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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08

sAw,. SHUT UP.

The man who. speaks . dozen tongues,
rib when all is said and hone,
!, Don't hold a match to him who knows how
to keep still in one;
The talker cops some good things here,
things much to be desired.
The silent man cops these and more, and
doesn't make folk tired;
Oh,you can have life good things brought
~ right to you If you will;
Throw out your chest, put on a frown, and
just keep still.
The man who's known as "silver-tongued"
may fool folk for spell.
Some few may take him at his word, be-
lieve all he may tell
About himself for just awhile; but soon
he'll make a slip
And he'll be nicely put away. knocked out
by his own lik:
Oh. you'll get money in the bank and dol
lars in your till
II you'll put on thoughtful look, and just
keep still.
Full many men are dead and gone who died
for want Of breath
And many who while still on earth have
talked themselves to death;
more sharper than serpents tooth is
mans own reckless tongue
"nen hung inside an open face and all too
loosely swung;
Nlose up your lace ana Ope your ears and
drink In to your Ill
This sage advice; throw out your chest and
just keep still!
In public LIES few lower rounds are some
who chew the rag
And some from dewy morn till night sail in
and punch the bag
Because they like the sound OF 1t: but list
awhile, you'll find
The louder Is the noise It makes the more
It's filled with wind:
Be good and hush and you will get a great
reward, you will;
Throw out your chest and SMILE or frown
but-just keep still.
j. M Lewis. in Houston Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08
THE PROMOTER STOOD in.
Entitled to Share for Impartine a
Good Idea to the Com
- pany. p, :. ,.

How Seth Bullock, superintendent Of
the Black Hills forest reserve, personal
friend OF the president and not infre-
quently guest at the white house and
noted western character, managed to
secure a fancy drink in the early days
OF Helena is told by former resident
of that city, now Of this. It serves to
show; says the Washington Post, that
the age of promotion" is not as young
as is pictured by later date savants.
1t was in the early '70's, when Hele-
ma was one of the banner placer min
ing camps of the west and gold was be-
ing washed by hundreds of men from
the sands of Last Chance gulch (now
Main street). Bullock wanted q fancy
drink and did not care to remunerate
the bartender with fancy price in
lieu, so he evolved q plan which
worked to perfection.
Entering the saloon, Bullock said:
&C., I'll tell you what let's do.
II you will furnish the sherry, I'll fur
nish the fresh eggs, and we will mix
up drink that is out Of sight,
AS eggs were worth two dollars a
dozen, the liquor man decided that it
was good bargain, although wine was
sold at a stiff figure in those days.
Then Bullock went into the grocery
nearby and said to the proprietor:
I Wv, If you will furnish the eggs.
I'll furnish the sherry and we will have
something worth while in the line OF
fancy drinks" o..
The grocer agreed to furnish the
eggs and a few minutes later both en-
tered the. liquor house. The concoc-,
ton was duly prepared and the three
began to absorb it.
AS Seth swallowed his, share, an
idea struck the bartender. -,
. Say" demanded he, turning upon
Seth, where do you come in on this
game anyway? - has furnished
the eggs and have supplied the LIQUOR.
How do you get in?'' ~
''Oh, I'm the promoter" replied Bull.
lock with a smile. )
There was nothing left to say. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08
TINA YERs oIyT' i Carl %.


+ Nowhere on earth is the faculty so
well developed as. at Monte Carlo sot
extracting the last sou from the pub
lic.'. The, place has grown several
times over ii ten years. The annual
profits amount to about: e 100000.
It has become q huge gambling trust
up to date. keeping abreast Of the
times and defying and meeting all
competition, says q writer In the Lon
don Mail. ~. 'G'.% IN ~. - =: 81 g..
J The splendid business capacity of M.
Blanc, who is. Monte Carlo as much
as Mr.; Chamberlain is the fiscal ques-
ton, has led him to make the discov-
cry that some lucky gamblers have
been taking money away from Monte
Carlo. This is a defect in his sys-
tenn that he intends. to xemedy, as
in his opinion the Casino con pany
needs the cash more than anyone else
does.
About 200 active spies are employed
at Monte Carlo. They throng the
gambling rooms, pick UP facts about
the players, catch and expel pick
pockets, track persons who exude
counterfeit coins, and make them
selves generally useful to their en-
ployers.
One Of their duties is to collect sta
t1stics as to how much the big win
ners win and what they do with it.
These gentry have discovered that
when a gambler has won few thou-
sand pounds at thirty or-forty or rou-
lette he becomes tired of both distrac-
tons. He wants new worlds to con-
quer, and he goes of and loses all
his profits at Nice or Cannes at the
baccarat tables.
Here you have the Monte Carlo fis-
cal question, and M. Blanc has taken
steps to. prevent the deleterious e.
portation Of bullion that might very
well remain where it is.
So now you can play baccarat. or
bridge, or poker at Monte Carlo.
They are not played in the Casino.
There's isn't room. A sumptuous club
has been established, and winnings
from the Casino company's Golfers 20
back to: those same Golfers via the
club. =
Monte Carlo is keeping up with the
times: 1t is being run more and more
In accord with the motto: IF YOU
don't see what you want, ask for It,"
The gaming tables now keep open un-
I'll one a. m.,; and you can even get
ham sandwich on the: premises to
refresh your. inner man and give you
the fortttude necessary to lead you to
lose SOME more money.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08
SURGERY IN HIGH FAVOR.
People Now Readily Submit to oper-
atoms Who Once Shrank
from Them,

Not SO many years ago surgical opera
tons were generally regarded by the
public as means Ct last resort, and were
submitted to only when the patient OF
his family was advised that no other es-
cape was open for the sufferer. Ere
quently, says the Baltimore Herald, the
sick man was in extremis when he wen,
under the surgeon 'sknife, and it is as
serted by medical men that the large
mortality in a given number of opera
tions was due to this fact In this way
the popular fear of going through these
ordeals was increased, the surgeons gen
orally being held responsible for the ia
tai outcome. :.
To-day there is less fear Of the knife
and statistics show that the mortality
is far less. This is attributed by the
profession to the advanced views now
held, and what may be termed the great
or popularity of surgery. Of course, a
most potent contribution to this condi-
ton of affairs is the more extensive
knowledge possessed by the modern sur
geon and his greater skill. But there
is another source from which help
comes; that is, that cases requiring the
services of surgeons are not delayed un-
til the last minute, when the patients are
so exhausted or they cannot stand the
shock they must necessarily sustain.
! To-day it is appreciated by all stu
dents of ills to which flesh is heir that
if the knife is to be used the sooner it
is done the better; just as everybody
knows that If a disease is to be checked
the sooner medicine is administered the
better. And to this view of the mat
ter the doctor and the surgeon have grad
ually educated the people. This ! &C
counts for the popularity of surgeryand
for the material diminishing Of the
death rate of persons passing under the
knife. 4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08
PERSONAL ODDITIES.

T. Geronimo, the old Apache chief, stout
~ insists that he never was captured
by Gen. Miles. H..
j Thomas F.. McGarry. former mayor Of
1onia, Mich. is now doing duty % .
waiter in the penitentiary at 1onia.
DR.. J. J. Eisenhut, Of Denver, aged
104. has about begun to live, being con-
WINGED that he will reach tho age Of
1000. : =. $3.50 =,
w. j. H. Murat, machinist, Of Los
Angeles, CAL, claims the throne Of
Naples as q direct descendant Of Joa-
chin Murar. g.. )
Chilkoot Jack, 4 stanch friend OF
the whites, has been elected chief Of
the Chtlkat tribe Of Indians in Alaska,
to succeed Donowoka, the aged war
rtor, who died last March,. +
In the little village of Newbern, Va,
lives Mrs. Rebecca Mayo, the last sur
viving widow of soldier of the revolu-
ton. She married Stephen Mayo at
the age of II when she was less than 20
years Of age. .,..
Martin T. Burke, of La Crosse, Wis.,,
Tor many years q well-known business
man of that city, and by marriage q
cousin OF Gen. Grant, is the only sur
vivor Of the few men who were asso-
cfated with the great soldier-statesman
In the famous old leather store in Ga
lena,
In the class Of 1878 at Yale were two
bosom friends who have done more than
any other persons to shape the political
development and to advance the gen.
eral welfare 81 Porto Rico and the Phil
1ppines. They are Gov. William II.
Hunt, who is still In ONCE, and Gov.
William H. Taft, now secretary Of war.
Judge G. w. Raymond, recently ap-
pointed chief justice Of the United States
court of appeals in Indian territory,
was factory, hand in an interior town
Of Illinois Is. years ago. Joseph
G.. Cannon, now speaker Of the
house of representatives. became inter
ested in the young man, induced him to
stud " law, and has remained 4 helpful
friend. Judge Raymond was appointed
to the federal court at Muskoeee by
President Mckinley in 1901
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08
TWO STEPS.
The Last Ono Helps the First.

A sick coffee drinker must take two
steps to be rid of his troubles and get
strong and well again. -
The first is to cut of coffee abso-
lutely.
That removes the destroying ele-
ment. The next step is to take liquid
food land that is: Postum Food Coffee
that has in it the elements nature re-
Quires to change the blood corpuscles
from pale pink or white to rich red,
and good red blood builds good strong
and healthy cells in: place of the
broken down cells destroyed by coffee.
With we'll boiled Postum Food C6ffes
to shift to, both these steps are easy
and pleasant. The experience Of .
Georgian proves how important both
are. - IL
From 1872 to the year 1900 my wif9
and had both been afflicted with sick
or nervous headache and 1t times va
suffered untold agony, We were cotfee
drinkers and did not know how to get
away from, it for the nabit IL hard to
quit. y sS-<r p .s., E | Z:
But in 1900 / read Of ! case similar
to ours where Postum Coffee was used
IN place Of the old coffee and con-
plete cure resulted. 80 concluded %
get, some and try It. 5.'} s5z S. 81
The result was, after three days uso
of Postum In place OF the coffee /.
never had q symptom Of the Old
trouble and In dve months had
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08
BEE FARMING IN THE VEST.
Floating Hives on Streams Wander
About to Find New Flower
Pastures. -.

The "busy bee" is a type of industry
the world over. but we get new con-
ception of how busy the little insect
really is when we are told that it takes
the nectar from at least $4,000 flowers
to make one pound of honey. That is
what an experienced beekeeper says,
and his estimate is founded on careful
calculation, says the Detroit Free Press
Beekeepers are very important peo-
pie in some parts of the world. Take
Switzerland, for example, where honey
is staple article Of food, bread and
honey being the standard breakfast,
even among the peasants. The largest
hotels there serve it as the principal
item Of their morning bills of fare.
So important is the bee industry in
that little country that men are paid
to 60 around from canton to canton
teaching the art of beekeeping. It is
said that the German government, too
takes special interest in it, recurring
schoolmasters to pass an examination in
the art.
But the greatest beekeepers in the
world are to be found in this country.
There are men in California, for, in
stance, who own from 1000 to 10000
swarms of bees each, and during the
Towering season they farm out these
swarms to the owners Of orchards.
One peculiar feature of bee farming
IN the west is the practice of keeping
swarms on floating bee houses, so that
they may follow the streams to find new
flower pastures. This, by the way; was
done in Egypt thousands of years ago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08

04AE VI Cf1EChbOOk.
body. Good-by." But out on the street
she completed the sentence prudence
had checked in the parlor. "He must
be bothered about money matters
badly bothered" She walked slowly
past his uptown Office, then turned and
walked resolutely back TO it. The ole
vator sat her down before a ground
glass door. The boy in the front Office
took her card, went few steps, hest
tated, and came back to her. "The or
ders were sharp, miss. He was not to
be interrupted on any account" The
eyes behind the strong glasses grew
grave.
Il will take in my own card" she
said to the boy; tried the handle of the
door and, as it yielded, walked quietly
into the private Office OF Mr.. John
Holden. A voice, harsh with indigna-
ton. greeted her roughly:
Didn't I tell you, sir, that was
not to be interrupted?"
Molly came around to the front Of
his high desk, leaned one shoulder
against the upper corner, and fell to
Ticking at the dust with the brim of
her soft hat.
"Molly!",
"Yes-I heard you were mixed in
your matter''-she stopped his start
with gesture all right. Eve
plugged up the leak" Then, signif-
cantly, "Cotton?"
"Yes." He hesitated. looked at har.
and took the plunge.
GIVE been dancing to forbidden mu-
sic; now I'm going to pay the forbid
den fiddler" He spoke with grim self
disgust. Molly went on Ticking lazily
at the dust.
ttHo~ deep do you go?''
down to ruin" &:S.
Sure? Let's have the figures before
wetpaes un to the dramatic She
paused. and added, There are. others. %
aohn Holden bent his head. S*s%5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08
Tree Toad as Winter Pet.

A Salem lady all winter enjoyed the
society of tree toad which nestled/fu
the earth of plant pot: The spring sun
enlivened it, and one day it opened its
eyes, blinked solemnly at the mistress
few times. and climbed the plant.
where it still reposes, a fact which de-
stroys the popular theory that a toad or
frog is unable to survive a winter un-
less .burrowed in the mud and frozen
in. The fact lis either a toad or frog
will do we'll it taken from it's chilly
retreat in midwinter and subjected, to a
house temperature.-Detroit Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08
OLD SALTS OBSERVATIONS
As Writ by One Edward Marshall in
the Funny Paper Called
"Judge."

Love dies of starvation in some houses.
but there's more in which it's indiges-
ton kills it.
water in ships hold can stay at the
same level. Love in a household can't
it'll git more or less, as sure as fate.
A woman who was born as misshapen
as she makes herself with corsets an
such truck would commit suicide from
pure shame about her figger.
Some women are like fogs-not cause
they're damp an clammy to tn touch,
for that they amt, but cause they much
obscure our views of other things.
l passed Jim Brown two weeks ago,
when he was walkin' in tn road behind
mule team, an forgot to nod to him.
This mornin' I passed him ag'in, when
he was ridin' in carriage, an took off
my hat an waved it real cordial like. /
wonder why.
Amt it funny about women that flirt?
One of 'em II stay awake all night think
in about tn man that wouldn't wink
back at her, while tn chap that fell
plumb. in love at first sight won't git so
much as an extry snort as she: cuddles
down an goes to sleep.
Here's precept that passenger flung
at me after his wife had threatened to
git 3 divorce because he had seen some
thin on tn horizon that he said was
cloud an she'd declared it was an ice
berg. 1t had turned out to be cloud.
Never marry woman who's in love
with you," he says to me, "'cause she'll
expect too much" he says Never mar
~ one who amt" he added, ''for like
enough she'll fall in love with some other
man later" Then he went into tn smok-
in'-room an told tn steward to bring
him q Scotch highball.
l went ashore in q foreign port, an
tn people was givin' humty-roodle-
doc in honor of tn king. "Why?'
asks. "Cause he's licked ev'ry other
nation within reach of him." says a ma
tive, put down 46 revolutions an dog
fight, fooled all tn other countries OF
tn earth In diplomassy, caught all tn
criminals, cured all tn sick, cheered tn
unhappy, wrote historical novel that's
mad a bigger sale than 'Eben Holden,
solved tn servant problem, squared tn
circle, found tn philosophers stone,
Strengthened out tn currency muddle,
done away with tariff arguments, recon-
ciled Tom Plat an Richard Croker,
drove an eight-hoss team with tn reins
in his teeth an flag in each hand.
broke tn record for tn runnin' long
jump, an learned tn Bible SOS he can
recite it backward with his eyes shut
an pebble in his shoe. ~. Mercy on
u.s." says l. Hes great king. Amt
his people happy, though? But what
makes him look so kind of worried ?"
"Oh," says tn man that was a-talkin'
to me, that's because he wants the
queen to go to tn seashore this sum-
mer, an she says she's goin' to tn
mountains" Cant he make her 20
where he wants her to-" asked. make
herr" say Us the man. why, she's his
wife!" 'Oh!" says I.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08
To Many for Him.

She was ordering him about IN her
usual imperative style: And he, usu-
ally the meekest and; most submissive
Of men. like the proverbial worm. was
now beginning to retort.s *>5.s.5s,..5
I DO you think you rule the mi
verse;" he asked. sarcastically, when
he had the chance to edge in q word.
mo. but rule the first letter 81 it,.
was the prompt reply. 1 zSs7s..s85ss:
Alndsonce again he realized that his
wife was onestoo many for him Stray
Stories.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08
TO SEE .HAIRPlNS.
Man Is Uncomfortable ALI Dav IF He
Doesn't Come Across Ten
in the Morning.

Speaking of freaks. of superstition
and that sort of thing" said professor
OF psychology the other day, there was
one which came to my notice a short
time ago that beats anything have ever
seen. Probably everybody remembers
that as a child he had some kind of SUI
perstition about stepping on the cracks
in the sidewalk, but this man with the
new bug is absolutely unhappy If, in
his walking downtown in the morning.
he seesless than ten hairpins on the side
walk. He never picks them up-just
counts them-and If he finds ten he is
content. II not, then he says he's un-
comfortable the rest of the day. 80 4
so expert has he become that he can
see a hairpin on the sidewalk half q block
away. The mental attitude which makes
this. SORT OF thing possible gets to be en-
tirely mechanical after q time, and my
friend says he can think a 1hole lot bet
ter II he keeps one part of his brain busy
hunting hairpins while the other is do
ing the work which is worth while. AS,
he expresses it., the foolish part of the
brain Is kept busy so that it doesn't
bother the serious part, It's just like
giving 4 baby some feathers and q lit
tie molasses on: his fingers. They keep
him out Of mischief Ri. !. .3 49, +.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08

ever ii urB to01
grains 81 impure,
poison Gus matter 4
more than enough
to cause death.
Weakened kidneys.
J leave |, 4 !; this waste In
the blood, and !you
are soon sick. = get
well, cure the kid:
neys with Doan's
Kidney Pills, the.
great kidney spe-
cifc. U. II D iii. i:
Mrs. J. III. Bowles
of 11s Core Street,
Durham, N. c.,
On va. SAT WAS sick
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08

: Senator Stewart, Of Nevada, enjoys
the distinction of being the onl,@ man
In the senate who has never been
shaved. His beard began to grow
when he was 16, and has been growing
for sixty years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-08
/ struck q SnaR.

Northern Acquain tance solonel, they
say Japanese scientist has discovered
q serum that Is an infa1 lible cure for rat
3tIesnakes bite. ST likely It will ever dis
place. your famous Kentucky remedy
Eminent 5Kentuckia ian b what & Ia
NOUS remedy DO syou aIlude. sub CHI
sca&o Tribune. w
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-15
DECLINE TO MARCH
 WITH NEGRO GUARDS
Arkansas State Fair Board Re- fuses to Unite with Illinois in Ceremonies at the
 Exposition.

Hot Springs, Ark, Aug. 13.- Arkansas gracefully refuses to march in line with Illinois ne- groes at the worlds fair-or any where else for that matter-so says the State Fair Board, which has for it's president Mayor Geo. R. Bedding, of this city. It came about in this manner. Septem- Der II has been set apart as Ar kansas Day at the big fair and great preparations are under way to make it one of the great est days in the history of the state. On September 12 the state of Illinois will hold it's state ceremonies at St. Louis, and it was suggested by one of the H. linois board that the two days be merged into one grand affair, so to speak, and for a time this proposition was looked upon with favor by members of the Arkan- sas Board until 1t was ascer7 tained that negro guardsmen were to march in line on Illinois day. That brought about con- sternation in the ranks of the Arkansans, and forthwith it was voted that Arkansas was great enough and grand enough to take care of it's own ceremonies, there fore Arkansans will march in a line composed strictly of citizens of the state, with no negro guardsmen in the ranks. Illinois will have to take care of her own black soldiers and Arkansas will see that her big day at the big exposition is properly observed by it's white citizens and in large numbers, at that. The Hot Springs delegation, composed of several Pullman cars, will leave here on the night of September 20 for St. Louis.
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-15
TEACHERS INSTI-
 TUTE PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, 9 A. M.

,
 Organization.
 Some methods in primary lan- guage, Mrs. Ella Whitaker, Misses Bettie Higgs and Louise Irby.
 The fundamental rules in arith- metic, E. A. Shaver, Mrs. Pearl Coffman, Miss Cora Kimberlin. Language, picture stories and reproduction, Mrs. May Woods, E. A. Dixon, Andy Phillips. Arithmetic, factors and multi ples, Mrs. Dora Albright, w. L.. Hickman, G. H. Davis.
 The essentials of good reading, Mrs. Jean Diaz, J. R. Hodges.
 THURSDAY.
 How to study literature, Miss Hal Phillips, Miss Elizabeth Pugh.
 Longitude and time, Mrs. Ella Box, Amos Ford.
 Our state course of study, w.. M. Shaver, J. w. Best. w. w.. Beede.
 How to assign a lesson, Geo. R. Hopkins.
 How to conduct a recitation, Andy Phillips.
 Address, w. J. McIlwain. Memory Gems, their import ance, Mrs. Dora Albright, Mrs. Ella Box.
 FRIDAY.
 Applications of percentage, J. R. Hodges.
 How to grade our schools, E. A. Shaver, w. A. Bowman, J. C.. Alexander.
 The importance of the study of Arkansas history. Mrs. Cora Kimberlin, Walter J. Wade, Miss Belle Phillips.
 General discussion of the fol- lowing subjects by directors and teachers:
 What can we do
 (a) to improve our teachers? (b) to improve our schools? (c) to improve our communl- ties?
 Lighting and ventilation of school buildings, Miss Eleanor Bush, Mrs. Ella Whitaker.