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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-19
Gratitude Well Expressed.

Sault St.. Marie, Mich, Feb. 8th.-Mr.
Z. l.. Smith, painter and decorator, whose
home is at 309 Anne street, this city,
makes the following statement:
Il was laid up with some kind of pains.
Some said it was J:umbago, others Sciatica,
and others again Rheumatism. A few OF
poison, but whatever it was it gave me a
great deal of pain, in fact, almost COM
pletely crippled me. had to use two
canes to walk about and even then it was
very painful task.
"A friend advised me to try Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and | began the treatment. After
l had used the first box L was able TO
throw away one Of the canes and was con-
siderably improved. The second box
straigh tened me up so. that l could go
about free from pain without any assist
ance and very soon after was complete
ly cured, well and happy. without a pain
or an ache. Dodd's Kidney Pills seemed
to go right to the spot in my case and
they will always have my greatest praise"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-19
CURTIS WATERLOO. |
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
A~TALE OF DOMESTIC
CHIVALRY.

7 AMES RANDOLPH CURTIS is 4
u promising young man. He works
for Smith 4 Eldridge, dealers in mines
OF various assortments, oil wells and
stone quarries. Mr.. Smith is manager
Of the firm. He likes James Randolph,
and says that if he didn't have such
an uncomfortable kind of fool for a
wife he would amount to something
some day. Mrs. Curtis does not know
that Mr.. Smith says that about her.
Neither does James Randolph know it,
but he suspects it. He thinks so be-
cause, since he came back from his re-
cent trip through Pennsylvania, he
had occasion to say something like
that himself
James Randolph toured the Keystone
state at Mr.. Smiths suggestion There
were pending transactions of impor-
lance to be closed, and in his opinion
James Randolph was better qualified
10 close them than any other man in
the Office, except Mr.. Eldridge, who,
being flat on his back with rheuma-
tism, was obviously unable to travel.
Il want you to exercise particular
tact and discretion in dealing with
those people in Scranton" said Mr..
Smith when explaining to James Ran
dolph his itinerary THE fellow in
that bunch who really counts is Horace
Perkins. Perhaps you have heard of
Perlkins?"
Heard of him. echoed James Ran
dolph. well, should say 1 have.
He married my wifes cousin Kate"
MIR. Smith said 'Ah, indeed?" in a
tone which might have reasonably
been construed as rejecting disparag-
ingly on Mr.. Perkins matrimonial
Judgment; then, apparently not wish
ing to become embroiled in a discus
sion of family virtues, he resumed his
instructions on business tactics.
Perkins, he said. lis the man you
want to tie to. Keep at him inces-
sanity. If you can talk him over you
will put $3.50, 900 in the pockets of
Smith & Eldridge, and incidentally a
small sum in the pockets of James
Randolph Curtis"
That proposition gave James Ran
dolph a glimpse of Heaven. In reality
he went home that night hanging to q
strap in an elevated car, but so buoy
ant was he that he felt as if he were
being transported bodily through bill
lows of scented, roseate air. judging
by his emotions he was still enveloped
in chunks of that radiant atmosphere
when he drifted into his uptown
apartment, but he probably overesti-
mated its beati6c qualities At any
rate his wife escaped it's influence. In
stead of rejoicing at his fine prospects,
as James Randolph had expected her
70 do, she cried. James Randolph s
face assumed preternatural length
There, don't take on so, little girl, -
no said. II won't be gone long. !;
suppose you will be pretty lonesome
while am away, but you can get May
Dawson to come and stay with you,
and you will get along all right
''Oh, it isn't that!'' protested Mrs.
Curtis. I'm not thinking about my
Eelf. I'm thinking about you. don't
Gee how you are going to get along.
I am afraid you can't stand the cook
Ing. You know that since I have been
doing my own work you can't bear to
eat away from home, and hotels dc
ser'e such VIGOROUSLY bad meals"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-19
Couldn't Stand Such Ignorance.

In the family of the late Sir Henry
Wentworth Acland, professor at Ok
ford, there was so much talk of natural
science, particularly at table, that even
the servants theorized about it. In
one instance the butler gave notice
that either. he or the page boy must
leave. What is the trouble?' asked
the master. aren't you we'll treated"
Yes, sir; I've nothing to complain Of
in that way" replied the butler, but
no one can tell, sir, how toying it is
to work all, day in the pantry with a
boy who believes the world was Gre
ated in periods when I know il was
created in DAYS Christian Reeiatar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-19

&
Every meal that James Randolph ate
in the Perkins house after that al
most choked him. He was glad when
Mr.. Smith telegraphed him to go on to
Pittsburg for few days and stop at
Scranton on his way back to-close the
deal with Horace Perkins,
''I suppose he said to Perkins on
their way to the station, that there
is no doubt about my getting the bust
ness?"
"None whatever" said Perkins. I
don't mind telling you, however, that
1t is your own personality that has
won the day. There is another man
in the field who has, offered just as
good inducements as your house Of
fered, but in consideration of yourself
family relations and all that-we
have decided to give the contract to
You. The affair is practically settled.
When you come back from Pittsburs
everything will be all right and you
can go on to New York with the pa
pers in your pocket"
At that James Randolph's conscience
smote him violently. He felt that
something was going to happen to pun
ish him for his sins, and it did James
-.andolph reached Pittsburg on a
Wednesday morning. On Thursday he
received letter from Horace Perkins.
I'VE have given the contract to your
competitor" he wrote. "The inclosed
letter will explain why"
James Randolph palpitated nervous
1y as he opened the Enclosure. 1t was
letter from his wife to Mrs. Perkins,
and ran in this wise:
MY Dear Kate: I really am SO in
dignant that the ties OF kinship and
the. amenities of social life cannot keep
me silent. How could you have the
heart to treat my husband as you have?
If you didn't want him to visit you and
didn't intend to furnish him with the
necessities of life, why did you invite
him? He could have stayed at the ho-
tel. The firm pays his expenses, and
even if they didn't, I guess he could
have managed it. Really, Kate, 1 don't
know what to think of you. But I
know what you have done to James.
l have his letter here to quote from
I can't stand the cooking That is
what he says You can't get de-
cent meal here to save your life
James says he is sure he will he sick
after his experience at your house, and
he wants me to know what causes it.
If anything does happen to him l shall
never forgive you. You know he is all
| have, and you might at least have
given him decent food. James didn't
want TO complain, and I don't doubt
but that he would be quite angry if he
knew l said anything to you about it.,
but I really am so disguised that
can't control myself"
What James said may not be re-
peated
The enterprising agent of the firm
of Smith & Eldridge did not stop at
Scranton on his way back to New
York. Previous to his Homecoming his
superiors had heard meager account
of the Scranton fiasco; what they de-
manded Of James Randolph was a full
explanation. That he did not feel
privileged to give, but Mr.. Smith, be-
ing quicl0ened in wits by his suspicion
of Mrs. Curtis, made a stab at the So
luton Of the mystery.
"1ll bet," he said. that that wife. Of
yours had something to do with it,"
Il am afraid she did, stammered
James Randolph. And whatever elsa
lie had to say he said in the privacy Of
his own home.-N. Y. Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-19
Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass.

The two greatest fodder plants on earth,
one good for Il tons hay and the other 80
where, SO does Victoria Rape, yielding
&c, 900 lbs. sheep and swine food per acre.
tx. IL
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS TO THE
John A. Salzec Seed Co., Lacrosse, Wis,
and receive in return their big catalog and
lots Of farm Sc I'd samples.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-19
Clean Sweep.

Sister Lil!ian--Well, Bob. Ecw's the lival
football team s'aaping up:
Brother Bob-Aw, say, Lii. ;hey'r a lot
wiped tee floor with them Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-19

Tngaling Hello, old chap! Haven seen
you tor some time. How's business:
Jogalong-On tie jump. I've got three
frog farms in Missouri.-Ckicsgo Daily
News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-19

Have any trouble with your pipes freez
ing" No: they freeze all right; the
trouble comes after they thaw out. -
Cincinnati Tines-Star. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-19

II don't take any stock in these trusts,
anyway" Don't believe there are such
things" .'Oh, yes; but. l haven't the
money to buy the Stock O. Times
Democrat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-19

Straight running makes better speed
than the swiftest circling.---sala's Horn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-19
sIardi Gras, February 10-1G.

Rates via Mobile and Ohio Railroad from
Chicago to New Orleans and return, $500;
Chicago to Mobile and return, S24OO Low
rates from all points. For full particulars
write Jro. NJ. Beall, NJ. & O. X. r., ST.:
Louis, Mo. 80
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-02-19

realized that he had overshot the mark
in his former gushing epistle. "By
George!' he said, 1.-The little girl is
Jealous. I thought understood Min
ME clear down to the ground, but it
seems l didn't. I'm on the track of
her ldiosyncracies now, however, and
another letter Will bring her around
In his second letter James Randolph
changed his tactics.
Il am not in good shape at the pres
ent writing" he said. IF things con-
tlnue to go this way l think I shall
have to leave the Perkinses and stay
at a hotel. l can't stand the cooking.
Inc hrst day was here they put their
rest loot foremost and fairly surfeited
me with good things; but since then
tnere mas been slump in the commits
sary department, and you can't get a
decent meal here to save YOUR life
VI course can't kick, considering thu.
l am guest in a private family; in
deed, true courtesy forbids my writing
the 1acts even to YOU. but thought it
best to tell you the plain truth 50 thai
in case L get sick you will know tho
cause. shall be in Scranton only two
days longer, and shall try to stick It
out here, but if things get too bad I
shall, as said, leave and go to the
hotel. But even though Should mako
the ch7nge, | fear that my system is
alread* so deranged that shall not re-
cuDerate until get hone and revive
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01
: THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL SORT
Towels and Table Linen.

No better more appropriate present be bestowed
wife mother than assortment of handsome linen.
When you have the showing making in these lines
you will agree with that here is the which make
your selections
Beautiful line of Linen Damask Towels splendid quality,
pretty drawn work. hemstched borders pretty damask pat
terms, also plain linen Huck Towels and Fringed Damask
Towels, in white and with colored borders, at, per
towel 25c, 35c SOC, Csc and ISC
Handsome pattern Table Damask, bleached and half
beached good grade, full width, Soc GOc and OSC
Pretty designs bleached Table Damask, full width,
good men worth more, at yard 15c and SOC
Handsome border white, All Linen Damask, also
with Roman border, and with Glover Leaf
pattern, extra good grade, yard only plOO
The finest half beached Pure Lined Damask chrysanhemum
pattern, ~ inches wide the best wearing and the
cheapest table linen EARTH per yard only %
Handsome Clover Leaf pattern pure All Linen Dama3k -
inches in width; cloth Off this one will make any -
happy, yard, only Sl 70
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-01


Leather nd dT OF 3d. GLOW
Conbad Bruha Pin sC pds sM Figures
Frame Glass ef
hh ah a pres Of d
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-06-15

his vohe was very gentle. as though
he feared he might here touch some
old wound unwittingly. there is in
your life some romance which | have
not guessed. Believe me- would not
wound you Tor worlds. and trust you
Will pardon my clumsy speech"
'0h, ! am not blighted being. never
fear this with laugh that did not
ring altogether of merriment.
Then your refusal to marry me Is
not based upon the ground that you
prefer some other mann"
mo. am not in loye-with some
other man"
Then why not marry meT
Il have given you the best OF all
womans reasons, because
But your refusal of me is final,
may take it?'
Yes" the yes" with an almost in.
audible sigh, sigh so nearly inau-
dibIe that IL did not reach the man.
He had thrown away his cigar and
stood for moment gazing out toward
the trees, the throbbing waltz tune
breaking an otherwise perfect silence
Then he began to speak, and his voice
was harsh with feeling that had been
restrained
Il think quite forgot to mention one
thing in my proposal. did not say
that love you very dearly; that, not
wishing to be beggar of love. l have
waited all these years to be in posi-
ton to offer you the things which |
mentioned as rendering me eligible for
your hand. You, who are so cool and
calm. what can you know of love and
passion? Now / know that | have
worked all these years in vain-no, not
altogether In vain-for | am going to
kiss you once. here and now. II 1t
means the loss of all the little tina. is
left me of your regard"
lie gathered her In his strong arms
and kissed her. not once, but many
times. on her forehead. on her eyes and
on her lips. and then released her with
the fun consciousness that he had done
an objectionable thing which he did
not regret
But the woman held out her arms to
him and said:
'oh, Jack. dear. why didn't you tell
me that you loved me at lrst?'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-06-15

gas machine is generally under
stood as an apparatus for producing
earbureted air, which may be used
like carbureted hydrogen or coal gas
for Illuminating purposes. When gaso-
line. which is very light and volatile
product of petroleum. comes in contact
with the air 1t is dissolved by the air
in other words, the air becomes charg-
ed with its vapors to such an extent
that the air and vapors form fairly
good substitute for coal gas, requiring
slightly different burner. Oliver p.
Drake, philosophical instrument
maker of Boston. was the first TO use
gasoline for this purpose. The Drake
machine was made In the form of a
cylinder with a partition through the
center. One end was provided with a
water meter wheel driven by a weight
and clockwork. This meter wheel
pumped air which was taken into the
other end of the cylinder. where it came
In contact with the gasoline, the gaso-
line being constantly presented to the
air by rotating evaporation made Of
wicking. The air in passing took up suf-
ficient of the vapors to enable 1t to be
used for Illuminating purposes. These
machines went into use to limited
extent.-Sir Hiram Maxim in Harper's
Weekly.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-06-15
Al ADimai Story For
Little Folks
A Cricket Ball

80 two boys on the lawn talked
about a cricket ball-they meant a
hard ball. like baseball. with which a
game called cricket is played-but Mrs
Hoppy Cricket and Mr.. Chirpy Cricket,
who overheard them. thought they
meant sure enough ball. with music
and dancing
THE very notionr chlrped Mrs
Cricket. I'VE will give one to intro
duce Tweedle to society"
"Well have the katydids for fiddlers.'
MIR. Cricket said. 81 hear that new or
chestra is the finest ever
"Oh, yes. papa, and do have jarfiy
or two"' begged Miss Tweedle Cricket.
Il love the sound of their elarinets."
For week before the moonlight
night which was to see the crickets'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-06-15

ball little snapper bug messenger boys
were hurrying to and fro all through
the grass, inviting every beetle of any
standing at all. The worms were left
out. Crawling creatures" said Mrs.
Cricket. I'VE can't afford to invite
them"
The refreshments were horeydew ar
ranged in rose leaves. and the or
chestra WAS practicing new pieces for
the occasion. 1t seemed too bad for a
debutante TO appear In black, but no
cricket ever wears anything else, so
Miss Tweedle had to be content with
her shiny black silk gown.
The glowworms' lamps were glow
ing, the katydids fiddled away for dear
life and the crickets We're swarming
In circles when Mr.. Rooster, returning
from n late ward meeting, concluded
that this must be banquet especially
arranged for him. But Mr. Rooster had
been listening to speeches until he was
drowsy. He was not quick enough for
the beetles and crickets, though If they
had invited a few worms | think he
would have got them. AS it was, the
minute he set his foot in the ballroom
they all fled out of the way under a
leaf, the glowworms darkened their
lamps. and you would never have
guessed that there was a crickets' ball
within Worcester Post.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-06-15

DO you wonder at the perp!exity of the
little girl who, upon helng asked by her
teacher: allow is it, my dssr, that you dc
not understand this 'imp'e thipg?" re-
PHI d. win parpex in':"I do not
know, In i9ed INIT m slime Jrlnh that
1 h,yo - maay mugs B." e,sn nat save
moi time to understand
Contrast With this tue plr,t OF the boy
mentioned ia tue f.d'oNirg paragraph:
In .cu, garden properly conducted
children tecom~ 20 deeply i"tere~t"d in
accompliS ring u certain, def it", "ear,
aud underst andshle resuit-jie raising OF
flowers and vecsta bles-t hat Trey learn to
work hard without beiue conscious OF eff
fort. Tina: is matter OF the very highest
importsneeI in educating children. said
to a boy, who is one OF the most indefat'
igable workers ever saw: "Why you are
the hardest-w working boy know
eyes," he said, 81 know IT, but it's fun
just the same"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-06-15

II you had it to do over again. would
you marry?
OF course you would, for If you had
your life to live over again you would
live just as you have lived.
But IL you had known, when young,
what you know now. would you marry,
as you did?
That, however, Is not a fair question,
knowing that such thing is impossi-
BILE
Besides, you could have learned from
the lives and experiences of others IL
you had been anxious to know all
about married life before entering upon
it yourself.
Possibly You were advised this way
and that. warned TO look out for trou-
bic and assured of complete success.
No wonder advice Is so cheap; II is so
plenty. And who wants anything so
cheap that it is given away just to get
rid of il?
That's how you felt, no doubt, and
that is, or once was, your excuse for
doing as You did.
1t is better that you didn't take ad-
vice from others, for If you had you
might now regard them as your NOR
tai foes and blame them for all your
troubles and your woes. - Pittsburg
Gazette.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-06-15
one Way to Foreteu weather.

There were weather prophets before
the weather bureau. A correspondent
Of the Springfield Republican says that
once when Dudley Leayitt for many
years the maker of the New Hamp-
shire Almanac. was driving northward
through Nottingham he encountered a
farmer hoeing by the roadside.
"A fine morning." said Leavitt.
Yes" was the answer, but it's go
ing to rain before long"
There was no hint of rain In the sum-
mer sky, but before Leavitt had got
through Northwood narrows n heavy
shower came down upon him. WISH
ing to find out how the farmer could
predict so exactly, he turned back and
found him out in the field again
after the rain.
Il should like TO know" said the
astronomer OF Winnepesaukee. "how
you could tell so exactly what the
weather was going to be-"
Well" said the sage, when my old
ram scratches his ear with his left
hind foot In the morning I'm certain
twill rain before night. Besides, IL
that old fool OF bud Leavitt says in
his almansc. Fair weather may be ex-
pected.' know twill be just the con-
trary."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-06-15
An ADirDal Story For
Little Folks
The VENTURESOME
MOSQUITOES

There once lived in New Jersey two
very smart little mosquitoes who were
tired of the humdrum Of everyday life
and who thought it would be the very
best fun that ever happened for them
to start out and visit some Of their
relatives in Pennsylvania during the
winter season.
So Off they went into the mountainous
region, and very soon they came across
any number of the staid mosquitoes
Of that section, who expressed the
greatest pleasure at meeting them.
The visitors stuck their long bills
into the ground and set the little saws
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-06-15

STUCK THEIR LONG BILLS INTO THE
GROUND.
that are attached to them to work and
were pretty soon drilling holes in the
earth.
Now two things are generally
known to the wise One is that oil is
death to mosquitoes. and the other is
that this particular section of Penn
sylvania is famous for its oil.
Well the mosquitoes had not drilled
very far into the ground when sudden
~ there spouted up two streams of
oil that would have put an end to the
lives of all the mosquitoes In the whole
of Jersey.
"I'll never leave home again." cried
one of the inquisitive boys as he keeled
over on HIS back and breathed his last.
Those are my sentiments" said the
other fellow, as he, too, doubled up
and died--St. Louis Dispatch.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-06-15

Hothouse strawberries brought 50 a
pound in London last month, and the
best asparagus was SIS bunch.
When a man happens to win dollar by
making lucky guess he soon goes broke
backing his wonderful judgment.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-06-15

No need to fear sudden attacks of cholera In
fantum. dysentery, diarrh@a or summer COM
plant, If you have DIR. Fowler's Extract Of
wind Strawberry In the medicine chest.-Advt.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-10
HELP wANTED-MALE.

WANTED, WHITE OFFICE BOY
for three weeksj references. required
G.. w. Allen, 81 East Bay.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-10
Citizen of the Republic.
MATTERS OF RECORD IN
COURT OF ORDINARY.
Petitions and Letters Granted by
Judge Henry ABcAIpin.

Petitions and Letters Granted by
Judge Henry NBcAIpin.
In the Court of Ordinary yesterday
sundry business was transacted by
Judge Henry McAlpin. The following
is the days record:
Letters dislnissory We're granted
John D. Robinson, Jr., administrator
of the estate of P. H. Herman.
William T. Prescott, administrator of
the estate of Lauretta ]. Prescott, filed
application for letters dismissory.
Petition of ]. Quintus Cohen, guard
ian of Mona T., Martha, Harriet M
and Edward S. Hunter, minors, to be
made a party, in lieu of Fred Myers,
to the probate in solemn form of the
will of Julia T. Hunter, deceased, was
granted.
Order allowing sale of portion OF
property held in trust by J. Quintus
Cohen as guardian of Mona T., Mar
tina, Harriet M. and Edward S. Hun
ter, to raise $500 for maintena nee and
education of wards, was granted. The
property is valued at $15,000 but nc
moneys are yet accruing to provide
for wards
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-10

WATCHES, CLOCKS AND LADIES
stick pins. brooches, necklaces. rings.
hair pins and all kinds of jewelry
at j. g. c. N. Thomas, corner state
land Whitaker.