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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-07

rived yesterday from Cayenne at the lie
du Diable, Dreyfus was waiting on the
shore.
Although endeavoring to maintain his
selt-possession. he received the official in
telligehce with countenance radiant with
ioy
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-07
Frenchman who Fought NobIy
for Dreyfux.

While the Dreyfus case discloses
the fact that there are numerous
eminent men OF France who could
stoop to any crime, not excepting
murder. it is to be remembered that
Dreyfus has had many good sdvo-
Gates who have fought for justice
to their own ruin.
Among these may be noted. first,
, Lieutenant Colonel Georges Picquart,
who ran the gamut of the general
staff to establish Dreyfus' innocence,
and is now in prison. Then there Is
Emile Zola. who is an exile because
Of his noble stand for truth and
right. Godefroy Cavaiguac, minister
Of war. stood by Colonel Plcquart.
, and when he discovered the perAdy
OF the army resigned. Ballot de
, Beaupre, vice president Of the civil
section OF the supreme court--a
natural anti eyfusite--swallowed
his prejudices in order that Justice
be done. NM Demange and Labor,
|, counsel respectively for Nine. Drey-
, fus and lola, both fought grandly
for the right.
Then, as whole, the judges OF the
J court of cessation have ever tried to
give Dreyfus his deserts. so much so
that ouesnay do Beaurapaire re-
signed his judicial office on the plea
that the court was preiudiced in
) Dreyfus favor.
Lastly may be mentioned the emf
nent scheurer- Kes;ner, vice prosi-
\ dent OF he senate, who two years ago
made a desperate attempt to force a
retrial OF the exile on Devils Island
All these men and their highly cour-
Z sgeous work for Dreytus should be
balanced, in justice to the French
nation, against the infamy OF the
} army. These considerations Will
( nullify whatever bitterness the Jew
ish people may feel against France
in view of the Dreytus persecution
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-07

London, June "A dispatch from Bloem-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23

their designs and draws others: Is. worn
out, wipes her forehead; faints; then all
at once PUSHES up to the fifth story Of the
theater, surprising and alarming the cos
tumiers; hunts In the boxes for stuffS,
compOses costumes, draperies; goes back
to her room to teach the hairdressers;
weaves wreath of flowers while giving
an audience: begins to read some letters,
which deeply move her; often opens her
satin bag containing everything; con-
verses with an English hairdresser; goes
again on the stage to light up some deco
ratiOns: makes 4 servant feel his place;
lectures the electrician; on seeing a
wardrobe man pass remembers fault
he committed the day before. and comes
down anon him with her Indignation;
goes home to dinner and sits down over
whelmel with fatigue, but still devising
projects; eats by fits and starts with
gypSy-lke gayety. has no time to finish;
dresses for the performance while the
manager at the door explains numherless
things; plays with frenzy; disposes Of
business during the entr'actes: remains
in the theater after the close of the per-
fornlance till 3 Il. III. to decide what is to
be done during the day; does not make
up her mind to go home till those who
surround her hegiu respectfully to fall
asleep: enters her cab again: wraps her
self i'll her furS, and thinks with delight
of at last going to bed and resting; then
bursts out laughing on remembering that
some one is waiting to read to her Il new
play in five acts; reaches home. listens to
the play, grows enthusiastic. weeps, &C.
cepts the work: can no longer sleep, and
profits by her slteplessncss to study Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
Hounds aud the Ram.

If a dog has once INDUCED in sheen
killing, it is difficult to eradicate the vice.
In former days, when every farmer kent
flock Of sheep and dog, it was Gus
to1nary 10 prevent the formation of the
bad habit by penning the canine. when
young, with a big ram addicted to but
ting. The punishment the dog received
taught it that sheep were to be let alone.
IN book. ThOughtS on Hunting"
published i'll England in the last century.
the author. Peter Beckford, tells the fol-
lowing story Of a bold, but unsuccessful,
attempt to cure a pack of hounds of
sheep-killing:
"A late lord OF my acquaintance whose
whole pack had often been guilty of
sheep killing, determined to punish them.
ana with that intent put the largest ram
ne could find into the kennel The men
with their whips and the ram with his
horns soon put the whole kennel into
confusion and dismay. and the ram and
hounds were left together.
Meeting friend soon after he said to
him. Come to the kennel and see what
rare sport the ram makes among the.
hounds. The old fellow lays about him
Stoutly: there's not a dog lareS look him
in the face
His TREND. compassionate man, pit
led the hounds. and asked if he were not
afraid some of them might be injured
NO., said the lord. they deserve it. and
let them suffer-
'Ihey opened the kennel door. but saw
neither ram nor hounds. The ram by
this time Was entirely eaten up. and the
hounds, having filled their bellies. had re-
tired to rest
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
The VicereSal Palace of Calcutta

The massive carved ratings ut the
sides are all brt hid beneath densejy-
growing vines that have been trained to
form two slanting walls of foliage there.
Two towering palms. one OH either side
of the grand staircase, hold up their
round. cioudlike tops of fcathery frpnds
as If they were pair Of huge brushes
the symbols of power among most East
rrn people. \ breadth Of carpet, royal
purple in hue, has been flung down the
middle Of the stairway, and on the ton
landing, before the splendid columns
which support the Grecian front of the
palace, stand men Of the viceroy's bril-
liant red body guard, turbaned, and car
rying lances, each with tiny flag at top.
men. picked for their size and bearing.
They wear long, red coats, which reach
t" the boot tops above the knees Their
varlegated turbanS, mainly red, are of
great SIZE. Their many minor trappings
ana IN rendering them a notable feature
OF any scene i'll which they are placed.
Except upon occasions Of state, the
carnage car entrance to the palace is under
me grand staircase and on the ground
moor. AS you step from your carriage
!o" see other gorgeous men of the body
guard and knots of servants of the
household lounging in the enormous hall,
wish l had inquired the number of
servants in the viceroy's employ, because
they are so numerous that when one
dimes at the palace they seem to move in
clouds around the table. visited a ma
tive prince. one day in the temporary
quarters where he was halting, and he
mad sixty five men to look after his CON-
forts. or the viceroy's staff | can only
say that when you visit him you do not
need to take your valet with you to wait
on you at table, as is the general rule in
!ndla.-juIian Ralph in Harper's Week
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
SNAP SHOTS.

Cutting tecth-the buzz saws
The landscape is dotted by girls of the
period
Probably of Quaker origin-Penn
knives.
The clock keeps time and the metro
nome beats it.
Fish do not always acquire wisdom in
finishing school.
On shiphoard, seaSickness causes more
uprisings than mutiny.
Girls shouldn't fret over their bathing
suits; they are mere trifes.
\ snuff-colored dress in box plaits
might look we'll OH a pinch.
Some nurse girls seldom get a rest en-
cept when there's kid mapping
The drcssmaker may not have pride of
blood and still boast of her cores.
In spite of her years, no one thinks of
calling Miss Columbia an old maid.
The halter keeps all kinds of head
wear, but he can't sell you a thinking
cap.
The undertaken doesn't like to have
people. say to him: 1T isn't your fu-
neral
When we call girl ''peach'' we do
not mean to imply that she has a heart
of stone.
The successful prizpfghter prefers his
dollars to the other fellows bounds
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Actors with lofty aspirations do not
look upon the roof garden show "a a
high-cllSs entertainment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
Are We Slaves to Children.

Somebody has said recently that Amer
leans are really in bondage to their chill
dren, and that what was needed more.
than anything else in this country was a
revolt Of the parent and complete
downfall Of the tyrant.
This wise observer also remarked that
what made the American child so thor
oughly disagreeable was the system Of
indulgence practiced by parents, begin
ming in the cradle.
1t is not the province of the writer to
discuss the pro and con of the question.
but to relate an incident which perhaps
bears directly on the subject. The other
day the cars on suburban. train were
filled to OVERT flowing. Men and women
were standing in the a;sles unable to yet
seats, and were jostled to and fro by tbs
motion of the train, which was dying
swiftly toward town. One seat was oc
cupied by q woman and a 2-year-old
baby, who insisted on standing up and
looking out of the window. He would
not allow his mamma to sit up close to
him and give someone seat beside her.
No.. The little fellow insisted on occupy.
ing one-half Of the seat, and in making
mamma keep the othe-:. Is. .s'.' 4',,1-..1 !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
ROstand's Pen Picture of Sarah.

In the preface to book by Jules HUI
ret. Edmund Rostand sketches the por-
trait of Nine. Bernhard, as follows:
a cab stops before the door of the the
alter. and lady wrapped in fur pelisse
alightS quickly; passes the crowd assem-
hlcd in the causeway with smile; runs
lightly up a stair; enters a room full of
flowers and we'll warmed; throws here a
satin bag containing innumerable things.
and there her white satin-lined pelisse
losses off her hat. ornamented with Bird
wings; PUSHES on to the dark stage, cleo
trifying shadowy crowd by her appear
ance; comes, goes, fills all that she
touches with fever; takes her place on
the guignol; teaches by gestures, by into
nations; rises and demands a repetition;
trembles with rage, sits down again,
smiles, takes some tea; repeats aloud
certain phrases; and by her voice moves
the feelings Of the old actors, who stand
III the side scenes.
She returns to her room to wait for the
decorators with her scissors cuts up
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
The Proper Care of Cutlery.

Before. putting away knives rub well
with bit Of newspaper. Lay knife on a
piece of paper, fold its edge over the
knife, then another knife, laying them
handle to blade. with paper over each.
Put each half dozen in separate paper.
Then wrap in chamois or flannel, and
put into dry place. They will never
rust. TO remove rust from knives and
forks, wrap articles in cloth soaked
in kerosene twenty-four hours, then
scour them with bath brick. Next rub
with whiting, then with sweet oil, finally
wash in hot soapsuds; dry we'll. Deep
spots of red rust on cutlery can be Grad
icated by rubbing with salt and vinegar.
TO clean knives use bath brick or we'll
powdered ashes. Use a large. cork to rub
the moistened powder on, then another
cork to dry;-dust the article. Wipe with
paper, as cloth would leave dampiiess or
strcaks: Twice week spread cutlery on
a tray in the sun for an hour. Never let
cutlery {. lie in the water: and never throw
dies. Hold by handles while you wash
the blades. Never use table cutlery in
cooking. Emery powder will remove or
binary stains from ivory knife-handles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
1OWAN RAISES SILK WORMS.
Dos Moines Mau Trying to Introduce
New Industry in the West.

Dcs Moines Mau Trying to Introduce
New Industry in the West.
Mark Chiesa, well-to-do Italian, is
successfully, raising silk worms at Des
Nolnes, The eggs were brought from
Italy by relative. Two years ago he
tried it, but the person who brought the
eggs carried them in his pocket and they
Matched on shipboard so the worms had
to be thrown into the sea. This time
the person to whom the eggs were in
trusted suspended them by string, 50
they got cool air on the ocean and on
the railway trains. Arriving here they
were put into cold storage until the null
berry leaves were ready for them. Then.
upon being put into warm room, they
Matched in one day
or the. supposed 5000 eggs from ten
SILK moths, about 1000 Matched, which
air. Chiesa says is better than can be
done in Italy. The greatest difficulty has
been to lind the mulberry leaves for the
worms. They eat about three wagon
loads day, and never stop for minute,
but eat all the time, day and night. They
must be fed about fifteen times day
and several times during the night. The
worms, in devouring the mulberry leaves,
make q noise like rain on the roof.
ny lively hunting the food for the
worms has been provided. The worms
"'A ueNelOpeu anu ueIlCny, ABOUT
three inches long, and are Just beginning
TO weave their cocoons. There seems to
be no reason why the industry should not
succeed here. Mr.. Chiesa has brought a
woman from Italy who has had thirty
years experience with silk worms, and
she says they are doing as we'll as she
ever saw them.
The experiment Is the first one that il
s,' to have been tried in the West,
anu Is certainly the first that has been
successful. 1t has attracted as much at
tention as a circus in this city, and the
n! of visitors is large. The owner
Is n q good-natured man, and he cheerfully
and proudly shows the Industrious 1000
TO all who care to see them.
they turn out as well as they prom
Use to Mr.. Chiesa will buy large farm
near this city, plant it to mulberry trees
ana 90 to raising silk worms and produc-
ing SIX on large scale. From the expe-
rlence he has had in America and Italy,
where his father is silk producer, he
sees no reason why the industry should
in Iowa. "a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
The Renting of the Home.

ne nentInS OK the uO"es
a curious development in social lifc
accentuates itself daily. 1t is the rest
lcssness which drives people to constant
moves and to periodical house renting.
Formerly only the dire stress of poverty
caused people of position to let their
homes, ancestral or otherwise. 1t was
counted an honor to have generation
after generation live in the same house.
1t was the proud boast of one young
woman Of my acquaintance that her table
drawers which held the tablecloths of
her t-grandmothers' time. 'Why,"
she said, II do not know how l could
live in house where | could not 20 into
every corner in the dark and put my
hand on anything l happen to want"
Now she has succumbed to the prevail
ing craze, deserted the lovely old-fash-
crowded into the narrow drawers of a
''built-in' sideboard i'll a modern apart
ment Fifty years ago for well-tO-dO
family to let their home spoke Of a state
of financial stress. No other interpreter
ton was put upon step which permitted
strangers to sleep in the family beds
and hold sway in the handsome drawing
room. In very old towns the creed was
carried to excess. The ancestral home
was never deserted, even though the
rats pranced between partitions and
paint and paper peeled from woodwork
and walls. The sentiment was worthy
of every respect, although it may have
been exaggerated. This feeling is COM
pletely evaporating now, and people go
their gowns, from caprice, necessity, love
of change or hundred other causes.
Even very rich men now let their homes.
The records of sales, lettings and Fittings
fill the society columns of daily papers,
and the last link of affection to ones
characteristic of the spirit of the age,
and one who thinks at all cannot help
wondering what the final result of it
may be.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
CAN'T BE PREDICTED.
Observer Wilson Says that lorna
does Are as Yet Imperfect
ly Understood.

y S'NCf SANoNs
In speaking recently of cyclonic condi-
tionS and tornadOeS, which occur Occa-
sionally curing the prevalence Of the
cyclonic condition, which is really re-
storm, Observer Wilson of the Milwau-
kee weather office said:
The terrific destruction and loss of
life occasioned by the tornado at New
Richmond has raised the question of the
possibility Of successfully predicting
their occurrence. and it may be interest
ing to know the position assumed by
meteorologiSts in this connection. 1t is
of the science does not warrant pre-
diction of tornadoes except in general
way. 1t is we'll known that these storms,
i'll common with thundersrormS and local
disturbances, originate usually within
the southeast quarter of cycltnic de-
preston, and most frequently from 100
to oUU miles from the center of low barO-
metric pressure. but wnen 1t is remem-
hercd that the cyclone may cover three
or four states and that the southeast
quadrant may include portions of two or
three states, it is obvious that it would
not be possible to name the exact To-
especially as they rarely exceed few
hundred yards in width and ten to fifty
miles in length.
The general conditions favorable to
their development are found when the
atmosphere is in what is called state of
unstable equilibrium; that is, when the
correctional currents are especially ac-
tive and the atmosphere is laden with
moisture. At such times the pressure of
the air, while gradually decreasing as the
cyclonic center approaches oscillates very
rapidly. and the barometric trace instead
Of making a smooth curve, presents a
markedly zig-zag line. Tornadoes. how
ever, do not always occur when the con-
dltlons most favorable for their forma-
ton apparently exist and with our pres
ent imperfect knowledge of exact cause
Of their development at a given time and
place as we'll as the source of their ter
rite violence it is manifestly improper to
attempt to predict the occurrence of a
tornado i'll Il particular locality. The
Evening Wisconsin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
Round Table Again,

For luncheons, AFTERNOON teas and even
ing suppers nothing compares in favor or
effectiveness with the polished table. In
deed, it may be said that polished tables,
round, square or oblong, are the fad of
the hour. They are, of course, made the
background for beautiful lace effects, in
centerpieces, large and small doilies. New
are Known to f"rnture . pLveSs and 'n ae
faced or dull woods may be renewed and
polished. A top sixty inches in diameter
will seat seven or even eight comforta-
twelve. 4 large dolly is placed at each
cover, and every article on the table Tex
ceptihg the silver and glasses at the in
dividual covers) has something under it
proportioned to it's size. These bits Of
lace or openwork, with the centerpece,
flowers, brilliant crystal, silver and fine
china, give an effect as striking as it is
pleasihg.-Ella Norris Kretschmar in
Woman's Home Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
O06666 c66do66oD
g GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. 3
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

june.
The bumblebees delve In the thick red clio.
yer,
Tousling and tumbling it over and over;
The far sun shines aud the winds 90 by,
And sparruw-hawk poises above In the
sky.
There is little to learn from the flight Of
the swallow,
Who leads where his gathering comrades
follow;
The stream runs slow and the hills are high
And the sparrow hawk poises above In the
sky.
And a clear, sweet note from the ground Is
ringing,
Where q bird in the silence now is singing;
Like drifts Of snow do the white clouds lle
And the sparrow hawk poises above In the
sky.
In the pastures breadth Is a brown song
sparrow
There's II rush Of wings like Il whistling ar-
row
Forever and aye must the sweet notes die,
And a sparrowhawk pOises above In the
sky.
-Ernest McGaffey in Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
Battle Tunes,

One of the pluckiest of war CORE
spondents is James Creelman, who was
wounded at FL Caney in the last charge.
DE gives a curious account in the Cos
mopolitan Magazine of how certain tunes
haunted him i'll each battle He says:
I'm every battle that l go through l
somehow get melody in my head, and
hum it to the end of the action sup
pose it is the result of nervous excite
ment. All through the battle and mas
>acre of Port Arthur in the Japanese
war, | hummed an air from Mendels-
Sohn.s 'Springtime.' and during the she'll
fire | found myself actuall'- Shrieking it.
when | started in the charge on Fort
Caney | began to hum Rock of Ages.
and l couldn't get rid of the tune. even
when l was lying among the diving of
Chaffee's brigade in the hospital camp.
| remember that when Gen. Chaffce bent
over me. after l had been shot. and
asked me how | was, | couldn't answer
until l had finished. in my mind, one
phrase of Rock Of Ages"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
A Fire that Burned for Years.

1t was quite common thing among
the ahcients to keep a sacred fire burn
ing for many years. In order to keep it
going, however, they found it necessar!
to add fresh fuel from time to time, which
was quite different kind of fire from the
one that burned over hundred years
and wouldn't be put out. no matter how
hard the people fought it: 1t was All I'M
dergrouhd fire, In the collieries near Roth
erham. When 1t first broke ont great
flames shot up above the top Of the shaft.
These, upon being attacked BY the min
ers. gradually subsidized. but the fire was
NOT extinguished. 1t continued to smol-
der in the exceedingly inhammab mate
rial in which it had begun, and OCCASION
Grey creased s it's hold upon the great coal beds,
So through generations this SLOW, dull
fire continued to eat its way through the
masses of coal. By ,aiid BY: the owners
of the estate where the Golfers were To-
Gated began to fear the fire would work
on through to other mines, and they tried
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23
No Moro Burials at Sea.

No more bodies of soldiers who died
OH board army transports will be buried
at sea. During the Santiago campaign
and while troops We're en- route to Ma
Mia several of those who died were given
Il sailors burial, as facilities for bring
ing them home were lacking. Recently
Il large number of letters have been re-
ceived by the secretary OF war asking
the department to stop the practice of
sea burials. These requests We're consid-
cred rather unusual, but they probably
came from relatives of sick and wounded
volunteers in>the Philippines who feared
the effects of long sea voyage. The
secretary held a conference on this sub
ject with Surgeon Sternberg, in which it
was decided to equip the transports with
every facility. including metallic baskets,
for the preservation of the dead.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-23

engagements and engage 200 Supernumcr
aries. Ellen Terry not only appears with
Irving, but also gives a special matinee
of new play, yet unnamed. ill each
city visited.
Mr. Frohman's contract with George
been cancelled and changed to 1901
William Gillette sailed for New York
on the American line steamer st. Paul
June II.
Mr.. Frohman's London Criterion sea-
son opens in October with My Daugh-
tcr-in-Law." an adaptation Of Il French
comedy. His New York Criterion sea-
son opens September 5 with The Girl
from MaXime's.'
Mr.. Frohman starts for Paris Tuesday
to initiate very important theatrical
scheme there.