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"What do YOU consider the greatest
evidence of S'a'csGaanship." asked the
civil Scrvicc examiner.
"Ablity to get an Office sn,l hold it,"
promptly replied the applicant.-Chi-
cage Post,
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Followed the Doctor. As,,e.

Justice-What have you to say in an
sWer to the charge Of stealing that
mans plank walk?
The Accused-I took it by advice of
my physician. yer honor, He told me
to take long walk every day, This
was the hrst long walk | saw to-day.
and. Of course, took it.-Boston Tran
script
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What YOU want is not temporary reliei
f,om piles but cure to stay cured. De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve cures piles,
and they stay cured. For sale by Chas.
l. Gilbert.
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The Proper Proportion,

Yeast Half the world don't know
how the other half live.
Nrim>onh-It- lss: | guess that 10
about the proportion that mind their
own buxiness.--l oullers Statesman.
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Money 20 loan on easy terms and an
ao- 'iu :. definite contract in any amount
b, NJ. Eubanks. agent Tor the Fidelity
Savings Association OF Denver. at
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HUDYAN REMEDY COMPANY,
Cripple Creek !. ls.s, s~r,,

BY the I'll Gomez" train. OF "The Colo.
rado Road" the standard suage Sleep
ing car route between the metropolis
and Colorado's famous gold camp. City
ticket office. ,7th and Curtis streets.
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an xed.

She used to be so dainty.
Ere she became his wife:
To-day she sits before him
And eats things with her knife.
Chicago DatiN News
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his llestro.

McLuhh"rtN tannoyed BY HE sons
noiscl Moikcy'
liuu, NiIr Sorr.
Mrla,Da.r,N oi want to hear YOU
kapr pr'.,ci soirnce for dhc nix, tin
minutes. ,ua, TO sec how ut win sound,
ID yct moina No,s-N. y World.
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HYSTEBIH

4 purely 9 nervous disorder and all The
symDtoms are Of nervous origin. HysteriA
can be perfectly nd permanently CURED.
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Expert CritIclam

God mad" Tho 0oui,try." hut the m>n
Who hauai' lt, and paste
Appear SO 'i.rk iherc WAS lack
OF 4 coz ,.ivg taste
brooklyn Life,
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Colorado spring
Is best served by THE Colorado Road.
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HcoNoxy, NOT ATHLETICS.

"Whv are YOU taking such violent
exer,,>cs"
"JuS, reducing my weight little.
so's | can wear last years clothes."-
Chicago Inter Ocean
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Cut k.t,.-s..>>I

Cut kstes- ~ ssnA Csas>.
Spokane. Seattle and Portland sag.
Calitornia common points ga.
T. E. Ciller, Agent.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-02

- wish you had not opened out
on the cowmen until had finish
ed my business with them said a
gentlemen the other day who has
been trying to see some Of them.
"They can't concentrate their
minds on any other subject than
the SHINING they have b en- get
ting" We can't always wait.
These fellows have been let alone
50 long they had come to think
they not only owned the cattle
and grass, but the town.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-02
QUEER TALE OF ARCTIC SEAS.
A shin THAT IEad Deen IceDound for
Fifty Years Drifts Into the
Harbor OF Corvo

One Of the most curious finds ever
made from the sea was that which came
to the Azores ia 1858. The island Of
Coryo was then in possession OF two
beach-combers, runaway English sail
ors. There came drifting into a little
harbor one morning a craft which Lad
evidently been frozen in the ice for a
lifetime, and had lately been released.
1t had come down from Davis strait,
and was an ancient and battered hulk
without masts. hulwarks. or name. The
craft had been a brig, and she was q Rus
sian. Her matches were on and her
cabin doors fast, and the hulk was buoy
ant. she had eolne out Of the belly Of
an iceberg. She had little cargo, and
that consisted of skins and furs IL prime
condition. No papers were found in
her cabin, but It was figured thar she
was n sealer or trader. carrying a crew
Of ten or twelve, and that she had been
provisioned for a year. The -four found
aboard tasted like chalk, but the beef
was perhaps better than the day it was
put on board. She bad been abandoned
when frozen IT., and the dark color of
the woodwork and the growth of moss
proved That she bad drifted for years.
Then she got fast in the ice, and be-
came part Of a berg.
The date of a letter found in her fore
castle showed that she bad beer aban-
doned nearly half q century before.
The hulk drifted on TO a sandy beach,
and the combers went to work on her.
They got out the furs, which brought
them $4,000, hojsted out a couple of bar
rels of beef, and then set fire to the
wreck, and little remained of her when
the story leaked out. That the hulk
had come down from the far north was
proved only a few weeks later by the
log of an English merchantmen. She
reported passing q great iceberg to the
northwest of the Azores, and of seeing
a curious object Embedded in ii so feet
above the surface Of the water. This
object was believed 60 be a whale, but II
was probably the hull of the brig. Get
ting down into the warm seas. the berg
fell 10 pieces, and that queer old relic
found herself ahoat ngain.-N. Y. Sun.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-02

A south Carolina Magistrate Who
Performed His own Wedding Ger
emony without Outside Help.

John G. Thomson, ~ years OF age,
of Sunmerville, s.. c., is probably the
first and only man who has OBLIGATED
at his W marriage service. Mr.. Ihom-
ason recognizes that he has done some
thing remarkable and worthy OF notce
and he tells of the performance.
Some people will recall Mr.. Thorn
ason's recital of his alleged desertion
by his wife, who carried several OF his
children with her and was cruel enough
to leave word with him that he was
not the father Of the children. Mr..
Thomson ~endeavored vainly to find
his truant wife, but, not being able 10
do 50, concluded to have nothing more
to do with her and at the last session
Of the legislature he petitioned for o
divorce, which was granted, of course.
Mr.. Thomson was not feazed In the
slightest. He said he wanted a wife,
and he Immediately began to try to
get one. He found several girls whom
he thought he could love and finally
he centered all his affections upon one,
Miss Emily Alice Lamb, who resided
about seven miles from Summerville.
She agreed to marry him and arrange
ments for the marriage were immedi-
ately begun.
Mr.. Thomason said that the magis-
trates and ministers had frequently
expressed their sympathy for him and
their willingness to officiate when he
got a girl who would be willing to
marry him, but when he finally pro-
duced her they all funked and would
not perform the ceremony. Mr.. Ihom-
ason was again not to be outdone, SO
he decided to officiate at his OWL mar
rage. He secured a number of wit
nesses for the appointed time, which
was on the afternoon Of April 20. Miss
Lamb was present, and when the time
came he said he called her and told her
to stand on mis- left. He then read the
service and at the proper place took
her hand. He made his own responses,
and at the conclusion he told the gath
ering that lie and Miss Lamb were now
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomson, and they were
accordingly congratulated.
Mr.. Thomson said that he has been
marrying people for 25 years and he
saw no reason why he should not mar
ry himself. He says that he has dis
carded his former wife, who deserted
him last summer, and he lives happily
with bis present wife, who, by the way
is the third woman to WHOM he says
he has been married.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-02
Almost Wronged.

"Prisoner,n said the police mag
istrate, twenty-five witnesses
have sworn that you ran through
the streets without proper cloth
ing upon you; that you struck a
young lady and knocked her
down; that you set fire to three
houses and a barn; that you shot
at two men and tried to stab an
other; that you drove your wife
and children from home with a
club and compelled them to re-
main out in the rain all night;
that you yelled like a hyena for
eight hours at a stretch, making
strong men weep and soaring
women and children into fits, and
that you destroyed the beautiful
figures upon u public fountain
by hammering them with a sledge.
Have you anything to say in your
defense?D
"Judge,n the prisoner replied;
81 admit that all them accusations
is true. I"
"Hahw the court exclaimed,
YOU did all that? Then | shall
take pleasure in sentencing you
to receive the full punishment pro-
cided by law. Hanging is too
good for such a oespicable wretch
as you admit that"
"But," the low-browed person
at the bar interrupted, "will your
honor please let me explain why
I done it? L"
"There can be no explanation"
the Judge answered in the severest
tones at his command. "You are
too low, too contemplate for any
consideration whatever. / SEN
tence you
"But, judge yelled the prison
err. 81 was drunk when I done it."
nOhw the magistrate replied.
@yvhy didn't you explain that at
the beginning. I beg your pardon
for the harsh things I have said to
Won. Clerk, call the next case.
This gentleman is discharged"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-02

The TT. Gibson Post is author
ity for the statement that Will
Canup is a candidate for clerk Of
the council or "clerkship in the
council That's what Canup
most needs.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-02

General Funston is now going
into the libel suit business, Arch
bishop Ireland being defendant.
The general was charged by the
archbishop with looting Catholic
churches ia the Philippines.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-02

Muskogee is "guying' South
town because, owing to the prev
alence Of smallpox, the Forepaugh-
Sells circus has Cancelled its dates.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-02

Another medical association is
to b. organized in the Indian Ter
ritory--next Monday at Provence.
This is not an examining board.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-02

Cassidy-so you are glad 10 get back
from your trip to Oirleland?
CoFtigan-Oi am. Shure, an Oirish-
man is thought no more Of there man
ANYBODY eIsef-puck.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-02

Paris, Texas, has petitioned
Judge Bryant not to convene U. >.
court because Of the prevalence Of
smallpox in the Choctaw nation.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-02
uLooks Deceptive.

she-"What a little mouth your
Young friend has. 1t doesg't look
LARGE enough to hold a tongue"
He-It doesn't. From Tit
Bits.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-02

A bridegroom has 10 be worth at least
$4,000 to be Of as much interest to peo-
pie as his brides $50 rown-Atchis9n
Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
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The Photo Flattered

According to the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, the evil of having pretty" pho
tographs Is growing, and is becoming a
decided nuisance.
There is at least one young man in
town who Is ready to denOunce the GUS
tom foreyermOre, and it happened this
way.
One evening he went to see a young
lady whom he liked very much, indeed.
She was bright, she was jolly, she was
pleasant in every way, but she was not
pretty.
However, he did not mind that, and
unlucky night when he spied upon the
muntelpiecc new photograph in a brand
new Florentine frame.
1t was the picture of bright, saucy-
looking girl, with big. appealing eyes and
waving hair, and it interested the young
man Immediately.
who is it?'' he asked, going up in
front of the picture, mighty pretty girl,
but don't believe know her. Wish
did. Won't you introduce us?''
He was going on, but suddenly became
aware Of certain frigidity in the at
mosphere and stopped. "Wh-wh-why,
what's the matterY' he questioned, be-
cause the girl looked wrathful, and yet
ready to cry.
That picture" she exclaimed with a
slight explosion, lis new picture that I
have just had taken Of myself"
The young man looked from her to it
and then sank weakly down.
And he has not yet succeeded in MAX
ing her believe that 1t was all a joke;
and he really recognized her. That girl
may not be pretty, but neither is she
slow
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Hens Becom ing Crop Bound.

Although the hen has no teeth and
cannot chew it's food. there is the same
necessity, and possibly greater, for it TO
eat slowly that there is for animals that
depend ON mastication to fit food for
digestion, says the Practical Farmer
The hen is obliged to swallow grain
whole, as it has no way to break it up
before it enters. the gizzard. There it
is ground among the pebbles which will
always be found in healthy birds giz-
gard. which is a collection of extremely
powerful muscles. The gizzard also fur
nishes a most effective digestive agent
called ingluvin, and which has several
times as much digestive power as pep
sin prepared from the stomach of the
calf or the pig. Many people, whose di-
gestion is weak prefer ingluvin to pep
sin to aid the change of their food into
blood and flesh. So long as food comes
to the fowls stomach only moderately
fast there is not much danger that the
stomach will be crop bound. Instinct
teaches the hen to stratch while she is
eat;ng. She will do so if placed before
q heap Of whole. grain, and also if she
has chicks, stop .eating long enough to
clnck and coll them to it. 1t is not
often that fowls sbecome crop bound on
grain unless cut. clover il also largely
eaten at the saiilsstime. The weight snd
sDltdity Of the ,A}ain mhkes aosIastltita9
Tor the. eissaFd rs work on, ai,d III Sdt.3
hAs toltfty eBstsh so hee totsl6 1li461i,.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Between Six and Seven.

A case was being tried in court, and
the particular question at issue was the
number of persons present when GER
tain event occurred. An honest but SIM
ple-minded German was in the witness
box.
He had never taken an oath before,
and was not little disconnected. The
lawyer who conducted the cross-exam-
ination saw his opportunity, and bad
gered him with questions, after the man
ner of his kind.
How many did you say there were
PRESENT. he shouted, bringing his fist
down upon the table as though the fate
of empires trembled in the balance.
'Nell,' meekly answered the witness,
"off course l gould not chust say, but
drinks dere vas between six und sefen.''
Tell the jury what you mean by that, "
roared the lawyer. How could there
be between six and seven? Were there
six or were there seven?'
"Vell," answered the witness, maybe
| vas wrong. There vas more as six,
but dere vas not so much as sefen. One
vas ferry leetle boy.'-Grccn Bag.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Early Matching.

The object in Matching early is not only
to have the chicks of proper size to be
sold as soon as. the demand begins, but
also to make up for any deficiency in
growth, as one-pound chicks are usually
in demand when the broilers Tor spring
chickens) first come in. Another point
is that the work is usually done in win
ter, and will not interfere with other or-
erations, which in one respect really less
ems the cost, as many persons are often
idle during that time. What is it. that
causes the prices of chicks to be 80 high
1t is the care and work required to hatcl,
and raise them, so you must consider
that this attention, which the consumers
are willing to pay for, must be bestowed.
1t does not cost over cents a pound Of
meat in the shape of broilers, and yet
the prices have reached so cents a pound,
or ten times the cost; but this is what
the producer obtains for his labor
Farm and Fireside.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
NUNS the Word,

A queer telegraphic correspondence
was carried Oh recently between the cap
itals of Saxony, Bohemia and Russia.
Somebody or other in Dresden had a
maiden aunt who was taken sick and
died in hospital at Prague while OH
her way to Vienna. The nephew was
notified, and he telegraphed to the
Prague hospital authorities to send the
body to Dresden for entombment in the
family vault. When the coffin on it's ar.
rival was opened it was found to con-
tain not the body of the aunt, but that
of uniformed and bedizened Russian
general. Immediately the nephew wired
to Prague:
mo dead aunt, but Russian general.
Where dead aunt?"
From Prague came the reply:
IF dead aunt not arrived, then Peters
burg"
The next telegram went to the railway
authorities at St. Petersburg, and read:
What do with dead Russian general
Where is dead aunt?'
And from St. Petersburg was received
the characteristic reply:
BURY general in all silence. Aunt just
buried here with highest military hon
ors. William j. Tucker, Vienna, De-
camhor 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Her Father was "GOOd. ,

There was silence for q moment.
+ Presently she spoke, and the tone of
voice she elected to use was tremulouS
and pleading.
"Gustavius, dearest, do-do you ever
drink p
Reluctantly he admitted that there were
occasions when he glanced carelessly
upon the wine when it was ready.
"Ah! dearest she continued, with anx.
iety depicted on her lovely features,
what do you suppose papa would say if
he should discover that his only daugh-
ter's future husband drankY'
'He discovered it yesterday afternoon
responded Gustavius, with some of the
same old reluctance.
''Oh, and what did he say?' she in
quired breathlessly.
He said'-the manly young fellow
voice trembled-"he said, We'll, Gus
tavius, my boy, l don't care if l do.
Mines; the same, with just dash of bit
ters.'"
There was silence for a moment-possi-
bly, two Observation-Disclosures American
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Gladstone and Mutton Pies,

Mr.. Gladstone, it appears, had nice
taste in hot mutton pies. One of the
Wesleyan journals recalls a conversation
which r.. w. Perks had with Mr.. Glad.
stone at a public dinner in London, when
the ex-prenlier asked all sorts of ques-
tons OH matters pertaining to Metho-
dism. A man who happened to sit ex-
actly opposite, wishing to divert the con-
versation into another channel, asked
DO you know Chester, Mr.. Gladstone? o.
Eyes, little was the answer, an omin-
GUS smile playing about the mouth. do
you know Chester, Mr.. --?' 'Not very
WELL said the unwary questioner.
"Well, if you go to the city of Chester
you. will find a confectioner's shop in
such a street." giving the number. eco
into that shop, and you can buy hot
mutton pie, deliciously hot land here Mr.
Gladstone screwed up his eyes, and his
face beamed with delight as he recalled
the taste and smell of those savory pies),
and all for threepence." Then, turning
to Mr.. Perks, in deep, earnest tones he
said: LET us resume where we left
off, There was no further interruption
from the opposite side of the table.-St
James Gazette.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10

English-French VS.. French EN- lisb.
Here is an amusing-and true-anec-
dote of certain music-hall "star' whose
stage name is French and whose specia!
line is chic songs delivered in charming
broken English, though she is, believe,
the granddaughter of an English lady Of
title and has as much French blood in
her veins as have. The ''star'' was in
troduced to lady friend of mine, a
Frenchwoman long resident in England,
who speaks English with absolute purity.
"Ah, madame said the STAR" you
must forgive me if do not follow you
precisely; I am 70 not at home in ze
English and my friend. to put her quite
at her ease, entreated her in the finest
Partisan French not to trouble herself
but to chat i'll her native language. Alas!
the fix was Il worse one than ever, for
the French of the pseudo French "star"
is that of Stratford-at-Rowe. or per-
haps trifle worse!-The Sketch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-02-10
Life and Health

Physical endurance is often regarded
as the great end and aim of all, but
physical endurance is only the result of
mental action. The training. of the body
shows the exercise of the brain in every
act. Will, Judgment, Thought are the
moving forces of all these special acts.
1t is the discipline of these that meas
ures the powers of endurance. Every
one is familiar with the fact that If a
muscle Or a member is not exercised the
result is whitening away Of the muscle
or the part. The nervous mechanisms
which controls the nutrition Of the parts
are not called into action, and the In
struments of the mind, owing to disuse,
become rusty and incapable Of perform
ing their part. The very place in the
order of existence Is only maintained BY
the training which cultivates endurance.
Species of animals have become extinct
owing to the fact that they had not the
endurance to meet changed conditions.
Powerful nations have been overcome,
and have given place to others, because
they We're not equal to the strife and
hardships. which overwhelmed them in
the encounter with those who disputed
The training of the mind to overcome
obstacles enabled the white man to make
a conquest of America. A mere handful
of Spanish adventurerS, under the guild
ance and unyielding determination of Pi-
zarro, overcame the innumerable tribes
of the 1ncas. The power of the will over
the body drives it to deeds that ring
through the centuries The Spartans
with this spirit, a small band, held in
check the mighty hosts of the advancing
Persians under Xerxes for days, and sold
their lives at the cost of 10000 of the
enemy. Such was the result of the culti-
walton of powers of endurance and self
restraint. The Sybarites were defeated
and wiped from the face of the earth,
although they encountered the enemy
with force numbering three to one. ''In
times of peace prepare for war;" runs
the proverb. 1t is the greatest mistake
to let the powers of endurance decline or
be lost through inertness, indulgence, or
Incidence. No one can tell when the
hour will come when the possession of
this quality will be needed to not only
maintain a foothold, but to preserve life
itself.-Harper's Bazaar.