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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

ID REPRESENTATIVE EZEKIEL SAM.
II UEL GAMBLER of Mississippi Is
one of the most retiring and unob-
trusive members of the lower house of
the national legislature. Representa-
tive Gambler is more generally known
as "Tombigbee" Gambler because once
more than year ago, he begged the
house not to forget that majestic
stream, the Tombigbee river Of Mis-
sissippi in its river and harbor appro-
priation bill.
Mr.. Gambler. according to the con.
gressional directory, was for nine
years moderator of the Tishomingo
Baptist association Of Mississippi
Therefore, since his appearance in the
halls of congress in 1901 Mr.. Gambler
has eschewed the theater. That form
of amusement was against the tenets
of his faith. Mr.. Gambler, however, is
an exponent of the under-canvas
drama. He likes the circus.
Recently the death-defyinR. sonI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
NEW YoRK.-when Ellis Hart, night

NEW YORK.-When Ellis Hart, night
~ Waterman. heard an awful racket
upstairs in the lead pipe storehou at
451 West One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street. just before daylight re-
Gently, he was scared badly. There
was clashing of metal, humping,
scratching and holloaing, and, with
great presence of mind, Hart realized
that 1t would be silly to go up to the
third floor all alone and try to make
so many and such bold rufflans go
away.
Anyone who could heave heavy
lengths Of lead pipe around that way
was a match for the regular police,
man to man. Hart was sure, and be-
sides he counted the distinct and sep.
arate footsteps Of at least a dozen of
the strapping fellows. Warily he tip
toed to the telephone In the Office and
stealthily he called up the nearest
police station.
"Burglars!' he whispered to Lieu
tenant Miller. Plenty of them. Send
around the reserves and a wagon or
two"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
WITH summer at hand, the Supreme
W court of the United States was

WITH summer at hand, the Supreme
w court Of the United States was
asked a few days ago to adjudicate q
case involving so cans Of eggs. Nearly
five months ago the United States dis
trict court for the southern district of
Illinois decided that the eggs were not
just the thing for human consumption
and directed it's marshal totally to
destroy them" The Supreme court
was asked to pass on jurisdictional
questions, but the eggs themselves
were not brought into court, as the
marshal may have performed his duty
These eggs came into existence
probably some time In the early part
of 190S-long enough ago to have per-
mitted their strutting around the barn.
yard by this time with chicks of their
own at their sides.
They made their way to the Hippo
lite Egg company of st. Louis, Mo.
There the shells were stripped from
them and Plymouth Rocks and Leg
horns were as one in tive~gallon cans.
They were preserved in boric acid.
When they were shipped to Thomas
Clarke, bakers, at Peoria, ILL.,, In
the fall of 1909, the government OBJ
;ained an order tn seize them. The
:o:,rt held that the boric acid was q
delete: icrs Ingredient
The ess company asked the ST.
creme court to dispose Of the case
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

w AsH1NGTON.-The millionaires
W of the senate have been pleading
ly requested by young country girl
OF Virginia to donate their aggregated
income for "a hours in order that she
may be enabled to acquire such an
education as will qualify her for the
procession Of teaching school. She
feels that this would not in the least
impoverish them, while it would en-
rich her beyond hopes desire.
The ambitious girl VINO has made
this unusual appeal resides at Volney,
Va. She rescribes herself as being
fifteen years old and earnestly seek
Ing to better her condition and pro-
vide some means by which she can
become self-supporting. Her COM
munication is entirely frank and fear
less and the writer Is apparently con.
WINGED that a favorable reply will
come along at no distant date.
The little Virginia lass simply ad-
dressed her. letter: 1.-THE Senate
Messrs.." and then branches right out
with her request, merely prefacing it
with the announcement that she un-
derstands the senate is chiefly COM
posed OF millionaires, who would
never miss the trifling assistance she
requires. And then comes the direct
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

conditions
is practically 1t
floating
Imagine for instance that hostile fleet anchored
Florida Before
would
Each is able o bom
Bombs the South African
nothing deadly The missiles
target a vessel with precision.
Foreign experiments carried
dropped
During the height They
painted
could discern the mosqutoe
into action the aeroplanes
lions spending
1t inevitable"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
Dobbin Falls Off the Water Waqon''

dropped, and M circus horse ever was
guilty Of the fancy steps which Dob
bin executed on Clark street
Pedestrians stopped in amazement.
and those who had seen the wine and
knew the cause of Dobbin's hilarity
gathered In crowd to encourage and
applaud. A policeman took Dobbin in
tow and Strengthened him out as best
he could until Britten was summoned.
Dobbin could not be annoyed by any
more work and Britten was compelled
to lead his steed slowly and painfully
home.
The aforesaid Dobbin was sorry the
next morning. ill
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

Certainly liberal ideas are spread.
ing. The prince of Monaco, hitherto
the absolute ruler of his tiny kingdom,
has granted parliament to his peo-
pie. Apparently he is satisfied with
any form of government so long as
the great gambling business at Monte
Carlo, from which the royal income is
derived, suffers no interference.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
Giving In.

The man who gives in when he in
wrong is wise; the man who gives in
when he is right is generally married.
Life. Us:
Would Train Boys to Serve Country.
The London Lancet would welcome
comprehensive scheme by which, for
instance. boy. leaving school at about
fifteen years. might pass through .post
Office or messenger work for three or
four years; then enter the arm1.for
nYe or SIX years Or more: then spsss
{ to, the police.s post oa1ce. ssailxay or
other permanent employment
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
5 Your Mind Triangle or Circle?

EVERY human being has not only
a personal smell but also should Sc
lect an individual perfume, an individ
ual color and an individual flower.
Certain people should require Ger.
tain colors," continued the odorologist,
earnestly, "and you cannot bring
about certain moods in yourself or
drive others away by changing your
gown to one of another shade"
"Oh. yes, they d." afhrmed the ex-
ponent of odorology. Each individ.
ual has q personal odor which Is
strongest in moments Of great hap
piness or great anger.
II suppose you know" added Mrs.
Rique carelessly, that women's. fash
ions. If you admire them properly.
prophesy events. For instance when
saw the shop windows full Of plaids
in 1895 I said: 'Plaids mean war.
This country is going to have a war;
my friends laughed at me. The
United States will never have anoth
er war; they said. ,..
"We: shall see,' answered. 70
man pla1ds mean war, and from the
amount of yellow in the plaids I
should say our war would be with
SPAIN
Then there was the woman's craze
for purple. Purple means power and
penance. 1t stood for the power of
the monopolies and the penance
Roosevelt would make them do"
'Well, what do the 'Chantecler' hats
propose?" was asked.
"Aeroplanes, of course" exclaimed
Mr.. Rique, triumphantly 1.-THE COM
plete triumph of aeronautics.
And the big hats women are wear
ing now mean burdens, mean drudg-
cry. mean suffrage. self-support. all
the things they are clamoring for.
Oh, yes. all those things are coming.
Whether or not we like them when
we get them is another story
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

An announcement from the British
foreign Office is to the effect that
China has granted a concession under
the terms of which an American-Epg.
lish syndicate will finance the Chin
Chow and Aigun railroad. This line
will run through a part of Manchuria,
and the concession represents the sue
cessful negotiations with which our
government has been connected. In
fact it indicates acquiescence in the
propositions of Secretary of State
Knox looking to the fair recognition
of American interests in that quar-.
ter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

WHEN Champ Clark was making
W the speech which "riled" Cannon,
so that the speaker retorted with
more or less ferocity. Clark gave his
hearers glimpse of his own boyhood.
when I was a lad, hoeing corn in
Kentucky, made up my mind to be
lawyer and to come to this con-
gress," he said. II had never even
seen courthouse. I had no idea
what congress was like. But 1 made
good on both propositions. like the
place. If the salary were cut to $4,000
a year would still want to be here.
If it were cut to $4,000 year would
still want to bere. If it were cut to
nothing would still want to be here,
provided I had sufficient bank &C.
count"
And it is said that the bank &C.
count Of the man who, as a boy, hoed
Kentucky corn, Is just about big
enough to enable him to indulge in
the luxury of sitting in an unsalaried
congress.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
Girl Asks Senators for Days income

statement that their income for "a
hours would never be needed. but
would be amply sufficient for the ad-
dftional education necessary to make
her a teacher.
The hope was expressed that early
attention will be given her letter and
that there will be no objection to COM
plying with her wishes.
But, alas. for the little daughter of
the old commonwealth! No million
aire senator win ever see her neatly
written. dramatically arranged and
utterly frank letter. It was opened
by busy and unsentimental secre-
tary. tossed into the files Of the sem
ate," and only dust and darkness and
disappointment will ever know its con-
tents.
Every once In a while members Of
congress get mighty funny letters.
Representative Griest of Pennsylvania
got one the other day. which is unique
in epistolary correspondence. His con-
stituency has, for one branch of it,
lot OF Mennonites, and they are prac'
tically against all demonstration of at.
lection.
One sentence in the letter read, For
Gods sake, fight this everlasting kiss
ing. Put a stop to the dirty. filthy.
sloppy habit" and the writer goes on
to state that he thinks the habit of
prom1scuous kissing prevalent among
both men and women should have an
end put to it.
Representative Griest declares that
the kissers need not fear him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

An English novelist Is in this coun-
try to study the women. The Amer
lean woman just now seems to be the
most interesting topic Of civilized Gre
alton. Still, there is no need to be
going to outside writer's for full un.
derstanding of her. It takes the ma
tive American to appreciate her full
worth.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

The archaeological drama to be
given by Wisconsin girl students in
which bacilli and germs will be per-
scnified on the stage goes the Chan
tecler barnyard drama one better.
There will be curiosity to discover
which particular microbe will have
the leading role.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

Lord Kitchener, England's big gen.
eral, knows what good soldering is.
and having seen West Point he gives
high praise to the military academy
as one of the best of training schools.
And American history shows his judg-
ment Is correct.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

New York city continues to 60 up in
the air. The plan for a new 38-story
building means a notable addition to
the finest collection of sky-scrapers in
the world,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

In London police magistrate de-
cides that 1t is proper when a woman
insists on wearing big hat in the
theater to put her out. The issue is
out Of date in New York The lady
takes her hat off, over here, rather
than put her neighbor out.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
CURTISS ON AN AERIAL WAR

The next time two nations are at war-it is
TO be hoped there will be no next time-airships
Will swarm like deadly insects over the old-fash.
Toned navies. dropping their terrible poison in the
shape OF picrc acid bombs before the unwieldy
men-of-war are able to retaliate
This is the idea Of Glenn H. Curtiss, aviator
who says the huge battleship Florida recently
launched. and other Dreadnaughts will be useless
In battle with an aerial fleet
More than 1000 aeroplanes can be launched
for the price of single battleship" he adds
II was much interested in the launching Of the
Florida. l heartily subscribe to the preparations
we are making to defend our country from all
aggression. But l do not believe that we are
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

Prince Victor Napoleon will, it is
announced, renounce his pretension
to the throne Of France. Prince Vic.
tor is about to marry daughter Of
the late King Leopold of Belgium and
she has lot of money, so that it will
not be necessary for him to go on pre-.
tending for the sake of having some
thing to do.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

Herr Wilhelm Voight added to the
gaiety of nations when he personated
a German army officer and held up
the Mayor of Koepenick, although the
imperial authorities, who do not relish
that sort of humor, sent him to prison
for his indiscretion. And now he finds
that the "joke" has a serious side.
Uncle Sans laws forbid the admis-
sion of immigrants with a prison rec
ord, and Herr Weight, who wanted to
locate here, has been deported as an
Objectionable alien. The laugh at
present seems to be on the man who
made merry at the expense of the
German army.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
HEADS A WASHINGTON CLUB

Mrs Alex61der White Gregg, wife Of Repre-
sentative Grel of Texas, who was elected presi-
dent of *he Congressional club in Washington re-
Gently, Is one of the most attractive and accom-
plished vomea in the congressional SET Repre-
sentative Gregg is now serving his fourth term in
congress. While in sense a clubwoman, Mrs.
Gregg has always taken great interest in the
Congressional club a unique organization the
membership " which is composed exclusively of
the wives Of senators and representatives
Mrs. Gregg, who was previous to her marriage
Miss Mary lstoks of Palestine, Texas is a mem
Der of an old Virginia family which settled in the
Lone Star state during her infancy She is espe'
c1ally popultr among the southern contingent in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

Il have often wondered" says the
Philosopher of Folly, where people
who don't believe in it's existence tell
people to go to, when they get angry"
Cleveland Leader.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

There are great many swollen for
tunes in this country, but investiga-
ton will show that very few Of them
can be traced back to the Belgian hare
craze that caught so many hopeful
ones a dozen years ago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
Effects Of MiIitarism.

y Recent Estatfstics's Of the German
army show that neurasthenia is |s111
times as prevalent among the soldiers
as 1t was a decade ago. while hysterias
cases are twice as numerous. sszs Es.tts p!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

FRET not thy gizzard!" Is the mot
to that DR.. D. K. Pearson, Chicago's
millionaire philanthropist, gives to the
world, at the age of ninety. It's a
comparatively easy motto to live up
to, when you are retired multi-mil.
ionaire, but it's harder when you
don't know where the money is CON-
ing from to pay the rent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

The prospect of a "Chantecler"
drama in this country should arouse
great hopes among the musical COM
edy players known as broilers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

To Judge from the way aviators
have been falling from the sky lately
there Is at least one product of the day
which is coming down.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

A six-year-old girl in Brooklyn has
two heads. It must be something Of
strain on her lungs when she gets into
an animated conversation with herself.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

Some claim that young sidis, who is
calculating the fourth dimension at
Harvard. is after all but a reincarna-
ton of Euclid. Young Sidis him.
self says to this theory: what bosh!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

Hurrah! The Maryland strawberry
crop is reported to be one Of the best
on record. The optimists are not all
dead yet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

There is a butter war" out In e.
gin, ILL.,, the center of large dairy
industry. One faction is trying to
hold up prices to a certain rate and
another crowd wants the figure one
cent a pound lower. Meanwhile the
ultimate consumer" is disregarded.
He is expected to pay whatever the
other fellows decide upon. That seems
to BE- the way the law of supply and
demand works with trusts and CON-
binattons running things.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

A Washington bulldog ate up one
enumerator's census book. He may
find the long list of queries but ques-
tionable diet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

The couple who were married on a
Western Maryland train going at the
rate of 40 miles an hour evidently
wished the matrimonial knot tied fast.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

automatic When these
bundle delivered his Almost
the the central station overlook their operation
indt
goods he wishes and touch the The
chine will s. ri f'se$
added
largely manual methods -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

debutante
selection
by the resignation Mrs.
Perkins Rochester, Y The
afternoon These postponed
entertained Friday afternoons
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
Strenuous Love.

A man who was fined for throwing
stones at a window Of Welsh farm
said he only threw u couple, OF bits
Of grit up at the window as signal
for his girl to come out.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03


which the Springfield
pitch
cnge 80 Tar Messrs Burke wereco
attorney
the
stopped Judge Robert Shirley however said
county, Should there
then stop the Springfield Mr.
rferedw with $3.50 - ~ '~'
mean ume the people OF Illinois wondering
was Wayman elected
Democratic candidate Whether
oHerenc IN politics only
Is the zeouness OF both
should
and $500 1900 ~~~
graduate OF the
ted tna institution learning
he actively
years and thrice elected
county, 1913
trouble in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
.Ffxtna the Responsihilitv-

II never heard Mrs. Green make so
poor a speech" Yes. wasn't it awful!
I'm certain her husband couldn't have
written it."-Detroit Free Press. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
Shelled Eggs Before Supreme Court

at once. One OF the reasons for this
request is that this is the first case
in the Supreme court which involves
the question of the jurisdiction of a
federal court under the national pure
food law and the extent to which the
law applies to an article of food latter
It has been shipped into state"
The department Of justice in Wash.
ington is confronted with a case Of
trespass and depreciation. It is that
of big tomcat which the messengers
say belongs to the household of
Speaker Cannon, who lives in the
house adjoining.
The animals greatest weakness is
that of devouring rubber bands, one
of the clerks recently declaring that
the cat ate % in one day, and that on
the same occasion he devoured a piece
of pencil eraser.
In consequence Of existing condi.
lions the suggestion has been made
that Attorney General Wickersham
sue out writ of Injunction against
the speakers butler, enjoining him
from permitting the cat jumping the
fence and visiting the department of
justice.
Clerks In the department are willing
to make affidavit as to the feline's ca,
pacity to devour rubber bands, which
at the high price of that article. the
officials say, Is something to be con.
sidered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
EDISON SPRINGS A NEW ONE

Thomas f.. Edison, wizard of the electrical
world, has brought forth new idea that will not
prove popular with the great army of persons
who make their living by clerking in the stores.
Mr.. Edison is nothing If not original and his new
scheme has its interesting points.
An automatic store which might be called a
clerkless store, is the Wizards" scheme Mr.
Edison says 1t will decrease the cost of living and
be boon to mankind. He has given thought to
the great number Of clerks that would be thrown
out of employment If his idea should be carried
into effect, but he says it would permit them to
devote their time to something that would benefit
them and their country more than their present
occupation does.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03
VIGOROUS YOUNG 'PRoSEcUT0R

States Attorney Edmund Burke. who prose-
cutes the evil doers in zsanxamon county.
wnere the capital OF Illinois Is located. has seen
TO 1t that John; E. w. Wayman, who holds the
same important position in Cook county, most of
which Is Chicago does not get all the limelight
that goes with the legislative bribery scandal in
quiry. =. .. ,ssssS
The young states attorney. at Springfield lost
no time in getting busy when he heard that there
mad been :boodling among the states lawmakers.
II any of that money passed here In Sangamon
county want to know about it." he said. and
I'll do something In the way Of indictins people
myself"
Mr.. Waymans didn't like to have: the young
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

What perfect rhyme there is be-
tween April seeds and "July weeds!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

Thus far this season anglers agree
that the biggest got away.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-03

According to one of the Washington