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Arizona republican., 1907-12-13
A DOG THAT RIDES THE RODS.

Billie hobo dog. is an inmate of the county jail. His term will expire today. Though most of the time of Billie" has been spent behind the bars for the last five days he has now and then been admitted to the office of the sheriff and has been extended a great many privileges and substan-
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-25
HaIiom-T

George Turner of this city and Miss Muta Haltom of Prescott were married in the last named city on Monday of this week. Mr. Turner returned with his bride to Pocahontas Tuesday amid the congratulations of his many friends here. The wedding was a pleasant surprise to the people of PocahontaS, who are beStow- ing many congratulations upon bride and groom. The groom is well known young business man of this city, and the bride is a pretty and accomplished young lady of Prescott. The Star Herald joins their many friends in wish ing them a happy and successful welded life. -Pocahontas Star Herald.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-25
Suit for S5O,OOO.

Dequeen, July 24.-Tom Dog gett has instituted suit in the Sevier circuit court against the Arkansas Orchard Planting Com pany, for damages in the sum of $50, 900, for the death of his wife, who was killed in the collapsing of packing shed of the company at Horatio recently. The case will probably not come to trial until the next term of the court
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The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-25
Program

Re Union August 1st 1907. 1st, Encamping in Park to , p. m.
 2nd, Enrolment ofnames and commands as admitted to camp. 3rd, Voluntary collection of dues taken as enrolled to pay national assessments.
 4th, Supper call Bugle and Drum at : p. m.
 9th, Drum and Bugle call to gather at shed s D. m.
 9th, Veterans to publicly make program for next day. Then direct the service for night as they wish till l0;30 D. m. 7th, Tattoo at 1o:30 D. m. Sth, Bugle and Drum call for lights out at II p. m.
 Q. $. Jones X w. A. Hatley,
 Com. on Program.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-25
Oklahoma Election Called

Guthrie, Okl a. July 24.-Gov. Frantz today issued his procla- nation calling an election for September 17 to ratify or reject the proposed state constitution, to vote on state wide prohibition and to elect state, congressional, Judicial, legislative, county and township officers.
 In issuing the proclamation Gov. Frantz sought legal advice
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-25
Does it Pay?

Does 1t pay to maintain 275 lifes aying stations on our coast at a cost of a million and half, and out of the same pockets main tain 25,000 life-destroying sta tions at two billion and a half: Can any Christian stand back and say Let well enough alone?"
 Tothe rescue every one.,
 Write it over every gate,
 On the church and halls of state In the hearts of every band E. In the laws of every land K
 Where there's drink, there's
 danger. /" Write it on the drug store door'' On the back and on the fore
 Write it on the boot-leg's nose On his boots and on his clothes
 Here is drink and danger.
 (Only theguilty yneed shudder.l X
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-25
Baker Drugstore
 The RexaU Store
Local and Personal.

All ladies Oxfords at cost. W. B, Waller
 Fresh country watermelons at Geo. J. Terry Co.'S.
 Quench your thirst these hot days at Geo. J. Terry's fountain.
 New lot of post cards, differ ent from anything in town, at T. $. Bryan's $.
 Barbecued meat at Ben Rob erts every day in the week eX- cept Monday.
 Chas. F. Pittman and J. B. Jordan are spending today at Lackland fishing.
 Miss Lula Harrell will assist Mir. Lucey tonight with his illus trated songs at the carnival. Miss Virginia Buxton will have charge of the entertainment to- morrow night at the Carnival.
 Crackers and Cakes, all kinds; fresh from the factory. Try them.
 Richardson X Potter
 Burney Clack is agent for Philadelphia Steam Laundry. Good work and splendid service Elmore Lucey, the southern humorist, will give an entertain ment tonight at the Carnival Don t fail to hear him. Circuit court adjourned yes terday until the 4th Monday ir September, when some postpon ed cases will be taken up
 Bob Trammel pleaded guilty ir the circuit court yesterday to ar indictment for grand larceny and was sentenced to four years ir the penitentiary.
 The Atlanta, Texas, baseball team arrived from Hope this morning and will play at East End Park this afternoon, tomor- row and Saturday.
 Wednesday, October the 9 will be Fraternal Day at the State Fair. The various local fraternal orders of Hot Springs are mani festing a deep interest in Fra ternal Day and without exception are cooperating most heartily with the Fair Association in it's efforts to make Fraternal Day one Of the great features at the Fair.
 Anyone holding votes for Miss Blanch Miller in the Jamestown contest, pleasenotify her of same as those votes are not good after a
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-25

from Attorney General Cromwell. who held that after it's issuance no amendments to the constitu- tion can be made, even though the Constitutional Convention did not adjourn sine die.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-25
Baby Show

Saturday evening at 6 o'clock at the park:
 First prize, 6 months to one year of age
 2nd prize, year to } years. 3rd C , 8 {"
 4th 3 4
 Fattest baby from 6 months to 2 years of age.
 Prettiest curly headed baby, from 6 months to 1 years.
 Youngest couple (ages added together) bringing their baby. Oldest couple (iges added to- gether) bringing their baby.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-25

certain date. If you want to sub scribe for the Democrat Phone her or give her your renewal. A years subscription that she gets counts her ?. 400 votes. She is the only Prescott girl in the contest and she is ahead in this district, why not help her if you get value received?
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-25
Weather Forecast.

Friday, fair.
 Temperature yesterday Max mum 101; minimum "A; rainfall, ,00
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-25
Laundry Special

This applies to bundles with 25 or more pieces.
 Prescott Steam Laundry
 J. @. Crow, Prop.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-07-25
There's a Way

To defeat the mail order mans eus throat methods in this commuhiy. The way is publicity for your busines. ,'s
 it's the same way he uses, os. columns will give your business v publicity you need.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
Piano Acts a. Burglar Alarm.

Piano Acts as Burglar Alarm.
Because a clumsy burglar stumbled
and sprawled over the keyboard of a
piano in the parlor Of Dominick
Smith, a rich contractor at Pelham,
N. Y, the burglar and a par were
compelled to abandon booty valued
at several thousand dollars which
they had packed in bundles ready tc
carry away.
Quite recently Smith bought the
piano. He bought it solely for it's
harmony.producing qualities and had
no idea it would serve as a burglar
alarm. Several silver articles of brio.
a-brac were placed on top of the piano
and evidently in reaching for these
one Of the burglars fell, his hands
striking the keys. A loud, discord-
ant rumble disturbed the quiet of the
house and aroused the whole family.
Smith seized his revolver and ran
down stairs in time to see two men
speeding down a path in the front
yard. He fired several shots at them,
but the bullets went wild. Near the
piano afterward the contractor found
the bundles of valuables the men had
intended to carry away, but which
they abandoned in: their haste to es.
cape when the piano proclaimed their
presence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
.Praqmatism.

A new name for some old way OF
thinking, pragmatism is to philosophy
what a court of arbitration is to CAPT
tai and labor; it attempts to mediate
between arrogant rationalism and
complacent common ense. Essential
ly independent, it follows neither the
professional philosopher on his high a
priori road, o. the man in the street
with his cocksure notions of truth;
rather does it strive to tread a path
between the two, a via media from
which may be obtained the ideal out.
look of the one and the concrete prac.
ticability of the other. In this role Of
mediator, says the Bookman, pragma.
tism exhibits it's a%daptability to mod.
ern demands, finding the world sick of
distractions, and, at the same time un.
Inspired by the current scientific be.
liefs, it offers itself as a tonic to tired
minds, a pungent compound which will
restore the jaded appetite for the
speculative life. Here it claims eff.
cheney for the most opposite types OF
men-the rationalists, who go by prin.
ciples, the empiricists, who go by
facts-for it seems to possess a re.
markable insight into the varied
symptoms of each.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
A Japanese Artist.

Hokusai, a master painter of Ukk
yo-ye, thus wrote of himself in .
preface to his work, "A Hundred
Views of Fuji":
From the age of six I had a mi.
MIA for drawing the forms of things.
BY the age of so I had published an
infinity of designs, but all I produced
before the age of 20 is not worth
taking into account" (What do you
think of that, impatient little readers,
who wish to succeed in a monthly
AT Is l learned a little about the
real structure of -nature-of animals.
plants, trees, birds, fishes and in
sects. In consequence when l am 80
I shall penetrate the mystery of
things; at 100 1 shall certainly have
reached a marvellous stage. At 10
everything 1, do-be it but a dot or
l1ne-wtll be alive. I beg those who
live as long as I do to see if I do
not keep my word" ~,
+. He died at the age of 80, unfortu-
nately, but his work revealed a con-
tinual increase Of power to the last.
He was wonderful in originality and
fertility of imagination. His produc.
lions are myriad. thrown on without
seeming effort. This is a living def.
milton of Life is short, but art is
long,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01

stance, in flush times smoked Perfec.
to cigars and bought the best that the
dealers In the financial district had.
Since the slump in the market~start-
ed they have taken to pipes, and now
smoke a cheap mixture of tobacco.
1t is the same with their luncheons.
The .htgh-priced cafes have been de-
serted for cheap restaurants.
Formerly Commissioner Bingham's
guardians Of the peace were kept busy
preventing the brokers during the dull
periods matching coins. Now they
have nothing to do, for money is so
scarce on the curb and in the pockets
OF the brokers that they are not in
clined to risk it. Again, every base
ball and football game and horse race
was made the excuse for a bet. Now
the handbook men who reaped large
harvests have departed to other fields,
and no betting of any consequence is
INDUCED in. Telephones have recent
ly been given up by brokers, and
arbitrage wires have been cut out of
the offices of some of the largest brok-
ers, so that from the top to the bot
tom, from the employer to the mes.
senger boy, there is sadness in Broad
street.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
as 114,000 persons in its place of pub

as ia, 900 persons in its place of pub.
lie amusement in one night. They are
now rapidly approaching that condi-
ton since the homecoming season has
set in, and the number of strangers
is increasing with the advancing au-
tumn. The attendance is now grow
ing from night to night, and is par
ticularly noticeable in the houses
where are the more successful plays.
New York city has daily within
its borders more pleasure seeking
strangers than has London, and after
November 1 there will be a daily aver
age of 10000 out Of town patrons in
our theaters. 1t is the exception
when a visitor in New York does not
60 to the theater, Eve If he stay but
one day, and many visitors for q
week or more will 60 to some place
Of amusement each day of their stay.
Then New Workers are natural the
alter attendants and many of them
take all of their relaxation in this man.
ner. This is true of the man with a
small salary as we'll as of the man
Of wealth, and real sacrifices are often
made to say money for theater
tickets.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS
GUARDED BY MAD BULLS
WAsH1NGTON:-1n the absence of

WASHINGTON:-1n the absence Of
W President Roosevelt in the cane
brake and with pete" the bull dog
sequestered on Surgeon-General Rix-
ey's farm, the white house grounds
have not been left %unguarded. A
couple of bulls-not bull dogs, but
real bovine bulls-have taken upon
themselves the task, formerly so we'll
discharged by "Pete" of seeing that
the grounds are unprofaned by unde-
sirable citizens, mollycoddles or milk
sops.
Since the president and Pete went
away newspaper men, m~ollycoddles
and the criminal rich have roamed the
white house grounds with impunity.
Undesirable citizens have shown a
tendency to stand on the walks and
bark at the white house, and neither
"Slippers," the six-toed cat, nor Quen-
tin Roosevelt's snakes have proved
equal to the task Of preserving the
requisite calm.
How the two patriotic bulls dis
covered the state of things and decid-
ed that it was up to them to rectify
1t will be known. It is a fact.
however, that early the other morn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
Hygiene for the Schools,

AS a result Of the recent discussion
about the health Of the school chill
Nren, the New York board of educa.
ton is contemplating the establish.
ment of a department of school by.
giene. 1t will be the duty of this de-
partment to act in all advisory capac.
ity on all matters relating to the
health of the pupil and to recommend
safeguards for the protection Of his
physical welfare. Realizing that it is
equally important to conserve the
health of the child as to plant the
seeds Of knowledge in its brain, most
of the school commissioners are sup
porting the scheme. Although it will
probably cost at least $50, 900 to put
the proposal into operation, says the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican, these
commissioners believe that the money
would be spent in an excellent cause,
and that this expenditure would be
generally approved by the taxpayers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
GOTHAM THE GREATEST
THEATRE CITY IN 0 R

III EW YORK is the greatest theater
~ city in the world. It's growth,
Electrically, has been phenomenal
since 1926, when the Bowery theater
was built, in which went the large au-
diences of those days to hear Forrest,
the elder Booth, Charlotte Cushman
and others only a little less in ability.
Since then the theater center, by
easy stages, has gone up Broadway
to about "Forty-second street, with it's
arms reaching out into the other Dor
oughs until now the city has 96 places
Of amusement filled with pleasure
seekers during the: season.
While New York, with it's $500, 900
of population, has SO places of amuse-
ment, London, with 100000 in it's
metropolitan district, has 70, and they
each average a smaller attendance
than do these in New York, and dur
ing the season there is a large pro-
portion of New Workers in their au-
diences. Theater for theater, New
York has more money invested in
buildings and fittings than has Lon
don.
At the height of the New York
amusement season there are as many
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
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ing they took up a position in front
of the white house from which they
could command both walks. The first
trespasser to appear was an Afro
American named Charles Lancaster.
1t was still dark when he arrived, and
the bull at the west corner let him
get a little distance by before he made
up his mind as to Lancaster's unde-
STABILITY. Then he discharged a bel
low and advanced on the enemy, head
down and tail up.
Lancaster moved eastward with
some haste, and the bull did likewise.
At the east orn the west bulls COL
league came charging out with a few
savag remarks.
Lancaster emerged from the east
gate about as conservatively as a shot
departs from a gun, and the two bulls
fortunately got damned in the door,
way. The Afro-American never STOP
ped till he got to the house of deten-
ton. Meanwhile the two bulls,
finding the mollycoddle crop a
little short, tired Of the job and wan
dered to Iowa Circle, where they were
later arrested by a policeman and
locked up.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
CURB BROKERS DWINDLE.
WITH SLUMP In MARKET
II EW YORK.-The curb crowd /!

NEW YORK.-The curb crowd is
~ rapidly dwindling, and chaos
reigns among the comparatively few
brokers of the outside" market who
congregate on Broad street these
days. At least Is per cent. of the men
who were selling unlisted stocks dur
Ing the flush times have departed for
more lucrative climes. Many have
gone to the western mining camps,
and a few have obtained positions in
mercantile houses.
Stock Exchange houses that had
been paying their curb representa-
tives $50 a week have reduced the
salaries to $25, and the men have not
objected, being glad to get that sum.
Only the salaried men on the curb are
making money enough to live on The
veterans of the curb are in a measure
pleased by this gradual elimination,
for it Is taking from the market what
are known as wildcat" traders, men
who come there to make money any
way and with any stock. These have
been the first to go, and conservative
men do not mourn their departure.
The effect of the lack of business
In the outside market is pronounced
in many ways The traders, for in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
The Enterprise.
w. E. HANNAFORD, Pub.
VIRGIN A, MINNESOTA
Motor Mania.

Speed mania seizes those who are
primarily living on their nerves. Add
to this condition tho fact that their
unframed and u~ndeveloped muscles
and nerve centers are unable to act
In instant unison, and the cause of
these fatal accidents is not far to
seek. When the moment arrives for
instantaneous action the driver is
helpless, and the powerful car and its
occupants are hurled to death. If
you are staying at the seashore and
an acquaintance-a middle-aged bust
ness man-rents a sailboat and asks
you and your children to go for a sail,
you carefully consider whether he is
an experienced sailor. If he had not
had early and constant experience
with boats and sea you do not hest
tate to refuse his invitation to go out
and get drowned. Now, if this same
man offers to take you out in his 40
horse power auto you all accept with
alacrity. Consider for a moment, says
w. l.. Harvard, M. d., in Saturday
Evening Post, where the danger most
hes-in a boat where you all have
some chance should she get capsized,
or in the auto going 40 miles an hour
when 1t turns over? 1t is the same
old, worn story. Where knowledge
and experience step in we use judy
ment; where a thing is new to US we
have no fear. Like a little child, we
fear not because we know not. Those
blinded to all sense of danger by the
psychic excitement of great speed are
those ignorant of the force of inertia.
They are unframed in the Judging of
speed and distances; they have no
grip upon their system; the
operators at the different brain cen
tiers have eve gone on duty, and in
a fever of sped impulses these unfit
ted men rush on to destruction.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01

furnish no wine to guests at the
White House. There is no power on
earth that can compel the president
to observe any law.
AS all writs in the District of
Columbia run in his name, it is OBJ
vious that he would not arrest him
self for disregarding the law. That
he had disregarded it would be no.
tice to all peace officers that he de-
cided not to enforce it against him.
self.
All presidents Of the United States
have at times set wine before their
guests. Until Theodore Roosevelt be-
came president the White House had
a wine cellar and a dark room in the
attic set aside as a storeroom for
liquors.
He did away with them both. The
cellar Is now used for machinery ana
the dark room is a part Of the quar-
tiers for the servants.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
ACT OF "DRYS" MAY
EMBARRASS ROOSEVELT
F congress at the coming session

F congress at the coming session
L prohibits the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic liquors in the District
of Columbia, as now seems probable,
President Roosevelt will be in an en-
barrassing position-the prohibition
lists say "between the devil and the
deep sea-"
For tactical reasons the prohibi-
tionists will tack their bill to an ap-
preparation measure so as to assure
it's passage. When such an %appropria-
ton bill befor the president
he will have to decide. first, whether
he can afford to ~jeopardize the inter-
ests of the branch of the government
for which the appropriation is pro-
posed, by vetoing the whole bill in
order to get rid of the "liquor devil
clause.
If he decides he cannot afford to
interpOse a veto he will have to de-
eide whether he shall obey it and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
THE fascination of Washington as q

r HE fascination of Washington as a
1 place of residence especially to
those who have tasted the delights of
official life. is once more illustrated
by the announcement that Mrs. John
r. Reyhurn, wife of the recently elect
ed mayor of Philadelphia, will con
:tinue her home at the national capital,
Notwithstanding her husbands posi-
ton as the, municipal chief of the city
of Brotherly Love.
Quite another type of woman seek
ing a residence in Washington as a re-
lief from a less satisfying city is Mrs.
Thomas F. Ryan, wife of New York's
great %1nancier, who last season
bought and furnished the former resi-
dence of the late Mrs. Harriet Lane
Johnston with a view to passing her
winters in Washington. Right in the
heart of the smartest residence sec-
ton with Representative and Mrs.
Longworth as her immediate neigh
bors, Mrs. Ryan lives entirely apart
from the social world, but thoroughly
enjoying Washington, her new home
and the society OF her husband and
children who come and go between
New York and Virginia with happy
unconcern for distance or expense.
Everybody, or nearly everybody,
socially speaking, called on Mrs.
Ryan, of course, but few persons got
beyond the white and yellow portal,
which is guarded by a sphinxlike but
Ter, who gently informs all corners his
mistress Is mot at home" Within q
week each person leaving a card re-
ceives one in return, with the written
message that Mrs. Ryan regrets she
is unable to receive or make visits.
No reason is assigned for the inabil-
ity, nor are the regrets qualified by
any polite adjective, but as Mrs. Ryan
drives, travels in her special a with
out any apparent inconvenience, it is
assumed the inability is not physical.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01

VISITING him daily in his cell at
Y the Tombs, Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw is the sole comfort of her hus-
band these days. Deserted by her
husbands friends and left alone in
the hot months to carry cheer from
the outside world to the man whose
love for her caused him to kill Stan
ford White, the actress-wife has been
faithful and accomplishing.
Alone in her apartments in the Lor-
aine, the young wife seems to have
been a prisoner herself, for her only
ventures out of doors have been to the
black prison where Thaw sits plan
ming when they will take a trip to
Europe. Her visits must lift Thaw in
to cheerful hopefulness, for, of all
those connected with the case, he is
the most certain of acquittal in the
next trial.
Although this strain Of more than a
year has told on the beautiful model,
Evelyn Thaw still retains the girlish