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while in warfare that has not been that of savages-
has, in fact been fully humane as that of its foe
men,
1t is not necessary to go back any further than 1878
to get good idea of what the Yaquis have been doing
in trying to hold their against the people of Spanish
descent in Mexico In that year. because of trespass
upon their lands and because the Mexicans had taken
large numbers Of them to work upon their ranches in
practical slavery these TREMENDOUSLY tenacious fighters
cajemi their governor, took command and for seven
years held the passes and stronghods against 5000
troops under Gen. Pesquiera. IL
Although the Yaquis gave "a good account Of them
selves, they lost many and Gen. Caemi cap
ured and shot Still the defensive continued,
and when at last the Mexcans drove them out of their
strongholds and captured their mines there Pc
rod during which only desutory raids upon the hacen
das made During that period the Yaqui women
and boys and of the ncn-combatant men of the
tribe went out to money in the mines ranches and
fisheries 70 buy and ammunition to carry the
fight
A number of American miners who had been unable
peaceaby work their mines brought about the peace of
Ortiz in May 1897 The government then began to take
Yaqu boys from the reservations and send them to
Vera Cruz the other side of the continent to make
soldiers of them These boys were good not better
sharpshooters than the Boer YOUTH and the Yaqus
that in thus deprivng them of what would be great
of reliance in future battle they would eventually
give up all hope of holding their own So
peace of Ortiz only lasted few months before
there another uprising and fighting chiefly OF
guerilla nature which continued for several years.
Meantime every cent that the noncombatants of the
tribe could and save was handed over to the CHIEFS
who bought with this money enough Mauser rifles and
mountain howitzers equip very decently army of
5000 under Cen Tetaviate; who. in April, 1892
took the field after having made this statement:
I'VE Yaquis are peaceful and Industrious people
When the Mexicans want workers for their mines or
factories they to us. We do not want war. We
have never wanted it, but want rights We made
treaty of peace with the Mexican government herd
itary foe May 1897 after long series of wars the
last of which was than ten years in duration We
intended keep faith with the of Mexico
If
menace We are now ready to fight it again. and adj the
battles Of the pastr with be nothing compared with
the bloodshed that will follow entry into the feld
Gen. Tetaviate began operations jim the lower valley
of the Rio Yaqui where his men drove the white
settlers upon Yaq cut, the telegraph wires
and destroyed other means commqncato and it was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19
Meant the Other Way. :,

Reale:Admira Sperry, commander
ln-chief, of the fleet returned from. ito
triumphant sail around the world.
sometimes has serious spells of absent
mindedness. Several years ago he was
talking with group of fellow officers
at the Naval War college at Newport,
when one Of them remarked that he
had: been ordered for duty on, the
Asiatic station g.
Are you going to take your wife
with you?" Admiral. sperry inquired
NO." the officer, replied. - ]
Il think you are making a. SERIOUS
mistake" the admiral Continued in
positive terms. ct wasgoat thenep
1876 when, an epid emic off, ch0leFa
broke out, and hundreds Of pebble
died" -Sunday Magazine.
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are impressed with the enormous eco
nomical and commercial importance of
the school system. In speech to
normal school students in Georgia the
other day, Judge Taft said: There is
no higher profession in which 'self-sac-
rifce is manifested more clearly. and
in which more good can be done than
that of the teacher, and hope you
will continue it through life" And
one of the reasons why self-sacrihce
is so clearly manifested is that teach
ing is the worst paid profession IL
which a person can engage. There is
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canna and who, when he enters the army is generally
sent there from Jail.
AS for the Yaqui fighter, he has proved himself
better man than the Apache while resorting to
few any, Of the Apaches bloodhifsty tricks Of
fare The Yaqui army has been regularly organized
to the last has been we'll drilled in the of the
rifle has had its generals and colonies and captains and
has given SUCH good Of itself that has kept
5000 Mexican troops under Cen Torres busy all the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19
Business Of Educating the Nations
Children Is a Big One.

~1One of the greatest Of all American
Industries is the business Of educating
the boys and girls. The conduct of
this business costs as much as $442,-
100000 a year. 1t takes $24o, 900, 900
to pay the teachers and $S0,000,OO0
eachsyear. to provide buildings. Over
one.fifth .of the entire population Of
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4 GREAT AMERICAN INDUSTRY

the United States are enrolled as pu-
pills the schools. The number of
teachers employed in ! the. common
schools In the school yearfended June,
1907. was 476;ooo: or thes sc, 900
were women. The average school year
is now much longer than in former
times, now being $50 days. When we
consider the volume of books, Of sta
tionery, Of school supplies for AZ this
Laranyss.of 5000 900 school children we
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eE4P< FQR Depreciation
10 fDCATAN

some time before the hastily summoned
Fifth cavalry and Eleventh and Twelfth
infantry companies could be marched
against them. Then followed a series OF
battles which generally concluded unsat-
isfactorily for the Mexicans, though
there was an occasional rounding up OF
the rebels in which large numbers Of
them were slaughtered. On the approach
of the troops the Indians usually took up
strong positions in the mountain fast
nesses. One: large band fortified itself
in the Bacatete range, between the YaQui
and Matopo rivers, and another in the
Sahuaripa mountains Efforts were
made to keep these two bands apart, but
the working Yaquis all over Sonora and
in California and Arizona were constant
Iy coming in and joining with their
brethren and 1.-The depredations upon the
ranches and villages were widespread.
Meantime the Mexicans gathered in
the women and children of their foemen
for deportation to Yucatan, following the
demand of Diaz>to "exterminate the va
quis'' Maddened by this and by the
reports that the women and children
were not merely deported, but that they
were taken out into the Gulf of Califor-
ria and thrown overheard from the trOOp
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19
Uncle Jerry Sees Through Them.

Il see," remarked Uncle Jerry
PEBBLES, :"the., life insurance., CON-
papies have laid down a: get of rules
TOR making people live, is; years long
er, 1,ain't going, to pay any attention
to EN-: The life insurance com,
panies have got good enough thing
as it Isl 49,.
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Of Mexico by the
Spanish in 1919,
and from an es-
tinated popula-
ton in 1920 of
100000 the race
has steadily de-
clined, chiefly be-
cause of it's al
most incessant
warfare to about
100000 at ; the
present DAY.
Having regard
ed the Yaqui at
close range and
b av in 6 studied
him and marked
what manner of
man he is any
one may be ex-
cused for an adj
miration of him
that surpasses
my - appreciation
of any other of
the native races
of North America.
Assuredly these
people are the
most industrious
and most civil
lied of all Indian
tribes, being for
the most part
farmers, miners
and craftsmen,
and far superior
to the average
SOnoran of the
: hacfendas an d
villages, who will
not work while
he has a peso in
his pocket and
while mescal can
be had at the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19
HOW'S This2.

we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for anv
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured bv Hsli:s
r. l. CHENEY L CO.. Toledo. q ,
We. the undersigned. have known F. J. .Chenev
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly hon.
orable In all business transactions and fnanciai,,
able to carry out any obligations made by his firm
- WALDINa. kINNAN & MARvIs,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo O.
Halls Cetarrh Cure Is taken internally ACTING
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of TIE
gstem. Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents PEI
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19
An indestructible Color,

The indestructible floral color is yell
low. You cannot even with sulphur
ods acid tumas destroy Take a
heartease add Try; You viii consume
the purpleptibt easily enough; but the
yellow viii Is en- :permanence for all
your filthy fumes. =: So. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

superiority; and il not Inherently su-
pfr1ior to begin how gould he have de:
veloped his superiority against equal
or greater powers ?--London Saturday
Review.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19
Qualities in Men.

Asad nature sheds forth twilight merry and mirth
full brings daylight suspicious nature insensi
bly, mparts tits chill to every generous soul within its
reach. bold and frank nature
in men, Fineness makes them firm: Firmness makes
Taste directs, stimulates develops TASTE
Henry Ward Beecher. ! :''n -: .
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the affairs enter 50 little into the consideration
Of the pebble ON this rim of the continent with the ex
cepon Of those American capitalists who have longed
unearth the mining treasures of that rich gold
silver country, that have been interested in
college football contests than I'm this wzrfare
Of York for the last three decades and longer
For, matter of fact, the YaQuis have been
at with their hereditary foe since the conquest
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What ,paee il Mean ifiie :: :

-. What Do. i M e. i !: E: :
y Here is asdreadfpl looking; puzzle: 3,
FFA H,C II I:I<MsT sHsd'U !.
\ A c T o, N ERA, s D., RIB ="
D L O.
: But IT is 80 easy when you know tho
answer. Just read backward and you
will see at once e
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

scarcely city IS; the lan q: III 4itt WHICH
the most menial ,enmployment does
not. pay. far better than the average
salary received by the teaeher in the
public schools. .',aAi .*:'T'
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sideration it has been only natural
that Yaqui and Yank should have be.
come embroiled at times.
"The Yaqui Indians are the, most
stubborn fighters on EARTH" said Presi-
dent DiaZ, of Mexico eight, years ago.,
land if; ever we, are to put them down,
We must strike, at, the root of their race
we MUST exile their women and chill
dren."
So, month by month, since then thou
sands of the little brown women of the
Yaqui nation in Sonora have been torn
from their homes on reservations and
elsewhere; grounded up at Guaymas, on
the west coast of Mexico, and, with
their children, deported to San Bias and
thence across country to the far fever
lands of Yucatan, where many of them
have died. None have ever returned to
Sonora. Z '%
This means of subduing a race that
has been in almost constant warfare
against the Mexican government for
more than 80 years has at last been
effective, although it has been neces-
safy at the same time to keep from
IsVVV W C,OOV LIOOpS ISdu1lGSS VI
ine the field to fight the diminishing
band of Yaquis, who have proved them
selves as valiant. and as unyielding as
the Beers.
The, last two stands of the Yaquis
have recently been reported in the dis
patches. One of these was in noun
tain canyon just north of Altar, where
the Mexicans and Papagos lured the
Yaquis into ambush and killed large
number of them. The other and con-
Gliding engagement followed a Skin.
mish that was made by the Mexicans
southeast of Hermosillo, the capital of
Sonora, in which it was reported that
Blle, the chief of the Yaquis, was killed
and 100 of his men were slain After
this bloody battle the remnant of the
Yaqui forces engaged in that fight
marched into, Hermosillo and surren-
dered:' =
So many other events have been tax
ing place on this populous planet, and
the affairs of~Souora, enter 50 little into
OF the pebble ON this rim sof the eontf1
ception Of those American capitalists
to unearth the mining treasures of tt
silver country, that We have been M
college football contests Than I'm this
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worlds silver will from the land Of Da9 Sonora
has been exporting $12oO0ooo to $15060O06 Of silver
and could have exported five times that amount
and ncalculable quantity of gold but for reason
the country has not been white people, except
in the larger towns because of he warlke Ya4us who
have been battling for generations against the Mexicans
But now the good news has been flashed over the
wires that the long drawn Yaqui war is at end and
that treaty favorable Indians has been Negotiated
that there Will be such an thrush Of greedy
gringoes the Mexicans call US, Into Sonora has
been before. For there will be night
attacks upon wagon and supply trains, ter
rorzng of the miners in their prospect holes and
rushes to the gun rack in the lonely cabin the
mesa.
1t is characteristic of commercial age that the
chief interest of the white people in the Yaqu uprisings
has not been humane but financial Although
Americans have obtained concessions from the Mexican
of mining cattle and farming lands, they
have never been able to hold undsputed sway
them. Now the hardy gringo will descend Sonora
bent upon conquest far thorough than that of
Gen. Scott in 1848. He lusts for the silver and gold
hidden under the Sonora mountains for great bands of
cattle and for the fruits of the fertile Valleys he will
have them
Not that the Americans have been essentially hostile
to the Yaquis for many guns and much ammunition have
been taken the border to aid them in their
perae fight that when Diaz has fit to parcel
off comfortable section of Yaqu land here and there
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19
Noted Woman Press Agent.

Mrs. Charles Neave is the latest
English woman of birth and education
to go into business. She has become
press agent, and it is said by her
friends that, some of the best singers
at Covert .Gsrden, London, are large
ly indebted fQ her for their success
this season Mrs. Neave is the daugh-
ter of a: man q Of title and the widow OF
an army officer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

ONLY ONE "IsROMO OUININE."
That Is LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNINE. Look for
the signature Of +. W. GROVE. Used tho World
over to Cure Cold in One Day. 25c.
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A man without thought for the fu-
ture must soon have present sorrow.
-COnfucius.
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Tell married man he doesn't look
1t and he will be terribly flattered.
MILTON DAIRY CO., ST. PAUL. MINI.
Are heavy cream buyers. Get their prices.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

Happiness. is measured not by the
enlargement of the possessions, but of
the heart.-Ruskin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

II thou speakest what thou Will,
thou shalt hear what thou Woulda
nOt-BiaS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

A woman wouldn't mind being poor
80 much If all her acquaintance were
just a little poorer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

isaac BLOCK, lZU Years CT Rge.
Mr.. Isaac Brock, of McLennan county,
Tex, is an ardent friend to Peruna and
Espeals of it in the following TERMS:
''Dr. Hartman's remedy, Peruna, /
have found to be the best. if lot the only
reliable remedy for COUGHS, COLDS,
|CATARRH and diarrhea. T.
I"Peruna has been my standby f0s
many. yeais, and attribute my good
health and my extreme age to this
remedy. 1t exactly meets all my re.
jquircn'ents. r.
II have come to rely upon it almost
entirely for the many little things for
which need medicine. l believe it to
be especially valuable to old people" :
=, y Isaac Brock.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

WE BUY CREAM-WRITE FOR PRICE
Miller & Holmes St. Paul. MINI.
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WE PAY Toilets. FOR COW HIDES
and high price for furs. Sell traps cheap.
N. w. Hide e. Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

If Your Feet Ache or Burn
get q 25c package Of Aliens FoOt-Ease. 1t gives
quick relief. Two million packages sold yearly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

Our powers owe much OF their en-
ergy to our hopes.-Johnson.
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In a Safe Place,

1--WE have man in this prison who
never tried to escape" declared the
head keeper.
whats he in for?" inquired the
visitor.
"Bigamy," replied the head keeper.
bohemian
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

We buy cream Write desk No for prices.
CRESCENT CREAMERY CO., ST. PAUL
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The. Mans Argument.

It is argued that woman remains in
fefior because man keeps her: SO, but
II he can keep her. $50 It proves his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces In
hammation, allays PAIN cures wind colic Csc bottle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19
History Revised.

History Revised.
The PROFESSIONALISM was it defeat.
ed Leonidas at Thermopylae?
The Bright Student-The new rules
He held the pass too long.
If It's Your Eye Use Pettit's Eye saIve,
for inflammation, stys, itching lids, eye
aches, defects of vision and sensitivity to
strong lights. All druggists or. Howard
Bros, Buffalo, n. y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-19

About the easiest thing in the world
for some people to make is break.
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1t is said that necessity knows no
law, but if she is the mother of in
vention she should acquaint herself
with the patent laws.
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lat little the dollar loving Amer
lean has Zone in prying and peep
ing into the greatnatural treasure
houses Of Sonora convinced him
years agosthat that. western Mexi-
can province was a country we'll
worth exploiting. If more than
half of the silver ofth world
has come out of Mexico, as is
probably the facts then; from all
reports, when the arsentiferous
deposits of sonota ARE. properly
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important to Mothers. .x.~
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CAST0R1A a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and .children, and see that it
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-29
MORE LAW NEEDED.
States Must Join With Uncle Sam in
Fight ON Opium. n

New York. March 29.-WhiIe prom
inent druggists look with approval on
the regulation of the treasury depart
ment enforcing the recent act of con-
gress prohibiting the importation of
opium or opium mixtures for any but
medicinal purposes, Clarence o. Bige-
low, chairman of the state board of
pharmacy, is of the opinion that the
federal act will not be effective unless
it is supplemented. by state laws.
Under the present law in this state,
he said, the only regulation is that
the druggist shall record the name of
the person to whom he sells drugs
containing more than two grains of
morphine to the ounce, and that he
label the package Poison" No pres
cription, he says, is required.
Cocaine" he said, "cannot be sold
except on prescription and violation of
the law is a felony.
"I believe the morphine habit is
growing, but not so fast as the pop
ulation. Most people who use the drug
use it in the form of morphine tab
let's which are dissolved in water and
injected hypodermically. They used to
drink laudanum, but morphine has
replaced it because it is more portable
and effective"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-29
T.G. WEAR SEEKSDIVORCE
Former Topeka Man Sues on Ground
of Abandonment

A suit for divorce is now pending in
the Kansas City, Mo, court in which
the principals are prominent socially
both in Topeka and Joplin. Ted G.
Wear, formerly of Topeka and a
partner in the Wear Coal company, is
seeking a divorce from his wife, who
is now in California. Abandonment
and incompatibility are the grounds
alleged in the petition
Mrs. t. G. Wear, who is a sister of
Mrs. Paul Hudson, of the City of Mex
leo, went to Mexico about a year ago
to visit the latter. Her stay became
protracted, but it was not until last
month, when she took a trip to Cali
fornia with her sister, that the final
break occurred. 1t was from California
that Mrs. Wear wrote to her husband
that she was not satisfied with his
ways, and had no desire to come home
AT the time of the separation, the
Wears were living in Joplin. After
ward Mr. Wear removed to Kansas
City, where he brought suit for di-
Vorce.
Before her marriage, Mrs Wear was
Miss Marie Price, teacher in Beth
any college. The Wears were married
about Is years ago, and have two sons,
the eldest 13 years of age. The chill
dren are with their mother
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-29

taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what it would do.
and I am restored to my natural
health. Mrs. ETA DONOVAN, Box
299. Willimantic, Conn.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infiam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, IT.
regula1tles, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, fIatIllency. indi,
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
lion.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
20 at least give this medicine a trial.
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should it
got cure JnIAs