The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-08
JOHN BULL TOO SLOW.
Cannot Compete with American
Push and Enterprise.
CARS FOR SOUDAN.
A Suggestion that the Injustice Done
Dreyfus is Nothing Compared to
that Of Mrs. Maybrick.
COpyrighted 1S5O9) by the AssOciated I'rpss

Copyrighted $500 by the Associated Press.
London, Sept. with SO many ma
terial signs Of the increase of American
leayen in English life it is small wonder
that the press and people are paying spe-
clal and, in some instances, hysterical,
attention to this menace to insular habits
and traditions. The height Of this feel
ing is perhaps best illustrated by the re-
mark of an English jockey, when, last
securing all three places in one race,
muttered: "Othello's occupation is gone"
On the same order is the Globes CON-
ment upon the purchasing from Pittsburg
OF gOndOla cars for the SOudan railroad.
1t says: mo imperative question can be
it is hoped that full inquiry will be-
made as to the facts"
In reply to an evening papers query as
to why the government has now prom
Used to help the farmers by securing the
best American, instead Of English ma
chlnery, an Anglo-Australian writes:
Nobody in Australia would think Of us
ing anything but American machinery.
1t is all American, from the reaper and
binder to the lawnmower and garden
trowel. Many of the implements are I'M
known to the English farmer. j. Bull
will stick to the old groove"
Lager Instead of Ale.
Another sign of the times is the an
nouncement by one Of the largest firms
of brewers in the United Kingdom that
they are going to make lager beer, which
has caused articles to appear bcwailing
the threatened. unpopularty Of the an
Gent national drink, ale.
Drawing attention to the increased USE
of ice. the Standard says: The recent
hot weather inclined Englishmen to SYM
pathize with the irritability usually dis
played by American visitors at the diff
Guilty i'll securing it,
Excepting the small incursion of soci-
ETY. folk Thursday to see Mrs. Langtry's
don remains in the social doldrums. Par
fridge shooting commenced Friday. The
birds are reported to be plentiful
There is such q dearth of matters of
international interest that even the re-
cent special election in the Eighth Mis-
souri, district for successor to Congress
man Richard z. Bland has been utilized
as the topic of the day, lengthy editorials
foreshadowing all kinds of political up
heayals in the United States.
Rain Afforded Relief.
The arrival of rain during the week
and the consequent Punishment of the
hot weather afforded intense relief. The
recent heated spell was apparently respon-
slble for considerable increase in the
United Kingdom death rate, especially
among children.
A weekly paper again brings up the
Maybrlck case, saying the injustice done
to Dreyfus is nothing when compared to
that done to Mrs. Florence Maybrick,
the American undergoing penal servitude
for life after having been convicted of
poisoning her husband, basing it's re-
marks on the old theory that She ought
to have been hanged Or freed.
The prevalence of the plague abroad
creates uneasiness here, aud the authori-
ties have taken few regulation precau-
tons at the ports. But the bulk Of the
English are far too satisfied with their
sanitary security to seriously consider the
possibility of an outbreak in this coun-
try.
Poked Wales in the Ribs,
Many stories are current about the
frince OF Wales recent visit to Marien-
bad, where he was most democratic. 1t
is said that Polish Jew, sitting on a
park bench next to the prince, not know
ing his identity, began to question him
about what he paid for his rooms, doc
tors, etc, ending with digging his royal
highness in the ribs and telling him he
looked too healthy to need the water
cure.
An astonishing REPORT Is going the
rounds about the new gun made at Wool
witch, which is said to be so powerful
that no range is long enough to test it,
so new range is to be built 1t is ser-
ollsly stated that the first shot went out
of sight and that it was impossible to
get the exact range But the range is
conservatively estimated at fifteen miles.
AS the extended testing grounds will not
be ready for some time. it is said the
gun is being shortened so that it can be
tested Immediately.
Public interest in both the Dreyfus
court-martial and the Transvaal crisis
not yet keen on the yacht race, though
the papers give good accounts of the
ShamrOck'S dbitss