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The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

r HE latest bit of gossip which the
! social elect of Washington are now
excitedly discussing is an incident that
happened at the last Bachelors ger
man.
This winter, as everybody knows, at
the smartest balls and cotillons, it has
been the custom to set aside room
for bridge, wise and considerate in
novation, since a number of both men
and women who attend these functions
do not care to dance, especially the
chaperones, who are little enough con-
sidered.
Mrs. Longworth, always keen after
the latest fad, decided to institute this
practice at the Bachelors, and so at
the last german started a game Of
bridge. 1t seems some of the men on
the committee objected. Jerome Bona
parte, great-grandson of Jerome Bona
parte, king Of Westphalia, and there
fore great-grandnephew of Napoleon,
giving himself the royal airs. which he
occasionally assumes, approached Mrs.
Longworth and informed her, as 4
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
What the Mouth Denotes.

A certain philosopher declares that
woman is known by her mouth. Not
by. the words that issue therefrotn. 7bnt
by the shape and color Of the lips, and
the lines and dimples that gather about
this important feature. He is supporff
In his theory by physiognomists g
all endeavor to impress us with the
fact that no woman with the small red.
Tipped, "Cupid-bow'' mouth, so praised
In song and story, was ever intellectual
or generous Of heart: and it is consol-
Ing to those whose mouths are not in
accordance with the lines Of beauty
laid down by the poets to be told that
a wide, straight mouth, with strong
white teeth" denotes the woman of SUI
perior intelligence, goodness of heart,
strength Of mind and thousand and
one other sterling qualities, which we
all like to think we possess, says the
New York Weekly. 1t is the fashion
at present to hold the lips very slight
ly apart. This'is supposed to give that
innocent, wistful, wonderful expression
which was the peculiar property of
the heroines of old-fashtoned novels,
but which bicycle riding and kindred
modern amusements have caused to
vanish.
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any evidence were needed after
/ the spectacular administration just
ended that this is the era of the young
man glance into the careers of the
new solons who have succeeded to
the togas of the retiring senators
would dissipate all doubts. Some Of
the newcomers are among the most
picturesque who have come to that
august body In years. A good two
thirds achieved fame in their tender
years and are still young men in the
senate sense.
The new senator from Kentucky,
William O'Connell Bradley, is attract
ing much attention because he is the
great-grand-nephew of the great Irish
liberator, and his friends see many
of the legal talents of the immortal
Daniel revived. Bradley was in the
Union army at "A and had been ad-
mitted to the bar at 18. He fairly de-
voured books and mastered the stand
ard legal works without the aid Of
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
ONCE. WI MET HIS MATCH.
Chinese Diplomat outwitted by Amer,
can Railroad kinq.

The willy WI Ting Fang, the min
lister from China, whose frank and
penetrating questionings have made
him the Joy of newspaper men and the
bane Of the diplomat, for once met his
match In brief encounter with E. H.
Hartman, the railroad magnate. Mr..
WI opened on Mr.. Hartman with this
naive inquiry:
How did you get control Of all these
railroads? What did you do?"
y Mr.. Hartman smiled and replied:
Il can answer you best by a story
about prominent capitalist whom I
once met. He was summoned to court
as witness and was being questioned
rs to his personal affairs.
What is your salary?' asked the
court.
Nothing was the unexpected an.
swer.
"'Well, what is your income from all
sources, them continued the court.
"'NDthing,' maintained the witness.
"'What, do you mean to say you
have no income whatever
"'Yes.'
How much do you spend in q
year,?
"'About 100000 or So
II you have no income, yet spend
$4,000 a year, how do you do it?' was
the sharp rejoinder.
'Ah, was the response, that is my
secret '"-System.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
Wife Greets Morse Daily at Prison Door

p ELEASED from his cell in the
II Tombs that he may visit "such
places in the city of New York as the
reasonable transaction of his business
may require" Charles w. Morse, con-
victed banker, is greeted almost daily
at the prison door by Mrs. Morse, who
awaits with her electric brougham to
take him to Wall street. The order of
the court gives her daily opportunity
to see her husband without being sur
rounded by prison bars.
At his side when he steps from the
cell in the morning are United
States marshal and deputy. They are
as persistent as his shadow. Into the
automobile they climb with the banker
and they follow him to all his confer
ences with attorneys and creditors.
Mr.. Morse makes almost daily visits
to the Assets Realization Company Of
flee, where the affairs of the defunct
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
Many Old Faces Absent from Congress

WASHINGTON. - Twelve senators
W and Y representatives, who were
members of the last congress, were
absent when the Sixty-irst congress
assembled in special session.
The reelection of Mr.. Hopkins in
Illinois not having taken place up to
the present writing it is possible
that his failure of election will aug.
ment the number of senatorial alb.
sentees to 13.
OF the u representatives who re.
tired on March 4, one, Mr.. Hepburn
of Iowa, has served % years in con-
gress, and another, Mr.. Sherman of
New York, who is now vice-president,
has served 20 years in the house. Mr..
Cousins of Iowa and Delegate Smith of
Arizona served 1G years each, while
jenkins of Wisconsin, Cooper of
Texas, Overstreet of Indiana, Will
liams of Mississippi and Acheson OF
Pennsylvania each served IA years.
In years of service Senator Teller
of Colorado is the Nestor of the retir-
ing statesmen, having been elected
senator upon the admission of his
state to the union, taking his seat on
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
Choice Delecacies at Freak Dinner

ID RAVE men dined at the Hotel AS
ID tor the other night when the Ca
madam Camp club held it's annual din
ner. The ostrich, which does such gas
tronomic feats as eating nails and
glass, was made to look like a dys-
peptic. For the repast was one to
make epicureans all over the world sit
up and take notice.
Among the other choice delicacfes
prepared for the feast were three,
well-fed, sleek and round boa con-
strictors. Snake steak was on the bill
of fare, and those who dined on this
jungle relish say that it is surpassed
only by yearling python. Unfortunate
ly, the snake dealer was just out of
python, SO the diners had to put up
with the substitute.
" To show that they did not think
much Of the Darwinian theory and dis
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

Secretary Straus does not believe in
wrenching the contract labor law out
OF It's legitimate function of protecting
American labor. He has recently ad-
mitted to the United States a Cana
dian girl who desired to enter a train
Ing school for nurses. Because all the
girls who take the training course are
allowed small compensation, she was
at first denied admission, as contract
laborer. The secretary remarks that
training schools for nurses are among
the most humane of educational insti-
tutions, and the fact that certain work
Is required as a part of the training,
and certain compensation allowed for
1t, does not make the student con-
tract laborer.
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Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A, Miles.

we gave them no rest; and at last, like
the mustangs, they gave up in despair
and came ID and surrendered.
Capt. Leonard Wood, who has since
as general achieved such renown In
the Philippines and as governor of
Cuba. is d4seering of most of :. the
credit for the capture of Geronimo's
band. 1t was he who effected the sur
prise of the camp of Geronimo and
Natchez, on July 13, 1887, which event
ually led to the surrender. Capt. Law
ton is also entitled to praise for the
persistence with which he and his men
followed the Apaches and the di-
plomacy with which he arranged for
Gerontmo's surrender. 1t was he who
told me that Geronimo would sur
render only to me. I informed him
that did not want to go down to his
camp at Skeleton canyon and meet
Geronimo unless the Indians gave me
some assurance of their purpose to
surrender. I stated to him that the
best thing for them to do was to send
some hostage as a guarantee of their
intention. On receiving this message,
Geronimo sent his own brother to Fort
Bowie to remain there as a hostage.
Capt. Lawton informed me that this
hostage had started, so in considerat
tion of this fact, and In compliance
with Lawton's earnest appeal, I made
arrangements to start for his camp on
September 2. '',:. !:
Il must confess that l. went with
some forebodings, though l still had
hope that the promises of Geronimo
would be fulfilled. We reached the
camp Of Capt. Lawton, at Skeleton
canyon, on the evening of September
3, and soon Geronimo rode In and dis.
mounted. He was one of the br4eht:
est, most resolute, determined look:
Ing men that I have ever encountered:
He had the clearest, sharpest dark eye
I think have even seen, unless it was
that of Gen. Sherman when he was at
the prime Of life.
Il told Geronimo that I could not
tell positively what their future would
be, but that one thing was positive:
He must do whatever he was directed
to- do. He asseuted to this and said
he would bring his camp in early the
following morning. But, Natchez, who
was younger man and the hereditary
chief of the Apaches remained out.
Il then showed Geronimo the hello
stat and asked the operator to open
communication with Fort Bowie, IS
miles away. Geronimo said: If you
can talk with Fort Bowie do this. l
sent my brother to you there as a
guarantee Of my good faith. Nov: ten
me If my brother is all right
In a short time the answer, came
back that Geronimo's brother was
there, was we'll and waiting for him to
come. This struck the savage with
awe and he at once sent a warrior to
tell Natchez there was a power there
which he could not understand, and
to come in and come quick: In 4 few
hours Natchez came riding down from
the mountains with the band"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
Discover Submerged Rock.

In his book on Nautical Charts" G.
r., Putnam mentions hte recent dis
covery in Blue Hill bay, Maine, Of a
pinnacle rock, only six feet in dame
ter at it's top, and projecting within
seven feet Of the surface of the water,
which rises nearly eight feet. The
rock was discovered by means of a
wire drag. Its existence is mentioned
as an example of the difficulty, even in
well-known waters, Of making certain
that NO isolated rocks are lying in wait
for needless victims. .;.
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TAKING. ( GERONIMO
GEN. MILES TELLS HOW FAMOUS
INDIAN cHlEFWAs cAPTURED.
!. Net Savage on / III. ] Own Ground and
Took Him. az He Would Nue.
tano-Pursued Him for u !
Five Months. '''

<Washington.-Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
who captured Geronimo, the famous
Indian chief who died the other day,
after perhaps the most remarkable
Indian campaign ever waged, gave a
personal narrative, of that campaign
on hearing of the passing of the noted
warrior. The general expressed a
good deal of affection for the resource.
full aborigine.
In our campaign to capture Gero-
n1mo and his band, we pursued exactly
the tactics We used to employ in cap
turing wild horses on the plains. You
know a wild horse will not wander
more than Is or 20 miles from where
ne was foaled. The hunters, knowing
this, divide themselves into parties
and patrol the range where a band of
norses are found. No company of men
or horses could ride down a bunch of
mustanges. So it is arranged that one
party shall drive them till the horses
are exhausted and then another party
shall take up the chase, then another,
and so on, till the mustangs are worn
down and can be overtaken and
lassoed.
THAT was the way with Geronimo
and his band. l divided the territory
into districts, placing a small, per-
1ectly equipped party Of troops in each
district. Communication by heliograph
was maintained among the parties.
When the Indians were driven from
one district, the force in the territory
they entered was notified and took up
he chase; and so on. The result was
that though they kept us moving five
months and covered all Arizona and
went al far as 200 miles into Mexico.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
CONGENIAl WORK
And Strength to Perform Il.

A person in good health is likely
TO have genial disposition, ambition,
and enjoy work.
On the other hand, II the digestive
organs have been upset by wrong
food, work becomes drudgery.
Until recently" writes q Washing
ton girl, II was a railroad steuoe.
rapher, which means full work every
day.
Like many other girls alone in .
large city, lived at a boarding house.
For breakfast it was mush, greasy
meat, sogey cakes, black coffee, etc.
AFTER a few months Of this diet
used to feel sleepy and heavy in the
mornings. My work seemed a ter
rfble effort, and thought the work was
to blame-too arduous.
AT home l had heard my father
speak of a young fellow who went
long distances in the cold on Grapo.
Nuts and cream and nothing more for
breakfast.
Il concluded If it would tide Elm
over mornings heavy work, it N nlehk
neIp me, so on my way home on0
night I bought a package and next
morning had Grape-Nuts and milk
for breakfast.
Il stuck to Grape-Nuts, and 1, less
than two weeks l noticed improve
ment. can't just tell how well I
felt. but I remember I used to walk
the IL blocks to business and knew
bow good 1t was simply to live. -,
= "As to my work-well, did you ever
feel the delight OF having conxenial
work and the strength to perform It?
That's how felt. I truly believe
there's life and vigor in every Grain Of
Qrape.Nuts." -:
~ Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek; Mich. Read :::TheR Road to Wen.
Vile" in pkgs. There's q Reason
9 Ever FeaA ths abore Ietts1t "A -,
0oe oDDeofs ffoa t1nse to tiDe. IJSeY
er9 geoaaaes tr1eb aD4 l1u o1 hu6ao
oDt1400t, 90 Es ) 1'.;-,:s - - =. So,
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
BABY HORRIBLY BURNED
BY Boiling Grease-skin All Came or
One Side Of Face and Head
Thought Her Disfigured for Life.
Used Cuticura: No Scar Left.

my baby was sitting beside the
fender and we were preparing the
breakfast when the frying-p pan full Of
boiling grease was upset and it went all
over one side of her face and head.
Some one wiped the scald with a
towel, pulling the entire skin off. We
took her to a doctor. He tended her
a week and gave me some stuff to put
on. But it all festered and l thought
the baby was disfigured for life. I
used about three boxes of Cuticura
Ointment and it was wonderful how
it healed. In about five weeks 1t was
better and there wasn't a mark to tell
where the scald had been. Her skin
is just like velvet Mrs. Hare, 1,
Henry St., South Shields. Durham.
England, March %, 1908"
Potter Drug l. Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
EVIDENTLY HAD LOST IT.

Are you sure that was a correct
report about the gentleman at the
right of the chairman, Mr.. Scadds, be-
Ing born with a silver spoon in his
MOUTH" whispered one of the diners
to his nefghbor at a trade banquet in
a western town.
Most assuredly he was," replied
the interrogated party.
well, then," said the first speaker,
he must have lost it-and his fork
along with It. The only table imple-
ment I have noticed in his mouth
slnce We sat down to dine 10 his
knife" e."-Judge. - -
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Electricity pispels Foo.

All navigators will be Interested in
the news which comes from Liverpool
that Sir Oliver Lodge recently sue
ceeded in completely clearing away
for radius of so feet a thick fog by
means of electrical discharges. The
Marine Journal states that the Lodge
system consists of driving electricity
into fog-laden atmosphere at a very
high voltage from a series of disks
1T the tops Of poles. The current
acts directly upon the constituents of
the fog, the electric influence whirl-
ing these hither and thither, causing
them gradually to fall to the ground.
A test is soon to be made Of tie ap-
paratus in London.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

1t Is always gratifying to meet q
person who is contented with his lot.
For that reason it would be delightful
to make the acquaintance of the WON.
an who lately had the last word in a
brief suffragist controversy. The wri.
ter Of a suffragist communication in a
newspaper wrote, sadly, that woman
Ia nothing but female relative of a
man; the man is the noun, the woman
Is the proposition" well, what do
care?'' was the triumphant retort. "The
proposition governs the noun."
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

Among recently elected members to
Phi Beta Kappa, the society of picked
scholars, Is a Harvard student named
Tien Tin Chao of Tientsin, China. Two
Chinese, Mr.. Wen and Mr.. Chen, gradu-
ate this month from West Point, where
they have been, lin "a sense, guests OF
the United States. The students wko
are to come to America as beneficiarics
of the returned Boxer indemnity"
fund will find that their countrymen
have set them a high standard in
American colleges.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

German explorers are making inter-
esting discoveries on the supposed site
of ancient Jertcho,' hear the Dead sea.
having recently uncovered the city
wall, a structure built in three parts
a rock foundation, a body of rubble
and 4 top of clay bricks The wall as
whole was some thirty feet in height,
and although, like the wall that pre-.
ceded it, it might have fallen at the
sound of Joshua's trumpets, it appears
that an ordinary assailant would have
found it hard to pass.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

Do you chew gum? Certainly not!
Why ask the unnecessary question ?
But then, maybe you eat starch, which
New York authority says is a grow.
ing habit and one of the most deadly
of health destroyers. At all events,
young people are 80 nervous nowadays
they must chew something, and If not
gum, why then starch, which appeals
to vain girls who wish to be beautiful,
but it is a pernicious appetite when
once contracted. Like every such
habit, says the Boston Herald, it is the
result of a vacant mind. Feed the
mind with thoughts worth the think.
ing, and girls and boys will not care to
be gum chewers or starch eaters.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

The president rode 10s miles in II
hours last month to show the army OH.
cers what a man man not In training can !,
do. Six years earlier the general com.
manding the army rode 80 miles in
nine hours and ten minutes to show
what an officer at the retiring age
could do. There does not seem to be
much the matter with the endurance OF
either civilian or soldier.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

The Argentine government during
the last year has begun the develop;
ment of new petroleum field al
Comodoro Rivadavia, on the Bay OF
st. George, east coast of Patagonia
The first oil-bearing stratum was
found at depth of 1;770 feet, in cre1
taceous formation. The government
we'll yields 13 or IA tons of oil ped
day without pumping. The oil is dark
brown and very heavy, and seems es.
pecially adapted for fuel.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
Men Who Cheat ThemseIve.,

l have known employees actually to
work harder in scheming, shirking,
trying to keep from working hard In
the performance Of their duties, says
Orison SWEET Marden, in Success Mag.
azine. than they would have worked
If they had tried to do their best, and
had given the largest, the most liberal
service possible to their employers.
The hardest work in the world is that
which is grudgingly done. q
The youth who is always haggling
over the question of how many dollars
and cents he will sell his services for
little realizes how he is cheating him
self by not looking at the larger SAL
ary he can pay himself in increasing
his skill, in expanding his experience,
and in making himself better,
stronger, more useful man.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
Women Ask for Franchise

Mrs. E. s. Ffske, Mrs. H. Colby
Smith and Mrs. H. H. Pickett recently
appeared before the local government
ofncials in st. John, New Brunswick,
and asked that the franchise in provin-
cial affairs be given to women on the
same terms on which they now have it
in the municipal elections. The gov
eminent omciaMls M took the matter un-
der advisement ..
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

which, even II built under the new
law, doctors have said much of the
disease breeding goes on, will be done
away with. There will be no Railways
on the floors Of the buildings, direct
entrance being afforded to each apart.
ment from the stairway. -. :!
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

near Fort Pitt and presented to Adams
by his people in 1900, and a wampun
belt and a war bonnet which the Della
wares say has the same buffalo horns
that were on the war bonnet worn by
the head chief of the Delawares at the
signing of the treaty by Penn in 1852.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
Truthful Bessie.

There had been a lovers quarrel
and it was his first visit in two weeks.
Il guess you know there was a diff
ference between your sister and my
self?' he ventured, trying to pump the
little sister.
Eyes, indeed" responded the latter
without hesitation.
"Well-er-do you think Clara will
make up when she comes down."
Little Bessie leaned over nearer and
whispered:
"She ought to, Mr.. Bilkins. She 10
upstairs making up now"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

Mr.. E. A. Abbey, the artist, has Of
fered to present to the state Of Penn
sylvania ten panels to complete his
series of mural paintings in the capitol
at Harrisburg. The first Of the series
were paid for BY contract, but Mr..
Abbey's plan has grown since the con.
truct was made, and he cares more for
artistic completeness than for money.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

The trouble with this airshipy bust,
nssstis that it has too many ups aud
downs.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23

Whenever a college needs a presi.
dent almost anybody who amounts to
anything can get himself suggested
for the place. ''.:
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
Hts First Visit.

His First Visit.
The wide check of his suit and his
monocle proclaimed his nationality
from afar. His first American &C.
quaintance, met on the steamer, had
supplied him with an immense amount
of strange and wonderful information
about the United States.
And since you are an Englishman,"
1t was explained, "every store will at
once charge you from five to ten times
what they would ask an American"
"Eh! What?" said the Britisher,
aghast, and then with a look of great
cunning: But, my word! I shawn't
tell them, don't you know!"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-04-23
MADE HIM SIT UP.

Wifie-1'll make you sorry you ever
Quarre1ed with me!
Hubby-What will you do? Go home
to your mother. suppose?
Wifie-No: I'll bring mother here!