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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23
Ants Are Driving Kansans From Home

now III evidence. Kiowa and other
towns in Harper county tell OF the
visits Of the ants.
Almos*: the entire residence portion
of Kiowa.. town of more than one
thousand Inhabitants, is in the grasp
of untold millions of ants. At first the
earth seemed literally to be alive
with them. There were big ants. lit.
tie ants, red ants, blond ants and
brunette ans. They all seemed to be
hungry and they got into the houses.
Not content with the food in the pan.
tries, they infested carpets, beds,
chewed clothing to pieces and caused
a great deal of havoc.
Openwork stockings and porous un.
derwear had to be abandoned for
clt.se-knit clothing by the residents. be.
cause the arts didn't remain on the
flor or in thu beds. but swarmed owe,
human beings.
In certain sections of the town fam.
lilies actually moved out to get away
from the ants, thinking it was cheaper
to move thar to lose their household
goods. Others are devoting their time
10 fighting thu pests by fumigating the
houses and inundating the floors.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

4HICAGO.-An unusual story of a
~ lost heir to 100000 estate,
whose chance mailing of souvenir
post card will bring him $4,000,
was revealed in the probate cov-t
the other day. The man is Corne-
Illus Carney. now a resident of Okla
homa City, who was thought to have
persisted in the San Francisco earth
quake and fire in April, 1906.
The story he told in court ran
like this: He was born 30 years ago
in Troy, N. Y, member of a large
family whose head, John Carney, was
for more noted for his convivial hab-
it's than for his thrift and industry.
Consequently the little Carneys found
life in Williams street alley a strug-
gle in which dirt and want were daily
factors. After being very bad for a
long time the condition of the Carney
family became worse, and Cornelius
was sent to a children's asylum.
There wasn't much in life in Will
liams street alley but liberty-there
was plenty of that-and the compare
tive comfort of the asylum couldn't
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

no YOU remember how proud we
II were of our Spanish warships And
now they are all in the scrap heap
The Boston, the Concord, the Winslow
and the Detroit have all to 60, as they
are no longer fit to cope with modern
armament on the high seas. A storm
of protest has gone up in Washington,
but it is not going to help matters a
single bit. The United States govern
ment canont afford to hang on to the
old battleships, even if they are dear
in memory 1t will be remembered
that the Boston, a protected cruiser,
and the Concord, gunboat, were in
Admiral Dewey's feet at Manila. 1t
was on the deck of the Winslow dur.
ing the hottest cannon fire of the war,
that Ensign Worth Bagley was killed
by an exploding shell. One of the
achievements of the Detroit was the
capture of the Catalina to the west
ward of Havana, and she took active
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

" the house cat has been declared
by the department of agriculture. Ex.
perts in the biological bureau of that
department are making exhaustive in.
vestfgations of the cat as spreader
OF disease. Already they have found
out enough to convince them that as
much danger turks in a cat as in a
rat, and rats are known to be fatal
distributors Of plague.
Upon the completion of these in.
vestigations efforts will be made by
the Federal authorities to have cat
license laws passed. 1t is much more
desirable, they say. to have license
Tor cats than license for. dogs.
I'VE know that cats carry disease
said H. w. Henshaw, chief of the bu-
reau, In discussing the fight against
tabby, but we do not know to what
extent. We are practically certain
they carry >>diphtheria, scarlet fever
and ringworm, and we suspect they
carry tuberculosis. All this we want
to find out. OF course the fight to
bring about a cat license will be a
hard one. Such suggestion will be
scored at But in time people will
come to realize what a menace cats
are. That is what we hope to do
bring the people to such a realiza-
tion."
DR.. A. X. Fisher, of the bureau of
biology, is at work on a bulletin on
the house cat. He has been studying
the question for years and knows the
general habits Of cats thoroughly.
There are lots of fallacious the
cries regarding the usefulness Of
CATS" says Dr. Fisher LAS a matter
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

WICHITA, Kan.-Grass h oppers,
" chinch bugs and Hessian flies,
and few other such pests, have visit
&c Kansas In bygone days, eaten the
crops, trimmed the leaves off the trees
and driven more or less hardy pio-
neers back to their wives folks in the
East, but never until this year have
ants in sufficient numbers been no.
tic'd to cause people to desire to leave
their once happy homes in the Sun.
flower State
From several towns come reports of
ant; IN such numbers as to cause &C.
tual worry by the inhabitants. The
people are not unaccustomed to the
little black ant and the red ant which
visi: the sugar bowl occasionally, but
they can't account for the swarms of
all sorts and breeds of ants which are
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

CEVEN million dollars on Joy ride
y through the streets of Washington
is a sight to be seen every week day
at the national capital. And this
stands less chance of getting hurt
through the carelessness of the driver
of the wagon it rides in or from out
side forces than any. Joy rider, ami.
mate or inanimate, in the country.
For the treasury has a new money
wagon, a brand new vehicle, made of
hardwood, iron and steel, with heavy
locks and bars, to bring. money from
the bureau of engraving and printing,
where it is made, 70 the vaults Of the
treasury, where it is stored for safe
keeping.
And not only is the new wagon
nearly bombproof in itself, but Just to
make. sure that some foolish person.
with visions of a Jesse James hold-up
scheme. VIII never succeed In accom-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

I ONDON.-Women of title, jaded by
Il the fatigues of the season, are be-
ing offered unique opportunities for
calming their overwrought nerves.
Lady Wolseley, head of the Ladies'
Park club, has conceived the happy
idea Of enabling the blue blooded mem
bers to live as farm hands. The re-
treat that has been provided for them
is far from the madding crowd, in an
antique country. house in Middlesex
county.
Duchesses tired of the social whirl
go there to commune with nature and
to enjoy the delightful luxury of plain
fare. Life on the farm will be almost
severe, for the spoiled darlings of So
ciety. They are not allowed to play
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23
Greater New York's Increased Needs

CT $14,60O,00O. The STRENGTHENING de
partment spends so per cent more
$7,5Q0,O00, instead of $5,000,000. The
health departments appropriation has
grown 1875 per cent-from $1,050, 900 te
$2,75O,00O. The fire department costs
80 per cent more-$8, $50, 900, in place
of $4,S50,000.
Figures for church membership in
Greater New York compiled by loca?
organizations show that the numbe,
of church members for the five Dor
the new population figures. In 1900
oughs is 1,310,421, or 37.2 per cent OF
there were 1,233,677 members Of
Christian churches. This:.was .35.9 per
cent of the population.
The figures seem to show that the
growth in church membership is 1.a
per cent ahead of the population
growth. This growth, 1t is estimat.
ed, is divided about evenly between
Protestants and Roman Catholics. At
present it is calculated that there are
440,7S3 Protestants to S69,64S Roman
Catholics.
A remarkable fact In the religious
work CT the city has been the growth
of the Lutheran church, It's additional
churches since 1855 having been %
per cent of those built in Greater New
York. Next to it comes the Protes-
tant Episcopal church, which has built
ninety-three churches to- the Luther
ans 113.
There are at least Sc separate Chris.
tan bodies at work in New York, OF
which the four which obtain the larg.
est tax exemptions on account of prop
erty are the Roman Catholic, the
Protestant Episcopal, the Presbyterian
and the Jewish.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

COMBINES it does us good to rem
- inisce little bit, and this leads
us to remark that Sc years ago, the
British forces burned the capitol.
There were about 5000 in number
landed from the British vessels on
the Patuxent August 20, and on the
Oath they reached the capital There
were only about 5000 men available
for defense Of Washington in the
American army, and they only had II
pieces of artillery. So when the Brit
ish made their raid on Washington, al
though they were met with splendid
resistance, the American army was
compelled to retreat, and the red
coats made a triumphant entry into
Washington and began to carry out
the threat of the commanding inva-
der, who said: Il will make a COW
pasture of these Yankee capitol
grounds" Just as soon as the Brit
ish got possession of the city they
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23
Uncle Sans Bug Sleuths After Cats

Of fact they do almost no good and a.
great deal of harm. The difficulty in
following the question of the extent
to which they carry disease is meas.
ured by the difficulty of following the
cat. And yet there is no doubt in the
world that many a child who, for no
apparent reason and from no discern
ible cause, develops a case of diph-
iberia or scarlet fever owes its illness
and often it's death to the cat it has
been fondling. Moreover, cats are as
susceptible to hydrophobia as dogs.
The highly pampered pet cat Of
the luxurious household never fails
to get out and roam around with the
ordinary alley cat In many instances
the alley cat, which prowls all night
long with the pet cat, has spent the
day sleeping in some hut or howell in
an alley where smallpox. diphtheria
or tuberculosis il hid.
Recently there has been much at
tent1on paid to rats and the harm
they do, both as destroyers and as
spreaders of disease. In this connec-
~~OAA VAN Wv A0o OCCA pOAuLCO OUS 40
valuable aid in keeping down the
rat. That is an error.
Il can state from my personal Oh
servation that only about per cent
of cats are really mousers. l have
seen cats that would tackle the big
gest rat going and kill him, but such
instances are rare. As a rule a cat
cares little for a conflict with rat.
"As a matter of fact cats prefer
birds to mice. They will spend twice
as much time hunting birds. II one
keeps count of a cats quarry during
year he will find that the birds killed
will far outnumber the mice. Little
harm would be done If the whole cat
tribe were exterminated, but there
would be too much opposition to that
Still we think that when some of the
facts concerning cats are well known
to the public, many mothers will be-
more careful about allowing their
children to play with cats"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

old Barry
ed the infantry assigned
Two promoted captain
through
orsad1er general April 1905 president
present rank the
General Barry
Lieut. Gen John schoned who major when
superintendent IN
No ofacer the
Spanish he adjutan
Philippines
make good several with the
eoccupy ne island General designated by
OF the Army of Cuban Pacncaton
capacity did
home
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

A Poughkeepsie man who went to
California to accumulate a fortune
rapidly has just returned after an ab-
sence OF 81 years. The old gentleman
Will probably put in the rest of hfs
Gays reading all the get.rich-ouick 1T.
erature he can find and giving it tho
ha ha
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

Smuggling diamonds through the
the scteerage is a dodge which failed
TO work with the alert New York Gus.
toms authorities lately. The smugxler
argued that the authorities would not
think OF looking in the steerage for
valuables, and the authorities argued
the st0erage might think Just that
way,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

infatuated her.
MRS
husband three daysat wedding
O
million dollar
had them and
otherwise would have
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

In the presence of all this wonder.
full aviation on the other side of the
ocean 1t would seem to be high time
for Americans to do few stunts. ~
is 1t to be said that an aeroplane ia
to have no honor in it's own countrv9
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23
WOMAN WHO COST A MILLION

The series of exquisite gowns worn by Mrs.
William b. Leeds of New York, Newport and Lon
don, has been the feature of the season at the
Understandable watering place of Deauville,
France. She is reported as having had great So
cial success and has given succession of de-
lfghtful entertainments. Mrs. William B. Leeds,
it will be remembered, is the woman who cost
her husband one million dollars, and who refused
the opportunities of royal and noble suitors who
were after her fortune, estimated at thirty times
that amount.
Her maiden name was Mamie Stewart She
was the daughter of wealthy Cleveland banker
and was said to be the handsomest girl in Ohio
She married George E. Worthington They dis
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

So Far and Vet So Near.
He Ito his fiancee, jealously)-Why
did you let that man kiss you?
She-"He is distant relative"
He-"Distant? He was too mighty
close to suit me"-London Ideas.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

England is now figuring on a ras-
driven battleship to render obsolete
all vessels of the Dreadnought tyne
People over there must sit up NIGHTS
thinking of new ways to spend nnh,ic
money.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

Esperanto will never offend against
the pure-food laws, unless it's advo-
Gates being merely human, revolt
against Its limited expressions for
emotional relief Its vocabulary does
not contain single swear word
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

The uncle of the King of Portugal
who saw a man killed in a street fgbt
among ruftians in New York, is now
In position to go home and write a
book about American civilization
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

Correspondents are arguing that a
lie is occasionally justifable and a
Brooklyn judge decides that DAM is
not profane. Being good is becoming
easier.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

Army experts who claim that it is
hard to hit an airship, with a rifle ball
will merely ,whet the aspiration OF the
prize imbecile who thinks it a joke to.
shoot at a passing aviator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

Three
chorus and sxtywo
noog1st
he
the fullest
While the
spread because
Holmes able diminish
which
equipment. ~
The work of making mines safe has
the
capital
'' ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

Half million in counterfeit coin
has been recovered by the Omitted
States in the past year. Has any one
heard of any real money being recoy-
cred?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23
Superiority.

superiority.
why do you consider women su.
perior to men in intelligence?"
"A bald-headed man buys hair re-
storer by the quart, doesn't he?"
"Eer-yes."
well, a woman doesn't waste time
on hair restorer: she buys hair"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

In Paris f1let Of beef Is worth so
cents pound and only cheap cuts of
horse meat are as low as 20 cents
No wonder they call it that dear
Paris"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

The language Of the North American
Indian and the Japanese contain no
cuss words. What handicap when
an aborigine hit his finger with a pre-
historic ak!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

Canada has discovered that It has
$39'OO0,0O0,000 worth OF peat boys and
1t is wondering how it can induce its
people to use peat at low cost in
preference to coal at high cost.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23
FriQid T&k.

Frigid TSsk.,
The bold drummer had just kissed
the Boston maid.
"Oh, sir" she cried in: Mortified
tone, mo man ever kissed me he.
fore!"' ,:,r- 49,, :,s.st
WELL" :rejoined the b.. d., II SUP
pose somebody had to break the ice. /"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

An Illinois man has patented a SAFE
ty pin with two points. However,
wearers of the gallus are still waiting
for the two-headed nail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

Married men, according to statistics,
are subject to fewer accidents than
are single men. Somebody is keeping
tab on their hours.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

In the coming sham battle of areo-
planes is the contest to see which
crowd Of aviators hurt themselves
least?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

The Philadelphia man who was
choked to death by high collar died
a death that ought to turn Harry Lehr
and Berry Wall green with envy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

IN CHARGE At WEST POINT

Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry, Uss!aA, who has
become superintendent Of the United State5 Mill
tary academy at West Point is what Supreme
Court Justice oGorman recently termed "a typ
ical product of New York city" He was born and
reared in the old First ward, and there are now
In New York men who will tell you that tom"
Barry was the handsomest boy in the old ward
and that when he ca6naaas hack from West Point
on furlough the younger boys were wont to
General Barry was ~ ofsthe popular cadets
during the four years he was at the academy. As
athlete he stood in the front rank and he stood
high as student In June 1877, he received his
diploma; and as a second >>lieutenant <was as:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23
FEDERAL CHIEF OF MINES

In the appointment of DR.. Joseph A. Holmes to
be director of the new bureau of mines it is con-
coded in Washington that probably the best
equipped man for the position in the United
States has been gained for this important post
Ever since congress passed the bill creating
the bureau and giving it authority to investigate
mine disasters, make experiments and suggest
means whereby accidents may be decreased and
the yearly casualty list shortened, efforts have
been made by hundreds of interested persons to
have Dr. Holmes selected as chief The indorse.
ment of all the coal operators associations has
been given, every prominent mining engineer in
the country, including John Hays Hammond, has
made his plea for DR.. Holmes, and the miners
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

1t has been decided that a divorced
woman is the widow of her former
husband. This classes husbands with
the dead ones.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

Mon may beat the birds flying, but
the birds don't have much trouble
with their propeller blades.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

It may be marvellous. but it is hui
man that Susie, the pet ape, should
refuse chewing gum simply because
her teacher tells her to?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23
Futile,

Fly with me-" pleaded the youth.
What's the user answered the
girl. Dads hiplane would catch that
old machine q yours before We had
cot 1000 feat high"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

There ought to be q greater differ
ence between civilization and the
merely complicated life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23


oremen the aboe
which he fami
the
promising
that wild disappear
difficulty
more matur
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

A Long island milkman mistook a
mule for COW. Moral: One cannot
be too careful. 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

Washington has displaced the eagle
and has made the woodpecker the
state bird. This will make Old Badly
red-headed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

Occasional showers are useful, but
the weather man should not go away
on his vacation and forget to turn
them of.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

Europe cannot expect to experience
a cholera epidemic and an epidemic Of
American tourists at the same time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23
Have you taken is minutes, of to
learn Esperanto? { ,~
Dear, dear, when an asbestos plant
burns. whers does safety lie?
In time to come man may evolve a
blunderproof, wreckless railroad.
Paris has thoughtfuily 1reiegated the
hobbae: skirt to the museum of horrors

In the agreement between Korea
and Japan the latter did the agreeing
for both.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23
: Polite.

Cora-Do you think that Re1ss.
means business, dear?" \
Estelle-Oh, yes, love. Why. he
laughed for nearly five minutes q Oh,
OF the dads jokes last night - II
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

A determination to practise what
we preach keeps us from doing too
much preaching.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

/ Mountaineering" the cuss word
On Esperanto, is ornamental, but too
long for practical use.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23

"A woman-hater has been captured
by cookies" More than one man.
hater has been won by dough.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23
A Possible Remedy.

A Possible Remedy. .
The ocean doesn't seem to agree
with you." consoled the ships doctor,
who had prescribed everything con-
ceivable. r ,~-
Perhaps it would moa7ed the
other. Il haven't tried it yet."-Pcck.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-23
TO HEAD The GOULD FAMILY

One OF the sons of the very rich who does not
believe that his life should be given up to idle.
ness and sports is Kingdom Could the eldest of
the seven children of George Jay Gould. Kingdom
is only twenty-three years old. but he knows a
whole lot abcE: his fathers interests and, for
that matter, about the interests of the entire
Gould family. This is as it should be, for he is
destined to take his fathers place as the head
of that multi-millionaire family. He is we'll
educated man without evil habits and with love
for work. This week he left to join the rest of
the Gould family in Europe. He would have gone
with them last spring, but he felt that he wanted
to familiarze himself with the Gould railroad sys-
tenn in the southwest. So instead of lolling about