The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-12-26

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THE VIRGINIA. ENTERPRISE.
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". E. HANNAFORD, Publisher.
The firm of Yohe & Strong is getting
a great deal of advertising gratis.
The University of Wisconsin needs a,
medical department about as much as a
hen needs tooth brush.
The war game in the West Indies is
doubtless useful for the discipline of the
navy, but it is less exciting and less
deadly than football. =:
Japanese competition with Russia has
gone far indeed in going SO far as to
lufUlSe plOL LUZ OAONAu6 ny - IA1A~s
conveying the Mikado. =
The American penc6 aat: for taking a
flyer" may have prompted Hiram Maxim.
to decide to come to this side Of the Att:
lantic for season Of air-ship expert
ments.
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Wilhelmina and her .consort will have
to travel by stealth as well as incog,
if they would entirely escape tributes of
curiosity and courtesy while in: the Unit
ed States. :: :;
When Emma Goldman <i IS: shooting off
her anarchistic eloquenccse to unapprecia-
tive listeners, it will be ignoring 'h4f Mil
waukee experience to:admonish" her to
"Hire a hallv' :.
The bill to abolish titles Of nObility.in
France which has been introduced in the
Chamber Of Deputies ought to become
law. Such titles are contrary to the
spirit of a republic.
If the French bill to abolish titles Of
nobility is made a law, a long list of
debt-harrassed scions of noble houses"
will be taken from the roster of eligible
husbands for American heiresses.
The juniors in the Northwestern Uni
versity at Evanston are looking for a
play without kissing in it. It is not
wonderful that goods object to such a
fragrant unreality as the stage kiss.
A medical authority says there is moth
ing like having both feet on the ground
for people who desire to keep in perfect
health. This may be respectfully re-
ferred tc the young women Of the corps
du ballet.
The City Council of Cleveland has
passed an ordinance authorizing the po-
lice to issue permits for public dances on
Sundays. This recalls-by contrast-the
fact that dancing was once a ceremonial
of religion.
If DR.. Gunsaulus is chosen to fill the
pulpit left vacant by the death Of DR.:
Parker, the Londoners who attend the
City Temple will have an opportunity to
improve their pronunciation of the Eng
fish language. -:
The mayor and aldermen of Denver
who have been sentenced to prison for
contempt of court, are afflicted with the
disease known as "officialism;" which in
many instances is worse than the "big
head" Nobody can be the whole thing
in this country. ..'
The cruiser Philadelphia's retirement
from service to become a training ship
is an act of safety and economy. She IS
of an obsolete type, and to make her fit
to go into a fight on even terms with an
up-to-date cruiser would cost more money
than an entirely new ship.
The singular feature about the Jessie
Bartlett Davis lost jewels story is that
the lost jewels were actually found 10y
an honest driver and returned. If this
part of the story is true, there must have
been jewels. and they must have been
lost; so the whole narrative is in this
case veracious.
Secretary Wilson's declaration that
agriculture is now science is indis-
putably true, but it is hoped that it will
not stimulate legislatures to enact. that
no man shall be hereafter allowed to
plant potatoes unless he holds diploma
granted by state board of examiners.
Americas challenge to Great Britain
for an international automobile match
will not develop a shred of enthusiasm
as compared with that which is engen-
dered by international yachting contests
The automobile has it's place as thing
of utility, but for racing it is thing of
danger, chiefly.
The discovery that twenty-five women
are holding positions as rural mail, dis,
tributors is a joke on Postmaster General
Payne, in the light of his recent order