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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-01-01

-Muy aplaudido fut anoche en-
la retreta de Ia plaza principal el
programa que ejecuto Ia handa del
asilo de nihos de Santurcc. Ii con
cierto termin0 4 is go.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-01-01
iiCs-Il

IN S,ci-)al i;ucll Argentinaa
prcii rr,:darNui' muestras pa
"a + c r'>pi Il :2r.coia de 1910.
Ac'Ga.i.p,il'~ lr,>.n tic 800 las do
-,Iai.Ia> q. mai. ccl,a,!a, tabaco, il
uo. *. &.
I-as nu.>tra< d. maderas reci-
;aii;,>. a.rJEzan i uu total de 800
:, r n.it.n en- trUIOS de regular de
lueE.>l6n rarscntando oortes trans
ycr>4i.> Y !ongltudinalcs V con-
-,ryan,iu Ia cnrtcLa en- Su eStsdo na-
,ural- Mu.stran tambien una par
;r iustraLa Y otra Simplemente ce-
il.ada y lisada, =
E-sraS madrra> Proccdcn de Misto
~. Eurmosa. Chaco, Corrientes y
santa Es.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17
$25O,O00 Colony, Fine for the Birds

these may be studied in their different
classes and under natural conditions.
All the work of this gigantic bird
colony Is to be done under the direc-
ton of Assistant Professor H. A. Bene-
dict of the department Of biology of
the University of Cincinnati.
I'VE are in new field as yet" said
Professor Benedict. I'VE must study
the best way to teach birds to con-
gregate and nest in a locality where
they are safe. The action of Mrs.
Emery was the first of its kind to my
knowledge in the world, and will have
a decided effect in aiding other COM
munities. 1t will be known as "The
Mary Emery bird preserve" and we
will take special delight in showing It
to people who care to see it when it is
finally arranged"
Mrs. Emery and her husband were
both great lovers of birds. He was a
man who bought largely of Cincinnati
property with money obtained from
England banks, it being his theory
that it was much easier to borrow
there for two per cent. and make
eight and ten per cent, on it in in
vestments in Cincinnati than to Dor
row the money at home and pay
higher percentage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17
City Bred Men as Tillers of the Soil

ceeded by beginning in a small way
with poultry or fruit. The knowledge
gained in this way, both as regards
the details of farming and concerning
methods of marketing, finally enables
the beginner to abandon his city en-
ployment and become q farmer.
"A few men have succeeded with.
out this gradual transition. They
have moved boldly to the country, put
their capital into land, and by hard
work, much study and exceedingly
frugal living for few years until tho
business has been learned and profit
assured, have been highly successful.
Such changes are usually accompanied,
Tor few years. by the severest kind
Of hardship; but If a man 10 intellI-
gent, close observer and not afraid
Of work, it is possible to succeed un.
der such conditions. -
An interesting case of this kind
came to notice recently. At the Iowa
state corn show in 1909 the ear os
corn which took the grand prize, and
which was sold at auction for SLIGO.
was produced by farmer who ten
years previously had been a driver of
a laundry wagon In the city Of Des
Moines. It must be recognized how.
ever. that men who have thus sue
,ceeded have invariably. been men az
unusual ability" . .5ss.s az
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

THE distinction of being the first
man prosecuted for ill-treating a
goose, under the cruelty to animals
law, in the police court, fell to the lot
of Conrad F. Springer, a resident of
Gates road, near Chevy Chase.
Horses, COWS, sheep, lambs, chick
ems, dogs, cats, pigeons, turkeys, pigs
and even monkeys have been given
the protection of the law in previous
cases, but never before has one of the
Anseranae family drifted into court.
1t was described as a gray goose.
three years old, somewhat weighty, of
a kindly disposition and motherly in
her attention to raising broods. She
was "cruelly battered and bruised
with stones" by Springer, charges her
owner, DR.. E. A. Bryant. a dentist.
The men are neighbors.
The dentist was the first witness.
After telling that he saw the defend
ant hurl stone at the goose and hit
the mark, and repeat the performance
with effect several times, the witness
directed attention to the phrenologic-
al attributes of Mr.. Springer, in sup
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17
Hailed to Court for Beating a Coos

port of his allegations.
He has cruel, unsympathetic, tor
turing instincts" Doctor Bryant de-
clared. Il am not surprised that this
outbreak has occurred. It is distress
ing, of course. but to be expected.
Nov, If you will notice." he con-
tinued, that the occipital protrusion
and the nasal
But how about the goose?" Judge
Pugh interrupted.
"Oh, the goose! My goose? All,
yes" and the witness returned to the
goose story. why, the goose was
badly injured
The injuries were minutely de-
scribed.
Springer emphatically denied that
he had been cruel to the goose.
"Nor any other goose. your honor I
like geese" he asserted with vehe-
mence. "They're fine birds to have
about ones place."
"The complainant is your neighbor,
isn't he?" Judge Pugh asked
HE is" the defendant replied.
The court ascertained that Doctor
Bryant was defendant in a stone
throwing case about a week before
with Springer as complainant.
What did I do then. Mr. Clerk"
the court asked.
Personal bond" was the reply.
"Well, make it the same in this
one," Judge Pugh directed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

G AN FRANC1SCO.-As horrible ex
~ ample Of what the justices of the
supreme court believe a legal docu
ment should not be, the brief of Attor
ney Ralph w. Schoonover of Santa
Barbara has been held up to the pub
lie gaze, and schoonover was cited to
show cause why he should not be pun.
1shed for contempt of court.
The following words must never be
used in briefs filed before the Supreme
court:
Peach, raw, rotten, putrid, butt-in.''
Nor shall lawyer refer to a deci-
sion OF superior court In such sui
plate language as:
1T is huge judicial joke and would
nave been funny had it not been quite
so raw. and intended and used as a
hypocritical judicial cloak to cover as
damnable a case of unblushing robbery
and oppression of the widow and or
phan as ever went unwhipped in this
reign of Mammon."
The trouble started in suit tried be-
fore Superior Judge Walter Bordwell
OF Santa Barbara county. A. G. Will
Hams sued A. P. Lane, trustee of the
estate of Addie L. Allen, bankrupt.
Judge Bordwell gave Williams judy
ment for 1851. ATTORNEY Schoonover-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17
zap" Prince Gives Canned Interview

wa sought to foist on them, his visitors
grew serious, grinned again, and grew
serious again. Then one blurted out:
you are Japanese prince, aren't
you?"
That was what Tokugawa wanted.
He pointed to the tract-and his grin
was seraphic.
Number one!" he qualified.
The tract holders consulted para
graph number one. 1t averred:
i am Prince Tokugawa Iyesato,
present head of the illustrious Tokuga,
wa family, grand GORDON"
What about war between Japan
and this country?"
Number three" elucidated the
prince.
That paragraph read:
From time to time the newly coined
phrase, the Japanese-American war;
appears in the foreign newspapers in
Japan. Personally l. cannot imagine
such thing taking place. America
has assisted materially in Japan's prog
ress and is her honorable benefactor,
with whom the best terms of honora-
BILE cordially and friendship exist"
The interview progressed in the
same fashion until one visitor said:
"Good-by, prince"
Number seven," smiled Tokugawa.
Admit mo ~
'Good-by. shall see the honorable
stockyards and department store to-
morrow. shall embark for Liverpool
May H., and will return to Japan by
Europe and the :iberian railway"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

Observation-Disclosures Olcott OF
w the special committee which liz
conducting the Merchant Marine
league investigation, is game states.
man. He entered the committee room
recently with long list of questions
which he wanted to PROFOUND to B. N.
Baker of Baltimore, the witness for
the afternoon. Olcott called the meet.
Ing to order in the usual manner, and
carefully arranged his questions be-
fore him.
A slip Of paper with a question on
1t was handed to Representative Gar
rett, one of the committeeman. Gar
rett read the question and smiled.
While Olcott was absorbed in his wit
ness Garrett tucked the slip Of paper
among the others lying before the
chairman. Olcott went along with his
questioning, like this:
Nov, Mr.. Baker, If you were going
to take the quickest and shortest
route to Buenos Ayres what would
that route be?"
Baker answered. Then Olcott came
to the slip of paper.
"Mr. Baker," he began, and then he
stopped.
WELL" he continued, after he had
turned the paper over once or twice
In establishment, II guess I might as
well finish this question. Somebody
has been kind enough to furnish me
with it."
He read:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17
h Joy! Kissing Is Not Dangerous

kissing harmful? Certainly not.
No, sir. There is no possible reason
when two self-respecting, wholesome
persons meet lip to lip they can't
break away without upsetting the bac-
terial balance. Perhaps the only seri-
GUS danger springing from such a
union would effect the heart only"
Doctor Worthington also ably de-
Tended his friends, the microbes, re-
ferring to them in other conditions.
He asserted that if the bacteria was
driven from the land, the world
would become desert scattered with
the worlds dead. Germs are humble
in their needs, but stupendous In their
life work
A systematic education based on
the principle of knowing a little Of
everything we'll and at the same time
to make the student plan the full col
lege curriculum seriously and plan it
as whole, are the intents embodied
in the new system of electives at Har-
ward university, according to the an.
nual report Of President Lowell.
The president also touches upon the
pass and honor system, believes those
who are to go into the graduate
schools might we'll enter college
earlier, and advocates freshmen dor
mitories to permit the closer oversight
Of the young men.
AS to football the president says
that students must not lose sight Of
the fact that the ultimate object to be
kept in mind is that the game ought
to be the elimination of a general
sport pursued by large body Of un.
dergraduates.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17
AZ AZ 81

TH1CAGO.-Prince Tokugawa Iyesato,
~ grand Gordon of the rising sun,
head of the house of peers of Japan,
and who would have been a Shotgun
were it not that the business of sho-
cunning was abolished quarter of a
century ago, arrived here recently, and
made his visit noteworthy by the in
PRODUCTION Of the canned" interview.
With Tokugawa are Viscount Sengo-
ku and Baron Shidura and a retinue of
surprising proportions. The prince
moved into the most expensive suite in
the Congress hotel, ate dinner, lighted
cigar, and waited. The first time the
telephone buzzed delegation of inter.
viewers was at the other end of the
wire.
Come up" replied the baron.
Not waiting for any sort of an intro.
duction, Prince Tokugawa walked up
to his visitors and handed each a tract
faultless as to Typography, and on the
finest linen fabric.
But the princes grin broadened and
1t was evident something was expected
to happen. Clutching the tracts and
nervously wondering what sort Of re-
ligious or political propaganda Tokuga
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

u OSTON.-The kissing bug and "de-
u brutalized" football have been
given official o. KS by Harvard uni
versity. And in the same breath with
the announcement that there is no
danger in the exchange of germs by
the OSCILLATION route comes the order
that freshmen must be kept under
closer supervision.
President Lowell, in his report to
the trustees, advocates the general
playing of football by students when
it is on plane where all may take
part and when the players are not
trained gladiators. DR.. A. M. Worth
ington Of the medical school and an
expert on bacteria, is the one who de-
tends the gentle sport Of kissing
either as an outdoor or an indoor pas
time
Speaking merely as student of the
books on bacteria Doctor Worthington
says there is no reason whatever why
healthy and we'll intentioned couples
shouldn't indulge in kissing to their
hearts content. incidentally his state
ment skaters the theory advanced
numberless times by professors of
other universities that kissing is dan
gerous because it makes a swap Of
microbes and illness in one or both
parties to the union often follows such
diversions. Said Doctor Worthington:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

r1NC1NNAT1.-Approximately $780,
~ 900 of the estate of Thomas J.
Emery, who was by far the largest
realty owner in Cincinnati, has Just
been set aside by his widow, Mrs.
Mary Emery, for the founding and
perpetuation of a home for birds. Mrs.
Emery has just completed the pur-
chase of two acres of land in Evans
wood and has signified her intention
of turning it over to the care Of the
department of biology in the Uni
versity of Cincinnati.
This ground is to be provided with
different kinds of houses for birds. It
will be made secure against the in.
vasion Of cats and small boys and
there will be located there possibly
100 different kinds of birds and their
several species. In addition to this,
there will be houses for the birds OF
mixed Nationality" and places where
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

ECRETARY WILSON Of the depart
y ment of agriculture has Just pub
lshed his year book. w. ]. Spillman,
agriculturist in charge Of the Office
of farm management, has written an
article on Farming as an Occupa-
ton for City-Bred Men," He hands
out some tips that city men might
profit by If urban life isn't all its
cracked up to be.
wherever it is feasible" he says,
"a very good plan for the city man
who has no knowledge Of farming
and who desires to become farmer
is to move to the suburbs and begin
in small way as gardener. At
first the principal aim should be to
produce truck crops for home con-
sumption. AS experience is gained
the industry may be enlarged and a
market established. Many men have
made the transition in this manner.
Others have started with: one. or two
cows, and have let the business grow
from the profits. Others have sue
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

n NOE statesman had typhoid
~ fever. He was very i'll. For days
his doctors thought he must die. He
was delirious nearly all the time.
After while he became a little bet
ter. He begged that he be permitted
to see another statesman whom he
was particularly fond of. The friend
came
well, Jim," said the caller, "how
are you getting along?"
Jim said he was getting along all
right, but just then he had slight
attack Of his former delirium. The
friend tried to soothe him, but he was
confused in his talk, and apparently
unable to understand altogether what
was transpiring.
Jim, you've been pretty sick, but
you're all right now. You've been de-
lirious, you know; but that's all
passed"
Eyes, I've been out of my head a
good deal, guess" Jim agreed. But
my minds all cleared up now"
"Sure, you know what's going on.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

attorney general
o his-the railroad bill?
presidents
art borne the
OF
the
must of he organization.
warrant for this reading
predict
attempt his experiment again.
Indiana in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

should
opportunity
The wedding
with the exception of the
up Inc husband
her fathers
father the objection
as is quite we'll this
to marital
Leavtt He
by
before marriage
Lincoln Neb that
of Leavitt
Lieutenant Owen is fnelooking
avorab
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

The rage for changing names some.
times runs up against snag. Some,
one succeeded in rechristening Tot.
tenville, down on Staten Island, and
substituting the title of Bentley
Manor. Now the descendants Of the
Huguenots who settled in that quarter
have risen in protest and want the old
name back. So do the Daughters OF
the American Revolution, whose pa,
triot1c spirit naturally revolts at the
fact, as alleged, that the new name is
that of man who was Tory in the
Revolution. Sometimes the adoption
of new name for a town is marked
by more haste than discretion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17


say nothing
Know why President Lowell tale
mas long been accepted in
Lowell the
anything
fathers ~ ~ "e paw ~ "e 1'e'1"
Lowell
OF shading
membership OF the Continental
TO the load of historical knocking
ride declared
the poet Longow but to deal
DO" at plymouth the Washington
President
gathered to discuss plans for the
~OA~ ~A
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17
Do the lawmakers Like Baseball? Well!

Mr.. Baker, II you wanted to attend
the ball game in Washington this aft
ernoon what time would you start?"
This blessed moment" said the
witness.
Whereupon adjournment was taken.
Postscript just to be fair-Olcott and
the rest of the committeeman went to-
the floor of the house, where the rail-
road bill was under consideration.
On another day Representative Gar.
rett told this story:
A man went into lawyers Office.
" I want to sue my administrator
he said.
"Oh," said the lawyer, suavely, you
mean that you want to sue your
guardian
Perhaps you know more about It
than do" said the prospective client.
I'm just back from the war and
they've got me reported dead. They've
started already to administer my es-
tate. want to sue that administra-
tor"
He did.
One time,' said Committeeman
Hawley, when Garrett had finished.
"a very illiterate man was elected q
justice of the peace in small town.
He didn't know thing about the for
malities of the law. There was a jury
case. The lawyers had finished their
arguments and waited for the justice
to speak. He shifted uneasily in his
chair
"You charge the jury now" said
one of the attorneys.
The justice gazed severely over his
big spectacles.
Court will now charge the jury"
he said. Court charges 'em IS
apiece"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

A Jersey City minister tells his con-
gregation that badness forces him out
OF the ministry; he cannot wear his
hat In the pulpit, and If he breaches
baldheaded he catches cold. So he re-
tires. Thus new column is added to
the table of causes Of decay Of the
ministry.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17
.awyer's Brief, Masterpiece Of SLANG

for Lane, appealed to the supreme
court. Then he filed his brief.
| The Justices of the supreme court
met to review the papers in the case
of Williams vs.. Lane. One of the just
ices took up the brief of Attorney
Schoonover and began to read it
aloud.
Then the state court butts into
the game,'" he read. in an amazed
tone.
beg pardon, didn't follow" inter-
rupted one of the learned associate
justices. u
/ Then the state court butts in"
my gracious!" exclaimed a justice,
did Blackstone ever use such Ian
guage?"
If my memory serves me-" suggest
ed Justice Melvin, 1T sounds like
newer master; AIDE, believe, his name
u.s."
The reading of the brief was contin-
ued.
DO not comport very favorably with
dignity and caution and evenness of
mind, popularity believed to be persona
fed In one who wears the judicial er-
mine and is presumed to know the law
and to administer it."
There was a general judicial gasp
en- banc.
The decision is a peach" contin-
ued the reader
What" exclaimed a learned Judge.
WHAT"
I'm the vernacular," explained Just
Ice Melvin, the word peach signifies
anything rare, pretty-1 gather that it
Is used here in a. ironical sense"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

The ballooning fatalities in Ger.
many should serve as warning to
amateur aeronauts everywhere, at the
opening of the season for aerial
flights. The ascension with the Pom.
mern, which ended in the Baltic sea.
was undertaken when a high wind pre-
vailed, and when professional aero.
nauts would have considered it rash
to start. The second fatality revealed
the dangers of descent when strong
winds are blowing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

If you have bad memory, says one
Of the good thing" pages, safeguard
it by jotting down in a notebook a
little memorandum Of the promises
you make, just as a small reminder.
I'm! Very good. Believe, at the same
time, somebody could make quite a
bit of money by marketing a handy
forgotten.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

Friends OF the art league IN Chi
cago are urging the park board to
abandon the word boulevard" and to
call the highways connecting the park
systems drives or roads," or park
ways" The people of Chicago are
rapidly becoming purists. It will be
remembered that Eugene Field prophe-
sled that If Chicago ever got inter-
ested in culture, Chicago would make
culture hum
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

The young Lochinvar of the TWEEN.
tieth century has to be up-to-date, or
else no wedding bells for him. There
may be racing and chasing on Canon.
bic Lee" or wherever he makes his
getaway with willing and adorine
sweetheart, but it will not be after the
charger which has stood conveniently
near. The clippers hustle off in an
automobile, and the pursuers follow in
the fastest motor cars that can be
requisitioned. And then the hunt is
not always successful A youthful
pair ran away in that fashion at San
Diego, CAL, and so far as heard from
have not been captured.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

The Yakima preacher who asked his
congregation to whistle the hymns
is still few laps behind the Pennsyl-
vania coal region preacher who uses
a whistle instead of a bell on his
church to call the faithful to prayer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17
CLAPP GRILLS WCkERSHAM

There seems to have been some misapprehen-
sion or a crossing Of wires in Washington re-
Gently when it was announced that Senator Dol
liver would be the gunner who would fire 49,
inch shell in answer to Attorney General Wick
ersham's smash at the insurgents
Senator Dolliver fred only 10inch gun. The
manipulation of 13-incher was left to Senator
Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota. The echo of that
shot is still heard around the country and it will
take national election before it is stilled.
Senator Clapp used to be an attorney general
himself In his home state and he knows some
thing about the proper things for A. G. to do.
He didn't think it was proper for Mr.. Wickersham
to read anybody out Of the Republican party and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

A Chicago doctor says that a man
is as old as his blood vessels. The
men in st. Paul also usually are about
the same age as their bones, nerves
and other paraphernalia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

The movement to teach girls how
to cook pie has been greeted with
great pleasure by the many men who
have heretofore dreaded marriage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-17

a Sing Sing prisoner complains that
Probably some improvement installed
since they started calling the place
Ossining.