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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
SAW HIS BROTHER
STARVE TO obi DEATH
CRIPPLED WITH RHEUMATISM.
JOHN FLAHERTY WAS UN-
ABLE TO HELP MAN.
BECS FOR A Glass OF WATER
Invalid, Almost Helpless, Spends
Hours Trying to Crawl Only
Few Feet-1aken to Hos
pital Seriously I'll.

New York.-Michael Flaherty was
found the other night sitting up dead
in chair in his little shack in Bay
avenue in the Greenville section Of
Brooklyn. He had been dead SO hours,
and had died of starvation. Beside
him lay his brother John, 60 years of
age, helpless with rheumatism and
hospital as rapidly as possible and
when he was undressed $3.50 was
found in his pockets.
The men were found by the merest
chance. John James, a butcher, hap
pened to drive by the place late in
the afternoon, and saw the dead
Michael sitting staring out of the Win
dow. The butcher had seen him in
the same position Friday and also Sat
urday. The man seemed to look worse
than he had on the two previous days.
so James got off his wagon and
knocked at the door,
When no answer came he burst the
door in. The sight that met his eyes
staggered him. John lay on the floor
moaning feebly; his tongue was black
and protruded from his mouth. The
butcher bent over him and heard him
murmur a single word: WATER"
The butcher drew water from a tap
near at hand, and dashed it in the
mans face. He then turned his atten-
ton to Michael, and found that he
was dead
John was rushed to the hospital. He
became unconscious on the way and
was revived only after the most hero
ic work. He was then able to tell a
story which for it's horror rivals any,
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
What It Means to Be Smart.

Dress is the keynote of the situation
at country house parties. A smart
woman is expected to make as many
alterations as Quick-change artist at
a music hall. She wants tailor-made
gowns, shooting and motoring suits,
smart frocks for luncheons, dainty
dresses for tea and splendid costumes
for dinner; and no gown, whether day
or evening, must make a second ap-
pearance.-The Tattler.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
RECIPE FOR REAL TROUBLE.
cheerfuIIy Contributed to an Already
Unhappy World.

Trouble making is an older industry
than the manufacture of steel. Cain.
the trouble maker, got into action be-
fore Tubal Cain, the iron worker:
and Eve got AdAA into hot water long
before the Boiler Makers union began
business.
There are three kinds of trouble
imaginary, borrowed and rea!.
Imaginary trouble consists Of rail-
road accidents, earthquakes, fires, sui
cldes. the poorhouse. death. and the
grave, carefully mixed and taken
after late dinner, or drop in the
stock market.
Borrowed trouble is the kind we get
from our relatives. Its principal in
gradients are visits, borrowed money,
birthday presents, advice and expecta-
tions. But the real article is pro-
duced as follows: Put the sandals of
endurance on your feet, take your life
In your hands and follow by turn the
How-to-Be-Happy Philosopher. the
Preacher Of Physical Culture and
the Apostle of Diet.-Puck.
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tiary would not be afraid to meet him
alone in a dark alley. For while he is
moderately tall, he is immoderately
thin; and his iron-gray whiskers and
hair show that his muscular powers
long since passed their zenith of devel-
opment.
BY appointment Mr.. MoXey is a ma
tonal bank examiner, but he does moth
ing except investigate banks that have
failed under suspicious circumstances.
And catching banker who has robbed
his own bank is in some respects like
catching burglar who has robbed it
each has only limited number of
ways of committing the crime. In the
case of the burglar the policeman
on the beat looks first at the doors
and windows as being the most prob
able means of gaining access to the
vault. And for like reason, Mr..
Moxey looks first at the loans and dis,
counts.
IF the books and papers of a crook
ed banker have not been destroyed"
says Mr.. Moxey, they are bound to
show him up. They may be falsified,
and they may be cunningly compli-
Gated and mixed up, but they can be
unraveled. 1t is all matter of time.
The record of crime is there-no man
can keep the affairs of bank in his
head. All that is necessary is to find
the knots and unite them. Why, l in.
vestigated bank a little while ago
in which three little pencil dots-al.
most imperceptible-place before GER
tain items, both in the debit and credit
accounts, gave me the key to the
whole affair. discovered that items
thus marked were to be disregarded,
not added to the totals
But the investigation of a crooked
bank seldom ends with the scrutiniz-
Ing of the concerns records. The
crooked banker, so Mr.. Moxey has OBJ
served, has way of becoming DOM
inantly identified with many other in
terests. This is why he acquires a
string OF banks-to bring in the
money that he wants to use for some
thing else. In working up the case
against John r. Walsh of Chicago Mr..
Moxey examined the books of 18 cor
porations.
Strangely enough, this man whose
work has brought him so closely into
relationship with dishonest bankers,
seldom speaks to one of them.
"Sometimes," said he, "a banker that
l have caught will come to me and
confess everything; sometimes he will
declare only that he meant no wrong.
But more frequently they do not seek
me, and, Of course, do not seek them.
l never spoke to John r. Walsh. 1
never spoke to Morse. But l don't
need to speak with them to know what
kind Of men they are. Their books
tell"
Mr.. Moxey does not regard Morse as
a great criminal, except in the sense
that he committed his crimes on a biz
scale. He says he showed no unusual
cleverness in what he did, and his de-
vices for covering up his crookedness
were the same old tricks that are usu-
ally emDlOVed
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Death Blow to Love.

Father-So you think our daughter
has fallen in love with that young
man?
Mother-She is perfectly infatuated
with him.
Father-What do you propose to do?
Mother-That feeling of undying
love which she has must be turned to
aversion, or she may elope with him
In spite of US. We must do It at
once.
Father-But how?
Mother-We must try to give her
the impression that none of the other
girls wants h1m.-NeW York Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Sniffles and Nerves,

Keep to yourself during warm.
nerve-irritating weather. 1t is related
that an Atchison man and wife dearly
love each other. She is perfect lady,
and apologies when she says
"shucks." But one night, when they
were sitting on the porch, presum-
ably enjoying the tender twilight, she
suddenly picked up stool and threw
it at his head. II am not insane" she
said, calmly, when he turned fright
ened gaze on her; Il am simply worn
out by the manner in which you sniffle
at the end Of every sentence!"-At-
Gibson Globe.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Chinese Student Has Future.

WI Kyuin Wilmington Koo, Chinese,
has been chosen to edit the Daily
Spectator at Columbia university. It
is said to be the first time that
Chinese student has been placed at
the head of an American college pa.
per. Editor Koo, who is but % years
old, is a slender chap and is known
throughout the university as a master
of pure English. He speaks without
accent, knows more about American
politics than the average American,
is debater of wonderful ability, and
one of the most popular men in the
university.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Grown.Up Children.

1t is not only the frivolous whom
the spirit Of childishness is Just now
leading astray. Stiffness is the fash
ion even among the wise. Women
especially affect kind of childish
shrewdness in talking of serious sub
jects. Like children who have tho
habit Of romancing, they lose the
sense of reality, and because they new
er talk exactly as they think they be-
gin to think exactly a. they talk
London Spectator.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
When Applying Skin Food.

In rubbing skin food on the face
particular attention should be paid to
the lines around the mouth, which, if
not treated with care. are apt to de-
generate into wrinkles One side
should be massaged at a time, the
tongue being first pushed as forcibly
as possible against the cheek so as
to press out the lines, when the fin
gers can work in the cream, the mus
cles being afterward pinched and
rolled gently with the tips of the first
finger and thumb until healthy glow
is experienced.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
The Size Of 1t,

"Oh, Tom, have I got 'em again."
moaned the unsteady young man. II
certainly see big hat coming up tho
street by ITSELF swear l do?"
BE calm, Jim," said the faithful
Tom. It's all right about the hat,
There's a woman under it.-Baltimore
American.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Baby Carriaoe Robe

These little affairs are made like
pillow covers, with flap at the top
that overlaps the front and closes with
small button. The flap is scalloped,
embroidered and also finished with a
monogram. The other portion is left
quite plain, or simulated hem is
outlined with a white briar stitch.
Being made in this shape it can con-
venfently be used at times to hold
small articles of infant clothing.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Hint for Washing Hair.

To avoid tangling the hair when
washing it, first separate it into two
parts by running the comb from the
forehead straight down the back of
the head Then divide each of these
parts into two and make four small
braids instead of one large one. When
the washing is done, if each braid is
taken out and combed by itself there
will be few, if any, tangles. This is an
especially good idea in wishing q
child's hair.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Care Of German Workman

Every injured German workman. no
matter how he was injured, whether
by his own fault, by the fault of his
employer or by nobody's fault, draws
regular weekly compensation either
from the sickness insurance fund or
from the accident insurance fund until
he is able to go back to work again.
William Hard, in Everybody's.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18

Soft It
skirt set in small
inches then ends under the
neck outlined with the goon
skirt drawn through gold buckle O
Materials
Y gold ' ~
The The
bodice trimmed with
of shade
edged with ball
~ ~ ~ '
Materials required: Fourteen
20 inches ' '
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
PROVED ~ TIME
No Fea: Of Any Further Trouble,
~ David Price. Corydon, Ia., says: Il
was in the last stage Of kidney trouble

-lame,ao weak, run
down TO a mere
skeleton. My back
was so bad I could
hardly walk and
the kidney secre-
'tiOns much disor.
dered. :A'Week after
I beg an u sii n Z
Doan's Kidney Pills
I could walk with.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Accuracy of Speech.

Professors Wife-Shall we take the
car to Aunt Maria's, dear?
Professor-No, darling; the car will
take us.
Professors Wife (pouting)-That il
not fair proposition.
Professor (smiling)-But the ca: Il
a fare one. e.--Balt}more Ausay;can
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Waistcoata in Fur coate

Paris has started the fashion for
wearing gold embroidered waistcoats
set with beautifully colored glass
beads in coats of fur
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18

out cane, and as continued my
health gradually returned. was so
grateful made public statement of
my case, and now seven years have
passed, am still perfectly WE'LL"
Sold by all dealers. SOC box. Fos.
ter-Mllburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
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WHAT WOULD HE HAVE SAID?

Get up, Jack. You mustn't cry
like baby! You're quite a man now.
You know if 1 fell down I shouldn't
cry, should merely say
Eyes, I know, pa; but then-1 go to
Sunday school-and you don't"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Cooks Sudden Popularity.

Marie Carane, Partisan cook, has
won $4,000 prize in a lottery. With
in half an hour after her good fortune
became known she had two proposals
of marriage and q suggestion to elope.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Princess Business Gown.

The smartest of broadcloth princess
gowns are being shown for business
wear. They are made perfectly plain,
buttoned all the way down the front
and have long buttoned sleeves.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Savaqes in Civilization.

Civilization does not change Las.
sion. The savage lives. Nothing
alters the elemental emotions. Love
changes to jealousy, jealousy to hate
and hate to murder as swiftly and
ruthlessly on some quiet little back
street OF small homes or on some wide
and respectable thoroushfare as in the
jungle. No savage land has more
murders than parts of our cities and
states.
The customs, the restraints and the
outer veneer of civilization perpetual
ly deceive Men and women, particu-
larly women, look on life as mere
merry dance, in which partners can
be teased by a change and changed at
a whim But man remains, even more
than woman. under the guise and dis.
guises of civilization, the elemental
savage whose passions boil to love or
death at a touch.-Philadelph Press.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
MODISH COIFFURE.

In this illustration is shown the new
and fashionable arrangement of the
hair. 1t is slightly parted in the front
and drawn softly to the back, where
there is loose psyche knot formed of
puffs and around which is fastened q
band of velvet or satin ribbon.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
First Press in the West.

The first printing press in tho
United States west Of the Missouri
was set up at Santa Fe early in the
last century. History does not dis
close the date of its origin or its own.
ership, but there are extant printed
proclamations dated 1921 and having
the Santa Fe imprint antedating by
IA years the first newspaper Ell Gre
pusculo, prophetically named the
Dawn, which was first published in
1885 at Taos and was in the main a
periodical tract to make propaganda
for the peculiar religious and moral
ideas of Padre Martinez The first
English newspaper in New Mexico ap-
peared in 1S47, shortly after the occu-
patton Of Santa Fe by Gen. Kearny.
They were the Santa Fe Republican
and the Santa Fe New Mexican, both
published at Santa Fe.-Santa Fe New
Mexican
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18

In Dundee, as in other manufacture
ing towns in Scotland, bread is sell
dom made in the homes of wage
earners. They economize vigorously
in other ways, but pay the bakers
profit on their big four-pound loaves.
There are no facilities in many of the
one-room and two-room houses OF
the poorer workingmen to make bread.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-18
Domestic Crepe 3Iouses

Since the popularity of white cotton
crepe for everyday blouses domestic
cotton crepe for Is cents a yard has
been brought out. 1t is not nearly as
good style as the Japanese article, but,
as the other is expensive, this serves
as a good substitute. 1t washes we'll
and can be trimmed with little cot.
ton lace.
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GOOSE MENU.

Leave goSlings in nest or incubator
enc day. Remove 10 high hover STYLE
brooder and start at % degrees: third
day 50 degrees aud taper down TO 90
degrees. Furnish grit, feed four times
first week. three next and turn on
grass range.
First feed sweet dry breadcrumbs:
next day add Il sprinkle of cornmeai
and bran rnoisteued. Then feed a
crumbly mash Of two-thirds bran. one.
third cornmeal and 10 per cent beef
scrap with 4 little fine grit: wheat.
oats and cracked corn when able 10
swallow them.
To fatten, two weeks before market.
place in small pen and feed crumbly
mash Of 80 per cent cornmeal and %
per cent beef scrap. Heavy grain "a
ton brings fat and infertiles. Oats.
wheat and barley mixed. one bushel a
year for breeders. Grain only IN cold
months. Good winter feed made up
OF turnips. beets and cabbage for vecc-
tables and bulky mash OF one-half
steamed clover or alfalfa. with two
thirds bran and one-third cornmeal.
February, March and April feed 10
per cent beef scrap for eggs. Mate in
the fall. one gander 10 three geese.
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hATChING GEESE

Six toulouse eggs weigh two pounds.
Therefore for foster mothers use Lang.
shan. Brahma and Cochin Biddies.
eight eggs to the hen.
In using incubatOrs we keep the tenn
perature at IO2 degrees at center OF
egg Heat is more intense toward ton
or Incubator. a goose egg is higher
than a hens egg. This keeps top OF
goose egg at lO3 degrees. Test on
eighth day. turn and cool like hens
eggs.
When mother goose takes her swim
she returns and moistens the eggs with
her wet feathers. We therefore play
goose and dip the eggs In lukewarm
water every day.
IL setting n goose. I'll bottom OF nest
with sand and cut straw. as n goose
covers her eggs when she leaves the
nest If you remove eggs 10 induce
goose to lay more. do so at night and
leave a nest egg.
At the end Of the thirtieth or thirty
fourth day. IL you remove goslin-s. do
so I'm the dark. Leave a youngster for
company and do not keep them away
long or mother VIII disown them
II Is sometimes necessary to crack
the she'll TO help the goslings out. but
tread softly. for the cross mother NAV
Dap you and crush her eggs and
young. And where has goosey gander
wandered all this time? Is he or
flirting with other geese? All. no:
He has kept guard over that nest in
rain and shine for Il month and given
battle 20 every approaching enemy.
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FARM
FOR SALE

4 FARM, consisting of 665
u acres. lying on the Blue
= Ridge Mountain. Il miles
fsom the Government Weather
Bureau. 300 acres Of this land is
cleared and good smooth farming
land. Would make fine fruit
farm. The remainder is in oak.
poplar, chestnut, pine and locust
timber There is an excellent stand
for a store, and Il business man
could clear SO per month on the
store alone. A good Grist Mill is
located ON the farm. The proposed
Trolley lime from Winchester to
Washington will cross the farm.
An abundance of good Building
Stone upon the farm. and limestone
for Inning purposes within s mile.
This property will be sold at an
extremely low price.
For further particulars,
address.
NIX, Care of COURIER,
Berryville, Va.
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FEATHERS AND EccsHELLs.

Yes. poor John "draCs" his feet these
days and gets henpecled for making
holes in the new carpet. He's SO good
10 his chicks, they love him 50 we'll
thar they pack around his feet. and
he must drag TO keep from crushing
them.
An Enghshwoman has made minia-
ture Bible that can be tucked inside
an csgshell. He would have q coloS-
sal contract 10 make one small enough
10 mt the conscience OF the fakir who
shipped tested out eggs TO customers
this season.
Virginia is perhaps the prize gander
state, and the coal regions Of Penn
Sylvania have many Polander goose
ranches. If you wish TO see the goose
hang high, visit the coal towns in the
holidays. y goose hangs from an up-
stairs window OF nearly every foreign
er's house ripening for Christmas.
The man who is stingy with feed
and expects his pullets 10 grow on
grass, gravel and water should move
10 the city ana start 4 boarding house.
please pass the pruneS."
On parade the goSlings take the lead.
the fat NANNY wadding after Re
minds us Of those June graduates who.
after reading their cyclopedia ESSAYS
and made to order orationS. go home
10 tell father and mother ISw TO solve
the practical problems Of life. What
silly young geese,
While high scoring fancy birds are
in demand for show and breeding
fancy, remember that the poultry in
duStry is in the market now and a.
ways for great layers. Not blue rib
bonS, but greenbacks, IS their can.
When fall comes remember that
pears, peaches, plums and apricots are
side issues that help I'LL the crain bins.
Plant your pears. plums and apricotS
next fall and give your peach order for
early spring delivery.
1t IS said that turkeys are now
plucked by wind in England They
revolve ON 4 spit and electrically driv.
en- currents clean them right OF at
- cents apiece. We advise Our Eng.
fish kozens 70 use hot air. as Chem the
birds VIII be al finished FOR the Teas,
V. NJ NlspvrwA&2.
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farmers who wished TO Join the pro-
cession Ten thousand Changing geese
ut the rate Of eight miles n day
marched on London. and. though the
cackling OF geese saved Rome from
burning, the changing Of these 10000
cocklers did not save them from the
London cook pot
Uncle sam has Joined the goose pa
rade. Join In. There's good money in
H. Plenty OF grass and n bushel OF
grain a year rear u twenty pound
gander Geese have no lice. need
shelter only IN severe winter weather
die only from accident and old age
ana furnish downy cushions for boils
and feather bed lightning protectors.
Ihat swampy corner on the farm or
piece OF marsh grass or waste land
along the creek is goose gold mine.
What grass galore for goose grazing
going 10 waste, Craze a goose on
grass without grain tin snow flies
then corn feeding for two weeks. and
You have twenty pound roast fat
as butter for market On Thanksgiving.
You're silly goose to let such a
chance slip.
Most popular breeds are Toulouse.
African and Embden. the others small
or ornamental Toulouse and African
lay forty TO sixty eggs n year. Emb-
den twenty 10 forty. anu early sit,
ting means three matches per year.
Toulouse and African are gray. and
adult ganders weigh twenty pounds.
geese eighteen. An Embden cander
weighs eighteen pounds, goose sixteen.
best table bird, and pure white feath-
ers bring higher price.
Are You looking fer golden eggs ?
Raise geese and youu get them.
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GOOSE DON'TS

Don't let SoSlings get wet till first
feathers grow. II caught in showers.
dry or ut once in oven or brooder.
Don't brood them under low hovers.
We use twelve inch hollow hover.
Don't give sloppy feed TO young
geese. and have water vessels that
they can't upset or muSS their down in.
Don't forget that geese pay 90 per
cent more than hogs. but don't keep
them like some people do their hogs.
Report them to the board Of health.
Don't allow dogs and children to
chase your geese. Fright makes them
lose flesh and grow new set of
feathers.
Don't forget that standard geese
produce 60 per cent show birds. No
need TO fake. lie nor dye.
Don't keep ganders until too old.
They are poor breeders. tough and
ugly. One stroke of ganderS wing
has broken wOman's arm.
Don't carry geese by the legs. Their
legs are paddle propellers. Their
necks are rubber handles.
Don't forget that Thanksgiving mar
ket IS the time for big goose sales.
Twenty Founders for Thanksgiving
and Christmas, twelve to fourteen the
call the rest of the season.
Don't turn cattle in to Craze after
geese for three days after geese are
moved to other range, and don't forget
that these fowls destroy many pest
weeds.