davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
Immense Deposits In Death Valley,
the Value Of Which Can Only
Be Conjectured.

With the exception Of the Grand
Canon there is probably no more IA
nous locality in the west than Death
Valley. Although there are number
Of Mt. Blancos in the great American
desert, the Mt. Blanco of Death Valley
is the greatest Of its name.
It rises like an enormous white
breast against the terra Gotta ridge of
Funeral Range, close to Furnace
Creek canon. \ great rent that cleaves
the east rampant Of Death Valley.
Aroun6; it is a rolling waste of bald
yellow hills, and it towers a good
1000 feet above them.
The lowlands of Death Valley, sink
ing for several miles westward, is prob
ably $500 feet lower.
No one ledge or series of ledges
anywhere in the world contains the
immense amount of borate quartz
shown in the surface of this mountain
Of Colemanite. It is a body Of ore
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23

Saturday her weight was just what Il
had been on Friday, and Sunday she
weighed exactly the same. And Thurs
day of the next week she weighed the
last Thursday to fraction. The ex-
citement was terrible. One party said
she would do it, and one said she
would never in the world-that she
was naturally that size and nothing
| would change it-and it began to look
as If they was right, when, Spang!
Friday morning her greatness of size
began to break loose!
It was like river flood caused by
an ice jam, and Aunt Rhinocolura
started in Friday morning at $3.50 to
lose flesh like river loses it's flood
when the ice jam breaks. It started
all at once, just that way. There she
was, just as big as ever, and Biff! all
at once she began to fall off! BY a.
m. she had lost ten pounds, and by
$3.50 she had lost 26 pounds and ten
ounces, and was falling rapidly. So
the watchers ran out and rang the fire
bell, and the populace gathered breath
lessly, and by that time it was 10 a.
| m. and reports passed that Aunt Rhi-
nocolura had lost 50 pounds and that
| the falling off was increasing at
| rapidly progressive rate.
Just there was where Aunt Rninoco-
lura began to get scared. She didn't
know where she would stop thinning
Like as not she might go right on los
| ing until she was all gone and too thin
to wear anything, except coffia But
she was a mighty kind-hearted old
lady, and did not mean to disappoint
| anybody II she could help it, 10 she
| called in two neighbor ladies', and
| there they stood, one on each side of
her, with the directoire gown in hand.
ready to jam it onto her the minute
| she touched the right weight, and she
stood on the scales with her eyes fixed
on the dial, ready to give the word,
and all the time she was contracting
rapidly. Then, all at once, she gave a
yell, and the hired girl rung the din
ner-bell out of the front window, and
the nelghbor ladies jammed the gown
onto her and hooked it up the back in
one-tenth of second, and Aunt Rhf-
nocolura made a dash for the door,
and everybody glued their eyes to the
place where the split in that skirt
was!
Well, of all the disappointed crowds
you ever saw! That directoire skirt
didn't cause any excitement at all.
Come to find ont tho cnlit MO. 40, A.
same side that Aunt Rhinocolura's
wooden leg was on!
Copyright, 1909. by W. G. CHAPMAN,
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
De Quiz-What's your idea Of tho
difference between optimism and pes
simism?
De Whiz-O! the optimist says it 10
spring when it isn't and the pessimist
says it isn't when it is.
DREADFUL DANDRUFF.
0trI'o Head Encrusted-Feared Loss
Of All Her Hair-6aby Had Milk
Crust - Missionary's Vito Made
Two Perfect Cures by CutIcura.

"For several years my husband
was a missionary in the Southwest
Every one in that high and dry At
mosphere has more or less trouble
with dandruff and my daughters scalp
became so encrusted with it that I
was alarmed for fear she would lose
all her hair. After trying various rem
edies, in desperation bought a cake
Of Cuticura Soap and a box Of CUT.
cura Ointment. They left the scalp
beautifully clean and free from
dandruff. and / am happy to say that
the Cuticura Remedies were a com.
plete success. I have also used sue
cessfully the Cuticura Remedies for
so-called 'milk-crust' on baby's head.
Cuticura is a blessing. Mrs. ]. A.
Darling, 80 Fifth st., Carthage. Ohio,
Jan. 20, 1908"
Potter Drug 3 Chem. Corp. eole PEoos, DoaeoA.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
(K3z2 81 nzzzE33 31xz{ll]]
GElUC[112D> 0E][IJ@{0
Why the Visit Was Brief.

Why tho Visit Was Brief.
He was bright little boy and his
mother had taken him on a visit.
"Ostend;" said the hostess before
supper, do you have grace at your
house?"
Eyes, ma'am," responded the little
boy without hesitation.
His mother looked up In astonish-
ment.
"Why, Ostend, aren't you mistaken,
dear?"
"No, indeed, ma. Didn't hear
gentleman with bill tell pa the other
day that he had 30 days. grace?
And then amid general confusion
Ostend was hurried home.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23

Aunt Rhinocolura Betz, of Betzville,
IS one of the dearest old ladies you
ever saw, even if she has one wooden
leg, but if she has one failing it is the
desire to be stylish, and when she
read in the papers about those new
tangled directoire gowns, she sat right
down and wrote letter to the city
for one, and it came Thursday before
last. She gave all her proper meas
ures, but the gown makers did not
seem to care for them. They thought
about half of Aunt Rhinocolura would
be enough to go into directofre gown
at one time, I guess. In their letter
they came right out and said that so
inches of bust measure was absolutely
un-directoire; and as for hip measures,
the really fashionable people were try
hiplessly as possible. They wrote that
they were willing to do all in their
power, but that Aunt Rhinocolura
must do her share. They said they
Judged that if she banted off about 180
pounds she would find the gown they
were sending good snug fit.
That letter was an awful disappoint-
ment to Betzville. There we were, the
whole crowd Of us, hanging around in
front of Aunt Rhinocolura's residence,
waiting for her to come out with her
split-up-the-side dress, and to get a
glimpse, maybe, of half yard or so
of silk stocking flashing out of the
split, and all our vocal chords tuned
up for a hearty cheer, when her hired
girl stepped out on the front porch and
read the letter. 1t was a sad disap-
pointment, but it was a sadder one to
kunt Rhinocolura.
l don't suppose you ever tried to
bant off 180 pounds; 1 never did; but
Aunt Rhinocolura started right in to
do it. There are 42 ways to get rid
of over-largeness of the human being,
and Aunt Rhinocolura took them all
up at once, knowing how eager the
population was to see that gown. She
was a right kind-hearted old lady.
Some of the flesh-reducer was the kind
you take inwardly out of bottle. and
some was cling-fast rubber things that
you lace around the human form and
sleep perspiringly in, and some was
potatoes you don't eat, and some was
running around the block rapidly, and
some was standing an hour after each
meal, and there was others.
Well, Aunt Rhinocolura she took
them all up at once, and worked hard
at them. No wood-sawyer ever worked
harder than what Aunt Rhinocolura
did, but the thing seemed to hang fire.
Friday she hadn't lost an ounce, and
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23

Sheer white goods, in fact, any flne
wash goods when new. owe much Of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered. this being done in q
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory If proper attention was
given to starching. the first essential
being good Starch. which has sufficient
strength to stiffen. without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
Shantung for Summer.

For comfortable summer suits, fine
serge with shantung for the coat, both
in the same shade, is being employed.
Such suits are finished simply, the
only braiding often being on the turn.
down collar. which comes only to tho
side of the front and around tho
sleeves at the hands and possibly
above and below the elbows.
The fancy for trimming sleeyes
around and around at different part,
Of the arm is growing one. A waist
which girl has just embroidered for
herself has band Of embroidery neat
the shoulder, another on the arm be.
low the elbow and another at the
wrist.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
The Same Old John L.

Old John L. Sullivan always had
fine Irish wit, and it remains with him
in his advanced age. Not long ago he
was appearing in Baltimore theater
and the manager, for business rea-
sons, introduced him to a wealthy
youth Of the town. The youth was q
typical chollyboy, the sort of speci-
men that old John abhors. Sullivan
was washing his face in the theater
dressing room when the two arrived,
and they waited patiently until he had
finished his ablutions. When John
had dried his countenance he gave the
dude one look, and then said to the
manager: well, l congratulate you.
Jack, is it boy or girl?"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
Omissions Of History.

7omulus, having built Rome, was
constructing a wall around it.
Wnats the use of putting a wall
on the north side?" jeered Remus.
evanston Will never try to break in :"
Then ensued the first boxing contest
III tne new city, with the result, as
all the world knows, that Remus waa
permanently knocked out.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
Skeleton in Stone Quarry.

Workmen at the Silver Dale stone
crushing plant, near Pottstown, Pa,
were horrifled when they unearthed
the skeleton of a human being. It was
found at a depth of ten feet, with a
jumbled mass Of stone around it, and
there was not a remnant OF wood to
indicate that the body ever lay in a
coffin. When exposed to the air it
crumbled, and the workmen could not
tell of what sex it was. The skeleton
was found in perfectly upright posi-
ton.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
lnexpensive Cottons.

As linen ducks bring the cost Of q
suit or skirt up to considerable sum
the manufacturers have considered the
needs Of simmer purses and there are
now several very presentatible substt-
tutes at very moderate prices. Drill,
for example, is durable and reliable.
Of good body and hangs well. Its
width is 30 inches, its cost. Is cents
the yard. Still cheaper is white cot.
ton duck, the same width as drill, <at
Is cents. #a
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
Great Mountain of Rornx

measuring 1000 feet in width and
5000 feet in length, pitching into the
mountain range at a 33-degree angle.
1t Is a borax quarry whose limita.
tions cannot be even roughly con-
1ectured. but it must exceed by thou
sands of tons any known borate de-
pOsit,
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
MIR !;
The princess costume Is a feature

The princess costume Is a feature
of the season.
Stripes are not as wide as they
we're last year in mems shirtings: nor
are they as fancy.
Among the materials used for bath.
ing suits are mohair, fine serge, taf.
feta and silk serge.
Some of the newest and smartest
OF skirt and coat costumes are being
made without sleeves.
Necklaces of small cut jet beads will
be worn much this summer by those
who favor the collarless gown.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
With an Object In View.

Deacon Hardesty-Mr. Muntoburn,
you must Gomez to our church next
Sunday morning. The Rev. DR.. Up
]ifl is going to preach for u.s.
Mr.. .Muntoburn-I'mn not sure l have
ever heard him. Is he such an elo-
guent preacher?
Deacon Hardesty-1 don't know
ABOUT that, but he's the most wonder
fully cessful-er-church debt
raiser there Is in tho country."'
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
TIRED ALL the TIME.

Languor, -listlessness. dullness OF
spirits are often due to kidney disor-
ders. Pain and weakness in the back.
sides and hips, headaches, dizziness.
urinary disorders are sure signs that
the kidneys need Immediate attention.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
A Sure Enough Pippl

!" 0V5V o5t0081 T 5PPV1s
MRS. Pippin is such clever man.
ager."
"Is she?''
Eyes. Her husband gave her the
money to get their two daughters
graduating dresses, and she bought
herself lovely gown with it."
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
Woven Of Linen,

For the stout woman there are
beautiful combination garments even
thinner than the usual batiste and
linen affairs made by the perfect
seamstress. They are low necked
and of knee length.
Those corset-cover-pantalon combi-
nations are of exquisite make and
beautiful finish-the really best gar
ment for the wolld-be hipless.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23

was dull and exhausted nearly all the
time. consulted doctors and. used
medicines, but only Doan's Kidney
Pills helped me. Soon I was perma-
nently cured"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster'Milburn Co., Buffalo,, N. 7.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
DR.. D. Jayne's
Carn1inatiVe
Ba1SaIQ

IL the quickest acting md
most reliable remedy
known for these affect
ions. It stops pain i'm
mediately, and in almost
every case brings about
a speedy recovery. Keep
it handy for the children's
cake.
Sold BY all drx24tsts-
per bottle, 25c.
D.. D. JaJ2e's Tonic vef.
0110&o 10 IN excellent tonic
20 overcome tho exhaustioo
consequent upon . severe
: at1eek Of Dysentssy.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
TAINTED TIMES.

Tainted money,
Tainted stocks;
Tainted way
OF getting rocks.
Tainted garments,
Tainted shoes,
Tainted food and
Tainted booze;
Tainted morals,
Tainted sports,
Tainted cases
In the courts.
Tainted novels,
Tainted plays
Occupy our
Nights and days.
Tainted husbands,
Tainted wives;
Gee, but ours
Are tainted lives.
-Milwaukee Journa.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23

Delay is dangerous.
Alonzo Adams. " Or
ceola. Iowa, says:
my kidneys failed
me. I suffered aW-
full pain and was 80
weak I could not
work. and often had
90 k41>@ 81 A>I =
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23
Plainly Stated.

Plainly Stated.
Mr.. summerboard (politely)-Shall
I help myself to the beans?
Hired Man-You will If you git
enny!-Judge.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23

Heidelberg is to have q special in
stitute for experiments with radium IN
treating diseases, .< So
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23

making this very
~ practical pattern
with embroidery chemise
nightgoWn
match
broidery.
beading,
camsoe: inches wide insertion IN beading
ribbon, 27h
yards % inches wde embroidery B inches wide
36 inches wide wide
2 ribbon.
inches
az ribbon, az yards lace.
insertion
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23

Quick Relief
Is necessary in cases Of,
Cramps, Colo, Dysentery,
Cholera Morbus, Cholera
1nfautum and Diarrhea.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-05
WILL DISCOURAGE
MARATHON RACES
IN The SCHOOLS
Newark Public School Associa-
ton Will Ask Principals to
Stop Long Runs.

The executive committee Of the New
ark Public School Athletic Association
met yesterday az the City Hall and at
tempted to settle on the dates for the
athletic meets for the school children for
the coming season. As the schedule of
the Eastern League baseball club has
not yet been completed. it was inlros-
sible to obtain dates since the commit
tee has decided to hold all the events at
Wiedenmayer's Park.
The most important topics discussed
now being held all over the city. The
secretary was instructed to notify all
the principals of the city that he dis
courage all the pupils from taking part
in such long endurance contests. II IS
considered a detriment to the youth.
and all must be done to prevent the
pupils from entering the so-calied Mar.
atifoa races. II was suggested that an
pupils in the elementary schools who
take rart in any ace should consult
with their principal and act according
to his decision.
1t was decided to make basketball throw
ing n standard event for the girls Of the
eighth grade. All girls who throw the
of the association buttons.
Heretofore the girls received the same
kind of medals as the boys In the different
events, but it was decided to change this,
The girls will receive buttons in gold. silver
end bronze medals. The boys. as before
| win get gold. silver and bronze medals
The secretary has been instructed to order
same,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-05
IN THE BOXING WORLD

NORTH ADAMS, Mass, March g.
Patsy Kline left for home ioday, after
fighting Napcleon Dufresne. of Maine,
a twelve-round draw here last night.
Although the referee declared the bout
a draw the Jersey fighter had a bit the
better of the match, his heavy left
swing having taken considerable of the
ginger out of tho Portland boy.
The Newark man bad plenty of force IN
his blows. but his opponent showed skill
in nlocking, thgs avolding ! knockout.
Of TIC p~rcttiest contests he bad ever wit
Kline MAS a stranger ig the city. while
clever, way In which the former handled
himself made him many admirers among
the 800 OF more spectators,
bout a good many body blows being de-
iivered. Few heavy face blows landed.
"'1 TSe hrs me Ws1' y Msrs s0M ms1s cut. ~,
after that they warmed up and the crowd
saw ono. Of the rrettiest contests ever hell
Of Newark. Al Groves: Of North Adams.
ard Young Lenny. Of pittsfeld.
met Bob Murphy. Of summltb. mana ger Of
Bfn I.eary. and Jim Savage, representir.
his brother. Danny Savage. In the EvoriHg
STAR office yesterday. The misunderstand-
ing that recently arose rs to the price Of
the admission tickets was straighteiiad out.
and the men will meet as scheduled
March 16.
An offer has been made to Patsy Kline
by Billy Newman. Of the Long Acre Club.
for 2 bout with Frankie Moore within three
weeks. 4 is very likely that Kline Will
accept, The weight has been fixed AZ ~
pounds.
Jim Savage will probably meet Jack ritz
gerald. Of Philadelphia, ct Newman's Club.
within q mouth. IS
in his bout with Eddie Doyle, of ,phlia-
delphia, nj the Whirlwiid Club las. night
Johnny coulon slowed down very much
after the fifth round. At that. Coulon out
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-05
MOGULS OF THE POWERS
LEAGUE AFTER PLUMS

ance in Baltimore, on opening day, April
p. Manager Wolverton and Owner Nc
Ginnity favor having the initial series
of games taking place in Newark.
Should the locals open at Baltimore, it
has been figured that the opening in
this city would take place on a Satur-
day, a day not favored for an inau-
sural contest in this city.
However, the season will open on
April q, and 1874 games played. although
there had been some talk of extending
the season SO that 1913 games would be
played. For several years the season
has consisted of $40 games for each
team, ten at home with each club in
the league. This year eleven games
viii be played at nome and eleven
abroad by each team. The American
Association, the other Glass AA or
ganization, has adopted a 16s-gane
schedule.
One of the schedules submitted by
President Powers provides for the East
ern and Western teams to open among
themselves, and the other for the West
ern teams to open in the East as in
other years. Many believe that the
opening games will be played in New
ark, Baltimore. Providence and Jersey
City, although it may be that the first
games of the season will be PLAYED in
Buffalo, Montreal, Rochester and To-
ronto.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-05
iron MAN" TO BUY
bURNHAM'S STOCK;
DEAL IS NOW ON

Joseph p. McGinnity has set out to
be the real owner of the Newark club,
and. at a conference yesterday in this
city, all arrangements were made to
acquire the stock of Walter w. Burn
ham in the Newark club. Within a
short time, it is believed, the Iron
Man" will be the owner of every share
of stock, and that be will be monarch
of the local baseball situation.
1t is probable that the deal for the
stock held by former Manager Burn
ham will be closed tomorrow or Mon.
day. 1t is understood that Mr.. Burn
ham wishes McGinnity well, and hes
not endeavored to balk him in his
efforts TO be in supreme control by put
ting a stupenduous price upon his hold
lngs. Announcement of the closing OF
the deal for the purchase of the Burn
ham interests in the local club can be
expected by the fans.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-05
Schedule Committee Meeting To-
day Provoking Many
Arguments.

King Baseball held full sway at the
Victoria Hotel in New York today,
League nagnates, a large num-
Der of players and men prominent in
baseball, were about the corridors of
the hotel early and everywhere could
be heard the hum of baseball CONVEX
sation. Many managers had trades to
make. but the result of the wholesale
dickering Of the baseball David Harums
may not be announced until later; in
fact, it is no thought that there will
not be many important purchases or ex-
changes of players.
The magnates were brought together
for the purpose of adopting a playing
schedule for the season of 1909. Two
tentative programs for the coming sea :
son we're submitted by President P,
r. Powers, and naturally there was
mild objection to both, as all magnates
desired to nave the schedule arranged
to suit local conditions, and to get a
generous share of plulns to be dis
tributed. IN schedule provides for the
opening of the season in Newark. while
the other calls for the Tigers appear
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-05

There was no question at all about
the decisiveness of the victory which
Lee Johns gained over Louis Franz or
the Oxford drives last night.
The Cleveland expert requires con-
siderable time to get acquainted with
a pair of alleys, apparently, this being
due, it would seem, to the peculiar
hook which his ball takes. The load
ed" affair is new in the East, and there
were many comments from the sid
lines when Franz would lay it down
to the extreme right and yet succeed
in getting in the pocket, eve though,
the ball would not begin to take its
remarkable hook until it had almost
reached the pins.
The Cleveland man got but two
double century marks. his best being
223 and the other an yer 200, while
Johns had five of the big ones TO his
credit, the best being 264, 244, 225 ana
ZIG.
There is something uncsnny about the
way that Noack piles up the strikes
when he Is at his best on the tourns-
ment alleys at the Tuxedo Academy,
N he's usually in tip-top form there.
Franz will undoubtedly do better than
he did last night, too, but he will need
to improve a lot to beat Noack.
These are the scores that Johns and
Franz made last night:
Johns-224, 1888, 14s. 264, 1S6, 244, 1853,
225, 226.
Franz-15s, III, 40. eco. 1874, lie, 223,
1873, 1874,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-05

Tor Hugfey Jennings 10 repeat with his De-
tfoit Tigers. Jennings was a favcrite in
every Eastern League city.
Outfielder Jimmy Jackson. purchased
from Cleveland, will he numbered among
the clever and hard-hitting outneldcrs Of
the league.
Bud Sharpe is hard at work coachi.,c the
Georgia Military Academy boys OF Mill
edgcvflle, Ga, and will greet his com
Georgia town.
Manager Jack Dunn gets $1,000 II he again
! brings home the bacon. If he finishes sec
ond he VIII receive q bonus OF 81, 600. and
third place means $500. :.
Latest reports from Jee Harris. the big
Providence pitcher. were to the effect that
he was down to playing weight. Something
new for Joe.
Sunday is getaway day. Many local a
will probably witness the departure for
Milledgeville of the Newark players.
..Gcat', Anderson. CT the Broncos, has ap-
! piled for a patent on a sliding baxe pad to
be used by base stealers.a