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The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-05
VALUE OF PICTURES.

house and de deter%nng the statns on t
inmates than anything else.
If you have a suspicion that you are
not wise in choosing and hanging pic
lures get advice from someone whose
taste need not be questioned.
Cheap pictures are not necessarily poor,
but poor picture is usually cheap To
be able to. discern the difference is a
blessed.
A good plan is to purchase copies of
famous pictures, etchings and engrav-
ings. These are almost sure to be good.
In framing pictures remember that
gold frames are for oil paintings and
dark pictures, white frames for water
colors, and black enameling or Flemish
oak and modern oak for etchings and
photographs.
The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-05

YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
Dad aud Mother and Me

Dad and Mother and Me.
Nnbody's like old Santa Claus
With his red and jolly face:
There's not another around the globe
Can travel so swift Il pace
His tWilikling eyes. and his merry laugh.
His chuckle of bubbling glee-
Nohttly else il so dear by half
To Dad and Mother and Me.
He doesn't forget the baby sweet
AS she rocks in her cradle white:
He has time to wait for the tagging feet
Of the Old. Ey ranGle-lght
He has gifts AMI gifts for the young and
gay,
Who cneircle the Christmas Tree;
Aud he has the love to his latest day
OF Dad and Mother and Me.
The frost is chill in the nipping blast,
Smooth is the icy mere:
The short fleet days 20 hurrying past
10 the last of the waning year.
And never was rose of the summers prime
So royalty fair to see
AS the rose that blooms in the winters rime
For Dad and Mother and Me-
---COllier'S Weekly
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THE FIRE.

CfG1ckiety cracklety, l am the Fire!
Cricklety, cracklety, cree!
Fllckerlng, f1ackering, higher and higher,
What Is SO pleasant to see?
Winter winds may be piping drearily,
Snow in binding whirl,
Come to me and I'll warm you choeri,v
Dear little boy and girl.
Scarlet and gold my flames 20 leaping.
Sparkles glitter and die;
Curling, swirling, quivering, creeping.
Ever at work am l.
Wood or coal, however you feed me,
I'm your friend whenever you need me,
, Roar away. soar away, higher and higher
Cricklety, Cracklety, l am the Fire!
Laura Il. Richards in St. Nicholas.
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Burning Logs.

Now that it is the fashion to burn wood
in our open CRATES we have to exercise
our ingenuity as to where it shall be kept.
Square open black carved oak and brass
boxes are, perhaps the prettiest things to
use. But one hesitates to put OIL log,
even at the risk of letting the fire 60 out,
as ones fingers get soiled even by touch
great favor and be no doubt much copied
at Christmas for presents. You make a
large glove or mitten Of satin, cloth or
silk, lined and worked. A very pretty
idea is to make the glove in pale -gree,,
and embroider either yellow violets on it
lily motto in the same color as the yiolets.
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HELPING OTHERS.

Some days ago these words were
quoted by practical progressive man:
Never morning wore to evening but
some heart did break Looking over the
great wide world. journeyiIg over coun-
tries old and new, the truth of these
words comes to YOU with keenest force.
every country, some trouble is to be
found: Many times it is carefully con-
cealed, many times it is so terrible that
it cannot be hidden. and what are we do
ing to alleviate this misery? The holi-
days are near at hand, and far and wide
the JOY bells will ring out their glad ho-
sannas:. hut let us try to make every one
to them it is only Il mockery. DO some
thing to make life pleasant and hopeful
for someone, and in just such measure
shall your own life blossom into the beau
tiful flowers of hope and content.
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REMOVING GREASE.

Even the most careful cooks are liable
to upset grease ON well-kept kitchen
table, and when an accident Of the kind
occurs something more than soap and
water is necessary to remove the grease
from the Wood. Mix a tablespoonful of
soft soap, four ounces of Fullers earth
and four ounces Of pearl ash and add a
et ct # remgn nnf the te
when the table should be scrubbed with
hot water Ito which piece of soda has
been added), and soft soap and silver
sand; rinse the table thoroughly with
clean hot water, and when it is dry all
trace of the stain should have .disap-
peared. .5E :E=. ss:st i5 -:s 80
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KEEP BABY WARM.

Some mothers never seem to think it
necessary to dress their babies any
warmer in December than in August
Poor little blue things, no wonder they
are cross and colicky, arraycd in the
same amount of clothing that they wore
the hottest day last summer, with the
bleak winds of winter bowling around
Remember, they are very sensitive to
changes in the weather. says writer
in the Ladies' World. The proper way
would be to have some cute little fan
nelette wrappers to slip on over dresses.
Inspect their feet often and toast
them by the fire. and keep their hands
warm. A warm baby is almost sure to
be a fat and good-natured one. 1t is
utterly impossible for babies to thrive
and be happy when they are chilly all
the time. We all know how unpleasant
that feeling is; so keep the baby warm
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Countess Schimmelmann's Plans

The Countess Schimmelmann of Den
mark, who has just arrived in New York
Oh her private yacht, the Duen, has
moved from the yacht to the Hotel Ma
iestic, where she intends to spend her
time resting. The countess said thar
she would probably do no missionary
work in New York this winter. but
hoped. instead. to see something of the
social life of Boston, Philadelphia and
New York before she returns to Den
mark in the spring.
The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-05
PRETTY CHAINS FOR MUFFS.

I am glad TO say that pretty chains
wherewith to hang ones muff round ones
neck are being as much used as ever.
And very smart they make the plain
est toilet book The newest things of the
kind are made of gun metal, set with
pearls or garnets; Of silver gilt, set with
diamonds and turquoise, and of crystal
and silver, says a writer in the New York
Telegram.
Another very pretty chain. which will
20 we'll with the white fur 50 much worn,
is made of coral beads and gold links
and most dainty and attractive it looks
Iridescent pearls are much used in these
chains, and the imitation ones look al
most us we'll as the real.
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*&s *&s GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES' s.
THE KINGDOM OF THE CHILD.

THE KINGDOM OF THE CHILD.
There's light of Love today
Failing on the worlds highway,
Lilt of song, and flow of mirth,
Glow Of Star, and thrill of Birth,
Just as when to Bethlehem Town
Came the holy Christ-child down,
And DER wars and tumults wild
Rose the Kingdom Of the Child.
Wide and large that Kingdom spreads,
Wheresoever golden heads
Cluster round Kriss kringle's tree,
Grave with awe and mystery.
Still Gods Angels find the way
TO our earth on Christmas Day;
Still the seeker and the sought
Each to each are safely brought
And-a truce to passions Wild
Here's the Kingdom of the Child.
Margaret Sangster i'll Womans Home
Companion.
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MODERN TROUSSEAu.

The day when bridal outfit meant
an Wears e ot tbe be.o,n,5g avon Won
ing to Modes. Thts9ynotep pf'i Of the s' mod
ern trousseau is common sense. The girl
of today considers what her future life
is to be and prepares for it as we'll as
her means will allow, but without any of
the excess which once was apparent in
every outfit of the sort. A wedding
gown that can be made to serve for even
ing wear. one of less costly material and
darker in color for dinners and the like
a tailored gown of handsome broadcloth.
a simple one of cheviot for travelling and
later morning and shopping use. two
pretty afternoon gowns and two for
mornings, with a half dozen odd waists,
means not sufficiency alone. but ample
and even elegant provision, while the list
can be further curtailed if need be.
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A TRAVELLING cOMPANION

"Beware, oh. beware with whom YOU
travel! One uncongenial person in the
party-one man who sneers at sentiment,
one woman whose point CT view is mate
rlal-can ruin the loveliest journey and
dampen ones heavenliest enthusiasm" is
Lillian Bells warning to would-bc tour.
lists when describing her sightseeing ad-
ventures in Rome in the Womans Home
Companion. 1T is as bad to begin a
Journey with a companion who gets on
ones nerves as it is to sit down to a
banquet and quarrel through the courses.
The effect is the same. One can digest
neither. People seem to select travelling
companions as rccklessly as they marry
They generally manage to start with the
wrong one. | often shutlder to hear two
women at luncheon say, why not ar
range. to go to Europe together next
year? And yet l solace myself with the
thought, Why not? If you considered
ycur list of friends for a month, and sc,
lected the most desirable, you would
probably make even worse mistake, for
travelling develops hatred more than any
other one think l know of: so, in addi-
ton tc spelling Your journey. you would
also lose your friend-or wish you could
lose her.! George Eliot has said that
there was no greater strain on friendship
than a dissimilarity Of taste in jests.'
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''He'fS II If Acre. i'll Yellowstone,

II 1AoH III IVI1O"SCOI1C, 4
Heii Half Acre is Il name applied
10 one OF the geyser basins of Yellow
stone park. Its area is easily five acres
III extent and from it bubbles about for
ty hot sulphur springs. All around these
springs the soil is uncomfortably warm
and 81 YES birth to the idea that the in
ternal fires of the eartn are close to the
surface
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and has not had much of any experience
OF housekeeping, for servants, particular
~ elder women, resent being corrected
by a deputy, even when they accept it
with good grace from their mistress
Ihey would dislike and resent still more
to have a message of correction sent to
them through a fellow servant.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL MISERY
Our American women are proverbially
overworked. Many of them are of slen-
der' fragile build, not able to perform tie
herculean tasks demanded of them. Oft
entlmes it is the task of fabled Sisyphus.
ever repeating a tedious routine; that is,
rolilng the never-ceasing stone. 1t makes
ones heart ache, says Il writer III the
Woman's Home Companion, to think of
all the rough work they do--work that
s9metlmes s'et their husbands know nothing
ABOUT and think nothing abOut--tasks
that are often done by the light of the
lamp whose blaze is fed by the midnight
Oil. And this work is kept up until nt
last the tired nerves give way or a cough
comes on, a sensible decline begins. the
housewife falls down prematurely, and a
husband is left wifeless and family
without mother.
Somebody is at fault for all this. but
who shall we blame? Life demands so
much; society demands so much: your
own ambition and pride and your hus-
Dands welfare and success are exacting
constant surrenders of time and strength.
NO woman can afford to sacrifice her
health and welfare of her higher ma
turc at any price. Work thus becomes
a Moloch: but why not refuse the terri
ble offering of life and blood and
strength it claims? Take time to rest.
Recreate, read, attend the quarterly
meetln ss. a human life, souls hap
plness, is worth more than few Daltry
dollars, the pleasures of outshining YOUR
neighbors. having better house or bet
ter-dressed children. Tired, nervous,
overturned wives. drop that work now
and run out and breathe the fresh air
OF the fields. You will be the better for
IT. the children will be the better for
it, and the work will not be the worse
An hours ramble or rest, listening to the
singing Of the birds, the whirr of in
sects, watching the shadows play with
the sunshine. and drinking in the reviv
ing freshness of the balmy winds is
cheaper than doctors call
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Deathbed Scenes seldom Terrible.

II have seen thousands of persons die
under all sorts of circumstances, and
never vet have I seen one display the
slightest fear of death.'' This remark
able statement was made by physician
who has practiced many years in Phila-
delphia and who has seen a great deal
Of hospital service. ut is popular fall
lacy" he went on, Ito imagine that a
deathbed scene is ever terrible. other
than as parting between loved ones.
The fear of the unknown is never pres
ent at the last"
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Destruction by an Avalanche of Logs.

By the breaking Of boom across the
north fork of Kettle river, two miles
above Grand Forks, B. c., 100000 feet
of sawlogs were swept away. \ swell
ing mass Of grinding timbers swept down
the stream, swollen by recent rain, carry
ing destruction in its path. Half Il mile
below the starting point the river. at the
site of the smelter dam, already half
scarcely 125 feet across. Through this
channel the logs piled twenty feet high.
They came with a deafening rush, tear
ing out portions of the falsework and cuf-
fer dams, after having swept away Il
temporary bridge quarter of a mile
above. Another bridge opposite the smell
struck the city bridge and piled up ten
feet high, but the bridge remained firm.
San Francisco Chronicle.
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IN GAY NEW YORK.
WEALTH WINS.

WEALTH WINS,
A heart was the draw that Cupid made,
Death called for one, and caught his spade
A queen was the highest of Cupid's haud
A king topped the fush of graveyard brand.
Cupid bet, and Death raised him there
But both of them stared their blankest
When they found that Mammon, sitting by
Had made five diamondS-ace high.
New York Herald.
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DeftnesS and Taste.

Table decoration has become an art ill
gers and taste for floral effects can
count on more or less regular employ
ment during the season of dinners and
teas, if her ideas are original and she
appreciates artistic effects, not only upon
the table, but in general surroundings,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch. A table
decorator should understand the care and
cultivation as we'll as the arrangement
Of flowers. Her work would then be
much enlarged and the care of house
plants, window boxes. ferns and palms
in different houses each day would give
pleasant occupation and Il regular i'll
come 'F
The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-05

C. NJ. Travis of Nyack has a contract
to bmild monument over the grave Of
'Bill' Anthony, the hero of the Mainc IT,
Evergreen cemetery. The monument is
to be built and erected at the expense Of
a wealthy New York man whose name is
withheld. The monument will bc four
feet high. 1t will be of granite. with
rough rock-face work. There will be
carved OH it two sprays of oak leaves and
an anchor. On Il raised panel will be
this inscription:
The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-05

The sale of ''brandy-drop candy is to
be stopped in New Jersey, if the w. G..
7. U. can do it. James Broderck, aged
&. of Kearney, was found hopelessly in
ebriated on the street at Arlington after
is said to be a brisk trade in the stuff
among children. Dealers are to be prose-
cuted.
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n dispatch from Paris announces the
death of Mrs. Walden Pell, aged SS
years. For twenty-five years she was a
leader of society in New York. After th :
death OF her husband in 1868 she removed
to Newport. For thirty years she had
lived i'll Paris, where her home was IL
center for American society
The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-05

Mrs. Astor gave the first large dinner
Of a series last evening at her home, S42
Fifth avenue. The table about which
her thirty guests gathered extended al
most the entire way across the great din
ing room, and was in direct contrast with
the rich, dark walls and hangings Janu-
ary 90 has been announced as the date
of the ball that Mrs. Astor will give
The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-05

The last Christmas steamer to sail
which left Boston on Tuesday with 25,-
li55 letters containing S252.921. This
was the windup Of the holiday rush of
gold across the Atlantic. On Wednesday
of last week the St. Louis carried 1857
letters containing -$116,3O3. The Trave
started day earlier with 21 ,917 letters,
surday the Lucania left this port with
80. .SO5 letters, good for $371 1903. These
amounts represented only the money. All
Of the cargoes We're precious. The New
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GREAT SCOTT!
A willy old Scott of Dundee
Placed his watch ut the foot of a tree.
For said he, with grin,
She may room up like sin.
But she canno' room doom,
Yell agree!"
The Jingler in Town TOPICS.
The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-05

\ student of life in New York city de-
clares that babies are out of fashion The
poor still consider them their price
less treasures. but the rich are said to
lavish their affection upon dogs rather
than children. A stroll down Fifth ave-
nue. almost confirms this theory. Along
this fashionable thoroughfare one seldom
sees baby. Dogs are met in every
block.
In the park one looks in vain into tho
fine carriages as they rattle by to see q
baby face. 1t is common thing to see Il
little woolly dog cuddled contentedly be
side his mistress instead.
The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-05

Admiral George Dewey and Mrs.
Dewey have accepted the invitation of
the Union League club, Brooklyn, to be
its guests at dinner and reception Feb.
ruary :. 1900. at the clubs house at
Bedford avenue,
The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-05

Patrick J. Gleason, the only one of
that name known to the public, filed a
petition in bankruptcy. Mr.. Gleason was
the last mayor of Long Island City, and
he threatened to be the first mayor OF
GreAA:r New York. but he had his mind
changed. His emblem is battle axe,
rampant. The petition of the only Glea-
son was filed with the clerk of the United
States district court in Brooklyn just at
the close of business Saturday. He sched-
uled his liabilities at $226.994. His as
sets did not take so many figures, being
placed at $oS2S.
The Virginia enterprise., 1900-01-05

On Thursday. Joseph J. McGarry, d
Brooklyn politician, was paid the Ssh
600 election bet which he won from Rob
ert Furey Oh the result of the last cleo
tiOn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-19

levied only on personal proper
ty, and Notwithstanding the
further fact that from the reve-
nue. thus produced we maintain
an excellent system of public
free schools for both whites and
blacks. With the requirement
of real estate titles and the ad-
vent of new industrial enterpris-
es the tax rate will be still low
er, thus assuring to capital that
the profits of its investment will
not be destroyed by ruinous tax
alton.
With the fine agricultural
country surrounding the town
and with the extensive jobbing
territory tributary to this mar
ket, Ardmore offers one of the
finest fields for investment to be
found anywhere in the compar-
atively new country west of the
Mississippi. She will be the
metropolis of the new state to be
formed of the Indian Territory
and will command the cream ol
the great trade which will be a
necessary adjunct to the growth
and, development of this new and
rich country.
The field is rich, the hour has
struck, and Ardmore is the place
for safe and profitable invest
ment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-19

Bishop r K HArErove Professor j. T..
johnson took the helm and did
well until his death in January
1899, when Rev. ]. Nj. Gross
filed out his term
On May IL. 1900, Rev. Thos.
G. Whittier; president of Whit
ten Institute, Midlothian. Texas.
was elected president for a term
of FIVE years. After the close OF
his school he came to Ardmore,
and after proper investigation ol
the merits of the school and Its
possibilities formally accepted
the position rendered.
If true to the trust committed
to the people of the Territory
and the Indian Mission Confer
ence, Hargrove College is to be-
come one of the most potent fac
tors in the uplifting of the Ter
ritory in all that is good and no
BILE that has yet been put in mo
tion.
LOCATION.
Hargrove College is located in
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-19
ARDMoRE's LATEST ACQUISITION
A New Telegraph Line With an Up.
Town Office Assured.

: Some three or four weeks ago
several of our enterprising 5usi-
ness men started a movement to
secure the extension of the Postal
Telegraph line from Gainesville to
Ardmore. A petition was gotten
up and numerously signed by
our business men and sent to the
general superintendent of the
company.
Yesterday a response was re
ceived in the form of visit to our
city by G.. P. Russell of Dallas,
southern manager for the Postal
Telegraph company, who arrived
on the noon train. His visit was
strictly business and no prelimi-
naries were necessary.
Mr.. Russell secured Office rooms
for his company in the Whiting
ton hotel block and announced
that the company's line would be
extended from Gainesville to Ard
more at once and that the Office
would be ready for business within
thirty days.
This is an important new enter
prise for Ardmore and meets a
pressing need of long standing
among our people-that of an up
town telegraph Office. The Western
Union has steadily refused to con-
cede this much to the convenience
of our people and it is safe to say
that the Postal will do a good bus.
mess here from the day the Office
is opened and the circuit com
pleted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-19

THE holiday season is again up.
on US and our people are rejoicing
in the prosperity which everywhere
abounds. In a few days our peo-
pie will be enjoying the bounties
which are inseparable from the
season. but while doing so they
should not forget the less fortunate
for whom Christmas has no pecu-
liar significance except to eccentu-
ate the contrast between their con.
dition and that of their neighbors
A generous liberality to the poor
should mark the season for those
who are able to give of their sur
plus.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-19

THE Choctaw road will certainly
come to Ardmore. Enough has
already been done by the finance
committe to justify the statement
that the necessary money will be
raised. This committee has re-
ceived large subscriptions already
and the assurance is felt that very
little trouble will be experienced,
now that a good start has been
made.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-19

the northwest part Of A.
/. T., what is known 4 y.
grove Heights"o on the n,.'
evated plat of ground abo... 4.
city 1t takes in a sws,.''
country extending over m;l..
undulating plains, -
streams, rising hills and
full groves. The Collevs
sufficient distance from ton.
keep our boys from lo;..S
about the streets, Ardno'.
the largest and most aee,s,'.
town in the Indian Terr;,..
being located at an eou.l
tance from Ft. Worth. Tav
Oklahoma City, o. T., =, ;.
main line OF the Gulf, Col.s
and Santa Fe railway. n, =
liens are law-abiding A.
church. going people. The ns...
are vitality interested IN s.
SCHOOL, besides the eIev.,.'
moral, social and rel,,,,
influences growing out Of 6,
an institution, they see the :.
mercial advantages, and An Z
willing. from these cous;is.
tions, to be Indifferent I ,
claims upon them.
Hargrove College stand .
the head of the list of Sch,
throughout the Territorv 6
higher Christian education
Their advertisement. WA Z
gret to say, came in too late !,
insertion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-19

1879. rev. y.
A. Thomas was
its first pres
ident. With the
difficulties of a
new C ou n t r y
and school, Bro.
TIL O a S did
well for two
years. In the
fall of 1897.
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BR1r1sH defeats are becoming &

BRITISH defeats are becoming as
regular this winter as they were
for a time last winter. They are
not as disastrous because the Beers
have fewer men, but they are de-
feats nevertheless and are causing
British public sentiment to change
in favor OF peace on terms which
the Beers can and will accept.