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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
Cheese,

The English, the Germans, and the
Norwegians are great consumers Of
cheese, but the people of Switzerland
surpass them all. The cheese of Ter.
matt Is so hard that one is obliged to
scrape 1t or cut of chunks with a
Ratchet, and it's use is considered
most important on all ceremonious
occasions. The rank Of a Swiss fam.
lily Is known by the age of it's cheese,
and the more affection or respect a
guest inspires the harder is the cheese
which Is cut in his honor. It Is said
that there are families in Switzerland
whose cheeses date from the first
French revolution, and these are
served only at baptisms, weddings,
and after funerals. The larder in ev-
cry family is guarded with care, and
the cheese Is named. Upon the BIRTH
Of new heir cheese is made that
takes the name given him or her, and
that particular cheese is never under
any circumstances cut until the boy or
girl grows up and Is married. On
such occasion each of the guests
takes a piece of cheese from tho
bridegroom and from the bride and
drinks to their felicity, the cheese
held aloft.-Harper's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
Makes Stair-cIimbinq Easy.

It was an American who invented
the elevator, to save people the exer-
ton of walking upstairs. It is a Ger
man who has invented device by
which people who cannot afford eleva-
tors In their houses may mount the
stairs with reduced exertion. The Ger
man Inventor is a physician and sur
geon IN the army, DR.. Schurig. He
found 1t advisable to minimize the
strain OF stair-climbing for people with
weak hearts, and announces that this
can be accomplished by wearing a
slipper which he las contrived to
effect this purpose. The plan is very
simple. The new slipper, which is
to be worn on one foot only, does not
diner from other slippers except in
one particular. It has a very thick
sole Of about three inches. Each step
being about six inches high, the en-
ersy needed for passing from one
step to higher on u reduced by
half. OF course, both fest have to 70
on every step. The slipper a liRht
and easy to put on over the shoe. II
10 also collapsible. and on the wearer
reaching the level can be put into a
pocket.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
StoppIno the Press.

There is a representative in con-
gress, formerly editor of lively
journal in Nebraska, who in his jour-
nalistic days was much annoyed by
the custom of a rival editor, who was
forever stopping the press" in order to
insert a piece of late news. 1t seems
that scarcely day passed that tho
rival did not state I'VE stop the press
to announce that" some one had died.
been born, lost money, been arrested,
etc., etc.
This sort Of thing finally got ON
the nerves of the first mentioned ed
itor to such an extent that one day
he inserted on the first page of his
sheet, double loaded and under tho
heading Important" the following:
I'VE stop the press to announce
that there Is no news Of SUFFICIENT i'm
portance to justify US in stopping tho
press. Giddap"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
1athes In 800 Gallons.

Au Sable Forks, n. Y.-Ellison N.
Cooper, we'll known throughout this
section, has received a new bathtub
that is Z feet 4 inches long, feet 4
inches wide, feet deep and weighs
1910 pounds. It will hold 800 gal.
Ions of water and is made of solid
porcelain four inches thick. After
two steel Orders are put In Mr.. Coop.
er's house to support the bathtub he
will be able to take a bath In comfort.
Heretofore Mr.. Cooper has had to
take his bath in sections. He stands
six feet four inches and weighs about
400 pounds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
Scorpions Faintino Fit.

The scorpion that is placed in the
center of a ring Of Goals does not COM
NIT suicide by singing himself to
death, as has been claimed. In lands
where the scorpion abounds 1t is a
regular pastime among countrymen to
ring scorpion with fire and watch
him commit. as is believed, the happy
despatch. Nevertheless, the scorpion
has the last laugh, as it were.
The scorpion, though an inhab1tant
of torrid regions, is 80 delicately or
gained that very slight increase
above the normal temperature pro-
duces a condition in him analogous to
a fainting fit. Driven desperate by
tho heat, he lashes his tail wildly,
giving the impression that he is plung-
ing his sting into his own body. Then
he falls motionless. As a presumably
dead scorpion has no further interest
for the spectators, he is usually left
where he has fallen, and, after the
dro has died down, he RECEIVERS and
3oWlb away, -. - .4:-..z.. L.. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
No Jury or Lawyer Required and
Appeal From Decisions Of Ar
bitrators Not Permitted.

New York.-The business mems
court of honor, a tribunal without
Judge, lawyer or Jury, yet recognized
by the laws of the state, has been re-
vived in New York after lapse Of II
years. The court Is conducted by the
chamber of commerce to settle dis
putes among merchants, and. so far
as is known here, there is no other
court like it in the world.
In 1853 the business mems court
was established and for more than a
century merchants adjusted their dis
putes there. In 1874 the legislature
voted a salary Of $4,000 a year to
the Official arbitrator Of the court, and
when this salary was discontinued in
1895 the body passed out Of exist
ence. Several months ago a move.
ment was begun looking to the re.
establishment Of the tribunal, with
the result that several cases have Just
been heard before 1t.
To try the average case requires an
expenditure of only $50 or $50, com.
pared with the heavy expenses OF
trials In the regularly constituted
courts Of the state. The court is In
charge of the chamber Of commences
committee on arbitration. The com
mittee selects from the membership
of the chamber list of men qualified
to serve as arbitrators Of disputes
who are sworn in by Justice of the
supreme court
When any issue IL referred to the
committee for settlement the dis
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
is to be superseded by steam and
electric machines. The latter are in
successful operation on the headwa-
ters Of the Kennebec, Penobscot and
AroOstOOk.
VAST WORK IN DITCH LOCKING
Yet One Man at a Switchboard In Pan
anna Can Sail Ship Through
Canal.

Washington, D. C.-To pass a big
ship through each lockage of the Pan
ANA canal no less than ninety-eight
electric motors will have to be set in
motion twice and this number may
be increased to 143, dependent upon
the previous condition of the gates,
valves and other devices that make up
the complex locking system of the
great waterway. In passing a ship
through the locks it will be necessary
to open and close inter gates weigh
ing from 800 to 900 tons. fill and
empty lock chambers containing from
100000 to 100000 cubic feet Of wa
ter and lower fender chains weighing
24,098 pounds each and to tow the YES
sells through the locks. Yet so admir-
ably has this tremendous task been
systematized by the designing engin-
GERS that, according to Canal Record,
all of these operations, except that of
towing, will be controlled by a single
man at a switchboard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
MILLIONS TO "JACKS"
100000 a Year Paid to
Logger Army.
Seventy Thousand Men and $4,000
Horses Employed In New England
Forests-Lumber Crop Will
Total 2,5oo, ooo, 900 Feet.

Bangor, Me.-Ten million dollars
will be required to pay the army OF
lumbermen at work in the forests Of
northeast Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont and the provinces Of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia this win
ter. In this army of loggers are TO-
900 men and $4,000 horses. The fruits
OF the campaign will be a crop of
,6OO.0OO,000 feet OF pine, cedar.
spruce. hemlock and birch.
Names logging industry 20 years
ago seemed on the Decline The es-
tablishment Of mills changed that. To-
day logs have advanced so per cent
In value and wages are higher than
at any other time since the days i'm
mediately following the Civil war.
When the first pulp mills were built
In Maine the lumbermen regarded
them merely as a convenient market
for the smaller trees that were not fit
for lumber. These logs were called
pulp wood" and were looked upon
with contempt by all hands, including
the river drivers who navigated them
to the boom. The little logs would
not bear the weight of a man and
were productive Of many cold bath
for those who handled them
Nowadays it is very different. The
pulp manufacturers no longer depend
upon the little logs, but Gull out the
large trees, leaving the smaller ones
to grow and furnish q crop In future
years.
From small proportion of the total
cut of logs, the pulp stock" has now
increased so that on some rivers it
equals and on other it exceeds that of
the logs cut for the sawmills In
Maine the harvest for the pulp mills
will reach the enormous total Of $780,
100000 feet this winter. The amount
cut for the sawmills will not be far
from 400,00O,O00.
In every department of the lumber
industry rapid progress is being made
In methods and In appliances. In the
old times no one ever thought of send
ing men to the woods until snow had
fallen. Now the crews that do the pre-
liminary work are sent up river In Au-
gust, and large proportion Of the
men are on the ground long before
snow comes, making roads and telling
timber, which in fairly smooth regions
is dragged to the yards at the time Of
the year.
In the old times the men were
obliged to make the greater part OF
the journey to tho woods on foot. Sup
plies were carried in on tote" teams,
a most laborious and expensive meth
cd of transportation. Now almost all
Of the important regions are travers-
ed by railroads and the crew, provi-
sions and camp outfits are carried
quickly and at moderate expense
close to the scene of operations.
Oxen were used to haul the logging
sieds in the days Of the pine. but now
the big spruce, which has succeeded
the pine as king Of the Maine woods,
II hauled by horses. Soon the horse
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12

Are you ghost?" asked little
Yvette.
The ghost smiled. Nov you know
rs we'll as l d." he told her, that
there are no ghosts left-the sensible
people have killed them ALL"
What I can't make out" pursued
Yvette. unheeding. lis how you got
In here, and why no one else seems
to see youths morning, for instance,
when was sitting with my aunt1e In
the morning room. The windows were
shut, the door did not open, and yet
all at once looked up, and there you
were standing smiling. And auntie
got up suddenly-she said she felt a
change-and left the room without
seeing you?"
Nov, ask you, do l look like a
Hhost?" said the handsome man in the
well fitting tweed suit, as he rose from
his chair and made a leisurely inspec-
*lon of himself in the glass over the
mantelpiece. do l clank? All re-
spectacle ghosts clank. Do appear
at midnight and point a spectral
finger? Not bit. My entrances are
as you have Justly observed, noise
less. The latest visit l have ever
paid you was we'll within the tonven-
sional calling time. No, Yvette. am
too respectable to be a ghost"
He dropped back into his armchair.
Y7ette crossed the room with a pleas
an! little rustic of silk skirts, sat her.
self down on the sofa facing him,
and considered him gravely.
It's six months since you've been
coming and going like this" she said
ref1ectively. "The first time you came
I remember you nearly frightened me
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
WARD OF GOvERNME
LONG AND ARDUous SERVICE OF
MULEREcoGNIzEp.
Il Has Been Said That Republics Were
Ever ungratefuI, but This Incl.
dent Seems to Disprove
tho Statement.

Almost thirty years ago, 70 the ar
chives Of the war department dis
close, Lieutenant w. A. Kobbe Of the
Third artillery. who was stationed al
Mount Vernon barracks. Alabama, re-
ported to the war department that
there was at that post q white mule
named Mexique, which had been fol
many years in the service of the Unit
ed States, but which had at last been
ordered sold. The officers of the post
Lieutenant Kobbe said, desired per
mission to purchase the animal and
keep and care for it at their own e1'
pense.
Major F. L. Guenther of the Second
artillery, to whom the petition waa
referred. reported that the mule In
question was originally left at Key
West barracks in 1S48 by a portion Of
the army returning from Mexico at
the close Of the war with that coun'
try. He added:
During the time that served at
Key West, from 1875 to 1880. the mule
did not miss days work from any
cause. He is very old and has been
worn out by his long service in the
quartermaster's department. II there
is any way to provide for him, I should
be glad to have it done, as the ex-
pense to the government would be
little or nothing"
The petition went through the regu.
lar channels until it reached the quar-
termaster general, who Endorsed it az
follows:
ITO promote the sentiment of kind
ness toward animals that are so init
mately connected with military men,
It Is recommended In this special case
that this mule be kept in the depart
ment and left to the care of those
whose kindly feelings are so deeply
enlisted in his behalf"
General Sherman submitted the case
to the secretary Of war, with the fol-
lowing report:
Il have seen the mule, and whether
true or not, the soldiers believe it was
left at Big Spring, where Mount Yer
non barracks now are, at the time Gen.
eral Jackson's army encamped there,
about 1S19-1820. Tradition says that
1t was once sorrel, but now it is
white from age. The quartermaster's
department will be chargeable with
ingratitude if the mule is sold, or the
care of maintenance Of it thrown on
the charitable officers of the post.
Cd kLok L =.
ment, fed and maintained until death.
l think the mule was at Fort Morgan,
Mobile Point, when 7 was there in
1872"
The secretary of war thereupon
made the following order:
Let this mule be kept and well
cared for as long as he lives"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
Prefers EQQs to Jewels,

Baltimore, Md.-Eggs looked bigger
and more valuable than silver and
jewels to James Frisby, a negro, when
he entered the home Of John B. Brown
300 North Sucker street. Patrolman
DAILY, seeing a window broken at the
Brown home, made an Investigation
and saw the negro with a quantity Of
eggs. Realizing the high price of the
commodity, he instantly drew a re-
volver on the man and arrested him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
MUCH LIKE LEGAL ExEcuTl
How Two Women, Justly lneenssd,
Did Away With the Disturber r
Of Their Rest. (

A north side family gave a big"
dinner recently and left good part Of.
1t on the table until the next morning,
In the night Mr.. Rat smelled the good
things left on the table, sunk his teeth
into the butter, scratched the oyster
dressing out on the table and then.
getting his feet well soaked in the
cranberry sauce, seemed to delight in
leaving his red tracks all over tho
white table cloth. !
The next night the two women,
members Of the family were in the
house alone. They heard the rat In
dustriously gnawing his way through
tho kitchen floor. He finished the job
and spent the greater part of the night
exploring the dining room and kitchen,
as he could be plainly heard in tho
stiffness.
When sleep became impossible the
two women, in spite Of their natural
fear of rats, got out Of bed and chased
| the rat back down the hole he had
gnawed in the floor. Then they laid
piece Of wood over the opening. But
the rat was persistent He pushed
the wood away and began his nightly
scampering. The two women got out
OF bed again, and, placing sadiron
over the hole, they vowed vengeance
on the disturber of their rest: With
all points of egress in the shape OF
doors closed, there was no hope OF
| escape for the rat.
After a chase of half an hour the
rat finally took refuge in the kindlfng
box behind the stove. A sewing
board was placed over the box and
the rat was a captive. But that did
not end matters. The next problem
was the execution. Tired out, the
Two women sat down to reflect. They
thought Of hot water to scald tho
enemy to death. But they decided It
was too cruel. So they dressed.
got a wash tub, placed kindling box
and all In the tub and carried the tub
out under the hydrant. The water
was turned on and the kindling box
was held down under the water. And
thus the rat died. This story merely
explains the screams that came from
the house mentioned. OF course tho
ne1ghbors knew the trouble when thew
saw the rat the next morning. but thew
didn't know what to think OF it until
the situation was explained.-Indian-
apolis News. .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
R0BBER AS CANDIDATES AID
on Man Seeking Sheriff's
Office.

Ottawa, Kan.-'I wish you lived
over In Douglas county, so you could
vote for Joe Daley. He's q good
friend of mine and is running for sher-
III, ," said stranger who had just sold
horse to q buyer In Ottawa. With
the verbal Endorsement he offered q
bunch Of ''Vote for Daley cards. It
developed tho other day that the horse
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
ALGERNON AS A PHIL OSOPHER

But you'll XII yourself If you eat
cough }ozenges ct that rate" remon-
strated Mr.. TopSeor.
docs yo' think so, sab? De drug
gis' he tol' me to keep on a-chewin':
so jes' KEEP on. Yo' dom t'ink die
f'om de fleets O de ones rs took
A good square meal be bettah TO- me
dan all de lozenges in creatium.'
Mebbe so, sab. mebbe so; but I amt
much on de eat1n' line. In dis heyah
elebatin' business 0ere aim much IA.
cilities TO- eatin'. It's jes' up an down
mos de time an ct yo' puts a ting
in yo' mouf, yo' ain got it half-chawed
Wen de bell ring an yo' has to swaller
1t down in a hurry, an befo' yo' has
yo' mex bite, yo' sort O. loses yo' In
tres So I mostly get out de habit o.
eatin' du'in' de elebator hours. uBt
Is raight contented Yo' knows de
say1n' Is. sab, dat dinner OBJ YARDS
VIII a sauce oh contentment is bettah
dan supper wit a stalled OK. An I
reckon OATS de trrf, sab"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
Weary.

weary.
"Aren't you getting weary of tho
winter"
Yes, mighty weary" ~
1T seems to me l can't stand tho
cold weather as well as / used to.
suppose you feel the same way"
"Oh. l don't mind the cold weather.
80 much. It's the postcards 1 keen
getting from people who are in Cslib
fornia, and want me to know that r
II Just IKE June out thsre. sSsssz
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12

had been stolen and that when the
thief drove out Of the livery barn at
Lawrence, where the animal was own
ed, Joe DALEY, a police officer, offered
the stranger his campaign card.
"Sure. know you," replied the man.
You're a good officer. Give me q
bunch Of cards and I'll distribute them
through the county"
And the thief remained true to the
policeman who is running for sheriff.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
FINDS SON RUNNING ROAD

him access to the place. Kaufman
sold tickets, and solicited business
among shippers He hired an automo-
bile and with the agent went among
the farmers seeking business. He
spent money freely and became pop
ular in Poughkeepsie.
The agent at last became suspicious
and on making inquiries learned that
Mr.. Crowley had no son.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
Little lronies Of the Profession.

Little lronies Of the Profession,
Theater Manager-You say you OBJ
5ect to having real food ON the table
in the banquet scene, Mr.. Greese-
paynt? Why the rest of the company
are delighted at It,
Mr.. Greesepaynt-Yes;b but my part
requires me to rise from the table aft.
er a couple Of mouthfuls and say, e.
can not eat tonight-a strange dread
comes over me. I will seek the quiet
Of yonder apartment for a time"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
Two Claimente for Job.

New York.-Mrs. Anna Jellinek, de-
creed in her will that her cousin, Jo-
seph Berger, should administer her
estate. She has two cousins of that
name, and both want the job. The
courts must decide.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
Rat DELAYS Traffic,

Ithaca, N. VA rat that gnawed
the insulation from one of the main
wires Of the power plant, tied up the
trolley system foc several hours.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
IL TAFT Supporter.

Wilkesbarre. Pa.-John J. McDe.
witt, the millionaire for day" after
returning from a visit to the White
House, announces he is an ardent
Taft supporter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12

In after years 1vette married. and
was happy In her choice, but she
never loved her husband as she had
loved tie ghost Fhe Sketch.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26
CHARITIES REPORT IS
INTERESTING BOOK.

The second annual report of the
State Charities Commission which
has just gone TO press forms one OF
the most interesting publications
Illinois has yet issued.
IT contains the reports of Execu-
tive Secretary A l.. Bowen upon his
thirty five visits of inspection to the
various state institutions during the
year. These reports picture the
human side of hospitals for insane,
the home for Old Soldiers, the schools
for children, the blind, deaf, depend
ent and delinquent. Scattered among
these reports are many stories of I'M
usual character revealing life as it is
In these places.
The report contains the recon-
mendations OF the Commission for
the Improvement of the state service
A large chapter is devoted to the
preparation and distribution of food
The Commission takes radical
ground ON the care of purely de-
pendent children and suggests new
organization for the State Confer
ence of Charities.
1t describes the improvements
which have been made during the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-26

year, giving the introduction OF
dentistry into practically all Of the
state institutions the place cf honor
a. the most humane in many years
There are descriptions Of new
buildings The story of the original
cemetery at the Peoria stare Hospital
which was recently closed after
nearly 800 bodies had been buried In
it, forms one of the most interesting
chapters that has eyer been written
on state charitable institutions.
There are detailed descriptions Of
the Cunning hospital for insane and
Cook county's new infirmary at Oak
Forest.
"A distinct feature is the. chapter
on the careless expensive expenditure
of public and private funds through
out the state in the relief of poor