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The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

increased the powers of observation
Of every member of the family, and
now the plan finds a natural develop
ment in a scrapbook in which the
pick of the crop of stories Is jotted
down.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17
Your Guests.

If you can send guests away from
a gathering feeling that they have
talked we'll, they will be disposed in
that genial mood to concede conver.
sational merit toathe other participa:
tors.-A. G. Benson.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

about for sport on the mountains
during April, May and June and from
the 18th of September till the 1st of
November. Where else on earth
could q man keen on sport find such a
country? 80
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17
Doctrines That Satisfy.

The Christian religion; ;proclaims doc.
trines which satisfy the highest aspira-
ton of the human intellect and crafty
the legitimate cravings Of the human
heart. cardinal Gibbons, Roman Cath
olic, Baltimore. Md.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

'Tis better to love 70 hear than 70
loys to speak-lrvjnB IL. II. :. +. e &
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

He that does good works for praise
or q selfish end seils I'm iinestimable
Jewel for astrifle:- st. Gregory. T -
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

The Christmas waits of England, with their
"Cod rest you, merry gentlemen; let nothing
YOU dismay," soon established the precedent
that. wherever they chose to intone their car
OILS before door, that door must open to them
hospitably and a table must be furnished
forthwith with good things of the season for
their prompt refreshment.
But there were curmudgeons among them
then as there are now. Persons who happened
to have other pleasures on their hands, and
realizing keenly that the jovial waits came un-
in7ited. could not perceive why anyone should
ply reluctant host. The curmudgeons unques-
titnably had the right of it, but the carol sing.
er, many time burst in doors and wrecked
hose furnishings in their wrath at the re-
fu)al There was Christmas hold-up in grim
retlity.
iChristmas gift isn't altogether bad as it
islt altogether new. 1t is only a recrudescence
ofhn old, old custom by humanity whose ma
TUE, in the mass changes slowly.
Ind when it is all sifted down to it's es-
sefce, you are getting rather sincere compli-
malt-the same compliment his jongleurs paid
bob William the Conqueror, and his fellow-cit-
ize)s paid Dick Wilmington, who became lord
major of London.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

:: Defeat is q school in which truth
always grows strong.-ManninR.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

The man without purpose lives on
but enjoys not lne.-Mecklenburgh,
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

j, j, Mo- man haA aAasprqspes5ty.apshieh Z on
drm but stWotor three woFds seao dla.
hcarteu it.-EmerSoa. Ss.s~ @~
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

Mcnsy ista; good servant, but dan.
gerous ,maSter! er!-Bonhours.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

Some imagine that just life is one
spent in Judging other people.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17
Nothing is accomplished by those
who are afraid of overwork.

The worker who watches the clock
mover acquires the right to set it.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

Of all the old es'
tates of the wood
ed country.
Arlington now is
a sad enough place.
and the Christmas
feasting in the
house where Rob-
ert E. Lee married
Mary Custis is
but a memory. One
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17
Sentence SERMONS.

You cannot conquer any weakness
by coddling it.
It is easy to mistake being stuck
fast Tor being steadfast.
It is slow work curing the worlds
ills by preaching our isms.
Nothing is accomplished by those
who are afraid Of overwork.
= The worker who watches the clock
mover acquires the right to set it.
Some imagine that just life is one
spent in judging other people.
The man without purpose lives on
but enjoys not lfe.-Mecklenburgh.
Defeat is q school in which truth
always grows strong.-Manning.'
.Mcnsy ista; good servant, but a dan
gsrous >master.-Bonhours. .
- : - -..----.- - +. eya
'Tis better to love: to hea. than to
lsvs to speak-lrvins -. IL. +: &, &.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

It is slow work curing the worlds
ills by preaching our isms.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-17

through the slough OF slavery, which
was serfdom. in literal fact.
At any rate, the custom goes back
at least to the sweetest and most
touching of Yuletide doings in Eng.
land, the Christmas carol. That, too,
came first into being. when serfdom
was England's common law, when the
lord of castle and of keep was seren'
AIDED by his dependents, and, in his
munificent turn, gave them lordly lar.
gesse to drink his noble health.
But the beginning was not then.
Farther and farther back we must go,
carol and of the song of England
even back to days of the wandering
singers-the jongleurs and the min
strels, who came from Normandy with
conquering William, and were gentle-s
men adventures as independent as
you please, and very ferocious fight
ers in the bargain.
So the "Christmas gift" in the
course of the ages has had it's ups and
downs, ranging from the lordly accept
ance by a titled minstrel of plain yet
royal wages to the humble appeal of
the dependent serf, whose welfare was
at his overlord's will and pleasure
The spirit in which, at various periods.
it has been given and received was
really what determined it's social sig
nificance; and there have been times
when that spirit was precisely the
spirit of the most polite highwayman
who ever bade startled traveller stand
and deliver
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12
NEW USE FOR WHEELBARRoWs.
Mexican Indians Considered Them
ServiceabIe Only as stretchers.

Mrs. leila Nuttall, the archeologist,
was making some excavations in Mexi-
CO. The Indians were removing the
earth some distance from the point Of
excavation in the customary manner;
that Is, on piece of coarse cloth tied
between two poles, stretcher fashion,
carried by two Indians.
Tbs method seemed rather laborious
to Mrs. Nuttall; so she ordered sew
eral iron wheelbarrows from the city.
When they arrived she turned them
over to the foreman after explaining to
him what they were for and how to
use them.
Next DAY when she visited the work
the Indians had discarded their primi-
tive parihuelas and were using the
bright new wheelbarrows. AS each
barrow was filled with earth 1t was
picked up by two Indians, one using
the handles and the other the wheel.
and carried to the place where the
earth was to be deposited.
All efforts to get the Indians to use
the wheelbarrows properly failed, and
they kept on carrying them until the
work was finished.-Sunday Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12
The Tabard Inn,

The Tabard inn was an ancient inn.
formerly situated in Southwark, Lon.
don, the traditional hostelry where
Chaucer and the other pilgrims met.
and with their host discoursed about
the manner of their journey to Can
terbury, The buildings of Chaucer's
time have disappeared, but were
standing in 1902. The oldest now re-
naming is of the age of Elizabeth,
end the most interesting portion is a
stone colored wooden gallery, in front
of which is the picture of the Canter-
bury pilgrimage, said to have been
painted by Blake. Instead of the an.
cient sign of the Tabard, the ignorant
landlord put up about the year 1876
the sign of Talbot, which it now bears
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12
Blue STOCKINGS.

About 1871 it was the fashion for
several ladies to gather at evening
assemblies, where they might partici-
pate in conversation with literary and
ingenious men. One of the most emf
nent members of these societies, when
they first commenced was Mr. Still
ingfeet grandson of the bishop
whose dress was remarkably grave
with the exception of the blue stock
fngs be always wore. His converse
ton was so excellent that his absence
was greatly felt, wherein they would
gay that they could do nothing with
out "Blue-stockings," and thus the
title was established A French for
eigner translated the words to the
French and called Bas-Bleu a gather
ing of brilliant friends who meet to
talk, giving no thought of dress.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12
HIS TERRIFIC Waste OF TIME.
Awful Shock to Man Who for Years
Had Written Extra Letter.

Perhaps as severe a small shock
as l ever got" said a man who Is
careful of his time Struck me the
other day when | discovered that
for many years had been mis-
spelling a certain word by the In
Production of an additional letter
It wasn't the misspelling of the
I'D that disturbed me, 1t was the
fact that misspelling it as | had done
1 had wasted so much time In writing
It. But now l have begun to get back
the time lost.
81 have selected a word that find
| frequently use, word from which
one letter can be eliminated without
lmpairing its significance or its appeal
to the eye. and from that word in writ
Ing | am now emitting that one let
ter
AS figure 1t, in about II years, by
leaving out letter from this word, l
shall gain about as much time as
have lost by adding a letter to that
other word. | shall square the ac-
count and then | shall feel easier.
!. thine is the most valuable thing
we have. and hate to waste It"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12
Commemorate Noted Woman

In a celebration at Cambridge Eng
IN the interest of woman suffraee
nere were number of beautiful and
suggestive banners. One bore tho
word "Radium" and the name of Nine
Curie, On another was a delicate
Madonna lily on a mauve ground and
the name of st. Catherine of sienna
o'ner banners commemorated st. Te-
resa' katherine Barlass, George Eliot.
onariotte Bronte, Elizabeth Fry, Edith
Pechy Phipson, pioneer in the medi-
cal profession; Mary Wolleroncroft
Florence Nightingale, Josephine But.
ler Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Mary
Someryille. Susan b. Anthony. lydia
Becker and many others. There was
also the flag of the women graduates
Of Cambridge
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12
A New Meat.

"a new meat has appeared" said a
Boston chef. 1T has the rich sweet
ness of beef and the nutty zest of
game. think it will succeed.
This new meat comes from Scot
land 1t is cross between beef and
buffalo. Near Sterling there is a herd
of bison that has been crossed with
Highland castle, giving to the world an
animal with a new flavor.
I'VE imported some of the meat, and
1t figures on our menu as bibeef-
bison beef-see? Try bibeef steak
the next time you lunch here. Dear
No. Two dollars a portion, is ALL"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12
Proceedings Of The Board
Of County Commissioners
WHITMAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON.
Official Publication)

Pursuant to adjournment. the Board
of County Commissioners of the Coun-
ty of Whitman and State of Washing
ton. met the 1st day of March 1909,
members present.
J. h. Ruply, Chairman, W. C.
Mccoy and Samuel Ellis, County Com
missioners:
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12
Not Quite the Same.

1.-THE feat of the rider in the old
tournament who endorsed his oppon'
ent In the lists was like our great mod.
ern holiday"
"In what way?"
wasn't It taking night ont"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12
rwo Years Past Century Mark.

Mrs. Louise Waterman Carpenter u
Brookline, Mass, has just passed her
northumberland birthday. She
was born at Warwick, r. l., and is
direct descendant of Roger Williams.
She is In good health and active
enough to get about unassisted, and
until three years ago felt no need for
glasses.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12

Road District Claims Allowed,
Roam DIcTpTCT No

Change i'll William Make Road ................. 7
Change in the Revere road ..................... .
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12

Inc application Of Carr Waller sets
forh that he was not allowed the law
ful exemption for the year 1908 and
asks that the same be allowed him.
Granted.
The following persons having been
appointed Field Deputies by the eoun-
ty assessor, the appointments were
approved by the board:
John T. Baken. Lacrosse. E. l..
Bradley, Sprague, Geo w. Case, St.
John; o. p. Galif. Pennington /;
Frank Hooper, Johnson. r. Miller,
Thornton; G. w. Penn, Elberton; ia
cob Schosnberg, Uniontown: f. C.
Taylor. Colfax: N. b. Welton, Tekoa /;
John w. Baylor. Colfax; VIM. Book.
Wilcox; T. P. Campbell Oakesdae /:
r. G. Elder, Garfield; F. A. Metz,
Colfax; j. H. Morris. Pullman; Ar
thur Shindler, Rosalia; Geo. II. Ross,
Palouse; Carson w. Taylor, Pullman.
At this time an allowance of SIS
per month for three months was made
for the relief of Mrs, Francis Long of
Cotton.
At this time an allowance of $40
per month for three months was made
for the relief of Mrs. H. E. Brad
shaw of Colfax.
At this time an allowance of $l5
per month was made for the relief of
Mrs. Edward r. Edmonds of Tekoa.
This allowance was made on petition
of number of citizen of Tekoa.
At this time the auditor submitted
his report on the expenditure of an APP
preparation of 5000 Cor the Current
Expense Fund of his Office made on
the 2lst day of December, 1908. The
report was approved.
An appropriation of 5000 is now
made to defray the current expense of
the Auditors Office and the auditor is
directed to draw a warrant for the
same.
At this time Ray and Williams
made application for license to con-
duct pool room at 1axas City. bond
having been filed for proper conduct
of the same the license was granted.
Coming on at this time is he peti-
tion of Effie o. Richardson and Others
fer the vacation of certain streets in
the Ringers addition to Pullman il
being shown that the matters required
by law in such cases had been COM
piled with. the petition is granted
and the streets ordered vacated
The auditor was ordered to adver-
Use for bids for the construction of a
steel bridge across Pine Creek at NAL
den, bridge to be la feet long, set or
tubular piers; bids for same to be
opened April 5, 1909, at 90 o'clocl,
pm.
The report of r. A. Cox, superin-
tendent of the poor farm for the month
of February 1909 was approved.
Expense for the month was $l86 81
The auditors certified list of salaries
for the month of February 1909 wa:
approved by the board.
Auctioneer Licenses were granted
to II. E. Ash of Colfax and Georg
l.. Reid of Sprague.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12

FOR SALE:-Halfi interest in Haines
Houser combined harvester, and five
head of good mules, three and FIVE
years of age. Enquire of G. w. Met
calf.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12
State of Washington, GO
County of Whitman.

|, VIM. M. Duncan, County Auditor oil
Whitman County, Washington, do here
by certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct abstract ofthe proceedings Of
the Board of County Commissioners of
said County and State held February
18th 1909, as 1 verify believe.
In witness whereof | have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my official seal
this 10 day OF February, 1909, A. d.
WIN NJ. DUNCAN, County Auditor
and ex-ofIico Clerk of the BOARD
of County Commissioners OF Whit
man County, Washington.
By D. l.. Kemper, Deputy.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12
ROAD MATTERS


Petitions and Bonds having been
filed orders for examinations in the
following proposed roads. were made;
Whitman change in Donahue road.
Muir road.
NesbitJt change.
Colyar road.
Strachan road.
Daily change in Olson road.
o. B. Smith road.
The surveyor having submitted his
report on an proposed change in the
Williams Mackie road a hearing was
set on the 4th day of May 1909, at
2 100 O'Clock p. m.
The hearing of the Sever road was
continued to May 5. 1909, at 200
O'Clock p. m.
The hearing on the Huber brothers
road was continued to April 7. 1909,
at 8 100 o'clock p. m.
The hearing on the Jones and
Peterson road was continued to April
s, 1909. at 3 90 pm.
The hearing on the Adam Weitz
road was continued to May a, 1909,
at 3 90 O'Clock p. m.
The Chicago, Milaukee and st. Paul
Ry. Co. of the State of Washington
having petitioned for a change in the
county road located in the N. E.
quarter Of Section II, Township 20,
Range A and also asked for vacation
of short piece Of County road al
ready established in the same section
township and range and having decided
to the County the ground over which
the proposed change is proposed to
pass and having graded the proposed
change and put it in condition for
travel, it is ordered by the Board that
the proposed change established and
that part of the old road in question
be vacated.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-03-12
Road and Bridge Claims Allowed.

Babcock, Frank B, damage on road ...... 100 90
Bodine, a, filling approaches....... ........ 25 90
Buff, l. F, repairing grader.................. 20 90
Drefus, Simon & Co, supplies for road $50. II O0
Janney, w fixing bridg e. GO
Murray, T. {, surveying .... 10 40
McCaw, John NJ, expense as co. Eng........ 5 80
Nxdorff, j. freight culverts-........... 272 Ga
Potlatch Lumber Co, lumber ............... 10 30
Potlatch Lumber Co., lumber .................. SC
PotlatCh Lumber Co., umber................ u 10
PotlatCh Lumber Co, lumber ........,........ rs
Standard Lumber Co., lumber.............. 50
st John Hardware Co, road supplies........ 2 40
Taggart B & Co. road supples.......... 20 25
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
WAGE OPERA WAR,
HOUSE FOR CHICAGO
HammerStein May Build
Million-Dollar Affair-MuSt
Have Guarantee.

CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. l5.-War to fin
ish is said to have been declared be-
tkeen the Manhattan opera Company Of
oscar Hammerstein and the Metropolis
tan Opera Company, and as a step to-
ward waging his end of the battle Mr.
Hammerstein has announced HIS inten-
zion to build a 81 900 600 theater in Chi
eago, as a permanent home for grand
opera.
The Manhattan opera man has attach
ed an IF in his proposition. His con-
dition is that Chicago must guarantee a
100000 loan on the new property If it
should be needed.
Well-knOwn women Of means in Chi
cago are said 10 be counted upon to fur
nish the nucleus Of the fund Among
the possible contributors are Mrs Har-
old F. Mccormick Mrs Potter Palmer.
Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs George NJ.
Pullman. and Mrs. J. Ogden Armour.
Those who are interested declare their
confidence that the necessary amount
can be obtained and that the first con-
tracts for the construction of the the
ater Mr. IiammerStein proposes TO build
may be let within thirty days.
The operate clash grew out of the
loan of Zenatello aast season to take
the place of CarusO in Chicago. Ham
mersteln asked no money for the tenor.
but obtained signed promise from Otto
kann TO extend in return any courtesy
desired -
When Hammerstein found that Kahn
mad secured a contract with the Audi
forum management which prevented
hls company from coming here he pre-
scented the written promise and demand
cd a part or the season for his singers.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
EVENING. AUGUST Is. 1903
POLITICAL PASSING OF BEN
DANIEL.

Too little attention has been given
to the fact that the political passing of
the picturesque Ben Daniel has lately
eventuated. It is but a little while
since Ben was one of the most frequent
and most welcome of the White House
visitors. Now ne is out in a cold, cold
world, forced to earn a living like other
folks.
Some there be who viii grieve .over
Ben's fate, and some there be who viii
take another view. Anyhow, Ben is no
more the United States marshal for
Arizona. President Taft has signed the
commission of Charles A. Overlook as
his successor Ben was one OF the
Rough Riders. He owed his appoint
ment to this fact. He knew the art
Of gun play as well as that other emf
nent artist in that line, Bat Masterson.
He has long been one of the picturesque
figures of the Southwest. His going is
an indication Of the fact that the Rough
Riders viii have no more standing than
other people with the new Administra-
ton
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
For Goodness Sake--Dont!

Don't bore stay away
n the future r. X
have a piano n own house:
Don't YOU been
nted a bill Of credit J
Don't o happy married men
Dom a you'll ont meet
do 10 ad
plar is to shut always p
DON'T think the only BELLE you sght
Don't tel the girls they look soo5;o you in their ob..Dn gown. Won
gain lying.
when SOME trying to tel something
Don't all the give the babies
FATHER
DON'T chew n a public place
Don. in the box on a A. wait
andq
every day Ohayes hobby habit
n
mails DontEd The Times, Washington d.. G.
The Washington times., 1909-08-15
THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.

1t is becoming more and more APP
parent that the States below the Mason
and Dixon line have entered upon an
era of prosperity which seems destined
to grow to such proportions that within
a comparatively short time it will come
to be recognized as an industrial center
with which It's sister States in the
North will have to reckon.
The reiuyenation Of the South has
long been delayed. To those who gave
their untiring efforts in its upbuilding
it seemed as though that section of the
country might never come into that
degree of prosperity which, in the
nature Of things, rightfulIy belonged to
il. For many years the effects of the
Civil War were felt, and it seemed as
though that section of the country was
destined to lag behind the more ener-
petic States of the North There Is
every indication, however, that new
energy has been instilled into that
country. Industries are springing up
everywhere, giving employment to the
old residents and inviting immigration.
Already the South is coming into its
own in the textile industry. New Eng
land no longer produces alb Of the cot
ton goods for the nation; in fact the
statistics at hand disclose the interest
ing fact that textile operatives who for
merly worked in the mills at Fall River
are finding profitable employment in
the same line Of work in the South. The
possibilities for future development in
this industry alone are so great that
it is not at all improbable that the
day viii come when the South will sup
plant New England Is the textile center
of the United States The raw ma
terial being so close at hand the mills
are saved the expense of long railroad
hauls There is no difficulty in find
ing operatives TO work the looms, aud
there is no dearth of laborers.
Within the past few years there has
been an infusion of new blood, thanks
to the efforts of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor in sending into
that country immigrants vino are bent
on taking advantage of the agricultural
possibilities, and most important Of all