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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01

to the Googan's studio with many
apologies.
1T is that I came right from the
garage and could not to dress up" he
sighed.
You're all right" encouraged the
Googans. Nov tell us the trouble"
1T is that madame would make me
to teach the French to the children"
he almost wept. mon Dieu! 1 say
to her, Madame, I am not re nursery
governess, but re chauffeur. l run re
car; is that not enough-too much?
Non? 1t ees too much. I protest.
Madame, she had re grand indigna-
ton. M'sieur, he laugh, when 1 make
re complaint. I say, What did you
hire me for then?' He laugh some
more and say: Because Madame says
you speak re parfait Francais!' UGH"
There vas an expressive shrug of
French shoulders. Nov what shall
1 do? My dignity as a chauffeur!"
"You would like another position? ?"
queried lilly. Very we'll. There's
an opening with"
But 1 do not wish to leave them"
protested Francois. II am so attach
ed to the children. Oh, that little
Thomas and la petite Sadie!" His
sentimental eyes filled with tears.
Lilly and lilly looked at each other
with twinkling smiles.
think how nice it will be when you
can chat with the children in your
native tongue!" reminded Lilly.
1T would to be nice," he admitted.
But if madame had not overlooked
my rights as a chauffeur and made
little of my dignity"
when you and the children are
conversing in French and madame
cannot understand word, then it
will be her dignity that SUFFERS"
suggested lilly. 1T would be an ex-
cellent joke on madame"
II will to do it, cried Francois,
springing to his feet. "Oh, a thous-
and pardons, and a ten thousand
thanks, dear, dear young ladies!"
THANK heaven his dignity has been
saved!" murmured Lilly, when the
dapper foreigner had again bowed
himself out.
Ralph Southworth sauntered in
about Is minutes late, a circumstance
not apt to ingratiate him in the Goo
gans' good graces.
Il want" he stated pompously, I'm
Productions to people who own motor
cars. This is a business transaction,
so I will speak frankly. I am always
very popular socially, so the bargain
will not be a bad one for those to
whom you make me known. I enjoy
automobiling and should like to go on
several tours this summer. There is
no way for me to crafty this ambition
unless it is through the kindness of
more fortunate friends. You are to
supply the acquaintances who have
cars. That ought not be a difficult
matter for such clever experts in mo-
t~oropathy!"
cts very simple" smiled Lilly Goo
gan-but: those who knew her were
generally wary of that particular kind
of smile. 80.
I'VE a put you in immediate com
munication with a a owner" said
lilly, after a hurried and whispered
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
TRY THIS ON YOUR LINE.
A Homemade Line Lightning Arrestef
for the Telephone.

On rural telephone lines where pro-
tecting devices are not used in the ex.
change and where trouble is frequent
ly caused by lightning, a simple and
easily applied arrester can be made by
Lightning Arrester on Rural Line.
any village tinsmith. All the ma.
terials necessary are a tin tube 20
inches In length, two No. 4 porcelain
knobs and a ground wire.
The tube should be fastened in tho
same tanner as a %stOvepipe and Just
large enough to admit the porcelain
knobs, says the American Telephone
Journal. Insert a knob in each end OF
the tube and with a pair of pliers or q
hammer gently force the tin down into
the grooves of the knobs at each end.
This will secure the knobs in position.
The completed arrester is then
placed on the line wire, one section
from the head, by slipping the line
wire through the screw holes of the
porcelain knobs, in the manner shown.
The ground wire should be wrapped
around the tube tightly about six times
and soldered. 1t is then run down the
pole to a well-made ground. A No.
IL galvanized iron wire serves this
purpose the best. All of the ar.
rosters on the pole may be connected
to the one ground wire.
This comparatively crude arrester,
while not making an extraordinarily
handsome appearance, serves the u
pose of keeping the line discharge be-
low the striking point and of divertina
the major portion of any such dis.
charges away from the exchange AZ
rosters and the arresters OF. the tele
phones. ~,-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
WHAT Is PE-RU-NA?
Is It q Catarrll Remedy, or q
Tonic. or is It Both?

Some people call Peruna . great
tonic Others refer TO- Perunat 90 .
great catarrh remedy.
Which Of these people arc right
Il It moro proper to call Peruna . ca
tarrh remedy than to call it q tonicf
Our reply il, that Peruna is both .
tonic and catarrh remedy. Indeed,
there can be no effectual catarrh rem
edy that il not also q tonic.
In order to thoroughly relieve any
case Of catarrh, a remedy must not
only have a specific action on the mu-
cous membranes affected by tho ca
tarrh, but it must have q general tonic
action on the nervous system.
Cata1rh, even in persons who arc
otherwise strong; is q weakened con.
dition Of some mucous membrane.
There must be something to strength
On the circulation, to give tone to tho
arteries, and to raise the vital forcea
Perhaps no vegetable remedy in tho
world has attracted 80 much attention
from medical writers a. HYDRASTIS
CANADENSIS. The wonderful eff
cacy Of this herb has been recognized
many year,, and is growing in its hold
upon the medical profession. When
joined with CUBEBS and COPA1BA a
trio Of medical agents is formed in Pc.
runa which constitutes q specific rem.
edy for catarrh that in the present
state Of medical progress cannot DO
improved upon. This action, rein.
forced by such renowned tonics a.
COLLINS0NIA CANADENSIS, COR
YDALB F0Rk0sA and CEDRON
SEED, ought to make this compound
an,idsals remedy for catarrh~ in all it,
stages and locations in tho body.
From q Theoretical standpoint, there.
fore, Peruna is beyond criticism. The
u.s. Of Peruna, confirms this opinion.
Numberless testimonials from every
quarter Of tho earth furnish ample
evidence that this judg ment is not
over enthusiastic. When practical ex-
perience confirms a well-grounded the
DRY the result is q truth that cannot be
shaken.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01

consultation with her sister.
"Good!" cried Mr.. Southworth a.
Enthusiastically. Cant begin too soon
to get solid"
1t was not until Mr.. Southworth
closely examined the two letters Of
introduction given him by the Goo.
gans that he realized he had been
"stung," as he called it. One was to
the *owner ,of a sightseeing vehicle,
the other was to the driver of a motor
police patrol! Inclosed was also the
consultation fee he had left upon the
studio table.
Smart Aiecks must be dealt with
according to their DESERTS" argued
the Googan Girls.
Jonathan Hicks drew a fancy plaid
handkerchief across his brow and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
NOT to Be Wasted.

Ben Cary had near his house a
swamp, which was a breeding-place
for herds of m%an-eating mosquitoes.
Some e~nterprising neighbors, who
learned Of the crude oil treatment,
went to Ben and tried to persuade
him to exterminate the pests.
"Exterminate 'em?" said Ben. mot
much. Not much. Why, Mis- Cary
an I just paid $32 for screening the
side PLAYER that she's been Fostering
me about for years. How we goin'
to get any good of it, if we kill of
the skeeters ?"-Youth's COMPANION.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01

The Googans Spent the Day Giving
Motor Prescriptions.
pulled for several seconds like an AMI
mated locomotive, before he came to
business.
Lilly and lilly Googan were trying
to appear at ease and to assume a con-
fidence toward their client they were
far from feeling.
This motor craze has at last hit
even mel" groaned Mr.. Hicks.
"You were knocked DOWN." inquir'
ed the Googans in shocked voices. 1t
was the only way they could imagine
Mr.. Hicks being hit" by what he
termed "the motor craze"
well, almost, a good many times"
he admitted, unwilling to let such an
opportunity pass for airing his old
grievances. But I mean the mania
has invaded my home circle! My own
family has betrayed me to the en-
emy!"
Mr.. Hicks had always been known
as "a horsey man." He loved horses,
and he had also found them profitable.
Naturally he resented their increasing
disuse, thanks to the motor.
Nov I'll tell you, I've expressed
myself pretty strong on the automo-
bile question, and I don't back down
on what I've said. But there's my
daughter, Mabel" he added, shaking
his head. mo peace day or night.
And she always gets what she wants."
S you want to get her a motor
car, of course" agreed the Googans.
Il came to you to help me NOT to
get her one!" he roared. "Now, do
you get the point? Amt it your bust.
ness to help people out of motor dilem.
mas? Very we'll. Go ahead. What
do you suggest?"
"Now, Mr.. Hicks" began lilly. I'm
afraid we can't take your case be.
cause
Let me tell you what occurred the
other day." broke in Hicks. Being a
lover of horses, it's happened that
every anniversary or birthday some
friend has presented me with a copy
of 'Pharoah's Horses We had one
in almost every room in the house
and 1 enjoyed lookin' at 'em. If
wanted to see 'em in a small ova:
frame all l had to do was to step into
the reception room. If I wanted then
life size-the front parlor, and so on
Well, the other day when 1 went home
there was Mabel standing up on the
piano stool as high as it could be
screwed taking down the medium
sized picture of Pharoah's ponies ir
the dining room. Where you going tt
han" it to show it off better?" I asks
unsuspicious as a lamb. Down in your
office, with the other eight" says Ma
bel, clipper as you please. Why?
says l. Because I've got something
more up to date to put in their places,
she answers as cool as a cuke. Some
stunning art nouveau pictures of mo
tor cars! oh, have you? I asks sar
castle. We'll, we'll see about this
let her a those horse pictures-but
you've got to save me from buying
carl" He looked ~beseechingly at the
Googans.
1--WE have already enlisted on you1
daughters side to sell you one!'
gently lilly broke the news to the
lover of horses. "Now, seeing you are
here, suppose you look at catalogues
and We'll tell you all about the hes,
cars and"
Jonathan Hicks stared at the Sis
ters Googan for several seconds, the1
he said with wonderful resignation.
Il suppose it might as we'll be now
as any time!"
Copyright, 1907. by w. G.. Chapman.)
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range for her presentation at court,
having heard we can do any kind of a
stunt"
And Francois de Bois,' continued
lilly.
"Probably seeking position to drive
a French car on the strength of an ex-
cellent accent and charming manners"
summed up Lilly. Knowledge Of car
not considered necessary"
Ralph Southworth, at $780," lilly
read off, briskly.
"~Elopement," shifted Lilly. "Too i'm
pecunious to buy a car, and too lazy
to want to run one, professionally"
Jonathan Hicks" triumphantly
stated Tilly.
mot the old horseman?" incredu.
lously demanded Lilly.
"The same" affirmed lilly.
Never mind reading any more
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01

tional plan, in which all the missions
are united. Thus the Congregational
lists put into the scheme the fine new
college for men at TunS Chow, and
the college for young women at PEEK.
ing; the Presbyterians, the theological
seminary, and the London Mission the
great medical college and hospital at
Picking. The M~ethOdists unite only in
the medical college. Each denomina-
ton has representatives on the faculty
of all these institutions, and they are
jointly managed. Each mission main:
tains it's own primary or day schools
as before.
The result is an educational work
for the Chinese which must evoke
the admiration of every one who sees
it. The empress dowager is a con-
tributor to the medical school and
hospital. All the buildings are large
and we'll equipped, with the possible
exception, in the last particular, of
the theological seminary, and it has a
fine body Of students, and with high
grade instruction. The quality of the
teaching throughout, both in the in
situations mentioned and in the Pek-
ing university, is the strength of the
enterprise. If there were room, I
should like to enumerate the men and
women who are pouring their power
into the creation of a new leadership
for China. Such teachers as Rev. DR..
w. A. P. Martin, long head of the I'm
~or;o1 ,riuorojty. Pow nr n y ChoF
field and Rev. DR.. J. Wherry, the emf
,nent authors and educators; Rev. DR..
C. Goodrich, linguist and t%heologian,
whose dictionary every student of
China knows; Miss Luella Miner, au-
thor and leader in wOman's education;
Prof. Isaac T. Headland, author of
books on Chinese folk lore and art
cational work great.
If there were room for particulars
l could tell incident after incident to
illustrate what all this means in the
awakening of China. I CHANGED upon
."essay afternoon" at the woman's COL
lege, when the girls were having their
weekly social exercises. Now Chinese
girls look stupid; their expressionless.
unattractive faces reveal nothing.
Yet 1 heard those girls get up and
make speeches, without five minutes
warning upon the general subject of
reform and progress, that would have
made the statesmen of ten years ago
call for the headsman. The girls are
studying foreign governments and
reading their own newspapers, and
what they had to say about the needs
of Chinese government was so point
ed and practical as to take ones
breath. This is the sort of thing that
no end of Manchu reactions can over.
come. ...4
How Chinese "Get Religion"
I dropped into two street chapels
in Peking, one belonging to an indie.
pendent native church and one at
tached to the American board
compound. The street chapel is the
approved method of reaching the
crowds in Chinese cities. 1t is a
typicai Chinese room, open to the
street, where a native or a missionary
spends two or three hours every aft
ernoon expounding Christianity to
whoev~r drops In, and there is a deal
of coming and going, since it no long.
or brings disgrace upon a man to
listen to the preaching of the Jesus
way"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01

err classes enter the church. One does
not meet in the homeland many
churches showing a more generally
vigorous, healthy and active life than
this one. Quite a strong Christian
community 10 clusters about it, al
though this region was sorely raw
aged by the Boxers and the allied
troops. In this American board COM
pound, which is quite a close second
to the Methodist compound at Picking
In extent and impressiveness, although
different in being situated outside of a
city, a visitor finds, in addition to
Miss Chaplin, who was given a medal
by King Edward for her hospital work
in the Picking siege, and Rev. DR..
M. Williams, who led the party of
missionary fugitives from the Boxers
1000 miles across Mongolia; the low
able veterans, DIR. and Mrs. D. z. Shelf
held, who suggest that the best way
to keep young and happy is to 20 to
the foreign mission field.
Down in Pao-Ting-fu the martvrs'
memorial church is worthy of a visit.
having beside it the grave of 26 mar
tyrs, marked by simple headstones.
those of the missionaries being no diff.
ferent from the Chinese. Here lie
the bodies of DR.. Howard Taylor and
! Horace Tracy Pitkin. The Preshv.
terrain martyrs are buried on the other
side of the city. This is an fndepen.
dent Congregational organization of
natives, who not only support and di.
rect their own work, but maintain
various philanthropic enterprises be.
sides. The outstanding personality in
Pao-Ting-fu is Rev. DR.. J. w. Lowrie.
of the Presbyterian Mission, the man
who saved the city from destruction
by the allies. Although his own
friends and comrades as well as
his converts, had been massacred
he prevailed upon the military
expedition which he guided, to spare
the city, with the result that he is
held in highest honor by the Chinese.
l found his church full OF attentive
hearers, many soldiers being among
the number. DR.. Lowrie's mother,
who came to China more than SO
years ago, is still working at Pao.
Ting-fu. Here is a fine girls school,
conducted by Miss Grace Newton, and
two hospitals. It was a spectacle to
watch DR.. Charles Lewis put through
a crowd of dispensary patients at the
rate of more than one a minute, In
Guiding minor operations.
From Pao-Ting-fu and Tung Chow
itinerating is done out into the sur
rounding country, as also from PEEK.
Ing. Reverting to the capital itself, a
word should be spoken concerning the
weekly union service for English.
speaking persons in the Congregation.
al church, which are quite we'll at
tended. These are conducted by vari-
u missionaries, and managed. I be.
1ieve, by Rev. DR.. w. s. Ament. the
dominant personality of the American
Board Mission here. There is q
weekly church of England service in
the British legation chapel. There are
also German and French churches.
The army and navy department of
the International Young Mems Chris.
tian association maintains an assocta.
ton for the legation guards, but the
general impression seems to be that
1t rather misses the mark. I visited
1t three times when the American
marines were of duty, but I never
| saw q soldier about the building.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
Signs Of the Times.

In the household department of a
farm magazine we find the following
communications:
II am willing to exchange a well
preserved copy Of Browning's poems
for some geraniums."
Il have a complete edition of Byron,
containing all his poems and letters,
which l shall be glad to exchange for
some watermelon seed"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
Prize for British Museunn.

Miss Harriet Chicele Plowden. Of
Folkestone, has left to the British Mu-
scum the original manuscripts Of Bee
thoven's first sonata for violin and
piano and Mozart's ten great string
quartets. The Mozart manuscript,
cost Miss Plowden's father less than
SO In an auction in 1S47.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
Fair Warninu.

well, I. see that slim girls will be
the style this winter" remarked the
harmless idiot. y.
"Yes," responded his sister, "and il
any q my girl friends suddenly get
slender over night don't want you "a;
ask any fool questions. Hear me:"-
Pittsburg Post
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
His Job,

Bishop Potter was staying with a
friend in a country house. On Sunday
morning as he passed through the IL
brary he found a small boy curled up
N a big chair deeply interested in a
DOCK. Are you going to church,
Tom?" he asked. NO." he replied.
why, I am" the bishop said. "Huh!"
the boy returned, "That's your Job"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
In INDIGNATION,

1T is said, doctor, that you treated
your landlord for liver trouble and he
died Of stomach trouble!"
Infamous SANDER! When I treat q
patient for liver trouble he dies from
that! Understand TRANSLATED for
Transatlantic Tales from Fliegende
Blaetter. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
Fer Motor suggestions, Advice,
Polite Chsudeuring. Prompt
And Sympathetic assistance In
tue2m.s osany nature send for
THE GOOCAN GIRLS.
Phone 90 Toot.toot
Studio 365 Tallest Building
THE GIRLS GIVE MOTOR ADVICE
At FANCY PRICES.

BY Helena Smith Dayton.
Pictures by Angie Breakspear.
1.-The only thing people would rath-
err pay for than get for nothing is ad-
vice." remarked lilly Googan sagely,
as she studied the appointment book.
Here are even persons coming for
our opinion this afternoon!"
who are they-and what about?'
demanded Lilly "You made the ap-
pointments while l was away"
Losing the Googans' hard-earned
dollars" supplemented lilly. But
speaking of our clients, none of them
stated their cases. There's a Mrs.
'Whezleton Pembroke" lilly read
from the engagement book.
Never heard of her, interrupted
Lilly. mo doubt she wants us to ar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-11-01
UQIy A~ppendaQes.

Hasn't Woldby got his coat-of-arms
yet? Why, he told M he was going
to look up his ancestry the first
chance he got and"
well, I believe he got a chance to
look up his family tree, but he saw
some things hanging to the branches
that discouraged further research
Catholic Standard and Times.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-08-29
Ord cred Out.

Alexis Aladyn, the leader of the
Russian Dumas Labor party, was
marvelling in New York at the
strength of the labor unions of Ameri.
ca.
Now that grasp the size and pow.
er of these unions he said, smiling,
Il see the point of story that failed
to understand coming over on the boat.
IAN American woman told me this
story. She said that Il young bride
was found, one afternoon, crying bit.
terly in the smoking room OF her
club.
why, my dear. said an elderly ma
iron, what is the matter with your
"'Oh,' sobbed the bride. I'm CO.
ing to leave George. Dear me, am
going straight back home to mother
what exclaimed the matron, has
George already proved unkind? Well,
they're all alike. NY
But the weeping bride interrupted
her.
No she said her shoulders shak.
ing with grief. George is a dear.
He's perfect. But that brute Of a
Henry Simmons has refused to buy
Mrs. Simmons a new dinner gown,
and District of the Amalgamated
Wives Union has been ordered out
on strike. "-Washington Star.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-08-29
Facts About tn, Camel.

Admiral d. d. Porter who once
went to North Africa to secure cam
els for Introduction into America,
gives some interesting points about
the value of these ugly but useful ami
mails. He says: -
I'm their campaigns against Algiers
the French were SUI prised to see their
camels, although red 'ced to'skeletons,
making forced marches With their
loads. Mules in their con lition could
not have even carried thel saddles
"A camel's flesh Is 4. goo as beef.
You can hardly tell one neat from the
other Cancels milk is cry ypod, as
I can testify, because ufed Il in my
coffee. ~
"A camel generally drinn JiAs in
'ae days, and besides his 'ur som-
q carries a sort of res won IN
stores water. hi e Dean
10 days after IL deaA u
( reservoir b.
* pints OF clear