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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-04-18

door was strewn with sprigs of fresh
Juniper and where an armful Of green
birch filled the fireplace ready to
burst into pungent flame when a
match was set to it.
In Norway these houses are made
Of heavy pine logs. The bark Is care
fully taken OF and then the logs are
hewed square and Of the same size
from one end to another. It takes
some experience to notch them at the
ends so that they fit exactly. The
logs are usually either stained or
oiled and their rich yellowish or
brownish color 10 in harmony with al
most any surroundings.
The old-fashioned Norway log cabin
had = sod roof. It 10 hard to express
the poetry those words should con-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-04-18
LonQest-lived Horses.

An authority on horses says that
The gray will live the longest and that
roans come next in order. Blacks.
he asserts, seldom live to be over 20
and creams rarely exceed 10 or Is.
1t is e matter Of common observation
that grays and sorrels often live to a
useful old age. AS to the alleged
short terms Of the other colors. there
Ia room for discussion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-04-18
Sheep Leads to Gold Mine.

Tacoma.-Capt. William Guest, for
mer British army officer, has dis
covered gold quartz mine worth a
million dollars or more becau,e he fol.
lowed a mountain sheep at lake At
lin, northern British Columbia. He
climbed a jagged mountain after the
sheep. Returning, he found a quartz
body Of great size. The first two car
loads Of surface ore gave returns Of
$65 per ton. Otto Partridge. another
Englishman, discovered a lode on the
opposite side of Lake Atlin and took
$4,000 from one pocket.
SAVING LIFE ON THE COASTS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-04-18
CLEAN R00ST FOR CHICKENS
slope Of Dropping Board Sufficient to
Prevent Hens From Walking
on lts Surface.

0y GEORGE B. FRAZER. Edmonton,
Aberta.)
The illustrations represent q chick.
en- roost of my own design, which I
ind to be both clearly and econom-
ical. The dropping board requires a
slope of IS degrees or more, If the
height of the henhouse will permit.
and it is raised high enough to per-
NIT the use of all the floor space for
scratching purposes. The trough at
the bottom catches the droppings, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-04-18
KILLED BY BROTHERS. Theft
We'll Known Moscow Merchant Drops
Dead When He Hears Of Loss
Of $3500o0.

St. Petersburg.-The we'll known
wealthy Moscow business man, Vas
iuninsky, a member of the council Of
the empire, died suddenly on learn
Ing that his brother had decamped
with $4,000 belonging to the firm
Of which both were members.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-04-18
WENT TO CHURCH TO STEAL
Prisoner 10 Rated by Philadelphia
Judge az Meanest Kind
Of Thief.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Joseph Waters
was convicted Of stealing from wor.
shippers III ST. Johns Catholic church,
on Thirteenth street, above Chestnut,
and Judge Kinsey sentenced him to
the Huntingdon retormatory.
This fellow is the meanest kind Of
g. thief" said Judge Kinsev in erplv
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-04-18
Mrs. SAGE Saves Birds.

New York.-Mrs. Russell Sage has
pu1 chased Marsh island. on the gulf
coast southwest Of New Orleans, and
has dedicated 1t as a guarded refuge
for the migratory birds Of America
At a cost Of $4,000 she has taken
control of the most popular haunt OF
the southern market gunner and has
given protection to the game birds
that flock there In millions every
winter. The island is about eighteen
miles long and nine miles wide.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-04-18
BREEDING for Market.

OF course, if you are going in for
poultry to sell on the market, you
must select the fowl that will produce
the most meat, and if for eggs, the
breed that willproduce more eggs than
meat. Then it 10 "up to YOU to get
the most out Of them, as the slang
goes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-04-18
The HaIterWise Colt.

The young horse should be halter.
wise at one year old. Several weeks
before hitchhg or driving let him
stand In the stall with an old harness
on. Let him know the harmlessness
Of every jingling buckle or chafing Of
Tapping strap. Give him a bit. too,
to play with and discover that 1t has
come to stay.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-04-18

be unlocked and the curtain allowed
to drop GU: of the way. Anyone who
has never tried using a dropping
board, or has used the ordinary fiat
kind, will find this decided i'm
provement as far as cleanliness and
economy Of space Is concerned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-04-18
Men Wanted,

20 young men or Logs by the Min
nesOta Screen 60. 1t
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30
AFRAID OF THE TRUTH.

]. e. Sinclair, highly educated and
brilliant scholar who has been teach
ing in the public schools in Washing
ton, has recently come into conflict
with the capitalist class of his dis
trict. Fortunately all members of the
school board are Socialists and it is
their intention that the children in
that region be taught history from the
economic and not the Great Man
standpoint. Under the instruction of
Comrade Sinclair, the sordid economic
interests that were the mainsprings of
famous wars in history, were shown.
The great land-grabbers and robbers
of the poor were exposed behind their
thin masks of patriotism.
The pupils of Comrade Sinclair
learn real history and found economics
fascinating theme. But his methods
aroused the wrath of the capitalist
class in Washington. There We're
those who ignored the school board
and sought to recall Sinclair. At this
time he has been summoned before
the state board of education of the
state of Washington to stand trial for
having dared to teach the truth.
Starting with the November number
of the Review, j. e. Sinclair will con-
duct a course in Scientific Socialism,
taking up the three cardinal principles
of Socialism-the Glass Struggle, the
Theory of Surplus Value and the Ma
terialist Conception of History Every
man or woman who wants to under
stand Socialism, to teach, or write on
Socialism should take up this course.
Socialist locals should conduct study
club for the benefit of new members.
The subscription price of the lnterna-
tional Socialist Review is S1.OO a year.
We will send you the Commonwealth
and the Review, BOTH FOR ONE
YEAR, for $3.50, if sent to this office.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30
WHAT Is SURPLUS VALUE?
(By Robert Hunter.)

The whole trouble, my friends, cen
tiers about surplus value.
The capitalists GET it. The work
ers WANT it.
The strife will never end until the
producing millions get the whole of
surplus value.
But what is surplus value?
A man named Jones was an expert
on bees. ,
He saw that bees spent two-thirds
of their time making honeycomb and
one-third of their time making honey.
He set to work to manufacture the
comb He was an inventor and he &C.
complished his purpose.
The bees then spent all of their time
making honey.
But the comb was expensive, and so
Jones invented a process by which the
honey could be taken from the comb,
and the comb used again and again.
But this was not enough, so he in
vented hive which enabled the bees
to work all the winter.
He also discovered that if all the
good honey were taken from the bees
in the fall, he could put into the hive
sugar and water, and the bees would
live on that during the winter.
Jones was a great inventor and he
did for the bees what most of the in
ventors have done for labor.
Their inventions have been used to
further exploit labor, not to relieve
labor.
Jones was also clever capitalist
He discovered how to take the sur
plus value and leave to the workers a
bare subsistence.
Have you read Marx? If not, do so.
And you will find the above an illus
tration of the full meaning of two
terms he uses-the one Wages, the
other Surplus Value.
THE SURPLUS VALUE which the
capitalist takes IS THE HONEY.
THE WAGE which the workers get
IS THE SUGAR AND WATER.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30
CALUMNY.

A whisper woke the air,
A soft, light tone, and low,
Yet barbed with shame and woe.
All! might it only perish there,
Nor farther go!
But no! a quick eager ear
Caught up the little meaning sound
Another voice has breathed 1t clear;
And so it wandered round
From ear to lip, from lip to ear,
Until it reached a gentle heart
That throbbed from all the world
apart
And that-it broke!
Frances Sargent Osgood.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30

Men in earnest have no time to
waste in patching fig leaves for the
naked truth.-Lowell.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30
NO OPEN FORUM NEXT SUN
DAY EVENING.
Meeting at Liberty Hall.

Owing to the fact that Comrade
Shipley will give an illustrated lecture
next Sunday, November 2, p. m, at
Liberty hail. for the benefit of the
woman's committee, no open forum
meeting will be held at headquarters.
As the money taken in at the Ship
ley lecture will go to the payment of
debts incurred i'm renovating the head.
quarters, it is to be hoped that every
Socialist will do his best to make this
coming Sunday evening lecture a sue.
cess.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30
Directory Socialist Locals

II any local has paid for entry II
this directory and has been omitted
from the list, please notify this office
at once and correction will be made.
The rates for this directory are $500
ser year.
Seattle, Fifth Ward Local-Meets
every Friday at p. m, 2012 Westlake
Ave. Nesta Wells, secretary.
coupevllle-Meets the first and third
Fridays of each month at the resi-
dence of Henry Fair, Secy., Coupe
Vile, Wash.
Wednesday evening, o'clock, at the
Socialist party headquarters, 1912 Cali
fornia St, Everett, Wash. Peter Hus-
by, Secy.
rreeland, R. F. D. Langley-Meets End
and 4th Sundays at 2 p. m. at Cress
House. Program p. m. second sun
days. A. K. Hanson, Seey.
Granite Falls-Meets every Friday
night at o'clock in Miller Bldg.
Julia Herman, Rec. and Cor. Secy.
Hlllyard-Meets every Thursday
night at 44s Samson Ave. ]. c..
Hardness. Secy-Treas., Box BOT
Hillyard.
Gountain ViSw-Business meeting the
second Wednesday in each month at
the homes of the members. Prope
ganda meeting the fourth Sunday in
each month at the Mountain View
school house. D. c. Buchanan, Cor
Socy.
Local Port Angeles No. Meets every
Sunday at headquarters at 2 p. M.
j. G. Layman, Box 81, Secy.
aTosser-Meets on the first and third
Sundays in each month at 2 p. M, in
the coure house. H. d. Lake, Secy.
Prosser.
[edro- Woolley - Meets every Monday
evening E. e. Boldly, Secy., Box 457,
Sedro- Woolley, Wash.
Silvana-Meets the second and fourth
Sundays at p. m. at Union Trading
hall, Silvana. Anton Jensen, Secy.,
Silvana, Wash.
The Woman's Karl Marx Study Club
meets every Thursday at s p. m. al
500 South 18th ST., Tacoma. Wash.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30
NOTICE TO COMRADES.

comrades-Lct no one forget the
Shipley stereoptioon lecture next Sun.
day evening, November ?, at Liberty
hall. Come and bring your friends
Distribution volunteers get your leaf
lets at the Commonwealth office Fri
day or Saturday We must have a
thorough distribution In order to ad
vertise the lecture properly. You may
select your own territory.
KATHERINE n. HoDGlNS,
Chairman Woman's Committee.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30
RYAN WALKER LECTURE A
GREAT SUCCESS IN
BLAINE.

held in Blaine October Is proved a
pronounced success. About 275 lis
tened to Walker from beginning to end
and what they did not hear in words
they saw in pictures. We regard our
selves as very fortunate in obtaining
this charming entertainer and instruc-
tor. p. A. NAIIL.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30

Grand Confetti Ball at Liberty Hall
Saturday, Nov I, Be there!
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30

| care not who makes tn laws Nv a
nation, if can get out an Injunction
Mr.. DOoley.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30
IMPORTANT MEETING.
Notice.

There will be a mass meeting at
Liberty hall, Monday evening, Noyem'
Der 8, to nominate a candidate for the
,ehool board on the Socialist ticket
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30

1t can never be unpatriotic for a
man to take his country's side against
his government; it must always be I'M
patriotic for a man to take his gov
ernment's side agains his country
Steven T. Byington.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-10-30

So long as society is founded on in
Justice, the function of the laws will be
to defend and sustain injustice. And
the more unjust they are, the more
they will seem,-Anatole
France.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-24
Heart to Heart
7 alks
TWO TEETH LEFT.

There's 4 poorhouse IN little town in
one of the central states. 1t is well
kept Institution. better than many 9th
ers Of It's kind In it the keepers do
not treat their charges as human drift
wood hopetsSly astray on the orean
OF !;fp
l;nt tho too frequent i'll treatment Of
I1aurrr, is not this story.
That iicS i'll Ola lane Jane has been
IN the poorhouSo oi ever 50 many
yparS' Perhaps It is the onlE home she
Remembers, for Jane is very old aud
the n"rcifu tiinming Of her faculties
tnlI<, Of the speedy coming Of the Great
RclenSc
Jane hasn't much to live for, any
way, looking at her from your view
point and mine. Old and forgotten by
her kindred and friends and public
charge there is not much happiness In
James lot nowadays.
Once Jane was young She sang
then as other young women sing, ont
of the fullness Of happy heart.
Jane sings now-sometimes to her
self, sometimes to others. But she
sings only cheerful songs. None Of the
Old time or new time weepy ballads for
her! --m.
To jane came one day q visitor who
is probably descendant Of the men
who came to comfort Job This visitor
was astonished to hear poor, old, mis-
cradle Jane singing. and she asked
Jane what she found to be happy
about.
And this was James reply:
Tin happy because I've got two
teeth left, AND THEY HIT"
Happy just because she had two
teeth left. and the fate that had over
fallen the others had left them in such
position that they engaged
they hit as Jane put it.
If they didn't hit" you see, Jane
couldn't chew with them, and she
would miss one Of the very few pleas
ures Of life remaining to her
Not much to be happy over? OF
course not! But isn't there moral to
be drawn somehow from Jane and her
fWo teeth?
If she can be happy with nothing
more than two teeth which "hit," how
much ought it to take to make other
folks happy and contented?
When you hear your friend bewail-
ang the fact that his automobile is last
years model, tell him about James
two teeth. It may bring a smile to his
face, and that's little gain anyway
Too much content with ones lot IS
not good. It deadens the spirit Of en-
ferprise and achievement But too
much discomfort burns up the soul in
the fire Of envy and unhappiness.
When you are tempted to beweep
your unhappy lot and to believe that
the world Is joined in conspiracy
against you
Think Of james two teeth.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-24
Anxious About the CeiIino.

The landlord was very seriously dis
turbed by the final clause which the
prospective tenant insisted upon writ
Ing into his lease.
Decorate the ceiling every six
months" he exclaimed. ridiculous!
| never had such a request from any
other tenant, unreasonable as many
Of them have been"
maybe none Of them was barber"
said the tenant Il am. The ceilings
Of ordinary tradespeople don't count
for much because nobody is going to
spend much time staring up at them.
With barber it is different. The av-
erage man spends at least three whole
days and nights in every year looking
up at some BARRIERS ceiling. and the
least the barber can do to make it toll
erable for him is to give him some
thing interesting to look at. | have
known men to change BARRIERS just be-
cause they got tired of staring up at
the same old ceiling. Maybe you have
changed on that account yourself be-
fore now 5.#
The landlord had. and he consented
to the unusual clause.-New York Sun,
The Caucasian., 1913-08-24
Notice for publication-O3979.

Department of the Interior, Uni-
ted States Land office at Baton
Rouge, La, July 80, 19l3-NOtice IS
hereby given that William G. Sut-
ton, of Forbing. La, who on July l.,
1910, made Homestead Entry No.
O3979 for north half Of northwest
quarter Of section 2, township ~
north. range IS west, Louisiana me
ridian, has filed notice Of intention
to make three-year proof to estab-
lish claim to the land above de-
scribed before the clerk Of the First
District Court at Shreveport, La, on
the 9th day of September 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses H. S.
A. Forbing, Of Forbing, La; P. B.
Sutton, Of Forbing, La: Armstead
Jamison, Of Forbing, La: and Hiram
Tramble. Of Forbing, La.
JNO. T. NUITALL, Register.
Caucasian, August 8, 1918.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-24
Shcl.iH's Sale

No. II, ,l79-In the First judicial Dis
trict Court of CaddO Parish, La. ::
Andrew Kuhn ct ais, vs.. Arthur
Hawkins.
By virtue of a writ Of fieri facias
to me directed from the Honorable
First Judicial District Court of Cad
do Parish, La, in the above mum
bcred and entitled suit, | have seized
and will offer for sale at public auc-
ton on terms hereinafter set forth,
at the principal front door Of the
during the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY., AUGUST 30, 1913,
A certain lot in the ONeal Subdi-
vision of the City Of Shreveport.
La, described as follows: Commenc-
ing at southeast corner Of a certain
lot sold by these vendors to vendee
fronting on Alberta avenue, run
thence south along Alberta avenue
200 feet, to point, thence west at
right angles 13O feet, to point,
thence north 200 feet to property of
vendee, thence east along said prop
erty line to place of beginning, with
the buildings and improvements
thereon. Said property to be sold as
belonging to the above named de-
fendant without the benefit Of ap-
praisement to pay and satisfy the
sum Of $4,000 with per cent in
terest thereon from September q,
1910, including ten per cent on total
sum as attorneys fees; with special
recognition of the plaintiffs lien and
privilege as vendor, to pay and sat
isfy the sum Of $4,000 with per
cent per annum interest from tn.
|2Ist day Of September 1910, and all
costs Of suit, and 10 per cent on sad
amount and interest as attorney $
fees. And on terms Of credit to pay
and satisfy the note Of $4,000 TO
correspond with the maturing OF
date due September q, 1913, and in
theofurther sum Of S25.99 with five
per cent interest on said amount
from judicial demand, and all costs
Of this suit. J. P. FLOURNDI,
Sheriff, ex-OfficiO Auctioncer.
Caucasian, July 22, 1913.
The Caucasian., 1913-08-24
ON GIVING WAY.

Deprived by death OF his dearly be
loved wife and son, a New York man
gave public notice in the newspapers
for the mans grief is and should be
sacred
This is how his advertisement read:
"Brainerd-Suddenly the light Of my
life, George f. Brainerd Jr. Ny sor-
row no one, knows. Ny hope is in the
Lord and that soon will be with my
boy and his mother, who has gone
before. Life has no more inducements
for me. His father, George T. Brain
erd, ST." The address followed
The newspaper account Of Brainerd's 8
bereavement told Of the death Of the
wife and mother four years ago. Dy-
ing, she left the son to his fathers ten
derest care. The little fellow was
then three years old.
II am going to leave you both,'' sigh
ed the dying woman. Watch over
him, care for him, love him as you
have loved me. I can ask no more"
Then came four years Of careful
watchfulness over the boy. Of pride
in his growth, of love in cherishing
him for the sake Of the loved one gone
before. But the lad ran in front Of a
swiftly moving vehicle and was killed.
Pity the grief OF the husband and
father. But condemn his despair.
II he really felt that life held no
more inducements for him, as he told
the world, in evidently heartfelt sor-
row, all the more reason for his living
for others. For surely the man who
holds that life can give him nothing
can use that life for others.
While there were orphan girls and
boys to help, poor women to be aided
in the struggle for the means Of live
lihood, outcast men to be reached with
the words Of hope and sympathy, If
not with material aid, surely Brainerd
could have found some adequate out
let for the love that was in his heart.
He had felt the hand Of sore afliic-
ton fall heavily on his own shoulder.
AS a thinking man. he knew that it
rested on others as well.
Why not help to lift it from them?
In the lifting he could have found
surcease Of his own sorrow. a tighten
Ing Of his own burdens He could have
initiated the Master, who said nineteen
centuries ago:
Come unto me. all We that labor
and are heavy laden, and will give
you rest
The Caucasian., 1913-08-24
IF you CAN SLEEP WELL.

I'm in wrong and I'm willing to
take the consequences. guess there
must be honesty in me, for ! can't
Sleep
SO spoke, not long ago. man Of
twenty-four who had confessed the
embezzlement Of large sum Of money
from his employers.
He thought the taking Of the money
would ease him Of his troubles. In
stead, it multiplied them. For Of what
avail is it to man to have money.
gained honestly or in devious ways, if
he cannot rest nights?
The first restfu sleep he has had in
many months was enjoyed today by
William Jones' (the name is fctitious),
says the newspaper story. after he
had owned up to the theft
When the day is done. and the sun
light fades, man sits himself down to
review the actions Of the day. He
knows, better than any one else can
tell him, whether they have been
The Caucasian., 1913-08-24
JUDGING YOURSELF.

NO man or woman vet in all the
worlds history made a success of a
-e,fis york unless he or she felt that it
was gg,,., that it was worth doing.
The punter cannot lay on his pig
snent properly Unless he feels that the
canvas will stir the world to admira-
ton or rouse it to higher feelings. The
sculptor cannot hew his marble; the
architect cannot draw his plans.
1sThe writer cannot choose his words
and frame his sentences unless he feels
that, the thing he is writing will find
lodglnsnr in his readers heart and I'M
desstanding. Here is the testimony Of
J. 6 successful author, Sir Gilbert Par
ker:
Unless a thing has seized a man,
mas obsessed him and he feels that It
excludes all other temptations to his
talent, his book will not convince. Be
fore all else he must be himself over
powered by the insistence Of his sub
ject"
IN all branches Of work the rule
holds good.
In shabby side street of the big
city there is an old German cobbler
He is an intelligent man, wise in the
ways Of the world, but unlettered.
When he puts on a heel he takes
pains to round it to the proper shape
When he mends a sole he brings it as
nearly as possible to its original state.
He buvS the best leather he can af-
ford. In no department Of his work
sdoes he skimp II must do the best
+can for my customers" he says. ''They
trust me with their shoes. | will dc
for them as much as can
He has the right spirit. He is seized
E5y his work.
Suppose your work is not appre
<ciated?
Well. the best form Of approval is
Sthe appreciation Of self.
If you feel that you ore doing the
best you can you are doing all thai
any one may demand Of you. You will
find your level, never fear.
All honest labor is worthy.
There Is sonnet in street cross
ing we'll swept; there is a poem In 8
meal well cooked; an epic in a house
hold we'll conducted and orderly There
are sermons in the doing Of a good
days work and whole volumes in 9
life lived fairly and truly in the doing
Of an honest share OF the worlds nee
a+assary toll