The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-24


he is a man Of CONSIDERABLE propity.'
II few years ago the native stations
master Of IN outoftheWay India rail-
way station was suddenly attacked by a
tiger. made bold through hunger. The
startled assistant immediately rushed to
the telegraph office and wired to the Eu-
on the line. as follows: Tiger on the
platform eating Stationnlastcr: please
wire instructions. ''-Short Stories
AFTER I had watched a colored man
fishing in South Carolina brickyArd
pond for forty minutes without pulling
up his hook said the traveller to a
Washington Post man. Il asked him if
lie thought there were any fish there to
le caught.
"'\n. sab, reckon not he replied.
but YOU seem t" be- tiShiny.'
"'Nt>. sab.
But perhaps YOU are not fishing for
fish?
"'No. sab
u waited ten minutes TO: han to cx-
plain, hUt a. he did not I finally asked
him what particular obi Get he had in
view.
"'Dr on ick. sah,' h. repeated with
out taking his eyes off the pond or mov-
ing the pnle-'tle ul,jick of my fi>hn' fur
fish whar dere hain't any is to let d,: ole
woman see thar hahn got no time to
pick W. lie hoe aad work in dc truck
patch.
EYES," the witness declared. -! could
give further evidence against the pri>-
on'r; hut; as kirlimg says, THAT'S an
"\eytr mind what Kin
Ling says" interrupted the magistrate,
"'!>hr Chin'' can testify f:r himself
when his turn comes. New Jersey Law
Journal.
Il want some more chicken" said Bob
bic at the dinner table. Il think YOU
have had as much as is good for YOU.
DEAR" said Rohhie'S mother. Il want
more" said Rohbie ''Yon can't have
more now. but here is a wishbone that
y"', and mamma can pull. That will be
fun. You pull one side and LII pull the
ether. and whoever gets the longer end
will have the wish come true. Why.
Rohlie. you've got it! What was Your
Wi>h?" Il wished for some more chick
en-, said Rohbie. promptly. lie got it
this tine.-\rw York Tribune.
That fellow Bumblcton is a deep one
"What has he been doing:'
"Why, he got the new boarler into Il
brisk controversy with the landlady over
tHt ltit>tll> lt'L W Oll1tI , llitlAtdl l1lt\1I'A
ity. and under cover of it he sneaked Il
second piece of huckleberry pie. Fix.
Grace. Greenwood, in her LECTURE on
"'The Heroic in Common Life" tells I;
story Vt the wife OF Il member OF the
Arizona Legislature. whose house. when
her husband was absent on his leglSla-
tive duties. was attacked by Indians. She
shot six. and the next day wrote to her
Nv, 1l1,, Sl,n t,,.,. f.
tackled the ranch. l have won the fight:
You need not come yourself. but send
some more ammuntiOn.'
Il told Miss Oldgirl the other evening"
for a joke, that every time she laugh"''
| wanted to kiss her.
Did she think yol meant it,
We'll. whenever | meet her now she
begins to laugh for all she's worth. -
ick-Me-Cp.
Two Corrections.-From the Bowers
Vile Clarion: In our last weeks issue
the types made us say that Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Aeater, our popular butcher and
spouse. were ''Simmering' at Bleezecliff-
hy-the-River. 1t should have read SUM
nt'T'ing.
Later-The proprietor of Blcezecliff.
etc., has just called and tried to whip
the editor. AS a result OF this encounter
the hotel man is in the hospital and the
above correction is rendered null and
void. "Silnnering" is the correct word
We will tell the truth. let the chips fall
where they may.-Raltimore American.
. Wi!lj j,+ ;;%. d did yo" propose t" my
Feathvrstone- "Eh-Ah. Why, VIII
ir:'
Willie" Cause everybody in the house
has been guying the life out Of her. 3D."
trot Free Press.
President John Quincy Adams once as
serted that he "Wuuld not give - cents
for all the works Of rnidiaS or praxi-
tfle>:" adding that he chopped that Amer
ir" would not think Of Srnlptur" for two
William Morris Hunt. the foremost
American painter IT his day. lry!y in
Quircd: docs that sum of money really
represent Mr.. Adams estimate Ut the
sculpture of those artists. or the value
which he placed upon 50 ctnts?'
Angry Wife-"1t seems to me we've
been married q century. | can't even r.:
member when or where we first met
was at a dinner party where there were
thirteen at table. '-Tit-Bits.
4 pale and disheveled Frenchman who
had not found "a life Oh the ocean wave'
all that could be expected, was sinking
into his steamer chair. when Il passenger
asked, cheerily: All. good morning,
monsieur; have you breakfasted?" mo.
MONSIEUR answered the pallid French
man. Il have not brcakfasted; Oh the
contrary!'
Poitician-'M boy, the door to every
successful business is labeled 'Push.'"
Thoughtful Youth-"Isn't your busi-
ness a successful one, sir?'
Folitician-"Well, yes, I f1atter myself
that it is very successful. Why do you
ask that?'
Thoughtful Youth-''Because. sir, I see
your door is labeled Pull "-Detroit
Free Press.
Physician giving advice -"Lastly. Me-
CORY, don't go to sleep on all empty
stomach
McGorry (who is ailing)-"No danger
av thot, docthor: oi always slapc on M,
back. '-Exchange.
The local paper of Smithville, a village
not far from Cincinnati, contained this
note the other day: ''There will he an ice-