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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18
Lesson in Poker from a jew,

One Jew and four reputed Christians
were playing poker on an Atlantic liner.
The pool was piled with so sovereigns
The Jew asked for two cards, and one Of
them was turned-the queen of dia-
monds. Il won't take it," he protested.
But you must" said the dealer. Il
WON'T" repeated the Jew. The players
all supported the dealer. "It's not fair,''
persisted the Jew. I'll take my f1O
out of the pool and leave the game"
you can leave the game, but you must
leave your money was the reply. So
he gave in and took the card. Only two
were betting, one Of whom was the Jew,
who raised and raised his adversary.
"But, my dear fellow, 1 know Your hand
can't be worth much-it isn't fair" said
the Christian: well, III see YOU was
the reply. The Christian laid down four
knaves. The Jew showed four queens.
But what on earth-why did you refuse
the queen Of diamonds?' asked the loser.
The Jew smiled pleasantly as he emptied
the pool. THAT is my business he re-
plied.-LOndOn Chronicle,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18
"HE PLAYS IN THE BAND"
Postscript that "Queered" a Letter of
Recon- M endatiOn.


A year ago, when there were rumors
concerning the resignation of Secretary
Lyman ]. Gage from President Mckin-
ley's cabinet. the name Of Leslie NJ.
Shaw Of Iowa was coupled with the con-
tingent vacancy.
Mr.. Shaw is self-made man. Thirty
one years ago, when p years of age, ne
left the Vermont farm of his father and
went to Iowa, determined never again to
see his native state until he had won
some measure of success. i. Seven years
later he was practicing law in Denison.
a score of years after he was joint pro-
prietOr and president Of two banks and
interested in a loamng business, the rec
ord of which was but one foreclosed
mortgage.
The governors entrance into politics
was brilliant. His name was brought
forward three weeks before the conven-
ton, and he was nominated on the fourth
ballot over field of ten candidates.
There is one story which the governor
takes delight in telling when called upon
to speak to young people, for it is indica-
tive of the policy which has character
lied his success in life.
While in the banking business he had
occasion to hire an assistant bookkeeper.
n business man in an adjoining town
recommended young man, and wrote a
strong personal letter IN his behalf. But
below the signature was the following:
"P. S. He plays in the band.''
The young man did not get the posi-
ton.
A few days later, when the future gov
ernor met his friend he said: "Why did
you write that postscript? What did you
mean by it,"
Il was afraid you'd hire him. was the
reply.
You can do but one thing at time"
concludes the governor. in telling the
story. The man who has time to play
in the band hasn't time to be a first class
bookkeeper in bank ''-Saturday Even
ing Post
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18
Mr.. Il. Ginning.

Three commercial travellers meeting at
a hotel one winter evening had a hearty
supper together. Supper over, the three
found some difficulty in allotting their re-
spective shares in the bill; but one Of
them at length cut short the dispute by
proposing that whoever had the '''oldest
aame" among them should go; free, the
This amendment being promptly ac-s
cepted No. produced a card inscribed
Richard Eve,'' which No. 2 trumpet
with adam Brown Then No. 3, a:
portly veteran with humorous gray eyes
laid down his card with the quiet conf
d d;s!,:e of a great general making a de-
chuckle:
Il don't much think you'll beat this
'un, gents"
And he was right, for the name was
"Mr. B. Ginning" it-Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18
Thought She-was Home.

We have young San Franciscan in
our midst and she is homesick as home
sick can be for that city of uncounta bic
hills and innumerable heliotrope hedges.
Nothing in Washington pleases her. We
went to the matinee the other day, and
midway Of the performance heard from
her gasp Of delight. She grasped her
right arm with her left hand and rubbed
the skin vigorously for moment or two.
on her face again and she sighed.
Il thought for moment I was out
home again. she said wistfully.
What made you think SOP I asked.
"Oh," said she, lit was only for a mo-
ment: It wasn't really true, but just for
a minute / was sure 1 felt a lea.'-
Washington Post. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18
Kipling on Drinking in South Africa.

So far as could see in South Africa.
it did not mucn matter what sort of spir-
its man fancied, because there was not
was good for him. On the other hand.
men who could do without liquid, who
did not fancy that they needed to food
their insides every two or three hours.
got on better than men who, through mere
physical incontinence and carelessness.
were always sucking at their water bot.
ties. In this, as in all things, the man
word, suryives.-St. James Gazette.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18
"wHEN TEDDY RODE THE GOAT"

The following poetic account of the
initiation Of Vice President-elect Roose
welt into the mysteries of Mansonry il
published by the New York Evening
Sun:
When Teddy rode the goat last night,
The COINS on, they say,
Beat all the records out Of sight
For fun In Oyster Bay.
The mystic boys they all turned out,
Just as they did to vote;
And view the sight with wild delight
When Teddy rode the goat.
They tossed him up an trun him down
An stood him on his head,
An ducked him till he almost drowned
An yanked him out half dead.
They made him Jig an sing a song
An yell like a coyote
Bgosh, you'd ought to been along
When Teddy rode the goat.
He rode wild horses in the West
An lassoed crazy steers;
buckin' bronco was a jest
To him in early years;
But cen the jaunt up San Juan
That famous history wrote,
Was nuthin' to the COINS on
WHensTeddy rode the goat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18
Australasian Catholics.

We now have an Australian hierarchy
comprising five archbishops- his emf
lila priests. There are 1875 nuns, IA
religious brothers, 1894 churches and
Catholic population Of 793, 215 out Of
total of about 4,OOO,OOO. The growth
summed up in these statistics was recent
~ celebrated by the meeting of the first
Catholic congress and the conservation
with great solemnities of the Catholic
cathedral at Sydney, near where the first
than 100 years ago.-Tablet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18
Bessjes's Tact.

Satisfa ctory.-Aunt Kate-"Bessie, I
have a pleasant timer" Bessie-"Yes,
auntie. At first l thought 1 should have
trouble. You see, three little girls were
here, and each wanted to play different
game; but settled ii after a while"
Aunt Kate "How did you do it, dear?'
Bessie-"Well, you see, il had played
what one wanted, the other two would
have felt sighted, and that would not do
at all. But I settled it. / just made
them all play the game wanted, and 50
we had a lovely time" -Harper's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18
DIasons in the Middle Ages.

The Free MasOns were one Of tho in
numerahle trade guilds OF the Middle.
Ages, each Of which had it's oaths. its
passwords, and its symbolic drama bear
ing on the practice Of the craft. The
builders held the place of honor among
these guilds because their work was the
noblest. The nameless architects Of
those majestic cathedrals which shine
ont like jewels on the dark side Of me-
fdieyal anarchy and ignorance were Mas
ter Mascns who had gone through pre-
cisely the same ordeal every Free Mason
goes through today York Mail and
Express. -
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nished principally from Niagara Falls,
which are situated only few minutes
ride from the exposition grounds. Buff
falo is a city Of nearly 100000 popula
ton and is preparing in every possible
OrS in 1901
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18
Indications Of Temperament.

Balzac has made some curious state
ments as to his observations among
women. he says that the dame who
wears orange or green is quarrelsome:
one who likes black, or yellow hat.
is treacherous; white indicates coquetry;
pink marks gentleness and thought; SEN
timental women affect gray; purple de-
notes advancing age. These rules hard
ly apply in our own land and our own
time, because American women generally
wear whatever is fashionable, without
reference to personal idiosyncrasies. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18
OLDEST DOCTOR.
He Lives at Carlsbad and is 81 Years
Old.

The oldest duly qualified physician in
the world resides at Carlsbad, in the per-
D., imperial and royal counsellor at the
Austrian court. He was born in 1902.
and. therefore. is 81 years old. He has
been in practice for II years, and still
gives medical advice. but only visits poor
people who live in the remote corners Of
the town and on the hills. The veteran
but all over the country, is a daily visitor
to Carlsbad theater, and his mental
faculties are as sound as they were fifty
vnore 400
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18

their appearance in New York this win
ter, and although they We're brought here
by different persons both come from
Italy. The proprietor of an uptown hotel
who goes annually to Europe in search
OF the newest inventions in every depart
ment of his business, returned this fall
with some cakes made by an Italian.
They, look exactly like paper-shelled al
monds, but are made of thin cake not
unlike the compound used in waters and
are hardest on the outside. The interior
is soft, and where the kernel would or
chocolate and pistache. All that are at
present in this country are in the possess
sion Of the hotel proprietor, who regards
them as SO precious that they are given
only to the guests at the most dis
tinguished and expensive dinners. The
other absolutely new feature of this
served in oil and cut when so young that
1t does not measure more than one inch
in diameter. 1t is made by an Italian
hotelkeper who has a large establishment
at one Of the italian watering places. Ii
was brought here first by hotelkeeper
also on hunt for something to please the
was not able to retain exclusive posses
sion and the artichokes are already to be
had elsewhere than ut his hotel
A "sock social' was the ingenious
method devised by the managers of the
Ladies' association to raise money to fur
Their their work in connection with the J.
Hood Wright Memorial hospital. Over
7OO invitations were issued, each being
accompanied by silk sock and an appeal
in original verse for a contribution. AS
each guest arrived the sock was deposited
in box at the door. at small tables
"lunch plates" were served at 81 each,
accompanied by tea or coffee. and con.
tanning surprises dainti(y tied up in
gay ribbons.
At the annual Yuletide dinner of the
Lotos club, Will Carleton sang drink
ing. song written for the occasion, in
which he nit some of the members Of
the club Andrew Carnegie received at
tention in one stanza, which read:
Here's to Uncle Andy,
A poor author, but he's handy
And an all-around Jim dandy,
Drink it down.
Three cheers had to be given by adj
mirers of Mr.. Carnegie as we'll. The
lalrd's picture was on the menu cards,
together with the figure of a Scotch bag
piper. No one enjoyed the occasion more
than he. The customs of an old-time
English Yule feast were faithfully por-
trayed, with the dining room decorated
with holly and the diners marching be-
hind two buglers in old English garb.
Macdonald. the bagpiper Of the Black
Watch of Windsor castle. was on hand
with his pipes, likewise sixteen giee sing
ers, a dozen cooks with side of roast
beef, yeomen carrying the Yule log, and
Roast Beef of Old England" sung as
rousing chorus. Then the lights were
turned down and famous punch
brewed.
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only three blocks distant from the site
on which his business associate, Andrew
Carnegie, is erecting magnificent. man
his new house Mr.. Phipps pays about
$500,000. s5. = II ,',.1...7 1s7,
The desire to be hospitable seems Ia
have inoculated many New Workers., and
rumors are still current of splendid en-.
tertainments to be given. It is settled
will have dinner dance in February at
the Astoria. ~" =.
Following his annual custom, John D.
Rockefeller distributed gold pieces to the
men employed at the Tarrytown railroad
station. Mr.. Rockefeller also remem-
bered the men on his place and the min
lister and sexton, Of the Baptist church
Mr.. Rockefeller has also agreed to pay
for alterations in the First Baptist
church, of which he is member.
In front of Broadway clothing
house, near Twenty-eighth street, hangs
q red auctioneer's flag and the sign:
winter suits selling cheap. Don't go
elsewhere to be cheated. Come in here"
Apropos of the pale gray gowns to be
worn by the bridesmaids at the Wander
bilt-French wedding, this is a gray sea-
son. Mrs. John Jacob Astor has ap-
peared lately in several gray toilets At
the Vanderbilt dinner-dance she wore a
lovely gray costume, with tinselled gauze,
and some of the other feminine guests
were also arrayed in gray
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18

The return to the dancing of figures in
the cotillon shows that there is some lite
left in this delightful form of dancing.
For years it has been the custom to have
the whip figure, the march or the grand
chain. or some other simple evolution,
winch was danced in perfunctory man
ner. In fact: there were only eyes for
the favors. The combination Of both is a
happy idea. The hunting figure at the
whitney ball, for instance. was pretty
ne" century expression, although a cost
~ one, of the cotillon as danced today.
Among the titled Americans at present
in New York IS the Baroness Raymond
de Seilliere, who is here for visit of
some months to be near her mother and
her children. The baroness has been at
all the brilliant entertainments thus far
Of the winter. and will at the coming
wedding of Miss French to Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt be one of the guests
Of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt at the
Breakers.
AS usual, Mrs. Astor will start on her
annual pilgrimage to Paris Immediately
year on February 20. She will sail on
the following Saturday, February %.
The early Lenten days are too dull So
cially for Mrs. Astor's tastes, and so she
relieves the monotony by an Atlantic
trip and brief visit in England to her
daughter, Mrs. Haig. Mrs. Astor en-
joys the gayeties Of three seasons every
year-that of New York in the winter,
Paris in the spring and Newport in the
summer. Her fine apartment in Paris
in the Champs Elysees recalls very much
in its aspect the interior of her dwelling
here. In fact, some of the hangings and
accessories Of her drawing room floor in
her old-time home at Fifth avenue and
Thirty-fourth street, were taken over to
produce this familiar effect.
Before an audience of 200 engineers,
some of them as young as himself and
some Of them half century in their pro-
fession, Cornelius Vanderbilt proved on
Tuesday night that the possession of mil
lions is not incompatible with the accom-
plishment of real work in the world.
The young millionaire and inventor was
the speaker at the regular semi-monthly
meeting Of the minor section Of the
American Society of Mechanical En-.
gineers, of which he is member.
The title of his paper was Locomotive
Boilers" but the subject was really Fire
Boxes" with especial reference to the
patent fire box of his own invention,
which has been widely adopted by loco
motive builders. .,.:., :. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18

Heury Phipps Of Pittsburg is about to
become resident Of this. city, and with
this end in view he has just purchased q
Fifth avenue and Eighty-seYenth street,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-01-18

Two gastronomic novelties have made
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

when the chance comes along. No per- son can invest unless he has the where withal. Most great fortunes have been started by men who saved and saved and saved, and finally had a few hundred or few thousand dollars to invest when ever the opportunity should come There are many women who earn good salaries, and who might lay by few hundred dol lars a year if they were so minded. But that Is not the way of women They spend every cent they make. and in most cases have their monthly salary all spent before it's in their hands. As long as women won't save, we're not likely to have many women millionaires in this country
 Sometimes there's woman who really wants to increase her fortune but she soon realizes that conditions are against her. woman hasn't as many chances for making money as men have. She isn't around among men. as a rule, and she doesn't hear of the opportunities for investment which are talked of, day by day, in Wall street and other financial centers. She wants to buy stocks; she has saved up a few hundreds to invest but she doesn't know how to go about 1t. Most women are afraid to venture into regions where man reigns supreme. This is foolish timidity. for a woman can get along as well as man in any office. If she only conducts herself properly and looks out for herself. I am able to man. age my affairs better than any man could manage them and, what man has done, woman can do. If had let other people do my business for me I most likely wouldn't have had any business to do now. and it Is the duty of every woman, believe. to learn to take care of her own business affairs.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Speaking of this wedding reminds me that Johnston Livingstons sister, Miss Caroline Livingston, will shortly be mar ried to MT. Maxwell Stevenson.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Farewell lunches to bridesmaids and farewell suppers to bachelors are all the
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
MOZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR
 A Pleasant Lemon Tonic.

For biiiousness, constipation and ap- pendicitis.
 For indigestion, sick and nervous head ache.
 For sleeplessness, nervousness and heart failure.
 For fever, chills debility and kidney diseases. take Lemon Elixir.
 Dr. Mozley's Lemon Elixir is prepared from the fresh juice of lemons. combined with other vegetable liver toncs, and will not fail you in any of the above named diseases. soc and sl.00 bottles at druggists.
 Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozley. At lanta, Ga.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
At the Capitol.

I am in my seventy-third year. and for fifty years I have been great sufferer from indigestion, constipation and bill iousness. I have tried all the remedies advertised for these diseases. and got no permanent relief. About one year ago, the disease assuming a more severe and dangerous form I became very weak and lost flesh rapidly. I commenced using pr. Mozley's Lemon Elixir gained twelve pounds in three months. My strength and health. my appetite and my digestion were perfectly restored, and now i feel as young and vigorous as ever did in my life.
 L. J. ALLDRED. Doorkeeper Ga. State Senate. State Cap itol, Atlanta. Ga.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Mrs. John Zeregas granddaughter, Miss Elise Von Breton Zerega, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Francis Zerega, has an nounced her engagement tc Mir. Stuart Pullman West, a nephew of the late George Pullman. The Zeregas are a Win chester family noted for their striking beauty. One was married few years ago to Charles Pelham Clinton, cousin to the Duke of Newcastle.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
MozIev,s Lemon Hot Drops.

Cures all Coughs. Colds. Hoarseness. Sore Throat. Bronchitis. Hemorrhage, and all throat and lung diseases. Elegant. re- liable. 25c at druggists Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
Mozley's Lemon Elixir.

Is the very best medicine I ever used for the diseases you recommend 1t for. and I have used many kinds for woman's troub- les.
 MRS s. A. GRESHAM
 Salem N C.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
Why Women Don't Got Rich.

Mrs. Hetty Green. in Success.
 Because women spend so much they are
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
FREE!

Free grand concert at East Lake, Sunday, May 5, 3 pm.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-03-08
OREGON.

The Umatilla river Is flowing bank
full.
1t was reported In Salem that the
postotilce In Marion was robbed last
week.
Governor Geer has vetoed the Port
land charter bill passed by the late leg
islaturc.
William Beagle has shipped lot Of
draft horses to Skayway for w. F..
Matlock. designed for the Alaska In
terror hallng.
Paul Showaway. chief OF the Cayuse
tribe. Is preparing to visit Washington.
u, G. during the coming summer at the
head OF a deputation OF Indians to
make another demand on the secretary
OF the interior for the money due the
Indians rs interest on the fund kept
there which was realized from the sale
OF reservation lands.
G. w. Ellis. a Mckay creek rancher.
asserts that In n band OF 200 horses
pastured near Pendleton he counted 10
that showed plainly evidences Of being
diseased with the mango.
ALBERT MihthOrn. an educated Indian
on tho Umatilla reservation. asserts
that the Indians are again indulging
In the spirit dance. cutting and slash
ing themselves in the frenzy which al
ways accompanies such evolutions.
At meeting OF the Tillamook Dairy
Association recently at which a large
number OF stockholders were present.
the seeretary's report showed that the
association received 2,52S,S31 pounds
OF milk last year. The average test
was AL. This produced l04.e7l pounds
OF butter fat at an average price OF %
cents per pound. The amount OF but.
ter manufactured was l2o.Sss pounds,
which brought aoia cents per pound.
amounting to $st.TS204.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-03-08
Din onsla stolen.

Grand Forks. II. C., March "a hold
r"hber smashed the plate window of Nav.
or NJ d, Whites iewelry store in Bridge
street. He snatched two cases of rings sci
with diamonds and other stones valued At
si"S and made good his escape. The rob.
Der evidently was eegnizant Of movements
of people in the store, as last night. for the
iirst time in months, the place had been
left alone. Frank White. brother Of the
proprietor. usually sleepinng in the rear.
was away The crash OF breaking glass
Weakened every one within blocks. but 50
quickly was the work done that The bur
glar got clear away.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-03-08
MONrANA.

Another chapter In Butte history
robbers held up Canton 4 Sons saloon
recently and got $ls.
Jack Wade OF Butte Knocked out Kid
Lee at Helena last week.
The indications are that there will
be very successful jockey club in
Mtssoula in active operation before
weeks.
Patrick MeAtasney, known as
Mickey the Greek" died recently In
Butte.
There has been considerable agita.
ton In Missoula over the subject Of
calling grand jury.
William Fault. pumpman in shaft
No 5 of the Boston L Montana mine.
aged 80. fell to his death in the shaft
last week.
The United States grand Jury re-