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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22

from New York market are cabled
to India every day and the natives
conceived this to be a direct invi-
tation to them to establish a simple
but none the less absorbing form
OF gambling.
The gambling consists in guessing
what the five figures would amount
to and the persons most nearly APP
proxjmating the right amounts wins.
SO fascinating did this game prove
that the authorities became great
ly worried over the indulgence OF
the poorer class OF native in it. Eli
forts have been made to lessen it,
and it is believed that at last some
success has been attained by those
who are unwilling thatthe poorer
people should squander their scdnty
funds in this pastimc.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22
BY Mrs. Edith Clark Cowles

From the instant a mother hear,
that first significant cry which pro-
claims to the world the birth OF q
new life, she J., confronted by prob
lem which increases in compleNity
with the passing OF the years.
ii She is busy mother, and most
mother, are busy she will soon
realize that upon the early habits OF
her baby will depend her ability to
fuliill her many duties. She can train
the baby to he entirely dependent
upon her during his waking hours,
and thus let him become the spoiled
child who later develops into fam
ily nuisance, ur she can begin even
when he /, in hi, Tiny crib to SOW the
seed of ,cli-rclilucc, which will make
OF him the responsible and desirable
citizen. She would not bc guilty of
pulling mp the ,proutmg plant TO
see ii it was growing; why carry her
baby about iu her arms or hold him
in her lap when he can kick and
crow so much more freely m his own
bed ?
The bah, who /, hathyd, led, Civ
en- his nap regularly allowed rcc-
dom 100 which to grow and not ham
pcrcd by too much attention W,ll de-
Nc'op into d healthy, happy he'po.
child and hc 'oy 90 hi, parents /
and q ploa,ur, 60 their ,ucnd, The
bureau so Washington /
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22

most in this relation is a well writ
ten manuscript and he takes the
same delight in the copyist'S work
thar we take in the touch ol ~
old master. Failing this he con
tents himself with a lithograph
which is usually a fac-simile Of the
writing OF some fairly good scribe,
and has, at any rate, human ele-
ment in it.
1t is hard for us TO credit the vast
amount OF attention that is paid 10
calligraphy in the East, where men
OF learning devote years TO its ac-
quirementS and their best days to
making artistic copies OF class cal
works. Although this arr is to n
certain extent dying out, owing to
the cheapening OF lithography, a
man may even yet in Persia be-
come as famous for his writing
as poet is for his verses.
a curious contrast is thus pre-
Sented by the PerSianS, who cling to
written books, while elsewhere in
the East there is a rapid spread oi
type printed books, printing, book
selling and journalism in the Orient
in the last twenty years or So having
developed to comparatively high
degree. Both Carlo and Cor,;An-
.inople, possesses excellent printing
presses, which turn out numberless
who are unwilling that the poorer
books and journals.
An old form OF gambling nas de-
;eloped in India, for which the
New York cotton market is indi-
ectly responsible, Five quotations !
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22

name is Stone. An gentlemen ''vy
saw that a rolling stone gathers wv
moss. Nope, he didn't
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22
SALVAGE CORPS, HURRY!
Little Man Tells Why He Laughed
When Other Passenger Fell From
Street Car Platform.

Indianapolis News: "lIa! Ha
Ila !" yelped the little man with the
whiskcrs, the tiny market basket
and the big pocketbook. "Ilo-ho
Here
The crowd on the back end OF the
inbound street car couldn't see any
thing SO funny in the accident. \
man had fallen of the car; yes, and
had rolled to the curb, but what Of
it? Wasn't that an cycry-morning
occurrence during the rush hours,
for somebody to be crowded oil,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22

WANTED-Clcan white cotton
rags Ardmoreite Office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22

Read the Ardmoreite wants ads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22

without a transfer. An explanation
was due from the little man, and he
knew it.
Its this way pardners" he
squealed in his sweet little voice. Il
allus likes to have the proverbs ex-
planned cause know they can be,
an in every day lie. Allus the truth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22

as my son Jimmy, who is in the ma
tional army at Chillicothe, says.
Some boyl Well--funny thing about
that fellow rolling into the street
justthen. Huh-huh Didja notice he
brushed himself off right away 2
True, true, know that fellow;
friend OF mine, owes me money His
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22
Training Little Children
Begin Form Habits Your Child From the Time He Is
Mere lntant-Ths Will Make Him Healthy and Happy
and Constant Joy to Those About Him.

1angle which will not produce eye
strain.
From earliest infancy the child
displays a spirit OF investigation tha,
1t is well always To crafty. II pos
Siblc, never leave his questions un-
answered, II YOU lack the informa-
ton, say that you do not know but
will find ont and tell him; and keep
your word. Few parents realize that
they typily to the child the spirit
OF omniScieucc which God typifies
to them, and that 1t behoovcS them
constantly 10 strengthen such faith.
The child who finds that he can de-
pend on what his parents tell him
is less apt in his turn to deceive
them. and the seed OF mutual under
standing and confidence is thus Sown
to Nprout and bloom for all time.
The spirit OF investigation often
leads children into the habit OF
touching every object they see. This
is not always uaughtineSS and should
not be so Stigmati2ed. \ baby's at
tcutiou can be diverted from one
object TO another while older chill
drcn will dcSist from investigation
q, soon as their curiosity is salts
fed. But il they are told unquali-
Gcdly that q certain object must not
hc touched, they seem impcllcd by
am irresistible force to handle that
object nm preference TO all others.
Il.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-22
ODD WAYS OF EAST
MOHAMMEDANISM BOTH SO
CIAL SYSTEM AND
RELIGION
Mosque no More Like a Church
Than Clubhouse-Not Consider
ed Improper to Eat or Sleep
There-Many Curious Customs.

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-05-10

unpleasant experience In the past. He
recorked the bottle, placed 1t under
his arm, and muttered:
"You betcha Guess they won't like
this so much! Sprinkle 1t in their ole
eyesv
1t now became his purpose to make
his way cautiously to the front stair
way, descend TO the front hall, and
thence, by the front door, reach the
outer air. So, with slow and noiseless
motions, he put himself once more in
possession of his AK and carving knife,
thrust the latter in the breast of his
| jacket, and, though encountered to the
point of difficulty by the ak, the gun
and the camphor bottle, returned 70
the upper hall and began an advance
in force.
He went forward dozen steps with
some confidence, then halted alb
ruptly.
What stopped him was something al
| together inside himself. In the dark
ness a green vapor appeared Though
not at the other end of the hall, where
| he thought it did) and there emerged
from it the shocking figure of an
old man lying in the rain at the mouth
Of q wind-Swept cavern. The vision of
the sawdust boX-spiteful, like all
other visiOns-chOSe this particular
moment to recur to the author of
Harold Ramorez"
He was standing by the portal of his
own bedroom. Gasping. he hoped
across the threshold, kicked the door
shut, and maintained possession of
! his armory, though. perhaps, not of
his faculties, huddled himself upon
the bed and buried his face in the pill
low.
1t is not altogether discreditable to
boy in the dark that he sometimes
initiates an ostrich. But it is unfor-
tunate, because. when one is already
in the dark. very little relief can be OBJ
tanned by closing the eyes.
Penrod. burrowing into his pillow,
could see the old man rather more
plainly than If he had allowed his eyes
10 remain open. He saw him through
the pillow and through the wall; it
seemed that the old man was lying
on the hall rug just outside the
closed door, and that before long he
would get up and come into the bed
room and bend over the bed and
But the Imagination baked in ultimate
horror.
Without lifting or turning his face
Penrod managed to sQuirm inside the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-05-10
IMMENSE RED CROSS DEPOTS
Sixteen Large Warehouses Established
in France to Serve Needs of
American Troops and Hospitals.

To serve the American troops and
the hundreds Of war hospitals behind
the French firing line and to reach the
thousands of French refugees the Red
Cross commission to France has estab-
lished system of Is large warehouses
throughout France.
Six of the new warehouses have
been located in Paris, which serves as
the center of the distribution system.
Ten other warehouses are located out
side the capital. Approximately To-
900 tons of materials are now being
distributed monthly from these ware
houses by the Red Cross commission.
Every kind Of medical supplies,
drugs and surgical instruments is car
ried in stock for the use Of hospital
stats. Foodstuffs, clothing, building
materials, blowing implements and
tools are also being imported in large
quantities for the assistance OF French
refugees.
American college men, many of
whom formerly served as drivers in
the American ambulance, are direct
ing the work, while the force of work
men is recruited from veteran French
soldiers and Belgian men no longer fit
for military duty.
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wrong direction, and for the second
time within that half-hour Penrod's
| light went out. To a person in his
condition 1t was a disaster, and, ut
tering an exclamation of horror, he
stumbled and fell from the chair with
light crash.
He was up again In an instant, cut
ting the air in all directions with the
carving knife then he CROPPED for the
AK, found 1T, and stood still once more
on the defensive, listening intently, ex.
pecting the worst and painting, with
an effect, upon that stiffness, almost
uproarious.
He moved about, and cautiously felt
his way round the table and debauch-
ed TO the mantelpiece, where matches
were sometimes to be found in small
porcelain slipper, madly believed to
be decorative.
A chill struck to his spine at VERT.
able sound behind him. This one was
a faint creak, the result of some cap.
Hilary action in the wooden floor, but
so far as Periods nerves were con.
cerned it might have been shot.
Wheeling, he struck q frantic blow
with the ak, which, completing a fine
curve, miraculously failed to ampu.
tate the wielder's left foot at the
ankle, but. as an incident, permanent
ly relieved all members Of the house
hold from troubling to put any more
matches in the porcelain slipper.
Thereupon Penrod decided to go
outdoors. The decision itself was a
simple matter; action upon it was de-
ferred because OF extreme hesitation
TO move at all. But after a gruesome
period of inertia he began to tiptoe
backward in the direction of the door,
keeping his eyes, AK and carving knife
warily toward where the villainous
creak had sounded. Thus retrogress-
ing, he presently found himself In the
side hall, which separated all the front
part CT the roomy, old-fashioned house
from the dining room and kitchen.
The doors leading TO the forward
rooms were closed. and the thought of
opening them filed him with horror
in his minds eye he saw them, gaunt,
huge. full of black shapes of furniture,
lurking places that might conceal
anything!
An empty house in the nighttime
has few attractions for a boy. In
closed darkness sickens his soul and
likewise has a dlscouraging physical
effect; climaxing in the pit of his
stomach which Is the seat of courage.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-05-10
GIRL RUNS "SHINE PARLOR"
Declares That She Has lots CT Gus
toners, Likes the " ork, and
Makes Good Money.

AS the man with the dust-covered
shoes climbed into chair in a shoe
shining "parlor" in Ft Wayne avenue,
relates the Indianapolis News, a neat,
trim-looking colored girl came briskly
out of a back room.
"Good morning." replied the pros
pective customer. where's the shoe
shiner?"
That's me. I'm the sinner"
as that so? Well, you are the first
girl ever saw shining shoes. Like
the business?"
Indeed. do. 1t pays me well and
we are all looking for the money these
days."
''How did you happen to get into
this kind Of work.
well, it was like this. My cousin,
who owns this place. runs a transfer
wagon. He is away SO much he had TO
have somebody stay here and answer
the telephone and look after the bust
ness. He tried boys for a while. but
they are all gone 10 war or talking
about ii and Ii was hard 10 keep them,
so he gave me the job. This used 10
be q shining parlor and so many men
came In asking for shines that / de-
cided to get into the business myself.
1t didn't take me long TO get onto Ii.
and now have lots Of customers"
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strawberries In the yard took curious.
changing shapes, and Penrod kept a
wary eye upon them as he threaded
his way to the kitchen door.
1t opened to his hand, revealing
nothing save by reminiscent odor: but
there was a dim light In the dining
room. Thither he proceeded, his un-
nerved condition being at once i'm
proved by the sight Of viands and vege-
tables, for there was plate upon the
table at his accustomed place. end
food plenteous, though grown cold.
A conjunction of suggestions, oc-
curing as he ate, recalled something
like an echo of Della's voice; gradu-
ally he became susceptible to an i'm
preston that his father and mother
and sister had not dined at home.
Then abruptly it struck him that he
might be alone In the house.
"All alone in an empty house!" AS
the words formed in Periods mind. II
was as if a husky voice had uttered
them somewhere overhead. He was
grievously startled.
can empty houser'
At the upper end of the table was
a part Of cold ham, beside which Law
large. horn-handled carving-knife /:
and Penrod, after swallowing dryly
once or twice, lunged suddenly at this
implement, grasped it, and stood upon
the defensive. He remained In tense
attitude. listening: and there was no
sound either within the house or with
out; nothing could have been more
ominOus. Finally, carving knife in
hand, he went back to the kitchen,
where he had left the ak, and returned
to the dining room doubly armed.
Again he stood to listen.
Suddenly Penrod whirled straight
about, with ak and carving knife both
lifted to strike at something behind
him.
Nothing was there except the side
board, SO he 'bOut-faced suspiciously
again. Then, laying the ak upon the
table, but keeping the knife in his
right hand, he stepped upon chair
and extended his left hand to the gas
fixture, meaning to turn the jet on
full. But he pressed the key In the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-05-10

This tabled point, In the case of Pen
rod, was becoming more and more sem
sitive every moment. He suffered from
| an unpleasant conviction that he was
surrounded by vital dangers which be-
came the deadlier for each slightest
movement that he made. These dam
gers were all the more deadlier be-
cause they we're underlined; the inscru-
tible darkness held Secrets-and, put
ting out his hand TO feel the wall near
the kitchen door, he encountered one
of them. His fingers very, very brief
ly closed upon something that felt
like head of wet, cold hair. It sank
from his touch, and there was a thick
sounding thud upon the floor.
"Oof" moaned Penrod, the question
of going out through the kitchen thus
definitely settled, and when he became
again conscious of his whereabouts he
was on the second floor at the top Of
the back stairs.
Mops had driven greater than Pen
rod.
/ 6t WIS SOItiy Suuhcu, put nut ulS-
posed to linger In the vicinity of stairs
that led toward kitchen inhabited by
surprises of this kind. He fled into his
fathers bed chamber, bruising him
self variously In the passage thereto,
and, abandoning his weapons for the
moment, slid his hand along the wall
until it came to a forbidden object
that hung there.
1t was an Enfield rifle, q muZzle-
loading relic last put to use by Pen
rods grandfather on q day in the year
1868, and it was truly unloaded. Pen
rod got it down, pointed the muzzle
waveringly in the general direction of
the door by which he had entered, and
whispered feebly and TREMENDOUSLY:
"Now let's see whu-what you were
gOin' TO do so mum-much ~
He maintained this attitude until the
weight of the extended rifle became
insuppOrtable; then he grounded arms
and leaned against bureau, breath
ing even more vehemently than before.
His elbow touched bottle; he seized
upon it and smelled the contents-spir-
its Of camphor. Suggestion was i'm
mediately reused by the memory of an
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-05-10

all the empty rooms and vacant halls
and passages. Burglars had opened
the door and looked ut him.
Stop! Had they only looked at him7
Had one of them come I'm the room
when the door opened? Was he there
now?
Or was IL the old man?
That finished Penrod.
With SCATTERING yell OF terror he
sprang from the bed. clutching all his
armory somehow and anyhow: got the
door open, plunged blindly through the
hall and down the front stairs 10 the
landing. where he tripped over the
stock of his gun and fell ali the rest OF
the way. believing outrageously and
accompanied by the rife, the camphor
bottle and the carving knife and the
ak.
1t sounded like the Eiffel tower fall
ing downstairs.
He came TO pause in a sitting pos
ture at the foot of the newell. The
hall was brightly lighted. So were
the rooms opening from Ii. and out or
these rooms issued sounds Of sudden
confusion and disturbance. His moth
or rushed to him through the near
est door.
"Penrod What on earth"
Then through the open front door
came Margaret and four young men
who had been spending the evening
with her on the front porch.
Then, following Periods mother,
came three of Penrods aunts. one
uncle, and eleven other alarmed ladies
and gentlemen. most of them holding
cards in their hands.
Then through the door Of another
room came Periods father. three OF
Periods uncles, one aunt and the
eleven remaining members of the
Thursday Evening Bridge club. the
hospitable superintendent of which
organization had occupied most OF
Mrs. Schofield's time that evening aft
er her return with her husband and
daughter, from dining with an elderly
relative.
Over the banister above leaned
Della Tin extreme negligeel, and Della
likewise demanded to know. What on
earth! Then, by means of the back
hall and the back stairs. Katie and
an alleged cousin, who had been sit
ting quietly on the back porch, joined
Della. Katie also wanted 10 know,
What on earth
"What is the matter. Penrod?" his
mother walled.
Penrod coughed. gulped. and an
swered feebly:
"Just-playing
But what made you get upf" his
mother cried.
Get up-where?"
"Out of bed. I slipped away and
looked in your room awhile ago and
you were sound asleep. What did you
get up and dress for and
at was just pretending."
pretending what?'
"Just pretending"
He answered absently and In pre-
occupied tone, his mind having some
what centered upon the number of
human beings in the circle about him.
AS lllS liOlltl ltlluIhtu ulltNdIus
there were more people i'm the house
that evening than she had entertained
for years. Including the family and
Margaret's callers there were 80, she
said.
At that she forgot 10 count Penrod
and Della and Katie, and Katie's
cousin.
Altogether there were 81.
'Mom-muh?' Penrod began as he
rose from the floor.
"You put those things away!' COM
manded his father.
"Mom-muhf'
"And then you go straight TO bed !"
his father concluded sternly.
"Mom-muh, aren't you going to
have Ice creamw
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-05-10
Exercise.

'Don't you think every man should
devote some time TO physical culture!'
mot in my particular field of ac-
tivity," replied Senator Sorghum. IF
all legislators went In for physical Gull
ture as well as intellectual develop
ment some of these debates might end
In a personal encounter that really
hurt somebody"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-05-10
War Economy.

Sandy and Pat were discussing the
economies Of their respective land
ladies. ''Indade," said Pat, "the other
day / saw that wumman O'Grady
countin' the peas 10 put In the broth"
"Och," replied Sandy. where / am
the landlady melts the margarine an
paints IL on yer bread WI brushl"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-05-10
Sad Marksman.

"Whot is the chief aim Of Jobling's
existenee"
Making money"
But he's always hard up"
"Quite true. His aim Is poor"
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Very Much So.

"That singers voice has great carry
ing power, hasn't lit"
ut ought TO have. He supports his
own and his wife's family, too. en- II"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-02-14
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed by the
County Court of the State of Oregon
for Morrow County Administrative of
the estate of Richard Joseph Hoge-
land, deceased; and that all persons
having claims against the said estate
must present the same duly verified
according to law to me at Parkers
Mill, Oregon, within six months from
the date Of the first publication of
this notice, said date Of first publica-
tion being January 3, 1918.
(Signed) Catherine M. Hogeland,
Administrative.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-02-14

STRAYED-From the Umatilla
National Forest Reserve yearling
steers and two COWS with calves, 3
steers branded inverted 81 and G on
hip and others have swastika and G
on side and hip. These animals ear
marked with hole in each ear. Other
COW, two-year-old red heifer branded.
anchor 8 on left side, under BIT in
left ear and split in right ear. ANY
information leading to the recovery
of any or all of the above described
animals may be addressed to Jackson
Bros. Gooseberry, Oregon. 4tp.