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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-02

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-02

ALTOONA. Pa Oct Mary Monark.
"a tweIve-year-o girl mysteriousIy dis
appeared from her home III Franklin
Forge last THURSDAY On Monday she
was found under the house of q uriEhhor
She had been without food and water and
was In pitidble condition.
The Best Prescription for Malaria
ChiLls and fever Is bottle Of Groves TasreIess
Chill Tome IL is simply iron and ctllnine in A
ilSteless form No curc-no paw. Price SOC
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-02

The following visitors 10 the Pan-Amer-
lean Exposition from Washington are reg
istered at Buffalo hotels. Iroquois-E. A
Mel Lcnox-ManUel de AspirOz. Mon
siEnOT J. NJ Duran, jr-. Nine de AspirOz.
Nine. de Perez, r. AspirDZ. MansiOn-N.
:. Snyder, wife, and son.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-02

Mr. and Mrs David Wolfe Brown have
issued invitations 10 the marriage Of their
daughter Miss Mary KilHngsworth
Brown. 60 Mr.. Arthur Bonamy lie Patou-
rel Mcsny Saturday. October 70 at noon.
at the Church Of the Covenant
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-02

y" Longer Any FIXED Season for the
Lucious strawberry or the PnInth-
bic Grnpc--Syyift transportation
and Careful Handling Afforded.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-02

General and Mrs LOugstreet have re-
turned from their country home in Geor-
gia. and arc ut the NOrmaudie
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
THE RAVENS,

Too heavy seemed the fragrance Of tie
And drowsed ttne; up the road from turn to
turn as% :
Sconces of white cohosh made affairs green
And milky-canded shrines Of each vine y
To browse me; and the spirit, shrine to
Purple, or fawn, or unknown butterfly,
Fitting they drowsed me. Weary Of beau
Beauty that in the sun before the storm
From the rich mountains smiled too sweet
and warm.
Harsh is the face Of truth, l thought, and
Release me, scented sorcery Of the fern!
little life, and masked with sleepy tow-
And the storm rose, and changed the dark
Cloud shade ard wind and thunder fell on
me:
l took the rain like waking. I was free
OF those enchanted hands, awake, aware,
Exulting. Death was out and on the air:
And even in her flowers life abode,
Knowing her mate, his passing. he that rode
High on the dusk, great voice With him
blown.
l saw not those dark wings; I heard alone
The croak of passing ravens. Weird it fell,
And hoarse, and rusty, and like an old great
he'll
To!led. and the dark drew on from height
Changed, and the dark seemed greater than
the light.
rolled: ara i stood full stature, drawing
Tolled. and thought, have heart to look
Changed. and I cried, o bold old godlike
DEATH
Joseph Russell Taylor in Atlantic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
BOudOir Chat.

The new fashion Of wearing gowns
without collars and finished by fat trim
ming or down dropping ruff1e of lace is
delightfully."- comfortable, but has its dis
advantages. The high collars, so long
worn, have destroyed the contour Of
many a throat originally round and
white. Consequently the women who
seeking for them, especially as they know
that by next winter there will oe no es-
cape from the fashion that will then be
fully established.
In the first place, the woman who
wants t. adopt the collarless gown ION
occasions must realize the necessity for
going into training Immediately. Let
there be no dallying with the temptation
to continue the stiff. high collar for ordi-
nary wear. The linen collars must he
got rid Of, absolutely, and the only high
neckwear admitted to the wardrobe shall
be either the unstarched pique or duck
stock, or the finely wired transparent col
lar, not really tight. A plan adopted by
a young woman who averred that her
throat was "a sightv' mot to be seem
yet wished to give it the fullest benefit
of freedom, was to have all her bodices
and sh1rtwaists neatly bound and edged
with outstanding narrow lace. This has
the advantage Of being a tasteful and
dainty finish in itself, yet allowing her to
don ribbon or stock at moments no
tice.
The yellowness Of the neck SO often
seen is generally the result Of long wear
remedy. until they are dispensed with.
That important step taken, various
means for restoring whiteness may be
employed After bathing with warm wa
ter and almond or olive soap and rims
ing thoroughly with fresh cold water,
"A lotion should be applied that consists
of an ounce of benzoin in ten ounces Of
boiled, cool water. This may be kept
prepared in bottle or a smaller guam.
tity in the same proportion-for regular
use: It is good idea to put few drops
Of benzoin in the rinsing water, always
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
London Bridge.

Twenty years ago it was estimated
that 100000 persons crossed London
bridge daily, 10000 on foot and the rest
in vehicles. With the growth of popula-
ton these numbers have almost doubled,
in spite of the relief afforded by the
building of the tower bridge, half a mile
down stream. 1t has, therefore, become
an urgent matter to increase the capacity
decided to accomplish this by means of
granite corbels which will carry the foot
ways as projections over the water OF,
each side of the bridge. This will in
crease the width of the structure from
531@ feet to G5 feet. The present solid
paraDet will be removed, and an open
balustrade will take its place, an
alteration which will compensate to some
extent for the extra weight of the new
corbels. There are already two tube
electric railways beneath the Thames,
and third is in process of construction,
but the: relief to traffic on the bridges,
although it must be great, is not perccpti-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
THE "BOSS MOONSHINER.'

Seizure of His Plant Cost Him His
Liberty and Much Money.
The boss moonshiner of this still was
a Russian Jew-a man looked by the
outside world as an eminently proper and
prosperous member OF the community
The seizure of his plant meant loss to
him of several thousand dollars in money
and a number of years Of liberty. Few
of his local moonshining contemporaries,
however. cherish such ambitious plans
for defrauding the government. The vast
majority of the illicit stills are found in
the Easements Of East Side tenement
houses. 1t is necessary that the illicit
distiller should have at least one inside
confederate, and he generally works in
colluson with the janitor. Years ago the
moonshining industry and the whisky
then was distilled from moiasses. Now
adays 1t Is made almost altogether from
sugar. The averagesized mash is made
from 100 pounds Of common granulated
sugar mixed in barrel of hot water and
with enough yeast added 10 produce fer
mentation This mash is allowed to
stand for forty eight hours, and is then
boiled and the vapor from it condensed.
This condensed vapor is the finished
moonshine article. 1t is a coloriess LIQUID
with swedish odor, but although harm
less to the eye and nose, it is deadly to a
mans faculties. It frequently tests as
high as 100 proof. The average price re-
ceived by the city moonshiner for this
distil!aton is one cent proof gallon.
Therefore, if his whisky tests 100 per
cent. he receives SLIGO gallon for it.,
and to this must be added, of course, the
government revenue, which he does not
pay. This amount varies according to
the quality of the stuff and the proof at
which it tests. The cost to the moon
sinner OF distilling a gallon Of whisky is
about 40 cents, SO that he makes an ac-
t9al profit of more than 100 per cent.
taSes.-Evening Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
rnateria

Only a small proportion of the ivory
annually exported from the Congo is TAX
en- directly from newly-killed animals.
Thus, during 1899, of the 29,3S5 tusks
sold on the Antwerp market, $3.50 alone
came from freshly-killed animals, the
remaining p, 44G tusks being what the
natives term dead ivory" For CEN
turtles the aborgines have been collect
ing elephant tusks, which they considered
as having little intrinsic value, but use
full as articles of exchange. The Khar-
toum merchants were the first to dscov-
or these hidden reserves Of ivory. Later
on the Zanzibar traders rushed on to
katanga, and thence to the very heart
Of the Congo, with the result that the
ivory trade soon became the principal in
(.ustry Of the country.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
TABLE OIL CLOTH FACTORIES
Consolidation with a Combined Cap.
ital of $4,000 900.

The organization Of the Standard Ia
bic Oil Cloth company has been perfect
ed. The capitalization is $4,000, 900, Of
which $5,000,00O is preferred and 3d.
100000 common stock. Four million dol
lars Of each kind Of stock was used for
the acquisition Of plants and furnishing
working capital for the new company
The plants acquired are: The Western
Lnoleum company of Akron, O.; the
Ohio Oil Cloth company Of Youngstown,
O.; the Keystone Oil Cloth company of
Norristown, Pa: Atha 4 Hughes of
Newark, n. J.; the Goodlatte Oil Cloth
company Of Passaic. N. j.; Joseph Wild
& Co. of Astoria, Long Island, and A.
f. Buchanan & Sons of Buchanan. n. Y.
The concerns acquired by the new COM
pany have a producing capacity Of near
~ double the amount consumed by the
whole country, and represent a capacity
Of over nine-tenths Of the lightweight oil
cloth manufa ctured in the United States.
1t is believed by the management of the
new company that by adjusting and con-
trolling the sales to better advantage and
by economies in manufacturing, resulting
from consolidation, which in this bust
ness are said to be greater than in any
other, the cost Of oil cloth may be mate
rally reduced.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

According to the Engineering and Min
ing Journal. method has been dis
covered for utilizing coke ashes in the
manufacture OF brick The manufac-
turc of coke ash brick is very simple
The ashes are carefully reduced to ii
fine powder, mixed with one-tenth part
of slaked lime, and, after the addition
Of water, plugged until the mass forms
a stiff paste. Then it is treated like
ordinary clay and formed into brick by
the use of suitable presses. The brick
are then stacked, protected from rain
and dried in the air No artificial heat
is required. The air-dried brick are
very hard and make excellent building
material
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
COSTLY METALS.
One Which Can be Bought for About
$4,000 Per Pound.

One "nlch Can De Bought for About
$4,000 Per Pound.
People do not speak of iron as one of
the precious metals" said well-known
metallursist to The reporter, land yet all
concede that it is by far the most pre-
cious Of metals. While we could get
along nicely without a gold watch chain
or pair Of cuff buttons, if forced to do so,
there would be some trouble in getting
along without iron bridges, iron struc-
tural work for houses, ships, machinery
and thousands of other things of iron,
nails, tacks and the like. On the stand
point of costliness gold is by no means
the most precious metal any more, and
is not even in the precious class any
more. The star metal is gallium a sin
gle grain Of which costs $12. In large
quantities it can be bought for $4,000
per pound. Calcium. the metal of lime,
is not so plentiful either. 1t costs $40
per gram. or about $4,000 per pound.
Gold can be bought for $40 an ounce, or
1920 per pound, and silver for about one
sixteenth of that amount, or $40 per
pound. Compared with gallium, there
fore, the latter is worth about 400 times
as much as gold; that is, weight for
weight. What makes metals costly is
the difficulty and expense Of reducing
them to the metallic state. Their ex-
tremely limited application is another
factor in the question Of cost. The most
valuable or precious metal is the one we
would find it hardest to dispense with.''
New Orleans TimeS-Democ-at.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

Oliver HoDkinson, the Oldest living
graduate Of the University of Pennsyl-
yania. will celebrate his Seth birthday
next Wednesday. More than sixty-nine
years have passed since his college days,
he having been graduated in 1882. He
was born in Philadelphia on July 81,
1912. Joseph Hopkinson, his father,
was the author Of Hail. Columbia -
and a judge Of the United States district
court. His grandfather, Francis Hop
kinson, was a signer of the Declaration
Of Independence, and the first student
enrolled by the University Of Pennsyi.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
WORK OF A LINER CAPTAIN.
Required to be Both a Gaod Sen Dog
and a Good Host.

and "a Good Host.
On the St. Paul the captain and navi-
eating officers have their quarters on
the awning deck adjacent to the bridge.
This deck is as high as a church tower
above the keel, and is reserved exclu-
sive]y for the officers mentioned, so that
they may be secluded from eyerv dis
traction in working the ship, and may
have full view of her from stem to
St"ln in all circumstances. The bridge
witch is equipped with a telegraph avs
tenn, communicating with every other de-
partment of the ship-with the engine
room, with the observation-disclosures. with
the bows, and with every point to which
it may be necessary to send an order.
1t is on this bridge, 20 feet above the
keel-plates, that the captain spends his
most anxious hours-in foggy weather
and foul, in sunshine, too, and by starry
night as we'll as when gales are bawling.
spray flying, icy seas pounding, when the
night is 50 dark that the lookout cannot
see ship-length ahead, when derelicts
just ahead-in middle watch or dog
watch, any watch is the captain's-all
foI the honor Of the company he serves
and for love of Molly and the Babies
at home.
Nowadays, too. the captain is the host
or the snip. he is no longer the gruff,
rough seadog Iii a peajacket Of years
gone by. He must observe some Of the
social amenities. He must talk to the
rasse lsers now and then. when the
weather is fine. He must take his seat
al table when ne may. He must be a
kind Of diplomat, also, and possess wit
and tact and patience sublime He
must see that no jealousies develop
among the passengers.
l have been told Of the very obliging
captain who, to please the lady who
asked to be shown the equator while the
ship was in Southern seas, pasted hair
across the large end Of a spyglass and
told the lady to look. And the lady,
through the glass, declared she could
see the equator, ''as plainly as A. B. c.
One other polite captain l have heard
of-one who directed an officer on the
bridge to do as the lady wishes,' when
the lady requested that the captain steer
the ship over to the horizon so she could
see what the horizon was ]ike.-Col]ier's
Wpekly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
after bathing face, arms and neck, as it's

after bathing face, arms and neck, as it's
effect is to whiten the skin.
Peroxide of hydrogen, too, has a decid-
eddy bleaching 'inAuence,. and: NAV he
used on the skin with perfect safety. It
is particularly effective in removing the
unsightly streak of brown that marks
most threats that have suffered the tor
ture of high collars. 1t should he ap-
piled with little wad of soft linen every
night. 1t is useful, also, in removing tan
and freckles; wher the latter are not
deeply seated.
Proper massag e trea tment is one of
6rmness Of the throat. The fingers
should be dipped into a good cold cream.
and the muscles Of the neck rotated firm
" from under the chin toward the shout
ders, also backward and upward toward
the ears.
The remedial process may be assisted
by few minutes given to exercise for
the neck every day. An easy series pre-
scribed by famous physical culturist''
is as follows:
Stand erect, chest thrown out, but 10
sition easy and unrestrained. Turn the
head to the right as far as it will 20.
then to the left, and repeat both move
ments eight times. Bend the head for
ward, far as possible, then backward,
and repeat Thrust the head forward.
holding it level, as far as possible Draw
back in same way, and repeat both
movements four times.
These are so simple that any one can
give five minutes to them, night and
morning. and if practiced faithfully from
now until winter decided improvement
in roundness will be observable New
York Tribune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

Entirely ignored by the modern steel
trust and strikers alike is the old Codorus
forge, Of the former lillian Iron works,
which still stands near York, Pa. 1t
was erected in 1865 by William Bennett
In It'll it was sold by the sheriff, and
later fell into the hands of James Smith,
signer Of the Declaration Of 1ndepend-
ence. He lost a fortune in the business.
He disposed of the property III ITS,
while Congress, of which he was menl-
Der, met in York. These works were
used during the Revolutionary war for
casting cannon and cannon balls for the
Continental army
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
Sailors Pursued by Sharks.

1t is bad enough to be wrecked at sea
and floating about on what remains of a
ship, but when there is big school of
sharks following in the wake, ready to
grab the first thing that drops into the
water, it is infinitely worse. That was
the experience of the crew of the brig
L. p. Munson. They arrived at New
York aboard the Morgan line steamer Ell
Rio, which rescued them just-as the
sharks were about to devour the sailors.
fortunately none of them lost their lives,
leg, which was seized by hungry shark.
His companion dragged him aboard the
wreckage just as the big fish was about
to take another bite.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
An Amusing Red Tape incident.

Uncle Sam is so bound up with red
tape that he sometimes has to take
money out of one pocket and put it in an
other. Occasionally he pays it back into
the same pocket again, as is just now
being exemplified in the case of certain
importations Of machinery for the new
Philadelphia mint. 1t was found that in
the fine details OF some of the more deli
cate bits Of mechanism necessary to the
coming Of money the Germans were
ahead Of us, and some Of the machinery
has been imported. In spite Of the fact
that this has been consigned to the Unit
ed States government, the treasury de-
partment has been called upon to pay the
usual rate Of duty on it. As all the rev.
enues from the various custom houses
find their way to the treasury depart
ment in this instance it isn't even a ques-
Of to ~ another. Here Uncle Sam S pG met
takes it out and pnts it back again where
it came from.-Philadelphia Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

California wine-makers are complain
ing that the markets of the East are
filed with cheap wines that come from
so-called "brick vineyards" or cellars in
which wines are doctored with alcohol
and salicylic acid and made to keep on
draught in any climate" If the Ca!ifor-
MIA wines escaped competition with the
wines of mixers who reduce cost by in
creasing bulk in the compromising pro-
cess, they would be favored among the
products of the earth.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
COngo's Wealth is India Rubber.

The great future wealth of the Congo
will not be ivory, but india rubber. The
rubber trade in the Free State is re-
cent one. About forty years ago the first
Europeans who settled in the lower Con-
go regions began to export india rubber in
small saad quantities.. But it was only in
1889 that the Belgians first turned their
attention to the great gutta percha for
ests of the upper Congo. Since then the
development of the rubber industry has
been such that the Free State now holds
the first place among the rubber-produc-
ing countries of Africa, with an annual
output Of more than 5000 tons-New
York Tribune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

= The reported sale Of the line of through
canal boats which have been operating
from Cleveland to New York via the
Erie canal, is probably proof that the
through service idea has not been bring
ing in the profits which it's projectors set
forth in their prospectus. AS rule, Ca
nal boats are fit for canal service only
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

In stating that they are no longer pub
lie men, Messrs. Rhodes and Jameson,
who have just arrived in England from
South Africa, undoubtedly mean that
that they arc no longer Tin the saddle"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

Those who are worrying for fear the
navy department may not send our very
best sni.,s to King Edwards coronation
would laugh over their fears if they
could see the large number of practically
obsolete caft which figure on the British
naval ,acj>te1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

The story of intrigue among the wives
in the Sultan's harem is incomplete. The
yellow reporter forgot to work in the
bowstring, the sack, and the chilling
grave in the depths Of the Bosphorus
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

The Milwaukee, man who courted and
married within three days didn't break
the record OF marital ccccntrcities. Re-
Gently a man married young woman in
milwaukee, and left her on the following
morning, for parts unknown.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

In declaring that the Dowieites win
fight Evanston's water with fire, because
fire is the proper weapon, Jack Alec
Dowie of Zion City may throw himself
urder suspicion of melting incendiarsm.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

1t is now in order for Prof. Oscar Low
ell Triggs to demonstrate his proposition
that the dime novel is better than the
church hymnal by producing list of
boys whom the habit of porting over re-
ligious hymns has started upon lives Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

War artists will have to practice in the
art of giving military leaders grace of
form while swinging carbines over their
heads in impctuous charges. Lord Rob
erts has ordered all infantry officers to
carry carbines instead of swords
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

The news that Russian admiral has
made a sneak toward the north pole with
the great ce-brcaker Ermac reveals the
thoroughness of the confidence Of the
Russians in the ice-smashing powers of
their ship. But if the Ermac should meet
any of the 30-foot ice recorded bp Nam
sen she would have to stop long enough
for the Russian admiral to revise his esti-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02

There is nothing new in the Navy De-
partment's plan to build triple-screw crui-
sers which can use three screws for
speed and one screw for cruising. Yes
sells now in active service in the various
fleets are using one or two screws, as
occasions demand.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-02
lllents.

A Milwaukee girls sad return from a
venture into life as an actress may cool
the ardor Of stage-struck young women.
who have become exceedingly numerous
since the revival CT the stock company
plan Of running theaters