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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-01-13
Truth in Little Things.

AuNA III AAIt4O 4A1HSSs
They are little things, the perversions of
ges, but how despicable is their very
smallness! girl who owns a thorough
bred bull pup has, ever since she got the
dog last fall, let it be known among her
friends that he was a present from
Western man. The mans affection and
pride in the dog were often quoted, his
lberality in giving the animal to the girl
was made much Of, and, in short, she
contrlved, and so artistically, to pose as
the recipient of handsome present from
an admiring and generous man, that her
friends could not fail to be impressed.
Last spring the Western man visited New
York. He was naturally entertained Of
ten at the girls house, and he met many
of her friends. To one of the latter, one
day. he began talking about the thorough
bred pup. when it transpired that his
$sS: 'f'0Sact'0'' the girl having paid him
1t was the married sister of two other
girls who was at pains this spring to let
all her friends far and wide know that
1.-The girls were going for June to Narra-
gansett-such a good time as they'll have,
too, for they are to stay with the Blanks
Blanks, very old family and dp'; a,wfulIy
smart; and all Unexpectedly dear of them
to invite the girls, wasn't it?'' At which
rhapsody all her friends far and wide
who had never heard of the Blanks were
visibly impressed. But one day. the mar
ried sister struck somebody who knew
something about Baltimore. '"rhe
Blanks, you say" observed this some
body, land in a cottage at Narragansett?
Why, that's very queer; didn't know
ooh, it's their first season there" purred
the married sister, 'and that's one rea-
son why it's SO. particularly good of them
to ., invite the dear girls; they're such an
blurted out somebody. II know all about
them and their circumstances, and how
they can afford a cottage ut Narragansett
and the entertainment Of gay young guests
is more than | can see. Why, since their
fathers death: six years ago, those girls
have worked like everything and at ey-
erything. He left nothing but debts, and
he had hosts of creditors aud ~ eyes,
yes" the married sister. seeing that the
game was up, fastened to say, "but, YOU
see, the truth is the Blanks have opened
boarding house at Narragansett, and
my sisters are not going to pay visit.
but board with them. Boston Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-01-13
A New Way of Getting Cheap Books.


'Here,' submits New York woman,
''is a question in ethics. For the last
year + have teen much annoyed By calls
from agents for various things-art folios.
encyclopae dias, books in single volumes
and books i'll series, and the rest of the
list that everybody knows, almost every
one of them stating to me that my name
had been given to him as person who
might care to buy. | have often Won
dered to whom l was indebted for these
many calls, and lately my curiosity has
been partly satisfied. l wds summoned
to the .parlor the other day in response to
a mans card that betrayed nothing of his
business, to find a t1an fadltlessly
dressed. who rose and bowed most defer
entially at my entrance. He then told me
that he was from a large publishing firm
months before tor price list. He said
as they had heard nothing from me they
had inferred that their price might be
higher than l cared to pay. | told him
the inference was correct. He bowed
again and said that his firm had a plan
by means of which persons of lit
erary tastes (another bow could Sc
not philanthropic. basis. He went on
to explain the plan. which in brief was as
follows: l was to furnish him with a list
of any of my friends who l thought
might be interested in the class of books
published by his firm. and in return l
would be entitled to a large reduction in
the price Of any books l wished to buy
l declined his offer, and since his call l
have spent some time wondering which of
| my friends is being furnished with cheap
books at the expense of my time: Now
the ethical question remains. Is it right
for the sake of personal advantage t,
subject others to these calls upon theil
! time and patience? Is it expedient fol
reputable firms to use these methods t,
dispose of their goods? Competition i:
keen and business has been dull. but
wonder if the business promoted by such
methods is good for the reputation OF
the firms in the long run?' These ques
tons are certainly relevant even in cases
where names are suggested without re-
ward. Sometimes the motive is sym
pathy for the person who is trying t,
make living in hard way, and some
times it is selfshness that sees in this
an easy method of getting rid of an in
truHnF
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-01-13

The Floreptipe excavations at Fies-
ole have now uncovered nearly the whole
Of the northern pre-. Roman city walls,
Valuable 6uds. Of coins aud Other objects
have been made. .si,ssz. >. g..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-01-13
Too Much Furniture.

There are many girls who, by the way,
are exceedingly happy, whose married life
is one long study of the science of econo-
my, with its various branches of .'ways
and means and show to make two ends
m M, and 9TH 1.-The possibility of 81 doing
There is not, however, the study Of
economy IN money matters alone, but there
are also the economy of labor the econo-
my OF time and the economy of health to
be considered
When i, we start housekeeping and begin
to buy the necessary furniture for our FL.
ture dwelling place, we women, one and
all, have the same intense desire to maxi.
our homes as beautiful and pleasant to
look upon as it lies in our power to do.
says the Philadelphia Press.
Unless one can afford to keep plenty of
domestics it is well to avoid furniture that
has much carving upon it. Simple decora-
tive designs have a better-"bred" air about
them, and, what is more important, are
much easier to make clean and keep so,
Nothing looks worse than little gray heaps
of dust accumulated in difficult corners of
an deliberately -ornamented piece of wood
work, especially if it belongs to the cheap
and common order Of things.
1t does not follow by any means that
but it is we'll when purchasing to rcmem,
Der that it is not only the amount of
money paid that constitutes saving
Therefore one must exercise the greatest
discretion.
CrOWding rooms with furniture is not
only a sign of bad taste, but it is posi-.
lively unhealthy. All the space taken ur
by the chattels means so much less air for
breathing purposes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-01-13
A. Problem for Mothers.

GLOW can possibly keep my child sim.
pie and unworldly, and at the same time
give her the necessary stimulus which sht
undoubtedly needs in her lessons, by put.
ting her either in school or a class with
the children of my friends?' asked a per.
picked mother the other day. ITO my
surprise and, l must say also, to my con.
sternation she returned home the other
Mamma she said, where do you get
my jackets?
why, sometimes from one place and
sometimes from another, Mollie,' I an.
swered, rather surprised at such uues.
ton from a mite Of 10. 4 buy then,
wherever find one that think is pretty,
Why do you ask?
"'Oh, because Carrie Midas looked at
the mark inside and laughed, and Sally
Tufthunter said to me, afterward that
Carrie wears lovely clothes, but that, of
course, she only gets them at the best
places, and then added that she herself
wouldn't wear jacket that did not bear
the mark of fashionable place.
"Oniy fancy, children of that age car
ing where their clothes come from, as long
as they are prettily and nicely dressed!
But that is not the worst. 1 found Mol
lie that afternoon busily unpicking the
stitches that fastened the trademark in
her !: . JACKET 49,. :,
asked her. = ,@-,@, .:5z1
"'Oh,' she said, frankly, for. so far j
am thankful to say, she does not conceal
any of her actions, Il am taking this out,
and am going to put in the one from my
best jacket, which came from the same
place as Carries, and which no one sees,
as only wear it on Sundays or when /
go out for walk -
" But, Mollie! exclaimed, quite hor.
ritied, that is cheating. 7 am sure my
little daughter never would act lie.' ;,
''The child grew red instantly, and her
eyes filled with tears.
Mamma she cried, 1 never thought
of that. Fannie Sly told me to do it,
and said she took mark from her moth
er's cloak and sewed it into her jacket,
and all the girls said what a nice one il
was, just because it came from As d
Now, what is one to do under. such
circumstances? ] cannot have my child's
simplicity and unworldliness spoiled, and
yet she ID getting on wonderfully with her
lessons, and needs young compani0nship.
ct course, can send her 20 another
school but these are the children Of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-01-13
Civil Service Here and in England
Dit la ]

lie DiltlSll Is restrained ana
directed, it is true, by the law-making
power. but it is not hampered by tat
least it is not hampered as is our own
executive by Congress. 1t cannot exer-
else will independent of and above the
law, but it is not forced to accept it's inn
portant administrative officers at the die
tation of either house of the legislative
branch, as our President is often COM
PEELED to do by the Senate. and it pos
which is essential to sound administra-
ton. Undoubtedly the finest administra--
tive body in the world is the civil service
of Great Britain-trained, permanent,
resting on merit alone, its members bound
to no duty but to that of administering
the laws faithfully and impartially, and
protected from punishment Or degradation
polling great men, as we'll as little men
to obey. We also have begun to build
up trained ana permanent civil service,
but for inferior officers only, and we will
not have such an efficient executive as
Hamilton hoped for and expected from
the Constitution until we recognize the
fact that the legislative branch of the
government must be checked; that our
fathers went too far in their crusade
against the executive power; that, how
ever excusable may have been their fear
of Kings in the Eighteenth century, there
are strong reasons now why the consti-
tutional consequences of that fear should
be modified, and why there should be a
reimbursement of the relations between the
executive and legislative branches of the
government. The fact that the revolt
against executive power in the Eighteenth
century went too far for the comfort of
the Nineteenth in this country is not yet
generally or even widely recognized, but
that there is now a revolt against undue
legislative power u evident from the
growing length and completely of the
state constitutions, and in the efforts of
the people, expressed in their own funda-
mental laws, to limit and restrain the
power of their legislatures.-Henry Loo
mis- Nelson in Harper's Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-01-13

THE art Of starching linen was
| brought Into England IN 1868 by q Elem.
|Ihh woman. 49, 49, 50.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-01-13
Poison in Clothing.

Many cases of poisoning have been re-
ported in England, the trouble being
caused by the presence of zinc chloride
in the cloth overcoats of the victims.
The poison was absorbed OIL wet days,
and caused pain Of Il severe description.
One hesitates somewhat to refer to this
new trouble, for it has sometimes seemed
as though the number of things to be
afraid Of multiplied daily. The agitation
of some minds over possible microbes
is not easily described. Milk is regarded
with suspicion, water without label is
Stunned, pins are scrubbed and money
disinfected. No one has thought before
of looking after uncut cloth. One COM
fort arises from the contemplation of
this new source of danger. The manu-
facturer, threatened with ruin. will find
spnla way OF substituting another chem
icnl for the Que which has proved itself
30 dangerous He did this with the red
The record-union., 1899-02-07


generally felt that the brave boys who
were slain at Manila yesterday were
sacrificed by the narrow views, the
stubbornness and in large measure
the petty politics of a small minority Of
United States Senators who, whatever
their views on expansion, should have
been sufficiently patriotic to refrain
from tying the hands of the Adminis-
tration and inviting a war the end of
which cannot be foreseen.
LET MILES TELL HIS STORY.
Los Angeles Record: The scandal
that has accompanied the '.embalrled
beef controversy has stirred the coun-
try almost more than any revelation OF
official corruption that has ever before
been made. An extraordinary amount
Of space has been devoted by the news
papers to the revelations and charges
that have been made since Conmissary
General Eagan gave his fatal testimony
before the War Investigation Commit
tee. There now seems to be a general
disposition to get at the facts and to
punish any officials that may have been
guilty of a crime SO mean and degrad-
ing as to cause a feeling of revulsion in
the mind of even the most unpatriotic
citizen
General Eagan has been found guilty
of conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman, and is now awaiting for
NAL dismissal from the army. Some
of the inside workings of the Chicago
beef combine have been made known
to the public, and now from the testi-
mony OF almost unimpeachable witt
nesses is coming a series of revelations
that tend to stagger even the most in
credulous.
Following all this comes the an
nouncement that the President viii be
compelled to take official notice of the
utterances of General Miles and to ord
er court of inquiry. This is as It
should be-. General Miles is an honor
able man and would hardly dare make
charges against fellow officers, if he
were not fully able to substantiate
them. Let the General state what he
himself knows, and let him bring for
ward his witnesses, Unless all indica-
tons prove false, these witnesses will
be able to unfold story that will show
how low is the standard of morals
among certain public men in the Unit
ed States.
WISE REQUEST.
Oakland Tribune: The request by
the Legislature for a Federal appro-
priation of $125OOO for a submarine
cable between San Francisco, Homo
lulu and the Philippines certainly
echoes the sentiments of the Pacific
Coast In all probability the Admins
tration is simply waiting to have the
point settled as to whether or not we
are to keep the Philippines, for if all
goes we'll in that regard there can be
no question that the wire will have to
be laid as military and naval neces-
sity, apart from the commercial as
poets.
The record-union., 1899-02-07
THE PHILIPPINE TROUBLE.

A few days ago the Record Union"
newed in the Philippines, the blood
shed and the losses incurred would
be chargeable to unpatriotic OPP
position to the ratification of the
Paris treaty; that the Senators OBJ
structing the speedy conclusion of
peace We're imperiling the honor of
the nation, and making war with the
Filip.nos probable. The same judg-
ment was made applicable to those
malcontents out Of Congress giving
aid and encouragement to the insur-
gents in the Philippines by backing
the opposition in Congress.
The events of the last forty-eight
hours have unhappily justified our con-
demration of these people. We are
once more at war with Spanish sub
jects, and American blood has been
spilled, every drop of which would have
been pulsing with life to-day but for
the attitude Of these so-called anti
expaEsionists. The proper title to APP
ply to them at this juncture is Ameri-
can Ncopperheads Not content to leave
the disposition of the Philippines to the
calm Of time subsequent to the ratifi-
cation OF the treaty, they have gone
so far as to object, filibuster and pro-
test against conclusion of peace, ex-
cept upon the humiliating terms of at
once giving up the legitimate fruits of
the late war in Porto Rico and other
West Indian possessions, as well as in
the Orient.
We repeat that these men whose ul-
ira philanthropic notions have brought
this trouble upon the nation are charge
able with it all, and with every bloody
sequence we may yet be called upon
/; to record. These opponents are Of the
same order of sickly sentimentalists
who opposed the Louisiana purchase,
| the acquisition of Florida the occu-
patton OF the Northwest and Southwest
Territories: who fought the purchase
Of Alaska, and would have sacrificed
the key of the Pacific and have given
foreign Powers the sole control of the
commerce of the Pacific Ocean, and
have made them the dictators of the
terms upon which we might trade with
the peoples of the earth
It Is the Judgment Of those best
equipped with knowledge Of the sub
The record-union., 1899-02-07

The intimation thrown out In Con-
gress the other day that the recent OPP
position in that body and outside Of it
to ratification Of the Paris treaty was
due in largest part to q deep design
to create an issue upon which Presi-
Dental candidate might ride through a
campaign, is not without some reason
able grounds of support. While a good
ly portion of the opponents of the
treaty are such from sentiment and
misconception of the destiny OF the re-
public, the shrewder and greater num-
Der are cunning politicians, with sa-
gacity not to be despised. Realizing
that silver is dead as an issue, that
the tariff cannot soon again be made a
bone Of contention, they are hard Put
for something upon which to divide the
country SO as to foster opposition to the
Administration and rally new party.
1t is a matter worth keeping in mind;
a scheme worth watching.
The record-union., 1899-02-07
The Sanitary Liquor Store.

81 * STREET.
Tel. Red o87 and Cap. IA.

sIJMMONs.-ST OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Sacramento.-ss.
In the Superior Court, in and for said
The People of the State of California
to E. A BROWN, greeting:
You are hereby notified that an action
was commenced in the Superior Court of
the County of Sacramento, State afore-
said, by filing complaint in the Clerks
uary, 1890, in which action MARY A.
BROWN is plaintiff and you are de-
PENDANT.
answer said complaint within ten days
from the service of this summons, ex-
elusive of the. day OF service If served
and within thirty days, exclusive of the
day of service, If served elsewhere; and
you are further notified that unless you so
appear and answer within the time above
specified the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the said
o of PRS Court issolvng the bonds Of mat
rimony, now and heretofore existing be-
tween plaintiff and defendant. The causes
of action stated in the complaint of plain
tiff are that you have been guilty of will
full desertion and wilfull neglect of plain
In witness whereof, I, VIM. B. Hamil-
ton Clerk of the court aforesaid do
hereunto set my hand and affix the seal
of said court, this 23d day of January,
a. s. w. B. HAMILTON. Clerk.
BY B. H. Gallup, Deputy Clerk.
White G Seymour, Attorneys for Plain
tiff. --.. j24-9tTu
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY
OF Sacramento. In the Superior Court
IN the matter of the Estate of FRANK
RIDER, deceased
G. B. Self having filed his verified pc
tition in this court praying that the
executors of Frank Rider, deceased. con-
vey to him the east half of lot No. six,
in the block between F. and G streets. and
Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth
streets, in the city of Sacramento. State
aforesaid in pursuance Of a contract
made by said deceased in his lifetime to
said petitioner.
day of February, 1899, at 1:30 O'Clock p. M.
of said day. is appointed for the hearing
of said petition, and that notice of the
Record Union for four successive
weeks.
It is further ordered that it will be
sufficient to publish said notice once a
Dated January %, A. D. 1889
j24-5tTu J. w. HUGHES, Judge
NOTICE TO CREDITORS-ES ESTATE
of RACHEL KLENK, deceased, notice Is
hereby given by the undersigned Philip
Cook the executor of the last will and
testament of Rachel IXienk. deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to exhi-
bit them with the necessary vouchers
within ten months after the first publIca-
ton of this notice, to the said executor,
at the law office of Isaac Joseph, rooms 8
and 10, Joseph building, northeast corner
Sacramento, California, the same being
the place for the transaction OF tho bust
ness of the said estate in the County OF
Sacramento State of California.
1899. PHILIP COOK,
Executor of the last will and testament
of Rachel Klenk, deceased.
Isaac Joseph, attorney for executor.
The record-union., 1899-02-07

Senator Jones' bill charging the cata-
logue of articles which may be chat
tie mortgaged, adds to the already
long list the equipments Of livery
stable, including buggies, carriages,
harness and robes; also raisins and
dried fruits, cured or in process of be-
ing cured; also all boxes, fruit graders,
drying trays and fruit ladders. We are
not saying that the bill has not per-
fectly good purpose. But we do sug-
gest that the chattle mortgage list is
growing to such exceeding length that
before one can safely buy from a very
large body of goods capable of manual
delivery in these days, he must needs.
to be safe, first go to the Recorders
Office and make a search of records.
Again is it desirable; is it beneficial to
the very people sought to be helped,
to encourage borrowing and pledging
securities of the collateral class? Are
we not going too far in this direction?
Doubtless the livery stable proprietor
does now and then get into a tight
place financially, and may need to
raise money upon his stock and still
retain it to do business with. But if
the new section becomes law no man
can buy a horse from a livery stable
without first having a search Of rec
ords made to assure himself that the
animal is not under chattel mortgage.
Probably fruit growers do get into such
a corner that they must borrow or suf-
fer from a cornered market Neverthe-
less, there is another side to the ques-
ton, namely, the invitation, the tempt
alton to pledge chattles of the farm and
orchard to raise money which may be,
nay, often is known to be, the very
thing the orchardist or farmer should
not do. Their real interest would be
best conserved by keeping out of the
clutches of the money lender, for the
latter when he advances coin upon
chattles, nearly always exacts extraor-
binary interest, compels insurance of
the property and assignment of the
policy, and saddles the cost of search
of records upon the borrower. Prob
ably the bill will pass. We have known
of no suggested additions to the chattle
mortgage Act that have not become
law. But the question is an open one,
whether society would not be vastly
better off If there was no such legalized
mortgaging.