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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-01

FOR SALE-GOOD DWELLING ON
old car line. near Newport News.
Only $500. 500 cash and $40 month
~ NO circumference on 1t. Good
way to secnve home with your rent
money, or u save little money
each month. Rents for 500 per an
mum. IL per cent SOMMERVILLE
TRUST CO.. INC. 103O-3t.
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NOTICE.

Newport News, Va. Nov. /. 1907.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Old Dominion Land
Company for the election OF presi-
dent and board of directors. consist
ing of said president and five other
persons. and for the transaction OF
such other business as may properly
come before the meeting. will be held
at the office of the company, Hotel
Warwick building. Newport News, Va,
on Tuesday. November 10th, 1907. at
10 O'Clock. noon.
c. q. CIRCUIT. President
CHAS BABBIDGE. Secretary. 11-1-td
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-01
The Reason Why.

She-Wc want only brave men
these days to go to charity bazaar
He-Wby necessarily brave man.
She-Because you can't get any 9th
er kind to take chances.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-01
WANTED

WANTED-AT ONCE, ONE BUsHEL-
man and two good coat makers.
Apply to T. p. Heating, Tailor. 221
Twenty-fifth street. Newport News.
va. 10-31-6t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-01
FOR GALE.

FOR SALE-FIFTY OPERA CHAIRS
In good condition. Apply TO Pet.
FOLDS East End drug store. il-1-3t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-01

FOR SALE+FIVE TENTS AND
twelve cots. Apply to MRS. II. NJ.
BELL 300 Marshall Hampton street
Hampton, Va. 10-3O-12t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-01

WANTED-PARTNER FOR A GOOD
paying business; rare business op-
portunity for the right man. Ad-
dress. S. b., Box IS, City.
10-15-tf
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FOR SALE-STAR LUNCH ROOM.
21l Twenty-seventh street 11-1-6t.
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FOR SALE HOUSE AND LOT, 2i5.
Twenty-third street. between Hunt
ington and Washington avenue, 81.
800; $1,000 cash. time On balance.
Address Box 464. Georgetown,
Washington. 1O.9-lm.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-01

WE SELL AND RENT PIANOS.
cash or easy payment plan, accept
secondhand pianos or organs an
part payment on new Instruments.
Tuning and repairing a specially.
All work guaranteed. Ferguson
Music Co, 200 Thirty.first street.
Git. Phone s5. 10 Am
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-01

FOR SALE--FoUR SPECIAL PIANO
bargains in new. upright instru-.
ments. at sl65, S19S, 1925 and s2S5.
Shake Hands With Progress. The
GEO. d. HAMPTON PIANO CO.,
no. 2i0 Twenty-eighth street.
10-20.tf.
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WANTED-THE PEOPLE TO KNOW
we are buying and selling new and
secondhand furniture. MESSICIS
& CHEADLE, 2506 Huntington ave
nue.. 3-2-3m
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

petition among all the city students.
In all schools and colleges where
military science is taught under fed.
eral appropriation strict course in
target work is compulsory Regular
army officers are on duty at these in.
situations. If the movement contin.
ues to grow it is hoped that shooting
ranges will be established in every
public school in the land
While the presidents idea is gen.
orally approved, there are some per,
sons and some organizations very
much opposed to it, The Jnterparlia-
ment Art Union, which is working to
bring about the peace Of the world is
antagonizing the presidents pro.
gramme on this particular question
although it regards him as one of its
stanchest supporters in the world
movement for universal peace. The
union takes the ground that if uni.
versal peace is to be established by
means of international arbitration, it
becomes a false step for a nation to
be cultivating warlike spirit among
its youths and young men by teach
ing them to shoot with the idea that
they may some time be called on to
shoot to kill in battle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
MISS NORA LANGHORNE
MAY BECOME PRINCESS

that Miss Nora Langhorne made her
London debut last season and at once
attracted the admiration of the smart
world.
Should the alliance in question be
arranged, the Astors will receive full
credit for the match, as without a
handsome dot from them it would be
impossible for Prince Francis to think
seriously of marrying the charming
Virginian.
Miss Langhorne's sisters are all
handsome and popular matrons, just
as they were great southern bellies.
They are Mrs. r. Moncure Perkins of
Richmond, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson
of New York, Mrs. Reginald Brooks
of Boston, and Mrs Waldorf Astor.
Their fathers estate, Mirado, in the
mountains of Albemarle county, has
been in the possession of the family
for many generations, and although
somewhat run down since the war,
is still beautiful property
Young Mr.. Aston, who passed sew.
erai weeks at Mirado last September,
is said to be anxious to restore the
estate to it's condition before the war,
when the grandfather of his bride was
the owner of 1000 slaves, and every
thing about the land and mansion
was kept in the highest state of or
der
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

first named society speculator. That
ne was successful is said to have
been due only to rapid manipulation
OF large blocks of Interborough and
Consolidated Gas.
That society was hit hard by the
crash did not become known until it's
members began to negotiate their old
line securities. Women, reported to
have been drawn into speculation
through their male relatives, are said
to have been the tools of big finan-
ciers.
Stories of the heavy losses reached
the street from the clubs most fire.
Quented by young men of wealth and
old family connections. Many more
of such men, it appears, have been
sorely hit in the market than had pre-
viously been believed.
1t is probable not half has been
told, for the stories Of losses are
VIGOROUSLY modest in showing them
selves. The losses of the smart set
is causing much talk in the financial
district. 1t is freely admitted that
the gayety of Newport will be cur
tailed through the lack of money.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

comprises three wings there are two
additional ones abutting, one for
bachelor guests and one for the serv-
ants. In it's greatest reach the house
will be nearly 200 feet long. Each
member of the family will have an en-
tire suite, including bedroom, dress
ing room and bath. To the Evans
children one whole wing is devoted.
The library will be partly under
ground in part of the buildins
planned to give a bastion effect.
Throughout the interior the feuda
character will be maintained in the
fittings and furniture. About the low
lying building the Evans estate
spreads to 200 acres. The grounds in
front of the house, running down to
the river, are to be inclosed by high
cement walls guarded by turrets. The
entrance driveway will be from the
rear, circling a huge fountain behind
the building. At the gate will be a
lodge keepers house in a style in
keeping with the feudal estate
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
The Woods IN Old Vjolins.

the old masters used such care in
the selection of the woods for their in
struments that, having found piece
OF wood Of proper fiber and vibration
al powers, they treasured every frag-
ment, no matter how small; and,
rather than waste even a particle of
such a strip, they frequently con.
structed the backs and bellies of
patches so delicately put together that
the seams are only discoverable by
microscope, SO perfect is the cabinet
work. 1t was ever the aim of the
old masters to marry the back Of
hard sycamore, which produces the
quick vibrations, and the belly of soft
wood, producing the slower sound
waves, in such manner as to give
the mellow but reedy timbre of the
perfect instrument. Anatomically, a
violin made by an old master is a
miracle of construction, remarks Eliz-
abeth Mitchell Stephenson, in Circle
Magazines; it can be taken to pieces,
patched, put together, repaired indefi-
n!tely, and is almost indestructible
Repairing has been the means of ex-
posing many clever forgeries The in
side of violin made by Stradivari
Guarnerius, or other old master is as
perfectly finished IS the outside, and
the clumsy interior work of a forgery
betrays an imitation at once.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

COC1ETY here and in Virginia is
- deeply interested in a rumor from
London to the effect that Miss Nora
Langhorne, youngest of the five hand
some daughters of G. D. Langhorne
OF Albemarle county, Va, has cap
tured the heart and received an offer
of the hand of Prince Francis of Teck,
the good-looking brother of the prin-
cess of Wales.
That Prince Francis family were
willing that he should marry a
wealthy American has been known
for some time. but Miss Langhorne
has not great fortune Her brother
in-law, Waldorf Astor. and the lat
ter's father, William Waldorf Aston
however, have more money than they
know what to do with and are said
to be heartily in favor of an alliance
that would place them in the inner
most circle of English society, which,
as is we'll known, has not taken very
kindly to the elder Astor. The latter
is already reaping the benefit of the
popularity OF his daughterin-law, who
was Miss Mamie Langhorne and who
at the time OF her marriage to young
Waldorf Astor was Mrs. Shaw, having
married and divorced Robert Gould
Shaw of Boston in a surprisingly
short time after leaving the school
room. 1t was under her chaperonage
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
EXTREMES in CLUB LIFE
IN FINANCIAL DISTRICT

sembles in a nameless alley Oh Cedar
street, almost within the shadow of
it's wealthy neighbor.
A sandwich man is an individual
whom hard luck and an unwillingness
to beg compels to parade the streets
literally sandwiched between two
billboards or carrying an advertising
sign high above his head for the mod
est stipend of one dollar a day. A
community of misery has led these
luckless individuals to select as their
meeting place sidewalk grating pro-
tected from Wintry blasts by tall
buildings, through which a current of
hot air from the engine-room of the
Equitable building affords slight COM
fort. Here the sandwich men con-
gregate daily, sometimes bare half
dozen, sometimes 20 or more, under
the presidency of "Old SAM who has
no other name among his confreres,
although his manner and speech be-
tray signs OF better days.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
THE ENTERPRISE.
W. E. HANNAFoRD, Publisher.
VIRGINIA.. MINNESOTA
This Noisy World.

They that govern the most" saith
John Selden, following Marcus Aurel-
tus, make the least noise" Perhaps
We may say to our legislators. they
that govern best permit the least OF
unnecessary noise. There has been
some official response to the demands
OF wakeful citizens and their physi-
clans that night in the cities should be
less racked by the din of whistles and
bells. A few cities have suppressed
chimes and engine whistles during
the night-watches. In Massachusetts
the railroad commissioners have for
hidden whistling at certain railroad
crossings over large part of the
state. The efforts of Mrs. Isaac Rice
to mutne the voices of the tugbOats
have borne some fruit of silence. She
is at the head OF a Society for the
Suppression Of Unnecessary Noise"
Largely in response to the demands of
this society, congress has recently en-
powered the board of supervising in
spectors of the steamboat inspection
service to establish regulations gov.
erning the use of whistles as signals
by steam vessels and prohibiting use
less and unnecessary whistling. The
board has already forbidden unneces-
sary whistling in certain harbors, and
is considering the possibility of sub
stituting melodious whistles for such
as torture the ear. Various bills to
suppress noise have been presented
In state legislatures and city councils,
out legislating has not gone far, says
Youths Companion 1t will take time
Tor the idea to spread Anyone who
can understand why tan-bark is laid
on the street near a house where a
person lies i'll, may in time learn that
even when we are apparently in good
health we may suffer grievously from
noise.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
Round About New York
Gossip of People and Things
in the Great Metropolis
SOCIETY WOMEN HEAVY
LOSERS IN STOCK CRASH

NEW YORK.-That members of the
~ 400" were caught heavily in the
recent slump in stock values is stated
in the Wall street district on good au-
thorlty. The aggregate losses of one
group of young society men and wom-
en- have been conservatively placed at
$20,o00.000.
The head OF a family whose ances-
tor was founder of one of the greatest
railroad systems in the country is
said to have been 100000 shares long
ON Union Pacific. His loss in this
stock alone is over $3,0O0,O0O A
woman member of the Vanderbilt
family also is said to be a heavy
loser. close friend of the young
railroad man, also a society leader.
is said to have been almost "broke'
in the recent crash He has since
sold his new 70-mile- an-hour automo-
bile to get ready cash, and to-day is
reported to have put his Tuxedo villa
on the market.
The rush into the market of Thorn
as F. Ryan is said to have been prin-
clpally to save from absolute ruin the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

After Mrs. Dewey's marriage the K
street house was leased first to tho
late Senator Alger, and latterly to
Secretary Hitchcock. Mr.. Hitchcock
recently gave up the place, and i'm
mediately workmen began making re-
pairs and alterations. Their orders
were so imperative that they worked
far into the night.
Mrs. Dewey's home in X street is
magniticently furnished and it is said
that the Rhode Island avenue place
will be leased furnished The K
street house was the home of Mrs.
Dewey during the lifetime of her first
husband, Gen. HaZen of the signal
service. Her K street house is much
nearer the residence of her mother.
and she likes that location better
than the house presented by the
American people to her husband. The
title to the Rhode Island avenue
house now stands is in Mrs. Dewey's
name.
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A LEGGED irregularities in the pur-
IA chase of dry colors for use in the
bureau of engraving and printing
have been brought to light through
which the government has paid about
100000 too much for its supplies.
Whether the irregularities are action.
able or not is now under considera-
ton by United States Attorney Baker
of the District of Columbia.
The matter has been under investi.
cation by the treasury department for
about year, and has been kept very
quiet. 1t finally transpired through
the publication of the hearings on the
sundry civil bill before the house com
mittee on appropriations
For several years the government
paid from As to 60 cents pound for
these colors. Concerns which had lost
in the bidding finally made charges
that something was wrong. 1t de.
veloped that the ink used was made
by a process invented by man in
the bureau. The government paid IS
cents pound for a hard black and
as high as 65 cents a pound for a
soft black" When the charges were
made last year, Director Sullivan OF
the bureau made a personal investi
cation of the manner in which the
color contracts were made, and found
that satisfactory black could be pro
duced for II cents a pound
Thereupon the price was reduced
and the saving for the year was more
than S114:000. The color contracts
had been in charge of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
TEACHING SCHOOL BOYS
TO SHOOT WITH RIFLES
b RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S ardent

RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S ardent
wish to make America a nation of
sharpshooters is in a fair way of
realization. Shooting clubs are being
formed in the various states and are
procuring arms from the war depart
ment; agents are being sent to the
large cities for the purpose of in
structing the students in the public
schools how to load and sight rifles
so that the school boys may acquire
proficiency in the art of killing.
Not the least startling of the varied
progressive ideas incorporated in
President ROOsevelt's last message to
congress was a suggestion that rifles
be put in the hands of public school
boys and course in firing at targets
be included in the education of Amer
lean youths. This recommendation
was the final chapter in the presi-
dents message, apparently having
been added as an afterthought.
In the Washington schools a brisk
competition has been started to de-
termine the best marksman. The boys
are tested by firing the guns from
standing, kneeling and lying posi-
tons. The most expert pupils in the
different grades are to meet in COM
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

Ladies who wear aigrette plumes or
other feathered adornments would do
we'll to ascertain whether such prac-
tees are contrary to law Some states
forbid the killing of birds or the use
of plumage in the manner suggested.
One of these states is Louisiana, and
stern judge down that way has Just
imposed on New Orleans merchant
sentence of $50 fine or so days i'm.
prisonment for selling plumes. OF
course, the southern Judge was too
gallant to make first example of
ladies' who bought the feathers but
he warns them that the practice is
illegal. And doubtless the tender
hearted portion OF humanity will now
be prompt to suppress custom which
has been judicially pronounced in
humane.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
ALL EXPLAINED.
Game Warden and Hunter Meet on a
Colorado Mountain.

Colorado Mountain.
The game warden of Colorado was
walking out in the mountains the
other day when he met a hunter with
his gun. The official suggested that
that ought to be a good country for
hunting.
1T certainly is,' said the hunter.
proudly. Il killed one of the finest
bucks yesterday l ever saw, and he
weighed over 2O0''
1t was the season when deer may
not be shot without subjecting the
hunter to heavy fine.
well, that is fine one," said the
warden, land do you know who you
are talking to-" Being assured that
he did not, the official said: ''Why,
am the chief game warden of Colo
RADIO"
The hunter was only taken aback
for moment, when he asked: And
do you know who you are talking
tor The warden didn't know.
well, SIR said the hunter, ap-
rarently much relieveda you are talk
ing to the biggest liar in the whole
state Of Colorado. Kansas City
Star. .s....
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
Best Violin Strinus,

The best strings for violins arc Of
italian make and are from the intes-
tines of spring lambs, killed in Sep
TENDER. The process of drying and
bleaching of the woods and strings by
the hot Italian sun, rather than by
the artificial method used in other
countries, accounts in a great meas
ure for the superior quality of both
materials. This intense heat was also
the reason for the slow distillation
Of the oils used by the Italian max
ers, which always remained at a high
temperature, and the varnish, slowly
soaking into the woods of the violins
beneath the heat of those Italian sum-
mers, produced, in part, the mellow
ness of tone that gives to a Cremona
instrument its value, after a lapse of
200 or moro years.-March Circle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

r P. HUNTINGTON'S widow, it is
~ understood, is going to make an
other Huntington alliance. Her en-
gagement to her late husbands ne
phew, Henry Huntington, which has
so often been reported only to be de-
MED by the wealthy widow, seems
now about to be consummated.
The announcement of a coming mar
rage will not be delayed long accord
ing 10 news from Paris where she is
at present. She has purchased a
home there and has commissioned one
of the largest furniture and decorat-
ing houses on Fifth avenue to fit it up
to her fancy. This appears bit un-
usual, but the firm in question has
an International reputation and is so
familiar with her tastes that sending
representatives over to Paris is not
really a case of carrying Goals to
Newcastle.
Mrs. Huntington was the second
wife of Coils P. Huntington. She
was before her marriage Mrs. Ara
bella Worsham. The multimillionaire
died in August, 1900, leaving her
property that is estimated at $22,OOO,-
600. Henry E. Huntington, his
nephew and business successor, was
given an sS;00O,OOO share of the enor-
nous estate, while the magnate's
adopted daughter, Clara, now Prin-
cess Hatzfeldt, received considerably
more than $1,OO0,O00. His adopted
son, Archer H. Huntington, was given
100000. Since her husbands death
Mrs. Huntington has lived quietly,
going little into society. She has
never attained any remarkable social
success in spite Of he: magnificent
estate and social ambitions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
OLD CANNON CAN'T be BROKEN.
Armament Of Old Craft Was Made 20
Last.

A good story il being told at the
Mare Island navy yard concerning a
San Francisco contractor who bought
Ill tho old obsolete cannon which were
sold at the local yard some time ago.
The cannon were all of the smooth
bore kind, and in order that they
might be easily handled for shipment
to the city all sorts of schemes were
tried to endeavor to break them with
dynamite and blasting powder, but
they were unsuccessful.
An electric drill machine was even
set up at the yards and tho cannon
were drilled full of holes in order to
weaken them for breaking open with
wedges, but this was also unsuccess.
full. The cannon were then taken
away and the last heard Of them they
were corralled in the hills near Point
Richmond, where an effort was being
made to break them open with dyna.
mite again.
The cannon which proved to be so
strong were among the armament Of
the war craft which sailed the seas
In 1912.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

WHEN the gigantic terminal build.
" ing of the McAdoo tunnels under
the Hudson river is completed the ex-
tremcs of metropolitan life will touch
elbows in two unique clubs recently
formed in the financial district.
One of these is the Railroad club,
which will be one of the greatest az
gregations OF millionaires in the
world. Its luxurious quarters will be
on the tWenty-frst and twenty.second
floors, whence it will overlook with
watchful eye the converging tides of
commerce flowing into the city
through river and harbor and the
thousands of miles Of railroad which
stretch away in every direction from
the Jersey shore
There are no luxurious appoint
ments, and not even meeting-room,
for the "Hot-Air Club" of "sandwich"
men, and the only dues are the pen
MES eXacted from the members pres
ent to provide beer when the club as