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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
Nothing In It.

She-I hear you contemplate be-
coming an aeronaut?
He-You have been misinformed. I
intend to remain an aero cipher.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
The OnIv Kind

1T would be good idea If brains
could be gone over and renovated now
and then"
If that we're possible, some brains
would have to be renovated with a
vacuum cleaner"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
Cauae and Effect

Il don't believe that girls smile
comes from her heart"
1T doesn't; it comes from her new
gold tooth"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

A new explosive which can be ham
mered, burned or rammed down q gun
without exploding is on the market.
Just the thing for little Johnnys safe
and sane Fourth next year!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
Usually HlQh,

Little Willie (reading)-Say, pa.
what does peace at any price" mean1
Pa-It invariably means peace at q
high price. my son.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
A Sure Sim.

City Visitor-HoW do you know thia
tree n a dogwood7
avbHrbanlts- can toll BY til hark.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
Associated Profits.

rs he a good player?"
well. when he handles poker, you
Just ought to see him shovel in the
money"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

StI1I NnOCKfN9.
Mrs. Stubb-Just to think, John. The
great polar explorer states that there
are spots up in the far north where it
would be impossible to open your
mouth without freezing to death.
Mr.. Stubb-Ah, now l understand,
Maria
Mrs. Stubb-Understan what?
Mr.. Stubb-Why it is that women
never try to discover the north pole.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
The Kind to Exnoc'

$50 the aeronaut you were telling
me about got into trouble?"
Eyes; he was in what you might
call soar straights.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
90 What's the uoo7

20 What's the uoo3
Drift Armstrong says that women
are never content to 90 like nature In
tended them TO-"
The police wouldn't let them Il
they were" "
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
Lofty Scorn,

Il suppose after giving Elsie a good
lecture on her outrageous flirting, you
found her a regular valley of humilia.
tion.''
mot much l didn't. She was more
in state of mountainous pique."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
The Secret Out,

what" asked the dreamer, III tho
easiest way to get money!"
Inherit it," replied the matter.of.
fact person.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
As " WILL BE.

The Sunragette-An IL this my
ballot?
The Election Judge-Yes, ma'am:
that's it.
The overwhelmingly the house
hold page and the cemic supplement-?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

v Avtators seem to hate wind weges
than 4 cat hates water.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

All the world abhors and ~detests
the tWo-faced man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

Carpet Stretcher and Tackholder.
hand, which holds a tack in the right
place for driving, while the carpe, IS
stretched on the floor 1t also obvi-
ates all danger of crushing the fingers
with the hammer in the effort to drive
the nail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
The Fate Of Mary's Lamb.

Mary had a little lamb,
But beef went up so high
She had to sacrifice her Dot
And live on mutton pie!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
A Hard Life

Irritated Citizen - Aren't you
ashamed of yourself, going about with
that street organ, and leading such a
law ifo7
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15
A Question of Taste.

you are sure this was moonshine
whisky?" said the Investigator.
"Yes," answered the man from Ten.
nessee.
Did you taste it?'
Taste It? No. l swallowed a IT.
tie. You don't taste it any more than
you'd taste hornet if you accidental
ly bit one. You just know it's there"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

'Since Mabel has been in love her
head IS completely turned"
Gracious, hadn't noticed that she
has been bleaching"
At the Banquet.
He rose and told
His brightest joke;
The papers said:
Smith also spoke"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-15

Street Organist-Lazy life? Why,
cir, life with me is one long daily
grind.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-11
TIE GorERNoR.s SPEECH.

Governor Hughes's speech at Batavia
last night disposes of the quibbling
criticism that he was inconsistent in in
dicating a willingness TO accept the Cobb
compromise bill. When il was proposed
10 test the effect of the Hinman-Green
plan by applying 1t only in the smaller
constituencies he said that such 9 test
would not show how the plan as whole
would work The nomination of New
York city aldermen. for example. at Hin
man Green primaries would give little
indication how those primaries would
work in the selection of candidate for
Governor and candidates for the other
state offices. And more plainly still.
srcb a small application of the system
would give no indication whatever as to
what the whole Hmman-Green plan
would accomplish in the making of party
committees and organizations responsive
to party voters, for the Hinman-Green
reform has a twOfold aim-the improve
ment Of nominations for Office and the
Improvement of party organizations. 1t
seems TO us that the Governor is per
fectly justified in asserting that ''the
effect of a statewide application can
"be determined only by a statewide ap-
'plieation.
But, even though this is true. there still
may be advantages in applying the sys-
TEN TO the smaller political units. sd-
vantages that are not 10 be neglected
by an advocate of direct primaries. Even
if il would not afford a test of the whole
system. and even if IL would not inn
prove the state and county committees.
tn nominate New York city aldermen
70 continue our illustration-at Hinman-
Green primaries. it might improve the
quality of candidates for New York al
dermen and il might further the cause
of direct primaries TO accept that small
part of the Hinman-Green plan. As Mr..
Hughes put it: Il believe that while the
adoption of the plan with regard 10
smaller constituencies would not be
test with respect 70 the state as
whole. still that adoption, securing the
election of an entire Legislature under
"its provisions. would unquestionably
lead to its extension The public
shares the hope which the Governor eX-
presses that the coming session of the
Legislature will result in affirmative ac
tion in regard TO primary reform.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-11
THE BALANCE OF FORCES.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In his Oxford speech Mr. ROose-
Welt asks why empires knit by bonds of
speech and culture show periods of ex-
traordinary growth, and again of sudden
or lingering decay" and says the answers
are not always forthcoming.
If l may be permitted to make a guess
as TO why 1t is difficult for Mr. Roosevelt
to answer such questions. l would say it is
because he is extreme individualist
and not enough of an ideslist.
For example, he says: III in any such
case the centrifugal forces overcome the
centripetal. the nation will OF course fly
to pieces Mr.. Roosevelt failed to see
the remedy because he does not in such
cases coordinate the political and socio-
logic factors in the problem. as is shown
by the example he cites
i believe the reason great empires have
fallen has been that they were founded on
centrifugal force almost entirely, and that
there will never be a successful balancing
up of the centripetal and centrifugal
forces in any empire until II is done socio-
logically and politically at the same time
In the mean time centrifugal force far
overbalances centripetal fOrce-and this,
If continued, will lead inevitably TO inter-
national war. III. S. HOWARD.
Newburg, y. Y, June s, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-11
GERMAN COLONIAL FINANCE.

The acceptance of Mr.. Dernburg's
resignation as Germanys Colonial Min
lister and the appointment of Mr.. Linde-
quist as his successor must DC inter
preted as meaning at least enc radical
change i'm colonial administration con-
cerning the practical wisdom and JUS
tice of which these very incidents show
that there are strong and irreconcilable
differences Of opinion. In all other re-
spects Mr.. Dernburgs practical and
businesslike policy will probably be
continued by the man who has been his
assistant i'm the Colonial Office and is
now his successor. for the two have been
in generally close accord: but in this one
particular there will be decided new
departure
The issue on which Mr. Dernburg
resigned was that of taxation of the
colonies without representation for the
payment Of colonial wars with native
tribes. an issue. as we have observed
strikingly like that on which America
rebelled and established its indepen-
dence. The story Of the Hottentot or
HerrerO war i'm German Southwest
Africa is familiar II was a conflict for
which arbitrary German functionaries
were presumably responsible; II was
waged with not much credit TO German
arms. and il was very expensive TO the
German government Who first pro-
posed that the costs of the war or a
part Cf them should be Saddied upon the
colonists, and especially upon the com-
panies which have been organized there
since the war for the develOpneIr of the
colony. does not appear But il Is known
that Mr.. Dernburg considered the plan
10 be so bad that he would not accept it
even at the Emperor's behest, but iTr
ferred 10 resign his office.
There certainly is room for doubling
on purely practical and nOn-ethical
grounds the wisdom Cf such a plan.
German Southwest Africa has not been Il
particularly profitable enterprise. With
ala area more than one-f0urth as great
az that of the United States ii has a
population Of only 100000, of whom
scarcely 5000 are whites and perhaps
GOO Germans. of wljbm nearly three
fourfhs are soldiers of thu garris1ns. II
has considerable imports. as most Of the
food Of the white people has 10 be
brought i'm from other lands. but its
exports are insignificant. Its revenue is
never sufficient TO pay ITS expenses and
Ihe imperial government has to grant n
subsidy YEARLY 10 cover tie deficit Tn
deI such circumstances the desire Of
somc\ German fnanciers 20 make the
New-York tribune., 1910-06-11
ELECTRICITY on THE FARM.

4 few weeks ago The Tribune men
toned the enterprise of an Illinois
farmer who utilized stream which
flows through his land for the develop
ment of electricity. With the current so
obtained he operated a variety of ma
chimes and secured light for his house
and dairy barn. Since then we have
seen reports of few similar ventures in
other parts Of the country. 1t seems
probable. however. that a wider use of
electricity will be made on the farm
when companies having big plants in
cities reach out for additional custom.
There are certain hours In the night and
months in the year when the demand
for electric lights and electric power for
railways is greatly below the maximum.
Companies can afford TO offer favorable
terms 10 customers who will consume the
surplus output of their dynam0s, and
the farmer can be spared the necessity
of spending money for that kind of
machinery and for water wheels TO
run ii.
An instance Of this kind is afforded in
Western New York. From a paper read
at the meeting of the National Electric
Light Associa ton fortnight ago it ap-
pears that a company doing large
business in Rochester found that great
part of its apparatus stood idle from
April ! to October l. and il began an
active canvass for new patrons. Al
ready it furnishes current for forty farm
motors in adjoining towns, but it has
also discovered a class of work which
Can be performed quite as well by night
as 10y day,bumping water for irriga
tion.
IL might be supposed that irrigation
would be uncalt' d for in the vicinity of
Rochester. because the rainfal there is
more abundant than i'm most parts of
the country. So variable however. is
the precipitation in localities which are
usually we'll supplied that crops FIRE
quently suffer from drouth where the
New-York tribune., 1910-06-11
SAIING.

The city is confronted with the ques-
ton whether or not to appropriate Slo,-
900 for Fourth Of July fireworks. We
shall not attempt to decide it. but we
take the proposition up TO illustrate how
easily arguments may be constructed
for social expenditures.
This $4,000, then, we shall demon
strate beyond the peradventure of a
doubt is an expenditure which leads TO an
enormous saving Under the old system
of individual fireworks the people of New
York spent not $1,000 upon explosives
but a million or two. The present pro
posed $1,000 expenditure comes. under
the benefcent operations of the incl
dence of taxation, from substantially
the same pockets. One million, taking
the smaller sum. minus $1,000 leaves
S9S5.O0G, the sum saved: certainly a
modest estimate. considering the lavish
ness of a New York Fourth. But if the
city does not insure an adequate cele-
bration of the holiday, one that satisfies
70 some extent at least, the public love
of noise. we shall be pretty certain 10 60
back to tie old custom and TO an lin
sane Fourth" Q. E. n, the city must
spend $4,000 to save S9S5,OoO.
Indeed. this is small estimate of the
saving to the community. as we shall
speedily sec With fireworks properly
exploded under municipal authority the
disastrous fires. the killing. manning
and wounding Of citizens which have
been characteristic Of an insane
Fourth will he entirely eliminated. In
s1Iranre rates will he favorGbly affected
and tho doctors bills of the people will
he appreciably cut down. We shall not
fa ka the trouble TO estimate the value In
dollars TO the community Of the lives
that will be saved and OF the legs and
arms that will hc kept whole. How
many of the blind. the MANNED and halt
who are a public charge in various insti-
tutions owe their disabilities TO insane
Fourths' we are not prepared to say,
lacking the statistics. but the number
urust be large We shall not pursue the
subject further but we think we have
shown how easy it IS by substituting
community action for individual action
TO save huge sum-
Consideration for the small boy leads
us TO warn those in authority not TO
take this for an argument in favor of the
proposed $4,000 expenditure. 1t is moth
ing Of the sort.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-11
SUMMER WORK FOR CHILDREN
Open Churches and Synagogues for
Their Good.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The authoritative words of DR.. Gu
lick recently as to the number of square
feet each child on the East Side commands
for play purposes should not be over
looked by the friends of children, and espe-
cially by the churches and synagoSues or
Manhattan, during the coming summer
days. The fact is that despite all that
has been done in providing parks and play
grounds and in the summer opening OK
public schools the vast majority OF chill
dren in crowded districts spend the day
on the streets, with demoralizing results.
During the present summer about thirty
church buildings in New York City Will be
open daily for good part of July ana
August for service to children. and over one
hundred college men anc women VIII fur-
nish the personal equipment. The purpose
viii be 10 place these untaxed buildings a.
the service of the community children, IRE
spective of creed or race, and without any
seetarian motive. While furnishing pay
and work these student leaders VIII seek
to wesn the children from vulgar street
songs by pure music. Bible stories VIII Do
used as the means of developing the con-
science, while the child's religious con-
nection will he respected. The children
will be taught practical philanthropy as
II is the custom of some of the schools to
devote the most beautiful objects made 10
a selected children's hospital
The Federation OF Churches will take
very active part in this good work, and
the National Vacation Bible School Asso-
cja ton will contribute its quota, as 1t IS
doing in sixteen other cities. Trinity cor
porati will open two of its chapels for
this community service. All OF me
churches concerned will give back 10 the
people a practical equivalent for the eN-
emption from taxation which. is extended
to several hundreds of millions of church
property I'm New York
In view of the fact that on the East
Side there is such vast population OF
the Hebrew race, would ii not be proper
TO suggest that synagogues situated IN
crowded districts where parss and play
grounds are not close to the children,
should be similarly opened and their lect-
ure rooms placed at the service OF sur
rounding Hebrew communities? Daily va
cation Bible and play schools could be
conducted in these under the direction OF
the synagogue authorities. There IS an
abundance of Hebrew students in our col
IeeAs available for such work. and some
Of the foremost philanthropists of our city
are Observation-Disclosures These buildings,
like churches, are exempt from taxation,
and during the summer arc largely un-
used.
If some such action should appeal TO the
good Judgment of syne que leaders as
wise step in the interest of their chill
dren. I am very sure that the experience
of all interested in the promotion. OF daily
vacation Bible schools will he at their dis
posal and every facility afforded for sug-
gestions as to organization without par
ticle of interference, and with the heartiest
good will. r @. BOvILLE
National Director. National Vacation Bible
School 4-ssociation-
New York June II, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-11
THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom the Tribune Bureal

rr-rorn The Tribune Rure4%l -
xx-ssbineton. June 10.-PTesident l@it. "
re,1,, 10 cable dispatch from tno
,,oror of Japan expressing heart1eit tliaiiNS
for the warm reception accorueu 49,.
and Princess FIiroyasu fusflih'
United states government, sent thS ~
1900. .It has given US great
Measure to welcome Prince anu
PIsa.,, tI,--,..s,, E,,shinni. Mrs Taft and I had
met them most pleasantly IN TOXIC u'.S. .'.
.,,a ,nsniration of your majesty's dehsh'-
g., ,,ospitalitv. Both as tribute OF pro
fo,,,d reSpect and gratitude to you ana
,'o.a,,.a ,e,.. of their own charming personality
we have been delighted 10 contribute ~
80. small measure TO the pleasure OF
their stay. -.
rna vice-President. who was at the WIS
.onsip Republican convention. gave the
president one of the badges worn py the
delegates. which were Inscribed; we are
seatnst men who are Republicans for ONCE
and Democrats in office" Mr Taft was
much pleased with the political SITUATION
in that state as reported by Mr.. sherman
who said: II found genuine Repuoiicanisih
in Wisconsin and was delighted 10 get
among such loyal lot Of fellows
MANY of the employees of the White
House have been remembered by Theodore
Roosevelt. jr.. and have received INVITA-
tions to his wedding.
The Presidents callers to-day nCiuueu
Senators Crane and Curtis and RepTesei-
tatives Hamilton and Dwight
President Taft played golf this after
noon I'm a drizzlng rain
Miss Helen Taft left here this morning
for Princeton, where she will be the guest
OF friends for several days and VIII attend
the commencement exercises.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-11
THE AssAILEp NEW YORK EAR.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: short time before the expiration
of Mayor McC1ellan's administration there
was a brief but welcome enforcement of
the city ordinance relat to unnecessary
street noises would like TO know if that
ordinance has been repealed, and, If not. TO
what is due the laxity of the police in en-
forcing it, 1t seems as If ever since Mayor
Gayuor took charge OF the city's affairs
the makers of the day hideous had been
doing their utmost to make up for lost
time.
Al one time to-day before O'Clock in
the morning there we're. in one short
block between Eighth and Manhattan ave
nues two grinders, one with a cracked
bugIe and changing bell, the other with
only bell, but that bell busy; three huck-
sters. each trying to outdo the others with
roars and shrieks which told nothing of
what they had TO sell: two men announcing
that they were prepared to Buy ca-a-
cIo-o-o,' whatever that might mean, and a
hand organ. While this was maximum
OF raucOus effort. there was hardly min
ute from in the morning until we'll after
noon when ear splitting, nerve racking,
profanity provoking and temper destroying
grunts, groans yells. howls. shrieks or
some form of highly obnoxious noise was
absent from the tortured district.
Other cities are comparatively peaceful.
Is there any reason why New York should
not be. especially when the city's laws pro-
vide for st least measure of surcease
from undesirable and unwelcome assaults
OH the tympanum?
LET Us HAVE PEACE.
New York, June s, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-11
MRS. HARTMAN GRATEFUL
Action of People Of Turner Favoring
Change of Name Accepted as Honor.

Turner. \. Y. June 1O.-I d. smith.
Chairman OF the mass meeting which voted
to change the name Of this village to Har-
riman, has received the following letter of
acceptance Of the honor from Mrs. Harri-
man:
My Dear Mr.. Smith: thank YOU for your
letter informing me that the residents OF
the village of Turner had decided. at n
meeting on May II. to change the name OF
the village TO Hartman. in honor of Mr..
Hartman, and I accept. with grateful ap-
probation. this compliment to his memory
from the people of the community in which
he lived. AS you correctly state ] was
not consulted about the matter. When I
first heard of the movement I announced
emphatiCally that I would have nothing
whatever to do with IL. and gave instruc-
tions to Mr.. Ford accordingly. for I felt
that the question was one to- be settled by
the people of the village alone.
If they desired the change. I should an
pTeciate il. while. u il were not their own
generous tribute to Mr.. Hartman. il would
Uean nothing TO US Now that they have
made it voluntarily. ] thank them for II
through you. Very sincerely.
MARY w. HARTMAN.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-11
THE CABIN ET.
IRON The Tribune Bursau.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. June f0-The Secretary or
the Navy and Mrs. Meyer gave luncheon
on board the NayfOwer to-day IN honor
of Prince and Princess Fushiuli- In the
party. besides the daughters Of the Secre-
tsry and Mrs Meyer. were the Amoassa-
dor from Japan and Baroness Uchida. the
Secretary of War Mrs. Hashiguchi, lady
in-waftins to Princess Fushimi; IAeuten-
ant Commander Kiyokama, aide-de-canp
to Prince Fushimi: Mr.. Tanaka. Master
of the Household. and Miss Suzuki; the
Japanese counsellor and Mrs. Matsul;
Commander Hiraga, japanese naval at
tache: Lieutenant Colonel Tanaka, Jap
anese military attache. Mr. Hanirara, Nj
Takahashi and Mr.. Osaki, secretaries OF
the Japanese Embassy; the Assistant Sec
retary of state and Mrs. Huntington VIII
son. the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs Beekman Winthrop. Captain and
Mrs TempIin N. Potts, Commander Logan,
Commander Andrews. naval aid to Secre-
tary Meyer, and Miss Andrews and Mr.
Hale. After the luncheon the party was
Joined by Colonel and Mrs. Cosby. Mrs.
Herbert Parsons Mrs Newlands, Mr.. and
Mrs Garrison McClintock. Mr. and Mrs.
John W Dwight. Captain and Mrs. Beatty.
the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Hilles. Miss Boardman. Mrs. q.
W Logan. Senator Wetmore, Commander
Vasilieff and Mrs. Norton The Mayfower
then proceeded to Mount Vernon. where
the prince and princess placed handsome
wreath on the tomb of Washington