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

plant. Never before at an exposition
has there been even half as much
power developed as supplied from the
various prime movers in the Palace of
Machinery. In large boiler house
standing west Of the Machinery build
ing, filed with the latest and best pro-
auctions of skilled boiler manufactures,
steam is generated to- supply 10000
horsepower to the various engines in
the Machinery building. In addition
to this about 10000 horsepower is re-
ceived by electric cable from power sta
tons in the city of St. Louis. But the
greatest interest is in the engines them
selves rather than in the large capacity
OF the exhibit, for among them is a
giant turbine or rotary engine develop
ing 5000 horsepower, besides others of
similar type of smaller capacity. This
Is the first display of turbine engines
at a large exposition, as it's develop
ment is a very recent achievement of
mechanical engineering and invention.
At the Chicago Exposition the larg-
est gas engine developed only ten
~~A0~ H~"~A1 <AS VA0ASOA " d. LOUIS
may see gas engine with the capacity
OF 300 times larger than the Chicago
engine. The 5000 horse power gas en-
CINE is the largest engine Of it's char
acter ever built Many other gas en-
gines Of various types developing from
1000 to 1,750 horsepower complete this
feature Of the exhibit, and there are
many Of the more familiar reciprocal
ing engines of the latest pattern and
highest efficiency. =. = =
OF the total number of prime movers
in the Palace of Machinery about one
half are comprised in what ia known a.
the Exposition power plant, the other
half being exhibitors engines. Nearly
all these engines are connected with
electrical eenaratnr. and tina novAr II
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
WOMEN "BUCK THE TIGER"
How the Dealers in a Montana Gam
4 bling Resort Get the Work.
ing Girls Wages.

In Butte, Mont, there is a gambling
| house where the patronage of ladies
is the special feature of the manage
! ment, and where all kinds OF women
play the good old game of faro, perfectly
at home and without fear of interrupt
ton. The entrance is from an alley near
Broadway, and the house is luxuriously
furnished. Carpets are laid on the
floors, softened lights shine over the
players, courteous attendants deal and
shuttle the cards and pay bets or take
winnings without the slightest sugges-
ton of the 1ncongruity of the situation,
says the Denver Republican.
Here many fashionably gowned wom-
en- of Butte's elite come in parties or in
pairs with escorts, to quietly venture sill
yer or goldpieces coined from copper by
their husbands, who busy themselves In
Buttes continuous political war
Women Of the business world keep
track Of the game, and both dealer and
player usually maintain a rigid silence.
Money is passed out for chips with the
simple word, five" or ''ten, "and con-
versation is economical to a minimum.
And there are schemes to inveigle the
unsuspecting that only the initiated I'M
derstand. Many women of the middle
classes are among the most regular pa
irons Of the place. A waiter girl was re-
Gently observed playing her weeks
wages with phenomenal luck. With SIS
she had won $50 and had cashed in her
chips with charming GOODNESS prepared
to go home winner" The dealer paid
her without comment. He counted out
the money-two twenty-dollar bills, ono
ten, one five, four dollars in silver. two
half-dollars. She picked up the money.
put the bills in her purse and laid a
half dollar on the ace. It lost. She laid
down dollar. It won. Another few
moments and she had lost the silver. Re-
luctantly she drew out a 'flve-dollar note
and began to play again. In a few deals
she was playing heavily again. In half
an hour she was broke. It was simple
trick which has won the bank many mill
lions OF dollars after the player cashed
in-the manner of payment. One is re-
luctant to break a bill, but silver is con-
venient to lay down on card, and most
gamblers will do it. Before they know ii
they are again drawn in to the game.
They sometimes win, it is true, for the
games are on the square, but one cannot
win always, and the chance on a second
round is in favor of the 'tiger."
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Perils Of "Self-Doctorinp -

1eI11s OF Se11-Ooctor1nE."
Large numbers of people in prosper
Gus circumstances die as sexagenarians
from ma1adies which are evidences OF
degeneration and Of premature senil-
ity, while many who pass this period
go on to enter upon an eighth or ninth
decade OF life. The former class COM
prise those who have lived without re-
stratnt OF their appetites and who have
sought to allay some of the conse-
quences by Standardization, while the
latter class comprise those who have
lived reasonably, and who, If annoyed
by imperfect digestion, have sought re-
lief by abandoning the errors from
which it sprang.-London Lancet.
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Big Man and Little wo,.,.,.

She was demure little woman with
q baby. AS the car was crowded she
did not put the little one. who was old
enough to sit up. on the seat beside
her. She carried it on her lap, and
made room for a ierce-lookine. biz
man with . newspaper.
The child kicked its tiny feet in de-
light ct the strange things it saw while
riding along. and It's shoes rubbed
against the big mans trousers. zE. {.
Perhaps, madam" he exclaimed.
you imagine that this conveyance II
your private carriage?" = -
Oh, no I dom Z was the prompt r., r..
ply. L It were .o4 wouldn't b ri1ins
n it."-I1t-BitA e : % 49,,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

Eyes, my poor sister writes that she
is unhappily married.1 She says she
will never trust another man."
But what in the world is wrong?"
"She says she married Harold to re-
form him, and finds that he has de-
ceived her utterly-that he only ate
five cloves to lead her on, and that he
only knows two pages of Hoyle when
1t comes to cardplaying."- Chicago
Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
A Common Mistake.

A Common Mistake.
T., "Sir!" exclaimed the injured party,
you stuck your umbrella into nv
eye"
"Oh, no." replied the cheerful Of
fender, ''you are mistaken"
mistaken %" demanded the irate
man.. "Yon idiot, know when my eye
is hurt, guess
"DoubtleAs," replied the cheerful
{a'Iow, "but you don't know my UNI
brella. I borrowed this one from a
friend y."-Tit-Bits,
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I: softman-I've never seen the girl yet
that I'd care to marry, but / suppose
some day I'll get caught. H.,
Miss Perte-Oh! Whoever catches
you will probably throw, you back
again Chicago Chronicle. : .@.5 ).
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Quick MATURITY.

She climbed the hill with me,
Did Rose. A bud was she,
And sweeter one no man has ever knownl
She got there out of breath,
And nearly tired to death;
In fact, instead of bud, the Rose was blown!
~ O. Times-DemOcrat
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Percy. and Lionel.

- Percy. and Lionel. S n a
Eyes, it's pretty hard to tell just hoN
to name babies SO their names will be
appropriate when they grow up: There
was my Uncle David. He had two sons,
and he called them Percy and Lionel.
Percy is blacksmith now: :.3ss 3
What's Lionel doing?' -, .ss Y
Lionel? oh, he's doing we'll. Runs
one of the biggest sausage factories in
st. Joe county, Chicago Record-Her-
aid. d" ~ ,.a2# q
Not Any Old One.
Yes, hitch your wagon to star, !5a
And hitch it to a bright one; sSSl.E.
But while you're hitching take good care
To hitch it to the right one. S."%
Cleveland leader q. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24
4 Truth Brought Home

DO you. think its possible Tor one TO
learn anything by taking Z course III
that correspo ndence school he's con-
Quoting :" ~ SIS S.. ~ , SS
| Oh, yes one Is likely 8 learn Whist
e fool one was 70 bothsr With -.
Philadelphia Press. & & sss.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

Miss CUSHION say us girls think of
nothing but men?
Mr.. Crustycuss-I do. Why, you
can't even laugh without saying, che,
he, he!"-Chicago Chronicle,
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Easily Afran4ed
A 5He EdlresIf

= cold cold world z remarked fhe
dismal citizen
the ibeauffy 81 "a !, gi1,eplfeds;
The coal baron iicaSIso
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-03-05
tom TELLS MATT ABOUT 1T.
Everything Generally Winds Up With
Moral.

a NofAl
Hello. Tom
Hello, Matt. How is tricks:'
~! pretty fair. Yer wasn't down to
Cieary's last night"
No, I'm having devil Of a time
with me ducks,
"How's that. what's the matter with
them:
20. two of them has their necks bent.
Yer see, it's like this. they went TO sleep
the last cold night We had with their
heads under their wing and their necks
got froze and they can't straighten
them out.
NY. NV. that's too bad
We'll. what was going on down ut
Clearys last night. Tom"
Nothing much. We played few
games of forty i've. and by the way,
Matt. Cleary has q new set of dominoes
he got from one DIR. Daniels in Boston.
We played u couple of games but Il Ell
pretty late and Cleary got inttos sr sn-
star and we bad MA and the evening
il. and hey - Ia 60 outside to settle
hr .s' CORA when he got us outside.
:'=..iu good night. and almost forgot.
Matt. to tell Yer Cleary had something
the matter with his horse so he sent TO
this man. what's his name, wait a
minnet- wait a minuet- have II. Dr.
book with about one hundred pages.
under the sun about horses AHA ShStie.
I'm going TO have one of them books,
Matt. if | have ia walk to Boston for it.
The book saws Daniels Collie cure Will
cure a horse with collie within an hour.
Now Matt. just think of she time Dave
Harvey went five miles for the Doctor
and when he got back his colt WAS dead
And saw Matt This man Doctor Daniels
makes all kinds of medicine for animals;
when get me the book III tell yer all
/ about them"
Well, I:.' -H". -, 800. sIsat car. ar
doctor in the first place." He didn't
il WAS his wife. Yer see, she WAS getting
had smells abont the house; and She got
afraid of them things they be after call
( ing Germs. and she thought they make
. Disease and the children would be
getting sick so she bought bottle OF
! disinfecsant called Daniels Carlo
I Negus, aud you see the package had q
. circular inside about veteran medicine
+ and his horse wasn't well. 80 he sent and
I got the book. Yer couldn't get IL away
. from him with derrick now
We'll. Tom As yer was saying as how
( Dave Harvey lost his colt, il put me In
mind Of the time me grandfather had q
sick horse 80 he thought he'd lead him
7 10 the doctor. Well. the horse was putt
sick. bAt he went along al rient until Hs
I goI to the bridge. Well, IN those day
the po.tman carried horn. He'd blow
I when he left the mail. so me grandfstheI
! saw him coming down the road and wher
/ he got on the bridge, he asked him L
give q blast Of the horn agin the horse
and W hen he did. the horse give one jumI
and over the bridge into the river ane
was drowned
I MORAL. Look for the fellow tina
al 10. ha nf A
Go6D--JUsT The sANE-he will put YOU
stock over the bridge into the river O
Z Death. DANIELS VETERINARY MEDI
( ,ISEs are the only GENUINE. You cal
/ doctor your own stock. You don't hav'
Ia send hve or ten miles for n Neterinar,
surgeon. You save MONEY. TINE ant
/ YOUR STOCK. Keep il always ON hand
Book of your Druggist OF send 10 cent
( TO DIR. Daniels. IT, Milk St, Boston.
/ Yours truly,
MAX OTELL
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-03-05
Learned to Spell Three Times.

Think of man learning how to
spell three times and then not being
able TO spell correctly" said an observ-
ant man who takes an interest in sub
jects Of this sort. land You sill have
my case summed up exactly. l am
not what you would call bad speller
by any means. But stumble now and
then. and stumble badly. Why is lit
II Is the simplest thing in the world.
grew up in the country. attended a
country school and my first spelling
was under the rules Of the old-time
school teacher learned how to spell
on my feet. 1t is a curious fact that
for = long time I could not spell the
simplest words unless stood up.
Standing could spell anything. and.
In fact, was always winner In the
spelling be-. No one could turn me
down. as we used to say in the eoun-
try. Well, after this. learned how TO
spell with my pencil. All my spelling
talent went into my pencil. My tongue
forgot the art, and whether standing
or sitting. I could not spell word I'M
less it belonged to the simplest kind
without using my pencil. Now l began
10 use the typewriter. and consequent
" had to learn how TO spell again. ASK
me how to spell word now and !
will have to go to the typewriter IN
less the word Is very simple one.
Ny tongue won't spell it. and my pen
Gil will refuse to write ii. So l have
learned TO spell three times. and as
said befre, am not good speiler
yet."-New Orleans Tmes-Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-03-05
WHERE ARMIES HAVE FOUGHT.
Men Have Made War on Ice and Be
meath Earth's Surface.

When the American marines and
the Colombian troops recently con
frortel eseh olLsT at Colon IL looked
for a time as II battle Was TO be
fought on the pier OF the Royal Mail
Steamship company
The pier Is rather an unusual place
TO fight battle. but battles have been
fought In many curious places, rang
ing from mountain peaks TO sewers,
from ice fields TO desert sands.
At the battle of Monterey. in the
Mexican war. the Americans were able
to command the streets OF the city
with their artillery. but they had dim
Guilty in dislodging the Mexicans from
the houses. So. the city being built OF
stone or adobe in solid blocks OF
houses. the Yankees broke through the
walls from one house 10 another. fight
ing and driving out the enemy. so that
the battle OF Monterey was largely
fought indoors.
In one OF tie battles OF the wars OF
William the Silent. for the indepen-
dence Of the Netherlands. the Spanish
ships were frozen in on the ryder Zee.
The Dutch came out on horseback
over the fee and attacked them. This
is probably the only battle in which
cavalry was ever used directly against
ships. Several other combats were
fought between troops on the ice in
these wars, and on one occasion the
infantry is said 10 have worn skates.
The battle Of Austerlilz was partly
fought on a frozen lake. and when the
allies were retreating across il the
shot from the French artillery, plung-
ing into the ice and breaking II up,
caused the death of thousands OF Rus
slams and Austrisns.
OF the many underground battles
which have taken place in history. the
fercest was probably that OF the siege
Of Harlem in the Dutch wars. The
Spaniards mined and the Dutch coun-
termined with equal industry, and be-
low the ground fierce conflict ragged.
When the Versailles troops took
Paris after the Commune they chased
some OF the Communist troops to the
great sewers OF the French capital,
where some desperate struggles took
place Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-03-05
Japanese Brains.
YORKTOWN, ARK.

The Js1anese have attracted so
much attention and admiration by
lheir. reparkable profess in the ideas
and. practice OF Western civilization.
as Well as by their native genius in
art. that the results OF an investiga-
ton OF the brain weight of the Japa-
nese people as compared with Euro
peans must interest everybody. For
% years Professor Taguchi. of Tokyo
University. has been studying the
brains of his fellow-countrymen. He
shows that with adults ths. rsh55HHiP,
weight compares favorsh -, 80,
f afs sat!l s. rl,s i ssihiar stature. and
may even be slightly superior. There
$ one striking difference. however. in
ne Iacp JuaI the Japanese uTdIu SIOws
more slowly during infancy and early
.outh than is the case with Europeans.
In Janan. as everywhere else. there is
ound positive relation between brain
weight and stature-thaI is, the larger
brains. generally speaking. 60 with the
larger bodies.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-03-05
women's Work in Korea.

AS there are no labor saving ma.
chimes in Korea. women's work is done
by the crudest and hardest methods
possible. from hulling rice with a
heavy wood or stone pestle to wash
ing clothes by beating them in the
streams and ironing them with sticks.
In order TO iron. the clothes must al
ways be ripped apart and wrapped
round a wooden roller while damp.
They are then beaten by either one or
two women 1t is surprising to see
the gloss on the white calico and the
sheen upon the linen produced by this
method OF ironing. 1t surpasses the
dressing one sees in this country on
newly bought linen. Since the people
dress exclusively in white. the wo
mans day-and often much of the
night. too is spent in wash-ironing
ironing and sewing.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-03-05
Meat and the Physiose,

The improved physique Of the jap
anese to which you recently called at
tention. writes a correspondent. 10 IN
doubtedly due o the more generous
diet which they have enjoyed Of re-
cent years In the past they were veg
etarians more from necessity than
choice. and their staple focd Of rice
and pickles. though 1t made them tough
and wiry. stunted their growth. This
is proved by comparing the average
Japanese with japanese wrestlers.
They come OF the same stock. but they
seem to be different race. for their
average height must be close to six
feet. and their weight something pro.
digious. They are curious example
of heredity. for some OF them can trace
their wrestling ancestry back for CEN
turtles. and they have always oeen meit
eaters.-London Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-03-05
AMERICANS IN PORTO RICO
Estimates Ran From Six Hundred to
Five Thousand.

Estimates Kan From SIX II undred 10
Five Thousand.
The question is, how many Ameri-
cans are there in Porto Rico? The
number has been variously estimated
from 600 TO 5OOo. but all estimates are
mere guesses.
A census was taken in 1899 at the
close of the year. and at that time, ac-
cording TO the enumeration there were
1860 persons on the island who were
born in the United States. This was
one year after the occupation. and con.
dltions since then have changed SO
that the figure Is scarcely of any as
sistance at all in estimating the number
now here. or the total OF 1869 on the
island born in the United States, ESQ
resided in the department Of Baya-
mon. which is the district where the
capital Is located. OF those in this
district nearly all resided in San Juan.
the capital being the residence of GSl
OF the CSC OF the 1869 born In the
United States and residing here. only
Isl were women.
OF course. these figures do not in
clude the soldiers who were here. and
excluding that element in the popula-
ton. we believe that most observers
will admit that the number Of Amer.
leans on the island has increased since
that date. and also that for year or so
the number has been decreasing.
Perhaps the year 1902 was the year
of the largest number Of Americans
on the island. The population is so
restless and so constantly changing it
is difficult 10 get any accurate est
mate.-San Juan News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-03-05
THE HAUNTED CITY.

Some hearts remembrance and regret
Fill every street with life profound;
This corner where OF Old we met
To me has since been hallowei ground;
] never pass in sun or rain
Now, but meet You here again. Sfl,
1zu
We cannot so from where We dwen "
And leave behind no lingering trace;
Where in the past our shadow tel 4
A shadow OF us haunts the plase; az
Returning now. ourselves may there
Disturb some ghost of what We were.
The stones are thrilled by many tread
That leaves no footprint where il strays;
Shades OF the living and the dead
In silence throng the noisy ways;
Here where | meet in shower or shine
Your ghost, you haply meet with nine.
The air has sounds we cannot hear.
IL dim with shades that none Can see;
Tho dear the living voice. and dear
The sight OF living voices he.
With kindlier warnings yet we greet
The friends we see not when we meet.
A. 81. John Adcock, in The Spectator
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-03-05

to morrow" he said, earnestly "Shsl
you he there
Il think So"
"Ah. l thought perhaps you'd had
enough tennis this season. Goodby."
A parting squeeze OF the hands-how
hot his were-they burned like fire
and he was gone.
what was Mr.. Warne talking TO
you about when came in;" said Mrs.
Young. 80
"Oh. tennis and books and photo
graphs" said Margery. blushing as she
remembered that hand-clasp.
He seemed very nervous, and ac-
tually said eood.by five times, and held
your hands quite an unnecessarily long
time" severely.
ibid he. mammal" innocently.
We'll" said Mrs. Young. with ap-
parent irrelevance. your father and
i will he content as long as You are
happy"
That evening Margery dreamed that
Godfrey Warne had proposed.
But he never did.-Violet Defries, In
the Free Lance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-03-05
WISE WORDS

Hope IS the mainspElRS Ct He ll.ss.-
Socrates.
~ Thou vert worthy. thou cou.dst
..lve no mercy.-John Mason.
Error and vice and injustice follow
inevita bly, n disregard Of conscience
II we cannot live so as TO be happy.
let us at least live SO as TO deserve
hapriness.-Fichte.
a man may become weary OF daily
toll. but il does not produce as much
depression as does daily idleness.
Take thy self-denials gayly and
cheerfully; and let the sunshine OF the
sladness fall on dark things and bright
alike. like the sunshine of the Al
miyhty.-James Freeman Clarke.
a happy nature is sometimes gift
fore be cultivated and acquired: and It
should be a definite aim With those
who are training chiid.-Lucy Souls.
by.
The most dangerous thing about the
path of sin is that many believe II
shortcut 10 happiness. 1t never has
led there and never will. but its lying
fingerpost deceives thousands every
year just the same
Degrees infinite there must always
be. but the weakest among US has q
gift. however seemingly trivial, which
is peculiar TO him. and which. worth
lily used. will be gift also 10 his race
forever.-John Ruskin. q
The great CONSIDERATIONS Of life arc
apt TO come suddenly without warn
ing. While we are patiently and faith
fully keeping sheep in the wilderness.
the messenger is journeying toward US
with vial of sacred oil TO make Us
kings-Saxe Holm.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-03-05
Deafness Cannot BE Cared

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion ofthe ear There is only one
way to cure deafness. and tina, Is ty eons,i-
tutional remedies. Deafness il caused by an
innamed condition Of the mucous lining o!
the EussaehiaR Tube. When this tube Is in
famed you have rambling sound or imper-
feet hearing and when il is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the imam
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored 10 its normal condition, hearing will
be DESTROYED forever. Nine cases out Of ten
are caused by eaIarrh which IL nothing but Al
innsmei condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness caused by ea,arrh tina. can
not be cured by Hsli Catarrh Cure. send for
circulars free. p CHENEI 4 Co., Toledo, D.
Sold by Druggists, I5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.