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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

Only enough will be printed to fill ad-
vance orders. The price is only one
dollar. Send cash with order"
Have you noticed Kelly since he got
the word from Philadelphia? He holds
his head higher than usual and he will
hardly bow to the Gradys and the
Reillys.
whats come over Kelly?" is the
question his neighbors are asking
When a Kelly meets a Kelly they
shake hands cordially and the CONVEX
sation is about their ancestral coat of
arms.
Il always knew that Kelly was one
of the best names in Ireland" said
Edward T. Kelly, president of the E.
T. Kelly company, publishers, "but
didn't know we were descendants of
kings until I got the letter from a
family tree concern the other day.
More than fifty men of my name have
spoken to me about it, as they also
received letters on the subject.
There is only one way to spell the
Those who slip in the extra E between
L and Y are not the real Kellys, the
descendants of Irish royalty"
James w. Kelly, secretary of
Thomas Kelly & Bro, plumbers sup
plies, said it was not news to him that
he was the lineal descendant of king
of Ireland.
Sure the Kellys are the greatest
people in Ireland" said he. There is
no name in Irish history that stands
out like Kelly. He can-like Kelly can.
| don't want to speak disparagingly of
any Irish name, but Kelly beats them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

p ALTIMORE, Md.-That there is a
II large and ever-increasing number
of women smokers in Baltimore was
the opinion expressed by several prom
inent physicians and women them.
selves.
Most of the physicians were unhesi.
tating in their disapproval of the habit
Dr. William H. Pearce said:
Il consider it bad for anyone to
smoke, but it is worse for women than
Tor men. 1t lowers the moral tone
eventually and has absolutely moth
ing to recommend it in any way"
When asked if many of his women
patients were smokers he declared
that he did not know.
IT'S not the kind Of habit to de-
mand treatment" he said, "and as
matter of fact I know positively of
only two of my women patients who
make practise of smoking
| The greater number of women
smokers in Baltimore are to be found
among the "fashionab les"-the society
set, and with them the cigarette habit
is said to be general At some enter
tainments given only for women the
entire party will take cigarettes as
naturally as their husbands and broth
ers would do. They have their own
cigarette cases and match boxes, and
their own favOrite brands, and. while
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

WASHINGTON.-One of the princi-
W pals in the Washington public
schools has been telling her friends of
some amusing incidents of the final
examinations before the close of the
schools for the summer.
Among the questions she gave to
the children in the third grade was:
Name the five races of man." Imag-
inc her surprise when one tot an
swered: Automobile races, horse
races, airship races. foot races and
bicycle races"
Another question was: Name some
of the organs of men," To this one
child replied: Mouth organ. hand
organ, pipe organ"
The spinal cord was defined as a
string running from the back of the
head to the bottom of the heels.
Ears said one, "are just as impor-
tant as good clothes and should be
taken care of just as we'll Don't lot
bugs crawl into your ears, but if one
should get in there syringe your ear
with soap suds and afterwards drop
some molasses into it,"
"Po1son,' wrote another, should be
doctored at once and not allowed to
run on as it is dangerous. Don't treat
poison rough-it is liable to run into
blood poison. If anyone should take
poison it is good idea to keep it as
high up out of reach as possible"
You ought to keen poison in a little
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

ONCE, Senator Burton took his con-
~ gressional Investigators of Euro
pean waterways abroad he has been
relating this one. The senator was in
Switzerland. "a front of the hotel at
which he was stopping a mountain
climbing party was arranging for a
start to the top of one of the lesser
Alpine peaks. The guide was as busy
as a bird dog nosing around, and
giving limitless advice and instruction
in what to do and how to do it.
rs he thoroughly skilled climb
err" asked the Ohioan of the hotel
proprietor.
=. :'AA, Eat he eez," exclaimed the boni-
asa. He have lost two partez Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29
Throws Vinegar in a Burglars Eyes

ment, unconscious. The closet had
spring lock on the outside and the
man had been shut in. He was almost
suffocated. Mrs. Jasper got some vine
gar, which her husband used as a re-
storative, and succeeded in bringing
the man to his senses.
AS soon as the man became con-
scious he attacked Jasper. The con-
tractor was no match for him, and
was being choked into unconscious
ness when Mrs. Jasper hurled the
vinegar into the mans face. Howling
with pain, he freed Jasper. Mrs. Jas
per sprang at him, and she and her
husband managed to hold him until a
policeman came and took him to Jail.
Jasper says the man he had be-
friended was former employe whom
he had discharged on account of his
habits. He says the man stole his
jewelry before hiding in the closet
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29
Baseball and the Declaration Mixed

Promptly at ten o'clock a baldhead-
ed man in a frock coat arose on the
flag draped stand in front of the city
gan:
when the course of human ev-"
Across the way the megaphone man
interrupted with:
milan is at the bat-Ball one!"
Events it becomes necessary" con-
tinued the baldheaded reader.
"Foul--Strike one," roared the
megaphone.
The masculine portion of the listen
ers became FESTIVE. Their attention
turned in the direction of the mega
phone man and their backs toward
the baldheaded patriot.
for one people to dissolve the
polit-"
He hits to left--For two bases
Lelivelt at the bat
By this time 794 male members of
the independence day audience had
dashed madly across to Newspaper
Row. OF the original audience of the
safe and sane" celebration, 1874 wom-
en- 22 children, salubriously intoxi-
Gated cab driver and the police guard
remained.
"Lelivelt sacrit1ces-- Elberfeld
singles Scores"
Wow" bel
lowed the crowd and the remainder
of the reading Of the glorious docu-
ment was interspersed with Good
boy, Doc!" ."Oh. you Gabby Street,"
for IA hot innings.
But Boston won.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29
Many Baltimore Women Start Smoking

not Haunting the habit in the faces Of
conservative public. make no
bones" of the matter and readily ad-
nit that they smoke.
Another set about town among
whom smoking is INDUCED in freely
includes the artistic and musical
lotteries. Among them there is al
ways more or less foreign element
and Continental ideas generally find
favor.
Several well-known women physi-
clans were asked about their observa-
tons on the subject and, with one &C.
cord, they replied that the habit was
general among society women only.
1T is conspicuous fact" said one,
that few women students of colleges
or universities smoke. I have never
known of woman teacher who did"
Another woman physician said she
did not consider it had ever been con-
clusively proved that smoking in mod
Grafton was harmful, but that she
thought both men and women were
none the better for it,
A well-known suffragist was asked
whether desire to vote on wom
ans part went with the habit of ciga-
rette smoking. She was indignant
and declared very few Baltimore suf
fragists smoke, and, anyhow, those
who do did it before they became
suffragists"
A wellknown physician living on
Charles street said that while smoking
might not hurt the woman, he con-
sidered it horrid habit and no woman
was "kissable' who smoked He was
certain that he would not permit any
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29
Why Burton Didn't Climb Mountains

tOureestS down zee mOuntaine eide
and boze times he have come of
wizout so mooch as zee one leetle
zcratch."
Burton did not Climb any mountains
during his sojourp.
Representative J. Harry Covington
of Maryland represents that section OF
the Terrapin state known as the
Eastern Shore. The Eastern Shore
is famed for producing not only the
highest living In all America, but il
numbers among it's population, many
of the highest nvers.
The most notable instance of gour:
mandizing which Our section has pro
duced," said MIR. Covington to a group
of newspaper friends, lis old Joe
Nicholson of Talbot county. One OF
Joe's friends asked him If he liked
turkey.
"'Sure 1 like turkey responded Old
Joe. But a turkey is an inconvenient
sort of a bird. It's a leetle too much
fer one and not enough fer two"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

The south has resented the intima-
ton that the hookworm disease is ex-
ceptionally prevalent in that section
and practically unknown in the north
Now that a pronounced case of hook
worm ailment has been found in Phil
adelphia some of the southerners will
be inclined to indulge in II told you
so'' comment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

NEW YORK.-Mrs. Nathan Jasper,
~ wife of contractor, saved her hus-
band from possible death at the hands
of burglar recently by throwing a
cup of vinegar into the burglars eyes
and binding him.
The man went to Jasper and told
him he was starving. His appearance
bore out his story. Jasper gave him.
money for food, and told him he would
put him to work. When the Jaspers
were getting ready for bed they found
the man in a closet of their apart
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

exploits all
the financial
Co. But
main of
election the directorate finance States
tors indicated Enthusiastically the the
banking
is much like father physically
bust
little Morgan,
made him extremely popular in both business and society,"
banking world
est Of Gloucester
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

A Tibetan hootookatoo, who was be-
headed by mistake three years ago.
is to be reincarnated by Chinese i'm
perial decree. That is easy as falling
off a log when you know how. They
just take an innocent baby and up
point it to fill the vacancy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

A French physician has invented a
cure for all the ills that flesh is heir
to, consisting simply Of exposing the
naked body to the direct rays Of the
summer sun. 1t Is easily seen that on
some real sunny days this treat
ment would produce such a blistering
AS would make the patient forget sill
the other ailments.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

A Milwaukee woman is to get be-
quest of 100000 if she marries, and
only the interest from that sum If
she remains spinster. Her decision
may depend a good deal on the rate
of interest the money is drawing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

A Milwaukee girl, according to the
terms of her mothers will, is to get
$4,000 provided she wins husband.
Of course, that is a terrible handicap,
but she. may be able to find some
fearless young man who will assume
the responsibilities of wealth for her
sake
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

The queen of Bulgaria asked for \
cigarette and the French ambassador
didn't have single one in the house
Being diplomat, he restrained him.
cigar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

In the interest of public health,
those who are determined to make
way with themselves are requested to
keep out of the lakes that supply thu
people with drinking water.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29


the middle west His eaessns in this work. in spite
Colonel Moby became Republican
He
special favorite
matter
probable Colonel to
he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

A society has been formed in New
York which proposes to reform the
calendar. We trust it will be able to
prevent February and May from
trading places up in this section Of
the country
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29
Odd Answers to Teachers Questions

room under lock and key in a little
bottle and the cork in so it can't be
got out. and hide the key and have
skeleton on the bottle and not let no.
body. go in there"
"A good anty dote for poison" sale
one, lis to take a teacupful of soap
suds every ten minutes to make you
vomit till the doctor comes Ut is
awful to think of the doctors being
delayed several hoars.)
A class of six-grade pupils were
asked to write a short biographical
sketch of Longfellow. One member
of the class proudly submitted the
following:
III. w. Longfellow was grand
man. He wrote both poems and poetry.
He graduated at Bowdoin and after
wards taught the same school where
he graduated. He didn't like teaching
and decided to learn some other trade,
so his school furnished him money to
go to Europe and learn to be a poet
He wrote many beautiful poems for
children. He wrote BILLY, the Black
smith,"
The following brief but pithy COM
position was handed in by young
ster who had been asked to write on
his favorite holiday:
Il like the Fourth Of July best cause
it's the day America was discov.
ered'
A hasty look into dictionary is
presumed to have conveyed to the
mind of one embryo cynic that "chari.
ty' means alum" instead of "alns."
"Ambush' was defined as a kind OF
bush and "habitation" was judged to
refer to ones habits. It was also de-
cided that patriarch" wears feath.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

That was a Solomon Of a market
reporter who stated that eggs have
receded one cent pound. He neg
Iecled to say how much sugar was a
Dozen
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

A steamship which is to be nearly
900 feet long has been launched in
Germany. Owing to the fact that It
is not to be a war ship it will not he
necessary for England to hasten to
launch a larger one
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29


William
Of
-ta>s
Knight making
Rohm finishing
he the general
examination a
his job from him-when they enough
ustck
IN promotion.>
Hannibal
IL and
least twice railroad
to and its
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29
RAIL CHIEF HAS A SCHOOL

+. E. Byram, vicepresident of the Burlington
system. has been teaching school in St. Louis.
Naturally it is railroad school and notable from
the fact that the occasion was the first upon
which the man who recently shouldered the re-
sponsibilities of operation Of the Burlington sys.
tenn had been in St. Louis
From the time Mr.. Byram left the Chicago
headquarters he became peripatetic .pedagogue-
a travelling teacher as it were-for he is going
all over the Burlington System. meeting members
of the operating and traffic staff at division and
district headquarters and holding little education,
al meetings.
He had a school composed of local celebrities
in st. Louis. One was w. A. Taloe, assistant gen.
ho ia duin he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

New York makes it unlawful to
catch more than ten pounds of trout
in one day. This is farcical. Who
could catch 4S trout in New York in
one day?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

Now people want cool weather and
rain. When but few days ago they
had both, they were calling for sea-
sonable heat and dry days. It is for
the weather man to laugh.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

A hotel porter at Helena, Mont,
found quarter and laughed so hard
over it that he died. If it had been a
Tip" he would probably have grum-
bled because it was so little.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

RECKLESS aeroplanists may yet run
down innocent automobilists leaving
them helpless and bleeding on the
road. The world do move.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

Correspondent asks anxiously why
SO many weddings take place in June
Because in this season the contracting
Parties aren't so likely to have cold
feet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

The sultan Of Sulu will visit the
United States, bringing $25O,O0O worth
OF pearls. He'd better bring a body.
guard, while he's about it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29
TO HEAD MONEY HEPTARCHY /

J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr whom Thomas Ryan
says is to head an American financial heptarchy
recently has been visiting of the vast prop
erty interests to which he is to fall heir Young
Morgan marveled at the huge steel plants in
Pittsburg, part of the United States Steel COR.
poration-the trust-which is controlled by his
father. He also visited the mills at Gary, Ind.
which are growing so rapidly. and found much
to ponder over there.
Although the impression is far from general,
Their. He may not have the latter's organizing
genius; that remains to be seen.
But he has the dominating personality and ap.
titude for business that made the elder Nor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

In hot weather, too, the iceman has
an eXasperating habit of failing to
see the card placed conspicuously in
your front window.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

Showers Of sandbags and monkey
Wrenches will mark the course of avia-
ton. The pedestrian suffers at every
turn from every innovation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

While it may be cruelty to mi
crobes, the human society announces
that there will be no prosecutions
against bakers who wrap their bread.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

in the economy of modern civiliza-
tlcn the fly has no place. Swat him,
and swat to kill!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

The back-to-the-farm movement is
very popular with those who could not
20 If they would and would not 20 if
they could.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29
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spite of replaced
vceroy
generally idea that the
vice and will rule with a
of
In England Roosevelt followed this
in
should get had right there
establish maintain
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29
OLD GUERRILLA CHIEF OUT

Col John S. Mosby, the famous Confederate
guerrilla of Civil days has lost his position as
special attorney in the department of justice.
after eight years there.
In the absence of Attorney General Wicker
sham explanation made at the depart
ment. Old age that nightmare Of superannuated
government employees it is understood, was the
main reason for the dismissal.
COL Mosby is about seventy-three years of age
To his old friends he appears active and energetic
He has been blind in eye since he was a
young man, and lately has been getting deaf
The coloneps history as fighting man, his
achievements with small band of guerrillas dur
ing the great war between the states, has given
him Mace in history hat has Lod for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

That Texas man who has adopted
dollar bills as his calling cards will
probably find the folks at home at any
time
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29
GORS7 EGYP7'S REAL RULER

The famous speech which Col Theodore Roose-
welt made in London, following the one which he
made in Egypt, has attracted attention to that
country and to Sir Eldon Gorst, British agent and
consul general in Egypt, who was the real ruler
in that part Of John Bulls domain
Sir Eldon Gorst succeeded Lord Cromer in
Egypt little more than three years ago, but
previously he had had much experience in that
country He first went to Cairo in 1886 as an
attache and has been promoted gradually to his
present position. The criticism against him is
that he is too conciliatory; that he has not been
sufficiently firm in dealing with the Nationalist
press which goes so far as to advocate as
sassination of the British government represent
H. ic nat Of Nor zool 4 il. ca.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

1t will be difficult to make a fool
proof automobile.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

The man-bird who sees his supply
OF gasoline running low becomes a
subject of ridicule to the other birds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

Aviators now get $4,000 day, but
the prospect is that their wages will
be cut down at least ten per cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29
The man-birds are beating the other
birds in their own specially.

Halley's comet and Theodore Roose.
welt are now retired from the spot
light
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29
Keep in the shade. but not shady.

These are busy days for electric and
base ball fans
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-29

Does any one remember the big
snoWstorm of last winter and the fear
ful oaths that were uttered then?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-14
Rusinnas Before Pleasure.

The insurgents In congress seem to
be waking up to the fact that they
will share responsibility with the reg
ulars for the redemption OF platform
pledges by the passage of measures
urged by the president and demanded
by the people. II they can attend to
this business first and then find time
to punish the speaker, that is their
privilege. To waste time in per-
sonal controversies and go home con-
.fronted by unredeemed promises will
be as much to their detriment as to
the others.
II Congressman Murdoch Of Kansas,
Cne of the most radical of insurgents,
had this thought in mind when he
said, "the speaker can continue to
make these defs until after the ad-
ministration legislation is disposed
Of" it is encouraging, for it indicates
determination to transact business
first and indulge in the little play of
roasting Mr.. Cannon only as a side
ISSUE huOWuB lldt pOllllCdl SApeul-
ency will take care of the speaker.
ship, the country is not concerning
itself much with that at present. If
there we're real probability of unseat-
ing Mr.. Cannon at this session the nat
ural American instinct for sensation
would be more ready to respond to the
Murdock innuendo Events transpir-
ing since the speakers removal from
the rules committee, while showing
general approval of that reform, also
indicate more plainly a serious desire
for support of the president in the en-
actment of the laws he has proposed.
Popular response to Mr.. Taft's ad-
dress calling on congress for works
rather than words is conclusive as to
the will and temper Of the public, and
1t is gratifying to note this evident
purpose on the part of the insurgents
to give business the right-of-way.