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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

we ask What the matter with
Dad?'"
Cloud cries of Hes all right! You
bet!"
"The opposition is pleased to pre-
lace all its literature in this campaign
with these words. God bless Home
ana Mother!' Now, in simple Justice
TO the founders of this great cradle of
freedom. we say to the opposition,
how dare you kick Father off the
front steps? Why isn't Dads name
mentioned on the bill of fare?"
(Crles OF Lynch him! Lynch him."
"hereupon Uncle Peter turned pale
and pointed at his sore throat.)
WHO is it. l ask you, ladies and
gentlemen, who is it that rises at early
dawn, lights the fire. cooks a hard
boiled egg and Is out kicking the dew
of the grass while Mother is still
chasing new dress through the val
ley of Dreamland? Dad.
WHO is it that has to buy a six
dollar overcoat and then has to chase
out to the barn in the storm and let
the rain melt the overcoat? Dad!
Who is it that gathers in SIS of a
pay day and has 10 hand out s22 of it
before sunset? Dad:
who is it that has to meet the
grocer and the butcher and the baker
and the rent collector and wear out
his voice trying to stand them off,
Dad!
who buys the chicken for the Sun
day dinner, carves it himself and then
draws the neck from the discard after
every one else is served? Dad!
who meets an old friend he hasn't
seen for years, hoists in few dippers
OF suds, moseys home with a. good-na-
tured souse only to find that Ma
makes him sleep on the ironing-board
In the dining-room? Dad!
Ladies and gentlemen, we believe
What IS home without a Mother AS
a campaign issue is untenable, and We
insist that What is home without a
Father?' is the one burning question
of the hour-a question which has re-
NAMED unanswered, unhonored and
unsung too long in this campaign!"
cloud and continued cheering. MANY
of the ladies being in tears.)
80, ladies and gentlemen, here's to
Dadl-the silent hero OF the hocsa-
hold! To Dad, the willing worker!
To Dad, the humblest bit of bric-a-
brac in the parlor! To Dad, who goes
through Wo With tho soft pedal on the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26
Not Exactly Patriotic.

He was, let us say, Irish, was among
several men of other nationalities, and
had imbibed several beverages. He
was extremely anxious, moreover, to
uphold the glories of Erin, but was
not quite so sure Of what was going
on about him. A foreigner near him
remarked:
can honest man is the noblest work
of Cod"
The Hibernian didn't quite catch
what was said.
Get out!-an Irishman isl" he
roared
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HAVE NEW IDEAS IN EXAMS
Professors Have Adopted the Oral Ex-
an1inations in Preference to the
Written,

A number Of professors in the Eng
fish department at the University of
Pennsylvania have adopted the oral
examination in preference to the writ
ten. A large number of test questions
are written upon cards. The student
is required to pick three, five or ten
questions, as the case may be, and an.
swer them.
AS soon as he has finished, says the
Old Penn Weekly Review, he is tod
whether he has PASSED, which obvi.
ates weeks of waiting for the results
of written examinations. The scheme
is said to eliminate all possibility OF
dishonesty and compels a man to
stand squarely upon his own ability.
The honor system is in force in the
Wharton school of finance and COM
merce. In this school also there has
originated a system Of cooperation
with the fraternitics in keeping delin-
quent students up to their work. Each
fraternity has a board CT representa-
tives upon scholastic standing.
In the Wharton school quizzes are
given to freshmen and sophomores
every two weeks. The results are sent
to the fraternity representatives, who,
upon finding a member of their So
ciety deficient in his work, appoint a.
man to coach the delinquent. Tho
scheme has been so successful that
some of the fraternities have taken it
up in connection with ether depart
ments One fraternity watch lost two
years ago number Of it's members
through failure in examinations was
not obliged to drop one last June.
This year the fraternit:es reported
that their men were better prepared
for examinations than ever before.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

river, leaving as an audience for the
startled Uncle Peter one woman and
three babies.
Mr.. Gray sent word that he has
tapped eight kegs of beer in the ball
grounds the woman informed me,
but my children amt got no thirst
for it yet. They'd rather watch the
old gent make funny faces!"
Uncle Peter collapsed and Aunt
Martha famed him vigorously, while
Clara ]. exclaimed spitefully, THAT
Bunch Jefferson Is a perfect fiend.'
How did you guess it," said, try
Ing hard not to SMILE
copyright by G. W. Dillingham; Coz
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DoubIe-Edqed.

DoubIe-Edaed.
The man whose daughter had just
been united to the husband of her
choice looked little sad.
II tell you, squire" he said to one Of
the wedding guests, man of his own
age, and himself the father of a num-
Der of unmarried girls, Il tell you
it is solemn thing for US when our
daughters marry and 60 away"
The squire assented not altogether
heartily.
Il suppose it u.s." he conceded. but
I tell you it is more solemn when they
don't."-Youth's Companion.
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and had to clutch something to keep
from falling. I grew worse and for
weeks was unable to work. One thing
after another I tried without relief
and then l began with Doan's Kidney
Pills. now feel like a different per-
son.
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents q
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
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That e.. Awful

Did you hear It? How embar.
RAISING. These stomach noisesmake
you wish you could sink through
the floor. You imagine everyone
hears them. Keep a box of CAS-
CARETS in your purse or pocket
and take part of one after eating.
It will relieve the stomach of gas. s1s
CASCARETS 1oc box for . weeks
treatment Alldruggists. Biggest seller
In the world-million boxes a month.
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Effectively Disguised.

the other day and sat opposite each
other in perfect silence. Both wore
the wastebasket style Of hat. They
rode downtown oblivious of each 9TH
er's presence and got of at the same
corner. The first down looked up al
she descended and gave a start Of sur.
prise.
why, is that you, dear?" she ex-
claimed. II wondered who it was, but
didn't recognize your feet."-Peoria
Herald Transcript.
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The Point Of View.

Poetic Lady-Ah, Sir Charles. when
you see your wife looking so beauti.
full in her exquisite furs, don't you
repeat to yourself those charming
lines
Crusty Foxhunter (cutting in)-
What I repeat to myself is "A hundred
and f1fty-seven pound ten and no SEQ.
ond hOrse!"-Punch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26
MACHlNlST?

Here Is an occupation which
offers almost unlimited opportu-
mites for a successful career to
the boy who Is possessed Of
even moderate amount Of me-
chanicaI ingenuity. It Is divid-
ed Into so many specisIties that
the demand for skilled work.
men is constant and the chances
to rise are unusually good. In
this age Of machinery no phase
OF Iife-work is more promising.
BY c. W. JENNINGS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

Kidney secretions con-
tanned heavy sediment
and burned awfully in
passage. Everything
seemed to be gradu-
ally giving way; my
limbs ached, sight be-
came poor and blood
circulation was so i'm.
haired that 7 roa1od
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26
Iohn:: Henry
MAKES A
SPEECH
By GEORGE v. HOBART

The days rolled by and Ruraldene
watched with increasing interest the
struggle for supremacy between Mr..
Peter Grant and Mr.. William Gray.
From the moment the glad tidings
spread around that they were out to
make monkeys of each other it SEEM
ed that every voter in the community
quit work and Sum-shoed after the
two Candidates.
Everybody knew that money would
flow like water, and everybody was for
putting bulkhead compartments In the
clothes.
AS for me! Well, Uncle Peter
handed me fat slob of a checkbook
and told me to cut loose, and l be-
came so popular in all the booze ba-
zaars that had to wear ice in the
derby to keep the noddle from spread
Ing. was his campaign manager,
and Bunch Jefferson held the same
pest for Bill Gray.
l worked eighteen hours day every
day and slept with one lamp lit.
/ began to notice that the Gray fac
ton was making big play for the
women. They seemed to think that
II they got the wives and mothers on
their side it would be all of with the
Grant prospects.
Bunch Jefferson had handbills and
three-sheets all over town with cracks
like these In big black type:
GOD BLESS OUR HOME
WHICH KNOWS NO PETER
GRANT,!
WHAT is HOME WITHOUT A
MOTHER?
ASK PETER GRANT, THE
POLITICAL PIRATE.
WHEN WAS PETER GRANT
BORN?
AND WHY7
THE opposition is out to jolly the
women along" l explained to Uncle
Peter, because they think Mama
will influence Papa's political opinions.
They are throwing the taffy at Mother
and getting her Woody with the happy
conversation in the hope that she'll
crowd Papa up In the corner and take
his vote away from him. It's up to US
to say few pleasant words about
Father, for, after all, it's Dad that
does the heavy thinking on election
day and bites deep into the lead-pencil
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Putting Him Wise.

Borem (11:30 p. m.))| wish was
a mind-reader, Miss Hits.
Miss Hitts-And why, pray?
Borem-so I could read your inaae
most thoughts.
Miss Hitts-Oh, In that ea0e 20
would not be hoeA ..s...s~ ..s~> 80
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Hoods SarsapariIIa

II felt tired all the time and could
not sleep nights. After taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla a little while could
sleep well and the tired feeling had
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No Girls.

"You didn't stay long at Wombat's
country place."
mo, he promised to show me the
beauties of his neighborhood and then
tried to point out a lot Of scenery"
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A Serious Result

did that explorer suffer any r41>
zeal ailment az q result of hia erha n
the arctic regions?"
"Yes."
"What was IT,"
-. Writers ecamns
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

USE ALIENS FOOT-EASE
tho Antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes
for tired, aching feet 1t takes tho sting Of
and bunions and makes walking delight. Sold
everywhere, Csc. Refuse substitntcs. For FREE
trial package, address A. s. Olmsted LIE Roy, NY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

It is impossible a man who Is false
to his friends and neighbors should
be true to the public.-Bishop Berke-
Low
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RECOGNIZE Value Of Fresh Air.

Recognize Value Of Fresh Ar.
New York city now has in opera
ton twelve open air schools and
classes, and definite provision has
been made for fourteen similar classes
to be opened by next fall, according
to an announcement made by the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis. Chicago
has six open air classes in its schools.
and Boston has five.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

For your own sake, don't wait until it
happens. tt may be a headache. tooth
ache. earache, or some painful accident.
Hamlins Wizard Oil will cure it. Get a
bottle now
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That Tired Feeling

your blood Is wanting In vitality, just as ptmpIes
and other eru2tions are signs that it is impure.
Do not delay treatment; begin at once to take
simply
remedial
appetite There
substitutes
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26
ALL RUN DOWN.
A Typical Case Of Kidney Trouble and
How It Was Cured.

A. ]. Adams, 242 Rose St., Roseburg,
Ore, says: my back ached fiercely
for hours and then eased up only to
leave me so weak could hardly move.
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gone. This great medicine has also
cured me of scrofula, which had
troubled me from childhood" Mrs.
G. M. Root, Box Is, Gilead, Conn.
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Mrs. Appleworm- Mercy! My hus-
band has left me and eaten halt the
house before he went.
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A Good Score.

a GOOD Score.
whats DOGGY at your suburb"
Forty cooks a year. Lost year we
had only e"-Exchange
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ERHAPS It has never oc.
Cured to you that there
was anything more in be
ing a machinist than the
unattractive work Of han.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1911-05-26

dente ct jcune, ellie passa des p~reoccupa-
tons graves que u avons analyses
dGja d DIES prGoceunations plus douces,
qui lui mon'raient Philippe intimement
uni i toutes ses pensees ct demeurant
e..ornellement i ses c0tGs.
Pour Ia premiere fois: depuis son arrl
We 4 la Concierge, lie, ellie descendit dams
Ia sale Cette sale %s'ouvrait
sur IN plGau ferme dun cote par les grill
les de fer qui les separaient dun corrl-
dor etroit ct bias, lequel faisalt partle du
logement DIES hommes. Cest dams ce
cor idor que Sc tenaie@t les prisonniers.
C'est contre ces grilles don't les barreauX
etaient s~uffisamment espaces, qulls sap
puya1ent, ~lorsqui,s voulaient correspon-
Dire avec les ~prisonnieres. Durant lie
jour, il a%rrivait frGpuemment qu'une por-
te s'ouvrait ct permettait aux detenus de
deux sexes de Sc rapprocher. Alors les
promenades succedalent n ~promenades
les ]rencontres aux %ncontres: DIES grou-
pes Sc formaient on l'on voyait des hom-
mes jel mes ct beauX, DIES femmes ele-
gantes deviser entire euX CONNIE dams
I'm salon.
La viellle sociGtG FRANCHISE, sous les
verrous, prot stait ainsi contre les per-
secutions don't ellie ctait victime, prou-
want q ses persecuteurs qu'ils n'auraient
raisoa nj de son courage, nj de sd gazette
nj meme de son insouciance en- face de la
mort.
Tous ceux qui, les documents ct les
preuves en- main, ont essaye de decrire
p..n.erieur Ges prisons de ce temps sont
d'accord pour afirmer que lie mepris de
Techafau. ne fut jamais pousse 81 loin
que par les detenus de cette epoque san
glante.
Les femmes deployaient I'M luxe inoui
digne DIES jo, r; de la Regence. LIE plus
solvent, on les voyait apparaitre, des lie
matin, en- gallant neglige. A midi, elles
s'habillaitent avec plus d'elegance ct de
recherche, ct, lie solr, Giles Sc paraient de
robes a t"aine, conn e 81 elles eussent en-
core conserve Temperance d'aller prone
ner a la cour leur grace ct leur beaute.
Celles qui, par les circumstances de leur
arrestat' on, avaient etc empechees dap
porter avec Giles I'm assortment de toilet
tes, s'ingeniaient pour rivaliser d'cclat
avec celles de leurs compagnes mieux ia
vorisees. Aussi la prison, loin d'avolr lie
sompre aspect dun cachot, a%ntichambre
de la mort, ressemblait-elle a IN lieu de
plaisir. Les femmes sly montraient Sc
duisantes, %coquettes; les hommes, preve
nants, p~assionnes; ct plus dun amour ma
quit, v6cut ct mourut entire temperance
ct Petrol. a Pardeur duquel les GRANTEES
du lendemain n~'avalent pu rien enlever
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1911-05-26

W~Nous enverrons gratuitement les
numeros d"7a parus de &c feull-
Teton a tout nouvel abonne qui en- fera
la demande.
II 6tait neuf heures du matin, lors-
que lie delGgued de la Commune, don't l'aL-
sence await contraint les %prisonniers d
coucher dams la grande sale de la sec
ton, y fit son enrree. Tout Sc passa com
me Philippe e; Dolores l'avaient prevu.
II les interrogea s)mma 'rement, entendit
lie rapport verbal du chef de la patrouille
qui les await arretes, prit DIES notes, for
ma IN dos iar, luis ordonna que les in
culpees s%eraient envoyes Pun a la Con-
ciergerie, Pautre aux M~adelonnpttes.
Ne peut-on nous laisser ensemble?
demanda Philippe que desolait la pers-
pective o'une separation.
LIE Co1it5 decidera. Pour lie mo-
ment, je suis oblige &c vous separer, re
pondit lie delegue d la Commune.
Philippe s'approcha de Dolores.
Ne perds pas courage, lui dit il. Je
te rejoindrai bient6t.
Dolores await etc d6signGe pour etre
conduite a la Conciergerie. Une escoua-
de de gendarmes Sc presenta. Sur la de-
mande de la jeune file, Pun d'eux fit
avancer I'm fiacre. Ellie y monta, s'assit
dams lie fond, tan,1s que les hommes
charges de Paccompagner prenaient pla-
ce les uns dams lint6rieur de la voiture.
ses c6tes, les autres sur lie siege du CO
cher. Pour arriver a la Conciergerie, on
devait passer devant lie Palais de justice,
Sur les degrees du palais, non loin de la
porte de la prison, etaient grcupees DIES
femmes IN grand nombre, megeres ct tri.
coteuses qui venaient quotidiennement
assister au depart DIES condamnes q mort
II fallut que Dolores de<cend1t de voitu.
res sous !elrs yeux. Les mains Sc reu.
nirent pour a%pplaudir, les bouches SOU.
vrirent pour crier, ct ce fut sous les
nuees, les quolibets ct les l~nsultes qu'el
lie fit a pied lie court trajet qul la separai,
de la prison, protegee a grand'peine con.
tire les furies populaires par les hommes
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blait tres atf1ige.

blait tres atfiige.
-Cest Coursegol, c'est a lui qu'etait
destince la lettre. Ne lie reverras-tu
pas?
CONNIE son chagrin ma touche, j7
luz al promls de Paider dams ses recher-
ches. II a etc convent que, ce matln, a
dix heures, IL viendrait chez lie concier-
&c, atm de demander 4 etre employG
dams la prison; qua la meme heure, tn
entreras au greffe Gus I'LL p%retexte quel-
conoue. De cette maniere, 81 vous par
e., YOU vous saurez, lui, 81 tn es celle
dull cherche: tot, sill est celui 4 qui tn
avais ecrit.
C'est ainsi que, quelques temps apres,
Dolores Sc trouva en- face de Coursegol.
II leur fut impossible d'echanger un seul
mot. Mais, dun regard, Coursegol fit
comprendre a Dolores gull allait en-
ployer tout ses efforts pour arrlver JUS
QUA ellie ct s'occuper de sa dGlivrance.
Jusqu'au lendemain, ellie went heureuse
en- peasant qu'un occur devoue veillait
sur ellie ct sur Philippe. Entin, &c jour
la au moment OH ellie sly attendait lie
MONS, la porte SQUIRT ct Coursegol en-
ira.
-Je remplace Aubry pour la journee,
dit IL.
Dolores s'avanca vers lui. II sem
brasserent. lis n'etaient separes que
depuis trois jours, mails ces trois jours,
pour eux, avaient etc lougs CONNIE I'm
steele.
-As-tuvu Philippe? demanda Dolores.
-Je Pal vue hier, apres t'avoir quittee,
ma file.
-Est-il toujours dams cette prison DIES
madelonnettes?
-Oui; mails, la semaine p%rochaine il
sera lei.
Aucune nouvell9 ne pouvait etre plus
douce au ceur de Dolores. Ellie remer-
cia lie pro.ecteur don't lie devouement
s'eforcait ainsi d%'apporter DIES adouclsse-
ments a son sort. Puts, ce fut lui qui
raconta ce quill await fat durant les jours
presidents, comment il avais mis- Vau-
ouelas en- demeure de lui procurer un
~sauf-conduit.
-,Je pai &c sauf-conduit, ajouta-t-il.
Settlement pour quill soft possible de
sen servir, il faut que Philippe habite la
meme maison que tol. IL sera lei dams
ouelques jourts, ct alors vous sortirez,
mes cheers enfants. Moi, pendant ce
temps, je vais tout rreparer pour que
nous ouittions Paris aussit6t apres votre
elargissement.
Cette entrevue qui Sc prolonged long
temps, transforma Dolores. Ellie entire
Wit Ia possibilite d'etre heureuse lcl-bas,
ct avec la mobilize dune Imagination ar
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Feuillcton de PEcho de l'Ouest

qui formaient son escorte. Entin, la por-
te fatale SQUIRT devant ellie. On la fit
penetrer dams lie grefe, petite piece OH Sc
tenait remploye auquel etait confee la
triste comptabilite du registre d'ecrou,
inscrivit sur ce registre son nom, ses pre-
mons, son age. Puts on la conia a I'm
%guichetier, charge de lul trouver I'm loge-
merit dams la partie de la prison place.
sous ties ordres.
-J'ai deux graces a vous demander,
dit Dolores a Get homme, don't la figure
bienveilante lui inspira coniance.
Que desires-tu, cheyenne?
-D'abord, avoir une chambre pour
moi seule, 81 c'est possible. Je payerai
pour celia.
&c sera dificlle. Mais, enfn, j'avi.
serai, Eft encore?
-Faire parvenir une lettre a une per-
some qui NEST chere.
Son nom?
-Coursegol. Ellie habite chez lie eli
toyen Vauquelas, Oh %j'habitais moi .meme
lorsque j'ai etc arretee en- son absence.
Vous pourrez prendre cornaissance du
~contenu de cette ~lettre, ct vous %convain-
ere qu'elle ne renferme rien de con-
ira re aux lois.
-Bien, cheyenne! repondit lie concier-
&c que touchalt lie sort de cette belle
jeune file. Je vais te conduire dams une
sale OH tn seras seule ct tn ecriras ia
lettre.
En- parlant ainsi, il %introduisit Dolores
dams une petite piece.au second etage de
la prison, qu'eclairait une croisee haute
ct grillee dormant sur la cour.
-Tu resteras lei autant que tn voudras
ct null ne viendra t'y troubler. Les repas
Sc prennent en- commun dams lie refectoi.
re a moins que pon ne prefere etre servi
d part, moyennant six livres par jour.
-Je n'aurai d'argent que lorsque la
lettre que je vals ecrire sera parveuue a
sa destination, objecta Dolores. J'ai don
ne celui que je possedais pour payer lie
facre qui ma conduite lei.
-Je te ferai credit, reprit lie gulche-