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New-York tribune., 1901-08-25
TRIckS or UENTRIL0QrISu.
From The Philadelphia Post

From The Philadelphia Post
one can no longer Toe sure that Ve-troquial
effects on the stage are honestly obtained. mas
I0Ich as contriv&nccs have been patent q
t-Etly for producing th-m artincially In the
mouth of a doll for example. is concealed the
i,>t!Ner of "a telephone. with wire communi-
eating with the mysterious region known ~
"hchind the scenes" Wh-n the maulkin is
fcslred 10 talk. a hidden confederate furnishes
the utteTanCe. the ene.t being highly salts
factory 10 the dclud.d audience which sup
poses that the performer behind the footuFhts
Is doing il all
OF late Ventri oquists have tried to vary their
performances ~ Introducing. In addition To the
old fashioned dolls. stuffed animals such as
dogs, cats, and even horses. which appear to
join in the conversation. This likewise is some
times managed by the telephone method. the
receiver being PLACED in the mouth OF the figure.
In this way even pig may acquire articulate
speech, To the delight ana amusement Of spec
tatOrs.
The term "vontrilOquism is a msnomer. mas
much as noDooy talk in his stomach and
the popular notion that a performer in this line
throws his voice" is altogether a mistake. The
1aCt Is. that the whole deception consists in
speaking without moving the lips Ga method
New-York tribune., 1901-08-25
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-

Remains have also been found in Algeria, ana
the berlin naturalist is confident that the genus
thus revealed was q connecting link between
the SiwaIik camel and the modern droHedaTy
Only at a comparatively recent date was
satisfactory clew found to the Bactrian Gamers
ancestry But fossils from Runania, near 'he
Danube and from the vicinity of Sarepta on
the Volga. now indicate pretty clearly that tlie
modern two bumped camel originated either ID
Eastern Europe Northwestern ASIA Ihe
Russian fossils associated with teeth oe-
longing to the mammoth, from which It is faif
to infer that the climate of that region was
milder when the bones were inferred than IL is
New-York tribune., 1901-08-25
ORIGIN OF THE CAMEL.

CLEWS SUPPLIED BY FOSSILS-FOUND IN
ARCTIC AS WELL AS TROPIC REGIONS.
Many people think of the camel as practically
a tropical animal perhaps because some of its
most striking characteristics fit it for crossing
the Desert of Sahara. Its large storage of
water and the insensitve soles of its feet nat
urally suggest a life near the Equator Even
New-York tribune., 1901-08-25
THE SHE'LL.
BY HERBERT TRENCH.

am Shell out of the Asian sea
But my sad Pearl is gone
Risen To be CiodGess-VenuS green is She
And east I'd alone
Yet some night shall her briIIiance stOOp and
take
Unto her this shell,
And hear the whisper of her own heart
break
All that serve to tell
New-York tribune., 1901-08-25
OF COURSE He WAS A BRUTE.

From The Boston Transcript
Mrs. StaiOr-John. don't you think I need a
new gown? This one begins to look shabby
Mr.. Stalor-I don't anything the matter
with IL You look well enough in il TO suit me-
and why should pay out money to make you
more attractive to other men?
New-York tribune., 1901-08-25

to be acquired only by long practice). and in
pitching voice that to the audience 1t
will have the same acoustic effect if it pro-
ceeded from the Quarter to which the eXpectant
attention of the spectators is directed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
The Story of Waltham Abbey.

Although comparatively unknown, save
through Lord Lytton's Harold the Alb
hey Church of Waltham is one of the
most interesting churches of England,
certainly from the association point Of
view. It is only distant eighteen, miles.
as the crow flies, from London town. and
lies close to the once royal forest OF Ep-
ping, now the peoples playground. The
parish is first mentioned. in the time Of
King Canute. its owner then being Tow.
the standard bearer to that famous mon
arch. After the death Of Tow it became
crown property, and King Edward the
Confessors bestowed it on Harold. on eon-
.dition that he should build monastery.
.Waltham made 4 deep impression upon
the national mind, for in the breast of
Holy Rood, or Crucifx, which was said
to have youchsafed him its supernatural
warning before he went ont to meet VII
lam the Conqueror, even became the war
Try, and Holy Crosse rang from the
lips Of the English as the yormans swept
over the downs between Pevensey and
Hastings at the battle Of Senlac Book
World. .#
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

The venerable Senator Bate of Ten
nessee is the original straw-hat man of
the season, and he created some excite
ment around the white house and ii sew
eral Of the departments IN Washington
the other day by wearinga new head
piece in the shape Of a fresh, white Pan
anna sombrero, which he bought in Cuba.
The senator is just back from Havana,
and he was so proud Of his purchase
that he could not resist the temptation
to display it for the benefit of his Wash
ington friends, notwithstanding the tenn
perature was almost down to the freez-
ing point and furs and heavy overcoats
were in demand. Senator Bate is the
only member of the Senate at present
who can boast Of having served in the
Mexican war. He is delighted with his
ten-days' trip to Cuba, and speaks in
the highest terms Of the cleanliness and
the improved condition Of Havana un
der Gen. Woods administration.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

Charles L. Feller Of Providence, r. l.,
has in his possession a copper coin of
the kind used by slaves as passports in
their travels when running away from
their owners during the anti-slavery agi-
tation preceding the Civil war. The coin
bears the date Of 1888, with Liberty
in laurel wreath on its face and on the
reverse the kneeling figure of slave
woman and the inscriptions: Am / not a
woman and n sister, The condition of
the coin is perfect, and came into posses
sion of Mr.. Feller several years ago,
who obtained it from an oyster dredger.
H., B. Thatcher Of Bangor, Me-. who is
a noted coin collector, has one of the
pieces Of the same year as Mr.. Feller's.
Mr.. Thatcher says he remembers that in
his youth slaves went to his fathers
house at night and were taken" in. His
father would take them out of Bangor in
his wagon and would carry them we'll on
their way to the Canadian line. The
coins were used by the slaves along their
avenues of escape as signals by which
they could show they were entitled to as
sistance without being compelled to
speak and tell about themselves.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

The trustees Of Harvard university
have purchased about 400 acres of land
in New Hampshire, to be used as q camp
where surveying and railroading will be
taught during the summer months. In
structions will begin about the middle OF
August. The land is near Center Har-
Dor, and borders upon Squam lake
There are about one and one-half miles
of lake front. The lake itself is eight
miles long and two miles wide, and there
are many islands in it. The land is espe-
cially adapted for topographic and hydro
graphic work. The camp will include a
working room for draughting and study.
During the, first summer the students will
probably live, in tents, but q house vii
be built to serve as dining room and
kitchen: All students of civil engineer
ing are required to take the, summer
courses, and other students registered at
the university may take these courses
without additional fee, if their courses
are allied to engineering.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

1t was in Sweden that the idea orig.
mated of having gardens attached to
schools, so that children might be taught
gardening and farming. This idea has
now been extensively copied in other
countries, and in Germany on a very ex-
tensive scale. Botanical gardens have
been created which furnish material fol-
study, and in addition there are many
ordinary gardens which are simply KEEP,
up by schools. At Breslau. for example,
there is botanical garden with an area
Of 10000 acres, and three-fourths of it
is planted in flowers for the study of the
school children. On demand plants are
sent to the teachers, who take out the
children to see them planted, and later to
study their growth. The pupils are al
lowed to take slips home with them.
In the neighborhood of Dresden there
is model institution where the boys
are taught how to cultivate all the fruit
and forest trees, which grow in the King,
dom of Saxony. The girls take charge
Of a kitchen garden and are taught to
sew and cultivate. Both sexes are in
structed in the raising Of flowers. Plants
and bulbs are given to the childrea to
take home. %7':sE & - = -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
A*Doctor This Time
Portland, Maxl6fhADr.IH. u

iPOrtland, May?6thlDr.}H ID. IA, Rose,
practicing physician, formerly OF
Yates Center, 4Kans:, was on what
everyone supposed was his death bed.
He had Diabetes, and six of his brother
doctors were In attendance and consul
tation at his bedside. They. had done
everything that medical skill could sug-
gest to save his life, but they were at
last reluctantly forced to tell him that
he must prepare for death.
His aunt had been summoned to his
dying bedside. After the doctors had
given her nephew up, she insisted that
as D lastresort. heAbe given a treat
Of Dodd's Kidney Pills sa.. 5zs5i!
= ! From TIL: VERY ;EI nfst do5e' tie tide
turned III bis favor His life was saved.
and he is hale and hearty to-day.
This case and it's cure has amazed the
physicians, and Is the sensation of the
hour. 1t is interesting to note that
while many others are being cured by
this great discovery in medicine, the
physicians themselves are among the
first to benefit, and that while the sim
pier and more prevalent forms, such as
Rheumatism, Sciatica, Bladder and
Urinary Trouble and Female Weakness
disappear before it, the more malignant
forms, such as Bright's Disease, Dia-
betes and Dropsy, which have always
been regarded as incurable, are yield
ing. just as easily. "|s.ss g.
Dodd's Kidney Pills are fast super.
ceding all other treatments for Kidney
Disease, and as nearly all human sick.
ness and suffering has its origin in the
Kfdnevs the use of this wonderful
medicine is becoming almost universal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
EUGEN1E's DINING ROOM.
\, Habit which the Former EN- pre..
-, Rrouaht from the TufIeries.

/ sS$ Erou2ne from the Tuferies.
The ex Empress Eugenie clings pathet-
ically to many. Of the traditions OF the
Tuileries, amongl them one which was
due to whim Of Napoleon III.
The Emperor detested the convent ionals
dining room and fatly refused to eat in
one. He, insisted that, he couldn't see
any. reason why the room;where one took
ones meals should be paneled, leather
hung, dark and. gloomy as, q mortuary
chamber, and that he would not eat SOL
emily and classically. - =
j.. The ,SalonS Louis: NV, one. of the
brightest and gayest rooms in the Tuil-
cries, was used for the .Elnperor's din
ing room. Gay screens were brought in
at meal time to hide the. doors and serv-
ing tables: These serving tables were
also brought in for each occasion. Aft
er the, meal was finished all of, it's ap-
purtenances were carried away and the
room bore 10 hint of dining room.,' OF
course, all this made endless trouble land
Inconvenience for the servants, but that
/ doesn't enter into royal calculations.
The Empress follows the old plan and
has her meals served wherever she hap
pens to want them-on the veranda, the
terrace, in the. salon, in her boudoir.
The servants of an ex Empress; not be-
ing So humble as the seEvants9of an En-
Eperor, do ia deal'of grumbling, but their
MISTRESS has always followed $her}own
whims, save when fate interfered, and
| fate seems to place no embargo on the
ShEtng' of dining rooms: q 3 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

Attention was recently called to the
fact that engineers have taken a hint
from the beaver in building a dam with
an arch facing the current. 1t is said
that thy are indebted to the clam for
the idea OF using a water jet in sinking
piles in sand. The story is, that the
jet was first used in 1852. and by the
advi;e of George B. Mcclellan, after.
ward the well-known general. 1t seems
that he was walking on the seashore one
day when he saw clam close it's shell
and squirt little stream of water into
the .nl by which m ans it was abe t,
bury itself more easily. This gave him
the idea of the water-j t in p!le-sink ng.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
Care Of Plants in Spring.

; In. the springtime, when plants are
making strong and rapid growth, partic-
ular attention must be given to training
them. III neglected in this respect they
soon get beyond control, and the only
way to bring them into subsection then
is by sacrifcing9oa good deal of, the
growth they have4made. This there is
no need Of doing5f the training is begun
jn the right way and at the right time
II a branch is inclined to o1tgrow others
pinch off the end of it, and keep all such
branches from growing by pinching until
other branches have had a chance to
catch up. II q plant is not bushy and
compact, make it SO by pinching off the
ends of all it's branches. Keep up this
treatment until las many branches have
started as you think the plant ought to
have. II you desire plant to grow in
tree form, train it. to one stalk; until it
reaches the height you desire and then
nip of its top and force it to branch.
Save the branches at the top to form the
head Of thefree. Ifyou Want slifubby
plant, begin the pinching process when It,
is small, thus forcing it ITO, branch close
to the pot;i The old saying of54"as 1.-The
tinently toEthe training 81 pl4nts when in
their early stages s0f yeidpment. II a.
dies Home Journals 20 "a "a 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

A magnificent oak tree at Athens, Ga,
not only owns itself, but possesses other
property. 1t was owned many years ago
by Col. w. II. Jackson, who, in his
childhood. played. around it's. massive
Trunk and in later years grew to love it
almost as he would his own child Fear
ing that after his death the Old oak
would fall into the hands of persons who
would destroy it, he recorded deed con-
vey:ng to the tree >''entire possession of
self and of all land wi hin eight feet ,of
it on all s:des''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

Consul Skinner at Marseilles, in a re-
port to the state department., says he
has been applied to by. shoe merchants
of Marseilles for addresses of United
States manufacturers of boots and shoes
who are DESTROYS of extending their trade
to France. The consul says he has re-
celved complaints that American manu-
facturers are too much disposed to estab-
hsh central agencies at Paris and to rely
upon them to cover the entire; French
held. In consequence, they are frequent
~ unable to do justice to the great extent
of territory, and are under the necessity
of increasing their prices to such an ex-
tent as to prevent successful competition
in the provincial states. Shoes that are
imported into Paris are required to be
transferred a number of times before
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

LITTLE DANES AND MEN.


We must all remember when Fes SIS
We were little DANES and men: .sfss Is
When each sorrow tugged1 away with ali
its might G.y.% -. : ttsa2&gs rs {
At our little heats and eyes, Il Ss3t
Till the air was full of sighs s5e
And the brightest day was turned Il, dark
est night. m. IS. & 2fsss st5579S
How we'd weep, how we'd creep
To our little beds to Sleep ~, =. 4
With wet ..lashes on flushed faces; - even
~ then. .s,,Ei = az ,SS go
Not soul would ever know ~; }>%$s$4ss.s$ $ (
Half our agony; and 50 H. t, 20 s -. !
We should sympathize with little DANES
/ ~ and men. - -%1s..@fy &5,42: !
We must all remember when " <,3:,5l:@E#lyjj:
WEI were little danes and men, ~ II, i
When we meet the little ones from di.y to
; day; - ri.
A kind word is just as cheap A. r.. ,
And it sinks to depths rs deep
AS the harsh one you We're sending down
- their way. -
1t you knew how a few t,3.-.
Gracious acts and words from you
Were planted in their souls, to blossom
when ,.- ~
Golden days of childhood seem
70 be shadows Of a dream,
You would love and cherish little danes
and men. T..
:: New England Magazine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

1T is estimated that there are 1000
pushcart merchants in the city of New
York, although most of them are work
ing on commission. The trade of the
pushcarts is so large that the Retail Gro
GERS Advocate, has made it a. subject OF
an investigation. 1t finds that one asso-
citation controls about 400 pushcarts,
which handle $4,000 worth OF goods a
day, or $6S6,00 year. There is a buy
ing agent and central storehouse and
several distributing points. The business
is handled scientifically, and though the
pushcart men have no rights on the
streets except the right to keep moving,
and are subject to the whims Of every
policeman, yet profit Of about 10 per
cent. is made. The pushcart men them
selves earn about 81 a day. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

Promising reports of the results Of a
serum treatment of tuberculosis in the
military hospital in Buenos Ayres are
not credited by American physicians; bu,
this does not signify that the physicians
Of this country are unwilling to adopt
anything that will cure disease or ale
viate pain. If the Buenos Ayres report
does not so the way OF all past reports
concerning discovered cures for tubercu
losis, the physicians of America will
quickly experiment with it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

Funston's letter in praise Of his brother
officers. written before he Went on the
expedition, which added to his fame,
ought to remove some Of the prejudice
against him that was aroused by differ
enccs Of opinion as to the ACCESSIBILITY of
making him brigadier general in the
regular establishment Nobody can
he blamed for taking good things that
come his way, and in Funston's case the
good thing was brigadier's commission.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
they reach the ultimate buyer through
out the French territory. n

IAN American locomotives firm viii II SUP VI
ply mine engines for the port commits
)sioners of Calcutta, India, it's bid being
f137S< as aEainst 1850 by Glasgow
concern. In addition to thus cutting un-
der the Glasgow builders, the American
firm offered to deliver the engines inside
Of six months while the shortest time
promised by the Scotch firm was nine
months. This is said 10 be the first time
that a contract for locom motives has been
secured abroad through lower prices as
well as speed of delivery, and the fact
is significant
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
Germany g Antarctic scheme.

The German Antarctic expedition which
is at present icing organized with the
financial support OF the imperial govern
ment is appoipted to sail in August next,
says Berlin correspondent. Important
the enterprise, which has long been 1 pre.
pared in Germany, and is now to be car
|tied ont isim1 tanebnsly with tie proposed
IBritikh expedition, which, viii explore
the Pacific hide 6f tie Southern Polar
.sea, while the German field Of. operation
WV wv ss the Polar aea south Of the tndian
ton VIII leave the Kerguelen at the be-
ginning Of December, but the route to Be
taken is still uncertain owing to the din.
culties presented by polar navigation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
HOW TRUST LEADER WORKS.
He Suggests, but Does Not Interfere
wi tn His Subord inates. =

Does Not Antef1ere
with HE Subordinates.
ihere is "a mistaken idea that the hen
VINO direct the great Corporations Rare
continuallys engaged in a vast amount Of
detaH business. This is not the ease.
Modern business has made the position
OF the trust leader one requiring not only
pralns. but brains of the highest order.
! 1t may be that the president 6f trust
| does not perform an Off1cia1 act once a
day, 1t may be that his work is con-
hned to initiating the papers that his sub
9rdlnate heads of departments submit to
nm; but the fact remains that he is still
the brains Of the concern, and that If he
signs papers without knowing their CON
! tents ne does so because he knows thor
oughly the men who submit them. It
| has fbeen said with truth that the most
| successful men in these businesses are
! those who do nothing when things are
going smoothly and who do everything
when they are going ill.
Instead of taking away front the free
dom Of action of the men who direct
| added to their responsibility. The whole
system Of trust organization depends
upon making each man responsible for
! the work which he directs. So long as
he achieves satisfactory results he is not
interfered with. 1t fis said, for example,
that the president Of the Standard Oil
company never issued ia 5positiye order to
his subordinates. Whetherttit is a mat
ter of giving employment to workman
or carrying out deal with a govern
ment, he merely suggests. II the subQr-
ment in the matter he is( perpnted to ID
So, but he is held strictly responsible TO:
the consequences.-Fran Leslie's Popu-
lar Monthly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
London's Neglected Opportunity.

At the best of times the Thames
steamboat service has never been any
thing like adequate for the real de
mands of the metropolis, says q London
correspondent. Ugly, slow-motioned, lii
tie boats running every half hour, and
quite unpunetual at that, have been the
Londoner's lot. for years past, and be.
cause the service did not pay, as well it
tinued since last summer. !So That, fipe
thc-oughfare, which, if properly utilized,
would at least go some way toward solv
ing the problem Of London's ,congested
street traffic. lies neglected and unused.
don county council framed and lately
brought before the House of Commons
bill empowering them to build and run
on the Thames passenger steamers of
their own. This bill, however, has bee;,
ing wholly opposed TO it. and London is
left pretty much where it was. i
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10

The historic Burt mansion, in Able
vile, S. c., which has been offered for
sale. was once the scene. of a Confed-
e:ate cabinet meeting, which was called
ty Jefferson Davis while guest Of Mr..
Eurt. At that meeting the career Of the
Confederacy was virtually ended, and
there the great seal Of the Confederate
government was seen for the last time.
The seal was reported to have been cast
into we'll on the premises, but it has
been searched for without avail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-10
Fortunes in New, York Real Estate.
So$hinns oo1a 1ziro a cd TO

Fortunes in New. York Real Estate.
Nothing can give more adequate idea
Of the vast strides il wealth anl popu-
lation whick New York has made during
the past eighty-6ve years than the won
,derful difference between the values in
certain parcels of real estate in the early
part of the last century and now, says a
writer in Leslie's Weekly. For exam
pie, the Boreel property on lower Broad
changed hands in 1915 at a valuation Of
about $4,000. Other building sites in
the same neighborhood, assessed in 1915
at such valuations as $4,000, $4,000 and
5000. are now rated at 81, 100000,
$950.OOO and $3.50, 900 respectively, the
a, hundred fold. The interesting ques-
ton might be raised @as to what limita-
ton. If any. there mavi be- upon Sbrbperty
valuations in city like New York