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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

it, the workman grabbed for it, and
they went down together in the ashes,
and the man rolled dad over and he
was sight, but the workman got tho
silver urn, and dad wanted to fight.
Finally man with uniform on came
along and was going to arrest dad, but
they finally compromised by the man
offering to sell the silver urn and the
gold coins to dad for hundred dol
lars, if he would promise not to open
it up until he got out of Italy, and dad
paid the money and wrapped the urn
up in Chicago paper, and we took
our hack and went back to Naples on
gallop.
Dad could hardly wait till we got to
the hotel before opening up his prize,
but he held out until we got to our
room, when he unwrapped the urn
to count his ancient gold coins Well.
you'd aided to see dads face when
he opened that can. It was an old to-
mato can that had been wrought out
with hammer SO it looked like ham,
mered silver, and when he emptied the
gold CONS out on the table there was
lot of brass tags that looked like
dog license tags, and baggage checks,
and brass buttons. I had to throw wa
ter on dad to bring him to, and then
he swore he would kill the dago that
sold him the treasure from the ruins
of Pompeii. 1t was a great blow to
dad, and he has bought a dirk knife
to kill the dago.
Tomorrow we take in Vesuvius.
and when we come down from the
crater we so to Pompeii and kill the
dago in his tracks Dad may cause
Vesuvius to belch again with hot
ashes, and cover the ruins of Pompeii,
but if he can't turn on the ashes, the
knife will do the business Yours.
HENNERY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30
UNIQUE FIGURE IN HISTORY
Mark Twain Says Joan Of Arc
Stands Alone in Story of
World.

In Harper's Magazine for December
Mark Twain who has recently made a.
thorough study of the original docu-
ments bearing on the life of Joan of Arc
pays a wonderful tribute to this slight
girl, whom he calls by far the most ex-
traordinary person the human race has
ever produced:"
All the rules fail in this girls case
In the worlds history she stands alone
quite alone. Others have been great in
their first public exhibitions of general
ship, valor, legal talent, diplomacy, for
titude; but always their previous years
and associations had been in a larger
and smaller degree a preparation for
these things. There have been no ex-
ceptions to the rule. But Joan was COM
petent in law case at Is without ever
having seen law book or a courthouse
before; she had no training in soldier
ship and no associations with it, yet
she was a competent general in her first
campaign; she was brave in her first
battle. yet her courage had had no edu-
cation-not even the education which a
boys courage gets from never-ceasing
reminders that it is not permissible in a
boy to be a coward, but only in a girl;
friendless, alone, ignorant, in the bosom
of her youth, she sat week after week a
prisoner in chains, before her assem-
blage of judges, enemies hunting her to
her death, the ablest minds of France.
and answered them out of an untaugh1
wisdom which overmatched their learn
ing, bafhed their tricks and treacheries
with native sagacity which compelled
their WONDER and scored every day a
victory against these incredible odds
and camped unchallenged on the field.
In the history of the human intellect.
unframed, inexperienced, and using
only its birthright equipment of untried
capacity, there is nothing which ap-
proaches this. Joan of Arc stands alone.
and must continue to stand alone nv
reason of the unfellowed fact that in the
things wherein she was great she was SC
without shade or suggestion of help from
preparatory teaching, practice or en-
! vironment."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30
RAILWAY RATE LEGISLATION
Biennial Convention Of Conductors
Ask Congress Not to Pass Ad-
verse Railroad Laws.

AT the biennial convention Of tho
Order of Railway Conductors recently
held at Portland, Oregon, resolutions
were unanimously adopted voicing
tnelr sentiments as to the effect of pro-
posed railway rate legislation on the
l'3oo'oo0 railroad employees, whom they
II part represented. These resolutions
'indorse the attitude of President
Roosevelt In condemning secret re-
bates and other illegalities, and COM
mend the attitude of the heads of
American Railways, who, with prac-
t1cal unanimity, have joined with
the President on this question"
They then respectfully point out to
Congress the ''inadvisability Of legisls
ton vesting in the hands of a COM
mission power over railway rates, now
lower by far in the United States than
In any other country" because such
regulation would result in litigation
and confusion and inevitably tend to
an enforced reduction in rates, ire
spective Of the question of the ability
OF the railroads to stand the reduction,
especially In view of the increased cost
OF their supplies and materials" They
further protested against such power
being given to the present Interstate
Commission because "the proposed leg
islation is not in harmony with our
idea of American Jurisprudence, mas
much as it contemplates that single
body shall have the right to investi-
gate, lndict, try, condemn and then
enforce it's decisions at the cost of the
carriers, pending appeal, which is
man1festly inequitable."
The conductors base their demand
for only such legislation if any, as
would secure and insure justice and
equity and preserve equal rights to all
parties concerned" on the ground that
the low cost of transportation lis the
result of the efficiency of American
railway management and operation
which have built up the country
through constant improvement and de-
velopment Of territory, while at the
same time recognition has been given
to the value of intelligence among en-
ployes in contrast to foreign methods,
where high freight rates and lowest
wages to employees obtain"
In pressing their claim against legis-
lation adverse to their interests, they
point out the fact that "the freight
rates of this country average only two
per cent. of the cost of articles to the
consumer, thus making the freight
rate so Insignificant a factor in the
selling price that numerous standard
articles are sold at the same price in
all parts of the country"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30
NAMES BEST DOCTOR
MIR. BAYsSON PUBLISHES RESULTS
OF VALUABLE EXPERIENCE.

A Former Pronounced Dyspeptic He Now
Rejoices in Perfect Freedom from
Miseries Of Indigestion.
Thousands of sufferers know that the
reason why they are irritable and de-
pressed and nervous and sleepless is be-
cause their food does not digest, but how
to get rid Of the difficulty is the pnzzling
question.
Good digestion calls for strong diges-
tive organs, and strength comes from q
supply Of good rich blood. For this
reason Mr.. Baysson took DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for the cure Of indigestion.
"They have been my best doctor" he
says. II was suffering from dyspepsia.
The pains in my stomach after meals
were almost unbearable. My sleep was
very irregular and my complexion was
sallow. AS the result of using eight
boxes of DR.. Williams Pink Pills, about
the merits of which I learned from
friends in France, I have escaped all
these troubles, and am able again to take
pleasure in eating"
A very simple story, but If it had not
been for DR.. Williams Pink Pills it
might have been a tragic one. When dis
comfort begins with eating, fills up the
intervals between meals with pain, and
prevents sleep at night, there certainly
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merely question of time.
Mr.. Joseph Baysson is a native Of
Aix-les- Bains, France, but now resides
at No. 2439 Larkin street, San Francisco,
Gal. He is one of a great number who
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DR.. Williams Medical Co., Schenectady,
NY. This valuable diet book contains
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means for the cure Of constipation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30
New York Central Lines Still Lead.

NEW XorK central Lines Still Lead
!. At the conference of the Managers of
The New York Central Lines, held IN New
York Junc 6th, all lines being represent
sennger: officials, it was decided, beginning
With the regular summer change, Sunday,
June 18th, to quicken the speed of tho
twentieth Century Limited" so as to
make the time between New York and
Chicago eighteen hours, instead of twenty
hours, the New York Central Lines hay
ing made the twenty-hour time during tho
Past three years, and having also made
the run between New York and Chicago
Flyer" for the one hundred and eighty
days of the Columbian Exposition in Chi
cage in 1893, twelve years ago.
The New York Central Lines make tho
point that the New York Central has had
In service the Empire State Express
world for it's distance, 40 miles-for four
teen years, having held the worlds rec
ord for that time, and for three years and
$50 days having held the worlds record
for a thousand mile train in twenty hours.
The proposed schedule Of eighteen hours
ls simply the extension of the time of the
Empire State Express through from
Buffalo to Chicago, the time having been
9o1f a 1od Buse 6e this 1sswes ehd Miv
the train will leave Chicago at $50 D.
NJ, arriving Grand Central Station, New
ing, will leave New York $3.50 p. M,
reaching Chicago $3.50 a: m, following day.
At the same time, the Lake Shore
Limited" will be quickened up an hour
and will make the time from Chicago to
New York in q hours instead of "a, leav-
ing Chicago $50 p. m. by the Lake Shore
and arriving New York $50 p. m. by the
New York Central.
The Southwestern Limited' train, No.
II, which now leaves Grand Central Sta
ton at loo p: m, will, beginning June
18th, leave at 2:4 p. M, saving an hour
to an hour and half on the present jour-
ney to St. Louis and Cincinnati.
Humorists must have terrible time in
japan, There are no old maids there
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30
RECENTLY RELATED.

In recent article on Americans an
English writer gives the following as a
characteristic American after-dinner
story it's subject being politician in
bathing: "All at once a shark, a man
eater, was coming the other way, and
swan up sQuarely in front Of him.
They eyed each other for a moment
and then the shark-blushed and sped
away"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30
Where Lies tho EastP

Where Lies tho EastP
Xfs., I've I've Just +h returned urn fro from two
young lady was saying, land, oh, 1 had
such lovely time! Those easterners are
SO different from US, though"
What points did you visit?" inquired
the newcomer in Oregon. II do hope you
saw dear old Boston -
'Boston!" the Portland girl calculated.
II should say not. I"was in Montana"
Portland Oregonian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30
Egypt
Knew the Virtues Of the
liking Of Foods. -

Since the earliest annals of Old
Egypt, wheat has been recognized
as the king of foods.
It has held its sway down to the
present day, Notwithstanding the
fact that in many forms Of making
wheat into food products, some Of
the best elements are lost.
+ Bread has been aptly termed,
"the staff of life," as it alone Of
known foods has all the elements
that are needed to sustain life.
Egg-O-See contains all the best
elements of wheat in a far more
healthful and delicious form than
any bread, crackers or ordinary
wheat foods. In addition to the
best whole wheat delicately faxed
and crushed, it is made still more
digestib1e, by the addition of refined
diastase, the highest grade of malt.
There are no premiums or gifts
in the Egg-O-See package; moth
ing but full measure of the highest
grade of cereal food in the world.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

It often happens that man will put him
self to no end of trouble to find the KEY
to woman's heart, when all the time
the door is wide open.-Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

The next best thing to being beautiful
is to know it when you're not.-Buffale
Express.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

Reduced Rates to Buffalo, N. T., Acct.
Annual Meeting B. P. o. Elks,
July llth to 18th. The Nickel Plate Road
offers low rates with long Limit and Stop
over at Chautauqua Lake, N. Y. Full
information of Agent, or address j. Y.
Callahan, General Agent, Ill Adams St.,
Chicago, III.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30
THREE YEARS AFTER.

Eugene g. Lario, Of Isl Twentieth
Avenue, ticket seller in the Union Sta
ton, Denver, Col, says: ''You are n
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

Locker Sampson, whose name Is in
separately connected with the Rowfant
library, now awaiting some ruch Gus
toner on the shelves of a New York
book house, once complained to Bed
ford, the famous bookbinder, that one
Of his recently bound treasures "cpck-
led" that is to say, opened Of It's own
accord. Bedford, scrutinizing first the
book and then the owner, said with
great severity: you've been reading
it,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

No one whose bow
els are healthy and &C
tive contracts these
complaints. 1nvari-
ably they are the re-
suit of Constipation
which means decayed,
poisoned and dying
bowels or intestines.
Check diarrhea and
you are liable to fatal
blood poison-a physic
makes you We rse.
There is only one right
course and that is to
treat the cause. Re-
vive and strengthen
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

Never strike a man when he is down
Ten chances to one he will get up again
Detroit News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump
Sasss P3n a1sf fna go
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

Gen. Miles has story Of corporal
in a regiment under his command in
the old Indian fighting days. This
corporal was much chaffed by his COM
rades for his oft-repeated expressions
of belief in fatality" and destiny"
One day it appears that the corporal.
while off duty, was preparing to take
little horseback exercise and recrea-
ton. A private observed that the cor
poral took care to attach a brace of
pistols to his saddle. "Hello!" shout
ed the private to the corporal, what
are you taking the guns for? They
won't save you If your time has come. "
"True for you," grimly responded the
corporal, "but may happen to meet
an Apache whose last day has come -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

nperty 10 repeat what l
first stated through our
Denver Saapers about
Doan's KYey Pills in
the summeA 1899, for
l have had eason in
the interim td1ange my
opinion of the remedy. I
was subject to severe at
tacks of backache, al
ways aggravated if I sat
long at q desk. Doan's
Kidney Pills absolutely
stopped my backache. /
have never had a pain
or a twinge since.
Foster-Milburn Co.. B,
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30
Stomach Troubles, indigestion, Dyspep-
sIa, Blood Poison, Skin Dlseases,
Sores, Sudden Bowel Trouble,
Dlarrhea, Cholera, Eto.7

the bowels and intes.
tines. We will prove
to you that M ull's
Grape Tonic cures
Constipation and all
these terrible Bowel
troubles because 1t
c1eanses the Blood and
makes he intestines
practically new. It
!. feedsthe starved con.
dition and brings them
back to life-nothing
else will. For hot
weather ills. it has no
equal. I
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

An Englishman in Canada writes
home in considerable excitement as
follows: 1.-THE majority of Canadians
never read an English paper Of any
kind whatever; all their literature is
American. All the booksellers shops
are filed with American books, Amer
lean reviews, American papers. And
with what result? There can be only
one result-Canadians will think
'Americanly.'"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

Humorists must have a terrible time in
Japan. There are no old maids there
Chicago Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

The genuine has date and number stamped
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

WRITE FOR THIS FREE BOTTLE TODAY
Good for ailing children and nursing mothers,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-06-30

BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK
Ex-Governor Of Wisconsin, Former Pub
Usher of Peck's Sun, Author of
"Pecks Bad Boy" Etc.)
The oasis., 1905-01-21

passed there has arisen flock # wild geese or wild dncks and sometimes thero have been both.
 fl was just dusk when the days ride was finished at Conicarit.
 have notion that the original name was Con O'Carey, but it has beer corrupted.
 1 couldn't keep the name in my mind and whenever l met any one on the road and wanted to ask them how much farther l had to travel to reach the end of the days journey 1 simply inquired how far it was to Con O'Keefe; and they aIways knew what 1 meant.
 My4landlord at Quiriego had told me to inquire for widow woman at Conicarit who would provide for myself and the mule overnight. At the first house l stopped the woman said that while she was not a widow she would care for us; so I disrnounted, ,sun- saddled and put up there.
 Early in the morning 1 took a look about The place is very small-not more than dozen houses, and about the same num- Der of families.
 There is an old, long adobe building, that has been used as q church. A cross stands near one end; and also a couple of old bells hanging from pole resting upon two uprights. One has the year 1736 cast in the rim.
 When I returned to the house where l was stopping l went into the kitchen to warm myself by the fire, for the morning was decidedly chilly. The landlady was cooking my breakfast, and was just about to fry the eggs. She found she was shy" one and she sent her husband out to get 1t. He returned and reported that there were none. She asked him if there were no hens Oh the nests.
 He replied that there were two--- named them-Chapita and Car mencita.
 "Then bring the eggs" conn manded his better half.
 Without saying anything more the man again went out and in a moment or two a commotion was heard among the hens. First one gave a long, drawn out squak, and then another.
 i shortly the man returned to the house with two freshly laid eggs. think he squeezed both Chapita and Carnienclta.
 With a wider field of action that family could rival Rockefeller or II. Il. Rogers. They sure know how to squeeze the shorts"
 But had some fresh eggs fol i breakfast all the same.
 When 1 settled the bill upon leaving the woman charged mt only half dollar for supper, bed and breakfast-for the mule l had paid when the feed was brough the preceding evening.
 I gave her a dollar, explaining that the extra half was for squeez- ing the hens.
 About half mile from Conicari the crossing of the Mayo river wal reached. At this time the stream was narrow and not more thar knee deep to the mule; but a fev weeks ago ferriage was necessary
 Since leaving Cedros Sunda, morning the high lines of th'
The oasis., 1905-01-21

sharp rcak ahl at ihf fxtffme and q toandeI hiil i9lhg ere sem bla0ce oi q lanaiul heaadfess
 4 league from 'he siarf,nQ point Che 8p0 r0iieute rauche was passed. lt is quite collec. tion of buildings, with @ small chapel
 In front is large pool of water, in which rise many warm springs giving the rancho it's name.
 Two leagues further the old Piedras Verdes mines were passed. The formation is red porphyry, with a great deal of copper show ing at various places, the green of the metal giving the distinctive name (Green Stones). The old workings upon the hill above the road seem extensive. Two years ago the property was bonded to General Egan, as copper prop
The oasis., 1905-01-21

tfig but l fbiHk bo has let fbe bond expire
 ll vas yet six leagues lo Alamos and the mule was very fired. Near PIedras Verdes q man riding borse- boek leading a pack mule without a load, overlook rae. Immediately he was engaged Go convey my bag gage, of which l carry about sev- enty pounds. With her load light ened the mule again skipped along as at the outset, and in three hours more we were in Alamos.
 En route we passed near the famous Quintera mine, plainly in sight about mile away, upon high ridge.
 And now a rest for the mule for few days, while the rider hustles around.
 A. T. B. ALAMos, Sonora, Dec. 27th, 1904.