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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-19

n S a result of personal visits to
~ various districts and camps with
Ain the sphere of his consulate
(which embraces trans-Andean
Peru, Consul Charles c. Eberhardt of
Iquitos furnishes the following report
covering the manner of securing the
right to work rubber tracts. the man
ner in which the same are worked and
how the product is collected and pre-
pared:
Trans-Andean Peru would still be
practically unheard Of in the outside
world were il not for the rubber in
dustry. The laws Of Peru covering the
requirement and working of rubber
tracts are still incomplete and under
going constant amendment. After the
land has been secured from the gov
ernment, title for 10 years being usual
ly granted. men are placed at work
locating rubber trees. One man viii
open up what is called an estrada
consisting usually of as many rubber
trees as can be visited and worked
by a rubber gatherer in one day. the
number of trees differing as the district
may be thickly or thinly studded with
such trees, the rapidity with which the
rubber gatherer may work, ETC. For
instance. near Iquitos. many estradas
contain but IS or so trees. in the Jaw
airy river district the average is 49,
while in the Acre district il is said
that some estradas contain as many as
400 trees.
For locating an ESTRADA" and clear
ing a path from tree to tree the work
men receive SIS to s37 United States
currency. When this preparation has
been completed. all is in readiness for
the work Of rubber gathering. which
goes on during the dry season, from
July to January, the trees being tapped
in fresh spot every other day during
that time.
The rubber worker in the more
thickly settled districts is usually
poor laborer, who buys his supply of
provisions. consisting chiefly of rice and
beans. from his ''padrone'' the owner
or renter of the "estradas," whom he
must pay in rubber at prices prevailing
at the time of delivery. Charges for
provisions are usually extremely high
and at the end of the season the Ia
borer, though he may have delivered a
large amount of rubber. is rarely out
of debt to his ''padrone."
In a tract which recently visited
there were "a estradas. worked every
alternate day during the season by T.
rubber gatherers. 1 accompanied one OF
the men In his work and performed
part of all the duties of the rubber
gatherers, from the cutting or tapping
OF the tree, placing the cups under the
wounds, gathering the liquid. to finally
smoking it over a half smothered fire
Start was made at o'clock in the
morning and the work OF tapping the
trees and placing the cups leach with
capacity OF probably half a pint per-
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and so handsome that everybody looks
at her. II your friend has such strong
viii power It is singular that he or she
mas not the power 10 restrain a desire
TO look around and in that way meet
the gaze OF others.
FLAG-Subscriber. CITY. Has Ire
land national flag ar this tfn,e9
Il has not There is however the
nag with the sunburst and the one with
the harp of Erin which are commonly
called the flag of Ireland What is
known as the flag OF ireland is incor-
porated in the British standard.
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will return to his old allegiance and
re1oin the forces of the Gould lines
on the nrst of next month.
X NJ Duffy OF the Santa Fe has left
Tor La Junta. Colo. where he will ioin
a large party OF marines who are COM
ing TO the coast.
" r. Stiles. general passenger. agent
OF the. III Paso and Southwestern. Is in
the city on business. His healouartar-
are at FL Paso.
n l. Newton. passenger agent OF the
New York Central lines at Dallas, Tex..
is In the city.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-19
Answers to Queries

WILL POwER-R S. c.. san Jose.
Cal. I have a friend whose will power
cannot be surpassed. There is abso-
lutely nothing that the party cannot
overcome, yet is subject TO some other
unexplained power that is not under
stood. For instance the party at the
aters, dances. restaurants and other
places will involuntarily turn around
and find some one looking In the par
tvs eyes. Which is the weaker party.
the onlooker or the one attracted?
You do not mention the sex OF the
friend. 1t is possibly one OF the fair sex
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-19

of the crop. The Colorado crop. while
good in quality is small in quantity.
which all helps the California crop.
There is an enormous crop OF grapes in
Lodi, which Will begin TO move east
about September and will amount to
about 1900 carloads.
1t is reported that the rails of the
Rawhide Western are within four miles
OF Rawhide and that ample funds have
been raised for the completion OF the
line. Trains, it is said. viii be run
ming into the camp by October /.
f. T. Berry. who has been with the
Rock Island for the last few months.
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ing and the fact made apparent that the decline
mostly the manufacturing of the The
cura where
recpeatng wonderfully With strong
goods the will long
begin to feel the quickenng
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-19

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Irving Manson,
Who have passed the summer months
1t San Rafael, viii shortly return TO
.own. They have taken an apartment
IN Jackson street near Buchanan.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-19

Lieutenant Laurence Austin, whose
engagement TO Miss Roma Paxton was
announced several months ago. Will
leave San Francisco on Monday next
with the Samoan expedition.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
MUST SUIT THE FACE.
Time Well Spent Over Arrangement
Of Proper Couture.

There are no hard-and-fast rules
governing hair dressing save the great
fundamental one which so few profess
sfonal coiffeurs observe-namely, that
the outline must be neither stiff nor
conventional The hair must be ar
ranged to suit the face, which, If it
chance to be of the fashionable Greek
type, may be somewhat drawn back
from the brow, preserving the
straight line of the profile. That same
profile line governs the position Of the
knot at the back of the head and
should be carefully studied with the
aid of the hand glass. But if the nose
be short and the face rather broad,
the coiffure must be arranged in diff
ferent manner on the top of the head,
although not necessarily in the extrav-
agant form of pompadour which has
absolutely gone out of date. The hair
may be puffed above the brow so as
to meet the big coil at the crown,
and if there are vacant spaces, the
ribbon may be arranged to fill them.
The thin-cheeked woman whose pro.
file lacks the straight Greek line re-
quires fluffy locks to soften her feat
ures, and the crown braid to give the
desired breadth. She would better
wear the ribbon to show at the sides
and the back.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
MORLEY NOW I | A|P'E|[R /
BRITISH LIBERAL LEADER QUITS
s HOUSE OF COMMONS. Fl
ill Health and Too Much Work Forces
Distinguished Lieutenant Of Glad. ,
stone and Friend Of Carnegie 20
Into Easier Post.

London.-John Morley, the distin.
guished liberal leader, has been ele-
vated to the peerage; he will, how
ever, retain the Office of secretary for
India in the reorganized British parlia-
ment. Morley's reason for accepting
peerage is his declining health and
throat affection that makes the
strain of the work in the house OF
commons too great.
In leaving the house \of commons
that body loses one of its most noted
members. Many accomplishments in
and out of his official duties have un-
doubtedly earned this title for the
English liberal leader, historian, the
ologian, orator, editor and student.
Morley has likewise been called the
Puritan of politics, title which his
passion for righteousness and his pub
lice austerity have conspired to win
him.
1t is difficult to imagine Morley
among the peers, for whose benefit he
invented the phrase: Mind them or
end them" When made secretary of
state of India his critics said he would
make a weak executive. He proved
otherwise. He made a vigorous speech
in the house of commons, in which he
announced his purpose to crush sedi-
tion in India with a strong hand. He
defended the sharp treatment he had
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
TO REDUCE THE WEIGHT.
Systematic Exercise and Diet the Two
Main Requisites.


II you want to ge the fiat front fig.
ure you must learn how and when to
exercise. 1t is useless to take exer-
else at night when you are tired, and
Just as useless to exercise before a
meal.
English women are slim because
they keep their homes cool. Women
who fill their rooms with fresh air
are Simmer, as rule, than those who
sit in an overheated atmosphere. The
lungs do better work under the cir
cumstances.
In India the. stout person takes the
mind cure as we'll as the physical cure.
She says to herself: Il am not hun
gry.' After she has repeated this she
takes walk and engages in some
thing to occupy her mind. So she
lets a meal slip by.
In Denmark when a lady gets too
stout she is urged to get out upon
the hills and tend the sheep. She has
fresh milk to drink and she also eats
fruit and herbs, but no fish nor flesh
nor fowl. She lives in the open and
she loses weight.
The. so-called Colorado treatment
consists in sleeping out of doors in a
sleeping parlor built with sides of
Japanese mating to keep the wind
from blowing upon you. Only two
pieces of bedding are required. There
must be a German feather bed to
place upon the floor of the sleeping
parlor and another feather bed to he
drawn over the sleeper.-Exchanee
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
B!0R in THE D AIRY
4 Matter Of sProfitabls interest .
the Farmer and Dairymsn I.

The problem of keeping sweet III
the utensils used in connection with
milk and cream selling. and butter
making, has been serious one with
the farmer. - 's''5'
He has come to realize fully that
the slightest taint or hint Of staleness
left In a can, tin or churn may ruin
. whole; output; that the taint which
is left Is in the form Of bacteria
which grow and multiply in milk or
butter, producing disastrous results.
The farmer has learned that hot
water won't rinse away the greasy
residue in dairy utensils.
He has learned that soap leaves q
residue of its own which is, If any
thing, worse than the milk or cream
residue, and it is little wonder that
that there has been a constant clamor
for q dairy cleanser and sweetener
that will meet modern. requirements.
A few of the largest creamery es-
Establishments have called experts into
consultation on this problem and have
with this scientific aid hit upon prod
uct Of nature which exactly fills the
bill-borax.
Scientists have long known borax as
a cleanser, a sweetener and an anti
septic destroyer of bacteria and germ
growths. Destroys all that is harm.
full and promotes and preserves fresh
ness, sweetness and purity, relieving
the dairyman and dairy housewife OF
drudgery and of needless work and
worry.
Its cheapness and value should give
1t first place in the necessities of
every dairy.
The cows udder Is kept in a clean,
healthy and smooth condition by
washing it with borax and water, q
tablespoonful of borax to two quarts
Of water.
This prevents roughness and sore
ness or cracking teats, which make
milking time dread to the COW and a
worry to the mixer.
TO MoTHERs.-A dainty book in COL
ors, called "JingIe Book" sent free to
any Mother sending name and address
ST her baby, and tops from one pound
carton Of "2o Mule Team" Package
eorax, with &c in stamps.
Address Pacific Coast Borax Co..
Chicago, Ill.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
To Clean Brown Felt Hats.

Very dark brown felt hats may be
freshened by brushing with a brush
slightly dampened with solution of am
monia. Light brown or fawn felt is
best cleaned with fuller's earth, made
hot and applied with flannel, or full
ler's earth and oatmeal, or even oat-
meal alone.
Slightly soiled gray felt hats may be
cleaned with warm bran, but if more
than soiled, the best method is to
make a solution of pearlash and water
and clean the hat with it.
This solution may be used for fresh
ening red felt hats also, but if the
color is not fast it is best to try the
solution on the interior of the hat or
a part that may afterward be trimmed
over if the color should fade.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
His Accomplishment.

Sammy. a little boy from the slums
Of New York, was invited with about
20 others to charity dinner given at
the house of a lady in fashionable So
ciety. When the dinner was over the
lady asked the little ones 10 sing or re-
cite in turn.
All went well until it came to Sam
my's turn, when he made NO sign Of
starting until the lady said: Come,
Sammy, let me hear you sing" -:
After moments pause the young:
guest answered, II can't sing, lady"
What" said the lady. You cannot
sing? Then what can you dor #.
We'll" said Sammy, Il amt used
ter singin'. but I'll fight any Of the
other kids IN the room! :...-#
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
HOW TO TEST LlNsEED OIL

There is nothing that will make
paint 60 wrong on the house more
quickly than poor oil. 1t is as bad in
its way as adulterations in the white
lead. Petroleum oil cheapeners may
be detected by placing drop Of the oil
On a black painted surface. If one sees
the characteristic iridescence or play
Of colors which kerosene exhibits, it
is evidence of adulteration. Corn and
fish oil can be detected by the smell.
Adulteration in white lead can best
be discovered by the use of a blow
pipe, which National Lead Company
will send with instructions free to
anyone interested in paint. Address.
National Lead Company, Woodbridge
Building, New York.
The reward of one duty done is tile
power to fulfill another-George Eliot
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
/QKWH HORL EY

extended to Indian agitators and re.
fused to offer an apology. British
rule in India will continue and ought
to continue and must continue"
said he.
John Morley was born at Blackburn,
England, December "a, 1885, He was
graduated from Chettenham and Lin
coin college, Oxford, and began life
as barrister. In 1867, however, he
was called to the editorship of the
Fortnightly Review, a post which he
held until 1882. From 1880 until 1888
he was likewise editor of the famous
Pail Mall Gazette, leaving his desk
there to 60 to parliament as the repre-
sentative of Newcastle. He was Irish
secretary in 1886 and again from 1892
to 1895. In 1896 he was returned to
parliament and since gradually
achieved for himself reputation in
politics, letters and philosophical
thought.
Morley was Gladstone's favorite lieu
tenant when the Grand Old Man"
died. He was one of the axious per-
sonal friends who watched over the
great premier in his last illness, and
his Life of Gladstone" is one of his
most notable literary labors.
Hall Caine and Andrew Carnegie are
among the close friends of the liberal.
The laird of Skibo is accounted one of
the particular intimates of Morley, in
a personal way, in the tendency of
fhoir fh0nOhfc oi,
Recently Carnegie, we'll knowing his
friends studious inclination, presented
him with library of 10000 volumes,
one Of the finest collections of books
in existence. In 1904 Carnegie also
Influenced the noted Englishman to
come to America. In Pittsburg Morley
was the guest of Carnegie and there
delivered his only American lecture
In an interview in America Morley
said that he, as an English liberal, was
always intensely interested in Amer
lea and her politics and that England
as whole was fascinated by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
More than once it has been said that
if John Morley had a vice he might be
premier. AS it is Morley is too full Of
unrelenting rectitude, too barren of ap.
parent passion, to be an English popu-
lar hero. For all that he is a man of
emotions and feeling, but, above them
all, one of restraint. One never knows
Morley the man, but one can never es-
cape Morley, the exterior, distant, re-
served and unbending.
In politics Morley is a liberal in
every sense, but he holds the same
reserve of caution on his theories as
on his public behavior. In religion he
is an agnostic, but not one of the as
sertive kind. He has a quick,
keen and delightful sense of humor, is
one of the most charming Of
companions and is great fa-
vorite among women. He is by na-
ture nervous, is quick in temper and
rather impatient. He has no amuse-
ments other than walking, and is fond
of music and books. His father wished
to make him minister of the gospel,
but he fell under the teachings of John
Stuart Mill, the philosopher, and
thereafter the church was impossible
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
E xercise IL Eecessarv.

The body which is not exercised gets
fabby and weak and degenerates in
any number of bad ways. Double and
triple chins, horribly misshapen busts
and abdomens, fiat chests, lank waists,
and other unlovely features of many
unfortunate women's frames are the
creatures of no exercise. Exercise rids
the body of many shortcomings which
might be retained as deformittes for.
ever. The overplump, the overslim,
and the beautifully proportioned-in
fact, every woman-need it If face or
figure are to develop or preserve
beauty.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
Grenadine aaain the Fashion

Grenadine after years and years of
absence has returned. It is the
greatest novelty of the season and is
treated like the shantungs, twills and
satins with flowered borders-made to
resemble insertions bordered on each
side with garlands of flowers. Others
with borders Of satin and large dots,
others, again, striped. The flower de-
signs are evidently taken from de-
signs for silks in fashion in the early
SOS of the last century, and some,
too, from the Louis XIV. epoch.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08

Gunmeta
The a
in
the
small fiat
skirt is
Inverted
trimming
Of jacket REQUIRES sk Yards Of materia 20
wide, 1A 36 inches
material inches vide
of braid 1h '
AZ sc
wide
or y yard 81 inches wide
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08


dscerned the mighty reach and powerful
in
a
about 40 miles from Pisurg and entered the banking
He developed
a
banking institution
him greatly reaching the the grand
h
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
The Thin kimono.

The dressy kimono is made with q
deep lace yoke in the front and back,
with lace sleeves. To this is attached
a net flounce, ruf1ed with net around
the bottom and down the front. It is
worn over pretty pale silk slip of
the same shape, made separate. -
White allover is neat material for
plain kimonos, trimmed with embroi-
dery insertion. White lawn needs
only few tucks and pretty Valen-
ciennce lace to give the desired touch.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
Away we spun!
I blessed the day she took the VEIL
-McLandburg Wilson, in Puck,
A Perverted Bromidfun.

"Oh, girls" exclaimed the gushing
maiden on the, crowded. street. car,
1--WE just washed my hair and can't
do thing with it," Just then the
car gave lurch, and she shrieked rs
the man stepped on her foot.
Beg pardon" >muttered the weary
strap.hanger, who had done the step,
ping. You see, I've Just washed my
feet and can't do thing with them"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
TAKING THE VEIL.

She took the veil; from earth's rough
storm
She thus withdrew
And all the beauties Of her form
Concealed from view.
Her hair which rippled in the light
No eye could mark,
Enveloped was her figure quite
In habit dark. -'~,- -
And yet know she did not set
The world apart. II
Mere mundane matters charmed. her yet
Still beat her heart
She climbed aboard, down hill and dale
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
Thouqhtless.

why doesn't Mrs. Flighty wear
that pink dress with her red hair?"
"She probably bought the dress be-
fore she changed from q brunette"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
RISE OF EX-BALL PLAYER

John X. Tener, one Of Capt. Anson's Chi
cago "Colts,' has pitched, batted and f1elded
and run the bases of the political diamond in
championship form, his most recent feat being
four-sacker that has landed him on the CON
gressional home plate The Pennsylvania
fans" gave him an overwhelming majority over
Ernest F. Acheson, commonly called Our Erny,'
who for IA successive years has been the cham
pion of the people and considered by all except
Tener as invincbe.
Tener, in his baseball days. was star of
the first magnitude. When Anson signed him
he was pushing an unwilling pen up and down
the ledgers of Pittsburg steel concern. He
stood six feet four in his hosiery and had a
cD,ilo hot
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08


lied
of
certain that barring his DEATH Victor Cavend IA
m1iary
Great
extraordinary
personal acquaintance
Besides being the holder titles British
Devnshie
of
leader
S To be
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MCarren recognizing him coming the Mclaughlin
Tammany had to reckon
of having place
he being
big friendly
him
What Long Pat"
a
which
punger, both
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08

Nelson running for and he looked like
victorious Capp hone in his reflected He
himself
elected
three Then
elected his stead He ST.
ing black hair and pompous though kindly
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
SENATOR NOW AN INDIAN

Moses E. Clapp, United States senator from
Minnesota, better known throughout the north
west as the "Black Eagle of Minnesota" is an
Indian now-not the kind of Indian city-bred
men are acquainted with, the kind that one
meets after hours-but a genuine Simon pure
Indian of the Crow tribe having been adopted
by the tribe in acknowledgment of his services
to its chiefs who went to Washington to tell
Its troubles to the government. The ceremony
consisted in his being invested with the war
bonnet of Chief Plenty Coos.
The senator is now serving his second term
in the senate, but has made no. particular mark
for himself there. When he settled in Mime.
sofa, in 1880, he looked around for the tail of
Some pQlitical kite to attach himself to Sona4e-
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
NEW DUKE UNAFFECTED

In the new duke of Devonshire, who has
just succeeded his uncle to the British title
and the vast possessions that 60 with it, the
house of commons has lost one of it's most re-
spected members. Although lacking the usual
incentives for hard work, as for many years it
was certain that he would succeed to the Devon
shire dukedom, he always "sweated" conscien-
tiously for his party during the 10 years he rep
resented West Derbyshire in the lower house.
The new duke is expected to win an enviable
place for himself in the hereditary upper cham
ber by his solid qualities of mind and heart.
One could hardly say that the present duke
was born with silver spoon in his mouth; but
tate soon made up for the deficiency. AS mat
tor Of ho ha oldest child of "a
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
In THE LIMELIGHT
DECLARED War on TAMN1AflY :

Senator Patrick H. McCarren, better known
as Long Pat" has declared war upon Tamma-
ny as result of his defeat in the New York
state Democratic convention, and declares that
never again in the lifetime of any member of
that convention will New York elect Demo
cratic mayor This is no mere idle threat, for
McCarren has memory that is longer in pro-
portion even than his body, and never yet has
he forgotten an Ill turn.
In his early life McCarren was cooper,
but he saw a way of making "barrels'' of a
different kind by entering politics. He got his
start as deputy collector of customs at New
York, and he gladly gave up his Massachusetts
home to accept the job. A few years later he
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08
Perfect Trust.

y @'Fttt.s.s. Perfect Trust. = =. =: =
! Browning: In some time, His good
time. shall arrive.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08

Way 70 Judge . Man.
There are two good ways to judge 1
.map-by what he doesn't pay and by
what he doesn't say. ~.E."
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