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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-02-04

vance basis and hshcd around till you got hold Of
good, big, hard lime.
One Arm lakes have since been in many depart
ment store covering blocks and stories high; but they
have never awcd me as they do people tor ! re-
membcrcd One Arm Jake S.
As we turned into the street goriicd by this cmpo-
rum Willie allowed me TO get little ahead Of HIM
welcomed this tribute to my Importance. Was not
the plutocrat the moncycd man, the Lord OF the tx
chcoucr? did not the guile in Willie nancuver
He fell behind in order TO pass mysterious signals TO
Arch Rowland and Sam Finncy and George Brctcn-
stein which consisted Of frantic waves Of the hand 10
attract attention followed by significant pointing OF the
finger to me and cabastic limitations Of person eating
Won would not have understood that this meant Come
on Fclcrsl Hes got money, and is going to spend IT,
But Archibald Samuel and George compromised and
gathering up their marbles without the usual bickcrng
and determinations that follow the ending OF game
they, executed flank movement that brought them 10
orr side Of the street directly ahead OF me- where they
demanded with prcliminarics:
"IIcv Pauc. Coin to treat
looked them over. Their numbers made me deem
il nadvsablc to refuse although trcmbcd for the IN
adequacy Of my single coin supply all their needs and
leave ANYTHING for They fell in behind with NilIe'
and could hear their excited whispering:
4Eow much he got, Whcre'd he git it; I'm goln
10 pit soapstonc slate pencil an a new slate. JAKE
GOT some new iawbrcakcrs thatll suck whole DAY.
Wonder will he femme git jcwsharp an harmonc';
wondered too. 4 sense of being wrongcd flashed
over me- had sinking spell as | clutchcd the " EN-
d. Would it be enough; Soapstone slate pencils
were three apiece and Jcwsharps were tVe ana
where did come in;
One Arm Jabc's hove in view. My anticpatory
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-02-04

Z
two rotten PnES mao 70 ui9p my i,'
HSL IoI It. VI, .II, " i m h
ana was oohger - Iop' ',l, D"' ' ''~
coIil! anu "S uIu - Viz o',',' '''s t,
ue ~ - - arE\- n = 80, wv. ,,bor
Oh one sue' anu q s"t> ''' ILL.,. 100 -.
didn kho" WHAT Ilt - S'oG0 lol' N''II' ,'Up =,
think ne biggest com haa ever see" "'S q "'''-
dollar ana TINS WASH qul,' 50 Is Co. 10
Der thiNhg II strange ,ay II Was ""l vi o,y
haI-doNaI was N"'ln my ,,..,i, D.,
look GIT morse III 'le I''o''''' 90" " my i
coming out OF ms mouse C'a''I''s " S"'' VI ''' '',
molasses INTO ms mouth a. nc [,i. ,. ,.,.1.,.
"Noola. Nooa. Nool". H. " NM I''N,. "'' 60
Willie came across the street swinging MS 'o'NS "l
strap. cutched the com IN my ihu4dy manu. anu "S ,
bent over 70 see "iat II ihsi' DC s"'E,'H "''"'''
my hng1TS unu 'houSn' Una W HtI Io"'-
without any danger Of his acquiring 1t by sudden gran
an action that would not have put past nm
"Golly!' he exclaimed. Where d yc gu H.
Pound 1t under the sidewalk
~Uh-huh' Here. Whatchcr tryin TO do" For ne had
made quick but lncihcaclouN snatch al my hana
Smlnc. he SAID. MY uhllc cropped ]. "''I' ''s'
week. He told me so.
He didn't do no such a thing no" nucn was II;
Willie thought He was resolved 10 &" Agh' II
era quarter, he SAID
snecrcd "Aw, that's where you git left then cause
this amt d quarter
Baked in his attempt 70 secure possession OF the
treasure trove, Willie was not yet entirely thwartcd
With smile intended 10 be expressive Of heartfelt ac
votion, but which lost some OF Its force through inc
border Of mOlasscs and crumbs win "IiCl " Was
framed, he SAID, 81 was only ioohn Fauile. II q
Come on, let spend II.
Mentally ! cavllcd at the us but as spending inc
coin entered my calculations, rephed nearby All
night Come on. 80 we iGI ll'o uos''o' anu ." ''e
IL, l,,~.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-02-04
n EOUND Il underneath ID sldcwalk. on

} II underneath the sidewalk, on my
way back to school for the afternoon
session. l happened to be looking
under the sidewalk because | had
lost a Marble regular corny, the
only one I'd ever owned, of which
I'd become the posScSsor at the cost
of a whole handful of commicS. a rel
eyed vireo's egg blown through the
side, with a blowpipc, instead Of the
old fashioned way with two holes q
bullet mold, and the latest Jesse
lanes chronicle.
So, when the corny slipped out Of
my hand and rolled down between
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-10
/ JUST Wo,oeE'
ne M
|exPEnses {
kARE REGULAR

about my extravagant expense &C.
count?
II had no kind friend to lend mo
$4,000 cash to help me push my
campaign for congress-.
Il am satisfied nearly all of my con-
stituents are the salt of the earth.
my friends put my hat in the ring,
and they say it is constitutional.
LAS candidate have been implor-
ing voters to aid me to get on the
public pay roll in Washington and get
nice and warm in my seat In con-
gress before the United States treas
ury becomes bankrupt and pawns our
beautiful building, our national cap
itol, to my Uncle Rothschild.
1T has been my soaring ambition
all this summer to be. on a street
corner speaking on a soap box and
face bitter contest Of mollycoddlers
in my Third congressional district IN
til the polls close Tuesday, November
S, 1912.
Il have not bribed any voter, but
did buy small chicken sandwich for
colored gentleman"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-10
His Brides Name Slipped from Mind

never questioned in the bureau, and,
anyway, a young man about to take
unto himself wife is supposed to be
thoroughly familiar with said wife's
name and address.
However, Covert informed Knoll
that his bride-to-be was Miss Vera
lone. The license was issued to
George H. Covert and Miss Vera lone,
and the minister delegated to tie the
knot was the Rev. Charles Wood. Not
until the bridal pair reached the par
sonage did they discover the grave
error made by Covert, and hurried
trip was made to the home of Col.
John E. Young, clerk of the court,
who rectified the error, and promised
to make the necessary change in the
official record book as soon as he
reached his Office next morning.
The knot was tied Immediately, and
Covert attributes the mistake to the
fact that he was nervous-this being
his first venture. He has been exon
Grated by Mrs. Covert, nee Vera lone
Murray.
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WASHINGTON. in 4 way q very
W ludicrous thing happened in one
OF the committee rooms recently when
the official reporter declared that the
documents submitted in certain case
were fabricated, because they read
too smoothly" and that men did not
talk that way. The stenographer lost
his job, but the fact remains that
members of congress and United
States senators are absolutely depend
ent upon the official stenographers for
decent records of the scattering and
often 1ncoherent and original speeches
which they make in congress. It is
positively funny to listen to some
OF the speeches, and then read the
same speech as it is ironed out for
print in the Congressional Record.
A representative, for instance, gets
up and says: "Mr. Speaker-Mr
Speaker-am recognized, Mr.-ur-
Speaker-ur-ur- I-ur-
have-ur-ah been ah-ur-listening
-ur with good deal of interest, sir
II mean Mr.-ur-Speaker, to the
ur-remarks, sir-I mean-ur, Mr..
Speaker-ur- Mr.. Speaker - from
Wayback, and-ur-1 want to say,
Mr.. Speaker-ur-ah-uh, that, Mr..
Speaker-ur, representing the consti-
tuents of a-ur-a-ur great congress
sional district of more than 100000
members, sir, mean-ur, Mr.. Speak
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-10
Stakes Sandwich on Seat in Congress.
UNIQUE among the candidates who

UNIQUE among the candidates who
- ran the other day in the Pennsyl'
vania primaries is DR.. Moses Stern
of Philadelphia, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for congress
in the Third district. DR.. Stearn filed
with South Trimble, clerk of the
house of representatives., sworn
statement that his expenses in the
primaries amounted to rs cents.
When he read the morning papers
DR.. Stearn probably learned whether
the bread which he cast upon the wa
tiers was returned unto him many
fold. He frankly confessed that he
wanted to get on the public pay roll
with a warm seat in congress before
the country went bankrupt.
He was a bit worried lest a part Of
his expenditure may not have been
regular. He insisted that he has
bribed no one, but admitted that he
did purchase small chicken sandwich
"for colored gentleman" The rest
of the Is cents was spent for ten two
cent stamps, which were used to mail
his nomination papers to the proper
authorities.
DR.. Stearn gave the house much in
formation about himself and his ambi-
tfons, as we'll as his campaign, in the
statement which he made to the clerk.
Here are some choice extracts from his
statement.
Il hope you have no complaint
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ordinance of man for the Lords sake.
whether it be to kings, as supreme, or
unto governors, as unto them that are
sent by him for punishment of evildo-
ers and for the praise Of them that do
WE'LL
And again it says: If ye forgive
not man their transgressions, neither
will your Heavenly Father forgive
yours.
II want to live strict Christian
life, according to the Bible, and do
ask your forgiveness for the things l
have done. Please let me know what
there is to this. Find inclosed stamp
for reply?"
Mr.. Miles answered.:
"1nasmuch as am convinced that
you never had any wrongful intent, it
is very easy for me to forgive you for
any possible infraction of the law you
may have made in hunting within a
game preserve"
The writer neglected to tell the
commissioner whether he got the rab-
bit.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-10
How a Couple Was Married by Proxy

First, special petition to the queen
explaining the necessity for the proxy
marriage. This has been done and
consent obtained. Next, a power of
attorney giving Hartog Pimentel, his
brother, the right to act for him was
prepared
Then a declaration to we'd was
sworn to by Pimentel before notary.
According to the Dutch custom, the
notary's seal was then certified to by
the secretary of the state of Massachu-
sets, and Consul Dasey certified to
the authenticity of the seal of Mas
sachusetts. These documents were
mailed to Amsterdam. When Brother
Hartog received them he went before
the registry official in Holland, with
the bride on his arm, and made al!
the answers required in the marriage
ceremony.
The proxy marriage in the city hall
at Amsterdam follows closely on the
heels Of the marriage of Isaac Pimen-
tel, brother of Mozes, to Flora Lies
mann, sister of the proxy bride. This
took place at the Amsterdam city hall
on March Z.
The cost of all official inquiries, le-
gal opinion, petitions and royal H.
cense is nearly as much as it would
have required to cross the Atlantic
and return again. Mr.. Pimentel, how.
ever, saved the months wages that 1t
would have been necessary for him tc
give up had he taken the trip to Hol.
land.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-10
Automobile Chases Driver Up a Tree

G AN FRANCISCO.-1t is scarcely be-
- coming in an automobile to pitch
it's owner into the branches of tree
and then get on its hind wheels and
threaten to devour him If he dares to
come down.
A Texas steer or an African lion, or
an orang outang might be expected
to do a stunt of that kid, but not a
refined motor car. And yet that is ex-
actly the experience shat Louis Deg
ener, a coffee importer. had with his
car the other evening. He painted a
word picture of tie affair In Police
Judge Sullivan's court. where he was
on trial for speeding.
Degener HAD Just purchased the car.
He was beginning to master the driv-
ing of 1t, as he thought. He invited a
friend for a trip. Everything went
smoothly until they started for home
about dark. But they no sooner got
into Golden Gate park than the trouble
began.
There seemed nothing to do" said
Degener to the court, but let that ma
chine take It's course. When tried
to hold it down it acted like It was 60
ing to blow up. We were going like
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-10
Bible Prompts a Poacher to Confess

INDIANAPOLIS Hoosier, who
i has "seen the light Of Christianity"
has been impelled thereby to write to
George w. Miles, commissioner of
fisheries and game, "peaching' on
himself for hunting on a game pre-
serve. He has confined his operations
to the pursuit of the ignominious rab-
bit, however, and has not assaulted
the game birds placed in the preserves
by the state. Therefore, he sought
clemency for his crime" and it has
been melted out to him by the COM
missioner on the ground of lack of in
tent.
The letter, in part, follow:
LAS I am living to all the light I
have on the word of God (the Bible), I
feel I ought to tell you Of my hunting
on one or two of the game preserves,
which was only after a rabbit. The
winter Of 1910 was hunting on the
reserve south of Washington, between
the E. & I. railroad and the gravel
pike road running from Petersburg,
Pike county, to Washington, Daviess
county. I tell you this so you can
know the reserve.
1.-The reason l write this is because
believe the Lord God intends for us
to do everything honestly before God
and man. In First Peter, Chapter 2,
thirteenth and fourteenth verses, it
says: Subject yourselves to every
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-10

n HICAGO.-David ]. Winder, who
~ keeps a cobbler shop near the cor.
ner Of Evanston avenue and Irving
Park boulevard, found a handful Of di.
Almonds, valued at $4,000, in the toe
of an old shoe brought to him to re-
pair, and for returning the jewels to
the owner was offered a reward OF
one dollar, which he refused.
When the story of the lost diamonds
and the reward threatened to become
public, Mrs. Robert w. Dunn. owner
Of the gems, disappeared. 1t was said
at her home, 1905 Sheridan road, that
she had left the city.
Winder and his wife were both busy
in their shop when inquiries were
made there.
"Oh, yes" said Winder, banging a
wooden peg into the sole of a shoe
and shifting to one side a few more
pegs he held between his teeth. II
found the diamonds. It was the big
gest find ever made. There's hard
ly week gees by, though, but find
money and other valuables in shoes.
Mrs. Dunn sent her old shoes over
here by a girl. There were five Of
them In rckety pasteboard box. My
wife received them, marked them,
tossed them over In a corner and gave
the girl check with a number on it.
well, al I commenced to straighten
things up for the night my eye caught
the sparkle Of something on the floor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-10

DOSTON.-Mozes Pimentel, cigar.
- maker of Boston, and Marie Jo-
hanna Liesmann of Amsterdam, Hol-
land, have been married without
either leaving home. The queen of
Holland consented to their marriage
by proxy.
Though marriage by proxy is not
allowed in the United States, 50 many
legal steps have been taken to bring
about this union that there seems no
doubt the immigration people will
recognize it when the bride arrives in
America.
When Mozes Pimentel strolled into
the office of Charles C. Dasey, acting
CONSUL of Holland, and said he
wished to be married by proxy, Mr..
Dasey did not believe it could be done.
However, on the insistence of the Hol-
lander he sent statement of the sit
uation to the consul general at New
York.
The ceremony of acquiring bride
without being present at the ceremony
as gone through with Pimentel Is as
follows:
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the wind when suddenly somethinl

the wind when suddenly something
happened"
Just what happened was explained
by Mounted Policeman Haley, who
had been pursuing Degener's car for q
half mile. When Haley got to the
scene he found the car standing on its
hind legs and pointing straight up on
the side of pine tree. The engines
We're still humming away. <Degener's
friend was sprawled out on the road.
but Degener was not in sight.
where's the fellow that, was ,driv.
ing?" asked Haley.
'Blest If know" said the friend.
Here I am, up here.'' said a voice
from the branches.
1t proved to be Degener. He had
been tossed into the branches six fee,
overhead and there remained a pris
oner until rescued BY the officer:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-10
Sad Predicament of Two Politicians
WHILE Colonel Walter Watkins of

WHILE Colonel Walter Watkins of
" Tennessee was in Washington re-
Gently he told about the sad predica-
ment two citizens Of his state got into
talking politics while travelling east
some years ago on a Pullman car. It
was hot night and sleep was impos-
sible. They were in the smoking
room. and fell to talking about state
affairs. While thus engaged an old
grizzled, gaunt man came in, clad as
'beatted a torrid night, and began
smoking. The two politicians kept up
their talk and were regretting how
poorly their state was represented at
Washington. They were somewhat
sarcastic in referring to the senate
rial delegation and declared that
younger and more vigorous men were
needed. r.
: Looking at our senator's" was re-
marked. "They are played out. Bate
is old and Harris is dried up and use
less" - . =. >*=.s@
Just then the old stranger in the
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WHEN George H. Covert, a sales
w man, living at the Y. M. c. A.,
walked into the marriage license bu-
reau In City Hall the other day to
apply for the necessary paper which
would enable him to become the hus-
band of Miss Vera lone Murray. a
Washington girl, Covert was nervous
naturally. But his plunge into the
matrimonial sea, clerks Of experience
say, affected him in most unusual
way. He forgot the name of his bride
to-be.
Covert approached Clerk Knoll
shortly after three o'clock in the aft.
ernoon and applied for a marriage H.
cense. The clerk obligingly issued it,
and asked no questions. Names are
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Not Seen ii Congressional Record

or, cannot afford -ur to cit here and q,
hear these constituents, str-ur1 IN q,
suited, sir, by remarks, cir, ] mean,
Mr.. Speaker, Of the gentlemen from
#Wayback, and -ur I stand here, slr,
In the presence of the great American.
-ur-ur people to defend, yes, sir.
to defend the bringing, SIR, upon my
constituents. sir, that is-ur satisfac-
tory-ur to all when I was elected
ur to this honorable body, sir. But
sir-I mean, Mr.. Speaker" And
about this time the gavel Of the
speaker comes down with a bang that
rattles the medallions in the glass
ceiling, and he says just as easy: The
time of the gentleman from .- has
expired" and his. oratory II cut
short. Now, you don't suppose for
once that that sort Of stun is going
to appear in the Congressional Rec
ord. No, indeed. The Official stenog-
rapher has taken down every "uh
and ah," and goes to the little desk
at the end of his five minutes stands,
and talks it into the photograph just
as smooth and pretty as anything you
ever read in your life, and it comes
out just as though Mr.. Representative
was an orator of the first class, and
he sends It back to his constituents,
and they think he's wonderful to
speak right on the floor Of congress
in that wonderful way. =
It is the general belief among news
paper readers that it is the so-called
"Backwoods' statesmen, who are tho
guilty ones in this respect, but the Of
fetal stenographers say that the re-
marks of some of the members known
throughout the land as brilliant ora
tors, would at times look something
like the foregoing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-10
PRINCESS PAT IS AN ARTIST

New Workers are enjoying the
opportunity Of viewing some OF the
artistic handiwork Of Princess Pa
tricia Of Connaught, who recently won
30 much popularity there.
Six Of her paintings were selected
from those shown At the Montreal art
exhibition, and are now on exhibition
in New York. AS a water color painter
she has few rivals in Europe, certain
ly none in it's royal houses.
A picture, reputed to be one Of the
cleverest works of the princess shows
King Edward, smiling In perfect con-
tent, leaving the dinner table. =
II Was Hungry" is the title Of this
whimsical conceit. %@..@-
King Edward dearly loved his niece,
Patricia, and did his best to spoil her
He used to urge her to give limitations
Of their kin and roared with laughter
at her skill at mimicry. As she grew
older 1t is said she sexacted q promise
from him that he would never use his
royal prerogatiye to force her into q
marriage she did not desire Certain
kh0 man NJ hnr r1a0ifca cha has ~ La
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Finds $4,000 in Shoe; Offered $1.00

I thought it was a piece of glass at
first, but then l saw some more spark
ling points. l got on my knees and
picked them up. My wife didn't see
me and I didn't say anything to her
because I knew she would get excited.
I'm moment found little cham
oils bag. knew what had happened
somebody had been hiding jewels In
an old shoe. Who 1t was didn't
know. But did know that 1t wouldn't
be long before found out.
when l had the diamonds all
picked up there was handful of
them. Any one Of them would have
bought my store. l decided not to tell
a soul for fear the story might spread
and somebody break in and murder
my wife and me.
About two days afterward girl
came in almost crying. She threw her
check down on the counter.
my shoes! Where are my shoes ?
Quick! Hurry!' looked up and
smiled when my wife gave her the
shoes and looked puzzled at the GUS
toners agitation.
1.-The diamonds! They are gone!
Please give them back to mel"
shrieked the girl.
"She became frantic when my wife
told her she brew nothing about any
diamonds. Then stepped up and
told her the diamonds were safe.
Later took them to Mrs. Dunn my
self.
Yesterday neighbor brought me
81 as a reward for the return OF the
$4,000 worth of diamonds. That was
about the funniest thing I ever heard
Of. laughed and laughed and when
was able to stop laughing I waved
my hands at him and told him to
hurry back to Mrs. Dunn with the 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-05-10
BARON HENGELMULLER ANGRY

Baron Ladislas Hengelmuller Won
Hengex4r, Austrian-Hungarian Am.
bassador to this country, journeyed to
the Hamburg-American line docks in
Hoboken the other afternoon to meet
the baroness and their daughter, who
were passengers on the steamship
Amerika.
Outside the docks were scores of
taxicabs on which were taimeters
which registered distances and the
amount of change due from passen.
gers. But the Baron passed these by
and his eye lighted on Limousine car
owned by Hexamer's garage and driv.
en- by Fred Volkman, one Of it's chauf.
feurs. There was no taximeter on
this car, but in his pocket Volkmar
carries schedule of prices.
We'll take this" said the baron to
the baroness, and he assisted his wife
and daughter and the maid into the
vehicle, and to Volkman remarked:
THE Hotel st. Regis, New York."
VOlkman drove to the ferry and pay
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corner arose and with gestures Of q
prize-dghter began to abuse and
scarify the two takers, who capped in
wonderment. When the irate old man
subsfded the politicians exclaimed:
who are you to be 30 upset about
our conservation" s'
II am Senator Harris" said the
stranger in tones that could be heard
above the rumbling Of the train. " and
have q mind to throw both Of you
out Of the window H. -. T. 3s
!: They had not recognized the sen
ator in his patamas IN the, semi-dark-
ness I22::.j : . .s,z {. 8:
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all speed o
He to the chauffeur brusuely:
How much?"
fifty
Vokman
and
and a
to collection