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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27

much beyond the two words, "O-hay-o"
(good morning) and "sayonara" (good-
by. The good morning is pro-
nOunced as near like Ohio as they can
make it.
l suppose if they wanted to bid
anyone good night" they would say
Philadelphia.
But l did try to learn something
about the Japanese money and it's va
rious divisions. only had bad luck
from the start. l got hold of the
wrong customer, or else he did.
l started in to buy some sandals
and a hat. l know that one yen, at
par, is worth almost exactly so cents
American money, and that ten rim go
to sen, and 100 sen to a yen. But
the old man who waited on me either
knew no more than l did, or was ex-
plotting some new and original meth
DDS of his own; for he held up the
sandals in one hand and the hat in
the other, the while he calculated in
q low cultural: Mon! mon!"
"Oh, yes! 1 gotta da mon!" I re-
piled, pulling out my purse. and
spreading some Japanese coins in my
palm.
But he shook his head and held up
his foreflnger, saying: "Shy!"
''Oh, I'm shy one, am I? Well, take
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she may be young and charming, the
widows hair is cut of, and she is
doomed for the rest of her life to
single blessedness and cropped head.
An old.time custom, which is fortu-
nately dying out, was to blacken a
woman's teeth when she got married.
So it was hard to tell which was
most notwithstanding a husband
or losing one. Every district has its
own distinctive marriage ceremony,
but the following is the one in gen.
eral use:
No priest officiates at the marriage
ceremony. An elderly couple, called
the "go-betweens," conduct the court
ship and assist the bride and groom
to perform the rite that makes them
man and wife, which consists of
nine cups of wine drunk alternately
by the bride and groom, who hand
them to each other. This is called
the "san-san-kudo," literally three.
three-ntne," and means that they will
share the bitter and the sweet in life's
cup together.
Sometimes there are the images of
an old man and woman, couple who
lived happily for a hundred years;
also bough of plum-blossoms, SYM
Dol of conjugal happiness.
The bride wears white, the mourn
ing color In Japan, to signify that her
old life is ended-for marriage is too
often a sort = of death7in-life to the
Japanese woman. She is virtually the
slave of her mother-in-law. and must
live only for her husbands family,
who exact from her the most AFFECT
submission. She marries at 16 aud
begins a life of drudgery that makes
her an old woman at 30 or IS, and her
only CLEAN of hope in life lies in her
having sons who will marry and place
her in the envied position of mother.
in-law.
The flowing veil of the western
bride is, for the Japanese woman. q
large hood made of white wadding,
that modestly shades her features.
When the ceremony-which is never
witnessed by the guests-is completed,
she retires and changes her costume;
for the wedding kimono once dotted,
is never worn again.
When she is re-dressed, she appears
at the feast to which guests are bid.
den. Very wealthy brides retire be-
tween each course-sometimes there
are nine, sometimes seven or eleven,
regular game of GRASSLAND re-
appear in more gorgeous raiment, I'M
til you begin to think there's a corner
in kimonos.
When the feasting is over, the "go.
between" couple conducts them to the
bridal chamber and serves them a spe-
cial cup called the "bed-wine." Dur
ing the marriage ceremony the bridal
pair do not drink the nine cups Of
wine, but merely touch their lips to
the cup; for the well-known potency
of the cake would have them par.
alyzed BY about the fifth cup. AMI.
they'd never get married ct all. -
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SNAPSHOTS
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n<Fnsy Thing. One See.
Smiling Round Tie World
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MARSHALL p. WILDER
Copyright. by Joseph b. Bowles. }


The streets in Japan are fascinat-
ing. overlooking as they are with life
and color. The children are as the
sands of the sea, and seven times out
of ten a child has smaller one
strapped to his or her back There is
no distinction, boys playing nurse
quite as frequently as girls. I con-
trasted their cheerfulness and evident
pleasure in performing this duty with
the outraged dignity of an American
boy of 10 or IL obliged to carry baby
about for morning or afternoon.
Little tots of five or six may be
seen with babies fully a year old
strapped to their backs, and minding
it so little that they play hop-scotch
and all sorts of games. running about
on high wooden clogs that would trip
up an American child at the first
step.
The children are put out of the
houses early in the morning, when the
mothers sweep, dust and polish every
thing to an immaculate cleanliness,
y,
and apparently eatsall their meals in
the streets.
The shops are open to the streets,
and closed at night with wooden shut
tiers. At the back of every shop may
be seen the paper covered sliding
screen leading into the little home.
This screen is almost invariably open,
disclosing the entire family group.
The hair~dresser, building up the won
derful coiffure-rolled over tiny boil
sters, and creased with cocoa-oil to
a shining blackness-affected by the
Japanese women; shampooing, sew
ing, writing, reading-every occupa-
ton is in full view of the passer-by.
Speaking of shops and making one
self understood, felt that after my
experience in the Hawaiian tongue l
was fully justified in letting the Jap.
anese severely alone. l never got
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27
IN MANY LINES OF BUSINESS.
Witness Evidently Was 4 Man Of Va,
usual Qualifications.

s. T. Jocelyn of Wichita was court
stenographer for Judge Pancoast Of
Oklahoma for several years. One time
a case was being tried before Judge
Pancoast and they were endeavoring
to find out through a witness whether
there had been any liquor sold.
What is your business?" asked the
lawyer. my business?" repeated the
witness laconically. "Oh, have lots
of business" ANSWER the question"
said the lawyer. what Is your bust
ness:" Must tell all my business?''
insisted the witness again. ANSWER
the question:" interposed the judge
severely.
''Well," responded he cheerfully.
I'm deputy sheriff and city marshal
for Gunner, janitor of the church and
bartender Of the Ell Paso saloon.
Kansas City Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27
COUNTED TWINS As UNIT.
Grandmother Found It Impossible to
Disassociate Them.

The Harmon twins looked so much
alike as babies that their parents
could scarcely tell them apart As
they became older it became evident
that to grandmother Harmon at least
the twins were a unit.
You were asking me how much the
twins weigh" said grandmother Har-
mon to a neighbor. When l went out
that afternoon I put one of them on
the scales at the grocery, and found
they weigh just 26 pounds"
DO they always weigh exactly the
same?" inquired the neighbor, and
grandmother Harmon looked quite i'm.
patient.
The twins:: she said. "0f course:
why not?"
The neighbor had no reason to give.
but she rebelled a few days later when
in answer to her inquiry grandmother
Harmon said:
"'Where are the twins?' o, they got
a cinder in one of their eyes and their
mother has taken them down to the
oculist's to have it removed, they were
fussing so over t."-Rehoboth Sunday
Herald.
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toe-dayia and sweeping the coins into
my purse. vas preparing to 81

sSO-4eys Nu0 .sSW$0pAU8 LIE COLI E4uUlA
my purse. I was preparing to
gone. ss.E.s %.
Suddenly he leaned forward, thrust
his face close mine, and in the NEST
indescribable manner Kissed through
his teeth: "Ichi-bu! ichi-bu!" y
Well, say! Did you ever play that:
idfotic game with q six or seven
months. old infant, sayyed Kitcl-as
boo? Tie baby lies IN the cradle, Or
on it's mothers lap, as the case may
be, and you, wishing to- make your
self solid with the family, lean over
and. assuming ~ghastly grin, teeter
over toward the infant and then
teeter back again, and then teeters tor
ward, ,sputtering: 'tKitch-a=boo! Rtch-
a-boo!"' until it's ten to- one ,that the
kid either goes Into fits or lets nut q
howl that makes the mother wish
that murder was not -punishab3e=of-
tense.
fyou have ever INDUCED in that ten
der little pastime, then you can have
some idea of my frame of mind when
the old Jap performed this strange
antic. Backing away from him, I
shook; my head violently and thrust
my purse into my pocket; when he
plucked me by the sleeve, and with
whine that would have done credit
to Hester street old clothes man.
said: ".Kanye! Kanye!"
mo, I can't! and I'm hanged If I
ever Wilt" and with that turned away,
and the negotiation was at an end.
Now, what do you think was the
matter with the old fellow? Why, he
was not only little touched in the
upper story, but he knew nothing Of
the cash system of his country later
than the vintage of 1868. He had been
left to tend the shop for a few
moments, and as usual l fell VIC
tim to the change of circumstances.
Let it be said, that, according to Del
mar, the standard formerly was, az
in China, the small round iron or
bronze coins with the square hole in
the center which were of three denom-
nations: First, the mon; second, the
bunkyu; third, the shi-mon. The shi
was an oblong silver coin, and the
ichi-bu another; the latter being equal
to four shi. Kan-ye means the era of
coinage; but the era on the old coins
does not indicate the age of the
coin. For example, coins made about
1860 bear the name of the era kanye.
The manufacture Of all these ceased
at the beginning of the present era of
Meidji, that is to say, the 25th of
January, 1868, which was the year
when the present emperor assumed
sovereign power. The mon is now
valued at one rim, and the bunkyu at
one and one-half rim The old gold coins
and the oblong silver ones are only
to be found in the curio shops.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27
MUSIC STUOEN1S
Should Have Steady Nerves.

The nervous system Of the musician
Is often very sensitive and any habit
like coffee drinking may so upset the
nerves as to make regular and neces-
sary daily practise next to impossible.
II practise from seven to eight hours
a day and study Harmony two hours"
writes Mich. music student. Last
September was so nervous could
only practise few minutes at time,
and mother said would have to drop
my music for a year.
"This was terribly Encouraging al
1 couldn't bear the thought of losing
q whole year Of study. Becoming con-
vinced that my nervousness was
caused largely by coffee, and seeing
Postum 80 highly spoken of, I de-
cided I would test it for a while. ...
Mother followed the directions
carefully and thought I had never
tasted such delicious drink. We.
drank Postum every morning instead
Of coffee, and by November felt more
like myself than for years. and was
ready to resume my music.
L now pracuse as usual, do my
studying and when my days work is
'finished"I am not, any more nervous
than when began.
II cannot too highly recommend
Postum to musicians who practise half
q day. Ny father is physician and
recommends Postum to his patients.
Words cannot express my appreciation
for this most valuable health bevef-
age. and experience has; proven its
superiority over all others There's
q Reason" s.ss5'f
Name given BY Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road e
Wellyille," In pkSa 81.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27
EYEsiGhT WAS IN DANGER
From Terrible Eczema-eaby's Head
Mass Of itching Rash and Sores
-Oisease Cured by cutieura.

"Our little girl was two months old
when she got rash on her face and
within five days her face and head
were all one sore. We used different
remedies but it got worse instead of
better and We thought she would turn
blind and that her ears would fall off,
She suffered terribly, and would
scratch until the blood came. This
went on until she was five months old,
then I had her under our family doc.
tors care, but she continued to grow
worse. He said it was eczema. When
she was seven months old I started
to use the Cuticura Remedies and In
two months our baby was a different
girl. You could not see a sign OF 4
sore and she was as fair as a new.
born baby. She has not had a sign of
the eczema since. Mrs. H. F. Budke,
LeSueur, Mimi. Apr. Is and May 2. '07."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27

"
repens minor
o carry the nohe gen Gen
tho kings
and freedom of London.
to
That the
shooting Wicock
win Him "i@@ ~'
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inconvenience to
mas the gift of
JUST 10 indicate we'll Mr.
wnen the it 1905 Senators
ana dopklns being DESTROYS
Yates
offered Sherman
deliver
o intend
a lawyer and not politician
sherman apparently ignored In
thinking
other
to He
his appointment
1t,
Sherman born
to Illinois, After of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27
All the Hens Fault.

Frank Higgins of Harlem, N. Y, is
real mad at a chicken. This chicken
got Frank into trouble which he had
to explain to a cynical and doubling
police court recently. Higgins was
peacefully walking along One Hun
dred and Sixth street, he says, when
this fool chicken flew out of a GOOD
belonging to Jacob Karasick, on the
and landed straight in Mr..
Higgins bosom. Now what was Frank
to do? Here was the chicken roost-
Ing amorously on his breast and he
walking down the street? And he con.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27

t1nued to walk, much amazed at the
fowl designs of fate. And then along
came Karasick and an inquisitive po-
hceman and gathered Frank and the
chicken in. Frank protested, and next
day ne protested more to the Judge.
1t Is indeed tough lines when a Har-
lem citizen can not walk down the
street without being assaulted by
hen and then arrested.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27

lhis!" and I threw the largest coin
I had into the little basket before him.
But this seemed to excite him. He
wagged his forefnger at me and
cried: "Bunkyu!" at the top of his
voice.
'Bunco me? guess not, my friend!"
I replied. I'm from New York;"
At this he threw down the hat and
sandals, and, shaking his hands as
though he were trying to get rid Of
soap-suds, cried: 'Shi-mon! shi-mon!"
.'''Oh, I was shy one: and now I'm
shy the whole business! Well, !
don't think you and l will make deal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27

ten years i was IN
misery With back
ache. 'he simplest
hotsework complete
" exhausted me. I
had no strength Or
ambition and Suf-
fered headache and
6iI1v smells Altar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27

as Sir Wlfrd OUT ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l
reldhgs nrst duties the
and the drawing mother country This
the
the
Canada by raising to devise
on Germany He
of Canada
suggestions
Jcsepn drew the scheme
spit up the Conservative
Liberals at the ~ Wv 1 ~ ~A'
Mr. Fielding OFFS
from several Canadian 1900 ~ ~ ~e'
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e
soun mas slight
President Roosevelt
nome except somebody
brownow has had long service
ms aome town OF In 1881 and resigned
house
1896
He elected
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27

these years OF pain was despairfng
OF ever being cured when Doan's Kid
ney Pills came to my. notice and their
use brought quick relief and a perma-
nent cure. am very grateful"
Sold by all dealers. so cents boz.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. 7.
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Primitive.

The kindling of fire by the friction
of dry sticks is common practice
among the savages to-day. The Fiji
islanders do this: SO also do the South
Sea islanders, the North American In.
dams and the Peruvians.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27
WHIPS ZAkkA KHELS

Gen. Sir James Willcocks, who has brought
the punitive expedition against the Zakka Khels,
tribe of Afridis the frontier of 1ndia to bril-
liant conclusion by destroying their forts and VIII
lagos, killing several hundreds of their fighting
men and ravaging the country, has had more ex-
perience in that kind of warfare than almost any
man alive to-day He was only % when the Lem
ster regiment. to which he belonged, was ordered
out on the second Afghan campaign and the young
soldier so distinguished himself that he was men.
toned in dispatches. Willcocks was second in
command of the West African frontier force in
1896, and was taken thence to accompany the
Borgu expedition of 1898. Then he went back to
his old post and took command of the Ashanti
fold fore md no fofC in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27
BROWNLOW RENOMlNATED

Representative Walter P. Brownlow has been
unanimously renominated for the Sixty-f1rst con-
gress Mr. Brown]ow had no opposition at ALL
there being no other man in his district who even
so much as whispered that he wanted the job
consequently the congressional committee of the
First Tennessee district, under the primary laws
of Tennessee, named Mr.. Brownlow as the
nominee
The First district is that which was represent.
Ell from 184S to 1853 by the late President An.
drew johnson. Mr. BrOwnlow has already beaten
that record by four years. and this denomination
puts him in line for total of 16 years straight
away service in the house. Incidentally Mr.. Brown.
lows district has the one absolutely loyal and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27
PROMINENT CANADIAN

Hon. William S. Fielding, the father of the
Canadian government scheme to enter into com
petltlon with the life insurance companies by is
suing government annuities a measure which he
hopes to put In operation next year. is looked upon
as the natural successor to Sir Wilfrid :Laurier
the premier Mr.. Fielding has had the most rapid
rise of any man in public life in Canada to-day
ne was newspaperman in Halifax, N. S., and re
signed that In 1882 to go into politics. He wa.
elected to the provincial legislature to represent
Halifax city and county, and in few months was
taken into the cabinet. Two years later he waa
premier OF the province, and remained SO until
1885, when Sir Wilfrid called him to Ottawa to
enter the Dominion government as minister OF
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27
Immense Sahara Desert.

The Sahara has over one-half the
area of the United States. Its popu.
lation is very small for its area. The
Libyan and Nubian deserts are only
continuation of it to the Red Sea.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27
IN THE PUBL &c EYE ::
ILLINOIS OFFICIAL WEEDS

- lawrence Yates Sherman, lieutenant governor
Of Illinois, who was quietly married the other day
to Miss Mary Estelle Splitter, left orders that no
public mention should be made of the affair The
orders were obeyed> until the smoke OF Mr.: sher-
mans train died away and then the telephone ex-
change and telegraph wires were crowded with
messages announcing the gladsomes tdings:
."' The wedding explains the mysterious visits
which the lieutenant governor has been making to
bingham, where it had been reported he owned
farm. It also explains, lavish orders left with
the tailors. Sherman had led life almost monas'
TIC For years his home was room in lodging
house.
- Genial and sociable among men, he has been
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Output Of British shlpyards.
The product Of the British shipyards
amounts to 20 or Is per cent. Of the
worlds output. g.
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TEN YEARs or, eAclkAcltE..
rhousandaS os Wonsn Surfer Ii tl.o
Same Way.

Mrs. Thomas Dunn. 153 vine Sc, c.
tlmbus, Ohio Says: For more than
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27

The Parson during a lecture to
Tommy on the evils of smoking)-
How do you spell "injuri0us?"
TOMMY don't spell it at all.
The Parson-What did you go to
school for?
Tommy-Because I had to.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-27

What's WidoWer7
Is q widower married or a single
man?
This question continually crops up
and it is continually being answered
both ways. Certainly a widower ia
married-he is not a bachelor. That
is one answer. Certainly, on the other
hand, no matter what the man once
was, he is single now. That is the
other answer. Thus in all match
games Of single against married men
games of hockey, football, baseball.
cricket-the poor widower is tossed
from one side to the other like shut
tleclock. The solution depends solely
upon his skill.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-25
WILL NOT PAY
$4,000 A YEAR
FOR BRIDGE
Sliding Scale May Be Fixed
for Use Of New Clay
Street Bridge.

Through Colonel Edwin w. Hine,
representing the Public Service Cor
poration, hat company delivered its
ultimatum after a long conference. be-
tween the members of the joint free
bridge committees of Essex and Hud-
son counties in the Court House last
night to the effect that it would not
pay more than $4,000 a year for the
use of the Clay street bridge. Rather
than pay the $4,000 previously de-
manded by the Freeholders. the colonel
said, the company would not use the
bridge at all. The question as to the
amount to be agreed ON will be settled,
If possible, at the next meeting of the
committee, which was scheduled for
next Thursday night at the Court
House in Jersey City.
F%reeholder ohn Nurge. OF Hudson, pre-
sided at the meeting, which was held In
the committee room of the local Board OF
Freeholders. Freeholder Joseph ]. Kenny,
Of Essex, was secretary. After Supervisor
John F. Otterbein had explained the OBJ
ject of the gathering Colonel Hine made
his statement. He said that under the old
agreement, made when the Kearny line
was an independent concern. the company
had a right of way across the bridge. and
there was no objection on he part of the
Public Service to renew the contract on
a "a, 600 basis. He made the statement that
the $4,000 asked would pay about one-third
of the cost of maintenance. He added that
the should not be called upon
to help pay interest on the bonds, as pro-
posed.
II believe $1,000 a year for the privilege
would be a practically p%rohibltive PROPOSE
ton to our people, he said. "On no ac-
count could we stand the strain, as we
pay taxes in addition, as other industries
do. Iff you insist on $1,000 we will abandon
the project of crossing the bridge alto
gether."
After considerable discussion without any
result, County Counsel Griffin, of Hudson,
suggested a sliding scale of 1900 for the
first fifteen years and 5000 for the next
ten years, and several of the Freeholders
appeared to be favorable to 1t, but no de-
cision was arrived at.