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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02
OUR VAST MINERAL RICHES.
Nearly Thousand Millions in Value
Taken from the Earth
Yearly

A chart published by the geological
survey gives summary of the min
eral products of the Urited State Is for
the past ten years. The. aggre gate
values have increased by more than
one-half in that period and the fig
ures for 1899 are greater than in any
previous year, footing up the enor.
nous total of $976, 1000, GOO.
The value of the metallic products
Of the year is given at $527, 21s,0s4 and
Of the nonmetallic at SAT-, 100, 1862. The
latter class includes, of course, the
coals-$16S, 100000 in bituminous and
$SS,000,0oo in Pennsylvania anthracite
1854, coo, 600 in petroleum, $40, ooo, 600
worth of natural gas and large value
in stone, brick clay and cement, with
various other minerals.
Of the metals our pig iron is worth
almost as much as all others together,
the value of last years product being
given at $245 100000. Copper comes
next, worth $4,000, 900, and the ST.
100000 in gold is third. The market
value of the silver produced in 1899
was about $33 100000 and the lead and
zinc together were worth about as
much. Quicksilver, aluminium, anti.
mony, 1sickel and PLATINUM are tho
other metals that figure in the table.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02
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HISTORIC COAT-OF-ARMS.
FOR Fifty-Seven Years 1t Hung Ove1
? ~ the Oldest Market In FL T
havana.

Alderman II. j.. Zayas, of Helena,
hont, was recently tie recipient at
the Hands of Cuban friends, in recogni-
tion of his services in behalf of that is-
land, of a large number of relics, one
Of which, a Spanish coat-of-ar4s, pos
sesses very interesting history, This
coat-of-arms, says the Chicago Times
Herald, hung for 81 years over the
oldest m arl<et in Havana, known as the
Plaza Vieja. It was secured through
the courtesy Of Mayor Perfecto Lacoste.
Alfredo Zayas and Onofre Gomez, the
latter two councilmen.
On March ~, 1895, at the beginning
of the last revolution, it was taken
down and thrown into the street by a
Cuban named Jose Gonzalez. He was
captured after a hard chase and shot
the 'ext morning, at Cabanas, for tho
crime of insulting the Spanish crown.
Seventeen year. previous Spanish
colore! vas cetailed by the captain
genera: 20 inspect all the Spanish
property. within the city limits. On
entering the Plaza Veja the colonel OBJ
served that the crown was entangled in
cobwebs and ordered the porter of the
market to clean it. A ladder was i'm.
mediately secured, while the colonel
stood under watching that the work
should be thoroughly dune. and while
so directing the copper wire parted
which held the crown In position and
struck Colonel Ramon Perez Novas
over the temple. breaking his skull and
killing him instantly. The porter was
sent to the carcel GaiD and died there
about year ago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02
Harmony i'm Nature.

Naturalists say that when exam
med infinitely with microscope it
will be found that no creature or OBJ
ject in nature is positively ugly; that
there is a certain harmony or SYM
metry of parts that renders the whole
agreeable rather than the reverse
So the most disagreeabIe tasks in
life, when viewed in their proper pro-
portions, reveal poetic, an attractive,
side hitherto undreamed of. Turn on
the sunlight of good cheer, the de-
termination to see the bright as well
as the dark side, and you will find
something pleasant, even in the most
dreaded task. 1. : ::5:st @i 81. +.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Cooperative Exploration Com
pany.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that
the undersigned have associated themselves
together and have agreed upon and adopted
the following articles of incorpora ton, I'M
der, and pursuant to the provisions of, title
eral statutes of the state Of Minnesota Of 1873
and all acts amendatory thereof and supple.
mental thereto:
'ART1CLE ].
The name of this corpora ton shall be Co.
Operative Exploration Company.
The general nature of the business of this
corporation shall be the buying. owning, i'm
proving. selling, dealing in and leasing of
lands, tenements and hereditaments and real,
personal and mixed estate and property; the
exploring of and prospecting in wild lands
and the buying and selling on commission,
and otherwise, of the stocks issued by min
ing and other corporations.
The principal place of transacting the bust
ness of said corporation shall be at the city
of Virginia, in the county of Saint Louis and
state Of Minnesota.
ARTICLE 2.
The time of commencement OF said corpora
ton shall be the 31st day of January 1903
and the period Of continuance thereof shall
be- thirty (30) years.
ARTICLE B.
The amount Of Gil pitaI stock of this corpo-
ration shall be twenty-five thousand (25;OOD
by the board of directors.
ARTICLE 4.
The highest amount OF Indebtedness or La
bifity to which this corporation shall at any
time be subject shall be FIVE hundred (5OW
dollars
ARTICLE 5.
The names and places of residence of the
persons forming this association for incorpo-
ration ara as follows: Anton N Thompson,
Alfred Burke, Frank Trampush, Andrew
Hawkinson, Edward E. Burley and Dudley W
Freeman, all residing at Virginia, SAINT
Louis county, Minnesota.
ARTICLE g.
The names Of the persons composing the
irst board of directors of this corporation
are as follows: Anton N. Thompson, Alfred
Burke, Frank Trampusb, Andrew Hawkin-
80 aud Edward E. Burley.
The government of this corporation and
the management of its affairs shall DC vested
i in board OF five 81 directors who shall be
elected by the stockh ELDERS OF this corpora
ton at the r annual meeting, which shall be
| h. Id on the first Tuesday of February in each
year; and president, first vice president,
second vice president, secretary and treas
urer, which officers last named shall be elect
ed by the board of directors. at their first
meeting and thereafter at the first meeting
of the board OF directors after the annual
meeting of the stockholders hereof In each
| year; and any two of said Offices may be held
! by the same person at the same time.
.=zz &}* ARTICLE 4
! The capital stock of this corporation shall
be divided into twenty-five Thousand shares
of one ~ dollar each.
In witness whereof we have hereunto sub
scribed our names and affixed our seals this
I 18th day Of December. A. ID. 1902.
ANTON N. THOAPNON. LSeall
ALFRED Bunk :. s4z [Seal1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02
Muscles and Brain.

In one of his recent lectures at
Clark University, Prof. Angelo Mosso.
of TURIN, averred that "Physical e6lu.
GATOR. and gymnastics serve not only
for the development of the muscles,
but for that of the brain as we'll"
It is becoming evident, he said,. that
as much time should be devoted to
muscular exercise as to intellectual
exercise, and children should begin
reading and writing only after they
are nine years old. Muscular fatigue
exhibits phenomena identical with
intellectual fatigue. Nerve cells show
on the average every ten seconds tend.
ency to rest. It is probable THAT only
part of the brain is active at a time:
the various parts relieve each other
The more mobile any animals extrem.
tiles are the more intelligent, other
things being equal, he says. IS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02

An Afican's Idea Of snow.
An African who had visited England
described snow 6 rain gono e
sleep.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02
ROOSTER TRANSFORMER.
Once 1T CrOWed and Was n Grea,
Fighter, Now 1t Lays Eggs
Regularly.

There is in Edgewater, the propert,
af one John Marshall, former CITY
policeman, rooster that is not a roos.
rer-or, better, rooster that was once
rooster, but is now a hen. regular
common everyday egg-laying hen, re.
ports Chicago exchange. In it's
younger days this bird was prize
winning game cock, on exhibition at
the Springfield state fair, where it cap
tured the prize. Marshall was very
much struck with the qualities of the
bird and purchased it. He brought it
to Chicago and was soon the object of
all his neighbors' wrath because the
fighting rooster killed all the cocks in
the neighborhood.
1t became necessary for him to lock
the bird up and after it had been cap
tive for several months Marshall no.
ticed that the tail of his pet had dis
appeared. In few weeks the rooster
lost his spurs and his comb. and later
his feathers began to change color.
Experts were called in and pronounced
the case mystery.
Marshall thought he had a wonder
and locked the rooster in his basement
for safe keeping. One morning he was
astonlshed to find an egg in the cellar.
DE could not believe that the rooster
had laid the egg, but thought some OF
his friends had put it there for joke.
Determined to solve the case, he Sc
creted himself in the cellar one night
and watched the rooster lay an egg.
Now he declares that he owns one OF
the wonders Of the world.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02
INVENTED By A WOMAN.
The S5:i:'''e ana Eorr1 Were Orlg1:
NEIL; i>r>;:.Gr;I by (. Chinese
Itt,r!ier.

All women are NJ degraded in China
Witness the doW:"er empress, who
rose. BY the force Ct Ter own will, from
the position Of slave 0 that of ruler
over the most populous nation on the
globe. Notwithstanding the prejudice
against the sex among the Mon cols
women ocras :onnl,y break through th~
barriers ard achieve distinction.
In SHANGHAI, the metropolis of the
most coveted section of that vast en-
pire, is temple erected in honor OF
Huang, woman deifed for her great
service to her people. and Chinese men
DO not disdain to worship before he1
image.
Centuries ago an elderly lady of good
family and condition, who had hitherto
lived in the region of Kwan-Tung, re-
moved to NuNi-Ching, near Shang.
hal, where she spent the remainder of
her life. Since the lady happened to
oe Huang. this simple event revolution.
!zed the province in which she made
her home. 1t was a great revolution
yet the most conservative will not &C.
cuse her Of having left "woman's
sphere since her instruments were
those associated with countless WON
en-, from Penelope. the terrible Fates,
and the ''virtuous woman" of Solomon's
praise, down to our own grandmot theirs
the spindle and the loom.
Cotton fabrics have been used to
some exfsnt in China for 1000 years,
but the cotton interest. now so i'm.
portant, received its first real impetus
about 500 years ago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1873.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

United States Land Office,
Duluth. Mimi. October q, 1902
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act Of Congress Of
June 3. 1874, entitled "An act for the sale OF
timber lands In the States OF California, Ore
gon. Nevada, and Washington Territory" as
extended to all the Public Land States Nv
act OF August 4, 1892, z%.a
49,. ANNIE SWANSON, T.
of Soudan, county of ST. Louis, state of
Minnesota, has this day filed in this office her
sworn statement No. $3.50, for the purchase of
the WY OF sen, SEA OF SW4 of Section "A
and NWA of NEA of Section No. rs in tn. No.
81 N. Range No. IS w, and will offer proof to
show that the land sought is more valua ole
for its timber or stone than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish her claim to said
land before the Register and Receiver Of this
Office at Duluth. Minn., on Wednesday the
18th day of February, l9f 3. #5,. y Si
She names as witnesses:
Patrick Creamy. of Duluth, Mimi 5
Peter Olson. of Soudan, Mimi. S. 5
Peter Swanson, Of soudan, MINI *5@s.
Otto Erickson, of Soudan, Mimi q
Any and all persons claiming adversely
the abOve-described lands are requested to
Gle their claims in this Office on or before said
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A BROADWAY INCIDENT.
SPasser-By Gives Twice TO = Besxa.
Y 2 and the Besgar'Doesn,t
Stop Him. : ::

One of two men who we're walking
on Broadway talking was attracted
by the appearance of or.-legged beg
gar who sat, crutch beside him, Oh
the edge of some steps 10 trout of
store, holding out his hat to the pass
ers-by. So he reached in his pocket:
pulled out number of coins and took
from among them one which he
dropped in the beggar's hat. The one
legged man inclined his head, not serv-
ilely nor humbly, but with a calm and
iecorous sort of politeness in acknowl-
edgmsnt of his gift, says the New York
sun.
As for the giver, he seemed to take
no heed whatever of that aclSn owledg-
ment; he simply kept on talking with
his FRIEND; at the time. however, con.
tinuing to pick over the money that he
held in his hand, and in a moment he
dropped another coin in the one-hgged
mans hat.
Maybe he thought the first coin was
not enough to give; perhaps he gave
also for his friend; possibly he ha6
struck it rich and felt flush and gener.
pus and wanted to give; he might have
been absent-minded; but anyhow he
gave twice. And as for the one-legged
man he: so to speak. was not carried of
his foot by the incident at all; he sat
perfectly steady. AS the second coin
Cropped in his hat he inclined his bad
,gravely, with an acknowleG gmer*
little more pronounced in manner thar
the first, but with no cbseqriousness
or foolish show of thanks. This was
Broadway, it was a business man WIKI
was giving him this money. and he wa:
making business acknovled ernent
And maybe he thCN~l:t that, If he do
not disturb, by too much rrcfu2eDes:
Of thanks. what 1Hicht be z 500 CT Il.
voluntary or autorcnt;r actiOni on thc
part Of the giyor who VrA2 thus repeat
ing perhaps he Wc::'3 keep On giving.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02
11tt day of February, 1903.
-, =. f>ze@| VIM. f. Culkin, ReeIsferee
Maginnis & Seymour, Duluth,
Attorneys. Nov 7 Jan. %
T.
TIM BIER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1878
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONS I.

United States Land Office, -
Duluth, Mimi. Nov. 10, 1902 !
Notice is hereby given that in com pliauce
with the provisions of the act of Congress Of g
June g. 1873. entitled An act for the sale of
timber lands in the states of California. Ore
gon, Nevada, and Washington Territory,
act of AuSnst4 1892, ~' =
JOHN HAGGERTI. ~ ...::sZ
OF saltwater. County Of Washin gtOn. State Of 4
Minnesota. has this day filed in this Office his
sworn statement No. 6!Nl for the purchase
Of the SWA of Nt4. NW4 of SEX ami E1s q
of SN14 of Section No. u III TIP No. re n,
X 10 ". 4th 2. NJ aud will offer proc: TO show f
the land sought is more valuable for it's tim Z
Der Or stone than f''r agricultural PURPOSES
and 10 eSt blish his claim sd i'll ll..,i 81. fore
the Register md Recover Of his office atSI,- !.
luth. Minn.. on Tuesday, the 24tl, day offeb-z
ruary, 1858. ~
tie names as Witnesses ~ - - -
james Hag@nrty, of saltwater. Mimi z@:
VIM Quinn, Duluth -~.15'
Dan Han!cY, $. q t'@s%@
John Fitzgerald, II #
Peter McApin, " .". >s>@E
ZcHe Mcclure, &c :: "&t Ez#
Frank Mcclure " -"
Anyand all persons claiming adversely z
the above-described lands are requested to
tile their claims In this Office on or before
SAID oath day of February 1918
VIM. F.. ttnlkin.
II. L. Shepherd, Register.
Attorney. Nov. H-Jan3O S. 81
IL I
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4 In witness whereofwe have hereunto sub
scribed our names and affixed our seals this,
18th day Of December. A. d. 1902. w
ANTOR N. THOAPNON. [Seall
ALFRED BURKE. [Seal1
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FRANK TRANPUsH. [Seal]
ANDREW HAWKiNsoN. [Seall
hD"ARDoh. Burnley. lSeal'I
DUDLEY W. FREEMAN. [Seal1
In NrpCCnpQ nf

In presence Of
Chas E. Nelson, T. Z. Thompson,
AS TO Anton \. Thompson and Alfred Burke
Chas. E, Nelson, John ShOgrtn
AS to Frank Trampush and Andrew Hawk
inson.
Chas. f. Nelson r.. f. Thompson.
AS to Edward +, Burey.
John Shogren, Cias. F. Nelson
As to Dudley w. Freeman.
State of Minnesota,
County of st. Louis. %
On this 18th day of December, 1902, be-
fore me, municiI al judge within and for
said county, personally appeared Anton n.
Thompson, Alfred Burke, Frank Trampush
Andrew Hawkinson, Edward E. Burley and
Dudley W. Freeman. to me personally known
to be the persons described in and who ex-
ecuted the foregoing articles Of incorpora ton
and each for himself acknowledged that he
executed the same as his free act and deed.
lSeall CHAS. E. NELSON.
Municipal judge OF the municipal court of
the city Of Virginia. Saint Louis county.
Minnesota.
OFFICE OF REGISTER or DEEDS
State Of Minnesota /
County Of st. Louis. 81
hereby certify that the within Instru-
ment was filed in this office for record Dec
IT, 1872. at p. m. and was duly recorded in
Book OF Misc page 396
A. LoFGRES,
RI gister of Deeds
BY Thos. Clark, Deputy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02
Moisture Needed b. Oak i

ii An oak tree of average size, with
100000 leaves, lifts from the earth
into the air about 1873 tons Of water
during the five months It is in Leaf. h
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02

STATE OF MINNESOTA.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
hereby certify that the within instrument
was filed for record in this Office on the 22nd
day of Dec. A. D. 1902, at 9 o'clock A. M. and
was duly recorded in Book D 10 Of lncurpora-
lions on page 1903.
p. E, HANSON,
Secretary Of State
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
LIGHTNING IN THE ROCKIES.
SpliateTS the Rocks 1t Strikes-The
Crashing Thunder.

If the reader of this rambling letter has
never been in Il mountain thunder storm
Al nj elevation of 1000 feet or more. he
has missed an experience that will doubt
less, should he ever pass through it. add
several gray hairs 70 his head. 70 me a
thunder storm back east held no special
terrnrS. and frequently | have been out
IN such Il demonstration without feeling
any especial nervousness. Up here on the
Rocky mountains things are different.
AMI | confess now to live in awful. alb
Ject terror of Il thunder storm, especially
M night in my tent. ] suffer this terror
notwithstanding thv fact that 81 far the
storms have in every instance except one
gone around or beneath us without even
raining enough 10 wet the ground But it
IS the going around aud beneath" thar
gets into my nerves. In the first place.
imagine what il is To he one and one-half
miles nearer a rip-roaring thunder storm
than one Is at pittshurg. There YOU
have occasional flashes of lightning: here
il Is one continuous. dazzling, awe-inSpir-
ing performance, The lightning strikes,
too. for il is 10 uncommon thing during
a storm To hear he rocks spljntcring and
cracking where one especially vigorous
bolt has landed
Add To this nervc-racking exhibit the
most awful detonations of thunder that
yon can imagine ami ''Straight-hlo
hs wind that sometimes makes the flaps
of Your tent play a ragtimc melody. and
yon have some idea Of Il mountain thm-
der storm. The thunder is worse than
the sound of a mighty battle. Ii hangs
up against the mountain side and rover.
beratCS and rolls of into one car-Splitting
concuSSiOn after another until YOU. living
qUaklng IN your tent, fully believe that
the next boom" will split mountain ana
valley in TWAIN and land YOU in China
Or some other seaport town.
| lay one night aud with chnttcrine
teeth counted five distinct thunder
storms come up Ia the edge Of the plat
eau. on which my tent stands and each
time 20 through with an electrical per
Torrance that would give Tom Edison Il
dumb aguc. and through il all not Il cup
ful of water fell on my tent Later on IN
the night when had about regaiurl
something like my usual majestic cam
of mind il began 10 rain steadily and
the thunder and lightning didn't even
whisper. They had doubtless gone off
down the canyon. soaring some other poor
tcuderfoot half out Of his wits. These
electrical displays are not seemingly
much dreaded by the people who live in
high attitudes. They comfortingly de-
clare that Il tornado or cyclone * nm
known in the mountains But sometimes
these mountain storms 20 off through Il
canyon in the foothills and the plains.
Then there is something doing. One
such destroyed over 100000 worth of
property in the valley below us n few
nights Colorado Letter to Pitts.
burg Chronicle Telegraph
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

hide some place. anywhere so She does
not see you.
In this world there is very little To fight
about. Let the other fighter have what
he or She wants aud end the thing. SUI
ally YOU discover when il is all over that
You have had very little cause for quar-.
reling, SO unless it he matter OF pin
ciple run away and hide until the atmoS-
Rhere cools. Whichever way i, ends. ii
will IN nine cases out of ten be all righf.
We greatly admire the woman who Is
great enough not TO quarrel with any
body. Nou may differ with another per
son. but because you differ is no reason
that your opponent belongs to a feeble
minded concern.
lOu must take men and women just aS
you accept the sky and stars and the
trees and feldS-all are atoms III the
great combination Of very great mysteries
and absorbing truths. You can't remodel
this one or make over that one. but yau
can send into their brains nm influence Of
peace and c0ntenment by being outlet
and dignifed yourself
To get into wild arguments and dis
cuSsions. to rail mt the world in general
ANA SGuabble with ones servants is to be
very cheap iudped-even WorSe-it Is fa
be vulgar Remember there have been
many wars that might have been avefted
with a smile or gentle giving in, and
even when they fought the victory was
not worth One-hundredth part Of the loss.
IRf greatest pleasures Of life come from
hen.S just 10 all aud in learning to pre-
serve dignihed silence Philadelphia
Inquirer.