The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-17
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two weeks absence: Louisa was absent
monday, please excuse her Louisa was
absent toosIay, she had Il sore throte.
Louisa was absent wens'lay, she had
sore throtc. Louisa Was absent thurs
day. she had /; sore throte. Louisa was
Read this over again for the next week..
At one Of his famous little dinners a
promin, ut professional man Of Washing
ton was greatly pleased with the salad, as
were also his guests. tells What to Eat.
Evidently 1t was partly meet and partly
vegetable, hEt the Havu: was new, dis
tnct aud und"trrminah;r. This was $"
faint that enc guest declared. Its not II
taste ut all; only !, smell
At length someone suggested that tn
chef he asked for the recipe, upon which
the host remarked:
my imam greatly diSlikrS being asked
for recipes. On this occasion. however.
his vanity may overcome him if we tell
how rrtntly we have EN- loved the dinner
and the salad in particular At an: rate.
We II see.
The F%cnchman srnn appeared and WAS
viSihIy affected. not to say elntc'l. by the
compliments.
rect cir me greet plaiSi:." ne said, ''>r
tell how max ~ sal lad Ett vtr' srcm-
pie hat &c luitur TRANCE ready: au |
hat re meat chop YER fine and dry: =e
>,lHrai hat chcp ver' fine; an | haf ~
pu!nlnr dt trrrr, ~ patatr. an St:tE. Il
i<ctlt> an dry; zen | mix zem up. ZeE
max ~ lrrSS'tn" mayonnaiSc: madame,
she. know. hat all ver' COZ ready as ~
tecsll eos Strf. Zen rs u" Sal-lHd etS to
scrf TAX unc ttt' dali. pardonnezmoi.
one. ]cetlr cloaf Of x garlrek an needle
him in ze front mouth, so, an breathe
gentle. YER gentle. on re salad. Zat @;f
cet z. Haveur defeat.
On the road to Il country market place
youth was trying to get Il cart of veg
etablc$ along, but his donkey was stub
born AID would not move. says Spare
Moments. y crowd Of people gathered
rrs jecrng.
At last Il man in the crowd >houtrd:
Hi. boy. how much do YOU want for
Your uOnkey?
The witty youth answered:
Before you think of buying my dom
key You had better go and ask your
mother if she can afford to keep two.'
was Whispering low to the girl in
the gauZy glimmer of lace and tulle, says
4 writer in London Answers. She had
bent her lovely. Swanlike neck to catch
my Words ANONYMOUSLY they tluatcd
outward and fell upon the pearly, pink
white ear as crystal drops touch Silve:
chords and waken sweetest music sleep
ing there.
You are so much to me-, said. In
all the dozen years since first my heart
responsive grew to WOmen'S sweet solicit
tllle there has been none whose fingers
Spanned the octave Of my soul and
wrought the many harmonies dormant
there into a living theme.
no face but yours has brought to me
the face Of angels, fair and pure. beyond
the skies that bend above the earth, far,
far removed from all it's sorlid thoughts,
its groveling cares, it's motiveleSs matrri-
alism. In you concentereu all my
dreams are realized, my hopes to full
fruition come, my dearest wishes made
my uWn.'
Slowly she lifted that fair sweet face
until her soft blue eyes looked into NINE
Then she laid her little hand upon my
arm.
"William." she murmnred, won't you
please. come off the ruof?'
And as | clamhered down recalled the
fact that had tackled an American girl
Miss Springer--"Can you say, rapidly,
She sells sea Shells without getting
your tongue twisted?'
Singer--"No. nor can you, either.'
Miss Springer-"Well, can YOU say,
What am doing over and over again
without getting tied up"''
Singer" M-m-dont know. I'll try.
What am / doing, what am l doing,
Miss Springer MAKING a fool Of Your
! self. Judge.
4 physician connected with Il univcr-
sit% extension movement reports that III
one very poor quarter he found the CHIEF
authority on children's ailments Il womb
.1.,1y ,,1-s ~,
came from the fact that she had had
eleven children. Of whom but one was
living. With so much sickness her
nci"hb"rS conceded that she must be All,
authority on the subject. This principle
is Of frequent although unconscious APP
"Why is he such a great s,,rcrintend-
ent of the fire departments asks IL
stranger in a small city.
"Why. he was in charge here when we
had the big fire.
But that does not make him big
superintendent?
"Certainly. But for him it would NOT
have been big fire. "-Youth's Colnpan-
! ion.
'A1aude," said the one girl, lis SO
stuck up since they put her picture in
the paper that there is no getting along
"GoodneSs. said the other girl ''what
has she been cured OFF,
'Culed Of nothing. You remember the
! picture she had taken at the time of the
masquerade last winter? Well, she has
friend OH the paper, and they have
gone and published it as the Empress Of
China! '-1ndianapols Press.
During Il lesson in Il medical college
the other day one of the students. who
was by no means q dullard. Was asked
by the professor. How much is a dose
Of -?'' (giving the technical name of
| strong poison).
"A teaspoonful,' was the ready reply.
| The professor made no comment, but
the student, a quarter Of an hour later,
| realized that he had made a mistake, and
| raightWay said:
''Professor, I want to change my an
swer to that question:
Its too late, SIR responded the pro-
! fessor. CURLY, looking at his watch
your patient has been dead fourteen
| minutes '-Tit-Bits.
The transa tlantic steamer had just left
port: Mamma was setting the stateroom
to rights. ''Elsie.' she said to her little
daughter. "vhere's your papa?"