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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
FAT MEN SHOULD SWIM.
Long Immersion in Cold Water Serves
to Consume Adipose
Tissue.

A swimming cure for obesity is ad-
vocated by a medical authority, who
warns patients, however, that a short
dip in the surf will not be sufficient;
The swim must last from one to two
hours daily. Not only is the exercise
effective but also the low temperature
OF the water, which burns up the sur
plus tissue. Says the writer:
Exercise accelerates the movement
of the blood and thus stimulates the
consumption of tissue in the muscles
and other parts while the low temper
allure; acting through the temperature
nerves, stimulates heat production. A
person taking active exercise in water
in summer time, burns up his tissues
three or four times as fast as one who
is sitting quietly in the shade. tanning
himself to keep cool. The rational diet,
that is. the cutting Off OF large part
OF the carbohydrate fOodstuffs (starch
and sugar., combined with swimming
fer one or two hours daily, may reduce
the flesh of a corpulent person to
healthy proportions"
A very fat person, we are told can
swim easily, since he need only take
.:ttle pains to keep his balance, and he
can easily float on the water. The fat
acts like life-preseryer. and II he
cannot swim he can walk or lie in
shallow water and make active move
n:ents with his arms and legs. To
quote further:
fnr x,ir10v0 n
not accessible an ordinary bathtub may
answer the same purpose. The bath
may begin with water at temperature
Of 102 degrees The patient sits il the
tathtub. which is filled within six
inches of the top, and makes active
movements with his arms and legs.
rubbing the legs and the trunk with
his hands until he finds himself per-
spring freely. The cold water is then
turned on so that the temperature OF
the bath may be gradually reduced to
= degrees or even 70 degrees. Just at
the close of the bath lower temDera-
tilre OF 65 or 60 degrees may be per-
mjtted for few seconds as means of
producing good reaction. or the bath
nifty be terminated by a cool shower
;,ath of 10 Or Is seconds. The duration
of the bath may be Is to 80 minutes if
reaction is good, but the bather should
never remain in until shivering Or de-
ciaed chilliness is produced. Cold
hands or feet after the bath is all indi-
cation of defective reaction from too
long contact with the cold water"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
THE BUILDER.

"Let us build a matchless highway" said
Nervous Little Man.
Took he then his puny pencil and he
planned a little plan.
He was little, he was scrayny; he was
anything but great,
AS we reckon them that cavil in the
councils Of the State.
Yet he made the pregnant Earth
Travail with the Irons birth,
Babe the cringing Woods give Timber
many million dollars worth;
Made the Mines lend Coal and Money,
and he forced his fellow men,
Bend above the pick and shovel till their
bodies acheG again.
Rose the Hill and rose the Mountain In
the line of march that lay;
And they smiled in pompous power as
they blocked his onward way.
Gle was little, he was ScraWny-ho"
could Hill or Mountain know
God who made them was within him to
dispel each fright or foeD
But he hacked the Hill in two,
And he fooled q tunnel through,
And he corkscrewed down the Mountain
as the homing cattle do.
11Ordes Of helpers heWed before him,
Bonded ever to his will
Now they loll and laugh who hurtlc
through the Mountain and the Hin.
'Brothers, let us murder Distance SAID
the Restless Little Man.
LET us have q journey ended ere OF Old
such things began
Gle was little, he was scrawny, he was
nothing to the sight,
But the God who made the soul of him
had surely builded rightly
So he made the roadbed firm
And he Enlightened out each e4;Mirm,
Helped by many cunning draugs+sman
with many a puZzling term
Thus he placed huge cities nearer TO each
other by a day
When the builder points his pencil, Gcd
alone can say him nay.
Strickland w. Gillian, in Tie Reader.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
Not All "Eences. ,:

Fawnbrol1ing establishments are
looked upon with general disfavor. but
they are not all fences or places for
<:le reception OF stolen goods. Ere
ouently they are positive benefit to
those who are hard-up, as was proved
in the case of the clergyman's wife
y he failing, through misunderstand-
ing. to meet her husband found herself
stranded with her two children among
strangers. She pawned her wedding
ling. and thereby obtained the means
10 relieve immediate distress without
undue publicity or embarrassing cross
questioning.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
What an Oyster Knows.

Oysters, even after they hayesbe
brought away from the sea: know by.
instinct the exact hour when the tide
is rising and approaching their beds,s
and so, Of their own accord, open their
shells to receive heir. food from the
sea. as if Still at home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
Pull.

"Iour friend McWhilligan walks
with slight limp. One of his legs is
shorter than the other, isn't it:''
mo; wouldn't put it that way. One
leg is longer than the other. He's the
father of five or six marriageable
daughters and has boy in college,
CHICAGO Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
Revenge.

"You didn't tip the waiter did your"
said his wife, 10 the homely looking
millionaire as they left the dining
room.
"No. he replied, Il heard him tell
another waiter when we came in that
he thought ten cents would be about
our limit. ''-Detroit Free Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
Her StVle Of DANCING

She-You're not dancing with your
VIE tonight:
He-No; it's bad enough,1o have her
walk all over me when I'm at home!-
Gonkers Statesman
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
Strength of Mussels.

You must, some time, try 10 open the
s;aell of a fresh water mussel or a sea
clam. You will find one the size OF
vsur hand has great strength, although
hoth his muscles may not be larger
than those of one of your fingers.
have often seen boy pick up mussel
and insert his fingers before the shell
was quite closed, thinking he would
open it again. Few boys can succeed
They usually have hard pulling to get
their fingers free. A big mussel can
bite hard. Were it not that the edge
of the shell. in big specimens, is
smooth and thick, boy might get his
fingers cut to the bone-St. Nicholas.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
Alcoholic Air.

The wine cellars of Spain are filled
with alcohol vapor. as much as half an
Once of absolute alcohol being found
in six cubic feet of air.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
Limit CT Mendacity,

Hcck-I don't think Longbow al
ways sticks to the truth
Nye-I should say he doesn't. Why,
that fellow lies like a tombstone
p!,iladelDllia Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
How Warships Deteriorate.

The costlier the warship the quicker.
apparently, she has to be consigned.
to the soap pile. Formerly a good
wooden ship would last in active serv-
ice for many years. Some Of the earlier
iron ships have also remained long on
the navy list, but the life of the aver
age modern ship is not lengthy With
in 10 or II years after being first COM
missioned she is usually out Of date
md so deterjorated that it costs more
to rehabilitate and modernizc the YES
sci than she is worth Our present
navy of steel ships had its beginning
not over 20 years ago, and already
some of the earlier ships are SO de-
Perforated that they are either. being
relegated to receiving ship service or
retired Altogether.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
A Canine limitation.
Indeed! Glad to hear it,

THAT new hired man works like a
dog"
Indeed: Glad to hear it,
Yes, he chased a rat out Of the
barn and then laid himself down in the
sun and slept all the afternoon.''-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13

Lamont.-Dr David II. Reeder. La
porte. Ind.-Dear Doctor: My record
number in the Club is 5949. and am
a constant reader of the Home Health
Club lectures. l would like to ask you
in regard to the benefits of the galvanic
battery.
am troubled with rheumatism, and it
has been recommended to me as a rem
edy: I have tried almost every other
remedy. Many have helped only for a
short time. My rheumatism is inflam-
matory. have read with great inter-
est all that your lectures have advised
in regard to rheumatism. Am 70 years
old, and have been troubled with this
more or less for good many years. Ny
feet and ankles swell, but the swelling
is all gone in the morning. live on a
farm, have but little to, do. eat meat
once day. have plenty of fruit and veg
etables; also have what Is considered
good well water. The water is very
hard. l occasionally drink coffee. but
no tea. Seldom eat a piece of pie Or
cake. do not neglect bathing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13

All readers of this publication are at
liberty to write for any information per-
tanning to the subject of health. ADJ
dress all communications to the Homo
Health Club. or DR.. David H. Reeder,
Laporte. Ind. with name and address in
full. and at least four cents in postage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
CLUB NOTES.

Mrs. !. K. NJ. Illinois,: | would ad-
wise you to send directly to the secre-
tary of the Illinois state board of health
and ask for copy of pamphlet issued
by the board. free, upon the subject of
Infant Feeding" The pamphlet is a
very valuable one for mothers or any,
one having the care of infants or young
children. and think the state of Illi-
nois is making move in the right di-
rection when it sends out such pam
phlets without charge to the mothers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
Perpetual Noon.

Stt&t<1 1VOO21.
One of the oddities of our system of
reckoning time is eXemplified in the
question as to what time the north
pole keeps. In theory all places on one
meridian of longitude keep the same
time, therefore the north pole. being
the central point of all meridians, must
necessarily have all times. Should the
role ever become habitable the resi-
den. would be able to have day or
::aht at any hour Tin theory by elect
in; to take his time from a meridian
to correspond. Should such an unex-
have to be made some readjustment of
our present system of reckoning time
to suit the Arctic regions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-13
WATCH AUTO BOATS.
GOVERNMENT EXPERTS KEEP
CLOSE TAB ON MOVEMENTS.
Naval Officers Have for Their Object
the Acquisition of Fast En-
gines for Use on Tor
pedo Boats.

Ever since the motor boat and the
speedy auto-boat began to show what
it could do, government men have been
much interested in it. Whenever
there are races or speed trials with
some of the more important boats talk
ing part, a representative of the navy
is sure to be on hand and the work
Of each boat is carefully noted, states
Pearson's Magazine. All possible data
is collected, so that the officials of the
navy know exactly what the auto boat
and the gas engine can do. At the last
power boat show in New York, Rear
Admiral Charles B. Coghlan, repre-
sented the secretary of the navy at the
opening, and many officers became ia
miliar with every exhibit.
The gas engine has done SO we'll with
these fast launches that it is very
probable that the gas engine will
soon be tried in the torpedo boat. 1t is
probable that the first experiments will
be made in small boats that can ,r
carried on the davits of the battle
ships and cruisers. Some time ago
experiments were made with small tor
steam engines. These boats were only
GO feet long, and were to be part of
the equipment of some big fighting ma
chine, but with their steam engines
and boilers which, because of the
speed required, had to be large, they
were too heavy; and the experiment
was a failure Now if the gas engine
can drive boat 20, 25 or 80 miles an
hour, it can serve the same purpose
in torpedo boat. Another advantage
that it has over steam is that it is al
ways ready to do its work Touching
button OF pulling lever will start
the engine working, and the boat is
off at full speed at once.
Life boats fitted with gasoline mo-
tors have been built and are being
Island life saving stations. The hulls
of these boats are just the same as the
regulation life boats. They are non
capsiZable and nonsinkable, being fit
ted with water-tight compartments.
Saying a boat is non-capsizable does
not mean that it will not turn over,
but that if an ugly sea should cause
the boat to roll under the water it
would right itself at once. This is &C.
complished by proper adjustment of
the weights on the boat and by making
it very buoyant.
The trouble in putting motor in
one of these boats was that if the craft
turned turtle. as the sailors call it, the
engine would be swamped. Then, too,
the screw would gel out of the water,
and with the pressure of the water off it
would revolve al such rate that prob
ably the shaft being unable to stand
the strain. would break. An ingenious
architect solved these problems. The
motor is placed in a water-tight CON-
partment. and. by little electric ap-
pliance the machinery is stopped when
the boat rolls over beyond a certain
angle and starts again by the same cleo
trio current when the boat resumes its
even keel. These boats have been sub
jected to most severe tests and have
proved great successes
The Holly chieftain., 1905-03-17
CHASING KUR0PATkIN
.AsAMtst PUSH the PURSUIT.
Mest sf Russlaa Army Thought 70 D
eavsdNBut Retreat May cea-
tinue 70 harbia.

001e o. H0oo4AA Army uhoo0hS - -
savsd-eut Retreat May cea-
tinue 10 harbin.
March 13.-While General Kuropat-
kin has apparently succeeded In saw
Ing more Of his artillery than seemed
possible. his losses In men. ammuni-
ton and commissariat supplies In the
battle OF Mukden are far greater than
earlier reports indicated, and even that
portion of his army which he succeeded
In extricating from the positions
around Nukden Is still in serious
danger.
The japanese generals, realizing that
with little more speed they could
have inflicted crushing defeat ON the
Russian army after the battle OF Lao
Yang. determined not to allow such an
opportunity to pass again, are follow
ing after the defeated and sOrely tried
Russian forces.
While . small portion OF Kuropat-
kin's army has reached Tie pass, the
greater part of those who escaped from
the battle of Mukden are still strug-
Cling onward. being at last accounts
between twelve and sixteen miles from
their goal, with the Japanese, flushed
with victory and reinforced by fresh
men, harassing them from all sides.
Eyen should the remnant Of the
army reach Tie pass, 1t is hardly pos
sible for it to make a stand against the
overwhelming force opposing it., and
especially as the Russians must be
worn out and weakened by the loss OF
men, guns and ammunition.
1t Is more likely that Kuropatkin will
fall back to Hardin with what he can
save and wait there for the reinforce
ments that st. Petersburg has already
promised him. A possible obstacle to
the plan is General Kawamura's army,
which has not yet been located, and
which may also be heading for the
northern capital.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-03-17
SEVERELY PUNISHED.
Two Denver Election Thieves Get Pen
itentiary Sentences.

Denver, March 12.-In the District
Court yesterday Judge Booth NJ. Ma
lone sentenced Michael Dowd and Pc
ter Miller, each of them, to from three
to five years in the penitentiary for
crimes against the ballot. These men
were convicted of election crimes in
Ward Z. Precinct 2, at the polling place
at 1880 Josephine street. Theirs was
the celebrated case where the light
was put out and 31S fraudulent ballots
substituted.
The two men who appeared before
the Supreme Court in the first con-
tempt case arrogant and smiling, were
yesterday haled before Judge Malone.
pale and trembling. Their bravado had
been broken by confinement In the
crowded Jail and knowledge of what
vas to follow. 4
Judge Malone addressed the men for
twenty minutes. Among other things
he said: you may have thought that
you were not only safe and secure, but
that you would also be rewarded. You
may have even been promised both
rewards and security. You may have
thought that what you did was not
bad, but smart. But l assure you that
it was not smart and that it was bad
very bad indeed.
You were not content to simply
stuff the ballot box, but you stole and
destroyed all Of the 31S ballots cast
In your precinct. Your conduct was
bold, brazen and raw. If you had
stolen 1913 Of money or other common
chattels, you would be felon and IL
able to punishment in the Penitentiary
for a long series of years,
When you stole those 31S ballots,
you committed, in my opinion, far
worse crime than the stealing of 1913
would or could be.
when you stole those 31S ballots,
you deprived 318 American citizens of
the most sacred right given them un-
der the law, and you endangered the
liberty of every man, woman and child
In this community.
Young men, there is no politics in
this thing. A man who steals ballots
Is not a Republican or Democrat. He
is criminal and thief and bad and
dangerous one. This is not politics.
No party which practices or knowingly
profits by election frauds can long sue
coed or long endure.
"The man who puts up such job
and furnishes the money therefor, is
as bad or worse than the man who
takes the money and does the job. 1t
is time that election thievery and cleo
ton frauds were stopped In this COM
munity. Violators of election laws
will find that there are some courts
which are not In sympathy with crimes
| against the elective franchise or with
those guilty of them"
The sentence In each case is as fol.
lows: THAT you be confined in the
State Penitentiary of the state of Col
orado, at hard labor, for period Of
not less than three nor more than Eve
years. It is further ordered, adjudged
and decreed, that you pay one-half Of
all the costs expended or incurred by
the people in this prosecution, to be
taxed, and that execution issue there
for"
The Holly chieftain., 1905-03-17
pIsFIGuREo BY ECZEMA.
Wonderful Change in 2 Nisht-In q
Month Face Was Clear as Ever
Another Cure by cuticura.

II had eczema on the face for five
months, during which time I was in
the care Of physicians. My face was
so disfigured could not go out, and it
was going from bad to worse. A
friend recommended Cuticura. The
first night after l washed my face
with Cuticura Soap, and used Cuticura
Ointment and Resolvent. it changed
wonderfully. From that day was
able to go out, and in month the
treatment had removed all scales and
-scabS. and my face was as clear as
ever. (Signed) T. ]. Soth. 317 Stagg
Street, Brooklyn, N. Y"
The Holly chieftain., 1905-03-17
Appointments Confirmed.

The Senate in executive session
March 9th, confirmed the nominations
of ambassadors, all members of the
Cabinet, Of former Senator lCockrell of
Missouri to be interstate commerce
commissioner, and of former Senator
Quarles of Wisconsin to be United
States judge for the eastern district
Of Wisconsin. The nominations fol-
lows:
Cabinet-John Hay, secretary of
state; Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the
treasury; William H. Taft, secretary
of war; William H. Moody, attorney
general; George B. Cortelyou. postmas-
ter general; Paul Morton, secretary of
the navy; Ethan A. Hitchcock, secre-
tary of the interior; James Wilson, sec
retary of agriculture; Victor H. Met
calfe, secretary of commerce and la
Dor.
Ambassadors Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary- Reid, to
Great Britain; Robert s. Mccormick,
to France: George V. l.. Meyer. to Rus
sia; Edwin (A. Conger, to Mexico;
Henry White, to Italy.
ENJOYS Extraordinary and Ministers
Plenipotentiary = William Woodville
Rockhill, to China; David ]. Hill, to
The Netherlands; Henry Lane Wilson,
to Belgium; William Miller Collier, to
Spain; Brutus j. Clay, to Switzerland;
Thomas j. O'Brien, to Denmark;
Charles H. Graves. to Swden and Nor
way; Edward c. O'Brien, to Paraguay
and Uruguay; John B. Jackson, to
Greece and Montenegro and diplomatic
agent in Bulgaria; John w. Riddle. to
Roumania and Servia; Samuel R. Gum.
mere, to Morocco.
Solicitor of the Department of Com.
merce and Labor-Edward Waller
Sims, Illinois.
Attorney for the Northern District
of California-Robert T. Devlin.
District Judges-Joseph v. Quarles.
eastern district of Wisconsin; James
Wickersham, Alaska, division No. 8,
District of Alaska.
Consuls General-Robert ]. Wynne,
at London, England; Frank H. Mason,
at Paris, France; Alexander H. Thack-
ara, at Berlin, Germany; Hoffman
Philip, at Tangier, Morocco; Thomas
Sammons, at New Chwang, China;
Stanley Stoner, at Calcutta, India;
Henry B. Miller, at Yokohama, Japan; !;
j. Linn Rogers, at Shanghai, China:
George w. Roosevelt, at Brussels, Bel
GUM.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-03-17
Murderer's Last Words.

Denver, March 13.-While George
Shissler, the frantic murderer. was be-
sieged in the house after killing Mr..
and Mrs. Sill and wounding the police
men, he sat in the kitchen and in an
old book, in which he had kept the
family accounts, he wrote page after
page Of his impressions; of his re-
morse for the sins he had committed
and appeals to God and to his wife to
forgive him for the awful crimes he
had committed.
"A few rotten dollars caused It," he
wrote. For that we must all 20 tc
hell together"
The Holly chieftain., 1905-03-17
NoxIous coIorins in Butter.

Professor Wiley of the Bureau OF
Chemistry at Washington, who is con
Quoting the adulterated food expert
ments, complains that he is utterly un-
able to procure for his purpose any un.
colored butter. He also denounced the
use of the coal tar dyes with which
butter is colored. saying that they
'overburden the kidneys" This is an
instructive comment on the United
States laws which prohibit the color,
Ing of artificial butter, even with palm
oil, which is perfectly wholesome, bu,
permit the coloring of genuine buttel
with coal tar dyes or anything else.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-03-17
DoIMes At WASHINGTON
Nominations ce~Armsd.

The senate on the eth instant con-
6rmed the following nominations:
Ambassadors = Whitelaw Reid Of
New York. to Great Britain; Robert 8.
Mccormick of Illinois, to France;
George v. L. Meyer of Massachusetts,,
to Russia; Edwin H. Conger Of Iowa.
to Mexico; Henry White Of Rhode
Island, to Italy.
/. Ministers-William Woodvilie Rock
hill. to China; David B. Hill Of New
York. to The Netherlands; Henry
Lane Wilson Of Washington. to Bel
GUM; William Miller Collier of New
York. to Spain; Brutus J. Clay of Ken
lucky, to Switzerland: Charles H.
Graves OF Minneapolis, to Sweden and
Norway; Thomas J. O'Brien Of Michi-
gan, to Denmark; Edward C. O'Brien
Of New York, to Paraguay and Uru-
quay; John B. Jackson of New Jersey.
to Greece and Montenegro and diplO-
matte agent In Bulgaria: John w. Rid
die OF Minnesota, to Roumania and
Servia; Samuel H. Gunmere of New
Jersey, to Morocco.
Consuls General-Robert J. Vynne
Of Pennsylvania, at London. England;
Frank H. Mason of Ohio, at Paris;
Hoffman Philip of New York, at Tan
gier; Thomas Sammons Of Washing
ton, at New Chwang, China; Stanley
Stoner Of Missouri, at Calcutta. India;
Henry B. Miller of Oregon, at Yoko-
hama; J. Lynn Rogers Of Ohio, at
Shanghai, China.
Joseph r. Hawley and Peter J. Os-
terhaus to be brigadier generals on
the retired list.
Consuls-Robert ]. Thompson Of Illi-
nois, at Cienfugos, Cuba; John B. Rich
ardson Of Kansas, at Port Dietrich.
United States attorney, Robert T.
Devlin, for the Northern district of
California. Also promotions in the
navy.