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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

WASH1NGTON.- much larger
W than the senate, with many more
members to look out for and more
ground to cover, the house is allowed
a page boys, and in age they are the
seniors of the senate pages. while
their pay is just the same. House
pages must be between the ages of
fourteen and 10 years. They go on
duty at nine o'clock each day and
stay until the house adjourns. They
place the copies of the Record on the
desks of members. keep the desks in
order and are at the beck and call of
members whenever wanted. They are
under the immediate supervision of a
chief page on each side of tho house.
Some OF them are assigned to duty as
telegraph pages and others az tele-
phone pages, but most of them are on
duty on the floor.
The house pages are appointed on
the recommendation of members by
the head doorkeeper. who has general
supervision of the boys. Generally,
the member who has secured the
boys appointment will look after his
physical and moral welfare while he
Is here. and it has happened that a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03
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PROTECT. THE BIRDS.

william butcher, president Of the
American Audubon society, estimates
that birds save American farmers al
nually goo. 100000 in the destruction
of harmful insects and I1oxious weeds.
He further computes that the, savings
would amount to $sS.o0o,oo0 more If
that old harridan of a tyrant, Fashion,
did not decree that milliners shall or
nament women's hats with the plum
age of many Of the most valuable Of
the feathered tribe. Scientists have
estimated that human life on our plan
ct long since would have been extinct
as consequence of the destruction Of
vegetable life If birds had not come to
the rescue and made perpetual and re-
lentless war on insect life. says the
Cincinnati Enquirer. In this good year
1909 the joint worm is playing havoc
with the wheat crop of central Ohio,
and that could not have been If the
men and boys of Ohio had not levied
constant war on the farmers best
friends, the birds of the field. the or
chard aid the forest. Every bluebird
is ann ually worth to the farmer <tfiple
its weight: in silver. and every wren is
annually worth Ito the gardener its
weight in gold. The sapsucker is in
valuable to the fruit grower. and the
woodpecker does yeoman service in
the cause of q rich harvest.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

DETER Kelly, a blind boy, commit
] ed suicide at his home, 159 Third
avenue, Brooklyn, early the other
morning. His mother, Helen Kelly,
who slept in the room next to him,
was aroused by the smell of gas and
went to Peters room. When found he
was dead.
Peter became blind when he was
two years old, and as he grew he be-
came more and more downcast over
his misfortune. The boys Of the
neighborhood were good to him and
took him with them to ball games
and dances, but Peter never was con-
tented, for the more he heard others
laugh the more he grieved over the
blindness which he thought dead
wall between him and those who lived
about him.
A woman neighbor told Peter the
other day that he would surely be
cured If he would only battle in the
ocean on the day Of the feast Of the
Blessed Virgin.
The feast of the Virgin falls on Aug.
ust Is, and on Sunday Peter was TAX
en- to Coney island. They hired a
bathing suit for him and led him down
to the edge of the water, where he
splashed around in the sand. Next
day was to be the day of the miracle
and Peter was almost inspired with
hope by the neighbours faith. But when
Peter woke he was still blind. He
brooded through the day and at night
told his mother that his eyes never
would open until in the other world
till he was dead and alive again IN
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03
ShreWd Act of Ducheas


The famous Sarah, duchess Of Mari.
borough, was the shrewdest of women
and hardly any one ever got the better
Of her. The fashionable dressmaker
of the day was a Mrs. Buda. and the
duchess sent her some costly material
to be made up into a court dreae
When the gown came home her grace
noticed that the amount of material
used did not correspond with the
quantity sent, and resolved to punish
the fraud. Mrs. Buda was wearing
a beautiful diamond ring which the
duchess pretended to greatly admire !
and she asked the flattered dress,
maker to lend it her in order that .ho
might have a similar ring made. In
a few days Mrs. Buda received a lat.
ter from the duchess saying that sha
held the ring as pledge for the. vards
OF brocade that had been taken from
the piece sent for her gown. Need,es..
to say. the brocade was. speedily ID.
turned and the ring was placed ~
Mrs. Buda's finger, the sarcastic dnch-
ess improving the occasion with cane.
tics remarks on the offense. -. ,,'1'' .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

THE loyal legion Of congress wom-
/ en-, who hung on in Washington
during the dog days, encouraging
their husbands, found surcease for
sultry solitude in auctions. The Wash
tngton female is auction mad. There's
a. greater glamour here over the sale
Of other peoples old rubbish than any
where else in the country. Power Is
always changing hands. Nobody
stays put in his high estate, and when
the dignitaries get their walking pa
pers they sell out all their household
goods, as a rule. Hence the avid fem
mime scramble for foreign and his
toric relics. The smartest society is
always to be found in the fashionable
auction rooms in Washington.
"The retiring foreign minister
dodge is worked to a fine financial
finish by foxy auctioneers. There are
usually more auctions to celebrate
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

II Ugh tribute to the cleanliness Of
IL the streets of the national capital
was paid recently by Joseph A. Glea-
son, general superintendent of the de-
partment of public works of New Or
leans.
He called at the district building
to find out how it was done, and
chatted with Commissioner West and
Superintendent James M. Wood of the
STRENGTHENING department.
washington is the cleanest and
the best city l have been in" he told
Commissioner West, after relating
experiences in visiting many of the
leading cities of the eastern and CEN
trail states. II want to find out how
you do it.
During his conference with su-
perintendept Wood Of the street.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

AS was expected, the cotton crop Of
1908 was larger than the spectators
for rise pretended, says the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. It amounted to 49,
$4,000 bales, so the bureau of the cen.
sus says, or 2,212,000 more than that
of 1907. Only twice-in 1904 and in
1906-was the yield greater than that
of 1908. The crop of 1904. which broke
all the records, was a little below the
14.000.000:bale mark. AS, at present
prices. cotton is a highly profitable
crop, the presumption is that the acre.
age of 1909 is up at high figures.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

st. Petersburg reports that the pres.
ence Of cholera Is initiating seriously
against summer tourist travel. This
ought to be reassuring to all Europe.
When people wisely stay away from
centers of disease there will be less
likelihood that the germs will be scat.
tered all over; the continent. If st. Pc.
tersburg cares for the traffic she has
lost temporarily she should hasten her
sanitation and also increase effort to
stamp out the cholera. The drinking
water there is contaminated, and every
tourist who goes to the Russian CAPT.
tai takes risk every time he drinks
water that has not been boiled.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03
CROESUS IN SMALL FLAT

Multimillionaire J. Ogden Armour and his fam
lily are going to live in a four-rocm fiat.
When the city dweller thinks u that he may be
more content to get along with five or six rooms.
More than that, the Armours will try the four
room life in two weeks and they'll try it voluntari
ly Around them will be sc other rooms, unoccu-
pied and built for them. But they'll try it for
while in four-room fat
Out at Armoria, the created pleasure ground
that landscape gardeners snd builders have
evolved out of an unsight1y tract of partly
swampy ground near Waukegan, Ill., the family of
millions will try their tiny home.
Four million dollars has been spent on the
place where the four rooms are, and more is yet
to be spent A 90.room palace has been built, but
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

Now they are saying that ex-Presi.
dent Reyes Of Colombia, who cabled
his resignation from Europe. "salted
down" $25, 900. and his countrymon
are asking where he got it and how
they can oblige him to give it up. But
these may be merely malicious mis-.
representations. Castro, who left
Venezuela for Venezuela's good, in the
opinion Of great many persons. was
credited with fabulous riches. But &C.
cording to later developments his pos
sessions shrank to comparatively
little measure.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

A PUBLICATION that possesses an
II interest altogether it's own, is the
Star of Hope" issued by the inmates
of the New York state prison, at Sing
Sing. The contributors are desig-
mated by numbers, not names. The
editor is No. 57,355. A note at the
head of the editorial column is to the
effect that all contributions must be
strictly original.
The paper is issued bi-weekly, and
associate editors are located at the
prisons in Auburn and Clinton. The
subscription price is $3.50 year, and
the paper has been running since
1899.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

HERE are two Coney Islands. One
/ for the day time and the other for
the late dark.
In the forenoon and afternoon and
the hours of twilight all is peace and
innocent glee. The mothers and chill
dren rule Dreamland, Luna park and
the Steeplechase. They eat ice cream,
drink lemonade, ride the hobby
horses and let themselves be in.
weighed into the side shows.
Here and there a man is with them:
a father, who has a day of. or a WIS.,
iting minister, who is preparing q
home sermon on the sorrowful sins
of New York. These visitors go homo
before dark.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

NO more dogs will bay at the cold,
~ pale moon or indulge In other bu-
collie pastimes peculiar to dogs in gen.
eral In the rear yard of 451 Seventh
avenue, for Judge Brady in the su.
preme court granted an injunction re-
stratntng such sleep-destroying actions
and enjoining a permanent silence
upon the part Of the dogs in question
and their alleged owner. William w.
Hart, taxidermist.
The Misses Pauline Cook, May
Clinton and Jennie Jacobs, who re-
side in house in West Thirty-fourth
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

The English prime minister. in
speaking on the possible invasion of
England. the national bugaboo just
now, gave the house Of commons the
gloomy Information that II once Bril-
tannia ceased to rule the waves, some.
body else would boss her. II this does
not produce adequate appropriations
for national defenses. other appeals
are useless.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03
Good Milk Saves Gotham Infants

on incomes ranging from five dollars
TO SIS week, the bread winner being
steadily employed in only a very small
percentage of cases; GA per cent. were
housed in one, two or three rooms,
and IS per cent. lived under condi.
tons "below normal" Sixty-four per
cent. of the mothers were rated rs
ignorant.
Despite these handicaps the babies
showed an average gain Of "a per
cent. in physical condition. and the 45
per cent, who were in good condition
when brought to the stations was
raised to 70 per cent. by the end Of
the year.
1T is impossible to determine tho
actual number Of babies lives saved. "
said Wilbur c. Phillips, secretary of
the milk committee. 1T is, however,
safe to say that so per cent. of them.
at any rate, would not have survived
their harsh surroundings. Some of
the station physicians place this hg-
ure as high as IS per cent. or 80 per
cent
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

NEW YORK.-The results Of the first
~ years work of the New York milk
committees seven infants milk depots
has Just been made public by the bu-
reau of sociological research. During
the year 1,773 babies received milk at
the depots, 1907 of whom were regu-
larry under the supervision of the
depot physicians and nurses. The
general condition Of the babies, who
for the most part were from the most
congested district, was bad, S. per
cent. of them being rated as poor
and "moribund" when first brought to
the depots.
OF the parents, 20 per cent. lived
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03
American Apples in Demand.

There is a large demand In Ger.
many for American: apples. and it can
be increased by intelligent effort on
the part Of. American packers and
shippers. There is also a considerable
demand. In Denmark, Norway and
Sweden, now satisfied by: the whole
sale importers at Hamburg, where
practically the whole Of the busiEas,
Is centereG.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03
Craze For Presidential "Relics -

Taftian taste had given the airy fab
ris fictitious value in the purchas-
er's eyes, truly ludicrous.
A local paper recently remarked I'm
all seriousness that Mrs. Taft was
seen not long ago walking democrat
ically down F street, carrying her
pocketbook in her hand" An eccen.
trio proceeding not to carry it in her
teeth!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

Baby carriages, along with other We
hicles, must carry red lights at the
rear, in accordance with the speed
laws of Los Angeles. This is the first
lntimation given anywhere, of the dan
ger to the public from baby carriages
aside from their painful. though not
perilous, practice of rolling over feel
ings and toes on the sidewalk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03
Increased Consumption Of Wheat.

increased Consumption Of Wheat.
Statistics show a much greater per
capita use of wheat -four and cor
responding decrease in the employ.
ment of rye flour in recent years.
Also a considerable quantity of wheat
rich in gluten is required in the
growing macaroni industry, which is
becoming important. These factories,
called noodle factories here, con-
sumo French semolina, which is made
from the true macaroni wheats Of
northern Africa, Russia n and the
United States. Apparently there is
little or no semolina Of German
manufacture, and it may be suspected
that great deal Of the German maca-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

A man in Brooklyn, bitten by a dog,
worried himself to death, although
physicians assured him he had no
signs of the dreaded disease. This in
stance shows how dangerous are the
senseless panics and "mad-dog" scares
which come about regularly every
summer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

The Simplified Spelling society has
held its third annual meeting. AS a
reminder to a forgetful public that the
society is still in existence, the meet
ing appears to be qualified success.
Otherwise the public is still spelling
the same old way.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

Big orders for steel, notably for the
kinds used in structural work, con-
tinue to pour in. this being one of
the most marked indications Of the
continuous performance in industrial
activity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03
More Wonderful.

"A woman in Connecticut ran a
needle into her finger and the other
day it came out at her elbow" +
That's nothing. My wife swal
lowed a needle and two days later
had stitch in her side.',
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

Getting caught in AN Atlantic ice
foe Is enough to give any steamship
cold feet. l.. !. 49,.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

It might be well to require the South
American revolutionists to take out a
permit before fighting.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03
Blind Bow Commits Suicide to Regain Sight

the spirit Then he went to bed with
his load Of sorrows and fell asleep to
awaken, as he believed. in the morn.
ing of eternity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

France does not mind its cold
weather so much as it does the frost
on the tourist crop.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

When you find woman who acts al
though very kittenish, just try her
with q mouse.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

A good many castles in Spain are
for rent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

Illinois Leads in Rural Routes.
Illinois has more rural routes than
any other state ins:the union ob ;.,'
Iowa and Indiana follow ii the c ndIs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

George w. Young, the New York banker, has
built for his BRIDE Nine. Nordica, the biggest and
handsomest log bungalow at Deal Beach, N. j.,
and they will be domiciled there the rest of the
summer.
The Young estate is believed to be the larg-
est in Monmouth county, having front az miles
long. covering as many square miles and accom-
modating without the least embarrassment almost
the entire 18-hole course of the Deal Golf club.
with its $50 members, largely New York business
and professional men.
One Of the features of the bungalow is hall.
way, or rather promenade, extending along the
inside north wall the whole length of the struc.
ture so that the entire interior can be thrown
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

roni is made of ordinary hard-wheat
flour. The German biscuit industry
has grown rapidly of late, and is re.
curing more wheat flour every year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

will
their estate properly
all
well andh troubles
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

This IL q bad year for rulers y It'll .
superfuity Of wives.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03


mortal intended that the building shall furnish
meetings. hall auditorium and
is that
of building
includes Ehu Remsen
Mitchell, Dr. William
Charles Dabney Dr. Charles Wacot
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03


flower
the barns
windmill supplies estate with and this
nicpa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

relations
briefly luy
premier
tafned the situation England and Tar as
diplomass
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03

q
followers to
|
prefers
ship
the final flight
o the partyh been
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03
AMERICAN GIRL A DIPLOMAT

Lady Arthur Paget, formerly Miss Mary
Stevens of New York, after proving at Cowes bel
social power in successfully launching Mrs Will
lam Leeds, widow of the tinplate magnate, or
the exclusive social sea, showed her ability as a
diplomatist in the intricate and highest grade OF
international politics. Lady Arthur left Mrs
Leeds at Trouville and returned to London, where
at the Ritz hotel she gave dinner to NJ Isvolsky
the Russian minister of foreign affairs, surround
ing him with a choice coterie consisting of Mrs
Jack Leslie, the Marquis Desoveral, the Portu
guese minister and close friend Of the king, and
Prince Demidon of Russia
The dinner was perfect even for epicurean
Russians, but it was noticeable during the evening
for the earnest conversation in which the hostess
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03
MEMORIAL TO WASHINGTON

Mrs. Henry F. Dmock, who was recently
elected president of the George Washington Me-
mortal association. wants every man. woman and
child in the country to have personal sense of
proprietorship in the 100000 building as me-
mortal to the hrst president. She suggests that
adults should give one dollar or more and that
all the children should own 10-cent brick. Beau
tifully engraved receipts. bearing head of
Washington, are being sent to contributors of
one dollar or more, and among the contributors
have been 80 young women employed in a dress
making establishment IN New York.
In accordance with the desire often ex-
pressed by Washington for the promotion of sci
ence and literature the building will be devoted
to such uses. hoat Of patriotic, scientific, eco
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-09-03
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IN THE PUBLIC EYE
LANDoR AF:TER SOUTH POLE

A. Henry Savage Landor, explorer. who will
soon make an attempt to reach the south pole, is
OF the; opinion that Lieut.. Shackleton failed
through having a cumbersome and unnecessarily
large expedition.
Mr.. Landor's theory is that small caravan
of trusted and hardy men. lightly equipped, like
his expeditions through Asia and Africa, is best.
The warm season will be chosen for Landors
dash to do what Lieut. Shackleton so nearly sue
ceeded in accomplishing. and it is now planned to
consume the best part of a year in the attempt
Mr. Landor's activity in aeronautic investiga-
lions gives color to the rumor that airship will
be used by him to reach the pole. Nothing def
mite is ascertainable but it is known that for q
long time Mr.. Landor has been engaged in the
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-11-04
A NEW STORE

H. J. Wilson & Company have
opened general Mercantile
Store in the Monson Building,
formerly occupied by Steed &
Callicott,. Mr.. Gould Wilson
will have personal charge of the
business and Invites the public
generally to call on him when in
need of anything kept in an up
to date store. Don't forget the
place-West Main Street, H J.
Wilson & Co.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-11-04
LYING LIKE A DOG.

A lawyer in a neighboring
town accused a witness of lying
like dog, ;" the other day. And
it calls to our mind the absurdity
and untruthfulness of this fa-
miliar phrase. A dog doesn't
lie. That's one human trait
omitted in his makeup.
A dog may be a thief-lots of
them are-but a dog is not a
liar. He may bark up the wrong
tree, but his intentions are not to
deceivs. He believes there is
SO ething up the tree.
By nature the dog is truthful.
He never ways his tail in the
presence of his enemy. Man may
smile, and be a william, but the
dog never shows a good nature
unless he means it.
Falsehood, as matter of fact.
is not in a dogs nature. The ex-
preston TO lie like dog" is
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-11-04
BRUSHY GREEK LOCAL

There will be ar open door
meeting of Brushy Creek Local
at Shady Grove, 5 miles north
west of Prescott, Saturday be-
fore the End Sunday in Novem-
Der.
Mr.. S. r. Young of Hope will
make a speech on Fruit and
Truck Growing. Mr.. James
Snodgrass will speak also.
The members of Brushy Greek
Local are especially urged to be
present.
Every one is invited to come
and bring your baskets.
J. T. Halcomb, Sec.