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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-28
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Never attempt to exercise in an un-
ventilated room. Open the windows
and let in plenty of fresh, pure air.
Facial scrubbing brushes used on
red noses will at first make them red
der, but will later whiten and refine
the skin.
The white of an egg is good for
slight burns. Never use carbolic So
luton, as their tendency is to stick
to the raw surface.
To stop the flow of blood bind the
wound with cobwebs and brown sugar
pressed on with lint or with fine dust
Of tea When the blood ceases to flow
Apply laudanum.
Absolutely clean teeth never decay.
The flourishing condition of the den.
lists is painful commentary on the
lack of cleanliness in the majority of
mankind
For a hot-water fermentation a much
easier way than wringing clothes out
of hot water is to fold the cloth to
the required size, put it into a steam.
er and place over boiling water.
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Had Extraordinary Taste,

A woman with two little girls alight-
ed from her motor car for tea at a res
taurant in a midland town in England,
recently, and ate an extraordinary
meal. She ordered tea, a Welsh rab-
bit and a bottle of port wine. When
the order had been given she took
from the cruet stand bottle of Wor-
cestershire sauce, put it to her lips
and emptied it down her throat. She
then lifted the anchovy sauce bottle
to her lips and emptied that. Then
she picked up bottle of tomato ketch-
up and drank that. The waitress had
now come In with the Welsh rabbit,
the port and the tea Then the woman
drank the port, then eagerly emptied
the mustard pot on the Welsh rabbit
and, while she was eating it, ordered
another bottle OF port. While her
mother was thus engaged one of the
little girls picked up the cream jug,
put her tongue into it and licked it
out.
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Hotel KEYS.

1T takes just about 500 new keys
a year to keep us going," remarked
Dave Mills, assistant manager Of the
Euclid, the other day. THAT does
not include the keys that are carried
away and returned by mail. Then
lots of people take the metal tags off
keys in order to carry the keys in
their pockets, and the tags get lost
Sometimes a guest will return key
that he has carried for a year or So
But the funniest proposition l ever
struck was this: We got a letter
one day from a man out in Des
Moines, Ia., who wrote to apologize
for not returning key he had taken
away He said he found that the key
just fitted the front door of his home
and as his wife had lost the key to
the house few days before, he felt
obliged to keep the key from the
Euclid, much as he hated to do it,
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
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REWARD OF RUSSIAN JUDAS.
Got Bio Sum for 6etraying a PIo
Against the Gear.

A wedding took place the other day
at Peterhof, the summer home Of the
czar, says the London Daily News.
The bridegroom was Cossack OF the
Imperial bodyguard, Ratimoff. the
man who egged on group of persons
in sympathy with the ideas OF the
reyolutionists to discuss their plans in
order that he might betray them.
Their trial was farce and their con.
demnation for plotting against the
car one of the most disgraceful cpl
sodes in recent Russian history. The
authorities do not take this view, and
Ratimoff's devotion has been reward
ed by q, wedding present of $4,000
rubles and suitable provision has been
made for him by way of pension for
aife.
"And Judas got only 25 guelders!"
cried a Russian lady to whom / told
the story.
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Fashion Novelties Both
Handsome and
Becoming

With many handsome gowns are
worn marabou scarfs with muffs to
match, and these accessories cores
pond with the tone of the gown. Few
novelties introduced by Dame Fashion
have proved more becoming, and all
colors are represented in the latest
scarf and muff sets, from the most
delicate to the dark rich tones, while
some remarkably striking effects are
gained by a combination of marabou
and ostrich plumes and marabOu and
natural quills.
Plumes and fur might seem a quaint
combination yet they are associated
very successfully in some of the new
muffs and stoles for evening wear
and formal functions. For instance,
a chincilla stole will have large fluffy
ends of ostrich feathers, while the
1ncroyable collar of dainty embroid-
cred braid will show sort of necktie
finish formed of alternating bands of
lace and fur and ostrich tips. OF
course no attempt is mace to tie these
bands together, but instead they are
caught with buckle Of brilliants or
other jewels.
Fringe trimmings of all kinds hold
their own admirably. Something novel
is a fringe composed of tiny gold balls,
say about the size of soldier bean.
The balls are hung on gold soutache
braid, and the most effective way to
use the trimming is to place the braid
between two folds of the dress ma
terial or fabric trimming, so that
only the balls show.
Sometimes these gold balls depend
from bands of lace, to change the var.
iety. A Rue Royale establishment uses
the trimming to advantage in an after
noon gown of olive white voile, the
waist being trimmed with deep ball
fringe and a narrow border Of zibe-
line depending from band OF EN-.
broidered lace.
The skirt is decorated with bands of
lace, under which are stitched the
fringe trimming, and these begin at
the knees and continue to within a
few inches of the bottom where they
meet deep hem of white satin moire.
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Dancing Gowns.

White silk dotted nets, over white
or pale tinted silks and satins, turn
out to be one of the favorite dancing
gowns for the winter. A quantity of
trimming lace is formed into a fichu
which spreads over the shoulders and
accents the desired shoulder droop,
as well as concerns the whole front
of the bodice, while taking bretelle
lines in the back meets at waistline.
Then the neds fall into spreading
lines, almost to the foot of the skirt
in a ripple of lace flouncings, for the
entire hchu is made Of lace about five
inches wide.-Vogue.
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Tow Balloon Travelled Far.

How's this! A tiny balloon of GRIM
son rubber sent up by child from
the Tuileries garden October 20, at
the children's fete at which II 900 of
these balloons were sent up, has beat
en- the worlds record for speed and
distance It went 1,211 miles in 1917
hours, and was caught at Underman-
laani, in the parish of Jetti, Finland.
shortly before noon October 21. What
a pity somebody wasn't aboard this
tiny record-breaker! Only the name
and address of the child who liberated
it in Paris, with a card asking the
finder to send it back, made this ex-
traordinary voyage. But it is q straw
showing what we are all coming to
one of these fine days.
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Hearing Both Sides.

Last summer there died at Wash.
lngton a lawyer who for many years
had shocked a large number of his
friends by his rather liberal views
touching religion.
A friend of the deceased, who cut
short Canadian trip to hurry back
to washington for the purpose of at
tending the last rites of his colleague,
entered the late lawyers home some
minutes after the beginning of the
service
What part Of the service is this ~
he inquired in whisper of another
legal friend standing in the crowded
hallway.
1--WE just come myself" said the
other, "but I believe they've opened
for. the efense.'-Harper's Weekly.
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No Literature for Him.

The young aspirant got a pen.
And then some paper white:
He longed for literary fame,
So thought that he could write
He pondered long to find theme.
But themes seemed wont to shirk:
Quoth he: There's nothing in this biz
I'm going back to work."
Chicago Journal.
This poem, I am sure is faxed
Or else it needs a frame!
To date, no man has ever had
The wit to shy at fame!
For once he gets the bug to write,
He ne'er his pen will shirk-
I never knew one yet that had
The sense to 60 to work!
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Family Telephone Signals.

In a busy family where there are
numerous telephone calls a simple de-
vice has saved steps and calling. The
telephone Is between dining room and
kitchen, where the one maid can an.
swer it easily. Beside it is a button
controlling small bell in the upstairs
hall. Each member of the family has
his or her particular number, as IL,
1-3, IA, etc., which the maid rings
whenever q message comes. If there
is no response she knows the person
called for is not ct home. ~,'-, ~.s~'.:~'
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The Redemption of De Labour
By Edward f. Roberts
copyright. by Daily Story Pub. Co..

fore de Labour reached the spot
With a shout he ran blindly at tho
man nearest him and thrust him
through.
The man fell without a sound, but
as he did so the weight of his body
snapped the rapier off near tho
handle. De Labour hurled the useless
weapon into the face of the pikeman
who was rushing at him, and snatched
up the sword which had fallen from
the hand of the dead nobleman.
AS he turned three of the ruflans
rushed at him together. The remain
ing man had had one of his eyes
knocked out by the broken rapier and
was running down the street bowling
with agony.
De Labour thrust one of his assail.
ants through the throat, but even as
he did so he felt sharp pain shoot
through his left side and he stumbled
forward with a pike thrust in his
thigh.
A wild madness seized him. He
threw away his sword and grasping
the pike which was leveled at his
breast, wrenched it from his assailant.
AS he did so he received two more
wounds from the swordsman, but he
barely knew it. Grasping the pike
with both hands, he rushed forward,
impaling the man opposite him. Then
he turned with empty hands on his re
naming opponent, and seizinG him
with superhuman strength, he hurled
him against the wall.
But one idea possessed the blood.
drunk man. He must wipe out his dis.
grace and at least die gentleman.
He turned about furiously, seeking an.
other foe, but he was alone with the
dead and the unconscious girl.
To place the girl in safety and go
back and fight till he died was the
next thought
He was fearfully wounded and had
lost much blood, but he was sustained
by wild spirit of elation.
He raised the girl in his arms and
started forward, but a hundred steps
and his strength failed him. He stag.
gered and fell and could not rise. He
knew he was dying, and a sudden i'm.
pulse made him wish to see this girl
for whom he had sacrificed himself.
Painfully he raised himself on his ell.
bow and for the first time looked at
the face Of the unconscious girl. Sud.
denly he sat completely up, gave a
loud laugh, and fell back dead.
The face he had looked at was that
Of Lucile-the tickle light Of love who
had ruined him.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-28
LONG YALE MASCOT
RECENT DEATH OF HANNIBAL
REGRETTED aY ALL.
Quaint Old Negro Candy Man Had an
Interesting career-said to Have
Been More Than a Cen.

The death of Hannibal, the negro
candy man, has left Yale with no mas
cot but Pop" Warner, the cross-eyed
expressman, whose auto truck now
takes an Official crowd to all the ath-
letic games. Pop" has just made his
debut, and it will be years before he
attains the fame of Pop" Smith,
"Davy, the candy man." Murray, the
hackman," and Hannibal.
In many respects Hannibal was the
most remarkable of the long list of
Yale favorites. He was gifted with a
versatility granted to few men, black
or white. He was one of the campus
favorites in 1869, when G.. F. Woods
wrote in -Four Years at Yale::"
Candy Sans chief rival is a crafty
black man named Hannibal, whose en-
trance into the room is always &C.
companied by some such formula as:
Not wishing to disturb the gentlemen
in their studies call to see if either
of the gentlemen would like to invest
in purchasing from me some packages
OF superior old-fashioned homemade
molasses candy This rigmarole, like
the rest Of Hannibal's speeches, is de-
ivered with the greatest appearance
OF gravity and without pause or in
fection of any Sort"
Hannibars age was in dispute. He
was said to have crossed the century
mark. One of his original sayings
when asked how old he was used to be
that he had a faint recollection of
the first thunderstorm in Connecticut.
The mock Orations he delivered will
live in the memory of Yale men as
long as they cherish a recollection of
the university, and hardly an alumnus
will read of his death without re-
calling some anecdote of the old negro
who sold candy, gave boxing lessons,
sleight of hand exhibitions, sang and
danced and made speeches on all
occasions.
Early in life he was an instructor
In boxing in the Yale gymnasium. He
was one of the quickest pugilists in
action who ever struck blow, and he
met George Dixon in several bouts
without the former negro worlds
champion getting the decision. He
was thrown into room with John l..
Sullivan when that champion was at
the height of his popularity. John L.
at that time weighed more than $50
pounds, and when Hannibal was asked
If he wished to meet the champion he
answered.: Hannibal is not Mahomet,
and must refuse to mix it up with the
mountain"
Approaching a group of college stu
dents, Hannibal used to say: "Not
wishing to interrupt the gentlemen,
and wholly in the search for knowl-
edge, which has been my unvarying
custom through life, l would like to
ask the gentlemen here a question,
What is the first thing q gentleman
puts on when he gets up in the morn
ing?"
Everybody took chance in an
swering, and when all had finished
Hannibal would say: mot wishing to
place myself above the gentlemen
present in knowledge, I beg to say
that all you gentlemen are wrong. The
first thing gentleman puts on in the
morning is his foot-on the fioor.'
His Latin orations were his spe-
cialities. He had attended commence
ments half century ago, had learned
by heart some of the addresses and
had copied the pronunciation of the
speakers.
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Net Scarf a Useful and
Always Acceptable
Present

A simply made gift, which can be
made in an hour or two, is a net scarf,
run with zephyr and fringed with the
same
The scarf is broad and long, and
may be used to wear under evening
coats, like the ordinary chiffon scarf,
or on the head.
Such scarfs are very useful, too, in
the house, to throw over the shoulder
when wearing a low-cut bodice.
The scarfs are made of figured nets.
1t may be as broad as one wishes,
from one-third to three-quarters of a
yard being the limit of the width.
About one.half yard is the best
width.
The length, too, may vary from one
to two yards, according to what the
Acarf is intended for.
In selecting the net, stout, we'll
made material, with firm thread, and
clear, fairly large meshes, should be
chosen.
The zephyr, wool or silk il run
through the meshes, across the scarf.
The running is done so that the de-
sign is brought out the most effect
lively.
The zephyr or rope silk is used in
making the fringe which adorns the
ends.
The scarf may be any color, or CON-
bination of colors desired, but, so far,
those made with white, cream or ecru
net are the most favored. They are
usually run with pale pink, pale Law
ender or pale blue.
Gray net, run with pale lavender,
makes very pretty gift for the elder
ly woman.
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Bit of Black Chic.

The black satiu collar and cuff must
be mentioned as conspicuous fea-
ture of winter styles. The satin must
be OF the most lustr0us blue black and
the shape must be irreproachable. In
London there is nothing smarter than
the we'll adjusted black satin roll col.
lar and the wide black satin cuffs.
They are worn upon fur coats, upon
coats OF cloth and upon the pretty
heavy tweed dresses Of the season.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-28

A Hindu Philanthropist.

A Hindu boy to whom was present.
ed reward of 255 rupees for finding
valuable pearl gave away all but
one rupee to charities. With the soli-
tary rupee he bought sweets and dis
tributed them among his schoolmates.
The report does not state that he re-
served any of the sweets for himself.
Times.
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PITY THE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
Writer In New World Says Good Looka
Amount to Little.

I think there is no individual SO
much to be pitied as the woman whose
entire fortune is her beauty, says q
writer in the New World. Good looks
should rightly be the outward express
sion of character and soul. The WON
an who lives truly sincere. unself
ish life invariably shows her fine
thinking mind and her well.adjusteo
conscience in the words she speaks,
in her eyes. her voice. her manner and
whole conduct.
The best loved and most respected
women have not been those of ex.
treme beauty, but rather those of large
souls and broad minds. Beauty itself
is all right. 1t is delightful posses
sion and one which We should all seek
to a certain extent, but not to the ex.
clusion of every other thought Be.
lieve me, good looks without sweet.
ness and the glorious light of tender
womanhood, amount to little. Exter-
nal loveliness fades; spiritual beauty
increases with advancing years, and
the wider knowledge that comes with
them.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-28
Child Aumor-

Didn't he roll his rs?" some one
asked little Dorothy, when the distin-
guished foreigner had departed.
Il didn't notice." was the reply;
but I saw him roll his eyes."
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For AouseMear.

Rose-colored cashmere is very pretty
for a house dress and it can be made
even more beautiful with bands of one
inch rose.colored velvet ribbon. Any
empire pattern is suitable, only the
wrapper of the season which is
considered the prettiest is made
with a train and a petticoat of
silk to match. The same can be fash
Toned with rose-colored flannel, though
the trimmings should be of braid, for
velvet would cheaper the flannel.
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Violent Deaths in New York.
There is daily average of one and
one-half deaths in New York city
charEeablo to injuries by other Der.
eon0, z..s., ~,
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Canaanita 1uriais.

Some important discoveries have
lately been made with regard to the
burial customs of the Canaanites. The
bodies were usually deposited in
caves, as Abraham deposited the body
of Sarah. The caves were either
natural hollows in the rock, such as
abound in Palestine, or artificially
formed excavations, usually roughly
circular. On the floor of these caves
the body was laid, in a contracted po-
sition. Stones were placed round it
and earth strewn over it. For the use
of the spirit Of the deceased vessels
of food and drink were placed near
by; not without pathos is the deposit
of cooked meat, with knife to cut
it and a saucer inverted over it to
keep it warm, that was found in one
tomb In Gezer. Spears, swords, orna-
ments or other objects which the de-
ceased might be supposed to require
were also deposited. These objects
are valuable testimonies to the belief
OF the Canaanites in the continuance
after death Of life similar to the
earthly existence.
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Fish Story.

An immense natural cave of great
beauty has been discovered underly-
ing three of the principal streets of
Constantine, Algeria. The interior is
of dazzling white stone, worn by the
forces OF nature into all kinds of fan
tastic and beautiful forms. There are
three ponds, the waters being luke
warm and crowded with fish.
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Experiment in Housekeeping.

Garden City, Letchworth, Hers,
England. is to have a central cooking
hall for cooks and domestics, all the
tenants to share the expense, the OBJ
ject being to save wives the worry and
expense of preparing meals and to
give servants greater freedom and
new dignity
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so your boy has gone back to COL
lege."
YES" answered Farmer Corptos.
sci. "an' I'm glad of it. He's done
nothin' but read books all summer.
Now, maybe he'll get q little exer.
STANDARDIZATION Star.
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Galjoon In with Us Aoain.

Very heavy trimmings of the gilt
gimp, galloon and passementerie or
der are being used. They are gen.
orally in black.
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Buttons az Weddino Gifts,

jewelers. cases full of buttons
which are now so pronounced a fea-
ture Of feminine attire-are being sold
for wedding and birthday presents
Cameo buttons are being worn
again, and scenes after Watteau, ex-
quisite court beauties of the Natter
type and the Romney and Gainsbor-
ough bellies are pictured for the adorn-
ment of the Pompadour evening robe
and boudoir negligee. Those that are
trimmed in old paste or small dia.
monds may cost for a set OF six over
$500.
Hat buttons are mounds, or maca.
rooms, as the French call them, as
large as halfpenny bun, covered with
embroidered and pailletted velvet and
satin, and boot buttons are variously
made. some of mother-of-pearl the size
Of sixpences, pierced like shirt
button.
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Storage.

Storage.
Fair Eunice packed her bathing suit
Where she could find it in the spring.
It fits the thimble rather tight,
But looks too cute for anything!
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NOW Mr.. BAXTER HAS REFORMED.
In the Future He Will Think More
-. About Appearances. :. H.. :

One reason why Mr.. Baxter never
likes to go out evenings is because he
seldom can find room enough in the
street cars to make himself comfort
able. There never was q person who
liked to spread himself physically as
does Mr.. Baxter. Mrs. Baxter has fire.
Quently been sorely Inundated by that
fact. When they are out together he
refuses to squeeze into close quarters
just for the sake of being near her.
If there is wide space at the other
end Of the car Baxter unsentimentally
moves on and drops into it without
minding in the least that he has left
her alone.
Since last Thursday night, however,
Baxter has promised to think less of
his material sensibilities. That even
ing the Baxters went to the theater.
Going home Baxter, as usual, refused
to sit by his wife on the ground that
he would be unduly crowded. There
was rift in the row of humanity fur
ther along the line, and he went down
and filled in there. He sat beside fat
man, who had previously travelled q
short distance over the alcoholic route.
The fat man had noticed from afar
Baxters disinclination to share his
wife's society, and he thought he un-
derstood the cause. Pleased with his
powers of divination he nudged Bax-
ter good-naturedly.
That's right" said he Don't give
her a chance to bullyrag you before
folks. It's bad enough when you're
alone, but it's worse when there's any
body around to hear That's why give
the old lady the slip. Well both catch
it when We get home, but we're safe
for the rest of the trip, anyway"
The alcoholic mans "old lady," half
a dozen steps away, overheard, and,
judging by the rapid-f1re action of her
eyes, it was pretty safe to guess that
the fat man would "catch it, even II
Baxter didn't.
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Bad Al Through.
Anger begins in folly and ends in
Observation-Disclosures.
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The flushed Voice

What mother said-it didn't matter then,
A loving word, perchance, and then again
When childish wrath came in our simple play
And little woes beset youths rosy way,
Her sweetly gentle words dispelled the wrath,
And coaxed the buds to bloom that lined path
Her voice was sweet to greet the morning sun,
And. sweeter still, when golden days were done
Her soft goodnight that sent bed
1t didn't matter then-what mother said.
1t didn't matter then. but now she's gone
The world lacks all its sweetness and at dawn
The sunbeams coming down from heavens DOME
But emphasize the loss from out the home
No kindly smiles to cheer the passing day
No mother words to guide the way
No loving arms that wait but to enfold
When world and all grow merciless and cold;
The kingdom there, l think is made of such
What mother said! o, 'twould mean SO much!
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