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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
INDIAN PEACE MEDAL
One Of Seven Presented by President
Madison to Chiefs.

Kansas City, Mo.-Nearly 100
years ago-1809 it was-James Madi-
son, fourth president of the United
States, made treaty with seven In
dian tribes that dwelt northwest of
the Ohio river, in the heart Of the will
derness. To each of the chiefs of these
tribes, including the Delawares, the
Pottawatomies and the Miami clans,
the Great Father in Washington sent
token of the compact signed be-
tween them. The offering of the chief
executive was a heavy silver medal,
of fine workmanship, bearing on one
side raised bust OF the president and
on the other design of a pair of
clasped hands, beneath the crossed
pipes of the white man and the red
man-emblems of everlasting peace
and friendship.
The medals were worn with much
pride, doubtless, by the seven warriors
so signally honored, then handed to
succeeding generations and finally
were mislaid or lost. So far as is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
SECOND BETSY ROSS
WOMAN WHO MAKES FLAGS FOR
UNCLE SAM.
Miss Mary Woods, with Her Assist
ants, Turned Out 1000 Last Year
Which Cost an Average Of
Ten Dollars Apiece,

New York.-1t was considered a
wonderful achievement when patriotic
Betsy Ross made the first flag for
Uncle Sam. Ever since she has been
slorified in story and song, and there
Is not school child in the land who
has not heard her name. In fact, there
are still to be seen old.fashioned lith-
ograph pictures of the prim, quaint
little woman: sitting on her back
piazza working on the stars and
stripes.
But there is second Betsy Ross
among us who deserves great deal
of credit, for where the former turned
out one flag our modern Betsy turns
out thousands.
The average visitor to the Brooklyn
navy yard has no idea of what goes
on within those grim military walls.
Neither does he know that up on the
third floor of the equipment depart
ment is our Betsy Ross No. 2,
whose real name IS Miss Mary A.
Woods.
1t is % years since Miss Woods en-
tered the employ Of the equipment
department at the navy yard. At
that time she was turning out filmy
gowns and beautiful costumes for the
fair ladies of Brooklyn, when she sud
denly decided to make flags for Uncle
Sam instead. Accordingly, she pre-
sented herself at the navy yard with
the proper credentials and impressed
the officials so agreeably that an arm
full of piece work was given to her to
take home. as was the custom in
those days. Soon thereafter she was
made "quarterwoman' of the flag
room in the equipment department,
where she has been for more than a
quarter Of century
When Miss Woods first became
"Quarterwoman" forewoman we
would say in civil parlance-she had
only six assistants. To-day she has
under her % women and three men,
who last year turned out 700 flags
under her direction. OF these 1850
were American, 500 were foreign en-
signs, and the rest were signal flags.
Miss Woods has made and handled
more flags than any other woman In
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

tied in Danes county, Wis, and in
1895 was elected to the superior court
bench. He has decided many impor-
tant cases, among others the dispute
between Chicago and it's traction COM
panies. In that case he held that the
city had the right to regulate street
car fares, and that the companies
were obliged to grant universal trans
fers from one line to any of the others
for a single fare. He is an acknowl-
edged authority on banking and real
estate law. He has been president of
the Chicago Bar association and of the
Chicago Law institute, and attorney
for the west park board and the town
OF Cicero. He is just 70 years of age,
but is well-preserved man with q
military bearing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
Makes Best Kind of Cutlery.

A consular report says: THE mar.
ket in China for wornout horseshoes
seems to be almost without limit.
Chinese iron dealers buy the horse
shoes and sell them to knife and tool
manufacturers all over the province.
1t is claimed by the Chinese that the
temper of this class of iron makes
it the best obtainable for knives and
cutlery, and also good for other tools.
The reason ascribed for this is that
the constant beating the shoes have
received under the feet of the horses
has given them a peculiar temper alb
solutely unobtainable in any other
way, and that tools made from them
are superior to all Others"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
HURT HOME TRADE
WHAT GREEDY, =>sHoR!-sieH1Ep
PEOPLE 20. 80 -.-~-,
WAYS THAT KILL CUSTOM
Fair Treatment by Tradesmen Assists
in Building Up Towns and TO-.
ereases Business for

One OF the troubles in small towns
seems to be that petty jealousies keep
the business men from working in har-
mony. There is just so much business
to be had, and it either goes to the
home stores, the mail order houses,
the department stores or some near
by city, or perhaps is let 60 to a
more progressive neighboring town.
It should be the aim of every town
to make its trade territory as large
as possible. 1t is the attitude of the
business men that counts. One good,
live man in business in a small town
is a benefit to the whole place. He
brings trade to all. People are
sV<ayed to and fro by opinions that are
fol med sometimes without careful
reasoning. 1t is the best policy to
treat each and every one fairly and
honestly.
Let the average farmer think that
lie has been given the worst end of
bargain. and he will ponder over the
matter for years. 1t is not a good
idea for a merchant to have a scale
of prices for different customers.
Charge John Jones $12 for a suit of
clothes, and sell the same suit to his
neighbor, Jim Smith, for $11, and
Jones will find it out and feel that he
has been treated unfairly, and Jones
is right about it, too. There is one
town, county seat, in western
state, a place of nearly 5000 popula-
ton. Its trade territory extends for
dozen miles in each direction. The
country has large foreign popula-
ton. They are the best classes of
customers, liberal buyers and not
quibblers over prices. Still, they de-
sire just treatment. A. few years ago
thousands of dollars in trade was d.
verted from the town through deal
err in agricultural implements being
poor business man. A wealthy Ger
man purchased from him several hun
dred dollars worth of agricultural ma
chinery, wagons and other goods.
The farmer wanted a harrow. A
price was made-$33. A few days
later the farmer was at town where
there were but two stores and an ele-
vator. He saw the same kind of har-
row and was told that $3.50 would
buy 1t. He visited the county seat a
few days later, called on the man
from whom he purchased his imple-
ments and again asked the price of
the harrow, and was told the same
as before. He then stated that the
same make and kind of harrow had
been offered him for $3.50 less. After
some talk he was told that he could
have the piece of machinery for the
same price. He did not take it, but
secured the one offered him by the
man in the smaller town. He did not
like the style Of the dealer in the
larger town. In fact, he concluded
that the other storekeepers Of the
place were Of the same caliber. He
quit trading, and not alone was his
trade lost to the county seat town, but
the trade of score of his neighbors,
and even they changed their post of.
flee addresses to the smaller place.
The trade of this one farmer lost to
the county seat was the means of
building up a healthy trade in the
smaller town and bringing to it other
business places. D. NJ. CARR.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

NEW HAR!eoR lights :.
System Of Submerged Electric u lohts
to Guide Ships. orr.

Recently there was; described In
print a proposed beacon light for har-
bors consisting of a search light
throwing a vertical beam. In the
Illuminating Engineer, still more
radical plan is advanced. In this the
electric lights are placed under water
and serve to mark out a channel by
brilliantly Illuminated spots on the
surface. Says the writer:
1.-THE lighthouse, which has so long
held a cherished place in the lore of
the sea, as we'll as position of vital
importance in navigation, is in immi-
nent danger of being left as a mere
monument of by-gone age, like the
stranded hull of some old wooden war
ship. By the use of a system recent
ly patented by an American inventor,
the navigation of harbors and water.
ways will become as simple and pleas
ing a task as walking up the Great
White Way
The inventor of this ingenious
scheme is Mr. Leon Dion Of Wilkes.
barre, Pa, who has fully protected his
invention by patents in all the coun-
tries of the world. The patent, by the
way, is of peculiar interest in that il
is one of the few absolutely funda
mental patents; and. as in the case OF
al! revolutionary inventions, the meth
cd is so simple and SO apparently OBJ
vious that it is almost incOnceivable
| that If has not hQpO fhO,1oht IF no
fore. 1t consists briefly of cable
having connected at suitable intervals
short branches to which are attached
incandescent electric lamps fitted with
reflectors which will concentrate the
light into parallel beams as nearly as
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
Exea and Seeina.

Prof. W. D. Scott sounds a note of
warning about the increasing use of
the eyes for reading and the inspec-
ton of small nearby objects. This
especially affects school children.
Prof. Scott says that the human eye
was evolved for distant vision, and in
its structure is relatively poorly suit
ed for nearby vision. The increase
of all sorts of printing augments the
trouble every day, and "all things
seem to conspire to make us use our
eyes more and more for the very
thing for which they are the most
poorly adapted" There is. no doubt,
much reason In this, but could the
world hanish b its printing presses and
retain its usauzauon? ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

known only one has ever been heard
from by the United States government
since that time. 1t is owned by a
Rosedale, Kan, man, Corwin S. Curtis,
proprietor Of woodworking factory
and machine shop at 1718 Kansas
City Avenue, in that city. Mr.. Curtis
has taken his medal to the national
mint in Philadelphia and compared it
with the bronze original there.
"The superintendent of the mint
told me the medal is genuine and that
it is the only one of the seven ever
returned there" said Mr.. Curtis a few
days ago. Il have had the medal
since 1868 and have refused to part
with it for $1,000"
The medal in his possession is near.
ly three inches in diameter and is one.
eighth of an inch in thickness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
IT'S Zz42EA. MOODS

the world, and 80 per cent Of all the
work done at the equipment depart.
ment is cut by her, as she is past
mistress in the art Of cutting.
When Miss Woods has cut her bunt-
ing emblems they are turned over to
their respective workers, who do
nothing but that particular thing 313
days in the year.
There are eight hand workers who
basic, embroider and do the fancy
stitches required by our fastidious
Uncle Sam and foreign despots.
These women receive from 1852,
fourth-class work, to 1924 a day, first
class work, for the pay in the navy is
always by the multiple of eight Many
middle-aged women find employment
in this department, and in eight years
not one has been discharged for lack
of work.
Miss Woods herself has taught her
assistants all that they know of flag
making.
Miss Woods loves the beautiful,
soft, all-wool bunting, and takes great
pride in displaying it even before it
is transformed into flag. The vel
vets, laces, silks and satins Of her
dressmaking days seem frivolous
compared with the fast colored bunt-
ings. the choicest output of the Lowell
mills.
Last year." said she, I'VE used
14O,OOO yards. Can Won IMAGINE to
And ten years ago We used only a, 900
yards 1t cost Uncle Sam last wear
to run this room alone $4,000. OF
this amount $4,000 was used for ma.
terials and $4,000 for labor"
mo, the work is never monotonons +"
says Miss Woods, "for there is some.
thing new to learn each day. For in.
stance, just before the fleet started for
the Pacific the signals were changed.
and all the flags had to be altered AZ.
cordingly. Then you see there are
great variety Of flags-40S In all and
AZ foreign ones. So how can the
work be monotonous?
"And what is the most intricate flag
to make? BY all odds the San Saliva.
dor, because it is more concentrated.
And the only flag On which the front Ia
not the same as the back is the Para,
quay, which has lion on the front
and q red five-pointed star on the
back. There is more cutting, though.
on a No. 10 s0-inch ensign than on q
No. ensign 36 feet long"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
WHIsKEY FOR RHEUMATISM.

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The increased use of whiskey for
rheumatism is causing considerable
discussion among the medical frater-
nifty. 1t is an almost infalible cure
whea mixed with certain other ingre.
dents and taken properly The fol.
lowing formula is very effective: ITO
one half pint Of good whiskey add ono
ounce Of Toris Root compound and one
ounce Of Syrup Of Sarsaparilla Com
pound. Take. in: tablespoonful doses
before each meal and before retiring
Toris Root Compound is product Of
the laboratories OF the Globe Pharmar
ceutical Co., Dayton, o. I /,
A prominent druggist states he Alls
this prescription often and has seen
its good results. 1t is surely worth
trying by anyone who may be athictel
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
Wireless Telephony Successful.

Perfect telephone communication
without wires has been obtained for q
distance of over 50 miles in Germany
across the whole city of Berlin, which
lies between the two stations. This
was accomplished by using the un.
damped or continuous waves generated
by the aid of an "arc" instead of a
spark. as employed in other systems.
A feature of the German process is q
Photographic recording ribbon on
which the signals received are printed
even when the current is not strong
enough to make sound audible in the
receiver.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
Played with Ordinary Keyboard.

is a bell-piano. the invention of a
Chicago man. 1t is an electrically
operated instrument and has a key
board like piano; but instead OF
playing upon wires the hammers
strike bells hung in frame above the
main body of the instrument. The
hammers are not connected with the
keys by direct attachment as in the
piano action, but are worked by mag.
nets, which are controlled by the key.
board.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
Share It Equally,

"Yes." said the fellow with the bald
brow, Its certainly true that if a man
has no respect for himself, nobody
else will have much respect for him"
But it is equally true. replied the
keen one, that If he has too much
nobody else will have any."-Catholie
Standard and Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
klentomaniA.

It has been announced on the high
est medical authority that kleptomania
is more prevalent among women than
among men. Be that as-.it may, the
newest and most unique plea in this
connection was that advanced by q
negro in a Lynchburg (Va.) court.
After listening to long explanation
from his counsel, the darky thought
to impress the judge by adding his
mite. So he broke in with -,'
"Yessah, OATS it! ledge, yo' honah,
OATS it! De chickens done hypnotic
me, jedge, an den de kleptomania
come on!"-Illustrated Sunday Maya,
zine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
INSULATED scREWDRlvEk.
Prevents Being Shocked by Contact
with Live Wires.

Working around electric wires with
an ordinary screwdriverg has been the
cause of numerous injuries to the op-
orators. Contact with the live wire,
of. course. results in. a short circuit.
How. easily such accidents: can be
!averted is 'shqqYn by;a Connecticut
man, who has Invented and patented
the insulated screwdriver - shown
here, Instead of constructing tn,
handle Of WOOD. it. is made: of non
conducting material. The latter also
encases the metal shank to within 4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
CLEARS kNoTTY RAIL TANeLE.
Judge Who Decided Fish-Harriman
-: illinois Central Dispute.

.Chicago.-Judge Farlin O., Ball, who
dissolved the injunction restraining
E. H. Hartman and others from. vot-
ing the proxies OF the Union. Pacific
and the Railroad Securities company
at the annual meeting of the Illinois
Central Railway company, is a vet.
eran of the civil war. He volunteered
just after he had graduated from the
University of Wise ssin and served
to the finish, when ne was discharged
with the rank Of major. He then set.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
Owned and MANAGED bv px,rf..

One Of the strangest hotel stats is
that at White Plains, in New York
state. The hotel is run by dwarfs.
The proprietor is Admiral Dot, . we'll
known character in the states. He is
81 years old and ~ feet high. His
wife Is reputed to be the prettiest
dwarf In the world, and actively as
sists him in the business. She is 81
inches high. The dining-room head
waiter is short of his mistress height
by one inch. They all speak English
and German.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
Paid Enormous Dividend.

A German company has just paid
q dividend which, If not unprecedent.
ed. is certainly very rare. A company
called the International Boring com.
pany, which has only capital OF
$125,000, has recently announced q
dividend of 500 per cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

"The poor you have always with
you," said a woman to her husband,
who had a mania for Offering excuses
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
Rothchilds' Great Wealth.

The wealth of the Rothschilds at
present is estimated at $4,000, DOC, 900,
and is believed to have doubled within
the past 20 years. It is calculated that
In 70 years more they will possess an
amount that can hardly be conceived
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

few inches of the end This allows
ample surface for the operator to
grasp and operate the screwdriver
without fear of being electrically
shocked by contact with a live wire,
and is thus assured of protection
from such accidents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
The Dion Scheme Of Harbor lllumjna-
tion

ton.
''The vessel would be guided by pillars
of fire, like the 1sraelites of DID,
possible, the whole system of course
being designed to withstand the pres
sure and corrosive action of sea water.
The lamp and reflector are made suffi.
GENTLY buoyant so that they will main.
tain an upright position. The cable
thus equipped is then laid in the
proper position in the waterway to be
lighted up, and connected with a
source of electric supply from shore
The Illustration wifi give a clear idea
OF the method. The cable with it's con
nected lamps will always be in prac
t3cally still water
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

PILES CURED IN TO IL DAYS.
81 nchinE, Blind bleeding or Protrudinc Piles in
oto IL days or money refunded b0c.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
To Make Solder Softer.

A solder that win fuse at a low
temperature and used In uniting soft
metals is made by adding three drops
Of mercury to each ounce of common
solder.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

Dere iss always room ad der top.
Dot ISIS why de attig ISIS full of chunk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.
From October to May, Colds are the most fire.
Quent Cause of Headache. LAXATIVE BROMl
QU1NlNE removes cause. E.W. GrUve GA box 25c
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

Mre. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethtnR euftens the gums reduces t
1ammaton. allays pain. cures wind cOliI - bottle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20
ELECTRICAL eELL-PlANo.
Hammers Are Operated by the Power
Of Strong Magnets.

Among the queer recent additions to
the class of freak musical instruments
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

Multiplying her words seldom adds
to q womans popularity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

A Word from Josh Wise.
H. oysters given so much sauce"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

You ought to b. satisfied with nothing
less than Natures 'axativc, Garfield Tea!
Made of Herbs, it overcomes constipation,
regulates liver and Kidneys, and bril gs
Good Health.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

The Editor Of the Rural New Yorker,
than whom there is no better Potato Ex-
pert in the country says: "Salzer's Earli-
est Potato is the earliest of 80 earliest
sorts. tried by me, yielding 464 bu. per
acre." Salzer's Early Wisconsin yielded.
for the Rural New Yorker 736 bu. per
acre. See sSalzer's catalog about them.
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS - .
and this notice to the John "A. Salzer-
published in America with samples of
Emperor William Oats, Silver King Bar
ley, Billion Dollar Grass which produces
Il tons per acre. Sainfoin, the dry soil
luxuriator, ETC., ETC., etc.
And if you send lac We will add pack
sge OF new farm II seeds never before seen
The Age Index.
Ella-You shouldn't look q gift
horse in the mouth.
Stella-But how are you going to
tell whether the present is new or
not ?-Harper's Weekly.
A Sore Throat or Cough.
II suffered to progress, may affect the
lungs. Browns Bronchial Troches"
give Immediate relief.
Only unselfishness wins affection:
only toll achieves success; it is only
the courageous heart that does brave
deeds.-T. FarQuharson.
You ought to b. satisfied with nothing
less than Natures laxative, Garfield Tea!
Made of Herbs, it overcomes constipation,
regulates liver and Kidneys, and bri1 gs
Good Health.
A Word from Josh Wise.
"It's cause he doesn't talk back that
tn oysters given so much sauce"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

A Sore Throat or Cough.
II suffered to progress, may affect the
lungs. Browns Bronchial Troches"
give immediate relief.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-03-20

Only unselfshness wins affection:
only toll achieves success; it is only
the courageous heart that does brave
deeds.-T. Farquharson.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-12-26
President Gompers, viceFresident
Mitchell and Secretary Morrison are
Sentenced 10 Jail.
Gompers,
Gompers Gets One Year Mitchell NIne Months and Morrison
Six Months. Admitted to Ball Pending an Appeal TO the
United States Supreme Court.


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