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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-06-24
Nominated a Woman.

Boston, June 18.-The Massachusetts,
,rohibitionists made departure from
custom at their state convention here
Friday when they placed woman on
their state ticket by nominating Mrs.
Fannie J. Clary, Of Williamsburg, for
secretary of state.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-06-24

! Mothers lose their dread for s'that
terrible second summer when they
have DR.. Fowler's Extract of Wild
Strawberry In the house. Natures
specifice for bowel complaints OF every
sort Icy,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-06-24
PROCEEDINGS
Board Of Supervisors Howard County
Iowa, June Session,
1904.

The following claims were disposed
of as shown below and the auditor
was authorized to draw warrants
on the proper funds in payment Of
same:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25

all day long instead Of In rush hours, 4 4
but it can carry 100000 anyhow. Al.
ready 1t is 6lled full and forgotten and
people are grumbling about the brush
just as much as ever. ..@ts
New York. has got to build hundred
miles of subway at a cost of $3.50, 00O, 900
enough to- build and equip 1000 miles
of ordinary single track railroad When
she has done that, the problem will be
to begin all over again; just how no one
knows at present, except that the people
must be taken OF the surface. Surface
transit is played out In New York, except
In the suburbs. And there is the SUBJ
subway to come after the subway. OF
this beautiful development there il
sample already. Where Thirty-tourth
street crosses Fourth avenue this COM
bfnation exists: At the bottom of
everything, the Pennsylvania tunnel,
two tracks, east and west; second, the
subway, four tracks, north and south:
third, the Fourth avenue cars, two
tracks, north and south; fourth, the
surface cars, two tracks, east and west,
past the Waldorf-Astoria; fifth, the ele-
waited line, two tracks, on Thirty fourth
street, block away and likely to be
extended across the others. Here, in
stead of three-story transit, we have
hve-story transit, and in all II tracks
at single street crossing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25
IHlNT FOR REsSMAleE Rs.
Nine. Baker Says That the Princess
5s and tas aodst Skirt Will Be
= A .z .s,s. All the Rage.

I; Whatever happens there are two.
styles that may be counted upon this
season. One Is the princess and the.
other the godet skirt for walking. This,
with . good many cores extending to
form a sort Of peasant waist, is the
craze Of the moment ia Paris and Is
called ''the cowboy walking skirt" It
must be very full ct the foot to set out
in ripples. A narrow strip Of hair.
cloth in the hem and q petticoat made
with the lily dounce will give the ret
out look required, q little above the.
ankle. This will be worn with any
kind of waist or blouse. I'M
Plated skirts have been so thorough
~ overdone, and turned out by SO
many thousands of dozens, at from
$1.9S up, that they will not be worn as
much as the plain gored skirts. For
the house it is out of the. question to
have short skirt; they are too bobby
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25
IRH1iFE
THE USE Of FACE POWDERS
They Contain Harmful as Well a.
Harmless Substances to p.
Some Skins.

Ipropose to say few words on the in
fluence of powders in the making and In
the marring of the complexion. AS
matter of fact, owing to the manner in
which these cosmetics are abused, the
general tendency is to mar rather than
to make, although the immediate effect
may be both satisfactory and pleasing.
The great mistake that is generally made
is that these so-called aids to beauty are
used indiscriminately and irrespectively
Of the idiosyncrasies and peculiarities Of
the skin to which they are applied.
It must be remembered that the basis of
the great majority Of powders is starch
a substance which in itself is harmless.
It has, however, drying properties, and
therefore should not be used thoughtless-
ly when the skin is naturally dry, And,
further than this, it should not be forgot
ten that starch is not soluble IN either
hot or cold water, and, therefore, can
not be removed from the pores and in
terstices of the skin by the ordinary
methods of washing. In fact, it not in
frequently happens that, owing to this
difficulty In removing it after it has once
been applied, certain Of the pores of the
skin become blocked and ultimately re-
suit in blackheads or even in boils. The
most common addition to the powders
of which the basis is starch, is borax or
boracic acid. These substances, again,
are comparatively harmless, are solu-
bic in water, and act as mild antiseptics,
but, like starch, they also have drying
properties, and hence should not be lay
ishly used unless the skin is naturally
moist. For greasy skins they are par
ticularly useful.
Among the more harmful substances
which are added to these powders are
zinc. oxide and certain preparations of
bismuth. These salts, though particu-
larly soothing to irritated skins, have dis
advantages which it is worth while to re-
member. Both of them, when applied
to greasy skins, are apt to turn some
what greyish blue hue which presents the
CHASTITY appearance with which we are 50
familiar in the case of skins which have
been enamelled for considerable period
of time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25
CANAL BOAT WITH HISTORY
Raising Of the "Saucy Sally" Sunk IN
the Erie Basin Two-Score
Years Ago.

The historic old canal boat, the
Saucy Sally, was dug up in the Erie
basin one day lately where it had
sunk 46 years ago, says the Kingston
IN. ~ Leader. This discovery was
made by men who were digging coal,
and the most interesting thing about
the unearthing of the old clipper"
as the canal boats were called, was
that one of the men, Cal Johnston,
was deckhand ON the craft at the
time it sunk. There never was more
surprised man than Cal Johnston, when
the earth covering the old boat was
removed, and the name Saucy Sally
in faint and almost indiscernible char
acters appeared on the bow. He
shouted and danced and his compan-
ions for time didn't know how to
account for his strange gyrations.
The Saucy Sally in her time was the
best Known boat plying the waters
of the canal. Canal boat captains
from time immemorial have achieved
fame for their use of vigorous and ex-
pressive English, but it was said Of
Saucy Sally's captain that he had a
longer list of good words than any
Of his contemporaries. A distin-
guished feature about him was that
he was man of originality and con-
ceived his own picturesque express
siOns, scorning the use of the COM
mon or garden variety. With such a
captain commanding the respect of all
of the canal boat captains, as well as
the residents of the towns along the
canal, attention was, of course, direct
ed to the "Saucy Sally and she ba-
came famed. For years the "Saucy
Sally and her captain together trav-
eled the length of the canal, until
both began to show the signs of age
and the wear of the elements. One
night as the boat made the silent wa
tiers of the canal, something went
wrong. great hole was made in its
bottom and down went "Saucy Sally, :"
sinking so deep in the mud that
formed the bottom of the canal that it
was deemed we'll nigh impossible to
raise her. She sank 80 low that she
did not interfere with the passage of
other boats, and so she was allowed
to remain, and presently it was for
gotten that the "Saucy Sally" and her
cargo of coal had found a resting
place in that bed of mud Now, nearly
half century after, it is found and
has started base of stories going of
the good old days when Hawley was
the center of a great canal traffic and
the "Saucy Sally" calmly followed the
peaceful waters.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25
A JAPANESE SHOE SHOP.
Footgear for Horses as Well az Men
Is Made Of Woven
Straw.

Like all other shops in Japan, shoe
shop opens a broad side to the street.
1t seems misnomer to call it shoe shop,
a place where you can only buy sandals
or clogs, things we are not accustomed
to Call shoes: they are foot gear, any
way, says the New York World.
There is low platform in front upon
which the customer sits and drinks tea
while making his or her purchases; the
shopkeeper meanwhile sQuating on his
heels and discussing the news of the
day.
The sandals worn by the ricksha cool
les are called warafi; they are woven Of
rice straw, and are sold for half . cent
q pair. They are made in the country
villages and the foreigner watches the
weaving with amused interest, ..s,.
The prehensile big toe of japanese
is of great assistance, as it is used for
catching and holding the straws, leav-
ing the hands free to weave.
The pack horse wears straw shoes as
well as the farmer who leads him. New
pairs are strung around the high saddle,
and the slow-moving beast is reshod
every few miles,. !. i:
In the japanese shop one will find
many varieties of clogs; a few with the
caps. others plain. A few years ago the
social position of a man, woman. or girl
was indicated by the kind Of clog worn
and the decoration on It. %zA&.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25

had not happened more than twice in 20
years. Naturally this revived the old
stories of 1900 and 1901 about America
becoming the financial center of the
world.
There's nothing in them. Rather,
they are a half truth. Ten years ago
more than half the stock of the Illinois
Central, for instance, was owned
abroad. Now more than three-Quarters
of it Is owned in this country. In 1901,
at the very time when we were boasting,
some Of us, about American financial
supremacy" the European banks held
something like half billion of Ameri-
can floating loan" 1t decreased rapid
ly through the slump of 1902 and early
1903, but later last year ran up again.
Some of the Is months notes of our
railroads are coming due along about
now and must be taken up somehow.
Most Of this floating debt went abroad.
OF course we bought British Boer war
bonds, Russian bonds, German city
bonds and so on. Most of these have
gone home, just as American securities
have returned here. Kuhn, Loeb & Go.
took lot of Japanese bonds which can
not go home until after the war. Recent
issues of Cuban and Mexican bonds will
stay in this country because there is
little capital in Havana or Mexico to
bid for them. AS for our financing Eu-
rope, that is absurd for years to come.
What we have done is to reduce our
debt to her relatively, and it's lucky we
did, for we shall have less and less
wheat to spare for balance settling.
Naturally it makes New York feel big
to take a whole Cuban loan at 81 and
have it go to 103 in six months; and to
take $6,O00,000 Mexican treasury notes
in back Office in one day without adj
vertisement, and to buy $40,OOO,000 in
bonds of the same government in COM
petition with Europe. But the fact re-
mains that four times as many kinds of
securities are commonly dealt with in
London as in New York. American
railroad shares are bought and sold in
London by the thousand daily. British
shares are not known in New York
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25
and 6QO.OOO.QOO peo-

pie next year. The Metropolitan surface
car system carried 40O,00O.000 in 1902
and is at the end OF It's rope. For 1t, in
crease must come in the gradual growth
of short haul traffic. Out in the Bronx
another great combination gets odds anc
ends of traffic to the tune of perhaps
100,O00,000 passengers a year. The
Brooklyn Rapid Transit will soon rival,
if it does not now, the Metropolitan.
The Queens and Richmond systems
bring the total up to 1,500,000,O 900 pas
sengers yearly.
All this with not a single railroad
track running across the Hudson yet
below Poughkeepsie and only four tracks
to Brooklyn. But six tracks are being
laid under the Hudson and the Lacka-
wanna will soon start couple more; and
26 new tracks will within four years be
laid over or under the East river; all
but four of them are municipal. Eight
of them will be in use in one year. Well,
when all these 36 tracks are pouring
into Manhattan from east and west the
theater and shopping crowds as well as
business men and travellers, where is
traffic to go? Consider the multiplica-
ton of coal carts and delivery wagons
and other vehicles in the streets. The
street cars" must get of the street and
crawl in. They must dig holes in the
ground There is no other way; and
for all the Dragging New York does
about the finest subway in the world"
which no doubt it is, the discredit is in
not having had the sense to begin it
sooner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25

and ungraceful. Neither can one walk
in the street wearing long skirt that
has to be lifted or otherwise sweep the
sidewalk. The narrow front gore is
still considered necessary in nearly all
skirts. ~.
Rejane, in one OF her plays, wears
a stunning costume which is a cross
between a redingote and a princess. It
is double breasted, with close sleeves
and wide revers, high collar and square
cuffs. It fastens invisibly down the
front under the lap and has pretty
sweep. Just the thing for visiting
or reception gown for. one with fine
figure. 4 =.
Now, a word about two or three odd
combinations of colors and materials:
An evening gown of violet tulle is
made over slip of pink silk and chit
fon and the wide tucks and shirrings
give variety Of orchid shades. A
white mousseline has innumerable ruff
fles, all edged with a pale blue alpaca
braid. A brown velveteen suit has
coat trimming OF linen tape dyed to
match and crimped, one edge only be-
ing caught down by cross-stitch in
each fold, Of gold-colored silk
The fad for costumes of one color
comes and goes. but the wise woman
knows that a bit of color is like ray
of sunshine on cloudy day; it makes
every one look and feel better.
Lastly, Nine. Baker, who gives the
above hints in the American Dress
maker, describes four separate waists,
which can be worn with any up-to- date
skirt. Fig. A is waist Of taffeta.
shirred with yoke and cuffs of Bruges
lace. B is a waist of chameleon taf4
feta with crossed fronts, surplice.
tucks, velvet collar, cuffs, revers and
belt. G pictures a waist OF broadcloth
with lace vest, tucks and trimming of
braid. D is a waist of crepe de chine
with stirring, lace yoke and motifs
and ribbons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25
Sad Domestic Blow.

The honeymoon hadn't even begun tc
shoot the chutes when he came home one
evening and found her crying as it her
heart would break.
why, darling, what in the world is
the matter?" he asked.
> ".Oh, -J-John.": she sobbed, I'm so
d-dfscouraged d-don't@know what to
do ..~e,s,as-5-.
What is it, little wifle?" he queried
as he gathered her into his arms.
II w-worked all a-afternoon making
c-custard pies b-because you are so
f-fond Of then" she replied, and t-they
all t-turned out s-sponge cakes Boo
hoo-oo!"-Chicago Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25

Unfortunately, these are the very things
the bucket shops deal In most, because
they are cheaper and because they fluc-
tuate more wildly in proportion to the
quotations. A stock which has paid the
same dividends for years is too steady
for the bucketers.
The lambs are back in the market
again with a vengeance. When a
bucket shop man failed" the other day
70 agents came from as many cities to
patch things up. The amounts repre-
scented in these and similar strings"
Of branch Offices is simply enormous.
Is it of any use to preach about this
business? The fact is that the majority
of the bucket shops customers are bulls
by temperament, and that they gamble
on a three-point margin, or even less,
doubling up" their paper profits as they
go. At any time three-point drop
wipes out every dollar they have in.
There was a five-point drop within a
very few days in first-class stocks when
the Russian gunners fired on the British
fishing fleet. How many thousands of
little gamblers who had Dragged for
weeks about their success" did it wipe
out? A clerk who had ''pyramided"
his profits since the rise began last July
and rolled "shoestrlng'' up into big
sum for him was wiped out that week.
He went around telling everybody that
he had lost thousands in the drop. VI
course he hadn't. He had merely lost
the original shoestring-as all like him
are sure to do, sooner or later. He had
never felt or handled or seen the thou
sands.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25
PRETTY WILLOW FRAMES

BILE combination; no matter what the
subject and coloring Of a picture; it is
possible to find an appropriate frame.
Perhaps one Of the newest ideas in
framing is the employment of willow
such as furniture is made Of. Naturally,
this style Of frame would only be de-
sirable in certain cases: It particularly
commends itself for country houses
and willow furnished rooms. The
frames are woven In graceful and in
tricate patterns and viii doubtless
prove a popular novelty.-Brooklyn
Eagle. ~;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25
FRAMES MADE OF WILLOW.
A New Fad Which Has ALREADY Ta1<an
Eastern Lovers Of Dainty Nov
elites by Storm.

Picture framing as an art has never
been made so much Of a study as at
present. It is no longer only artists
of the brush who recognize the value
Of an artistic frame, which shall be In
harmony with the picture which it in
closes. There certainly seems no ex-
cuse In this day of wide variety and
beauty in picture framing for unsulra.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25

even vote. One secret of the quick sue
cess in politics of Francis Burton Har-
rison was his persistence in getting out
the idle fellows from the club windows.
Theodore Roosevelt had much the same
success 20 years ago.
The kingdom of the horse is scarcely
narrowed by the automobile. Where
500 automobiles gather at a Saturday
afternoon race, many thousands of
horses are careering along the roads or
cantering in the parks. l have never
known such large fields in the hunt
clubs. The famous Meadowbrook at a
recent meeting in perfect November
weather had 81 riders, more than can
follow the hounds in anything like COM
fort, and was forced to organize drag
hunt for an overflow of % riders.
Society has mild sensations to talk
about upon its return. The separation
of the Foxhall Keenes, the trouble the
Thaw family is having over Harry
Thaw's reported marriage to an actress,
the impending marriage of Mrs. Tevis
and Mr.. Mckee, of Pittsburg, and the
effect of the new canon upon divorce OF
the Episcopal church and its effect upon
society are never-failing topics.
The wedding of Miss Elsie Cryder and
William Woodward was a foretaste Of
the season. So far as outsiders are
concerned, the notable thing about this
wedding was that Miss Cryder is one Of
three sisters born at birth and all alive
and we'll. The mills twins" and the
'Cryder triplets" have been somewhat
wearisomely instanced as refutation OF
any imputation of ch1ldlessness against
the smart set, In sober fact, children
are rather plenty among the younger set
in society. On the whole, fortunate
children they are, too.
OWEN LANGDON.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25
DO YOUR OWN MANIcURiNC.
There's No Reason Why Any Girl
Should Have Hands That Look
Coarse and Rough.

This is the season of the year when IL
is more than ever difficult to keep ones
nails in order. Living out Of doors, prac-
ticing many sports work havoc to the
hands, unless girl is careful. To 60
regularly to manicure is expensive,
but with little time and by simple means
it is possible to do much toward improy-
ing the nails. ~ 80 ~ : -, !
The skin at the base is inclined to
grow over them, but that can be easily
prevented. Fill basin with nice hot,
soapy water, and soak your hands in
this for at least ten minutes. BY that
time the skin will be soft, and with q
blunt stick Of orange wood (obtainable
at any druggist's) can be pressed gently
back into its proper position, SO that
the pretty half moons at the base Of the
nail can be seen in all their glory. 55
But remember that too great pressure
or ungentle treatment Of any kind will
probably result in crop Of those little
white spots that are so disdguring.
After pressing back the skin and thor
oughly drying the hands, take half 4
lemon and keep digging your fingers
into this until the nails are saturated
with the juice. There is nothing Ike Il
for improving and beautifying them.
Wipe OF the lemon with soft rag:
roll q corner Of your towel up into ..
hard pad, and with this give the nails /
brisk rub to restore the polish.
Il This treatment once week, and q
careful pushing back Of the skin every
time the hands are washed will soon
bring about q marvellous Improvement
IN the appearance of the nails. TO pol
bh, rub briskly on the palm Of the other
hand. szS IA. 81 60
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-25
Massage for Double Chins.

For q double chm massage up and
down along the cheeks and sides Of the
face, down along the jaw, horizontally
on the sides Of the neck and back and
forth under the chin. Ten minutes Wig
orous massage two or three times Z day
will often produce In fortnight re-.
markable result s r. s s2.szsz zza !