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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
INCIDENT OF A SEA FIGHT.
Captain of Chinese Warship Drowned
by His Dog, a Ferocious
Brute.

This strange incident of a great
naval battle is told by Commander
McGiffin of one of the Chinese war
ships in the battle Of the Yalu, between
the Chinese and Japanese fleets in 1894,
says the Chicago Daily News. about this
time the Chin Yuen boldly, if some
what foolhardily, bore down on the
Japanese squadron's line. Just what
happened no one seems to know, but
apparently she was struck below the
water line by heavy shell-either a
ten-inch or 13-inch. Be that as it
may, she took a heavy list, and thus
fatally injured, her commander. Tang
Shi Chen, a most courageous. albeit
most obstinate officer, resolved at least
to avenge himself and charged one of
the largest of the enemy's ships, in
tending to ram.
"A hurricane of projectiles from both
heavy and machine guns swept down
upon his ship. The list became more
pronounced, and just before getting
home to his intended victim his ship
rolled over and then plunged, bows
first, into the depths. She righted her.
self as she sunk, her screws whirling
in the air, and carrying down all hands,
including her chief engineer, Mr.. Pur-
Wis, shut up in the engine room. Seven
of her crew chung to one of the circu-
lar life buoys kept on the bridge and
were drifted by the tide toward the
coast, where they were rescued by a
junk
STORIES told by these men vary 50
much as to be unreliable. but all agree
on one incident: Capt. Tang had a
large dog of most vicious temper. un-
ruly at times even with his master.
After the ship sunk, Capt Tang. who
could not swim, managed to get an oar
or some small piece of wood. This
would have been enough to suppo-.
him had not his dog swum to him
and, climbing on him, forced him to re-
lease his grasp. Thus he m:.erably
drowned and the brute shared his
fate-perhaps the only case on record
OF man being drowned by his dog"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

igan and Canada, than goes through
the Suez, and we don't howl about it
very much.
Well, sir, I have studied Gibraltar
in my geography, and read about it
in the papers, and seen it's pictures in
advertisements, but never realized
what a big thing it was. Now, who
ever thought of putting that enormous
rock right there on that prairie, but
God. l suppose the English, when they
saw that rock, thought the good Lord
had put IL there for the English to
drill holes in, for guns, and when the
Lord was busy somewhere else the
Spain, by playing a game with loaded
dice, and when England got it, that
country decided to arm it like train
robber, and hold up the other nations
Of the earth.
When a vessel passes that rock it
has to hold up it's hands and salute
the British flag, or get a mess of hard
ware fired into it's vital parts, but that
is all it amounts to, cause it couldn't
win any battle for England, and could
only sink trading vessels. The walls
Of the rock are perforated from top
to bottom, with holes big enough for
guns to squirt smoke and shells, but
if the enemy should stay away from
right in front of the holes, they might
shoot till dOomsday, and never hit
anything but fishing smacks and ped
dlers of oranges.
Gibraltar is like a white elephant in
a geological garden. 1t just eats, and
keeps Off flies with it's short tail, and
visitors feed it peanuts, and wonder
what it was made for, and how much
hay it eats. Gibraltar is like a $40
gold piece that a man carries in his
watch pocket for an emergency, which
/ he never intends to spend until he gets
in the highest place in his life, and
it wears out one pocket after another.
and some day drops through on the
sidewalk, and tramp finds it and
goes on a bat and gets the worth of
his money, and has good time, if he
saves enough to buy a bromo- settler
VIC ueXL morning aILer. 1t IS like the
Russian war chest, that is never to
be opened as long as they can borrow
money.
If Gibraltar could be put on castors
and rolled around from one country
to another, England could whip all Eu-
rope and Asia. 1t would be a Trojan
horse on larger scale, and be a ter
ror, but. say, if it got to America,
we wouldn't do thing to it. We
would run standpipe up the side, and
connect it with an oil pipe line, fill
Gibraltar's tunnels and avenues, and
magazines and barracks with crude oil.
and touch a match to it, and not an
Englishman would live to tell about 1t.
Gee, but l would be sorry for the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
The Reason Why.

Drummond, Wis, Aug: 2lst Especially
Whole families in Bayfield, County are
and the reason why is given in expert
ences such as that of Mr.. T. T. Void, q
well-known citizen here.
Il had such pains in my back that I
did not know what to do says Mr..
Void, "and as l came across an advertise
ment Of Dodd's Kidney Pills, sent for q
box. That one box relieved me of all my
pains. My wife also used them and found
Dodd's Kidney Pills as a sure cure for
Backache: and other Kidney Troubles"
Backache is one of the earliest symp-
toms Of Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney
Pills cure it promptly and permanently
and prevent it developing into Rheuma-
tism, Dropsy, Diabetes or Bright's Dis
ease.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
Crows Gold and Silver Nest

A pair of crows have constructed a
nest out of gold and silver spectacle
frames purloined from the factory of
Messrs. Lawrence and Mayo, in Bonn
bay. The materials for this nest (of
which the\value is about es0) were
stolen by the willy crows during the
luncheon hour. 1t was noticed that
the spectacle, frames were disappear-
ing from the factory in a mysterious
manner, but it was some time before
the thief was Observation-Disclosures
Pioneer. .,....--.. - r.: s==s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

fused, 7 would Get slow match " on
every oil vessel, and have the crews
get in skiffs and pull for the opposite
shore, and when the oil got on fire
and rolled up all over Gibraltar, and
burned every, living thing, would
throw water from the fire department.
boat on the rock, and she would split
open and roll all over the prairie, and
>then I would bury the cremated dead
out on the desert, and seek other
worlds to conquer, like Alexander the
Great. But don't be afraid. I won't
do it unless they make me mad, but
you watch my smoke if they peck on
your little Hennery too much, when he
grows up.
But I haven't any kick coming about
Gibraltar, cause they treated dad and
l all right, and the commander detailed
an ensign to show lis all through the
fortress. Now don't get an ensign
mixed up with unique, such as showed
us through the Turkish harem. An
English ensign is just as different
from a Turkish unique as you can
imagine. Every man to his place.
You couldn't teach Turkish unique
how to show visitors around an Eng
lish fortress, and an English ensign in
a Turkish harem would bring on a
worlds war, they are SO different.
Well, we went through tunnels in the
rock, and up and down elevators, and
all was light as day from electric lights,
and we saw ammunition enough to
sink all the ships in the world, it it
could be exploded in the right place,
and they have provisions enough
stored in the holes in the rock to- keep
an army for 40 years, if they didn't get
ptomaine poison from eating canned
stuff.
1t was all a revelation to dad, and
when we got all through, and got out
into the sunlight, we breathed free, and
when dad got his second wind he broke
up the English officers by taking out a
pencil and piece of paper, and asked
them what they would take for the
rock and it's contents, and move out and
let the American flag float over it.
Well, say. they were hot, and they
told dad to go plum to, but dad wouldn' ,;
do it. He said America didn't want
the old stone quarry, anyway, and il
it did, it could come and take it.
guess they would have had dad arrested
for treason: only when we got out into
the town there was the whole British
Atlantic squadron lined up, with men
up in the rigging like monkeys, ano
every vessel was firing a salute, as s
yacht came steaming by.
Dad thought war had surely broke
out, or that some rich American owned
the yacht, but it turned out to be Queen
Alexandria and a party Of tourists. and
when the bank played God Save the
Queen" dad got up on his hind legs
and sang so loud you would think he
would split hisself, and fellow went
up and threw his arms around dad, and
began to weep, and the tears came into
dads eyes, and another fellow pinched
dads watch, and the celebration closed
with everybody getting drunk, and
the queen sailed away.
Say, we are going to Spain on the
next boat, and you watch the papers
We will probably be hung for taking
Cuba and the Philippines. Yours,
HENNERY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

Irish soldiers, but l guess they
wouldn't be there. cause they wouldn't
fight America.
Well, if England ever has a big war,
and she gets chesty about Gibraltar,
and says it is impregnable, and de-
ties the world to take it, bet you ten
dollars it could be taken in "a hours.
Ii was a general, or an admiral. /
would have about 40 tank steamers
loaded with kerosene, and have them
land, innocent like. right up beside
Gibraltar, ostensibly to sell oil for
perfumery to the natives, who would
all be improved by using kerosene on
their persons. Then I would get on
barrel, on deck of my flagship, and
command the English general to sur
render Internationally. and if he re-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
ThefBad Boy Describes = Trip on the
Suez Canal-He Goes Up Through
Gibraltar in an Elevator-He Out
lines Gigantic Plan for the Cap
ture of the British Fortress.

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Former Ed
itor of "Peck's Sum- Author of
Peck's Bad Boy" Etc)
Copyright, 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Gibraltar, in Spain and England
My Dear Foster Uncle: 1t seems good
to get somewhere that you can hear
the English language spoken by the
Irish, and the English soldiers are
nearly all Irish. When you think OF
the way the British government treats
the Irish and then you look on while
an orderly sergeant calls the roll of
company, and find that nine out of ten
answer to Irish names, and only one
out Of ten has the cockney accent, you
feel that the Irish ought to rule Eng
land, and an O'Rourke or an O'Shan-
messy should take the place of King
Edward. 1t makes a boy who was
brought up in an Irish ward in Amer
lea, feel like he was at home to mix
with British soldiers who come from
the old sod.
Dad says that there is never an
army anywhere in the world, except
the armies of Russia and Japan, that
the bravest men are not answering to
Irish names, and always on the adj
vance in a fight, or in the rear when
there is retreat. Dad says that
in our own army. and when the north and
south were fighting, the Irish boys
were the fellows who saved the day.
They wanted to fight nights and Sun
days, and never struck for an eight
hour day, or union wages. When the
fighting was over, and soldiers we're
sick, or discouraged, and respondent,
an Irish soldier would come along,
maybe on crutches, or with bullet in
his innards and tell funny stories and
make the discouraged fellows laugh in
spite of themselves, and when another
fight was on, you had to tie the wound
ed Irish soldiers to their cots in the
hospital, or put them in Jail, to keep
them from forgetting their wounds
and going to the front for one more
fight. Dad says if there was an Irish
nation, with an army and navy, the
whole world would have to combine to
whip them, and yet the nation that
has the control of the Irish people
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?
Thousands of Men andsWomen Have Kidne
u = & Trouble and Never Suspect 1t. h
To Prove What the Great Kidney Remedy SwampRoo Will
Do for YOU. Every Reader Of This Paper May Have
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It used to be considered that only urinary ami
bladder troubles were to be traced to the kid
all diseases have their beginning in the disorder
of these most important organs. ..5,.
If you are sick or "feel badly" begin taking
the great kidney remedy, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, because as soon as your kidneys begin to
get better they will help all the other organs to
health. A trial will convince anyone
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
SORE HANDS, SORE FEET.
Itching, Burning Palms and Painful
Finger Ends-Complete Cure
by Cuticura.

One Night Treatment: Soak the hands
or feet on retiring, in strong, hot,
creamy lather Of Cuticura Soap. Dry, and
anoint freely with Cuticura Ointment, the
great skin cure and purest of emollients.
Wear, during the night, old, loose kid
gloves, or bandage lightly in old, soft
cotton or linen. For red, rough and
chapped hands, dry, fssured, itching,
nails and painful finger ends, this treat
ment is simply wonderful, single treat
ment affording the most grateful relief,
and pointing to a speedy, permanent and
economical cure. In no other ailment have
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
been more effective.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
A Finders Graft.

II want you to put in your Lost and
Found column az, advertisement like this:
Wallet containing considerable sum of
money and papers Finder will keep mon
ey return papers," said the man.
Don't you think" suggested the clerk,
you had better add No questions
"No, but you may say No questions an
swered.' I'm the finder. *-Philadelp
Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
.Au{Extremist.

Mother-Has Charles proven himself t.
be thoroughly abstemious man? -
June, Bride.:Yes, indeed! ;. He rparticu
larly abstalns from giving me any money
Detroit Free Iress
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

. Gold has been discovered in d Nebraska
baseball field. But many baseball diamond.
are little bonanzas, owing to thepopularlo low,
tor the great American sport. - Tro,
Times, :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

Take keer o. de pennies, . said Uncle
Eben, Fan de dollars'iwilI take keer O. de
folks dat you done handed de@penhies to,
to save fob you. '-Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infaili
Die medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

Sometimes b]under turns out to be
profitable, but under such, circumstances
1t isn't called blunder.-Town Topics. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

In recent sermon on "Other Worldli-
ness" Ian Maclaren said that it is 'the
unbroken and intolerable sanleness of life
which takes the heart out Of many peo-
ple"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

The first thing we know crime and all
the other mean things in this world will
be laid to the poor mosquito. Chicago
Chronicle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

A little sympathy that gets into our
feet is worth 4 whole lot of sorrow that
never soaks deeper than our feelings
Chicago Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
Curious.

Pheeder-The shape Of mans stomach
is round, amt it, Doc?
pr; Weeder-Nearly so. Why? :
"Ain't it funny that. nothin' fits 1T, 50
we'll as square meal?"-Philadelphia
Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

Don't brag about the good things thai
you have; Some, one will want to borrow
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

Judiciously managed, promises will
sometimes do more for a man than per-
Torrance, Now, for instance, there's poll
tics.-Puck.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease. It cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy: Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Don accept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
Didn't Know / Had Kidney Trouble

had tried SO many remedies without their having
benefited that about discouraged but in few
days after taking your wonderful SwampRoot began
feel better.
out of health and run down generally; had no
appetite dizzy and suffered with the
tinle did not know that kidneys the of
my trouble but somehow felt they might be, began
taking SwampRoot as above stated. There is such a
pleasant taste to and it right to the
making stronger and better in every way, ard
cheerfully recommend tito all sufferers.
Gratefully yours ..-,
MRS. A. T. WALKER, 331 East Linden St., Atlanta, Ca
= Weak and unhealthy kidneys areresponsible
for many 1kindsof diseases, and if.permitted to
continue much suffering and fatal results are sure
to foloao. Kidney trouble irritates the nerves,
makes youdizzy restless s1eepless and irritable.
Makes YOU pass water often during the ia and
sob1iges you to get up many times during the
night. Unhealthy kidneys cause rheumatism,
gravel, catarrh of the bladder pain or dull ache
in the back, joints and muscles; make your head
ache and back ache, cause indigestion, stomach
and liver trouble, you get sallow, yellow COM
p1exion, make you feel as though you had heart
trouble; you may have plenty Of ambition, but
mo strength; get weak and waste away: 1ai** :
The cure for these troubles is DR.. Ki11ner's
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
Perpetual Fighting

Franklin-Any man would fight for his
colors.
Penn-Yes! I have seen lots of them
struggling for the long green.-Philadel.
phia Telegram.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
. . :,


'Heresy. ~ 49,
Traveller tout west)-This is where Wal.
eringold lives, is tim + am told he is the
most successful man IN this part Of the
country qn15Ey + ,sd,on,d nv !. ,,t, Is, cooa
lord, stranger! He's the richest and lone
soonest man in the state!-CAicago Trib.
une.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
TO NATURE

Return to the old-time whole
some wheat food of our fore-fathers.
Buy a package of EGG-0.SEE and
use it tomorrow morning.
When you dip your spoon into
its golden-brown flakes you will
realize that AT LAST there is
delicious tempting dish made from
the whole wheat.
EGG-0-SEE is made from theper-
feet grains Of the choicest white
wheat, containing ALL THE
VITAL ELEMENTS that make
for buoyant health and good
Digestion.
1tis5zNature's perfect food, and
satisfies your craving for some
thing good to eat" s.
Perfect digestion means life
power, energy and robust we'll
being. Attain it by eating EGG.
EO-SEE.:
EGG-0-SEE is sold in alright,
inner-1ined packages, insuring
purity and freshness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
Unanswered Yet.

OHduS"eIeu 1eC. :.
The .Sphinx's riddle had just been
guessed.
Never mind" she cried, gayly, GIVE
got another: IWhy does woman get of
car backward!" 81 =
her prestige restored.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01
How. to Find Out

If doubt
rising four let
small particles float about your kidneys
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-07
BIG STOCK SALE.
Another Will Be Held Here Mex
Monday.

The monthly stock sale was quite
well attended yesterday notwithstand-
ing the disagreeable weather. The
proceeds amounted to 81, 839 TO- Ow-
ing to the fact that many were unable
to attend who have property which
they wish to dispose of before begin
ming their spring work, while others
desire to buy their horses and other
necessaries for farming at these sales,
it was decided to hold another sale
here next Monday.
Some Of the fine stock which were
not put up yesterday will be offered
for sale next Monday.
These monthly sales are great thing
for the farmers both to the seller and
the purchaser. 1t gives them mar
ket for their stock and gives the other
an opportunity to buy what he wants.
We may expect large attendance at
the next sale.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-03-07
TERRORizED !,
PASSENGERS
Deputy Marshal PartOOk Too
Freely Of Prisoners Wares

Last Sunday evening as passenger
train No Ala, bound for Kansas City,
pulled into Bristow, deputy United
States marshal got aboard with a
whiskey peddler whom he was taking
to Tulsa.
The train had not proceeded far be-
fore the passengers discovered that
both the marshal and his prisoner had
been partaking too freely of the cup
that cheers" land also inebriates. BY
the time the train reached Kellyyille
they we're getting boisterous and got
worse from there on to Sapulpa.
The marshal pranced back and forth
through the cars, with drawn revol-
yer, whooping, yelling, kicking out
windows and so completely terrorizing
the passengers that they refused to
proceed further than Sapulpa unless
the beligerent officer was elected
When Sapulpa was finally reached,
the conductor attempted to persuade
the obstreperous marshal to disembark,
but with poor success, as the train
was held forty minutes before the con-
ductor got rid Of his troublesome pas
sengers. The next morning the local
brought officer and prisoner to Tulsa,
the prisoner looking after his captor,
who was still drunk.
The passengers on No. 4l4 no doubt
gained favorable ~ impression Of
the Indian Territory from this nights
experience. Such escapades 90 far
toward strengthening the belief al
ready prevalent in the East that the
Territory Is yet only on the border Of
civilization.