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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
Stfippinq at the Biwabik.

#. Two steam shovels have been
placed in commission on the strip
ping work at the Biwabik mine, one
in the cut at the north end of the
mine and the other on the east bank.
Four other shovels at the property
remain inactive, awaiting the COM
menrement of season shipments
from the>fnine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

T. Murdock, an alleged CONTRACTOR
and builder who will be remem-
bered by many. Virginians as
former resident'of this city, is named
as the perpetrator of clever piece
of forgery whereby Geo. f. Scott, of
Hibbing, loses 1923. Scott had
mailed checks to this amout to a
Brainerd banking house but they
had been abstracted from the mail,
the endorsements >obliterated with
acid and signed by Murdoch, being
cashed at range banks. Murdoch;
at the time of his residence here.
was chiefly noted for the height
OF his collars and the pronounced
crease of his pantaloons, but if
caught and convicted of the crime
charged to his door will doubtless
spend several years at a sumner
resort where the DEGREES of fashion
are not 80 fastidious. 60
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
Drowned IA loaqxeac Lake.

= Elmer HON berg, while. running
logs on Longyears lake on Sunday
last, fell in and was drowned, his
body not having been recovered as
yet. The boy was eleven years Of age.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
Gard Of Tlsaaks.

the many kind friends who as
sisted us in our hour bereavement
and sorrow we wish to extend our
heartfelt thanks. q 9 s. s..s. Il.
. Mr.. ANDMRs. REID AND & FAMILY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

S. T. Hamilton, the New York Life
hustler, was in the city the first of
the week. Mr.. Hamilton now makes
the Zenith City his headquarters.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
Notice Of Letting Contract for
Material and Mason Work
for Basement of City Hall.

No tice is hereby given that the
city council will receive sealed bids,
to be filed with the city clerk on or
before May oath, 1904. at o'clock p.-
M, for the material and construc-
ton of basement of: new city hall
according to plans and spect6ca=
tons no on file in the city clerks
office.
The council reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
BY order of the city council.
A. N. THOMPSON,
4-9 go City Clerk:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

For wood or coal call up Mark
Eddy's pray. Line. Prompt :atten'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
Overflow rVtal. ;

DR.. and Mrs. G.. v. Malmgren re
turned home on Thursday evening
last.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

Merchants should be more prompt
in collecting their bills. A local
druggist recently took young man
a statement of an account that had
been running two years. The first
item on the bill was a charge for a
box of chocolates, while the last
was a charge for a nursing bottle.
How time does fly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

s.lOnA <AAASASA5Ot4yss - A1AAA0lCsOI TILL
Eveleth Jail, gained his liberty on
Friday night through the work Of
[accomplices, the paddock to the cal
aboose being broken. The prisoner
has not been retaken. .@ q
In five minutes woman can clean
up/a mans room in such manner
that it will take him five weeks to
find out where things are at. And
this is the season Of the year that
they are putting in that five min
utes labor. %&. u
The Kimball pianos are the lead
er, but we are agents for a good
many other makes. Kimball pipe.
organs, Kimball reed organs, Kim.
ball piano player, Kifmball self
playing organs, Kimball self-play.
ing pipe organs, Chase Bros. pianos,
Whitney pianos and ,Hinze pianos:
Korby Piano Co., Virginia.
John Saari, a member of the COM
mittee of arrangements for the big
Finnish Midsummer Festival at Ev-
eleth, announces that word received
from Congressman Bede is an &C.
ceptance of the request that he be
present to deliver an address upon
the occasion. Eveleth will be the
scene of an enormous gathering on
that date.
The Virginia Mercantile Co. will
shortly call the attention of the la
dies to the date upon which a DEM
tonstrator will be at their store to
show the superiority of the Richie
lieu Brand goods. The demonstrate
or, an employe of Sprague, Warner
& Co., is lady of wide. experience
in the culinary art, and Virginia la
dies will not miss the opportunity of
adding to their knowledge of "cook-
cry"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

The scenic reproduction of events
in the Russian-Japanese war at Kor-
by's Hall on Saturday and Sunday
evenings was a card which drew a
large attendance. The progress of
the war is of great interest to many
of our foreign.born citizens, and it
is not breach of trust to state that
their sympathies are not with the
Bear.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

Alex King, Leslie Griggs. and
Herbert Steinberg, numbered with
Virginia representatives at the Min
nesota U, are expected home for the
sumner vacation on Wednesday
next.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20
FINEST RIGS Nv THE CITY.
WASHINGTON Timber Claims

and homesteads, farming lands in
good wheat country. For farther
particulars inquire of
WETHERBY LAND CO.,
l418 oath Ave., Seattle, Wash.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

Mrs. VIM. Park, of Duluth, has
commenced action against her hus-
band, Prof. VIM. Park, for a divorce
and custody of three children. Mr..
and Mrs. Park are we'll known in
this city, Mr.. Park being former
superintendent of the Virginia
schools.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

Many trees and shrubs are being
set out by Virginia residents this
season, aiding in making the city
look like city of homes. II is
these little things that add to the
beauty of place.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-05-20

# this was your 8 ron would
read ii. So would others.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01

substantially the same moment
brought it to earth, told it in as many
different ways and severally congrat-
ulated themselves on a clever and orig.
1nal performance.
Writers have been doing this sort of
thing, IN all good faith, ever since the
world began. Only a year or two ago
a story OF faithful dog that ran after
stick of dynamite and zealously
fetched 1t to his master was told al.
most simultaneously, by four men in
as many magazines. The tra9ic-.,omic
conception Is simple enough; very like
~ In essentials the tales dates back to
Aristrophanes but how did it "happen
to occur at the same time to the four
May there not be something in the
whimsical theory another literary man
propounds-that the intensity with
which an author dwells upon his data
before and during the period of ex.
ploitation, 'fmpresses it on the spirit.
ual atmosphere" 80 that the wonder
would be If sensitive, seeking minds
did not seize upon it? Horrid possi.
bilities are latent in telepathy. The
day may dawn when a man who cher.
ishes an ingenious plot will have tn
surround himself with nonconductors
cigarette fiends. perhaps, and girls
who chew gum.-Boston Transcript
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01
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ton which, the fervor Of Indian devoee renders
them Of the stngs and horns along their
pathway But flesh stronger than spirit
the bird keep upon the wing forever the body
a clog which and will assert itself.
There was magazine story told, some years ago.
bride who devoted the year before mar
rage to qualifying the duties of wife and
mistress Of house Her friends supposed her to be
upon foreign but in reality she spent the
months in domestic service cook housemad and
nurse attaining practical knowledge how her
husband and herself satisfactorily later s true, it's
pity, and pity It's tits true that many American girls
marry ignorance less total the things which
every mistress of family ought to understand. Even
those who take in cooking rule, mbbe but
little practical knowledge for future application.
When two people marry let each promise little and per
form all which is possible each making the happiness OF
the other the first object in life Thus shall love- like
Gods loving kindness be every morning and peace
and contentment dwell within their home.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01
COLLECTING TRANSFERS FAD.
New Hobby that Street Car Conductor,
Run Across Nowadays.


Run Across Nowadays.
Transfer, please" said passen-
ger on a Broadway car.
Where to-" asked the conductor.
81 don't care" answered the man.
amy old place. I'm not going to use
it anyhow"
"COllectin' 'em?" inquired the con-
ductor. and the passenger nodded.
1t wasn't a rush hour and the con.
ductor had time to talk. That's the
newest freak" he explained to the man
on the back platform. COLLECTING
transfers. l suppose about once a
week some chap tackles me for trans
fer to add to his collection. OF course
we won't hear that part of 1t officially.
We've got to give transfers when they
are asked for, and what's done with
them Is none Of our business.
"A man who travels with me quite
often showed me the other day a col
lection Of nearly 400 transfers that
he'd gathered. They represented about
every city in the country of more than
10000 population. This man said he'd
picked them up on his own travels
through friends in various places, and
even by writing to the street railway
companies direct for them.
"All transfers are patterned on the
same general style nowadays. That
is, they are marked off into little sec
tons containing the transfer points,
the hours and minutes for the time
limit, the dates and so on The con-
ductOr punches one of each Of the Sec
tons.
"Out In Salt Lake City they still
use a system that used to be follow
ed on the Jersey City trolleys, but was
given up several years ago. On the
transfers are printed lot Of little
pictures of men and women and chill
dren. There is a man with a smooth
face, a man with a mustache and a
man with a full beard; young wo-
man and an .old woman; boy and
girl. The conductor punches the pic
ture that most nearly resembles. the
person to whom the transfer Is issued.
The system never became popular.
For one thing women don't like it. II
was a pretty old lady who didn't get
huffy if the young woman's face was
not punched for her.
I'm Kansas City they are particu-
lar whether you are going to transfer
north, east, south or west, so there
is printed on the transfers a compass
showing these four points, and the
direction you are going Is punched
out."-New York Sun.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01
BAD NAMES, BAD LUCK.
War Vessels of All Nations Have
Amply Proved It.

Amply Proved It.
acterize the superstitious sailor as sill
ly, he would at once declare that there
Is sufficient reason for his belief. and
would proceed to prove that war YES
sells named after singing and venom
Gus things have been unlucky, and that
the country should not be so indiffer-
ent to the men who follow "a life on
the ocean wave" as to organize a mos
quito fleet. That Snake is regarded as
an unfortunate name for vessel is
name have been lost, one in 1871 and
the other in 1S47; but no vessel bear
ing that name is known to exist now
Serpent, which is only a substitute
name for Snake, is an unlucky one
also, for the one wrecked in 1892 was
the fourth British war vessel of that
name to meet the same fate. Viper
has been an unlucky name in the Brit
ish navy The first one was wrecked
in 1880, but the admiralty would not
swerve, and so kept the name on the
list, each vessel meeting it's doom, and
the fourth was lost only recently. The
French navy has also been unlucky
with vessels so named. The Viper,
used in the British service after she
became prize from the French. was
lost in 1893. The second was lost
year later, the third in 1897, and the
fourth was recently lost in a collision
off Guernsey.
The Cobra, another British war YES
sci, was lost recently at the same time
as the Viper. Among other vessels
similarly named and which met fates
other than in battle are the Rattle
snake, in 1881; the Alligator, in 1882;
the Crocodile, in 1884; the Adder. in
1916; three Lizards, two Dragons and
one Basilisk. All of these were of the
British navy. The list could be made
larger by citing the records of other
navies. The Norsemen, who were so
fond Of naming their vessels against
the laws of superstition, and using hid
eous heads of dragons and reptiles on
their high prows, were less unfortu-
nate and these did not meet with fire.
quent disasters. They did have a be-
lief, however. that it was unlucky and
a sacrilege to select such a name as
did Lord Dunraven for his first yacht
to challenge for the Americas cup, the
Valkyrie And this belief was strength
ened when she was sunk by the Satan
tia. The second challenger. with the
same name, gave trouble, and she was
broken up after only a short exist
ence.-Nayy League Journal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01

assurance and drove away, returning
some hours later in good condition.
"Well, you had no trouble with the
horse?' the liveryman suggested.
mot a bit" was the reply. there was
only one little shower and my wife
held the umbrella over his tail while
that lasted"
Does the reader recognize this anec-
dote? Two months ago it was told as
a new story, a personal experience to
Bostonian, who gains his bread by
story writing. 1t was new to him, and
seeing possibilities in it he dressed it
in two shapes and sent one to the New
York and one to London. His New
York editor returned the manuscript,
with the footnote, "Old-had it." His
London editor, friend in the house of
Harmsworth, wrote, Quite sure I've
seen the horse-reins- story"
But mark the sequel:
In the same week, when, if it had
had good luck, the Boston version
would have appeared in a London pub
LEGATION, a different version was print
ed as original in the Peoples Friend
of Dundee, Scotland, and fourth YER
sion, patched with purple fragments of
fine writing, appeared in the Times of
Cardiff, Wales. Before either of these
periodicals could have reached this
country two other versions, presented
as original. illumined the pages of a
Boston and st. Louis daily. The
story had been "in the air." as it were,
over 5000 miles of land and sea, and
five different writer's perceived it at
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01

in charge of It. don't say that he lacks anything in
ais or honesty, but he lacks skill.
The persons who employ should have at least the
skill those in charge Of horses mules man
couldn't hitch team Of mules to with their heads
their tails ought be and expect them
WELL Such man might be very moral person and pro-
hcient in the Scriptures but think that his employ
would other less excellent in morality
but perfect in driving mules
The responsibility for most of the strikes lies our
captains of industry 1t Is true that capitalists realize
general way that they and the laborng partners
the breasts of many still fingers the old preju-
mbued into humanity in the early Roman and feudal
days when labor servile. They to forget
the service doesn't apply to labor now that there
real partnership between the capitalist and the
and that together they must prosper decline
If look over all these strikes do not find that
they have arisen through disputes wages
due disputes with the whom the employer dealt
don't what difference it makes whether en-
poyer dealt with A. B. G. somebody else Yet against
have whole industries parayzed conditions
society threatened because the employer would settle
with outside person That is for causing
disruption What the employer and the laborer
is what should he pay and what should he be paid.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01
OLD TALES IN A NEW DRESS.

How They Are Worked Over Without
Malice Propense.
''Are you sure this horse is safeY'
asked the amateur driver Perfectly"
answered the liveryman, $50 long as
you don't allow his tail to get mixed
up with the reins. Keep the reins
away from his tail and he'll be gentle
as lamb" The amateur accepted the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01

You may have wondered what chill
dren think about. That's easy. They
think they would like to live In houses
built Of Ice cream, with every door
knob a soda water fountain.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01
Value OF. s,orks to Egypt.

Were it not for the multitude Of
storks that throng Egypt every winter
there would be no living in some parts
Of the country, for. after every inun-
dalton. frogs appear in devastating
SwarmS.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01

There is something about mother.
in-law which every wise son-in-law
recognizes, and that is that she Is OF
great strategic value.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01
1A|NIEEpon
IBL0o[]
Columbus, Ohio, May 10. 1904.

columbus, Ohio, May I9, 1908.
Some four years ago / was suffering
from impure blood and q general run
down condition of the system. I had no
appetite, was losing flesh, and had an all
gone tired feeling that made me misera-
BILE. began the use of S. S. S., and
after taking seven or eight bottles my skin
was cleared of all eruptions and took on
ruddy, healthy glow that assured me that
my blood had been restored to its nor.
NAL, healthy condition. My appetite was
restored, as could eat anything put be-
fore me, and as regained my appetite
1increasedin weight, and that "tired feel
ing" which worried me so much disap-
peared, and I was once again my old self.
heartily recommend S. S. S. as the
best blood purifier and tonic made, and
strongly advise its use to all those in need
OF such medicine. VICTOR SrUBB1Ns.
Cor. Barthman and Washington AYES.
Wheeling, W. w., May as, 1908.
My system was run down and my Joints
ached and panied me considerably. Ihad
used S. S. S. before and knew what it
was, so purchased bottle of it and have
taken several bottles and the aches and
pains are gone, my blood has been cleas-
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01

Of wrong and disappointment upon the
perhaps overwhelming consciousness of fail
ure shorcomng the other. 1t is bitter expe
rience ourselves cheated by those whom
trust they the cheating rarely thereby
the long
In the first flush of ecstasy love given and re-
turned prone believe confidently that what
ever may the with ordinary people, they, them
Selves to dwell henceforth the heights that for
them be all sunshine and happiness.
Edwin asking Angelina stir his tea with her finger
sugar. they Of exaltaton and exhlara
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lsI.Ss
teaches the physician history of the microbes to which
troubles; and the zOoogs works out the
life history of lower animal organism responsible say TOT
malaria kindred ailments Physics giving us electric
light chemistry radum, place in the hands or the
doctor means for disease by of the
rays or waves given forth Truly there many minds
and diverse working daily of research for the
benefit of humanity
1t is curious note how practical results may follow
upon the philosophical consideration Of already known
facts days the daily journals have frequently men
subject Of research in relation to what
have been called views of the causaton OF that terri
bic scourge of modern life Biology shows that from the
original germ which gives origin to the animal body
number produced in the ordinary course OF de-
velopment these practically becomes converted
into the future frame The others oucasts But they
do perish They up their abode In various parts
and organs there lie dormant. exciting cause
awakens these dormant cells, realize how, by
their development they cancerous growth Briefly
ted the so-caled theory Of 1t Is
old view, but purely biological specimen founded on
fact the theory medicine receives assistance
not from one but from all her sister sciences.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01
PROMISE LITTLE, PERFORM MUCH.
BY Helen OIdnold.

1t is not we'll to promise overmuch Profuse
promises rarely necessary, still less they
prudent even when intended only to purchase
peace for the moment; the gave his note
for ninety days and then drew breath of re-
lief with, "Thank heaven that's paid" Sooner or
later there comes day when the promssory notes
are due, when pledges must be made good or dis
honored; when if payment Is not forthcoming
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01
STRIKES CAUSED By DISPUTES, MOI WAGES.
BY N. Bourke Cochran.

Compa ratively few strikes are due to disputes
over wages. These are fixed by immutable laws
To my mind, where there is suspension Of In
dustry the employer should be held responsible
He is the captain to whom all others must look
The man in charge of an industry, no matter what
it may be- who lacks the skill to deal successfully
with the men employed under him shows by bis
potency that he was never fit to have been placed
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-01
ALL SCIENCES UNITE TO SAVE LIFE.
BY Andrew wilson

I For the saving of life from premature extlnc-
4 ton by disease, the freeing Of existence from
| The aches and pains which illness implies. there
| IS not a department of science which does not
contribute From geology to physics from bot
| my to chemistry-all are laid under contribu
| ion for information and for aid The nature
| # soils and of a water supply is an In
! estiga ton Of geological kind. The chemist sat