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rest any members that he could find
and bring them In. They were
rounded up from their Offices and
from the long cool corridors and
cloak-rooms Of the capitol where
they were basking in the breezes
from electric fans or in the solitude
of their Offices where they had dis
carded their coats and were endeav-
oring to keep cool.
What is holding up the adjourn
ment?" was asked a representative
Its that darn lazy senate" said he,
'and a lot Of men who take up the
time of the sessions with long politi-
cal speeches that hold up the business
that ought to have precedence" The
house could adjourn in three days"
he continued, "but they will have to
wait for the bills now before the
senate to pass that body and come to
them for ratification"
There are only two or three i'm
portant bills up before congress that
must be settled before the members
can go home. In the meantime the
statesmen will continue to swelter.
Most of them would be glad of the
opportunity to get home and attend
to the work of fixing their political
fences for their reelection this fall.
Some of them feel, perhaps, that they
can't be reelected and want to stay
in office as long as possible. At any
rate they must continue to stay at
the capitol and swelter until the
close of the session.
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the tantalising smile of the pretty
young woman. and 50 he is led to his
undoing.
So far, It is estimated. about 100
autoists have fallen into the nicely
baited trap. The motorcycle police
men deny that they are carrying their
girls or sweethearts along as motor
bait" OF course, they can't help it
If their feminine companions stir the
autoist to speeding.
H. Drew of the district attorneys
Office, who has charge of the eight
motorcycle policemen who hunt speed
ers for. the county, said the other day
that If the motorcycle policemen car
ried fascinating young women on tho
tandem seats of their machines, they
we're using the feminine decoys on
their own initiative. He said that the
women never appear in court against
the speeders, but said there was moth
ing strange in this, as out OF the 1900
speeding cases he has handled since
March % Of this year, there have been
only two contested cases. All the 9th
er victims promptly pleaded guilty and
were punished.
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Jersey Lad Prayed at Night and Robbed by Day

band" che said, who has been help
less for the last II years because Of
illness, was entirely too strict with the
boy. He is a rigid church member.
and l think that Herbert's mischief
has been mostly due to his fathers
attitude toward him. also think
that bad girls had something to do
with his mischief
He had won the hearts of several
young girls, and gave one Of them q
diamond ring valued at $3.50! When
1 told him that the police knew that
he had given the girl a ring Of that
value, he pulled his hair and said:
"'Great Scott! No wonder l got
such salty dose from the fudge. I
am going crazy when do anything
like that. l thought he ring was
putty" -"
After being sentenced young Vree-
land said to his folks: well, I'll be-
10 when get out, and the first thing
will 10 will be to kill two detec-
tives." -.F.
The varton recklessness that has
characterized the movements of Her.
bert and his pals has fairly stunned
the residents of Paterson and the va
rious counties for miles around. Every
day brings reports Of daring, careless
robberies said to have been perpe-
trated Ivy the busy party of beardless
youths, and in all these raids there
stands out the nonchalance Of the
champion bad boy"
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CoIored Brethren Stirred Up Over Question Of Hell

missions and the colored pastors here
beg to enter protest against is abol-
ishment.
Others may discard the old time hon
ored hell. but az for the aforesaid pas
tors they propose to hold right on to
1t. They reamrm, their undivided be-
lief In the hell Of the fathers: the
same old hell that they have taught
their focks of, and that is so hot.
that II a colored brother gets In ten
thousand miles Of 1t he will smell
like a wet dog on a hot stove.
Some of the younger members OF
the various congregations were in
cllned to harken unto the superior
judgment Of the Bible Students asso~
citation, and were a little inclined to
turn willing ear to the cooling news.
So gratifying was the intelligence to
them that they were getting real
cheerful, and there was some talk OF
holding regular jollitlcation over the
event. in which everybody would be IN
vited to cut loose and have good
time" and when doubtless many re-
spectacle persons would have got all
Tit up in honor of the occasion.
The pastors held their meeting. how
ever, and decided to put crimp In
all this wild Joy. On the following
Sunday, therefore, at the sundry
churches all over the city. the colored
brother who has been congratulattng
himself that he could. when he got
ready. lay depredating hands upon any
unprotected chicken roost without fear
Of having at some vague time in the
future to wrap his system around a
few gallons of molten lava while
splashing around In lake Of burning
birthstone, got rude jar that upset
his calculations.
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Champion Rifle Shot Lets Holdup Man Rob Him i

,.'holdup." A customer In Hafnere
poolroom gave him q SO bill In pay1ng
for his games, and Hafner took = Wal
let containing 3175, out Of his peck
ct to get two fives. Two strangers
were standing near by and the laree3
one grabbed the wallet. >. -,
= At that moment Hafner's mother
and one Of his employees stepped IN ~
the back door and as Hafner tried 20
detain the robbers the employe ran
into a back room and got Hafners re-
volver. He gave Hafner the revasver
just as the robbers went out OF the
door. with Hafner in pursuit. As Hat
ner leveled the pistol his mother cried
joint" Hafner says he has heard
that cry before, and he never IN Ms
life disobeyed his mother, so when
she told him not to shoot he lowered
the pistol and watched the robbers
run away with his SITS.
Il am not sorry I obeyed my moth
err" said Hafner when the incident
was recalled. '"The loss Of few dol
lars Is nothing when compared with
the life of a man, even robber. / did
not take up rifle and revolver shooting
because Of any desire to shed the
blood of man or beast. Shooting with
me Is what billiards., tennis and 9th
or sports are to the men that follow
those pastimes. It requires 4, cool
head. a clear eye and a steady hand to
became an expert marksman, and OF
course. that means the marksman
must be careful in his habits Of iv-
ing. believe rifle practice is
great thing for schoolboys, not to de-
velop the warlike instinct in them,
but an interesting method of training
the eye and the hand"
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INDIANAPOLIS, ND.-What would
you do II you were the best rife and
revolver shot in the state and hold.
up man grabbed your roll" out OF
your hands?
Shoot him, Of course.
Well, that's just what the champion
shot of Indiana didn't do the only
lime he ever had occasion to rely on
lis craftsmanship to save his prop
srty.
John E. Hafner, who won the state
championship in the second annual
tournament Of the Indiana State Rifle
association in the indianapolis battal-
on armory, for several years has
oeen one of the best shots In the
country. When he won the state
championship the other day. he scored
Luz consecutive bulls eyes-a record
!or 1ndiana-and the secretary Of the
state association believes it is 4 ma
:ional record. Hafner has numerous
medals to show for his skill with the
lille and the revolver. But he never
has shot at human target.
When he was robbed in his place
IF business few years ago, it wasn't
because he had lost his skill or his
nerve, but it was because he obeyed
his mother. Hafner was in business
On Washington street near Rural
street when he was the victim of a
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WAsH1NGToN:-The colored breth-
W rem and sisters in the District Of
Columbia and the city Of Washington
are stirred up, to boiling point over
the question of hell. The pastors Of
the various and sundry colored
churches held meeting the other day
and in solemn conclave decided that
there must be something bidding"
Immediately to Offset the effect Of the
recent action Of the International b.
BILE Students association in going on
record as believing there was no burn
ing hell.
II you take the fireworks out Of hell
according to some of the colored dis
pensers Of de gospil' In this city, you
rob them Of a great lever and club
over their uncertain congregations.
The best way to keep "nigger" in
line is to convince him there is hell
and the hotter you make 1t and the
more awful you can depict his future
punishment unless he walks the
'strait and narrow" the more apt
he is to heed your in1unctions. accord
ing to the leaders of the various flocks
in the District.
A regular Observation-Disclosures
ing lake of birthstone and molten lead
is the old fashioned kind Of hell that
has done yeoman service In making
young negroes see the error Of their
ways In the past and has helped might
lily the limited donations to foreign
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Proved That His Baby Was Finest in the World.

A BABY boy arrived at the resi-
"A dence Of Thomas Fronesack a
few days ago. He is a very remark
able youngster. Any one who has
anything to say to the contrary does
so at his own peril. Fronesack has
promised to click" the man who dares
to tell him to his face that that boy
isn't the finest baby in the world.
And Fronesack makes good, too.
The other afternoon Fronesack and
his brother-in-law, Felix Wosnack.
were sitting together on tho Frone-
sack porch. Fronesack was discus
sing the baby. He has done nothing
else but discuss that infant since he
put In his appearance.
did you see the smart way he
doubled up his little fists this morn
ing?" said Fronesack to Wosnack.
MY, that boy is going to have strong
hands"
At this moment a casual acquaint-
ance Of Fronesack's passed at the
gate.
Hear you got new baby. Mr..
Fronesack." said he.
You bet," responded Fronesack;
"the finest little baby boy in the
| world"
The visitor was conducted into the
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Mockinq Smile Of Girl ''Decoy" Is Fatal Lure

I OS ANGELES, Gala winsome
Il lass. flashing a smile as sunnily
sweet as a day in June, has brought
about the downfall of dozens of auto
speeders on the Venice road, the
speed mania" road of Los Angeles
county. She has caused their hearts
to flutter so that their digestions are
upset and their mental poise serious
ly disturbed, and incidentally has
touched their pocketbooks to the end
that the county treasury bulges with
their dollars paid out in fines.
On the rear seat of a motorcycle.
with sturdy county motorcycle "cop"
steering, the young woman, claim the
autoists, has been the pretty decoy
that has led them into opening the
pufflers of their engines and cutting
down the road at pace that soon
landed them In trouble.
OF course, the motorists do not for
a moment think that the pretty young
woman on the motorcycle is either the
wife or sweetheart of one Of their
hereditary foes. Far from it. When
the motorcycle puffs saucily behind
an autoist and starts to pass, with the
girl on the rear seat showing q row
of pearls in a derisive smile, his pride
is touched.
No man with an auto that can
cough along at speed Of more than
twenty-five miles an hour wants to
see his machine passed. Furthermore,
he has a sort of brainstorm caused by
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Perspirinq Statesmen Labor At the Capitol.

n I'D you ever attend Decoration
- day celebration and see the To-
cal politicians rise up on the platform
and deliver themselves Of long and
fervid oratory? Did you ever notice
that they are always dressed in the
dignified and sober Prince Albert
coat? No matter how hot the day
none Of them would ever think of ris-
ing to speak unless they were attired
manship.
After the local dignitaries had
their say and the chairman rose to
introduce the most important Of them
all, the representative in congress
from the district or one of the United
States senators, were you not i'm
pressed by his distinguished appear
ance? Could you imagine him going
about in shirt sleeves, with vest un-
buttoned and handkerchief tied
about his neck? No! A thousand
times No! You could not. But they
do.
It's warm in Washington in the
summertime. Some people say it's
hot and some more people say some
other things about 1t.
One day the papers print an inter
view with some one of the leaders
that congress will adjourn early in
August. The story arouses hope in
many hearts. A few days after they
print another interview with some
other man just as prominent who
says that there will be no adjourn
ment until the middle of September.
So it goes Meanwhile it is hard to
get together a quorum Of the faithful
to transact business. The other day
when an important bill was up before
the house there were not enough
members present and the sergeant at
arms was instructed to go out and ar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30
Sings Her Favorite Raqtime Ditties at 4. NJ.

HICAGO.-It was o'clock In the
- morning, yet the piano in tho nat
upstairs was still dispensing ragtime.
Come on along, come on along" it in.
sisted, ITO Alexander's Rag Time
Band" for "everybody's doing 1t nov"
The piano was not the only sleep de-
stroyer, a human voice was it, accom-
plice-the voice Of Mrs. Rose Kilhane,
1851 South Union avenue.
Eye GODS" soliloqui1ed Mrs. Mary
Lee, holding her hands to her ears,
how much longer will that music box
stand 1T"
20 Moving Man, don't take my baby
grand" came the voice Of the singer.
A fervent prayer escaped from the
nat below, prayer that the moving
man would get busy right away. A
score Of residents IN the block would
gladly have paid the expenses Of the
trip when II want to be, want to be,
. I want to be down South In Dixie"
hoated through the open windows .
few moments later. !. B. s.. ..E5 s. b
0 The singer heard neither the pray-
en- nor the imprecations. but told her
audience IN ajamas Gee, Int I Ike
music with my ncals. =
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ATERSON, N. J.-Kneeling every
/ night to repeat the Lords Prayer.
as it was "drummed" into him by his
father, and committing burglary dur
ing the day, sixteen-year-old Albert
Vree'and has discovered that he has
been placed in the front rank of dual
personalities. He pleaded guilty In
court to seven of a wholesale list of
robberies charged against him, and
was sent to Jail for term not to be
less than 8 CT exceed GO years.
THE champion bad boy OF New Jer'
sey" is the title which young Vreeland
earned, and every householder In this
city who has been the victim Of the
young burglar and his band, believes
he came by it honestly. Apparently
he robbed for the pure love of the
game, and when he entered a home he
generally destroyed a great deal more
than lie took away with him. One 9TH
er member of the gang has been cap
tured, and he has confessed also.
Mrs. Vreeland, the boys mother.
blames the father for q considerable
part of the lads trouble. MY hus-
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Practical Joke Causes Break Between Senator's

the action Of John Allen In allowing
his beard to grow out during a vaca-
ton of congress. Throughout the ses-
sion he had gone clean-shaved, 30 that
on his temperance the following
winter with full beard not even the
negro bellboys at his hotel knew him,
and he had to introduce himself to
the proprietor.
"The only other person to whom the
jocose legislator disclosed himself was
Senator Berry Of Arkansas, and the
latter, at Aliens request. took him in
to the presence Of Coke and intro
duced the humorist al Mr.. Beeman. 4
newly elected member from Missis-
sippi..
Every glad. Mr.. Beeman, to meet
you,' said Senator Coke, rising and ex.
tending his hand With. great sauvity,
Shaking the pronered hand. tho i'm
poster drawled out: Very glad also
to meet you. senator. Senator Coke
Of Massachusetts, I believer
":No. sir: not from Massachusetts
by . - sight, answered the bit
tempered Texan, snordng." IL. i
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20 Mr.. Dreamman, please let mo
dream some more" was the next %.
lection, followed By . ragtime lullaby.
Hear her." almost sobbed Mrs. Lee.
Singing Sleep. Baby. Sleep. and aho
won't let anybody else do IL" # 4. =7s5s So
She FASTENED out, and searching tho.
streets and alleys finally found no.
nceman and had him accompany FER
to tho dat. 4 IS.
Come, hero mine" sang the voice.
and the policeman entered. There vas
no more singing that night, and noxt
day Mrs.. Kilhane had q hearing -.
fore Aunicipal Judge Better e -
South Clark street station The tadao
fined her so fand costs.
81 That's Why thu nights mo - qsist
NOV. 81 the yictnity q 1eG1 6ogfh
Union avGnue
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house and the Fronesack baby was
proudly exhibited. He did not seem
impressed.
Hes a nice enough baby" said the
visitor, but he's just like all kids"
whats that?" demanded Frone-
sack, you come into my house and
tell me to my face that this Is just
an ordinary baby. can lick the man
who says that"
well, said what said," retorted
the visitor, and I amt taking it back.
That baby of ours has got your baby
skinned to"
Bang! Also bling, bin, and BAN!
Fronesack waded into the stranger.
The police came finally. They locked
Fronesack and Wosnack up at the DO
lice station. The visitor went to the
hospital. He was unable to give his
name and address there. He wasn't
able to talk
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inherent the they doubtless better
fitted obligations
society in their
territories noble the social
customs and
which the lives for centuries
The compiler Of the history himself of them and the
owal India Maharanee
fitting recognition
Indian Besides
of music,
q a excellent
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

CT HE late Senator Coke Of Texas
i and Private John Allen Of Mis-
sissippi were warm personal friends
and for years dined at the same table
at the old Metropolitan hotel" said
Col. Charles A. Edwards. the noted
correspondent, the other day.
1.-THE propensity of Private John to
work OF Joke even on as dignided a
statesman as was Richard Coke came
very near creating a permanent break
in their amicable relations. may say
here that the Texan was an intense
southerner. naturally Of an irascible
temperament.
well, to get back to my story Al to
the trick played him by the gentleman
from Tupelo. It Ill came about through
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

the a of forces
that the an eempncaon OF
the articles expunged confirming to Japan
both military
building
longitude 49, giving
Pek1ng Russia Will
complete all Of the Chinese territory outside the
all land o.
waters
in Siberia
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automobile rides He permitted his friends must
be the afternoon all business
The committee the
hcaon and his improvement marked
weeks there think
changed
liberty
Dr. Peck his physician the other
decided improvement
place August 2 arranged That
believe he will however
him taking part in the campaign this
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30
VICE PRESIDENT SHERMAN TO TAKE REST

Although the family and physician
of Vice President Sherman declare he
has so far recovered from his recent
illness that his condition is no longer
dangerous, it is certain he will not
return to Washington during this SEES
sion OF congress and will take no &C
tive part in the campaign.
For the first time in thirty years he
has been forced to give up all atten-
ton either to business or politics aud
Is compelled to take a thorough rest
cure.
For time his family feared tho
notification Of his nomination, which
will take place at Utica, N. Y, August
Fl, would have to be deferred. This
was after Mr.. Sherman was stricken
with heart trouble, the first time in
his life there had been detected any
weakness of that organ, at his sum-
mer home at Big Moose lake, June
26. He was removed Immediately to
his home at Utica, as it was believed
the high altitude had an injurious
effect.
For time his condition was such
as to alarm his friends, but for the
last few days he has been decidedly
better, and has been able to take
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Almost the Limit In invention.
A. log of wood and a roll of paper
are placed in a new matchmaking
machine, and when human hands next
touch the material it Is all bound up
in packages containing one gross Of
boxes of matches, ready for the con-
sumner. During the process the ma
chine cuts the wood into proper
lengths, sulphurs the ends, counts
them, makes the paper boxes, prints
the labels on them, nils each box and
packs them The machine HIS been
patsnted ~ Norwegfan. match com
Epany. d 81 s.s
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A man arrested in Chicago for be-
ing drunk confessed that his wife. a
milliner, had sent him out to buy
thread and he had spent the money
for drink. His wife pleaded to save
him from Jail, on the ground that she
needed him home to do the house
work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

A New Jersey man claims that he
has perfected an invention whereby
peas can be made to grow by cleo
tricity. That may help some, but
wouldn't 1t be more effective if he
could induce electricity to kill the
weeds?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

. The saw fly is cutting the leaves OF
New England's naples and the spruce
bud moth is attacking the balsams.
which are needed for pillows and TO:
Christmas trees Still nobody Is do
ing anything to increase the number
of the birds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30
BHAVSINHJ, MAHARAJAH OF BHAvNAGAR

The publication Of the history Of
the Rajkumar college of Kathiawer in
western India has drawn into promi'
nent notice the movement for the ed.
ucation Of the chiefs and princes OF
India which was commenced half-a'
century ago on the model OF the
English public schools. The work,
which has been sumptuously got up:
gives a complete record OF the
growth of the movement up to date
and serves as a book Of reference
both with regard to the daily WORK
carried on in that seminary and the
two generation Of youths who have
passed through its portals. In this
way it amply testifies to the success
which has been achieved by the insti'
tuition since it's foundation, of which
many of the reigning chiefs of west
ern India themselves furnish living
examples.
AS a rule the present generation OF
these princes may be regarded as a
notable Improvement upon their pre-
decessors of half-a-century back, for
although it may not be possible by
the methods of western education to
inculcate in them higher degree OF
~c1>n Ito. which
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

. Out in California up-to-date farmers
are catching millions Of grasshoppers
with vacuum cleaners mounted on
light sleds and pushed over the alfal
fl, and then drying the grasshoppers
and sacking them for chicken feed
One has to be swift to keep up with
modern progress.