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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

Eleanor Flew Out the Back Way.
head as he bent over her. But l love
you, 'Lindy, and when come back
again-when the war is over-be true
be true"
The words came in choppy, disjoint.
ed sentences, then they suddenly
ceased.
The chair began to rock again
sedately this time. and another speak.
er took up the thread where it had
been abruptly cut off-took it up In a
thin, cold voice. He was a gray-beard.
ed man with Bible in his hand, and
Joe, her soldier-1over, had gone.
Miss Melinda" the newcomer was
saying: Il deemed it proper you
should acQuaint yourself with the mar.
riage service beforehand. Your family
and myself have decided on a church
wedding; l know you prefer a home
ceremony, but We have decided other.
wise. You are young and these mat.
ters may safely be left to older heads"
He took her hand in his own palm,
which was cold, and with a formal
good-by he, too, disappeared.
But the chair kept on it's rocking
more violently this time, and in it
sat an old nurse, holding a peevish
baby tight against her breast. She
was saying: Il tell you, Mrs. White
it's good thing you didn't marry that
soldier, Joe Cooper Just see how
nice you're fixed now. Here you have
| good, reliable husband-some older.
to be sure, but you gals all need tight
reins. l was young and giddy once,
myself. And think if you'd married
that soldier; You'd a ben a widow
woman now, for they're decoratin' his
grave this minute-it is Decoration
day, you know. They do say as Joe
Cooper had promised his mother not
to 60 back that last time, and then all
| Of student he up and went-a love
affair, they say. Killed? Course he
was-first thing"
Grandmother White sat up very stifl
and opened her eyes.
Eleanor came rushing on to the
! porch. Granny, dear, what's the mat
ter? Did the gun frighten you? 1t was
only the salute. The parade has start
ed. You must be uncomfortable on
that bench, come, sit here" and she
led her to the rocking chair-vacant
now, but still swinging
mo, no, not there, not in that chair,
Eleanor"
Grandmother White rose and went
| to tho o6ro of tho roroh fro.>.
she could see the line of men with
flags waving here and there between
the trees.
When the last soldier had filed out
OF sight and while the drum was still
sounding in her ears, the old ladv
said: Yes, yes. it was a bad dream.
Eleanor, child-but did you saw there
was enough nut filing for a biz
| cake?"
Yes, grandma the girl replied
trying not to show surprise at the ir.
relevant question.
Then we'll invite that young Henry
over for dinner"
Eleanor grew pink as the bunch OF
bleeding-hearts at her belt-"But
Granny, you said"
Never mind what l said. Run owe.
to his mothers and tell him to come
here; send him to me-"
AS Eleanor flew out the back wav
bareheaded, eager, her grandmother
called after her: Tell him he'll find
me on the porch-in the old rockina
chair!"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
MARK TWAIN ON AoNEY.I
Humorist Points Out What He considL
T.. ers Some Wrong Conceptions.

Mark Twain said that the financial
panic has caused wrong idea OF, the
use and value of money.
THE spendthrift says that money,
being round, was made to roll. The
miser says that, being fiat, it was
made to stack up. Both are wrong.
strangely wrong, too, in their ideas
about money are the veteran Aus.
tralian gold diggers. These simple
old fellows, though worth perhaps .
half million or more, live in the sim.
pie dug-outs and shanties of their lean
early days.
"Once, leoturing, landed at an Aus.
tralian port. There was no porter in
sight to carry my luggage. Seeing a
rough-looking old fellow leaning
against post with his hands in his
pockets, I beckoned to him and said:
"'See here, If you carry these bags
up to the hotel Ill give you half q
crown
The man scowled at me. He took
three or four gold sovereigns from his
pocket, threw them into the sea-
scowled at me again, and walked away
without a word"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
De Orqan's Busted,

In little church in Maryland, not
far from Washington, the motive now
er for the organ comes from the strong
arm of an industrious Irishman.
During recent service there the
choir got into trouble and, to cap the
climax, during the confusion that en-.
sued, the organ suddenly stopped.
The situation was not greatly re-
lieved when there came floating out
into the auditorium a hoarse whisper:
Sing, all youse! Sing like the divil!
De organs busted.-Illustrated Sunday
Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
A New Movement.

A movement is on foot to decorate
the graves of the wives, mothers and
sisters of old soldiers, wherever
buried, as we'll as the graves of tho
soldiers. Commander Joseph R. Jar.
Wis of Golden post, in the Department
of illinois, recently delivered an ad.
dress on the subject and commended;
the movement to the G. A. R. through.
out the country.
1t is said that similar move wilt
be made by the confederate veterans,
so that in the future on Memorial
day, north and south, the graves o.
those who fought the battle at homo
as we'll as those who went to the field
may be remembered.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! THE OLD
! ROCKING CHAIR
i A Memorial Day Story
Z By OLIVIA BARTON STRoHM


MN very uncompromising. The
morning glory vines,
~ blown by the wind, played
In checkered light and
shade over the porch: over her tense,
upright figure, topped with its crown
Of silver hair; over the sunburnt face
of young man who stood near twirl-
ing his hat.
The May sunbeams stole as far as
the door where, just within the screen,
girl was seated, cracking nuts.
There was vacant rocking chair
on the porch; suddenly it began to
move In the wind, and reminded Mrs.
White Of her manners which, in the
excitement of the interview, she had
forgotten.
Take chair. Henry"
But the young man, in no mood for
a truce, ignored the invitation. Then
you won't let me have Eleanor" he
said.
She answered him as bluntly: mo,
Henry; you're good boy and all that,
but you're not my choice"
He shrugged his shoulders. Whose
choice, did you say?"
At the sound of his voice the crack
ing Of nuts in the kitchen ceased.
Mrs. White took up her shawl and
ran her fingers through the fringe.
Don't be sarcastic, Henry. l mean
what I say-my choice. Eleanor has
given me her word of honor that she
will not marry without my consent"
From within the witchen door there
came a sharp sound Of pan falling.
1t made the youth start Eervously; the
grandmother laughed: THAT is what
the men all say. They never seem
to realize that the girl who has a
sense of duty toward an old woman
Is best worth winning"
Henry walked slowly to the porch
steps, then turned. you see, it's just
this way. Mrs. White; 1t isn't a ques-
ton of whether Eleanor's worth win
ming, or loves me, or anything else.
All know is, that love her, and
am too crazy to think of anybody or
anything but her. l suppose ought
to say I'd quit, but" he went to the
other end of the porch from whence
he could get view Of the girl seated
within-the girl whose eyes met his.
But I can't promise you; good-by."
And although he addressed Mrs
White, he looked beyond her through
the doorway, backing slowly to the
steps. Then he turned and walked
of down the garden path, attended by
sentinel row Of sunflowers.
Eleanor went on with her work. Her
grandmother pulled at the fringe a
few moments, then she went to the
door. "You heard what Henry said?"
she asked.
Eleanor nodded. The silence, and a
tell.tale redness in her cheeks and
eyes. spoke volumes.
Have you got enough nuts for the
cake flll:ng?" the old lady said after
q pause.
"Yes'm, they're all done," and
Eleanor, gathering up her apron full
OF shells in one hand, and the dish
In the other, rose and went into the
pantry, glad to escape conversation.
Her grandmother returned to the
porch. The chair rocked in the wind,
but she needed not its invitation, ia.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

All through the night-all through +ha
North
Speed doubtful tidings back and forth.
Through North and South, from dusk I'll
day,
\ sundered people diverse pray.
So gradual sink the deliberate stars
The sun doth run the laggar,is down.
Al sleep still meadows burst the bars,
Ana flood with light the sleepled town.
Blow! bugles of the cavalry,
Blow. bugles of the cavalry, blow,
forWard the infantry. row on row!
While every battery leaps with life.
AND swell the tongueless throats the
strife,
Isaac Rusling Pennyracker, in New
York Evening Sun.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
Setting the Time,

"Yes," said the Billville citizen, 81
lowed I'd be married last fodder
pullin' time, but another feller got the
gal. Then set hog-killin' time fe1
the ceremony, but the gal thought
better of it; but now I've full made u1
my mind fer the next cotton-ginnin
season, but I'm free to say that cot
tons mighty low, an the only change
in the country is the change in the
minds of the wimmen folks!"-Atlan
ta Coustftution.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29


war, in 1864, and until it's
close, in 1865, was con-
~ nected with the armies under
Gen. Sherman, usually desig.
mated the Army of the Ten
nessee, the Army of the Cumberland
and the Army of the Ohio, wrote Maj.
Gen. o. o. Howard The campaigns
were exceedingly active. From Chat
tanOOga to Atlanta Sherman's soldiers
were under fire every day, except the
three just before crossing the EtoWah,
for 113 days. There was not a day or
night in which there were no soldiers
slain. The screeching shells burst
over our heads while we were sleep
Ing, but, wonderful to tell, the SOL
diers had become so used to this con-
f1ict that they lost very little sleep in
consequence of the fitful and random
firing at night.
In that period of 113 days there were
19 sizable battles fought. In one at
tack I made at Pickett's Mill lost
800 killed and three times as many
wounded within the space of Is min
utes. At night l sat among the
wounded and realized something of
the horrors of war. 1t seems to me to-
day as l think of it like terrible
nightmare, but it was more terrible
reality, which will not attempt to de.
scribe
Without further detail, imagine the
Joy that came over the armies of Sher.
man as they gathered about Raleigh
~ C., in 1866, and were told that Lee
had surrendered and that Grant had
sent Lees soldiers home to begin life
anew; that Johnston had surrendered
on the same terms as Lee and all that
belonged to SlOcum's, Schofield's and
Howard's armies were to march on
the morrow toward Washington, the
capital of the nation, soon to be mus
tered out of service and then to &C
home. l remember the sudden depres
sion at the news of Lincoln's death
but still this going home produced toe
great a Joy to keep ever this catas
trophe of their heavy loss very Ions
before their minds. They marched
HdOlludIIy dL ~ miles DAY iron
Raleigh to Richmond, and neve
seemed weary at the close of an,
days march-the camp fire was bright
the old songs were sung over and owe
again and the comradeship knitted
during the war would never CEASE
was at its best when the word peace
filled all the air
l know that we were proud whe1
we marched past the president of tn,
United States in our last great re
view; but, as l remember it, it was
fearful pride even then. A regimen
had gone out 1000 strong; it had bee1
recruited and re-recruited; it had bee1
veteranized and added to in othe
ways; and now it was bringing hom
less than 800 of all the men who ha,
gone out from that section of tn,
country from which it had come. Tn
JOY of going home for the 800 wa
great, but it was fearful JOY the in
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
III Double Grief.

II was sentence day In the city
court. A man In the prisoners pen.
who had been sentenced to two years
for larceny, began to cry softly. Tho
big man next him, who was going to
serve seven years for bigamy, said:
i Jaw, wotcher sniflin' about?"
"Tm-1'm-th-th-thin about 'leav-
in (sob) my-my-family. &Lea-leavin'
my wife"
law, cut it out! Look at me. / amt
cryin', am I? An I'm leavin' two OF
'em."-"Jack" Cremer in Everybody's.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
CROWN WITH FLOWERS.

Children. you were spared she sorrow
That was brought with war and strife.
Ger this land sweet peace has brooded
All your young and happy life.
But to you Is given this duty:
To remember the dead brave,
And to crown with fairest flowers
Every noble soldiers grave.
-Li1beth B. Comins, In Memorial Day
Annual.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
The Objects of Her FEELINGS.

1"e 0UJeC1S OF TIeT Se'7'9o'
Patrick" gushed the amorcus Wild
ow o'Leary, "Oi've long wanted t. con.
fiss t We tn state iv me feelin's toward
;s, an now OF must tell ye thot Oh
love ivvry hair iv y'r head"
Thin, If We do," replied the adaman:
tine Patrick. who has just come from
the barber's, "Oi'll tell We, Mrs.
O'Leary, thot we're We in Caseys bar.
Der shop around tn corner, ye'd foind
Casey sweepin' tn objects iv y'r feel.
tn's into his dustpan at tn prisint mo.
ment!"- illustrated Sunday Magazine
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
IN the Free Vaccination Ward.

A Lithuanian woman was getting
her fifth baby vaccinated the other
day.
II am glad" said the young surgeon,
that YOU recognize the importance OF
vacciLation.'
"Oh. yes" she said, Il often won.
dor" she added pensively, what it's
done for. though. It's to show you're
free citizen, the same as naturalizs
ton papers, amt it,"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

A lazy man will not work himself 81
long as he can work others.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

Think all you speak, but speak not
all you think. Thoughts are your own;
your words are so no more.-Delany.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

We Pay Top Price for Cream.
Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes, St. Paul, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

Garfield Tea is of particular benefit to
those subject to rheumatism and gout! 1t
purifes the blood, c]eanses the system and
eradicates disease. Drink before retiring.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

Do your duty and let the other fel
low do the explaining.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
How'S ThisF

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF CatarrL that cannot be cured by Halle
Cstarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known F. j. Cheney
for the last IS years. and believe him perfectly hon.
Orabie in oil business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his hrm
WALD1NG. KlNEAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Testimonials free. Price IS cents pei
kottle. Sold by al druggists.
Take Halls Fam ly Pills for constipation.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

The theatrical manager has q poor
show If it isn't a good one
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces
hammation. allsys PAIN cures wind collie &c bottle.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
And the Moon Man Lauqhed.

Nhd tne Mooh Wan CaQ9hed.
They were jogging along the old
road and cupid was so busy that the
young man dropped the lines either
side of the runabout It was then
that the wise old nag turned lazily
around.
What are you looking att" queried
the owl by the roadside.
Il am reading between the lines" "
laughed the old nag as she gave a
horse laugh and showed her long vel.
low teeth.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

Burns Good Judge of Books.
John Burns is said to have the best
working library of any member of the
English house of parliament
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

Stack Covers, Awnings, Tents.
Flags etc. For information and prices, write
American Tent l. Awning Co., Minneapolis
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

We Want Your Cream.
Write to-day for tags and prices. North
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
HOUSE
10Rk

Thousands of American women
in our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing we'll that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden.
1t is to these faithful women that
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

The butcher should be careful how
he steaks his reputation.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN,

For thirty yecrs 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
ng-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

Only Long Sleeves Now.
Mistress-Here is nice dress for
you, Martha.
Maid-Thank We, ma'am; but l can't
take it, really.
Mistress-You foolish girl, of course
you can take it. l insist
Maid-No, really, l can't, ma'am.
It's got them old-fashioned short
sleeves.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTOR1A a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

II, in replying to toast at the po-
litical banquet, you lost your head,
don't be unhappy, for, if you only stay
late enough, you'll be sure to get it
back again all right in the morning.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29

lydia PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
comes as a boon and q blessing,
as it did to Mrs. F. Ellsworth, Of
Mayville, N. Y, and to Mrs. w. P.
Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Pa, who say:
II was not able to do my own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
/ suffered. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound helped me wonderfully,
and I am SO well that can do as big
days worb as ever did. I wish every
sick woman you'd trv it,
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-29
Il Cures While You Walk.

e Cures While You Walk.
Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure fc-
hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feet, Sold by all Druggists. Price Csc. Don t
accept any substit '!te. ?ria! package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y.
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-31
HAD LISTENED TO DADDY.
Force of Example Exempifed in Pro
 cocious Younsster.

There Is certain man living not far from New York whose temper is not of the longest, and when be feels that his rage is justiflable he is very apt to indulge in fluent, versatile and varied profanity.
 And it is when using the telephone that this talent of his is seen and heard at its maximum of speed and endurance. Central has but to say Wire busy now" or, Doesn't an- swer." to evoke a flood of language.
 One day he had been having an un- usually stormy session. and did not notice that his two-year-old son was sitting in a corner of the room. his face rapt and absorbed. A few hours later the childs mother came in and was mortified beyond words to hear her baby giving voice to stream of explosives, some of which began with very large capital D-the rest with variety of letters quite unmention- able in this connection. She descended upon him in righteous wrath
 Don't you ever let me hear you use such words again" she said in nc uncertain tones.
 Why. mother" expostulated the baby in an injured voice, I'm tsls ! phoning."
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-31
HOME RECIPE FOR COLDS.
Will Break Up a Cold in 24 Hours or
 Cure Any Cough That Is Durable.

Mix half pint of good whisky with two ounces of glycerine and add one- half ounce Concentrated oil of pine. The bottle is to be well shaken each time and used in doses Of teaspoon ful to a tablespoonful every four hours. The Concentrated oil of pine comes in one-half ounce yials packed
 securely in tin screw top cases which are intended to protect it from light and retain ali the original ozone. It Is a product of the laboratories of the Globe Pharmaceutical Co, of Dayton. Ohio, and is guaranteed under the Ma tional Pure Food and Drug Act. Don't use bulk oil of pine or limitations of Concentrated. They are insoluble and work havoc to the kidneys. Any drug gist has the Concentrated oil of pine.
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-31
Work Has Commenced.

Architect Charles L. Thompson. State Superintendent Of Education. J. j. Doyne and Superintendent of Public Schools of Little Rock B W Torrey- son. have returned from Conway, where they arranged for the com meneement of work on the new State Normal School there The work of excavation on the sic of the new building was started Wednesday by Halter Bros Of Conway. The ground on which the normal vii be built has already been laid of. The state Nor nal School Board will meet February fl, for the purpose Of awarding the remainder of the contracts for the con. struction of the new building.
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-31
Arkansas Guard to Go to Kansas.

Adj. Gen Paul Little of the Arkan- sas National Guard has received a let ter from the War Department head quarters al Washington. D. C.. 10 the effect that the expense of moving regiment Of the Arkansas guard to Leon Springs, Tex. 10 engage in man. euyers under the direction of the War Department. would be too costly at the estimate made by Maj. Jett, and that instead. the deparment would send regiment of Arkansas state guard to Fort Riley. Kan. to partici- pate in maneuyers there under the di. rection of the War Department. The date for the encampment al Fort Riley. between September 20 and 90. IS satisfactory to Adj Gen Little. and there Is now no doubt that a regiment of Arkansas guard will be in the Fort Riley encampment. What regiment will attend has not been decided. The estimate of the cost of moving regi- ment to Fort Riley maintaining it there and moving il back to Arkansas, will be prepared at once by Mai. Jett.
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-31
ectlna In New Hampshire.

\ New Hampshire man tells of a tightfsted man of affairs in town of that state, who until recently had never been observed to take an inter. est in church matters. Suddenly, how. ever. he became a regular attendant at divine service. greatly to the astonishment of his fellow towns men.
 What do you think of the case Of old Ketchum = sad one of the bust. ness men of the place to a friend Is it true that he has got religionaa
 Well. hardly replied the other "The fact is. it's entirely a matter of business with him. am in a posi-. tion to know that about year ago he loaned the pastor s50. which the lat. ter was unable 10 pay So there re. mained nothing for Ketehum but to take 1t out in ew rent t"-Sunday Magazine.
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-31
Pardons One Man Twice.

Acting Governor K o. Pindall Mon day granted two pardons 10 the same man. The pardons were granted 10 James Godbold. negro wh0 was con yicted in November of the charge of assault with intent 10 kill George and Jackson Henderson, and also charged With aggravated assault On the first charge he ENs fined s50 and sentenced 10 one minute in jail. On the second charge he was fined $lo. The petition for pardon mentioned that "Godbold was white mans negro The par dons remove the fines and sentence of one minute.
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-31
What Hubby Missed.

T was telephoning the other night, said the girl, and a voice crossed mine, whispering voice. I couldn't [ help wondering what the game was.
 What are you whispering for?' l asked
 Hush she said, still in the whis. per I'm trying 10 talk under my breath I don't want my husband 10 hear. Please get of the wire. Won't youa
 I got of the wire, but I couldn't sleep very well that night for wonder. ing what it was she didn't want her husband 10 hear.