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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30

For few moments after I had
finished speaking, Professor Henry
looked at me almost reproachfully.
do you think that would have been
right for a man Of pure science to
do?' he at last asked gently: I have
never felt that it would be right for
me to patent, or reserve to myself in
any way, any discovery resulting
from my scientific Investigations. l
have always felt that he who discov'
ers principle which contains in 1t
the possibilities of great benefits to
humanity and civilization. owes a
duty to his fellow men which cannot
be met unless he gives his discovery
unreservedly to the world. dare
say 1 could have been man of con-
siderable, possibly great wealth by
now had l felt otherwise. But every
man is accountable to his own con-
science, and my conscience will not
let me do as you have suggested
I'm those few words, simply and
quietly spoken" concluded Mr.. Nc
Culloch, there was revealed to me
the fact that Professor Henry's moral
character ranked with his great in
tellectual gifts"
copyright, 1911, by E. ]. Edwards. All
Rights ReSerVed)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
A Bird Sanctuary.

It is the custom during the summer
months to leave the ventilating panes
open in the old church at HamstaN
Riwane, Staffordshire. A robin took
advantage of this lately and built Its
nest in the wooden case of the organ
behind the false pipes, where it did
no harm to the instrument. 1t was
sitting when discovered and was az
lowed for this once to hatch and rear
it's brood, one solitary chick. A fow
leaves from an old prayer-book formed
part of it's nest. The hen sat quite
steadily during the service and took
no notice of the organ. But the cock
would not face the congregation and
only ventured to appear at the WIN
dows with food in his bill, but did not
dare to come in. A thrush also built
in low laurel bush at the church
door, where everyone looked into 1t.
but the boys all agreed it must not be-
touched and the eggs Matched quite
safely.-From Field.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Jupiter's the Sky Thief.

The planet Jupiter has been found
guilty, on both direct and circum-
stantial evidence, of stealing comets,
says Prof. D. J. McAdam, writing in
Harper's Weekly. There are some
thirty comets whose orbits lie SO close
to Jupiter's that the homage which
they seem to pay to him cannot be
accidental. But Jupiter has been
caught , red-handed. In 17c?, as
certain comet was passing Jupiter's
orbit on it's 48-year period, Jupiter
tried to steal it and succeeded in re-
ducing it's period to one of five and
half years. But Jupiter cannot
catch every comet which he attacks.
In 1779 he tried again, and his greed
spoiled his work. He pulled out the
period of it's orbit from five and a
half to twenty-seven years. In 1886
Jupiter pulled back the orbit to one
Of seven years and split it into five
pieces. His next chance will arrive in
1921, when he may capture or de-.
stroy it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Miners Terrible Experience.

For nine hours Sunderland (Scot'
land) miner named Morrison was ex'
posed to the icy blasts and drenchin9
spray of the North Sea during a re-
cent storm. Although warned Of the
danger, he ventured along pier and
began fishing with line. Gradually
the tide rose, and, driven by strong
wind, the waves began rolling over
the pier between him and the shore.
Fishermen went out in a boat, and
urged him to throw his fishing lins
to them 80 that they could give him a
rope and drag him aboard, but he
would not risk 1t. He was In danger
of being washed Of, and to prevent It,
attached his suspenders to the iron.
work. At midnight the tide had gons
down sufficiently to allow the dock
men to venture along the pier. They
found the man benumbed with cold
and nearly dAaN from exposure
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
.MEANEsT WOMAN IS FOUND.
pesp'cable Trick That One From Los
Angeles Played on Her Kansas
City Friend.

We often hear of the meanest man.
and his delinquencies are exposed to
scornful world with merciless severi-
ty, but little is said of the meanest
woman, on the theory, presumably
that the dear creatures are so sweet
and ethereal that the quality of mean
ness does not abide in their compost
ton, the Kansas City Journal says:
But assuming, for the sake of argu-
ment, that an attractive woman could
be mean, the meanest one has certain
~ been found in Kansas City, accord.
ing to the following testimony: One
day this week, so the story goes, a
very pretty young woman gave a
photograph of a rather good-looking
young man to negro maid at the
Union depot. On the back was the
following inscriptions: yTo Evelyn
The best little girl in the world. May
she always remain so. Fred" The
young woman also gave the maid a
smaller picture. of the same young
man, bound In an attractive silver
frame. I'm going away to my home,
out to Los Angeles" she said, land
don't want to carry these pictures with
me. I've written to my chuln to come
here and get them. I've been visiting
her. He Is her husband and a dandy
fellow"
Speaking OF Adam laying the blame
on Eve, here Is piece of pure, un-
adulterated meanness; if the revealed
facts are not wholly misleading, that
beats Adam and his tribe to the pres
ent generation "all hollow" Thf girl
had accepted the young mans nten-
tons, likewise his bonbons, JOY rides,
thrilling whispers on the stats and
all the stolen sweets that go t. make
up the menu of forbidden fruits that
relieve life's dull monotony and like'
wise play hob with domestic happi.
ness. Not only had she accepted his
dence-though some people profess to
doubt the validity of evidence OF
that sort-goes to show that she had
not been wholly passive quantity ia
the moods and lenses of the affair.
And yet, when the fun is over ana
the stolen fruits are sucked dry, She
leaves sour lemon in their place fos
the husband and wife to divide bee
tween them. There are a few mean
men in this dreary old world. but one
has yet to be found mean enough to
stir up, through sheer spirit of
wantonness and malevolence, discord
where peace and love reigned before.
1t takes a woman to win confidence
and then put bitter drop in another
woman's cup of happiness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Why Gov. Brown Didn't Speak

That story, and the wide c1rcula-
ton that it ultimately gained, was not
displeasing to the Republican politi-
clans, yet, on the word of the physi-
clan who was called in to attend Gov
ernor Brown, there was not one word
of truth in it, AS soon as the rumor
that Governor Brown was i'll had
reached newspaper man of New Ha-
ven, he sought out this physician and
to the young man the doctor said:
The Liberal Republican ticket
came very near losing its candidate
for vice-president today. When
called upon him professionally at his
hotel, l found him suffering acutely,
and l diagnosed the case as one Of
poison. Governor Browns friends
told me that he had been anxious to
taste soft she'll crabs, delicacy
that was not known in his college
days, and that the dish had so ap-
pealed to him that he had imprudent-
ly eaten three. Very likely one of
them was not as fresh as it might
have been; at all events, he was poi
soned by the delicacy, and so much so
that only after an hour or two Of the
hardest work succeeded in relieving
him and bringing him out of danger.
But would not be surprised if he felt
the effects of the acute illness for
cNn1n time
The young correspondent hurried
away, and was about to send the true
story of the cause of Governor
Browns illness to the New York news
paper of which he was the local rep
resentative when several of the New
Haven Republican campaign man.
ayers urged him. as a fellow Repub-
lican, to say nothing, giving it as
their opinion that the first story of
the cause of Governor Browns illness
had better run its course. Their coun-
sci prevailed, and so it never became
known that not too much cordialfty,
but what we should now call ptomaine
poisoning was the primary cause of
the abrupt termination of the New
England campaign of the Liberal Re
publican candidate for vice-president.
Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights ReSerVed)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Prof. Joseph Henry, Real Originator
Of Electric Telegraph, Did Not Be-
lieve He Should Profit Finan.
ciaIly by His Discoveries.

The two men of science who are
now universally credited with having
largely laid the foundation for the
present-day industrial use of electric
ity are Michael Faraday and Joseph
Henry. 1t has been said Of Henry
that he did more than any other
American since the time of Franklin
for the development of the science Of
electricity. When he was only thirty
two years of age he sent a current Of
electricity through a mile of copper
wire and caused an audible signal to
be sounded at the end of the wire.
While it is true that Faraday had pre-
coded him in the discovery of mag
netic induction, yet Henry was the
first to employ magnetic attraction
and repulsion to produce motion. 1t
is now generally accepted that Henry
discovered the principle upon which
the Morse telegraph instrument is
operated, while Professor Morse him.
self invented the apparatus by means
Of which Ineligible signals could be
communicated for long distances by
electricity. From 1916 until his death
In 1873, Professor Henry was secre-
tary of the Smithsonian institution.
One Of the intimate friends of Pro-
fessor Henry during the latter part of
his life was Hugh McCulloch of In
diana, who, in 1868, became the first
comptroller of the currency and two
years later succeeded Fessenden as
secretary of the treasury, post that
he retained until 1869.
Soon after l went to Washington
to organize the new department of
the comptroller of the currency" said
Mr.. McCulloch, lit was my good for
tune to meet Professor Henry, who
was then enjoying an enviable inter-
national reputation, at little club
whose membership was chiefly con-
fined to scientific men. circumstance
that led me to say to Professor Henry
that seemed to be out of place in a
club of that kind, for, although I had
always been interested in science as
a layman, yet my lifes work had
been devoted to banking, except the
few years during which I had prac-
ticed law.
Mr.. Comptroller replied Profess
sor Henry, you make a great mistake
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Valuable Bird.

parrots round about these ERE
parts" said a seafaring-looking man
in the Goat and Grapes, don't seem
to ave no sense. 'ad a bird when
come off the Saucy Emma wot'd a.
made yer open yer eyes, an no mis-
take. Alwus used ter say the Collect
for the day before every bid O. sugar,
that bird did, and is intonin' d make
Ugh church curate turn rainbow
colored wi jealousy. 'Ad i'm in the
railway kerridge WI me goin' up ter
London. There wus only an old lady
In the compartment besides us, an
bein' tired l drops off ter sleep. I
wakes up in about arr an our, an
wonders wot the deuce was up. There
was the old lady lookin' scared ter
death, an the parrot in the bottom Of
the cage WI his back up like blessed
cat. ''Elp! 'Elp!' e was a-shoutin'
I know it's leap year, but if that old
geezer comes any tricks I'm a-goin'
ter pull the communication cord!"
London Answers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
MONKEY WITH MEDAL
MASCOT OF II. NJ. s. VGILANT IS
DECORATED FOR SERVICE.
Jenny, a Simian From the Andamar
Islands, Went Through Abyssinian
Campaign and Liked the
Roar of Battle.

Nearly every warship has had q
pet aboard at one time or another, but
very few of these animals have ever
attained the distinction accorded to
Jenny. the mascot of H. M. S. Vigilant
who served through the Abyssintan
campaign and was discharged with q
service medal, suitably inscribed with
her name and rating, suspended by &
silver chain about her hairy neck.
Jenny was found in the Andaman
islands, where no monkeys were sup
posed to exist, and she belonged to q
new species. Her body was covered
with long, light gray hair, much finer
and silkier than the hair of the aver
age simian; her head was unusually
broad between the ears, her eyes
larger than others of her kind and
her hands more like those of human
being.
Jenny was about a year old when
captured, and at first was very wild
but. from constant petting she quickly
grew tame and took to life on the
ocean wave like duck to water
Every man aboard the ship, from Cap
tain Brown down to the cook, took
turns at educating Jenny, and as she
was amazingly intelligent it never
needed more than two or three lessons
to teach her what she must or must
not do. She was permitted the run
of the vessel, and never betrayed the
trust reposed in her by an act of wan
ton mischief. Jenny showed a marked
fondness for something to nurse and
pet, and adopted half-grown chicken
as her baby, rocking it in her arms
for hours at time, much to the chick
ems disgust When it died-prObably
from too much affection-Jenny moped
and was inconsolable. One of the sail
ors made rag doll for her, but find
ing it was not alive she promptly
threw it overheard.
She had her own hammock slung
with the men and turned in when they
did. She never was able to learn to
lash her hammock, though she made
many attempts to do so. She always
was in her particular place at the
mess table, ate with a fork and spoon,
drank from a cup, and learned to like
tea with milk and sugar. Her favorite
dish was corn meal and molasses. She
also relished a glass of grog and en-
joyed pipe, which she filled and
lighted without assistance.
Jenny showed no fear of firearms
and kept her station on deck when
the batteries were roaring. When the
Vigilant reached England after four
years cruise and her crew was mus
tered out, Jenny was presented to the
London zoo.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Emperor Summoned Pope to Perform
Ceremony at Paris Instead Of
Rheims, Ecclesiastical Home.

The coronation of Emperor Napo-
leon was in many ways the most un-
usual in modern history. Bonaparte-
the marvellous admixture of destruc-
ton and regeneration, of liberty and
despotism, of devotion and skepticism,
of grandeur and abasement-did not
propose to have his elevation to the
imperial dignity pass as a mere civil
ceremony. He determined that he
should have all the aid possible from
the religious institutions. His eleva-
ton, by the vote of the Tribunate, was
announced to the French bishops in a
letter which concluded by desiring the
Vent Creator and the TIE Deum to be
sung In all the churches. A new form
of prayer was also commanded to be
used. Regulations were laid down for
the coronation, and many of the public
functionaries and detachments of the
different military corps were ordered
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
How, After His Third Nomination, He
Let Tammany Hall Know That
He Was Capable of Caring
for Himself.

Grover Cleveland was living at his
summer home on the shores OF Buz-
yards Bay, widely known as Gray
Gables, in the summer of 1892. There
he received the official announcement
of his third nomination for president.
There he entertained leading Demo
Gratis who, as a whole, represented
the entire United States. His demo-
cratic simplicity and his sincerity, as
we'll as a certain cordially of manner,
were never more impressively dis
played by Mr. Cleveland than during
that summer.
He refused to receive no one. He
talked with apparent freedom. Some
of the politicians feared that he was
a little reckless in his talk, and there
prevailed fear among some of the
Democratic leaders that, as he lacked
experience as practical politician,
he might easily commit some blunder
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
N;st an Old Mans Game!

Il may have lost my golf ba12"
thought the old man, as lie crept IN
all fours FOUND the bush into which it
had roll;,l, but 1 will not lose ny
temper"
So he continued to grovel and
grope, anl to wear a persuasive, pa.
tent smile. His knees bagged, his
back achksd horribly, and the bush be-
slowed upon his hands a generous
quantity of thorns. But he refused to
discard his smile, and kept on re.
peating:
mo, I will not lose my temper. /
will not"
Suddenly the elusive ball caught His
eye. Flopping fiat, he stretched his
hand towards it, grasped it among Cts
nest of thorns, and gingerly withdrew
it.
"Hoity.toity!" exclaimed an old
woman behind him. "You ought to be
ashamed, birdnesting at your time of
life!"
And then he did lose his temper.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Growing of Napoleon |.

to attend at Paris on that memorable
occasion. For the first time in all his
tory pope was obliged, at the imperi-
Gus request of the man who held the
destinies of so many nations in the
hollow of his hand, to leave his domin-
ions for the purpose of crownine a
king. Napoleon outdid all other
crowned heads by summoning the su-
preme head of the Roman Catholic
church, Pope Plus VII, to crown him
at Paris instead of at Rheims, the &C.
clesiastical home of the nation
From "Coronatiops Past and Present -
by p. Harvey Middleton in Column
bian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Echoes Told Location Of Iceberqs.

Echoes Told Location Of lceberqs.
Captain Anderson of the Scandinav.
ian-American liner Kentucky, from Co.
penhagen said recently:
Life on the sea is being made easier
not so much by science as by common
sense. When the Kentucky was to tho
eastward Of the Grand Banks Of New
foundland, in a dense fog, the tempera.
ture began to drop and the atmosphere
indicated the presence of icebergs.
I'VE were at loss to tell whether
they were ahead, astern, or abeam.
thought of an experiment.. l had the
whistle blown: the sound waves struck
the huge masses Of floating ice, and by
means of echoes we were able to tell
the location of the icebergs, and steer
ed to the southwark, away from the
drifting bergs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
To Put Worthy Student on His Feet.

To Put Worthy Student on His Feet.
Lehigh university has a department
that President Henry Sturgis Drinker
is very proud Of. 1t is known as the
conference department, and was de-
vised to help tagging students, to save
them from dropping out or paying
large sums for coaching.
Several members of the faculty
make up the department, and they
hold evening sessions for consultation
with students who need help. Advo-
Gates of the system point out that
the student gets help from a compe-
tent teacher, whose idea is not merely
to prepare him for an examination,
but to coach him on until he can work
unassisted. 1t is the theory of tho
conference department that it should
lead rather than carry the troubled
student.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
LIAR SHOULD BE REGUL TIED
Prevalence Of UnofficiaI Ananias Clubs
Tends to Degrade the High Art
Of Prevarication.

The growing custom of establishing
Ananias clubs should be discouraged
for the reason that it is becoming RI
diculous.
II the country had one properly or
ganized Ananias club it would be a
good institution and would have a
large and distinguished membership.
But such a club should not be hap
hazard affair, and initiation to it
should be solemn and interesting
function.
There is no distinction, no salts
faction, in belonging to fraternal so
ciety that is open to every conner and
in which nomination is equivalent to
an election. The way these small, pri-
vate Ananias clubs are run is a dis
grace to all concerned.
One man calls another liar, and
the latter Immediately becomes a
charter member of an Ananias club
and is permitted to wear regalia and
participate in the mystic rites.
One result of the prevalence Of
these unofficial clubs is the degrade
ton Of the grand old name of liar. It
is being shorn Of it's dignity. Time
was when to he a successful liar
amounted to something. Distinction
In that line meant that a man pos.
sessed many admirable qualities, In
Guiding originality and initiative.
No man of sluggish mental equip
ment ever became frst-class liar. TIC
tell fish story and make it sound
like the truth required pronounced
talent
The word has been so misused and
overworked that many citizens be-
come incensed when referred to pub
licly as liars and some resort to VIC
ience in their resentment. The word
is losing it's proud significance and
| socn will be in the same class with
ladies" and gentlemen"
The country needs law prohibit
Ing citizens from establishing Ananiaa
| clubs without due authority from the
! department of justice or some other
bureau. All clubs should be chartered
and registered, and no man should be
permitted to nominate another for
| membership without the consent Of
the nominee.-Emporia Gazette.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Tom PaIne's FirepIaces,

1t has long been mystery 20 the
admirers Of Thomas Paine as to what
became Of the fireplace in the Paine
homestead at New Rochelle, N. T.,
now known as the Deveaux house,
which is situated In a beautiful park
on North avenue of that city and
maintained as a Huguenot memorial
by the Huguenot association.
We have for several years carried
on a painstaking search for this bit
of household utility and have at last
discovered the fireplace in the beasti.
full home Of Walter Bell at Woodbury.,
Conn.,; also the Franklin stove, used
by the great champion of freedom,
both of which are now treasured DOS.
essions Of Mr.. Bell, and may be seen
by those interested In these relics
Magazine Of American History.