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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

ran acoss Harry Maddy and. he
took me up to the roof with a line of
talk about horse called pretty Boy
in the last race.
Hell be over 80 to and it's q
killing" Harry insisted. Get down
to the bank when the doors open and
grab all you can. Take a satchel and
the ice-tongs and haul it away
1 was beginning to be impressed.
"Put a flyer on Pretty Boy" Harry
continued, "and you'll find yourself
dropping over in the Pierp Morgan
class before sun down."
'This may be a real Alexander" I
said to myself
"Pretty Boy can stop in the stretch
to do song and dance and still win
by a bunch of houses" Harry in
formed me-
I began to think hard.
Don't miss it," said Harry. *Its
a moral that if you play him you'll
die rich and disgraced, like our friend
Andy, the Hoot Mon!"
When I got back to the stand had
a preoccupied air.
The f1ve-spot in my jeans was crawl
ing around and begging for a change
of scene.
When Clara Jane asked me how
| much had bet on the race just about
to start I could only think of 5000.
When she wanted to know which
horse I pointed my finger at every
toad on the track and said that one
| over there!"
1t won
! At the end of the third race 1 was
$19,218 to the good
Clara Jane had it down in black
and white on the back of an envelope
| in figures that couldn't lie.
She said she was very proud of me,
and that's where my finish bowed
politely and stood waiting
She told me that it was really very
wrong to bet any more after such a
run of luck, and made me promise
that I wouldn't wiring another dollar
FROM the trembling hands of the poor
Bookmakers
| promised, but she didn't notice
that had my fingers crossed.
I simply had to have roll to flash
on the way home, so I took my lonely
V and went out to the Promised
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

Land after the nuggets Maddy had
put me wise to.
1T will be just like getting money
from Uncle Peter,' l figured.
"A small steak from pretty Boy"
I said to Wise Samuel, the Book
maker; whats doing?"
Wise Samuel gave me the gay look
over.
take the ferry for Sioux Falls!"
he said.
mix on the smart talk, Sammy"
I said; me for the Pretty Boy! How
much?'
"A bundle for bite-you're on
cold PLATED" whispered Wise Samuel,
but he couldn't throw me-
II don't see any derricks to hoist
the price with,'' tapped him.
write your own ticket, then you
to the woods!" said Sammy.
In a minute my flyer was up and L:
was on the card to win $500 when my
cute one came romping home.
I went back to Clara Jane satisfied
that in few minutes I'd have a roll
big enough to choke the tunnel.
mot having any money on this
race you can watch it without the
least excitement, can't you?" she said.
l said yes, and all the while was
scrapping with lump in my throat
the size of my fist.
When the horses got away with
Pretty Boy in front I started in to
stand on my head, but changed nv:
mind and swallowed half the pro-
gram.
Pretty Boy at the quarter! Me for,
Rector's till they put the shutters up!
Pretty Boy at the half! Me down
to Tiffany's in the morning dragging
tiaras away in a dray!
Pretty Boy at the three-quarter pole!
Me doing the free library gag all over
the place!
But just as they came in the stretch
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09


Viva was a mystery to the whole
seashore party-the butterfly "set"
who had come down to the sea to
rest and recuperate after their win
ter's dissipation. They had been there
but a few days when Viva March
we'll appeared among them. Who she
was, from whence she came, none
know.
The men loved her. Richard
Howe's artist-soul blossomed out
suddenly in the passion flower of love
after one glance from those haunting
eyes. And Carl Neville, poet and
dreamer, was fostering a passion too
mighty for that frail frame. Nor art
ist nor poet were destined to stir the
slumbering depths of Viva March
wells heart
OH she said over and over again.
these men love me. and they want
an answering love from me. wish
l could, oh! l wish | could love some
good man. But | never can, | never
can. l think my heart is dead, and
it's ashes are over the sea-
Then Richard and Carls friend,
Herbert Bell arrived from the city.
Down the beach the three friends
sauntered. asking questions and an.
swering.
Herbert Bell paused suddenly.
Who is that, Carl?' he whispered
-glancing toward a group of girls a
few feet distant.
(WHICH"
The girl with dreams in her eyes,
Carl Neville understood, indefinite
as the words were.
Viva Marchwell," he said. you
shall be presented this evening-and
prepare to lose your heart But be
warned in time, for Miss Marchwell
has no heart to give in return. She
cannot love, she says"
You seem to know the state of the
lady's mind" laughed Herbert; Il
think l understand. Oh, we'll, l shall
not trespass."
But nameless thrill shot through
Herbert Bells heart that evening as
he met the fathomless eyes with
dreams in them
That same night Viva Marchwel
lay awake and questioned her heart
why does the face of this man haunt
me 500" she asked. Il cannot close
my eyes but his face CLOVIS in the
mists before me, and my heart
thrilled at the sound of his voice like
harp to the touch of a master hand.
There was a grand piano in the
drawing-room, and Herbert Bel
sought it the following morning. You
would know, to see him touch the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
OPPORTUNITIES NEAR HOME.
Progressive Towns Offer Excellent
Advantages for Young Men.

Students in sociology have recent.
ly expressed pessimistic views as to
chances for the success of young men
of country districts. There has been
no denying of the fact that the farm
affords a splendid opportunity for
those inclined towards pastoral life,
but it is maintained that of recent
years conditions preclude any great
chances for the average young man
to succeed in the average business
vocation. That is that the channels
for his development are being made
more narrow year after year through
the formation of corporations and
trusts for the control of various in.
dustries. In other words, the cen
tralization of business is considered
detrimental to the pursuing of bust
ness in mercantile lines on a small
scale
This subject is open to wide discus
sion. Cities and towns of the United
States are rapidly building up. The
population of the country is increas-
ing wonderfully. With this increase
in population new opportunities pre-
sent themselves for the exercise of
Intelligent endeavor. The towns, par.
ticularly of the west, are embryo cit
les, and the little village of to-day
will be the large city a quarter cen
fury hence. Almost every town az
fords the progressive young man a
chance for business success. Oppor-
tunities are plentiful for those who
have the foresight to discover them
Towns are built up where are certain
natural advantages and their growth
they can draw support from, or upon
some particular advantage that they
may possess favorable to manufacture
ing along certain lines. The oppor-
tunities for young men are to some
extent guaged by the life and prog
ress of the towns. Heads of families
look forward to the time when their
sons may enter into business or pro-
fessional life. Ties of kinship are
strong and few parents care to have
6AO"A 0OA0 Gnu uouSAIOA0 104 d"d y
from them. In this is discovered 4
reason why residents of rural dis
trict should take more than ordinary
interest in the home town. The more
important the local town the greater
are the opportunities for the young
Een of the neighborhood engaging in
business in it. In thousands of cities
and towns of the United States the
leading business men to-day are the
boys who were farmers sons quar-
ter or half century ago. In modest
ways they started in business in the
home town, and with the progress of
the town developed as business men.
The opportunities that were opened
to those youths are still open to the
youths Of to-day, but remember that
many Of these men would not have
been the great business men they are
to-day only for the fact the towns
where they located were progressive
places which gave the opportunity to
succeed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

Residents of rural communities
should beware of travelling agents
who are disposing of new-fangled cold
air refrigerators. This refrigerator is
represented as requiring no ice. All
that is necessary is to ill some of the
reservoirs it contains with cold water.
The agent does not ask that the farm
er even buy this refrigerator, and
represents that he is merely advertise
ing 1t, and desires to place one on
trial without cost to the farmer. OF
course a receipt for the wooden box
Is asked. This receipt in the course
OF = few months turns up as prom
isory note for $6s. The farmer has a
cheap wooden affair on his hands that
Is not worth the room it occupies,
and a total failure as far as the re.
frigerator goes
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
, oAVED FROM DREAD FATE.
Kind Weman's Assistance Meant
Much to This Tramp.

A certain lady, noted for her kind
heart and open hand, was approached
not long ago by a man who, with
tragic air, began:
"A man, madam, is often forced by
the whip Of hunger to many things
from which his very soul shrinks-
and SO it is with me at this time. I'm.
less, madam, in the name of pity, you
give me assistance, I will be com.
PEELED to do something which I never
before have done, which I would
greatly dislike to do
Much impressed. the lady made
haste to place in his hand a f1ve-dol.
lar bill. AS the man pocketed It
with profuse thanks, she inquired:
"And what is the dreadful thina
I have kept you from doing, my poof
man?"
Work" was the brief and mourn
full reply.-Harper's Weekly.
WESTERN MEN IN NEW YORK.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

keys, even before the sound came
forth, that he was king and master
there. Heaven endowed him with
great musical talent, and all that edu-
cation could add had been added
You knew this when the sound rolled
out beneath his mastery touch. Viva
Marchwell knew it, sitting hidden
there in the bay window. 1t touched
her soul and opened the fountains of
her heart as they had not been opened
in years.
She was weeping, her face upon her
hands, when the music ceased. Her.
bert Bell sought the window and
stood amazed at the sight
Come he SAID. And Viva March.
we'll went
My darling" he said, and folded
his arms about her.
The shrlll whistle of an approach
ing train, few miles distant. broke
suddenly upon the silence, and Viva
shuddered as in an ague chill.
What is it," she said. lookino in
her lovers eyes, that chilled me 40
then? The shrek of that engine cut
my heart like knife
Two hours afterward she know
Standing in the bay window, through
the early twilight she saw the tall fig.
ure Of man coming up the pathway
"a tall, foreign figure, with a Spanish
cloak thrown over the shoulders and
wide-brimmed hat slouched over the
eyes.
She clutched Herbert Bells arm
with hands like ice and her face grew
CHASTITY. AS the stranger passed the
bay window he lifted two fierce. black
eyes-eyes that Herbert Bell saw in
his dream-and touched his hat with
a mocking smile
A moment later he entered the
room, and Viva Marchwell dropped
down at Herbert Bells feet. He
stopped to lift her, but the swarthy
stranger was in advance.
'Oh, God pity me-" she moaned, as
the dark face of the stranger bent
over her. Paul! Paul Inerzo,
thought you were dead. saw you go
downtown into the sea. Must you
haunt me even after you are dead"
The stranger laughed. II am sorry
I was so selfish as to live" he
said, "but that being the case, what
more natural than that I should fol-
low my wife. I am glad to find her
so faithful" and the fierce eyes like
Goals of fire, were lifted to Herbert
Bells face
"And now" he continued, Having
found her, I shall hasten with her
over the sea, where her numerous
friends are anxiously waiting. We
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
To Make Pencils of Potatoes

Washington.-The state department
in formal document from one of tho
consuls has been informed that a com.
pany has been organized in Europe
with large capital to make potato
leadpencils, and that their product
will soon be placed upon the market
The high price of cedar and it's scarc;-
ty suggested the desirability of a sub
st1tute, and the result is a compost
ton formed principally from potatoes
Which has been found satisfactory
BY using the new composition tho
highest grade lead pencils can be
manufactured at cost of less than a
cent each, while ordinary good grade
pencils can be turned out at cost of
half cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

guy-ropes and go up in the air just
because his Baby IS by his side?
Me-to the mountain tops!
Before the car got started I was
telling her how Pittsburg Phil and 1
win $4,000 last summer on a fried
fish they called "Benzine'
Then I confided to her the fact that
doped a turtle named Pink Toes
to win the next day, but he went over
the fence after a loose bunch of grass
and lose $23,680.
She wanted to know what 1 meant
by dope, and told her it generally
meant a sour dream, but she didn't
seem to grab.
When we got to the track they were
punching the bones for the first race,
so I told Clara Jane I thought I'd
crawl down to the ring and plaster
two or three thousand around among
the needy.
Two or three thousand, and me
with nothing but a five-spot in my
jeans and with the return ticket mon
ey in that!
Are you really going to bet?" she
asked.
"Sure!" said; 1--WE got a pipe!"
well, hope you won't smoke it
near me. I hate pipes!" she said.
"All right; I'll take my pipe down
to the betting ring and smoke it
there!" I said, and we parted good
friends.
In front of the grand stand met
Nash Martinetti. t..
He was holding a bunch of peoples
and he picked out one in the first
race and handed it to me.
"A skinch!" said Nash. go as
far as you like"
Then Ned Rose went into q cata-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
A Famous Pitcher.

Elmer Stricklett, the "spit BALI
pitcher, had been listening q long
while in New York club to the
boasting of a rival.
WELL" he said, exhausted at last
you are pretty good, Mike; but out
in Mountain View there is a young
fellow who can beat you. You'll hear
from him next season. His specially
is the slow ball. This young fellow
has such slow ball that, when he
pitches it and sees that it is going tc
be hit, he can run after it and fetch il
back again."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
John Henry
at the
Races
BY HUGH HcHUGH
(Gsor4e v. Hobor1)

was anxious to make Clara Jane
think that she was all the money, SO
I boiled out few plunks, trotted over
to the trolley, and rushed her to the
race track.
I'm dub on the dope, but it was
my play to be a Wise Boy among the
skates on this particular occasion
and I went the whole distance.
In the presence of my lady love
knew every horse that ever pulled q
harrow
Isn't it cruel how a slob will cut the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
COMMON SENSE ECONOMICS.
Simple Principles for Application in
Everyday Affairs.

He who aims to be fair toward his
neighbor will not deny him the oppor-
tunity to make an honest living. The
day laborer should be as we'll reward
ed, according to his work, as is the
merchant or the banker.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

Pretty Boy forgot something and went
back after it. -
The roach quit me cold at the very
door of the safety deposit vaults.
I was under the water a long time.
Finally heard Clara Jane saving.
isn't it lucky you didn't bet on this
race. I believe you would have picked
that foolish looking horse that stopped
over there to bite the fence!"
I'm done! turn me overt" I MUIR
INJURED, and then rushed down among
the ramblers and made swift touch
for the price Of a couple or rides
home ~"
On the way back Clara Jane made
me promise again that I'd be awfully,
awfully careful Of my $19,21S.
l promised hef would.
Copyright, 1901, by G. W. Dillingham; Col
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

One dollar circulated in q commun.
ity Is worth to it $50 circulated in
some other place. A district is made
wealthy only by retaining in it the
dollars that are earned within it, or
which may be brought to it through
commerce.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
Fellows in Misfortune.

WELL" growled the first man at the
five o'clock tea, If it were not for nv
wife l wouldn't be here
mo, hang it! and neither would If
it were not for my wife. I'm the hos.
tess husband" -Philadelphia Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

Perhaps He Was the One to Blanc.
Hicks-He first met his wife when
he was on camping trip down in
the Maine woods, but their marriage
isn't happy.
Wicks-Ah, see. He mistook her
Tor q dear.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

People are interested in prices of
goods. The wise merchants fully ap-
preclate the value of the home paper
as medium Of intercourse with their
customers. Well-written advertise.
ments and the naming of prices at
tract attention, for the average per-
son when his attention is called to an
article always wants to know the
cost.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

From fruit-growing sections year
after year reports come as to the rot
ting of the crops on account of the
poor transportation facilities, or re-
tusal of buyers in the large cities to
pay prices sufficient to pay for gath
ering. Here is an opportunity for the
manifestation of local enterprise.
Why not start small drying and can
ming establishments to use up the sur
plus fruit? Such establishments could
be protitably conducted, and operated
with benefit to all the people of the
community.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

You can do much for your neighbor
by helping build up your home town.
He no doubt is as much interested
In the betterment Of the schools and
churches as you are. i
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

Merchants are shortsighted when
they will order potatoes or other
vegetables by the carload from an
other town when right in their neigh
borhood farmers have just as good po-
tatoes to sell, and perhaps at a lower
price. No use in paying the commits
sion man percentage in a case like
this.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

There is little economy for the
storekeepers to keep on their shelves
goods that are likely to grow out of
date, or deteriorate in value. Better
sell all such goods at actual cost, and
give the people Of the neighborhood
the benefit of lowest prices.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

The messiah" bird of India excels
all others in its initiative powers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LOVES VICTORY
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles)
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-11-14
NJ Q TIC Ell

Real
SOLO at
IN
unless the amounts for which said
d. r. BRITAIN, Tazewell COUNTY
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-11-14

O. propose to show the evil and selfish designs of the
t EIIeMr-SoMMERS POLITICAL COMBINE and put tn test
OF whether the Great Republican Party Of tb
ber sa IN the future be controlled by
shall have Square Deal" "e- ''0iyoouy
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-11-14
WILL ADDRESS THE PEOPLE OF THE
Ninth Congressional District Of VIRGINIA

on the issues of the day as a Re-
publican candidate for Congress-.
and independent of all clfoues.
rings, combines and packed con.
and places:
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-11-14
DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE IN
7 4 Jewell COUNTY

TOT the Year 10 Except lands and lots heretofore
sold to the Commonwealth and not redeemed)
w. See notice of sale at end of list
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-11
BONDED WAREHOUSE
IS NEEDED HERE
F. N. Hatch Makes Good
Suggestion Through
Sugar Planters

The most interesting matter to be
brought up at the meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday was
introduced through a letter from
Royal ID. Mead of the Sugar Plant
ers' Association. II enclosed let
ter from +. NJ. Hatch, suggesting
that an application be made at once
for the establishment of bonded
warehouses in Honolulu and was re-
ierred to the Chamber. as the Sugar
Planters would have no interest in
such a movement. The idea was re-
ferred to the Committee on Com
merce with instructions to bring in
full report on the matter. Hatch's
letter reads as follows:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-11

Claus Spreckels I Co.
b ANk e RS.
HONOLULU, : {: T. n.

San Francisco Agents - The Ne
vada National Bank of San Francisco.
Draw Exchange on the Nevada Ma
tioral Bank of San Francisco.
tondon--Tho Union of London and
Smiths Bank, Ltd.
New York-American Exchange Ma.
tional Bank.
Chicago - Corn Exchange National
Bank
Psris-Credit Lyonnals.
Honskong and Yokohama - Hong
kong.Shanghai Banking Corporation.
New Zealand and Australia - Bank
of New Zealand and Bank OF Austria.
lasia.
Victoria and Vancouver - Bank OF
British North America.
Deposits received. Loans made on
approved security. Commercial and
Travellers Credits issued. Bills OF Ex
change bought and sold.
Collections Promptly Accounted For
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-11
EDUCATION ITEMS
ARE
RAISED BY SENATE
SENATE

i2d Day-Afternoon Session.
The consideration Of the current cx-
pense bill was the principal work Of
the Senate yesterday afternoon.
Coelho moved to raise the incidental
fund OF the Maui tax Office from $500
to $1,000, and that of Kauai from SliOO
to $1,000. Carried.
He also moved TO insert an item Of
$4,000 to cover the required improve
ments at the Settlement. Passed.
He also moved to insert an item of
$4,000 for the maintenance of the Boys
Home. Carried
Mccarthy moved to raise the item
of $4,000 for industrial and manual
training, which was cut down from
$500 as in the original bill, back to
the old figure. He was supported by
Hayselden. so carried.
Mccarthy also moved to restore the
item of $4,000 for general expenses Of
the Department of Public instruction
to the original figure of the bill, which
was $500. This was lost.
Kalama said that this item included
the renting Of teachers cottages. He
had found that such were rented for
'h' HiSHN pdiu 'eaNHeis, NHiic wv
ones who were poorly paid had to rent
their own. He did not see why the
Department should pay house rent for
Its employees. He moved to pass the
item at $500. Smith moved to make
II $500. This was lost and Kalama's
amendment carried.
Brown moved to distribute the item
OF expenses of National Guard as fol-
lows: Oahu, $4,000; Maui, $1,000; and
Hilo. $1,000. The original item was
s72iO. Coelho said It was dangerous
TO reduce the item. Gandall wanted to
know what was the use Of the National
Guard. What was Kauai getting? lie
moved to leave the item as It was,
50 that Kauai could benefit from 1t
should trouble ever turn W. Browns
amendment was lost.