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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
Standard Oil Prepares for Melon Cutting

contingency which might arise as a
result of the prosecutions.
How we'll the company has succeed
ed is manifest when it is stated that
the surplus, which has been accumu
lating since January l, 1902, when the
first move against the methods of the
company was begun, now amounts to
approximately $210,000,000. The profits
of the company within the period in
question were close to $1,000,000,0 900.
Had it not been for the federal in
vestigation into the affairs of the com
pany the stockholders would have re-
ceived much larger dividends since
1902. AS it is, the management does
not care to increase its disbursements
to shareholders until some decision is
reached in the suits against it.
Should the courts order a dissolu-
tion Of the company, the loss sus-
tanned by the corporation would not
be as heavy as some people would sup
pose, according to well-informed cor
poration lawyer. 1t would mean the
operation of the various subsidiaries
as separate companies, and while this
would inconvenience the management
the loss in earnings would not be un-
usually heavy. AS to the fine of nearly
29,200,000 imposed by Judge Lands,
the company feels it will never be
called upon to pay it.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14

w 1AsHINGTON.-Whatever the cap
W ital city of the nation may have
lacked in the past in the way of park
accommodations for the comfort and
enjoyment of the general public, such
condition will not exist after this sum-
mer, for rapid work is being done upon
the fats lying along the Potomac
frontage of the city, and the waste
land is being transformed into a gar
den spot that will make it one of the
most delightful public parks in the
country. Instead of the desolate
stretches of swamp and tangled
thicket and neglected commons there
are now verdant lawns and trees and
shrubbery and flowers, and, above all,
walks and drives and seats where the
public may view the river and the sur
roundings which have thus been Gre
ated.
Some persons are rather skeptical
when the topic of the pleasures of a
summer spent in Washington is dis
cussed with any enthusiasm. They
think of the range of the thermometer
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14

CONSIDERABLE interest was
~ aroused the other day by the re-
port that the president had given a
permit to a man who wanted to see
with his own eyes the original copy of
the Declaration of Independence, or
rather to see what is left of that
precious and venerated document
However, the permit must have died
a-borning. for it did not materialize,
but if such permit had been issued and
had been presented at the department
Of state it would have enabled its
holder to have the first view of the
Declaration of Independence that has
been had since the spring of 1908.
Even before 1903 it had been kept
in the safe, but it was often brought
out for admiring citizens to scrutinize
and to exclaim over. Since 1903 the
light Of day has not fallen ON it.
There had been too much light OF
day before that. In fact, there had
been too much of good many things;
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
Memorial to Bishop Satterlee Planned

tiful mountains of the wooded Cats
kills, 1900 feet above the plain which
it overlooks. And one could say that
In it's present stage it was almost lit
orally built by Bishop Satterlee with
his own hands, and its services OF
prayer, praise and sacrament carried
on by him for years.
Now it is proposed to enlarge the
structure, make it entirely of stone
and beautify it, as memorial to the
man who gave the inspiration for its
starting.
The history of the church dates
back to 1895, when the mission of All
Angels was established at Twilight
Park. For several years before that
time desultory services had been held
in small building in the settlement.
Bishop Satterlee made his summer
home there and he became interested
in the mission. Its first regular serv-
ice was held June 16, 1895, in the cot
tage where Bishop Satterlee and his
family lived. At that service there was
a celebration of the holy communion,
at which the bishop officiated. During
the summer services were held in a
small building nearby, but in the fall
1t was decided to build a church.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
"It's 4 Mani"

ings, there being symmetrical de.
gree of plumpness. All went gayly
until the audience noticed that the
rear elevation of the dancers right leg
was bagging at the knee. This aroused
latent suspicious and when boy
jumped on the stage crying: It's a
man. the rest who had paid to get in
Joined in the attack.
The audience stripped the man to
the skin without ceremony They
found he was stuffed with straw and
+. this so enraged the miners and the
pit boys that they gave the per-
former a severe drubbing, turn
ing him naked from a door of the
tent.
Meanwhile, the old circus cry Of
hey, Rube,' was taken up and the
shows employees gave an excellent
demonstration of how to quell a riot
with the least effort. They cut the
guy ropes and the tent fell on the
audience. The showmen ranged them.
selves along the edge of the canvas
and cracked the heads of those who
appeared. The dancer by this time
proved that he was no lady by vigor.
ously beating his former assailants,
he having by this time obtained a
suit of mems apparel.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14

Brazil began to celebrate, on July IA,
the one hundredth anniversary Of
King Johns proclamation opening the
ports Of the country to the world.
King John vi. of Portugal fed from
Europe to his South American prov.
ince to escape Napoleon. Rio de ia.
neirO became and remained for time
the Portuguese capital. Although
Brazil is no longer a Portuguese pos.
session, the anniversary Of the procla-
nation was selected as the date for
the opening of a great national exhibi.
tion Of the products of the country.
The only foreign nation invited to par
ticipate is Portugal. Don Carlos had
arranged to be present, but his assas-
sination has so affected affairs that the
mother country will be represented by
special officers sent by King Manuel.
Each of the 20 states of Brazil has a
characteristic exhibit in the grounds of
the fair, and suitable place has been
assigned to the Portuguese exhibit
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14

TALK 4 OF NEW YORK
Gossip of People and Events Told :
in lnterestini Manner. :*@ % -
Crook High Aspirations Nipped in Bud

cants who recently passed the civil
service examination for the job of pa;
trolman in the police department was
one Croughan. He made surprising,
ly good mark and stood away up in
the list of eligibles. So good was his
mark, indeed, that he was called to
the office of Gen. Bingham to receive
his appointment.
While waiting in the anteroom he
was recognized by special detective
and his record brought to light. The
man who was within two minutes of
being appointed to guard the property
of residents in this city had, it was dis
covered, already served three Jail SEN
tences for burglary, and in addition
had been dishonorably discharged from
the army. A warrant was sworn out
and Croughan was arrested for per-
jury.
But had the man who recognized
him turned up three minutes later the
city would have enrolled as a police
officer a man thrice convicted for
burglary and known as one of the lead
ers in his profession throughout this
part of the country.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
Guarding the Precious Declaration

toe much folding, too much rolling, too
much handling, and, alas! too much
stealing of it's immortal language by
a wet press copying operation resorted
to in 1920.
For so years the Declaration Of 1nde-
pendence hung in the light, and the
longer it hung there the more neces.
sary the light became, for the ink that
was left grew paler and paler until it
was hard to make out any of the sig
natures, except the big black name of
John Hancock. Finally it became evi.
dent that if anything except the
parchment was to be left the docu.
ment would have to be kept in the
dark.
So it went into retirement in the
safe, being brought out only upon spe-
cial requests.
In 1903 the late John Hay, then sec.
retary of state, appointed commit.
tee to examine the condition of the
declaration and to recommend what
should be done to preserve it. The
committee found it creased and bereft
of its ink, but they were pleased to
find no evidence of mold or other dis.
integrating agents" They recommend
cd that the document be kept dark
and dry, and their recommendation
has been religiously followed.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14

0NE of the unique features of the fall
~ campaign for seats in the New
York assembly will be the canvass
which ]. G. Phelps Stokes is going to
make as a candidate on the Socialist
Labor party's ticket in the Eighth dis
trict for his wife, whom it will be re-
called was before her marriage cigar
roller in the Ghetto district, has prom
ised to take the stump in his behalf,
and has placed herself at the disposal
of the campaign committee of the dis
trict.
Mrs. Stokes is clever woman and
a good speaker. She knows the dis
trict and the people from whom her
husband seeks political preferment,
and there is no question that her pub
lie support Of her husbands candidacy
will bring many votes to his aid.
And while Mr.. Stokes is running for
assembly in the Eighth his brother-in-
law and fellow Socialist, Robert Hunt
er, will be running for congress in the
Tenth congressional district unless
the present program of the Socialists
of the East side is changed. Mr..
Hunter and Mr.. Stokes have both con-
sented to be candidates and Mrs.
Stokes to be a cart-tail orator.
Their comrades think that this year
above all others the party has real
chance to win in these districts.
Mr. Hunter has been a Socialist for
two years, Mr.. Stokes not so long.
The decision to run Mr.. Stokes for
the assembly was made by the Social
lists in the Eighth district only recent
ly when Jacob Banker, a lawyer and
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14

NJ EW YORK.-It was by the narrow
~ est kind of margin that Father
knickerbocker has just escaped a sit
uation which would have made him
and his police force the laughing stock
OF the country generally for years to
come. In a word he has just missed
appointing as policeman a notorious
burglar and crook.
Even with men who have no Grim.
1nal record on the force there is more
than little complaint of the manner
in which some blue-coated officers of
the law hold up various interests in
their districts. But for full-aedged
burglar to have job as policeman
would mean an opportunity for loot
such as was never before dreamed of.
Among the several thousand appli-
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14

G TRANGERS in a strange land have
- every reason to feel that Uncle Sam
is doing his best to get them located
in places where they will find the
greatest benefits. This is clearly
shown by the facts and figures which
set forth the work of the division of
information of the bureau of immigra-
ton and naturalization. This bureau
is succeeding in a remarkable way in
diverting hundreds of poor aliens from
crowded centers Of the country to fer
tile farms aud other places where
there is big demand for that class of
laborers This bureau is charged by
an act of congress with the great un.
dertaking of promoting beneficial
distribution of admitted aliens and 9th
ers seeking employment, but the
actual work of distribution is conduct
ed by the information branch of the
immigration service in New York city
The method employed is to send out
cards to all persons unable to secure
necessary help, including farm labor
ers, common laborers and mechanics.
Whatever kind of help is needed is in
dicated by the replies on the return
postal cards. About 100000 cards have
been scattered broadcast over the
country, and it is estimated that alto
gether about 40OO.0OO cards will be
sent out in the near future. From the
first of February last to the close of
June, nearly 1000 aliens and others
were sent in response to applications
to various parts Of the country. Twen-
ty-six nationalities are represented in
this distribution aad the employment
secured was principally farm work.
The following shows the various states
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14

THE Industrial Christian Alliance
believes in the possibility of the
reclamation of the hobo, whether any
one else does or not, and this element
of faith rests, the alliance claims,
upon the work which it has already
been able to accomplish in behalf of
the men who have lost their grip and
have become shiftless wanderers upon
the face of the earth.
The unsympathetic public would
lump the genus hobo in one mass and
charge that he had become a street
beggar and panhandler from choice.
The alliance would declare that such
indictment would be true of but a
small percentage.
The stroller through Central park
would turn impatiently from the
vagarant-filled benches and declare
that these men would rather sleep
there than work for the price of a
bed in lodging house, but the ALI.
ance says such is not the case
The man who chanced to see the
bread line awaiting scant succor at
the disposal of the public charity
would conclude that these men would
prefer the meager diet to the square
meal which might be had by accept.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
Oysters in Shallow Water.

But sure enough, did you know there
were some oysters, and Virginia oys-
ters at that, which can not live always
under sheets of water? The seaside
oyster does not grow in deep water,
say over ten feet, and the most and
best of them grow in water so shoal
that it is dry ebb half the time. These
latter are the most prolific seed bear
ers We have; but they will die if
planted in deep water or in the Chesa.
peake bay. The inside or bay oyster
should never ebb bare to thrive best
Singular, isn't it, that the Virginia
oysters, one and the same bivalves
can lead double life, but only one
phase of it at time. The seaside
fellow must be out of water a good
portion of his time to thrive, while
the bay and river fellow will die in
summer and freeze in winter If ex
posed to the air.-Virginia Citizen.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14

A MOTHER interesting thing con.
"a nected with Washington life is the
move which is on foot for an addi-
tional memorial to the late Rt. Rev.
Henry Yates Satterlee, the bishop Of
Washington who filled such a large
place in the religious and moral life
of the capital city. 1t is now pro-
posed to make into a magnificent
church the small chapel founded by
the dead prelate at Twilight Park,
Haines Falls, in the Catskill noun
tains.
Although several hundred miles
away from Washington, the present
All Angels church at Twilight Park is
practically part of the diocese of
Washington. 1t is inseparably con-
nected with the local diocese through
the late Bishop Satterlee.
This picturesque little church is
perched on the side of one of the beau
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
OLE MIS- MOON WITH THEM.
No Chance Of the Visitors Beina
homesick in the City.

Nine. Fairfax was wont to stand ON
the porch of her old Virginia home
and rejoice on moonlight nights in the
beauty, says the Youths Companion.
There's my moon,' she would say.
as it rose from behind the eastern
hills. Look, Dahlia, see how beauti-
tul it is,'' and her tiny colored maid,
who was ever at hand with shawl or
fan for her beloved mistress, would
answer, enthusiastically: "Your moon
certainly do look pow'ful handsome
tonight"
When Nine. Fairfax journeyed to
the city to visit her son, Dahlia, look
Ing out Of the window with wondering
eyes on the first evening of her life
away from home, exclaimed, In a voice
Of mingled astonishment and relief:
well, l declar' to goodness, II ole
Mis- Moon amt done come along to
Washington wifi me an ole mis-! We
can't be homesick nohow, Wit ole Mis-
Moon shining on u.s."
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
The Enterprise. .
w. E. HANNAFoRD, Pub.
VIRGINIA. MINNESOTA.
~
>~HonoraryS.Degrees.

With scarcely an exec ption, those
who have received honorary degrees
from the colleges this summer deserve
the distinction. The same was true
last year and the year before; it is
true every year. Nor does the supply
of men worthy Of scholastic distinc-
tion grow less. Every year many men
who have been seriously devoting
themselves to their work are found to
have risen SO far above the general
level of their fellows that recognition
of their achievement Is appropriate.
They may not have attained great
eminence, but they have distinguished
themselves, and have attracted atten.
tfon as men who have risen and are
rising. Recognition of their superiori.
ty is gracious and encouraging. The
colleges perform public service in
decorating them with a doctorate OF
laws, or philosophy, or science, or let
tiers, or divinity. 1t may be urged that
eAAS uSSAAS - " NC ttaS5CO ao d4A AAOAoA al y
doctor" is unworthy. 1t may be ad
mitted that it is not so high a motive
as the desire to serve without regard
to praise or blame. Yet men are SO
constructed that the most of them
need encouragement and the inspira
tion of appreciation to do their best
work. Therefore, the prospect of win
ming such distinction as will attract
the attention of the degree-conferring
authorities must be included among
the incentives to endeavor 1t takes
a heroic soul to do a great waSk in
secret, careless of praise or blame, and
few Of us, remarks the Youths Com
panion, have heroic souls. For those
who do not achieve the distinction OF
honorary degrees there remains the
reward Of the appreciation of thei,
friends. The duty of the friends tC
make that appreciation known is nc
less than the duty Of the colleges tc
honor great achievement
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14

WITH net profits OF probably close
W to $40,000,000 for the first half of
the current fiscal year and distribution
Of but $23,601,192 in dividends, leav-
ing a surplus of $16,39S,S0S to add to
the already tremendously large sur
plus, the Standard Oil company is get
ting ready for melon cutting some
day, the like of which the financial
world has never before seen, that is,
the melon cutting will take place un.
less the government prosecutions for
alleged violation of federal laws final
ly succeed in collecting heavy fines
similar to the one imposed by Judge
Lands and which was recently set
aside by the appellate court.
But even should the government
succeed in collecting heavy fines it
would probably prove little more than
a skimming Of the surplus, for since
the federal investigation of the Stand.
ards methods began the company has
been judiciously providing for any
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
FIGHT MONSTER TOM CAT.
Feline Attacks Farmer When Caught
Stealing Chickens.

Greenwich, Conn.-Frank Sands, an
aged farmer Of Mount Kisco, N. Y, is
in serious condition, the flesh torn
from his left hand and arm in several
places as a result of fight with a
monster tom cat that has been roam
ing the woods in the vicinity of his
house for the last few weeks.
For some time Mr.. Sands has been
losing chickens at the rate of one
every night, and about week ago he
laid in wait for the marauder.
In the moonlight he saw a large cat
steal out Of the woods and into one OF
the coops in his hen yard. He made
an attempt to get the animal, but it
escaped him. The other morning Mr.
Sands got up shortly after dawn
reused by commotion in his hen
yard. Arriving there he saw the cat
in the act of killing a valuable prize
hen.
He rushed at the cat to drive it
away and the creature turned on him
Springing distance of eight feet OF
more, the animal set it's teeth into his
arm. He shook the animal off, but
1t took the flesh with it.
1t had no sooner reached the ground
than it sprang at him and bit him
again, all the time tearing his arm
with it's claws. He finally succeeded
in stunning the brute, and farm hand
killed it with an AK
Mr. Sands tainted and had to be car
ried to the house. 1t was thought a,
first that he would die from shock and
loss of blood
The cat was weighed, and Just
tipped the scales at % pounds Othel
farmers in the vicinity say that the
creature had been living in the wood:
in the vicinity for months, havinf
reverted to the wild state, and hat
been robbing poultry yards.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
New Plan Helps Aliens to Get Work

to which aliens and others have been
distributed and the number to each
state: Alabama, 8; Connecticut, Z;
Delaware, /; Georgia, %; Illinois, 2S;
Indiana, l; Iowa, 81; Kansas, 5: Ken
lucky, IS; Maryland, 10; Massachu'
setts, 2; Michigan, IS; Minnesota, 90;
Mississippi, 10; Missouri, 8; Montana,
2: Nebraska, 9; New Jersey, II; New
York. 1871; North Carolina, 2; North
Dakota, s; Ohio, Is; Oklahoma, 35;
Pennsylvania, 55; South Carolina %;
South Dakota, /; Texas. 4; Vermont,
227; Virginia, Z; West Virginia, l.:
Wisconsin, 9.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
Ball of Fire Rolls In.

Traverse City, Mich.-While Mrs.
Willard Flood, her two daughters, her
nephew and Mrs. W. Adams were
sitting in the parlor of the Flood house
a gigantic ball of fire dropped into
the room, and for minute or so the
entire company was paralyzed.
Lightning had struck the front of
the house, and the bolt apparently
came down into the parlor, then went
up again and out through the roof
of the kitchen.
While this is in direct opposition
to theory, the damage done the house
indicates that the bolt really thus per-
formed. None of the company was
hurt.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14

The pope is credited with the re-
mark that if the Roman Catholic
church could be as highly respected
In other countries as in the
United States he would be in
favor of the separation of church and
state everywhere. The church is re-
spected here because communities Of
the United States all began with a
policy Of religious freedom, and have
never tolerated state church. In the
other countries, where the supremacy
of one church was established by law,
1t is not easy to hold respect when the
preference is withdrawn.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
LARGEST Extinct Animal

The latest large animal to become
extinct, the California sea elephant
(Macrorhinus angustirostris), is a
species belonging to the seal family,
and the male had tubular proboscis
that could be elongated and dilated.
Specimens taken to England few
months ago by Walter Rothschild's g
collectors are the last They were
taken on the island Of Guadalupe, of
the coast Of 0outhern California, and
will be preserved In the London Nat
ural History museum and elsewhere.
Until now no museum has had On
adult male sp7cImen.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
Rose Pastor Stokes to Stump for Hubby

Socialist orator, declined to run. Mr.
Banker ran in the district last year
and came within about 600 votes of
winning.
The leaders in the district with
James G. Phelps Stokes running and
Rose Pastor Stokes helping him run,
already see Victory within their grasp.
They say that there is no doubt that
Mr.. Stokes will carry the district be-
cause everybody knows him and Mrs
Stokes.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
ANGRY CROWD STRIPS
FAKE "LAOY DANGER
PADDING SLIPS FROM MAN PER-
FORMER AND AUDIENCE
CHARGES ON STAGE.

Nantucket, Pa.-The symmetry of
one of the limbs Of LADY dancer
having become loosed from its
moorings, tent show here broke UP
in riot and it is likely that future
female impersonators hereabouts will
take more care to retain their curves.
A big crowd of men and boys attend
ed the performance, which had been
literally advertised by posters show
ing the lady dancer as she would
positively appear, or money back.
When the dancer came on there was q
great burst of applause because the
performer looked the part. She, or
rather he, was encased in pink flesh.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
Episcopal Wit.

"Our Bishop Burgess" said Garden
City man, us one of the few American
clergymen who, being graduates of the
famous University of Oxford, are en-
titled to wear the Oxford hood.
"At certain service another bishop,
also an Oxford man, nodded toward
the officiating clergyman and whis-
pered excitedly to Bishop Burgess:
Why, look, he has got an Oxford
hood on
$50 he has,, said Bishop Burgess.
"'But he is not entitled to it. He
has no Oxford degree exclaimed the
first bishop. Why, the man is wearing
lie on his back
'Hush,' said Bishop Burgess. Don't
call it a lie. Call it a false hood"