The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 16, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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I
EDUCATIONAL COLUIUII
Conducted by J. C. M.
The value of a well directed edu-
cational process is two-fold, ac-
quisition of knowledge and mental
development. In this process the
"how" and the "why" are both of
prime importance. Knowing how
to do things is of practical value—
knowing why they are done so and
so is of mental value.
In teaching children elementary
arithmetic, the How should have
temporary precedence ot the Why,
because it can then be more readily
understood. Children should be
congratulated that the time-killing
fad of the jackstraw and toothpick
method of primary arithmetic has
about run its course and been con-
signed to the lumber room of some
other modern educational fads.
Teachers must be semi-idiots or
imagine their pupils to be of that
class, who spend a whole year in
teaching them the combinations of
numbers from i to 10! If condi
tions render this course necessary,
both should be sent to an insane
asylum. Probably a more success-
ful time-killing device was never
invented. The school room was
never designed as a place of. play,
but for work.
In our school "boy days our
teachers made no attempt to ex-
plain the reason of arithmetical
processes. We were told to follow
the rules found in the book—that
was all we needed to know. We
have since had ample grounds for
believing that they did not them-
selves know the "reason why."
The "borrowing and paying
back" process in substraction was
a Chinese puzzle to our boyish
mind. It seemed to us a proceed-
ing of doubtful morality, as it was
apparently a case of "robbing Peter
to pay Paul."
When engaged in the work we
found but little difficulty in teach
ing children the "modus operandi"
of subtraction of abstract numbers
given as examples iti the book; but
explaining the reason involved so
as to be clearly understood was a
very different matter. Knowing
that children prefer dealing with
things having names and are gen-
erally familiar with the denomina-
tional units of our national cur
rency, we concluded to use this as
a device for explaining subtraction,
as follows, using here about such
language as we would employ in
talking to children, as follows:
"Suppose I have in my safe
$2005 and wish to take out $1437.
There are four drawers; in the first,
the one on the right, I put $1 bills;
in the second $10; in the third
$100: and in the fourth $1,000
bills. In the first I find 5 $1 bills,
but I need 7. In the second draw-
er I fiud—o—nothing; iu the third
the same; but in the fourth 2
$1,000 bills. I get 1 of these
changed at the bank iuto 10 $100
bills and put 9 in the third or $100
drawer. I get the other 1 changed
into 10 $10 bills, put 9 in the $10
drawer, get the other 1 hanged
into 10 $1 bills and put them in the
first or $1 drawer, making 15 $1
bills in that one. You notice the
Mine amount still remains in the
safe and there has been no "bor
rowing and paying back," as it is
called. I then take 7 $1 bills from
the first drawer, leaving 8; 4 fiotr.
the second, leaving 6; 5 from the
third, leaving 5: and 1 from the
fourth—nothing remaining in that
one. Here you see the process in-
dicated on the blackboard, thus:
$2005
'437
WHAT SNAPJACK THINKS
ABOUT IT.
This is truly a wonderful age in
many respects, but perhaps in none
more so than in newspaper and pe-
riodical development during the
last half century, or less.
During the days of Ritchie of the
Richmond Inquirer, Kendall of the
New Orleans Picayune, Greely of
the New York Tribune, Bennet the
founder of the New York Herald,
and other similar editorial giants, it
was the custom to fill much space
with editorials, frequently of great
length. There were numerous lo-
cal news items, but comparatively
little fresh news matter due to the
lack of communication with many
points, domestic or foreign, such
as we enjoy at the present day.
Advertising was almost nnknown,
material and labor were costly, cir-
culation generally small, and sub-
scription rates so high many people
were unable to bear the expense.
But now there are papers and
papers, periodicals and periodicals
—good bad aud indifferent. Prob-
ably there is no other so great an
educational factor as a clean, ably
conducted press, though railroads,
in our opinion, are a close sepond.
Unfortunately there is, especially
in large cities, a leprous class of
publications that serve well as the
devil's vicegerants on earth and
polute the moral atmosphere of the
home, the social circle, the busiuess
office and the halls of legislation.
We have often thought that, in
proportion to their average financial
means, no other class do so much
gratuitous—and often thankless—
labor as newspaper men. It has
come to pass that they are gener-
ally expected to announce, without
compensation for time, labor, and
capital invested, births, marriages,
obituaries, social functions, enter-
tainment.* for raising funds for va-
rious objects, and the good Lord
only knows what else; but in the
distribution of spoils, the printer is
not "in it" to any alarming extent.
Not only that-— some of those most
frequently thus favored Refuse to
pay a pitiful dollar for their local
paper and fairly hug themselves for
generously affording the editor
something to fill up his paper.
There are various human specimen
in our little world. Some are odd
fish, difficult to classify, being, per-
haps, abnormal products resemblin*
what natufalists call vegetable
"sports."
$568 remaining in
safe."
To make it more interesting to
children, we used a diagram inclos-
ing thn different orders of units iu
rectangles representing drawers in
the imaginary safe. We fouud this
simple device enabled them to
readily grasp the "reason" in-
volved in the process.
Any kind of a Cook, Heating or
Bachelors Stoves may I* had at
Oentry & Sultan's.
Territory of Oklahoma, I - . _ ,
County of Greer. Probate Court
Id tbe mutter of the entitle of W. P. Johnson
deoensed.
Notice Is hereby (Tiven, tb t(l. W. Boyd, the
duly appointed and iiualiOed administrator of
the eutute of
W P. Johnson, deceased, has rendered and
presented for Keitlement. aud Hied lu said
court, his flail account and report or his ad-
ministration as Much administrator and that
Thursday, the 7th day of April. A. D. 1001 foelnsr
a day of a special term of said court to-wlt:
of the April term. A. D. IDiM at 10o'clock In the
forenoon of auld duy, at the I'robate Court
Room In the town of Mangum suld eouuty of
hleh time nnd place any person Interested In
said estate may appear aud file his exceptions
In wrltlnx to the aooount and contest the
same.
Iu testimony whereof. I have hereunto aet
my hand and the official seal of said court this
Hth day of March 1004
[L. 8.] T. P. Olay, Probate Judge,
lly Nancy O. Hood, Clerk. 3A-4t
Sheriff's Sale.
Notice Is hereby given: that by virtue of
an execution Issued bv Probate Court, Oreer
County. Territory of Oklahoma, in favor of It.
O. Harrell defendant and against J. W. Hen-
derson and A. It. Davis, plaintiffs, and to me
dlreated as sheriff or said oountyl will, at J
o'olook p. m.. on tbe llth day of April. ISOI. at
Mangum, Oklahoma Territory. In Uie county
of Oreer, Territory of Oklahoma, offer for sale
at public auction the following real estate,
to-wlt: Ix>ts I and t in block « in the town of
Erick, Oklahoma Territory. Terms of sale
cash. Taken on said execution for K. (). Har
roll as the property of J. W. Henderson and
A. H Davis.
Dated loth day of Maroh. loot.
Janpbh Nbiain. Sheriff
lly W. H. Ki.anawan, Deputy. :m-4t
Health
" For 25 years I have never
misted taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla
•very spring. It cleanses my
blood, makes me feel strong, snd
does me good in every way." —
John P. Hodnette, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Pure and rich blood
carries new life to every
part of the body. You
are invigorated, refreshed.
You feel anxious to be
active. You become strong,
steady,courageous. That's
what Ayer's Sarsaparilla
will do for you.
II.Ma Mil*. All fcetfOM.
MANGUM
Cleaning, Tailoring
and Neat Repairing.
Hats Cleaned
Shaped, Trimmed,
7 Mangum,
OKIahoma.
The Biggest Locomotive.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad appears to maintain a
monopoly of the biggest locomo-
tives, says Victor Smith in the
-v York Press. As soon as any
•r company approaches the
• Fe in size or capacity the
:son management orders
,;ething bigger and stronger,
l lie latest type, the decapod, is a
favorite of President Ripley for
heavy freighting. Including its
loaded tender, this locomotive
weighs 450,000 pounds, and can
haul on a level track a train of
loaded cars more than one mile
long, equal to a weight of over
6,000 tons. "What is a decapod ?'
an engineer of the Erie road was
asked by a protesting commuter.
"President Underwood needs one
for his fast express." "A decapod
"is a lobster." Whether he was
aware of it or not, the answer was
absolutely descriptive. The nan c
was derived from those crusta-
ceans which have ten feet and are
deliberate of motion. The lobster
has ten feet and moves slowly.
The decapod locomotive has ten
driving wheels and is slow.
Her Southern Acoeni
"For unmitigated nerve," said
the stage ma *ager of a musical
comedy, "commend me to the
Philadelphia chorus girl. While
we were rehearsing in New York
I undertook to take a girl from
the chorus and give her a small
part carrying with it a couple of
lines. Somehow or- other she
couldn't seein to enunciate the
words understandingly. Her elo-
cution was the worst ever. I
worked with her for several days,
and finally' I lost patience. I
must have lost my temper,, for rhe
burst into tears. 'It must be due
to my Soutfhern accent,' she wail-
ed. Now, I a"i a Southerner my-
self—I wa? raised in Virginia—
and although I had not previ-
ously detected any accent in her
talk my sympathies were aroused.
'My dear,' I said, consolingly,
what part of the South are you
from?' 'From—from Philadel-
phia,' she sobbed."
ti
Four Generations of Musioiana.
There are four generations of
female musicians in one Cleveland
family, ranging from great-grand-
mother down. The youngest mem-
ber is a tot of four years, who al-
ready i a prodigy at the piano, the
three others being teachers. TI: •
names of the unique four are Mrs.
A. E. Baker, who is in her 71st
year; her daughter, Mrs. Alice
Webster Baker; her garnddaugh-
ter, Mrs. Nellie Webster Tate, wife
of William Tate, and her great-
granddaughter, Dorothoy Tate.
Was "Too Lata to Mend."
Two days after the death of Ste-
en W Fitts, of Allerton, Mass.,
is executor received a check for
$3.03 from the United States treas-
ury in payment of a claim against
the government that had been filed
42 years ago. The claim was for
unpaid services in the army.
Old Coaohmen Obsolata.
Perhaps it's fashion, perhaps
it's precaution that has brought
about a change in the age and ap-
pearance of New York coachmen.
That "old and trusted" individual
who, according to fiction has
howled the family ;ip and down
Fifth avenue f;ir more years than
any ordinary coaclunn could pos-
sibly exi. t in the borough of Man-
hattan, is wholly obsolete. It
takes strong arms, and steady
nerves to guide a prancing pair
through the maze of vehicles of
1 he carriage districts of New
York and men below middle age
are found far more suitable foe
uioh service than older ones are.
Japan'a "Grand Old Man."
The present struggle ,11 Japan
ippears to be between the hotheads
<f the nation and Marquis Ito, the
veteran statesman about whom one
of the younger political leadera
writes: He is the present and fu-
ture of our country, personified in
one individual; and in spite of all
the attacks of party politics, he ia
still the man to whom all and
everyone town their eyaa whenever
the country is in trouble, whether
I* be in or out of office."
A 1900-Pound SunfUh.
Near Santa Catalina island, off
the coast of California, was caught
recently the largest sunfish ever
taken, or perhaps seen. It was lit-
erally impossible, even with all the
available tackle used in lifting hujee
tunas and black sea bass, to weigh
this fish entire or to life it from
the ground, so that its weight was
guessed at a ton, while conservative
estimates placed it at from 1,800 to
1,900 pounds. The captors discov-
ered it while fishing from a launch.
It was swimming with its huge
shark-like fin above the surface;
yet the launch was steamed along-
side and a boatman thrust a heavy
gaff into it; immediately the fish
began a series of elaphantine strug-
gles which more than once threat-
ened to capsize the boat. After
three hours the fishermen subdued
it, and with no little difficulty cowed
it into port.
Cruelty in German Army.
Cases of cruelty in the German
army multiply daily. The most re-
cent is that of Franski, a non-com-
missioned officer in the Eighty-fifth
regiment, who was tried on 1,520
counts of cruclty and convicted on
too of them. He got ten years.
The interesting point of the case
was that Fanszki had left the
army and was serving as a police-
man in Hamburg when the accu-
sations were made. Another inter-
esting cace is that of a private who
was tried for desertion in Konigs-
burg and sentenced to nin" months'
imprisonment. After he had begun
to serve his sentence the case was
reopened. It was learned that he
had deserted through fear of his
life. Once a non-commissioned of-
ficer had threatened to run him
through with his sword. The orig-
inal sentence was quashed and the
soldier restored to duty. No less
than ten "non-coms" of his regi-
ment are being tried for cruelty.
They Carry Coal for Luok.
Recently a burglar in an English
police court was found to carry a
piece of coal in his pocket for
"luck." Many English criminals
think coal carried about with them
gives good fortune. A belief in
coal as a talisman is said to have
been held by the early Britons, and
it is frequently found in their burial
places converted into personal orn-
aments, such as beeds. Believers
in dreams maintain that to dream
of coal is a certain sign of coming
riches. Then, too, there was a fa-
mous speculum, or miracle of div-
ination—that caused a great sensa-
tion in the sixteenth century—Of
Dr. Dee, which was formed of can-
nel coal, though the doctor pretend-
ed to have received it from the an-
gels.
Red Heads Seldom Bald.
Kedheadea people are less sub-
ject to baldness than others. A
docior explains the matters thus:
The hair of the redheaded is rel-
atively thick, one read hair being
almost as thick as five fair or
three brown hairs. With 30,000
red hairs the scalp is well thatch-
ed, whereas with the same num-
ber of hairs, one is comparative-
ly bald. It takes nearly 100,000
fair and 105,000 brown hairs to
cover adequately an ordinary
head.
'www!
The Place to Buy Seed/
Alfalfa, Oats, Bloody Butcher Corn, Cane, Kaffir Corn,
dwarf Milo Maize, Millet, garden and tree Seeds of all
kinds.
Feed of all kinds. New Car Kansas Alfalfa and
Prairie Hay. Cotton seed Meal, Stock Food, etc.
'rhone 199.
GIBBON CEL HEATLY.
We Have [loved
To the store formerly occupied by R. L.
Waggoner, and solicit a continuance of your
favors.
TOILET ARTICLES at the the prices
we are offering will interest you. Call and see
them.
We are headquarters for anything and ev-
erything in the Drug line. Our prescripeion de-
*5 \ partment is second to none in the country.
R. C. HANNAH.
The
sherwin-wllliams
Paints
FOR ALL KINDS OF
GOOD PAINTING
No matter what you want to paint, you can get the best
and most economical paint if you see that it bears T^e
Sherwin-Williams label.
Every package backed by the reputation of
the largest paint makers in the world.
Ask us for color cards of these goods.
Wm. Cameron & Co.,
(Incorporated)
SHINGLES, SASH, LUMBER, DOORS, BLINDS
BARBED WIRE AND NAILS.
Mangum,
Okla,
The World's Greataat Raadar.
Writing of Goerge l£. B. Saints-
bury, now 58 years old, W. P.
James says: "Mr. Saintsbury's
reading must touch the limit. He
thinks himself that, of the 14,000
volumes in Southey's library, ev-
ery one had been read by the
owner, and most many times.
That would mean a volume every
day for nearly forty years, to read
through oncc. There can have
been very few days in Mr. Saints-
bury's life in which he has not
read one or nit^e books."
REMOVAL!
Mangum's Loss Reed's Gain
W. A. Moore, E. T. Gault and C. D. Abernathy,
composing the firm of W. A. Moore & Co., successors
to Moore & Gault who have conducted a grocery busi-
ness in Mangum for more thau a year, have secured
the large two-story building recently erected at Reed,
and are moving their business to that point.
To their grocery business they are adding dry-
goods and farm implements, and propose to carry a
stock of general merchandise, and to sell the same' at
prices that will command the consideration of the most
skeptical buyers.
In other words, they propose to give the people
of that section the advantage of buying goods just as
cheap at their home town as elsewhere. They ask an
investigation and if worthy, the trade of the people.
He Asked for "Razors."
"Please send me si* raxors at
once and .large to militia ac-
con.1 of the state," iHegrai.hed FIRE! riRKI
Adjutant General Drain of Wash-
IV. A. MOORE A CO.,
Rood, Oklahoma.
mgton. to the war department.
"Ilow rfid VOU get the idea that
the war department furnished
razors to the militia?" telegraphed
the chief of ordinance to Adjut-;
.nit General Drain. Then there
were a lot more telegrams, aud it
was discovered that Adjutant
General Drain wanted sight "rais-
ers" for guns, not implements for
shaving.
• • ♦— —-
London's Oldeal Kitchen.
Perhaps the oldest relic in Lon-
don of a medieval kitchen is at
Westminister Abbey, though lit-
tle remains to indicate it save the
rubble flooring, the buttery hatch
and an adjoining cellar, now tha
handsome dining hall of Canon
Wilberforcc.
Your business men, J. C. Gilli-
land, C P. Hamilton, E. C. Moore
and W. M. Seale, all know from
experieuce the value of good file
extinguishers. T>ilk to them. It
interested, writ* W. R. Haynic,
General Sales Agent, Lin* Build-
ing, Dallas Texas, for all approv-
ed extinguishers. 36 at*
If you « a Afflicted wl>h I It.I 5
or ny oth«-r ■ U«aso 1 f the
rectum, any disease of the
ti iilto-Urln >ry orynns, any
inrm of CANiHW, or MUM*
1 UKfc, I c-«n cure yoti. No
cuargc for examination. All
cm* ,t ken « n a guarantee.
Dr. ). C. BURNS' Specialist
office over Javkaen A Wilson
lluildlag, MaagUM, Oklahoma
Mere To Stay
Wo Ray Gaah For
Poultry, Eggs,
Furs and Hides.
We have no limit
for Poultry and Eggs.
Call en
Mangum Poultry GO.,
At Farmers Wayea Yard.
mangum, j> *
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