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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

VIA SHINGTON. - Some person.
w speaking from the bottom of the
we'll of truth, has said that no man
Is a hero to his valet. The philosophy
OF the observation might have been
greatly Strengthening if the sage had
thought to add that no United States
senator is any great shakes to sen.
ate page.
there Is popular impression that
the senate pages are studious youth
with bullying foreheads, learned in the
Constitution and deep in the mysteries
OF senate presidents. They are sup.
posed to converse exclusively in par
hamentary and senatorial language,
even when engaged in the youthful
past1n:e of matching pennies in the
cloakroom. These ideas probably are
erroneous.
These wrong impressions about the
high constitutional atmosphere that
surrounds senate page come nat.
urally enough from the superficial OBJ.
servation of visitors In the gallery,
Looking down from there it is easy to
suppose that when a senator claps his
hands ana a page hurries noiselessly
to his side and inclines a respectful
ear, that the fortunate youth is re.
ceiving information of the highest i'm.
port. Doubtless he will write it down
In his private diary before he sleeps
that night, and in later years will pub.
lish it In his memoirs where eager mil.
lions will read it. Also doubtless he
won't, for the chances are the dis.
t1nguished senator merely requested
the page to tell the bothersome con-
stituent who has been waiting out in
the marble room for the last hour tn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26
HETTY GREEN TO OWN BANK

Mrs. Hetty Green, with the assist
ance of her son, Colonel E. H. R.
Green, has decided to have her for.
tune managed through a $10,O00,000
private bank with branches in other
states, and will retire from all active
participation in her financial affairs.
Her realty and financial interests are
now in the hands of the son she sent
into Texas as a youth and educated
along the lines Of sound. business
common sense.
Colonel Green pictures his mother
as grossly misrepresented in the past.
Although she conducts her business
on careful and conservative lines, he
says she has made it an invariable
rule to re-invest her profits in the ter
ritory from which they were drawn
for the upbuilding of that territory.
"Her argument has been," he ex-
planned, that every community is en-
titled to the benefits Of III own pros
perity.
"Since my mother began her bust
ness career she has never asked more
bulk of her loans have been made
set it down that the ratio of income di1
Because Of this attitude and widely IN
4 times my mother has been able 70 =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

wings and the functions of every mus
Gle and joint used in fight.
Those already published are 1.-THE
Structure of Wing Feathers" by Dr.
E. Mascha; "The Clasping Organs
Attaching the Hind to the Fore Wings
in Hymenoptera," by DR.. Leo Walter
and THE Air Sacs of Pigeons" by Dr.
Bruno Muller.
DR.. Ritter's paper is profusely illus
trated with pictures showing the diff
ferent experiments he made with the
blowfly.
Another paper will Be added soon tc
the Smithsonian miscellaneous collec
tons. q photography OF the Scientific
Writings of R. e. c. stearns." by Miss
Mary r. Stearns. Accompanying II
is a biographical sketch Of Dr.. VII
liam H. Dali
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26
Love Of Books Starves Cobbler

n ETRO1T, M1CH.-"Spark" is his
II name. He is only little yellow
dog. He feels pretty bad, for his mas
ter has left him forever. SPARK"
has been the sole companion of James
Pyke, cobbler, since his wife died, four
years ago, but James became so in
firm that he was taken to the Arnold
home and Spark" left behind.
When Mrs. Pyke was alive the
near Twelfth street, and with the
money Pyke earned mending old shoes
and his pension, they had the home
nearly paid for. Then Mrs. Pyke
died.
1t was Pyke's love for books that led
to the loss of his home. Agents knew
when his pension came, and would
come up to the little shop in Twelfth
street to display their goods. James
could not resist, and bought-and
bought. Payments lapsed, and at last
the house was lost. For about three
years Pyke lived in tho shop and its
one room, four by six feet. crowded
with encyclopedias and SPARK" his
only companion. Pyke is Is and grew
too occupied in reading to do much
work. All his pension money went to
pay for books-a little literary revel.
He ate less and less. A bit Of bread
and little milk sustained him for a
day. Neighbors brought him things
occasionally and tried to convince him
his health was more important than
books, but James is an Englishman
born in Kent. s ~. ..t =
Pyke became weaker, and finally
was obliged to appay to o. Il Poi
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

add the whites of a couple of eggs
and give guaranty that If the COL
lege boys drank enough of EN- they
could 60 out and lick Jack Johnson"
That's a good idea," remarked the
clerk
But" continued Saunders, II got a
better one. They's lot of suffragists
in town. Why not put sign in the
window, Vote for Women Frappe?'
That'd bring 'em, reckon. Reel
procity cocktail would be O good title
to catch these pesky politicians when
they leave the courthouse and tho city
hail.
But, listen to what been figuring
out for the college boys and the socie-
ty girls-'Rah-rah Fudge Served
With Three Cheers and Harem Skirt
Splits"
That's enough" said the fat boy
behind the counter IF we used those
ideas we'd have to build an addition
to the store, and the square is too
small as it u.s."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

A correspondent of the Indianapolis
News says the best way to kill the fly
Is to flick him with a piece of rubber
about SIX inches long. All that Is nec-
essary Is to gain the confidence of the
lily and induce him to stand still while
you lick. Skill comes with practice,
and an active boy with a piece of rub
Der probably will be able to kill all
the flies in your house in one day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26
HEADS MOTHERS CONGRESS-

Mrs. Frederic Schoff, now complet-
ing her ninth year of leadership as
president of the National Congress of
Mothers, is philanthropist who gives
freely, not only of her means but
herself to the cause of child welfare.
Having compiled the laws of every
state in the union concerning depend
ent and delinquent children, and hav-
&g led the several movements to es-
tN)lish courts for children in Pennsyl-
vafia, Alabama, Idaho and Connecti-
cut, she is a recognized authority the
world over She received the unique
honor of an invitation to address the
Canadian parliament on this subject.
and is the only woman who has ever
been thus honored. The amount Of
her daily work is tremendous, ana
she could not have persevered through
these years of service were it not for
her superb physique and certain
s~staining spiritual force. Mrs. SCOTS
versatility is as astonishing as her &C.
emulation of facts. Neither pess:m-
;ct ~ oD+;,oict che looks unOn exit
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

A man in st. Louis signed a con.
tract with his wife by which he agreed
not to kiss or annoy her in any other
way. He must have been an exces.
sively agreeable sort Of husband II
it was necessary to exact this con.
tract Evidently, this particular wife
did not agree with Shakespeare that
kisses are women's wages. Perhaps.
though, she disliked them because she
got no other
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

post, G. A. r., and the post decided to
place him in the Arnold home and
later to send him to the soldiers
home.
James said he wanted to remain
where he was. Il can't leave
Sparks and my books" he said. pat-
ting the dog, his eyes rowing over the
cherished volumes: but the post Of
f1cers persuaded and at last James
consented.
After he had been taken away, the
little dog sat mournfully on the door,
step, refusing to be coaxed away.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26


are attended to Knoly
No correspondence varied that king
letters relatives
sitting letters from cnks faddist begging let
neverendng
king himself
riends
friend of the
outside royalty enjoyed
Sometimes
quietly
public, chroniced ne
Lord Knoys combines in his personality attribute which
belong
occasion during public
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

A Harvard professor tells US that
we can live on ten cents worth of
food a day, but 1t is evident that he
has overlooked the fact that lobster
costs so cents a pound. Possibly he
expects US to take look at the out
side Of lobster can for dessert.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26
THRUST BUSTER" in SENATE

w. s. Kenyon, known as trust
buster" when he was assistant to the
attorney general of the United States,
was elected United States senator to
fill the vacancy caused by che death
Of the late J, P. Dolliver.
Mr.. Kenyon will be one Of the
youngest members of the senate. He
was born in Elyria, o., June 10, 1869.
His father was a Congregational min
lister. He was educated at Grinnell,
and later was graduated from the
law department of the University of
Iowa.
His public career started almost
Immediately with his election. soon
after graduation, as public prosecutor
of Webster county, a position he held
for two terms. He was elected cir
cult Judge when he was barely 80
years old, but left the bench after one
year, declaring that it was too quiet
and sedate. He became the general
counsel for the Illinois Central rail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

A New Jersey magistrate has a rab-
bits foot on whose powers he sets
great store. To be consistent he ought
to hold his court at midnight in a
graveyard and so have all the proper
influences in the caste at work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

A woman in Pennsylvania buried
the wrong man in mistake for her hus-
band, but, when the latter turned up
alive and we'll, stuck to the dead man.
She wisely declined to have live is-
sue made of her mistake.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

A woman in Spokane has been grad
uated from school Of stenography at
the age Of seventy and expects to take
up active work. When the spirit is so
young there are no limits to activity
which age can impose
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

A Boston savant announces that he
can photograph thought Now we'll
know what perfect lady really thinks
when she runs for street car md
just misses it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26


corrective policies impressive public Mrs.
and ectou
childhood Though
yielding
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

woman in a New York town owes
her safety to the fact that she wore a
harem skirt and the trouser part gave
her freedom to run for her life. So
here is one good point registered for
the prosecuted apparel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

Poultry raising is to be taught at
Rutgers college. Somebody there
must have an idea that there are peo-
pie who do not think they know all
about raising chickens
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26
Canada's Mixed Races,

The Bible 10 already sold in Canada
In 30 different tongues. but II other
races are now asking that editions BE-
printed In their languages. The Brit
'sh Foreign Bible society has publish
ed the Scriptures in 424 different ton
CUES. but It seems II more must be
made to meet the needs Of Canada's
heterogeneous population.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26
WHO'S WHO -ANDWllI
EX&@ 49, ~ e 271FegfF
ASSISTANT" RULER TO RETIRE

Forty years in one position is not
bad record, but this Is what has
been accomplished by Lord Knollys,
the kings private secretary, whose re-
t1rement is now imminent. He orig
1nally intended to give up his arduous
duties at the death of the late king,
and it was well understood that he
merely stayed on in order to train
in" Sir Arthur Bigge, upon whose
shoulders the responsibilities of the
royal secretaryship will now fall.
Such a post requires not only hard
work, but keen knowledge of the
world, combined with tact, judgment,
decision and memory. It has been
said of Lord Knollys that no one could
hope to undertake his task with a
1.-THE of the success which now at
taches to it.
The royal correspondence alone
would brighten the average man.
About 500 letters day are addressed
fo ho 1xirr ooI ho m iorifv NJ fhoco
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

A Baltimore bard is trying to organ
ize a poets union. but the scheme is
likely to fail owing to the fact that
all the applicants for membership
wish to be walking delegates.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

Four goats, inOculated with billion
disease germs, have wandered astray
in New York. However, this is not
the first instance in which modern
scientists have lost their goats
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

Common drinking cups have been
frowned upon by law in New York.
The manufacturer Of the uncommon
kind has perked up considerably.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

A $30,000,000 bread trust is being or
ganized in New York, and we presume
that it's motto will be: Half loaf
is better than one."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

The Oklahoma woman who has 13
sons, all under years of age. is not
suffering from the lack of something
to do.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

Some of these decrepit old baseball
veterans who have attained the ad'
vanced age of 80 or "a years might
land job selling tickets.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

A st. Paul man has discovered that
he is heir to a French throne. Our
advice to him, however, Is to hang
onto the job he now has,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

There seems to be a remarkable in
ternational unanimity of opinion about
the harem skirt. It has been mobbed
in Brazil.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

Shoe manufacturers announce that
the feet of American women are grow
ing larger. The ungallant wretches!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

An anti-cigarette movement has
been started in China, witch shows that
they have other things besides Russia
and the famine to worry them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

The story persists that the monorail
system of transportation is to go to
Alaska and grow up with the country
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

Further evidence that China is
about to wake up. A Chicago mail
order house has shipped 10000 alarm
clocks to Picking.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

A Lowell, Mass. COW gave seven
tons of milk in one year. The world
would be drowned in milk If every
body kept that kind of a COW.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

Some of New York's fashionable
women are carrying canes. Must be
fnconvenient when they are pushing
baby buggies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

The Chicago youth who eloped with
a girl and seven trunks would make a
huge success in the express business.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

"1mbecile insanity" is the newest.
We may yet hear of insane lunacy"
If the experts run out of adjectives.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

II the drinking cup is to go. some
economist Of pocket space might COM
bine a straw with fountain pen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26
Swat the fly!
II all dreams came true, people
would soon quit eating mince pie.

The modern man who takes up his
bed and walks is the mattress sales
man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-05-26

Holland produces $4,000 pounds OF
butter a year Enough to butter both
sides of her bread
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
Two

touched with his hand glass other receptacle con
tanning anything remotely resembling an alcoholic
stimulant He had never knowingly spoken FIVE words
with man who had ever touched alcoholic stimu-
LIANT l had been guilty almost Of a sacrilege, it ap-
peared, in coming along and asking him such an
founding such scandalizng such unheard Of ques
tion.
begged pardon many times changed ground with
certain adroness until after awhile his perubed chirp
simmered down to the normal Still had yet solemn
and important duty 70 perform-the tobacco propo-
sition How to get at that after his reception Of the
drink question bothered me- After much mental
travail, thought of a plan.
"Once met gentleman Of a hundred said think
ing at the time that it was rather clever Of me- who
told me he had begun chewing tobacco at the age Of nine
and smoking tobacco at the age of eleven and that he
had kept up both habits all his life
The little old darted quick look OF suspicion at
me. as much as to say, Oh. know, you unmiugated
infant in years, what YOU trying to get at Where
upon looked back at him with moon faced innocence
and he huddled back in his chair.
Either he lied or he was Of the progeny Of Satan
who protects his own, he squeakcd at me.
But" said l. not without keen trepiiation, he was
smoking at the time he told me.
Beezcbubs son. then-not a doubt Of II. was his
out of hand pronouncemcnt And there will be no end
20 his smoking
With the echo Of that awful prognostication in my
ears Withdrew prec,pateIy from the field Of tobacco
investigation.
came upon less thorny thickets when entered the
domain of diatetics Also uncovered his hobby. His
hobby was: One Meal q Day. He had never eaten
more than one meal day since his twentyfourth year.
he said At that stage Of his life, after period Of i'll
ness he had determined (as-alas,-so many Of our
modern dietary experts have determined that we all
eat too much Hence his never acrward altered rule
Of one meal day. He did not consider meal the
apple or orange that he took upon rising. 1t was his
only indulgence in food aside from his midday meal,
which in itself was of anything but substantial nature.
Coffee, Not sip of the vile concocton had passed his
lips since the regime Of Andrew Jackson. Tea' An
abomination.
Bu, 50 very many quite old persons, women es-
peciay, seem TO find tea stimulating invigoratng-
don't they.' inquired somewhat teebly.
They think they do" he replied but they are in
bondage. They are Slaves to an Herb
Which. Of course, settled that.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
What His Method Was

GRADUALLY he unfolded what his method OF life as
" TO other essentials had been. Up 10 his nineeth
wear he had never walked less than eight miles day
He had walked two miles day from then on until his
one hundred and first year. Then he had suffered "a
slight ilness-nothing Of any account which had COM
PEELED his giving up his pedestranisn. put my loot
into it again by asking him ne had been to any OF the
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
By Clarence L. Cullen

placed his age at anything short of one hundred and
hftv Before calling upon him found the record of his
birth in the town hall Of the little New Jersey place.
The church record agreed with the official record The
venerable one who had been born in the town and lived
there all his life was few months above one hundred
and four years old Having cleared this point, sought
and found him.
He was huddled in d deep old fashioned, cretonne
upholstered chair placed in the little grape arbor along
side his wstaria covered cottage His hOusekecper,
stout and somewhat suspicious granddaughter of sixty,
led him. He glanced keenly out Of alert but
faded little eyes of mOlStsh blue and waved me to
arbor chair with his crook handled stick upon which he
kept tight clutch.
That which is venerable appeals to me, and mean no
disrespect when say that the hudded little old gen
tlenan reminded strangely and uncanny of an eX-
traordinarly intelligent performing chimpanzee had
seen but short time before d vaudeville theater.
refer the facial resemblance The centenaran-plus.
never 1t appeared, of much bulk, had shrunk 70
an all but unbelievable smallness; "litteness' would
be the better word He looked baffngly unhumanly
little as he sat timdly in the great depths Of the
brightly fOwercd. CrctOnne covered chair. His head
was not much above the size of average Cantaoup
The sirnian resemblance acCentuated by the tiny
black skucap Of velvet which poised rakshy, alb
-urdly as 10y accident far the left side of his tiny
hairless head The chimpanzee Of my still fresh reco
lection had worn such a cap during his act
The tiny old mans face Of the hue of wood ashe-
His eyebrows had Disappeared bercft Of such expression
mitigating screens his eyes had that curious, pecring
watchfll expression Of But shall not revert 10 that
chimpanzee again; for 1t seems unand.
He could not have weighed more than seventy pounds
His granddaughter told me that he still able 20 move
unaided about the cottage and the little yard thereof
but he sat huddled in his chair throughout my visit
His mind was quick enough; bpt his voice thin reed
it must have been at best-was oddly remote mued
bv distance that did not eXist,-tor sat three feet
away from him.-that II seemed TO come from some
where few PAGES back Of his chair 1t was like the am
pfed voice Of an insect the location Of which in the
grass could be fixed only approximately.
Ny errand of course, was gently to pluck from the
cenenarian he was agreeable the secret Of his achev
ing such mound Of years To purpose questioned
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
Question of Alcohol and Tobacco

EIRST ot course as TO that disreputa5e duo, alcohol
and tobacco. Had he ever drank
No follower Of Islam on the road back from his first
pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina could have been more
visbly indignant over the asking Of such question than
was my little very old gentleman IN the cretonne chair
He was q Quaker (which I had not known, and he
shook his crook handled stick at me and demanded Of
me how dared to ask him anything ike that. Drink
He oathed he despised-etc.. ETC. It took me quite
time 20 soothe him. H. had never in his life even
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
Number One at Bay

Tvs TED the century conquering gentlemen neither
whom had ever heard Of the other. on consecutive
la.. Centenarian 40. l lived IL q somnolent little
ST.. Jersey town Runor, abetted BY conlecture had
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01

IN '-s - .v+,. i -, ~ a. Ii++1a,. tbe
ina, Ns u.s r-,r.5,as ,r;,b rs1,,ctsrra that b;s
nan o' s.N -, oct. . ,~,. s he ,,sed ~ he p,
-1ual ol 'e,s. -.,. - +t,. aa-;ro of his
but ne |olII -. +I,+ Ll ,,,(5
IHenG ]. -
' .r5I. 0- vision, rs 10 what constitutes
.,,;-, .r.. with our own mounting wears. And it
. -r, r-a--i+;a-rr The older we grow
t- u; ..t-
NJ. - a.. . f,.,-...;or Th, roirf Is WDuId