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The Republican journal., 1904-02-18

Baltimore is getting on her feet apair
after the great fire of Feb. 18th and stl
that destroyed ID large area of the bust
ness section. The banks and trust com.
FanleS resumed business Feb. 18th and
he savings banks Feb. 18th. None of
them suffered any loss of securities nv
the lire and they are in as good con-
dltlon financially as ever In not one
instance was the contents of a vault
seriously damaged. Baltmore's termi-
nal facilities are intact and the grain
elevators were not involved in the dis
aster The streets have been cleared,
and the work of removing the ruins
is in progress. Many merchants and
manufacturers whose places of bust
ness were burned have signed contracts
for rebuilding. The Chamber of Com
MERGE has plans nearly completed for
rebuilding its $500, 900 structure, and is
sending broadcast to every centre of
trade in this country and Europe the
assurance that Baltimore is even now
III prime condition to transact all ship
ping, grain and foreign trade and that
all other lines of business will be re-
stored to their normal channels within
the next two or three months. All of
farS of financial aid have been declined.
Rural free delivery is an accomplish
ed fact, a beginning has been made in
building good roads, and next in order
Is the parcels post. We have this in
effect now. The third and fourth
classes of mail matter under the pres
ent law and regulations are parcels
post. In one class the postage is at
the rate of eight cents per pound and
in the other class the rate is sixteen
cents per pound. No package of over
four pounds in weight can be sent
through the mails in either of these
classes, and the rate of sixteen cents
per pound is SO high as to be almost
prohibitory, made so on purpose so as
not to compete with the express COM
panies. The postmaster general has
recommended wiping out the compli-
Gated distinction between third and
fourth class matter and make it all
third class at the single rate of eight
cents per pound. That would be an
improvement, although the price would
be too high and the weight limit too
low. The legislative committee of the
national grange has recently been in
Washington and taken steps to have
congress understand the wishes of the
grange on this and other matters favor
ed by resolution at the recent session
of the national grange. The memorial
to congress calls attention to national
aid to road building, additional powers
The Republican journal., 1904-02-18
6 M

This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative Bronco uinine Tablet.
the remedy that GuFes q cold I'm one oaY
The Republican journal., 1904-02-18

Despite their heavy losses in the Bal
timore fire there has not been failure
reported among the insurance compan-
les. Many of them will pay their losses
out of their surplus. In many cases
they have offered to pay so per cent at
once. and the balance when adjust
ment is made, and the Liverpool, Lon
don & Globe contributed $4,000 for re-
lief OF sufferers. Statements of MANY
OF The leading insurance companies ap-
pear in our advertising columns this
week.
The Republican journal., 1904-02-18

The Bangor Daily News of last Sat
uTday reproduced the two column arti-
Gle from last weeks Journal on the
Northern Maine Seaboard r. r.. in
Guiding the map The article in oues-
tlon was compiled from railroad re-
ports and other sources, supplemented
10y personal knowledge and obserya-
non, and the map was drawn from a
government chart by P. A. Sanborn
and eleetrotyped in Boston expressly
Tor TINS paper. 1t was the first elabor-
ale presentation of the matter made in
his State or elsewhere, and while The
journal IS not given to chronic fault.
hhdlng because OF the appropriation of
It's items by exchanges it thinks that
IN this case its enterprise should have
had some recognition.
The Republican journal., 1904-02-18

The Gardiner Independent says that
mat city has been billed by the two
hennebec candidates for the Republi-
can gubernatorial nominations; but
While Mr. Cobb has made nc canvass
he has by far the larges: support in
The city, if not more than all the other
candidates combined" The Portland
Express has come out for Col. Prescott,
and 1t is rumored that the Press and
Advertiser will follow suit. That
would indicate that the contest will be
between Cobb and Prescott.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
THE authorities responsible for

THE authorities responsible for
some of the best needlework de-
signs have at last learned that the
women of to-day prefer to spend their
time and ingenuity upon pieces of good
needlecraft which are quickly and eff
fectively accomplished; and a glance
around any of the exhibitions where
specimens of the latest needlecraft oc-
cupy prominent place is sufficient to
show that applique work, aided by eff
fective embroidery stitches, is becom-
ing more and more popular" says the
Ladies' Field.
"This vastly interesting work is in
so many simple forms that it is passing
easy for the beginner to select q sub
ject which may be carried out without
the dread of failure ever before her
eyes. Perhaps the simplest designs
are those in which outline plays the
more important part. The accompany
ing design illustrating a nursery table,
cover, would be most useful and effec-
tive if arranged in various colored
linens applique upon a pale blue linen
ground. The birds, expressed in bright
yellow linen, may be cut in one piece,
and then when placed upon the ground
work are decidedly more boldly effec-
tive If outlined by a narrow chocolate
brown cord. The bills; feet, and eyes
are best when worked solidly with the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22

ordinary satin stitch; the birds mark
lngs, however. need to be carefully
traced in fine lines of standings.
The quaint Noahs ark-looking sort
OF trees may be treated in quite the
same fashion, viz, the stiff outstanding
foliage being cut in one piece and then
outlined with darker green cord, and
their branches also expressed in satin
stitch. The frogs can be made very
decorative by being treated in a Judi
clous mixture Of applied work and darn
ing. Carried out in brown frog. color
with black and yellow markings thew
would be delight to little eyes. It
will naturally suggest itself to workers
that in carrying out this sketch great
deal of individual taste and skill NAV
be exercised, and almost any amount of
detail may be introduced. For instance.
little filoselle introduced here and
there in birds and frogs will be found
useful, while the amount of crewel and
satin stitch lies purely at the will Of
the worker.
LESS skilful-or less patient-work-
ers might carry out this good nursery
tablecover design almost entirely in
outline, with feet, bills of birds,
branches and all so treated. even to
the frogs, though these alone. owing
their needlework existence to 1,lline.
would not come amiss."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
An Island Of Women.

pelago there is colony which is COM
posed entirely of women. It is sort Of
religious order, which considers it 4
disgrace for one OF it's members to even
look at man. When a fisherman APP
proaches the islands the. women pull the
gray cowls of their cassocks over their
heads and turn their backs. Provisions
are never imported, as the women raise
their own products, being strictly vege-
tarians. Only the matron, who is an
nually elected head Of the colony, is ever
allowed to leave the island. The others
remain on the island all their lives, TAX
ing their turn at tilling the soil, wash
ing, housekeeping and fishing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
SOME PARTISAN NOVELTIES.

fluffy bow and long ends of chiffon
adorn the handle of light tinted wood.
In parasol handles, the detachable
kind that has come to US from the
French capital and is among the essen
tial accessories of the modish woman,
are novelties more noticeable as novel
ties than for their artistic worth Two
are shown here. Both are of crystal
with magnifying qualities. The round
top on one handle incloses a tiny au-
tomobile, perfect in detail-a minia-
ture toy-While within the transparent
sphere surrounding the other handle
is to be seen the realistic head of a
pug dog. From another glass handle of
this sort peers the head of a bulldog as
unprepossessing as in real life. Popu-
larity is not predicted for handles of
this sort, but the woman who likes to
advertise her fondness for dogs or au-
tos, Or to have something different
from the ordinary type in the way of
a parasol, is likely to take a fancy to
the novelties.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
CASE FOR RECIPES.

which is then slipped inside the case.
are more readily accessible than when
laid on shelf or in drawer or with
in the leaves of a cook book, and they
never slip out of their own accord and
disappear, with apparent malice, as
clippings have habit of doing BY
way of showing the use for which it is
intended, suitable cooking utensils are
marked in ink and tinted in color on
the case, and it's top is cut on their out
lines. The inner paper is finished to
correspond, and as it is trife longer
than the outer case, prominent uten-
sill serves as handle to withdraw it
when necessary. The illustration shows
the finished case, also the separate
parts.-Agnes Warren, In Modern Fris-
ella.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
PARASOL DAYS ARE COMING
Next Summers Sunshades Are No.
ticeable for Their Novelty and
Real Artistic Worth.

Parasol days seem pretty far distant
just now, but the shop folks believe in
anticipating the calendar, and in the
sunny south, whence so many north
erners have gone, the parasol is as nee
essary as the furs that the New Yorker
finds SO comfortable. From Paris have
come this season many charming sun
shades, and particularly attractive
type is illustrated in the accompany
ing sketch. 1t is of white taffeta silk,
with frill of f1lmy lace headed by an ap-
plique of La France roses and foliage
in panne velvet in natural hues. A
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
Moderation in Exercise.

The Japanese use practically no
gymnasium apparatus, yet, says st.
Nicholas, they show greater excellence
of strength and endurance than do
any other people in the world. While
some of their exercises may seem VIC
lent, they take them with great mod
GRAFTON. At the outset Of course in
jiujitsu the student is rarely upon the
floor more than half an hour, and
three-quarters of this time is devoted
to walking and breathing between ex-
ercises. AS the student becomes more
proficient, he spends three-quarters
of an hour on the floor, then an hour
and so on, by degrees, unless he is able
to give two hours a day to the work.
Yet three-quarters of his time, or
nearly that amount, is spent in walk
ing back and forth and in breathing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
Making a Real Lace Gown.

Darned lace is greatly esteemed by
connoisseurs. A whole dress made in
this way is very beautiful. Take white
Brussels net or point d'esprit for foun-
dalton and make princess gown we'll
fitted to the figure. Cut paper flower
a daisy shape is good model-pin it on
the net, and run a white silk outline
around the edges This may be done at
intervals all over the net, the interven-
ing spaces being afterwa:d connected by
a running line. After the flowers have
been sketched in, so to speak, with the
needle, the petals may be darned solid
with coarse white embroidery silk, leav-
ing a round center to be filled in with
several French knots.-Chicago Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
DAINTY CASE FOR RECIPES.
Clippings Laid Within It's Folds Arc
More Accessible Than If Placed
in q Drawer.

For those who have felt the need Of
some little article which will hold the
new recipes that promise so well, yet
must be laid aside until convenient
time comes for trying them, there is
provided holder shaped like NINA
ture portfolio. The outer case is made
of water-color paper, cut as indicated
in the accompanying diagram, gummed
on the flaps and folded in the middle.
Clippings laid within this folded paper,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22

physical condition when this condition
is caused by sick kidneys: 4.
Mrs. Sadie Mettles Of 1874 w. 4thAve. :,
Columbus, Ohio, says: "Prior to the
year 1898 I suffered considerably from
backache, pain in the head, languor
and depression and weakness Of tho
action of the kidneys. The pain was
always worse in the morning and I felt
miserable. Twas induced to procure .
box of Doan's Kidney Pills and l.began
their use. They proved prompt and
effective. They cured me and there
has been no return of the trouble since
taking them. owe all the credit to
Doan's Kidney Pills." IT,.
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Mett1es will
be mailed on application to any part Of
the United States. Address Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all druggists, price so cents per box.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
SKIN PUR1F1CAT1ON.
Cuticara Soap, Ointment and Pills
Cleanse the Skin and Blood Of
Tortur1ng Humors - Cone
Dlete Treatment Q1.00.

The .agonizing itching and burning Of
the skin, a. in eczema; the friehtful seal
ing, as in psoriasis; the loss Of hair and
crusting. Of scalp, as in SCALED head; the
facial Disagreement, as in pimples and
ringworm; the awful suffering of infants,
and anxiety Of WORKOUT parents, as in
mand q. remedy of almost superhuman
virtues to successfully cope with them.
That Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills
are such stands proven by the testimony
of the civilized world.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
B Kentucky Breakfast Food.

kentucky Breakfast Food.
What's become Of Henry" asked the
neighbor Of the Kentucky mountaineer. Il
Hen? Why, he's gone up to Michigan
food places. All he has to do is to put
tn breakfas' food in one 0. these hyah
pas'ebo'd boxes .s 71Ss@5sr =
I'm 4 pas'ebo'd box" = :"
That's what he says"
How in time can man git q chew =
tubacker an liggeh o whisky in 4
pas'ebo'd box SOS hit won't spil1"-Bos-
ton Post. - ;: -. T. /
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
No Chance for q Blowout.

IF I were to give you ten dollars, -
said the philanthropist, would you
blow it ip?" @.y
..Nary a blow, mister replied the
hard-luck victim. t'Ef I wuz ter git
hold Nv dat much coin in er lump it
nd take me breath erway. See ?''-
Chicago Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
Black Spots on Dishes.

Salt rubbed on the black spots on
dishes will remove them, and salt placed
over fresh claret stain on the table
linen will assist it to disappear when
washed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
TIE Doctors FAILED.

Kilgore, O., April ia rather 70.
narkable case has just come to light in
this place. Mr.. John T. Riegle had been
suffering for some time with an aggra-
waited form of Kidney disease which had
caused him a great deal of discomfort:
He. tried the treatment of several doc.
tors, but did not get any better. At last
he CHANGED to read an advertisement. of
been making many wonderful cures, and
he bought some at once and began to use
them. He says of the result:
''Dodd's Kidney Pills do just what they
for the good they have done for me.
They cured me completely after the doc.
tors had failed, and wish that every
poor sufferer could hear of them, for I
know they will cure Kidney trouble"
There seems to be no case of Kidney
Trouble, Rheumatism or Backache that
Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure per-
fectly and permanently.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, q repu-
tation fob wisdom simply puhceeds FUN
exceptional talents fob concealin' ignor-
ance."-W ashington Star,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
wokEN BREAK DOWN.
Sometimes women drift into I "a

EA0eAs11A "a - y AANO &oSynSs
dition of /" half invalid. ..
Continual languor-all
tired out, run down..
backache, nerves shat
tered, headache, terrible.
pain, no appetite, poor
digestion. In nine cases
out oftenit;s because the
kidneys, fail to do their
work Of hltering the
poisonous system waste.
from the blood. The
kidneys are weak and
need the strengthening
help of Doan's Kidney
Pills. Read how these
raS11o ,.onoir = vroo1rn~AS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
Ave., n, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22

The two greatest fodder plants on earth,
tons green fodder per acre. Grows every
where, so does Victoria Rape, yielding
$1,000 lbs. sheep and swine food per acre.
TX. IL
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS TO THE
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lacrosse, Wis,
and receive in return their big catalog and
lots of farm seed samples.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22

No man is so Insignificant as to be sure
his example can do no hurt.-Lord Clar-
endon,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22

1dleness is the burial of a living man.
Jeremy Taylor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22

'07 latter slapping the wrong man fa-
miliarly on the back)-"Oh, pardon me,
Dir. thought you We're some one else.
,O4-"You are quite correct. l am. -
Harvard Lampoon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22

June Tint Butter Color makes top Of
the market butter.
A mans best friends are his ten fingers.
Robert Collyer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22
It Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
bot, sweating, callus, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold BY! all Druggists. Price 25c Don't
accept any substitute Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-04-22

Getting up in the world il better than
getting on.-Ram's Horn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-24
Strong and Vigorous at the Age Of
E19htV- ej9ht.

Rev.J. n. Parker, Utica, n. V, writes: !:
ain June, 1901, lost my sense Of hear
ing entirely. My hearing had been
somewhat impaired lor several years,
but not SO much effected but that could
hold converse with my friends; but in
June, 1901, my sense Of hearing left me
SO that could hear no sound whatever.
! was also, trouble with rheumatic pains
in my limbs. l commenced taking Pc
rnna and now my hearing is restored as
good as it was prior to June. 1901. My
rheumatic pains are all gone. ] cannot
speak too highly of Peruna, and now
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-24
BANKS SEEKING PUBLICITY.
Banks Sometimes Seek Business by
Methods Not So Dignified.

Some of the local benks, which are
enterprising enough in other direc-
tions, seem now to he awaking to the
Importance of advertising their busi-
ness through the newspapers.
This is but a sign of the times. It
the old rutsfiskoT ameiH knrh tree
is an advertising age, because it is a
progressive age, and all lines of busi-
ness that are not contented with the
old ruts are seeking to get out of them
The surest sign that a business is in
rut is that it does not advertise. for
the advertiser is ever the man that is
reaching out after more business. and
advertising is the most effective means
of extending the field of any enterprise
that depends upon public patronage.
But there are different ways of ad
vertising. There is good advertising.
advertising not SO good, and bad adver-
tising Any advertising that is not
there are plenty of shrewd people who
insist that even bad advertising is
better than none at all. One trouble
with houses that have never adver-
tised, or advertised very little, is that
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-24

when they do begin to advertise they
do not understand how 10 do It most
Such advertisers usually
adopt the old stereotyPed forms OF IN
formation and expressions that have
entirely lost the interest of novelty,
and accordingly fail tu attract as they
should the attention of the reader.
When banks begin advertising they
generally fall into his mistake. They
seem To think il sufficient to print the
lanes ot their officers and the amounts
q. their capital and surplus. There is
little in this to cause the newspaper
reader TO differcntiatc one bank from
another. Such an advertisement is
better than no advcrt'S S"meEt: it
serves as sign does, to famliariZc
the public with the name a,h' exis-
tencc of the bank, but il offers little
tc that pubic-which is not given to
analyzing such fi2ures-tO impress on
it any material distinction between
one bank and another
An example OF a different order OF
advertising is put out by local sav-
ings bank and two of the trust com
pameS. These institutions follow the
policy of trying to enlist the attention
of the people and then showing them
why it is To their advantage to become
patrons of those particular establish
ments. Their plan is TO interest the
reader in the advertisements, though
he may not at first be interested in the
business advertised. But once his in
terest in the advertisement is engaged.
the next step of Ultimately interesting
him in the business follows naturally.
This is effected by persistently ham
nerinS away day after day on the
ideas which it is wished to impress on
the reader-on the same ideas. it may
be, but repeatedly changed in form
and expression. The result has been
SO satisfactory to these advertisers
that they could not be induced to fall
back into the old rut Of the non-adver-
tisers, and instead Of doing this they
are expanding their Advertising
Some banks that advertise in the
stock way think it would be inconsis-
tent with dignity to advertise in any
other way, But there are more things
in the banking business than dignity
Besides, banks go after busi.
ness through other channels than
newspaper advertising without an
undue reference to "dignity;;o and
besides, again, impressing upon
the public the merits of ones
business in an interesting way is not
at all inconsistent with any real dig
-Courier-Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-24
NElGHBoRlNG TOWNS
1. + + + + + + + + + - + +
Double Wells.

Double Wells, June 23.-Rev. d..
Westall preached an able sermon to
a large audience last Sunday. After
the sermon the members of the church
assembled around the communion ia
BILE and partook OF the Lords supper
and washed each others feet.
Mrs. l.. Wood of Camden was here
this week visiting her sister, Mrs. G.
r. Cailwell and family.
Miss Alice Haywood is here this
week visiting her father and mother
Mrs Jennie Coghill has returned
to her home in Pine Bluff after three
weeks visit to Mr.. and Mrs. C. H.
Caldwell.
Mr.. Walter Cary and Miss Oreline
Higgins were married last Sunday
morning at . O'Clock. Esq, ": W n
Bridges performing, the ceremony. A
large number of friends witnessed the
wedding. The bride and groom are
each twenty-three years of age'
A great many. people have moved
out of the overfowed bottoms. Mr..
G. Green and family. Mr.. Wallace and
Mr.. Ragsdale and family. and
Mr.. Meeks and family have moved
here. :, ;. 1.''@
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-24

You can tell lot more about {,
girls ideas on any question by the
shirt waist she wears than by the
graduating essay she reads.-New
York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-24
FOR SALE.

One of the best built houses,
rooms, all modern improvements;
also one first class upriaht piano,
and household goods. for sale for
cash. Apply zoos West Barraque.