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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

4 DARK.EYED senorita, whose
IA Spanish extraction gave her a
beauty and charm that has set many
masculine hearts .afire, <is said to be
one of the principal causes of the
divorce action brought by Mrs. Alfred
Vanderbilt against her husband.
The alleged purchase of a $11,O0O au-
tomobtle with the Vanderbilt money
for this same senorita some time ago
Is the basis Of this little bit of gossip
Mrs. Vanderbilt's friends say that
the separation has been considered
for long time. When one Of his
stable. managers. Harrys.s Brepchley :,
eloped to Europe tassshortsssti 10
with Mrs. Alfred 8. Dieterich, Mr.. Van
derbilt's name was openly mentioned
in connection, with the beautiful senor-
tia. This young woman was reported
to have ordered, in Mr.. Vanderbilt's
name, an $1,000 automobile. After
much negotiation the automobile firm
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

THERE will be no more mixing of
1 cheap, inferior or old seeds in the
packages which will be sold by deal
ers after Representative Mann's bill
becomes a law. The measure is to
prevent the misbranding and adultera-
ton Of seeds, and 1t has been favor
ably acted upon by the house com:
mittee on interstate and foreign COM
merce. The prospects for the passage
of the bill are good.
Some interesting statements are
made in the report on the bill, which
has been presented to the house. It
asserts that the frightful extent to
which the adulteration of seeds has
grown in our country Ia 4 menace to
the interests of the farmer, gardener,
horticultural and honest scotsman.
The United States has become the
dumping ground for the poor seed Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

IN New York several persons in So
/ ciety have theaters in their own
homes or in buildings which adjoin.
The performances which are occas-
ionally given in them are seldom
noted in the newspapers.
They are as distinctly private as
would be a musical recital given by
the hostess herself. And this despite
the fact that professionals are fire.
quently engaged to furnish the enter
tainment
One of the most elaborate Of these
private playhouses is that belonging
to Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt The build
ing was a stable before it was de.
cided to turn it into theater. The in
terror was torn out and the ceilings
and walls were redecorated after the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

w ASHINGTON. - Every now and
w then there's a paragraph in a
local paper, or perhaps in a dispatch
sent out from here, that has to do with
things political, mention of "cloakroom
gossip" at the capitol To tell the
truth, it is doubtful whether half a
dozen people, outside of those who live
In Washington or who have been
here in more or less intimate ca
pacity at one time or another, know
what the capitol cloakrooms are like.
In fact, from a remark innocently
dropped by friend of mine from
Egypt, ILL.,, once upon a time-and who
may be taken as fairly representative
at least of several million ordinarily
intelligent folks-I'm quite sure they
haven't an idea.
II never could understand" said this
simple-minded person, apropos of a
comment of mine on some cloakroom
brilliancy, 'how it was this great gov
eminent couldn't provide something
better than cloakrooms for senators
and representatives to use when they
are not working, but have to be there
just the same"
I have no doubt that this modern
Egyptian had pictured in his mind 8
eye cloakroom all cluttered up with
assorted garments in even the best
of weather, and made uninhabitable
by soggy, mud-splattered goloshes
and dank, smelly raincoats on wet
days-as the only place to which
patriotic but pestered statesmen might
resort when tagged or in need of a
smoke.
The reality is so different, as most
of us who live here are well aware,
for the Republican and Democratic
cloakrooms of the house, for instance,
are furnished with such attention to
solid comfort-not to speak of luxury
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

Secretary Wilson says the public
cannot tell fresh eggs from stale. That
is mistake. The public has an infal.
hole rule. All it has to do is to ask
the groceryman. The public isn't
obliged to carry around an electric
battery and an X-ray machine for the
purpose of testing it's eggs. The gro
Ger is always more than pleased to
give the facts. That is what he IS
there for The skeptical person nigh,
think the grocer himself didn't know
but he does. 1t is an easy matter TO,
him to know. All he has to do to get
a strictly fresh egg is to pick it out OF
the Accent basket. The price seems
to him sufficient guaranty of fresh
ness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
+ Modern, 'He.pItais. b

Its difficult to conceive the change
which has been wrought II human lite
bysmodernT hospit i From the Sc
ginning Of The Christian m the reli-
stous mad 81 enon q; reduee sufer-
liz wing stoe saiek snds aged.
Compassfon for petn became speedily
aEcharacteristic Of the Christian. But
although Hospitals Increased in num-
bgf from the! dark. aEes nps ateosthe mid.
die Of. the nineteenth century. there
was often reason to question. their &C:
tqal benetlcence.E The risks of infec.
ton were so multiplied BY the assem-.
bling of numbers Of sick people that
twas doubtful how greatly human ills
were diminished by the hospital. But
with the knowledge of antiseptic meth.
DDS all this has been changed, and to-
day the beneacence of hospitals is i'm
mense and unquestioned. For their
practical work they are largely de.
pendent upon the devoted labor of
women. The women nurses within and
the women benefactors without the
hospital walls are numbered by hun.
dreds of thousands. In a great city
the service of the hospitals is enor.
nous. On Hospital Sunday" London
subscribes no less than 100000 for
the support Of it's hospitals. A single
one Of them, situated in the White.
chapel district, among the very poor.
est people in the great city, has
served 100000 patients since it was
opened. 1t has more than 800 in its
wards constantly. Fifty patients are
operated on daily. When one thinks
Of the number Of women who by day
and night, year in and year out, sup.
ply the wants and alleviate the pain
of the patients in the great London
hospital and in thousands of similar
institutions over the whole civilized,
Christianized world, remarks the
Youths Companion, one partly realizes
what a mighty stream of compassion
took it's rise when little group OF
men in Judea heard from the Masters
lips His answer to the question, "Who
is my neighbour"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
Popular Misconception of the Cloakroo,

AS to make the longing room of the
ordinary club look like q parlor I'M
Thrums by comparison. - There's a
scrumptiously thick carpet, q perfect
Aock of astonishingly comfortable
chairs and half a dozen leather-covered|
davenports of remarkably form-f1tting|
qualities. i
In the old days, when the member
who could register John Smith and
Jag when he went homo every even
ing was looked upon as nothing more
than a real sassy legislator, with an
eye to play as we'll as work, these
davenports, or their predecessors,
worked overtime. They seldom accom-
modated more than one statesman at
time, and he was usually dead to
the world. Nowadays, with nothing
stronger than tea served in the capitol
restaurants and drunkenness in a
legislator looked upon as bad form
plus, these davenports sometimes hold
as many as half a dozen members at
a time. Which is interesting II not
instructive.
But the cl0akroOms-b0th Repub-
lican and Democratic-of the house
are worth while for more reasons than
that Of furniture. 1t is in the cloak
room that the legislative back un-
bends, the brow unwrinkles, the men.
tai attitude gets quick reverse. At.
las, having temporary respite, un.
straps his world burden, dumps it in
the nearest corner, slaps brother Atlas
on the back and borrows cigar. Re
lieved from a pose that is oftentimes
physical as well as mental, Atlas be-
comes human. He listens, he tells a
story. he sometimes laughs. And in
the intervals of "Reminiscences and such
and sometimes there are no intervals
he broils to turn, with language
comprehensive and ornate, every per.
son and thing connected with the gov.
eminent, from the president and the
constitution down to the messenger
to the eighteenth assistant secretary
Of state who does not know his place
and the wearing fight of steps to the
second floor of the census ONCE. And
oftentimes they put each other on the
pan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

Anna Defies Family; To We'd De Saean

would listen for a moment to Nine
Gould's appeals.
George Gould was bitterest in de-
nouncing De Sagan, and laid before
her record of the princes life, which
he had detectives. dig up in France
several. months ago, soon after gossip
connecting the names Of his sister and
De Sagan. He declared that the execu.
tors would never consent to her marry.
ing De Sagan. The. intimation was
given that the forfeiture clause would
be enforced, although at the moment,
1t is said, he knew that former Judge
Dillon, chief counsel of the Gould es-
tate, was in extreme doubt.
1t had been planned that the prince
should come to New York incognito
and remain in concealment until Nine
Gould had placated George and Helen.
His presence was discovered the day
he arrived, and he fed to Philadelphia.
where he remained in hiding for Sc
hours, waiting for the word to make
his bow. Then he came here from
Philadelphia, knowing that Nine.
Gould had failed to win her brother.
and sister and that he might as we'll
come out in the open.
George Gould would not hear Of
meeting De Sagan. Then Anna de-
clared that she would do as she
pleased, and If the executors attempted;
to NEEDLE with her inheritance or her
sons they would have to fight every
step they took in the courts.
Naturally, when Mme Gould played
this card, which she had concealed 50
successfully, the occasion was not
pleasant, and the upshot was that
Nine. Gould moved bag and baggage
from Miss Helen Gould's home to the
Hotel St. Regis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

Asiat problem serious
;
American
in
Canadian
adoption in the confederation OF the British empire
international
United
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17


political recognition that he thought he entitled although
Office
Tlman
Farmers alliance them their
that he
his cousin former
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

hather cheerful outlook, that OF
Boston social reformer and settle.
ment-house worker! Il believe" he
said recently, that l shall live to see
nve hours days work, five days a
weeks work, and five dollars a davis
pay. The attractiveness of the pros.
pect depends, however, upon whether
one Is employer or employed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17


canoe beside those that are threatened in the future
dlmcutes
will be appreciated a
Russevie
night riding
on the jury untold
oeoFe
them In their interest
of the majority the
noun hundreds OF names have been obtained
about
outside the
the crop for three locked the
the tobacco trust has apparently little
DILL
association II poundhe
and that the
To nave refused this OFFER and there
militia
with them be avoided
position a icalo
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

Inc esteemed New York Sun, which
believes In giving every man-with
a few exceptions-a show, has per-
mltted Its contributors to reopen the
old controversy as to the shape of the
EARTH the question being whether it
Is fiat or round. Apparently the Sun
Is undecided.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

Diamonds haven't gone down IN
price, says the dealer. You will find
that to be true if you are going to
buy dozen or so. If, however, Won
have one for sale and it is the only
thing that stands between Won ard
want probably you will notice q
marked reduction in the price.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

More than hundred million dollars
were spent for about $4,000 new pleas.
ure automobiles by Americans last
year. Some of those who intended tn
buy an automobile this year have
changed their minds since the panic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

Postage stamp vending machine.
tried In the east have not proved a
success. The government may have
to continue to depend upon the old re.
liable or rather the young reliable.
pompadoured stamp seller.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
The Cynie.

e. The cynie.
II wonder IL the people in Mars are
speculating on whether this earth Is
Inhabited by people Of superior intelli-
gence?" -. s~..>~s.. ,.zs~.
NO." answered Mr.. .Cumrox. IL
they have any facilities for accurate
observation they probably announce
merely that this earth II populated
and let It 90 ct that. "-Washington
! Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

In Norway a man is not allowed to
vote unless he can produce documen-
tary or cicatricial evidence that he has
oeen vaccinated. It is a poor country
Tor characterization societies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR

Frank B. Gary, who has been elected United
States senator from South Carolina to fill an un.
expired term, claims among his ancestors, Robert
Bruce king of Scotland; John Knox founder of
the Presbyterian church; John Witherspoon and
other Scotch worthless. He is nephew of the
late Gen. Mark Gary, picturesque character Of
the secession and reconstruction periods, who was
major general Of cavalry in Wade Hampton S
legion, brilliant soldier, reckless leader and a
hard fighter. He was famous for his profanity
and his ungovernable temper. There was no
fercer fre-eater in all the SOUTH and he was
mixed up in a dozen duels.
After the overthrow of the Republican gov
eminent in South Carolina and the establishment
0fu at ic ln0u he olin soh.. Ho,,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

and the dawn. In Latin countries they
cling to variants of the Aramaic
':pesach'' (passoyer)sa as pascua, pas
qua, paques. II there is such . flower
~ the resurrection lily" It must be
the small purple lily Of Palestine ~
& n. Y. Times. . .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

Perhaps the new gun that shoots
2'OOO,000 bullets an hour will be a use.
1ul adjunct to higher civilization. but
1t doesn't appear as If there would be
much left for it to shoot at after tho
first hour or so.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

Mr. Mitchels detailed
out of the mining settlements and paid
edeemabe
Children of been taken out the
which the
ntracts made the operators
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
MiStruSted.

Il used to know Mr.. Sheeker who
was with your hrm. I understand he
Is q tried and trusted employee
He was trusted, yes. And he'll be
tried, too, IL we're 80 fortunate ~ to
catch m."-Royal Magazine. [.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
New Mrs. Aston to Reign in Society

we have had one young star" Of
opera entertaining, Mrs. -Astor, Mrs.
Clarence Mackay, and score of other
society leaders, in addition to the
duchess of Sutherland. And it was
in keeping with the new order of at.
fairs that the hostess herself should
60 upon q tiny, stage, built for the &C.
casion, and sing for her guests and
then dance the tarantula for them. It
seems that New York society is fast
becoming altogether human, and it
may not be Qnreasonab1e to look for it
as a next move to open its door.
to the giddy saueens' Of the vaudeville
stage. 81 II" e Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
WILL WELCOME FLEET

Alfred Deakin, premier of the commonwealth
Of Australia, was probably quite sincere in his
delight when his invitation for the American
fleet to visit Australian ports was accepted, for
Mr.. Deakin 10 a warm admirer of, the United
States and its people. He has been in America
several times studying the irrigation question
in the western states Australia has a problem
that is exactly similar, the interior of the. con-
tinent being absolutely waterless for the greater
part Of the year. With a good system of irriga-
ton Deakin hopes to make the Interior as habit
able as the seacoast -. >
Premier Deakin is warm sympathizer with
the United States and Canada in their attitude
towards the Asiatic. From its geographical po:
aifi0n of flo NJ ifa rona0fonoaa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
Easter Floral symbols.

eASter t1ofa1 oymps' :.
Easter is the spring festival, and
the real flowers Of early spring, the
tulip, the danodil, the wild arbutus.
are its more appropriate floral sym
bols. We derive our Ilame Tor It from
3stara. the Saxon OF the east
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
A Terrible Crime.

- ~ 0STTI0Ue NT1mSs /
y have question to ask you, s1r,"
said a solemn !; looking man who
chewed tobacco coming into our pa
fatally appointed ONCE yesterday. :,
''What is it, friend?" we asked, with
the genial heartiness for which we are
SO Justly famed.
ITS this. When one leg of yacht
race is in the teeth Of the wind and
the wind bites, does the leg ever get
hydro
But here's where we damned loose
with a paperweight and rang for the
ambulance.-Clevela Leader.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
MINERS CHIEF RETlRES

After ten years of leadership of the United
Mine Workers of America, John Mitchell has re-
tired from the head of the great labor organiza.
ton and has been succeeded by Vice-President
Thomas L. Lewis of Ohio
Mr. Mitchell will devote his time to re-
gaining his health. which has given way
under the strain of Office. He has been called
to Washington by President Roosevelt, who wants
to send him to Panama an Investigator of
conditions, but it is understood that he does not
favor accepting the position. 1t is said that in
future he will devote his attention to a labor
paper which he will establish in Indianapolis.
The object of the paper will be the securing of
industrial peace between the miners and operat-
Ors of the country
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
! MAY. STIR UP CIVIL WAR

Augustus Everett Wilson, governor of Ken
lucky, will engender the enmity Of thousands in
his state If he puts into execution his threat
to veto the McChord bill forbidding any trust to
carry on Operations within the state, or to en-
ploy agents therein. If this bill becomes law the
tobacco trust will be placed at the mercy of the
tobacco growers, for it will have to buy it's to-
bacco through tniddlemen, and its immense fac4
tories In kentucky will have to be closed down.
The governor is said to have a feeling of sympa..
thy for the trust whose legal representative he
has been in the past. Shold he veto the bill 1t
is declared that it will result in civil war, the
planters declaring that the first law of nature,
the law Of self-preservation. is to be obeyed
rather than the man-mado law of +ho 1ord Niuht
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-04-16
HOW TO WIN BATTLES.
Men Who Hit What They shoot nj
the Determining Factor In War.


Other things being equal, good shoot
ing is the determining factor in war
Poorly drilled and hastily organized
bodies of men can give good account
of themselves if they know how TO
shoot and hit what they shoot at.
In our war for independence. says
Army and Navy Life, the colonists
vara woodsmen. They carried and
used their arms to supply their homes
with food and to protect them from the
savage. AS marksmen they vastly out
classed the British. and that more than
ANYTHING else gave Washington the
final victory.
again. in our great Civil War mark
the effect Of general knowledge OF
firearms. In the South were sporting
people. They were fond Of riding and
hunting. Shooting at tarket and at
game entered into their sports and
pastimes. 'rhe North was commercial
Its men knew little or nothing OF
firearms save the flintlocks of their
grandfathers. objects of curiosity In
their shops or homes, except in the far
West. where the life of 171G was still
being lived. The result was that in
the East the southern troops were gen.
orally victorious for a couple of years
until the northern troops learned to
shoot. What little success the North
had was in the West. where they were
little better than a standoff
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-04-16
Be on tho Safe Side.

If the herd milk is separated on the
home farm and only the cream sent to
the factory there Is no danger Of the
patrons getting an infected supply Of
SIX lin milk from a source outside their
own farms. The farm separator will
protect him from acquiring tubercn-
losis from the neighbor's herd. which
may be spread through the medium of
the skim milk returned from the cream
cry. Farmers and dairymen who are
FEEDING young stock the creamery
SKINNED milk should by all means
have a good separator and by 80 doing
insure their herd against Infection
F. L. Risley.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-04-16

How to Maintain tho Fertility.
1t Is a noted fact that where legumes
are grown on land, say two-fifths Of
the time, which certainly should be the
case, the nitrogen supply Is held. 1t Is
also well known that the feeding of
the crops grown on the same farm, the
proper care of the barnyard manure.
and its application to the lands, will
return all the fertilizing ingredients
with the exception of such as compose
the animal body, and such other prod
ucts as wool, cheese and butter as are
sold from the farm. They are actually
lost to the soil forever. This loss is
represented on phosphorus and potassi-
um compounds, and can be supplied in
three distinct ways only. They can
be purchased in the form Of feeding
stuffs for farm animals, finding their
way to the soil through the manure;
or, they may be secured directly by
commercial fertilizers; and again by
the subsoil running down to depth Of
3 or 4 feet from the surface.
Roots Of all crops go down into the
soil from . to feet, and take directly
the ingredients from the subsoil, and
upon their decay tend to increase it's
porosity. This assists the capillary
movements Of water, which reacts as
an agent to carry fertiizing ingredl-
ents as they become soluble in the low
er soils up to near the surface, where
they are readily available to the feed.
ing roots Of succeeding crops.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-04-16

easily manipulated by CLIPS OFF FRUIT
the hand. In one end Is an opening.
to freely admit the fruit, stationary
blade and movable blade being placed
In advance Of the opening. BY this
novel arrangement Of the fixed blade
and the disposition of the movable
blade and its arm, the movement Of
the one blade past the other. besides
effectively severing the stems, tends to
impel the severed fruit into the open
Ing. In practice the device Is held in
either hand, and as the stems of the
fruit are cut 1t slides down the incline
and into the receptacle When the lat
ter is filled the contents are easily dis
charged through the hinged lid at tho
end.