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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

and then he was swung up to the limb
Of a large tree. In the meantime
Sheriff Butler had gathered a force
of his deputies. REINFORCED by q few
law-abiding citizens, and this body was
in hot pursuit. The members Of the
mob, therefore. hurriedly remounted
their horses, fired volley of shots at
the negro-riddling him, as they be.
lieved-and dashed away.
On the arrival of the sheriff the
negro was cut down. 1t was found
that he was still alive. He was at
once removed to a hospital, where it is
declared that he has a good chance for
recovery. Faulk's condition is very
serious. If he dies and the negro re-
covers, Franklin will, in all probable
ity, once more undergo the experience
Of being hanged
1t was found that only one of the
many bullets fired at the negro had
taken effect, and the wound was no.
serious. The lynchers, in their hurry
had failed to string him up high
enough, and he was enabled to touch
the ground with his toes.
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NJ wASHINGTON.-If one is inclined
W to doubt whether the American
people are interested in the proceed
ings of congress he should become a
reader of the Congressional Record
and note the number of petitions and
memorials that come up to the legisla.
tive body daily from every section of
the country. From two to four pages
Of every days Record are filled with
the suggestions from the people. And
it may be said that congress is dis.
posed to listen to these petitions and
memorials. There was a time when
such communications were treated
lightly. Not SO now. The first thing
every senator and representative does
when he reaches his office in the morn
ing is to have his secretary compile
the advice that has come in from con.
stitnents during the last "a hours. The
documents are then presented to the
senate or house as the case may be-
are printed in the Record and then re-
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A N indication of the important part
IA, that the nickels and dimes of the
public play in the everyday life of this
metropolis is the leasing of tho boot
blacking privileges in the new twin
McAdoo terminal buildings, on Cort-
landt street, for IL years at a rental
aggregating $124,000. This is at the
rate of S10,333.33 1-3 year.
To handle TIE apparently insignifi.
cant job of shining the shoes of the
permanent and transient population
of this Immense building a corporation
called the Hudson Terminal Boctblack.
ing Company mas been formed. The
names Of the men who are putting up
the money have not been made pub
lie, but they are capitalists who have
figured in, deals involving millions.
To earn, merely the rent the in.
dustrious polishers of shoes, in the
corridors will have to serve 1O3,333
persons a year. Added to this they
must earn'the outlay for wages, brush
es, cloths, blacking and other materials
and tools before the profits begin to
come in. = .stH> :..s:,t .
The hackers of the syndicate figure.
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Senate Investigation from Car Window

with vigor So he took another flying
trip to Providence, r. I. This time
it cost the senate contingent fund
$5105.
On October 3, A. r. Shelton hap
pened to think of going to New York
on his way to Providence, r. l., to in
vestigate the revenue receipts, and &C
cordingly took a three-day trip to
Providence via New York" Cost
s46.10.
On November Mr.. Shelton tried
the scheme of investigating the reve
nue. receipts by going first to Provi
dence, r. l., and returning on the third
day via New York CITY," Cost, $54 4.55
On December 5 the experiment OF
going direct to Providence and re
turning through New York was re-
peated. 1t must have been a success
for it took but two days to be back in
Washington, and it cost the govern
ment but $4375.
But on January 3, 1907, the first
method of investigating New York
customs revenues-namely, from the
car WindOw-was resumed, and Mr.
Shelton ran on to Providence and
back without disembarking in wicked
Gotham. Cost to Uncle Sam, $36.95.
Now, isn't it funny that Mr.. Aid
rich's secretary should have to go tt
Providence, R. l., every time he
wanted to investigate the New Yorl
that an investigation authorized il
March, 1905, should not begin unit
August, 1906? And should not cease
until January, 1907? And should no
then produce any report?
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NEW YORK CITY has one Of the

N EW YORK CITY has one of the
~ greatest public park systems in
the world in extent, and the finest in
convenience for the use of the people
and natural and artificial beauties.
Records of the city department of
parks give interesting figures and gen.
eral information unknown by many of
the residents of the city. 1t is esti-
mated that the public Fairgrounds, the
open places that are not only in bodies
OF many acres. but in small plots of
green that are lungs for the great con-
gested districts of the metropolis. are
worth as vacant real estate 1900, ,OOO,.
oOO. This enormous amount in value
is tied up in land for the health and
pleasure of more than 1000, 900 of in
habitants of the five boroughs and
friends who may visit them and stran-
gers who come to the city.
1t is shown That the original cost Of
these parks, which number 113, was
about $66,456,0OO, and they are worth
now nearly 20 times as much as at the
dates of their purchase. Take for H.
lustration Union. Madison, Tompkins
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Insanity and the Nation.
It long ago the United States {

4$OL lOlS dSO luc OulLeO states cen
sus bureau issued report which
should have provoked instant and
widespread discussion. OF all the
publ lications giving the results of the
twelfth census there is hardly any of
such Importance to the American peo.
pie. For in language the most ex.
plicit, and supported by statistics
gathered with the scrupulous care that
has characterized all the enumerations
OF the latest. census, it reveals the ex-
1stence Of conditions making strongly
against the continued prosperity of the
United States and it's continued prog.
ress to headship among nations. The
reference is to the special report on
Insane and Predetermined in Hos.
pitals and Institutions" At first
glance remarks II. Addington Bruce
In North American Review, nothing
alarming is to be seen in the state.
ment that in 1903 there were in the
insane asylums OF the country a total
of 150,151 inmates. What is this, it
may be asked, in a population exceed
ing SO,OOO,000? But the matter quick
ly assumes another aspect when it is
observed that in 1890, the year of the
preceding census, the insane asylums
held only 74,O2S unfortunates; and
that, ten years earlier, the asylum
population was but 40,492. In other
words, there has been q progressively
more rapid increase in insanity than
In population. Just what the differ
ence is it is impossible to say. Stats
tically 1t is enormous.
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RS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR gave a
AvA dance the other night at which
she taught the Four Hundred that the
newest way to serve flowers as favors
is from the depth of an old-fashioned
wheelbarrow.
So many guests were invited and so
many innovations had been provided
that Mrs. Astor used both her own
mansion, at $40 Fifth avenue, and
that of Col. Astor's, mother, next door.
After Sherry had served luncheon at
midnight in a dining room decorated
with myriads of pink roses, American
Beauties and lilies. Mrs Astor began
the distribution of the most costly set
of favors given to guests at any social
function in New York this winter.
Out of the first box popped rose
wands for the women and golden ciga.
rette lighters for the men; from the
second came forth French novelties in
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

r HEY are going to form a home.
spun brigade in the house and
go back to first principles. Repre-.
sentative Wyatt Aiken of South Caro-
lima is the organizer of the brigade
During the Fifty-ninth congress Mr.
Aiken came up from his home in Alb
beville with his rotund figure clad in
an old-fashioned homespun suit. One
day he was passing through the speak
er's lobby and encountered Uncle
joe Cannon.
Aiken" said the speaker, where
the devil did you get that jeans? Dc
you know, I haven't seen any of that
cloth since | was a boy in North Caro-
lima"
Mr.. Aiken explained that an old
woman in his district had made it, and
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NEGRO llNcAEO,
BUT STILL LIVES
STRUNG UP AND VOLLEY FIRED
At HIM, He IS LEFT FOR
DEAD aY MOB.
IS CUT DOWN BY SHERIFF
Law May Do Better Job-ShootinQ ct
White Man Likely to End In
Murder, Then Trial and
Execution.

Dothan, Ala.-Grover Franklin, the
negro who was hanged to tree by a
mob of 200 masked men the other Sun
day night, is now in the hands of the
legal authorities, alive, and will prob.
ably survive to be hanged again, this
time by the law. The circumstances
concerning this case of attempted
lynching are unusual. Franklin was
seized on Saturday night at about
eight o'clock by the mob. The night
before he had been caught robbing q
cash drawer of the mill of cotton
oil company where he was employed.
On being found he shot and seriously
wounded the secretary-treasurer of
the company. The negro then fled.
He was shortly afterward pursued
by Sheriff Butler and force of depu-
ties. The man was finally captured
by them and taken to Jail.
The remainder of Saturday night
and all of Sunday until evening he
passed behind the bars. In the mean
time word Of his attack had run
through the community. The victim
is man of wide popularity, with
many friends, and it was determined
by some of these that the negro was
not to be allowed to remain alive un-
til the law could try to hang him, in
the event of death, which is consid-
cred likely to occur.
Three or four of the officials closest
friends, accordingly, began the forma-
ton of mob of determined men who
could be depended upon to wrest
Franklin from the grasp of the
sheriff. Two hundred men, heavily
armed and masked with black face
cloths, were finally assembled. They
rode to the jail and demanded the pris.
oner. In the face of such force the
sheriff was powerless and the negro
was seized by the mob.
He was dragged to the northern
part of the town. shrieking for mercy
all the while. Here he was given two
minutes to make his peace with God
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A couple in New Jersey have given
social theorists, legislators and moral
lists hint as to the war against di.
vorce. They wished to be separated,
but finding that $40, the limit of what
they We're willing to ray for expenses,
would not be enough, declared they
would stay married. and went away
together, presumably to live happy
ever after. The idea of making di.
vorce a costly luxury, instead of en-.
couraging its present trend as a cheap
necessity, might do much toward curb
ing the flood of martial unrest.
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The Marrying Age.


It has often been said that u won.
an is no older than she looks;" and
this is really true. Some women are
younger at 40, in appearance and man.
ner, than others are at 30. In this
connection it is proper to consider the
most suitable age for a woman to
marry. This depends upon circum-
stances, for the reasons above given.
A generation ago, when rs was not far
from the average marrying age, a
woman may have been considered
verging on old maidhood at 80. Now
adays. however, the tendency is to
marry late rather than early In life,
and the sensible woman who at IS
finds herself still unwed by no means
despairs of being led to the altar. As
a matter of fact, the majority of men
only consider a woman old when she
is close to the fifties, and even then
they often find attractive qualities in
her which younger women lack. Gone
~AO SAS uoJ0 "AOA q AAAoA ASo0AuOu
youth and beauty as essential to the
happiness of married life. He looks
for matured, steady and practical
mind, usually found in the woman of
35 and 40, and forgets her age. Where
women make the greatest mistake,
however, is in trying to appear
younger than they generally are, thus
placing themselves in false position
and utterly marring whatever other
charms they may possess, says the
New York Weekly. No woman, of
course, likes to advertise her age, and
she owes it to herself not to add to
the same by unsuitable or dowdy
dress, for instance On the other
hand, it is ridiculous for her to en-.
deavor to take five or ten years off her
age by dressing in the garb of q
younger sister, and striving to cover
telltale wrinkles with powder and
rouge. Men easily see through such
artifices and regard the woman who
practices the same with a feeling bor-
dering on contempt.
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TALK OF NEW YORK X
| Gossip of People and Events Told
i'm Interesting Manner. >.
Wedding Reconciles the Vanderbilts

lance, was her daughters chief ally
throughout the preliminary arrange
ments.
The question of the size Of the coun.
tess dot is still matter Of eager spec
ulation. 1t was currently reported and
believed that settlement of $4,000, 900
mad been made upon the young Hun
garian nobleman. This was emphatic.
ally denied, however, by the counts
brothers and by his attorney. They
maintained that his own income OF
$4,000 year is all that be requires or
desires. and that the marriage was
the result solely of a love match.
He is said to have inspired conf
dence as to his powers to retain what.
ever he does get by hie treatment Of
the servants with whom he has come
into contact since his arrival in Amer
lea. The fabulous tales that preceded
his advent in America as to the size
of the tips which he would scatter are
not said to have enabled any of the
servants in the home of Mr.. Whitney
10 retire on competency.
personally, however, he rather i'm
pressed society here. He has a dash.
ing and gallant exterior, the carriage
of guardsman and the grace that
comes of an aristocratic line dating
back for over 1000 years. His ances-
tors have been distinguished in the
state. the church and the field ever
since they began, as barbarians, to
harass the Roman Eagles in the Ger
man forests.
He is said to be amiable and open of
habit. a triae quick tempered upon
provocation, but wanting in arrogance
and democratic in manner He has
one duel to his account and is reputed
to be the best dressed man III Hun
gary.
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IT Seemed lNcURABLE
Body Raw with Eczema-Discharoed
from Hospitals as HopeIess-Cutl-
cura Remedies Cured Him.

"From the age of three months until
fifteen years old, my son Owens life
was made intolerable by eczema in its
worst form. In spite of treatments the
disease gradually spread until nearly
every part of his body was quite raw.
He used to tear himself dreadfully in
his sleep and the agony he went
through is quite beyond words. The
regimental doctor pronounced the case
hopeless. We had him in hospitals
four times and he was pronounced one
Of the worst cases ever admitted.
From each he was discharged as in
durable. We kept trying remedy
after remedy, but had gotten almost
past hoping for cure. Six months
ago We purchased set of Cuticura
Remedies. The result was truly mar
velous and today he is perfectly cured.
Mrs. Lily Hedge, Camblewell Green,
England, Jan. IL, 1907"
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AGREEING WITH THE ASSESSOR.
HE Reason for Building Unneeded
Addition to House.

Representative Birdsall of Iowa OBJ
jects to the high rentals charged In
Washington during the congressional
season. He says he feels like an
Irish farmer he knew out in his dis
trict. The farmer had bought place
out of savings as a farmland and
renter The tax assessor came around
one day and put a valuation on Pats
uew property which Pat thought ex-
cessive. His protest, however, was
unavailing.
One day a neighbor visited Pat and
found him building an addition to his
house, and obviously the house was
plenty big enough without it.
isn't that piece of extrava-
gance?" he asked Pat.
Think agin it moight be-" said
Pat, but I'm after havin' the ould
place warth phat the assisser says it
iS,"
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White House Aids Have No Sinecures

doings is a little undignifed. At big
reception they have to open an aisle
through the throng of people and then
march ahead of the president l:ke
trumpeters who are sounding march
The position has its glamour at first,
but the glamour goes. so people who
know say, and the aids soon get to
ycarning for the regular hours of going
to bed and getting up and for the hard.
ships of post life
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Rich Capitalists Turn Bootblacks

however, that they will have no diff,
Guilty in making big winning on thei.
investment.
The population of the Offices in the
building will be 11,000 persons. How
many will pass through the corridors
to and from the trains is a question
that experience must settle, but, ba.
sing their figures on the ferry-boat
travel, the bootblack promoters figure
that at least 100000 shoes will pass
under the hands of tn cir polishers in
tle first year.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14
Open Up TeIesraphic Communications

Open Up TeIegraphic Communications
Telegraphic communication is being
rapidly opened up along the Sudan
part of the Cape to Cairo steam rail-
way route. Khartum has direct connec
tion with Egypt and through her with
ali the rest of the world. The wires
have been strung fsom Khartum to-
Belgian Congo and tais place is now
in direct communication with Entebbe
on Lake Victoria, near the source of
the Nile. There are now more than
1000 miles of telegraph working wires
in the Sudan and last year more than
100000 private kilograms were sent
over them.
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IRON the confessions Of a man with
i army connections it may be said

~ HOM the CONFESSIONS OF a md1
j army connections it may b.
that all is not Joy with the mi
and naval attaches OF the Am,
service who are on duty in Wa
ton with White House duties a:
issues of the regular routine.
places of aids to the president,
aids Washington calls them, are
sought, but it Is declared that
a few months of it most Of the
staff officers get tired unto de;
their work and long for the sof
boots and saddles at frontie.
or an order for 4 march in the
ippines. {
1t must not be supposed ths,
military and naval aids of the
dent have nothing to do except
tend him personally when he is
official receptions at the White 81
When young Grant was oneSk
RoCsevelt's aids he was engs
engineering work during a lars
of the day at the Washington bM9s
Young Lee drilled a troop of 6Is
over at Fort Myer when the pT
had no need Of his services, fss
other officers, past and press
not do things pertaining to tia
tary calling when they were
the midst of things social. A
President Roosevelt is thS
man in the world to get alQsH
50 all the aids say, and theY
to him in affection, but nOtY
ing this one is told confident
the aids think their part in
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

Chicago is soon to have the world;
largest hotel, containing 1,172 rooms.
Just imagine what a force will be
needed to keep them all supplied with
ice water!
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s5abe Unhurt in Auto Crash.

Sentou. n. J.-Mrs. Edward Van
from her carriage in Mer-
ssalle the other evening, when the
s3ssele was struck by large touring
sSsssoWned by John L. Brock of this
.f:IsssA Inc infant escaped without a
ss'ssss sscn' ana in ten minutes after the
sssn was sleeping soundly again:
- van Ness was badly shaken up
aaae. : lps. automobile went through the
carriage, struck tree and was
wrecked.
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Another woman has just shot her
husband by mistake because she
thought he made noise like a bur
glar.. Husbands who stay out late, at
night should have thorough under.
standing with their better halves as to
just what are suspicious noises.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

Moro proof that Lydia T., Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound saves
woman from surgical operations.
Mrs. s. A. Williams, of Gardiner.
Maine, writes:
II was great sufferer from female
troubles, and Lydia E. Pinkham's VeQe-
table Compound restored me to health
in three months, after my physician
declared that an operation was abso-
lutely necessary" p
Mrs. Alvina Sperling, of 154 Uey.
bourne Ave, Chicago, I'LL, writes:
II suffered from female troubles, 4
tumor and much inflammation. Two
OF the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
my life. Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound entirely cured me without
an operation" +.r, -. g..
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN,
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
nams Vegetable Compound, made
Tpm roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female. Ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
dlsplac cements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing.doWn feeling, flatulency, indiges-
tion, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it.? :.
!. Mrs. Pinkham invites an sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thOuSandBs to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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The Material Convenient.

There seems to be such uncompro.
missing hostility in this Congo affair.
Cant the disputants stretch a point ~
= . They ought TO-; it is all oyer rub
her. Baltimore American. S+
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

the broken heart of a woman is
mixture of time and another man.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

We Sell Guns and Traps Cheap
Buy furs and hides. or tan them for robes
& rugs. n. w. Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

We Pay Top Price for Cream.
Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags Miller & Holiness st. Paul. MINI.
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Aunt Hester-Did 90 play kissing
games at the party? -
Emerson Highhed-Well, they par.
ticipated in oscu.atory pastimes,
which consider rather uninterest-
ing and juvenile diversion.
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A virtuous deed should never be
Observation-Disclosures Dow.
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PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is qua arantced to cure any case
Of Itching. Blind Bleeding o Protruding Piles in
6tO IA days or money refunded. Soc.
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Hides and Furs Tanned for Robes,
Coats or Rugs Send for Price List to
Taubert Tannery, Minneapolis, MINI.
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Beware Of Debt

6eWare OF DEBT.
Raleigh: Borrowing is the canker
and death OF every mans estate.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

The trouble with a jealous woman
Is that she can't keep the lid on.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

Some men just can't foot bill with
out kicking.
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We Want Your Cream

Write to-day for tags and prices. Mort
Star Creamery Co.. Minneapolis, Minn.
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FROM LARGE
PLANTS CHOKES Up
THE SEWER MAINS

Expert Outlines to City Council Principal Features Which
Must Be Incorporated Into Proposed New System: Lack
of Typographical Map Great Handicap to Work: Finds
Sewage Standing in Manhoes Six and Eight Feet Deep:
Report Will Not Be Made Until Much More Data is Co..
Report viii Not Be Made Until More Data is Collected
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Foley's Honey and Tar has cured
many cases of incpieut consumption
and rven In the advanced stages of-
fords comfort and rolIrr Refuse amy
but the genuine Fo'nNs Honey and
Tar