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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-28
Instability.

'If all these tales about the move
ing picture trust are true, the trust
is as Unsuitable as DR.. Thirdly's con-
gregation."
The speaker was Mayor Oakley
Curtis of Portland. He resumed:
witnesses declare that, if they got
films from outside firms, they could
have none from the trust Such in
suitability recalls DR.. Thirdly's words
TO his congregation on a sultry Au-
gust evening:
L see a great many of you sleep
ing said the good doctor, mildly. 4
do not wonder at this, for your work
is hard, and many of you have come
a long way. Therefore 1 am not sur
prised to see many of you sleeping
soundly; but what does surprise me
a little is to see so many sleeping
who had such a comfortable sleep al
both our morning and afternoon ser
vices"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-28
Stand the Prospect Test,
Weekly Bulletin.

Weekly Bulletin.
Every prospect you tackle means a
test of you.
Usually 1t means a supreme test
of you.
The test is of everything you pro-
fess In the business-getting line!
You've got to stand that test to
win!
Every time you fail to stand the
test you are worse off in many ways.
You've lost money, you've been
shown up as faulty in your prepara-
uon, and you've lost a certain amount
of confidence in yourself.
There was no need of any Of that!
Greater care would have obviated
all those failure-facts.
You must fix yourself and keen
yourself in shape to stand the pros
pect test every time!
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-28
''wHAT Constitutes A STATE" !"

What constitutes state?
No high-raised battlement or la
bored mound
Thick wall or moated gate;
No cities proud with spires and
turrets crown ed
Not bays and broad-armed ports,
Where, laughing at the storm,
rich navies ride;
Not starred and spangled court,
Where low-browed baseness wSsts
perfume TO pride.
No; men, high-minded men,
With powers as far above duh
brutes endued
In forest, brake or den,
AS beasts excel cold rocks and
brambles rude
Men who their duties know,
But know their rights, and, know
ing, dare maintain,
Prevent the long-aimed blow,
And crush the tyrant while they
rend the chain;
These constitute a state;
And sovereign law, that states
collected will,
Der thrones and globes elate
-Sits empress, crowning good, re-
~ pressing i'll,
Smit by her sacred frown,
The fiend. Dissension, like a vapor
sinks;
And e,en the all-dazzling crown
Hides his faint rays, and at her
- bidding shrinks
SIR WILLIAM JONES.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-28
His Usual Luck.

Mark Twain in his lecturing days
reached a small eastern town one af-
ternooon and went before dinner to a
BARRIERS to be shaved
"You are stranger in town, sir?"
the barber asked.
Eyes, am a stranger here" was
the reply.
.''We're having a good lecture here
tonight, sir" said the barber, "a
Mark Twain lecture. Are you going
to ft7"
Clemens.
"Have you got your ticket YETI"
the barber asked.
mo, not yet" said the other.
"Then, siry you'll have to stand :"
Dear me-" Mr.. Clemens exclaim-
ed. pit seems as II I always have to
stand when hear that man Twain
lecture"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-28
IN THE BARBER SHOP.
The Cheap Dead Beat Who Goes
There For Nothing But a Slave.

There For Nothing But a Slave
American Magazine.
Who's been doing your work ."
ne asked. This question from n har-
Der, has no reference to ore's daiIy,
occupation. 1t means "Whchas been
shaving your"
II knew it was best toown I'M
la been in the wrong, ari I meant
10 acknowledge 1t with pefect frank
ness.
I've. been shaving myself I
My barber stood bask from me
In contempt. There was a distinct
sensation all down the lire of bar
bers. One Of them threw a wet rag
In a corner with a thud, and another
sent a sudden squirt from an ato-
m1zer into his customers e,es as a
mark Of disgust.
My barber continued to look at
me narrowly.
What razor do you usen' he
"A safety razor" 1 answered..
THE barber had began to dash
soap over my face; but he stopped
aghast at what l had said.
safety razor to a barber is like
red rag to bull.
IF 1t was me- he went on. heat
ing lather into me as he spoke 4
wouldn't let one OF them things near
my face. No, sir! There amt no
safety in them. They tear the hide
clean of you--iust rake the hair
right out by the follicles'-as he said
this he was illustrating his meaning
with jabs of his razor-'them things
can cut a mans face all to pieces
ne jabbed a stick of alum against an
open cut that he had made-'and as
for cleanliness, for sanitation, for
this here hygiene, and for germs, I
wouldn't have 'em round me for a
fortune
Il said nothing. / knew had de
served 1t, and l kept quiet
THE barber gradually subsided
Under other circumstances he woult
have told me something of the sprinI
training of the baseball clubs, or a
least items from the Jacksonvill
track, or any of those things which
cultivated man loves to hear discus
sed between breakfast and business
But l was not worth 1t. AS he neare
the end of the shaving he spok
again, this time in a confidential, a.
most yearning tone:
'Massage?' he asked
No, thank you
Shampoo the scalp?' he whisT
cred.
No, thanks
"Singe the hair?' he coaxed.
No, thanks
'The barber made one more ell
fort.
Say he said in my ear, as
thing concerning himself and m
alone, your hairs pretty we'll a
falling out. You'd better let me jus
shampoo up the scalp a bit and sto
up them follicles or pretty soon yo
won't
"'No, thank you,' I said, not t.
day
This was all the barber coul
stand. He saw that / was just on
Of those miserable deadbeats wh
come to a barber shop merely for
shave and who carry away the seal
and follicles and all the barber
perquisites as If they belonged I
them"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-28
He Deserved 1t.

One morning Bill, the Poacher,
was engaged in his early morning
labors, when suddenly he came face
to face with the owner of the manor,
who naturally he thought still Law
In bed, says Answers.
Gone was the brightness of the
morning as the redoubtable SQUIRE
eyed the uninvited guest, who STAN
mered out nervous greeting.
GOOD morning, sir! What-what
brings you out so early?"
Oh" replied the lord of the land
with naughty stare and an uncon-
scious testing of the light switch he
carried in his hand. "I came out to
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-28

life, such as constipation, liver trou-
BILE, indigestion, biliousness, head
aches, and the various other disor-
ders of the stomach, liver and bowels
nothing is more suitable than this
mild laxative-tonic, DIR. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin.
Three generations OF people are
using it today, and thousands of
families keep 1t constantly in the
house, for every member of the fam
lily can use it. 1t can be obtained Of
any druggist at fifty cents or one
dollar a bottle, the latter being the
size bought by families, who -alreN Nd,
know its value. Results are alw
guaranteed or money will be refuL
ed. ~
Families wishing to try a free sar
pie bottle can obtain 1t postpaid I
addressing DIR. w. B. Caldwell. Al
Washington ST., Monticello, III.
postal card with your name and
dress on it will do.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-28
Life Without Lace.

One can't help thinking what a
colorless life a man is forced to, lead,
when one reflects that chiffon and
Venetian point and hand embroidery
and Irish crochet are to him mere
empty words. Whereas a woman,
whether she is interested in babies, or
microbes, or husbands, or poetry, or
Plato, or bridge, is fundamentally
and always interested in clothes.-
From Daddy-Long Legs, by Jean
Webster.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-28
Chronic Dyspepsia.

The following unsolicited testi-
montal should certainly be sufficient
to give hope and courage to persons
atiicted with chronic dyspepsia:
Il have been chronic dyspeptic for
years, and of all the medicine 1 have
taken, Chamberlain's Tablets have
done me more good than anything
else" says w. G.. Mattison. No. 7
Sherman ST., Hornellsville. N. v
For sale by all dealers.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-28

gain an appetite for breakfast.
why, may I ask, are you out
early?"
Living close to nature makes
quickness, and there was scarcel
pause of half second before Bill
piled:
well, now, squire, that's curiou
Here you come early to get an al
petite for breakfast and 1 come ou
to get breakfast for my appetite!
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-28
POLICY SUGGESTED FOR
DEPENDENT ISLANDS
Mohonk Conference Favors
Plan of President.
GUARD INDIAN INTERESTS.
Agreed That Porto Ricans Should
be Granted Full American
Citizenship.

Mohonk Lake, N. Y, Oct. 25.-
Ultimate self-government of the
Philippines and Porto Rico and con-
troll of Indian affairs by a permanent
non-partisan national commission
were recommended in the platform
adopted last night at the closing ses-
sion of the Lake Mohonk Conference
OF Friends of Indians and Other De-
pendent Peoples. The conference de-
clined to endorse the view of some
members that the Philippines were
ready for immediate independence.
but agreed that the Porto Ricans.
while preparing for "self-govern-
ment under the American flag"
should be granted full American citi-
zenship.
Notwithstanding condemnation the
Democratic Philippine Islands policy
received during the convention the
platform dismissed that question as
follows:
1--WE venture to hope that the ac-
ton of President Wilson in placing
the upper house OF the legislature
(the Philippine commission) in con-
troll Of the Filipinos will be found by
Its practical results wise and that an
occasion for its revocation will not
arise"
NJ DATE SET.
The conference recommended that
no date be set for the withdrawal of
Americas supervision over the
Philippine Islands and no decision be
made as to the ultimate form of COM
plete self-government until Through
general education and familiarity
with the principles of American lib
erty the people should be fitted to
decide wisely for themselves"
Legislation was urged to protect
the Indians of Oklahoma, many of
whom have been made suddenly
wealthy by the discovery on their
lands of oil and coal. This would be
brought about by restricting the sale
of their holdings and forbidding them
to lease their lands, practice which
has driven thousands of Indians into
beggary.
GUARD INDIAN INTERESTS.
Congress was asked to permit the
distribution to all competent Indians
of their tribal property and to close
the door upon the horde of appli-
cants who, by claiming Indian blood,
are seeking to share in this wealth.
Protection was asked for the Nava-
, jos, of Arizona and Nevada, whose
prosperity through sheep raising and
blanket making has attracted covet-
Gus eyes toward their lands.
Regarding the Indians of New
York the conference recommended
that as soon as possible the reserva-
tion be abolished and the Indians ad-
mitted to full citizenship.
The Conference urged a vigorous
medical campaign by the government,
especially against tuberculosis and
trachoma among the Indians.
The conference last night heard
an address on Alaska by John G..
Brad, Alaskan governor from 1897
to 1909, and a discussion OF the work
of the Carlisle Indian School by Brig.
Gen. r. II. Pratt, U. S. A., retired,
who organized the school.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-28
To Prevent Blood Poisoning

Apply at once the wonderful old reliable
PoRTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING oII,,as.
gical dressing that relieves pain and heals n
'he same time. Not liniment. 2Sc. Soc 81 q.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
ONE ROAD is MADE PERFECT
Aummeiston Pike, Near Harrisburg
Pa, Considered by Experts to
Be Model Highway.

The Hummelstown pike, near Har
risburg, Pa, is considered by experts
to be a model road. It is made Of q
mixture of water, gas. tar, cement
liquid asphaltum. road oil, carbolie
disinfecting powder, sulphate of cop
per, and oil of wintergreen. The sui
plate Of copper is used to prevent
the oils from becoming ignited, and
the wintergreen counteracts the odol
of the others. There is nothing dis
agreeable about the smell. A curious
eject of the mixture is it's disinfect
Ing power. During the past year
there was not single contagious dis.
ease in that section. The cost of ap
plying the mixture is 5h cents 8
square yard. The cement binds the
dirt together like stone, and the oils
make it waterproof, so that it readily
sheds water. The road is never mud
dy and. unlike a tar road. does not be-
come slippery in winter time. Frost
has no effect on it at all. The cost
Of applying it is very small, as it il
sprinkled on like water. That the
method and the mixture is a perfect
success has been shown during the
present summer. Despite the heavy
automobile and wagon traffic, the road
is perfectly smooth and very hard
Ind 1t has met the test In every way
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
HOW BIRDS PROTECT FARMER
Estimated Little songsters Save
$2o0,ooo,ooo Worth Of Crops Year
Iy by Killing Insects.

Large numbers of our most beauti
ful and beneficial birds may be seen
during the month of October linger
Ing with US for a while on their way
to the south. Hermit and gray-cheek
ed thrushes, white throated sparrows
dickcissels, brown creepers, kinglets
warblers, blue birds and others, all OF
which as a rule inhabit more seclud
ed places, may be found among the
shade trees and shrubbery of the city
says a writer in the Chicago News
It will be found upon Investigation
that they are vigilantly searching fol-
insects most Of which are Injurious
These birds should be protected by
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Notice of Application for
Liquor License.

State of Minnesota, County of st. Louis
City of Virginia, SIS.
Notice is hereby given that application
has been made in writing to the city coun-
Gil of said CITY of Virginia. and filed in my
Office, praying for license to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors for a period of one year. COM
mencing on the 30th day of January, A. D.
1913, and terminating on the 29th day of
Ianurry. A. D. 1914, by the following person
and at the following place. as stated in said
application. to-wit:
MATT DECICH
In the front room on the ground floor of
the two story brick building situated at No.
100 Chestnut street, Citv of Virginia, MINI.
Said application will be heard and deter
mined by said city council of the city of
Virginia at meeting of said council to be
held at the council chamber in said city of
Virginia on Tuesday. the 28,h day of Jam
uary. A. D. 1913, at O'clock .. m. of that day.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
city this 18th day of January. A. u. 1913
ALBERT E. BICKFORD.
City Clerk.
corporate Seal) 1-17-24 '13.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
HercuIaneunn and PompeII,

The twin cities of mournful destiny
were both engu!fed at the same time
August, 70 A. D. Tie reason why
Herculaneum has not been excavated
to the same extent as Pompeii is ow.
Ing to the fact that it was covered
with much harder material than was
Pompeii; the dust predominating In
Pompeii, while the lava prevailed over
Herculaneum. There is not much
doubt about the eventual opening up
OF both cities. Human curiosity, to-.
gether with the demands of history
and science, will not rest until Her.
culaneum has been made to tell its
secrets. It is unlikely, however, that
there will be much new knowledge
gained from its excavation, but little
more than has already come to us
from Pompeii.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Notice of Application for
Liquor License.

State ut Minnesota. County Of St. Louis, VIII
lage of Costin, IS.
Notice Is hereby given, that application
has been made in writ ng to the village
council Of said Village of Costin and led in
my office. praying for license to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors for the term commencing ON the
2lst day Of Jan. 1918. and terminating on the
21st day OF Jan. 1914. bv the foil wing per-
sons. and at the following place, as stated in
said application, respectively. to-wit:
CHARMOLI & V1TULA
Ground floor two story frame building on
Lot three (3). Block three (3), Village OF Oostin
Said application will be heard and determn-
ed by said village council of the Village of
Costin at the village hall In the said village of
Costin in st. Louis County. and State of Min
Desota, on Monday the 10Th day OF Jan. A.
1913, at O'Clock P. NJ. of that day.
Witness my hand and seal OF Recorder this
9TH day of January, A. d. 1918.
GEO. BJORNsTAD,
Village Recorder.
Corporate Seal) 1-1O17'l3
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
CheStnut.Backed Bluebjrd.

all means from the boy with the sling
shot or air gun and from prowlins
cats.
It has been estimated that the birds
in the United States save 5000, 000, 900
worth of crops each year. The tree
sparrows in Iowa eat 1866 pounds OF
weed seed daily. One fully-f1edged
robin will eat sixteen feet of cater
pillar daily, or about 1850 individuals
month.
However, in spite of the persistence
of the birds the apple worm in I'LL.
nois destroys $2,375,000 worth of fruit
each year. The potato bug damages
potatoes in Massachusetts to the
value Of $4,000. The chinch bug an.
nually damages crops in the United
States to the amount Of 100000 900.
Insects generally destroy $500, 100000
worth of crops in this country each
year.
Let US protect the birds If for no
other reason than for the welfare of
the crops. The insect ravages once
checked perhaps the high cost Of uv.
Ing may be somewhat reduced.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Good Roads
GEdTmNOzeS
Batten the cracks.

Batten the cracks.
Poorly drained bottom lands are not
suitable for alfalfa.
Many silos will be filed with frost
bitten corn this year.
Prices Of all kinds Of grain are low
or than they have been for some time
Practical farmers consider it Z
waste Of feed to plow down a crop oi
clover.
The rule for blowing under clover
for green manure is when the heads
are brown.
After seed corn is gathered from
the field it should be dried as quickly
as possible.
Corn grown for grain and for fodde.
should be cut and shocked as soon
as possible.
Kaflr struck by frost when green
will generally color some after it ID
In the shock.
Kaf1r killed by the frost will make
fair feed even II It is green, but 1t is
not salable.
The 1912 hay crop is estimated at
72,o00,000 tons. Last years was fig.
ured at 100000.
Flowing gardens in the fall gets rid
Of most of the weed seed and makes
them easier to tend next spring.
One of the great drawbacks on
many farms is the small size and ir-
regular shape Of the cultivated fields.
Expert truckers and gardeners pile
the manure close to where it is to be
used; this saves handling in the
lnrin1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
ChiId.Trainino-

It is not fair to small child for the
the little thing. that develop thought
fulness, self-reliance and self-control
In child. Self-control is character
istic absolutely essential to manhood
or womanhood, and it is not learned in
day. 1t is the result of patient teach
ing and training through all the long
years of babyhood and childhood.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Compassionable Nature.

II haven't much objection to you
personally" said Mr.. Cumrox, but
you know my daughter has been ac-
customed to every luxury" well"
replied the confident sutton, II won't
ask her to give up anything on my &C
count. I think l could go along and
enjoy luxuries as much as anybody"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
The ,atest Woman,

Who was or Is the greatest woman
ill history? Two hundred Kansas
,:chors ans-ered the question and
IN enthusiasm and unanimity the
:3Ses AWARDED the prize to the one
10 made tbs reply: ''The wife of
We farmer CT moderate means who
oes her own cooking, washing, iron
g, sewing, brings up family Of
oys and girls to be useful members
f society. and finds time for .ntellec~
lal improvement"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Specialists Recommend Yawnina.
In the opinion of learned specialists
no one can be healthy unless he or
she does certain amount of yawning.
When ycA yawn you expel from the
lungs lot Of sccerfluous air; the
breathing muscles IF both the chest
and the throat are strengthened by
yawning.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Certain Old School Books

Certain Old School Books.
The state board urges that all old
school books be sterilized and tells
how it can be done to the damage Of
the bacteria, but not to the books. We
suppose it is right. 1t is better that
children live BEAUTIFULLY than that so
time honored an institution as the
combination school book and towel sur
vive.-Toledo Blade.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
He Knew.

Teacher-'Tommy, you are too
great an idler Do you know what be-
comes of people who won't work."
Tommy-"Yessum. They gets sup
ported by the rest of the family
Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Rabbits Cause Immense Loss.

Observant and experienced men
compute that eight or ten rabbits eat
or destroy as much grass as one
sheep. AS there as so many millions
OF rabbits in Australia, the loss In the
carrying capacity of the country is
appalling. The pest in New South
Wales is. spreading, Notwithstanding
all that is being done in the shape of
trapping, poisoning. fumigating, and
digging out
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Fleeing Shade.

by jove, am glad to see you look
ing so gay and festive!" said Mr..
Olde Friend. you were all in black
the last time l saw you" "Yes," de.
murely replied Mrs. Brown, who had
just taken a second husband; "but it
wasn't a fast black."-Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Gardening a Fine Art.

Gardening Fine Art.
Without gardening, buildings and
palaces are but gross handiworks;
and a man shall ever see that when
ages grow to civility and elegancy,
men come to build stately sooner than
to garden finely-Francis Bacon
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Ao Beionued.

The accomplished and obliginR
ipnist had rendered several selec-
CTS, when one of the admiring group
listeners in the hotel parlor sug-
tied Mozart's Twelfth Mass. Sev-
ii people echoed the request, but
i" lady was particularly DESTROYS of
ring the piece, explaining that her
= band had belonged to that very
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Some Loss.

Did you lose much in that bank
allure, Jim?" asked Hawkins II
.bould say I did," said Slabsides II
!! d an overdraft of a hundred and
ixty dollars in that bank, and gee!
Nv had to hustle to make good!"-
.trper's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Fouid Have Some Superstition.

should Have Some Superstition.
We would not give rap for the
'oTson who is without all supersti-
'oo. We would little bit prefer the
IN whose superstitions are pessl-
''stlc to the one who is so exceed
:*y superior as to think there is no
: * in life, no favor nor d;sfavor in
oTthing that may happen or in any
i-'cumstance that may surround our
.vcs.-Exchange.