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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
Postal Statistics a Mass of figures

OF mail matter that were mailed in tho
United States last year. These to-
tailed 13,173, 340,329. A large proper
ton of these consisted of newspapers,
for which no stamps are used. But
inaaddftion to the stamps which were
sold a tiny rife Of 1,266, 602, $50
stamped envelopes and wrappers was
sold by the department. These Uncle
Sam began to sell in 1852, when he
placed a round 100000 on the mar
ket.
The figures for the mail handled
were begun in 1886, when Uncle Sam
carried 3.474,000,000 pieces of mail.
The figures have quadrupled in lit
tie more than twenty years.
In 1879, when Uncle Sans postof1ce
started business with Benjamin Frank
lin as postmaster general, there were
seventy-hve postofices. and in the
first year of their operation they did
&37,935 worth of business, at an ex-
pense Of $32,140. Since then the
balance has moved to the other side
of the ledger, and for the last year
the revenues Of the department were
the pretty little sum Of $191, 47S,633,
while the expenditures were sos, $751;
1856.
The number of postofaces jumped
from Is to 61,15s; the extent Of the
post routes from 1875 to $50, 1888; the
miles of mail service performed from
little over 100000 to 5sS.43S.722. and
the compensation of the postmasters
from $S8, 1913 Sto $25,599,397.
The most astounding growth was
marked by the rural free delivery
service. It was begun in 1897, with
SO routes, covering 1,S43 miles, at an
expense Of $14,S40. Last year it had
grown to 39,143 routes, with S91,432
miles, and costing $34 100000.
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81 L1MONY of $4,000 a year isn't
"a enough-why, it practically Is
nothing. will have a hard time liv-
ing on less than 500 day."
This comment on the award made
to her by Justice Bowling in her sue
cessful suit for a separation from
Howard Gould is attributed to Mrs.
Katherine Clemmons Gould. She 1s
greatly disappointed over the amount
of alimony.
It is said that in case Howard
Gould becomes dissatisfied with the
amount of alimony allowed his wife.
and, should he wish to divorce. he
could not sue on any evidence, or
even allegations, employed by his
counsel in the trial just concluded.
There is no special probability.
however, that Howard Gould would
wish to take any measures against
his wife, even for reduction of the
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n months of
cne1
whose well being
ne accompanied the Tafts
Augusta Ga
Phdepha New Haven New York other points The
Wheeler displayed
most favorable impression
Wneeler be made his principal boyguard
House.
Now when President
shadow The scarcely
distinguished object OF
the president plays golf the faithful Wheeler
nquisve suspicious
neater his
curtains
secret service
insisted that his bodyguard
cnat though
that although
distinguished
eng esurely apparently
Wheeler like the
House.
the best condition by daily All
there nothing either the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
New York's Latest Home of Epicur,1s

mark with which the price scales of
the st. Regis, Delmonico's, Sherry's,
Martins and other show places OF the
greater city are modest. Times and
customs change, and the new Muir.
rays marks the transition.
Will such a place representing so
enormous an outlay pay? Yes, say
the capitalists backing the venture
And it is the consensus of opinion,
moreover, of the shrewdest public en-
tertainers in the city that there will
be legitimate and growing interest
on this unique and remarkable invest
ment devised to meet the aesthetic
requirements of the most voluptuous
city on the globe. The hackers of the
enterprise figure rightly, it is believed,
that every woman coming to New
York will insist upon her escort TAX
ing her to this marvellous dining place
at least once on her sojourn. The
same holds good with the women Of
New York.
And was there ever a place Of such
Neronic allurements designed to meet
the dangerous requirements of my
lady Of fashion! Would she smoke?
That will be provided for A luxuri-
GUS smoking room for her is now be-
ing built, let alone a manicure parlor
with French hair dressers and maids
imported from Paris. She may be
reperfumed, repowdered and re-
dressed. Furthermore she may en-
Joy Turkish bath, be gowned by a
maid as expert as her own at home
and, with couture rearranged, may
take her jewels from the safe and
after Lucullian repast be ready for
the nnera
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Belmonts to Dazzle National C. an;tal

wives with few exceptions absented
themselves. But the Belmonts had
already made plans for their new
home. They had brought their archt-
tect from Paris and incurred much az.
pense. 2 : =.
Mrs. Belmont was not daunted. Be-
fore long she was entertaining Col.
Cromwell. the official major domo Of
the White House under the ROOSEVELT
regime, and his wife at theatar par.
ties, and her field Of social conouest
was gradually extended until now sshe
Is perfectly. at home as an entertainer.
Next winter on her return from
abroad she will throw open her new
palace tor entertainments el q q, that are
likely to make her critics Sit up
s.I: - !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
cutters, sewer. traps or any receptacle
where water can lie for a period of
five days.
Teacher for Sixty-Fjvo: Nearo.

With the record of having never
missed even half day in 81 years.
service in teaching school in Boston,
Charles James Capen, sc years old,
senior master in the Boston Latin
school, retired from active duty.
He Is the Oldest teacher in Boston
and probably in the United States.
His retirement is due to the 7o.year
limit rule adopted by the Boston
school board. Mr.. Capen has been a
school-teacher IS years, but since
1852 his service in the Latin school
has been uninterrupted. &4s@.4e =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

It Is pretty difficult to kill of the
gambling spirit. The Cuban house Of
representatives has voted to establish
q national lottery. It is Cuba's bust
ness, of course. But other ways of
raising money for government pur-
poses would have been more credita.
BILE.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
Novel Idea for Tablecloth.

An electrically wired tablecloth.
upon which ornamental electric light
fixtures difuse illumination the mo-
ment they are set down, is one of the
latest and most interesting illuminat-
ing devices designed in England, says
Popular Mechanics. To the uniniti-
ated the ability to get light by simply
placing a fixture on the table il Moth
ing less than extraordinary, but the
explanation il simple. k,.,.~., =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
Crusade Against Mosquitoes.

In a warning against the great sum-
mer pest and menace-mosquitoes-
the department of health of Philadel-
phia says: mosquitoes, as rule, de-
posit their eggs in stagnant water,
which hatch out with great rapidity
in the form of small animals called
'wrigglers,' named from the manner
in which they propel themselves
through the water, which, in a few
days become full-dedged mosquitoes.
A sufficient number of mosquitoes to
annoy an entire neighborhood can be
developed from very small quantity
of water. A neglected tomato can
containing water is sufficient for this
purpose; therefore, watch, remove,
or tightly cover with cheesecloths all
barrels. boxes, tin cans, choked root
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
Cleaned Up Their Pin mo,.x

Cleaned Up Their Pin Money.
: Two Indiana" women clubhej; -.
gether and purchased a1snall vacuum m
house cleaner at $50 and are ~
earning good pin money in that ~
They rent it out to neighbors at IL ::
day for cleaning houses and ho,,.
furnishings, boy being employed A..
small charge to- operate the simn,~
machine. >ss
There are cheaper vacuum c,o.1....
on the market, but they bought aoos.
make which has paid big returns a.
their Investment Of SIS each
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

A young woman in the. metropolis
was saved from serious danger in an
accident by her peach-basket hat. But
this is doubtful good, as far as soci-
ETY. is concerned. Nothing which
tends to make the present millinery
monstrosities popular is thing to be
welcomed,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
GERMAN RAILWAY MINISTER

Herr Won Breitenbach, minister of public
works and railways in the Prussian government,
is at the head of the public-owned railroad sys-
TEN. Germany has owned her railroads for a
number Of years and they are managed by an
especially capable and conservative body of off,
Gals.
Reports Just received from the experts who
have been studying the situation there declare,
however, that the plan is not a success. In
respect both to the service received and the
financial results public ownership in Germany is
declared to be long way from satisfactory. At
the present moment Herr Won Breitenbach has in
contemplation several changes of importance in
the methods of his departments which look
toward finally making the Prussian railroad bust
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
~ PtGN. ~! -.E!ss,
NEW ENcLAND's VITALITY.

One Of thesstriking features of the
revival OF business is the great indus.
trial activity in New England. a. The
number of new mills building or
PLANNED, the additions to old mills
and factories which are being made.
and the general increase in productive
resources afford evidence Of expand
Ing trahac and greatly augmented
wealth. This industrial growth is, on
a larger scale than 1t has been for a
long time. It is abundant proof that
New England is full of vital force, in
business and in all productive activi-
ties. The greatest gain in the num-
Der and capacity of mills is in the tex.
tile industry, the field the best part
of which superficial observers of bust
ness conditions and changes have said
the south was fast capturing, says the
Cleveland Leader. Southern cotton
mills have indeed multiplied rapidly
and prospered greatly, but they have
merely taken a part of the increase
in the vast industry built upon the
fiber of the cotton plant. They have
not cut down New England's output of
cotton goods. They have. not even
prevented its strong and almost con-
slant expansion. Yankee skill and
capital, the experience of New Eng
land manufacturers, the prestige of
their products and the machinery of
distribution in their hands, all unite
to defend the cotton industry OF that
section from injury by competition in
the region where the raw material is
grown.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

There is no immediate demand for
the annexation of Cuba, but there may
come time when it will be necessary
for this government to take over that
fertile but troubled isle,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

That wife who made her husband
account for every cent she gave him
was only getting back at some hus-
bands.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

Judging by the numerous remar-
riages of divorced couples, there ID a
field for some enterprising author who
can hammer together q book on How
to be happy though divorced"
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a
such railroad
Fagers behalf
erkng before rapping
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Valentine
administration Valentine admits
best certificate
as and hickory shirt grab shovel
The Indian and
Valentine Indian with
After graduating
and then
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
y GUARDS PRESIDENTS UiFE

j The changes in ohacialdom at the national cap
1tal that followed the inauguration Of William H.
TAFT as president extended even to the personnel
OF that secret service corps charged with pro-
tecting the person Of the chief magistrate Of the
nation.
1t 1si not strange that each president should
prefer to exercise strictly his personal prefer
ences regarding the secret service men detailed
as his personal escort, for very few officials of
high or low degree are more closely or more con-
tinuously associated with the chief executive
than these protectors in plain clothes. President
Taft's selection for the post of principal body
guard was Secret Service Operative L. c. Wheeler
and it all came about in this WISE
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
COMPELLED TO BORROW

Henry NJ. Flagler, the Standard Oil magnate,
VINO Is popularity supposed to carry the state of
Florida around in his pockets, has been compelled
to abandon one OF his dearest ambitions and an
nounce bond issue for the railroad he is build
ing from the mainland across the coral beds to
Key West, Up to date the engineering world has
seen nothing more unique in it's way than this
railroad of 900 miles. Flager has been construct
ing 1t much as man would build stable his
manager in charge of the work being unlimited
as to expense and only bound to make the road a
good one. 1t has been Fagler's pet idea that when
the road is completed it should be without penny
of Indebtedness Of borrowed money. No notes
nor bonds nor other evidences of obligation were
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

satisfactory
bottle be brought about.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
new INDIAN COMMISSIONER

Robert Gordon Valentine the newly appointed
Indian commissioner, is only, SO, fact which
leads some irreverent members of the elder con-
t1ngent to remark that the chorus at Washing
ton is full of squads and all the leading men are
juveniles. Nevertheless, Mr.. Valentine is so we'll
in touch with the affairs of the Indian bureau
that he was the personal choice of retiring Com
missioner Leupp for the succession
Valentines knowledge of the Indian was
mostly gained back in Massachusetts, where the
only Indians are those who come along with the
medicine shows. But he knows Lo, because he
knows the poor white men pretty we'll. At least,
those New England persons who pride themselves
on following cold-ice-cold- facts rather than
fancy and sentimental theory believe they know
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-17
The MaIaprops at Mass.

The Catholic Herald. commenting on
the assertion that the race of great
poets is extinct, intimates that such a
dictum will be likely to arouse feelings
of wrath in the hearts of near poets"
coming poets" and poets of prom
ise' who think they are great poets
We have no doubt OF it. Nevertheless
the possession of the riming faculty
does not always preclude the possession
Of common sense. There are still left
on earth men who do not imagine they
are Shakespeares and Tennysons and
Brownings and Moores simply because
they write verse which, possessing a
certain measure of beauty. has received
a certain feasure of praise. Such SEN
sible writers-and there are more of
them, perhaps, than the Herald mag
ines-will not rage against and dictum
about great poets. Knowing their limi-
tations. they see the absurdity of self
election to the Hall of Fame wherein
are written the names of the mighty
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-17
Poets and Common Sense.

Manager Harnett gave high mass. -
one of our evening papers gravely stat
ed few days ago, in chronicling a
Catholic church function in Los Ange-
les. Was it the baseball reporter who
covered" that "story?"
But Monsignor Harnett has had dis
tinguished company, for archbishops
and cardinals, and even the Pope, have
been made to perform some astonishing
feats by the daily paper reporter. The
Malaprops at mass are a perennial and
ineXhaustfble source of delight to the
Catholic readers. Who can forget that
historic report which appeared in an
English daily describing the new West
minister Cathedral and declaring in all
solemnity that several thurifers were
suspended from the ceiling? What
murderous intent hung the innocent and
unoffending thuriferS-the censor bear
ers-to the high rafters of Westmin-
ster? And then there was that brave
priest who during the performance"
of mass threw blazing SacriSty out
of the window" And more daring still.
the bishop who wore the Dies Irae on
his head"i For this delight thank
the reporter. But it is not always the
reporter, for only a few months ago
a Methodist preacher in town in the
Sacramento diocese announced that he
would give the apostolic benediction."
He did not explain where he got it,
no more than did the local editor who
announced that Padre Catala is a can
didate for Identification!
1t was Syracuse paper, we think,
which described the entrance of bishops
and clergy to the sanctuary in these
startling words:
They wore long flowing stoles and
birettas, with cassocks on their heads,
which they removed as they advanced
to the altar" Conjure the picture!
For solemnity and seriousness, how
ever we award the palm to that Scotch
Highland reporter who, describing
high mass celebrated at Fort Augustus
Benedictine monastery by the late prior,
the Very Rev. Jerome Vaughan, penned
this inimitable sentence:
AT this point of the proceedings the
very reverend gentleman turned round
and observed in stentorian tones, Dom
mus vobiscum' .'-San Francisco Moni-
tor
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-17
Death.

A Venetian priest, Don Apollonio. has
recently written monograph about the
bells of Saint Mark, which it seems
suffered many vicissitudes before they
were destroyed in 1902 by the fall of
the Campanile
On Aug. Is, 1889, one hour after night
fall, furious thunderbolt struck the
bell tower and all the bells fell down
partly broken and patty burned. Again
on March 26, 1911, IAN earthquake hap
pened which lasted the space of a mis-
erere and more, the shock was very
great, so that in memory of man there
was never one greater, and it greatly
frightened everybody. This earthquake
damaged the Basilica and Campanile to
such an extent that for an entire day
the bells could not be rung."
In the year 1878 the bells were five
besides that called Del Giustiziati."
or "of the criminals" which was rung
condemned to death. A later docu-
ment discovered by the writer mentions
only four bells.
Each bell had special office. The
Marangona was sounded as the Ave
Maria and at midnight the Mezza Ter
"a, or half third, rank an hour after
nightfall and at dawn, the Mona, or
ninth, at midday, and half an hour
later the Trottiera, or trotter, was
sounded
Venetian life was very intimately con-
nected with the ringing of bells, so
much so that the post of bell ringer was
very important
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-17
IRISH CHARACTER SKETCHES.

1 Wisp reaches Dashing Paddy's Sirths
ten yards, five yeards and the horses
dash past the pinning post and the YER
| dict is dead heat.
I'm proud of you, my boy remarked
Tom Lynch to his son when he learned
| the facts of the case. You won't be {
| lawyer, and you want to be jockey
well, follow your inclination, but, my
boy, take care of your neck, for you arr
the last of the Lynches."
Tom followed his inclination and be-
came a gentleman rider. Many a race
have / seen him ride, and he had few
equals, il any, in the saddle. Success
and notoriety did not make him ever
forget the poor simple folks of the dear
old village. He was d hero in their
eyes, and none had a warmer place III
Father Toms heart than young Tom
Lynch
That's right. Scully, I'm glad to see
you bless Yourself" remarked Father
Tom on one occasion as Scully crossed
himself before he assembled the roof OF
Father Toms house to put on some
states there. It's the proper thing to
do"
81 larned the lesson, yer riverince,
from Young Tom Nolan. Afore he rode
in the big race at Punchestown he took
off his cap an blessed himself, an
wasn't ashamed ov his religion. 1t was
lesson for me, yer riverince. that I'll
never forgit, but shure it was all OWN
to yer trainin'. Troth, we're all proud
ov young Tom, an hope We'll never die
until we see him win the Grand Ma
tional.''
Jim Scullys wish is our wish, and the
wish of the dear old village Young
Tom has ridden the winners of the
principal races in England and Ireland,
and we hope the day is not far distant
when Tow will achieve the ambition of
every jockey-the winning a Grand Ma
tional. What that day comes, if ever it
does, there will be a bonfire in a dear
old place that 7 know of, and Scully, as
he dances around the blaze in delight
will declare that the gratest man in
the village, after the priest an the
doctor, is young Tom Lynch
1 know Phil Mcguire, the tailor, will
feel hurt that Scully does not include
him. for the dear old tailor, in describ-
ing Tom Lynch's achievements, always
says:
"Meself an Tom Lynch did so and
so.''
Ned Lynch is justly proud of his son.
and over the mantelpiece there is a
painting of horse and rider, and I'M
derneath are the words:
will o the Wisp, winner of the Irish
Grand National. Rider-Mr. Tom
Lynch
BY CABIN.
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Conversion Of Son Of Rret Harte.

The reception of the only surviving
son of the late Bret Harte, the famous
American novelist, into the church took
place lately in Rome. Mr.. Harte was
converted by DR.. Hagan, vice rector of
the Irish college in Rome, and received
baptism at his hands in the ancient
Basilica of st. Agatha. Right Rev. DR..
Linneborn, bishop of Dacca, India, ad-
ministered the sacrament of confirma-
ton to both Mr.. and Mrs. Harte, as
Mrs. Harte, though previously a Cath
Ollie, felt certain she had not been con-
firmed.
It was by mere chance Mr.. Harte fell
into conversation with him who was to
bring him into church to which he
was anything but partial. A discussion
on miracles led to further controversy,
and when Mr.. Harte found his religion
weak in one point he probed further
The further he probed the weaker he
found to be the church he had so ar
IDENTIFY upheld, so that a year later he
abjured it forever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harte were received in
audience by the holy father on the
evening of their confirmation.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-17
Training School for Nurses.

The Columbus Hospital Training
School. under the supervision of the
Sisters of Charity, is established to
give a thorough course in two and a
half years for trained nurses.
REQUIREMENTS: Twenty to thir-
ty-five years; good moral character;
sound in body and mind.
ADVANTAGES: Course Of fnstruc.
ton by hospital staff and superinten-
dent; two courses of didactic lectures;
practical experience at bedside Of pa
TENTS; a handsome nurses apartment.
Address Sister Superintendent OF
Nurses. Columbus Hospital, Greak
Falls, Mont