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the department, and takes the keenests
interest In everything pertaining to
the. improvement Of the navy The adj
miral is 6S years of age and could Rave
retired four years ago if he had want
ed to, but he says there is a lot OF
work that he can do and he proposes
to devote his energies to the good of
the navy. -a., -,
Just now Admiral Dewey has been
brought into the limelight by his per-
sistent advocacy Of big ships for the
navy. He has studied the recent war
between Russia and Japan with view
<to learning lessons that can be applied
to the United States navy, and he
maintains that the first lesson of this
conflict is the dominance of the big
battleship in naval encounter. He
declares that the United States must
keep abreast of all the great navies OF
the world, and as Great Britain mas
now laid down an 18,0OO-ton battleship
it behooves this country to initiate her
example and build vessel of equal
size
Admiral Dewey believes that the de-
fensive and offensive alliance bet :yeen
Great Britain and Japan makes it nec-
essary for the United States to main
tain navy of the first grade. This
alliance gives Great Britain and Japan
virtual control of the seacoast from
the Mediterranean to the northeast
ernmost point of the Asiatic coast.
The United States must have a navv
that will command respect in order to
maintain the Philippines and protect
her commercial interests in the orr
ent. The admiral's views will be spread
before congress at the coming session
when the question of a big batt'eship
is discussed.
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of action he IS likely to follow :when h.
enters the senate. The fact that the
railway rate question will be top
liner in the senatorial program this
winter has led to the supposition that
Senator La Toilette will jump TO tho
front in sort Of continuous perform
ance on that subject.
One of the old members of the SEN
ate, in discussing "Bob">La Follette's
probable course, said the other day: II
don't believe that Mr. La Toilette will
attempt to run the senate, or unduly
occupy it's time. He served three
terms In the house of representatives.,
and has a very accurate knowledge of
what the senate customs are.
1T is very we'll known that a new
member of the senate is expected to
keep in the background for the .i1rst
year or so. I know that that was the
way with me, and had had previous
experience in the house of representa-
tives. The senate has a quiet, .compla-
cent way of extinguishing genius that
is too persistent and calculated to of
fend the traditions of the body. A SEN
ator who really wants to be useful to
his state will wisely feel" his way
for the first year or two. After he has
got his bearings and established foot
ing, II he is man of ability, there is
no place that his genius will count for.
SO much as in the United States sem
ate. z ...s y. s5=
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wealth, but in energy, activity and
vitalized ambition in both commercial
and economic directions. 1t is the
nerve center of America, from which
pulsates and throbs the advanced
thought and energy Of the American
people," But, as we mentioned pre-
viously, Mayor Dunno did not spend all
his time in eulogy, he spoke of the
city as being lily policed, her people
lily protected and emphasized the fact
that radical reforms will require ade-
quate revenues, which the city now
sadly lacks.
The next speaker was Franklin Mac
Veagh, president of the bureau of char
tiles and of the Municipal Art league,
who had for theme the upbuilding of
Chicago. Mr. MacVeagh declared that
the great thing necessary in the de-
velopment of Chicago was the eradica-
ton of politics from the city govern
ment, and made plea that the city's
higher life have full regard, that this
be taken into consideration as well as
the question of commercial success.
Mr.. MacVeagh dwelt on the greatness
of spiritual power and argued force
fully for good government. To quote
directly from his address-until Chica,
go does upbuild her government her
other upbuilding must 60 on with halt.
ing and tagging.
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-10

A new and remarkable addition to
the useful applications of electricity is
just now receiving the attention of
the postal authorities of several Euro
pean countries-the invention of Count
Taeggi, an Italian. 1t consists of de-.
vice for the transmission of letters
between distant points by electricity.
For this purpose it Is proposed to con-
struct miniature railway strung on
wires about the height of ordinary
telegra ph-poles, the letters being trans
mitted in tiny inclosed carriages pro-
PEELED by electricity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-10

Jul Lu, police censor, has been
dismissed from Office forever by an
imperial edict for disobeying the i'm
perial order not to examine by torture,
and also for his great cruelty always
In dealing with prisoners" says the
Pekin Times. He had been nick
named Jul Forty, as he always started
out by giving prisoners forty blows.
Recently man died while receiving
100 blows by his orders, which caused
Jul Lu to be reported by the Pekin
censorate, and the result has been the
edict of Dismissal"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-10

Bezoni and others found In an an
c1ent sarcophagus artificial teeth made
OF sycamore wood. A set of artificial
teeth on the bridgework system was
also found in an Etruscan skull of
about 200 A. D. Plaster reservations
of the nose, ears and lips are clearly
described in Susruta about 300 B. C.
But the earliest representation of an
artificial limb is that of satyr who is
depicted with a wooden leg on a
Graeco-Roman vase in q collection at
the Louvre in Paris. In a Graeco-Ro-
man mosaic there is also a sportsman
represented with a wooden leg.
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gallant officers in the revolutionary
war. The continental congress, 1923
years ago, passed a resolution for the
erection of a monument to this officer,
but it is only now that this purpose is
to be carried out, provision having
been made by the last congress for the
erection of statue Of Gen. Mercer at
Fredericksburg, Va. A prominent
sculptor has been given the contract
for the memorial.
Gen. Mercer was a native of Scot
land, and in the early days before the
revolution, in fact, before the French
and Indian war, he came to America
and settled at Fredericksburg, where
he became known as one of the ablest
lawyers in that part OF the country.
He formed a-friendship With George
Washington when the latter was an Of
ficer in the colonial service, and en-
gagged with him in the Inflated 6yad-
dock expedition of 1855. He vas Sc
verely wounded at Braddock's fields,
near Fort Duquesne, and Travelled on
foot in that condition to Fort Cumber-
land, 16O miles east.
On the breaking out of the revolu-
ton, he was again associated with
Washington, and was conspicuous for
his gallantry in many an engagement
particularly in the battles of trenton
and Princeton. In the latter engage
ment he received his death wound.
The continental congress, in its en-
thusiasm over Gen. MERGERS galiantry,
upon receiving news of his death in
battle, passed a resolution for a me-
mortal, but the necessary funds we're
not set aside to erect one. That over
sight Of more than century ago has
been remedied, and now the gallant
Scotchman who gave his life for the
United States will be honored fol all
time by memorial fitting in senti-
ment and workmanship.
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The vaccine for the cure of tuber-
culosis, the discovery of which was
recently announced at the information.
al congress at Paris by Prof. Won
Behring, will be brought within the
reach of the poorest people in every
part Of the world within a year, &C.
cording to statement made by DR.. E.
Bischoff, of the firm of G. Bischoff &
Co., the professors American agents.
DR.. Bischoff is satisfied that a cure
Tor consumption has actually been
discovered, and denied that Won Beh.
ring is holding back his discovery for
the sake Of the money to be gained,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-10

London physicians have taken up
the laughter treatment and are pre-
scribing it as an alternative to tonics
or drugs. For the time being the raw
food cure, electric baths, open air,
starvation, Finsen rays, soothing mu-
sic and going barefoot are set aside in
favor of unrestrained mirth. For one
thing" says London doctor, discuss
Ing the new remedy, lit accelerates
the circulation and so aids digestion.
It relieves the brain by quickening the
movement Of the blood through the
veins and vessels"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-10

The age Of the sun has been for
many years a matter of controversy
between biologists and physicists.
The Investigators of tidal friction
claim that five hundred or one thou
sand million years have elapsed since
the birth of the moon, and other sci
entists, arguing from purely geological
reasons, claim the age Of the sun to
be between fifty and one thousand
million years. On the other hand, it
IS asserted by physicists that, at the
rate at which the sun is emitting en-
ergy, it can not have been active for
more than twenty million years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-10

Stockholm is built on a series of
Island formed by Luke Malaren. It
Is indeed the city of a thousand island
and rock reefs, which are sown broad
cast many miles beyond the mainland
where the lake and river join the sea.
The steamers which ply up and down
the lake afford endless excursions.
Seaward you may sail a day among
the islands until you reach the long,
low reefs on which the Baltic beats.
In spite Of their cold climate the
6wedes delight in the open air.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-10

The Hamburg-American Steamship
. Co. has christened the decks of the
Amerika, its new vessel, Kaiser, Roose-
welt, Washington, Cleveland and
Franklin, instead of main, lower, etc.
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were covered with

dust-colered vegetation dry as finder.
AS we took journey along the south
western edge of the town the day of
the anniversary, the miles of dried
grass and numberless shanties at the
mercy Of the wind from the south and
west, we trembled for what a great
matter might again be started by a
little fame.
The day after the anniversary one
OF the papers displayed on it's front
page cartoon that mixed tragedy and
humor in the usual American fashion:
we were shown a scene of devastation.
and under the picture the artist had
written "Thirty-four: years ago Chicago
was smoking ruin" Another scene
giving view of tall chimneys pouring
out great volumes of smoke and these
spreading over the town, was inscribed
with the laconic words "Still s'nok-
ing"
There It was, Chicago's smoking
past and her smoking present. We
forgot all anxiety in laughing with the
clever artist. And fortunately there
proved no occasion for further anx-
iety, a delightful all-night rain falling
and removing the menace Of dried,
wind-swept prairie.
OF course the papers were filled with
review and "reminiscences of the "a
hours work back in 1871. Old resi-
dents came forth from seclusion and
repeated oft-told tales; a great banquet
was held at the Auditorium. Veterans
of the Chicago fire department that
battled with the flames during those
stupendous hours, foregathered, 40
strong, to relate experiences and to
speak on changes that have taken place
in Chicago since the October night Mrs.
O'Leary's COW kicked over the lantern.
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Tor assistance. Judging = from the
number of applications that he has re-
ceived since his appointment as secre-
tary of the navy made him known in
ternationally, Mr.. Bonaparte has come
to the conclusion that all of the great
NapOleon's marshals must have died
poor. Scarcely day passes that he
does not receive a letter from some
one in France stating that the writer
has descended from one of Napoleon's
generals, and as the emperor's grand
nephew is now a man of wealth and
position the writer does not dOubr that
he will be only too glad to render a
little assistance.
The secretary cannot undertake to
respond to all these applications. but
he has let it be known that his mod.
est fortune would soon disappear il he
gave even trif1e to each of the aDpli-
cants. The majority of appeals f,1 aid
come from the descendants of Marshal
Ney. The Ney family seems to have
been very prolific, as members OF it
are popping up all over the republic of
France. In their letters to the secre-
tary they call attention to the great
value of Marshal Ney's services to Ma
poleon and suggest that the secretary
in memory of his distinguished grand
uncle, might feel like discharging- part
of the latter's debt to Ney by sub
stantial financial remittances to the
present members of the Ney family.
One Of these letters is from a Ney
who has served in the French army.
He has sent the secretary a colored
portrait of himself, showing that he is
dressed in the brilliant French uni
form, with baggy trousers of bright
red hue
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pointed to the general staff, but there
was no place for him there, SO
he will be assigned to command
of a division with headquarters
at st. Louis. Secretary Taft is
not altogether in favor of the policy
of putting men of Weston's age into
the line, and, with the kindliest feel
ings for the veteran, he contested with
the president over such an assignment
When the promotion was decided upon.
the secretary said to Weston:
General, the president has been try
ing to make you major general and I
have been trying to prevent it. The
president has won OUT and l guess he
is right about it,"
"That's all right" responded Gen.
Jack" Il understand my age is in
the way, but l am a pretty lively colt"
Anyone to look at the active, rosy
checked Kentuckian, and who is ac-
quainted with his record for hard
work, can easily understand how the
president persuaded Secretary Taft to
waive the policy of not appointing old
men to the line in Weston's case.
Gen. Weston is known as the
Charles O'Ma)ley' of the army, % he
fills the bill of Levers Irish soldier
hero in most particulars. He is jolly,
light-hearted, energetic, brave officer,
and has years of usefulness before him.
Only two years ago the army doctors
concluded that he was a very sick
man, and they thought they had dis
covered something wrong with his
heart. They put him in the soldiers
home hospital and told him he laust
not take any violent exercise Weston
did not believe that there was any
thing the matter with his heart and
one day, when his attendants We're at
dinner, he jumped up, ran across a
meadow and back at full speed and
found to his satisfaction that there
was not the slightest flutter of his
heart.
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ors dinner. The thirty-fourth ami
versary of the fire was also the first
birthday anniversary of the Chicago
Commercial association.
The mayors dinner was attended by
1000 men, interested, as the Record
Herald put it, lin the rise of anew
Chicago" These men broke bread to-
gether and interchanged views of the
city's faults, of the city's needs. The
guest of the evening was the mayor of
Chicago, it being the aim to bring into
closer relationship those representing
the commercial interests of the city
and those in charge of her municipal
affairs. The, president of the ,asspeia-
ton spoke Of TING desire OF the ass cia-
ton to cooperate with the local city
government, the mayor expressed his
appreciation of the benefits accruing
from harmony. a
The decorations of the banquet Ia
bles were emblematic as we'll as of au-
tumnal beauty. Over the speakers ta-
BILE hung floral reproduction of the
associations emblem, of such goodly
size the words stood out clearly; from
a background of white asters appeared
the words Chicago the" and the
phrase was finished below with Great"
in golden immortelles on a background
of red rosebuds. The lower half of the
design had background of purple
asters from which shone forth, in
starry coreopsis bloom, the words
Central Market"
At the mayors dinner the mayor
scolded a little, and of course did not
let the opportunity slip to at least men
ton the question of municipal owner.
ship. And this is how he censured;
he said If every one did his duty as a
taxpayer the city's purse would not be
SO lean. Among other needs mentioned
he spoke of better fire equipment.
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Among the crying needs OF South
Africa are wire screen doors and wire
screens for the windows, for the pur-
pose Of keeping out the insect pests.
Hitherto screens have been but littla
used in that country.
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L Is no" MAJ. ten.
- ack WESTON
The expected pro
motion has :>eenI
made and the
white-headei sol.
der, who will be
60 years of age in
N ov e m Der, now
goes into the line
to do active serv-
ice. 1t was at
first thought that
he would he an
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-10
The Days That Tried Mems Souls.

He town then had
a population of
$50, 600; of these
10000 were rem
dered homeless. OF
the awful money
loss we ave
spoken: for all
that loss only a
few paltry thous-
ands were paid in
insurance, such a
large proportion of
the insurance be-
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ness Of the Chicago motto II will
people that have arisen from heaaslles
Of a fire like that Of 1871 may be for
given many things. .
Maybe we realize tt more in concem-
plation of individual losses than In try
ing to grasp the aggregate of almost
$200,O0O,O0O! Think of shelter, bed,
clothing, food, possessions, great and
small, everything gone; and no hotels
open to go to, neighbors in the same
state of impoverishment as yourself.
But human nature proved itself during
those narrowing days something better
than rated by the cynics; houses that
were left, opened wide their doors;
those that had, gave to those that had
not. Ere some system Of relief could
be put into operation there came pour.
ing into the town motley stores sent
post haste by the farmers along the
railway lines, people picked up what
there was at hand and sent it generous
ly, unhesitatingly. Immediate necessi-
ties were Immediately cared for. Short
ly the whole world sent aid, $1,000. 900
in cash was received.
The dazed people began to hope, be-
gan to work.. And the rest of the story
every one knows.
In the "reminiscences exchanged the
other evening at the meeting of the
veteran fire fighters, former Chief
Musham bore witness that his COM
pany, No. 6, was the first to get q
stream on the fire; then came No. 2,
and this company kept the flames from
spreading to the West side. "Yes," de-
clared the former chief, 1T was old No.
2 that saved the West side; and over
there signalling out one of the old
brigade, II see Fred Allen, the engineer
on No. g." OF course the veterans
looked now to- Allen for speech. He
gave 1t in few, but strong, words. I'VE
worked like -- that night"
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Upbuilding of Chicago.

UT their thoughts
were largely con.
cerned with the fu-
ture. They talked
of wonderful posi-
bilities. In grandi-
eloquent words the
mayor thus ad-
dressed the ban
queters: Chicago,
in my judgment, is
the greatest city OF
America, not in
population, or in
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Maj. Gen. A. r. Chaffee retires for
age next April az chief of staff, and
will be succeeded by Maj. Gen. J. c.
Bates, who will in the following June
yield to MAJ Gen. Corbin. After only
three months tenure Gen. Corbin will
give way to Maj Gen. Arthur MacAr
thur, who will have a three years
term
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-10
HEALTH AND STRENGTH
RESTORED BY
PE-Ru-NA.

Mrs. Emma Fleissner, 141a Sixth
Ave-. Seattle, WASH, Worthy Treas
urer Sons of Temperance, writes
"lsuffered over two years with ir-
Observation-Disclosures. MyheaZfh
was In a very precarious condition md
Twas anxious to find something to re-
store my health and strength.
81 was very glad to try Peruna and
deligl ted to find that it was doing me
good. continued to use it a little over
three months and found my troubles
removed. @
"I consider 1t a splendid medicine
and shall never be without 1t, taking
a dose occasionally when / feel rum
down and tired" ~,.-
Our files contain thousands of testi-
monials which DR.. Hartman has re-
ceived from grateful, happy women
who have been restored to health by
his remedy, Peruna. 49,,
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Gen. Hugh Mercer.

FTER 1923 years
t h i S government
is about to do
proper honor to a
distinguished 1ev-
dictionary he.c. A
memorial is TO be
erected 70 the
memory of Gen.
Hugh Mercer, who
is a close friend OF
Washington and
one IF the mos;
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would be routed some day, that some
meddling deliver would place it in linn
90, along with George Washington's
boyhood truthfulness, William Tells
apple and other darling beliefs. But
Fernando Jones-and who knows more
about Chicago, both past and present,
than this ancient of days, this keen
observer-tells us we may cling to the
COW. Fernando says: 1T is peculiar
that such tremendous calamity owed
it's start to COW, but that is the case
Some people have thought that Mrs
O'Leary's COW was bit of fiction, but
that is not SO. The COW actually exist
ed and it did kick over the lantern.
That was what started the whole thing.
Mrs. O'Leary's shanty was in the rear
of No. 1877 Dekoven street, near Clinton,
and that is the spot atwhich the flames
began their work.
The fire thus started on the West
side, just beyond the river; but very lit
tie of that side of the town suffered.
The flames jumped the river at Harri-
son street and the work of destruction
was begun on the South side. On and
around it sped, and soon that part of
town bounded by the river, Harrison
street and the lake was all aflame. This
constituted not only the whole business
portion of the city, but also much of
the residence part. for along Michigan
avenue were numerous fine residence,
one block here was known as Palace
Row.
The fire turned towards the river
again, this time to the northward, and
now the North side was overwhelmed.
1t struck the North side about three
o'clock in the morning and burned
there all the next day. Its northern
limit was what is now Lincoln park,
then burying ground Mr.. Jones tells
that the flames did not spare even the
burying ground; all the wooden slabs
were burned.
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Not Retired on His Laurels-

JMlRAI DEWEY
IS setting al, ex-
ample of activity
that could we'll be
followed by young
er officers in the
navy. He is still
the naval hero OF
the present day,
but he does not
elect to retire on
his laurejs and
rust out in private
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The "Mayor's Dinner"

. HAVE no great
time in Chicago to
stop and think, but
even a hasty per-
son may have been
impressed by two
m a t t rs closely
linked with the past
and present of the
city; the flood of
"reminiscences of
the great fire, the
new d 81 ar re
known as the may-