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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
office is maintained by our own repub-
Hc9n form If administra tion

office is maintained by our own repub-
Hcan form Of administration.
However, Mr.. Farmer, unlike his con-
temporaries in Turkey, Spain, Arabia,
etc., is not engaged in putting obnox-
ious and exuberant statesmen out of
the way, but in placing the objects on
exhibit in the institution and museum
beyond the reach of thieves, rust, and
cockroaches.
Everything that is received by these,
institutions, whether it is a rare book.
a Filipino bolo, or a stuffed and mount
ed animal, is sent to Mr.. Farmer to be
poisoned. He is all expert in the prep
aration and use of preservative com
pounds. For stuffed animals and birds
he finds that arsenical compounds bring
the best results. Every object Of metal
receives coating of something that
prevents rust, while fabrics, basketry.
silks, furs, ETC., are poisoned in much
the same manner as stuffed animals.
Even the shelves and cases of the mu:
scum, in which the objects are placed.
have passed through Mr.. Farmers
hands and been treated to a fluid that
causes a bug, moth, or cockroach> to
think that~he is walking over a red hot
iron the minute he strikes their surface.
By these means the museum is forever
freed from Observation-Disclosures Post,
1t is not only bad luck to kill spider
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03

Who fashioned and formed these ungOdly
garments? There they are, thousands
and thousands of them, daily paraded up
and down the sidewalk, lop-sided, bedrag
gled, inefflciently held up by clutching
hands, stumbled over and stepped upon
by scores of awkward feet. Those skirts
why was l born to see and wonder at
them? Next to the abominable trailing
street skirt, in ugliness at least, comes
certain cruelty common atrocity in the
form Of long cloth sack. A loose, bag
gy, shapeless, bullying monstrosity which
makes the woman who wears it look like
an manageable, half-exhausted ball-siay
There must have been an oyer-pr0duc-
ton Of some kinds Of cloth last year, and
the shrewd manufacturers have proba-
bly, induced the mysterious beings who
dictate the fashions to work off, the
superhuous material upon an unhappy
world. Would that the moths might get
at these baggy horrors.
All women do not wear the lop-sided,
draggly skirts, or the bullying sacks, but
there are dozens of these things in sight.
The hats aren't so bad as they might be,
but the hair is worn in such a way as to
Danish all thought Of hats from the head
Of wearer and beholder alike. It is a
strange fact that this handful Of hair,
dragged down over one side Of the face,
sided skirt. Every feminine creature
seems to instinctively haul down her
front hair on one side, and clutch at her
dress skirt on the other. The effect is
nightmarish. ADA C. SWEET.
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ish the job. The cakes of ice are then
ready for the man with the crowbar,
who prizes them apart and sends them
floating down toward the point where
they leave the water on the way to the
interior Of the icehouses. The cakes are
generally cut about twenty or twenty
two inches square, as the most con-
venient size for handling and Transport
tation.
The houses for storing the ice are, Of
course. built so close to the water that
the elevator for hauling up the ice can
reach from the top Of the building
down to the waters edge. The build
ings are, as rule, about the height Of
three or four story structure, and are
from 100 to $50 feet in width by more
than that in length. The walls are
usually double, with an air chamber
Of about foot between the two walls.
Sometimes the walls are treble, with
two air chambers for the protection Of
the ice. The interior is divided into
several great compartments, which are
as separate as if they were in different
buildings. This Arrangement is made so
that it will not be necessary to expose
the whole of the interior to the outer
air when taking out load of ice for
market. -
An endless chain system, more or less
like the straw elevator of :thrashing
machine; is used for carrying the ice
from the water to the building. This
chain is operated by steam en-.
CINE placed just underneath it and just
outside Of the icehouse. The chain is a
wide, fiat surface, wide enough to cas-
ily accommodate a cake Of ice, or even
more. The chain dips down into the
water, and while it is moving workmen
push the cakes Of ice upon it and they
are carried upward and into the ice
house, where they are packed evenly
together by ice showers. Nothing what
ever is placed about the ice, the old
sawdust packing system being quite
passe. When the house is filed hay or
straw is placed upon the top layer of
cakes and the packing is then complete.
Twenty or thirty thousand tons are
often packed away in one house.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03

5,UUU,UOO to sO,OUO,00O, and of the Eng
lish population Of the British Empire
from 100000 to 55,OO0,O00. Germany
aud Russia also showed remarkable
growth from 2O,OOO,OOO to 55,OOO,OOO,
aud from 4O,OOO,OOO to 135, 900, re-
spectiyely, while France had only grown
from 25,OOn,O0O to 100000. The first
effect necessarily is to assure the pre-
pondcrance Of white peoples among the
races Of the world
In the United States. which has i'm
mensely greater virgin resources with
which to supply its population, it has
been noticed that the town populat ton is
increasing disproportionately. In the
United States, in spite of the magnitude
Of increase Of population, recent growth
has not been so fast as earlier in the nine
teenth century. Until 1860 the growth in
each census. period ranged between 81
and SO per cent Since then it has been
50 per cent to 1880, and is now about 81
per cent. The obvious suggestion, that
possibly immigration has fallen off, as
compared with what it used to be- would
not account for the diminished rate of
increase OF the population generally.
Turning to Austria lasa, the decline in
the rate Of increase is great and palpa-
bic. but there the pcrturba tons due to
immigration have been greater than III
the case Of the United States, because
The country settled mainly between 1880
anu 1870. In England there is Il similar
though not so marked decrease
The rate Of growth OF population of the
communities might still be considerable,
even if no higher than in the last few
years. An addition or even 10 per cent
only as the average every ten years would
FAR more than double the 5OO,OOO,OOO in
a century, and leave the white popula-
ton at this century's end at 100000
oOO. Secondly, some Of the rates of in
crease mentioned, such as that in Austria
lasia and the United States at certain
periods, are quite abnormal, and due
largely to exceptional immigration.
Finally, there is the question which
many people have rushed in to discuss
namely, whether the reproductive power
OIL the populations in question is as great
aow as fifty or sixty years ago. 1t is a
question which cannot be rushed, and
am unable to commit myself to the belief,
heard from some quarters, that the rate
Of Increase in these populations is, as in
France, coming nearly to an end. The
gravity OF the stationariness of popula-
lion in France lay in the fact that the
death rate there remained high, while the
birth rate fell.
SIR ROBERT GRIFFIN.
Ex-President Of the British Statistical
Society.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
UNCLE SANS POlSONER

Not Generally known that This, Gov.
eminent Maintains One.
In little house in South Washington
is located Federal institution without
which the Smithsonian Institution and
National Museum could not exist. 1t
is the department of the chief poisoner,
Joseph Farmer. The Office of chief
poisoner was not unusual in countries
ruled by despots, but it may be a sur
prise to many to learn that such an
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
PRINCESS 'QuA, N. D. .
Endorses Lyt E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Jmpound After
Following is Record For
Years.

"DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAn :-Health is
the greatest boon bestowed on human
ity and therefore anything that can
restore lost health is a blessing.
consider Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound as blessing to
State and Nation. It Gu her moth
ers and daughters and makes them
well and strong.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
WHY THE NAVY LACKS MEN.

Ne Chance for a Sailor to Reach an
Officers Berth.
The Navy Department is having an
exceedingly hard time in keeping the
enlisted force up to within several
thousand Of the, maximum allowed by
law. says a Washington special to the
Pittsburg Dispatch. Many officers are
wondering why this is so. The bright
geniuses Of the bureau Of navigation,
of which Admiral Crowninshield is the
head, appear to have come to the con-
5clusion that the paper" Of the depart
ment soliciting recruits is not alluring
enough. So they have devised a new
pattern of q poster intended to wean
the young man away from the pillow to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03

erary efforts. Homer, Dante and Shaks-
peare cast their thoughts and emotions
in verse because the metrical form was
the only adequate method of expression
invented in their day.
English prose has been developed to
the point, however, where it is finer,
more subtle instrument of wider scope
than English verse, and .poetry's chief
excuse for being has been destroyed. Lit
erary truth is truth to nature. Poetry
is artificial and bears the deadly brand
Of insincerity in its form. !.
OSCAR L. TRIGGS,
Professor in Chicago University.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
The North American Indians.

If a people in
vades a strange
country in which
a n o t h er people,
with its peculiar
civilization, has liv-
ed for a long time,
one Of two things
usually happens;
either the invaders
absorb or extermi-
nate the invaded
after a certain
length Of time, or
they are absorbed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
q StrO0R.'

fh1NCESS f1hOQUA.
Practicing Physician and Lecturer.
For fifteen years I have noted the
effect of your Vegetable Compound in
curing special diseases of women.
81 know of nothing superior for
ovarian trouble, barrenness, and it
has prevented hundreds of dangerous
operations where physicians claimed
it was the only chance to get we'll.
liberation and Inflammation of the
womb has been cured in two or three
weeks through it's use, and as I find it
purely an herbal remedy, I unhesitat-
ingly give it my highest endorsement.
-Fraternally yours, DR.. p. V1RoQuA,
Lansing, Mich: $1,000 forfeit II above tes-
ti'moniai Is not genuine
If you are ill do not hesitate to
get a bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound at
once, and write to Mrs. Pink
ham at Lynn, Mass. for special
advice; it is entirely free.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
Cloths Woven from Rocl1,

The weaving of stone into material
for clothing, the making of flexible and
lasting granite trousers, black marble
coats and fancy onyx waistcoats may
be possibility of the future, the weav-
ers say. They remind the Philadelphia
Record that already curtains are made
of asbestos and cloth manufactured
from chalk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
Klubbysa Retort.

"You men are all alike" said Mrs.
Hubby, concluding her curtain lecture;
Railways ready to put an enemy in your
mouths to steal away your brains.''
''Yesh," replied Hubby, 'but what =
blessin' It'd be If you women'd only
put N enemy in your brains t. steal
away your mouths. ''-Philadelphia
Record. - -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03

The amateur sportsman's bag: Coun.
try Boy--Killed anything yit2 City
Hunter-As soon as / kill this one m ~
two more, will have three.
aDOlis News. ].
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
DISTINGUISHED. An c( rs, .
Family of Lord Albemaf le, Now in
New York, Famed insiHist0ry.

New York. Famed In History.
Lord Albemarle's presence in this city
serves to recall the fact that it was one
Of his ancestors, the third earl, who cap
tured Havana in 1862, and one of that
peers grandsons still survives in the per-
son Of old. Admiral Sir III enr .Keppel,
who, hale and hearty at the age. Of SO,
has just left England alone and unat-
tended on little trip to Rorneo.. While
all the Keppels now living enjoy in
very marked degree the flavor of the
reigning house, the fourth earl was an
object Of particular aversi@ On to the late
Queen Victoria, who on a memorable
occasion declined to permi [ him to exer-
else his prerogative Of master of the
horse-of riding in the car riage with her.
The father Of the present earl was the
only member of the British House of
Lords who possessed the dignity Of a
craftsmanship in North American In
dian tribe, under the name Of 'ssWhite
Caribou" given to him. for his remark
able tieetness Of foot.-TNew York Trib-
Hnp.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
CapsicuIn vase|ine
Put Up in Col1apsible Tubes.

A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or any
skin. The pain allaying and curative qualities Of
this article are wonderful. 1t will stop the tooth
ache at once, and relieve headache and sciatica-
We recommend it as the best and safest external
counter-irrtant known, also as an external RENEE
dy for pains in the chest and stomach aud all
rheumatic. neuralgia and equity complaints.
trial will prove what claim for it, and it
will I've found to be invaluable in the household
Many people say ut Is the best Of all your prepa-
rations."
Price IS cents. at all druggists, other dealers.
or by sending this amount to us in postage stamps
we will send you tube by mail.
No article should be accepted by the public un-
less the same carries our label as otherwise it 10
not genuine.
ChEESEBROUGH MANUFACTURING CO.,
II State Street, New York CITY,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03

The Worlds Population.

There has been
an enormous in
crease in the popu-
lation of European
countries and of
peoples of Euro
pean origin during
the last century.
The growth all
round was from
I D D D U 90 to
about 51O,WN,WW,-
900, while the
growth Of the Unit
ed States was from
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
Poetry Out of Date.

There is no great thought, no
worthy emotion, which may not
be better expressed in prose than
in verse to-day. Verse was the
primitive expression of mans
thought. Rhythm was the char
acteristic of its first crude lit
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
Why There Are Fewer Ministers.

10 those interested in theolog-
ical education the statistics of
the seminaries for the last six
years have given ground for Sc
rious thought. These statistics
indicate steady decline in at
tendance. amounting in eoro
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03

Do you use Mrs. Austin's Famous Pan
Sake F nons y? The R9s< ompany makers.
' >@
Thoroughbred d. ) less intelli-
gent than mongrels. l...
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
CALIFORNIA CONSOLIDATED OIL COMPANY
10 WElLS-i0-..l0 WEILS-l0
SIX DIVIDENDS PAID

This company has over 1900 acres of land, two
pumping plants worked by their own gas wells.
which also runs all machinery; complete drilling
outfits tanks and pipe lines.
The company has nineteen wells and the oil
sells at $3.50 per barrel. The company has paid
six dividends on Treasury stock!
Prospectuses and order blanks on applica ton.
A limited amount Of stock offered, at Is cents
per share. ~
=. Make Christmas present Of 100 shares to
your friend! >'
Make checks or drafts payable 10 w. II. Sherrod,
ITO Nassau st., New York CITY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03
WOman's Fashionable Clothes.

I believe the dress of women
this year to be the ugliest the
world has ever seen. How swift
ly upon the heels of another
doth each calamity tread!
First in ugliness come the
dragging, ill-conditioned skirts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-01-03

1t Is not only bad luck to kill spider
but they are terribly .squashy.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-30

and class. She was singularly pretty,
with a serious. wistful gaze and foot
step as light as a fawn.
This" said Vavara. lis Jocosa. of our
band. Her father was killed below Eagle
Pass last year and her mother went to the
good God long ago. She is fond of Eng
fish and Americans because of the brave
Senior Weston, now unhappily dead. He
was kind TO her and while in this city
1t was characteristic of the bombastic
rascal to speak of his camp as a city
he taught to her something of the read
ing. She will be TO you a companion OF
your own adored sex. | so. honored
sonora. TO communicate with the noble
senior, your husband | shall hear from
him. the latest. day after the morrow,
when | trust you will be restored to your
friends and kindred" With q sweeping
bow which carried the rim of his SOM
brero to the dirt floor of the jacal he was
gone. walking backward
Lois was growing faint with hunger
and Jocosa rapidly prepared a breakfast
of strong coffee, tortilas and eggs. This
was served on red earthenware. with no
knife or fork. 1t is the Mexican fashion
to use the tortilla as knife and fork in
eating eggs. Red pepper permeated the
food and chilicon-carne gravy was pour
ed over it in stream. Lois was well
enough acquainted with the cookery of
the country to understand its pcculiari-
ties and to enjoy it. While she ate, she
/ talked to the girl who stood apart re-
specially, watching and admiring the
strange and different beauty of her new
companion.
'Nou knew and liked the Senior IVES
tom JocoSa was asked.
''Oh, well; much" was the quick reply.
the hands passionately clasped.
Why"
He was so strong, so brave. so kind;
not like these others. Gregorio wish 4
to marry me; Vavara wished it. tit;
not love Gregorio; l wept the Senior
Weston would not permit it.
You think him dead:"
surely, sonora. He was slain near
the river"
Lois rapidly told her of Westons res
cue. recovery aud escape to Mexico. The
child-woman' eyes filled and overtiowed.
| She sobbed. laughed. sang and danced
eXcitedly about. Then she ran 10 the
| American and threw her arms about her
waist, calling her Good lady, Kind
lady Then she said: You will see him
again?"
Lois blushed. Il hope so; thini, so. -
Immediately came the next assertion
the woman of her making it: You love
| him, and not as | do
Lois was silent. Jocosa knet ut hel
feet. 1T is so,' she said slowly. "fol
you nursed him and knew him. He will
| come for you. Then may go with you
! He is dear to me also
The other woman. so much Older. wiser
and stronger, laid her hand upon the
black head. If he wishes it, Jocosa
she said 1T must be as he wishes"
At that moment there was Il quick beat
of hoofs outside, sharp challenge ant
exclamation of wonder from sentry ant
| tall form stood in the doorway. TheI
! she was folded into Weston's arms.
ITO be continued
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-30

would do nothing to embarrass them.
He ate his mush and milk, went back
to his regiment, and disappeared. Later
the family removed to Baltimore, and
after the war received a call from
Chamberlain. He had gone home en-
his escape from the Confederate lines.
had enlisted in the Union army. and
served through the war. In the VIII
de,ness campaign he found ShadeIess
deserted, and having heard that the
family had refugeed to Baltimore, he
had looked them up to thank them for
what they had done for him when he
wore the gray and TO tender friendship
and help.
"All this and more was told me at
Washington Park by the woman who
as a girl had sung Union songs to me
at Shadeless. The whirligig Of time
had brought Chamberlain to her at
Baltimore, and after nearly forty years
had brought me face to face with her
n park concert. where the music led
me to make remark that renewed the
acquaintance of war times. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-30
AN HOURS STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
Lieutenant and a Disabled Man in the
Water That Long.

atcr mat Long.
III 1918 Lord William Pitt Lennox
sailed for Canada in the frigate Iphi-
genia. Just before eight O'clock one
evening, under a freshening breeze.
there came the cry, MAN Overboardr "
Clear away the cutter," cried Lieut..
-. He then threw over Il lirc-huoy,
ordered the first lieutenant to take care
of the ship, and in another instant went
overheard himself after the drowning
man.
The frigate was going rapidly and
the wind was high. In few moments
the heads of the struggling men were
out of sight. The cutter dropped
astern, shipped sea. and disappeared
in the darkness. For not only was night
coming on. but Il dismal cloud. which
had been all day approaching, obscur-
ed what twilight was left. The glass
was falling. and it was evident from
all signs that dirty night was coming
on
The two men had not appeared. Ev-
cry man on board was straining his
gaze windward. An hour passed. an
hour that seemed like an age. when
suddenly there came voice from I'M
der the lee. stand fast Heave us a
rope
There was the cutter with the half
drowned sailor. the lieutenant. the
crew, lifebuoy and all They were
soon on deck. and there the lieutenant
told his story.
The sea broke over us. and do what
we would. we couldn't reach the life
buoy. Simcoe was too much disabled
TO swim, for he had struck his head in
falling. and besides that. the shin had
gone clear over him. He never attempt.
ed to touch me. and when he got too
weak even TO struggle, he blessed me
and said, Try to save Yourself
II let him 20. struck out for the buoy.
reached il, and with the other hand
grasped for Simcoe; for now he was
literally sinking
Il only caught his hair and pushed
the buoy against his breast He clutch.
ed II, and with my help got his head
bish enough for breathing. / strained
my eyes for the boat but | could not
see il. suddenly there was the sound
Of oars in row locks. | cried Out with
all my might.
Where, sir. where" heard one OF
the sailors call from to windward
Dead To- but l was immersed bc
fore got out the word 1eeward.'
Where. sir. where" came the voice.
'Leewdrd" I roared.
They backed down on us, and We
were dragged In. II seemed as if we
had been centuries away from the
ship"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-30

"Streeter tells me he has stopped Civ
ing his wife any pin money"
"Stingy of him. l say"
"Oh. no. He leaves a smaller amount
In his pocket for her to help herself TO
when she thinks he's asleep. 1t gives
her more pleasure and she never tells
him it isn't enough. Philadelphia Bull
letin.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-30

want any pcrtaterS today" asked
the farmer. as be pulled up in iron; Of
house
go" replied the housckeeper. "Tbe
last lot we bought Of you was not
satisfactory"
What wuz tn matter with EN-"
asked the son Of toll
The potatoes Mt the top Of tho bas
ket were nice and large" replied tho
woman, but in the bottom they wctt
tiny things
THAT wuz no fault nv mine" re
Joined the honest farmer; 1T wuz be.
cause Nv IN good CROWN weather
we've bin havin Pertatcrs air grow
in so fast lately tibet by tn time get
a basketful dug tn last uns air ever
so much bggen'n tn first uns'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-30

The destruction Of stores and ciothing
by both armies during the Ciyil WaI
is estimated at 100000 900.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-30

The average cost OF maintaining q
man in the Ameri~~1 navy is $500.