The Virginia enterprise., 1901-12-13

But when the sun has sci,
An all the trees is spOoky, an
The grass with dew is wet:
An when yOn hear the death Watcn pear,
An all the woods is still
Why: that's the time the whoos come out
An wander on the hill.
l amt 50 much afraid o spooks.
Because you Lever see
a spook when other folks is round
They don't like company.
But those is different, for you can't
Tell when you'll meet whoo;
You're never safe except in bed,
With your head all covered too
William Wallace WhitelOck.
Senator W. A. Clark of Montana tells
a story ON Prof. y. r. Leonard who for
Iowa State university, and who was
called recently to the presidency Of the
Mining college at Butte, Mont. Senator
Clark says that, though Montana is
somewhat cut of the circle of prohibition
Influences. it can now boast in President
Leonard a rare apostle and advocate of
temperance.
Not long ago Prof. Leonard. feeling in
disposed, consulted his physician. u Ger
man, very scientific and acknowledged as
one of the leading men in his profession
in Montana. The doctor advised Mr..
Leonard to work less at the desk, exer-
else more outdoors and take beer as a
tonic.
The professors labors were such that
he felt that he could not devote fewer
hours to them. but he concluded at least
to try some beer. which he had never
before tasted. He did not approve of it
as a beverage, but as medicine he felt
justified in taking it, especially on the
recommendation Of so eminent a practi
toner.
The doctor met his patient few days
later as he was leaving the college and
stopped to inquire how he was feeling.
"Abcnt the same,' replied the pro-
fessor.
did You take beer as l directcd?'' in
qnired the physician.
"fcs,' responded the professor. Il
took it a few times, but it became so
nauseous that l had to discontinue it,
''How much did you take?'
'Why, | bought Il whole bottle and
took a spoonful before each meal,' an
swered the Observation-Disclosures Post
Shortly after President Roosevelt en-
tered the white house, u politician called
upon him. with reference to appoint
ments. After the preliminary express
s!ons s! of high esteem, unbounded admira-
ton and eternal loyalty. he began to
small office down in my district The
politician didn't finish his sentence.
.'What!' exclaimed Roosevelt, interrupt
ing him; lis that Internal scoundrel still
in that place, l had some knowledge
missioner The politician acknowledged
that Mr.. Blank was still there, and then
turned the subject.
President Roosevelt was once travelling
IN Idaho and passed a bookstore in ..,.,r
window Of which was copy Of h;;
,"Winning of the West" Going into the
bookstore tSi he jnG!yir:d: Who is, this an
scier eHe hes ranch Ga drycT S:d s SGS6 M%5
DO YOU think Of his book?' asked the
President: Well" said the dealer, Slow
ly and deliberately, 'Tye always thought
that It he had stuck to running a ranch,
and given up writing books, he'd have
trade"
There is. says the Philadelphia Press.
president delights to tell. On one occa-
sion, when he was speeding over the
pennsylvania railroad en- route 10 Wash
ington, IL fond father held his boy in one
arm and copy of Judge in the other. \
cartoon of an Irishman on the warpath
knife in hand, and savage teeth dis.
played; faon oome1 % up before re the sma; boy
L
guess you DON'T" said the father, sus-
pecting nothing: and seeing no cause for
alarm. Yes. I do" persisted the bal
boy; Il know who he is and what he is:
He's called Teddy Roosevelt, and he
fights the Indians on horseback, and
what he cant cut to pieces he tears with
his teCth.''
Some years ago there was a tollgate on
q ,l ,l-rD IN
terry. Detroit. All funerals were allowed
to pass along this road without paying
One day DR.. Pierce Il well-knOwn ply
sician, while paying his toll, jokingly re-
marked to the gatekeeper:
'Considcring the benevolent character
of our profession | think you ought to
let us pass free of CHARGE
mo, no, DOCTOR" said the gatekeeper:
I'VE can't afford that. You send too
many deadheads through as it is."-New
York Times.
Senator Mark Hanna, when it came his
turn for Il story not long ago in the Wal
dorf- Astoria. told the following:
when Robert &. lngersoll came to
Washington from the West. his head
filled with legal lore and in6delity, or it
would De better to call it agnosticism. he
encountered in one of the corridors of the
capitol an old negro woman vigorously
scrubbing the floor, when she heard any
one coming. and, when the footsteps died
away, husily reading her Bible.
He slipped up or her very quietly one
morning. and, taking her by surprise with
her precious book. said:
Mary, do you believe all YOU read
there?'
~ sutanly do she replied; 'ebery
word. Col. Ingersoll.'
DO you believe that God made man
out Of dust?'
In coase 1 does
"'Say, it happened to rain hard about
that time and the dust was gone and
there was nothing but mud?
Den de good Lawd knowed enough
to know dat it was time to make dem
lawyers and intdels, Col. Ingersoll'
Bob walked away crestfallen and
quoting Tennyson's In Memoriam'-
Leave thou thy sister when she prays.'" :"
New York Tribune
The best Jimmy Whistler story that
l have heard since Mr.. Chase's talk on
the famous painter last April was told
here at dinner on Wednesday last.
Mr.. Whistler was guest at dinner
given by John Sargent, the well-known
portrait painter. The little artist dined
royalty and was very merry. After
dinner he asked Sargent if he might be
excused while he wrote an important