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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

cigar. Now, what is it, my dear?
Please be quick, as l expect Spif1ns
in any moment"
Mrs. Bang decided to inconvenience
herself rather than annoy her husband
when he had so much on his mind, so
left without even broaching the real
object of her visit. She couldn't keep
back the tears, though, as she went
out into the street Of course he
hadn't said anything or done anything
to make her feel badly, but he might
have given her a little bit of time,
she argued. Then she remembered
the big deal was of first Importance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Mr.. BANGS WHO HAD A HARD DAY Downtown

MIR. Bang arrived late at his place
of business and briskly turned his at
tention to the mail that awaited him
on the desk of his private office. With
cigar that dropped down the left
corner of his mouth, Mr.. Bang was
ready for the days work. He cut the
throat of an envelope, glanced once
at the contents and on to the next
until the pile had diminished consider
ably.
Several employees, desiring informa-
ton and orders, came to the door,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

idiot; 4we'll drink to Lizzie Fl. What'l:
your lady friend have?'
When Clara Jane arose she was q
mass of icicles.
Mr.. John Henry! will you have
the kindness to escort me to a carr"
she said, giving me the glittering gig
lamps, then you may return and dis.
cuss your affairs of the heart at your
leisure"
''Stung!" said Bud, bringing his
hand down on tho table so vigorously
that Ikey woke up and ordered an.
other highIball.
Me-to' the Badlands! 1t took me
three mortal hours to convince her
that Tom was only talking about a
horse. p.
Hereafter when Clara Jane yearns
for something swift I'll take her down
and let her watch the trolley cars 90
by. -. :. , .ss; 49, ~
Copyright, 1901. by G. w. Dillingham; Coz
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Join Henry
In
bohemia
By HVGH McHUGH
(Gsoc6s ". Hoborf)

Boys! let me put you wise! II
you want 20 keep off the griddle
don't ever Try to show your shy little
lady friend how the brides sing in
Bohemia"
You'll set stung If you do.
For the past six months Clara Jane
has been handing out hints that she'd
like to have me take her down the
line and let her Oh, listen to the band!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Judges on Trial.

Most PEOPLE would be surprised to
know that in the supreme court in
scotland-the court Of sessions in Ed
1nburgh-before new Judge takes
MS seat or the bench he has to under
go trial by his new colleagues as to
crown has nominated him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Danish Sculptor Wins

"A monument Is to be set up to the
memory of DR.. Niels Finsen, the in
'entor OF the light cure. Thirty
sculptors have competed for the COM
mission, which has now fallen to
inc young Danish sculptor, Rudolph
Tegner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Birds lured by Mirror.

Cock partridges are caught ON
French sshootings by means OF a trap
that closes on the entrance of q
bird, tho lure being q mirror in which
It sees its own reflection. which it is
anxious to attack. &. q.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
.kemI9aeM ae9In .. ,,,..

"eM1o@eM @eoIo ga pjnoM
by digging a canal from the Rio
Grande not far from its mouth to the
Mississippi the United States vould
enjoy anainland waterway 8. 900 miles
long: The cost Of the work 10 esti,
mated at $1,000, 900. 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Queer.Wax. Of Men,

ESOt WY OF wen. =, .
Many q man who permits his boy to
fool with cannon sf1recrackers would
not for 81 moment think OF allowing
him to play with q mad dog. .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-06
RIFT WOOD
 BY PHIL Fl. ARMSTRONG.
These Day. Are Glad Days.

These Days Are Glad Days. These days are glad days Don't you see the roses clinging! These days are glad days Cant you hear the birds singing? All the world seems full of joy Nothing should your heart annoy, Laugh and whistle like boy-- These glad days. These days are glad days Everyone must know 1t. These glad days are Glad days, Everyone's a poet; All the world seems full of love, Watch the wooing of the dove, The sky in beauty bends above-- These glad days. These days are glad days Whats the use of signing. These days are glad days. What's the need for cryingG Try to live with smile and song. Live with right and not with wrong While the old world rocks along These glad days.
 The parsrs sax San Francisco needs to be cleaned up. Sure didn't she clean up the pockets of the country in general after the esrthauake? Now the latest < thsnE < x s' a beer storm Some men achieve fame by. hard work. others by getting cured through the use of patent mediclnes.
 Traveling. As we travel the hard old road of Life While Time so swiftly flies. Don't try to bust :: And kick up a dust. In somebody else's eyes.
 When a girl Is with you the main thing she wants to have going on is an engagement < Eins @ w
 The hairs of the baldheaded man were all numbered 2S:
 All Are.
 "Is your husband steady drink up to certain point. mum. then he wabbles."
 Plenty of fresh air and one tea spoonful of pure water every three days" Is what science now declares man can live on. If this gets to be fad. even poets can live live.
 The proof of the pudding is the eat ing thereof--ana ths d.se'tins' It makes a slim girl awfully mad to want to go in bathing when she had better not: a a s
 Love is blind like young kitten, Ss Sss q.
 There is a house in Paris where all electricity. This must be the real solution of the. servant problem.
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 It's so much easier to live up to ones income than ones ideals.
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 Some New York surgeons tried to make man talk the other day by boring a hole through his head. What did they take him fora blockhead?
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 Never.
 If you were rich
 With an automobile.
 You wouldn't be as happy As a boy with a reel.
 If you gave libraries, Away with every breath,
 darkey and melon
 Would have you skinned 10 death
 If you had a stack of jewels That reached your head above You wouldn't be as happy As "a green young fool in love.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-06
Intere.t,.x Censu. E.sam.tes.

Memphis News-Scimitar.
 The census bureau of the United States has officially given out some in- teresting estimates of population. Fms bureau has been made a continuous adjunct of the government and by system of it's own claims to be able from time to time to give out estimates almost absolutely accurate.
 It gives the population of the United States, exclusive of Alaska and our in- 1906, as against 75,s94.575 for 1900.
 New York state leads, as usual, in population, having S,z26,990; Pennsyl- jumps to third place, with 5,41s.670! Ohio is fourth, with 4.44S(677, and In- diana fifth, with 2.710.s0S.
 Of the cities. New York leads, with 4,113,e43 in 1906, as against 3,457, ,202 in 19OO Chicago is second, having in- creased from 1,698.575 in 1900 to 2,049,- 1855 in 1906. Philadelphia WAS l.293,6y7 in 1900; it now has 1,441,735. St. Louis passed Boston and is now snugiy en- sconced in fourth place. In 19OO It's population was 575s23S; in lY06 It was iod was slight; in 1900 its population was 595,O3s; in 1906 1t was 602.27S.
 The United States proper snow -a population for 1908 of 2S per squaro mile, as against 26 per square mile in 1900. The increase for the cities has been much greater than for the rest o th6 country. In the cities of 5000 population or over the increase for the six years Is estimated to have been the country was only S.S per cent.
 Inese figures will be interesting to emphasize the country's rapid approach to Herculean proportions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-06
Today M History

1497-Canada discovered by Cartier.
 155S-Marriage of the Dauphin of Franco to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
 159O-sir Francis walsingham. sec retary of state under Queen Elizabeth. died
 17S9-Washington chosen President of the United States.
 1Sl2-Badajos stormed and taken by Lord Wellington.
 IS14-Napoleon Bonaparte sent to Elba.
 lS3o-The Mormon Church founded.
 ls50-The celebrated Koh- i-noor dia- mond sent as a present to queen Nlc- toria.
 1S62-First day of the battle of shi- loh.
 1sS9-Passenger and crew of steam ship Denmark rescued by steamer Mis- souri In md-Atlantic.
 1S96-Ex President Harrison married Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dimmick.
 190o-The Kentucky Court of Ap- peads declared Beckham governor.
 19O4-Attempt on the life of the King of Spain al Barcelona.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-06
sATURDAYsAPRIL 6, 1907.
THE TRUTH OF IT.

Discussing some aspects of the Hartman Roosevelt episode The Brooklyn Eagle says
 The mental and moral characteris- tics of the railroad magnate must be presumed to be, substantially idenu- ago. It is not likely that he Is much more infamous noy- than he was when the. White House doors swung Roosevelt enjoyed the ~elationship. which was fraternal enough. It Is strained, but there Is no warrant for the interference that in the interval
 Whatever tha facts, whatever the verdict. the president has little to hlmfef pIonf conclusive of that. Hartman may be worse than a liar. He may be equip ped for association with none but mur- derers, but there was a time when the president believed him to be excep- fionaliy estimable. Even now he Is still in fairly good company.
 There is a point that the most en- thusiastic defenders of the president cannot fail to admit. It matters not how vehemently they may denounce Hartman they have not shown that he is in any way essentially differ ent from what he was in 1904. Then the president not only invited but al- most begged the railroad magnate to visit him. He knew the latter well when he was making these appeals to . him; knew that he was a man of Wealth and great influence and one who could get the money that was then so urgently needed to carry New York State for the Republican ticket. Not only was the State ticket in dan ger hut there was a possibility that , Roosevelt himself would fail to carry the State and thus possibly fail of election.
 Tn this emergency he appealed to Hartman as the man to save the endangered situation. We repeat that Roosevelt knew the railroad man well, and there is not a shadow of reason to doubt that he put 1t up to the lat ter plainly that he wanted him to raise a campaign fund to carry New York. Nor ought there to be any doubt that the object for which the money was desired was fully under stood between the two plotters. Fur thermore, we have no evidence that Hartman is in any respect worse than he was when Roosevelt sent far him. The crime he has committed. if he has committed any. is that he has per mitted the truth to get out. With Othello he may say; The very head and front of my offending hath this extent. no more." Is not that about the situation?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-06

The Kansas City Journal notes the misappropriation or misapplication of words when we continue to speak of the poor Indian" as if the great tribe of Lo was still in the depths of money
 less savagery, and shows how they have advanced in every way during recent years As an evidence of the way they are taking up the ways of the white man, 1t tells us that for centuries the Navajoes who dwell in superb bankets that decorate the dens of the white men the world over.
 Patiently and laborious1y the women of the tribe colorcd and fabricated their wares while the men traded dogs and chewed government tobacco. But the Navajo was alert to the tenden
 cies of the times. He hadn't much to say on general economic questions, but he observed that the scheme of organizing labor was about the best get-rich-quick eume in existence. Therefore the Navajo braves organ ized into a labor union for the manu- facture of blankets. The plan worked beautifully. But the Navaios went further They saw the distinct ma teriaI advantages of the trust. There fore they went civilization one better and formed a banket trust. As no one outside the tribe knew the secret
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-06
What the State Papers
 Are Doing and Saying

What some Say. Anniston Hot Blast.
 w nat has Bryan doneT queries The Boston Herald. Well. some say the Democratic party.
 New words for old Song. Selma Journal.
 Lies but Roosevelt" as the collection basket Is being passed for funds for q O. P. Hartman, Parker. Iillman and Bailey will lead the refrain.
 Extremes.
 Seven thousand dollars for dog and seventy-five thousand for pie ture are the prices paid in one day TOT TOT the advance of few cents in the price of butter makes thousands go butter less
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 They Keep Building Big Ships. This is the month when the Concord farmers fired the shot heard round the world It is also the month in conference intended to make the fir ing of more shots in war as remote as possible
 Unreasonable Prejudice. Lafayette Sun.
 There exists in some parts of the country a kind of prejudice against corporations, especially against rail- roads. This is wrong and is to be re- gretted. Corporations are entitled to as fair treatment as are business en- terprises of any character.
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 VIII Be Settled Equitably. Jasper Eagle.
 When the American people meet face to face with problem they have always proven equal to the task or solving 1t. They will solve the rail- road rate question. and solve 1t eaui- equitablo basis and it will be found.
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 Montgomery Going Ahead. Andalusia News.
 The historic old city of Montgomery has organized clearing house asso- citation. This shows the prosperity that is being enjoyed by. our nearest big sister. All of the good things seem are glad of it. The enterprising busi- ness men of Montgomery are determin- ed to make a commendable showing.
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 Change in Practice. Ashville Aegis.
 when the lawyers engaged in mur- der trial had to prove their client wasn't at the killing or something like that, but all that is changed, and  sure he has enough evidence lying around to mislead jury from the real issue.
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 It Comes High. Birmingham News. Most sensible Americans view the excitement from slumps in Wall street and the scurrying around of the fel- lows who didn't know 1t was loaded" as amusing and wonder how 1t is that not many years ago this home office of chance, this gambling mecca. should have been able to wield a powerful in- fluence off the great business interests of the most prosperous country on earth. It all seems now like a joke.
 Se Ss E Can't Better Service for Less Money. Birmingham Ledger.
 The most that the people of Alabama can hope forHis to get better service out of the railroads. It is not reason able to hope that all of us are to be benefited In any other way by the pres ent war on the roads. Granting that the war is made for the good of us all. and not for revenge, it is not to be ex- peoted that we will get better service at a lower rate. We won't get that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-06
Liquor In Government.

Baltimore News.
 A recent consular report gives an interesting account of --.e working of the Samiag system of liquor traffic control in Norway. It was introduced in 1871, and since then there has been a marked decrease in the per capita consumption of alcoholic drinks. The system restricts the sale of spirits to public agencies. and the profits are dedicated to public use. The idea Is that when private interest is eliminat- ed from the traffic there will be no mo- tive for pushing 1t and no organized business interest to stand In the way of measures for the promotion of tenn perance. During period in which the popula. l has increased about 50 per cent. consumption of alcoholic drinks per inhabitant has decreased about 45 per cent. Incidentally about prollls of the trade. although thus re- stricted. Ten per cent of the profits is allotted to public utilities operating as counter attractions to public houses in which liquor is sold. During the past eight years a share of the profits has been set apart as the nucleus of an old-age pension fund. which now ed that in principle the system is that of the State dispensary recently abol- ished in South Carolina. It worked badly there. serving as an agency or political demoralizaton. while 1t did not seem to have any apreciable effect in checking intemperance. The case is a fresh illustration of the principle that law derives its actual character from the way in which it is executed No matter how great the abstract mer- it of any measure may be, it may be spoiled by weak, negligent or corrupt administration. Systems that are effec- tive ewhere-as in the case of this Samlag system In Norway--ars liable to fall in this country for lack of ad- ministrative efficiency. And that ap- pears to be the trouble with the Amer lean government all along the line. We have plenty of law; but we need to improve the way in which we execute the law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-06
"This Is My 32nd Birthday"
Grand Duchess Xenia.

The Grand Duchess Xenia Alexan- drovana. sister of the presnt Czar Of Russia and eldest and favorite dauSh- ter of the late Czar, was born April 6. 1S75. Her education was conducted entirely at home where her studious disposition earned for her the pet name of the philosopher Before the death of her fatner she stood third In succession to the Russian throne and as d consequence there was much dis cussion about her marriage, many of the nobles belonging to the Russian peace party being in favor of union with some Hohehzollcrn prince, while others preferred an alliance with a neutral power. In 1893 the Grand Duel IS was reported to be engaged to the Archduke Francis Ferdinand. heir to the throne of Austria Hungary. but this rum r proved without foundation and soon afterward the Grand Duchess was married to her cousin, the Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich. She is now the mother of six children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-06

Mir. Hearst picked up bag and bag Rage and went from New York to Chi cago to conduct Mayor Dunnes fight for reelection. He took with him the best editors and cartoonists em- ployed on his New York papers. Hearst has two papers in Chicago and employs the same methods there that he does in New York, He was seeking for control of the Chicago Democratic or ganizatfon. hoping thereby 10 obtain control of the Illinois organization. Chicago Democrats by the thousand resented this interference, with the result that Dunne's majority of 27- 900 two years ago has been turned into a majority of over 1S,oo0 on the other side. Exit Hearst.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-06
OUTSIDE rNrERrpRENCr,

The Advertiser has frequently crit icized the president, and generally op- posed his policies, though when 1t thought him right, 1t has not withheld its approval. It has never failed to acknowledge his patriotic impulses and judgment in making judicial ap- pointments in the South. Another ap- We are not insisting upon the ap- pointment of any particular candidate to the Federal bench. Whatever views The Advertiser has on that subject arise solely from its conviction of the fitness of candidates. and not because of their politics. It does not be- lieve that the president. if properly informed would appoint any man to the Federal Bench whose selection would give just cause of offence to the people of Alabama. It has print ed parts of the public record of one of the candidates bearing on that point, for that reason.
 We see constant references in the press dispatches from Washington that MT. Clarkson of New York, and other outsiders, have been sent for to con- trol the president as to this or that appointment. Some of the Republican politicians here openly vaunt that MT. Clarkson of New York has been to Washington, and will override the wishes of the people of Alabama in this matter. The war has been over more than forty years and Alabama is in the Union. It's people have the same pride in their country, and are entitled to the same rights as the people of the State of New York, or of Pennsylvania or any other State in this Union. They ought to have the same kind of treatment as to ap- pointments. The average New Yorker, whether Democrat or Republican. would be amazed if an Alabama poli- tician went to Washington and gave president than the leading people of New York about New York appoint ment. If any Alabamian, assuming to speak as the mouthpiece of the president, should go to the Capital or boast on the streets of New York that a judge would be appointed in New York at the behest of politicians In Alabama. over the wishes of the people of New York, that man would be promptly and indignantly called down by the president. and by a scorching public opinion.
 Just such a state of things exist in Alabama today. A few Republicans openly boast here that Mir. Clarkson generals will see to it that the peo- pie of Alabama do not get the ear of the president in the appointment of a Federal judge and that they them selves will control it, because they need this appointment in jockeying and swapping about the delegations to go to the next National Convention. Why can't we be free from the old idea of the carpet bag days, when the Southern States were treated as con- quered provinces and outsiders dicta- ted who should govern them? What ever the president has done in other respects. he has demonstrated he is not in sympathy with these ideas himself. We hope that he will prompt ly call down the men who boast here that New Workers will control him over the wishes of our own people in weighing just objections to d candi- date for an important judicial office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-06

This is the way noble daughter of North Carolina puts it: The women of our land dress too much and even the children are overdressed; 'tis the fault of the mothers and something ought to be done to abate such extrava- gance" Who can say that there is not more truth than poetry in the above? As long, however, as woman nature is woman nature. the dear crea- lures will adorn themselves with tasteful garments, and it is only nat ural that they should want their chill dren to make equally creditable ap- pearance. 5.s