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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

men. The popularity and success OF
the speaker with members of the house
like those of the president with all
public men-depend largely upon the
tactfulness of his secretary. That Off
cial must intuitively know the relative
Importance of the business the visitors
have with the speaker, be able to ar
range audiences for those who have
the most important matters to discuss
and politely to dismiss those who are
inclined to be importunate and whose
affairs are not of the greatest interest.
To discriminate properly and not give
offense requires rare genius, but it is
necessary to save the speaker worry
and trouble that would otherwise tend
to break him down.
Mr.. Busby is exceptionally we'll
equipped for just this sort Of work. He
has complete, comprehensive grasp
of all public business and all matters
pending before congress and his judg-
ment Of whom to admit to the. speaker
and what subjects ought to be discuss
ed by them is unerring. He is polite
and courteous and is able to deny WIS.,
itors an audience with the speaker with
a graceful tact that sends them away
disappointed, but not offended. Mr.
Busbey was a newspaper man for a
quarter Of a century before the speaker
asked him to accept this responsible
place. He has a very wide acquaint-
ance with public men throughout the
country and as CORRESPONDENT of a Chi
cago paper accompanied the late Pres
ident Mckinley on all the tours and
campaigns the latter made for several
years before he was nominated for the
presidency.
Mr.. Busbey is an authority On the
tariff and ON financial subjects and his
knowledge in that direction has been
of great value to many members of the
house.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

In fact making all preparations for the
opening of congress as though he had
already been named the speaker OF the
house. In the minds of the members
of the house. he is speaker, as there is
not the slightest opposition to his re-
election and, taking that for granted,
the members, new and old, are consult
ing with him as to good places on CON-
mittees.
The ex~speaker and the speaker that
is to be has come back to Washington
in more rugged health than one-half
the young members of the house. He
was SO years old last May, but his
sturdy frame, clear eye and rudy
cheeks, showing rich, healthy
are those of a man not overt lie
swings through the capitol al - :16ng
the streets with an active, spicy step
and, to use his own vernaculafN he feels
as "young as a three-year-oldx Slid as fit
as a fiddle" He walks from THE cap
itol every day after several hours OF
strain in "jollying" and arguing with
members who want places. 1t is two
miles from the capitol to his home
and he is as fresh as a daisy when he
reaches the end of his walk His in.
variable companions on this tramp
home are his secretary, Mr.. Busbey
and his parliamentary secretary, Mr.
Kinds.
Mr.. Cannon enjoys meeting the con-
gressmen, although he is sometimes
puzzled to find desirable and appropria-
ate places for all Of those deserving
such on the committees. He always
| refers to them as 'the boys" and they
seldom think of calling him anything
else than Uncle joe" The real affec.
ton between Mr.. Cannon and the
members of the house of all parties is
the secret of his successful admins
tration of his high office.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15
GOOD BLOOD FOR BAD
9heumatIsm and Other Blood Dlo-
eases are Cured by Or. Williams
Pink ejll9. ~

'In the lead mines I was at work on my
knees with my elbows pressed against
rock walls. in dampness and extremes Of
cold," said Mr.. j. G. Meulel, of 1915
jackson avenue, Dubuque, Iowa, in de-
scribing his experience to a reporter,
land it is not surprising that L con-
tracted rheumatism. For three years
had attacks affecting the joints of my
ankles, knees and elbows. My ankles
and knees became so swollen I could
scarcely walk on uneven ground and
little pressure from a stone under my
feet would cause me so much pain that I
would nearly sink down. was often
obliged to lie in bed for several days at q
time My friends who were similarly
troubled were getting no relief from
doctors and I did not feel encouraged to
throw money away for nothing. By
chance read the story of Robert Yates,
of the Klauer Manufacturing Co., Of
Dubuque, who had very bad case Of
rheumatism. / decided to try DR.. Will
iams' Pink Pills for Pale People, the
remedy he had used. In three OF four
weeks after beginning to use the pills, I
was much better and in three months ]
was well. The swelling Of the joints
and the tenderness disappeared, I could
work steadily and for eight years I have
had no return of the trouble. Ny whole
family believe in DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. Both my sons use them. We
consider them a household remedy that
we are sure about. . 3. 5 3
: What Dr.. Williams Pink Pills did for
Mr.. Meukel they are doing for hundreds
of others. Every dose sends gallOplng
through the veins. pure, strong, rich, red
blood that strikes straight at the canse 81
all i'll health. The new blood restores
REGULARITY, and brsces all the organs Tor
their special tasks. Get the genuine DR..
Williams Pink Pills at your druggistas
or direct from the DR.. Williams Nedip
cine Co.. Schenectady, Nj
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

CO1lSlllueulS WIN puDuc documents
and garden seeds. Often upon the
faithfulness of the private secretary
depends the congressman's hope of re-
nomination and reelection. The secre-
taries to senators and representatives
are required to save the latter from
the opportunities of cranks, INDECENT
constituents and over-importunate Of
flee seekers. They do not always sue
coed in impressing the visitors with
the fact that they can do business in
the place of their szaployer, as was IL
Illustrated the other Say in the case of
Of a well-known senator's secretary.
An elderly lazy called at the sena-
tors office and was greeted by the Sec
retary WELL Mrs. Blank, what can
l do for you? asked the young man in
his pleasantest way.
Mrs. Blank rather tartly told him to
notify the senator that she was there
and wanted to speak to him on bust
ness.
well, will you please tell me the
secretary.
mo, l will not discuss the matter
with you at ALL" retorted the lady.
The secretary tried to explain that
it was customary for tho$e calling
upon the senator to state the nature
Of their business to the secretary. BY
THIS time the elderly lady had grown
impatient and indignant, and glazing
at the young man, said:
the only tin can on the SHELF
This bit Of slang from an old lady
rather upset the young man, but he re-
torted: ono, l am only a piece of
scrap iron" The lady left in a huff
and has not been back to see the sena-
tor since.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15
False Tales.

TAN
ner, the new CON-
mander-i of
the Grand Army
of the Republic,
has taken &C.
casion to destroy
some of the fiction
regarding the pun
ishments of SOL
diers in the civil
war. A story was
recently sent out
from a western
town to the effect
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

There is now a bounty upon the
coyotes head in every Oklahoma
county. The government has an ex-
perimental station at Chattanooga, in
Southwestern Oklahoma, where Dr..
David E. Lantz, OF the United States
Biological Survey, has been engaged
for a year in experimental warfare
against the coyote with poison and
such other weapons as lend them
selves to the slaughter of the animal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

museum. In fighting consumption
New York leads the great cities of the
world and has no rival outside of Ger.
many. Count that to it's credit.
You can call it a 'getting complete
~ cured show You may wander
down the aisles and see exactly how
to get the pure air that saves the con.
sumptive's life; and not less important
how to have consumption if you must,
and not give it to the other fellow.
There are samples of dark tenements
and lighted tenements. There is
model of a ward at Clinton prison.
1t is to Clinton that consumptive pris-
oners are sent. They get we'll mostly.
In the past, prisons have always been
breeding places of consumption germs.
That is one. thing you can say for
New York. 1t will fight consumption.
Tammany long ago asphalted the East
side streets that have to be swept twice
day, so great is the refuse thrown
upon them. The press of the city is a
unit against lowering the standard of
the tenement house law, which gives
the poorest man in the city daylight
in the poorest home. The health de.
partment and the schools department
work manfully. In ten years con-
sumption has had to take second place
in the order of fatal diseases In
summer the very islands. in the East
river are gay with white tents where
people are learning how to cure them.
selves of the white death.
Briefly, the cure is air. and more air
and yet more air. With, of course,
food and rest.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

Owl on toast is what many patrons
OF fashionable San Francisco French
restaurants have been receiving in
stead of quail. Patrick Hughes, Of
Jameson, was arrested by a deputy
Ash commissioner for killing birds
that are not game birds. For many
months Hughes has been making a
fat living with his shotgun Staying
billy owls for the delicate palates Of
the elite Of San Francisco.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

The department Of agriculture Of
Argentina estimates the area under
wheat and hnseed in that country in
1905 at 13,880,551 acres and 1881, Ala
acres, respectively, as against 12,115,-
816 acres and 2,675,S65 acres under
the same crops in 1904.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15
The Real Chief, Roosevelt.

UT IT the repub-
lican party were
to be represented
by it's Platts and
Depews alone it
would be in a bad
way. The real
chief, the man to
to whom all look,
lives in Washing
ton when con-
gress is in session.
H is ma m e is
Roosevelt. Every
ono fr11ctc Iho+ ho
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15
Difficult Tasks.

oEAK1NG of secre-
taries, those useful
attaches to public
men have queer
experiences and at
times rather diff
cult work to do.
Each member of
the house has a
private secretary,
who is often en-
trusted with his
political work and
with p | a c a t i n 6
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15
The Speakers Secretary.

HI speakers right
hand man in the
present prelimi-
nary work of get
ting up commit
tees is his secre-
tary, l.. White
Busbey. The lat
ter possesses q
wonderful fund of
good nature and is
one of the most
tactful secretaries
who ever. handled
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

A young man was on trial in indie
pendence, Kan, for stealing water
melons. When the jury had retired
the foreman asked all those who had
never stolen melons to stand and be
counted. Not a juror moved, and a
verdict OF not guilty was returned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

The age Of the sun has been for
many years a matter Of controversy
between biologists and physicists.
The investigators Of tidal friction
claim that 500 or 1000 million years
have elapsed since the birth OF the
moon, and other scientists, arguing
from purely geological reasons, claim
the age Of the sun to be between SO
and 1000 million years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

The smallest coin in actual circ1l.
iation is a sort Of wafer made from
a resinous juice and used by the ma
tives in the Malay peninsula It has
q value of one ten-thousandth OF one
cent
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15
CLERK of the Speakers Table"

IL really luQlSpen-
sable member of
the speakers cabi-
net is Mr.. Asher c..
Hinos, whose Off
cial title is "clerk
at the speakers
table, He is the
p arli a m e ntary
sharp of the house.
He is q veritable
walking encyclo-
pedia of parlia-
mentary rule IS,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15
The Fight with the White Death.

OMETHING that
leaves a better
taste in the mouth
is needed after
discussing N e W
York finance or
politics.
Little noticed,
but Of great i'm
portance, is the
American tuber-
culOsis exhibition
now on in the
Natural History
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

One OF the largest works OF mans
hands is the artificial lake, or reser-
voir, in India, at Rajputana. This res
ervoir, said to be the largest in the
world, and known as the great tank Of
Dhebar, and used for irrigating pur-
poses, covers an area Of 81 square
miles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15
The Patrick Case.

He case OF Muir
derer Patrick is
to be taken to the
supreme court of
the United States
if his lawyers sue.
coed in their lat.
est effort. I.
A most amazing
case. A case that
illustrates t h Q
great fact that in
New York, at any
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15
How Hyde Comes Out.

NE young m a n
who will be heard
from yet is James
HaZen Hyde. l
may, in the past,
have aided to give
a wrong impress
sion of him .
Quite as likely
the first impress
sion Of him was
in fact correct and
under adversely
he has gro W n
OF er, graver,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

More than 10000 photographs Of
birds amid their natural surroundings
have been taken by an English
naturalist. Some OF them entailed as
much as week of waiting and watch
Ing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15
IN Il |M.E7l.ROP0L
POLITICS STILL ENGRoSSEs AT
TENTI0N IN NEW YORK. :.
AS TO PLATT AND DEPEW
Look to Roosevelt to Bring About
Reorganization - Young Mr..
Hyde Makes a Good
Impression.

EW YORK. PITY
the poor N e W
Workers., unable
even after election
to get away from
pOlit les. Not
alone the contest
for the mayoralty
between McClel-
Ian and Hearst
and the effort to
trap Boss Muir.
nhv'S brother and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15
WASHINGTON. LETTER.
JUNGLE JOE" CANNON RETURNS
IN EXCELLENT HEALTH.
INSPIRES REAL AFFECTION
Ascher c. Kinds Parliamentary Sharp
Of House - Delicate and 1mpor-
tant Post Of Secretary-Con-
gressmen Depend on Them.
4 S H INGTON.-So

4 S H INGTON.-So
far as practical re-
suits go Uncle
Joe" Cannon is al
ready cleo t e d
speaker Of the next
house. He is as
b u S y arranging
committees, listen
ing to applications
for places on them,
consulting wi t b
the minority lead
er of the house re-
garding them, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

King Oscar Of Sweden is perhaps
the most gifted OF royal musicians. At
his Stockholm palace he has a mag
1ifcent musical library.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

Mrs. Gertrude Massey. the painter
OF miniatures, has received II com:
missions from the king and queen OF
England.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

1t is said that 100000 domestic AMI.
mails, valued at 100000, are slain
by wolves every year in the Russian
empire
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

practices and presidents. He has made
parliamentary practice his life study
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-12-15

more thoughtful Hyde is still under
81 Fresh from college. used to honor
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-21

The officials big and little who
have been brought into the lime
light by the postoffice scandals
are now promised a respite, as the
department of agriculture has
made it's stage bow and now prom
Uses to furnish entertainment for
some time to come. If this sean
dial, involving the integrity Of the
government crop reports, should
develop into so gigantic affair as
is now estimated, it would far
overshadow the postoffice troub-
les. 1t would involve one or two
seats in the present cabinet. Or
iginally it was only charged that
there had been leakages through
which spectators had acquired
advance information on the cot
ton crop report. The assistant
statistician was discharged for
this. Later it was charged that
the figures in the report had been
tempered with and the public had
been given an incorrect report,
while favored spectators were
permitted to know the truth. The
charges are serious and the Ameri-
can people know that the guilty
persons will receive the same
treatment that has been melted out
to others of their ilk under the
present administration.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-21

Is common honesty becoming
so scarce, asks the Washington
Post, that every man must be con-
sidered a rascal unless he proves
himself honest? Is an honest
man a hero? Is the whole tex
ture of society becoming worm
eaten with graft? 1t would re-
fleet discredit upon civilization
to say so. Radical optimism
must admit that the world is
growing more honest, or it must
reject all other signs OF progress
as meretricious. Material advanc-
ment is a poor thing if it is ac-
companied by a condition of at
fairs in which every man must
loog upon another as a thief wait
ing for an opportunity to plumber
him. The revealing of munich
pal rottenness in many American
cities, the malign spread Of the
tipping evil which is a form OF
dishonesty-and the rapid grow
ing desire to " get rich quick "
by any means that does not lead
directly to the penitentiary door,
all reveal disheartening weakness
of character in American life. II
the developments as published
day by day were to be taken as a
standard of the moral tone OF the
entire community, the inevitable
conclusion would be reached that
the whole country was going to
the bow-wows. But the evil that
men do is blazoned from the
housetops, while the good is rare
" mentioned. 1t is humdrum
and common place to perform
ones daily duty and be honest.
There is no news in such conduct.
Riotious extravaganza, which IS
next door to dishonesty, attracts
wide attention. One banker
steals and the newspapers make
columns of the fact. Philadel-
phia wrestles with it's gang OF
grafters, and the impression upon
a European is, doubtless, that ev-
cry American city is in the hands
of highway robbers. In spite OF
the deluge of printed matter in re-
gard to stealing, grating, tipping
extravaganza Of the rich, and
other evils, it is well to bear in
mind that these are exceptions
and not the rule.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-21

Last month the production for
the month, of Pennsylvania and
West Virginia high grade oil was
2456,597 barrels and the ship
ments were 2,764,654 barrels mak-
ing a reduction in the stocks for
the month of 3OS,O57, and yet the
Oil City Derrick, the mouth piece
of the Standard Oil Company, In
sists the price of West Virginia
oil is being reduced on account
of cover production" The fig
rres of the actual runs and ship
ments of the high grade oil give
the lie to such an excuse IN no I'M
certain tones. And in addition
to this reduction the demand Tor
refined oil in the month OF May
is very small compared with the
winter months. The facts are
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-21

of your customers and keep tab
on the number Of customers you
have who tell you they saw your
adj. in certain mediums and then
patronize the mediums that bring
Won customers. An ad. for do
lar a week, if it brings you no
trade, is a dollar thrown away and
wasted. A cheap ad. is gener-
ally the most expensive kind Of
advertising.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-21

Parties who were but recently
expressing doubt as to whether
we were going to have any sum- j,
mer this season are now equSily
emphatic in their complaints OF I
the warm weather. But we OF
sistersville should remember now ,
mncb more fortunately situated
NO are than the residents OF lar
ger cities.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-21

The Parkersburg and'Ohio val
lev Electric Railway will ask the
City Council to extend the time
for completing the road up
Main street from July LIST, l9oo
to November LIST, 1905. Ihe
President of the company assures
us that the road will be complet-
ed to Friendly long before that
date. but to save the expense OF
making another application and
TO have to cover any further
trouble. this extension will be
asked for and we feel certain that
the council will grant the favor
The road is nearly graded and
most of the trestles are up but
the company have been dlsappoln'
ted in financing the road, ano
hence the delay we have had II
building it.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-21

The price of the best grade OF
western oil produced in Kansas
and the Indian Territory and Ok-
lahoma was reduced three cents a
barrel in price on Saturday. The
best grade of this oil is now SELL
mo at so cents a barrel.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-21

West Virginia was AZ years OLD
Yesterday. Although two years
over the Osler limit her useful
ness has hardly begun "nlie
her population has quaorupleo
and her wealth and developed re.
sources increased one-hundreo
fold, there yet remains room 10
make her one of the empire states
Of the Union.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-21

Any advertising that does not
bring some customers to your
stores is Improbable advertising
no difference how cheap the ad-
vertising is placed for. Inquire
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-21

There is a coal boat stage IN
the Ohio river and about mil
lion bushels of coal were ship
from Pittsburg. The river pack
cts are all doing an immense busl'
ness in the way of handling pas:
senoers who are making the round
,rin on the various boats. What
a glorious river the Ohio will be
when it is made a nine foot stage
the whole year through.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-21

there is no other oil that takes
the place of West Virginia oil and
it should command a higher price
than the Standard is now paying.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-21

To-day is the first day OF sum-
mer and the longest day OF the
wear. Beginning to-day the days
will begin to get shorter and will
continue to do so until the list
day of December.