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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-06-28
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Commencement Exercises Fri
day Evening. O. Harold
Griggs
GRADUATES WITH HONOR.

The High School commencement
exercises at the Fay Opera last Fri
day evening marked a new and
pleasing epoch in the history of the
Virginia schools, the class compris-
ing O. Harold Griggs being the
first to graduate from our High
School course.
The hall was appropriately decor
ated in the class colors of nile green
and cream and a profusion of flow
ers, and the large auditorium was
we'll filled with friends of the young
man and the many people who are
interested in our schools and school
successes.
The first number on the program
was "Annie Laurie" by the School,
which was rendered in a manner
which spoke we'll of the training of
Miss Sweeney as director of music
in the school work.
The graduate was next upon the
program, delivering an interesting
essay on "The Survival of the Fit
test" which is printed at length in
this issue, and which shows a care
full selection Of words, an argument
ative turn of mind and native abil-
ity, improved by studious work and
industry in the search for knowl-
edge.
Following song by the High
School Chorus, Superintendent Gil
pin introduced DR.. A. W. Ryan, of
st. Paups Episcopal Church of Du-
luth, who delivered very interest
ing address, complimenting Vir-
ginia upon the evident energy of
her people and especially in their
successful endeavors for the better
ment of our school system, and ex.
pressed the will of all present in ex-
tending to the graduate his congrat-
:ulatiors upon being the first III THIS
district to complete the High School
course.
The school entertained the audi
ence with a delightful rendition,
and Supt. Gilpin made a short and
appropriate address to the audience
and class, his remarks being laden
with good advice and making an
excellent impression upon his hear
ers.
Director of the School Board J. H.
Hearding, of the Adams, in few
pleasing remarks presented the di-
plona for which the young man
had worked SO hard and faithfully,
and the singing of the "Red Scarf"
by the High School Chorus COM
pleted very enjoyable program.
0. Harold Griggs, the graduate,
has been student in our schools
since 1893, entering the 4th grade
while the schools we're in charge of
Prof. T. c. Rowley, and has since
been regular attendant, his tri-
umph of Friday evening finishing g
course of study which entities him
to high encomium. He has laid out
his life work, and will enter the Min
nesota University where he will
take up law course.
TO the young man we extend con.
gratulations, and with his past as a
criterion we predict for him bright
and successful future.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-06-28


with the rest he must have a good
education, because now the general
race are we'll educated. If man
has a poor education today he is
placed at disadvantage to the man
with a superb education. This
merely shows an improvement in
the education of men. Today a man
who is ambitious must have at least
an academic course at university.
l do not mean to say that a man
who has passed through college is
always more wealthy or financially
successful than man with poor
education; but I do say the more
education man has, the greater
are his chances for success in life.
Today the race is 80 far advanced,
universally, that one man cannot
excel in more than one thing. To
be success he must be a specialist
and devote his time and energy to
one pursuit. The man who studies
medicine must be better prepared
for that department than for any
other, or he cannot triumph in life.
A man may be self educated. Great
success has attended many a self
educated man in the past, and Ger
tainly will do so in the future. All
this shows the necessity of an edu-
cation in order to survive in our
fight in life. Man has held power
of the earth simply because he was
the one animal that could to large
degree change himself to fit his sur
roundings, or could with the aid of
his superior intellect alter his en-
vironments sufficiently to permit
his own existence.
And as man recognizes the un-
changeable force of the best suited
enduring, he will change himself to
as nearly accommodate his position
as possible. Since man has strength
ened his brains, he has secured a
firlner hold on supremacy over 9TH
er animals; although if the mere
brute strength of an average man
was pitted against that of another
animal of the same size, man would
fall, it has been shown that the
brains of man can easily overcome
the most stubborn resistance of wild
sarainaa Il. ..zsr,AA lso,
paid homage by the semi-civiIized
portion of mankind. Here again
we see the complete triumph of ed
ucation; education conquers be-
cause well-educated man can best
equip himself for his surroundings.
The men famous in history are
the men who have been wise enough
to recognize their own peculiar cir
cumstances and apply themselves
accordingly. So this law of surviv-
al of the fittest goes on forever. For
daily discomforts we may console
ourselves by the fact that in the end
those who are best fitted will
survive, while the ones who today
may have temporary and unde-
served prosperity, will in the end
fall beneath the irresistible work.
ings of that infallible principle, the
survival of the fittest, and reap that
reward which they have brought
upon themselves.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-06-28

We have received carload 81.
buggies, spring wagons
and surreys, which will be sold at
remarkably reasonable rates.
MURRAY Z HEALY, Eveletl q.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-06-28
SHIPPING sTOCK-PILE. &

s.g.-.- P1NE.BTOGK-PzLE.=
The Commodore stock-pile is be-
ing forwarded to dock, a steam
shovel commencing work thereon
Friday last. .s.=.5
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
Americas School Army.

In respect to the number of children
in regular attendance at it's public
schools New York stands at the head
of American cities, with a total Of 450,-
600, exclusive Of 10000 pupils wnO at
tend parochial schools.
The number of school children in
Philadelphia is 10000, in Chicago
100000, in Boston 10000. in Baltimore,
which has large colored population,
6S,0OO, and in New Orleans, which has
a still larger colored population, $4,000.
There are $4,000 in Cleveland, $4,000
in Cincinnati, $4,000 in st. Louis. 5O,-
900 in San Francisco, 10000 in Wash
ington, and 10000 school children in
Pittsburg.
New York spends more than any
other American city upon the main
tenance of it's schools. The school sys-
tenn Of Chicago costs 100000 a year,
Philadelphia $4,00O,O00, Boston S3.-
100000, Pittsburg, $1,600,000. Balti-
more $1,50O,000. st. Louis, $1.50O,OOO,
San Francisco $1,2OO.0OO, Cleveland
$1,000,000, and Kew Orleans S50O,O0O.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
No Waste Land in Japan.

In spite of the atmosphere of toydom
the little hamlets in Japan are centres
of persistent earnestness, says a
Yokahama correspondent. Every bit
of ground is put to some profitable
use, and everything is proof of the
wonderful thrift of the Jap and his
remarkable faculty for making
plants grow" AS the train skirts
along Toxic Bay it passes rice field
after rice field stretching from the
truck farms down to the very shore
line. One cannot help feeling that in
America these beautiful green flooded
fields would appear in their pristine
state-dull, characterless salt marshes.
The fine vegetable farms go to the
edge of things in the other direction.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
Testing Precious Stones.

It is not generally known, perhaps,
that real stone may be told from an
imitation by the sense of touch. The
real stone is perceptibly colder, but
the difference is not readily dlstln-
guished by a touch of the finger, be-
cause the finger is not sensitive
enough. Lapidaries use the tongue in
a test of this kind. The real stone
feels colder because it is better
conductor of heat than the imitation
is, and it is it's greater density no
doubt, that makes it a better conduc-
tor.
Sope imitation diamonds are so
brilliant that even experts find it
difficult to detect them, but there are
several other ways of testing them.
The most striking difference between
it and some other stones, apart from
brillancy, is it's peculiar power of
single refraction. Every stone, ex-
cept the garnet. gives off a double
image of a small light when it is
loolze6 az through it's facets: the dia-
mond and the garnet give off a single
image.
Another test sometimes made by
1apidaries is to immerse the stones
in alcohol, or even in water, when
they will lose their lustre except the
diamond.-Philadelph Record.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
MOI a Crowded Nation Yet.

The census report now enables as to
see just how much elbow-room we
have:
If the inhabitants of Wyoming want
ed to spread themselves out each Of
them could have little more than a
square mile all to himself. In Nevada
every four people could have ten
square miles. Arizona, New Mexico,
Montana and Idaho can afford almost
a square mile each to their men, wom-
en- and children, while up in frozen
Alaska there are ten good square miles
for every soul of population.
Rhode Island is the fullest State in
the Union-with 407 people to the
square mile. But even that leaves a
good deal of extra room. Massachu
setts, 349 people to the square mile,
follows Rhode Island. Then come
New Jersey, $50; Connecticut, 1877;
New York, 1926; Pennsylvania, 140.1;
Maryland, 1905; Ohio, 1O2.
1t Is not yet time for Uncle Sam to
cry "Move up in 'front.' but the coun-
try can stand an immense amount of
Industrious pushing to the Vest
New York World
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
"New-Laid EggSsss

"How long will an egg lastT' asked
Judge Addison at Southwark Of an
egg merchant, says the London Daily
Mail
"Oh," said the merchant "it's sur
prising how long an egg will last. 1t
will last good a month"
up to month old" continued the
judge, "eggs are what is called new
laid'?"
Eyes, SIR" was the reply.
A solicitor jumped up surprised.
why" he said, 81 should have
thought that after a week they would
have been only fit for electioneering
purposes"
"The bulk of eggs sold in London
are never under a month DID," dryly
remarked the merchant
II am painfully aware of that fact,
am sorry to say" said the judge.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
Which 1t Probably Did.

A party of youths at n seaside town
had tried all the penny yin-the-slot ma
chimes on the pier, until at last they
came to one that didn't ro ospond to the
penny placed in the slot.
Look here, my man." said the eldest
of the party to the pier attendant.
that machine is to try your weight;
the next, your height; the next your
strength, then, your sight: and now
I've put a penny in this thing, but
l didn't see what it's for.'
'That, sir replied the pierman.
"Oh, that one is to try your temper,
sir. ."-Tit-Bits.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
Athletic Sports,

Boys naturally are inclined to the
sports of field and lake. They have
a surplus of energy which must be
worked off, and the various games
they play are the safety valve. But,
beside fulfilling this office, athletics
can be made the occasion Of the in
stilling of most useful lessons in the
building up of boys character.
To become successful as an athlete
much restraint is necessary. This is
called training, and no one without
training can ever hope to merit dis
tinction. Thus early in life lesson
of restraint is taught, and taught by
means of exercise that are enjoyable.
Besides, in the excitement of play,
sometime occasions happen when
feelings of resentment and anger
arise and quarrels are imminent
Now if good nature is required at
any time it is during the games that
are played. Those who participate in
them quickly learn this, and gradual
ly habit of self-control is acquired
a habit which will be most beneficial
in later life.
In this way, besides the strengthen
ing of muscle and the building up of
a healthy system. our boys can
strengthen their moral character and
lay the foundation Of good qualities
that will make them truly men in the
best sense of the word-Our Young
People.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
apart the dust and pins that hat

apart, the dust and pins that hat
choked it's voice were removed, anc
it sang sweetly under his fingers.
Well, the chairs and desks and ia
bles and sofas were put in place, and
night came again.
well, how do you all feel now?
asked the piano, as the clock struck
II. 81 am not quite as happy myself
as I expected Is be. The little boy
hasn't been near me all day and
though I can sing now. somehow ]
don't feel like it."
GAS for me-" remarked the Ma
poleon desk, "I confess that I, too
miss the little boy. Now that all his
little finger marks and the dents and
scratches are polished away l miss
them. I have felt like grandfather
to that little boy, and miss his lit
tie gSeasy pats!"
81 should like to hold him in my
arms for a minute or two, l confess"
sighed the green chair. "They have
pounded every crumb of his candy and
cake from my cushions, and every
little dusty heel mark has vanished!"
"It's altogether too bare and dis
NAL" said the cashmere rug. "They
have carried out his horse and picked
up his toys and all the picture books!"
"Well, don't let us distress our
selves" observed the piano, "for by
tomorrow night we shall all have a
brand new lot of love pats and grease
spots. and around us will be the same
litter of his toys and things, and they
will not clean house again until next
fail!"-Little Folks.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
An Animal Dentist in Paris.

An animal dentist is one of the lat
est additions to the queer population
Of Paris. This one attends strictly to
the teeth of pet dogs, filling them with
gold when they begin to show decay,
as the result of an injudicious diet.
The teeth of some fashionable dogs
filter like a jewelers. window. One
famous actress had 4 gem or two in
terspersed with the gold of her dogs
teeth merely for the sake of owning
them. Just how the pets like the pro
cess of filling is not known, but from
the yelps and barks that issue from
the dentists establishment it is prob
able that the operation is not more
soothing than to human nerves.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
The Tale OF n Dog.

At hostelry in Hampton-on-Thame
is a dog named Jack. says the West
minister Gazette He had been trained
to pick up coins and not give them up
until biscuit or some other tooth
some morsel had been given to him in
exchange. A day or two ago custom
er dropped two half-sOvereigns on the
floor. He picked up one, but the
other could not be found. After
searching in vain for half an hour he
asked the landlord for az .uit to
give to Jack, who was lying a cor
ner presumably asleep and rocking
very innocent No sooner did the dog
get the biscuit than he dropped the
missing half-sovereign from his mouth.
Jack, it may be added, collects money
for Richmond Notwithstanding
Record,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
Where a Little Bow Lives.

The little boy was fast asleep and
gan scale, but stopped short. "Well,
| can't get any further" it groaned.
THAT pin is still there. l shall have
to be tuned! Twenty-nine times with
out stopping today that little boy sang
'Hurrah for the red, white and blue
and had to bang out the most fright
full discords each time!"
eve all heard you, and were very
sorry for you!" squeaked the little
French writing desk. CAS- for me, my
legs tremble under me every time he
comes near and throws back my lid
my poor scratched lid"
"You young people may have your
mahogany scratched little, but just
think Of me" came from the tall Ma.
poleon desk between the windows.
"Wait until you are 100 years old,
as ah That little boy has no more
respeq for me than he has for his
woolly dog! He tried his new pen
knife(on me today"
A huflled tone was heard from the
''cciJ ~ Noo lLC IdSuHlcIe rug speak
ing. Half the bread and jelly he had
toda is daubed over in this corner.
4T" can't imagine how uncomfortable
II to have your face left sticky
Q night! And I am always left in
mble, besides being trampled full
o 1arp bits of nut shells."
10 let's go to sleep now" sighed
soft, cushiony voice of the green
chair. "Hc has jumped about
me so much today that ache still!
I'd night"
The next day two men came in and
.ook up the cashmere rug. What a
'eating and shaking it did get! It
was too much exhausted to even
groan when, all celan and bright. If
vas once more spread on the floor.
Meanwhile white-capped maid was
Washing all the wood of the furniture
n a sparkling soapsudS; then, with a
lueer dark oil, she rubbed and
'ubbed it until she could see her face
n every glossy surface.
Next came a man With a little
LEX bag and took the niano all
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
Side Lights on Life.

The average man is an economist
when he has to buy anything for his
wife.
Many a man who knows his own
mind has a somewhat limited ac-
quaintance.
The man who hates another has an
ingrowing grudge against himself.
Cry tomorrow if you must, but laugh
to-day.
The man whose education is finished
helps to swell the undertaker's bank
balance.-Chicago News.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
Ma.sie and the Garden Hose.

One morning " zen Nischievous Maisie
She saw from her wiL1..cW the ,oEz gar
den hose,
Which William had left when he went
to pick peas.
So Maisie examined the hose at heI
ease,
And decided to water the flowers near
by,
Which she did very well, till she hap
pened to spy
The kitten, the Imp, ard. turning to
look
She pointed the hose at Eat Susan, the
cook,
Who was not at all pleased with the
sudden cold bath,
And promptly complained to her mis-
tress in wrath.
Chicago Chronicle.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
Dreams of the Blind.

From the fifth to the seventh year
is the critical period in the education
of the visual centre in the brain. Per
sons who have lost their sight before
this period soon lose their power of
seeing in dreams; while in those who
become blind after the seventh year
the power of vision is so firmly estab-
lished in the brain that it is retained
in dreams for many years, or even
throughout life.-Professor Jastron's
Psychology.
An African who had visited England
described snow as rain gone to sleep"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
On Hand at the Right Moment.

He wasn't strong on logic, but when
he fell into the water in lonely place
he knew enough to save himself.
What good thing l was here!"
he said in a spirit of congratulation.
"If l wasn't l might have been
drowned. d."-Philadelphia Times.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-07-11
His Eminent Domain.

The Gear of Russia owns the largest
landed estate in the world. It is
about LOG. 100000 acres in sxtent
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-14
CULTIVATION OF MANURE.
Straw Utilized and Waste Prevented
Well Located Barnyard.

1t requires considerable labor and
prompt attention to make manures and
retain the elements of natural fertility
within the accumulation of stable and
barnyard, especially if exposed to the
air and rain. No one denies that ma
nure shed or covered barnyard is the
safest way to prevent loss from leach
. ing. but very few farmers own or are
able to construct covered yards. For
nearly 20 years we have not sold any
straw from the farm nor have we sold
any hay for ten years. The hay is fed
and some straw, but very large pro-
portion of the latter finds its way into
manure under the feet of our stock as
bedding and absorbent to save largely
the liquid portion of animal excrement
Sometimes at first it seems next to
impossible to work the large quantity
of straw thrashed each fall into ma
nure nit for farm use, but each year
before next thrashing time we have to
husband our stock of straw for bed
ding or let our cows. horses, calves,
sheep and pigs sleep In filthy quarters,
much to our annoyance and loss finan-
cially.
Our stock of manures Is made out Of
doors or, rather, finished there after
being hauled from the stables. Cow
and horse manures are mixed and
spread out in large pile and every
few days the fiat rick or pile Is bedded
by distributing layer of straw over it
and usually the young stock has some
hay placed there so as to induce them
to tramp the manure and straw to-
gether. BY hauling the manures dl-
rectly from stall to field we could not
dtilize much over one-half the bulk Of
straw on hand; hence We feel that we
do not lose much from accumulation Of
manure for at least few weeks, If
handled rightly. Al He TINE do we
allow manures taken from the stables
thrown out in conical piles to ferment
and fire fang-that is, to consume in
slow combustion. and also to leach and
leave little but small percentage of
phosphoric acid and potash. Where
hired men are employed it is very diff
cult to get them TO comprehend the ad
yantages obtained by an even dstribu-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-03-14

cakes the desired width Is laid on the
ice, and q board laid up against It. A
mark is made along the edge of the
board by pushing the forward corner
of an ak along the side of the board.
Saw up this mark with n crosscut saw,
having one handle removed. These
strips can be made into cakes by chop
ping at suitable distances across them
with an ak. Some saw both ways, but
/ consider it a saving of time to block
them off and do what trimming may be
necessary in the icehouse, where the
clippings come handy to fill in the GREY
ices. OF course thin bladed sharp ak
is quite as essential here as elsewhere.
Our icehouse is about 10 rods from
the pond, and to the best of my recOl-
lection for the past 20 years we would
begin to get ice when the ground was
bare and would of course have to hoist
the ice in the wagon at the pond and
carefully engineer from the wagon to
the bottom Of the icehouse. but about
the time the filling had reached plane
even with the wagon box IA snow would
come, and although this would save US
some labor at the pond it was lost by
the extra lift necessitated at the Ice
house.
A few years ago being short of help,
| was casting about for some way to
save the lift at the pond, and my eyes
fell on the stoneboat. Ours is rather
wider than they are ordinarily made,
about three feet. should say. | put Il
couple of stakes on either side. staid
them little and tackled on a board for
sides and found | had an ideal nipple
ment for the purpose. One person can
load and unload this boat until the
filling reaches above the doorsll.
An Improvement on this boat Is
shown in Fig. 2. The posts are shown
in detail in Fig. 3. AS will be readily
seen, this railing can be detached easily
from the boat. The irons on the back
posts are bolted to the cross strip and
the forward posts are bolted to the
rise of the boat. The braces are bolted
to the side rails. BY removing these
bolts the sides are easily removed. In
muddy times the mud may work up
between the crack. necessitatng a
false bottom.
| A word as to covering the Ice after
the house is filled Sawdust Is best for
this purpose, but Is not always OBJ
tainable. Straw is the most available
for us, and we use that. ANY one
using straw, however, will find any