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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

right now how feed 'em except I'm
20 mad my blood ID boiling, and l
don't want to scald their threats. Me
cruel to my pets?
Besides, whose business 10 it?
Fleas amt animals. II there's a 90.
ciety round these diggin's for the pre-
vention Of cruelty to trained neas I'll
show their agents that my deas are
the best fed deas in America"
However, somebody had reported
to Mayor Reginald Bennett that Brain
was mistreating feas in Asbury Park
and the mayor has placed the matter
In the hands of the animal society rep
resentatives.
Brain and his pets were still or the
job tonight. He said II he and his
heas were put out of business he
would suggest proclamation that ny
swatting is inhuman and must be
stopped.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09


Levy
MIS- 1leton statement condition
She had told the committee
place neglect and decay Mr. explained
Representative
eminent insisted
member the committee
by the exercise of the right
have private
becomes necessary" suggested Senator
The Of this suggestion
observed
he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
MRS. .LlHLEToN SCORES VICTORY

Mrs. Martin w. Littleton. wife Of
Representative Littleton Of New York,
won q notable victory the other day
before the senate committee on libra,
~. when she secured by unanimous
vote an authorization for. favorable
report on Senator Marines resolu.
ton authorizing. the appointment OF a
joint committee Of Ave senators and
five representatives to investigate and
report on the feasibility Of having the
government acquire Monticello, the
home of Thomas Jefferson.
Mrs. Littleton became interested In
having the government acquire the es-
tate and tomb Of Thomas Jefferson
and preserve it, like Mount Vernon
and Arlington, after she had made a
visit to the place. A year ago she
sent out an interesting pamphlet de-
voted to proving the patriotic duty Of
the government to acquire and pre-
serve Monticello. Stree then Mrs.
Littleton has kept up the fight over
many obstacles.
The most formidable of these has
been the opposition of Representative
Jefferson M. Levy, who owns Montioel-
- AA-A L. III ->NN
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

''Of course women are wearing mems
socks" said = saleswoman in Penn
sylvania avenue department store the
other day. Society women are wear
ing their husbands socks these hot
days and holding them up with their
husbands garters % we'll IS 4.
III the men had only been content
to wear plain hosiery all would have.
been well. They clamored Tor color
and figure. however. Tho garden, the
rainbow. the peacock we're robbed for
color schemes for masculine hose. Tbs
women became envious. IS The shades
to which they had accsss #Wero 1ull
and tame. Boldly they reached out and
began wearing mems hall hose 81 Ill
their gaudy c0l0rs.
Every day We sell the womsn doz-
ems o. pairs of half hoes. Most of
them say, I want so1nsthing suitab1o
for my husband. but that ii III s
Ib1un. ron know. {,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

Pennsylvania couples In a certain
town refuse to accept q marriage Ii.
cense numbered 1913 on the ground
that 1t is a double hoodoo. They are
wrong In their fear. The number
ought to discount its own bad luck
with all the Affirmative force Of dou.
BE negauyo. ~ =. f.: . s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
COUSIN OF CAR IS UNDER GUARD

Grand Duke Gabriel Constantine
v:ch, a cousin of the car, twenty-five
years old, supplies the latest court
romance. He insists on marrying Xe-
MIA 1vanovna, formerly his sisters gov
erness and now his mothers compan-
ion.
Gabriel is an officer of the house
hold troops and enjoyed life like his
comrades up to two months ago. Then
he began to sit at the feet Of Xenia.
whom he had known for years without
taking particular notice of her.
Xenia owns to being thirty, is dark,
slim and by no means beauty.
People recall the Emperor Paul's in
fatuation for a middle-aged maid of
honor, who had more influence over
him than anyone else. But >Gabriel's
father, Grand Duke Constantine, is of
course angry and insists on having
the boy banished to some distant prov
ince. The czar objects, saying that
sort Of punishment has always result
ed in lovers getting married. So Xe-
MIA has been sent to Moscow with a
handsome pension, which will be
stopped the moment she renews asso-
citation with her high-born lover.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
SURRENDER FOR LORD KITCHENER

1t can be predicted with confidence
that as soon as the facts which are
about to be set forth are known In
London society, there will be an i'm.
mediate rush Of manageable grande
danes to Egypt. And the exodus will
include. especially, those impression.
able American widows-one hesitates
to embarrass them by mentioning
their names-who in the past have
made a dead set for that hitherto
most determined Of bachelors-Lord
Kitchener.
For. Lord Kitchener at last has de-
termined to marry. Before many
moons have run their course a proud
and happy Lady Kitchener will rule
the household Of the greatest and most
picturesque soldier Of the present day.
But before that time what a duttering
of middle-aged hearts there will be in
Mayfair!
The writer has the news of Kitch.
ener's change Of heart from one Of
his close personal friends who recently
returned from Egypt. Said this friend:
Lord Kitchener Is no longer tho con.
f1rmed bachelor who. was the despair
If countless women in ENGLISH aoci.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

There is a good deal of intelligence
on the bench, a judge having decided
that man has no right to cross his
legs In car and muddy other peoples
clothes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

Aviators are going to form a union
for the purpose of combating people
who want them to fly overtime or for
Inadequate wages. Consider the hard
ships that will ensue when the avia.
tors strike.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

It Is good thing that the post Of
weather man is not an elective one,
for just now everybody in the country
would vote unanimously for his retire.
ment to even hotter climes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

Grand Circuit trotting races are be-
ing held this year as usual, notwith-
standing the fact that trotting races
are hardly ever accompanied by fatal
tiles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

Concerning universal criticism of
rats who desert sinking ship, it
seems that ordinary justice to the
rats will give them credit for knowing
when the ship Is sinking.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

1t takes a hero to go about in his
shirt sleeves, and a martyr to keel
his coat on.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

getting
life longs for the constant
He looking forward the
settle down
his beautiful English the help Of wife will be almost imper
his life
single and be could
hanging tails.
believe anxious
asv . the Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

"The black death" is leading to
general crusade throughout the coun
try against the rats.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

How important it must make the
small boy in the bathing suit feel to
be told that he has a riparian right!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

the small boy is to increase the popu.
1arity of the swimmin' hole.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

Once In a while a baseball writer
speaks Of players fingers as fingers
and not as "digits"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

The national fly swatting campaign
IS huge joke on the flies and huge
effort to stay the hand of disease.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

Somebody asks western editor
how to stop shoes from squeaking. It's
none Of our business, of course, but
one way is to take them of.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

There are said to be 10000 music
teachers in New York. We presume
that this is in addition to those who
teach ragtime.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

The man who tries to cross the At.
lantic in a dirigible balloon or an
aeroplane is pretty sure to succeed in
crossing the Styx.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

California woman died as result
of wearing too small a corset. Some
women would rather die than be out
Of form.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

Statistics show that every New
Yorker takes some sort of car ride
every day. New Workers certainly
crave excitement
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

The hammock Is one Of our most
popular institutions these days, espe-
cially when there is a girl in it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

Two and a half millions of Amer
leans live by writing, including, of
course, those who write home for
money.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

They are fighting the grasshopper
pest In California with vacuum clean.
ers. And, strange to say, there seems
to be money in 1t.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

You can't induce a self-made man to
believe that his son would ever sue.
coed in getting anywhere without
lot Of help.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

A scientist warns us that If women
do net behave the race is in danger
Of decay. Just like a mere man to lay
the blame on the women.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

In this brand of weather the anna
teur gardener clings to his hammock
and let's the weeds grow where they
will.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

Just one little favor! When the
sun begins to broil again. please say:
Hot, isn't it," instead Of: Hot,
amt it!''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
After Il.

After e.
PA, what is an Inheritance taxi?
An inheritance tar. my boy, IN the.
crowd Of promoters, real estate agents.
mining stock sharks, that take up .
mans time Just - soon ~ they learn
that he has fallen heir to . little
money. "-Detroit Iree Press. 1865. s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

That New York man who left hi.
$25O,000 estate to his landlady may
have been fond of prunes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

It might help some. these days, tt
90 down In the basement and fondl<
the snow shovel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

Bathing suits bought early in the
season now call for talcum powder
and a shoe horn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

A French surgeon recently per-
formed remarkable operation on
himself. Maybe he cut his own hair.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

According to Boston savant
Americans will eventually be a fiat
footed race.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09

Wait until cool weather comes be
fore you wear tight collars or discuss
politics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
The plug hat IS to be abolished ever
In English society.
Occasionally the mercury volplanes
IN order to get fresh start.
One way to keep cool Is to avoit
reading rules about how to do It.
It is predicted that the sheath skirt
will disappear with the summer girl.

You cannot convince sunburnet
man that there are spots on the sun
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
Vacation days are spending days

The style In gowns is certainly
close to nature -
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-11
FIRST PICTURE POST CARDS

In Nuremberg, Germany, they have
been making arrangements to cele-
brate the thirtieth anniversary of the
picture post card with congress and
exposition. Unfortunately for their
plans, however. it has been discover
ed that the first picture post card was
not made in Germany or sent from
Nuremberg, nor was it born in 1852
as they had supposed. The distinction
of making and mailing the first is now
claimed by Leon Besnardeau, a book
seller of Sille-le-Guillaume, near Con-
lie, department Of Sarthe, France. In
1870, during the war with Prussia, he
printed pictures on postal cards he
was sending to clients. M. Besnar-
deau is still alive, and there are many
Of his old customers in France who
have the cards he posted them The
Germans adopted the idea for the
Nuremberg exposition in 1882
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-11
Power of the Mind.

Some people give up all mental ef
fort as soon as they get sick or af.
flicted, but there are some minds that
no pain or suffering can subdue. The
most powerful warship afloat, which
was launched in the Thames In Eng.
land last February, was built by a
man who can neither sit nor walk.
The most famous of our racing yacht
designers is blind, but he could build
a boat that was good enough to de-
fend the America cup year after year.
The head of the Thames Iron
Works company that built the Thun-
derer is victim of chronic rheuma.
tism and passes his days lying on a
trundle bed upon which he is wheel
ed all over the immense works and
oversees everything that is going for
ward, He knows every foreman in
the shops and has the design of ev-
cry piece of machinery by heart, and
they point to him as q wonderful ex.
ample Of the truth Of the old adage
"The eye OF master can do more
work than a thousand hands"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-11
ONE LUNATIC TO EVERY 269

The number of lunatices in England
and Wales on January 1 last showed
an increase of 2,504 over the total q
year before, according to recently is
sued reports of the commissioners in
lunacy.
The total number of certified insane
under care on January l was 1861.
The increase of 2,504 compares with
an increase of 1904 for 1910, with
1,766 for 1909 and with 27O3 for 1905
Last January the insane were reck-
oned at one to every 269 of the pop
ulation; in 1902 the proportion was
one to 29S.
On the question of distribution the
report shows 46.5 per cent. of insane
are male and 535 per cent. females.
In the population there are As males
to 50 females in every 100 persons.
In cases of hereditary insanity the
proportion of the females is So per
cent, which bears out a fact noted by
DR.. Mott, Of the London county asy-
lums, that in the offspring of insane
parents daughters are much more nu-
merous than sons. In cases with
family history of alcoholism the fe-
male proportion is So. Sudden mental
stress accounts for 65 female insane,
compared with 35 males; in pro-
longed stress women also predom-
mate, but in alcoholic intemperance
the male cases are twice as numerous
as the female-6S against 80.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-11
HIS interference
There Was Only One Way Out Of
the Engagement.
BY A. MARIA CRAWFORD.

You've always had all the money
you wanted, Theoren, and you wouldn't
know how to get along without it, -
said Betty decidedly 80 it's best to
consider our engagement at an end.
can't marry you"
Theoren Crane looked at the girl
wonderingly
There is only one way out of this
engagement for you, just one" he re-
peated, "and that is to acknowledge
that you don't love me. No other rea-
son viii hold with me-"
Betty pondered tiny pucker show
ing In her forehead. She spoke with
an effort, You know there has al
ways been Tom" She tried to look at
him. but her eyes fell before the sud
den fire in his own.
Well, what of It? He's a sort Of
half.forgotten myth"
Don't these roses look real? He
has sent flowers every day for two
years. Her retort came quickly Her
pride had been stirred.
DO you mean to tell me that you
you of all would have allowed
me to hold you in my arms and kiss
you If you had not intended to marry
me? Were you thinking of Tom
then?"
The girls defense was being swept
away ruthlessly. She felt the hot blood
tingle in her face.
Il don't suppose you ever made a
mistake and kissed the wrong girl,
did you2" she asked slowly.
Betty! What's the matter? Your
'ather has told you that Uncle Henry
drew up his will yesterday and left
his money to me provided that I don't
marry a so.called society woman. He
has always been a crank on the sub
Ject Of marriage. Thinks that women
ought TO know how to cook and sew
and run q house, you understand.
went to the office and begged your ia
ther not 20 tell you Uncle Henry has
been in Australia for twenty years and
he didn't know a lawyer nor anybody
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-11
Japanese WeddIno,

From beginning to end, curiously
enough, religion does not play even a
small part in japanese wedding. No
priest appears at any stage. On the
evening Of the great day, the bride,
with white silk covering on her head
and face. and entirely dressed in pure
white-not the color Of Joy, but of
deep mourning, for the girl is now
parting forever from her parents,
more so, indeed, than If it was death
that had taken her away, for after
death her spirit would continue to be
present in the home Of her childhood,
whereas now both body and spirit are
gone-is carried to her new home.
There she changes her mourning for
festal garb, A feast is celebrated
the young couple withdraw
and in the presence of only
the middleman and his wife and Of
two young girls who act as servants,
they pledge each other in very solemn
form, three times from each Of three
cups. This ceremony is the
essential part of the marriage celebra-
ton. Japan of the Japanese, by Jo-
seph H. Longford.>
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-11
Good Caricature.

The duke Of Sutherland, in an inter
view in New York. condemned the
New York taxicab, which is, in truth
by contrast with the luxurious taxi
cabs of Paris and London, an out
rageously dear and outrageously ram
shackle conveyance.
"A New York cabby," he said
characterized your New York taxi
cab very well when, lady repulsina
him on the ground that she wanted a
taxi, he said:
"'Oh, step right in, madam. I've
just cleaned my cushions with gaso
line and I'll guarantee to get stucl
twice, to run down couple Of old
women. and to charge you anything
from SIT up"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-11
MENAGERIE A COSTLY THING
Captured Animals Cost Circus Man No
Small Penny, Though Their
Value ls Fluetuatlng.

Il want to take little George tC
see the animals" is what every father
says when he starts away from home
on his annual visit to the circus, and
the same blum goes for little Gwendo
len on Commonwealth avenue and lit
tie Mike at the north end. Fond
relatives always are glad Of the ex
cuse to teach the youngsters all about
the animals-and see the circus them
selves-but the chances are that they
do not appreciate the true significance
Of menagerie. To the circus Wis
itor 1t means strange animals and
thrills, popcorn and peanuts. To the
circus company 1t means something
like $750000, says the Boston Tran
script. This figure, however, is by
no means arbitrary, for the value of
wild beasts fluctuates remarkably. To
day the value of a rhinoeeros may be
$4,000, but let a few more rhinos be
hauled from their African lairs and
be put on the European market, and
the value per animal may drop so
per cent.
Another thing that affects the valu-
alton Of wild animals is the question
as to whether they are acclimated or
green" The mortality rate among the
latter-animals fresh from the jungle
is exceedingly high. The wild ami
NAL that has demonstrated the fact
that 1t can live in cage, particularly
a cage that hops, skips and jumps
over the country with circus, has
more than tripled his value.
A fresh chimpanzee from Africa is
worth from $500 to $1,000. Let this
same chimpanzee prove by his con-
tinued existence that cage life is
not mortally tedious to him and i'm.
mediately his value leaps to $4,000.
Another instance is the giraffe. In
spite of the fact that it is a rare
beast, its market value is only about
$1,000. The simple reason for this
is that the giraffe in captivity has
such a small chance of continued ex
istence that the average Snowman
does not care to gamble $1,000 on it.
The elephant market fuctuates q
great deal. The price of green ele,
phant runs from $1,000 to $4,000 Gel
that elephant used to captivity and his
value jumps; but train him to stand
on his head, ring bell, beat a drum
or balance himself on a rolling ball,
and Immediately his value scars. That
is why the herd Of 40 elephants in one
big show is valued at more than $780,.
900. The animals born each winter in
the menagerie Of a large circus are
worth about $4,000.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-11
Just a Thouaht.

had been in poor health for some
time and was much alone. Soon
found that my mind had come td
dwell on unpleasant things; in short
was victim of dependency. ,
realized that / must depend upon my
self for a cure.
l wished to appreciate and remem
ber all the pleasant things that came
to me each day, so I wrote descrip
ton in my very best English of the
brightest happening Of the day, the
visit of a cheerful friend, a word pic
ture Of my prettiest flowers, or a BIZ
of bright conversation. Each day !
pasted my manuscript in my Book o..
Happiness. When the old worried
feeling came back | had only to turn
the leaves of my book to realize how
many blessings were mine.-Exchange
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-10-11

The turtle is one of the slowest OF
creatures in its movements and pos
sesses little brain. Yet a well-known
American naturalist has succeeded in
training three of these creatures te
do a number of little tricks. He
places them, one above the other, or
spools, as depicted in the photograph
given above. If piece of cabbage
or other green stuff is held out iI
front Of them they will make com
plete circuit, all moving in unison,
keeping their balance and not tum
bling off The bigger turtle will also
ring a bell. This it grasps in one
of its forefeet. jerks 1t OF the ground
and then gives it a shake. 1t is quite
amusing to watch the slow, deliberate
manner in which this is done. Ths
turtles live in their owners house
spending their time in the kitchen
hunting down the vermin.