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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-06-24

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forthe Protestant Episcopal church.
100 acres for the Raven Hill Presby-
terrain church, 1876 acres for the
Woodlake Presbyterian church. 1877
acres for the Mission Of Sisters Of
Charity, 1876 acres for st. Michael &
church and 50 acres for st. Jerome
church, both the latter being Of the
bureau Of the Catholic Indian Mis-
sion, 90 acres reserved for the Devils
Lake agency and sss acres for public
d ark at Sully's Hill. Ths Devils
Lake Indian resell walton contains So,
900 acres of land, Of which approx
mately $50 nom estead entries may be
made. J.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-06-24

much profession as the law or medi-
cine or theology, but he also showed
that the commercial tendency Of this
age is limiting the number and re
stricting the usefulness of the Young
men in the lines IN which their
fathers succeeded. The lawyers
helper and clerk who was r. rmerly q
young man growing into his practice.
is now lady stenograL her who Sc
place could be filled in TIVE nty- four
hours OF less, should the PRESENT in
cumbent decide TO seek other employ
ment or get married. Lac y hook
keepers. lady cashiers, and ii dy sales !.
men have crowded out tine y, ing men
from the commercial work until the
position Of travelling man lone Isl
left open. and he is regarded BY the
Leverage mere liant much Id the same
Hight that the housekeeper :. ews the
Iimpertinent book agent Mess the
young man possesses large financial
means, nearly every, one Of the ave.
nnes to success formerly open to- him
Iare closed. The corporation has des-
ltroyed the idea Of the yoilng man
lstarting as clerk and bees ming a
lmember Of the firm. These things
being true, he must tie to I 8 farm
and even here, the large prize Of land
lin those parts Of the count, y where
land is valuable as an agriculturist
lbasis. practically shuts him out
This condition Induced the lecturer
Ito advise the young men he was ad-
dressing TO embrace the few remain
ling Opportunities 70 secure cheap
government land, and thus become =
land baron rather thansa land serf
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
Flowers for Rent.

Flowers are now rented in New
York for all sorts of occasions. One
bouquet may be made to do duty for
several brides in the course of a day,
and q funeral wreath may express
various phases of grief at a number of
funerals. The lessor prepares his
first bouquet from the freshest buds
obtainable, and by buds is meant the
small rose that is several days from
"bursting." Carefully, with the ut
most care, each bud is gone over and
the outer petals opened out, to give
the exact appearance of blown fow-
er. When the bouquet has done serv-
ice and been returned by the renter"
these outside petals are removed and
all the flowers placed In the icebox to
await the next order. Time and again
these buds do duty, until their use
fulness has gone for such purposes.
The stems are wound with fine wire,
and, with the addition of few pieces
of smilax, the Greek flower peddlers
go forth to sell them for few pennies
per blossom.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11

Go Be Erected at Cincinnati by Ohio's Sol
dters and Sailors.) Sc
the northwest corner of Elm and Grant
streets. -
1t will run from Grant street to the
entrance of the Odeon, having q 'front.'
age OF 90.6 feet in Elm street. with a
depth along Grant street of 100 feet.
T.. The material to be used in the con-
struction is dressed freestone. The de-
sign is classic.
1t will be two stories high on the OUT
side, but the interior will have four.
floors.
The exterior will be decorated with
suitable inscriptions and statuary per-
tanning to the defenders of the country.
The interior will be divided into rooms
>for the display and exhibition of the
relics of warfare. There will be a library
and assembly halls and other apart
ments for the accommodation of the
members.
|, The cost will be about $175,0OO The
money was secured from the state I'M
DER an act which allowed the soldiers and
sailors of Ohio to erect building where
the memory Of the heroes of other days
may be perpetuated. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
FOR MINNESOTA CAPITAL
(The Beautiful Central Group Of the Mod
ern Minnesota" Allegory)


ern Minnesota Allegory)
world" She is represented as dark
haired woman of grave demeanor, robed
in white and gold, and seated upon
sheaves of wheat which are borne by
great white oxen. She is accompanied
by two-winged geniuses, who lean to-
ward her from above on either side to
crown this goddess of plenty. On the
right Of the oxen. before which a
small figure, nude, winged and bear
ing tablet, is placed, men are gath
cred together. Their dress indicates
the period of the civil war and of
Minnesota's youth as a state. The
spirit of the war is embodied in q
floating figure. Opposite a kindred
figure symbolizes the era of peace, and
beneath her protecting arms types of
happy industry are shown. The sub
sidiary figures watch the progress of
the presiding genius of the Minnesota
of to-day in attitudes adjusted to the
dramatic and pictorial exigencies Of
the theme.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
AMERICAN PEACE FLAG.

AMERICAN PEACE FLAG.
(This One Was Recently Presented to Mr..
Andrew Carnegie.)
vancement Of the cause of universal free
dom, justice and peace. Here, in the
very room where the declaration of in
dependence was adopted, the world s en-
sign Of peace for all nations had its
birth.
This white-bordered flag was adopted
the same year at the congress of the
peace societies of the world in Rome. and
the following year by the conference in
Berne, Switzerland. A prominent New
York doctor, who is an ardent advocate
of peace and believes in the white bor-
dered banner, has caused numerous
peace flags to be distributed among
representative persons and organiza-
lions. 1t is hoped that this will serve
to bring the flag before the public, that
thepeople may learn to love and identify
the idea of peace with that of the flag.
The two largest and handsOmest flags
yet made, one British and the other
American, with beautiful stats sur
mounted by doves, were presented to Mr..
Andrew Carnegie in honor of his adj
mirable gift of upward of $2.O00000 for
a peace cathedral to be built for the in
ternational court of arbitration at The
Hague.
The Daughters of the American Revo-
luton have presented the schools of New
York with two magnificent peace flags
for the education and advancement of
the peace movement, says the Herald.
These flags will be taken from school
to school and explained to the children.
It is the aim of the peace societies in
introducing the flags into the schools to
impress upon the minds of the children
the sentiment of peace, together with
the feeling of patriotism.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
THE THUMBLESS MONKEY.
It Is the Rarest Animal Specimen
Ever Seen Alive in Euro
pean Countries.

London.-The Angolian Colobus, Of
which we give an illustration, is the only
specimen that has ever been seen alive
in Europe, and is undoubtedly one Of
the rarest- monkeys that has found its
way to the geological gardens; in
fact, even at the British museum there
is only one very poor specimen of the
skin of this species. This genus of
monkeys, which exclusively inhabits
western Africa, is remarkable for the
Characteristic, as the name Colobus is in
tended to indicate, that neither of the
f0re-hands exhibits the existence of a
thumb.
1t is exceedingly interesting to watch
this specimen taking up it's food with its
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11

portal. The altitude at this point is
1860 feet, the highest reached by any
standard gauge railway in the world.
The completion of the road at this
point takes the railroad over the main
range, and the line is now in operation
into Middle Park, the present terminal
being Arrow Head station, n miles west
of Denver.
The Denver, Northwestern & Pacific,
commonly known as the Moffat road, is
to connect Denver with Salt Lake City
by the shortest route yet followed. It
will reach the famous Steamboat
Springs, in Routt county, next year, and
will pass through the heart of the vast
deposits of anthracite and bituminous
coal in that county. .-~-
= It is being built with Colorado money,
and will traverse a rich new part Of
the state. It has already developed a
paying traffic In excursions and the
transportation Of ore, having tapped
several mining districts Of proved
richness ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
GREA Gen Err ~
KURoPATKIN THE BRAINIEsTl
SOLDIER IN RUSSIAN ARMY.
Has Amply Demonstrated His Ability
by His Handling Of 4 Difficult !
f. Situation In the Campaign
! :. in Manchuria. s

Z. London.-In Geh. Kuropatkin the
Russians possess general Of the high
est and rarest order of military genius.
In the great battle round Liaoyang,
and in the operations of the two
months preceding it, he showed quail
ties of generalship which, when they
are properly understood, will, we be-
ueve, call forth universal admiration.
Consider what the task before Gen.
Kuropatkih was when he took up his
command. In the first place, he did
not come on the scene till the war was
well begun, and so the conditions of
action had been dictated for him.
The disposition of the forces, naval
and military, and all the arrange
ments for supply, had been made, not
by him or under his orders, but by
the viceroy, Admiral Alexieff, who,
whatever else he may be, is not . a
strategist of the first class. Gen.
Kuropatkin found himself: that is,
called on to carry out another mans
job and job which had been i'll
begun and worse planned. Though it
may be too much to say that all was
confusion and indecision at the front,
it is certainly not too much to say
that his first business when he arrived
in Manchuria was to rearrange the
disposition of his forces, to make pro-
vision for their safety and efficient
supply, and to hold in check an enemy
whom he was unable to attack owing
to that enemy's military superiority.
He had, in fact, to stand on the de-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11

Ex-Governor of Massachusetts and Now
United States Senator.)
term of Senator Hoar which terminates
March 4, 1907.
The legislature will undoubtedly in
dorse Gov. Bates choice by formally
electing MIR. Crane. Senator Lodge viii!
be reelected at the same time for the six
year term beginning on Marcia.
Before the governor made the an
nouncement he talked with Mr.. Crane
over the telephone and the latter told
him he would accept the senatorship.
Mr.. Crane knew for several weeks that
he was to be appointed, but refused to
discuss the matter until Gov. Bates act
ed officially.
Mr.. Crane is one Of the largest paper
manufacturers in the state, with mills
at Dalton. He has been prominent in
state politics for score of years. In
1897 he was elected lieutenant governor
and in 1900 became governor, which Of
fee he held for three years. Gov. Bates.
who appointed him senator, was then
lieutenant governor. Mr.. Crane has
been familiar figure in Washington
during the Roosevelt administration, be-
ing personal friend of the president.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
ENGLISH BOY CHAUFFEUR.
He Is But Five Years Old and Runs
the Smallest Automobile in
the World.

London. - The smallest fully.
equipped patrol motor car in the world
is owned by the youngest of motorists.
George Du Cros, who is only five
years old. He generally rides with
his baby sister, for such is the conf
dence of his parents in his control Of
his machine that they do not fear to
trust him with such precious freight
when he goes a-motoring. He is real
ly a skilled chauffeur, as was shown
by his participation in the bending"
contest recently at Hastings against
such masters of the art as S. F. Edge
and Jarrot. He had successfully
steered his tiny car through a medley
of obstacles and stood a fair chance
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
ART FOR ne INNESOTA.
MURAL PAINTINGS FOR NEW
CAPITOL AT ST. PAUL.
They Represent the History and Re-
sources Of the Great State-Sym-
bolical Figures by Mas
ter Painter.

New York.-Edwin H. Blashf1eld, of
this city, has now practically completed
two large lunettes, each 81 by IA feet,
for the new state capitol of Minnesota at
St. Paul. They are to face one another
across distance of about 40 feet, says
the Tribune. In one of them Mr.. Blash-
field commentaries the explorers and
head waters of the Mississippi. In the
center of Che composition the Manitou,
OF Great Spirit, is enthroned on a kind
of natural eminence against clump OF
massive tree trunks. The dense foliage
of the forest provides a canopy for this
majestic Indian; beneath it we look out
upon thickly wooded landscape,
framed by purple hills and clOudless
sky. On the rock at the feet OF the
dominating figure, where the water
starts upon it's long passage, an Indian
brave stands, with woman of his own
race few feet away. The man faces on
the right the seventeenth century
French explorers. To the left the wom-
n looks up at priest, who offers her
the cross. and behind him the colonists
are grouped. A dog sled on this side
Of the canvas and a canoe on the other
are introduced to record the two modes
Of transportation which were indis-
pensable to the opening of the north
est. This composition was suggested
to Mr.. Blashfield by the fact that the city
of st. Paul stands at the head of naviga-
ton On the Mississippi.
In the companion painting the artist
symboliZes modern Minnesota, the
Minnesota which is "the granary of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11

fensive-always the most difficult op-
GRAFTON in war. And, difficult as de-
fensive warfare always is, Kuropatkin
chose its most arduous form. He did
not, that is, retreat at once, gathering,
his forces while the operation could
still be unopposed, to some strong po-
sition, but fell back gradually, disput-
ing the ground as he went. For ex-
ample, his first act was to send force
south, which was apparently intended
to try to relieve Port Arthur, but
which was far more probably meant
to delay and hamper the Japanese ad-
vance, and so prolong as far as pos
sible the initial stages of the war;
1t may be that he was ordered by the
car to undertake the impossible task
of relieving Port Arthur; but il he
did receive that ORDER he used it so
skillfully that instead of producing a
disaster, as a real attempt at relief
would have done, j. enabled him to
gain time for preparing a defensive
position of immense strength at
Liaoyang.
When the tide of Japanese advance
swept over this first bulwark, and his
troops were driven out Of Newchwang,
the military situation had, from his
point of view, distinctly improved. It
is true that he was unable to hold the
lines around Liaoyang as Wellington
held the lines at Torres Vedras; but be-
fore he evacuated his prepared position
he forced the Japanese to dash them
selves against it in II days action,
which inflicted, at any rate, as great
q loss on the assailants as on the de-
tenders.
It was, however, in his retreat from
Liaoyang, even more than in the bat
ties around it, that Gen. Kuropatkin
showed his military genius. He man
aged to withdraw his army in the face
of the enemy's fierce assaults, and of
their desperate attempts to turn his
tanks, and also in spite of difficult
country, and of roads deep in mud.
And this he did without any loss in
guns or prisoners that is worth con-
sidering. 1t is officially stated by the
Japanese that only - prisoners were
taken. If this is indeed the full tale,
it is without parallel in the history of
war. An army retreating under at
tack, even when it's morale is und1s-
turbed. almost expects to lose prison.
ers, owing to the fact that detached
bodies have necessarily to be left be-
hind to delay the enemy. The general
in retreat usually counts upon having
pieces shipped OF the .fringes" Of
his force. That Kuropatkin suf-
tered no such loss is sign Jof the
mastery way In which the retreat was
conducted. E ,sss 5 :s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
NEW MEXICAN PEACE FLAG
symbolizAst the Wish Of the Peace So
cieties Of AL Countries of
Is: .@z> the World. 5ss B

New York. 1t is q singular, yet sig
niacant coincidence. that in the same
city where Betsy Ross over q century
ago made the Arst star-spangled ban
ner, the first international peace flag
has had It's birth. - S :. j ..s s
On the 18th Of October, 1891, the three
hundred and ninety-ninth anniversary
Of the discovery Of America by Christie
pher Columbus, committee of 400
representatives of the international
peace societies from all. parts of the
world met in Independence hall, at Phil
adelphia, to plan congress for the ad-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
NO GIFTS in A RM Z.
IMPORTANT ORDER JUST ISSUED
BY GEN. CHAFFEE.
Presents to Officers Have Been Made
in Violation Of the National
Statutes and Must Be
Stopped.


the officers of the administration are de-
termined to enforce more strict OBJ
servance of the statute prohibiting the
giving and receiving of gifts by public
officials than has obtained in the past.
The first movement in that direction has
been taken by the war department. So
many violations Of the law have &C.
CURED in various departments of the
government that it appeared that the
statute was more honored in the breach
than in the observance. There were 10
more cases in the army than In the civil
departments, but it remained for the war
department to take the first official cog
nizance of the matter.
The question arose in connection with
the case of Brig. Gen. Constant Williams,
now commanding the department OF the
Columbia, who was presented with low
ing cup by the officers of the Twenty
sixth infantry on the occasion of his
separation from that regiment by rea-
son of his promotion to the grade OF
brigadier general. In that case it was
shown that Gen. Williams had no knowl-
edge of the gift until it was presented
and that he had at that time severed
his connection with the regiment. The
case was made the subject Of an official
complaint to the war department, with
the result that Gen. Davis, the judge adj
vocate general, made an elaborate re-
view of the statutes bearing on the ques-
ton of the acceptance of gifts by public
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
Lampblack Used for Fuel.

go Lampblack is now being used for
fuel, and is burned in a manner sim
liar to that employed in disposing Of
breeze. A CRATE bar having slots one
half inch wide in three sections, each
eight inches long, and spaces i've
eighths inch wide is used. / The lamp
black is allowed to drain before being
burned and is mixed with heavy tar
and the partially consumed and cooked
lampblack from the ashpit It con-
tains 30 per cent. water when ready
for firing When thoroughly dry the
Elampblack is ascribed a heating value
of 1920 b. u. per pound. Sixteen
pounds of dry lampblack are produced
with each / 900 cubic feet Of gas made.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
NOVELTY IN RAILROADlNC.
Solution Of Difficult Engineering
Feat in Crossing the Contin-
entail Divide.

Denver.-One of the notable feats of
engineering performed by the builders
of the latest railway to cross the con-
tinental divide is illustrated In the &C.
companying picture.
It shows where tunnel on the Den
yer, Northwestern & Pacific railroad
pierces a mountain near the summit of
the Rockies After passing through the
tunnel, the track, winding along preci-
pieces for mile, surmounts the summit
on trestle 1853 feet above the tunnels
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
Case of Observation-Disclosures


One of the clearest cases of absent
mindedness on record was that of a lead
ing grocer OF Duluth recently. Over the
telephone came an order from a wealthy
customer for some oranges to be deliv-
cred during the afternoon. what are
the prices?" asked the customer. ooh,
we have them at all prices, from 20 cents
a dozen up" well, I'm not particular
about the price. What I want is the
quality and size." 'Wait q moment,
please" He went to the box containing
his choicest fruit, selected large yell
low sample, and fastened back to the
phone. Holding the orange aloft in one
hand while he grasped the telephone
receiver with the other, he said: "Wiil
this kind do?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11

Cincinnati The accompanying Illus
tration Is likeness Of the future home
OF the relics and mementoes Of uaIor %,
those who have borne arms in defense
OF their country.
It Is the accepted design Of the edi-
nee which Is to be known as Memorial
hall s5 =. 2sss 5sss
It will be built under the supervision
OF the building committee of the Hamf1.s
ton County Memorial association, Of
which Capt. e. r. Monford Is Chairman.
=. The new building will be located on
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
Children Disguised in Dirt.

Susan B. Anthony, on her return
from Europe, talked IN an engaging
way about the things she had seen
over there. OF certain slum B she.
said: The children In this Stun are
dirty, very dirty. I. hardly know how
may make clear to you the superla-
tive degree Of dirtiness that marks
them. was told, for one thing, that
mother in this slum often goes out
on the street and washes half dozen:
children,s faces before she Is able to
find her own chill =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-11-11
A Beautiful Woman Lavver

Miss Gabriel Townsend Stewart has
acquired an extensive practice "A a
lawyer in New York. She believes
that woman can be an attorney.
deal with men, and at the same time
preserve whatever natural feminine
graces she may possess. Her friends
point her out as a test case, for Miss
Stewart is a beautiful woman. She
conducts her business in the courts
with all the grace of drawing-room
function, and is unusually effective in
winning cases. About the only kind
of legitimate business she refuses to
handle is divorce cases. On several
occasions she has achieved success in
the criminal courts, although real
property and adjustment cases are her
speciality. - .:s z+ ss.=