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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

President Roosevelt. 1t is persistently
reported that Mr.. Prick will at some
time in the near future enter President
| Roosevelt's cabinet. The portfolio
| which is to be offered him has not been
so positively predicted. There is a
strong impression, however, that it Sec
rotary Shaw retires next February. as it
has been intimated he may, then Mr..
Prick will be invited to become the finan-
, cial head of the government.
! Mr.. Frick has had phenomenally sue
Of high rank. He has amassed great
wealth in the coke business and in the
steel business in connection with the
| Carnegie interests. He is much more
democratic than the Laird OF
Skibo.' He has had a taste Of politics
and in quiet way has had good deal
| to do with local and state affairs. He
was very warm friend and supporter
of the late Senator NJ. S. Quay. Of Penn
sylvania, and is a close personal friend
of former Attorney General, now Sena-
tor. P. c. Knox.
| President Roosevelt became personal
| ly acquainted with Mr.. Fr' K three years
ago this summer. when he attended q
Fourth of July celebration in Pittsburg
as the orator CT the day and guest Of
| honor, and was entertained by Mr.. Prick
at the ]atter's palatial home in the
Smoky city. Since then the Pittsburger
has been frequent visitor at the white
| house, and a fine painting representing
Pittsburg with her glowing furnaces
which hangs in Mr. Roosevelt's study is
a token at Mr.. Tricks regard for the
president. Mr.. Prick also engaged the
French artist, Chartran, to paint pic
ture of the signing of the peace protocol
with Spain, and presented that to the
late President Mckinley as an addition
to the white house collection of paint
ings. The picture cost $4,000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

The report Of the Massachusetts
fish and game commissioners (the lob
atcr is 'game"D shows this condition:
THE outcome, The commercial eXtilfc-
ton OF the lobster, is sure to result
AS day is to follow night. There has
been an increase Of pots per man, but
falling off in the catch per pot from
SO in 1909 to PSI. in 1905. or a de-
cadence of about IT per cent In IS
wears there has been a decrease Of
more than GG per cent. in the catch OF
holsters per pot
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

the hard-riding plainsmen, who herd
cattle for profit. New York is going
to give them rousing welcome.
"Cowgirls" will be novelty.
There isn't city in the country
where good riding is better appre-
ciated or more often practiced. Among
100000 tenderfeet there is room for
many horsemen to leaven the mass.
| don't mean the graduates of the rid
ing schools alone, though these in
their English fashion ride securely
enough, working their passage" by
rising to the trot. The polo players
are another element, the fox-chasers
another. Theodore Roosevelt broke
an arm riding 70 hounds with the
Meadow brooks years ago, and do not
know that he ever suffered so severe
an accident upon the plains The
hunters use hard little pads by way
of saddles, very different from the
roomy Mexican saddle of the plains
man.
The best riders of New York are the
mounted park policemen. and the
centaurs that guard Fifth avenue and
it's thronged crossings. Some men can
do some things, other men other
things. The mounted police can catch
runaway horses. Lariats are barred
by the conditions, but they ride down
the boiling horses. warning people out
OF the way as they CO. and in 10 cases
out of 20 stop the horses before Sc
rinMs damage is. is done. Nothing finer
is done by city servants; perhaps
nothing as fine except the work of
the firemen and of the nurses in the
pest hospitals. The horses contrib
ute. Some of the experienced mounts
of the park force would not fetch
large sums at Tattersalrs. but they
are perfectly trained. will stand at at
tention where they are left. as long as
their masters desire, and take part in
their duties as Eeenly as a polo pony
takes to the game.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

Only ten men who have held the Of
fee Of president reached or surpassed
Mr.. Cleveland's present age of 6S:
only six exceeded it by so much as ten
years, and none exceeded it by twenty
years. Only ten presidents have sur
vived their retirement from Office
longer than Mr.. Cleveland, and four
of these lived to great age. WASH
ington, who survived his retirement
less than three years, thought himself
an old man when he was first made
president at the age of 81. John A..
ans survived his retirement a quarter
of a century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

navy man, and everything pertaining to
the personnel or equipment of those
branches is of intense interest to him.
There is not an expert in the navy who
watches more closely the performance
of battleships and cruisers in their ma
neuvers and the records made by their
gunners at target practice. He is We'll
acquainted with the technical part Of
gunnery, and the reports of the perform
ances of the various ships are sent to
him as soon as received, and he reads
them with eagerness and discrimina-
ton.
When Mr.. Roosevelt was assistant
secretary of the navy, he did more to adj
vance the efficiency of the men behind
the guns than anyone connected with
the service for years. On several occa-
siOns he accompanied the fleets on their
evolutions and at target practice, and
he made study of all things pertaining
to the manipulation of the big and little
guns on the ships. During target prac-
tice out on the open sea Mr.. Roosevelt
would become so intesely interested i'll
the shots as to be Obvious to his sur
roundings. He would shout and cheer
Justify when an extraordinarily good
shot was made. To this day he main
tains his interest in this very impor
tant part of the service, and frequently
:onsults with the naval officers regard.
ing methods of improving marine gun
merry, and criticises reports that do not
show what he conceives should be good
record of efficiency.
The president takes just as deep an in
terest in the army as he does in the navy,
and studies the details of the army
equipment just as he does that of the
navy. A recent example of this was
when he sent a letter to the general staff
recommending that a change be made in
the bayonets and swords used in the
army.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

fact that on the slightest test the thin
blades would snap. In an engagement
where the bayonet would be called into
the president therefore recommended
that something more substantial be
adopted, and on his recommendation
the general staff has adopted broad
strong, dagger-like bayonet that can be
welded with terrific effect il necessary.
in close quarters.
The president had the same criticism
to make of the pretty, toy-like swords
which the officers have been wearing,
and he recommended that for actual
service a good. sharp saber be substi-
tuted: one that would prove weapon OF
defense and could do execution. Rather
than depend on the fancy dress swords
that have been in use, he declared it
would be better to do away with such a
weapon altogether and if practicable
arm the officers with rifles The Latter
suggestion he. of course, did not advo-
cate, as he admitted it would be imprac-
ticable for officers in command of troops
to be encountered with rifle. Ee did
insist, however, on change in the
sword, and the general staff has in conse-
quence adopted the saber, which is to be
ground to a razor-like edge, so that it
will mean something when used in a con-
test.
Another arm that is engaging the pres
ident's attention is the new rifle, which
is being supplied to the army. The presi-
dent wants thorough test to be made
of these guns, and suggests the trials of
their effectiveness be made on long
ranges, such as may be found at some of
the western posts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05
II affairs, = fighter, He won his sp r,,,1

of affairs, q fighter, He won his spurs
as social investigator in Chicago. and
is now one of the best authorities il the
country upon problems of poverty. his
recent book upon the subject being a
mass of hard-won information. Hewas
in his bachelor days head worker of the
University Settlement. To-day he and
his wife are living in a pretty little tene-
ment among thousands of other tene-
ments that are not at all pretty in a slum
neighborhood. Into similar quarters
will MI. and Mrs. Stokes goa notable
quartette.
am the more inclined to insist upor
the devotion of such people because the
profession of settlement worker has be-
come of late so very professional. The
first workers were practically all ANA
teurs. Sometimes an exceptionally val
ued worker who happened to be poor in
this worlds goods was allowed free
board to permit him or her to continue
the work. To-day nine out OF ten of the
workers in the largest settlements are
as frankly professional as any other
~>~~SAASAo" Doyo 50AAS lAAOuSu COue2o
go into the work because they like GYM
nastics or because they can get free room
rent and free board. After graduation
men and women alike are salaried as
workers; have even known cases where
settlement work has been looked upon
as resource by those for whom or
binary teaching was thought to be too
difficult. In ten years the situation has
in this respect entirely changed. Very
likely the professionals do their work
great deal better than the volunteers
did. But you are not called upon to ad-
mire too greatly their sacrifices-when
they have made none-nor their priya-
tions-when they suffer none.
Hence I find such cases as Mr.. Stokes
interesting. They carry me back to the
old days when such people as Charles 3.
Slower and Jimmy" Reynolds and Miss
Valid were the type of workers in the
social settlement, as they are still the
type of it's best product. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

The total number Of hogs killed the
pas, year in commercial channels in
the west and elsewhere in the United
States has been exceeded in single
instance. for the year ending March
l. 1902. the number for the summer
season in that year being 1909. 600
greater than for the past summer sea.
son. while the record for the winter
season now closed exceeds the CORE
spending period Of that year by 116.
coo. For the past year the total west
ern packing represents 23.91S, 900 hogs
compared with 22,375,O00 for the pre-
cedng year
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05
All the vast sums accruing from va

All the vast sums accruing from va
rious forms Of taxation in Russia are
banked to the credit of two officials
named the imperial treasurers, who
discharge all the liabilities of the Rus
sian government. The car has the
FIRST call upon the money paid into
the imperial treasury, and draws upon
it whenever he wishes, by simply Iii
recting the treasury officials to lodge
SO much money to his private ac-
amount
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

ment section and 1000 persons are
homeless. An avenue is extended and
ESQ residences are torn down. The great
depots OF the Pennsylvania and New
York Central are planned, and SO acres
OF land covered almost solidly with
houses must be cleared Parks are to be
opened, streets closed Whole sections
of the city have so changed that old resi-
dents can no longer find friends or even
casual acQuaintances about them with
out learning new languages 10 speak.
Does anybody still read or remem Der
the Ragged Dick" stories of Col. Alger?
Dick boarded ia Mott street when heAn-
gagged in the bootblack business. l
know young man of purest New Eng
land parentage who was born in Mott
street where for 20 years there have
been nothing but Cinnamon aud their
white associates. No wonder May movA
ing is busy!
On an average all New Workers move
every second year. That makes fitting
of about 100000 persons every spring,
and about as many more scattered
through the rest Of the year. They range
from the poorest to the richest. The AL
fred Vanderbilts have lived this winter
in hired fat. So has Charley"
Schwab, the steel man. So do bank
! presidents actors, clergymen, railroad
| presidents. Where a man does not own
! his home he finds more frequent occa-
| sions for moving.
If the people who are moving this
.lonth could be ranged fn one long pro-
cession they would make parade of so
miles in length in file of 20 abreast
! spaced only five feet apart. Their goods
and chatte1s arranged upon two-horse
! trucks would make single-file process
sion from New York to Omaha And
some Of the people move their goods
upon wheelbarrows and hand-calts at
! that.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

AcCtvlcne gas is the most brilliant
and most dangerous Acety1ene is Il
coloCless gas almost as heavy as air.
with 4 characteristic. unpleasant odor
which warns of its presence long be-
phere reaches the explosion point 1t
]iQuihes under a pressure of $50
pounds in a temperature Of 800 Fab
renheit and is then the ligl.test liquid
known, its specific gravity being O.4.
Its pressure is said to reach 100 900
perature 7,20O0 Fahrenheit during it's
explosion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05
Even the Equitable Must Move.

OR years the home
office of the Equit-
abH Assurance So
.ciety has been one
of the sights Of
New York. Why,
it is ten stories
high! When |
came to the city
the instruments OF
the United States
W Gather bureau
we're perched upon
III IN =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

In 1900 the census showed that
there were $4,000 Japanese in this
country, as compared with 10000
Chinese; but while the number of
Chinese was declining through the
embargo on Immigration, the Japan
csc total was increasing. In 1905 the
number Of Chinese in the United
States is probably $4,000 and that of
Japanese 100000. A large proportion
of these Japanese are in Hawaii.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

The government of Russia is pro-
noting silk culture by distributing
silkwolm eggs free of charge and
sending out teachers to instruct the
peasants how to feed and treat the
worms 1t has also sent teachers
from public schools of the south I'm
provinces to the agricultural colleges
a. AZ. man and Charkow, where they
hear lectures on silk Culiure''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

Paderewski, duIng his recent sea-
son in San Francisco, sold his sigma
lures at 81 each, with bar or two OF
music at So, toward his share of the
fund for the erection of a manument
to Chopin in Poland.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05
New Figure in Political Field.

NEW figure, it is
said, is about to ap-
pear in the field Of
national. politics
and in the public
service. This is
Mr. Henry c.. Frick,
OF Pittsburg, the
business associate
Of Andrew Car
negie and the warm
personal friend of
the late President
Mckinley and of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

tor is really typical, in spite OF her un
usual intellect because she has won her
education through almost incredible
privaticns, which have left their traces
upon her in a slender physique. She is
her beauty is that OF the spirit and the
intellect not the blushing way of aver
age girlhood At so she should resemble
George Eliot
''Tha1s Mr.. Stokes, standing On the
lower stair" a lady said at a crowded
East side reception. 1t was Mr.. Stokes
but not standing on the stair He is
fully six feet three in height and very
slender, and among the rather small
denizens of the East side he looks tai!
indeed. He also is of a type 1t is the
type which has furnished the reformers
and enthusiasts of all ages. His face
might remind one of features as different
as those of medieval Savonarola or of
modern Bishop Whipple, the Indian
bishop He is millionaire, member
of a family that has furnished four state
governors to New England, and that has
been prominent in finance in New York
for two generations He is a relative of
Ed. Stokes. the bad hoy of former gen
Grafton of the family, whose famous
duel with Jim Fisk over a pair of
Josie Mansfeld's rubbers standing on
certain doormat will not soon be for
gotten Young Stokes has business
cares, is president or director in COM
pany or two of financial consequence.
But his heart is in the slums. No man
can look at him and doubt it.
Miss Pastor is as single-hearted. She
has within the past two weeks written
a great deal of matter for the news
papers: which, of course, seek such con-
tributions because of her momentary
prominence. With her, however, there
is no thought of advertisement.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05
Little Data from japanese War

IN THEIR cOnSidera-
alton of the adop-
ton of new bayo-
nets and, S b I'd
sabers, army Off
GERS have cen
eager to secure in
formation regard
ing the use of such
weapons in tn e
present war be-
tween Russia and
Japan. They have
h a n c0uSi1orah1a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

Without losing single animal,
seven shepherds recently drove flock
of 1900 sheep from Mamuga, in
Queensland, to Nabr, in New South
Wales, distance of 900 miles. "a.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

According to documents found in
the archives of Genoa, the discovery
Of America by Columbus cost a little
over $1,000. The feet of Columbus
was worth about $4,000. His salary
was 5000 year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05
Wants Effective Weapons.
r. ROOSEVELT be

R. ROOSEVELT be-
lieyes that it a
weapon is to be
used at all it should
be substantial and
effective. In this
letter he criticised
the light stiletto-
like bayonet that
has been in service
as being too small
and brittle for prac-
tical use. He called
attention to the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

Wheat -four of domestic manufac-
ture, to the number OF 5,583,711 bar
re]s and Of the value Of $26,723, 4G1,
was exported from this country dur
ing the eight months ended February
2S, 1905. More than double this guam
tity, or 1884 1862 barrels, valued at
S53,O37, 41S, was exported during the
same period of the preceding year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05
The Spring Ro1nances

N the spring a read
er's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts
OF love-1o judge
by the amount OF
attention the news
papers have paid
TO the DetvOthal OF
young j. G. Phelps
Stokes and Miss
Rose Pastor: a typ
ical child of the
Ghetto. Miss Pas
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

In 1879? The government of Russia
had 1924 open stores for retailing
SpirituOus beverages. During the
same year 9,2O3 places were discov-
cred where such liquors were secretly
and illicitly sold This is nearly as
many as the number of open govern
ment stores
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05
May Moving Day.

HE May moving
habit of all New
York about this
time every year
seems ridiculous
until you reflect
that all New York
cannot help it
and then it still
seems ridiculous, .
"A bridge ap-
pro ach is cut
through a tene-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05
IS A WAR EXPERT
PRESIDENT WATCHES CLOSELY
ARMY AND NAVY MATTERS.
HOW HE IMPROVED CUNNERY
instrumental in Having New Bayonet
and Sword Adopted in the Army
Effort to Secure War Data from
japanese Proves Futile.
"A S HI N ON

l S H I N GTO NJ
President iRoose-
welt finds time in
all the multitude
Of big state ques-
tons and interna-
t i on al problems
that pour in upon
him to give a good
deal of attention
to the details of va
riOus branches of
the public service.
He is an enthusi-
n~fs1 ~rNoVy op1f}
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05
a Quartette in the Slnrns

I the recent din
ner to Jane Ad-
dams, of Chicago,
given in Clinton
hall, Miss Pastor
and Mr.. Stokes sat
at table with Mr..
and Mrs. Robert
Hunter: the latter
Mr.. Stokes sister,
and, like him, very
rich. These four
met in their work
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

difficulty in gaining the knowledge de-
sired. The war department recently iu-
vited the Japanese minister here to fur
uish what information he could on the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

A bell weighing no less than p tons
has been installed in the Church of
Occur Jesus, in Paris. This bell is
rung by electricity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.--Mrs. Thoa
Robbins. Norwich, N. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

When a man is his own worst enemy,
an offer of mediation is always consid-
cred mpertinent.-Puck
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

Write to S. G. Warner, G. P. l. T. A..
Kansas City. Southern Ry., Kansas City,
NO, tor information concerning free
Locations, Improved farms, Nineral lands.
Rice lands, and Timber l3nds and for
copy of Current Events" business o.
portunities, Rice book, *. C. S. Fruit
book Cheap round trip homeseekers'
tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays of
each month. The short line to- the Land
of Fulfllment."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05
I'm THE METROPOLIS
ART OF RIDING BELoVED OF
ROOSEVELT POPULAR HERE.
FINE WORK OF POLICEMEN
Millionaire and Girl Of Ghetto Have
Like Misunderstanding Group
of Slum Workers-A New
Profession,

EW YORK.-Agnes
Mulhall, known To-
cally and loving
ly as "Bossy" Null
hall, her sister,
Lucille, a girl of
10, and the two
younger Mulha1l
children are eX-
pected to show in
New York this
week tho tricks 0f
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

To love one girl exclusively is an in
suit to the rest of them-and they always
resent it.-Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05
THE ENTERPRISE.
W. E. uASNAFoRD, Publisher
VIRGINIA. MINNESOTA
Lecturing at Berlin, Prof Won Han
scmann secuted the idea that cancer
is on the increase

The queen of Holland, has given
100000 francs for the erection of a
hospital for crippled children.