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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-09

Just q fair sort of Il spring i'll the
sap orchards
Spring seems to have suffered IL baG
relapse in the past few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-09

The most beautiful baseball dream
Of the spring is that Of Biddefor'
about Freddie Parent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
NO VALID REASONS
PATRONlZING MAIL ORDER
HOUSES IS WITHOUT EXCUSE.
GOODS NOT EVEN CHEAPER
With Freight Charges Added ard
Quality Considered the Home
Merchant Does
RAsf

copyrighted. 1906, by Alfred C. Clark
The reasons why people should
trade at home are numerous, but so
far as we are able to learn but one
reason is advanced for purchasing
goods of mail order houses. That one
reason-a saving Of money-is often
no reason at all, for in many instances
the express charges or freight and
carriage will bring the cost of an arti.
Gle that as quoted in the price list
seemed a wonderful bargain, almost
or quite up to the price charged by
the local dealer. But even were one
able to save a few cents on the pur-
chase price by buying away from
home, it appears to us that the loss
is infinitely more than the gain, for
he who sends the money which he
earns in the home town out to swell
the Golfers of wealthy dealers in dis
tant cities cannot fail to forfeit in
considerable degree the respect of
those around him, nor can he under
these conditions preserve his self
respect intact.
The man who patronizes mail order
houses must have sneaking feeling
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON.
In Torments with Terrible Sores on
Face and 7ody-Tore at Flesh
Cured by Cuticura.

my little son, when about a year
and half old began to have sores
come out on his face. They began to
come on his arms, then on other parts
OF his body, and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. At the
end Of about year and a half of SUI
fering he grew so bad had to tie his
hands in cloths at night to keep him
from scratching the sores and tearing
the flesh. He got to be mere skele-
ton and was hardly able to walk. I
sent to the drug store and got a cake
of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura
Ointment, and at the end of about two
months the sores were all we'll. He
has never had any sores of any kind
since. and only for the Cuticura Rem
edies my precious child would have
died from these terrible sores. I used
only one cake of Soap and about three
boxes of Ointment. Mrs. Egbert Shell
don, R. F. D. No. 1, Woodville, Conn,
April %. 1906"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
) A $4,000 TREASURY ROBBERY.
Clever Work Of Detective Revealed
the Thief. 81

The robbery of the sub-treasury IN
Chicago recalls the fact that the
treasury department in Washington
was the victim of a $4,000 theft about
30 years ago. At first although no
reasonable explanation of how the
thing could have been done by an out
slider could be given, it was assumed
that it was the work of some one un-
connected with the Office in which tho
robbery occurred. 1t was not long,
however, before a clever detective
became acquainted with the fact that
one of the clerks who might have had
access to the bundle OF bills was &C.
quainted with professional gambler
of shady antecedents. That discovery
solved the problem. A little patient
watching resulted in catching the
gambler with the stolen notes, and
the rest was easy. The clerk was ar
rested, and, while in confinement, was
given to understand that he was be-
trayed, whereupon he confessed the
robbery, which was accomplished by
showing the package of notes, all of
large denominations, into a position
where they could be ''snaked up"
with a cane provided with a hook.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Oven SUGGESTIONS

To have the oven at just the right
degree of heat is one of the most i'm.
pOrtant points in cooking.
A simple and easy test is to put q
piece of white paper in the oven,
says a practical housekeeper.
If the paper becomes dark brown
the heat is at the proper temperature
for pies. If it is light brown you
can cook tarts.
For bread, heavy cakes like pound
or fruit, meat pies or roast meat, the
paper should turn dark yellow
while if it is just tinged with color
the oven is fit for delicate cookies,
such as kisses, meringues of all sorts
and sponge cake.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Clever Trick Of Tramp.

A queer comedy of cheating is now
causing much amusement in Paris.
A laborer named Bedasne, living at
KNOXVILLE, in the Eure ct Loir, went
to Melun with two pounds in his
pocket. Having spent this in liquor,
he conceived the idea of getting on
to Paris for nothing.
Finding an empty third-class COM
partment, he fastened a flannel belt
round his neck, stuffed a handkerchief
into his mouth, pitched his empty
purse onto the opposite seat and, ly-
ing down, first had a sleep and then,
when Paris was reached, refused to
give any sign of life till the alarmed
station staff poured a cordial into his
mouth.
Then he was taken to a hospital,
where he told a story Of being at.
tackled by three men,. but police ques-
tons becoming too difficult, he at
last related his stratagem, and was
hailed from his sick bed to prison
London Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
SOLDERING In China.

Corporal Frank Hayden, of the
army recruiting station, who spent a
year OF army service in China, says
1t IS good country to "soldier' in.
The worst thing about China and
the islands," he said, lis that there's
no one to associate with except the
natives. Otherwise they're good
places, China especially, to do mill.
tary service. Food of good quality is
very cheap. We could buy ITS eggs
there for SO cents American money
or one dollar Mex Ten cents would
buy fine fat chicken and 60 cents a
good sheep. The Chinese are good
cooks anc we could employ one for
very little money over his board
Kansas City Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

then you are indebted to the homo
merchant for many of the advantages
you enjoy. The proprietors of a mail
order house would laugh you to scorn
were you to ask them to subscribe to-
ward the building of your new church,
the Improvement of your school build
Ing, or the expenses of maintaining
your fire department.. The home mer-
chant contributes literally to the sup
port OF these institutions so essential
to the public comfort and well.being,
and you cannot afford to withhold
from him your patronage.
You know your local dealers. Per-
haps they have grown from childhood
TO manhood in your home town; you
were boys together, they have watched
Dy you i'll sickness, and comforted YOU
IN sorrow, they take kindly interest
IN Your welfare. Do you not nrefer
mat your trade should increase their
small profits rather than add it's
quota to the millions of dollars annu-
ally sent to the mail order houses? If
tne nome merchants prosper the town
Will pc better place in which to
live. Their prosperity will be mani
tested by improvements in the apnear-
ance of their own property, and bv
their increased liberality in contribut.
ing toward public improvements. and
by helping them by your patronage
you will also be helping yourself and
the entire community
BY doing your share toward adver.
Using the interests of the community
you will make for yourself a nlace
that heretofore you have never held
You will be looked up to and resnect.
ed, and your advice will be sought in
public affairs. Live and let live. and
life will hold for you far more Of en-
joyment and satisfaction than it ever
can If you live with the idea Of get.
ting all you can out of the town in
which you reside and the people
around you, and holding fast to what
you get, regardless of your duty tn
others. Be loyal to your town. to
your merchants, to the public welfare
and your home town will be the hest
place in the world in which to live
FRANCES A. HARRIS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
the country merchant to carry on
business.

business.
You must remember, too, that when
you send your money to SOME big con-
Germ in distant city, you lessen the
amount of money in circulation in
your own residence town. If you had
spent it at the home store, some OF
it at least would have been paid out
by the proprietor in the form of
wages to his employees, they in turn
would have expended it for the neces-
sites of life, and it would have passed
from one to another of the home deal
ers, proving an important factor in
the prosperity of the community. Hav-
ing sent it to the mail order house
the probabilities are that it will never
again benefit anyone in your home
town.
You should trade with the home
merchant because he is the one from
whom you ask and receive favors.
Perhaps you have had run of i'll luck
You have lost your position, had
long continued illness in the family, or
have experienced difficulty in collect
ing money due you. You are in
straitened circumstances. Would a
letter to the mail order house, stating
all these circumstances, secure for
you a supply Of the necessaries Of
life on liberal credit terms? Most as
suredly not. An appeal to the propri-
etors for aid in your extremity would
be barren of results. 1t is the home
merchant who stands ready to extend
the credit necessary to tide you over
an emergency, and for this reason, if
for no other he should have your
loyal support in your times of pros
perity.
Perhaps you are financially inde-
pendent, and have never known the
necessity of asking for credit. Even
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

IudC every DOuy IN Town KNOWS tndt
he is hindrance rather than a help
to the community. He is not wanted
in public positions, and when Ques-
tions of local interest and Importance
are discussed, his opinion carries far
less weight than the man who con-
tributes his share to the prosperity of
the community by spending his mon
ey where he earns it.
In addition to losing in a large de-
gree the respect of others and his
own self-respect, the man who does
nothing to build up the town in which
he lives fails to find the contentment
which is necessary to happiness. Hav-
ing done nothing to make the town
better, he is unable to see the many
advantages it possesses, and is con-
tinually talking and thinking of it's
deficiencies. He does not move out,
however, but stays on year after year,
a disseminated parasite, getting all he
can and giving as little as possible in
return. There is an unwritten law of
nature that makes it impossible for
one to really taken an interest in a
place until he has done something for
1T, and it is only when we have done
our share toward building up the town
in which we live that it becomes a
real home to us.
Perhaps the local dealers in country
towns do not always have in stock
just the articles you desire, but they
are usually willing to order whatever
their customers want, and under Or
binary circumstances can supply Won
as quickly as you can procure the
goods f-om a mail order house. When
you buy of the home merchant. the
goods are before you and you see
what you are getting. In buying by
mail there is always a chance that
when the goods arrive they will not
prove to be just what you expected
and desired. In that case you are put
to the inconvenience of sending them
back for exchange, or if the need is
Immediate and pressing, you are
obliged to accept that which is not
entirely satisfactory.
Trade at home in order that your
nome town may have stores at which
to trade. There are many times when
you are in a hurry for some article
there IS no time to send to New York.
Chicago, or. elsewhere. Your need is
immediate and imperative. You are
glad under such circumstances to
trade with the home merchant, vet if
other people followed your example
and patronized mail order houses.
there would be no home merchant to
trade with. If others bought of him
only when they wanted things in a
+ hurry, and sent out of town for the
greater part Of their supplies, he
would have left for more promising
fields long ago, or if he had stayed in
those circumstances, the sheriff would
finally have closed his doors. You
wouldn't like to live in a place with
out stores, and yet it may be that you
prefer to reside In a country town
rather than in city. Do your share,
then, toward making it possible for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
The Utility Of Beauty.

beauty and utility are not necessar.
ny antasonistic. Beauty itself is use.
1ul IN that it augments the happiness
OF life Take away the flowers and
olrds' the varying colors of veeeta-
ton, the little cascades and tho IN.
Vulnerable things of beauty with
which nature has endowed her
scenery and life would be bereft of
mucn OF its gladness, much that ex.
ATS and embellishes it, much that
makes it more useful to the humon
family. '"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Date Gems.

To half cupful of stoned, chopped
dates add the well-beaten yolk of an
egg, a pinch of salt, half a pint of
sweet milk, two scant cups of -four.
In which two teaspoons Of baking DOW
der has been sifted, adding table
spoon of oil or butter before beatin.
in the whipped white of the egg
Bake for 20 minutes rather brisklv.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Calls for Internrefep

A trading firm at Picking has re-
celved the following communication:
Dear sir-The Chinese calendar In
your company is glance in looking, to
be sure surprising all the others; and
also 1t is gigantic beyond example in
connection with its fine spectacle,
while | look at it. I shall be very
much obliged, If you will kindly give
me some pieces, as I have great deal
OF interest of it."-London Daily Mail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Peculiar Brazilian Ant.

In Brazil there is large ant which
Is regarded by the natives as good to
eat, when roasted-a delicacy as
choice, indeed, as snails are rated bv
the French. Sometimes they dress
the tiny creatures up like little dolls.
and put them in boxes to sell to tour.
lists as a Brazilian curiosity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Good VentiIatinu Screen

A ventilating screen for persons who
cannot sleep with the windows open at
night on account of dampness may be
made by fastening a piece of thin an
CORA flannel to an ordinary window
screen frame. Place this in the win
dow at night when the sash is raised,
In the morning the inside of the screen
will be found dry, while the outside is
quite damp, the air having filtered
through the flannel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Maitre d'Hotel Butter

Put quarter pound butter, the
juice OF two lemons, two tablespoon.
uls chopped parsley, salt and pepper
in basin, mix well and stand on
the ice until needed. This will keen
almost week and is nice spread upon
a juicy porterhouse steak.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Provocation Enounh-

Maud (before the laughing hyena's
cage)-How provoking! Here we've
been 20 minutes, and the hyena hasn't
laughed once.
Ella-Strange, and he's been eye,ns
your new spring hat, too.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Boiled Sunday Nurserv pudd;,,

One pound of currants, half pound
OF flour, half pound of tracle; mix the
ingredients in smooth paste with
some milk and put in bowl tied IN
with cloth; strain for four hours.
Serve with wine sauce. ~"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

Japan Exports Much Copper.
Japan exported last year over $11,.
100000 worth of refined copper.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

Genius is superior aptitude to pa.
uence.-Buffon.$ So.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

For Prices on Poultry,
either live or dressed, write r. E. Cobb,
St. Paul. MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

We Want Your Cream.
Write to-day for tags and prices. North
Star Creamery Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

have made the above amount by
farming in Manitoba. I think it has
paid. This is my standing to-day. I
am single man, a Canadian, and 26
years of age.
For particulars how to secure low
railway rates to the free homesteads
of Western Canada apply to any Cana
dian Government agent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Prize for the Unmarried.

The latest novelty in bazaar attfac.
lions is that introduced by the Spring
side Wesleyan chapel, RaHtenstall,
England. A wedding cake was cut up.
and IN one section was concealed a
marriage certificate. 1t was announced
that the bachelor or spinster securing
the chunk" containing the document
had the opportunity offered to be mar.
ried free of cost within the next -
months by the Rev. J. BENEFITS.
Fo'' constipation, biliousness, liver dis.
turbances, and diseases resulting from i'm.
pure blood, Ike Natures remedy, Gar.
field Tea. 1t is made wholly of health
giving herbs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
ANOTHER WESTERN CANADA
RECORD.
:he Way in Which Swan River Far.
~r. Fner Became Wealthy.

Swan River, Manitoba, Nov. 21, 1906.
Two weeks ago we gave an account
of the prosperity of a farmer in West
ern Canada, and this week we repro.
duce another.
Il have been asked regarding this
years work on my farm, and 1 here
with willingly submit the following
statement:
Three years ago I purchased an
improved farm of 1856 acres on Sec
tion 9, Township Sc, Range ~ west
of the First Meridian-two miles from
this town of Swan River.
l plowed and cropped 1921 acres
OF land during this year (1906), 80
acres in wheat, 30 acres in oats, and
12& acres in barley.
1.-THE cost of putting in and taking
off this crop this season is as follows:
Cash paid for blue stone. ....$ 1.50
Cash paid for binder twine... 5000
Cash paid for hired help. 80. 1850
Cas- h paid for threshing. 900. 1850
TOtal ..................$ $4,000
Receipts for the year as follows
so acres of wheat yielded 80
bushels per acre)-Total. .2,400 bu.
30 acres of oats yielded 46
bushels per acre)-Total. 1900
/ stack of oats in sheaf. 80. 200
1919 acres barley as bu. per
acre. 600
Crop potatoes. .............. 800
Hay, tons NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Is
Sold.
1,168 bu. wheat at 62c.......$ 724.16
1882 bu. wheat in granary at
&c NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1884
300 bu. barley at 35c. ....... 1O5.OO
300 blu. barley in granary at
35c NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1050o
1900 blu. oats in granary at
Csc ....................... 10000
100 blu. potatoes at soc. ..... 5000
200 blu. potatoes in root house
a. oVC. 0U.UV
1 stack of oats in sheaf for
I"eu 5UVV
Is tons of hay at $780,. $500
Garden roots and vegetables. 5000
Total ...................$2,21s.oo
Cost of above, besides my
own labor ................ 34050
bd1dnco $l,S12.5O
I have in all, 1875 acres ready for
crop next year, including 10 acres
cleared and broken this season.
Total Assets.
1876 acres land, with house,
stable and outbuildings,
cue. 30 ,UUU.UU
AAApAoAAoAIS .'''''.'.. ...... oVVVV
head of horses, and harness 10000
Is head of cattle. ........ $500
~ piss ......s lVV.VV
Receipts of this seasons crop 1,872.OO
Total $S,747.5O
Liabilities are ............ 100000
Total assets $7,747.5O
have made the above amount by
farming in Manitoba. I think it has
paid. This is my standing to-day. I
am single man, a Canadian, and 26
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-09-05
Extension Of A. B. and A.

Word was received through the
traffic offices of the Atlanta, Birm-
ingham and Atlantic railroad yes
terday, that trains on that road
are now being operated from Wad-
ley, Ala, to Brunswick, Ga. This
is another step forward in the di'
rection of the objective terminus,
Birmingham. Wadley is fifteen
miles further west of Roanoke and
forty m lies beyond LaGrange,
where the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic comes into Alabama
over the West Point route tracks.
The work is being pushed stea d.
lily forward towards Birmingham,
and the line will be completed in a
very short while.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-09-05
Knowing
.JeWelry
Values

Knowing that a dollars worth
cannot possibly be sold for %
cents.
Knowing that it costs more to
keep the doors Of a mail order
house open than it does ours
Knowing that our expenses are
lower at EVERY point than
their-we maintain that 1T is
reasonable to suppose that our
prices will be found at least as
low as theirs.
And as we buy from the same
people as they do, why
shouldn't our goods be just as
new and attractive as theirs?
Keep this thought in mind
when next you are shopping.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-09-05
n Through Car For The G. A. r.

The Atlantic Coast Line car No.
226 arrived in Fitzgerald yester-
day over the A., B. & A, with
rain No. /, and is arranging to
carry the delegates to the National
81. A. r. Encampment at Saratoga,
IN. Y. The delegates will enter the
car at Fitzgerald on Friday at 4 p.
M, and not leave it until their
arrival in New York City on Sat
urday night following. The A.,
B. & A. intends to make the trip a
comfortable one for the old vet
Grams.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-09-05

CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Central M. E. Church, Corner Lee
and Central Ave.
]. c. FLANDERS, Pastor.
First M. E. Church, Corner Lee and
Magnolia.
JESSIE MILLER Pastor.
Baptist Church Corner Main and
Magnolia.
T. DAVIS, Pastor.
First Christian Church, Corner Sher-
man and Jessamine.
L T. Dell Pastor.
Central Christian Church Corner
Jessamine and Lee
N. G BUCKLY, Pastor.
U. B. Church, Corner Ocouee and
Long street.
T. P. TRIPLETT, Pastor.
Presbyterian Church, Corner Palm
and Grant.
w. e. HARDEN, Pastor.
Catholic Church, Corner Grant and
Suwanee. Father Wright Preist.
Episcopal Church, Corner Central
and Main.
j. W. TURNER, Rector
Christian Science, Corner Main and
Altamaha.
O. W. HAYES, First Reader
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-05-03
Tropical War Ends;

San Salvador, April 26.-A treaty OF
peace between Salvador and Nicaragua
was signed last night by ministers rep
resenting each country at Amapa Ia.
The terms Of the treaty are honorable
to both countries. The conditions pro-
posed by Salvador we're accepted, but
the demands made by President Ie-
lava, Of Nicaragua, for reparation for
salvador's part in the recent war be.
tween Nicaragua and Honduras and
that there be a free interchange o.
commodities between. Nicaragua and
Salvador were rejected.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-05-03
MAY PROSECUTE THIEVES.
Pennsylvania Capitol Commission Has
Evidence of Much Graft.

Harrisburg, Pa, April 26.-As a re-
suit of the investigation by the Iegisla-
tive commission into the expenditure
of 80 900, 900 for furnishings and deco
rations for the new state capitol, 1t Is
probable that criminal proceedings Will
be instituted by the state against GER
tain persons who have prominently iig'
urde in the construction. The com
mission has been investigating the
charges OF extravaganza, overcharges,
Implications in payment OF bills and
fraud for nearly two months and mas
vet to take the testimony Of many i'm
portant persona who have knowledge OF
the subject under investigation. Among
those to be examined is Ex-Governor
Pennypacker.
Whether civil suits can be brought
has not been determined, but mem
bers of the commission are convinced
that it has been demonstrated tia
criminal action can be brought.