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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
Rockefeller and the Surgeon.

Years ago John D. Rockefeller was a
poor clerk in Cleveland, drawing sal
airy Of $40 a month. He had an ailment
which required simple and harmless
surgical operation: Having no doubt
presentiment of his future Importance in
the financial world, the poor clerk decid-
ed to consult none but the best surgeon
that there would be no risk. He went to
a surgeon of high repute in Cleveland and
arranged to pay so much month. The
surgeon was willing. and it took Rookie
Teller about year to pay the bill Of $40
without interest. Not so very long ago
Mr.. Rockefeller sent for the same sur
geon: now an old man, ad entertained
him at his larry Forest home. The mag
nate wanted another consultation regard
ing the old complaint and chose to send
for the surgeon of his youth. They talked
it over and then Rockefeller asked for
the bill, remarking: II won't keep you
waiting as did years ago. Things have
changed since then"
"Oh: l am out of practice; wish no
fee. Mr.. Rockefeller. That. is albright.
Don't mention it, :57E.i - =
Rockefeller opened a drawer Of his
desk, disclosing few pounds Of new
sreenbacks. Putting few bills in an
envelope, he handed it to the surgeon,
saying: "Well, if you do not want to
take fee, give this to some poor young
doctor Of your acquaintance" There
was $500 in the envelope, and after ar
rival home the old surgeon did not think
give the money and kept it. But the
story shows good side of a great man
who has done much good with his earth
" store
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
WHO KILLssTHE BIRDS

Who kills the birds? 81 #s { s$5f
%" said the Woman, although its in
1 must have dead BIRDS, :. s5ss
Who sees them die? .33}sss. T%$
a." said the Man, whenever, can,
For my sport they must die. ~
IT. f faid t the b by, II love to destroy,
Who digs their graves? >s.5E,, ~ q
IT," said the Girl; ''for feathers neat
"a dig. all t graves !. ~
So the men and the boys by the woodland
r. and streams, s:=~r1# ~
And the women and girls, with their hats
like (bad) Dreams, g. -
Are robbing the earth Of its bird life and
song. = e i ~ IA
With never thought of their rights, and
our wrong.
But, isn't it Strange, If their hearts have
no pity -
For The H. poor little birds in the country and
They never remember that some summer
day, "A
Not bird can be found that a human can
Why, what will become of the boys and
the men,
Who can't shoot at birds, for there'n be NO
birds then?
day,
With their featherless bonnets, and hats in
IT'S dreadful to think what their sorrow
will be,
And s yet it is something I'd much like to
For it's certainly true, and the truth must
If we kill all the birds. all the birds will
be dead Mary DrummOnd.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
VALUE OF STAMPS.
Prices Brought by Various Spcci
mems Mt a Recent Sale.

Prices Brought by Various spcci
mems Mt Recent Sale.
whats the use Of collecting stamps?'
shifted the Practical Person. He leaned
contemptuously over the album proudly
brought out by his host. ''What intrinsic
value is there in piece of paper that
has been stuck on an envelope and
smeared over with ink by postoffice
clerk?"
the owner of the album. what value,
eh? Well, what value is there in a col
Lection of beer stems. or of furniture a
couple of centuries old. or of old armor :?
III tell you what value there is in stamps.
without further embarrassing you"
He selected a scrap of paper-a clip
ping from the newsstand offered it for
the reading OF the Practical Person.
This" he said, lis the recent money
result of the sale of a stamp collection"
The Practical Person read:
Canada. 1851, 12d, black, unused. . .$3G5
Hawaii, 1851, sc, blue, a little repaired. 20
Merchandising. 1851, I'd, scarlet. unused $50
New Brunswick, 1851, Is, mauve. TN
Nova Scotia, is5i.57. is. purple. unused: $50
British Guiana, 1850, DC, orange yellow: 1s9
Newfo9nd!and 3D., 1885, Is scarlet: unused 175
Nautilus ti is4s. Id. orange. fine: 49,: Isl
Nova Scotia. 1s51-57. Is, violet, used. %
Queensland, $780, I'd, blue, strip Of
St. Vincent, 1ssos1. id on IN Is. vermilliion SO
Nova Scotia: 1S51-57, Is, dark PURPLE. q
New South Wales: 1885. Sd. yellow, fine. q
Tasmania. 1861, I'd. emerald green. y
Nevia, 1878, Is, deep green entire sheet
New York Telegram.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
TABLOID RESTAURANTS OPEN.
Compressed Food Served to Curious
New Workers md Brooklyn,tes,

Compressed Food Served to Curious
New Workers and Brooklynltes.
Brooklyn now revels in the distinction
Of possessing the second tabloid restau-
rant ever established. The first began
its career in Manhattan a few weeks
ago. 4 tabloid restaurant, it should be
understood. is restaurant where food
is served in condensed form--where the
patron may take square meal in
lozenge that may be swallowed at a sin
gle gulp Or he can have his dinner
in capsule, if he prefers it that way.
But most patrons prefer their food loz-
enges diluted with water-so it will last
longer, perhaps.
The tabloid restaurant was made DOS
sible by the recent invention Of com
pressed foods a few years ago. Com
pressed foods were supposed to be de-
sirable only as an emergency ration, but
some enterprising individual found that
the compressed foods would appeal to a
certain portion of the public even where
there was an abundance of restaurants
OF the ordinary type. Hence the tab
loid restaurant. The place is on Fulton
street. almost directly Opposite the
bridge ENTHUSIASTICALLY Eagle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
Why French Colonies Fail

One reason for Frances failure in col.
onlzat'on' says Ihornwell Haynes, con-
sui at kouen, is that the soldier has d.
termined the position and character Of
nor colonies. In Africa, for instances.
she colonized with military expeditions:
EnSland' on the other hand. with mer:
chants who have, fixed upon the most
1ertlie points with traders instinct.
t IN Inc nght 1or commercial supremacy
the specialties of French manufactmre-
silks. ribbons, gloves and articles de
Paris-are not what colonial peoD;e de-
sire. and an inability to minister to rhr
more vulgar needs of the multitude has
allowed other nations to enter these mar
EptS $1,000
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
What a Woman Can Do With q
Toothbrush.

With hairpin and toothbrush, It is
said, woman on a desert island would
soon evolve all the comforts of home.
The things women can do with a hair
pin are history. Here are some Of her
accomplishments with toothbrush. If
window pane rattles at night she
wedges it tight with toothbrush. If
she is suddenly required to stir dose of
medicine in glass, and spoon is not
at hand, she promptly and successfully
uses the toothbrush handle. She has
even been known to use it to loosen the
mold in flower pot, and in extreme
cases she can even drive in tacks with
the same useful article II her mirror
does not slant at the right angle, the
toothbrush comes into play again.: When
its first usefulness is over. it is frequently
employed to scrub the smu.i ::EtiGies of
the toilette table, even the smallest scrub
bling brush being too large. And while q
bristle remains its fair owner will find
some use for it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
Romance in tho Stars.

Above the long group of watery con.
stellations and connected with them may
be seen cluster of constellati ton figures
which, unique among the stellar designs,
set forth distinct and well recognized
story. These are the five consultations
(which, together with Cetus, preserve 70
MS the legend Of Perseus and the maiden
whom he delivered. The story, as it has
come down to us from Greek sources. is
one beloved Of romancists IN all ages
and in all lands. A lovely maiden, innc-
cent herself of any fault is yet con-
demned. in order to expiate the ofenses
Of her parents, to be exposed to some ter
rible disaster. Her case seems beyond
hope or help when at the very crisis Of
abnndantly proved his mettie, in other
fields, appears on the scene. Her beauty
and her distress alike appeal to him, and
to his victorious powers her de1iverance
Is light task. The threatening monster
is easily disposed of, and what promised
with triumph and rejoicing to the sound
Of wedding bells. :,
It may be, as Brown assures us, thai
We have in: the Andromeda legend blu.
another version of the all-peryading solar
myth. Perseus may be Bar-Sav, the son
Of hair. that is to say, the solar Her
media, his bride, the rosy red dawn; but
if so. the dead myth has passed through
minds who could fill it with human in
terest and, SO Undue it with the spirit of
life, As in the. story. Of Pygmaiian, it
may be that that which was cold and
dead was the original: but surely for us.
as for him, the living Galathea is not
only more worthy. but is more rea! and
true than the lifeless marble whose form
she bore. So, we may still look upon
AndrOmeda and Perseus as no mere alb
stractions of natural phenomena, but as
the innocent prosecuted maiden and her
gallant deliverer; the. old romance, eyer
new and ever true throughout the ages
Of the worlds long history.-E. Walker
Maunder in Knowledge. i.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
Medal Day for British Veterans.

The suggestion has been made by the
Leeds Mercury and seconded by the
Montreal Star that one day in the wear
be set apart on which citizens of Grea:
their country in war and have returned
to civil life may wear whatever medals
or other decorations of honor they NAV
have won. Medals are Of little yalne 70
Englishmen in civil life, for they cannot
be worn. A medal day would certainly
do no harm, but the continental fashion
of a ribbon for the buttonhoie is much
the more graceful form Of decoration If
pride or vanity must be satisied.--
Springfield Republican.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
How to Stand.

Stand up a. you ought to stand and you
can prolong your life and enjoy good
health, the best Of spirits and good NOR
ais.
If you are subject to dyspepsia, nerv-
BUSINESS, depression, insomnia. incipient
consumption rheumatism, sick headaches
or neuralgia. stand up correctly and be
crred
This is th:: theory, borne out by the
proof Of practice, Of the new standing
cure 1t is we'll worth trying.
Prominent physicians say that ten min
utes' correct standing every day will
work miracles in a nervous, ailing. de-
pressed man or woman. From ten-min-
ute, periods the patient should gradually
prolong the time until he can stand prop
er!y for half an hour without suffering.
By that time the crowded. ill-used, de-
pleted organs are beginning to show the
effects Of the new and good position regu-
larry assumed. the jaded nerves are com.
mencing to recover tone. the missing APP
petite comes back. and the lungs have in
creased their capacity and strength con-
siderably. =.
When this happens the patient usually
makes determined effort to stand prop
erly all the time; shortly after. he or she
is we'll man or woman, no matter how
nervous or dysDeptic the original condi-
ton may have been, and all this has
been accomplished without drop or an
ounce Of medicine.
According to those who believe in this
mode Of treatment and cure to stand
correctly is merely to assume the position
inculcated by all students of the human
body, technical and professional, by prize
fighters and physical culturists, by doc
tors and dressmakers alike. The body
must be held erect. the heels placed close
together, toes a little way apart, with
the chest held we'll up. In this position
it is all but impossible to do otherwise
than breathe fully and deeply, and in
this fact les the reason of the standing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
The Limit was Reached.

A little 3-year-old of Newton has fire.
quently astonished his parents by rather
witty remarks. One day recently his
mother was busy preparing to 90 away,
and Willie came into the house and made
a great deal of noise running about with
his heavy shoes. His mother told him
she was so tired that she would like
to have him go upstairs and take his
shoes off and put dis slippers on. Willie
obeyed and, returning to the room where
his mother was, talked necessarily. Sew
eral times she had to stop in the midst
Of her work to answer his questions. FL
nally her patience became exhausted. and
she said: willie. will YOU stop talking?
You have me crazy" He stopped min
ute, then replied: ''Well, you made me
take my shoes off, but you can't make
me take my tongue out, anyway.
ton Herald
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
Municipal Golf Links.

There is a certain amount of irony,
says : London paper. in the fact that the
City Corporation which has hitherto been
so averse to anything savoring Of Social
ism. should be the first London authority
to follow the example of Bournemouth in
the establishment Of municipal golf links.
In future the golf links at Chingford in
Epping forest will be controlled by the
city. and under the new regime it will be
at merely nominal charge. ~.s5157s2s II.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
RalstOD Ideas.

There are. some Ralston statements
ton, because they are too little regard
ed, and because their good sense was
confirmed by people Of judgment long
before Ralstonism was discovered. One
is that green, unripe fruit is unwhole-
some, no matter how heavily sugarel
or softened by cooking, and that no
danger can come from eating fruit
when it is ripe, soft mellow and not
sour; another is that oxygen taken in
the form of fresh air, and iron taken
in the form Of grapes or whole wheat
bread, are the genuine thing, though in
disorganized forms they are spurious
Good Housekeeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
A Fuchsia of the Pacific Coast.

The largest and most magnificent
fuchsia plant in this city, and proba bly,
in the state, is to be seen in the garden
Of Robert Foulkes. 1t springs from
single stem some three inches in diam
eter, but divides into three at the sur
face of the ground. The top is Z feet
ence, and is loaded with hundreds of
beautiful flowers in every stage of devel-
opment, while the ground beneath is car
peted with fallen blossoms. The plant
would have been much higher and broad
er but for the fact that it has to be put
in the cellar every winter and the limbs
have to be trimmed off. The height has
to be reduced so that it can stand under
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

the floor above. A rather remarkable
thing is that when the plant is dug up
at the beginning of winter it is in full
foliage and still loaded with blossoms.
uProoting almost any plant in this con-
takes it all as matter of course. and
soon after it is housed the leaves and
flowers fade and drop off and the plant
goes to sleep. AS soon as it feels the
breath Of spring it begins to put forth
tender shoots in profusion, as a hint that
is planted out it starts in growing and
.'blowing'' as if to make up for lost time.
Mr.. Foulkes has several other varieties:
of fuchsias in his garden, one of which
produces, beautiful blossoms eight inches
in length fom the end of the: stem to
the end of the petals.-Portland Ore
gOni1n
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

ness the present season is good one.
Very few good vaudeville actors, they
assert, are out o. work at the present
time.
Out of a commonplace box of steel. Of
the Kind in use in safe deposit vaults,
there rolled before curious Spectators in
police court, the other afternoon. u
stream Of $1,000 bills. gold watches, dia-
monds, gold bars, bangles. necklaces.
bracelets and in addition big heap Of
securities and bonds with coupons at
tached. This treasure was the fortune Of
Alfred Hallenbeck, a gambler now dead,
court to ascertain the exact nature Of
the contents Of The box. The gamblers
widow. who holds the keys makes a
claim to the fortune; Owen s. Parr, Il
friend of the gambler, in whose name
the box stood, says that the treasure is
MS. At rough guess made when the
BOX was opened in the presence Of half
worth not less than $15O,OOO. and it may
easily reach 100000. when the exact
value Of stocks and bonds is aScertained.
The ownership Of the treasure is now be-
ing determined in the courts.
:, Miss Helen Gould was the recipient:
the other day of a bouquet OF flow
ers the sender of which is su:-
pected of intending to harm her. A
young man of shabby appearance entered
Fifth avenue florists establishment:
Wednesday evening and nervously asked
for bouquet Of American Beauties. A.
fred T. Bunyard the clerk who wa ted
on him. turned for moment to get il
box in which to place the flowers. When
he next saw~hs customer the man was
apparently sprinkling something from a
bobtle upon the roses. 1t was impossible
to tell whether it was liquid or powder.
lie put the bottle in his pocket. The
clerk saw that the flowers were adj
dressed to Miss Gould. He at once
warned Miss Gould over the telephone.
Although the name Of the sender Of the
roses is known to Miss Gould, she de-
clined today to give it or to say whether
his arrest. She has sent letter If
thanks to Mr.. Bunyard
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
EW MEXICO HAS COAL.

Claims 1t Possesses More than PENN
sylvania and West Virginia.
New Mexico possesses more coal in it's
natural state than PENNSYLVANIA and
West Virginia combined. says the Santa
Fe New Mexican. Veins Of good Ditun1;-
nous coal from six to fifteen feet in
width are found in many sections of the
of these veins obtain width Of from
twenty-f five to forty feet.
In decade New Mexico vii; be one Of
the largest coal producing states of the
Union. The coal supply is here ana the
business and development move faster in
year in the Twentieth century than
they. did in five years during the last ha;s
Of the Nineteenth century. There is in
deed glorious future ahead for the Sun
shine state
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
Lows Patronage Small.

Secretary George McAneny Of the
Civil Service Reform association mas is-
elect Low Of New York has only a very
few. places to fill by appointment, and
that if all the heads Of departments
whom he will name had all the suDor-
dinate places under them vacan. and
needing to be filed, there would still be
only 288 appointments. This will proba-
bly, lessen, to some extent, the strain
been working since Mr.. Lows election. -
New York Times. IS . se. 5 III
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
THE VENEZUELAN VERSION.

.(Following is n free translation of the
Venezuelan version Of the song "Goodby,
Dolly Gray which has become very pOpU-
lar there since the Inauguration of the
practice Of postponing the revolution during
the rain.)
Oh, the weatherman :las said,
Fair today
And the blood will soon run red
In the fray.
i must leave your loving side.
ANA confront the foe with pride
Meet what fate may me betide,
BY the way.
Adios, my SenOrita.
must go and revOlute,
70: the weatherman assures us
1T Is just the day to shoot.
Adios, my Senorta.
All. this parting gives me pain!
II you're Eut very busy,
Kindly pray for rain.
Al, caramba! 1t is tough,
Caro- mine!
That the sun should make this bluH
At Il shine.
In moment I'll be gone
10 combat some other Don
But I've got my rubbers on,
Caro- mine!
Adios. my Senorita!
Hear the revolution whirl::
l must go and make Il crisis.
Adios, my little girl.
Do not weep. my Senorita.
But be sure, with might and main.
To put up your applications
For a good. long rain.
Josh Wink in Baltimore American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

Miss Holler says she thinks she will
have her voice tried" well, if she does
the verdict will be Guilty of murder in
the; first degree "-Philadelphia Bulle-
tin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
- Facts and Fancies. .,

Little Eddie-"Sister, why has that
snake got himself tied in a knotT' Little
Sallie-"Guess he wants ter remember
sumthin'.''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

F.. Mrs. Chatterton Sunday morning.
Goodness! There go the church bells.
John" Chatterton-"Yes, hurry; it is
time to go and play golf!'-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

Rivers-"I Just saw man running off
with your wife,
Brooke"Hed better run. She changes
her mind every ten minutes" The
Smart Set.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

de mortuis nil nisl bonum''
Is something that never apples
To the ill-fated Thanksgiving Turkey
He's roasted for sure when he dies.
philadelphia Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

The Indiana Telephone company has
arranged to bear the expense of having
its operators take lessons in elocution. A
Bridge tone coming
over the wire will SO startle customer
that he will forget to kick.-Exchange.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

Mrs. Observation-Disclosures do you
suppose was the first thing that woman
said who went over Niagara Falls in u
Crimsonbeak--"1 suppose she asked if her
hat was on straight" -Yonkers States
man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

"Why have you ceased attending sery
ices at the Blue Light church?' we
asked Mr.. Erasmus Snowflake, the emil
nent whitewash impressionist.
IVY. hit des dis way" he responded,
"de pahson, he too longwinded, en- de-
ohgan, hit too sho'twinded." -Baltimore
American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13
BATTLESHIPS
AT
SEATS OF WAR.

The above halftone shows characteris-
tic street scenes in Colon and Panama, the
two ports around which the big Central
American trouble centers. 1t also shows
the United States warships Machias and
Iowa. which are at the isthmus to rep
resent Uncle Sam. and protect the rail
road placed under our surveillance BY
treaty.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

THAT dude hunter of yours was boast
ing he has made three straight bulls ewes
at 500 yards" remarked the Adirondack
guide with the game leg.
well, shouldn't be surprised,'' re-
turned the guide with one eye. "He shot
COW in the eye at 500 yards yesterday"
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

In these sandy wastes."; observed the
traveller, 1.-The camel is, indeed invalua-
ble'
"Oh, yes" replied the Arab, nonchal-
antly, Il have heard it referred to as
the automobile of the desert" Brook
Ign Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

Hudson-"1 saw you with lady the
other day. Was that your baby Won had
in your arms?"
Benham-"If it had been my baby, its
mother would have been carrying it. No.
sir, that baby belonged to the lady you
saw with me. I carried it for her out
OF gallantry. baltimore TRANSCRIPT
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-13

vaudeville Say that in this line Of bust
ness the present season is good one.
Very few good vaudeville actors. they
assert, are out o. work at the present
time.