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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

Peruna has always been a great
favorite with the military men, both in
the army and navy.
The strongest kind of testimonials
are received from officers of high rank
concerning the virtues of Peruna for
all catarrhal ailments. :
Only small per cent. of these can be
used for publication for want of space.
Mr.. Harrison l.. DEAN, Burnside Post
No. 8, Department of the Potomac,
Colonel Encampment No. 60, Union
Veterans Legion, Colonel Green Clay
Smith Regiment No. II, o. v. u, De-
partment of the Potomac, Military
Order Loyal Legion, Department. Of
Columbia. Ma or 34th Indiana Veteran
Volunteer Infantry. writes:
'fThero IS no longer any question IS
to tho curative qualities Of Peruna In
all catarrhal troubles. Its successful
use by many Of my friends entities II
to confidence and endorsement"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
A Dummy Wrist.

The cleverest trick that ever has
been played on the Duluth authorities
was executed by Il member of the
chain gang at Duluth named William
Goodman. When the gang was being
escorted to the stone yard Goodwin
suddenly broke and ran. The deputy
in charge scarcely could believe his
eyes, for the prisoner all were hand.
cuffcd in pairs. The deputy assumed
that Goodman has broken the steel
bracelet. Goodman was captured af-
ter chase covering half Il mile, and
then an investigation was made Of
how he got away. Then it was discov-
cred that Goodman had cleverly duped
the deputy. lie had not been hand
cuffed at all. Instead of presenting
his own wrist to be manacled, he Off
cred a dummy wrist with a glove
stuffed with paper on the end of it,
while his own hand was pulled up into
the sleeve of his coat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

however, until the senate and house OF
representatives get together IN joint
session On February and count the
electoral votes and declare the election
of the candidates receiving tie highest
number of votes. When congress as
certains from the official electoral bal
lots, filed with the president pro tenn OF
the senate and with the secretary Of
state, who received the highest num-
Der of votes, they will enter the result
on the record OF the joint session and
the election of president and vice pres
ident will have been completed.
The senate and house goes about this
business as sclemnly as though their
count OF the vote was to be the first
announcement to the country Of the
names Of the next president and vice
president, although 100000 or &c.,
100000 people knew on the morning of
November 8 last that Theodore Roose-
welt and Charles w. Fairbanks would
fill the Offices of president and vice
president for four years, beginning on
the 4th of mex. March. The votes
which will be counted on February S
were cast on Monday, January s. when
the successful electors met in each
state and cast their ballots In accord
ance with the instructions Of the con-
ventiOns which nominated them. These
electoral votes have now reached Wash
ington and the last impressive cere-
mony of clecting the two highest Off
GERS in The government will take place
February g.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
FACTS OF GENERAL INTEREST

The first newspaper advertisement ap-
peared in 1852.
The first balloon ascension was at Ly-
ons, France, in 1888
The box or cabin in which telephone
IL placed is called in England ''tele-
phonium" or "phonlum."
The tallest inhabited building in the
world is the Park Row building, in New
York, which is 800 feet high.
Since the outbreak Of the war cable
messages to the amount of about $780,
600 have been sent from Japan every
month.
The strangest flag under which men
ever fought is that of the Macedonian
insurgents. 1t is red on one side and
black on the other.
Santiago de Chilli the third largest
city in South America, has now a pop
ulation of 1000. The largest Is Buenos
Ayres, followed by Rio de Janeiro.
Russia, with a population Of 127 ,O00,-
900, has only 1884 physicians. In the
United States, with a population OF
about $4,000 900, there are 10000 physl-
clans.
1t has been found that false teeth
were used by the people who lived in
1000 3. G. These teeth were made Of
ivory and fastened to an ivory plate
by means of 11ne gold wire.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

enlistments in the navy and it is de-
sired that there shall not be. For this
purpose it is intended that the most
favorable knowledge of the navy shall
be disseminated in those parts Of the
country remote from the sea coast,
where the naval recruiting parties are
al work.
Hitherto much dependence has been
placed in bill posters and a considera-
bic sum of money has been expended
each year in thus advertising the adj
vantaees of service in the navy These
bill posters are familiar objects
throughout the country and represent
almost life size figures of sailors and
marines in natty uniforms, while the
text of the poster describes the charac-
ter of the service, wages paid and some
of TIE attractions of the life. 1t is
now proposed to reach young men
through the mediums of books and
newspapers. A handsome illustrated
pamphlet has been favorably consid-
cred, and Secretary Morton expects
that it will appeal to the intelligence
of husky young fellows who want to
sail the ocean blue and get on Uncle
Sans pay rolls.
1t is proposed to have this pamphlet
contain full account of the duties
exacted OF an enlisted man on board a
ship Of war, together with the rates of
compensation and the chances of brc-
motion. The covers of the book will
bear half-tone designs; the front cover
to include that of the officers and crew
of battleship and the back cover to
have picture of modern man of
war. 1t is proposed also to have pic
toral advertising in the newspapers
published in the localities where re-
cruiting parties are periodically work
ing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
News Notes.

The Minnesota good roads associa-
tions meet in St. Paul :. =,
NJ D. Iovelaud, so East Isabel
street, St. Paul, was killed on the Chi
oago Great Western railway at st.
Paul .~'.#
The Duluth & Iron Range road will
build four miles Of now side tracks in
its yards at Two Harbors.
The semi-centennial anniversary of
the founding of the first Presbyterian
church at Red Wing wass:celebrated
there. -
The Russian Greek Catholic church
at Minneapolis was almost completely
destroyed by fire. -&t
Carl Nord, driver, for Richfeld
dairy was seriously injured in runa-
way Minneapolis
The state association Of the Sons of
Hermann, held its fifteenth annual
convention in St. Paul.
A 2-year~old son of Mr. and Mrs. G.
Fisher of Perham, fell to the floor,
with the pointed end of tooth brush
IN his mouth. The handle penetrated
his throat and blood poisoning fol-
lowed, causing death after forty. eight
hours' suffering.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
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MINNESOTA: NEWS.
Seed Wheat.

Plump, heavy kernels of wheat
grown in a rusted field, but which ma
tured despite the severe test to which
they were put, are especially desirable
as seed wheat this season, according to
Professor c. p. Bull Of the. Minnesota
state experiment farm, in a statement
he has just issued on the subject.
Professor Bull advises farmers, how
ever, to use extreme cauti on in select
Ing for seed wheat that was grown in
rusted fields. He estimates that only
small proportion, probably 10 or 30
per cent, of the wheat grown in rust
infected fields, will be sound enough to
use adviscdly as seed.
Very little wheat that was attacked
by rust last year grades above No. 9
northern, most of it being no grade
and rejected. This, Professor Bull un.
reservedly declares, should not be used
for seed. If there is any No. OF No.
2, however, he advises farmers to in.
vest in tanning mills and clean and
grade every kernel to be used for seed
with extreme care.
Inc 1acC that these Kernels mao
proved rust resistant, Professor Bull
says, is not their only claim to desir-
ability as seed. The additional advan-
tage OF adaptability to the soil and
climate to the section in which they
are used, gives such seed an advantage
over any other of equal merit that is
brought from another locality.
Besides advising careful selection
with view to the elimination of all
rust-damaged kernels, Professor Bull
says that rotation of crops should be
extensively practiced this year in fields
that were ravaged. Professor Bull
goes on record as saying that if this is
done, the possibility Of an attack Of
rust this year will be Dbviated.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

Thousands of people are handling
certain articles daily without any idea
of their dangerous nature. The Or
binary soda water siphon, for in
stance, is q bomb, and an exceedingly
powerful one to boot charged, as it
frequently is, up to Il pressure Of be-
tween $50 and l60 pounds. A child
who dropped one of these dangerous
contrivances in the street the other
day was almost as shocllingly mangled
by the resultant explosion as was NJ.
de Plehve, the recently assassinated
Russian minister of the interior, by
the dynamite bomb.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

In 1898 the largest known and at
the same time the most complete
Brontosaurus skeleton was discovered
about three miles west of the Bone
Cabin quarry. 1t was worked out with
and mounted complete at the Ameri-
can museum under the direction Of
Prof. Osborn. When finished 1t will
he the only mounted skeleton Of a
Rrontosaurus in the world. though at
the Yale museum the pelvis and hind
legs of disosaur OF this kind are
mounted. hitherto the greatest curl
Osity in this line.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

1t does not look as if we shall get
out of coal. at any rate this winter
It is estimated that beneath the
carth's crust there are about $780,
600 100000 yards of coal at depths
available for the use of man--in round
numbers little over 1000 900, 900 900
tons. Or this store Great Britain has
available for us" about Il fifteenth
part, or, according to the best esti
mates, $4,000, OOO.O 900 OF tons. The
worlds store, 1t is estimated will be
exhausted in about 1000 years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
A New Bird to Hunt.

The state game and fish commission
the reserves of the state-thc ring neck
pheasant. This bird is cross between
the Chinese and English pheasant, and
is found in the states cast OF Minncso-
Ia. 1t was voted not to expend cx.
cceding 5000 in bringing the bird tc
the state.
The commission at the new state
capitol reelected it officers, as follows:
President, Uri l.. Lamprey of St. Paul;
first vice president, Fl. G. Smith of Wi.
mono; second vice president, William
Bird Of Fairmont; secretary, D. w.
Meeker Of Moorhead; executive agent,
S. F.. Fullerton of St. Paul
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
To Improve Barley.

With view of improving the barley
of the northwest, samples of several
varieties of foreign barlcys have been
brought here by j. J. L. Orth, Min
neapolis bareley dealer These barleys,
under the direction of D. G. Fairchild,
agricultural explorer for the bureau of
plant industry, department of agrl.
culture, having been successfully grown
in Wisconsin as test of their adapta-
bil;ty to this soil. Up to this time Wis
consin barley has had a better stand
ing in the trade. 1t is planned to in
troduce the new samples in Minnesota
and the DalSotas this spring.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Turned Burglar.

The village Of Mountain Iron on the
Mesaba range furnished the unique
news of guardian of the peace and
property Of the community turnin 8
burglar while on duty.
James Welsh, the night Waterman
is now in the county Jail in Duluth,
awaiting the action of the grand jury
on charge of having broken into An.
drew Anderson's saloon and helping
himself to 500 in cash and $50 worth
of jcwelry. Under the statue relating
to such cases Welsh cannot obtain bail
An officer of the law charged with a
crime cannot be admitted to liberty
under bond.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

Tho latest plan of the advocates Of
spelling reform is he urging of a uni
rrrSal phonetic alphabet based upon
the present Roman lctters--that is
international agreement that tho let
ter should have the same sound in
every language. Thus, the letter "a"
instead Of having the several sounds
given to it in the English language
like in father" and in Language" it.
self. or as in German and French.
would have one fixed sound. Thus a
man reading any Of the languages
would at once know how to pronounce
the word.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

English, French and Spanish are the
principal languages spoken in Santo
Domingo, English and French being
especially spoken along the coast.
The population is chiefly of mixed
Spanish, Indian and Negro blood, with
some OF pure African descent and
comparatively few whites. The total
population is estimated at 100000, at
this time. although the official esti-
mate in 1883 was $4,000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
WASHINGTON LETTER
HOUSE AND SENATE SOON TO
ELECT PRESIDENT.
ATTRACTING MEN TO NAVY
Interested Spectator in Senate Gallery
Curiosity Lessons in Regard to
Mormonism - Other Gossip
from National Capitol.
A 8 HIN GTON-

\ S H I N GTON.
Theodore ROose-
welt and Charles
Warren Fairbanks
will be elected
president and vice
of t he United
States on Wednes-
day. 90. February 8.
This may sound
strange to those
who thought these
men were elected
to these offices on
November 8 last.
They will not be
officially elected,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Men for the Navy.

ECRETARf OF the
Navy Morton Is
advocating a new
method OF attract
ing young men to
enlist. There is a
desire on his part
to make the service
attractive and the
inducements offer
cd to likely young
III Ell throughout
the country are
put in as alluring
form as possible.
There has been no
falling off in the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Women Attend the Smoot Hearings.

Or some reason the
hearings in the
SmOot case before
the senate commit
tee on privileges
and elections are
not SO largely at
tended now that
the defense is hav-
ing it's innings. as
they were when
t h e prosecution
was presenting its
case. 1t has been
suggested t h a t
there is not so
nue. of the Sala-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

Two of the by-products of sugar
factories are utilized in France-the
pulp from the presses and the drained
treacle, or the molasses from which
no more sugar can be obtained by the
ordinary processes of crystallization
The pulp serves as food for animals,
and is sold to farmers at about five
cents per 100 pounds
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
The Two Delivers

HERE can be seen
almost daily in
that section of the
senate gallery set
apart for the &C
commodation of
the families Of
senators an old
g en It | e m an of
strong, rugged fea-
lures, but showing
the signs of very
advanced. airs.
He is assisted by
the doorkeeper, as
he has to walk on
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

An extensive camphor forest is said
to exist on the borders of Szechuen,
Kweichau and Human Provinces.
China. 1t is said to extend 100 miles.
but it is only recently that the natives
have begun to produce camphor for
the market In that locality. Little is
known of the region, as it Is off the
regular lines of travel and not visited
by fOreignerS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

The agricultural expert attached to
the German consulate general at Cal
70 reports that American steam plows
are being successfully used in that
country. He advises German manu-
facturers to combine and send a good
mechanical engineer to Egypt to study
agricultural conditions and what ma
chimes are best suited for that coun-
trY
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Active preparations are about to be

Active preparations arc about to be
commenced in the construction Of the
big circular cofferdam which is to be
ship Maine as she reposes in the har-
bor Of Havana. BY recent action of
the Cuban government the time for
beginning the work has been ex.
tended to April 10, 1905, and that for
completion of the work to April 49,,
1904
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Career of Postmaster General Wynne.

isl NJ ASIER Gen.
eral Wynne is I'M
derstOod to be
slated for another
good position when
he retires from the
cabinet on March
1 to be succeeded
by National Chair
man George Bruce
COrtelyOu. Presi-
dent Roosevelt is
very fond of Mr..
Wynne and wants
to give him a place
in the government
service in which
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

During the first nine months of 1904
Germanys imports amounted to ST.
134,070,000, exceeding those of the cor
responding period of 1903 by $33 ,201,-
900. During the same time Germany
exported wares valued at $910,112,000,
a gain of $13,S04 900 over the exports
Of the first nine months Of 1908,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

DR.. L. A. Van Wagner, of Brookfield,
has invented a device which is to be
attached to the telephone which will
give indication if there has been any
call during the absence of the attend
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

In the herring season. which ex
tends from the middle of August to
the end of December, the fishing boats
of Yarmouth, England, caught 525:
37S,80O herrings
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

OF the patients in the lunatic asy-
lum at Lahore, India, 80 per cent. are
believed to have been habitual hemp
drug takers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

crutches, having but one leg. The old
mans gaze is frequently conferred upon
q stalwart, black-haired, black-mous-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
IN FIELD OR BARRACKS
PE-RU-NA is EFFICAClOUS.

The constantexposure to the elements
experienced in an outdoor life is not so
apt to cause coughs and colds as seden-
tary habits.
Those who are brought face to face
with the weather every day in active
life are much less liable to catarrhal
diseases than those who are housed up
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
ALL CLASSES
ARE SUBJECT TO
CATARRH.

eases. The soldier az well as the civil
ian finds it frequently necessary to nse
Peruna on account Of coughs and colds.
No one is exempt. The strong and
healthy are less liable than the weak
and i'll, but none entirely escape.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

in lily ventilated
rooms. And yet
both of these classes
are more or less
subject to catarrh
and catarrhal dis
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10
Dutch merchants have opened a
chamber of commerce in London, to
which 400 members belong.

The coming OF the longest word in
our language is credited to Mr.. Glad
stone, Observation-Disclosures
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-02-10

Colonel Paul E. Beckwih Co..
letter from 1903 Vermont W., Washington
"FT0m the unqualified endorsement
take pleasure In commencing coughs
ds"-PauI E. Beckwith.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-24
BENJAMIN PIERCE DEAD
FOR YEARS AN EXAMINER IN
PATENT OFFICE.
Prominent as Scientist and Noted as
Churchman - Funeral Services
Tomorrow Afternoon.

Perry Benjamin Pierce, an examiner in
the patent Office for more than thirty years;
died yesterday afternoon at o'clock at his
home, 1921 Goth street northwest, after a
short illness. Funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at the
Church of the Epiphany. Mr. Pierce was a
native of Canton, st. Lawrence county, N.
Y, and was appointed an assistant exam
liner in the patent office in October, 1874.
He was made a principal examiner in
1888, and was placed in charge of
the division which has to do with the ex-
animation of patents relating to sewing
machines and similar productions. He was
prominent in scientific circles, being menu
Der of the National Geographic Society and
an intimate friend of several of the best
known local scientists. He was an active
assistant of Mrs. Gardiner B. Hubbard in
the erection of the Hubbard Memorial Hall
for the Geographic Society.
Mr.. Pierce was also prominent as
churchman, having been a member of
Epiphany Church for many years and an
active worker in church matters He was
ABOUT sixty-fve years of age and leaves
wife and family
Noted as Scientist.
During his lifetime he had been connected
with many organization for the advance
ment of scientific research. His elementary
training was received at Hobart College
and Columbian University of this city.
From the former he graduated with the de-
gree of A. B. in 1855 and took the NJ. A.
degree from the same institution in 1868
lie took the degree of LIB. at Columbian
the District of Columbia. He was treasurer
OF the Archaeological Society OF washing
ton from 1883 to 1905 and was q fellow In