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kept the cards until they depart IN seaeo
for the postoces throughout the country "nee
they will be issued to the public.
AS delivered by the machines the postal caros are
mechanically counted and automatically assembled IN
packs of pack being by band OF white
paper. These packs placed in pasteooard oo1es
each of which will accommodate 20 packs or 5oo caros
The pasteboard boxes in turn, packed in wooden
cases. varying in size and ranging in capacity from 5000
900 1t this form that they are shipped
upon requisition the postmasters throughout the
land In order all for postal cards may be
filed promptly government printing Office once the
activity is under way. will constantly keep on hand
in its freproof burgarproo vaults surplus stock OF
about 80 postal cards. The precautions that will
the manufacture and dispatch Of postal cards
government will extend to the destruction
the misprinte otherwise spoiled cards. Officials
Of the postohce department will be duty at the
prntery at Al times to supervise the manufacture OF
the cards and more especially to inspect the raw mate
rial used and 10 to it that at all times and in all
RESPECTS meets the requirements of the government.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

dscloses the fact that mass meetings Of printers for
the of considering trade questions held
New York early ITS and in Philadelphia in 1885,
Continuous organizations formed in New York.
Philadelphia Baltimore and Boston before the close Of
the eighteenth century shortly thereafter the Ty
biographical Society of New York existence from
1895 to 1897 In 1899 the Franklin Typographical society
organized in the city. In 1909 the New York
Typographical society organized and is still in exist
The Philadelphia Typographical society organ
lied in 1902 and is also still active
However, DR.. Barnett asserts that there is EVIL
dence that there had been printers society In the
Quaker city previous to this known the Asylum Com
pany' The date of the first Baltimore organization is
equally uncertain but probably early 1903 There
society in existence in Boston in that year.
The author that societies to have been
outside of the four cities named before 1870 in
which year the Philadelphia society received communi
cation from the New Orleans Typographical society in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
FAMILY COUGH SYRUP
Cures Any Cough In Five Hours.
NEW oREecRlnr,0A LEoE


Here is, given the most effective
cough prescription known to- ). the
medical world. It is a mild laxative,
too, and this is what q body needs
when suffering with cough and cold
on the lungs. A cough or cold indi.
Gates poisons in the system, causing
Inflammation and congestion. Nearly
all cough syrups relieve, but make the
trouble worse by their constituting es
fects. This prescription not only re-
lieves quickly, but it cures any cough
that is durable. Get one.half ounce
fluid wild cherry bark, one ounce
compound essence cardiol and three
ounces syrup white pine compound.
Mix in bottle. Take for acute cough
or bronchitis twenty drops every half
hour for four hours. Then one-half to
one teaspoonful three or four times
daily. Give children less according to
age. A few hours treatment will cure
and heal the throat and lungs of all
but consumptives. Cut this out and
give it to some friend who may need
it to be saved from an early death by
consumption.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

ou INNING or trouble in any card index file cabi
net Ihls will make the style card the handiest
!nas1naoe vehicle for announcement of price quota
os bulletins OF all kinds repors-as for instance the
oa!y reports OF travelling statesmen, ETC.
. Onoer the new system of postal card manufacture
the WORK Will not be concentrated present Un
ger the plan now in all the operations of
from the process Of cutting down the forest trees
ana reducing them to to boxing the completed
posta cards for shipment is carried in the little
Maine city, where about 900 employed, in
way or another, in postcard manufacture Under the
new scheme the government will buy the material
notably the cardboard and the ink but all the
operations of postcard manufacture will be carried in
the great printing Office under the shadow Of the United
states capitol where 5000 men and women are regu
lary employed contract that calls for the delivery
OF between two million and three million complete post
al cards every working day in the year would swamp
the biggest private printing plant in the country but
this responsibility has been treated merely an
incidental at the model prntery of the world The force
will have to be increased somewhat and perhaps
Gals say the be handled with the equipment
in place.
The government has with great the speci.
cards with view to obtaining grade Of material with
longer fiber than that heretofore in and presenting
better surface for writing in ink The will be
delivered to the printing office in 600pound
rolls each containing the material for 10000 cards. and
the printing will be done presses each OF which will
reel of 5000 sheets Of postal cards hour each sheet
being made up of 100 separate cards. 1t thus
figured that each press print upward of onethird
of million postal cards hour and since several such
presses be employed and the govern
ment printing Office is in operation night and day. there
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
Trade Organization of Printers

Some interesting information in regard to trade or
ganizaton among printers in the Typographical
Journal official publication of the International Typo
graphical union. 1t is in the form of review Of book
by George E. Barnett associate professor of political
economy in the Johns Hopkins university. The book
which is Just from press is entitled "The Printers:
a Study in American Trade Unionism." Mr. Barnett
in INDIANAPOLIS for considerable length Of time several
wears ago gathering at the headquarters Of
the Typographical union to be used in his
book.
"A nerusal of Dr. Barnett's book" says the review
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

which sold in postot1ces all over the land. This
takes no account Of the souvenir picture postcards
which sold in the United States by the millions
OF there is nothing official about these
illustrated postcards They do not bear their face
as do federal postcards. stamp emitting them
mission through the mails and such souvenir card
ried In the mails only when onecent stamp Is affixed
to it, Consequently it is the swelling Of the
sales stamps and not the expansion of the
postcard trade that indicates the
and widespread popularity Of the souvenir postcard fad
In recent years.
The postmaster general is going pay upward Of
million dollars for the postal cards which will be issued
to the patrons of our postal system between and
New Year day. 1915 However, this contract char
actrizd several features of interest aside from
the large amount Of represented Foremost among
these Is the fact that Uncle Sam u.s. in effect contract
ing to supply himself with postal cards of his
facure Heretofore all the postal cards required in this
country have been turned out by private
and indeed for past the manufacture Of postal
cards has been the principal industry of the little city
of Rumford Falls, Me- Henceforth, however, the gov
will print its postal cards the great govern
printing Office in Washington. the largest printing
plant in the world.
The postoffce department will continue to pay for
postal cards. just did when they obtained
private manufacturers, but the will
to Uncle Sam taking money out OF pocket and put
ting into another. At the time the government
will save money by plan obtaining it's post
card supplies It has been realized for time past
by the postoce officials that it would be great
venience II the government could print Its postal
cards at Washington (the point from which they
distributed to all parts of the country instead
ing them manufactured in Maine. with the consequent
of time in sending them to Washington for dstri-
button The had by Of practice
that could produce its postage stamps and its
money cheapy than II the work given out
sders and accordingly Postmaster General Hitchcock
who live business determined to If simi-
lar saving, combined with efficient SERVICE
not effected In the of the postcards. The gov
eminent printing Office submitted competitive bids
the basis its outside rivals and it underbid
them ALL
second important feature in connection with the
t. fo,n <ho%
deal contempates cards Of better quality than
have heretofore been in Especially will there be a
in the surface of the card and this
will enable 1t to take ink readily future, prob
ably, there will be few complaints from people who are
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
HER HEAVY WORK.
To Spare His Neiuhbors,

TO Spare His Neighbors.
Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont. discussing in
New York her book on the rsaring
Of children, said:
children must be trained to be un-
selfish and tactful. Without this train
ing the average child is as inconsid-
crate as a Dark Harbor fisherman the
Maine folks tell about.
This fisherman, walking along the
road one day, saw a very ugly man
sitting on a fence whiting a stick
He stopped and looked at the man for
some time in disguised silence. Then
he said:
We'll, you're ugly for fair
"I can't help it, can - the ugly
man asked, in a hurt tone.
"The fisherman thought 4 moment.
Then he said, Indignantly:
"'You could stay in the house.
couldn't your"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
HAVE SPENT MUCH ON ABBEY

church has been in the hands of Mr..
Blore. Sir Gilbert Scott, Mr.. Pearson.
Mr.. Michaelthwaite and now Prot.
Lethaby.
There have been times in the his.
tory of the abbey when its very ex.
istence has been in jeopardy. The
first Of these occurred about the end
of the seventeenth century. Sir Chris
TOPPER Wren was called In and the
work Of restoration was carried out
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

with the utmost zeal and thorough
ness. though in many of its details its
taste was open to much question.
When the late Dean Bradley ar
rived upon the scene in the year 1882
he found an income derived LARGELY
from agricultural estates steadily
dWindling IN value, while the condi.
ton OF many Of the great flying but
tresses as well as the north transept
was indescribable. The late Dean
himself was wont frequently to de-
scribe the north transept when he
hrst inspected 1t as presenting almost
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
Cost Of Restoring Westminster Has
Been 4 Heavy Charge on Church
Authorities.

The cost Of keeping Westminster alb
hey in repair is q very onerous and
delicate one and the long line OF sur
veyors of the fabric is distinguished
one indeed, writes q correspondent OF
the Church Family Newspaper. Dur
ing the last "a years this matchless
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

the one standard
size that is In almost
universal use. Prac-
tically all of the cards
manufactured will be
of the regulation size
that has long been
familiar to everybody.
namely 3Ax5h inch.
es, but there will be
provided some of the
double or reply post
al cards which have
come into use in re.
cent years and which
enable a correspond
ent to send with his
postal card a means
of reply ready to
hand. There will also
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
the appearance OF "a quarry.

the appearance OF "a quarry.
It was time for extreme measures
and that the situation was saved NJ
all was due to thesvigor and the busl-
ness acumen of The late dean. AS 1t
was the abby had to pay a fearful
nrice. A loan of f25.oo0 was made to
the dean and chapter by the eccles.
iastical commissioners. This enabled
tho authorities to get level with the
worst Of these structural defects. On n
.tha other hand, they were compelled
- .n:nend the sixth canonry. the In
co,na derived from which has been
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
employed for many years past in grad
ually paying of this immense loan.

Charity coverstt''a Multitude Of Sins.
He was charitably inclined and ev-
cry night for more than a week he
pitied the old man whom he met
standing in the doorway of = down.
town ONCE building. The first night
It was very cold, so he asked the old
man II he wouldn't like a drink to
warm him up They had their drinks
and the charitably,. inclined person
gave the old man 50 cents to buy .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

the conclusion of
the days work un-
til he has returned
to this depository
the printing plates
which have been
in his custody.
Finally the postal
cards will b Q
counted repeatedly
during the process
Of manufacture
perhaps a score OF
times in all-and
thua tab will be
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
The old man thanked

nights lodging. The old man thanked
him heartily. .,
Last week the charitable chap gave
the old man an overcoat and told him
II he needed help to come around to
his Wall street Office. Finally the ben
efactor asked the old man who he
was. Why didn't he get a job?
"Oh. I'm the night Waterman in this
building" was the reply. Il stand out
side to get the fresh air." ~ -.
Now when the charitable person
meets the old man he ignorss him.
New York Sun ...~ <..,f.... 49,;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

possible to release or operate a press
until several different officials are in
attendance, each with key that
plays part in unlocking the press
The dies or plates used in printing
the cards ard which are furnished by
the postoff1ce department, are like
wise carefully guarded. When such
a plate is given to printer for use
in making imp essions he must give
receipt fcr to the official in
charge of thssl1xault where these
precious plates are stored and the
printer cannot leave the building at
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

wont to find particles cnging and cloggng pen wh
writing with ink the present style card the ne
grade of postal card will be Of finer quality than the
will also be lighter in weight and this latter considerable
will hundreds and mayhap thousands dollars
to the government every for Uncle pay
the transportation Of all posofce supplies by weight
the postal cards will have reduced travelling
all the journeys they make from the time they lea
the printing Office until they reach the ultimate
It is the ambition of Postmaster General Hitchcock
make postal cards artsticto put them in fact
plane with the handsome postal cards Issued BY
foreign countries and TO- that end he plans to change
change the color of the ink nahi
what tints and coors will be selected
the color scheme cannot be determined until expert
ments have been made. 5.~ar# ~
postal made in three different sizes
although people will anything except
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

- mercury VIII surely destroy the sense OF smell
and completely derange the whole system when
astices should never be used except on prescrtp-
tons from reputable physicians as the damage they
rive from Them Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured
by F. J. Cheney 4 Co.. Toledo. O.. contains no mer-
curry. and Is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be you get the
Ohio by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials tree
sod 6y y. Druggists Egg P1ce =; 7sc per bottle.
A Whisper Of Hope.
Knicker - Several thousand shirt
waist makers are on strike.
Henpekt-Do you suppose it would
do any good for the shirt waist but
toners to strike?
SaIesmen-Best Commission Offer
on Earth. New-all retailers-sam-
pies, coat pocket. Boston," Dept C 1.
Iowa City, Iowa.
Some peoples morals are like their
best clothes-only worn on extraordin-
airy occasions.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BR0Mo Guinine Tablets
druggists re1unQ money II IL rails to cure. IL. W
GROW ELS signature Is on each box. Csc.
The more talk it takes to run things
the slower they move.
BREAK UP THAT COUGH
shs HsReaf AZ
Dealers 25c. Soc, 81 90 bottles.
One maps hobby may be another
mans nightmare.
DR.. Pierce's pleasant Pellets cure constipation.
Constipation is the cause OF many diseases. Curs
the cause and you cure the disease. Easy to take
Gossips multiply everything they
hear by two.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

use during the four years beginning January l. 1910
This means that the American people who adopt the
very convenient scheme of allowing Uncle Sam to
furnish the stationery for their correspondence will
purchase and send through the mails nearly billion
cards every twevemonth In other words, an av.
erage. every man, woman and child in the United
States will 10 or II postal cards every year. In
actual practice there are. of course. hundreds of
thousands of persons, including young children, who
never buy postal card from end of the year to
the other. but on the other hand, the above-men-
toned average Is attained through the firms and
business houses which. in many instances. hun.
dreds or thousands of postal cards day.
1t will be understood that the trainloads of postal
cards for which Postmaster General Hitchcock has
just given the order the regulation official cards
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

be introduced a
new style postal
card, designed es-
pecially for the
convenience Of
b u s | n e 8 S men.
This new card
will be exactly the
size Of the stand
ard card index"
card, or somewhat
smaller than the
regulation postal
card and it's ad.
vantage is. found
In the fact that it
can be filed with.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

osTMAsTER GENERAL HITCHCOCK
recently signed a contract for the supply
of postal cards that will be used by the
American people during the next four
years. The mere magnitude of the man.
ufacturing project involved is calculated
to make this Of. general interest. for. be,
1t known. the head of the postofflce de-
partment has ordered approximately
fhroo ho1P O..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

BREAK UP THAT COUGH
With Aliens Lung Balsam, the popular family
remedy. 1t cures where other remedies fail All
dealers. 25c SOC, 81 90 bottles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07
a NEW or the RIW1ERy~

ne possible dishonesty of employees in the
packing and distribution Of postal cards. For one thng
presses used for printing the cards will be controlled
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

is no doubt but
that the institu.
ton can keep the
country supplied
with postal cards
no matter to what
proportions the
correspondence OF
the A m eric a n
people may grow.
Just as Uncle
Sam guards very
carefully the man.
facture of postage
stamps and paper
money: so will he
take every pre-
caution against
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

Gossips multiply everything they
hear by two.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

One map's hobby may be another
mans nightmare.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

DR.. Pierce's pleasant Pellets cure constipation.
Constipation is the cause OF many diseases. Curo
the cause and you cure the disease. Easy to take.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

The more talk it takes to run things
the slower they move.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-07

TO CURE A COLD IN ONEDAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Qrinine Tablets
DrugGis refund money If it fails to cure. II. W
GROVES signature is on each box. 25c.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-22

ice TO her friends in regard 20 the choos-
ing Of style or color
Act as MiIIinerS.
Three Of the prettiest and best dressed
women In Washington are their own mill
liners Miss Isabelle May spends much
Of her time in designing new and becom-
ing headgear for herself and friends. and
her taste and skill would win her Gus
toners by the score should the necessity
arise.
Mrs. George Towards hats have always
been the envy Of her friends. and it was
not until last winter that the secret
leaked out that she trimmed them herself
Mrs. Samuel Spencer Is a practical mil
liner. being versed in the art Of making
frames Of buckram and wire and all the
other practical and fanciful parts of mil
Hnery.
Mrs. James Cecil Hooe is an expert ac-
oountant. Her work on the schedule of
the tariff bill is remembered by her
friends with admiration which is akin to
awe.
A Good HOrsewOmnn.
It is far. cry from leader in Wash
ington social circles 10 the ring Of the
circus as bareback rider. and yet there
is one woman in Washington who could
The Washington herald., 1910-05-22
HAT EXCITEMENTS IN PARIS.
The ApacheS Have USurPed tn,
Heret of the Students

The Apaches Have USurped the
Beret of the Students.
Paris seems unable 20 avoid getting
excited about its headgear. Not long ago
il was all wrought up over the matinee
hat. The easiest way OF starting any
two Paris'ans on a heated argument was
TO raise the question Of a womaus right
10 wear obstructive hoa5gear in a place
OF public entertainment.
Then came the Chantecler chapeau.
which set all Paris talking, gesuculaung
and caricaturirg even when its spirits
were little dampeued by the floods,
and now, says the Lady.s Pictorial. there
is another hat excitement in progress.
The dreaded Apaches have donneG the
cap which is. so 20 say. the very hall
mark Of the French student The
students are Indignant Paris is all AT
once interested in the beret. which has
completely outdone the Chantecler hat as
topic Of conversation.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-22
MORNING CHIT-CHAT.
CkX ZIP. zip. zip" said the little fox terrier
And he jumped right up into the s.
grOWled az him and sra rled AZ LIN, ar.a .

kkX ZIP zip" said fox terrier
And he jumped right
growed at him and snarled him
could TO provoke the big dog
made Wi the
with just about powerful simply
If he entirely Of presence
And in moment the getting
attention up.
Don't
n m
gowl fly appearing
There day appealed
menseIy
There is class
and that is the class
seems one class people
childish than the
NO Mrs B hardly notices M
and we are committee
bh for anything-an because
bit nicer clothes than have
rles all up" I a the other day
She should have been 10 ell met that
1t showed weakness in her IS n
BY the foolish
ude and the mental disturbance
self close TO the other
woman encouragement TO keep her snobbih
Whereas she had been
have soon grown tired of trying plague
The world full Of snobbsh
We can't kill them off much o
Of happen
at this article but just
poodle other like
CAMERON.