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The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
The Difference.

Maudie-Jim, dear, what is the diff
ference between two millionaires, two
pianos and two glue pots?
Jim-Oh, yes. If l say l don't know
you'll say I'd be a fine chap to send out
to buy a millionaire, or a glue pot.
Maudie with a merry laugh-No,
Jim, that's quite wrong.
Jim-Well, l give it up.
Maudie-Two millionaires can play
two pianos, and two pianos can play
two million airs
Jim (interrupting)-So a one
when you get to work on it.
Maudie-Jim! (Pause.)
Jim-Well, and what about the glue
pots?
Maudie Tin a temper)-That's where
you stick.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

When summer time is really hero
Then comes the sure 'nough fun"
For boys and girls can get outdoors
And shout and skip and run.
No n to say to them: "Sh-sh-sh!"
If they do mak a noise.
Oh, it is hard to play indoors,
Especially for the boys.
But out of doors. meath summer skies,
Gay youth may have it's sway,
And run and shout till they are hoarse
Throughout the livelong day.
Up hill. down dale, they gayly roam,
With only fun in view.
And how they'll MOURN when summertim
Has all been gotten through.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
A STAR OF STARS.
New Grouping of the Stars in the
United States Flag.

Some time ago a representative Of
congress (Mr. Shaforth) proposed a
new arrangement of the white stars in
which he considered would be more
symmetrical and emblematic of the
formation of the union than the pres
ent straight-line method. A bill of
congress on this subject was intro
duced by him. He describes the OBJ
ject as follows:
The original Is states are formed in
the shape of a large circle of 13 stars.
The balance of the states are repre-
scented within this circle by a series
of smaller stars, arranged in the shape
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

Commander Peary carries at the
mainmast of the steamer Roosevelt
the flag which has been with him on
other expeditions and which marked
the spot "farthest north" reached by
the officer in his previous trip toward
the pole. The flag has patches mark
ing places where pieces were ~aken
out to be left with a record at various
points in the polar regions. If the flag
shall actually be hoisted at the north
pole and be brought back to the
United States the ensign will have a
history ranking it among the most not
able of existing star-spangled banners.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
New Plan Helps Aliens to Get Work

to which aliens and others have been
distributed and the number to each
state: Alabama, 3; Connecticut, z:
Delaware, /; Georgia, %; Illinois, 90;
Indiana, 1; Iowa, 81; Kansas, s.; Ken
lucky, IS; Maryland, 10; Massachu-
sets. 2; Michigan, IS; Minnesota. 90;
Mississippi, 10; Missouri, 8; Montana,
2; Nebraska, 8; New Jersey, Il; New
York. ISL; North Carolina. 2; North
Dakota, 8; Ohio, 10; Oklahoma, 35;
Pennsylvania, 55: South Carolina, %;
South Dakota, /; Texas, 4; Vermont,
227; Virginia, Z; West Virginia, /;
Wisconsin, s..
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
THE ROBBERS" GENEROSITY.
How They Secretly Helped Billy to
Go to the Picnic.

Say, Billy, l 'preciate ever SO much
your gettin' me in the band O. Rob
bers!'"
Jaw, don't mention it." replied the
valiant captain of the "Robbers;"
you're too decent a Teller to be kept
out of it,"
But although Billy Mumford dis
dained to accept thanks, he was in
wardly much pleased with the graft
tude Of Artie Cronan, latest recruit of
The Bloody Robbers" Searching care
fully in his pocket, he dug forth a
rusty copper. This he proceeded to
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

invest at Todd's grocery store, after
which he and Artie shared the suck
er" which represented the purchase.
Are you goin' to the picnic?" asked
Billy, when. under the influence of the
Sucker" perfect relations had been
established.
Little Artie shook his head sorrow
fully. I'm afraid not" said he. Ma
says if l pick enough ~blackberries to
pay my way l can go; but I'll never
have enough money in time"
For a long time Capt. Billy remained
in the deepest of thought. Finally he
said:
"Artie, I'm goin' to tell you a secret.
On the edge of Mobiles wood, not far
from the stonepile, there's a big tree,
There are blackberry bushes all round,
an these berries grow SO loose that
when the wind blows real smart
they're blown off and carried under
this tree. I've often found piles and
piles of 'em. They're all cleaned out
now, but if you go there on Wednes-
day afternoon l think you'll find a lot"
Here Bill observed that important
business necessitated his presence
elsewhere, SO he and Artie parted.
Arties was greatly excited over Bill
ly's information. Suspecting no plot,
the little chap decided to take Billy's
ADVICE, so that on the following after
Don he tramped to the woods, with a
big bucket under his arm.
Sure enough. there were any number
of berries! And the fact that they
were in buckets didn't seem to impress
Artie. Joyfully he filled his pail and
fastened home to market them.
Meanwhile, Billy and the other Rob
bers," who had generously filled the
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
Wise Rats

The depreciation of rats in his
chicken yard caused Harry A. Lehr Of
York, Pa, to spread rat poison be-
meath the floor of his chicken coop.
Instead Of eating the poison the ats
removed it to different parts Of the
yard. The next morning it was eaten
by the fowls, as a result of which Mr..
Lehr's flock of chickens is largely de-
creased.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
liqht on Ancient History.

Prof. .Schiaparelli, the head OF the
Italian expedition in Egypt. is making
Roadway in his Investigations of the
metropolis of Azint. Some 200 Egyp-
tians are at work and a great number
of funeral objects are being constantly
brought to light, besides many inscrip-
tons which are of great interest in
connection with the early Egyptian
history. In each burying place the
explorers have found an efigy of the
defunct carved in wood.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
A bill making bomb-throwinp wben

A bill making mountaineering, when
human life is imperiled, punishable by
death has passed the Louisiana house
and is expected to go through the SEN
ate. The frequency of outrages of the
kind at which the act is aimed affords
what is regarded as justification for
such legislation. There can be no doubt
that there is a growing tendency to
punish with greater severity the in
human and cowardly crime of bomb
throwing, remarks the Troy IN. "
Times, and an increased determination
to stamp out the reckless use of high
explosives for illegal purposes
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

And now the provisions of the pure
food law are to be stringenuy applied
to patent medicines, and hereafter
catarrh cures will have to cure catarrh,
and corn removers will be required to
remove. To be sure, it requires a
violent stretch of the imagination to
put catarrh foods under the heading
food.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
THE THREE PATHWAYS.
Look This Over and See If You Can
Tell How 1t Was Done.

The owner of three houses, mum
bered 1, g. and 8 in the drawing, and
situated as shown, had a fence
erected to inclose them. In the fence
he made three exits, numbered 1, 2
and 3. He constructed walks from the
houses to the gates, SO that the people
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

who lived in house No. 1 used No. /
gate, those in house No. 2 used No. 2
gate, and those who lived in house No.
8 used No. 8 gate. The walks neither
crossed one another nor interfered in
any way. Show by a drawing how the
walks were laid from the houses to the
gates.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

Robert Sewell of Stidham. a Creek
Indian, is one of the most widely trav-
eled men in Oklahoma, having been in
England and on the continent of Eu-
rope, besides having claimed a resi-
dence in both South America and
Australia.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

1t is estimated that the sum of S12,-
O00,00O was spent for Fourth of July
fireworks and explosives this year.
The average cost of deaths in cele-
brating the Fourth probably is about
the same as in a regular battle.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
Two Little Mothers.

Pm just as worried al / can be
About my dollie," said little Marie.
81 think she's a fever, her cheeks are red.
And that's a sure sign. the doctor said"
See my poor dolly, she's very sick. too;
1 think she's the sicker," said jamie
Lou.
mo, mine," said little Marie. lis the
worst,
Because I thought up this play at first"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

British su~ffragettes seem to have
mastered the rule of practical poll
tics that anyone who wants anything
must not let false scruples or modesty
or courtesy stand in the way of asking
for it in a peremptory tone of voice.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

The announcement that just to pre-
pare the plans for New York's O
posed 62-story sky-scraper took the
time and labor of $50 men for six
months and will cost at least $3.50, 900
will make Chicago feel ever worse
than she did before.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

A Minnesota woman having been di-
vorced five times, is forbidden to
marry. She has probably made up
her mind by this time, without the law
stepping in to break her of the habit.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

buckets and placed them under the
tree. were filled with delight at the
success of their plan.
But Artie's a nice fellow, an he de-
serves to go to the picnic as much as
any of u.s." declared Capt. Billy.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

Prince Helie %nnounce that his
bride will have an income of $3.50, 900
a year, which he thinks will be enough
for them to get along on. He must in
wait
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

An old-time spelling bee was held
at the Carnegie hall, in Bryan, Tex,
between the Ladies' Aid society of the
Baptist church and the Home Mission
society of the Methodist church.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

An English doctor declares that ex-
tremely warm weather is good for hui
man beings. We have always been
willing to concede that it was good
for those in the ice business.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

AS long as the Cambridge, England,
oarsmen have declined to row, the
Harvard boys will always have the sat
isfaction of thinking that they might
have beaten them.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

Why can't we have a society com
posed of gentlemen who have posi-
lively declined to permit themselves
to be nominated for the vice-presi-
dency?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

G%uanajuato holds the worlds record
AS a silver producer, having yielded
81, 600, 000, 900 Mexican in the last
three and a half centuries.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

We don't hear much lately about
idle freight cars. Most of them are
getting busy. Georgia, for instance,
needs 1000 cars to move her peach
crop.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

According to Mitchells Newspaper
Press Directory there are now pub
lished in the United Kingdom alone no
fewer than 1883 newspapers.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

Some day some playwright may
write a play in which there will be a
college boy who is not crazy. But
what will be the use?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
Better Than WRITING Poetry.

Literary work is all right. but the
surest way to make your name a
household word is to advertise extern
sively.-Somerville Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

England would no doubt gladly
trade her pugnacious su~ffragettes
for the Mexican revolutionists and pay
q handsome boot"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

How could so many motion picture
shows be running if prosperity had not
returned?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

Boats engaged in mackerel fishing
eff Milford, England, have landed as
many as 80, 1000 fish, and 100 fish have
been sold for a shilling.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

Amusing how the "Have-you-any-
work." fellows keep away from the
wheat belt.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

The money-making machines princi-
pal merit is to land a few undesirable
citizens in the ~penitentiary.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
A Elirt.

A firt is a rose from which every
lover plucks a leaf-the thorns being
reserved for her Observation-Disclosures.
ter Union.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14

II everybody living got his rights.
would ANYTHING be left?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
Mil. Closes. lack 0f.loQs.

The big mill of the Virginia Lum-
Der Company was closed down Sat-
urday night, the log supply in Sill
ser, lake haviug, been exhausted and
+he company not daring to put the
steam loader to work in the woods
through fear of fires.
Shipments have since commenced
and it is proba BILE the mill will re-
open the first of.the week. The old
mill of the company also under
goes extensive repairs, and both
mills swill,be Eunning double shift
after about October lst. This will
mean winter employment to several
hundred men in the local mills
throughout the winter months, and
an army of sturdy woodsmen who
will each their time. .checks in Vir-
E&inia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
N. E. Church Dedication Services.

At the NJ. E. Church on Sunday
morning next, at 1890 o'clock, Dis
trict Superintendent +. c. Clemans,
of Duluth, will preach and dedicate
the church at this service.
Rev. Clemans will also preach at
the evening service, at 7:O O'Clock.
The choir is preparing special
program of music for these services.
Everybody is cordially invited 10
come and enjoy the day.
DR.. Clemans will lecture at the
church Saturday evening. Subject,
"Every Man His Own Paradise y
Admission, % cents.
F. G. CLARK, Pastor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
ADAMS ASKS FOR RECOUNT
Of Ballots Cast for Republican Nomi-
nee for County Attorney,

Chas. E. Adams, through his at
torneys, Washburn, Bailey & Mitch
ell, yesterday filed an affidavit in
which he contests the nomination
of John II. Norton for county attor-
ney of St. Louis county. Mr.. Adams
petitioned the court. in view of the
startling allegations in the af1idav-
it, that Mr.. Norton and County Aud
itor Halden appear in court and
show cause why HE name should
not appear upon the official ballot
in the November election.
Judge Dibell, after hearing the
petition and affidavit, set a hearing
for tomorrow, Saturday morning,
at $50 O'Clock.
Among other matters recited in
his petition Mr.. Adams alleges that
the returning board showed him a
total OF 6,957 votes as against 6,962
for his opponent; that in the First
precinct of Chisholm the election
booth was not opened until between
9 and 10 O'clock on election day by
two volunteers, who tailed to take
the required oath of Office; that
when the polls closed in this pre-
cinct the judges failed to make any
return or keep any record of the
votes cast during the day. The afi-
davit goes on to state that a mes
senger was sent to Chisholm on
September 18 and a man claiming
to be one of the judges carried the
papers about the town, getting sig
natures, and that return of 13l for
Norton and 60 for Adams was made
to and accepted by the board of
canvassers.
The affidavit sets forth the fur.
ther belief that a recount will show
change in the vote in favor of
Adams in the remaining precincts
of Chisholm, and in various pre-
cincts of Duluth, township of Stunz,
city of Virginia, city of Eveleth, and
other specified precincts through
out the county.
Mr.. Adams will file another peti-
tion today and give bonds to have
three Judges appointed to make the
recount
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
CITY WILL INSTALL FIRE ENGINE
viii Also Purchase. Hook and ladder
TruCk and Pot IN City Scales,

The city council at it's session
Tuesday evening passed a resolu-
tion instructing the city clerk to ad-
vertise for bids for first size steam
er fire engine, with capacity of 800
gallons per minute, also to adver-
tise for a combination hook and
ladder and chemical truck. The
proposition of the Northern Fire
Apparatus Company for the ex.
change of the old chemical engine
for new combination hose sleigh
was accepted and endorsed by the
council.
w. G. Buck, special salesman of
the Fairbanks-Morse Company, was
present at the meeting and gave the
council acceptable information rel
ative to the proper scale to be in
stalled by the city, suggesting a
counterpart of the scales recently
installed at Eveleth. The council
definitely decided to install scales
at once, the rear of the city hall
building being practically agreed
upon as site, and the clerk author
lied to advertise for bids for same
John Perras made application for
appointment as member of the
fire department, and Frank Grace
made application: as teamster on
the hook and ladder truck. Both
these applications were referred to
the chief engineer of the fire depart
ment.
Property owners and residents at
and near the corner of Wyoming
and Sage petitiored for the install
lation of an arc light at that point,
the petition being referred to COM
mittee.
Applications for walks were sub
mitted by residents of Anderson's
Addition, and for change of walk
and boulevarding on the north side
of Oak between Mesaba and Rail-
road avenues, same being referred
to committee on streets, alleys and
sewers for report at next meeting.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
The New -Spacta.

A crew of fifteen men on Wednes-
day commenced clearing the site of
the new Sparta-a forty adjoining
the Gilbert townsite-and it is ex
pected that within thirty days the
cite will be cleared and ready for
settlement.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
SOAK the COILS TWO STRAiGHTS
'ssed,'s ''che"es" Are Easy osea
for v'tsA9ts.3 9t.3 l||!S,s1'urd"y IN, . !! q aaR
and Sunday; Co..,

' 81
Brady's "chss.ss lame over
from Hibbst.,.1 s.e.aay for two
Igamess-01.e Care>'- miners,
and ome Saturday evening
justly cfestfaIlen, having been let
down in both games.
In the Friday game Schanze was
on the hill for Virginia aud threw a
winning game throughout. pitch.
ing himself out of couple OF tight
places aud also assisting materially
with good stick work in winning
his own game, the score at the close
being to 0 in Virginia's favor. But
two base hits were made off Schanze,
while Sage was pounded for but
three hits for the game, the exhibi-
tion throughout being the tinest on
the grounds for the season.
In Saturdays game Graham did
the twirling for the locals, while
Gilaigan posed for the visitors. To
the 9th sthe scoee sstood 3 to 0 in
|ViIKinia's favor, but in that inning
the .visitors got to Graham for a
number of hard ones, a long drive
questionably near the light foul
line letting in three aud Hibbing
scoring for the inning: Virginia
made good in the succeeding in,
ming by adding three to her record,
keeping her lead to the end.
In these games the Hibbing team
was bolstered up by number Of
league players imported for the oc.
casion, including ST Bennett, the
famous bunter of the Butte, Mon
tana, team, Brookins of Fargo, aud
Newt Randall, whose dad raises
horses aud ball-players and who
belongs to the Boston Nationals.
The Virginia team showed it's regu-
lar staff throughout, O'Hayer and
Olson again getting into the game
after being laid up for repairs dur.
ing the previous series.
The games closed the contest for
the range championship, and shows
Virginia as undeniably entitled to
all the attendant honors. In total
OF 23 games between the teams for
the season Virginia won IA against
9 won by Hibbing, while Eveleth
has not been in the running with
either Virginia or Hibbiog at any
Stage.
We shall therefore expect to see
the championship loving cup put
up by Landlord Healey of the Hib.
hing Hotel find a place of honor IN
| this city for the winter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
SAINTS ARE EASY FOR VIRGINIA.
Win Oae Game Out of Series Of F0ur,
Sundays Exhibition Beinq q lie.

Sundays Exhibition Being q lie.
The St. Paul team of the Aa,esi-,
can Association came up on the
range Saturday evening to give the
boys of the backwoods a few point.
ers on the great national game, but
they left yesterday morning tor
Hibbing crestfallen crew, playing
one tie game, losing two and win.
ing the iast game Of the series.
The Sunday game was an exhibi.
ton of good ball, twelve innings
being played when the game was
called on account of darkness, the
score remaining 6 to for the last
five innings.
Mondays game was "pie" tor the
locals, as evidenced by the score of
10 to l, while the Tuesday game was
almost as easy, the visitors not
knowing what the home plate look
ed like until the seventh, when they
crossed the sack for three. In the
meantime Virginia had piled up a
half dozen-and forgot to lose
any of them.
The Wednesday game was com.
pIete turn of affairs, St. Paul pick
ing up the trayed ends in the
seventh, making three In that in
ming, two in the eighth and one in
the ninth, while Virginia, stood still
the last of the game with three to
her credit acquired in the first and
fifth.
The St. Paul boys went from here
to Hibbing, where they will play
Brady's Colts a series of four games
but unless they show better form
than in Virginia we should advise
the manager to cease his barn
storming tour, or take in the
smaller towns of his route as
mapped.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
ljAMll ION TAKEN BACK 10 MICHIGAN
10 -faoe CHARGE OF Sending lnternsl
Machine to Sheriff Of noughton

George E. Hamilton, who erst.
while resided in this city and posed
as a contractor and builder but who
was arrested in Hibbing some time
ago and held withont bail in the
Duluth Jail on charge of counter.
feiting, is seemingly up against a
more serious charge which bids
fair to hold him for time it being
the sending of an internal machine
to Sheriff Beck of Houghton coun
ty,. Michigan, some nonths ago.
As to what evidence has been ad-
duced in the matter is not known,
but it is known that Pinkerton men
have been constantly in the city
and on the Hamilton scent ever
since his arrest, and that they have
been able to produce damaging ev-
ideuce against him is shown by the
fact that Governor Johnson was on
Monday induced to sign requisi-
tion papers for his removal to Mich
igan for trial, aud he was returned
to Houghton the following day, in
charge of Chief of Police Veitsch
and Sheriff Beck, the man whose
life he is charged with having at
tempted.
The charge on which Hamilton
will be tried in Michigan is punish
able by lite imprisonment, and if
convicted of the otfense charged it
is unlikely he will be shown any
quarter.
At a previous time he was an in
mate of the Houghion Jail ON for
gerry charge, and made his escape
by means Of file and saw said to
have been smuggaed to him in a
cake seat to the Jail by his wife,
who with her children now lives q
ehort distance north of this city.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
STUDY Club ProQram.

The Study Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Lafayette Bliss on
Friday next, October 2, the pro
gram for the meeting being as fol-
lows:
Roll call.
Short Stories of Webster.
Webster's Youth and Character
Mrs. Hannaford.
Massachusetts, Convention and
Plymouth OratiOn-Mrs. Bliss.
The Tercentinary of Quebec-Mrs.
D. B. Mcdonald.
MRS. w. IS. HANNAFORD,
Secretary.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
LOSES, EinC6RS m ExPi iOSiON
Peter Larson Seriously injured While
Working Flashliqht Machine.

Through the explosion OF a flash.
light machine while he was carry
ing the same Peter Larson, who
conducts photograph gallery on
the vacant lot opposite the Enter
prise Block, sustained the loss of
the little finger and its nearest COM
panion on the lett hand Monday
afternoon, while the middle finger
may also havs to be amputated, the
explosion also injuring Larson in
the face and abdomen.
The injured man at once ran to
the sLenont Hospital, wherr his
wounds were dressed and wh~,r v.
cry effort is being made to save IT,"
use of the thumb and remaining
fingers of the hand.
The explosion was of such force
40 to be plainly felt for two or three
blocks, and that Larson wae not
more, seriously Injured by flying
glass and pieces of the machine is
cause for wonderment.