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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
~The Case 10 Altered" II = Relic Of
Oliver cromwell's Time In
England.

Iondon.-1 have Just discovered
what must be the most queerly named
saloon in all England. You do not
need to be told, Of course, that q sa-
loon over here is not Saloon" but
a public house"-or pub" to use
the popular expression.
Moreover, although the proprietor's
name may be, and generally is. above
the door, the place never is. as at
home, known thereby, but invariably
by some odd name. which may be any
thing from the Spotted Dog" or Dun
Cow" to the prince of Wales" the
Grown" or the Angel"
It's dollars to doughnuts, by the
way, that some reader Of these words
may have been before me IN finding
The Case Is Altered" for It Is on the
way to Kensal Green cemetery, which
hundreds Of our countrymen visit
every year to go the crave OF
Thacker0y. >-...>.%g 80. .t 49,.
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Thls railroad needs men higher up,
who possess these qualifications. You
are now promoted to the grade of su.
pervfsor. and may assume your du.
ties at once" And the superintendent
passed the young man an envelope
containing directions regarding his fu-
ture duties.
Behind this scene there is a story
which explains 1t all. The young man
having graduated from a school Of en-
g1neering. applied for work with the
railroad company. Not being able to
OBTAIN such a position as he desired,
he accepted work as a track hand.
His knowledge and his skill soon
made him a section foreman, and his
work had frequently been praised by
his superiors. AS he was attending to
his ordinary duties one day, he no.
t1ced a freight train and a passenger
approaching each other on the same
track. Almost at the moment, he
heard the shrill whistles of the loco
motives. Not hesitating a second he
ran as fast as he could to a switch.
opened it and threw the passenger
train onto the siding, just averting a
collision. AS he stood at the switch
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Prescriptions Of Time Of Sardanapa
lus, $50 3. c.-Fa'th Healing
Practiced.

The patient work Of the archaelo-
gis1 enabled people in 1911 to form a
very fair idea of medical science as it
existed in Nineveh $50 years before
the birth of Christ
OF the 10000 tablets taken from the
library of Assurbanipal. the great
king Of Assyria, who conquered Egypt
and Babylonia and established his sub
iects in the deserted cities of Samaria,
hundreds deal exclusively with medi-
cine and contain numerous prescrip.
lions:
II a man has collie make him stand
up and pour over him decoction Of
hypericum and he will recover.
Or make him crouch down on his
heels and pour cold water over his
head.
Faith healing seems to be indicated
1n a prescription which runs. If he is
In . weak state. make him bend down.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
BOY H0kDUPS ARE CAUGHT
They Plnfoned Victims Arms With
a lariat and Then Rif1ed'
F'5ckets.

New York.-Using lariat with
which. in true western style, they
lassoed victim SO that he was pow
erless to resist, three highwaymen,
the oldest of whom was but eleven
years, robbed Lester Feist, eighteen
years old, 50 Cedar street, Williams
burg. of valuable stickpin while he
was on his way home from making
call. Feist struggled to free himself.
but the boys pulled the lariat tighter.
The more he struggled the tighter
they drew the rope.
Feist was turning into Hamburg
avenue from Hart street, when three
boys stepped from doorway. One Of
them began whirling a lariat. and sud-
denly the rope shot toward him. 1t
circled his head and dropped down
over his arms. As it did the three
boys pulled on the rope and pinioned
his arms. He ran toward the three,
but they wound the lariat around his
legs and threw him to the gutter.
Feist cried for help as one of tho
trio took stickpin from the victims
tie. They were going through his
pockets when Policeman Nicholas
Benson, responding to Feist's cry, ap-
peared. After long chase Benson IT.
rested the three boys.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
MISS GOULD'S HENS

often finds that she has more :>ggs
than she can use.
Following the policy that netting
shall be wasted, these eggs are sent
to some grocery stores In Tarryto ~n.
where they are on sale as the Gould
estate eggs, and great is the demand.
These eggs bring the highest prices
and are sold quickly. That is WY
there is such demand for these egss
by grocers.
The henhouses are built with every
convenience, proper ventilation and
freedom from dampness. The houses
are OF wood and ara not lined With
plaster boards. but hive tight boari
wood finish which prevents dampnesa.
This wood is sprayed with whitening
once a week. The floor is of con.
crete, and about ons' and one-haJr
inches above the concrete is a tight
board flooring.
A cottage adjoining the farm has
been built. This is occupied by tho
keeper. The chickens have to be fed
at regular periods ard all the food is
selected with the idea of getting max
1mum results. A pond has been made
for the ducks.
AS to the egg production. no exact
figures are obtatnable, but it 1s said
that often thousand are obtained in
a day. Miss Gould is fond of chick
ems and the choicest stock is always
at her disposal. The farm is one of
the sights for visitor to Lyndhurst.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
No \ HURRY ON FRENCH i LINES. I. is
Record for Poor Service surely o
1. Held by Railroad Managers OF ! !
-. That Country. ~. a. ~

Naturalization of railroads gets q
very black eye from the French rec
ords this year. During the last sum-
mer the fruit crop failed absolutely
In Germany, and there was great de-:
mand on France for this kind Of food.
Brittany and Normandy shipped Ill.,.
teen thousand carloads-small ''wag-
on trucks"-to Germany. The value.
Of the fruit, when started, aggregated
$4,250,000. The average distance from
the fruit growing districts to the
frontier may be put down at about:
three hundred and sixty miles. and
the average time taken was two
weeks, though sometimes six weeks,
were required. The same wagons and
trucks harnessed to German engines.
were delivered at distances OF from
one hundred and fifty to two num-
dred miles In twenty to th1rty.six
hours.
In other words, on the French rail-
way French fruit progressed at the
rate of about twenty-four miles day.
whilst, including the customs formal1-
ties. they quickened up to about one
hundred and seventy miles In the
twenty-four hours as soon as they
changed hands. Dozens of wagons
never reached their destination at all,
owing to the tickets being defaced
or the chalk scrawl on the panel OF
the truck having been obliterated dur
ing the long pilgrimage. Sometimes
s, sometimes 10, and sometimes "a
per cent. of the fruit was 80 damaged
as to be worthless. The result has
been endless litigation, and loss Of
$625,0 The Frankfurter Zeltung,
from which these figures are taken,
remarks that II In time OF peace the
traffic is SO wretchedly managed by
the companies, what will happen IN
case of mobilization?
A traveller on the celebrated West
ern State railway relates how, on re-
turning from holiday in the north.
his friends gave him a bag of beauti-
full apples. He registered them, and
on his arrival at st. Lazare, rendered
his receipt to a clerk. without ask
ing me any questions the official led
me to the bicycle depot and told me-
to take my own. thought he was
joking, but 1t took three-quarters OF
an hour to persuade this excellent
functjonary. instead of giving me
somebody else's bicycle, to deliver my
bag Of apples. which naturally was
found under heap of heavy cases.
ripped open and crushed"
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No Chance to Pay Dividends.

No Chance to Pay Dividends.
In view OF the fact that it costs tho
Railway Valley railroad $25 a day to
operate and tts gross receipts arc
only $10> the public utilities commits
sion has granted an increase OF rates
that will brsrg the income and the
ortgn more nearly together. says a
dispatch from, Summit, N. J. Conlmu-
tation rates Rave been increased bv
rs cents and ffty-tr1p tickets 81 so be-
tween KenilWorth, one of the stations
on the road, end Bayonne. which is
reached over the Central Railroad or
Nsw Jersey. Nobody appeared at the
tearing to make objection.
The RAILWAY Valley line enjoys the
reputation 81 being the shortest in
the country. It connects Summit with
Aldene and the Central Railroad. The
Whole road is only eight miles long:
Although the communication rate. IL
over two roads, the Central gives the
full increase in rates to the shorter
limo. IT,
H. F. Dankin is secretary of the
Railway Valley and owne the major.
ity Of the stock. ~ >....>s 49, 4;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Nioht and Day Farmina.

Farming at night Is the innovation
just introduced by E. w. Fowler. who
lives IL miles west of Lodi, Cal. Eow-
Ter has two crews Of six men each and
has been blowing night and day.
Immense searchlights are atttched
to the plows and the laborers declare
that they can sec at night almost <s
we'll as during the day. An inctmxru-
GUS feature Of the work is that when
the night crew is eating breakfast at
six o'clock at night the day shift is
eating supper from the AaMe table.
Fowler is planting 1000 acres Of bar
ley and has resorted t. tho novel
scheme of working "a hours q day in
order that he may get the grain in
before the heavy rains.-Los Angeles
Times.
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between the two trains, the superin.
tendent of the road, whose car was at
tached to the passenger train, walked
up to him and asked him his name
and his business on the road. He
complimented him on his presence Of
mind. telling him that he had done the
right thing at the right time.
How many young men do the right
thing at the right time? How many
who really know what to do in cmer.
gencies. hesitate and debate. some
times until it is too late? How many
more realize after it is all over, what
they should have done under the CIR
cumstances.
Between the few and the many
there is a wide difference in mental
makeup. wide difference of value 20
themselves, and to those who may era
ploy them. And this difference Of val.
ue may at any time mean much more
than can be estimated. THIS young
section foreman's prompt acton un.
doubtedly saved thousands Of dollars
of property and possibly many lives.
This is why the young man who
knows what to do when action Is need.
ed, gains preference over his fellows.
This story ought to bring home to
every young man who reads it these
questions: Am I young man who
does the right thing at the right time?
II am not, how may become one Of.
the few who do the right things at the
right times?" The first part of the
question must be answered by the
young man himself. The second part
is well answered by Henry Van Dyke
in one of his talks to the students of
Princeton university. Mr.. Van Dyke
said: There is no young man before
me who is not able. through careful
mental training and development. to
become alert. decisive. and cour-
ageous; who is not able to acquire the
habit OF thinking straight and acting
quick. It's all matter Of self-devel-
opment aided, of course. by the train
ing that you may receive in an insti-
tuition Of this kind" And better than
any university is the school Of expert
ence which is open to every young
man, a school whose lessons are never
theoretical. but always practical.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Fine FIocks of Chickens Bid De.
fiance to Egg Trust.
Product Of Two Thousand Prize Birds
at Tarrytown Farm More Than
Owner Can Use-Many Are
Sold to the Trade,

New York.-There may be 10000
600 eggs in cold storage in New Jer-
sey or anywhere else, but Miss Helen
Miller Gould can snap her fingers and
forget about it, for she owns one of
the finest poultry farms in New York
state, writes a Tarrytown correspond
ent. The establishment of this farm
has proved Miss Gould to be a good
business woman, for 1t Is practically
self-sustaining. This is an added CON-
fort to the convenience OF having
fresh eggs when you want them and
as many as you want.
Miss Gould decided about a year
ago that she wanted a poultry farm
to free herself from any egg trust.
She has a most capable superintend-
ent in Archibald Robbie, and upon
him devolved the work OF carrying
out the plans. Miss Gould has plenty
of land, and the site selected for the
chicken farm was on the property on
the White Plains road, east of Mead
ow street.
Only two breeds are housed on the
tarm-white Leghorns and Wyan-
dottes. Miss Gould tries to keep the
number up to 1900. Just now 1t is
below. that figure, but the incubators
will be started soon and large num-
Der Of broilers are planned for the
spring. The farm provides Miss
Gould with all the eggs she wants at
all times. It also provides broilers.
chickens for roasting, squads, capons
and ducks. In the spring, when the
egg harvest is greatest, Miss Gould
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
SALOON HAS QUEER NAME

Oddly enough, the proprietor Of
The Case Is Altered" doesn't know,
and apparently never tried to find out,
how his hosiery came by its title.
have found out, however. and the
story is quaint and recalls ones rip
Van Wrinkle" to mind.
Back In Oliver Cromwelps time a
hosiery. stood on the site, and over
its doorway hung the protectors like
ness. Hung there, too. until the res
toration. when this tavern, like that
which puzzled Rip, changed its en-
blem. The head of Charles II. re-
placed that of Cromwell, and the land
lord, bit Of a wag, it would seem.
added to his sign the significant, If
laconic, phrase, 1.-The Case Is Altered"
Eventually the words alone became
the name Of this tavern and those
which succeeded It, and today, accord
ing to the proprietor. puzzled most of
those who read them for the first
time, even as they did the writer. =, =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Record Speed.

se0~SsO opVS0s
The Baroness Rose Posse declared.
at luncheon in Cambridge. that cor
sets caused indigestion.
And they who say that corsets are
good for the health" declared the bar
oness. smiling, ARE as far from the
truth as the railroad man.
"A railroad man, you know, was
boasting about the speed Of the trains
on his Zine.
1--WE go 80 fast he said. that bells
and Whistles are no use-the train
keeps ahead Of the sound.
"Once, four miles away on 4,
straight stretch, an engineer Of ours
saw wagon. He whistled and rang,
he cursed and swore and yelled. but
1t was useless--the next instant we
We're on the wagon-crash. bang-a
derailment, and the engine overturned.
THE engineer. poor fellow, was
killed. But the CHASTITY thing about
the accident was this AS the engineer
lay dead on the roadside, his voice
caught him up. Yes. sir, there he
lay, dead, and all around him sound
ed In chorus his own oaths and yells
that he had used-just a minute be-
fore to clear the track"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Mexican Railways Show Gain.


The annual report of the National
Railways of Mexico including the
Mexican International Railroad com.
pany for the year ended June 30, 1911,
shows gross earnings of $61,934.4 21
(Mexican currency, an increase Of
$9.372,128. Operating expenses in
creased $7,685,787, and net earnings
were $22,655.076, a gain of $1,696.341.
However, the amount was not quite
sufficient after the deduction of other
charges for the first preferred divi-
dends of $2,883,290.
A deficit of $453,312 was reported.
which cut into the previous surplus to
such an extent that but 1851. 1926 re-
mains In the surplus fund.
The report states that the amount of
securities that had not been converted
under the plan Of April 6, 1908, at the
close Of tho last fiscal year, amountee+
to $2,029, TAT, which compares with the
original total of securities exchange
able under this plan amounting to
$284.673,S6z.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Medical Science In Nineveh

then raise his legs, and say: May you
get, quite we'll Strike him also on
the head II times with your thumb"
Many prescriptions deal with the
cure of disorder which was verv
common at Nineveh, and which seems
to have been due to overinduieence
In food and drink: when a man Is
bilious rub him with an onion, and let
him drink nothing but water and alb
stain from food altogether"
Among the medicines used BY the
physicians at Nineveh were sesame
olive oil. castor oil. syrup of dates.
honey and salt. Fasting and massage
were frequently ordered.-New York
Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Old Women Defend Estate

New York.-Four generations Of
one Of New York's oldest families and
an estate variously estimated at from
$1,250,00o to $4,000, 900. are involved
in a lawsuit. the facts in which have
come to light through decision
handed down by the state supreme
court here,
The defendants In the action ara
the Misses Furniss, three very old
and wealthy women, who are holding
in trust the estate Of their father. VIII
liam Furniss. West Indian mer-
chant. They have multiplied its
value many times over by shrewd in.
vestment in New York real estate.
The present action is brought by the
ultimate heirs Of the trust fund, all
distant relatives, who demand a def.
mite accounting from the three aged
trustees.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
British Railroad caeualt14..

0T5ssoU 0sa0 01UQNHJ41. X s.
In q general report to the board OF
trade on railroad accidents in tha
United Kingdom in 1911 it il stated
that taking the number Of journeys
into account it viii be found that a
1910 one passenger was killed In ev-
cry 1860. 900 journeys and one was
injured in every 691. 900 1ourneys. a
compared with one in 10. 000, 900 killed
and one in 81, 200 injured, tho ayes.
ages for the previous ten yeafA
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Public-Spirited Strike Breakers.

The amateurs who worked the pow
er station and kept the trans running
and, Liverpool supplied with light dur
ing the great strike deserve much
praise. Among them were seven cler-
gymen. Stocking is no easy task,
and yet for hours on end these men
shoveled coal into the blazing fur
naces while the hussars stationed out
side guarded the doors.-London Tit
Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Old Art of Pantomime Has
Gained in Popularity.
George L. Fox and "Humpty Dumpty"
RecaIIed-London's Regular An.
nuaI Revivai-is a Novelty
In America.

New York.-Gesture-t refine
ment of action-is perhaps the oldest
form Of expressing emotion. and just
now there seems to be a tendency to
revive the old art of pantomime. With
the English the pantomime play 10 an
institution, with Americans it is al
most novelty. Our older generation
OF theater-goers. however. can re~all
"Humpty Dumpty." In which Goody
Two-Shoes, Old One-Two, Tommy
Tucker and Humpty Dumpty became
famous.
For tho true love ne'er did run
smooth, I'm told,
All will end well where true hearts.
like yours. are gold"
What satisfying couplet to come
from fairy queen after the opening
victssitudes OF the wordless play.
Perrot, Arlecchino, Pantalene and
Columhine were characters in Italian
masque plays of the middle ages. An
1ncoherent plot was strung together
to embrace acrobatics and ballet dan
cling. 1t was 400 years later that the
descendants Of the Italian quartet ap-
peared before an American audience.
Plots Of the older pantomime plays
were simple and fantastic. Without
speech there must be swiftness of &C.
ton to sustain interest. The story of
"Humpty Dumpty." whose popularity
began in the spring of 1868, when
George L. Fox played the great clown
at the Olympic theater in this city.
Is good example of pantomimic plot.
Goody and Tommy we're rustic lovers
and were forced to make love in &C.
cret. Old One-Two was the guardian
OF Goody, and at the beginning of the
play comes upon the pair and threat
ems punishment. Humpty appears to
take away the ugly guardian In his
wheelbarrow.
Then the good fairy appears to de-
liver her hopeful couplet about true
love and changes the characters into
Columbine. Pantaloon. Harlequin and
Clown. Tommy Tucker becomes the
Harlequin. CARRIED in scales Of yellow,
symboliztng jealousy. blue for love,
lequin is given magic hat and a
mask to make him invincible. Old
One-Two, for of1ense against true love,
Is put in the power of Humpty's
tricks, Humpty becoming the clown of
the harlequinade. Such was Humpty,
who has gone where
All the kings horses and all the
kings men
Can never put Humpty together
again."
Pantom1me is distinctly different
art from that Of acting. Some of the
clowns Of the day who are pantomim-
lists are Adams, Ravel, Melville, Mar
celine, Miaco. A pointed finger must
often tell the whole story. The most
difficult task in pantomime is to
mimic animals. The animal costume
does not suffice. A close study of AMI
NAL movements is necessary.
Without speech an actor is wholly
ineffective unless he can express his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Best Rafienfa.

DR.. Majerdie Of Canterbury, Or. Rat
cliffe and Or. Case once passed a
iovial evening together.
Here, brother" cried Rstclifle.
here, Brother Case, supy ose We drink
a health to all the fools that are your
patients"
II thank you, my wise brother Rat
cliffe," replied Case; "let me lave all
the fools, you are heartily welcome to
all the rest of the practice."-Iife.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
The Language,

1T seems to me that tho political
acts Of men In this country ought to
be physical impossibilities."
How sof'
Because a man can't run for Of.
fee unless at the same time hs stands
we'll with his partJ.~
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dent of a southern
railroad. The gu.
perintendent held
the hand Of q
young man whom
he had summoned
to his Office ard
said: The other
day you did the
right thing at the
right time, show
ing presence Of
v,o{rl orI 11,,No GA
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Mother Guards Dead.

New York. - In an East side
neighborhood. inhabited by the poorest
Of the poor, Kitty Rice. two and one
half years old. was found dead of cold
and starvation.
The child's inanimate form vas
wrapped In a bit Of old blanket In the
rear room of three-room fat Tho
mother Of the family of three was
found half-conscious and partlv frozan
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Act Without Words

thought and emotion by facial express
sion. manner and gesture. The nice.
ties and gradations of feeling until
lately have not been considered within
the province of pantomimists Panic
mimic acting has been broad" to the
point of bad art The art, it is said,
never gained permanent favor be-
cause of the very fact that it lacked
the resources of suggestion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

, Small English Railroads. -:
England possesses more diminutive
railways than any other country, for
there are said to be severzI lines there.
that flnd one or two locomotives suf-
asient for their successful opera43co.
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SUPREME QUALITY THAT MAKES
" FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS.
How Railroad Man Opened Path to
:, High Position by Quick Thought
: and Action at tho Right
Moment.

There was an interesting scene re-
Gently in the Office of the superinten-