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YARNLETs RARE.

"A host of Daniel Webster in handing:
him glass Of Madeira out of dusty
aid cobwebbed bottle said that he had
made little calculation that the wine
had cost him two dollars glass; count
Ing the interest from the time he bought
tie wine. Webster reached for the bot
tie and helped himself to a second glass,
saying: Il really must stop that con-
founded interest"
A well-known actor was walking with
a friend in Broadway, New York, one
afternoon when they were attracted by
a fine meerschaum pipe in show win
dow. Going inside, they asked the price
and were told $50. "You need not show
it to me-" said the actor, walking out.
After a minute he remarked to his
friend: what! Two weeks alimony
for pipe? Well, CUES not.'s = =.
In a recent hearing before a commit
tee of the London county council, one
of the participants quote Shakespeare
against his opponent, who, he said,
''roared as sucking dove" The clerk
of the committee, who may have prided
himself on his knowledge of natural his
tory, entered the remark on the minutes
in this fashion: 'Mr. Balfour Browne
remarked that his learned friend had
roared as gently as sucking pig
A British officer says that one day
he saw a volunteer soldier out for drill
who had an extraordinary number of
medals pinned on his coat. He evident
ly felt f1attered at my notice." declares
the officer, "and said to him: You
seem to have seen considerable service.
In what wars have you been engaged?'
He replied: Bless you! l have never
been in a war. My father and were
awarded those medals at agricultural
shows for special breed of pigs for
which we are falnous.'"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

Many people will be surprised to
learn that John D. Rockefeller, as
president Of the big Standard Oil Co.,
receives a salary Of only $4,000 IL
year, or less than the average New
York bank president. 1t has been
stated time and time again that the
Standard Oil Co. paid to it's officers
larger salaries than any other corpora
ton in the United States, but glance
at the payroll of the corporation would
serve to set at rest all rumors of this
kind
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

Admiral Togo, Japan's greatest
naval hero, is one of the most unas.
Stunning and gentle of men. Natural
kindness, no less than the dictates of
courtesy, prompted his recent visit at
the hospital to his captured and badly
wounded adversary in the Japan sea
battle, Admiral Rojestvensky. In tact.
full terms the victor expressed sym
pathy for the vanquished, praised the
courage Of the Russians, and uttered
the hope that the distinguished pris
oner would soon be able to return
home. Rojestvensky was deeply
touched.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

DR.. Nalpasse is preaching in Paris
the gospel of the shake-hand-les sal.
ute, which he declares partly respon.
sible for the excellent health prevail.
ing in unhygienic Turkey You put
your hand to your heart, lips and fore.
head successfully to express that your
friend is always in the heart, on the
lips and in the thoughts. 1t is pretty
and you neither give nor take mi
crObes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

Carl Schurz, who recently has been telling a
body of young collegians in the west that IF this
republic is to endure and be successful in it's
highest mission it must put it's trust in schools
rather than in battleships,' is a German-Ameri-
can identified with the west and east. man
that served his adopted country in time of war
as we'll as in time of peace
Mr.. Schurz's present residence is New York.
He has carried on his labors politician and
newspaper man in Wisconsin, Missouri and New
York. In the civil find him brigadier
general major general, commander of division at
second Bull Run and at Charlottesville, of corps
Gettysburg. He is now 76 years old.
This is Mr.. Schurzs story in brief: He was
born in Germany, educated at the gymnasium of
Cologne and University of Bohn. He became pub
Usher of a liberal paper in Bonn, and in 1889
taking part in revolutionary movements, was
forced to leave Bonn. He Joined the revolution
airy army, but had to flee to Switzerland. He acted
in Dor ta11 in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21
MARKETING POTATO CROPS.
for the Growers to Get Fair
@ Prices. -;..: 4s

In line with the classic case Of the
oyster shippers, cited by President
Hadley, of Yale University, in his book
on Railroad Transportation, is the case
of the Aroostook potato growers
brought by President Tuttle, of the
Boston and Maine Railroad before the
Senate Committee on Interstate Com.
merce. Nothing could better show how
a railroad works for the interest Of
the localities which it serves. -.
IT, A. main dependence of the farmers
of the Aroostook region is the potato
crop, aggregating annually. eight to
ten million bushels which find a mar
ket largely in Boston and the adjacent
thickly settled regions of New Eng
land. The competition Of cheap water
transportation from Maine to all points
along the New England coast keeps
railroad freight rates on these potatoes
always at a very low level.
Potatoes are also a considerable out
put of the truck farms of Michigan,
their normal market being obtained in
and through Detroit and Chicago and
other communities of that region.
Not many years ago favoring sun
and rains brought tremendous yield
of potatoes from the Michigan fields.
At normal rates and prices there would
have been glut of the customary
markets and the potatoes would have
rotted on the farms. To help the po-
tato growers, the railroads from
rates on potatoes to every readable
market, even carrying them in large
quantities to a place so remote as Bos-
ton. The Aroostook growers had to
reduce the price on their potatoes, and
even then could not dispose of them
unless the Boston and Maine railroad
reduced it's already low rate, which it
did. BY means Of these low rates,
making possible low prices, the pota-
to crops of both Michigan and Maine
were finally marketed. Everybody eats
potatoes, and that year everybody had
all the potatoes he wanted.
While the Michigan railroads made
the railroads, had they been applied to
the movement of all potatoes at all times,
to all places, they helped their patrons to
find marketsthen The Boston and Maine
Railroad suffered decrease in its rev.
enue from potatoes, but it enabled the
Aroostook farmers to market their crop
and thereby to obtain money which
| they spent for the varied supplies
which. the railroads brought to them
If the making of rates were subject to
Governmental adjustment, such rad
zeal and prompt action could never
have been taken, because it is well es-
tablished that if rate be once re-
duced by a railroad company, it can
net be restored through the red tape
of Governmental procedure. If the
Michigan railroads and the Boston and
Maine Railroad had been subjected to
Governmental limitation they would
have felt obliged to keep up their rates,
as do the railroads of France and Eng
land and Germany under Governmental
limitation, ard let the potatoes rot.-~
Exchange.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21
A Large Auditorium.

steps to-
wards the erection
in Washington of
a large auditorium
for the holding of
conventions, future
inaugural balls and
other large gather
ings have been
taken and there is
good prospects now
OF the enterprise
being a success.
District Commits
sioner Henry L.
West has taken
This Schomo nndor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

The millinery jobbers in the St.
Louis market, whose business is esti-
mated at $8,000,000 year, are greatly
agitated over the way in which Game
Warden J. H. Rodes, of Sedalia, will
execute the Walmsey law, passed by
the legislature 80 days ago and which
went into effect on June H. While
the law was intended to preserve the
fish and game of the state, it bears
heavily on the millinery trade, because
it absolutely prohibits fowl or any
parts Of it to be exposed for sale.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21
Problem~to Return the Flags.

L WAS a very pref
ty sentiment that
inspired the last
congress to pass a
joint resolution au-
thorizing the Sec
rotary of war to
return the confed-
crate battle flags
captured by the
union forces dur
ing the civil war.
Maj. Gen. Aims
worth, the military
secretary of the
war department, is
finding this DrODO-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21
Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio.

is to lose
one of it's pictur-
esque figures when
Mr.. Grosvenor, Of
Ohio, retires at the
end Of the coming
con g r e S S. Gen.
GrOsvenor had an
ambition to serve
20 years the house,
and this will have
been gratifed when
the next congress
closes on March 4,
1907. He will be
greatly m i s S e d
from the hall of
the house, as few
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21
AN INTREPID ARCTIC EXPLORER

Again arctic expedition is to go FORTH
again Robert Edwin Peary is to try for "farthest
north"
In the expedition of 1898 1902, the Peary party
attained highest north in the western hemisphere
"a degrees II minutes north latitude. This time
Peary rounded the northern point of the Green
land archipelago, the last of the great arctic land
groups, and gave the name of Cape Morris X.
Jessup to the most northerly land in the world.
The magnetic north draws Peary with COM
pellng force, very many of his days have been
spent in her uninhabited solitudes In 1886 he
studied Greenland's inland ice cap. June 1891 to
September, 1892 he chief of the arctic ex-
petition of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural
Sciences, which expedition attained Independence
bay-81 degrees, 81 minutes north latitude. This
expedition is marked by the discovery and naming
of Melville Land and Heilprin Land, which lie
beyond Greenland and the determination of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21
Accountable Paterna1ism.

ROM time to time
there is a cry
raised that the
gov ern ment is
tending too much
toward paternal-
ism. The drift in
this direction has
been gradual and
seems to be salts
flying to the major
ity of the people.
Certain Of the de-
partments do a
great deal for the
people that was
formerly done bV
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

deprived of his distinction. Since the
late Nelson Dingley, of Maine, passed
away, shortly after the enactment OF
the tariff law that bears his name, Mr.
Payne has been chairman Of the ways
and means committee, a position which
carries with it the floor leadership OF
the majority in the house. Mr.. Payne
is distinguished looking old gentle
man of rOtund proportions, large head,
rubicund countenance and snow-white
hair and mustach. Up until two years
ago he wore full beard, he then made
himself almost unacceptable to old
friends by shaving it off and appearing
with only mustach.
The late Speaker Reed used to refer
to Mr.. Payne as the "White-headed
Mandarin" The parliamentary car,
however, could always depend upon the
gentleman from New York to carry out
the programme of the committee on
rules. He has big, resounding voice
and a perpetual smile and the opposi-
ton might as we'll run up against a
rock as against Serene E. Payne when
he is charged with carrying out the be-
hests of his party, as expressed through
the committee on rules.
Mr.. Payne is a great traveller and
will Investigate the Philippines with
Secretary Taft this summer. After he
had accepted the invitation to go some
of his friends began to tell Taft what
an elephant he had on his hands. They
have given Payne a reputation that
will strike terror to all the passengers
on the steamers he will travel on, and
all the guests at the hotels lie will pat
ronize. They declare that he can snore
longer and louder than any man in the
United States. His ability in this d.
rection is tradition among his COL
leagues.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

Ellen Kay, one of the foreign lead
ers of the movement for equal rights
for women, expressed her regrets in
a recent lecture in Vienna at the
"AmericaniZation' of that movement.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

The origin of belief in Horseshoe
luck" is SO ancient that it never has
been determined with certainty, and
Ever since horses began to wear shoes
these crescents of iron have been &C.
counted lucky emblems of all people,
races and nations that have been &C.
quainted with their use.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21
TARTARIC TRUTHS.

It is much easier to- make love than
to make good husband. 0
The more man is wrapped up in
himself the colder he is.
It is quite possible for a young man
to be handicapped by too many ances-
tors. : = =. sHcs.sEr ~
The man who has little information
usually is not lacking in self-asser-
ton. ~s-s 49,: i =. ~.
Between the deserving poor and the
deservedly poor there is vast Diff
ference. = S. = !. -. r. 49,
Attached to every success there is
certain degree Of what the world desig-
mates as blum. 81 ~ ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

The will Of an Australian detective
provided an unusual way for dividing
his property among his six children.
His estate, about $4,000, consisted
mostly Of realty. He ordered that six
envelopes should be placed in a box,
each child to draw one and have the
portion of the property described on
the paper inside the envelope.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

DR.. William Royal Stokes and DR..
John S. Fulton, of the Maryland board
of health, insist that they have discov-
cred curative serum for typhoid fe-
yer, after four years search.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

men have contributed more to the gay
ETY. OF that branch of congress and few
have engaged in so many rough and
tumble fights on the floor and come off
In nearly every instance victorious. He
promised his people, however, that if
they would elect him to this congress
he would not seek a reelection and he
says he is going to live up to his prom
Use.
Gen. Grosvenor has been a consist
ent advocate of severe punishment for
violations of the postal laws by those
who issue fraud letters and circulars.
He was in the department the other
day talking with Postmaster Gen.
eral Cortelyou about the latter's indus
try in bringing up get-rich-quick con-
Germs with round turn. He said that
the postmaster general deserved great
credit for his determination to enforce
the law against using the mails for
fraudulent purposes. THE people have
to be protected against themselves, >"
said Gen. Grosvenor. There is no
scheme so absurd that it will not lure
money out of the hardworking and the
credulous, particularly those schemes
which promise swift and remuneratiye
returns for little capital and labor"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

his especial care and since the 4th of
last March he has been particularly
Industrious in furthering the project.
He started in the right way and has
interested big real estate men and lead
Ing business men of the district so that
very encouraging subscription list al
ready appears, the amount pledged be-
Ing something over 100000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

The duchess of Marlborough par
ticular fad is the collecting of ar
tistically bound books. She is so alb
sorbed in that pursuit that she has for
gotten her earlier fad of collecting
miniatures
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

The British Niam-Niam expedition
in Africa, which has returned to
khartum, after putting down the re-
volt of the Bahr-el-Gazel, has brought
back q curious trophy in the shape Of
the sultan's great war drum. 1t is cut
out Of the trunk of tree, stands four
feet high and is carved to represent
a buffalo.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

porn 81 years of the general military
staff school
Madrid AS
methods Those methods
states raised protest his ruthless
Since his recall he has held high
Of
$3.50 ~ ~AO0 "0'o ""0 ne
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

Gen. Weyler, the so-called butcher" is again
called to be minister of war in the Spanish cabi-
net
1t may be of interest to know that the gen.
eral whose name in this country is synonym
for cruelty, is man of strict temperance of hab-
it's, has no fondness for the national game of
bull-baiting. On the contrary, in many ways
Gen. Weyler is quite Of the Sunday school order
of hero-a surprise to the Investigator expectant
of all ferceness and bloodthirstiness. We learn
that he does not smoke nor drink spirits; his
recreation is country life.
In furtherance of this peaceful picture let US
present him somewhat apart from his military
career. He is man Of title Valeriano Weyler Y
Nicolau, marquis of Teneriffe. He is author Of
some bits of memoirs, some parliamentary
speeches. an two prologues to books He possesses
many home and foreign decorations
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

So poor are the Russian peasants,
says a writer, that even the roach and
black beetle can not find sustenance
in their huts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

Automobiles can cross the frontier
of Russia only by special permission
of the minister of finance, obtained by
written request.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21
PRESIDENT OF WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY

We have had Of late this man Of note an
nouncing willingness to make use of tainted
money!" that one expressing disapproval Of ill-
gotten gains.=@ To this latter class belongs Dr..
van Hlse.3- $&~ &e ~ r. ~
Dr. Van Hise, who is distinguished in more
than one field. is now the president of the Uni
verslty OF Wisconsin. At the recent commence
ment exercises at Madison the president scored
tainted money" arrayed himself on the side of
those that look to the origin of wealth rather
than those greedy to handle it.
Dr. Van Hise whose distinction has been won
as an educator and geologst, is graduate
or the university of which he is now head, both
he and Gov. La Toilette were members of the
class or 1879. Since graduation he has been
continuously connected with the University Of
wisconsin, has risen from Instructor to president
Geology is his speciality; he is considered one
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resigned enter the
TO
the Detroit
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

He still comparatively
stan
geology
consin, of which native, of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21
WASHINGTON LETTER
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WAYS
AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
is A PICTURESQUE FIGURE
Washington Needs Suitable Build
ing for Great Gatherings-Quad-
rennial Convention Might Be
Held Here-Confedera Flags.

ASHINGTON. - It
is rumured t b a t
when con gr e s S
meets there will
be some changes
among the lead.
ers on thu floor,
so far as i'm
portant committee
chairmanships are
concerned. It is
reasonably certain,
however, that the
floor leader" the
Hon. Serene E,
Payne, of New
York. will not be
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succeeding expedition 1885,
Arctic and discovered three
States the years
DID,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21

Gov. Hoch, Of Kapsas, referring to
the enforcement OF the prohibition law,
says that the state is $50 per cent.
'dry''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21
COUNT LoNYAY RISES FROM OBscUR1T1

When the papers reported King Oscar would
not allow Bernadotte prince to occupy the prof
fered throne Of Norway, at once report was made
that the rejected royal seat would be placed be-
fore Count Lonyay. And at once people began
saying; Count Lonyay? Who is he?" =
He may be characterized the unknown
husband of a well-known wife, the unknown son
of well-known father. Count Elemer Lonyay
is the gentleman upon whom the Princess Stse
phanie bestowed her hand, his father was co6-
spicuous figure in Hungarian politics. Princess
stephanie, you remember, is the daughter of Leo
pold, king of Belgium, and was wife of Crown
Prince Rudolph Of Austria who came to such
tragic death at Meyerling. Rudolph and Stephanie
quarreled, court gossips say, and were very In
happy together. After stephanie was widowed,
she decided to make love match; married Lon
yay, mere Hungarian count.
stephanie and Count Lonyay met at a dinner
lstrian ambassador, the count an attache of the
sed they were engaged, the princess, according to
, proposal. The emperor gave consent TO the mar
phanie renounce membership in the royal family
r daughter. She agreed and was married to the
mother bitterly opposing the union; the king Of
ughter to lower her rank the Countess Lonyay
sons marriage to a Catholic. II was Count Lon
the patent granting autonomy to- the. Protestant
~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-21
Sad Widowhood..

Eila-Death IS sad.
stella-Yes, # is the divorce which
pays. no alimony Town Topics.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-24
z4O Market Street,

hama County are active. A meeting
was held in Red Bluff on Saturday Of
last week, at which the matter was
fully discussed and the following reso-
luton adopted.
Resolved. That 1t is the sense OF
this meeting that the Sacramento VAL
ley Development Association make a
very strong effort to interest the en-
tire Sacramento Valley in irrigation
by the National Government of the
semi-arid portion of the valley. as also
the reclamation Of the flooded dis
tricts; that meetings be called and ar
ranged for throughout the entire dis
trict interested. and such meeting re-
ported back to the development associ-
alton, to the end that concerted action
may be taken for the earnest presenta-
tion of the matter to the National Gov
ernment at an early date. 1t is further
the sense of the meeting that the de-
velopment association should and We
request that they act as central or
ganization to promote this object.