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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

w ASHINGTON.- battle
" ships will be the subject of tests
this winter by Naval Constructor Da-
via w. Taylor, on duty in the bureau
OF construction and repair, in the ma
val testing tank at the Washington
yard. Four vessels for the merchant
service have been built in England on
this plan. Two outward curves. %
inches deep, run the length of the
shlps between the load line and the
bllge. Between the convex curves is
a concave surface of equal depth.
This partial application of the tube
principle greatly increases the
strength of the hull So much
strength is added that the stringer
plates may be dispensed with. This
increases the space available for bulk
cargo. In addition, however, it is said
that the corrugated hull saves fuel
and lessons the effect of waves on
the steadiness of the ship.
English reports indicate that a cor
rugated hull will save Is per cent in
fuel over the cost of driving smooth
hull Of equal displacement. Two mod
els, of equal weight and dimensions.
each about twenty feet long, will be
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

G PRINGF1ELD, Mass.-The Spring
y field Newsboys' association has or
ganized a police force to patrol the
business section Of the city to see that
the "newsies" conduct themselves
properly and also that their rights
are not infringed upon. Solomon
Skvirsky. president Of the associa.
ton and "chief of police" ex-officio.
has appointed a sergeant and patrol
man for each ward.
Young Skvirsky came to this coun-
try from Russia when four and one
half years old. and since he was seven
years old he has earned his own liv-
ing by selling newspapers. He is the
most important person in Springfield
in the eyes Of the 600 newsboys OF
the city. among whom his DEGREES are
law. He attends the Central High
school, where he is taking the college
preparatory course. He plans to en-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

I INDIANAPOLIS, 1nd.-Miss Grace
/ Mockford and Miss Edith Thinner
man, 3037 North Illinois street. were
tempted outdoors by the delightful
weather the other afternoon for what
they planned to be very restful and
bracing drive over the boulevards
They were in a runabout and the
horse they were driving was a spirit
ed animal.
At Capitol avenue, near Ohio street,
the animal made break, and imme-
diately afterward things began to hap
pen. In fact. things happened on
Capitol avenue all the way north to
Twentieth street, which is quite a dis
lance. The two young women thought
1t was quite a distance, at least, and
they never expect to drive through
that thoroughfare in quite so dramatic
fashion again.
When the horse found that one of
the reins had parted he knew at once
that the other was Of no service. for
he was wise horse. He started to
run, and made up his mind at the very
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

guild, or third person, the r. O. newt
ably gets trimmed. The process is
painfully simple. The game is 'odd
man wins The two collaborators so
arrange it that when one has heads"
the other has tails" or vice versa.
So one of them always wins.
In the space Of thirty hectic min
utes, the man from Oklahoma had
been separated from $3S in money and
the two express money orders; total
$138.
But the man from Oklahoma felt
trifle resentful. 1t even occurred
to him that something had been done
to him. So he just walked along be-
hind the stranger called Kent until he
saw policeman. Then he had Kent
arrested.
Among other victims of the three
man match game. one youth lost about
$500 recently, and an old farmer was
trimmed for a couple of thousand.
The reports Of the games resembled
strongly the one In which Peyton en-.
gagged.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
Postal Deposit Savings Show Average of $86

OSTMASTER General Frank H.
1 Hitchcock made public the other
day the latest available figures show
ing that the deposits in postal savings
repositories have now reached the
sum of $2S,000,OOO The system was
inaugurated January 8, 1911. but
most of the deposits have been made
within the last year.
The deposits represent 100000 indi-
viduals. making an average of $3.50 per
depositor. The system is now operat-
ed In 12,773 postoffices, in every one
of the forty-eight states. including GA
branch postoffices.
According &c the figures compiled
by the controller of the currency the
total amount Of the deposits in the
savings banks OF the country in 1911
was $4,212,5S3,598. This amount was
deposited in 1884 banks by 9.794.647
individual depositors, and the average
savings bank account for each depos-
itor was $4,000. Comparison of these
statistics shows that the average
amount held by each savings bank
deposition was about five times the av-
erage amount held by each postal saw
tngs bank depositor.
According to the report of the con-
troller of the currency, the postal saw
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
Spanish Minister Rejoices in Fifty Suits, Etc.

TT was stated in an authetic quarter
/ the other day that the Spanish min
lister, Senior Don Juan Riano. has 5o
suits OF clothes and corresponding
" large number of accessories. Spa
cious and perfectly equipped quarters
are required to accommodate this
wardrobe, and In selecting the new
Iteration special attention was paid to
this feature.
The present iegation, in New Hamp-
shire avenue, has commodious dress
ing rooms and closets for each suite,
but such an outfit as Senior Ramos In
order to be easily handled and &C.
cessible has to have a room to Itself.
and. II possible, one built for the pur-
pose.
The garments are classified. and
that they may be easily found an In
ventory is fastened on the door. Ac-
cording to the most advanced authorl
ties wet" and dry rooms are neces~
sary for the complete wardrobe. The
wet" room removes the creases and
takes the place Of sponging; the dry
room hardens the costume In the lines
it has taken.
Whether Senior Ramos new home Is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

IT is now estimated at the war de-
i partment that more than so per
cent OF all army officers now on de-
tached service will have to be re-
moved from their present posts at
once, owing to legislation by congress
juring the last session. This means
that more than half Of the officers now
serving as military attaches at Amer
ican legations and embassies abroad.
as Instructors in the military academy
at West Point, as instructors in the
Army Service schools. as instructors
Of state militia organizations and as
instructors in various military acade-
mics in foreign military schools will
be ordered back to their regiments.
The law, as one officer put 1t. Is
Excessively mandatory" inasmuch an
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
Fir:

provided with all these comforts is
not known, but that every means has
been adopted to keep the minister the
best dressed man in town." as he
was considered in Paris when con.
nected with the Spanish embassy
there, is certain.
And it may be mentioned in this
connection that as much care Is exer.
cised in the selection and proper
preservation of the so-called "acces-
sories" rs in the actual suits. These
accessories" include many articles
of personal adornment little known to
the ordinary man, but are considered
absolutely necessary in mind of the
Spanish Don. OF course, under this
head, may be considered first. tho
very latest in hats, gloves and ties.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
PERU'S PRESIDENT OF ENGLISH DESCENT

Doubtless with a view to the open
ing of the Panama Canal no country
in western South America is doing a
finer stunt Of advertising that Peru,
with an immense coast line on the
Pacific ocean extending from Ecuador
on the north to Bolivia and the as-
sressive state of Chill on the south.
The new trade opportunities should
be of great interest to Pittsburgh.
Peruvian newspapers have just ar
rived giving an account of the in
auguration of Guillermo Eduardo Bill
linghurst as president of the Peru
Wan republic, and it is something OF
a story in view of the near Inaugural,
ton of another president Of the
United States. While President Bill
linghurst is native Peruvian, hav.
ing been born at Ario in 1851, he Is a
scion of one of the oldest real Eng
lish families. tracing his lineage to
Adam de Billinghurst, who was given
a manor of that name by William the
COn0uerOr. While native to the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

presidency or
outside Of Peru
signed his Office the Biinghus with another ega
provision
country used
The
His
the
with high office what called the
local
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
JOHN SINGLETON M0SBY REPORTED I'LL

News from Washington of the Sc
rious illness OF COL John S. Mosby
brings into prominence again one of
the few remaining prominent officers
OF tho army of the Confederacy.
Colonel Mosby stood in the front
rank Of Confederate raiders in the
Civil War. being particularly haras-
sing in the 1864 campaign of General
Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley
which ended with his brilliant VIC
tory at Cedar Creek. There was a
long line of communication to be
guarded from Baltimore 10 Harper's
Ferry and then down the valley, and
from Washington by way of Manas-
sas and Front Royal Colonel Mosby
devoted himself to breaking these
lines and raiding his enemys forces
wherever possible. No one else In
the army was SO mathematical as
was he. That such rebel against
the government could not only have
escaped with his life cfter the sur
render. but should actually later have
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
the woman was demanding.

the woman was demanding.
They were leaving you behind"
the child sobbed.
AS the car moved on again those
passengers nearest the steps explain
ed the situation.
Tae woman and the child, presume
bly, her daughter, were running to
catch the car. Youth led in the race,
and the child boarded the car first.
The woman was several yards behind.
and the conductor did not see her and
gave the signal to start the car before
she had boarded it. The near-kidnap-
ing, which then was threatened, was
prevented by the child's effective If
unusual method of stopping the car.
She just screamed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
IN TIE lr111@l-Idnr
STARTS PLAN FOR MODEL DANCE HALLS
The supervised dance hall is a pay

The supervised dance hall is pay
ing proposition"
This Is the verdict of Mrs.
Charles H. Israels. who is known by
reputation to every dancing hall pro-
prietor in New York. AS chairman Of
the committee of amusement resources
for working girls, Mrs. ~1sraels has
made detailed study of the dance
hall problem for the last four years.
With committee of seventeen, she
has investigated dance halls Of every
type and in every district; she has
secured legislation resulting in the
dance hall license act OF 1910, and az
an evidence of her belief that the
supervised dance can be made to pay
she has started plans for a series of
model dance halls in all the larger
eastern cities
Mrs. 1sraels and her committee
are at present making vigorous ef
forts to drive the turkey trot' and
its popular companions from the
field and substitute less objection
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

appear
The China is United States he Declares and he certainly
of raroadng he mighty people
China
Chinese
have
Japan the land whose is forward.
We We Isn't t a
Apparently To Wang OF
a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

The much-enduring. ultimate con-
sumner of pumpkin pies begins to sus.
pect the existence Of pumpkin pie
trust when he observes that his por.
tion has been reduced to one-fifth OF
the circle instead Of the traditional
quarter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
Rather Informal,

Are you on very friendly terms
with your neighbor in the apart
ments?'
We'll. no. She's rather formal. Al
ways sends her card when she wishes
To borrow -four and il she wants both
dour and sugar she sends two cards"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Woman experts who tell how to
prepare meal for six persons for AZ
cents are bringing unhappiness to
many a poor housewife who is doing
the best she can on the money her
husband hands to her.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

A New York woman wants a divorce
because her husband drinks cologne.
She can't be blamed. considering the
odor of some of the connections
classed under that name.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

A university professor of economics
advises girls to spend all they have.
borrow more, keep on spending and
keep from saving or from helping
their parents. 1t is strange what pro-
feseional nonsense will be tolerated In
this land OF unpitigated free speech
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
CALLS CHINA A new UNITED STATES

80 many Of us Chinese repub-
licans, graduates Of American col
leges, are Americans through and
through, that, in the intervals OF
fighting against the imperialists at
Marking, we actually discussed foot
ball like any other American college
men,"
So says Ching -Chun Wang, NJ. A..
Phi. D., Yale 'OS, veteran OF the bat
ties that overthrow the oldest en-
pire in the world. now back in this
country as a member of the fifth in.
ternational congress of chambers OF
commerce. held H. Boston. Also, he
is associate director Of the Picking.
Mukden railway. A man of many
t;tles-titles hard to remember.
But there is no difficulty in remem-
bering DR.. Wang's words when he
talks about the new China. He is an
enthusiast, sayer of startling
things, describer of conditions that
you would not imagine possible in
the phlegmatic east. prophet of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
Her Reason

Her Reason.
did you struggle when he tried to
kiss you?"
mo, mamma"
But why did you not?'
"Why, mamma, you ought to know
from his appearance that he isn't very
strong"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Remarkable, indeed.
"fiow we'll Mr.. and Mrs. GraeswN
seem to get along together"
Eyes, it is quite remarkable, the
more so because she wears a necklace
that was presented to her by her first
husband and he keeps a, picture Of his
hxet wife in his watch case"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Now a teorist thinks small! girls
amusements tend to make them neu-
rotic But the cold materlalism OF the
DRY is going a little too far when 1t
attempts to make little girls stop play
ing mother with their dolls.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Dynamiters bought alarm clocks by
the dozen for their Internal machines,
but you cannot make commuter be-
Heve that dynamiting was bit too
good for an alarm clock
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

In a New York speed contest typists
were writing from 113 to 1T words a
minute. Since We have observed that
people who wrote as fast as that don't
say much, the news excites no envy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

The Illinois supreme court wants to
know whether poker Is work Too deep
for Us, but it's evident that the play
ers aren't union men.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

The candy trust has been attacked
In the courts. Gladstone tidings for.
the young man who starts his court
ship this winter
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Statistics prove that bachelors go
insane oftener than married men. but
any married man knows that bachel-
ors have more time for such activ-
tiles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Keeping "a headless cat alive H.
hours" may be a triumph of medical or
surgical science. but it Is awfully
hard on the cat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Twenty-three hundred love letters
were found among the effects Of an
Australian bachelor. Evidently he
either had to die or marry to stop
them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Some scientists In New York can
now keep headless cats alive IL hours
III necessary" But II put to a refer
endum OF normal cats it would never
BIO necessary.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Not only do transatlantic wireless
messages promise to be much cheap
er, but they may relieve US OF the
hybrid word "cablegram."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

ape sty1e
o 'ne amusement available for girls of the classes in
NE" YORK of
OF problem would
now emphasizing
man, mat we'll known
situation
pies IN this system of halls
I have been working
pun these
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Tortoises are cultivated in the Sey-
chelles island for their shell. And lob
sters are cultivated on Broadway for;
their money.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

THE Blind Banker Of Paris" who
was able to get away with $4,000, 900
belonging to his clients seems to have
had an eye for the main chance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

A Pittsburg woman wants q divorce
because her husband was sober twice
in twelve years. We take 1t that they
were not successive occasions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

That town which seeks to bear the
name 1912" can never hope to be up
to date next January.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

improved incandescent Lamp.
Incandescent lamps in which the nj
aments are in the form of an inverted
cone have been found to give one-ffth
more light than those of the same size
i'm which flaments form cylinders.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Now the young man who took his
girl out in a canoe during the sum-
Tner, is taking her out on motor
cycle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

A St. Louis woman threw clocks at
her husband, probably with the inten-
ton of lmpressing upon him the fact
that time flies.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

The corset is of some real use to:
mankind after ALL A female imper-
senator has died because of tight lac.
ing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Our only fear Of a woman in the:
presidents cabinet is that she would
put scalloped paper on its shelves.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Statistics show that more bachelors
than married men become insane;
Why say more?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Pierre Lott announces that he ad-
mires the freshness Of the American
girl. He is reticent, however, concern,
ing the freshness of the American
boy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
Philosophy of Riches.

PntIosophy OF Riches.
"Contentment is better than riches"
said the ready-made philosopher.
True replied Dustin Stax; but
my observation is that a man who is
rich has q better chance Of becoming
contented than the man who is con
tented has of becoming rich"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

A New York paper advises It's read.I
ers to start a pearl farm Still seed,
pearls are expensive.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Skirts slashed at the knee are the
latest fashion. Handy to get at the
money.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
Prophets are bum leaders. II you
don't believe 1t, look at Turkey.

A Partisan hotel will be opened
without servants. Also without
guests.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Army aviators have invented a.
noiseless aeroplane. The harmless:
one, however, is still uninvented.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13
Telephones in Theaters.

JeIePnone8 II Ineater8.
On the hack Of each seat of = new
London theater there will be coin in
the slot telephones to enable persons
with defective hearing to listen 70
what 10 being said on the stage.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

office under the he sought
maintained that he 1aw
of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Cuba certainly is learning the game.'
1t is now crying fraud over the cleo
ton and demanding a recount
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Money that Europe does not spend
on general war it can invest nice
ly in buying shoes for the baby.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Jamaicas torrential rains ought to
mollify the ginger.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-13

Youth has been defined as just one
darned blunder after another.
The Press., 1912-07-03
DISASTROUS FIRE. l:r- uo:n,anm Q T:oL4or pIor+ TotoII, Doetrovod
Probability that Will be Rebuilt i. the Only Cheering Detail

bridge was but 19 feet wide and the new one is to be 30 feet. The stone is being furnished by the Flynt Granite company and William T. Lewis is doing the work. Accommo- dations for foot passengers will be maintained over the river while the construction work is going on.
 Miss Eva l.. Stacy and Fred Hirst were married Thursday afternoon at 2. 30 o'clock at the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. Arthur Stacy, on Cushman street The house was decorated with laurel and potted plants and the ceremony was per- formed under an arch of laurel by Rev. F. w. Mcconnell, pastor of the Methodist church, using the single ring service. The best man was Maurice Moore and the maid of honor was Miss Beulah Stacy, the brides sister. The bride wore white silk messaline, and carried lilies of the valley. The maid of honor wore the same, and carried carnations. There were many beautiful and valuable gifts. After wedding trip MT. and Mrs. Hirst will begin housekeeping. They will be at home after September at their newly furnished home on CuShman street.