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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

w ASHINGTON.- didn't make
" bit of difference to Benjamin
Oswald Johnson, aged six, what was
going on around his little head the
other afternoon. He was busy with
MS own devices? This young Ben
Johnson stumbled around the floor of
the House Of Representatives, while
the real Ben Johnson, from Kentucky,
anc other legislators and statesmen
Numbered and argued over the legis-
lat1ve, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill.
Little Ben is one OF the five chill
dren of Representative Joseph John
son OF South Carolina. He kept the
house of Representatives amused
from noon until A.: 80 o'clock D. m.
"nen the gavel fell for adjournment.
Ben appeared on the house floor at
noon dressed in a dark blue sailor
suit. His father had troubles of his
own, for he is in charge of the legis-
lative bill, and Representative Fow-
Ter, with his loudest voice. was out
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

not mortals-but from bats There
are many of these aberrant insec-
tivorae or flying mammals, family
gallopithecidae, order Of chiroptera.
in the shadowy hooks of the Smith
sonian building.
Satisfied that no harm is near. you
fall to thinking Of James .Smithson's
beQuest of 1895; OF James Renwick,
the designer Of this building the first
Of it's style not ecclesiastic, to be
reared in the United States; your
glance goes up to the top Of the ta!1cst
tower 143 feet shove the asphalt al!
strewn with dead leaves, and your
mind goes J;~ch to the time when
President EC;k and his cabinet and
hundreds '.r s:roud men, now dust. at
tended tie cornerstone laying in 1S47.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

the desk, II found a hat. Maybe
1 better try to identify it before
turn it In"
Bossen was full of thought and sad
ness as he passed the desk on the
way to his corner.
sergeant, her name amt in it," he
said dejectedly; and then he pleaded:
But, say, sergeant, she'll come for it,
sure, won't she? And say, don't for
git TOTO get her name and address
and-and-sort of tell her it was me
found it-just FORUM. you know
And say, sergeant, old man, do you
know where Teller can buy furniture
on the installment plan?"
But this is only the tale of a hat
and void in the heart of a police
man, and so-well, that's as far as
the first chapter has been written.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10
BRYCE SAYS WARS COME FROM FOLLY

James Bryce, the British ambassa-
dor, told the committee for the cele-
bratio2 of the centenary Of peace be-
tween English-speaking peoples st a
dinner in New York the other night.
that nearly all wars had been due to
human folly or human passion.
FL dwelt on how much better it
Wa: 20 celebrate the wisdom which
had ended a war and avoided any sub
sequent conflict, rather than the want
of skill and wisdom which made war
possible.
The ambassador described what
had been accomplished during his
official stay in Washington to remove
differences between the United States
and Great Britain, and to avoid diff
ferences in the future. He reviewed
the three arbitrations and several
treaties leading to settlement of
the Canadian boundary dispute; the
Newfoundland fisheries question; the
matter of the use Of the waters on
the boundary and minor points long
he United States, and continued:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10


interested things
the British with
minded overhangng brows
angle degrees
If the offices side
inches This Morgans thiryone stories high in the
Wall
the a
Under his pyramid
out his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10
SKY PARL0R FOR J. PIERPONT MORGAN

]. Pierpont Morgan. master OF
multl-milliOns, now sits under a
smoking Egyptian pyramid just 445
feet and 6 inches up in the air in
Wall street. He is the Hottest mil
llonalre in New York
This pyramid, which belches
smoke and steam all day long, is a
replica of the tomb OF Halicarnassus,
in which were enshrined the remains
Of Mausolus, ruler OF Caria, who died
in 1853 B. G.. His widow, Artemisia
erected 1t. Mausolus, from whose
name is derived the word "mauso-
leum," was an Independent Persian
satrap. 1t is related of him that
every caravan which Jared forth into
the desert had to pay him it's tribute
of corn, wine and oil.
1t is related of Mr.. Morgan that
he is fairly independent, too, and that
railroads pay him something of a
tribute today. ~-Mausolus fought and
whipped Artaxerxes Mnemon and NOV
ed his capital from Mylassa to Hall
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10
Oil the Machine.

When the sewing machine is not
running we'll it is frequently because
there is a collection of dust In the
bearings. When this is the case, the
machinery should be moistened with
kerosene, then turn the balance wheel
backward and forward. After the
bearings have become clean oil the
machine with regular machine oil.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10
Rapping on Wood.

It is a common thing to see people
rap upon a chair or door after they
have made some boastful remark
such as Il am never ILL., or my ven.
lures always turn out WELL" This was
originally done as an appeal to the
efficacy of the wood of the true cross.
and three raps we're always in honor
Of the Blessed Trinity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10
PATIENTLY Green,

Old Hand Ito new ticket seller at
state fair)-"Ever been on the wick
ct before in a crush?' New Hand
Nope. Old Hand-"Thought not"
New Hand-"Why not?" Old Hand
You give change first, and tickets
afterward." New Hand-"What is the
difference?" Old Hand-"Hundreds Of
dollars, my boy. No one ever passes
IN and forgets his tickets Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Doth Serbs
Dti hes1tated
~ a once or to
enlisted ~ pA" Dno'e o1'" ne to'eo oei'1" 1oi 10
1oanoV11scn did not know
she oecded upon
ner maid
@ great mass black hair
belonging to
SIDE OF Belgrade enlisted
was an officer the
sweetheart
marriage also petty officer
compelled de IDENTITY
Not of
Journey through Bulgaria
the allied " ~ ~ '
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10


last
Davis Ekns harled for
to will
The West Virginia legislature
majority of Republicans Ehns
Ekns whom royal duke to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Spikes have been used to mend bro
ken bones by an eastern surgeon. We
have heard some of the profession
termed butchers, but we have never
heard them called carpenters before.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10
YOUNGSTERS Opinion

While at dinner I gave each Of my
boys, age fouI and five, two peaches,
also my wife took two, while l took q
handful, and, holding the hand down,
asked the youngest, sitting next to
me, to guess how many l had. After
staring blankly at me, turned over
my hand, showing the amount, which
was three, when the youngster said:.
Too many."-Chicago Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Half way down from the top flight
of stairs at an elevated railway sta
tion one morning not long ago a man
stopped to read the conspicuous sign,
Look where you step!'-and fell
down the rest of the way.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A one-legged man walked from Jack
sonville, Fla, to New York We
should think that man who has only
one leg would take better care of it
than that.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A New York divine despairs because
ministers are paid less than laborers.
But laborers are in greater demand in
New York city than are ministers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Navy officers imprisoned chickens in
the turret Of the ram Katahdin and
then shot at it wi,h guns. This is the
poorest way to kill chicken we ever
heard Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Dr. Schafer of the University OF
Oregon says that arithmetic isn't SO
important, after all. Few money ma
kers Of today will agree with him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A New Jersey man used a turkey as
a weapon Of defense when attacked
by a footpad. 1t must have been a
long time in cold storage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

The man with cold in his head is
q menace to society, say the doctors
Another menace to society is the man
who habitually suffeis from "cold
feet" as Il crisis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10
JOAN OF ARC IN THE SERvIAN ARMY

Servia has given the world an
other Joan of Arc, Molly Pitcher. or
Barbara Frietchie; another woman
whose name perhaps will ring
through the poetry and patriotism of
all time when the war that now is
rending Europe is ended.
Her name is Sophia Yovanovitsch,
and when some Serb historian rises
to tell the story of the struggle of
the little kingdom against the Turk
the name of Sophia will become
household word in the Balkans.
When the war cloud that has how
cred for twenty years over the Bal
kans broke and little Servia sprang
to arms, Sophia was one of the most
ardent patriots. There were three
young men avowedly suitors for her
hand, and to each of them she gave
the same order-not to ask her to
marry them or to seek her love un-
I'll they had volunteered and proved
tnelr Worthiness by serving the
country as soldiers in the army.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A Tacoma man, acquitted by jury,
kissed three Of them. They were
women. We see right now where
feminine juries become mighty popu.
lar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Kansas City complains that 1t is
overrun with fakers Is Kansas City
easy, or are the takers hard put to
1t?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Albatross eggs are esteemed q
great delicacy in Hawaii. Hens eggs
are esteemed great delicacy in
America.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Another pleasant thing about cold
snaps is that they are never compli-
Gated with damage by lightning and
excessive rain.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Three college men out Oh a cclebra.
ton smashed an automobile and were
promptly thrashed by the owner, who
proved q football star. 1t always pays
to investigate in such cases before Ia
king action.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A New York woman, under vow
of silence, hasn't spoken to her hus-
band for eleven years. Lucky man!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Mexicans are abandoning bull fight
ing for automobile racing. Hard to
say whether it's progress or retcogres~
sion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A Detroit man wants a divorce be-
cause his wife talks too much Like
man suing city for allowing him
to commit suicide.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

San Francisco authorities detained
a woman who had sixteen trunks, and.
although that was not the cause, it
was cause enough.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Spain has set about building a new
navy. Doubtless it will take better
care of the new navy than it did or
the Old.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10
His Snakeship.

Charlie, two and one-half, was play
ing in the yard. A snake ran across
the walk. Co." he called excitedly,
here is nothing with tail on It,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A Missouri woman lost two hus-
bands by lightning Ard yet they say
lightning never strikes twice in the
same place.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Nine people were killed during the
twentyday rabbit hunting season in
Ohio. Strange how easy it is to mis-
take man for rabbit
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

One of those college savants pro-
poses to teach wives how to spend
money. Only che guess is permitted
as to whether he is married or not.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

The women Of France are not good
cooks, according to expert evidence.
But, ah, the styles they wear!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Baltimore has store with displays
Of rubber shoes for dogs. Another
step in their anti-nose crusade, per
hans
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A scientist comes to the front now
with the agile suggestion that poverty
causes bow legs. Is that why jockeys
have them?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

The Chinese have taken to wearing
derby hats. Just wait till the hobbie
s!;c:: strikes the land of cherry BIOS
SONS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A Washington bride wore pal: o.
$50 silk stockings, says an exchange
and displayed only about 81 IS worth
of EN- at that.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A Chicago woman says she can't
live on $4,000 year. She might try
starving to death on that allowance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A Paris doctor has discovered a
means of fattening one by electricity.
1t must be shocking operation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A new Japanese battleship is called
Heiyei. Sounds more like a battle
cry than a battleship.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10
Immaterlal,

1t doesn't make much difference
whether a man Is inspired or not If
his work Is worth while.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10
Superscience.

Modern science is that practical
knowledge Of truth that urges us to
feel an oysters pulse and look 1t itx
tongue before We eat IT,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10
In the Old Wav.

The world isn't growing much wises,
Men continue to climb fences and draQ
the gun after them 800
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

Rats are causing much trouble in
Washington by devouring postage
stamps. Why not poison the stamps!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

The spring fashions will be devoid
of curves. Again, the thin woman
comes into her own.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10
What is so useless as a pair of tight
kid gloves in zero weather?

A Minnesota man tasted for los
days, this being just 104A days too
long for US.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

States
m these treaties OF the dcu
and desire to
agreement possible for them to 90 So win e'c
WILEY a be accomplished
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-10

A Chicago jurist says that motor
cycle is dangerous weapon. He
must ride one.
The Republican journal., 1913-12-25
THORNDIkE TELEPHONE TALK.

THoRNDIKE, Ne, Dec. Is There's a
farmers telephone line which strings to-
gether five or six miles OF farms down
the valley of the Passaeassawauke
river. On a single line there are q tel
epnones. Naturally the line is contin-
ually in use, but so accustomed have the
subscribers become to having others on
the line at the same time that two coup
les can converse at the same time with
out bit of trouble.
Last week a feat tDat is Beloved to be
record IN telephone achievement with
out any prearranged pan was accom-
plished on this Inc, when six people car
rled on a perfectly ineligible and salts
factory converse lion at the same time.
Darius Hopkins and Lemuel Pease
'dlckered, Darius swapping two young
pigs for Lemuel's veal calf. At the same
time Mrs. John Spencer gave Mrs. Ezra
Tobin a full recipe and complete direc-
tlons for making new kind of plum pud-
ding: for Christmas, while Miss Bessie
Piper, the schoolteacher at the corner,
told Leslie Frost, who is getting over
the humps, how to do the next TO the
last example in partial payments.
Besides this some one broke in to find
out what time it was and all hands stop
ped talking to set the clocks, as Lemuel
Pease had just been to Belfast and knew
his watch was just right, for he had re-
gulated 1t by the town clock.
The Republican journal., 1913-12-25
NEWS OF THE ORANGES.

Burnham Grange, P of H., No. 500, held a
very successful sale, supper and entertain
ment Thursday, Dec. 18th, afternoon and even
ing the following committees had it in charge:
AKRON and fancy work booth. Mrs. Georgia
Cunningham, Mrs. Maude Miles, Mrs. Nellie
Shaw; vegetables and canned goods, Mesdames
Mabel Drake and Lottie VIM; candy and
fruit. Vesta McAlister; mystery booth, Hattie
Cole, Viola VIM. The supper committee con-
sisted of the lady officers, Mrs. Ardra Berry,
VIVA Cole and Nette Sherman, who with a
sufficient number of helpers served most de-
licious supper of pressed chicken, cold ham,
mashed potatoes, salad, pickles, bread, cakes,
doughnuts, coffee and fruit. The entertain
ment committee was composed of the lecturer,
Morse. The program was as follows: Music
by quartet, "Merrily Sing; humorous read
ing, Blanche Allen; reading, Miss Fern Shaw;
reading, Nellie A. Morse; Coronation of Sam
McGee", by Blanche Foster; encore, Blanche
Foster; monologue, Fern Shaw; musical read
ing, Marian McKechnie; farce, 1.-The Inter-
rupted Proposal, with the following cast:
Mr.. Stone. RichardsWinn; Mrs. Stone, Blanche
Allen; Maid Betty, vina Cole; Mrs. Ramsay,
Susie McKechnie; Helen Stone. Hattie Cole.
Steve Howard, Arthur Hunt; Harold Tracy,
Ernest Hunt; reading. 1.-The Minuet'', Marian
McKechnie; music, Good Night, by Quartet.
While all the parts were good. and each was a
good entertainer. special mention must be
made of the reading of Blanche Foster, who is
very popular with the people here. Their only
complaint is they don't hear her as often as
they would like. Fern Shaw, student at M.
C. l., is fast coming to the front as reader
and we predict bright future for her. This
was the first appearance here of Marian Nc
Kechnie, the child reader from Foxcroft, but
each one was charmed and surprised at the
skilful way in which she delivered her read
ings. She has unusual ability, which will
probably by well cultivated Harry Kinney
had pretty good luck, as he drew the crazy
quilt and guessed the exact number of beans
which made him owner of the sofa pillow
The Republican journal., 1913-12-25
HER LIMIT.

Shes stated on her shopping tour, from now on
-, almost every day.
one II take her little list and purse and pailv on
uph her way; -
one' IL PICK up gifts of every sort, from everv
potion of the earth,
But this year, she declares, no one will oct
mde than dollars worth.
Each yesr the family larger grows, each wear
seq more than last year saw
Each yer sees added to her lat !. fav r,o-.
relitives in.law:
BY marriage wide the circle grows. it il az.
padded, too, by birth
And thiesyear. she declares, no one will ret
mfe than dollars worth.
A pretty picture in frame. a heavy ink vau
ms1e Of brass,
A dolly 4 slipper bag, something in lie ather
orof glass,
tie thst father will not wear, belt too large
fol mothers girth,
All these she will distribute when she rive.
can one the dollars worth,
From stfe to store she gaily trips in search of
Cffistmas novelties,
She fineers over many things while seeking
sohething that will please,
And With at last night brings her home. she
ssts without sign of mirth,
Thank koodness that ia done at last! / rot
Amt Kate her dollars worth.
-Edga1A Guest, in Detroit Free Press.
The Republican journal., 1913-12-25
Fire Scorches Castine.

CAsTINE, Me-, Dec II. This village
had a narrow escape from a general con
Migration tonight, which was prevented
by desperate fire fighting and the lack of
wind.
A large wooden building, used this
summer as a garage by Frank Rae and
stored with carriages and sleighs, broke
into flames about 10 p. M 1t burned
fiercely and set fire to the icehouse
owned by Frank Hooper and to the
dwelling of Mrs. Barker Wardwell. A
large hotel opposite was in great danger,
The fire was controlled after the total
loss of the garage and contents, and
much damage to the other buildings.
The total loss is estimated at S50OO which
is partially covered by insurance. Inc
cause of the fire is undetermined
The Republican journal., 1913-12-25
The Finest Laxative
In 5000 Years
PURE tAsTOR OIL, TAsTELEsS.
Tasteless The True Sense. Not Favored
or Alfred. The Smell and Taste
Removed.

or AltfGd. Inc Smell and Taste
Removed.
For 3,G9years castor oil has been the
worlds hst laxative, but until now an
offensive sickening taste has limited it's
use.
For 3,Nyears chemists have tried to
remove tsttaste.
Kellogg Tasteless Castor Oil is just
what thelame means-a pure, clear, re-
fined oil ithout any taste. 1t is a new
discoveryT Spencer Kellogg & Sons of
Buffalo, arge Iefiners of vegetable oils
Anybog can disguise the taste of cas-
tor oil bynjxing it with alcohol, winter
green, popermint OF other favors, but
it REMAND for the Kelloggs to keep the
oil pute az make it tasteless. Kellogg's
Tasteless Castor Oil works even better
than the >H, evil dose, without pain or
gripiF. Children take it easily.
Sold ndy in all drug stores. 25c. and
SOC. ASH or kelIogg's Tasteless Castor
Oil adj ldk for the trade mark on the
labelta 1een castor leaf, bearing the
Kellfg iknature. Made only by Spen-
Ger NlIdg & Sons, Inc, Buffalo, N. Y,
re6nds fEvegetable oils.
The Republican journal., 1913-12-25

DR.. HobsOn's Ointment Heals Itchv Fczer,,
The constantly itching, burning sensation
and other djsagreeable forms Of eczema. tet-
ter. sat 'henm and skin eruptions promptly
cured by Dr.. Hobson's Eczema Ointment.
Geo. W. Fitch of Mendoza, H., says: 81 puA-
chased box of DR.. Hobsons Eczema 0;nt-
ment. Have had Eczema ever since the Civil
War, hav' been treated by many doctors, none
have given the benefit that one box of Dr
Hobson's Eczema Ointment has," Every suf-
ferer should try it. We're so positive it will
help you We guarantee it or money refunded.
At all Druggists or by mail SOC.
Pteiffer Chemical Co. Philadelphia & St. Louis
The Republican journal., 1913-12-25
Stomach Troubles Disappear.

Stomach, liver and kidney troubles. weak
nerves, lame back and female ills disappear
when Electric Bitters are used. Thousands of
home. Eliza Pool of Depew, Okla. writes:
Electric Bitters raised me from bed of sick
ness and suffering and has done me world of
good. I wish every suffering woman could
use this excellent remedy and find out as l
did, just how good it is" AS it has helped
thousands of others, it surely will do the same
for you. Every bottle guaranteed. Soc. and
&1.O0. At all Druggists.
n. e. Bucklen & Co. Ph ifadeIphia or st. Louis