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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

Owen :. Watkins, who was with
Kitchener in his Sudan campaign, at
tordrd not Il little amusement to the
railway battalion under Lieut. Mdwin-
ter.
The quantity Of water consumed by
the locomotive WAS Il constant source
OF wonder. The Arabs had never
ur"amru OF such |; thirst as that mon
Strr seemed to possess. one day. when
me working party climbed abroad after
loAHlny I'LL the trucks, the Egyptians
'riru. "Eor >llamr." charged them with
"N'rl"aulny tn" poor engine, and asked
II they thought themselves men.
once the driver Of an engine WAS ask
'l D.: an Arab 10 permit his young wife
10 crawl under the engine as she was
sur" if she could dn that, her married
life would be blessed.
Sales Drop on When Authors Marry.
Snlll<. one asked quite seriously the
otht: day if thought that the an
nullrru engagement OF Mr. Paul Lei
r'>trr Ford would Interfere with the
~''i' vi 'll> llt\'lN. SlllIltV me smile
OF iHrrrdulity.
"Eou need not Smit." said the lady.
II know thar Richard Harding Davis
marriage has greatly intrrfrrcd with
the sale Of his novels. Ills readers.
who ara 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 Kipliny:' gaSped.
'llaS his stock deprecated because OF
his wife and habieS:'
"Oh. no.. WAS are reply. 1T is diff
frrrnt with Kipliny. He writes more
for lEtn. and then his stories are not
love StUrjrS. IIarper's Bazaar.
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 l3O los or ut the
rate Of I191 ,OOO,OUO per acre--beyond
all doubt the highest price ever paid in
England for land. The Southeastern
Railway Company was asked ut tine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

:-'::..'~ against poIy%amv brought the
:::~t N"Tun'!i immigration to Mexico.
WA n i'lUral marriage WAS pronounced
H., ~! 1,ltl' W.'l'" many Nurluun> who
!:!'....'::'? II to leave l1uil ulhtr than
81: "..:.;'i any ui their religious princi-
p1'> 81, rHlinu:i>h any OF their wives.
N"N:'N appeared to them IN inviting
'nUu1rN in Which 10 settle. provided
they could procure he assurances they
i1"r'lrI from the Mexican governments
iiu- '.l::nat" OF chihuahua and Sonora
being similar 10 that OF Utah. only
HiiNtr. and the topography btin" the
>allr. it only remained for those who
proposed to t1uiGIitt TO secure in au
E;lnrr the necessary concessions from
tht authorities Of the country into
which they were about to move.
,lIlt proposal of the Mormun> to set
SIC in Mexico met with instant approval
n:l, encouragement from the officials
OF THAT government. since they were
known TO be thrifty and aiapttu to the
WN|N OF developing Il new country
Min;l= companies and ranrhm>n eS-
*.u''Ll readily supply the camps and
':'t!" ll;lrjen'ia> with provisions and
;ArM products. formerly imported ut
considerable cost Mexico encouraged
,:.,'i,' Immigration by admitting all
ll"ir household effects. building ma
1,!inl and other ARTICLES of use in the
erection OF their homes free Of cost.
They ais" received many other CONFESS
>;.'!i~ and privileges.
The Wilderness. Transformed
IN" rNuE>r: into which they re-
':Ivv'I WAS practically wilderness.
ii.':'' AMI there were large ranches,
VIII! Row and then Il mining camp.
i ils':'r were Il few Mexican ,i!lnvrS.
Il! Intervals OF fifty or one hundred
H,:''>. The country was arid. trrrlr>>
and Nni!;Nit:i1, except in the valleys,
Nn":,' Il rich soil only needed irr:ya-
jiun HHh cultivation to return ample
crops Of fruits and cereals
The first colony was planted in 1850,
and called Colonial .Juarez Ii was rs
'"bliSheI III the valley of the CuSls
';rall'lcS River, sixteen miles from the
old Mexican town OF CaSas GlandeS.
INC present terminus Of the Rio
Grlnue, Sierra Madre and Pacific Rail-
road. constructed in 1897 The settlers
arrived from Utah in covered wagons.
They lived in tents until they dug irr-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10
Cool and Methu(lical,

\ lawyer who WUrthily bears a dis
1inguiShru name occupies an old-fash-
Toned mansion on the edge Of New
York. His sister, who lives with him
tells a laughablc story, which is re.
ported in Harper's Round Table, illus.
1rating his GOODNESS and love of meth.
od.
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 went downstairs
In the back hall he found rough
looking man trying to open door thai
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 predicamcnt
called to him:
1T does not open that way, YOU
idiot 1t slides Dack."'
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 to be disSipat
ed IN them it was speedily conquered.
Less than three weeks ago they were
still held in the marble grasp. To-day
al out 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 pliablc and soft and
the knees are almost released from
their captivity. In another fortnight
1t IS expected that everything, except
possibly the diyitS will be well again
Ihc cause OF the Trouble has been 4
deposit Of calcium salts in the tissues
covering the bones in the parts affect
cd. 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
ana the limbs were reduced to half
Their usual size. Since the restoration
or power he has taken on flesh rapidly
III the relieved parts. and he now
weighs over 4 hundred pounds. His
normal weight since the beginning Of
his illness until the ossification began
Was about 13O pounds. Before he was
taken i'll he weighed 1GO pounds Palm
or is produce dealer living in New
York.
Buying Il Fan.
Miss Katharine Lee Bates, who
spent some months in Spain last year,
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 III
vesting in mining stock and almost
every man. woman and child had been
badly bitten, it happened that ccrta;n
mine owner and stock manipulation died
suddenly. The local paper held the
press to put in an account of lis dea th
headed, death Loves Il Shining Mark. "
but when it came out the people with
whom he had had his business DEALINGS
were surprised and pleased to read
"Death Loves a Mining Shark. San
Francisco Wave.
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Active PROSECUTING.

Active Proscl ytinx.
Mormon converts are gained invaria-
bly, from among the most humble
GLASSES. Two thousand missionaries
are at work all the time in the
I nit"u States and Canada and in
Europe. adding TO the Mormon
fold. In Justice to the MormunS
il must be said that the converts
they make are usually bttiertu in every
respect. Thrift is Il cardinal principle
in the Mormon creed and it is tNrm
plijir'l nowhere better than in the col
"lll,"; of Northern Mexico. Comfortable
lInm'S. cultivated fields and abundant
crops show that 1l!r NurnlunS on the
Whole :,rr Industrious. frugal and eco
cain 4 community Of interest; They
l;iUn; together and assist one another
III everything 1la1 is ~ he DONE
~ present There are eight colonies Of
NurEun> in N"N:,u with 4 combined
population OF nearly 1000. They are
I 'ui"ni| .|ual'". the capital colony: Col
un:A DiAZ, nuNlAn, NaNar;>. !'arllpo,
Garcia. thUir|1lpA and the recently rS-
l:;hl~;lrti colony OF Nurrlu>. Colonial
.juuit;: is situated in Il narrow valley
and the land il irrigated with water
from the tH>a> (,ranutS River. The
neat hrirL: residences OF HE settlers are
hidden ErHVtVinr> and thick clusters
OF pear. plum. peach and apricot trees
[llt water runs in :: clear stream
through al the cross streets. and is
1urNr,! into yard or garden ut WILL
Here The president OF the ">talr."
which embraces AL the colonies, re-
sides. He lives in Il handsome brick
residence that COS; $4,000. He guides
the lr>tinit> OF the MormonS in Mex
leo with the head and hand OF Il raD:l-
Bile captain. He is a man Of education
and Of unusual intelligence. and was
Il; one time Il candidate for Governor
of ,ah. He is the first and last court
OF resort for all internal troubles and
disputes.
Education Not Neglected..
The MornlOn> build schools in their
communities even before they erect a
church. All OF the colonies have schools
and an academy is maintained ut Colo
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fa1r or ND.DNAaU per acre for 4 piece
OF ground in Hrrnonu>ry, which had 4
depth Of sixteen feet only. The de-
mand WAS so "Norbi1ant that even Il
railway company had to pause, finally
declining to purchase. In the year 1850
land III Cannon street was sold for S:,)
Il square foot. and six years later the
price OF land in this Identical street
went up 10 SD Il square foot.-Tne
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 n Terrible Experience" asked
the novelist.
"Yes,' answered the bluntly candid
friend, land that's what It was."-
Washington Star.
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Ancient Ones.

The wife Of Il 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 IT,
taxation and sprang to his feet. Good
Lord, Martha. have you thrown 'em
into the grate:' "Thrown what, Joe:"
MY last jokes. Pull 'em out Quick. -
Mrs. Miller shifted disdainfully. Pull
:em out yourself. I'm no catspaw to
get out your chestnuts FIR you."-
Francisco Wave.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

the Murnlun> in great numbers are
settling in Northern Mexico and are
:,roWiny prosperous in the colonies
which they have planted. There are
I'nH nearly 1000 OF them in Northern
:~p!:r:n aud Northwestern t'hili>llllua.
iArr' is Il steady stream OF immi~ra-
''H":('\ i'!;TrA>l! in population. The
Nr'.':!'n~ axe going in!u the Mexican
,,":",'j;,' a. r"nillE a. farm lands can
h'' >".':t:'tl fpr ,h",n. They are AN az
'..'':::::'.i! people. and n.vul'y only the
,;,'..'\~ W:!rlr irrigation is possible.
| - .-'':;ri .'::':i: OF laws in 1,lr IilIrI
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; thai
we must do all we could to keep her
and that she knew was acting from q
purely unseltish standpoint.-Bazar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10
GaDriel'S Trick.

at is time,' said Gabriel "to blow
my last TRIUMPH
Saying which, he put it on the ace OF
spades. thereby saving the trick fol-
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
SURPRISED Oy the Engine.

The natives OF wild country never
fail to wonder over the coming of a
and rattling cars. The antics of the
native Egyptians and Arabs. saws
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

1t is the experience oil older married
women that bride is about six weeks
in descending from the pedestal to 4
foot stool.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

wife has no legal status. and her thn>
dren. in the eyes Of the law. are not le-
ultimate. After the first marriage the
law has nothing to Go with tie matter
OF 4 Morlon'S increasing the number
OF his wives, except THAT Il second and
third wife may not be taken unless the
first wife gives her consent. But the
MormonS are guided by their religion,
marriage. \ Mormon in Mexico never
or seldom takes Il second or third wife
until he is able to support more than
one family
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

Time only mellows the old delight
In the song of the bonny brown quail
But space will not permit further quota
tons. though they offer themselves on
many pages. IT car only be said that the
volume is a valuable contribution to the
literature of the State. The compilers.
themselves weh-known writers OF verse,
have given much time and care to the work
With them 1t has been a labor OF love.
They may be congratulated on having done
a service TO the literary public in thus
bringing together matter heretofore often
asked for in vain by students of Indiana
literature. The book is one that should be
in every library. Ii is made the more use
full by a double index and IN appendix
made up OF brief biographical sketches Of
the authors whose poems are used. II has
a numbe of portrait Illustrations, hat of
Sarah T. Bolton very properly forming the
frontispiece.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
SPECTACLES FOR SOLDIERS.
England Forbids Them, and Scouts
Cannot Tell Cavalry from Cattle.

London Truth.
The following interesting anecdote is sent
by one OF my readers apropos OF the re-
marks ia last weeks Truth on spectacles
in the army:
A few years ago at some foreign maneu-
vers 1 spent an afternoon on the outpost
line with an officer Of a crack British regi-
ment. Pointing to some fields about 1000
yards away, he said: There are some cav
airy among the trees. 1 wonder whether
they are scouts from the other side" L
pointed out to him that the supposed
cavalry were really cattle. Although short
sighted, / have good sight even for long
distances, thanks TO a properly-seiected
pair of pince-nez spectacles. My officer
friend used his field glass and admitted his
mistake, adding: II am short-sighted. 1t
is a great nuisance. One cannot always be
using field glasses" L suggested that he
might use speetacles as / did. II would
gladly" he replied, "but there is such a
prejudice against them in the service" Just
imagine this cavalry officer sent out scout
ing, and going about his work half blind
because OF the prejudice against specialized
officersi L could name men on active serv-
ice In Africa at the present moment who
are very short-sighted, but dare not wear
glasses. Some of them wear single eye
glasses. to the great damage OF what sight
they still have. Yet last year in Germany
a. the imperial maneuvers L saw plenty of
AANCA III SPCCAdCACSs LIN q 6OO4 many RAA
Yates as we'll.
/ regard this as one of the most conspic-
uous instances of wooden-headed stupidity
with which our army is governed. Another
which deserves to be bracketed with it IS
the exclusion of men from the army be.
cause they happen TO have false teeth. If
there Is to be a new regime worth anything
in Pail Mall, these are among the many
absurdities which will at once be got rid
Of.
The correspondent I have just quoted
states on the authority of Mr.. Conan
Doyle's book that the redoubtable De Wet
actually goes about in blue spectacles, ow-
ing to some eye rouble If this is true,
1t is indeed one of the object lessons of the
war. How many OF the British officers
whose sight was scientifically tested before
they received their commissions can see as
far as the blue-spectacled De Wet?
My last weeks remarks about spectacles
In the army were delivered apropos of the
grant of a commission to a city imperial
volunteer, who was said to be shOrtsighted.
1t was suggested at the same time that the
volunteer in question had been originally
rejected on medical grounds, but suDse-
quently passed, through the exertions of
influential relatives. This suggestion, low
ever, appears to have been unfounded. i
am told hat no c. /. Y. who has gained a
commission was ever objected to by the
medical examiners.
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HOW HE SOLD HIS PICTURES.
Shrewd Scheme Of an Auctioneer who
Knew SnObs.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
when 1 came over from Paris six years
ago." said a painter who is spending his
fall vacation in New Orleans, Il brought
along a dozen or so little landscapes that
l had dom at odd times in the French
provinces. If / do say so myself they were
rather good, and / could easily have dis
posed of them TO q Partisan dealer at
prices ranging from 100 to go francs apiece.
/ thought. however, that L could get a
much higher figure on this side of the
pond, and soon after my arrival i put them
on exhibition at a well-known New York
art store. To my chargrin the best offer
made for any one canvas was $l2, which
happened to be the exact value OF the
frame, n after leaving them on view for
a couple of months without a single sale,
l became Disguised and bundled the whole
collection back in my studio. Some time
later, one of my friends, who is a gem
eral autioneer and who knows about my
lack of success, sent me word that he
thought he could dispose of my paint
ings at a fair price if / would let him take
them around TO his storerooms. OF course
L was only too glad to do so. for, to tell
the truth, / was pretty hard up Just then,
and one day soon afterward he amazed
and overjoyed me by cropping i'm and
handing me a beautiful, fat roll OF green
backs. He had sold every picture, and the
least price received was $35. One study
brought $40, and the total proceeds were
Se+0. j could hardly believe my eyes and
Nao SNAAA 0Cn lA1ESGd VIZ Il A11l Ca
the names Of the purchasers They were
some of the wealthiest people in the city.
and included among others the very man
who had offered the beggarly S2 for one
of the paintings when they were at the.
art store My friend the auctioEeer de-
clined TO give me any explanation until
nearly a year afterwarc, when one evening
ne told me the story. II seemed that he
had been engaged to sell out the complete
furnishings of a house formerly occupied
by a rich and eccentric bachelor. whc had
gone TO Europe 10 live. The gentleman
had a wide reputation as an art connois-
seur, and his pictures and bric-a-brac were
in especial demand Ny friend simply took
the liberty of hanging my paintings In the
private gallery OF the mansion, and, as
he had shrewdly anticipated. they went off
like hot cakes. 7 suppose it was extremely
unprofessional to be the beneficiary of such
a trick. but / soothed my conscience with
the reflection that nobody had really been
swindled and a deserving young artist had
received some m~uch-needed assistance in
the nick OF time. Anyhow, parvenus who
get their opinions ready-made oughtn't to
complain IL somebody now and then levies
a small tax on their snobbery.'
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votes his time to the painting of American
history and traditions?' asked the reporter.
NO, there is not" replied Mr.. Gruelle.
"And this is a great field to work in. Our
folklore and traditions would be Just as
inviting to the painter of history as those
of any country in existence. What a num-
Der OF subjects our fight for liberty sug-
gests. What masterpieces could be brought
out from this source.
1.-THE great mistake is made by our dec
orative artists. who are as fine as there
are in the world. that in our public build-
ings. where they ave given the finest ex-
preston of their work. not one of them
that 1 know OF has touched this wonderful
field. The decorations In the Boston Publia
Library are given over to Biblical studies
and a picture of the Holy Grail. However.
the work Of John Sargent in this class of
painting is unsurpassed. We will become
only great and distinctly American when
we learn to appreciate the Wonderful. good.
beautiful. true and sublime in our own life
and environments"
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Little Chronicle.
We all know that languages grow. and
students OF English literature are familiar
with the differences between the English
of Chaucer and the English of the modern
classics. But 1t Is seldom that a language
can be caught In the very act of growing,
and then il is usually because of the neces-
sity of a new word TO name a discovery in
science or an invention. The English press
is row using the words "detrain" and zen
train" Detrain was invented a dozen years
ago 10 express by a short cut the idea of
troops in the act OF leaving a train, Just
as 'debark" meant TO leave a ship after
a voyage. "Entrain" was never used un-
I'll recently. I'm the sense I'm which II is now
employed. Entrainer Is a French word.
meanin TO Draw, and has been incorpor-
ated into English: but entrain-to board
a train-is an invention 10 express a mean
ing that has hitherto required a phrase.
II has evidently been constructed on the
principle OF the Boer word "outspan..
which is now good and ineligible Eng
lish. Outspan in one word expresses th
idea of the entire process OF unhitching
horses or oxen. turning them out 10 grass
and making an encampment for the night.
II will always have the atmosphere of the
veldt about II. and thus give color to the
language which adopts It.
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appears IN the NOluflC" dlu Ian l..
Paine's pathetieally sweet "Da Capo'-
.She sat at the old piano.
Her fingers. thin and pale.
Ran over the yellow keyboard
The chords of the minor scale"
Yet apart from the more noted poems are
many which il has been worth while TO
rescue from the obscurity OF newspaper and
magazine files. There, for instance, is Mrs.
Catherwood's sylvan song. MY Secret
eff you knew my secret you would not be-
lieve IT:
II you knew my secret you would laugh
at me.
Once | was a treel How my life did leave
That I cannot ten at aIl:-but once 1
was a treel"
There is Herman Raves Calling the
Cows
81 don't know why. I don't know how.
But surely twas no harm at all
To stop a minute from the plow
and listen to her milking call:
'Co-boss-cor
1t sounded so
Across the yeliOw-tasseled corn.
Surely the man was never born
Who would not leave his team and come
To help her drive the cattle home"
Then. too, are Kate Caplinger's Iron
weed" and Lee o. Harris's Bonnie Brown
Quaif'-the latter a poem that appears in
the authors verse. "InterIudes." but one
not 50 well known as it should be:
20 bonnie bird with the necklaced throat.
The song you sing is but brief and shrfll.
And yet methinks there was never a note
More sveetiy tuned by a masters skill.
And. like the song OF a vanished day.
IL nils my heart with "A subtle joy.
Till, all forgetting my locks of gray.
mock You and whistle, again a boy:
You're right, You're right
Bob White. Bob Whfte!'
III hair may whiten, the cheek may pale:
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perch upon thy shoulder and sing to thee
as the birds sing In paradise. and thou
shalt know from the song whether thou
hast done the thing that Maya loves
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/ kiss rot where 1 wish TO kill:
1 feigne not love where most l hate;
bEeake no sleep 10 WHINE ny VIII.
wayte not st the nighties gate;
l sccrne nd poore. 7 feare no richs
] feel no want. nor AVE too much
-Edxar1 Dyer.