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The Virginia enterprise., 1905-01-13
THREE YEARS AFTER.

Eugene e. Lario, Of 7s&s Twentis<6
avenue, ticket seller in tho Union 6taa
tion, Denver, Col, says: "You are q
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-01-13
Slim.

read Christmas magazine,
1t was the thickest ever sine;
The lads" were there
DO declare,
But not much reading in betwine.
Chicago Chronicle,
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-01-13
Only Had Two.

Tommy-Mummy, my boots hurtee
me-.
Mother-No wonder, dear; you've got
them on the wrong feet.
Tommy-What are me to do den?
Dey's all the feet I've dot.-Ally Sloper.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-01-13
Rocks VS., Sand.

Edyth-l'm surprised to hear OF your
engagement to old Bullyon. Was he
the only man with sand enough to pro-
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RECENTLY RELATED.

They were on a golf course not far
from Glasgow. "A splendid stroke! Cad
die. did you follow that ball?" said the
player who had just driven. Nav. SIR"
replied the caddie, but I think that
gentleman wi the red coat can tell you
where it struck. see him feelin' his
head"
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-01-13
A Work Of Fiction,

4 WOrk OF Fiction.
did you ever read He Fell In Love
with His Wife?'" T..
3 '*No: and l amt goin' to read no such
fool thing, either."-9ouston Post.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-01-13

1t is told that while John Sharp WILL
liams was speaking In Mississippi a man
In the audience cried: i've been robbed
by pickpockets!" Il did not suspect
there were any republicans present."
said Mr.. Williams. amid great laughter.
There ain't." cried the victim. I'm tho
only one!''
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-01-13

Mayme-Oh, no; but he was the only
one with rocks enough to interest me.
Chicago News.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-01-13

Lord Erskine, when chief Justice Of
England, presided once at tho Chelms-
ford assizes. when a case Of breach Of
promise Of marriage was tried before
him in which a Miss Tickell was plaintin.
Tho counsel was pompous young man
named Stanton, who opened the case
with solemn emphasis thus: "Ttckell,
the plaintiff, my lord" Erskine dryly
interrupted him with: "Oh, tickle her
yourself, Mr.. Stanton. 1t would be un-
becoming to my position"
Senator Stockbridge, Of Michigan.
often told story OF a very rich lumber
man who came to congress from the lake
region and rented the furnished house
which belonged to a senator whose term
had recently expired. The house was a
palace and was completely furnished, all
except the library, for the senator had
taken his books with him. True to the
instincts OF a lifetime of carefulness, tho
lumberman-congressman surveyed tho
library, then accurately measured the
empty shelves and telegraphed promi-
nent house in Chicago: 'Send me at
once PIG running feet of books" That
was his idea OF furnishing a library.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-01-13

PAoJSA QUILL o6AAIy IAdI NY ASllO"
apairist had all he could do to MAIN
tain his head.
Our cleared space was only about
SO yards square. Lancaster apparent
ly had his heart set on large black
ened pine, standing among the bushes.
He did not seem to know that a black
bear climbs trees with about the same
facility as cat. He plunged into
the tangled weeds, tripped Immediate
ly, and went down out of sight with
terrified how.
fired again and shouted tc dis
tract the bears attention. I think
missed. but turned him. He
wheeled about and charged straight at
me, obviously mad clear through" :"
tried to aim coolly at the white
mark on his chest, but the sho. went
vide. But for the bears wound I
never could have escaped. AS it was,
I just lodged his rush, and in my
turn I made for the tree where Ian
| caste, was already perched.
1t Was full Of stubby dead branches,
and as easy to climb as a ladder.
] was stung on the cheek as 1 clam.
cred up, and saw Lancaster wildly
tanning the air with his hands, but for
the moment was concerned to get
my legs up out Of danger. 1 was
obliged to drop the rifle, but got safe
ly into the tree, and only realized
the folly Of my act when saw the bear
: rise I'd against the trunk to climb.
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S 3 ySAiaaR5laa1ea
S'7Es4I%pF}Es
LEAVE THE LIQUOR ALONE.

Pm anxious 10 tell you bit OF my MIND
II Il won't put yOu out OF the way.
Tor feel very certain you'n each OF goa
ind
There's wisdom IN what would say.
We've msxims and morals enough and u
spare,
But have got one OF my own
That helps me TO prosper and laugh at dun
care:
II Is Leave the liquor aloner'
TO avoid neglect and to win respect.
JUst Leave the liquor aio2e!'
The brewer can ride In a coach and pair.
The drinksr must trudse on the road.
One gets through the world with jaunty
air.
The other bends under q load
The brewer gets money and friends. pay
lads.
While the drinkers left poor and alone:
II you'd have your share OF good things
take care
And leave tho liquor alone.
You'll enjoy good health. and you'n gaia
in wealth
II you issvs the liquor alone.
A man fun Of malt ISN'T worth his salts
Then Leave the liquor alone
A drinker Is ready to own At last.
He has played but losing game:
How glad would he be 20 recall the past.
And earn him n nobler name
Don't reach old aEo with this vain regret.
For a time that's past and gone:
To1 may win good prize IN lies lottery
yet
II you'll leave the liquor alone
Tou'u hnd some day ii's the safest way.
II you'n leave the liquor alone.
Then resolve. like msn. not TO touch Il
again.
But to Leave the liquor alone.'
National Adyocato
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REFORM NOTES.

When punch is in patriotism Is out
The first social glass has put many
q bright young man into the sub
merged class.
The Children's Herald" a monthly
paper. Is the newest accomplishment
OF the Japanese W. c. T. u.
A New York man was arrested and
fined S25 for giving his horse a pint
OF whisky. Evidently New York Is
more careful OF its horses than It's
people.
The Wesleyan conference OF Eng
land has set apart the sum Of alO.
600 from the Twenty Century fund
for the active propagation OF the tenn,
perance reform.
The German emperor tells his soE
diers that Russias defeat at Mukden
was due 10 enervation caused by i'm
morality and drunkenness. Moral
Let the German army be sober and
pure.
Members OF the branch OF the w. @
T. U. at Fond du Lac, Wis, have en-
tered a formal protest to the mayos
and city council against the Ladies'
Entrance" signs which appear at the
side doors OF saloons.
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1T TEACHES TEMPERANCE.
The Bible by Precspt and Example Ia
Against the Use Of Intox-
icadng Liquors.

Some things the Bible teaches By
precept and other things by example.
In the matter OF strong drink there In
no lack OF either precept or example.
A bright little pamphlet has appeared
on How 20 Make Temperance Teach
ing In the Sunday School Helpful and
Interesting which contains among
other suggestions;
call attention TO such abstainers as
Samson, Samuel. Daniel and John tire
Baptist Contrast their lives with
those addicted &c strong drink: Am
non, who was slain at the sheep
hsrdins feast when bis heart was
merry With vine: Aaron's sons, who
offered false hre in the tabernacle.
and Immediately sftsrward God issued
the command that neither the priests
nor his sons should drink wine nor
strong drink when they entered the
tabernacle OF the congregations lest
they die; Bsnhsdad. who with 50
kings. drank wine in the pavilion be-
fore the battle with Ahab. and was
defeated; Belshazzar. who was drink.
ing wine at feast with a thousand
lords. when he saw the handwriting
va NaN val AA1A ANAtehAA lnt loss Oh
his kingdom. Impress the truth that
from that time TO the present many
have lost their kingdom. their char
acter, because OF strong drink.
Refer TO ths temperance organize
lions OF the Nazsrit0s and the
Rechabites. The pledge OF the for
mer. found In Numbers Ga. and that
OF the latter In Jeremiah 35:6. The
Young Mems Temperance society
formed in sabylon. composed OF Dan
Eel. Hananiah, Mishael. Azarlah. a so
eiety approved OF by King Nebuchad-
nezzar after ten days test
Read the temperance address OF
that wonderful orator. Isaiah. Note
carefully his picture OF the drunkard
and the power and pathos with which
he cries out against the evils OF IA,
temperance.
Then study the beautiful model for
character building given in II. Peter
is. G. the fourth story OF which IS
Temperance. also tire strong words OF
Paul 10 Felix"
Can anyone say that the Bible does
not teach total abstinence with such
examples before him? When the pas
tor or teacher comes 10 realize how
much here is in the Bible along this
line he viii use Il more.-Ram'a
Aorn
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CHAPTER XVII
MADAME RAYMoND

n
John Lamm. confident that a consplr-
acy was 20 be found at the bottom Of
the North case, was reasonably sure AL
ready OF two parties Decentralization
Stacllhouse and Richard Fetridge.
Whether there was anybody else con-
cerned he had not yet made up his mind.
The plain yet puzzling charge Of Thorn
ton Stackhouse in the letter % the Mois-
sot woman. who seemed 20 the detec-
tive 10 have been created for the ex-
press purpose OF tantalizing him with
the enigma OF her existence indicated
that Stackhouse himself had reason to
believe her the head and front OF all
oIense
Again and again John Lamm studied
that letter, eudeavoring TO s9;.eeze out
OF it the last drop OF possible signif-
canoe; but the writer had so well chosen
his words. with the evident purpose OF
making them unintelligible TO a third
person that the detective was suspicious
OF what seemed the logical deductions
therefrom. One thing was certain.
6tackhouse charged Marie Moissot Cthe
person unknown" Of Mr. Lamm's
notes. with having carried TO successful
issue. on the 18th OF June. a conspiracy
20 ruin him. and Mt. Lamm believed
himself fully possessed OF the unfor-
tunate events which had overwhelmed
this man during that day. The discov-
cry OF this unique charge OF murder
written in red on the wall OF Nortb's
library, he did not forget was not the
only misfortune The extraordinary
conduct OF his wife was quite as Sc
rious TO Stackhouse. not impossibly
more so than this implied accusation.
To be sure. these two conspicuous facts
seemed 10 be part and parcel Of one
larger fact. and perhaps appeared 20 Mr.
Stackhouse's mind as one thing: but
the detective was altogether too eau
uous not 20 have seen that the letter
mightrefer 20 either one Of these calami-
ties. The problem in John Lamm's
mind, therefore, stood Ia this wise:
q. Does Mr.. Stackhouse hold Marie
Moissot responsible for duplicating him
IN the murder OF his partner or IN en-
Differing his domestic relations?
O. Ifthe former were his belief. would
ne not have acquainted me with the
fact?
And as Mr.. Lamm could not help an
swering the latter question in the ar
hrmative. be was still reasonably sure
that there was no evidence in his pos
session Of a third party TO the great
conspiracy" which was so puzzllng
him.
Whence IL seemed 20 be plain that his
present duty was 20 center his eff
forts upon the two people whom he sus-
pected-to investigate their doings
thoroughly, to watch both of them with
all possible vigilance
To keep Marion Stackhouse under
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surveillance was a comparatively easy
task. She had not left the confines Of
the North estate, except On the occa-
sion Of the funeral since the discovery
OF her fathers death; and for a full
report OF her conduct for the immediate
present Lamm felt he could safely rely
on the vigilance OF Monett and Mollie
White. But the movements Of Richard
Fetridge were not so easily followed.
Consequently, John Lamm did not dare
TO trust this apparently most impor-
tant task TO anybody but himself and
those under his active supervision.
On the Wednesday when he received
Thomas confidence in the Stella North
affair. Lamm doubled the safeguards
and precautions previously taken 10 as
sure himself OF the integrity OF Richard
Fetridge. Not that he ignored other
possibilities OF investigation. Into the
past lives OF Stackhouse and North and
Marion he was already instituting the
most careful inquiries: but FetricGes
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,cOPyriGAi. b. The csassIi Publishing Coz
WRITTEN RED


CHATTER STORY opens IN ofTioe= OF
North & Stsckhouss a Boston brokers' and
oankers' concern. Directors OF Near qua
6tiland and Stackheuse await North. who
some DAYS before lad resolved letter threat
sntns death. search for North reveals his
9eao BODY a. his unoccupsed town home
Beside body. IN scrawi Of red. u writ
IAN ''Stackhouss"
CHAPTER 2-Omeeru. reporters and
physicians investigate and perfumed WON
ans hendkerchisf ts found on staircase
Aingnen r. Thomas. Of Boston Globe. In
kroduoed
CHAPTER 3-Fe;ridge. friend OF the
arm. ana Stackhouss engage Detective
LaEnm % probe murder. and each IN private
acclares the other the criui r al. Iaura goes
20 Swampscott. Eorth's sumner home
CHAPTER 4-Lamm hides In North
BONE. where Stackhouse siso lives and
hears Mrs Stackh0uss. Nortb's daughter.
accuse husband OF murder. stackhouse
esaves home. wife faints
CHATTER s-Fs,ridro arrives Al North
Acme. Lamm interviews Mrs Stackhouse.
Estrtcge acd North butler. Marie Afots~ot
s1ovn 20 both Fetridge sad stackhouse.
Sannected with case
CHAPTER e-Medical Examiner jar
Fett reports view Of case Thomas inter
views surgeon IN autopsy; then confers
With Lamm. who tells Fetridge connection
with case.
CHAPTER BUSY days AZ police once
11~~Aoeee th4A Ms oAeEAEoleo " as nor n q
ADOPTED child. Inspector Appieby visits
staekhouse. purioinins love letter 20 Ma
non mentioning olRckmaIer
CHAPTER S-Thomss vislts North villa
Thomas and Applsby present a. murdered
mans funeral. Odor on handkerchief found
m North's town home detected BY Appleby
en- Stella, North's youngest daughter.
CHAPTER s-Thomas coufers with
Lamm. Goes 20 North villa az night: OBJ
serves veiied hEure descend trelIs. fol-
lows the woman 90 beach. where she throws
rNvolver into water He RECEIVERS g.
CHATTER 10.-Taksa Up pursuit again
following woman AL night and part OF next
day. On nnting her. Thomas discovers she
- Stella North.
CHAPTER 81 Stella reveals fact that
Marion - implicated 81 murder. Thomas
falls In love with Stella
CHAPTER l2-FIrru OF North e. stack
house coilapses. Detective put on Stella
Eorth's trail Thomas reveals fndfns- OF
revolver. nothing else
CHAPTER 70 Advertisement Tor fufor-
nation about Marie Moissot rgwcreI by
LGmm. who puts female detective on tral.
6tackhouse calls for Information. tries
ruse % see Marie. but is outwitted.
CHAPTER 14-Stackhouse writes letter
20 Marie Moissot. begging mercy and asking
Interview. Lamu gets letter Iamn trails
Thomas 20 apartment building: spies on
him. fndirE him entertaining Stella North
--ATTT-7 -, MAG CHS on Pam
I-amm tells 90 knc wiedre % Thomas pro
lection 90 Stella. Thomas relates whole
story. saying that Stella had seen Marion
Stackhouse coming from house where
North Wa murdered on the same evening.
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THE RICHMOND Planet gIcHnoNp, VIRGINIA.

BETH
But when she spoke. when. encour-
aged by the ready tact OF Thomas. she
was led 20 take part IN the pleasant
conversation that ensued-Thomas had
expressly stipulated shas NJ reference
should be made to the tragedy-why.
then John Lamm could not restrain
his honest admiration and his cordial
sympathy. A creature at once an
frank, 80 free. so Shy and so bold so
modest and so reckless. in a breath.
was enough 10 disarm the most severe
OF critics And the detective pro-
nounced her the beau Ideal of an inno-
cent. misehievous. light-hearted girl
not TOO shallow to love. but altogether
too sunny 10 hate.
But more than all. be noted the
half-abashed, half-reverential air with
which she regarded her guardian
Thomas; and the peculiar solicitous
respectful and protecting manner
which he exhibited toward her.
We'll WELL" sighed Lamm. as he
walked away. there Is one outcome
10 the North case which I feel per
fectly safe In predicting at the present
time. These two people are IN love.
A curious match, To think that
Thomas should meet his fate under
such circu distances, Well. wenl
wish felt 80 sure OF the rest as do
OF them"
And John Lamm FASTENED back TO
resume the dropped thread OF the case
which was intensifying in interest
with every hour OF investigation.
III l am right" he muttered. ct
shall soon find that Richard Fetridge
and that curious woman were in that
house together"
Ho went direct 10 his inner Office
and sat down at his desk.
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TO BE CONTINUED
Offered a Reward

Mrs Grumpps-Did you advertise for
poor, dear, little Fido?
Mr.. Grumpps-Yes.
Did you give full description of
nim?"
Yes"
And did you say our address was
on his silver collar?"
Yes"
And did you offer a reward?"
Yes"
What did you offer?"
I said If the finder would return the
collar he might keep the dog."-N. Y.
Weekly.
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The Bishops Choice

good anecdote is told of a certain
Dishop who was ordered by his physi-
clan to spend the winter In Algiers.
The bishop said he had too many en-.
gagements.
Well. my lord bishop" said the
specialist 1T either means Algiers or
Heaven"
oh. in that case" said the bishop.
I'm go-to Algiers "-Tit-Bits
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CHAPTER XVI


1T is significant 90 you. thcn7"
Thomas asked. uueasily. with a faint
smile.
ooh. certainly not" returned John
Lamm. sarcastically. "It doesn't mean
anything. But don't delay. How did
Marion acts What did she have 10 say
for herself?"
The detective. instead Of rcsuming
his seat. began 90 walk about the room
with his hands behind him
"Shc hadn't anything 90 say for her
SELF. returned Thomas. That's lust
thu trouble. She acted queer-quoerer
than stella had ever seen her act In
her life"
"How queer2"
CAS- the girl expresses 10. she seemed
like a person walking In her sleep.
She spoke 90 Stella. but ia a mechan-
zeal way. as II her mind were quite
elsewhere all the time They went back
90 the depot and rode out 20 swamp
scott together"
do you mean 20 say that Marion
expressed no surprise when she saw
Stella In the street2"
"Momentarly she seemed aroused
but as soon as Stella BEGAN 20 account
for herself she relapsed into her frozen
condition again"
What woman she u.s."
''She was not strong enough 10 con-
real from her sister that something
terrible had happened She was so
dazed and unnatural that the young
girl was frantic with apprehension.
"Of course this places 10 beyond a
doubt that Marion had either killed her
legal father or had seen him killed"
But. my dear Lamm 7 can't enter
tain ,he first idea for a minute. What
possible motive could there be for
herr"
1T is 10 be determined simply by the
fact OF whether the girl was alone in
the house that night"
"Ah, precisely. that is what I am
working 10 find out Wen Lamm, on
the whole journey home. Marion stack
house had but two sentences 70 utter
which seem TO have any bearing upon
the case The first was when Stella
made some mention OF Stackhouse.
Never speak 10 me Of that man again,
said Marion, dercely. lie is not my hus-
band And again. just before they got
70 the house. seizing her sisters wrist,
stella she whispered. do you want
20 see me in my grave? Then never tell
a living soul where have been"
Thunder and guns!" calculated
Lamm. That woman is the princess OF
mysteries. Doesn't IL strike you a little
peculiar that she should continue 10 as
sert that Stackhouse is not her husband ?
Mind you, she always puts IL in that
way. ! have heard her say IL myself.
He Is not my husband Now why
shouldn't she say, i refuse TO live with
this man any longer not forever, lie
Is not my husband Wasn't the mar
rage pubiic?"
TO be sure il was. The marriage oc-
CURED IL st. Pauls church, il the pres
ence Of hundreds OF people"
Lamm came and placed his hand soft
Iy on the reporters shoulder.
you don't imagine, Thomas" ne
questioned below his breath, that she
had been secretly married 10 this man
Fetridge previous 70 his departure for
Australian"
What an ideal" cried Thomas.
amused. You seem anxious to give her
a monomania on the marriage question.
IL married already to Fetridge what
earthly reason could induce her to mar
~ Stackhouse? IL seems 10 me that YOU
have got q complication there not likely
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-12-30
A diminishing Industry

Friend-How are you getting alona
now?
Sharpfello - First rate. Makine
money hand over fist
Indeed You told me some time
ago that your trade no longer paid
living wages"
We'll, it doesn L."
Then how do you make 50 mucb
money!"
Teaching others my trade."-N. Y.
Weekly.
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A saIoonkeeper,s Choice

One Of the most prominent saloon
keepers OF Chicago. who lives in a pro
hibition suburb gives his reason for
choosing such locality by saying that
he prefers 10 bring up his family as fan
away from the saloon as possible.
Holbrook argus., 1905-11-18

any means the whole story. The Isle of the Lost is also the Isle of Potential Wealth. If 1t had no other claim to importance its dense forests would be enough to make 1t worth owning. Prac- tically untouched, they stretch from one end of Sakhalin to the other. The Japanese will know what to do with them.
 Besides, there Is coal-not easily mined, but abundant. At Duey the toughest criminals have worked chain ed to their barrows, and each year they spent in the mines has counted as a year and half toward hastening their discharge. Sakhalin has long supplied ships with fuel. Perhaps the Japanese will develop the coal mines to the full extent of their possibilities, but 1t is certain at all events that they will develop the oil fields. According to c. S. Patonoff the oil regions of Sa- khalin are richer than those of Amerl- ca. Subterranean lakes-some of them with an area of 5000 square feet-lie SO close to the surface that natural gushers can be easily established. The oil regions lend themselves readily to exploitation, for the east coast is only from 20 to 25 miles away, and there nature has provided harbors that boats drawing 20 feet of watax can safely ddf@s
Holbrook argus., 1905-11-18
SPOlLS OF ANCIENT EGYPT.
Oldest Piece of Sculpture in the World
 Brought to Light.

Among the spells of the last seasons campaign by Professor W. NJ. Flinders Petrle and his assistants of the Egypt exploration fund is a remarkable sculp- ture, probably the oldest in the world. It was found at Wady Maghara, Sinai, where hitherto the difficulties of main- taining a camp in the desert five days camel journey from Suez had pre- vented any serious excavation.
 The sculpture, which would prob ably not be accepted by the committee of the Royal academy If sent in for exhibition, represents King Semerkhet of the first dynasty smiting down Bedawi sheik, after the manner of kings about 46OO B. c. Above that is figure of the general who commanded the expedition. This is by no means the most remote of the discoveries. There Is, for instance, collection of flints used for working turquoises out of the sandstone, probably by the Bedouin in period about 10000 B. c. They show several types of which the hammers, the larger scoring flakes and the small flakes with point are the most distinct.
 Among the most interesting relics are Roman objects found at Oxyrhyn- khos by Drs. Grenfell and Hunt. They Include some specimens of most beau tiful colored glass, the arm of Aphro- dite grasping Cupid, limestone fe- male head of remarkable type and a
 large collection of bone and ivory dice. Wherever the Roman soldier went there are always found these primitive gaming instruments and they are pre- cisely the same as those in use to-day. A sphinx, bearing inscriptions in an unknown script, excites curiosity, and the presence of good hieroglyphic in- scription as well on the sphinx shows that these were not down as ignorant limitations of hieroglyphics, but that 1t Is definite system of writing.