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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Risks ife for Cat

To save cat which, in fight, had
climbed to the top of 100 foot lad
der, a foreman painter named Robin
son risked his life the other day, in
Oxford street, London. The cat
chung to the topmost rung of the lad
der from seven o'clock in the morn
ing till nearly midday. A crowd en-
deavored in vain to coax it to make
the descent. Then Robinson climbed
the ladder. It overtopped the build
ing against which it was standing by
thirty feet, and when Robinson
reached this point the ladder swayed
ominously. He was able to clutch the
animal and bring it safely down,
amid the applause of the onlookers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04

ing cry he plunged to the stone floor
at the bottom Of the shaft
Henry Bott, a fellow-miner, heard
the cry. Calling others to help him,
a stream of water was turned down
the shaft. while Bott descended and
carried the unconscious man to the
top.
Griner was hurried to the hospital,
where the doctors found that more
than a dozen fractures had resulted.
Placed on the operating table, his
companions noted that his hair, which
when he went to work that night was
as black as the coal he mined, had
turned to the whiteness Of the ash
that resulted when 1t was consumed.
Physicians said the change in the
color occurred In all probability while
Griner was battling on the ladder to
tight his way to freedom and safety.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04

felI you! g asked dully 8 rel
yo ua1 The one 1,sirision wanted e
keep i from1 Tho one person --- ~,
He broke2o Of ii 4 Wild laugh: u felt "a,
heart leap. Then he was Clayton
Rogers! It was the time for me Is
play my game and play It hard.
rushed toward him. ss .;..
Jim!4I called to him ID the name
ne mad assumed. why should you keeI
anything from me? (. l told you. las,
night that I did not care. that I could
not careI lied to you, Jim. l dc
care-I care enough, so that no mat
ter what ma may happen, no matter what
you may have done or will do. I viii
still care. And now, won't you tell me
what it is that is worrying you? Wont
you, Jim:?' 1:.. .. .@. : s.
He stood and looked at me for 9
moment His arms dropped weakly
to his sides. When he spoke his voice
was hoarse and choking. =
"'Blackmail,' he said slowly.
"Blackmail?' lasked. This was
even new to me. s.z: 3 rip =.
Eyes, blackmail. I'VE got an enemy
He trailed me here from Chicago
found out I was going with you, and
since then he has been bleeding me
for every Cent. ! possess, and God
knows I've got little enough left now.
AT last I had him.
"'Chicago?' asked with surprise in
my voice. My hand still gripped the
revolver. What were you doing in
Chicago?'
"He gave one wild look at me,
whtrled, walked toward the table on
which his revolver lay, and then stop
ped stock still.
What was l doing in Chicago? A
smile that was almost grewsome came
to his face. I was in Chicago because
I lived there, because l worked there.
because I stole money there and then
ran away. There!' He lifted his arms
and his eyes grew more CLASSY than
ever. There's the truth. You said
you'd stick my me and I've told you.
stole money in Chicago and ran
away. l came down here. One man
knew 1t. He followed me. He found
out where l worked He saw that l
was beginning to care for you and
then-then-' the voice grew cracked,
high pitched then he started bleed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Six-Mile Oenth.

A surveying ship of the German
navy has recently discovered the
deepest known spot in the ocean. 1t
is near the Philippines, about 40 sea
miles of the north coast of Mindanao
Great depths were found to be
numerous in this region, but the rec
ord sounding showed the amazing re-
suit of $3.50 meters, or 400 feet moro
than six miles.
The greatest ocean depth hitherto
known was found by the United
States cable steamer Nero in 1901.
This spot was to the south of the
Island of Guam, and the deep sea land
indicated $685. meters-just a little
less than six miles,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
KITTEN PLAYS The PIANO
Prefers Thinking High Notes 40 I,
seampers Up and Down the
Keyboard.

Gentry. Mo-A kitten belonging to
the family of John Ellis of Gentry, Is
80 fond Of music it tries to play the
piano.
The cat first showed it's liking for
music by sitting near the piano when
some one was playing, listening in
tently. One day, when no one was In
the parlor. the cat sprang upon the
keyboard. It walked over the notes.
Members Of the family. hearing the
sounds, hastened to learn the cause
From that time, whenever the kitten
was permitted to enter the parlor, it
Immediately began practicing on the
piano. Instead of walking slowly, as
it did at first, it now runs swiftly from
end to end of the keyboard. +.~
She likes the tinkling Of the high
notes best.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04

ing me! And now, now I've stood all
of it I'm going to stand. He's taken
away from me every chance l had in
life; he's robbed me, he stolen my
| every hope from me, he's forced me
to tell you what had wanted to keep
from you-and he's going to pay for
it,"
Il seized his arm.
"'What do you mean by that?' I
felt that my voice was tense, too.
"The wide eyes looked down at me
with fierce CLINT in them. With one
| trembling hand he patted mine Then
he whirled and began to pace the
floor.
"'What do you suppose mean?' he
asked. He pointed to the revolver
That's what l mean! He's coming
here this afternoon for more money. I
| won't have It. You know what he'll
do-hell run out of this place and
tell the
"Suddenly he stopped and looked at
me. He smiled the least bit. but the
corners of his mouth dropped cyni-
cally downward, and the eyes took on
an evil look.
| lin wondering about you.' he said
at last, and then stood looking at me
rather blankly. felt my hand grip
. tighter than ever on my revolver,
while thought of the little kiddle that
was waiting at home in Chicago for
her mother-who stood right now in
danger Of never returning. I knew
that my face had gone white, and that
my heart was beating thumpingly, but
still 1 faced him.
What are you wondering about
me?' I asked slowly.
He seemed to waver a bit. could
see that the nervous tension of many
hours had begun to tell on him. Be.
lore me was a task-that of playing
him until my chance could come, until
could find way of subduing him
At last he spoke.
What have been wondering about
you? he asked. He advanced toward
me. I've been wondering if you're
not schemer, too, If you haven't been
Set on my track to hound me down
and
JIM was before him now, with
every possible emotion of pleading in
my face. Jim, you wouldn't believe
that OF me, would you? You wouldn't
you couldn't! Jim, pull yourself to.
gether! You've got to keep your head
about you. You can't go all to pieces
this way. Someone in the house will
hear you through the door; they'll
learn-they'n tell the police s. g !.
They'll tell the police anyway
he looked at the little, clock. on the
walEin just twenty minutes. He
will be here then. and when he walks
in that door. shoot 5 ...5s .ss.:
You don't mean that, JIM
When he walks in that door j
shoot he repeated.
Then he suddenly turned silent
/ For amoment he stood there, waving
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04

whether or not l was trailing a man
had recognized from a picture twelve
years old. We met to speak a few
words the next day-the next and
the next.
Zone night he took me to a vaude-
vile show and then escorted me to
the little room had rented-and
there left me to wonder and wonder
again if was not wrong. If this man
was Clayton Rogers he had changed
every filament Of his character
Grave, thoughtful, polite, he was diff
ferent from the man who had been
described to me and who had spent
$4,000 among the white lights of Chi
cago. And yet"
There was little pause while Miss
Clement watched the sober yet happy
faces of two lovers across the velvet
lawn.
And YETI" l prompted.
"And yet, even as he told about his
home life, as he described the country
around Labaddie. the house, every
thing, remembered what the people
there had said. l must be on the
right track! l sat alone in my room
that night. trying to dissect his every
action, to see behind his every move,
and failed. knew that it would have
been possible for a mistake in Labad-
die, and yet l felt that l was sure of
everything had learned there. I had
three weeks more in which to work. l
determined to make the most of it.
1T was few nights after that that
Mr.. Henderson (that was the name on
the company's books asked me once
more to 60 to the theater with him.
And that night, as we stood by my
door to say goodby, he paused.
"'Miss Wilson, he began calling me,
of course, by my assumed name, i
know you'll think it's forward of me
and all that, but there's something ]
can't hold back from you any longer
H.
my heart jumped.
"'You are a gentleman answered
him. I have seen nothing forward in
your actions
"'1 have tried to be a gentleman,
he answered, simply for the reason
that since the first moment saw you
in the shop, I fell in love with you
Some way, you don't look like the or,
binary girl who works in a bindery
shop. There's something better about
you, something more refined. l hope
you're not angry -: r.
"'Why should be?' I questioned
seriously. L -.
miss Wilson, He had stepped to
ward me anxiously. -.
Il put him OF. E
cit is not love on my part I an
swered. I think great deal OF you
Mr.. Henderson, but I cannot say thai
I love yor-yet.' b > ..4s:sS.- !. ..rl3f /
But there is hopper he asked with
a queer little pang in his voice.
I'm time answered. q. :: y. Il ;.5.s
He LEFT. And then went into my
I room to mentally bscudgel myself fol
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04

not wing pulled every thing from hin
while his heart was warm with excite
ment, when his lips would have beer
willing to speak of every hing. to con
TESS everything. ! walked the dool
and scowled at myself IN the mirror
l saw, all too late, q thousand wayssin
which might have drawn from him
every truth Of his identity. could
have played him, I could have forced
him, by the right kind OF questioning
to have told everything. And I had
let the chance slip! e &s = y. ID .s. .@.4a
"The next morning my feeling Of
remorse was worse. I took my place
at my machine and looked about me
He was absent. An hour passed and
still he did not come. Two hours
Three. Things blurred before me
Something had happened to take him
away. Now, as never / had felt be-
fore, there came the conviction that
this man was not Henderson, that he
did not live at Labaddie, but that he
was Clayton Rogers, the man was
hunting, and that his place was in a
penitentiary for theft. I went to the
foreman.
"I had an engagement with Mr.
Henderson. He was going to show me
something about the work. He Is not
here. Is he ill?' I asked.
"'Drew his time this morning down.
stairs the foreman answered. He's
gone
"'Gone?' The words went through
my brain like fire. Then he had un.
derstood last night. l had let some
word drop that gave him the hint.
Perhaps he had heard from his
mother, he had received the informa,
ton of the old sweetheart who had
sought him at the homeland he
knew! I walked dazedly back to my
machine and looked at its whirring
belt. Then took off my apron.
"I am leaving told the foreman.
Give me my time.'"
l happened to look into the face of
Alice Clement just then. I saw that
in her memory she was suffering all
that she had suffered at that moment
in the bindery. I saw before me q
woman whose brain was keen enough
to suffer even in retrospection, and
whose sensibilities were of that finely
attuned strain that re-lives pain and
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sorrow, happiness and joy, again and
again. She was speaking.
There was a chance left. had
learned his address at least A car
was coming to a stop at the opposite
corner and ran for it. Twenty min
utes later l was walking through the
dark hall Of a rooming house to where
the landlady said Mr.. Henderson had
his room. l knocked on the door,
There was no answer I knocked
again. There came from the inside
the tread, tread of mans footsteps.
l believed l heard a voice, as though
someone was talking to himself. l
ceased knocking. put my ear to the
keyhole and listened:
"'And, by God, I'll kill him first!'
1T was Henderson's voice, brutal,
tense. What was wrong, I did not
know. One thing realized, that
something had happened, that now or
never the truth would come out, that
If this man was Clayton Rogers now
was the time when I would learn it,
and that action must be swift He
might be drunk, he might be crazed
with drugs. There was no time for
me to get assistance; must work
and work fast. turned the knob OF
the door. 1t did not yield. pulled
a skeleton key from my bag and in:
serted it In the lock. felt the bolt
Shift. A tremble ran through me as
7 rooohoA FOR INV ravolvor o~a t,id ~
In fold Of my dress. Then, with q
hurried push, sent the door flying
open.
"A mad man faced me. Eyes wide
and staring, hair umkempt, mouth low
drawn and shaking, the man whom ]
sought stood before me. He had NOT
slept, that was evident. His hands
shook. In one trembling claw he held
a revolver. He started forward as
entered, the revolver half raised into
the air, then recoiled.
'You-!' he half screamed
You!
Il stood facing him. tried to speak
failed. The sight Of the wreck OF
the man before me seemed to have
taken my voice. He laid the revolver
on the table, and springing toward me
seized me by wrist
what are you doing here?' he
asked wildly. Answer me! What are
you doing here?' -: ---
"'You were not at work. answered
as hastily as I could. I wondered
what had become of you-they said
you; had left had a right to know
after what you said last night!'
HE broke away from me with 8
sob. - r.. >>~~ e.
eyes, last night!' he groaned
Last night g.. ;:-. -
Il approached him. <%- 2E' .
What has happened?' L begged
! Cant you tell me what 1t is that ii
weighing on you! Cant you trust
NET L. 4. s7zs Il $50 .s5
The eyes that stared into mine
seemed CLASSY. : :5...:$
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
citv,s Golden Keys In Pawn.

CIty,S 0OloSn N.Y. 80 ~''
In the pawn shop the golden keys
OF the city Of Naples, Italy, are at
present lying. The mayor is endeav-
oring to recover them. Here is the
story. Sometime ago a baker named
Circolo obtained a verdict Of $1,250
damages against the town of Naples.
The court of appeal decided against
the municipality. In default OF prompt
payment the mans bailids dropped in
to the mayors ONCE one morning dur
ing his worship's absence and seized
the ancient gold keys and some fine
oil paintings and marble busts Of
Italian soverigns. He put the lot IN
pawn. The mayor Is now suing the
bailiR. lz 5sz5'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Telephone Booth Holds Doctor.

New York.-Dr. Isador Zippert, who
weighs 300 pounds, squeezed into a
telephone booth and received hurry
call from a patient. BE right over"
be called. But he was unable to get
out. His friends were compelled to
take down the booth In order to re
lease him. .-.s,S# X
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
The Latest.

II wish you'd state that am going
to star this summer" said the chorus
girl to the affable reporter.
Nobody believes that stuff any more
about chorus girls. But will say that
you are engaged to a steel millionaire"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-04
Their ADVANTAGE,

"Ffreless cookers are a great ad-
vantage In the house,
Yes, especially when you have a
cookless fire."
New Ulm review., 1913-05-21
SWAT THE FLY BEFORE
1T is BORN.

The four principal steps in organiz-
ing a campaign against the fly are as
follows:
. First.-To educate people as to the
deadly nature Of the fly.
Second.-To kill Off all winter flies,
those hiding about the houses, waiting
their season to forage.
Third.-To do away with all breeding
places for flies.
Fourth.-To trap all flies which hap
pen to escape.
The determination of the winter fly
Is a problem for the individual house.
wife. Don't let one fly escape. Hunt
for them all and kill them early in the
spring, for the winter fly Is the parent
Of summers terrible swarms.
To do away with the fly breeding
places Is merely a matter Of cleanli-
ness. Clean houses. gardens and yards.
Clean streets and alleyways. Discour-
age the fly In its breeding proclivities.
Carrying out the fourth step, the sale
Of ny traps should be encouraged In
every store.
To sum it all up, swat the fly before
II is born,
New Ulm review., 1913-05-21

Whether or not the English suf
fragists are right about militancy
there is just one way to insure their
continuing in their present attitude
That is to persecut them. Every
cause, right or wrong, since the
world began has had for it's best
friends those foolish persons who be-
aieve that violent physical suppress
sion can kill an idea. Treat mall
contents with justice with mercy
when possible, with gentleness al
ways, and the fanatics on a given
subject will be reduced to inconsid-
cradle numbers. There are no suf-
frage outrages in this country. Why?
Because when something happens
like the disgraceful treatment of the
Washington parade, an immediate in
yestigation is started, apologies pour
IN from all sides, and every paper in
the country expresses indignation.
The surest way for the English Gov
and the police to keep anger
alive and outrages constantly on the
increase is to abrogate their policy
of tolerance and make martyrs of
the sutfragists.-Colliers.
New Ulm review., 1913-05-21

Every empiozs pays for superin:
tendence and inspection. Some pay
more, some pay less. For instance,
a dollar day man would receive two
dollars, if it were not for the fact
that he has to pay some one to think
for him, look after and supply the
will that holds him to his job. The
result Of this is that he contributes
to the support Of those who super
intend him. The less you require
looking after-the more able you are
to stand alone and complete your
tasks, the greater your reward. Do
your work we'll that it will require
no supervision, and by so doing, you
will save the expense of hiring some
one to think for you. Then after a
while you will be able to think for
some one else.-Exchange.
New Ulm review., 1913-05-21
Turner Hail
Program of Classes in Cymna,Hcs.

Program of Classes in Gymnastics.
Boys' class, ages 6 to II: Wednesday
afternoon, 4:3O to $50; Saturday FORE
noon, 800 to 1O:l5.
Boys class, ages II to IA; Monday and
Thursday afternoons, 4:3O to $50
Youths class, ages IA to II: Monday
evening, 7:90 to 8:45 and Friday eye-
ming, 7:30 to $50.
Girls' class, ages 6 to II: Tuesday after
noon, 4:3O to $50, and Saturday fore
noon, 1O:15 to l1:3O.
Girls class, ages II to Is: Tuesday and
Friday afternoons, 4:30 to $50.
Misses class, age over Is: Wednesday
and Saturday evenings, 7:3O to $50
Ladies' class: Thursday evening, 500
to 900.
Mems class: Tuesday and Friday eys-
nings, $50 to 9:45.
Fencing class: Sunday forenoon, 1000
to 11:3O.
Sunday School: Sunday forenoon, 1890
to 1l:45. HERMAN HEN,
Instructor
New Ulm review., 1913-05-21
japanese Land Grabbers!

That the Chinese and Japanes,
cannot be assimilated is open to ar
gument. That the Japanese are dan
gerous as land grabbers is not oper
to argument. -. ~
Practically all the Japanese in CAL
ifornia are poor, rent small patches
of land and toll assiduously for land
lords. Without having figures on
the subject, we doubt if the own all
told, ten thousand acres in the great
State of California
Now, take up any paper you choose
and see what is going on in real es-
tate. Today-April 24-gives these
items, culled at haphazard from a
bushel.
Los Angeles capitalists have pur-
chased, 72,000-acre ranch at Fres-
no.
The Baldwin estate, valued at $685.
100000, is being divided. 1t con-
sists of a big tract in the neighbor-
hood Of Los Angeles, which Baldwin
got for song, years ago. He lived
a long and notoriously dissipated
life, being Interested mainly i n horse
racing.
George H. Bixby, land magnate,
has disappeared and is being hunted
by officers, in connection with a
White Slave traffic scandal. The
family's wealth is estimated at $780,
100000, consisting. of the Bixby Es-
tate, 27,00O-acre tract grabbed in
early times. Recently the head of
the family, being interviewed as to
how to make fortune, said-"Buy
real estate and hold on to it," The
family is now forced into the lime
light, and the papers are gushing
New Ulm review., 1913-05-21
ers Of earth and air are the tireless

ers Of earth and air are the tireless
toilers for the human race.
! see world at peace adorned
with every form Of art, with music's
myriad voices thrilled, while lips are
rich with word of love and truth a
world in which no exile sighs, no pris-
oner mourns; world on which no
gibbet's shadow falls; world where
labor reaps it's full reward; where
work and worth 60 hand in hand;
where the poor girl in trying to win
bread with the needle-the needle
that has been called "the asp for the
breast of the poor"-is not driven
to the desperate choice of crime or
death, Of suicide or shame. see a
world without the beggar's out
stretched palm, the miser's heartless,
stony stare, the piteous wall of want,
the livid lips of lies, the cruel eyes
of scorn.
see a race without disease of
flesh or brain-shapely and fair, the
harmony of form and func-
tion-and, as l look, life lengthens,
JOY deepens, love canopies the earth;
and over all, in the great dome,
shines the eternal star of human
shape. Robert G. Ingersoll.)
New Ulm review., 1913-05-21
Realty Transfers.

Otto Wiedenmann Adm. to Free
tAufderheide, L IL B A S New Ulm
| $500.
VIM. A. Popp to Fritz Reuter-, LIE
; 1873 New Ulm, s55O.OO.
! Christine Anderson by Elk. to HERNIA
E. Krebs, l60 A in S 81 T 40 R 33,
96S40.
Charles Grussendorf to St. Paul's
Church of Comfrey, l. and B lC
Comfrey, $325.OO.
Amherst W. Bingham to VIM. F.
Rounds, N ! of N ! of B 20 Br. 4th
Add. Sleepy Eye, $4,000.
G. F, Reineke to Albert Remund, N
IS #. of Lot 2 and S #. 6 in. of L
3B 143 N New Ulm, $500.
WinOna & St. Peter Land Co. to
Henry H. Lau, 100 A in S 2l T l0S
r IS, 5000.
VIM. G. Frank ct al to Claus Johnson
ct al, 80 and l4O #. of s W. of 1S
T 100 r "a, $500.
Cans Spertad to Ole K. Troldahl, ]
Interest in L IS B Hanska, 500.
Michael Kuelbs to Theo. Reinke,
6.95 A in S l6 7 Ill r 80, $3.50.
Michael Kuelbs to Aug. Rieke, 6.95 A
in S l6 T Ill r 30, $3.50.
Edward F. Berkner to Geo. E. Fer
guson, L 5 B 4 Br. lst Add Sleepy
Eye $1,000.
Mary Hickel to Palm Carlson, Its IA
& Is B ; Holm's Add. Comfrey $3.50.
Herman Zietlow to John Schmelz
2o4.sS A in s Is T.l09 r "a 1887 20
Joseph b. Uble to Andrew A. Ubl 14o
A in Sec. IA T 109 r 30 s45O0.
Marietta A. Bogardus to Fritz Dob
bersteiu L 10 B lst Add. Sleepy
Eye sl4OO.
j acob A. johnson to Ernestine Plath
L2 B 4S Sleepy Eye $3.50.
Ev. Lutheran lions Gemeinde of
Springfield by Trustees to Pm.
Dickerson L IL & IL BIS Bagen's
Add Springfield $500.
Nels Anderson to Trustees of Ev.
Lutheran Zions Gemeinde of Spring
field l. |, ?, & 4 Bagen's Add.
Springfield 5000.
hnud +, Mo to John Il. Schmid und |
New Ulm review., 1913-05-21

Il & 4 ( at-t !, = &, /. = - , Il
over the fact that one Of its female
members is q reformer, student Of
sociology and officer Of the Juvenile
Court. Figure out for yourself the
number Of criminals the Bixby mono
polists have manufactured.
Such is California society, which
filings mud at the Japanese as land
monopolists.
Once more, as in the case Of Mex
ico,- the trouble is about the land.
Perhaps, two or three centuries
hence, the intelligent workingman
will wake up to the fact that land
is at the root of all his
troubles.-Exchange.