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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

lion dollars, he has resumed that call
ing in a Coney Island music hall.
Mentally began with capital of $500
painfully saved up from his wages;
you need a little real money for bait in
the green goods game. The $500 grew,
and presently he was able to grub
!! stake" others at the game and to broad
en- his energies to planning, advertising,
sending the circulars and financing the
deals of his satellites.
. Taylors hotel, in Jersey City, an ex-
cellent and reputable place, was for
years pestered by the persistence OF
green goods men, who would appoint
rendezvous there with the rural come
ons who thirsted to do the swindlers at
their own game. For the funny thing
about the green goods game is that its
victims know it, for the most part. Nine
out of ten of them are smart Alecks''
who understand the procedure from be-
ginning to end; the furnishisng of good
bill as a sample of the goods" the pay
ment of real money; the substitution Of
a satchel full of green paper; the "t'row-
ing scare into" the visitor by fake
detective; they know the game, l say,
but think that they are sharp enough to
beat it at some point Once in awhlla
some one Of them does beat it.
): Mentally used to show "come on" as
much as $4,000 in good money, and Of
fer it for $1,000, trusting to the old SUBJ
stitution trick, which never failed to
save him. He bought $4,000 worth OF
jewelry in one year for woman with
whom he was infatuated; she deserted
him when he was caught, not by any,
body he had robbed, but by post Office
men. His horses and carriages, his
country place, his money in the bank,
all went to his lawyers. Now he begins
again at the bottom of the ladder, a
waiter, and not very deft one with his
bent, crooked fingers and slow old legs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
STRONGER THAN MEAT.
A Judges Opinion Of Grape-Nutz

A gentleman who has acquired
judicial turn of mind from expert
ence on the bench out in the Sunfower
State, writes carefully considered
opinion as to the value Of Grape Nuts
as food. He says: S
For the past years Grape-Nuts
has been prominent feature in our
bill Of fare. -,~<.. .-..-.. : z.
"The crisp food with the delicious.
nutty flavor has become an indispensa-
BILE necessity in my family's everyday
life, -. =. -. q
!: ''lt has proved to be most healthful
and beneficial, and has enabled US to
practically abolish pastry and pies
from our table, for the children prefer
Grape Nuts and do not crave rich and
unwho1esome food. s.. -. IS
"Grape-Nuts keeps us all in perfect
physical condition-as preventive Of
disease it is beyond value. have been
particularly impressed by the bene-
f1cial effects Of GTape-Nuts when used
by ladies who arc troubled with face
blemishes. skin eruptions, etc. IL
clears up the complexion wonderfully.
AS to its nutritive qualities, my ex.
perience Is that one small dish OF
Grape-Nnss Is superior to pound Of
meat for breakfast which Is an I'm
portant onsideration for anyone. Il
satisfies tho appetite and strengthens
the power OF resisting fatigue, wl1ilo
its use involves none Of the disagree.
-able consequences that sometimes fol-
low meat breakfast = Name given
By Postum GO. Battle cssek Mich
There's 8 reason s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

A fine cattle ranch Of $500 acres,
near Calgary, Alberta, British Colum-
bia, has been bought for 100000 by
President Smith, of the Mormon
Church, and lne land will be colonized
by MormOns
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
Secretary Bonaparte Hard at Work.

GOnh IL AN I OF the
Navy BOnaparte
is a lawyer of
high ability and
when he buckles
down to a case
he is apt to go to
the bottom of it.
He has been very
much worked up
over occurrences
in the navy since
he took charge
and the evidences
there have been
OF an undue
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

Gus one. The defiance which this
little South American demagogue has
cast at the United States and his
threats to buy navy and send 1t
into the gulf at New Orleans and his
boast that he can bring the United
States to terms are all very amusing,
but trouble may be brought about by
his Iery boasting and arrogant man.
ner.
Castro has really gone to work to
get some sort Of navy and has just
bought 100000 worth of guns in
France and Germany with which to
fortify his sea ports. It is also re-
ported that he intends to make a tour
of the adjoining republics, Bolivia,
Peru and Chile with the avowed pur-
pose of arousing them in opposition to
the United States. This is all
chimerical dream on the part of this
adventurer, but the United States
may yet be compelled to administer
to him good, sound spanking. There
is ample excuse for interference in
the treatment which Castro has given
the New York and Bermudez Asphalt
company which has been cheated out
of the concession for which it paid
well. 1t is not likely, however, that
the United States will send any war
ships to Venezuela to settle the claims
of private corporation. It is certain
it Castro continues in his insulting
course and any American citizen
should be maltreated or denied rights
he is entitled to then the United
States will step in and give Venezue=
la a good trouncing.
Castro has shown some shrewd-
ness in the purchase of his NUM-
tons of war, as he has made these
purchases from countries that have
; claims against Venezuela and he
doubtless counts on the buying of a
bill Of military goods as sure way
to check any disposition on the part
of these powers to press the claims OF
their citizens. He has bought vessels
from England and guns from France
and Germany.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
Permanent Diplomatic Homes.

HE German gov.
eminent is the
last to secure a
permanent diplo.
matte home in
Washington. It
has purchased a
site for it's embas-
sy just opposite
the property that
was purchased
two years ago by
the French cow
eminent for it's
new embassy and
both of the sites
overlook Shori.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

HE property which
the German gov.
ern m e mt has
bought stands at
a considerable
height above the
street and is
shaded by mag
nifcent trees. It
will be one of the
m o s t beautiful
diplomatic resi-
dences in Wash
ington. 1t is pro-
posed to erect q
splendid ton 9
structure of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

Are your glasses insured?" If not,
they may be for the small sum Of 81
a year. A New York concern has just
established this, the latest phase Ut
the insurance business.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
The King Of the Green Goods Men.

0A W.
Kalamazoo let the
glad tidings go
forth: The king
of the green goods
men, after break
ing many men, is
broke. Jim Nc
Nally" began: his
money getting ca
reer as a waiter
in a restaurant;
a f t er pa S S i n e
through his fingers
At 1oect half q mil
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
German Millionaires in New York

Il. BOSSERT is
typical Of a fine
class of early i'm
migrants fro
Germany who have
grown up with the
city to vast~wealth.
John H. Shuts was
another Of these
men. Shuts bak-
cry is a household
word in Brooklyn.
Mr.. Shuts h a S
been also a famous
horse owner, and
the younger men,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

Before Formosa passed into Japan
csc hands, 10000 Chinese coolies were
imported every year during the tea
picking season. The number now is
less than 5000, the Japanese employ
ing their own coolies,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

When Japanese on the Pacific
the one word "Hoshlukaere'' he packs
up and starts for Japan at once to
take his place in the ranks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

A0o NAAN1Aax - CA
p err e nee with
P r nee Colonna
might have abated,
enc would suppose,
Florence Croker's
ardOr for her titled
Italian. A new
I I. a l o. American
matrimonial tan
gle is less tinged
with the bitterness
of personal quar-
rels, but in another
4~~@>%
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
1taly's new postage stamps were de.
signed by the painter Michetti. All
those Of higher denomination have a
portrait of Victor Emmanuel.

Five citizens Of the United States
have become naturalized British SUD-
jects since the enactment Of tho
Transvaal naturalization ordinance in
December, 1902.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

recent bulletin of
the census office
seems to prove
the, contention
that women are
gradually displac.
ing men. in Ger.
tain lines of
work. In = the
government d e.
part m en- ts In
Washington this
is to q great ex-
tent true. as q
large percentage
of employees are
Of the fair sex.
.efs of bureaus and
who contend that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

The discovery that the bulkheads in
some of the newest British warships
are perfectly useless to resist sea wa
ter pressure was made in recent in.
spectiOn of the channel fleet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

He's no dude" "Bossert? Bossert?'
the 400 ruminafed. Nov who can that
be?'
The incident is illustrative of the op-
portunity which is the Republic. Hyde's
place at Bay Shore was the pride OF his
father. He himself developed it to rare
beauty, largely at the expense of the
Equitable stockholders. There he bred
fine horses, but not fast ones-his taste
was more for coaching-and fine flow
ers, the famous violets included. He
was blue-ribbon winner at the horse
shows there and elsewhere. It seems to
be thought good business for life in
surance man to have a show place in the
country. That of President Mccall, of
the New York Life, down on the Jersey
side, is huge pile of ostentatious cost
illness.
Louie" Bossert about 80 years ago
started planning mill and sash factory
in that section of Brooklyn known as
Touchdown" He lived there himself;
later, as the mill grew and business be-
came good, he moved uptown and built
simple, modest house on Bushwick
avenue, the show street of the newer
| German district. Brooklyn has been en-
joying building boom Of late. Owing to
conditions widely different from those
in Manhattan, most of the building is of
small frame cottages. This year Mr.. Bos-
| sert, who is quiet, unassuming man
of not much more than middle age, was
an exhibitor at the Bay Shore horse
show. That was his entrance into the
society of the place. His purchase of
| the Hyde country place makes him the
nabob of the region. Personally, I'd
much rather own a planning mill than do
what Mr.. Hyde has done in the Equi-
table. Fresh shavings smell very clean
and sweet, while grating upon door
policy holders
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

wonder II Murphy, who is a rich man
now, ever, thinks in his Long Island re.
treat, of the country homes Of other
Tammany sachems. Tweeddied In exile;
his famous place in the near corner Of
Connecticut, issnow a partof the estate
of Banker Benedict, GroverC leyeland's
close friend, and the old landmarks ia
miliar to the Americas club boys are all
obliterated. "Dick" Connolly, the
comptroller of the city under the Tweed
ring, had a fine place on Manhattan
island, then rural enough: His old
house has been a tramp-infested ruin
for years, the festive and elaborate sum.
mer house only remaining in recogniz.
able shape. The grading Of the new
Lafayette boulevard has destroyed that
and hundred tons of rock cover itssite.
Croker never had a country place il
America, nor any need for one. During
his latter years in power he made fire.
quent trips to England for rest, and
when in the city lived in his luxurious
apartments at the Democratic club. He
has not for long time lived with his
family. Mr.. Cookers country places
are good enough, no doubt, in Ireland
and in England, but they would hardly
be called show places; and they contain
little enough of happiness just now for
the broken old man with the snow white
beard and the deep-lined face. The
death of one of Mr.. Cookers sons in an
automobile accident and of another in
a carouse is followed by the marriage Of
Florence Croker to an Italian nobleman,
Count San Martina, form of alliance
promising little happiness to an Ameri.
can girl.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

Wealth in Hot Weather.
Between showers big crops are ripsH-
ing. Sunshine is minting cereal gold.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

A $ H / NGTON. 49,
There is much
amusement, min
g1ed with just a
tinge of apprehen-
sion, in official
circles here over
the antics of
President Castro
of Venezuela. In
the language of a
state department
Official Castro is
a freak, but a
somewhat danger.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
Murphy's Good Ground Farm

I1A1tLlE M u X.
PLY is almost 4
neighbor, in these
automobile days of
Mr.. Bossert. The
politicians place is
a modest one by
comparison. It is
a farm on the
South b Shore at
Good Ground IS and
cost only $4,000.
Considering that a
Long Island farm
~ HEA --
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

out water and beyond committing dis
lance of New York, but in fashionable
region, brought $25O,0o0 last week, Mr..
Murphy was moderate IN expenditure. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
I'm THE ! METROPOLIS;
PURCHASER OF JAMES HYDE,s
BAY SHORE FARM. \
EARLY GERMAN IMMIGRANTS
Country Homes Of Tammany sachems
Richard Croker Broken Old
Man-American Girls and
....... Titled Foreigners -!

EW YORK.-T W o
sets Of people were
amazed when the
news went out that
Louis Bossert had
bought the famous
Bay Shore farm Of
James H a z e n
Hyde.
Louis BOssert 2"
meditated m ore
than one German
citizen of Brook
ly; why, I used to
bowl with Louis
in Turn Halle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

New Residence for German Embassy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

An Opinion on Women EMPLOYEES.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
Eat Too Much.

8 -. 1ot 4VV A30C11s ..9zs.z..sI.ss
3 Austria, remarkable for itA asaI
eaters. has the highest deathSraXe.s aa s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
WASHINGTON | 4 !: Ton LET |. ] !! TER
PREs1DENT CASTRO OF vENE-
zuELA p'ANaERoUs FREAK /
DAREs THE. UNITED STATES
More, Care in Supervision Of Naval
Athletics-Boom Which Loca-
ton Of British Embassy
Gave to Real Estate.

- WASHINGTON 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

There are some chiefs of bureaus and
departments here who contend that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
The Rospig1iosi.

2 ISIS MACKAY'S ex.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-09-23
True Llvinu.

Mems lives should be like the day
more beautiful in the evening; or like
the summer-aglow with PROMISE;
and like the autumn-rich with gold
en- sheaves, where good deeds have
ripened in the f1eld.-Charles Wagner.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-09-23
klna of the Penauins.

The emperor" penguin, one of the
discoveries of Capt. Scott's recent
antarctic expedition, was the subject
of an interesting illustrated lecture
by DR.. Wilson before the recen; orni-
biological congress in London. The
bird stands about four feet high,
weighs eighty pounds or more, and
with its black coat and erect posture
has, when seen at a distance, truly
startling resemblance to dwarf
man. These "emperors" of the pen
guin world live upon the great girdle
of pack ice which surrounds the ant
arctic continent, and seem to depend
daily for their food on crustaceans
caught in the crevices of the ice.
The female lays a solitary egg.
which is caught on the great web
feet, so that it never touches the ice,
and is held there covered with the
mothers body until Matching occurs,
The Colorado statesman., 1905-09-23
DENVER PACKING HOUSES SOLD.
Said to Have Passed into the Control Of
the Beef Trust.

Denver, Sept. 21.-The Republican
this morning says:
The deal whereby the two big Dem
yer packing plants become part of the
great beef trust has been closed: it is
an accomplished fact. The Colorado
Packing and Provision Company re-
ceives for sixty-five per cent. of it's
stock $225 per share of the par value
of 500. The Western Packing Com
pany receives for the same percentage
of its stock S66 per share. Monthly
payments of $4,000 are to be made by
the trust to the local holders. Those
now in control of these plants will re-
tain thirty-five per cent. interest and
they will have nominal management.
Negotiations ror the purchase of the
stock of the Denver Stock Yards Bank
are now under way by the trust agents
hitch has taken place in the ne
gotiations for the Denver Union stock
yards. But it is the intention of the
Chicago big Four" to secure absolute
control of stock yards, transit facilities
In Denver and the packing plants and
the very bank where the stockmen do
business at the stock yards here. The
Denver Union Stock Yards Company is
controlled by Charles Francis Adams
has heavy outstanding Indebtedness.
The trust does not want to assume all
the responsibilities for stock and bonds
out.
1t demands a big reduction in the
price asked. No doubt the dealers for
the trust will get the yards at their
own figure once they have shown Mr..
Adams and his associates that tho
trust is in absolute control. 1t is a
way the big Four" have of doing
things This scheme worked in st. 10.
seph, Omaha and Kansas City.
Yesterday for the first time in the
company's history the Swift refriger.
ator cars were switched to the West
ern Packing Company's plant, engaged
in removing provisions in storage
there to be disposed of East. In a
week or two the Swift cars and the
Armour cars will be daily surrounding
the plant and the plant of the Colo
rado Packing Company.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-09-23
The Maid of Other Days.

eh. vanished maids of grandma's day.
What darksome lives were those you
ledi
Obliged in youth to pick your way;
Uncertain paths to keep and tread;
No experts had you to advise.
To counsel, caution or direct
Your maiden steps: no mentors wise,
Or faithful watchers circumspect.
When grandpapas a-calling came,
No chats with girls were yours to tell
The judgment of some worthy dame
The time to sound the curfew bell;
And all in vain you sought the truth
They tell II now-if twas sin.
When after dark a comely youth
Had seen you home, to ask him in.
You never learned-oh. vanished fair!-
You could not, had 1t been your wish
The latest way to best prepare
Your luncheon in chatting dish.
And cen perhaps you never read
Would rather starve than not be fed
From Mrs. Cookems recipes.
You could not tell, I'll wager now.
OF countless things the etiquette;
In spite of which. somewhere. somehow,
You got your start; and yet-and yet
1t really is problem quite
To find what saved you from the bad:
You had no Hints" to guide you right:
Your mothers. they were all you had.
Arthur ii. Folwell in The Sunday Mag
azine.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-09-23
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS
MAKE FUSION WITH PoPuLIsTs
w. J. Bryan Warmly commends Presl-
dent Roosevelt-Says Farewell
Before Starting for Europe.


Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 21.-Fusion be-
tween the Democrats and Populists OF
Nebraska was effected yesterday by
the nomination by both state conven-
tions of an identical ticket, as follows:
Justice of the Supreme Court-Wil-
liam G. Hastings of Wilber.
Regents of the University-D. c.
Cole of Osceola, Louis Lightner OF Co
lumbus.
There was no formal declaration for
fusion by either convention, but an un-
derstanding existed among the leaders
in both.
OF the nominees Messrs. Hastings
and Lightner are Democrats and Mr..
Cole Populist.
The feature of the Democratic gath
ering was the speech of William j.
Bryan, in which he bade his party as
sociates in the state farewell for a
year at least on the eve of his depar-
ture for an extended tour of the Old
World. Mr.. Bryan commended Presi-
dent Roosevelt for what he declared to
be his advanced stand on the princi-
pies long advocated by the Democrats.
On these principles he hoped every
Democrat would uphold the President.
Mr.. Bryan added:
We are more united since 1896 in
favor Of a radically progressive Democ-
racy and against a Democratic plu-
tocracy. Last year many thought it
wiser to try conciliation. Concessions
were made to the plutocratic wing, but
we lost.
mo Republican leader has gained in
popularity in recent years, save where
h. l..,p, ,.rf,, afr.1n
first promulgated by the Democratic
party. President Roosevelt has not in
a single thing earned popular favor,
save where he followed Democratic
precedent and placed himself upon
Democratic doctrine.
81 am glad the President has taken
the stand he has, and the Democrats
ought to stand back of him. l believe
more in the establishment of principles
than / care for party success.
81 want to encourage the Republi-
cans who are trying to make their
party better. 1 do not want the Re
publican party to be bad party just
because it would benefit the Demo
cratic party The fight that is now go.
ing on in that party will create a clash
to whom we can appeal with hope, If
they fail in getting what they demand
in their own ranks.
"If the Democratic party had spent
half the time and trouble in trying to
convince Republicans that it did to con.
ciliate those who left it in 1896, we
would be stronger than we are. l do
not say we ought not to welcome back
those who went away, but the policy
of Cancellation has driven away thou
sands of Republicans who wanted proof
of our sincerity before joining hands
with u.s."
A resolution which caused a stir in
the convention and which was
promptly adopted, denounced the Rock
efeller gift to the University of Ne
braska, criticised the regents for ac-
cepting it, and demanding the return
of the gift to the donor.