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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19

THE real manner in which the La
Toilette filibuster on the currency
bill was lost furnishes one of the most
amusing series of incidents in the his
tory Of congress. The failure is due
in a great measure to Senators Scott
and Carter, who modestly admit that
they are the champion entertainers
OF che country
Senator Stone of Missouri has been
shown" but has not yet given expert
testimony on the subject of their
claims. Several dispensers of refresh
ments declare that Carter and Scott
know how to buy. They eulogize the
princely spending powers of the two
senators and will cheerfully give them
letters of recommendation.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information andG Gossip Picked Up Here
and There n Washinfton.
Jovial Scenes Mark Last Hours in House

to rest untouched, and seemed to be
willing that this harmless species of
disorder should prevail, while he
beamed benignantly on the joyful
throns. The singers were led by Rep
resehtative Dwight, of New York,
who bore aloft huge portrait Of Mr..
Cannon, who was the object of the
songs and the applause of both the
floor and galleries.
Behind him came the sedate Theo-
dore E. Burton, the irrepressible
Adam Bede, the irreconcilable Demo
crat, Heflin; smiling Col. Pete Hep
burn, Gen. Kiefer, waving a gigantic
flag and singing more Justify than the
younger men, and, we'll up in the
procession, the erstwhile belligere1t
Representative Fowler of New Jersey.
1t was song composed by Represent
ative ]. Hampton Moore, of Philadel-
phia, and sung to the tune of Tramp,
Tramp, Tramp"
Before the song had been finished
there were cries from all parts of the
chamber for speech from the speak
er. Mr.. Cannon responded briefly
When Mr. Cannon finished his speech
the members Immediately began with
Hes a Jolly Good Fellow" and ran
their repertory from MY Old Ken
lucky Home" to The Old Oaken
Bucket" in various keys and varia
tions. John Sharp Williams contrib
uted raucous tenor, Champ Clark a
nasal barytone, Gen. Bingham, the
veteran of congress, mumbled hearty
bass, while the chorus made up IN
lustiness what it may have lacked in
concerted effort and technique.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
Objected to Diet Of Rats.

The wife of a Lincolnshire laborer
and ratcatcher was granted a separa-
ton recently on the ground, amongst
others, that her husband neglected 70
provide proper food. He brought
home rats to feed himself, the family,
and the dog and cat upon. He skinned
the rats and had them roasted for din
ner, making his wife stuff them with
sage and onions. She refused to eat
them, but Hodgson and the children
did. She had, however, helped to eat
pie which she made by his orders with
rats brought home for the purpose
Pail Mall Gazette. ~.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
BUILT UP
Right Food Gives Strength and Brain
Power.

The natural elements of wheat and
barley, including the phosphate of pot
ash, are found in Grape Nuts, and that
is why persons who are run down from
improper food pick up rapidly on
Grape-Nuts.
my system was run down by exces-
sive night work." writes a N. Y. man.
in spite Of liberal supply of ordi-
nary food.
After using Grape-Nuts I noticed
Improvement at once, in strength, and
nerve and brain power.
This food seemed to lift me up and
stay with me for better exertion, with
less fatigue. My weight increased 20
lbs. with vigor and comfort in proper
ton.
when travelling I always carry the
food with me to insure having it."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
vflle." in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter.. A nev,
ono appears, from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Interest.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
VIRGINIA..
MMiss.n AZ "Mr3.2"


A number of unmarried English
women, who have reached an age
about which 1t would be ungenerous to
inquire too closely, have been com.
planning in the papers of the rule that
all married women shall be called
Mrs." and all unmarried women
Miss" no matter what their ages may
be. They point out the fact that q
boy, who is Master" in his early life,
becomes mr." by the mere lapse Of
time, whether he marries or not: but
that girl who begins as Miss" con-
tinues to be Miss until she marries.
This was not always the case, as the
curious may discover by looking up
the history of Miss" Mrs" and
Mistress" The English women main.
tain that the title by which they are
called, as spinsters, is not conducive
to the Difference which is accorded to
married women, and which they de.
mand for themselves. The remedy
they propose-that all women be
called Mrs" after reaching the age of
40-would be of doubtful efficacy.
Men would go on calling their women
acquaintances Miss until they re-
ceived what the newspapers call ''offi-
cial" notice that the age limit was
passed. The old "darky" woman
stated a fact of general application,
says Youths Companion, when she
said that the happiest person is an old
maid when she has quit strugglin'."
The woman who cares whether she
is called Miss" or Mrs." when her
hair is turning, is still "strugglin'."
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
DAD AND hls MEMORY.
Old Gentleman Really Had Very L.
tie to 8ra9 About.

It was q severe trial to Mr.. Harding
that his only sons memory was not
Ill that could be desired. Where in
the world he got such a forgetful
streak from is beyond me- said tho
exasperated father to his wife on one
occasion.
"What has he forgotten now"
asked Mrs. Harding, with eyes down.
cast and demure expression.
The figures of the last return from
the election on the bulletin-board,"
and Mr.. Harding inserted q finger in
his collar as ii to loosen 1t, and shook
his head vehemently. Looked at 'em
rs he came past not half an hour ago,
and now can't tell me-
AS said to him: If you're 80
stupid you can't keep few simple hg-
ures in your head, why don't you write
'em down on a piece of paper, as do,
and have done all my life, long before
I was your age?' Youths Com
paniOn.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
TERROR Of GREEN
T00THED MONSTER
THE cUCUPlRA OF AMAZON
WOODS IS BULLET PROOF,
BUT NOT INTELLIGENT.
IS FOND OF HUMAN HEARTS
Brazilian Explorer Of Wiids Tells Of
PecuIiarlties Of Demon Of Wilder
ness Of Which Natives Are
Deathiy Afraid.

Washington.-"I had not been in
Brasil "a hours before I heard of the
cucupira," says a man who has been
in out-of-the-way parts of Brazil. AT
Para you can enter the primeval for
ests in a three minutes walk from
your hotel, and so it happens that one
may lie in bed and hear the prOwling
denizens of the woods giving their
nightly concert. was told, even
while there, that any particularly
frightful cry was made by the cucu-
pira.
Just what the cucupira was no one
pretended to know. was going up
the river 600 miles to visit an old
friend, and before going 1 read up
about it.
Prof. c. F. Hartt of Cornell, in The
Mythology of Brazil wrote: One
of the most important among the
myths of the Indians of Brazil is
called in the Tupi language the cucu-
pira. In all parts of the country one
hears of this evil spirit of the woods,
but no good and exact description of
it exists
&C. B. F. De Souza, in Vale de Am
azonas,' wrote in 1878: I believe it
10 certain that the Indians believe in
the existence of a spirit or demon
which appears in the woods and is
called the cucupira.'
"Mr. Bates, the naturalist, is quoted
as saying: The cucupira are of both
sexes and have Children
AT the plantation of my friend,
Capt. Manuel Valdez, heard the same
vague accounts of the creature. AL
most every night at sunset, when the
nightly concert begins, some one
among his 80 employees would smil-
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
Where the President Buys His Coffee

sign was mistake-the work of an
old German sign artist who was not
particular about the way the letters
are strung together. The merchant
raised great commotion when the
wagon returned with "rost" conspicu-
ously on :t. and it was to be returned
the next day for repairs. Now this
legend has been adopted as the trade
mark of the firm, and very likely a
miniature White House may be paint
ed on one side, as the Britishers do
when they have the exclusive custom
Of the reigning families for their com.
mCditieS.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19

ingly say, as he heard some particu
larly unearthly cry: That is cucu
pira-'
ITO do justice to these people one
must forget the impressions of trop
ical forests which he got from school
biographies. Along the outskirts OF
the streams birds, butterflies and
flowers are everywhere, and there is
an incessant chatter and chirp o1
small BIRDS Go but a short distance
and all is changed.
"One may walk for hours without
seeing living creature, and the
silence is only broken by the harsh
cries of macaws and parrots as they
fly over or feed on the surface of the
canopy Of green, nearly 200 feet over
head. The forest is like deserted ca
thedral and until sunset the silence is
oppressive.
But the moment the sun drops this
silence is broken by sounds like the
crash of great orchestra. Even an
educated man will feel that hidden all
about him are creatures Of which he
can form no conception save by thei,
frightful cries.
In these solitudes, when the ligh,
is beginning to fall, and remembering
the nightly pandemonium, it is not sc
hard to understand the origin and in
fluence of the most absurd stories one
has heard. For instance. a lost In
dian hunter who had shot a large
monkey lay down to rest and fel
asleep. He was awakened by Z
strange creature, who proved to b<
a cucupira.
What is the matter, brother?' thu
cucupira asked, and sitting down be
side him added: I am hungry, give
me piece of your heart to eat?'
secretly reaching behind him, the
hunter gave him the monkeys heart
THAT is good, now your liver sale
the hungry demon.
This was eaten also. Then thu
hunter said:
81, too, am hungry; give me your
heart and liver
The cucupira, seeing that the mar
was uninjured, and not wishing to b<
outdone, took the hunters knife ant
slashed out his two organs and fel
down dead
Another hunter found a curiou:
skeleton at the foot of a hollow tree
From the skull he removed one of tn,
teeth, which were green, for a SOL
venir."
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
Kangaroo 40 a Food.

Twenty or 80 years ago the back
country squatters, in order to destroy
kangaroos, used to dig huge pits at
the corners Of their paddocks, running
yards OF calico along their wire fences
and then drive the kangaroos into the
pits, clubbing and shooting them. In
those days kangaroo skins were Of no
value: now that they are almost ex-
tinct. there is a great demand for
them. The flesh Of young kangaroo
10 by no means to be despised, and
kangaroo tail soup is q delicacy now
hardly to be obtained.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19

In certain towns in Germany house.
holders are compelled by law to sort
out their house dust They have to
provide three receptacles-one for
ashes and sweepings, one for cooking
refuse and one for rags and paper. The
rubbish is utilized by the town au-
thOrities.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19

A Mexican cabinet meeting to dis
cuss very critical question was de-
layed one day on account of one of the
numerous holidays. When every day
is holiday in Mexico they can dis
pense with a cabinet.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
Mixed Up on the Motto,

The story is now going the rounds
of the country papers about man
who visited the paying-teller's window
in bank and asked for one of the
new coins with God Bless Our Home
left off.-Chicago Journal.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19

The president wants the nations
water rights rigidly safeguarded. It
is well. With so many states going
dry" the water rights are coming to
have q peculiar value.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19

Somebody has discovered that the
sailors of the British navy chew up
300 tons of tobacco a year, and the
unkindly disposed will promptly COM
pare them favorably with a British
parliament, the members of which do
great deal of rag chewing.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
Millions Spent Daily for Food and Drink

look up in the air and on the 'steenth
floor see real lake, real trees grow
ing from truly mossy banks.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
Nicotine in Tobacco

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While the finest Cuban tobaccos
have less than two per cent Of pico-
tine, the rankest Kentucky tobacco
contains nearly eight per cent.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
Curious Indian Custom.

The following curious custom 10 re-
corded by J. Owen Dorsey in his
monograph on the sociology of the
Omaha Indians:
In the spring when the grass comes
up there is council or tribal assem-
bly, held to which feast is given by
the head of the Hanga geno. After
they decide that planting time has
come and at command of the Hanga
man a crier is sent through the viii
lagos. He wears a robe with hair out
side and cries as he goes. They do,
indeed, say that you will dig the
ground! Hallo!' He carries sacred
corn, which has been shelled and to
each household he gives two or three
grains, which are mixed with the seed
corn Of the household"
After this it is lawful for the peo-
pie to dig up the soil and plant their
crops,
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
UNUSUALLY BRILLIANT.

Lady-Your little brother seems TO
be bright for his age, doesn't he?
Little Maggie-Well, should say
SO. Why, he knows the name of al
most every player in the big leagues.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-19
How ThinoS Went.

Elliott H. Peabody is one OF tho
,est-known men at the Worcester
county courthouse. At one time he
and few others were interested in a
business deal which they expected to
put through on a certain day. He
was unable to be there, so the next
day telephoned to a Mr.. H for par
t1culars A lady answered the phone,
and said that Mr.. H-was not at
home. Mr.. Peabody .supposing it to be
Mrs. H, said: We'll, perhaps you
can tell me what I want to know. I
only wanted to inquire how things
went last night"
The lady, in cheerful, reassuring
tone. said: "Oh, nicely! Mrs. H
Is doing fine, and the baby weighs six
and half pounds. I'm the nurse
Lippincott's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-09
TREATING Them All Alike.

There was only one thing In the
world of which Eben Ransom thor
oughly approved; that was hard, steady
work. II hope" said the phlanthropic
spinster who was spending fortnight
at the Ransom farm, IT do hope, Mr..
Ransom, that you treat all your men
alike; give them all equal advantages
and wages. 1 find varying standard,
IL I may use the expression, makes so
much trouble and discomfort among
laborers In any field of work"
Mr.. Ransom surveyed her gravely
and nodded assent.
you're right there, ma'am," he said
dryly after a moment. There Is just
one rule for the folks that work for
me. Begin as early and keep it up as
late as there's light to go by, and you'll
get your one-ffty day, unless the
times are unusual hard, when I make
It one-twenty-five.'
But l tell you, ma'am, you can't
get as many fellers to work on an
equal basis nowadays as you might
think"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-09
NATURES LITTLE SHIP.
A Curious JeIlyfish Endowed With a
Movable Sail.

Movable Sail.
While man makes the largest ocean
vessels, nature makes the smallest
This is species Of jellyfish, found only
In tropical seas, which has sail.
The part of the fish under the water
looks like mass of tangled threads,
while the sail is tough membrane,
shaped like shell and measuring quite
five inches and sometimes more across.
The fish can raise or lower this sail at
will.
Wise sailors let this curiosity of na-
ture alone, for each of the threads
composing its body has the power Of
stlnglng, the results Of which are very
painful and often dangerous. This
power defends 1t from porpoises, alba
trosses and other natural enemies.
1t has no other means of locomotion
than its sail, and when seen skim
ming bravely along the surface of the
water 1t looks more like a child's toy
boat than a living creature out In
search of food.-London Saturday Re-
view.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-09
BattIed For Fourteen
Innings Labor Day
Reynoldsville and Tyler Ball
Teams Have Two Rafting
Good Contests.

The two ball games between Reyn-
oldsville and Tyler teams on the dia-
mond at this place Monday-Labor Day
were fast. and intensely interesting
games. Reynoldsville won the morning
game, score 5 to 6, but after playing
fourteen innings In the afternoon the
game had to be stopped to allow the
Tyler boys to catch the Cos train for
home. The score was to7 A large
crowd witnessed the second game,
which was an exhibition of baseball
skill on the part of both teams.
The battery for morning game was
Brooks and Gibson for Reynold vile
and Small, Laverick and Mahotz for
Tyler. In the afternoon game Carney,
Gibson and Null for Reynodsville and
Williamson and Maholtz for Tyler.
Reynoldsville has the best team this
season the town has had for years and
they are playing first-class ball. The
town has reason to be proud of our ball
team and the boys are certainly deser-
wing of liberal support.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-09
Master Of State Grange Says
Department Methods Injure
Good Roads Movement.
VENEERED ROADS SOON BAD
Complains that Methods are
Secretive and Dictatoria1 In
Ostead of Being Educational
to Farmers and Supervisors.

The following criticism of the State
Highway Department, delivered by w.
F. Hill, master OF the Pennsylvania
State Grange, at the recent Williams
Grove picnic, is OF peculiar interest
locally:
"As the leading organization among
farmers, the grange stands immovably
for good roads. We commend the en-
terprise Of the state in this direction,
but l fear that the results being
achieved by the present administration
in this respect will prove to be disap-
pointing. The roads built under the
supervision Of the State Highway De-
partment have cost an average OF be-
tween IS, 900 and $1,000 per mile, and
almost everywhere find they soon be-
come unsatisfactory and in two or three
years get to be a serious menace to the
very movement they are intended to
encourage"
"The smoothly rolled, Fl ne oval sur
face looks very pretty for the first few
months, but veneer work in road con-
struction will not last. The thin bot
tom layer OF comparatively small
stone, often laid on soft dirt recently
graded, will not support an average
sized load in the spring Of the year, and
ruts and depressions result"
"The functions OF the Highway De-
partment were designed to be educa-
tional and helpful, not secretiye or die
tatorial It was the intent OF this law
that the department should issue fre-
quent bulletins to the township super
visors, giving expert Information upon
the value OF different materials for road
purposes, for sewers, bridges, etc. Let
the commonwealth instruct and en-
thuse farmers everywhere in these lines
and then pay 30 per cent OF the expense
on the township road and we will have
a big army working for general road
betterment."
1.-THE State Highway Department
takes the whole matter away from any
control by the people locally, and with
its almost universal practice of permit
ting the running up large bill for
extras above the contract price, the
taxpayers find themselves obligated In
a much larger sum than was expected"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-09
ALASKA WHEAT A BUBBLE.
Yields But as Bushels an Acre. and
of Poor Quality.

Washington, d. c., Sept 6.-An
agent sent by the Department of Ag-
riculture to Juniata, Idaho, to investi-
gate the present status of the so-called
Alaska wheat, said to yield over 200
bushels per acre, to-day made the fol-
lowing statement by wire:
a"Alaska yielding 25 bushels per
acre. Badly mixed. Grain inferior.
Quality soft and white. Ordinary
wheat yielding fully as much. Best
varieties more"
An analysis recently made by the
Department OF Agriculture shows that
Alaska wheat contains only little
more than per cent of protein, while
soft winter wheats average 10 per cent,
hard winter wheat IL per cent, and
hard spring wheat 12t per cent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-09
State Roads Scathingly
Criticised by Changers
BUYING A RING.
A Story They Tell In Japan to Illus
trate Occidental Love.

''The Japanese marry out of esteem
and trust to the coming of love after
ward" said a japanese lady. with
us when love comes 1t lasts. We have
a song that we like to lsing-I want to
live to ninety nine years, and you must
live to be hundred, so that we may
be happy while our hair grows gray
''That Is better" she continued, than
the love that comes swiftly and as
swiftly flies away again. They tell in
Japan story illustrative of this transit
tory love-the love of your west.
"a tourist they say, was touring
Brittany. He came to Quimper, and
he found in the Place Publique beside
the river an old woman selling trim
kets.
"'What is the price of thisp he
asked. taking up an antique ring of
silver and sapphires.
ais 1t for your wife or for your
sweetheart said the old woman.
"'For my sweetheart.
"1Fifty francsp
"'Fifty francs! Nonsenser And the
tourist turned angrily away
"'Come back said the old woman.
Take 1t for ten. You've been lying to
me, though. You have no sweetheart.
Had the ring been for her you'd have
bought 1t at once without regard to
It's price
"T will take it. said the tourist,
smiling. Here are the 10 francs
$50 the old woman wrapped the ring
up.
"'But you haven't wife either
she grumbled. IF 1t had been for her
you'd have beaten me down to francs.
Oh, you menp"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-09

Fat hens, being wretched layers, are
always sold off by farmers.
The early Romans banished all USE
less persons, including the fat in this
category.
Ovid, In his cart of Love-" says,
Keep ever slender and supple, for the
fat have no success with women"
The Gentoo tribe enter their houses
by hole in the roof of a certain pre-
scribed size, and they who grow too
bulky to enter by this hole are slain as
useless and lazy.
In England it was once the law to
put the fat to death-"All dronkittis,
fatt gluttonis and consumers of vitallis
more nor was necessary to the susten-
tation Of men, were tame, and first COM
mandit to swelly their fouth Of guhat
drink they pleatit, and incontinent
tairafter was drounit in ane fresche
rever."-New Orleans Times-D Democrat
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-09-09

The above letter speaks for itself and
its candid sincerity is distinctly encour-
aging. The American Silk Company,
like many other large corporations the
country over, was forced to the wall in
the money stringency last fall and 1t is
regaining its normal business just in
proportion to the improvement over
the land. Trade reports show clearly
that the latter is in progress, and will
be all the more permanent for its slow
ness; but local people need look no
farther than their own business veu-
lures to discover that never before have
merchants been so cautious in buying
stocks or in attempting to carry on
their business on narrower margin OF
invested risk. This is the condition all
over the east, despite the somewhat
flambuoyant newspaper reports OF re-
stored prosperity; articles intended to
restore public confidence rather than
portray actual conditions. The various
idle mills and factories might be started
now, but present trade orders would
not consume their output and 1t would
be only matter of few months until
suspension would follow. Under these
conditions there is nothing to do but
wait, and while "hope deferred maketh
the heart sick, F" it is the concensus of
opinion OF those who have visited other
cities recently that Reynoldsville, on
the whole, has stood the strain as we'll,
or better than most other points sim
ilarly crippled.