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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
FoIey's Prosperity.

In reading the newspapers, where so
much is taken for granted in consider
ing things on money standard, I
think we need some of the sense of
humor possessed by an Irish neighbor
of mine, who built what we regarded
an extremely ugly house, which stood
out in bright colors as we looked
from our windows. My taste in archi-
lecture differed so widely from that
affected by my Irish friend, that we
planted out the view Of his house by
moving some large trees to the end Of
our property. Another neighbor who
watched this work going on asked Mr..
Foley why Mr.. Rockefeller moved all
these big trees and cut off the view
between the houses. Foley, with the
quick wit of his country, responded
instantly: Its hwy, they can't stand
looking at the Evidence of me pros
perity. D. Rockefeller, in the
Worlds Work.
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Singer, Nimick & Co. He also was
connected with many banking institu-
tons in Pittsburg. and is considered
one of the rich men of the country,
his wealth remaining, after giving his
children their fortunes, being $15,0O0,-
900. The family is considered one of
the oldest and best in Pittsburg.
A peculiar feature of the case was
made known recently. William Henry
Singer, the son who chose painting
rather than the iron business as his
life's work, will not be able to enjoy
his millions in America, owing to the
great fear his wife holds of the 'Black
Hand" She recently received a
threatening letter, and it frightened
her into Mysteries. Her husband was
finally compelled to take her abroad.
The elder Singer declined to dis
cuss his remarkable dinner party fur
Their than to say it was private mat.
ter. 1t is known, however, that the
iron king is but following out the pol
icy laid down by his lifelong friend,
Charles Lockhart of the Standard Oil
Company, who some years before his
death called all his children into a
dinner party and under each plate was
found check for 100000.
Mr.. Lockhart and Mr.. Singer many
years ago promised each other they
would distribute their wealth among
their children lin time to do the chill.
dren some good"
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NAME WAS A COMPROMISE.
Explanation OF Remarkable csene'
|. o.. men -of sNevada Town.

A Nevada man having extensive
mining claims in the goldfield region
tells of a lucky strike that was made
last year near Carson City, a strike
that proved to be- Of such promise that
. goodly sized camp Immediately
sprang up around 1t.
The two principal mine owners
were, respectively, an Irishman and
4 Jew, md as a compliment to these
leading citizens the camp decided to
leave to them the bestowal of suit.
able name upon the new community.
There followed many conferences
between the two. none of which result.
ed in an agreement The Irishman
stood out for a name that would sug.
gest his native isle, while the Jew was
just as insistent, on his part, for q
name that should be suggestive of the
chosen people. This deadlock con-
tinued so long that the rest of the
camp grew restless, and finally insist
ed that there should be compromise.
So the new camp was called "Tfpperu.
salem."-Lippincott's.
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Push-and.Puii Exercise.
our uncle remember you

One of the fat-inclined men of New
York has novel method OF keeping
himself in line fettle. 1t is a push
and-pull exercise. In the basement of
his home, which has a level concrete
floor, he has installed several wheeled
objects. One is a safe weighing two
tons. Another is box Of chains that
used to belong on Staten island fer
ry boat as balance; it weighs 5000
pounds. Still another is a cast-on bull
lion cart that used to do duty in the
assay office; it weighs 1000 pounds,
but may be loaded with pig iron up to
$4,000 pounds. The exercise consists
in pulling and pushing these vehicles
over the floor, and, Judging by the de-
veiopment of our friend, it is effective.
His general strength is prodigious.
and there is no muscle binding.-New
York Press.
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wherein each swallow is a thrill and
your stomach gets up and yells at
every climax
can see you and Alice sitting there,
spilling Schenectady French all over
the tableclOth, while the waiter gets q
stone bruise on his palate from hold
Ing back his Partisan laughter.
Now don't wrinkle the map when
you read this, Bunch, because I've
been present when you blurted out
some of your French with the ossified
accent and it's scream all right
Remember that day in Martins here
in littleoldnewyork when you ordered
lamb chops and baked potato in
French? The waiter bowed, said,
"Oui, Msieu!" and brought you a
bowl Of vegetable soup and a morning
paper!
That's how good your French is, my
lad.
It's almost az bad az Fred Perry's-
and that's going some.
l met Fred and Henri Leoni at the
Bingle club not long ago, and they put
it all over me.
With Henri speaking almost French
and Fred gesticulating nearly French
there wasn't anything left for me to
do but call the waiter and talk booze.
I found out later that Fred knows
exactly nine ordinary French words,
including incest pas and avec plaisir,
but he has memorized the name of
every street in Paris.
So when Fred exhausts his nine or
binary words he rushes all over the
city, out to Vanguard, over to the
Batignolles, to Clichy, by Rues and
side streets to the eastern Boulevards
BeaumarChaiS and St. Denis, then
across lots to the western Boulevard
des Italiens, then with hop, skip and
jump, he's in the Place de la Concorde
and off into the s-Elysees-it's
immense!
Fred can sit there and rattle of the
names of the streets in Paris 80 elo.
Quently that the average listener be-
gins to cuss himself inwardly because
he didn't learn French enough to fol
low the Guy de Maupassant story
which he thinks Fred is telling.
A bas lie Fred!
notice in your letter, Bunch, that
you met some of your old pals in
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Ice in Milk.

Not long ago a child took typhoid
fever, apparently without coming in
contact with any germs, as the milk
it drank, on being analysed, was found
to be pure
Finally it was discovered that the
nurse was in the habit of adding Jumps
of ice to the milk to cool it more
quickly, and the contamination came
from that.
Besides this danger, the ice lessons
the nutritive value OF the milk. 1t
will be quite cold enough if the bottles
are kept in the refrigerator: or, when
it is to be cooled hurriedly, the glass
or bottle can be plunged in a bowl OF
cracked ice.
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Paris and that you stayed up all nieht
playing poker.
It's good old wheeze, Bunch, and
no doubt Alice believed you when you
brought home the nine million francs
you won.
OF course she didn't stop to think
that nine million francs is only about
$40 in real money. But why wake
her up?
If you really had to play poker,
Bunch. I'm glad you stayed up all
night at 1t. When you first mentioned
the word in your letter l was afraid
to read further for fear I'd see that at
IL o'clock you got kink in your in
step and quit four dollars winner.
If you play the game, play it like a
sport, Bunch, and wear overshoes to
keep your feet warm.
hate the poker player who gets
congestion of the ankles every time
he wins two dollars over his car fare.
Poker players are divided into two
classes; the Companions of the Cold
Feet and the Little Brothers of tho
Boost.
The Companions of the Cold Feet
make the most money, but the Little
Brothers Of the Boost have all the
fun-and this would be a pretty
tough old world II we couldn't have q
bit of fun with each other. wouldn't it,
Bunch?
We're living out In the country MI
the year round now, and once or
twice Q, week the neighhoey dron In Of
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clergy, married at the little church
four years ago his chaplain, the Rev.
Mr. Mcmillan, to Miss Maurice, grand.
daughter of the late Rev. Charles Mau.:
rice, and daughter of Gen. Maurice.
In the middle Victorian period DR..
Maurice was the incumbent of the
church. He soon became celebrated as
the most eloquent and powerful
preacher in the Church of England.
and brought st. Peters from the un-
known ranks of chapel of ease to it's
present status of famous and fash
ionable church. The only other mar
rage celebrated in the church was
that of Lord Selborne's daughter to
Col. Lord Digby of the Coldstream
guards. This was some years ago and
King Edward was among the guests.
But for the fact that the bride was
daughter of England's lord chancellor
1t is doubtful whether the special au-
thortzation needed for the ceremony
would have been issued In the Nc
MILAN Maurice wedding the fact that
the bridegroom was chaplain to the
archbishop of Canterbury made it cas-
Ter to grant the brides request that
she might be married in her grand
fathers old church. The fees for the
special license and special authoriza-
ton amounted to $3.50.
st. Peters was built two centuries
ago by the earl of Oxford as a domes-
tic chapel to his big mansion on what
were then the outskirts of London.
About a century ago, when the earl
dom became extinct, the chapel be-
came the property of the crown and
has remained so ever since. For years
it was used as a chapel of ease and
has never had parish attached to it.
The government finally charged pew
rents, IN DR.. Maurice's time, for the
church was crowded to the doors
twice every Sunday When DR.. Maui
rice died Canon Page-Roberts of Can
terbury, another OF England's most ia
nous preachers, succeeded him and
still is in charge. Canon Page-Rob-
erts goes to London only during the
social season, and during the other
months of the year his curate con-
ducts the services, and distinguished
preachers from all parts visit there
The late Bishop Potter of New York
has been heard there.
The exterior of St. Peters is very
plain. 1t looks more like little old
church in the backwoods than a ia
nous London place of worship. But
the interior is thing of beauty
Thousands upon thousands of dollars
have been spent on it during the last
quarter Of a century. Its marvellous
windows, altar pictures and decora-
lions are all by Burne-Jones, and hun
dreds of American tourists visit it
every year to see them. Its congre-
cation is said to be the most intellect
ual in England. The church being so
near Cavendish square and Harley
street, large number of scientists,
surgeons and physicians attend it..
Lord Cheylesmore, ex-mayor of West
minister, and his American wife at
tend. The duke of Wellington, Lord
Roberts and a hundred or more great
peers are pewholders So anxious are
people to attend the services that the
vestry always has a waiting list of
over 300 who have applied for pews.
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A rRIFLE MIXED UP,
Consequently There Was an Awkward
Perhaps in Funeral Grafton.

It was at the funeral of q man who
had left his young and attractive help
meet a widow for the third time. At
the time of his death their clergyman
was away on European trip, and in
this emergency the Rev. DR.. Blank
was called upon.
A neighbor instructed him hastily
as to the admirable qualities of the
deceased, his benevolence, piety and
kind disposition, and gave him vari-
Gus points as to his family relations.
During the funeral discourse no out
s'der would have suspected that the
clergyman had not been a lifelong
friend of the dead man. When, how.
ever, he came to mention the widow
In his prayer, it was evident that his
data in regard to her had become q
trifie confused. He said:
And now we commend to thy care
this widowed handmade, who has been
bereaved again and again and again.
Then hesitating an instant, he added:
And perhaps again."
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Arrange for Pure Milk.

Chicago has a medical cow. She
was bought by a woman health de.
partment inspector. DR.. Caroline
Hedger, to produce pure milk for des.
perately sick babies in crowded tene.
ment district, and. according to re-
ports, this latest Chicago experiment
in municipal ownership has been q
great success. Il purchased the COW
for the department" said DR.. Hedger
Il told Commissioner Evans I needed
cow to save the lives Of the sick
babies out my way, and he told me
to buy one: so 1 did. Some friends OF
mine are taking care of her, milking
her and taking the milk direct to the
sick infants. It doesn't 60 through
dozen hands before it reaches the
babies. We get enough milk to sup
ply the babies of II families"
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Parrot Hurt Trade.

Il just bought this parrot from a
butcher" said the sailor. ITS a rare
sort-a gold beak. l got it at a bar
gain, too-a dollar. The butcher had
paid six dollars for it. But it seems
the man what sold it to him was a
practical joker. He had knowed the
parrot was to ornament a butcher
shop, and he taught it to say the wust
thing possible for such a locality.
This here parrot didn't last long.
for from his perch above the butchers
scales he KEEP a-singin' out in a sar-
castle voice.,
"Lovely meat. Don't tell the lady
what it weighs. Just tell her what it
comes to-"
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4 IN /! FAv0R |:|s
STEEL KING GIVES 10000, 900 TO
HIS CHILDREN.
w. n. Singer Of Pittsburg Places
Riches to Extent Of $4,000, 900 at
Plate Of Each Child on 0cca-
sion Of His Golden Wedding.

Pittsburg, Pa.-At the golden wed.
ding dinner of himself and wife, w. H.
Singer, an iron king, distributed &c.,
$1,000 among his four children, each
getting 100000. Through the filing
of certain papers in the Allegheny
county courthouse the other day this
came out. 1t later was admitted by
the Singer family.
Mr.. Singer invited his children to
the family home, 934 Western avenue
Allegheny, to assist in celebrating his
golden wedding anniversary on May
II. None but the children was in
vited, and each one found by his OF
her plate small dinner favor" OF
checks, bonds and deeds amounting to
100000 each.
The four children who received
these small gifts are as follows:
William Henry Singer, Jr., land
scape painter, now in Norway, where
he spends most of his time.
George Singer, iron manufacturer OF
P1ttsburg, now in the White noun
tains on his vacation.
Mrs. William Ross Proctor, wife Of
q Philadelphia architect.
Marguerite Singer, younger daugh
ter, who resides at home.
Mrs. Singer, who has a fortune OF
her own, received several pieces OF
valuable real estate as her golden
wedding present.
Mr.. Singer made his fortune as 9
member of the famous iron firm OF
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SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
First Had itching Rash-Threatened
Later With Blood-Poison in Leg
Relied on Cuticura Remedies.

"About twelve or fifteen years ago
l had a breaking-out, and it itched,
and stung so badly that l could not
have any peace because Of it. Three
doctors did not help me. Then I used
some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint.
ment, and Cuticura Resolvent and
began to get better right away. They
cured me and have not been bothered
with the itching since, to amount to
anything. About two years ago
had la grippe and pneumonia which
left me with pain in my side. Treat
ment ran it into my leg, which then
swelled and began to break out. The
doctor was afraid it would turn to
blood-poison. I used his medicine
but it did no good, then I used the
Cuticura Remedies three times and
cured the breaking-out on my leg J. F..
Hennen, Milan, Mo-, May 10, 1907"
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He Needs No Statue

"They are talking said an in.
ventor, "of statue to Isaac Singer of
sewing machine fame. They had bet.
ter erect this statue to Elias Howe.
Singer began life as loblolly boy
on a canal boat. He rose to match.
selling, he became a cook, he fed ami
mails in menagerie, he made five dol.
lars a week as an actor.
He met Elias Howe, dreamy in
ventor. The two men liked one an
other. they were equally poor, they
agreed, to share the same garnet. Here
Howe invented the sewing machine.
But Singer was smart. Howe
dreamy. Singer, not Howe, profited
by that invention. Singer, thanks to
Howe, died worth 100000 a year.
Howe, thanks to Singer, died Door,
miserable and obscure.
$50 I say to give Howe the statue.
Singer has already got enough out of
the sewing machine"
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JOn III 1tNQM
r. B@S${ g |
IN
~ GEO. v. HOBART, ("AueA m'HueA.")

Dear Bunch: So now you're at
Monte Carlo, Ell?
Gee! you and Alice must be having
the time Of your lives hiking over
Europe, handing out good money to
hotel clerks and bad French to hotel
walters all day, long.
Oh, what bliss, what joy must be
your portion, Bunch, when you squeeze
into one of those French cafes, grab a
French menu card, glance over the
"ready-to-serves," and in a confidential
tone give an order like this to your
French waiter: "Avec lie beaucoup
pomme de terre Donnez.moi de Ieau
chaude; je vais me raser. Avec get a
move on you!"
Then in a French hour and a half
your French waiter hurries back and
serves you 4 culinary melodrama
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Beware of Ointments for Catarr1
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
lions from reputable physicians. the damage they
will do Is ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. o. contains no mer-
curry and Is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
genuine. 1t IS taken internally and made in Toledo.
Ohio. by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials tree.
Sold by Druggists. Price. 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Immunity.

Immunity.
Satan had just ordered more coal
thrown on the fire.
by Tuminous!" he cussed, but
that last arrival is tough proposition.
The more I try to roast him the more
he smiles"
He called the chief stoker.
well, what luck?" asked Satan.
The stoker shook his head.
Hes still smiling" he answered.
where's he from?" cried old Nick,
out Of patience
New York. He used to be base
ball umpire in"
'Sulphurous serpents! Why didn't
you say so before? Take him down;
We can't Tease him."-Bohemian Mag
aZine
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on
POKER
PLAYING

an evening and try to drag money
away from us.
Uncle Gregory Grant and Aunt Julia
from Kansas City are visiting at
Uncle Peters house across the read.
Uncle Gregory Is the original human
safe. You can't get money out Of him
with an ak.
He came to New York on a visit
some years ago with a red undershirt
and ten-dollar bill.
He stayed two weeks and never
changed anything.
Uncle Gregory is a charter member
in Zero lodge OF the Companions of
the Cold Feet.
Uncle Gregory never sat in a game
in his life without being prepared to
have pneumonia in both heels the mo.
ment he was six dollars ahead of the
game.
He plays them close to his appendi-
citis. unlike does, and every time he
fills a four-fush he feels an awful
draught on the floor.
He has his feet so well trained that
every time their owner rakes in pot
with four blue checks in it they give
him the icehouse signal to cease
firing and cash in before the bank ex.
plodes.
We had a little poker party at our
house last Monday night, and for sew
eral days after we bought costly
trifes with the money left by our low.
ing neighbOrs.
Thee was Uncle Gregory and Aunt
Julia, George Riggaby and his wife,
Maude, Georges mother-in-law, Mrs
Lorrenz, Peaches and yours respect
fully
Uncle Peter and Aunt Martha don't
play poker, so they went out in the
other room and played the phono'
graph.
l think the phonograph won, be.
cause they are both easy.
George Riggaby is a member in
good standing Of the Little Brothers OF
the Boost, and he can laugh louder
and mean 1t when he loses three dol
lars than any man l ever met
But Georges wife, Maude, takes two
aces and a pair Of jacks seriously
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cHYRcH OF FEW WEDDINGS.
only. Two in TWO centurie. '.' Record
81 - Of london Edifice.

London.-Two marriages only in
two centuries is record which pos
sibly but one church in the world can
claim. That church Isl St. Peters,
We're street, London. And yet st.
Peter 8 is one of the most fashionable
churches of London. The reason of its
record is curious. The church is not
licensed for marriages..
With the aid OF a special license and
special proclamation and dispense
ton, the archbishop of Canterbury, as
sisted by distinguished gathering of
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A Kind Aear-

Head Of Firm Ito old bookkeeper)-
Henry, you've worked for us for 30
years, and during that time you have
been faithful and your work has been
satisfactory. But you are now so old
that we must replace you with a
younger man. We are very grateful
to you, Henry, and, Of course, will do
the right thing. Have you saved?
Henry-I couldn't, sir. with my large
family.
LAS thought! Then I want to say
to you that we shall be only too glad
to keep you on for month or so at q
reduced salary until you can place
yourself Observation-Disclosures.
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while her mother, Mrs. Lorrenz is the
corresponding secretary in the Wom-
ans Annex to the Companions of the
Cold Feet.
She certainly runs Uncle Greg. a
close second when it comes to getting
frappe in the pedals.
Every time Mrs. Lorrenz is sepa.
rated from so cents something in her
mind seems to give way with a crash.
But Uncle Greg. and Mrs. Lorrenz
love money so much that every time
they bet blue check they close their
eyes and pretend it was a white one.
Any time you see silver dollar
with all the tail feathers pulled out
Of the eagle it's cinch the bird once
belonged to Mrs. Lorrenz and the part.
ing was bitter one.
She Is the original Tessie Tight
wad.
Ever thine,
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First Jewish ceme<erv

Many travellers on the Third and
Second avenue elevated railways OF
New York city wonder how the little
cemetery at New Bowery and Oliver
street came to be there It is a
remnant Of the first Jewish cemetery
in the United States and was estab.
lished in 1856,
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Tea q Germ DESTROYER.

Tea is now elevated to the dignity
of germ destroyer. Dr. Mcknight,
the medical investigator, has found
that typhoid baciln placed in cold or
lukewarm tea are greatly diminished
at the end OF four hours, and have
completely disappeared ut tho Cad oe
"a hours.
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Was Used to It.

On a very hot Sunday morning
James was required to accompany his
father to church.
That was contrary to his inclina-
ton.
Father" said he, why need peo-
pie go to church when it is so hot?"
my son." his father replied, Satan
Is around as much in hot weather as
at any time"
"Oh," said the boy, but Satan does
not mind hot weather."