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The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
hazing which has been lndulged ii has

hazing which has been indulged In hass
largely been practiced upon freshmen.
Il but occasionally other classmen have
been hazed. To haze means to disturb,
harass, annoy, and it was in some way
figured out that this was just what
ought to be done to men entering coll
lege for the first time. It was decided
that they should be servile and that
they should do whatever they We're told
by upper classmen. no matter. how
absurd or degrading an act should be
demanded Of them. As early as the
year 176O. sixteen years before the
breaking out of the Revolutionary War,
the following regulations were enacted
at Yale University: -.
'It being the duty Of seniors to teach
freshmen the laws, usages and Gus
toms Of the college, to this end they
are empowered to order the whole
freshman class or any particular mem
ber of it to appear, in order to be in
structed and reproved, at such time
and place as they shall appoint, when
and where every freshman shall attend,
answer all proper questions and behave
decently.
1.-THE freshmen are forbidden to wear
their ha is in the college yard until the
May vacation, and whenever a fresh
man either speaks to superior or is
spoken to by one he shall keep his hat
off until he is hidden to put it back on.
"A freshman shall not play with any
Of the members of an upper class with
out being asked.
"Freshmen are required to performs
all reasonable errands for any su-
perior.
''Freshmen shall not run in the col
lege yard nor up and down stairs, nor
call to any one through college win
dow"
In the "Ancient Laws and Liber-
ties' of Harvard similar restrictions
upon the freshmen are found. Among
them are:
'No freshman shall wear his hat in
the college yard unless it rains, halls or
SHOWS, provided he be on foot and have
not both hands full.
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MADE THE FIRST sToalE.
Wheeling Il Mans Manufacture Of q
Cheap Cigar Brought a Fortune. =

Wheeling d Mans Manufacture Of q
Cheap icixars Brought a Fortune. ~
by the death Of Mif1lin Marsh, the vet
eran Wheeling, w. Va, stogie manu-
facturer, was removed one of the most
unique figures in the history of the
city. He gave to Wheeling the i'm
petus that placed it's name high in the
list Of large cigar and stogie-making
centers. Shortly after Marsh came to
Wheeling he entered the cigar manu-
featuring trade.
In 1856 he was impressed with the
need of a cheaper smoke than was then
on the market. The Scent cigar was
the lowest-priced article made then in
this country. Marsh invented and
manufactured a smoke, rolling it into
the long, familiar shapes now assumed
by all species of the stogie family.
This was in the days when the stage
coach was the only mode Of travel be-
tween the East and Wheeling. The
stage-ccach drivers We're among the
first to test and appreciate the merits
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
III Coffee Poisous You.

ruins your digestion, makes you nervous
and sallow complexioned, keeps you
awake nights and acts against your sys-
TEN generally, try Grain-O, the new food
drink. It is made Of pure selected grain
and is healthtul, nourishing and appe-
tisine. It has none Of the bad effects Of
taste, and when properly prepared can't
be told from the finest coffees. Costs
about n as much. 1t is healthful table
drink for the children and adults. Ask
your grocer for Grain-O. Is and 25c.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
AMERICAN POETS LoNe-LlvEp
With Some Exceptions, Our Bards Have
Reached the Allotted Age.

With Some Exceptions, Our Bards Have
:. Reached the Allotted Age.
Z A most striking fact is the longevity
Of our poets. The typical American
poet-when one thinks Of it and no.
tices the faces that look down from his
library walls-is found to be an aged,
hoary man, says Oscar Lowell Teiggs in
the Forum. OF the eight poets pic
tured on the frontispiece, six are gray
boards and incline to badness and Of
the black-haired heads, Lanier lived to
be 80 and Poe to be 40. No American
poet has had the advantage Of John
Keats of dying young with still enough
accomplished to be compared with
Shakespeare on the ground Of his prom
Use. Many fair hopes centered in Cora
Fabri, Anne Aldrich and Winifred
Howells, the youngest of the sister,
hood to lay down their pens; but their
work was too incomplete to give
prophecy Of their maturity. Joseph
Rodman Drake at 25, Stephen Crane
at 20, James Berry Bensel at 80 and
Francis Brooks at 81 had hardly begun
their true poetic career. Probably our
literaure sustained its greatest loss in
the death of Richard Hovey, who was
destined to accomplish great works and
to win high renown; at SO he was Just
prepared for bold adventure. Timrod
and Emma Lazarus had fulfilled much
Of their promise at 50. Edward Row.
lands Sill and Bayard Taylor, whose
premature deaths were much lamented,
had yet time at 46 and So to accom-
plish not little well-rounded and we'll
proportioned work. Longfellow, Low
ell, Whitman, Story and Halleck en-
tered the 10th; Emerson reached the
SOth mark: while Freneau, Whittier,
Holmes and Bryant passed it. Dana
lived on into the Goth.
Some few sensitive natures, like Poe
and Richard Realf, suffered pain and
travail, largely the fault of their Pc
culiar temperament; ill-health affected
the output of some; the Civil War cut
short the lives Of several; accident
closed a few careers; and four suffered
violent death at their own hands. But
for the great majority the currents of
life ran smoothly, and, save the Or
dinary incidents of change, they lived
in serenity of spirit.
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ing the scrubber. mop and fountain of
water all combined in one convenient
utcnsil. The apparatus consists Of a
tube to contain the water, with an
elongated slot in one face, through
which a wick or piece of heavy cloth
is forced. The strips of rubber form
ing the mop are inserted between two
metal strips secured to the outside of
the reservoir and the latter is provided
at one end with a screw cap, through
which the water is poured into the in
terror. To use the cleaner it is first
filed with water and tilted downward
until the wick is saturated, when the
latter is placed against the window
pane and scrubbed up and down until
the dirt is removed. Then the mop
side is applied to drain the water Off.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
PAINTING A CADETS FACE.

Investigations Of the military board ap-
pointed to look into the accusations
brought by the young mans family
were closely followed by the public, and
every average American citizen read
with horror and disgust the allegation
that the life of the boy was ended by
hazing of the most outrageous charac-
ter. The blood Of all decent and intel
ligent men or women boiled when they
read the revolving story that tabasco
sauce had been poured down the throat
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

There is more Catarril in this section Of
the country thnn an otnef ,aet Diseases put to-
supposed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced 1t n local
disease, and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be a constitutional
disease aald therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufac-
tured by +. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio
is the only constitutional cure on the mar
krt 1t is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to Il teaSpOOnful. 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
trm They offer one hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address,
Il J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold Dy Druryists 7Jc
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of the stogie. They carried them in
their long "stogie" topped boots to pre-
vent breaking them, thus giving them
the name of stogies.
When Mifflin Marsh entered the stogie
business, he was able to supply the
trade by his own work. At the time of
his death his factories, employing sew
eral hundred expert rollers, and a
dozen other plants just as well supplied,
were catering to the demand for
Wheeling stogies. Marsh assisted ma.
terially in the recent litigation in the
United States Court in Boston, which
resulted in the handing down of de.
cision protecting the name "Whccling
stogies." That decision has been the
means Of increasing the local trade, in
which he amassed a fortune.
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He Lacked Something.

II wish," said the old man to fell
low passenger on the rear platform Of
the street car, II wish l had the gift Of
what they call repartee."
"Can't you talk back?' was the
query. -
mot to amount to anything. Just
now when l left home my wife called
me stink, sneak, fool, a liar and a
villain, and all could say in reply was
to tell her to shut up. Lordy, if only
could talk back, how would make
that woman's heart ache from Monday
morning to Saturday night!'-Wash-
ington Post. ~ i
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or the student, who was at the mercy
OF the hazers. The victim was so ter
rlbly injured by the fiendish act, so runs
the story, that death ut last came to his
relief as natural consequence OF the
wounds inflicted. When the barbarity
Of this inhuman treatment OF a defense
less student was realized there was a
demand for an investigation and the
detection and punishment of the stu
dents who were guilty Of such atrocious
brutality.
The demand resulted in the appoint
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
Proud of Their Capital.

Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, is
the pride of the people. There the first
steps toward South American indepen-
dence were taken, it was the birthplace
of the liberator Simon Bolivar, and with
it's forty bridges, ten public squares, broad
streets, railways and modern buildings
it is as interesting as it was when Baron
Won Humboldt visited the place. Its eli
mate may be judged from the fact that
the lowest temperature in twenty years
was 4S degrees Fahrenheit and the high
est 81 degrees. Other towns Of impor
tance are Maracaibo, originally called
Nueva Zamora. whence much coffee is
exported; Valentia, Porto Cabello, Ciu-
dad, Bolivar, Barcelona. Carupano and
Guanaco-Ncw York Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
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Gro

:. Perhaps your mother had
thin hair, but that is no reason
why you must 60 through life
with half-starved hair. 1fyou
want long, thick hair, feed it.
Feedit with Ayers Hair Vigor,
the only genuine hair food you
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Your hair will grow thick
and long, and will be soft and
glossy.
Ayers Hair Vigor always
restores color to gray hair; it
keeps the scalp clean and
healthy, and stops falling Of
the hair.
One dollar q bottle.
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"Freshmen are to consider all other
classes as their seniors.
NO freshman shall speak to a senior
with his hat on, nor have it on in a
seniors room, nor in his own IL senior
be there.
when any person knocks at Il fresh
mans door, except in studying time,
he shall Immediately open the door
without inquiring who is there"
Fighting Freshman Sustained.
The death blow to the hat law and
most Of these other absurd regulations
was struck over 100 years ago, when
Levi Hedge, who was afterward a ia
nous professor threatened to knock
down a senior who demanded that he
remove his hat. The trouble was
brought before the president Of Har-
ward for adjudication and lie decided
in favor of Freshman Hedge.
Although these regulations were early
overthrown the spirit underlying them
was kept alive and frequently mani
tested itself in the mistreatment of
members of the freshmen class. The
new college men were ''smoked out, ~
taken from bed at midnight and doused
under the town pump, painted with
vile combinations, blindfolded and
made to run three or four miles, made
to sing or dance or deliver orations.
while very often they were shorn of
their hair completely. There have been
many instances Of the most vicious
kinds of practices. Young men have
been thrown into rivers or lakes, head
ed up in barrels and rolled down hill,
etc. Occasionally freshmen have re-
sisted the perpetration of these out.
RACES. Revolvers have been drawn by
both sides, but when the freshman who
was thus inclined to defend himself has
been caught unarmed he has often been
made to pay dearly for his self-defense
With the progress of education and
civilization these practices have be
come less common In many of the larg,
universities, but that they still exist tt
some extent and in their worst form
is evident from the Developments in tn,
| West Point case. This fact led an oil
college man to remark the other day:
'sThe time has come when the bruta
college hazer should be treated In ex
actly the same way as any other Grim
inal No effort should be spared eithe
/ By the college or civil authorities i
catch the culprits and when appre
hended they should be given the fnl
/ penalties allowed by the law. II Z fey
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
An Uneven Contest.

An Uneven Contest.
''They had lively boxing match at
Splinter's the other night
How was that:'
Splinter came home late, and as he
passed through the hall his wife's tall
est palm touched him on the cheek.
Splinter was in an excited condition.
and thought it was somebody's fingers.
So he struck out wildly with both fists
and succeeded in knocking over two
palms and severely humping his own
head.'
"But why do you call it a boxing
match?"
Because Splinter put up his knuc-
kles against his wife's palms. .''-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
The Largest Incubator.

New South Wales has not only the
largest duck farm in the common
wealth, but also probably the largest
incubator In the world. The farm and
incubator are situated at Botany, near
sydney, the latter, according to a sgd
ney paper, having capacity Of 11,44O
duck eggs, or Il, ,08O hen eggs. 1t is not
necessary that it should be filed at any
one time. The eggs can be put in at
intervals, as they are available. With
fifty eggs only it will works just as wen
as IL It were filed. The incubator was
designed and constructed BY its pro.
prietor, with the aid OF an ingenious
local mechanic.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
The Electric Railway in Paris.

The new electric railway at Paris has
proved 4 great success, despite the mis-
hap$ that have occurred thereon from
time to time. From the date of its open
ing, ON July 10. until October 81. 3,OOO.-
600 passengers were carried. Occasion
ally the daily number Of passengers car
ricl amounted to 10000. 1t was orig
;nally intended to run only 27O trains per
day, but this number has been consider
ably increased, and further trains arc to
l., .,1x
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Diplomacy Defined.

"What is this here diplomacy?" asked
the grocery loater.
1T is like this here" said the grocer.
"Fer instance, if I wanted to call you a
liar I'd jist do SO right out; but if 1 want
ed to be diplomacy, I'd 90 at it sorter
roundabout an jis say to the surroundin'
l reely did believe that 4 certain red
nosed, squint-eyed cuss that had ct at
least ten pounds of my best cheese with
out ever payin' Il cent was not so kecrful
With thc truth as he ortcr be. See?'
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
A Remedy for the Crime.

Physicians recommend KEMP'S BAL
SAM for patients afflicted with the grip,
as it is especially adapted for the throat
aud lungs. Don't wait for the first symp-
toms, but get a bottle to-day and keep it
on hand for use the moment it is needed.
MIA kEMP'S BALSAM prevents this
by keeping the cough loose and the lungs
free from inflammation. All druggists,
80 and SOC.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
Cure for rheumatism Free.

A trial package free for the cure of
Rheumatism. \ simple remedy that you
may try without Spending Il cent. Many
ing. Write to John A. Smith. % Ger
mania buihling. Milwaukee, and request
Il free trial PACKAGE
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

Great interest in the subject of col
lege hazing was stirred throughout the
entire country by the startling charges
which were made in connection with
the death of Cadet Booz Of the West
Point National Military Academy. The
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
Removal of the Stomach,

i OF the numerous operations in which
the stomach Of a patient has been en-
tirely removed, one at least has been
completely successful. a San Francis
co woman had her stomach removed
two years ago has since been in remark
ably good health, eating considerably
and without discomfort z55..l
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

There, are men who will laugh at q.
woman for buying nickel package Of
chewing gum, then proceed to blow IN
q quarter for an imported cigar.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
Scrubs and Dries Windows.

Scrubs and Dries Windows.
, The picture shows an improved clean.
er, which has just been patented by
Ernest NJ. Farmer of Cleveland, Ohio,
Hitherto brush mounted on a pole,
with rubber mop on separate han.
die, were in common use for this pur-
pose, and water has also been applied
to the brush through a hose attached
to the faucet. But the implement
shown below is complete in itself, hay.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

"A drift in the Santa Rita mine on
Squaw -mount;n, COL, has just broken
into ore which rivals in richness that
which first brought the mine into notice
about year ago. The assays arc again
running up into the thousands.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
Lanes Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache Price 25 and 5Oc
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What Do the Children Drink?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAIN-O? 1t is delicious and nourish-
ing and takes the place Of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades of coffee, but costs
about n as much. All grocers sell it,
15c and 2jc
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist today and get
a sample bottle free. Sold in rs and so
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

Chicago has the only municipal pawn
shop in the country. Paris and other
European cities have had them in opera
ton for many years.
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Sculpture at the Pan

Thirtyhve prominent American scu!p-
tors will contribute to the embellishments
Of the grounds and buildings of the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo. They
are at work Oh 125 original groups OF
StatuQry.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spok.
en- of as cough curc.-J. W. O'Brien
322 Third Ave-, n. Minneapolis, Mimi,
IAN G. 1900
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15
Living ChcaD in China.

The servants in some of the best places
in Shanghai club together and pay
Il cook to provide and prepare their food
for them ut cost Of $3.50 Mexican n
month. or about $1.21 month in gold,
or Il fraction over / cents day in our
money,
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In the region of the southern Trails
a Russian laborer gets only 15 cents Il
day, and man with horse and Il cart
costs Is cents Il day.
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sof the young wretches, who are nothing
but brutes in human form, were sent to
the penitentiary as they should be for
five or ten years it would have 4 most
salutary effect upon college hazing."
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

PUTNAM FADEl.ESS DYE pro-
duccS the fastest and brightest colors Of
any known dye stuff.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

While the controversy is proceeding
DR.. Anna Hatfield of New York arises to
say kissing is worse curse than drink.
The most terrible kisses are those be-
tween women"
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

MRS WlNSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUr for
children taething: softens the gums. reduces In
halnmatioh. allays pain. cures wind collie. o3
cents bottle
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

-American apples are becoming
known III France as we'll ats in England
aud Germany
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

Women are better qualified FOR max.
ing tongue sandwiches than the stkrnel.
Sex.
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# your druggist cannot supply you, send
us $500 and we will express a bottle to you,
all charges prepaid. Be sure and give us
your nearest express Office.
J.C. AVER Co., Lowell, Mass.
Send for our beautiful illustrated book on
The Hair. Free. -
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FLORIDA papers report that the lobster
is disappearing.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

Silk goods are said to take dyes more
readily than any other fabric. sz::
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THE SPENCERIAN BUSINESS College, MIL
aud shorthand IN Wisconsin, Circulars free.
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PRACTICE OF HAZING
CUSTOM ORIGINATED IN COL
LEGES OFrThE EAST.

Atr0cious Brutality to Defenselcos'
Students Has Stirred the Country
Merits Penitentiary Term-Ru1ea Of
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

TO CURE \ COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bronlo Quinine Tablets. Al!
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure
Z. W. Groves signature is ON each box 25c
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at some future time be fighting side
by side with a British feet, but he was
sure she would never be found in an
tagOnism.
The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-15

--Philadelphia has the largest city hall
in the world
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-03
DESCRIBES BOER ATTACK
BLEW UP TRAIN CARRYING
LADIES AND CHILDREN.
Did Not Cease Firing When They
Knew They Were There.
Fired on Nurses.

London, Sept. "A Pretoria CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph in
a dispatch describing the blowing up
of train between Wateryaal and
Haman's Kraal Saturday by Beers.
when Lieutenant Colonel Vandelemer
Of the Irish guards was killed, says:
"The train carried severel passen-
gers among them two ladies, with
babes and nurses. AS it toiled
through a cut negro was seen to
raise his hand. Instantly Roer dis
charged two mines, wrecking the
train while body of Beers poured in
heavy rifle fire.
Lieutenant Colonel Vandeleur
shouted to the women to lie down un-
der the seats, and ordered his men
to return the fire. AS he was proceed
ing along the corridor, a Boer burst
into the carriage and fred killing
him after, it is supposed, his refusal
to surrender. Another Boer deliber-
aely fired upon and wounded the
nurse. Bullets were flying in all di-
rections, although the Beers were
aware that women and children were
there.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-03
KANSAS CITY LISTENED TO
COMMONER'S EDITOR.
TOOK TEXT FROM BIBLE
The Orator Rode in Carriage Dur
ing Parade-Was Cheered
Where Recognized.

Kansas City, Sept. 2-Labor day
was marked by the largest and most
imposing parade of labor unions ever
seen here, and by the participation of
VIM. J. Bryan in the procession and
exercises. Three thousand men
marched through the streets, grouped
in unions and each union wearing a
distinguishing uniform. These uni
forms were made by the locked out
girls Of Garment Makers union No.
~, who have started cooperative
factory. These young women, dressed
in white, rode in a talliho and were
cheered all along the line. Mr.. Bry-
an occupied carriage at the head Of
the line and was cheered whenever
recognized A striking feature Of the
parade was the hod carriers union,
negroes, 225 men wearing white shirts
and black caps and led by negro
band.
In the afternoon there was speak
ing and athletic games at Electic park
and tonight there were more address
es. The orator of the afternoon was
VIM. ]. Bryan, who was preceded by
| Mayor Reed. The pavilion at the
park was crowded to suffocation.
Mr.. Bryan took for, his text the bible
| verse, "Muzzle not the mouth of the
OK that grindeth out the corn
Mr.. Bryan went in carriage from
| Electric park to Shawnee park, Kan
sas City, Kans., where he addressed
an open air meeting of 10000 persons,
going over the same ground as in
this city. He raised a laugh at the
outset by taking a position shelter
! ed from the sun, saying: I've been
| in the shade for several months now
and I'm used to it, Tonight Mr..
| Bryan made short addres at the
democratic club.