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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

from the rear, half wny up the column;
captains voice rings loud and clear:
Squadron, ha-a-alt! Dismount to tight!
Action rea-r-r-r! Quick! Ma-r-rch!' -
Our horses were led away, and the
| next minute we were lined up behind "a
fence almost parallel with the road:
On taking my place in the line looked
to see where the gallant trooper on the
Of the halted column, and knew he
would not be in the rear of it. l. was
sure then that he was somewhere along
the road just in front of us. T.,
There was sound of hoof beats. They
rev louder and came nearer, nearer,
my side, ''here they Gomez And then
head came just above the level-another
and another. A step further, and i'll
full sight, not twenty-five yards dis
tant, rode the daring trooper OH the sor-
rel horse with two soldiers at his rear.
Click, click, click--three carbines We're
cooked. l heard a scraping sound as
| aimed. Now the trooner on the sorrel
rides a step forward, cautiously recon-
noitering; and now he turns his eyes in
our direction. He sees us and his pistol
arm responds to his eye as it is raised;
the hammer is up; the eye runs along
the barrel; the finger is bent in search
of the trigger. Too late, too late! Bang!
in the saddle; the rein dropped; the
stricken horse reared, leaped forward
| and SHE'D, and with his pistol still
grasped in his hand the heroic William
II. Rihl fell into the dust of the road.
A.a-ta-ta-ta! came the notes of bugle
from the south. I looked to see whence
tl.ey came. I heard the roaring sound as
q nd I0C in
platoon formation, that filled the road
from edge to edge, was the Fourteenth
Virginia cavalry. ka-ta-ta-ta sounded
again. and from trot that massive col
unn sprang into a sweeping charge, the
sabers in one broad CLEAN Of brilliancy,
flew from their scabbards, and, as
THOUGH urged by some invisible force,
they shed onward.
Before me, not twenty-five yards away.
lay the still form of my fallen foe. I
could not endure the thought of seeing
his body trampled beneath the iron-shod
hoofs of thousand horses. Springing
over the fence, I called a comrade, who
me in a second. Another second and we
had crossed the road and lifted the body
beyond the reach of the on-rushing regi-
ment. But there had not been fraction
of an instant to spare.
Life was not entirely extinct, and l
rested the hero's on my knee, while
kind-hearted James Eubank endeavored
to pour a cooling drop Of water from his
canteen through the bloodless lips But,
as the first drop fell, there was a
strengthening Of the limbs, a heavy brok-
en- sigh. the form quivered, became rigid,
and the courageous Rihl was dead.
Gently we laid his on the grass. Ten
derby we crossed his hands upon his
breast. And, reverently covering his
face with his hat, we turned sadly, 81
lently from him and left him to that
sleep that knows no waking-as true, as
brave, as noble hero as ever fought in
defense of his country.-New York Daily
News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
Syrian Asphalt.

Asphalt is found in the provinces Of
Syria on the banks of. the Dead sea;
floating on the surface of it's waters
Through the action Of earthquakes the
asphalt has been torn from the bottom
'of the sea and driven toward the shores,
especially to the east. The narratives
Of the Greek and Roman historian to the
effect that asphalt as small islands was
upheld by the salt water and driven
over the surface of the sea are without
doubt true. This asphalt, and generally
the oriental or Egyptian, is pure and ex-
pensive,, and used principally in the
manufacture of a certain kind Of: var
nish, but for general purposes, owing to
its brittleness as well, is useless in the
asphalt industry American Asphalt
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Don't Peach.

A short time ago some Elton College
boys, during a concert at the 'termina-
ton of the ''half," stuffed some of the
locks Of a class room with plaster Of
paris. Notwithstanding threats Of pun
ishment and the stoppage of all leave
this .'half," it was impossible to find the
culprits. Two Of the ringleaders have
now confessed. One was about to- leave.
and no punishment could be inflicted. IN
the other case the boy has been request
ed to. leave, The head master, Dr..
Ware, in addressing the school upon the
matter, said it had been within llis
knowledge who the offenders were, but
he admired the esprit ,du corps Of the
school in not .peaching" upon their com
rades. --London Daily Telegraph. 1 s..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
HOW JULIA MARL0wE WRITES.
Prepare ton of Forthcoming Tale of "Six
Girls from Shakespeare" 80

"A literary friend once told Julia Mar
lowe that if she could write with the
same spirit and descriptive power shat
chara cterizesher conversation, she would
be able ito make a book that would prove
intensely readable. whether Miss%NIar-
lowe took the compliment to her CONVEX
sational powers very seriously or not, she
at least rreasnred' up the remarkygas to
hoy e one +1 might t n; make spirited book.
her forthcoming volume, *:Six Girls from
Shakespeare It will be her first book.
and naturally she lis eager that 1T will
do her some credit. She has been study
ing. the subject, which relates to the his
t {oF;c literary and artistic traditions
can heroines that She has. played name
~, Juliet, Viola, 1mogen, Beatrice, Rosa
lind and NARRATOR long time, and has
the material at her fingers ends. 1t is
Ill the shaping up Of it that. she is now
engaged, and the book, far from being
mornings of the week a stenographer
comes to her apartment and takes her
dictation while she speaks from rough
notes for two or three hours When he
leaves he has from two to three thousand
words in his notebook, which he brings
ten form with a space OF. two inches be-
tween the lines. Miss. ,A1arlowe takes
this, typewriter copy Of his previous
days dictation,: and. corrects, interines
and adds until the pages look as though
they had been walked over by a brood
raPher departs with the amended copy
and spends more or less prayerful hours
putting it into legible shape. The next
day he brings it back. and by that time
it is in something like the form that the
actress intends it ultimately. shall be.
s,,%,
and adding are done, with the result that
the next day third copy Of her material
is submitted to Miss Marlowe. This one
sometimes passes muster, though it is by
no means certain that fourth will not
De demanded by subsequent changes. In
shape about 5000 words 't we Week. %en and
she says she has to thank Miss Jeanette
Glider for the hint which she is follow
ing ont in the preparation Of her book.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
The Utilization Of Wastes.

The census bureau has issued report
OH the utilization of wastes and by-prod-
ucts in manufactures. The report denies
that the profitable employment of wastes
in manufacture has reached it's highest
degree of attainment. Instead it predicts
further developments even to the extent.
Of converting by-products into the main
product of an industry. The most con-
spicuous instance Of such reyersion in
the last decades of the Nineteenth cen
fury is in the revelations of coal tar and
the highly developed utilization of it's
many by-products. In the course OF a
resume Of the subject, by industries the
report. says, among other things, that
from $3,OOO,0OO to 100000 worth Of
wool fat and potash are run down the
streams and wasted annually in the Unit.
ed States, and similar lost opportunities
for utilizing waste material are pointed
ont - 9. ~. ---E--. =. - = -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
THOSE LOVERS QUARRELS.
IT'S Very Easy to Find Subject for
Difference-DQu't be Jealous.

Shun them as you would the smallpox,
flee from them as you would from some
deadly cobra; forget all the nonsense you
ever read or hear about the joys of
making up; remember the older story Of
The longer you can keep from quarrel
ing the less likely you will be to start.
Every impulse which passes through the
brain makes a path for similar impulses
to quarrel-frst a bridle-track. then a
little tiff grows into misunderstanding
and the misunderstanding into real
ugly quarrel, and every time one or other
of the pair is put out the angry; words
come more glibly.
It's absurd, when you come to think or
quarrel about, says writer in Woman,s
Life. You only need to be little self
opinionated, a trife vain, not very sym,
pathetic, and you can get up real old
row over the merest trife: ..,
But it is very undignified, to auarrel:
the face, and it always makes them feel
very philosophers say it generates a
the blood. Now, Is 1t worth while poison
ing yourself because Romeo does not
to TAKE you %e It'd to me he Wead
Is it a sensible thing to say to your
self all the while you are waiting: lie
has met some other girl and is talking to
her. He never considers me. Il Will give
It to him when he: does conner -,
Or perhaps he does not agree ne with g s0d
dear to your heart. It's hard, and it
may make you feel that ne IS iSn ,i;;;ys your
brutality. Wait while and try and find
out. 'H .t,,y,
when YOU just ache to sit down and
write. the fatal words, Il never wish to
see YOU again as long as I liver -think--
think hard how it would feel if he took
you at your word. Sleep on it-not one
night but three.
If you quarrel; it means either separa-
ton or misery for a time. Probably, too,
the doing of reckless things to drown the
ache which both. Of you will regret"5
It takes two to quarrel. Never be num-
Der two. Avoid delicate topics,E don't
fancy sights, don't be exacting- nothing
makes a man worse. tempered than to
from -abovesall, don't be jealous Of
his friends: his books, his hobbies. his
work, his old sweethearts.-New Orleans
Picayunea :, {" >. ~ ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04


ncouraged stoaaplay bask ssha L. !. hockey,
tennis. golf, and tether ball 7. also to-
swim. and to ride horsebaek and, on BIZ
cycles. u: ln,the spEing We have ours match
games tend, moreover, to. developsa spirit
Of generosity, endurance and fortitude
These last three conside rations are very
strong ones in favor Of the rough sports.
y For instance, a,.pupil came to- me the
other day with a very badly hurtsthumb,
which I noticed although she said moth
hockey. but she did not seem to think it
was anything at all. Ten years ago, u
college woman would have considered it
rather serious injury. Surely no one
can consider incidents like that} without
realizing all they stand for, and what
they will mean in the, future lives of col
lege women.-Eouisa Smith in Success.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
TURNS THEM TO STONE.
Limewater Has This Effect on Bodies
Long Buried.

Human bodies buried in limestone
countries are often turned to solid stone
by the limewater which penetrates the
graves. In other soils there are elements
which sometimes so embalm the buried
dead as to preserve form and features
unchanged. Many such cases are OH rec
sS e he Dea to was fa
To the surprise Of all his friends the
features were found to be as perfect as
at burial. When the body Of John Hamp-
den, the famous English patriot and
leader. was disinterred by Lord Nugent
200 years after burial the form and
features were as unchanged as if the
corpse had been recently laid in the
grave,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
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Fire Engine Trolley Cars.

A special trolley. car for conveying fire
engines is in use at Springfield, Mass
The; engine is carried on a platform only
nine and one-half inches above the top:
Of the rail, mounted on a truck at each
the front end of the platform lowered to
the ground when the engine is to he load
ed on the car. Platforms over each
truck afford space for 6renlen and equip
ment. The length Of the car over all
is! 80 feet 10Y inches, and its net weight;
is H. 600 pounds. The Springfield ire
department has loaded an engine on one
Of these cars in two.and one-quarterSsmin.
utesk from the time the car was in posi-
ton tosits being ready to start, and has
.nnloaded an engine and attached the
horses to it in one and one-quarter min
utes. Engineering News. go
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Hash.

A piece Of shoestring served in high
during the Confederate reunion at DaIals.
Tex, was the cause of the death of
Alfred Hobgood, a Civil War veteran at
Oxford who attended the reunion. Mr..
Hobgood swallowed the string, which had
a brass tip on it and blood poisoning re-
sulted.-Baltimore Morning Herald, :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.

NlA tiy, t,sS An -, r
Hear.the language gurgles through
The isthmian canal.
All the verbs except ito do" .,..
Hold high carnival. 40
ODJurgatiOns sometimes float +. y
Lightly down the seething moat:
Adverbs, adjectiyes and nouns
Names Of Men and names Of towns,
Lightly ripple.
Like the tipple
Which the summer boarder downs!
Like reflections meteOric
Shine illusions metaphOric.
Splashing,
ClaShing,
Damply dashing,
See the sparkling molecules
Laugh at gravitation's rules!
High into the air they fly,
Then are lost but do not die.
Sometimes rushing ungrammatlc
In course that's all cratic,
Pouring through some rocky chasm
With resounding pleonasm
Gushing,
Whirling,
Rushing.
Swirling.
Day and night: night and day,
See the language madly play
Through the isthmian waterway!
With what gladness would we view
Real water flowing through
Like the words and phrases do!
Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04
Why Our Girls are Getting Braver.

At sBryn Mdwr we consider out of-door
exercise. IN connection with gymnasium
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

William Bement Lent of this city, au-
thor Of ''Halcyon Days" and other books,
died at his summer home at Norfolk,
Conn.,, aged 60 years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Commodore E. G.. Benedict rescued a
party of five young people near Oyster
Bay after sQuall had broken the mast
Of their catboat and half filled the boat
with water. The boat was the Lobster
OF the Riverside Yacht Club, owned by
Abbott Brush.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

In the Broad street curb market the
other day $4,000 Cuban government
6 per cent. bonds sold at 80 per cent.
This is a decline of 10 per cent. in three
weeks. The bonds are of the $4,000 900
issue of 1896, signed by Estrada Palma,
now president of Cuba.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Charles Case Minister, a wealthy mine
owner, dropped dead at Seventeenth
street and Fourth avenue from heart
disease induced by narrow escape from
death beneath the wheels of a trolley
car
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

bles in New York. Now there are only
crease OF $500 in horses and 323$Ssir
stables. OF course, part Of this decrease
is due to.the constantly growing use of
automobiles, hut the. mains cause lis the
substitution of electricity sforahorses on
the street cars.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

About once every six Or seven years the
department Of health. gets, notion to
take census Of. all the horses and sta
bies in New York, They have just flu
crease in number. In December, 1896,
there We're 1916 horses and 1919 sta
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

You will be surprised to see how often
"yeal chops a Ia mianaise,' Dreaded veal
outlets with tomato sauce, and 'roast
yeal' figure on the bills Of fare Of New
York restaurants just NOW. This is due
20 the low price Of veal and the high
price Of beef. The quality OF the meat
is excellent, too, and the la carte prices
rather reasonable.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Mrs. Seward Webb is suffering from
severe bruises and other injuries received
by a fall from horse at Burlington. VT.
The animal became frightened and bolt
ed, unseatng Mrs Webb She was ren-
dered unconscious and remained SO some
time after being removed to her home
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

One of the pleasures of owning a Pan
anna hat to most men is that they are
an cxtravagance. The high price APP
peals to the imagination. The limitations
deceive nobody and humble their owners.
What effect the sort of hat advertised
TO determine. His sign reads: 'Genunc
psuedO Panama hats"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-04

Goclet, who died on February II at
about II; years of age, amounts, accord
ing to the official appraisement, to $751,-
511. She was a daughter of Robert
Goelet, who died on his yacht Nahma off
Naples in April, 1899, leaving large
estate.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18
Brilliant Record Of an Editor

| The success which has attended William
E, Curtis, the famous correspondent OF the
Chicago Record-Herald is rarely attained
by newspaper writers. Beginning his ca
reer in Chicago in 1872 as reporter he rap
tor. He resigned that position on receiv-
| ing government appointment as secreta-
ry OF the South American commission Mr..
Curtis Travelled extensively in Central and
Sonth America while in this position, pro-
ducing several popular volumes as the re-
suit of his literary labors Afterward CO.
operating with Secretary of State James
G. Blaine, Mr.. Curtis organized the work
of the bureau of American republics; with
the result that he was placed in charge of
that organization, and at the Worlds Co.
lumbar Exposition he distinguished him.
self by his labors as the executive head of
Latin American department. AS corre-
spondent of the Chicago Record-Herald
Mr.. Curtis travels have carried him into
every section OF the United States as well
dS llUO dill AudI VI Cil0 RlOUO LID
China and Japan letters were published in
book form; likewise his letters from Eng
land, Germany and France. as we'll as
those written during his travels in Mexico
and South America.
No newspaper correspondent possesses
the facility shown by Mr.. Curtis in writing
on any of the diversified subjects en-
braced in his correspondence and making
it luminous. Nor is any corresp ondent
followed so closely year after year by the
thousands of readers Of the Chicago REQ
ord-Herald On his recent trip to the
Holy Land Mr.. Curtis letters have been
read more closely than ever, and his de-
scridtion of that Interesting section of the
globe as it appears today Gave been quo
ted everywhere
4 daily letter from Mr.. Curtis appears
in the Chicago Record-Herald.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18
SAVES A WOMAN'S LIFE.

To have given up would have meant
death to Mrs. Lois Cragg, of Dorchester,
Mass. For years she endured untold mis-
cry from a severe lung trouble and obsti-
nate cough. "Often.' she writes. Il could
scarcely breathe and sometimes could not
speak. All doctors and remedies failed
till used DR.. Kings Kew Discovery for
Consumption and was completely cured"
Sufferers from Coughs, Colds. Throat and
Lung Trouble need this grand remedy. for
it never disappoints. Cure is guaranteed
bv Johnsons Pharmacy. Price SOC and 81.
Trial bottles free.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18

The FREE PRESS is perfectly sat
isfed with the result of the Mon
roe convention, for, as long as our
own countyman, the Hon. D. E.
McIver, could not win, the prize
went to an able and honorable
man, r. N. Page, Of Montgomery.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18
A Day at the A, & M. College:


We have received a very inter-
esting little booklet with the
above title. It explains what in
dustrial education is, and shows
the value of such education to
young men preparing themselves
for any practical business, such as
electricity, engineering, cotton
manufacturing, mechanic arts,
chemistry and agriculture. A
copy Of the book may be had by
addressing President Geo. T. Win
ston, LII. D., A. & M. College,
Vast Raleigh, N. G.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18
MOTHER ALWAYS KEEPS IT HANDY.

"My mother suffered long time from
distressing pains and general i'll health due
primarily to Indigestion. says L.W ,Spald-
ing, Verona, Mo. Two years ago | got
her to try Kodol. She grew better at once
and now at the age of seventy-six, eats
anything she wants. remarking that she
fears no bad effects as she has her bottle
of Kodol handy" Don't waste time doc
toring symptoms. Go after the cause. If
your stomach is sound your health will be
good Kodol rests the stomach and
strengthens the body by digesting your
food. 1t is natures own tonic. Johnsons
Pharmacy.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18

When you want modern; up-to-date
physic try Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and
pleasant in effect. Price, Is cents. Sam
ples free at JohnsOns Pharmacy.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-18
THE ENEMY OF THE SAN JOSE
SCALE.

HE ENEM Vi HE DAN JOSE
SCALE.
The following from the Balti-
more News refers to discovery of
great importance to our fruit grow
ers. It says:
GAS an instance of the romantic
but practical application of scien-
tific ideas the search for and dis
covery Of the San Jose scales en-
envy is certainly remarkable. Start
ing out to trace the migrations of
the scale, an agent of the United
States Agricultural Department
learned that it very probably made
its debut in this country coinci.
IDENTIFY with the importation of or
namental Chinese trees about 20
years ago. Acting upon the the
Dry that the pest was in this way
brought from the Orient, visit
was paid to China, and in the
northern part Of the Flowery King
dom the search was abundantly
rewarded, not only by finding the
parent stock of the San Jose scale,
but by the vastly more important
knowledge that its ravages are
rendered comparatively innocuous
in that region by the active hostil-
ity Of a species of ladyhug,"
which, whenever family Of scale
insects settled upon and began
preparations for killing a tree,
would forthwith drive out the old
ones, tear up the nest, devour all
the young and the unmatched eggs
and otherwise ruin Mr.. and Mrs.
Insects "happy home.' Some of
these Chin csc "ladyburgs" were
forthwith brought to Washington,
and under the watchful eye Of
lot of government officials have
demonstrated their vindictiveness
against the San Jose species in the
National Capital, in addition to
rearing large family, which it is
proposed to put upon the warpath
this fall by distributing them to
fruit-growers whose trees have
been ravaged."
The oasis., 1902-09-20

the Iturbide parlors, J. H. Rich ares, local billiardist, and Harry Jones. When playing in the bill Hard academies of Chicago Maggioli has made himself famous for pre- pairing delicacies for the boys, and he is introducing this sure way to success in Mexico.
 Mexican Herald. On Saturday morning Mignel Maya stolea ticket of the National lottery from the cigar store of Edwiges Corona on Calle Zapo. The drawing for which the ticket was sold took place on Saturday afternoon, and the ticket, which is numbered 10S7, won a prize of $25. Yesterday morning Maya sent his mistress, Emilia Maya, to collect the money while he stood outside the door waiting for the coin. In due course Emilia appeared but not with the money; she was being watched by police man, who also took Maya in hand when the latter made himself known. The pair are now in Be- lem.