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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24


active politics for good. 1t is not prob
able that Pennsylvania will soon have
another man in the senate like Quay. He
was one of the worst hated and best liked
men in Washington. Though he figured
prominently in national politics and
was considered as one Of the leaders
of his party, he has but few notable
achievements to his record as a legis-
lator, and never played conspicuous
role in the deliberations of the senate.
It was but seldom that he was to be
found in the senate chamber, nor did
he give greater attention to the meet
ings of the appropriations committee,
Of which he was a member. -HH
AS a story teller Quay could always
secure an attentive audience, though
there we're but few outside. of q coterie
of intimate friends whosNerep privileged
to listen to his tales. One of the last
stories he told in Washington was re-
lated while standing in the senate
cloakroom, and was intended to illus
trate the high standard of morality in
the Keystone state- According to Quay
an old Pennsylvania Dutchman, q
thrifty but not wealthy farmer, was
elected to :, the legislature. Several
"meaty'' railroad and other corpora
ton measures came up for considera-
ton, and after the session had closed
the old farmer surprised everybody
by buying and paying cash for prop
erty worth 100000. Some one asked ii
fortune had been left to him. "Oh,
no." was the reply Il have just been
saving money while in Harrisburg at
the Legislature" ''Why, Hans" said
his friend, you could not save $50, 900
in three months when your salary was
only three dollars a day." "Ah, but
you forget" explained the old man as
he stroked his beard complacently
my wife didn't keep a hired girl all
the time"
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building was torn down. Thrice the
proprietors have changed; but the same
walters and the same guests are there
yet. 1t is the fashion for each regular"
guest to have coffee pot of his own, en-
graved with his initials.
l know partners in busy firms who
scarcely see each other except at lunche-
on, when they discuss the business de-
velopments of the forenoon. II it is a
case of a customer from out of town"
there are the great luncheon clubs, the
Hardware, the Lawyers, and the like,
where men dawdle for two hours over 4
sumptuous meal.
Restaurants that make a specially Of
Quaintness and initiated antiquity are
rapidly increasing in number. Old Ger
man bier-stubes, Spanish places like the
lamented "Pedro's" that is no more,
downtown English-looking chop houses
with their ale, chops and long church.
warden pipes and a flavor of Dickens,
and uptown chop-houses with their rare
store Of priceless theatrical prints of
an earlier day, are among the towns at
IIdCtAoAS' r4ue mOIe AdmOuS VI these
places never admit women as guests. The
proprietor of the largest one is German
wholesale butcher; succeeding to the
former proprietor, who made the place
famous by personal attention, the new
man keeps it prosperous by the selection
of it's meats. A French restaurant on
Fulton street has drawn patronage of
great value by making specially of fine
wines.
These things involve leisure. The 9TH
er end of the contrast is seen at quick
lunch" places by the dozen, and at the
luncheons now spread by the big banks,
so that their employees need never leave
the building at all.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
! ousht @ run tp Uni
there has been q hitch somewhere n
It's metal anatomy that prevented Il

ousht run II lik n l 9htp Hin
there has been 81 hitc somewhere 10
It's metal anato that prevented Il
from Keeling OF the Records.
The new II press Is i known as the
pride Of the Prtntshop. Z 4 IT Isl q mon
ster, 20 feet high and 353 o. 40 feet long
and when it gets to working will dash
OH more than 200, 900 pages Of '.The
Congressional Record i an hour. All
the other presses in the biggest print
ing Office In the world look like pyg-:
mics beside it. i The guides who steer
visitors about the works always stand
awestruck before it when they get
within sight Of its polished arms,
bright plates and monstrous rollers.
In tones appropriately hushed, as
though in the presence Of majesty, they
describe the workings of the great CYL
inders, the powerful motor and almost
human intelligence of the parts that
count the sheets, fold the leaves or
stop the whirl of the giant wheels
when anything goes wrong. =
It'll be the most wonderful press in
the world-when it gets to working
right" the guide remarks as he passes
reluctantly on to some smaller piece OF
machinery. '-'
The government will not pay the
$3S, $50 that the press is supposed to be
worth until it works perfectly. At
present the experts who have been
toiling over it for half a year to dis
cover what was wrong say that a little
pin MO larger than ones finger is miss
ing, and as soon as it is made and put
in place, the whale of the printery deep
will be able to swim.
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publications from every department of
the government.
Though not a member of the senate
committee on printing Senator Hoar
has nevertheless shown a greater in
terest in the printing Office than mem
bers of that committee, and records
his vote for every appropriation for its
maintenance or expansion. He was
strongly in favor Of condemning the
old government printing Office and
erecting new one, and urgently
worked for that end before it was final
ly accomplished.
In some respects Senator Hoar is
like Lincoln. He has way of illus
trating point with a story. To illus
trate the condition of the old govern
ment printing Office he has several
times told the following story, which
is an incident of his early law prac-
tice:
II am reminded" said he, "of some
thing that happened in the supreme
court of our state some years ago.
They held court at Northampton and
went over to Mount Holyoke, where
there is an elevator which takes trav-
elers up the side of steep rock q
hundred or two hundred feet to avoid
the difficulty Of climbing.
"The judges, as judges are apt to be.
were, nearly all of them, rather corpu-
lent men,. They saw that the rope that
held the car in which they went was
very much frayed, and they asked the
manager If he did not think it was q
little unsafe. - y ~:
Yes said the manager, 1T is
wholly unsafe and likely to break every
minute, but we are going to have q
new one next Monday
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

The sale of California fruits in AL.
sace-Lorraine and Baden, Germany, is
many times greater than it would be
were there no local agents in Strass-
burg. This season one Strassburg
dealer has disposed of about IS car
loads of fruit, principally apricots and
prunes. The same dealer has also sold
$50 sacks of California almonds, and
he anticipates an increased business in
fruits and nuts next season. There are
a number of other dealers in Strass-
burg buying direct
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

Backing shoes is the novel method
adopted by Miss Pauline Rockwell to
raise money for the Mount Holyoke
college library, to which Andrew Car
negie has pledged large conditional
subscription. The bootblacking ar
rangements of Miss Rockwell, who is
a member of the freshman class, con.
sist of chair and soap box in the
college post Office. Over the chair is
the notice "Shoes BACKED. Five
cents"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

The government crop report states
that on May / there were 100000
acres less in winter wheat than were
one year ago. In the month of April
about 100000 acres of wheat were
plowed up to be planted in other crops
because the grain was badly winter
killed. The heaviest loss was in In.
dian and nearby states. This gives
some idea of the fearful damage done
by the hard winter. The indications
now are for short crop of wheat
The plowed wheat land will mostly go
into oats and corn.
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ments.

According to recent Investigations,
1t appears probable that hypnotism
can stop the action of a persons
heart and thus cause death. A. Jour-
net, Frenchman, reports that he has
increased and diminished the number
of pulse beats, at will, and as far as
he could venture with safety. It is
said to be also proved that circulation
is seriously affected, even If it is not
quite certain that the heart can be
Ailenced
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

Up to the present time tea from
China was imported into Germany by
sea and the cost was considerable.
In 1903 some Berlin firms made a trial
Of ordering parcels of tea from whole
sale traders in Warsaw, and found out
that but for the high duty the trans
portation of tea overland would be
considerably cheaper than by sea. The
Berlin tea traders have made appli-
cations to have the custom house
duties on tea reduced.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
A Useless Printing Press.

Some OF. the most remarkable print
ing machines in the world are to be
found in the government printing Of
fee. They are such marvels of inge-
,nuity that they seem almost human.
3 But the most ingenious Of all, these
machines is the great perfecting press
which has stood in. the press room for
half year waiting for experts to de-
termine why it would not run. IT was
bought especially for printing the Con-
gressional Record and Will, sc ever put
in running order by the makers, cost
the government $38, 750. I, I
For six months mechanical sharp
from the factory has been going over
The mammoth machine, and, although
hef Has declared time and again that It
svas II the pink 4 of condition !" M
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

Uncle Sam has paid big bills abroad
before now, but this Panama payment
tops them all. Six years ago he paid
Spain $20,000,O00 On account of the
Philippines, but the amount was sent
in four warrants of $5,000,000 each.
Previous to that the most historical
warrants were 100000 issued to
Russia in payment for Alaska in 1868
and $5,500,0O0 paid England for
awards in Halifax fishing infringe
ments.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

Miss Adelaide Michel a teacher in
the art department of the Bradley
Polytechnic institute, in an attempt to
rediscover madden printing, has dis
covered a chemical resistant that when
used on white duck with a stenciled
design makes possible dyeing in blue
and white. The design is clear, there
being no evidence of running colors.
The process is similar to zinc etching
work
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

The area. of Canada Is 3,745,574
square miles, and the population esti.
mated in 1902 at 5,456,931, or is per-
son to the square mile The total
area of the United Kingdom is 121, 371
square miles, with a population of A..
6O5,220. The total area of the United
States, including Alaska, is $3.50, OBS
square miles, with, in 1900, a popula.
ton of 76.l49386.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
WHERE |'| | GOTHAM | ! EATS
BOHEMIAN RESORTS THAT ARE
POPULAR IN NEW YORK. .>
MARlA's WAS THE EAvoRlTE
It Takes But Little to Make or Lose
Patronage-Places Patronized
by the Rich-The BUSH
ness Luncheon.

EW YORK wall
went up from b.
hemia's coast-Bo-
shemia had no coast,
b u t Shakespeare
gave it one at the
news that Maria
del Prato, Maria"
for short, had sold
her restaurant and
gone to Italy. ,
Maria" is one of
many queer charac-
tiers that find for
tune and fame in
New York. When
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

The city of Trebizond is one of the
most important cities and ports on the
Black sea. 1t is about $50 miles from
Constantinople and 100 miles from
Batoum. 1t is the port of entry as
well as the distributing point for the
interior, viz, Erzerum, Bitlis and Van,
and for the caravan route to and from
Persia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

government print
ing Office. The big
print shop has
been a sort of hob
by with him, and
he never tires OF
visiting it and
watching it's won
derful machines
turning out count
less thousands OF
pages of Official
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

people kept by themselves. 1t became
much like any other eating place, though
Giuseppe tried to retain the old flavor
in the basement dining room. Some OF
the habitues got better jobs; some who
had had money all along moved far away,
like the Strakosches-Clara Louise Kel-
logg and her musician husband. Now
Giuseppe is dead and Maria is going to
Italy to see her 85-year-old father; when
she returns she will open downtown
again. Can she bring back the old-time
flavor to new place?
There was MaGame Cherriere, the soul
for years of the Black Cat restaurant, at
one time the resort of graphic artists, as
Maria's was of writer's, singers and re-
citers. For time the Black Cat was IA
NOUS So was Monsieur Cherriere, NOV
ing mouselike about in skull-cap and
slippers. So was Madame Cherriere,
from her desk watching Monsieur's every
movement with loving eyes. They made
money; then they Disappeared; then the
old restaurant in the French quarter,
with it's painted black cats in the frieze
o14AICu Ny IuS 6uCSIS, anu us real DldCk
cats on the floor, petted by them, ran
down and became as others, deserted by
its brilliant and impoverished clientele
for the Black Cat figured in all the
stories of artistic Bohemia of q dozen
years ago.
BY and by the Cherrieres returned
mysteriously, from nowhere. Madame's
ayes as of old followed Monsieur, more
[eebly measuring the floor in his slip
pers.> But the customers-few and new,
they remembered not the old days. One
terrible night there broke out in the
restaurant drunken row. From her
seat at the high desk Madame saw: she
feared her that her Monsieur, gently beg
Eing for order, was in danger. With q
shrek she few to his defense-the cour-
lge of lioness, grant you, but discre-
ton lacking. In the ARRAY a detective
was severely wounded. Madame was
arrested, and though she was presently
released, the place did not regain patron
age. Soon it was again in strange hands.
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The Reign of Bohemia.

ONE one persuaded
Maria's husband to
move uptown, to
the Tenderloin. It
was q bigger place,
more prosperous
perhaps, but never
the same. The old
timers missed the
wide, worn boards
of the bare floor.
The long tables
were succeeded by
smaller ones where
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

people In WASH
ington are interest,"
ed. If Washington
were consulted in
the matter it is
probable that At
torney G e n e + al
John P. Elkin
would be the man,
but Mr.. Elkin 10
the candidate for
the supreme bench
in Pennsylvania,
and hasann0,,ncod
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

The average age of the Japanese
navy is lower than that of any other
navy in the world. No one over 20
years old is accepted for enlistment.
The average height Is feet 4 inches
less than the average height of any
other navy in the world.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

toonists of tn e
country. went dur
ing the last presi-
Dental campaign
has brought a pro-
test from. Secre-
tary Shaw against
the use of what he
all anarchy
breeding pictures
in the coming
campaign. He be-
lieves that these
pictures, where
they 60 to ! ex-
%ro~o4c NJ ~n~,,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

veloping against
Secretary cortel-
you as the nation
al repu b lican
chairman. Quay is
said to! have start
ed the opposition
to the selection Of
the young secre-
tary. Of commerce
and labor, and but
a few hours before
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
MIN !! D IFS \
Big Cattle Show:

Us Threegreats cattle breed ers' associa,
lions will hold shows at the Minnesota
state fair. The disp Jays of the Ameri
can Shorthorn Breed ers' associatio,yp
and Of the American Hereford Cattle
breeders associa lion are well known
to patrons Of the fair, but the Ameri
can Aberdeen Angus Breeders has not
been as prominent The breed is con.
stantly growing IN favor, and Aber.
deem Angus cattle are now extensively
raised on. the Minnesota stock farms
Recognizing the value Of this breed
the board Of managers Of the state
fair have devoted generous premium
classification to the Aberdeen Angus
breeders, which is supplemented by sc
special premiums offered BY the Ameri.
can Angus Breeders association about
81, 900 in cash prizes being offered for
Aberdeen Angus cattle. q. F. Curtis,
of Ames, Ia, will Judge the Aberdeen
Angus cattle this year. ~ .se... *
The Minnesota state fair opens Aug.
20 and closes Sept. 3. Half fare rates
have been secured on all railroads lead
ing to the Twin Cities. - !. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
Woman's Lodging Houses.

F women are not
wanted at the chop
houses, there is an
increasing number
of places where only
women are wanted.
Not restaurants.
Even the famous
Martha Washing
ton, first of wom-
ems hotels, is glad
to feed the brute
for his money. 1t
is indeed a favorite
place for dining
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
The "Business Mans Lunch"

RE there other cities
this side of arts and
London where men
spend as much time
over their lunche-
ons as in New
York;
Out Of this trait
has grown a host
of queer luncheon
habits. There was
one famous place.
De Isles, reached
by q long tunnel
from the street. 1t
had to move; the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
..Quav's Successor.

Who will succeed to Quay's place in
the senate is a question in which many
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
Fighting Cortlevou.

An echo of Quay's political influ-
ence is found in the fight that is de-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
Queer Individual Successes.

THIN a ston
throw of the Black
Cat Martin, an
1rishman who pro-
nounces it MAR
tang" made such a
success of a French
restaurant t Ia t:
W b e n Delmonico
moved up = town
Martin followed in
the old Delmonico
place at Twenty
sixth street, and
still maintains it rs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
Washington ER
L1TTLE STORIES GATHERED AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. 4.
OBJECTS: 3 i 10 THE e., !, o!Ns
Secretary Shaw. Thinks Funny Mems
: Pictures Breed Anarchy -.sena-
II - tor Hoar the Friend of Print
ers-other Capitol Gossip.

Washington. Recollections of the
extremes to which some Of the car
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
Il Little Hero.

Perishing in trying. to save his
younger brother from drowning in the
Mississippi, at Minneapolis, John Otter,
aged 10 years, died a hero ~ "
Several boys were swimming near
Thirteenth avenue NE, when Matthias
Otter, aged 8 years, ventured beyond
his depth and cried for help. His broth
er hurried into the water and caught
the little fellow. He managed to push
HIM to the shore, but was SO fatigued
that the current was too. much for him
and he was himself carried beyond his
depth. Before his companions on the
shore realized what was happening,
the young hero sank and drowned.
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A Unique Plan.

|, At last plan was hit upon for the
utilization of the old bob tail cars that
for many years did: service on the.
street railway lines in Minneapolis and
St. Paul Some enterprizing genius
has purchased large number of them
from the Twin City Rapid Transit
company and is removing them to the
shores Of White Bear lake near Wild
wood, where they are to be transform
ed into summer cottages. Twenty of
the cars have already arrived there. 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
Will Improve Power. 3.

C. c. Cokefair, general manager Of
the General Power compang, owner of
the water power on the St: Louis riv-
er at Duluth has returned from the
East and announces that the bonds OF
the company have been placed and
plenty of money will shortly be forth
coming to develop the water power.
The company is making preparations
to award the contracts at once for the
construction and machinery. The in
stallation of the first thirty horse
power will cost s., 600, 900. The plan
is to use water powe, to develop cleo
rical power for Transmission. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
Hoar Favors the Printers.

Senator Hoar has for years been
looked upon as the guardian of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
The Little Red School House.

e>A~ 3AASSAS AS0N SNAAOO4 AAoN0Os
Little red school houses on the hull
are being built in Minnesota in large
numbers, if the school loans made by
the state investment board are an in
dication of the number of new struct-
ures. The board loaned approximate
ly $500, 900 in the fiscal year ending
July 81, 1903, and the amount will be
greater in 1904. This sum includes
loans to counties and townships, but a
large part of it is to school districts
for building new school houses or re-
pairing old structures. The state
auditor has no information as to the
character of the new school houses,
but it is learned from other sources
that the buildings erected this year
are generally more substantial and
more commodious than those built in
previous years ty:l ; s.sz $ ..z;;
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\ swell restaurant with = large patron
age. ." p. .s.s ,}eys& AZ $:s> ,.jz 81
A Hungarian started q restaurant on
Second. Avenue, in an unfashionable
neighborhood. He gave good dinners
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
Well Pleased.

James Wilson, secretary of agricul.
ture, was in St. Paul on visit Of in
spection to the Minnesota experiment
station. Secretary Wilson was enthusi-
astic over the. work which is being
done at the state farm. He says that
the Minnesota station hardly has its
equal in the world; that the work in
research and agricultural experiment
which is being done there is Of the
greatest value, and that it will revolu-
tionize many ideas in regard to agri-
cultural methods. The experiments in
regard to the development of dairy
products and the feeding of dairy ami.
mails are among the most important
which are being done at the station.
The results of the investigation con-
corning the feeding of dairy animals
going on: at the institution will be
made public soon, and will astonisb
the authorities on the subject. The
department at Washington is enter
ing into hearty cooperation with those
in charge of the experiment station.