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The Vogne of Gray Hair. I Russia's Purso. Yoho'a Husband in Japanese Army.
Women who have none to the' In the Monthly Review of Man. It is said that Putnam Bradlee
trouble and expense of bleaching nee A. Gerothwohl. a competent Strong with whom May V. V
or dyeing their hair have lyid all authority, analyzes Russia's finan- (Lady Francis Hope) eloped, the
their trouble for nothing. Natu-|Cial resources. At the beginning consequent scandle trailing over
ral colored hair is the fashion for; of the year Russia had at its di> four continents, lias left 1'aris to
this winter, and if illness, trouble, posal the round sum of $200,000.- lake command of a regiment in the
sudden fright, shock or any other 000, with a possible reserve of t Japanese army. Strong is 3 son of
cause has, perchance, turned the $J75'000-°00 more. Front this tu -('*"M'vor Strong, of New \ ork
hair gflhy, so much the better; for tal $75,000,000 must be deducte 1 city, and he was a major in the
to meet the gold chargcs on the| United Stales volunteers.
external debt for one vear. Th
gray hair, and even gray to white-
ness, is the most desirable of all.
This is because many of the lead-, cost of supporting the Russian
ers of society in New York are army in Manchuria may be reck
nearing middle age, and their re-1 oned on the basis of Russia's e*
fined tastes have prevented their penditures in China in n/x>. That
changing the color of their hair
for the purpose of concealing ad-
vancing age. Mrs. Astor anil
Mrs. John Jacob Astor have beau-
tiful gray hair, and Mrs. William
K. Vanderbilt, who is taking jwr
place in New York society, also
has hair that is quite gray. Many
other women high in social ranks
of Gotham who might be classed I previous bill bv 1 1-2. making
as "women of fifty" or therea-j 270,000,000 roubles a year (about
abouts are considered reigning $130,000,000)." By this reckon
beauties because of their beauti-ling Gerothwohl estimates that
ful gray hair. This is a delightful Russia has now enough funds for
winter for middle aged women, an eighteen months'campaign. I
Blondes, brunettes, betwixt and the meantime she can begin t
camnaign cost Russia 6i,goo,ooo
roubles (about $39,950,000). The
Russian forces in Manchuria an
Pochili at that time amounted
roughly to 100,000 men. "If, then
today," says Mr. Gerothwohl
"Russia sends to the front -joo.oor
with the periodic drafts to fill 11
the gaps, we may multitply th
between, Titian tressed, and wo-
men with every colored hair but
gray, are crazy to have it gray.
Powdered wigs may be the out-
come.
borrow.
Posed as a Queen.
A silver haired American wo
man is still living who posed for
many a day as the Queen of F.ng
land. And' she still recalls with
shudder the burden of forty
pounds of royal clothes which sh
Slap for Rookefeller, Jr.
A remark by one of his hearers
caused John 1). Rockefeller, Jr.,
to dismiss the young men's Bible wore for many weary hours hortl
class of the Fifth Avenue Baptist • after the coronation of Otteen Vic
church in New York recently j torja the Society of St. Georg<
without ceremony. Rockefeller, am| St. Anthonv of Philadelphia
had just finished talking about commissioned thomas Sully t
charitable giving, when
arose and said:
"Mr. Rockefeller, just one
word—"
"I beg your pardon, sir," said
Rockefeller; "We are very late
now, and we won't have time for
any discussion."
"Just one word, Mr. Rockefel-
ler," and every eye was fixed up-
on the tall man with long locks
and drooping mustache; "I just
want to say that perhaps as soon
paint a portrait of the queen in
her coronation robes. The artis
went to England, accompanie;
by his daughter Blanche, a voung
lady of 18 summers. The quce
received him graciously and sat
for him til! the head was finished
She then relinquished the task to
the artist's daughter, who sat
dressed in the queen's robes for
many a long day. Mr. Sully re
ceived $40,000 for the portrait and
. ... . , Miss Blanche was made happv by
as some of us cease taking from an autograph letter from ' ti,"
queen and the present
others we can give with better
grace."
Mr. Rockefeller turned to the
orchestra and said: "We'll have
the music omitted today; we're
late. We will now hear the an-
nouncements for the week by the
secretary."
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He Was a Great Linquiat.
Prebendary Borrett White,
mond ring.
>1 a dia-
Kipling's One Word.
Rudyard Kipling, like every au
thor of repute, is a butt for the
autograph hunter. The ingenious
individual who seeks for signa-
tures is as indefatigable in his
addresses to the famous man as
, . , . ,.. . - a cat is to a mouse. When Kip-
whose death after forty-five years ,j was ,jvj jn th '
Zrli "? bdt" of England one
been recorded, was a fair He- who had heard that Kipling's com
brew, Greek and Latin scholar;! hi worth 25 cents a
knew French and Ita ban ex- ' • , ■ , '
1 ii 1 , , • worn, Avrote. inclosinc that
tremely well; had a good practi- \ „ t > , ■ f,
, • . • r- amount ana asked him if he woi
cal acquaintance with German, t,„ , , '
e • 1 1 11 ^ 1 so good as to forward an auti-
Spamsh and Portuguese; was ....i.5 ,
.c eraPh- Kipling s reply was
per
more or less familiar with Danish, a,,,,'. •
Norwegian and Swedih, and at j JJaracrteHst.c.
one time paid some attention to'
Icelandic. He had read Turgen-
ieff, Tolstoi and Kriloff in Rus-
sian. He knew some Servian and
Bulgarian, read Polish and Bohe-
mian, and had worked to good
purpwse at Hungarian. He is al-
so said to have learned Welsh dur-
ing a holiday visit to the princi-
pality.
Roosevelt's Taste in Coffee.
Until recently the demand for
Porto Rico coffee here has not
been great, owing to the fact that
the extract from the Porto Rican
berry had a bitter taste displeas-
ing to the American palate. It
has been discovered that if the
coffee be browned dark instead of
light this taste is eliminated, and
the result is a drink quite above
criticism. President Roosevelt
uses the Porto Rican coffee ex-
clusively at ■the White House,
and states that it gives better sat-
isfaction than any other brand.
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A Woman on Man.
"The Ideal Man" was toasted
at a dinner of federated women in
St. Paul the other day. "The
Federated Woman" who respond-
ed to the toast said: "Man is the
paragon of animals. On his own
ground he surpasses the lion in
magnanimity, the fox in acumen,
the parrot in repartee, the monkey
in versatility, the ant in thrift, the
hanks," was a
huge sheet of foolscap pa-
contained.
Julius Caesar Is Conquered.
"A certain friend of mine," re-
marked Irving Bacheller, the nov-
elist, the other day, "was enter-
taining some bachelor friends at
his home one evening. The host's
wife did not appear at the party
which was entirely a stagg affair
After the highball's had held sway
for an hour or so the topic of 111a
trimony fell under discussion,
Many views were expressed. The
j host, when his turn came, pound-
ed his fist 011 the table and said:
" 'Boys when you get married,
follow my example and be a Julius
Caesar in your own home !'
"Just then there came a voice
from upstairs:
" 'Julius Caesar, come to bed—
immediately!'
' And lie went."
Gems by the Bucket.
An extraordinary rich find of
precious stones has been made in
Hope valley, Orange Ricer Col-
ony. South Africa. The gems in-
clude rubies, sapphires, beryls,
emeralds, carbuncles, topazes,
amethysts, turquoises, and small
diamonds. Thousands of dollars'
worth were washed from a few
loads of gravel, and there are
millions of tons of similar soil in
sight. At a meeting of the svndi-
fish in self-control, the spider in cate which owns the property a
all that goes to make up a valued
member of society. I daresay
that, if all the facts were known,
•man is more of an absolute suc-
cess than the mule."
Deserving Credit.
Dry Dan—"Talkin' about pro
bucketful of the gems was shown
as having come from two loads of
earth.
Expensive Poultry.
What some people think of high
bred cocks and hens in this day
of specialization may be judged
tection dey's some Southern prod- (,ronl a transaction reported from
ucts dat had oughter be protect-
ed, sich as alligators, sharks an'
sich."
Weary Willie—"Aw! g'on. Dey
ain't good ter eat."
Dry Dan—"Sure not, but dey
keeps people frum gittin' de bath
habits.'
Raceville, N. Y„ where Geora_
Northrup, a poultry fancier, has
shipped to Germany a flock of
nineteen rosecombed Minorcas,
for which he receievd $3,400. One
of the cocics alone brought $1,000
and another $500. The former
weighed nine pounds.
After-
ward he joined the regular army,
in which he obtained a commission
as captain. He threw up his com-
mission to elope with May Yohe,
who had come to this country with
her husband. Lord Franc's Hope,
to fill a theatrical engagement.
Strong and the actress -were mar-
ried in Buenos Ayres. He has of-
ten visited Japan, and the re|>ort
that he is now in the mikado's army
is not difficult to credit. In the days
when "Dave" Henderson was man-
aging the Chicago opera house May
Yohe came into prominence while
taking part in one of the spectacular
shows produced there.
An Ambiguoua Question.
Julian Hawthorne, the novelist,
visited a jail some ten or fifteen
years ago in order to write a maga-
zine article prison life. On re-
turning home de described the hor-
rors he had seen, and his description
made a deep impression on his
daughter, Hildegarde, who was a
little girl at the time.
Mr. Hawthorne and Hildegarde,
a week later took a train ride into
the country. The train stopped at
a station near a gloomy hjilding and
a man said:
' What place is that ?"
"The county jail," answered an-
other.
Whereupon Hildegarde embar-
rassed her father and aroused the
suspicions of the other occupants of
the car by asking in a loud, shrill
voice:
"Is that the jail you were in,
father?"
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New Senators Disregard Tradition.
The tradition that no new senator
should lift his voice in debate for a
year or two after taking the oath,
but should remain quiet in his seat
imbibing wisdom from his elders,
has not been observed in the present
congress. Practically all the new
senator sworn in last March have
already been heard in their maiden
efforts. Some on the Democratic
side have been encouraged to speak
by Republicans of long service. This
was notably true of Mr. Clarke, of
Arkansas, who comes out surpris-
ingly strong in praise of President
Rooseveit's isthmian policy. .Mr.
Newlands, of Nebraska, was one of
them, Mr. Heyburn, of Idaho, i>
mother. Mr. Stone, of Missouri
made his verbal appearance, using
the Panama issue as his theme. Mr
McCleary, of Kentucky, has deliv-
ered a speech, and so have Mr,
Overman, of North Carolina, and
Mr. Fulton, of Oregon.
Chamberlain's Mannerisms.
The mannerisms of great men are
always a subject of intense interest.
Mr. Chamberlain seems to have ac-
quired a new one during his tour
in the country. It consists in puff-
g out his cheek slightly w'hen he
is interrupted, as if he were blowing
away the person who dared to break
the continuity of his speech. It is
not at all pretty, any more than that
older trick of gesture, drawing a
forefinger rapidly across his nine
when he has made a telling point.
There is 110 doubt as to the source
whence he acquired this mannerism ;
it was the only peculiarity of gestic-
ulation which Mr. Gladstone per-
mitted himself.
Candy Cure for Drink Habit.
The candy cure for the liqu >r
habit is the latest fad which lias laid
hold of interest among New York-
ers. According to the many who
have tried it. the best way to murder
thirst for the fiery fluid is to keep a
supply of chocolate or gum drops
in the pocket. The fad started in
an uptown newspaper office and
gradually found its way thr ugh
the theaters and the business houses.
Little cards have been distributed bv
some unknown benefactor of liis
kind which read: "Gum dr -p.,
that's all." This is a parody on 1
widly advertised brand of whiskv,
md it may be seen in many stores
:md offices.
Morgan at the Dog Show.
J. l'ierpont Morgan manifested
ivelv inter st in last week's dog
how at Madison Square Garden.
New York, lie spent an hour
there one day and before leaving
bought the Boston terrier Little Star
for $1,000. Mr. Morgan was at-
tracted by this dog as soon as lie
aw it. 1 le walked awav and came
back several times and finally in-
|uired the price, and, after some
further parley and a consultation
with his kennel manager, the dog
became Mr. Morgan's property and
straightway the most notable ter-
rier in the show .
Quadruped Cure for Dyspepsia.
One advantage in the new curt
for dyspepsia is that you can prac-
tice it all the year round. Seme
time ago there was a vogue of get
ting rid of some ailment or other
—we forget just what—by walk
ing barefoot in wet grass. Obvi
ously this remedy is unavailable
for more than four or five month
north of the torrid zone. In
Rochester's latitude, for example
the grass season is limited
about one-third of the year, leav-
ing the sufferers from the unre
tnembered disease to grin and
bear it during the other two-
thirds. But victims of dyspepsia
can take their medicine anywhere
ami any time—except in public
places, where it might arouse the
astonishment and jeers of observ
ers. The cure .consists in getting
down on all fours twenty minutes
at a stretch four times a day, an
exercise easily practiced in the se
elusion of one's home, safe from
the gaze of the multitude. The
theory seems to be that the man
that walks like a bear will have
a comfortable and well-workin
digestive apparatus. Perhaps so
This new dictum of medical sci
ence is given for the benefit of
those who may feel the need oi
putting it to a test.
The Emperor Fountain.
The most remarkable fountair
in the world is that at Chats-
worth, the most beautiful resi-
dence in England, as Blenheim is
the most imposing, the largest
and most astonishing. It was
named the Emperor Fountain ii:
honor of a visit paid by the Czai
of Russia to England about 1850
On the side of a hill behind the
palace is a stone temple, from
which at will can be turned
torrents of water which fall down
in cascades upon the wide steps
made to receive them, and thence
into canals. These water work-
are copies of those at Versailles
The fountain consists of a single
jet that leaps from the garden to
a height of 267 feet. Doesn't that
seem incredible? The next high-
est fountain in the world was at
Wilhelmshohc, in Hesse Cassel,
with a jet rising 190 feet. The
Versailles fountain is only ninety
feet high, that at Peterhoff in
Russia 120 feet and that at St.
Cloud 160 feet.
A Highly Praoticsl Illustration.
Practical illustrations in English
politics and the pulpit are growing
frequent. The other day a clergy-
man began his discourse with a
fresh, green walnut in his hand.
He began an object lesson. "Con-
sider, my friends, this walnut. Its
rind, which I now remove, is soft,
useless, unprofitable. It is like our
brethren of the persuasion.
Now I come to the shell. It is hard
and strong, difficult to crack, but
there is no taste or nourishment in
it. It is valueless. It is like our
friends, the . Now, when
we are rid of the shell, we come to
the kernel. This, my friends, is
like our own church, is " He
broke the shell and took out the
kernel. It was rotten.
Only Survivor of 1812.
Assemblyman Evans has intro-
duced a bill in the New York as-
sembly providing a pension of $72
a month for Hiram Cronk of
Dunnbrook, Oneida county, the
only survivor of the War of 1812.
Mr. Cronk is nearly 104 years old,
but since the movement began to
get the pension for him he has
had several offers of marriage, the
applicants being maids and wid-
ows of all the way from 21 to 70
years old. For some time he re-
ceived a federal pension of $6 per
month, and recently it was in-
creased to $25.
Postage Stamp Reform.
There are 74,169 postmasters 111
the United States, and to everyone
of them a hill introduce! in :hc
house of representatives by lion.
Ezekial Samuel Candler, Jr., oi
Corinth, Miss., is of the deepest
personal interest. Mr. Candler
would have the burden of licking
postage stamps removed from the
lips of the letter writers and put
into the mouths of the postmasters.
He purposes that whenever the
necessary amount of money to pay
the postage on a letter is deposited
in a lawful mailing place with the
letter, it shall be the duty of the
postmaster receiving it to affix the
stamps to the envelope and credit
the cash to the United States gov-
ernment.
W'hen such a law is passed no
one will stamp his letters. Every
citizen detests that incident of cor-
respondence by mail, and has it
done by a substitute whenever he
can. In fact, some sociologists
contend that the decay of the art
of letter writing dates fro.u. the
adoption of the adhesive postage
stamp. Perhaps, if the postmaster
was required to lick the stamps,
letter writing might regain'its for-
mer high estate as a polite and ele-
gant accomplishment.
But what of the postmasters?
Think of the millions of stamps
they would have to affix to envel-
opes. Mr. Candler's bill does not
provide for the delegation of the
stamp licking function to subordi-
nates in the department. The post-
masters themselves must do the
licking. Would they prove equal
to the task? Would any scale of
remuneration induce them to re-
main in office, to wear out their
tongues in their country's service?
♦ ♦ —
Money in a Bellows.
A sum of money, variously esti-
mated at from $10 to $100 , was
found the other day in an old black-
smith's bellows that had rested for
at least twenty years in the loft of
dilapidated building at East
Rutherford. Edo Y. JocCiem, the
owner of the ancient structure, was
the finder of the "wherewithall.'
He discovered it while tearing
down Che building. The hidden
wealth brought to light consisted of
number of bills wadded together
closely that their denomin-
ations could not be dccipherered,
eight silver trade dollars, a lot of
nickels and several old fashioned
copper pennies. The trade dollars
were mostly dated 1876. The wad
of bills was sent to the treasury
department at Washington by Mr.
Jochem for redemption. The mon-
ey is supposed to have been hidden
away by James D. Benson, long
since dead, who ran a blacksmith
shop in the building many years
ago. ^ ^
In the "Dignified" Senate.
Senator Hale, of Maine, was lec-
turing Senator Tillman, of South
Carolina.
I wish the senator would re-
strain what I may call these ebulli-
tions," he said. "Senator Spooner,
who has had experience in it, says
to me it is the impetuosity of youth.
We are all in love with the impetu-
osity of youth. Most of us have
left it far behind, except the sena-
tor from South Carolina."
Whereupon there was one of
those choruses that never get into
the Congressional Record, when
Senators Bailey, Dolliver and Bev-
eridge, to say nothing of Senator
Depew, chanted: "Oh, we don't
now. We're not so old."
Diners Musi Have Fat Purses.
It is no trifle for a person with
a lean purse to ask a couple of
friends to dine at any of the big
New York restaurants and hotels.
A11 oyster cocktail costs 30 cents.
A portion of raw oysters costs 25
cents. A broiled lobster costs 90
cents, a small sirloin steak $1, a
porterhouse $2.50; lamb chops 75
cents, an English mutton chop 60
cents, a broiled chicken $1.25. a
roast chicken $2 and a cut of roast
beef or lamb 75 cents. Relishes,
soups and vegetables cost in pro-
portion.
Ex-Congressman a Mining Magnate.
Through the discovery of gold
and copper ores of fabulous val-
ues former Congressman P. 1.
Sommers of Milwaukee bids fait*
to become one of the most noted
magnates of Colorado. The as-
says of specimens taken from near
the surface show gold running as
high as $10,000 a ton. There are
seventeen claims in the Somers
roup, through whihe there is an
immense vein of copper also run-
ning high.
About the Usual Ratio.
One hundred citizens from Mich-
igan called 011 the president the
other morning to invite him to at-
tend the celebration of the fiftieth
anniversary of the foundation of
the Republican party under the
Oaks at Jackson.
Frank Hosford, a Michigan
Democrat, came in.
"Hello, Frank," said General Al-
ger; "won't you be lonsome here
with too Republicans and you the
only Democrat ?"
"No," said Hosford. "That's
alxnit the usual majority in Michi-
gan.
Negro's Get-fJich-Quick Scheme.
A Marshall, Mo., firm which has
been buying mink hides, found re-
cently that 110 matter how many it
purchased it never could get more
than thirty on hand. This peculiar
circumstance caused an investiga-
tion, which led to the discovery
that a young negro who was in the
firm's employ, had got up a get-
rich-quick scheme. He would steal
a hide or two and turn them over
to a confederate, who would take
them to the firm and sell them. I11
this way the house was led repeat-
edly to purchase and re-purchase
its own property. "The hides came
back quicker than the niggers
will," laconically -remarks a Mar-
shall paper.
Society Queen as Author.
There is a rei>ort here that Mrs.
Stuvvesant Fish intends to curtail
her social life considerably during
the next six months and occupx
herself seriously with the writing
of a book. The complaint has been
that no one competent to write of
the inner social life of the Four
Hundred has ever had access to
that circle, and that, therefore, an
absorbingly interesting phase of
American social life anil develop-
ment has been lost to literature. All
that she has said for pub! cation
has been very well said, and her
friends feel sure that she will ac-
quit herself with honor in the pro-
duction of a serious volume 011 so-
cial life. During the past ten years
she has entertained about every-
body worth knowing from a social
standpoint. Grand dukes, princes,
earls and counts galore, to say
nothing of the robust American
captains of industry, have all fallen
under the charm of her brilliant
personality. Lately she has shown
much impatience with the stupid
element of society. She has also
frowned upon the merely "smart."
Now, it is said, she contemplates
the career of Lady Warwick, who
makes brains the first consideration
and who regards persons who do
things as the only ones worth
while.
♦ ♦ ♦
Damages for Egg Fusilado.
Henry Sewell was Republican-
Populist candidate for lieutenant of
North Carolina in 1900. In the
course of the campaign he visited
the town of Shelby, where he ad-
dressed a meeting, scoring the Dem-
ocrats vigorously. A good many of
his hearers were Democrats, and
they resented this line of talk. Some
of them pelted the orator with eggs
of great antiquity, fifteen of the
missiles striking him. Seawell
brought suit against a railroad com-
pany because its station agent and
other employes were among the egg
throwers. The case was decided in
his favor, but was appealed. Now
the supreme court, which is com-
posed of Democratic judges, has af-
firmed a verdict awarding plaintiff
$4,500 damages.
Reporter Becomes Baronet.
Temple Robinson, formerly a re-
porter in Toledo, has succeeded to
his father's estates and title in
England, and is now Sir Temple
Robinson. His family have, since
1700, been members of the Eng-
lish peerage, and, eleven years ago,
after graduating from Oxford.
Temple, who was the youngest son,
was sent to this county with $12,-
000 to make his fortune. He went
West, proved a good deal of a ten-
derfoot and in a short time had
lost all of his money. Then he
went to Toledo, where lie became
a reporter. Later he married a
wealthy American woman, and
with her returned to England to
live.
A Story of Wilchcrall.
A s.orv of witchcraft in East
Africa was told at a meeting of the
Folklore Society in London In
Robert Webb. A man applied to
a witch doctor for a powerful
charm to kill an enemy. He was
given a parcel to brry in the path
down which the victim was to
walk. lo test its efficacy the mail
buried it just outside the door of
the witch doctor's hut. A female
slave of the magician was the first
to leave the hut, and on passing the
spot fell dead. The witch doctor
sued his client for the value of the
dead slave and the case was tried
before the native courts.
Use Wires for Tv/o Purposes.
The system of simultaneous tele-
graphing and telephoning on the
same wires by the apparatus in-
vented by Signors Turchi and
Brune, which has been in operation
for several months on a section of
line from Bologna, has proved a
thoroughly practical success, ac-
cording to the London Globe, and
the Italian government contem-
plates the installation of the system
on other sections. The two invent-
ors are now in Rome negotiating
with the minister of posts and tele-
graphs the details for a working
agreement, which will probably ul-
timately cover the whole countrv.
Remarkable Trip in Small Boat.
Exploits in navigation by small
boats are extending to Eastern Eu-
rope. Simon Strabrovsky, a hardy
Russian fisherman of Odessa, has
just accomplished the feat of navi-
gating alone a small sailing boat
from that port across the Black
sea to Constantinople and back
putting in at Constanza and Salino
011 the return voyage. One pecu-
liarity of the adventure is that Stra-
brovsky navigated without r. com
pass, declaring that the stars were
enough. He received a sum of §i,-
000 for his exploit.
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