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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
Remarks.

The editor of the Hollandale (Wis)
Review, under the heading Local
Events, says: Keep your shirt on"
How can we? This is washday
An Iowa editor mourns the fact that
instead of meeting the returning he
roes of the football team with a brass
band, the citizens were compelled to
meet them with an ambulance.
Ignorance always can be trusted to
speak in loud voice.
Bees dispose of their honey by CELL
ing it.
Whether or not you belong to the
400 these days depends upon the kind
oline.
In Tennessee newspaper I read
that Mrs. Henry Dows has been chill
ing, but is better at present" She
must come originally from Boston.
A Nebraska correspondent says,
"Ask Cora Bates how she likes to
write with a colored pencil" How do
you, Cora?
Never ask the bald-headed man how
he lost his hair. He may tell you he
was born that way.
An English museum freak of the
name of Allshot, whose professional
name was the Mummy Man, commit
ted suicide the other day because of a
clause in his agreement in which he
was prohibited from becoming intoxi-
Gated. Prohibited from being half-shot
he raised the ante and now he is All.
shot no more!
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22

of the radioactive elements hitherto
known. He has accordingly given it
the name "ionium," because, in CON-
mon with other radioactive substances,
it possesses ''ionizing" power, or abil-
ity to separate gases into their until
mate constituents. Says Prof. Bolt
wood:
Experiments which have been car
ried out with view to obtaining a
quantitative separation of this new
element from small quantities of very
pure uraninite have given results
which are in good agreement with one
another and which indicate that the
activity of the new element in equi-
librium with radium is about o8 of the
activity of the radium itself with
which it is associated. This is about
the value to be expected if the new
substance is intermediate between
uranium and radium
Strong evidence has, therefore,
been obtained of the existence in
uranium minerals of new radioactive
element, which produces no
emanation and which resembles tho
rum in it's chemical properties. 1t is
without doubt a disintegration product
of uranium and is in all probability
the immediate parent of radium. I"
Further experiments are in prog
ress which it is hoped will afford ad-
ditional information as to the proper
ties and chemical behavior of this new
body"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
TO WE'D FRENCH DUKE
ENGAGEMENT OF DAUGHTER OF
T. p. 6HoNTs ANNOUNCED.
Nobleman 10 Finally Victorious After
Long Courtship-Father Gives
Up Fight and Agrees to
the Union.

Wash1ngtOn.-Mr. and Mrs. Theo.
dore P. Shonts announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Theodore, to
Due de Chaulnes ct De Picquiny, of
France, the wedding to take place at
their New York home in January. The
due recently sailed for France from
New York, where he had bear since
the arrival of Mrs. Shonts and her
daughters from Europe several months
ago.
The engagement of Miss Shonts and
the due has long been expected and is
not surprise to either society in this
country or in Europe.
The persistent courtship of the due
covers space of over 18 months and
has been most fervent. He met Miss
Shonts in Paris and fell in love with
her shortly after her presentation at
the court of King Edward. Her beauty
and youth excited admiration in Paris,
where she went with her mother after
leaving London, and the due was the
first to become her follower.
1t was during the trip of the family
in Europe that the reports of the en-
gagement of Miss Theodore to the due
first gained circulation. The rumors
were denied emphatically by the girls
parents at the time, but again became
frequent when the due visited at the
Shonts home in Washington last
spring.
Again they were met with denials
from Mr.. Shonts, but the rumors have
cropped out from time to time ever
since, the denials being just as fire.
Quent
Washington society fully expected.
to hear the definite announcement
made during the dues visit here, and
its failure to materialize was the
cause of much disappointment The
cause Of the delay in the young
couples plans, it is thought here, was
due to the opposition to the match on
the part Of Mr.. Shonts, who desired
that his daughter should become the
wife of some young American.
The due comes from the Oldest of
French nobility and is possessed of
vast estates, though they are said to
be embarrassed with debts. The sis
ter of due de Chaulnes, duchess
Dues, is close friend of Mrs.
Shonts and was to have accompanied
her brother here upon his visit last
winter, but illness prevented She
and due Dues will come to the we'd
ding in January, as will several other
relatives of his family.
Miss Shonts is now in New York,
but will come to Washington to at
tend the reunion at Mrs. Shonts'
school, where for several years she
was student. After leaving the
school she was taken abroad and was
under special teachers for some time
She is splendid linguist, pretty, and
20 years old. Her maternal grand
father was the late Gov. Drake of
Iowa.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22

hook and ladder company quickly re-
sponded, the changing Of signal bells
adding to the excitement of the crowd.
now thoroughly Mortified at the sight,
as the apparently crazed girl swayed
10 and fro on the brink of death.
Policeman McShane made his way
to the sixth story Of the building. and
raised a window opening to the
three-foot ledge on which the girl was
giving the startling exhibition. Just
as she was about to pass in front of
him McShane stretched out his arms,
and, closing them about her slender
waist, pulled her through the opening,
as her screams floated out and
mingled with the cheers of the throng.
Throwing his coat about her. the
policeman carried her down six flights
and placed her in an ambulance.
The girl was taken to Bellevue hos
p1tal, where it was learned her name
was Lizette Cozlon, and that she had
become demented during the night.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22

rope. Then he tied the rope to a tele-
phone cable. He placed the trained
ferret on the ground and released the
rat The ferret, instead Of springing
right on the rat, chased him about
bit, until the rat lodged into the end
OF the conduit. Then, as the rat came
through the other end, one of the
workmen seized the string. pulled it
through, and then pulled through the
rope and the length of cable. The
whole thing was done in about a third
OF the time it ordinarily took to Law a
length. Uncle Billy was tickled all
the way through at the success of his
plan.
It's all right to talk aSout yonr
electro-scientific mysteries he said.
triumphant like, but, when it comes
to actual results. an inventive genius
with the help of trained ferret can
copper science every DEAL
''The foreman looked as If he didn't
quite want to admit all that, but he
couldn't deny that Uncle Billy's plan
had worked.
The beauty of your Uncle Billy's
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
BABY BRAvED DEATH on ROOF
1t Sat on Eaves Trough While Crowd
Below Was Terrified.

Chicago.-Robert, the 13-months-old
child of A. Sayers, mechanical en-
gineer, crowed delightedly while
perched on the extreme edge of an
caves trough at his home on Eggles.
ton avenue and waved his chubby
hands at a terrified crowd of persons
gathered on the stone pavement be-
low. The baby had clambered down
the slanting roof Of the porch in close
pursuit of a little red slipper which
had slipped from his grasp while lean
Ing from an open window. Shrieking
with laughter, the child slid down the
slippery shingles toward the precipit-
Gus edge of the roof Two floors be-
low was stone sidewalk But the
tin trough at the edge of the roof
stopped the progress of the baby and
its plight was soon recognized by Mrs.
Mary Conlin, who lives just across the
street.
With a scream for help Mrs. Con.
lin fastened to the spot where the
child was in imminent danger of top
pling over the edge of the roof to the
stones below. Other persons gathered
about and in the crowd was Richard
Hogan, detective, from the Englewood
station, who quickly recognized the
child's danger and climbed one of the
porch columns, while Mrs. Conlin kept
the baby's attention from him. At the
same time Mr.. Sayers appeared at the
open window and cautiously approach
ing the edge of the roof dragged the
child from the grasp of the officer.
who was clinging to it with one hand
and to the roof with the other.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
Portable Electric Rock Crusher.

An electric railway desiring to bal.
last it's tracks with crushed stone in
district where plenty of rock was to
be had along the route, rigged port
able crusher. The machine was
mounted on a skid and driven with a
belt from an old street car motor.
Power was secured from the overhead
trolley wire. AS fast as enough rock
was crushed in one place the outfit
was moved along.
A series of experiments, which If
successful will revolutionize the pro.
duction of fruit and flowers under
glass, and enable the gardener to OBJ
tain both in much shorter time, have
just been begun in the Royal Botanic
Gardens in London, Eng. A powerful
arc light, surrounded with water so
that the rays may resemble those Of
the sun, diffuses light over the plants
directly the solar light fails.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22

cable-layirE coc,hiDat:eo.' SD Uncle
Bilsy jubilaAtly, 'is that /. will work az
easily through tea lengths of pipe as
through one.'
In the end Uncle Billy made q con.
tract with the telephone company that
brought him in more IN a day than he
could earn in a month on his farm.
Things were pretty prosperous in In.
diana about that time, almost every
town wanted an extension Of it, tele.
phone lines, and as the fame of his
system for laying cables spread, Uncle
B1lly's bank roll grew to plethoric d.
mensions. Some of the other boys
tried to work the same game; but
they didn't have Uncle Billys knack
for training ferrets, and the rats were
either killed before they entered tho
conduits, or when they were only
about half way through. Uncle Billy
was pretty indignant at these At
tempts to cut into his business.
BY rights l ought to be able to
get out patent on my idea,' he used
to say. OF course, I'm not reallF the
inventor of ferrets. but it was my
modest genius that first skr the pce-
sibilities of utilizing their dislike for
rats
If it hadn't been for the meanness
and treachery of Pete Johnson, Uncle
Billy to-day might be one of the rich
est men in the state. Pete and Uncle
Billy formerly had been partners, but
little disagreement had severed
their friendship, and Pete for months
had been looking for chance to get
even. One day, when the faithful fer
ret was helping lay cables under the
direction of Uncle Billy, Pete lap
pened on the scene.
Il thought all your laborers be-
longed to the union,' he said to the
foreman.
"The foreman allowed they did,
They do?' sneered Pete. Well, I'd
like to know to what union that ferret
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22

It's f-f-funny how you slide and wildly
gravitate
Th' f-f-first time you tackle it and put ON
skates to skate.
t-t-tried it Yesterday down by tn bayou
bridge
Gist run your hand along me there and
f-f-feel that ridge!
I s-s-strapped them on my feet as brave
as I could be
My s-s-skates they split apart and kept
a-goin'-Gee!
thin slipped away
And down I come upon my-side It's
s-s-sore today!
I c-c-crawled upon tn bank to git my
breath-Oh my!
And then I s-s-started off to do tn trick
er die.
Th-this time I gist SKINNED along as
light any bird
Until I st-st-struck a stick-then some-
thing else occurred.
TIL r-r-runners slipped and slid and
split up like "V."
tn W-W-world was rocking like a ship
upon tn sea.
And th-th-then it thumped me one upon
my bulsing head
I seen a million s-s-stars and flames of
darting red.
And next little b-b-bird came out upon
tree
And s-s-sang tn sweetest song all filled
with ecstasy.
Tn n-n-next thing I recall house fell
on my nose
And J-J-Jack tn Giant Man was beat
ing me with blows!
When wwwoke up twas in my room.
f-f-felt first rate
And I aint s-s-stuttered much since I
learned how to skate.
Pa s-s-seZ he h-h-hopes b'gosh, II
s-s-such thing kin be.
These p-p-pesky s-s-skates will knock tn
S-s-StutterS out Of me!
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
GIRL IN SCANT ATTIRE
DANCES ON HOUSE TOP
CAVORTS GAYLY BEFORE HoRRl.
FLED THRoNG ON BRINK OF
DEATH WHILE DEMENTED.

New York.-Clothed only in her
sllken n1ghtrobe, pretty French
matchmaking to a prominent Fifth
avenue woman, cavorted gayly on the
narrow ledge of an apartment house
ana furnished excitement for a big
crowd which soon gathered in the
street early the other day. With her
na1r tossed by the brisk morning
breeze, and her scanty covering blow
ing closely to her, displaying a sylph-
ike form, she danced about needless
OF the imminent peril of her position,
While frenzied onlookers called for the
police.
Some one turned in a double alarm,
and three patrol ambulances and one
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
Find Fragment Of New Testament,

Prof. Friedrich Mueller, the eminent
German philologist, has succeeded in
deciphering some Of the manuscripts
brought home from Chinese Turkestan
by DR.. Lecoq. The main interest lies
In the fact that they are fragments of
books Of the New Testament and that
their copiers had access to versions
which are totally unknown and they
differ considerably from all authori.
tative ancient versions recognized by
the Greek and Catholic churches. DR..
Lecoq found these fragments near
Turfan, buried in the sand.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
THE PARENT OF RAp,UM.
Prot. eoltwood Of Yale Announces an
important Discovery. -.

The isolation of new radioactive
chemical element, which appears to be
the immediate parent" of radium. or
the substance from which that element
is derived, is announced by Prof. Ber-
tram B. Boltwood of Yale in The
American Journal of Science. Over a
year ago Prof. Boltwood announced
that his experiments indicated the
separation from uranium of such a
substance, and he has now been able
to prove that it is identical with none
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
Market for Sporting Goods.

Consu! Ernest Vollmer says that the
German port of Tsingtau, in the Chi.
nese peninsula of Shantung, offers
large market for the sale of sporting
goods such as shotguns, rifles, revolv-
ers (American makes), lead, ammuni'
ton, tennis goods, saddles, brides,
CATERS, riding whips, bicycles (cheap
er grades for native use-the Chinese
is in his glory on a wheeD, and two
piece bathing suits (great demand).
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
Located by Wooden Legged Hen.

Winsted, Conn.-When Lewis Ives
made wooden leg for one of his
chickens to replace one a rat had
gnawed off last summer, little did he
think that it would be the means of
his locating a rich cousin, Charles
Histed of Joy, Mercer county, Ill.,
Histed read about his cousins novel
work and wrote to him. The deformed
chicken grew to good size. Ives said
the hen was as tender as any he had
ever eaten, but he did not try the
wooden leg.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
Homicides in South Carolina.

The number of homicides in this
state is alarming. 1t is true that this
crime is found chiefly among the worst
element, but it is not by any means
confined to them. At any rate the bet
ter element will share in the RESPONSE
bility for this state of affairs if they
do not take more active and surer
methods, through the courts and 9TH
erwise, to check this flood of crime.
Just think of IA homicides in one
week-54 in nine weeks. We venture
to say there is not country on the
face of the earth, civilized or uncivil-
lied, that can equal that record. It is
intolerable. e.-Newberry IS. C.) Rec.
ord.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
Government Builds Good Boat.

The goyernment-built ship "Con-
1ecticut" in her test trials proved her
aelf better than her sister ship
Louisiana" built by the Newport
News company. The e>"Connecticut's"
average speed was 1878 knots for her
i've best runs, and the "Louisiana's"
1889 knots.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
TIE Coin in Place.

to be inserted This will make four
points of paper, two of which, A and B,
are raised up, and the coin inserted,
as is shown in the sketch, and the
ether two points remain back of the
coin, holding it firmly in place.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
Fall Notes.

The days are sad,
The leaves are brown
It's time to take
The awnings down.
Milwaukee Sentinel
Aye, gorgeous green's
Have met their fate
It's time for screens
To hibernate.
Indianapolis News.
Good-by to sun,
Good-by to flies,
Now union suits
Will advertise.
Houston Post.
The washerwoman
Has her griefs-
IT'S now the time
For handkerchiefs.
Moline Dispatch.
Yes, summers went,
But goodness sakes!
Amt we got them
There flannel cakes?
-Spinks Corners Clarion.
we ldlc u see
Fair Flora fade,
But she'd get chill
Blains if she stayed.
-Kazoo Bazoo.
o hear the coal
Man sob-I yum!
He hates to have
Cold weather come!
-KalamazOo Gazatfa
Now comes the win
Ter's discomfort
When all our sum-
Mer wage is spent!
And there remains
When zephyrs rip,
Our weekly sti-
Pen1s paid in scrip!
@&+~>wa4e4e
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
REPAIRING TIRE CASTINGS.
How Considerable More Wear Can Be
Got Out of Them.

An old tire casing that may not be
in a condition to warrant the repairing
by regular repair man can be put in
condition to get several hundred miles
of service from it, says The Motor
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22

the last work of the late Augustus
st. Gaudens. The sculptor gave fame
to Miss Mary Cunningham, who waited
on the table at his residence in Yer.
mont, by having her pose for the In
dian head on the face of the coins.
He had for some time been seeking
for model, when one day as the
girl served him with his food he ex-
claimed. "There's my model"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22

Napo:eonic Foresight.

Napoleon was crossing the Alps.
Fine business. Some day some one
will write this up, and then l will be
known as Napoleon the Great"
Chuckling at his foresight, he lighted
a Pittsburg stogie and continued far
ing.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
Left on His Hands,

Cable That's queer sort Of ring
for you to be wearing. It isn't suitable
for q man at ALL" Lovett-"Think
not? Well, I tried it on a girl and
she didn':: seem to think It suited her
either"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
WAITRESS FACE ON NEW COINS
Vermont Girl Obtains Fame Throuoh
Late Sculptor St. Gaudens.

Washington.-Gold coins now teing
issued by the United States mints
bear the design which was among
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
SENDING COIN BY MAIL.
How It Can Be Enclosed In Letter
Securely.

Cut through the writing paper with
a knife a cross. making the cuts no
longer than the diameter of the coin
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
Wind Stops Trains.

Wind Stops Trains.
Trains on the Scottish highlands
have been occasionally stopped by
the force of the wind.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-05-07

absence of the principle Of fair dealing and sanity has made the
disguised and angry.
Why should the who is making his employees the
smallest possible wages? Why should he deduct from those small
loss which caused by accident Illness slight mistakes
Why should dinner composed of those who have only inherited
their spend thousands of dollars for the sake Of display when
many suffering for the necessities of life?
Why should spend $4,000 for garment when
other deserving than she and with greater ability obliged
to struggle TO make respectable appearance?
The thoughtful working people of this nation do not beuge the
of wealth enjoying the comforts and Injuries They do find
fault because he dress better than they and live finer home They
rous because of his prosperity If he is fair his employees,
he generous his dealings with Others if he
his they will have rebellion in their thought about him.
They would be glad know their leader and friend able
JOY life
1t the injustice the tyranny, and the aburdiy of the snobb
rich which spreading the spirit of unrest These the people who
should be reached laws compelled be fair
their treatment of others and the expenditure of which
they have either inherited else obtained through the toll of their fellow
They have right the of the people by their
and fQone than the anarchist has them with the
red flag and the nhammabe speech.
These foolish rich people and the anarchists equally the enemies
of social order
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-05-07

card perpendienlarly on the paper. az
In the illustration. Press the end Or
your nose on the border OF the card
and look az the bird and the cage. Nou
will thus see the bird with your sight
eye and the cage with your left; but
In a moment the bird will seem 10
move, then enter the cage and occupy
the position indicated In the picture.
To mako this trick easy you can
copy the figure to the right Of our g.
lustratlon. place your visiting card on
line 4 -. and then say 20 your friend;
Now. would YOU believe that By doing
thus can make the bird enter the
cage"
OF course he will doubt e; then
make him stand opposite the light. 50
that the card will not throw shad-
ow. and after looking close TO the caId
for few seconds the wonderful pbo-
nomenon will appear to him.-MAsieAl
Experiments.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-05-07
Pension
for
Every
Mother
By PROF. CHARLES ZUEBLlN.
University Of Chicago.

it, places limitation upon the economic possibilities
The regard their their property. One may take
his property of his dog other
relationship for and
The conception that marriages made in Heaven
Marriage institution of the state and cannot exist unless based
love- which, however, has its foundation Heaven Perhaps the majority
Of because they have other visible of support and
dependence is the result Marriage primarily physiological
relationship and its primary function potential parenthood that the
birth of children
Luckily mostly coeducationa institutions Segregation
distinctly education and popular with people.
1t often said that co-educaon breeds marriage The coducaion
school the place know for the promotion of marriage
when has marriage become crime? know Of better the
world for the promotion scandals than segregated school
We ought have rigid regulations of the marriage license 1t should
issued before the allowed to take place Then
would be apt to be and divorces would be
few The state should establish strict engagement regulations
There satisfactory relationship without freedom and
sacrifice past the trouble has that had all
freedom and has shouldered all the sacrifice
The idea always has been held that has his affinity But
this mistake and is too often carried into marriage For
months the think
for each other But then the vision fails for the affinity often taken
for the real thing.
and marriage regard
each other and without love- and
other, than to be carried away by the affinity idea.
Human nature large and might have friends
the might have friends Each still might be
model husband wife, if for the which these
n regarded now
except the sake of their children
their husbands for other than for lack of other support
thing that will maintain this institution
should be differentiation between divorce
children where there children.
especially difficult the separation
have children
Every whether rich poor should be pconed equally
ten dollars up in the
would have children and others would take chance
dozen
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-05-07
DOROTHY IN FARMLAND.
Delightful Adventure OF lonesome
Little Girl.

Dorothy lay in the hammock one
bright spring day; she could not make
up her mind whether TO stay there
-oading Little Prudy" or 20 90 the
pine woods TO get the pine needles
which were there. Even little May,
her baby sister. whom she generally
thought such a tyrant. would have
been JOY TO the lonely child; but May
was taking her nap.
Sophie. the nurse. was out shopping;
cook was cross. mamma driving and
said she would not be home I'LL six.
and father was in Boston. about a
hundred miles from there.
She mused--most every child has
her own nurse to take her out walk