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The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
THE CRACKING OF PAINT.
Property Owners Can Save Money
by Learning the Cause.

Do you know what is wrong when
paint peels, or cracks, or otherwise
necessitates premature re-painting?
Well, sometimes it hasn't been
properly applied-the surface being
damp or there being too much turpen-
tine or too much drier.
But, nine times out of ten, tho
trouble is caused by adulterated
white lead.
To avoid all such trouble, every
houseowner should know in a general
way, when a surface, is in proper con-
dition to receive paint, what kind of
primer and finishing coats different
surfaces require, and how to avoid
adulteratfon in materials.
A complete painting guide, includ-
ing a book Of color schemes, specifi-
cations for all kinds of painting work,
and an instrument for detecting adul-
terations in painting materials, with
directions for using It, can be had
free by writing National Lead Com.
pany, 1902 Trinity Bldg, New York,
and asking for Houseowner's Paint.
ing Outfit No. 49.
This company, the largest makers
of pure white lead, invite tests. by
means Of the blowpipe (included in
outfit, or in any other way, Of the
purity Of the white lead sold under
their famous Dutch Boy Painter"
trademark. That trademark on a ke9
Of white lead is in itself an absolute
guarantee Of purity and quality.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
Society Perplexed by Visit of Prince

hand ease. But when the imperial visi-
tor comes incognito then the perplex.
ity begins.
This is the trouble in the case of
Prince Eitel, who is coming here just
as q plain duke or something of that
sort, SO that he may visit the Wander
bflts. This is done to evade the ma
ttonal honors which the country would
pay him should he come in his proper
person.
But, while society leaders are de-
batting these fine points, Mrs. Wander
bflt and her sister. Mrs. Ogden Goelet,
have sailed for Europe. With them
went their father, Richard T. Wilson,
who has been in failing health for sew
eral years. The party is bound for
one of the spas in southern Germany,
and will be at Baden during the stay
of the royal family at that resort.
There has been a strong bond of
friendship between the Vanderbilts
and the German kaiser for a number
of years, and it is said that the visit
of scion of the house of Hohenzollern
is the result of promise made at the
Kiel regatta two years ago.
Prince Eitel will probably come to
American in royal yacht or warship.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16

{ An important step toward stopping
the waste of the fuel resources of the
country has been taken by the United
States geological survey in its tests of
the Goals of the Rocky mountain region
At the government plant in Denver.
Col. At that plant the purpose has
been to determine what Goals of this
region are capable of making coke
that can be used by the, great metal
lurg1c interests of the west. OF 81
Goals tested, the government experts
succeeded in producing good coke from
all but three, though a number of
these Goals had never been known to
he capable of~making coke. These re-
suits, which will prove of much impor-
tance to the west in the next few
years, were obtained by following out
carefully prepared treatment of the
Goals. Each of the Goals was washed
In order to get rid of the ash, sulphur
and other impurities which prevent
the making of coke that is of any use
dn metallurgical work. The washing
tests not only prepared these Goals so
that they made good coke, but also
demonstrated the fact that many Goals
OF the west which have too much ash
and sulphur to be used economically
under steam boiler may be rendered
OF commercial value through such
treatment.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16

A BIG bronze sun dial, topping an
"A open-air altar Of white marble, is
one of the relics and landmarks that
are accumulating in the majestic
grove of old oaks where soon will rise
the great Episcopal cathedral of st.
Peter and st. Paul. Already this SOL
emn, wind-swept spot. dear to Prot
estants because of its deep religious
associations, is becoming one of the
show places of the national capital.
From the site chosen for the cathe-
dral ones view overreaches all the
domes, towers and spires of Wash
ington city. Around the site a num-
Der of buildings and memorials have
been built. First, there is the Peace
Cross. The raising and conservation
of this cross was the first service in
the cathedral close. The principal ad-
dress was delivered by President Nc
Kinley. A chapel has been construct
ed in the grounds and this is called
the Little Sanctuary. It was a gift
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16

THE friends of E. H. Hartman, men
/ close to him, believe that his grad
ual retirement from business is con-
templated, despite the denials to the
contrary. It is not considered to be a
part of his plan, naturally, to drop the
great burden all at once. This would
be impossible. But they declare his
health is such that he cannot continue
to be the zone man" of the systems
he controls, as he has in recent years.
Hartman carries in his vest pocket
the fate of II railroad systems, COW
ering $4,000 miles. or twice the cir
cumference of the earth-with. stocks
and bonds outstanding to the value of
1886, All ,731, and actually worth sew
eral hundred millions in excess Of that
sum.
The significance of three and third
billions of property is difficult Of COM
prehension. Some idea of it's magn1-
tude can be had from this: The total
amount Of money in circulation in the
United States-bank notes, treasury
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
E Episcopal Cathedrals Open Air Altar

from Mrs. Percy R. Pyne, and in it
have been gathered memorials of the
Church of England, the Church in the
Wilderness and the Church of Mount
Zion. The remains of Henry Y. Sat.
terlee, first bishop of Washington,
rest under the floor Of this chapel.
This altar and sun dial is called a
Landmark" and was given by Mrs.
Julia James to commemorate the free
dom of the cathedral lands from debt
and the consequent hallowing Of the
close. The altar is also somewhat of
a genealogical monument Of the donor,
in the several panels around the sides
OF the marble piece being inscribed q
large number of names, with the dates
Of birth, marriage and death, and the
names Of to whom married and the
names Of children begotten.
There is no telling when the cathe-
dral will be built, but the building
fund is growing, and the foundation
stone Of the cathedral was laid with
an imposing and monster ceremony
September 20, 1907. On that occasion
addresses were delivered by President
Roosevelt and the bishop of London.
There were present 60 bishops. 200
members Of the general convention
of the Episcopal. church and about 25.-
600 laymen. The foundation stone was
brought from Bethlehem.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
New Statesmen Are Extremely Modest

and constitutional amendments than
any person that ever sat in any legis-
lature of any state of the union dur
ing the history Of the government
over 40 general statutes and five sep
arate constitutional amendments that
were adopted by a vote Of the people,"
While serving as postmaster at Ca
ruthersville, Representative Crow Of
Missouri relates that several times
he called the attention Of congress to
the manner Of weighing mails: con.
gress finally revised the method,
whereby it is estimated that q saving
of $10,000,000 q year was affected"
An interesting figure in the house
is Delegate Cameron Of Arizona, Re-
publican. He defeated veteran Mark
Smith last fall, whereupon the story
went the rounds that this result was q
part Of scheme to secure statehood
-allaying the Republican opposition
by the idea that two Republican sena-
tors would be chosen by the new
state. But Mr.. Cameron has a better
claim to fame than any based on poll
tics. He located and built the bright
Anger trail into the Grand canyon
Of Colorado and still maintains it.
The baby of the house is Palitte
Elvins of Missouri, who was sworn in
on the day on which he completed his
thirty-frst year.
Secretary Dickinson of the war de-
partment makes no reference to his
politics in the sketch of himself. The
one political fact stated in Secretary
MacVeagh's biography is that he was
a Democratic candidate for the United
States senate in the '90's.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
IT WAS NOT HER BACK.
Woman Had No Idea Of Being Proxy
for Medical Treatment.

A missionary, discoursing upon
india. told Of a woman who had come
to her complaining of very sore
back and desired that she pray for it,
cure. This Mrs. Jackson did, but the
woman again appeared before her and
declared that the back was still in
bad condition. Mrs. Jackson advised
the use Of an application Of iodine,
and brought out bottle Of the drug
to apply upon the afflicted part Of tho
woman's anatomy. But she regarded
the bottle suspiciously and acted 40
though it would hurt her were she to
use it. To allay her fears upon this
score Mrs. Jackson applied some Of
the drug to her own finger and showed
her that 1t would not burn, and that
she had better allow her to put some
of it upon her back.
But" said the woman, 1T would
do no good.''
How so?" inquired Mrs. Jackson.
alphabetically.
Because" replied tho woman, 1T 10
my old mans back that Is SORE"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16

M ORE than 10000 families, aggre-
Nl eating 100000 persons. have been
driven from their homes by the steady
transformation of New York city
which il now near completion. The
destruction Of homes has not been
confined to one locality, nor has It
come as the result Of one event. Every
large undertaking has contributed its
quota Of persons whose homes literal
ly have been pulled down about their
heads, .. -. ,.~,
To make room for the approach to
the new Manhattan bridge. the de-
struction Of the houses Of 1000 fam
lilies has been necessary and the
wrecking Of the .tenements along the
lines of approach has made 10000
homeless. More than $4,000 were dry
en- from their dwellings to make way
for the approach to the Williamsburg
bridge. In place of the narrow tene-
ment-lined street there is q wide park
way. The .$25.oo0,o0o Pennsylvania
terminal swept away the homes of 49,
600 persons who inhabited four blocks,
The erection OF, the new. Grand Cen
tral terminal, which before it: is I'm
ished will cost nearly $70.o00,000, de-
prived thousands OF persons Of their
homes.
Nearly every new once building and
ufacturfng plant erected means. .
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16

Women of wealth and fashion in
New York are now personally lobbying
for the support. of legislative bills in
which they are interested. Whatever
may be individual opinion ON this de-
parture from established convention
there is no doubt conditions are cham
1ging and that the period Of transition
now Enthusiastically upon US is bound to
bring forth results leading to a marked
readjustment. Whether that readjust-
ment will be for the better or the
worse remains to be seen, but hope is
given by the fact that important move
ments of the present are in the main
morally and socially progressive. At
least the good sense OF the public may
be relied upon to check excesses in the
way of reforms.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16

JEW YORK.-Society-at least that
~ portion Of it seeking freedom from
CALLING marital bonds-has ordained
that Reno, New, is the proper tempo
rary abode in which to obtain a d.
vorce with the least possible amount
Of. publicity.
Mismated New Workers are hocking
there daily and dispatches from the
Nevada city say that If the influx from
all directions continues it will be nec-
essary to build more hotels, so great
Is the demand for one-year leases on
rooms and houses.
Sioux Falls, s. D., recently was de-
prived Of the divorce Industry by the
people of the state, who voted that
they had suffered enough from un-
pleasant notoriety. For few days
restless members of the four hundred
were In quandary, but their legal ad-
visers notified them that Nevada's
laws were the easiest ever framed.
Promptly Reno became the Mecca of
those having soul-mates, affinities or
chronic cases of "incompatibility of
temperament"
Mrs. Maturin L. Delafield, Jr., for
merly the beautiful Lettice Lee Sands,
will probably carry off the palm for
the first decree obtained by a member
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
New Mecca for Gotham Divorce Seekers

OF the New York smart set. She has
been resident of the mining state for
more than six months and on March
3 filed suit for absolute divorce. She
alleges desertion. t.
Her petition states that on April 1,
1907, while she and Mr. Delafleld were
living together at a hotel in Paris he
left her without notice and without
just cause. Mrs. Delafeld is. rich in
her own right and asks neither ALI
mony nor the costs of the divorce ac-
tton. Mr.. Delaf1eld still lives abroad.
Dispatches from Reno say that Mrs.
Delafield and a Mrs. Sands, presum-
ably her mother, care little for the
place and its people. They chafe un-
der the crude, democratic ways Of the
western mining town, and freely de-
clare they will rejoice when their time
is up and they are able to return to
New York.
Mrs. Delafield's most intimate friend
In Reno, the dispatches say, is Mrs.
Henry Spies Kip of 207 West Fifty
seventh street, who also Is seeking a
divorce. But she has not lived in
Nevada the required six months, and
she isn't there now, though the costli'
est suite of rooms in the Riverside
hotel Is allotted to her. She and a
companion, Mrs. Kinds, are speed
ing to New York for brief visit and
for a view of Fifth avenue and Broad
way before settling down, to the seri-
GUS task of staying it out-in Nevada.
Others are preparing for trips to the
western state, it is said, and good.
sized colony is promised in short
time.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
Bee and Ant,

In the matter of intelligence, as be.
tween the bee and the ant, both these
little creatures are 80 wonderful it rs
hard to say which is entitled to the
palm. If you have read Sir John
Lubbock's book on the doings of tho
bee and the ant, you are quite pre-
pared to remain in q state Of indeci-
sion regarding the question you have
propounded. However, II an answer
has to be given, it must be in favor Of
the bee. The mathematics Of the hon.
eycomb is as near perfect as can be.
quite up to that Of any human engin-
eering. The hexAgonal cell, cotnbin-
ing, az it does. the maximum OF
strength with the minimum Of sexpen,
diture of material, is precisely the one
that the inventors are now striving
for in the direction of the flying ma
chine.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
Cabinet Surely Is *|Possum Cabinet" Now

Franklin (MacVeagh)-"A substan-
tial householder" Such the secretary
of the treasury certainly is.
Jacob (Dickinson) n)-"A supplanter." !"
He supplanted Luke Wright.
George Won L. Meyer)-"A land.
holder; husbandman." This designa-
ton of the new secretary of the navy
applies also to George w. Wicker
sham, the new attorney general.
James (Wilson)-Same as Jacob.
Mr.. Wilson, however, has supplanted
none but himself for the last 12 years.
Frank (Hitchcock)-"Free." No ref
erence to government franking privi.
leges.
Richard (Ballinger)-"strong like a
ruler; powerful"-as BELTS a secretary
of the interior.
Charles (Nagel)-"Manly: noble.
spirited" None has yet denied pos
session Of that quality by the secre-
tary of commerce and labor.
Still other -searchers hunted up the
Christian names of the president and
ex-president, and found that William
means protector" and Theodore tho
gift of God.''
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
GGrI OW shall the prince be entertained

GgrI OW shall the prince be entertained
IL SO that his incognito may be pre-
served, without lessening his royal
dignity?"
This is the question that has caused
many fair brow in New York's high
est society circles to ruffle with per
plexity during the past few days.
And the versatile Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt is responsible for the whole
thing, as she has announced that
Prince Eitel Frederic, second son of
the kaiser, will visit Mr.. Vanderbilt
at the Newport villa next summer.
Now, since the visit of Prince Henry
and the ingratiating. Swedish prince,
American society folks have mastered
all the rules of etiquette concerning
the reception of royalty and now are
prepared to receive a king or czar
or any other ruler with home-like off,
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16

IT'S the "possum cabinet now," with.
/ out doubt.
The wit who invented that phrase,
after President Taft's exploits in the
south made the southern tree-climber
a sort Of national emblem, has re-
ceived the backing of Webster on top
of that of newspaper paragraphers.
A Washington man who has time
on his hands looked in the dictionary the
other day, and his eye fell upon the
word "philander." The meaning given
was "a South American opossum."
Thus has fate worked to give to the
secretary Of state his final credentials
for the Office.
Other searchers since have ex-
amined Webster, with the following
results; as regards cabinet members:
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
INVITING.

Recently two well-known Washing
ton society women making calls a.
rived at the house Of certain friend,
and, after ringing the bell, waited. No
answer: They rang again. and after
considerable delay the door vae
opened by the new cook, who asked:
"Phwat do you want?"
Upon being told Of the nature Of the
call, the girl replied: - -
"Oi! Stick yer cards between mo
teeth. Owe been making bread."-
Harper'S Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16

boys met the same fate as those who
tried to enforce discipline.
Finally a teacher was hired who
brought the boys to terms.
He arrived at the school several
days ago. At the first sign Of a dispo-
sition on the part of the pupils in his
charge to rebel he took summary meas
ures. The first boy who came into con-
dict with him was soundly thrashed,
and soon after several others shared
his fate. Discipline was restored, at
least during school hours.
For some reason which the county
authorities have yet been unable to dis
cover the boys who had been whipped
by the new teacher blamed Stintson
for their humiliation. Whether they
thought Stintson had aided the teacher
In quelling the revolt or whether he
had urged them to rebel and thus got
them their beatings is not known, but
1t 10 certain that the boys determined
to "get even" with him.
He was called from his home to join
some Of the boys on an excursion.
That was the last seen of him by his
parents until he was carried back to
his home unconscious.
From what the county officials have
been able to learn, the boys took him
to the schoolhouse. Here the hazing
began, and various expedients were re-
sorted to to torture the lad.
Finally the hazing that cost the boy
his life was resorted to. A saping that
stood near the schoolhouse was bent
down and rope fastened to it. The
other end Of the rope was tied around
the boys ankles and then the sapling
was released and the lad was left sus-
pended with his head q few inches
from the ground.
It 10 believed that the boys did not
intend to keep him in this position
long, but were frightened away in
some manner, and none of them dared
to return to release their victim.
While they were running away Stint.
son was making frantic struggle for
his life. With Ills hands he grasped
the trunk of the tree and tried to work
himself from the rope which held him
in a position in which he knew it
would be a. much as his life was
worth to remain. How long the strug.
gle lasted is not known, but when
found it is believed that the boy had
been hanging for some hours.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
Another Fake Nailed.

The manager of a big ostrich farm
In South Africa, now visiting relatives
In New Jersey, declared to me the
other day: I'm all my experience with
these birds have never seen one in
the act, of burying its head in the
sand. That familiar old story is a
fake, pure and simple" In some of
the school books are pictures of the
ostrich hunt, men racing wildly on
horseback after the plumed bipeds,
and such of the latter as are in danger
Of being run down are depicted with
their heads in the earth. Millions of
us were educated in the belief that
the ostrich really acted in this man.
ner, and remained perfectly still while
its richest plumes were being extract
ed. Another tradition gone wrong"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16

The ancient gold cup from which
King Edward drank to the health of
the city of Berlin has been engraved
with an inscription recording the dates
and the circumstances of the reception
and placed in the strong room of the
Rathaus, to be kept as a memento. Ed
ward VII. was the first foreign ruler
who has visited that municipal palace
on It's own behalf, and this ancient cup
Is to be treasured as the symbol of 4
new era in the history of Berlin.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
Plant Guides Over rexa. Pr.irie... :.

Plant Guides Over Texas Prairies..
There is plant which grows on
the vast Texas prairies which is AZ
good as q compass" said Harry NJ.
Topping Of Galveston, Tex. Down
that way it is a well known fact that
no matter what the weather, whether
rain, sunshine. frost, blizzard or gale
Of wind, this hardy plant turns it's
leaves and flowers to the north.
+ ,"Horsemen. travelling across the
prairies always consult this plant, de-
termine directions by it and follow
its instructions. always certain that
the plant will not mislead or deceive"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16

Fame 0aferred.

John LaFarge, for many years a cele-
orated mural painter, when he received
a medal Of honor from the 'Architec.
tural league Of New York, q few weeks
ago. accepted it with some reticence
OF thanks" "as he said In i spirit Of
pleasantry, rs coming rather late. His
years of work were almost past. lie
said, and recognition now was g useless
as a help to live, although had it been
accorded earlier : It would have
smoothed very toilsome road. A few
days previous to this presentation.
when Mr.: w. P. Firth, member Of the
Royal Academy, attained his ninetieth
birthday, it was noted that pictures he
mad sold In his early days. for a hun.
dred dollars afterward brought more
than $6,Oo0-of which, Of course, he re-.
ceiyed nothing. Another academician,
remarking on this fact, observed that
fame sometimes yields little practical
benefit to the one who winssft, to his
family. or to comrades he would gladly
aid, fMillet's "Angelus" was sold by
the painter for $500, but after Millet
became famous it changed hands six
times, always at an advance. and was
finally bought by an American for
]16o,OOo.. Yet its value, as work Of
art, was fixed when it left the easel.
SO the academician suggested that in
similar cases percentage of the ad.
vanced price should be paid to the
artists heirs, or II there were none, be
used by the state to PURCHASE; the pro-
auctions of living painters Anomalies
OF the "Angelus" variety are not con-
fined to any class of artists. Authors,
composers, inventors and all who exer-
else creative gifts are subject to the
experience shared by the painters, nor
'1s 1t easy to name practicable rem.
edy. All the more keenly, it may be,
says the Youths Companion, one feels
"the pity of it" that fame, or the re-
wards of fame, should come too late to
help genius to live: and one wishes
that, before expending vast sums for
"old masters" prospective purchasers
would try to satisfy themselves that no
new master is striving-and starving
within easy reach.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-16
Deafness Cannot Be Cuned

by local applications. they cannot reaeh the ds.
cure deafness. and that by constitutional renedes
Deafness Is caused by an innamed condition OF A.
tube is infamed you have Z rumbmg sound or im-
perfect hearing and when it H. entirely closed DEAF
taken out and this tube restored to it's normal cond
s.,t on' - bearing VI" be destroyed forever: nine cases
out an indamed condition OF the mucous Rrfacea
n We WI give Ono Hundred Dollars for any csse Of
Deameoe Caused By catarTh) that cannot be ctlred
by Halls Catarrh Cue. Send for cifcuars free. o~
=. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toieda O.
Take Halls Family Piis for constipation.