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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19
Rained Cat and a Dog in Harlem

nall. His investigations led him to
the roof, where the first thing he saw
was an Angora cat with a tail like a
street broom.
Suddenly Sport growled and leaned
at the cat, who sidestepped gracefully
and buried one set of her claws to the
nit IN Sports nose. Then they went
at it, and for the next few Minutes
they clawed and chewed each other
until both were in tatters. The hat
tie was spread over three roofs. and
cries of the cOmbatants. attracted a
crowd of spectators, who watched
from the other side of the street.
When the animals rolled on tn tho
roof of the bank building half a dozen
stolid 'citizens who were playing pin.
ochle on the floor under the roof fed
in terror. Sport got strangle hold
on the cats throat and the cat dug her
claws into his pink ears. They were
hugging each other in this fashion
when they fell to the sidewalk. miss.
ing Policeman Marron's helmet nv tho
fraction of an inch.
Several persons coning out of the
bank at the time lost their dignity
completely when the battered bunch
of snarls and growls shot by their
heads. The animals gave q few con.
VulslVe movements and died.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19
Parsons Amuck in Hotel for Women

ing session the dignified chs1rchmen
marched solemnly into the hotel
traffic squad Of chambermaids was
lined up to receive them and show
them to the luncheon room, taking
care to see that none strayed from
the direct route.
The luncheon was good one. and
with the coffee cigars were produced
and the clergymen, bearing in mind the
promise of cards, thought they would
stroll about the hotel, of which they
had heard much, until they had
finished their smoke. But this was
not to be, for when they emerged
into the hall they found every stair.
way roped off and the traffic squad of
chambermaids on the job. Somebody
asked what it meant and the reply
was: Rule of the house is no man
allowed above the first floor"
But the cards say smoking in any
part of the house." protested a gray
bearded elder
Cant help that! This is a ladies'
hotel, and no men amt allowed IN.
stairs"
Some of the clergymen looked at
one another and smiled, while a few
were even caught blushing, but as
they did not wish to stroll about the
parlors and Hobbies, putting clouds in
the faces Of women, they soon went
back to church.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

T RA1NED cat and dog in Har.
lem. If you doubt this statement
just ask Policeman Marion, of the
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street station, or any one of five hun
dred persons who watched a bulldog
and an Angora cat fight to finish on
the roof of the Mutual Alliance bank
building, Lenox avenue and One Hun.
dred and Sixteenth street New York
city, and then tumble so feet to the
sidewalk, locked in death grip. Both
animals were dead when the crowd
reached the spot wher they had fallen
1t was as thrilling a spectacle as has
been seen in that section in years.
John Pearl of 115 Lenox avenue
was the owner of the bulldog. The
dogs name was Sport. Mr.. Pearl
went to visit a friend on the top floor
of 112 Lenox avenue and took Sport
with him. While the two men were
talking Sport wandered into the upper
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19
Queer Piece of Red Tape Is Found

and mailed In Beebe Plain, Canada,
goes 294 miles, 81 of them in Canada
and the remainder in the United
States, just exactly as the other letter
does, for the reason that that is the
way that mail is routed, and, of
course, it has to follow that string of
red tape. whereas if the fellow who
has a letter to mail to some one in
Beebe Plain, VT, but lives in Canada,
simply walks across from one side of
the post Office to the other. and sticks
his letter in the Vermont post Office,
the Vermont man will probably get
it within couple of hours.
The remarkable thing about it is
that there are separate entrances to
these two post offices, they have the
same lobby, and there is not a sign
of partition to mark the division be-
tween the domain of Uncle Sam and
the possessions of King Edward, and
yet some railroad company is carrying
the letters of these two places, if ad-
dressed to the other, 294 miles. when
they need not be carried at all except
In the carriers bags.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

NJ EW YORK.-"What do we all
~ want most in life?'
ITO be happy; just that and moth.
ing more"
Happiness means different things
to different people, but whatever it
means to US that is what we are liy.
ing for
These are question and answers in
volving the basic principles of the
Harmony club, which sought incor-
poration in the supreme court
Edward H. Fallows, attorney for the
state comptroller in the collection of
the inheritance tax, is the chief or.
gan1zer of the club, which had its
birth In March, began to attract no.
tice in June and through the summer
gained an enrolment in all the
states. He was prompted to make
people happy by organization in fur.
therance of the work of his father,
Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago,
founder of the institutional church
and of the Emmanuel movement. AS.
ISOLATED with Mr.. Fallows as incor-
porators are Helen NJ Folger, Charles
B. Selover, Wythe Livingston Smith
and Edwin Earle Purinton.
Some Of the objects of the club are ::
To harmonic people with them
selves, their surroundings and each
other.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

w ASH1NGTON.-The great white
W United States capitol building is
sort of central magnet of great pow
er which attracts many queer people
from all sections of this broad land.
Capt. J. P. Megrew, a union war vet
eran with splendid record, is in
command of the capitol police force,
and the peculiar people who flock to
the big building come under his OBJ.
servation.
Away back in the '70s, before Capt.
Megrew became chief of the capitol
police, the tragedy of the DOME oc-
Cured. A young Catholic priest, who
had become demented from overstudy,
assembled to the platform just below
the Goddess of Liberty, more than 259
feet above terra firma, and plunged
headlong into space. In striking the
thick copper sheathing of roofing over
the rotuna the body made a deep in
dentation in the metal, which is now
pointed out to visitors by the capitol
guides.
! Next to the tragedy of the dome is
a recent occurrence which is desig-
mated as "the romance of the DOME "
A young couple secured permission
from Capt. Megrew to be married be-
meath the great bronze Goddess of
Liberty on the lofty congress steeple
A preacher rendered his services, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19
w HEN the dominies and elders of
IA 10 RnfnnEod IL IL

w HEN the dominies and elders OF
w the Reforfed Chassis of New York
met recently for their annual session
in the Marble Collegiate church, Fifth
avenue and Twenty-ninth street, they
found cards inviting them to take
luncheon at the Martha Washington
hotel, just around the corner. 1t had
always been their custom to go to an.
other hotel, but there was some
curiosity to see the women's hotel,
and there was tempting line on the
card which said: "Smoking in any
part of the house," so it was decided
to accept the call. =.
AS soon as this word reached the
Martha Washington there was a great
scurrying. An invasion of the sacred
precincts Of femininity by such a
large gathering of men, even though
they were of the cloth, was a serious
affair. and there were certain precau-
tons that had to be observed. There
fore, when at the close of the morn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

0NCE upon a time there were more
~ mice than men on the produce
exchange in New York city. This was
due to the fact that the feeding ground
was good. Produce traders brought
samples of their wares-wheat, oats,
corn, cheese, etc.-to the exchange,
and the samples later were spilled on
the floor Sometimes the floor of the
exchange would be carpeted with
wheat and oats, and naturally the
mice revelled in the good things.
Then, having in mind Victor Hugo's
remark that Providence created the
mouse, and realizing that a mistake
had been made,s quickly created the
cat, the produce exchange provided
itself with little flock of cats. When
half a dozen arch enemies of mice
were turned loose on the floor the
mice found their daily and nightly
foraging expeditions fraught with
danger. So true was this that many
of the mice have moved to new fields
Of endeavor where cats are not known.
Naturally, some intrepid souls among
the mice scorn to be driven away by
the introduction Of cats, and they con.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

TIME and money are being expended
] every day by the government in
efforts to locate claimants against
the United States. For months the
post Office department has been direct
ing search for George w. Weart,
one time postmaster at Deal Beach,
N. j., to whom is due SO.
On June Is, 1905, a registered pack
age was mailed by Mrs. Estelle Ro-
sett to Mrs. E. D. Ledgerman of Deal
Beach. The package was reported
lost and the valuation, $40, was paid
by Postmaster Weart. Subsequently
post Office inspectors discovered that
the package had been delivered to the
addressee and the records mislatd.
When the facts were disclosed
every effort was made by the de-
partment to return the amount to
Postmaster Weart. He had moved
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

HE United States post-otfice de.
partment has had brought before
it just recently queer piece of red
tape. Way up on the Canadian border
at Beebe Plain is a post Office Right
in the same building with it is an
other post Office. Beebe Plain is in
Vermont and Beebe Plain is also in
Canada
Two offices are under the same roof,
within ten feet of each other. In case
resident of Beebe Plain, w., wants
to send letter to somebody who
lives in Beebe Plain, Canada, if he
mails his letter in this post Office it
makes a trip of 294 miles to reach
Beebe Plain, Canada, and likewise a
letter addressed to Beebe Plain, VT,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19
Snuff Takers of the u. S. Senate

eAC1teu tue WONDER ana awe or the
modern page.
He was very proud of gold snu1
box presented to him by the senators
upon the fortieth anniversary of his
entry into their service, and he kept
1t filled with choice brand of the
powder. He carried it in a tail pocket
Of the frock coat in which he always
appeared, and the force of his habit of
reaching for it caused a laugh at his
expense.
1t was during the troublous times at
tending the Hayes-Tilden contest, ant
it was thought best that Capt. Bassett,
as custodian of one of the boxes con-
tanning the disputed electoral votes,
should be armed. He was according
ly provided with revolver, which he
carried in the pocket of the empty
coattail.
AS the procession was about to start
on the march from senate to the
house Capt. Bassett was asked If he
had his revolver with him.
"Yes," he replied, here it is" and,
diving into the wrong pocket, he pro.
duced not the revolver, but his cher
ished gold SNUFF box.
There had been threats of attack
ing the procession on the way to the
house, and the members of the party
were in rather sober frame of mind,
but the tension was relaxed for the
moment by the laughter which was
caused by the mistake.
Perhaps the most noted of the sen.
ators who were addicted to SNUFF with
in the memories of the old employees
was the late Allen G. Thurman of
Ohio. Mr.. Thurman was a frequent
visitor of the official snuff box on the
Democratic side.
Vice-President Wilson, who died in
his room at the capitol, was another
noted patron of the senate snuff box,
and so was Senator Edmunds of Yer
| mont.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19
Uncle Sam Worried Over $40 Error

from Deal Beach to Hood River, Ore.
Inquiry showed that he had died
there. An effort to locate his heirs
proved unavailing. Neither of his
two sons could be located, although
they both were traced by post Office
inspectors from place to place. The
search already has cost the depart
ment several times the amount of the
original loss, but the disbursing Of
fee of the department still has the
check ready for delivery to Wearts
estate If his heirs can be located.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

That Panama earthquake was only
little one. 1t caused some appre.
hension, but apparently did no dam.
age The canal at Panama was un.
dertaken in the full knowledge that
the region is in the earthquake belt,
but also with the conviction that less
danger is to be apprehended there
than would have threatened had the
United States adhered to the Nicar.
aqua route. for the Nicaragua route
is much longer, and the longer the
route the greater the liability to in.
Jury of the canal by earthquakes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

An expert in the difficult art of ex'
terminating mosquitoes claims at last
to have found an easy way. AS their
breeding places are in swampy lands
or in stagnant water and the season
for their breeding is in April and
May, permanganate of potash scat
tered over these places will be an eff
fective destroyer. He claims that
two applications will do the work. 1t
is little late for the present sea
son, but there ought to be a demand
for the mosquito exterminator in New
Jersey next spring.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

The national game of baseball is
constantly achieving new triumphs. A
match was played in Berlin recently
for the benefit of the American wo.
mans club, and was digni6ed by some
unusual features. The mines were
headed respectively by Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador
to the United States, and Capt. Heath
of the British embassy, while the re.
naming players were chosen from the
United States embassy and from the
American colony in the German cap.
ital
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19
Cats Play Havoc with Market M;ca

tlnue to Turk about the floor until they
become martyrs to an idea-an idea
that the constitution of Mtce1and
guarantees the right to life. liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. While
it may be fine idea. the brand Of
cats on the exchanges floor refuse tn
be governed by it.
The claims Of priority advanced hv
the mice simply rouse the risibles NJ
the kittens, which wou&1 scoff even At
the Monroe Doctrine Of Ratland.
All of which is sad Tor the mice
but quite satisfactory to the mem.
bers of the exchange as sell as to tho
CATS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

There is an impression among many
people that Americans are not a law.
abiding nation. But we observe that
whenever the 18th of September
comes along straw hats are removed
from the urban population as if BY
magic. 1t makes little difference
whether the weather is hot or not,
says the New York Post. The 18th of
September may be hotter than the
18th of August, but public opinion,
which is the basis Of morality and of
law, ordains that on this particular
day the straw hat must go.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

recruit in New York who openly
cursed the army and the American
flag and who asserted he had entered
the United States service merely for
money and graft, was court-martialed
and sent to prison for several years.
The country has no more use for trai.
tors in these days than in the times
Of Benedict Arnold, and such an Of
tense is severely punished because it
strikes at the very root of our nation
al life
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19
Musings Of the Metropolis
News Of New York Town
Outlined i'm Brief Form.
To Coin Happiness Is Clubs Object

To provide the efficient value of
smile and song in everyday life.
To establish the perfect unity OF
body, mind, heart and spirit.
To investigate, formulate and dem.
onstrate the scientific laws of -happi
ness.
To enunciate the principles OF
wholesome, triumphant, sincere living
To present the discoveries of mod.
ern psychology in simple, attractive
guise.
To put those who want vital knowl.
edge in touch with those who have it,
To maintain a brotherhood of in.
dividuals where sympathy is the only
bond.
To impart the secrets of self-helr
as the highest form of altruism.
To promote free discussion of every
subject that makes for clear under
standing of life.
The articles also provide for the
manufacture of goods, garments,
tools, implements, games and what.
ever articles of necessity or luxury
may be desired for members, to con.
duct publication Office, to maintain
schools, reading rooms and conduct
lecture itineraries; to operate camps,
colleges, hotels; to own restaurants,
shops and stores, and to organize and
control hospitals, clinics, dispensaries.
health homes, sanitaria and kindred
institutions
Members are to be put in line for
all this for Is cents year, which
pays also for the club manual, How
to Be Happy" at the club headquar.
tiers, 80 Church street, where Miss
FOlger is in charge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19
Tragedy and Romance of the Dome

the novel ceremony was performed in
mtd-air beneath the goddess with two
capitol policemen and sprinkling of
visitors as witnesses.
Then comes the comedy of the
DOME" An eccentric fellow who had
invented parachute made an inef-
fectual effort to test his invention by
sending down from the dome several
of his parachutes with cats attached
to them. He was evidently afraid to
risk his own precious life, so decided
to use felines. His purpose was
thwarted by the capitol police, re-en-
forced by the Washington Humane So
ciety.
Statuary hall is one of the most in
teresting apartments in the capitol.
1t contains the stone and bronze
statues of number of Americans,
distinguished alike in war and peace;
famous generals, statesmen, explorers
and Observation-Disclosures to the gen
eral government by the several states.
each state selecting its most illustri.
GUS sons
Included among these statues are
those Of George Washington and
Thomas H. Benton of Missouri, Dan
lei Webster and Gen. Starke of New
Hampshire, Robert Fulton, inventor Of
the steamboat, and H. H. Muhlenburg
of Pennsylvania; Ethan Allen of Ver-
mont, Cass of Michigan, Gen. James
A. Garfield and Allen of Ohio, Roger
Sherman of Connecticut, John Jay Of
New York, Richard Stockton and the
dashtng Gen. Phil Kearney of New
Jersey, Abraham Lincoln, Gen. Shields
of Missouri, Jacques Marquette, the
priest explorer; Senator Kenney, West
Virginia, and Clinton of New York.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19
Brownsville Case Up Again.

Again the Brownsville incident ;e
being agitated in Washington A.,
cording to a decision recently ron.
dered by the comptroller Of the trn..
ury, the members of the Brownav,1,.
court of inquiry will not raceiva tho
compensation provided by law nv
them until the expiration Of one resr
from the date of their appoin :mant 80
members of the court. The AIT ~ A.
gust S. 1909, makes each member ON.
titled to receive extra compxnso+to,
at the rate of $500 a yea. ~
hitch comes in that the com,trol,a-
finds that the $500 in each 70 "a -
to be paid in full for the entire ae-n
ice. regardless of the time reou,ra.
for the service. and that the ann !.
to be held until the service /. c.,,a :.
pleted. d SN'aa =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

American torpedo boats and torpe.
do-boat destroyers are showing ca.
pacity for speed that is not likely to
be excelled anywhere. The torpedo.
boat destroyer F1usser recently made
something like 50 knots an hour, and
now another new craft, the Reid, re.
little hornets of the sea- show they
can fly swiftly as we'll as sting sharply
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

The highest court in the state of
Maine has sustained as constitutional
the Bar Harbor ordinance prohibiting
the use Of the streets of that seaside
resort by automobiles. So far as the
constitution of the state of Maine is
concerned, the Bar Harbor decision
gives the authorities full ~ power: to
make automobiles mindful Of the
rights Of the public.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

Of the imported bathtubs of Chilli
during 1908 Germany supplied As per
cent, England 50 per cent, and the
United States only Is per cent. It
would seem that by little trade dill.
gence the cleanliness of our South
American brethren might be brought
nearer to our own prosperity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

MRS. CLEvELAND'S IDEAL

mo woman could ask greater interest than
her children" said Mrs. Grover Cleveland at her
summer home at Tamworth, N. H., just before
her departure for Europe. "Other interests come
into every womans life. but that is the main one.
think. 1t has been my greatest interest for 10
years.
Il want my children to be in the country as
much as possible during their childhood, out Of
the confusion of city life. OF course we are In
the country at our home in Princeton but it IL
not like this.
Il am glad that they are not public chill
dren any more" she added. 1T is different with
older people, think. But both Mr.. Cleveland
and myself always were careful to guard our
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19
How Many Hours Sleep?

committee was recently appoint.
ed in Sweden to find out how many
hours children of various ages should
sleep in order that they might be at
their best during school hours.
According to their reports, children
who are four years old should sleep
IL hours; children who are seven
years should sleep II hours; children
who are nine years old from nine to
ten hours, and those who are from II
to Fl from eight to nine hours.
In their report they pointed out that
great deal Of sanemia in children is
due to lack Of sufficient sleep.-Homa
Chat. ,:.r
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

The head of woman's college in
Massachusetts holds the theory that a
woman's beauty should be developed,
before her brains. It is a sensible re.
version to old principles to begin any
building by sound foundation to
make the edifice all the stronger at
the top.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

The arrest and filming of a Chicago
chauffeur for letting the engine of his
car run" for an hour while he waited
for patron calls attention to a noise
nuisance with which the authorities
have been slow to deal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

With food prices still soaring, the
housekeeper now has problems to
solve of just as great Importance as
those statesmen are called on to
wrestle with.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

The Japanese have added a course
of courtship to the curriculum of the
girls schools in Japan. They might
as we'll establish an institution of in
struction teaching ducks how to swim.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-11-19

No hurry about that smoked glass.
Halley's comet will not be visible to
the naked eye till next spring. Query
Can an eye clothed in sooty glass be
called "1aked?''