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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
Gems Plentiful on Manhattan Island

there, in the course of blasting for
deep building foundations The trou-
Bile about finding gems in the course
of such work, however, is that neither
the contractor nor his men are in
search of them, and when they do
come to anyone's notice it is purely
by chance. 1t has been by the purest
stroke of fortune that any have been
found at all. Probably hundreds
more, better and more beautiful, have
been carted away with loads of rock
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
Do Not COMPLAIN.

Everything which happens, either
happens in such wise that thou art
formed by nature to bear it, or that
thou art not formed by nature to bear
it. If, then, it happens to thee in
such way that thou art formed by
nature to bear it, do not complain, but
bear it as thou art formed by nature
to bear it. But, if it happens in such
wise that thou art not able to bear
it, do not complain; for it will perish
after it has consumed thee. Remem-
Der, however, that thou art formed
by nature to bear everything, with re-
spect to which it depends on thine
own opinion to make it endurable and
tolerable by thinking that it is either
thy interest or thy duty to do this
Marcus Antoninus.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
LED THE FRENCH FoacEs:e
Tablet Of Count de Roehambeau I'm
yelled at Newport, r. I. :.

Newport, R. Incidents of New
port In the days of the struggle for
independence are recalled by a tablet
In memory of Count de Rochambeau,
who commanded the French allies,
which has been placed on the house
there which was his headquarters.
The memorial was made by Pierre
Feitu, a sculptor of this city. 1t was
recently dedicated through the joint
efforts of the Sons of the Revolution,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
Not So BAD

Mr.. Subbs latter engaging cook
There's one other thing suppose you
should know, Miss Flannigan-my wife
is a chronic invalid, confined to her
room.
Miss Flannigan-That's fine! vor
afeerd she might be wan iv thin
chronic kickers that arr confined t
tn kitchen, begobs!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
No Personal DAMAGE.

NO personal 0dWd9G.
Did you have pleasant trip" they
asked him.
'Yes,'' said the returned aeronaut,
until We landed. We came down in
a farmers pasture, where there was a
big red bull. We got away safely, but
the-er-balloon is there yet.'-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
9arbaric SIMPLICITY.

"You know" said the man who
stores his mind with quaint and curl
Gus facts, that the savages have a
way of getting fire by rubbing two
sticks together"
What very tiresome method"
"Yes. And yet, it must be heap
quicker and handler than fooling with
a box of safey matches on a damp
day" Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25

When a young speeder was arrested
in New York town the police refused
to take his watch as security, but &C.
cepted the picture Of handsome
young woman inside on his statement
that it was to him more than all the
money in the world. All the world
loves q lover, even that part of the
world supposed to be officially heart
less.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
A Timely Air.


During one of the political tours Of
Mr. Cleveland, in which he was &C.
companied by Secretary Olney, he ar
rived during severe storm at a town
in which he was to speak. AS he en-
tered the carriage with his friends
and was driven from the station the
rain changed to hail, and immense
stones battered and ratified against
the vehicle. A brass band, rather de-
moralized by the storm, stuck bravely
to its post and played.
THAT is the most realistic music I
have ever heard" remarked the presi-
dent.
What are they playing?" asked tho
secretary Of state.
Hail to the Chief'-with real hail"
rejoined Mr.. Cleveland
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25

are thought frivolous by the high Chi
nese authorities, has been twice ap-
pointed to the United States. He was
so unconventional that his govern
ment recalled him in 1898, and his
second appointment was made about
year ago. He speaks English with
hardly perceptible accent and is
fond of asking questions of everybody
and about everything. For five years
he practiced law in the English courts
ct Hong Kong,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25

The Washington Post says that a
man named Zero was drowned in
Pennsylvania, and refers to the sad.
ending of a "naughtical'' expedition.
Perhaps the joke is as good as could
be made upon so melancholy a topic,
and it is pity to mar it, but the truth
is that Mr.. Zero succumbed to the
heat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25

these years Of pain T was despairing
OF ever being cured when Doan's Kid
ney Pills came to my notice and their
use brought quick relief and perma-
nent cure. I am very grateful"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
F'oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25

than ten years I was
in misery with back
nche. The simplest
housework completely
exhausted me. / had
no strength or amb1-
ton, was nervous and
suffered headache and
f7i1Tv cro11c Aftor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25

A man in New Madison, O., has
written 1868 words on a post card.
He must be the same man who sends
letters to the editor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25

Though the sultan hated to bow to
the inevitable, the inevitable was so
polite and insistent that he could not
resist.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25

The German emperor, we are in
formed, has As castles in Germany
That is a small number compared tc
those he has erected in Spain.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25

LII Sum Ling, editor of the Chr
nese Mail, wants Chinese-American
alliance. Respectfully referred to
Ii Hu Root.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
MAY RECALL WI TING FANG.
Chinese Authorities Said to Object to
His Public Utterances,

Washington.-Wu Ting Fang, who,
according to dispatch from Picking,
may be recalled as ambassador of
China to the United States because
his public utterances in this country
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
Annronriate End.

NPPTOPTtd1e 6"0'
What do you think the fashion
critics ought to do about the sheath
skirt?'' =
knife it'-Baltimore American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
SOUNDS REASONABLE.

Karl-Papa, suppose the soldiers
have to learn to stand on one leg be-
cause they might have one foot shot
off in war.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
! TEN YEARS Or eAct<AcHR..
Thousands Of Women Suffer n t,s
= :. Same Way. e

Mrs. Thos. Dunn, 1873 Vine St.,
Columbus, Ohio, says: For more
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25

Tablet of Count De Rochambeau.
the Society of the Cincinnati and the
Alliance Franchise. .~.>'..'':
The design consists of medallion
portrait of the general in bronze, be-
meath which is a tablet cast in the
same piece which bears the inscrip-
ton: ----,. '-r
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18
THE PORTER HOUSE STEAK.

On almost every bill of fare are
seen the words "porter house steak"
Now, most people know what por-
ter house steak is, having on some
occasion eaten one, or at least piece
of beef that went by that name, but
few people know how the name itself
originated. Years ago there was a
hostelry near Harvard University
kept by man named Porter. Soon
this tavern became famous for its
viands, especially for its cuts of meats.
The stranger stopping there for a
meal and not knowing exactly what
to order would be advised by his;geni-
al host, Mr.. Porter, to order steak.
So good were his steaks that travel
lers spoke of them, and gradually be-
gan referring TO them as the "steak
you get at Porter's house." From
that it was but short time before
they were referred to as the Porter
house steak" Since then butchers
all over the country have found out
the way in which Mr.. Porter cut his
famous steak, and have been making
the same cuts themselves, hence the
porter house steak has been served
the country over. Only month or
so ago the old Porter House was
moved back to make room for arc W
of tenement houses that are now be-
;.,cr b,.;1t -, f~0nf &c ~
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18
WE MAKE MUSIC FOR MEXICO.

According to the American Consul
at Monterey, Mexico, everybody in
that sunny land has love of music.
The common laborer who works all
day paving the streets may be found
in the evening taking leading part
in an orchestra playing classic music.
1t is poor house indeed that has not
some sort of musical instrument.
But with all their love of music they
almost never make musical instru-
ment. Cotton goods, nails, steel rails
and various other articles of commerce
are manufactured in Monterey, but as
yet the Consul is quoted by Musical
America as saying that nobody has
ever made a guitar here except per-
haps, some lone genius who manufac-
tured one for his own use.
Guitars and mandolins are almost
exclusively imported from the United
States, though some come from France
and Spain. Germany is supposed to
be the home of the violin, and nearly
all of these instruments used in this
part of Mexico come from that coun-
try, though an Insignificant number
come from the United States.
In pianos, of which quite number
are sold there, the United States has
the best of the trade, the balance go
ing to Germany. In organs the
United States is practically unrivalled
in this country, very few of these in-
struments in any grade coming from
Europe.
But there is one general class of in
struments in which the United States
might do good business, but as yet
does practically none, and that is the
instruments which go to the furnish
ings of brass band.
As yet not much has been done in
this country in the way of printing
sheet music. Most of the danzas,
songs, etc., composed by Mexican au-
thors are sent abroad to be printed,
and the German music publishers get
the most of this.
Music houses In Monterey have sent
some manuscript to American publish.
ers, hoping to get their work returned
more speedily, but they complain that
it takes about as long to get it from
the United States as it does to get it
from Germany.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18
MOT GOING HUNTING.

A motor car dashed along the coun-
try road. Turning curve it came
suddenly upon man with gun on
his shoulder and a weak looking dog
beside him. The dog was directly in
the path of the motor car. The
chauffeur sounded his horn, but the
dog did not move-until he was
struck. After that he did not move.
The motor stopped and one of the
men got out and came toward. He
had once paid a farmer for killing
calf that belonged to another farmer.
This time he was wary.
"Was that your dog?"
eyes"
"You own him ~
eyes"
"L.ooks as if we'd killed him."
Certainly looks So"
"Valuable dog 20
"Well, not so very"
"Will a sovereign satisfy your"
eyes"
"Well, then, here you are." He
handed sovereign to the man with
the gun, and added, pleasantly "I'm
sorry to have broken up your hunt. "
81 wasn't going hunting" replied
the other as he pocketed the money.
"Not going hunting? Then what
were you doing with the dog and the
gun :"
"Going down to the woods to shoot
the dog"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18
For 1.-THE UNIoN."
MY BOAT.
BY EDWIN HIGGINS.

l launch my boat on a mountain stream
The sunbeams through the shadows CLEAN;
No need for an oar. / simply glide
Down through the alders on either side,
Mid ferns and osiers / kneel to drink
The crystal from its mOssy brink.
Gladly would / my all forego
To live again where fountains how.
NV boat descends Times restless river;
Meier to return no, never, never.
Farewell. dear haunts of bird and song,
For me the sweetest memories thrOng.
LO, wharves and towns apd clustered spires,
The marts of men and household fires.
Gladly would them, all f0rego
To live again where fountains flow.
NV boat sails DER a silver bay
Mid splendors of a summers day;
NY little boat dips with the tide
Where ships and navies proudly ride
The fragrant shores their hands extend,-
The blue of sky and waters blend.
Gladly would them, all fOregO
To live again where fountains flow.
My boat is far away at sea
Riding the waves, rejoicing, free:
Now noon-tide sun now shine the stars;
There's CLINT and dent and hon0r's scars;
Its course is true and brave and strong -
To music of the fountains song =
Gladly would all things rorcRo
To live again where fountains flow.
My boat is nearing another shore
To plashing of my Pilots oar;
1t bears me up tranquil stream;
The real and pure, of which l dream;-
Till sails are reafed, forever furled
In the haven of the better world.
Gladly will my all forego
To live where living waters flow.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18
THE PRICE OF EGGS.


"When eggs get in the neighbor-
hood Of forty cents dozen and butter
climbs to thirty-five and forty cents
people always want to know what the
cause is" said New Jersey farmer
to Dock street merchant the other
day. "They think we are trying to
bleed them, but If they really knew
the truth, they wouldn't have much
to say, don't believe. OF course you
fellows here on Dock street know the
causes, but the ordinary person
doesn't. Do you know why eggs are
scarce? It's not because the hens are
not working as hard as usual. Some
may be taking a vacation, it's true,
but it's because the farmers are saw
ing their eggs for incubators. About
this time of the year the poultry rais-
-ers collect all the fresh eggs they can
ana pile them into the patent sett1ng
hens. You ask why they do this !
Well, it's a simple proposition. 1t
takes three weeks to the day for eggs
to hatch out. AS soon as you get
chickens you begin to feed them to
beat everything. The brooders, in
which they are kept In winter to keep
them warm, are fairly alive with the
little fellows, and by stufing them
with corn and wheat we soon have
chickens as big as squads and kill
them for broilers. You know what
they are-the highest kind of chicken
meat. You can't blame the farmers
for boarding their eggs when you
know the profit there is in broilers.
Then you get as much per pound as
you get for dozen eggs at forty cents
dozen. It's only the law of supply
and demand which makes eggs high,
as everything else. Let all the farm
ers turn all their eggs into market,
and you will see the price come down
let them hoard their eggs for hatch
ing and up goes the price. It's sim
pie when you know the truth. -
PEiLadeLbHi0 Record.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18
TROUBLE FOR THE EDITOR.

'I can't keep the visitors from COM
ing up" said the Office boy, detected
ly. "When l say you're ont they
don't believe me. They say they
must see you."
"Well," said the editor, "just tell
them that's what they all say. 1
don't care if you check them, but I
must have quietness.
That afternoon there called at the
office a lady with hard features and
an acrid expression. She wanted to
see the editor, and the boy assured
her it was impossible.
"But I must see him p she pro-
tested. ''I'm his wife l'
"That's what they all say" replied
the boy.
That is why he found himself on
the floor, with the lady sitting on his
neck and smacking his head with a
ruler, and that is why there is new
Office boy wanted there. e.-AnSWe,S.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18
PRESIDENTS WHO MADE PRESIDENTS.

In our DIleI history, TWO TIeSlueHtS,
and only two, stand out as makers of
Presidents. There was no one in all
the land whom Thomas Jefferson
trusted as he trusted James Madison.
Back in the days of the Revolution
Madison had been his lieutenant, and
had aided him in breaking down the
aristocratic features of the Virginia
code. During his sojourn in France,
Madison had been his hope whenever
he thought of political conflicts in the
new republic. Madison, so Jefferson
thought, was able to refute the papers
of Hamilton, and, though Madison
was quite willing to desist from so ar
duous task, he was grateful to JEFF
ferson for the compliment. During
his two terms as President, Jefer-
son found comfort and support in
the true friend, the learned lawyer,
the loyal follower who stood by him
through the strife with Barbary, the
Burr incident, the impressment con-
troversy, and the Embargo. It was
Jefferson's will that his secretary of
state should become President, and
when Jefferson spoke his party obeyed.
The eight years of Madison passed
away, but Jefferson was still powerful,
powerful enough to secure eight years
more of Virginia administration.
James Monroe, a man trained in the
Jefferson school, Jeferson's agent in
the Louisiana purchase, Jefferson's
minister to Great Britain, was the
next President, and this was not ef-
fected without resentment in other
states. So long a period of state as
cendancy would now be impossible.
No President since Jefferson has at
tempted it. But Jefferson was unique.
He was a party manager and organiz-
er whose like the country has never
seen.
Andrew Jackson set his heart on
the choice of Martin Van Buren as his
successor, and he gained his point.
The attraction of the opposite bound
the stern Indian fighter and the adroit
civilian in close friendship. Van
Buren admired Jackson s.force; Jack
son admired Van Buren, tact. Van
Buren was polite to Mrs. Eaton, and
this won Jackson's chivalrous heart.
Van Buren had been antagonized by
the leading Wings, and Jackson con-
sidered him martyr. Without un'
derrating Van Buren's talents, it is
clear that he owed the Presidency in
no slight degree to Jackson's desire
that he should win it.
Presidents have come and gone, but,
as a rule, the outgoing chief magis-
trate exercised comparatively little In
fuence on the course of public affairs.
Of Jackson's successors, Van Buren
failed of reelection Harrison died in
Office; Tyler saw his party defeated !;
Polk met similar fate; Taylor died
in Office; Fillmore saw that dead of
his party; Pierce was followed by
-BUsr64zSfz 1Ezea Rvzxizauar1 by -F-iuc-lu--
Three presidents have been assassina-
ted. Not one stands forth as pres
ident-maker. But the quiet student
of Monticello made two Presidents,
and the grim warrior of the Hermi-
tage elected friend and forced the
election of two Presidents of the oppo-
sition.-Living Church.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18
HIS SYMPATHY.

In the criminal court in Baltimore
a darky was on trial for stealing a
watch, which he had pawned. He
was identified by the owner as the
person who grabbed the watch out of
his pocket, yet the darkey claimed to
be innocent. When asked how he
came in possession of the watch he
said:
81 was standing on the corner
when ms-l comes up to me and says
he is hard III and hasn'ta cent to buy
food with, an he wants to sell me
this watch fol So. 1 knew l could
get $4 on it in ps vn, and 1 felt sorry
for him and bought the watch for So
and pawned it for So. That's how l
got the watch"
The prosecutor then asked, if he
had bought the watch for $3, know
ing he could pawn it for So, simply
to help the man along because he felt
sorry for him, why he did not advise
him to pawn it himself, and then he
would have had So instead of So.
"Well, you see," said the priso-
ner, "I didn't have the presence of
mind to do dat. .'-/ndges' Li5'a,y.
~ 6.o1.o1o~. 80 -. 1,o~d RI ho
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18

LITTLE Tommy wrote an essay on
bees as follows "The bees is a queer
sort of an insect and gives people a
few points they do not appreciate.
The queen be bosses the hive, just like
ma bosses our hosue. The drone bee is
like pa, he dom care much about work.
There are other kinds of bees includ-
ing political bees and husking bees and
quilting bees. The best of all are the
kissing bees. There is kissing bee
in our parlor every Sunday night and
l get nickel not to tell about it.
When it comes to choice of bees,
give me kissing bee every time"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18
FENCE 1000 MILES LONG.

In West Australia, after five years
work, the great transcontinental rab-
bit-proof fence has been completed.
Its length is 2,o36 miles ard the cost
of its erection has been nearly ST.
$4,000.
It is furnished at intervals of five
miles with systems of traps, in which
hundreds of rabbits are captured and
destroyed daily.
On the eastern side of the fence the
animals are teeming and vegetation is
almost completely absent. Inside the
barrier there appears as yet no trace
of their presence.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18
HOW TO DO IT.

An Irishman out of work applied
to the "boss" of a large repair shop
in Detroit. When the Celt had sta
ted his sundry and divers qualihca-
tions for a 'job," the superintendent
began quizzing him bit. Starting
quite at random, he asked:
do you know anything about car
pentry?"
"Shure p
"Do you know how to make We
netian blind 7"
"Shure p'
"How would you do it?"
"Shure, I'd poke me finger in his
eye !"-PAiladelbhiG Ledger.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18
HOSPITALITY IN THE FARMHOUSE.

True hospitality seems to be ne
elected in these days. The desire to
keep up appearance has much to do
with banishing the simpler and more
kindly way of entertaining. Let us
see that it does not go further, for it
is woman's high privilege to give
hearty welcome to the guest and dis
pense kindly hospitality to those who
are beneath her roof.
Every housekeeper, whether living
in cottage or mansion, should try
to have the home as bright and order
ly as possible, so that a friend may
be welcomed at any time or meal
without putting the entire household
in an uproar. Of course, this means
a bit more system, but no extra ex-
pense. If there are young folks in
the home it is the parents duty to
give their frieuds and companions a
friendly welcome.
Do not be extravagant in your food
expenditure, but spend what you can
afford on the table service that is, the
dishes, silver, etc. Don't forget that
a slice of bread and butter or simple,
plain sandwich, spread neatly and
daintily cut, placed on pretty plate,
set on a clean linen tablecloth, will
afford more enjoyment than more
elaborate dishes served in careless
fashion. A fresh appearance to the
table means little extra care but no
extra cost. Have in everyday use
dishes upon which you would serve
friend for ifthey are not fit for friends
they are not fit for those nearest and
dearest to us, the home folks. And
how much more refined our children
will appear at nicely set table than
where everything is in disorder If
we have pretty things let us use them
while our children are with us, that
they may not be mortified if a chance
guest drops in at any time. tits not
unusual to hear the housekeeper admit
that her social life is a burden to her.
What wretched state of affairs Let
us start reform. m.-M,S. M. e. Dun
ton, in tie New York Tribune.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18

BoARDER-You can divide chick
en- with mathematical accuracy, Mrs.
Washington. Mrs. Hashington-Di-
viding it is easy enough. I wish I
could multiply it.