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The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-21
Oppose US more than one Of their braves

/ oppose US more than one of their braves
shall hi the dust"
Somehow or other his appetite was less
voracious than he expected II to be- II
d disappointed him and caused him 10 feel
that he was not doing himself cred t. Try
as he would, h couldn't finish more than
( one sandwich and one egg. ana as for
the co 10 atoes they were out of the
[ question. The silence of the woods op-
pressed him and the darkness became p o.
pied with in aginary things that caused
even the heart of Jack Bowers TO sink
Then arose Ihe sickening thought that
perhaps the Western Cub had betrayed
its leader. He wondered if IL cou ally
be that this or that companion, the brav-
est and bOldest as he had prophesiei,
the boys who were to be almost as heroic
and almost as famous as himself-if they
could have eaten their suppes az home
and If perchance they were at that mo
ment tucked away in their own trim little
beds. And this train of thought led him
10 re fleet whether it might net have he n
better after all If he had eaten his sup
per at Rome and bsen tucked away in
his little bed.
Il guess I'll -econnoiter." he said to
himself as he stood up and tiptoed of
to the roadside. 1t seemed TO be gosd
there, so he went on. Each step brought
him nearer the home which he had so
la ely left forever" He was trudging
along at a lively pace now aad he thought
he heard someone approaching. He
crouched behind a bush.
Papa he whispered. as a tall figure
staIked by Il wonder If he's after me?"
Just then he saw a great light. ia bet
ter get home before he does" was the
thought tha, lent speed TO pair of Stout
young legs.
safe at Home Again.
a
rang the door bell of The commuters
house. why his m ther received him with
open arms. why she Rugged him. why
she didn't ask him sterny for an account
Ct himself he couldn't understand nor did
he stop to ask.
Mamma" he said. Il want to go to
bed"
Don't you want some supper, deary ?"
NO: / just want to go to bed"
All the tine she was helping him to TN
dress the boy wondered why his mother
said nothing about his absence. He al
most wished she would. She had bade him
coed nieh end was moving out Of the
ooor when a plaintive voice called:
Mamma
well. dcary?"
rive get a s cret mamma"
Yes deary, what is it?"
"Ycu won't tell papa?"
NO"
Il was going to run away tonight,
mama"
And why didn't you my boy?"
e-l-l-because l didn't want 10 after
ALL"
And you won't leave mamma again."
Moo"
She was almost out IN the hall when
she heard his voice once more.
Where are you going. mammal
"Only in the front room
"All r-i-g-h-t"
you're not afraid. deary?'
INC. notdf know VIII re you are"
Presently the front door opened again
II Cant hnd him" was the commuters
anxious greeting
Never mind. he's here replied the
commuters wife,
"Where?"
I'm bad
Mary. what on earth are you going to
do about it?"
Nothing al all Henry,H she answered
Nothing at all"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-21
where Panama Bots Are Made.
From the New York Press.

rom tle new OIk tIeSS.
Ecuador is the real home Of the hats
wrongly designated under the rame Of
Panama" This industry afterward ex-
tended 10 Peru and other countries. even
20 Nucatan in Mexico. Everywhere in
Latin America the hat is known under the
name OF 'Jipijapa,' in honor 81 tho CITY
where It's manufacture was first started
Il is only outside Of the producing couu-
tries that this nat receives he name OF a
city which docs not make g.. The I'm
hats are made sn Jipiiapa and Monte
cristi. in the province OF Manahi. this in
dustry being one of the greatest resources
Of the country. The toquiila. or leaf o.
small plant. = used for this purpose. Il
grows abundanUY in the country, ire
leaves coming up 10 The shape OF ran
The plant is the carludivica palmata.
There ara jim japas Of az quail les from
those costing a few centivos, or American
cents. 10 those worth several hundred SUI
ores. or American dol lars The merit OF
these last real marvels OF hucness, c.n-
sists as much in The scarcity OF the straw
as in the difficulty Of the weaving, ana
therefore Is il exceptional to ma tnese
hats on the general market The hats OF
current sale cost a Few sucIesi the hnest
not exceeding from 90 20 60 suc-es In price
In buying a panama 70 Is necessary 70
learn TWO thines-if the straw IS whole
and II II is not stiItned. IL is not easy 10
recognize the frs. condition. The @eavefs
split the straw with such perfection ina.
unless a person Is accustomed 30 such eH-
aminatons a. Is almost imp ssiole Tor MN
to distinguish the difference. or equal
dneness. the hat made froA whole straw
is worth three or four times the one man
ufactured from the straw tha- has been
splIt. The second condition is recognized
easily for the hats are stifenCd to make
the straw nrIner and whittier Good to-
aullla is white and stiff enough not o
need any gum. and only ordinary panHm -
are sliffcucd.
The jipilapa is strong and is the nat FOR
nueness, lgnuness ana ele-
eance. The shape OF the hat, invariab
the same for so many years, perhaps has
hindered 1t from coming into gene al use,
but il the dealers would cooperate with
the makers they could obtain all the
shapes they would need 10 satisfy the
whfrnq Of fashion. -
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-21
INDIAN HUNT CALLED OFF.
BOLD CAPTAIN HAROLD, AGED
NINE. TUCKED IN HIS LITTLE BED.

He started From New Jersey for the
Rocky Mountain Observation-Disclosures
They Agreed Hurried Return
Home on Finding Papa Was in Hot
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-21
TIRED OF BEING A TWIN.

Radical Measures Tul<en ny johnny
hopkins TO Alter His Appearance.
From the Indianapolis News.
Little johnnie Hopkins was tired Of be-
ing q twin. For almost seven years he
had been compelled ~ share the joys ana
sorrows OF existence with his twin brother,
Oscar. with whom he had always to divide
his apples and candy, and even the bed
IN which he slept at night II seemed to
him that on account Of oscar he was
only getting half OF what he was entitled
to. Not only was he disguised because
OF this state o. affalrs. but he was also
tired OF looking exactly like his brother,
for he and Oscar so closely resembled
eech other in appearance that no one save
members bf the family could tell them
apart This resemblance their parents
tried 10 strengthen BY dressing them ex-
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-21
TWAIN on THE FIRST PRINTER.
American HumOrist Tells What the
World owes to Guttenberg.

world Owes TO Gutenberg.
The Manner zeitung publishes the fol-
lowing letter received by the committees
.of the Gutenberg celebration in Mayencs
from the author Of "Huckleberry Finn"
Dear SIR Your request to have me
contribute my mite TO the Gutenberg cell
ebration is both a pleasure and an honor
The world at large unhesitatingly admits
that Guttenberg's invention is the grand
est event in pTofane history. 1t helped
TO create not only a new world, but also
new hell, both Of which for nearly I'VE
centuries il has annually provided with
new experiences. new ideas and new won
ders Il found Truth erring about the
word ana gave Il wings-buc Lie was also
roaming and managed TO appropriate two
sets OF wings Il found Science perse-
cuted and hiding in dark corners but n
gave It freedom ou land and sea ara
in the heavens and made it the welcome
aim OF human study. Ii found but lit
tie art and industry, but 1t added TO them
year by year. II made It's inventor who
was Stunned and desplsed. great, ana
gave him the mastery Of the globe. TX
transformed religion. which was then the
all~1owerful ruler into a friend ana ben
efactress OF. mankind. War was then
comparatively cheap but OF restricted
effect; now il Is very expensive but gives
more satisfactory results. IL has brought
freedom to some peoples and thrown oh
ers into slavery; 1t is the founder ana
protector Of human liberty. and yet II
has fostered despotism where formerly Il
was. impossible, Whatever the world Is
today, good or bad. it has become through
Guttenoerg's Invention, which is az the
bottom OF It, And yet we offer him our
homage, for what he said in his dream to
the angel Of wrath has been fulfilled ana
the evil caused Dy his grand discovery
mas been thousand-fold balanced By the
good With which II has blessed humanity.
Very truly yours. Mark Twain. :.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-21

I'm about half a second somethin green
whisked past 1t wat in my eve, for you
never saw nothin' green IN that when IL
come 10 a question OF bear I'm green on
theosoply and a few other fine pints of
rel gion but not'n bear, thank YOU 1t
must "a been another tree, but | want
very particular about stopping to find out
80 on I journeyed. Just as we cleared that
someihin' gray went a-swimmn' around
on ali eidcs with a thousand quails a
wlizzin'. squelin', and dariin' around my
head II sounded as IL the Ugh min had
q nck all the crcekery and turned the
flies loose. It might have been rock pi o
we went through, but / wasn't particu-
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-21

The Rev Dr. Robert D. Sheppard is
being spoken OF as the probable success
CT OF Henry Wade Rogers as pres mt OF
he Northwestern University Tho do tor
was born in Chicago In 1917. and Is a
z aduate Of the cid Chicago University.
and studi in Europe thr years Every
hing that Or. Sheppard touches turns
10 gold" said ons Of the trustees Of the
unversity. who Is strongly in favor Of
his selection. Many people interested in
the university remember that DR.. Shep-
pard is the man who on one occasion,
a out ten years ago, made Sis0 900 for the
university In three MINUTES by a real es-
tate tranqactfon.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-21
BOGUS PENNIES ARE PLENTIFUL.
New York Counterfeiters Are Turn
ing Out Large Amounts of Small
Coins
From the New York journal.

From the New York Journal.
Wholesale counterfeiung of pennies is
being carried on in the downtown Italian
quarter. Representatives of the govern
nent secret service bureau have been at
work on The case for several weeks and a
number Of arrests are expected very
shortly
The discovery of the counterfeits was
made by an agent OF the American Mu-
toscope Company. This company has a
large number of moving picture machines
in different places all over town. One
OF their branches is in Park Row, not
far from the downtown Italian quarter
Il is the custom 10 turn in the pennies
taken in by the machines 10 the main
office. al Fourteenth street and Broad
way, twice a week. From there the pen
mes are taken weekly on a truck to the
subtreasury.
Three or four weeks ago 200 pennies
were rejected as fraudulent. The same ex-
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-21
BILL ELLIS RIDES A BEAR.
RED ANTS DROVE A HUNTsMAN To
MOUNT "oLD CLUBFooT.-

Da<hed Through the Forest-Took
Time for His Voice TO Arrive AZ
ter the Ride, and the Bear Was
Lame at That.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-21

to thinkjn,' and burned if it wasn't my
own voice-jUst arrived
oh. yss, he done rretty we'll for lame
bear but, good Lordy. what sport I'd a
had if I'd only had spurs on"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-21

Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantle. one
Of tho hest known men IN the British
navy, who is now On a tour in this coun-
Try ard Canuda, Was senior naval officer
in the Asaautee war in 1914. ana was
severely wounded in action, For his SER
vices in this campaign he was thanked
by both Houses Of Parliament, and was
made companion Of the Bath and OF the
Order q s.. VI c sel and St. George. He
also ser ed during the hlockad3 on the
st coast of Africa IN 1883, and in the
Vita punitive @ petition. 1880. lie was
Pear Admiral. sec nd IN command Of the
channel squadron, Is g. 81 commander in
G ief IN the East ln1ils, 1888 10 1871: ccm-
mander in chief on The China stat on. 1902
e5 a d commander in chief al Plymou h.
1859.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-21

perience was met with the following week
Then a watch was set on the arriving
pennies, and it was finally discovered that
all of the counterfeits came from che
showroom in Park Row. When the au.
thoriues were notified of the counterfeits
an inves igation was at once set on foot,
which resulted in the discovery of evil
dence that an extensive plant for the
manufacture of the spurious cents IS in
existence somewhere in the Italian quar-
ter. The coins are very fair counter
felt and seem 10 be made of something
much like the alloy used by the govern
ment in their manufacture. When ex-
amined closely it is easy to detect the
difference from the genuine. however
u is nos customary 10 look al the small
coins with much attention. however so
that the cOunterfeits seem to pass al
most as readily as the genuine coins
The magnitude Of the opera tons Of the
counterfei<ers Is indicated by the fact that
the Mutoscope Company alone has taken
in an average Of more than 200 Of the
coins each week in one OF the places alone
where its machines have been exhibited.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
'FlREI
Mayors Office,
City of Virginia,
April 26th, 1900;

To the Citizens of Virginia:
This is dangerous weather and
the Citizens of Virginia are here.
by requested to use timely eff
forts to guard against any fires
that might prove unmanageable.
During the continuation of
this dry season all persons are
hereby prohibited from setting
fires on any private lots or pubs
lie grounds whatsoever within
the limits Of the city, or from
setting or causing fires to be set
on the outskirts of the city.
. Forest fires are around US, and
WHILST. may be impossible by
human agency to extinguish a
great forest fire we can save the
burning Of our city and the de.
structlon Of property by q united
aud determined effort in prevent
ing the careless setting of fires
within the limits or outskirts OF
the city.
Lot US take pride in making
q good record for ourselves and
our city in preventing danger
Gus nres.
M. G. PALMER,
Mayor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
A0TE0 TO BlWABLK.


Judge Vivian Prince was a BIZ
wabik visitor on Tuesday. in at
tendance upon lega! business.
At a meeting of the Biwablk
council that evening Mr.. Prince
was appointed as city justice for
the village of Biwabik. and i'm
tends to remove his family to
that point in the near future.
During his residence in Vir>
ginia and for many years pre-.
vious thereto Mr.. Prince has
he'd the position of justice-an
experience which has eminently
fitted HIM for tho duties of the
Office to which he has been chos.
en- by the people of our eastern
neighbor.
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M9>N,etNMNN 4. N9eNrM
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and Wasson.
PR1Nr1NG-Ald. Donnelly, St,
eyr ard Shipley.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Aid. Michan, Donnelly and Hal
verson.
STREETS ALLEYS AND SIDE
WALKs-Ald. St. Cyr; Halver.
son and Michan.
FIRE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT
AID. Smith, Eaton aud Donnel.
ly.
LICENSES 49, Aid. Halyerson,
Eaton and Shipley.
ORDINANCES - Aid. Shipley,
Wasson and Michan.
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BE CAREFUL.

The fact that no rain has fall
en- in this section since Septem.
Der lastand that less than one
footsof snow fell during the win
ter renders the danger of fire far
greater this spring than ever
heretofore. 1t therefore de.
wolves upon every citizen and
property owner to use extra
caution against fire possibilities
at this time, as with the prevail
ing heavy winds a fire IN any
portion of the city might and in
all probability would prove dis
astrous.
The Moon & Kerr Lumber
company, in view of these facts,
has already doubled it's force OF
watchmen, a commendable pre-
caution.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

A. Guthrie & Co., who have
been engaged In building the
Eastern Minnesota extension to
Commodore, have the work
practically complete, the rails
being laid on Sunday last and
the grading and filing done
since. From here their outfit
will be removed to the Hibbing
district, where tracksge will be
laid to the Clark and other
mines which are to ship over
that line.
Among recent real estate deals
in Virginia are noted the sale by
s. 0berg Of his Maple street
property TO Jacob johnson. Mr.,
Oberg has bought the Crockett
house on Wyoming, now occu>
pied by Capt. Q. Z. Wasson and
family. B. O. Wiggin has pur-
chased the Palmer house or
Spruce and q lot on Chestnut
to which he will remove the
building for occupancy as ,
store. VI. p. Hannaford hss
bought lot 2 Of block "a, Chest
j nut, to which The Enterprise
sanctum will shortly be moved
and many improvements addet
/. 70 our outfit. .S.s,..s.zs z.z: q:
Ladies Tailor. made Suits o
ISerges, Covert c 10th and Home
spuns, in great variety, at th,
] Bee Hive.
NJ. Mannheim, Prop.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
CATBOLlC LADIES AID.

CAT0OL1C LAOx6N AID.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF
0uf Isdy 81 kolie
Church was re organized Sun>
day evening, with q membership
OF about 40; following being the
officers elect. President, Miss
K. G. Sweeney; treasurer, Mrs.
P. Shipley; secretary, Miss Nell
lie .Mahoney. The society met
Wednesday with Mrs. P. Ship
ley and will be entertained next
Wednesday by Mrs. J. Sullivan,
at her home on Maple street.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27
THR CITY GATHERS.

%
L AT the regular meeting Of the
common council Wednesday
evening Dominic Burns received
the appointmeDt Of assessor
|agsinst E. Bnrley. and e II,
|Chittenden was elected as fire
|chief. : :, ..s. :.
Mayor Palmer named council
conmittees for the ensuing yea1
q. ollows: .s.s
Ways AND MEANS Aid. Was
eon. Smith and ST. Cyr.
81 11NANC AID. Eaton, Snltl
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CARD OF THANKS.

To the High School pupils,
their instructors, the Virginia
teachers. and to our many kind
friends whose sincere sympathy
we had with US in our bereave-
ment for our beloved daughter
and sister. Rose, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. Mahoney and family wish
to express heartfelt thanks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-27

BUSINESS BLOCK FOa SALE.
The Rossman building, on lot
20 of block II, Virginia, now oc
cupied by the Finnish Mercan-
tile company, for sale at a rea-
sonable price. Address
J. P. ROSSMAN,
POI Palladio Bldg,
2w. Duluth, MINI.
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PASSED 70 HEH REST,

After an illness Of many months
Mise Rnsa Mahoney. daughter Of
..ss John soasy.E. s
died &c her home ON Chestnut
street at 10 o'clock Sunday even
ing.
In August, 1893, Miss Mahoney
suffered an attack of typhoid fe-
yer, developing upon her recov-
cry into consumption, All that
loving hearts and tender hands
could do was done to relieve the
patient sufferer, and in May last
she went to Montana, where she
spent the summer at Gregson
Hot Springs, returning here in
September. feeling but slightly
improved and since which time
she gradually faded away.
Deceased was born at Negau-
nee, Mich. >. in 1880, moving from
there to Hancock with her par
ents, and later to Tower. where
she: resided for five years. Some
four years ago they came to this
city, where Miss Mahoney COM
pleted her educational course,
graduating from the eigh tn grade
of the Virginia schools with the
class of '98.
Impressive funeral ceremonies
were held from Our Lady OF
Lourde's Catholic Church at 9 p.
m. on Tuesday, being attended
oy large concourse of Sorrow
ing friends. Sam Morrell, Will
Sweeney, Alex King, Joe Doyle,
Frank Shipley and Frank Don
nelly, all former classmates, act
ed as pail bearers, the remainder
Of her classmates and teachers
attending in a body.
The floral tributes were beau
tiful. q floral wheel with one
missing spoke, BY her former
classmates. denoting the esteem
ip; which the deceased was hello
BY. her school friends. Othe1
handsome pieces we're furnished
by the teachers and by Mr.. ant
Mrs. 3. ]. O'Rourke. S.
The remains were inferred i,
the. Virginia cemetery, followet
TO their last rest BY many friend!
/ whose sympathies are extended
to the bereaved parents and fam
lily in their hour Of sorrow.
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xiI,I I,;,I,Iis llII,lII,a,uviIwa

= H1OA l. y AN
= Virginia Cash G
MMNN!H!lN!(!N!l!a!l 4! 4! 4! 4! 4! 4! 4! 4. 4 4!
tune are true, they are each from
100000 to $120, 900 better off
than they were a few months
ago. That they have found q
valuable body of ore is establish.
ed but the extent is yet to be de-
termined. The ore is said to run
63 per cent in iron low in phos.,
and is said to resemble Chandler
ore in some respects. The land
on which the ore body is situate
is leased from the St: Paul l.
Duluth railroad company. In
the early days of the range Capt
Mailman did an amount of ex
ploring on adjacent lands, ind>
ing small ore body but not in.
paying quantity. The drill ex>
plorations by Supt. Wallace and
associates are said to have prov
en- a 1000, 600 ton ore body thus
far.
Supt. Parmalee, in charge of
the Republic Iron & Steel COM
pany's Mesaba interests, has for
some months past been conduct
ing explorations on Sherwood
lands near Mountain Iron, east.
ern capital being associated with
Mr.. Parmalee in the enterprise.
The lands lie a short distance
east of the Mountain Iron mine,
and the work done has shown q
nice ore body, one drill hole pen
etrating about one hundred feet
of high grade ore. On Saturday
Mr.. Parmalee and associates con-
cluded deal for the purchase OF
thirteen forties of these lands;
mi and He, Z 1;zsF;zrt will at once u
fully explored and developed.
Mr.. Parmalee has our congratu>
lations upon his success.
The Monroe mine is the name
of a new proposition on which
work is to be prosecuted this
season. The Monroe is situated
in 18, $500. near the Clark, con.
tanning 80 acres. It has been
proven by Bennett & Longyear,
and an enormous body of ore
proven, one hole showing 80
feet. The property has been
leased by Corrigan, Mckinney &
Co. and will be directed forth
with under the direction of Capt.
J. Fl. Pearce. It is an under.
,'ground proposition.
! Stripping operations at. the
| Mahoning iron mine, at Hlbbing,
have begun. Steam engines
will take the place of horses in
ths work Of moving the cars o1
material. It is said that Wins
ton Bros. & Dear, who have
done tie stripping work at the
! Mahonirg, have secured con-
tracts which will call for the
removal of enough material tc
keep a large force busy for sew.
years.
I Survey parties on the propos-
ed Eastern Minnesota cut off,
from Virginia to Stony Brook,
have completed work and during
the past week contractors have
been looking over the routs
; preparatory to submitting bids
for the work. The new line viii
leave the main road at a point
two miles west of Virginia, ant
the Sauntry and Commodore orr
} will be hauled over this route.
n. B. Hovland. in charge o
the Cincinnati mine which wa
recently acquired by G. A. Ten
er, of Plttsburg, has one drill q
: work exploring the property
and two more drills are to b
added shortly. After the or
body has been thoroughly prov
. en- shafts :7ill be sunk and th
> mine developed and worked. i
Shipments from the Victori
= NINE, Of the FRANKLIN group, b<
g gan Tuesday. The Franklin an
: Bessemer shafts are also il reai