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

ed. The cold water had refreshed
him, the kindly words Of the little
Samaritan had strengthened him. His
heart felt warm when he thought OF
her.
In less than an hour he heard a tap.
ping on the bars.
DIR. Roberts was very angry" she
whispered, "and went to headquar'
tiers to see about your case. He says
that he'll bring the officers right away
I'm SO glad. Good-by."
But wait" said the prisoner Tell
mo your name. I want to know whom
to thank for this great service"
I'm only Molly Britts," she whis
pered, and work for Mrs. Revel]
across the alley. You're welcome
I'm sure, but it's not likely you'll
ever see me again.
But I'd like to know why l won't,
was the answer. Am I just to for
get all this? John Derring is his own
master, and he'll probably see you
before he leaves town tomorrow"
'But-but-I don't want you to see
me. answered she, glad that the dark
hid her bushes.
"Why?" he urged
"Oh-because I'm so-ugly!" whfs
| pered Molly in agonized confusion
that made the brand on her cheek
burn and throb.
OH" laughed the young man soft
ly, tone of relief in his voice. you'll
have to let me be the judge of that
Shake hands till Tomorrow" as Mol
ly's work-hardened little hand slipped
through the bars into his warm clasp
and take my God bless you along
with you. Good night"
John Derring, pale from his expe
rience of the night before, stood be-
fore Molly in the kitchen the mex,
morning. She blushed and quivered
painfully, but not by the tremble OF
an eyelash did he show that he saw
the throbbing mark on her face. and
from that moment she worshiped him
Three months later she stepped out
one morning, clad in mGdest grav and
went with him to the nearest parsor.
age, where they were married much
to Mrs. Revells dismay and disgust
that lady giving speech to some OF
her burning thoughts on ingratitude.
The once forlorn, heart-starved lit
tie woman is merry, lovable and be
loved wife now, and the red mark
that was the heaviest burden of her
early years, is fading, since, secure
in her husbands love and admiration.
she has ceased to be conscious of it
On cabinet in their parlor stands a
little tin cup, curiously bent and bat.
tered, souvenir, so John laughingly
tells Molly, of her "jail-bird."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
Name a STUMBLING Block.

''Since coming to America" said the
,oung Englishman in his most transat-
lantic accent. Il have purposely taken
to pronouncing one word wrong.
don't say 'Grieg' any more. say
Greg Before making the change I
said to several persons happened to
be talking with, I say, do you know
Grieg? and always they answered:
No, they didn't know Creek and for
goodness sake don't ask if they know
Latin because they've forgotten all
of that they ever did know They
thought, you see, that I was asking if
they knew Greek. So finally l took to
saying Greg, which is enough to make
the poor old Norwegian shout out a
correction from his grave: but it pre-
vents further misunderstanding"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
Defenders of Switzerland.

The report of the party who went
from this country to study the mill
tary system of Switzerland will doubt
less be unanimous on ole point-that
We have much to learn from the little
republic, says the London Court Jour
nal From the age of ten all boys go
through compulsory physical and
gymnastic course until they are Is,
and after this age for four years they
have to take up rifle shooting in ad-
dition to gymnastic training. Every
Swiss from his Goth year to his 44th
year is liable to military training.
Very useful work is accomplished in
Switzerland by rifle clubs, which are
encouraged by the state for the pur.
pose of improving craftsmanship The
population is under three and a half
million, yet there are $500 such as
sociations, with over 100000 members.
On this basis We should have over
100000 members of rifle clubs in
stead of only $4,000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
Strict Sabbath keeninn

Prescott, the historian, possessed a
quiet and quaint humor. Nine. M. 8.
Van de Velde gives an instance of it
in Random Recollections" Mr.. Pres
colt was taking foreign visitor for
a walk in Boston Common one Sun
day.
The special object of the stroll was
to see the fountain in the frog pond.
When the two arrived at the spot
they found the water shut off.
"Oh," said Prescott, disconsolately,
by way of apology, II knew little
boys were not allowed to play on the
Sabbath, but did not know that foun-
tains were not permitted to do So"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
A Nasty Trick.

AN amusing but nasty trick was
played in the early autumn at George
W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate, near
Asheville," said Pittsburg florist. "A
friend of mine, one of the Biltmore
gardeners, wrote and told me about it
the other day.
1T seems that at the entrance of
Biltmore there was sign that read:
Please do not pluck the flowers with
out leave Well, one visitors day.
some Joker added an s. to the signs
last word. As result, every visitor
left Biltmore that day with a delighted
smile and an enormous bouquet"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
HAD TO KEEP DATE
METHOpIcAI MAN WAS DUE TO
THRASH ENEMY.
And His Friend, 4 Man Of Peace, Ac'
companied Him to the Scene
Of Combat, Greatly to His
Discontinue.

Il like methodical man. said an
uptown rounder, but my friend
whose den is opposite to the one
where loiter is excessive in this
line.
HE asked me to dine with him, and
I accepted. We went at it leisurely.
We got down to the foot of the menu
loafing all the way. AS usual he was
placid. We had just reached pie and
demitasse when he asked me rather
| suddenly the day of the month.
had it handy.
"'And the day of the week? he
asked. And handed him that. Then
he looked at his watch.
"'You won't mind, old man. he
said, If tell you that must CO.
II told him If it was matter OF
any moment 1 would consent, but
with regret. l knew he was absent
minded.
""This is the day. he continued,
showing back his glass and using his
napkin hurriedly, when l promised
to give Blinky a good thrashing.
had forgotten it when I asked you to
dine. You'll excuse me, old man,
won't your
For his own sake, as we'll as my
own pleasure, l asked him if he
couldn't postpone the fistic affair until
later
1T can't be put off, he replied. !
know exactly where he will be within
40 minutes, and prefer to lick him al
that place.
"'Then,' I replied, I'll go with
you
He got under Roadway first and
was on the sidewalk before got my
top coat buttoned. Then he called
a motor car and giving the chauffeur
the number he told him to take a
back street and let out at top speed
ION the way he talked about near
ly everything except fighting. He
even told me of contemplated triI
to the far east He burned up boz
of cigarettes before the car halted in
front of the place in which he said the
enemy had his Office.
II asked if l had not better go ir
with him. He thanked me, but de
clined the offer.
at won't take long, he said, 'anG
if might not be pleasant for a thirG
party. You hold the car till l come
out
"As he disappeared l felt clammy
ooze gathering on my brow, and re
moved. my hat looked at my watch
every minute. I never knew time tt
drag as it did while I sat in tina
car. l will never know how long
sat there.
the doorway. 1t had changed som,
since it had gone in. leaped out o
the car and approached my friend
HE said he wasn't hurt, but
quickly saw that he had been VI
against it. If ever concoct strik
ing transformation scene for stag
I'll put in a scene like that for
thriller.
"'Would you like to see him-th,
other fellow? asked my friend.
II don't know what made me sa,
that I would dote on such sight
Quicker than a wireless message h
grabbed me by the arm and rushe,
me up the stairway to the office of tn
enemy.
my friend opened the door.
stuck my head through the aperture
Biff! Just like tlat! The next thin
l remembered I Vas in the car NJ
friend was holding something unde
my nose.
; He apologized f0S the suggestion h
had made and whi.h resulted in m
emerging from the situation in
worse plight than himself. No NOR
methodical fracas fol- me, thank you.
IN. Y. Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
Shivery.
or with the old,
On with the new,
It's much too cold,
For the peek-a-boo.
Detroit Free Press
Undaunted-

And now, sir" the fierce-looking pi
rates blithely informed him, I'VE are
going to maroon you on a desert is
land in mid-ocean. We calculate that
you will starve to death in just about
five days, or week at the out
SIDE"
But so far from being daunted by
their savage words, their prisoner only
smiled scornfully. He had in his in
side pocket a complete Marconi wire
less telegraph apparatus!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
DoinQ Fairly Well.

How are you getting along with
your new cook, old man."
LAS we'll as can be expected. She
doesn't like our automobile very well
and is inclined to kick because the
bath tub in her room isn't onyx, but
outside of that she's all right."-Mil.
Waukee Sentinel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
Ideals Wrecked,

THE Packsons are happily married,
aren't they?'
''Oh, no! Why, they hadn't lived
together for three weeks before she
discovered that he played a wretch
ed game of bridge"-Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
Both Comnatihle.

This Old Home Week decoration il
inconsistent In one way"
whats that?"
1T has been very energetic and vet
at the same time quite a tagging In
dustry." Baltimore American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
A Sly Hit.

Henry James," said publisher
Lives at Rye, one of England's cinq
portes, but recently he left Rye for a
time and took house in the country
near the estate of millionaire Jam
manufacturer, retired. This man, hav.
ing married an earls daughter, was
ashamed of the trade whereby he had
piled up his fortune.
The jam manufacturer. one day
wrote Mr.. James an impudent letter,
vowing that it was outrageous the
way the James servants were tres.
passing on his grounds Mr.. James
wrote back:
Dear Sir: l am very sorry to
hear that my servants have been
poaching on your preserves.
"P. S.-Excuse my mentioning
your preserves
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
Another Disaster,

You look worried. What's the mat
teri"
"Oh, we're all upset at our house.
There's been another drop in copper"
But l thought you never specu
lated"
Il don't. Our cook let the coffee pot
fall on her foot, and she has had to
go to the hospital" Record.
Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
A Failure,

Have all of your investments been
successful?"
Not all. 1t cost me $500 last sum-,
mer to send my daughter away, and
it's nearly two months now since
we've heard word from the man she
became engaged to. guess that one
was a failure, all right."-Detroit Free
Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
New Answers to Old Questions.

Applicants this comfortable
fiat?
Caretaker-Hardly. The roomc will
look even smaller when the furniture
gets in, the neighborhood is noisy. it
is a long walk to the Tube, and the
nat is always very hot in summer
and chilly in winter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
Up.to-Date Definition.

"Pa, what is blase person."
''One that has seen all the sights,
my son, and is completely rubber
tired."-Kansas City Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
The Natural inference,

Hearts are trumps.'' the maiden said,
Her cheeks were colored like the rose;
answered, as she hung her head.
THAT calls for diamonds, I suppose -
Detroit Free Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
Time to Go.

Hell could sit here and hear you
play all night
She (sarcastically) -That's Just
what I was thinking.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
Men or the Trail

Uyei that are narrowed and keen.
Cleaning meath hat hrims wide:
Cheeks that are Drowned by the sun,
'Vigor in pose and in stride;
Scant of their laughter and speech,
Swept by no impotent gale,
Vet quick unto honor's defence
These be the men Of the trail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16

Whipper-Why, my dear fellow, it's
as plain as day. Anybody of common
sense can see through it, don't you
know.
Snapper-Indeed! Who explained it
to you?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16

Paths that they follow lead far
To the heart Of the hills or the plain~
To the SHOWS that CLEAN white on the
crest,
To the horizon lost in the rain:
No aowery byways they seek;
And duty alone is their grail:
Our work, in the storm or the sun"
Murmur the men of the TRAIL
Denver Republican.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16

Mr.. Jabber-I have had such colo
that couldn't speak for four days.
Miss knock-My! How you must
have suffered!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
Just as Good.

Just as Good.
Yes, she had to sell her auto
Expenses she must curb;
Yet when she walks upon the street
Her carriage is superb.
Chicago News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16

Old Crustyboy (angrily)-Why don't
you write just as l say it?
Typist-Because my typewriter
hasn't cold in the head.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
His Sign Of Sanity.

She-They say of persons stricken
with insanity about one-third re-
cover
He-Well, / guess that's right.
don't seem to care for that Higgins
girl 1 was engaged to any more.-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-16
Endless Occupation

Endless Occupation.
The campaign speech from dav to dav
In interest is ever strong;
NO matter what one side may say,
The other side can prove it's wrong.
Washington Star.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-09

North of Logan. 1907-Total assessed
valuation, S3,50OSs0, total school popu-
lauon, 2,j66; average per capita valua-
ton sl.365
south OF Logan. 1s07--Total assessed
valuation, s2,SS5, 800 Total school pop
ulition, 2,S54; average per capita valu-
alton, 1892
The inequality is greater than one
would at first suppose. Illustrations
from a few districts will soon make
conditions plain.
Mountain Home. with q school popu-
lation OF 81 children. has S46,597 worth
of taxable property; while Young, with
school population OF 3S school chill
dren. has 800. 1876 worth of property. or
more than double the amount of prop
erty with much less school population.
Both districts have ungraded schools
Again, in Lewiston. with a school
population OF Psi schoolchildren, a s.
min tax levy will give 10 each child
sl0.9l; while in Hyde Park. with a
school population of 213 a 5-mlll tax
win give each child only S426
Petersboro has three and one.talf
times as much property as Stephenson
Petersboro schools 80 children; Stephen
sen schools 96. Newton gets more than
twice as much money per capital with
the same tax levy as Hyr1im: Tren-
ton more than three times as much as
smithfeld; Benson nearly twice as
much as Covevilla; Greenville two and
one-fourth times as much as Para
disc.
In the matter OF tax levy: in the past
six years the time that free text books
have been In use; Avon has levied in
six years 10 mills, Charleston 1877, Hyde
Park. 70. Richmond 80, Smithfeld as.
Trenton 21l9, Wellsville 1913, Mendon &c,
College 55la. in six years; Young 16,k.
in five years; Hyrum AN, Millvilie SO.
We find also that the amount of tax
able property per capita school popu-
lation south of Logan is Sl.365, while /,
IS only $3.50 per capita school population
north OF Logan
We consider these conditions to be
unjust as to the taxpayers and school
children of the county and intend
to remedy such conditions either
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-09
SHOCKING SAW
MILL FATALITY
Boiler ESpIodes With Awful Re-
SuIts-0ne Man Killed, Two
Severely Injured.
DISASTER AT C0L0NIA GARCIA
Engineer George TTiey loses Life;
5. c. o'Donnal and Grin Earns-
worth Badly Injured.
sneelal corrcsnondnnco.

special Correspondence.
Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua, Mexico.
March 2.Nevor in its history has this
village suffered such disaster as nov
casts its gloom over this usually peace
ful valley. One man lies dead ana
iWo others are desperately wounded as
result OF boiler explosion which
occurred about 1890 this morning ,t
the sawmill about half u mile south of
town
Inc min was running as usual, and
appeared TO be in good condition lust
previous to the explosion. The sawyer.
ratchet tender and englneSr. were en-
gagged IN rolling logs down TO the car
rage when one of the other hands
noticed that the steam gage registered
an unusually high pressure He Inn
nedlately called the engineer, who at
once went to Investigate tho matter
II is supposed that he started the in
lector for instantly there was load
detonation, cloud Of ashes steam,
and flying missiles i'll tho Air. aud tho
deed was done
The huge boiler was torn from It's
lasteiings and hurled Bodily over tho
iogway. distance of fully co feet 5
{. OIponnal, the ratchet tender. who
was rolling on one of the logs, was hit
by the rolling boiler and crushed. with
t'iiApit illluIIeS. Inc uNlng boiler
barely missed the sawyer, Il b, Farms
worth. who was at the other end of
the log. David Foltz and Grin
Farnsworth were standing about 10
feet from the front and slightly TO one
side of the boiler when the explosion
came Both We're laid low by the
shock. and Farnsworth was severely
scalded by the steam, his face and
chest, in particular, being badly burned.
Help arrived in the course of "a half
hour and the injured ones received
every attention that loving sympathy
could suggest
The body Of George Turley, the ell
gineer, was thrown u distance of about
80 feet, and was shockingly mangled.
the whole top part of the head having
been blown away, and almost every
bone in his body broken. A grief
stricken wife and child survive the un-
fortunate man, who was a loving hus-
band and father and a. stanch Lat
freddy Saint. He was in his thirtieth
year. and has resided in this COM
munlty almost from the first settle
ment.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-09

through county consolidation. or chang
ing the boundary Of the school districts
of the county.
Csignedl A. N. IsRAELSBN.
j. G. KNOWLES,
GEORGE GODFREY.
County Commissioners.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Tho following persons have procured
license to we'd
Farley Pratt Bingham Jr.. and Susan
f. ain. both Of Smithfield
Wallace Olsen and Mamie Cottle, both
of Franklin.
John SETTLER and Marie Glauser both
of Logan.
Fred l.. Petersen and Emma Rob
bins, both of Logan
FUNERAL SERVICES
John Sorensen, Who died Tuesday
last was buried from the Sixth ward
westinghouse yesterday at ! o'clock.
Those who spoke eulogizing the deceased
as an honest man, were II. A. Pedel-
sen, Oliver Skanchy, Bishop Anton An
dersen, John A. Henderson. Aren't john
son and Bishop A. l.. Skanchy.
Friday evening a daughter was born
to Mr. and Mrs. NJ. j. Ballard.
DIR. Kingsbury. president of the state
university, spoke before the students
of the b. Y. college Friday evening
upon Opportunities.
COMIC OPERA "PRtNCEsS IDA"
Princess Ida" the comic opera by
Gilbert and sullivan. viii he presented
at the opera house Saturday evening.
March IL, by the music department of
the Brigham eYouns college. Director
w. O. Robinson hos had In training the
past two months about 40 students and
for amateur work II is expected that a
good performance will be given Those
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-09
VERNAL
Death of Ward r.. Pack and Mrs. Chas.
\. Perry Much Iamentcd.
snecinl Correapondenee.

Special Correspondence.
Vernal Uintah Co.. March 5,-rha
death OF Mr.. Ward T. Pack at the
j.. ID. $. hospital has cast gloom
over the people Of Nernal Mr.. Pack
was verv well known in northeastern
Utah and wherever he was known ne
was loved Mrs. Pack went to salt
Lake to bring the remains to Nelnh
where the funeral ana interment Will
take place.
There have been several deaths In
Veina the past week.
Little owen Siddoway the I-year-old
son of Mr.. and MIS- William II. sid
doway. died Sunday. March l, OF
heart trouble and dropsy, following a
long spell of rheumatism.
Mr. and Mrs Dee Workman lost
their little babe from measles. The ia
ther was away from home but arrived
in time for the funeral which was
held Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Sabey lost
their little year and a half old boy, also
from measles.
Mrs. Aseneth MeNina Duncan. vile
of Mr. Charles A. Perry, died March
2, at her home in Cfiues ward, her
little two weeks old baby girl died
the day previous, The mother seemed
TO be doing well when blood poisoning
set in and she soon succumbed TO It's
dread hold Deceased was born at
Cedar city in May. 1873, and was mar
ried to Charles \. Perry in the Salt
Lake temple in 1898. Nine children
have blessed their union. seven boys
and one girl survive the mother. The
family moved to Vernal a year ago
last August from F'erron, Emery coun-
ty. Utah. They are highly respected
in the community whore they now
reside. Several members of the family
from Emery county have arrived to at
tend the funeral, which will be held
Friday the 9Th.
The sypathy of the entire community
goes cut to Mr.. Perry, his children and
the loved ones in their irreparable
loss
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-09
MOUNT PLEASANT.
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION WORK
Quarterly MISUNDERSTANDING of
Miss King and Hyrum Myrlck.

Special Correspondence.
Mt. Pleasant March 7.--Yeeterday
afternoon the university extension
work. under the direction of Prof.
Levi Edgar Young of the University
OF Utah. was begun. A class OF 10
was organized. members coming from
the public school teachers of Mt.
Pie GGant, FairYiew, Milburn. Fountain
Green, Ephraim and Spring City.
The quarterly conference OF the
north. Sanpete stake commenced Sat
urday. Marrh at 10 "A, IN. The
meetings were we'll attended. consid-
ering the bad roads and weather. The
scuthhound train was some hours
late az a consequences Of which Priest.
a. "A. Lund and Elder O. T. Whitney
were delayed until 3 ocock
James and Fred Fechser have come
home to the sick bed OF their father.
john r. Fechser, who is seriously i'll.
on Tuesday of this week, Hyrum
Myrlcil and Dora King. both OF Mt.
Pleasant We're married at Manti