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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-11
THE LEANING OF DIXIE"
By Lille Archbell.

This was not the runaway negro
that Harriet Beecher Stowe de-
picts in "Uncle Toms Cabin"
This was a real negro, full Of
life and song. and free from care,
for did not his master have TO
feed and clothe him? True he
had to work, but no man could
use his labor while he was young
and strong, and then turn him
away in old age by giving him
freedom. In North Carolina the
law required the master to take
care of the old negro as long as
he lived. He could o turn an
old slave adrift in the name Of
freedom. That this kind of ne
gro was the rule, and not the eX-
ception is proved by the instant
recognition and adoption or
Dixie" Beside the story it
actually tells there is a subtle
meaning in the song that reveals
the true work of the south IN a
period that developed the best
that was in the negro, and
brought out a quality in his ma
ture that stands out in the his
tory of the world, to the present
period, as the only thing in which
his race ever has excelled.
Slavery is almost as old as time.
Some Of it's problems are as old
as the Bible. There are many
beautiful stories told Of individual
slaves of all chimes and countries,
but as a race the negro Of the
south will go down in history as
having been the highest type OF
slave from every standpoint that
the world has ever known. His
record as a slave is the best
record that his race has ever
made. He was then in closer
relation to the white race than
ever before or since, and it was a
relation that elevated him, and
did not degrade his master, be-
tween whom and himself there
existed a real affection, a per-
sonal interest, and a religious tie;
for the white man of the south
was responsible for the negro's
soul as we'll as his body. and he
was awake to that responsibility.
There are reliable statistics show
ing the actual expenditure Of the
different denominations in the
south just before the war for
preaching and teaching the Bible
70 the slaves. They yer spend
ing millions. I think the Presby-
terians spent as much as two mill
llOHS III one year LII Ol1c oIIIdIA
section and others were lot be-
hind in this work.
It has been demonstrated by
that section Of the union that I'M
dertook to manage the domestic
affairs of the south, that educa-
ton does not prevent crime, but
is really an added power in favor
of the criminal. It has been
demonstrated by the world that
the gospel is the greatest means
known to men for the cure OF
crime and the uplift Of mankind.
The south can look proudly back
to a time when she spent millions
to teach the Bible to the slaves,
when master and slave listened
to the same preacher, at the same
time, and under the same roof,
and when such men as Whitfield
and Wesley were sent especially
to preach to large numbers OF
them; but that vas In Dixie
Land" as it was.
LILLE ARCHBELL,
KinStOn N. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-11

The sleeps meridian Of life-is six
years After that the downhitl side
comes at a pretty good jog. It pays
to remember this.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-11

Not only the flavor, but the keep
ing quality Of butter is injured by
keeping the cream until 1t gets very
sour. -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-11

A self made woman never gets
through putting on the finishing
touches.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06
CaptaI Society Girls Abandon Sports for Art

4 GROUP of Washington society
n girls have forsaken outdoor sports
for the fine arts. In previous years
most of the members OF the smart set
could be found almost any morning
taking beauty ride" In the parks
or on the speedway.
Three mornings each week the
daughters Of cabinet ministers. SOL
diers and diplomats may be found
leaning over easels, with brushes,
studying oil painting under the
tutelage of E. c. Messer. head Of the
art school of the Corcoran art gal
lery.
The embryo artists do not seem to
get any special attention from their
professor just because they happen
to- be daughters of notables.
When Professor Messer was asked
what progress the members Of his
class were making he replied that
they were all showing some talent,
although he did not seem to realize
that there was anything unusual in
the late additions to his class role.
Miss Nagel, the daughter Of a
cabinet of1cer?" he asked. why, it
never occurred to me to ask who her
father is. Girls are just girls when
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06
Tests Confirm Dancer of Common Stable Flies

G URGEON JOHN F. ANDERSON
y and Past Assistant Surgeon Wade
H. Frost Of the United States public
health service have completed exper-
iments which confirm the contention
OF DR.. Milton J. Roseneau of the Har-
ward Medical school, that infantile
paralysis is communicated by the
stable fly.
At the International Congress Of
Hygiene and Demography here re-
Gently DR.. Rosenau described his ex-
periments. He infected several mon
keys with infantile paralysis, and ex-
posed them daily from the time of in
oculation till death to the bites of sew
eral hundred stable flies.
Twelve other monkeys were then
the time that DR.. Rosenau made his
announcement six of the twelve had
developed symptoms characteristic of
infantile paralysis. OF the six, two
died, three were paralyzed and one
recovered. In the cord of one of the
monkeys were found the characteris-
tic lesion OF 1nfantile paralysis. The
cord of the other dead monkey showed
changes less characteristic of the dis
ease At the time of the announce
men: a sufficient interval had not
elapsed to determine the result Of the
attempt to transmit the infection OF
other monkeys by incubation with
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06
Odd Ca|inqs Are Found in Uncle Sans Census

Another man seems to be in. a class
by himself. In Kansas City he bot
ties the smoke Of hickory logs. He
says that when it is let loose in an
alright compartment where meat
has been hung it will produces tho
same results as though the meat had
been cured in an old-fashioned smoke
house.
There is a man out Seattle way
whose business it is to secure the
mustaches from walrus killed in Be-
ring Strait These stout bristles are
plucked from the nose of the walrus
by Indians, tied into small bundles
and sold by the Seattle citizen (who
made $1,000 by this traffic in 1919 to
agents on the Pacific coast. The
agents ship them to China, where
they are in demand as toothpicks.
In an aged bull walrus the bristles
are about a foot long and nearly as
thick as a lead pencil. They are
tough, and when made into picks can
be pushed between the teeth without
injury to the enamel.
Then there are also the whittier
and the pouncer in hat factory; a
dock walloper is kind Of longshore-
man: a vibrator works in a clock fac
tory; a longer works in connection
with oysters; a teaser works In q
glass factory.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06

1HlCAGO.-Jimmy Maibaum, special
~ delivery messenger, has been ban
ished in disgrace from the federal
building. 1t isn't Jimmy's personality
that's wrong-he is, or was, of low
able and energetic disposition; it's
something else.
Jimmy's exile dates from the time
he went to the town OF Jefferson with
a special delivery letter. Tripping
merrily along, Jimmys eyes fell on a
cute little black and white puppy
crouched on the sidewalk. Across
Jimmys mind flashed the idea that
he would corral that pup" in his mail
bag and take it home. He took after
the animal.
The chase finally wound up in a
nearby thicket. Jimmy gave up after
a full five minutes endcavOr. Disap
pointed. he went back to the car line
A car happened along, and Jimmy
boarded
The conductor changed the bell fol
a start and then changed still harde,
for stop.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06

M EW YORK.-Rear Admiral Robley
~ D. Evans once said that he would
sooner stand on the bridge of the bat
tleship Ohio during a sea fight than
cross Broadway. His view of the
hazards of New York streets was not
exaggerated, If you consider the fact
that 423 people were killed and 1904
injured by automobiles, street cars.
and horse-drawn vehicles in the city
last year. If statistics prove any
thing, it is safer to shoulder your
rifle and 60 to minor war than
traverse the streets of the metropolis
Just look back upon the records
Of the American regular army and
see if this is not correct. Take the
Indian wars from 1889 to 1912, a Pc
Rod Of % years. Twenty officers and
726 men. a total of 746. were killed in
those wars. That Is less than twice
the number OF street victims in New
York last year. The war of 1912 with
Great Britain, lasting four years, took
the lives of IS American officers and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06
Errand Kills Horse and Gets Driver in Fight

n LEVELAND, O.-Adolph Gable
- steen. boarder at the home of Jo-
seph Sechmopzer. Main and Center
avenues. is positively convinced hes
the guy that put the tune is misfor-
tune" Happy Hooligan in his palm
lest days lived In a shower Of dollar
bills and turkey suppers compared
to the luck he had yesterday, Gable
steen maintains.
Gablesteen borrowed horse from
Sechmopzer and hired wagon from
the West Side Transfer company. He
drove to Parma to bring a trunk and
two suitcases into Cleveland. On his
way home to Parma the horse fell
exhausted at Fulton road and Clarke
avenue In falling the animal broke
both shafts of the wagon.
Gablesteen telephoned the transfer
company to send rig to get his
trunk and cases and another to take
the wagon to the barn.
When the transfer driver started to
take the rig away and left the horse
lying in the street a general discus
sion among onlookers started, and it
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06

"All / knew is that a woman says
he's under the car" said Healy to an
inquiry of Pike for particulars.
Powers and Winters returned to the
station house after the lapse Of about
thirty minutes. They were passing on
to the reserve room without even a
glance at Healy.
What did you find, boys?" asked he.
There was q fellow and his car
stopped at the top of the hill and he
was under the car fixing up the
works." said Powers. 1T was an old,
one-cylinder affair with a bum lamp
/ asked him what was the matter and
he said that was what he was try.
ing to find out. He thought the car
was likely to start any second and it
did while Winters and we mere scat
tering the crowd"
You didn't get his NAME" said
Healy.
1--WE didn't ask" said Powers
Il don't see that there was much
use myself, since he was neither dead
nor hurt" Healy replied softly. But
in case the lady called up again Id
like to be able to tell her all the par
ticulars.''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06
Fair Sex Drinks More Than Men in the Capital

listing laws it was impossible to secure
the conviction of those who sold liquor
to minors
Insanity SEXES upon the bachelor
with greater ease than upon the bene-
dict, despite the worry the latter is
supposed to undergo, according to
the report OF the government hos
pital for the insane, just submitted to
Secretary Of the Interior Fisher. An
other fact brought out by the report
is that out of nearly 5000 patients in
the institution only three are being
treated for insanity brought on by
the use of alcohol. This is contrary
to the generally accepted theory.
which contributes to alcoholism
large proportion Of the unfortu-
mates.
A significant feature of the report
lies in the statement that there are a
far greater proportion Of foreign in
sane patients than American, AID thta
of the foreigners the majority are
Germans. That insanity, in large
measure, is hereditary, is evidenced
by the statement that the asylum sci
entists have discovered one family in
West Virginia whose pedigree has
been traced back through CTS individ-
uals. of whom 81 were mentally defec.
tive
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06
Where Risk Is Greater Than That in Late Wars

1926 men. That was a hot contest,
but the average number Of casualties
each year was considerably less than
1873.
The war with Spain created plenty
of excitement, but Spanish bullets
and shells did not play the SAINT
amount of havoc with Americans a:
did the city's vehicles in 1911. Take,
for instance, the fighting around San.
tiage from June % to July II, 1898
This resulted in the death of 81 off
GERS and 222 men attached to the
Fifth army corps, while 101 officers
and 1874 were wounded
These figures are Illuminating, in
asmuch as they show that the reck.
less and careless driver, be he chauf.
feur, n,otorman or whip, is already a
menace to the city's peace and COM
fort. AID, although he kills, he
usually goes unpublished. He is free
to kill again. The law rarely holds
him accountable for his crime, and
the family of the victim has no re-
dress and receives 20 pension.
According to the figures OF the Ma
tional Highways Protective society
which tries to record every street &C
cident, involving q vehicle, 1873 of tn,
423 victims were children betwee:
the age of one and sixteen years
Fifty-four were killed by automobiles
thirty-three by street cars, and ninety
six by wagons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06

VI Observation-Disclosures a man
W doesn't do as well at his own &C.
cupation as he ought to-thinks he
has made misflt and believes he can
better himself Here are a few sug-
gestions for anyone thus dissatisfied
from the thirteenth United States Gen.
sus:
There is snake merchant who has
ranch out In Texas and has for
more than seven years made busi-
ness of handling snakes. In one year
he sold over 100000 rattlers and
blacksnakes, getting from a quarter
to two dollars EACH
Formerly all the parts of a shoe
were made by a shoemaker; today
this industry employs judges, fak1rs,
blowers, sluggers, busters-out, cripple
chasers and pancake-makers-a en-
gagged one way or another in the
making of shoes or parts of them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06
Woe for Messenger; "Cute Puppy Was Skunk

Hi, you'll have to get on the front
platform" he yelled to Jimmy. Jimmy
went.
The motorman took one Whit and
then stopped the car.
Say, kid, If youse wants to ride on
this boat board the fender. I can't
stand the gaff." the knight of the con
troller shouted.
Say, take this bundle out" a mail
clerk told Jimmy as soon as he land
ed. while the other employees sour
ricd for windows.
specials was for the hotel run. The
first stop was the Palmer house. jim
my had hardly landed when the head
clerk rushed for telephone and called
up the postoftice.
Say, do you want to drive all our
patrons out?" he yelled through the
transmitter. This kid is awful"
That finished Jimmy. Another de-
livery boy met him on the corner out
side the building and relieved him O!
his letters Jimmy is supposed 70 have
reached home in safety, although al
the Federal building they are waiting
in expectancy for Jimmy's return
They hope he las burned his jauntl
gray uniform and taken an ammonia
bath
IN explanation it might be sa:d-ant
reliably-that the puppy" Jimmy
tried to catch was Of the genus sp;lo
gale-otherwise a skunk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06

ended in a free-for-all fight. Gable
steen fled. Patrolman Donnellan, OF
the West 25th street station, restored
quiet
Donnellan also telephoned for Vet.
Urinary Surgeon P. r. Powell, 30G2
West 25th street Powell ordered the
horse shot.
At IL o'clock that night Gablesteen
put in an appearance at Sechmop-
zer's home. After explanations he
figured out what it cost, besides the
trouble he got into, to move trunk
and two suitcases from Parma
The answer is: One horse, $50:
damaged wagon, $14; services Of one
veterinary surgeon, 81.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06
Excited Woman Reports a Fierce Accident

% UFFALO, N. Y.-The presence of
ID large crowd about an automobile
at Main and Carlton streets at 5: 80
o'clock the other afternoon was tele-
phoned to police station No. by a
woman.
1T must have been a fierce acct
dent" said she. There's man under
the car and he looks to be dead"
Her description aroused Desk Ser
geant Healy.
"Clear the decks for action" roared
he. stepping from the telephone booth.
Send TIE reserve here quick, Pike!"
"Wh2t's up?" asked Pike.
You'll hear me telling the reserves.
Get them on the jump" answered
Healy.
I'D like to be captain or a lieu
tenant for one minute and I'd sit on
YOU" muttered Pike. But he did as
he was told and rounded up Policemen
Powers and Winters, who stood at at
tention in front of Healy in less than
minute.
There's a man killed at Main and
Carlton Streets" said Healy, land get
there as quick as your mortal legs or
street car will take you"
The two policemen got street car
at Main and Chippewa streets, it be-
ing the quickest means Of locomotion
that is furnished in the third precinct.
Its a tough world" remarked Hea-
]y to Pike. Il suppose that man was
going home to his supper or dinner,
whichever he called it."
Pike inquired what hal killed him
tomobile.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06
MEHmED Y IS A MOST KINDLY MONARCH

With his empire apparently totter-
ing about his ears and his encourage
preparing to fee across the Bosporus
to escape the vengeance OF Bulgarian
swords. 1t is interesting to note the
personality Of Sultan Mehmed V. who
will likely go down into history az
the last Turkish monarch to reign in
Europe.
Probably no more kindly monarch
exists anywhere in Europe, none who
thinks more of his subjects welfare
and less of himself. The sultan Is re-
membered by those who have met
him by his benign smile, with which
he favors all, from the highest to the
lowest. He has melancholy, medi-
tative face, but those who attend him
hear no harsh words. shrink from no
sullen commands, as did those who
attended his predecessors.
The sultan rises soon after dawn.
and when his attendants bring him
the habitual cup of delicious Arabian
mocha he smiles to them and whis-
nera. "A1lah ha nraiaed for his Rifta."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06

WOMEN, especially young girls. are
W rapidly becoming more and more
addicted to intoxicating liquor In the
national capital, while the men are
rapidly growing more abstemious, &C
cording to Albert E. Shoemaker. at
torney for the Anti-S2loon league OF
the District of Columbia. His accusa'
sation has aroused women generally
here, and it is subject Of agitated
discussion.
Mr.. Shoemaker made his charge be-
fore the Women's Christian Temper
ance union, attributing the increasing
thirst among women to the heavy COM
petition among proprietors OF hand
somely furnished cafes and their will
ingness to take a chance in per-
hitting women and young girls to
drink
He also declared that under the ex-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06

or within the OF high prices that always surround big CITY,
lVerhead affected
metropolitan furnished rent
ke
he s marie not
There underpad
all the OF
most of the professions vocations.
The
time at first than the minister cannot
fall
ministry increased
dollar
salaries has not of
Ing the middle The salaries OF
labo have united and
strike
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06

the cord of one of the two that had
died.
Dr. Anderson and Dr. Frost sought
to repeat the conditions of DR.. Ros-
nau's experiments.
Their report made public the other
day states that on October monkey
No. 242 was inoculated with an emul-
sion of the cord Of the monkey which
died of infantile paralysis. Until it's
death from the disease on October 8,
the animal was exposed for two hours
daily to the bites of 300 stable flies,
collected in Washington. Another mon
key similarly inoculated on October 5
was, beginning October 7, exposed
daily to the bites Of the same flies.
Beginning October 4 two other
monkeys were exposed daily for about
two hours to the bites of these same
flies, and, beginning October s, third
new monkey was similarly exposed.
All three subsequently developed
symptoms of infantile paralysis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06

then come to the school. But she is
doing fine work. Miss Meyer and
Miss Townsend are doing we'll also.
Miss Townsend already has gone
into the life Glass;"
Miss Townsend 4s the daughter OF
a former minister to Portugal. AS q
child she played with the deposed
King Manuel. Several years ago the
former playmates met in London, and
it was reported that the king had
asked her to marry him.
Miss Hildegarde Nagel is the eldest
daughter of the secretary of com.
merce and labor. and Miss Meyer il
the daughter of the secretary Of the
navy. There are about a dozen alto
gether in the class who were recruit
ed from Washington's smart set..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06

RECTOR SAYS $1,000 IS NOT ENOUGH

Clergymen in all parts of the
country are busily engaged in discus
sing the action Of Rev. Gilbert A.
Shaw, who resigned from the rector
ship Of Grace Episcopal church pf
Riverside, L. l., because "a minister
at the present time cannot live and
maintain his honor on a salary OF
$1,000 a year." Rev. Mr.. Shaw, there
fore, is going to accept call to church
at Hazleton, Pa, where he will re-
ceive larger salary.
REV. Mr. Shaw made very rasn
assertion when he said that minis
ter of today could not live honorab1y
on $1,000 year," said Rev. Arthur
H. Judge, rector Of st. Matthew's
Episcopal church Of New York city,
though, of course, whether or not
minister could live 'honorably' upon
that salary depends entirely upon cir
cumstances. The cost of living for
minister, as for anyone else, depends
upon whether he is married or single,
and whether mr. not he lives in great
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06
NAZIM PASHA, TURKEYS GENERALISSlM0

At the outbreak Of the Turko.
Balkan war there was some uncer-
!afnty as to the precise commands OF
the various Turkish generals The
chief command of the Ottoman forces
In Europe was assumed by Nazim
Pasha, the minister Of war He re-
ceived his early training at St. Cyr,
the famous French military school.
He is now sixty-four years old, but
full Of vigor and considered an able
soldier. Ali Ria Pasha, according to
the best sources of information, was
made commander of the Turkish
western army He was trained in the
German school. Mahmud Shevket
Pasha was put in command of the
Turkish forces operating against
Servia
Nazim Pasha was spoken of as
"the Turkish Kitchener" He was
one of the most brilliant pupils at st.
Cyr. From time to time he has Wis
tied France, and on more than one
occasion was an interested spectator
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06


Their pious Thanksgiving
conviction through
the haun crime the effect the
Beker acqua the frightened chatter the thugs the rohs
awaiting similar
murder plot which Becker conceived
The
Mr. Whitman
of the Rosenha
stretched into high and places There
fleet public
o
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06
Unfortunate Claim.

Jim and Joe, respectively aged ten
ana twelve years, were told to go out
and cut and pile wood. Both played
until dusk, and after supper their
mother inquired:
We'll, my boy, how much have you
done today"
Very meekly came joe's answer:
Il have done nothing"
TO Jim, entering just too late to
hear his brothers remark, was put
the second question:
And what have you been doing?'
Quick az q fash the unfortunate
young fibbber answered.:
"Oh, I've been piling II up."