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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17
To Improve Condition OF the Rich.

The great need Of the age is philan-
thropy to the rich. We need a really Wig
orous and sympathetic system Of missions
and settlements to be. established in the
West End: It is not enough for the
person Of limited means merely to think
charitably of millionaires at Christmas,
to bestow a word on them now and then,
to support institutions designed for their
improvement. The real philanthropist
must go down and. live among, these peo-
pie. He must take the rough and tumble
Of their gloomy, cynical and lawless life.
He must not be put off by the exhibition
Of many grossnesses and vulgarities, of
an ignorance which may tempt him to
laughter. and a discourtesy which may
tempt him to the great sin of contempt.
Patiently, ,pliably. and yet steadfastly he
must study and cultivate the many
CLEANS Of coed, the many, germs of a
certain wild honesty. which may be found
in these people. He must concentrate
his attention on the. great problem of
the. rich. for this was. as I have said,
what was done by Elijah and the great
school Of religious prophets who, unlike
the. majority OF philanthropists, were not
snobs.-London Speaker.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17
The Extra Vivacious Girl.

Nowadays: it is the fashion to cultivate
everything but repOse III our daughters
says an authority on girls. They under
stand ologles Of various sorts, can play
little: sing more or less, and waste
good paint and canvas under the influence
Of an artistic mania. They can. dance,
golf, tiirt, even cook a dinner and make
their cwn frocks, but they know surpris-
ingy little, save by hearsay, of the art
OF keeping still. The average girl, as one
sees her arduously engaged in the effort
to keep herself amused, is almost ire
presslble. Her spirits are Of the best and
he: department OF the worst Her heart
is in the right place, but, unfortunately,
kind heart doesn't always act as hall st
to light head. Most girls seem to suf-
fer from sort of chronic attack of men,
tai St. .Yitus' dance. Their minds ave
one shall know it. They have a distress
ing habit Of discussing their own doings
and the affairs of their acquaintance in
half-ton audible to the person who sits
next them in the street car or behind
them at the theater. They have wonder
fnl staying power. They jump from one
idea to another vary the subject of con-
and make much out Of nothing with q
persistency that would reduce a man in
short order to condition of coma. Not
content with letting their minds and
tongues run riot, they neglect to take
proper care of their bodies. They DEFY
storms, disdain comfortable wraps and
turn up their noses at the most element
airy rules for preserving health. The re-
suit isn't long in coming, and the result is
nervous prostration. And with over
wrought nerves and overworked mind
come chronic ill-hea]th. bad temper and
many other ills Of which lessened good
looks is the least.
If you have the good fortune to be
comparatively nice girl, be content to re-
main the sort Of girl nature intended, not
a weak imitation Of someone else. Don't
pose, be yourself. You'll be far more at
tractivc if you make the best Of your
good points and keep your bad ones
provided you have any-out of sight, than
il Jou got some other girl up as a model
and aped her manners, copied her clothes
and transformed yourself into poor
copF Of what on careful investigation
may prove an unworthy original. Even if
you tried to fit yourself to the standard
Of YOUR model, the chances are that You
would bear no more resemblance to her
than a cheap chrome does to the painting
from which it is copied The secret Of al
charm is naturalness.-New York Com
mcrcial Advertiser.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17
STRONGHOLD. OF. SUI TAN !.
One Of the Natural @Defenses Of
Constantine Strength
N u ID ened by Art.
DARDA'NELLES STRAIT,
Long, TOrtNo,s and Narrow Passage.
Swept by Strong and Traach
erous Current.

With the French feet within striking
distance Of the entrance forts Of the
Dardanelles. as the long, narrow neck of
the bottle on whose base Constantinople
is situated, is called, new interest centers
in this famous strait and the part it his
played and may play in Eastern complica-
tons. The gorgeous capital of the Sick
Man of Europe is well guarded by nature.
Situated on the European shore of tho
eastern entrance to the Sea OF Marmora
Constantinople is reached from the A1edi-
terranean through the forty-tive miles of
the Dardanclles and the hundred miles
Of the Sea of Marmora wirh difficulty,
so far as the hostile feet is concerned.
From the Black sea. Russia has but sew
enteen miles OF the Bosphorus to traverse
III case 1t desires to get at the seat Of
power at the nloribund Turkish empire
So far rs the Turkish navy goes, it's old
,Worn-out and helpless tubs, that usually
lie moored in the Golden Horn, are of no
value TOR the protection of the city, but
It is held by many that the forts Of the
Dardanelles and others that command tho
approaches to Constantinople are not to
be sneezed at,
The Dardanelles for ma long, tortuous
ana narrow passage, swept by a strong
current. The average width of the straits
is only two miles, while at the narrowest
I'ont ,nec uaHhel IS Oniy about lOOO
yards broad. On either side the ground
is the most favorable for forts and the
most unfavorable Cor ships that may at
tempt to force 4 passage, for the latter
would find it di fticult to reach the forts
at all with Their guns, while being pc
culiarly susceptible to a plunging or
downward nrc, against which the thin ar
satisfactorily. In 1878 Admiral Hornby
of the British fleet, when he led his
squadron up tine narrows, found that
scarcely gun in mis- fleet could be trained
upon the Turkish batteries on the cliffs.
He had, OF course, no occasion to fire a
shot. the Turks, then in alliance with
England: not opposing his passage.
Gen. Tschichatscheff, the celebrated
Russian artillery officer, recently stated,
after minute inspection of the Darda-
nelles, that the Sultan can rely absolute
ly on the strength Of its forts. He found
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

no fewer than sixty-seven Krupp guns
On one side of the waterway and forty
eight. on the other, all bearing directly
Oh the channel. Moreover, the guns are
mounted on eminenccs, giving them a
plunsinS fire. and any man-of-war COM
ing, up must steam right toward them
and straight away from them for the
entire DISTANCE Of the range. In addition
to that. the channel between Chanak and
Abydos is SO tortuous that vessels have
to steam at reduced speed while passing
under the Notifications. These fortifca-
Dardanelles secure.
A recent visitor describing the approa oh
to the city Of imperial seraglios and
mosques wrote Of the Dardanelles as fol-
lows:
On the whole, the passage of the OAR
danelles is only possible to strongly ar
mored ships, and that perhaps by night
alone. The dispatch Of an army corps up
the straits is impossible till the forts
its disposal, at the lowest estimate, 2OO,-
0OO armed men. Who if the Sultan should
be attacked, will, whatever his sins. de-
fend him with Ottoman obstinacy till the
last: However, there is no weak spot
in the defense Of the Dardanelles, which
is. the exposure to attack from the rear
of the forts on the European side. An
without much difficulty land on the coast
Of the peninsula either in the Gulf of
Sares or on the coast opposite the Isle
Of Imbos. Once established on the PENN
sula it would be an easy task to seize
the earthworks on the European shore
Of the Dardanelles, the gorges Of which
are, as a rule, open and. offer little re-
sstance to attack from the rear With
these commanding forts in his hands an
enemy could subdue those on the oppo-
site coast sufficiently to cover the pass
age of his feet
The Turks have always realized the
strategic Importance of the Dardaneiies,
and centuries ago took steps to fortify
their position there. The two forts at
the entrance to the Mediterranean were
erected by Mohammed II. in 14;S}, and
were rebuilt by Mohammed ". i'll 1859
to protect his empire from the Venetians:
Not being kept in good order they were
sian (in 1777 and the English squadron
lin 1So0; AS early, as. 1909 England
recognized, the Porte''s right to exclude
CT great powers Join with her. Fearful
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17
Hilda Spong in Crooks and Frilis.

New York. JAM S.-"Frocks and
Frills'' is the new play with which
Daniel Frohman opened his winter
season at Daly's theater last even
ing. AS the title indicates, the play
is a light comedy in four acts, dealing
largely with dresses, fashions, society.
dressmakcr's establishment in full prog
ress. It has been adapted FROM the
French by Sydney Grundy. The plot
Of the play embodies two love stories, Of
which one is serious. the other humorous
In the first act, which is placed at Glen
Gath, a country place in Anglesey, Eng
Wilfred Pomeroy's house in London,
Olive Deyereaux, the heroine Of the play.
is seen in the midst of fhe most uop!nas-
ant and exasperating conditions. She
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

There is room for an inquiry in the
case of the steamer Walla Wa!la. sunk
with heavy loss Of life, off Cape Mendo-
cino by collision with the French bark
Max. 1t the lookout reported three
times that the bark's lights We're in
sight, and that the steamer was III dan
ger OF collision, somebody ought to be
punished for neglect. The denials OF the
lookout's testimony should at least be
made in court. where their real weight
can be ascertained
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

and q scream that was drowned in bul,.
bles Of blood. We buried her where She
Hay, aud shifted the lager at once''
81 Jan was silent Tor A while, and I saw
with the corne: Of my eye that there were
beads of sweat on his face.
1T IS not the horror of. war in the az
gregate that goes home to one." he said.
after. "a time, '.but the little vivid Incl
dents one hardy seess.SSbefore they are
For example a' lay on a kopje one aft
no more nerves than bulldog. We saw
mounted men passing below. They were
British scouts In time one came near to
the base of the hill. He was smart fel-
low, sitting, well in his saddle-a Colo
NAL should think:
o "rIh nat man is 81: within range said my
Don't said. It looked so like muir:
der. l could see the young fellow 80
clearly. His face was tanned, and his
hair was yellow.
THE other man only laughed, and
smoked up his back sight. Eight hun
drd yards, he said, and about two feet
for wind. Watch my shot,
He wriggled the butt we'll home on
lhIis shoulder, and sighted deliberately.
The scout was cantering. Soon he came
opposite big, gray boulder, on which
my companion was sighting. The rifle
spat: and saw the young man throw up
his hands and fall forward out Of his
saddle. was sick at the sight,
He paused for some minutes and then
turned to me with the old grin and eye
sparkle. II will tell you no more,' he
said. My bowels are corroded with
thirst. We will have a drink. Whisky
and soda always did appeal to my better
nature"
But: JAM said. as we stopped be-
fore 2 hotel, what do you propose to do
now?'
My friend" he replied, with smile
that would lure an angel to destruction,
"am / not a fit and proper person to be
awarded q civil service billet in the new
Transyaal?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

reafirmed by the powers. in every treaty
drawn up between them since. 7. !.
The United States vas not party to
any Of these treaties. and had always
through the strait. In lS585theafri ga t.
Wabash ran by the forts andeup Is Con
stantinople. the commander claiming the
right to. do$so since his government was
not a party to the treaties. The Porte
received him ina not unfriendly man
ner, but did not Fabate it's Claims to ex-
clude the war vessels of ali na+inns
Philadelphia Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

Divorce was established in Germany
in 1870. From 1881 to 1885 the year; 9
number of divorces was about 5000.
while of late years it exceeds 10000. In
england divorce was established in 1857.
During the years 195S-1S62 the annua;
number was about 200: in 1894 about
o2O: in 1898 about $50. In Austria,
"n d;,.e only non-Catholics can apply for
d divorce. the number of demands for d.
vorce increased % per cent. in four
years, and in Belgium about 20 per cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17
AN lRISHMAN'S HEMORRHAGE
Seemingly the Only Explanation o
SplOtches Left hY Green Paint

Seemingly the Only Explanation of
Splotches Left by Green Paint.
Billy" Stuart, with number of
bachelor friends, lives on Mcmillan
street, near Woodlawn avenue, East
Walnut hills. He usually takes con-
stitutional short walk each morning, and
not long since noticed that the upper
parts OF the telephone poles in the vicin-
lty of his residence We're being decorated
with coats OF vivid green paint.
One morning as he was passing one of
the poles an 1rishman seated on top care
lessly let drop a can OF the green paint.
1t struck the sidewalk and was literally
spattered about; none of it, however, by
exceeding good luck. besmirched the i'm
maculate trousers OF Mr.. Stuart.
a moment later another Irishman an
peared on the scene, and noticing the
green paint spilled all over the sidewalk.
looked up and inquired of his comrade
aloft:
''Doherty, Doherty, hav' We had a
hemorrha ge?'-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17
A Oarky's Discretion.

4 religious old darby had his faith bad
~ shaken not long ago. He is sexton for
white church in Fayette county town,
and one afternoon. as he was in front
sweeping the pavement, 4 strong wind
and taking a piece of the cornice off
and taking a few bricks out Of the
wall: Realizing that good run was bet
ter than a bad stand, the old man sought
shelter IN the station house on the oppo-
site side of the street.
Several minutes later member of the
church of which Uncle Isham is sexton
came by. and noticing him in his re-
treat. remarked that he thought the sta
ton house strange place for a man
of faith tc seek shelter in storm, when
a house of worship was near.
Oats so: but whut's man gwine ter
do when dc Lord begins to frow bricks at
?'-MemDhis Scimitar.
What They Cablcd About.
ST. J chm BrOdrick tho Rr;tish vocro.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

Harvard college has picked UP the cam
feen that the war department threw out
Of the army, and as a result the pro-
prietors Of hotels who were patronizel
when bouts" with stems were held, are
rs discounted as the keepers of hog
ranches near the. army posts are de-
1irLto1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

There is delicate forethought in the
plan to permit New York city: saloons to
open on Sundays from / to II p. III.
That will permit the saloonkeepers to go
to church in the morning. give them an
hour for dinner, and let them open for
noon
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The dispatch from Dallas announcing
that Cresceus has made new record, by
trottins a mile thirteen seconds faster
than any hc1se has ever covered the same
distance on the first day of the year,
opens the way for the making of three
hundred and sixty-four new records, in
Guiding Sundays.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The Town OF Franklin farmers who
are scheming to irrigate their lands with
the water running from the spouter that
is now inundating their frozen fields will
strike it rich' if they adhere to the
idea. In California a spouter Of the same
kind would be a fortune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The St. Louis inventor who claims that
the model for Nj. Santos Dumont's diriSi-
BILE airship was stolen from him, should
stop his yapping, and try it again, in the
magnificent field of effort that lies be-
tween the Frenchman's gas-bag and COM
Dlete success.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The London correspondents who are
reporting that the German government is
irritated by the Monroe doctrine must
be hard of hearing; it is the Mormon
doctrine that is causing apprehension in
the kaiser's empire, owing to the num-
Der Of the converts made by missionaries
now at work there.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

NJ. Santos Dumont will participate in
the airship contest at the ST.. Louis Elk:
position; hut as invention is swift of foot
when once started, he may find machines
there that will run around his dirigible
gas bag faster than he rounded Eiffel
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The successful holding of President
Roosevelt's first New Years reception
IN which over 5000 people shook his hand
accentuates the feeling that the Ameri-
can people will not consent to the with
lrawal of the executive from the public
dangerous though his commingling with
it NAV be-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

Free State is freers than should be per-
mitted in any state. But feeding inno-
cent niggers to cannibals is hardly worse
than feeding them to the flames, and the
latter has been done in regions far less
remote than the head waters of the Con-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The bottle which is reported tc have
drlfted from Central Illinois to the Gulf
OF Mexico, and thence around the horn"
to the coast of California, must have
rolled overland by rail; because the cur
rents in the Gulf and along the South
American coast are not fayorab:e for
bottles, southwark bound. y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

A Bloomington, Illinois, man is said to
have accomplished the trick Of making a
vehicle that carries it's own track,-lay-
ing it and taking it up as progress is
made. His vehicle, an automobile, can
make ten miles an hour,--if the roads
are good. This shows that he must still
provide for the carrying Of ties and a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The New York assemblyman who has
introduced bill making flirting OIL the
street Il misdemeanor ought to add a
section requiring firtatious men and
women to wear binders.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

AIinnesota's defeat of the Yale basket
ball team doesn't alter the record made
on Kendall field in November, although
the Wisconsin boys were downed, the
other night, by Yale. Football is another
thing: Notwithstanding that basketball is
u good imitation in some respects.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The first seal ever seen off the coast of
New York was killed, of course. That is
the way man welcomes venturesome
members of the animal world and all
beautiful specimens Of life therein.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The reports from South Africa leave
no room for doubt as to Lord Kitchener's
activity, but they also indicate that the
Beers are decidedly aggressive. The
wearing out process. is proceeding quite
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The Memphis undertaken who has dis
covered successful mummifying liquid
would have made fortune had he pro-
duced the stuff earlier,-say about the
time Of the Pharaohs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The director Of the St. Louis exposition
will have his office in the car Of bal
loon, so that he can keep all his expenses
in view, and always have the cash in
hand safely above them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

1t is the color rather than the number
that is startling in the case Of the six
white men who are slated for the gallows
in North Carolina on the last Friday OF
Ec).-1ary
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The Pittsburg boarding house man who
holds the ashes of an anarchist as Sc
curity for board bill can. get even. Just
a little Bit" by using his debtor in lieu
Of bath brick
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

In other words, Bob Fitzsimmons re-
fuses to be talked ont of retirement. He
adheres to the Qctum Talk is talk; but
money buys the land"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

An Elkhart, Indiana, girl who makes
things fly about the room possesses u
power that is common among women
endowed with temper of the red-head
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

Pastor Kloss Of Webster Grove, Mis-
souri,, who wants woman to do the matt
monial proposing, should cultivate pa
thence. There arc leap years ahead. .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

Having discovered that germs commit
suicide, it is up to the doctors to find
means to worry them into so doing, when
ever they invade a patient.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The announcement that Hope Booth,
the actress, has debts, isn't any more
surprising than the fact that she has no
money to meet them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

Of Russian influence in the Ottoman
empire, England, France, Prussia and
Austria began to take an active interest
of their Intervention was a treaty be-
tween them, Turkey and Russia, drawn
up in 1910 and 1S41. All the powers
agreed to observe the right Of the Porte
to exclude from the Dardanclies and the
Bosphorns the swarships of foreign ma.
tons s.o.1 th, is principle vas reatttEmed by
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The sugar question in Congress will
not conduce to sweetness and peace of
mind
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

The gold mines of Mysore, India, are
worked by American electrical devices,
the power being from the melting Him
alayan Snow. =, 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

According to Capt. Burrows, the be-
havior of, Belgian officials in 1.-THE Congo
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

esting side light on militay character.
He said that when the cable companies
with which he is associated offered re-
ton between wounded officers in Africa
and their friends at home many officers
took advantage Of the generous offer.
But in the first twenty cables from Of
6cers nothing whatever was said OF their
condition and the senders contented them
by.--New York Advertiser. "a s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17
". E. HANNAF0RD, Publisher.

Hobson will find politics hotter than
the breath of Santiago's MORO.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-17

What They Cablcd About.
St. John Brodrick, the British secre-
tary for war, recently threw an inter-