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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
THEN HE FELT STREAKED.
hubby Was Too obHging When
There Wasn't Any Occa-
sion for It,

A gentleman and his wife were sit
ting in one of the front rows in the
alter. On the floor the man saw large
hat-pin with an amber head. The Chi
cago Daily News tells what he did
with it.
Looking about him, he saw that
two women and their escorts had just
sat down. To one of the women he
presented the pin. A shake OF the head
indicated that he had made a mistake.
Then he tried two ladies across the
aisle. They seemed to be interested.
The pin was curiosity, and it's amber
OF a unique carving. They hesitated,
but handed the pin back.
Desperately, he began ths search
anew. Two ladies unattended seemed
likely owners. To- them also he
showed the pin. They took it and en-
5oyed its pattern.
Just then the man felt tug on his
sleeve. It was his wife, and she re-
marked, why are you showing my
hat-pin to strangers?"
Blushing, he went over to the la
dies, who were still looking at the pin,
and explained.
TITS my wife's pin," he said. but in
such consciously guilty accents that
the women handed it back with doubt
ing smiles.
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Dl!'sFlou RlNG SKIN HUMoR.
impossible to Get Employment, al
Face and Body Were Covered with
Sores Cured by Cuticura.

Since the year 1894 I have been trou-
pied with very bad case of eczema which
! have spent hundreds of dollars trying to
cure fa;9e,s and went to the hospital, but they
worse all the tim. Five weeks ago my
wife bought box of Cuticura Ointment
and one cake Of Cuticura Soap, and I am
pleased to say that I am now completely
60 get employment, as my face, head and
body were covered with it. The eczema
arst appeared on the top of my head, and
it had worked all the way around down
tho back of my neck and around to my
throat, down my body and around the
hips. It itched SO would be obliged to
scratch it, and the flesh was raw. am
now all well, and will be pleased to
recommend the Cuticura Remedies to all
persons who wish a speedy and permanent
cure of skin diseases. Thomas M. Rossi-
ter, z9o Prospect Street, East Orange, N.
j., Mar. 30, 1906"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
PERHAPS It CURED HIM.
Maybe the Wife Had Been Out, Nay
be Not, the Eject Was g.,
-, - the Same.

e..
Capt. Mark Casio was being congrat-
ulated on his gift OF $500 from ths
Carnegie here fund for bravery in the
wreck of the Cherokee, relates the
New York Tribune. :.
...5 1.-THE gift was unexpected" said
Capt. Casio with modest smile. 1T
was as unexpected; though by no
means as unpleasant, as the retort
tnat wife made to her husband when
he came home at three o'clock in the
morning.
1.-THE man came home very quietly.
In fact, he took OF his shoes on the
front doorstep. Then he unlocked the
door and went cautiously and slowly
upstairs on his tiptoe, holding his
breath.
But light was streaming through
the kephole of the door of the bed
room. With sigh he paused. Then
he opened the door and entered.
ellis wife stood by the bureau fully
dressed.
II didn't expect you'd be sitting up
for me, my DEAR he said.
ct haven't been,' she said. 4 Just
came In myself"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
HAY WAS DIPLOMATIC EVER
The Late Secretary Of State chad q
Way with Him" That
Always Won.

Story Is told of the late John Hay
illustrative of that fine diplomatic
temperament that made his name
know all over the world, says the
American Spectator.
Some years ago Mr.. Hay sent Mr..
Alexander Gum, of Cleveland, for his
perusal the manuscript of an interest
Ing bit of work by Mark Twain, en-
titled, "A Conversation as it was at
the Social Fireside in the Time of the
Tudors." Mr.. Hay knew that his
friend Gum, a connoisseur of litera-
ture and art, would be much interest
ed in what the former termed a 'seri-
GUS effort to bring back our literature
and philosophy to the chaste, Eliza
bethan standard"
Now it appears that Mr.. Gum was
so delighted with Twain's sketch that
he wrote to Mr.. Hay proposing to
print limited number of copies there
of for private distribution. It is sai6
that Mr.. Hay replied as follows:
1.-THE proposition you make to pull a
few proofs Of Twain's masterpiece IN
highly attractive, and, of course, high
~ immoral. cannot properly consent
to the suggestion, as I am afraid the
great man would think was taking
an unfair advantage of his confidence.
Accordingly, will thank you to send
back the manuscript as soon as pos
sible; but If, In spite of my prohibi-
ton, you take those proofs. save me
one"
1t was super1uous to add that, with
this hint, the proofs were 'pulled''-
one for Mr.. Hay and one for Mr..
;2unn,
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SkiddooI

The young man was trying to think
II something else to say when the
young woman suddenly spoke up.
by the way, Mr.. Lingerlong," she
said. II tried to call you up by tele-
phone this morning, but I didn't get
any response"
you tried to call me up by tele-
phone?"
eyes; wanted to ask you a ques-
tion.''
why, haven't any telephone num-
ber."
20, yes you have. Double six four
seven"
The young man made rapid mental
calculation.
''Twenty-three!" he gasped, reaching
Tor his hat.-Chicago Tribune.
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HAS A CLEAN RECORD.
NO faint ATTACHED TO NAME
OF LEVI P. NORTON. I
Former Vice President Still Hale and
Hearty at Age Of a2-Has Given
Much to Charity Comes
from Yankee Stock.

New York.-During the 81 years
which Mr.. Levi Parsons Morton had
just completed as his span of active
life the United States and the world
in general have undergone develop
ment and a change which are even
surprising to Mr.. Morton and himself.
The progress of science, art and civ
ilization has been SO great within the
limit of his memory that few of the
present younger generation can real
ize what has happened.
While Mr.. Morton has seen this tre-
mendous advancement in all lines of
endeavor, he has accomplished the
proud distinction of being young at
81. He is not by any means an old
man except as figures 60.
Mr.. Morton's name is associated
with success. During all his long
public career as congressman, gov
ernor, minister of France and vice
president, and his private career as a
f1nancier and distinguished person
of affairs, there has been no smirch
on his record. In these days when
Undertaking" is so prevalent and so
pronounced Mr.. Morton's name has in
no way been defiled.
His modesty is perhaps as we'll
ehown In a recent benefaction to the
hamlet of Rhinecliff, near which his
country estate lies. Rhinecliff Is only
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

FIRST CHRISTIAN :. SCIENTIST
CHURCH IN THE WORLD.
by M. H. Sargent, and the building
committee consisted of Mrs. Thomas
Millidge, Mrs. Charles +. Pendleton
and Mrs. Henry T. Sargent. After.
many trials the little church was fin:
ally completed and has remained,
with few alterations, intact to the
present time. <.s s;,...-,r-> :. IL Il
{ After it had been finished and Mrs.
Eddy had been advised, the, ocontos
people. were surprised to learn: that:
they were pioneers in the movement.
Mrs: Eddy, in her reply, stated: ~ ,,
have built the first church. The first
service was held in the church on:
October 81, 1886: Since that time two
have been called from the Oconto
church 10 assist Mrs. Eddy. They ara
the Rev. Lanson P. Norcres md ..t,r
LAURA p. sa5geat. :ss3=s. s....
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
KNITTED.
Coffee Knitted an old Soldier.

An old soldier, released from cof-
fee at u, recovered his health and tells
about it as follows:
Il stuck to coffee for years, although
1t knitted me again and again.
About eight. years ago (as a result:
of coffee drinking which congested my
liver), was taken with a very severe
attack Of malarial fever. 49,. -.
Il would apparently recover and
start about my usual work only to SUI
fer a relapse. After this had been
repeated several times during the year
l was again taken violently ill.
1.-THE Doctor said he had carefully
studied my case, and it was either quit
coffee or de- advising me to take Pos
tum in its place. had always thought
coffee one Of my dearest friends, and
especially when sick, and I was very
much taken back by the Doctors deci-
sion, for l hadn't suspected the. coffee
1 drank could possibly cause my trou-
bic.
thought it over for few minutes,
and finally told the Doctor l would
make the change. Postum was pro-
cured for me the same day and made
according to directions; well, liked
it and stuck to it, and since then
have been new man. The change in
health began in few days and sur
prised me, and now, although I an
seventy-two years of age, I do lots Of
hard work, and for the past month
Rave been teaming, driving sixteen
miles a day besides loading and un-
loading the wagon. That's what Pos
tum In the place; Of coffee has done
for me. L now like the Postum as well
as did coffee. ... 49, !. -
II have known people who did no.
care for Postum at first, but after hav-
ing learned to make it properly accord
ing to directions they have come to
like It as well as coffee. mover miss
chance to praise It," Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich. 81
Look for the little book, The Road
to Wellyille," IN pkgs. .:S.s=
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ular. Soon after I began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills I passed several
gravel stones. I got we'll and the
trouble has not returned. My back
is good and strong and my general
health better"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
SCINTILLATJONS:

Double dealing ends in divided divi
dends.
) Our seeking always secures His
sending.
:. AS soon as q nation becomes heart.
less its case is hopeless.
Goldfish culture is never complete I'M
til conscience is killed.
Every time you put out any new
life some old leaves drop off.
SANDER is bad breath; it's evidence
applies only to its source.-Ram's
Horn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

If her system is in deranged condi.
ton, or she is predisposed to apoplexy
or congestion of any organ, it is at this
time likely to become active and, with
host of nervous irritations, make life
a burden.
At this time, also, cancers and tumors
are more liable to begin their destruc-
tive work. Such warning symptoms as
sense of suffocation, hot flashes, diz,
illness, headache, dread of impending
evil, sounds in the ears, timidity, pal
pitation of the heart, sparks before the
eyes, irregularities, constipation, varia-
BILE appetite, weakness and inquietude
are promptly. needed by intelligent
women who are approaching the period
of life when woman's great change
may be expected.
We believe Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound is the worlds great
est remedy for women at this trying
period.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound invigoratt>: and strengthens tho
female organism, and builds up the
weakened nervous system as no other
medicine can.
Mrs. A. E. G. Hyland, of Chester
town, Nd, in letter to Mrs. Pink
nam, says
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
II had been suffering with displacement
for years and was passing through the change
Of life. I had good deal Of soreness, dizzy
spells, headaches, and was very nervous. I
wrote you for advice and commenced treat
ment with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as you directed, and I am happy
to say that all those distressing symptoms left
me, and have passed safely through tho
change Of life a well woman" -:
For special advice regarding this im-
portant period women are invited to
write to Mrs. Pinkhana, Lynn, Mast
She is daughter-in-law of Lydia E.
Pinkham and for twenty-five years has
been advising sick women free. Of
charge. Her advice is free and alwaye
helpful to ailing women.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
Only Wanted a Square Deal.

"Prisoner," said the Judge, stand
up. Have you anything to say why
Judgment Of the. court should not be
pronounced against you?"
I'D like to say, your honor" an
swered the prisoner, that hope you
will not allow your mind to be pre-
JUDGED against me by the poor de-
Tense my lawyer put I'D for me. I'll
take it as p great favor ii your honor
will just give me the sentence I'd have
got 1t had pleaded guilty in the tiist
place."-Chicago Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

PENS OF THE SNAILERY.
(They Are Built Under a Windmill Tank
Where Water Is Plentiful)
are arranged about an open space, and
and the tops, which are hinged, are
covered with wire netting. Inside the
boxes are lengths of drain pipe, in
and upon which the snails cling in
large numbers, and in all stages Of
development.
Those bred at the Californian es-
tablishment vary in size from that of
a pin-head when Matched to that of a
shilling when full grown. The shell
is of rich brown color. The snail
itself is translucent, and of a light
brown shade.
To prepare them for food, the snails
are kept for. three or four weeks in
wine-soaked bran, where they fatten
rapidly, and are freed from all SUI
perfuous and Shiny matter.
If this preparation be impossible,
the snails are taken from their shells,
and washed many times in salt and
water, or salt and vinegar. They are
then placed in, stewpans, and cooked
in salt and water or milk.
Another method is to boil them,
shells and all, with herbs and cloves
unttftfh they fail from their steffs : The
shells are then scrubbed, and q paste
is made ofx@parsley, butter, bread
crumbs, and white wine. The meat is
replaced with this paste in the shells,
and the whole Drowned in a hot oven.
Forty or SO constitute a meal for a
hearty eater.
In addition to their blood value,
snails are supposed to have a bene-
fetal effect in cases of lung trouble.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
LEVI P. MORTON,

(WellKnown New Yorker Who Has No
Smirch on His Record.)
small place, but small as it is it is
big enough to need library. Mr..
Morton realized this fact, bought the
land, which is close to the railroad
and gave his check to Mr.. Quick, the
builder, for $4,000 to erect building.
He has also provided that the library
shall be, properly equipped and main
tanned. -~,:~ =,
His provisions for it's maintenance
and it's equipment, however, included
the condition that his own name
should in no way appear. There is no
bronze tablet over the door ANNOUNCE
ing that this library is a Morton gift.
On the contrary, it is to be called the
Rhinecliff Memorial library. It is a
monument, and will be lasting one,
to his daughter who so unfortunately
passed away last year.
Mr.. Morton is Yankee.
He was born on May Is, 1924, in
Shoreham, vt. His father was a
minister, and he was the youngest Of
six sons. On both his fathers and
mothers side he is a direct descend
ant from the Pilgrim Fathers. George
Morton, his first American ancestor,
came from Bawtry, England, in the
good ship Ann" in 1923 and settled
in Middleboro, Mass. His mothers
American ancestor was Joseph Par
sons, who also came from England,
and landed only a few years after the
arrival Of George Morton. With this
sturdy Stock, this ancestry of Pilgrim
Fathers, behind him, Mr.. Morton has
been only too proud and too glad to
live up to this ancestry During his
long life Of more than four score
years he has adhered to the precepts
so carefully inculcated in the Shore
ham parsonage. He was vigorously
trained in those principles of Christi
an morality and religious reverence
which have characterized his life ever
since his boyhood.
He received a rather better educa-
ton than the average Yankee boy.
and with this as a foundation he be-
gan business life which led u,ti-
mately to great financial success as
we'll as to public honor. Starting as a
farmers boy he graduated into. a.
clerkship at a country store, and then
step by step found himself outgrowing
each position that he occupied from
Boston to New York.
Mr.. Morton's political honesty has
never been called into question, and
his influence for good in the political
life Of the United States has been so
conspicuous as to win the approval of
all political parties almost without
regard to his own determined parti-
sanship.
His record Of business undertakings
also, as well as his career as a states
man, is we'll nigh spotless. He. has
accomplished It not merely by brain
force. but by inherent desire to be
honest and upright. The keynote OF
Mr.. Morton's personality has not been
money getting, although in that lire
Of endeavor he has been remarkably
successful. He has won the esteem
of his fellow men largely because he
has considered and treated them az
fellow human beings and not as OBJ.
jects of greco - n s I L: s "a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
SNAIL BREEDING INDUSTRY
Frenchman at Les Angeles, CAL,
Makes a Business Of Raising r
Mollusks for Food.

San Francisco.-There exists III Los
Angeles what is said to be the only
establishment in the United States FOR
breeding edible snails. 1t belongs to
M. Pernot, who halls from France,
where snail-ra.sing is quite an in
dustry.
The pens of the snails are built un-
der a large windmill tank, where Wa
ter is plentiful. Several long boxes,
two feet wide and six inches inheighi,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
He Pitied Them.

A little boy was on his first coun-
try excursion, relates the Brooklyn
Citizen. Some birds were flying high
overhead, and his hostess, a young
woman, said:
"Look up, Tommy. See the pretty
birds flying through the air.
Tommy looked up quickly, and then
he said in compassionate tone:
"Poor little fellers! They amt got
no cages, have ?"-Detroit Free
Press. -~..-~ K L Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
Young Men and Mechanics Wanted
for the Navy.

Young men between the ages of II and
q are enlisted as apprentice seamen. Elec-
tricians, machinists, plumbers and filters,
coppersmiths, boilermakers, shipwrights
(carpenters), yeomen (c1erks), fremen,
musicians, cooks, etc., between the ages of
81 and IS, hospital apprentices Is to Is.
Pay SIG to $40 a month, according to
rating. Good opportunity for advance
ment. No expenses for board, lodging,
ing amounting to $45 free on first enlist
ment. Term Of enlistment four years. Re.
tirement after 30 years. service on three
fourths pay. Must be American citizens
OF good character and physically sound.
Address Navy Recruiting Station, Post Of
lice building, Minneapolis, Mimi, or Post
Office Building, St. Paul, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

Only One Luxury at a Time.
Piggmus-1'm glad it is good form
not to wear watch with dress suit.
Dismukes-Why?
Because never have both at the
same time" -American Spectator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
One Question Settled.

Ketchum A. Cummin-Have you de-
cfded where you will spend the sum-
mer months?
Heidi Wynne-Yes; l have decided
to spend them at any darned place my
wife and daughters can agree upon.
Saves me heap Of trouble.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
AILlNC WOMEN.
Keep tho Kidneys Well and the KID
neys Will Keep You Well.
Sick, suffering, languid women are
learning the true cause of bad backs

and how to cure
them. Mrs. w. G.
Davis, Of Groesbeck,
Texas, says: Back
aches hurt, me so I
could hardly stand.
Spells of dizziness
and sick headache
were frequent and
the action Of the
kidneys was frreg-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
Troubles of Spring. DAYS.

11UUU1eS Oh opT1uE Days.
These are thes days when the old
hen gets in her work assisting the rad
ishes to come up; when the house dog
begins system of excavating in the
flower beds and when the neighbor's
old cow walks leisurely across the
freshly prepared lawn. - Chapman
(Kan.) Outlook
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
NOTHING Alarming.

Next Door Neighbour was about to
sey-what's that terrible racket up
stairs? Is somebody having a fit?
Mrs. Hewjams-No. That's John.
He's rehearsing the speech he is going
to deliver tomorrow before the Uni
versal Peace society.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $500
trial bottle and treatise. DR., R.<H. Kline.
Id, 93l and 933 Arch st., Philadelphia, Pa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

Don't think that a man is slouchy
because he doesn't wear fine clothes.
Perhaps he has a family of daughters.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15
4 CRITICAL PERIOD
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Dangers End Pain Of This Critical PERIOD
= Avoided by the Use Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.

r-
How many wo~
men realize that
the most critical
period in q wo-
mans existence
is the change Of
life, and that the
anxiety felt by
women as this
time draws near
is not without
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

Opportunity only knocks once; after
that our friends do it.-Puck.
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The Truly Great

.,.=: =.~ The Truly Great. s 7s Il ~ *ss.-
" a great man will make great or
'portunfties, even out Of the common
est and meaaest situations: III
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-15

(Well-Known New Yorker Who Has No
Smirch on His Record.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-02
NEW LINE OF STEAMERS.
The Boats to Run Between Norfolk
and Washin pton

The announcement in The Star of yes
terday in a special dispatch from Norfolk
that a new steamboat company had been
formed to put steamers on the route be-
tween this city and Norfolk was verified
this morning by Mr.. o. H Budlong of 1925
New York avenue, the local representative
of the new company. who stated to a Star
reporter that the company had been or
ganized with plenty OF western capital back
of it. and that 1t would be ready for BUSH
ness in few weeks.
Terminals. he stated. had been secured
both in the city and Norfolk and that two
fine steamers were ready to go upon the
route. When asked to give the names of
the promoters of the new company Mr.
Budlong stated that he did not care to give
the details OF the scheme at this time, but
in few days the entire story would be
made public.
When questioned as to plans. rates and
the like, Mr.. Budlong refused TO answer
saying that this portion of the scheme had
not been definitely worked out 1t has been
known along the river front for several
weeks that western parties. who operate
line of steamers on the Great Lakes, have
been negotiating for wharf room, and 1t is
row stated that there are capitalists back
Ing the project represented by Mr.. Budlong