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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08
CHARLES AND HENRIETTA MARIA

A 16-year-old French girl in May,
1928, was married to man she had
never seen and whom she did not see
until six weeks after the wedding. In
other words, she was married in
France by proxy to Charles, heir ap-
parent to the British throne, and did
not sail for England to meet her hus-
band until June of that year. Mar
riage by proxy was royal custom of
the times.
The girl was Henrietta Maria, young
sister of King Louis XIII. of France
and daughter of Henry of Navarro.
She was a fiery-tempered. self-willed
damsel. Prince Charles, who almost
at once succeeded his father, James l.,
weak, dishonest man whose charm of
manner as we'll as his lack of princi-
| pie, was inherited from his grand
mother, Mary Queen of Scots. Charles
| and Henrietta started their married
life with not one atom of mutual af-
grew to bitter dislike. Not for years
after their marriage did they fall in
love with each other
France was Catholic country. Hen
rietta was an ardent Catholic. Eng
lands state religion was Protestant.
In order to win Henriettas hand
Charles had promised the French that
he would do much to aid the Catho-
lies in England. He did not find it
convenient to keep this promise. so he
promptly broke it's he broke many
another during his stormy, misspent
A Roya, life. Henrietta
o...., was furious at
this breach of
faith and took little pains to hide her
feelings from Charles. This, naturally,
did not tend to strengthen the bond
between them. Moreover, the duke of
Buckingham (who was Charles right
hand man and exerted a boundless in.
f1uence over the tickle monarchy did
all he could to keep the king and
queen on bad terms with each other
Early in 1923 Buckingham was as
sassinated. The king in his grief
| turned to Henrietta for comfort. With
no one to part them or to stir up dis.
putes, the two grew as devoted as
they had heretofore been Indifferent
Charles l., after three years of love.
less welded existence, actually fell in
| love with his wife And Henrietta,
! forgetting her contempt for his dis.
honesty, was quite won by the kings
| charm of manner. In a word, their
honeymoon came three years after
| their marriage.
1t was an age of marital infidelity
especially among royal personages
Yet Charles to the end of his life re.
manned absolutely faithful to Hen
rietta, and she more than repaid his
| alteration.
Now, this was very gratifying, nc
doubt. But, as it happened, that same
| love of the king and queen was to
cost Charles his life, Henrietta her
crown and the English nation a lone
and bloody civil war. 1t would have
been better for all concerned if the
! easrly dislike had endured. Here is
the story of the kings DOWNFALL:
Charles was a firm believer in the
divine right of kings" According tc
his ideas, a king could do no wrong
He believed himself appointed by God
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

This is the first American love story
Capt. John Smith was a soldier OF
fortune. He was also bully, a brag
CART and a most amazing liar. But in
spite Of al this he was a great man
and our country owes him a debt that
should never be forgotten. Smith had
knocked about the world ever since
as boy, he ran away from his Eng
llsh home. He had been a soldier, a
sailor, captive slave in the orient
and had followed many trades. It is
hard to gain a true idea of his career
since Tor great deal of it we have
only his own word to go on. And he
nad scant regard for truth.
"A band of English colonists landed
IN Virginia in 1907. They were a mot,
ley rabble, who had gone there expect.
Ing to find gold. It was a sort of "get
rlch-quick' scheme. When they could
not pick up gold for the asking in
the new world they were disguised
and cared little about settling down as
farmers. They would have starved
OF gone back to England but for
Smith. He was one of their leaders
and set them to blowing, house-build
Ing, clearing forests and doing other
needful work. They hated him, but
could not get on without his help. Sc
they sulkily obeyed him. Having got
p.u;,. ten the colonists
o;t,,..;. started on their
~ labors, Smith set
out to explore the neighboring country
During this trip he was captured by
Chickahominy Indians, passed from
tribe to tribe as a curiosity. and al
length was brought before Chief Pow
hatan. The old chief pretended tc
treat him as an henored guest. Sud
denly, however, number of Indians
hurled themselves upon Smith, over
powered and bound him, throwing him
to the ground and placing a great
stone beneath his head Then two ex
ecutioners, armed with big clubs, ad
vanced to dash out his brains. Amer
lca's future fate hung in the balance
Without Smith the Virginia colony
could not live. The colonists' failure
would discourage other Englishmer
from crossing the seas France anC
Spain, which had already formed set
Elements in America, would probably
have overrun the Atlantic seaboarG
! with a series of colonies, croWding out
forever the Anglo-Saxon race. The sit
uation and the country's future were
saved by girl.
From earliest ages it has been the
custom among many savage tribes al
over the world to permit any woman
OF the tribe to save prisoners life
by offering to marry him. When {
woman interfered to rescue a doomed
prisoner it was on the understanding
that she consented to be his wife
That this old custom was in vogue In
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

of Artabanus' grandfather would go
over in the corner and Singer.
Probably there was never such a
disagreeable old ghost in this county,
and when Artabanus made up his
mind to sell the place and move into
town he saw he would have to get rid
of great-grandfather, and do it quick.
Nobody would buy the house with the
old codger ghosting around, from Gel
lar to attic, and Mrs. Bift1e said she
would not move at all if she had to
take the old skeesicks with her. So
Artabanus was puzzled. You can't put
charge of giant powder under a
ghost and blow it up, for ghost
won't stay in one place long enough,
1t will float gracefully off elsewhere,
and if it did happen to sit down on
the powder just as it went off, the
ghost would consider that merely a
mild form Of exercise.
Artabanus though it over for about
a week and could not see head nor
tail to the difficulty, and then he con-
suited Uncle Ashdod Clute, and Uncle
Ashdod sat down on the horseback
In front of Aunt Rhinorlura Betz'
house and thought deeply for three
days, and then said he had the an
swer. He said the thing to do was to
boil the ghost of Great-grandfather
Bifle. He explained that the reason
the ghost could float around through
the air was. because the ghost was
just a little less dense than the air,
and that it resembled steam in that
So If the ghost was boiled well it
would expand and become less dense,
and when the lid was taken of the
boiler, great-grandfather would float
up into the upper atmosphere and
strike a cross-current of air. Uncle
Ashdod said he did not know what
would become of him then. Maybe he
would blow around for ages, and may
be he would strike cold current and
condense, and fall in the form of hail
or snow. Anyway Artabanus Bifhe
would be rid of him. So they tried it.
Great-grandfather Bifae expanded
we'll enough. When they got him in
to the wash boiler and tied the lid
on and started the fire under it, he
swelled and swelled, and at $3.50 p. m.
the boiler exploded with a roar, for
it could not contain the ghost any
longer. The ghost poured out of the
boiler for hours, like steam. Great
clouds of him poured out, and when
he was all out he was ten times big
ger than the house, but although his
head and shoulders waved in the up
per air, his feet were firmly planted
in Artabanus Bifle's property. And
the first thing the ghost did was to
lean down and tell ArtabaQlos and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

to rule the English nation as he might
choose to. He considered he had the
divine right" to break his word, to
override the rights of the people, to
mismanage the country's affairs to
suit himself. A few hundred years
earlier he would probably have passed
for fairly good ruler. But by the
seventeenth century the plain people
of England were beginning to think
for themselves. They decided that no
man. king or otherwise, had the right
to deceive and ill-govern them.
Through their representatives in par
lament they demanded justice. If
Charles had listened to wiser counsel
lors he would probably have seen the
wisdom of granting the people their
A wife,s rights. Henrietta
Ky. not only agreed
with him that the
king could do no wrong" but stirred
him up to oppose parliament, to insist
on having his own foolish way and to
try to bend the people to his will by
force.
He followed the advice of the won.
an he loved. AS result he found
himself suddenly at war not only with
parliament, but with a great part of
the people at large, who were rushing
to arms in behalf of fair play. Henri.
eta Maria hurried to Holland, where
she worked with might and main to
raise money and men to aid Charles.
But the reinforcements she brought
him could not turn the tide of victory.
So she fed at last to France with her
children and never again saw her hus-
band. Charles was captured first
flying for refuge to the Scotch lords.
whom he trusted and who thriftily
sold him to parliament), and in 164s
was beheaded.
Henrietta Maria dragged out most
OF her remaining days in poverty and
exile. By loss of husband and crown
she paid the full price for her folly in
believing that the divine right of
kings" could ever hope to stand
against the diviner rights of the peo-
ple
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08
Homemade Bitters.

Loss Of appetite at this season &C.
companied by lassitude is a symptom
of weakened vitality. Improve the ap.
petite and digestion and nature will do
the rest says a well-known medical
man. This is highly recommended and
much used in some parts Of the coun.
try. Ask any good druggist to mix
one ounce compound fluid balmwort
and one ounce syrup sarsaparilla COM
pound to half pint Of good whiskey
and take tablespoonful three to six
times day. Excellent too as a tonic
system cleanser.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08
Canoe Of Early Britain.

There has just been unearthed from
the river Amman, near Lockerble 8
relic of early Britain in the shape of a
canoe in a wonderful good state Of
preservation. 1t is of the type known
as "dugouts," the material teirg the
trunk of black OAK tree, about 12
feet long, rudely shaped and hallov ad
Out.-LOndOn Standard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

WELL" said Mr.. Cumrox, your
party was a great success"
"HOw can you tell?" asked his wife.
whenever crowd comes along
that makes me feel like stranger in
my own house l know it's a brilliant
occasion"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

Some people suffer continually with
tired, aching and swollen feet: Little &c
ard Oil. Rub it in at night and have
thankful, happy feet in the morning.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08
AN EXCELLENT REMEDY.
Will Break Up Cold in Twenty-Four
Hours and Cure Any Cough That ~
10 Durable.

The following mixture is often pre.
scrtbed and Is highly recommended
Tor coughs, colds and other throat and
bronchial trouble. Mix two ounces
OF Glycerine, a half-ounce of Virgin
Oil OF Pine compound pure, and eight
ounces OF pure Whisky. These can be
Douent In any good drug store and cas-.
NY mixed together in a large bottle.
Inc genuine Virgin Oil of Pine COM
pound pure is prepared only in the
laboratories Of the Leach Chemical
Co., cincinnati, and put up for dis
penslng In half-ounce walls,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08
woman's Nay.


mo, Algernon!"
Those were the words she had
spoken-gently, yet firmly. Had he
been older, had he been more ex
perienced in the ways of the gentler
sex, he might have known that the an.
swer was final-irrevocable.
But he was young-very young
and he was vain enough to think that
she would not have the power to re-
sist his pleading. He entreated her ia
reconsider her cruel decision. But
she would not listen.
Yet she was kind. It was for his
own good, she said, and some day he
would thank her for it. Her calm
manner angered him, and forgetting
the Difference due to the fair sex ha
threatened violence.
Then, turtured by grief and anger,
he burst into unmanly tears.
mo, Algernon," she repeated, you
cannot have another piece of cake:
and If you do not stop that noise thii
very moment ] shall spank you %
verely!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08
A Rare Good 1hino,

IAN using Aliens Foot-Ease, and can
truly say I would not have been without
It SO long, had known the relief it would
give my aching feet think 1t q rare good
thing for anyone having sore or tired feet
Mrs. Matilda Holtwert Providence, R.
l." Sold by all Druggists. Csc. Ask to-day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

There is place for everything, and
the place for slippers is very often on
the seat of a small boys trousers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

DR.. Pierces Pleasant Pellets regulate ana lnvie>
esate stomach, liver and bowels. 6uR1r-ooated
tiny granules, easy to take ~ candy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

ALIENS LUNG BALSAM
has been used successfully for years
coughs, colds and bronchitis. Everybody should
know about 1t. 1t is simple, safe and sure.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

she-What do you mean, Lieut..
Schmidt? You have known me only
two days and want to kiss me?
He-Can't help it! My leave is up
tomorrow,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

It's easy for a woman to paint q
pretty FACET she has one.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

tie sat on shelf of Artabanus' med.
tcine closet as calm and cool as Gu
cumber; and all was we'll.
But last Wednesday, at about four
in the morning, Artabanus awoke
with severe collie, and he made q
dash for the medicine closet to take
swig of whisky, and in the dark he
got a-hold of the bottle of Great.
grandfather Biffle, and pulled out the
cork and swallowed the contents be-
fore he knew his mistake. 1t only
shows that people cannot be too care.
full about swallowing the ghosts of
their great-grandfathers, for Arta-
banus Immediately fell on the floor,
yelling with pain. AS soon as the
liquid ghost went down it began to
expand, and by the time Mrs. Bif11e
reached her husband he was so full
of expanded great-grandfather that he
looked more like a balloon than a
human being. Mrs. Biffle ran scream
ing for doctor, and that was what
saved her life, for just as she reached
the corner Artabanus exploded and
blew the whole front Of the house
out. After hunting for three days,
not enough of him has been found to
decide whether he is dead or not, but
the general opinion is that he is as
dead as q doornail.
The odd thing is that the ghost of
Great-grandfather Bifle also disap
peared. The supposition is that after
being in such a cold state for so long
the old rascal is at length willing to
go to that hot place where he DO
longs, to warm up q little.
Copyright, 1909. by w. G. Chapman.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

The Way It Happened.
Maude-Bigsby literally fell at my
feet.
Belle-Aeroplane or intoxication?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

A good guesser always boasts a
bis intuition.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08
SORE EYES CURED.

Eye-Baiis and Lids Became Terribly
'nf1amed-Was Unable TO Go About
All Other Treatments Failed, But
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08
Cuticura Proved Successful.

About two years ago my eyes got
In such condition that I was. una BILE
to 60 about. They were terribly in.
famed, both the balls and lids. !
tried home remedies without relief.
Then decided to go to our family
physician, but he didn't help them.
Then tried two more of our most
prominent, physicians, but my eyes
grew continually worse. At this time
a friend Of mine advised me to try
Cuticura Ointment, and after using it
about one week my eyes were con-
slderably improved, and in two weeks
they were almost we'll. They have
never given me any trouble since and
l am now sixty-five years old. shall
always praise Cuticura. G. B. Halsey.
Mouth of Wilson, Va, Apr. 4, 1908"
Potter Drug l. Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
Ancients Wore Sheath Gowns.
1t need not be supposed that even
feminine fashions can evolve some.
thing new under the sun. A learned
Psychologist discloses that the sheath
gown was popular among the ladies of
the Nile Is centuries before the Chris.
tian Era. One gown was made of fine
linen, adorned with elaborate designs.
The professor thinks that the slit in
the side was intended to display the
wearer's precious anklets. These an.
cient ladies also dressed their hair
deliberately with puffs and padding.
They painted their faces and lips, as
shown by rouge and pomade jars. All
of this is reassuring to man who may
have thought that some of the modern
developments of the dressmaker were
without precedent in their eccen-
tricity. Once more is demonstrated
the fit coupling on the words Letter.
nal" and feminine"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08
Then the Scissors Cut In.

Then the Scissors Cut In.
"You may be sharp" said the thread
in the needle, but notice you are
always getting it in the eye"
"Oh, l don't know" answered the
needle, Il notice that whenever you
get in a hole I have to pull you
through"
Hush up, you two" cried the Thin
bic. IF it wasn't for my push you
would neither of you get along"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08
Wanted TO Know

Wanted to Know.
Father-Well?
Tommy-Will l be a monoplane or
biplane angel?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08
Important to Mothe,

important to Mothers,
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTOR1A, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that it
signature ssa's ss' etIezz&zzS;lzW
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
axmmatlon eays pain, wind collie. Csc bottle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-08

We don't blame a man for growing
II his wife treats him like dok.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-06
Food fermenting
Causes Indigestion

I got box of Mi-o-na tablets for a
distress in my stomach. and the first
dose relieved me. and after I took the
fourth have not felt any more OF it. /
think it is wonderful medicine
Hiram Shuitz, Watseka, ILL.,, July q.
'O9.
II your stomach is out of order or
distressed. no matter from what cause
Mi-o-na stomach tablets will give in
stnat relief, and II taken regularly
will cure indigestion. acute or chronic
or money back
Every sufferer from stomach trouble
gas, belching, sour stomach, nervous
ness. dizziness. and biliousness. should
get fifty-cent box of Mona stomach
tablets today and start treatment.
In three days time the stomach and
bowels will be thoroughly purified
cleaned and renovated. the sourness
will go. and pure, sweet breath will
atke the place of foul breath.
Continue the treatment for two weeks
and the stomach viii become so strong
that it will be able to digest the hearth
est meal without distress. A few Mo
ma tablets will do this. Sold bv drug
gists everywhere and by Leo H. F1he.
Booths Pills best for consultation. &c
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-06

skeleton crown enough to hold the
turban In place.
There. you have it! Two in one
One in two. And room in the trunk
besides.
The unique idea can be carried out
in darker coloring and In straw and
lowered turban for crown il desired
In fact. It's possibilities are innumer
able.
= = :
EARLHAM GRADUATE WEEDS.
A very quiet wedding was held al
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Fra
zee in Orange, this afternoon, when
their daughter, Miss Grace and Rich
ard v. Sipe Of Indianapolis were join
ed In marriage The ceremony was
pronounced by the Rev. J. c. Burk
hart. pastor of the Christian church in
Connersville. Immediately after the
wedding the couple left for Indiana
polls, where they will make theil
home.
Miss Frazee is we'll known in this
city where she has a host OF friends
She was member of the local chap
ter OF Tri Kappa. She was graduated
from the local high school in 1904 ane
the next fall entered Earlham college
She completed the four year course
In three years and received her diplo
ma. The wedding was very quiet, on
ly immediate friends of the family at
tending. Daily Republican
- - -.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-06
TIME WAS UP
u was Quit Coffee or Die.

when q woman 10 brought to the
edge Of the grave by poisoning from
the drinking OF ordinary coffee day by
day, and is then made q well woman
nv leaving 1t off. her experience Is
worth something to others that are
poisoned in various ways from the
same habit.
A New Haven, Conn.,. woman says:
-Four years ago my life hung on q
very slender thread with liver, kidney
and heart trouble. and very severe
form OF rheumatism. was confined
to bed with hands, wrists, feet and
ankles so badly swollen that they bore
TO resemblance to parts Of the human
body.
Il had frequent sinking spells from
heart weakness. when was thought
to be dying and sometimes thought to
be dead. My Doctor. one Of the df
rcctors of the state Hospital. q very
successful man in his profession. told
me to stop drinking coffee and use
Postum. as he said coffee was the pri
mary cause Of my trouble.
Il took his advice at once and also
discontinued medicines. Slowly the
swelling disappeared, and the rheuma
tism left me: the sinking spells be
came less frequent. and got out oil
bed and around the house, was com
p!etely cured but 1t required some
time.
For the past three years have
been a perfectly strong. healthy WON
an. sleep well, with good appetite
good color. active. and energetic.
TT Ia q great pleasure to testify for
Postum which has made me a well
woman again. ! have many friends
here and in other parts of the state
who are using Postum regularly. and
know to their very great benefit"
Read the little book. THE Road tC
MELVILLE" In pkgs. There's Reas
4 on
Ever read the above letter? a new
0ne appears from time to time. They
ars osnuins. true, and full At human
Interest. +,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-06
OWEN a eURPRleE.

Rev. and Mrs. Leon Jones OF the
Universalist church we're given . SUR
prise last evening by the members OF
their congregation, at their new home
on East Haven avenue. Each person
brought. a well filled basket. A lunch
being served in an informal manner
later in the evening.