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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE.
Some New Occupations Available for
Women.

Some New Occupations Available for
Women.
The restless sex has found another field
in which to exploit her talents and Incl
dentally to earn pinmoney or the where
Withal to get tie necessary bread and
butter, as the case may be.
This new business is to give the es-
sence and extracts of the latest novels
to tired, overworked society women who
have no time to read for themselves.
In polite society one is expected to
Gusher's latest work on ''To Have Been
or Might Be- which sold a million copies
for it's first edition. And not to have
read the pathetic passages in that tear
starting tale 'Molly, the Milkmaid; or,
When the Cows Come Home is to take
ones place a. once in the rear. But how
can the society maid or matron, rushing
from club meetings to luncheons and
teas and dances and midnight suppers,
find time to drop even tear over poor
Molly's woes? Yet it is lamentable ig-
norance to know nothing of the great and
only American novel that comes from the
presses regularly many times a week.
1t is here where this clever woman,
who is the pioneer in this. work, steps in.
At present she is operating in Chicago,
but no doubt many clever women all over
the country will follow in her footsteps.
By some literary pepsin known only to
herself this woman swallows whole and
digests all the important new books
turned out by the grooming presses of
the country. Then she corresponds with
or interviews such women as she thinks
will view her scheme favorably, and Of
fers to tell the whole story Of any lead
ing novel of the day at one sitting. She
wildly describes the characters, unfolds
the plot, puts her hearer in possession of
all the main incidents, and reads the most
discussed passages. In fact, she makes
her nearer complete mistress Of the book
in an hour, and henceforth she can dis
cuss it as if she had made a thorough
study of it. In fact, she can do it much
better than if she had made a thorough
reading, for the reader points out much
she might not see herself in a hasty
skimming.
This new worker will initiate individ-
ually or take charge Of classes. When
several women club together, of course,
her charges are less than when she has
but one nearer.
So far she has been quite successful.
It may not be quite so pleasant to take
ones literature this way, but the woman
of fashion has long ago given up doing
the things she likes. She must do what
Society orders, and since this taskmaster
leaves her no time to read and yet in
sists upon her knowing what is being
read, she welcomes this short cut to the
tree Of knowledge. ..z
On the other hand, there are people
who enjoy being read to. people who are
too lazy to read for themselves, and pe0-
pie who say it softly Through some neg
lect Of education, find it impossible to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

The resuscitation Of a Chicago electri-
clan who was apparently dead from con-
tact with a live wire, by the promotion
of artificial breathing as in operations
on the drowned, will encourage efforts
at revival in all cases of apparent death
through shocks from electric currents.
Scientists are now of the opinion that a
large percentage Of such victims can be
saved by re-establishing activity in heart
and lungs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

The report from St. Petersburg that
President Loubet had narrow escape
on the water, is sensational story that
is probably based on bit Of ratiocina.
ton, to-wit: If the President were in
his pinnace, and warship We're steer.
ing straight for the little vessel, he would
be run down and possibly drowned if
the officer in charge failed to back the
pinnance out of danger. But, was the
President in his pinnace?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

n description of the preparations for
the coronation in London tells of the
gas filters who are twisting pipes for
illuminated designs all over the fronts Of
buildings. Our British cousins do not
catch on to the superior advantages of
electric lights for this sort of thing, but
they may after a few more years Of
observation in Yankeeland.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
Finished the Sentence.

a, bright young woman was very deep
~ interested in her Sunday school class
;ando endeayored to make the little ones
understand different verses III the Bible
more clearly by letting them finish each
sentence 6 'The idol had eyes" she said,
but it couldn't 1sSee!" cried the.
children: 1T had lips, but it couidn't -
speak" the children answered. ut
had ears, but it cou1dn' Z stsHear!'':
they once more correctly replied. 1T had
the children conf IDENTITY shouted New
York Evening Sun. 1ss,Y's5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

The Mary McLane book is no better
than scores of others which have come
from the press during the past two years
nor can it be said that it is much
worse. OF course, if the latter truth gets
out it will spoil sales,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

Love is assigned as the cause of the
Chicago tragedy, in which a young man
shot and killed his inamorata and him
self, because the parents of the girl
thought her too young to marry. But a
fellow who does not love a girl enough
to keep from shooting her does not love
her very much
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

A New York court has made a railroad
company pay $4,000 for the death of a
passenger. This spoils that good old
joke about the old man from the country
who asked his wide-awake son the use
of the az in the glass box at the end Of
the car, and received the reply, THAT S
to kill passengers wounded when there S
an accident, SO as to keep the damages
down to $4,000 apiece"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
A WlTCHCRAFT SPELL.
Judge Recalled Thou$htless Prank OF
Boyllood Days.

Judge Recalled Thou<htless Prank of
.Boyhood Days.
When Lord Chief Justice Holt presided
in the court of the Kings bench a poor.
decrepit old creature was brought before
him, charged as criminal, on whom the
full severity of the law ought to be visit
ed with exemplary effect.
ship.
''Witchcraft.''
"How is it proved?'
She has powerful spel.''
LET me see it. )" 80.
The spell was handed to the bench. It
appeared a small ball of variously col
ored rags of silk, bound with threads Of
as many different hues These were un-
wound and unfolded, until there APP
peared a scrap of parchment. on which
were written certain characters now
nearly illegible from much use.
The judge, after looking at this paper
charm a few minutes, addressed himself
to the terrified prisoner. prisoner,
how came you by this?''
"A young gentleman, my lord, gave it
to me, to cure my child's ague."
'How long since?'
Thirty years, my 1ord.'
And did it cure herY'
"Oh, yes, and many others
Liz JuuSe pduSeu lew moments, ana
then addressed himself to the jury. 'Gen-
tlemen Of thu jury, thirty years. ago
and some companions, as thoughtless as
myself, went to this womans dwelling,
then public house, and, after enjoying
ourselves, found we had no means to dis
charge the reckoning. Observing a child
i'll of an ague, prentended had spell
to cure her. wrote the classic line you
see ON a scrap of parchment, and was
discharged of the demand on me by the
gratitude Of the poor woman before us,
for the supposed benefit. Mirror.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

grasp the modern story as it is presented,
and who never begin the perusal Of one
without fetching up abruptly about the
middle, hopelessly lost and muddled. All
these have taken up the new fad much
to their own pleasure and to the readers
nrOff
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

The unknown person who cut up the
gas bag Of NJ. Santos Dumont's flying
machine, in London, may have been a
friend who believed that by so doing he
was preventing the Brazilian aeronaut
from going the way of NJ. Severe, who
lost his life by the explosion of the gas
bag of his flying machine, 1900 feet
above the city of Paris.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

A St. Paul judge has decided that
conductors of street railway cars can
stop at crossings or proceed continuous
ly, as the carrying capacity of their cars
dictates. Somebody will growl in any
event.-the man who has to wait at the
crossing, or the man who squeezes in
to find standing room only
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

The fate of the Milwaukee barkeeper
who is in hospital for repairs, made
necessary by his failure TO hypnotic a
bull, may presage the downfall of the
great packers, who are charged with put
ting too much trust in beef
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
DO Fish Sleep i?

There is no real scientific authority on
the question as to whether fish sleep,
though, from the alternating habits Of
some species, it is reasonable to suppose
that any fish might sleep. There have
been numerous cases Of gold fish frozen
solid in the ice, and it is presumable that
during the frozen period they must have
been in a comatose state which could be
properly called sleep. Fish in aauaria
have been seen to rest for long periods
without motion, save for that Of the Ellis.
though their eyes were open all the time.
close their eyes in any circumstances
Science Siftings.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

There must be money in politics of
the reform variety. Mrs. Lease, the
Kansas ''stateswoman," who has been
granted divorce from her husband on
the ground of non-support, stated in
court that she has always provided for
the family-frst by washing, then by
writing, and finally by activity in poll
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

Going down to the beach at Rockway
took on 4 new meaning rather suddenly
for those who were seated in the dining
room on the pier, when the floor gave
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
A EASEMENT cANZoNEr.

l know little window
In frame Of ivy set,
A tiny cottage easement clasped
With emerald amulet;
And looking through this window
You see garden old
Petunia, dahlia, mullen, pink,
And rose and marigold.
But oh, this little window
With ivy curtains hung,
would my sweetest singing might
In praise of it be sung!
For, looking through this window,
A world Of JOY is mine
Dreams, visions, hopes, and fantasies,
All golden, all divine!
Clarence Urmy in Lippincott.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

Karl Mann, the winner of the recent
international pedestrian contest between
Berlin and Dresden-a distance of 125
miles-is vegetarian. There's another
socdolager for the meat trustt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

The reported hydrophobia epidemic in
Wisconsin proves to be simply a scare Of
the sort usual in connection with that
disease, which is rarer than is generally
SJ1nnOSp1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

II transpires that one man knew what
was going to happen to St. Pierre, but
he is dead with the rest, and the story is
safe against authentic denial.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

The speed of ninety-seven miles in
lightweight minutes, achieved by a Wa
bash train, is almost enough to enable
impetuous travellers to catch their
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
,PuiQue and Mescal.

On the east coast and in the central
provinces of Mexico a drank called pull
que is made from the sap of the maguey,
each plant in it's Towering season yield
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

The Santa Fe train which raced across
the track Of an approaching tornado es-
capped temporary service on an aerial belt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

Pekin is delighted, because Yuan Shat
Kai has knocked the revolution in Chi
Ii approximately sky high.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

The mosquito has arrived with rush.
He came in out Of the wet, al do all in
sects of this family.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

Old Pelee seems to have things it's
own way, with the entire world looking
on helplessly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06

Will it be perfectly consistent for the
Prohibitionists to nominate ''full' state
;c1-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-06-06
CHILDREN Of PALMA.
Interesting Group Picture Of the
Family Of Cuba's First
President.

Here are the children of President
Tomas Estrada Palma of Cuba. They
occupy the same interest in the eyes of
the people of Cuba as the sturdy Roose-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-14
THE CHARTERS FORFEITED
For Failure TO Pay Franchise Tax
Number Eight Hundred Seventy.
MANY ARE THOSE OF OIL COMPANIES
A List Of Those Which Have Headquar
tors at Houstcn--Pentslty Must Be
Paid Before Reinstatement.

Austin. Texas, May 13-The clerks In the
secretary Of states Office completed the
list Of forfeited charters late this evening.
ON account Of corporations failing to pay
the franchise tax for the year beginning
May, 1902, $40 charters were forfeited, OF
which IS are domestic corporations aud
eighty eight are foreign concerns. This is
the largest list ever turned out ma
)ortty Of the forfeitures are those of oil
companies. The following corporations
win Houston rs their place Of business are
Acme Building aud Loan association.
The Patton Neale company.
southern Bridge and Construction com.
X II. Cawthon < Co
Hotei Mems Benevolent association.
Ielchman Manufacturing company.
Houston Auditorium company.
southern oil company.
Consumers Gas aud Fuel company.
southwestern Refining company.
Island oil company
Coast Ridge on company
Pulmcr Monroe company.
safe Investment company. ~
Florence oil COMPANY -t#
Peoples oil company. Il
Ola soldiers Oil company.
old Glory Oil company
Pan American Oil company.
th1mlRrS County oil company.
Ewing Saicling Hardware company.
Red Mems Social Club and Library as.
ISOLATION
Legal Tender Oil and Gas company.
SeHbrook Land company.
RraZos Canal company.
Magnolia Bowling club.
Houston SIow case and Manufacturing
company.
Little Giant Oil company.
Sunny South OH company.
Buffalo Bayou Ship channel company.
James Kastenhurber Manufacturing com
pany.
Scabrook Town Lot and improvement
company.
Under the law the above corporations can
renew their permits hy paying the fran
chisc tax and an additional fee Of So for
each month in which 10 H. allowed to lapse
up to the expiration of six months.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-14
THE RED MEN OF TEXAS
REPORTS OF OFFICERS SHOWED A
GOOD GROWTH.
Changes in the Laws Have Seen Recon-
n ended by Great Sachen1 Griggs-Re-
ferred to the Committee.

Fort Worth, Texas. May 13.-Severai
hundred Red Men were in the city hall
this morning when Mayor Powell welcomed
Senior Sycamore Henderson Of Brenlan.
W b. Paddock. on behalf Of the local Ped
Men extended welcome to the visitors,
and he was followed by Past Great lnco-
honee Daniels OF Grimm, Ga.
The session that followed the formal
opening Of the meeting was eNecu-
tive. Chief Of Records 5. Lawson Of BARI
lett reported surplus OF S57ss and the
expenses TO have been S340O. There is a
membership of 1867. and tribes IN good
standing number sixty seven. councils Of
the degree Of Pocahontas twelve.
Great Sachem George b. Griggs of Hons
ton presented his annual report to the great
council aud tt indicated that there ives
great thrift among the order In Texas.
During the past year there had been TWEEN
ty-SiN new tribes. six council degrees Of
rocahontas installed and six old tribes re-
YiVcd.
Great senior Sycamore Henderson Of
t.S t,1' NAT TAR SosAiE4td saAA WIS m
excellent condition and was rapidly build.
ing mp In membership. The past saclcm
degree was passed on nfty-two last
sachems.
Great sachem Grlggs recommended
changes in the laws. The recommendations
We're referred TO the the committee on laws
and appeals. after which Henderson, Ship
man and Sims were appointed a committee
| To investigate the Galveston relief fund
matter.
Grand Keeper Of Wampum Stafforis re-
port showed a balance on hand of S2935.
The visiting Red Men were rendered a
reception and entertainment last night.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-14
CHARTER FILED TUESDAY
OF the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf
Railway Company.
THE CAPITAL STOCK Is sls.OOO,OOO
Articles Call for Line from Fort Worth
te Galveston and 10 Run Through
Harris County.

Austin. Texas. May is.--The charter OF
the Chicago. Rock Island aod Gulf Railway
company with headquarters al Fort Worth,
was hled late this evening. The capital
stock is S1500o.ooo
The company proposes 70 build l/e from
For Worth TO Galveston. a dlsta/e Of 295
miles and traverse the following counties
Tarrant, Dallas, Ellis, Navarro. Freestone,
Leon. Madison, Grimes, Walker, Montgom-
cry Harris and Galveston.
The incorporators are NJ. A Low, Topeka
J. +. Wilson, Dallas, ~ d. Lassiter, ;, 3
Hcvey H. B. Low, II. c. Holloway, F. E.
Dietrich. J. c McCabe NJ. V. Harris and
". g. Newly, al Of Fort Worth.
The ming fee on this charter amounts to
S3s25.
Dallas. Texas. May 13.-Promlnent Rock
Island railroad officials we're IN Dallas yes
terday and conferred with a committee OF
business men with reference 10 the extern
son to be made from Fort Worth 10 Gal
weston, probably via Dallas.
The road will certainly be constructed
from Fort Worth TO the gait" said Judge
LaSsiter attorney or tue kock lalIud,
"and will come By way ~ Dallas. n On
trance 70 the city and terminal grounds
can be secured. The old ChoCtaw viii
come here under the same conditions. II
Is a very hard matter 10 obtain entrance
up. Lines will be equipped With eighty
pound steel rails and rock ballast. and df-
ter a time all Of the wooden bridges " IN
be replaced with steel.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-14
SOUTHERN PACIFIC IMPROVEMENTS
Brief Summary Of the Work Now Going
On on the Great system.

Euet Summary Of the Work Now Going
On on the Great System.
Briefly summarized the following improve
ments are now being made by the Southern
Pac6c on The Atlantic and Pacific divisions
n the system the whole amounting Ia sew.
era millions Of dollars
on the Pacific system o. the Southern
Pacific $40 miles Of sO.pound steel rails pa
miles Of ballast and ], 525,roO ties will be
used during the present yesr; on the AT
laLtic system leo miles ~ sn-pouud steel
rail. lll miles Of ballast and G6s.OpO ties,
On the Central Pacific iu Nevada and Utah
~ miles will be Reconstructed. improving
- alignment and reducing grades and
double track Will he built from Eurliugage
60 San Jose. Cal, distance Of thirty mig
The telephone block system Hu the q
ramento division viii be extended from Coz
fax 20 Sacramento, a distance NJ htty toIr
miles, and automatic block signals cnltr0il-
ed by electric track circuits will be Installed
from limon 10 sand Cut Cat, six miles g
Los Angeles on one mile NJ double track;
between Santa Margar.ta and san Luis
Ob!spO, seventeen miles OF single track and
ct tho junction of the main line with~-vfe
Tres r,nos branch at Carnadero. Interiors;
.uc wfnk is contemplated at Florence. Call
and Al i4qetion Of the Coy!na hr1.S4ed
Pomona. Gal, as well as = al "'1tsssFe
crossings on Nhe Atlantic division. -
cine &c sy SaS1 oilt6e building Of nsrf-dy
spans uggregat9c $3.50 feet rcfus@ng an
estimated weight Of 3lOT tons ofsssr-sl and
on the Atlantis syste4 thirty Ipans assre'
gether with the huiaSzsE etabout 10000
iineal feet Of timber frost hss%9hrdsSrt 9sI4l
nal cnd station impyoyem 4ist1srsAi ne stade
at SAT- Francisco consisting - n brick and
steel machine shop, 100 by 80 feet, Win
sixteen-stall roundhouse at Los Angeles
brick and steel machine shop, 10 hy -
feet boiler and mac siue shop, 40 by -
9ect forty six stall ~tuhdhouse, one-story
bricf STORE and Office building. so by 1ol
feet at Portland, 0ff, a brick boiler an,
u.achine shop,ss2Q b. $50 feet; two-sior'
brick offees=H65 z5tefc room, 81 by 10 feet
AZ HI Pns0. TeX-S. a brick machine shop
100 by 2a0 feet and at Houston, new
'A,nick coach shop, 100 by 24o feet, and a.
addition to the machine shop, 40 by liz
feet.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-14
London Wool Auction.

Loudon. May i3.-Tbe oferlsgs at the
wool auction sales today numbered 1925
bales Competition was spirited. Sales In
detail:
New South Wales-540O bales; secured
estdQis 9Ad; greasy idols I'd. e..,,.
SID: greasy 4Ql0d.
Victoria 1909 bales; secured 7%dGts Sd;
greasy 41smis Id.
South Australia 1000 bales. secured 1000
Is Id: greasy 3fti0d.
West Australia 100 bales; greasy 5ssda
8i5d.
Tasmania 700 bales greasy 6dN1s Sd.
New Zealand 1900 bales: secured 4zd
mis- 1ksd, greasy 33sQi0d.
ST. Louis. May 10 Wool Strong and ac.
tire for new clip; medium grades 13dlTt1:
light 199l1: heaFy hne eal2; tub washed
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-14
Notes and Personals.

Paul Kirkpatrick, travelling freight agent
Of The Katy. left yesterday for san Anto-
Mo ,
Manager Jcf y Miller OF the Houston
md Texas Central went mp the road yes
terday
W. II. Abel, Southwestern agent Of the
Chicago and Alton. headquarters Dallas
was i'm the city yesterday.
General Passenger Agent Robbins and II.
NJ Mayo. chief of the literary bureau or
the Southern Pacific, will return today from
Falkland where they have beer on business.
Vice President Monserrate Of the san An
tonic and Aransas Pass came in yesterday
from SASH Antonio on trip Of inspection
and paid a pleasant visit to Vice President
Markham's office.
william Chouplsn, Chinese passenger
agent Of the Southern Pacific at Havana,
Cuba. was in the city Yesterday on "A
business trip and was IN consultation during
the day with Assistant Passenger Agent
Anderson.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-14
APPEALED TO comMIssIoN.
Santa re Wishes to Compel Ele-tri,
Company to Put In Safety Guards.

Santa re Wishes to Compel Ele-trie
Company to Put In Safety Guards.
Austin, Texas, May l3.-The railroad com
mission today received petition from the
Santa Re asking for hearing over ais
agreement between them on the electric
street railway compAny in Fl Paso The
Santa Re has leased the tracks OF the Rio
Grande and FL Paso aud made an agree
ment with the n Paso Electric company
for them to put IN an overhead crossing
over the leased tracks Tie electric com
nany has backed out AZ the agreement and
the Santa Fe desires 20 compel them "a put
ln safety guards IT the crossing. which is
10 be az 4 grade There Is some question
as 10 jurisdiction in the case. as the com.
mission has nothing 20 do with electric
lines, and SO FAR they have been unable 70
learn whether or not the electric company
has charter.
The commission ordered hearing In the
case aud set It for May ~