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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Budding Bandit Is Nipped In the Bud

Of Tonopah.". Or, the, ''Twining Twins
of Tucson" had nothing on him.
Policeman Fried was. on fixed post
when man came along and told him
about the miniature arsenal. 1t did
not scare the policeman a bit. r. He
saalntered over to the hallway and
bore down on the embryonic western
terror. Without pulling gun on him
and telling him to throw up his hands
he grabbed him by the scruff of the
neck, gave him an old-fashioned clout
and said:t.
- = Sonny, what have you got in your
.pockets?"' .. -.
With an awful scowl the boy bandit
faced his captor. The officer took him
upstairs where the family was found
in a condition of terror. Fried then
took the pocket edition of Jesse James
to the West side police station
The two guns were fully loaded. The
slungshot was one Of the toughest
looking weapons the police had ever
seen. 1t was made up of nails and
bits of steel and covered with leather,
with leathern thong attached to it
for the wrist. The dime novels were
wonders of literary art They ran
all the way from Diamond Dicks
Last Dive" to "Whanged Into the Will
lies" and Scarlet Sans Sacrifice"
The youthful desperate was held by
Magistrate Cornell In the West side
police court without. bail under the
Sullivan law. His mother was in
court, but did not make any charges.
It. wasn't necessary the court as
sured her. Little Dickie Boy will be
made an example of.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Militant Cow Puts Policemen to Rout

n HICAGO.-A spotted COW which
~ answered with enthusiasm to the
name Of Violet" came into East Chi
cago the other evening, approached
the outer fringe TO the political battle
field, and went mad.
At midnight Policeman John Lazar
was walking his peaceful beat in the
neighborhood Of Chicago and Ken
nedy avenues when he met Violet and
was seized with a sense of pastoral
poetry and moonlight.
Il will take her to the pound and
imagine myself once more in the old
lane that leads from the pasture to
my fathers barn." Lazar told himself
and smiled with pleasure at the pros
pect.
He approached Violet sympathetic
ally and with delicate motion of his
arms sought to watt her in the direc-
ton she should 60.
Violet refused to be waited. She
was In playful mood and showed a
desire to place both her front feet
at once on the policeman's shoulders.
He retreated warily. He got inside
patrol box and from its security
argued with the bovine.
Violet hurled herself against the
pollceman's shelter
He drew his club and shook it stern
~ In her face. She recognized no au-
thority.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

ing to congress itself. are absolutely
wasted. mn
Every day through the congressional
season there is mailed from the capitoh
and the house and senate of1ce build
ings an average Of 20 tons Of printed
matter. The men who mail it confess
that the vast majority Of 1t is intended
to have no more effect than would a
postal card which reminds the con-
stituent that he Is remembered. The
cost to tho postofice department In
sending this matter through the mail
amount to- 200 a day. - ~
Every year the federal government
sends out more than 100000 expensive
books to certain designated Libraries
in different parts Of the country.
Very few of these libraries use tho
books. Many Of them return them to
the government printing Office at tho
expense Of the government, while the
great majority simply discard them.
Extremely technical books, some Of
which are filed with expensive plates
and weigh AZ much as Is pounds per
copy, are thus broadcasted to people
who do not want them. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

NEW -"Nipped in tho Bud. OF
" Nothing Doing for Dickey Boy" ID
The next novel to which will be drawn
the attention of Richard Boy, a would
be bandit. Nckie Boy, who is five
feet three and fifteen years old, armed
himself with two big guns. slung-
shot, seventeen dime novels, a Bible
and q map Of Arizona and started for
the wild and woolly west to shoot
down Indians and shoot up saloons.
He did not even get good start, for
he was grabbed by just an ordinary
copper and "trun into the cooler" He
did not even have the satisfaction of
being stuck up by a cowboy sheriff
and getting run for his money and a
square show.
The budding frontiersman started
the ball rolling the other afternoon by
running amuck In his home at So West
Ninety-third street. He did not shoot
out any lights, but he scared the life
out Of his mother and two younger
brothers and sisters. The terror of
the West side declared he'd shoot 'em
all up, and they got into closets and
under beds while he strutted in in
truly western splendor, rafting with
artillery as he walked. Terrible Tim
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Plan to Stop Cats Midnight Opera

law for the impounding Of dogs pro-
vides that tho animal may be recover
ed upon payment by the owner of two
dollars. but no such leniency is extend
ed to the cat.
Nine cats have been impounded
since July last year. the commission
ers say, and each Of the "pets'' is &C.
cused of being afflicted with rabies.
They also were accused of biting IL
persons. 1t IL to prevent spread Of
the dread disease, the officials declare.
that the amendment to the police reg
ulations is made. -. !
The term running at large" Is held
by the authorities to have the same
meaning a. In the proclamation re-
lating to the muzzling Of dogs. -. .~.
This is not the first proposition to
place q tax on cats. Such a measure
was under consideration by the board
Of commissioners several years ago,
but 1t met with serious opposition BY
the Washington Cat Club, Of which
Mrs. Henry L. West, wife Of former
Commissioner West, was president. No
action was taken at that time. Ga
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

G AN ANTONIO, Tex.-There is a
- man in Texas who has found out a
new way to fight the mosquito. His
name is DR.. Charles r. Campbell. He
is official bacteriologist Of the city Of
San Antonio.
His idea is to employ bats as mos
quito fighters. The neighborhood OF
San Antonio Is especially plagued by
mosquitoes-malaria is more or less
rife In that vicinity-and for long
time past the inhabitants Of the mu-
nicipality and its suburbs have eager
ly sought to find a solution of the
problem. Much benefit has been OBJ
tanned by keeping minnows in cisterns
and ponds-these small fishes being
greedy devourers Of mosquito larvae
but such measures have not altogeth-
er met requirements.
Bats, as is we'll known, are insect
eaters, and are particularly fond Of
mosquitoes. In the twilight, when
they rove abroad, they devour i'm
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Your Uncle Sam Has Books to Burn

THAT you. Mr.. Voter may get just
1 the government publications that
are Of interest to you, and that you
may be spared the expense of printing
costly books which serve no further
purpose than would a friendly postal
card, congress is strenuously attempt
Ing to reform itself with relation to the
business Of printing. To accomplish
this congress has appointed a Joint
commission to investigate its monster
printing bills, and that commission has
reported that the wastes In this direc-
ton amount to tens of millions, and
that, despite the great expense, the
end aimed at is not accomplished.
Uncle Sam has, the commission
states, gang Of laborers at work reg.
ularly destroying books which it has
cost him millions of dollars to print.
Almost any day these workmen may
be seen with axes chopping vigorously
into great stacks of leather and cloth
bound books SUCH as would be an or
nament to any library.
Every few years the government
finds itself the possessor Of vast guam.
titles Of printed matter stored In many
Easements as Is grain in granaries. In
the vaults under the capitol 1t is no
uncommon matter to find thousand
tons Of worthless public documents
which congress finds itself unable to
even give away. Yet these documents
have cost millions Of dollars in the
printing. and these millions, accord
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

The policeman tried for two hours
to pacify the COW. 1t was vain at
tempt. He telephoned for help.
Chief of Police Leo Mccormack OF
East Chicago got out Of bed and head
ed relief squad. Armed to the teeth
the bluecoats descended upon tho In
trenchments of the COW. They were
repulsed, and Violet went away.
At noon the next day Violet strolled
down the Pennsylvania tracks near
Barring avenue. Policeman Esantrager
said he could conquer any COW.
He was rolled over In the street three
times before he escaped. The driver
of garbage wagon who said he would
tell his name If he defeated the COW
went forth to battle. He. too, was de-
feated.
Violet began to demolish freight
trains on the tracks. when Policeman
Harry Nangle stole upon her from
behind with a rifle.
There will be no inquest
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WASHINGTON.-For some i've years
" past, the residents Of Sixteenth
street have been thoroughly mystifed
and made not little curious by the
presence of most unusual carriage,
which from time to time appears there.
!! 1t is an ordinary brougham, very
sp1ck and span, drawn by one horse, q
black one. and beautifully caparisoned.
The coachman is a large man, with a
clean-shaven, ford face and iron-gray
hair, usually wearing a black coat.
Thus far the carriage Is most conven-
tional, but when the eye lights on the
doors it stops, and one Is tempted to
turn and take. second look; for, in
stead Of the usual glass at the win
dows, there are oak panels filing the
entire space. Each has a crescent
shaped hole cut near the top, as if to
admit air to some one inside.
Only on bright, sunny days, spring
and fall it may be seen, and usually in
the morning. From Sixteenth and H
street to Sixteenth and N streets it
goes, up and down, up and down. ap-
parently never changing it's course, for
no one remembers ever having seen it
anywhere else. The horse travels at
medium pace, never fast, and the
shining, tightly closed carriage, CLEAN.
ing in the sunshine, looks almost un.
canny.
At short intervals the driver leans
around, first on one side and then on
the other, and looks carefully in at the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Crate of Stolen Chickens ON His Bed

ID HILADELPHIA.-Wh Nathaniel
I Jones, colored, OF Naudain street,
near Tenth, discovered number OF
live chickens on his bed he was so In
dignant that the publicity he gave to
the matter resulted In the arrest OF
Edward Watkins, also colored, Of
Lombard street, near Fifteenth, who,
it Is charged, stole the poultry from a
store ut Eleventh and Rodman streets
for a chicken dinner which he intend
ed to give to two of his friends, Rich
ard Green and Albert Emerson of
Lombard street, near Tenth. The
three men were brought before Mag
istrate Eisenbrown at the Central po-
lice station. After hearing Green
and Emerson were discharged, but
Watkins was held in $500 bail for
court.
At the hearing, Jones said that
when he returned from a theater he
was astonished to ind q crate of live
chickens on his bed. Upon investiga-
ton, he said, he learned that the
poultry had been brought there by
Watkins. About the same time B.
Wagner, a poultry dealer. reported to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

the Nineteenth district police that he
had been robbed of a crate of chick
ems. When the police heard Of Jones'
indignation at finding q crate Of chick
ems ON his bed they put two and two
together and started an Investigation.
which ended in the arrest of Watkins
and his two friends. Green and EN-
erson showed that they had known
nothing Of the theft Of the poultry,
and were therefore released.
After holding Watkins in bail, Mag
istrate Eisenbrown asked Wagner to
recall the line, Lead VI not into
temptation" in the Lords Prayer.
Don't you know BETTER" he asked.
that to tempt these colored people
by putting chickens out In front Of
your store?" X :.>7s.- "a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

Strange Carriage Has All guessing

front window, which IS of elasA This
ontinues for four OF ava hour at s
time some days, and It % almoat too:
much for the curiosity the Six Z;
teenth street people, who haye .noticedl
It. a good many thought 1T must bel
an invalid. or maybe an Imbecilsy bile
some suggested dogs, cats. or even!
snakes. n -.z#is Il .ss5 5 .s1s
" Finally one day IN enterprisinl,g
young resident Of Sixteenth street. on
her way home, decided that she would
at least get a peep inside, So ac1
cordingly she went to the curb and
nearly lost her balance In the attempt
as the carriage went by, but the empty
seat only greeted her eye, and no
queer face or form. 80, 4, $50. 5#sitS
HE must be on the other side. she
said to herself. '.Il get him when he
comes back" $a=+' .-.- ~. 90. ~ + 4
So when it returned she was there
ready, but not sign OF life was to be-
seen within. ];
Probably he has moved over" was
tho young lady's conclusion, and she
pursued her way, but on reaching
home another girl was seen on the op-
posite curb, staring down the street..
did you see that carriage ?? abe
called I'm dying to know what's In
it," ;s.sa:
When next 1t came up, girl moved
toward it from either curb and took q
look. -
Empty!
The mystery is still mystery, and
will be until some clever person finds
the solution. According to Sherlock
Holmes process Of elimination. II
there is no one inside, they must be
outside. is it the coachman? Nho
knows? Sixteenth street would be-
grateful for any light on tho subject.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Stray Yellow Dog Finds Good Friend

EVEN in staid and sedate Washing
Il ton an amusing scene will occur
and a stray yellow dog will find a
friend. The gallant Ambassador Jus
serand of France, in faultless attire.
was returning from a hall where he
had delivered an address. A uveried
footman was holding open the door Of
his carriage, and the coachman, sitting
.stinsy on the box, was the very picture
of convention. The chivalrous ambas-
sador was bowling right and left whom
his eye fell upon little dog who had
made his way through the crowd and
stood IN front Of him The little AMI.
NAL looked beseechingly up into the
eyes Of the great diplomat who for.
got his white gloves and stopped down
to pat the dusty head. But the sud
den motion frightened the doc, who
was used to being kicked and beaten,
and with his tail between his legs he
scampered away. 5 &. !: &.
Tho ambassador thrust away M dig
nifty Of diplomatic custom and 70 The
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

THE species of cat that takes delight
4 in ensconcing itself upon the back
fence at undesirable hours and sere-
nading would-be sleepers is doomed.
The habitue of the alley has incurred
the displeasure of the commissioners,
and as all other offenders who arouse
the ire of the District officials, his
punishment will be swift and terrible
An edict issued at the District build
Ing the other day provides that all
stray cats hereafter found roaming at
large will be impounded and put to
death. The unfortunate feline must in
the future be confined to the premises
of it, owner, or, should its mistress
deem It necessary to take 1t for an
airing, it must be held In leash. The
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
G. p. NELL, THE STRIKE FlXER

Perhaps no man in the United
States, or in the whole world, occu-
pies such a happy position between
the mighty Industrial elements-capi-
tai and labor-as does DR.. Charles P.
Neill, commissioner of labor, who has
averted scores Of large strikes, involv.
ing thousands upon thousands Of men,
through his remarkable tact and abil-
ity to solve economic problems. Since
1906 Commissioner Neill has been in
strumental in settling Al controver-
sizes, directly einvolving 163,050 en-
ployes and sos $50 miles of railroad.
Born in Illinois in 1865, the future
strike fixer" was taken to Texas by
his parents five years later. He now
prides himself on the fact that he is a
Texan, and in fact was known in COL
lege as "The Tall Mesquite of the Rio
Grande."
After brilliant college career, DR..
Neill was appointed instructor Of polit-
ical economy at the Catholic Univer-
sity In Washington, and took an active
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California woman saw burglar en-
tering a window and beat him over
the head with chair. We take it that
her husband comes home every night
at a reasonable hour.
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pe mere there stood against continually
necessity
Nener frenchman
~ nelore the people exactly for worth.
Baroness
with fellow
10 the breaking point that the patience of the people
We'll exhausted
continue present. but she has something effective at
fecte will be
effectively. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In Paris June
section
o. the to for peace - ~ go w.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

A Partisan scientist Is fighting the
germ Of old age and thinks he Is on
the way to prolong life indefinitely. If
he is successful. he will practically de-
Oslerize the human race.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

It is now the woman with the hoe,
a. the fair sex has been persuaded
that garden work 10 good for tho
health. In course OF time husbands
hope to persuade wives that beauty
a. well 40 health hides In the N1gorc
Gus exercise OF the lawn mower. and
when this 10 accomplished tho subur.
banite viii begin to see something l.
NE worth living for. 81 f. r ii
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It might be possible to make chick
ems grow faster by shocking them with
electricity. but Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Hens may make It
undesirable.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

An American spendthrift was ar,
rested In London for throwing money
into the street, but az rule the wait
ers and porters do not allow Ameri-
can visitors to go that far.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

The goosebone prophet says we are
to have hot summer. We usually
have high temperature in the summer
time, and we need it; at least tho
crops do.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

IN CIVIC anrs besides serving recorder several coal strike
He
strike OF 1902 the adjustment Of the
lSO avertng OF nationwide
mediation
The particular economic problem
ROADS or plain demand Tor higher In the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

The French aeronauts say that two
centuries will pass before men will
safely fly across the Atlantic. This
transforms the present generation into
mere innocent bystanders.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

A Philadelphia fish dealer discover.
ed among his wares a fish wearing
diamond ring. This Is a great ad-
vantage over the restaurant oyster
which sports its pearls unset
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

The wind whisked a 500 hat away
from a Chicago girl the other day
and blew it 80 far that it has not yet
been found. This settles it. We shall
have to do something about the wind.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

The American marines at Picking
won first place In target practice at
300, 400 and 500 yards against the
military guards of the other legations.
Peace hath its victories.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

Suffering, according to an investi-
gator, is three times as common
among boys as among girls. We al
ways have noticed that girl seldom
has any trouble in talking.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

Henceforth 1t is going to be posi-
BILE to alight from street car with
out being bowled over by some auto
mobilist with more gasoline than
sense.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

Two Minneapolis youths have been
sentenced to ten days In jail for call
ing q woman a chicken. What would
have happened to them II they had
called her a hen7
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

We stand VII both feet for tho
abolition of tho ancient practice of
hurting rice and shoes at bridal cou-
pies. The bridegroom suffers enough
without it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

In Belgium the man who refuses to
vote Is thrown into jail. but there are
not prisons enough to accommodate
even a fraction of the nonvoters In
this patriotic land.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

The Germans have adopted baseball
and are said to have become highly
proficient in the art But it will be
years and years before they have be-
come proficient in the vocabulary.
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lllN|l 1IfflE IaflGIfRf
SEEKS WAYS % ABOLISH WAR

E baroness Bertha 3B Won 6uttner OF
Vienna famous among other things
because II was she who inspired the.
founding Of the Nobel prizes, Is In
America on mission unique among
those undertaken by women Of the Old
World among the women Of the New.
She e here to tell her, sisters what
she knows Of the horrors of war and
toSappeal to the women of the United
States to do their utmost toward the
abolition Of war. s.! :,tt% ;% ~? j.. < 4
The campaign for peace undertaken
last spring by Baron d'Estournelles de
Constant Of France was noteworthy.
For three months Baron d'Estour-
nel4es, himself q Nobel prize winner,
went through the country, and every
where his arguments were heard with
interest. So also In the case of Count
Albert Apponyi people crowded to
near what the Hungarian parliamen.
tartan bad to say about the cost of
armed peace now prevailing in Europe.
But. much as these advocates for
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That reported microbe for the pres
ervation of youth must have tried 1t
on itself. The exilir of youth idea IL
rather venerable.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

Westerners who are praying for
rain overlooke the fact that the eas1-
est way to start a rain storm 10 to
leave their rain coats at home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

States mint is to resume the manufac-
ture Of gold coins. We wondered why
they had been so scarce lately, but
thought they had all been spent
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with the Baked Beans.

with the Baked Beans.
she was hve years old and lived In
The city. Her mother had taken her
to q farm for q visit and was point
ing out the little vegetables to the
little girl. These arc cabbages," said
the mother, pointing 10 some cabbage
plants. where does tho corn beet
grown said the niss, IN IN serious
- = :. S,*s 49,.
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A walking club in New York holds
cut exceptional social advantages al
an inducement to join. To walk into
New York society is a new fad.