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The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-13
One of Manv.

An Atchison woman started out to
buy her fall hat. First she visited
the openings and looked and looked.
Then she took friend and went
around to the millinery stores and
tried on" again, saying. of course,
that her "hair looked perfectly ter
rible." Then she went home and
thought and thought, and, finally,
went back to the stores and "tried
on once more: and thought, and
thought, and then bought a hat which
is SO grotesque and hideous that her
relatives and friends blush with
shame every time they see her wear
1t, and strangers stare at her, wonder
ing what kind of courage it takes to
wear such a looking hat. But she
did the best she could.-Atchison
(Kan.) Globe.
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Women Workers Of Great Britain.

Women Workers Of Great Britain.
Women of Great Britain are we'll rep
resented in the professions and trades,
and about 100000 earn their own
living. There are $4,000 who teach;
10000 are bookkeepers: over 5000 are
printers and nearly 500 act as editors
and compilers: 1900 are engaged in
photography: civil service clerks num-
Der nearly 1900: $500 are engaged in
medical work and nursing and $50
women are blacksmiths.
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Chinese Educational Movement.

Chinese Educational Movement.
The growth of the educational move
ment has been so rapid throughout
the Chinese empire that the demand
for instructors has far exceeded the
supply Of competent men available for
the position, with the result that in
the province of Shengking, while
there are undoubtedly number of ex-
cellent men engaged in school work,
the majority are remarkable for their
energy rather than their erudition.
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A Girls Gluolo.

Samuel Shadwell, touchy old man
living in an Indiana village, had a
pane of glass broken in his house one
night not long ago and next day he
had a ten-year-old girl named Minnie
Dayton arrested for it.
When the case was called in court
he was asked how he knew it was
Minnie. He admitted that he didn't
see her, but heard her giggle. When
asked II her giggle was different from
that OF any other girl he said it was,
but he couldn't tell why. Neither
could he initiate the giggle, and he
lost his case.
We all know what girls giggle is,
but ii any Of us were asked to give an
Imitation of it we'd probably fail. A
boy may litter, but when it comes to
giggling only girl can do that.
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His Ear to the Ground.

"Do you expect people to believe all
that you tell them?" THAT is not the
idea," answered the sagacious CAM
paigner. "The way to win the hearts
of the people is to tell them what
they already believe"
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Wort Derivatives.

"Petrel" and petrol" both descend
from petra" rock. Petrol" comes
directly enough. through petroleum." {"
rock oil, but "petrel' through St
Peter. after whom the bird was
named, because it appeared to walk
upon the waves.
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No life ever miscarried because It
was short, but because it was ill.,
lived. That life is long enough that
dispatches the task of 1t.-Herle.
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Better Than Gifts Of Fortune.

'''"'' ~'bSo VI TVTIUU9s
The gifts of fortune are often taken
away as speedily as they came: but
strength of mind and personal nobility
are possessions which survive the ex.
ternal circumstances of life and lift
1t into grandeF planes Halliburton.
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Paradoxical though it may seem, the
light bills rendered by an Illuminating
company are usually heavy.
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FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $500
Id, 93l Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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He who knows not how to confer
kindness cannot Justly ask for one.--
Hereford.
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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

- mercury will surely destroy the sense OF smell
and completely derange tho whole system when
entering 1t through the mucous surfaces. such
articles should never be used except on prescrfp-
viii do 10 ton fold to tho good you can possibly d.
1--WE from them. Halrs Catarrh Cure, Manufactured
eury and 10 taken internally acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system, In
buying Hairs Catarrh Cure be sure You get tho
genuine It 10 internally and made in Toledo.
Ohio. by F: Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials free.
@ Soid oy @ Druggists; Price, 75c per bottle.
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Hiqh Cream Prices.

Among other pipe dreams are those
of the church organist.
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Cream Of Oil

Manhattan's postoffice receipts
amount to $54,370 daily.
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Mechanically.

Judge-And what did the prisoner
say when you told him that you would
have him arrested? Complainant-Ho
answered mechanically, yer honor.
Judge-Explain. Complainant hit
me on the head with a HAMMER
Everybody's MAGAZINE.
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We Pay TOP Price for Cream.

The thrifty housewife never attains
perfection, for she is always mending.
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Is the best kerosene, and does not smoke
the chimney, nor char the wick. Try it.
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Save 20 Per Cent. Of Your Fuel.
Write for price list and testimonials.
Economy Fuel Saver Co.. Minneapolis.
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Goats milk is now regarded as su.
perior to that of the cow for children.
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Much that passes for patience is
simply laziness.
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We Want Your Cream.

Write to-day for tags and prices. North
Star Creamery Co.. Minneapolis, MINI.
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Cash for Cream and Poultry.

Cdsn TOT cream and Poultry.
Top prices, quick returns, square deal.
Ship to us to-day. Write for tags & prices.
r. E. COBB, St. Paul, MINI.
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Average TemperatuES.
The average temperature of the en-
tire globe is so degrees Fahrenheit
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Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller 4 Holmes. St. Paul. MINI.
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Write us to-day for particulars and tag.
MILTON DAIRY CO.. St. Paul, MINI.
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important to Mothare.

Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTOR1A safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
s':s:ss:s ss:'s :'s &MfAzzSzzx
In Use For Over 80 Years,
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
IFron. The Tribune Bureau.I

VIA
vasbiryton Dec 2s-Miss Mary Lodge Mckee,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs James r. Mckee ana
granddaughter OF President Harrison was pre-
sented society at a large tea THIS aitelloo"-
The Vice President and Mrs Fairbanks fheHioeis
of the Cabinet. with their wives, the Mexican Am
bassador and Senora Creel, and number OF the
members Of the diplomatic corps. with several
hundred other people from official ana resideht s
ciety were present Mrs. Mckee had assisting
her Mrs Stephen b. EIkns, Mrs J. w Foster
Mrs Russell u. Harrison. Mrs John llmmohS
Mrs Charles S BromweII. Mrs. Richardson CloVer
Mrs r. c. J. Walker and her niece, MIS- hlchaId
w Meirs both of Philadelphia: Mrs Arthur Lee.
Mrs G c. Glover, Mrs Lee Phillips ana MIS- a. d.
Guathmey of New York With the debutante were
Miss Katherine Elkins. Miss Eleanor Rdgely MISS
Grace Jarvis Miss Constance Hoyt. Miss Evelyn
Chew. Miss Griffith. Miss Eleanor Parker MISS
Frederfca Morgan and Miss Marthena Harrison
also a granddaughter Of President harrison MisS
Mckee will spend the winter in Washington with
her mother.
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., was the guest of Mr. ana
Mrs A B. Butler informal dinner Tonight
after which he attended the theatre with MS most
and hostess and their daughters MISS fIsHceSCa
and Miss Gladys Butler.
Mr and Mrs. c. {. Glover have issued invitations
for a dance for the young friends of their son. T.
T. Glover jr.. a Yale student. on Thursday Jan
uary 2 when Miss Ethel Roosevelt and her oro'hers
will be present.
Mrs William Sheffield Cowles returned 10 the
copitaI to-day from her New England home. where
she spent the Christmas holidays with her little
son. Sheffield Cowles-
Mrs Ralph Ellis. OF New York, Is the guest OF
her mother. Mrs B. +. Warder, at her h street
roro. William, wainwright also of New York. is
tho guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. John j. White, OF that
city who have a house In Washington for the
season Mr and Mrs. Tiffany Dyer have returned
10 their home here from New York. where they
.,e,t Christmas and Mr. and Mrs. Beekman Win
tbron and Mr. and Mrs Huntington Wilson will
ret,irr from York tomorrow
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rather with what the city government is allowed
TO leave undone.
4 rTPUER H4ND Nv KENTUCKY.

The now Republican Governor OF hentuchs
does not believe in solving economic prooen'
hy Ku-Klux klan methods. His prompt acuo"
in sending state troops to the scene VI
latest tobacco night rider outraSes seehIo ~
l,,-a had = tonic effect on sentiment III Neu-
tuctv We learn from The CourierJourliai
that The presence of the militia in Hophlhs' ii'I
and tbe preparations under way for Juuici"i
investiga ton of the nocturnal RAIDS on p'i
refusing TO Ice governed by the edict9 VI 'l
secret organization trying to cofher 'e
lacco output have created panic "iioi7
raiders. many Of whom have already taken
flight This is n radical reversal or the si'ua
ton existing for the last twelve months-a SIT
nation created largely by the indifference oi fhe
state povernment 10 the disturbances by WHICH
+l,a sociotv formed TO control tobacco prices anu
output has profited and by the faiiure oh uie
Rechbam administration 10 exert force Oh any
kind TO protect the small mlnorlt! oi ilde
peEient growers. Because of tnat laliure me-
Courier Journal was impeled 10 proclaim 'n"'
Kentucky under the Beckham regime WAS 'ie
worst Governed state in the Union. The new
Ppnublican administration deserves credit lot
showing firmness and courage enough TO put
down disorder and for announcing that every
producer is entitled 10 the protecuon OF TIE
law whatever his views as 70 the expediencE
of holding his crop for higher price OF 'he
wisdom of refusing 10 deal with buyers ooA
cotted by the tobacco growers organization
Governor Wilson's policy goes TO the root Oh
the whole problem Of orderly economic grown.
Whatever NAV be the justice of the contentious
of the planters association and however deleh-
sihlp NAV be its effort to secure better prices
from the Tobacco Trust. there can be no Justi-
fication for attempts 10 settle the controversy
by IN appeaI 10 crime and violence. Economic
hattles must be fought out on economic lhes'
and il only proves the weakness OF an ecohonilc
crusade when its misguided promoters assali
the personal and property rights of their OPP
nonents The wanton destruction OF growing
tol,acco fields and the intimidation of growers
seetin.. 10 market their product in their own
WAY are intolerable under any system OF fr9e
and orderly government. and the spirit when
they hetray is a survival of Ku-kluxlSm WITH
which no self-respecting state should com
promise Might riding" * cowardly- brutai
and contemplate. whether resOrted TO for the
destruction of property or political rights Ever!
Kcntuckian who believes in law. order ana
fair pIay should therefore he cheered hy GOV
ernor Wilson's declaration assuming office
at Frankfort:
I shall lend my official aid To the relentless
prosecution Of any and all of nay fellow Ken
fuckia-S who in the name of equity with torSf
and bullet are menacing the lives, property and
progress of the citizenship OF my state
va trust that the new administration will
soon lift the reproach brought on the state hy
easy-roing tolerance of the pelnlclous aclVI-
ties of the tobacco might riders
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THE HISTORICAL PARALLEL.

The historical parallel seems to be on the eNe
Of revival correspondent of THE New horh
Evening POST springs comparison WHICH
arouses "The New York World ana soihe
other newspapers to quote it in full. These are
the correspondents words:
The attention of Messrs. Bryan and Rooseven
and others who suggest that the central govern
should exercise larger control orer 1T ex
tract from Francis Parkmans description OF Spain
in the middle Of the sixteenth century: ooro-
political despotism. religious despouShl, COLI .
.merciaI dcspotisn-the hands OF the govern ,
were on every branch of industry Perverse regn
"Iations. uncertain and runouS .aAen.
lies prohbionMTi Mistress of the
Indies, Spain SWarmed with peggafs.
This beats the Greece and Rome parallels 10
standstill Friends of "Messrs. Bryan Roosevelt
and others who love this exciting ana IN
structive sort of argument might reply with
telling comparisons from Arabia, the Barpary
States, pre- Columbian America and few otner
large places. For instance, let them show no"
the lack of a central government and its con-
troll over the business of thn country accounts
for the desolation of Arabia, the ''perverse reg
ulations. uncertain and ruinous taxes" and the
'swarms of beggars" in Arabian towns. or
again: The Indians of North and South Amer
lea had no centralized government; see how
wretchedly they lived and how susceptible their
few living descendants to consumption!
Really. the historical parallel has been down
and out" so long that its revival comes as
highly entertaining novelty. We trust the book
ish correspondent will bring the good old game
back into vogue. 1t is much educative
than the limerick game and less arduous than
chess, affording, in fact. delightful and sooth-
ing rest from precise thinking.
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CENTRAL 1fERICAE UNITY.

The comments of the London Times on the
Central American treaties, reported in our
columns On Friday, are instinct with a just ap-
probation of the circumstances of the case.
That journal regards the prospects of lasting
peace-and therefore of progress and prosperity
and higher standard of civiliZation-in Central
America as greatly improved through the work
of the recent conference at Washington, and 1t
rightly attributes the holding Of that confer
ence and the satisfactory character of its re-
suits TO a triumph Of President Roosevelt's d-
plomacy and of that American influence which
some timorousIy affect 10 decry as Imperial
istic' There can be no doubt. we think. that
the Times is correctly informed and cor
rectIy interprets the facts. Had it not been for
the United States the Washington conference
would not have been held. Had such gather
ing been held elsewhere, on some other initia
tive. apart from the moral hegemony Of the
United States, it is scarcely within the bounds of
supposability that its results would have been
anything like as hopeful as those now recorded.
This view of the case, which does not by any
means involve undue conceit on the part Of this
country, is strongly confirmed by the historic
record of the Central American states and
their compacts and conflicts, Set forth in q
detailed study of the subject on another page
of this mornings Tribune. In the eighty
years since the secession of the old Viceroyalty
of Guatemala from Spain there have been nu-
merous efforts at union and lasting peace among
those states, not one of which has been sue
cessful. There have been unions more complete
in fact and in name than that which has now
been formed-whch, indeed, is not truly a
union but merely approachment toward
one. Yet. despite the disappolntments and fall
ures of the past, discriminating and judicious
observers are inclined toward high degree of
hopefulness regarding the present compacts
That, we believe, is not SO much because of
the details of the treaties. though these are
generally admirable as because of the moral
participation of the United States and Mexico
in the making Of them, and the feeling which
prevails strongly among representative Central
Americans, that the five little republics have
made themselves morally responsible for good
behavior and for faithful fulfment of the
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FROM TRINIDAD TO RIO.

The feet leaves Port of Spain to-day for a
much longer run than that which it has already
taken The voyage from Hampton ROADS 10
San Francisco has been divided INTO siA
stretches varying considerably in length. Tne
first. from HAMPTON Roads to Port of Spain,
was scarcely $50 miles. The second TO Rio
de Janeiro. will he 1890 miles. or the longest
of all save the fifth, from Callao to MaSdaienl
Rav. which will he more than 1000 miles. Each
of these two longest runs will he made chiefly
across the torrfd zone. this second one being.
indeed. entirely within that zone, unless the
shiIs should Just slip over the Tropc of Capri
corn i'm rounding into the harbor of Rio; whif"
the fifth will extend from we'll south OF the
Equator TO just north Of the Tropic OF cancer.
On the run from Port of Spain TO the Bra
lillian capital the fleet wifi pretty closely skirt
the shores of five countries. and thus keep in
touch with points OF communication. Leaving
the Gulf of Paria through the Serpents Mouth
il will pass along the sea front of the delta
of the Orinoco. which American Intervention
saved to Venezuela. and the coasts of British.
Dutch and French Guiana. doubtless communi-
eating on the way with Georgetown. Paramaribo
and CAYENNE Passing Cape Orange, it will for
the rest of the way skirt the Brazilian coast.
going successfully by the vast mouth of the
Amazon. where for more than hundred miles
il will sail through fresh water and the well
known ports of Para. A1aranhao. Pernambuco
and Bahia As far almost Pernambuco its
course will be to the southeast and thence about
south by west
The run from Hampton Roads to Trinidad
was made in a little less than schedule time,
and so the visit TO Port of Spain has been cor
| respondngly longer than it was expected TO be-
The start from Port of Spain will he made to-
day according 10 schedule. and the arrival at
| Rio de Janeiro is set for January II. It is not
| improbable. however, that the arrival there
will be q little ahead of time. indeed un-
| broken progress at ten knots would make it.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
TEIETTTED GUESTS.

The man who could not beg borrow or steal
III least one dollar Gay in this great city would
fail in this achievement simply because he was
either too honest or too bashfuI With moderate
fuency Of speech and knowledge of human
nature he might spend the whole winter here
at the expense of benevolent ladies and gentle
men. And if the wouId-be visitor is too law or
stupid TO be either mendicant or pickpocket the
municipal lodging house. the bread line and the
free lunch are enough TO make his sojourn most
enjoyable. Heretofore the chief attraction
drawing humber travellers to Manhattan has
been the kindly disposition of New Workers
Visitors who pay their way in the coin of
piteousness have always been received with open
arms hearts and pocketbooks by philanthropists
end Tammany politicians. The bum" is visible
woe hence admirably suited 10 be the recipient
of benevoIences from persons who want quick re-
turns for their money Being citizen of the
world, he is wholly unprejudiced in his political
views and thus exceedingly valuable TO 14th
street statesmen who need aids and voters
open to conviction. This explains why the ar
rows chalked On barns and fences throughout
the country now point toward the Bowery. 1t
explains the Charity Commissioners newly
adopted practice of converting his offices into
sleeping quarters for more than three hundred
weary wanderers, and also the proposal of
charity experts TO make all ablebodied tramps
and beggars break stone on Biackwell's Island
for a stated period before being allowed 10 enjoy
the freedom and bounty of Manhattan.
theoretically, the solution of the local tramp
problem is simple enough: hard labor and plenty
OF ii is the remedy. But TO relieve the city Of
the pests work must be forced upon all sturdy
vagrants alike To send to the stone heap only
those who apply for food and shelter at the
charity bureaus will almost certainly make
street beggars and petty marauders out Of
scores of persons either prejudioed against
strenuosity else honestly unwilling to asso-
ciste with Blackwels Island society. 1t is
greatly to be hoped that the charity officials may
extend their present campaign against 'hoboes"
so as to bring under close surveillance the more
offensive and dangerous members Of the fra
ternity who pick up easy iivings Of the streets
and seek bureau aid only on rare occasions. If
the lot of these worthless is not made much less
enviabe than ii now is any extra severity tow
ard the army of men who seek aid through the
proper channels may swell appreciaby the al
ready huge body of petty criminals. We find
fault not with what the charities are doing but
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treaties not only TO one another put aiSo ~
their two larger northern neighbors. Inc hspet-
criticai-which sometimes means also hS po-
critical-may carp at this country Ihus soln7
outside of its own geographical restrictions
and meddling with the affairs or other l"h'0
The pubcist of extended mental horlHoh am "
humanitarian interests viii cohsider II
tho london "Tines" calls it. one OF the pest
uses of enlightened imperialism for stroi'S
-, .bre +o aid those which are less strong.
and for peacefuI and orderly nation TO exert
it's moral and even its diplomatic Influence TO"
ard leading hitherto turbulent states into ways
of order and peace.
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ings in turn will end in drawing tosetner OF
putting further asunder the two dlstrac.eu
souls Either may in any case happeh' ou'
pursue your way in the firm faith OF the seh.e
readers of a foregone generation You VIII DO
rewarded in the final chapter by halrpreao'h
escape. usually hairbreadfh escape IFoiii W
happiness though as a decent regard for 'he
eternal necessities of fiction requires of you an
occasional expenditrre of tears, it may be now
and then hairbreath escape from happiness
That is Life-always hairbreadth escape iroin
something, be it germs, gun fighters, "other
personayes or novelists. That is ali ye hno"
on earth and all We need TO know.
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WEDDINGS PAST AND TO COME.

Mrs. Daisy Dunlap Bradshaw. widow of John e.
Bradshaw and daughter of Mrs. Robert Dunlap,
was married to J. De Mont Thompson at noon yes
terday, the home OF her mother, No III West
I'D street. The ceremony was performed by the
Rev DIR. Allen McCurdy. of the Rutgers PreS0y-
terian Church. in the presence of a few relatives
and intimate friends only The bride, who wore a
gown of Venetian point lace over white satin. was
given away by her uncle. Howard n Burras she
carried lilies-of-the-valey and roses. Her sister,
Mrs J. q. Lawson Johnston. of London. and her
niece Miss Marion Dunlap Baker, were her al
tendants. Both were dressed in white and wore
blue hats. The bridegroonls brother, Percy fhornp
son, was the best man. There were no usherS-
After their return from a Southern honeymoon, Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson will make their home IN thi5
citv