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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Machine Counts Uncle Sans Money!

tilated, worn out and counterfeit:
pieces, a work that requires very
quick precision, and women have been
found to do 1t exceedingly wei. Usu.
ally they can detect counterfeit coin
by it's color as it lies among the 9TH
ers on the table, but If not then, the
operator captures it when she losses
1t from one hand to another, for there
is false ring in its chink as it leaps
into her palm. 1T is remarkable, ;" said
treasury employe recently, how
many counterfeit copper cents come
in. especially when one calls to mind
how little profit there is in making
them. OF course, as they are of such
small denomination, they can be
passed without much chance of sus-
picion being aroused, as few people
trouble themselves to examine a
penny. 1t has been found that most
of the counterfeit pennies are made
by Italians in New York city, and they
put them into circulation to a great
extent through peddlers and small
store keepers.
There are, by the way, some inter-
esting facts connected with copper
cents. The Philadelphia mint during
the fiscal year coined more than 1,000,~
600 cents and more than 100000
nickels. Up to just recently all the
cents and nickels have been made in
Philadelphia, but according to a new
law, passed. by congress not long ago,
these coins may be made at any of
the minis, and as a result the mint
at San Francisco last autumn put out
100000 copper cents. Just very
few years ago pennies had no circu-
lation at all west of the Mississippi.
In fact California did not recognize
them as legal tender, said an official.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
TALK OF NEW YORK
Gossip of People and Events Told
in Interesting Manner.
Liquor at $500 a Gallon for Horses

How is it sereved?"
with or without and in milk
punches" answered the commits
sioner.
DO you ever serve horses necks?"
That's what we do serve" re-
sponded the commissioner, refusing
to smile. This bill has been held
up eight months, and they are good
enough judges of whisky in the comp
troller's Office to decide in less time
than that whether it is good"
When the comptroller was in
formed of this he declared he had
never heard of whisky that was not
good.
The commissioner may have been
excited, but his state was peaceful
as compared with that Of the horses
in the park stable. There was much
worry over whether the four gallons
referred to by the comptroller was
for each horse or all the horses.
One horse was being manicured and
was plainly irritated. He wished to
register a kick against those WHO
had held up the bills. He is one of
the blue ribbon horses of the park de-
partment force.
by the great Pegasus, nevah have
I heard such fuss made over a lit
tie rum!" he explained The park
horses inalienable right is ten quarts
of oats a day, with a Saturday night
bran mash and a nip or two when it's
hot or cold to give one a little spirit"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

A GENERAL cleanup of the records
"A Of the postoffice department in
washington recently brought to light
a list of postal routes existing in the
United States in 1909, together with a
schedule of the time in which those
routes should be covered. The PAM
phlets were issued by Gideon Granger,
who was postmaster general under
JEFFERSON in 1901 and continued under
Madison in 1909. They are the earli-
est records of their kind now in the
possession Of the department.
In front of each pamphlet is a list
OF the rules and regulations which
governed the distribution of the mails
just 100 years ago. They were brief
and to the point, and contained some
curious stipulations. In addition, the
pamphlet contained fines levied upon
mail carriers for delivering wet mails
and for other shortcomings.
The general rules were as follows:
Il. The postmaster general may ex-
pedtte the mails and after the time
of arrival and departure at any time
during the continuance of the con-
tracts, he stipulating what he con-
ceives to be an adequate compensa-
ton for any extra expense that may
be occasioned thereby.
q. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed
for opening and closing the mails at
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Dan Cupid Hides in the Tvpe Cases

yn was proof, If such were needed.
mat the News is an exceptionally fine
matrimonial bureau.
Within the last four years there
nave been six weddings all traceable
10 the News office. Harvey A. Brown
welded Miss Bronzon of Warwick
N. T., and the couple are now living
at SHngerlands, N. Y. D. Nelson Raw
nor, formerly manager of the News
and now associate editor of the Lonr
Island Democrat of Jamaica. followed
Browns example by marrying Miss
Ethel Van Sise of Huntington. Miss
Maud lilly resigned her place two
years ago to become the bride of ~
bert White of Jamaica. Miss Blanche
Latourette succeeded her and was
SOON engaged to marry Henry Wallace
OF Port Washington, L. l. Within =
few months she left the News tn keon
house. William F. Lynch recent1v
took as bride Miss Louise Jae.er ~
Hankins, N. Y, who taught the schoo,
IN Glenwood for two years.
Another compositor on the staf, :.
now said to blush violently when the
word marriage is in COPY. and me
publisher Is looking for some one to
fill her place when the expected restg.
nation is handed to him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

WASHINGTON Sam is now
W too big, too prosperous and too
much in a hurry even to count his
money, and instead of counting his
coins by hand he simply runs them
through sort of hopper, operated by
electricity, and an automatic register
shows how many 60 through. The
coins fall into bag and are tied up
and sealed. the government guaran.
teeing that the correct number are in
the bag.
The machine can make no mistake.
hence Uncle Sam feels safe in making
his guaranty. In this way all the
money is now being counted out at
Washington, to 90 to the subtreas-
uries and banks throughout the coun-
try. The treasury does a great deal
OF counting of money, and for the
purpose women are employed rather
than men, as it has been found after
long experience that the women make
fewer mistakes. Hence the operators
who sit at the electric machines and
pour the silver stream into the hop
pers are of the female SEX
But there Is one place in the life of
the coin where it must be counted by
hand, and that is when it comes back
to the treasury for redemption.
The money then must be gone over
by hand to separate the foreign, mu-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Chickens Adopted by a Police Cat

From time to time their pitiful chirps
could be heard, and as night came on
these Increased in frequency and
plaintiveness. The chirps came from
under a stable in the rear of the sta.
ton, where the two little foundlings
had sought shelter.
Members of the precinct command
say that during the evening the cat
appeared to be acting strangely. In
stead of roaming about the squad
room, as was her usual custom, she
wandered about the rooms on the
lower floor of the station, and occa-
sionally made visits to the basement.
No significance was given her queer
actions. but many of the policemen
wondered why their feline mascot did
not visit them and get her usual even
ing pettings.
The next morning the cause of the
cats strange actions was explained,
when the strange little bundles of
feathers were discovered. but within
a few minutes she put in her appear
ance.
She Immediately started to attend
to her motherly duties. The little fel-
lows were true to their adopted moth.
or from the very first.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

2TREET MUSIC in New York city
~ is rarely picturesque. The Italian
girls who played the tambouri,es just
as naturally as they used to on the
old-fashioned wallpaper have disap-
peared, and possibly the taste of the
day has inclined their successors to
be noisy rather than interesting to
look at.
Certainly the quartet that has
recently appeared in the residential
streets up town is the noisiest group
that ever conspired against the ear
drums of harmless humanity. 1t
gives forth such torrent of sound that
It's leader is prompt to observe the
law. The first sign of protest from
the householder in whose neighbor-
hood it begins operations quiets the
quartet and starts it off for another
stand.
They are four as husky specimens
as Italy ever sent here. Two carry
tambourines, and two small organs
which they hold on their knees az
they turn them. Each Of these men
has over his shoulder q wicker chair
which he deposits in the street as near
as possible to the curb before the
music begins. The two men on the
end with their tambourines are not
satisfied with the racket created by
the impact of their heavy knuckles
on the skin.
They have a species Of drumstick
with ball at one end which is in
turn covered with skin. This they
pound with fearful ferocity against
the tambourines which they hold up in
the left hand on q level with their
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

CAUGHT between the floor of the
~ electric elevator and steel beam.
with the certainty of being crushed to
death if her rescuers moved the car
up or down by the slightest inadvert-
ence, Miss Margaret DAILY, green
horn" doormaid, had thrilling half
hours experience in the Baby's hos
pital, at Lexington avenue and Fifty
fifth street, New York city. It was
necessary to chisel the heads of the
bolts in the steel beam and take the
beam out of the elevator shaft before
the young woman's life could be saved.
Miss DAILY, who is 1S years old, has
been in this country but few weeks,
and got her position in the hospital
only recently. owed her perilous pre-.
dicament to her irrepressible curiosity
to find out how the elevator worked.
Sh5 had never seen an elevator b.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

WASHINGTON has good laugh at
w the story from Glenwood Springs,
COL, about the bath President Taft
didn't take, knowing how the people
do some awfully funny things in their
efforts to entertain the nations chief.
At Glenwood Springs, on his trip west,
which station he reached at six o'clock
in the morning, there were several
thousand people who greeted the stop.
page of the train with a whoop. Cap.
allie" Butts, the presidents military
aid, landed on the floor with one
bound from the bed, and speedily ap.
peared upon the rear platform of the
train, wrapped in a military coat and
not much else. excepting just straight
mad. His cream.colored pajamas pro-
jected about a foot below the great
coat and his shoes displayed the lack
of hosiery as he faced the reception
committee, headed by the bishop of
the church and the mayor of Glenwood
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

HE police of the tenth precinct in
/ Washington have as a mascot q
cat that is destined to disturb the rest
of the enemies of the so-called ma
ture takers. This cat, large, we'll
trained animal, and the pride of ev-
cry member of the command, has
adopted two founding chickens of
tender age. Strage though it may
seem, she cares for them with an eye
as guarding as a mother hen ever pos
sessed. and is apparently determined
that no harm shall befall them.
The two little bundles of feathers
are supposed to have been brought
into the station house one exceedingly
rainy night. At the time they were
but few days old. During the after
noon before they were seen in the vi
cinity Of the station house. but when
& started to rain they disappeared.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
A NY girl who wishes her chances O
~ marriaqe immea s1ra hlu onhannof

4 NY girl who wishes her chances of
"a marriage immeasurably enhanced
can 60 to Roslyn, l.. l., and apply to
William Mccarthy, publisher of the
Roslyn News, for job as compositor.
The News is printed in a little shop in
the village. down below Harbor Hill,
the estate of Mrs. Clarence H. Makay.
She is said to have exhibited an inter-
est in the outcome of several affairs
of the heart that originated there.
For years past the News Office hae
borne the reputation of being a place
where Cupid is kept busy. Girl after
girl has been led from the ink-smeared
walls to the altar and couple after
couple have blessed the little country
weekly for making them happy by
bringing them together.
The recent marriage of Miss MILL
cent West and William Magee at Ros-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

Sir Thomas Browne nearly 900 years
ago wrote a book on the common er-
rors OF his time. There. is still a
chance for. another writer. to Dradnce
a BULKY voluna ca the common errors
OF to-day. One Of these errors Il that
poverty makes for genius. That her.
sons bred in scenes of poverty NAV
rise to lofty heights cannot be odis.
puted. But. to say that poverty was Of
any assistance to them in their rise
IS mistake. The good Of poverty NAV
consist II this, that it is so cruel that
one may rouse himself to great effort
to escape from 1t.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

People who like clean money and
who appreciate that the cost of replac-
ing old bills with new ones is so large
as to seem overburdensome when the
bills are not abraded. will be interest.
eo IN the announcement that the bu.
reau OF engraving and printing a..
washington is in possession oof the
formula OF chemical solution which
destroys the bacteria that accumu}ate
on bank notes and makes the cbflla
look like new, except that theyi:ara
not so crisp as new bills 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Novelties in Gotham's Street Music

shoulders. Their sudden start con-
verts quiet street into hell of ca
cophony. They find profit in the
streets further to the east and west
of town, where the spirit of their
music is enjoyed and it's volume does
not fall on such fastidious ears You
rarely see men so young as these or
so we'll able to do their work.
Another novelty Of the street bands
Is complete contrast to this STEM
torian quartet. She is a French
woman we'll past middle age, whose
appearance carries with it every de-
tail her years suggest. She is more
than plump, and her white hair is
drawn into a tight knot at the back
of her head. She has a clear. bronze
skin, not unlike winter apple in its
look of crisp health.
Her plain alpaca dress shows the
effects of exposure to wind and rain.
for it's black has faded in many places
to green and brown; but she looks
as happy as If she had on new tailor
made and hat from Fifth avenue to
cover her silver hair.
Another set of distributors of
street melody have no personal re-
sponsibility. They are hired for their
job and it isn't necessary for the pub
Tic to contribute that they may live.
1t is quite true that unless the public
takes an interest In them they will
not continue to live for long at the
expense of the person who is SUPPORT
ing them now; yet at all events they
90 not have to sing for their supper
every night.
These new troubadours travel in a
wagon drawn by horse that need
not look so tired in view of the length
OF time that he stands STILL But
when he does move he has to null the
upright piano inside the wagon. the
boy on the back who sings through a
megaphone, and the pianist; then &C.
casionally the sidewalk barker climbs
up Into the wagon if the trip is going
to be long.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Hospital Maid Victim of Odd Accident

.ore, and came mighty near never 600.
ing one again. o0e
Mrs. Frank, the hospital housaloe,-
er' and the ten nurses in the inst1tx.
ton were at dinner when Miss DIV
who had been assigned to answer the
front door bell, took advantage NJ a
dull season to take a forbidden neon
at the fascinating elevator, the door
OF which was invitingly open.
Miss DAILY Unexpectedly moved -,
lever far enough to start the car a,ea e
ly upward. Realizing that she hod
broken the rules against her meddi;a IT,
with the elevator the young womae
tried to jump into the car tn s+on =.
She slipped and fell with her Ior.
extending beyond the body If tss
car. Before she could get to her ,aet
the top of the elevator had reaches
the entrance door on the ground i,oor
Just above the door there was a s+se,
girder extending across the elevato-
shaft, with about five inches anaoa
between the floor of the car and ~
girder. Miss DAILY was crushed IN th,.
place and held about the waist
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

II the CUBAN government Is disposeo
to remove the wreck of the Maine
from Havana harbor 1t Is not likely
that any Objec will come from this
country. Our government has de.
clined to undertake the Job. and it is
reported that an enterpristng Argen.
tine firm has submitted q proposal to
Cuba for the removal OF that obstruc.
ton at the expense of the insula,
treasury.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

In cases OF collisions and accidents
at sea. salvage will be paid on human
life as we'll as on property, Life nv
this provision. is made a. valuable az
property. though. on the othe. hand
some might argue that life Is above
all price and that its salvage is merely
plain duty. incumbent on all. to hu.
mainly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

The suppression Of Photographs in
the entire central district OF st. Pc
tersburg marks an Interesting use Of
the autocratic power in dealing with
the noises of a great city. A ukase
suppresstng the noise made by auto
mobile engines would be welcomed IN
Manhattan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05


be Of
An Of the
less effective boycott of American
The be
of
of English
spared them that the
of
but
O
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

The good country folks who have
the privilege OF going to husktn'
bee" and the brilliant prospect OF en-
joying. this winter. sleigh rides on
moonlight nights. are truly envied by
their city cousins.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

The endeavor of the sultan OF Nor.
COCO to stir up the other Christian ma.
lions AGAINST Spain showed crude
knowledge OF human nature, but then
they lead too much of the simple life
IN Morocco to appreciate the subtle
complexities Of occidental adyantaees
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

The students Of prominent girls
college IN the east have decided to
dispense with pufrs and rats. The re-
form will give them more time to put
more inside their heads than there is
on It,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

A railroad in the west. punished for
rebating. admitted its guilt. but plead.
ed 1nadVertence. Things will be get
ting serious II the law intends to take
up every case OF Observation-Disclosures on
the part OF big corporations in this
WaY
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
TO FIGHT YANKEE INVASION

The Countess of Egerton, widow of Earl Eyer
ton OF Tatton whose first husband was the Duke
OF Buckingham, according to report, has planned
movement among titled English women to re-
slst the yankee INVASION" by which the most
eligible of Englands unmarried mobiles are being
captured by the daughters of aspiring American
milliOnares.
The plans Of the countess contemplate moth.
ing less than campaign of education among
women members of the English aristocracy par
ticularly the mothers, with view to securing
united and intelligent action to influence their
sons and brothers against marrying American
girls.
Under the countess plan, it is said, the moth
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

Joseph w. Folk, who broke up the Doodle com
bine In St. Louis and was rewarded by election
to the Office of governor, is being doomed fol
president in 1912, and it is practically certain
that the Missouri delegation to the next Demo
cratic national convention will carry Folk insruc
tons.
Missouri Democrats are free to confess that
they are sick at heart over the fact that Demo
cratic Missouri" is represented at Washington
by one Republican United States senator and
that the state government at Jefferson City is in
Republican control. Upon harmony basis it
is now clear that the old factional fighting has
been abandoned within party lines and that for
mer Governor Folk will be made Missouri's pres
In
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
NAMED FOR PEKIN POST

Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania, charge
daffaires at Pekin, is declared by prominent dip.
lomatic authorities to be slated for the Pekfn
post Charles r. Cranes successor
The state department recognizes that Mr..
Fletcher has shown good judgment and discre-
ton and that since he succeeded to the control
of the legation American diplomacy in China has
been entirely Independent of the powerful Japan
csc and British influences at Pekin
Mr. Fletcher was appointed to the post of Sec
rotary of the legation under Mr.. W. w. Rockhill.
then minister, on April rs. 1907. at q salary Of
$2625. When it was decided to promote Mr..
Rockhill to the post of ambassador to Russia Mr.
Fletcher was made charge d'afaires and since
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

Christmas presents are being brought
over from abroad and are being turned
out by American manufacturers. Santa
Claus Is one person who never loses
popularity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

in
committed to the Folk candidacy it
City,
Men who in position to know what they talking
political game
public spotlight
presidential posi-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05
Drawing the Line

In making campaign speeches." said
the ordinary citizen. Il suppose you
never promise more than you can do?"
"Oh, don't carry it quite that far"
replied the politician. but I neve-
promise more than l can make the
people believe / can do"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05


evidence of ability which
and Secretary of State Knox
appointed second secretary OF the legation
the legation Pekin, April
Lisbon March TO- 1905
ton a April &C. 1907
resignation
field.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

All sections and all classes win
benefit by good roads. Few move
ments are as truly national, in as
many ways, as the flourishing cause
of highway improvement.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

Minister WI thinks we will soon be
travelling to China by airships. The
world is getting to believe that Ameri-
ca Is trampling on impossibilities
merely for pastime.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

A bridegroom of 81 in Connecticut
was arrested for perjury in swearing
that his 70-year-old bride was 36.
Which literally was foolish thing to
do on the face OF It.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

1t Is not quite fair to judge of the
enects of college life by clothing man
ufacturers' pictures. Many young men
ely learn a good deal at college.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-05

1909 is already way ahead OF 1908
IN the volume of business. and prom.
ises before its end to make a record
that has rarely been surpassed.