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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

Mid Pacific. - am on the trail
OF the American missionary. His
footprints are large and deep and
many, and shall certainly come up
with him. Then we shall know what
sort of individual he is-whether a
haloed saint, as the religious papers
represent or double-dyed knave, as
many other papers and people assert,
or a plain, everyday American, try
ing to do an extraordinary job to the
best of his ability
Rather queer. isn't it. that after hav-
ing been in the business of exporting
missionaries for well-nigh hundred
years, America should actually know
30 little about the article himself, and
be so decidedly divided as to his
value?
For the American missionary has
been more subject of controversy
than American canned beef. Hundreds
of persons who have visited foreign
parts and say that they know, and
thousands who declare that they have
their information straight" declare
that the missionary is a sort of piOus
bunco-man; that he is not wanted
where he works, that he is an unmiti-
gated nuisance. and that he is keenly
alert to the welfare of number one.
Contrariwise, vastly larger num-
Der of persons, in every part of the
land, firmly believe. and support their
conviction by their coin. that the mis-
sionary Is saint and hero, and the
selfless servant of a thankless worlds
welfare. All criticism of him they
sweepingly resent; and are loath to
hear aught to his dispraise. The
acteristic of modern religious life.
On a Still Hunt for Facts.
Curiously enough. the public hears
only these two opinions of the mis-
sionary, one of which represents him
as a scoundrel or fool. the other of
which exalts him as demi-god So
far as l am aware, nobody has ever
set out, independently, and represent
ing no board, society or cause, to find
out, impartially. the exact facts in the
case. This is the mission l have un-
dertaken. My journalistic integrity is
pledged to the duty of ascertaining,
without favor or fear. exactly what
sort of person the missionary is, how
he works and amid what conditions.
and whether the task he has imposed
upon himself is worth doing at all, and
if SO, whether he is doing it well.
To that end I shall personally ex-
anime, on the ground, representative
enterprises of all UNCONVENTIONAL and
undenominational missions. shall at
tempt to study the workers them
selves, and hear their own side of the
story. With equal diligence l shall
consult qualified native opinion and
search out the foremost foreign critics
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
ROMANTIC DEVoNsHlRE.
The Land Made Famous by Philpotts'
Novels.

Philpotts has made us familiar with
romantic Devonshire, in his fascinating
novels, ''The River" children of the
MIST" etc. The characters are very
human; the people there drink coffee
with the same results as elsewhere. A
writer at Rock House, Orchard Hill,
Bideford, North Devon, states:
For 30 years I drank coffee for
breakfast and dinner but some years
ago found that it was producing indi-
gestion and heartburn, and was max
ing me restless at night. These symp-
toms were followed by brain flag and
sluggish mental condition.
when I realized this, made up my
mind to quit drinking coffee and
having read of Postum, concluded to
try it. I had it carefully made, accord
ing to directions, and found to my
agreeable surprise at the end of
week. that no. longer suffered from
either indigestion, heartburn, or brain
fag, and that I,could drink it at night
and secure restful and refreshing
sleep. :
"Since that time we have entirely
discontinued the use Of the old kind Of
coffee, growing fonder and fonder Of
Postum as time goes on. My digestive
organs certainly do their work much
better now than before, result due
to Postum Food. Coffee, am satisfied.
"As a table beverage we find (for. all
the members of my family use it) that
when properly made it is most refresh
Ing and agreeable, OF delicious favor
and aroma. Vigilance is. however.
necessary to secure this, for unless the
servants are watched they are likely
to neglect the thorough boiling which
it must have in order to extract the
goodness from the cereal. Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the littias boob. Tho Road to
Wellville," in pkg. There's . req
con =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
THOUGHT HIM a LUNATIc.
Nan's queer tumble Of Words War
ranted tho Inference.

Prof. William Lyon Phelps of Yale
recently told this story at New Ha.
ven's chamber Of commerce banquet:
a hard drinker was told by his doctor
tnat ne could be cured if every time
ne 1elt that he must have a drink he
would Immediately take something to
eat instead.
The man followed the advice and
was cured, but the habit of asking for
1000 had become so fixed with him
that once he was nearly locked up as
lunat1c. He was stopping at hotel
ana, nearing great commotion in the
room next to his, he peeped over the
transom to see what the matter was.
ne saw, and rushed madly down to
the ONCE and shouted to the clerk:
The man in 1853 has shot himself!
ham and egg sandwich, please!"-
Lippincott's.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Maine Woman Has Pet Deer.

Mrs. Nellie Smith, of sebec, Me-.
has tame deer which is nearly two
years old now, but which she has
raised like a cosset lamb, feeding it
from bottle at first and making a
great pet Of T.. It was given to her
by hmberman, who overlook it in
the deep snow and caught it in his
arms when it was no larger than
cat, except for it's legs. It has always
been perfectly tame and domesticated.
never having known anything of the
wild life of its kind, but runs about
the premises unrestraiped, having its
place in the stable on cold nights.
The deer are numerous around Sebec.
and it is a question whether, as Mrs.
Smiths pet grows older, it will not
answer to the call of the Wild and
Join Its comrades in the forest.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

run down from $50 to 1875 pounds I
was having terrible pain in the kid
neys, and the secretions passed almost
lnVoiuntarily. My left leg swelled un-
III 1t was "a inches around, and the
doctor tapped it night and morning
until l could no longer stand it, and
tnen he advised amputation. I re-
FUSED and began using Doan's Kidney
rus The swelling subsidized gradu-
ally the urine became natural, and all
my pains and aches disappeared. I
nave been we'll now for nine years
since using Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
oox. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
lands is a million and a half.


Hard Knocks for the Missionaries.
Quite different are the stories I
hear in other quarters. One of the
higher officers of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company assured me, as
one who knows, that the mission
aries are lot of grafters. But" he
added, with the characteristic com
mercial spirit of the day, 81 do not
want to see their graft stopped, for it
pays us to carry them
A Hong-Kong merchant aboard ship
declared that "the missionaries are a
pack of scoundrels. They are over
bearing. lazy, pestiferous fellows, re.
cruited only from the very lowest
ranks of society in America and Great
Britain" That last was a little more
than | could swallow, for it went con-
trary to my personal knowledge in
numerous instances. The missionary
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Old Wall Street Character Dead

Van Schaick & Co., one of the old.
est stock brokerage houses in New
York, have just lost their Oldest and
most famous customer. Almost up to
the time of his death few days ago,
he would drop in occasionally to ask
Mr.. Gorham, Derby Crandall or Col.
Handy how the market was going. He
kept in touch with the market not.
withstanding his great ages. Rus.
sell Sage was one of his chums, and
he used to make all manner of fun of
the miser, who was nearly six years
his junior, patting him on the back
and calling him kid" little boy"
etc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
8elated vindication

If there is one thing more than an.
other which from our childhood we;
have heard was grossly unwholesome
and opposed to all medical advice,
that thing certainly was Christmas
pudding. Now it seems (by the best
medical advice). that to call Christmas
pudding wholesome Is entirely a faint
and approximate expression of it's
merits. .f"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
1unisian Bazars.

Real storehouses of delight for the
visitor are the bazars of Tunis. One
merchant has $4,000 carpet which he
likes to display. This huge, f1lmy Gre
alton he will fling into the air for the
benefit of possible customer and al
low it to settle itself gradually on,
the ground. This it does, unlike an
ordinary carpet. So exquisitely fine
is the weaving that>>it imprisons air.
bubbles large enough to hold a man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

Every man is valued in this world
as he shows by his conduct that he
wishes to be valued.-Bruyere.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Horse Was Fastidious.

A cockney cabby who had just at
fixed his horses nosebag, turned to
the driver Of a broken-down motor
bus close by and shouted out: Nov,
then, clear off with your oil box, COS
the smell of it spoils my 'orse's lun.
cheon."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
HOW'S This?

We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of Catsrrh that cannot be cured by Hairs
Cstsrrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned, have known F. j. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly
orabie in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his nrm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Cstarrh Cure fs taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and surfaces Of tho
system Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

The good or evil we confer on 9th.
ers often recoils on ourselves.-FIeld.
ing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

and have families; the former repre-.
sents the salary promised to the mis-.
sionaries of the China Inland Mission,
the Christian and Missionary Alliance,
and few other undenominational
bodies
What It Pays to Be a Missionary.
The unmarried college-bred man
who goes to the foreign field gets
ABOUT S1OO a year; it may be hun
dred dollars more, or, more likely. a
hundred dollars less, according to his
denomination. A married man gen.
orally from $1,000 to $1,000, with 500
extra for each child, if he belongs to
one OF four or five denominations. An
unmarried woman gets $780, $500 or
even $500 a year, with no prospect of
Increase. The missionary's STIPEND is
BASED not on the idea of compensation
but of simple support. A mere living
is all that it is designed to afford the
missionary. All who choose this call
ing. say the boards, must renounce
hope of earthly gains.
Every missionary contracts to STAY
seven years before receiving a fur
Tough; then his expenses home will be
paid. and he will receive one-half sal.
airy while off duty. He is forbidden
to engage in outside money-making
pursuits AS a rule, if he writes
book, its royalties must be turned
back into the treasury of his board.
So it strikes one that even consider
ing the lower cost of living in the
Orient, the financial Inducements to
a cultivated young person to become
missionary are rather meager. Wheth-
er this fact shuts out all but second
class men and women remains to be
found out.
Sending That Penny to the Heather.
Everybody has heard the charge
that for every penny which gets to the
mission field, 90 cents is required to
send it. Business men, who believe in
business methods even in religious at.
fairs are the most frequent critics of
the expensiveness of the conduct of
the missionary propaganda | deter
mined to look this matter up, with
quite surprising results. Here are the
official figures. in all their dryness, of
the cost of collection and administra-
ton of foreign mission funds last year
by leading denominations:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Hides, Furs, Pelts.

Cow hides are worth l0c to lie per h.,
horse hides 50 to 81 each, sheep pelts SOC
to $3.50, as to size. Furs are very high, es'
pecially Mink and Muskrat. To get all they
are worth ship to the old reliable n. w
HIDE & FUR CO., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

Nobody does anything well which
he cannot help doing; work Is only
done well when it is done with q will
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

To live but one day in good will to
all men is to anticipate and hasten
that day when all men shall live in
good Will.-Bliss Perry.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
English Shipbuildinq.

England added last year over three
quarters of million tons to its regis
tiers of steamers and sailing vessels,
and experts are wondering whether
this is not more than trade conditions
warrant.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

says: II had been
showing symptoms of
kidney trouble from
the time I was mus
tered out of the army,
but in all my life I
never suffered as in
1897. Headaches, diz-
illness and sleepless-
ness, first, and then
dropsy. I was weak
and ho1n1occ hovinr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens tho gurus reduces In
osmmation. allays PAIN wind collie. bottle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

Energy will do anything that can
be done in this world; and no talents,
no circumstances. no opportunities
will make q man without it.-Goethe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

We Pay Top Price for Cream.
Cash every day. Write for: prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes, St. Paul, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
It Cures While You Walk

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
not, sweating, callous, and swollep, aching
feet. Sold by all druggists. Price 25c. DONE
Address Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy. n. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
Patent Office Is Behind.
The United States patent Office n
months behind in it's work.

FITS, st. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
diseases permanently cured by DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Res+ore' Send for Free 500
Grial oottle and treatise: DR.. r. H. Kline.
Ld.' 95l Arch st., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
u. S. Sheen Din. and Cattle

Wash & Disinfectant. Write for 32-page
booklet, Stock Growers Enemies. It's free.
Northwestern Hide & Fur Co., Mpls, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

!, Garfield Tea, which is guaranteed under
the Pure Food and Drugs Act, is the best
remedy for constipation, sick-headache.
and indigestion. 1t purifes the blood and
cleanses the system.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

People seldom improve when they
have no other model but themselves
to copy.-Goldsmith.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

1t is curious that actors who lose
their heads" don't advertise for them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03
4 TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How Veteran Was Saved tho Ampu.
tation Of a Limb.

B. Frank Doremus, veteran. of
Roosevelt avenue, INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

Good Change In Name.
sWilltam streetsin New York city was
known Us Horse and Cart straet,'t
back in the eighteenth century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

Ship Your Cream to Us.
The largest Creamery in the Northwest.
Milton Dairy Co.. St. Paul. Mimi.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

Carpets car, be colored on the floor with
PUTNAM FADEI4ESS DYES. Ask your
druggist. lOc per package. ~.
One of the things you can't buy On
credit is experience.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-05-03

Distinguished American Journalist Is Travelling
sy from Purely Disnerested
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-02
BIG ICE PLANT FOR DAYTON
Storage House to Hold 800 Tons is to
Be Constructed.

The Dayton Electric company will
put up a 10 ton capacity ice plant in
this city, the machinery for which has
been ordered and will be here ready
for installation in about sixty days. A
storage house of 800 tons capacity will
be erected in which to store the sur
plus of the daily output. J. A. Ralph
of the company stated that their esti-
mate of the demand for the summer
was six ore seven hundrer tons. He
also stated that the price of ice would
depend on the quantity used and would
range from one cent down. 1t is to be
hoped that a sufficient quantity will be
used So that the price will be consider
ably less than one cent per pound SC
as to be within the reach of everyone
Ice at one cent a pound is too much OF
Il luxury for most people to use it as a
steady thing-Dayton Courier-Press.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-02
State Boards Powers.

state.
State Boards Powers.
| Section 6. The state board of tax
commissioners shall have power to re-
quire the president. secretary. treas
urer. receiver. superintendent manag-
| ing agent. or other officer or employe,
or agent Of any express company, or
any person. joint stock company or
corporation. engaged in the express
| business, to attend before the board,
and bring WITH him for the inspection
of the board, any books Or papers of
such person or persons, joint stock
| company Or corporations, in his pos
session, or under his countrOl, and to
! ter relating to the organization or
business of such person or persons,
joint stock company, or corporation.
Any member of the board is authorized
oath. Any officer, employee or agent.
who shall refuse to attend before the
board, when requested so to do, or
shall refuse to bring with him and
any books or papers in his possession,
custOry or control, or shall refuse to
answer any questions put to him by
the board or any member thereof,
touching the organization or business
of such person, persons, joint stock
company or corporation. shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanOr, and
on conviction thereof. shall be fined,
not more than five hundred dollars
($5OO.OO. nor less than one hundred
dollars ($100.0OD
Section Z. The state board of tax
commissioners shall on the first Mon
day in August annually. enter the
amount of gross receipts of express
companies doing business in this state.
for the year then next preceding the
first day of April. as determined as
provided for in section three of this
act in a book provided for that pur-
pose 1t shall be the duty of the state
treasurer, annually to collect from each
such express company, doing business
in this state a sum in the nature of
an excise Or privilege tax, to be COM
puted by taking five per cent of the
amount fixed by the state board of tax
commissioners as the gross receipts
of such express company for business
done whiting the tate of Washington
for the year next preceding the first
day of April, as determined and certi-
fed by the state board of tax commits
sioners: Provided, Nothing contained
in this act shall exempt or relieve any
express company from the assessment
and taxation of their tangible property
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-02
OUR NAVY THE STRONGEST
Americans Fighting Power on Sea tx
ceeds That of Japanese.

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The naval
strength of the United States exceeds
that of Japan, as shown by an invesu-
CATION made by the officials of the navy
department during the discussion OF
the Japanese question and when there
was fear that the two countries would
become involved in war. This invest
igation now is completed and it shows
that the United States stands third IN
the list of nations as a naval power
and Japan has fifth rank.
The United States not only STANDS
two ahead of Japan in the matter OF
naval tonnage, but if all the ships now
building in the two navies We're COM
pleted she still would occupy the same
relative position. Japan is building
and planning many new powerful ships,
but so is the United States; it would
be only a question as to which could
construct her vessels the quicker, and
the United States having more money,
doubtless could rush the vessels to
completion much faster.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-02
Assessor Toner Puts Deputies in
The Field al Once.
AUDITOR wcAW SAYS SOMETHING
THINKS COUNTY DERIVES MANY
ADVANTAGES az HAVING
5000.

Owing to misunderstanding on the
part of the man who informed County
Assessor Michael Toner. a few days
ago that he was positive that there
would be no census of the city taken
Mr.. TOnr announced day before yes
terday that the field deputies would
not begin the working of taking the
census of outlying districts in the
county until further action by the
board of commissioners
Further Investigations since then
convinced the assessor that the re-
port was not well founded and yester-
day the field deputies were provided
with census blanks and instructed to
take the census.
Speaking Of the matter this morning
Mr.. Toner said:
Il received the assurance that there
what 1 considered the highest author
ity and the gentleman told me that he
was sure that the plan had been given
up.
"On looking the matter up l found
he was mistaken and decided to go
ahead under the order of the board and
take the census because if they wish
to stop the work they will probably
rescind their former order"
Auditor McCaw Talks.
In discussing the question of not
taking the census County Auditor Nc
Cav said this morning:
1T will be of advantage to know
what the population of the county is
for several reasons We are only
rated as a county of the eleventh class
now and if we have as many people in
the county as we claim for the city
alone we would be better than that.
"Of course there would have to be
1000 people i'm order that salaries of
officers be raised but there are many
things that as a county We would gain
even if We did not reach that number