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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

Stops the Cough
and works off the cold. Laxative Bronze
Quinine Tablets. Price Is cents.
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Between Friends.-Edyth-'If you were
in my place would you accept TOMS pro-
posal" Mayme-'Sure. Why, if I had
been in u place I would have accepted
him last week when he proposed to me-
Chicago Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10
. ECONOMY, Not. Oddly.

old-fashioned collars:?: -
Winkers IA man Of aff~airs)-Because when
the washerwoDan sends them to anybody
else they always return them.-Stray Sto-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

One thing is clear to me: that: no:indul-
gence ofpassion ~destroyssthe. spiritual ma
ture so much as respectable selishness-
George Macdonald. 8
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling of the
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
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Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessness,
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

Every one desires to live long, but no on(
would be old Swift.
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Opium and Liquor Habits Cured.
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

1. Whoever. are least disturbed in mind: by
ealaEnities, and III act struggle against them,
these are. the best men in states and:in pri.
yate life.-Epictetus. &
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the
Arabian proverb, and he will come up with
a fish in his mouth:-Willis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10
Eleventh Hour Resolutions

are bad-investigate the: chances: in: the
ST G.eat S%GuthTest, at once: WEite for.our
il. the Southwest" free. Low rate exturs
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each:month. ASK about therates.. Address
nkATY,",. ao5 Wainwright Bldg, st: Louis,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10
A Farmers Good STORY.

Velpen, Ind, April 6th:-Wm. OBJ. Sui
livan, a highly respected farmer Of this
place, tells a personal experience to show
that there is still some genuineness and hon
est worth to be met with in this age in which
so many frauds are reported. "
"Yes, l have been humbugged," said MIR.
Sullivan, "and when I was SO i'll with the
Rheumatism, Kidney and Heart Trouble, /
used a good deal of stuff that claimed to be
remedies for these diseases only to find
them worthless.
But, as you know, I did find the genuine
remedy after all and I had not been taking
Dodd>s Kidney Pills very long before I knew
that they were an honest remedy that would
90 all and more than was claimed for them.
They cured me, made a well man of me and l
am now as sound as l ever was.
l can testify that Dodd's Kindey Pills
are a genuine remedy for Rheumatism and
Kidney Trouble"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

Silence is sometimes the severest criticism
Buxton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

"Why, Willie,' said mamma, "you'rs
pulling the cat tail" Mamma, l ain pull
ing her tail. I'm only holding it, and she's
doing the lling.'-Humane Society Bull
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10
CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE.

Doans Kidney Pills have leaped into Public favor because the people ian write dhe
to the makers and secure q trial free. Thus has been buled the greatest lam
and largest sale known to any Kidney medicine in the world
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

Putnam Fadeless Dyes are fast 10 light
and washing.
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LiEht ON the Subject.

He-I suppose you are aware of the ten
der feeling l have for you?
She-No; I'm quite in the dark.
"Tkat being the case permit me to sug'
gest that we strike a match.'-Chicagc
Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

FALMOUTH, Val suffered over twelve
months with pain in the small Of my back.
Medicines and plasters CAV only temporary
relief. tDoan's Kidney Pills cured me.-F.S S.
BROWN, Falmouth, Va.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

HOUSTON, TEX took the sample Of
Doan's Kidney Pills with such great benefit
I bought q box at our druggists. Used over
half and stopped, because M urine which
before had only concentrating now became
SO free. / had medicine enough. had lum-
sbaggo and the pills rid me oft ! should have
written sooner, but You know hou:soon : well
person forgets about being sck.-Mr.C. H.
HoEacKE,N No. 2810 McKenny,A AVE. Houston,
SS9s8
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haoD thot oc,,Id 10y 10y eli aH. T 80 ~ 49, ~
pie of Doan's Kidney Pills with such good re-
suits l sent to Toledo for, another box, and
they cured -me.-SARAH E. CoTTRELL, Cur
tjce, O. ,~5 ">-.x#
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Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE.
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find nonsense singularly refreshing-
Talleyrand.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08

while the product exported amounted to 545.S105St
pounds OF sugar. valued at 80. 1.SsS1s1. and 11.i55
gallons OF molasses valued at ss5s These mills
and plantations gave employment to over 35,ss7
laborers
The part OF a plantation where the hands live is
called the camp" This is usually a collection
OF small one-story wooden buildings arranged in a
square or Each nationality keeps TO itself,
except the Chinese and japanese. who sometimes
herd together The japanese usually light
hearted and garrulous, but vain and rather prone
TO imagine Sights where are intended They
excellent workmen, however. when engaged on
piecework. being strong, willing and intelligent
The Chinese, while patient and long-sufeTlns
people, sometimes break over. On OF the Maui
plantations an Irish luna employed Becom-
ing displeased with the way in which the Chinese
in his gang working, he struck one of them
Immediately the whole gang turned on him. and
in a few minutes he buried under a ten-foot
pile of cane stalks The Irishman was nearly par
alyzed with fright thinking that this was only
preliminary his final death, visions of the Chi
nese setting fire 10 The pie running riot through
his brain but they TRANQUILITY resumed their work
and paid no further attention him, and his
friends dug him out This experience was
enough for him. however. and he gave UP his Job
An exceedingly expensive item of cost most
plantations is that of irrigation The eastern, or
windward side of the islands is almost constantly
swept by strong winds which produce heavy rain
falls, in places much as 800 inches falling
in year. while the western or feeward, side is
comparatively ca I'm ana QTN. AS result OF TINS
condition Of affairs the plantations on the wind
ward side generally secure enough water through
the rainfall to raise their crop. while those on
the leeward side have 10 irrigate their fields This
item irrigation is an expensive as is shown
by the fact that plantation on the island
OF Oahu the eight pumping plants in use cost
81, 80 00o These pumps supply 75,G6oeeo gallons
day of irrigation to about 5000 acres Of cane
plant. The water this plantation IS secured en-
tirely from artesian wells. From these wells the
water is carried by canals and bitches TO all parts
OF the plantation. This frequently requires the
building of costly fumes TO carry the water over
valleys or tunnels TO carry it under the hills On
some Of the plantations large dams or reservoirs,
are constructed, in which the water is stored in
the rainy season TO be spread over the fields later
in the dry season.
The work OF q sugar plantation usually begins
about a. m although some plantations where
the piece work system is in vogue the men begin
work between and II the morning stop IS
generally made al o'clock for breakfast at !
O'Clock for lunch. while work for the day ceases
st 5;a5 Piece men knock off for the day when
their task is completed Workmen get from sl4
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
THE W4RDMAN GOING.
HOzc He .Serued as the Direct n gent
of Captain an LeUying Tribute.

The wardman a policeman of type made no
torious by the disclosures before the Lexow Com
mittee nine years ago. is going out Of existence IN
the vigorous administration OF Police Commits
sioner Greene. His action in remanding 10 patrol
duty every precinct detective in the city went far
to break up the system OF which the ward
necessary part 1t is true that other
policemen have been detailed to do detective duty
in plain clothes in all the precincts. but they all
understand that their positions are temporary and
that they may be remanded to patrol duty any
day. They selected for detective work for
a time by officials at Headquarters, and their ten
ure of place as detectives depends partly upon
their ability to detect violators OF the laws against
vice and gambling and partly upon their zeal and
honesty in suppressing what the wardmen for
merly protected. They would be ordered TO pound
the sidewalk police term for patrollng in uni
form if there the slightest reason for belief
at Headquarters that they were collecting black
mail from gambling houses, pooroons. policy
shops or dens of vice.
The name wardman not a term Of re-
proach for policeman when il first became COM
mon in the department, nor was 1t for many years
afterward. The name was applied to the precinct
detective at the time when each ward of the city
q police precinct The detective was then
known as the wardman because he investigated
all thefts and suspicious cases in the ward IL
was not until police blacknail grew TO proper
tions which made police captains rich in several
precincts Of the city that the wardman. the
aptain's confidential man, the collector OF money
for police protection took on the character of an
depressing agent.
In the system OF police blackrnail the vardnan
was first merely the captains agent He was
appointed detective duty at the captains request
and followed him from precinct to another II
the captain transferred. He had a small share
the spoils, easy work, light hours and a position
power the precinct next to the captain There
might be several detectives in precinct, but
there was only one who entitled to the name
of wardman- At one time when there were sew
eraI regular precinct detectives in the Tenderion
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
METHODS

with work enough OF the legitimate kind to keep
them all busy there one OF them who never
made an arrest never investigated a. robbery and
never associated with his fellows in work of any
kind he was the real wardpan OF the Tender
Ion for years. a quiet silent. cautious man, whose
name never got into the newspapers He is dead
now and at the time OF mis- death some people
heard with surprise that he had died immensely
rich although he never had risen above the rank
Of a patroIman The other detectives in the pre-
cfnct knew Why he had died rich. but they had not
been so close the captain as to be trusted With
his peculiar duties
There came a time in the collection OF police
blackmaii that the captains had 20 divide their
plumber with men higher up IN the department
some captains IA I4t I pieSnSss L gstSr,sr Sfs
was sent into the TendeTloin. not Of the captain
came He represented official who could transfer
cal aptains The TendsriOin never was gayer tnan
VIXEN this uardrnan ruled it. power behind the
caDtains There have been reports that the tribute
for police protection in those days was the eaFee
The revelations before the Lsxow COMMITTEES as
founded the people. II shown that II was the
ontbT @ Ranging ap 10 500 from each den OF
vice in the precinct. and somewhat sT1ailer suns
wbirb were so much In the power OF the police
that they must stop violating the law OF pay oiooa
rncnev whenever there was change OF captains
IN the precinct there was exacted an initiation fee
from each place. sometimes amounting % so" III
adgion a6sr 70 tne n5Ienatf6n ovsr the exow dis
closures the prosecution or several captain
si.sed and fTom afa the force but most Of them man
aged TO get new trials and freedom under TuhnsS
OF the courts and to return to power in the de-
ment few wardmen have been eonvic5se ss
MAJ made concession recently. disclosing the Ds-
trict Attorney facts about the system OF poHce
blackmaii which may lead to fresh prosecutions.
IN had been believed that without the wardnnen
the system could not flourish General eIreene
thought so. and took the quickest way IN sight To
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.

San Francisco. Feb 6--One OF the greatest
storms known in twenty years prevailed for six
days this week throughout California. For the
first time in ten years snow fell in the streets OF
San Francisco, and the hills back OF Berkeley
and Oakland were white. Rain fell in torrents
and not a single county OF -he State lacked
good wetting. In the Sierra Nevada Mountains
the snowfall was exceptionally heavy and this
assures a good water supply for the miners and
orchardists until well along in the summer
Some frost followed the rain in the valleys. but
no damage to fruit was reported. even from
Southern California, where the oranges are on
the trees These orange growers now make use
of so many devices in snudgng and building
fires in orchards that even If the mercury drops
a few degrees below the freezing point the frult
is not injured. The rain did an enormous
amount or good, as it came after a long dry
spell and just at the right time TO start gram
and stimulate fruit. The outlook Is FOR one OF
the largest wheat crops on record, as well as for
the greatest fruit yield ever known IN California
a several thousand acres OF new orchards came
into bearing for the first time thls year
IT is probable that the dairy school. as well as
other departments Of the Agricultural College
in the University Of California, VIII De trans
ferred TO the Flood estate, at MEMO fark' winch
was given to the university several years ago
nv, Miss Jennie Flood. On the university
grounds there IS not space for the proper work
OF the school, but the MEMO Park estate VIII
furnish ample space
An exhiFitio,, of Ernest Peixotto's paintings
and drawings is now being held at Nickery $
gallery. The paintings include The Lady IN
yellow" which received mention at the Paris
salon. number OF striking Venetian pictures
and a large collection OF drawings which he has
furnished in the last two three years TO the
leading magazines. San Francisco takes much
;+a-ast in paixotto as he was educated here.
Among the pioneers who died this week was
.,a,.,el lanes Franklin Houghton. formerly
Sur,,avo, General Of California General Hough-
-, uas horn st Cambridge. Mass. and was
educated AT the Troy Polytechnic School and in
r2rooklvn. he came here in 1Si9 and made
fortune in the shipping business. He served
two terms as Surveyor General, and laid out the
boundary line between California and Nevada
deal has been completed for the transfer OF
the Port BiakeIy Mill Company to San Fran
cisco syndicate which recently bought OUT
Hobbs Wall * Co. The purchase price was
more than $1,000. 900. and the transfer included
40 900 acres CT choice cumberland in Washing
ton; the town OF Port Blakely. opposite Seattle
a large mil. railroad and fleet OF Nesseis-
The lumber mill is one Of the largest In the
world and has turned out 112.Vr,oo feet o.
Douglass fir III year.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08

to s26 a month, with quarters and medical at
tendance In many instances japanese women go
into the fields to work in the rush times, and are
then paid about IS month. "Lunas.'' or foremen
who have charge of certain branches OF the work
under the direction OF head luna" receive from
$50 10 s75 a month and house These lead
hard life, having to be out at about 430 in the
morning. and keep going all day. riding over the
fields. urging the men and being responsible for a
certain of work to be accomplished before
night The head luna" gets from se5 to $50
month with house Most of the "lunas'' white
men-Scotch German Portuguese and a few Amer
leans. Japanese and haif-caste children of Chi
nese and Hawaiian parents) ''lunas' occasion
ally TO be found.
The manager who has complete charge Of every
thing connected with the plantation, gets from
5000 to sl20Oe with house horses and other con-
veniences. In many instances the manager is ap-
pointed because of his relationship to some officer
stockholder OF the company. When such is the
case most of the work falls the head luna" g"
while the manager is usually taking things easy
in Honolulu Some OF the managers however, were
'lunas before they reached their present position
Most Of them have their latchstrings on the out
side and entertain royalty the chance tourist who
may their way. but this hospitality has
been so often abused of late years that the mana
gers are more careful to whom they entertain
Cane is planted from June to October. First the
field is thoroughly prepared by two ploughings and
two harrowings. The ploughing is done by means
OF steam ploughs. Small traction engines are
placed on each side of a field and the plough IS
pulled backward and forward between them by
means of cables. The furrow made is about twelve
inches deep Cultivators are then passed over the
field followed by steel chain drags Burrows and
bitches made so that water for irrigation
can be distributed freely and thoroughly when the
time comes The seed, which has been selected
from picked and the best 'rattoons, Is placed
in sacks and kept in water for few days, after
which it is planted end TO end in continuous rows
and covered with soil TO depth Of about three
inches.
Usually the cane comes up in three weeks time
having in the while been irrigated every four
days or so at first and then every week. When
the cane has had few months growth 1t receives
its first stripping. "trasking' 1t is called.
This consists in the removing Of the dry leaves and
debris It grows much better after this is done
Sometimes many three strippngs are re
uuired before the cane is ready to cut.
Cane natures in from fifteen to eighteen months
time On some of the plantations when the
acquires good height men go through it and tie
it together in clusters of four five stalks each.
This is done to prevent the cane from falling over
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08
GEORGE, JR., REPUBLIC.
Some Interesting Experiences Of the
Youthful Citizens.

FreeviIle y. Y, Feb (SpeciaD--There was gen
nine sorrow among the boy girl citizens Of the
George Junior Republic" this place, a few
xaaks azo when Superintendent William R George
announced his resignation That he is going 70
start similar institution in Connecticut little
comfort to the youngsters whom he leaves behind
here though they are glad that other poor children
are to have their advantages
The farmers OF this vicinity were somewhat
alarmed when Mr. George outlined his ideas OF
bringing city urchins into the heart OF peaceful
community and letting them govern themselves
They have had many examples of the success Of the
plan A few days ago visitor at the farm was
robbed OF his fountain pen which he carelessly
left in his overcoat He reported the theft TO the
'citzen police" In a week the pen returned
by the chief Of police"
The thief was a new guy and we've got him
located in the pen. the explanation which
the chief" made in returning the property He
would not say anything about the detective meth
DDS used. however.
There are many stories told about the by the
farmers of this vicinity Here IS one which IS told
by c E Chapman:
One day when the Republic young four
young boys 70 my house 10 spend the day.
Thev arrived too late for dinner and Mrs Chap
luncheon They were hungry, II tasted good. and
they ate two quart basinfuls Of batter without
Would YOU dare give them rnore9'' asked the
hostess. Mix another basin," said I. and she
did.
big blackberries each and they were equal 10 the
occasion After a little one Roy was missing. and
after searching he was found nat on his
stomach on the back porch
What is the rnatter2' / asked
With tears in his eyes and hands on his stomach
the matter of me; 1 having good time What
a lark! Blackberries until me belly aches"'
New-York tribune., 1903-02-08

from its own weight and thus aids its more rapid
growth.
As a rule the grinding season begins in Decem-
Der January and continues till July. This sea-
is busy the plantations. as so many
extra hands must be engaged to cut the cane and
load It on the cars The cutting is done by gangs
of armed with knives. which are long.
straight cutting knives fastened into wooden han
dies. The is usually cut about foot from
the ground. Portable tracks about one hundred
yards apart are laid the field. and fast
the is loaded on the small cars, which are
run upon these tracks, the. are drawn away
by small locomotives in use by the plantation. the
track is then moved hundred yards closer 10
the cutters. and so until the field is completely
cleared.
On a few plantations. especially in Hawaii.
fumes are laid through mature cane fields These
have several inches of water In them. and as they
come from an elevated source the water has
considerable velocity The cut cane Is thrown
into these fumes and is rushed to the mill men
being stationed at intervals TO see that jams DO
not occur. Some of these fumes are expensive
as they have to be elevated to surmount obstacles
or to cross valleys. This method can be followed
culy where water is plentiful.
The stocks left after cutting are literally ma
nured with crushed remains and ashes OF former
crops combined with heterogeneous manures, and
arc covered over Later on they send up crop
of rev stems termed ''rattoOns- The system OF
"rattooning- can be continued for several years
but the canes so treated go declining in size
and yield of sugar. On the islands the rattoon-
ing is only done once, usual thing the field
then being ploughed over and repanted the same
as Il field
The mills for grinding the cane are immense
structures fitted up with the latest and most I'M
proved machinery. There are two snethods OF pre-
pairing the cane in use-the diffusion and the
rnaceratinE crushing. The latter is the most
common. for while the diffusion method will ex-
tract greater percentage of juice the macerat-
ing method will produce the most sugar.
In the macerating method the refuse cane,
'bagasse-' it is called. is carried endless
belt into the furnace OF the mill and is there
used fuel in the furnaces, special CRATE being
employed for this purpose. This is great saving
as no other fuel is needed In the diffusion method
the ''bagasse' cannot be used in this manner, and
is thus a total loss
When the sugar comes from the mill il is of
brovnish color. and must be refined before 1t be-
comes the sugar OF commerce. There