The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-07-18
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The little daughter Of APPOINTMENT
Western senator has beenzzAttenaiHs
school at Washington during gthe past
Winter and herzprQuds father. ia6ther and
number OF friends went there on the
d tSs s Of tnS s!SSn of school listen to
1 %hs w tseehsS asfa The 1s s ssso1s
tie daughter, who was sitting in the
front row wriggled about and faised her
hand. Thinking to please the5fond par
emf, the teacher asked her. 49,
"Yes'm. one moon is" answered the
child. II don t l5now about Esthe@other:'
"Well. my dean, which one-is inhaD:
ite 49,, asked n the teacher: - ,,;75
Its inhabited by my aunt and my new
uncle John" ,<,r~
''What do you think of the. political
outlook in Washington;o *said g. 'ra1-
MY FRIEND" al swerel the: Kans:,s
farmer. ''You're IA few years-too late.
You don't want to talk Washington to
us now: You want to talk Vail street
or the Chicago board Of trade::,'-W ASH
ingtou Star. 1~ .--1~-
\ Baltimore salesman recently re-
turned from Il tour Of Florida, relates
that while on 4 long. drive with an IN
communicative negro for his: driver and
only companion he asked on seeing :,n
old building ahead: -,
Jim. is that old building way up the
road Il deserted church?' r.
The boy turned and, rolling up his
eyes, ,lraWled ont:
''No. sab. Bapteest.'
The traveller desisted from asking any
further questions and the rest of the
journey wa: made in~silence.-B Baltimore
Sun.
So, he waited: Stylish lady Visitor Ito
small boy, while waiting for hostess to
come .lown,-What is the matter with
ly? Small boy-Mamma said that your
hat WAS enough to make Il dog laugh,
and l wanted to see him do it.---Tit-Bits.
The Courier de Paris relates that Il
party OF men, sitting in front of a boule-
ward cafe, were recently approached by
man who had clarionet in his hand,
and who said Gentlemen, excuse lie,
l have to make my living, but T suppose
you would rather give Inc IL sou not Ia
hear me- They took the nlni He re-
till, one day, one of the men said he felt
like hearing tune. ind asked him to
play. Il am sorry" said the man with
the clarionet, but cannot play Il note. .
Little Emily asked great many ques
tions the answers to which were some.
times very unsatisfactory. One day, af.
ter bordering long time on what haL
been told her. she exclaimed:
H. ;cl, T hnI o:, l.
OF mc:'-1-eslie's Monthly.
Mare Antony had just flung himse!!
upon the couch, when he jumped up Will
The obelisk, the obelish!v' he yelled
clutching at his neither garments.
"But don't understand, said thu
Lily of the Nile, affrighted.
However, he proved that the was cor
rect, by extracting Cleota,la's needle
from the folds Of his toga, and forth
| with rushed to the corner drug store TO.
two yards Of courtplaster.-Ncw York
Times.
Cupid's Benefit Celia-Oh, we had a
delightful time at Ophelia's announce
ment party. Delia-What did you do:
Celia-She had us submit sealed guesses
as to the man she is engaged to; the girl
W III EucSSVu tight 10 ~ Uc ulUIu VI
honor.-Detroit Free Press.
'Well," said the shade of Capt. Kidd
to the shade of Noah, You needn't be SO
nifty about not associating with me
Why if l remember correctly you were
the original man to scour the sea, and if
it hadn't been for you, fellows i'll my
line Of business would never have eA'
isted.'
"That's so.'' agreed Noah, unbendin%
tritie. land believe have never been
given due credit for making the meat
trust possible. baltimore American.
The clcrgyman's little boy was spend
ing the afternoon with the bishops chill
dren. AT the rectory," he said. we've
got Il hen that lays an egg every day.
''Pooh!' said Master Bishop. my father
lays Il foundation-stone once Il week. -
Tit-Bts.