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The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30

I took Mrs. Hodge IN and she took
in my wife's dress to see If it was
made over from last years.
Young Communipaw tried hard not
to reach the table first, but plate of
dill pickles caught his eye and he
won from old man Hodge by an
arm.
The first round was oyster cocktails
and everybody drew cards.
This was Ollie's maiden attempt at
making oyster cocktails, and she had
original ideas about them, which con-
sisted of salad oil instead of tomato
catsup.
The salad oil come from Italy, so
the oysters were extremely foreign
in taste.
After eating his cocktail Riley
Hatch began to turn pale, and politely
inquired it we raised our own oy-
sters.
But just then little Cutey Coyne up
set glass of water and changed the
subject and the complexion of the
tablecloth.
The next round was mock-turtle
soup, and it made deep impression,
especially on Charley Swayne, be-
cause little Casanova Golden upset her
share in his lap when he least ex-
pected it.
Charlie was very nice about it, how
ever.
He only swore twice, then he re-
membered once gentleman always
a gentleman, and he did not strike the
girl
After awhile We all convinced Char
lie that the laugh was on the soup,
and not on him, and when the fish
came on he forgot his troubles by get
ting bone in his throat.
When Charlie began to talk like a
trout, old man Hodge grabbed the
bread knife and begged to be allowed
to carve his initials on somebody's
wishbone.
But Joe Coyne finally pacif1ed him
by second helping of Bermuda
onions.
I opened third bottle of Pommery
just to show I wasn't stingy.
Then came the Thanksgiving tur-
key, and this is where that cook of
ours won the blue ribbon.
My wife had told her to stuff it
with chestnuts, but Ollie thought chest
nuts too much of an old joke, so she
stuffed it with peanut brittle.
Ollie had noticed some other things
about the kitchen which looked lone
some, so she decided to put them in
the turkey, too.
One of these was the corkscrew.
When went to carve the turkey,
found horseshoe which Ollie had put
in for luck.
1t made my wife extremely nervous
to see the can opener, a pair of scis.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Merchants Visit Milwaukee.

Come to the city of beautiful parks,
clean streets, fine buildings, huge fac
tories. immense jobbing houses and hos
pltabie people. Spend your time during
the Annual Fall Buying Season where
you, can bring your families and combine
business with pleasure
The recent laws in Wisconsin, Iowa,
Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri.
and neighboring states, by which pas
sengea fares are reduced to two cents q
mile. are Of great advantage to mer-
chants In this territory who wish to
come to Milwaukee. After August Is,
19O7, merchants may buy regular tick
ct to Milwaukee at 4 rate of two cents
q mile (the lowest rate now given for
any occasion) and will not be required
to secure certificates or be restricted to
certain dates. This offers decided ad-
In Milwaukee call for information at thu
Milwaukee Association of Jobbers and
Manufacturers, 4549 University Bldg.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
EVER AN UPWARD PROGRESS.
Steady March Of the Toilers Toward
Improved Conditions.

o. M. Boyle. a noted writer on labor
subjects, thus refers to the holiday:
Labor day of 1907-the twenty first
since the day became legal holiday,
the twenty-sixth since it's first actual
observance-inds the workers of
America vastly better off in many re-
spects than they have ever been in
history According to many labor
leaders and economists, workers are
to-day better paid by from 10 to 40
per cent than two decades ago. Their
hours are shorter, and it is asserted
that they are better fed, better cloth
ed, and better housed; that their chill
dren are better educated; that their
environment is happier, and that they
have more leisure to enjoy the bene-
fits of all the refining influences of
life.
Twenty years ago there were few
labor laws. Now there are many in
almost every state. In 1886 the num-
Der of labor laws on the New York
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Used Ink for Rluinu.

zone can never be too careful about
apparently harmless articles setting
about the house," said housewife the
other day. "Not long ago my husband
brought home one of those big tall bot
ties of ink from the Office. It had got
to be such nuisance buying one of
the small f1ve-cent bottles every time
we ran out of ink, that he said he
would bring home a supply.
about a week after that I got
new maid, and when she did the wash
Ing she took the big bottle of ink for
bluing. OF course every stitch of our
white clothes in the washing was
ruined"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Jobn. Henry
on
Coo Ks
By
George v. Hobart
Copyright, 1906, by G. W. Dillingham; Co..

Copyright, 1906, by G. w. Dillingham; Co..
When my wife made the sugges.
ton that we should give Thanksgiv.
ing dinner to our friends in the neigh
borhood it almost put me to the ropes.
You know I'm not much on the So
cial gag, and to have to sit up and
make good-natured faces at lot of
strangers gives me intermittent pains
in the neck.
why should we give them din.
ner?" asked my wife. "Aren't most
of them getting good wages, and why
should We kill the fatted calf for a
lot of homemade prodigals?"
John, don't be so selish!" was my
wife's get-back. "There's a long win
ter ahead of us, and when we give
our dinner to seven people that means
seven people to give us seven dinners.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
What, indeed?

A duchess requiring lady's maid
had an interview with one, to whom,
after having examined her appearance,
she said: ''Of course, you will be able
to dress my hair for me?" "Oh, yes"
replied the girl; 1T never takes me
more than half an hour to dress q
1ady's hair" 'Half an hour, my
child" exclaimed the duchess, in &C.
cents of terror, "and what on earth,
then, should be able to do with N.Y.
self all the remainder of the morn
ing?"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Roof Party for Two.

Nearly every night they have a
roof party on the roof across the area
from my window" said the woman.
1T is very simple. It is lighted red
lantern hung on clothes line and a
boy and a girl in the shadow of the
chimney just far enough away from
the light of it."-N. Y. Press.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Drugs IN Food.

"The gravy from roast beef is near
ly as effective as any iron prepara-
ton in the relief of anaemia, and con.
sequeDtly also of the heart discomfort
accompanying it." In addition, how
ever, to red meat, many vegetables, it
must be remembered, are able to con-
tribYte valuable proportions of iron to
the dietary scheme. This is particu-
larsy true Of the beet, yellow turnip,
tomato and spinach.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Buttermilk Cocktail.

Throat parched? 1rrigate it with a
buttermilk cocktail.
This is new brand of dampness
which was devised at the University
of Chicago. The buttermilk cocktail
is constructed according to the fol-
lowing recipe: Take a tall, thin
glass, drop in a chunk of ice; insert
a long slice Of cucumber, then fill
with buttermilk. That's all!
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Whence "Strawberrvv "

The name strawberry has puzzled
q good many people who like to find
the origin of names. Many suppose it
used to be the custom to string the
berries on straws and sell them in
that way, hence the name. But the
real name is strawberry, due: to the
running habits Of the vine.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Her Secret Sorrow.

"That woman over there has some
hidden sorrow" declared the sym
pathetic one, as she came in and took
her seat at a table not far away. II
have often noticed her. See. Her
companion orders everything she
could possibly want, and yet she sits
there silent with a face like mask.
I am awfully sorry for her,
Don't you worry" advised her pes
simistic friend. "That's her husband
with her. She's bored, that's ALL"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Reliable Sign Of Death.

A Frenchman has received a prize
for discovering a reliable sign OF
death. The test consists of the sub.
cutaneous injection of a solution o.
flouresceine, which, If the blood il
still circulating, in the course Of !
few hours causes the skin to turn yel
Low. s .5$ $5#sS: 49, /.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30

I'VE million American WOm-
EN- and children are work.
ing in gainful occupations.
Three million of these la
Dor outside the home.
These women workers are
handicapped by tn cir
physical weakness and un-
accustomed environment.
Yet they have entered our
sharply competitive indus
trial system. and must
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
Late Already.

Five minutes after the tardy gong
had struck, the principal of the school
was walking through the lower hall
when he saw pudgy little fellow
scampering toward the first grade
room as fast as his fat legs could
carry him. "See here, young man,
want to talk to you," called the prin-
cipal to the late conner. Il hain't got
time to talk to you; I'm late already"
replied the breathless beginner as the
door of his classroom closed.-Tho
Circle.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30

Chance for Collectors.
An oil portrait of J. Pierpont Nor
gan is among the unclaimed dutiable
goods in the government stores at
New York. It will be offered at public
sale.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-08-30
A MiSouvnist.

= Ml8ogynlst.
me father" said Mrs. Murphy, 'tal-
ways gifts up whin a lady enthers the
room.'
"The ould man is too suspicious"
Mr.. Murphy grunted. II never seen
the woman yit that 'ud be mane
enough to hit ye when ye was sittin'
down. n."-Chicago Daily News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Death Of the Japanese
War Scare Announced.

Washington, D. C.-Despite the at
tempts If a few people to keep LIE
in the japanese war scare, it IS dead.
In fact, it never was very much alive.
Beyond furnishing employment TO
space writer's and acting as political
issue with which to embarrass the
Ministry in Japan, it seems to have
had no reason for being on earth at
all. Now it fails to serve even these
DOOR purposes and so Is allowed to
disappear.
The mcre fact that San Francisco
asserted her undoubted right to reg
ulate her own school affairs could not
by the widest stretch Of imagination
furnish 4. casus belli-except for the
newspaper and political purposes
aforesaid. Neither could the ire
sponsible acts OF a few hoodlums who
made more or less hostile demonstra-
tions against Asiatics-Chinese and
japanese alike-as they have done
for years. ,Trivialities of this tort
are matters for the police, not for
war alarums. And it was thus that
they were regarded by all sensible
people, both in America. and Japan.
The annual spring war scare hav-
ing been overWorked in Europe, it
was necessarily shifted to the Pacific.
There is not now, and never mas
been, any serious danger OF war De-
tween America and Japan.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Chinese Rebels
SIay Officials.

Victoria, B. C.-Further advices
regarding the rebellion in South
China received by the steamer Mont
eagle, state that Sun Vat Sen, who
for years has been organizing an anti
dynastic movement in China, left
Toxic for few weeks before ne out
break, and is reported leading the
revolutionists near Swatow, having
taken the field May % and opened
operations by attacking the walled
city of Kwang Kong, which was cas-
lily captured and all officials were
Killed. Kaoping and Lin Ching suf-
fered similar fates. The government
troops on the Island Of Manwo were
attacked on May 27 and defeated, the
reyolutionists then marching upon
Cha Chow, which also fell into their
hands, and all Of the officials were
promptly killed. Thousands Of ref
ugees fed to Swatow, where foreign
warships assembled to protect the
city. -.
The Jill shimpo, which prints dis
patches from its own correspondent
REGARDING the rebellion, states that
with the we'll equipped and amply
armed troops Of modern China the
revolution must be crushed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Wars and RumorS Of Wars Abroad;
Peace and Plenty in This Land Of Ous
France Faces a Civil War
Ineited by Wine Growers.

Paris, .France.-The Government
acted none too soon in determining
to set the law in motion against the
wine growing reyolutionaries in the
South of France.
A special correspondent OF the
Petit Parisien, who visited the vil-.
lagos of Reziers and Argelliers, found!
preparations being made everywhere
for resistance. Old carts and heavy
out of date carriages, with the wheels,
removed, were used to form barri-a
cades. Spears weAe stuck into the;
ground and Joined with wires and
brambles interviewer. Fire pumps.
were in readiness to drench the soi-s
diers.
The women show even more keen;
ness than the men. The corresponds
ent saw some cleaning sporting rifles
and declaring that if any one wanted
to arrest Marcellin Albert he would
bite the dust first. s 50
A late dispatch from Narbonne
says the people commenced to erect
barricades there, but Ferroul ordered
their demolition. The people obeyed
him.
Much activity is reported among
the troops. Regiments are leaving
the Midi and others are replacing
them. !.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Guatemala Arms
AGAINST ZeIaya's Invasion.

Guatemala City.-Guatemala IS
arming against the apprehendeo
Nicaraguan attack by land and sea
and heavy guns are being planted at
the seaports of San Jose, Champerlco
and Puerto Barrios. Troops are
ready to repel an attack from the
Honduran frontier, where President
Zelaya has massed battalions.
Some of the official papers bitterly
attack President Zelaya's bad faith,
declaring that after agreeing a few
weeks ago at Amapala to submit to
the United States any difference with
Salvador, now openly assists the Sal
vador insurgents and menaces Guate-
mala.
President Zelaya's. campaign
against Guatemala will fail, but
these continual attacks and menaces
cause a heavy expense to the Guate-
ma1an Government and visit hard
ships on a community whose business
is paralyzed. Zelaya keeps the whole
of Central America in a ferment,
wherein Mexico's threatening attitude
toward Guatemala encourages him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Mikado May
Recall Ambassador Aoki.

Toxic, Japan.-There are strong
indications that Ambassador Aoki
will be recalled.
There is an inclination to connect
the rumor of his reported coming re-
call With Premier Saionji's audience;
with the Mikado after the Cabinet
Council.
The Daido Club, new party CONF
prising representatives Of the late
Cabinet, adopted resolution deplor-t
ing the Governments dilatoriness and
negligencef in the face of the San
Francisco incidents, and urging q
prompt solution of the difacultys
The resolution declares that athe tra-]
ditional friendship and cooperation
of Japan and the United States are
indispensable for the furtherance OF
civilization and peace in the Far
East" 4
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Pitiful Sight.

One of the most pitiful sights in
London is the sale of thousands OF
birds of paradise, humming birds, par
rots, owls, terms, kingdshers, finches,
swallows, crown-pigeons, tanlgers,
cardinals, golden orioles and other
bright tropical creatures besides hun
dreds of packages of the long, loose,
waving Osprey" plumes taken from
the backs of various species of small
white herons and egrets. Last year,
in London alone, to give only two
conspicuous instances, the feathers OF
100000 herons and egrets were sold
and over 10000 birds of PARADISE
New Haven Register.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
SEVEN AGES OF WHEELS.

A wicker carriage we provide
In which the baby first may rice.
With kits. a yellow cart arrives,.-
A doubtful biMy-soat he drives.
In knickerbockers. down the pike
He circuses upon his bike.
The age Of love and s:asolene
Demands a s;X.y-horse machine.
The years advance: he rides atar
In MS palatial private car.
Old, feeble. if the DAY be fair,
His valet wheels him ii his chair.
Then one last trip he takes on wheels,
His head no highe: than his heels.
Frank Roe Batchelder. in Puck.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Janan Fights Formesans.

Victoria, B. C.-Advices from For
mosa by the steamer Monteagle tell
of brisk fighting between the jap,
anese and Formosan natives. The
Japanese have organized drives with
a daily extended line, gradually forc-
ing back the natives, who hold three
fifths of Formosa and number 100,-.
900. After months OF guerilla war
fare, in which numerous camphor
work kers were killed, the Japanese
troops were Systematically driving
the natives into submission. The pro-;
gram is that each advance is made,
permanent by the construction OF
roads, etc.. To date 1873 square
miles have been covered in this man
ner. The natives are fighting des-
perately. -
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Fur Coats for Dogs.

Fur coats for dogs have entirely
roae out Of fashion," says the Daily
Mail. 1t is, however, an exaggeratlon
to say that, since the pronouncement'
St. Bernards and Newfoundlands have
been rushing to BARRIERS shops in the
thousands. At the same time there is
no doubt that many dogs who had al
most stopped moulting have now re-
solved to keep it up.-Punch.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Russia Faces Revolution.

St. Petersburg, Russia.-1t is
rumored that Admiral Wren has
asked the Minister of War to replace
the Brest Regiment, now at Sevasto-
pol. by one whose loyalty is above
suspicion. 1t may be recalled that q
portion of the Brest Regiment tenn,
porarily joined the mutineers of the
battleship Kniaz Potemkin during the,
former troubles.
DR.. Dubrevin, president of the
Union of the Russian People, has tell
egraphed the Car thanking him
for putting an end to the criminal
Duma and assuring him that the
members of the Union will not spare
their lives or property in defense OF
the monarch.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Freight Rate War.

Stockholders are on the eve OF
opening war to prevent Western
States from reducing freight rates,
thereby reducing by millions the m,.
comes Of corporations. -
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Texas Saloons to Close.

Texas new liquor license law takes
effect on July II, and as it will re-
ouire twenty days to get the new
license every saloon in the State may
have to close for that length OF time.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
New Musician.

A big music store in Louisville, ky.,
burned. At one time dozen streams
were playing on the pianos.-Denyer
Post.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Wholesale Trade Brisk.

Wholesale trade in fall and winter
goods is brisk, large duplicate pur-
chases because of the cold spring
having depleted stocks in the hands
Of retailers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
AppIeyard Declared Insolvent.

Arthur E. Appleyard, who made a
sensational raid on United Gas Inn.
provement Company stock in Phiia-.
delphia, was declared insolVent Dy the.
Stock Exchange there. ...55,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04

s.1ISS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-23
- Miscellaneous Items. Il

-Gramophones are used in English
thr.,tprS 70 give stage shouts. thus say
inc EXPENSE and insuriug volume OF
sound
4 rnpc that had been used by the
uuhiic cxecutioner in the hanging ot sew
craI murderers was sold at auction III
London the other day and brought SID
The foundations Of the Bourse bulid-
inc nj Amsterdam have given way. ana
tLr building is threatened with ruin ANA
has been closed. 1t cost S4WDO,OOo ana
was completed only recently.
AS the British war department i
about to move from its old quarters IN
Pan Mall to the new quarters i'll White
hail. The suggestion is made that it sell
IFS furniture in the old place and buy II
back. at an advance, for the new place,
South African style.
A pulpit that has been consecrateo
by the British Bishop of Carlisle for use
in st Cuthbert's, Carlisle runs on
wheels. 1t is brought in and taken out
of the church by means OF trolley ana
endless rope. Made of mahogany ami
over nine feet in height, the pulpit COS;
$1,000
OF Robert Louis Stevenson recent
writer says: With his dark eyes looking
AZ if they had drunk in the sunshine in
some southern land. his uncut hair. his
odd. shabby clothes clinglng to his at
tanuated frame his elaborate manners
and habit Of gesticulating as lie spoke,
he was often mistaken for n starving
musician or foreign m0untebank. Con-
tinental officials doubted his passport
statement that he was Brton. In
Erauce he was imprisoned, and Steven
son complained that he could not pass Il
frontier or visit IL bank without suspi-
al,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-23
All Men Are towards.

Upon the statement that modcrn
American business mcu. although they
possess viriiity, brains. ami force. are I'M
general cowarilN aud uuculturvd. and
are lacking in character. Prof Charles
ZuehGn. professor Of sociology of the
University Of Chicago, based an address
on "'fhp Over Specialized Business Man
aud Public Morals, i'm Chicago. Some
Of his statements follow;
business men possess viriiity but not
courage; brains. hut not cnlturc. forcc, hut
not character.
stand pat is the most immoral Of all
tieclara lions: 1t means that there Is some
thing rotten that must bc hidden.
The lack of courage i the chief defect of
an people today.
The building of the la Sale strret sta.
ton was q hit of coWarlice: the proposed
North Western station Will be u monument
of scnility.
Marshall Field had the greatest brain the
business world has Ssrn. hut the provisions
of his will show a lack Of culture
Instead Of using their brains to cvadc the
constitution. huStur>S men. ii cultured.
would revise it, they would abolish the
Tufttd States senate. mStead of trying 10
ret iato il, they worid lC=ailsr guWhiGa-
tiops and railway pools
Lack OF character is shown iu Ga" attitude
Of the hpSiutss men OF Chicago iu thr tr0r-
tiuu question
Hartman Is the mos; forceful man tn the
puhlit, eye. bat lac has admitted uuhluShing
Ii acts which everyone regards as DIS
honest
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-23
Boy Hero Gets a Medal

\ Carnegie medal and $500 in cash
has been awarded Fred Hiser, Ii years
cid. who lives ON a farm with his par
ents among the Les Cheneaux islands,
Mich. Young Hiser, during The latter
part of December, rescued from a burn
ing building his aunt, who had returned
70 the home. possibly t. rescue cher
ished keepsake.
Fearing that she would burn to death
the lad rushed into the flames, fought his
way through the binding smoke and
sitting heat until he found his aunt I'M
conscious ON the floor.
By the time he had carried her out
side he was terribly injured. His hair
was burned from his head. his clothes
charred, exposing the raw flesh of his
limbs where the skin had burned away.
His eyes We're almost glued together
by the heat, and the fingers of his hands
We're almost webbed together.
Young Hiser has recovered after
weeks of suffering
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-23
No Money Can Carry faint.

There is no such thing as tainted
money" declared DR. Charles w Need
ham. president of George Washington
university. in an address before the stu
dents of that institution in Washington
Human conduct in acquiring money
does not attach to or mix in the coin
nor lessen nor weaken the promise to
pay upon the bank note There is no
such thing as tainted money Good
moral money-that is, coin of full weight
and live promises tn pay--Cood coin. is
good anywhere. in amy mans land
Truth taxes no passing shadow TO itself
and money cannot become impregnatcd
10y the deeds OF passing users. Having
this view of good money, | will accent
it from any man who Owls it."