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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

I ONDON.-The American season In
l. London, Paris and Berlin is the
best since the three golden years pre-
ceding the panic Of 1907. The hotels
Of all the capitals of Europe are
thronged with well-to-do Americans,
who are spending money with the ira
ditional lavishness that pleases the
hotelkeepers and shopkeepers every.
where.
Europe has learned that not all
Americans are millonaires, and so it
is that less is heard each year Of ex-
tortion and attempted extortion. Amer
lean tourists. too, seem to have learned
the ropes and they know just where to
go to get the most for their money.
Comfortable new hotels that charge
reasonable prices have been built in all
the capitals Of Europe within the last
five years and in Paris, London, Berlin,
Rome and Vienna, new hotels invaria-
bly, have many baths, while some that
appeal to the Weather visitors have
suites with baths that are az modern
ly luxurious as anything New York
can offer. What with comfortable and
reasonable priced hotels. with express
trains with dining cars attached con-
Meeting all the capitals. Americans
find travelling in Europe nowadays
much more simple and comfortab Bile
than it was Is years ago.
London holds itself rigidly aloof
from rivalry with the great cities Of
the continent 1t permits Berlin and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16
Coy Curls Are Coming in From China

Year. Pounds Value
1907 " Sc 132 { Ia R90
lSoS ,283 81, 200
1909 .445. 733 327, $50
Note how the price has scared. In
1907 hair was worth only about TWEEN.
ty-f1ve cents pound, wholesale, and
we imported only 56,132 pounds of it,
while in 1909 we brought in 445,733
pounds. with the price at something
more than seventy cents. Such a rate
of growth in face Of SO rapid an in
crease in price is almost unprecedent-
ed In other lines of commerce and is
another illustration that woman wants
what she wants when she wants it and
is going to have it-expense be
hanged!
Our diplomatic representative leaves
us in the dark as to what woman in
China is doing for hair. II the trade
keeps on, she will certainly be bald in
course of time. He pays compli-
ment, however, to the genius of the
Chinese artist by remarking that Chi.
nese hair is treated at home in various
ways so as to metch almost any tex.
ture desired" leaving US to conclude
that the diversity OF color not infre-
quently noted on the same head Is
due to lack Of circumspection on the
part OF American women.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16
Home for Drunkards' Wives Is Closed

find drunkards' wives to live there.
MRS. Nation has asked that we re-
turn the home to her. The members
Of the board Of directors differ as to
whether or not this should be done.
She has agreed to pay US for what re-
pairs and improvements have been
made at the home and at present tho
association needs the money that
would be thus received for other
branches Of work. At our next meet
ing we will finally determine what
stand to take concerning holding or
releasing the property"
Mrs. Nation wishes the home re-
turned to her SO that 1t may be sold
and the proceeds Of its sale used III
the construction Of home for boys
which she is building in Oklahoma :
In 1902 she bought the property,
which was the homestead of G. N.
Simpson, one of the pioneers of Kan
sas.
Mrs. Nation secured most OF the
$4,000, which she originally paid for
the property, from the sale Of the
small souvenir Carrie A. Nation
hatchets" which she and her friends
sold for 25 cents
After Mrs. Nation had given the
home, all the churches of the city
and many fraternal orders subscribed
money to pay for its furnishing. The
grounds about the home, an acre in
extent, are well shaded and the build
Ing Itself is a spacious structure Of
brick.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16
The Busy Money Changers of New York

the next morning. Each bank has a
big drawer in the general post Office.
Messengers clear this of its letters
every hour all night long. Three thou
sand letters a day is the average mail
OF one Of these large banks, Two
thirds OF 1t comes in during tho night
These letters, in the case of.aone Of
the biggest Of these banks. contain
from $4,000 to 40,0CJ checks and
drafts. At times these Enclosures rem
resent as much as 100000, 900. r are
ly does the total fall below $50, 900, 900.
The letters are opened a. fast a.
they are received, the checks, are
counted and the totals verified with
the footings of the lists. The letter.
are then stamped, which shows hat
they have been proven in, !" al the
banks call it. After that they ara
turned over to the clerks who send
out the formal acknowledgements Of
the remittances they contain. The
various checks are assorted accord
ing to the numbers of the books in
which they are to be entered and
otherwise; the sight drafts are
grouped according, to the routes q
the bank's messengers, and ali u made
ready for turning the nights aceumu-
Iation over 10 the day force. u Il
may be handled BY II % expeditausaJ
q possible. ss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16
Aged Ice Regarded Safe for Healt]

old, and when the bacteria are frozen
in it, and have been without air, mo-
ton. warmth and food from four to
five months"
A paper recently sent out with the
Endorsement Of the national body Of
natural ice dealers says: I
1.-The buyer OF ice should really b
as anxious to obtain, and the dealer in
natural ice as quick to advertise. that
he sells old ice. as the green grocer
is to seek trade on the strength Of the
freshness Of his tomatoes or peas, and
the butter and egg man on his new
laid or freshly made products. Old ice
is pure ice, sterile Ice. free from bac,
terra harmful or helpful"
DR.. Edwin Jordan, professor of bac-
teriology in the University of Chicago
and at Rush Medical college, says:
Experiments have shown that
when water freezes the great majority
of typhoid bacteria that it contains
are Immediately destroyed. Those that
survive die of progressively. Accord
ing to Park, not one in a thousand
lives in ice longer than one month.
and at the end of six months all are
dead. Relatively few epidemics Of ty-
phoid fever have been proved to be due
to the use of ice."
DR.. Charles H. laval, chemist for
the Pennsylvania dairy and food CON-
mission. said that bacteria can live
without air. and that temperature
of 80 degrees was not fatal for long
time to many kinds of bacteria.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

YANSAS CITY, Kan.-The home
II founded by Garry Nation, the Kan
sas "joint smasher," in this city as a
refuge for drunkards' wives, will prob
ably be closed and the property re-
turned to Mrs. Nation. The reason
is, there are not enough wives of
drunkards in the largest city of Kan
sas to warrant the continued opera
ton of a refuge for them. Mrs. Ma.
ton has requested of the Associated
Charities, the organization which is
managing the home. that the proper
ty be decided back to her.
The home has accommodations for
40 women but there are no drunkards'
wives in it now. The Associated Char
tiles is using it as home for unfor-
tunate and homeless women. About
fifteen women now occupy the home
Peter w. Goebel, president of the
board of directors of the Associated
Charities, admits that the home is a
failure as far as being a place for the
housing Of drunkards' wives.
THAT is the distressing condition
that exists" Mr.. Goebel said. There
is no use in denying it. We cannot
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16
Overhauling the Treasury Building

been seriously overcroWded for a mum.
Der of years. One of the very first i'm.
provements was the elimination from
the building of the branch printing
Office. with its combustible inks, oils.
etc. With the great Fifteenth street
steps removed, fine entrance At
grade will be provided for the EN-.
ployes, and count will be kept of the
people entering and leaving tho build
ing, which at the present time seems
to be impossible. At the present time
the employees are obliged to carry
their clothing, hats, .rubbers, umbrel.
las and everything of that character
into their working rooms, so that lock-
ers are imperative. It will certainly
be $1S0.000 mighty we'll expended, for
in the present condition of the treas.
ury department it is impossible to
keep it clean or to run it on business.
like methods with departments of the
various bureaus widely separated, 30
that the chief of one of these spends
most of his time traversing the CORR.
doris in his attempt to keep track OF
his clerks and of his work.
The treasury department has dis.
continued the coming of the $3.50
gold pieces. There Is an accumulation
of approximately 100000 worth of
them In the treasury vaults at the
present time. Altogether $4,000, 900 OF
them have been coined, and, there, ID
little or no demand for them, SO It'll
thought hest not to make any more OF
them at the present time. :s i.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

PHILADELPHIA Natural Ice
! Association Of America, including
dealers in natural ice In Philadelphia.
has begun a campaign Of education"
to inform the public that aged ice is
free from bacteria.
Bacteria are the little wfgglers in
water that get into the insides of PEG
pie and often give them typhoid. diph-
iberia and other diseases. A quart Of
water contains a million or two OF
these bacteria. Some of them. not all,
are dangerous to health.
But the natural ice men say-and
they produce scientific argument to
support their assertions-that al
though the bacteria are frozen into
the ice when the water congeals. they
are killed off so rapidly that in "a
hour 80 per cent. Of them are dead,
and within few weeks the ice is
sterile-absolutely free from bacterial
life of any kind.
One Philadelphia natural ice dealer
said recently: Natural ice is cut in
December, January and February.
Seventy per cent. of 1t is used between
June and September. when 1t is any
where from sixteen to twenty weeks
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16


esting in
1T exciting she I'VE live like gypsies
people the natives when would " into their little
bridges old unreliable
we through them.
After landing Francisco
in Sandusky exceeding i'm
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

w ASH1NGTON.-The census bureau
W has made public figures concern
ing enough localities to indicate GER
tain interesting trends in the growth
OF American population. What stands
out first is, Of course. the general in
crease In population all over the coun-
try. While this growth is perhaps
more striking in the middle west. or
even in the far west, the east is little
behind those sections. Increases in
city population rarely fall below 20
per cent. for the last ten years. Often
the Increase is considerably in excess
OF so per cent.
This growth has been expected, but
there will probably be some surprise
to find how far the growth of the
cities exceeds that Of the rural dis.
tr1cts. Here, save in a few localities,
there is an increase. but generally It
Is below ten per cent.
Some spot in Illinois may mark the
center OF population for another ten
years. 1t is worth while to emphasize
the word may" because there is not
available at this time much definite
Information orwhich to make specula.
ton as to where the center of popula.
ton will be.
The remarkable increase In the pop.
ulation OF Oklahoma must be taken
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16
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n he treasury building is undergoing
another overhauling, which this

THE treasury building is undergoing
another overhauling, which this
time costs $4,000. The renovators
have been at work on the treasury
building for good many years. Not
very much has been done to the inside
of the great pile Of masonry, where
the United States money IS kept, but
more or less work is all the time going
On on the outside. All of the original
sandstone or soft limestone that faced
tho outside of the building has been at
last removed. and granite has been put
IN its place. The principal change that
viii now be made will be to eliminate
the huge granite entrance steps on the
Fifteenth street side. Several new
MESSENGER elevators will be installed.
Lockers will be furnished sufficient for
all of the clerks; the money -handling
divisions will be segregated on the
ground floor: supplies will be shipped
from the west entrance instead OF the
Fifteenth street: frieze windows will
he placed on the third floor, and a
general adjustment OF bureaus and
divisions viii be made to facilitate the
work. The treasury department has
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

HE experts In both the army and
/ the navy are watching with keen
interest the development OF the
heavier-than-air craft. While the of.
fcials are not willing to say much pub
licly about the possibilities of the use
of airships In time of war, they are
saying privately that the probability
Is that when the next great war comes
the airship will play more effective
part than battleships, land batteries,
or great masses of troops.
The prediction is freely made by
army and navy officials in private that
not dollar will ever be spent in forti-
flying for the protection of the Panama
canal. They have arrived at this con-
clusion because they think they FORE
see that within few years the airship
will be brought to a stage of perfec-
ton that will enable it quickly to de-
stroy any Notifications that might be
erected along the route Of the canal.
Congress at the recent session de-
clined to appropriate money for the
fertilization Of the canal. No public
reason for this failure to make an ap-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16
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Census Returns Show Lure of CITY

into consideration in a speculation as
to where the center of population II
likely to light" A fact worth bearing
in mind is that the increases in popu-
lation in the east particularly have
been in the larger cities.
The center of population has moved
almost due westward since 1890. when
more. From 1880 to 1900 it moved
almost due west to point 10 miles
west of Baltimore. In the next ten
years, from 1900 to 1910, it moved
westward and slightly southwark to \
point about forty miles northwest BY
west Of Washington.
During the ten years between 1890
and 1900 the center moved west.
ward a little over IA miles and south.
ward little less than three miles, and
halted at point six miles southeast
of Columbus, Ind. This movement be-
tween 1890 and 1900 was the smallest
III 100 years.
The center" will have to travel
something like 70 miles to get beyond
the borders Of Indiana this year.
Figures available show only i've
communities that have actually lost in
population. Montgomery, CAL, has
fallen from 2.206 to 1883: Bo9ham
county, Texas, has dropped from 5,042
to 1874: Lamar county. Texas. from
48,627 to 1854; In Wisconsin the VII
lage Of Pine River has lost IS of her
population in ten years, and Madison
county, Indiana, shows the greatest
loss, falling from 70,470 to 1924.
These reductions come, it will be
noted. either in rural districts marked
out by counties or in small villages.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16
Many Americans Abroad This Season,

Paris to boast of their attractions Iii
order to lure the American tourist:
for itself. it seems content to say: 3
Here am, the greatest city in tho
world. with unrivaled museums and
picture galleries. not to mention
tailors and dressmakers. Come and
see me ii you want to, but If you don't
want towel. dare say I'll get along
without you" !.
Berlin and Paris now are In open
competition. Berlin thinks It Is 1
more fascinating city than Paris and
1t intimates that its night life Is far
and away more alluring than Paris.
Paris, despite the moderness of Ber-
lin and its nocturnal brill1ancy, con-
tl.,ues to be the Mecca of Americans.
men and women.
The season, both in London and
Paris, this year has been marred by
almost constant rain. In London a
cold rain fell daily for almost three
weeks from the middle OF June. The
weather was so chilly that newly ar
rived Americans were compelled to
wear heavy. overcoats and wrapa-
Paris, too, has been rainy and cold.
and shopkeepers and restaurant keep
ers complain bitterly Of the effects Of
the cold upon their trade. {
Thanks to the American invasion
with it's train of gold, Parisians have
reason to be fairly glad they are alive.
The cold wet spring AMI early summer
caused immense loss to the dressma-
kers, for Parisians didn't by fluffy
summer gowns because they couldn't
wear them. {
While London has had more than its
share of rain it has not kept Ameri-
cans away. because they might be dis
appointed II they found it really wasn't
"rainfn' in dear old Lunnon."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

NEW YORK.-Four big banks in
~ the Wall street district of New
York city resemble the great gold
mines Of the west In one striking
feature. They have three eight-hour
shifts of toilers, and the work never
stops. One set takes up the routine
where the other leaves of. All night
long, Sundays and holidays; a staff
Of men in each of these banks, is
busy opening thousands. of letters,
sorting and listing innumerable checks
and drafts that represent fabulous
sums of. money. and getting them
ready for the day force, which IL the
only one the public comes in contact
with or ever. hears about. r, II this
work were not carried on necessarily,
the banks would soon be overwhelmed
with a mountainous accumulation Of
detail. =. - !. iTi. i '~.fgl / - Il
Two shifts the scouting force" -
they call themselves-work between
i've O'Clock in the aftsrnoon and nine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

VIICE-CONSUL General Stuart J. Full
Y Ter Of Hongkong sheds light on a
problem which has vexed the brain Of
man for many moons-where all the
hair comes from which goes to make
up the wide expanse of couture which
adorns the head of woman.
Much as he would like to believe
that all womankind has suddenly come
into the secret. possessed by the Seven
Sutherland Sisters, detached wisps,
curls and occasional plaits, to say moth
ing of startling variation in texture,
has forced upon the most unobservant
suspicion that she bedecks herself
with foreign product. Our represen-
tative at Hongkong clinches the evil
dence with brutal statistics. He gives
the following data of the quantities
and value of hair shipped from that
port in the last three years:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16
CIRCLES GLOBE in AN AUTO

Mrs. Harriet Clark Fisher of Trenton, N. j.,
holds the unique record of being the only woman
who has girdled the earth in an automobile. Mrs.
Fishers trip In her 40-horsepower machine makes
new history in the automobile world, and particu.
larly in the realm of women. With her on the
trip were her secretary, Harold Fisher Brooks
who drove; and maid servant and Honk
Honk, her pet bull terrier, who taken along
as mascot In addition the car, which was
especially built for the trip carried a complete
stock of tires. parts and cooking utensils.
The party landed in France toured leisurely
through it; thence through Germany and Switzer-
land; crossed to Italy, where brief stay was
made at Como. Thence they visited Vienna,
Rome Naples and Port Said, taking ship from
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

America is not only producing big
ger and better guns than any Other
nation, but she also produces more
and louder advocates of peace than
all the rest of the world put together
We're bound to win, Armaggeddon OF
millennium.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

A consul at st. Petersburg has I'm
bounded faith in the power of the
dollar. He reports that Russia at
lfords an exceptional opening for ar
american bank Money talks. Of
lcoarse, but could even American
lmouoy talk Russian? III,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

The minister of agriculture in Japan
is in this country to study conditions
here Japan has learned of us in wal
and In civil engineering, and now pro
poses to take lessons in agriculture
which is really the fundamental knowl
edge for a people.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

Experts say that all the Zeppelin
airship needs is series of lofty struc.
lures that will permit it to tie up now
and then. This is simpler than pro-
viding it with a concrete foundation
and an elevator.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

A lunacy commission is trying to de-
termine whether an insane man is q
resident of New York or New jersey
Why not ask him which state he be-
longs to? His answer may determine
the extent of his decisions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

30
oneenth
lights tile
received
While this
market heavily with
clerk
TOOK him back little the he would gamble
seaings will reach$
This the victim
OF misplaced confidence In $4,000
has been flched him his
eaock life story reads like oriental He clerk at
Pttsburg
acquainted
the
Peacock is TALL heavily
he spends avshy
lance OF the limit OF his Peacocks
dictionaries directories
that besides being large holder of
plate glass; freproofng and
Peacock daughter a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

Aviators are to be prevented by law
from flying over German country
towns. We have not heard what pen.
atty has been provided for aviators
who fly so high above German coun,
try towns as to be indistinguishable.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

Those South American republics
may agree to arbitrate all right, but
what will their sport-loving citizens
really do when real lively little revo.
luton comes their way?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

The aeronauts are going to drop
bombs on mimic warships at the New
Jersey meet. They will discover how
difficult it is to hit mark from above,
as evidenced by the falling Of the
rain upon the just and the unjust
alike.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

An Albany man wants the state of
New York to pay him for cherries that
the robins took from his trees. When
he was a baby he probably cried for
he moon
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

When he became the father of trip.
lets the other day Chicago man made
10 much noise that the police had to
be called. Some men get excited 50
easily.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

Maine wants 10000 housemaids and
promises to pay them from three to six
dollars a week apiece. We suspect
that Maine is destined to have long
telt want
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

Assertions that hitherto disregarded
arouse but little apprehension in the
minds Of those who have their money
Invested in the beef business.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-16

Some fault-inders complain that the
paper on which the new $1,000 bills
are printed is not as good as they
could wish. How do you like the new
1000 bills?