The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-03

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Nertica! writing may be only a fad
As the New York school directors say
but it is plain mad legible and easily
learned. and the other style OF writing
generally isn't.
Count Won Zeppelin has invented All
airShip which will fly. AS it is 40O
feet long and will bear the weight OF
only five passengers the railway lines
are not preparing to quit business just
yet.
Somebody writes to an exchange:
"rlc:,Sc explain the uses Of the blue.
red and black pencils as used in news
Taper work" Apparently the, inquirer
* Il graduate of one Of the colleges of
journalism,
Nnr Of the diversions Of .ilr society
element at Newport is to give 'codtisll-
ing partieS' and to eat the catch. 1t is
to be- hoped that something else is pro
Ndtu for luncheon against the not I'M
E>ual feature Of the fish failing to bite.
\ llan in Dakota, just recovered from
4 vicious snake bite. died Upon being
>1ung by Il kissing bug. His physician,
ILL expert on bites. says that the sting
W the kissing bug is more dangerous
ljtan the bite Of a rattlcsnake. Look
rU1, girls.
1t is not SO many years since the Oh
rrnovitrhrs, the royal family Of Ser
Via. tcNdeu swine At their present
@ait it will not br many years before
they are back ut their ancient and con
genial occupation. Not even the sup
port OF Russia can much longer Sus-
tain the dead beats who are now suck
:!@ the lifcbloou Of tie Scrvian people.
Discussing the warfare of the future,
Electrical Expert \ikola Tesla declares
his belief that it will become far less
bloody than at the present time. The
future will see war machines he says.
manned by only Il few men. causing
but small loss of life and in the end
lnachines guided by outside power will
do the fighting. Tesla says he is also
working for the increase OF human
energy. He claims to see in great
armies 4 WOeful waste Of that energy
and he claims for tins 'latior IN adj
vantage in it's limited standing army.
energy or "velocity,' as he describes
mobility.
The experiment in cOeullcatiOn be-
gun by Brown University in 1890 is
proceeding With entire satisfaction to
the women. In 1900 there are 1J2 Wo-
men students who carried off :;G de-
yrees out of 17G. There were several
women among the prize winners. The
';aSpar historical prize was won by Il
Providence girl, while premium for
excellence in mathematics went to an
other The Greek prize WAS tied be-
tween a man and woman. The story
is repeated ut I'LL commandments
where women are allowed to compete
on equal terms with men. It upSetS
some old-fashioneu DrejudiccS and no.
1iOnS, but there seems to be no help for
it, Women have forced their way to
the front in education and there seems
to be no prospect of perSuuding them
to be content with less conspicuous
and honorable place.
That the number of killed and in
jured on American railways in 1899
was greater than the entire British
casualties in the BOer war should sug-
yest that a great deal more can be done
towards safeguarding life and limb in
this branch Of transportation than has
been accomplished. The doubling of
tracks and adoption Of the block signal
system should be expected of every
railway company. Legislatures should
hasten these improvements whenever
possible. The labor unions and others
who are working for the adoption of
the automatic coupler on Ill rolling
stock should not relax their efforts.
Profit being the first consideration with
railroad managers, they must he kent
up to the mark by constant Watchful-
ness on the part Of those interested i'm
making the railway system safer for
themselves and the travelling public.
AS for the record Of over 10000 Der
Sons killed or injured by being run over
at crossings or while standing on rail
road tracks, this can lie diminished by
abolishing grade crossings and by the
enforcement Of laws and regulations
against trespassing on railway tracks.
We have too little regard for the sacred
ness of human life! We need to COPY
European methods in fencing the pub
lie off from railway lines Until we 10
this, the annual killing anil manning
will continue.
In all article in the Homiletc Review
Joseph Parker draws the line sharply
between the preach and the essayist
who reads his pulpit address, Accord
ing to the London clergyman th,, etfec-
tive preacher is not the one who dcliy-