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Evening star., 1912-07-13
Fire Losses Last Year.

Fire losses in 1911 in tie United States
amounted to s15S. .ae..22, a.2 so. according to
figures given by President George w.
Babb of the national board OF fire under
writers. at It's forty-stxth annual meeting
in New York The fgare given represents
the fire losses paid By Ist fire insurance
companies Mr.. Babb stated that divi-
dends to the stockholders in these COM
panies were made possible only by re-
turns from the investment of surpluses
in other lines Of securities. The per cap
ita loss in 29S principal cities was $2.O2
In Germany it was 21 cents; in England,
SO cents: France, 81 cents, and in AUS
trian cities. only cents.
Evening star., 1912-07-13

from the injured blood vessels. wander
about for while in the tissues aud die.
When they die the iron that made than
red before then changes to blaek.aad-
blue coloring.
After a while this iron il taken up by
the glands called the lymphaucs and
made over again into nice red cells. The
iron is taken up very much more quick
ly by thu lymphatics II the black-and-
blue spot Is rubbed and massagsd,
Evening star., 1912-07-13
Training Young Cobblers.
From the Shoe Retailer.

the SEUt httAIIeI.
Cobblng is recognized as a trade in
the vocational schools Of Buffalo. Sew
eral schools are set aside for teaching
trades to young boys and girls. and the
latest addition to the course is one In
cobbling. - competent instructor has
been engaged to teach the young men
how to repair shoes. There are q num-
ber now taking up the course. and 1t Is
certain that the trade will not become ex-
tinct with the young generation study
ing the principles Of rejuyenating old
shoes.
Evening star., 1912-07-13
SEVERAL SALES REPORTED.
Local Realty Broker Gives Resume
of Weeks Business.

Sales reported this week by the office
of j. Leo Kolb, real estate broker, in
volved the following properties:
For Joseph Svent to S. E. Cornwell,
the residence at 1921 Vermont avenue
northwest: consideration. $3.50.
For Mettie Harvey, trustee, to Lewis
Holmes, the house at 616 1st street
northwest This property was purchased
as an investment at price of $1,000.
For Mrs. Laurie. to Mrs. Margaret
O'Leary, the six-room and bath brick
residence at 1893 G street northeast, at
price of $2,J
For the Clarvoe estate. to Javins Sons,
the property at 523 7th street southwest.
Evening star., 1912-07-13
May Have Municipal Store.

C. D. Coates, commissioner of public
works in Spokane, Wash, has announced
that he will ask the city commission
to appropriate from 100000 to 100000
to establish a municipal store for the
purpose Of furnishing food and clothing
to the people at cost prices, in an at
tempt to lower the cost Of living. Com
missioner Coates, while elected on a non-
partisan ticket, has been prominent In
the affairs OF the socialist party.
Evening star., 1912-07-13
The Higher Slang.

From the Boston Transcript.
Marks-The conductor on the Cambridge
car this morning had a dispute with a
passenger about his fare, and he kept ex-
claiming: "Transvene! Transvene" What
do you suppose he meant?
Parks-That's a new one to me. but for
a guess he meant Come across!'
Evening star., 1912-07-13
Why Bruises Turn Black and Blue.
Prom ~. Nicholas.

The color Of blood II due chiefly to iron
In the little blood cells When the iron
is kept in these little blood cells. which
are living and travelling around in the
blood vessels. the color is red.
Hit the skin hard enough to break some
of the tttle blood vessels beneath the
surface, and the little red cells escape
Evening star., 1912-07-13

club tonight
Shelf that is how you wish me to be-
lieve you came out of the place you
should have brushed bit of the dirt off
frst.-London Opinion.
Evening star., 1912-07-13
AVENUE TRACT
WILL CONTAIN 13O HOMES
Development Project Now in Its Second
Stage twenty-five Houses
Already Sold.

and between tho eastern and western
ends Of the tract the builder has set
aside two series of lots which will be de-
for the children Of the home buyers.
Evening star., 1912-07-13

It matters little what g ij that yUa
waHt-whether . situation Or Q ooFv.
ant-a want ID In The star Win yaAnh
the Doruon Who WIN 10 XUuS 0Ao4
Evening star., 1912-07-13

Material progress In the continued de-
velopment Of the National Capital as a
city Of homes Is assured in the year 1912.
Aside from the private enterprises which
contemplate the construction by individ-
uals OF houses for their own occupancy,
there are many large operations which
are being prosecuted by operative build
ers. and nearly every section Of Wash
ington is sharing in the building activity.
Projects Of this latter class range all the
way from the relatively small operations,
which result in the placing of rows of
three or four houses on the market, to
the building Of houses by scores and hum
dreds, covering occasionally as much as
whole city block. and in few cases
involving the improvement of whole
neighborhoods.
One Of the largest Of the latter type
Of building operations Is now being con-
Quoted by Harry Wardman on the prop
erty adjacent to Sherman avenue and
Columbia road. Mr.. Wardman started
this project early in the present building
season and up to the present time he has
constructed more than fifty homes on
three sides Of the block bounded by CO.
lumbia road, Sherman avenue, Harvard
street ana Georgia avenue, anu Oh I1ODdTt
street, an east-and-west thOrOughfare
which bisects the square.
Operation in Second Stage.
Starting this week, Mr.. Wardman en-
tered into the second stage of the de-
velopment Of the Sherman avenue tract,
and his workmen now are engaged in ex-
cavating for the foundations Of several
more rows Of houses, the construction of
which will be carried forward SO that
fully fifty more new residences will be
ready for the early autumn market.
Altogether In the Sherman avenue tract
the Wardman development contemplates
the construction Of about 13O houses. In
exact figures fifty-six of this number al
ready have been built, fifty more are now
In the early stages Of construction, and
when condemnation proceedings are con-
ciuded and Hobart street is carried
through the eastern half of the block to
connect with the present end of the
street, which passes eastward across
Georgia avenue to the grounds Of the
Soldiers Home, the remainder OF the
property, which then will be available,
will offer sufficient space to permit the
building of about twenty-four more
houses.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01
Parson Warns NewIyweds Against Turkey Trot"

A DMONITIONS as to their future
n conduct and warning against
the seductions Of the turkey trot
and other such fancy doin's' were
interpolated freely INTO the marriage
ceremony with which Rev. John H.
Bunday. pastor of an African Metho-
dist Episcopal church, united negro
couple the other day III the private Of
fee Of Judge Gorter.
Winlield Boyer, &c years old; small
in stature and not little frightened,
consented to- we'd Esther c.. Newman,
II years Ole Judge Gorter gave an
order for a marriage license, offered
the use Of HIS Office for the ceremony
and had an official CT the court hunt
up minister.
The preacher read the ceremony i'm
pressively, but turned aside LOW and
then to offer advice to the pair where
he thought it might have effect.
will you live with this woman as
your wife always?" he demanded Of
the trembling bridegroom at the
proper part Of the ritual. Not for a
little time" he added. Il marry SO
many Of you niggers and tomorrow
you are single again. Now you are
hitched good; 90 you understand
that?"
Speak it with your heart, not your
lips" he demanded. in putting the
question, wilt thou have this wom-
an?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01
BewaIs Loss of $500 He "Squandered" on Wife

nETRO1T, M1CH.-From a courtship
II that started one Sunday after
noon nearly two years ago when he
drove by the home of the charming,
but flery-tempered little Italian girl,
Annunzia Di Michele, at 535 Russell
street, followed by hasty wooing, an
early marriage, to the divorce court
has been the brief but highly exciting
matrimonial adventure Of Joe Pal
ermo.
Joe doesn't bewail the prospective
loss Of his wife so much as the loss
Of the savings that he sQuandered on
her before and after their marriage.
"Pouf! $500. she's gone like that"
said Joe expressively, blowing out a
fierce blast Of macaroni-laden breath.
Il buy heem the fort dollar coat;
he's socks $3.50 a pair, fine new shoes.
pay de five do for them, de big hat,
SIS, fine new silk dress; ALA de mum
had. Now, nothing, not cent
left"
They had "quick wedding &C.
cording to Joe. and then his trou-
bles began. First his $500 vanished
for clothes for his pretty wife. and
then began a constant war with his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01
Washington City The Ideal Educational Center

will gather at central points and be
carried to school in community wag-
ons, and the educational standard will
be advanced.
Before Washington became the pop
ulous and up-to-date city of today it
was not looked upon in the same light
as other places we're, especially by
those who had never visited the ma
tons capital. and regarded it simply
as the seat OF government temporary
residence for the nations statesmen.
Times have changed. Washington
is now probably better known in out
side states for the advantages it Of
fers to those seeking an education
than it is at home.
Washington today is looked to as the
country's seat of lea<ning, not merely
from an academic standpoint, but
from a broader vision. 1t is realized
that traditions, the beu atiful examples
of art as shown by the best works of
famous artists, sculpto.s, architects.
have an influence for good on those
that come here to study, to work.
These things have been appreciated
by our educational leaders, and while
there are famous colleges in other cit
les, colleges which have sent out their
children to the ends of the earth, not
one can offer the advantages offered
by the city of Washington, not one
has such facilities for research az the
nations capital J
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01

NJ EW YORK.-A real country farm
~ on Broadway in which vegetables
OF ell kinds thrive, and which chick
ers serenely pecking at the soil un-
disturbed by the roar of subway trains
above, and the din Of traffic below,
sounds more like the fancy Of one
Of the city's rich men than the reali-
cation Of the ambition of an Italian
fruit stand keeper. The farm with
an ancient two-story frame house &C.
cupies 500 square feet In a triangu-
lar plot on Broadway between Man.
haitian street and West One Hundred
and Twenty-ninth street. The tri-
angle is inclosed by a ten-foot board
wall except on One Hundred and
Twenty-ninth street, where there is a
low rustic fence. Thousands Of per-
sons from the elevated subway struc-
ture at Manhattan street have viewed
this rural scene with interest, and
have wondered who the city farmer
could be.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01

WASHINGTON. - Behind a wire
" screened cage employees Of the
United States government have now
gone into the laundry business. They
are washing United States bank
notes and ironing them. 1t is not
generally understood that when any
body gets old greenbacks, it does not
make any difference whether a dollar
or thousand, If he sent it to the
treasury department and requested q
new bill he would have to have it.
All the bankers in the country have
always had the right to turn in all old
money and get new for it. The old
money was assorted, counted and tied
IN packages in the treasury depart
ment and then taken to a.big eyelet
machine, where great holes were cut
through the bundles of money, and
from there it was sent to a. macerator.
where it was chewed up into fine pulp
and then nodded to make trinkets for
sale. They are not bit pretty. be-
ing a nasty greenish-gray. and are
nearly always warped out Of shape;
but they sell them for souvenirs. as
there is kind of fascination in know
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TI41(RJNo +
Uncle Sam Can Wash Your Money While You Wait

ing that the tiny imitation OF the
Washington monument Z which you
hold in your hand represents $3.50, 600.
The washing machine is still In an
experimental stage, it is said. and
seems TO be doing pretty good work.
It is estimated that this will save a
vast sum for the treasury. 1t costs
1880 to make 1000 bank notes: 1t
cost but about so cents to re1uven-
ate the same number: Every Gay
there are more than $4,000 bills. with
drawn from circulation and destroyed
The cost of replacing these is $4,000,
but the cost of washing them and
making them as good Al new Will De
but SIS.
The machine is Is feet long and
five feet wide, and looks something
like a newspaper printing press. 1t
has dozens of rolls, many gears and
operates with the same clash ana
clang. The money is placed between
two canvas belts. at one end OF the
machine. 1t runs through solution
of laundry soap and boiling hot water.
where it is thoroughly cleansed. 1t
then enters another vat, in WHICH
there is a solution of stinenfng mate
rial and germ-killing solution. From
this vat it is drawn between q gas
heated mangle, where 1t is ironed.
1t energies from the machine two
minutes and Is seconds after 1t has
started on it's 64-foot trip, and Is to
all intents and purposes perfect bill.
When running at full speed the wash
ing machine can clean about 1000
bills an hour.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01
Raises Corn and Chickens on"Great White Way

He is Frank Muccia, a middle-aged
italian. >Muccfa maintains fruit and
cigar stand outside of the triangle.
He came to this country to seek his
fortune 20. years ago from Naples.
where his father had a large farm.
Muccia brought with him here a
strong love for farm life. He became
the owner of fruit stand, but the
desire to have a farm and bring up
his family of ten children as the chill
dren of farmers son should be
raised grew stronger with him each
year. In a city of tall buildings and
crowded spaces he could see little
hope of realizing his ambition. He
could not move to- the country be-
cause his stand and business was
growing better all the time, and then
there were the wife and the ten little
Muccias to be fed and clothed. Nine
years ago, however, his opportunity
came, and with his family he moved
to the triangle He cleared away the
rubbish which Uttered the place and
started to cultivate the soil.
In a window of his stand the other
day a sign was displayed informing
passersby that tomatoes fresh from
the farm were for sale. Two Of them
could be had for nickel. They were
the size Of grape fruit, and he pointed
to them with pride. Muccia has reg
ular line Of customers, to whom He
sells the products Of his farm.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01

MILWAUKEE, Wis.-An apiary con-
vi tanning four unusually large and
busy families of exceedingly product
i've honey bees, conducted in the loft
of small stable in the rear Of city
home. is one Of the most unique in
dustries in Milwaukee.
William Nuremberg and his brother,
Frederick, 1914 Hubbard street, are the
proprietors. They say it is one Of the
easiest and most profitable businesses,
considering the investment. that can
be conducted at home.
Il have been keeping bees for about
five years." said William Nuremberg
Il started with two frames of bees
and a queen and now have four ex-
ira large hives. from which each year
I get a total of between ESQ and 300
pounds of fine honey. Cone honey is
worth an average of rs cents pound,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01
TRADUALLY but surely America il

GRADUALLY but surely America is
u becoming recognized as one of the
leading nations in the world for the
educational facilities it offers its
peoples. The little red schoolhouse is
still here, and Of necessity will re-
main in the sparsely settled communi-
ties for some years to come. The bad
roads that made it difficult for the
child of tender years or slight phys
ique to be regular attendant a: these
minor but still important seats OF
learning are gradually becoming bet
ter, something which is greatly appre-
ciated by young America.
These bad roads are bound to dis
appear in time, and, strange to say.
their improvement means the begin
ming of the end Of the small country
school,. The amalgamation of school
districts will follow; the country high
school, located at the Four Corners.
will take it's proper place as it has al
ready done in some districts; children
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01
Profitable Bee Hives in Loft Of a City Barn

so you will see that get nice profit
from my bees, when you consider that
they cost me practically nothing.
But aside from the profit the bees
afford US a great deal OF entertaining
study. Nothing can be more interest
ing than watching the manner in
which these busy little workers keep
their houses in order, the manner in
which the guard bees of each swarm
do sentinel duty at the entrance to
their hive, ready to give Battle to
robber bees from other swarms, which
are always lurking about, ready to
steal from other hives instead of CO.
ing out and foraging for honey.
Some people may ask how the bees
are fed. The answer is that we never
feed them. l never have found it nee
essary to help them find enough food.
OF course, they have no trouble In the
warm weather, and while they stay
close to their hives during the cold
weather, as soon as the sun appears
the bees leave their hives and go out
foraging.
! ANYBODY can raise bees II he has
some kind of shelter for them and will
start right. They are no trouble to
their owner or to their neighbor. l
have the Italian bees and they never
harm any one
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01
Mirth Before Audience, a Fight Behind Scenes

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and glorious
~ festival of mirth and melody" "A
brilliant half-hour mosaic of musical
comedy, superbly staged"
Ten dainty, dimpled Broadway
beauties. Just like the French cab
arcts."
That's what local theatcr bill says
about a s!;it before the footlights
there
Municipal Judge z. F. Robinson saw
part Of the s:ot: thc other day and
is inclined to &c, bit the ycracity of
the bill. 1t was given a piecemeal
staging before him IN the Hyde Park
police court. His program read:
Dcfcndant-Frank Griffith; known
in the skit as Josh Kiddcr, a waiter
who knows his business"
Plaintiffs-Lillian, Bertha and Ida
Lewis, dancers, and Mrs. Bessie Lew
is, their mother, the first three being
known in the skit respectively as
Lolita Racket" Louise Louder" and
"Peroxa Snow"
The "heavies" we're Detectives Nc
CURE and Rank, who made the
pinch"
Lolita Racket-er-1 mean Lillian
Lewis-to the bar" ordered the judge
when the case was called. Up trlpped
a brunette with big picture hat.
1T was this way, judge" she said.
II was out doing my dancing stunt
when I heard a scream back of the
uinpo 7 i,1ct kpou II woe E>raDl Crit
fifth beating mother. 50 ran off with
out finishing my act to help her. Half
Of the company had attacked her, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01

her screams we're SC lead t255 :ssga
manager had to ing down the cur.
tain to keep the audience frCn: think.
ing there was FIRE.
Then they laid for us outside in
the alley after the show and tried to
beat us up again. We broke about
even, though, I guess. Then mamma
went to the police station for protec.
ton and had "Josh"-that is, Frank
arrested All the trouble started be-
cause his wife don't like people Of our
race"
Yes, it was awful, judge. Mrs. Lew
is and the two daughters chimed in,
while Griffith tried to give his side 81
the affair."
Judge Robinson listened for a while
and then ordered silence.
TT must have been a gigantic and
glorious festival of mirth and melody"
the judge said, reading the program.
1T was so much so that I'm going to
let you settle it among yourselves.
These back-of-the-stage fights are too
much for an ordinary Judge to attempt
to square. Ill discharge the prison.
err
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children after they
De1eVe
to the treatment and that will
profit the the flowers
truths Of the vegetable kingdom:>F ill.,:
There practical
Faichnd
showed of the million
United States only % completing the
Farchld
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When the ring should have been
forthcoming the minister glared at
Boyer and asked:
What have you got to give this
woman? You know you must give
her something"
The bridegroom, minus the Heces-
sary ring. was silent. Bailiff Charles
5. Eggleston took Of his ring and ten
dered It for temporary use.
Don't forget to give it back to the
gentleman" the preacher reminded
Boyer. "You must get a ring to
keep"
Other admonitions were woven into
the ceremony, at the end Of whsch the
minister delivered a short lecture.
Live right and stick to each other"
he said. Keep cut Of foolishness;
there's whole lot of new-fangled fool
things in the world today. Don1 you
have anything to do with this here
turkey trot' and bunny hug bust
ness"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01
new field OPEN TO E. T. FA|RCHILD

E. T. Fairchild, president of the
National Educational association, and
superintendent of education of tho
state of Kansas, has been rendered
the presidency of New Hampshire
Agricultural college.
The practical benefits of educa-
ton have been emphasized by Mr.
F;irchild in his work in Kansas
The conventional treatment Of the
sciences in the secondary schools was
objected to by Mr. Fairchild as un-
suited to the pupil and to his actual
needs when he got out of school. It
is his idea that all text books, espe-
cially in high schools, should follow
the plan demanded by teachers Of
arithmetic-that all the problems
presented be of things that concern
the active life of the child
THE present text books are for
advanced work and are not practi-
CAL" Mr.. Fairchild said recently.
While the books are written for boys
and girls ofshigh school age, still they
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01

KING NICHOLAS: PICKED TO START WAR

Declaration Of war against Turkey
by King Nicholas of Montenegro, fol
lowed quickly by several severe en-
gagements between Montenegro and
Turkish forces, are regarded merely
Is the beginning of general con
migration in the Balkan states.
1t is believed that the other units
In the Balkan coalition will follow
suit as soon as tho mobilization OF
the armies is complete.
There is only a faint hope now
that the representations of the pow
ers will avert general hostilities.
Montenegro's move is considered
by many to be part Of a prearranged
plan. It is asserted that Greece was
4rst selected by the Balkan confed-
GRAFTON to force the issue and inau-
gurate the war.
This could easily have been done
by Greece seating in the Greek par
lament the deputies from Crete,
which was certain to prove casus
belli to Turkey, Greece, however,
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mother.in-law. Joe charges. He de-
clares that his mother-in-law inter
fered when he chided his wife, and
that she refused to let her daughter
go away when Joe rented fat Joe
says his wife told him he couldn't take
her away.
A week after Joe went back to get
his clothes and he says they both
jumped on him and pummeled him so
that he had to run away without his
belongings. Joe having failed to
make any impression, sent his broth
er Sam. He didn't get the clothes.
Il don't know what de mat sigh
ed Joe. 'Mebbe she luf somebody else.
but I don't see no man round da
house for da las tree mont"