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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

ity to the mails of the post cards
which have become the rage within the
last two years, or since congress au-
thorized their use in the mails. This
form of souvenir and mailing card has
been utilized as means to pander
to the desire for the risque and racy
in pictures and some of the specimens
are too indecent to pass through the
mails.
Instructions have been given post
masters throughout the country to re-
and to send them to the dead letter
Office, where they are finally passed
upon by Mr.. Young and his assistants
1t is a. little difficult to tell just where
the proper line should be Drawn, but
a large number of these post cards are
are so manifestly unfit for mailing that
the work of the censOrs is cut out for
them. AS high as 5000 of these SOU
venirs have been confiscated and &C.
stroyed in one day. The bulk of the
Objectionable cards come from abroad,
principally from Paris, where ideas Of
propriety are not formed on whole
some American lines.
Mr.. Young, who acts as chief censor
In the interest of public morality, is
an old-time newspaper man and 4
brother of the late John Russell
Young, the noted diplomat, traveller
and writer Forty years ago Mr.. Young
was member Of the press gallery here
and for many years was chief corre-
spondent of Horace Greeleys New
York Tribune. He was a member of
congress for two terms from Philadel-
phia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

plans have been filed for $112,OOO,OOO
worth of buildings in Manhattan and
the Bronx. In Brooklyn and Queens
boroughs the rate of building is still
more rapid in proportion to population.
but the cost is relatively much smaller.
The city. is now erecting homes for $780,
600 additional residents, and the UNI
housed or badly housed will fill them as
soon as they are finished.
The demand for building workmen is
something extraordinary. Men make
fabulous sums by overtime. It is poor
trade that doesn't pay five dollars day.
to skilled men. No contractor dare
speak harsh1y to workman. The man
has only to go next door where any one
that can swing hammer or lay brick
will be put to work and no questions
asked. &s7s* sssss 5s7asze& 3ssss 5.s5* ss -
49,: 5s@z OWEN LANGDON.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

Between walls rising almost perpen.
dicularly sometimes 500 feet above
them, ships will sail through the Guile
bra section of the Panama canal. A
canyon five miles in length and hun
dreds Of feet deep will be built. At all
events, ships must pass ten miles be.
tween the lofty perpendicular walls, ex-
cluolng two-thirds Of the sky from
view, on their way between Colon and
Panama. Through this artificial can
yon half of the oceanic commerce Of
the world must find it's way, the Guile
bra mass standing in the midst of it as
Q monument to American enterprise
that may survive the memory Of ma.
tons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

The artificial eyebrow is the latest
aid to beauty Of the applied" order.
Such eyebrows, sometime made singly.
cost from $3.50 to $3.50 per pair, &C..
cording to the grade OF the work Of
construction, the work being always
necessarily of fine order. And any
where from eight to twenty pairs may
be annually needed by the beauty
seeker who would thus remedy ma
lures defects in the matter OF eye
brows. But the game is we'll worth
the candle for most of the faces 80
improved
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

ers have taken the matter UP and COM
municaleO with the various governors
The republican national committee will
take the matter under consideration in
November, for which time a special
meeting has been called.
There is practical unanimity among
the governors in favor of a change of
date. The almost invariable bad
weather on the 4th Of March, the sick
ness and discomfort that attend that
day and the frequent deaths of promi-
nent men resulting from exposure
while in attendance on the inaugural
functions have created a sentiment en-
tirely favorable to a >postponement to
q later and better date. An amend
ment to the constitution is required to
effect the change. A joint resolution
must be pas ID by congress, submit
ting the question to the several states.
Such a resolution has twice passed the
senate and no doubt is felt that it
will pass the house this year.
In answer to the letter of the COM
missioners, asking the governors of the
various states as to their opil -ons.
Gov. Terrell, of Georgia, makes a Wig
orous reply, which may be taken as
an expression of the general guber-
material opinion. He says: "The peo-
pie of Georgia are convinced that so
important a function as the Inaugural
ton of a president of the United States
should take place at season which
would not 'ndanger the health and life
of the flower of our land-many of
whom are >ttracted to Washington by
this most impressing spectacle of our
government
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

Public interest has recently been ex.
cited by remarkable dinner party
given in London, at which "a people
sat down and which cost $4,000.
Some high~class chefs who know the
deepest mysteries of their business are
inclined to say that this was really
nothing after all. It could have been
made to cost much more if it had been
necessary, and that in a quite legiti-
mate manner. The most expensive
soup that can be served is Chinese
birds'-nest soup, which can hardly be
done at less than 15s an ounce, which
means CT los for moderate plate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

army that will pass in review from now
until the end of October.
tits good place to eat luncheon-on
Sunday. Of a week day before three
p. M. it is the busiest corner in the world,
not even excepting Threadneedle street
by the Bank of England. For there the
buildings are not so high. Right where
Silas or Elijah sat, a chin-bearded, elder
ly man chewed vigorously a ham sand
wich, Washington from his balcony ad-
dressed the cheering throng at the close
of the revolution. Diagonally across
from Silas and his women folk was J. p
Morgan's Office, modestly enough
housed in a building which cannot last
much longer, because it is only eight
stories high, and the land there is worth
not less than $30.000,000 an acre. To
the right the sandwich eater could look
upat Trinity church, dwarfed by the can
yon OF high buildings that now encom-
pass it. And down before him curved
Broad street, where the curb market on
week days bowls to the left and to the
right rises the beautiful marble facade
OF the new stock exchange, with the
holly debated statues in it's pediment.
OF course, everybody has to decide for
himself whether they are immoral or
not-after careful inspection.
I can imagine that a "seeing-New
Yorker" has aSpretty good time of it for
delirious week. He rides on a rubber
neck coach through Chinatown, where
they may murder some one any time for
his especial amusement, he is permitted
to understand. He strolls or rides up
Fifth avenue and gapes at the costly
houses of the millionaires-every bus
driver names them for trifling fee to
those who ride on top He goes to Bed
lows island and climbs up the Statue
of Liberty, something that neither l nor
any other nine of ten New Workers have
ever done. He sees the navy yard as
far as they will let him-well, Tremem-
Der when you could wander anywhere
through the weeds! He goes to Coney
island, and there is nothing like that
anywhere else on earth; that's some
comfort.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
The Congressional Records

N A CORNER of
the old Hall of
K e pr e sentatives.
or what is known
as IS t a t u airy
Hall" in the big
capitol building,
there is rallied off
a space large
enough to accom-
modate a desk
and table. In this
extemporized office
is found a small,
dapper little man.
keeu-eVe6 n1o9S.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

One of the familiar tests by which
q chemist recognizes the presence Of
arsenic is the odor of garlic given of
when one Of its compounds is heated
in the blowpipe fame The same smell
of garlic is produced when certain
fungi grow or substances containing
arsenic. And it is interesting to note
that one species of fungus is found to
accomplish this feat of chemical analy-
Sis more effectively when it is grown
in connection with yellow algal cells
in other words, when It forms the
plant association known as lichen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

and, like all of his colleagues who
have been transferred to that field, he
is making good" He is stout, roly
poly man, with pleasant, smiling
face, a joke always on the end of his
tongue, but with a good supply Of ac-
tive gray matter located under his
smooth brown hair, which is accurate
ly parted in the middle.
Mr.. Reynolds is only 35 years old,
but his Is years of life since he left
college has been crammed full of use
full experiences and he has taken hold
OF the management of the big customs
service which comes under his depart
ment in way that has won the en-
comiums of Secretary Shaw and Pres
ident Roosevelt. When Mr.: Reynolds
graduated from Dartmouth college he
went into journalism and for two years
was Washington correspondent. He
had natural bent for politics-clean
politics-state and national, and was
made secretary of the Massachusetts
republican state committee, a perma-
nent position as the annual election of
a governor in the Bay state makes po-
litical campaigns permanent institu-
ton there.
Mr.. Reynolds has long been the chief
lieutenant of Senator Lodge, the repub-
lican leader of Massachusetts, and
the latter was instrumental in having
him placed in his present important
post President Roosevelt likes Reyn-
Odds energetic, but good naturedt.way
of doing things, and has felt amply
justified in selecting him for assistant
secretary Of the treasury.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
HONEST PHYSICIAN
Works with Himself First.

It is mistake to assume that physi-
clans are always skeptical as to the
curative properties of anything else
than drugs.
Indeed, the best doctors are those
who seek to~heal with as little use of
drugs as possible and by the use Of
correct food and drink. A physician
writes from Calf. to tell how he made
a well man of himself with Natures
remedy:
Before came from Europe, where
I was born," he says, 1T was my Gus
tom to take coffee with milk (cafe auS
lait) with my morning meal, a small
cup (cafe noir) after my dinner and
two or three additional small cups at
my club during the evening. s
In time nervous symptoms devel-s
oped, with pains in the cardiac region. !.
and accompanied by great depression
OF spirits, despondency-in brief, the.
blues!' l at first tired medicines, but
got no relief and at last realized that.
all my troubles were caused by coffee.
I thereupon quit it's use forthwith.
substituting English Breakfast Tea.
THE tea seemed to help me at first. j
but IN time the old distressing symp-
toms returned, and I quit it also, and
tried to use milk for my table beyer-
sge. This I was compelled however to-
abandon speedily for while It relieved
the nervousness somewhat, it brought
on constipation. Then by happy
inspiration I was led to try the Postum
Food Coffee. This was some months
ago and still use It. I am no longer
nervous, nor. do / suffer from the.
pains about the heart. while my blues,
have left me and life is bright to me
once more. l know that leaving OF;
coffee and using Postum healed me.
and make It rule to advise my pa
TENTS to use It. Name given By.
Postum 60. Battle Crsek, llich.
There's a reason. ssss.ss ss I:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

Alaska may have it's drawbacks as
to winter climate, but every baseball.
jo7ing boy would certainly like to live
there in summer. With daylight every
minute of the "a hours and the most
popular time for playing the national
game from 8 o'clock in the evening to
midnight, and nothing in the way Of
work to prevent, everybody is free to
60 to the ball game. And most every
body promptly and enthusiastically
does go.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
The Insurance Investigation.

HE insurance COM
panies are making
no effort to cast OBJ
stacles in the way
of the legislative
Investigating COM
mittee. That stage
may come later.
Meanwhile practi-
cally every great
company has been
b u silly cleaning
house in prepara-
ton for the storm
which may descend
upon them. Paul
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22


Morton is causing thorough examina-
ton of the affairs of the Equitable.
Petty graft is being abolished, salaries
of ornamental officials cut, agents COM
missions closely looked after. Other
companies are doing somewhat similar
work, though less vigorously.
Mr.. Hughes, the chief counsel of the
committee, is a marvel of capacity for
hard work. He has a giants task; if
he carries it through to the satisfaction
of the people he may be heard from po-
litically.
And political material in New York is
scarce. All summer long the fusionists
who have been considering possible can
didates for mayor have hit upon no
name. If they had inserted an adver-
tisement, "Wanted-A bright, young
Brooklyn democrat; magnetic, a good
speaker, not connected with the Ring,
not tangled up with trusts in any way,
to run for mayor no one could have an
swered it. Edward NJ. Shepard is all
that is here stated, and a man of much
ability on the stump or at his desk;
man who may yet be heard from; but
he has yet to expatiate having run as
Tammany candidate against Seth Low.
Comptroller Grout, honest, able, ambi-
tious, non magnetic; a good but not
a rousing speaker, accepted Murphy's
Endorsement two years ago. That set
tied him.
1t sounds absurd to say that William
TQrnn1o
for the district attorneyship and the
mayoralty nominations, because he was
the only man-really needed in both
places, but that was the absolute truth.
New York is shy Of capable politicians.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
The Middlesex hospital, IN London,
has plant producing three tons Of
Ice in "a hours, at a cost Of 81 a ton.
against $5.46 a ton when purchased.

The German naval authorities have
decided to build second entrance to
the Kaiser Wilhelm canal, connecting
the Baltic with the North sea. Both
the new mouth and the old will be
strongly fortified with heavy guns
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

0f:a,l strange Occupations followed
by men in the picturesque west, re-
mote. from railroads and other evil
dences OF civilization, that of profes.
tional wolf hunter, or "wolfer," Is
raostsuniqne. The wolfer is product
Of the wilderness. It is his business to
shoot trap OF poison the huge, gaunt
wolves that deplete the focks OF. the
sheep men and the herds ofsthe cat
tie owners on thesplains and in the
mountains. Never numerous, the
VOTERS are becoming less and less in
number every year. The difficulties
Of the calling are great $500 '>s@as
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

President Loubet, OF France, has in.
timated that he will not seek re-
election, but will retire at the end OF
his term next year. His reasons are
said to be that the president OF
FRANCE is too much Of a fgurehead,
and that second term might easily
degenerate into a life tenure, which
would be dangerous to the republic.
Besides, Mr.. Loubet wishes to give the
other aspirants a chance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Building a Greater City.

HERE are in the
metropolitan cir
cult of so miles
about New York
100000 people.
There are going
to be 100000
within the time OF
of some who read
this. The work Of
providing for them
keeps the builders
busy.
Since January 1.
On1v eight nfnnfhc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

antemannered, who is probably the
most sought after person in the capt.
tol. This is Andy" Smith, or more
formally, w. A. Smith, the congress
sio1lai record clerk. His unique duties
have be N the growth OF years and he
is indispensable to the senator's and
representatives. Mr.. Smith arranges
for the printing in pamphlet form of
speeches which the congressional ora
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
The Real New York.

ANY or most OF
these things are
worth seeing. But
they are not New
York. A wise man
from S a v a n n a h
said to me the 9TH
err day: when
ever l am in New
York there are
three things l al
ways see: T h e
Bronx ECO. the mu-
scum of natural
history and the
Metropolitan mu-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
To Change Inauguration Dav.

HERE is a decided
step c..ready taken
toward a change
in the date of in
auguration ay.
The governors OF
Al states have
joined in a move
ment to postpone
the presidential in
auguration from
March 4 to a later
date, prob a b l y
April 80. The dis
trict commission
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

To the average man who racks his
brain to make domestic ends meet on
f2 Of 23 a week there is some,
thing startling in the light recently
thrown on the life and habits of Mr.:
eamue! Dunlap, Of England, the octo-
Eenarian millionaire. who died few
weeks ago. Mr.. Dunlap's housekeeper
declares, among many other strange
things. SHAT during 30 years this own,
Or otsmiilions only purchased one suit
OF clothes, a cheap pair of grey trou
Fe1s, and two overcoats; while four
straw hats, at a shilling each, were all
the head -cD7ering required for 16 years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Assistant Secretary of Treasury.

welt Young Men
in important pub
lie positions and
who are making
their mark in the
government serv-
ice is James B.
Reynolds, assist
ant secretary of
the treasury. Mr..
Reynolds is an
other newspaper
man who has been
,oaxed into the
government work
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

An English master mariner named
Death has had his name changed. He
said, in explanation, that he was now
acting as first officer, but expected
soon to have command Of ship. He
was afraid that few passengers would
care about risking voyage in . ship
captained by Death.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

We pay but slight attention to tho
loss of ship these days unless many
lives are sacrificed. Therefore 1t is
surprising to know that in the heavy
storms Of last April 113, vessels were
destroyed, OF which II were pro-
PEELED by sails and Sc by steam. In
addition, ZIG suffered damages.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Couldn't Be Both.

Bridget" said Mrs. Hiram Often to
the new servant, "the lady whose
name you gave me as reference tells
me you were not always truthful and
obedient."
mo, ma'am," replied Bridget, Il
couldn't be wild her a-tellin' me all the
time to say she wasn't at home."-
Philadelphia Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

"Pa,' said little Willie as they pass
ed Mr.. Haines' beautiful headquarters,
what does S. P. c. A. mean?"
IS. P. c. A., my son. replied Mr..
Levelhead, lis ala abbreviatior for
the Society for the Perpetuaticn of
Cash Appropriations Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
Reported Changes.

He dog days are
responsible for a
good deal of Cos
sip of changes in
the cabinet and
t h e diplomatic
corps. Some OF
the gossip is based
on more or less
fact, but a part OF
it is simply "hot
air." The presi-
dent likes to. read
these forecasts of
changes he is, al
legged to have in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
GOSSIP
NOW HAVE A CENSOR OF PIC
TURE POSTCARDS.
HUNDREDS ARE DESTROYED
congressman Often Have to Go Down
Into Their Pockets to Furnish "Rec-
ords" to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
mat and Cabinet Member.

ASHINGTON. - At
the head of the
dead letter Office
of the post Office
department is an
old n e W S p a p e r
man, James Rank
in Young, who
finds himself to-
day the Anthony
COmstock of the
administration. In
addition to his
other duties, Mr..
Young has to pass
on the admissible
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
I'm THE MET | IS
GOOD TIMES HAD BY STRANGER
SEEING NEW YORK.:
SOME OF CITY'S MUSEUMS
The Kosher Bakers of New York a
Pale, Puny, Unwholesome Lot
-Assemblyman Hartman
Their Champion.

EW YORK.-Tak-
ing a short cut
t h.r ug h Wall
street last Sunday
on my way from a
suburban boat, I
saw six people sit
ting on the steps of
t h e subtreasury
eating luncheon.
They were a part
of the vast army Of
sight-seers in town
the advance guard
of the yet bigger
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22
New York Doesn't Know New York.

STRIKE which
should have led. to
something was that
of the East side
K O S h er bakers.
But N e W York
which does not
know New York
took little interest
in it, and mourns
not lat all over it's
failure.
Ten years ago
theg1sat agitation
which resulted in,
the better tene-'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

There Were Nc Other Kind.
"Ya-as, she advised me to marry nv
intellectual superior
= What unnecessary advice!"-Rous.
ton Post -'~A~~- @>sss9s7'esse=z ssst4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-22

,nent law which so blesses the metro
Oils, brought attention also to the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-03-11

a member taking such liberties! TINS
council, am glad to say is clean and
its personnel is clean
Two Conferences.
The closing scene OF the Eighth
legislative assembly was a dramatic
one. At O'Clock p. m the appro2ri
alton bill was finally satisfactorily
agreed upon ii the second conference
committee appointed. the first cam
mittee having agreed to disagree.
The Zig contention between lhe meu
hers of the first committee was the
herd law rider attached to the biz, by
Senator Alexander The second con
ference committee. after two hours
of conference and wrangling finally
came to am agreement Alexander
was voted down and III herd law
rider was lost. When everything was
in fair shape for the satisfactory OH
justment Of all contentious tho report
hecan'e current thai the appropriation
bill was being tampered with by
someone who had gained adlnittanct
TO the engrossing ana enrolling room
of the hose. The declaration wa
maze in open council by soretor
scott Interest became intense. The
president declared that mo would net
sign tho appropriation oill under amy
circumstances if the proof was shown
that tho lin had been in any way
changed from the original adopted hlil
Irregularities on Record.
The democratic members moved that
The appropriated bill Irregularities be
shown On the Journals, but tho motiua
was voted down, after a skirnish by
4 The republican majority