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The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29

A ND now there is another case of
IA the Indian bureau and the army
being at outs on the proper treatment
of the Indians. Captain Carter p John
son, than whom there isn't better
officer in the service, thinks it would
be unwise to try to force the Utes to
go to work by the semi-starvation
method. The Indian bureau thinks that
the withholding of rations is the best
plan to make the Utes take up the
shovel and the hoe.
Without any attempt to go into the
merits of the present case, it may be
said that the history of the country
shows that where the army has been
left to deal with the Indian in time
of peace better results have been at
tanned than when the civilian tried
his hand at the dealing. The dead
Indian is said to be the good Indian.
The hungry Indian is always bad
Indian. If Captain Johnson gets a
chance to feed the Utes and to treat
them as he wants to treat them, it is
pretty safe assumption that he will
have them at work within week.
The army has always been called in
to take a hand in Indian troubles
when the civilians had done things
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BUREAU AND ARMY AT OUTS
OVER TREATMENT OF UTES

that made the Indian want to fight.
The army has thrashed the red out
of hand time after time, and yet the
Indian likes the soldier SO per cent.
better than he likes the civilian. After
the Sioux war of 1901 army officers
were appointed as agents in many in
stances. Captain Charles G. Penny
went from Fort Sheridan to the Pine
Ridge agency and other officers were
sent elsewhere, when Kicking Bear,
Short Bull, Spotted Elk and some Of
the other Sioux who had known what
it was to be hungry, and also, it is
true, known what it was to go on the
warpath, held a jollification dance
when the news reached them that
army officers were to look after the
issuing of their rations.
The chiefs expressed themselves as
being certain that they would get a
square deal from soldier, or what.
ever the Sioux equivalent for a square
deal is. The army officials in Wash
ington desire that Captain Johnson
be allowed to have his way with the
Utes. The president stands with the
Indian bureau in the matter. It is to be
another case probably of long-distance
regulating of matter that might bet
ter be done by the men on the spot.
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INTERESTING AUDIENCES
IN THE DIVORCE COURTS

to the audience, which has been typ
ical.
There was the fat and blonde lady,
drinking in every word of the testi-
mony, and nudging the nippety little
woman who always accompanies her
to such feasts. There was the smirk-
ing clerk, getting as near to people in
high life as he ever can, and the man
of 40 and family, who ought to be at
home. Then, too, we're the women
Of all sorts and kinds, who either had
just received their divorces or were
waiting for them and wished to see
and hear how another woman came
through the ordeal.
And the students of sociology
which most of them couldn't spell, let
alone define fingered with bated
breath and parted lips on every word
they shouldn't hear. The supreme
court these days presents scene
which rivals every problem that ever
flaunted it's strained relations across
the footlights. Always a picturesque
scene, always different, but always the
same old picture.
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BLAME FOR BROWNSVILLE
AFFAIR FINALLY PLACED

r HE blame for the shooting in
Brownsville, Tex, last year,
which resulted in the killing of one
man, the manning of another, the dis
missal from the army without honor"
of whole battalion of colored SOL
diers, and the institution of one of the
warmest political fights in recent his
tory, has been definitely placed upon
Company B, of the Twenty-fifth in
fantry, according to the annual report
Of Brig Gen. William Crozier, chief Of
ordnance of the army.
His conclusions, he says, were
reached after most careful and tech
nical investigation, the object of which
was to identify the rifles from which
the bullets and cartridge cases, re-
ceived in evidence, had been fred.
with this end in view," he con-
tinued, ID trial was made at Spring
field armory to determine the possi-
b1llty of ascertaining from a micro.
scopical examination of the gun marks
on fired cartridge case the rifle from
which it had been fired. The trial de-
veloped the fact that such identifica-
tion was possible by virtue of the
characteristic marking on the various
external surfaces of the cartridge case
produced by the similar complement
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29

Not long ago, the Youths Com.
panion, in an article on English
historical pageants, made the sugges-
tion that something of similar kind
might we'll form a part of anniversary
celebrations in this country. Since
then something of the sort has taken
place. The observance of "Ohio day"
by the town of Rutland, Mass, was
made intensely interesting, and also
historically valuable, by a pageant in
which men, women and children were
dressed as were the pioneers of Gen.
Rufus Putnam's band, and drawn by
slow-moving oxen hitched to "prairie
schooners." More lately still the ap-
proval by Lord Tennyson of q pageant
with scenes taken from his fathers
poems, as celebration of the hun
dredth anniversary of the poets birth,
has led to the suggestion on this side
Of the water that the coming Whittier
centenary be marked by a pageant OF
scenes from the Quaker poets verse,
The simplicity and historic character
of much of Whittier's poetry would
make this easy.
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Cultivate the lmaoination.


He who can read easily and under
standingly possesses the key to all hu-
man knowledge. II he reads with i'm
agination alert, his mind will be
progressive. He will become more
and more self-reliant, and will become
self-conf1dent as he realizes the
strength of his imaginative powers.
He will each day become more valu-
able to himself and to his employer,
because he is alert and receptive, and
because imagination will permeate all
his ideals, his thoughts and his activ-
tiles. The man with imagination Is
equal to all emergencies, for when one
way of accomplishing a desired re-
suit proves inefficient, he will think
OF another, says the New York World.
The imaginative gift broadens the out
look and creates resourcefulness To
the artist, the student, and the philos-
opher, the development of the imag-
NATIVE faculty is of the greatest value,
but to the worker in the business or
mechanical world it's value Is little
less. The man who has imaginative
strength never can be downed, for
when one of his schemes has failed,
he always has another ready, and will
persist until he achieves success.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29
The Back Yard.

Paris is a city noted everywhere for
beauty, not merely of architecture, but
of nature, and the art which good
taste is able to evolve from nature.
Particularly is it known for the beau
ty of its trees and flowers and parks.
The chief gardener Of the city of Paris
has been spending two months vaca-
tion in the United States, studying
American methods in developing city
parks and gardens. He found much
to praise, but had nothing but con-
demnation for the American city back
yard. In New York, particularly, he
found the back yards incredibly ugly
and neglected-no grass, no trees, no
vines, no flowers. The criticism would
hold good of almost any American
city, but the matter is one which
young landscape architects are be-
ginning seriously to consider. One
such In Boston, says the Youths
Companion, is making special study
OF the problem of converting a few
square yards of brick pavement into a
little secluded bower of greenery,
where the family can have a restful
hour or a pleasant meal, in surround
ings far more attractive than the aver
age roof-garden affords. Manufacture
ers interested in this young mans
work have produced special pieces of
garden furniture, of cement and terra
Gotta. A New Yorker has recently
told, in print, of the curiosity he felt
at the wording of an advertisement of
some apartments to rent One of the
attractions mentioned was the outlook
on real trees and back yards which
were gardens. Later conversation
with the agent disclosed the fact that
the modest attempt at beauty which
the windows commanded was a real
asset. 1t raised the rentable value of
the property.
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builders have started during the same
period less than 200 houses. They will
house less than 10000 families. 1t is
estimated that the Manhattan flats be-
gun during the first nine months of
the year will not house more than 35,-
900 persons.
But the reduced construction more
than supplies the population needs of
Manhattan. There are more vacant
flats in old centers than have been
seen in nearly decade.
Flat owners in many parts of Har-
lem, on Washington Heights and in
the Bronx are offering free rents to
attract tenants. At the same time the
increased demand in Brooklyn, in spite
of it's huge current construction of
fats, is Offering basis for higher
rentals. Few families who move into
Brooklyn flats can get so much as a
months rent free, even when they pay
a higher rental than has prevailed in
the same neighbOrhood.
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tary markings in the chamber and on
the breech mechanism of the rife.
"Thereupon all the cartridge cases
received in evidence and all of the
rifles which had been at Brownsville
In the hands of troops at such times
as would render it possible for the
cartridge cases to have been fired
from them were sent to the Spring
field armory for examination. AS a
result, it was found that of the 80
cartridge cases in question IL had
been fired from the same rifle, eight
from another rifle, II from another
rifle and three from fourth rifle, the
remaining six having insufficient gun
marks to classify them.
"The markings on the cartridge case
of each group were then compared
with the markings produced by all Of
the aforementioned rifles, through
the medium of auxiliary cartridges
fired at Springfield in each of the
dif1es. In this way it was found that
the cartridge cases comprising groups
one, two and three had been fired in
rifles belonging to Company B, Twen.
ty-tifth infantry, and that cartridge
cases of group four had probably also
been fired from another of the rifles
In the same company"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29

r HE annual divorce mill has begun
L to grind, and in three parts of the
supreme court daily unhappy couples
are being freed of their shackles at a
rate that would surprise folks not &C.
quainted with the rapidity with which
New York judges can do this sort of
business. On day when the calendar
Is filled with uncontested cases some
times 60 or 70 will be decided.
But it is not the uncontested cases
that draw the audiences which makes
this sort of court so picturesque. It is
the cases in which one side fights the
other to avoid the granting of de.
cree. Such case has been going on
recently, and as the parties interested
have been prominent socially the room
was crowded at every session This
case had all the interesting surround
ings-the beautiful wife accused by
her husband, the tales of high jinks,"
the handsome correspondent, the angry
mother, the savage husband-all have
figured. But the characters them
selves were Of little interest to the
student of human nature compared
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29
ROOSEVELT REFUSES URN
CONTAINING CATS ASHES
d UBLIC Administrator William M.

p UBL1C Administrator William M.
Hoes has disposed of the entire
legacy left by the late Mrs. Lulu B.
Glover, excepting the ashes of a cre-
mated kitten. He has failed to get
rid of this interesting relic. President
Roosevelt, to whom Mrs. Glover, who
committed suicide in her apartments
on Lexington avenue last December,
left her estate, has firmly refused to
add the funeral urn which contains the
ashes to the feline pet to his stock of
curiosities.
Although it is not within the prov
1nce of the public administrator to
deal with the estates of those who
have made wills, Mr.. Hoes, at the re-
quest of the president, took: charge Of
the property left by Mrs. Glover. He
said that he had found the estate
was valued at more than $4,000. and
that President Roosevelt had notified
him that he would give the money to
charitable institution.
But the urn which contains the
ashes OF one of the many cats of which
Mrs. Glover was fond is too much like
white elephant to appeal to the presi-
dent. He notified Mr.. Hoes that he
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29

G OMEBODY with head for figures,
- who has been trying by statistics
to account for race suicide" has
computed that it costs $4,000 to bring
up child. Many people will consid-
or that an over-estimate when the
average child is under consideration,
but few will deny that children are
expensive luxuries.
Now comes the North American
Parents Benevolent Association" with
a plan whereby children are to be
less expensive. On the front of the
neat little pink circular which the
association issues is the legend: Join
the North American Parents Benevo.
lent association and reap its benefits,
which are as certain as DEATH,
Mrs. Bernard s. Austrian is presi.
dent of the new society, which pur.
poses to give to every baby born to a
member $500 in gold. Twins and trip.
let's are considered as one child. Mrs.
Austrian has no children, but she SAYS
she has seen enough of the misery
OF others to help those who have
babies under adverse conditions.
Charles E. George, founder and vice
president of the association, says that
there is an alarming increase in race
suicide statistics: According to his
figures, marriage in this country
shows the appallingly small birth rate
of about 26 per cent. -
The initiation fee to the society ts
five dollars, with one dollar per month
dues for the first year. This amount
increases with time. but is never ex
pected to go beyond three dollars
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-
aRE8iAEg REii;E Na

attention to particular brand OF
soft" drink. He will begin by drink.
ing three glasses of his assigned bev.
erage daily The dose will be in
creased gradually. If he shows no
symptoms of having acquired the drug
habit, that particular brand will be re-
garded as harmless, and DR.. Wiley will
cross it off his list of suspects. His
experiment will have fallen short Of
success. But if the volunteer begins to
take on the pallor of the drug f1end and
shows an increased craving for the
drink, DR.. Wiley will have been vim
dicated. The beverage will be ta-
booed throughout the country, and
the young dope fiend" will be dis
patched to a sanitarium to take the
cure. In the progress of the expert.
ments DR.. Wiley will test each men,
ber of the squad many times a day
with wonderful instruments having
long names ending in "graph," and
the end of it all for the brave dozen is
either failure or the dope college,"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29
C0THAMP0PULACE MOVING
OUT INTO THE SUBURBS

M w YORK.-New Y0rk's popula-
~ ton supremacy is moving fast
into the suburbs. Manhattan builders
are providing new homes for $4,000
persons this year, although their out
put in recent years has been more
than twice that volume.
Renting agents in middle-class dis
tricts say that there is a tremendous
movement of fiat dwellers away from
Manhattan. A large part of the fami-
lies are moving to new houses in
Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey on
the lines of the underriver tunnels
which are to be opened this year.
Brooklyn is getting by far the largest
share because transit facilities there
now are fairly good.
In all the new rapid transit suburbs
fiat builders have begun work on 5000
houses during the first three.quarters
of the year. They will contain homes
for over 10000 families. Manhattan
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WILEY TO TEST DRINKS
SOLD AT SODA FOUNTAINS

WAsH1NGTON.-By the authority
W vested in him by the government
of the United States, DR.. H. w. Wiley,
chief chemist of the department of ag-
riculture, will attempt to turn twelve
young men of good habits into dope"
f1ends.
If he is successful the once immac-
ulate twelve will be forced to go to
a dope" sanitarium at the expense
of the government. II he fails he will
acknowledge that his experiments
have been futile.
For long time DR.. Wiley has been
looking with suspicion upon a num-
Der OF drinks that are sold over the
marble slabs of soda fountains. He
has suspected and still suspects that
many of them contain large amount
of what is commonly known as dope" ="
He has called for volunteers and IL
employees of the department have
stepped forward. The experiments are
to begin at once.
Each young man will devote his
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29
THREE CABINET MEMBERS
LIKELY TO RETIRE SOON
will take place within comparatively
few months.
Demands Of To-Day.

The demand for all kinds of re-
Elective writing is now very small, and
the vehicles for such writing are di-
minishing in number The paying pub
lie of to-day wants to be told how to
do things, where to 60, what to read,
how to dress and behave, and how to
keep string in a string box; in short,
how to do the things which their par
ents did every day of their lives by
common sense and mother wit. At
present it is Indifferent to essays and
poetry and every kind of pure litera.
ture.-London T. P.'s Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29

Santos-Dumont again comes to the
front in attempts to solve the problem
of aerial navigation. He has a
machine which he calls the HYDRO
plane, by which he is confident he can
make successful flights, and he has
put up a wager to that effect. That
may show the inventors confidence.
But the man who can mount in the
air and fly at will, in any direction and
for as long a time and distance an ha
may choose, will not be Obliged to
make bets to convince the public
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29
Charcoal as Poison Antidote.

Japanese physicians declare it il
impossible for internal poisoning to
occur if powdered charcoal be swal.
lowed as soon as the gastro-intestinal
disturbance is felt. French physicians
have tested the power of charcoal and
proved that it is the most active of
all known antidotes. The charcoal
must be taken as soon as the poison
begins to show its effects, and the
no way injurious, and as much as a
soupspoonful may be taken in divided
doses mixed with water.
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nation of zig-zag lines on the repro
duced picture at the receiving station,
which are easily corrected by retouch-
ing. Alterations in current intensity
by ringing on or ringing of, as we'll as
during conversations over adjoining
wires, are without effect. It is further
shown that the wire employed for
Photographic reproduction can stimuli
taneously be utilized for telephone
conversation.-Consular Reports.
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Prof. korn's Latest Experiments.

Much attention is now paid in Ger
many to the remarkable measure of
success which has attended the in
stallation of Prof. Korn's invention
for the transmission by wire of pho
tographic reproductions over long
distances. His latest experiments
show that nearly as satisfactory re-
suits are secured by making use of
ordinary telephone wires as on lines
specially constructed for the purpose.
The only difficulty encountered on
telephone wires results from calls on
adjoining wires. These cause the for
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29

President Allen of Aurora college
may demonstrate that a diet of nea.
nuts is wholesome and nutritious, but
this will not disprove the generally
accepted proposition that no grade of
peanuts fit to eat is ever used by con.
fectioners in making their peanut
candy.
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Women and Education.

"0USU dUO GUOCdI1ON.
Mrs. Helen Grenfell, former state
superintendent of Colorado schools,
IN a statement declares: Half mil
lion Of Americas children are litter
ate, and 100000 are earning their
living. We cannot boast of opportuni-
ties while we have to admit such a
d1sgrace. 1lliteracy is greatest
where women have the least power.
and grows less where they vote.
Women's ideals are not for high
flights in education. To them it is
most important that child learn to
read and write"
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of
scientific Subjects Modern
He fair imitation London
murac
the filled
mois
lightning
the first Sir Oliver
in
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son of for Canada 1906
minister of the
between and
Japanese month
British Columbia flooded Hawaii
him with tn of The
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1t must make the spirit of Cyrus
Field sore to think that he wasted
all that time and energy on the At-
lanttc cable, when he could lust a.
we'll have telegraphed across the
ocean without wires.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29

Prunes are cause of badness, ac.
cording to French doctor. but straw,
berries cause rheumatism. accord.
ing to another doctor, so there Won
are!
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29

> Chicago women do not favor tho
idea OF getting up stork contesta
there. Such scheme might d.
vert them from the great work of 40.
uring out what they are going to
wear.
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Familiar with IL.

Guest-Waiter! Take this bread
away. There is margarine on it.
Waiter-Are you sure, sir? -.
Guest-Of course. I've had plenty
to do with margarine in my time.
Waterloo you make it, them,
Guest-No; own a butter factory.
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NEW SOCIETY TO OFFER
BONUS FOR EACH BABY

Then there is an annual assessment
Of two dollars.
Mr.. George says his field of work is
promising one, as he has figured out
tnat there are between 100000 and
15'O00,00O married couples in the
country
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29

manufacturing in New South Wales.
Manufacturing is increasing In New
south Wales. Figures for 1906 show
increases Of 128 factories and $3.50
workers. The increase Is most marked
N the building trades. in metal works
and In establishments using raw ma
terial. - ~ ~, - I -.
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LEADING BRITISH PHYSICIST

Sir Oliver Lodge, who discovered method of
dispelling fog by means of an electric current,
is authority for the statement that science has
proved the immortality of the soul, but he repudi
ated the theological dogma of the resurrection of
the body. Nothing that ever really existed can
perish, he says, but merely changes it's form.
Therefore mind, consciousness, memory, love and
all the other manifold activities can never vanish
into nothingness.
Sir Oliver is one of the leading English physi-
csts. He is the principal of the University of
Birmingham, and holds honorary degrees from
nearly all of the great British universities for his
educational works, of which he has published
dozen more. One of these, "Signalling With.
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Learning Ever New. e
Learning is ever In the freshness OF
its youth, even for the old. -.
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ON DELICATE MISSION

Hon. Rodophe Lemeux, who has gone to ia
pan to insist upon the limitation of Japanese i'm
migration into Canada, has had most rapid rise
in political life. In the early COS he was news
paper reporter with a seat in the press gallery
at Quebec preferring that to the practice of law
A fluent and convincing speaker, he was in much
demand at political meetings. In 1896, when the
Liberals determined to redeem" the county of
Gaspe, he was nominated forlorn hope. He
made whirlwind campaign and, to the surprise
Of the party leaders, was elected by substantial
majority.
Several years later he was appointed professor
of the law in Laval university, and has since been
selected to represent Canada before the privy
council in ENGLAND He was advanced to the no
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