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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
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THE ENGAGEMENT PROBLEM
It Is One Which, After All Is Said
and Done, Every Girl Must
Settle for Herself.

1t is one thing to fall in love and
another to propose marriage. Men may
be wise and cautious, they may have
most sensibly made up their minds
that it would neither be right nor fair
for them to speak, and they may have
definitely resolved not to say a word
on the subject of marriage till they
have, at least, prospect Of making a
home for wife. !.
Then there comes an accidental up
set to their calculations-a word. ]
look, blush, a smile. All their fine
reasonings are thrown to the winds
they have blurted out the love they
meant to keep concealed till the cor
rect moment of avowal came. Susie
has confessed she reciprocates the de-
votion she is told of, and nothing re-
mains but to ask papa's consent, and
visit jewelers..
But then comes the side that is no:
all rapture. At first, to be engaged is
enough to send any two adoring people
up into seventh heaven OF bliss; bu;
by and by that ceases entirely to salts
fly. They would like to marry; to be-
long entirely to each other; to set UP
housekeeping, and know all the de-
lights of home which the other
shares. The true test of love is not IN
the proposing and accepting, neither is
it in the buying and wearing the ring;
it is in the waiting with patience an
indefinite time for the fulfillment of a
hope of which the proposal and the en-.
gagement ring were merely a pledge
The question again and again arises
"How long is it reasonable for man
to ask girl to wait for him." If il
is year, or even two, or three, he may
be justified; for, after all, there is 3
definite end to the waiting, which
draws nearer every day. But if, afte,
five years, say, the end looks no nearer
If he is still just as unlikely to be
unable to support wife-should he
still expect {: girl to go on wasting the
best years of her life cS his behalf?
If she really loves him, it will moi
matter to her, though she waited TO,
him 20 years. 1t will be such an utter
impossibility for her to think of any
other man than himself that she will
not feel her chances in other directions
are being spoiled, for if she may no!
marry him, she would rather not mar.
ry anyone else while the world lasts
She will count any waiting short ant
light that has the hope of being his
wife at the end of it, and she will wal
without desire to be free. If she does
not love him-why, that is different
matter, and she had better not under.
take at all waiting which: she will
find intolerable.-N Y Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
.SILEN I ar IDEss or K REA.
Newly Made Husband May Not Hsa,
His Wife's Voice for Months
! After His Marriage. zE


Here is. a picture brought from the
far east only, a short time ago which
shows exactly how the silent Brides
as those of Korea are called with 50
much reason, look on the wedding day.
It may be said that although the robes
depicted therein remind one somewhat
of Japanese garments, the broad girdle,
with its enormous knot at the back,
which is found on the island girls
kimona, is not part of the Korean
bellies decoration, while the sleeves
edged with deep white bands are much
larger than those worn across the
straits.
The headdress, most important
part of the quaint outfit, is peculiar to
Korean brides. Made of heavy cloth,
carefully quilted and stiffened with a
sort of canvas lining, it covers all ex-
cept a. very little of the hair and rises
about a foot above the head. The large
wooden pins at the back hold the head
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

gear securely in place, the ribbon fall
ing over the left shoulder being decora-
tive only.
woman who, since her parents have ar
ranged all her marriage affairs, per-
haps never has seen her future hus-
band, is led before the priest for cere-
mony which probably has no equal for
simplicity. At word from the priest
the contracting persons bow to each
other slowly and solemnly and-all is
over! Then the bride goes home to
await further orders, while the hus-
band, gathering about him all his
friends and acquaintance, departs for
an elaborate feast, which he gives in
honor of himself.
Once married the brides family iden-
and she is never known except as So
and-So's wife. Her chief duty is to
attend strictly to her own business
not speaking except when necessary
So firmly is this virtue impressed upon
the young girls mind that several
months often pass before her husband
hears his partners voice. and where a
father-in-law is one of the family
whole years of almost absolute silence
are said to elapse. Since the son has
no say in choosing a wife or a daugh-
ter in choosing husband, the parents
are held responsible by the community
for the proper marriage Of their chill
OF h ic IN -,
the age of 20 unmarried, his neighbors
consider him sadly lacking in his duty
to his son.-Kansas City Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
IN AN OLD TRUNK.
Baby Finds a Bottle Of Carbolic Acid
and Drinks It.

While the mother was unpacking 81.
old trunk little Is months old baby
got hold of a bottle Of carbolic acid
While playing on the floor and his stom-
ach was so badly burned it was feared
he would not live for he could not eat
ordinary foods. The mother says in
telling of the case:
1t was all two doctors could do to
save him as it burnt his throat and
stomach so bad that for two months
after he took the poison nothing would
lay on his stomach. Finally took him
Into the country and tried new milk
and that was no better for him. His
Grandma finally suggested Grape-N Nuts,
and l am thankful adopted the food
Tor he commenced to get better right
away and would not eat anything else.
He commenced to get feshy and his
cheeks like red roses and now he is en-.
irely well.
Il took him TO Matamoras on 4 visit
and every place we went to stay to eat
he called for Grape-Nuts and I would
have to explain how he came to call tor
1t as it was his main food. as
1.-THE names of the physicians who at
tended the baby are DR.. Eddy of this
town and DR.. Geo. Gale Of Newport, O.,
and anyone can write to me or to them
and learn what Grape-N Nuts food will do
for children and grown-ups too" Name
given by Postum. Co., Bette Greek,
Mich. = @9'eS Il
Look In each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book. The Road to Wellyille." -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
BOYS WANT TO BE COOKS
New Jersey High-School Students,
Anxious to Be Camp Chefs,
Form Cooking Glass.

Thirty-two stalwart young men,
some over six feet high, have formed
themselves into a cooking class, which
is probably the only institution of its
kind in the world.
All the boys belong 10 the Orange
IN. j. high school, and the cooking
class meets after school hours. In
quiries have come from England con-
started there. The class has been in
existence over a year, and the pupils
are athletic young fellows who have
no idea of taking the places of cooks,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

but who want to Shine at sun inner
camps, where the gentler sex is not
present.
Good, plain, old-fashioned fare is
prepared and the dishes are made up
in the most appetizing manner. Ev-
cry kind of vegetable and fruit that
grows in the garden, bread, biscuit,
old-fashioned buckwheats, stews, roasts
and soups are prepared by the boys.
The fact that the good things cooked
are eaten by the chefs, sitting comfort
ably at a table where the lady teacher
does the honors, is one of the reasons
why the boys enjoy their novel les
sons, and larger number of boys
than can possibly be instructed: are
clamoring for admission.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
THE WORLD OF BOOKS.

F. Marion Crawford the novelist, has
gone to Italy, and in his Italian home
will revise his biography of Pope Leo
XIII.
Charles Dawson, q fellow Of the So
ciety of Antiquities of London, owns the
favorite chair used by William Shake
speare
Paul Adam, French author, will
study the influence of French art upon
American and foreign art generally,
having been commissioned so to do by
the French minister of public instruc-
ton.
The town of Nasso, in Sweden, has a
female contingent in its fire brigade.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
THE UP-TO-DATE WOMAN.

Mrs. Ann Randall, Of Lar<yhorne, Pa,
celebrated her ninety-sixtA birthday on
Monday evening by giving party at
which she danced several times in as live
~ manner as anyone present. Among
those at the ball were a daughter, five
sons, 20 grandchildren and % great
grandchildren.
The French government in Algeria
proposes to establish woman doctor in
every village where the native popula-
ton is large enough, the native women
being prevented by their social customs
from consulting men physicians. In AL
giers a dispensary has already been
opened for women.
daily newspaper of Rapid City, S. D.,
appears under the direct supervision Of
Mrs. Alice r. Gossage. Her husband,
who published the newspaper. was far
from strong, and little by little the ener-
getic woman took the management into
her. own hands. Now she 10 business
manager as we'll as editor.
Nine. Marie Paille. the autocrat of
Partisan hairdressers; has decided that
the hideous chignon is to come in again.
All OF feminine France doubtless will
bow in submission to this decree. Eng
lish women will fall into line and 1t is
not to be thought that Uncle Sans
daughters will lag behind. The CHG
non has been described as about on a
par, as barbaric ornamentation, with
the nose ring and the jingling bracelet.
1t Is unsanitary and provocative Of scalp
diseases"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

: Frank D. Overbaugh, cattle-buyer and
farmer, Catskill, N. Y, says: doctors
told me ten years ago that I had
Bright's Disease, and said they could do
nothing to save me. My back ached so
/ could not stand it to even drive about,
and passages Of the kidney secretions
we're SO frequent as to annoy me greatly.
was growing worse all the time but
Doan's Kidney Pills cured me, and I
have been we'll ever since"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Overbaugh
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all dealers; price so cents
per box.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
Hint for Lovers of Lace.

If you have bit of white lace that you
want to give that rich cream tint that SO
many admire, mix little cream-colored
starch: with the white Of add to the dry
white starch little clear coffee or tea
before pouring on the boiling water. The
tea or coffee. gives 6uller tint thar the
cream starch. which is apt to. be too yell
low. Instead Of starch or gum arabic
many persons prefer a little powdered
sugar dissolved in. the last water the
lace is rinsed in. 4$... 3. 80 : 4,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
JUST A WORD OF WARMING,
Indiscriminate Kissing Of Babies Is
Cruelty for Which There
Is No Excuse,

themselves infinite trouble about the
big and obvious things connected with
nursery management, who strive brave
ly to be up to date in the matter of
plumbing, ventilation and infectious
diseases, but who fail wofully when it
comes to certain Details One of the
most important of these is the disgust
ing and dangerous habit of allowing
every conner to kiss and maui the baby.
A baby, no doubt, is delightful OBJ
;ject and almost irresistible, but that is
no reason why advantage should be
taken of his helpless condition to Of
fer him hygienic outrages. Mothers
should know that promiscuous kissing
is a bad and vulgar habit, productive
of much danger to adults as we'll as to
children. Adults can protect them
selves if they like, but infants cannot.
and so it is the duty of the mothers to
protect them. l know of a case where
a visitor left with clinging kiss on
the lips OF a three-year-old girl the
quick germs of humps, from which the
guest had just recovered.
Ones individual breathing apparatus
may be precisely suited to his own use.
But it may be that there turks some
where in his system something that
would foul his neighbor's we'll of life
were it directly conveyed into it. This
conveyance the breath accomplishes
more swiftly and surely than the hy-
podermic needle could do the work.
These things happen daily and hourly,
where indiscriminate kissing is toler-
ated.-American Agriculturist.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

We have on file many Thousand testi-
monials like the ones given above. We
can only give our readers slight
glimpse of the vast array of unsolicited
endorsements we are receiving every
month. No other physician in tho
world has received such volume of
enthusiastic and grateful letters Of
thanks as DR.. Hartman for Peruna. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
Mrs. A., Hobson, 2a5 washingto
st., Lansing, Mich, writes

Mrs. A. Hobson, 225 Washington
st., Lansing, Mich i writes:
} "Reruna has been such q bLessin9
to my only child, as we'll IS myself
that I feel induced to give my fesfi-
m0niai. He has always suffered
! from catarrh Of the head and throat,
and I had to use extra precautions :,
50 as not to have him exposed to
damp or cold weather.. Last year
he was taken with Ia grippe, and
as 1t was severe case, caused me
much anxiety. No medicine helped
him till he took Peruna. Inoficed
an improvement at once and In
three weeks he was q different
child; the grippe had been COM
! pieteIy cured and / noticed that the
J catarrh was made better. He kept
taking 1t two weeks longer. when
he was entirely WE'LL now Use IT
offand on for colds, cramps, indi.:
/ gesfion orgeneral indisp0sition, and
,, find 1t superior to any doctors or
medicine ever tried. 1t keeps me,
as we'll as my child, i'm perfect
health; and i gladly recommend 1t
to mothers. "-Mrs. A. H0bs0n. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

W - 3@AAs6 ~A~S|s
Backache is kidney
pain-a warning OF
kidneyills Urinary
troubles, too, come
to tell you the kids
neys are sick. Con-
slant WEAKNESS,
headaches, dizzy
spells, days, of pain,
nights of unrest are
danger signals
warning you to cure
the kidneys. Use
Doan's Kidney Pills,
which have made
thousands of perma.
~a~t o,,roo
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
After a Shower Of Rain.

A shower of rain will often apparently
ruin a silk dress or blouse: Before maxi
ing sure that it has done so see what
ironing it will do. Often the silk may
be made to look quite new again by be-
ing ironed with moderately hot iron on
the wrong side. A piece of muslin laid
over the silk prevents any chance Of tta
being made shiny. >,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

Tom-"Are you on the water wagon
now" Dick-"No; but my milkman Is. :"
Town Topics. :, u
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
It Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot, sweating, callus, and swollen, aching
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
Pe-ru-na Protects the Entire House
hold Against Catarrhal
Diseases.

One of the greatest foes with which
every family has to contend is our
changeable climate To protect the
family from colds and coughs is always
a serious problem, and often impossible.
Sooner or later it is the inevitable fate
of every one to catch cold. Care in
avoiding exposure and the use of proper
clothing will protect from the frequency
and perhaps the severity of colds, but
with the greatest of precautions they
will come. This is a settled fact of
human experience. Everybody must
expect to be caught somewhere or
somehow.
Perhaps it will be wet feet, or a
draught, or damp clothes, or it may be
one of a thousand other little mishaps,
but no one is shrewd enough to always
avoid the inevitable catching cold.
There is no fact of medical science
better known than that Peruna cures
catarrh wherever located. Thousands
of families in all parts of the United
States are protected from colds and
catarrh by Peruna. Once in the family
Peruna always stays: No home can
spare Peruna after the first trial of it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
BE WARMED.

Heed natures warnings! Pain tella
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Mrs. K. Kane, IN sebor Street, !
chicago, ILL.,, WrlteS:. q, -" '.~z&
"Peruna has been used so long in
our family that do not know how !
Ic0uIdgeta along wifhoufit. Ihave
given 1t to all of my children at
different times when they suffered4
with Group, colds and the many ai-
n7enfs that children are subject to.
and am pleased to say that 1t has
kept them In splendid health. II
have also used 1t for a. catarrhal
! difficulty OF, long standing and ii I
I cured me In 4 short time, 50 have
every reason to praise Peruna.
Mrs. K. Kane.
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Elder Dippen-Brudder Sniff, what fc'
,yo' allus a-singin'? f. a.
Brother Smith--Ter keep NAH mind
fun dwellin' on nah thuuehts-Indre
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. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
Ave., n; Minneapolis, MINI. jar. 8; 1900. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
Lean Year.

Tom-Did she propose to you?
Dick-Yes, but it took me about three
years to persuade her to come to the point.
Detroit Free Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

Debts become larger the more they ars
contracted. -Princeton Tiger. ~ -
The Jewish outlook., 1904-11-18
and their success as students is neces-

and their success as students is neces-
sary. ....
Because this article will be read by
those who come in contact with families
who suffer hardships in order to give
higher education to their boys and girls,
l wish to sound one note Of warning
If the boy or girl lacks the principle
or the personality to succeed in pro-
fessional life, let that discovery be made
young, so that he or she may be turned,
in time, into a decent mechanic. Let us
close all the professions to the men
who will not be gentlemen, and to the
women, who will never be true ladies.
Do this while the student is young. Do
this for the sake of the student, for the
sake Of the profession, and for the sake
of the good name of the Jew.
Julia Richman in Jewish Charity.
The Jewish outlook., 1904-11-18
JURISPRUDENCE Of the Talmud
(Continued.)
Written for The Jewish Outlook
by M. SummerfieId.

by M. Summerfied.
The direct examination is followed by
severe cross-examination, which may
take any range, and when there is a
striking resemblance in the language of
the several statements, great efforts are
made to perplex the witness. After the
crOss-eXamination the witness is not al
lowed to change any part Of his testi-
mony.
After the prosecution has rested it's
case, the defendant is called upon to
present exculpatory testimony. By the
ancient common law defendant on a
capital charge was not allowed to pro-
duce witnesses to disprove the charge
against him; subsequently this was
changed, but the witnesses were not put
under oath, and it was not until the
close of the seventeenth century that wit
nesses under oath were permitted to tes-
tify in behalf of the defendant (Black-
stone, 359, AL
No attempt is ever made to lead the
accused to Standardization, which is
so much in vogue even in this enlight-
ened age, and voluntary confession is
not admitted in evidence to convict un-
less corroborated by legal number of
witnesses. The reason assigned for this
rule is the wish to avoid the possibility
of committing judicial murder on self
accusing lunatics, or on persons who in
desperation wish to end their lives and
to effect this accuse themselves of some
capital crime.
By the English law standing mute, or
not pleading, amounted to confession,
and the accused was thereupon found
guilty, and sentenced and punished as if
he chad been duly convicted by verdict
or confession of the crime (Black-
stone, 329.) Formerly by the same law
the defendant was compelled to plead.
He was put into a dark room, where he
was denuded Of his clothing and laid on
The Jewish outlook., 1904-11-18
THE JEWISH UTLOOK

y
tenance was allowed him during this or
deal, which was known under the name
OF penance, or pressing to death, and
sometimes continued for forty days.
a Blackstone, 327.)
The well known rule of our day that
no man shall be presumed guilty until
the contrary is proved by competent wit
nesses, applies in full force under the
Talmudic law, and the accused is a COM
petent witness in his own behalf, a rule
still not of universal application in the
United States.
The Talmudic age was not a'gOod one
for lawyers, as neither the state nor the
defendant was allowed to be represented
by counsel. The court, it is said, is the
representative of neither the state nor
the prisoner, but Of the majesty Of JUS
tice which represents both the state and
the prisoner; and justice being blind and
impartial sometimes only too blind,
say parenthetically), no counsel is al
lowed to either side. But after all the
procedure under the Rabbinic law is
more consistent with justice than was the
civil law, and after it the English law,
which allowed counsel to the state in
capital cases, but not to the defendant,
and this rule obtained until a very re-
cent period. However, under Talmudic
law the defendant may argue in his own
behalf, and when he does not, others
must do it for him.
If the verdict is in the defendant S
favor, and I use the term "verdict' ad-
visedly, for the proceeding was one
rather more before a jury than before
the court, the case is disposed Of on the
day of the trial, but if he cannot be ac-
quilted Immediately, the case is ad
journed to the next day, and the court
meanwhile enters on its deliberation. The
object Of this postponement is to allow
the first impression made on the judges
to wear off, and to afford reason time
to see clearly the path of justice, which
might lead to an acquittal. This method
was followed in all cases, but more par
ticularly where life or liberty was in
volved Here the rule was that the an
nouncement Of verdict Of guilty be
postponed to the day following it's find
ing, in the hope of discovering in the
evidence, or somewhere else, flaw that
might turn the scale Of justice in favor
OF the accused.
Returning to the deliberation of the
judges, these must be opened with an
argument for the defense, and by one
of the younger judges, lest the chief, or
any Of the seniors having given his opin-
ion, the juniors might be tempted to ac-
quiesce, if only out of respect for SEN
iority.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-04-19
cIvII servIee EsamlnatIon.

a ciyil service examination for po
sitions Of matrons and teachers u the
Indian service and for engineering
and photographic department service
is beng held in the coun y building
The examination Is being conducted
by Frank r. Sarber. chairman Of the
local civil service board The follow
ing persons art, taking the examna-
tion. For Madrons; Mrs Martha
Bennett. q oe agency; Mrs Myrtle b.
Henley Otoe agency; Mrs. Eva f.
Lyon. saltwater; Mrs. Sarah NJ NH.
house, saltwater; Mrs Lefty NJ Bar
nett. Edmond; Mrs Fame II Cook,
Guthrie; and for teachers In the In
dian service. Thos. r. Duncan OF
Perry. engineering and photographic,
Newton e Gorton Of Pawnee.