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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

Here Is new sort of infant prodigy
A little girl of five years, the daugh-
ter OF respectable working people in
one of the most populous quarters of
Paris, seems to have established a rec
ord in juvenile crime. Some time ago
she tried to out out her little brothers
tongue with knife. She has tried to
burn the house down, having taken
care to soak beds and furniture with
petroleum. Such a terror did she be-
come in the neighborhood that she
was commonly called the "baby devil"
The public institutions, where she was
sent, considered her an abnormality
and refused to keep her. She has
tried to stab a man. Her perform
ances so disturbed the neighbors that
her unfortunate parents were ordered
from their poor lodgings by a bailiff.
Now the authorities have taken
charge of this terrible little creature,
who seems to be the kind of degen-
crate recently described by Prof. Lom-
broso, an inheritor of the sins of
many forbears
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

Round the Capital
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and There in Washinston. 1888
Husky Babies Is Aim of Uncle Sam

experiments in a race of husky young
giants, to whom sickness and ill
health will be a rarity. To first re-
move the cause for illness and then
replace poor food with good will be
the aim of the experiment, and the
results are expected to be evident in
the human machine thus constructed.
The movement is the result of nu-
merous inquiries from parents and
others who have suggested that there
might be possibility of impurities
in children's foods. For a time ex-
periments on small scale have been
carried on, but it has been made ap-
parent to DR.. Wiley that a more ex-
tehsive investigation into the subject
will not only reveal the fact that there
are impurities in the foods now of.
fered on the market, but will show
way to bring about better conditions
Of health for children generally.
DR.. Wiley believes that the manu-
facturers will have the matter as
much at heart as will the bureau of
chemistry, and for this reason he is
asking each maker of babies foods
to make a report not only on the kinds
of foods sold by him, but what he
would deem proper food.
1t is from the physicians, however,
that the best information is expected
because of their intimate dealings
with actual conditions.
In connection with the inquiry
special investigation will be made into
foods for the use of invalids and that
used in hospitals in the treatment of
the sick.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

THAT Mehmed Ali Bey, deposed
i Turkish minister, was compelled
to leave with Homer Davenport, the
horse loving cartoonist. his prize Ara
bian steed in order to obtain funds
with which to leave America, is the
story made public here by a friend
of the fleeing minister.
Furthermore, it is stated that this
final sacrifice came only after the min
lister had vainly appealed to a wealthy
New York cigarette manufacturer for
a loan of $4,000, who a few months
before had been presented with a
mate to the Davenport horse at the
suggestion of Mundji Bey, consul gen.
eral at New York.
When Mehmed Ali Bey reached this
country a year ago he brought with
him two Arabian horses valued at
$4,000 each. One of the Schinasi
brothers, wealthy cigarette manufac-
turers of New York, is said to, have
expressed a willingness to buy one
of them for $4,000. Mehmed Ali Bey
laughed at the offer. Arabian horses
are not so easy to obtain in America
Soon after the minister reached
Washington Mundji Bey, according to
the story told by the chagrined minis
ter afterward, suggested that he make
gift of the horse to the New Yorker,
and the gift was made.
A few days ago Mehmed Ali re-
ceived his recall. He was stranded.
Naturally the thought of a loan from
the New York cigarette manufacturer
occurred to him.
Lend me $4,000 until l see my
father, who, as you know, is wealthy"
he wrote.
Had I known that your horse had
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

Rear Admiral Sigsbee, in q recent
article in the Youths Companion, re-
ferred to story told him by an off,
Ger who had sailed on the Portsmouth
on the African coast, hunting for
slavers. The story goes that the
Portsmouth was once CHALLENGED to
race by foreign man-of-war, and
sailed round the foreigner twice.
The admiral regards this as good
sea yarn which he is content to leave
undtsturbed. A correspondent who
was on board the Portsmouth at the
time writes to the Companion that in
the log which he kept of the cruise he
finds the facts which bear out the
story. On November ~, 1859, the
Archer, British sloop of war, and the
Portsmouth were lying at anchor off
kensington, West Africa. Both got
under way about the same time, all
sails set, and started on a trial of
speed. Whether the race had been
planned or was an informal brush"
is not recorded, but it is true that in
the race that followed the Portsmouth
sailed clean round the Archer. The
evident establishment of the incident
to make it worthy sea yarn is the
word twice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

NEW YORK.-Mrs. Frank K. Sturgis,
~ known in society here and in Len
OK. intends the gift Of collection of
rare and beautiful birds of paradise
which she has just presented to the
American Museum of Natural History
as a first aid for dislocated millinery
morals.
She is member of the museum and
also leading spirit in the Audubon
society, which is pledged to prevent
the slaughter of birds for purposes
OF hat adornment. Several of the
rarer bird skins cost 500 each un-
mounted, and there is not one not of
high intrinsic worth as well as of
scientific value.
These birds are found only in New
Guinea and in few islets off its coast,
and despite their limited number they
are hunted remorselessly by plum
ers' employed by wholesale milliners.
The plumage of the male birds attains
It's dazzling beauty in the mating sea-
son, and the killing therefore is caus-
ing the species to disappear. England
has recently passed law which goes
into effect on January l, 1909, for
bidding the further importation of the
plumage Of such birds into the United
Kingdom
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

OLANS filed in the building bureau
/ call for the removal of the row of
buildings on the north side of West
Thirty-first street, between Broadway
and Sixth avenue, which was a gener-
alton ago the heart of the old Tender
loin district. The old row of buildings
that formed the core of the life of the
notorious section between West Thir-
tieth street and West Thirty-sixth
street in the days when Alexander
Williams was "the Gear of the Ten
derloin" is to be razed to make place
for an History commercial building, to
be constructed for William R. H. Mar
tin, a clothing merchant, at cost Of
$350,000.
1t was an odd coincidence that the
command in the old West Thirtieth
street police station, which was the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11
The Perfect Husband.

Dorothy Dix says that if husband
is to be perfect in the eyes Of his wife
be must abjure all his old friends and
relatives at the altar and take hers
instead. He must never make an en-
gagement without first consulting his
wife. He must never find out that she
is silly creature, but always regard
her as deep and inscrutable. He should
tell his wife often that she is hand
some, and has magnificent figure.
II his wife is stout, he must prefer
stout women; if scrawny, he must
admire thin women, and it would he
better if he never noticed any women
at all but herself. He must always
call his wife's temper nerves." He
must have no personal taste or whim
that anyone around the house should
be bound to consider. Above all. he
must know how to make money. And
money. And more money.
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THERE is not in all the world q
more conglomerate city than New
York, nor one that has such a small
proportion of old native stock.
One of the smallest groups in the
population of the metropolis is from
old colonial ancestors which, accord
ing to the most diligent investigation,
does not number more than $4,000.
There are but few ante-revolution fam
lilies represented in New York city,
and but comparatively few from colo
NAL New England settled here and left
descendants.
All told, the descendants Of Ameri-
cans for two or more generations do
not number more than 100000 in the
population of New York, and most of
these have come from other parts Of
the country, particularly west of the
Empire state. Most of their ancestors
came here within four generations.
Far more than two-thirds of the pop
ulation of New York city, or 3,037 900
of it's inhabitants, came from abroad
or were born of foreign parents. OF
these the Jews, lead all, with a popula-
ton of $4,000. All of these are not
from one country, but come from sew
eral lands, Russia leading with the
largest number, followed by Germany,
Poland, Hungary, and other countries
There are more Irish here who
came from Ireland or who were born
Of parents who came from there than
there are people in Dublin, or in other
words there are $4,000 of them. The
Italians come next, with a population
of $4,000. which is more than all the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

Denial Of the probability of a war
between Japan and the United States
would be gratuitous if there were not
so much persistent talk about the
dreadful possibility. 1t may be worth
while to collect three recent utter
ances on the subject by persons who
know. A French officer who has been
in Japan making a dispassionate study
of military matters, says, in effect,
that Japan is physically incapable of
war with the United States. The
American ambassador to Japan, Mr.
O'Brien, says that war talk is absurd
Marquis Katsura the new head of the
Japanese cabinet, supports his asser-
ton that Japan is bent on peace by
pointing out that the financial problem
of Japan is sufficient to engross her
for some time to come. War between
this country and Japan is possible; so
is war between any two nations. But
1t Is perverse jingoism which tries
to brighten folk with so nebulous a
possibility.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

D OS1TIONS as rural carriers are not
L supposed to be attractive to wom-
en-, and the postoffice department does
not encourage their employment as
such, but an increasing number are in
vadiMg the rural delivery field Some
are regular carriers.
Assistant Postmaster General De
Graw is authority for the statement
that when women obtain places as
rural carriers they invariably accept
cheerfully the hardships that accom-
pany the work in bad conditions Of
road and weather.
An example of this enthusiasm is
shown in report received at the de-
partment of the case of Miss Lenna
Sennot, who is the substitute carrier
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

THIS town is to be subjected to one
of the most thorough houseclean.
Ing operations that have ever been
performed hereabouts, and it is the
belief of those who will have the Job
In charge that the old town will be
quite decent and sweet smelling
place to live in after the cleaning
process has been completed.
Those of Uncle Sans sanitary
corps. who make a speciality of SAM
tary problems will be given a free
hand, with instructions to go as far as
they like.
The reason for so much activity on
the part of those interested in the
health of the good citizens of Wash
ington is report in the Canal Zone
Record which shows that while the
average of temperature and humidity
in the zone and Washington are about
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11
CURED HER CHILDREN,
Girls Suffered with itching Eczema
Baby Had a Tender Skin, Too
Relied on Cuticura Remedies.

"Some years ago my three little
girls had a very bad form of eczema
Itching eruptions formed on the backs
Of their heads which were simply COW
cred. I tried almost everything, but
failed. Then my mother recommended
the Cuticura Remedies. I washed my
children's heads with Cuticura Soap
and then applied the wonderful ONT
ment, Cuticura. did this four or five
times and I can say that they have
been entirely cured. I have another
baby who is so plump that the folds OF
skin on his neck were broken and even
bled. used Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment and the next morning
the trouble had disappeared. Nine.
Napoleon Duceppe, Al Duluth St.,
Montreal, Que, May 21, 1907"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11
Cards Cut from Deerhide

A remarkable collection of nearly
6OO packs of playing cards of all ages
and all nations has been presented to
the company of makers Of playing
cards. The collection includes Eng
hsh cards illustrating proverbs, her
aldry' fortune-telling, and items of
topical interest. The Indian are the
most interesting in the collection. Cut
from what is presumably deerhide,
the 40 skin cards used by the Sioux
Indian for the Mexican game, of
Monte" are wetrdly attractive. The
pack contains four suits: butterflies,
hsh, sticks, and annular ornaments.
For the game Of "Gunjfa," the Hindu
made use of 120 circular cards, which
afs hand-painted and lacQuered. ....
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11
Women Like Rural Mail Delivery Field

on 26-mile route in one of the New
England states. Miss Sennot has held
the position for three years, and al
though the route is long one and is
thickly wooded in some sections, Miss
Sennot says she has no fear in driving
over the route alone. She carries no
weapon of defense, but considers that
she is able to take care of herself.
When asked what induced her to
enter the service, Miss Sennot said
that one day, about three years ago,
the regular carrier told her he was un-
able to find substitute, and jokingly
asked her if she would like to sub
stitute for him.
II told him I would like to be his as
sistant or substitute" said Miss Sen
not, "providing he had horses that
had some life. He agreed he had good
horses, so I was sworn in as his sub
stitute.
mo, 1 have never been afraid, be-
cause there is nothing to fear. l have
every one wearing smile, and for
that reason l believe l have their
good Wills"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

EVELYN NESB1T THAW is not sui
Il fering from the hardup financial
condition that is alleged to have
driven her husband into bankruptcy
She was in real estate Office on Mad
ison avenue the other day hunting for
"a nice country place. as she put it.
She wore gown Of royal purple, a
big-brimmed hat with mass of black
feathers, high-heeled, low-cut shoes
which showed stockings to match her
gown.
II would like to buy a little house
on the Hudson" she said, somewhere
near Nordica's place. l may want to
try my voice."
Though worried at first by Harry
Thaws bankruptcy proceedings, Eve
lyn Thaw declared that she believed
her own income from the shattered
fortune of the slayer of Stanford
White is safe. She is spending her
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

l had been shangaied. I was ordered
to work, but refused to do so, and was
not allowed to have anything to eat
until I changed my mind.
after voyage of 227 days we
reached port at East London, South
Africa. The voyage should have been
completed in 80 days, but our vessel
was sailing craft, and the rough seas
and adverse winds prolonged it great
~. The captain wanted me to return
with the vessel to st. John, N. B.,
where was to receive the small pay
which, in my semi-conscious state, /
had agreed to accept for my services,
but l deserted.
After working at my trade short
time 1>enlisted in the English army
for a term of one year, and was as
signed to the intelligence department.
At the end Of the period I re-enlisted
for term of three years in the Forty
fifth regiment of the Royal Field
Artillery and served two years in
South Africa during the Boer war and
one year in India patrolling the bor-
der:
AFTER my term of enlistment had
expired went back to Africa, where
Joined q railway surveying party
and went the full length of the pro-
posed railway from Cape Town to
Cairo, Egypt Then on returning !
shipped to Australia and later Travelled
over a considerable part of China and
Japan.
Shortly after returning to Aus.
tralia I signed as fireman on the
White Star steamship Persic, and
went to England, and the next Is
months I spent travelling over Europe.
On April Is, 1907, l left Hamburg,
Germany, for Old Mexico, and worked
my way across the ocean on a sailing
vessel and in due time landed at
Santa Rosalia, on the Gulf of Cali.
fornia.
II went to the western coast and
engaged in mining, working for the
Columbia Mining company. Finally,
on May of the present year landed
IN the United States after an alb.
sence of nine years lacking 10 days."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

VICTIM or THE "sHANeHA," RE.
TURNS TO AMERICA AFTER
NINE YEARS.
INVITED TO EAT BY STRANGER
latter Dopes Coffee and Charles
Walker Wakes Up on Lumber
eark-TeIls Of Remarkable
Experiences Abroad.

Cheney, Wash.-After an absence OF
nine years, during which he has
travelled all over the world, Charles
Walker has returned to Cheney and
will resume his former trade, that of
painter. His adventures on land
and sea suggest those one reads of in
story books. He left here for Spokane
May Fl, 1899, and was not heard of
for long time. 80.
In the Falls City Walker was robbed
and loaded on a freight car. Reaching
Tacoma, he was shanghaied aboard q
deep sea sailing ship which started
him on his globe-trotting career. He
outlines his experience in the follow
ing words:
Il met a man in dark street near
the depot at Spokane, who talked to
me for a while, then it seems he
struck me on the side of the head
with something he drew from his coat
pocket. I must have lost conscious
ness for some time, for when 1
awoke was in box car in the rail-
road yards at Tacoma. On leaving the
car, was accosted by a stranger,
who, like myself, seemed to be look
ing for work.
HE finally invited me to eat with
him, and being hungry and without
money, I accepted the invitation. We
went into restaurant, and while eat
Ing / noticed that the coffee had a
peculiar taste and remarked about it
to my companion, who assured me
that it was all right. I do not re-
member anything from that time until
l awoke on board the Nova Scotia
bark Saltwater, loaded with lumber
and three days out at sea.
II was informed that 1 had signed
for the voyage to South Africa, and
on entering an emphatic denial 1 was
shown my own signature to the ships
articles. 1t then occurred to me that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11
Gotham Worlds Most COSMOPOLITAN Civ

residents of Naples. The Germans in
New York who came here from Father.
land or are descendants of parents
from there number more than the pop.
ulation of Frankfort, for there are $780,
900 of them.
If these first and second generations
OF foreigners there are $4,000 from
England and Scotland, $4,000 Bohemi-
ans. $1,000 scandinavians, $4,000 Hun.
gar1ans, $4,000 French and $4,000
Greeks, Turks, Syrians, Chinese, JAP
anese and peoples from other
countries not mentioned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11
Ex-Envoy Sold Horse to Leave Country

string tied to it should never have
accepted it," came the startling reply.
If you wish the horse back l will
return it to you," continued the curt
missive.
Desperate and incensed, the minis
ter said Return It," There came no
reply, it is said.
Go and get my Arabian horse from
Schinasi," Mehmed Ali Bey wrote to
Davenport. The cartoonist went, but
came back without the horse. Thor
oughly outdOne, the stranded minister
decided to turn over to Davenport the
remaining horse of the pair, for he
had to have money. He got it and left
America via Canada,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

The Enterprise.
W. E. HANNAFoRD, Pub.
VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA,
The Human Engine.

The Human Engine.
OF all the engines cunningly de-,
vised by man not one can equal that.
masterpiece of construction, the en-;
CINE of the human frame. To run that,
engine, air is the first necessity. Con,
struct It how you will, the greater part
of the energy which feeds a power,
plant is lost before it reaches the ap-
plying machine. The body, declares
Hollis Godfrey in the Atlantic, only
has the power of using energy really
economically and efficiently. It's food;
Is it's fuel. To be available, all the
constituents Of that food must be
burned, producing heat and power
For that burning the oxygen of the air
is essential. Equally true is it that
nitrogen must be present to prevent
the rapid combustion which would
take place in oxygen alone. But
whether the combustion be fast or
slow, the action is the same The
body burns the carbon and hydrogen
OF Its food and gives out the oxides of
these substances, carbon dioxide Gear
bon acid gas) and hydrogen oxide
(Water). The water that is formed
within the body by the burning of
hydrogen is of comparatively slight
Importance in a consideration of the
vital questions Of the effect of city air
upon the individual, but the other fac
tor, the carbon dioxide formed in the
body, Is of direct Importance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11
A New Society,

Connecticut has set worthy exam
pie in organizing society of mental
hygiene. This institution is not alto
gether happily named; the title car
ries with it suspicion of faith cure
psychic sanitation or the like. But
the true object of the order is to watch
and improve sanatoria. In view of the
complaints made from time to time
by patients and physicians alike the
usefulness of such society cannot
be doubted.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11
Work for Juvenile Court

New Orleans is to have a juvenile
court, and Miss Kate Gordon and her
sister, Miss Jean Gordon, are being
congratulated on the success of their
efforts. Several years ago these two
public spirited women began single
handed to work for the establishment
OF this court. They were later joined
by the New Era club, and together
they have managed to win victory
where only defeat was prophesied.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

The German emperor has a new
idea. 1t is to make tea drinking the
substitute for the stronger fluids in
his army. Soldiers are to be ordered
to fill the canteen with tea; but as
hot water is required to make the
drink, his majesty will have to think
up way to get into it without disas.
ter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

Some one has discovered that it is
very foolish to become angry, as every
time a person loses his temper his
supply of vitality is lowered. This is
doubtless very true, but there are few
who will stop to remember it when
there is the temptation to get mad.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

Some people predict that the dirigi-
BILE balloons will be made useful in
smuggling goods past customs bor-
ders Possibly, when 400-foot gas
bag can be made so invisible that GUS
toms officials cannot see it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-11

"The trouble Of most men-WOmen,'
is the terse remark of a cynical con-
temporary. And it might be added
vice versa.