The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-02-20

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The pugilistic challenge is always on
hand. 1t is arranging the financial de-
tails that takes time. 1
When it comes to a long-distance esti-
mate the grounding is as good as any
other weather prophet.
President Castro has managed to attain
more fame than falls to the share of most
South American leaders.
Mexico's claim that San Francisco.
sent her the plague is a serious libel on
the metropolis of the glorious climate.
When the Kaiser was dining with one
of the Armours he was presumably very
courteously silent as to the pork edicts.
international law should not make pre-
ferred creditors Of the nations that are
most ready to apply the ruthless law of
might.
The rumor that the crown princess ct
Saxony and little Giron are coming to
the United States will set the Dakota
divorce colony agog.
(f o0rrSp tho vino allowance voted
the French army by the chamber of dep
uties falls far short Of giving the French
private champagne and cake.
Capt. Richard P. Hobson should re-
member that peace hath her victories no
less renowned than war;" and report for
duty as a naval constructor.
Europe is wont to take our dust in the
race for industrial and scientific achieve
ments, but she is giving to Marconi more
hearty and material aid than we are.
When the convention of newspaper wits
and poets assemblies in Baltimore in May
next sparks will fly from the Maryland
metropolis while a wave Of seriousness
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All of the big pugilists have their fists
up and their pockets open. They gen.
orally "jaw" each other for years, and
then, when their bank accounts need re-
plenishing, combine for a pull of the pub
lies leg.
1hn I<inr ~ Epr1nrI 0-.1o,IoI +l,o
Star Spangled Banner and remarked
that he wanted all American music on a
future programme. But the music of
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" is a good
old English tune.
The dissolution of the indianapolis Coal
Exchange in the face of grand jury in
vestigations constitutes a scurrying to
holes that might occur in other cities if
grand juries were to pry into the meth
DDS Of the coal trade.
A Kansas City judge is the latest to
decide that a person cannot sell his sal
airy before it is earned. This is in line
with the decisions handed down else
where to the effect that a person cannot
dispose, to loan sharks or others, of that
which he has not got.
A Massachusetts Yankee is going after
the north pole, at the head of the re-
organized Ziegler Arctic expedition, and
the world will be interested to learn by
what Yankee trick he expects to get
over the water and ice hummocks that
have so persistently barred the way to
the pole.
British newspapers have been solemnly
discussing Capt. Mahan's exposition of
the Monroe doctrine. The captains views
may be interesting and important. Still,
the essential thing is not his theories, but
the united determination Of 75,OOO,O 900
Americans to uphold the doctrine regard
less of what outsiders think Of it.
The farmers Of the Northwest will GER
tainly share their supplies with the starry
ing people of Sweden and Finland if a
special food-collecting train is sent out
from Chicago. Help in this form will be
produced more readily than cash, because
of a belief that too great a percentage of
cash relief gets away through handling,
however honest that handling may be.
Mutiny Veterans at Delhi.
When all the others have long been in
their places a small band of men, COM
posed in about equal proportions of Euro
peans, Eurasians, and natives, all well
stricken in years and some visibly bowed
down under their weight, g%ray-haired and
white-bearded, march up the arena from
the ceremonial entrance. They would
fam make such a show of military align
ment inc soldier-like precision of step as
the infrmities Of age allow, but in many
cases the attempt is beyond their powers.
VI the Europeans some are in plain muf-
Il, some in uniforms lonp s;noa d;.oard "A