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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Make Their Homes on House Tops

But the view from an altitude Of $50
feet was splendid. and at night, when
the moon came out over the thousands
of lights of river and bay, the sight
was enchanting.
The "sky pilot" who led the way
said that the heat was not overwhelm'
ing to him up there or to his house.
hold at any time, "for," he remarked
logically. IF there is any breeze go
ing, don't we get it,"
DO you ever have any mosquitoes
up here?"
"Very seldom"
How about thunderstorms?
Being near the clouds doesn't
make it any worse"
Being asked If he did not miss the
grass and flowers he sighed little,
recalling some country bower, no
doubt, but quickly pointed out bed
of flowers in a cupola that 1.-The boys"
called their flower house" or hot.
house."
$50 you have boys? And how dc
they enjoy this elevation?"
AT first they thought 1t was the
greatest out, but you know how kids
are. 1t all lost its novelty in time,
and new they think more Of the sub
way than of the sights from SO great
q height as this
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

nES MONIES, IA-{n to remark
II able suit just tried hu:e for the
custody Of little jeanette Edwards be-
tween her rival grandmtthera, In
which testimony purporting to be the
wishes Of the child's father ard moth
er, both of whom are dead, conveyed
by means of spiritualistic medium
was offered. Judge Ransier awarded
her to the temporary care Of the
child's mothers parents, Mr.. AMI Mrs,
w. H. Robinson, and assessed the
costs of the action against MY. and
Mrs. L. H. Edwards, the parents OF
her dead father
Mrs. L. H. Edwards of Ceasr Falls,
sister Of Secretary of Agriculture
"Tama Jim" Wilson, and Mty. w. H.
Robinson, a physician of Denver, were
the litigants for the possession of
jeanette, who is eight years old. The
opposing grandmothers are spiritual
lists, each marshaling what she be-
lieved to be formidable line CT ghost
ly evidence in support of her cause.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
puST LOOK At TINT

M EW YORK.-All Of New York's
~ animate myriad do not dwell on
the surface. High over the heads Of
s1gheseers, at the summit of some of
the tallest Office buildings in the
world, live men, women and children,
who find life particularly good there
In the hot nights of summer.
A writer for the New York Tribune
was invited to visit such a home the
other day, and after using the elevator
to the roof entered comfortable look
Ing living room. occupied by Il happy
looking family. Far from earth as
1t was, the room looked plpasingly
earthlike and reaS.
The living room had one entrance.
through a passage from an Office, and
two exits, one to the roof and the 9TH
er Into large parlor Beyond that
was y big bedroom. The roof was. OF
course, at noon in summer, a hot
deseN surrounded by a hot parapet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

MUSEOCEE, OKLA.-A sleepy and
NA "basted' Dan Cupid, kicked out
into tha world because of his poverty,
one morning recently YEARLY ''hoofed''
1t along the ties to Oktaha, whence he
had corae a few short hours before.
Little Jenny Hosmer, an Indian
maiden Of sixteen years, who had
eloped from Oktaha with Wesley Mo-
ran, about her own age, vas not long
In deciding that a coupl. cannot live
on love alone, and ten hours after
the elopment had begu,a the young
lover, tired and detected, was return
Ing to the plow he had hurr1edly left
standing in the field, having been
given his dismissal by his little sweet.
heart.
Jenny Hosmer, although only six.
teen, Is heiress to thousand acres Of
land near Oktaha The entire town
site of Wiebert belongs to her, having
been given 1t in will by i relative.
When she grows up Jenny will be
rich, but riches could not compare
with her love for Wesley Moran. TO
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

D MISUNDERSTANDING to the
/ story told by Mrs. Mary Gugtsa
of 1917 South Lee street, this city, to
Magistrate Hughes she and her three
children were sold by her husband for
81 to a man who, she declares. has
threatened to take her by force.
In broken English she asked that
her husband be found and made to
support her and the three children
whom he had left at home to starve.
Though the alleged transaction took
place some time ago and though the
woman repulsed the man who claimed
her as his property, she declared that
she was still in fear that he might
come forward, now that her husband
has disappeared, and force himself
into her home.
1T was three years ago." she said,
that my husband sold me. He wanted
money for more liquor. He gave me
and the children for 81, and l didn't
know anything about it. When the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

WHILE the customs service is be.
w ing rehabilitated there is a dis
position at the treasury department
to clip off red tape wherever possible.
The abuse has grown up through
many years, and Secretary MacVeagh
wants to eliminate it and practical
politics whenever he can. A collect
or at small port in New Jersey. who
has record Of collecting so cents a
year and drawing $40 in salary and
expenses recently was called to &C.
count for not sending certain docu-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Observation-Disclosures idea of IL

wv 1AoAAAA<0 Ao4S.-oOIue 1u0d Ol luS
W gigantic task which confronts
Walter L. Fisher of Chicago, the new
secretary of the interior, can be CLEAN
cd from the fact that approximately
$2o0,O00,000 is expended annually in
the department of which he has Just
been made the chief; 100000, 900 acres
OF public land is under his immediate
jurisdiction, not including the terri
tory OF Alaska, and nearly $4,000 en-
pioyees take their orders from him.
Inc Importance Of the department
10 the country at large cannot be
oVerestimated, especially at this time
"nen the country is insisting upon an
administration favoring use of the ma
tlonal resources Of the country on the
puDllc domain and in Alaska, which
Will not only permit immediate devel.
opment, but conserve these resources
for future generations.
establishment OF the interior depart
ment was the direct result of the &C.
cess1on OF territory following the Mex.
@can war and general increase in pop.
nlat1on, wealth and business. 1t was
1aade a sort of catchall for govern
1lent business which could not be con-
pen1ently transacted by any other de-
l.artment.
AT the present time the secretary OF
tue interior has supervision over the
following offices and institutions:
General land Office, in charge of
Commissioner Fred bennett, which SUI
rervises. the survey, management and
disposition of the public lands, the ad-
Indication of conflicting claims re.
lattng thereto, the granting of railroad
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
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Secretary Fisher Faces Big Task

and other rights of way, easements,
the issuance Of patents for lands, and
with furnishing certified copies OF
land patents and Of records, plats and
papers on file in that Office. In the
national forests, he executes all laws
relating to surveying, prospecting, lo4
eating, appropriating, entering. re-
conveying or patenting of public
lands, and the granting of rights Of
way amounting to easements.
The employees of the department
are divided among the various
branches of the service as follows:
Office of secretary, 307: office OF
the assistant attorney general, 70;
general land Office, 1,487; Office OF
Indian affairs, sos; patent Office.
934; pension Office, 1879; bureau OF
education, 17S; geological survey,
1,O63; reclamation service, 1,745; bu-
reau of mines, 1873; hospitals, 909;
parks and reservations. Sc; territorial
and District of Columbia, 26; Office of
Superintendent of the capitol, %: to-
tai, 1882.
OF course, the big thing In the pup
lice eye In the department OF the In
terror at the present time is the con-
servation question, involving as It
does a definite policy for the admins
tration of the public domain with
especial reference to Alaska, as we'll
as the contiguous territory embracing
the states. Arising under the pres
ent laws, however, is the Cunningham
coal claims in Alaska and the water
power sites controversy, both of
which were involved in the Ball}nger-
Pinchot embroglio, and both Of which
will have to be dealt with by Secre-
tary Fisher. Even while considering
these important items. however, Mr..
Fisher must ever have an eye on the
general administration of the whole
department, which is one of the most
comprehensive in the entire govern.
| ment,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
n EALERS in corsets are not please
u with the latest fad Of the Wasl

n EALERS in corsets are not pleased
u with the latest fad Of the Wash
ington smart set
On excellent authority it is said
that to be strictly swagger nowadays
woman must discard the engirdling
stays-a thing not impossible with
the present style of empire girdled
frock. The younger set promoted
the back to nature" idea. There
have been many smart dances this
winter, and one after another the
youthful damozels have cast aside the
artificial form.
The first girl to appear at dance
uncorseted created mild sensation
But so materially did her innovation
affect iler career as a belle that the
subsequent dances were remarkable
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Ampiifyina the Idea.

Young Mosslekus has bought
patch of ground in the suburbs and
thinks he is going to get rich on it.
He's crank on what they call inten.
sive farming"
"Yes, and he goes in for intensive
ocurting, too. He has just married
girl he never saw until a week ago."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

A New Jersey woman in an aliena'
tion-of-affections suit recently recov.
cred $4,000 for the loss of her hus.
bands love. And many of her sisters
will probably consider her a lucky
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
FRYE is NESTOR Of SENATE

Senator William Pierce FRYE OF
Maine is the Nestor of the United
States senate and but few have had a
longer record in that body. The late
Senator Merrill of Vermont served SO
years In the senate and II in the
house OF representatives, while Sena
tor Allison of Iowa, for many years
before his death senate leader. sal
in congress 43 years.
Senator Frye ranks next to Mr.. AL
lison in length of service, entering the
house of representatives in 1871. and
serving continuously either in that
body or in the senate ever since. On
a recent Wednesday he celebrated his
thirtieth anniversary as senator. II
was on March Is, 1881, that he was
elected by the Maine legislature t.
succeed James G. Blaine, and az
often as his commission has expired
it has since been renewed.
The senator is now in his eiphtioth
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

If the day of the harem skirt has
arrived it will come in regardless Of
jeers and friendly or unfriendly legis"
lation. If it has not come then all the
advanced women in the world cannot
force it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
First Cholce.

First Choice.
Mr.. Jawback-My dear. I was ono
of the first to leave.
Mrs. Jawback-Oh. you always say
that"
Mr.. JawbackI can prove It this
time. Look out In the hall and see
the beautiful umbrella I brought homa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

against
reelected
a term ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
ne entered
ng ha had delayed its construction
hold
assumed the direction OF the work himself
OF seeing assembling
lined
fulfilled
~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

Now a woman speaker comes for
ward to say that it is the icebox, not
the ballot box, which should interest
women. To the average woman who
wants to enlarge her sphere, encour-
aged by warm enthusiasm, this will
seem but cold advice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

BY her husbands will a Pennsyl
vania widow is to have 100000 as
long as she stays unmarried. She is
In a fine position, If she does want tc
marry again, to be assured past con
tradiction or doubt that she is loved
for herself alone.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

A Chicago matron AYERS that a
breach of promise suit against her
husband merely amuses her How
ever, that form of amusement Is not
likely to become generally popular
among the matrons
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Tho Unmarried Moela'

Tho Unmarried Model,
Mr.. Scrappington-There would be
fewer divorces II more men wera Ike
William @. Di6erdaffer.
Mrs.. 5crappington-Why 10!
M. scrappmgton-Hs . Z bachslor
Smart Set
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

A bull fighter in Seville ran away
with popular dancer, literally snatch.
Ing her from the stage, as her dane.
Ing costume was covered with a cloak.
This shows that the bold Lochinvar
was accustomed to taking the bull by
the horns in any dilemma.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

A Massachusetts chief of police
wants the ducking- stool revived for
feminine scolds He will want it still
more when the tongues he would thus
restrain have finished their assaults
upon him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

The coronation of King George will
an exchange, which is tough luck for
the man who was planning to wear
last years straw again.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Tho Night Owls.

The Night Owls.
Oldbach-Do you believe in heredl
tary influences?
Youngpop-Sure; now my baby n
wakeful at night, and I fully believe
it is just because my wife always in.
sisted on sitting up and waiting for
me to come home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Proficiency Recoonized.

Proficiency Recognized.
The German music teacher was en-.
deavoring to be polite, yet truthful.
"Of course" he said, your daughter
doesn't yet read notes very good and
she strikes der wrong keys occasion.
ally. But" he added with enthusi-
asm. she plays der rest fne."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
The ADVANTAGE.

The Advantage.
He|1 see where the direct election
in Chicago cost three dollars a vote
$685., 500 altogether
she-Now, that's where woman suf-
frage would come in. II the women
were voting, they would have had q
bargain election with votes cut down
to $3.50.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

The Chicago girl who got into print
on the assumption that she wanted to
marry an Indian has gone on the
vaudeville stage. Might have known 1t
from the start
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

An eastern savant tells us fat men
rarely are criminals julius Caesar
had the same iGea-at least according
to Shakespeare, or Bacon, or whoever
it was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

A New Jersey dog catcher proposes
to the other triu1nphs Of aeronautics
will be added that of bark sailing
through the air.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

Twenty-one professors at the Uni
resign by striking students Russia
must be a gladstone place for stu
dent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
WAS ONCE A CABINET-MAKER

The career of Gov. George w.
Donaghey, twice chief executive of
Arkansas, shows how success comes
to the man who struggles for it and
is is worthy Of it. Not many years
ago Mr.. Donaghey was an obscure cab
met maker in an Arkansas village. He
branched out as contractor and
earned for himself a splendid reputa-
ton as square-dealing business man
by the erection Of many public build
ings in Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Texas.
Some ten years ago it was decided
to erect new state house in Arkan-
sas. Donaghey was one of the bid
ders. but the contract went to anoth-
er. Then an6 there he vowed that he
would be the first to sit under the
dome OF the new capitol as governor
of the state. He had never been in
politics, and had all to learn about
that intricate game. While the odds
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

A woman who was described by her
artist husband as a modern Venus"
has just been awarded $25 month
alimony. Well, all Venuses are sup
posed to be more or less broke.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

A skeleton found in England is said
remarkable, but is there any limit to
the age that a skeleton may eventu-
ally attain?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Season of Calmness.

Jane Jones said to me: In case Of
not KNOWN what to do next, I've
found it handy to set around a spell
and do nothin'. AFTER that you're al.
ways some calmer and Kin hoop your
self I'M
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

Profanity is not to be legislated
from the New York stage. In other
words, in some Of the plays all of the
jokes are not to be cut out
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
SEEKING ANIMALS FOR FOOD

The time may possibly come when
residents Of Louisiana may shoot hip
popotami from their back porches and
settlers in the Rockies may chase the
nimble Gland and springbok- ami
mails now Indigenous to Africa. For e
year or more considerable study has
been given to certain wild animals Of
Africa as a source of food supply and
the proposition has been seriously ad.
vanced to stock the marshes ard
bayous Of the south with hippopotaHi.
In this way some enthusiasts have
seen a way for getting even with tho
beef trust, oblivious of the fact that
the trust might corner the hippopota-
mi equally as the wild western steers.
The idea of stocking certain parts
of the country with animals from AT.
RIGA, which might prove valuable as q
food supply, is now to be tested. One
of the notable globe trotters of Eng
land and a man who is as familiar
with Africa as he is with London,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

American heiresses are waiting for,
an advance list of King Georges ap-
pointmerts Of 500 new radical peers.
Some of them will be laborites. no
doubt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

That Chicago lawgiver who wants
to legislate against the harem skirt
must never have tripped over a fair
womans train.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

The proposed law to prevent love-
less marriages recalls the ancient
question:: What is lover" Likewise,
how can it be made permanent?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

Are there not small, rocky islands
where powder mills might 90 away
by themselves and explode without in
terf0ring with the neighbors?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

Now that a high-browed professor
has escertained that colds cost only
$44.34 this spring, look out for bar
gain-counter rush.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12


object bringing this
with
familiar
the Texas
of less
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

Shy.
-Gustave's letters to me are exceed.
ingly dull and commonplace" said one
fair girl.
Don't you know why7" responded
the other.
No.
"Gustave once served on the jury
Of breach-of-p=omise case"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
ROSE FROM PINBOY TO BOSS

George B. Cox, the political boss OF
Cincinnati and Hamilton county, who
Is now under indictment on the charge
of perjury, is essentially self-made
man. Success has crowned him In
business and politics and the reason
he assigns for this is that he has never
broken his word.
Born amid humble surroundings In
the West end of Cincinnati, he began
life as a pinboy in bowling alley.
Then he drove a delivery wagon and
became one Of the best known young
men in the Eighteenth ward, then a
Democratic stronghold. There was
rebellious sentiment against the kid
glove" element. and Mr.. Cox was NOM
mated for the council and elected as
Republican. He had just reached his
majority. With a friend he started a
saloon and billiard parlor and laid the
foundation of his political leadership.
In his power over government In
Cincinnati and Hamilton county Cox
h@ h q
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12


most fecund political n
o
electric railways telephone
and number
other Cincinnati
What asking for and those his
advice
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

New York's 52-story building Is car
rying the elevator business to limit
and almost to the stars.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12


position
other. His willie 4,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
The harem-scarem skirt has certain
~ been we'll advertised.
Man wants but little here below"
The poet didn't mention women.
There are 411,322 federal Offices
and still not enough to go around.
1T has been found that radium will
kill cat" But drowning is cheaper.

The harem skirt may be something
to wear besides being something to
talk about.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
Contradictory statements.

Contradictory Statements.
Editor-In your story Of the ire you
refer to the chief n 'ou. invincible
old fire lighter"
Reporter-Yes, sir. ...s.s
Editor-And yet In your next pare
graph you say that he was licked b.
the James
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

Don't eat when you're tired" says
of advice that makes us tired.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

And If they put pockets in the pan
taloon skirt it's our bet that she'll
stand with her hands In 'em, too.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
France Is flying we'll to the front.

Fashion is willing to be hobbled
but not haremed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

Our idea of no place to start an UNI
brella factory Is on Mars. Prof. Low
ell says it never rains there
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12
PRIMARILY Hidino Out.

1T is reported that q young art
student In Rome hasn't been seen In
some time" $751;. -..
'Poor fellow! Hs must be fear.
fully IA debt" ILL., @..z@.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

These government statistics will
convince even the farmers before long
that agriculture is profitable.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-12

More Than Shakespeare Knew.
Abel Stringent can tell you, my
boy. Shakespeare could never have
written a drama like yours.
Playwright-You are very compli.
mentary.
Abel stringem-Not at all Take,
for instance. that electric tram acct.
dent in the third act.-London Tit
Bits.