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The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-06

the time, and wore old clothes and
hats; and mamma did not bother
when they got soiled and torn. Once
when they met her, and lady caller
on the garden walk, she only said:
"These boys are not at home now:
they are away on camping trip"
Their meals tasted different from
usual, also, although they had the
same fare that papa and mamma ate
at home. Once, however, papa came
out and built fire in the orchard, and
they broiled steak, roasted eggs and
toasted crackers. Some way or other
their dishes got cleared away and
their beds made right along, although
they never troubled themselves about
it.; and at bedtime mamma came in
to hear their prayers and tuck them
in. Towser slept in the tent door,
and every morning he woke them up
| by tapping their faces.
One night they were suddenly awak-
ened by thunderclap, which seemed
to be right in the tent. They clung
to one another, too scared even to
cry The lightning flashed, the thun.
der pealed, the wind shrieked among
the trees, and the rain beat upon their
canvas. The tent was trembling.
Towser was bowling with all his
might. And then, all at once, there
came terrific rush of wind and rain.
their tent-pole broke, they were torn
from bed, the canvas blew away, and
away they went whirling, down hill.
What happened then the boys were
too bewildered to know distinctly; but
Don remembered fetching up against
a tree, and seeing-by q lightning
f1ash-little Billy washed: by. with
Towser in pursuit. Then he saw the
dancing yellow CLEAN of a lantern.
and heard his fathers voice calling:
"Boys, where are you?"
Towser caught Billy and dragged
him uphill-very frightened, wet and
muddy, although not seriously hurt.
Then papa carried him to the house.
while Don, Denny and Towser strue.
! gled on behind. And then there was
q lively rubbing with towels, put
ting on of dry clothes, and slipping
Of hot chocolate as they sat toasting
their toes before bright wood fire.
who would have thought of such
a thing?" said mamma. "The sky
was perfectly clear when I went to
bed.' 49,.
1T is the worst thunderstorm we
have had for years." said papa. Il
hadn't a doubt that the tent was
safe on that southeast SLOPE
"What did you think was happen
| ing to you, Billy?" asked Don.
| II don't know" answered Billy.
"Towser pulled me before had time
| to catch my think,
"I~don't care, like camping out," a."
| said Don. s", 'F..5 ~ s{..-.......r... i
! $50 do l." said Billy. "But," he
added, nesting back against his
/ mothers breast, II like to be rescued.
] too."-.Elizabeth Hill.
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"A GOOD TRICK, I'l9
Swinging = Glass Of Water Held by
Flat Piece Of Cardboard.

We all know that when we cover a
drinking glass quite full OF water with
sheet of stout paper in such man.
ner that not single bubble of air re-
mains between the liquid and the
sheet, the paper will cling to the rim
of the tumbler, on account Of the pres
sure OF the atmosphere, closely enough
to enable us to turn the glass upside
down without the water being able to
escape. The following is one applica-
tion of this principle:
r. Attach string to the center Of .
square of cardboard covering a glass
by means of simple knot on the in
side, and securely seal the aperture
with wax so that no air may gain an
entrance.
Now suspend the glass by means of
this string to hook fixed to the cell:
ing, and you will have pendulum that
you may safely swing without the dan
ger of the glass falling, the whole day
If desired
The experimenter will do well to
grease the rim of the glass. so that no
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THAT MAN WITH THE FAMILIAR FACE"

"You know what mean, persisted
the Observer you've seen him dOz-
ems of times-goes by here lot. His
face is so familiar, yet we cant seem
to place him: Smooth face, dark eyes,
maybe anywhere from 35 to As years
OF age, always faultlessly attired-'
"Oh, | know now. Interrupted the
Other Observer doesn't he some
times wear a light gray suit::'
Um-yes. And usually carries an
OvercOat on his arm.
And a pink in his buttonhole?"
That's the man" declared the OBJ
server, triumptautlN
II thought 50! Well. what about
him." eagerly.
Nothing That's just it. No one
seems to know the first thing about
him. and yet there's something mys-
terious about that man. Several who
have noticed him say the same thing.
He's a conspicuous figure and looks as
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THE VILLAGE ANGLER.

Under spreading sycamore
The village angler stands.
tough and sturdy boy is he
With soiled and sunburnt hands.
And the imprints of his unshod feet
Are all along the sands.
He goes on Sunday to the stream.
Although, of course, that's wrong.
Whene'er bullhead takes his hook
He yanks it. hard and strong,
And If he doesn't get a bit
He huns a cheerful song.
Loafing. fishing, pleasuring.
SO through the week he goes;
Each morning sees him at the creek,
Whose tishin' holes he knows.
Each evening sees him trotting home
To seek a nights repose.
Thanks. thanks to thee. my patient kid
For the lesson thou has taught.
Thus. at the fishing grounds of life,
Our sinners must be sought.
We waste our days and lie about
The fish we haven't caught.
Chicago Tribune.
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il he might be somebody. What first
attracted us was his face which was
so familiar | thought I knew him,
and the funny part of it was, he
seemed to recognize me! You know
how a persons face lights up when
they see some one they know? Well,
his did. If were a believer in the
pre-existence theory. | should say I
had known him we'll in some other
life. Once in awhile you meet
stranger like that, and for the mo-
ment it startles you. Where was L?
Oh, that man always does such Pc
culiar things. And yet. nothing you
can really put your finger on" The
Observer shook mis- head mysteriOusly.
Tell me some more about him.
urged the Other Observer
No matter where you go, you're
liable to run across him." went on the
Observer. He goes to the theater a
lot, but always alone. He looks and
we look, yet no one speaks. 1t really
is quite embarrassing. He must live
in this nei llborhood, though we
can't imagine where There are weeks
when you don't see him at. all; then
for awhile he will go every day, some
times several times a day"
Maybe he travels" suggested the
Other Observer.
NO, he isn't travelling man: he
hasn't got that look. Laura thinks
he's an actor, but I don't. Yet. I
can't figure out what kind Of business
he could possibly be in because he
goes by at such odd times On the
other hand he isn't man of leisure.
Often he looks preoccupied and wor-
ried. I'm just dying to know what it
is that troubles him so. Once I was
on the same car with him, sat al
most opposite, and he kept frowning
and biting his under lip, and drum
ming nervously with his fingers. He
took out queer little book and wrote
in it and tried to read the paper, but
couldn't keep his mind on it. Poor
man. perhaps there's some great trag-
edy in his life
Isn't that dreadful!" sympathized
the Other Observer.
But the next morning." continued
the Observer, "he went by our house.
and you never saw anyone 50 jaunty
in your life. He had on a brand new
brown suit, brown shoes, gloves and
derby to match, and he was swinging
a cane and whistling as if he didn't
have care in the world!
''The only time l ever saw him with
anybody was once he was talking to
the most beautiful woman / ever set
eyes on; she was dressed all in black,
and had a foreign air like a person
who lives abroad a lot. He didn't
seem particularly interested in her,
though he was politeness itself. She
did most of the talking, and he would
nod his head now and then. Just as
1 came along he raised mis- hat. and
she went her way and he went his.
But here's the curious part of it.:
she had no sooner turned the corner
than he stopped short, turned and
went in the other direction.
I'D stake anything that he's a mar
ried man, and that he has a wife
somewhere, but l imagine they've sep.
arated. He goes along and minds his
own business, I'll say that for him.
He looks interested when he sees me
or Laura, but nothing fresh, 1 assure
you. Quite the contrary. He's one
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The Revised Psalm.

The fathers peroration was superb
"And departing, leave behind
you,'" he concluded, footprints on
the sands Of"
But here the son rudely interrupt
ed.
"Footprints?" he sneered. "Who
wants to leave footprints?"
Then what would you leave, my
toy?" the old man inquired.
"Tracks," said the youth, haughtily.
Tracks of my 9O-horse power racer,
to be sure. Am dog or a working
man that should leave mere foot
prints?''
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An. Inherited Tendency.

A Cleveland society woman gave a
party to nine friends of her young son,
aged six. To add to the pleasure of
the occasion she had the ices frozen
in the form of.ahhen and ten chickens
Each: child was allowed to select his
chicken dis it was served. Finally she
came to the son of prominent poll
tician.
(which chicky will you have, Ber-
tie?" she asked.
IF you please, Mrs. H., I think I'll
take the mamma hen," was the polite
reply.-Lippincott's.
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No Peace Conference.

"Are you going to strike, MAJ"
asked the little boy, as he tremblingly
gazed upon the uplifted shingle. i
'"That's just what I'm going to do"
Cant we arbitrate, ma, before you
striker"
II am just going to arbitrate," she
said, as the shingle descended and
raised cloud of dust from the seat
OF pair of pantaloons-'I am just
going to arbitrate, my son, and this
shingle is the board of arbitration"
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OF the most dignified looking men
l ever saw! Now who do you sup
pose he can be-"
"Oh, goodness! Quick, quick! this
looks like him coming now. 1t is!'
cried the Observer excitedly. Its
been two weeks since we've had q
glimpse of him.
Yes, it's the same man." agreed the
Other Observer. Doesn't he looE
swell to-dayo'
Il can tell him a mile off by mis-
walk-sort Of a swinging stride. He
looks SWELL echoed the Observer
He must be on his way somewhere
! wonder whereo 1t can't be a lunch
con engagement. it's too late. What
a peculiarly shaped package he has in
his hand He always is carrying
something. The other day he had a
large parcel that he carried gingerly
as if it WAS something breakable or
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Nature's.SGift Wasted.

A Scotchman who recently took the
street car trip on the gorge route, the
New York side st Niagara river. was
much "disgusted with the hawkers of
views and Teddy bears" who make
the afternoon hideous and do their
best to spoil natures grandeur AS
he alighted from the car he looked
angrily at the shouting venders and
then at the Whirlpool rapids. whats
the use Of having a big river like
that" he asked, "if you don't drown
those fellows in it?''
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-06

The Bait Box.
think it ought not to go. The point is
broad one way and not the other;
put the broad way across the grain
of>the wood like Fig. 2, otherwise the
nail forms a wedge and splits your
lath.
You may generally observe a faint
line running across the head of q nail,
even in tacks; these lines run with
the grain of the wood when the nail
has been properly driven.
Didn't Want Il.
Inventor-I have just patented a
new nickel-in.the-slot machine, which
I would like you to take hold Of. It 10
an entirely new design and will never
get out Of order.
Nickel-in-the-slot Capitalist-Neve1
get out of order? Huh! No money in
a machine like that.-N. r. Weekly.
!. Use Up Much Powder. .
Projectiles for modern large and
rapid firing guns require about hall
their weight u powder to IRE them,
zS5s93 III 5s{SF
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Right there on the street, mind you!
He tore open the envelope, and as he
read his face just set! He dismissed
the boy with a lordly wave of
the hand and then a smile fitted
over his face as If he were amused.
And second before acting as If he'd
lost his best friend! Now what would
you make out of that?"
lis that all?" shifted the Observer.
''Humph. That's nothing. can tell
you something more battling than that!
While John was away last week /
wrote him letter and found I didn't
have stamp, so Laura and l walked
down to the drug store to get one
We bought the stamp, and was just
turning away when a deep, resonant
voice began in the telephone booth.
The voice was the kind that thrills
you through and through. Laura has
dreamed about it ever since We
just had to see who the voice be-
longed to and who do you suppose it
was? Yes, how'd you guess? 1t was
him. We can even tell the back of his
head now. You may think I'm just
making it all up and exaggerating, but
here's what he said word for word
Oh, we really didn't listen-Laura
wanted some soda, so we couldn't
help hearing while we drank it. But
here's what we heard:
Maybe ten years; possibly longer.
=. l do not know Reasons | can
not explain shall meet you at
the same place if you consider it dis
Greet. Certainly . any amount
money is no object impor-
tant :. the president knows. :. Oh,
really, it is too good Of you, cannot
begin to tell you of my deep gratitude.
NO one knows. =. Yes, | have
nearly finished it all l live for
since tell her impossible, though
it breaks my heart to do it be
sure and tell her good-by.' And then
his voice dropped and we couldn't
catch another word, though he said he
hadn't seen some one-We couldn't
tell whether it was her or him-since
that night! Now did you ever hear
such tumble of mysterious re-
marks?' demanded the Observer
I'm convinced more than ever that
he is somebody, and while I'm consid-
cred pretty clever at reading character
and sizing people up, can't place that
man."
THAT man actually spoke to John
no
Observer proudly. They were out on
the back platform and he says, May
l trouble you for light:' John gave
him some matches and tried to draw
| him cut. While he was very polite,
John says he was the most unap-
proachable man he ever met, and at
the same time the most polished and
| interesting. John asked him if he
| didn't live up in our neighborhood
| and the man says: What neighbor-
hood is that?' John told him, but all
he said was, Not anywhere near
| there and sort Of laughed to himself.
| Not one bit of satisfaction did he give
John about himself, though he talked
on several other topics and appeared
we'll posted. While he seems like a
professional man he isn't a lawyer, a
| physician, or anything like that, John
knew from certain things he said
"One little detail I've noticed may
give little keynote to his nature.
While he is very quiet in his clothes,
he always carries the gayest handker-
chiefs just peeping out of his coat
pocket; imported looking affairs, not
the kind you ever see anyone else
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have. He's so stern looking and
walks along so superior, yet that hand
kerchief makes me think he may be
awfully jolly when you come to know
him! He-sh-sh-sh-dont say any
more about him just now; here comes
Laura. She is actually getting morbid
on the subject and rushes to the win
dow 40 times a day. We are trying
to break her of it,"
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Her Answer,

'Now, children" said the kinder.
garten teacher, Il have explained to
you how many trees give us food, in
the way of fruit, and in other ways.
You remember that I said man taps
the maple trees to get maple syrup.
Where does tapioca come FROM then"
Il guess said Olive, after a pause.
that you tap the oaks, don't you"
Judge.
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Foresight.

Il have great idea for a successful
problem play" said the literary young
man.
/ in. that case," answered Miss Cay
enne, "'propriety demands that we
abruptl7 change the conversation" ."--
Washington Star.
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"Oh, l can hardly wait to tell you
what has happened" cried the o.
server breathlessly. But it's the
most tantalizing thing! You'd never
guess IN the living world, so I'll tell
you. You know that man I've told you
about whose face was so familiar and
yet"
Yes, yes, know who you mean.
10 on!' urged the Other Observer.
Il was going to say, he kept get
ting to be more and more of puzzle
to all OF us, and still we couldn't trace
out the least clew to his identity. AS
you know, We were all away last week
Johns sisters husband died and we
mad to go on-and when we got back
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Payinu Them Out.

Look here, Mr.. Smith," said the
clergyman, sternly, that was a coun-
terfeit two-dollar bill you put in the
missionary collection this morning."
'Yes,'' Mr.. Smith answered calmly.
II owe the heather grudge. They
fricasseed missionary uncle of mine
in '94''
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Ines Little Embarrassments n

6IttJe NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
1t is always embarrassing to girl
when she goes into fashionable shoe
store to buy a pair of boots and can
not remember for the moment which
stocking it is that has the hole in IT,
Somerville> Journal ...-sys. ID
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CAST DOUBT ON MESSAGE

We'll, that was gratifying com.
municatiOn, was it nOt?"
Not particularly so. You see, my
mother was cremated."
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-09-06

You Can Make Your Bait Box Out
Of lath.
To make this useful bait box for
your fishing excursion select two
pieces of lumber about eight inches
square. Saw 16 6.pieces of lath about a
foot long, and nail them around your
eight-inch piece of board, leaving one.
quarter inch space, between the laths.
Make the door Of two of the laths, the
hinges being India rubber, and but
ton of piece of lath and a screw
like Fig. 1.
But in making this box be careful
how you hammer the nails, caution
Philadelphia Ledger. Look at the
point and place it just the way you
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Doing the Trick.

air will get in. Another precaution is
to try the experiment for the first time
on some unbreakable bowl or drinking
cup.-Magical Experiments.
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Hfffh t EnE EH@a I @ Ht t4 7 lg7 g7ftE ht Efa kHtA

laura Rushed to the Window Forty Times Day."
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THIS FOR YOUR FISHING TRIP
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to see what good "staying" !
breakfast can be made without
high-priced i
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The Cherry-They haven't seen the
man from that day to this!
Copyright, 1907. by w. c. ChapmanI
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-23
IS BAD TASTE

u % generally conceded that Judge circn Stopped wociu
~ bis criticism oi hc legislature It uncaed for exceed.
ipRJy bad taste from any point oi E River Star-Ncws
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-23
PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

Per S. S China. Oct. 23 from San
Francisco; For Honolulu: Mrs. C..
H. Atherton, l.. Barkhausen, c. l.. Beal
j. w. Bergstrom, Rev. Girard Bennett
reu, w. II. Brinkerhon, Mrs. w. K.
Brinkerhoff Mrs. Helen Brinkerhoff
c, A, Brown, Mrs c. A. Brown. c. H..
CIapp, j. J, Dunno, Rev. Canisius Gel
llhgs' +. c. Jones, II. r. Lewis. Mrs
II, f. Lewis and son, r. d. Matthews
MRS. Il. ID. Matthews, Mrs. N. Berry
MISS Edith Morley, CAPTAIN A w
Neely w. T. Rawlius. Mrs. w ~
kawlins, G. M. Reid, Mrs. c. M. Reid
MISS Gladys Reynolds, Mrs. E. Stall
man. A. r. Traphagen, j. ID. Tucker
MRS. T. 70. Wall, infant and nurse A
H. Waterhouse, Miss E. Weeks. O l.
whitehead, c. d, willard, Mrs. c. ID.
willard, Mrs. A. j. Wisdom, Wong
Vim. For Yokohama: Watari Kita-
shima, wife, infant and maid. Miss M.
kitashima, Master 7. Kitashima w.
r, Patterson, Mrs. w. r. Patterson.
Miss Ida L. Patterson, Miss Della L..
peterson, Miss Margaret Rollins. OTTO
Shumann, E. w, Stephens, Mrs. E. w.
Stephens, Miss Mary M. Stephens. For
Kobe: W. e. Rockwell, N. l.. Rock
well, Mrs. N. l.. Rockwell Miss Alice
%. Rockwell. For Manila: Rev, A. E.
Bigelow, Mrs. A. e. Bigelow, Miss q.
M. Bissinger, Mrs. G. w. Briggs and
infant, Miss Hilda Briggs, Mrs. E. r..
Cheney and infant, o. S. Cole, John II.
Collier, j. w, b. Mannion, Mrs. J. W.
b. Mannion and infant, Master Joseph
w. Mannion, Otto w. Nesbitt. Rev. w
o. Valentine, Mrs. w. o. Valentine and
daughter. For Hongkong, Rev. G. c.
Cobb, Mrs. G. c. Cobb, Miss Ruth
Cobb, M. Gantz, Mrs. A. K. Scott.
PASSENGERS BOOKED
Per S. S. China, Oct. 23, for the ORR
ent from Honolulu: A. A. Bryan, E.
S. Hoyt, Mrs. Combe and child. Mrs.
Larnder and child. H. A. c. de Rubio.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-23
NEW PACIFIC
LINE LAUNCHED
TOYO KIsEN KAIsHAs t35m-
TON STEAMER NOW IN THE
WATER

SAN FRANCISCO. OCT. l5.-AbOu,
the end OF March or the first OF April
a huge new passenger liner will steam
in through the Golden Gate aying the
Japanese flag and bearing along her
bow rail the name "Tenyo Maru
she has just been launched from the
famous Mitsublshi Dockyard and En-
gine Works at Nagasaki. where a NUM-
ber of Japans largest men-oi-war
were built
The Tenyo Maru will be added to-
the Japan-San Francisco run by tine
TOyO Kisen Kaisha, which already has
in regular service the Japan Maru ana
the America Maru, passenger boats,
each of 5000 t6ns displacement
The new steamship Is of 13,5OO tons
displacement, or more than twice that
of the present Japanese liners. Loaded
to the twenty -eight-foot mark, she
will displace lS,7OO tons She is $50
feet inches long, 63 feet wide, ana
4G feet 8 inches deep She has accom-
modations for 273 hrst-class passen-
gers. "a second-class passengers, and
800 steerage passengers, or total ct
1927 people, and she has a cargo capa-
city of 5000 tons
She is to nave Parsons turbine en-
gines, three propellers, thirteen cylin-
drical boilers, and will burn fuel oil,
instead of coal The contract calls for
speed of twenty-knots, which is
equivalent to about twenty-three and
one-third land miles an hour
AS the Japanese merchant marine
receives a big annual cash subsidy
from the Government 1t will be possi-
BILE for this vessel, also, to carry cargo
and passengers at less figure than
American competition could offer.
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FLEET 70 move
As IN WAR TINE
BATTLEsHIP VOYAGE TO PACIFIC
WILL BE UNDER SERVICE CON
DITIONS.

WASHINGTON, October 12.-Secre-
tary Metcalf stated today that when
the battleship fleet leaves Hampton
roads for the Pacific Coast some time
between December 1st and December
10th, it will do so as a unit That is
the way 1t would move in time of war,
and presumably its movements will
closely simulate those which would be
made If war existed, as this cruise is
to be utilized as fully as possible for
instruction Of officers and men. For
that reason, as little reliance as is
possible Is to be placed ON stations en-
route for provisions and coal, At first
it was proposed to have the fleet move
in sections Of four ships each, three or
four days apart, but now 1t has been
decided to move the fleet together.
Contracts for coal were let today.
Foreign bottoms will get $755,SS0 to
transport $4,000 tons of American
coal, the cost Of which at tidewater
will be approximately $399, 900, besides
this, eight colliers will carry 24,SO0
tons, costing $74,4OO, Three colllers
will take coal to Trlnidaq and five to
Rio.
1t is not known just how long the
cruise will take but the bureau Of
supplies and accounts estimates it at
1870 days and It Will contract for provl-
sions to last that length Of time.