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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
How the Herd Was Stopped.

AprOpos the recent purchase by the
Canadian government of one of the
few surviving herds of buffalo in the
United States, there is on record at
the war department, Washington, a
document bearing witness to how
plentiful these animals were within
the memory of many men now living.
It is the "return"%of several rounds
of cannon ammunition expended in
Kansas in 1867 to divert the course
of a great herd of buffalo that was;
bearing down toward a camp of SOL
diers that threatened to overwhelm it.
At least one officer is alive who saw:
these shots fired, and he describes the
herd as literally reaching as far as the:
eye could see. It was long time in
passing the camp, whose occupants
watched it in silence, awed by the,
spectacle. Gen. Philip st. George:
Cooke, who died but a few years ago;
at a. very advanced age. once halted:
a, regiment of cavalry on the plains
to; permit a great herd of antelope to
pass, and he was not a man easily,
halted when on duty. His humanity
impelled him to withhold the regiment
from mangling and manning the ante.
lope, which were allowed the right Of
way. Il #
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
THEATRE FOR UPLIFT' OF
AMERICAN DRAMAPLANNED

A RT circles are interested in the an
"A nouncement of the plans of the
building of the New theater, which is
to be erected as school and theater
for the development and production of
the American drama, and which is to
cost $1,700,00O.
Those interested in the stimulation
Of dramatic art in this country have
endowed the New theater. The plans.
which have just been filed, show that
theater and school will occupy the
block on Central Park West, between
Sixty-second and Sixty-third streets.
The theater will have a great colon
made front facing Central park. There
will be five entrances opening upou a
vestibule, with two grand staircases
leading to second-story foyer, as in
the Continental opera house.
The structure will be of light-colored
decorative stone of Italian renaissance
design and will be seven stories high
in its main part, with an history ex.
tension in the rear. There will be two
galleries in addition to the parouet
and, exclusive of the boxes, the andi-
torium will have seating capacity of
$500.
The theater is to be supplemented
by a special dramatic and musical
school, with it's separate concert hall
and stage, and dozen schoolr ooms.
A palm garden will occupy the roof
over the auditorium.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
Old Sweet Springs.

In the mountains of West Virginia
which are not as we'll known to the
country at large as they deserve to
be, are many lovely spots, that are
summer resorts as we'll as beautiful
resting places in spring and fall. Old
Sweet Springs is such place. 1t is
far above the sea level, and there has
been a hotel there ever since 1892.
George and Martha Washington spent
the summer of 1897 there, and there
Jerome Bonaparte met Elizabeth Pat
terson. There, too, is still standing
the Lewis cottage" said to have been
the first house erected west of the
Alleghenies. There is golf course
at Old Sweet Springs, which is said
to be very fine; anyway, there is a
mint patch by the brook. The springs
themselves are believed to cure nearly
everything, including dandruff! With
out vouching for this latter fact,
doubtless if you play golf every day
without hat they will help.-Travel
Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
GOVERNMENT TO SUPPRESS
TRAFFIC in GIRL SLAVES

4 SYSTEMATIC effort is tc be
"A made by the bureau of immigra-
ton tosput an end to what is popularity
known as ''the white slave traffic."
which, it is asserted, has been con-
Quoted, especially in cities on the
Atlantic seaboard, for long time.
On recommendation of Robert
Watchorn, immigration commissioner
at Ellis Island, New York, Miss Helen
NJ. Bulls has been appointed an i'm.
migration inspector for the particular
purpose of developing information re-
garding this traffic. Miss Bulls re.
sently has been connected with the
Travellers Aid Society, and has done
much work along philanthropic and
sociological lines.
Commissioner Watchorn says that
despite the scrutiny with which i'm
migrants are examined as to their
right to enter the United States many
women of non-English speaking races
are being imported for immoral pur-
poses The method by which this is
accomplished is so we'll devised that
the victims of the importers nearly
always avoid detection by reason of
the thorough coaching they receive
prior to their embarkation for this
country.
Mr. Watchorn suggests. that Miss
Bulls is in position to furnish the
department conclusive proof of the
existence of the traffic. This would
enable the immigration officials not
only to deport those who have been
brought unlawfully into the country,
but also to punish those who are ra
sponsible for this sort of immigra-
ton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
What !. Going On in New York
City Told in Interesting Manner

good fellow, laughed and said, All
right, but you might leave the napkin
behind" He left the restaurant won
dering what could have become of his
money, as he was certain that he had
some change in his clothes when he
left the office. Mentally he went back
over his course and remembered that
he had stopped at a stationery store to
buy some stamps. He sought out the
place and asked the clerk if he had
left and change behind when he had
purchased the stamps. EYES," said the
clerk, you left whole bunch of it
here. We tried to call you back, but
you rushed out before we could reach
YOU" He handed over the change to
the broker, who thanked him and
started out. Don't you want to take
the stamps?" called the clerk. It
therefore developed that not only had
ne gone out without his change but
without the stamps he had paid for.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
The Wrecked Friuate's Bell,

Probably very few people are aware
that an old ships bell which for many
years has lain under the sea is sus-
pended in the underwriting room at
Lloyd's and is used to Announce" the
arrival or other news received in re-
spect to overdue ships. This is the
bell of the frigate Lutine, wrecked
long ago off the Dutch coast. After
being under the water for years the
bell was saved and now, strangely
enough, is employed to inform under
writer's that something has been heard
of one of those ships which by their
protracted passages are causing un-
easiness. Not every ship that is on the
overdue market is announced in this
manner 1t is only when an under
writer has expressed to the committee
his desire for immediate information
In respect to this or that overdue YES
sci that the note of the old black bell
rings through the rooms At the pres
ent time, says the Scotsman, there are
IL ships down on the list for announce
ment by the Lutine bell, but some of
these are so hopelessly overdue that
it is practically certain nothing fur
Their will be heard of them. The big
steel bark Alsternixe, for instance,
heads the list She was formerly the
British ship Lord Templemore and
was built at Belfast in 1892. This ship
has not been heard of since last No.
vember, when she sailed from Callao
for Australia
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
FORESTRY BUREAU RULES
OVER MILLIONS OF ACRES

WASHINGTON.-The Forestry Blu
w reau, which now administers
more acres of land than any other
institution in the world and is the
landlord branch of the Federal Gov
eminent, has just compiled it's report
covering statistics of grazing on the
public lands of the great West The
figures will give some idea of the scale
on which UNCLE Sam has gone into the
land business, and are very comfort
ing because of their very size, for if
the existing policy is unmolested the
vast areas of forest and mountain now
embraced in reserves will for all time
be administered in the interest of the
entire people.
There are now more than 156, 00O,-
900 acres of land in the national for
ests Grazing is permitted, but under
strict regulations, made in order that
the grass may not be destroyed by
overlooking. This, by the way, is
what has caused most of the friction
in the West. Owners of f1ocks and
herds in that section of the country
for years have been accustomed to
grazing without restrictions of any
kind. Many of them in time came to
look upon the public domain as their
very own, in an important sense, and
they were quick to- resent any effort
on the part of the government to con-
serve either forest or grazing land.
But this friction is rapidly disappear
ing, as the western people see that
without such conservation the range
and forest in time will be destroyed.
A glance at the regulations govern
ing grazing on the government forests
will give the reader very good idea
of the government forest policy and
how it is being administered. Stock
men who desire to make use of the
range apply for permits stating the
kind of stock they have, the quantity
of it and the location of the range they
want. The forest officers then proceed
to make allotments, apportioning the
available pasture among the appli-
cants on as equitable basis as prac-
ticable.
Sometimes stockmen who live near
forests or have stock near them allow
that stock to drift across lines. If this
is done carelessly or wilfully it is con-
sidered trespass and the offender is
subject to fine and may also be sued
for damages The number of tres
pass cases last year was 1873, of which
1853 were settled out of court. The
sum collected for these trespasses az
gregated $3.50. These trespass cases
have been another source of friction
between the government and the
grazers. 1t is difficult for the west
to realize that, the country now being
thickly populated, it is no longer pos
sible to maintain the old time free
range without destroying that range.
The entire system of permits and fees
is for the purpose of enabling the
government to know that the range
within the reserves is not being over
fed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
MORE MONEY NEEDED TO
FINISH BRANCH LIBRARIES

nj EW YORk.-NeW York hndS the
~ magnificent gift of $5,200,000 made
oy Andrew Carnegie to build IS branch
libraries in this city is far from being
enough. At the time the gift was made
IN 1901, it was supposed that number
OF branches would be ample to pro-
vide the reading public for many
years. Only thirty-nine of these
branches have been completed and the
commission in charge of the work is
already considering the ACCESSIBILITY
or proposal for the erection of TWEEN
ty-two more, making the total number
OF branches 100 instead of IS.
The figures give some idea of the
growth of the great metropolis in the
past six years. By the end of next
year So of the new Carnegie branch
buildings will be ready for use About
the same time the funds provided by
Mr.. Carnegie will be nearing exhaus-
ton. The sum of $5,200,000 was given
by Mr.. Carnegie after the library trus-
tees had figured what would be need
ed to equip every section of New York
with a branch library. But the ad-
vance in building materials has put
the figures of the estimate completely
to the bad. Certain it is that the sum
will come far short of finishing the
u buildings first proposed and accord
Ing to the revised estimates twenty
two more will be needed.
Where the money is to come from
has not yet been determined, but New
York feels certain Mr.. Carnegie will
not allow the work to lag for want of
funds. The additional TWENTY-FIVE
buildings proposed will not be needed
Tor some years yet and in the mean
, time the completion of the first IS
will be pushed forward and those re-
naming to be located and erected will
be placed where they will accommodate
the largest percentage of the popula-
ton. A year from now the building
commission expects to be able to
furnish Mr.. Carnegie with complete
report, showing just what has been
done and what is to be done. The
great philanthropist is expected to
take the hint and the commission feels
little doubt that few more millions
will be made available Immediately if
they are needed.
The libraries Of New York this year
will cost the municipality over $780,
600 for maintenance and when all of
the 70 branches originally proposed
are completed the annual appropria.
ton Is expected to run at least $780,
900. But New York is cheerful over
the prospect. There can be no better
Investment, the Gothamites think. The
city has already spent about So, 400, 900
for sites and books for the Carnegie
branches and every citizen of New
York is satisfied. The expense to the
city for the remaining sites and fur
nishings of the buildings yet to be
erected will probably run a couple of
millions. But New Workers take
kindly to the libraries and their influ-
ence for good in the neighborhoods
where there are located is immense.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
The Enterprise.
w. E. HANNAFORD, Pub.
VIRGIN A, MINNESOTA
Sleep as Much as You Can.

sleep as MuCn as you Gan.
"How much sleep shall take in the
"a hours?' This can be answered un-
hesitatingly in five words, LAS much
as you can" Here no competent au-
thority would question the absolute
safety Of instinct as guide. AS the
period Of sleep represents the time
necessary to restore the oxygen bal
ance of the tissues, to recharge the
battery, then obviously it must last
until that process has been completed,
as attested by the familiar sense Of
'restedness" and refreshment. go to
sleep when you're tired, get up when
you wake feeling rested" contains the
philosophy of the whole problem. AS
a matter of fact, the average amount
of sleep taken by most individuals is
in the neighborhood of nine hours.
The proverbs are, as usual, at sea.
and have about the usual amount Of
influence over actual practice. Seven
hours for man, eight for woman,
and nine for FOOL" has been their
dictum for centuries, but the average
human being cheerfully plunks himself
into the fool" class, much to his bene-
fit. l believe, writes Woods Hutchin-
son in American Magazine, that the
usual eight-hour average laid down in
the text books errs on the side Of
brevity, and the majority of men in
active work take more than this or
else suffer for it, The average labor
ing man goes to bed at between $3.50
and $50, or if he does not, often falls
asleep in his chair about 7:30 or eight
and sleeps until six The average
business or professional man goes to
bed about ten and rises about seven,
each class getting on an average nine
and ten hours, respectively.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
NEWSPAPERS FAST EATING
UP OUR SPRUCE FORESTS

r HE rapidity with which the news
L paper is eating up the American
spruce forests has caused some alarm
among officials of the government,
who have been looking into the thing.
The conversion of spruce timber into
paper is going on at the rate of 1866
900 feet for every working day in the
year. And most of this timber is cut
in the United States, although few
wood pulp logs are imported from
Canada
During 1905 the newspaper demand
alone consumed 100000 tons of manu-
featured white paper. This was one
third of the output of all the paper
mills in the country. To make it re-
quired an army of $4,000 men, who
drew 100000 in wages The mills
used raw material amounting to 1,3OO,-
600 cords, representing the cut of
about 100000 acres.
The present tariff on lumber causes
this enormous drain to fall almost en-.
tirely upon the forests of the United
States. 1t has been suggested that
it would be wise political and eco
nomic move to remove this lumber
duty, and let the paper mills begin to
eat into the almost limitless forests of
Canada.
Incidentally the price of paper
would drop some, and the paper trust
would not have quite the monopoly on
affairs which it has to-day.
Increased size of newspapers and
magazines is laid by government ex-
perts to the Introduction of the type
setting machine. In 1890 newspapers
and periodicals averaged ST. pages
each, on basis of weight, and in
1900 sc pages; 1905 they came to s.5
pages.
During the Is years from 1880 to
1905 the number of newspapers and
periodicals of all classes in the United
States practically doubled. During
that time 10000 publications were
added. During the last decade the
number of morning newspapers in.
creased IL. per cent, while the mum.
Der of evening newspapers Increased
11.S per cent.
During the last 20 years the evening
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18

While
when he left the of the university
a
its
He
with
bottom then bill for
From this
Success him
with the district attorney
The agitation
in country has madeh i'm figure
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18

In spite of the endowments of the
Church OF England, more than 5000
benefices have less than 81 900 a wear
and OF these 1,139 have under $500. In
order to assist the incumbents in
these nvings, the Queen Victoria c1er.
gy fund was started, and, as Lord
Cross showed at its tenth anniversary
a few days ago, it has done sometime
though of late the total has dwind1ed
to giving living wage to the noorer
clergy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
MENTAL STRAIN CAUSE OF
SOME ECCENTRIC DOINCS

u ROCKERS and bankers of Wall
- street do some eccentric things
sometimes when laboring under a men,
TAI strain as the result of the market
several bankers and brokers were
swapping change at a prominent ho-
tel the other night, and a story was
told OF wealthy speculator of Wall
street who is VIGOROUSLY stingy. When
ne smokes, which is seldom, he re-
strlcts himself to black five-cent ci-
gar. During a recent slump in the
market this inancier walked into the
Astor house cigar store, pulled hand
1ul OF 5O-cent cigars from a box lying
on the counter, twisted them into
pieces and threw them on the floor.
When the. cigar dealer stated that the
charge would be $3.50 he stood aghast
with horror and denied all knowledge
OF the AFFAIR." It was with difiicnlty
that he was convinced he had crushed
nve high-priced Havanas for his lapse
into absent mindedness.
,. "A New York broker in the party re-
lated how he was sitting in his Office
on Broad street watching the prices
tumble when he suddenly became
seized with the desire to get out on
the street and as far away from it as
possible. Without his coat or hat he
rushed from. the building with his
waistcoat unbuttoned, leaped into an
electric cab and shouted to the chauf-
feur to move on. It was not until he
became conscious of the curious stares
Of passersby in the roadway that he
realized the attire in which he was
splitting Broadway wide open was
scarcely presentable on the open street
at midday.
Then it was told of a Wall street
broker who went into a restaurant, ate
ahurried meal and walked up to the
cashiers counter to pay his check. He
went through His pockets one BY one, /
but to his establishment failed to find
any money. He was forced to tell the
cashier who 5wassa stranger, that the
price Of the meal would have to be
charged to him. The cashier, who was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
False EveIashes.

To the beauty specialists stock-in-
trade notable addition has just been
made-false eyelashes. Mr.. Nestle,
the patentee. informed Daily Mail
representative that ladies were eager
~ purchasing them.
The following is a sample letter
picked up at random: "Please send
me on another half dozen eyelashes. I
find it impossible now to 60 motoring
without them, Hundreds OF ladies
regularly call to have their eyelashes
renewed.
After the preliminary fixture the
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the
stances
The country lynchings
country Durbin OF
politician
rather
completely
bride
seek vengeance Taylor than anything
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
Still Owed for Them.

A couple of men were chatting in a
club smoking room about a friend and
his motor. He seems to be very well
satisfied with it," remarked one.
'Oh, yes. Hasn't paid a copper in
repairs all the nine months he's had
it, he tells me-
HIN. I heard the same story from
the fellow who's done all the repair"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18

Maine snowshoes are the ones that
will make the tracks to the North
Pole, if Peary ever finds II s;x+v
pairs have just been sent from the Nor.
way factory to his island in casco
bay, where they will remain till ha
starts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18

Word comes from Amsterdam IN tho
annual report Of Frank D. Hill, consul
at that Dutch port, that in a great d,a.
mond cutting factory three women ara
Entrusted with the most delicate and
Aiacult part Of the processes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18

Count Boni de Castellane's persever.
ance in his attempts to effect a recon.
Citation with his wife and her family
is OF about the same caliber as that If
a bill collector-and it is pretty like1v
that the motive inspiring it is the
same-Want of ready cash.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18

eyelashes will remain in position for
month. At the end of that time they
require little attention. If they be-
come loose the secret of refixing Is
to curl them with tongs slightly
warmed, and touch them with spe
cial f1ufd.--Boston Daily, MAIL. a..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
WON OVER STANDARD OIL

Edwin w. Sims, district attorney of Chicago,
who prosecuted the Standard Oil company in the
suits which resulted in Judge K M. Lands fining
the company $29000000 for violations of the inter-
state commerce laws, spent his boyhood in Bay
City, Mich, only going to Chicago where he has
been so successful, after mis- graduation from the
University of Michigan in 1894
Mr.. Sims is the son of the Rev. Walter Sims
and was born in Canada, where his father had
charge. When Edwin was five years old they
moved to Detroit, going later to West Bay City,
where Rev. Sims founded the West Side academy.
Here it that young Sims received his education
from his fathers hands, and also in the public
schools
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18

Men Will learn after while that
ocean steamships are net front gates
to parental mansions One man went
on board a liner to say good.by to the
girl and ne is there yet with the shin
in midocean.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18
Old story.

What do you think? George kiss
ed me last night. $3.50 ;s". ~ -
"How awful! What made him do It?
Il told him positively refused to
ever let a man do such a thing
Milwaukee Seminal. ::
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18

newspapers have increased more rap
idly than morning newspapers. A
hundred years ago there were 359
newspapers in the United States, hav-
ing an aggregate circulation Of 22,-
321,70 copies per annum.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-10-18

SCHOOL, II established
located the
marked
Arctic regions latitude
and reaching latitude 80
which
with the single exception Count Zeppen It feet
51 feet diameter
for $50 hours
70 horsepower and weighs 900
be taken, for ten months