The Edmond Enterprise (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1908 Page: 2 of 10
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A TERRIBLE CONDITION.
Tortured by Sharp Twinge*, Shooting
Pain* and Dizziness.
Hiram Center, 518 South Oak
itreet, Lake City, Minn., says: "I
— a* was 80 with kid-
ney trouble tfcat I
ff 1 could not straighten
; .at *J up after stooping
*?Vv ,W without sharp pains
shooting through ray
back. I had dizzy
spells, was nervous
and niy eyesight af-
fected. The kidney
secretions were Ir-
regular and too fre-
quent. I was In a terrible condition,
but Doan's Kidney Pills have cured
me and I have enjoyed perfect health
since."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milbum Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Weary Willie'i Complaint.
William J. Ryan, president of the
supreme council of public liacUmen of
New York, said the other day that the
winter panic had reduced the hack-
men's receipts considerably.
"We'll have to come down to Eng-
lish rates—12 cents a mile Instead of
50 cents—If we have many more such
panics," Mr. Ryan said. "Everybody
felt the pinch. 1 overheard a tramp
grumbling in a public square.
"'The trade ain't like it used to be,'
he said. 'Here ten times running to-
day I've asked for a bit of bread, and
what do they give me? Why, durn it,
juBt a bit o' bread.' "—Exchange.
Lim
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Tiy/ Opie Head
A traveling evangelist who had halt- I came Into the house of prayer that he
ed for the night at old Litn Jucklin's | didn't have some special information
house had said that he hoped to see | for Providence. Yes, he was goin' to
the time when there would be no more hold the Lord personally accountable
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MILLION.
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by the smoker. Over Nine Million (9,-
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sold annually. The kind of cigar smok
ers have been looking for, made of
very rich, mellow tasting tobacco. It's
lhe judgment of many smokers that
Lewis' Single Hinder straight 5c cigar
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There are many imltntors of this cele-
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There is no substitute.
Tell the dealer you wish to try a
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Lewis Factory, Peoria, 111., Originat-
ors Tin Fi.il Smoker Package.
Proof Poaltive.
There is usually some convincing ar
pument to a question of doubt, if one
is only bright enough to think of it at
the time of controversy. The farmer
was able to produce the indisputable
without delay of circumlocution. A
number of people were gathered
'round the bulletin board of the Read
ing Eagle, on which was announced
"Death of Frank Miller."
Two farmers from the extreme
backwoods were gazing at the various
items of news, when one of then:
spied the lugubrious statement, and
pointing it out to his rustic comrade,
remarked Innocently:
"It says on that board: 'Death of
Frank Miller.' Is that you?"
"No," replied the other, in all seri-
ousness. "My name is John."
Politeness.
It was the last day of the term in
one of our public kindergartens. The
war, when the old man remarked:
"Yes, and I reckon King David
hoped to see the same blessed day. In
this life there are two sets of prayers
that don't appear to have had much
effect—prayer for rain und prayer for
war to cease. Hut there never was but
one time when there wasn't no war
nowhere on earth and that was when
rain wasn't needed. 1 refer to the
time of the flood when Noah held his
peace congress in the ark."
"But tlie time of universal peace will
come," insisted 1he preacher.
"Yes," agreed the old man, "when
all of the kinks have been straight-
ened out of human nature, it's a
mighty hard matter to correct a thing
that has started off wrong, and man
seemed to have set out with Ills worst
foot foremost. He got hungry and he
fought for somethin' to eat. He fell in
love and he fought for woman, and
then kep on fightin' because he'd got
his hand in. And ever since 1 can
recollect they have been holdin' peace
congresses every once in a while; and
whenever they hold a right good one a
war is sure to follow. One nation has
always got somethin' that th* other
one wants. Statesmanship shows a
nation what It needs and then the sol-
dier goes out to get It. The statesman
that has avoided war is nearly always
put down as a failure. If he goes into
war and gets the worst of it, then the
people know that he wasn't a states-
man after all."
"But I am inclined to believe," said
the evangelist, "that with the passing
of the war between Russia and Japan
the great wars will have come to an
end."
"Yes, a big war always lias been the
last one. When they got the machine
gun the wise men said that the end of
war had come, and it looked that way
till another war came along and assert-
ed itself, and then it was observed
that the machine gun didn't cut any
very big capers. Man has always
shown sense enough to outwit the ma-
chine he invents. Whenever they And
that to stand off five miles is effective,
they'll stand off five and a half and go
a little closer when they want to be
desperate. The Japs have taught the
world that war hadn't quite reached
the top notch. Every age has thought
that It had the best of everything, but
compared with the time to come every
age has been a dark age. Ever since
time began the sun '.ias been, comln'
up, and no man has lived In the noon
of the world. He thought he did, but
his clock was wrong. Unfortunately
about all he can study with any degree
of accuracy is the past, and you may
know all the past and yet be a poor
guesser as to the future. The college
is the storehouse of the past, but the
little chap that can't talk yet is the fu
children were all seated around the ta- 1 ' re, and you may know all that has
bles thoroughly enjoying the treat of
>ce cream which the teacher always
provided on this occasion.
Glancing around the room at the
beaming faces of the children, the
kindergartner noticed one child pick
op his plate and lick it.
She went up to him and said in a
low tone of voice: "Freddie, put down
your plate; it is not polite to pick it
up and lick it."
Fred obeyed at once, quietly plac-
ing his plate on the table. He then
put his head dowu to the plate and
Ucked iL
HEALTH AND INCOME
Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.
Good sturdy health helps one a lot
fo make money.
With the loss of health one's Income
is liable to shrink, if not entirely
dwindle away.
When a young lady has to make her
own living, good health is her best
asset.
"I am alone in the world," writes
a Chicago girl, "dependent on my own
efforts for my living. I am a clerk, and
about two years ago through close ap-
plication to work and a boarding
house diet, I became a nervous in-
valid, and got so bad off it was almost
impossible for me to stay in the office
a half day at a time.
"A friend suggested to me the idea
of trying Grape-Nuts, which I did,
making this food a large part of at
least two meals a day.
"Today I am free from brain-tire,
dyspepsia, and all the ills of an
overworked and improperly nourished
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts I owe
the recovery of my health, and the
ability to retain my position and in-
come." "There's a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well-
vllle," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
been said and not foreshadow what 'ie
1 is goin' to say. There ain't nothin'
that is more of a constant experiment
than wisdom is. It keeps man on the
j dodge. The man that writ the 'Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire' could
sit amid the ruins and look back a
| thousand years, but he couldn't look
I forward as far as his eyelash."
"The Lord is opposed to war," said
j the minister, "and ip His own good
time will bring it to an end."
"Yes, in His time, but not in ours.
' It was said that the Lord was sorry
j that He made man. and it ain't on refc-
| ord that He was ever glad again."
"Limuel Jucklin," said the old man's
! wife, "you ought to be ashamed of
yourself to talk that way, and in the
presence of a preacher, too."
"Sister," remarked the preacher,
smiling kindly, "he might as well say
it as to think it, for what a man thinks
he thinks in the presence of the Lord."
"There," said the old lady, "what do
you think of that?"
"I think it's all right, Susan, be-
cause 1 don't see how he could have
said anything else. But gettin' back
to the subject of war: After we have
printed an extra million or so of tracts
and blowed particularly hard over the
work of our furrin missions, we always
like to think and believe that the
world has been made kinder, that even
war itself is more humane, that men
are killed in a softer and gentler way
than before. And then we read of
barbed wire intrenchments full of
spikes and secret mines ready to blow
a whole division of an army into the
clouds. But after all. war is war, and
when a man's killed, no matter
whether it's with one of these nice
little bullets or a snortin' minnie ball,
he's dead, and so far as he is con-
cerned the whole earth has been split
asunder. I recollect that while our
civil war was a goin' on the folks over
here at Ebeneezer meetin' house used
to assemble and pray for it to end. Old
l.lge Anderson was the principal
pruyer and sometimes it seemfd that
he would command the Lord, lie never
if the war didn't end putty soon. The
folks that had been conservative with
Providence after a while turned radi-
cal. and I remember that we were all
mightily astonished one night when
Lige he suddenly flopped."
The preacher looked up In astonish-
ment, and the old man explained:
"To flop, you know, means to make
a quick break for the other side. Yes,
Lige he flopped. And the cause of his
sudden turning was this: He come into
I possession of a beef contract for the
j army. I don't know whether the gov-
ernment got afraid that he might have
an Influence with the heavenly powers
or not, but at any rate he got the con-
tract. And the next meetin' afterward,
when old Brother Haskill had poured
forth the usual dose of lament because
the war hadn't come to a close, why
Lige he suddenly gets up and without
strikin' the usual attitude of prayer,
snorts out: 'Lord, before any action is
taken, I think it might be better to use
your own jedgment in this matter. Of
course, we would all like to see the
war close—when you feel that it ought
to close—but—'"
"The blasphemous old beast," said
the evangelist.
"Well, yes," Limuel admitted, "but
it didn't sound so then. And the war
lasted till old Lige he was rich; and
afterward 1 heard him say how thank-
ful he was for what the Lord had
done for him."
After a time the preacher said: "It
does not appear, then, Brother Juck-
lin, that you believe in the effective-
ness of prayer."
"Oh, bless your life, yes. Hut the
greatest good it can do a man is to
make him feel his dependence on the
divine will—his humbleness. The man
that prays for something he needs is
simply selfish. 1 know an old fellow
that was kneelln' beside a log in
the woods prayin' to beat the—"
"Limuel," his wife broke in.
"To beat the Salvation Army band,
and everybody that saw him was
struck with his piety. But 1 happened
to be lyin' off on the other side of the
log, watchin' for a wild turkey, and I
hearn what the prayer was about. And
it was simply a beggin' petition that
he wanted the Lord to grant—wanted
to make money on a certain venture
that he had set on foot. Tryin' to set
up a bucket shop in the new Jerusa-
lem. That sort of prayer ain't half as
honorable as cussin'. But don't under-
stand me to say that prayer never
does any good, for it does: It makes
a man better able to stand misfortune.
It doctors his mind and fortifies it
against sufferin'. I know that prayer
rightly employed is a good thing on
the farm. The most religious man I
ever saw raised the best crops. Prayed
twice a day—night and morning."
"Yes, sir. Prayed night and morn-
in', but between prayers he worked
harder than any man in the neighbor-
hood. His prayer was for strength so
he could labor. I tell you that there
is many an amen in good digestion and
many a hymn in a muscle. Yes, sir;
and 1 want to say to you that war will
cease not when the world becomes
more merciful, but when every nation
is so well prepared that no other na-
tion can afford to attack it. The big
battleship is the plea for peace."
(Copyright, by Opie Head.)
Few Desertions from German Army.
"Desertions in the German army are
almost unknown," said Maj. Wack-
witz of Saxony, an officer in the kais-
er's army. "The discipline in the Ger-
man army, as is well known, is per-
haps the most rigorous of any in the
world, but there is rarely a thought
of deserting.
"This is due largely, 1 suppose, to
the fact that service in the army of
Germany is compulsory. It is part of
every man's life, just as school educa-
tion is. Boys are taught in school to
obey, and in later life, when they enter
the army, discipline is so instilled
into their minds that there is never
a thought of disobeying orders.
"Dueling, once so common in Ger-
many, is now a thing of the past. One
never hears of the code of honor any
more."
Neglected Abbotsford.
The mansion-house of Abbotsford,
world-famous as the home of Sir Wal-
ter Scott, is in want of a tenant. The
famous library and collection of an-
tiquities are held in trust by the dean
of the faculty of advocates, Edinburgh,
on condition that the heirs of the
builder of Abbotsford find accommoda-
tions for them in five out of the 40
rooms in the house.
Motherly Interest.
Lady ol Title (to the nurse)—"They
tell me my baby boy is a perfect beau-
ty; please do let me take one look at
hiui."—Fliegende liiaetter.
I'VE BEEN THINKING
By CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS.
|HY is it that the
importance of
tags is so often
undervalued? How
are we to know
whether a thing
Is good or not if
we don't know
who did it? How
are we to know
whether a man is
to be treated
with distinguished
consideration and
respect if he has
no tag?
Let us put it in
concrete form.
Let us suppose a
room full of men
and women as-
sembled for a
musicale. They
have come to be
entertained by music which
they presume is up to a cer-
tain standard, for they have
some faith in the judgment of their
hostess, whom we will call Mrs. Bush- j
el; but it happens that she does not
understand human nature, and she
carelessly neglects to place a label
on the young man who sits down to j
play, and what is the result? Why, J
he is rewarded with half-hearted ap- ]
plause. And he himself neglects to
say that the piece hs is playing is a
well-known thing of Greig's, and the
audience is doubly handicapped. They !
see he plays well, but they do not
wish to be led away by false enthu-
siasm.
Yet, as it happens, this young man |
is a great pianist, and not only that, j
but a man who in Dresden is beloved
by the ladies—a second Paderewski.
Imagine the chagrin of some of his
auditors when they hear him the next
evening at Mrs. Lionhunter's. She
understands the value of tags. She
buys them by the dozen at her sta-
tioner's. She goes around in her gush-
ing, compelling way, and says; "Oh, j
I'm so glad you've come. Whom do J
you suppose I have captured for to- j
night? Albrecht Musikheim, the won-
derful pianist from the Dresden con-
servatory. He has played but once
in this country, and then it was more |
of a rehearsal than anything else; j
at that impossible Mrs. Bushel's,
who would extinguish Etna if she
came near it. I have asked him to
play that adorable thing of Greig's
that he composed for King Oscar. You
have never heard piano-playing until
to-night"
And then when the audience is as-
sembled and quiet she leads Herr
Musikheim in—on stilts—and all in
the room are immediately swayed by
his magnetism, and prepared to accept
him before he touches the piano. Even
you who heard him last remember
that you thought he was remarkable,
although you forgot to say so.
He knows that his tag is on for to-
night, and he plays better for the
knowledge. And you know that the
piece he is playing is famous, and
by Greig at that, and you immediately
predict his success in this country.
But let me tell you, it will take plen-
ty of tags and a good deal of ability
too, for some of these newspaper
critics are really discerning. I say
some of them are really discerning,
and one or two claim that they can
dispense with tags. I wonder!
Years ago the magazines did not
tag their articles unless they were
by men who had been tagged for
years, men like Anthony Trollope and
Charles Dickens and Wilkle Collins.
What was the result? Why, people
had no opinion of American literature,
but read English books in preference
to those written by Americans. Then
some magazine started the fashion of
tagging; literary journals sprang up
to puff those tagged, and it acted as
a direct stimulus on the writers, and
also enabled the readers to express in-
telligent opinions.
Now and then the ordinary run of
mortals enjoys the huge farce that is
enacted when a number of art critics
dispute as to whether a newly dis-
covered picture is by one of the old
Dutch masters or not. The picture
has swallowed its tag, and they are all
at sea. There are two sides to the
question, and equally eminent critics
take opposing sides.
Is it an old but hideous daub by
some strolling Haarlem sign-painter,
or is it one of the best examples ex-
tant by Ruysdael? The question is not
an easy one, and experts have to be
called in. If it is by an unknown
and crude sign-painter it naturally
possesses only such value as clings to
an antique of any sort, but if it is
one of the best examples extant of
the great Ruysdael there are a dozen
millionaires who are willing to pay
thousands for it.
It is a pretty question, and it fur-
nishes employment for the experts.
But it shows the necessity for tags,
and 1 dare say that somewhere in the
vast unknown Ruysdael and the itin-
erant painter are splitting their sides
over the discussion. Only it is a little
humiliating—to Ruysdael—that his
picture is not its own tag.
(Copyright, by J units Pott & CoJ
NOT ONLY COULD, BUT DID.
Mr. Grandon Able to Bear Testimony
to Wife'* Accomplishments.
Sometimes there is a drop of regret
in the cup of joy served by fate to the
husband of a brilliant talker. "I
should think it would be a privilege
to sit at the table with your wife
three times a day," said one of Mrs.
Grandon's ardent feminine admirers.
"Only twice a day," said Mr. Gran-
don, with a bow. "I do not go home*
at noon."
"Too bad!" said the admirer. "We
could not get on without her at club
I'm sure. Why, I believe she could
talk intelligently on a thousand top-
ics!"
"She can—and does," said Mr. Gran-
don, and with another bow he slipped
out just as his wife appeared, —•
Youths' Companion.
FREE SHAVE.
Kind Gentleman—My poor man, of
all the bad scrapes you've had, which
was the worst?
Rambling Rupert—De worse scrape
I ever had, sir, was when I got shaved
In a barber college.
CUTICURA CURED FOUR
Southern Woman Suffered with Itch-
ing, Burning Rash—Three Little
Babies Had Skin Troubles.
"My baby had a running sore on his
neck and nothing that I did for it took
effect until I used Cuticura. My face
was nearly full of tetter or some sim-
ilar skin disease. It would itch and
burn so that I could hardly stand it.
Two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box
of Cuticura Ointment cured me. Two
years after it broke out on my hands
and wrist. Sometimes I would go
nearly crazy for it Itched so badly. I
went back to my old stand-by, that
had never failed me—one set of Cuti-
cura Remedies did the work. One
set also cured my uncle's baby whose
head was a cake of sores, and another
baby who was in the same fix. Mrs.
Lillie Wilcher, 770 Eleventh St., Chat-
tanooga, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1907."
To Spread Temperance Causa.
Mrs. Katherine L. Stevenson has
been commissioned by the Internation-
al Woman's Christian Temperance
Union to make a tour through China,
Japan and Hawaii. She is to visit the
most Important educational institu-
tions of the three countries and ex-
plain to the faculties and students the
temperance measures adopted by the
W'oman's Christian Temperance Union
Instantaneous Action.
"I was almost distracted by a ter-
rible itching which defied all treat-
ment until I obtained a box of Hunt's
Cure. The first application afforded
instant and absolute relief. The one
box effected a complete cure.
"It is simply wonderful in its In-
stantaneous action."
GEORGE G1LLILAND,
Manitou, O. T.
The Spoiled Child.
"No," growled little Willie, "I don't
want that big pink necktie on."
"It doesn't matter what you want,"
replied his mother, "you must have it
on."
"Well, if you put it on me I'll cry all
over it and that'll spoil it."—Philadel-
phia Press.
It Does It.
The remedy that cured your mother
and your father of chills twenty years
ago is sure good enough to cure
you and your kids at the present time.
Cheatham's Chill Tonic did it and will
still do it. It's guaranteed.
More Than Proof.
Cautious Official—Has your friend
tact and administrative ability?
Enthusiastic Indorser—He never
umpired a baseball game yet where
anybody kicked.
TO DRIVE OUT MAI.AHIA
AND BL'ILIJ 111' THE SYSTEM.
Take the Old Standard GROVK'8 TA8TELB88
CHILL TONIC. You know what ron are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing It is simply Quinine and Iron In a tasteless
form, and the most effectual form, ror grown
people and children. 60c.
The eyes of a man looking for a
wife rest longer on the girl who can
manufacture a pie than on one whose
long suit is piano thumping.
Your Druggist Will Tell You
That Murine Eve Remedy Cures Eyes,
Makes Weak Eyes Strong. Doesn't Smart.
Soot lies Eye Pain and Sells for 50c.
There is at least one woman in the
world for every man in the world to
think the world of.
'
*1.1. UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS
Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes
tieati and sweet as when new. All grocers.
The fear of death is never strong
in him who has learned how to live.
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