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the rat, and, rushing behind the coun
ter, began to growl, and grabbed the
Bad Boy by the seat of his trousers
and gave him a good shaking. The
boy set up a yell that caused the
plaster to fall, and the old man al
most to faint with excitement, and he
went to the door to call a policeman.
The boy kicked the dog off, and raised
up from behind the counter, causing
the old cat to raise her back and spit
cotton, and as the old man saw the
Bad Boy he leaned against the show
case, and a large smile came over his
face, and he said; Gee, whiz! where
did you get on?"
The porter was not In, so | turned
In the first lower berth | came to-"
said the Bad Boy, as he jumped over
the counter and grabbed the old man
by the arm and shook his hand until it
ached. Introduce me to your friend,
the dog, who seems to have acquired
an appetite for pants" and the Bad
Boy got behind the old man and
kicked at the dog, who was barking as
though he had a cat on the fence.
Get out, Tige," said the old man,
as ne pushed the dog away. you
have got to get used to this young
h~eathen," and he Rugged the bright
looking, well-dressed boy as though he
was proud of him.
What are good fat rats selling for
now?" asked the boy, as his eye fell
on the rat the terrier had brought out
of the cellar. II did not know you
had added a meat market to your
grocery. Now, In Paris, the rat bust
ness is a very important industry, but
! didn't know the people ate them
here. What do you retail them at?"
20. get out, | don't sell rats" said
the old man, Indignantly. IL got this
dog for company, In your place, and
he has proved himself more useful
than any boy l ever saw. Say, come
and sit down by the stove, and tell me
all about your trip, as your letters to
me were not very full Of information.
How is your fathers healthT
dad is the healthiest man In
America" said the boy, as he handed
the old man a Turkish cigarette, with
piece of cheese under the tobacco
about half an inch from where the old
man lighted it with a match. Dad is
Ill right, except his back. He slept
four nights with a cork life preserver
strapped to his back, coming over, and
he has got curvature Of the spine, but
The doctor has strapped a board to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13

wrench was sweat out OF him. SAY, doe,
your dog like candy?"
20, yes, he eats a little" said III,
gr~oceryman, and the boy tossed 3
piece of candy such as he gave tn,
king oil Spain, with cayenne pepper il
It, TO the dog, which swallowed II
whole and the old mar said: Now,
suppose your father is cured, you will
all stay at home for awhile, and set
tie down to decent citizenship, and
take an active part In the affairs OF
your city and state? Gee, but what
is the matter with the dog?" added the
old man, as the dog jumped up on
all tours, looked cross-eyed. and tried
to dig a hole in his stomach with his
hind leg.
20, no, we shall never stay home
much more" said the Bad Boy, get
ting up on a barrel and pulling his feet
up to get away from the dog, who
was beginning to act queer. You see,
dad got cured all right, of a few dis,
eases that were carrying him off, but
he has taken the Jumps a disease
that is incurable. When a man has
the jumps he can't stay long in one
place, but his life after taking the
disease is n continual round of
packing up and unpacking, his litera-
ture is time cards and railroad guides,
and his meals are largely taken at
railroad eating houses, sitting on a
stool, and his sleep is uncertain cat
maps. Say, that dog acts as though
the mcuthful he took out of my pants
under the counter didn't agree with
him. added the boy. as the dog
rolled over and tried to stand on his
head.
Dog acts kinder like he had some
thing on his mind" said the old man
as he got out of the dogs way, so
he could do his acrobatIc stunt.
Say" said the Bad Boy, IF you have
never been vaccinated against mad dog,
you bettertake something right now, for
that deg is mad, and in about two min.
utes he is going to begin to snap at
people, and there is no death so ter
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The Bad Boys Return Home-He
Treats His Uncle to a Turkish
cigarette-He Meets the New Dog
and Feeds Him Cayenne Pepper
The Grocerman Eats a Bottle of
Horseradish.
BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.

Di Hun. GEORGE w. PECK.
.Ex-Goyernor of Wisconsin, Formerly
EDITOR OF "Peck's Sum- Author OF
"Peek's Bad Boy" Etc)
tCopyright, 1905. by Joseph q. Bowies)
Inc Old grocerman was sitting in the
Old grocery n fine spring morning,
looking over his accounts, as they were
written on a quire of brown wrapping
paper with a blunt lead pencil, and
wondering where he could go to collect
money to pay a note that was due at
the bank at moo on that day. He
was looking ten years older than he did
the year before, when the Bad Boy had
played his last trick on the old man.
n gone abroad to chaperone his sick
iathcr, in a search for health and ad-
venture. The old man had missed the
BOY around the grocery, and with no
one to keep his blood circulating. and
MS temperature occasionally soaring
above the normal, he had failed in
health, and had read with mixed feel
ings of Joy, fear and resentment that
the Bad Boy and his dad had ar
rived home, and he knew 1t could not
be louS before the boy would blow in.
and he was trying to decide whether
TO meet the boy cheerfully and with
q spirit of resignation, or to meet him
with a cllb; whether to give him the
glad hand, or form himself into a col
UNI OF fours to drive him out when
he came.
He had accumulated a terrier dog
since the boy went away, to be com
pany for the old singed cat, to hunt
rats in the cellar, and to watch the
store nights. The dog was barking
down cellar, and the old man went
down the rickety stairs to see what
the trouble was, and while he was
down there helping the dog to tree a
rat Under a sack of potatoes, the Bad
Boy slipped into the store, and finding
the old man absent, he crawled under
the counter, eurled up on a cracker
box, and began to snore as the old
man came up the stairs, followed by
the dog, with a rat in its mouth. The
old nan heard the snore, and Won
dered If he had been entertaining A
tramp unawares. when the dog dropped
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The Norweeians

There are practically no i~lliterates
In Norway. The men are perhaps the
i.nest in the world physically. Army
service Is universal; only 2.3 per cent
Of youths are rejected for physical do.
fects
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to rest cure, and when we had our
tickets bought the doctor attached our
baggage. and had a bill against dad
for $3.50 for consultations, operations,
advice, board and borrowed money.
and he had a dozen witnesses to prove
every item. Dad paid 1t, but we arc
going there once more with a keg of
dynamite for that doctor. But dad
thinks he got the worth Of his money.
You remember before he went away
he thought the doctors who operated
on him for that 'pendicitus left a
monkey wrench in him when they
sewed him up. Well, after he began
to drink that water he found iron
rust on the towels when he took a
bath, and he believes the monkey
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-26

games in New York is the St. Nichola:
rink, where real ice skating has been
popular during the winter, and where
one of the most recherche tennis tour
naments of recent years has been this
spring in progress. l don't know that
the scores were anything remarkable,
probably not, but 1t makes all the diff
ference in the world who makes them.
The endurance of the game must have
something to do with the American
nervous temperament. Young women
of the day like to have "something do
ing. The rapid return of the tennis
ball close to the net is something like
a real game. Ping-pong was very well;
but it was played indoors. Tennis
well, see game played at the Newport
casino, with the watching throng of
fashionables, with the bright but kindly
sun Of . never fierce seaside August
upon the scene, and with the fresh ali
from the ocean rolling in-golf ism t like
that - - OWEN I,xNcD0N :
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sale OF candy and peanuts and the Ar
.menians go to peddling Turkish" rugs.
you complete the common but inaccurate
picture of the newcomers pursuits. For
merly the masonsj were largely Irish on
Scottish by birth,t the carpenters German
and native American. Nowadays tina
Hebrew carpenter and the Italian mason
are very common. The native American
in the building trades is in small mi
nority. Consider the case OF recent i'm;
migrant, not yet citizen, who.is draw!
ing as skilled mason 20 cents an hour,
or $3.50 short day-and thatis the new
scale Tor the new year-leth him write to
his old neighbors OF this fact, and some
OF them are pretty apt to come and look
MIN up-lf they can believe his story! -:
One natural result is that both the
Italian and the Hebrew get to owning
city real estate, the most profitable kind
OF property just at present. They begin
IN small way, subletting part of a tene-
ment. Then comes a chance in the di-
vision OF an estate to buy tenement with
a little ready money, giving heavy sec,
ono mortgage. Prodigies of thrift pay
this on IN part and enable the owner to
take on another. He lives in one of the
tenements and has his watchful eye upon
thewhole.
The Hebrew has another reason for
buying land. He is an intense individu-
alist. AS DR.. Blaustein has explained, he
wouldn't dream of buying stock in a cor,
poration. He wants something he can
see. AS a result, he didn't get caught in
Steel common in 1903, but bought land :;
and land went up; OF late a food OF
100000 Jews has poured over into Brook
Ign. In the parts they occupy the price
Of land has risen threefold. They are
themselves the buyers. For years the
old owners of land at the Brooklyn end
of the new Williamsburg bridge have
been selling out. afraid of the "deteriora-
ton Of the district" Now that the East
Sfders can see the bridge actually fin
ished, they have arrested the downward
tendency of prices and shot them up
again. IF Id simply held on I'd have
been $4,000 richer" mournfully said to
me the former owner of rather modest
little home in this forlorn but now BOOM
ing region.
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half dozen gave more time and thought
to the country's interests than did Mr..
Plat. His deep study of every question
and his sound, common-sense Judgment
made him the most trusted of all the
leaders. H.
There were many men more brilliant
in the senate, but none more honHt or
able. MIR. Plat had no vanity, and he
never tried to- learn the tricks of an ora
tor. He was somewhat ungainly in ap-
pearance, and when he arose to address
the senate he seemed to get out of his
seat in sections. He was very tall, and
as he came up out of his chair slowly he
seemed to unlimber q section at time.
He had somewhat querulous voice and
spoke in jerky fashion. His gestures
were strained and awkward, but he was
never at loss to find the proper Ian
guage in which to express his ideas, and
they we're always listened to with the
closest attention.
Mr.. Platt was very fond of outdoor
life, and not long before his death he re-.
marked that in the previous Is years he
had probably lived five years out of
doors. He had lodge in the Adiron-
dacks, being first attracted to those de-
lightful surroundings by the talks and
writings of the late Rev. w. H. H. Murry.
who was for some years pastor of Con-
gregational church in Connecticut, of
which SenatorPlatt was deacon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-26

Wolves have been exceedingly ferO-
cious during the last winter in many
parts Of Northern Canada, according
to the reports which are being brought
in to the headquarters of the Hudson
bay One of the most serious of these
reports has reference to the Qestruc
ton wrought by wolves among the
surviving bands Of the wood buffalo,
and has been sent by mail from Ft
Resolution, which is Hudson Bay
company post on the Southern shore
of the Great Slave Lake. in the vast,
uneXploEed district of Mackenzie.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-26

After a long experience with NOR
tality tables, Mr.. Frederick l.. HOff-
man. writer upon insurance subjects.
demonstrates the influence of marriage
on longevity. Interesting figures
show that the mortality of married
males has been considerably below the
mortality of single males at all ages.
the difference being most noticeable
between the age periods of IS and 81
years. Between those ages, roughly
speaking, three single men die to two
married ones. The record of females
ried women.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-26

Surgery has been triumphant in the
case of Albert B. Trip, the young
medical student of Mt. Pleasant,
Mich, who was shot in the spine two
years ago. and who went to Philadel-
phia. Pa, a few weeks ago in the
hope of an operation saving him from
paralysis. To-day Trip started for
his home with silver wire binding
together his spine. and, with feeling
already returned to his legs and the
lower part of his body, the physicians
say in six months he will be himself
again. Trip risked his life in the
operation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-26

In the patent Office reports one is
struck with the multitudes of small
inventions which are constantly being
patented in Washington. And a glance
at the records would show how many
of them have been put into use al!
over the world and are practically in
dispensable. Enormous fortunes have
been and are made from these simple
contrivances. Take, for instance, the
copper toed SHOE This is seldom
seen to-day except in the rural dis
tricts, but during the year it was in
use the inventor made $4,000 to $780,
coo.
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uncomfortable. The result of the prospect
of peace in the building trades was to
start plans for $50, 600. 900 worth OF build
ings all at once. I have sometimes al
luded jocularly to the poor mems apart
ment houses. such as Charley" Schwab
and "Alf' Vanderbilt live in, where by a
little judicious search you can find a
few plain rooms renting at only $16. OO0
a year But it is no joke to the man who
is really poor Or merely well-to-do. The
old New York rule was that man might
spend one-quarter of his income for rent.
That was bad enough in all conscience,
but many now spend one third or more.
Why? Ask the man. and he will tell
you he has to do it. Perhaps he is right.
The first necessity to him is room to live
among cultured people and in surround
ings not unhealthful. he is fairly pros
porous he may wish sunshine to fall upon
his rooms once day. These things cost
money. His food, his clothing, need cost
little if any more than in the smallest
village. His rent, if he be an educated
man in professional life, or moving
among professional people, will not cost
less than $1,000 year. He cannot on
Manhattan island find a place to live
among his kind for less money. This is
the literal truth. What may seem in the
description like profigacy is really the
result of careful weighing of necessities.
Considerably less than $1,000 year,
either in rent or in carrying charges as
an owner: will provide home in Brook
Ign, or in nearby New Jersey. Add the
vast clearing of great spaces upon Man.
haitian island, the conquest of residence
districts by trade, and is it a. wonder
that the suburbs grow; and that within
50 miles of New York's city hall in three
states are living 100000 people?
With such wages as have quoted
building is expensive, but-it's cheaper
than living in Manhattan!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-26

Mrs. Henry White, who will sue
coed Mrs. Meyer in Rome, has per-
haps the highest social position of any
American woman in Europe. She was
a favorte of Queen Victoria, and the
present king and queen Of England
regard her almost as member Of
the royal family At the Whites
home. Wilton Park, just outside of
London, some of the most notable en-
tertainments of the past decade have
been held.
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sorts of information. He does not al
ways confine himself to the exact SUBJ
ject under consideration. but wanders
a good deal into general fields of politi-
cal economy. Mr.. Newlands is a very
strong advocate of granting charters BY
the national government to corporations
doing an interstate business. In his
cross examination of railroad mon be-
fore the committee he is sure to lead up
to his hobby.
There has been a disposition on the
part of Senator Elkins, chairman of the
committee. to restrict cross-examina-
ton to the main subject under consider
alton, that of the government fixing
railway freight rates. He has not, how
ever, checked Mr.. Newlands in the lat
ter's inquiries, and the reason given is
because the Nevada senator is ''such a
good fellow Mr.. Newlands is entitled
to being termed a good fellow. as he is
one of the most royal hosts in Washing
ton. He lives in century old mansion
on the heights overlooking the north
west section of Washington, and the
broad lawns and rambling rooms of this
old home are ideal for the exhibition OF
Whole-souled hospitality. The senator
delights in entertaining here numbers of
his colleagues, and no pleasanter eve
ming can be spent than at his almost
baronial dining table. The interstate
commerce committee has had this pleas
ure more than once, and it is easily ap-
parent why Mr.. Newlands is given free
rein in his line of questioning at the
committee rooms
MIR. Newlands hSs invested may mil
lions OF money in the development of
Washington, and especially it's SUBJ
urbs. Through his wife much of the
Sharon estate came to him, and he has in
vested it about the capital city where re-
turns are reasonably certain.
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NO MORE HEADACHE
GENERAL WEAKNESS AND FEVER
F. DISAPPEAR TOO. #
Now . Woman Was Freed from Troubles
That Had Made Life Wretched for
Many Years.

40" woman was Freed rom Troubles
That Had Made Life Wretched for ts@|
Many Years.
The immediate causes of headaches
vary, but most Of them come from Door
or poisoned blood. In anamia the blood
is scanty or thin the nerves are imper-
fectly nourished and pain is the way in
which they express their weakness. In
colds the blood absorbs poison from the
mucous surfaces, and the poison irritates
the nerves and produces pain. In rheu-
matism, malaria and the grip, the poison
in the blood produces like discomfort. In
indigestion the gases from the impure
matter kept in the system affect the
blood in the same way.
The ordinary headache-cures at best
give only temporary relief. They deaden
the pain but do not drive the poison out
of the blood. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
on the contrary thoroughly renew the
blood and the pain disappears perma-
nently. Women in particular have found
these pills an ~unfailing relief in head
aches caused by anemia.
Miss Stella Blocker recently said: "Dr.
Williams Pink Pills did me a great deal
Of good. had headache nearly all the
time. After had taken three boxes of
these pills I became entirely well.''
"How long had you suffered 70 she
was asked.
"For several years. can't tell tho
exact date when my illness began for it
came on by slow degrees. had been
going down hill for many years."
"Did you have any other ailments?"
Twas very weak and sometimes 1 had
fever. My liver and kidneys were af.
fected as well as my head"
"How did you come to take the rem.
edy that cured you?''
II saw in a southern newspaper q
statement Of some person who was cured
OF like trouble by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. My physician hadn't done me any
good, SO bought a box of these pills.
After I had taken one box felt so much
better that I kept on until I became en-
tirely well.''
Miss Blocker's home is at Leander,
Louisiana. Dr.Williams' Pink Pills are
sold by all druggists. Besides headache
they cure neuralgia, sciatica, nervous
prostration, partial paralysis and rheu-
~matism.
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Mrs. George Won Lengerke Meyer,
wife of the newly appointed ambassa-
dor to st. Petersburg, is favorably
known in every court of Europe. He.'
social triumph in Rome, where her hus
band was formerly stationed. was com
plete. Mrs. Meyer is the persopal
friend Of Queen Helena Of Italy. Here
again is an instance where an ambas.
sadors wife actually accomplished
more for her country than would have
been possible under the opportunities
open to her husband
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-26

American lumber is in steady de-
mand in Germany. Although more
than 1862 900 cubic fee of black wal.
nut were received at Hamburg in 1908,
the supply of this variety of Ameri'
can lumber does not equal the increas-
ing demand. Virginia whitewood,
pitch pine, and cedar find ready mar
kets at good prices. The cedar that
is most in demand is that which may
be used in he manufacture Of artistic
furniture and lead pencils.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-26

member of Matinecock lodge at Oyster
Bay. He has been elected to receive sey"
eral high degrees in masonry, but the
pressure of public business has prevent
ed his taking them. He will probably
wait until he retires from the presidency
before going through these limitations.
Vice President Fairbanks also became
a Mason after his election to the vics
presidency, but it is his intention to take
as many degrees as possible in the near
future, so that when 1908 comes around
he will be full-fledged Mason Of the
several degrees, including the Knights
Templar and the Scottish rite degrees up
to the thirty-second. Mr.. Fairbanks en-
tered a lodge in Indianapolis during the
Christmas holidays last winter, special
dispensation having been granted in
order that he might take three degrees
in one day. During the present year he
expects to take the remaining degrees of
the York rite.
The best known Of Masons among
presidents of later years were Garfield.
Harrison and Mckinley. Garfield and.
Mckinley were Knights Templar, and
usually attended the conclaves of that
order Andrew jackson was at one time
grand master of the grand lodge of Ten
nessee. John Quincy Adams was one
president who was conspicuously op.
posed to Masonry. He was elected DUR
ing the days Of the anti-masonry excite
ment and talked and wrote against the
order with considerable vigor. A poll oil
the house made few years ago showed
that 81 per cent. of the members vert
Masons, and a similar poll of the senate
showed that so per cent. of the lattet
body belonged 70 that order. -.