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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
THE OLD PERCUSSION CAP.
Has Been Improved Out Of Exist enc&
only Found In Museum
Collections.

what do YOU want? A box of caps ?
Percussion caps? Bless my soul
young man; / haven't seen a box in
years. l had almost forgotten there
ever existed such thing as a percus-
sion cap"
The speaker was ar old-time gun
dealer in Broadway. A youth had en-
tered the store to buy a box of caps,
says the New York Times.
What kind of gun have your" he
said. AN old-fashioned, double-bar-
rel, muzzle-loading, steel-twist, choke
bored shotgun. OF course. Well. they
are pretty scarce now, except in mu-
seums and private collections And
what curiosities they are, to be sure.
"The boy who got one of them as a
hand-me-down from his father OF
elder brother. or from his pet uncle
always had his pockets full of caps
and tubes, or nipples, as some called
the parts on which the caps were fit-
ted. He always carried along a few
pins to pick burnt powder out of the
nipples, so that the Illuminating pow
der in the cap could ignite the explo-
slve within the breech. . Well. well!
1t carries me back to think of my old
gun.
percussion caps? The making OF
them is practically a~dead industry. II
was invented out of existence. Oh
course there are caps still, but they
form part of the center-fire cartridge
used in breech-loading arms We call
them primers also. At one time
making percussion caps was tremen-
dous business. l do not remember
much about the manufacture in the
United States. as l came here from
England. but when I was boy in the
old country half a century ago the to-
tai output for sporting guns in Europe
alone amounted to 800, 100000 caps a
year. They were made of copper, OF
which metal the consumption was
over 100000 pounds annually.
MY father was interested In the
business of making these caps The
process was quite simple. The blanks
were punched out OF thin rolled cop
per in the form of cross, with short
equal arms. or with only three arms,
and having been annealed we're
pressed into caps by means of dies
which folded up the arms and united
them into a short tube The central
part of the blank formed the top OF
the cap. which sustained the blow OF
the hammer. The inner bottom Of the
tube, or cap, was touched with so.
luton OF gum, or glue, upon which
the Illuminating powder was dropped.
All that did not stick was blown or
shaken out, and that which remained
was covered with a small wad of pa
per or other material, which in turn
was vanished TO render 1t waterproof.
Billions and billions of caps were
made for the armies of the world
and the machinery was very ingenious,
especially that at the great Woolwich
arsenal. And just to Athink-the day
Of such caps is ended! 1t is hard to
realize that an article once in so great
demand has been improved out of ex-
istence"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
Meat Eating Causes Appendiciti,

McNt Eut1nk CHuSeS ApDen01Cif7N.
Inf a recent discussion at the Acad-
envy of Medicine, Paris, Lucas Cham
pionere said that every day more con-
firmation was forthcoming of the idea
that it was the abuse of meat diet
which was the principal cause of appen-
dicitis. In those countries where the
natives eat very little meat, aszin Brit
.tany, appendicitis is very rare. In Eng
land and the United States, where a
great deal of meat is eaten, appen-
dicitis is four times more common than
in Paris -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

Out VI town. are
the printing offices
OF the magazines
and other publish
ing houses.
Il h e beautiful
building of the
G. o S m opolita an
Magazine at Try
inston is a anil
lar object w peo-
pie passing it on
the Central or on
the Hudson boats.
II is odd, however.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

~ w. " -
ferent as Two men
could we'll be, but
both interesting.
Forbes was the
scion of a family
prominent in Bos-
ton for genera
tons. He inher-
tied wealth and
brains. With the
latter he was en-
abled to see early
in its history that
B ell Telephone
would be very
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

a Buddhist temple
in New York. 1t
would not be
strange if it We're
to have some
American born
men and women
as members.
Esoteric B IL d.
dhism. whatever
that may mean,
has for years had
m a n y VOtaries
here. It's princi-
Plies are, as ex-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

that the young
man who lost
s405.0oO in five
nights play at
faro was Reginald
Vanderbilt, an d
that the gambling
house that got the
money-by cheat
ing, Jerome says
". a S Canfeld's.
Canfeld's mysteri-
Gus agents deny it.
That was to be ex-
pected.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

that man. of the >'' Ao. lodges
Cosmopolitan employees continue to live
in the city. Every summer afternoon
they leave one OF The fairest spots on
earth, where the air is fresh and cool.
and homes are abundant and cheap, and
schools the best, and walks and drives
elysian-to plunge into the murk and
reek of he sitting city and seek their
tenement homes. And though the edi-
tor in cl,ief makes lrvington his head
quarters it is necessary to maintain a
New York Office.
Mr.. Munsey tried to establish his
printery as far away as New London,
but the success of the experiment was
doubtful. Book publishers can do this
to rathe: better advantage when they
maintain their own plants. which is not
the rule, The Putnams have a plant
at New Rochelle. 20 miles away. The
Appletors have for many years main
tanned enc in BroOklyn-not the coun-
try exactly. but at least it is upon cheap
land. ard tenements Whereabouts for the
hands are cheaper than in Manhattan.
Some Of the book printers work is done
as far Dut as New Haven.
The Harpers, however, retain to this
day a great printing shop on the site
OF tn: first essay OF the firm, Frank
lin square. There all their books arr
PRINTED, though by pretty bit of senti-
ment some Of MIR. w. D. Howells' fine
Stories of country life in Ohio have
been. "set up by Mr.. Howells' brother,
who is still. as was Mr.. Howells himself
IN youth, country printer in that
state
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
How 1t Works.

How 1t Works.
Prison Superintendent-Her a lot
of official documents showing that the
man who has been in cell 80 for the
last ten years has been found inno-
cent of the crime for which he was
convicted.
Assistant-Hum! What's to be done
now?
Observation-Disclosures him out
n. Y. Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
3<grggal1iov and chill Life
BY g. CAMPBELL MORGAN,
Noted London Evangelist.

Let the boys and girls play together pray God
there may be separation of the sexes III our schools
God knew what He said when He referred to the boys
and girls playing together in the streets i'll innocent
amusement If l had my way I would change the
Y. Nj. c. A. and the Y. W. c. 4. so they would be
known young peoples institutions say, God for
bid separation of the sexes. -.
When the streets of Chicago arc made fit for the
child to play in then the millennium will have been
reached With perfect safety the child may he made
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

feet of floor area
en- six floors, or
10000 feet in all,
in which every
part of the cOmpli-
Gated process of
m a n Il f &C t ur-
ing fancy biscuit is
done by machin-
cry and in which
go, 900, 900 packages
of biscuits can be
made in a year.
1t is in the heart
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

was about the heaviest loss ever sus-
tanned in an ordinary gambling house
in single week in this city. At any
rate, it was steep enough to make even
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

=s-. " hite Light for Plants.
1t has been proved that plants thrive.
better !! under white: glass than under
= cen: s 81 ~, s5.s ,.. s=
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

"Just as the train was leaving the
handsomest man entered the crowded
car and sat down beside me. Unfor-
tunately. however, he got off at the first
station" - 81, -
"of course. He couldn't get of be-
FORE F1iegende Blaetter, VI -, > ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

Two Picturesque Millionaires.
J. Malcolm Forbes died in Boston.
AlvlnZa Hayward in San Francisco.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

No Hurry.
He-This is the fourth time l have
come all this way to get your answer.
How long are you going to keep me
in suspense?
She-Haven't you a 50-trip ticket?
Brooklyn Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
GOSSIP OF new |: YORK.
OWEN LANGDON'S BUDGET OF
GOTHAM CHAT.
FACTORIES IN THE CITY
The Advantages Outweigh the Disad-
vantages with Manufacturers
Problem of the Gambling
Householder Notes.

New York.-A bakery has just been
opened in New York which has &c, 600
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

Printeries in the Suburbs.
OF all forms Of factories those that
have met with most success in moving
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
To Gambling, S4O5, 900.

district Attorney Jerome might Just
as we'll have said right out in meetin'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
TraInpe.l on Wrong Foot.

Trampeal on Wrong Foot. Il
Dear me-" said the .ckiropodist, ~
the good bishop put his. foot upon tile
hassock, that's avery bad toe yo;1
have. Looks as if it had been mashed =
Il guess it has,: 1 took dinner with
Brother and Sister Goodman yesterday,
and the lady seems to have thought
my foot belonged to her husband
Chicago Record Herald. :
s' The Plot and the Hatch.
The author scribbles deep in thought,
The hen has ceased to scratch;
The one is Matching out plot,
The other plots hatch.
-L:ppincott's.
Full. VALl'E.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

New Works. Buddhist Temple.
A number of picturesque Americans
Of japanese birth are about to found
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

About the Size of 1t.
Ideals die too fast, tits said;
But why should people mourn?
For every one that shuffles off
At least two more are born.
Enquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

What does he need an Office for? He
never does any work.
"Well, he's~got to go somewhere while
his wife does the housework. Chicago
Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
Full. vALVE.

Amy-My brother, the explorer, was
telling me that in some parts of Africa
You can buy wife for few old sar-
dine cans and beads
Mr.. Crustymugg-Well, a coed wife's
worth that-Boston Globe
Switching OF the Old Man.
Mr.. Elder-There is sometime want
to say to you, Bessie-er-that, is. Miss
Kutely. 49, =: ~ ~. ~
Miss Kutely-call me Bessit II you.
wish. % ,*.>s ..ss:..sss22s*s s
MIR. Elder-Oh, may I? -
Miss Kutely-Of course; all It'd gen.
tlemen call me Bessie.-Phili 1elphia
Ledger
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18
A Great Composer

1T was a mistake to ask that man
if he thought America would ever pro-
duce a great composer. L am afraid
you hurt his feelings *sS
Il: don't see why responded the mu-
eical young woman. .s. 4.
He is-the inventor Of soothing
p.-Washington Star. zssss:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-18

The LawyerI'm afraid I'm going
blind
The Friend-llS ever mind old man
! So long as you retain your sense of
touch YOU II be all righ adge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16
SOME NICE ouhsrIoNs.

The city of McAIechen, West Virginia, had a good mayor. but he is out now. The good people of McMechen elected R. L. Hibbs to the mayoralty about a year ago on a reform platform. The mandate they gave him was to shut the saloons, drug stores and news stands on Sunday. and to shut them tight. He has tried faithfully to exc cute this mandate, but his efforts have not been crowned with success. He has found it impossible to inspire the coun- cil and the police with his own zeal. The other day Mayor Hibbs resigned. T do not think he said, that God ap- proves of my remaining in the execu- tive chair of city so run down mor- ally"
 By so resigning Brother Hibbs has raised some nice questions. Some will think that it was his duty to continue to try to make MeMechen as good as he could, even if he couldn't make it quite as good as it ought to be. Aud there are others who will think that Brother Hibbs neglected his duty to himself by not hanging on to office and salary. There are many who don't and wouldn't think of reslgning on ac- count of the moral condition of their city. They calculate on doing what good they can and incidentally drawing the salary and enjoying the honor And who can say that they are not as efficient and useful as Brother Hibbs, even if they are not conscientious in the same way he thinks he is?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16
COAL FoR J4PAN.

Awhile ago the Russian government issued a proclamation containing list of articles which may not be carried to Japanese ports in neutral ships without
 making these ships liable to capture by Russian cruisers. Coal was on the list, and there is quite stir over the matter in England. The shipping agents, yes sel owners and coal exporters are nat urally all of a single mind They argue that it is absurd to hold coal shipped either to Russia. or Japan as being con- traband of war. It was estimated that on the 1st of March something like $4,- 100000 worth of coal was afloat in tran sit for Japan. Some of this had been sent through the Suez canal. while other coal ships made the long voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, in order to avoid the Russian ships in the Med iterranean and the Red seas. The rates of insurance on these coal cargoes have ranged recently all the way from 10 to 25 guineas per cent. It is merely the cargo that will be held contraband, not the hliis, according to the general opin- ion in shipping circles. and as a result insurance has been placed on the hull of British steamer carrying coal for Japan via the cape route, according to the Glasgow Herald, at 1 per cent, while more than 25 per cent. had been asked for the reinsurance of the cargoes of ships carrying coal to the far east via the Suez canal.
 Perhaps there are Russian cruisers |lest that can be spared to chase coal ships. but if the truth has been told about the Russian navy and what has happened to it there doesn't seem to be any great reason for much worry by those interested in coal cargoes bound for Japan.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16
PRoMTsIxG PLAN.

Although. perhaps. women are holder and more capable of taking care of themselves than they used to be, they often need help when travelling. 4 promising plan for providing this help has been made by the International Board of Young Women's Christian Associations. By this plan each local association is recommended to elect a director especially to pursue this work. Each association is also to have an understanding with contiguous as- sociations, as to the limits of the area to be considered by each organization. The director, so chosen, is then to de- eide upon the places in her area-such as city, large town, railroad junction, Tor factory center. with as many of the smaller towns as possible. in which it will be desirable to secure a volunteer travellers. aid worker. Then, by cor Irespondence, or call upon, minister, postmaster, or other intelligent reliable person in each selected place. woman is to be found who will distribute trav- elers' aid literature. She will hold her. self, or substitute. ready to meet any girl whom, either by letter or telegram from another worker, she is requested to meet. She will, so far as possible, make a way of discovering the young women in her town who are planning to leave home, in answer to advertise ment or other inducement. warning such of the grave danger attending this step, and giving to them safe ad- dresses. A uniform badge is now un- der consideration, by which all travel lers' aid workers will be recognized. This is good plan, and if properly carried out will be very useful. Wom- en, especially young women, are not yet fully fitted to "go it alone' every where.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16

them thought a minute and said you didn't. 't.'-Washington Star.
 Mike is married mana very much married man. He has married no few CT than four times. and all his wives are still to the fore. According to Aiichaels own account at the Dublin Assizes, where he was tried for bigamy and found guilty. his experiences have not been altogether satisfactory. The judge. in passing sentence, expressed his won der tha- the prisoner could be such a hardened villain as to delude so many women. Yer honor" said Mike. apol- ogetically, T was only thryin' to get a good one, an it's not aisy. y.''-Chicago Record-Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16
IMIsORThD.


 A Pessimist.-Mrs. commewter--Hl don't think the Towners will come out here to-day in all this storm Do your MT. Commewter-.N No. Unless it gets worse and the butcher disapnoints us" Life.
 "You can't eat your cake and have 1t, too,' remarked the cheerful man.
 You can't, eh?' groaned the dyspep- tic, as he swallowed a couple of tablets. That's all you know about it. '--Phila- delphia Record.
 An Impression.-"T Japanese are wonderfully bright people,
 'Yes," answered the plodding person, T should think they would have to be, in order to spell and pronounce their own names" " Washington Star.
 Proud Mother Professor. what do you think of my daughters voice?"
 Eminent Musician (apparently with great enthusiasm)- )-' Madam, if dot voice vas mine I could not sell i'd for von million ollar!-Chicago Tribune.
 Miss Gausipp-"I understand that you are as good as married to Miss Roxley.''
 Mr. Bacheller-" Just as good and even better. I'm not going to be mar ried to anybody. Philadelphia Press 1T would like to get ribbon for my typewriter" said the man to the young woman with the yellow, home-destroy- ing hair, behind the notion counter of a department store.
 Woman or machine?" asked the clerk.
 Machine"
 Stationery counter to your left. "- Cleveland Leader. Clementine was telling how her mod ern Romeo made love to her on the porch.
 And did he swear by the pale rnoon?' asked her chum.
 "He didn't have time" sighed Clemen- tine.
 How was that?"
 'He heard pa swearing by the front steps. .''-Chicago News. "Charley. dear.' said young Mrs. Tomkins T have done you a great in- justice.''
 Tn what way?"
 T suspected you without reason. I asked several of your friends that you go out with evenings whether you knew how to play poker and every one of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16
MARRIAGE, MaDNEAs AND GEN NUS

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, said one who ought to know, and Mrs Kate Upson Clark believes that the statement is true So she tells women not to marry geniuses. The poetic wife, she says, does not care for poetry after the first week any more than the grocers boy does for figs. She never wishes to tell of the neighbor- hood gossip. but she interrupts some great thought of her husband. Then he imagines he is bereft of sympathy and looks for it in the wives and daugh- ters of his neighbors, and if he be hand some he usually finds it. The genius should not marry. A woman wants her husband, not his art. Genius is insan- ity. In order to be genius it lives most of the time in world of deep emotion. It is hard for people of artistic temper ament to conform to ordinary rules. Thus divorces, suicides, drunkards and impulsive vices are found among peo-
  pie of genius. The irresponsible tenn perament seems to be absolutely neces- sary to art.
 @This is rather unqualified. We do not say that it isn't just right, though, Perhaps some women might not be able to do any better with themselves and for the world than to marry gen. fuses, and the man who wouldn't hasten to marry a woman genius would be a caitiff whom it would be base fiattery to call man. We hope that what Sis ter Clark says wont encourage men who have 'impulsive views" to let on them as men of genius.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16
anrERr1sING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents and other small aSyertisements, One Cent a Word each in- sertion. Five Gents Word for full week.
 Display advertisements. per inch, one in, inLc sertion, S12O; each subsequent insertion, 9o cents; one week, $3. 20; one month, SlO; one year. $40. x
 obituary Notices, in prose or verse, p cents per iine Notices of Births, Marri- ages, Deaths. and Funeral. 90 cents eaeh. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to tnelr unohiectionablel, and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16

service has also been extended on large western farms. Some farmers receive daily reports of the markets from the city in this way when there are no tel ephone or telegraph wires to send the messages All that is required is a trip to the city once a fortnight to car " back the birds and some one in the city to write the reports and release the nieaons
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16

Dr. William Hall. reporting on the physical condition of six thousand chill dren in the public and Jewish board schools of Leeds. England, between the ages of five and thirteen, finds that the Jewish children are superior in height and weight, have better teeth, and are much less rickety.'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16
,,s Aai .i.e same.
Where..

The sun, they say, gives heat and light, The moon is said to shine by night, And snow has been considered white cannot tell these things may be,
 I don't agree,
 Qr disagree. When people say that radium To make d new advance has come. smile, and simply answer, "Hm. Such matters never bother me-
 T don't agree,
 Or dlsagree.' When led by (eyery one knows who Prompts all the wrongful acts we dol, I said the thing that wasn't trne; Some people laid the blame on me
 l don't agree,
 Or disagree. Some draw a most decided line. Between their property and mine. But such precision l decline, They give approbrious names to me
 l don't agree,
 Or disagree. So joyously through life I go, And never definitely know Who comrade is and who is foe; For they are all alike to me
 Who can't agree,
 Or disagree.
 -London News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16

All the smart boys do not live in this country, though of course the parents os smart boys in this country know that there are no smarter boys any, where than theirs. The five-year-old son of soneg Pao Kis, the Chinese am bassador in Paris, is said to be remark ably precocious. He speaks French, as well as Chinese. fiuently. and has all ready memorized 2,5OO of the characters of the Chinese script 1000 of which suf- fee an ordinary Chinaman.