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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
GREAT LOVE STORIES
OF HISTORY -
Miles Standish and Priscilla Mullens
BY ALBERT PAYSON TERIIUNE
Copyright BY thu Author.)

settlement5b by massacre and IRE Stand
ish, with eight followers, went to the
tribes village, killed its two treacher-
Gus chiefs and put to routs It's bravest
warriors. After that there was peace
for a time and Standish had a chance
to turn his mind to other matters.
He was desperately lonely, and pro-
ceeded to fall in love with pretty Pris-
ella Mullens. But this hero. who
had fearlessly conquered hostile In
dams, lacked the courage to propose.
He was the.idol Of the colony, and had
every reason to think that any Of its
maidenssWould be glad to become his
wife. Yet he dared not ask Priscilla.
At length he hit upon q scheme for
letting her know of his love: He
summoned his friend, young John Al
den, and babe the youth 80: to Pris-
ella and WOO her for him.t was an
age of weddings by proxy. Why not
send younger, more eloquent man
to do his counting for him? The idea
seemed excellent:
John Alden, according to the story,
believed Priscilla guessed nothing of
his own unspoken love for her. But
Priscilla like most other girls under
the same circumstances, knew it per-
fectly we'll. Hence she was amazed
e.., when Alden called
upon her, not to
urge his own suit,
but to tell her how brave and good a
man Standish was Her establishment
reached it's climax when the young
man wound up by formally asking her
to marry Standish. Suddenly, by
feminine intuition, she understood the
battle between love and loyalty that
was waging in Alden's brain. She
calmly interrupted his plea for the
captain by asking:
why don't you speak for yourself,
John?'
And Standish's chances of winning
Priscilla were forever ended then and
there. When the captain heard how
the mission had failed and that Pris-
ella was betrothed to Alden, he was
furiously angry and accused John Of
UdSc lIedCLcIy lOWdIu ul1uScll Dul
later, when his wrath died down, he
asked forgiveness and became once
more Alden's closest friend.
The marriage of John and Priscilla
soon followed. Alden later became a
| respected magistrate of the colony
! and lived until 1887, longer than any
other man who crossed in the May
flower. Standish died 80 years earlier
having consoled himself by marrying
his first wife's younger sister, Bar
bara, soon after the failure Of his
courtship of Priscilla
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

The hero of this love story did not
marry the heroine. That was not his
fault. He did his best to win her. He
was Miles Standish, military captain
OF the little band Of "Pilgrims'' who
crossed from England to Massachus-
etts In the Mayflower in 1920. The
girl was Priscilla Mullens, orphaned
daughter of two of those same Pill.
grims.
Many Engiishmen in the early years
OF the seventeenth century were dis
gusted at the way their country's af-
fairs were mismanaged and at the re-
strictfons placed upon religious wor-
ship. These people wanted fair laws
and the right to worship God in their
own way. Failing to find justice at
home. they sailed to America to start
a colony there. They landed at Ply.
mouth, Mass, and founded settle
ment. They were harsh, simple, God.
fearing folk, these Pilgrim Fathers,
mostly of the farmer and laborer class;
used to hard work and privations. For
their new home was bleak and inhos-
pitable, infested by Indians, and de-
void OF comforts. Yet here the Pill.
grims established the birthplace of
American liberty. Men who could
thrive under such hardships as theirs
were not the sort to submit forever to
a foreign nations tyranny.
Miles Standish, a short, strong,
thickset soldier, was chosen military
captain of the colony. He was a mid
dle-aged man, and had joined the ex-
petition with his wife, Rose, who died
soon after landing in Amerinca.
Standish's closest friend among the
Pilgrims was young John Alden, a
cooper by trade, who had been en-
gagged on repairs upon the Mayf1Ower
in England, and who had become in
point Of enrolling himself in it. Per-
A wooina by haps the fact ae't,t that
~1' was to sail on the
same ship had something to do with
his resolution. Alden was youngest of
A11C AACA VIII uodIuCu tuC Mdy AO"CA,
being only 81. He was destined to
outlive all his fellow pioneers. He is
also said to have been the first of the
band to set foot on American soil at
Plymouth Rock
The first year or so of life in the
new land was too full of excitement
toll and danger to permit Standish to
brood much over his wifes death. AS
military leader he was forced to guard
the colony against its Indian foes
Once when news came that savage
tribe planned to destroy the whole
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
Electricity and Grapes.

There is no denying the enterprise
of the persevering Dutchman. One
grower at least has sought to improve
his output by the aid of electricity.
In the wineries can be seen live
wires. which run along the interior of
the building. These do not come into
contact with either the vine or the
soil, but their presence is believed to
be beneficial. Experiments were made
with two adjoining beds of spinach. In
the one case, where the electrical ef-
feet had been tried, the vegetable was
ready for marketing at the Same time
that the other had barely commenced
to sprout from the ground. This latest
development in fruit and vegetable
culture is as yet in it's infancy. What
will be the outcome of the ingenious
idea it is impossible to foretell.-Dun
dee Advertiser.
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the steps after him, but it did not
have enough resiliency, or spring, so
Antipater had to lift it up the steps.
When Antipater went to bed the worm
curled itself up meekly on the floor
and slept there very soundly, for it was
quite worn out, it had danced so hard.
The next day as soon as Antipater
awoke he saw the worm, and all that
day he played the flute to it, and so
on into the night, but about three
o'clock in the morning a committee
of neighbors came in and told Antip-
alter that if he did not stop fluting i'm
mediately and forever they would let
him choose any one of 10 telephone
poles on which to be hung. They
told him that if he was anyone else
they would not even allow him to
choose the pole, but seeing that it was
him, he could have his choice. So
the day after that Antipater did not
flute at all.
The fishworm hung around all that
day in coaxing attitude, Just beg.
ging Antipater to start up when
Johnnie Comes Marching Home" but
Antipater did not dare. He repulsed
the worm coldly and told it to scoot,
as we might say. For a while the
worm hung about, hoping against hope.
and then Antipater saw a sigh pass
from one end of it to the other, and it
started in straight line for the creek
and crawled into the water. When
Antipater saw what the worm was do.
ing he made dash for it, but he was
too late; just as he reached the water
big German carp dashed up and
swallowed the worm. Antipater wept
with remorse. There was nothing
much else that he could do, for when
carp swallows worm, it is. az
might be said, good-by worm.
But Antipater did what he could IN
make reparation. Every evening he
would steal down to the bank of the
creek to the spot where the worm had
disappeared, and play when Johnnie
Comes Marching Home in sweet. sad
tones. For the first two or three eve
nings nothing happened. 1t took tina,
long for the carp to thoroughly digest
the worm and assimilate it into it's be-
ing, probably, but when the worm be
came really part Of the carp, the
carp felt it. The third evening. AZ
Antipater Phipps was playing his sad
requiem the old carp stuck it's head
out of the water, and rolled it's sad
large eyes, and the tears poured out
OF them. Thesaext night the carp was
still more overcome, and when Anti.
pater began to- piaytit wiggled out O:
/ the water. and went up and sat on the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
Friendly Birds,

Friendly Birds.
Most of the birds and mammals have
the fear of man in their hearts, and
are difficult to approach, but others
show no great concern. The Alaskan
jays, for instance, are devoted camp
followers. ''They proved useful as
scavengers," says Mr.. Osgood, "and
cooked oatmeal seemed to attract
them even more than raw meat. They
many times hoped about the campfire,
or perched on the tent poles and
ropes. Their harsh chattering was
not always pleasant, but was some
what atoned for by their less fire.
Quent soft whistle and their pert and
confident ways, so on the whole their
presence was welcomed"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

ms is the love STORY vi d girl WuO
was born in Jail and who lived to mar
ry the king of France. She was
FRANCHISE d'Aubigne; and historians
cannot agree as to whether she was a
saint or very willy adventures. The
king she married was Louis XIV of
France He was the most dissipated
man of his century. firing of his wild
life at the age of so, he married
FRANCHISE because she seemed so good
and so unlike the other women of his
acquaintance. 1t was love story
which, oddly enough, had tremendous
influence ON Am&ica's future.
FRANCHISE was the daughter of a
worthless French noble who with his
wife was cast into prison and who
later died in Martinique, where he had
gambled away his fortune, leaving his
family penniless. FRANCHISE grew up
in poverty and neglect, yet managed
to procure a good education and to
become a brilliant talker. When she
was Is she attracted the interest of a
Partisan poet, Scarron, who was old
and hideously deformed Scarron Of
fered enither to pay for her admis
sion to a convent or to marry her. She
cleverly chose the latter course. For
ten years she was at the head of Scar
ron's household, attracting the bright
est men and women of France to her
salon and reigning as queen of her de-
formed husbands small literary world.
bor ;riv, ho off
tionately nicknamed The Little In
diam
Then Scarron died, and the govern
ment pension that had supported him
was cut off. FRANCHISE, at Is, was
once more in poverty. Louis XIV. was
at this time king of France He it
A Governess Who ~ oon+;,ne tha
Married King. ,>,;oa - CIV
ron widow. Louis was vain,
pompous, extravagant little man, who
strutted about in high heels and an
enormous wig, and he taught his
courtiers to look upon him as a sort
of Divinity. He was lucky in surround
ing himself las had Elizabeth of Eng
land) with wise and great men in all
walks of life. These gave to his court
a luster that won him the name of
THE Grand Monarch"
Through powerful friends FRANCHISE
was appointed governess to some OF
Louis children. The king at first
could not bear. the sight of her and
kent out of her way. But as time went
on he began to notice this grave, beau
tiful, pious woman, who took such
good care of his children and who
treated him with such gratifying de-
ference. She was a wOndrous con
trast to the gay, >hot-tempered beau
ties OF the court Louis began to like
her. He made her Marquise de Main
tenor. The king was reaching the age
when the pleasures of youth began tc
pail. He was abjcctly afraid OF death
and trembled at thought Of future
punishment for the wild, dissoiute life
he had led. He sought to mend his
ways and to atone for the past by
going to the opposite extreme. : In
stead of young profigate, he be
came a middle-aged hypocrite. Fol
at heart, as history shows, he re
manned as much of BLACKBOARD az
ever.
Nine. dc Maintenon eagerly en-
couraEed Louis in this new phase o.
conduct. He looked on her as his
good angel and learned to, rely upor
her advice, in every emergency, Sic
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
A Married Mans Problems

\ local woman is suing her husband
for $4,000 borrowed money. Mex,
thing will be the arrest OF the head O.
household. for, hurglarizing the
baby's bank for car fare.--Nev Yor.
Evening TELEGRAM - ~s1a'@~ . 81: , >~>@z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
One Woman's Good Work.

Mrs. Jeanette Ryder, an American
woman who has been doing humane
work in Cuba for the last ten years, is
said to have done more to suppress
bull and cock fighting on the island
than any other one person.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
Proof at, Hand.

He-Darling, you are the only girl =.
ever loved. )
she-1 don't believe It:
that proEes tae rule AL ,ne e
girls bel.eVed ssss.s s.ssss:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
Changed.

Changed.
He used to kiss me every time we.
passed through tunnel before our
marriage" said the little woman, with
sad reflections.
"And does he do so now?"asked the
bosom friend.
mo, he takes a drink"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
Belinda has :. gentle
And spirit u al sfvfe

Belinda has = gentle -
And spirit aal styie
She moves aboutsft 4.sz,sts:,a ?. Ace Il
And wears n =. # I ss
And yet she,n eat box or two z.
or candy ere each day is through.
And sections vast Of pie and cake
And everything they broil or bake
And all the while her glance will CLEAN
With delicate disdain
AS II her life was but a dream,
Beyond this earthly plane.
Our rugged ways we all lament
With genuine distress,
She seems a chiding vision sent
OF f1eeting loneliness
But half the sal9d she devours
Would keep a man awake for hours
And frozen sweets, confections rare
Are her persistent biz of fare.
And still she fades until we Tear
Belinda wili take fight
And only leave behind her here
A haunting appetite.
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vi PAY HIGH PRICE FOR HIDES
.naNfurs & sell guns and traps cheap.
Nv. Hide Fur Co., Minneapolis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

u 1.-The American Passion.
Knicker-What do you think of the
airship in commerce?
l. BoAker-Fine; it will give a chance
torpa4sing a lot more laws.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

THE bravest dentist isn't anxious to
~ into the jaws of death.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

~ Plies CURED IN TO II DAYS. -.
sxZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any Case
4lfehiDR, Blind, Bleeding OF ProtrudinR Piles in
ID AdAyS or money refunded. 600.
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1ae girl who accepts a man seldom
him at his own valuation.
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played the flute, when a black and
white form burst from the bushes. 1t
was dog, and Antipater saw it was
foaming at the mouth. 1t would have
been an easy matter for the carp to
have plunged into the creek, but when
it saw the dog making for Antipater
the faithful creature sprang lightly
between Antipater and the dog. By
the time Antipater could seize a rock
and kill the dog the faithful carp was
severely bitten, but it made light of it
and wagged it's tail cheerfully.
Last Monday when Antipater went
down to the creek with his flute he
saw sad sight. The carp, with glar-
ing eyes and foaming mouth, was try
ing to flop as far as possible from the
water, having the hydrophobic fear Of
it, and Antipater saw there was moth
ing he could do. If the carp was put
into the water it would have a
paroxysm and die, and if it stayed
away from the water it would die for
lack of BREATH. So AHtipater drew out
his flute and niayed when Johr Il =,
Comes March Home 3 L. thee >
arose on it, ~ j. axt$5 s5o1 "s
two wiggles and - ~. = u Ist
same afternoon q ~ p ). .. soc.
his mute Roth :. g., 2so<-r:s.G as.s ,
touch holes s;;,tss b lie e#7> -.
will never J. y 81 = =
Copyright. w.: Il =. arena. ran,
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THE EARRINGS.

i. He-Lydia, saw a lovely pair of
earrings to-day.
She-O, where? I'm all ears.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-11-29
Phillips & Roche
Phone 1925
Under Oklahoma State Bank,
Chickasha, Okla.
(First published Nov 2s, 1900
NOTICE or sHERlFF's SALE or
LAND.



Notice Is hereby given, that irl pur-
suance OF an order OF sale issued out
Of the district court Of Grady county,
Oklahoma. Oh the 18th day Of Noyem-
Der. 1910, In an action wherein + n.
Frey was pIaintiif ana Maggie Wilson,
John Hankins and James =. White,
Jr. we're defendants, directed 70 me.
the undersigned sheriff of Grady conn
ty, commanding me to levy upon, ap-
praise ana sell the following described
property, situated in Grady county,
Oklahoma: I.os eight ts) in block two
hundred sky lzg0) in the city Of
ChIckasha. according ID The plat Of
said city. 10 satisfy Judgment and
decree OF foreclosure III favor OF said
plaintiff against said defendants OBJ
tanned and made Ia said court on the
a0th day nf July. 1910, for the snal
81 s23i.S4 and costs. s5Ss5. with lna
&erest thereon at the rate Of 10 pAs
cent from the S0sh day Of July. 1910
and all costs accrnlng. viii sell "a
the 27th DAY Of December. 1910, a. she
honr or 10 o'coIck a. n. of said da'e
al the front door nf the court aouse in
the city Of chckasha il said cornsy
and state offer for sale and sell to tks
highest bidder for cash said property
above described or SO much theraSI
as will satisfy said judgment with n
terest and cost.
Witness my hand this 23rd day q
November, 1910.
Nj B. LOUTHAN. Sheriff.
By q. w. YEARTA, Under sheriff.
r. Il. Davenport Attorney for Plain
LAM l1-2s-3ot
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SAVES An IOWA MANs IRE.

The very grave seemed to yawn be
fore Robert Madsen, OF West Burling-
ton, oval when, after seven weeks ln
the hospital. four OF the best physic-
ians gave him up. Then was shown
the marvellous curative power Of Elec-
tric Bitters. For, after eight months Of
frightfuI suffering from liver trouble
and yellow jaundice, getting no help
from other remedies or doctors, i've
bottles Of this matchless medicine com.
pletely cured him. It's positively guar,
anteed for stomach, liver or kidney
troubles and never dlsappoints. only
5oc a Brown d Co.'S. d&w
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Real Estate For Sale & Exchange

100 acres one mile from Marlow,
new 5.room house with pantry, closets
and bathroom. good barn, wen, cistern'
cave ana ali necessary outbuildings.
Price SIS 1000. WIN take one-half value
III horses and mules. Loan Of $1,000.
125 acres of good river bottom land,
Two miles from verden, good house.
hne orchard, IL acres alfalfa and other
improvements. Price $4,000.
Ia 0acres good land three miles north
Of Cement, 80 acres good valley land IN
cultivation, two sets Of Improvements,
good house, large barn, we'll, windmill,
good cave. large bearing orchard,
Price $1,000. Wnl exchange for city
properly.
100 acres first class corn and alfalfa
land, four miles from Chickasha, two
miles from NiDnekah, S-poom house, All
under fence and in cultivation, 10 acres
alfalfa. Price s45 per acre. II is well
worth $50 per acre.
BAG acres IN Buia county, Texas, tive
miles from county seat, so acres ~
cultivation, so acres In pasture, bal
ance in timber good Broom house, cis
tern, barn, cattle and wagon sheds ant
ali necessary out1.aildings, to exchange
! for city or farm property in 0kianoma
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YAMn pvvVrDc
LhNU DUIENO

nave carefully Inspected a great
many tracts of land to be offered BY
the indian agent for sale at Chickasha'
commencing on December 4, 1910, and
am prepared to make accurate reports
on them for persons desiring to make
bids. After next Monday until the day
OF sale can show these lands. VIII
make terms on application. This sale
win be made in front Of my Office, next
10 The post Office
32.et JAS. A. MCCLURE
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American Beauty Chorus


4The Girl From us. al" which ap-
pears at the Star theater Wednesday.
Nov. 30, 1910. is said to be literary
invention II makes everybody sit mp
and take notice Though showing in
its evolution the social life Of the
Orient, IN its two most striking
phases, It Is SO wildly American in
sentiment, 50 vigorously clever in dia-
logue, and astonishingly true as to
types and characters, that no one ever
thinks that any Of its exciting compli-
cations are other than the natural
events Of real life portrayed SO strik-
ngly. OF course it IL q love story.
a story Of hate also-with Its twin
revenge; ofsnnlawful desire and law
ful triumph. And II shows in vivid
CLEANS the complicated politics Of
other lands, and the close relation
ship Of cur own government with the
one Free Press on earth, whose
mighty voice controls the world and
decides the fates Of individuals end
nations.
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lFirst published NOV. -, 19lo.)
NOTICE or GUARDIANS SALE or
REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC


State OF OllaEorEc county Of LeFlore-
ln county court.
In the matter Of the guardianship ofl
the estate of Alice Morris, minor Nm
WI Dolberry. guardian
Notice ii hereby given that IN pAr-
suance Of ain order Of the county court
81 the county os IleFlore, state o. OK
lahoma, made and entered on the 14th
day of November, 1910, IN the above
entitled matter, the undersigned, 4 w.
Dolherry, the guardian Of the estate of
Alice Morris, minor, win sell at pub
lie auction, in one parcel, to the high
est bidder, for cash, and subject 70
confirmation BY said county court on
Saturday, the srd day Or December,
1910. between the hours OF nine o'clock
in the forenoon and SIX o'clock IN the
afternoon or said day, IN front
of the court house IN The city Of Chick
asha Grady county, Oklahoma, al the
right, lille, interest and estate Of the
said Alice Morris, minor, in and 70
that certain lot, piece. Or parcel Of
land situate, lying and being IN the
county OF Grady, state Of Oklahoma
and more particularly described as
follows, to-wit:
S1k Of sH Of seA Of Sec. 25 and Y
and sell or neA and neA Of SEX q
Sec. SO, all in township 8 north anc
range west OF Indian base and merld
ian Grady county, Oklahoma, contain
ing 200 acres.
Terms and conditions Of sale; Casl
III gold coin Of the United States upoT
confirmation Of sale by said count,
court Of LeFlore county, Oklahoma
and delivery of deed. Deed and az
stract at expense Of said minor.
This 18th day Of November, 1910
r. w. DOLBERRY,
Guardian or the Estate Of Alice MOI
ris, Minor.
. Pollan e. Forester Attorneys fo
Guardian, Poteau, Oklahoma.
l1-19-15