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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-19

DR.. j. w. Moffett, city physician;
Drs. S. S. Carr, j. w. Smith, Walter
Hardy; Mayor Il. w. Dick
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-19

Man can see a sorrow at twice the
distance he can a blessing
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-19

When a woman doesn't lace it's
sign she doesn't have to.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-19
GENTLEMEN.

Persons calling for letters of above
81 will please say advertised"
ID. REDFIELD, Postmaster.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-19
DR.. A. J. ROBINSON
PHYSICIAN land SURGEON
Formerly OF Gainesville, Ga.)

For several years a specialist on IFevers
and Chronic Diseases. especially those Of
Women and Children. Removes Facial
Blemishes. including Moles, wens and Tu-
nors tguaranteedD without pain or knife. =
As- once upstairs In Wheeler building.
Main St, opposite Noble Bid. Residence
Il st. and 9Th Ave. N. W.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-19
LETTER LIST.

List of unclaimed letters at the
rdmore postofice oct. II. 1902:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
King Edwards Industry.

His majesty the King is one of the
hardest-worked Englishmen of the day.
It has been found necessary to organize
department for the transaction Of the
Kings business. The consumption of
stationery is enormous, and one Of the
minor changes introduced at the COM
mencement of the present reign was the
system of supplying the Kings station
cry from the Stationery office in exactly
the same way as the other departments
Of state are furnished with writing ma
terials at the public expense.
The Kings hard work rarely ceases,
but his majesty is understood thoroughly
to. enjoy the brief sojourns at Frogmore,
where full: state ceremony is dropped,
and where some measure of repose and
leisure is attainable There is an excel
lent housekeeper at Frogmore, whose ar
rangemeDts for the comfort and well-be-
ing Of his majesty and the few guests
who are invited for the shooting COM
mend themselves to the King A military
band is brought over from Windsor and
plays during dinner. His majesty is pas
sionately fond Of music, and is one of
the few Englishmen who refuse to join
in conversation during the performance
Of fine music.-London Express.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
Length of Waves.

The Lecturer said that ne commenced
the records Of wave measurement, and
had made observations and measure
ments himself both on the coasts and
suits of this inquiry during the past
twelve months, and the figures as con-
cerned the heights of waves had already
become hackneyed by quotation. He,
therefore, on the present occasion gave
more attention to the equally increasing
question Of the length and speed of ocean
waves. During storm waves with periods
of from eight to eleven seconds were OBJ
served, with lengths from 1928 to $50
feet. A set of such waves would have
a height of about rs feet, but
there was generally q "swelp' running
at the same time, which increases the
the waves irregular, and caused waves Of
much larger size than Is feet to
recur not infrequently. When after
storm the shorter waves had become no
sleeper than the swell, it was this which
became in it's turn the conspicuous thing
at sea, and then we had commonly q
waves of about is seconds period
with 1850 feet between the ridges, which
was, roughly, the length of st. James
street. The majestic rollers which came
in upon our shores from the Atlantic aft
period. He had observed on one such
occasion series of 139 consecutive
Of IS is seconds. The length Of
these in deep water was more than
1900 feet. Three such crests would pass
every minute, travelling at more than 60
miles per hour.-London News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
The Timber Used.

In the United States 100000 feet of
pine lumber are used every year for
matches, or the equivalent of the prod
uct of 400 acres OF good virgin forest.
About G2O, 100000 cross ties are now laid
on American railroads and 100000
new ties are required annually for re-
newals. The amount Of timber used
every year for ties alone is equivalent
TO 100000 feet of lumber. There arc
now standing nearly 100000 telegraph
poles. The average life Of a telegraph
pole is about ten years, so that nearly
10000 new poles are required every
year for renewals. These figures do not
include telephone poles and the poles re-
Quired on new railway lines. The total
annual consumption Of timber for ties
and poles is equivalent to the amount
or timber grown on 100000 acres of good
virgin forest. For making shoe pegs
the amount Of wood used in a single year
is equal to the product OF fully $500
acres of good second-growth hardwood
land. Lasts and boot trees require at
least 100000 cords more. Most news
paper and packing paper is made from
wood. Although this industry has been
developed only within the last forty
years. yet the amount of wood con-
sumed for paper during that time has
been enormous. The total annual con-
sumption Of wood for paper pulp is
equivalent to over sou. OOO, 600 board feet
of timber. for which it would be neces-
sary. were the trees all growing together,
to cut some $4,000 acres of prime
WOOus.-Yale Review.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
The Spirit Of Seltishness.

How much better one feels after hav-
ing done kindly act and helped some
one out of a difficulty, and yet i'll our
great selishness we are far more apt to
hold ourselves aloof and say, "Why need
trouble myself?" when we see a fellow
being in distress or. in need of a word of
information that we could very easily
supply. "A group Of women were dis
cussing this deplorable spirit Of selfish
ness which they all frankly admitted
possessing, and one of the number told
Of little incident that had made her
resolve to do her best to help others, no
difference what the circumstances or
where. She was standing on a very
crowded downtown corner waiting for a
car when she noticed a blind man stand
ing beside her. He turned helplessly
from side to side as though looking for
assistance, and though she was perfect
" sure that he wanted someone to pilot
him across the street, yet. she stood wa
vering and could not force herself to do
this little act of kindness. Just as her
car appeared a sweet young girl ap-
preached the sightless man and said,
"May help you over?" "and," said this
regretful woman, II shall never forget
the beaming smile he gave that thought
full child whose countenance reflected so
plainly the goodness of her heart, and
you may be sure that my reflections OH
my homeward journey were far from
n1oa -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
A jeff Davis Ballot.

i, A souvenir Of the early eos, a small
paper, brown with age but full of his
torical interest, attracted the attention
of quite party at the Aragon recently.
Col. Lewis G. Scheffey of the American
Tobacco company owns the paper and
was showing it to a friend, who handed
it to Mr.. Scoville. In few seconds the
paper had passed through the hands Of
a dozen persons. It was one Of the tick
cts used in the first election for prcsi-
dent Of the Confederacy in Virginia.
The ticket was voted by Junius c..
Brown and was deposited in Richmond
ballot box. 1t called for Jefferson Da-
Wis Of Mississippi for president and for
Alexander II. Stephens Of Georgia for
vice-president. The electoral ticket in
full followed. The electors for the state
at large were John r. Edmunds Of Hall
fax and Allen T. Capterton of Monroe.
On the ticket sixteen districts were rep
resented. The fourteenth, fifteenth and
sixteenth districts were represented by
gentlemen from Mason, Harrison and
Ohio counties, all Of which are now i'll
the new state, West Virginia. In that
election the territory. which subsequently
withdrew from the Old Dominion and set
up new commonwealth, was given a
voice. Names representing some of the
districts are among the Oldest and most
historical of Virginia. Col. Scheffey has
refused 500 bill for the old paper.
Yellow. faded and creased as it is Col.
Scheffey prizes it highly. One of his
kinsmen represented one of the districts
in that election.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
ORANGES AS CARD CHIPS,
Lazy Game Played by Turks to Keep
Themselves Awake.

Lazy Game Played by Turks to Keep
Themselves Awake.
During Ramazan the sale of oranges in
Constantinople fell off in most sur
prising manner, and the reason was still
more curious. 1t was because the gov
eminent had suddenly issued an order
prohibiting the. game Of "skambil kat"
in public places, and had seized all the
cards. At first the connection between
oranges and card game does not APP
pear clear; but it comes about in this
way. At the time of Ramanzan all
Turks try to keep awake as much as pos
sible, and the cafes are full at night.
The assembled crowds of porters. boat
men, ETC., pass the hours playing cards,
dominoes or backgammon, but the favor
tie game is .skambil, as it finishes very
quickly and is no trouble.
The keepers of the cafes used to insist
on each player there are four) buying
an orange for a halfpenny, the winner
taking the lot. In this way large guam
titles of oranges We're disposed of, but
the business suddenly came to an end
with the stoppage of "skambil,' for dom
inoes and other games take too long to
make an orange a sufficient stake
London Telegraph. T.:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
LINGO OF THE CIRCUS.
Expressive Terms that are Meaning.
less to Those Who Speak English.

Expressive Terms that are MeaninG-
less to Those Who Speak English.
Circus people talk jargon that would
he unlntelligible to the uninitiated. 10
those in circus life the manager or the
head Of any enterprise is always 'the
main guy" while those in subordinate
are called tops by circus men, and they
are subdivided into the big top" the
animal top" the kid top,' the ':candy
top" and so on. The sideshow, where
the Circassian girls, fat women and 9TH
er curiosities known as freaks" are
shown, is termed the kid show" and the
man with the persuasive voice who seeks
to entice people to enter is known as Il
barker or a ''spieler."
The men who sell peanuts, rcd lemon
AIDE, palm-leaf fans and concert tickets
are known as ''butchers," while that
class Of circus followers whose methods
are outside of the pale of the law are
guns or "grafters." TO get a persons
turn them. coantry@ 9aa is either ts "a
''Rube' or ''yap." The musicians with
a circus are known as ''wind TANNERS {"
borers are ''razorbacks." The distance
from one town to another is always
known s;7a as IA LUMP" The The Showgr4 q,1t
IL Cdlleu the lOl, anu Tie ululHS tent,
where tH the CIRCUS people get their meals,
An acrobat is known as :'kinker,' -
and all things that are used in the ring,
such as banners, hoops and the like, are
called ':objects." Those who lie on their
backs and juggle children on their feet
are "Risleys," and if other objects are
balanced on the feet they are barrel
kickers." Money is referred to as coin y
or "cush," and the one who pays the SAL
aries is either the "ghost" or the ''1nan
in white.' A trunk is called ''keester,"
and a yalise is a turkey To get away
quick is to do ''vamp," and of those
who are forced to leave, they say ''got
the hurry" Those who have been long
in the business are ''old landmarks" and
butt i'm or Johnny Newcomer
Food is called "chuck," and they say an
intoxicated person is "soused." A fight
is a "scrap," but any trouble that can
not be handled by the regular officers is
''mix-up," and whistle is blown, at
the sound of which each employee grabs
stake or other handy weapon and yelis
'Hey, Rube," which is the call to arms.
a proposed victim is known as a
sucker" to the confidence men who fol
low the circus, and flaming a guy" is
to make sure he has no weapons on hira
before they proceed to get his money.
TO 'frisk" train is to arm a lot Of
husky employees with stakes and search
the cars for ''crooks' and "sure thing
men. There is no chance for argument
worthless leaving in hurry and ask him
where he is bound, he will generally say,
''To the tall and ut."-Detroit Free
Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
Names OF Dishes.

Charlotte is corruption Of the old
English word charlyt-a dish Of custardl.
lotte russe-a Russian custard.
Wafel, meaning honeycomb, gets its
name from the old pattern Of baking
iron. The cake is now known as waffle.
Succotash was a favorite dish of the
Narragansett Indians. called by them
m'sickgnatash. Hominy is another In
dian dish known by the musical word
"anhuminea."
Macaroni is not improved by knowl-
edge of it's Greek -, derivation. ''the
blessed dead"-probably from the an
cient custom Of eating it at funeral
feasts.
BY literal translation blanc mango
means white food" and yet by the
same name we have the delicacy tinted
in many colors.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
In "Robinson Crusoe. S" Time.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale has observed
a curious feature in Robinson Crusoe,' y
which he mentions in preface to new
edition of that book. He says: "Readefs
who are curious in English history must
not fail to observe that Robinson Crusoe
was shipwrecked on his island Septem-
Der 80. 1859. It was in that month that
the English commonwealth ended and
Richard Cromwell left the palace at
Whitehall. Robinson lived in this island
home for twenty-eight years. These
twenty-eight years covered the exact
period of the second Stuart reign in Eng
land. Robinson Crusoe returned to Eng
land in June, 1857; the Convention Par
lament, which established William ILL.,.
met in London at the same time. Ali
this could not be an accidental coinci-
dence. Defoe must have meant that thu.
"true-born Englishman" could not live in
England during the years while the
Stuarts reigned. Robinson Crusoe was
a ruler himself on his own island, and
james II."-Philadelphia Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
Helen Keller's Pet Dog.

Miss Helen Kellar, the well-known
blind and deaf girl, now a student at
Radcliffe college, was surprised the other
day by the present of a fine terrier
which, on a chance visit, took a strong
fancy to her. Miss Keller recognized
the dog at once: when brought to her
later by her mysterious sense of touch.
She made speech, in which she said:
for the happiness sp you have I given me-.
1t is as great as it is unexpected. I
shall love the dog, but even more your
kindness" Miss Keller, who has learned
to speak by touch, pronounces her words
rapidly, but companions understand her
with ease. She is in good health, and,
with the aid of a typewriter, keeps up
Globe Democrat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
An Algerian 'Pompeii."

Letters reaching Marseilles from Al
giers state that the excavations carried
out at Timgad, on the site of the ancient
Thamugas, have brought to light YER
liable Algerian "Pompeii." The bounda-
ries Of the ancient city have now been
laid bare on three sides. During 1901
more than 100000 cubic meters Of earth
were removed, and the archaeological re-
suits were of the richest. These include
magnificent Roman mansion belonging
to Sertius, public baths, fountain, a
Byzantine basilica with three aisles, a
grand staircase leading to the upper part
Of the theater. a superb pagan temple
in marble, probably dedicated to CaIestis.
eleven other buildings and most varied
sils and vases. One Of the ancient gates
OF the city and great number Of streets
have also been laid bare.-Pal Mall Ga
zette. ..z..-. -. u :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
Queer Freaks or Flowers.

"Why is it," complained the man with
a crouch to observation-disclosures yester-
day. that you fellers hardly ever have
any flowers in your old joints -
The hash founder looked up. GLOW
ers won't live in restaurants" he said s;
1.-The smoke and odor Of the cooking
seems to smother them. and they never
thrive. I've tried it dozens of times.
and always with the same result. Put
grow and bloom in splendid shape. The
tobacco smoke, / suppose, serves as a
fumigator. and the fumes Of the LIQUOR
apparently stimulates them. II you
want to make success Of flowers put
them in grog shop. To stunt or xiii
them. restaurant is the best ever
Duluth sNews-T Tribune. 7s5.5$ Sssss 4. {.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
HOW MAUD sETs a HEN.

Z
Maud Muller on "a summers day 55:{.
Set a hen In a brand new way. f yaE224F 81
Maud. you see, was city girl; n n 4:
Trying the rural life a whirl.) 81 {: Z
She covered box with tinsel gay, !,
Lined it snugly with new-mown hay.
Filled it nicely with eggs, and then wi
Started to look for likely hen.
Out of the focl: selected one.
And then she thought that her wobk was
done. =.
It would have been, but this stubborn hen
Maud Muller came, and in hurt surprise
Looked colby into the creatures eyes;
Then tied it's legs to the box. "You bet
l know how to make you SET"
But still it stood, and worse and worse
Shr1eked forth its wrongs to the universe.
Kicked over the box with it's tinsel gay,
And ANONYMOUSLY tapped away.
Then a bad boy, over the barnyard fence,
Tee-heed: Say, Maud, there's a difference
Tween hens. you know, and it is that
One says 'Ka-doot? and one 'Ka-dat!"
Then Maud recalled that the ugly brute
She tried to set had said '.Ka-doot!'
And ever since that historic day
She bushes In an embarrassed way
To think of the hobble she made once when
She tried to set a gentleman hen,
Toronto Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
SKELETON IN THE WALL.
1t Throws Light on Murder Mys'
terry of Forty Yeara' Standing.


A mystery of more than forty years.
standing is revived by the finding in the
village Of South Troutsburg, n. T., Of
the skeleton of man firmly fastened in
the wall of Stephen Van Demark's house.
The wall had apparently been built
about the body and the plaster closely
and carefully set around it. so that it
was as we'll protected as if it We're in a
Theoretically sealed coffin. The skeleton
was standing upright
The older residents of the village re-
call the strange disappearance forty
years ago of Louis Schwartz, a Jewish
peddler. Schwartz came here during the
early days Of the Civil war. He had a
large stock Of rings, watches and other
jewelry, and he did a good business: He
put up at tavern, and exposed his
wares without the least worry as to pos
siblc consequences. The peddler went
out one morning as usual, and never re-
turned. When his continued absence be-
gan to cause anxiety at the hotel it was
found that he had left i'll his room half
finished letter to a relative in Germany,
and the larger part of his stock of jewel
the peddler had stepped out of the room
expecting to return in few minutes and
finish the letter.
Search was made all over this part Of
Steuben county for the missing man, but
not trace Of him was found. It was
about this time that the Fox. sisters and
their ''rappings" We're agitating the peo-
pie in and about Palmyra, and it was
suggested that the spirits might lead to
the detection Of the murderer of
Schwartz. A man and woman versed in
spiritualistic seances were engaged and
number. Of "sittings' were had, but al
though the assurance was held forth by
them that they were hot upon the trail
Of the murderer, the spiritualists never
succeeded in placing the laws hand upon
the guilty one.
The people who occupied the Van De-
mark premises at the time. of the muir,
der have long since passed away, and
there is no one living here now who even
remembers their name, as a great many
families have moved in and out. A ring
on one Of the bony fingers of the skele-
ton with the letter rs" upon it, seems to
offer strong evidence that the remains
are those Of the missing Jewish peddler.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
First Iron Mill to Have a Chemist.

In d letter to the Iron Age Robert w.
Hunt asserts that Andrew Carnegie was
mistaken in his statement that his firm
p1oy chemist in it's works. Justice to
the memory of the late Daniel J.
Morrill,, general manager of the Cambria
Iron company OF YOUNGSTOWN, Pa" writes
Mr.. Hunt, warrants me IN stating that
the honor belongs to him and his COM
pany. Incidentally I would mention that
I was the chemist and entered upon nv
duties for tie Csnbrfa company q -.
Eust, 1890 @ 81 57s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
Cuban President a Mothers Boy.

Ny father died when was a boy, and
1 was left entirely to the care and train
ing of my mother. Every true son has
the highest respect and love for his
mother. but I lave special cause for
gratitude. as my mother was one of the
truest and best of women. What little
l am. and what little have done for my
country. I owe to her. l was the only
child. and she lived for me. She taught
me the path of rectitude, and my love
for freedom she breathed into my spirit
from her patriotic soul.-Tomas Estrada
Palma in Success.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07

of editorial does not indicate lack of
thought. The trouble has been that our
best thoughts have not been fit to print.
The business end of a Missouri mule
could be no more disastrous than the
financial end Of defunct bank. Moral:
A common editor should not monkey
with either."-Kansas City Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07

Editor w. D. Thomas Of the Fulton
Sun has accumulated some valuable ex.
perience through having become one Of
the bondsmen Of the cashier OF the now
ing remarks in his paper indicate: ''Thc
editorial end Of the Sun has been mixed
I'D with the financial end OF the CONNER
c;al bank for the past few days. A lack
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
Powerful Fire Engines.

The two biggest fire engines in the
world are in Liverpool, Eng. These are
the most powerful fire engines known,
throwing 1900 gallons of water a minute
and jet 40 feet high. The force with
which the water is elected from them
jet was warranted to kill a man at $50
foot -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07

don't see why answered her mother;
you have plenty Of money, and you can
make the best of them look like small
change when it comes to being a daugh-
ter of the revolution" -Indianapolis Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
Champion orean.Blo,,re,rl

Vn1mp1On UF8oneBlOWeF.
The champion organ blower, in point
Of service. has been found to be 72-year-
absence has pumped the organ of Plym-
0uth church In Brooklyn for the last
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07

Two Kinds OF Women.
There are but two sorts Of women in
the world-those who take the strength
From "Kim," BY Rudyard KiplinS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07

But. mamma" said the beautiful
South American heiress, do you believe
I will have any trouble in being received
in society in the United StatesT' Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07

Although the opera season at the Met
rop,!itan Opera house has been short
eneu from seventeen weeks to eleven the
Stockholders have no reason to be dissat-
istied with the result of the curtailed Pc
Rod. The profits of the entire season,
beginning in October, are more than
$500 600, which shows that the public is
still Interested in opera.