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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-18

moment. II suspicion was stronger
than. memories, then my plan had
failed. But If the environment of the
stateroom, the fact that everybody in
the car took them to be young mar
ried couple, If all these things could
work harder than the new things
which had been born in the minds
and which l had forgotten to foresee
at all-then my plan would work. And
minute after minute waited there,
while from within there came only
silence.
"'Brent, tell me- came at last in
the voice of the wife, were you really
going to St. Louis on business-or was
I it something else?
HE waited a moment De1ore he re.
piled.
"'No, I wasn't he said. I was 30.
ing down there for something 1 can
not tell you about, but something
want you to know was not dishonor.
able nor unfaithful Somehow or other
jeanette. since I've been sitting here
AOOAAA6 a. yOu, auu lAAAA1u6 Gil
thinking about another time when you
and I were like this-well, I've made
up my mind to try something again
and to see if-oh, can't tell you
what it is, but -
"'Do you mean she began, and
stopped. l could imagine the look on
her face.
"T cannot tell you what l mean he
answered. Only I have had my rea
sons for believing it long, long time
And now
"'Oh,' she said, half to herself. Their
came that which l was waiting for
She attempted to change the subject
She believed that she had almost trod
on dangerous ground, that he had al
most confessed to her that he really
did care for another woman, and II
hurt That ribbon is pretty, isn't it?
she asked. Something like the one
that Mary tied on our suitcase the
night we were married.
EYES, he answered. thought
detected a little catch in his voice
1t is, isn't it7' = :
didn't they have fun with us
thought &5sHzs=s 4 szs . .s.zs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-18
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no one believed ther: Their faces rev =,
redder than ever. 3. s=
"'What names was this stateroom
taken out in?' Brent asked.
"'Mr. and Mrs. Douglas the porter
answered. That's you, amt it?'
Eyes, they admitted dazedly. But
there's a mistake Observation-Disclosures
got to be a mistake.
emo, they aint.' the porter an
swered.
For just minute they both stood
there as angry as they could be. Then,
little by little, the, humor of the situa-
ton began to break in on them. I
don't know what it is, but there is
something about weddings and honey
moons that gets into the heart Of
everyone. And even Mr.. and Mrs.
Douglas, much as they believed they
wanted to be separated from each
other. were affected. saw Mr.. Doug
las smile a bit-and his wife smiled
too. Then he turned to her.
".Well, Jeanette he said, I don't
think there's anything for us to do
until the train stops the next time, and
then we can get of. guess we've
got to be honeymooners until them
"She laughed bit. She looked at
him, and he looked at her. I could
see that in their minds there was
flooding forth the memories of another
time in the past when there had been
white ribbons and old shoes and rice
and happiness. And l knew that
sooner or later, left to themselves,
those memories would overwhelm the
things that had come between them in
the last two years-the gradual break
ing away, the influence of friends and
of the mother-in-law. listened to
them as they went back into tho state
room and l waited for them to speak.
"'Maybe we'd better take this stuff
down; what do you think?' Brent
asked after a pause No, don't think
so, after all. What do you suppose
this means, Jeanette?'
"I guess it just means that there
were two staterooms reserved on two
trains for two Mr.. and Mrs. Dou-
glases.' she said, and the friends of
the other couple became mixed up and
decorated the wrong place. Either
that Or
"'But how could that be, when l
didn't know you were going to get on
the train and when you didn't know l
was going to be on the train?' Brent
asked suddenly. BY the way, might
1 enquire where you were going?'
"'Certainly, was going down to
St. Louis-to see my aunt there
"'Didn't know you had an aunt
"'Didn't you? Might 1 ask where
you were going?'
o. Brent hesitated, Il was
going down to St. Louis on some bust
ness.
"'Oh,' said jeanette, I didn't know
! you had any business
"Then there was a long, long
silence, in which knew that each was
studying the other, that each was won
dering what other one was up to-
worried then for that was the crucial
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Barren Soil.

Apropos of the ravages that time
has made in the faces and forms Of
the veterans of the Civil war, Walter
S. Morton. president general of the
Union society, said at a dinner in
New York:
"A veteran, talking to his great
grandson, a little lad of eight or nine
years, remarked:
Nearly generation and half
ago my head was grazed by bullet
at the battle of Chickamauga.'
THE little boy looked at the
old mans head thoughtfully and said:
There isn't much grazing there
now, is there, sir?'"
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Il turned my head to TIE window
so that she would not notice me. Then,
when she had passed. l. hurriedly
turned and watched. I saw her open
the door of the stateroom, start back
down the aisle and then jump back
again. She had caught sight of her
husband issuing from the passageway.
He had not seen her. : +
HE came straight on down the aisle,
neither looking to the right nor to the
left and headed for the stateroom
door. didn't tell you that had got
ten the tickets for the same state.
room, did II" Miss Clement asked
with that noncomparable, mischievous
little smile of hers. well, did. That
was part of my little game, and let
me tell you, as watched Mr.. Douglas
going down the aisle toward the door,
my heart was humping mighty hard
and I was wondering what he would
say when he got in there, found his
wife and everything else had ar.
ranged for him. The temptation was
strong within me to follow him, and
I did. It was not a second after he
had opened the door and closed it be.
hind him that I was standing by the
little window in the passageway
where by leaning close, could hear
what went on within. The curtain
shielded me from the rest of the car
I knew I had no one to fear except the
porter, and I had paid him enough
money and told him enough of the
situation to make him my ally.
For second there was a deer
silence from within the room. knew
just what was happening. They were
standing there, staring at each other
looking at the decorations on the
walls, at the signs I had arranged
there, wondering what it all meant
and what on earth had been up to
At least, in my guilty little way, fell
that they were suspecting me. was
hoping though, for the sake Of the
scheme that had fostered, that they
were not. At last came a voice.
'Jeannette.'
well: aAoWSASu LILO FOlCS u liz
woman. I don't see what right YOU
have in here
"T might say the same thing in re
gard to you. But assure you I have
no desire to intrude. shall go int
the smoker until we reach the mex
town and then get of the train
Every WE'LL answered Mrs. Dougla!
in matter Of fact way. Then came
the voice of the husband. l could fee
pique in it. He felt that in some wa,
he had blundered and that the best wa,
to do would be to stir up some kind O
a quarrel that he might leave tn,
train. And Mrs. Douglas, In the ligh
of the fact that she was there to flint
evidence against her husband, felt tn
same way. Yet neither of them knew
exactly what to do. II the HUSBAND
left the train, Mrs. Douglas was sur.
that the evidence she sought wao lost
On his side, Mr. Douglas believed il
some vague way that I had know
Mrs. Douglas was to be on the trail
and that 1 had arranged some kind o
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trap for her, which he had bungled.
And so he hesitated by the door.
Might ask he demanded, what
you are doing in q stateroom with
white ribbons hung all around, with
rice and old shoes on the floor and
with signs proclaiming the fact that
someone has just been married?'
"'You said you had ticket for this
stater0om and so I can ask you the
same question: came the voice Of the
wife. Perhaps you've turned bigam-
1st.'
II didn't like the sting in those
words and q fear began to creep up
within me. I was wondering whether
or not my little plan was going to fail.
There was silence moment and
then:
LIT is true did have a ticket for
this stateroom, but I assure you l
know nothing Of the newly-wed decora,
lions. It may be there has been some
mistake. If you'll allow me, I'll find
out for you and see that you are put
in your proper stateroom before !
leave the train
"'That is very kind of you she
said somewhat coldly. l heard him
turn the key of The door and open it.
Then pulled string that had paid
more good money to the porter to
conceal. An outpouring Of rice fell
upon the shoulders Of Brent Douglas
as he walked from the stateroom door
His wife was behind and she got it.
too. For moment, they stared in
CONSERVATION then anger fared in the
faces of both of them as they looked
at the laughing passengers. Mr.
| Douglas reached to a window and
pushed the button for porter vicious
ly.
"What do you mean by giving us
this stateroom?' he demanded.
"'Causa hits yours, that's why the
negro answered with grin.
'Mine-ours?' They both spoke at
once. why, we've been married fol
two years.
"There came laugh from the ca,
and Douglas and his wife swept an
| angry glance around. They saw that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-18
New Idea for SNAPSHOTS.

Aeroplanes have made bird's.eye
view photographs extremely common
and now comes the Fireworks snap
shot made by a camera sent high into
the air as part of rocket. The in.
ventor Of the apparatus, Alfred Maui
is said to have attained perfection fol
his new device after twelve years Of
experimenting. The German military
authorities have accepted the inyen
ton because Of It's usefulness in time
Of war when aeroplane scouting would
be impossible. 2&=z iDs& s ..}} =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-18
Poison Oak or Ivy POISONING

Poison Oak or Ivy Poisoning
is quickly relieved by bathing the af-
fected parts in a solution of two tea
spoonfuls of Tyree's Antiseptic Pow
der to a pint of water. Csc. at all
druggists or sample sent free by J. S.
Tyree, Washington, D. C.-Adv.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-18
Stck-Room Light.

If there are electric lights in the
sick room they will generally be
found too brilliant. hurting the eyes
of the patient, and not every sick room
has the electric lights that can be
turned up or down. Make little
green silk bag and fasten it over the
incandescent bulb and it will give =
good but subdued and harmless light
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-18
Saloon Closed by Cat.

SaIoon CIOscC Oy Cdt.
CLOSED on account of the loss of
Scotty's cat Niger"
This sign en- the door of Scotty'
saloon at Ninth and Elm streets, Gin.
cinnati, caused much comment. Two
days ago the cat disappeared.
When the cat did not put in an ap
pearance, Scotty hung out sign
draped in green tissue paper and Dor
dered by carnations to tell his Gus
toners that he had closed the saloon
in mourning for his pet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-18
Jealous.

Jack-:Your friend Alice has the
prettiest teeth I ever saw in won.
ans mouth.
Ethel-Yes, the dentist guaranteed
that there should not be a finer set in
town.
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Aim at independence of mind.
There are some men who 60 in lead
ing strings all their days.-Rev. J.
Stoughton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-18
State Lands Sold.

Minnesota in 1912 has sold 1900
acres of state lands at prices ranging
from five to twenty.one dollars an
acre.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-18
Lese-Majeste.

Lese-Majeste.
A post card recently mailed al
Karlsruhe, Germany, bears the pic
lures Of the German emperor's daugh
ter, Princess Victoria Louise, her in.
tended husband, Prince Carl August
of Cumberland, and Prince Oscar
The picture was taken in the palace
park at Karlsruhe and shows the
smiling princess walking between the
two uniformed young men, who also
looked pleasant" for the camera. This
card probably would have been ccnfis
Gated had a German official read
what was written on it.: isn't this
real German? Not that the young PEG
pie walk hand In hand-that's right
for this is a real love match-but that
two men walking with a young girl be
tween them should both be smoking
Well, maybe it's all right these days
but we should be satisfied to see the
third party smokeless."
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her to him, tightly and forever. That's
about all OF the story"
NO." I said as the hurry of the
coach told me we were nearing Raw
MIA, there's little more. That night,
certain little woman I know went
out to her apartment, took her kiddie
on her knee and whispered to her that
it is a whole lot better to create little
happiness in this world than to own a
thousand fortunes as great as those of
Croesus. Isn't that right?"
Miss Clement looked at me with
twinkling eyes.
How did you know" she asked.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-18
Cheese In Quantity.

This country last year imported
more than $2,S72,00O worth of Swiss
cheese. and the amount is constantly
being increased.
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important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
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s' sssss sS Of IeM#2&zZzSzax
In Use For Over so Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
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A Game of Hearts
(Copyright, by w. q. Chapman.)

'-7HE divorce grist is still grind
ing on" I remarked as my
glance Travelled over the
shoulder of the man ahead
of me and saw by the paper
r. ~ he held that eighty separa-
tions had been achieved In
United labor bulletin., 1913-11-01
MUCH DEPENDS ON OFFICIALS
Railroad Workers Welcome Discipline
of the Right Sort Under the
Right Man.

In a communication to the New
York Sun a veteran railroader re
marks:
Whenever a railroad accident oc-
ours there is usually much talk about
regulation OF speed, closer super
vision by state and federal boards.
the installation OF various mechanical
and signal devices. etc. all of which.
while being well enough in their way.
are unctured with hysteria and often
founded upon little or no knowledge
of the business. Such suggestions
fail to touch the most important ele-
ment in the whole safety proposition;
namely, that improved devices and the
best form of construction are value
less without the enforcement OF a
strict observance of operating rules.
simple discipline.
The maintenance of discipline does
not involve. as is often popularity sup
posed. arbitrary methods or harsh
ness. A discipline founded upon such
methods is but little better than no
discipline at all.
The right kind of discipline is Sc
we're but just. and II must have in it
an element OF kindness and decent
treatment. Tho right kind of discip-
line is generally desired by the rank
and file of railroad employees. because
they appreciate the fact that II is
essential for their own safety. not to
speak of the lives of passengers com
mitted to their care.
A discipline so administered does
not create antagonism and disloyalty.
but on the other hand carries with 1t
the confidence and respect of railroad
employees for the management II is
not possible to say precisely how all
of this is accomplished and main
tanned, but it is all summed up in the
art of handling men. One of the es-
sential qualifications OF railroad on
Ger is that he shall so lead his men
as 10 secure their obedience to the
rules. and also their confidence. es-
TEEN and support
United labor bulletin., 1913-11-01

only. Here puzzle which even his shrewd-
ness could not solve. The coins silver and
OF full weight and in that day silver or
sufhcient intrinsic value to make It useless for
anyone to make counterfeits out of the pure
metal Mowers searched for another week. but
found more coins He then showed the re-
suit OF his labor to neighbors and to some people
In the city OF Chicago. He said nothing about
where he had discovered the treasure. Shortly
afterward. however. a man offered him 500 for
the secret. and though Mowers told him that
the place probably worked the Of
fered the money. said he would take the chance.
and the offer was accepted The purchaser
never found anything and gave up the labor in
disgust
II was not long before the story OF the place
where the coins had been picked up became gen.
orally known and the people hocked 10 the blum
and to the beach marking the site OF the lost
town. They dug. searched and prospected with
all the ardor of Klondikers, but the sole result
was gold piece of the value OF 50 so, which
boy picked up from the wake OF retreating
wave, The collection of coin which Henry Now
ers found is now in the possession OF a
who once Chicago dime museum. No one
has ever been able to account for the presence
OF the money in the place. The theory that 1t
was left behind by a departing resident OF st.
John is said TO be hardly tenable. because the
people OF that place not rich enough to
make them careless OF valuables.
There is metal which the prospector may
hnd in abundance II he will go to st. John before
the two old apple trees tumble down the blun
The trunks and branches OF both of them
full of lead. The trees stood just at the end
OF the old Sixth Infantry rifle butt. For three
years before the building OF the present post
the troops that FIRST to Fort Sheridan
pumped lead at target practice into the butt and
incidentally into the apple at the side.
Despite the attacks of the weather and this
ieaden onslaught the two trees bore burden OF
fruit for. years as sound and sweet as that
which bent their branches at the time when the
town of st. John was something more substan
tal than a memory
United labor bulletin., 1913-11-01
Stopped Train to Pick Up Dog

A dog stopped a train at Lauder
dale, Berwickshire, Scotland. under
remarkable circumstances. few days
ago. The shepherd lost the dog in
Lauder. and left without her. but Nell.
as she was called. raced after the
train in which her master was for
four miles. drawing level on a stiif
gradient. and then running alongside
for some distance. She kept so close
that the occupants of compartment.
who noticed her. were afraid she
would be run over. One OF them
pulled the communication cord and
stopped the train. the faithful dog
thus getting in safely.
United labor bulletin., 1913-11-01
FR0WN ON ALL WASTE
RAILROADS ARE KEEN ON SAVING
THE PENNIES.
Not the Slightest Scrap Allowed to Be
Thrown Away-Savine by This
: Policy Amounts to Thousands
of Dollars a Year.

1t probably would surprise most per-
sons to know that every little sheet
of paper and every piece of iron or
steel and every piece of old oily waste
used in railroad work is saved and
sold after its usefulness to the rail-
road company is ended. 1t also is sur
prising to know that the wastes of a
big railroad corporation have a lot
to do with the dividends on the stock,
for whatever waste is saved and sold
is just that much profit for the com
pany and its owners
Even the sawdust and shavings Of
the railroad shop are saved and used
either for packing ice or for heating
the furnaces The cloths and cotton
waste that are used in wiping the ma
chinery and keeping it bright and
shiny are never thrown away, but are
carefully saved and used for starting
the fires in locomotive furnaces, in
stead of soaking wood kindling in
kerosene. Tons and tons of waste pa
per are collected in all the little rail
way stations, and when there is a big
pile 1t is put into sacks and shipped
to division point and baled and then
sold to paper houses that use this
waste paper for base for new paper
We don't know just how much of a
saving is made every year by these
little waste accumulations, but it
amounts to thousands of dollars and
tons every year" said the general
manager of a western road. This
company has its general scrap yards.
All of the broken pieces of rail, old
spikes, bolts. nuts. broken switch
frogs and everything else of an iron
or steel nature is gathered up by each
section foreman, and whenever there
is enough of this scrap to make car
load on any division a car is sent out
on a local train. the scrap iron and
steel loaded into the car and it goes
into the general scrap yards.
The company employs many spe-
cially trained men at the yards. They
sort over the piles of scrap and pick
out what can be made useful TO the
company. Whatever cannot be used
is sold for old iron or old steel. The
accumulations of ordinary iron and
steel scrap on the system exceeds fifty
thousand tons a year. About half of
1t is available for use after being
worked over and the other half is sold
to steel mills.
I'VE do not try to clean and use
again the waste that is used for rub
bing machinery, because it is full of
grit, fine particles of steel and sand
which would damage the bearings. But
we use 1t for starting fires in the far
naces. The waste that is used in the
journal boxes OF all cars is saved and
it is run through machines when too
dirty and thorouhgly cleaned. The
waste is dry and almost as clean and
white as the day it was purchased and
it is used over again. The oil is
strained and ready for use a second
time. instead OF being thrown away"