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I 1A(JE FOUR DAILY ARDMORKITE Thursday, January 10, 1918. A RDWOREITE PUBLISHING CO, H. ti. Sl'AFLniNU, I'ublishcr. ! THE OFFICIAL PAPER j Of Carter County and the City of ! Ardmore. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION The Dally Ardmorelte ' One Year JC00 Six Months - loo . One Month -O One Week 15 The Sunday Ardinoreile One War by Mail -2.00 lttyable in Advance. The Weekly Ardmorslte One Year, hv Mail Jl.f.O Six Months .15 Three Months .40 Advertising Representative! The F. Kalz Special Advert. sing Agency 15 East Jhilh St.. New York City. Harris Trust I'.uilihirg. Chicago. Waldheim Fuiliniig, Kansas Ci'y. Entered at the Post,, trice m Ardinurt- as Second-Class Mattt-r. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated I Yens la ex, hislvcly en tilled to the use for i ( iu lt i. -.i 1 1 n of all news credited to it, or not otherwise cred ited in this paper und also the local nrv,s published herein. All rights of republication of special dis patches herein Me also i inr fl. . l!)IH. rdinure, Thursday. January III, l s( i; n:i.i; W K.il I f lnveriiu"id ronliiil ni' the rail has i v . ii immediate proof in' hi value, oiio of tin- li lu st evidence- of hat may Ik- dope through centrai.od authoritv is ill., in i iti i !t ami unpi ' i dented ic;U taken lo )!: t!o i cent si-rious coal fi.niiiii- in .Vv Vim k ami Now Fnglum!. '.I'M Weather folll.d III'' lll"tl (IpollS Willi empty r iai li:ns. There was 1 1 : 1 1 1 id' i-oal over in Ho- Jersey freight vnnh hut they couldn't get i! ;n loss tin I In, I son fast erintigh. Ice impeded the river trult'tc. It wa.s suggested to tjciuriil D. rector MoAiloii that llio coal trains, instead of being fct rioil .ii'in--' th" riv.r, s 1 1 i n I 1 he taken thiniiMi tin' I'cniisyh aula I raiboad tuiitj.-K nnili'i- .'daiihai tari 1--land, to tin- l'i eight yards of II." Long Island railroad. Mom 1 1 1 i - - coal eats destined fur Now Fngland rotil.l In- si-m on, and New Yoil; coal oi.uM be un loaded and liaiili-.l by (Micks to I'. i . i. .1; lyn anil across the Fast lliv cr lniib.es to Manhattan. No sooner suggested than dune Mr. MoAdon gave the order, and Hi" plan worked admirably. It ;is tin- lirst time coal cars had ever gone through those "gilt-edge pa-ssa-nger tunnels." The J'cntisylyania, tindi r tl.o oid regime, Would not have permitted ii. Under tin- present regime tic l'i inisvl vauia lias riutliini; to say al'oiit il. Tin? tunnel hasn't Lieen injured in Iin- least. II is safe to say that freight of any kind -will be sent hereafti r through that lunnel, or any oilier tunnel that will stand the tr;ilti. whenever a i u 1 ! i exigency reunites. Follow inn close upon Ihis iniioyaiion came an order to let the I lalliinni" & Ohio passenger trains enter New York by way of the IVnnsylvania tunnels and use the great JlO.UUO.tiuO Frnnsyl vania terminal station. Most certainly the i'ennsyiyarua would never have al lowed that. Hilt now any railroad, no matter how powerful it may have been in the past, will let any of its facilities be u.ved for any purpose the k" er nnient deems necessary. These instance.-; will be multiplied a thousand time:;, as tile plan unfolds. There will lie no more doi; iii tlie-manei-policy interfei UiK with our national transportation. J'rivato riht will ield to public necessitj. What tin men operatint; any particular railroad could not or would not do, under th" old competitive- system, can easily he done by Uncle Sam. And il can lie done without injustice to any lailruud or any tlockhulder. It is by such steps ;us these that freight will be unseranibli-d a'.l over tin I'tiitetl Stales and on: Iuhl; wal l ii.;, tianspoi tation lines w ill be transformed into one harmonious, smoothly wui kini; system. A .MODI'.ST KKQl'KST. A l'rench llewpaplr published ill the trenches tells of a certain H un of fleer who wa.s taken prisoner, sever.-lv wounded, and was pursed hack to health in a French military hospital. W'h-n he had recovered, be was cli'ii.-ive m hi-s thanks to the l-'ieneh medical of ticer who had cured him. and .'-aid: "I want to prove my era ; ittide to you ill a practical way. A.-k m" any thins yuu wish, and if I am c.hle I will do it. And don't fori:.-! that I am a wealthy and influential man. W hat can 1 do for you.'" The doctor ausweied .-ii our hospitals." It as a fair and in I'.ut there isn't any evil, was ('"anted. The t'.ermaii li -pari re, ill. that ke on blowinK up the French bos; das. NOT K.WMiS UM.V FOOI.S. Nothint; i'l this war has been move dramatic than the su -liien clmiiKC- in the Kusso ijermau peace neuutialions. Al lhe very moment wi i-n tin' bolshevis leaders sa-'-med to I" L.i ti :.v itpn' their allies; and hati'iihi- Ku-sia over for the l-russian wuit to d-vour. the liu.-s iu n repl esenlauv e-' bulked, ce. non-it i ale t their f utidaiiiental loyalty lo kussia. e posed tiie Cieiu.i'i trickeiy and l 1 i o bout t! J nee d s.-nl in 1' a ia I '. " their busilies.. . Whatever inav i....ni" ru.ted iii'i'oiia'.iotis. il of I ho in. i'. I tak.-u lor slanted that ( .. rniany mix w hei . near w hat she provisional Itussian Kit will not ;;,i w a ills. The lllllellt mav .safeguard II"- interests of Ki he:' former alias I.. an uim-m "ree. i.etiiiie and T.o'.v.ky app ail. not the knave.-, vve have si, i ;i mi; .led d" ir. after !hou:;lil tin 111. I'.ut they :-: : 1 1 1 J forth none the loss fools. Their vvaa ken ini; to ir imp of the I'ru.-sian pfril comes vit'f 1 !C I in th day. Incalculable harm has al lead)' been done tn the cause which they prnfes-.s to serve in Itiissia and else where. Whatever they may save now from the wreckage- is so much to be thankful for; hut we cannot forttet how much more they miht have saved by an earlier exercise of common caution and santy. They committed the vital blunder, in the bet'.innine;, ol assurninir that their Prussian enemy was sincere. They re- lied oti the soft words of the kuiser and his red-handed butchers. They acted on the supposition that (.lermany was as generous as) Kussia. and would act In good faith. Thus, before Ihcy bean treating for terms, they virtually dis- banded their army. That Was equiva- ! lent to a surrender it left them vvii out possibility of resiistance, w itliuut any military trumps to play in lhe nre.it diplomatic eani' And tin- (Icrmaii eri.in'-nt. unite natuiall;.', took advant age of their lii':ple-snf -s. Am.-: ii-in- r-.ifdee at th" arrumtil.it in.',' i-yideiice that lb" supposed crooks nre. a.-coi -ilmp to their lights, patriotic, and that the fools have left tln-ii folly, however late. W'e hope Kussia lias thoiouehly learned her lesson. Tin other allies didn't need the lesson. They already knew Oermany. XII (i MKN I OK V.i:. Th" war deiarlment may t-xjiect f;'n eral agreement with tin- tn-w selective sei vice plan announced by I'rovosl Jen eral Cr-owder, by whi'-h additional men called to th" colors will all cum- from Class 1. According to ollieial '--(plana-linns, this means that our tiKhuiiK will be don" almost entiielv by oiin'4 men v bo have no families dependent on them lor support. at;d who sir not needed as iiidaslnal or ar-rioult oral worker. iii -boil, ui'-a who have no domestic or e. ononis- ties that inl'-rfeie -leinusly with w hob-heal led milil.ny se'vn". U . already ha v e m,,, , than I unn hum men under arms. CeiieI;ii ('r,jvd.-r sa s thai tin- fti'-s'-ni ii-l' i--t ra ' ion will ,me lis another million fi nn ('lass I alone. 'wf. as p.- pr..nt.-es. we : s.i register men I w lei la.e ttii lie I Iw.-rilyone sun e the Sell elite -.i-IAice l.e"aine opelative last .lu.-n, we Miiall thus laid Tun.oni) inon- e eel iv e --, and can exp. i t the s inn- ia ' I etU'-Ilt I V'-I ea r. Tlii"-i' nnasures should prov ide ail Lie Soldiers We Heed Unless III" W.il' as sullies an uiiepc i-;e, .-.-ope. Tin sl.oul-1 be appimcl because taey Will ploli'le Hie llio-l effective a.IIIV llllt'-rial Wll'l the nasi i!itiirbanee to out naliona' 1:1". SHRAPNEL The fail tb. or h yi eat ' peop lainiy many must res. i.e . al.ist ro'.be vv ill be- a-, reads a headline, up to the alii.--., lor r a nl ir Will, it'. I Ji - many has no i'-put; '. Ir a -.nil he li- ill t ebl U:i I "I arn champion Ilia nit ." the -a.S"r wiIIiik lo admit in. i m:! In 's t hi- champ d lit! but br. will .1! I. Tb" I in:; a C noli" s '.ollner, ;.. rTnan : pv , is sii k -d hi m I i a I Chattanoi.;.' ii-U if tin bei.T; a C.e i.;.'.i. Most any I Vii'lld b" il- "! ol W - T' I! p Tewn ! y-tb.r.-e Kansas Otv -a!oon-i a I'lliliv out of business b'-uall.-e ol ','.: taxes and hii;h prices of I: iior. Ili'ith U'ooley oii'.:ht to admit thai v.a' oa. some consolation. I o von i r u -m ii. -r wh-thir ou w. i lo church tiveiitv years :i"o v '--'a d.iv'.' Will yuu miss the li.-t of names . men : iimmoii"'! to 'iiswer th" ii:e tionnaii e .' .'. ftev bavin;; printed ab J un- columns of them every day cent bolidav s au! Sunda.vs s.n. e cembi r -0, The A r.huoi eile c."iipl' the job yes'.eiday. out c I le led Vour name included rectoratesi of ArdmoveV I the I lallks'.' Hi i'i Federal ollii-i-rs o eliseil of a p'ol s iiiuniti.niF and ptii-po.-.e of start lo steal Fmte.l Stales Military stores for the ini; a revolution in M of mete punishment is xico. i in,' id. a a white wall, a mmainl I i ' lire," file of soldiers and some eiey mornin Hive ou been vaccinated? Tber an epidemic of bin ylaries tb-' men ' sei kin", a ; a coal f. o a f" ,'i-ars now l"o were .1 a: in ir bac Wilson d"l v. red a war me- -a'-;i di liven. d a war lie Tin day; we : well, In lid he d ivced a war I n i-. What lions In cans" has b. A iic-i i. olll" I of use c on - n i man- m.-rl th' n:-el es kai--er ' w I "holler rim; !o -d" tin boar-e in (Jet r.'.idy to put into e.u il' n ti in k. u.-t llll-i lie- slaoke how lill'e von rai'i tuat yard 1 l.j not lei class. ; d yours mv di: I No mali-r c . i : 1 1 1 1 v and on the road , vour ahead Vlul much v iciory. A idliable storv na I it t h it ci lhe col icsfion illlllle.'iee as the of cue London Ti eai ill. islle i s a I'.m 'I- t III" peop!. lelile, I . i la 'the Itus-i.tn uiiliioii- I'ioiii the sweenitm i til e-- of atiarch.v. il inns', I." an appallinu ' situation in-l'-.-ii. Tne man who walk.M I like a beur noi. tolls in the il u --1 . What has become of the boy who used to play bull-KUll'.' .iiel niri i Wlienever si. me I'uriuijUese buy throws a slope at a calf the Spanish eoyerniiient hurrahs a rm-ssace ov r the world that a revolution is on in I'ot tu.'.il. Spain itself i-' in a iVtmept. . , . t ... di--tar,t the ball., r will spill over and tliele will be anolla-r kin" out of a job. There loi e Spanish 1'en' d.-i i.ed - hn ti l l Hi i th- ev es of tln-ir '.em en of llb'oOlllje are tryitij.: to shut o VV II pt Opie L 1 1 t lie f.o t that Kit. With the 17111'. MfoliMJ will hoe spuds Uohliiii'; the I'ack lial. Va p. -oil v. v est has I,-.. try in N, vv Sun: our- s Mi'xa-i Tie- pinion nut bar . important an in-lus-that l"'l cars, carry i- -1 n n . f 1 1 . 1 1 pounds., "r pound, hav e b. en 'ink this erii. An in f this I" that prael ion worth 10 cents shipped to N'VV icrertiiiu' feature Iv all the pinion i nip is gatliere.! Iroin th" winK-r hoard nu:s of the pack rats. It is . ij.) that lhe pies;. -lit i lid iscl i III i n a t e robbill" of Ihcse hoards, which will result in (he extermination of the pack rats, will have a serious effect on the industry. The pack rat is well known In P.ritish Columbia. In the interior of the prov ince il is one of the most interest im; members of the fauna, on account of its mdefa . sable industry. Its name is j derived from it I carrvinif thinus passionate habit nf away to add lo its I hoard, I (lO(U)MjSS ONLY KNOWS. We've meatless days says and whealless I Int. how then, goodness knows ! What will vve do on clothesless days, Fspecially when Its snows? Political Observations. Aiming lhe state legislature that besm lindiiiK tins week is that of .Mississippi lit is assumed that anion',- its lii si acts; I will be latillcation of the proposed pro- 1 i l.;bit ion amendinent to the federal con- stiiutinn. Indiana's state council of defense has -.one on record us favoring an amend ment to the federal constitution pro vidiiik' for woman sufliam'. not as a war m-asure, but as "a mailer of sheer ritrli' and common justae." Thomas V. llardwiok. senator from (leoreia, whose tertii expires March -i. ll'lli, is a candidate for reeieclion this fall, llardwick opposed tin declaration of war aK'.inst (lermany and has been one of thu severest critics of the admin-i-t ration, and if he is reelected it will be on a clear cut issue of admin isl ra tion aol anti -administration. Missouri's leei-la'.ui'e will be called j into -pooial r ess-i,,ii in March for a I I purpose unlike tii.it for which any other j I Ii ,is-!aU:i e wa.. ever convened. The i ! purpose to lower tax levies. Cover 'nor (Jardner has been asked to include ; iii lo s call several other Ibrims for leyis i latum, but In- remains linn in Ins il"- J I te: initiation to call th'' lawmakers to j ..'ether 1 ir the ola; purpose -- lo lower la X lev ii --, W i: a-on.-.in's- le"is':aluie will convene in special session February 111. and lin-,1-s, it dei ni, -s almost immediately upon .isseinbiini; to hold a special election lor I'liKed States senator to till the vacancy occasioned by the dea'h of Senator Muslin",, al the sprin", election, the.c will be no opportunity to do so. Il is understood that the (civemor will ask lo" power to make an appointment, which, if ".ranted, would delay an elec tiun fir senator until next November. The rumored I eiii enient of Chairman i Wilic 'X of tin- Republican national com- liolttee is ea'lsllc' a "real dial ol com t in polil ieal circl . Mr. W illeox ! . i ... ..i f.- , . soiial i asoMs. lie was unknown to til" "oiiiui y at l.i re, but weil kiiovvri an i th cou'i'y tr'isled by Mr. lld'thes, t'v p- esid, nun! caiiiliilale. and i hair man ia',1 candidate walked together in per ; t. et a.-c iril throimhoul the ealnpai.'.n ; !'he ,.nl. eritici'iii ol .Mr. Will, ox is I that be fa:l."l to vv in the presidency lor In- party . M.- hll Moi 'nr'tiii k. c-repress M;ll ;1i '.nee i'i-.imi llh'io.s. Pas ma-'" foimal an coll .lectin i.i of h; ca ididacy as a lb-pii'-'ican P.r lie- I'n. 1" I States i rt'". Mci 'oi miek llS'-l to be :i l-ia-res-ive and was one of Colonel 1 Jo, ,se v el t ' s st ent-iu iasti" srriio:-tcs. Later 11,- n, , a:ii" ra il" "t ).-. re "da'' and col ,t. ,-.'iii'ie-s as a I 'r i-, resd v c Keoubii ,- in. 'o,v be i- a ivttu.ar lb-o iblt it:, .l-l lib" li.e , ololl'-l. h is Pennine c Hi" .!' I'i.s.,"iit Wilson's war policy. Ill :.- surmi-ed t hat he vv ill 1, one of ! a - I, :.d.-i i a ti--- movem, nt in n,;:l;e the ( ceo'ici li.e 1 b-piihlii.-an p. imir.ee for in v .-ilellt ill I.'-". C, .ure.-.ina 'i Sue-,., ot I v 1 1 1 1 1 , K y j tin- : in -i .-s-,or of i',i:i;i-i small ! it ,il I ,,f Nov. York .ii chairman of th - iinuse apl.i opi ialici.s commit ti e. is ni "f t:i" f. v. men in t-.m-re.-s who are a !ve- :ii--s! of trie b.id'el s.-.l"lil which i'.s ". a ! VV iiMiu r i coinm'-nd.-. Mr. Sue.''' is :, i ti-rv able loan, one of t'a- leadini: tl-irik j ',-is Low in public life, and h.i - "ivc, Iti.e subject of a biidnt-t mi'i and ; foiunlei tlauiabt than any ol ins '-ol- , ,- .'in--, in til' national n-m-i.i ice, in l , .i ho. isc or senate. I Ii-- sj.i i o i , is !.u! -t sotm- vars iitn att nt-l v. ale j a'tetiti III I-lid I'Mor:.- I appro, ;1 I'l , .-re i!i.-:'i'.'foi iiidifi'-rcn t "!' li-istil.'. : j . I I T I.e aiiiiouiKemciii cf , lames A. T'roiii- ' j man. the Topi ka lawyer. f..r the K- ; j puhl'can iioi'iination for rjoverno.- of I is .' ni.. id breakei' for brevity. ' Mani's .'. Ti oiitman, II publican can j '.Jidat" 1 1 . i- L'ovcriio,. I'.-imar.v . Aimust 'it, i;il.." That is tin- uiiiiounccmi :,t ; contained mi the face of a lit I - est 'l.ocket foliier wbi. il has been i'i;. tied to ( ;,. v , i thousand of Trouunan's friends ! I, th.- su.te. l'.elov. t'ne brief announc" ! li. ent is a oiiol.iti.in of tic l'i to the l'l;u;." The r aii.iiinler of Mi' folder is a ci'innilat i,"i of stale le'i..iat,v .' ap ! piopri.itioi.s. :..iiar.es of state oil!,-,-, l'.iir, i 'n i lioii li.tures and war lire ...u-s. IKilM 1 1 1 l'i TKKM IIFS. (i) liealh! At hoiie they call ti dentil n,l sit and w,cp because they ihink i Tln-ir soli- beloved an- slain, I And they are left alone I To inoui n their d.-a I. I W in!,- we. across tb trenches' lop. j Have b-ap'-d to life, an 1 hud j We ha v ,- bill b-l't behind Tin- i-ius and blood and dirt (if ltrimv battletieid, arid-- A .ureal bust of us. I All i-nn'. happy and alive Lre pressing (ui onwa'ds towards a Koal i We dimly see, of duty, beauty. I Love and life, which calls us on To tasks more ylurioils than We could achieve midst stress Arid storm and reek of cannon smoke. Il.uk! You call hear us calling From each to each a ytvelitiij As w-- me -t- comrades and erstwhile foe. "Friend: Is Ihis ail to death'.' Why shouid we e.er fear Till- passiiiit ihrouli a s.'huuuvv Which but seems a moment's shoik. A;, tl'oiu'.h we had but buwrd our bead-- I To pa -s bincatii a narrow doorway I 'i oiii s-itne du-t out small, ami found ilui'selves a l.ttie blinded by the lir;ht Which shines from hi aven's eternal day? Yoti hei e! You loo! A no v on! How i we are to lind Fach oilier we are lo (hid F.ai h ol her. a ml to prove The re is no death:" Mary l.lovd M.-Conncl. New Service Heil of Air. Fojiiiiar Science Monthly: A new .service bi'd has been designed by an Fngiis-h manufacturer, which will lit into a small valise when folded. It is made of a fabric strong enough to with stand hard wear. When it Is to he made up, an inner casing of rubber is innate, I by means of two valves. Should it be lorn or punctured, the rubber can be repaired in the same mtui-nei-'is a tire. The bed Is twenty-three Inches in width, hut to accommodate those who (hid comfort in sleeping with knees slightly raised, the knee-rests have been made seven inches wider on each side. It l'.-quires about two min utes to Inflate the rubber section. When the bed is not helht used, the air is disi.huixed from the rubber section. Scissors and Paste. Uur'.Iesville Kxaminer: Kaiser Uill -inei;:."; I'eare on earth, SOod will to men" is what miht be stled caniuu-tbme. i:i lleno Pemoeiat: I'assins alnns a false rumor about the war is takinc a shot at our own soldier and sailor bovs. j j Xews-Capital: Why not MoAlester sen. i i olonei itoo.-ev elt with an army I ai;aiusi me i nspeaKaoie 1 urK : .uayue the eolouel will make him talk. lioth the mother country and the do lulsa World: Now the war depart- j ...imulis ,lllve foum1 one anu ,he ,.;iM1( rnent announces that married men will ! u.ti.iri. in the p.au of the free farm. oe accepieu. laser now nesins to see this is a war in which the country need fij-hleis whu have exicrienee Pauls Valley Democrat: A Chictiuo man has been lined J.'u for kissim his wife. The record of this case shows that be was lined for the intent rather than the deed, be thinkiiiK lie wa.s kiss inn another woman, old lavy Crock ett's advice was nood i i" hi, then pi ahead." "he sure you re , , dailies villi iTexa-l I tei;;f t''r: After ;ul, a j: ri i us is m'-iely a m ill who becomes inconsistent to a certain d'-ree. Milburn News: If you tin far enough back your a noes tors were savages and possibly you aren't as civilized as you think von ate. I M iimri"ht )rrick. The entente pow ers are said lo have decided on "a nioie sympathetic attitu-.e" toward the bob shevik government. Anyhow, sympathy doesn't cost as much as b: cad and pow der. - llnid l.'vi'tits: It ii said the "I" in J-dshiviki is silent. Tin-re are, however. no silent "i's" in the entire bolshevik party. i nave presented vast tracts lo the gov Times: t nficrs have pvove-F ,.ri,nieiits, while plans are beimr made Tul.-a thai Ihcy ni' lhod of were fouls by the simple vv l it iin.; letters, but i .u.xluiri; could not wait for letters to be li dive: so be went to work and proved it wireless inesr-ilies, Ft. Smith i.r';.i Southwest American' We cannot make up our mind whether l'i esulei.t Iri'-oyen is a pro-' Jer inan, or just an ordinary ass. Wartime:- Lccord. From ex iierience and i'b-1 ' ation vv- hav about decide.! that there is no harm in the man nf rhe house ma kin-.; a fool of himself .!! th" time, lor- if he js n,H job tiie wife of the house generally is havvii.'i' News 1 1";;,; I; The food pa I has criie to stay. You can't bud',o. i. Within a lew months u e of f-.r bi:n. bidd. f, il a si. K: i ,' ra I Stat' than .vial n food : will become as i" lov.il American as th; ,-ker a Ion ; other lines. 'oho;-!-- of l.ei 'It 1 s IT City I.M' i.l .hiuiii:-.':: poral in t! L S. Fi'it"! IV. is a i i army, w hicli his liistiniruis be was th" c i is a hivjher rank ied aire--tor held iioral's ae. Wi!-o: country Kale. N. vv;-: Yotintt ol't.-ii in ik" love folks Iri the at a rattling TlliMiS Wllliill IvNO'.VINC. An lift v 1 4 ka of Lp'lll is Wl rr an outlet 1-tT r"l.t 111 wuit oid. "ie rational i ti !' cf I hat ion. I lawaii can o;it the Vo. park in v or l oe- as an aftr; Yuli'" is the Scandinavian i ame for ( hristrnas, from the old hcaihru festival once hell lit that lime of tile year. Many pink Mowers may lo turned blue by cxposini; them ;n the fumes of ammonia for a few minutes, and blue llovvei-s become pink when exposed to acids. A $in tmldcoin weiijhs "5S grains, and other ttold coins propoi lionalely. The largest Friite.l States ;;old coin is $h). except J I ".O.H.'.tl in $7)0 coins issued to commemorate siti ill. the I'a'iama-i'acitic expo The name of the Mississippi river was given it lon.r before lhe appear trie of the white race on this conti in nt by the Chippewa Indians. The word Mississippi in their la ngiiavp1 means, literally, "long water." An a vera:,'e male I'm ty eight ounces three and one-naif brain weishs about and a female forty ounces. Th" great- est absolute weight is found between twenty-live ami thirty-five years of age in the male, and a little later in the female. The cociianut palm is a land malter. The fruit drops from the trees, which ate usually at lhe water's edge, and Moats away, being propelled to distant places by the wind. As soon a.s it lands it sends out routs and shoots, and this is often the biith of an Island. It is said that each year jOu.OOO per sons are committed to some jail or re formatory. In l'.UU the total number of prisoners and Juvenile delinquents in the 1'ni'e.I Slates was 1 0 C . 4 T " . Tell times as many males as fema'es are imprisoned, and nearly one-third of our prisoners are colored. The crescent was not originally the emblem of the Turk. I: was first used by the primitive Christians of Constan tinople and the eastern province.-; of lhe eld Unman empire as an emblem of (he growing influence of Christianity, It was not until after the battle of Constantinople the crescent. that the Turks adopted .lust a I ish Story. Indianapolis News: John Conrad, a farmer, of llclmont llrown county. In riiuna, says he will make al'ldavit to the following (Ish story: Conrad was drilling wheat on ids farm, and after the day's work, riding on a wheat drill drawn by two horses, he drove Into Salt creek. When he reached the other side he heard a pe culiar noise hi that drill a "kind of a flipflopping that sounded very finny." he said. Looking into the drill he found a cattish fastened between two of the metal spouts of the drill. The fish weighed eleven and one-half pounds. Not K.vlravagantly Fund. Detroit Free I 'reus: "Are you fond of amateur theatricals?" "Yes: but. not ut professional prices." From Other Editorial Pages TI1K rKOIU.KM !' THK KKTl'KNKI) SOI 1)1 KH. j Christian Monitor: AVhen ' Cincintmtus had siR-cessftillv linished ! his work as military dictator of Koine, j it ia recorded that he went hack con- I ... ,n f.,,.m ri.,.!.,,,,,,,.. .! aII.,.le strani.'lv reflei ied in the way the problem of the abb-bodied ex-s ildier is beiiiK met within the I'.ritish empire. As far as Canada is co.cerned. troth wl"ini.r better ill the way of a constructive i 'let hod of repatriatiti"; her warriors j could be conceived than lhe one she has devised. She offers the ex-soldier a f. farm anti free tiainiiiK. .Muniei- . pal land in certain cities will be us"d I ; to afford soldiers the opportunity of ' lea rni nt; agricultural conditions, tin 1 tario has formulated a snliiiers' land sf.'.tl. soldie work .lent .-'iieiuc, and, a :' desires to no upon for himself, an ei-i a ten-acre cleal ini; ; soon us a a farm and lily-acre lot will be as- with signed to hnu. free of charge, after he 1.L.S spent some time in the training school of M'jiiteiih. Advances up t'j j SfiUO will be allow i . hnu. In Australia. I he saddlers' settlement board will be at ,ihe head of a national scheme to ! repatriate the Australian .soldier, ami j even soldiei-s irom the l.iitish Isles, in a scheme of land .settlement. The cont m ) vcallh will subsidize farms rol- trillion", intending soldier-setl'icrs. The nn-:i will be on wanes until their farms i .ac'' a pay ink' stae. Thousands of acres lave already been allotted. The j 'back to t he-land" cr y has become u party catch-word. Tin xov I'lnment.-; of , the different Australian slates have set j asdde special areas for cultivation by jthe soliiiets. and many private owner.- for the settlement of at least luu.ouu men. A complete network of labor aiiencies, operating i iicssantly in the interests of th" returned soloier, is aimed at. It is estimated that the iverage cost of ('quipping farms will tie about l.Uini pounds sterling. Willi an additioiiai fii.'O pounds for improvements. In South Afiica the problem of rein statement is a somewhat dillieult one. Most of the trrtitory remains to be opened up, and. i, wing to the extensive etnpioym-'t.t of taiiivc labor, the kind of settler required there is (he uinneye I man. or lhe -.velelo-ilo irkce;- rather than the rank an 1 tiie. aliiMiig til" dis charged soldiers. A study of the reports rcvetiis the salient fact that what the governments !i ve tisu. i'y had in vi-w is some scheme of the "Irck t" tiie land" order. It is prod. I.ly the most iiaiinal. and the best, in the circumstances. The Unmans always si'ji'.ht to pla'-e their soldier- on lie- land either of Uome o:- of conquer, -d conntri -s, at the en,; of a campaign, and thereby laid Fie fouclatio::.-, of that vast etiiniie in which tiie proudest claim of all was the right of citizenship. Implied in the words 'civis Mom-anus sum." The llritish plan cives lhe soldier a staki in the lands for which he fought, and something of tie old Unman spirit seems to ha v e per :ii-,-i(eil the otherwise prosaic ,'"abei alioi'.s of the ernpi'-c set ' meet committee, winch sat in Lon don to eon-ider the question of sel tiinir ex-soldiers, not only on home lands; bat on the lands of the dominions b. yon. I the seas. F.rnrl:-nd will unselfishly give her men "comfort and aid" to leave b"V shores, should they desho ,, pin,, ni) land wherever the Friinn .lack Mies. Fut the repatriation of ova r .VOOij 0 a" men, many unfitted by Ir-rch warfare for forme1 selentary oeeupaii'ifi. is nut lo he fully met by an effort to turn Ihetn all into farmer-1. There Is a gon.l deal of wisdom in the old saw about the cobblers sticking to his la.-t, an,, no matter' how successful the various units of the empire may be Iri turning citi-'en soldiers into tillers of the soil, there will still remain the millions who are t.ntitteil for farm wor k, or for the lit',, o fthe plodding emigrant on virgin lands. Th- establishment of government labor bureaus everywhere seem i to Ic the only way In which to solve the prob lem, so that all men likely to need as sist; nee can be registered before their discharge f' orn the a -my. Thus It will be possible speedily to reinstate those men who desire to go hai k to their former vocations, and to lind the right kind of employment for those who :ue unfitted lo take un work Just where they dropped out. it when tin v.a i brok I.ITIiKACY FOi; SO I.l) I Kits, Tulsa Times: Illiteracy among th soldiers in the negro regiments has been marked, but it will not be so by the time they go to France The camp presents an opportunity to get un edu cation and negroes have taken to the idea in large numbers. Men who had never before had a pen or pencil in their hands are now learning the rudi ments of the school books. The pres ence of hundreds cf other men In the Y. M. C. A. hut doing the same thing spurred them on. Ila' ly Iri the encamp ment only a few letters were written in and mailed from the Y. il. (.'. A. for ne gro soldiers, After the campaign wa weil under way. however, the sale of postage stamps increased, greatly in vol ume. The story of I'.ill l.iailey, a ii;rro. is typical. Fill had been a coal heaver when he winked lit all. I'lducaion had never appealed to him: il had never I seemed necessary to him ill earning a more or Jess precarious living. I'.ill could neither read nor write, and the little figuring he found necessary con Pi be done on his fingers. Cut as soon as he got into camp, away from his friends, he grew Ir.acsoine and even a hit home sick for thim. Just then the V. M. C. A. 'a educational campaign "Fverv Man Must Write 1 1 is Name" ensued and Fill F.niley discovered that writing was the tiling that would immediately connect him with his f i i -iids again. So he enrolled In a class of writing, and ufter a week or more of laborious ef fort was able to scrawl his name. The achievement whetted his appetite, lie wanted to learn rapidly so that lie might some day write a whole letter to his folks -something; he had nevei done in his life. Several weeks later I'.ill Uailey wrote his first letter -wrote It and then sur veyed It with the proud eye of an artist. It looked awfully good to him, and It was good, considering the short period of his tutelage und his lack of any previous training hi Knglish or any thing else. All this was only the beginning of THE OLD LADY TALKS Illy Fdith r.arnard Yigaiaiites.) The Old Lady sat down in the rocker and took off her bonnet. She was breathing as though .site had been walk ing fast, and she laughed. "My E'aciou.s to goodness, Mary," said she, "I've had a surprise! 1 was passing Mis' Clapp's house on the way home from the Ued Cross pajamas meet ing, and Mis' (Tapp waved to me to come in. (leorgc was home. You remember I Jeorge, Mary1.'" "Do I remember him?" asked Mary, scornfully. "Well, I guess I do! Seems like it's wicked to think such things about a fellow human being, but when the draft come and took (ieorso (Tapp 1 though to myself. 'Well, if anybody's got to go off and fi.;ht and maybe not come back, it's a ble-sed good thing government's fixed it so some o' the no accounts will have to share the danger.' Maybe 'twas wrong to think so, mother, but you know (Jeorge Clapp was one o' tho-e that-humanly' speaking could best be spared!" The (lid Lady laughed again. "Y'es, I do know that, Mary! Tin; same thought come to me, too. Hut that wan quite some months ago. Since then I Jeorge has been made into a soldier, and now he's home on fur lough. That's what they call a vacation nowadays just one o' those new nami-.-i for things you have to get u.-ed to now we're at war, same ns yuu have to get used to buyin' your sugar by the pound, when there is any. Wi ll, 1 went in to Mis' Clapp's little parlor, and looked about like I have for years for a chair that would b.-ar ine up. You know most of her parlor set's been weak ill the legs for goodness knows how long. Mis Clapp must a seen me looking around and guessed what 'twas for. She laughed, and said. 'You don't have to be afraid where you si t down, Mis' Wat kins,' said she, 'because George has done nothing but mead and fix and paint and get me ready for the winter, ever since he got home." Then (Jeorge come in only I didn't recognize him at first. I'.ill Uailty's adventi're in education Very shortly he was asking if he could nut l".irn to do "sums." A class in mathematics was organized and Full nnd a lumibfi- of his fellow soldiers were en rolled. TI.ey are now being instructed in the elementals of the subject. When they have mastered some of its prob lems tliey will be offered a chance to ituiiy geography and even Fiemh. lie Would lind it. ! Washington Star: Through some mixup on Thanksgiving ilav a Wash- 1 ir.gton family that bad invited some sol diers to dinner through the Young Men's christian association found that it had bi'Cii allotte.l one regular major and three conscript privates, which resulted in not a little frigidity in the almos- j phere until the arrival of tl-.e streaming: i turkey started a slight thaw. After j thai everything went harmoniously un- til the major began expressing a few j technical opinions about the war. He opiiiioued. as an expert, that it would last three years mole. "(Hi no, it j won't." interrupted one of the privates. : laying down a drumstick, "it won't last : more than three mouths you just wait un'iil 1 gel over there." One Drawback. I la! i iniore American: "Is all your 1 . 1 1 1 ii 1 observing the meatless day now '.' ' "Y,-.. :,i cr.oept Carlo. We can't make him n alive that he musn'l bite stran gers on 'J'ues lays." A Nice Distinction. lirdliiiiorc American: "Are the Come nps in mourning for their rich uncle, who left them su much money?'' ''No; lh"y are only in biack for him." ARDMORE IN (I'i oiii lhe Hies oi; YKAIi a;o. Announcement was made of trie sale of The Lin oi) Company, owned by Uurant mea, to W. .M. Sacks of St. Louis and Joseph McNeil of TuNa. The coii'iieVration was J.'i".1,UUU. The men who sold the property bought ninety acres in F.M4 for less than $7UU and put no more money into the company. The iirollt wa.s estimated al $Ui.UUU for each member of the company. Material for the new White Way was contracted. Senator Fled 10. Tucker introduced a bill in the state serials, to extend stiffrajte to women. The telegraph announced th? death of Uuffalo Fill (Co'unel W. F. Cody) in I lehver. March "'.!. .'! and L'-t were announced as lhe date- of the annual Spring1 Style Show . Sabs of lots at the opening of the town of New lleaidlon. the previous day. amounted to $14o,Ji;. I I !; YF.AKS AM. A heavy rainfall during the entire lay brought Joy to tin fanners of this section with the prospect of great bone lit lo winter wheat. Ca'lon C. Stevenson, who was shot mil killed the previous tiny, w;ysi bnried in the potters' field and J. (). Joiner, alias "Jack" Hall, who killed Stevenson, was held without bail. An article by II. M. Cottrell, agri cultural commissioner of the Ilnck Is land lines, urged farmers of this sec tion to plant kaffir corn and Spanish peanuts. Telegraph news included the state ment thut Fraud; Murisey. zealous I'.ull Moose leader, had deserted the pro gressive party. Weather reports told of the coldest period In the history of Kl F'aso. Two Inches of Ice made skating possible on the liio Crande. LouLs l. Slaughter, commissioner of pohi.tr, issued an ultimatum to law vio Delano of The Used to bp round shouldered, now he's straight as a pine. V'sed to hate to loolt y ou in the face, now he jU3t grins rU-ht into your eyes. Used to have grease spots all over the front of him, and wrinkles and dirt wherever they could be, and now he's dressed in one o' those snug-fitting khaki uniforms with yeller shoes on and a strip o' tan flannel wrapped around his legs that make him look like one o' your Uncle John's race horses. And Mary. I do believe to good ness that (Jeorge Clapp Is ready fur the race! You needn's look at me that way. I do believe it. He sat there and chat ted with me and his ma all the time 1 was there, talked about the way the fellers got things done in camp and the way they meant to get 'em done "over there." He said, 'The word's been passed that they'll be sending us ovef pretty soon, Mis' Watkins, and I tell you they can't get us over any too soon for me. I guess likely I'll he scared out o' my boots first time a boche bomt comes looking for mo, but gee. I wish thej'd hurry up with that first time just the same" I looked at his boots all sinned up, and his neat tan-coloreti leggins. and I said, 'No, George, 1 don't believe you really will be scared out o' those boots,' said I. lie laughed at thai and you know what a surly, grouchy young one Ueorge (Tapp always was, willing to let a widow woman like his mother work her fingers off for him, I'd like to kiss you for that and rot goodbye, Mis' Wutkins,' said he. 'Am! you can just bet I'm glad I'm going over your own that's worth fighting fori' 1 to fight, anyway it's so everlatsing good to know you got something ol asked, after a minute, '(Jeorge. just whal is il you've found out you ow-, that's worth fighting for? I'm klndet curious!" He looked off over my head Mary and he says, 'Why Country and Home and and Manhood," sayi he. And that, Mary, was George Clapp Here, child, you roll up my bonnet strings fur me! 1 gol too much else tc think about!" A COUKSCKEW FAMINE. The One in Washington. Is Not Due to the War. I'ittsburgh Leader: There is one "famine" which cannot be attributed to the war, according to reports from Washington, and that is one of cork screws. The dry wave which over whelmed the national capital is held re sponsible for die scarcity of these useful impl"iuents. it is reported that two men from New York hotels arrived at one of the best known hotels in the city. Con fining on important matters, it became necessary to send a message to the bell boy asking for a corkscrew. The at tendant, after some delay, brought a corkscrew to the room and was asked to leave it. upon which he exclaimed: "Ah cain't do it. suit; really and truly Ah cain't. Corkscrews are mighty scarce in Washington now, and that's a fact." Inquiry was made and it was learned that the hotel had tried in vain to pur chase corkscrews from Washington hardware dealers. It was said that a demand set in immediately after the dry la wiook effect which was so over whelming that the stock of the local dealers became exhausted. If there were a moral to this narra tive, it would be the obvious one of tak ing your own corkscrew along when you go to tiie capital, to say nothing o! the "raw material" upon which the In strument is to operate, i'.ut as there is none, tho reader is referred to the famous Latin adage which is indicated by the abbreviation "Verbum sap." In proportion to its size, a fly walks thirteen times as fast as a man can run. OTHER YEARS of The Ardmorelte). lutor.s. Three alternatives were given: To become and remain law abiding citi zens, ever, jail. leave the city at once and for- or occupy "stalls" in the city TEX YE.VKS AGO. A marriage' license was issued to W, I'. Archer and Miss Kva Russell. Included in tho edllorial comment was reference to the suicide of a Balti more man who hanged himself to a billboard, with the observation: "Per haps ho believed in that kind of advttd1- Using. ' Announcement was made that the proposed foundry and machin shops would be built. An Ardmorelte special from the na- tional capital, written by Willis J. Ab bot, discussed the possibility of tha candidacy of Governor Johnson, of Mile iiesota, for the presidency. Deposits of the Ardmore National bank were shown to be J3U5.023.09. Notice of an approaching meeting of the Carter County Medical associa tion was signed by W. T. llogte, presi dent, and It. II. Alvin, secretary, TWENTY YEARS AGO. Under the caption: "A Double Hor mr," the story of the killing of Mrs. John Lenrtl. daughter of Kd L. Martin of Mannsvllle, who was murdered nt Maud, was related. Two Indians who confessed the crime were burned at the stake. A legal notice announced the dissolu tion of the firm of R. W. Kandol & Co., J. W. LJanka retiring from the partnership. W. T. King and Miss Maud Lucas were married. A near accident was related In the report thut Cyrus Fyeatt, arising in the night, lired at a rnun he thought was a burglar. The bullet Just niLssed his roommate, George Hoffman. Two boys confessed burglarizing the office of the Van Dernbeig Lumber company. May sold on the Ardmore market tor JC.00 a ton