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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-14
FINE BUGGIES!

1t is seldom the public has opportunity high grade
buges moderate prices After experience have found
the vehicles manufactured by the Bount Carriage Buggy Manu-
featuring Co., Atlanta Ga to be the highest buggy
ured for the price.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-14

ForMacon, Atlanta, Augusta and
savannah. ..................,... +58am
For Albany, Dothan and Florala. .. % 10 a N
Albany and Hartford ..........l IS p n
Macon and Atlanta. .............'l q pm
Augusta. Observation-Disclosures. '' Is pm
For Columbus Birmin CHAM and
intermediate points. IS a N
For Columbus, Opelika and inter-
mediate points,. ......"......" 40 u
For Columbus, Birmingham, via
Fort Valley so Is ? N
For Albany and intermediate pts. . 9 IS pm
Trov ............. 49,. "0lOan
Trov $780, 80. .....,..... rBSpu
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05


city of any size and hardly q week
passes, winter or summer, without find-
ing him here. His relationship to Sen
ator German and Senator Elkins and
his business connections with John R.
Mclean and other district millionaires
have brought him here even more often
than would otherwise be the case. Seen
in the company Of any of these men he
does notseem to be their senior, although
there is no one Of them to whom he
cannot show score of years in retro
spect. He has the sturdy form and the
springy step Of youngster of 60, and
there Is not sign that can be observed
OF the Entertainments of extreme age.
An early life on the farm and hard
work on the railroad undoubtedly have
had much to do with this, and an alb
stemfous life has had more.
With all his millions-and Senator
Davis is credited with q fortune rang
ing all the way from $50, 0Q0, 900 to $4O,-
100000 according to the Imagination Of
the chronicler-he has never yet been
known to indulge in extravagances of
any kind. His tastes are as simple as
those Of Russell Sage. When he was in
the senate and had rooms at the Ar
lington hotel the members of his fam
lily used to make their own dresses and
sewing machine was constantly run
ming in their modest apartments.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

ers, the manufacturers. Then it covers
the question of immigration, which is
bound to be one of the most vital and
insistent questions before the American
people Tor a great many years to come
to say nothing of the lighthouses,
the coast and geodetic survey, the
steamboat inspection service and the
bureau Of statistics. There, is not one
Of these bureaus which is not destined
to expand greatly, with the additional
attention which they will all receive
from being placed under the jurisdic-
ton of new department. had rather
be at the head of this department than
of any other department in the govern
ment." I'LL
Metcalf is the third man to be chosen
for a place in the cabinet from the Pa
cif1c slope since the admission of Cal
ifornia. The first was George H. Will
liams, Of Oregon, whom Grant made
attorney general and tried to make him
chief justice of the United States, but
whom the senate refused to- confirm
as chief justice. Williams was COM
monty known as Landaulet Williams
on account of the handsomely uphol-
stored landaulet, In which Mrs. Will
liams used to drive about, Washington
to the envy of less fortunate women.
After his retirement no Pacific, coast
man held place in the cabinet until
Mckinley appointed as attorney gen
eral Judge McKenna, who served on
the ways and means committee with
him in the house and who, curiously
enough, represented the same district
in congress afterwards represented by
Mr.. Metcalf. McKenna is now ! JUS
tice of the supreme court. - r.
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!, Botch Life-savers Station.
Chicago has had its full share of ex-

Chicago has had its full share of ex-
perience with government architects.
For ten years the stately pile that will
some day house the post Office, and pos
sibly the United States courts, if}there
is room, has been under course Of CON
struction. Buildings of very nearly az
great magnitude have been builded ID AZ
many months by private capital. Be
fore. the interior of the building u com
pleted it will, in external appearance:
be almost q ruin. Postal authorities
have found many grievous defects Ii It,
some Of which may be remedied, but At
the cost Of appearances, others will have
to be made the best of. It is found at this
late day that the facilities for loading
and unloading mail are so limited that
it was thought advisable to ask the city
to vacate the sidewalk on the Dearborn
street side so that a wagon shed might
be built there. The interior arrange
ments of the building are also said to be
defective in many ways, and the trouble
is laid at the doors Of the government
architects, even though it is possible
thatthey may not be entirely to blame.
Now comes another experience in the
caseo Of the new life saving stations t the
foot Of Rush street %. the river The
building has been completed according
to the governments plans, and Is now
ready for occupancy, but Inspector:
Wickham, Of the life-saving service.
pronounces it entirely unsuited tor
the purpose for which It was built, and
condemns the life savers to remain in
their old home for several months while
the new one is being remodeled. The
observation tower from which a lookout
of the lake and river Is kept at all times,
and the ways down which the life boats
must be put, into the water, are de-
fecttve features of the building, and both
are practically useless for the purposes
for which they were intended. It will
take about $4,000 and some four months
time to remodel the building. In the
meantime the life savers will continue
to occupy their old home.
Is ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

oS,raI q
idsnt IS ddidn, ! I'M yolIs Sngsd'
your polities. 3, remarked the new sec{e-
itary Of the navy. .s1v hen did hap-
pen q II. ~. no. havSini & changed at'
.all, was tho reply used to he q
i. Sterling Morton demo Now I
an 9 9 Paul Morton republ ican. It's all
III the family s SS @z.s s5.s
Morton Is going to take q house out
on Massachusetts, avenue just beyond
the splendid mansions 81, Thomas F.
Walsh and ;Larz Anderson, but { very
modest establishment compared with
those places and he is counted on to do
g good deal of entertaining next win
ter. = 3'>!. s2Tfe, e s?s;s. !
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Der of the cabinet of Grover Cleveland.
Curiously enough a number OF these
have followed his own example and
have transferred their allegiance from
the democratic to the republican party.
): One Of the first men whom Morton
met when he reached Washington was
his fathers old private secretary in the
agricultural department. The young
man is no longer in the government
service. but IL one OF the most success
full business men in the District of Co
1umbia. Of course Morton w. glad ia.
sec him and after the first greeting the
talk driftsd to politics. Pretty soon the
former 'prfvste secretary heEau g. make
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05
e. y \ PAYING HIS DEBTS


Chicago.-When short time ago
John Alexander Dowie returned to Zion
from his trip around the world he found
the city he had builded very much ashe
had left it only more so. Despite the rid
icule of the unbeliever; despite the
prophecies of failure, Zion is growing.
It is growing in population, it is growing
commercially, it is growing in beauty,
it is growing in wealth. ill.,. -
What is the reason for this growth?
It is as hard to find an answer for that
question to-day as it was four years ago
when the city was first founded. It is
even harder, for four years ago the place
was but a city of tents scattered over
$500 acres of ground which Dowie had
Acquired. Religious enthusiasm might
have set up the tents, butt takes more
than q passing enthusiasm to build
handsome brick homes, fine public struc-
lures, big factories, to construct roads,
lay a vast sewerage system, run COM
plicated city government and furnish
employment to 1890 people. It takes
money to do this, and yet Zion is doingit.
Where does the money come from?
There is not so much reticence on this
subject now as there was but few short
months ago. The leaders of the church
tell you openly it comes from the tithes
collected from members Of the Christian
Catholic church from the four corners
OF the world. In and out of Zion, wher-
ever a member of the church may be
found, they pour their tenth into the
cup of Dowie without a murmur. The
collection of the funds is as regular, and
as sure, as the collection of political as
sessments levied against public Office
holders by the party in power. But it
comes more willingly. No one seems
to think of questioning the rightfulness
OF the tithes system. : 1t is not be-
;erudged. The payment of it is ais much
part Of their religion as is the peace
be unto thee" that greets one at every
turn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

In the minds of the majority of
Americans Russia. is associated with
tyranny of all sorts, yet there are said
to be more points in common between
the Russian and the English-speaking
girls than the girls of any other ma
tion. The Russian girl asserts her.
self, and no one in Russia thinks the
less of girl for her wish to learn or
to lead an independent life. In all
subjects she is an idealist, in this
point being different from her Eng
disappearing sisters. 80. a.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

In order to preserve the features of
those who have died it is proposed by
Russian to embalm corpses by cast.
Ing around them solid mass of glass.
This would be perfectly transparent,
and as no air could get in the feat
ures would be preserved indefinitely.
OF course, it is not possible to pour
molten glass directly on the body, so
it is first coated with thing coating
OF stlicate. This is allowed to harden
and forms protective coating. The
body is then put in a mold and melted
glass poured around it. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

In Ceylon there is a tree called
Ewes apple tree" which is remark
able in that the orange fruit is beauti.
ful to look upon, yet out of each fruit
a piece appears to have been bitten.
1t is said that the stimulation of a fruit
which has been bitten into is perfect.
For this reason and because the fruit
is deadly poison, the natives declare
that it is the same tree which grew
in the Garden of Eden, and it is a
perpetual reminder of disobedient
act
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# The dep t.l III ie,pllmurlmander 81 EthA
g. A R.shas secured the low rate 81
$25.75 4Ilpm Twin Cities fo. the
round to TIL ational encamp1ment'
e At' be held at Boston during the. week
of August IS. This Official headquar
,ter's train will leave Minneapolis Sat-
'urday, August at . ., IS, and ST.
Paul at 9:35 .. M. The train will b.
made i p mp Of Pullman standard and
tourist cars, and 60 through to Boston
without {, change via the Chicago &s
Northwestern, ichigan Central, New
York lt Central and Boston e Albany
aroa t Al Niagara Falls q stop Of
three p hours will be made Sunday Aft
ernoons The train is scheduled to-
reach Boston att I M. Monday, morn
ing, August Is. r. r. :. ~. = ~ = 3& ss5;sss$
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

Blind masseuses have been so sue
cessful in London sanitariums that the
art of massage" is to be taught in
New York schools for the blind.
Their highly developed sense OF
touch gives them an aptitude for
learning the work that leaves those
blessed with sight far in the back
ground. The blind folk are careful
almost to a fault, and when mistake
is called to their attention it never
is repeated.
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-.
Paying Big Debts.

what seems strange to the unbeliev-
Ing prophets of evil is that Dowie seems
able and willing to pay the enormous &C.
cumulated debts which seemed ready to
tear his strange community limb from
limb but a few months ago. With the
same cheerfulness that his followers
are pouring their tithes into his Golfers
he is passing out checks to his creditors
and they are good checks, too, redeem
able at their full face value at the Zion
city bank. ..l !; 90"
Suits for an aggregate Of 100000
stared Dowie in the face and threatened
his destruction last fall. Receivers took
charge of Zion, but,they could find moth
ing with which to satisfy the hungry
creditors. More as q last resort than as
a matter of sentiment, the claimants ac-
copied Dowie's proposition to pay the
claims in ten per cent installments, pro-
vided the, receivers were Withdrawn and
he be left with the problem he had build
ed for himself. Twenty per cent. of the
total has been paid, and there is every
evidence that the remainder will be:
With the courts in control the collection
of the tithes stopped; with Dowie IN con-
troll they began again. They come from
every state in heAmerican union, from
every nation on the American CONT
nent, from Europe, Asia and the islands
Of the sea; but they come only. to Dowte,
or those designated by him. :: 81 IL! s5@3 I
What these tithes amount to the pub
lie does not know. That they are con-
siderable is evidenced from the work
going on at Zion, from the .lavishneas
Of the expenditures. It takes.a vast sum
to pay 1900 workers wages each week.
and they are paid good wages, better
than is paid for the same class Of work in
Chicago Within the past year Uncle
Sam has collected more than }20,0 900 at
the Zion post Office, and the receipts are
doubling every year.. This is another
evidence of the wealth Of Zion. - ...>.
Il Dowie's credit is good to-day; the mer-
chants are willing to sell to him, COM
mercial travellers ind the town prof
table place to call. The bills are paid,
but by what method Is Zion secret. j =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

A species of acacia, which grows
very abundantly in Nubia and the
Soudan, is called the 'whistling tree''
by the natives. It's shoots are fire.
quently distorted in shape by the
agency Of larvae Of insects and swol-
len into globular bladder from one
to two inches in diameter. After the
insect has emerged from q circular
hole In the side Of this swelling, the
opening, played upon by the wind, be.
comes q musical instrument sugges.
tive Of questioned flute. The
whistling tree is also found in the
West Indies III As Y. S F sl fs.S
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

Reports from the Discovery. which
has been exploring the Antarctic re-
gions, give interesting particulars as
to the appetites which come to half
frozen men on long sledge expedi-
tions. Hunger proved dreadful
nightmare, some of the men having
horrible visions of tempting dishes.
1t is questionable if anything could
compare in the way of hardships suf-
fered to this form of modified starva.
ton on such trips.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

enthusiastic ia over
the disabilities of.
the ablishment:
over which he pre-
sides. 1T Is bound
to d develop he
says, y = into .'1!o,y the
most efficient and
the most s impor-
tant department of
the government. It
touches almost ev-
cry line. Of activity
in the h, United
states--:the corpor-
atoms. the the labor
ing men, the min
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05
News, Notes.

- T. o. ~
p. A.. Nelson of st. Paul browns
while bathing at Forest Lake.
St. Paul salvation Army gives LOO
children an outing at Como Park.
The Red Mems carnival and great
council viii be held III st. Cloud.
4 The congregation Of Wesley N. r.
chapel will erect d churchat st. Paul.
Minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce:
membership jumped mp $500 over
night. j.5 4 Is
George Godbout, one Of the South
st. Paul strikers, dies from carbolic
Iacid poisoning; !. 434 s Il.
A Crookston man pulled . 3o-pound:
mud turtle out Of the river the other.
day, and turtle soup was Oh the bill
OF fare that day.
Albert johnson, son 81 Mr.. and
Mrs. August Johnson of Crookston,
was drowned in the river sunday
evening. He ygas q good swimmer
ana STRONG for shis eleven years.
During the storm Of Sunday even-
Ing, lightning struck te large barn
of Nels 3. Olson, near Rushford, and
set e on totally destroying II,
S'together With seventy tons 81 hay
.and ~ his 1aIm n.ac hinszrry,v 1ose
ssser s. !;
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uAMxu46A Tic COkka
slant stream of publications that is
stantly flowing from the government
printing presses. !
The printing bills of the United
States are something out of all reason.
Documents are turned out by the ton
on all sorts of subjects and on every
conceivable excuse. To say that three
fourths of this stuff was ever read by
anybody would not be perhaps an ex-
travagant estimate. OF course every
document is read by somebody, but
there are not many that are read by
any except very few. Tons upon tons
of printed matter are slowed away or
thrown away year after year without
having been of the slightest benefit to
anybody. -. -
Senators and representatives have
learned to use documents in the same
way that they use garden seeds from
the agricultural department. They
bundle them of Unfortunately to
constituents whose names happen to be
on political lists. Occasionally docu-
ments sent out this way reach an ap-
preciative destination More often they
are thrown aside. Off they are bound
in boards transformed into scrap
books.
: It is proposed now in some Of the de-
partments to put q nominal price on
all publications issued 50 that when
ever a document Is sent out it will 10
sure to reach somebody who cares at
least enough about It to pay something.
Such q policy would not make the doc
ument business self-supporting, for tia
price fixed would be simply nominal.
but 1t: would surely, tend to lessen the
volume Of printed material: ~ II i
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

been made within
the last month.
B 9th. Secretary
Morton and Secre-
tary Metcalf prom
ise to be among
the most popular
officials in the adj
ministration circle.
P u M orion
finds q great many
friends in Wash
ington whom :, he
used to know well
at the time his
fofhnN Won
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

I1OuSOA4A8.
Away back in the seventies and the
early eighties they had in addition the
task of collecting funds from, the I'M
fortunate government employees who
were expected to contribute certain
percentage Of their salaries to the cam
paign fund of the party which happen
ed to be in power.
Jay Hubbell, of Michigan, became no
torious during the campaign of 1880
by his demands upon the government
clerks and by the systematic persist
ence with which he brought them up
to the captains office to settle. Hub
bell worked in harmony with the ma
tional committee, but he was chairman
of the congressional committee and
really achieved a reputation which he
did not fully deserve.
That was before the days of the civil
service regulations, which made the
solicitation of campaign funds from
government employees unlawful. It has
been good many years since there has
been any suggestion of scandal Of the
kind. A great many government off,
Gals contribute to the campaign funds
Of their party and their contributions
are always welcome, but such thing
as solicitation is no longer known.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

~sSSA
known or better
liked locally in
Washington than
former S e n at or
Henry G. Davis, Of
We 8 t Virginia.
Senator Davis for
many years has
been. a familiar fig
ure In the. streets
Of the capital and
about the hotels.
From his home
in West Virginia;
Washington is the
rn0cfS sn1nwonjor%
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

The Brown six-inch gun, nearing
completion at the works of the Read
ing Iron Co., is designed to throw a
projectile 30 miles. The gun is 26 feet
long, weighs 10000 pounds, and is
made of wound wire. The shot it is to
fire will have service velocity of
5000 feet a second and maximum of
5000. The inventor of the gun says
he will build another of 10-inch bore
with a range of So miles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05
New. Model Summer Resorts.

The s0ld-fAshioned summer resort
where people went for rest, whore they
were permittedsto enjoy their days in
a hammock under the trees and their
nights in bed;v where every influence
was conducive to rest Of both mind and
body, is rapidly passing away and giving
place to those places In which the dane
ing pavilion, the bar, and iii the environ
ments Of the beer garde are the predom-
mating features. $500 /
To be sure, there are still places OF the
old kind, where the weary may 70 and
ind rest, but they are but little known
and hard to find, and, as rule, the desir-
able locations have been taken up BY the
so-called more progressive new kind OF
resort. : W s,,'. = !. ~
"A friend proposed spending hfsi vaca-
ton at one Of the well-known Michigan
resorts. He was away for two weeks
but at the end Of the first week 1 found
him at home again, and asked the rea-
son for his quick return. :sz74.s s + III ~
Il had to have aWeek to rest up before
i go backstoWork, |" he explained. or
the week thatI was away 1t was q dance
every night until one or two O'Clock.
and there is 70 use trying to escape Il.
for between the danceS and the ber To-
gether the place was kept % noisy that
sleep vas out OF the quest Hon. m ar1-
ing to spend smother wsek O. vacation
I'm bed to.recoyer from the effects of the
first !" "a
I'M s -
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SmugRlers.

Special agents Of the. treasury de-
partment have unearthed systematic
scheme of smuggling along the North
ern Minnesota border near Rainy lake
and vicinity. 49, r. ...r "a
While nothing official is given out, it
is learned that Canadian manufactured
articles, including hardware, clothing
and other wearing apparel has been.
struggled into Minnesota and sold to:
country people at prices much less
than they can purchase the same class
OF articles on this side Of the border. :
Itie claimed that two or three profess
siopel smngglers from New York and.
several Canadian brokers promoted the
enterprise and they are soon to be tax
len mp to- ustice. =. !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

Rubber is collected from the trees
by the simple process of making longi-
tudinal scarifications in the bark, from
which the coagulated milk is taken in
long strips. It is said that plant six
years old will yield four pounds of
rubber annually of a quality which
could be sold in London at about go
cents per pound, but this price ap-
pears to be trifle exaggerated.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-05

In the Chinese Keeling mills the men
are paid maximum of "a cents q day
and the women Is and Is cents.
There is no law In Japan regulating
child labor, and children are employed
at from 4 to cents per day. In
France it is seldom that a woman or
girl receives less than 30 cents per
day in the reeling mills.