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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-30
=ScAvFN GERS or DEsERT 4.
How the Coyotes and Crows Keep an
Eye On One Another in Quest
II. -, Of Food. S S

1t is probable that one never fully
credits the interdependen of wild
creatures, and their cognizance Of the
affairs of their own kind and other
kinds. Mrs. Mary Austin, in "The Land
Of Little RAIN says that the scavengers
of the desert all keep an eye on one an
other. ..-.....t = I ?.
Ne3er'a coyote comes out of his lair
to, hunt, in the country of the carrion
crows, but looks up first to see where the
crows are gathering. It is sufficient
occupation for a windy morning, on the
;listless, level mesa, to watch the pair of
them eying each other furtively, with
tolerable assumption of unconcern, but
no doubt with a5certain amount of good
understanding. y - -
When the five coyotes that range the
lyon from Pasteria to Tunawai planned
a relay race. to bring down an antelope
strayed from the band, an eagle swung
down from Mount Pinos, buzzrds mate
rialized out of invisible ether, and
hawks came 'trooping like small boys to
a street fight. rabbits sat up in the
chaparral and cooked their ears. feeling
themselves quite safe for once as the
hunt swung near them.
Nothing happens in the deep wood
that the blue jays are not all agog to
tell. The hawk follows the badger, the
coyote the carrion crow, and from their
aerial stations the buzzards watch each
other.
Very clean and handsome, quite belly
ing his relationship in appearance, is
Clark's crow, that scavenger and plum
derer of mountain camps. It is permls-
sible to call him by his common name.
Camp Robber;" he has earned it, Not
content with refuse he picks open meal
sacks, filches whole potatoes, is gour-
mand for bacon, drills holes in packing
cases, and is daunted by nothing short
of tin
All the while he does not neglect to
vituperate the chipmunks and sparrows
that whisk off crumbs of comfort from
under the campers feet.
The Camp Robbers gray coat, black
and white barred wings and slender bill,
with certain tricks of perching, accuse
him Of attempts to pass himself off as
woodpecker; but his behavior is all
crow. He frequents the higher pine
belts, and has noisy strident call like
a jays; and how clean he and the frisk-
tailed chipmunks keep the camp! No
crumb or pairing or bit of egg-shell goes
amiss.
The cunningest hunter is hunted in
turn, and what he leaves of his kill is
meat for some other
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-30
Professional Wedlock.

It must be rather trying to be mar
ried to an emotional actress and have
her clutching you by the throat at three
o'clock in the morning and shouting in
q hoarse stage whisper: &c..
'.'.Slave, didst lock the kitchen door?
The key-where is it?/ Quick! I'll
strange thee. Didst lay the milk can
on the outer battlements? Aye, my
dear, I'm mad!"-Pittsburg Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-30
Artesian Water a Fertilizer.

Investigations carried on during the
last year by Mr.. S. w. McCallie, assist
ant state geologist of Georgia, acting in
cooperation with the United States geo.
logical survey, have revealed the pres
ence Of interesting and perhaps valuable
properties in: some of the artesian wa
ters in the Coastal Plain Of that state.
Water taken from a deep well at Bax
ley showed on analysis SIS parts per
100000 of phosphoric acid, which
would indicate that it might be used
for fertilizing as well as for irrigating
barren fields. In other words, it may be
acceptable to the desert land as both
food and drink. It is estimated that .
layer of this phosphoric acid-bearine
water II inches deep over one acre Of
land would exert q fertilizing effect
equal to that of 200 pounds of CONNER
1ial fertilizer " ~. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-30
i. Bees in Court. !

In Neosho county new courthouse
has been built to take the place Of the
stone structure erected many years ago.
Some years ago 9 swarm of bees took
possession OF place under the caves Of
the building. The colony rapidly multi
piled into other colonies until the bees
are busily at work under the caves on.
every side Of the building, and their In
cessant buzz can be heard in the court
room when the occupants are noiseless-
", breathlessly waiting for come final
decision from court Of jury chanute
kan Sun. {: ,,..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-30
IT, S:1Re !. !! S
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OLD-FASHlONED.

tbs here elimination Of the supper sort
Into my way Of Mvln'. an I somehow
can't agree
To the modern innovation and the reck-
less way it takes,
For the "breakfast-dinner-sup
style is good enough for me.
was talking to lady just the other
day, and said:
TITS mighty nigh to dinner time;" her
shoulders give bunch,
An l said: Lets go to dinner; the
suns right overhead"
She replied: Did you mean dinnah
i nDn5 you mean' let's go to
An she didn't git no dinner, least ways
not at my expense;
I can't have my lifetime's habits side
tracked hathaway at all;
r. could fix 1t she'd go hungry till she
got a little sense,
Sense enough at least at midday fer
to hear dinner call.
"Lunch!' Why lunch in them days
simply meant some butter-bread,
With brown sugar plastered on it just
as much as it could hold;
Oh, no modern midday luncheon ever
furnished such spread
AS tn .bread-an'-sugar luncheon that I
knowed fore I was DID,
An tn luncheon of them old days had a
place for lunch alone;
Long bout ten o'clock I'd hustle in the
kitchen tired O. play,
Th'ow my cap into tn corner with u
happy sort O groan,
Feelin' hungry like a boy is when he's
had his fill O. play.
An I'd git some bread an butter an
mad stand a while an grin
Whilst I spread tn sugar on it, most
as thick's an inch, guess,
An she'd look like twas pleasure fer
to see me tuck it in,
An her hand 'ud brush my tousles In q
sort O. soft caress.
An these memrie sort O. keep me to
tn lick-log like 1 knowed
When I was a little urchin. Break
fast-lunch- -dinner?" Nit!
That want how We used to say it back
where I was borned an groweo,
An I can't dispense with supper
couldn't then, an can't till yit!
"Breakfast, luncheon, dinner, supper"
make the programme read that way
An Ill stay with it forever-dont want
nothin' in its stead:
An l just want lunch" fer luncheon"
like when I was tired o. play
jest wanted OF brown sugar plastered
on some butter-bread
y. NJ Lewis, in Houston Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-30
! TIE 0NE SHE CHOSE. !
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; BY AGNES LOUISE PROVOST. !
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

nK ER-CHUG! Ker-chug! Ker-
II chug!"
The big automobile snorted explo-
sively, and from down the river came
the faint answering voice Of it's tiny
rival, as yet unseen.
"Kee-chuck! Kee-chuck! Kee-
chuck"
The Naphtha-launch was putting val
iantly, but this was the giants day to
win. Several people on the hotel YER
anda smiled, and contrived to peep
unostentatiously at Miss Tiverton; but
II she had heard the distant sound, she
was not giving them the satisfaction Of
knowing it. The owner of the automo>
bile seemed as deaf as she. He assisted
Miss Tiverton in carefully, jumped in
beside her, and then they were off down
the road in light swirl of dust, just
before the naphtha-launch danced
around the bend Of the river.
TOO late, Selby" murmured a GYM
fcal bachelor on the veranda, squint-
Ing his eyes to look at the white-ducked
occupant of the launch. Capital wins
this time. That is one of the advan-
tages OF your own automobile over a
rented launch, to which five other fell
lows have an equal right
This is getting entertaining" COM
mented married man, but his wife
had her own version.
1T is getting pathetic" she said.
"They are both such dear fellows, it
will simply break my heart to see
either of them rejected"
"Bigamy is not considered good
FORM" suggested her husband, mildly.
"They can't both win, so you might as
we'll pick your favorite. Personally, I
back the capitalist. He is a good fell
low, and money hath charms, especially
to her family. They look to her to re-
gid the family scutche con-"
His wife took up arms to defend her
sex. Edith would not be human if She
did not consider the gliding. Think
how depressingly straitened she has
been all her life! But then do think
she likes Mr.. Selby, too. He won't
really be so very poor. He has been
back from Paris only two years, and
look how his pictures are selling"
She lowered her voice discreetly as
the young man in white duck came up
from the landing, swept the veranda
with hasty and apprehensive eye, and
went into the Office He was not par
ticularly handsome, but it was a face
with which every body made friends.
Miss Tiverton had heard the distant
painting of the naphtha-launch, It was
a sound she heard with some frequency,
and 1t is possible that she felt sill ght
twinge of regret as she stepped into
the automobile; but the exhilaration
of swift motion laid it's irresistible
hold on her, and the wide leather seat
was luxuriously comfortable.
She looked at Danvers as he leaned
this way and that to see that every
part OF his big plaything was doing. its
work smoothly. He was very boy1sh.
and he looked fresh and clean built
aid handsome even in his AUTOMOBILE
Ing -ccoutrements. They are few
whose good looks can stand the strain
Of blue goggles, and q leather cap with
The rizcr jaunmed down to the very
Qosa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-30
Moles Lay Eggs.

In geological circles the prevalent
opinion. is that this mole is a link be-
tween birds on the one hand and mann
mails on the other. These lowest" quad
rupeds lay eggs like birds, the young be-
ing subsequently Matched from the eggs,
whereas in the kangaroos and all higher
mammals the young are born alive and
nourished by means of milk. =. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-30
Toilets Of Ants.

A naturalist has been making OBJ
servations on the toilets of certain ants,
and has discovered each insect goes
through the most elaborate additions.
They are not only performed by herself.
but by another, who acts for the time as
lady's maid. The assistant starts by
washing the face of her companion, and
then goes over the whole body. The at
titude of the ant that is being washed is
one of intense satisfaction. She lies
down with all her limbs stretched loose
" out; she rolls over on her side, even
her back, perfect picture of ease. The
pleasure the little insect evinces in being
thus combed and sponged is really en-
ioyablc to the observer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-30
LAST STAND OF CUSTER.
Cool and Resolute Conduct of the Fa-
nous Fighter and His
Brave Men.

The Indians attacked at once Riding
at full gallop along the front of the line
on their ponies, they poured a heavy fire
from their long-range rifles upon the
soldiers, to which the latter made a
brave, steady, but not very effective re-
ply with their inferior carbines, writes
Cyrus Townsend Brady, in ''The Last
of CUSTER" in Pearson's.
The force menacing them was so great
that Custer dared not leave his position
on the hills. To retreat was hopeless, to
advance impossible They must stand
on the defensive and pray that the ad-
vance Of Reno's command up the valley,
which they probably hoped that Benteen
would reinforce, would compel the
withdrawal of the Indians from their
front. They fought on, therefore, coolly
and resolutely, outstanding their ammu-
milton and endeavoring to- make every
shot tell in their galloping, yelling foe
men. The Indians, in their accounts,
speak of the cool, deliberate courage of
numbers of the officers and men, whom
they singled out for their bravery. Yet
the troopers suffered great loss as the
afternoon wore on. Their ammunition
began to run low, and the contracting,
whirling circle of Indians drove them
closer and closer together. The horses
were at last stampeded, and with them
went some of the reserve ammunition.
1t appears that at this time Custer
must have endeavored to send a mes
sage to Reno, for the body of solitary
soldier, Sergt. Butler, was found after
the battle at a point half way between
Custer and Renos command. A little
heap of cartridge shells lay near his
body, evidencing that he had sold his
life dearly.
It was evident to all on the hill as the
were doomed. 1t was hardly possible
that a counter attack by Reno would
save them now, and there were no evil
dences that he was anywhere in the vi
cinity. Where, in Gods name" they
must have asked themselves in their de-
spair, could Reno be?"
One of the Crow scouts has said-al-
though his account is generally disbe-
ieved-that he went at last to Custer,
as yet unframed, and told him that he
thought he could get him away, and
that Custer refused to leave the field.
The Crow altered his appearance to look
as much like Sioux as possible, and in
the confusion of the fight got away
safely. He was the only human surviv-
or of the field: What occurred after is
a matter of conjecture, based upon the
contradictory and inadequate testimony
of the Indians themselves.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-30
The Automobile in France.

French military authof1tles are
alarmed because of the decrease Of
horses resulting from the craze for au-
tomobiling and are offering prize for
the best type Of automobile military
cart. zzsz asz. .=5:z 80. FL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-30
8sAlwayssUp. and. Doing.

borrower says ne is. always ready
to do his best Z -. d. ~. ~ ~
Sure. He'd do his best friend. =
Brooklyn Times. ...3 .s&. b ...5.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1904-05-26
COMP planned i:
Of CELLAR.
What is Left Of the Blue Front
Stock Which was In the 4
Fire DeCOmpOsed.
BEING CLEANED OUT.
Hot Weather Brought Out an 0dor Which
Became UnbearabIe-Eight Men at
Work Today and Nuisance viii Soon be
Abated-HeRIth Officer Ramsay To k
Matter in Charge.

Two weeks ago the occupants of
buildings in the Immediate vicinity
of the burned Hess block, OH Smith
street, began to complain of the dis
agreeable odor arising from the cellar
of the former Hilsdorf grocery ut NO.
1872. Health Inspector Dr. W. f..
Ramsay, to whose attention the nuis-
ance was brought, consulted the
for mer occupants of the store. They
laid the blame On the insurance ad-
justers as they no longer had any
thing to do with tho building. The
adjusters referred DR.. Ramsay to the
owners of the building. As the Hess
Brothers have no agent, in this city,
DR.. Ramsay communicated with them
personally. Several days ago he re
ceived from them the following tele-
gram: "Have nuisance removed at
once ut our expense. The inspector
aJ once took steps to have the nuis-
ance abated. and he contracted with
E. j. Dorsey & Sons to do the work
of removing all the debris from the
grocery cellar. They have Lad m.n
at work for three days and this morn
ing there were eight workmen on the
scene. The work is being rushed as
fast as possible and the cause of conf
plaint removed.
In hot days the stencil has been al
most unbearable, even to passersby
Yesterday was the worst yet, and.
IN one building in particular, the
occupants of the front portions were
forced to keep thoir windows down.
DIR. Ramsay said this morning: 81
received no direct complaints of the
odor arising from the heaps of refuse
in the Blus Front cellar, all of them
being by second, or third hand. ] al
once, however, took steps to have the
nuisance done away with and the con
tractors arc doing all in thoir po wei
to complete the work rs soon as poss
ible.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1904-05-26
DECORATION
DAY PARADE.
Route of the G. A. R. and the
Wagons will the Same as
usual.
Or. .MENDENHALL SPEAKS
Exercises at the Dedication of the Cannot
will be Attractive Besides Or. Menden-
Hall, there will be'Addressss by Rev.
6. T. Jackson and Rev. P. r, Ferris-Some
City officials May Also Take Part.

Preparations for the Grand Army
celebration on Decoration Day are be-
ing rapidly completed nnd it promises
to exceed oil efforts of previous years,
The route of the parade of the drum
corps, Major Dandy Post, the West
minister Cadets and the decorated
wagons, will be rs follows: From
City Hall, down Market street to
Water, to Smith, to Now Brunswick
avenue, to Woodbridge road, TO Anime
cemetery. Arrived at the cemetery,
firing exercises over the graves of
veterans will tako place. A similar
service will take place at st. Peter Is
Episcopal cemetery, before the start OF
the parade.
Upon returning from tho Gem atery
the paraders will go to City Hall
Park, where dedicatory services over
the old Civil war cannon will be held.
G. r. Bunten, of the Major Dandy
Post, has received word from Rev. IL
VI. MoHueIilall, -. H., tha1 Io VIII pe
present and speak on that occasion.
Dr. Mendennall was one of the most
active in the securing of the historic
relic Rev. S. T. jackson, of Simp.
son M. Il. church, and Rev. p. r.
Ferris, nf the First Baptist church,
will also speak. One or two of the
city officials may also take part.
Tic work OF erecting the mason
work support for tie gun, at the
southern end of the park, Is being
rushed
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1904-05-26
DEATH RATE.
JUMPED HICH.
For Month Of March was SO per
cent. Above Average for
Last Year.
The WINTER WEATHER.
Other Statistics Shown by the Records at
the City Hall The Number of Marriages s
In February Far Below the January
mFigures Figures Slow In Coming In
Record OF Birth.

From the records mt the city clerk s
office, the number of don tbs reported
thus far for tho month of March IRE
35, which is 80 per cont. higher than
the average per month for 1908, which
was "a &C. The average per month
during 1902 was 1925 was 27.25. In
February thore were 25 deaths and
in January 81 In March there were
but 10 doa this, This mortality, which
was consid erably above tho average,
was no doubt due to in largo part TO
tho wintry weather which prevailed
during March.
The number of births during March
was 33, as against "a for February and
go for January. During the CORES
ponding month last year there were
36 births. 1t is behind tho average for
1903 50 81, but it exceeds the average
for 1902 by 3 AZ.
The marriages reported thus far arc
g. In February thero we're sixteen
couples united in matrimonial bliss
and in January 46. In March last
yoar there were 10. The 1903 average
was 2S 16 and 1902, 1925
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1904-05-26
Companion Court was Organized
Last Night With Twenty
Me mherS.
OFFICERS WERE CHOSEN.
The New Organ zation Takes the Name of
Court Martha Washington Expect
II Initiate Several New members at
Next Meeting sNumber Not Yet
Given Them 1t Will Come Later.

A companion court to Courts Keas-
hey and Perth Amboy, independent
order Of Foresters, was organized in
this city last night. They took the
name of Court Martha Washington.
and will be given a number in few
days.
The meeting was held in the X. of
p. Hall and was in charge of Dis
trict Deputy Supreme Ranger Bing'
ham, of Elizabeth, and of District
Deputy of the tenth district, Jesse
Sickles.
The officers elected were as follows
Chief Ranger, Miss Mary Donovan ;
vice chief ranger, Miss Farrell; past
chief ranger, Mrs. +. X. Southwick
chief deputy, Miss Loretta Warner
recording secretary, Miss Lehia PETIT
financial secretary, Miss Dora Mintz
treasurer, Mrs. David Low; senior
woodward, Miss Butler; junior wood
ward, Mrs. Livingstone senior beadle,
Miss T. Donovan, and junior beadle,
Miss Lillian Farrell,
After the installation Of the officers
u few speeches were made and re-
freshments were served. The court
starts out with twenty members, but
at the next meeting they expect te
take in number of others.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1904-05-26
.FIREMEN TEST THE
CHEMICAL WAGONS.
Large Crowd Gathered at Market and Water Streesl
to See Washington Hose Company Fight Fire
Pile of Boxes and Barrels was Iqnted--Was
Successful in Every Way

A forclble example of the large
number of people who read the News
was afforded last night when large
crowd gathered Mt Market and Water
streets to witness the test of Washing
ton Hose Company's new chemical
apparatus, which was exclusively an
nounoed in yesterdays News. AS early
as o'clock the crowd began to
gather and by O'Clock, when the
large pile of boxes and barrels WAS
ignited, the grounds, sidewalks and
porches in tho immediate vicinity
were crowded.
The test was gratifying to the fire.
men and those interested in the new
wagons. Although the firemen dashed
up to the fisld and turned a stream on
the fire before it had really COTTON
started, the apparatus was given II
more thorough test WHOM tho oil
soaked pile was rollghted and the
blaze allowed to gain moro headway.
A real test Of tho properties of the
chemical apparatus could not bo had,
however, because tho two advantages
claimed for it over water are that it
does not harm the unburncd furniture,
woodwork, and other material with
which it comes in contact, and that
it renders inflammable all substances
soaked with it,
After the chemical apparatus had
been tested, a length of the regulation
fire hose was attached to plug at tho
corner and turned OH the pile which
had been re-lighted for tho third
time.
A number Of people on the under
side of the hill, who were not expect
ing the heavier stream, received
cooling bath.
AS told in the News at the time OF
the test of the Llncoln's apparatus,
tho chemical preparation is composed
of sulphric acid and bi-onrbonate OF
soda. The wagon contains two
thirty y-fve gallon cylinders, i'll one of
which the mixture can be prepared
while it is being discharged from tht
other. Enough material for two more
cha rges can be carried, so that, whom
one of the wagons starts out, il
carries sufficient quantlty Of the
acid ami soda for four charges.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1904-05-26
BAPTISTS WILL VISIT
SOUTH AMBOY SOCIETY

The Baptist S young peoples s society,
of this city, has been invited to Wis t
the South Amhoy Y. p. S. @. L.
Friday night, There will be an adj.
dress by Rev. w. Z. S, Lumbar, of
Newark, the president of tho Now
Jersey Y. p. S. G. E, and by Miss
Louise D. Viehmann, tho district
secretary for Middlesex county. The
local delegation will leave this city
for South Amboy on the 20 train.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1904-05-26
SPENT DAY
IN COUNTRY.
Pupils of ParOChiaI School Went
on May Walk Yes
terday.

The pupils of the parochal school
of Our Saviour's Danish Lutheran
church enjoyed May walk yester-
day. Thoy spent the entire day in
tho country, starting at 10 O'Clock
and returning at 6 O'Clock. They were
in charge of the principal, o. J.
Motgeuson.
The boys and girls carried their
lunches and walked out as far rs Cor.
nell's, where they crossed tho fields
and camped ont for tho day. Games,
in the nature of contests, were played
md the hours passed merrily. There
were about sixty of them. Some
pnruuts and friends accompanied the
school.