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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
TOO WILLING.

do you love me as dearly as men
have ever loved women?" said Mabel,
finding an easy anchorage for her
cheek about the latitude of his left
shoulder.
More" said George, with waning
enthusiasm, for this was about the
twenty-fourth encore to which he had
responded since eight o'clock. More,
far more, deary. Oh, ever so much
more!"
would you,' she went on, and
there was tremulous impressiveness
in her voice; would you be willing to
work and wait for me as Jacob wait
ed for Rachel at the well, seven long
years."
'Seven!" he cried, in burst of gen.
uine devotion. "Seven!" Aye, gladly!
Yes, and more! Even until seven
times seven! Let's make it 70, and
prove my devotion
Somehow or other he was alone when
he left the parlor a few minutes later,
and it looks now as though he would
have to wait 700 years before he saves
fuel by toasting his toes at the crate
IN that parlor again.
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Washington Day by Day.
News Gathered Here and There
at the National Capital
UNCLE SAM is HUNTING
FOR NAVAL SURGEONS
WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON. - Notwithstanding
w the superior inducements which a
naval career offers for young physic-
ian over the uncertain and overworked
lines of the average struggling general
practitioner the medical corps Of the
navy has not found it possible to Sc
Cure enough naval surgeons to meet
the needs Of the service.
Admiral Rixey, surgeon general of
the navy, has adopted extraordinary
measures to meet the case, even going
so far as to send circulars to many Of
the best medical colleges soliciting
applications from the graduates for
appointment as naval surgeons. And
to make the offer more tempting the
surgeon general has undertaken to
give temporary appointments as act
ing assistant surgeons" to the Young
men who will pass a satisfactory pre-
1iminary examination and come to
Washington for instruction.
They will receive six months spe~
c1al training at the naval medical
school and hospital recently establish
ed here or at the Mare island naval
hospital in the case of applicants from
the Pacific coast. At the end of that
course the graduates will receive ap-
pointments as assistant surgeons with
an annual salary of $l,750, supple
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
WIDOW HElRESS PREFERS
HAPPINESS TO MONEY
NJ EW YORK.-Mrs. Catherine Walk
III er Duryea. known at the time of

nj EW YORK.-Mrs. Catherine Walk
~ er Duryea, known at the time of
her marriage to William Duryea. Jr.,
son of the late starch manufacturer,
as the prettiest girl in Glencove, L. l.,
will lose her share of her late father
in-law's $4,000 estate by marrying a
young preacher.
Her father-in-law's will, recently ad-
mitted to probate, leaves her $4,000
outright if she remains single and
more than 100000 at the death of his
wife, if she has not taken husband.
She gets practically nothing if she
weds
Regardless of evil, she is to mar
ry in the near future Rev. Samuel An
gus, who recently graduated from
Princeton university, and who at pres.
ent is teacher of languages in the Har.
ward Theological seminary.
She met the minister at Clifton
Springs, where they were both spend
ing part of last winter in search OF
health. They fell in love, much to the
annoyance of the Duryea family, and
so it happens that Mrs. Walker Dur
yea will not only give up her fortune
but will permanently suffer the frowns
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stirred his ambition. In 1858, the boy
who is now president raised fund by
popular subscription for the purpose
of library for the officers and crew
of the Rival, all of whom were his
friends.
At the head of a delegation of
youngsters he visited the ship when it
next came into port and with due
ceremony presented the library, con-
sisting of As volumes, to the skipper.
The presentation speech was made by
Mr.. Roosevelt. When reminded a few
days ago of this event by an old friend
the president said he remembered it
perfectly and that frequently he had
wondered if any Of the officers or crew
of the Rival were still alive, and, if
so, if they remembered his speech
Il thought it was a mighty fine
speech said he, "and so did Captain
Doane"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07

One OF the modern improvements in
mail service which the United States
government has been foremost in
adopting is the establishment of "sea
post Offices" This means the provid
ing Of facilities on ocean-going steam
ers by which mail is assorted on
board and delivery thereby expedited
1t is represented that mail thus dis
posed of reaches the intended destina
ton II hours earlier than by the old
system. Postmaster General Meyer
approves the plan and contemplates
extension of the arrangement. He is
preparing to create at least two more
OF these post Offices on vessels car
rylng American mail to Europe, the
result of which will be highly pleasing
to postal patrons.
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of her relatives if she persists in mar
rying theological professor
They had planned to be married a
few days ago, but the death of Mr..
Duryea at his home in Nyack, N. Y,
caused postponement of the cere-
mony. Following this report was cir
culated that the engagement had been
broken.
The couple said the Duryea family
was responsible for this rumor, and so
in great anger they declared they
would wed on the date originally set.
Again death interviewed, John Duryea,
an uncle of Mrs. Duryea, died. His
funeral took place the day that the
wedding was to have taken place.
Rev. Angus was told that under the
Duryea will the daughter-in-law
would forfeit her share of the estate
if she married.
We knew full we'll the provisions
of Mr.. Duryea's WILL said he, land
| it does not make a particle of differ
ence in our plans. My intended wife
| has made her decision and she will
not change it because by marrying me
she loses the money that would have
come to her from her father-in-laW' 8
estate"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
OLD CLERKS IN LAND
OFFICE TO LOSE JOBS

Where possible places paying less will
be provided, but there are compare
lively few of those positions, and even
those are all occupied, so that appoint
ments to them will compel other re-
movals.
There is not such urgency in other
divisions, but there are said to be
many clerks throughout the bureau
who are incapacitated by age or other
infirmities and whose service can not,
therefore, be retained in justice to the
department.
The commissioner expresses deep
regret for the necessity which compels
his course, but justifes it on the
ground that no less radical course
would insure the proficiency of the
Office
It is said that many of the persons
who will be relieved have strong po-
litical backing and it is anticipated
that the execution of the commission
ers plans will cause vigorous protests
1t is understood that the president has
full knowledge of the programme for
reorganization.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
Science vs.. CharIatanisrn.

Nothing in years has made the
chemists rage together so furiously as
the exploited discovery" of a CON-
pound which will make ashes burn
better than COAL OF one formula
We are aware that this was not the
one tried in hotel boiler room the
other day-Prof. Gill, of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, says:
1T contains nothing, nor can it make
anything, that in any way will aid
combustion" Even if the inventors
preposterous theory of it's working be
accepted, the professor says that the
heating capacity of a gallon of the
mixture would be about equal to that
of piece Of coal the size of q pea.
why" the scientific men all ask,
docs this piece of charlatanism get
itself spread broadcast over the coun-
try when discoveries of real scientific
Importance go ::nheralded?" We do
not know of any reason which would
not apply equally to medical nostrums
They create sensations because of the
prodigious value they would have if
they were only real The inventors OF
ash-burning formulate, remarks the
New York Post, might Well ask their
academic critics to point to any
achievement of science within, say, q
years that would benefit directly and
indirectly SO many people as method
tor burning ashes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
WOMAN KEEPS SERVANT
GIRL SIXTEEN YEARS

THERE are many remarkable Wom-
/ en- in New York, but the NOSE re-
markable of them all, probably, is
Mrs. HUE Kin, the clever American
wife of tae superintendent of the Pres
byterian Chinese mission at &c West
Ninth street.
For eighteen years she has been her
husbands associate in the mission
work. During this time Mrs. HUE not
only has had the duties pertaining to
an American household of extraor-
binary size to attend to, but she has
had to shoulder many additional re-
sponsibilities imposed by Chinese GUS
TOM
Despite the fact that she has nine
children, the last two of which are
twins, and that these nine children,
like most children, are enough to wear
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
THE ENTERPRISE. j
.---
W. Z. HASNAFuEp, ruolisher
VIRGINIA. MINNESOTA
The DjpIOmatiSt.


1t used to be said that diplomatist
was q man who was sent abroad to lie
for his country. To-day it would be
much nearer the tr,th to say that a
diplomatist is a man who is sent
abroad to tell the truth for his coun-
try A most interesting account has
recently been given of the petition for
better treatment Of the Jews, and the
protest against the Kishinef massa-
cres. In order to crafty the signers
of the petition, the state department
forwarded it to Ambassador McCor-
mick at St. Petersburg, although we'll
aware that the Russian government
could take no official cognizance of it.
When the paper was laid on the table
before Count Lamsdorf, he said, You
know / cannot receive this" Then,
according to the story which is re-
ported by Golfers, Mr.. Mccormick re-
piled, Let us talk for few minutes
as man to man. You are Count Lams-
dorf, and | am not an ambassador but
merely Mr. Mccormick. The time has
come when you can no longer disre-
gard public opinion. The whole world
is aroused. Do me the great favor,
personally, of keeping this for two or
three days. Then if you are still of
the same mind, send it back to me,
and no more will be said" In the end
Count Lamsdorf showed the petition
to the car, who was sufficiently i'm
pressed by it to ameliorate somewhat
the condition of the Jews.
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out any ordinary woman, she remains
young and does not look to be a day
more than IS years old.
She adds to the family income by
renting rooms in her big house to two
Americans, man and wife, two or
three young Cinnamon, and a Japan
csc, students at Columbia university
She assists regularly at the four or
five services her husband holds on
Sunday.
She has 40 or SO guests to dinner
every Sunday. She is the leading
spirit in Woman's club. She has kept
her own servant-a German woman
for &c years. Some persons will con-
slider this last achievement the great
es: of ALL The HUE Kins live in the
heart of district which once was the
most aristocratic and fashionable of
New York.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
A LIFE SAVED.

Mr.. Simkins (wildly)-You must be
rhine. Say "yes," or I will drown my
self.
Miss Prettie-You will at least wait
until have had time to think it over,
I am sure
Mr.. Simkins-How long? 1t is now
September. Will you give me my
answer in October?
Miss Prettie-I will if can. If not,
you will have to wait longer.
Miss Prettie (the following Decem'
ber)-What! Still in the land of the
living? 1t is month, nearly, since
refused you, and you know you were
to drown yourself if I said mo-
Mr.. Simkins (despondently)-Yes,
but you waited so long that the-the
water got too cold.-N. Y. Weekly.
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COMMISSIONER BALLINGER of the

COMMISSIONER BALL1NGER of the
~ general land Office has recommend
ed to Secretary Garfield a general re-
organization of the force of his Office.
The secretary has the matter under
consideration and while no official an
nOuncement has been made of his in
tentions it is known that he approves
Mr.. Ballinger's plan and it is expect
ed that it will soon be put into effect.
The first dismissals will be made in
the division of the office in which
land patents are proposed. There are
about IS clerks in that division, and
of those about Is or 20 will be relieved
from duty. The reason for immediate
action is the fact that the law pro-
vides for the typewriting of the pat
ents and the recorded copies of them.
Many of the employees are elderly per
sons who have been on the rolls fOc
a long time and who can not use the
typewriter.
The lowest salaries laid in the di-
vision is 5000 per annum, and the com
missioner complains that 1lany of the
employees can not earn tEst amount
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
MANY stories were circulated In
NJ Wall street as to the causes of the


1y1 Wall street as to the causes of the
retirement of John w. Gates and the
coterie of Westerners who plunged so
heavenly in stocks.
The trend of most of these stories
is to the effect that while Mr.. Gates
is still worth millions in common with
many of the rich men in Wall street,
he was caught in the big decline OF
March II last.
The heavy liquidation in many of
the low-priced stocks that took place
recently is looked upon as evidence
of a Gates house cleaning before his
final retirement from the street.
According to story circulated in
the street, Mr.. Gates was very large
holder of Tennessee Coal & Iron, Re-
public Iron & Steel and United States
Realty & Improvement. These stocks
he is said to have accumulated with
a view to holding them as permanent
investments.
During the recent decline it is be.
lieved that these stocks were freely
used as collateral in his other stock
market transactions and when the big
slump came the bankers whom Mr.
Gates approached to assist him in ar
ranging his affairs over the crisis sug
gestei that he was rich enough to re
tire from hazardous speculation and
that his retirement would be made a
condition of banking aid. .#
Mr.. Gates agreed that this was CO.
and, it is said, readily acqufesced to
the arrangement. A.
! As matter Of fact, Mr.. Gates was
thoroughly Disguised with some Of
his customers, who had failed to re
spond to his call for margins.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
ROOSEVELT'S AMBITION
ONCE WAS TO BE SAILOR

RESIDENT ROOSEVELT made his
6rst speech when he was ten years
old At that time he would a bold
sai]cr be. He had read all the marvel
ou.. tales of the sea and his ambition
was to sail the ocean blue in command
of stanch craft that would carry
him to the uttermost parts of the
earth. He was permitted by his gov
erness to spend much time about the
Wharves of New York and he thus be-
came personally acquainted with many
OF the most famous shippers of that
time. Chief among his heroes was a
certain Captain Doane, commander of
the clipper ship Rival.
This old sea dog used to fill the
mind of the future hero of San Juan
with astonishing stories of storms at
sea and hairbreadth escapes from a
sepulcher in Davy Jones locker. 1t
fired the imagination of the youth and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
WHEN WOMEN MEET.

How do you like my new hat, Lou
ise?''
Il think it is beautiful Lucy"
Il am SO glad you like it, You have
such excellent taste" L
Eyes, but er-I think th.1t pink bow
would look more chic on the right
side instead of the Left ~ 81. ~.
= Really, H. cc;-:Er5* Il >.s~: >s:s.s !
And a white bird would be much
more becoming than a gray bird"
"a white bird? How odd you talk!
Why. 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07

Some OF the French visitors to the
Carnegie institute are said to. have
oeen offended by the playing of Die
Wacht am Rhein,' which thew regard.
ed as an affront. Now. if they had
been treated to Nothing from Moth.
ing Leaves You,' or some such indig.
enous selection, they might have had
cause for complaint.
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Possibly.

Kikker-There's just one thing I
like about this restaurant. They don't
keep me waiting for my check.
Nokker-No; the, walters probably
have found that there's no use in hold
ing it till you are ready to go-you
never tip 'em, Chicago Trfb-
uEe. -. Ia .te.se t.s42s i: .s.Esss@, e
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
CUSTOMERS OF GATES
FAILED HIM IN CRISIS

The firm of Charles Gates & Co.
had been carrying lot of people in
speculative operation who proved I'M
grateful when the call for funds to
protect their accounts was finally
made. This is said to have been one
of the main causes for the retirement
of the firm
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is the general opinion who
little
mgnifceny has charming
hoard
churchm a
in what can he do?
White
Trinity lodge in
of the There hundreds of the
Pasans
her Immediately
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07

A man out in Montana predicts that
the world will come to an end in ten
days, and is selling off his propertv
IN anticipation of the coming finale
But what does he propose to do with
the money?
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srative talents
Cromer extraordinarily
ADVISER Egypt
He financial
when 1908 he summoned London assist foreign
him
O foreign
make a
Sir Edon knows all the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07

The German press is strongly o.
posed to the kaiser's fifth son making
tour of America, saying that "onlv
evil can come to him in that land of
dollars and machines" Can it be that
the prowess of our automobiles has
extended to the Fatherland?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07

Watseka, ILL.,, is to have q fountain
In the shape of stork. The drinking
trough accompanying it ought to. be
made IN the form Of q cradle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
EGYPT'S NEW RULER

AS the successor of Lord Cromer the man
who for 20 years has been the real ruler of Egypt
though nominally merely the British consul gen.
eral there, Sir Eldon Gorst has most difficult
post to fill Gorst does not lack admirers, who
declare that he will prove the right man in the
right place. He is the eldest son of remarkably
able man, Sir John Eldon Gorst, who is still liv-
ing. He named after his father, long before,
Of course it was known that he had inherited his
fathers brains
dropped his first name, that there might not be
two Sir Johns in the family. But in Egypt every
body still speaks of him "Johnnie' Gorst He
went there when 26 as an attache, and rose rap
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07

a honos twice He is y old and his home
1t Uncle Isaac
"orstreaed big in Wisconsin,
list
Stephenson himself seriously a
promoter OF industries farmer yahman
OF ono philosophical
He believes in churches though himself
edhces
Mr. Stephenson to
branch He
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
THE GOVERNMENT SHAPE"
CAUSES MUCH COMMENT

of unusual girth would not have room
to stoop between the presses in the
process of printing.
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the the
California
Ruef had
monthly
building permits
Schnitz
street railway franchise il
a o N homes grand
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07

Women argue q question without
regard to the accuracy Of their state
ments.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07

Jim-say. Moike, 10 Pat out ca
shtrike? >s- H. d. =.5% s.s <$>. H.,
"Yis; he shtruck for more pay, thia
he shtruck tn boss, thin he shtruck Z
copper, an now he's shtrikin' shtus,si, >
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07

Isaac Stephenson, who won the long drawn
out fight for the United States senate seat vacated
by John c. Spooner, is multi millionaire lumber.
man and iron miner of Wisconsin. He and his
brother Samuel of Menominee, Mich, were born
in New Brunswick and came to Michigan when
Samuel was eight years old and Isaac six Iron
ore was discovered on the lands on which they
settled, just about the time they had grown up.
Isaac's land lay across the Wisconsin line
Samuels was on the Michigan side. They be-
came residents of the states in which their prop
erty was situated and rapidly accumulated wealth.
Both sought congressional honors. Samuel
served four terms in congress from his Michigan
district and Isaac served three terms in congress
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07

And those beads! In my opin,
ion
Never mind your opinion. I don't
care to hear it. If didn't know any
more about millinery than you do,
would wear sunbonnet. So there!"
And now people wonder why Lucy
and Louise don't speak when they
meet.-Chicago Daily News.
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REIGN OF BOSS" ENDED

recently pleaded guilty to accepting bride, was
for years conspicuous figure in the political
life Of San Francisco. He made Schmitz mayor,
he controlled the Republican and Labor party ma
chimes, and he was dictator of the police force and
of the saloon element Ruef's father was we'll off
in this worlds goods and gave his good edu-
cation. The confessed criminal is fair Greek
and Latin scholar, and has an intimate acquaint-
ance not only with German, but with French,
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese His linguistic
abilities account in part for his political success
He began life as lawyers clerk and made rapid
progress in the profession, and it is said of him
that had he not abused his manifold talents he
would have made name and place for himself
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-06-07
AGAIN TO BE A BRIDE

Anna Gould is the subject of society gossip
of the moment in France A romance, it is said
of some years standing, is to be contaminated
shortly by marriage. The former Countess de
Castellane (Boni) has for long time had two
steadfast admirers or at least two great friends
whom she admired. Ore is a Frenchman, the
other Englishman.
The moment there seemed to be possibility
that she could wed again there was much gay
gossip as to the chances of the two men. The
betting on the Englisi1man, for it was thought
la petite Americana had had a suffciency of the
French husband.
But now it is said that the Frenchman is the
first favorite and that in the course of the near
future Anna Gould will once more change her