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Fifteen YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Terrible Itching Prevented Sleep
Hands, Arms and Legs Affected
-Cuticura Cured in Days.

II had eczema nearly fifteen years.
The affected parts were my hands,
arms and legs. They were the worst
in the winter time, and were always
itchy, and I could not keep from
scratching them. I had to keep both
hands bandaged all the time, and at
night I would have to scratch through
the bandages as the itching was so
severe, and at times would have to
tear everything off my hands to scratch
the skin. could not rest or sleep. I
had several physicians treat me but
they could not give me a permanent
cure nor even could they stop the itch
ing. After using the Cuticura Soap,
one box Of Cuticura Ointment and two
bottles Of Cuticura Resolvent for about
six days the itching had ceased, and
now the sores have disappeared, and I
never felt better in my life than I do
now. Edward Worell, Band Both U. s.
Infantry, Fort Crook, Nebraska"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-10-04
NO PLACE FOR HIM HERE.
Alabama Judge Did Not Think De.
ceased Would Miss Much. go

"Your honor" said a prosecuting at
torney in an Alabama backwoods
court, "the prisoner at the bar is
charged with kining one of the most
exemplary citizens of this county.
Thomas Jones, your honor, was in
every respect model man. He was
member OF the church; he was never
known to bet on horses, play poker,
drink whisky or use tobacco. He"
Hold on minute" said the Judge.
"You say he never bet on a horse?"
"That's what I said, your honor"
Never was known to play game"
''Never your honor"
"And he never drank liQuor?"
Never drank drop, your honor"
"And he didn't chew tobacco?"
"Never took chew in his life."
"Well, then," said the judge, 'I
don't see what he wanted to live for.
There wasn't anything in life for him,
and I don't see why he amt about
as we'll of dealt as alive. Release the
prisoner, Mr.. Sheriff, and call the next
case."
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-10-04

Tientsin, China.-For generations
men have been saying that some day
the world would have to reckon with
China. Now that day seems to have
begun. In the place of the huge, in
ert, gelatinous mass, which could be
struck in one part without the other
parts feeling the blow, there has
arisen a new China with a national
consciousness, an awakening pride, a
sense of dignity and a readiness to
assert her own claims. China the
helpless is fast becoming China the
ominous, and that portentous fact can
not too soon penetrate the thick and
selfsuficient complacency of civiliza-
ton.
For hundred years the world has
been hearing what the missionaries
thought of China, nobody inquiring
or caring what China thought of the
missionaries. Occasionally, some west
ern trained Chinese diplomat, like the
willy WI Ting Fang-whom, by the
way. his late official associates in Pc
king, who have since crowded him out
VI oAASO, uCS15udLc do
that foreign devil, Wu," would de-
liver double ended opinions concern
ing the missionaries. But the real
Chinese opinion has been difficult to
obtain. The average oriental is af-
f1icted with congenital inability to tell
the truth
The Willy WI as Prevaricator.
1t may be worth while to digress for
n moment to illustrate this, again u.s.
Ing WI Ting Fang, who has struggled
hard to gain recognition in China
commensurate with that which he en-
joyed in America. On the occasion
of the return to the states of Minis
ter Conger, who seems to have been
the most popular representative his
country has ever sent to China, the
missionaries in and about Peking gave
him reception at one of the Method
ist homes. 1t was strictly mission
ary occasion. WI Ting Fang, hear
ing of it, went directly to the host
and asked permission to be pres
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-10-04
PUTS THE "GINGER" IN.
The Kind Of Food Used by Athletes.

A former college athlete. one of the
long distance runners, began to lose
his power of endurance. His expert
ence with change in food is interest
ing.
while was in training on the
track athletic team, my daily 'jogs' be-
came a task, until after was put on
Grape-Nuts food for two meals a day.
After using the Food for two weeks l
felt like a new man. My digestion was
perfect, nerves steady and I was full
of energy.
II trained for the mile and the half
mile runs Chose events which require
so much endurance) and then the long
daily 'jogs,' which before had been
such a task, were clipped of with
ease. I won both events.
"The Grape-Nuts food put me in per.
feet condition and gave me my ginger
Not only was my physical condition
made perfect, and my weight in
creased, but my mind was made clear
and vigorous SO that I could get out
my studies in about half the time for
merly required. Now most all of the
University men use Grape-Nuts for
they have learned its value, but
think my testimony will not be amiss
and may perhaps help some one to
learn how the best results can be OBJ
tained."
There's a reason for the effect Of
Grape-Nuts food on the human body
and brain. The certain elements in
wheat and barley are selected with
special reference to their power for re-
building the brain and nerve centres.
The product is then. carefully and
scientifically prepared so as to make
it easy Of digestion. The physical and
mental results are SO apparent after
two or three weeks use as to produce
a profound impression. Read "'The
Road to Wallville," in pkgs. There's
q reason" S ..4. -s.a j
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KNEW VALUE OF An OATH.
CoIored Witness at Least Was Aware
Of Its Pecuniary Worth.

Clarence S. Darrow, the well known
lawyer and essayist, discussing the
Haywood trial, in which he played so
prominent a part, said the other day:
"Some of the evidence in that trial
was so transparently false that it re-
minds me of a case that came off in
Alabama a few years back. One of
the witnesses in this case was an ex-
tremely ignorant man. AS his testi-
mony progressed, his ignorance be-
came so shockingly evident that the
judge, looking sternly down at him
said:
"Look here, sir, are you acquaint-
ed with the value of an oath?'
"The witness answered anxiously:
"'Jedge, I hope I am. That thar
lawyer on yer left hand gimme six dol
lars to sw'ar agin the other side.
Thet's the correck value of an oath,
amt it, jedge?'"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-10-04
Roadside Temple in China.

ent He furthermore asked bluntly
If he might be permitted to make a
speech. Then, at the reception, he
arose and unblushingly looking into
the faces of those who had heard him
request the invitation, he said: Il
cannot understand why l should be
asked to be present here tonight,
and hesitated a long time about
coming Even taking for granted the
courtesy of including me among the
guests, l still cannot see why you
should want me to make a speech"
AS a matter of fact, they didn't, and
his remarks fell fiat.
This is the sort of thing to be ex.
pected of orientals. 1t was of the
east that David said: "All men are
liars" Yet there is, nevertheless,
more open speech among the Chinese
to-day than ever before. With western
bluntness, many are now expressing
themselves concerning China and for
eigners. So I have sought the views
upon the missionary question of the
most prominent and aggressive Chi
nese, officials and otherwise, whom I
could reach, especially those speaking
English. Summing them up, 1 find
a marked agreement of opinion; al
though l had been forewarned that
the official class is hostile to mission
aries and foreigners, because of the
trouble they have made.
Chinese Are Sore Over Wrongs.
70 fo
each mans views in DETAIL as a sum-
mary of the whole will give a clearer
understanding of the situation, I
would say that, in addition to numer-
Gus Chinese teachers and Christian
preachers, and a iew business men,
l have interviewed Tang Shoa vi, a
Yale graduate who ranks second only
to Yuan Shih Kai in national influ-
ence; Customs Taotai Liang Of this
city, another Yale man, who is closest
to Yuan Shih Kai; President Hsui of
the imperial medical college, and his
American trained associate, Dr.
Chuan, who has held several impor-
tant posts, and typifies young China
Right at the outset the soreness of
have suffered from foreigners is ap-
parent. This new China, which has
advanced further in the past two
years than during the preceding thou
sand years, has feelings to be hurt.
She is just waking up to a realiza-
tion of the indignities she has en-
dured for decades past; the anti
American boycott was in large part a
belated reprisal for American i'll.
treatment of the Chinese immigrants
In years past.
Hitherto there has been a dumb,
lnarticulate and helpless sense of
antagonism toward all outer barba-
rians, as foreigners were regarded,
without distinction. No line was
drawn between those who were pro-
1essedly in China for China's good
and those who were professedly seek
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.ng their own ends. A considerable
trace of this indiscriminate hostility
still exists even among officials. Yet
l found the men with whom I talked
distinguishing, as rule, between
missionaries and other foreigners.
What surprised me was to discover
that every Chinese with whom l talk
ed differentiated the American and
British missionaries from, the French.
1t is the last-named who have assum-
ed civil authority, and who have Gre
ated most of the conflicts between
the Chinese and the missionaries.
In China, But Not Under China.
The white man is in China, but
not of it. He has, as Sir Robert Hart
reminded me, more privileges here
than anywhere else in the world. He
is amenable to no Chinese law. The
natives regard him with fear, and at
least outward Difference. A jinricki.
sha man pulling a foreigner does not
hesitate to violate all the rules Of
the road Extra-territoriality has given
the subjects of other nations priv
ileges which they have not hesitated
to abuse The Chinese believe, and
with reason, that every foreigner con-
siders himself superior being, and
of a superior race.
It is common for white men to treat
the yellow as lower animals. I have
seen them kicked, beaten, cuffed.
showed, and their queues pulled, upon
the slightest provocation. have
never seen missionary strike Chi
nese, but ! know of rare cases in
which it has been done. l have occa-
sionally witnessed a disregard for the
rights and feelings of the native, as
fellow man, on the part of the mis-.
sionary. To cite trivial illustra-
ton: My steamer rug was hanging
on the arm of missionary in q
crowd of Chinese. One of the latter,
impelled by mere curiosity, began
idly to finger the texture of the rug.
At once the missionary jerked it
away, with a snarl, as if the man
had injured it. That missionary's
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-10-04
OriQin of ScotIand's Motto.

It was thought by the Danes to be
cowardly to attack an enemy after
nightfall, but on one occasion when
they were waging war in Scotland,
they deviated from their usual rule.
On they crept, noiselessly and unob-
served, in their bare feet, upon the
unsuspecting Scotchman. When near
the camp one of the Danes trod upon
a thistle and in his pain cried out.
This aroused the sleeping Scotchmen,
and they gave the alarm. The Danes
were defeated with terrible loss of
life, and ever since that time the
thistle has been the insignia of Scot
land, with the motto: memo me i'm
pune 1acessit.' mo one provokes me
with impunity'
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chances of helping that mans soul
are rather SLIM
AS background for all considera-
ton of all things Chinese, these re-
grettable effects of extra-territorialitv.
and of the white mans sense Of racial
superiority, must be borne in mind.
they will illuminate the report of trou-
bles that arise in this monster na-
tion, which is awakening, bewildered.
from the sleep of centuries. All nv
Interviews with the Chinese have
largely exonerated the missionaries
upon this point. I myself have been
harder upon them, in the preceding
paragraph. than the Chinese have
been. 1t cannot be questioned that
the great mass of missionaries here
really care for the Chinese, and arc
honestly endeavoring to serve them
The loyalty of the missionaries to the
native, when contrasted with the con.
tempt and disfavor of most other for
elgners. Is really remarkable.
The Doctors Good Reputation.
Whatever fault they find with other
phases OF mission work-and manv
have scant patience with the distinc.
lively religious propaganda-the Chi
nese have unanimously praised the
medical and educational branches. Re.
member that this nation of 400, ,O0O. 900
persons has no modern medical sci.
ence, outside of the missions. and
that there is no end of sickness, much
OF it is due to ignorance and filth.
The ordinary medical missionary
treats from 5000 to $4,000 dispensary
cases year.
So this humanitarian work, which
writes its own good record in the
healed bodies of the people, comes
in for nothing but praise. Some Of
the officials manifested sincere graft
tude in speaking of what the mission.
aries had done in this direction for
China
Similarly, concerning the educa-
tlonal work of missions, could
elicit only one opinion. Until within
five years China has had nothing Of
what the west could call education,
except as the missions gave 1t. Chi
nese statesmen and philosophers were
ignorant of the simplest facts of ge.
ography, history and nature, such as
any ten-year'old boy in America un.
derstood. The leaders of new China
freely credit the mission schools with
having awakened the educational i'm
pulse in the nation, and with having
pioneered the way.
Curiously enough, some of the edu.
Gated Chinese, avowedly non-C Chris.
tian, displayed such a knowledge of
the genius of Christianity as to re-
proach it for having done so little
for China! "Yes," said one, II grant
that missions have done a great deal
in an educational way for China, but
nothing like what they should have
DONE" In passing Judgment upon the
missions and missionaries, most Of
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-10-04
: u s s-G"' >
n Wear Pajamas on Cars.

II learned something from the por-
ter on our train this morning" said a
hotel guest. IT noticed him pick up
the coat to pair of pajamas while he
was making up one of the berths.
Whoever had occupied the berth had
got off the train, evidently, and left
the garment behind. Forgot part of
his nightie, eh?' says I to the porter.
The porter grinned broadly. Wasn't
any his about it, boss he says. 1T
war lady that was in that berth las
night. Yes, sab. Lots of 'em seems
to like them to weah on the cabs. ]
guess they thinks they's better in case
of wreck or sump'n like that"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-10-04

There Catarrh in this section Of the country
than ali other diseases put together and until the last
few years supposed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced it local disease and
to with local treatment incurabe.
Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis
and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney
Co.. Toledo Ohio 10 the only Constitutional cure on
the market 1t 1s taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful It acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any 1t fails to Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: FIJI. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Halla Family Pills for cOnatfnatfon.
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One of the greatest triurphs of
Lydia E. Pinkhaln's Vegetable Com
pound is the conquering of woman's
dread enemy Tumor,
The growth of q tumor is so in
sidious that frequently its presence
is wholly unsuspected until it is we'll
So called wandering pains" may
come from it's early stages or the
presence of danger may be made
manifest by excessive monthly periods
accompanied by unusual pain, from
the abdomen through the groin and
thigh. :.
If you have mysterious pains, if
there are indications of Inflammation
or displacements, secure bottle of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, right away and begin it's use.
The following letters should con
vince every suffering woman OF its
virtue, and that it actually does
conquer tumors.
Mrs. May Fry, of s3e w. Colfax
Ave-, South Bend, Ind, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
II take great pleasure in writ
ing to thank you for what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. I also took the Blood
Purifier in alternate doses with the
Compound. Your medicine removed a
cyst tumor of four years growth,
which three of the best physicians
declared 1 had. They had said that
only an operation could help me. l am
very thankful that followed a friends
advice and took your medicine. 1t has
made me strong and well woman and
I shall recommend it as long as live. "
Mrs. E. F. Hayes, of 26 Ruggles st. ,
Boston, Mass, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
''Ihave been under different doctors
treatment for long time without
relief. They told me I had fbroid
tumor, my abdomen was swollen and
suffered with great pain. wrote
to you for advice, you replied and I
followed your directions carefully and
today I am a we'll women. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ex-
PEELED the tumor and strengthened my
whole system"
Mrs. Perry Byers, of Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, writes
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Would Run No Risk.

Darling" said the young man as he
bent fondly over her chair, II would
die for you"
WELL" rejoined the practical but
otherwise fair maid, "the rates of in
surance are pretty low. Suppose you
get your life insured in my favor for
$4,000 and then die for me?"
"And let some other fellow lux
uriate on the insurance?" exclaimed
the wise young man. "Well, guess
not"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-10-04
New Method Of Cuttinu Steel,

New Method Of Cutting Steel.
A new method of cutting steel is
said to have been patented by a Bel
gian engineer. The process consists
in first heating the metal by means of
an oxyhydrogen flame and then cut
ting it by small stream of oxygen
gas, which unites with the steel and
forms a fusible oxide, which flows
freely from the cut. It is said that
the cut is fully as smooth as that
made by the saw, and is only 1-100
inch wide.
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dered and passages of the secretions
too frequent. On the advice of my
husband I began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Since using two boxes my trou-
BILE has not reappeared. This is Won
derful, after suffering two years."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-10-04
How Frick Got His Start.

One day the Mellon bank in Pitts
burg was amazed to receive from an
unknown man signing himself III. c.
Frick," letter requesting the loan of
100000. He had very little to offer in
the way of security, the writer said,
but he pledged his word that If the
loan was made it should be returned
with interest.
The audacity of the request interest
ed the banks head, and he sent a
trusted agent to find out about the
man Frick. When the agent made his
report the bank decided to make the
loan.
That $4,000 was the foundation Of
the colossal fortune of Henry Clay
Frick. Not only did he return the prin-
cipal with interest, but the business
which he subsequently gave the Mel
lon bank was worth hundred times
the amount of the original loan.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-10-04

ago, drOpsy set in,
and my left side was
so swollen the doctor
said he would have
to tap out the water.
There was constant
pain and a gurgling
sensation around nv
heart, and I could not
raise my arm above
my head. The kid
now o0finn xr,oo l,
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these Chinese assume the Christian
viewpoint. Thus, the Chinese con.
stantly treat their own people with
greater cruelty and heartlessness than
do the foreigners, yet they declare
that even an air of superiority to.
ward the poorest natives is repre-.
hensible on the part of the mission
ary. A Chinese may revile and beat
and kick his countryman, but a for
eigner may not speak sharply to
him.
"Rice Christians"
Despite the fame and unquestioned
service of many veteran missionaries
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Out in Wyoming a Mr.. Prop is be-
Ing sued by his wife for nonsupport.
She ought to get divorce and take
to herself another husband. Then
she would have q brace.-Lav Noiea
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A Missionary Travelling by Mule.
to the Chinese people, several Chinese
stated to me that the later work Of
the missionaries is wiser and bet
ter than that Of former days: or, as
one expressed it, that "the past ten
years have accomplished more than
the previous 90." The praise for the
younger men has been pronounced:
but this is not unexpected, when onD
has seen the character and caliber Of
the recent crop of missionaries
though it would be difficult to see
how they could surpass the many g.
ants whose fame is part of the his-
tory of Chinese missions.
When it came to speaking of the
matter of converts, most official Chi
nese raised their eyebrows or shrug-
ged their shoulders. II think very
few of them are honest" said one,
"they are after the missionaries
money, protection or prestige. "
Again: "The missionaries have reach.
ed only the lowest classes of Chi
nese." Careful inquiry among the
missionaries themselves has CON
firmed this, at least with respect
to the situation prior to 1900. Their
work had until then been accom-.
plished almost wholly among the poor
er people; since 1900, however, many
of better class have been reached.
On the subject of Rice Christians -
i. e., persons protesting conversion
for personal gain, several Of the best
informed Chinese agreed that not
more than go per cent. of the con-
verts are honest. One of the most
successful of independent native pas.
tors disagreed with this, saying that
the percentage is now fully 80 pei
cent; probably 20 per cent. are de-
ceiving the missionary. This state
ment was made in the presence of a
veteran missionary, who assented. In
the independent churches, he added
the proportion of these pretenders Is
practically negligible, for there IL
nothing to be gained by trying tc
deceive a strictly Chinese church
even If it could be accomplished.
"9queezing" and Religion.
Naturally, wanted to know If Chris
tians are exempt from prevailing Chi
nese practices, which, expressed in
blunt Anglo-6axon, are plain lying
and stealing. At once began tc
hear the difficulties under which q
person just out of heathendom, and
a person still surrounded by heathen
ism, continually labors. One mans
cook became Christian and stop
ped "squeezing." Soon it became
noised abroad among the household
ers that Mrs. RS supplies were cost
ing her less than her neighbors'. The
latter called their cooks to account
who thus "lost face" and they
straightway put to work a more eff
fective and far-reaching boycott thar
any labor unions know. The cool
and his mistress could not Withstand
it. Some missionaries cherish the be
lief that their Christian servante dc
not squeeze" but the more general
opinion is that they differ from other.
in that they exercise moderation!
(COpyright, 1907. by Joseph r ROwles
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Colorado, Montana and Utah have
shown decided decline in the produc-
tion of precious metals.
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A MISSOURI WOMAN
Tells a Story Of Awful Suffering and
Wonderful Relief.

Mrs. ]. D. Johnson, of 60s West
Hickman St., Columbia, NO.. says:
"Following an operation two years
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We Pay Top Price for Cream.
Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes. St. Paul. MINI.
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Architects in many instances are
specifying electric plate warmers in
new houses being constructed.
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Aioh Cream Prices

But few men are able to retain their
self-conceit after marriage.
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Ship Your Cream to Us.
We! We always Ss Pay the highest mar market price.
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Steel piles are now economically cut
of by the use of the electric arc.
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Niagara Falls as power generating
plant is worth $46,000,000 per year.
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Doing good is the only certainly
happy action of a mans life.-Sir p.
Sidney.