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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
THE man question is the most seri-

4 Gus proposition a fashionable girl
IN Washington has to contend with.
Trouble No. l is, there aren't any
men. Trouble No. 2 is, the men that
there are-that's good Irish-are so
spoiled to death they are a negligible
quantity.
Said a religious young woman in
the 1nnermost clique the other day:
conditions in Washington are fierce
where male creatures are concerned.
Men have no obligations-no RESPONSE
bllities. They seem to think they are
comforting favor on the opposite sex
by simply existing. OF course, for
many a long day they have absolved
themselves from the duty of paying
dinner and party calls-it was kind
enough in them to come in the first
place half the time they don't
even answer your notes of invitation.
We girls have discovered that the onlv
way to clinch the men when we really
must have them at our affairs, is to
catch them on the telephone before
they have time to dodge. Extort a
verbal promise that they will come,
and to facilitate things offer to send a
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06


plunged of
parliament politics.
livelihood until the quaint charm the
him
peculiarly abtant
sympathetic
of the He
80
He has been high
societies. OF
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ested had an importan

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sibey was born 81
lead as an oil producer the medium
Of a OIL ~ ~ ~ ~
He politics young and was elected
mayor Franklin Pa
10
original free silver boomers
nang 1900 while
became Republican little
partsans
something than
Company. - Wv ~
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
A Minor Poesy.

A thought once stole, by mistake,
into the mind of minor poet. It was
very little thought and it was fright
ened at the vast empty spaces, and
covered timidly into a dark corner,
where it hoped to escape to escape OBJ
servation.
But in a moment the poet had dis
covered it, and straightway he pounced
u1'on it avidly, and mauled, jammed,
cut, squeezed and otherwise tortured
It.
The thought suffered greatly, but
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

A New York boy was arrested for
stealing disease germs. He took them
!rom the laboratory of scientist. Do
not think for moment that he was
pinched for contracting the measles
from Johnny Jones across the way.
Stealing disease germs in the latter
way has never been treated as a
crime
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

Maj. Gen. Fred GraAt continues to
lead off in all the test rides of the
army officers. However, he is still in
his forties, and Is fine disciplinarian
as we'll. He not only doesn't complain
OF 30-mile rides per diem, but rejoices
in the sport.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Exactly Like Her.

Artist-Your wife ordered this por.
trait from me.
Rockford-She did, eh? Well, it
certainly is very much like her. Did
she pay for it?
. Artist-No, sir. II
Rockford-Ah, that is still more like
her-Chicago Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
HONORED BY FRENCH ACADEMY

Louis Frechette, the bard of French Canada,
has been named as laureate of the French acade.
my. While most unusual honor, particularly
since its recipient is a resident of this conti-
nent, it adds nothing to the distinction that is
universally accorded Dr. Frechette as the last of
that brilliant group of poets and novelists who
have made French Canada and the simple life
of the habitant known to the world OF this
group, Frechette and Drummond were undoubt-
edly the leaders, although Gaspe with his Les
Anciens Canadiens" Mannette and Routhier
have all made enviable names in the worlds
literature.
Dr. Frechette was born in Quebec half
century ago, and was originally intended for the
law. He abandoned that dry profession how.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

Although apples have been raised in
:he east a good deal longer than in the
west, it is the west which leads off
with the first national apple show,
which will open in Spokane, WASH, in
December. The $4,000 in prizes are
to be open to the world. For the best
carload OF standard commercial win
Ter apples a prize Of $1,000 will be
given, and for the largest apple an
apple Of gold
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Best Drinking Water.

Hadstock, in Essex, England, DOE.
sesses what is probably a UNIQUE wa
ter supply. 1t is entirely derived from
a deep well in the parish churchyard.
The well is over 500 years old, and ia
known as st. Botolph's Well. The in.
habitants of Hadstock declare that Il
contains the best drinking water IN
the kingdom, and, as the, village In
question .is one. s Of the ehealthtest
places In Essex, there is undoubtedly
some truth in their boast
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

Rejection of the proposal to use the
Washington monument as a wireless
telegraph station is a reminder that
although the inventor is the hero of
:Ae present hour he is not quite the
whole thing.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

Life, color, demonstration and mo-
zion" will be, the managers say, char
ucteristics of the Alaska Yukon Pacific
exhibition, which is to be held next
year at Seattle, Wash. But if an added
promise is fulfilled, that Everything
will be in readiness at least a month
Nefore the opening date" June /, that
will be distinction beyond all other
fuch fairs.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

Mount Vernon, Ill.,, has a "blackbird
pest"-or had, until it remembered
that from time immemorial blackbird
pies have been among the luxuries of
kings; and now 1t Is killing the birds
by the bushel and cooking them.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
AUTHOR IN POLITICS

Edward w. Townsend is another literary
man who has broken into political life recentlv.
He has been nominated for congress by the
Democrats of one of the New Jersey districts.
The Seventh New Jersey district, which will
be the scene of his political efforts, has been
represented in congress by Republican for the
last Is years. but it is a close district and
Townsend will only have majority Of a few
hundred votes to overcome
By the average reader Townsend is remem.
bered chiefly as the creator of that UNIQUE and
slangily interesting young gentleman, "Chimmie
Fadden," whose self-told adventures and ex-
periences made interesting reading a dozen
years ago. He also wrote the Major Max"
sketches as we'll as several novels sketches
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
In the Iona AQo,

King Cophetua had just married the
beggar maid.
Because" he explained, 1T won't
cost much to support her in the style
to which she has been accustomed"
Chortling over his shrewdness he
ordered his hunkeys to send a notice
of the wedding to the various newspa-
pers, with instructions to play it up
as a first page story.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
MAY GET SENATE TOGA

Ollie M. James, congressman from the First
Kentucky district, will undoubtedly succeed
Senator Thomas H. Paynter if Democratic
legislature is elected in that state Here is the
interesting pen picture prominent Demo
cratic paper paints of him.
He stands six feet four inches in pair Of
No. II shoes that are filled completely by pair
of old-fashioned feet shaped in the rows of the
corn-field to tread the paths that lead to future
greatness.
He has size without symmetry, sort of
thrown together carelessly as if nature in a
good-humored, convulsive mood had done big
thing and did not have time to carve it into
the shapeliness of an Apollo Bevidere. A party
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Poor fellowl

She OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, I
know you must be tired holding me on
your knee so long.
He-Oh, no. dear; I am not tired. /
was two hours ago, but / am numb
now.-Judge.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Horrible Fate.

you've heard what happened to
Lots wife, l suppose?"
Yes; she looked back and turned
into pillar of SALT
We'll, saw something today which
beat that"
"No?"
Fact A red-nosed woman, with
kettle in her hand, hurrying down the
street. She looked furtively over her
shoulder-and turned into a saloon"
Judge.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

The first football accident has hap-
Nened in Massachusetts, where a stu
dent in a class game had his back bro
Rem. This looks as if the human sac.
":f1ce to the game will be normal.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Here's "Bughouse" Job for Some One

wants chief for the cattle and grain
investigation laboratory.
The bureau of corporations, depart
ment Of commerce and labor, wants
special examiners at salaries ranging
from $1,000 to $500 a year.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
IN THE PUBLIC &c EYE
FIGURED N5 oIEDfscLosURES

Joseph G sibley, the Pennsylvania congress-
Oil disclosures of W. .<R. Hearst, will not be so
directly affected by the unpleasant revelations
aszthe Ohio statesman, for the Keystone man
voluntarily retired from congress a couple of
years ago and. has not sought political prefer
ment since. While he was in the house he oc-
casionally shot up into the limelight for mo-
ment, but upon the whole was considered a
faithful If not brilliant representative of his
district At one time he made an attack upon
the president from the floor Of the house which
attracted considerable attention, and at the time
of the ?postoff1ce scandals some unpleasant atten
tion was attracted to Sibley by the discovery
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

Cities that never clean up until the
specter of cholera stalks down their
dirty streets generally find their fren-
Zied efforts too late.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06


author
oils. The his venture into politics
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

the poet did not desist until he had
achieved his purpose, which was to
grind out another sonnet and keep
himself before the public-Puck.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

Increase in the number of college
degrees may not in itself be a good
sign. The progressive decrease since
1900 Of the number Of medical diplo-
mas awarded means great gain in
the quality of the men intrusted with
the health of their fellow men. In
1906 over $4,000 men and women re-
ceived the degree NJ. D. In 1907 the
number dropped a thousand, and this
year the decrease was sixteen hun
dred. During the year several medical
schools not in good repute were
closed. Most Of the great medical
colleges require an A. B. degree or it's
equivalent for entrance. "Half-baked"
professional men are no use to the
community, and even when the STAN
dards of the medical schools are high,
there will be plenty of incompetent
snen in the profession.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
The Poor Rich.

During the past eight months tho
rich have had hard time. A railroad
director said recently that 1T is a
great deal harder for a man who has
been living at the rate of two hundred
thousand year to get down to q fifty
thousand-a'year standard than it is
1or a man who has been living on SIS
a week to get along on $10" This must
be so because tho fifteen-dollar man
has got along on ten so often that it
is easy, like any habitual privation.
The multi-millionaire is a green hand
at economizing, and should be pitied
by the expert poor. But he gets no
sympathy, and in one respect deserves
none. Only this summer a Newport
tradesman announced publicly that he
would not give his rich customers
more than 80 days time in which to
pay for the corned beef, prunes, salt
Goldfish and other delicacies that bend
their tables. The curse Of the rich is
their poverty, and it is a pity to see
them ground down by tradesmen. OF
course 1t is hard that in summer, when
the rich are taken from the slums and
sent for fresh air to Newport and
other resorts, they have to be troubled
with bills. But holidays have their
responsibilities as we'll as their relax
at1ons. A story comes to the Youths
Companion of wealthy man to whom
bill was brought on Christmas morn
Ing. This seemed to him an outrage,
but when he went to the door, fuming
with protest, he found a boy, who
said: Sorry to trouble you, boss, but
l jest have to have that seven-ffty for
our Christmas dinner"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
City's Annual Coal Bill Is Enormous

day each, the largest steamships
1000 tons day and department stores
each so tons daily.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

Ever since the passage of the pure
food law, manufacturers have COM
planned Of the injustice of denying
them the use of the small amount of
preservatives necessary to keep GER
tain kinds of food products from fer
mentation or other form of deteriora-
tion. Prof. Wiley of the bureau of
chemistry in the department of agri.
culture has appointed a pure food CON-
mlttee, to represent the different
states having pure food laws, the OBJ
1ect OF which will be to harmonic the
state laws with the laws of the gov-
ernment. The committee will also,
without doubt, define what is a safe
amount Of preservative to be used. It
Is said that there has been an increase
of ptomaine-poisoning since the pure
food law went into effect, but perhaps
the statement, like some of the food
products, can best be taken with a
grain of salt-or of boracic acid.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1908-12-23
His Hands we're a Solid Mass, and
Disease Spread All Over His Body
In Four Days the Child was
Entirely Cured-Mother Strongly
RECOMMENDS CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

Zone day we noticed that our little
boy was all broken out with itching
sores. We first noticed it on his little
hands. His hands were not as bad
then, and we didn't think anything
serious would result. But the next daY
we heard of the Cuticura Remedies being
so good for itching sores, etc., that /
thought [ would get them. By this
time the disease had spread all over his
body, and his hands were nothing but
solid mass of this itching disease.
went to the drug store and purchased
a box Of Cuticura Soap and one box of
Cuticura Ointment, and that night I
stripped my little boy and took the
Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water and
washed him well. Then L dried him
with soft bath towel. and took the
Cuticura Ointment and rubbed him
thoroughly with it. l did this every
evening before L put him to bed and in
three or four nights he was entirely
cured. You have my permission to
publish this because anybody who suf-
fered as my baby did ought to know Of
the Cuticura Remedies. I will surely
and gladly recommend the Cuticl1ra
remedies, for they are a godsend to all
suffering with skin diseases. Mrs. Frank
Donahue, 20S Fremont St., Kokomo.
Ind, Sept. 16, 1907"
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HOUSEHOLD.
COrned Beef.

If the beef is very salt it will need
soaking several hours, perhaps over
night. 1t is then placed with one or
two bay leaves in a deep earthen dish,
used for baking beans. Boiling water
is poured over till the meat is covered
by an inch of water. Cover with
plate, place it in the coolest part of the
oven after the noon meal and let it re-
main all night If a fire is kept all night,
the meat may be put in the oven late
In the afternoon. In the morning, 1t
will be ready for the press. This method
has many advantages. 1t disposes of the
odor of boiling corned beef, the meat is
unusually well favored and can be used
in many ways as if it were fresh beef.
have made ragouts, minces, meat loaves
and various combinations with crumbs,
rice and made sauces, which have never
considered possible with corned beef.
The fat on the cold pot liquor furnishes
very good shortening for gingerbread and
from the liquid I have made several
kinds of soups.
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100 East Broad street, RICHMOND, VA.
Magic Polishing Cloths.

Mix two pounds of whiting and one
half ounce of oleic acid with a gallon of
gasoline. Stir and mix thoroughly. In
this compound soak flannel rags of the
desired size, then wiring out and hang
up to dry, being careful to keep them
away from fire or open flame These
cloths will give q fine gloss to silver
ware, will not soil the hands and will
preserve their polishing qualities indefi-
nitely.-Woman's Home Companion for
July.
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Brown Bread.

One and one-half cups dry bread
crumbs that have been dried and
Drowned a little in the oven and then
rolled fine; two-thirds of cupful of
flour, one cupful of molasses, one and
one-half cupfuls corn meal, one cupful
raisins, two teaspoonfuls soda, ane tea
spoonful salt Steam three hours and
a half
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1908-12-23
A Hint About Mixing Mustard.

When mixing mustard, add a saltspoon-
full of salt and the same quantity of moist
sugar, and mix with boiling water. 1t
will be found to keep moist much longer
and have a better taste.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1908-12-23
PIMPLES
And Blackheads Prevented and
Cured by Cuticura.

Gently smear the face with Cutic1ra
ointment, the great Skin Cure, but do
not rub. Wash off the Ointment in five
minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot
water and continue to battle the face
treelyfor some minutes. Repeat noo 49,
ing and evening. At other times use
not water and Cuticura Soap for bath
ing the face as often as agreeable.
~ Complete External and Internal TreotroeD. To-.
IEerry HunOr OF Infants, Children and Ad,,ita
CONSISTS OF Cuticura Soap (25c to Cleanse the SKIN
CuticuTa ointment (5Oc.) to Heal the skin and
Sutcua ttesovent (50c) Tor I'm the form Of
sod fbI rls 25c per vial OF GOD to Purify the Blood
OOI1.. ,sOle PROPS. Boston Mass 70 ~ N"eh.
"a mailed Free. Cutcura Book on Skin Diaooso.
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springs and mattresses. Cut off big ham
die, cut even at both ends, tie in two
places with strong cord. One broom
makes three brushes.
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Broom Economy.

Old brooms make fine brushes for
sinks and are nice for cleaning bed
Hot Springs post., 1908-10-29
Frozen to Death
 Near Seatt Ie Town

Seattle 29-Frederck Kloeber brother of Dr. Koeber city death in the mountains the Green River Hot Springs -o..ee~ 5>]i@N ...
 ago Monday Kloeber, with Julius Kumle, hunting trp intending spend day in the hills
 after the and when Kume night had yet back No anxiety the morning when turned cold and stormy still searching party organized No missing could be found and finally boodhounds brought and placed his trail After all days his body found large rock where he had the attempted to build fire He apparently numb started couched against where he perished and his body found
Hot Springs post., 1908-10-29
COMING AND GOING

R. w. Calderhead and wife. accom- panied by their two children were vis- itors in the city On Tuesday.
 Robert Wright, of Sullivan, was in town Tuesday.
 Joe Egler made trip to Hot Springs last Monday on business.
 George L. Morrison and Deputy Mar shal Drake made a trip to Sullivan OF Tuesday. They went by way of Kem- perville and stopped short time at that place.
 J. Johnson was 8 visitor at Hot Springs the fore part of the week. P. M. Mckenzie spent few days in Hot Springs on business this week. M. J. McNeil has the contract for building the store for Dr.. Charles D. Carter on Sullivan creek, and will have the structure ready for occupancy in a few days.
 Jim Lavin, who has been building a roadhouse between this city and Tolo- vana, returned to Hot Springs last week and will move supplies to his house in a short time. It is expected that there will be a great deal o1 travel on this trail this winter, and a good roadhouse will surely prove a winner.
 | Chas. Smith of Panama was passen- ger on the last stage from that city. He is at present on Sullivan, looking over his mining interests on that l creek.
Hot Springs post., 1908-10-29
HutIinana's
 Long Ditch

Mir. A. V. Thorns reports that tho survey and much of the slashing of brush for the big ditch from Hutlinana creek to the mines near Glen is com pleted and it is probable that the ditch will be dug the coming summer.
 The great shortage of water during the past summer has greatly empha- sized the need of large and steady supply of water and this ditch is the only possible solution.
 According to the new survey which has been made the ditch will be eigh- teen miles in length and have a tunnel 1000 feet long.
 With the exception of that part of the ditch on the Hutlinana, which will consist of 40 in. pipe, the most of 1t will be built of lumber. Where the water is condueted to the mines it will be contained in smaller pipes to the digerent creeks.
 This ditch will be large enough to carry 2,0OO inches of water. Last sum- mer, which was the dryest ever exper- fenced, there never was less than 1000 inches in the Hutlinana. With this large supply of water MT. Thorns says it will be possible to work in dozen different places at the same time fn- stead of four as at present. Last sum- mer there was only water enough to work two camps, which made the out put much smaller than it should have been,
 If this ditch is built it's construction ! will employ great many men as its cost is estim ated at $250, 600 and the resultant activity prove of great bene- | fit to the entire district. IL z-l
Hot Springs post., 1908-10-29
Will Prospect
 With Keystone

Mir. A. V. Thorns, manager Of MT. F. G. Manley's mines, will leave this city for Glen tomorrow or Saturday and immediately start work for the winter.
 About all that will be done during the cold weather is assessment work and preparatory work for operations next summer. The assessment work will be done with Keystone drill and a crew of six or seven men will be en- ployed. The ground to be represented includes claims from Thanksgiving to North Fork and will necessitate a great deal of work.
 MT. Thorns is great believer in the Keystone for assessment work, as prac- tical benefits are derived with it while if the wor is done in the old way the only thing gained for the money ex- pended is that the ground is retained. With the drill the ground is not only held but is prospected as well.
 Next summer it is intended to work two steam scrapers, one on Thanksgiv. ing and the other on Seattle Jr., and it will be necessary to cut all the wood and haul all the lumber and supplies for these plants this winter. It will also be necessary to distribute lumber to all the creeks that will be worked next summer. There is at present over I5O, ,O00 feet of lumber at their mill on the Hutlinana, all of which will be used next summer.
 By spring Mr. Thorns will be pre- pared to do big work and if water i: plentiful the output will be large.
Hot Springs post., 1908-10-29
STEAMER LuCkENbACH !.
 AF|RE IN M|D0CEhN

Charleston S. o. 23 A wireless from the steamer Luck enbach New York; reports that vessel as being on re When sent the fire under control in the passengers forty number had been transferred to the Philadelphia which the Luck enbach soon after the fire started.
 messages the Philadelphia state that the fire cured @ miles south Sandy Hook and was caused by taneous combustion bunker The actions of the off discovered spoken by the as worthy greatest praise Everything moved like clock work the whole fighting fire within minute after the alarm At the vessel in great danger the passengers transferred only matter o accommodation.