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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-27

aus oAANV IAdI pCCu~
liar form of improvement first came into
vogue. It is a serious question whether
the government has not paid enough
for paint to have rebuilt the entire old
section in marble il it had been so dis
posed.
Sometime congress is going to appro-
pirate enough money to give marble
facing to the east and west walls of the
old center building, extending them out
at the same time so as materially to
increase the space available for various
purposes. 1t is reckoned that such an
improvement would cost between ST.
100000 and $4,000, 900, and with it would
go the decoration Of the interior of the
rotunda, so as to make the space under
the great dome one of the architectural
beauties of the world. That will not be
done this winter; because congress will
try to make a record for economy; but
1t is coming sure as fate.
A fine model of the capitol as it will be
is now on exhibition in one OF the COM
mittee rooms. In the meantime the
grotesQue practice of annually applying
tons Of white paint will be continued.
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have paid heavily for "protection," but
they have received it and run in open
violation of the law and public senti-
ment. Now public sentiment is to have
the upper hand for time. at least. and
the red lights Of the levee districts are
to be extinguished. ~ III. !:
It is too much to say that Chicago is
to be clean city. From the political
standpoint that is an impossibility The
reform administration of New York did
not entirely cleanse the city. It bet
tered conditions; it did not receive pay
for protecting vice; but that was all.
Mayor Harrison now proposes to con-
fine the vicious element to three clearly
defined sections Of the city. It is not a
nice way to put it, but it is practical.
The administration that attempts to
close up the dens Of iniquity entirely
would not last long In cosmopolitan.
city. The mayor is practical, and knows
this, though he incurs the enmity Of the
sentimental class in society when he
says so.
81 Another thing which the graft" In.
vestigating committee has done. 1t.
has published to the world the fact that
much Of the vice Of the city is harbored
under roofs owned by the 50 called re-
spectacle element That will do more
than anything else towards cleansing
the city. Social ambition will force
these men to lind q different class Of
tenants for their bull dings. 1
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JUDICIAL DIGNITY.
Cost to the Court Of the So .. I
Prisoner.

A certain squire of the city, who betrays
his patriotism by presiding in small Of
fee painted red, white and blue, had :
case before him the other day which at
tracted an unusual crowd to the temple Of
justice. A young fellow was up before him,
relates the Pittsburg Dispatch, on charge
of stealing brass, and his friends were out
in full force to see that he got q fair
show. 49,. -. I'll. q
= Before the case opened the noise and
confusion became SO great that his honor
declared that the next man to indulge in
any unusual outbreak would be elected
from the room. He had hardly ceased
speaking when a young man shouted; at
the same time waving his hat: above hin
head: ~
"Hooray fur Squire Hooligan!" n.y.
Put him out, roared the court, and in
another instant the young man found him.
self being rushed to the door, Order hav-
ing been restored once more, his honor or
dered that the prisoner be brought before
the bar for trial. The court officer hur-
riedly glanced about through the crowd
and then great light suddenly fell upon
him.
Cant; do it your HONOR he replied.
the, prisoner" - =:
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COO year. IN tle
orthodox churches it is the exceptional
man who receives more than $4,000 an
nually, while there are hundreds who
drop to a thousand or less, and some
get down to as low a salary as 500 per
year.
In the Methodist church, there is one
minister in the city who receives as
much as $4,000 a year, and of this
amount $1,000 is charged him for rent
of the parsonage, leaving him but s., 500
in actual cash. Yet this man is min
istering to fashionable congrega-
ton, and must live in keeping with>his
place in society. Both he and his wife
are expected to devote practically all
of their time to church work, leaving
the home cares to servants which he
must pay for. The street car conduc-
tor, with his SIS a month, can save more
money than can this fashionable
preacher.
Of the hundred and more Methodist
churches in Chicago, but seven pay
their preachers $4,000 year or better.
The majority pay less than 81 900. The
pay in other orthodox churches will av-
erage about the same, or perhaps lit
tie better, excepting in the smaller de-
nominations, where it will run far be-
low these figures. The First Bohemian,
church of Chicago pays it's pastor but
500 year. r..
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ways stands by his Barefoot Troops
party associates and frequently leads
them.
He was in command of confederate
troops in Missouri while McClellan's ia
Their was commanding the union armies
in the east. He is pushing, aggressive,
with all the courage of his convictions.
and nobody would ever think of calling
him the creature of anybody else.
1t is related of Cockrell that during
the war he lead his troops, barefoot
across the range fields of Missouri, and
he refused to wear shoes or socks be-
cause SO many of his men had to go with
out them
The old confederates of his state love
him and they will keep him in the SEN
ate till he dies, unless he is drafted to
stand in the breach and make try for
the presidency.
Crockrell looks like the caricatures
of Uncle Sam. He dresses with lust
about as much regard to style as his
patriotic prototype. To see him in ac-
ton in debate sometimes one would
take him to be Sam, crabid, snaling and
altogether unlovely, and yet the old man
is down at the bottom one of the most
tender-hearted and kindly of men,.
He has been a watchdog in the senate
for a great many years. The appropria-
ton that passes his scrutiny may be
said to have clean bill of health. for
he scans the items in the supply bills as
jealousy as a miser counts his money.
Nobody remembers when he first be
came member of the ropriations
committee. Whenever the democrats
control che senate he is the appropria-
.tions chairman. - 49,. -.
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LESSONS schools. All of
these schools are crowded throughout
the year, and are annually turning out
thousands of graduates to begin the
struggle for supremacy in their chosen
professions To them come all classes
of humanity at all ages. It is not an
unusual thing to find gray-haired man
studying medicine beside the youth of
20. Nor are they patronized only by the
well-to-do. The poor classes Of the for
eign element are sending hundreds of
boys into them, seeking a training that
will give them place in society ahead
of that occupied by their parents. The
fnstilling of American ideas into the
head of the man from Europe has given.
him new ambitions for his family. He
is not willing that his son should fol-
low so closely in his footsteps as he
did in his fathers. The philosophy that
taught the shoemaker to stick to his
last has been swallowed up by ambi-
ton.
Another thing which tends to fill the
schools for professional training is the
tendency of the labor organizations to
limit the number Of apprentices in the
trades. Employers of union labor are
no longer permitted to employ as many
boys as they wish, but must limit the
number of boys according to the num-
Der of men employed For example,
In the printing trades there must be
but one boy for each five men.
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for furnished houses of the better class
is something extraordinary and that
they cannot begin to meet it. Only a
few weeks ago Gen. Corbin was notified
that he was to leave Washington and go
to Governors island. The order ap-
peared on the bulletin one afternoon;
and that same day Gen. and Mrs. Corb in,
passing a real estate Office, stepped in
and placed their house, furnished, in the
hands of the real estate dealer for rent.
They had barely reached home before
the real estate man called upon the
telephone to say that the house was
leased at $4,000 year. He had a dozen
applications on his books for just such
a place which he could not satisfy. This,
too, in spite of the fact that half dozen
swell apartment houses have opened up
in the fashionable section in the past IL
months.
A man of means can live in Washing
ton more reasonably in winter than he
can in New York, Boston, Philadelphia
or Chicago, and he can get great deal
more for his money.
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as they could ask. Maj. McCauley, per-
formed the introductions and he got Oh
swimmingly until he came to three Japa-
nese jackies, whose names stuck in his
throat. He stumbled over the first one,
but he caught himself. on the second,
slurring the words which could have
had almost any Interpretation. The
president waited till they had passed
out of hearing and then he mischievous-
ly asked Nice auley to repeat the names
which the versatile major domo was
quite unable to do. f#
It is not true, as is so often asserted,
that a great proportion of the sailors
aboard American men of war are for
eigners, but there are enough of them to
make an interesting collection. When
the Illinois was in Swedish waters King
Oscar came aboard, and was very much
struck with the fine appearance Of the
marine guard which was lined up to re-
,ceive him. One fellow in the front rank
was especially conspicuous and soldier
like, and the king singled him out for ut
tention. Where were you born?'' he
asked as he. passed by. 'Sveden!', was
the prompt reply in a Scandinavian ac-
cent. The king enjoyed it immensely;
but not SO the officers Of the ship. There
after pains where taken to have no.
body but native born marines IN the
front rank s5#SEs;
LOUIS ~ COOLIDGE .
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VINO can specialize ''H '''o A'oes"'~
in corporation work may have golden
future before him, and again his spe-
cializing may wait for years for proflta
BILE clients. The trial court lawyer with
an income above $4,000 year is rather
a rarity.
This lack of earning capacity in the
professions is forcing men out of them
into commercial callings of semipro-
fessional nature. Their professional
training has given them a polish that. is
valuable in other lines.
One minister that know of preached
for ten years, and never received more
than $4,000 year. To-day he is writing
life insurance, and his income will av-
erage close to $4,000 yearly. Practical
ly every life insurance company doing
business in Chicago has among it's
agents one or more ex-ministers:, Law,
yers and doctors who have tired of the
struggle in their professions have taken
to the same or similar lines.
Grain and stock brokerage is another
favorite field for men who have left the
professions: One man, a graduate of
Harvard and postgraduate of Yale
law school, made speciality of board of
trade cases and devoted two years to
this special field. To-day he has for
saken the law for the board of trade COM
mission business, and his income is now
three times what it was as lawyer.
To sum the whole thing up in few
words, the professions in Chicago are
overcrowded, while the commercial
lines are securing the streets for men of
ability.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-27

The handsomest private cars in the
world are owned by Adolphus Busch
and Charles M. Schwab. Busch re-
ceived his as a present from friends.
Mr.. Schwab's is new, built at cost of
$4,000, and is one of the most luxu-
rious things on wheels. tits 70 feet
long, including an observation COM
partment of 20 feet. The ceiling is
hand-painted. The furniture, which,
like the general appearance of the
car, is in Louis XIV. period, is all
hand made. Each Of the brass bed
steads in the two staterooms cost
1000. s9ss.4 s.S.s
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reach thasf1gure. The average practicing
dentist, the man who conforms to tho
code Of prof ssional ethics, will NOT
make over s.. 800 q year. out Of which
he must pay Office rent. In this line
there are large number 81 graduated.
students working inthe advertised den-
tai parlors for from So to $40 weekly,
less wage by half than the majority
OF the mechanical tradesmen are max
ing. Is. -, 81. :=< s-:. : ST. s. s#
There are number of night schools
OF recognized worth for both medical
and dental courses in Chicago. The
students at these schools are men and
women who are employed at other call
1ngs during the day. many Of them are
engaged in the mechanical trades. 1
know student at one of these schools
q printer earning about $40 weekly. l
also know two professors at these
schools, and know their income. Tie
printer student is making more money
as printer than either of these two
professors are APPROACHING medicine.
know doctor in Chicago who grad
uated with honors four years ago, since
that time he has had one years expert
ence In hospital, and has also served
as assistant to one of the best surgeons
OF the city. For two years he has been
attempting to build up a practice of his
own. Now, at the end of two Years of
enort, his income will not average $50
monthly. And this case is by no means
an exception. \
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-27

A leper was exhibited at lecture to
an audience of Chicago university stu
dents the other day. DR.. James Nevins
Hyde, the lecturer, said that leprosy
is not dangerously contagious; that it
is durable and that it is gradually dis
appearing from all countries. He does
not believe that any drug capable of
curing leprosy will ever be discovered.
Cleanliness and good food, he asserts,
are the surest and best remedies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-27

a ut SIS per
month. That is a
b i g h er average
than is : paid the
preachers of Chi
cago.
There are few
prof e s s i ons in
which the maxi
mum salaries paid
are as low as the
ministry. OF the
h u n d RI eds of
preachers in the
city, there are not
half a dozen who
receive above ST.
OOO q wear, In the
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country saying that he is the one who
ought to be nominated by the next demo-
cratic national convention for president.
Especially as he halls from, the Empire
state, which many believe will be pivotal
in the elections next year.
After all, it may depend on the kind
of record he makes during the first six
months of the term as mayor, so it Is i'm
possible to say yet whether his prestige
will continue until nomination day or
not.
Whether Mcclellan has presidential
stuff or not, he is going to be missed in
the house. He is such likeable fellow
that he has fully as many personal
friends among republicans as among
those Of his own party, and it has some
times seemed as though he would be
more congenially placed in the repub-
lican side of the aisle
He Is boyish, genial, an entertaining
talker, and possessed Of quiet humor
which appeals to his political opponents,
many Of whom have come to know him
personally outside of his political posi-
ton.
To tell the truth, Mcclellan has never
"focked" with the members of his own
party to any great extent. He has been
in minority of one on good many
questions: but where the democratic
minority has been divided into so many
smaller minorities, perhaps that is not
SO very much of a distinction.
Mcclellan has been a member of the
ways and means committee, the other
democratic members of which have
rarely acted together of late years, and
he has been fond of styling himself hui
morously, 1.-THE Mcclellan democracy"
He is so young-considerable under 10
that the older heads in the party may
doubt the wisdom of putting him forward
for the presidency; but he will be talked
of a great deal just the same, and he
will surely be marked man during
the short official session which will
signalize the close of his congressional
career.
Young as he is, he is just about the age
his father was when the little general
commanded the union armies in the civil
WAR, and not far from his fathers age
when the latter ran for president in
1864 on the platform that 'The war is a.
failure
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practitioner of the
city recently esti-
mated that at least
half of them were
making less than
$500 q year each 4,
But the maxi
mum for the ply
stefan is far great.
.er than the maxi.
mum for the min
ister-there a re
three d octorsinthe
city, surgeons of
worldwide repu-
tation, whose in
comes will aver
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-27

An uneducated child has one chance
in 100000 of attaining distinction as
factor in the progress of the age. A
common school education increases his
chances nearly four times. A high
school education increases the chance
of the common school child % times,
giving him 81 times the chance of the
uneducated. A college education in
creases the chance of the high school
boy nine times, giving him 219 times
the chance of the common school boy
and more than 800 times the chance Of
the unframed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-27

medicine. but in It
there are more men
with incomes of
less than $1,000 an
nually than with
more than that.
amount. It takes
t m e , experience
and influence to
rise very high even
in this profession,
though the oppor-
tunities are great
er, especially if a
man has business
as we'll as legal
training. The man
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-27

>Retiring after a pastorate of 81
years in the Reformed churches at
Farmersville and Arndts, Pa, the Rev.
Daniel F. Brendie, aged 81 years, will
have an annual pension of 5000, and all
the marriage and baptismal fees that
come his way. He has never worn
spectacles, has baptized 1873 converts,
marred 727 couples, or 1,454 persons,
buried l, 221 parishioners, and preached
1881 sermons.
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The king of the Belgians is a bril-
liant talker on any subject. His habits
of life are very simple. His majesty
rises at 6 o'clock and works for a
couple of hours before breakfast, a
meal which is served in the queens
apartments. 1t consists of coarse, dry
bread, tea and an apple. The morn
ing is spent in the transaction of state
business. Luncheon is of homely fare.
rarely wine. He is very particular to
take outdoor exercise in the after
noon. Dinner is a plain meal.
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That is q big aver.
age: for the reno
vators Of the his
=: toric =edifce have
b . e n unusually
busy since congress
ad journed last
spring.
An interesting,
book might. be-
written, il some.
body would only
figure out the total
number of tons of
white paint that
have been used on
, the capitol build
observation-disclosures,
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"nen ne gave a
special afternoon
reception to the
officers and enlisted
men of the United
States steamship
Mayfower IT b e
presidents yacht
which is lying in
the Potomac this
winter. He had
them all up to the
white house, the
marine g II q r d
among the rest,
had the marine
band to play all
through the recep-
ton and gave them
met DC uo0d a TINA
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Blair Valley, in the mountain above
Clearspring, Nd, is infested with
snakes, and from reports received
from that section no less than a thou
sand different kinds of reptiles, in
GLIDING rattlers and copperheads, have
been discovered there this summer.
The snakes are so thick that residents
Of the valley keep their houses closed
for fear of them getting indoors and
into their bedS
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Most of the prominent shipbuilding
yards in the Mikado's empire are be-
ing re-arranged and steam power in
all parts Of the yards and their va
rious shops is rapidly being super
seeded by electricity and compressed
air. The chief reason for this is the
Nagasaki yards, for instance, water
has to be brought to the works by
boats at an annual cost Of over $10,-
00l
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A strange story Of the disc!

A strange story Of the discovery of
an unsupported art treasure comes
from Canada. A Montreal art dealer
was playing golf and drove a ball
through window of a cottage. It
struck a picture on the wall. The
dealer paid handsome compensation
and also acquired the injured picture.
1t turned out, after cleaning and ex-
animation, to be a Dutch interior by
Teniers, of the value of $4,000. Half
of this sum the dealer gave to the
original owner, to her great surprise.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-27

The flesh of guineas is generally
dark colored, tender, juicy and in fla
vor equal to the ring-neck English
pheasant. Many think it more palat-
able, for the flavor is not so pro.
nounced, and there is considerably
more Of it. The flesh of the white
guinea is light in color and If they are
crossed with the Pearl variety the
meat of the latter will become nearly
as light
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-11-27

Harry Payne Whitney, son Of the
New York millionaire, has taken to
mining in earnest, having gone to
work on the Colorado properties in
which his father Is interested. He de-
clares his intention to master the min
ing business thoroughly and will quail
fy himself to make expert examina-
tons and reports. John Hays Ham
mond, the famous mining expert, is
his tutor.
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l alb or organlza-
lions have forced
wages in the me-
chanical trad e s
up to a point where
the earning ca
pacity on the aver
age is higher than
the professions. .
Chicago is. d cen
ter for profession
al training: The
city is flooded with
theological 8 EN- =
,inaries, medical
and dental schools,
s t g n o r q p hi c
schools and law
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Double Daily Through Service to California
via Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Noun
tain Route. Choice of Central route through
Colorado or via tho True Southern Route
through Texas, Arizona, etc. Through
deeper to Los Angeles Only line operating
Franc}sco. Tourist car service to California
four days in tho week. For rates and full
information address any agent Of Missouri
Pacific Railway, or Iron Mountain Route,
or q. G. TOWNSEND, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent, st. Louis.
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tigating commit
tee of the council.
II the evidence
given against the
police department
before this COM
mittee can be re-
lied upon as truth
full, it is time for
Chicago to reform.
According to this
evidence, the po-
lice of the. city are
in league with the
criminals of all
classes. They have
levied tribute on
the slums. TIL e
red LIGHT districts