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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

seamanshp but what is that to the continuous
tories of our merchantmen throughout the world to the
pride of American ships that could outsail rivals,
lead in all trade and, when turned means Of
war, make the American flag terror in all waters?
1t was armed American merchant ships that para
lyzed British commerce the struggle for indie
pendence
1t armed American merchant ships that humbed
the pride of England in the of 1912.
In the beginning it only natural that civilized
Americans should become ship builders and sailors The
coonsts. set the shores of the Atlantic, with
the great beyond which lay the civilization and
markets of Europe, were out of the very nature of
things drawn to the
They had forests of the finest timber growing down
to the edge of the salt water and they
getic and practical people year after the Puritan
ship Blessing of the Bay. the first deep of
Massachusetts, built Medford
In 1740 New England had at least thousand sail In
the fishing trade. Commerce with Europe grew. In
1859 the colonis built 3S9 vessels with total tonnage
aggregatng 10000 tons. And there shipyards in
New Hampshire Massachusetts, Rhode Island Connect
cut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia. North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
The British shipyards could not compete with Amer
ica The British forests largely depleted while the
Americans had glorious supply of white oak, live
white pine yellow pine and all the Materials metal
fastenngs necessary for the construction of ships
ing right at the margin of the ocean.
English shipwrights swarmed to the colonies.
shipbuders of the Thames uttered public
outcry against the departure OF their most skilled work
to America.
The mother country steadily worked to break the
American shipbuilding industry. But all in vain
At the time of the revolution the tonnage of Amer
ships $685. 900 TONS almost third of the entire
British tonnage and American trade with the British
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

ton that have sunk to such Insignificant rank
salt water to-day?
The colonies let loose their upon the
merce Of their naughty enemy Their merchant ships
had long carried and gunners. Fighting
part of commercial seamanship in those piratica days.
dwindled down to nine, while the American prvateers
amounted to 449, with 6735 guns all manned by
chant sailors and directed by private
These armed merchant ships not only secured the
in all directions, sweeping British away
but they hung the British coast and captured
the linen vessels. The linen fleet passing between
Ireland England had be- for the first time con-
voyed by menof-war
So CALAMITY did the American privateers outwit or
outrun the kings cruisers and prey the kings
that the end Of the they captured
destroyed something like $12 900 900 of British
property say nothing of the terrific occasioned
by the general interruption of British And
things tha the merchant ships built of American
in American shipyards and manned by American Sailors
made the urse-senstve British all the eager to
abandon the struggle with America.
What could the United States do today under SINH
lar circumstances with practically deep merchant
marine and with steam navy that has to depend for
unusual upon foreign ships and foreign
to secure adequate coal supply?
1t is not a fact that the American members of The
Hague international conference continue plead with
other great nations to respect goods carried
ships during war? And why? because only 10 per cent
of American international goes under the
American flag and must depend upon the flags of
other nations to protect the other 80 per cent.
In 1894 he tariff used to protect Ameri-
ships, when congress abandoned the 10 per cent
reduction duties cargoes carried in American ships
and instea6 added 10 cent. to the duties
chandse imported in foreign ships.
American shipbuiding and ocean commerce grew by
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

man o. the people, ran and won
Abraham Lincoln was only "the Illi-
nois baboon," and "a third-rate, slang
whanging lawyer"
Marrying for votes was a device of
oldtime British election agents. AS
the law stood before the reform act
of 1882 widows of freemen on marry
ing again made their second husbands
freemen and therefore voters. At
election times widows were conse-
quently paid handsomely to go
through formal marriage with a
voteless bachelor. who for a consid-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11
NEWSPAPERS In Switzerland.

Switzerland has total population
of 100000 and there are 1884 Pc
riodicals in the country, or one pub
LEGATION to every 2,715 persons. OF the
publications giving special attention
to news and politics, 472 are printed
in German, 1O1 in French, 81 in Italian
and but one in Romansch. The relig.
ious publications include 60 German
Protestant, 40 French Protestant, "a
Catholic, nine Missions, two Jewish
and three Free Thought. The Swiss
newspapers have limited telegraph
services, as compared with newspa-
pers in other countries, but they are,
as rule, we'll edited.-Consular Re.
port
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

eraticn similarly agreed to support
Smith or Jones as the case might be.
The pair were married, the man voted
according to instructions, and then he
and his wife, standing on either side
of tombstone, said Death us do
part" With this literal fulhllment
of the matrimonial vow they regarded
their marriage dissolved. At the last
election in Bristol before 1882 a hun
dred women gave votes to men.
Soldiers have even been used to
provide artificial majorities' in Eng
lish elections. In 1854 280 of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11
ELECTIONS OF OTHER DAYS

only the bravery of a ruffan and the
warlike cunning of an Indian chief"
adding: constantine was violent,
uxorious, and gambler; Jackson IS
all this besides duelist and a muir
derer" He was denounced as the
man of the pistol and the dirk, the
f1reside hyena of character, the Ten
nessee slanderer, the great western
Bluebeard.' Language had become a
little milder by the time the next
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

the DarDarOuS COTSdlI pO"cA " IAo
emperor Of Morocco and the hey OF
Tunis, leaving the waters of the Med
iterranean safe for American ships.
At first the conflict between Napo-
leon and Great Britain compelled the
transfer of European ships to the
American flag. The carrying trade of
Europe was in American hands.
Then the American sugar trade was
killed by a British blockade of the
French and Dutch West Indies. The
British also searched our ships at sea
and impressed our sailors into their
navy under the claim that natural
lied citizen of British birth was still
Briton. In 1906 and 1907 there were
5000 Americans serving unwillingly
in the British navy. American mer-
chant ships were confiscated on all
sorts of pretexts. They were stopped
and searched by British naval COM
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11
Records Show That Abuses Of the
Franchise Have Been Common
for Many Years.

Some personal abuse characterized
the late British election, but no candi-
date had anything said of him COM
to bear when he successfully stood for
the United States presidency. His
opnonents set forth that he possessed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

shipping in the foreign trade from 123o93 tons 10
576733 tons Before the discriminating tariff Tor the
protection of ships adopted only II per cent OF
imports carried under the American nag
Within five years foreign ships had been almost ex
PEELED from American international commerce.
Everywhere, everywhere the fame OF the American
ship and the American merchant was spread The Amer
flag carried to the remoest parts OF the earth
In those days American statesmen knew the national
value of merchant marine.
Alas, the ARMED struggle between France and Great
Britain which opened nineteenth century brought
temporary American shipping, just as American
menof-war under Preble Decatur and Rogers smasneo
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

guards were sent to- vote as house
holders against Fox in the Westmin-
ster election. Upon that occasion the
device failed, but it succeeded in an
Irish election. The patron of a large
Irish borough. finding that there was
some uncertainty as to the return of
his nominee, marched in a regiment
of soldiers from their quarters at
Loughrea and had them all elected
freemen: Their vote put the victory
Of his candidate beyond doubt
Presidential cabinets are, apt to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11
Cultivate Discretion.

Discretion is synonym for tact.
TO rush in where angels fear to test
their wings is as untactful as it is in
discreet. Learn to handle the world
with gloves and it will rarely give you
black eye. :. 80 81, -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11
p, Energy Must Be There.

Energy will do anything that can
be done in this world; and no talents.
no circumstances, no opportunities
will make a: two-legged animal .sss
without it.-Goetba.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

by sheer of it's weight swept mile and
half into the gray fog against the combined Of
four tugboats sent to stop it.
Magnificent! glorious Yet the same week that saw
the largest coses bateshp in the world launched
under the American flag from American shipyard wit
messed the humliatng spectacle of two American
chant steamships Finland and Kroonland to
Belgian flag they could not be operated with
out loss under American fag thus leaving only six
American steamships in the whole transatlantic trade
where America was supreme.
The American navy has become the second naval
power American flag Is being rapidly driven
foreign trade Of the world at time when inter-
national commerce has assumed imperial proportions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

national pride to
read of the Ameri-
can m ere b a n t
ships and seamen
that once made
t he S t ars an d
stripes emblems of
ura ge, enter
prise and success
on all the seas and
oceans? Then con-
slider these plain
facts:
In the past year
not one keel of an
American ship for
the foreign trade
was laid.
In the same Pc
Rod not a mer-
chant ship carry.
ing the American
II a g pa s 8 e d
through the Suez
canal.
The American
tramp steamship
has practically dis
appeared from for
eign trade.
Our ship tom
mage in the for
eign rad 10 h a s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

enormously increased freight charges.
There is brave. prosperous and
glorious past that makes the present
seem all the more weak and shame
full
Nothing in the history of the Amer
lean people has more of the thrill of
romantic adventure, steady courage,
keen enterprise and shrewd, substan-
tial accomplishment than the story OF
the once matchless ships and seamen
Of the American merchant marine.
1t makes of blood run faster to-day
to know that no foreign yacht can
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

3 THE 22,000-ton
battleship Utah slid
down the ways q
few weeks ago q
smiling girl swung
9 bottle Of cham
Dagne at the end of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

Presidential cabinets : are, apt to
AVE too many secret drawers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

Indispensable" - 49,,
We have set our government 1000 miles from thu
American continent; we have developed an interna
tional commerce amounting to three and half bill
lion dollars and insist on being recognized one
OF the great world powers yet swiftly are Ameri
can ships vanishing from the common highway O.
nations that have to trust mails to alien ships
and our armed fleet must depend on foreign flags to
coal.
Meanwhile British and German rivals ar,
launching greater and swifter merchant ships and thu
people of the United States face to face with thu
plain fact that already ninetenths of their foreign
trade is in foreign ships dependent upon foreign
ernments for protection.
war between England and foreign nation, Ger
many, for example, would almost paralyze the ocea1
transportation facilities of the United States and tn
results would be
felt throughout VI e
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-11

a gay ribbon and smashed 1t against
the bow of the greatest fighting ship
in existence.
A roar of 10000 voices greeted the
mighty steel hull as it struck the salt
Mohave County miner., 1910-08-20

that the possibility of opening up too much ore could not be a disadvantage but when it is considered that under ground drifts and cross-cuts are decid- edly expensive and that drift opened up two or three years before it can possibly be used is drawing interest, it is evident that the action of the Miami people is a wise one. They are at least not going to make the mistake that occurred in several of the Butte mines where some drifts and crosscuts stood for such a period before they could be used in the extraction of ore that they had to be retimbere6 as many as five times to be kept service able.-Bisbee Miner.
Mohave County miner., 1910-08-20

A Cablegram from the consulting engineer of the West Mexican Mines Cc. from the famous old Rosario mine at Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua, to the head office of the company in Lon don is as follows: My examination of Rosario Mine quite confirms previous report. It is in good condition throughout; shows massive ore body assaying from 2s to 2OOs per ton. Ore now available is sufficient to run 400- ton mill two years without further development. Have most carefully tested extraction by cyanide process; obtained gold 94, silver 9l per cent; total value recovered, 93 per cent on los ore. Have fixed site general plan new reduction plant. En- terprise.
Mohave County miner., 1910-08-20

The Cia Minera de Plomosas, S. A., the company controlled by French capitalists who recently took over the Las Plomosas zinc mines from Jose Lago, of this city, has force of men on development work. It is reported that it is the intention of the company to put in a roasting furnace to mal @ the zinc magnetic and then add sep arators to the present concentrating plant. The mines are located out on the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient railroad this side of the Conchos river. c. Clerc, of Mexico City, is general manager of the mines. Harry T. Hughes, from California, has just ar rived here to take the position of superintendent at the mines.-Chihua- hua Enterprise.
Mohave County miner., 1910-08-20
Moving City for its Cellars of Gold in
 Sonora.

A Douglas dispatch says: Plymouth Rock may never be hudged in the hunt for Captain Kidds pirate treasure, Braddocks green grave in the AL leghanies may ne, CT be footed for the chests of gold that were abandoned in the ambush of Ouquesne.
 But the Mexican hamlet of San An tonic, with a history of two hundred years and more is to be wiped of the map of Sonora because its cellars and its foundations and streets shine with gold.
 San Antonio was founded early in the eighteenth century, in the days of Spanish dominion, its days of mis- sionary zeal, it's nights of native pillage and fire, years of Yaqui fear. Out of this turmoil of history is left a village of hundred families, who are miners and tillers of the soil in the Yaqui r,ver valley. The mountains that rise on the bluffs above the river supplied the Spanish colonists of the early Gays with great quantities of the precious metal that found its way into the suffetos of noted cathedrals and the cofferS of the Span. ish crown. Every now and then, fol- lowing the heavy rains, land slide exposes to view an opening high up on the cliffs which is the mouth of one of these ancient mines. It is but a natu- ral consequence that where the country is so highly mineralized with gold, the river bed and valley should prove profitable as placer field, and it is in the truth of this fact that the fate of San Antonio is sealed.
 During the Yaqui Indian troubles it is curious fact that while the Yaquis killed and drove out of the rich placers in this region during the days of the uprisings, the Mexicans, they per mitted the Chinese to go onto the g.ound and work it. What the Chin csc have taken out of this ground will never be known, but it has whetted their appetites for placer mining to such an extent that they are now always the first to go into any region where placer ground is discovered.
 The San Antonio placer is an old channel of the Yaqui river, which has shifted its course. The Spaniards worked down the gulches from the mountains flowing into this bed, and the bed itself, the Chinese following
Mohave County miner., 1910-08-20

the same methods. But when the level of the workings got below the underground flow Of the Yaqui river, operations had to be abandoned.
 Herman Wendler, a New York en- gineer representing eastern capital, is now testing out this ground to depth with Keystone drills. The values have been found to run high enough to war rant operations with dredges on large scale. San Antonio is located on a portion of the area included by the denouncement for placer dew lopment, and as a result all the buildings will e torn down, the streets bored for gold, and the inhabitants given new homes which are to be erected on nongold bearing land.
 The destruction of San Antonio for its golden cellars is akin to the destruc- ton of Cienega, in the Altar gold placer fields where the city of thirty thousand inhabitants ID early days of excitement there, away back in 1900, has bet n torn down for the purpose of extracting the gold from the adobe walls of the houses and even the old church, by the dry washing process.
Mohave County miner., 1910-08-20

A Calcutta, India dispatch says: Native newspapers are authority for a statement that a group of Indian bank CTS from Bombay and Calcutta who for some time have been trying to corner the worlds stock of silver, now hold one-half of the total.
 While the report is not yet confirm ed, it is known that the financiers re- ferred to have bought enormously in the open market since July 26, at which time it was estimated that they held one-ninth of the worlds supply.
 The greatest obstacle in the way of the moneymarket in the far away east, where silver is not generally in de- mand just now.
 Owing 10 number of recent heavy failures it is stated that American in- terests having a large supply of silver on hand are ready to part with their holdings at the first favorable oppor- tunity.
Mohave County miner., 1910-08-20

The Williams shaft of the National Mining Exploration company is down 7S4 feet. At this depth, the station will be cut and stage is being erect ed in ;he shaft now, preparatory to cutting of this station. Owing to the fact that a new design of landing chairs is being instituted by Supt. Wood ard, the shaft sets at this sta tion will have to be enlarged four inches longer. After these improve ments have been made, drifting on the Black Hawk vein, north and south, will begin and will practically parallel the workings on the sixth level above. Two of the drifts on the 660 foot level above are progressing at the rate Of three feet a day. Another small stringer of oxidized ore has been passed through in the face of the southeast crosscut, which has pro- gressed into hematite-stained lime stone. Ten men are being employed, working in two shifts.-Arizona Silver Belt.
Mohave County miner., 1910-08-20

The National Mining company of Nevada, operating at National. same state, including the famous Stall lease, produced 2Sn,OOOS in gold bullion dur ing the month of July. It is estimated that high grade milling ore. to the value of 5000, O,OOOs. is stored on the dumps at the National mine. The company has just paid another divi- dend of five cents a share, or 37, ,5OOs, the second one within a period of two weeks. It is reported that the con- pany will soon increase the size of its dividend payments. This showing is attracting a great deal of attention to the marvellous camp of Nationals Lake Mining Review.
Mohave County miner., 1910-08-20

Dysentery is dangerous disease but can be cured. Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has been successfully used in nine epi- denies of dysentery. It has never been known to fail. It is equally val uable for children and adults, and when reduced with water and sweet ened, it is pleasant to take. Sold by all dealers.
Mohave County miner., 1910-08-20

With the exception of the develop ment work things at Miami are pro- gressing as Usual. The reason for lay ing off part of the underground force is that the mine is at present in such vast stage of development that fur ther underground work would not be advisable. It may seem at a glance
Mohave County miner., 1910-08-20

In buying a cough medicine, don't be afraid to get Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There is no danger from it, and relief is sure to follow. Especial ly recommeded for coughs, colds and whooping cough. Sold by all dealers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-02
Williamsburg

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
WILLIAMSBURG, VA, July a.
Misses Annie Mary Ware and Mary
Mears Gait will sail Saturday from
New York for Europe to spend the
summer.
Misses Eva and Eunice Lucas, who
have been the guests of Mrs. ]. "
Morris. have returned to their home in
Red Bank, N. J.
Mrs. M NJ. Holt, of Hampton, and
Miss Mckee, of Kansas City, Mo. are
guests of Mrs. Fl. n. Phillips.
DR.. and Mrs w. r. Jaeger, Of Ware
river. Gloucester county, have been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Armistead
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Casey have
returned from an extended bridal tour
North.
Mr.. S, J. Brooks, of Richmond, WIS.,
tied relatives here Wednesday.
Mr.. Gregory Spencer, Jr.. is visit
ing friends In Toano this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. G. Graham will
leave next week for Athens. o., to
spend some time with relatives.
Mr.. Marston Christian. OF Newport
News, Is visiting his mother. Mrs. II.
News, Is visiting his mother, Mrs. W.
H. Christian.