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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05

hai In other words, it was suggested that a.
a SEQUEL to the earlier effort there snouIo
now be international cooperation for the plac'
ing If the production and traffic In opium IN
der international law.
The elimination of the long fight is now In
SIGHT. An international conference was held
recently at The Hague, the capital OF the
Netherlands, to arrange for measures that
will nut up the bars against opium and other
habit-forming drugs all over the world. many
Of the men who attended the Shanghai con-
ference were appointed by their respective
governments to represent them at Inc hague
The power and significance Of the two gath
erings was vastly different. however. Az the
Shanghai conference those In attendance
could only advise and recommend. Al Inc
Hague conference the delegates were e"po"'
cred by their respective governments to agree
mon definite measures. After prolonged ses
sions measures were decided upon which, 1t
is expected. will fully carry out and put INTO
offect the objects of the conference. Inese
measures will be reported to the various gov
ernments represented, to be followed by leg1s-
lative action on the part of their law making
bodies putting into execution the regulations
agreed upon. This is supposedly mere mat
ter of routine, as all the powers have given
their promise.
Foremost OF the TeSuldtlUuS d6lo0u uPoAA
are those for uniform national laws and regu-
lations to control the production manufacture
and distribution of opium and it's derivatives.
Almost as important will be the regulation
bv the universal postal union of the transmits
sion of opium through the mails. Going yet
further in the direction of complete control
will be the restrictions that are to be placed
upon the cultivation of the poppy, from which
opium is derived, and limiting the number OF
ports through which the drug may be shipped
by opium-producing countries. There was
adopted also uniform marks of identification
for packages containing opium in interna'
tional transit.
The nations that are interested in this
worldwide crusade and were represented at
the conference include the United States,
China Great Britain, France Germany, Italy.
Japan, The Netherlands, Persia. Portugal, Rus
STA and SIAM Some of the other powers.
notably Austria-Hungary, were not directly
represented because they are not much affect
ed by the opium evil, but they have given as
surance that they will abide by the regula-
tons which have been agreed upon by the
conference. When the international confer
ence was first proposed, China showed her
intense interest by appointing a strong dele
cation including such progressive men as DR..
Yen who was educated in American colleges
and is in sympathy with American ideas and
ideals.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05
His Wife's Misfortune

Poor Jones was in dilemma. It
was Mrs. jones birthday, and her
spouse was we'll aware that she would
be extremely unpleasant if no present
was forthcoming 1t was not until
the morning when he awoke that he
remembered it, SO he lay for some
time thinking of the best way out of
the difficulty.
Then he arose. crept downstairs,
took the biggest plate he could find
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05

spondence that family by the name OF Scott
occupies the tavern as farmhouse and that
the country around it is devoted to the rails
ing of citrus fruits.
mo one has disturbed the original lines OF
the building The adobe blocks are heavy. l
have obtained permission from the owners to
prosecute my search and will give them a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05

kicking out the dog, cried in amaze
ment and wrath, If that vile beast
hasn't eaten the whole of the beau
tiful cake had bought for you!"
But he'd forgotten to unmuzzle the
brute, aid the fact took a lot of ex-
planning away.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05

from the china-cupboard, and placed
it on the hall table. This done, he
opened the back door and let the dog
in from the yard. Then, tripping
lightly upstairs, he called to Mrs.
j.
This being your birthday, have
prepared little surprise for you; be
quick and come and see how you like
it."
Then he ran downstairs again and.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05

Few business men could stand the
test of demand for instant settle
ment Of all obligations, and yet we
often demand the exhibition of char
acter which only a lifetime will form.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05
The First Thing.

The First Thing.
The schoolmaster said: "You are
very slow, George. Now, if you don't
answer the aext question in ten min
utes, I'll give you'a taste Of this cane.
If you put 40 eggs Into an incubator
and nine-tenths Of them Matched,
What would you get?'
The master lad only counted four
when George said:
We'll, first thing, with all them
chickens about, I'd get brick and a
string and drown our cat"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05
share of my findings.
to buy the property"
Otherwise l would have

Snare OF my unuIHgS. OCueTW1S6 I WOuIU nave
to buy the property
Anderson is civil engineer. He was en-
gagged by the government for some time in
work on the Panama canal, but has left his
employment to search for the treasure which
he maintains his father has hidden in the old
placer mining fields Of California.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05
Trained Nurse Who Shores

quired to keep awake every second, are open
to me. All those soft snaps that give you a
chance to sleep half the night are beyond the
reach of the snoring nurse"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05
Cranks and Wings.

'T'll have to get new WINGS" said
the*hying man. these are all scrawIed
up with the signatures of cranks. Look
here. It's dangerous" The fabrics OF
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05
Plausible.

Plausible.
"Braggs is up in Maine hunting He writes
me that he's shot the biggest bear on record"
Don't doubt it. 1t would have to be mon
ster for Braggs to hit it."-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05

When a woman IL away for the sum.
mer she expects her husband to sit on
the piazza at home and howl like a
dog every night because he is lone-
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05

them, a pair of good wings must be
thrown aside"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05
REAL ESTATE
WESTERN CANADA FARM LAND,
British Columbia
Graham Island FaKnnS

Pacific Coast Fine soil: suitable for vegetable and
truck gardening fruit, etc. Finest dairytng coupt
markets. A climate that is unexoel1ed; R5iess loY
MERRILL, IS ars.d,ias e., Vanc0uvor, b. "
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05
The Exception.

The Exception.
take my advice and mind your
own affairs. No man ever got rich
fighting other peoples battles"
Il don't know. How about q law
YER"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05
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having possessions in the
Far East to ascertain II it
would not be possible to
form a distinguished inter-
national commission that
would study the opium
problem as 1t then appeared
in the quarter Of the globe
where it had proven the
greateSt manaco and uouI1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05

heaval OF the machinery Of government. This
late development is crusade to free the
Chinese, and incidentally, other peoples Of
tho world, from the bondage of the opium
habit which has for 80 many years been
drag upon their intellectual and material
progress
We as Americans, must feel an especial
pride and interest in this breaking Of the
grip Of the deadliest drug habit because it
has been brought about largely through the
efforts of the United States. Or, in other
words, Uncle Sam set the ball rolling. At
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05

w. N. u, Minneapolis, No. 52-1s11.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-05

HE past few months have wit
messed political changes in
China that are fraught with
grave import for the people
of the most populous country
on the globe. At the same
time there has been working
to a elimination another evo-
luton In public affairs that
holds almost as much signifl-
canoe for the inhabitants OF
the Orient as does the up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-25
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISOpz GLOBE

No amateur should enter a kicking con-
test with mule.
A really big man never fuses at hotel
clerks or reporters.
Girls with steadies will not believe this:
love is a thing you can get over.
What has become of the old-fashioned
politician who really was consistent?
A popular baby has to put up with u
good deal of cruel and unusual punish
ment.
In every town there is a family accused
of putting every cent of their earnings on
their backs.
What has become of the old-fashioned
woman who set out a Sunday night sup
per for her family?
So many farmers have automobiles that
1t is becoming difficult for them to ap-
pear down-trodden.
It does not take much to give offense
but how it does have to be piled on to
make a compliment success.
Doc Robinson: George Washington
never told a lie because he married a
widow. You can't tell a lie to a widow
and get away with it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-25
Old Oak Frigate Sold.

The .old British oak frigate South
ampton has been sold by the admiralty
to shipbreakers. This interesting old
ship was laid down at Deptford dock
yard in 1906, the year after the bat
tie of Trafalgar. Owing to the de-
mand for seasoned oak at that time
she was not completed until 1918 She
did good service on the South African
station, and in 1S41 she saved Natal
from the Beers by covering the land
ing of two regiments of infantry. In
June, 1867, she was lent by the British
admiralty as a training ship for boys
to the Hull committee. She will be
broken up at Biyth, her timbers being
reconstructed into useful articles of
furniture as mementoes of one of the
last of the wooden walls of Old Eng
land.-Shipping Illustrated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-25
SAYS UNCLE CAV

If you would be great, give yourselr
unstiEtingly to humanity. There Is no
other greatness, and he VINO occupies
a niche in the hall of fame upon any
other pretext wears upon his Ioreheao
the brand of shame.
The measure of greatness is service
The world honors its own; those whom
it calls master are its servants
Greatness lies within the reach OF
every man of ordinary intelligence. 1t
is more a matter of heart than OF
brain. of courage than OF skill; OF per
sistence than efficiency, Having the
chief requisites, these others shall be
added unto you, for they are easily
attainab BILE.
The prime factor in greatness is that
conservation to ones work whlch pc
gets concentration, which begets
achievement. Difficulties give way
before single purpose and persistent
effort. To have devoted all ones ener-
gies to given task is to have con-
uuered it. To have conquered task
of human service is to have attained
greatness. Given conservation and I'M
selfishness, the way to the heights IS
clear to the humblest- All things are
done more or less less imperfectly. and
the least thing that men do presents
an opportunity for him that seeks
mem bership in the notable company of
the pre-eminent.
If you will but give humanity a bet
ter pin or add to the period of useful
ness of a No 2 shovel, if you will show
us how to raise more wheat to the
acre or give us a more effective way of
cleaning streets-if you will bring
your purpose and your faculties to
bear for the improvement of the most
mental of our emp1oyments-you Will
have given the world something that
it cannot forget-something that is
eternal, although your own name be
lost in oblivion. And to have done
your race a service is greatness enough
for him that deserves greatness. This
is the bright particular Jewel of exist
ence, while fame is but handle
Copyright, 1912, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-25

believe it. That it was a German Gus
tom to send flowers, she of course
knew, but never had Leo Brandt let
her know by even a glance that he
knew of her existence.
1t was one evening after dinner
wher; the pale crescent of moon
on a rosebud that celia wore in her
hair that she met him. The introduce
ton bad come about naturally enough
It had seemed TO Zelia. Afterward,
looked at her under half closed lids
from which only a spark of the flame
1 cleaned.
You think SOP he said in the
slightly hating manner of foreigners
new to the English language.
Yes" Zelia said, and realized that
her voice trembled even as her fingers
trembled among the flowers, whence
they had flown as if for calm.
do you write many of those love
stories and do they all have men whom
you have only seen-for heroes?'' Leo
Brandt asked the question with a pc
culiarly grim expression about his
eyes.
leila had warning of the storm that
was gathering, but she tried to laugh
off the situation with light fabrlca-
ton.
"Oh yes, many times" she said
swiftly. MANY men appeal to ME
as models for my characters Zelia
laughed and drew suddenly back into
the shelter of the window.
Leo Brandt followed her and before
she could know his intention he had
swept her into his arms.
"YCur story girl loves storms" he
told her breathlessly, and was silent a
moment while he steadied his voice,
this storm has been gathering since
the day 1 saw your trunk with its
American labels. That was six weeks
ago."
Zelia looked up and smiled. 81 have
always known that love would come
suddenly into my life, but this
Her voice trailed off, lost in the sweet
ness of being near him.
gentle zephyr blew softly by. Per-
haps it Copyright, 1912, by
McClure's Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-25
PROsPERTTY'S WIDE BASIS.

Former President Corey, of the steel
trust. emphasizes a very important rea-
son for his optimistic survey of the
conditions existing and to exist in the
world of commerce and industry, by
pointing to the fact that Great Britain
and Germany, like the United States,
are enjoying active trade and good
times. That is, the leading nations of
the civilized world are sharing the ben
efits of a general quiekening of the
movement of business.
Some of the smaller countries are
notably prosperous, also. The boom in
Canada is still going on at a great rate
and Australia and New Zealand are
making new records in trade and pro-
ductive industry. Italy is in better
condition, in the business sense, than
at any former time in many years. The
remarkable growth and wealth-accum-
ulating of the Argentine continues to
be one of the most extraordinary
economic conditions of the times.
All this means much for the Ameri-
can people. The best customers the
United States possesses are so pros
porous that their purchases Of Ameri-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-25
LAYHAWKER .JOTy

TT will soon be time to husk the
pumpkins" chortles Smiling key of
the Dresden Sunhower.
"Of course, the latest Authorizations
in haberdashery are again in our
| midst reports the University Kansan.
! Sporting note in the Oakley GrapIt-
ic: The session for chess and checker
! fiends has opened at the barber shop
during the cold snap.
Editor George, of the Munden Peo-
pies Advocate, has discovered that
! out of-town fellows generally look bet
ter to the girls than the home boys.
Charlie Blakesley, of the Kansas
City Star, expresses the opinion that
now that Leavenworth has a hinge
factory the county may be expected
to swing the other way politically.
AS the Atchison Globe has the dis
cernment to point out: Opening the
Panama canal next year won't help
you as much in the long run as open
ing a bank account next Saturday.
Miss Anna Carlson, of the Lindsborg
News, thinks that while it isn't con-
trary to law to blow your own horn,
you will get along better with the
neighbOrs if you change your tune oc-
casionally.
Editor Ewing of the Hiawatha
World, insists that a corn isn't going
its best until it makes your head ache.
If folks talked as much in public
as they do in private, says the Grid
ley Light, this life would be just one
big fight after another.
1t requires much to make a real
man, says "Gasaway," the Gas Gulch
correspondent of the Wilson County
Citizen, but fellow can become Il
sport on two ounces of brains, a loud
suit of clothes, a cigarette. a cane,
one eyeglass and a handful of silver
dollars.
An art note in the Everest Enter
-icn. iefi SAI. ~ TIT ir,cr
was displayed in Everest, Tuesday o.
this week. Honest Bills show had
with it a borro with painted stripes,
and until close examination was male
it was difficult to distinguish 1t from
a real zebra.
Editor Pearce, of the Haskell Cour-
ty Republican, must be a bachelor.
In one item Of his paper last week
where he told of being entertained at
a chicken dinner he admitted that Re
made eyes at the pretty light-haired
cook" And in another paragraph he
expressed the opinion that "a married
man who will f1irt is about the mean
est man out of jail"
Speaking of echoes, this story about
one was new to the Newton Journal:
farmer who lived in sight of but
long way from a range of mountains
in the Rockies employed a novel
means of alarm clock. His bedroom
window opened toward the mountains
so every night before retiring ne
would yell out Hi there! Wake up:
Wake up" and every morning the
echo would get back in time to wake
him up.
A few observations by VIII Palmer,
of the Jewell County Republican: Get
ting respondent is nearly as bad as
getting drunk. If you have a
good many responsibilities don't
worry. 1t sign you amount to some
thing. People who are full of
enthusiasm over their work never
have to do any drudgery. We
feel sorry for the horse that worked
all summer to raise a good crop and
then didn't live to get his share of It.
. A chigger is better than flea.
because when a chigger lights on you,
you know just where he is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-25
Catching Humrnings-Birds.

Just catch a few! We were weeks in
catching even one. For more than a
year, at odd moments, we tried Many
methods were used; insect nets, bird
lime, a spray of water, open windows
with flowers inside, and, finally. a trap.
At last! Could it really be? 1 hardly
dared trust my senses. Yes-it was a
humming-bird squeap that came from
the little bag, and the boy asked if
1 was the lady who would pay dollar
for a humming- It must be! How
had he caught it? Under his cap! How
strange! And had it a ruby throat?
He wasn't sure. Well, we could find
that out.
Doors were closed and locked, and
screens carefully placed in every win
dow. Then the wonderful bag was
cautiously opened. Way down in the
bottom crouched the dear, funny little
bird. with his bright eyes looking us
straight in the face and his long bill
pointing at sharp angle from the wee
body. Just a baby one. Would he
die of fright? He did not attempt to
fly out, so we tore open the side of
the bag down to where he sat; but he
did not move. Then, placing my finger
gently under his toes, and lifting slow
ly, 1 beheld the jewel upon my hand.
E. Dolbear, in Atlantic
Monthly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-25
THE GoLFER.s PRoGREss.

THE GOLFERS PROGRESS.
Bring me two niblicks; also fetch the
jigger
Five bashies, twenty balls. and "
yes, a cleek;
Reduce my weight by several pounds
per week;
GIVE me a gay vermillion coat, that trinity
may be posed; some lemonade to guam
Stand back and watch my muscles tauten
grimly-
I'm going to golf
Where is the tee? only see the caddie
Agape to criticize my dubious play;
Where do you keep the stance?-confouno
the laddie,
Why does he grin in that suspicious
way?
Now for stroke. With what serene sim
plicity
IT'S done: a swing, a swish, a thud
that's all
I've hit the turf, not having the felicity
To hit the ball.
AT last. She rises in a curve most grac-
She falls = beneath the shrubs on
yonder hill,
Bunkered. globule hooking and menoa-
cious,
Elusive, fraudulent, pathetic pill!
Was it for this my language WaAeo So
vigorous.
That listening 1oiterers blushed ana
turned aside?
Let not my friends reproaches be too
rigorous
They've never tried.
London World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-25
EVENING CHAT
BIZ RUTH CA1eERoN.

A little girl. perhaps eight or nine years
old, came skipping out on the veranda of
the hotel where I was staying this sum-
mer, and exchanged greetings with a man
who stood looking out across the noun
tains.
Good morning. said the little girl,
how do you do this morning"
why good morning. said the man,
turning towards her with evident pleas
ure. I'm fine silk, thank you. I'm
trying to make up my mind whether it S
going to rain or clear off, What do you
Think
The youngster took look at the clouds
and with youthful optimism promptly de-
cided that it was going to clear off, then
she put her hand in his and still chattirS
sociability that it had never occurred to
Just as they passed out of ear-Shot 1 haG
a shock; heard the little girl call the big
man papa.
Why was that a shock?
Because they had been talking together
sociability that had never occurred to
me that father and daughter could be
their relationship. 1 had fancied the man
was a hotel acquaintance or possibly an
uncle.
Nor was this an unaccountable mistaAe
of mine. am sure you would have beer
you will take notice, I think you with
find that you seldom hear members of the
same family talking to each other with
the same interest with which they would
talk to outsiders.
A little boy 1 used to know once gave a
taken deep interest in two OF his MOTH
ers guests, and after they had gone he
asked his mother what relation to each
other they were. She told him that they
were husband and wife. Are you sure*"
he asked. 'Of course" she said, much
astonished at his doubts. why %
well" answered the youngster "I didn't
think they could be, because even when
You were out of the room they talked a
lot to each other just ike-why just like
friends
There is no doubt whatever that ninety
nine people out of hundred have a total.
ly different tone of voice and manner for
their family from that which they use for
their friends. Notice when some member
of your family goes from the family cic-
Gle to the telephone-sureIy a whole jaI
voice-there is such astonishing change
in it.
Or mark how differently father speaks
to mother and the maid when something
is wrong in the household economy Net
that he prefers the maid to mother-it IL
simply because the maid is an outsider,
and therefore. entitled to g decently pleas
ant voice and measure of courtesy, even
when fault must be found.
Now, of course, I realize that it is not
either possible or desirable to treat ones
family exactly one does outsiders. L
admit that there are forms and artificial
tiles in our intercourse with strangers
which 1t would be absurd to carry into the
home. But 1 do think that most of US
might treat our housemates more like
friends as the little boy said. without b.
ing uncomfortably formal.
We say that home is the one place
that cannot mean anything but our best
selves