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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10
BAKING HUMAN BODY
MAN WHO IS ROASTED IN A
i. GREAT OVEN. II
AZ e" 81 r.
Subjected to Intense Heat III HOPE
of Curing Grave Malady His
Limbs We're Ossified by an Attack
of Rheumatism.

Once in every twenty-four hours
Aaron Palmer is baked alive in the
great oven*of the Bellevue hospital, in
New York City. At temperature Of
from $50 to 400 degrees he is allowed
TO roast in the oven for from half to
three-quarters Of an hour, Then he is
removed, Thoroughly massaged, and
placed in the sun, where ;broilipg pro
cess is begun. And all because he is
athlcted with arthritis deformans.
Translated that means that he has
govt. Not the plain govt that many
suffer- but an acute rheumatic govt,
which has practically ossified hts limbs
SO that for over, three years his legs
and arms We're as hard as marble, be-
ing frightfully wasted and distorted,
and absolutely incapable of any move
meptt or feeling. His condition was
pathetic in the extreme and it was onlv
question Of time when the dread par
alysis would encroach further upon his
body, until it affected some vital or
gan and thus put an end to his life. :,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10
Cool and MethOdical.

A lawyer who worthily bears dis
tinguished name occupies an old-fash
Toned mansion on the edge of New
York. His sister, who lives with him
tells a laughable story, which is re-
ported in Harper's Round Table, illus
trating his GOODNESS and low We of meth
cd.
Recently his sister tiptoed into his
room some time after midnight, and
told him she thought burglars were in
the house, The lawyer put on his
dressing-gown, and downstairs
In the back hall he found arough
looking man trying to open door tina,
led into the back yard: The burglar
had unlocked the door, and was pull
ing at it with all his might. The law
yer, seeing the robbers predicament
called to him:
1T does not open that way, yo1
idiot! 1t slides backv
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

cation bitches and made their first
crop. Then they began to erect their
homes. Besides their teams and camp
ing utensils and few agricultural i'm
plements, they had nothing but muscle
and religious enthusiasm. At that
time the nearest railroad was Ell Paso.
Texas, while a sandy desert, almost
impossible, interviewed. The moun-
talns, too, held rowing bands of rene
gade Apaches that occasionally raided
the new settlement and drove away
cattle and horkes.
AS to. the practice of poiygamy in
the republic of Mexico, it may be said
that the law Of the land recognizes but
one legal wife. The second or third
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

MIA JuareZ. In this colony there is a
great mill, Il canning factory and other
Industries. There is q tithing store,
the only one i'll the colony, but there is
not a saloon, nor u tobacco shop, nor a
policeman in this or airy other Of the
Mormon colonies.
Lublan is the largest colony. It is
also the most important commercially.
1t is four miles from the terminus of
the railroad, and is situated in a broad
valley. The village, which has about
1000 inhabitants, is scattered over sew
eral square miles of territory. The
Mormons of Dublan have thousands of
acres of rich land. which produces
abundant crops. They have beautiful
orchards and gardens. They have laid
the foundation Of splendid temple
and large school building. They have
4 tithing store as in Colonia JuareZ,
and each Mormon contributes 10 per
cent. Of his income to the support of
the church. He gives labor. lumber,
fruit. meat, milk or honey. depositing
10 per cent. of whatever he may have
at the tithing store. In addition to
this taxation the Mormons of Dublan
have a self-imposed income tax Of 8
per cent, which is to be used to build
and equip their academy.
The Mormon colonies are socialistic
communities. Everything is done on
a system Of cooperation. They use
little money in their dealings with ona
another. Obligations are paid in labor
or the products of labor. If one Nor.
mon builds a house his neighbors assist
and charge their labor against him.
The debt is settled in kind. They have
differences Of opinion sometimes and
occasionally there occurs a dispute, but
the elders and bishops settle the troll
bile or. if they do not, then the presi-
dent does.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

States against polygamy: drought the
first Mormon Immigration TO Mexico.
When plural marriage waS pronounced
illegal there were many Mormons who
prrferr "a to leave Utah rather than
surrender any OF their religious princi-
pies or relinuuish any Of their wives.
Mexico appeared to them al inviting
country in which to settle, provided
they could procure the assurances they
needed from the Mexican government.
The climate Of chihuahua and Sonora
being similar to that tof Utah. only
milder, and the, topography being the
same, it only remained for those who
prODosed to emigrate to secure in ad-
vance the necessary concessions from
the authorities Of the country into
which they were about to- move
The proposal Of the Mormons to set
tie in Mexico met with instant approval
and encouragement from the officials
OF that government. since they were
known to be thrifty and adapted to the
work OF developing a new country.
Mining companies and ranchmen es-
pecially welcomed them because they
would readily supply the camps and
cattle haciendas with provisions and
farm products, formerly imported at
considerable cost. Mexico encOura ged
their immigration by admitting all
their household effects, building ma
terial and other articles of use in the
erection of their homes free OF cost.
They also received many other conces-
sions and privileges
The Wilderness Ira risformed.
The country into which they re-
moved WAS practically a Wilderness,
Here and there were large ranches.
with now and then a mining camp.
There were 4 few Mexican villages.
lit intervals OF fifty or one hundred
miles. The country was arid, treeless
and uninviting, except in the valleys.
where rich soil only needed lrri"a
ton and cultivation to return annie
crops Of fruits and cereals.
The first colony was planted in 1889,
and called Colonia JuareZ. It was es-
tablished in the valley of the Casas
Grandes River, sixteen miles from the
old Mexican town of Casas Grandes.
the present terminus of the Rio
Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific Rail-
road: constructed in 1897. The settlers
arrived from Utah in covered wagons.
They lived in tents until they dug irri-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10
I(4EnRmeN ExPER1mkT
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wife has no legal status, and her chin
dren, in the eyes of the law, are not le-
ultimate. After the first marriage the
law has nothing to do with the matter
of a Mormon's increasing the number
of his wives, except that a second and
third wife may not be taken unless the
first wife gives her consent. But the
Mormons are guided by their religion,
not by the law, in the institution of
marriage. A Mormon in Mexico never
or seldom takes a second or third wife
until he is able to support more than
one family.
Active PROSECUTING.
Mormon converts are gained inyaria-
bly, from AMONG the most humble
classes. Two thousand missionaries
are at work all the time in the
United States and Canada and in
Europe, adding to the Mormon
fold , In justice to the Mormons
it must be said that the converts
they make are usually bettered in every
respect. Thrift is a cardinal principle
in the Mormon creed and it is exem-
plifitd nowhere better than in the col
onies of Northern Mexico. Comfortab BILE
homes, cultivated fields and abundant
crops show that the Mormons OH the
Whole arc Industrious. frugal and eco
nolnical. They are obliged to MAIN
tain community of interest. They
labor together and assist one another
in everything that is to be done.
At present there are eight colonies of
MormonS in Mexico, with Il combined
population Of nearly 5000 They are
tolonia .Juarez. the capital colony; Col
on:a Diaz, Dublan. OaXaca. Pacheo,
Garcia. Chuichupa and the recently es-
tablislled colony Of Morelos. Colonia
juarrZ is situated in 4 narrow valley,
and the land is irrigated with water
from the CaSaS Grandes River. The
neat brick residences Of the settlers are
hidden glavevines and thick clusters
Of pear. plum, peach and apricot trees.
The water runs in y clear stream
through all the cross streets, and is
turned into yard or garden at will
Here the president OF the "Stake,"
which embraces all the colonies, re-
sides. He lives in 4 handsome brick
residence that cost $4,000. He guides
the destinies of the AIormons in Mex
leo with the head and hand Of capa-
Die captain. He is man of education
and Of unusual intelligence, and was
AT one time a candidate for Governor
of Utah. He is the first and last court
disputes.
u. Education Not Neglected.
The. Mormons build schools in their
communities even before they erect a
church. All of the colonies have schools
and an academy is maintained at Colo
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10
Hit 1t by Accident.

At time when every man, woman
and child in Colorado Springs was in
vesting in mining stock and almost
every man, woman and child had been
badly bitten, it happened that certa IN
mine owner and stock manipulation died
suddenly. The local paper held the
press to put in an account of his dea tn
headed, Death Loves Shining Mark, -
but when it came out the people will,
whom he had had his business dealings
were surprised and pleased to read,
death Loves a Mining Shark
Francisco Wave. .;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

Owen S. Watkins, WHO was with
Kitchener in his Sudan campaign, af-
forded not a little amusement to the
railway battalion under Lieut.: Midwin-
ter. r,... -. -,
The quantity of water consumed by
the locomotive was constant source
OF wonder. The Arabs had never
dreamed Of such a thirst as that mon
ster seemed to possess. One day, when
the working party climbed abroad after
loading all the trucks, the Egyptians
cried, For shame" charged them with
overlooking the poor engine, and asked
IT they thought themselves men.
Once the driver Of an engine was ask
cd o. an Arab to permit his young wife
to crawl under the engine, as she was
sure if she could do that, her married
life would be blessed. H.. -
Sales Drop or When Authors Marry.
Some one asked quite seriously the
othe; day if / thought that the an
nounced engagement OF Mr.. Paul Lei
ceSter Ford would Interfere with the
sale of his novels. l smiled the smile
OF incredulty.
You need not smile.' said the lady.
II know that Richard Harding Davis'
marriage has greatly interfered with
the sale of his novels. His readers.
who are largely young girls, like to
think Of him as an unmarried man.
They find his books more interesting
when they so regard him.
what about Kipling:" I gasped.
HAS his stock deprecated because OF
his wife and babies"'
"Oh, no!' was are reply. ''It is diff
ferent with Kipling. He writes more
for men, and then his stories are not
love stories Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

The Mormons in great numbers are
settling in Northern Mexico and are
growing prosperous in the colonies
which they have planted There are
now nearly 5000 Of them in Northern
Sonora and Northwestern chihuahua.
There is Il steady stream of imniigrl
ton from Utah and the colonies are
rapidly increasing in population. The
Mormons are going into the Mexican
republic as rapidly as farm lands can
Do secured for them. They are an ag-
rhullural people and occupy only the
valleys where irrigation is possible.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10
Ancient Ones.

The wife Of professional Joke.
writer had finished cleaning off her
husbands, desk and putting things to
rights before he discovered her. He
dropped the volume of sermons in
which he had been finding needed re.
taxation and sprang to his feet. "Good
Lord, Martha, have you thrown em
into the grate?" "Thrown what. Toe .,
MY last jokes. Pull 'em out quick -
Mrs. Miller shifted disdainfully. Pull
!em out yourself. I'm no catspaw to
get out your chestnuts for ."--San
Francisco Wave.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

Hewitt-What did you wife say when
she caught you kissing the cook? Jew.
ett-Oh, she said it was all right; that
we must do all we could to keep her,
and that she knew was acting from a
purely unselfish standpoint Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

rate of $63,0O0,0CO per acre for piece
of ground in BERN ondsey, which had a
depth of sixteen feet only. The de-
mand was so eXorbitant that even q
railway company had to pause, finally
declining to purchase. In the year 1880
land in Cannon street was sold for $40
a square foot, and six years later the
price of land in this identical street
went up to $50 square foot-The
Forum
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

AS the arms were affected quicker than
the lower limbs, so they yielded more
readily to the treatment. They were
IN due course treated similarly When
once the disease began.sto be dissipat-
ed in them itswas speedily conquered.
less than three weeks ago they were
Still Eheldin the marble grasp. To-day
all but the fingers have been released
The fingers and toes are now drawn
up against the palms of his hands and
soles of the feet. The flesh of the
calves has become pliable and soft and
the knees are almost released from
their captivity. In another fortnight
it is expected that everything, except
possibly the digits, will be we'll again.
The cause, of the trouble has been 4
deposit OF calcium salts in the tissues
covering the bones in the parts affect
ed. The flesh has fallen away until
the man has become little better than
a skeleton, except for his trunk. His
weight was down to eighty pounds.
and the limbs were reduced to half
their usual size. Since the restoration
OF power he has taken on flesh rapidly
in the relieved parts, and he now
weighs over a hundred pounds. His
normal weight since the, beginning of
his fitness until the Justification began
was about 40 pounds. Before he was
taken i'll he weighed 1GO pounds. Palm
er is produce dealer living in New
York:
Buying Il Fan.
Miss Katharine Lee Bates. who
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10
Gabriel's Trick.

''It is time," said Gabriel, Ito blow
my last trump
Saying which, he put it on the ace of
spades, thereby saving the trick for
himself and St. Peter.
lie angels, be it known, sometimes
engage in little games Of whist.-New
York World.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10
Had Read 1t.

did you read my latest novel, en-.
titled "A Terrible Experiencey asked
the novelist.
YES" answered the bluntly candid
friend, land that's what it was''-
Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10
Where Land Is Most Valuable

The growth of the land values is one
Of the most wonderful phenomena Of
the age. Every inch of land between
King Williams statue and Trinity
square, London, cost ESQ 1Os or at the
rate of f191, 100000 per acre-beyond
all doubt the highest price ever paid in
England for land. The Southeastern
Railway Company was asked at the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10
SURPRISED by the Engine.

The natives of wild country never
fail to wonder over the coming of q
railroad, with it's snorting locomotive
and rafting cars. The antics of the
native Egyptians and Arabs, SAYS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

1t is the experience OF older married
women that a bride is about six weeks
in descending from the pedestal to a
foot stool.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

Buying Fan.
Miss Katharine Lee Bates, who
spent some months in Spain last year,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-06-22
Catholic Order of Foresters.

The town hall was the scene Tuesday
evening of the institution of Addison
court, No hip, Catholic Order of Forest
ers, with headquarters in Middlebury.
George Goyette, of the firm of Piper &
Goyette, has been indefatigable in his
efforts to secure the charter for such a
court At this place, and to him Is largely
due the successful issue and the cOmpar-
atively large number of members with
which the court starts, 80. Chief Ran
ger y. ID. Ostuguy of Rutland assisted
by his team and Chief Ranger G. NJ. Cos
grin of Burlington with his team con-
Quoted the limitations. The following
officers were Installed by Deputy Chief
Ranger F. w. Sault of the Vergennes
court: Chief Ranger, ). ,. Surprise /;
vice chief ranger, Joseph Lawrence; past
chief ranger. Joseph Lamorder; record
ing secretary, Theodore Dukett; finan-
cial secretary, Napoleon Boudreau ;
treasurer, John ii. O'Connor; trustees,
first, Jesse Boulia; second, John Ryan
third, Joseph Dionne; senior conductor,
Cyril Brunelle; Junior conductor, Eugene
Shambo; o. S., Eli Fortier; |. S, Archie
Nelson. 4 banquet followed the cere-
monies. a large number of visiting
Foresters was present, a special train
coming from the south and regular trains
from the north bearing many. II. A.
Dubuc, state secretary of the order, was
among the visitors. The new organizs-
will for the present have its rooms over
Piper IL Coyotes furniture store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-06-22
HOM'S HIS 2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY x CO., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known +: j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable i'm all business transact
ions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm,
WEST Il TRUAN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o., WALDING, kINNAN X MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-06-22
CHILTON PAINT

THE Chiffon COMPANY has never made any
thing but good paint which for the fact that
Chiffon Paint used the territory where the Company has
sought its business than any other brand
Every gallon of paint made by the Chiffon Company
mixed and ground by machinery in Pure Lnsecd OIL
gether with sufficient Turpenne and Turpentne Drie to
make dry in the proper time Paint ground by machinery
must necessarily be finer and superior in every way paint
mixed by hand In the Chiffon Paints the coors ground
in paste form and then regound into the liquid paint No
expense spared in material labor make the Chiffon
Paint perfect paint can be-
1t is good to-day it was and it has always
been good could be made. 1t is exactly what it in
tended to be-the best Paint for Houses in the world.
The Chiffon Paint should be thinned with Pure Lin
seed Oil Avoid Substitutes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-06-22
YOUR FARM WAGON

may be getting old and worn out.
Wouldn't it be better to buy a
new one than to keep on paying
for repairs of the old
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-06-22
sTnnnRAkEp M1saK AND Wagons

are the best of their kind. If you
buy one of them, you'll save its
cost in repairs in a few years.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-06-22

Miss Helen Gould will give $50 900 to
Berea College, Louisville, Ky.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-06-22

Charles A. Chapman of Ferrsburgh
moved that the convention should en-
dorse the candidacy of William p Dill
lingham of Waterbury for United States
senator. This motion was carried with
a great amount of enthusiasm and the
convention then, at II 80 o'clock, ad.
journed sine die.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-25
ROCK PRAIRIE,

The news of the death of Mrs. Mary
Ecker on Friday evening, July 20, was
received in this community with good
deal of sorrow as it removes from
among us one of its Oldest residents.
Mary Bevean was born in Cayuga Co.,
N. Y, February Is, 1917, and was at
the time of her death eighty.th
years, Eve months and five days old.
She was married in her native state to
jas. II. Convey, January 1, 1910, and
moved to Seneca Co., Ohio, where they
lived until November 25, 1854, when
they came to this county and settled on
the farm that has been her home for so
many years. Mr.. Covey died Septem-
Der 5, 1872, and Mrs. Covey lived q
widow nearly ten years, when she mar
ried Geo. A. Ecker, June l, 1882, who
survives her. The funeral was held on
Sunday at2 p. m. at the house. The
services were conducted by Rev.
Palmer, of Cedar Rapids, assisted by
Rev. FL. o. Pratt, of the M. L. church
in Manchester. Rev. Palmer gave a
very interesting discourse and the exer-
cises were very impressive to the large
number present. The flowers were
very beautiful. Mrs. Mary Cross, of
Mssonville, niece of Mrs. Ecker's,was
the only near relative present, and she
has been with her the most of the time
during her last illness.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-25
fouFgh, che lack Of intermediate points

fourth, The lack of intermediate points
having an active trade.
The estimated cost of the British
Pacific cable, for a single cable con-
Meeting Vancouver, with Australia and
New Zealand, is placed at about ST.
100000, including two repairing ships
and sum of $4,000 for maintenance
of the cables for six months. The
president of one of the cable COM
panies of New York estimates that
the total capital cost of a cable to
Japan, Australia and the Philippines
by way of Hawaii at $12,OoO,OOO, and
the cost of maintenance, including
two repairing ships and of operating
expenses, at 100000 u year. 1t is not
considered that q single cable will be
sufficient to insure permanent COM
munication, and any scheme for Pa
cific cable must provide eventually for
duplicate cables throughout the en-
tire route, SO that the total capital
cost of thoroughly reliable and eff
ficient cable system may be put down
at approximately s26,Ooo,oOo, which
would include two repairing ships, q
reasonable quantity OF spare cable and
the equipment of operating stations
ut the various landing points.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-25
RYAN.

Rev. P. H. Ryan visited last week
with Dubuque friends.
j. j. McAreavy transacted business
in Cedar Rapids Tuesday.
NJ. Beacon was county seat visitor
last Saturday.
Mrs. James Brazelton of Coggon was
a visitor in town Friday.
A. S. Gibbons of Anamosa was greet
ing friends here Sunday.
John Dolphin and daughter Maggie
were Dubuque visitors Monday.
Miss Onah Koehler last Tuesday for
three weeks visit with relatives at
Spencer.
Mrs. Kelly was an over Sunday visitor
with James O'Brien and family at
Dyers vile.
Miss Rosa Zertman of Delaware has
been spending the past two weeks here
with her sister, Mrs. R. Houlahan.
James Turley, of Masonville, who
formerly made this town in the interest
of an implement firm, is reported as
being seriously i'll at his home.
Miss Sue Merriam of Coggon was
here Saturday and spent the day with
Mrs. r. NJ Merriam. She holdsa posi-
tion in the schools at Fayette and is
spending her vacation at nome.
w. b. Robinson has received word
from Washington ID. G. that his petition
and papers in regard to the free rural
mail delivery had been received and re.
ferrel to the proper department for &C.
,tion. In our opinion the establishment
of the route is but question of short
time.-Reporter.