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The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20

The most valuable opal in the world
is to be seen in the imperial cabinet
at Vienna. Another, worn by the EN-.
press Josephine, known as the Burn
ing Of Troy which only is a little less
magnificent, is in the possession OF
the marchioness of Butte. How the
idea arose in the first instance that
the broken rainbow Of the unlucky
opal' broug hit i'll luck it is not easy to
tell. Some allege that the word is de.
rived from the Greek for an eye, that
the gem shares the evil influence of q
peacock's feather and acts as a spy
in the house; others that the opal only
got its reputation after Sir Walter
Scott had connected it with bad luck
in Anne of Geierstein."
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20

The president of the State Agricul.
tural college of North Carolina is a
real reformer. He advised the students
to substitute man-to-man fighting in
the open, for hazing, and the students
have taken up the system with en-.
thusiasm. There have already been
encounters with from so to IS men on
each side, with some broken noses
and numerous black eyes, but that is
vastly better, remarks the Indianapo
lis Star, than having a crowd jump on
one unfortunate and maltreat him. II
college classes wish to demonstrate
their physical prowess, what can be
fairer than an open, fair fight, on
equal terms? And that is American
for this country takes no stock in
sneaking, cowardly or underhand
methods.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
"Made in America"

In Cologne, a few blocks from the
great cathedral, there is little shop
where one may buy old books, prints
and curios of all kinds. An American
tourist and his daughter bought some
trinkets there few months ago, and
were leaving the place when a little,
apparently antique, crucifix attracted
the attention of the girl She exam.
ined it, found that it was bronze, some
what corroded, and was told that it
was livery old'' The emblem was
purchased and brought home with
other souvenirs of the voyage, and re-
Gently the evidences of antiquity were
removed when the bronze was pol
ished. The owners were surprised to
find on the reverse side, scratched
with sharp point, IS. c." and parts
of another letter, and under these the
words: New York"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20

are revolt the king
Miguel
call
Premier Franco has been
banshed the
whether he will
qualities
is said the file the
Premier of
consider
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
The Girls Who Are Snapped Up.

The Girls Who Are Snapped Up.
All young men are not silly, and apt
to be fascinated by pretty face when
more enduring charms are lacking.
Marriage Is a serious affair, and thus
they contemplate it when looking for
wife. 1t is no wonder, then, says the
New York Weekly, that the girls de-
scribed below are the first to be
snapped up when they appear in the
matrimonial market: The girl who Is
her mothers right hand in household
matters, and who is not above taking
an interest in the most trivial things
in connection with household duties.
The girl who is bright, entertaining
companion, and who has ever kind
word and pleasant smile for those
around. The girl who is always neat
ly dressed, no matter if with mex
dresses loudly or in questionable
taste. The girl who can adapt herself
to any society, and who never puts on
airs and who would scorn to do an
action Of which all the world might
not know. The girl who, in an emer-
gency, can turn her hand to anything.
from cooking the family dinner to re-
trimming an old hat. The girl who is
unselfish enough to give up some
pleasure of her own to benefit another,
grieved at having to do So The girl
who can talk of more important things
than dress or the last new play, and
who can listen intelligently when
deeper subjects are introduced
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
MANY PERSONS SHELTERED
BY CITY LODGING HOUSE
NEW YORK.-New York may be
~ cold and unhosnitahle to the


~ cold and unhospitable to the
stranger, but wisdom and knowledge
OF the twentieth century times will
inform any and all benighted travel
ers in New York town that there is
hospitality here. And the best in the
world. 'Tis the municipal lodging
house. Here is harbored many de-
rel1ct wayfarer on the sea of life. And
his care is akin to that of the sweet
and affectionate greeting of his paren-
tai home.
This municipal lodging house is To-
Gated in First avenue, within the shad-
ow Of Twenty-third street. 1t has been
established for many years. The law
of the Empire state made the theory a
fact January 2, 1885, 1t was put into
practical action on a barge in the East
river On March II, 1896. A year later
the welcome of the mighty city of the
new world was brought to it's present
abode. The smallest year of free lodg-
Ing was in 1906, when over 10000
wrecks of humanity sought shelter
within the city home. The largest was
in 1899, when over $4,000 men and
women begged charity. The greatest
number ever sheltered in one night
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20

Delaware
Batonyi speaking
Roche
of
mllonaies
action
witness will greatest
matter
1 not to can me-"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
SENATORS TOSS COIN TO
DECIDE STATE PATRONAGE

w - The newest and
w most unique method of dispens.
ing federal patronage was exempli-
fled by President Roosevelt in the
White House the other day. 1t
marks departure in the usual pro-
cedure governing the selection of
presidential appointees. There is
nothing complex or intricate in the
process. 1t is merely a case of
Heads l win, tails you lose.'
There were a large number of va
cant Offices in South Dakota due to
the fact that the two senators,
Kittredge and Gamble, have been un-
able to agree upon applicants, thus
permitting the old Office holders to
retain their positions long beyond the
time to which they were appointed.
Senators Kittredge and Gamble scarce
ly have spoken to each other since
the former started in to defeat the lat
ter for reelection two years ago.
The senators met in the presidents s
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20

which had He became His
all the
life other
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wi O constantly him.
to
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The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20

advertised for new situation He got with iron but he
he
Two later
brother
interest the
Phpps later appointed to look after the Thomas
He it
Phpps
him out later, Carnegie n out
Phipps
millions
In
in the
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
GOVERNMENT COIN MAKERS
ARE WORKING OVERTIME

r HIS is the busy season in the
1 United States mint at Philadel.
phia. All the country is calling for
money!
Every bit of coin.making machinery
in the big institution is working over
time. Streams of bright new coin,
silver and golden, trickle from the big
money-stamping presses. Millions of
dollars worth of bullion is coming to
the mint from all directions for coin
age.
Secretary Cortelyou has ordered the
coinage of $60,000,000 in $40 gold
pieces within the next three months.
The mint machinery has capacity of
1000 of these coins an hour.
Meantime there is an insistent de-
mand from all over the country for
silver coin of the smaller denomina-
tfons. The mint officials have been
wholly unable to supply these calls.
Day and night coiners, assayers.
weighers and the countless other spe-
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20

An incident which shows how AZ.
cure women have made their place in
the industrial structure of the times
has lately occurred in Rhode Island
\ woman who had worked for single
great manufacturing concern for IS
years was discharged for causes which
her fellow workers, men as we'll as
women, believed to be unjust. The
whole power of the trade union. in
volving all the 5000 employees, of bott
sexes, was brought to bear, to secure
fair hearing for this one WORKING
woman.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
Curious Will Dispute.

A curious will dispute has recently
been settled by the court at Rebel, in
the department of the Ardennes,
France. Some time ago man of inde-
pendent means and somewhat eccen-
trio habits committed suicide by hang
ing. A search among his papers failed
to disclose any will until under the
bed, on piece of sheet iron, were
found the following words: ''This is
my last will and testament. I bequeath
all my property to the borough of Ar
dennes, on condition that the mayor
and borough council give G12 to the
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
CUPID WILL HAVE HARDER
TIME TYING LOVE KNOTS
Ii ERE is sad news for those who are

uERE is sad news for those who are
IL suddenly inoculated with the love
germ. It will no linger be possible
while in the midst of a cold bottle and
a hot bird to hasten with your soul
sister to some marrying parson and
ask him to tie the knot. Nor will it
do any good to dare your affinity to
accept you for better or worse, or for
her to say that she will not be dared,
unless, of course, you have the neces-
sary credentials. After next month
New York will no longer be "Gretna
Green.
Beginning on January 1 next the
business of getting married in the city
and state of New York will become
more expensive and much more COM
plicated than it is at present. The last
legislature passed an act which pro-
vides that license must be obtained
in the county of which the prospective
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20

We should cultivate daily the gar
den OF our own soul and heart, roofing
out the weeds and nettles of pnvv
malice and tyranny, leaving nothing
to bud, bloom and fruit but homo
beauty, mercy, truth, moderation and
benevolence.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
Tall EnoIishmen.

Lord Clifton, whose coming Of age
has just been celebrated at Gotham
Hall, Kent, England, is six feet seven
inches high. His father, the early of
Darnley, is six feet four inches, while
the earl, Lord Bligh, the Hon. Arthur
Bligh and the Hon. E. v. Bligh, aver
ago six feet two and one-half inches,
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
WOULD AID WORkINGMEN

Henry Phipps, the former Pittsburg steel
magnate who gave $1,000,000 for the erection of
modern tenement buildings for the poor Of New
York and who is now proposing to build city
Of Edison cement houses near New York, is the
son of poor English cobbler and started life
literally without cent His parents were un-
able to keep him at school until he had finished
his education, and he went to work at the age
of IL as errand boy for jeweler, at the modest
stipend of $1.25 a week. He was unfortunate
enough to accept a counterfeit $40 bill from a
customer. Threatened with the confiscaton of
his wages, he set out to trace the man down and
recover his money, which he did.
When his employer went out of business
Phipps borrowed 26 cents from his brother and
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20

When you enter shop state Just
what you want. For then the mer-
chant can go intelligently to work to
sell you something else. The great
law of commerce is to sell peon1e
what they don't want. What they do
want will sell itself.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20

Canada has just made us a nresent
OF another strip of Alaskan TERRITORY
which belonged to US because We
bought it from Russia In order that
there may be no bitter feelings this
time let us extend hearty thanks.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
Largest PRESBYTERIAN Schools.

Largest Presbyterian Schools.
The nine largest Presbyterian Sun
day schools are located in Philadel-
phia, Minneapolis, New York, Chicago,
Rochester, Plainfield, Buffalo, Harris
burg and Seattle; all having over 1,600
members, the first named having near
ly $500 and the next two over 1000
each. >. {. ~. H.. =@.<< .<ss.:
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
IN THE LIMELIGHT
DICTATOR OF PORTUGAL

Joao Franco, premier of Portugal is the man
OF the hour in that turbulent country, having
been appointed dictator by King Carlos l. in the
hopes that he may preserve the present dynasty
Ondeterred by riots and rumors of uprisings,
undlsmayed by reported disaffection in the army
and navy Franco, after having scraped off the
barnacles that were clogging the ship of state,
has firm hold of the helm, and with the aid of
the king proposes to put the country on sound
financial basis.
Franco is fighting giants battle against the
proud aristocrats Of the bluest of Portuguese
blood. He has saved the country millions of
francs by limiting the barnacles to one job
apiece, instead of eleven or twelve, which many
OF them used to hold in order to maintain their
estates nd ir,
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20

Surgical operations NAV he nor
formed upon Pittsburg schoolboys who
fall behind in their studies. Get husv
boys. II it Is successful in pittsburp
the practice may be a1opted e,ae-
where.
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MAY BARE SOCIETY SECRETS

and whip, who says he has brought three suits
for 100000 damages each for the alienation OF
the affections of his wife, was married to Mrs.
Francis Burke-Roche in July, 1906, much to the
astonishment of the swell set at Newport. Mr..
Batonyi says he wants $500,000 from his wife's
father, Frank Work; $500000 from Frank K
Sturgis, Mr.. Works former partner and $500000
Jointly from these two and MI. and Mrs. Peter
Cooper Hewitt, the latter being Mrs. Batonyi's
sister. Mr.. Batonyi is the son of wealthy
landed proprietor in Hungary. He quarreled
with his father and became professional whip
in New York. AS Miss Frances Work his wife
was great belle in New York society. She
married Jamos Roothhv Rnrke. Roche hrothor of
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
PRESIDENT A BUSY MAN;
CANNOT SEE ALL CALLERS

parently knows something about every
city, town and hamlet in the United
States from which there is. any posi-
bility that journeyer to Washington
may come
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
The Lords PRAYER in Esperantto.

TIC GoTuS prayer tn Esperanto.
Following is the Lords Prayer trans.
lated into Esperanto: Patro MIA, kiu
estas en- la chielo sankta estu Via
nomo; venu regheco Via; estu volo
VIA, kiel en- Ia chielo, tiel ankau sur
la tero. Panon nian chiutagan sdonu
al nj Il. hodiau; kaj pardonu al nj sshul-
dom main kiel MI ankau pardonas
al main shuldanloj; kaj ne konduku
MIN en- senton. sed liberigu min de Ia
maibon. Amen. Z==5".--ss5.s.,.....s
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20

men of the local fire brigade for
bean feast, to be held as soon as pos
sible." This extraordinary will was dis
puted by the relatives, but the local
court has decided that it is valid.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-20
RELEASED FROM PRISON

FIR Petroff, the Russian priest who has just
been released from monastic prison, to which
he was consigned to prevent him from taking
his seat as a member of the duma, is one of the
very few priests of the Orthodox church who
dare to preach to the people the gospel of
Christ The Russian church is the creature of
the state and confines itself to preaching to the
people the czars infallibility, that the voice of
the czar is the voice of God, and that to disobey
him is a heinous sin.
FIR. Petrof, in his younger days, was prime
favorite in the highest court and official circles
but when he awoke to his duty he went to preach
to the people from the sermon on the Mount
The Holy Synod promptly deprived him of his
pulpit, and suppressed the paper, Gods Truth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-13
PROBLEM FOR BRITAIN.
"The Spectators" Comment on
American-JapaneSe Relations.

london July 13-The weekly reviews comment
Rravelv or the Japanese-Arnerican situation. They
express relief that the immediate tension appears
10 have been relieved, but they foresee that It is
rot Impossible. in the less distant future,
that the same problem should confront Great
Britain that now confronts the United States
The Spectator publishes a thoughtful article
IN which Il admits with reluctance that the situa-
ton contains many elements Of anxiety, saying It
IS almost Inevitable that there should come con-
resistance the landing OF Japanese immigrants
colonists Of Australasia, Africa sand Canada are
the yellow races.
With all respect toward Japan The Spectator
Is unable 10 withhold its sympathy from the colo
nlsJs Il says circumstances have forced the
Americans 70 be the pioneers in working out the
problem but IT is impossible to foresee how soon
another series Of accidents may not bring Great
Britain face face with similar difficulties Con-
sequenty, the paper expresses the most
hope that the British government and press will do
the utmost in their power assist in the promo
ZION IN peaceful and enduring solution the
American-Japanese problem, the government by
the tactful influence Of ally and the press by
The avoidance of any comment which might prove
10 be an embarrassing precedent ia the future.
With all sympathy and admiration for Japan
csc aspirations and the japanese themselves,
must admit" the review concludes that Great
Britairs first and last duty is TO her flesh and
blood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-13
NO REPORT OF ARREST.
Army Regulations Bearing on Alleged Incl
dent at Fort Rosecrans

Washington July l2-Oficials Of the Judge advo-
cate generals bureau said today that they did not
recall any statute covering the act of an individual
who may be detected making drawings of a fort
other government building on q military res
ervation- They said however that these reserva-
lions, being under the control of the Secretary OF
War, subject such rules and regulations as
that official may promulgate, Any one who may
be reservation without the right be there IS
e trespasser, and II found doing something that
the regulations forbid is liable ejectnent Oh any
other punishment which may be provided The
punishment, however. in time Of peace IS not Sc
we're, unless, Of the committed IS such
as TO amount 10 crime. These observations were
suggested e result of the reported arrest of a
japanese al Fort Rosecrans. California, while
making drawings OF the defences there. The ar
rest IS said 10 have been made by Major Gatchell.
Of the coast artillery. but he has not reported his
action 10 the War Department.
The japanese Embassy officials gay they have no
Information regarding the arrest Of OF their
. countryrnen at Fort Rosecrans for drawing plans
Of the fort The outcome Of the incident is likely
/ro be some recommendation TO Congress making 1t
penal offence for any one TO attempt 10 sketch or
photograph forthcations IN violation Of the rules
OF the department.
The orders Of the War Department are very
strict respecting the admission OF persons TO visit
the coast and lake defences and It is provided that
neither written pictorial descriptions these
works are TO b made for publication without the
authority Of the Secretary Of War, nor is any In
formation 10 be given concerning them not con-
tanned in the printed reports and documents the
War Department. Commanding officers lake or
coast oefences are charged with the responsibility
for preventing, far practicable, visitors from
obtaining information relative 10 such defences
which would probably be communicated TO a for
eign power In the opinion Of the officials here
Major Gatchell. under whose authority the arrest
was made at Fort RosecTans. cannot IN the absence
of any statute inhict any punishment on the Of
tending japanese. He would have been justified IN
putting him on the reservation II the offender
persisted he might destroy the drawings he was
making or even smash a camera If were being
used The offender might return the next day and
60 over the same proceedings, and yet might not
be punished
Late in the day Mr.. Miyaoka. the counsellor Of
the japanese Embassy, called Acting Secretary
Adee TO ascertain whether the government had re
ceived any notice Of the reported arrest Of thu
japanese at Fort Rosecrans He told tha
neither the State nor the War Department hal
been advised.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-13

a proper compensation for his property but
as If they were representing their own private
clients For this reason it vas absolutely neces-
sary for anybody owning property which had
been condemned by the city OF state 20 have
legal representative TO see that he obtained
mere Justice alone.
As the law provides that in the condemnation
OF the site for the Ashokan reservoir the value
OF all lands taken by the city shall be appraised
by three disinterested commissioners" said Mr..
Brown II fail TO see where the city stands to
pay more than il ought 10 or why IL should oe
alarmed because property owners DO not rush
TO dispose of their land al whatever figures the
city may care To pay
Mr. Brown said that it was his belief that the
company had only two clients in condemnation
proceedings in the Croton reservoir section He
would not say that the company might not have
more in the future. He thought that the COM
pany finding the business of representing
people in condemnation proceedings not highly
proftaHe one.
Does that mean that the company may dis
continue this branch OF its business was
asked.
We'll. no: I didn't mean TO say that was tho
reply.
In reference to the opinion az Attorney Gen
eraI Jackson. on July l. in which that official
advised the State Controller to ignore the liens
Of the company on awards taken for barge canal
purposes the officials of the company seemed 70
think that the liens were for such small amounts
that the company would not seek to have them
enforced It was intimated. however, that II the
Controller should be guided by the opinion and
should continue to ignore such liens the COM
many would take the case 70 the courts and
contest the legality OF Mr. Jackson's ruling. that
| a CORPORATION is not entitled by statute TO liens
1 g. ,o-,-tcas IN condemnation proceedings.