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The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

the supposed discovery of new sup
ply Of fertilizer which can be furnished
cheaper than the same material has
ever been before secured. Heretofore
the whole supply of carbonate of pot
ash fertilizer has come from Germany,
but DR.. Cushman, Of the roads Office in
the agricultural department., believes
that he has found something il this
country that will completely supplant
the German fertilizer. szzgfs=..s} $
Last summer when DR.. Cushman
was experimenting on some granite
road material in his laboratory he ex-
tracted from some very finely pow
dered rock "a large percentage OF pots
ash. He extracted this potash by cleo
9tricity, but he concluded that as
ground rock is very cheap, it might be
worth while to try the experiment OF
letting the plants do their own extract
ing. He tried it on his own farm, and
found that the powdered rock did act
ually act as fertilizer. s =.
8 The commercial value OF imported
fertilizer is about 500 q 3 ton1s ltss Ia
necessary IN the tobacco fields and a
number Of other crops require It. The
ground rock. on the other hand ! can be
produced for about three dollars q
ton, and there is SO much OF It In tho
country that runs high#in potash, and
sis available for use that the supply
could never he eornered. It takes
about twice as much OF the ground
rock 90 accompl he same. result saa
the imported ferti ilizer, hut even then
the difference IN the price of $6 and
800 isa eyidently q gsrlsats card II Ia
Yors Of the native ma terial rhe scien-
lists, at the agricu ultural depar.mentre-
gard this as very important dis
scoyery.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

There are two sorts of tattooing in
use among the women of the Congo.
One is common to all the members of
the same tribe, and Indicates the ori,
gin and birthplace of the subject. 1t
is an infallible and perpetual certid.
cats Of birth and nationality. The
other sort of tattooing is simply fan.
tasy and coquetry. The women mark
upon their bodies the epochs of their
existence.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

The early Greeks and Romans rode
horses bareback. They regarded it
as unmanly to ride in a saddle. In
fact, the modern saddle with pommel,
crupper and stirrups was unknown to
the ancients. Nero gave out fancy
coverings to his cavalry, and the bare
back riders of the German forests
used to laugh at them. Saddles with
trees came into use in the fourth cen.
tucy; stirrups three centuries later. /,
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

Rauium is q substance millions of
times more powerful than dynamite.
1t is estimated that an ounce of ra-
dunn would contain enough power to
raise 10000 tons a mile above the
-earth's surface The energy needed
to tow ship of $4,000 tons a distance
Of 5000 sea miles at Is knots is con-
tanned in % ounces of radium.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

simultaneously from two independ-
ent sources comes striking testimony
to the virtues of the hairless head.
It is stated that. first, there are no
bald criminals, and. secondly: there
are no bald l,lnatics.a \,
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

men III Washingto 81. He does IS y B, m 3,
boast ot paIti ticu1ar skill ii any y short
except VT sstline "a that he has quite
| a record. He is very good rider,
q good daboxer s. fairly good shot, and
sa very fair tennis player. He gets
most ct his exercise, however, q il
wrestling and boxing, and II he cannot
persuade any of his friends to stand
Eup against him he win have some ath.-. jh..
Hlstic instruct come to the White
House and Try q fe,t round with him
with the gloves s.sSss
Two of his cabinet have dnes athletic
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

There has just been deposited in the
insect house at the Cincinnati Zoo a
specimen Of the birdeating spider,
which EARN: its name by occasionally
including in its menu some of the bril-.
liancy hued humming birds and vari-
colored tinches of TIE South American
tropics.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

Mrs. Richard H. - Savage 20 Ii the
owner Of the famous painting, tsher-
tdan's Ride" and values it at $4,000.
A. bill has been introduced in the SEN
ate for it's purchase, to be hung in
the corridor of the capitol. 80: -.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
:
Is New York LonesomeP

U!ST ! 3! ! the he! other
day a man named
Gebhardt, q sub.
urban !: + arm e r,
who had steadily
resisted the: " ad.
vance of civiliza'
ton, t: d decided !. i: that
he must lose his
farm. In fact. a
new subway sta,
tiOn was likelv
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
Loses Life for Hat.

Ely.-Peter Olson was instantly;
killed at the hoist on the Swallow e.
Hopkins railroad between Fall lake.
and Eastwood j.
~ Olson was section foreman for the;
Swallow & Hopkins company, and was,
riding on a flatcar at the rear end of
the train, which was backing up. His
hat was blown off, and in leaning over,
to watchJwhere it. went he lost his ball
ance. Both his feet we're cut off, and
he was badly crushed In the chest.
He was about fifty years of age and
leaves family. ].
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me-Coming of a Mastodon.

NE day, some mil
lions of years
ago.. a mastodon,
tired. of: fighting
the ice, and
grown old. enough
to retire, laid
down and died
near the New
York city of to-
day. In the mid
die of the last
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
THE ENTERPRISE.
WI HAsNAroRD, Publisher.
VIRGINIA. M1NSEsorA
I.r<<sEss5s4s.$s u SsEE.s:sa&. REF
Watchmakers. despite their difacult
work, rarely suffer from eye trouble
of any kind. 80 - - -

In Bolivia the natives of the in
terror wear hats and shirts made Of
the bark Of a tres which is first
soaked in water and then beaten until
pliable.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

=
.~-g long . time the
city has been subject: to disagreeable
eruptions, some of them fatal, most
of them seriously damaging. They
come, out Of the bowels of the earth
out of the entrails of the city to be
unpleasantly exact. Manholes blew
up, windows were shattered, street
cars and cabs were thrown over,
limbs were mangled. No man could
tell when he would see his fellow
man rising in the air, il he did not
have. the i'll luck to rise in the air
himself. The sewers were on the
rampage and Investigation showed
that the wicked automobile, which
does SO much damage on the surface,
was to blame for this sub-surface dis,
turbance. The garages were emptyine
gasoline into the sewers and the
liberated gases were doing the rest
A vast section of the town began to
feel as if it were living over a crater
At last the aldermen have taken
the matter up and it is to be an Of
tense against the town to empty gas:
oline into a sewer under any cir:
cumstances whatever. x -
The new statute may be- obeyed
1t would be very difficult to catch of.
tenders. But New York breathes easi:
er. One peril seems to have been
removed. Many remain. 1t has been
figured out that there are a hundred
different ways of being killed in New
York. Probably the figures are con.
servative. The Pennsylvania railroad
excavators for the across-New York
subway alone represent enormous op.
portunities for killing. Twenty-four
doctors are in the relay system of first
aid and many accidents are recorded
In a single day. Civilization as New
York sees it comes high.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
Martha Washineton's Bible.

HERE 8 q: &c was recent
ysrestoredstor TO. Its
.'rishttlfu.ll q l.l own ,ss|n one
. OF the most inter
j: essting $ Il rel relics / g : Of )
colonial lon! a and reyo--
lutionary time S.
The long lost: Bible
Of Martha Wash
ington, which was
taken from the
home of the lee
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
Wholesale Eviction.

II E Il m pro We
ments'' in New
8 York, which real
.ly do improve
but are never
fl nj S h ed, are
sometimes ard
on :: the lowly
folks. So also
ere the reform
atory movements.
For instance 20O
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
A New, Fertilizer.

" IL
sons department
of agriculture is
constantly discov-
,ering something:
that is destined to
be of. benefit to
the farmer. Just
now the scientists
in that depart
ment are some.
what excited over
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

When the pope received the French
bishops recently they could not un.
derstand his disclosures, so strong is
his Venetian accent. But it is the
thing now in the Vatican to speak
with little of that accent. Venetian
dishes are in vogue, and in the houses
of rich Romans Venetian antiquities
are made prominent.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

Tie boatmen of Holland measure
distances by smoking. The distance
between two named points is ex-
pressed as so many pipefuls Of TO-
bacco, meaning, of course, that one
would smoke so many pipes while
covering the distance mentioned. Hol-
lands colonies are GO times as big as
the mother country.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
Confidence Restored.

HE United States
army has won new
laurels by the part
1t has played in
San Fransicso. The
authorities at the
war department,
however, are of
the opinion that it
has about : COM
pleted" its work
there. Secretary
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
'tJoe Jefferson's Mauve.','i

HE ] sale 9 l: Of Anton
..MIa''uve's MAI painting.
Of the 4 /. flock Of
sheep y. for + $4,000.
has indeed !. cd made. ].
a 2 sensati ion IN.
the part'liicujl ! lar cir,
!. Gle {: e: Of 81 those who
" at .c''h picture
prices. E 81 did.
not 9 {, asto onish al-
fnunfho,, i.;..5s. 4-,r. g. e
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18

Snow was preserved by the. an
clients, instead Of ice, by covering it
up In the ground. A cargo of natural
Ice shipped from Boston to Calcutta in
1888 brought six cents a pound.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
Washington GOSSIP.
AFTER PRESIDENT RoosEVELT
LEAVES OFFICE IN 1909. ii.
MAY MAKE WORLD OUR.
President and His. Associates IN Their
Fondness for Athletics 81 The II.
Y: American. Soldier in San j
- Francisco. :~8 =. =. Z: Z
Francisco.
= "' - .ssl,-

A.4s;lHI.Nl'GToN:-Po- !
#litical prophets in
Washington y al b a e
trying %. find a
place C for Pres1-
dent Roosevelt aft
er he goes out. of
omce in 1909. One
ingenious writer
has predicted the
election Of secre-..
tary OF War Taft
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
Cattle Sales.

Hamline.-President c. N Cosgrove
and Secretary E. w. Randall of the
state fair returned from Chicago,
where. they arranged for two sales OF
pure-bred cattle in addition 10 the
Shorthorn$s sales already announced.
The two sales are to be of Herefords
and Aberdeen-Angus breeds, and they
will be conducted by w. c. McGavock
of Springfield, Ill. The Shorthorn sale
will be under the management of the
American Shorthorn Breeders asso-
citation.
The program Of sales will be: Tues
day, Sept. 4, sale of fifty head Of Alb
erdeen-Angus cattle; Wednesday,
Sept. 5, sale of fifty head Of Hereford
cattle; Thursday, Sept. 6, sale of fifty
head of Shorthorn cattle.
: The sales will be in the new ampi-
theater, which will be dedicated by
James j. Hill! on Monday, Sept. 8, tle
opening day of the fair.
. : Close Call. -
ST. Cloud - On his waysfrom Bemidji
to- Texas, William Miles Of Benlidji,-
attempted to commit suicide on a.
Northern Pacific passenger train, be-
tween Little Falls and this city. The
man at midnight was still conscious in
a local hospital and though physicians
entertain hope of his recovery, his
condition is serious. No cause is;
known for the deed. .
Laudanunf was taken by Miles. AZ
brakeman found him PROSTATE and
finding the empty bottle of the poison
near the man took prompt steps to re-
store him. This timely aid probably
saved Miles life.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
70 Z : 2 . =, =, .'sasl-ss -SFsNF I ~
Good Athletes.
V: ~ ks.iSSaHs 22:s',s ~
\. PR RESIDENT

q - 81 RRE Il: Z: . E.IS:llDa|E|NT l
Ro1o.sReyelt's Sc s 6 a b :
:Il met !!t'1 e there aIlre-se ev--. I.
er'al men ! who can
hold q d. h: him 7 level ID
certain l:l:l!l lines ! a Of
athle 9 q ' e'tli,csIssial ugh
the, 3 presld ent has
the repul'tlt'at l'lt' Oh Of
8 BEING y II the i greatest I. ! i
allTro,lndl, athlete
"a miNNre y II Il 4 = =
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
More Trouble.

Minneapolis :. to :, another.
change made by the revised statutes,
alias the new eode," the state forestrys
board has lost control of a-balance Of
$4,000, saved for several years, whicl1T
it intended to use this season in pay
ing labor for, setting out Seeding treest
on the, Pillsbury state reserve. There,
are 100000: Seeding spruce trees, two
years old, which ought to he set out att
proper distances to form y new
growth, but the board has not the
money to pay for the work. ]:
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
Will Plant Forest.

st. Paul.-Gen.z C. C.. Andrews and
Prof. S: B. Green of the Minnesota,
state forestry board returned from the
Plllsbury forest reserve in Cass coun-
ty' where they started the planting Of
the 10000 two-year-old white pine
seedlings imported from Germany.
With these there will be planted in al
ternate rows about the same -number
OF Norway spruce seedlings which have
been grown by the forestry board in
it's nursery on the reserve. This being
the first planting by the forestry board,
careful account will be kept Of the ex-
The beard has in it's nursery on the
Pillsbury reserve about 100000 two
year-old Norway spruce seedlings
growing in good condition, which were
raised from seed, and the board hopes.
to plant them on the reserve this year.
The legislature appropriated no money
for this purpose and the planting they
do this year is done with money they
have saved from the general expense
fund. ,--s. - (
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
News o. minnesota.
-. + -, I. : ;.-sss q -,
Railroad Report:

Minneapolis.-The annual report OF
the state railroad and warehouse com-
mission. for the year ending June 30,
1905, was made public yesterday. The
report shows 7.791.S5 miles of track in
the state. This does not include local
transfer lines, union depot tracks and
private logging roads. The increase in
{ mileage over the previous year is
s2464 OF this amount the 500 line.
has built 1S1 miles; the Duluth, Mis-
sabe & Northern, = II miles; Great
Northern. 44.16; Northern Pacific, s
miles; logging roads added to list Of
common carriers, 1O5 miles. 81,
The total gross earnings for the
year ending June 80, 1906, were s7U,-
827,344, and for the previous year, $685.
275, ,702. The operating: expenses were
335.664,321, and for the previous year.
$33,209,742. This leaves net income
Of $35,163,023 for the year. For the
previous year, $s0,065,960.~< y
The accident reports show 204 people
killed in accidents during the year and
1,454 injured aa ~ ET5=S: \ 49,.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
Burmese inch.

! s Burmese Inch.
The pnlg Burmese measurement,
|fis the only foreign measure exactly
Ecorrespo 81 our inch
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-18
IN THE NE IROP0IIS
SOME MORE WORK OF THE
WICKED AUTOMOBILES.
LIVING OVER A CRATER.
The Risks Attendant on New York
Civi1ization-At the Metropoli titan
Museum-Monetary Values
: =. of Paintings. .y~. u u

EW work. 1T Is
quite possible 1. I
think, that Vesu-
vius and San
Francisco. h a d
something to do
with New York's
!, sudden d ct e ! r
mination not to
be blown up any
more. For a
long time the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-20
COUNTY COURT.
Judge Powers Promises to Give 1t All
His Spare Time This Winter.

Montpelier. Nov. 20.-The September
term Of Washington county court recon
vened yesterday afternoon, Judge George
NJ Powers presiding. The docket was
called and more cases were set for trial
than can possibly be reached before
Judge Powers is obliged TO 70 to Gale.
donia county
The case Of J. A. Gilman VI. Theodore
Slayton, TO recover board bill Of S23
il now on trial
The hearing of criminal cases was
begun this morning at 1880, the first
being state VS.. Metcalf, charged with
felonious assault on Mary Jarbl, in
Woodbury., August rs. The jury had
not beer completed when court took the
noon recess M. w. Lapoint is defend
ing Metcalf and States Attorney Gates
j. prosecuting.
Judge Powers announced that final
adjournment Of the term will not be
taken next week, but that after Gale
donia county court completes its Decem-
ber term he win return to Washington
county in January, if any time inter-
yenes before the January term of su-
preme court.
The grand jury will meet Thursday
afternoon and viii probably be in ses-
sion nearly a week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-20
JUDGE H. H. WHEELER
DEAD AT BRATTLEBORO
Had Presided Over Federal Courts for
Nearly 80 Years Retired in
September.

Brattleboro. Nov 20.- Hoyt II. Wheel
cr, former judge Of the United States
circuit and district courts for Vermont
and a part Of New York died at his
home here last evening after long
illness from liver and heart complica.
tions. He had been in i'll health for some
time and in September expressed de-
sire TO President Roosevelt TO be relic
we'd from further official duties.
While on the federal bench Judge
Wheeler heard all the federal cases from
Vermont and has done the greater
amount of this iudieiol work in the fed
.eral courts Of New York and Brooklyn.
He was recognized as enc a. the best
inforE.ed judges IN America on patent
litigation and many of the most able
patent attorneys III the country came tp
Blattlebofo and presented their cases
before him here ID chambers. In his
work in New York courts he also heard
and decided many cases relating to the
collection Of customs.
Judge Wheeler was 73 years old last
August and has always had high place
in judicial and village circles for his
high integrity. his Arm friendship and
high standard of civil life He was ap-
pointed Judge Of fhe federal court in
March, 1877, and had served 20 years in
that position He was entitled TO q.
tirement three years ago but continued
in active service as long as his health
would permit.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-20
Charged With Breaking and
Entering
HOUSE OF EUGENE DARLING
In Corinth - Articles Alleged to Have
Come From Corinth House Found
in Newman's Home on Park
Place.

Charged with breaking and entering
the house in Corinth belonging to the
estate Of a man who recently died in the
insane asylum at Waterbury, Albert P.
Newman of this city was arrested last
night, the warrant being served by dep
dty #. y. Camp. On November Is the
house Of the Eugene Darling estate, Of
which G. G. Sargent il administrator,
was broken into and quantity Of stuff
was taken. 1t was reported that New
man had been seen in that vicinity, 80
q warrant for his arrest was issued.
When Newman's house on Park place
was searched, several articles which are
alleged to have come from the Darling
house in Corinth were found. Among the
articles were a pair Of bed blankets,
quilt, eight egg glasses, one pair Of
roller skates and one meat ceaver New
man was placed in the local jail last
night and arrangements were made BY
deputy Camp to take him today to
Randolph to appear before justice Boy
den Of that place on the charge Of break
ing and entering the Corinth house. 1t
is said that there are other articles
which were taken from the house that
are not yet found.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-20

j. B. Campbell Tells What the U. 5.
Construction Co. Is Doing.

AphhlihLllVA w. Ao DVn6'
u B. Campbell Of the United States
Quarry and Granite Construction COM
pany, in conversation with reporter
said yesterday business is in 4 flourish
ing condition, new contracts being closed
and numerous orders coming in daily
Mr. Sawtelle returned the last Of last
week with a large contract for a stone
dam in Connecticut, shipment Of stone
for which will be begun at once, and
the remainder next spring and summer,
the contract calling for completion at
that time.
MIR. Campbell returned Monday from
Boston where he secured contract
for dock which when completed viii
be about one-quarter mile long. The
delivering Of stone for this contract viii
begin at once and delivery will be com
pIeted BY next September, the contract
being given for that time. Three of
the VI s. O. and G.. G. Co.'S new quar-
ries viii soon be opened. These are
the quarries on the so-called Whitcomb
II Bond property, formerly known as
the Wood property, and comprise large
portion of Milestone hill
The company's work il somewhat ham
dieapped at present, owing to the fact
that their own cutting plants are not
yet constructed. making it necessary to
have their cutting done in the sheds Of
Barre, Montpelier and Quincy, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-20
CHELSEA.

II. d. Corse Of Brookield was In
town Monday on business
Miss Grace Bacon went Saturday to
visit relatives and friends in East Brook
field
NJ o. cohurn Is making extensive re-
pairs on his residence on Vcrshire street.
Charles A. Bacon is doing the work.
Mrs. Thomas DOYLE has been prostrat.
ed since the death Of her son last week,
and is confined to her bed.
Mrs. Edwin /. Hibbard and children
of Montpelier we're recent guests OF
Mrs. Hibhard's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Laird.
Eugene III. Kennedy is slowly improv-
ing from the serious injuries which he
received recently by being caught in the
machinery in his mill and thrown vio-
lently to the floor but viii not be able
to be on duty at his mill again for
some time.
The remains Of Mrs. Joseph Waiter
son, who formerly resided here, were
brought here last week for interment
in the family lot in Highland cemetery.
She died at the home of her daughter
Mrs. William 4. Pratt Of Williamstown,
with whom she had made her home for
several years She was rs years of
age.
The following Is list of the jury
men drawn and summoned TO attend
the December term Of Orange county
court. wz.s LYMAN y Brown and By.
ron w, Rowel, Bradford Charles A.
Campbell and Asa X. Mclntire, Brain.
tree: John n. Benham and G. y. Fullam
3rookileld; Andew i. Sprague and Geo
+. Hayward, Chelsea; Chauncey II. Cur.
i1er and Rodman II. Blake, Corinth; NJ
w. Smith and G. A. Crocker, Farlee
Newton H. Field and Frank r. Fisher
Newburys Oscar Dickey and Frank Flan-
ders, Orange; J Hazen Wood and Ar
thur M. Vaughan Randolphj Arthur l.
Ijudd and George NJ Moore, Strafford
Fred I. Howard and r. Il Hatch, Thet-
ford; Elmer A. Hood and Charles Abi
lott. Topsham Hugh Lyman and Edgar
WI Rowell, Tunbiidge; I'd. 3. Pearl ane
Frank y. Parker, Yershire; Charles G
simpson and Carlos J Kingshury, Wash
ington; 4. j. Russ and James H. East.
man, West Fairlec; Burt w. Clogstor
and Oliver n. Martin Of Williamstown.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-20
TURNS DOWN
AGREEMENT
BrattlebOro Refuses to Back
Water Board
I'M ITS RECOMMENDATIONS
Will Not Pay Crcwell s2Y5,o0o for Wa
ter Systems--Just an Even
100 Majority Against the
Proposition.

Brattlehoro, NOV. 20.-At a protrac-
ted meeting last night the village voted
not to ratiE the agreement between the
water board and George v. Crowell for
the purchase of the two water systems
controlled BY Mr.. Crowell at the price
of s275,0oo The vote was, YES 22o,
no 800
Whether this means that the water
fight Is ended, Or that the water board
win undertake to install an independent
system, is not known The fight has
been carried on with bitterness for d
year.
The meeting tonight was the warmest
Of all, and the most Of argument and
oratory was In favor Of ratification Mr.
Crowell will now complete his system.
Meanwhile bill for charter allow
ing the village 70 buy Or construct q
water system is pending in the legis-
nature.