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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
At the National y /. Capital.
Gossip of Peorle and Events.
Gathered in Washington
RUBBER" LECTURES JAR
NOTABLES OF CAPITAL

W Observation-Disclosures Washing
w ton-that is, the top layer of it
lis up in arms against the lectures
OF tho Seeing Washington" automo.
b1les. 1t is all very well3to be presi-
dent, or an ambassador, or a cabinet
oft1ce", and there are times When it is
not unpleasant to feel that the eyes of
the multitude are centered upon one;
but 10 be pointed out to rubberneck
visitors as an object of interest is a
little disquieting to ones sense of dig.
nifty.
For instance: There upon your
left, ladies and gentlemen" says the
lecturer, you see the Hon. William
Howard Taft, secretary of war-the
large gentleman walking rapidly with
the portfolio under his arm. Mr.. Taft
always walks. He is accounted one of
the handsomest men in Washington
and one OF the biggest in more ways
than l care to mention, and he has
been chosen by President Roosevelt
to be his successor
This is unpleasant enough to a
modest and retiring personality, but
when little girl on the sightseeing
wagon calls out in a shrill voice: "Oh,
mamma, he walks just like Crcle
Tom" the blow is almost too hard to
bear. If 40 pairs of eyes are fastened
on your legs and 40 minds are max.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
EMPLOYS A DETECTIVE
TO GUARD HER JEWELS
pay a total of 100000 for her neck.
Don't Be Too Self-Centered


There is school of philosophers
who assure US thatgwe are what we
deeply long to be- They say that as
piration shapes character, or some
thing of that sort. q
2 This may be true, but sometimes
one is almost tempted to the conc1u-
sion that we are what we deeply de-
sire not to be, and that our pet loat1-
ings are the measures of our natures.
< 1T is such common street," says
one woman in tones 0f utter disgust.
THE children are so common and the
houses are, SO common" j
9 There could be no doubt in the
minds of those who heard that woman
that she valued elegance above saliva
ton, and yet that she was essentially
the thing that she despised and desig-
mated as common" For what IS
as common as to go through life
with eyes open always for externa1s,
and never looking deep into the heart
of the human drama? -.
& The announcement, not altogether
unusual, that people bore me- does
mot mean that the world is full Of
sbores.5 but that the speaker isxa self
scentered person who, having no inter-
sest in Others cannot have interest for
them, and 80 is herself . bore.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

and barns and homes of men. They
feast in the polished furniture in the
parlor, and gnaw, at the collins in the
undertakers' warehouses. They eat
away the chair that we rest in to-day
and the piano sounding forth the
sweetest melodies is in the death
grapple of the powder post beetles
The treatment for the pest, so far as
studied out, consists in destroying by
fire. A piece of lEmber may be affect
in one end only. Saw that end of
and burn it is the cure. The beetle
has been killed in valuable pieces of
lumber by putting the material in a
close room and subjecting the lum-
Der to as hot steam bath as posi-
BILE. Other means of destruction con-
sfst in kilning the lumber and giving
it as much dry heat as possible
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

0F the $4,000 postotfices in the
~ country at any one of which reg.
istry business may be transacted only
$4,000 Inclusive of 1000 stations) are
authorized to do a money order bust.
ness. While doubling the feasibility
of extending money order facilities tn
all postofices, Postmaster General
Meyer, to meet as far as practicable
the needs of the business public and
promote it's convenience in the trans-
mission of moner through the mails
recently issued sweeping order,
which said in part:
Recognizing the fact that there ia
a demand on the part of the public
for this extension, the department e3-
poets to be aided in carrying out its
policy in this respect by the earneat
cooperation of its employees and q:
postmasters and all others connected
in any way with the postal service.
1T mus be understood that the de-.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
TOO MUCH OF A. GOOD THING.
Steady Diet Of Salmon PaIIed on Pop.
-, uiars Novelist.


The late Ian Maclaren, on one of hi.
last visits to Philadelphia, told at a
dinner at the Bellevue-stratford E
salmon story. - @@S-.>. :''ss !
Just as he said, Tin the south, it
was illegal once to feed slaves on can
vasback duck and terrapin more than
certain number Of days in the week
Just as duck and terrapin were plen-
tiful to the point of disgust once with
you, 80 with us, in certain parts of
Scotland, salmon is SO plentiful that
everyone gets sick of it. a-'t II sHt..s
on walking tour in search of To-
cal 1olor and new dialects, my Scot
tish land lords. gave me salmon, sal
mon, salmon, for breakfast lunch and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
HEAVY DEMAND ON PURSE
s. 49, ~.
OF MISS HELEN GOULD.

NEW Notwithstanding to state.
~ ment made public the other day
the requests for gifts sent to Miss
Helen Gould aggregate nearly $4,000
900 week. They range all the way
from the asking for SIS for a set of
false teeth to 100000 to start a
colony in Cuba. Miss Gould gave an
itemized list of weeks requests re-
Gently to Franz Kaltenborn, the or.
chestra leader. A movement is on
foot among the music lovers of this
city to make Mr.. Kaltenborn's orches.
trail music permanent feature in
New York. For this subscriptions
from wealthy persons would be neces-
sary. Miss Gould was one of those
consulted. She encouraged Mr.. Kali
tenborn, but incidentally cited the
fact that this was not the only thing
she was asked to encourage. Then
she gave him the list
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

run down by Mr.. Stokes carriage, and
late last year, when "Al" Adams, the
policy" king, was found dxad in Mr..
Stokes Ansonia hotel, Core. .::er julius
Hamburger accused Stokes az murder
ing him. Subsequently, however, the
coroner directed the jury to render a
verdict of suicide.
The Stokes family is Of Norman
blood. going to England with William
the Conqueror. Thomas Stokes came
to the United States in 1898. He was
one of the founders of the American
Bible society, the American Tract So
ciety and the New York Peace socie-
ty. His son, James Stokes, was a
member of the firm of Phelps, Dodge
& Co., metal importers, and James
son, William E. Dodge Stokes, was
named after his partner In business.
Mr.. Stokes is lawyer, but does not
practice. He is in the real estate bus.
mess and the owner of several big
hotels. He is member of many
prominent clubs and societies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

In the week referred to Miss Gould
received 231 requests for money out
right. Out of these 1919 left the
amount to her good will and discre-
ton. Miss Gould was asked in that
week for $4,000 to, help form an anti
saloon league IN Idaho. She received
43 requests for aid for churches, ~
for educational institutions and 26 for
libraries. More than 30 were for help
for charitable Institutions. Four per-
sons, presumably young women, want
ed Miss Gould to help them buy trous-
seaus. Eleven persons wanted pianos
and IL wanted Miss Gould to buy
their inventions.
Following are some of the other
wants: Bibles, bicycles, farm and
three cows, one invalid's chair,
enough air pillows to supply a regi-
ment of soldiers, one set of teeth, five
sewing machines and Is railway
tickets.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

writerscienist
wild animal Rockies That
Buoughses
- E%# <'T -
John of
His it the
Burroughs exact scientist Can from scientific
beneath the
stefan to of a
N
secluded his
built himself of
catching in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
s e: a2g]E} e.
Es$s:s) w.

ONE Of the interesting young bache'
~ lors of the present day now very
much in the public eye is Clifford Fin
chot. chief of the bureau Of forestry.
department of agriculture, now on a
pilgrimage in the west, instructing all
who will come to hear on the riS-
dom of the administrations land pol
cy. Mr.. Pinchot, the &c. p" of tie
department, to whom all importaft
questions pertaining to the public d.
main are referred, the intimate per:
sonal friend of the chief executive
and member of the White House tea
mis- board, is one of those rare spirits
in love with his profession who work =
for love and glory rather than pub.
lie applause and the coin of the realm.
On accepting his position in the de.
partment at salary of $4,000 year.
he built himself 100000 house on
the most fashionable block of Rhode
Island avenue, where he gives one
large reception each season, in honor
Of the agricultural forestry conven-
ton. The rest of the season his
mother, Mrs. James W. Pinchot, of
New York, entertains the smart and
the great at a succession of dinners
and receptions unsurpassed by any
hostess in, Washington. )
I When he built this home Clifford
Pinchot was engaged to be married,
dis fiancee, like himself, being young,
earnest, wealthy and Of New York
Four Hundred. The death of his
sweetheart under most pathetic cir
cumstances turned young Pinchot to
his profession with redoubled fervor,
and since then he has turned deaf
but polite ear to society and the al
Turing attention which would natural
~ ID bestowed upon the most eligi-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

Now that the United States is send.
ing great quantities Of cornmeal to
Europe a Paris paper warns it's read
ers that danger may attend it's use
1T is now acknowledged" it saws.
that pellagra, disease often mortal
RACES particularly, and perhaps SOLELY
IN countries where the people use
maize for food" A good deal of maize
Is used in Indiana, remarks the In
annapolis Star, but who ever heard of
pellagra?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

antagone any Democratic faction Mr. Dickinson Mssp
graduated from the
acceptable AS general
road, the conservatives no him
The
Dicknsons friends
candidacy
Dickinson while
he 1903
settled Alaskan
of the United States
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

dinner. till my gorge rose within me.
So remember coming down one
morning in the Highlands, and seeing
on the table only huge salmon and a
pot" of mustard.
" lis there nothing else for break.
sfast?' asked my host. ~
~ Nothing else?' cried he. Why,
there's salmon enough there for a
DOZEN S
.5ss " I know said I; but don't like
salmon ff %t&5&&t 5izfss -. ~
3. y" Well, them said he, pitch into
the mustard w.. a.s..S-.,S..:.s... : SUI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
WAR ON WOOD BEETLES
STARTED BY GOVERNMENT

Z OR centuries, and in many Ian
guages, has she powder post"
wood beetle been discussed and plan
ned against. Mary government ex-
perts of many countries have studied
this pest of seasoned woods, but little
progress has been accomplished 20
wards it's destruction. Our own gov
eminent is now taking a hand in In.
vestigating the powder post" beetle.
The beetle attacks seasoned wood
only, especially the white or sap sor-
ton, and so alarming has become the
ravages that makers of furniture and
vehicles are at great annual loss ow-
ing to the silent and steady boring
and bedding in the dry material. Hick-
DRY, oak and ash are the woods gener-
ally most affected. These beetles are
silent fires tearing down the fences,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

German girl who crossed the
ocean to marry man with whom she
was acquainted only through CORE.
spondence, was repudiated by him
when she arrived in New York the
other day because she did not look
like the photograph she had sent him
what calamities would result if everv.
BODY was expected to live up to the
pictures of himself that the photog.
rapher has retouched until they really
look attractive?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

statistics recently published in Lon
don show that during the last five
years the number of debtors yearly
sent to prison has averaged something
over 10000. How much they owed
isn't stated-probably for fear of max
ing some of the people who are not
in debt envious.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
TO PROBE PANAMA FOODS

Miss Gertrude Beeks, secretary of the welfare
department of the Civic Federation, has gone to
Panama to investigate the housing, food and
amusements of the laborers in the canal zone.
This is regarded as being one of the most i'm
portant commissions ever awarded to a woman by
the government Secretary Taft gave her the ap-
pointment, and the errand has the sanction and
support of President Roosevelt. - >-,%1&..
While this is the first important federal com
mission which Miss Beeks has had, she has trav-
eled from one end of the country to the other in
the interest of welfare work Last fall she took
up the question of child labor in southern cotton
mills, and as result her investigations formed
the basis of the main topic for discussion at the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

A man who 40 years ago walked
from Portland, Me-, to Chicago t1is.
lance of 1000 miles, is going to try It
, again. That's one way of avoiding the
railroads last ditch. d
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

NOW that another doctor has discov.
cred that kissing is dangerous the
common people will enjoy it more than
ever. The doctor who wants to put a
stop to kissing should discover It ia
nealthful and very good for the par
ticipants
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

A New York man is alleged to have
fallen in fit when a woman thanked
him the other day after he had given
up to her his seat in a subway car
They do take such things pretty seri.
0usly in New York.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
DEMOCRATIC :'DARk HORSE

Jacob McGavock Dickinson, who is being en-
Enthusiastically doomed by the Iroquois Democratic
club of Chicago for the Democratic nomination
for president in opposition to William J. Bryan,
fits the description given by COL Henry Waiter
son, of Louisville, of the dark horse" which he
claims can unite the Democracy and win the VIC
tory.
Mr.. Dickinson's first claim on the presidency
in Col. Watterson's list of requirements, is his
handsome mustache Next, he lives in that
charmed territory, north of the Ohio and east Of
the Mississippi" The thousands of voters who
have never before heard of Mr.. Dickinson will
agree with the Kentucky colonel that he has not
taken such prominent part in political affairs as
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

Prof. Adler lectures at Columbia university political
writes
heard from the platform this country and abroad No
the elimination
labor committee
his in
1851 Rabbi
which
OF Felix at the best with the
writing
That successful and beneficial his fellow
the to he O
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
When sTrsvelInos

sssas There is no question but that the
ssimpisr q travelling costume is the bet
ter. Indeed It is hard to get smarter.
model than the severe fitted three.
quarter tailor coat with full skirt lust
clearing the ground
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


welfare for the latest denae +h
work OF the Civic Federation national committee
Taft 1ohn a.
Kentucky
second vice chairman William
York. third chairman, secretary
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05

John Burroughs, poet naturalist and scieu.
fist, is Americas grand old man among nature
lovers. He has spent long lifetime in woods
and fields and every wild creature, animal, bird
and insect, has found in him friend. It was John
Burroughs who first protested against the nature
fakes of Rev. w. j. Long and other "naturalists' -
Long replied vigorously to the charges, so VIC,
orously as to arouse the ire of Burroughs init
mate friend, Theodore Roosevelt, and draw down
upon himself the denunciation of the president Of
the United STATES. y - ~
When President Roosevelt announced that he
would take vacation trip to Yellowstone park, a
great news agency sent broadcast the news that
the president had chosen Mr. Rurroughs as q field
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-05
UPLIFTER OF HUMANITY

Prof Felix Adler is the founder, head and
dominating figure in the society for ethical cul-
ture and world leader in the movement for the
betterment of the conditions of the poor. Society
owes much to this wonderfully gifted man, and
men of all creeds and races subscribe to many of
his ethical doctrines, although none may know
what are his religious beliefs
AS to whether he believes in the immortality
of the soul, if man has soul, no one knows, be-
cause Prof. Adler concerns himself alone with
improving the moral and physical living condi-
lions of his fellow-men, and in his lectures and
writings strives to show them the way of being
better citizens without reference to the creeds or
dogmas to which they may subscribe
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-13
Euphenisn1s For Dsath.

"DeceaSe' is now regular form Of
word for death. But it began as a
gentle euphemism. ''decessus (depar-
ture) seeming much less harsh to the
Romans than ''mors." All langua geS
abound in euphemisms of the kind,
which go back to a superstitious re-
luctance to mention death plainly that
gradually passed into a kindly desire
to soften the idea. Passed away"
departed gone" expire" breathe
OUT, mo more,'' demise and even
1.-The late" are expressions of this ma
ture. Most striking of all is the Ro-
man euphemism for ''he is dead, "vix-
it, Che has lived.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-13
TO KEEP YOUNG.
Lessen Your Food Continually as You
Grow Older.

Lessen Your Food Continually as You
Grow Older.
What man or woman, growing old,
would not give a fortune for the re-
newal of youth? With a little care
they might have kept it for ten or
dozen years longer, but it's value was
not realized until too late, says DR.. Co.
hen the noted London specialist.
Up to the age of twenty three or
twenty-fiv in the case of men and
eighteen or twenty in women, the
framework of the body is being form
ed, and the diet should be generous.
After the thirtieth year has been pass
ed it is no longer necessary to eat to
make more tissues, but only to pre-
serve equilibrium Of weight and
strength. Yet at that time eating is a
pleasure highly appreciated. Therefore
most men and women eat too much,
and this is the time of life when in
discretions in diet produce disease with
especial frequency.
Do not eat heavy suppers.
Drink little or no alcohol.
Avoid rich meats and pastry.
Do not grow fat by eating too much.
Fat people seldom reach a good old
age The youthful old man is lean.
Lessen your food continually as you
grow older.
Overeating produces all the diseases
that make one old.
Undertaking shortens life.
Just enough and trifle over is the
ideal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-13
MEETING TRANSLATES
IMPORTANT BUSINESS
PrebIe County Agricultural So
Ciety Acts.
TO REPAIR THE BUILDINGS.

Eaton. o.. May 13.-The members of
the Preble County Agricultural society
held a meeting here Friday. The
most important business transacted
was that of the purchase of a great
deal of advertising matter for the fair.
The board distributed the advertising
matter among several firms. There
was much talk concerning the adviSa-
bility of making an extension to the
amphitheater and this will probably be
done The executive committee was
authorized to make all the usual nee
essary repairs on the buildings and
grounds.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-13
Vocabulary Supplied.

Vocabulary Supplied.
The man who had visited San Fran
cisco to view the ruins and the begin
ming Of the restoration sat looking out
of the car window with an expression
Of wonder and bewilderment on his
race.
'Seen great things out there, haven't
you?" said a genial stranger who had
slipped into the next seat. Now
you're going home to tell about it,
'Its-it's marvelous-it's unbeliev-
able, such courage-Such-well words
fail me- said the man from the east,
stammering in his excitement.
Il knew they'd fail you,' said the
genial stranger in confidential tone,
but / can obviate all your difficulty.
l don't wish to press it on you, but 1
have here a little book of 100 pages
called The Right Word In the Right
Place. handy for the pocket or the
bag, and costing only IS cents. All.
thought so, Thank your And the
genial stranger moved up the car
toward an old lady who was wiping
her eyes with damp ball of handker-
chief.-Youth's Companion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-13
Economy Of
Wheat AS Food
Scientists Agree That This Grain Is
Mans Natural Food.

Some of our readers may believe
that meat is better than wheat because
more expensive. Great food authori-
ties prove this is not SO. Scientists
agree wheat is the only food which
contains every element required for
the growth. development and vigor CT
mankind from babyhood to old age.
Besides, the economy of wheat as food
is something which must not be over
looked. Humboldt demonstrates
that ii a given amount of land is re-
quired to produce meat-food (such as
cattle, sheep, etc. for 100 people. the
same amount of land will raise wheat
enough for 1000 people.
Since ancient times, wheat has been
prepared in many ways. but never so
perfectly as in Malta-Vita, the only
predigested whole wheat flaked food
in which the starch of wheat is con-
verted by the action of pure barley
malt extract into rich nourishing NAL
tose malt sugar., ready for immedi-
ate absorption by the blood. The
maltese of Malta-Vita is quickly con-
verted into energy for mind and mus
Gle work, forming rich blood and i'm
parting immediate vigor to the whole
system without taxing the weakest di-
gestion.
Malta-Vita has full. rich wheat
and-malt flavor pleasing alike to the
tastes of young and old and should be
made a part of the daily food by I'll
who value health and long life. Sold
by all grocersj in large sealed boxes at
10 cents.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-13
.CANTATA BELSHAzzAR
LARGELY ATTENDED
Composition Pleased Cam
bridge City Audience.
PROF. REESE DIRECTED.

Cambridge City. Ind, May ia
large crowd attended the singing of
the Cantata Belshazzar, at the Civic
Center, Sunday afternoon. The COM
position was skilfully executed and
the excellent manner in which it was
given elected hearty applause from the
audience. The performance was given
under the direction of Prof. j. T..
Reese. who has devoted much time to
instructing the different members in
their respective parts. and he deserves
much credit for his work.