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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-22
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-22

A. B. Coates attended to business
matters in Duluth the first of the
week.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-22

Chas. Higgins was over from Hib.
bling on business matters, Wednes
day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-22

II. z: ttay was business visitor
to Duluth Wednesday.
Mr.: and Mrs. 4. D. Parmelee were
Duluth visitors Friday and Satur-
day. " r. 49,. =.
W. "A. Hall, the new clotheir, was
visitor to This home at Hudson
over Sunday. ~-..- 49,
Mrs. Chas. Richards, of Lincoln,
returned Wednesday evening from
Ishpeming, Mich.
w. ]. Moore, the insurance AGENT,
attended to business matter in Du-
luth on Friday and Saturday.
State Boiler Inspector Patterson,
OF Duluth, attends to official duties
in the Virginia district this week.
X. ~ Bell, of the Duluth, Virginia
q Rainy Lake railroad, spent the
Sabbath With his family in Duluth
JOS. BaCkus is absent on a bust.
ness and pleasure trip through
Montana and other western states
The open season for untagged
dogs begins June LIST. If you value
your canine, pay up and look
happy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Mitchell, of Du.
luth, were guests at the home of Mr.
Nltchells parents in the city over
Sunday.
w. T. Bailey, of the w. T. Bailey
Lumber Co., was up from Duluth
Tuesday looking after business in
terests in connection with his mill
plant.
DR.. Shaw, of Bull. erects com
modious hospital at the Kinney
mine, which will be ready fol
occupany shortly. N. A. Nichols
has the contract for the erection Of
the new building.
Albert MainiO erects a new bak
cry on Pine street, which will be
placed in commission the coming
week. MI. Manic this week receiv
ed and put up his new steel bake
oven, 14x14, weighing twenty tons.
Raleigh Schur was in from Ellis
Saturday. Explorations on his
property show good indications o,
the existence of an ore body at tha'
point, and an amount of work will
be done there the coming fall ant
winter. !:
1t is reported that the orders fol
steel rails now booked are 80 large
that at least 100000 tons of thu
amount cannot be delivered before
1904. This would not indicate E
serious slump in the iron mining
regions for time, at least.
J..sttvefna ian and Gust rdil1sstrom
of Bessemer, Mich, were in the city
on FridayEand Saturday last, look
ing up business location for ga
loon. The gentlemen desired t.
buy and build, but found the ordi
nance quo TIA supplied and will lool
over other Mesaba points.
Gust Meisner, for the past two
years superintendent of the Drak'
& Stratton stripping work at til,
Sharon, has resigned his position
and leaves to accept an offer a
Butte, Montana. B. r.. Behnke, il
the employ of the company fo1
some time past. succeeds to thu
vacancy.
The N. \. Ladies' Aid held a very
successful and pleasant social a,
the home of Mrs. C. c. Butler, at the
Franklin, Wednesday afternoon
The next meeting of the Society will
be with Mrs. w. e. Hannaford. Wv,
oming avenue, to which all mem
bers and friends are cordially invit
ed.
The Ente now goes to press
on Thursday evenings, that GU,
readers ma y receive their paper If
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-05-22

Fred Lerch was over from Biwab-
TX for Sunday.
Now is the accepted time to pay
your realty. taxes.
Rev. Fl. Grotheim and family
removed to Duluth on Monday.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

workingmen of over 65 who need them
and also associations which insure the lives
of w~orkingmen at low rates.
Belgium has a Ministry of Industry and
Labor. which has to do with matters relat-
ing to workingmen.
There Is also what is known as the Su-
perior Council of Labor, organized to con-
slider labor interests and prepare measures
regulating them for presentation to Pariia-
ment.
This council Is composed of sixteen work
men, sixteen manufacturer and sixteen
scientists. 1t is said to be of great value to
labor interests.
The Governments are becoming more ard
more paternal in many of the European
countries.
They are taking the place of a father to
the people and trying TO benefit them in a
variety of ways.
In Belgium the state has erected dwell
ings for workingmen in certain Localities.
and has arranged SO that they can buy
them on easy terms.
1t is helping the farming interests by
schools of agriculture, and through its rail-
road service is reducing freights and facii-
itating the marketing.
l have spoken of the postal arrange
ments of Switzerland and France. whereby
the farmer can express his goods to con-
sumers through the post Offices.
Here in Belgium the Government has put
on fast trains for England for the ship
ment OF dairy products.
1t facilitates trade and it seems to he on
the outlook to help the producing classes.
/ am surprised at the enormous manufac-
turing industry Of Belgium.
The country is a very beehive of work:
1t has about 100000 people. and fully
$50. 900 of them are at work making some
thing to sell.
The factories are as thick as in the black
country of England and the land teens
with house industry.
There are about 5000 workshops which
employ on the average only three hands
each. and an enormous amount Of cotton
and linen cloth is woven at home.
LIEGE rs THE
SHEFFIELD OF BELGIUM.
On the eastern edge Of the Belgian coal
field is Liege, which has 175,0oo people. ard
which was built up out Of manufactures OF
iron 1t is, the Sheffield of the country max
ing vast quantities Of firearms for fome
use and export.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

!, hidden nave. she still chung to religion. to
prayers ard ceremonies.
After a time she wrote upon her point
machine the desire that was nearest her
h~eart-that she wanted to take holy ORDERS
become a nun in q convent.
Her parents had moved to Newark them
and Madeline's chief occupation WA teach
ing the priests Of st. Dominic to read IN
point" 50 that they could reach the dark.
ened minds of the blind worshipers.
There was no objection raised to her be.
coming q nun.
Her lips and mind were pure as = child'a.
She was in every way fitted to take the
, veil.
But no deaf and dumb and blind Eirl had
ever been admitted before. and there was
no one who could put the questions to her
which constituted the irrevocable promisesf
which every woman must make to renounce
the world and live only for the church.
How was she to be admitted?
The blind girl solved the problem herself.
When she learned that she could not taxi
the veil until q new ceremonial could b
found by which the rules Of the sisterhood
could be kept and the questions admins
tered to her. she set to work teaching
Mother Emanuelle. mother superior Of the
Newark Convent. how to read in the sign
language. The good mother already loved
| the girl and entered upon her task willingly.
Before long she had mastered 1t sum-
GENTLY to be willing to undertake the Ger.
emory.
The rites were performed in the chapel
of the c%loister.
The beautiful little church was decorated
with flowers and illuminated with candles
as IL for a wedding.
And. truly. 1t was a wedding. the wedding
of a blind girl who was to become the bride
| of the church. The organ that she could
not hear pealed the soft rhythm OF a SOL
emn march. and Madeline appeared at the
door and marched down the aisle of the
church, escorted by many nuns. dressed in.
white. as IL they were her bridesmaids.
The girl was gloriously beautiful. dressed
as she was. in a long white satin Qwn
with a brides veil Of tulle sweeping to tho
hem of her train. the handiwork Of her
mother.
There were orange blossoms in her hair
and a great white bouquet Of flowers in her
arms. and to make the scene complete her
brother marched down the aisle with her
leaning upon his arm-her brother who
gave her way" to the church.
The mother superior met her at the altar
and the priest began the CEREMONY OF aues-
tons and responses
When the priest would ask his questions
aloud the mother superior would interpret
them and deliver the reply to the altar.
1t was as II the fair applicant was a for
eigner and could not understand the LAM
auage.
There was not a pause In the
and when the questions had been answered
the organ began again to peal and the
bridal party moved silently toward the iron
gate through which the girl passed out
Of the world. n
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

! 1t has 10000 workmen who make nothing
bnt guns. and most OF these work At their
own homes.
The manufacturer furnishes the material
and the workmen take 1t home and make
the different parts of a gun.
One man may be employed upon locks.
another on barrels. getting from 2 to 3
cents for his work on each gun.
1t is only recently that much machinery
has been introduced, and this Is used MY
will, the cheaper kinds of firearms.
Parts of guns are also made for export
We get many Of our steel gun barrels from
Liege. and also the Damask gun barrels,
which are made nowhere else in the world.
The secret of making the Damask barrels
IS carefully guarded, being handed Cow
from father TO son. Only the most skilled
Of the workmen can make these barrels.
The ordinary rough-bored barrels are
turned out in great quantities. They cost
from 60 to 70 cents apiece when ready for
export.
When the United States has finally settled
its Mining troubles our exporters can study
the Belgian market with profit.
This country imports something like q
900. 600 tons of coal a year. the most of 1t
coming from France, Germany and Eng
land and necsssitating comparatively heavy
freight charges.
There are six lines Of steamers sailing
between Antwerp and the United States.
and American coal should be landed there
at low rates.
The freight rates Of the present are based
upon the grain rates, and are, consequently.
high.
The Belgian coal will not compare with
the best grades Of our coal.
! The anthracite here has not the hardness
| nor brilliancy of the Pennsylvania product.
| and it is lighter in weight. Some Of the
| Belgian bituminous coal has 20 per cent
| slack, so that it is used for the making Of
! briquettes rather than for export.
| Some of the Belgian mines have given
/ out. and, as the coal area is limited. tie
| country will eventually rave to import
| more than it does now.
, Not only here, but in all parts Of Europe.
| there should be a market tor American
| coal, and If carefully nursed a business cIn
| be built up which will materially Increase
the balance Of trade. which. Is already in
ovr favor. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
L. Copyright. 1907. BY +. 9. Carpenter
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04
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I veil to become a sister in a Roman Catholic
convent. Madeline Wallace sang her swan
song to the world and the iron gates OF
the cloister closed upon her forever.
The swan song of a blind and deaf girl!
A girl who has never heard a word SpOk-
en-,
And yet the song is in verse and the met
rical accent does not reveal the fact that
the one who first put it upon paper was
destined never to hear 1t sounded.
How she ever grasped the idea that words
have an accent which at once makes verse
was able to write in meter. many who have
explain.
the heart of one who has determined to
u mournfully true ring about them which
a promise.
In its sweet simplicity lies Its great
strength. ard the sad story of the afflicted
girl lends a forcefuI meaning to her lines
| which excuses and explains many things to
the eye of the literary critic. =
Madeline Wallace was not born deaf and
dumb and blind: she became afflicted after
she was s years old. ::
From her birth. II may be said. she has
lived in a world without color or sound. and
that is why her verse writing Is considered
almost as remarkable as If she were to
paint a canvas in oils. D"
1t is true that the deaf and blind can
learn much from the sense of touch. All
| schools for the blind have a method Of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

oh. gracious. loving Je.ds
Who didst one hour appsai
To blessed Margaret Mary.
With words SO sweet and dear.
To tell her of thy promise,
In blessings most divine.
To those who love n honor
That sacred heart Of thine.
What bliss to find this treasure.
To clasp it 20 my breast.
When troubled. sore and lonely.
In thy sacred heart l rest.
oh. loving heart of Jesus.
Thy blessings ! .mplore.
And grace TO serve thee better,
$40 love thee more. and more.
Thou knowes: / would labor
With simple heart and hand.
To spread thus thy de:ot!on
Among thy sigh;iess band.
II is my prayerful longing
That they may always ind
A source of love and mercy
In thy sacred heart so kind.
i thank thee. dearest Jesus.
For sending unto me
These. poor. afflicted persons.
Who are SO dear to thee.
IN do what I am able
To teach them Of thy heart.
That they may know thee. Jesus.
And from thee never part
Oh. bless, dear Lord. my striving,
And thine own love insttl.
Oh. give me strength and courage
To do thy holy will. %
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

WRITTEN FOR THE sunday REPUBLIC.
Leaving the world behind her, taking thc
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18

cupant of the white house, 1T would
have amused him beyond anything elst
in his entire trip. Mr.. Hayes was en-
gagged in a speechmaking and hand
shaking tour. At Hutchinson n large
crowd had gathered to greet him. In
Hutchinson at the time was one Bill
Graham. a cattleman much given to the
use of Intoxicating liquor. Bill" joined
the crowd without knowing What it was
all about. He fell in lire and gradu-
ally approached the president, who was
standing on the lower step of his car
and shaking hands with all who came
AS Bill came near, the president
reached over, grasped him by the hand
shook it vigorously, and said: MY
friend, | am delighted to see
"Thash all right ,pard," said Bill, but
bgosh yer got the advantage of mel"
If you could tell $4,000 people that
>our farm is for sale some one of them
would buy it. The T.-R. will tell them
he story for 10 cents invested in For
Sale" ad.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18

purchasers more Independent or more
of its money than farmers and none is
more ready to resent an aftront, real or
fancied, that seems to cheaper the i'm
portance of its trade. The country
merchants by coucertea action could
doubtless close at csc. The closing
movement. however, would not last
thirty days and would result in ire
trievable loss. No one knows this bet
ter than these merchants themselves.
But the country merchant is agi-
tating a closing movement. He doesn't
want to shut up shop at G:S0. In many
instances he has waited all day for the
two hours of trade that follow O'Clock
ditions are different between him and
the city merchant and that his trade
demands different treatment. He wants
the money and must have it If he is to
succeed and prosper. He accepts the 9
o'clock closing as part Of the country
business and is glad that the evening
trade sets toward his store instead OF
toward more nretentious establish
ments. No merchant gets SO close to
his trade as those in tn. minor towns.
He can be depended upon to take care
of his own interests and it is notable
that the demand for early closing in the
country towns has not come from the
country merchants, whose trade its
adoption would materially damage, but
from the cities which would be gamers
in all the small merchant might lose.
The Capitals new plank seems made for
mail order houses more than country
InerchanlS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
To clean the Toilet Comb.

There is nothing that know Of that
is more trouble to keep clean than the
toilet combs, but l have discovered u
very easy and quick way to effectually
clean them. | take either a tooth or
nail brush that has been laid aside
from The use for which it was intended
and dts it in kerosene oil, then l brush
the comb from the back downward to
the point of the teeth, not letting q
single space escape; then when it is
clean | take clean. dry cloth and wipe
off the oil or, il l have another old
brush to spare or even new nailbrush,
it will not be injured by going over the
comb dry and removing all oil from be-
tween the teeth, then setting the comb
up in the open air to get rid OF the
scent of oil, which it will soon do. Here
toforc have laid the combs in the bot
tom of a fiat bowl. pouring III enough
very hot water to cover them, adding
tablespoonful of ammonia, letting
them stand for few minutes and then
brushing out same as with the Oil, says
CORRESPONDENT in an exchange.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18

During the years 1895, 1896, 1897 and
1898 the cost per pupil fell under SID.
In 1889 the average number of pupils
in daily attendance was 2,151 and the
average cost was SELL. In 1900 the
attendance was 2,113 and the cost
$751;; in 1901 the figures were 2,O37
and S17.64.
The average cost in Iowa last year
in cities of 5000 and over population
was $l.9S per pupil per month. In
showing that the cost per pupil in
Keokuk is lower than in other Iowa
cities.
During the years following the last
great panic when everything was ex-
ceptionally cheap, the cost of educa-
ton per capita of pupils in Keokuk
schools was less than formerly for
since. The fact is evidence of its re-
sponsiveness to conditions in general
Only fifty-eight teachers were neces-
sary then, as compared with sixty
three now. Latterly the cost Of living
has increased also and it is only proper
that teachers wages in common with
the rewards of labor in employments
generally, should be advanced. But the
teachers salaries in Keokuk public
schools are yet quite low-lower than
they ought to be-will be conceded by
every fair minded person acquainted
with the facts in the case. Taking the
teaching force as a whole, siXty-three
in number, the average monthly salary
for the nine months of the school year
is $60.S3, an average monthly salary for
the calendar year of SAIL. The prin-
cipals and teachers of the ward schools
number tifty-three, at an average
monthly salary for the school year OF
S5495 equal to an average OF
$500 for twelve months. The rewards
of the grade teachers are of course
still less: There are forty-seven of
them at an average monthly salary of
SALTS for nine months. or only $34.46
month for the year. This is less pay
than day labcrers receive for shoveling
on the street. Truly there is phenome-
nal inducement for the talented and
ambitious to qualify themselves for
teaching in the public schools in keo-
kuk when the rewards offered are
smaller than those of unskilled labor!
And what becomes OF the charge OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
WOULD HURT SMALL MERCHANTS.

The Des Mo!nes Capital has added
another plank to its platform and in
yites the cooperation of country mer-
chants in a campaign directed to gem
eral closing of country stores at $50.
In this connection the Capital says:
The country merchant can have his
evenings to spend as he pleases If he
makes up his mind to do SO. He can
require his customers to suit convent
ence and he ought to do SO. The hours
have generally been shortened in every
industry and the hours of labor should
be shortened in the country store.
The country merchant ought not to
voluntarily continue In this slavery.
There might be reason why the coun-
try store should be kept open on Satur-
day night, but no good reason can be
given for keeping his place OF business
open on other nights.
In this campaign the Capital VIII fall
to secure either the cooperation or APP
prevail of the class to which its appeal
is addressed The situation of the coun-
try merchant, taking it for granted that
by this term the Capital refers to the
general merchants of the smaller towns
which depend upon agricultural COM
munities for trade, is a condition to be
understood, not theoriZed upon 1t has
become question of securing and hold
ing trade with the minor merchant. OF
accommodating and keeping his Gus
toners, not of educating them
Three fourths of the merchandise dis
tributed from country stores at the
present time is being sold by lamp
light. Farmers busy in the fields and
housewives buster indoors make flying
evening trips to the nearby stores for
necessities and for mail where rural de-
livery is lacking. They expect to find
the stores open and the proprietor will
ing and anxious to meet their needs
Failure to do this, on his part is equiv
alent to closing his doors permanently
and sending his trade to his more oblig
ing competitor. General closing would
result in an enormous increase of a
trade already too large for the country
merchants peace of mind. that with the
catalog houses. There is no class OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-18
Iowa NEWSPAPERS.

SCHOOL EXPENSES IN KEOKUK.
[Gate City.l
As against the unwarranted charge
that "keokuk schools are managed eX-
travagantly' may be set down the off,
cial figures of the average cost PEI
pupil in this city in recent as COM
pared with former years and in Keo-
kuk as compared with other cities in
the State. Complete figures, are at
hand in this particular for every year
since and including 1885. In that year
the average attendance in Keokuk
schools was 1,737 and the g.
cost per pupil was $15.l1. The follow
ing year, with the same average at
tendance, the average cost per pupil
was S16.16. BY 1891 the average at
tendance had risen to 1903 and the
average cost per pupil was S16.27. In
1892, with eight more pupils in the
schools, the average cost was Sl6.51.