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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-30


ing City Attorney Palmer to codify and COM
pile all OF the ordinances. franchises, resolu-
lions. rules and by laws in force and effect in
the city of Virginia. was unanimously adopt
ed. When the above name instruments are
codifed and compiled they are to be printed
in pamphlet or book form.
Alderman WATSON takes his seat in the
council.
Moved and supported that the application
of Nelson & Go. for transfer of liquor license
from lot block "A to lot block "A, be grant
ed.
Carried.
Moved and supported that liquor license
bond of Axel Pakkala, with Gust johnson
| and R. Baker as sureties, be accepted and Or
dered placed on file.
carried.
Moved and supported that the communion
| ton of Mayor Thompson, in which he stated
that he had appointed Patrick Sullivan as
patrolman on July Ath, 1901, be accepted,
oa ::.ca.
Moved and supported that the street oom-
missioner be instructed to fill up the cellar
in block 81. Maple street. and charge same to
the lot.
carried.
Report Of finance committees:
Council Chambers,
Virginia, MIMI. Aug n, 1901.
To the President and Common Council OF the
City Of Virginia:
Gentlemen:
We. the undersigned committee on finance
would respectfully report that we have au
dited the following bills and offer the follow
ing resolution for adoption.
IS IS; u.s. $tSssj Committee
Resolved, That the following bills be al
lowed and the Recorder be ami is hereby
instructed to draw orders on the city treas
urer In payment of same:
D. E. Cuppernull, printing. ........... 800
w. L. Bailey Lumber Co., lumber.....- Is 68
Virginia Light l. Water Co., lighting
Tor month OF July .................... 178 90
J. s. Sutherland, meals to prisoners
June ana July Observation-Disclosures. b 70
The Enterprise, printing. ........ -.... 600
Peter Wiring NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10 10
J. M. Sheehy, fare of John Boyce to
Duluth (sick). Observation-Disclosures. 26O
Total. ....................$ go GO
Passed on motion of Aid. Burchell by the
following vote:
Ayes-Aldermen Burchell, Walberg, St.
Cyr, George. Blomberg, Eaton, WATSON, Mr..
Presidents
Nays-nOne.
Approved Aug. 81, 1901.
A. N. THOMPSON. Mayor
Attest: ALBERT E. R1CKFoRD,
CITY Recorder.
Council Chambers,
Virginia, MIMI, Aug 81, 1901
By Alderman WATSON:
Resolved-That the bill OF Patrick Sullivan
for S3S for 10 days services az special police
at &20 per day be and the same is hereby
allowed.
Passed on motion of Aid. Blomberg by
by the following vote:
Ayes-Aldermen Burchell, Walberg, Was
son. Eaton, George. St. Cyr. Blomberg, Mr.
Presidents
Approved Aug. q, 1871.
A. N. THOMPSON, Mayor.
Attest: ALBERT E. B1CKFoRD,
City Recorder.
Moved and supported that the council ad-
journ until next regular meeting.
Carried.
Approved Aug. q, 1901.
A. N. THOMPSON. Mayor.
Attest: ALBERT E. B1CKFoRD,
Citv Recorder.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
VERY MYSTERIOUS.
The Queer Manner in Which a Lndy's
Dress Got Badly Satu-
rated.

Mrs. Jessie De Mercado, writing in
Harper's Magazine of her experiences
in Jamaica, tells the story of two
treasures stored away beneath bug
gy seat. She lived at Old Harbor, a
small place about 20 miles from Kings
ton.
"One day." she says, when a visit
to my Kingston dressmaker was ne
cessity, / ordered a young negro boy
to get upon the rumble and drive me
to the town.
81 paid visit to the dressmaker, re-
ceived my frock-a light summer thing
and placed it in the box beneath the
buggy seat. Then drove to my sis
ter's, where | went to escape the
heated part of the day, giving my boy
sixpence and telling him to see the
sights and return at four o'clock.
HE turned up punctually, with the
gown still in its place, and in due time
we reached Old Harbor once more.
When l went to take out my crisp mus
lin, found to my CONSERVATION that
it was wet, soppy mass. No rain
had fallen, and l turned to the boy,
asking: What in the world does this
mean? How
"But the look Of helpless amazement
on his face stopped me.
"'Lor', missis, it am queer he ex-
claimed, 'butnot so queer as what done
happen to me! Me bought quattig
(three cents) worth of dat pretty ting
dey calls ice, to bring home to show
to my sister, and l put him in dar wild
your dress to keep him safe-and now
him gone for true, and how him get
out dunno, wild you sittin' on him all
de time"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

Living near a monarch does not nee
essarily make a man courtier, as we
may see by a story of King Edward
VII. Every Christmas for a number
of years his majesty has given to an
old tenant on his Sandringham estate
pair of boots. The old mans feet are
just the size of those of the king, who
always tries on the boots before pre-
senting them. This adds, of course, to
the old mans pride in his gift. On
one occasion, some months after the
regular gift had been made, the prince
of Wales, as he then was, met the ten
ant, and noticing that his boots
showed palpable signs of wear and
neglect, advised him to polish them.
"Ah," returned the old man, II never
look at those boots, dirty and worn as
they are, without being reminded of
your royal highness!" In relating this
incident at home-for prince tells his
family funny things as readily as the
plainest citizen--his royal highness
said ga well-meant compliment, |
dare say, but a very doubtful one!"-
Youths COMPANION.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

"To what" asked the young woman
with the notebook, ''do you attribute
your remarkable power in training
these animals and keeping them in
subjection?"
"Well," replied Mile. Castella, the
Lady Wonder of the Arena, 81 think |
inherited it from my mother. She was
strongminded woman. My father
was a regular bear. and she had to
subdue him about once a day as long
as she lived."-Chicago Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

The grammatical thief is not a thief,
but a kleptomaniac. The propertied
drunkard is not a drunkard, but a
victim of nervous prostration. The
preacher who marries a rich wife, and
leaves the pulpit, is not a shirll, but
sufferer from bronchitis. The lawyer
who has too much money and too lit
tie ability to practice in court is not
lawyer, but a member of the bar. The
man who is CONNECTED with the
press" but works on no sheet, is a
Journalist" and not a newspaper
man. The fellow, without labor or
income, who is never poor so long as
anyone else is rich, is not tramp,
but some thing a deal more contempt.
ible. The speculator who owns a mar.
BILE quarry is not a sculptor. The rich
man who buys a newspaper is not an
editor. The politician who fails is
not a statesman, and the one who
finds that he can no longer fool any
body is not a sage.-Brooklyn Eagle
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
An Exnerienced Artist.

Star-This is very good play, but it
will have to be revised considerably.
Dramatist-Impossible, sir.
Star--Oh, it must be. You make the
hero appear in every act. That won't
do. The hero must be taken out of
the first act and also out of the last.
Dramatist-What! Open and close
the play without the hero?
Star-Certainly. You see, am my
own manager, and l shall be busy in
the box Office during the first act, and
very often busy with the sheriff dur
ing the last act.-London Fun.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
YOU'LL FIND 1T ALWAYS PAYS.

BE happy! Gather. on llfe's road,
The sweetest flowers you find!
Some pleasures are for you bestowed.
But choose the proper kind.
How fair face temptation has,
How joyous seem her ways;
Look not therein, but bravely pass
You'll find ii always pays!
Though here on earth, or there above,
Re now that heart we prize.
Remember that a mothers love
Is one that never dies.
So heed the counsel she would give,
That good attend your days;
And let them guide you while you live;
You'll find 1t always pays.
Honor the aged, as you should.
And give them reverence due;
And "do to others as you would
That they should do to you!"
A kind word here, a good deed there,
Like sunshine casts its rays,
And makes the world more pure and fair
You'll find it always pays.
BE honest in your dealings all
In every word you say;
Then you may never fear to fall,
Nor shun the light of day.
Stick to the truth, my little friend,
And hold the word that straysl
Begin in youth, and In the end
You'll find it always pays!
George Blrdseye. in Golden Days.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
Not a Hustler.

81 tell you," the sprightly passen-,
ger in the pepper-and-salt suit was
saying, "there is nothing like get up
and hustle. / hustle. If business
doesn't come to me I go out and hunt
it. Yesterday made nearly $11 re-!
pairing sewing machines. Had six
jobs. L can afford to take holiday
once in awhile"
"Well," slowly replied the passen-
ger in the suit of somber black I'm
not so good on the hustle. I've only
had one job in the last six months"
That's too bad" replied the other,
sympathizingly. whats your occu-
pation?"
Building lighthouses"
And the conversation dropped
Chicago Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
Wanted an Illustration.

A little boy was advised by his
father to use Illustrations in his con-
verse whenever they should occur to
him. For" continued the parent,
there is no more forcible way of
conveying or impressing your mean
ing" Shortly after the boy was be-
ing lectured on generosity. ITS bet
ter to give than to receive, Johnny
far better"
illustrate it, papa. I think l shall
understand it better. r."-Tit-Bits.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

Squire White was very i'll with
fever, and at the crisis was reported
dead, though instead he lived
through it. Uncle Josh, meeting a
neighbor of the 'squire's the next
morning, inquired with due solemnity
when the funeral was to be.
"The squire's funeral? Why, he
isn't dead!"
"What." exclaimed Uncle Josh.
"He amt dead? Nor hain't been?"-
Leslie's Weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

how you could have done differently
She compelled you to leave"
20, don't know about that, IN o ther
If l had not got angry-but it's al
over now, anyway. There is no use for
me to try any more," and Barbara
broke down compile tely, crying hard.
Her mother wisely let her have her
cry out, and then said: 81 can't help
feeling glad it has all turned out as it
has. You know l have never approved
of your going out to service. You sim
ply throw yourself away"
Il don't know" Barbara replied, sad
ly. Somehow l cannot help feeling,
mother, that | have failed to do what
l ought to do and that the regret over
it will stay with me all my life. l be-
gan with high purpose to accomplish
something, and | have failed utterly"
you have at least tried your best"
NO, mother, 1 don't think 1 have.
1 ought to have expected just such
things as those that happened to-day.
But it's too late to do anything now,"
she added, with sigh. "The question
is: What am / to do? l expect it
means going into Bondman's until l
can get school"
Her mother tried to comfort her, but
Barbara was more depressed over the
situation than she had ever been in all
her life. She had met her dragon, and
had been completely routed. And she
had even at one time thought con-
temptuously of the dragon! But, as
she went to her room that night, she
felt with great humiliation that the
dragon had won and she would never
again have the courage to look him in
the face.
The next day she sent over for her
trunk; and, when the expressman
brought it. he handed her note that
had been given him by Mrs. Ward.
Barbara opened it in some excite
ment, thinking it might be a request
to come back. But it was a scrawl from
Carl, who had at different times been
encouraged by Barbara to print real
letters to his father and brothers.
Dear Barbara: I am very sorry you
have gone. Won't you come back? l do
not feel very we'll to-day. My head aches.
If you will come back I will be good to
you. Your loving
When she had read this note, which
Mrs. Ward had let Carl send, she sat
down on her trunk and cried again. 1t
seemed all so dismal n mistake, such a
waste of her life so far. She did not
look forward to the future with any
degree of hopefulness. 1t seemed as if
all her high ambitions were destroyed
and all of her ideals swept out of her
life.
The next two days she spent in help
ing her mother with some sewing and
in little duties about the house. In
every moment of leisure from these
duties her thought at once went back
! to her ambition to serve. and the more
she dwelt upon it the more hopeless
she grew.
In the morning Of the third day after
| she had left Mrs. Ward, and she was at
work washing the breakfast dishes,
when a note was brought to her. The
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
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s..
Strategy.

Oldheimer (standing in his garden
showing a friend the neighbor's new
fence)-Iou see, doctor, at last my
neighbor has put up new fence in
stead of the old hedge through which
his chickens came and scratched up
my garden.
Doctor-How did you manage? Go
to court about it?
Oldheimer-Court nothing! Every
few days l sent him couple of dozen
eggs, and when / had him used to the
eggs l stopped and told him his hens
had laid them in my garden. In less
than a week l saw that fence go up
n. Y. Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

evidently been looking for her out Of
the front window.
"Pm so glad you have come" she
said, and in a few words she explained
CarPs condition. She did not say .
word about the scene between herself
and Barbara, and Barbara did not in
troduce the subject.
carl was taken down with the fever
the night before last. He has been
steadily growing worse. Will you go
right up and see him now?"
Mrs. Ward led the way, and Barbara
followed, feeling strangely depressed
as if in anticipation of some great
trouble. She sat down by Carl and the
child knew her.
Little man." she said using a term
she had often given him, "are you glad
to see Barbara? / am SO sorry you are
not well. So sorry"
"You come to stay? asked Carl,
speaking with great difficulty.
"I'll stay with you awhile" Barbara
answered, glancing al Mrs. Ward, who
was at the foot of the bed.
81 mean all the time, all the time"
Carl repeated, slowly.
"If your mother wants me to-" re-
piled Barbara, who in the passage
from home to the Wards hac really
made up her mind to stay if she was
asked.
80, do want you to stay, Bar
bara!" cried Mrs. Ward, suddenly.
Then Barbara saw that she was worn
out with care of Carl for two nights,
and the housework in addition.
Dc
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
CHAPTER VI.
A KITCHEN IS AS ROYAL AS A PAR
LOR,


AS Barbara walked away from the
Wards that afternoon, she fully
thought that her social experiment
was finally over, and that she might
as well write "Finis" to the dismal
attempt she had made to solve even
small part of such complex prob
lem. But before she had covered the
short distance between the Wards
and her mothers, she experienced a
feeling of remorse that she had given
way so miserably to her passion in
the interview between Mrs. Ward and
herself. She even hesitated at the
corner before she started down the
street leading home as if she had
some serious intention of going back
to ask Mrs. Ward to receive her
again. But it was only a moments 8
pause, and then she went on and en-
tered the house, where she soon told
her mother the whole story. There
were tears on Barbara's cheeks when
she finished.
81 seem to be total failure in every
way, mother. l haven't even learned
grace to control my tongue"
Neither has Mrs. Ward, from what
you say" replied her mother, with
more spirit than was usual for her. "It
seems to me she is the one who is most
to blame. In fact Barbara, don'tsee
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
He Liked 1t.

Wife-How do you like my new
hat?
Husband-The idea of paying big
prices for
Wife-Big prices! Why, 1 made it
myself.
usband-Um-yes- I was
saying, the idea of paying big prices
for such monstrosities as the milli-
ners are showing! Now, your hat is
a work of art. Looks as if it came
from Paris. Beautiful, my dear.-N.
Y. Weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
She Felt wicked.

Revivalist-Is it possible that you
dance?
Fair Sinner-Oh, yes, often.
"Now tell me, honestly and fairly,
don't you think the tendency of dane
ing is toward sin?"
81 must confess that sometimes
while dancing 1 have very wicked
thoughts"
"Aha! 1 feared so. When is it that
you have wicked thou8hts?''
"When my partner steps on my
toes."-N. y. Weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

"This," said the druggists assist
ant, lis most wonderful hair renew
er. It's our own preparation"
"Well, give me BOTTLE" said the
bald-headed man. But 1 say, come
to think of it, why don't you use it?
You're pretty bald yourself"
81 can't use it. You see, I'm the
'before-using assistant The after
using assistant is out to lunch. You
should see m."-Philadelphia Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

Those who understand the subject
have to admit that when it comes to
the question of rational dress the
Chinaman has very much the best of
it. Who is there of us, arrived at a
certain rotundity of figure, who can
comfortably pick up q nickel from the
sidewalk without risking the integrity
of many vital points Df his raiment !?
American clothes are not made for the
performance of much STOPPING or do
mestic gymnastics, but the Chinaman,
in his loose, easy fitting clothes, is as
free to stoop, jump, run or turn hand.
springs as a small boy in bathing.
In Chinese suit of clothes you can
lie down and sleep with the same
amount of comfort that you can stano
up and walk.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
1t Makes q Difference.

"But, as a citizen, you must admit
that civil service is good thing"
urged the reformer.
my dear SIR" replied the politician,
Everything depends upon the point of
view"
'TIow is that?"
''If your friends are in and want to
stay in, you will be satisfied that civil
service is of incompatible value to the
community; but if your friends are out
and want to get in, you will readily see
that it is an outrageous imposition
and of real detriment to the munich
pality. Post.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
How He Reached Her Heart.

"She has accepted you, you say?"
"Yes."
"But she refused you month ago,
when you told her you were worth
million dollars and would lay it all at
her feet"
"She did"
"Then how did she come to change
her mind?"
81 marked my fortune down to nine
hundred and ninety-nine thousand
nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars"
-Leslie's Weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
It's a New Game,

Lets play that you're the Venus
of Milo" exclaimed the resourceful
young man.
Whats the object of that?" she
asked.
"Why, it would be utterly impossi-
BILE for the Venus of Milo to slap the
man who stole kiss from her." he ex-
planned.
The game proved to be a most en-
joyable one.-Chicago Post.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

"Mine!" cried the lordling. "All
mine!" And he undertook to draw
the girl to him.
"Yours!" retorted the beautiful but
sophisticated maiden of wealth, draw
ing away. "Well, guess not. You've
got it wrong. I'm simply investing in
a husband and title as an addition to
my establishment, t,"-Chicago Post.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

Yeast-A man can't always tell
what's in your mind by the way you
shake his hand.
imsonbeak-No; but he gener-
ally can size up the situation by the
way you shake your fst.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
Autumn Days,

Once we were glad. The year was young;
Twas when the smiling spring had sprung
But now it's old, for, sad to tell,
The melancholy fall has fell.
-PhilaGelph!a Press
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

you constantly. Can you come and see
him? l DO not dare ask if you will come
TO stay again, after my unkind words to
you. But l am sure you will be willing
TO please Carl by coming to see him. The
dear child is very i'll indeed
MRS. RICHARD WARD"
Barbara went out to the sitting
room at once and showed the note to
her mother.
"Of course, 1 will go right over
there" Barbara said, as she put on her
hat.
"NYill you stay if Mrs. Ward asks you
to?" her mother asked, with a tone
which conveyed curiosity mingled with
discussion.
Il don't know" Barbara hesitated.
81 don't think she will ask me to come
back"
81 think she will, replied Mrs. Clark.
"And my advice, Barbara, is that YOU
say no. | can't bear to think of you as
finally becoming nothing but serv-
ant"
Barbara dId not answer. She said
good-by to her mother and started for
the Wards. On the way her mothers
ldSL "oIuS SulOle neT gain anu again.
Nothing but servant"
Was it, then, so low a place
for a human being to I'LL - a
place of service where the help
rendered was necessity to a fam
lily? Was this place in society so in
significant or so contemplate that it
could be characterized as nothing"
but service? What was worth while,
then, in the world? Was it worth more
to the world to paint pictures, or to
sell dry goods, or teach school, or
spend time in eating and drinking and
dressing up for parties as so many
rich and fashionable people in society
did all the time? We're these things
more useful than the work she had
been doing of caring for the physical
needs of a home so that it could devel-
op in the strongest and best ways?
Mrs. Ward met her at the door as
she was about to ring the bell. Sbe had
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
INSIDE Down.

The mans that's overdressed you'll me
Too oft 'mongst human kind.
He wears his polish on his feet
Instead of on his mind.
washington Star. IA
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
SoInce for the Obscure

Don't sorrow though you are forgot
Amid the worlds dissensions;
The biggest nuisance frequently
Attracts the most attention.
Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
Ont of the Wet.

Into each life some rain must fall.
And lucky the feller
Who when the shower may come along,
Has got his own umbreller.
-Brooklyn Life.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
Journal.

She Is a matchless beauty,
And that she can't forget.
A match to make she's tried for years,
But all in vain, so 1t appears
That she is matchless yet.
-Leslie's Weekly
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

"How do you dare charge me $l1 for
this room when you advertise rooms
at five and six dollars?"
"Well, don't five and six make 11?"-
Fliegende Blaetter.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17

In Eden once rib became
A woman, so they say.
And now its ribbons that become
A woman of to-day.
-PhiiaGeIphia Press
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-17
reading of it stirred her pulses as she
stood in the kitchen and read:

MY Dear Barbara: Carl has been taken
i'll and is a very sick child. He calls for
you constantly. Can you come and see
him? l do not dare ask if you will come
10 stay again, after my unkind words to
you. But l am sure you will be willing
TO please Carl by coming to see him. The
dear child is very i'll indeed