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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

Ar EW YORK.-The police here be-
" lieve that they have finally sue
ceeded in breaking up one Of the
strangest as we'll as one of the mean
est forms of graft which the members
If the underworld, always fertile in
such schemes, have ever developed.
This form of graft in no way resem-
oles the good old bunko games of the
professional sharper, but has brought
about instead the new calling of the
professional horse-poisoner.
The methods Of earning a livelihood
in this manner, as revealed by the
capture of a gang of prisoners, are
simple. AS practiced here, the game
has been worked by men acting in
couples, one to handle the finances, the
other to do the poisoning. The for
mer, to begin operations, selects a GER
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Second Coxey Army Threatens Capital

pushing the propaganda of this latter
day crusade that is expected to shake
the walls of Indifference and make II
possible for every man who wants II
to have a job.
Coxey was the leader Of the first
of the great marches Of protest. Hit
men marched so far that the spirit OF
the column was gone long before II
came within striking distance OF
Washington. 1t was a failure. The
army dwindled away, and but hand.
full of those that started on the move.
ment stuck until the end. How and
his lieutenants are studying the his.
tory Of this march and hope to profit
by the mistakes of Coxey and his
aids. How hopes to make this march
crusade against things as they are.
Such an army as he leads How be-
lieves will show the nation the need Of
some action. Men have promised tc
join him from every part Of the coun.
try. Already the hobo tribes have re.
ceived the call and are being notified
to concentrate in the valley In easy
distance of the actual starting place.
which is to be settled upon later. Ar.
rangements have been made whereby
the cohorts from the west will start
earlier than those from the Ohio val.
ley.
James Eads How has long been a
dreamer. Since he first began as the
friend of the newsboys in St. Louis he
has been striving to lift the down-trod'
den and those who have gone down
because of their own shiftlessness. He
went among them, studied their
wrongs and their weaknesses, made
himself a doctor in order that he
might help them in their times of sick.
ness, and now he proposes to lead
them before their representatives and
ask that something be done for them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
I'VE. DIDN'T
| WANT TO |
| LOSE |
| ANY TINE

Mrs. Jewell and her husband haG
worked hard to pay.
Jewell died on Tuesday and the
funeral was held on Wednesday,. The
next day the widow drove into SWANS.
boro, accompanied by Mcdaniel. and
went to the courthouse
The Widow Jewell ain't losing any
time in settling up the estate" re-
marked those who saw her enter the
courthouse, and her prompt attention
to business caused comment among
those who had feared the day before
that she would collopse at her husr
bands funeral.
1t wasn't the probate judge that
Mrs. Jewell was looking for, however,
but the marriage license Office. Guild.
ed by Mcdaniel, she walked into the
office and gave her age as thirty-one
while he gave his as twenty-six.
Lifting her black veil so that she
could see to write her name. the
widow signed the affidavit and in a
few minutes they were married and
on their way back to the Jewell farm.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

the parties, in case of doubt, but this
law was frequently and successfully
evaded.
A common method of evasion was
for the young man, If under age, to
put slip Of paper, bearing the num-
Der Fl, in his shoe, and for the girl to
put in her shoe slip Of paper with
the number IS, and then the man
would cheerfully make affidavit that
he was lover twenty-one," and with
equal sincerity the girl would make
affidavit that she was lover eighteen"
In o few instances indictments have
been returned against bridegrooms for
false swearing, but uniformly the
fatEs-s-in-law after few weeks have
decided to. make the best of it, and
have refused to testify against their
unwefcome sons-in-law.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
three hundred men, or a squadron of

three hundred men, or a squadron Of
cavalry or battalion of infantry, can
be provided for by this kitchen, the
manner of preparation being to ar
range meals for two companies by
first bringing to boiling on the range,
and then putting the food into the
asbestos-lined compartments on the
rear of the platform.
The rations for two more organiza-
tons are next cooked on the range
until done, and instead Of 20 men, as
is usual in company cooking, nine do
the work with the fireless.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

rH1CAGO.-The health department
~ estimates there are more than Co.,
600 rats in Chicago and that the mum
Der Is increasing day by day, despite
the efforts of professional rat catch
ers and the use of mechanical devices
tor their destruction.
War of determination against mem
bers of the surmulot tribe is carried on
In all parts Of the city, but in no place
Is the slaughter greater than at the
stock yards. There the battle is waged
continually.
Every morning for breakfast men
who have studied the subject say the
little brown rat in this city consumes
a quantity of food equal to the meat
Of So cows. Since they eat three
meals day in each twenty -four hours.
they consume three times that quantity
or equal to 1E6 head of cattle. This
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
HOLDS THE MARRYING RECORD

Recently tying the matrimonial knot
for his five thousandth couple, Jus
tice William B. Hendrix Of Blooming
ton, ILL.,, now claims to hold the
worlds record. The famous agent Of
Cupid was given reception by his
friends in recognition of his extraordi-
nary showing and the couple who hap
pened to be the lucky persons to mark
the elimination of the 5000 record
were given an ornate marriage GER
tificate, even more elaborate than
those customarily given.
Squire Hendryx, who has made
Bloomington known the country over
as a Gretna Green, is one of the city's
most unique characters. Forty years
a justice of the peace, he was recent
ly honored by his fellow citizens and
elected police magistrate, one of the
most profitable Offices in the gift Of
the people.
Although kept busy in looking after
the municipal lawbreakers, he has not
closed his remarkable marriage par
lors, and sandwiches in the police c.
marrying the grandchildren Of person
Civil war. He has hopes of being abb
fishing another extraordinary record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

An
only
Attorney General
only 50 day. this o a
The chief chemists
full
Rusby Of New York for be higher
than the $11 allowed
Floyd W.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

PRIME MINISTER OF PERSIA

The ruler Of a country which has
been so welded to ancient customs
as to fall far behind in the progress
of the world may be ever SO tntelli-
gent and progressive and ever so de-
sirous of adopting modern systems,
but he can accomplish little unless he
can bring his advisers to his way OF
thinking. That is the position In
which the young shah Of Persia has
found himself Realizing that the
financial system of Ais country is
archaic and that there can be no real
progress for Persia until the coun'
try's money affairs and credit are put
on a firm and modern foundation.
some months ago he invited w. Nor
gan Shuster and a corps of Americans
to come to Persia and take full charge
of the country's finances for a period
of years. Mr.. Shuster and his com
panions are in Persia now, but both
they and the shah found great diff
culties in their way.
Tho p1on vos hittorlv OnnOao6 nv
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

A Chicago woman says that divorces
sre more common now because her
sex have raised the standard of man.
hood. Any old kind of husband will
no longer do, she says How does
it happen, then. that so many men get
married?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
The Comeback.

Comedian Boarder-I have named
this coffee November, my dear madam.
Stern Landlady-Indeed. sir. And
why?
Comedian Boarder-Because 1t Is %
cold and cloudy.
Stern Landlady-What brilliant
young man! l though Of naming It
after you.
Comedian Boardor-And why?
Stern LAndlady-Becavse 1t 70 %
long before It sottl0a / ~ .e...sz.sss ,=$z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
The Next Step.

The Next Step.
I've seen pictures of King George
V. when baby, King George v. when
a schoolboy, King George v. when a
sailor, King George v. in uniform. KIM
George V. In street attire, King
George V. in his coronation robes.
and pow-" -
"Well?"
Tia Just waiting to see what news.
paper will be the first to print 4 pio.
ture OF King George v. in his royal %.
jamas." ;. a. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

A Syracuse lady has celebrated her
eighty-tirst birthday by skipping the
rope 81 times. We are glad to be
able to report that she does not boast
that she has used tobacco and strong
liquor all her Life
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

A New York grocer was pardoned
for speeding to save his wife's $50
hat from the rain. so the grocer's GUS
toner whose entire family's s25 worth
Of clothes is endangered will not be
arrested If they run
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

Edison says that the end Of the troll
ey car Is in sight. But the boldest in
ventor has not yet tackled the prob
lem Of the strap-hangerless car.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Slightly Envious.

Slightly EnvtouS.
suppose you are happy, with all
the wealth you have accumulated"
There is only one man envy" 70
piled Mr.. Chuggins.
who is that?"
The motorcycle policeman. Every
once in awhile he get3 chance to vio
late the speed limits without being ~
rested" ~,..- .,.- .x4s~..., -.- ..,..e.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

+ Swedish se.vonoper s.ve4 the
earth more than 10000 years longer
to live. Which looks bad for our de.
scendants in about the three hun.
dredth generation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

A Chicago woman has had a lawyer
arrested, alleging that he called her an
"old cat" Call woman a cat, If you
must, but never call her an old cat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

of the powerful advisers Among these separd
the his that left
reform ands Recently
The
a
trained
that he in
her a among
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

A good many Of our householders
labor under the impression that ice is
measured by the carat, like diamonds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

Willie Berri's Brooklyn playmates
can never brag successfully about hav-
ing had the measles, for Willie stepped
in the presidents soup.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

One who will sit out on the bleach
ers when the temperature is playing
around 100 must really want to sec
the ball game.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

A young woman in Brooklyn wants
to marry the stepson of her father-in-
laws first wife, All OF which Is our
notion of considerable mixup.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

You'll not notice the heat If you
don't talk about it," says Doctor
Wiley. The trouble is that other peo-
pie insist on talking about it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

Poo is a great game, and might be
even more thrilling and spectacular If
the players would ride motorcycles in
stead of horses.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

DR.. Alvah H. Doty. health officer
of the port Of New York, who is en-.
gagged in fighting the threatened in.
vasion Of cholera, is regarded as an
efficient and watchful public official
He is lecturer on quarantine santa
ton at Bellevue Hospital Medical col
lege and fellow Of the New York
Academy of Medicine.
Dr. Doty says that the cholera germ
can be received in one way only,
through the mouth, and that there is
no danger in ordinary contact with
persons who have the disease.
However, Charles Dushkind, counsel
for the compliments at the investiga
ton of DR.. Dotys official conduct now
in progress, declares his belief that
the cholera patients recently placed
in the hospital caught the disease not
on the steamer but at the immigra.
ton station, where all the passengers
were detained after landing.
The danger, or rather the under
standing of It. is further increased by
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

A Boston court has been called on
70 decide whether baseball playing is
labor. 1t seems to be when the Detroit
team is playing on the other side.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

When you discover two souls with
Out single thought the thought con-
Germs the coolest place within reach.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
DR., WILEY ON THE CARPET

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, pure food ex-
pert, chief of the bureau of chemistry
Of the department of agriculture and
one of the most widely known officials
in the government service, was re-
Gently condemned by committee on
personnel of the department of agri-
culture, with recommendation to
President Taft that he "be permitted
to resign" In an opinion on the case.
submitted to the president, Attorney
General Wickersham recommended
approval of the committees action
1t is charged against DR.. Wiley that
he permitted an arrangement to be
made with Dr. H. H. Rusby, a recog-
nized pharmacognosist of Columbia
university, New York, for compensa.
ton in excess Of that allowed by law
1t is asserted that the arrangement
was to put DR.. Rusby on the pay roll
of the department at $1,000 a year
as an employe of the bureau of chem
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

Warmer winters are promised. 1t is
be warmer than the summers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

A Pittsburg scientist says there Is a
microbe in every kiss Pittsburg ought
to know that by this time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

No first class summer resort, as you
ray have observed. ever has any
tlies or mosquitoes for publication.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

England has just launched her first
war airship. 1t is called the Mayfly.
Probably the implied doubt is justit1-
able.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

Several hundred marriages in Chica.
20 have been declared void, thereby
saving a good many people the ex-
pense of trip to Reno.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

Visit any store where they sell
straw hats and view the impressive
ceremony of putting the lid on.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

Chicago has twice as many tele-
phones as London. But then 1t has
twice as much to say.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Resemblance.

ReSembIance.
I'VE are but pawns in the game of
ife," said the serious woman
Perhaps" responded Miss Cayenne.
But those of us who wear hobbs
skirts look more like cribbaze pegs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

Worse than not being able to swim
these days is not being able to 90
swimming
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

A New York physician says that one
can escape typhoid fever by chewing
tobacco The remedy, however, is
worse than the disease.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
Too Rapjd.

Il see by the paper that the play
ing of checkers has been made unlaw-
fu. ip Georgia town." said the south
erner
WELL" replied the travelling man
Il can Ill 1erstand why checkers might
be considered TOO rapid a game for
some Georgia towns." - YonkefS
ata4aRm1n.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

A new counterfeit $40 bill Is In cir
culation. Watch for it when the con-
ductor hands you your change.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

cholera
others
man disease
machinery Of the has been put in
All
abroad special instructions have issued
hurried Washington
work cooperation with Dr. Doy
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

ReGman Wanamaker is insured for
$4,500,000, but it Is not stated Wheth-
err he is an aviator or a canoeist.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

In addition to the wireless telegraph
Chicago will now have permanently
noiseless peddlers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

When a man boasts about his old age
1t Is generally found that he has moth
ing else to boast about
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18

A Sacramento minister defended Sun.
day baseball, and they say he struck
right out.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-18
A college education is getting to be
mighty expensive-for alumni.
Still this is just the weather you
were wishing for last February.
That wind blown summer resort ad.
vertising begins to look very catchy.
The summer girl was never more
fascinating than she is this season.

An umpire never reverses deci.
sion, although asked to do so every
day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-05

poets that this training will enable
him to make flights Of four and five
hours continuously each day.
Counts on Dogged Persistence.
Although Rodgers has chosen the
longest route by flying from New
York to Albany, thence to Buffalo and
possibly by the way of Canada, swerv-
ing from Chicago to Fort Worth and
Ell Paso, and then across the plains
and deserts to Los Angeles, he ex-
poets that he will be able to finish the
journey in 80 days.
That he must fly between 5000 and
5000 miles and face a prevailing wind
from the west does not trouble him
in the least He is aware that his
craft is capable OF only 4S miles an
hour in a calm, which is the theoreti-
cal speed, and he knows that this
speed will be materially decreased by
the head winds that prevail, but he be-
lieves that by flying continuously for
hours each day he can overcome nat
uraI handicaps
His model 'tBv Wright biplane is IN
like many other craft produced in the
Wright factory, because it is equipped
with a double system of control levers.
This enables the aviator to change
positions without discomfort
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-05

all business, not only the business most
intimately connected with. the thing
taxed, but all business, will be affect
ed to some degree. But taxation, unless
1t be even, just and equal is a him
drance which business will do its best
to escape. And since business no longer
confines itself to one locality but ex-
tends over many states, there surely
is call for state comfy in taxation.
The call for federal interference in
business is really a cry for relief from
clashing state attempts at unfair and
unjust taxation of business. That is
why the effect OF each tax measure
outside of the state should be as care
fully considered as its effect within the
state"
Capital should be free to shift from
one locality to another, whereby it can
be employed to the best economic adj
vantage" said the speaker. '.Such
shifting benefits the state where the
capital is invested in enterprises, which
develop its resources, and also bene-
fits those whose capital is so invested,
thereby encouraging thrift and indus
try.
New York has taken some import
ant steps this year in the matter OF
state comfy in taxation The states OF
nonresidents will be taxable only on
real estate and cnaCIelS WITHIN our
borders. In this respect our law fol-
lows the model law prepared by your
committee and Endorsed by our confer
ence at Milwaukee last year Under our
present law shares in New York cor
porationS owned by nonresidents are
exempt from our inheritance/tax, and
this obstacle to free investment in our
business enterprises has been removed.
Securities and money of nonresidents
deposited in our state are also exempt.
The states are now awake to the
need Of common action" concluded gov
ernor Dix. I'VE have our states COM
missioners or uniformity of laws We
have each year gatherings of insurance
commissioners Of the states, meetings
of attorney generals of the states, con-
ference of state auditors, and so On
through the whole list OF administra-
tive officials. In the matters OF tax
alton, that is the demand Of the state
for contributions from it's citizens for
the expense of government; there is,
If anything, a still greater need of
conference and comfy"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-05
Mile Posts of Age
Banished from Skin
Fashions Mirror)

Women with aged, wrinkled or
rough. unlovely skins will be delighted
to learn Of a new and simple. lotion
that permanently removes every YES
tige of dead cuticle and causes wrin-
kles, fine lines, pimp1es, blackheads and
other blemishes to vanish as If by
magic. This lotion is made by dissolv-
ing an original package of mayatone
in eight ounces of witchhazel.
When used as a massage, the maya
tone lotion gradually removes the
outer layer of dead or roughened skin,
revealing the under pink and white
velvet-like structure II. all it's virgin
purity and rich establishment No
powder or rouge is necessary when the
mayatone lotion is used, and, as it is
greaseless, there need be no fear of
its encouraging the growth of hair.