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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-26
HE GOT THE EXACT TRUTH
Truthful Man Asked for It and II Must
Be Allowed It Was Handed
Him.

In his anxiety to learn what the
congregation really thought of him
and his sermons the sensitive young
minister picked out man who he
believed could be depended upon to
mingle with the home~going church
crowd and report their remarks with
out giving them fictitious compli-
mentary tinge. The amateur detective
was summoned to the ministerial
presence.
Roger" said the pastor, "are you
a truthful man."
Il am, please heaven" said Roger,
piously.
III put to the test would you have
the courage to repeat personal criti-
cism accurately no matter whether It
gave pain or pleasure?"
Il would, please heaven" said Roger.
What proof can you give that you
are sufficiently trustworthy" the min
lister persisted.
III you mean what proof can give
that stand in fear or favor Of no
man." said Roger, Il will just repeat a
few Of the things heard said last
Sunday about you and your work, If
you don't mind. They said If pastor
wasn't quite so long winded, and
didn't saw the air 50 much and chaw
his words so, and would just tend to
MS own business and give them more
real, old-fashioned religion and not so
much literary chaff he wouldn't be a
bad sort of preacher"
''Thank you," said the minister
humbly. 'That Is all. Roger"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-26
By PROF. FREDERICK STARR
Torf-no- Mach and .Shinto Miracles

We nearly lost Tori-no-machi. We
had made a note regarding it, but it
had been laid aside and forgotten. Call
ing November 8, upon a binder to or
der some covers for Japanese books,
he stated that 1t would be necessary
for him to see the books. Upon our
suggestion that he should come to the
house on. the morrow, he apologized.
saying that we could hardly expect
him to come then, as he must go, be-
ing a tradesman, to Tori-no-machi
Upon our processing ignorance regard
ing that place and function, he remind
ed us that it was then and there that
he would get his kumade for the COM
ing year. To further elucidate he went
at once and brought us the kumade
which had given him prosperity during
the year then ending. One glance at
it was enough. We decided that not
only he. but we would go to Tori-no.
machi on the morrow.
The word tori means bird. The fes-
tival of Tortao-machi is celebrated at
November-this year, the 9th and 21st.
The festival begins at midnight, and
ends "a hours later. We were warned
that, if we wished to make photo
graphs, it would be we'll to be upon
the spot early, as the later hours of
the day would be too crowded for any
thing to be done. Long before we
reached the immediate neighborhood
of the shrine we met people with Joy
GUS faces, carrying their kumade for
the year. The kumade is symbolical
object brought from the temple pre-
cincts, which gives good luck in bust
ness enterprises through the succeed.
ing year. A few steps more, and we
found ourselves actually in the midst
of the kumade trade-a perfect net.
work of narrow alleys and ways close.
ly crowded on both sides with booths
filled from top to bottom with the most
brilliant and tawdry constructions of
card and wood and twisted straw
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god seized the rock thus started, and
held it from closing; the sun goddess.
yielding to the prayers of her CON-
panions, issued again from her retreat,
and the worlds happiness was Sc
cured. Uzume is thus ever a symbol
of happiness, but on her fans there is
other symbolism: there are the two
great gods, Daikoku and Ebisu-the
gods of wealth and productivity;
there are the three happy plants-the
plum, the pine, and the bamboo; there
is the stork flying high In heaven,
and there is the mushroom best of
foods" and intimately associated with
Uzume in the popular mind. With
such kumade, who could fail to have
a prosperous year? But If ones taste
is otherwise, he has varied possibili-
ties of choice.
In fact. it would be difficult to find
more striking examples of the symbol
ism In which Japan so much delights
than In these kumade. Some of the
more gaudy ones are a mass of
strange figures which the novice
would need to have explained in de-
tall for his comprehension
When we had finished it was nee
essary to take jinrickisha In order
to transport the stuff which we had
bought. Passersby cried out In sur
prise at the fortune which we might
well expect, and cook and the old lady
were overwhelmed with satisfaction
as they thought of the good times
coming. And yet, when we looked over
the great stock, we felt that some
thing was still lacking; therefore,
quite late In the afternoon, we again
hurried to Tori-no-machi. The place
had been transformed. So great was
the present crowd that policemen
were stationed at every little turn.
ing. Ropes had been stretched to d.
vide the narrow alleys into two. and
movement was permitted only In one
direction In these separated sections:
crowded as the booths had seemed dur
ing the morning. new. ones had been
erected, and all were blazing with
lights from candles. lamps. torches
and gas-jets.
Talking Of night celebrations and IL.
Nominations. there was IN interesting
festival two nights ago at the Kudan.
where prayers were said for souls of
those fallen In battle. We were told
that the illumination would be well
worth seeing. To the Kudan. then.
we went A great open space on the
level summit Of hill had been taken
possession Of by booths and shacks
and pavilions. It may be that all those
in the merry throng had said their
prayers for the souls Of those lost in
battle, but II they had. there was no
sign of sadness on their part. The
whole place was blaze of light. At
scores Of little booths. toys and foods,
fruits and books and cheap things Of
every kind we're sold. But of course
the thing for which the crowd had
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-26

was consecrated-the eagle; inside
these yellow purses are either folded
strips of paper with good luck words
printed on them, or limitations of an
cient gold pieces stamped in thin
brass.
Having seen the temple and offer
ings and supplied ourselves with ma
mort, we were ready to look more
closely at the kumade in the booths,
Who can describe them? The word
kumade in its simplest meaning signi-
f1es rake. The symbolism is, of
course, that with it one may rake in
fortune and wealth during the year.
But in most kumade the fact that it
is rake which one has purchased is
quite forgotten; while the rake is
there. it Is generally so covered with
other symbolic objects that one may
easily forget it. Here, for instance, Is
a booth which seems to display moth
Ing but fans; but behind the fans is
the framework of the simple rake.
These fans always have as their GEN.
trail decoration the mask or face of
the curious goddess Otafuku, or
Uzume - the "abundant-happiness-
woman She Is always represented
with narrow forehead, with two
spots of black, and with a broad face
and pulled out cheeks The story runs
that on one occasion the sun goddess
was so offended that she took refuge
in dark and dismal cave, the mouth
of which was closed, by great rock
which no one could move. The other
gods-for at that time there were no
humans-were in despair. They de-
vised various schemes for appeasing
the angered goddess. Finally, as part
OF the arranged plan, Uzume danced.
It is stated that her dancing was far
from modest, but it pleased the spec
tators, who roared with laughter. This
Rtqued goddess, hearing sounds of JOY,
end anxious to see what was going on,
slightly moved the closed rock and
locked out. Instantly strong-a.med
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-26
Seeking Comfort,

I've got long way to 60 and I'm
not used to travel" said the applicant
at the railway ticket office. II want
to be just as comfortable al I can,
regardless of expense"
"Parlor carr"
mo. l don't care for parlor nx-
ms"
"Sleeper1"
mo. want to stay awake an
watch the scenery"
Then what do you want?"
well. If it wouldn't be too much
trouble, wish you'd put me up in
one OF these refrigerator cars I've
read so much about"
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mere were KumaQe OF all sizes ana
prices, and different enough to meet
the demands of every taste. Trade
was in good blast, and the scene was
not only lively, but noisy. Turning
corner, we found ourselves facing the
Temple of the Bird, and hurried to-
ward it in order to see the devotion
of the people before we gave further
attention to the talismans on sale. 1t
was Shinto temple, but Of those
which show the influence of Buddhism
before we reached it, We passed the
dancing platform-found III connection
with all Shinto temples-for kagura. A
kagura dancer was then performing.
The music was supplied by three men
seated at the rear of the stage, dressed
In dull green with pointed caps upon
their heads. Two of them beat drums
of differing forms, while third
played upon a pipe or whistle. The
dancing girl was strikingly arrayed in
white, red-edged. A purple-blue upper
kimono, a great blue obi (belt) white
apron falling from her head and a
broad blue pendant behind. Upon her
head she wore crown, from which
extended three leafy boughs of the sa-
cred sakake. From her neck hung a
sacred necklace made Of long beads,
round beads and the curious claw
shaped magatama. Her face was
carefully powdered, and to every de-
tail of her dress minute attention had
been given. Her movements were slow
and graceful, the steps those of cere-
monial dancing, handed down perhaps
unchanged for centuries. On q small
table before her lay the different OBJ
jects which she would in turn use in
the Dance A systrum of brass was
held in the right hand. and at the mo-
ment when we first saw her, q bough
Of sakake was In the left. These she
moved gracefully to tho accompani-
ment of the dance. At certain place
the branch Of sakake was laid down
and the gohei-a rod with curiously
cut pendant paper-was taken in its
place. This In turn was exchanged
for a sword, and that for fan.
People as they approached the altar.
clapped their hands and bent their
uncovered heads in prayer. They then
pressed forward to throw money into
the contribution trough. and to hand
to the attendant priest offerings for
the temple. Passing into the shrine
itself. we found the altar loaded with
gifts-rice cakes. vegetable products
Of different kinds, and things Of value
that could be used to the advantage
of the gods. On both sides Of the altar
were great piles of mamori or charms,
all Of which no doubt were sold long
before the festival ended. Priests and
other vendors of these charms were
seated just outside the temple. The
favorite mamori were purses made of
yellow cloth, bearing stamped pic
ture of the bird to which the temple
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-26
History Cleared Up.


The third grade was having his
tory" Forty youngsters were ma
king guesses about the life and char
acter of the Father of His Country.
when the teacher propounded a ques-
ton that stumped them all.
why did Washington Cross the Del
aware?"
Why, indeed? Not a child could
think of anything but the answer to
the famous chicken problem: ITO get
on the other side," and, of course.
that wouldn't do. Then little Annie's
hand shot into the air. Little Annie
crossed the Delaware every summer
herself, hence the bright idea.
well, Annie?"
Because he wanted to get to Allan
tic City. "-Philadelphia Times.
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THE BEST OF ITS KIND

Is always advertised, in fact it only pays
to advertise good things. When you SEQ
an article advertised in this paper year
after year you can be absolutely certain
that there is merit to it because the con-
tinued sale of any article depends upon
merit and to keep on advertising one
have imitators, but limitations are not ad-
vertised. They have no reputation to sus-
tain. they never expect to have any per-
sell them If he studied your interests.
Sixteen years ago Aliens Foot-Ease, the
antiseptic Powder for the feet, was first
s0ld' t and through newspaper advertising
what good thing it was for tired and
aching feet it has now a permanent sale.
and nearly 200 so-called foot powders
have been put on the market with the
hope of profiting by the reputation which
has been built up for Aliens Foot-Ease.
When you ask for an article advertised
In these papers see that you get it. Avoid
substitutes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-26
Only One Cobb.

only One Cobb.
The morning after Judge Andrew
Cobb. a one time Justice Of the su-
preme court of Georgia, rendered his
resignation. an Atlanta lawyer and .
shoe drummer sat in the same seat In
an outgoing train.
The lawyer bought a newspaper and
looked over the headlines. Then he
turned to the drummer and said:
well, see Cobb has resigned"
"Gee!" said the drummer. What
will Detroit do now?"-Philadelph
Saturday Evening Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-26

anu dizzy spells,
To insure good health.
keep the Kidneys
we'll. Doan's Kidney
Pills remove al kid.
ney ills. Read what
a physician says: 4
DR.. H. Green, 215 N.
9Th St., No. Yakima,
Wash, says: Il have
used Deans Kidney
Pills in my practice
for years and they
h0v0 0$0v@vA ~&f-e
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ton. have taken Doan's Kidney
Pills personally and pronounce them
the best remedy I have prescribed I'm
my long career as a physician and sur
geon."
Remember the name-Doa1fs. For
sale by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-26
THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY
KIDNEYS. !.

Weak kidneys fail to remove poi.
sons from the blood and are the cause
OF backache. headache. urinary troubles
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-26
Different value4.

There's big difference in men,"
II Judge so, by studying the vari-
GUS rates for which Pittsburg council
men were bought"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-15
TEDDY FOR POINOExTER
ROOSEVELT FAvORS ANTI-BAL-
LINGER MAN FOR SENATOR.
Poindexter Opposes Senator Piles Of
Washington, an Old Friend Of
the Ex-President.
EAL1ZATao

Oyster Bay, N. Y.-Theodore Roose-
welt made it clear Tuesday, not by
direct statement, but by implication,
so strong that it admits of no misrep-
resentaton, that he will support Repre-
sentative Miles Poindexter in his fight
for a seat in the United States SEN
ate from the state of Washington.
They had luncheon together and a
conference at Sycamore Hill, and Mi.
Poindexter departed jubilant.
In indorsing Poindexter for the SEN
ate, Colonel Roosevelt places himself
squarely in opposition to Richard Bal
linger, secretary of the interior, whom
President Taft has SO warmly defend
ed, and it is the only stand he has
taken bearing directly or indirectly on
the Bailinger-Pinchot controversy.
Mr.. Poindexter is opposed to Secre'
tary Ballinger and hopes to unseat
Senator Piles of Washington, who is
seeking another term, and has Secre-
tary B%allinger's support.
While the general opinion is that
Colonel Roosevelt is feeling his way"
as regards his ultimate attitude to.
ward the Taft administration, his
stand is considered the most striking
indication of his present frame of
mind. And that he will fight hard
for the conservation movement which
he inaugurated while in office he
made Dlain to interyieWerS when Mr..
Poindexter had gone.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-15
ATTRACTED BY THE GOSPEL
Koreans Have Shown Themselves
Willing and Anxious to Hear
the Word.

Rev. c. T. Collyer writes as follows
in the London Christian:
1T is more then twenty-one years
since l first left home for the mission
field. Never have l known of people
being so ready to hear the Gospel as
are the Koreans just now. / have had
the privilege of doing a good deal of
personal work during the past few
weeks. Without stretching the point,
/ can say l have had personal con-
versation with several hundreds OF
heather. Not n to whom | have
spoken but has acknowledged that he
must become a Christian. The young
empress of Korea has not been ma
king good progress with her studies,
so it was felt she ought to have some
young lady companions who are used
to study. A young lady from u
school was chosen for this position.
She has been in the palace less than a
month, but she has found many oppor-
tunities of witnessing for her Lord,
with the result that her majesty has
definitely set one hour each day for
the study of Christianity, and ordered
that q Bible and hymn-book should
be procured for her. 1t has been my
privilege to order a specially bound
copy of the New Testament for her"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-15
NEGROES SEIZE COURTROOM
Declare They Would Obey No White
Judge Longer.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Over 100 negroes
arraigned at the Center Avenue po-
lice station on the charge of rioting
during Monday nights Johnson cele-
bration in the Hill district, went on
a rampage in the court room during
the hearings. The eight police Of
icers in charge of the Center Avenue
station were unable to control the ne
groes when they rushed Magistrate
Alperin, declaring they wanted a col
ored jury to pass on their cases.
The police reserves arriving, rushed
the blacks into the Jail corridor. Some
of the prisoners were clubbd unmer-
cifully. Three of the rioters were
ONE who had been Jailed the night
before for fighting. They, with the
other participants in the mutiny, were
remanded to Jail on new charges, with
out bail.
The police officials, as a precaution,
transferred all negro roundsmen who
had been stationed in the negro belt
to beats elsewhere, the colored officers
having been unable to quell the fight
ing Monday night.
White motormen and conductors
during the late hours of the night
and the early morning refused to run
cars over the routes that led through
the Wylie emu quarters. All OF
the cars that ran through the district
earlier at night we're attacked.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-15
BLEACHED FLOUR VERDICTS
Jury Had Listened to Testimony Over
Four Weeks.

Four Weeks.
Kansas City. Move, the jury,
find that the -four seized was adul-
terated.
I'VE, the jury, find that the flour
seized was misbranded."
These two verdicts were returned
in the federal court here today by the
jury that for more than five weeks had
listened to testimony for and against
the charge of the government that 625
sacks of flour, bleached and sold by
the Lexington Mill & Elevator Com
pany of Lexington, Neb., and seized
by the government while in the pos
session of the purchaser, a grocer at
Castle, Mo-, were adulterated and
~misbranded. The government had
charged that the flour was adulterat-
ed, in that it was bleached by the Al
sop process, which makes use Of nj
trogen peroxide in bleaching -four.
Misbranding was charged in that the
flour seized was labeled a fancy pat
ent and the government contended it
was not a fancy patent because it was
not made from a first grade hard win
ter wheat.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-15
DRY DETECTIVE LYNCHED
He Killed a Saloon Man In Raidine
His Place.

Newark, Ohio.-Carl Etherington.
% years old, employed by the State
Anti-Saloon League as a blind tiger
raider, was lynohed here Friday night.
following a day of almost continuous
rioting. The heavy doors of the Lick.
ing county Jail were battered down
and Etherington was dragged from his
cell. He was shot, kicked and bruised
before the street was reached, and
The finish followed quickly.
Etherington confessed that he killed
William Howard, proprietor of the
Last Chance restaurant and former
chief of police, in a raid of alleged
"speak easies" in a raiding scufle.
When news from the hospital that
Howard had died passed over the city
the fury of the mob took definite form.
Large battering rams were directed
upon the doors of the jail and the dep
uties were powerless. The doors fell
after nearly an hours attack.
While the mob was %battering down
the doors, Etherington was in his cell.
In an attempt to commit suicide he
smothered his head in his coat and
set fire 10 it. He was caught In time
to prevent self-destruction-
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-15
ATTACK OUR POLICY
CENTRAL AMERICAN POLICY HAS
AROUSED GENERAL PROTEST.
Latin-American Alliance Against the
United States May ResuIt-Likely
to Be a Remonstrance.
Copyright 1900

Washington, D. Chat at least
three, and perhaps more of he Cen
trail and South American diplomats
make a concerted protest of some
ference of American states at Buenos
Ayres against the Central American
policy of the United States is the
possibility being discussed in diplo-
matte circles here.
Rumors to this effect have been per-
sistent of late in quarters usually well
informed, and some responsible Latin
American representatives admitted
their approximate truth, though none
would permit himself to be quoted.
The rumors have led to lively ex-
change of Information among the Cen
trail and South American republics will
here. Officials of the state depart
ment are watching the situation very
closely.
Some of the more radical of the
Spanish-Americans are said to be i'll
kind at the coming international con-
favor of a Latin-American alliance
against the United States. 1t is gen
orally conceded, however, that formal
action Of this nature is unlikely.
The most that a be regarded as
probable is that the republics inter-
ested will give the United States to
understand automatically that the
principles represented in the attitude
of this government on the east coasS
of Nicaragua will not be accepted
willingly as a part of the international
law of the Americans. 1t is hardly
likely that this protest, if made, will
become a part of the official proceed
inpS Of the conference.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-15
Texas Cotton Good.

Austin, Texas.-The state agricul.
tural departments report of crop con
ditions shows that the cotton condi-
ton is good all over the state, with
the exception of a few localities where
the boil weevil is doing damage. The
crop is in 25 per cent. to IS per cent.
better condition than at this time last
year. The corn crop condition de-
clined from 10 to Is per cent. since
June l in Central and Northwestern
Texas, and improved Is to so per cent.
in other parts of the state. The fruit
crop is from so to 100 per cent. bet
ter than in 1909.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-15
COTTON EXPERT IS COMING
Brazilian Government Is Sending a
WeII-knoWn Specialist.

Washington, D. C.-The Brazilian
ministry of agriculture has made ar
engagements to send to the United
States a well-known specialist in cot
ton growing for the purpose of visit
ing the Southern states to study the
methods of American cotton growers
and obtain a number of American ex-
perts to go to Brazil to further the in
terests of cotton cultivation in that
country, according to a report OF
United States observation-disclosures J..
]. Slechta of Rio Janeiro.
1t is intended to have these Amer
lean experts travel throughout the cot
ton growing sections of Brazil and act
as inspectors and especially as in
StructOrS.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-15

of Washington; his granddaughter,
Miss Aubrey Francis, and the Rev.
James E. Freeman, of Minneapolis, a
neighbor and friend of the family.
To Chief Justice Fuller belongs
third rank for length of service as
presiding justice in the highest tri-
bunal of the American government.
For twenty-five years he was chief
justice of the supreme court of the
United States, but Chief Justice Mar
shall presided over the court for thir-
ty-four years, and Chief Justice fancy
for twenty-eight years.