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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08

1OnLe1n, WHICH Has DetH ueStIOyeu ny Ile
enemy, was occupied alternately by their
forces and ours at least twenty times
within fortnight. We camped one night
beside the ruined walls of the village
houses, not taking the trouble to seek the
kopie, because we believed that the col
umn we had been fighting had returned
to their blockhouse seven miles to the
south, and would not come up again be-
fore next day. But in the semidarkness
before dawn we were brought out of our
blankets in hurry by sharp outburst
of rifle fire from the ridge.
Bullets were knocking chips from the
tumble down stone wall to which the
Major and / and three others who had
horses that could not be trusted had tied
them for the night. The outbreak was SO
abrupt that the rest of the animals, which,
knee hobbled, had been turned out to
Craze when the men lay down to sleep,
tossed their tails and stampeded across
the veldt to the north. Because of the
knee hobbies they could not, of course,
travel so fast as usual; but their speed
was too great for men on foot to catch
them. We gazed after them in consterna-
ton Our position for defense was poor.
Our three hundred men were left at the
mercy of the English cavalry.
Pretorius shouted out an order to open
a hot fire, to keep the enemy pack as long
as possible, and to my men gave like in
structions 1.-The five of US who have
mounts here" he cried, have got to
round up those horses, and we've got to
do it mighty quick! It's too dark yet for
the Tommies to see that they have SIAM
peded; but if they ever discover it before
we get the animals back, we are done
for!"
threw the saddle on the mare, and the
Major and the three others also began to
pull straps rapidly: In a moment we
we're in hot pursuit of the frightened
horses They ran two miles before we
caught up with them, and then there was
strenuous work getting them headed
toward the camp. My Texas experience
was valuable here. In a short time, with
shouts and quick riding back and forth,
we had them all rounded up and started
on the return. The men came running
out for them, and, releasing their heads
from the hobbies, sprang into the saddles.
lust in the nick of time was this recovery
of their mounts. OFF TO the west we saw
in the growing light a horde of cavalry.
riding hard with the evident intention of
surrounding us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
Retreat Turned to Victory

THIS force alone was much greater than
L ours. Apparently our sole chance
was to beat a retreat, and we proceeded
to do it without delay. Because OF the
lay of the hills, our only practical course,
however, was not always from them, but
in line parallel to theirs And they were
we'll ahead of us. 1t looked as though a
great many of our men would be shot
down as we rode by; but, since it was GER
tain that all of us would be killed or
captured if we remained where We were,
we dug in the spurs and started across
the veldt like lot of demons. We had
ridden perhaps five hundred yards when
a surprising thing happened. The doughty
cavalrvmen wheeled and began to race
away They were running from us! With
shouts and prodding heels and working
arms we urged our horses on. The retreat
had become chase.
We began to close up on the tail enders
in the struggling flight of the panic
stricken troopers. Our rifles were whipped
out, and simultaneously with the brisk
cracking Of the shots men reeled in their
saddles and fell to the ground, leaving
riderless horses to trail along at random.
A number of cavalrymen, realizing that
they had no chance to get away, drew
rein and held up their hands. l shouted
to several OF my men to drop out to look
after these prisoners, and the rest of us
swept on An Irishrnan upon whom we
were rapidly bearing down swung his
horse around and called out to us wildly:
Don't shoot, b'vs! Fur tn love O
heaven. don't shoot! I'm glad we've got
me-" We chased those warriors nearly
to their blockhouses. They lost seven
killed, ten wounded. and fourteen taken
prisoners, while our loss was one man
killed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08


easily and gracefully like John Hayes
want to walk b'k and farther with the effort do like Dan
thrown back knows
that walking comfort and of from Osulvans
live rubber heels He eliminates his spinal his BY
live, healthy habt-wak?
When rubber and OSli
They only
"OSulivan" rubber like
"Stering on silver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
Getting Through a Deadly Circuit

MYTH one quarter of the force of the
English the Beers could have
driven them from South Africa in a
month; but as it was we were being
slowly pushed to the wall by vastly SUI
perior numbers. Our success at Olifants-
fontein cheered our men; but one night
soon afterward we counted the fires of
twenty nine distinct camps burning on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
Rescuing the Wagon Train

PUT to return to the wagon train. We
- felt that we could not allow our friends
to be driven on without an attempt to
rescue them. We circled round behind
the column, and Major Pretorius and one
of his best Captains put cannon in po-
sition. Our purpose was to scatter and
rout the guard with shells. 1t was neces-
sary, however, to be extremely careful in
this undertaking, since slight error in
the adjustment of the gun, a little de-
Election of the missile by the wind, would
throw it among the wagons. With great
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08

confined, and liberated 400 of the 600
confined in a large cage.
For two days there was no rest
among the officers or crew. During
the day parties of the monkeys, led
chiefly by a crafty simian known as
the pig tail monkey, frequently rushed
down on the decks, picked up be-
laving pins and, other handy objects,
and quickly climbed back up the. rig
ging. = -"
AS the ship was towed up the river
the captain, realizing the monkeys
must be caught before dock was
reached, decided on heroic measures.
He got large quantity of molasses
and mixed with it three quarts of
brandy. Putting it in several pans,
he placed it about the decks under
the rigging in the after part of the
steamer, where the monkeys had con-
gregated.
They lost no time in making for
the pans filled with the brandy and
molasses, and, chattering and screech-
Ing, they started to devour the con-
tents. Soon there were 400 monkeys
staggering around the decks. -.
This ended the trouble, for as soon
as any showed signs of stupor Capt.
Weitman summoned the crew and the
animals were apicked up and placed
back in the ca4e, where they sobered
up in a day sx
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
Helen Gould May Unite Brother and Wife

in the court having been delayed; but
in general way it is learned that the
husbands extreme jealousy is at the
bottom of the difficulty. ss. =. vrarr
His wife's beauty makes her. the
center of attraction wherever she ap-
pears, and the gallantries of which
she has been made the object have re-
suited in so many quarrels between
the young couple that the wife has
finally decided to conserve her peace
of mind by seeking legal separation.
Upon the night Mr.. Gould was
served with a summons he went to
his Fifth avenue mansion. where his
wife is living, and attempted to see
her. He was told by the servants, act
ing under instructions, that Mrs. Gould
was away. After making several ef-
forts to see her he left for his apart
ments in the Plaza. -,
Within an hour Mrs. Gould is said
to have gone to the hotel and tried to
see her husband. She was told that
he was out. Before leaving for her
home she is said to have made anoth-
er attempt to see him.
Friends who have heard of this it,
tie game of cross purposes and tenn
porary anger declare that all the trou.
bles of the pair are upon about the
same basis.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08

THE second elective, or third term
i party, consisting of Senator Jona-
than Bourne of Oregon and John A..
Stewart of New York, has received
an addition in the person and prophe-
cies of Prof Gustave Meyer, "scien-
tific astrologer," of Hoboken, N. J.
In a communication sent to Wash
ington Prof. Meyer says that Taft il
wasting lot of time and money and
losing needed sleep because it is in the
stars and planets that Mr.. Roosevelt
will succeed himself.
Prof. Meyer says. that this is fortu-
nate, as the gyrations and juxtaposi-
tions of the fixed stars and of those
that have not been fixed show that
this country is going to have an awful
time In the next four years. So far
as he has been able to figure it out
astrolosically there is not another man
in the nation that could manage the
trouble. The professor says: 4 have
obtained among the stars the nativity
of President Roosevelt, and from the
same I find that he unQuestionably
will be nominated by the Republican
party for president and will positively
be reelected by a large majority"
But the president is not going to get
of easily. He is warned that he will
be in danger of a peculiar trouble with
his knees. and that he should avoid
firearms. combustibles and impulsive-
ness. He should also take care OF his
eyes and teeth.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
\ ROUND !. \ !; TlHE|<,GAPlTlA1. ! I ! J, !; i !: .
lnto,.,.,,o. and oo..,i Z P,(l.a j, Her. -
+ and There in Washinaton. ! . - -
Senator Owen Gives Genuine War Dance

Plenty Coos came here with ire in
his eye and vengeance in his heart
against. the palefaces at the capitol.
He had grievances dating beyond the
arrival of Christopher Columbus. He
had several bouts with Senator Clapp,
the tall, dignified chairman of the In
dian committee. The eloQuence of
Plenty Coos prevailed finally, and an
agreement was reached to bury the
hatchet, smoke the pipe and 60 back
to the reservation. Plenty Coos wound
up his descent upon the capitol in
the committee room by rising in his
place and making solemn tender of
his beautiful eagle-feathered bonnet to
Chairman Clapp. Senator Clapp, who
is from Minnesota, blushed and re-
fused to put on the royal headgear.e
There was a moment of embarrass-
ment which was suddenly relieved by
the senator of Cherokee blood. To
him the bonnet was "call Of the wild"
Hand me the bonnet" said Senator
Owen. Plenty Coos beamed with de-
light and extended the bonnet, which
was made of the trophies of hundred
American eagle wings. Senator Owen
gravely put it on his head and struck
the attitude of Osceola or Black Hawk,
or King Philip delivering an ulti-
matum to the palefaces. Then he
whirled around and around. threw an
invisible tomahawk and finally sat
down amid 'great APPLAUSE" as they
say in the Congressional Record. +
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
Joseph Letter to Take an Army Bride

formidable rival in a naval officer who
is very popular, but has no fortune:
That Mrs. Letter favored her sons
suit was evident, although she has
not showered upon Miss Williams the
attentions she has shown Miss Elkins.
Last autumn Mr.. Letter established
several hunts and took daily exercise
on a nearby Virginia farm to enable
him to join the cross country riders of
the Orange County hunt of which Miss
Elkins is one of the two girl men,
bers. Mrs. Letter is said to have in
formed one Of her confidants that to
win the young West Virginia girl as
her daughter-in-law she would settle
100000 on the bride, give the young
people the use of her Dupont Circle
house, and bequeath to her daughter
in-law the famous ruby tiara and neck
lace that even in London society are
regarded as particularly choice jewels.
According to the gossip. of clubs and
drawing rooms the engagement will
b. a short one. The honeymoon will
be abroad with presentation at the
court of St. James and taste of the
London season under the guidance of
the countess of Suffolk as it's most
brilliant and alluring features Mrs.
Letter, in view of her sons prospective
marriage, has abandoned her intention
Of going abroad for the summer.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
Graft Charges Make Lilley Unpopular

dove molt out of season, and Theodore
Burton, the Cleveland student, had
followed with a peace pastoral of the
millennium. Then came Mr.. Lilley's
turn to howl. Everybody under the
dome knew he was scheduled to speak,
and there were as many rumors in
the air as notes in sunbeam
concerning the sensational fea-
lures of his address which, by the way,
did not materialize But as soon as
Mr.. Lilley secured the floor and start
ed in with the usual formal, mr.
Chairman" the couple Of hundred Of
Republicans and Democrats, who had
listened with the greatest interest to
Hobson and Burton, rose almost as II
by preconcertion, and filed of to their
cloakrooms. When the Connecticut
submarinist had been talking for five
minutes or SO there wasn't a corporals
guard in attendance on the floor, either
of his own party or of the opposition,
and when he concluded his remarks
and took his seat, the 16 members
who, by actual count, remained in the
chamber, didn't give him even a cour.
tesy handicap.
In the congressional directory Mr..
Lilley's full name is set down as
George. Leavens Lilley." But this
isn't so. 1t can't be true. George
doesn't leaven Lilley or anything
about him. His dough has never risen
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
Coffee King Aids Girls and Cripples

number on his kindly face trying to
devise a way to assist those who could
not use their lower limbs. He was
convinced that some way could be
found to make 1t possible for Grip
pie who could use arms and hands
and had a willing disposition to work
to perform some money-making task
while seated in the rolling chair.
He set himself to work out the prob
lem. He began by finding the work. In
his business millions of little bags
are used annually to pack the mate
rial in which he deals. Some one has
to make these bags He would see that
the work was turned over to cripples.
But how could cripple work sew
ing machine, which is essentially a.
variety of employment for those who
can use their lower limbs? Arbuckle
solved the problem by inventing a
sewing machine that could be started
and stopped by the use of a, lever on
which the: operator presses with her
shoulder
The coffee king patented this device.
He explained his reason for this as
being a desire to head off any one
who would try to get up similar idea
and then sue him for damages for
using it. II any one wants to use the
idea they are welcome to it. Arbuckle
does not wantssto make, money: by sitr
but no one will be able to work any
of the clever financial tricks on him
by claiming damages for an invention
that is his own property.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08

Kansas is coming to the front In a
manner that speaks volumes for the
extent and variety of the public spirit
and enterprise Of the Sunflower state
Kansas is a great many hundreds of
miles inland and far from the custom
ary haunts of marine monstrosities
Yet it has produced the bones of sea
serpent, brought up from the bed of a
Kansas river. There is no sort of
doubt about the matter, for the skele-
ton of the reptile has been mounted
and is on exhibition in the paleonto-
logical department of the University
of Chicago, and If there is anything on
which that great institution of learn
ing is an authority it is sea serpents
So Kansas may lay claim to a new
glory. 1t is a commonplace thing to
find a sea serpent at sea, but when
such animals are resurrected "far out
upon the prairie," and in a prohibition
state at that, the achievement is one
to arouse special wonder
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
WANTED TO BE SURE.

What do you think, my dear?" ex.
claimed Mr.. Brownjones, in tones Of
Joyous excitement. You know the
Federation of Authors is meeting in
our town-well, we are to have the
honor of entertaining the celebrated
novelist, Godolphin Whatnot, as our
guest"
'Um!" responded Mrs. Brownjones,
systematically. rs Mr. Whatnot a
realist or an idealist?"
why do you want to know?' asked
her husband.
well, if he is an idealist, can
just leave things as they are; but II
he is realist must give the house
a thorough cleaning from top to bot
tom. I may not be literary, but I've
dipped into realistic novels, and l
know their styles: The right.hand
curtain hung slightly askew, suggest
ing that one of the drapery pins had
lost its grip. : A pendulous cobweb
waved mournfully from the cornice
just above the door leading into the
hall, and there was a. fine bloom of
dust. like that Of the purple grape,
on the piano lid. In the left-hand
corner Of the room, almost buried in
the pile of a somewhat faded carpet,
was an invisible hairpin, clearly indi-
eating the recent presence of a woman
In the apartment Just find out at
once, John, what Mr.. Whatnot is, and
then shall know how lam to proceed.
| have no desire; to let my house at.
ford material to a modern realistic
writer. 9.sz ~ : ~ =
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
Unjust Discrimination.

That suggestion which comes from
Cincinnati is too broad in scope, too
promising in its potentialities, to be
exhausted In the one case of Prince
Helie de Sagan. To apply the provi-
sions of the immigration laws to
merely one poor little gumdrop Euro
pean of title and not to all of them
would be invidious discrimination
There is no doubt that most of these
would-be parties to advantageous in
ternational matrimonial contracts
come well within both the spirit and
the letter Of the laws prohibitions
They are worse off by the millions of
their debts than the status Of having
no visible means Of support 1t
shouldn't be necessary to resort to the
expedient of deportation after they
have entered the country. They
should be held up when they seek to
enter. No doubt many CT them would
have been held up before this had they
crossed in the steeerage instead of the
first cabin.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08

A RBUCKLE, the coffee king, is spon-
"a sor for a novel plan for providing
Z home for working girls-it is dn an
old sailing ship tied up to a wharf
where for $3.50 week a girl can
live in prettily furnished little room
with a private bath, and for the same
money receive three wholesome meals
q day.
The sum named includes all that q
girl would require to support life in
comparative luxury, with the excep-
tion Of clothing, and even at low wages
scarcely any would be so poor as not
to be able to provide herself with ade.
quate clothing when the rest of her
requirements are all provided at less
than 50 a week. Alongside the sailing
vessel is craft that was once a hand
some yacht, and still is stanch craft.
In this rooms are provided for work
ing boys, who are boarded and lodged
for the sum of $3.50 a week.
But perhaps the most interesting
feature Of the. Arbuckle plan to help
Industrious persons OF small incomes
is the one that furnishes cripples with
a means of making living. The cof-
fee king added many wrinkles to the
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08

w Observation-Disclosures of Presi-
w dent Roosevelt predicted that
the East room in the White House
would turn green from envy when the
president learned that the senate com.
mittee on Indian affairs witnessed a
genuine war dance by Senator Owen
OF Oklahoma, the junior member of
the committee, wearing a magnificent
war bonnet" of eagle feathers, worn
for many years by Plenty Coos, chief
Of the Crow tribe.
Senator Owen is one-quarter Choc-
taw and three-quarters game sport" :"
Thus, when Senator Clapp, chairman
of the committee, declined to don the
war bonnet at the request of Chief
Plenty Coos, Senator Owen grasped it,
placed it on his own head and went
through the proper movements of the
chief of victorious Indian tribe lead
ing his warriors into war dance
after a successful battle, thereby saw
ing the reputation of the committee
in the estimation of the Indians and
preserving the pride of Chief Plenty
Coos.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
Newcomer in Society Eclipses Harry Lehr

evening for the Cafe Martin. They
were served with oysters.
Next they had. soup at the Holland
house, fish at the Waldorf.Astoria,
sweetbreads at the Knickerbocker, as
paragus at the st. Regis, broilers and
salad at the Gotham, peche malba at
the Plaza and coffee and liQueurs at
the Cafe Boulevard at midnight.
Now he comes resplendently forth
with novel variation of this highly
inspiring idea. This is nothing less
than a progressive dinner with the
reverse English; he will entertain his
guests by eating the courses backward.
They will begin with the liqueurs, pro.
gress to another restaurant and take
salad, hunt bird at the third estab-
lishment, and so retrograde to the
roast, the fish and soup, taking oys-
ters and sauterne as wind-up.
The only regret this enterprising
youth has is that he cannot make
some arrangements with the solar sys-
TEN by which the hours may be made
to retrograde from midnight to eight
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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
HaiIstorms and CaterpiIiars.

An army of 100000 caterpillars has
appeared in the Krugersdorp district,
which recently suffered severely from
a hailstorm. Old colonists connect the
visitation with the recent fall of hail;
and they recall instances where
plaques of insects have invariably fol-
lowed phenomenal storm. 1t is sug-
gested that the stones carry some
germ which is launched into life when
the melting process begins, and farm
ers who have penetrated deeply into
the mysteries of the yield trace the
periodical visitations of huge swarms
OF butterflies and moths and even Of
the dreaded tick to the evolution of a
germ In the hailstone deposited on the
ground. Venerable Free Staters now
resident in the district have vivid
memories of frightful storms in the
late COS and in the early '70s, says the
Rhodesia Herald, when similar cater
pillar plaques devastated the crops in
the conquered territory, and they also
recall the interesting fact that when
the black insects arrived the locusts
disappeared.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
MOT in many years has member
~ of the house of representatives

MOT in many years has member
~ of the house of representatives
been so thoroughly unpopular with
his colleagues as is Representative Lii
ley of Connecticut, whose charges OF
graft and corruption in connection
with submarine boat legislation in
congress brought about the present
investigation by the Boutell special
committee. And this is stated as 4
fact, and not by way of criticism or
disparagement. Mr.. Lilley knows It,
too, and it seems rather to please him
than otherwise. At least, so his friends
have gathered from his occasional ref
erences to the subject.
A brilliant example of the covent-
rescue attitude of the house member
ship-Republican and Democratic
with reference to Mr.. Lilley was fur
nished during general debate on the
naval bill. Richmond Pearson Hob
son, once one of cur leading oscula-
tors, had turned loose line of war
talk calculated to make the traditional
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
Az SD !

THE latest romance of Washington
society concerns Joseph Letter
and Miss Juliette Williams, the daugh-
ter of an army officer. The announce
ment Of their engagement was made
the other day.
Mr.. Letter has spent this winter in
Washington. Miss Williams is the
daughter of Lieut. COL John B. Will
liams, now stationed at Fort Dupont,
Del. She was introduced to Washing
ton society largely through the influ-
ence of Mrs. Corbin, wife of Gen.
Henry C. Corbin, who became ac-
Quainted with her in Manila. With
her mother and younger sisters, Miss
Williams has an apartment in fash.
ionable apartment house.
Until the recent visit to Washing
ton of the duke of the Abruzzi, Mr..
Letter was very attentive to Miss
Katherine Elkins. Since then his
wooing of Miss Williams leaves moth
ing to be desired in the way of ardor
or persistence. Mr.. Letter has had q