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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

tell her great-great-grandchildren Of
the epoch-making incidents in II dec
AIDES over which her life has spanned.
Her stories were vivid Kaleidoscope
pictures, treating of her personal
knowledge of the early stages of the
history of her own land.
The morning Of her life she spent in
the eighteenth century, when the
United States government had just
been established; the afternoon in the
the nineteenth century, when
brother fought against brother
in the Civil war of 1861,
and now in the twentieth she
hears Of the discussions of worldwide
peace movements, of long journeys by
airships, in striking contrast to the
methods of travel when she was a
girl and the modern methods of doing
a thousand things in as many different
ways so foreign to those employed a
hundred years ago, when she was II
years DID,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08
Postal Savings Bank Proves Success
DY JAN i the trustees of the postal

u Y Jan. the trustees of the postal
- savings banks expect to have a
postal savings bank established in ev-
cry first, second and third class post
office in the entire country. All of
the first and second class Offices have
already been so designated, and the
designation of third class offices is on
and will continue at the rate of 100
day until exhausted. This means
that more than 1000 postoffices in the
United States are now receiving de-
posits in their postal banks for which
the government pays 2 per cent per
annum interest, or, if the depOsitOr
his deposits, 21a per cent. The Off
Gals in charge of the work in the post
Office department know that the .sys-
tenn has been a tremendous success,
far exceeding thier expectations, and
they are bending their time and ener-
gy for the present to an extension of
the benefits of the service.
On Jan. 3 last, the postal savings
bank system of the United States was
started by the designation of one Sec
ond class Office in each of the 48
states and territories of the country
as postal savings bank. Progress
beyond this point was slow at first
but now that the system of administra-
ton is we'll in hand, designations are
proceeding as rapidly as Investigations
can be made, instruction given and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08
Schools of Nation Show Marked Gain

REATER progress has been made
~ in education in the United States
during the last ten years than an any
previous decade in the country's his
tory. A study Of this development,
Just completed by the federal bureau
of education, shows that during the
years 1900 to 1910 the annual income
of the public schools has nearly dou-
bled, having increased from $220,O00,-
900 to $425, 100000, while annual ap-
preparations to normal schools for the
training of teachers have grown from
$2,769, 900 to $6,63o,0Oo. The value Of
public school property in 1900 was
$55O,0OO, 900; in 1910, it was more than
a billion dollars. =
During the same period the average
length Of the common school term In
creased from IA to 1856 days and the
average attendance Of children en-
rolled from 80 to ia days. The mum.
Der of public high schools advanced
from 6,0o5 to 1928 and the number
Of teachers therein from about 10000
to more than 1900. while the total
of public school teachers increased
from $4,000 to ST., 900. Salaries Of
teachers also are larger than ten
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08
Revolution Daughter III Years Old
4 TLANTA, GA.-Mrs. Mary Tarwick

A TLANTA, GA.-Mrs. Mary Tarwick
II Proctor, aged III years, a real
daughter of the American revolution,
woman who has lived in three centu-
r1es, has been found in an humble one
room Georgia cabin. Her sole compan-
ions are her daughter, Miss Mary Proc
tor. aged 80, and the two great-great'
grandchildren, descendants Of another
daughter. all who are left Of six gen.
erations of her family.
On a bed of straw, constituting a
mattress so thin that the rough plank
Stats can be seen, this daughter of
the revolution lies, her form enact
ated, skin wrinkled, almost to skele-
ton. Her aged daughter, never tir-
ing of her feeble efforts to give her
mother every possible comfort, admin
listers to her wants and tills the soil
in small cotton and garden patch
near by. The meager profits derived
from their labor she adds to the $12
a month pension Mrs. Proctor receives
for the services her husband rendered
in the War of 1912.
She was born but a few years after
George Washington was elected presi-
dent, and she has lived under the adj
ministration Of 25 presidents, includ
ing John Adams and William H. Taft.
Until a year ago, when her mind be-
came so enfeebled, Mrs. Proctor would
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08
Kansas Women Classifying Merchants

n OPEKA, KAN.-Kansas club wopi-
! en- are preparing a classification
of merchants in the various towns in
the state according to service render
ed. The retail associations Of the state
have classified list of customers.
Those who are prompt in paying bills
nre classified as class A. Those who
are slow, but sure pay, get unto class
B. Those that pay finally, Lut are ex-
ceptionally slow, are put into class c,
and those who never pay are class D,
or "deadbeats," and not entitled to
credit.
The women are going to do the same
thing with the merchants. Those
stores which sell goods as advertised
and deliver goods of the same quality
when ordered by telephone as when
bought personally, will get a class
A rating in each town throughout the
state. Glass B includes the merchants
who try to give their customers the
best possible treatment in every way,
but who handle some inferior lines Of
goods, or where the store management
is not the highest class.
Those merchants who are gruff and
fussy, or who employ sassy" sales
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

IF John H. Snodgrass, consul-geaeral
1 at Moscow, ever kicked about his
laundry work in Cincinnati, Washing
ton or indianapolis, he begs the par
don Of every steam cleaning estab-
lishment, every slant-eyed Celestial,
and every colofed washerwoman in
those and other cities. What they
are doing to his collars, his shirts and
uncomfortable wearables over there
in the land of the car is something
awful to relate. Besides that, the
way they are soaking John in the mat
ter of price is enough to make any
American citizen utter loud walls of
distress. For instance, they charge a
nickel to do up a collar, and ''the
work is unsatisfactory and the finish
ing Is crudeiy done," he insists.
Chatting under the collar-frayed to
saw edge by the ruthless Russians
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

ID HILADELPHIA.--A most interest
! ing machine recently installed in
the United States mint in this city
Is the automatic weigher for coins Of
all denominations. Last year the gov
eminent coined nearly 100000 pieces
Of gold and 100000 pieces of silver.
Formerly each piece was weighed by
hand. Seated at long tables, each
with a balance in front Of her, were
from 80 to go women "adjusters." 1t
was their duty to weigh each piece.
Pieces which were too heavy were re-
duced with a file. Those that were
too light were thrown aside to be put
again into the melting pot. Gold pieces
were weighed twice, once in blank and
once in coinage.
The new weighing machines have
each ten balances which are set &C.
cordfng to the required weight of
the coin which is being tested. Then
they work automatically, each machine
taking ten coins at a time. The move
ment of the beams of the scales de-
termines into which of the several
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

people and are always trying substi-
tuition of one article for another lust
as good" will be put into class C, and
merchants who skimp on goods, give
short weight and measures, who &C
tually show one article for sale and
substitute another in wrapping. will
be put into Glass D, and the women
of the state will be warned to keep
away from them.
Some Kansas merchants have
threatened to apply for an Injunction
to prevent the publication of the class
ification, but the women have sent
back word that the merchants might
get into lot of trouble right quick
because of the deadbeat list which they
publish and exchange with each other,
so the proposed injunction suits have
been dropped.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08
Panama Canal Tolls Up to Congress

tolls for American vessels In the
coastwise trade is one of the momen-i
tous phases Of the problem s=.#seesI !;
4 Just at what figure to f. the tolls,
Senator Bristow pointed oft, is some
thing difficult to work out. Many in.
teresting and important factors enter
into the solution. It is expected that
the canal will cost $3,G00,000 or more
year to maintain. This sum ought
to be made up by to1ss, If feasible, he
says.
'.The problem is 70 put the tolls at
the point where they will bring in the
most revenue" faid the senator.
"Ships, for instance, between the east
coast of the United States and the
west coast of South America naturally
will use the canal. But If the tolls
are fixed too high vessels starting
from or going to points far down on
the Pacific coast Of South America
will go around the Horn in preference
to using the canal. If the tolls are
sufficiently low most of the business
will pass through the canal.
Inc same LuluS. Is IIu0 do W VS0
sells, between Europe and the west
coast of South America. High tolls
will drive many of these vessels
around the Horn, while low tolls will
bring many of them through the canal.
On the rate of tolls will depend, too,
whether vessels from Japan bound for
Europe use the canal or 60 by way OF
Suez. Many points have to be con-
sidered, therefore, in fixing the tolls"
Senator Bristow believes the canal
will be success He does not ex-
pect an enormous business through it
at the outset. He points out that this
business will be a growth, just as in
the history of all waterways. He estf-
mates that a million tons of traffic
now carried by the Panama Railroad
and the Tehauntepec line and other
trans-continental lines will be turned
into the canal without delay, and that
the proportions Of the business wild
develop gradually.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

NEW YORK.-More than $1,O000O0
" is lying in the savings banks Of
New York city in what banking peo-
pie call dormant accounts"-that is
accounts to which nothing has been
added and from which nothing has
been withdrawn for many years. But
the depositor in each case Is liable to
appear any day and demand it. In
fact, since the beginning of the year
five accounts In the Emigrants' Saw
ings bank alone, which had been un-
touched for from Is to 80 years, sud-
denly became "active," through the
owners, who had not been seen nor
heard from in that long period, reap
pearing at the bank. Some of these
dormant accounts are more than 70
years old; none is less than q, and
what to do with such deposits has
been a puzzle ever since savings banks
were first established In that city.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

III ASHINGTON.-That the question
W of legislation relative to canal
tolls and regulations and the govern
ment of the canal zone will come be-
fore congress at the very outset OF
the session and that it will be one OF
the most important matters of the
winter In a legislative way was the
view expressed by Senator Bristow of
Kansas. He is member of the com.
mittee on inter-oceanic canals and re-
Gently returned from a visit to the
canal zone.
Senator Bristow summed up his i'm
preston Of the canal and the work be-
ing done on it with one word: "Great."
He commends in the highest terms
the efforts of those in charge of the
construction of the canal. He expects
to see it opened in 1913.
"The matter of tolls and regulations
should be settled this session." said
he. "Those who are looking forward
to the use of the canal want to know
what they can expect. The fixing of
the tolls is the chief problem. 1t is
the most important question relative
to the canal to be worked out. And
the tolls should be fixed by legisla-
ton. If they are left to regulation,
the executive can change them in
twenty-four hours. They should be
put on a permanent basis and it must
be done by congress-"
Senator Rris+ov 10 odvicod <ho%
there are numerous shipping and CON-
mercial interests which are waiting
only for action by congress with re-
spect to tolls and regulations before
preparing to put on lines of ships.
Whether the canal is to be free Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08
IS FIRST WOMAN OFFICIAL

Miss Edith Campbell Is the lady
who has been elected q member Of
the Board of Education for the city Of
Cincinnati President Taft in pub
lie speech heartily endorsed her can
didacy and though she was not on his
ticket he voted Tor her. She 10 4
brilliant woman With marked execu-
tive ability and wide educational ex-
perience. President Taft says he be-
lieves that every city Board Of Edu-
cation would be the better for women
in its membership and doubtless his
endorsement had much to do with
Miss Camybells election.
Her election gives her a three-fold
distinction. She is the first woman:
elected 20 any publie office in Gin.
cinnati, though several have been
candidates before. She is the first
candidate ever elected to the Board
of Education in Cincinnati who ran as
an Independent, and she goes on last
ing record as the first woman in the
Uniled States for whom president
of i1e United States cast his vote.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

years ago, the average salary Of male,
teachers now being $65 month, as
compared with $46.50 in 1900. The av-
erage salary Of women has increased
from $34 month to $50. za,ss 3=sS.s..- =sz
a Jump from $166,175, 900 to $273,-
425,0oO is shown in the productive,
fund Of universities, colleges and tech
nical schools; and an increase from
$2S.50o,O 1000 to $77,s00,00o In the an
nual income Of these schools from
sources other than endowment. There
are now $4,000 students IN these.
schools, 40 against 10. 900 ten years
ago, and 1900 instructors, &C com.
pared with q. 300. More than 900. oo,
high. school pupils were enrolled n
1910, q against $50, 900 IN 1900. Tho.
total average increase II SCHOOLS o.
~ Kinds has bsen about 30 pr. cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

late Of the navy under President
OF the Oh
appointed him 10 this
in 1892 and again In 1896
Admiral Melville comphed
practical
generally until
The magnificent showing made
to this policy Of his
Admiral Mvs personal
his
disregard of
in Of he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

A telephone conversation has been
carried on successfully between Lon.
don and Basel in Switzerland, 600
miles away. and it is expected that be-
fore long mos! Of the large cities in
Europe will b. in telephone commune
cation with the British capital What
good will it do. however. to connect
a man in London with a man in Ber-
lin If neither understands the others
language?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

pRon 4 (( I'M j:
s aslge
HERO OF THE AMERICAN NAVY

) Rear. Admiral Melville had won
fame for heroism in Arctic explora-
ton as a naval engineer and construo'
,tion as a naval OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tor. He was member of De Longs
party, which sailed for the Arctic re-
gions from San Francisco in 1879 in
the Inflated jeanette, and he COM
manded the boats crew which es-
capped from the icy wastes Of the Lena
Delta after the wreck of the expedi-
etion. He afterwards commanded the
expeditions which recovered De
Longs body and the records of the
Jeanette, for which services he re-
ceived a gold medal by special act of
congress. But that is another story.
Rear Admiral Melville entered the
navy as an assistant engineer at the
beginning of the Civil war. A New
Yorker by birth, he had received his
education at the Brooklyn Polytechnic
institute. He served throughout the
war and was subsequently stationed
at vario,,s navy wards. In 1887 the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

Prof jerks OF Minnesota would
cure the divorce evil by letting wives
control the family purse strings This.
added to the countless other sure
cures and panaceas. makes one Won
der why divorce should stick around
at all.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

called
The Socistc
2240 The
$51 100000 Lunn's plurality
1T will be problem mind this working reforms Dr.
problem
I'VE shall have
will
this
ncipal ownership and shall
by
taking
OF a losing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

The beauty lecturer who has been
advising New York women to use
more soap and water on their faces
but not to forget the rouge, reminds
us that some beauty isn't even skin
deep
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08
HEADS RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT

Although the active efforts in the
men and religion forward movement
were begun only short time ago,
practically all of the seventy-six cities
participating have reported complete
organizations and campaigns under
way. The general headquarters in
New York city is being kept in close
touch with the work all over the coun-
try.
The general interest which has
been manifested by the leading bust
ness and professional men is espe-
cially encouraging to the men in
charge of the movement. James G..
Cannon, who is here pictured, presi-
dent of the Fourth National Bank Of
New York, IL chairman of the general
campaign committee and he believes
the effa:t will be the most significant
made by the church in the religious
history of America.
Cne of the extraordinary incidents
Of the campaign in Grand Rapids, &C.
..prad Of q naea mootinp where Rev
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

The Chinese emperor, aged S, Is do.
ing all that can reasonably be ex-
pected of him to pacify his numerous
subjects, and they should not In al;
fairness behead him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

The cutting off OF queues by the
Chinese rebels Is reported to have
made puffs cheaper If the revolutions
wins out first thing we know puffs
will be so cheap they will be unfash
iOnable.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

Surely 1t ought not to be a repug-
the country to comply with the apple
growers modest demand and eat five
apples day until further notice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

The wearers OF high crowned der
bys declare that the hstters shall not
for the sake CT profit Introduce tho
low crowned article. They say they
will die first
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

Fifty Pittsburg men are suing for
divorce on the ground Of extrava-
gance. 1t surely is shame for their
wives to spend the money they need
for the Great White Way.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

European nobleman tried to reduce
his weight In order to win wife and
died of starvation Moral: 1t is better
to have men say Isn't he fat?" than
Doesn't he look natural"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

In the wheat tumble one broker lost
100000. on paper. That is the
pleasAntest way to lose so much
money If a man must lose it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

A prisoner begged magistrate not
to fine him. saying it would be the
beginning Of seven years of bad luck.
1t had been his good luck that had
kept him out of trouble
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

A pajama party was given In st.
Louis and was attended by fifty men
and women. II they had been routed
out by fire they would have felt en-.
barrRsSed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08
STRANGE.

Strange.
One of the strangest things in this
world is why the kind OF woman who
is proud of her intellectually nearly
always marries a man who likes to
tinker with sick chickens.-Galveston
News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

"A Seattle clergyman preached in
the streets from coffin and was car
ried home by "pallbearers.' And one
o. his objects was to prove thai he
was not a dead one
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

The names Of statesmen and cities
in China are inexplicably mixed, and
they cannot we'll be unscrambled until
this cruel war is over.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

Italian aviators have been dropping
bombs upon Arab camps. thus pre-
venting the Arabs from folding their
tents and silently stealing away.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

Goats milk is strongly recommend
ed as cure for inebriety. Still, the
victim may find difficulty in getting
somebody's goat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08
The Latest Cut.

The young man was dlsconsolate.
Said he: Il asked her II I could sec
her home" why. certainly" she an.
swered: II will send you a picture q
:N"-lIadl0o' Home Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08
imperative Adaqe.

Politics makes strange bedfellows."
said the ready-made philosopher. Not
out our way" rejoined Senator Sorg
hum when a man gets into polite
there ho doesn't have time to slooDI. ]
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

Six hundred asteroids travel along
with the arth, and one of them is
missing. Has any one seen a lost
asterOid?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

A ditch digger is sole heir to 4
$4,000 estate. When the whistle
blows at noon he can eat his lunch
light-heartedly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

Professor Lowell reports sighting
frost on Mars, but could not tell by
the telescope which party had been
defeated
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08

Now that the lawn moving season
is over, the muscular system may be
kept in trim by judiciously heayinR
coal into the furnace.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-08
PREACHER ELECTED MAYOR

One of the most notable political
changes in New York at the recent
election was that in the city and coun-
ty of Schenectady, where certain Re-
publican and Democratic factions
united with the Socialists and elect
ed all the city officers, except one
and gained a majority of the county
Offices, beside electing an assembly.
man. The leader Of these mixed
forces was Rev. DR.. George R. Lunn,
their candidate for mayor, whose por-
trait is shown, and who polled prac-
tically two-thirds of the entire vote.
Rev. DR.. Lunn was at one time pas
tor of the First Reformed church, one
Of the most aristocratic in the city.
Three years ago his advanced poiit-
ical views, some of them in harmony
with Socialistic principles, forced his
resignation from the First Reformed
pulpit and he then organized the Unit
ed Peoples Congregation, which re-
Gently united with the First Congre-
gationalist. DR.. Lunn edits weekly