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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-22

To say that Governor Eberhart has
the right bunch on the public utili-
ties bill is merely giving the devil his
dues.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-22

This has been a week of peace that
passeth understanding in Virginia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-22

Mesaba Ore:-The heavy fine i'm
posed on a young man who deliberate
ly picked a fight on the street was
we'll warranted, but an even surer
way to stop these ready mixers would
be straight Jail sentence. Street
brawlsz are unwholasnne advertising
any city, and the. authorities should
use every method to stamp uot their
too frequent occurrence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-08-22

Biwabik Times:-The decision in
the case of the Lake Superior Tax
association VS.. the Ely city official was
needed. It will bring about more re-
spect for the law. It may result in
les public improvements, but in the
end put the towns on a more substan-
tial footing. It was false economy to
figure that any expense was justified
as long as the mining companies had
to foot the bill. We believe differ
emit policy should have been adopted
in the past and will have to be pursu-
ed in the future.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06

rHICAGO.-The enthusiasm OF q
- few score husbands for the pro-
posed "fete champetre" of the New
Future association exploded with a
loud bang the other day, when the
husbands discovered what a "fete
cEampetre" was. AS a result, the big
event, scheduled for June 20 in the
First Regiment armory. has been
called on
Mrs. Fred L. Rossbach, founder and
president of the association. which
aims to aid women released from the
house Of correction, and the other
directors spent weeks on arrange
ments and found their husbands eager
in their promises OF assistance. But
VT the directors meeting at the Hotel
La Sale one of the women rose and
told a sad story.
II appears that her husband. who is
not built along the lines of a gazelle,
thought finally to ask what was going
on. He was told the peculiar feature
of the fete would be the. costumes.
All men and women were to wear the
flowing draperies of the ancient
Greeks.
Mel" shouted the startled hus-
band. me impersonate Apollo? No.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
Turns in Fire Alarm and Races Cop on Wheel

nETROIT, MICH.-Francis Sheahan.
~ four-year-old son of Col. P. ].
Sheahan, attorney, merely wanted to
see the engines dash up the street
when he turned in a false alarm the
other afternoon from Second avenue
and High street.
Pedaling up the street on his veloci-
psde, Francis came to a halt in front
OF red-painted post surmounted by
a small box OF the same bright hue.
The box presented possibilities to his
young mind and he set about devils
ing ways and means for calling the
fire department to the scene. He
could not reach the glass. Obtaining
small stick. he smote the pane and
shattered It,
This done. he mounted to the saddle
Of his velocipede and hooked his fore
finger In the iron ring. The rest hap
pened automatically. The wheels of
the velocipede started in motion and
Francis whole weight was thrown on
the chain attached to the alarm.
Frightened at what he had done,
Francis again mounted his trusty iron
steed and started to run for It. 60
ing down the street as fast as his
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06

D ALTIMoRE. Md-Fifty cents was
- the reward given to a conductor
OF the local street railway company
for the recovery of package contain
ing $3.50 in cash and $4,000 in certi-
fed checks.
When Andrew Anderson, a conduc-
tor on the Ellicott City line, found a
carefully wrapped package lying on
one OF the seats of his car when
nearing the barn he had no idea that
In the parcel there was so much
money and negotiable checks.
Here's a package i found on the
car" he shouted, as he tossed the
package to the dispatcher. Someone
Probably viii claim it."
Someone did claim 1t. Just thirty
minutes later man rushed into the
car barn and excitedly asked If a
package had been found on one Of the
cars.
What sort of a package? De
scribe IT," said the dispatcher.
We'll. 1t was wrapped in paper and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
SATIRlcAL STRAIN OF HUMoR
William Winter Wrote Of Edwin
Booths PecuIiaritIes, as He Had
Oberved Them.

At times Booths humor was satirical.
When leaving church in Boston after
the funeral of the eminent essayist
and critic, Edwin Percy Whipple-
obsequies which he had attended in
company with Lawrence Barrett, and
at that friends suggestion, and during
which he had been annoyed as well
as amused by the convulsive facial
contortions of the officiating clergy.
mamie remarked to Barrett:
Il knew Mr.. Whipple, but / never
expected l should be so sorry to at.
tend his funeral"
When a stage-struck lunatic named
Mark Gray attempted to murder him
in Chicago at a performance of king
Richard H." april 2, 1879, at Nc
Vickers theater), firing at him twice
with a pistol from a place in the sec
ond balcony. Booth calmly advanced
to the front of the stage and, pointing
at the mailman, directed that he be
seized, and then after brief absence
from the scene, to reassure his wife,
composedly finished his performance.
Later he caused one of the bullets to
be extracted from a piece of scenery
where it had lodged, and had it mount
ed as charm for his watch chain, in.
scribed: ITO Edwin Booth from Mark
Gray" That sinister relic he custo-
marily wore.-William Winter in Col
lier's Weekly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
NATURAL COMPASS IN WOODS
To Those versed In Wooderaft, Ma
ture Provides Many Guides for
the Traveller.

Those well versed in woodcraft
point out that even in the "trackless
forests" nature provides many nat.
ural compasses to keep the traveller
straight in his course.
For instance, there is a mature tree
that stands apart from its fellows.
The bark on this tree will be harder,
drier and lighter in color on the south
side. On the north 1t will shcw a
clump of mold or moss. On the south
side of the evergreen trees gum will
be hard and amber colored. On the
north side this gum is softer, general
ly dustier. and is of soiled gray hue.
Hardwood trees-the oak, the ash,
elms, hickories, mesquite, etc-have
moss and mold on the north. Leaves
are smaller, tougher, lighted in color
and with darker veins on the south.
on the north they are longer, of dark.
er green and with lighter veins,
Spiders build on the south side. In
the south air plants will attach them
selves to the north side. Cedars bend
their tips to the south.
Sawed or cut stumps will afford one
of the compass points, inasmuch as
the concentric rings are thicker on the
south side. The heart of the stump
Is thus nearer to the north side.
These results are said to be due to
the influence of the sun. Stones are
bare on the south side, and II they
show any moss at all 1t will be on
the north. At best, on the sunny side
only thin covering Of harsh, half-dry
moss will be found.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
R0BS MAN, TAKES HIM HOME
Gopher State Hlghwayman Nails His
Bachelor Victim In Closet, RAN
sacks House and Escapes.

Fergus Falls, Minn.-Ole Back, a
bachelor farmer and a pioneer of Fer
gus Falls, who lives just outside the
city, was waylaid by a highwayman,
who let his persistency in his endeav-
or to get as much as possible from
Mr.. Back lead him beyond reason, Mr..
Back thinks
After Back had held up his hands
at the point of gun, in real wild west
fashion. and allowed the robber to go
through his pockets. securing all OF
the farmers cash, a gold watch and a
pocket knife, he insisted on going
home with him. Reaching the house,
where Back lives alone, the highway
man turned burglar. He first placed
Back in a closet, got a hammer and
nailed up the door. After ransacking
the house and obtaining several hun
dred dollars worth of valuables, the
fellow got pen and ink and wrote a
note to the postman, informing him
where he would find Back a prisoner,
and requested that he be released.
Some time after the burglar had de-
parted Back succeeded In breaking
down the closet door.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
Just an Indian Story.

Tourists visiting most cities of the
United States are the objects of many
quips and jests gotten OF at their ex
pense by megaphone men accompany.
ing sightseeing autos.
The latter part of January a party
was being taken through one of the
prettier streets of Jacksonville, Fla
The street car tracks are in the center
Of this thoroughfare and small park
Ing places are between the car lines
and the driveways.
In these parking plots are hundreds
Of large palmettos. These plants are
replaced by the city year by year as
they die or become injured in any
manner
"Oh, the beautiful palms," exclaim
ed a comely matron considerably un
der thirty.
II do wonder how they came hereY
was the query propounded by another
woman tourist.
Lady, those palms we're planted
there by the Indians over 200 years
ago." said the spieler Of the party.
The women gasped with amazement
while the men members of the party
suppressed their smiles.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06

sway the body backward or forward
from the hips entails practically no
fatigue, for almost every movement
of the body is accompanied by this,
but to sway sideways is firing in the
extreme.
When a street car travelling ten
miles an hour Is brought to a stop
the checked velocity is equal to a
pressure Of ten pounds upon the area
Of the surface of every passenger. or
when a car travelling at an ordinary
rate Of speed comes to a stop 1t Is
equal to every passenger being pushed
from his balance by a ten-pound
weight.
IF every passenger Of a side-seated
car counts the number of times the
car stops before he reaches home, and
multiplies II by ten he will discover
that he has pushed against the force
Of probably half a ton, and II he
makes the trip twice a day he will
have a record for muscular exertion
which will enable him to realize why
his trip home at night is SO fatigu-
ing"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
Humans Are Made Crabs by Side-Seated Cars

CLEVELAND, o. Thin, anaemic
~ men who are unable to do a days
work, and frail little women attain a
record for muscular exertion which
could not be surpassed by the strong
est athlete every time that they ride
in side-seated street car, according
to computations made by Councilman
e. M. Bieder. They are compelled to
push against force of probably half
a ton every time they make a trip
upon one Of these cars, he declares.
Councilman Bieder has been max
ing an investigation of the subject.
with a view to legislating out of ex-
istence cars with seats running length
wise. He doubts, though. that the
council has the authority to pass the
legislation, and he may take the mat
ter up with the board of health as a
health regulation
Man 10 not a crab and cannot
move sidewise with any degree of
ease" said Mr.. Bieder the other day.
His muscles are not formed for that
mode of advance. Let anyone who is
in doubt on this subject try to run
sideways for a hundred yards at a
fair rate of speed
The forward movement Of street
car, with its sudden stoppage and
jerks, Is constant strain. and mus
cles which are not adapted to It are
compelled to take up the burden Of
holding the body more or less rigid
against the force which sways one
rearward as the car advances and
forward as the car is checked. To
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
GIRL SLUGS WASHER
ON ELEVATED GAR
She Was Interrupted While Read
ing Sporting Page.
LANDS FIERCE PUNCH
Miss Nellie Hight Of Chicago Returns
Punch for Smile and Then Attacks
Annoyer With Umbrella and Drives
Him to Platform.

Chicago.-A masher nudged Miss
Nellie Hight, aged seventeen, OF SAT
North Park avenue, and then smiled
at her the other morning on an ele-
waited train, just as she happened to
glance at the picture of AID Wolgast
on the sport page. During the next
second the masher received three
swift punches In the face, a blow on
the head with an umbrella and an
uppercut on the chin from Miss
Hight
The suddenness of the attack rout-
ed him, and he fed from the train.
Miss Hight followed and chased him
from the platform. He dropped his
hat and she smashed it with her UNI
brella
Not a word was spoken by Miss
Hight or the masher until the. man
disappeared down the Austin station
steps. Then she turned to the
amazed conductor and said:
There, / guess that will hold the
old fool for a while"
Miss Hight is the daughter Of
Frank A. Hight She boarded the
train near her home and bought a
newspaper. At the next station an
elderly man whose hair was gray
about the temples got on the train
and sat down beside her.
81 did not notice the man until he
nudged me the first time" she said
Il thought 1t was an accident, and
continued to read the paper.
Soon he nudged me again and '
looked up. He smiled. II embar-
raised me somewhat. and began to
turn the pages Of the paper. had
Just turned to the sport page and &C
cidentally glanced at the picture of
some prize-fghter when he nudged
me in the side real hard. Out OF the
corner of my eye / saw him grin.
Then don't know what / did.
knew that wanted to tear him to
pieces. so / started In. Yes, hit him
first with the umbrella. and he grab
bed it. Then l hit him three times
in the face with my left hand and
then one on the chin with my right.
After he ran l was so mad that l
smashed his hat never saw him
before. l do not know whether /
should have acted that way or not.
but he made me so angry that 1 could
have done anything.
Il guess he is the same man who
has bothered several of my friends
during the last month on the elevated
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
Watch in the Safety Vault.

A strong box, containing family rec
ords and heirlooms was opened few
days ago to examine an old manu-
script, relates the New York Tribune
The box had not been disturbed fei
several years, and the women. who
had taken it into private room, were
surprised when they removed an old
fashioned open-face watch from its
resting place to hear 1t tick loudly
This to them was evidence that the
box had been tempered with. But
everything was found intact and IL
keeping with the memorandum OF
contents, and they were much per
picked because of the ticking watch
which ceased its activity before the
box was returned to its place. A
matchmaker who was consulted said
that such "momentary life" in dead
timepieces when disturbed was not un
usual.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
Something New on Hen.

A young Boston college woman was
following the suburbanite about his
place and doing her best to show her
full appreciation of the semi-rural
beauty of the establishment On Wis
iting the hen-yard she became enrap-
tured. One hen was unusually well
marked. "Ohl" the young woman ex-
claimed enthusiastically, what beau
tiful foliage that hen hast"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
GOOD LOOKS WINS ACQUITTAL
Women Jurors Refuse to Convict
Prisoner Regarded as Too Hand
some to Steal Horse.

Redwood City, Cal.-"He's really
far too handsome a man to be
horse thief"
still. he admits stealing the horse"
81 don't care. No man with such
heavenly eyes should be put in pris-
on. We must acquit him."
And so they did
Briefly this is the synopsis of what
happened behind the doors OF the
jury room when ten good men and
true, in company with two women.
said to possess the same attributes.
were considering the case OF Ugo
Diando charged with horse stealing.
Sheriff ]. H. Mansfield who has
been Diando's custodian for three
weeks. admits that his prisoner is the
most handsome that ever ornamented
the San Mateo county jail, and when
two women were drawn to serve on
the jury before which the case was
tried by Judge Buck was heard to ex-
press substantial doubts regarding the
conviction Of this man. who had pre-
viously admitted his guilt. but plead
ed mot guilty"
The foreman Of the Jury was Mrs.
Alma A. Monroe of Lomita Park, and
Mrs. Violet L. Fine Of DAILY City was
the other woman. Notwithstanding
the fact that Diando's testimony at
his preliminary hearing. in which he
admitted stealing the horse. was in
troduced as evidence. the jury. after
being out twenty minutes. returned a
verdict OF not guilty..
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
Conductor Finds $4,000; Gets so Cents Reward

about this long," said the much-per-
turbed inquirer, as he used his hands
to describe the size and width Of the
package.
rs this the package" asked the dis
patcher. as he displayed the one that
Anderson had found
"Yes-that's 1t. I'm so glad 1t was
found" replied the visitor as he
reached for it.
We'll, you win have to tell me
what II contains in order that / can
be certain that 1t belongs to you,I
replied the dispatcher.
1T had $1,000 in i'll mean $3.50 in
cash and the balance In checks" said
the visitor.
The dispatcher opened the package
and found that it contained Just what
the stranger had stated The man
then said that he was w. B. Denison
and that he lived In West Lafayette
avenue,
AS the package was handed to Den
nison, he tossed the dispatcher so
cents. and said: Give that to the
conductor for his honesty"
Dennison then left.
An hour later Anderson returned on
his car to the barn. The dispatcher
summoned him and told him what the
package had contained, and that 1t
had been claimed. and gave him the
reward
by Jove." shouted the conductor,
Thank you for the reward"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06

little legs could work the pedals. He
had not gone half a block, however,
before the fire engines, a motorcycle
patrolman and the motor car patrol
rushed into the street with a roar,
and he was pointed out as the cul-
prit by a crowd of boys which had
collected and witnessed the proceed
ings.
Francis puny efforts to put a dis
lance between himself and the scene
Of his little escapade were as naught
compared to the power of gasoline In
a motorcycle. He was quickly cap
tured and taken home to his father.
History does not relate what hap
pened before the interview concluded.
but 1t is said the family slipper was
used In the traditional manner.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
Refuse to Be Clothed in Flowing Garments

you don't, woman. don't mind the
new future. but I'm dinged II I'll dress
like a shepherd In a Greek pasture.
Not-on-your-life. I'm still strong
for your cause, but I don't like that
effect I'll give thousands for the
new future. but not one cent for any
such insult to my unfortunate
physique as that"
And then it developed that there
were other fat husbands and several
thin ones who had also asserted the
independence of their sex and refused
to have anything to do with the pro-
gram.
In spite of the extensive arrange
ments already made there was moth
ing for the women to do except to
drop the plan.
I'VE were anxious enough to appear
in costume" said Mrs. Rossbach re-
gretfully after the meeting. but the
husbands just wouldn't do It. They
said in no uncertain tone they would
rather pay any amount into our treaf-
ury than appear in flowing robes,
Well give them q chance"
There were other objections, among
them that two professionals the a.
sociation had engaged to conduct thu
affair were to receive part of tina
profits. This is contrary to the rules
regarding support by the Association
of Commerce.
And so there will be no ''fete cham,
petre" A meek substitute is being
arranged, in the form of a card party,
to which the balky husbands will
probably be made to contribute liber
ally.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
VIRGINIA DOG BROKE
UP A SWELL WEDDING
Animal Attacks Usher He Found
Wearing His Masters
Dress Suit

Cape Charles. Wa big dog caus.
ed a panic among the wedding party
and the guests at the marriage OF
Harry Roberts and Miss Mabel Hem
ming, daughter Of the Rev. Ernest
Hemming, at Eastville, recently.
The animal dashed up the aisle be-
hind the wedding party. proceeding to
the altar, and sprang upon the back of
Arthur Addison. one of the ushers.
grabbed the coat he was wearing be-
tween its teeth and tried to tear the
garment from the mans back
Many Of the women guests rushed
from the church. believing the dog
was suffering from rabies. The cere-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06

yard. which is usually fun Of mr..
mules. donkeys, camels and ! -
profusion of merchandise ana
gage. To those unaccustomed n ~
nese inns the stamping and Hr.,,s ~.
Of the mules is very annoying
A room in Chinese inn Ia.
furniture, excepting a table ana
couple Of chairs. Instead Of : -,
there is a raised platform Of 49,
called a "kang," OF which the ~.
eler spreads his bedding. In n.
front part of the ''kang' Is a s,..,
fireplace which connects with a nm
Der Of air passages radiating To an
parts OF the "kang." II is, thereiors
not incorrect to say that the Chimes
sleep on their stoves.
All the next day we were gradusI,,
approaching the mountains and wen,
beginning to wind our way up bean.
tiful valley through which flowed
large river, which we crossed /,
means of ferry boat We were nov
passing through a beautiful farmln.
country. We noticed that the farm.
ers did not live on their farms. bit
were congregated in villages ana
towns. Almost every farmer had ,
hut on his farm. where he could cam
out while watching his crops
AS soon as we had Travelled a dsys
journey from Picking we began to st
tract a. great deal of attention. The
people were curious to see the for
eigners. The, children often fed b.
fore US. crying. ''the foreign devls
are coming"
Accept the Republic.
Wherever we stopped we tried. b.
conversing with the people. to ascsr.
tain their attitude toward the repub
lican government. It was very clear
from what they said that they &C.
cepted the republic as an accom-
plished fact. and believed that Il had
come to stay. just what republic
was the ordinary people did not seen
to know. Most of them seemed 70
think 1t was a new order Of things
which would gradually compel he
Chinese to cut their cues and to sok
low foreign customs in general Some
of the more intelligent people believed
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06

mony was halted until the animal was
put out
1t appears that the dress suit worn
by the usher had been borrowed from
the dogs master, c. 7. Cobb. The
animal wandered into its masters
room. and. taking scent Of the miss
ing clothing. following 1t into the
church and made the attack.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06

trains, although l never saw him be-
fore. If every girl would start in and
give every masher a few punches
they would not worry us any more.
/ DO not care whether 1t is ladylike
or not l felt like hitting him and
l did. He deserved just what gave
him. He was a silly old goose, and
next time he will know better than
to cry to flirt with the. first girl he
meets"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-06-06
Snubbed.

Several medical men and a newspa
per man we're visiting an insane asy-
lum. The employee who was showing
them about pointed out a man who
considered himself the Lord.
The newspaper man. true to his in
stincts, seeking to have an interview
asked the insane one whether he real
ly made the earth in seven days
The latter gave him a look Of utter
contempt, and said as he passed on:
I'm not in the mood to talk shop!"