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bow and backed off we were all in
vited to listen to soprano solo by
Miss 1mogene Lukewarm.
Somebody went around and locked
the doors, so l made up my mind to
die game.
A foolish friend once told Imogene
she could sing, so she went out and
bought up bunch of tra-la-la's and
began to beat them around the parlor
When 1mogene sings she makes
faces at herself.
If she needs a high note she goes
after it like she was calling the dach
shund in to dinner.
Imogene sang "Sleep, Sweetly
Sleep and then kept us awake with
her voice.
After Imogene crept back to he1
cave we had the first treat of the even
Ing, and the shock was so sudden ii
Jared us.
Unclc Mil came out and quivered a
violin obligato entitled 1.-THE Lost
Sheep in the Mountain" and it was
all there is.
Uncle Mil was the only green spot
in the desert.
When he gathered the gourd up un
der his chin and allowed the bow tc
tiptoe over the bridge you could hear
the nightingale calling to it's mate.
wanted to get up petition asking
Uncle Mil to play all the evening and
make us all happy, but Will Bruce
wouldn't let me.
Will said he wasn't feeling very well
and he wanted to hear the rest of the
program and feel worse.
He got his wish.
The next thing we had was Sybil
the Illusionist.
Sybil did a lot of mouldy tricks with
cards and every few minutes she fell
down and sprained her sleight Of
hand.
Sybil was a polish for sure.
Then Swift MCGEE, the Boy Mono
loguist, flung himself in the breach
and told bunch of Bixbys.
It was cruel occasion.
Swift had an idea that when it came
to cracking merry boohoos he coulG
pull Lew Dockstader off the horse an6
leave him under the fence.
AS a monologuist Swift thought hi
had George Fuller Golden half wa,
across the bay, and Fred Niblo was
screaming for help.
Swift often told himself that hi
could give Marshall P. Wilder 81,
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Parish Home.
| ries, of all creeds, stationed in every
part OF Japan. I have seen them at
work and at play. have sought out
the criticism against them and their
work that could be heard Wherever
have learned of critic or antagonist
of the missionaries have tried to get
the worst he had to say. From scores
OF Japanese, Christian and non-Chris-
tian, l have cleaned opinions of the
missionary force. Summing all IN
l am bound to say that the mission
aries as a whole grade higher than
even the ministry at home. Their
devotion to their work, and to the
welfare of the Japanese is unoues.
toned. The results of their labor
are beyond doubt really great. To
say that their converts are not genu-
Inc and their work superficial is
simply to betray lack of knowledge
OF conditions that are apparent to anv
unbiased observer. OF course there
are individual missionaries not a faw
who are insists and should be re.
called, and of course there are minor
points on which the missionaries are
undoubtedly open to criticism. Never
tneless, these cannot affect the gen
eral verdict, that the missionaries are
credltable representatives of the hest
life of the Christian nations. and that
their efforts are bearing fruit which
justify the cost.
The Opinion Of the optimists.
Ih1s leads right back to the main
question, "Will Japan become a Chris
tlan nation?" AS opposed to the mega
tive view of nearly all the government
ofhc1als with whom have talked. I
find every Christian, foreigner and
Japanese, taking a confidently aft1rma.
tive view. In no case has Christian
betrayed the slightest note of uncer.
| ta1nty on this point. They ridfcule
all idea OF an amalgamation of Chris
| uan1ty, Buddhism and Shintoism. saw
Ing that this is Buddhist talk. Budd.
h1sm feels its weakness and forsees
impending defeat, and wants to capit.
ulate. It may take time, say the
Christians, but eventually Japan will
become, in the lives of her people.
and, consequently III her government.
a Christian nation. This confidence
on the part of the Christians is rather
inspiring; they have the faith of their
| creed.
Missionaries are quick to point out
the weakness Of the official predict
ions. The latter are all based ON the
assumption that Christianity may be
treated as an entity, and dealt with
as the government would deal with a
monetary system, or a naval code.
Christianity may not be considered
thus, say the missionaries. It does
not thrive by the approval OF. cabinets,
or succeed by imperial edicts. They
do not want Official sanction or en-
dorsement; that; would be as danger
GUS to the church as it was in Con
st.ntine's day. Christianity is slowly
but steadily growing in Japan, and it
will continue to grow increasingly, by
being accepted as the PERSONAL belief
Of individuals. It's appeal is not to
men in the mass, but to men one BY
one. As q personal, vital experiences,
taking first place in the individuals
lite, It will exert its power and 8find
itss place. = &=w
Thus All the plans of the govern:
meat may 10 upset BY heachansest4
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missionary
Used BY the government drst, BE-
cause 1t was needed. and secondly.
because Japan wanted to appear in
pro-Christian light. Undoubtedly
there has been a measure of this
same sort of statecraft in the govern
ment's recent gifts to the Young
Mems Christian association army work.
In the government Offices of Toxic
l came upon the program with re-
spect to religion, and how it has been
changed. My authority is SO high
that it cannot be questioned The in
tention of the men who shape the
nations policy (and this is paternal,
not popular, form of government
was that the Crown Prince of Japan
should become a baptized Christian,
so that the next emperor should be
counted among the Christian rulers of
the earth. The personal convictions
of the crown prince did not figure in
the matter at all; the rulers look
upon Christianity without any regard
to the beliefs of individuals, which is
serious oversight as l shall show.
Even yet it is possible that the pro-
gram may be overturned by the sin
cerc conversion of the crown prince
to Christianity, an event, however,
which is quite improbable
For the second part of the gov
eminent program reverses the first.
The plan has been changed. It has
now been decided that it is unneces.
sary for Japan to become a Christian
natlon. The next emperor will not be
Christian. independence and tolcr-
alton in religious matters will con.
tinue to be the national policy, but
the same official whose views I have
bee:- expressing declares it to be his
belief that Japan will never become
a Christian nation, although there will
remain, alongside of Buddhism and
Shintoism, Japanese Christian
church.
An Elder Statesman's Keen Views.
On the same point let me quote
Count Okuma, one of the elder states.
men and the most Influential individ.
ual in Japan. had a long interview
L"AIA Nu Ill lilo pCouLAAul uO1uo, upon
many phases of the Japanese problem
including this one. Japan has the
most perfect religious liberty in the
world. So great is the spirit of toler.
alton here that conference on mu.
ttual relations was recently held in
Toxic by the Christians, Buddhists
and Shintoists. But this very confer.
lence showed lack of zeal on the
part of each for It's own faith. This
same lack of ancient zest, and ten,
tdency to surrender beliefs, is also
noticeable, l understand, In America
AS to Christianity in Japan. I would
SAY that it has spread as a moral
philosophy, rather than as a religion
1T may continue to grow, and be
widely accepted, but it will never be
come a national religion. Had Christ,
sianity been our ancient faith, the
.sssituation would have been different
Moreover Christianity would have
been greater In Japan were It not for
4 the UNCONVENTIONAL divisions and
strife, which have hindered Christian
I. growth here. >, I am glad to- notice
"a decrease Of this, both in Japan and
America. Mission boards should. take
into account the importance of this
matter. 4sssss>s3. H.. ..ss.s5, liz
81 what q the missionaries them.
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sure-fires and beat him down to the
wire.. IL T.. !
Swift is one of those low-foreheads
who write their own stuff'' and say
Il done it," 4 !
After Swift had talked the audience
into a chill, he pushed on and left US
with q stone bruise on our memories.
Then we had Rufus Nelson, the
parlor prestidigftator. .,g z~.:.1 ,
Rufus was a bad boy. mi, vA...s !.
He cooked an omelet in q silk hat
and when he gave the hat back to Ed.
Walker the poached eggs fell out and
cuddled up in Eds hair. s ....5
I Rufus apologized and said he'd do
the trick over again if some one else
would lend him = hat, but there was
nothing doing. ~ .ss5..i.
When the contralto cEawled under
tbs ropes and began e tell IS that tho
bells u the Village rang ding-ding.
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The Terrible Malta.

Neither the Naples >Camorra, the
Paris Apaches, nor the Black Hand Of
America is the most powerful and ter.
rible secret society in the whole
world, in spite Of the narrowing de-
tails of their CHASTITY work. The palm
must go to the Malta, which flourishes
in Italy, and has done so for more
than 800 years. This society, which
works so swiftly and silently, yet so
surely, was founded in Sicily for pro-
lection against the injustice of foreign
rulers.-London "P T. O."
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The Psychological Moment.

The fact that Priam. was closeted
with the adjuster' did not prevent Cas-
sandra from dropping in to say that
she had told him just how it would be.
"She was all I saved" murmured
the burnt-out monarch, jerking his
thumb at the retiring prophecies.
Say no more,' rejoined the other.
We'll call the loss total, and if could
make i; any more than that, old man.
I'd do it, under the circumstances"
This incident shows the value of a
word spoken at the right time.-Puck.
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Flow Of Artesian Well.

To calculate the rate of flow of an
artesian well a simple plan is to lower
bottle of aniline fluid to depth Of
say 500 feet and then electrically ex-
plode a cap to burst the bottle. The
time required for the fluid to appear
at the surface gives an accurate gauge
as to the velocity of flow 1t is claimed
that this method gives results as &C.
curate as. a weir. The diameter of
the pipe being known, the rate of flow
readily follows.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
LIVING IS CHEAP IN JAPAN.
How They Manage to Exist Comfort.
ably on Small Amounts.

It is estimated that professional
man in Japan can live with his wife
in comfort on the sum of $780, This
means one large divisible apartment,
small kitchen, bathroom, study
and storeroom, a: charming garden,
one servant and surroundings of great
refinement. Mats are the covering of
the floor, of course; pillows the seats;
table linen is superfluous where lac
quered trays and paper napkins are
used; personal laundry is at it's min.
imum where two hot baths day are
the custom. The fagots used in cook
ing are not much larger than a mans
finger and fuel for ironing is unneces.
sary where clothes are stretched prop.
erly upon a frame. Perfect privacy
is one of the luxuries Of this minute
menage, for a high bamboo fence
shuts off the view Of strangers Each
article of the house is carefully Sc
lected and some of them are Of rare
beauty and of a durability that per.
mits them to be handed on from one
generation to another. No waste takes
place, for every crumb of the food pre-
pared is eaten. Flowers are the chief
decoration and the science of flowers
is part Of the accomplishments Of
the lady of the house. The large
room, with it's several mats and its
adjustable partitions, becomes at
night time the sleeping places of the
several members of the house. but
during the day quickly is converted
into a spacious, peaceful, flower-dec-
Grated apartment, the bedclothes be-.
ing laid away neatly on the shelf of
the storeroom. Simplicity, delicacy
and refinement, characterize homes of
these qualities-the homes of the
poor who feel no poverty-the abodes
of those who having little would not
complain had they even less.
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Sad Diaappointment.

A verdant-looking old fellow recent
~ entered the Office of a downtown
woman's exchange, and after mo-
ment's hesitation inquired Of the lady
in charge: us this here the Woman's
Exchange?"
1T u.s." replied the lady.
''Well,' continued the countryman,
somewhat sheepishly, I'D like to swap
of my old woman for most anybody
you happen to have on hand. lip
pincott's Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26

They sang Love, I am Lonely"
from start to finish without stopping
to call the waiter.
Then we had Clarissa Coldslaw in
select recitatiOns.
She was all the money.
Clarissa grabbed "Hamlet's Solilo.
guy" between her pearly teeth and
shook it to death.
She got a half-Nelson on Poe's
Raven" and put it out of the bust.
ness.
Then she gave an imitation of the
balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet
If Juliet talked like that dame did,
no wonder she took poison.
But when she let down her hair and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
! New Explosive Of Great va,ue

81 81 new Explosive OF Great Value,
Potasimite is new explosive, per
fected In Monterey, Mexico, and frs.
used with success upon the construc.
ton of Mexican Central railroad
branch with wonderful results, for 1t
is pronounced safer, cheaper and more
powerful than dynamite. Those explo.
sives based upon nitrogen produce a
gas that necessitates abandoning
closed works, such as a mine or tun.
mel, during the explosion, and the Ia.
borers can not return to work for 20
long time thereafter, depending upon
the facility for carrying of the gas.
Potasimite is said to produce no nox 1
iors gas, the only precaution neces.
Cary In it's use being that the work.
men get out Of the way of the ..fyinx
particles of blasted rock.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
Chance Not TO Be Missed.

Chance Not TO Be Missed. .
One day the Office boy went to the
editor of the Soaring Eagle and said:
There is tramp at the door. and
he says he has had nothing to eat for
six days." -
Fetch him in," said the editor. III
we can find out how he does it we can
run the paper for another week."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
Were He a Bird.

With an ugly sheer he tossed aside
the bread which she had made with
her own hands.
If I were only an ostrich" he be-
gan.
But the young woman cut him
Short.
Eyes, If you only were," she
snapped, then I might get at least
q few decent feathers for that old hat
I've worn since my wedding day.
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Wanted an Excuse

Wanted an Excuse.
what do you take when you're,
coming down with a cold?'
whisky" r
wife object?'
Certainly not. She doesn't want
me to be sick?"
Zone more question:
"Well?"
whats the easiest way to start =
cold. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
From .Errand Boy to Cove,

From Errand Boy to Governor,s
Edwin 8: Stuart, elected governor
3of Pennsylvania. IL the first native.
born Philadaphian to win that iifs..
ttnctfon in many years. In his early
teens he started life AZ errand by
IN q book store. Mr.. Stuart Il u
bachelor. his home being mansrk
~ stster,.ali eppsa ~ llslsaE
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
Precious HERITAGE,

Precious Heritage.
Sweetness of temper is precious
heritage. It gives beauty to every.
thing. 1t keeps its windows open to-
ward the spice country, and fills the
home with perpetual delight. The for
tunate possessor Of sunny soul is
Gods evangel in dark world He /,
living gospel which no one will eve,
repudiate, and the blessedness OF
which all men will appreciate. The
body will grow old and the smooth
brow will be furrowed,. but a happ,
disposition is an aureole to the gray.
crown OF age. Blessed is he who's.
life looks out upon the land of Ben
lab and whose soul is responsive "a
the outlying vision. -
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started in to give us mad scene
me to the sand dunes!
1t was a case of fee as bird with
yours respectfully. s..
Those musicale things would be
aces if the music didn't set them back.
Copyright, 1901, by C. w. Dillingham; Co..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26

y N. G. Russi. Of Andermath, who has
just celebrated his one hundred and
first birthday, is the oldest Alpinist in
the world. Last summer no scaled the
Gutsch mountain without assistanco.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
PROVING tho Point.

Shea woman ought to get credit
for being Just as logical and ready to
give reason 40 a man. J.
He-Why? -,
She-Oh, because!
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MeMurray's Vanilla

Worth dollar drop, sold by all Gro
i GERS at low price. r.. 8.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26

y It takes almost as many tailors to
make Z man % It takes collectors to
induce him to pay for the job. Y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
. Hfon Cream Prleee.

Write ne to-day for particulars and tan.
MILTON DAIRY CO., St. Paul, MINI.
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Well Euujpped.

The morning after the wreck Of the
fast trains running between New
York and Chicago, an old farmer was
standing on the bank of tho river
into which the train had plunged,
intently watching the water.
A stranger approached, and natu.
rally the conversation reverted to
the wreck and the fortunate escape OF
all the passengers.
7 1T was the costliest train in the
world" informed the stranger
grunted the OF still
watching the stream - *:>~E.'~ -.
8 And also the best equipped. the
newcomer continued. ~
- mo doubt about it, assented the
old farmer. 1--WE fished a dozen bot.
ties out Of the water already Harp
er's Weekly. e. T. '.>.zss,$ ~ 's,f
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
No .vaterfori.,n,

"a He was the first tramp of the sea.
son and merfily we welcomed him lins
Here" We said. SIS a glass Of va
ter. Pure, cold, delicious water. What?
You refuse It, man p
He shook his head and sighed.
Il have to, sir he said. You SEE,
I've got an iron constit tuition andswatel
Woald rust Il. Z 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26

70, His Wife: You needn't make any
excuses, John. It's all right; you're
Just in time to walk the baby for an
hour or tWo.-Puck. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26

Theatrically speaking, the heroins's
death scene il usually less realistic
than her hair dyedng.
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Hldes,ss Pelts and sWooi..

To get full value, ship to the old reliable
n. w. Hide 4 Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
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Il Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
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We pay Ton Price for Cream.

Cash every day. Write for prices and
tar. Miller q Holmes, st. Paul MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
we Want Your Cream.

d Write to-day for tags and prices. North
Star Creamery Co., Minneapolis, MINI. 4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26

Highest Cash Price FOR creann.
Don't delay, write for prices and t1rs.
q. y. Way 4 Sons Co., AinneapoliA 1linn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-13
The Army Mule.

CThe quartermaster's department at
Washington has recommended the substi-
tuition of transportation automobiles for
army mules)
We performed our deeds heroic for the
blue and for the gray;
We've sayed the boys in Cuba, and we're
saving 'em to-day
Where they're learnin' of their lessons in
the Igorrote's school
But at Washington they've figured that
it's best 10 shelve the mule.
We have plugged along the desert with
our tongues and ears adroop,
But we never let redskin catch us lag
gin from our troop;
We have frozen in Montana, where wc
chased the bands OF Sioux,
But we took our doses proper, for us
army folks can't choose.
So let 'em do their bluffin' with their
autos on parade;
Real flghtin's s never pulled of on
smooth roads and level grade;
IL wheels can ever make 1t they can pack
me till I grunt-
Can my gasoline successor ever do that
little stunt
Just wait until the hills are spittln lead
upon you folks:
And wait until the wagons only show up
half their spokes:
It's then you'll hear the whiplash a-crack-
in something crool
And, a strainin' in the traces, that same
old army mule!
The Freeman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-13
IN THE SOLDIERS HOME.
One Old Veteran Who Had Discovered
What True Religion Was.

The electric cars bearing the legend
IS. & S. Home" run along streets lib
orally supplied with bill-boards which
proclaim that young men between the
ages of II and 35 are wanted for the
United States navy and army. Those
seeking recruits for the navy pre-
dominate, because a large portion of
the recruits for the navy comes from
inland. They are inviting four-sheet
posters, with a spruce-looking young
sailor in the foreground and a battle
ship lying in the offing, overarched
with the legend, IAN opportunity to
see the world"
To look on this picture, then on the
picture of the wreckage made by
war, at the end of the car-line, seems
hardly to constitute an attractive in