The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-02-01

with OelHS NAMES beau i
l wouldn't be knight. /
For III those walks to win renown
"A fellow has to fight.
like too well my neck, l guess,
But more than that. know, )
like the supreme happiness
OF being NAMES beau.
We're Of the common folk it's true,
We haven't fame or wealth.
Bot Mamie hath two eyes of blue,
And IL have may health.
I'm lord over loves domain. beside,
Where fields of kisses grow:
So write ME down as satisfied
With being NAMES beau
Roy Farrell Greene in Lesle's WttG'y.
Among Jack Casserly's versatile collcc-
ton of friends is an old Irishman who
is conductor Oh California street
line. Casserly makes it point to ride
in the old fellows car whenever ii is pos
sible. One evening last week while on
his homeward way, after they had
cracked few jokes, of which the Mile
sian ticket puncher has an unlimited
share, Casserly said:
Pat. you have wonderful store of
hulnor.'
Sure and I come by it honestly.
Among the Irish there is belief that
poSthumOuS son has three times the share
Of wit he would otherwise have had. l
am that
"A posthumous son, eh?"
And that l am. 1t was six years at
ter [ WAS borl4 that saw my father
Casserly was puzzled. How came YOU
to see your fathers remains?' he said.
'There was no remains about II, sOr,
that l saw. but the old man himself. He
was sent to Clonmel prison for Fcnian-
ism for six and a half years six months
| before I was born."--San Francisco
News Letter.
The superintendent of schools at Sno-
| kane, Wash desirious of testing the
powers of composition existing in Il class
Of S-year-olds, requested that three sen
tcncrs be written, each to contain one
| of thu, three words, "bees,' ''boys' and
bear" \ small girl laboriously concort-
cd the following sentence: boys bees
| bare when they 90 in swimming.
1t used to be said that no gentleman
could be so ill-hred as to spell correctly.
| Like Napoleon. statesmen Of the last CEN
fury were too busy in state affairs to
mind photography. The old Duchess OF
| Gordon'S rule in these matters was il
convenient one:
"YGu know, my dear. when ] don
| know how to spell a word l always draw
| Il line under it, and if it is spelled wrong
| it passes for a very good joke. and if it
| is spelled right it doesn't matter. Wa
verify Magazine.
\ Severe T,st-Strangcr-"Cal your
paper a great advertising medium. do
you: 1t isn't worth shucks. l put in an
advertisement last week. and didn't get
an answer, not one" Editor-"My!! my!
How was your advertisement worded!'
Stranger a poor young man wants Il
work. New York Weekly.
Elder Blaine who used to peddle Bibles
for the Bible society advocated the doc
| trine of annihilation-good soul he
thought it better than being burned in
hell without reformatory purpose, at any
rate. One day there were many visitors
! at the bookStOre-SchOOl teachers, minis
tiers and others, and among them Dr..
Hotchkiss of the Washington Street Bar-
fist church. The subject Of the talk was
"annihilation.' The doctor said: Il can
not bear to think of it, that I. who have
lived should not live on" styling 1 g; IN the M,
named Stull, who addressed the docto:
thus:
..There was time when you did not
exist doctor, was there not!'
''Of course, certainly there was," re-
piled the doctor.
particularly uncomfortable in that
| State?'
There was a pause-and there the talk
| ended. neither Stull nor the doctor saying
another word. Here endeth the lesson in
the bookstore.-Buffalo Commercial.
Speaking Of the difficulty students; ex-
pcrience in remembering the exact situa-
ton Of the mitral and tricuspid valves of
that he remembered that the mitral $50
called from its resemblance to the head
gear of the church dignitary) must be on
tho left side. because a bishop could
never be in the right
Good evcnin'. ma am" said the tramp,
presenting himself at the back door, hat
in hand.
oh, You're after somethin' to eat, 1
suppose = said the lady. wiping her chin
with her apron.
don't want nothin' to eat. All want
is the privilege of sleepin' in Your barn
overnight. Since these Kidnapers have
been about nobody can feel safe out
doors. ~ onkcrs Statesman.
| Twill you please examine this dla-
mond." said a man who had stepped into
jewelers. shop. land tell me what You
think of it? If it is good stone l think
l will buy it,.
The jeweler took the gem. which was
unset. and looked at it critically for a
moment. Then, in confidential tones, he
said:
well. to tell you the truth. that isn't
a very good stone. 1t hasn't much FIRE;
it is badly cut, and there is something
here very much like a flaw Then he
held the diamond under a microscope and
examined it carefully, finally observing
No. it isn't exactly flaw, but 1
shouldn't call it perfect stone. Now,
if you want something really fine, have
here"
Excuse me-" the other man interrupt
ed. Il don't think I'll buy diamond
today. This is diamond that one of
your assistants let me take on Saturday
on approval. deposited fS on it. Please
let me have my money and we will de-
clare the deal off. Bits.
You are my prisoner!'
but l am innocent!' /
The crisp evening air echoed with the