The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-10

IN inc matter OF capturing q hus-
band the girls should remember that
coarse work is fatal.
Although cottonseed has gone up
In price olive oil Is useless for pur-
poses of replanting.
Those New York hens that lay black
eggs are infringing upon the province
of the Easter rabbit.
And now they are mixing poker and
bridge. The anti-adulteration laws
should be strictly enforced.
German dirigibles have been making
flights over Holland. This may be sig-
ni1cant, for it beats the Dutch.
Farmers are organizing to cut out
the m1ddlemen. That old reliable end
man, the consumer, will hold his Job.
About this time of year the univer-
!sity alumnus, after trying to remem-
Der his college yell, gives it up as a
bad Job.
The man who stole q duck and was
sent to Auburn for it must now real
lie that it Is much cheaper merely to
chase the duck.
According to scientist, dreams are
the fulf1lment of wishes. At any rate
they are all the fulfilment a lot Of
wishes ever get.
The college professor who insists
that the dangers of kissing have
been immensely overrated is making
a strong bid for popularity.
Verify, the complications Of life
multiply. 1t takes enough men now to
train champion prize fighter to put
q play on the stage with large cast.
Viewed as peace preservers the new
battleships, costing 100000 each,
ought to be put under bonds to fur
nish us with $12,00O00O worth Of
peace.
Berlin workingmen have taken
pledge not to eat butter for three
months. That indicates one place
where oleomargarine is likely to be
sold for what it Is.
Los Angeles school children have
been running their little tummies by
eating too much pie The great Amer
lean nation may have to establish a
pie censorship
A st. Louis woman who was dying
asked to have her pet dog poisoned,
that it might accompany her to the
spirit world, or, probably, at least, I'M
til she was safely out of St. Louis.
A Chicago Judge declares married
men have right to squander some Of
their money on themselves If they
want to. Yes, Judge, but how much?
That's the real point
The recent cannibalistic perform
ances in the South sea islands seem
to be conclusive answer to the old
charge that the cannibal natives of
that part of the world don't like mis-
sionaries.
A blind singer of Massachusetts
took a trip in balloon in order to
enjoy new sensation. He made
totally new record in ballooning; he
did not remark when he came down
how strange it was to see the earth
dropping away from under him."
According to New York dispatch
wedding rings are passe, and smart
young matrons" no longer wear them.
Perhaps this is because so many
smart young matrons" haven't room
for their entire collection of wedding
rings.
A new order Of the treasury depart
ment prohibits the importation into
the United States Of the European
startling, putting the bird in the same
class with the mongoose, the English
sparrow and fruit-eating bats. So far
as this country is concerned, there
fore, the cry of the startling will be,
not. II can't get out" but IT can't
get in"
OF late the shadow of the fatal mi
crobe has lowered over the trembling
lips of expectant lovers. They have
been browbeaten. cowed, terrified.
Inundated by cold-blooded investiga-
tors their kisses have become Of the
Intangible Tennyson kind, by "hope-
less fancy feigned as lips that are for
Others" The cold-blooded bacteriolo-
gist has meanwhile buttressed the cry
of that cynic of cynics, Dean Swift,
who wrote: Lord, wonder what fool
It was that first invented kissing"
Though man dropped dead in a
department store while shopping with
his wife, it is doubtful if even this
will break some women of the habit
of taking their husbands along
Several firms who have been selling