stomach or rheumatism IN bad wealth
err. get from your pharmacists about
four ounces of Jad Salts: take a
fore breakfast'ea morning and in a
few days your kidneys will act fine
This famous salts is made from IN.
acid OF grapes and lemon Juice, com
bined with lithia. and has been used
for generations to flush and stimulate
clogged kidneys. to ieItrRlize the
acids In urine so II is no longer a
source OF irritation. thus ending urIn-
airy and bladder disorders.
Jad Salts Is inexpensive and cam
not inJure; makes a delightful effer-
yescent Whitewater drink. and no.
body can make q mistake by taking
q little occasionally TO koep the kid
neys clean and active.-Advt
The Washington times., 1917-02-02
CONVICT HIDES IN PRISON
Nearly Dead From Exhaustion, He
Gives Self Up.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Feb. a
Frank Lester, burglar sent from ST
Louis three months ago under sentence
Of four years. hid OUT for five DAYS
under pile Of refuse in shop No. at
the penitentiary.
He was nearly dead from exhaustion
and is In the hospital. His intention
Was TO make a getaway over the wall,
but his nerve failed him or the oppor-
tunity was lacking to make the attempt
He could get water in the shop. but
no food. The prison was ransacked
from end TO end several times by the
officers. who finally concluded that he
had gone over the wall.
He finally crawled out OF his hiding
place and gave himself up. He was SO
weak that he could hardly walk.
The Washington times., 1917-02-02
STREET CAR CRASH
NEAR UNION STATION
Three Persons Slightly Ipiured
and Traffic Is Blocked
Temporarily.

Three persons were slightly in
Jured and street car service in the vi
entity OF Union Station was blocked
for several minutes, when two cars
or the Washington Railway and Elec
trio Company collided on the curve
at Massachusetts, avenue and North
Capitol street early today.
A northbound Brookland car. in
charge Of Motorman Harry Hepner
and Conductor James Brown, was
turning into Massachusetts, avenue,
when It struck a westbound George
town car, operated by Conductor
Harry L Macy and Motorman r. A.
Saxton.
The passengers on both cars were
thrown from their seats and the fol-
lowing slightly injured:
Mrs. G. NJ Herofd, forty-fve years
old. Glen Echo. Nd.
William Proctor. colored, forty-five,
OF 800 A street northeast.
Miss Mary O'Brien, forty years old,
OF 314 Second street northeast.
Refuse Treatment.
All Of them refused hospital treat
ment and went away. The fronts of
both cars were considerably damaged
Herman z. Ensslin, forty-five years
old, of 1920 Third street northwest
who was knocked down by a WASH
ington ailway and Electric car in the
downtown section yesterday, is at
Emergency Hospital with q broken
ankle.
The Washington times., 1917-02-02
Prepare List Of Errors.

The question is to be taken up fully
at meeting Of the advisory council Of
the Daughters at their meeting later
this month. Historians Of the organiza-
ton are preparing a list OF the alleged
misrepresentation. As soon as these
The Washington times., 1917-02-02
4 raw, SORE THROAT
Eases Quickly When You Apply
a Little Musterole

And Musterole won't blister like the
old-tashioned mustard plaster. Just
spread it on with your fingers. It pen
ctrates to the sore spot with a gentle
tlngle, loosens the congestion and
draws out the soreness and pain.
Musterole is a clean, white ointment
made with oil of mustard. 1t is fine for
quick relief for sore throat, bronchitis,
tonsilitis, Group, stiff neck, asthma, neu-
ralgia, headache, congestion, pIeurisy,
rheumatism, lLmb.go, pains and aches
OF The back or joints, sprains, sore.
muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted
feet colds on the chest Git often pre-
vents pneumopia). Nothing like Mus,
herole for croupy children.
The Washington times., 1917-02-02
Superintendent Thurston Says
Every Effort Is Made to Gain
Their Attendance.
GET CITIZENSHIP PAPERS
Assistance of Citizens Associa-
tons Will Be Sought Next
Year, Says Head.

Washington schools already are
making every effort to gain the at
tendance Of washington's foreign
born residents.
Every list of presons who apply
for citizenship papers is turned over
to the director of night schools and
teachers seek to get in touch with
these aliens and urge them to attend
schools.
Next year a systematic effeort is to
be made to get citizens associations
and other organizations to cooperate
with the schools In rounding up"
all the aliens who need to be instruct
ed in reading and writing English, in
clvies, and in American history.
Statements 0g Superintendent.
These were the statements today
of E. L. Thurston, superintendent of
schools, in connection with the state
ment of Raymond F. Crist, deputy
commissioner of naturalization. that
about $4,000 foreign born persons re-
side here and less than 500 of them
are in the night schools.
Mrs. Crist pointed to the peculiar
condition here in that there are no
colonies of foreigners. and they are
SO scattered that many Of them find
it impossible to reach the three
night schools for foreigners now in
session at the jefferson, Thomson and
Madison Schools.
Aids in AmerlcanlEm.
Though the fact that foreigners.
here are not colonized has its dis
advantages in their school education"
T., 80 oil so a. q a.
vantage in respect to- their assimila-
tion. There are no quarters in Wash
ington where nationalities retain the
mode OF living and the institutions Of
their own land. This scattering, I
am inclined to believe. Is q factor
making for their Americanization.
at also should be remembered that
the fact that there are $4,000 foreign
born residents here by no means in
dhcates there are nearly that many
who need education in our language.
Many OF these are as truly American
as any of us.
COnversant with English.
In investigating the lists OF those
who asked for citizenship papers,
sent us by the Bureau of Naturaliza-
ton, many were found established In
business VINO were thoroughly con-
versant with our language and in
situations, and had no need of a night
school for aliens.
"T am thoroughly in sympathy with
the movement to get into the schools
all those who need such education.
Many have progressed beyond the
stage of the schools for foreigners
and are either in some OF the other !
sixteen white night schools. OF. in the
case Of children, attending day
schools.
at believe in Washington IL is pos
sible to attain the ideal Of having
every resident thoroughly conversant |
with our language and ideals, and to
that extent / already have asked the |
cooperation of various organizations |
and next year hope 10 have q more |
widespread aid in this effort"
The Washington times., 1917-02-02

are completed. q committee will appear
before the Board Of Education to urge
upon that body the necessity Of having
the stated errors corrected
There is at present a countrywide
movement to have erroneous statements
IN an scnooI histories IN pr,ss'e - wen
There Is in the histories in use In
the schools here q number Of widespread
but false impressions detrimental to the
character and aims OF the southern peo-
pie and States" Mrs. Mulcare stated.
we should begin to correct these I'M
pressions by insisting that history fair
to the South. be taught In the PUBLIC
The Washington times., 1917-02-02
REFUGEES QUIT MEXICO
1000 Follow Psrshins's Expedition
Returning to U. s.

About 1000 refugees. are accom-
panying the Pershing expedition out
of Mexico, the War Department an
nounced today. They include 5000
Mexicans, 500 Chinese, and 400 Nor
mons. This information was contain
ed in q message from Pershing.
The Washington times., 1917-02-02
RECORD VEGETABLE PRICES
Cabbage at 81 for 100 Pounds; Po-
tatoes at S6.25 a Barrel.

Record prices for potatoes. cab
bage. and onions in Washington were
reached today. according to quotations
from wholesale dealers.
Cabbage at 81 for 100 pounds. Nc
cormick potatoes at seas a barrel and
onions. ct from IS to $3.50 for 100
pounds were the prices stated.
Potatoes advanced SO cents a barrel
over the prices OF yesterday. onions
from 50 cents to 81. and cabbage so
cents.
There IL said 10 be no probability
OF these prices being reduced until
spring crops begin to arrive.