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him HeEWas one of the 6rst publ emen
In Washington to acquire It, and he IL
as devoted to it now as he was 1t the
beginning. " e.. '1> n H15.55*'s
1t was Harlan who responded gri1mly
to somebody's question as to what the
game of golf was like: 1T isn't game.
1t Is disease" That was years ago,
when. not everybody was innoculated
with the virus; but he is no better now
than then. At the beginning of every
summer, after the conclusion of the
spring term of court, the justice grave
~ packs in his trunk a lot of cases
which he determines to examine DURING
the vacation at his leisure, and he ships
the trunk with his other baggage up to
his place at Murray Bay. Every fall.
regularly, he expresses the trunk back
to Washington, with the straps still
unloosened and the catch still sprung.
He devotes himself assiduously and con-
tinuously to golf from the time he lands
at his summer home until the cold
weather calls him back to realization
OF the seriousness of life. -
Harlan is not the only golf player on
the court. Justice Mckenna is almost
equally enthusiastic, though not equal
ly skilled, and several of the other mem
bers occasionally join in the game at
Chevy Chase.
There is nothing more delightful than
to see the dignifled justices unbend as
they do with eagerness and dispatch
when once they have descended from the
bench and cast aside their robes of
black.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

The latest and most efficient as we'll
as the most humane method of get
ting rid OF a pest of rats is by the use
OF electricity. Such, at any rate, is
the opinion of the proprietor of large
grain warehouse in Rochester, N. y,
where the rats until recently were So
abundant that their depredations
were an actual source of financial
loss. Since the Introduction of scien-
tiftc methods, however, the rats have
been killed off so rapidly that within
short time they will be practically
extinct.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

pTaTlan mas deVel-
oped somewhat along the same lines
as the modern college president He
must be first of all fine executive with
a capacity for organization. And in the
case Of the congressional library the
executive quality is more strikingly
In evidence than in any other American
library.
Under the old regime when the library
occupied cramped quarters. in the cap
itol building it was like walking into a
secondhand book shop to enter. Great
piles of books we're scattered around,
filling odd corners and blocking the pas
sages. 1t was always miracle that any
given volume was ever found when it
was in demand. But somehow by in
tuition, perhaps, or by the exercise of a
marvellous memory, the venerable H.
brarian, Spofford, who had thumbed the
volumes as they came in, for 40 years
could almost instantly put his hand on
any given book. He stood immersed
in an ocean of books ready to answer
any question that was put to him and
to give all sorts of information to all
sorts of people.
But when the new building came a
different order of talent was required
and that talent was not fully obtained
until Mr.. Putnam became librarian
The development of the library in five
years under his supervision is some
tn1ng marvellous. Where before there
was chaos. there is now the system and
precision of great mercantile or manu~
featuring establishment.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01
M % I, \ I! VIA n EWS.
: . Il n = t25.s5 - -
Hurrahf for Our Butter.

F&ftEE
Minnesota has captured everything
IS sight il the frstsbutter scoring At {
the world IS fair. 55s 1t J.: ( = Il. @' 4.
+ Butter men say her record in this
event is phenomenal; and compliments
are being showered on the Bread and
Butter State for the great showing
made, and state representatives there
are just touching the high places as
they blushingly receive the compli-
ments.
Minnesota wins first and second place
for creamery butter as follows:
M. Sondergard, Hutchinson, w. F. :,
Stahman, Loretta, and l.. Larson, OAR
win, each 9s]5 points; L. B. Anderson,
Of Albert Lea, and H. H.. Jensen, !.
Clark's Grove, each 9sA points. h
Print Butter: Mrs. J. C. Joslin, of
Winstead, first place with 97K points-
Dairy butter: Mrs. l.. M. Holmes, Of
Owatonna, first place, with 96k points.
Thirty five other Minnesota entries
scored 90 points or better, which places
them in gold medal claim, and over
eighty scored for silver medal. The
judges were: :.
Oscar Douglas of Boston, John Mid
dlestead of Chicago and B. p. White OF
New York, who, without knowing
whence the butter came, pronounced it
the finest lot they had ever tested; it
being the highest average ever attain
ed by any state in such a contest.
They agreed that such results could
only be attained by excellent pure food
laws carefully enforced, and praised
the state dairy and food commission
and the commission for the many en-
tries t;t and care shown in making exhi-
That three men from one state
should come within a quarter of
point of the record score for the United
States is considered remarkable, and is
the topic of conversation among dairy
interests.
Wisconsin took third place for cream
cry butter, with a score of ninety-sev-
en-.
North Dakota had nineteen entries
in the creamery class. Miller of Ell
lendale, Knowlan of Wishek, Suther-
land of Hemple and Miller of Forman
being highest, with e311 points each.
The balance were between that and SO,
the judges knocking all samples on &C
count of wild onion flavor, otherwise
the points were high.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01
Iichtuiug's Work.

A bolt of lightning struck the house
of L. Thomas at St. Paul Park and in
jured Mrs. Minnie Thomas Of Great
Falls, Mont, and her 15-year-old son.
A cash three inches wide was burned
from Mrs. Thomas left shoulder to her
hip. The wound, while not deep, is
exceedingly painful, and she is kept in
her. room from the effects of the shock.
Her son Vernon was seated on sofa.
He and the sofa were hurled across
the room. The boy was rendered un-
conscious, and it was fully fifteen min
utes before he was brought to.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

The morgue proper in New York
city consists of large room parti.
toned off with glass, behind which
are rows of marble slabs with cold
water running over them constantly.
On these slabs in a nearly nude state
as cold and white as the marble itself;
the dead are laid and remain in full
view for three days or less according
to the discretion of the keeper of the
place. A refrigerating plant keeps the
running water ice. cold, which is
found to be better preservative than
ice. 1t is seldom the Institution is not
crowded.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

The first cultivated rose is said to
have been planted in Belgium in the
year 1922. The damask rose was
brought from France in 1873, the moss
rose about 1924, and the China rose
some so years later; Wild roses are,
however, natives of all parts of Brit.
ain. In Wethering's British Botany
only five distinct species are said to
be indigenous, but in Rockers and
Arnott's British Flora" 10 species
are mentioned, but some writer's on
botany raise the number to as many
as "a.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

toroon adventures, Mrs. Elias, who
was said to have deeced him for SO
many years.
When the veteran and venerable An
drew H. Green, Father of Greater
new York" was. shot dead in the street
oy a negro lunatic, the district attor-
ney, after an Investigation, publicly
stated that the lunatic, who acted
through jealousy, had mistaken his
man. But the truth never overlook
the error.
Green had been for many years one
OF New York's most distinguished cit
liens. He was a close friend and DO
htical adviser of Samuel J. Tilden, with
whom he lived for'six years. He, more
than any other man, caused the con-
solidation Of the city of New York as
II Is now known. He was most use
1ul citizen, but even his great name
could not stand the imputation-which
endured in spite of Jerome's statement
that he had been the dupe of COL
ored adventures. A movement that
had been begun to erect a statue for
him was quietly dropped. Then peo-
pie forgot.
Until the other day, John R. Platt,
man "a years old, brought suit
against the Elias woman to recover as
much as possible Of $6S5,O00 that he
claimed to have given her in eight
years, under threats of exposure. Last
year the connection, made years ago in
the usual way, cost him, he said, 1885,
900.
The suit unveiled an amazing series
OF condolences. The house in which
the Elias woman lived stood beside one
that was it's double in appearance,
where Mr.. Green used sometimes to
call upon nephew. Green, like Plat,
was old and feeble and wore a short
white beard. The crazy negro mistook.
That was all.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

him to rank per-
haps at the head
Of his profession
in the world. He is
certainly the finest
example in the
United States of
the educated libra
rian versed in all
the latest wrinkles
and at the same
time imbued with
the all essential at
tribute of a libra
rian, the love of
books for their
own sake.
The modern IL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

Senator Aldrich himself, and because
extreme cruelty" was charged.
Senator Aldrich breaks in his inter-
esting family relations several -prece-
dents. In the first place, he has a very
large family, and in the second place,
he was not until recently rich or any,
thing more than fairly well-to-do. Ten
years ago he seriously considered re-
firing from the senate to devote his
time to earning money for his family,
but was persuaded by more powerful
political interests in Rhode Island to
go back for zone term more;" and later
for still another term. The young AID
riches lived very plainly in house by
no means large on street by no
means SWELL
/ Meanwhile Senator Aldrich's fortunes
have prospered until he is now f1nan-
cial power in state that holds more
multimillionaires than any other in. the
union, after Illinois, New York, Mas
sachusetts and Pennsylvania are
named. The Dorrances are of the old
Rhode Island aristocracy and no drum
mer that enters Providence, but knows
of the Dorrance House that perpetuates
their name. The Dorrances rank with
the Dyers, the Goddards, the Hazards.
and other great families Of the state.
Socially, the Aldriches arc newer.
though now great power, u '*
Thus = Newport begins the. season
quite IN. character, with a divorce suit
to talk about, along with the recent
disquieting disclosures as to the effect
Of Newport "charities'] and reckless ex-
travagance in spelling the ''peasantry.''
Of that once self Getting city, and
putting It's inhabitants out Il Of time
with swOrk. OWEN l.ANupoNs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

the librarian of
congress, at the
Round Table club,
which nc h e S
every day at the
library when Put
nam is in town,
and generally also
when he is not.
The Round Table
club is an institu-
ton peculiarly Mr..
Putnam's ow n.
When he took
charge of the IL
brary he discov-
cred that he was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

Wooden water pipes dug up in the
streets of London, Eng, about four
years ago, after having been in the
ground for about two centuries, were
in an excellent state of preservation.
They were mostly elm logs, and none
OF the pipes exceeded seven inches
bore. IN one instance two lines of
wooden pipes were connected together
by cast-iron bends. Some pipes made
of fir and some of oak were found
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

Leather crossties were put in the
Boston & Albany at the West Spring
field freight yard in June, 1901. At
this particular place chestnut ties have
to be renewed annually on account Of
the continuous switching over them,
but the leather ties are now in as
good condition as when first laid, &C.
cording to T. J. Sullivan, the division
roadmaster. The spikes are stated to
be as firm as when first driven. The
ties are made of scrap leather
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01


Washington and one of the most
efficient. When he was made as
sistant secretary he was the
youngest man who ever held the office
Close following him was William E.
Chandler, who was assistant secretary
under Andrew Johnson, and who was a
little under 80, but few months the
senior of Armstrong at his appoint
ment. Chandler, who is to-day the
youngest man of his years in public life,
called on Armstrong for the first time
few days ago, and the two compared
birthdays with friendly rivalry.
When Armstrong came to Washing
ton as the private secretary to Secretary
Shaw, three years ago, he was Chi
cago newspaper man who had probably
never given the treasury an hours seri-
Gus thought in his life. But it didn't
take him long to catch on to the game.
and before anybody realized it he was
shaking up the dry bones and making
revolutions in the administration of the
department that made the old standbys
rub their eyes in amazement.
1t was Armstrong who ordered the
scrubbing of the treasury pillars and
fixed an intelligent system for number
ing the rooms in the building, besides
Improving immensely the administra-
tive effectiveness of the treasury force
When, on the secretary's recommended
ton, he was promoted to the position of
assistant secretary the old fellows
opened their eyes still wider; but he
has made good in the one place as
In the other, and. is held in high
esteem.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

nished with luxury and Scomple tenesss
Upon 5a@vessel Of such size there Is no
complaint Of the scramping quarters
that are objectionable aon smaller ones.
Her proprietor. crosses the Atlantic In,
her In perfect comfort. "
:: Beside the Lysisfrata the two yachts
that are to contend for the cups are
tiny. Yet both are more than 200 feet
long, the Kanawha, holding the cup.
is OF $50 tons displacement; the chal-
Longing Kauoli, is of $50 tons. The
winner must make nearly 20 knots an
hour, speed which is exceeded by sew
eral OF the fast ocean liners, by a num-
Der of torpedo boats and by whole
fleet of the little auto boats" that are
the rich mans fad of. the moment.
The reason is manifest; the big boat
must be seaworthy; must carry coal
for an eight-day cruise; provisions,
stores, men, ice, water. The owner of
the auto boat does not care how often
she Goals up-when he is not on her.
What he wants is to go like sixty for
a few hours and then get out, with a
nervous Americans Impotence, to do
something else.
Bennett has acquired something re-
sembling the continental calm. Though
practical newspaper man-how prac-
tical those know best who have worked
for him he gets plenty of time off,
never lets business! Interfere with
pleasure, and at 81 years of age people
are justified by his erect appearance in
thinking him, as most people do, still
a young man.
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to save endless labor, those banks in
which Mrs. Elias was known to have
money were coupled with others in
which she might possibly have it. AS
a matter of fact, most of them had
never heard of her. She really did
have about ten substantial accounts.
the house she lived in and other valu-
able real estate. She spent money like
princess, apparently crazed by the
fever of buying.
A 1avor1te delusion of the woman.
who passed for a Cuban or Spaniard.
was that she could by cosmetics and
massage whiten her skin and wine
away forever the "dash of the tar
brush" That was, in its way, rather
pathetic. "
Bankers discuss the question: Of car
rying what they call "blackmail &C.
counts" Probably there were few large
banks In the city that do not frequently
refuse profitable accounts because
these are accumulated in ways obvious
~ queer and are likely to lead to awk-
ward exposures. When such an account
Is started in spite of the care of the
officials to Insist upon identifications,
they sometimes resort to the device of
insulting the depositor so that he, or
she, "gets mad'' and withdraws the
account. There is, however, one bank.
uptown that asks no questions and is
supposed to carry quite a profitable
line OF business that would read rather
spicily in print. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

The news comes from Paris that
the operation of extracting radium
from the ores has been considerably
shortened. The preliminary process,
which produces the material to labor
atory dimensions, now occupies one
month, where it has previously taken
three months. 1t is estimated that up
to the present about 100 tons of ore
has been used to produce about one
fifth of an ounce of radium.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

Ashley, Ia, has the champion egg
eater of the United States. George
Richardson, stock buyer of that
city, has an appetite for hen fruit
that is not satisfied by the usual allot.
ment, as he demonstrated when he ato
81 in 20 minutes in the presence of
witnesses. Richardson thinks nothing
of eating two dozen at one sitting, and
experiences no inconvenience from
the unusual number.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

With the exception of one large firm
which has the contract for furnishing
shoes to the French army in Northern
Africa, there are no manufacturers of
machine-made shoes in Algeria. I'm.
der the contract for the French gov.
eminent, only leather produced in
France or the colonies Of France can
be used in the making of army shoes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

Tea was grown in Japan in 1902 on
an area of 120,197 acres, producing
57,457, 611 pounds In the previous
year the area was 1912 acres, and
the production 57,984,067 pounds.
These figures do not include the Island
Of Formosa, which in 1901 produced
13,752,946 pounds, making the total
for the empire in that year 1884, 13
pounds
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

The largest dwelling house in the
world is the Freihaus, in a suburb
OF Vienna, containing in all between
twelve and fifteen hundred rooms, di.
vided into upward of four hundred sep
arate apartments. The immense house.
wherein whole city lives, works, eats
and sleeps, has 10 courts-ive open
and eight covered-and a garden with
in it's walls
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

may be addressed
in vain until the
next term of the
supreme court; for
1t Is a tradition of
the court that
when the justice
reaches his sum-
mer resting place
he shuts himself
on entirely. from
the ordinary con-
nections of life.
Justice Harlan~is
president of the
Golf club at Murray
Bay, an hone or
which Ia ~o~n-S.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

Macaroni, vermicelli and all similar
preparations constitute, as a whole,
the most important Of breadstuffs i'm.
ported for consumption into the Unit
ed States. In the fiscal year 19O2-O3
the combined imports of these prod
ucts amounted to 29,670,191 pounds,
valued at $1,2oo,41s; in the previous
fiscal year the imports were 23,7Sv,756
pounds, valued at $974.929
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01
Newport and the Divorce Mill

IL recent divorce
suit of Mrs. Mary
Dorrance Aldricb
against her hus-
band, the son of
Senator Aldrich,
has made some
thing of a stir
In the stats of d.
vorces because the
defendant is a
brother /of Mrs.
John D. Rockefel-
Ter, Jr.; because of
thu
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

Armstrong, the as
slstant secretary
OF the treasury,
who has immedi-
ate charge of Gus
toms.
Armstrong Is a
handsome young
chap just turned
80, with a smooth
face, a clear eye
and a winning way
and he is as bright
and brainy as he
is attractive. He
To one of the most
popular officials in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01
The Blackmailing Bank Account.

NJ HUNDRED and
nine banks a n d
t us IT companies
were named in the
papers drawn for
Mr.. John R. Plat
in this suit. Thisled
in some quarters
to the story that
t h e adventures
had accounts in so
many places. This
was untrue; in the
haste of drawing
nm tho nororc owl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

Lawsuits are settled in a novel way
in India. When dispute arises over
the ownership of land two holes are
dug near together, and the two op-
posing lawyers nicely planted up to
their, waists. The first one to be bit
ten by a fly or who becomes so ex-
hausted that he has to be exhumed
loses the case for his client.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

derb1lt He is here to witness the race
of two other steam yachts, tho Kama
rwha'and Hauoli, for the Lysistrata cup,
which Mr.. Bennett offers. His own
yacht 10 the Lysistrata. The Lysistra-
ta is Of 1000 tons burden, steams 20
miles an hour. cost $6z5, 900 to build
and . small fortune to run. and 10 fur-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01

paid a few days ago
to Crosby S. Noyes,
the proprietor and
e ditor of the
Washington Even
ing Star, on the
occasion of his
reaching the age of
70. All the lead
ing citizens of the
c "a p i t a l, where
Mr.. Noyes has
passed more than
mali a century of
his life, united in
giving him a re-
ceptiOn and pre-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01
Tommy Quinn, Editor.

LIZ AOA6 OACVA ld1A-
.ty about the fate
of the Daily News
is ended by the
announcement of
its purchase by
Tommy" Quinn,
q go Cd natured
/ + j S h = American
from B o S t o n,
whom everybody
likes. 1t has been
Mr.. Quinn's fate
to lead more for
lOrn hopes than al.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01
''Bennett, Newspaper Man."

\ M E s GORDON
BENNETT, pro-
prietor of the New
Y ork He raj d;
globe-trotter, auto
mobilist, yachts
man, man of the
world, is in New
York, the skipper
Of tn e.: largest
steam yacht in the
world, with one
exception, the VAL
liant of w. X. Van
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01
= THE ENTERPRISE.
w. E. HANNA FORD, Publisher.
VIRGINIA. = MINNESOTA

On the SUBMITS of the Rigi and Pr
latus Alpine gardens are to be main
tanned hereafter for purposes of bo-
tanic study and for the preservation
and propagation of rare Swiss plants.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-07-01
Spiel |' { |. Of / new |. YORK.
A BUDGET OF ENTERTAINING
GOSSIP. FROM GOTHAM. -
CASE OF MISTAKEN identity
Queer Mystery Unraveled by the
Troubles of Millionaire Platt -
Pleasures of James Gordon
Bennett-Other Gossip.

. w YORK. A
more a m azing
story. Of folly and
r e t r / b u tt on,
coupled with mis-
understanding long
endured, but final
ly ended by a de-
nOuement that re-
stores faith in hui
man nature, was
never unfolded even
In New York, than
that of Millionaire
Plat and the Oc-
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Made g. Reputation.

One of the young men who has made
a reputation during this administra-
fi1n ic D@l1~A n
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Tribute to Moves.

One OF the must unusual tributes ever
paid to citizen of Washington was that