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The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-07

Oil cloth trays may be considered a
cheap and sloppy substitute for the
real thing, but if you will try them
once when making bromide or velox
prints you will continue to use them
for that purpose. Apart from the small
cost which enables one to have as
many trays around as solutions used
there is the cleanliness. Stains on
prints are common annoyances when
one tray Is used for various purposes.
Procure few rough wooden frames
about three inches deep and as large
as desired for the size you work,
yard or two of white oil cloth and
few tacks is all that is necessary.
Take a piece of the oil cloth
four inches larger each way than your
frame and tack 1t around the outside
one and half inches from the edge.
The surface is not so liable to scratch
your prints, and it is easy to clean
when through with.
In his address before the convention
OF the Photographers Association of
America, Lucius w. Hitchcock said the
following, which Is excellent advice for
any amateur: "Get your Impressions
from nature, and don't try to manufac-
ture them in cold blood. Art Is largely
matter of seeing. It Is the same old
story Of young student starting out
with his sketching outfit, and walking
four miles to find something to paint,
and the master doing beautiful things
In his back yard. Not that everything
is beautiful, and worth painting, for it
isn't but there are lots of beautiful
things that you will pass every day
because you have not the eyes to see
them. Keep on the alert for beautiful
combinations and arrangements all the
time. You are just as apt to see them
in the street cars as anywhere else, and
IT you store up reserve of souvenirs
Of this sort you will do more original
and better pictures. It is far better
than copying what another fellow sees
and does before you.'
There is wide difference of opinion
as to what is the perfect negative. OF
course, the experienced worker will
make negative for a certain paper
and with certain object in view, that,
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HOW TO PRONouNcETH THEM.
Names Of Cities that Are Variously
Sounded by the Public.

Names of Cities that Are Variously
Sounded by the Public.
The suggestion has been made that
the proper pronunciation of the name
st. Louis should be finally determined
before the opening Of the Louisiana
purchase fair in that city, and it is
urged the council Of st. Louis or even
The Legislature Of Missouri should
pass upon the question. 1t is pointed
out that an immemorial dispute over
the proper pronunciation of Arkansas
was settled by the Legislature of that
State in 1881, when it was enacted
that the pronunciation should be car
kansaw," and the State lived happily
ever after. The name st. Louis was
bestowed by the French when the
place was settled, and the French pro-
nunciation is Loo-ee, to rhyme with
the name Of Admiral Dewey. The En-
glish pronunciation is "Lewiss," prac-
tically rhyming with the word Jew
esq. The suggestion, once made, does
not, of course, halt lamely at st. Louis.
When the dispute is settled there it
is proposed to ask Kentucky to declare
whether the name Of that Common
wealth's chief city shall be Loo-ey-
Vile or Lew-is-ville. And Illinois
might settle the point whether the
name of the thriving city of Joliet
shall be pronounced as the French ex-
plorer after whom it was named did
zhole-ya-or whether it shall be called
Jolly-yet. All this is exceedingly stim-
ulating to the mind which keeps reach
ing out for wider fields, like the mind
Of man afflicted with the habit of in
discriminate punning. There are plen-
ty Of other towns which need atten-
ton. The name of the city Of Beau
fort, in France, is pronounced Bow-for
A town In North Carolina, named after
1t, is known as Bowfort, while one in
South Carolina is called Bu-fert- A
noted French seaport, Calais, is pro-
nounced Kal-lay, while its namesake
up in Maine is called Kal-lis.
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FRIENDSHIP.

What is the best friend can be
20 any soul, to you or me?
Not only shelter, comfort, rest
lnmost refreshment, unexpressed.
Not only beloved guide :,
To thread life's labyrinth at, our side,
Or with loves torch lead ON before,
Though these be much, there yet is more.
The best friend is an atmosphere
Warm with all inspirations dear,
Wherein we breathe the large, free breath
OF life that hath no taint of death.
Our friend is an unconscious part
OF every true beat of our heart;
A strength, a growth, whence we derive
Gods health, that keeps the world alive.
Lucy Larcom.
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Il must have it out with her now
he says, clutching his hands fierce,v.
Il must awake the old love tonight If
ever"
Ae follows her through the long, gas
lit room till, parting the velvet cur
talns at the end, she enters a cool. dim.
shadowy alcove.
He Is just behind her, but draws
back quickly in the shade Of a tall.
flower crowned pillar as he sees man
turn from the marble mantel at the
farther end Of the room, against which
he had been leaning-a man bearded
and bronzed and travel stained.
''Oh, Philipv'
The girl sprang forward, a cleaning
light in her eyes, a vivid color in her
cheeks.
little Flo!' he says softly.
1t was the old pet name for her when
she was a little child. When she grew
up "fair girf graduate, with golden
hair" she was Miss Florence" Now
the old name sprang first to his lips.
Both her slender white hands rest in
his own-not reluctantly now. The
man in the shadow Of the velvet por-
there looks on with compressed lips.
All, he recognizes him now-his rustic
rival of three years ago.
Little Flo,'' he says again, and this
time his eyes are suspiciously moist.
With woman's quick perception s.e
sees it and withdraws her hands. ~
For moment she is a shy girl aga .,
for she knows how, in spite Of wealthy
suitors and a countess coronet, she h. 8
faithfully guarded the love awakened
three years ago-the true love that
f1ourished when the false love died.
Have you no better welcome, Flor
ence-no gift Of love? Have 1 loved
and waited in vain? Oh, my darlingv'
"Silence! This lady is my promised
wife,"
1t is Edgar Reynolds, white with
rage, who speaks, but Florence turns
to him with her calmest, sweetest
smile.
"You are mistaken, Mr.. Reynolds. A
pretty girl with whom you flirted three
years ago helped to pass the time, but
she was only a shy, wild rose, and you
could not afford to ruin your prospects
for her, you know"
As she speaks she draws from her
breast and hands him a sheet of crum-
pied paper.
Then she turns to the lover of her
childhood. girlhood, womanhood, and
lays her hands in his, and he clasps
the figure in its trailing satin robes
close in his strong arms as little Flo''
cries out in alarm:
"Oh, Philip, you have crushed my
flowersv'
And Edgar Reynolds goes forth from
the room and forth from their lives,
and for once true love has it's royal re.
Ward,-WaVerley.
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How Russell Sage liz Guarded.

no" russell sage III 0uaEUeu.
Mr.. Sage's Office is in the building
occupied by the National Bank of Com
merce, in Nassau street. In an ante
room sits his faithful guardian and
confidential man, Mr.. Menzies, through
whom the aged financier must be
reached. Mr.. Menzies is protected by
q partition having latticed wire top
with iron spikes reaching to the CELL
ing. 1t would be impossible for a man
to climb over these spikes or to throw
a bomb between them. Mr.. Sage is
not always accompanied in the street
or in travelling between his home and
office by a bodyguard or detective.
Frequently he goes about entirely
alone, and seemingly is without fear
except when in his office.-New York
Press. (.
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child. As for Edgar Reynolds, he had
heard of her illness with his usual we'll
bred Indifference.
"Poor little thing! Perhaps it's the
best way it could have ended after
ALL" he said, and so, congratulating
himself, he had gone back to town,
while Philip Howard, far out on the
broad Atlantic, self-made exile from
home and friends, carried In his heart
of hearts the picture of a lovely, visit
full, girlish face, with shyest pansy pur-
pie eyes.
Three years afterward James
Thorne's palace home is a blaze Of
light and beauty. The massive doors
are flung open; the perfume of the
flowers floats out on the night air. The
soft, brilliant light from the chande-
liers, through curtains Of amber satin
and creamy lace, streams forth on the
street below.
She has received them all with a
sweet, 1mperiOus grace wholly her own,
and is walking away, 'on a partners
arm, when she looks up and sees be-
fore her a late arrival-Edgar Reyn-
olds.
The dark, debonair face is handsome
as of yore, and it brightens as if with
new life when he sees her.
"Florence-Miss Thorne! He has
sprung forward eagerly, and, regard
less of the presence of others, held out
both hands.
Florence Thorne looks up at him in
calm surprise. She does not smile; she
does not cry out. No tinge of the rose
flush dies from her face. The pansy
purple eyes do not droop; the lily hands
do not tremble. So she lays her hand
a moment in his, coldly, courteously.
"Have you come back at last-at
last?''
eyes, we returned a fortnight ago."
rings out the clear, silver voice. "Cap-
tain Arthur, will you take me to the
ballroom?"
She bows trifle haughtily to Edgar
Reynolds, and leaves the drawing room
on her partners arm.
The night goes by with the ripple of
laughter, the crash of music, the tread
Of dancing feet.
Everywhere admiring eyes follow
Florence Thorne, and her uncle looks
fondly on and smiles to see the world
bow down before his darling.
''Such wit, such repartee, such match
less grace" they say. "She is the
beauty of the season."
Zone dance, only one," pleads Edgar
Reynolds, ''for the sake of old times"
She laughs, that clear. happy laugh
of hers, and leaves him.
He stands where she has left him
and looks after her with hot, angry
eyes.
He has staid single and let Agatha
Vere's bank account slip through his
hands for the sake of this girl and
James Thorne's wealth.
Oh, now-now for one hour of the
! old dominion.
BE sees a servant approach her. in
the crowd, sees her bend her naughty
head and follow him.
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The Youths Companion Calendar
Free

The publishers Of The Youths Com-
panion are sending free to new subscrib-
ers to the paper for 1908 very handsome
calendar, autographed in twelve colors,
with border embossed in gold. The ex-
cipal feature of the Calendar is suitable
for framing. The Calendar is sold to
non-subscribers for fifty cents, but to new
subscribers for 1903 it is sent free, with
all the issues of The Companion for the
remaining weeks Of 1902, the paper then
being sent for full year, to January,
1904.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION.
IA Berkeley Street. Boston. Mass.
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Where Women Are Favored.

At the old-fashioned inns and restau-
rants in Sweden it is customary to
charge less for women than for men,
on the theory that they do not eat so
much. At some hotels in Sweden a man
and wife are charged as one and one
half persons If they occupy the same
room. A husband and wife may travel
as one and one-half persons by railway
and also by the post routes, furnishing
their own carriage. t.. &>S
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Cattle Poisoned by Weeds.

: Not even does the shrewd instinct of
animals always prevent them from eat
ing food which is injurious. In Montana
from $4,000 to 100000 cattle per annum
are poisoned each year and die as the
result Of eating two poisonous weeds
wild larkspur and poison camass-while
great losses are sustained each year in
the Southwest country from stock eating
the loco weed.
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Rapid Transit Courting.

The proud people Of Neck. City claim
that the shortest courtship on record in
Missouri took place there few days ago.
At noon H. w. Parker Of Chitwood met
Miss Clara Holdman. Neither had seen
nor heard of the other before, but at Z 80
o'clock the same evening they were mar
ried. This beats by half hour the rec
ord of the Carthage couple that recently
got married in eight hours after their
fret meeting. Kansas City Journal.
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One Of the mysteries of nature which
we can't understand is how such deli
cate, fragrant and attractive flower as
the apple blossom can become hard
little green thing which causes cholera
morbus. ~
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Atomic WEIGHT of Radirm.

Madame Currie, in an account OK ex-
periments in which she has succeeded in
obtaining pure chloride Of radium, has
taken the opportunity for determining
the atomic weight of radium and states
.etnitely that it is 225, within unit.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-07

ELY'S LIQUID CREAM BALM il
who are used to an atomizer in spraying
the diseased membranes. All the healing
and soothing properties of Cream Balm
are retained in the new preparation. 1t
does not dry up the secretions. Price, in
cluding spraying tube, IS cts. At drug
gists' or Ely Bros, Sc Warren street,
New York, mail it.
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Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
damage they will do Is tenfold to the good YOU
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co., Tole-
do; O., contains no mercury: and IS taken inter-
cous surfaces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t Is
taken internally. and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
WSold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-07

Cures Group, sore throat, pulmonary
TROUBLES. over pain Of every
sort. DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil.
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Eaton square is the largest square il
London. Its area is 607, 900 square feet
This is nearly one-sixth greater thar
Lincoln's Inn Fields
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LQ0ieS pUd0Sn0 Accent Hts; !n;:,'! Il E. 1t.sa naa!

of Ladies residing at a distance from city.
Latest styles in Everything pertaining to Ladies' and
Chidren's Clothing-also Gents and House Furnish-i
ings carefully selected with no extra cost to you hi
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Milwaukee, Wis.
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SO powerful is the new electric ligh
in Dunkerque lighthouse that it's BEAM
are visible at distance of forty miles
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!: If a man, loves a girl more than
tongue can tell he should show her his
pOcket-bOok. . .#..
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"A man should weigh twenty-six
pounds for every foot of his height.
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The Richest Baby.

The prospective heiress to the great
est fortune in the world-a tiny, blue
eyed, blonde-haired baby with grand
father worth $110,00O,0OO "a father
whose worldly goods are estimated at
over $50,000,0O0, great-uncle rated at
over $30O,O0O,0O0 and another grand
father with a modest fortune of about
SIS, 600, COOLIES blissfully unconscious
Of her wealth in her fathers cottage at
Ardsley on the Hudson.
Her $5O,OOO,OOO father is Percy Avery
Rockefeller.
Her $11O,OO0,O0O grandfather is Will
lam Rockefeller, the Standard Oil mag
nate.
Her SIS, 900, 900 maternal grandfather
Is James Stillman, president of the City
National Bank.
Her $500, 100000 great-uncle is John
D. Rockefeller, the richest man in the
world.
What the tiny lady, who is Miss Isa-
belle Rockefeller, will be worth when
she comes Of age, no one will dare to
estimate, for the fortunes Of her father
and her grandfathers are increasing
daily at an almost incredible rate.
The occasion of little Miss Rookie
feller's coming was welcomed the more
for being girl, for though William
Rockefeller has several other grandchil
dren, they are all boys. The day after
her coming presents began to shower
upon her from wealthy relatives and
friends.
1t Was q Monkey.
was invited, along with other Euro
peans on the beach, to one of the big
gest plays that have been seen in
Opobo. At the feast all kinds Of fish,
fowl and soup, cooked after the native
fashion, were served. Every one thor
oughly enjoyed the feast until, near to
the finish, the chaser (desserD was
brought in. This dish they called palm
oil chop. While it was being served
there rolled out of the vessel what to
all appearance was human skull.
Suddenly all the Europeans turned
pale, as though suffering from an
attack of seasickness, and the symp-
toms they developed were identical,
for that dinner would not stay down.
The chief, in alarm, inquired what
had made his friends SO i'll. One Of
the sufferers, whose eyes protruded
from their sockets, placed his hand
kerchief to his mouth, and jerked his
thumb In the direction of the skull.
The chief grasped the situation and
with unaffected concern tried to COM
fort his sick guests by saying: 1T
be all right. He be no man. He be
monkeyw
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instant and, as far as can be learned,
about POO sheep were killed. The shoot
ing occurred about 8 O'Clock in the even
ing on the Logan road, in Bear valley,
about three miles east of +. c. Sells
ranch. Mr.. Sells, who arrived in the city
Thursday evening, reports having heard
the shots, which were fired very rapid
ly, and rs near as he could judge there
were about 100 shots.
1t has been rumored that one OF the
aggressors was shot through the ley, but
this rumor has not been confirmed.
Feeling is very intense in that section
over outside sheepmen trespassing on
the cattle range, and the cattlemen ap.
pear to he determined to put Il stop to
it in some way, arguing that the out.
side stockmen have been repeatedly
warned to keep off the range, but the
hcrders make no effort to keep their
iiucks within the headlines. As re-
suit, It is claimed the holdings OF many
settlers have been eaten of, small crops
DESTROYED and home ranges dcvourcd.
This has brought the settlers up in arms,
breathing vengeance against the foreign
er and causing serious shooting affrays
and destruction of property.
Another affair Of like nature occurred
last week, when masked men shot into n
band of ewes, belonging to VIM. Mascall
u well known sheepman of the South
Fork country, killing $50 ewes and leav.
ing the lambs. This shooting occurred
on the head Of Rock creek. The masked
men held up the esheepherders, took thei,
arms away and burned up the camp and
supplies, with the exception Of the mems
coats, which they hung in tree near
by. The loss practically amounted t.
100 head, Ms the young lambs will prob
ably die without their mothers.-Gran
County News.
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SYLVANITE AT SUSANVILLE.
Cleaver Brothers Not the Only Ones Who
Have This Valuable Ore.

Editor of THE SUMPrER MINER: ! see
By an article in the the Grant County
News, copied from THE MINER, that DIR.
Cleaver il showing some fine samples of
sylvanite ore, that II il secret ~ to its
locality and that people are very skepti.
cal about such metal and ore in this
country, especially in new mining dis
tricts. Well, Mr.. Editor, am proud to
state the fact to you, that l am driving a
tunnel now, and have been all winter,
on a lead that carries sylvanite and
graphic tellurium and pans out some
free gold, also.
II this camp, which is called the New
Eldorado, at the headwaters Of Boulder
creek, on the southwest slope and base
of Greenhorn mountain, was In Baker
county, it would get good sendof once
in a while. think il would he II bene.
fit to you and the eastern Oregon coun.
try ii You newspaper men would take a
trip through this part Of the country and
see what is being done in the way OF de-
velopment work, for the more capital
that il invested on this mineral belt the
more mines would he in operation, let it
be in what county it may.
We are coming to the front slowly but
surely, and the prospects are here to do
it. We are located about six miles east
from the famous Badger mine, about
twelve mile west from the Bonanza, ten
miles north from the Dixie mines, nine
miles southwest from the Quebec mine
and twelve miles southwest from the
Red Boy. We have II good supply OF
water for all purposes and an unlimited
supply Of all kinds OF timber. For any
more information wanted address the
undersigned. l.. w. kEMPF,
Susanville, Oregon.
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WORK ON THE ALPINE
Commenced Yesterday Under
Direction Of Superintend-
ent Addoms.

Colonel Grayson and his little son
were in town yesterday on their way to
the Alpine mine, Cable Cove district,
near the Last Chance. Both will spend
much time at the property this summer.
The first load OF supplies was sent out
Monday and work was commenced yes
ter,lay, under the immediate direction
of Superintendent Addoms, who was
with the Colonel at the Baby Mckee.
Unlike most of the lodges in the Cable
Cove district, the Alpine is free mill
ing proposition, to the present depth Of
100 feet. Others have carried free gold
near the surface, but none to this depth.
Colonel Grayson says he expects the
ore to become refractory after water
level is reached.
The tunnel il now in about 300 feet,
attaining II vertical depth Of 100 feet, M
stated above. The work for the immed-
late future will be to sink u O.foot winze
at the end Of this tunnel, on the vein.
Later another tunnel will he driven, 100
feet lower down the mountain side.
As many men will be employed NJ can
be worked to advantage, and develop
ment will be pushed rs rapidly as posi-.
bic. A party Of eastern capitalists are
associated with Colonel Grayson in the
ownership Of the property.
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Miss Spaulding from the musical depart.
ment and although it is not the custom
to graduate pupils from the elocu,ionary
department, Mr.. Wells belongs to the
college preparatory class of this year.
The work showed careful and thorough
training and by their united effort II
most pleasing entertainment was given
the audience. Miss Spaulding has II
sweet and flexible voice, which she has
under excellent control. The rrovcncal
song perhaps best displayed her tech
niuuc, but the closing number from the
German seemed finely adapted to her
voice and she sang it with much expires.
sion. Some Of the prolonged tones were
cxuuisitcly clear and sweet and held
without apparent effort. The Spring
song with violin obligato by Mr. Hay.
lett, Miss Cross ut the piano, called forth
an enthusiastic encore. The opening
song was duet from Mcndclssoln, Miss
Spaulding and Miss Cross, with organ
accompaniment. Miss Spaulding will
spend the next year at the Boston Com
servatory Of Music, and then return
home, after an absence Of three years.
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The celebrated Gundo's-"the beer Of
good chccr''-always on draught ut Dun
phys The Club.
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KILLED $50 SHEEP.
These Pests Are Again Looking For
Grass and Trouble.

A band of sheep from Condor, Gillian
county, was shot into on the eighteenth
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