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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11
Youthful Criminals.

TWO-thirds of the convicts in Ameri.
cas- greatest prison (the Missouri
penitentiary at Jefferson City, are
men without trade or profession. Look
into any state penitentiary, and you
will ordinarily find that at least one
third of the convicts there confined
are young men, ranging in age from IL
to Is years, and that nearly all OF
these came into prison absolutely
without the knowledge of any useful
and gainful occupation. Comparative
ly few of the younger class of felons
are illiterate. In my own experience,
writes Thomas Speed MOsby, Missou-
ri state pardon attorney, in Success
Magazine, l have never met one who
could not read and write, and very
many (by far the greater number, I
should say are possessed Of no small
degree of intelligence. But, however
stupid or however precocious, they
are found to be, scarcely without ex-
ception, young men who have not ap-
piled themselves to useful, honest
work. This is true of both the poor
and the well-to-do. Why are they
there? The answer is given by Gus
tave Marx, one of the Chicago "car-
barn" bandits, who recently died upon
the gallows: 1T wasn't drink that
caused my DOWNFALL" he said; mot
cigarettes. nor bad companions, either.
1t was just idleness. Idleness led me
first to cigarettes, then to drink, then
to bad comprehension to the gal
lows And l blame my folks. If they
had made me remain at work, work
would have kept me too busy to have
planned robbery and murder" This
is the story that fits them all. First,
idleness; then cigarettes and drink, to
blunt the moral sense and destroy the
will; then living beyond ones means;
then indulging the riotous excuses
that spell debauchery and make for
ruin. And may they not rightly blame
their folks" as did Gustave Marx?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11

Numerous inscriptions in Latin were
cut on the new building for the DEPART
ment of agriculture in Washington.
The head of the department discov.
cred the other day that some of them
are in bad Latin, and ordered them all
erased and recut in plain English.
There is no better reason for inscrib-
ing American public buildings with
Latin than there would have been for
putting inscriptions in Greek or Sans
krit on the public buildings in ancient
Rome. The theory that there is pe-
culiar virtue in a foreign tongue is
widely held. 1t goes so far as to lead
to the singing of French translations
OF German and Italian operas in Amer
lean opera houses, translations made
at the demand of music-loving French.
men, who insist that they shall under.
stand the language sung to them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11

HE other day one of the well-known
! clerks of the war department
died. He had been a telegraph op-
orator before he was appointed to his
clerkship and had worked in the tele-
graph division in the war department
for some years. When his fellow op-
orators learned of his death they de-
termined to send a floral tribute, and
a collection was taken up and order
given to the florist to make large pill
low of flowers and mark in the center
the figures 49," which in telegraph
language means the signal between
operators my compliments and re-
membrance." On the day of the fu.
neral the operators went to pay their
last respects to their clerk, and were
greatly shocked when they saw their
floral tribute on the casket, for instead
of the figures "73" there, in red i'm
mortels, on white field of roses were
the figures 1913" 1t was too late to do
anything, and as the casket was borne
to the grave the pillow sent with
"Compliments and remembrances"
was marked with the message ''23."
The next day an indignant commit.
tee of telegraphers waited on the for.
ish for an explanation. All he could
say was that he mad never heard OF
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IN philanthropic work in this
/ great City the dumb brutes are not
forgotten. The latest move looking
to their comfort is the establishment
of refuge for strays both of the ca
nine and the feline persuasion. >:'''
Misses Stella and Madeline Mills.
wealthy young women, Of the Bronx,
whose home is on Kingsbridge ter
race. have just completed at cost Of
about $4,000 a kennel which will be
used almost exclusively for dogs found
wandering friendless and homeless.
The young women are among the
most active workers in the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
and for several years any tramp dog
or eat that happened along would md
a. home with them. Recently their
kennel was overcrowded with -A4vag''
CANNES and felines, and they then de-
termined to At out new kennel. e
One section Of the kennel win be
devoted to prize winning dogs, Of
which they own 20. The rest of the
kennel is so arranged that it will ac-
commodate 200 or more dogs and any.
cur that wants a good home, with
plenty of good food, can have it for,
the asking. :.
{ The Mills sisters home is on hill
which IL used by 5teamsters during
every hour Of the day.. One of the
sisters can usually be found on the.
hill ready to offer cash to- teamsters
with light wagons to give q pull to
the men with heavy loads.
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returned to their regular stations and
on warships in foreign waters.

returned to their regular stations and
on warshfps in foreign waters.
OF the ten White House aids of last
season 1t is now understood In mill
tary and naval circles that it il doubt
full If more than four will be retained.
The rilief of Sheridan. following
that of Lieut.. U. s. Grant III last sea-
son, breaks up the trio combination
of the three sons Of noted civil war
generals who surrounded the president
at his social functions, Lee being the
only one now retained. The White
House aids last season, in addition to
Col. Bromwell, Capts. Mccoy and Lee
and Lieut.. Sheridan, were: Capt. Ar
thur E. Harding, United States ma
rine corps; Chauncey Shackford,
United States navy; Lieut.. Douglas
Macarthur, United States army enei-
neer corps, son of Lieut.. Gen. Arthur
Macarthur; Lieut.. G. r. Train, United
States navy, son of the late Rear Ad-
miral Train; Ensign Sumner Read,
United States navy; Lieut.. Roscoe C.
Bulmer, United States navy, and
Lieut.. c. R. Miller, United States
navy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11

One of the great electric manufac-
turing companies reports gross earn
ings for the year covered by the
statistics at over $33,OO0,OOO, with
profits of $4,179,OO0 This is the elec-
trio age for sure, and the experience of
this one concern is probably matched
by that of others. The demand for
electrical appliances in every form
vas never greater, nor is there any
indication of subsistence. An interest
ing accompaniment of this report of
earnings is the government statement
OF copper production, from which it
appears that the output of the metal
FOR 1906 was 906,591, 900 pounds, or
100000 pounds in excess of the
amount in 1905. Production and con-
sumption of copper are intimately re-
lated to electrical development, and
this country is foremost in both re.
spects.
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think every child, boy or girl, should
learn the art of swimming.

think every child, boy or girl, should
learn the art of swimming.
In connection with the effort of the
commissioners to secure these public
baths It is also likely they will en-
deavor to establish one or two public
laundries In the District. This idea
is something new and novel in this
part Of the country, although such
places are common throughout Eu-
rope.
It is the belief that a public laundry
should be connected with every public
bathhouse erected in the District and
to have each laundry supplied with not
less than 80 stationary wash tubs,
where the women of the poorer class
es can take their clothing to be wash.
ed, requiring only trifling sum for
soap and other incidentals. Connected
with each laundry it. is the idea to
have "drying-room," where the WON.
en- can take clothes after the washing
to be dried, either by hot air or steam.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11
LOSE ROCKEFELLER
PLOT FOR GARDEN USE

NEW YORK-The 280-odd small
~ children who over two months
ago considered themselves the hap
pfest in the city when the little
plots were awarded in the garden
presented to the school children by
John D. Rockefeller on the ground in
front of the Rockefeller institute, at
S1xty-sixth street and Avenue A, are
bewailing the fate of their treasured
beets and radishes, for it is rumored
that next year the ground will be
needed for a proposed addition to the
institute.
But the fear that they are going to
lose their little gardens has only in
creased the children's interest In the
cultivation and harvest of this years
crops.
The other day was harvesting day
with the small planters, and the crops
gathered astonished many old gard
eners who were on hand to watch the
operation.
Each of the children has a piece of
ground four feet wide by ten feet long,
but they have all managed to squeeze
into this small space a row of beets,
turnips and lettuce, and some beans
and cucumbers. The turnip crop was
the best, for the land is particularly
suited to turnips.
There were a few of the children
who did not have big harvest. Some
OF the plots are not as fertile as 9th
ers, and some of them have not been
as well cared for. Then there are a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11
AIDS AT WHITE HOUSE
ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT
T his own request, it is said, Lieut..
Philip H. Sheridan has been re.

7 T his own request, it is said, Lieut..
! Philip H. Sheridan has been re.
lieved as military aid at the white
house and returned to active service
In his regiment, rs he is DESTROYS of
working out his future in the army
as soldier in the field rather than
enjoying the life of comparative idle
ness at Washington.
Lieut.. Sheridan was one Of the
most popular aids at the white house
during the last two seasons, and it
was understood among his many
friends that he would be enabled to
retain the choice social position
throughout the coming season. Re-
Gently, however, it developed that
pressure~was being brought by friends
of other young officers to land the
White House detail for them, and it
is thought possible that the president
may have decided upon a change in
order to give others an opportunity
to shine at the executive mansion. In
this connection it is now rumored that
number of other officers will be re-
lieved of the White House detail and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11

II HIS city is to have it's first Chinese
church. Funds are being raised
for the erection of Monaghan temple
and it is expected by those interested
in the enterprise that ground will
soon be broken in the vicinity of
Chinatown. The proposed house of
worship is an outgrowth of the Chin
ese mission, whose headquarters are
in West Twenty-ninth street. There
are 5000 Chinese in New York, and
the present quarters have been found
inadequate to*carry on the work in an
effective manner. So plans have been
drawn for building devoted entirely
to the cause, in which will be an audi
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11
CHINAMEN WILL BUILD
CHURCH FOR THEMSELVES

forum on the ground floor for the
Sunday school and preaching services;
the second floor will contain a Chinese
libraray, parlor and reception room,
in which the Tract society and other
meetings important to the work will
be held. The rooms on the third floor
will consist of visitors and students
sleeping apartments and dispensary
connected with room in which those
who are sick and far away from
friends and native land may secure
every attention and care which they
so much need. In the basement there
will be a kitchen, storeroom and gym
nasium. A roof garden will crown the
building.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11

this trip that hasi returned
While
who called
y he believed the Hawaii
IAN ideal the would be
that but
Of the
act in the which they of loyalty
the
them
There shipping facilities for islands
showing how the shipping laws worked hardship the islands
freight between the
territory the mainland of the United States other than American
with which
facilities
obliged
which navigation
this
attention islands,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11
Not the Rioht Kind.

Il have been trying the so-called
fruit cure" said the dyspeptic. For
the last month I have eaten nothing
but fruit, but it hasn't benefited me
in the least"
That's strange = rejoined the
healthy man: "Just look at me; I
subsist entirely upon fruit"
What kind Of fruit?" queried the
other. 49,, ..&
The fruit of my own labor was
the significant reply. ~. 49,, =, ?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11
MAY NULLlFY STANDARD FINE

Moritz Rosenthal chief associate counsel for
the Standard Oil company, made a sensation
when he announced he had scheme to nullify
Judge Landis' $29,240000 fine imposed upon the
oil trust. Attorney Rosenthals scheme is based
on the immunity bath to be granted to the Alton
railroad for it's part in testifying against the
Standard Oil company. He says the Standard
should have been informed of the proposed i'm
munity bath its attorneys could have ques-
toned the Alton witnesses properly. Attorney
Rosenthal contends they should have been al
lowed to ask these railroad witnesses whether
their testimony had been Influenced in any way
by knowledge that the road which employed them
would not suffer prosecution
Attorney Rosenthal, who raises this question:
is native Of Dixon, Ill. He was born May 4, Is
years old He graduated from the University of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11
A REFUGE FOR "VAG"
DOGS AND STRAY CATS
The sisters inherited q comfortable
Dog Ties Up Whole System.

log lies Up "noIe oySto".
A little yellow dog which happened
to; be frothing at the mouth held up
the, entire Connellsville section of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad for an hour
and a hail. and it was not until five
hours afterward that the trains on tho
road began to make their regular
schedule.
The dog darted into the dispatcher's
office at White Rock, a mile above the
city. The train dispatcher just took
time to hold up every train on the d.
vision, and then he and the operators
vacated the omoe. Word was sent to
this city, and a policeman John Lowe
was hurriedly sent to the ONCE.
The policeman reached there about
an hour afterward, looked at the dog,
declared that it wasn't mad, chased it
out Of the ONCE, the dispatcher and
the operators returned. and the rail-
road resumed business. s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11
The Lovely Women Of Nice.

JUG 6ovesy "O"e" VI NsSSs
Many of the cocottes of Paris spend
their winters in Nice and Monte Car
10, and these are to be seen prom.
enading, dressed in the height Of
fashion. for the modistes of Paris fur
nish gowns of advance styles to the
handsome French women, who carry
them well enough to attract attention
to the particular color and design. and
thereby inaugurate a fashion which
proves profitable to the modistes. Par
asols Of every known shade, and many
OF them covered with priceless lace,
bob along like corks on a wave. Some
Of the parasols this. year were fitted
with shepherds crook handles, and
were used as STATS by the fair own
ers. Apparently every woman and girl
in Nice either buys. begs or borrows q
dog Of some kind for no other purpose
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11
AND LATER IT WAS
% FOR THE FLORIST
"73, but he knew "23' and thought
that was what they wanted.
Eternal Love,

Eternal Love. r..
The bride Of three short months
was weeping convulsively.
Whats the trouble?" queried the
other fraction of the combine.
~ GU swore to live and cherish me
until time should be no more. You
said your love was eternal" she re-
Piled, and now after a few weeks of
married life you are cold and indiffer
ent."
oh, we'll, you needn't make such 4
russ about it," he growled. How
long did you expect eternal affection
to last, anyway"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11

A California exchange asks of its
lady readers: What would you do If
you were a woman of 40 and thrown
suddenly upon the world?" The first
thing the average woman does ia IA
conceal the fact that she is 40.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11
A MOVE FOR PUBLIC
BATHS AND LAUNDRIES
. ASH1NGTON. - Preparatory t


W submitting their annual reports
and estimates to congress at the COM
ing session, the commissioners are
considering the advisability of pro-
viding public baths in the District.
They strongly favor the establishment
Of public baths, and last year recon-
mended that an appropriation be made
sufacient to build two, but congress
turned it down. This year, it is stated,
the commissioners will ask for an ap-
preparation with which to establish
public baths for the accommodation of
pupils of the public schools, and the
establishment of public laundries in
connection with the public baths.
All of the commissioners are anx.
ious to provide some kind Of bathing
or swimming scheme for the school
children. 1t is their aim to make the
scheme Of such nature as to have
swimming lessons as part of the
course of studies at the schools They
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11

The London Lancet advises Gig.
arctic smokers to form the habit of
quitting the habit by making their
own cigarettes and abandoning the
ready-made. That is like taking to
whisky i'm order to swear of drinking
wine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11

"A baltlmore man has been COM
planning of feeling live frog moving
around In his stomach. Perhaps if he
were to swallow toadstool the frop
would take it as an invitation to sit
down.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11

Now they say thdt soft drinks are
made mostly of dope. Maybe the dav
Will come when we shall have steril-
lied pop and boiled lemonade and
things OF that sort. Then it will he
time to pass on.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11
He Tells Whx.

'Why are they called pyramids,
grandpa?" queried little Emerson, who
was looking at picture of those
Egyptian wonders. ... Z.
: They are called pyramids, my boy, =.
replied the old man, shamelessly, "be.
cause they ap-pear-amid: the general
desolation Of the desert 4 ], s z=
Whereupon the hail clock tried ia
hide its face with It's hands.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11

than to put a big bow on his neck and
to show him of on the promenade,
where he tows the owner along like
disabled yacht. ,Grandmere and grand
pere catch the infection of dress and
frivolity, and they come tripping along
as gayly bedecked and as irresponsible
looking as any Of the younger set.-
Harriet Quimby in Leslie's Weekly.
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1903 which
Mr. Noel bre
1893 with
Fftzhugh "
Mr. Noel has twice married.
died In 1891, 1906
Alice Nelson, daughter Of Colonel F.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-11
Andrew Jackson's Last Words.

. ANDREW Jackson'6 Last Words.
Andrew Jackson died Sunday, June
8, 1845.@ Servants and slaves, as well
as friends and relatives, thronged the
sorrowing house, sobbing and wiring
ing their hands, and to comfort them
the grand old warrior said:ss q go
but q short times before you, and /.
want to meet you. white AMI black, in
Heaven" later repeating, white and
black"
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OPPOSES HUSBANDS PLANS

The first storm to mar the matrimonial hap
piness of Jan Kubek, the noted vionist, and his
beautiful wife, formerly Countess Marianne Czaky-
Sell, has arisen over the projected visit of the
musician to the United States on long concert
tour, during which he expects to repeat his form
er triumphs.
Having heard that during former tour Ameri-
can women went wild over Kubelik, kissed his
portrait, surrounded his carriage and sent hun.
dreds of letters demanding interviews, his wife
fears to allow him to come to the United States
again unless she is at his side to scare off too
thusiastic admirers.
Kubelik and his manager have pointed out
that it is utterly impossible for Nine. Kubelik to
take her twin children to America and that to do
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of in
northern Illinois
enviable position
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IS PLEASED WITH HAWAII

Secretary Straus, Of the department of COM
MERGE and labor, who has just returned from an
extended trip, to Hawaii, is much pleased with
what he saw and heard in the island and believes
his visit Is likely to lead to practical results.
Secretary Straus is firm believer in the idea
that the vast interests intrusted to his safekeep.
ing can not be entirely administered from
his desk in Washington, and this conviction led
to the determination to make personal inspec-
ton of the workings of the department away from
the capital, and to become personally acquainted
with the various officials having supervision. Ac-
cordingly he planned trip along the Canadian
border to Vancouver, and thence south through
Seattle and Portland to San Francisco, with Homo
lulu as the ultimate destination and it is from
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dertaking.
Of
md
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Special interest centers in the change of gov
errors in Mississippi next January because of
the sharp controversies which have occurred be-
tween the present incumbent, Gov. Vardaman,
and President Roosevelt The new governor
elect, E. F. Noel, occupies rather unique posi-
ton, not only in the history of his county, but
of his state, as he is the first citizen of Holmes
county ever chosen, not only as governor, but
for any state Office eand, so far as can be ascer-
tained he was the first to be chosen to any Of
flee outside his county, and that was when he
was elected district attorney in 1887.
The public life of Edmond F. Noel began in
1882, when he was the youngest member of the
house of representatives, in which he served two
terms and was afterwards elected district attor-