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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31
House Demolished
BY Gas EXPLOSION
ESCAPING GAS EXPLODED llN.
TIRELN RUNNING \ BIG
RESIDENCE.

MIAMI. okla, Aug 3O.-An ex-
posion Of natural gas at 1880 p. m.
today wrecked the house owned by
j. W. Carter on South Vine street this
city, doing "A damage OF $4,000. mono
OF which was covered by insurance.
The house, seven room modern
one, vas occupied by the family Of
W. s. Ramsey, but, one of the family
vas at home at the time, all mem
bers being away for days outing.
II is supposed that the Intense
Feat of the city in some way acted
upon the house, which was tightly
closed, and caused the gas which hao
teen escaping from connection with
cook stove in the kitchen to eN-
plode.
All the outside of the building were
lifted bodily and placed on the lawn
In four different directions. The
inside walls were in some places
moved for several inches and the roof
o. the house Was left in position sup
ported only by the inside partitions,
ad there been any wind blowing at
all the entire structure would have
collapsed.
The entire contents of the house
were blown into the lawns of the
! cighbors although very little was
demolished
The building VIII Immediately be
/ replaced with a IOdern residence
which will be occupied by the owner.
A baby in one Of the nearby houses
was blown from its crib by the force
Il the explosion and many of the
reighbors knocked off their feet, but
as far as can be learned no one was
| lurt.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31
rlttshnrg ~ Cincinnati 1.

PITTSBuRG, Aug, 3O.--Pttsburg
defeated Cincinnati to / in "A twelve
inning game today The visitors tied
the score In the eighth on double
and two singles, Plttsburg won in the
twelfth on two singles.
Tho score: II. II. H.
pittsburg. OOO OlO 600 OO1-2 9
Cincinnati. GOO 600 O1O OOO-1 IL
Battcrles Adams Robinson and
Gibson. Simon. Benton; Fromme and
Clarke, Mclean.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31
SIS Reward

Taken from my place 1 9th OF Aug
ust, Tulsa, Okla. one sorrel saddle
horse eight years old. weight 1000 lbs.
four white legs, right hip low. small
wart scar on right shoulder, both
racks under saddle. One brown horse
eight years old, weight 900 lbs, run
ming horse, white hind feet and s.
inch scar on hip or thigh near tail a
fresh kick on root OF tail. $500 re-
ward for horses and man, wire or
phone at my expense. Phone ALE.
+. Lonsdale.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31

DETROIT, Aug. so Earl lIamil-
ton held Detroit hsloss today but ho
filled To keep cobb of the bases ana
81 Louie won, to I. I'm the fourth
COBB walked took second and third
when Pratt booted Crawfords ground
a. continued home when Austin ot-
tempted to catch Crawford at second.
and beat the return to the plate by
sliding around Alexander. st. Louis
gave Hamilton splendid support
Scor, hy INNINGS r.. II. r..
s., I.ouis. lO2 100 OlO-5 ,
llctroit...... GOO lO0 oOOl 3
Batteries 10. Hamilton and Alex
rnder, Dubuc and Stanagc
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
birmingham 1; Noble o.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. 80 In
a ficrcely fought pitchers battle, re
plete with frequent thrills, Birming-
ham downed Mobile, to /, in a ten
inning game today.
The score. r. H. Il.
birmingham 600 O1O 600 1-2 c 3
Mobile. ...... 600 OlO 600 O-l 4 0
Batteries Boyd and Yant2, Camp
bell and Dunn.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31
Atlanta &; Chattanooga 1.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Aug. 80. -
Stton held Chattanooga hatsmen to
four hits and one runs today
The score: II. II. f..
Atlanta. 22l oil 010--S IL
Chattanooga 900 100 000-l 4 4
Bateries Sitton and Reynolds;
Priest. Craver, More and Hanah.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31
TEXAS LEAGUE

At san Antonio Z; Beaumont I.
At Dallas s; Austin 9.
At TT. Worth 0; waco /. O1 in
ningsD
At Houston >; Galveston 0.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31
WESTERN LEAGUE

At Des Molnes s; st. Joseph g..
At Wichita Z, Topeka 4.
At Sioux City; 0; Omaha 2.
only three games scheduled.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31
NnshNlllc 3; Mrmnhls y.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 80
Nashville won a weird game from
Memphis this afternoon, to >.
Tho score; II. II. T..
Memphis. OOl GOO O1O-2 10 /
Nashville. .... 02O 600 OlN--S 6 /
Batteries: retgupn cmfwypemoin
Batteries: Ferguson and Sea-
baugh: Case and Elliott,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31
AMERICAN ASSN

At Milwaukee L. Toledo 3.
At St Paul 4 indianapolis /.
At Kansas city is; Columbus S.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31

NEW ORLEANS, Aug, 3O.--The To-
calls defeated Montgomery in the sec
ond game of the series today, to 3.
The score: II. II. f..
Montgomery. 500 600 OoO-S 9 0
New Orleans. 200 OOl Olx-4 7 3
Swami and llaigh.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31

Hurrying through the milking saves
time, but it does not help the milk
flow. But keep steadily at 1t.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-31
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE
'oston at Philadelphia.
brooklyn at Ntw York.
Cincinnati at Pittshurg.
St Louis at Chicago.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Phuhdclphia ut Boston.
New York at Washington.
Chicago at Cleveland,
ST. Louis at Detroit.
TENNS LEAGUE.
Buaumout at san Antonio.
Waco at Dallas.
Austin at Fort Worth.
Houston at Galveston.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
II
California Womanss Good Shot.

81 California Woman's Good Shot:
While walking through the woods
near Cohasset, Mrs. w. H. Pillsbury
Of Chico shot large brown bear that
measured six feet from tip to tip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pillsbury were walk
ing from their summer home near
Cohasset to the "Promontory," a
high point from which an excellent
view of the whole valley can be had.
Mrs. Pillsbury had a 5000 carbine.
Suddenly she saw large bear COM
ing down the hill about forty yards
away. Its q bear, shall 1 shoot it,"
she shouted to her husband. Pills
bury answered in the Affirmative and
his wife asked, Where shall I shoot
him." In the head" came the ans.
wer. With deliberate aim the woman
fired, hitting the animal square in
the right eye, killing him instantly.
The hide weighed seventy pounds
and the weight of the carcass was es-
estimated at 300 pounds.-Chico Cor.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
CHILDREN FOND OF BANANAS
Little Cubans seem to Never Tire Of
This Fruit-Cooked In Many
Different Ways.

Every day of their lives the bright
eyed little Cuban children eat ba-
nanas They are so fond of this fruit
that they never grow tired OF 1t.
Their mothers make -four by grind
ing strips of dried bananas and from
this -four make banana biscuits. The
children also are fond of baked green
bananas and they eat with relish a
dish made of cooked banana sprouts.
Practically every part Of the ba-
mana tree and fruit is valuable. The
long leaves from the top Of the trees
are used for making a dark dye, the
tough fibers of the leaves are made
into grass cloth and the tree trunks
are used for building houses. Banana
trees do not live long, however. They
die down every year after bearing
fruit. but before departing they send
up new shoots, which grow into trees
In a few months. Some great clus-
ters Of bananas appear on them and
before the trees are a year old heavy
punches of the fruit are cut from them
and shipped to the United States and
other countries.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
ERUPTION LIKE PIMPlES

Wathena, Kan.-"My child's scalp
trouble became go bad that was
ashamed to have anyone see him. His
head had 8 solid scab on it. He also
had terrible breaking out on his face
which was gradually growing worse.
The eruption was like pimples which
developed into sores when he scratch
ed, which he did almost constantly.
Baby would almost scratch himself
raw.
Il had used several different kinds
Of salve. none Of them helping in the
least bit, when I saw the Cuticura ad-
vertisement in the paper and it made
me think Of the good results my sister
had when she used it for her children.
I had only used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment about two weeks before
noticed that the sores were almost en-
tirely gone, and it must have been a
month or six weeks he was troubled
before began the treatment. He
would get easy when 1 would put the
Cut1cura Ointment on him. Cuticura
Soap and Ointment completely cured
him and he has a clear complexion
now" (signed) Mrs. w. H. Hughes,
Dec. 81, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
RIDDLES.

When is a tooth like keg? When
plugged.
What trees has fire no effect upon
Ashes, as, when burned. they're ashes
STILL
What is the difference between an
old penny and a new dime? Nine
cents
II all the women went to China
where would all the men 60? To
Pekin (peek in).
II you court a young woman, and
you are won. and she is one, what
will you become? One, Of course.
What Is the difference between q
mother with a large family and q
barber? One shaves with his razors
and the other raises her shavers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
Cartouche, Chief of Frances "Robber Trust"

as leader and organizer. EIe gath.
cred about him, as mere lad. band
of crooks whom he ruled with cruel
discipline and who were taught to
obey his slighte2t wish as though it
We're divine law.
He mapped Paris and it's suburbs
into regular districts, or2o:'I'2s q
superintendent end saE.>4,a staff OF
ruftians to each. lie then evolved tn
cannily clever methods Of theft and
highway robbery fc- each of these dis
tricts until no mans life or posses
sions were safe BY Cartouche's per-
feet System" the most daring crimes
were committed in open daylight and
went unpublished.
The rich," Cartouche once declared,
live that they may be robbed. That
is their one excuse for existence.
He spent his wealth az rapidly as
he won 1t. Living il magnificent style,
wearing clothes and jewels such as
most noblemen could not afford
1T was recorded" writes a chron-
i:ler that the cry. Here comes Car.
touche.' would empty the fullest
street"
But, like all others of his sort, Car
touche a last was captured. He showed
no fear. whom, after countless hair
breadth escapes. he found himself
fast in the net Of the law. He laughed
at Judge and jury. mercilessly taunt-
ing them. goading them to madness
with singing wit. When his death
warrant was read aloud to him he
halted the proceedings to point out a
grammatical error in the legal paper.
For years he had baffled the police.
His arrest. in 1921, was accomplished
by mere chance as he sat drinking IN
a cafe. So shrewdly had he laid his
plans that before a conviction could
be secured his trial dragged on for
many months and was the sensation
of the whole country He was finally
condemned TO a horrible death-to be
broken alive upon the Wheel"
TO the very last nobody believed
that the wonderful! Cartouche would
permit himself to be executed. It was
expected that, by some trick of his
strange brain or by rescue on the
part Of his followers. he would get
away.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
Historic Blackguards |
By ALBERT PAYsoN TERHUNE
copzr,gh by the Press Puhlsnns Che
George Monk, the Man Who Sold Throne

ard a generalship II he void re-
nounce King Charles and swea. loyal
ty to Parliament. He consented. One
side was as good as another to him
so long as it promised him advance
ment. He was bound by no scruples.
Says one historian:
He had but one interest, that OF
George Monk! And to secure that In
terest he labored."
Monk rose high In the Parliamentary
service and at last was second In
command to Oliver Cromwell himself.
This did not satisfy him. No cum
ming or skill of his could prevail over
Cromwell's iron nature. But Crom.
well-who never wholly trusted him
was not immortal And Monk could
afford to wait. He quietly strength
ened his influence over the army. laid
his plans and bided his time.
Cromwell was ruler Of 1.-The COM
monwealth of England" using the
title Lord Protector" instead OF
King" because the people were sick
of royalty. He died and his son Rich
ard-a weak, stupid fellow-succeed-
ed him. In less than year Richard
was deposed. And England was prac-
tically without ruler. The Crom-
we'll party wanted one thing, other fac
tons wanted another. 1t was the time
Of uncertainty for which Monk had
waited.
The eldest son of King Charles l.
was living on the continent. For
years he had yainly sought to regain
his fathers throne But the people
at large were afraid to trust him.
Agents of his had approached Monk.
and now came again to him. The bal
ance of power lay in Monks hands.
And he played his cards well. He
held out, it is said, for an enormous
price. The terms being agreed upon,
he quietly got about his task OF earn
ing the money.
When the hour was ripe he deserted
to the Royalist standard and took his
whole army with him. With the
army and Monk on the side of Charles
rs son, and parliament packed" with
Royalists, the commonwealth could do
nothing but feebly lament the treach-
cry that had caused it's fall.
The young king (now l""""n rs
Charles H. came to LonG y
posed and began reign Of pl ul.'5acy
Monk was hailed as a hero and a
deliverer. Charles II. made him duke
of Albemarle, gave him a pension Of
$35 900 a year and appointed him
commander-in-chi of tho English
army.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
UnfaiiinQ Stimulant.

Men have tried many things, but
still the tsk for stimulant-the
stimulant in use but requires the use
Of more. Men try to drown the float
ing dead Of their own souls In the
wine cup, but the corpses will rise.
We see their faces in the bubbles.
The jntoxication of drink sets the
world whirling again, and the pulses
playing music, and the thoughts GAL
looping, but the fast clock runs down
sooner, and the unnatural stimulation
only leaves the house it fills with rev.
elry-more silent, more sad, more de-
serted, more dead. There is only one
stimulant that never fails, and yet
never Enthusiastically. Duty puts a
blue sky over every man-up in his
heart maybe-into which the sky
lark, happiness, always goes singing.
George D. Prentice. r."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27

style, but always summons his ser
wants by bugle caH4His favorlte pas
time is driving an Omnibus. When ell
gagged he is attired like an ordinary
busman, and, though he Is said TO
spend fortune each year in clothes.
he wears no garment until it has been
worn by his valet, says the New York
Tribune. He has astonished guests at
a ball by appearing in costume of
pure white, save for the shirt and tie.
which were black. To complete his
oddities, when dining, which he invari-
ably does alone at a table d'hote, he
reverses the usual order, beginning his
meal with the sweets and ending with
the soup.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
F0rhe IN
uIl1Ez:i|a||E3
ONES E.
QUEER ILLUSION IN LETTERS
Optical Principle That Eye Exag9er'
ates Upper Part OF Object
Good Example Given.

Most people when they go to make
letters or figures cannot make them
20 they look right. Try the best they
can, there is still something wrong
with the proportions. This is often
due to the fact that our eyes do not
see things exactly the way they are.
but are all the time fooling us.
For example 1t is an optical prin'
ciple that the eye exaggerates the
upper part of an object and under
estimates the lower part. If you make
a letter B for instance and make the
upper bow the same size as the lower,
the letter will never look right, for
the upper part will look too big and
the letter will be topheavy. For this
reason it is necessary in designating
lettetS to allow for the error the eye
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
A Few Reminders.

That cats and kittens should not
be given to children as toys.
The half-starved cats cannot catch
mice. They lose their keen sense OF
smell when not fed, and have not SUI
flcient strength for the work.
That when puss is mother she
needs extra care and quiet and should
not be teased or pulled about
That 1t is wrong to keep all her
kittens, unless you are sure of good
homes for them.
That those who cannot afford to
feed a cat properly or are too busy to
see that the animal Is rightly treated,
ought not to keep a cat at all.
That cats are .timid. nervous ami
mails. easily frightened and hurt; it
is very cowardly to abuse them,-Our
Dumb Animals
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
Optical ILLUSION.


makes and make the upper parts
smaller than we want them to look
when finished.
That this is the case you can easily
prove by looking at the letter and
figure here given. The ones on the
left. being right-side up, look we'll
formed, while those on the right, be-
ing wrong-side up, look topheavy. And
yet the funny part about 1t is that
If you will turn the paper upside down
you will find that it is the first pair
that look wrong and the second one
that looks right.
In fact II you keep your eyes on
either one Of the SIS or IS while
turning the paper upside down, the
very shape of the letter or figure will
appear actually to change. When you
have to design anything remember
this principle. Designs. remember.
must satisfy the eye even though
their proportions are not mathemat-
ically regular.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
WHERE CHILDREN MUST OBEY
Courtesy to the Elders Makes the Ger:
man Home Ideal-Youth 10
g. Taught to Behave.

From Home Life IN Germany" ~ Mr..
Alfred Sidgwtck.
As a rule German children OF all
classes are treated as children and
taught the elementary virtue OF, obedl-
ence. Das Recht dea Kindes is q new
cry with some of the, people. but new
ertheless Germany fs one OF the few
remaining civilized countries where
the elders will have rights and privt'
leges. I heard of an English woman
the other day who said that she had
never eaten the wing, Of a chicken.
because when she was young it was
always given to the older people. and
now that she was old it was saved for
the children. If she lived in Germany
she would still have chance, pro-
vfded she kept away from a small
loud set. who in all matters: of educa-
ton and morality would like to turn
the world upside down.
In NEST German homes the noisy.
spoiled American child would not be
endured for a moment, and the little
tyrant of a FrenchS family would be
taught its place to the comfort and ad-
vantage of all concerned. have dined
with large family where eight young
ones of various ages sat at an over
flow table and did not disturb their
elders by sound. 1t was not because
the elders were< harsh or the young
folks repressed, but because Germany
teaches it's youth to behave.
The little girls still drop you pref
ty old-fashioned courtesy when they
greet you. The little boys. if you are
staying in the house with them. come
and shake hands at unexpected times
when they arrive from school. for
instance. and before they go out for
walk. They play the same games
as English children, and need hard
ly say that they are brought up on the
same fairy stories. because many Of
our favorites come from Germany.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
Explains an Old CIPHER

To this theory 1t was objected that
such sign would be more likely to
have the point downward. but DR.. Jour-
din showed among the many examples
he had collected that the earliest
specimens were made with the point
downward. thus giving the Christian
sign more closely. He thought that
as the sign was first used by print
ers a class greatly distrusted bv the
church at one time, it was probably
used to inspire confidence in the char.
acter Of the printed matter,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
Mark in OLD Books That Fuzxted An
tiquarla,< Said to Be
Cross.

The antioarrlan commission OF the
Cote dor, in France, discussed at its
annual meeting the other day MI
nor mystery which has never been
colved satisfactorily, the meaning of
cypher resembling the figure four
often found in old books as printer
mark, and also on pictures, houses,
tapestries stained glass and tomb
stones.
The example shown at the meeting
was a reproduction of a mark found
in an old church at Seurre in the Cote
dor, where it is placed over an ini-
,ial G of an inscription on a stained
glass window The mark is widely
used in business in Germany and
France. being placed on finished
works. on bills and on signs, but no
one knows it's significance.
DR.. Jourdin advanced the theory at
the meeting that it was the sign of the
cross maize without lifting the pencil.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27


rich man home to dine with him.
The latter accepted. They came to a
house the guest had never before Wis
tied But the moment he entered the
place something about 1t seemed odd
~ familiar to him.
1t vas not until they sat down to an
elaborate meal that the visitor under
stood the cause of this feeling The
gold dishes on the table bore his own
monogram! So did the table linen
and the costly hangings Of the room.
A second amazed glance showed him
that the furniture. too. was his. He
startednup in bewilderment.
Sit down. l beg" urged the strang-
err. Il robbed your house today OF
everything of value and used the
plumber to furnish this little hc'ne OF
mine. That ia why asked you to
dine with me. 1t seemed only fair
that you should have a chance TO say
farewell to your treasures"
The guest whipped out his sword
and rushed in fury at his host. The
stranger made no effort to defend
himself. Leaning lazily back in his
chair, he remarked:
u am Cartouche."
At these simple words the guests
raxe turned to terror. Dropping his
sword, he ran from the house in panic
dred, leaving Cartouche in the undis-
puted possession of the stolen valua-
bles.
This Is but one Of a hundred anec-
lotes hat show the skill and impu-
dence of Frances most picturesque
blsckguard and the fear In which his
very name was held. Louis Dominique
Cartouche was born In Paris about
1893. He had not only a positive
genius for crime but an equal genius
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-27
True Aerotem.

"Heroism depends neither on edu-
cation nor on the color of the skin.
A British trooper In Australia was
crossing a swollen stream with a ma
tive prisoner when his horse threw
him and kicked him In the face. The
prisoner, instead of trying to escape,
rescued the soldier at the risk Of his
own life. King George, the other
day, awarded the Albert ltfe-saving
medal to this Australian a5origine.
The dispatches do not tell Why the
man was a prisoner; but as names
are usually bestowed on savages In
accordance with personal character.
istics, and as this mans name il
Neighbor, he can hardly be without
some good qualities. YOUTHS Com
panion.