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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17
i LOUIS A. COOLIDGE
s Dog--FaruainR..

In Manchuria dog raising is prac-
ticed upon pretty much the same scale
as sheep farming in Australia, proper
tionate to population, Of course A
pretty BRIDE such there be ii. the
land-does not take her dowry in spe-
Gle. or in land. Dogs are the dowry,
sixsif she be the daughter Of poor
parents, more il they be wealthy. The
brutes serve as meat for human con-
sumption, their gnificent .coa.1 be-
ing converted into rugs Forty to fifty
Thousand of the friends Of man are -
treated every yea j BitS
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Farmers Wife Held Up.

While Peter Schaust, who lives about
one and half miles north of Delano,
was attending church a masked robber
entered his home and compelled Mrs.
Schaust to give up what money was in
the house. At first she refused, but he
drew a revolver and fred couple of
shots, one Of which just passed her
head and frightened her so much that
she gave him the money. on hand,
amounting to nearly $500. The con-
stable and sheriff were at once notified
and are working on the brief descrip-
ton Mrs. Schaust could give of the
robber, who they think was no stran-
ger in that vicinity.
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the white house
to tell him of his promotion to the
cabinet
Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut, was
postmaster general. He had been flirt-
ing with the candidacy of Secretary
Bristow, whose aspirations for the
presidency were not favored by the
administration, and one day about the
time of the national convention Grant
called Jewell into the cabinet room
and asked for his resignation, at the
same time requesting him to suggest
a successor. Jewell yielded grace
fully, and suggested Tyner, who was
at that time first assistant postmas-
ter general. Grant sent for Tyner.
who promptly came to the white
house, for he was not accustomed to
being summoned by the president.
"Mr. Tyner," said Grant, looking at
him severely, II have decided to
make change in the Office of first as
sistant postmaster general Tyner
gasped and turned pale. II should
like to have your resignation" con-
tinued the president, "as soon as you
can give it to me-" Tyner bowed
submissively. "And, if agreeable to
you,'' continued Grant, II should like
to have you accept the Office of post
master general.
Tyner almost fell to the floor in his
establishment. 1t had never occurred
to him THAT he would have a place in
the cabinet. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

June-the latter the most important, if
fair degree of success attends it.
The social prestige of Newport as the
only August resort of the exclusive has
been shaken by the growing practice of
owning country homes of large extent
and of giving numerous week Send
house parties" at them. Many old hab-
tues of Newport find the place almost
uncomfortable now because OF the compli-
cation of divorced couples. 1t ism t pleas
ant, to say the least, for people in high
society to meet sundered fragments OF
once presumably happy couples now
gathered into new relationships.
Bishop Burgess, of the fashionable
Long Island diocese, which half the year
includes so many social elite, heads a
movement for the cutting OH OF the priv
lege OF remarriage by the Episcopalian
church to divorced persons. It is a
curious coincidence that very close re-
lative OF Bishop BURGESS predecessor
was herself divorced and remarked
within the church. 1t is not an easy
problem.
Newport has one tower of strength. 1t
is the summer home of the British lega-
ton, as Therapia is the summer home Of
the foreign embassies at Constantinople
The young men of the British embassy
are of excellent family-the foreign Of
fee knows our American foibles-and
they can dance.
The presence of the naval element in
Newport much of the time counts for
less socially than one might suppose
since the considerable increase in the
number of the officers. A naval officer is
in society if he happens to be; once he
would have been in society because he
was naval officer. The North Atlantic
squadron divides it's favors between
Newport and Bar Harbor. Last year it
even visited Oyster Bay, a..
The strangest thing is the social resus-
citation of Saratoga, mainly accom-
plished by the late William c. Whitney
and the racing element. For 20 years it
mad been without hope of recognition
though prosperous in a way, Then allat
once the apparently impossible was &C.
complished. Saratoga again had its sea
sson. "I It will have another this year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

A recent estimate of numbers adher-
ing to the great religions of the world
is as follows: Christians, 549,017, 341;
Mohammedans, 202,048,24O; Jews, H..
037,000; Confucians, 253,O0O,00O; Tao
lists, 100000; Shintoists, 100000.
According to these statistics the total
population of the world is nearly equal.
ly divided between monotheists and
polytheists, the latter including the
savage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

A Flemish physician planted in a
pot of earth weighing 200 pounds a
willow branch weighing five pounds.
He kept the plant we'll watered. In
five years it. had gained 1854 pounds in
weight, while the earth in the pot had
only lost two ounces. He inferred that
the gain had come from lie water: but
modern botanical science proves that
the gain was, in great measure due
to the carbon absorbed from the air.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

The craze for pictures has taken
away much desire for dolls, and little
girls seem to prefer books. music
boxes, tracing or drawing states and
fancy blocks that can be arranged into
a number of beautiful figures, if the
designs are followed with a chart that
accompanies the Set The child-mother
instinct that was so beautifully illus.
trated when girl was caring for her
doll baby seems to be decidedly on the
decline
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

new and most deadly poison has
been discovered recently, as noted in
scientific journal, by Mr. Lascelles
Scott, an Englishman The substance
is scientifically known as di-methylar.
sine cyanide. or more Familiarity as
cyanide of cacodyl. Three grains of
this substance diffused in a room full
Of people would kill all present. 1t is
white powder melting at SO degrees,
and boiling at 40 degrees. When ex-
posed to the air it emits a slight va.
por, to inhale which is death.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

Interest is being revived in the pro-
posal to build a tunnel under the Eng.
lish channel to connect England and
France. This was first taken up Sc.
riously SO years ago, and more recently
it progressed SO far that the work was
commenced at'each end of the line, but
was abandoned some years ago quite
suddenly because of the change of at
titude assumed by the English nation
toward it's French neighbor. The mat
ter has been taken up simultaneously
on both sides of the water.
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OF the United States
has found a burial
place in Washing
ton. The nearest
approach to it. of
course, is the tomb
Of. George, Wash
ton, 16 miles down
t h e.. Potomac, at
NJ O u It Vernon,
while Jefferson, at
C b a r lettesville;
Madison, at Mont
pelier; Monroe, at
Richmond, and Ty-
Ter, at Richmond,
sxYis
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Princess Royal Island, British Co

Princess Royal Island, British Co.
lumbia, possesses remarkable popula-
ton in the form of an Albino colony
OF birds and beasts of many species,
which live ION the snow line in that
island" Already there have been
brought three white crows, a white
mink, two white kingfishers and sew.
eral white mallard ducks. The latest
of these captures is raccoon, it's white
fur being touched with pink on the
breast and Sides
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

The most beautiful volume in the
Congressional library at Washington is
Bible which was transcribed on
parchment by a monk in the 10th CEN
fury. The general lettering is in the
German text, each letter is perfect and
there is not a scratch or blot from lid
to lid. Each chaper begins with a
large Illuminated letter, in which is
drawn the figure of saint, some Incl
dent of whom the chapter tells.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

According to a Philadelphia physi.
clan, in generation or two the Japs
will average the same stature as Euro
peans. 1t is only their legs that are
short, he says, and this comes from
their habit of sitting in a cramped
position on the floor. Western cas-
toms are being adopted, and he thinks
the little brown man will soon length.
en- out.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

N. Tyner, w h o
was Grants last
postmaster g'e n
eral. With three
exceptions, Tyner
is the only sur.
vivor of those who
served in the cab
/ n ct d u ri n &
Grant s two ad-
illustrations.
Of '.Cyner it is
said that no man
was more sur
priSed than he
when the presi.
dent called him to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

dent, the curious
result would fol-
low that the pre-
siding officers of
both houses of con-
gross would come
from the same
state Illinois -
provided, of course,
that a republican
house should again
m a. e: non
speaker.
Such a. conjunc-
ton has never hap
pened before in the
history of the gov
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

When a year old the plumage of the
ostrich is usually large. enough and
fine enough to begin plucking, which
is one of the most difficult and danger
GUS operations of ostriculture. A few
of them are driven into. small corral,
when one by one they are pushed into
a small angular Enclosure, and long.
narrow bag is placed over the head,
with a hole in the end to breathe
through. Then one man holds the bird,
while the operator -skillfully clips and
pulls at the feathers that are ripe
When blinded, the bird becomes very
tame. ~ az. 5s .ss ~ 55ts
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

Metallis iridium possesses a white,
steel-like appearance. The knife edges
of delicate balances and other bearings
which require extreme hardness are
often made of it. An alloy of 10 per
cent iridium and 80 per cent platinum
has been found to be very little affect
ed in volume by changes of tempera-
ture and is the substance of which the
standard meter kept in the interna-
tional metric bureau at Paris is made.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

eralship of the
army, after the
retirement Of the
re S e mt incum-
bent, Gen. Dodge,
is one of the most
interesting fig
ures in the mill
tary service of
United States.
Sniffen is about
go years old now,
but he has the
appearance an d
vi or of a man
Of 49,. and appar-
Ar .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17
The Case of the Bacchante,

EFT. in the same mu-
scum stands on ex-
hibition an;entireiy
nude figure; of a
woman dancing un-
der the influence of
wine, MacMonnies's
+ a m US "B a c.
c h a n t e." H e r e
there is no sugges-
ton, as in Biondi's
group, of degener-
acy due to alcohol
ism and inherited
from father to son.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

: The island of Nordstrand, the. only
portion of once fertile North :Friesland
which is as yet unreclaimed, is now to
be saved from the sea by the coz
struction of large dixie. The island
was first separated from the maialanc
by a terrific storm in 1884, during
which over six thousand persons were
drowned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17
do not quite know how the new, public.
temper towards gambling will AFFECT
Saratoga; local sentiment; at least, will
not favor a strait-laced puritanism. Sar-
atog has tried that. efz&,b =. .:4&
The Btondi Statue Dispute.

UGH to Its amaze-
m e n t, easy-going
New York finds it.
self immersed in a
dispute about the
pure in art, just as
if it were Boston OF
Cincinnati.
The Italian sculp-
tor, Biondi, made q
work of unques-
TONED beauty, so
far as workmanship
goes, and made a
contract with the
Mathematician m,1-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17
The Commencement Season.
EW YORK is just at

r !" 1OHh is just al
present the center
of. a vast business OF
holding commence
ment services. The
public schools make
more and more
every year of the
closing exercises,
upon the sound
principle that a
good many of the
pupils will never
have another CON-
m e n c ement, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17

sort season, which
is August here,
finds ready for it's
diversions hosts OF
smart" people who
have already en-
joyed a Lenox sea-
son in September,
an Aiken season in
midWinter, a Ri
viera season in
March, a Paris sea-
son in May and a
London season in
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Killed in elevator.

Nick Reinart, was buried in a bin Of
screenings at Elevator K, Twenty
ninth street and Garfield avenue Min
neapolls, and his body was not recov-
cred for three hours. +:
1t was thought that when he was re-
covered that the spark of life had not
been entirely smothered, but after
working over him for some minutes it
was discovered that he was dead
The accident was due to the fact that
the chute leading from the bin was
clogged up, and when Reinert entered
the bin to ascertain the cause the
screenings started and sucked Reinart
to the bottom of the bin. He leaves
wife,
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pretty we'll developed when a man can
leave New York. return on the
same boat in less than three weeks
and spend eight days in Paris and
London meanwhile.
Passengers in increasing numbers
avail themselves of these hurried trips.
The old-fashioned grand tour" is still
common enough with plain people who
really go to Europe with some idea OF
self-improvement, but business men
strike straight for London or whatever
point their needs indicate. Society
women in early spring seek the Riviera,
where there is a complete absence of the
usual art galleries and the like. A little
later London for the season." Paris for
shopping-less of the latter than for
merly-and they are ready to return in
time for Newport or for country house
life.
The height of the London season is
June. At that blessed time of year even
London sometimes passes whole days
without rain. The long twilight lends
itself to garden fetes. The terraces of
the Parliament house are in their glory
Long before August IL the season begins
to break up.
Steamship travel feels the cross cur
rent. The heaviest passenger lists are
taken over in June, the most crowded
shiploads of returning tourists are looked
for between August Is and September TO-
There is a supplementary season OF fash
ionables who go over in April and return
in early July. These do not fill up the
ship. They are the kind who do fill the
most expensive rooms. At such times
the 1880 bridal suites" of the Deutsch-
land are eagerly sought. Parlor, bed
room-real beds, not berths-bath and
toilet, cost man and his wife 500 day
each for the brief, swift passage. No
hotel rates in the world are to be men,
tone in the same breath. People who
pay $500 to 81 1000 for a couple of rooms
de luxe for one passage are by no
means uncommon. All the newer and
bigger ships make elaborate prepara-
tons for this profitable class of passen-
gers.
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:: SUMMER u / ] |: !. SEASON )
PLACES THAT ARE POPULAR
WITH NEW WORKERS.
MODERN TRIPS TO EUROPE
Majority of Them Are Made in a
Hurry: Neutrality-suspicious. So
ciety Goes in August
Other Gossip.

EW YORK.-GOv.
Odell IS in. London.
He started from
New York May "a
for C h e r b o u re-,
spent four days in
Paris, went to Lon
don, and at the end
of four days there
will sail for New
Y Ork. H e will
reach this city after
an absence of only
20 days.
The A t ! a n t tic
steamer service is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17
:, Girl Disappears,

Considerable. excitement. has been
caused at Crookston by the disappear
ance of the 14-year-old grandchild Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward O'Neal from
their farm, d few miles from there.
She has been absent several days
and no trace of her has been found.
She disappeared Saturday evening, and
the following: morning buggy tracks
were found at one corner of q pasture
fence not far, from the house.
The entire neighborhood has been
searched and the grandparents are dis
tracted. =.
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Abraham Lin
coln,. it is recalled
that nearly 40
years ago a sim
II ar movement
W a 8 authorized
by con gre s $,
backed by some
of the best known
men .inAthe United
s t It e s, tn a t
money was raised
BY popular sub }.
scripti.o y, the de-
sign for "a monu-
mont approved,
a site selected.
on y turned ] i over 60
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17
Talk |. Q lASH|1NGI|O
TIMELY ANDtINTEREsTING Cos.
b: SIP OF THE CAPITOL. !.
REMINDERS Of GEN. GRANT
His Former Private Secretary Soon to
-. Be Paymaster-G General of the
Army-Tyner Was Mem
Der Of His Cabinet.

'Washington.-Col c: c. sniffen,
who is in line for the paymaster gen.
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A Monument. to Lincoln.

Now that it is proposed to build in
Washington a suitable monument to
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Tombs of the Presidents.
1t is an interesting, though not sur
prising fact, that not single president
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17
Illinois and the Gavels.

If it should happen that Representa-
tive Hit should be. elected vice presi-
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Tyner's Promotion.
A pathetic reminder of the Grant
administration was the trial of James
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-17
Suicide.

Mrs. Frank DeBilson of Foley, age %,
committed suicide by taking carbolic
acid because she had little difference
with her. husband. About the last
words she said to him were: kiss me,
Frank; it will be the last time
She formerly lived in Minneapolis
Her parents reside at New Ulm, and
the be taken there for burial: ~
News Notes. = MI
Fire caused loss of $500 in the feed
store of Brings & Co., 31s West Sew
enth street, st. Paul. :: - ~ 81. ~
According to the Insurance Press for
June the amount of money paid to the
benefciaries of life insurance policies
in Minnesota during 1908 was 81, $780,
6s1. ~ I Fl g s<2f Ss%. S. B
Mr.. sand Mrs. Joseph Corner, of st.
Paul, will spend their honeymoon in q
chicken coop. ~ :sza. Vi. III.
!. Philip Bardon, in a suit filed in the
district court Of St. Paul, claims that
his telephone knocked him across the
room and inflicted severe injuries
upon his person, for which he sues
the Northwestern Telephone Com.
pany for $1,000 alleged damages. 4, 81, Il 4:5
A fire broke out in the barn of
Frank sMeisetschlage st. Paul, and
two horses and the barn were burned.
Dispatches from Luyerne stxte that
former Senator Herbert j. filler off
that city announced that he lis q.
didaf q f0v. a ho xv1, III 10 -,
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MINI u NE VS..
]. Farmers institutes.

Anew schedule Of farmers Institutes
has been prepared for the next two
months by Supt Hoverstad OF the state.
experimental station. It will call for
institutes to be held in Pelan June q;
Badger, June SO; Roseau, June 10;
Halloch, June 2ls Stephen, June 22;;I
Argyle, June 90; Warren, June q; Ada.
June Is; Halstad, June 2s; Fisher, July
l; Bemidji, July 2. :. There will he |aS
number of prominent Minnesota agri-s
culturists at the Institutes to assist in
the work, and great benefit is expected
to be derived from them. Among those.
who will take part In conducting them
are Prot. Kaufman of Fargo .agricultrz.
ural college; James A.. Wilson Of the.
pure food commission at st. Paul and.
Col. r. A. Wilkinson of St. Paul Mr..
Hoverstad has been fortunate in secur-
ing the consent Of these men to act as
assistants, and he hopes to secure one.
or two others before the Institutes are
closed. - E5@
:! !: Burned to Death. H.
Devotion to her children cost the
life of Mrs. A. L. sHauser, Minneapolis.
Mrs. Hauser. was heating a can of var
nish on her cook stove preparatory to
applying it to the floor. The Ere from
the stove ignited the varnish and it be-
gan to blaze. *.
Mrs. Hauser, having a mothers
thought for her two children who were
asleep upstairs, attempted to throw
the burning can outdoors, but in doing
SO her clothing took fire and soon she
was living torch. '.; E..
Her cries brought the neighbors, but
before they could smother the fire the
woman was burned so badly that moth
ing could be done to save her.
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Arrested by Hackdrivers.

Through the persevering Efforts Of
four St. Paul hackdrivers, a young man
who calls himself Donald Stewart was
was arrested there after a long chase
early Sunday morning. =.
Stewart is accused of having stolen
S24, 900 in certificates of deposit from
j. E. Hall of Duluth formerly rail-
conductor. IT,
It was afterward found to be a mis-
take and Stewart was released. ~
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.ss.. .5 a site selected,
and captured cannon turned over To-
the monument associa ion by the war.
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The Summer Resorts.

IN Hus the summer re-
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

given at the new home of Mr.. and
Mrs. b. F. Haley last Friday evening.
The invited guests present were: Mr..
Hamp Haley and daughter. Messrs
Fred Best, Walt Talbot, Don McPhee,
Horace Pollack, Ed. McLearn and Ed
win Tribble, Misses Hattie Parker
Rena McPhee, Lizzie Cram, Maude
Martin and Ella Peterson. Music,
songs and games were INDUCED in. At
II 30 dainty lunch was served, after
which all departed wishing the host
and hostess much happiness in their
new and beautiful home.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
GYPSUM GYRATIONS.

A. McGlochlin visited Red Cliff
Monday and Tuesday.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Gan
non on Friday, January 8, bouncing
boy.
Some of our young ladies are be
ginning to worry for fear there will
be no sleighing this winter.
Mrs. Gerard, the popular landlady
of the Travellers Home, spent the
latter part of the week in Salida.
Emmett Thompson, who moved tt
Eagle some time ago, was shaking
hands with his old neighbors here last
Saturday.
The song service conducted by oul
pastor. Rev, Bonnell, on Sunday even
ing was enjoyed by larger congre
cation than usual.
V. A. Davis of Leadville was in
Gypsum last Tuesday working for the
interest of the International Core
spondence school of Scranton Pa.
Owing to the illness of the presid
ing elder, Rev. Kirkbride, the services
which were to have been held at the
church Friday evening were indefinite
ly postponed.
The G. E. met with Miss Hilma
Grundel on last Wednesday evening
Two jolly loads went from town with
Fred johnson and Grover McGlochlin
as drivers, and all report fine time.