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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12

w ASHINGTON'S smartest circles
W were highly amused at serio.
comic incident at dinner party a
few nights ago in which the perfidy Of
dressmakers in general and French
dressmakers in particular was illus
trated under conditions most discon-
certing to two matrons famous on two
continents for their good clothes.
They were Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bilt. Jr., who has just concluded q
visit to Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, and
Mrs. Perry Belmont, one of the New
York hostesses recently established
in Washington. The cause of their
grievance was two magnificent white
satin gowns. draped with silver tulle,
each ordered direct from Paris, and
each believed to be the only one of it's
kind in the United States. The ladies'
and their gowns met suddenly at Mrs.
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F you want to know anything about
anything you might send it to the
United States bureau of Standards
There are lot of wise men on the
government pay roll who are hired to
tell you all about it.
A celluloid collar and a set of false
teeth were received last week by the
bureau Of standards to be tested. 1t
was not joke. The bureau promptly
made tests and furnished the desired
information to the anxious inquirers
In the case of the false teeth the
sender wanted them tested for their
ability to sustain pressure. There are
certain standards to which even teeth
must measure up. If the porcelain, or
other substance of which the imita-
tion teeth are made, will not sustain
the pressure applied by the normal
action of pair of hungry jaws, then
they are cheat. The dentist who
bought from the dental jobber wanted
to know whether he had been cheated
or whether he would be safe in fitting
up his customers with that brand of
porcelain.
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The Chinese 7ael-

The tael one speaks about so glibly
is not a coin nor is it uniform in
weight, touch or value, and in carry
ing on trade between one end of
China and the other as many as ten
different exchange transactions may
have to be effected.
Had each province it's own tael of
fixed value there would be some
gleam of light. but it has many kinds
of taels and even in one part Of a
province there may be half a dozen
or more taels of different values cur
rent side by side. Peking, for exam
pie, has seven and Tientsin nine dif~
ferent taels, all equally currer<.
This lack of uniformity is y great
drag on trade, whether foreign Ct na-
tive, but it is a source of profit to the
thousands of native exchange banks
scattered throughout the empire
which may be relied upon to resist
to the last any innovation likely to
curtail their gains-Journal OF the
American Asiatic Association.
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ther and further from civilization the
guards, sullen and relentless as they
were, became less careful in their su-
pervision and less strict. Doubtless
they thought that escape was impossi-
ble-and indeed the majority of the
prisoners, despondent and in despair,
had no heart to make an attempt.
But while most of the others were
resigned to their fate, M. Gehri was
keenly alive to everything that was
taking place. He saw that the laxity
of the guards made an attempt to es-
cape possible and he resolved to watch
for and to seize the first favorable op-
portunity. Success meant life and lib
erty, instead of a living tomb; failure
would not make his position much
worse. And if he happened to be
killed while making the attempt
well, his troubles would be over.
The opportunity came on Septem-
ber H. when they were about half way
between krasnoyarsk and their desti-
nation, the penal settlement, and NJ
Gehri and two others, to whom he had
confided his intention, seized it with
both hands While the guards were
drinking the three men crept out into
the darkness, determined to make a
bold dash for liberty, although they
had very little, if any, idea of the d.
rection they should take. And in order
to make pursuit difficult they separat-
ed almost at once
After many adventures, NJ Gehri
reached Vladivostok, and finally
Japan, whence he telegraphed for
money to pay his passage home to
Switzerland. He set sail on Novem-
Der 16, on board the Messageries Mari
times liner Tonkin, and arrived home
few days ago safe and sound, and
not much upset by the terrible expert
ences he had had. His return was
quite unexpected and when he reached
nome his parents were wondering
when. If ever, they would see him
again.
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RESOLVED TO SNUB EVE.
Mrs. jntheswim Intended to Draw So
ciaI Line in Heaven.

The minister had dropped in to tea,
and the conversation had drifted
through various channels to the Ques-
tion of whether or not we should know
each other in heaven. Presuming that
our physical beings would be perpetu-
ated, and that recognition would be as
sured, the minister had asked various
ones at the table among whom the Bib
lical characters they would be most
interested in recognizing.
Some mentioned one prophet and
some another, but one lady, noted for
her social exclusiveness, had not
spoken. Turning to her the minister
said: And who would you like to meet
in heaven, Mrs. Intheswim?'
Mrs. 1ntheswim pursed her lips. Il
really don't know" she said, but there
is one thing do know, and that is
that l shouldn't care to meet Eve. In
fact, l don't know that would speak
to her il l did,"
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The old monitor style Of warship is
class, the Florida, is to be made the
object Of attack by modern ships and
guns, and also by torpedoes, with a
view to ascertaining the effect of the
fire maintained under such conditions.
Several of the obsolete vessels of the
British navy have been been utilized
in this manner, and though it seems
like an ignominious end for the gal
liant craft. the practical knowledge
gained is considered more than an
onset to any sentimental associations.
In fact. rude war takes little account
Of sentiment
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MOT to be outdone by mere royalty,
~ Mrs. Ogden Mills, in Newport
next season. will take her daily ride
behind pair Of cream.colored horses.
Several of the finest animals of that
breed in all Hanover shortly are to be
shipped to her country house in
Staatsburg, for Mrs. Mills will not rely
on a single pair. There must be
enough of the nags to insure that at
least two always will be ready for use.
AS horses of that kind are as subject
to small illnesses as were the heroines
of the early Victorian school, five or
six will be domiciled in the Mills
stable. 1t is expected Mrs. Mills will
create a sensation in the millionaire
colony when she drives abroad behind
her perfectly matched creams. The
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The Nations Bread.

That bread is justly entitled to be
called the "staff of life' Is fully borne
out by Investigations of the United
States department of commerce and
labor. This department made an in
vestigation to determine the amount
spent for food by normal laborer'c
family. The data obtained from the
11,156 families whose expenses were
studied showed the average amount
spent for food by family consisting
of husband, wife and five children to
be $329.19 pre- year. 1t is interesting
to note how the so-called normal fam
lily of the average laborer, which
seems rather above the normal in size,
apportions it's money for food and
other necessities. Twenty-Five dollars
and 20 cents is expended for bread,
flour and cereals, and while the cost Of
the bread is small compared with that
of other foods, the amount of nutri-
ments and energy derived from it is
AoA6 AC Cl . U1Il 10 IllO
largest of ALL He spends $11O5O per
year for all kinds of meat, three and
a half times as much as for bread
His butter costs him about as much as
his bread, and sugar half as much,
while about the same sum is spent
for potatoes and vegetables as for
bread. Thirty eight dollars goes for
milk and eggs. More coffee is used
than tea; about $40 is spent for the
one and five dollars for the other. Re-
ligion, charity and tobacco claim near
ly equal amounts, while intoxicating
liquors come in for much large:
share. Labor organizations get about
nine dollars per year, while $5.79 is
contributed to the support of state and
local governments in the form Of
taxes. Sickness and death on the
average claim $20.54 1t is quite ap-
parent. says Harry Snyder in Harperc
Monthly, that bread and flour do not
form very large item of the food ex-
pense of the normal laborer's family
as only nine per cent. of the cost Of
the food goes for bread and 81 per
cent. for all other food articles.
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SENT TO SIBERIA;
MAKES HIS | { T: ESCAPE: !!
3 sse55ss5*,5-: >
SWISS PROFESSOR SENTENCED
FOR LIFE, MAKES BOLD
DASH FOR LIBERTY.
UNDERCOES MANY PRIVATI0NS
Arrested by Russian Officials ~
Rsvolutionist-TelIs Story Of How
He Preferred Death to
livinq Tomb.

Geneva.-An exciting and remarka-
BILE story of escape from Siberia is re-
lated by M. Maurice Gehri, Swiss
professor who Unexpectedly returned
10 the home of his parents at Morges,
IN the canton of Vana, few days ago,
after series of thrilling experiences
M. Gehri was born at Morges on
April II, 1885, and after brilliant
school and university career he de-
c1ded to become schoolmaster and
accepted post as professor of French
at the Gymnase de Gitomir, in the
government Of Volhynia He took up
his duties in the spring Of 1905, and
began to study the political problems
OF Russia with enthusiasm. The SYM
pathy he felt with those who were
trying their utmost to bring about re-
forms OF the laws and to alleviate the
conditions under which the vast ma
Jority of the people lived soon at
tracted the attention of the authorities
to the young Swiss master. He was
IN sympathy with the efforts of the re-
formers, and as the son of a free
country, in which it is no crime to
speak openly, he did not hesitate to
express his opinions. His clearly de-.
fined views reused the suspicious of
the police. He was closely watched
and on August %, 1906 (old style), he
was arrested as revolutionist.
Political offenders in Russia have
little chance of obtaining hearing
much less Of obtaining justice-and on
April 4, 1907, after a trial which was
a mere mockery, he was sentenced to
transportation for life. On August 2
he set out for Siberia with band of
other prisoners. The prisoners were
carried by train as far as Krasnoy-
arsk, in the basin of the Yenisee,
where they detrained in order to CON-
plete the journey by road on foot.
Day after day they tramped on, weary
and footsore, but as they advanced fur
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12

After suffering for seven years,
this woman was restored to health
by Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Read her letter.
Mrs. Sallie French, of Paucaunla,
Ind. Ter, writes to Mrs. Pinkham'
II had female troubles for seven
years-was all rundown, and 20 ner-
vous I could not do anything. The
doctors treated me for different troubles
but did me no good. While in this con-
dition wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for ad-
vice and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, and am now strong
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
tion, dizziness, ,ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
Pinkham IL there is anything
about your sickness you do not
understand. She viii treat youP
lettePinc 1dence andadVise you
free. No woman ever reG1efto6
writing her, and because 0f heP
vA1e experience she has heaned
th0obondD. A0dte6G, Lynn. lG6a6,
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Child Born with Two Heads

Roanoke, Va.-News reaching here
from the Hiawasse district of Pulaski
county tells of the birth of child with
two heads to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Meredith
The child has caused considerable
excitement in the neighborhood and
1t is said the mother of the little one
is almost frantic with grief. She is
constantly in tears and is unable to
sleep.
Some relief, it is said, has been af.
1orded her by a dream a few nights
ago In which she saw the baby's ex-
ira head removed with no i1urt to the
natural head. This has led her to be-
neve that surgery can accomplish
th'e. result and It IL asserted that the
temllx doctor is of the same opinion.
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lew White House Entrance Discovered

through the woodshed or the kitchen,
thence through the laundry and then
into the Office of the president. The
newspapers are now making arrange
ments to station men by the east en-
trance to the White House with in.
structions to keep a strict lookout on
all the private doors and windows.
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1t is an extraordinary fact that
there is $250,000 in the New York city
treasury, an accumulation for 25 years
of unclaimed salaries, wages and war
rants in general. How careless some
people are about money!
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A Cincinnati man has registered his
belief in fortune-telling. He was told
by a gypsy that he was going to lose
something, and short while after she
had gone he found his pockets had
been picked, so he has good grounds
for his belief.
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A dog in burning building in
Rochester saved the lives of 80 people
by it's timely warning of danger,
which forces the pessimistic but inevi-
table conclusion, original but sad, that
some dogs are of far more use in the
world than some people
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War on Waans.

With a view to preventing I plague
of wasps in the district the Hayward's
Heath Horticultural society has de-
cided to offer a penny for every queen
wasp brought to the summer show
London Standard. .,
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Gen. Lee, the Champion kisser.


John S. Wise of New York delivered
an address on Robert E. Lee before
the Twentieth Century club of Chica-
go. Mr.. Wise is the son of Gen. Wise
of the confederate army and served
himself under Lee during the war.
He told of carrying the last dispatch
from President Davis to Gen. Lee and
stated that on that occasion the gen.
eEal said the war was ending as he
had felt for the first time it would,
Mr.. Wise said that Lieut. Hobson in
his osculatory career was but emulat-
ing the triumphal progress of Gen.
Lee. NO man ever lived" he said.
who could fold sweet young bud
as gallantly in his arms and salute
her as gracefully and with as much
benediction as Robert E. Lee. In the
lives of thousands of southern girls
no event was more dearly cherished
than the kiss of Gen. Lee
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The earl of Yarmouth indicates that
while he might survive a separation
from his wife, separation from her
fortune would be cruel and intoler
able.
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ONLY ONE "BROMO QUINANE"
That Is LAXATIVE BROMO OUlNlNE Look for
tho signature OF H. W. GROWS. Used tho World
over to Cure Cold in One Day. &c.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12

Sudden Changes Of the Weather
often cause Bronchial and Lung trou-
bles. Browns Bronchial Troches" al
lay throat irritation and coughs.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12

Digestive Difficulties? Headache? Sal
low complexion? The remedy is Garfield
Tea, the Herb Laxative Write for sam
pies. Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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1t is her winning ways that often
enable woman to get the better Of a
man in the matrimonial game.
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Love your neighbor, but don't pun
down the fence.-German.
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In der baddle Of life be of stout
heart, but afoid fatty decheneration.
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Sophistry.

Sophistry.
Dear, only play poker for fun"
"But you bet, don't you?"
"Well, there wouldn't be any fun
without little betting. "-Louisville
COurier-Journal.
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Spot Cash for Your Cream.
Top market prices always. MILTON
DAIRY CO., st. Paul.
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Every Lover Of Good Music

should take advantage of the offer the
jerome H. Remick Co. of New York make
in the advertising columns of this paper
to send for Is cents the words and music
of nine of the best pieces of the Merry
London. Paris and New York.
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lincoIn's Retort.

An ambitious woman once wrote
to Abraham Lincoln, asking for sen.
timent and his autograph. The presi-
dent answered promptly:
"loear Madam: When you write to
4 stranger, asking the favor Of . let
ter, always inclose a postage stamp.
There's the sentiment. *. -
'''Here's the autqeraph: 4. LineeaA Z
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Goethe: There is nothing more
frightful than ignorance in action.
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The Wicked Husband.

"Why does a man lie to his wife?"
asks woman writer. Dear me; does
he?-Duluth Herald.
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We Want Your Cream.

Write to-day for tags and prices. NORTH
Star Creamery Co.. Minneapolis, Minn.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12

We Pay Top Price for Cream.
Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes. st. Paul. MINI.
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An average yield Of ginger in Ja-
maica is about 1000 pounds an acre.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-04
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Arthur B. Crossman, who has beer
chief dispatcher of the eastern division
Of the Maine Central, with offices in
Bangor for some time, has been trans
ferred to the dispatcher's Office in Port
land. His successor will be W. A.
Wheeler of the Portland office of the
corporation. The new change will &c
into effect Nov. 5.
The six-years' contract with the
william l.. Douglas Co, shoe manufac-
turers of Massachusetts, to operate a
shoe factory in Springvale was signed
Monday by George W. Hanson, Hon
George A. Goodwin. Elmer F.. Went
orth and Hiram B. Rowe. all 81
Springvale and representing the
Springvale Shoe Co The Douglas Co
will begin business in Springvale i'm
mediately. 1t is reported that on Mon.
day next 1000 hands will be employed
and that the factory will produce 50O(
pairs of shoes daily. 1t is also report
ed that a new factory will be built by
the Douglas CO. within a year.
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OVER, NIAGARA FALLS.
Suicide of Charles A. Hengerer of Buf :
faIo on Monday.

Niagara Falls. Nov. 3.-Charles A.
Henserer Of buffalo Monday lcaped in
to the Upper Rapids. He placed his
irto the river. The swift current caught
his body, and the next instant the
Buffalo business man was icing swept
toward the brink of the American
Falls, 500 feet below.
Edward King a tourist of Maiden.
Mass. was not far away and saw the
man approach the river and make the
leap to death. King watched the body
pass down the river and over the falls.
An examination of the pockets of the
overcoat gave clue to the mans iden-
tity for business card of a Buffalo
house contained his name. Friends of
the man were notified and they hur-
red to the office of the reservation su-
perintendent to identify the garment
left behind
gerers recent life believe he was de-
spogdent' because Of business affairs
He was: connected with a Buffalo car
pet and furnishings house, and every
thing indicates that he came to Maya
ra Fails bent on seif-destruction. After
Hengorer had entered the rapids il
was impossible to rescue him. and per-
sons at Prospect Point suffered a shock
as they saw his body swept over the
brink into the gorge and on to the
rocks below.
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Montreal, Nov. z, 1908.
we round Peruna q relief In several
cases.
We can say 1t is q good tonic and we
are very thankful
Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
When catarrh once fastens itself upon
the system it becomes an obstinate dis
ease to eradicate.
A systemic rcmedy-one that reaches
every internal organ of the body-is an
absolute necessity.
Peruna is just such a remedy. It
searches out the cause of the disease,
healing and strengthening the mucous
membranes. and thus giving Nature an
opportunity to perform her part of the
restorative process.
One of the many hospitals which have
found Peruna of value in treating old and
obstinate cases of catarrh is the Hospital
st. John, who write, as follows:
"We are happy to tell you that your
Peruna has given us satisfaction. Three
patients have tried it, one IS years old,
Renoui Dupuis, afflicted with catarrh. is
much relieved, more than no has been
for number of years.
"a young girl, rs years old, had an
obstinate cough, which half a bottle of
Peruna caused TO disappear.
Gas to myself, two bottles have con-
WINGED me that Peruna is magnificent
as tonic.
Before the treatment I could not
walk for quarter Of an hour without
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Union Gospel Meetings.

The meeting Tuesday evening under
the auspices of the union of churches
at the Highland avenue Methodist
church, was one of the best from the
point of view of attendance of any
during the mission. DR.. Walsh's sub
ject was 1T is Written" Special music
was rendered as announced by the
male quartet of the First Baptist
church. also "a duet by Rev. and Mrs
l.. II. Clarke. A social service follow
ed the preaching service after which
the invitation was given, to which
there were several responses.
The +. NJ meeting Tuesday WAS
more generally attended than any of
the afternoon meetings. The Bible
reading given by DIR. Walsh was cspec-
tally interesting and helpful.
The =. NJ. meeting Wednesday will
be a Bible reading by DR.. Walsh. The
evening service at 100 will include the
usual program with special singing by
the male quartet of the Methodist
church Several numbers will be rem
dercd by the quartet.