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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20
Proof,

FTOOf.
Enthusiast-The Japanese are great
mechanics.
Anti-What makes you think so?
"The speed with which they are
converting Russian battleships into
submarine warsnips. detroit Free
Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20
YARNS WITH A LAUGH.

Mark Twain tells a story that while
travelling In Germany man sitting next
to him at dinner in hotel ordered a
bottle of Johannesburg wine. When 1t
was brought he saw on the bottle label
OF Moselle, and called to 1t the atten-
lion OF the manager, who exclaim ed:
Ach! what stupid donkey; distinct
~ told him to put on the johannesburg
label"
A blushing and pretty Swedish girl
Just arrived from the old country at
| tended evening service at Duluth
church. The minister, seeing she was a
stranger, shook hands with her at the
close of the meeting and said he would
| find pleasure in calling upon her soon.
Whereupon the girl hung her head and
bashfully murmured: 'Tank you, but
ay have fella'"
Mr. Campbell, the Irish solicitor-gen-
eral, speaking the other day upon delu-
| s1ons, told story of a north OF Ireland
Protestant who was perfectly sane save
on one point. This stanch Protestant
harbored the delusion that one of his
legs belonged to Roman Catholic and
| therefore when he went to bed every
| night he used to leave the Catholic leg
outside the blanket by way of punish
! ment
There had been a railway collision
near Scottish country town, and an
astute local attorney had hurried to tho
scene of disaster. Noticing an old man
with badly damaged head lying on the
ground, he approached him with note
book in hand. How about damages,
my man." he began. The injured man
waved him off with the remark: "Na
la; yell get nae damages fac me- It
Wasna me that hit yer bloomin' auld
train"
Many years Of hard work on the farm
had made the Oldham round-shouldered
and his coat fitted badly. His son in the
city sent him coat stretcher on which
to hang the coat at night. On his next
visit to the farm the young man asked
how the coat stretcher worked. His
father looked a little embarrassed and
then confessed: Il can't stand it on"
said he. 1T was real good Of you to
send It, Your mother fastened it to
my coat with tape, but l wasn't comfort
able in 1t and had to take it off,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20
DR.. Llewellyn Jordan,
Medical Examiner United States
Treasury.

mucous membranes. Then catarrh dis
appears. Then catarrh is permanently
cured.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman. giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
Ohio.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20
Main Point,

i. First NJ. D.-Have you diagnosed tina!
patients case yet? II - ':c. RS
~ Second N. D.---No; but I've locke b: O.
up in Bradstreet's .-Judge. .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20
ALL DONE OUT.

Veteran Joshua Heller, of 7oe South
Walnut Street, Urbana, Ill. says: In
the fall of 1899 after taking Doan's
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20

and every occasion the results obtained
were just as satisfactory as when tho
pills were first brought to my notice.
just as emphatically endorse tho
preparation to-day as I did over two
years ago" - = +. 81. ....s 81
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, n. u.
proprietors. For sale by all druggista,
price so cents per box q ss#5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20

Kidney Pills l told
the readers of this
paper that they had
relieved me of kid
ney trouble, dis
posed of a lame
back with pain
across my loins and
beneath the Shout
der blades. During
the interval which
has elapsed 1 have
had occasion to re-
sort to Doan's Kid
ney Pills when I
noticed warnings of
on attack On each
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20

Catarrh Is systemic disease durable
only by systemic treatment. A remedy
that cures catarrh> must aim directly at
the depressed nerve centers. This Is
what Peruna does.
Peruna Immediately invigorates the
nerve-centers which give vitality to the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20
Robert r. Roberts, M. D., Wash
ington, y. C., writes:

1ngtOn, y. c., writes:
Through my own experience
I as we'll as that Of many of my
friends and acquaintance who
have been cured or relieved Of ca.
tarrh by the use of Harfman's
Peruna, can confidently recon-
mend 1t to those suffering from such
disorders, and have no hesitation In
prescribing 1t to my patients. -
Robert K. Roberts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20
MEDICAL EXAMINER
Of the United States Treasury Recommends
Pe-ru-na.
Another Prominent Physician Uses
and Endorses Pe.ru.na.

nR. 14LEWELLYN JORDAN, Medi-
- cal Examiner of the U. s. Treasury
Department, graduate of Columbia
College, and who served three years at
West Point. has the following to say OF
Peruna:
':Aliow me to express my graft
fude to you for the benefit derived
from your wonderful remedy.
One short month has brought
forth q vast change and / now
consider myself q we'll man after
months ofsufferlng: Fellow suf-
ferers, Peruna will cure you."
A constantly increasing number of
physicians prescribe Peruna in their
practice. It has proven it's merits SO
thoroughly that even the doctors have
overcome their prejudice against social
ed patent medicines and recommend It
to their patients.
Peruna occupies unique position In
medical science. It is the only internal
systemic catarrh remedy known to the
medical profession to-day. Catarrh, as
everyone will admit, Is the cause of one
half the diseases which aff1ict mankind.
Catarrh and catarrhal diseases afflict
one-half Of the people Of United States.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20

my nelrt tnat you WILL De 'efy nappy.
"Jim!"
Her voice made him catch his breath
in a gasp of surprise. ''1'll take your
gift on one condition." she stipulated,
"and that is that you will accept q
wedding present from me-"
"A wedding present." Jim faltered.
"You don't understand"
She interrupted his embarrassment
| with a sweet imper.ousness which hs
had grown to associ.'te with his con-
slant dreams of her. This IS my we'd
| ding present to you" laying her hand
in his and smiling radiaotly into Ets
eyes. "You dear old goose don't yo,'
know that I have always loved you in
spite of your soft-heartedness: tried
my best to make you revolt against
those vampires, and failed, so had to
do it myself, even at the risk Of
She paused suddenly because Jim
leaned over and kissed her full IN the
lips. Even at the risk Of making
| myself out a bold, Designing"
again Jim interrupted her, and then
he found his voice, which had tempo
rarily left him at the moment Of SUI
preme elariOn.
II am great Zeal happier than any
plain, ordinary chap has any right to
be-" said he very unstes Oily. Which
was sadly inadequate expression OF
the rapture that thrilled every iber OF
his big, generous beings-:.Farn End
Home. : y *. ,: - ; a.
Evening journal., 1905-01-19
rnuRspAr. IANuARy I9 I9Os.
AFTER CHAOS, wHAT9

THE lines Of the two fractional par
i ties IN Delaware are broken
down. with the practical elimination
Of Addicks came Independence Of
Thought in the Union Republican ranks.
And without this central object against
which to rally the forces OF opposition
Regular Republicans are no longer the
compact body that they were.
This condition must result dn one Of
two things; The welding of an the
disorganized masses into one harmonl-
ous. militant party, or chaos.
There are factions within factions,
and factions are forming out of the
material that has been part Union Re-
publican and part Regular. Up to a
certain point this Is healthy, as 1t re-
emphasizes tho value and the right Of
independence quaiity which has been
so utterly lacking IN recent years.
But as two metals must be melted
ere they cam fuse. We should not over
look the fact that fusion should be the
objective point-ithe dross an ellmi-
mated
Now this is time for leaders who
have sense and who are devoid Of
prejudice. We do not mean men OF
putty Tor they are never Of ure any
where. But we mean men who show
the breadth and temper such as Gov
ornor Lea manifested In his inaugural.
II there are other Republicans like
him, who viii cooperate with him IN
carrying out his admirable platform,
then we care not what their past anil
iations have been.
We have said a hundred times that II
the Republican party Is to succeed
permanently. and If suucess Is not 10
be a hollow thing, then II must de-
serve d.. 1t strikes us vet that that is
an excellent platform. And naturally
we are pleased that Governor Lea in
his first public utterance made It clear
that this IS his ideal,
There is much to be done and as we
have a Republican Legislature, that
body is largely responsible for the fu-
ture welfare OF the party These
things may be repeated. for as Charles
A. Dana held, some things are ac-
connplished only through "damned
iteration"
Evening journal., 1905-01-19
EDITORIAL OPINION

deterioration affects the wealthy class
as it does the poorer, and it is doubt
ful IL the single question of food in
wolves a solution Of the problem.
In all probability 1t is the destruc-
tion OF the bravest, the most adven-
turous, and vigorous Of the British
race that have lost their lives or their
health in the innumerable wars waged
by them In every zone and hemisphere
OF our globe. Then there arc the
eihigrants. In this way, through sew
eral centuries beginning with Queen
Elizabeth's time, incessant foreign
wars and constant colonization have
made heavy demands upon the flower
OF British manhood. In these wars
the choicest men were killed Off or
they settled IN far distant lands, leav-
ing the weaker, less vigorous, the less
adventurous to become the fathers Of
the children. and in those three
centuries the population Of the British
Isles has suffered the consequences.
1t was that sort Of depletion OF the
best blood which sapped the vitality
.of Rome, of Spain, and Of all the great
.conqering nations Of earlier times, and
.it is doubtless that which is UNDER
mining the British race. 1t is the fate
of every race and people.
Evening journal., 1905-01-19
READABLE RHYMES
THE RAerIME MUSE.
TRUE ELooUENcE.

lhOH E4ONt OL4NOLs
Some noted orators I've heard,
Men famous for there eloquence,
Whose hearers hung upon each word
That charmed the ear and pleased
the sense;
I've heard Lige Dowie and Depew,
But when they've done the best they
can.
want to tell you there are few
Who beat the life-insurance man.
one came to me the other day.
told him l was occupied,
But he had a persuasive way
That really would not be denied.
SO to unreel his spool of talk
In mellow accents he began.
II was no use for me to balk-
/ heard that life-insurance man.
But first ! kicked him from the room
And then / beat him with a club
And used him as a mop or broom
The Office floor 10 sweep and rub,
! checked him nearly as he passed
on lightly TO the toatine PLAN
But through it all he gassed and
gassed--
That nervy life-insurance man.
At last / had to let him go
And then he spread his papers out
My gracious goodnessi What a flow
or fervid language he did spout
To stem the flood in vain l strove.
7 did my best but on he ran.
Five thousand straight it took, By
Jove.
To stop that life-insurance man.
Evening journal., 1905-01-19
The Tariff and silence.
Wnehlnrlnn stnr.

FROM the washington star.
Mr., Cannon has a breezy and pleas
ant way about him at all times Just
now, with everybody else, he Is inter-
ested In the question Of a special ses-
sion Of the next Congress for consider
alton Of the tariff. He frankly OPP
poses the suggestion, and said yester-
day TO a number Of newspaper COR
respondents: Change the subject
boys. You've harped on the tariff long
enough. Tell the people that the devil
is dead'
Some OF to-day's gossip has it that
while p special session of the next Con-
gress win probably be called for Oc-
tober the subject 20 be laid before it
by the President will be the regula-
ton Of railroad rates, and not the
tarln. The tariff, we are told, may
come up at the regular session, but as
meanwhile Il viii not figure in the dis
cussion Of the special session the busi-
ness world win not be stirred and no
harm be done. Everything viii pro-
ceed as if no tariff question existed
until Congress, IN an easy and or
hand manner. takes It up and disposes
Of Il.
This is a pleasant conceit but moth
ing more. The adjuration forget IT,"
win not serve in this case. Nobody is
going 10 forget the tariff question. and
silence about It cannot be commanded.
What Is uppermost In the thoughts Of
so many people win necessarily con-
tinue to be made prominent by both
tongues and pens. The tariff was to
the fore when railroad rates were Of
interest only i'm railroad circles. No
one viii attempt 10 belittle the import
ance Of the railroad problem. which
seems booked for early solution, but
It win be quite impossible to magnify
IL to the extent that everything else
shall be forgotten In its behalf. There
will be plenty Of work for Congress to
do after the curb has been slipped into
the mouths of the railroads and their
course toward the public regulated.
There is no alarm as the result Of
movement for a limited revision Of
the tariff on protection lines except
in quarters where protection has had
its perfect work. Those who are re-
ceiving what is practically a bounty
from the Dingley law. naturally
enough maybe, want to hold on TO 1t.
but that is no argument against re-
vising the tariff in the interests Of
lnine-tenths Of the American people.
No, the Speaker is wrong. This is no
time for asserting that the devil is
dead. For, as a matter Of fact. II the
tariff Is not revised by the next Con-
gress the Republican party viii dis
cover that there is the devil to pay
The old boy viii be very much alive.
Evening journal., 1905-01-19
SUSSEX PRISON REFORM.

r OR several years We have taken a
\ profound interest In the Sussex
county jail, and our interest ds not suf-
fered 10 lag for lack Of exciting incl
dents. sherlffs come and go; and so
40 the prisoners The difference is
that a sheriff doesn't leave until the
end OF his tenn, while prisoners do.
When we note the number Of pris-
oners that have escaped during the last
few years, we must regard the ten
dency to roam as fortunate, for had
they all become attracted to tho place
and remained. the old sieve would not
have held chem all.
We suppose that certain good people
OF Sussex will maintain that Il rs no
affair of ours, and that II Sussex wishes
prisoners TO decide FOR themselves when
it Is pnper TO terminate their own
sentences, we should withhold criti-
clsm. And these good people are right.
We only mention It to show the great
advance in prison reform Sussex has
made. Instead OF the court deciding
how long a man shall stay In Jail. she
puts him on hgs honor, leaving It en-
tireiy TO him.
1t Is imposing great confidence In hui
man nature, however to allow pris-
oner to decide whether he shall lift
the latch and walk out, when he Is to
hug tho post or be hanged on the NOR
row. We think there should be some
Irestraint-say a barbed wire fence.
Evening journal., 1905-01-19
MODERN REALISM.

THIS Is an age OF realism. In the
4 theatre and In our literature we
win permit no pretense. Fire engines
and automobiles on the stage draw the
crowds. and even ossa and the wart
must be the real articles.
But IT seems that realism does not
consist merely in painting things as
they are. II is shown. rather in de-
picting things that are either ordinary
or altogether repulsive. Consequently.
the most unlnteresting and unattrao-
tive characters appear upon the scene
FOR our edifcation. Most anybody with
a brogue or dialect representing gross
illiteracy may strut around in a novel
or IN the pages OF a magazine; and then
we satisfy ourselves with the thought
that we are studying a type.
A building genius in literature hall
ing from Chicago has just issued a
novel in which the scenes are guaran-
teed to be true to life. It is reeking
with realism. In the tender passages
where love holds sway, he depicts the
tender sentiments which had actually
passed between himself and his wife;
and thus he ran the whole gamut of the
emotions. Finally, with a blow Of his
hst he knocked her down. and then
when recovered from the exercise, he
wrote IT all up.
Now Chicago Is more advanced On
some respects than Delaware. His
brutality was excused on the ground
OF art necessity. while had IT occurred
in this State he would have been sent
10 the whipping post to have the cat
applied to his tender back. We prefer
the Delaware method. although It may
not be conducive 10 the spread OF mod.
ern art.
We can understand In these day.
why Shakespeare and Dumas were SC
crude. For while they killed on enough
characters to fiji n respectable grave.
yard. they had never in fact expert
enced the sensation Of numbering any
body.
Evening journal., 1905-01-19
InItlativs and Refersndun,.

Morning News editorial of today.
There Is to be an interesting meet
ing at the Opera House this evening
under the auspices of the Initiative and
Referendum League Of Delaware. It's
objects are not generally known, but
behind the movement are men who
think and men who believe that the
people have it within their power to
right many of the exciting wrongs that
vex the body polite
There is not yet a full and complete
understanding of the proposition upon
which the league was formed. but it is
expected this evening that the sub
ject viii be made clear and so ex-
planned as to place il before the peo-
pie in a way not TO be misunderstood,
The basis Of the object Of the league Is
to secure better laws, better law max
ers, and better legislation generally. 1t
is suggested to place in the hands Of
the people themselves-and they elect
the public legislators remedy
whereby they can hold their servants
TO close adherence to duty.
There is nothing political in the
movement represented by the league,
and 1t is a matter that win bear care
full study and a complete understand
ing. It is a movement to better condi-
tions and thus it is to be encouraged.
The principal speakers this evening Is
fully informed on his subject. and thus
he can speak as one in authority There
are TO be other speakers. and all OF
them are specialists. Thus II should
come to pass that the Opera House
will be crowded and that there will be
given out a fund Of information that
will in the end produce excellent re-
suits. Boiled down to a few words,
the idea of the league is to pave the
way for better legislation by making
it possible for the people to express
their views. And it must be remem-
bered that back Of all legislative bod
les stand the people Thus they have
the right TO assert themselves when
they deem Il necessary.
Evening journal., 1905-01-19
BREAKING INTO JOURNALISM.

XNT u have before US a letter from a
W young man asking for a chance
'to learn the art Of journalism" He
says that he is willing to accept" a
small salary at the beginning, as he
feels that he has literary talent," that
he desires very much to cultivate. A
manuscript poem and-an account OF a
dance which he has written. are en-
closed.
Every editor gets a great many of
this sort OF letters during a year, and
they embarrass him. Shall no tell the
plain truth, or encourage the literary
asplrant 10 persevere until by the re-
buffs OF the years he becomes dlslau-
stoned?
Suppose we ten a bit Of the truth.
journalism Is mo more literature than
sIgn-painting is art. In literature the
imaginailon is supreme. but the re-
porter with a too vivid imagination
will soon take his exit from journal
ism. TO be able to write good poetry
is an accomplishment, but any live pa
per VIII pay more for column OF
news than Tor five columns OF poetry.
Journalism and literature have one
thing in common; both proceed on the
theory that to write for public print Is
"a luxury and that the reward lies
there. You can sell groceries IL you
are not feeling well, but you can't
write q good story under such condl-
tions. And IL you can't, the other fell
low Is waiting outside TO take your
place.
II YOU get place on a newspaper and
hold II you VIII learn three things: To
observe accurately; TO pick out the es-
senuals, ana to write tho story down
dn plain English. contained in brief
sentences. But YOU won't learn the
literary art. Oh, mo-.
Evening journal., 1905-01-19
TIME is THE TEST.
The Testimony of Wilmington People
Stands the Test.

The test Of time is what tells the tale.
The public soon find out when mis-
representations are made, and merit
alone Will stand the test OF time. VIII
mington people appreciate merit, and
many months ago local citizens public
ly endorsed Doan's Kidney pills; they
do so stin. Would a citizen make the
statement which follows unless con-
vinced that the article was just as rep
resented2 A cure that lasts is the kind
that every sufferer from kidney III is
looking for.
Mrs. Sarah Wakenhut, Of 240i w.
18th street, Wilmington, Del, says;
"As ] have stated in a testimonial
published in the local papers since 1897
L was troubled for many years with
kidney complaint and my back was
lame and ached day ana night. /
dreaded to stoop and II 1 caught cold
or over-exerted myself the pain was
worse than usual. Doan's Kidney Pills
which I procured at Danforth's drug
store was the first and only remedy
that ever gave me any relief. begun
TO improve after the first dose and by
the time 1 had finished the treatment
I was cured. During the past seven
years / have had no occasion TO use
any medicine for my kidneys"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's and
take no other
Evening journal., 1905-01-19
HORTICULTURISTS IN SESSION
Peach Culture, il is contended, is the
Best Business on Peninsula.
speelal b The Evenlng Journal.

cntcld4 70 lue ENeNlnB journal.
Seaford. Jan. 19.-Prominent horti-
culturists from a number OF States are
In attendance at the annual meeting
here Of the Peninsula horticultural So
cicty and the display of fruits is ex-
ceptionally fine. The third days ses-
sion today in the Opera House attrac-
ted a large audience.
One of the most interesting papers
read yesterday was "The Growth Of
Crimson Clover" by Professor c. l..
Penny, Of Newark. John Heyd, a prom
inent farmer of FELTON,, claimed that
peach culture was the best business on
the peninsula. W. II. Slxillman, presi-
dent of New Jersey Horticulture So
ciety on The New Horticulture" sug-
gested a number of improvements an
horticulture. He said that time was
not FAR distant when seedless fruits
will be common. w. +. Allen, OF Sails
bury, Nd, described what he consider
ed the perfect strawberry patch, but
II had not yet been attained.
The nearest he came to IL was when
ne secured over $4,000 quarts per acre
on lS acres. The session last evening
was extremely interesting. Miss Mary
Wharton, OF Dover. sang several Sc
lections as did a woman's quartet.