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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22
Gould Shout For Joy.

81 want to thank you from the
bottom of my heart" wrote c. b.
RAIDER, of Lewisturg, w. Va, for
the wonderful double benefit got
from Electric Bitters, in curing me
OF both a severe case o. stomach
trouble and of rheumatism, from
which I had been an almost helpless
sufferer for ten "ears. 1t suited ny
case as though made just for me. -
For dyspepsia. il digestion, iaundice,
and to rid the s"stem of kidney
poisons that cause rheumatism.
Electric Bitters have no superior
Try them. Every bottle guaranteed
to satisfy. Only so cents at Ringer
Druo Co,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22
A TEXAS WONDER.

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, removing grav
cl cures diabetes, weak and lame
packs. rheumatism, and all irregular
tiles OF the kidneys and bladder In
both men and women. Regulates
bladder troubles in children. II not
sold by your druggist. will be sent
by mail on receipt OF $1.0O. One
small bottle is two months treat
nent, and seldom fails to perfect q
cure. Send for testimonials from this
and other states. DR.. f. w. Hall.
1925 Olive street, st. Louis. Mo.
Sold by druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22
S, p. u. c.

The Society of the Prevention OF
Useless Giving, known in the YER
nacular as 'tSpug," may not accom-
plish all that it purposes, in keeping
working girls from making Yuletide
presents to those higher up" But
the publicity which the newspapers
have accorded it on account of
the social position of its patroness-
es and the "catchiness" of its name
may result in some real good Not
all of this publicity is praiseworthy
to be sure. There are those who
will frown at Laura Jean Libbey
advising youthful maidens to sub
stitute Kisses for crOcEeted ntckties,
and the necessity of purchasing a
ten-cent "Spug" pin as insurance
gainst spontaneous generosity is
open to ethical criticism. However,
it will comfort the large number of
people who make presents in
spirit of rebellion each year to know
that at last some individuals have
banded together to defend publicly
line of action which they them
selves have never had the courage
to adopt Colonel Roosevelt has
Joined the Spugs, which have open
od +ba;r donrc 70 tho masculine Dpr-
suasion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case OF Catarrh tha'
can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F.J. CHENEY 4 CO, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. ]. Cheney for the past fifteen
years and believe him perfectly hon
orable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out an!
obligation by that firm.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken inte-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Testimonials sent free. Prices, rs
cents
Take Halls Family Pills for const,
patton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22
Confederate Home Services.

Following is the schedule of preach
ing services at the Confederate
Home for the next six weeks. The!
are held at p. m.
Dec. 22-Rev NJ S. Johnson.
Dec. 29-Rev. C. r. Gray.
Jan. 5-Rev. F. NJ. Masters.
Jan. 12-Dr. C. C. Weith.
Jan. 19-Rev. II. G. Carnahan.
Jan. 2G-Rev. F. p. Keicher.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

The time has come when travel over
the highways has ceased to be local.
Therefore the national, state and
county government should share the
cost of construction and maintenance
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

All the county roads in the United
States would now be in the highest
state of Improvement If the work that
has been done had been intelligently
directed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22
SAFETY RAZORS.

GOLD AND SILVER PLATED
GILLETTE RAZORs, $500 ANC
$500. THE BEST ON THE MAR
kET.
JOHNSON DRUG CO.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

every state should be state roads,
and maintained with coz
vict labor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

The revenue from the state inspec-
tor of oil and gasoline should be de-
voted to the maintenance of county
roads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22
PARTISAN IVORY.

THE LATEST THING. ALL THE
CRAZE IN THE EAST. COME IN
AND LET US EXPLAIN WHAT
1T Is.
JOHNSON DRUG CO.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

The excuse made by the Arkansaw
Traveller has been adopted by some
road When it rains, we
can't fix the road. When it don't we
don't want them fixed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

If any good reason can be advanced
why a man should be permitted, 10
work out his road tax, the same rea
son will apply why he should be per-
mitted to teach out his scnooi TAX.
If the tax leaguers will investigate
the mud tax that is exacted annually
on all classes of traffic, they will as
certain it can be eliminated by an
economical expenditure of the road
tax.
If larger unit is beneficial in the
handling of our rural schools a larger
unit will be equally beneficial in the
handling of our rural roads.
Dry earth will not freeze and heave,
I is the expansion of the water it
contains, that produces this result.
Adequate and proper drainage will
prevent this drainage to our roads,
The volume of traffic that a high
way will be called upon to carry must
determine the character of construc-
tion.
1t is an undisputed fact. that YOU
20 through rather than over some
OF the rural roads.
The good roads apostle of every
community must be on the alert if
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

!: :: !: :; :: !: :: :. :: g u y -
:: GOOD ROADS AxIOMS. 8!
81 {:
:: :: &: = :; :: :: :; :; :: 5: y ;: :.
(By !. \. Themud)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

with the land owner Of each benefit
district"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

To secure the best roads and schools
we must handle them on business
basis, and eliminate politics.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

Twenty per cent of Tie road mile
age of the United States carries nine
ion miles being used by rural route
carriers daily.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

Legislators who straddle the good
road question, and oDstruct needed
organization must expect to hear from
the folks at home.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22
Given Away Absolutely FREE!

lhe below maEreproducton of
best the A.C
al Book Cases, which is nowson display
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

The main avenues of eommunica T.
tion between commercial centers il
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

he would escape the mud tax that the
road district system levies annually.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

Stop and read the Want Ads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

The good roads apostle is the crank
who starts "the thinker of the man
IN the mud
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22
A Last Appeal
n
D0It N0uv!
Tomorrow Never Comes

Buy your Christmas presents
early and assist in the great cru
SADIE against overworked clerks in
the fierce Christmas rush.
We are selling goods because
circumstances warrant us in making
the lowest prices ever offered the
public. We are still making great
sacrifices in Ladies Ready to
Wear. Just inspect for yourself,
no trouble to show you---as though
we were from Missouri.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-22

Call in and write your
answer on the tickets we
furnish free to everybody.
No purchase required.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Got Rid of His Creditor.

Lespes, the French journalist, known
as "Timothee Trimm," was once dis
agreeably intruded on by a creditor,
who announced his intention of not de-
parting until he was paid. The credi-
tor planted himself on a chair, and
Lespes beheld him, with CONSERVATION
draw bread and cheese from his peck
cts, as though to fortify. himself
against events. Several hours glided
by; Lespes had resumed his writing
and finished an article. The creditor
showed no signs of moving. Suddenly
Lespes rose, and with bits of newspa-
per began carefully blocking all the
apertures through which air could
come into the room. He then made
preparations for lighting a charcoal
fire; but before applying the match.
pasted on the wall, just opposite the
creditors eyes, paper thus laconical-
ly worded: take notice that we died
of our own will" What are you do
ing?" exclaimed the creditor, uneasily
Your society would render life intol-
cradle, SO We are going to commit sui.
eide together" answered Timothee
TRANQUILITY. It is needless to say that
the creditor decamped.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Art of HappIness.

Happiness is about the most misun
derstood thing on this earth. People
believe that they know just what it is
and invariably answer that they are
striving for it daily. Yet the average
persons hay idea Of happiness con
sists of q palace, six automobiles
three or four Households, an army OF
servants, tons of stuff to eat and
drink, and a full-sized mint of money
II one would only figure out where
in lies his Happiness he would be bet
ter armed for the fight. The trouble
is that We do not know what we want
And that is why we struggle along,
day after day, in a leisurely, careless
manner. There is an idea lowering
over us that there is a bright future
ahead. and We stop our thoughts
there.
First determine what you want.
Plan how to get it. And then fight for
it. Happiness will be realized in the
struggle, and when you finally get
what you want supreme happiness will
be yours.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Breakfast for a Man.

Just what is the correct food for
breakfast? Some hold that the Scot
fish hardness is directly due to the
national devotion to oatmeal. On the
other hand, famous physician once
adduced, as proof Of the superior
vigor of the inhabitants Of Scotland,
the fact that they can survive such a
lot Of oatmeal. To add to our confu.
sion, here are the views Of old Mr..
Jordan.
He had brought up from the village
station the trunks and express pack
ages belonging to the artists from
New York who were spending the
summer in the cabin on the old Jor.
dan place, and had waited good-na-
turedly to open the boxes for the
ladies'.
On opening the box Of groceries, he
found that one package had been
pierced by a nail. AS he looked at the
contents sprinkling themselves liber-
ally over the floor, he smiled toler-
antly.
Curious now, amt it" he remarked.
"how folks tastes differs? I've seen
folks that RELY made themselves
think they liked that sawdust, and
that it done 'em good! Now l got
no use for them breakfast foods that
digest on you.
1.-THE kind of breakfast I want is
plenty of buckwheat cakes and sau-
sages"-old Mr.. Jordan Strengthened
up vigorously-"suthin' that sets
heavy on the chest, and nourishes on
you."-Youth's Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

Railroad Saves Beautiful Trees.
Some Of the so-called soulless cor
porations are not 50 soulless after all.
At least that opinion is held BY resi-
dents Of Sharpsville and in favor Of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
The Baltimore & Ohio company
went to the trouble to purchase OK
ira land for tracks and station in
order to allow two beautiful speci-
mems of silver leaf maple trees, each
nearly Is feet high, to keep on grow
ing on the right Of way when by
chopping them down many hundreds
Of dollars could have been saved.
When the engineers ran their
grades into the town the plans called
for tho tracks to be Laid over the
ground now occupied by the pair Of
stately trees. Then some Of the big
officials inspected the route and dis
covered the trees. Incidentally . few
lovers Of the trees in Sharpsville went
to the magnates With RAILROAD man,
spare that tree." The plea was heed-
ed and the engineers had to- run new
lines and make plans for . curved
track = order that tho trees migtt
sstand undisturb sharon CosTs
:Gon61Doo Clsve1and Plaaa Doalo9*
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Toad Barometer

A police station in Z western city
has q trustworthy weather prophet.
1t is a frog Of the genius Hyla. gen.
orally known as the tree toad. The
reptile was induced to act as baron
eter by policeman who was formerly
an old frontiersman.
He threw into a glass Jar some
stones and added couple Of inches
of water. Then he whitfield out lit
tie wooden ladder and put it into the
jar. After some lively scrambling a
tree toad was caught, placed in the
Jar and tin lid screwed above him.
The weather indicator was complete.
When it is going to be fair weather
the toad roosts on the top round Of
the ladder. solemnly blinking the
hours away. From twelve to fifteen
hours before a change to bad weather
tie toad begins to climb down, and
hours before a storm sets in he squats
himself on a stone. and. with his head
jvst above the surface of the water.
peers aloft at the coming storm.
Let the weather be changeablo and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Costly Job.


It was showing and Miss Urban
looked out upon the Newcomb's subur-
ban garden and thought: "How can
anybody live In the suburbs?" Just
then Mr.. Newcomb wandered into the
room and she asked: 'Who clears
of that path to your front gate after a
snow?"
"Oh, I have a man do it," he re-
piled.
Its such short path, 1 should
think you'd do it yourself" remarked
Miss Urban.
1T Is less expensive to hire a man, -
responded Mr.. Newcomb. II tried do
ing it once myself and it cost me sew
en- dollars. You see, in the first place,
l had to buy snow shovel, that was
$3.50. Then ruined perfectly good
pair of buckskin gloves-that was an.
other $1.50-and then, just as l was
in the middle of the Job, caught the
string Of my eyeglasses in the handle
Of the shovel and sent the glasses
smash against one of the piazza posts;
that was four dollars more l can hire
a man to do the Job for a quarter"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
MERGE.

The basis Of the rate of compensa-
ton proposed is so per cent OF the
current wage in the particular line
of work, to be paid in case OF total
disability, with a graduated scale &C
cording to the extent of the disabil-
1ty. At present the average annual
cost to railroads for damages result
ing from loss Of life or personal In
jurfes of employees is about $4,000
900. Under the proposed law they
will have to pay only about 100000
more.
In the course of it's investigations
the commission discovered that about
5000 railway employees are killed each
year and that 100000 more suffer IN
juries as the result of accidents, but
that of the $12,000,000 in damages
which the railways pay only about
100000 ever reaches the employe or
his family, the rest being consumed in
expenses of litigation or in lawyers
fees for eftecting compromises. The
commission also discovered that not
more than 30 per cent of the railway
employees who suffer loss of life or
personal injury in employment ever
receive any compensation whatever,
all the others failing to collect or log
ing their cases in court because Of
some one Of the many defenses to
such actions set up under the COM
mon law.
Since President Brown Of the New
York Central railroad is a member Of
the commission, it is believed that
the railroad interests will accept the
proposed bill.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

Wild Engine Changes Roads In Dash.
Travelling for thirteen miles without
guiding hand, during which time 1t
switched from one road to another.
Northern Pacific engine No. 2347
came to stop at Cedar station with
out harm to itself or other trains,
writes a Minneapolis correspondent.
The engine started of its own &C
cord at NorthtoWn junction, and rush:
ing northward hit the switch ten miles
farther, where it was thrown over to
the Great Northern tracks. upon
which it proceeded.
Soon after the runaway started, an
other engine was manned and the
chase began, but the pursuers kept to
the Northern Pacific tracks. not
thinking the engine could have
changed roads. Shortly afterward word
was received that che engine had
stopped at Cedar station, three miles
out on the Great Northern line.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Resourceful Woman.

Miss Mary Donnelly, cashier Of Mrs.
o. H. p Belmont's new suffrage
lunchroom" in New York, was prais-
Ing during an afternoon lull the re.
sourcefulness of her sex.
Let the anti-suffragists beware"
she said. Woman Is bound to get the
vote everywhere. She is too resource
full to lose. i:
How resourceful woman is! A girl
sat in a train one day with an uncut
magazine in her hand. She WASH t
reading; she couldn't. She was just
lifting apart the edges of the uncut
leaves and nearly standing on her
head to peer at the text and pictures
within. So an old gentleman across
the aisle took out his knife shyly.
But the girl didn't look at him
She kept on peering between her uncut
pages. And finally the old gentleman
opened his knife and reached across
the aisle, but
The girl drew a ha1rpin from her
pretty couture and proceeded to cut
the leaves briskly.
THE old gentleman drew back and
his neighbors smiled, thereupon he
said, soto voce:
1--WE heard that woman can DO
anything with a hairpin; but, at any
rate, she can't sharpen pencil with
out penknife.'
AT that moment the girl, still in
tently reading, took pencil from her
pocketbook, bit three or four splinters
Of wood of the end Of It, and calmly
made a note on the margin of her
magazine"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Are All Men Born Equal?

why is one man able to gather
others with capital about him, launch
a business enterprise of large proper,
lions and carry it to success, while
his neighbor spends an entire lifetime
Flooding at small things in small
way?"
This is the question James Laurence
Laughlin, professor of political econ
omy in the University of Chicago, asks
and in the Outlook he proceeds to an
swer it:
Because Nature has distributed it's
gifts unevenly between men. Clear
judgment and genius for managing
large affairs are not characteristics so
common as to pass unnoticed.
"The competitive spirit Is born in
US. Every normally constituted hui
man being has in him an impulse to
be or to do something better than his
neighbor. The world is the gamer by
this common impulse, for it inspires
invention, promotes resourcefulness,
incites emulation, makes itself felt
everywhere in life"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
"Dane HoIes' Of ENGLAND.

"Dane Holes" Of England. .S5s.
In the counties Of Kent and Sussea
In England there are to be seen GER
tain curious well-like excavations, popi
"ularly supposed to date from the time
Of Danish rule In England. These are
invariably about three feet in al
ameter and seldom less than sixty feet
in depth. Ingress and egress were pro.
vided for by means of rude ladders or
hide ropes .~.z:s~. ....y5= Z =. ~ .S
Various explanations have been of;
fered to account for their exigtenca!
some 1supposing them to have BEEN
places Of refuge; others that thew
were connected with secret forms "a
worship; still others that they wer4t
dug for the extraction Of chalk and
Hint. The latest theory inclines to t1,e
view that the holes were made Il
serve az granaries. They were found
close together in groups, correspond.
ing with the habit Of various tribes a
clustering In restricted areas.-ar11ii
er's Weekly. $500 -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Chinese Ingenuity.

Il hope our dear DR.. WI Ting-Fang
is on the right side In these Chinese
troubles" said diplomat at q dinner
in Washington.
~Dr. w." he continued, used to
tell me many Illuminating anecdotes
about the Chinese character. l remem-
Der one about ingenuity"
"A Chinaman, the anecdate ran,
found his wife lying dead on a field
one morning-a tiger had killed her.
THE Chinaman went home, pro-
cured some arsenic, and, returning to
the field, sprinkled It over the corpse.
''The next day the tigers dead body
lay beside the woman's. The China.
man sold the tigers skin to a manda
rim and it's body to a physician to
make fear-cure powders, and with the
proceeds he was able to buy young
er wife. Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Always Scored 4 Hit.

The aged, wrinkled gamekeeper
whistled his dog, and scratched his
towsled head before turning to the
company.
'Yes, sir" said he; 1.-The funniest
master ever had were old PEARSON
Sharpe. AS blind as a bat, he were"
And did he 60 shooting!" ex-
claimed the audience in the village
workingmen's club.
"Shooting!" replied tho gamekeep-
er, with a sort Of contempt at the
question. "Ay, that he did. Yes, he
shot regular. When he was in the
woods and anything rose, I'd cry:
Birds, sir!' and then I'd run behind
the parson, and the dogs'd run behind
me-"
"And them" asked the audience.
Then the old gentd blaze away
with both bar'1s."
And did he ever hit anything?"
"Oh, yes. Sometimes it wur 4 COW
or a horse or a pig or dog. Now
and again it wur a man. But he al
ways hit something. He were 4 Ger
tain shot, he were!"-Answers.