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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26
SOME REMARK ABLE. FIGURES
One Million Letters Day In the Out
going Mail-Heavy Business Done
at Branch stahons-Money-
Order Statistics. i: =. :.

Chicago.-August is play time at the
Chicago post Office. It is then or never
for vacations for the postal clerks. the
letter carriers, the wagon drivers, and
all the other various employees that
go to make that complex Machines
big city post Office. u e,
Not that there are no letters, no pa
pers, no merchandise, no money orders
and registered packages passing through
Chicago at that time, for there are, but
comparatively speaking there are but
few of them. In August the number
of letters mailed in Chicago each day
will drop down to around zoo, 900; there
will not be over 10 tons of newspapers
and magazines, and not over 30 tons
of merchandise passing through the Of
fee every "a hours. These figures mean
but a mere pittance in the way of
work.
Postmaster Coyne says the post Of
foe is like a calendar. Even the hot
days are not so sure a criterion of the
season as is this mere pittance of mail
that comes in when the business man
IL casting the fly in the Canadian lakes,
swinging the golf clubs on the links, or
doing the two-step at Newport. It is
certain evidence that the typewriter
girl Is taking her month away from
town; that the office clerks are playing
havoc with maidenly hearts at the sum-
mer resorts; that all Chicago has gone
holiday making, and left virtually
nothing for the postal man to do, and
why should not he, too. have holiday {?
August is not a business month in
any line. More and more is it being
given over to pleasure, and in no way
is this shown so quickly as in the mail
receipts at the Chicago post Office. The
wholesale and mail-order houses prac-
tically quit looking for business at that
time and settle down to enjoy the pleas
ures Of the season without thinking of
troublesome business cares, and their
languor gives the post Office a rest.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26
Yearly Business.

Chicago does q heavier postal business
than any other city in the country. In the
money order department last year there
Fere 7,332,290 transactions, amounting
to 3136, 039.420.97. Big as the holiday.
business always is, the record day came
in the spring, instead Of the winter.
On the It'll Of last April In the money
order department there were 81 ,095
transactions, amounting to 81, 32s, 661 .1s.
When put In cold figures It lis hard to
;ealize what the figures mean. More than
N.250, 900 passing through this one stsr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

which prsyelk ths &c, 81 sl,l Ii istms1t q
any more forei lii order hSs
already bsen prepar ana il reads:I
Hereafter no III ens will 30 enlisted
In the naval sseryi 81 the United
States except those who may be en-
titled to reenlistm ont under the pro-
Visions of law relating5 t. continuous
service, and excepting also Asiaticss on
the Asiatic statioin who may BE enlist
ed On the messman branch to I'LL va
cancies, but not TO serve elsewhere
than on that station. Z,
Naval officers attribute the high en-
cheney Of the gunners and ali enlisted
men In the navy to their being natives
Of the United States. It Is now the
Legitimate boast that the American
sailors are the most intelligent men Of
that class ii the world. They are not
mere machines, but are capable Of
mastering the most intricate mechan-
ism Of q modern war vessel and 81
armament, and, il occasion requires.
of executing their duties intelligently
y without the orders Of their superior
officers. * ~ = > 81 4 s Ss pa,
Most Of the American sailors of to-
day are recruited from the inland
states. A high Official Of the depart
ment is authority for the statement
that the best men. of the navy come
from the farms OF :. Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa and Kansas. For years the Sec
retaries Of the navy have endeavored
to better the condition Of the enlisted
men, and this has been accomplished
by legislation and by new regulations.
me food served Is more varied and
better than formerly. and more inter
est Is taken in the physical and moral
condition of the men. EGymnasium1
and libraries have been established at
naval stations and on board ships
wherever practicable. ~~y..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

the campaign are
looked upon as "good angels, !" or "easy
marks" to be worked with the thou
sand and one schemes whose origin
iators believe them irresistible in pro-
noting the interests of political can
Ididates.-
When National Chairman Cortelyou
opened up headquarters in Chicago
and in New York. he already had on
hand enough samples. of campaign
novelties to furnish. a street fakir with
a good outfit. Secretary Dover had a
desk drawer full Of these trinkets,
and Assistant Secretary Coolidge
found bushel of them awaiting him
In New York before the committee
headquarters were opened in that city.
Chairman Taggart, of the democratic
national committee, has been 1nundat-
ed with specimens of buttons, badges
and other campaign devices, from a
design embodying the celebrated Par
ker telegram to set of teeth supposed
to represent those of President Roose-
Welt, and to be used in exploiting the
personal side Of the campaign.
The manufacturers of these souven-
irs might as we'll save themselves the
trouble of applying to the national
committees, as those bodies are not
bothering with such minutiae.
The bulk of the money used by both
parties will be spent in distributing
campaign literature and running a
speakers bureau which will send ora
tors into every town and hamlet of the
As states.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

The oldest existent pharmacy in the
world, the fact of it's priority never
having been disputed, is the quaint
and conspicuous building located in
the old town of Knaresborough, on
the MIDI river, Yorkshire, Eng, which
pharmacy was established in 1920.
At the date named it was in posses
sion Of James Beckwith, since which
time it has been occupied by six other
chemists in succession, the present
owner and occupant being William
Pierpont Lawrence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

The American uses astonishingly
few slang words in speaking of pieces
of money-perhaps because he has
greater respect for it. A five-cent
piece is usually referred to as nickel,
but this is practically the only slang
term applied to any of our money in
general use. A dime is officially q
dime. and so is a quarter. But turn
to the English appellations for their
money, and hardly a bit of it is re-
ferred to under the authorized and off,
cial designation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26
Delivering the Mails.

The letter carrier Is the most oblig-*
ing Of men. He takes the greatest of
pains to get your letters to you at the
earliest possible moment, and with the
least trouble to you. But the men and
concerns who get the most mail go
after it themselves. Several of the big
concerns Of the city keep heavy trucks
engaged in hauling their mail to and
from the post ONCE, and in some cases
one truck is not enough to accomplish
the task.
One big concern in the city receives
an average Of more than $4,000 letters
each day. No one mail man could pos
sibly accomplish 1t, and two trucks are
kept busy at the task most of the time,
while two more carry the replies back
to the post Office.
II all the newspaper and periodical
mail was dropped into the letter and
parcel boxes on. the street corners, Il
would almost necessitate the doubling.
Of the collecting forces of the city. In
stead Of doing II this way, however, the.
various companies engaged In the print
ing and publishing lines, % well as the:
merchandising lines. keep their own
mail collecting wagons, and the rush Is
so great that these wagons sometimes
have to stand for hours waiting their.
turn at the door Of the post ONCE. z.5
Truly the Chicago post ONCE isE 8
wonderful institution, second to none.
It takes business man and business
methods to handle It, and at the present
time It has both
WRIGHT a. PATTERSON
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

sands of dollars worth of claims for
damages done to Americans and Amer
lean interests whose justice has been
admitted by the sultan and his minis
tiers, but the payment 'of. which has
been refused or deferred until patience
has ceased to be q virtue.
Minister Leishman has labored hard
to secure the adjustment Of these trou-
blesome questions, but has been put
OF with one excuse or another and has
never been able to- secure q personal
interview with the sultan. I Secretary
of State Hay sent instructions q year
ago that the minister should demand
the same privileges for American citi--
zens and institutions as had been con-
coded to France, Russia, Germany and
other nations. In his letter Of instrus-
tons he declared that the president
was greatly surprised that former
messages and demands had been de-
layed and had little influence upon tho
sultan.
Minister Leishman is inclined to at
tribute the delay in the settlement of
these claims to the unsettled condition
of Turkish affairs, owing to complica-
lions arising out of the Macedonian
trouble. He is convinced. however,,
that longer delay in the use OF some
drastic. means of forcing the attention
Of the sultan would be useless. These
questions are being seriously consld-
cred by the president and his secrs-
tary Of state, and were it not for the
fear that the action might be misin-
terpreted at home United States war
vessels would long ago have been dis
patched into Turkish waters, prepared
to- bring about settlement of these
questions and an absolute guarantee
that American lives and property
would be respected in the future.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

The output of the Texas oil fields
for the current year shows a healthy
increase over that of the preceding
one, indicating that the apprehension
of decline in productions was ground
less. For the six months ending June
30 the movement of oil was as fol-
lows: Port shipments 5,154,000 bar
rels, railroad shipments 100000 bar
rels, total of 9,154,O0 barrels. To
this must be added the field consump-
ton, estimated at 5000 barrels a day,
which would make for the six months
1,456,0OO barrels.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

Delicious table butter, made suppos-
sedly from the cream obtained from
cows or goats milk, besides having a
dangerous competitor in oleomarga-
rine. is menaced anew by a substitute
no less formidable in character; this
is an exotic productive butter, in
fact, extracted from the meat of the
cocoanut. This must not be confound-
ed with cocoa butter, though, sounding
very similar. to cocoa butter, is never
theless prepared from an entirely diff.
ferent nut and used for quite other
purposes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26
When Business II Brisk.

The letter carrier quickens his steps
with the coming of the fall breezes in
September, and he also increases the
load he must carry about with him from
door to door. Playtime is over then
The business houses begin their fall cam
paign for orders, and they go after them
through the mails.
Before Thanksgiving day has come
and gone Chicago will be sending out not
100000 letters each day, but more than
100000; the 70 tons of second-class
matter will have increased to 80 tons,
and the 80 tons of merchandise will have
doubled or better. Then it is that the
postal clerk feels Uncle Sans business
is brisk enough to demand at least a fair
share of his attention.
And this, remember, is only the out
going mail. There is no record kept of
the incoming letters, but it Is safe to
say that there is an answer for each of
the letters going out. Christmas orders
begin coming in early in the fall, and
by Thanksgiving time business as it is
done through the post Office is at the
top notch, though the letter carriers
troubles have scarcely begun. His hours
OF overwork come about Christmas,
when everybody wants to send every
body else a present, and to have these
presents reach everybody on Christmas
morning. The purpose is seldom accom-
plished. To do it is practically physi-
cal impossibility, though it must be said
to the letter carriers credit that he
neither saves his legs nor his feelings in
making the attempt.
Another sure sign that Santa Claus is
doing business is the increase in the
business Of the money-order department.
During the August vacation season it
is seldom that there are more than about
10000 money orders sold IN one day, or
at least that is fair average. When
the Christmas season comes the num-
Der will run to 10000 and better, and
the amount of money handled will run
over $250,000 daily. .... 49,.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

The secretary of the Palestine ex-
ploration fund announces that the ex-
cavators of the site of the ancient
Levitical City of Gezer has discovered
part of an inscribed tablet written in
cuneiform characters on both faces.
Impressions of 13 lones on one face
and five on the other have been taken
and are on the way to London for
decipherment. The previous discover
les at Gezer included remarkable evi.
dences of human sacrifices and pre-
historic occupation. q
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26
Firemen q Injured.

Dr. =
Nine firemep were injured and prop
erty valued q, sec, 600 was destroyed in
q fire which broke out in five-story
building in Minneapolis None of the
tiremen were fatally injured, while the
IRE loss is nearly covered by insurance.
The origin of the fire is unknown. 1t
was discovered by the night watch
man at the Lyman-Eliel Drug COM
pany, who saw smoke issuing from the
front windows in the fifth story. No
sooner did the first piece of apparatus
arrive at the fire than general alarm
| was sounded and the battle began in
earnest No fewer than eleven hose
lines were laid and every effort was
made TO- keep the flames confined to
the burning building. !,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

In order to inherit the Standard Oil
millions belonging to- their grand
father, Alexander Mcdonald, the two
little daughters of his only child, the
late Mrs. Edmund X. Stallo, have
taken his name, and are now known
as the Misses Mcdonald. These two
girls, still too young to be ttout," were
the idols of their grandmother, the
late Mrs. Mcdonald. It was her idea
Ito adopt them, and their father, Ed
mund K. stallo, realizing that affec-
ton on the part Of the McDonalds
prompted the wisn. interposed no OBJ
iectiOns. $3.50. =5,sss. +. BIS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

Ross, Herefordshire, can boast OF a
church where two fine elms are grow
ing one on either side of a pew once
occupied by member named John
Kyrle. Mr.. Kyrle was a great lover
OF trees, and especially Of elms, of
which he planted an avenue near the
church. One of the trees Of this ave-
nue. was cut down, and it is supposed
that it's offshoots have grown up in
side the church at each end of the
Dew
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

nome OF Judge
Parker y. Ex,l-Sena-
tor Towne Of Mir
nlesota, now Of:
!. New York y I and q
leader In Tamma-
ny, is q stickler
Tor the classics
and thinks that q
more elegant pro-
nllul!lnciation than
t b b. q t. commonly.
given this ( ! word
should ' be adopt
ed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26
Summer Schools.

Minnesota teachers summer schools
are becoming more popular each sue
5ceeding year, according to statistics
compiled by J. W. Olsen, state super
intendent of public instruction. Mr..
Olsen reports that, although the num-
Der OF schools was reduced from 80 in
1908 to 20 in 1901, the enrolment in
creased from .4,35e to 1905, and the
average daily attendance increased
from 3,o11: to 1898. In spite of this
increase the cost of maintaining the
school fell off from $40, 346 to $25, $40.
The per capita cost fell off from So. o5
to s.. &c.. ~ -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

tarfes Of the me-.
tional. committees
could start q nov.
city { store with
the trinkets, but.
tons and devices
of " all kinds that.
are offered them
as vote getters.
Every four years
the ingenious in
ventor believes
that the hay-mak-.
ing time Of his
life has arrived.
The managers Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

The Bertillion system of measuring
criminals is going out of date. The
London police have found it unsatis"
factory and experimental with a new
system. It has proved successful, and
Is going to be adopted generally in
England. The Berlin police have il,
augurated a card collection of ina
pressions of the fingers for recogns
ton purposes, system which the2
call "Daktyloscopy.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

foreign relations.
The administra-
ton at times loses
all patience with
the prevaric cation,
Indifference and
evasion of the
sultan and his
government. h1Th.sl!'
United States has
been treated with.
indifference and
disc r i m in at ed.
against by the OF
tomon e m pi re-,
Th ara n~ h,.~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

SSAAA AAS0 IAV uou~
agement of the navy, is legitimate
game for cabinet fun. He is advised
to be very careful in issuing his orders
not to get railroad and maritime
terms mixed.
He has been warned that when a
vessel is ordered into dry dock he is
not to issue an order running her into
the round house. He has Also been
Informed that frst-class cruisers are
not equipped with air brakes and he
must govern himself accordingly in
handling then. It has been suggested,
also, that he must not speak of the
chief OF the navigation bureau as the
train dispatcher. When a commander
OF q vessel is relieved from sea duty
he is not to be complimented on the
run he has made. A score or more of
such good-humored jokes have been
leveled at the new secretary, who has
met them in good spirit and retaliated
upon the humorists. He says a sue
cessful railroader can run the navy as
well as q lawyer or congressman.
The new secretary has brought to
his work all his habits of industry.
and already has mastered the details
Of his office. He has been broken in
by President Roosevelt, who has in
vited him to join in one Of the cele-
brated presidential CROSS country
walks. This happened the day after
the president returned from Oyster
Bay, and although Mr.. Morton Is
somewhat Of an athlete, he has found
excuses ever since when the president
has suggested q tramp in the country.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

Hiatt IL ProRran


The names the various days and
the principal racing avents are as fol-
lows:
So Monda Aug. openlno Day.
S5s MMos5s--2 |: g! class frotting, $4,000.
o e ssokunning race, emile heats. b.
4 No. Running race, 81 Il mile hurdles
tor S-year-olds and upwards, $3.50.
Tuesday. Aug. 3o--st. Paul Day.
g 40 "a: 62:1 class. pacing, st. Pau purse,
& No s; : class, trotting. $1,000.
ST NO. 7--Ffee-for-hl pace Minnesota
horses s owners, to drive 2-in-s, silver cup.
for 3-year-olds and upwards, $3.50.
"wednesday, Aug 3f-state and Territori-
III Day. u
SIS No s.2;17 class. trotting, 81 900.
IS No. s10--2:24 class, pacing, s., 900:
Sc S ~ NO .ll-Running race, k-mile# heats,
Thursday, sept. Live stock and p.irv
/ Day 5s
N No i as slass E gssf'sRls s, Egg
=. No. Running race. * mile novelty,
Is. 10 15-eRuDatns race &. nile beats !,
Friday, Sept. 2-MInneapolls Day.
IN; No: 1e-2;21 class, trotting, Minneap-
No. 17-2:40 class, pacing, 81, 900.
No. 1s-Free- for-afI trot, Minnesota
horses; owners to drive. 2-in-3, silver cup.
eo6 no drumming race. u -mile dash.
Saturday, Sept. s-Fraterntty Day.
: No. 2o-2:12 class. trotting, $1,000. I
! ~ za5 % G class, pacing, - 500.
5eof Mo. sz1-Running race, mile heats,
:, Nc; 2s-Running race, 4 X mile hurdle
Tor e3-year- olds and upwards. $3.50. s..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

The royal Italian minister of Il.
nance has just granted an Italian firm
permission to, import, free of duty.
electric power by wire from a power
station to be erected in Swiss terri
tory. In giving his decision the min
lister Of finance said that no provision
had been made In the Italian tariff for
taxing imported electric power.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

On account of the removal OF the
Southern Pacific division point from
Wadsworth, New, the population and
buildings of that town Of railway men
are to be transferred to new town
called Sparks. two miles east Of Reno.
The railway company has given it's
employees lots in Sparks in exchange
for their lots in Wadsworth and is
moving their houses on flatcars.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

The peat boys Of the province %
Ontario are not exceeded Ii extent
by those Of any other country IN the
world. In the southern part Of tho
province the boys, while not Of very
large area, are of sufncient size to be
the basis Of q large fuel supply.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

The precious mineral production OF
the Cripple Greek district, Colorado's
great mining camp, for the month Of
June, 1904, was $1,607 900, with an av-
erage value Of $27 per ton and tom
mage of 52,700. All the old producers
are maintaining their output, and
many new lessees are. shipping from
recently opened mines ore bodies Of
phenomenal value. ;, :. r.: g!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26

has been initiated
into the cabinet
and !, has had to.
stand quite a lot
of chatting at the
hands of his fell
low members. All
the members of
the cabinet and
the president him.
self are given to
joking, and enjoy
batting each 9th
er.. Mr.. Morton,
coming from a
big railroad sys-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26
A Novel Scheme.

Assneak who has been operating in
the hotels Of st. Paul has q novel
method Of getting into the rooms. He
dispenses with the use Of jimmies. He
asks asks the clerk for the key to room.
The clerk, believing him to be a guest,
gives him the key A well dressed
young man asked for key to room SO
at the Clarendon and got it. When
John Haynes went to his room suit
of clothes and 81 were missing. Sew
eral similar thefts in hotels have been
reported to the police. - -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26
Butter Score,

= First prize in the August scoring Of
the state butter contest was won by q.
Westhig, of Mananah, whose score
was 9771; second, by M. sondegaard,
who has: won several former prizes, and
this time scored 81; third, ~ Otto
Hanson, Of Gibbons, with score Of.
96k. The samples, as aswhole, showed
better in this scoring than at any
previous time, there having been ao
out Of 200 that scored 95 or. better.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-08-26
Amusement Park.

The Interurban amusement park.
which was originally scheduled to be-
in operation this summer, will be s
certainty for next season, according to
q declaration made by the promoter,
George W. Porter. He now announces
that land has beensecured on the Como
Interurban line, between Hamline and
Minneapolis, but outside the corporate
limits Of both Minneapolis and St.
Paul, and that nothing can interfere
with it being in operation at the OPEN
ing of the outing season next summer.