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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13

TERRIBLE r. CHIN SCALP.
Eczema Broke Out Also On Hands and
1imbs-An Old Soldier Declares: !
- t.sCuticura Is Blessinr.n

Eat all times and to all people r an,
willing to testify to the merits Of C,1t;.
cura. II saved me from worse than Che tor.
tures of hades, about the year 1900. with
itching on my scalp and temples. and after.
wards it commenced to break ont on nv
hands: Then It broke out On. nv limbs l1
l then went to q Surgeon, whose treat.
ment did me no good, but rather arora.
waited the disease. I then told him T
would go and see physician in Erie
Inc reply was that could 60 anywhere.
but case of eczema like mine could not
be cured; that was too old 1907. I went
to an eminent doctor in the CITY Of Erie
and treated with him for six months. Win
like results. I had read Of the Cuticura
Remedies, and 80 sent for the Cuticura
Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent, and con-
tinued taking the Resolvent until I had
taken six bottles, stopping it to take The
Pills: | was now getting better. I took
two baths day, and at night T let the
lather Of the Soap dry on. I used the
Ointment with great effect after washing
in warm water, to stop the itching at
treatment is a blessing, and should be
used by every, one who has itching Of the
skin. / can't say any more, and thank
God that He has given the world such a
curative: VIM. Il. Gray, 1903 Mt. Vernon n
St., Philadelphia, Pa, August 3, 1862
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13
GRIsT. OF GRINs.

Eddie-"Say, uncle, what's radium?"
Uncle-"Aw, that's the stuff they make
radiators off,
Father, what's the difference be-
tween lunch and a luncheon?"
about a dollar and a quarter, my
boy"
''How did you get that black eye.
Willie:" Il got dat" replied Willie,
disgustsdly, ''by waitin' to count ten
when ! was angry, like you told me
to-"
Nervous Old Lady ION seventh floor
Of hoteD-'Do you know what precau-
lions the proprietor of the hotel has
taken against fire?" Porter-"Yes,
mum; he has the place inshoored for
twice wot it's worth"
well, MI. Lambkin, how do you
like being married?" mot in the least.
! am no longer allowed to smoke, to
drink or to 60 out alone" ''Then you
must be sorry you married." II am
not allowed to be sorry, either"
Mrs. Nibs-"Why were you so absurd
as to tell Bibbs at the dinner table
that you can tell an old turkey from
a young one by the teeth?" Nibbs-
80 can" Mrs. Nibbs-"Nonsense
Turkeys have no teeth Nibbs-
''Well. have"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13

u Harry Leon Wilson, author Of The
Spenders,' was domiciled for summer
In Connecticut with a colony OF artists
and writer's, all of whom had to go into
the city every day, relates the Saturday
Evening Post. {: =: r. g. -: .r'
Wilson was doing nothing but loaf
ing. He loafed artistically, and from
time 70 time met and haA fun with
some of the natives of the place. One
day he found two men in the road who
seemed congenial, and he struck UP an
acquaintance with them. He proposed
a drive and they got a surrey and two
horses. ~
Can you driven asked Wilson.
- Sure" one Of his sudden friends re-
piled, II am fine driver"
They got aboard. and started down
the road. Before they had gone half a
mile the team was frightened by a
passing automobile aud ran away. The
driver valiantly steered the horses
into telegraph pole and Wilson and
his two friends were thrown helter-
SHELTER into the road.
"AoOA SLOWLY SdLueIeu himself To-
gethec. One of his friends was sitting
in the ditch rubbing his bruises and
the other stood in the middle of the
road gazing in fearful misery at two
front teeth which he held in the palm
of his hand.
Pretty lucky escape, wasn't tt?'
asked Wilson, for want of something
better to say.
Eyes, replied the man with the
teeth, weeping afresh, "but please, oh
please, tell rue, what shall do with
these?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13
Pitied Pitcoe.

A man who had started with a
friend on weeks automobile tour
stayed away two weeks. When finally
they got back to town, he went home,
and his wife received him coldly.
What he dreaded was a scolding and
an upbraiding. II am so glad to be
back with you here, DEAR he said;
"but pity Pitcoe. Poor old Pftcoe?'
What is the matter with Pitcoe?"
said the lady, sharply. "Ah, poor fel-
low" said her husband, at this mo-
ment his wife is giving him the very
deuce!" And that willy speech got
him Oh, ,.>~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13
xAR0eN3 BRUTALITY 70 LlNBon,RoFF

had just been married, and, by brib.
Ing the warden, he was enabled to
receive letters from his young wife.
Suddenly the letters ceased.
Six months passed, for Knieff a
time Of dependency and suspense,
when, as he entered the prison yard
one morning for his daily, exercise,
he saw three women at the other side
of the yard. The first of them had
her head wrapped up-it was winter
and in thick cloth, but as she
passed him she raised the cloth and
smiled. 1t was his wife, who had got
herself arrested to be near him.
Kneihf's wife caught but a few
glimpses of him during their impris-
onment. Occasionally he caught
glimpses of her walking in the yard,
and they exchanged signals from a
distance-but never had the oppor-
tunity of speaking to each other.
The woman sacrificed her life for
the happiness Of knowing that she
was near her husband and that she
was aiding him to bear the awful
burden of prison life.
Mental and Physical Wrecks.
The scenes after the release of the
prisoners defy all description. What
came forth from those horrible holes
were not men-but animals; mind
and soul were gone, and only the
horrible remnants Of the human bod
les, clawed, hairy, unspeakably foul,
with eyes that revealed horribly the
cunning born Of fighting for bits of
food, the madness of starvation,
abuse and solitude.
Graft by! the keepers perhaps was
more responsible for the starvation
and wretchedness of the prisoners
than the inhumanity Of the rulers.
The guards sold the food sent to the
prisoners, and supplied them with
refuse, decayed meats and wormy
beans.
Madness resulting from ill-nourish-
ment and solitary confinement in
damp, sunless cells killed almost as
many as did disease. The majority
of the long term prisoners released
were insane-and even more were
coughing away their lives with con-
sumption.
Many of them had lived only in
hope Of vengeance, fought for life for
chance to kill guard, to die with
talo11s clutched in the throat of some
representative Of the oppressor. Re-
lease has robbed most of them Of their
ferocity. The reaction has left them
mainly helpless, mumbling, half-wit,
ted wrecks Of humanity, incapable OF
executing the wild deeds their mad
dened brains planned during their
long captivity.
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Madman's Awful Revenge.

Madman's Awful Revenge.
A prisoner called Linbomiroff, who
had blown off his own arm while ex-
perimenting with an Internal machine,
was workingman and entirely with
out means or influence, and the ward
ems made no secret of their dislike Of
him and treated him with the greatest
cruelty. They would deprive him of
food, or beat and kick him for failing
to have his cell in order within the
regulation time, thing which for him
in his one-armed condition, we'll nigh
was impossible.
This man finally lost his reason, and,
with the ingenuity of mailman,
planned a terrible vengeance. He
made rope by twisting up strips of
his sheets and smeared it with dust
and dirt so as to make it invisible In
the darkness. This rope he tied across
the doorway of his cell some inches
above the ground. When the warden
who was his special enemy appeared
next day, Linbomiroff made gesture
as if to strike him.
The warden rushed at him, tripped
over the rope, and, receiving ire
mendous blow from the prisoner, fell
senseless. The wretched mailman set
on him, unconscious as he was, dug
his nails into the warden's eyes; cut off
his fingers, and after setting his hair
alight, flung him into the corridor.
Killed Three Wardens.
While, as a general rule, six months
In the prison saps mans strength to
such an extent that he is incapable of
any resistance, this is not always
the case. On one occasion a man
who had been imprisoned for seven
years, and always had been regarded
as of a peaceful disposition, in sud-
den fit of frenzy, fell upon a warden,
wrested away his rifle. and stabbed
him in his neck.
Another warden instantly fired at
the prisoner and wounded him in the
shoulder. However, he lodged round
the yard, fired the cartridges which
were in the magazine of the rifle and
killed two wardens He then dropped
to the ground apparently mortally in
jured, but on the wardens rushing
up to secure him, he raised himself
and killed third Of his antagonists
with the butt Of the rifle before he
was overpowefed. Not being consid-
cred insane he was hanged.
IN 1907 = o,.4oa -
was brought to, Schlusselburg. He
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13
Mr.. II. ]. Henneman, Oakland, Neb.,

MT. ID. y. Henneman, Oakland, Neb..
writes:
= :" waited before writing to you about
my sickness, catarrh of the stomach.
which / had over a year ago.
"There were people who told me It
would not stay cured, but 1 am sure
that l am cured, for do not feel any
more ill effects, have a good appetite
and am getting fat
$50 am, and will say to all, am
cured for good.
6 thank you for your kindness.
"Pernna will be our house medicine
hereaffer"
: Catarrh of the stomach is also known
in common parlance as dyspepsia, gas
tritis and Indigestion. No medicine
will be of any permanent benefit except
itremoves the catarrh.
A Great Tonic.
Mr.. Austin M. Small, Astoria, Ore,
writes: 'During the hot weather of
the past summer lost my appetite.
tried Peruna, and found it pleasant to
take, spl endld appetizer and a great
tonic"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13

There Is one advantage in this bust.
ness,' unused the expert gardener, as
he stood in his orchard. ut Is graft
ing all the time, but you can always
get the public to swallow it."-Balti-
more American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13
Give ana Take.

3.
Give ana Take.
Gracious, my dear said the hfst
society belle. spitefully. " do hops
you're not III. You look 80 much old
or tonight ~ II. = +. i.
Tn quite well, thank you, dear, re
piled tho other. And you-how won
;derfully improved you are: You look
positively young."'-Philadelphia Led
ger. s@- . - 81 49, -
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Up to Him.

Regular Boarder-How many. more
times am going to see this same piece
of pie?
Waiter-Dunno, sir. The boss told
me to keep giving it to you till you ct
it.-Detroit Free Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13
ElatterY and the Sex.

He-1t was decided some time ago
that the mails could carry soft soap.
she-Umph didn't know the ca
pacity OF males for soft soap had ever
been Observation-Disclosures American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13

The mare is by no means singular.
Everything goes, where money is the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13

ally prolonged, in Schlusselburg. The
result is that prisoners, by the tap
ping process, soon get to learn the de-
tails of the lives of the prisoners on
either side of them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13

| Miss Mary O'Brien, so6 Myrtle
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:
''Peruna cured me in five weeks
OF catarrh of the stomach, after
suffering for four years and doctor
ing without effect. In common with
other grateful ones who have been
benefited by your discovs:y, 1 saw.
| All hail to Peruna."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-13
60 Bus. Winter Wheat Per Acre

That's the yield Of salzers Red Cross Hybrid Winter
Mheat Send e IN stamps for free sample Of same
Timothy Grasses, Bulbs, Trees etc for fall planting
SA1ZER SEED CO., Box ". K.La Crosse, Wiz.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-21
MILL
TOWN
BURNS
Parkersburg on the COquille
River Totally DeS>
trOyed by Fire

A dispatch from Coquille, Ore,
says: Parkersburg, a sawmill town
on this river. 10 miles above the
mouth, was totally destroyed by fire
Saturday afternoon. Fierce winds
have prevailed for several days, and
it is supposed the fire was blown from
the burning sawdust and slab pile to
the roofs of nearby buildings. Only
two buildings are left, one being the
resident of j. L. Kronenberg, the
superintendent and part owner.
The store, wharves, mill, lumber
and every wooden structure were
swept away. The books and money
from the postoffice were saved, but
all money, books and stock in the
companys store were lost.
No lives We're lost, but several men
were greatly endangered by trying to
save some of the property.
The property was owned by the Co
guile Mill & Tug Company, of San
Francisco, and it is thought that no
insurance was carried.
The loss is variously estimated at
from 100000 to s150,000.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-21
FRENCH SUBSTI-
TUTE FOR SILK

of clerks, bookkeepers, travelling
men, ETC., and has an Office In Lyons.
I am told by chemist that the gen.
esis of Chardonnet silk is gun cot
ton, which is made by treating or
dinary cotton with a mixture of MI
trate and sulphuric acid. When this
gun cotton is dissolved In alcohol 1t
forms collodion, and this makes a So
luton of cellulose, which is the basis
of Chardonnet. A viscous solution
of cellulose is injected in ininites-
NAL jets into the preparation, giving
1t brilliancy and tenacity. The al
cohol then evaporates from the fla
ments, and from these filaments
Chardonnet silk is produced. II the
article were left In that condition 1t
would still possess all the explosive
properties of gun cotton, from which
1t was made. To remedy this ths
fibre undergoes chemical treat
ment, by which the substitution pro
ducts above spoken of are removed.
and the cellulose from which 1t was
originally formed is restored and the
fibre loses its explosive properties. 1t
has become normal cellulose.-Con-
sular Report.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-21
There is no manufacture for the

There is no manufacture for the
production of Chardonnet silk In
Lyons. A factory at Besancon, about
14S miles northeast OF Lyons, has
been manufacturing Chardonnet silk
the last Is years. The output has
been increased from 220 pounds per
day to nearly 1000 pounds per day.
Chardonnet finds use more specially
in passementere and corded goods,
but is also used for ladies' dresses
and cannot be distinguished from
real silk except by the closest inspec-
ton of a skilled expert. 1t is but
little used in Lyons, but finds ready
purchasers in many of the smaller
cities of France. Its best market is
in the United States. 1t is manufac-
tured in Germany and Hungary, and
a factory is about to be put up for its
production in Italy. AS alcohol en-
ters very largely into the making OF
this material, the high internal rev.
enue tax in the United States has
thus far prevented It's manufacture
there.
The factory at Besancon employs
from 1900. to 1900 hands, exclusive
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-21
MAY BE PARDONED.
Efforts Made 10 Secure Freedom OF
James Colwell.

An application was made yester"
day for the pardon of James Colwell
who is serving time in the state pri-
son for manslaughter.
He was sent to the penitentiary
from the district court of Malheur
county, having previously been tried
and convicted in Harney county. He
was Jointly indicted with George S.
Miller, for murder and was tried
first with the result stated. Miller
secured a change of venue to Crook
county and was acquitted. AS Miller
was the principal in the killing and
Colwell was only an accessory, II
that, his pardon is being asked for
by a large number of people.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-21

A rush of wholesale pearl mer-
chants from New York to the Wa
bash, Wisconsin, and other western
rivers, has taken place In the last
few days, so that all of the promi-
nent firms are now represented by
one or more members or agents
The cause Is ascribed to a recent In
crease In the number of gems that
are being found in the mussel beds
and to the discovery of several un-
usually fine specimens.
The most valuable American pearl
brought to New York this season, a
round, white gem, Weighing 6S
grains, was bought several days ago
by Maurice Brewer OF IL John
street, and It is said to be held now
at $4,000, although 1t was sold by
the original finder for 70 cents. The
earl came In a shell the size of a sill
yer dollar, which was taken out OF
the Mississippi river on the Wiscon-
sin bank.
Another pearl offered for $4,000
in the Maiden Lane district last
week by I. e. Anthony OF Comanche.
Ia, is a 99-grain pear-shaped gem OF
q pink color. '
other tinted beauties of various
sizes up to 100 grains have also ar
rived from Vincennnes, Ind; Prairie
du Chen, Wis, and other centers OF
pearl-hunting activity. But the New
York buyers. after seeing the early
discoveries, set out for the rivers in
order to buy on the ground, as other
wise the rices multiply many times
on the way from the man who frs,
sees the pearl TO the buyer In this
city.
Mr.. Brewer, before going west
said that he intended to buy pearls
to the value OF 100000 for thu
market In this city and in Paris
The high water in western rivers II
the first part OF the season interfer
ed with pearl fishing, but now thu
fishermen are having an unusuall!
successful season. An increased de
mand from manufacturers OF but
tons and novelties for the musse
shells has helped the gem part o
1.-The industry by attracting a muel
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-21
WHY MARRIAGE IS
THE GREATEST LOTTERY

and whose chances of becoming a
satisfactory wife to any man who
wants more than plaything are
slim indeed? The little god of
love" is as scatter Drained and short
sighted as the old Greek represented
him to be.
In spite of the saying that There
is no fool like the old fool" middle
aged men often secure the best ma
trimonial prizes, simply because they
keep the question of suitability be-
fore their minds when they go a
counting. Instead of being swept off
their balance by pretty face and a
piquant manner, they stop short to
investigate deeper, to inquire
whether behind the veneer of good
looks there exist the solid qualities
which a sensible man desires in his
wife. When a man of 40 or so years
of age sets forth, purposefully, to
find the right kind of wife, instead
of allowing himself to be pounced
upon by the first fascinator who may
choose to exhibit a preference for
him he is apt to succeed in his quest,
especially if he is amenable to the
advice of friends whom he knows to
be sensible and prudent.
1t is not the least of the many ad-
vantage that men possess over won.
en- that it is so much easier for q
man to make a suitable choice in
marriage than it is for a woman tC
do so. Not only has the man all the
benefit of his wider experience, but
owing to the operation of socia
laws, he has the opportunity of see
ing the woman at home in her dali!
life, which few women can secure
with regard to man. 1t is cause TO
wonder that so many marriages turI
out well, rather than that some ar
failures, when one reflects how oftei
a young girl stands at the altar t.
utter the words which bind her 70
better of worse, for good or evil
with only the most superficial
knowledge, of any, of her husand'
lpast; of his real character; his tru
disposition. If only women kneN
men as men know men, and If me-
knew women as women know won
en-, there might be fewer weddings
but marriage would cease to be
lottery, and be a pleasant game 1
which all prizes and no absolut
, blanks would be the rule.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-21
Irrigating His Hops.

E. C. Croisan is irrigating his 40
the river. 1t Is an experiment with
Mr.. Croisan. but he believes that the
increase In the yield will be more
than sufficient to pay for the expense
OF putting the water on the growing
crop.
So far as Is known here this is is
the first experiment In irrigating
hops In the Willamette valley on any
thing like an extensive scale. II Is
believed that the yield will be In
creased at least one-third In seasons
when there is little or no rainfall,
such as this summer, for instance.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-21
State News

yamhill County Brass Band
.,uo to Tlllamook to take part in
bg carnival.
,5.year-old son of H. w. Gid
of Blodgett, was accidentally
while out hunting Sunday.
!, Sarah Zigler, a pioneer resi-
A Roseburg since 1852, died at
some there Saturday evening.
e Wheeler, of Pleasant Hill,
county, lost his new barn by
Monday evening. 1t contained a
!, ouantity of oats and hay.
nsouthern Pacific Railroad COM
ID erecting a monster oil tank at
. huction of the two West Side
a at st. Joseph. 1t is sc feet in
Irater and will be about 40 feet
'iE H. Wallace has been arrested
Sumpter, charged with having
Ed check for $50, purporting
/ \ signed by H. B. Griffin, the ho-
| 1nan of Sumpter. The check Is a
bsr.
1n D. Handley, a pioneer resident
Pmtland, but now of The Dalles,
\ at that place Monday. Mrs.
Slley was the widow of Major
kley, one of the proprietors of the
ktlla house at The Dalles.
ID c. Sether, representative of
! Nenasha Wooden Ware Company
Wisconsin, has purchased 5000
ks Of fine timber land in Coos
|my. This will mean a new manu-
|aurng plant at one of the coast
|wN
The rsidence of William Murphy,
Fabu man for the Corvallis & East
finlroad at Munker's Station, was
Htfoyed by fire Sunday evening. The
be warehouse close by also caught
pn the house, and was a total loss.
I fire was caused from a lamp ex-
ding.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-21
STOLE A WHEEL.
Harry T.. Sims Charged With the
Theft of Roy Buckingham's
Bicycle.

A young fellow, who says his name
is Harry E. Sims, and that he Is IL
years old. was arrested yesterday
afternoon near Lincoln on the charge
of having stolen a bicycle from Roy
Buckingham near the store OF Fuller
& Douglas. Deputy Sheriff Mimic
went to Lincoln, where the young
man had a job on farm, and made
the arrest.
Sims was brought before Justice
of the Peace Webster this morning
but his examination was postponed
until Thursday morning.
Sims when arrested had In his pos
session several gold rings that he IL
believed to have procured In dis
honest manner
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-21
IDIOTS MADE IN SCHOOL.
Secretary of California Board OF
Health Issues Warning.

A dispatch from Sacramento, Cai''
says: The next monthly bulletin OF
the state board of health will contain
a warning by Secretary F. X. Foster
against the cramming method OF ed
ucation now in vogue in the public
schools. Secretary Foster asserts
that the health of the children is be-
ing ruined and that in many instances
they have been made hopeless idiots
because by the course of study forced
upon them.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-21
Must SCrNC Time.

an application for the pardon of
Ses Taylor, sent to the peniten-
~ from Umatilla county for arson
'e its periodical appearance yes
faaE Taylor was convicted of hir-
man to set fire to a neighbor's
a' Taylor has spent thousands o.
vars in trying to get a pardon.
|"Tnor Chamberlain told the man
'sFday that he would not interfere
y carrying out the sentence and
['sed Taylor to keep his money for
Amily and not waste it on efforts
seI out of prison.