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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
POGO CHAR les lard Luck
Surely His Hoodoo Was On tho Job:
When He Selected New Works ii
Mayor % Butt for. vtitticlsm. e /: I.

II you happen TO be walking on q
New York street, and man sap.
proaches you,> wearing q shiny hat
and a V-shaped beard, do not address
him as Little Whiskers," no matter
how merry you may feel. For it is
just possible that he may be Mayor
Gaynor. Everyone knows that Mayor
Gaynor believes in the complete liber'
ty Of the citizen, and abominates the
misuse Of power by the police. Just
the same, Horace, have a care. He
had just completed writing an impas-
stoned letter one recent day, in which
he hung the police force by hair
over the bottomless pit because one
of their number had arrested a man
without evidence for conviction.
And then Mayor Gaynor, who Is a
fond pedestrian, stamped out Of his
Office and across the Brooklyn bridge
on his way home. He encountered
one POGO Charlie, who desired to be
comforted with food and drink.
Get away" snapped his honor.
"Aw," said Mr.. POGO Charlie, "yuh
amt sore, are yuh, Little Whiskers
Lemme rub youh'r brush for luck"
Mayor Gaynor's eyes are peculiarly
cold and gray. Mr.. POGO Charlie
hastily abandoned his desire to stroke
the mayors whispers. "They was
bristlin' so 1 think they'd cut me, -
he confessed later, land I'd likely
come down wit blood poisonin'."
Mayor Gaynor went his way-which
led to police telephone on the bridge
Five minutes later the measured
clomp Of fiat feet might have been
heard approaching the spot. The
plain clothes men were ordered out,
to repress mendicancy in general, and
In particular to lead into grief and
desolation the gent called POGO
Charlie, who had addressed the mayor
OF our fair city as Little Whiskers. d
For the remainder Of the winter Mr..
Charlie will be provided with quar-.
ters on Blackwell's island. And the
mendicants who had begun to swarm
through the streets until they were
almost as common as in General Bing
hams term as police commissioner
have largely faded. One mathematic
ally inclined police officer discussed
the event POGO Charlie" said be-
had 5,000,047 chances according to
the latest census of New York city
to win and one to lose. And when he
called the mayor Little Whiskers' he
picked that one chance and LOST
New York Letter to the Cincinnati
Times-Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
.HUBBY rs scHEME A T lURE.
He Declaration Of Independence Not
Such 4 Success 40 Was One More :
Famous.

Erasmus j. Pr0udfoot was the nus
band of suffragette, a fact well
known to himself and to the neighbor'
hood In which he resided. Nobody
ever had an opportunity to forget who
wore the bifurcated garment In the
household. 1t had been many round,
pale moons since Mr.. Proudfoot had
been able to tear himself away from
his hreside in the evening. Upon this
eventful evening he had decided to is
sue his declaration of independence.
Il will be out this evening" he
remarked quite casually to Mrs.
Proudfoot It was his plan to break
the thing gently but firmly, and to
stand by his colors to the bitter
end.
rs that SOP" she asked with slight
touch of polite sarcasm. May l ask
why. pray?"
Il have a directors meeting"
mo you haven't. Your board Of d.
rectors always meets in the after
noon. Mr.. Jones told me So"
weller, then I have an old COL
lege friend from out of town, and l
promised to spend the evening with
him."
"Old stuff" snorted Mrs. Proud
foot. you act as though was a
ten-twent'- thirt' vaudeville audience.
ready to bite on anything. II you
have an old college chum in town you
can phone him to come up here"
But l have got to meet our senior
partner at six o'clock and go to tho
train with him." said Mr.. Proudfoot,
desperately.
"Your senior partner went away
yesterday. You told me so your
SELF"
We'll, even at that" said he, in a
final attempt to get by gracefully,
"even at that, promised to make the
fourth in a game of whist over at
Mr. Podsnap's tonight, and I've got
to co."
Mr.. and Mrs. Podsnap are up at
Charlevoix and have been there ever
since July i. Your work is really
course, Erasmus.
well, you know I never deceived
you in my life, Matilda" said Mr..
Proudfoct, weakening.
II know perfectly we'll that you
have never deceived me, Erasmus
and you are not deceiving me now
You had better get out your slippers
and remain at home this evening""
And he remained
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Atrocities Of Savaoes.

New South Wales government !,
considering what action to take re
garding number of outrages report.
ed from Rosel island. near British
New Guinea. The islanders are prob
ably the most savage cannibals in tn.
world. Their special practice IL
smothering. When they have marked
a victim they signal to their assoct
ates, and in an instant seven or eight
of them crowd round the doomed man
and In silence squeeze out his life
One holds his mouth and nose, other,
seize his limbs, and another kneea a
Jumps upon his chest
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

Though They HayS Made lmprpys.
an ments, English Lines Do Not Yet
Rank witt, Ours.

The past year has been . remark
able one in the annals Of our railways.
for new developments in engines.
Nearly. all our big railway companies
have: been building new types Of en-
gtnes and perfecting the old types. ).
The chief feature is that considers,
BILE strides have been made in the
adoption Of superheating, which in the
case OF several of the great lines now
appears to have passed the expert
mental stage.
Among the most powerful engines
that are now being built are the
49, express passenger locomotives
of the Northeastern railway. the Great
Central's 2-8-0 locomotives for min
eral traffic. and the London and North
western 4-4-0 express passenger en-
gines, the first of which was called
Coronation"
The most notable improvement that
has been made In passenger coaches
are the new f1fty-six boyle coaches on
the Great Central which are made of
vanished teak with the match board
Ing style of sides instead Of the usual
panelling, the numerals being in raised
metals. Mention should also be made
of the new bogie observation car built
by the London and Northwestern rail-
way to run between Llandudno and the
Blaenau Festiniog.
Nearly every American train has it's
observation car with it's wide windows,
and it is strange that there are not
more of this type on English railways.
Another feature of American railways
the typewriter and the handy library
Of reference books and novels-is still
lacking on most Of our English rail-
ways.-Manchester Guardian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

CINE Of the type used for threshing.|
Four-inch fanges were bolted to tho
driving wheels. and the forward set Oh
wheels were replaced by a homemade
truck having concave wheels. The
logging trucks or cars, also homemade
are likewise provided with concaye|
wheels.
The track is laid over exceptionally
uneven ground, there being very lit4
tie grading; one or two hillstdes havd
to be climbed, and a river is crossed
over a log bridge, but the ingeniou1
outfit is found to operate very satisfao
torily.-Popular Mechanics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
His Memory Kept Green.

A picturesque ceremony took place
recently at the old parish church Of
s.. Georges, Gravesend, England, whom
David Varchell's Charity was distrib-
uted. The custom has been observed
for 209 Christmases. being interrupted
only when the church building was
burned down about $50 years ago.
Forty poor persons each received a
loaf and new sixpence. The preach
er of the anniversary sermon received
los. under the terms Of the will. The
church wardens and the caretaker
each received half crown, and i've
shillings were spent on candles for
the illumination Of the candelabra
which Varchell presented to the
church. Twenty boys who. during tho
week, had been completely clothed
from Varchell's fund, stood up In tho
Corporation pews while the preacher
referred to the donor long since gone.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
MADE UNITED GERMANY
HONOR ACCORDED AUTHOR or
"olE WAcHT"AM RHEiN."
Town Of Tuttlinoen, Birthplace Of Max
schneekenburoer, 10 Preparing to
Erect Monument to lts Fa-
nous Citizen,

Neidingen, Gutmadingen. Geisingen,
mmendtngen, Mohringen, Tuttlingen
all these are passed before reaching
'ur first camp. But OF these Tuttlin.
cen Is our darling. We have not
passed village that could have made
US happy for many days; each with
its ruined castles, its medieval tower,
it's steep gables, it's colored tiles,
CHEEKY peasants; but, writes Poultney
:Bigelow in From the Black Forest
to the Black Sea-" all this, and more.
too. is united in Tuttlingen. This lit
tie town also has it's feudal castle, its
ruined battlements, it's legends, and
Its quaint gables; but it has more
than this-it has the proud distinc-
ton OF having educated the poet who
made United Germany. The war-song
that has made all Germans merge
their local differences in one great
purpose-the common fatherland;
that united Bavarians and Prussians,
Saxons and Wurtemburgers, in 1870;
that brought victory over the French,
and an imperial crown to the house of
Hohenzollern-that song is die
Wacht am Rhein," written at the age
Of twenty-one, by a. lad whose school.
ing was obtained in Tuttlingen. 1t is
needless to say that his name is Max
Schneckenburger.
The people of Tuttlingen are now
raising the money needed to place
here a worthy monument to the man
who has made their town famous
They have placed square pedestal
upon the bank of the stream as a
mute invitation to help on the noble
work. OF course, We brought our
mite from across the Atlantic, and
promised to stir our friends up also
In Tuttlingen Is committee Of the
leading citizens, who are prepared to
receive and acknowledge contribu
tons.
Little is known of Schneckenburger
He died in 1849, when only thirty
years of age. His father blackened
boots and lifted trunks in a village
tavern near Tuttlingen, but was OBJ
viously of superior character, for he
eventually became small merchant
and married we'll. Max was, too, poor;
but in Tuttlingen he was thoroughly
schooled and then sent to Switzer
land, where the post of errand boy
was given him in a grocery store
His short life was one of hard worl
and small earnings, far from his be
loved fatherland, and seeing of the
world only what appeared in the
course of trips made as commercial
traveller. His widow assures us thai
day. never passed that Schnecken
burger did not kneel in prayer for his
fatherland, and his motto, chosen a.
the age of fifteen, was this wore
alone, "Deutsch." In 1910 he wrote
die Wacht am Rhein" as an indig
uant protest against the French pre-
tentlons of that time, but the battle.
Of Gravelotte and Sedan had beer
fought before his country was made
to know the source of their inspira
ton. Schneckenburger is another o.
the many names that humanity love:
to honor, but which, alas! humanit,
discovers long after it's honor has
| ceased to be OF any material. conse
quence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Trains Run bv OIL.

The total length of railroad lines
operated by the use of fuel oil in 1910
was 21,O75 miles. a trackage equiva-
lent to that of practically Ave trans
continental lines stretching across the
United States from ocean to ocean.
Some of the lines that use oil. how
ever, also use coal. The number OF
barrels of fuel oil, of AZ gallons EACH,
consumed by the railroads Of the
country in 1910 is stated to have been!
"a, 526, 1888. This includes 76s,762 bar
rels used by the railroads as fuel 9TH
erwise than in locomotives Railroad
Mans Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

shifting" as "Old Prob" says. and
the toad goes up and down the ladder
like scared MILDLY. When it ia fair.
and the toad roosts aloft, his skin ia
light grayish green. When the
change comes the skin turns black al
the toad goes down the ladder, becom.
ing jet, shining black by the tina
the creature reaches the bottom.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12

QeStSu IL TedCueu
in the report. Of
the employers
liability commits
sion. Congress
will be asked to
enact a law pro-
viding for a grad
uated scale OF
c ON pc n sation,
through Federal
government agen.
cies. for injuries
to e m ploy e 8.
whether or not
caused by neglt-
pence Of rail-
roads, engaged In
Interstate COM
MERGE.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Minor Imperfections

Wifey-What do you think of NV
new hat?
Hubby-Very pretty. hope it'll
satisfy you for awhile.
Wifey-Of course it will. The color
Is not quite what like, and the trim
ming doesn't come up to my expecta-
tons, and the shape is not as good al
it ought to be, but otherwise the hat
10 . splendid bargain, and like II
awfully wel-Appincott's N,eaxina
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Tho Difference.

Daughter (delightedly)-And did
you really consent? Father-Consent!
My stars, had to! The man de-
manded your hand like a highwayman
holding up coach. Consent! I be-
Heve, from the WY he looked and
acted, he would have Knocked me
down II hadn't. Daughter Oh. It
can't be! You must have been dream
inE. Why, whsn 10 proposed 70 NJ
hs trsmbIsd 70 that - could hardly.
apaalI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Against Unclean Journals.

Against UncIean JournaIS.
"You would not permit vial Of pois4
on to remain on your mantelpiece lest
it might inadvertently fall into thef
hands of some member Of your house,
hold. And will you allow to lie OIL
your table an unclean journal which,
would instill the poison of sin into tho
soul ?"-Cardinal Gibbons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
Room for Improvement.

-~'s'S11So
If men would only be as considerable
to wife. children. and servants as they
are to acquaintapces and strangers.
their homes would BE- inoomparably
beiahttc. >8s5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
USE OLD TRACTION ENGINE
Washington Lumber Company Has
Novel and Useful Continuance for
Hauling Logs.

One of the lumber companies oper-
ating near Orting, Wash, has built q
rather unusual logging railway and
equipped It with homemade rolling
Stock. The track is composed of tim
bers hewn from small fir trees, laid
on cross-ties placed from 8 to 10 feet
apart and spiked together at the ends.
The locomotive is an old traction en-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-12
I!Iu / ! q EN- Pl0Y Es
WORTHY RAJ DAD BILL NOW
GG ~3 II: BEFORE CONGRESS. g. :.5
Provides for Graduated Scale Of Com
pensatIon TOR Those injured In the
Line Of Duty Commission Has
Done Good Work. ''

What appears to be as satisfactory
q compromise a. could have been ex.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-12
eattIe Reported at cone los.

Mexico City May H. Specials re- ceived in the capitol tonight from Es- calon. via Fl Paso. indicated that a battle was in progress southwest of Conejos, the number of dead and wounded were being attended by tho Red Cross with she assistance of a9 ambulance service of the rebels.
 lt was believed to besthe main forces Fof rebels and federals which were en- gagged The same dispatches said the forces Of the federal general, san zines, which had been in Ojinaga we're advancing upon Chihuahua after hav- ing won a victory at Coyame. a short distance to the southwest Trainloads of rebels were being rushed from Es- calon to Conejos
 The text of telegram pnrporting to have been sent by Orozco from Jim inez May to Jose Cordova. Chihua- hua, repudiates the establishment of a provisional government in his name.
 T make 1t known to the patriotic people of Chihuahua he says. that l had no knowledge of the proceed. ing and. furthermore, that always when the establishment of proyision- al government has been discussed, I have rejectej the idea for the reason that in my opinion. in order that such a government should have the sanc- tion of public opinion, it should be cre- ated only after the revolution shall have succeeded in every stale in the republic
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-12
duerta Has Large Army.

Laredo. Texas. May Torreon ad- vices under date of May 9 report the division of General Victoriano Huerta mainly at Bermejillo. His forces con sist of cavalry, infantry, field batter ies, rurales, volunteers, carbineers and mounted geniarmes.
 General Huerta has ordered that "soldieras." the wives and sweet hearts of the soldiers, who have been in the habit of following their men for years. cooking foraging and mak- ing themselves generally useful even on the firing line. shall not go with the column when 1t advances This will tend to avoid such misery 10 the many women and children. who here tofore have tried to follow the col umns everywhere.
 Cavalry horses for the mounted troops are hard to find In this region.
 On May 6. the revolutionary advance forces were to the north of Conejos station. 29 miles northwest of Berme- iillo They retired at the approach Of 2 military train of federals under
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-12
Gomez Loses Out.

San Antonio, Texas, May l-Emilio vasquez Gomez, for one week pro visional president of Mexico, returned to his home in this city shortly after 10 o'clock this evening He arrived on the Southern Pacific train from El Paso, after having quietly slipped away from juarez fast night.
 Gomez planes his latest troubles upon Felix Gutierrez, rebel governor of Chihuahua IL was Gutierrez who used his influence with General Oroz- co to prevent the latter recognizing Gomez as provisional president. In a short interview tonight Gomez said Gutierrez never was a Vasquista, be- ing, in fact, at heart Maderista Cult terrez caused friction. according to Gomez. and rather than have the rev olution disrupted. Gomez decided to return to San Antonio.
 Gomez and his friends profess to have no fear of action being taken against him by United States federal authorities. Upon goo1 authority 1t is said there was no indictment against Gomez, and it is further claimed there is nc evidence upon which to base an indictment.
 On the other hand Gomez in many proclamations he has issued from here and from Juarez, admitted having re ceiyed messengers from the revoli- tiorists and of having been in a re eeptlve mood toward the provisional presidency
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-12
The Rebel Situation.


 Juarez. Mexico, May l1.--General Pascual Orozco tonight holds the bal ance of power in the Mexican revolu- ton Though Orozco, with 1000 men. is facing federal army that Is press ing him back toward the border and the outcome of the battle Is uncertain, the developments of the day, chiefly the abdication of Emilio Vasquez Go meg, of the provisional presidency, which he assumed week ago, indi- cate that the money interests behind Mexico's present disturbances, must continue to court Orozco.
 Gomez fled today across the Rio Grande to United States territory Later he was located in Laredo. He declined 10 make any statement.
 Jose E. Cordova, secretary of the state of Chihuahua who bears Orozco's answer to the Gomez proposal of a provisional government, arrived to- night Reliable information has it that the men who once surrounded former President Diaz has been fiRanc- ing the Orozco movement through the agency of Gonzalo Orile, now in Chi. huahua, but that other capitalists had sprung up who were seeking to oust the Enrilistas and control Orosco's band In the underground contest be- tween these factions, Gomez, who could furnish only political ambition, was lost
 Not content with the rigid censor ship exercised over dispatches coming from the front, General Orozco declin- ell to allow correspondents to proceed further south than Escalon, the rebel base.
 Below Escalon, somewhere between Conejos and Perone, 26 miles south ward, the battle ragged The rebels are many miles behind their positions Of few days ago. The federals claim they are pushing Orozco's vanguard. Rebel sympathizers say that it is but a ruse to draw them from their torti- fications.
 While General Huerta, the federal commander, just north of Peronel Is striking constantly at the vanguard of the rebels at Coneios, Orozco has sent to the westward column under Gen. eral Luis Fernandez to flank the government troops and attack General Tellez, bringing up the rear of the federal army.
 Generals Villa and Rabago were de tailed by General Huerta to offset the flank attack of Fernandez on the west East of the railroad some of the troops of General Salazar, next in command to Orozco, have been placed to intercept the advance of General Trucy Aubert, who is execut. ing flank movement westward to ward Hsera Moja Escalon.
 Upon the outcome of the battle de pends largely the success of the pres eat revolution
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-12

Mrs. Armstrong supplemented her lee ture on kitchen convenience yesterday afternoon with little heart to heart talk with the ladies present
 The crowd was so large and the in. terest so intense and cordial that she could not refrain from saying a few personal words to her class.
 Among other things. Mrs. Armstrong said she had never held cooking school where the interest was more cordial and earnest, the demeanor of the audience more sincere and respect full, than here in Hot Springs So great was this spirit of cooperation that each day Mrs. Armstrong more and more discarded the features of a set lecture and converted the school into a friendly and whole-souled discussion of the art of cooking and scientific kitchen management
 It was the close of series of 17 weeks of arduous labor, and closing her school yesterday, Mrs. Armstrong said:
 Never have I visited a city where II have received the cordial co-opera- tion that have in Hot Springs Those who have had the details of the school in charge have been more than con siderate, and the ladies attending the school have been extremely kind and sincere. Although it is the close of more than three months of arduous work, I am free to say that my week in Hot Springs has been the most pleasant, and withal the work and wor- ries of the week less than in any city II have ever visited.
 q had arranged to spend several weeks in rest and recuperation after this series of lectures, and know of no more pleasant or more restful place than right here in your beautiful city" This announcement was greeted by the assembled ladies with an outburst of applause, and smiles of approval.
 To a SentinelRecord representative Mrs. Armstrong said.
 The cooking school in Hot Springs, from the standpoint Of steady attend ance and interest, has been one of the best have ever held An instance of the interest which the ladies of the city have taken is found in Fridays attendance It was q rainy anu threat ening afternoon. and l am accustomed to speak and demonstrate to very Isman audiences on such days. It was not so here. however, for the attend ance Friday was only equalled by the splendid attendance of the closing day, which is always large on account of the contest.
 .N am highly pleased with the sue cess of the school. l believe the la dies of Hot Springs have received some benefit from the cooking school, l('ontinued on Page Three.)