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Mules Object to Service in Army and Desert

them and 1t didn't seem Just right for
so many strangers in the city to spend
their first night penned up in a cor
raj without chance to see the sights.
1t was some time after midnight
when the fun started. A few we'll d.
rected blows from the determined
hoofs, and breach was made in the
fence surrounding the corral Five
minutes later seventy-tive mules were
scampering at top speed through the
Mission. the clatter of their three
hundred hoofs startling householdcrs
in quiet streets from their sleep and
bringing frightened faces to windows
OF the houses they passed. With utter
disregard of city ordinances, the visi-
tors trampled over gardens and lawns
and demolished everything in their
path.
In the course of ten minutes the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals received nine telephone
messages of complaint regarding the
mules. Deputies were tumbled out Of
their beds and sent in pursuit, but by
this time the invaders had broken up
into sight seeing groups Of two or
three or four and had scattered in
every direction. BY dawn the deputies
had rounded up seven at Twenty
fourth and Folsom streets and later
took two more into custody at Sixth
street.
At last reports railroad cowboys and
cavalrymen we're still giving chase to
the remaining sixty-six.
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':a;{l@$;!!o':C<:lG0THAMand
X$zz1! !a ~
Returns to Church Money He Stole When Boy

cons, held last night, he asked the
members of the board If they remem.
bered anything about 1t, but none did
DR.. Wallace wrote his unknown cor.
respondent today that the matter OF
restitution was something which rest
ed with his own conscience.
In the days when the church was
on Nassau street." explained DR.. Wal
lace the other day, "a boy took small
sum of money from the Sunday school
funds. That was in 1873 Nothing
more was heard Of it until five days
ago, when I received letter in which
was informed that the boy had since
grown to mans estate; that his con"
science had troubled him and that he
wished to return the amount that he
had taken 80 years ago. There is a
powerful sermon in the facts If they
are correctly told.
Il know nothing about the theft or
how much 1t was. The man had no
fortune. He is a person of moderate
means, as understand it, and simply
wanted to make restitution Of the
amount missing. The man has been
converted within the last two or three
years and his better nature has moved
him to take this step. l wrote to him
this morning to act according to the
light of his own conscience"
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Merchant Who Manages Well Without Eyesight

p PHILADELPHIA. - Here's another
wonder of the world-a blind man
at Sixth and Chestnut streets who cap
lures thieves, detects counterfeit coins
and breaks up the gangs that manu-
facture and traffic in bogus money.
Besides doing this, famous Blind AL"
who has been in the neighborhood for
many years, sells newspapers, candy
and fruit; goes to market in crowded
Dock street all alone-and never has
he knocked basket over. He shaves
himself and without a looking glass.
too: blacks his own boots, seWs his
own buttons on and is always ready
with CHEEKY word for his multitude
OF customers who buy at his stand
next to old Congress Hall at Chestnut
and Sixth.
"Oh. yes" said he, some people try
to cheat me yet. but usually catch
them; I've caught POI of them in the
80 years I've been blind II they cheat
me once they usually come and try 1t
again. but l soon discover something
wrong and put some of my TRUSTEES
on the watch and it's not long before
the folks who pay for one apple and
take three or for one peanut bar and
take two find that they're caught them
selves"
Blind AL" has eyes in his fingers;
in the keen powers of smell he has de.
veloped and in the redoubled acute.
ness OF his ears. BY these "detectives'
he has corralled Is counterfeiters and
put the authorities on the trail of
three bands who were making the
spurious coins.
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Diplomats Wife Becomes a Newspaper Reporter
or If qf0roigu

corded any other member of a foreign
court.
Senior Pastor. began his diplomatic
career in Washington under the Duke
d'Arcos, who was then minister here.
some IL or IA years ago, and who mar
ried Miss Lowery, a belle of Virginia.
under romantic circumstances. Pas
tor remained here many years. when
he was sent to another post, later
coming back to Washington to resume
his duties as second secretary. he
was promoted to be first secretary,
and while summering at Narragansett
Pier, some five or six years ago. he
met and wooed Miss Constance Cas-
enove Lee of Baltimore. They were
married, and after visit to Spain for
tho presentation of the young bride
to court and her meeting with the
husbands relatives, they came to
Washington and established them.
selves in @ street Madame Pastor
was so attractive that society re-
ceived her with open arms. The Amer.
lean girl made a most fetching and
fascinating young hostess, her vivac.
ity and Castilian type Of beauty doing
much toward her popularity.
The Pastors eventually went to an
other post, and the next heard of them
in this country was that they were
back in New York. She has just re.
turned to Washington, and is already
making good in her new calling.
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Old Spanish Grandee Swind|e in New Guise

in America He beseeches assistance
in his effor. to do this. and to the one
rendering such assistance he will
give $168.O0O.
He incloses what purports to be
clipping from an English paper, in
which there is detailed report of his
arrest in London, of his absconding
with the millions of rubles and being
taken back to Spain. where he is held
to await trial for shooting another
Russian with whom he had quarreled.
The clipping also carefully states
that Sadrowsky's portmanteaus we're
seized and carefully searched. but
nothing except personal effects was
found, "although the Russian ambas-
sador declares that the prisoner ought
to have several million rubles some
where"
The clipping is Enclosed with let
ter promising $4,000 reward for as
sistance. with the following post
script:
First OF all. answer by cable, not
by letter, as follows: To Luis Duran,
Peso 6. Valladolid, Spain.
Send news H."
The letter is written in copperplate
penmanship. The envelope in which
it came bore Spanish stamps end was
postmarked Madrid.
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III ASH1NGTON.-Was dip
" lomatic corps was thrown into a
furry of excitement when it was
learned the other day that the wife Of
a former secretary here has joined
the ranks of newspaper reporters.
Madame Louis Pastor, wife of Don
Luis Pastor, Of the Spanish 6l91o-
matte service, and formerly Miss Lee,
OF Baltimore, Is the lady in question,
and she has joined the army of wom-
en- in Washington who are wage
earners. She has become society re-
porter for New York daily. Diplo-
mats at all posts take themselves very
seriously. and the dignity that hedges
about foreign envoy is something
little short of that which surrounds
a sovereign. An ambassador at court
precedes everyone but the heir to the
throne, and though Senior Pastor was
but secretary OF legation. his posi-
ton was looked upon by his confre-
res with the same respect that 10 &C.
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Cats Of the Capital City Are Saved by Science

COMMON sense has administered an
- other knockout to science, and the
cause of human justice and feline lib
erty to the nations capital still lives.
A threatened outrage on the whole
cat tribe of Washington has been
averted, temporarily at least, and all
the tabbies of the town, from the
pampered parlor pets to the midnight
songsters who grace our back fences.
may now breathe purr of relief. The
district authorities have capitulated
before the onslaught OF an over
wrought populace, and our city will be
spared the frightful spectacle of cat
hunts, with horse and hound, in the
crowded thoroughfares of the metro
politan section.
This is the age of compromise, and
authorities are to be congratulated
upon having so readily adapted them
selves to the spirit of the times. as
they did in modifying their obnoxious
impounding order. Hereafter the pound
will send for stray cats ION request"
Hordes OF bloodthirsty huntsmen will
not go out upon the highways and by
ways to slaughter the innocents. "On
reqCest!" On whose request? The
cats? Does the modification of the
edict of St. Bartholomew-wfth the
accent on the "mew"-mean that no
cats will be sent for the poundmen un-
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"Pass Up" $14-a.Week Clerk Is Pastors Advice

,kx7OUNG women should pass up the
/ $14-a-week clerk and go for big
ger game when seeking husbands
said Rev. Earl Wiley in sermon the
sther night at Vermont Avenue Chris
han church. Love cannot exist with
4 SHINY furnished pantry and a BARE
Ill-furnished house. Always look to
young mans income and his ablll-
lies as a bread-winner before you mar
~ him or fall deeply in love with him.
It ts impossible to live comfortably
ind congenially on love and hugs and
kisses. They won't satisfy hunger or
4 desire for the theater.
Romantic love is one Of the ills OF
This age. Too many Of our people are
Inclined to tumble head over heels
In love with each other and absolutely
ignore the financial and practical side
of life. II more attention were given
the practical things / have no doubt
that divorce would be cut to one-half
its present high ratio.
I'VE should take lessons from the
old Greeks IN this matter of marriage.
In those days a husband made care
full examination of his wife's fitness to
take care of his household. There was
no mushy sentiment about it either.
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Il can almost always tell II per-
son is giving me bad money" said he.
1.-THE coins are always greasy and usu-
ally lighter than real ones; when l get
them I keep them to take them out Of
circulation and then make the buyers
give me good money"
Every day he fingers all the fruit
with his brainy finger tips to tell if it
is softening and just where the decay.
ing spots are; then he puts it here or
there according to the price to ask for
it. And every day whether it be cold
or hot, rainy or clear, stormy or fair,
Blind Az is at his post Whether the
sudden gusts of gathering storm winds
blow his papers away or upset his
candy boxes or creates other disturb
ances about his shop, he is always
calm and CHEEKY. His friends are I'M
animous in their praise Of his forti-
tude under trying circumstances and
every one who passes the corner even
once has only to take the shortest of
hurrying glances to observe the good
nature and optimism which beams
from Blind Ais" face
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Russian prosecutions
Turkey Persia
Habibullah Afghnan the One word from
that Asia and Africa
The motif universal
meeting held
spoke uncertain
comparatively small state the Amir Hab
commission controlling
we'll manuac
lures its
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Wooinq Of Prehistoric Age Wins a Fair Bride

NHICAGO.-The cave man Of an con
u ago, who did his wooing with q
club and won his bride by stunning
her and dragging her to his lair by
the hair, was reincarnated the other
night into the being Of Dominick
Provenzans, who, until the change,
was a man of meekness and the
keeper of shoe shop at 1920 Roscoe
street.
Provenzans wooed but failed to win
Santa Donandola, a 17-year~old Italian
girl who lived with her parents at
! ITO Milton avenue and dreamed
dreams Of being courted by prince.
! What cared she for the sad-eyed
pleadings Of Dominick? Huh! Her
! husband must be man Of daring.
And the other night Dominick quail
fled With the spirit Of his cave
men ancestors suddenly awakened, he
visited his brother-in-law, Samuel de
! Pasquala. forced his aid and then with
a brandished revolver grimly led the
way to the home Of the ursuspecting
! bride-to-be.
! Then with a savage cry the lover
sprang toward his beloved, drove a
! handkerchief into her mouth with one
| hand and with the other lifted her
from the doorstep and ran with her
down the street.
In his wake came the faithful broth.
er-in-law, and in the latter's came a
mob Of bowling witnesses of the kid
mapping.
Dc PasQuala- held back the mob I'M
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Bride

til he was beaten down, but the lover
escaped with his prize.
Straight to the shoe store rushed
Dominick When the door to the
shop finally was broken open by the
police they found the girl, still gagged
and now bound lying on the floor and
staring with wonder at the threaten.
ing face of the man. The gag was re-.
moved and then q strange thing hap.
pened.
Il love you" she shouted. Il will
marry you tomorrow! IL didn't know
you were like this"
So the police released the man and
for the wedding.
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less they prefer a request: 1t is
a delicate legal point and may noS
be settled until the supreme court has
passed upon 1t.
However. as temporary makeshift
it will do. 1t gets us past crisis.
1t will enable hundreds of good citi-
zens to start upon their vacations with
easy consciences, feeling that in their
absence their cats will not be COB
bley up by heartless minions OF the
law, armed with nets and traps and
milk and catnip, but will be permit
ted to shift for themselves in the
back alleys in the good old fashion
ed way. Next fall the subject can
be taken up with fresh zest and new
interest Perhaps by that time sci
enc> will have again reversed itself.
and will proclaim a new doctrine that
cats are the greatest blessing that
a city could enjoy.
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r HE old, old confidence game, which
was so overworked 1t became toe
we'll known to be effective, and was
therefore sent into retirement. has
come back" and is again in our midst.
1t is slightly disguised, however,
probably in the hope that it will es-
cape recognition.
Instead of the prosecuted wealthy
Spanish grandee with the lovely and
beautiful daughter, who wished little
immediate assistance, for which later
ne was to give a fortune in repay
ment, under tn. new guise it is not
cd Russian banker named Sadrowsky,
who "eloped" from St. Petersburg
with 100000 rubles belonging to the
bank
He has a darling daughter, too, just
ike the Spaniard used to have, and he
wishes to secure for her nearly half
, million dollars that he has "planted"
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G AN FRANCISCO. CAL.-Seventy-
y five mules, comprising the more
energetic part Of delegation of three
hundred of their kind that have reach
ed San Francisco for the purpose Of
adding glory and efficiency to the
United States army, suddenly decided
not to enlist AS result squads of
cowboys, platoons OF cavalrymen from
the Preside and deputies Of the So
ciety for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals passed whole day galloping
madly through the thoroughfares CT
the Mission district attempting to &C D.
ture the deserters.
The three hundred mules were
shipped into the city under consign-
ment to the army authorities at the
Preside and were turned into coIrals
at Sixth and Berry streets to await
the coming of the soldiers who were
to be sent for them. They stood the
confinement without protest for few
hours. but things were not very lively
in the reighborhood. and. besides, the
reception committee had deserted
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1t was very practical piece of bust
ness. The young woman suited the
husband. He in turn was carefully
gone over by the young woman's par
ents. The two people being suitable
for each other, they were married.
What was the result? The young
people lived happily together. Their
temperaments were about the same,
and they learned to love each other.
Here in Washington and other cities
of the east, where there are 80 many
Opponents, we find that the DIVORCE
courts thrive
Il believe with DR.. Eliot that people
should marry young. This prevents
much immortality among both gexes.
Old maidhood. however, is better than
an unhappy married life or being a
divorcee."
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New
problem societies
be done-somethfng else be added
What suggesting something absolutely simply
conditions
through times lately the United States
The suggestion department OF home single
chidrenand
p he andse here to an
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PRINCESS NURSING WOUNDED SOLDIERS

According to press reports from
Greece. the hospital arrangements Of
the Greek army are entirely made.
quate for emergencies. The army has
acted with such rapidity that it is i'm
possible for the field ambulances to
keep pace with it. Princess Alice,
wife of Prince Andrew, the fourth son
Of King George, with staff of picked
nurses. is following the army and rem.
dering first aid to the wounded. by
whom she is spoken of as "the minis.
tering angel"
At Sarandoper she performed al
most miracles, fitting with her stan
from one quarter to another until
late in the evening, when she was
compelled to stop because her. cloth
ing was drenched with blood
Princess Helena, daughter Of the
Crown Prince, has also arrived with
her hospital train.
Looking around the railroad sta
ton at Larfssa, which was Uttered
with wounded men, some On ambu-
Is, she exclaimed in pathetic tones:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29

NEW YORK.-In the mail of Rev.
~ William B. Wallace, pastor of tho
Baptist Temple, Schermerhorn street
and Third avenue, there came recently
letter in a strange hand. The
writer had a story to tell which in
terested the pastor greatly. Years
and years before he had stolen some
money from the Sunday school fund Of
the church at the time it was on Mas
sau street Now he wanted to restore
1t.
Nearly forty years had elapsed since
the writer, then a 15-year-old boy, had
p1lfered small sum OF money from
the funds OF the church. Most Of
those who attended the church at that
time have long been in their graves
DR.. Wallace has been in charge only
two or three years and the incident
was new to him. At the regular
monthly meeting of the board of dea-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND TO WE'D AGAIN

Mrs. Grover Cleveland, widow Of
the former president OF the United
States, is to be married next April to
Prof. Thomas Preston, an honorary
professor at Princeton University ana
now occupying the chair Of archae-
ology at Wells College, Aurora, N. Y,
the institution attended by Mrs.
Cleveland, then Frances Folsom.
Although formal announcement
hac not been made and probably will
not be made until after the debut OF
Miss Esther Cleveland this winter.
the fact Of the engagement has been
known for some time among the in
innate friends Of Mrs. Cleveland and
Professor Preston.
The second romance Of the woman
who as "the bride Of the White
House" charmed a nation and whose
high character and devotion TO her
distinguished husband have been. by
example, a national influence toward
high ideals Of wifehood, is the out
come of an acquaintanceship of little
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
AMIR OF AFGHANtSTAN HELPS TURKEY

The specter of a holy war is un'
folding itself before the eyes OF Eu'
rope.
1t began when Italy clashed with
Turkey in Africa, and now that the
little Christian states, that act as
buffer between the larger powers and
Turkey, are at war, the cloud is dark
ening rapidly among all the Moham-
medan nations.
In the mosques of India, the pago-
das Of Malaysia and the shrines OF
dozen other nations prayers are being
said for the success OF the Turkish
arms.
All islam has thrown it's religious
support to the kahlifate at Constanti-
nople, and should the sultan. as head
Of the Moslem faith, unfurl the green
flag of the prophet it Is feared the
fanatic Mohammedan nations would
begin holy wars.
Even the most conservative OF
European diplomats admit there is a
possibility of political alliances be-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29

There is disagreement as to
whether the time of the sun crossing
the equator makes any difference with
the air currents and the tempera.
lures. But it is a noticeable fact that
equinoctial storms come along regu
larly twice in the year, spring and an
tumn, Just the same
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29

1t is doubtful il Andre lie Fouqui-
>eres will succeed in his announced
purpose to persuade us to dress aft
er the French fashion, since American
men have rooted prejudice against
wearing corsets and hoopskirts with
their frock coats.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29

DURATION with
Thereafter he visitor the Cleveland home
bond sympathy that attachment and has
chic in the wall o
international distinction
said that his first
mott hsa
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Musical Family.

Stiggins-"Are there any musicians
in your family" Wiggins-"Ra-ther!
Why. my father is an adept at blowing
his own horn, and mother Is equally
expert at harping on one string; ma
in-law has to play second fiddle, and
Aunt Tabitha leads humdrum ex-
istence; grandpa gives solo on his
nasal organ every night, without the
stops; uncle spends his time wetting
his whistle; Harry is fond Of his pipe,
and Gerty is forever ringing the
changes on her admirers.
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Scholastic Fiippancy.

And now" continued the professor
of history, permit me to mention a
tireless worker in the great cause OF
humanity ''Attireless :worker?'
interrupted one of the seniors, par
don me, professor, but if you are re-
ferring to Lady Godiva, she was ct
tired in her luxuriant hair"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29

A London gentleman, opposed to tip
ping, let his whiskers grow rather
than bcstow a honorarium upon the
tonsorial artist. Wonder if the new
style vhiskers have anything to
do wit! this latter day crusade against
tips?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29

A wealthy business man in Connecti-
cut recently married his telephone op.
orator 1t was a brave experiment.
for now instead of having his opera
tor call him up, he has given her the
legal right to call him down.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
Give Bright Thoughts a Chance.

Give Bright thoughts q Chance.
Just try, by taking few minutes a
day-if you cannot take more-to live
upon the heights, to give heed to that
noble and beautiful thing within you
which is the real you, which wants to
grow and develop. Give it a chance.
Dwell with infinite things for a lit
tie while every "a hours. And soon
the cares that infest the day will fold
their tents like Arabs and silently
steal away" and life will become very
happy, very beautiful Try it.-Bar-t
bara Boyd in Chicago Post