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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Self Reliance of Cleveland

or stand in the way of some valuable
campaign activity.
This feeling was especially notable
among the leaders of the Tammany
organization. Tammany had swung
sincerely and loyalty into line and was
earnestly supporting the candidacy
of Cleveland, something which the or.
ganization did not do in 1884. And
Tammany thought it advisable to send
one of it's leaders, who was personal
friend of Mr.. Cleveland's, with mes
sage for the presidential candidate.
Mr.. Cleveland received the emissary
of Tammany very cordially. The day
was warm. They sat upon the piazza,
so that they might get the breezes
from Buzzard's Bay. Mr.. Cleveland
sat with his hat off, They chatted
for while upon general politics, and
then the Tammany message-bearer
spoke substantially as follows:
mr.. Cleveland, Tammany is con-
WINGED that you will carry New York
state and be elected unless something
happens which we cannot now foresee.
We are of the opinion, therefore, that
a practical politician should be desig-
mated to take personal charge of your
canvass. I mean by that, charge of
the canvass so far as your own rela-
ton to it personally Is concerned
something like the relation Daniel
Manning bore to your first canvass for
the presidency"
What do you mean by practical
Politician" Mr.. Cleveland asked.
why, l mean man competent to
look out for all obstacles, to prevent
any mistakes, to know what people
are going to say who come to see you,
to advise with you in respect to what
you say in reply"
$50 that is your idea of a practical
Politician" said Mr.. Cleveland.
YES, man capable of standing be.
tween you and any possible mistake.
A man who knows how to get just the
right kind Of news into the news
papers. A man who is very watchful,
and who knows politics-how to pull
the strings, and when not to pull
them"
$50 a practical politician must be
a man who knows how to pull
strings?" queried Mr.. Cleveland.
"Of course" replied the Tammany
politician.
WELL" said Mr. Cleveland, this is
all very funny. Will you take a mes
sage back to your Tammany friends
for me? Tell them how greatly l
appreciate their interest, and that !
consider it compliment that you
should have come to visit me. Then
you can also say to them that Mr..
Cleveland would like to know if they
don't think that man who has been
nominated for president three times
has something of the practical pol.
itician in him?'
Right there the conversation ceased.
The Tammany politician returned to
Tammany Hall, bearing Mr.. Cleve-
lands message, and from that moment
there was no longer any doubt in the
organization of Mr.. Cleveland's ability
to direct from the point of view of
practical politics his campaign for the
presidency.
Copyright, 1911. by E. ]. Edwards All
Rights Reserved.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
He Put Aside Great Wealth

in presuming that science and
finance are so far apart. when, in
fact, they are very closely related,
since the higher mathematics are in
intimate relation with the philosophy
of finance
And then he went on to say that
he had always felt that if he had not
devoted his life to scientific research
he undoubtedly would have taken up
a financial career.
THAT statement led me to say to
Professor Henry, who, I could see,
was not ignorant of financial matters,
as most scientists are supposed to be,
that I had often wondered why he
had not taken out patents upon ap-
paratus which made use of his
scientific discoveries, especially in
the field of electricity. I spoke to
him especially Of the electric tele-
graph, saying that as he had discov.
cred the principle upon which COM
mercial telegraphy is based, felt
sure he could have utilized thGt prin-
ciple to his own great profit, under
the patent, as Morse afterwards did.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
WITH Her SWEET help
ADDISON WETMoRE FINALLY 70
EMe0LDENED TO ASK.
But His Question Is Not Exactly the
One the Young Lady Had Been
Expecting for Nearly
Three Years,

Miss Derr}ngforth felt delightful
f1uttering in the vicinity of her heart.
Addison Wetmore seemed to be
nervous and eager It was clear that
he had something on his mind. He
picked up one of the six best sellers
and glanced for a moment at one of
the Illustrations, then threw the book
aside end drew a deep sigh, gazing
earnestly at his pretty companion.
What has come over you this eve
ming" she asked. "You seem to be
awfully nervous"
He crossed to the baby grand and,
leaning upon it, gazed down into the
beautiful girls deep, dark eyes. There
was In his look an earnestness that
she hat never seen there before and
suddenly she realized that this was to
be perhaps the most thrilling moment
OF her life.
I'VE have knoUn each other q Ions
time, haven't we, Shirley?" he replied
in tones that were tense with emo
ton.
Yes" she admitted, permitting her
pretty slim fingers to fall from tho
ivory keys and modestly avoiding his
eager gaze, 1T is nearly three year7."
You have had chance in tEat
time to get to know me pretty we'll,
haven't you? I have always tried to
be a perfect gentleman when l Was
with you, haven't IL"
Eyes, have neve; seen you do any-
thing to be.;ashamed Of"
HAS sour father ever objected to
our friendship"
mo, father has always liked y:',l
very much. He has often said 10
didn't think you were one of tkcsa
young men who thought their lives
would be wasted unless they squ1n-
dered tteir money on women VINO
smoked cigarettes and drank wine IN
public places"
I'm glad to hear he has such q
good opiaion of 1ae. There's SOME.
thing want to ask you
lis there?"
Eyes. It's something very import
ant"
The folks have all gone out. We
are alone here"
He took one of her soft hands in
his and she looked up at him with
sweet, gielish innocence.
1T is something l have been thlr:k.
ing of fnr several days."
What is it, Addison?"
II hardly know how to say it."
But l can't say it for you, can r.
mo, O: course not. You are SURE
your father likes me?'
Eyes. lie couldn't think more of you
il you were his son."
well, l want to borrow $50. DC
you thinf he would let me have it?''
-! don't know" she replied, draw
ing her hand from his. IF you wish
me to de- so I'll ask him at. breakfast
tomorrow morning. If you don't hear
from me. you will know that he has
refused Dear me! How late it is.
will be glad to let you have a nicfe
if you 1,*ed car fare to get home"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Greeley's Running Mate Was Not In
toxicated at New Haven, as Was
Reported, But Poisoned by
Soft Shell Crabs.

A brigadier general Of volunteers in
tor at thirtyseven. and eight years
later elected governor of Missouri,
Benjamin Gratz Brown reached the
height of his public fame when, in
1862, he became the tail of the
Greeley presidential ticket, nominated
by the Liberal Republican party.
When the presidential campaign OF
that year was in full swing Governor
Brown was brought on from the west
by his party managers for campaign
tour through New England. He was a
gifted speaker, and it was thought
that his eloquence would have a great
effect on the younger element among
the voters. One of the places at which
he was scheduled to speak was New
Haven. Governor Brown was a gradu-
ate of Yale, class OF AT, and when he
arrived in New Haven he was greatly
delighted to be again amid the scenes
OF his college days, which he had Wis
tied but once since his graduation,
and at the reception that was given
him he expressed his pleasure at the
fact that he had been asked to deliver
4 speech in the town of his alma
mater.
But that speech was never deliv-
cred. In the early evening there
spread report from the hotel where
Governor Brown was stopping that he
was i'll. and soon it was being limited
that his illness was due to the effects
of too much cordially. 1t was ru-
NOR that was not confined to New
Haven. 1t spread gradually all over
the country, and during the campaign
1t was told In certain quarters that
the Liberal Republican candidate for
vice-president had been indiscreet on
his visit to New Haven-so indiscreet,
in fact. thai he was able neither to de-
liver the speech he had been sched-
uled to make there. though a crowded
hall had assembled to hear him, nor
to continue elsewhere his New Eng
land tour.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Literary Persons Inferior Penmen

Literary Persons Inferior Penmen.
The handwriting of literary men 70
supposed to have improved during re-
cent years, but there are still few
with fondness for heiroglyphics. At
4 meeting of the Methodist confer
ence in Melbourne, Australia, the 9TH
er day Rev. DR.. Fitchett, author Of
Deeds That Won the EMPIRE" and
other popular works, handed up a
resolution. The president looked at
it, turned it upside down and round
about, and at length gave it up in
despair. The clerk was equally unable
to decipher it. II must ask Brother
Fitchett," said the president, ito be
good enough to rewrite his resolu-
ton and try to make it readable.
At present it resembles a doctors
prescription"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Appropriately Named.

Few st. Louisans are so notorious
ly bald as Walker Hill, president Of
the Observation-Disclosures bank. TIE
other day friend thrust his head into
Mr.. Hills office.
"Getting up in the world, aren't
you?'
"Huh?" Mr.. Hill said.
Il understand they have named a
new town for you"
THAT so?" the banker responded,
not unflattered by the news
"Yes-some place down on the Iron
Mountain"
That's funny" Mr.. Hill said. n
don't know anything about 1t. What's
the name of the town."
BALD Knob" the friend said, with
drawing uproariously-St.L Louis Post.
Dispatch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Russia Versus New York.

nO0ObA VS0OUo I've" W.
The other day the New York papers
carried a rather remarkable STORY"
A Russian named Mark Seiboff, who
escaped from The convict mines in
Siberia, announced that he was tired
of trying to gain livelihood in New
York; that the competition was so
great and the strain so hard that
the mines of Siberia we're preferable
He had saved up his scant savings
until he had enough to get ticket
back to Russia, and he was leaving
to re-enter the mines. This is GER
tainly not a glowing tribute to the
land of great freedom from q man
who has come out of that which is
pictured as the one of deep gloom
and great tribulation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Pedestrian Barred.


Here was a case where it seemed as
II everything was settled. The insur
ance company's doctor had reported
that the man seemed to be all right.
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and
the man himself had certified that he
was not engaged in any dangerous &C.
cupation. II lead sedentary life,"
he told them. Il work in an office
and we have no danger or excite
ment." How about sports?" asked
the examiner. DO you play football
Baseball? Do you box? Belong to an
athletic club?" "No-none of that
stuff. l guess I'm safe risk do
you scorch?' What do you mean?'
DO you drive your car faster than
the speed limit?' Il have no car"
What? How do you get about?" II
walk" Risk refused. A scorcher is
a dangerous risk, but a pedestrian has
no chance at all. Buy a car, old chap.
Sorry-good night"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
She Knew How to Reason.

She Knew How to Reason.
A little girl six years old visited her
grandfather. who was a minister Of
the gospel. He is man who has cen
tributed something to controversial
theology, and is well known az q
logician. His granddaughter opened
on him in this wise:
"Grandpa, Uncle Herbert says the
moon is made of green cheese!"
"Well, dearie, If you want to con-
trovert Uncle Herbert, suppose you
look 1t up in your Bible"
"Where'll l look grampa?"
Right at the beginning"
The little girl sat down and started
in. Before she had finished the Sec
ond chapter of Genesis, she shouted,
1--WE found it, and it amt true, gram
pa! It says God made the moon be-
fore he made any cows!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
No Likely Lack Of Salt,

Fears are sometimes expressed that
the resources of nature will in time
be exhausted. Scientific men have fig
ured out the duration of the coal sup
ply of England. They have also told
US how soon our American forests
will cease to furnish timber. But
however it may be with other things,
nature seems to have stored up an
abundance Of salt There ID the ocean
for one item, and in the mountains
of the Punjab in Asia q traveller has
discovered q mass of seventeen cubic
miles OF salt enough to supply man.
Kind for millions OF years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Pastors DECEPTION.

A Buffalo pastor is reported to have
attracted an overflow congregation by
announcing that he would preach
about q family scandal. There was q
church full of disappointment when
the sermon was begun, for the preach.
er talked about the temptation Of Eve
BY The serpent
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Wanted to Be 9ociabie.

A regiment of soldiers were at camp
and young Scottish recruit was put
on sentry outside the generals tent
In the morning the general rose, look
ed out of his tent and said to the
young man in a stern and loud voice:
''Who are your -s.'t . ~ =s5-ss.:zz
The young man turned round smart
az and said:
zine! COS yersSr ?''-TitBits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Formative.

Teacher-What is it that binds us
together and makes u better than
we are by nature? -. -
"Corsets, sir," piped Z wise little
dyl Of eight. .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Up to Date.

Up TO Date.
Our Office boy doesn't have his
grandma die so he can so to q base.
ball game"
MOP"
Hes too smart for that. He says
his little brother is threatened with
infantile paralysis"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
In Trade,

Our host is rather a dreadful per-
son. He doesn't even know how to
speak correctly"
mo; he speaks with a pronounced
business accent"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-06-17

This is valuable pamphlet for all
who desire to obtain an intelligent
grasp Of the teaching of the Church
on this important matter. Her doc
trine is summarized clearly and ac-
curately in it's forty-eight pages.
Daily Mass. The Mytic Treasures of
the Holy Sacrifice. BY Rev. Jo-
seph Mcdonnell, S. j. International
Catholic Truth Society, Brooklyn,
N. Y. Five cents copy Special
rates for quantities.
This brochure is intended to furnish
the reader with correct idea of the
unspeakable value and Importance of
the Mass as means Of personal
sanctification. To that end it treats
of the excellence of the Mass; it's
mysteries; the ends for which it is
offered; and the treasures of grace
and blessings which it procures for
those who take advantage of it's daily
celebration. 1t is plea on behalf of
daily attendance at the Holy Sacrifice
if not in person, at least in spirit.
From perusal of it the reader gains
a good idea of the reasons which I'M
derlie the frequent exhortations heard
from the pulpit to attend daily Mass
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-06-17

pensation; the offering is an aims
which goes into the charity fund OF
the Church. There is nothing wrong
in exacting a fee on the occasion of a
dispensation. Those who put the
Church authorities to trouble and in.
convenience because they wish to be
exempted from her general laws
ought to be willing to compensate for
the trouble as far as possible.
Under what conditions may a WON.
an receive the Sacraments who was
married by judge to man whose
divorced wife is living?
The Church does not recognize this
marriage as lawful one The woman
is living in sin, and before being ad-
United to the Sacraments she must
Separate from her husband and
make reparation for the grave scandal
she has given by her contempt of the
laws of the Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-06-17
TERMS OFFERED IN
BISHOP McGoLRlcK's cATHo-
Lie COLONY AT oNAMIA,
MINNESOTA.

Each colonist is advanced $4,000
worth of lumber for use in building
house and barn. $4,000 in cash is
loaned each colonist with which he is
required to buy cows, hogs and poultry.
After the settler has removed the
brush and cleared ten acres, the Com
pany with whom the contract is made,
goes in with a powerful stump puller
or otherwise assists in removing the
stumps, in which work the settler is
employed, if he desires. This work
is done at cost and all of these
amounts are charged in the settlers
contract with ten years time in which
to repay
If a settler, within two years, puts
on the land six cows or more, and
keeps that many or more during the
next eight years, a rebate of 81. 90 per
acre is allowed on the purchase price
of the land
Two priests are stationed at Ona-
mia, where they have church and par
sonage. Over twenty miles of wagon
roads are in course OF construction
through the lands of this colony, under
the supervision of the Minnesota State
Highway Commission.
Three dollars per acre is paid down
and nothing further to pay except in
terest and taxes until the second No
vember following date of purchase.
Applicants are expected to have in
addition to the $500 per acre down,
enough means to acquire farming i'm
plements, etc.
Booklet describing Mile Laos Coun-
ty, Mimi, will be sent upon request
of Minnesota Catholic Colonization
Society.
400 Germania Life Bldg,
st. Paul, Mimi.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-06-17

ranged, and it only remains to hold a
number of rehearsals within the COM
ing fortnight for the 200 persons en-
gagged in the coronation ceremonies,
which, though mainly following the
lines of King Edwards coronation, will
present some new features, notably
the inclusion for the first time of
standard bearers representing the
overseas dominions, India and Wales,
as well as England, Scotland and Ire
land. The overseas troops will also
be given a post of honor outside Buck
ingham palace and around the Vic
toria Memorial on coronation day
Instead of disappearing, as the
farmers had expected, the cutworm is
getting more numerous and doing more
damage than ever. Farmers of Pope
County, Minnesota, are losing their
corn as the result of the work of this
pest. Fields of corn that came up
with hardly a hill missing are now al
most destroyed. One farmer says that
two-thirds of his field is. destroyed,
by the worm.
The steel corporation, through it's
mining division, the Oliver Iron Mining
Company, has made prompt and lib
eral settlement with the heirs of the
fourteen men killed in the Norman
mine at Virginia, Mimi, March IL,
and has taken upon itself the matter
of caring for and providing oppor-
tunity for education for seven orphans,
the children of one of the dead min
ers, Paul Paulson. The company set
tied with all of the heirs on basis of
the maximum amount provided for by
law, $4,000 in each case, everything
being done out of court. In addition
to paying the Paulson children that
sum for the death of their father, the
company has paid off the balance due
on the Paulson home, paid up all 9TH
err debts that were outstanding so
that there may be no claim against
the $4,000 for the children and, in adj
dition, the company will pay $40 per
month for the care of each of the
children, whose ages range from to
IL years, until each is Is years old.
The biggest irrigation project in
Oregon under private ownership is
that of the Oregon Irrigation Com
pany. The tract, with headquarters
at Bend, includes 218,00O acres, and
something like 100000 acres are now
under water. The price now is $40
per acre for the water and $3.50 for
the land In it's earlier stages, the
work was undertaken at something
like $40 per acre, a price which was
too low and which caused the appoint
ment of receiver for the Deschutes
Irrigation and Power Company and the
formation of the present company, the
State allowing an increase in the price
under the Carey act
Under this act the State may select
arid lands and have them reclaimed,
the Government practically donating
the land. Then the State makes a
contract with a company or an indi.
vidual for the building of the bitches
allowing the builders to make a rea.
sonable profit The lands may then
be sold to settlers under certain re
strictions and the cost of the reclama-
ton then becomes lien on the land
After the lands are under cultivation
or a certain percent of each tract
proof may be made by appearing with
rryS+v q
the State Fifty cents per acre is the
States share of the proceeds.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-06-17
POPULAR CATHOLIC LITERATURE

The Devotion of the First Fridays of
the Sacred Heart.
Miniature Meditations. First series:
"The Apostleship of Prayer; Sec
ond series: ''The Sacred Heart. y
By Rev. Joseph Mcdonnell, S. ].
Can be obtained from the Interna-
tional Catholic TrutL Society, 4O7
Bergin Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Five
cents a copy. Special rates for
quantities.
These pamphlets are from the pen
of the Reverend Editor of the Irish
Messenger of the Sacred Heart, and
are issued from its Office of publica-
ton in Dublin. Their object is to in
flame the souls of their readers with
love for the Sacred Heart of our Lord
by furnishing a series of simple medi-
tations on that devotion to which the
Church directs our attention, not only
during the month of June, but on the
First Fridays throughout the year.
Each consists of nine meditations
suited to the needs of those who de-
sire to honor the Sacred Heart on
nine consecutive First Fridays in or
der to gain the graces and privileges
promised to the Blessed Margaret
Mary Alacoque by our Lord Himself
in favor of all who are devoted to His
Sacred Heart. They are admirably
suited to this purpose.
Frequent and Daily Communion. BY.
Rev. Joseph Mcdonnell, s. ]. In
ternational Catholic Truth Society,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Five cents copy.
Special prices for quantities.
In the preface the author says that
the chief object of this booklet is to
foster in the minds of its readers
higher appreciation of the value and
Importance of Holy Communion, and
corresponding desire to receive it as
often as possible.
The matter is summed up in four
chapters. The first gives the decree
of His Holiness, Pope Piux K, on
Daily Communion, together with a
commentary on it; the second deals
with other recent DEGREES concerning
Holy Communion; the third explains
the effects of Holy Communion on the
soul and on the body; and the fourth
answers the objections of those who
do not wish to avail themselves of the
privilege of receiving Holy Commun-
ion every day
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-10-02

PICKED TEAM W. HAWAII.
Picked Team-Flizer, h.; Chilling
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-10-02
Wet GROUNDS
But FAST BALL
Slim Attendance Of Both Play
ers and Spectators For
Yesterdays Games.

Rain, or, rather. the prospect of rain.
scared away players and fans alike
yesterday. and as the result only one
of the two scheduled games OF the
oahu League goes down on the record.
The first game Of the double header.
which was to have been between the
J. A. c. and Hawaii teams, fell through
because some Of the former team fail
ed to put In an appearance. The 9TH
err game, between the Stars and Por-
tuguese, went to the latter, who took
the long end of 3 to score after a
well-played game.
So as to give the handful of the
faithful full value for their coin. the
Hawaii aggregation lined up against n
picked team composed OF J. A. C. and
p. A. c. players. This game was rather
ragged, resulting In a 4 to l win for
the Hawaii boys.