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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

HE bureau of animal industry of
/ the agricultural department ex-
presses the hope that many state leg
islatures will take up the question Of
providing for the production Of the
government hog cholera serum. The
federal experts are convinced of the
efficacy of this serum. They believe
that If the proper effort is put forth
by states hog cholera will be eradi-
caetd.
State officials who display interest
in the subject are asked to send rep
resentatives to the bureaus expert
ment farm, at Ames, Ia, where the
methods of producing the serum are
explained. 1t Is also the policy of the
bureau to furnish limited amount of
the serum and few immune hogs to
the states that are just starting in the
work. Within the last year practical
demonstrations of what may be &C.
complished through the use of this
new serum have been successfully
carried out in Maryland, Virginia, ILL.,
nois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas. Ken
lucky anH Tennessee.
Most Of these demonstrations con-
sisted Of treating a part of the dis
eased herd and leaving the remainder
untreated. At Kansas City, however
a more thorough test was made, the
results of which were very interesting
and demonstrated conclusively the
efficiency Of the serum as a preventive
for hog cholera.
The test was made in the stock.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

III ASH1NGTON-One decided step
W toward making the national CAPT.
tai the most beautiful city in the
world architecturally was taken re-
Gently when the designs for three
great buildings for the federal govern
ment were selected. Fifty-nine archi-
tects from all over the country COM
peted. The buildings will cost nearly
SS,000,0G0. and are to be erected on
pennsylvania avenue, facing the White
House grounds. They will house the
department Of state, the department
OF justice and the department Of COM
merce and labor.
The spaces that these great struc-
lures will occupy we're selected nearly
a century and quarter ago. Major
L'Enfant, a French engineer, laid out
the plan OF Washington in 1898. 1t is
said he so arranged the streets that it
would be impossible, in case Of riot
or instruction. for barricades to be
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

4 FTER witnessing many experiments
IA with new designs and automatic
time registers, American cities are
soon to have an entirely new style Of
street letter box. Its exact shape and
principle of operation is not yet an
bounced by the postofflce department,
but experiments have gone SO far
that an early decision is expected
upon the precise type Of box that is to
be used.
The unsightly green box that graces
the top of the iron post at the street
corner now has long been an unsatis-
factory receptacle for street mail, the
authorities say. Compared with the
post boxes Of foreign cities, it is Who'll
ly inartistfc Considered in the light
of an economical device, It is a fall
ure, for it wastes the time of the mail
collector in getting the mail out Of
It, and it often tries the patience of
the patron of the mails by effectually
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

n ES MONIES, 1A.-1magine the
II wife of Gov. B. F. Carroll of Iowa
begging funds on the streets, and I'm
agine, too, other prominent society
women Of Des Moines backing shoes,
selling doughnuts, working at day Ia
Dor, making candy and selling home
made cheese, and you will know how
tho women Of Des Moines' Women's
club are going about earning $4,000
with which to buy pictures and paint
ings for the Women's club building In
this city.
1t all came about when at a meet
ing Of the Women's club the low con-
dtion Of the treasury was discuss
ed Something had to be done. Mu-
sicales luncheons, amateur theatricals
all had been tried time and time
again.
why not earn money like working
women earn their money? Why not
take in washing?" suggested Mrs.
J. G. Berryhill, wife of millionaire
wholesale lumber dealer, who boasta
the fatherhood of the famous Des
| Moines plan of municipal govern
mHnt. The other women gasped. But
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

D ANGOR, ME.-One of the finest
- packs Of bloodhounds in this part
Of the country Is kept at the Maine
State prison in Thomaston for the
moral effect on prisoners who contem-
plate escape. The pack is mixture
Of an imported English strain and
carefully bred southern stock. One of
the pack, when but young puppy,
was presented to Marguerite Owen. a
Belfast girl. and the two have been
inseparable companions for the last
three years. The dogs name is Hilda
She is Of a most sensitive and SYM
pathetic nature and feels a cross word
much more than some dogs would
kick. She romps with the children,
her favorite diversion being hide-and-
seek. She knows the children by
name, and when she is "it," she al
ways finds the one she is told to
seek
Hilda has a bedroom all to herself,
fitted up with little iron cot with
real bedclothes like one of the fam
lily. The room is lighted with cleo
tricity, and each night her mistress
goes upstairs and Hilda crawls into
he'd, lays her head on the pillow and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

4 Fleet of aeroplanes for the United
II States army is now apparently an
assured fact as the result OF action by
the house of representatives in appro-
prjating $125,000 for this purpose.
There Is the possibility that the SEN
ate may strike out the item, but even
then it would have splendid chance
of remaining in the bill in conference.
for it was adopted almost unanimous
ly by the house.
This means the signal corps can
have the 20 aeroplanes for which Brig.
Gen. James Allen, chief signal officer
Of the army, asked in his annual re-
port, and still have $4,000 left for
equipment, stations, etc.
3rigadier General Allen has planned
to have about six of these stations,
equipped with an aeroplane each, in
various places throughout the coun-
try, chiefly on the seacoast. He has
estimated that each station, with its
machine, will cost for the first year
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10
Need of Hog Cholera Serum Reported

yards at Kansas City, on the request
of the Kansas City Live Stock ex-
change and of individuals interested
in the subject. Thirty-five young
shoats were purchased from farm
where hog cholera had not existed.
These pigs were carried to the Kan
sas City stockyards, being in charge
OF committee appointed by the ex-
change. were treated and the experts
say that no more convincing truth OF
the efficacy Of this serum could be
pertinent.
Twenty-Five were injected with anti
hog-cholera serum prepared by the bu-
reau. Four were injected with viru-
lent hog cholera blood. Nine were
not treated in any manner. All were
placed In pen together. As was ex'
pected, the four pigs inoculated with
the virulent blood contracted hog
cholera within short time and all
died. The nine checks" contracted
hog cholera from those which were
inoculated with hog cholera blood and
they also died. The % pigs treated
with the serum remained we'll, with
the exception of one or two, which
were slightly affected during one or
two days. It is not certain, however,
that the trouble with the immune
hogs was hog cholera, as none died.
The agricultural department feels
that the subject is of such importance
as to warrant state legislatures giving
it immediate attention. Hog cholera.
it is pointed out, has caused loss to
the farmers of the country OF mil
lions of dollars annually. Now that
the government has discovered Sc
rum through the use of which this
dread disease may be prevented state
authorities should not delay In pro-
viding for the general use Of this
serum
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

u ANSAS CITY. KAMA municipal
n employment bureau. operated un-
der the direct supervision Of the city
commissioners, which will furnish
free jobs to applicants. has been
started here.
The employment bureau is just as
much part of the city's business as
the street department, fire depart.
ment or any other city department,
and it Is popular with the public.
The city employment bureau has
been in existence only short while,
but in that time hundred men and
women have been given jobs and the
names of 200 more who want work
have been received and filed in the
order of their presentation, to be
sent to positions among employers
who want workers are found. The
bureau will furnish positions of any
kind to men or women.
James Eads How of St. Louis, ma
tional president of the Brotherhood
Welfare Association, and general
champion of the rights of the unem-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

meningitis
dreaded Only about attacked sucum
fully 80 the permanent paralysis
nfant paralysis comparatively disease Its have
he n
is In begins with
followed
the passing
arms, O
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10
FOE OF CHILDHOOD'S ENEMY

In the laboratories of the Rockefel.
Ter institute, near New York, DR.. 81.
mon Flexner and his corps of assist.
ants believe they are about to conquer
that dread disease Of childhood, infan-
tile paralysis, now epidemic in several
parts of the United States. Hundreds
Of monkeys are giving their lives ev.
cry year to the aid of science In con-
quering this dread disease, the mon
key being the only animals In all the
list of those suitable for experimental.
ton that they have succeeded in inoc-
ulating with the disease. The micro
organism of the disease has been tso-
lated and an early announcement Is
expected that a preventive. curative
and safe serum has been discovered.
1nfantile paralysis, or anterior polio
myelitis, as it is known to the medi-
cal profession, has long baff1ed medi.
cal science. Ordinarily it attacks
children between the ages Of IL and
3 years, but older children and adults
o~o mt iv,orouro A1%ho,,ot tho 6oo%h
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

Now surgery is hailed as first aid IN
Transforming criminals into good citi.
zens, and the knife is the real moral
uplifter. All evil tendencies will be
removed by a surgical operation and
the millennium will come, but not I'M
til the doctors have all become multi
millionaires. - ssG5 s#. ssz..ss.,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10
DUKE IS TO GOVERN CANADA

1t is officially announced that the
duke of Connaught will succeed Ear
Grey in September as governor gen.
eral of Canada. He will hold the ap.
pointment for two years and that Pc
riod may be extended.
The announcement that the duke
Of Connaught viii be the next COVER
nor general of the Dominion was re-
ceived in Ottawa with great satisfac-
ton. Aside from his general popular
ity throughout the empire. it is felt
that the presence Of so distinguished
a member of the royal family at o.
tawa will give the capital more pol1t''
cal and social importance than 1t ever
has had.
The duke Of Connaught is the only
surviving brother of the late King Ec'
ward. He is sixty years OF age, He'll
marshal in the British army and was
a personal aid de camp to the lafs
king. who desired that he receive his
present appointment. This is not HE
first trip to Canada, as he served IN
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

Maine has been one Of the great
sources Of the eastern seaboard's leo
supply, but even Maine, where the leo
crop seldom fails, is ceasing to de-.
pend upon che weather Artificial ice
has been made for some time at the
plant of the Maine insane hospital In
Augusta and now large ice manufac.
turing plant Is to be established in
Lewiston.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

1t is saddening. however, to note
that the dear "Old Philadelphia Lady"
who has been trying for more than
eleven years to find out, through the
columns of the New York Heralds
Paris edition, how to figure the tenn
perature from Centigrade to Fahren-
heit, and vice versa" has not yet sue.
ceeded.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10
SUCCEEDS SENATOR BURROWS

Perhaps because Of his own person.
atty as we'll as because he is the SUI
cessor Of the old veteran, julius Cak.
sar Burrows, in the United States SER
ate, Charles E. Townsend is REGARDED
as a figure Of considerable importance
in national affairs.
When insurgency broke out in tn.
house Of representatives against tb.
rule of Speaker Cannon. Townsend,
who had been elected to congress IA
1903, became one Of its promoters ana
supporters. His name was even mer~
toned as that Of an available cand:
date against Uncle Joe. Then in the
summer Of last year he began state
wide campaign in Michigan to strip
the senatorial toga from the back Of
Uncle Julius, who was a veteran in
the house Of representatives when
Townsend was a student and who al
ready wore the toga when Townsend
was a plodding lawyer in Jackson
county, with never a dream perhaps
of future legislative honors.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

That millionaire who has offered .
large sum for the discovery of tho
grave of Eve may be credited with
showing proper respect for a remote
ancestress, and the display is not going
TO cost him a cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

A man In Missouri has Just died
who in married life Of 50 years never
quarreled with his wife nor told her
lie. The great majority of husbands
will refuse to believe in such super.
human virtue, particularly as to the
last detail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

Twelve women jurors in San Fran
cisco agreed so promptly that they
pronounced for divorce without
awaiting the judges charge. but the
lady jurors will learn in time to
Wrangle over verdicts just like men.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

exactly reversed entirely
condition OF
Association
The
followed the leading engineers
automobile publishing
officers
all
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

If things keep on going as they have
been it may be necessary to substitute
the letter "r" for n" in the last word
of the usual notice on the theater pro-
grams: Ladies' will please remove
their hats"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

II auto owners were more careful as
to the kind of men they employ as
chauffeurs possibly there would be
fewer Joy rides. Sometimes, however,
the owner sets the chauffeur bad ex-
ample.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10
ADVOCATES GOOD HIGHWAYS

w. Page, director of the United
States Office Of public roads and presi-
dent of the new American Association
for Highway Improvement, asserts
that the United States suffers a direct
loss of $40,000,000 annually on account
of incorrect and inadequate methods
in the construction, maintenance and
administration Of public roads.
This enormous loss is nothing COM
pared with the indirect loss. through
excessive cost of transportation,
which is caused by the burden which
bad roads impose upon the farmers
and others who use the highways, and
this amount, according to Mr.. Pages
report, reaches the impressive total Of
$3.50, 100000 every year.
The American farmer Is paying two
or three times as much to get his
products to market as the man who
tills the ground in Europe, and this
added cost of transportation is known
to be an important factor in the high
ooc+ ~ LIVING nrOh1om Road ovporta
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

Forty-hve Of the Brazilian sailors
who mutinied have died from various
causes since their surrender. TWENTY
six succumbed to sunstroke while en-
gagged in compulsory government
work. This form Of capital punish
ment is effective. il. unofficial.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

In New York they are going to
demonstrate how child can be
clothed adequately for 81 year. Even
the owner of a fashionable fiat build
ing should admit that a good child ID
worth as much as that.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

Russia proposes to build $75.ooo'-
900 feet of battleships for the Black
Sea. They will be perfectly safe there
If the Russian sailors can keep them
aflOat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10
a Mere Susnieion

I never permit myself to become
the slave of a habit
Don't you? I had an idea that you
had become good deal of a slave to
the habit Of boasting about your
strength Of will >. :. I. .:s..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

Talk about your western corn har-
vests. Capt Drake of Marlborough
county, South Carolina, holds the
worlds record of 254 and fraction
bushels of the grain to the acre.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

More than half the members OF the
senior class at Wellesley college are
reported to be engaged to be married.
The comments of the girls at Smith
and Vassar ought to be interesting.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

The thugs who beat a policeman
took his revolver away from him and
left him lying unconscious IN the street
should be chidden for violating the
golden rule.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

We are inclined to be skeptical
about that Alaska fire which destroyed
half a town with the mercury 81 de-
grees below. Wouldn't the flames
freeze in weather like that?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

Medical records show" says a nerve
specialist, that persons who are not
loquacious have always been remarked
for their good health" Let him e.
plain that to his wife.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

Not SO Bad as It Might Be. =
New York has muslcar comedy
which the critics declare is not comic.
Tais Is nothing new. Many Of them
asve been actually painful.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

The Cleveland man who sued for
time lost in answering mistaken tele-
phone calls" must have further time to
lose.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

Vienna's birth rate has fallen enor'
mously. Evidently the stork does not
love the apartment houses IN which 10
many Vienna families live.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

It is no crime to steal umbrellas on
rainy days in New Jersey. And no"
will not those who are addicted to the
habit please go there?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

A navy officer has invented pistol
for shooting flies. 1t ought TO make
popular a new summer sport, for the
game will never be lacking.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

New York has musical comedy
which is said to be not comic. There
are others, some Of which are not mu'
steal, either.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

In the matter of safety we do not $50
that the submarines have much ad'
vantage over the flying mach1nes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

the Free Mason OF Engane
he Is Earl OF
United Kingdom and and otha ana oA
Lo:ssa Margaret Of Prussia
onnagt would the next
his
Of
20 to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10
With jimswinger coats vests are cut
low to show shirt studs.

How long will the aviators stick to
their agreement not to indulge II
reckless flying?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

Africa led all the rest of the world
In gold production last year. The Al
rican output was $175,000,00o. or near
lv double that of the United States.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

America has 26 licensed aviators, and
the 26 have formed trust In order TO
pr0long their own lives.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10
ka Mats In Vain.

The foolish man sits around expect
ing somebody else to arrange oppcrtu'
uities for him.. Chicago Record-Hers
aid. .sS .3 3s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

Has Preserved Eyesight Long.
In Wood Green, England. there Il
living q woman of one hundred and
i've years Of age who can read With.
out glasses. s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

More ink than blood was shed over
the now famous battle OF LONDON, IN
which two men stood off 200.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

insuring
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10
The K0h.1.Nnop

The kot-I-Noor.
The Koh-i-noor diamond originally
weighed 800 karats, but by successive
cuttings has been reduced to LOG kar.
ats. 5 5;s
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-15
SATISFACTORY FISHING SEASON.

ASS result Of an unprecedented run
Of sbad, the Baltimore markets are
now sIutted with that fish. Fifty or
more bugeyes aud schooners are now
tied nm at the monumental city loaded
With shad and herring from nearby
fishing shores. Fine roe shad are sell
ing at 50 cents, while bucks are selling
for Is and 20 cents apiece.
The immense catch comes from the
western shore Of Maryland and from the
vicinity Of Tilghman Island, on the
eastern shore. The vast schools have
already reached the upper bay. The
vanguard has also arrived at the head
waters of the bay, ID the neighborhood
Of Havre de Grace and Port Deposit,
and the fishermen there are antlcipat-
ing al unusually large catch. The
satisfactory result is probably due to
the lateness OF the season, the contn-
uation Of strong southeriy winds, and
the moon and the tides have lot to 40
with the run OF the fish, Baltimore
American.
There have been but few arrivals at
Fishtovn tbs season. There is an
abundant offering Of shad and herring
ia the market. Prices today were un-
changed from those Of yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-15
THE RIXEY CASE.

The case Of c. J. Rixey. former presi
dent of the Virginia Safe Deposit anc
Trust Corporation, recently indicted II
the Corporation Court, will come up on
Monday. 1t is not known today
whether or not Mr.. Rixey will be in q
condition to stand trial at that time.
The sci ia. proceedings incident to
the forfeiture Of Mr.. Rixey's bond vii
come up on Friday, the Dist.
The Richmond Times Dispatch o
yesterday said: Protest has been re-
ceived by the governor against requl
sition for C. J. Rixey, late president q
the Virginia Safe Deposit and Trns'
Corporation of Alexandria, who is IN
der indictment for wrecking that lnstl,
tuition, j. L. Jefiries. counsel for Mr..
Rixev, states that the accused man ;
health will not permit OF his being
moved from Washington TO Alexandra.
No application for requislion has yet
been made. Commonwealth Attor-
ney Brent stated several days ago that
he would not ask for such proceedings
until after April q, the date set hy
Judge Barley for Rixey to be brought
into court.
Mr.. Rixey's attorneys in this city
say they know nothing Of the above.