davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
Hottest Places in City of New York

en- shirts, buttoned high about their
necks, and wooden masks and gloves.
Four or five minutes at the most in
the vulcanizing room is all they can
stand without collapsing. and some
can't even stay that long.
Outside these men, nobody is ever
allowed to endure such a frightful
heat. In fact, it is hard to convey
the idea of PIP degrees. You can get
the same degree of temperature by
thrusting your finger into boiling wa
ter. Water boils at PIP degrees Fab
renheit.
No native born American can stand
such heat, and foreigners-Italians
and Sicilians-make the best hands
at such work and make up the staff
of employees in the vulcanizing room.
Even these hardy sons of southern
climes often collapse from the terri
flc temperature.
There are plenty of other hot places
in New York, but none to compare
with this. In some of the big hotels
it gets to 145 degrees in the great
kitchens. Cooks and helpers have to
work in that temperature for hours
unprotected. There is a great differ
ence between 145 and PIP degrees
above zero, just the same. Some races
can endure temperature Of $50 de-
grees without protection, but after
the mercury has passed the 10 or
$50 mark it means death for anyone
to remain in it for any length of time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
Hotel to Have Luxurious Ocean Yacht

wishes to pass the summer in Europe.
the main difficulty is to obtain proper
accommodations on a steamship in
the rush season. To get these accom-
modations takes many weeks and DOS.
stbly months and often then they are
not satisfactory and would likely be
disappointing. The hotel yacht, which
Is misnomer, Of course. will obviate
all that trouble for the guests.
To get down to cold and hard facts
which are necessarily uninterestine
but important. the boats length over
all will be $40 feet; tonnage. 5000.
horsepower, about 5000; speed, from
Ii to 20 knots. These figures sound
like an ocean racer, and so the boat n
Mr.. Skinner declares the rates thev
will charge for crossing on the vach+
will be only about Is per cent more
than those charged by frst-cla..
steamships. ~.
The enterprising Americans vno
are in this deal with MIR. sterrv viii
endeavor to make the yacht in anne.-.
ance as near like the hotel in onest;cr
as possible. It will resemble the hc
tel. especially, in. regard to the chi.
sine. -'''' :. 1920 - ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

THAT is really hot. Yes, it's the
/ hottest place In New York where
men go and live afterward to tell the
tale. But few are hardy enough TO
hear it.
This hottest place in New York is
In Desbrosses street in a vulcanizing
factory, where telephone wires are in
sulated by being coated with a prep
aration of rubber. In the room
where this process takes place the
temperature rises to PIP degrees-100
degrees hotter than the hottest it may
be outside in the sun.
Man can endure no more.
Actually. there are some who can
stand this, however. Only few,
mind you, but still some. They are
only the strongest and hardest of the
workmen. and they can be In the room
but a few brief minutes at a time.
Several times daily it is their duty to
enter the room to see that all goes
well.
To keep from losing their skin and
to protect themselves from the terri
bic heat, these men wear heavy WOOL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

r HE 'tarih menagerie." a term used
i by congressional humorists to des.
ignate miscellaneous assortment of
articles Of import, threatens to be an
issue between the United States bu-
reau of statistics and the funny men,
of the senate and house in Wash
ington. The management of the bu-
reau, which. keeps an accurate &C.
count of every article imported, it's
name, value and the duty paid, is per-
turbed because some Of the articles
in the menagerie list have been made
the basis of many jests by the con-
gressmen who see the humorous side
of the thing. In statement issued
recently, the bureau maintains that
these articles, which have a recog-
nized value, illustrate the scope of the
commerce of the United States and
present some ominous facts. For in
stance. reference is made to divi divi,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

THAT Fred sterry, managing direc-
! tor of a New York hotel, is to
equip a luxurious yacht to carry the
guests at the hotel to Europe, If they
SO desire, is the story that has been
circulated there. The difficulty of OBJ
tanning accommodations on the crowd
ed liners suggested the idea, which
was first made public in London by
William c. Skinner, representing Mr..
Sterry.
With this arrangement there will be
no hustle and hustle for staterooms.
1t will be a private yachting party in
the full sense Of the word. Every pos
sible luxury and accommodation that
a yachting party can have will be at.
forded on these trips. This private
yacht OF the hotel is something that
has never been known before. =. =.
As every American knows who
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
Old Sea Dogs Are Learning New Tricks

should ride 80 miles on horseback in
three consecutive days, walk SO miles
in the same length of time, or ride 100
miles on bicycle in three consecu-
tive days became effective. The or
der was issued January 4 last, but the
president gave the officers several
months in which to prepare for the
tests. President Taft has been asked
to rescind the order, but he has agreed
with his predecessor that the tests
would be Of benefit to the navy.
A large number of ensigns, neuten.
ants, lieutenant commanders, cap-
tains and read admtrals stationed in
and about Washington have begun
the tests. The state, war and navy
building is the usual starting point,
The younger men are essayiuk the
horseback test, but the older ones
seem to prefer walking. Possibly it
is hard to teach an old sea dog new
tricks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
D ERHAPs no other two men OF

ID ERHAPS no other two men on
/ earth ever packed as much money
for shipment as John r. and Charles
J. McManus, coopers. These men,
who have shop in dark and dingy
basement in Beaver street, New York
city, pack in kegs all the gold coin
exported from that city. They also
pack up coin shipped to interior
points in America.
These men have been in the busi-
ness of making cases and packing
gold in them for more than twenty
years, during which time they have
handled more than $4,000, 100000 with
out even having lost or mislaid pal
try million, or, to be exact without
having lost penny.
AS McManus Brothers are the only
men in the city who make specially
of packing gold for shipment, they
are employed by all the banks that
export the precious yellow metal and
by, the sub-treasury when it wishes
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

The American Agriculturist is good
authority, and that newspaper says
regarding the outlook for corn, the
country's greatest grain crop: every
condition, both weather and financial,
has tended to enlarge the breadth of
this cereal, and the result is an acre.
age which not only surpasses all pre-
vious records, but is the largest area
ever devoted to single crop in any
country in the history of the world.
The increase was So per cent. over
the area harvested last year, max.
ing the present breadth 1O2,75O,OO
acres, or slightly more than 5,OOO,O 900
above the largest breadth heretofore
harvested Other cereals make a
correspondingly favorable showing.
There is no famine in sight this year.
and as usual the United States will
continue to help out the rest of the
world in the matter of food supply.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

NEW YORK.-The report from Lon.
~ don that Eleanor Robson, the act
ress, Is to marry August Belmont has
caused no surprise among the friends
OF the two in this city. A strong
friendship has been known to exist
between Miss Robson and Mr.. Bel
mont for some time.< This spring,
before Miss Robson's departure for
Europe. they were to be seen together
almost daily, and Miss Robson was
frequently a guest at the Belmont
country place. Her love for horses
Is said to have been the common bond
between the couple since they first
met five years ago.
No man in New York is better
known than August Belmont. He is
first of all an aristocrat. It Is claimed
that the blood of the canny Scottish
warrior, William Wallace, flows in his
veins. But the man who can claim
Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the bat
tie OF Lake Erie, as an ancestor, is
not required to go back to Wallace
for fighting blood.
AS for his parental ancestors from
the banks of the Rhone, their lives
seem to have flowed in more peace
full and profitable, If scarcely less hon
orable channels. August Belmont, ia
Their of the present financier, came to
America from Austria in 1874 to rep
resent his native Austria as consul
general in New York. He liked the
young country, and decided to adopt
it as his home. Afterward he repre-
sented the United States at The
Hague, but finally returned to New
York to his bank and fast horses, for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

Some men have the hortatory and
correctional instinct so strong upon
them that they are always wanting to
rush out and expose an error or refute
fallacy, says the New York Evening
Post. This goes with highly devel-
oped oratorical temperament. Glad
stone had 1t. Walter Bagehot de-
scribes him as listening to some dull.
pated member of parliament, pressing
away with one folly after another till
midnight, and saying to his friends:
Let me get at him. can show him
what fool he is and perhaps induce
him to vote with u.s." But life is too
short, and the fools too numerous. for
such exercises. We should have phil
osophy enough to perceive that some
blunders are too great to require ex-
posture, that some men and some news.
papers are not worth answering.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

One effect of the warm weather has
been to promote the fruit and berry
industry. The weather recently has
provided great growing and ripenine
conditions, and the effect is plainly
visible. The Delaware MARYLAND
peninsula, which is the seat of an i'm
mense strawberry-raising industry, re-
ports a record-breaking crop. The
shipments have aggregated 16,676.000
quarts, with 100000 quarts more
than for the same time last year. and
this Notwithstanding heavy rains that
tended to Offset in part the favorable
influence. The supply of material for
strawberry shortcake and strawberry
Jam. to say nothing of just strawber-
r1es and cream, is abundant and
should add largely to human happi.
ness. The strawberry season is very
brief, but this year the fleeing Joy
OF 1t should be exceptionally intense.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
Diplomatic Sinecures to Be Abolished

demanded to a greater extent than
ever. before.
It is the purpose of the state depart
ment to unity the work of the diplo-
matte and consular services in the in
terest of greater efficiency. For many
years it has been a matter of regret
to the government that so many ma
tive foreigners occupy subordinate
positions in our consular service as
deputies and clerks. This, however,
has been largely matter Of made
quate compensation, but the policy
from now on will be to substitute
Americans for foreigners wherever it
is possible to do SO and considerable
progress has already been made in
this direction.
Within comparatively short time
the percentage of foreigners in our
consular service has been reduced
from 46.1 per cent. to 1873 per cent,
and the percentage of Americans in
that service has been increased from
$50 to S1.2 per cent. These percent
ages, however, apply only to clerk
ships paying $500 a year or less, but
the work Of wedding out foreigners
will continue as long as Americans of
the requisite capacity can be obtained
to fill the places. The department is
very much in earnest in it's efforts to
obtain for every branch Of the service
strong. vigorous men of capacity. who
are willing to work and able to show
results.
The same general policy will also
be made to apply to our diplomatic
service in the selection of ambassa-
doris and ministers. Great wealth will
not be the determining factor, nor will
it be regarded as altogether desirable.
It is announced that no further ap-
pointments of ambassadors will be
made until congress reassembles next
December.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

4 SOLITARY horseman rode rapidly
IA down the street a good many
times in Washington the other day.
He was a solitary horseman because
he was not particularly anxious to
have any one ride with him. He could
sail a man.o'-war, mayhap, and brave
the perils of the brimy deep, but his
horsemanship was scarcely at par.
The solitary horseman was a COM
missioned officer in Uncle Sans
navy.
On July 4 the order issued by Presi-
dent Roosevelt that these officers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
BANKING GAINS IN DULL T,mEs

The statements made by the M
nonal banks Of the country under The
call Of April %, 1909. show that they
had gained at that date no TESS. than
@774.261, 900 in total resources since
the report Of their condition made on
May IA, 1905. Thsts: means an In
crease of nearly nine per cent. in q
year which was marked by much in.
dustrial depression, and, no little dis
oourasement in business. 1t might
fairly be called the, growth Of the
national banks in, dull. times-a gain
Of about $65,000.00o a month in re;
sources. Where such development IL
possible in a period Of depression,
what may be expected when the cur
rent of trade and industry is flowing
swiftly? If that Is the way the Anan-
cial strength of the United States in.
creases-and the national banks meas.
ure less than half of it-when business
Is not considered good; what may be
counted on when things are booming?
1t seems fair to estimate the growth
of the banking resources of the coun-
try in good year at more than S.
100000 every bushes day, or over a
billion and = half annually, says the
Cleveland Leader. II Americans feel
somewhat conscious of their wealth
and power and prosperity they do not
have to look far for facts and figures
to justify their soaring conception of
the land they live in and stake their
future upon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
Us: Harlan Mentioned for f1iQh Bench

fected also by other developments.
President Taft, himself q former
federal Judge, sat in the same circuit
from which Justice Harlan was ap.
pointed to the supreme bench, and
there doubtless is what may be
termed bond Of judicial interest be.
tween them. It is felt that should ju.
dicial distinction be bestowed upon
James S. Harlan, who has Inherited
the judicial temperament, the honor
would be something peculiarly appre-
ctated by both father and son for OBJ
Yious reasons aside from the general
considerations pertaining to q su-
preme court appointment.
That conditions have arisen which
may cause Justice Harlan to decide
to take up duties in the service Of
the Presbyterian church, which would
be possible only through his retire.
ment from the bench, is part Of the
latest gossip. James 8. Harlan, If
appointed to the supreme bench,
would take to that body expert knowl-
edge of interstate commerce matters
which will more and more occupy the
attention CT the court.
The late gossip also connects Chief
Justice Fuller's name with revived
plans to make an international trial
court out of The Hague tribunal,
which is said to be an aim Of Presi-
dent Taft. Should matters eventuate
as gossip suggests Illinois still would
have a representative in the highest
court Of the land and the way still be
open to fill another vacancy from the
circuit of which Ohio and Kentucky
the latter the state from which JUS
tice Harlan was appointed 80 years
agO-fOrm a Onrt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

The treasury statement shows that
the deficit in receipts of the national
government at the end of the fiscal
year just closed was $S9,S11, 900. The
estimated deficit was $114,OO0,000, so
it seems that conditions have i'm
proved greatly during the last few
months. The discrepancy ia larger
than is desirable, but receipts and
expenditures are steadily getting near
er together, and anyway Uncle Sam
has a handsome surplus left from for
mer' years to draw upon. And his
credit was never better.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

The great corn states report pros.
poets of an exceedingly large yield
this year. Illinois, which leads them
all, estimates an increase of five Der
cent. in area, compared with 1908.
The wheat harvest is being gathered.
and so far indications show a yield
that 10 normal, If not q little more,
Hay, another leading crop, is in fine
shape and unusually abundant. There
arr no signs of agricultural scarcity
In these United States this year
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

There is little comfort for friends
of American shipping in the news that
a company running steamships to Ha-
waii has contracted with an eastern
concern for three new vessels of large
dimensions. These ships will be Of
American construction, operated by
Americans under the American flag.
and for this much the American peo-
pie may be proportionately thankful.
May the new craft be such inspiring
object lessons that more of the same
Cort will follow speedily.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
Society Agog Over Engagement Report

even the father OF August Belmont
had q taste for the sport of kings.
The young August Belmont was
born in this city in 1853, and is there
fore almost twice the age of the
young woman he is reported engaged
to marry. He decided to follow in his
fathers footsteps and in 1875. year
after his graduation from Harvard, he
had takenta desk in his fathers bank
ing house. For Is years young August
developed along the lines of the
young banker, joining clubs, cultivat-
ing athletics, getting acquainted with
society, to which he had free entree-
becoming more and more interested
in, stable and kennels. He became a
Judge Of a good horse, of a feet or
game hound, and an accomplished
yachtsman and polo player. Then the
elder Belmont died and August Bel
mont, Jr., took up the business of his
father-became head of the banking
house Of August Belmont & Company.
the American representatives of the
great house Of Rothschild.
When a young man Mr.. Belmont
married Miss Bessie Hamilton Nor
gan, who died more than ten years
ago. He has three sons-August Bel
mont. Jr., Raymond and Morgan. His
city house is in East Thirty-fourth
street, and he has country place at
Hampstead, L. l., which is the wonder
of his neighbors.
Miss Eleanor Robson, the reported
f1ancee of Mr.. Belmont, has a career
which, though brief, is brimful of in
terest She was born in England 30
years ago, her parents and her grand
mother being players of distinction.
Miss Robson's most notable success
was as the slavey in Zangwill's play
of Merely Mary Ann" In this piece
Miss Robson played for an entire sea-
son in New York and subsequently
won triumph in London. Last sea-
son Miss Robson toured the country
in the Fitch comedy, The Girl Who
Has Everything"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06


know him personally exploring
the Asaic
Mr. Crane native Chicagoan having August
boS He
Crane
with his fathers weknown Mr.
were over 1884, when he
neha smith of Paterson. N.
the Crane Company various capacities learning the
business
out commercial
Vosrs
oank the Republic, position which he holds
ne foreign
ne devoted several travelling all the world
spent much his cond
ana making himself familiar
Tue RUSSIAN court and Is regarded
1904 he
M and sailors through Count Roosof
Crane Of
LOOK almost
TACT win all classes This experience
were acos him
LOT the of
no1sseur of old paintings
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06


received learning
4o appointed the liberal cabinet
years
palace During
ne a
o minister
in
branch a extent than has Prince
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
Another; vindication.

AnotnerI V1nd1catton. .
Inc public has some rights, at least,
An Illinois Judge says a woman who
has Just eaten garlic may be elected
from q theater. However, It. is i'm.
Piled that she, may not be- Killed.
Rochester Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
Partisan Definition.

Father" SAID little Solo, what is
q political trickster?" II can't give
you a definition that will cover all
varieties. But. in general terms. he
is =. member; of the oppoation who
succeeds in having his own way"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
Where tho Work Came In.

Mrs. Bacon-"I understand your
husband is at work on q new poem?"
Mrs. Egbert-"He is. He's trying to
ret some magazine to accept It" 49,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
SAYS McGowan:

|: ''Ntver moind tn has-beens, an tn
| goin't'-be's. tn man that kapes his
!ar.r.ms an head At work. j.. "-Cleye
land News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06

o twitha Sunday school teacher
his stories
turean generally HAYES nj
speaking
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
l[!N''f' + / / /! i
MINISTER 10 CHINA,

Charles R. Crane Of Chicago. who has accepted
the post Of minister to China, offered him by the
PRESIDENT is business man and Democrat. He
first came into the diplomatic field last Novem.
Der and until that time never voted anything but
the straight Democratic ticket Although unac-
quainted with the technicalities of diplomacy, the
new minister to China will go to his post with
qualifications of an unusual character.
One of his rare achievements is familiarity with
the Chinese language. The far east is a broken
road to him through years of travel both in fire.
quented and unfrequented parts; and his acquaint-
ance with men Of the yellow races whose names
are powers in their respective countries of the
orient.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06
STORYTELLING PASTOR

Rev. DR.. J. H. String, pastor of the Maple Ave.
nue. Reformed church of st. Louis, Mo-, has won
a reputation In the Missouri city as the story
telling pastor" Rev. String has abandoned the
time-honored method of preaching sermon from
text. Instead, he teaches his congregation the
Bible by means of stories, which are pure fiction.
IN doing this" said Rev. String, Il am only i'm
itatsng Christ when he told the parallels"
One Of the pastors fctional stories which was
right up to the minute, concerned the temptations
of country boy who came to the city and found
that while chances for success might be brighter.
temptations were multiplied. The country boy
became a patron of cheap picture shows. dice
games for cigars. beer halls, etc., but was re-
claimed from bis bad habits through q chance at.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-06


pacularv C
Guggenhm Exploration Company and later the
Smelling which
trust NJ Gugenhen Sons the trust
s. & r. stock millions "'" -