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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-25

In granting an increase Of
wages and fixing minimum
wage for locomotive engineers,
the board of arbitration became
so alarmed at the possibility of a
strike of $4,000 engineers on 81
railroads, that it said:
"The interests of the public so
far exceed those of the parties to
such a controversy as to make
the former paramount. To this
paramount interest both the rail-
road operators and the employees.
should submit"
That sounds very well, but
there is no law that could COM
pei engineers to work for a living
wage, no matter how mucha all the
rest of us might suffer in case of
strike. (.
And no law will ever. be en-
acted that will make intelligent
Workmen work IT they refuse.
The street railway arbitration
board in Chicago will have to
consider the interests of the pub
lie, too. For strike of street
railway employees in Chicago
would demoralize business, and
affect the entire community dis
astrously.
Hence the Importance Of seeing
that the employees get justice.
For if the men feel that the
finding of the board is unjust to
them, the trouble will start all
over again as soon as the time
fixed by the board expires. And
the board CAN'T fix that time, so
it will last forever.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-25
ORGANIZED ENGINEERS
GET AN INCREASE

Washington, Nov. 25.-A min
imum wage has just been estab-
lished for $1,000 locomotive en-
gineers on 81 railroads east of
Chicago and north of Cincinnati
and Norfolk, Va.
The minimum wage for passen-
ger engineers is $4,25 per 100
miles or less overtime so cents
an hour, with average speed of 20
miles per hour.
Through freight service, $4.75
per day of 100 miles or less, with
overtime pro rata after 10 hours.
Local freight service rs cents
additional to through freight
rates.
Switching service, minimum
wage of $40 per day Of 10 hours
or less.
All existing rates higher than
the minimum rate are maintained.
This award dates back to May
/ and lasts a year. 1t slaves off a
big strike.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02

just inside the iron fence surround.
Ing the whole burying ground. One
can almost reach through the iron
fence and touch tho outline Of 4 stock,
ingshaped foot which IL plainly
etched on the surface of the stone.
It appeared family not long after tho
monument was put. in place. and day
by day It Is said to have grown moro
distinct.
This startling sketch was the sub,
ject of much comment, and people for
miles around gathered to view the
strange shape on the stone. It is
said that members of the family have
tried in vain to efface the mysterious
foot by cutting into the face of the
monument, but each time the figure
gradually resumed its old shape.
Buckport residents are divided in
their version Of the legend, many hold
ing that the woman who uttered the
curse had been sentenced to death by
Jonathan Buck, and had forecasteo
the appearance Of the famous mark
ing, while others contend that the
woman in the case was an Indian
maiden who, after being courted by
Jonathan Buck, was sorely disappoint.
ed when he refused to marry her. She
cursed him and all of his descendants,
and had foretold the appearance Of q
strange sign on the tombstone.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02
GIVE Them DEATH OR STYLE
Merely to Be Clothed Does Not Come
Near to Satisfying Ordinary
Woman.

But the variety and constant change
in the shops, the known extent Of the
dressmaking business, and the piles OF
good clothes offered by the second
hand dealers and at the "rummage"
sales prove the point to the least care
full observer that merely to be clothed
does not satisfy many of the feminine
contingent. Not to be in the fashion
doubtless seems to them a sort Of nv-
ing death. OF course it is all great
mistake.
We are glad to pass along the Re
publican's stringent rebuke that this
yielding to DEGREES Of a few people
who make It their concern to create
business for the tradespeople and pat
ronage for themselves is slavery Of
q sort which commands the respect Of
nobody and the contempt Of many"
and to forward the plea that TO
change this order Of things and to cut
III bonds that are escapable Il . Wekk
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02
knife CURE FOR A BAD BOY
Youth, Who Fell Two Years Ago, Be,
came Thief-Doetors Repair Skull
is Now Normal.

Yonkers. N. VA fifteen.year-oId
boy, who used to play truant from
school, misbehave when he did at,
tend, and who had a weakness for
taking things that did not belong I'd
him and was twice in court on
charges of petit larceny, has been re-,
formed by means Of an operation. &C.
cording to physicians. =,
The boy IL Frederick Morris, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Norris. TWO
years ago he fell two stories from I
IRE escape on which he was playing,
His head WAS considerably swollen.
but his mother applied lotions and the
swelling went away, and neither tha
boy nor his mother thought any more
OF the matter. =. RI & =. szS
Before the accident occurred thu
boy had attended school regularly and
was considered good scholar. After,
ward he was changed completely ana
was placed on the probation list,
Finally physicians became interested
IN the cass and by the removal 81 !
piece q bone from the right side 81
his hsad reduced tho pressure on hi
brain. Now 10 II Ike his former seu
a14 On tho WY = compIsts rscovssifI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02
WELSH HOME LIFE UNIFORM
There 10 No Upper Middle Glass and
and Shop Keepers Are Usually
tho Leaders.

The student Of Welsh life and char
acter who encounters almost any vii
lage In North Wales will be able to
acquire a full knowledge Of his sub
ject without travelling a mile further.
For Welsh life has a certain quality
Of uniformity which 10 not found in
tho other constituent peoples Of the
empire.
Practically there II no upper middle
class In Wales. A few rich middle
class Welsh families there are. but
these. even II they keep up q Welsh
home, usually draw their wealth and
spend It beyond tho Welsh border. Il.
however: the visitor wishes to know
who controls public opinion, who sits
on the district and county councils, OF
even who represents the division In
tho house Of commons, he had much
batter regard tho names painted over
the shop fronts than Try to discover
The identity Of tho occupants Of the
lavish rcd brick villa which looks
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02
Public Spirit Run Riot.

"Our little town o. Blueberryville IL
right up to date an about as progress.
sive an public-speerited as any town
in the state" said Zedekiah Brush. a.
he drove over the hills with the SUM
mer boarder.
Fact is. some OF US think the -
lec'men use the tax money little too
freely keepin' pace with the speeri1
of progress that seems to be In tho
air nowadays. Here, in the last year,
the town hall has had new roof. an
q new boss shed has been built around
the church. an q new handle put In
the town pump, an a bridge cost1n'
most $500 has been built over Plum
Crick. The town clock has been put
in repair at q cost Of $3.50. an
they've put three dozen new books In
the town liberty, an now they are
talkin' Of offerin' a firm a bonus q
$500 to start pickle factory In the
town. Once q lot o selec'men gtt
the progressive fever, an tho tax
money flies. Public speerit Is all
right, but US taxpayers has to foot the
bills when 1t runs riot the way e
does here in our town."-Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02
White HAVING GREAT VOGUE
Striking Novelties Shown in This
Most Approved Of All Coiors for
the Winter.

Among the most striking novelties
of the season are the gowns and tall
ored costumes of white corduroy,
cloth or serge. While corduroy suits
are made with little trimming other
than buttons and clever manipulations
of the material itself. Little panels in
which the thick ribs run horizontally
make surprisingly effective decora-
tons. On the cloth costumes corduroy
is often seen in collars, cuffs and but
tons. Among the more unusual white
cloth suits is one with bands Of wide
black silk braid running straight
around the skirt and sleeves and
adjoining the large collar and revers.
One of the handsomest of the white
cloth gowns has a plain skirt, with q
row of buttons of the same material
down the left side. Although the lines
Of the skirt are of the straightest and
it has the appearance in front Of be-
ing almost extremely narrow, there is
. single big pleat in the back that
gives it considerable actual width.
The waist of the gown is of a coarse
handmade lace, with a wide collar
and cuffs of the cloth. There is a
rather wide, shaped, stitched cloth
belt, which is broken in front by the
lace of the waist coming over it. A
little satin vest and a stock, cascade
and undersleeves of fine creamy lace
complete the dress.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02
GOT THE LETTERS MIXED
clergyman's Mistake Resulted In Civ
Ing Decided Surprise to Dlgnl.
fled Archbishop.

One of the most amusing stories
which the Hon. Lionel A. Tollemache
tells In Nuts and Chestnuts," is that
entitled, THE Wrong Envelope" Mr..
NJ, a missionary, shortly before
leaving England, received two letters
One from Archbishop TAFT asking
him to dine, and the other from the
secretary of religious society. = very
old friend, asking him to preach. He
accepted the archhishop's invitation.
and at the same time wrote to the
secretary, but put the letters into the
wrong envelopes.
After the dinner at Lambeth tho
archbishop said to him: Mr.. NJ.
do you always answer your dinner III
vitations in the same way"
Il do not understand, your Grace"
The letter, which was then shown
to the missionary, ran thus: You old
rascal! Why did you not ask me be.
fore? You know perfectly we'll that
shall be on the high seas on the date
you name."-London Tit-Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02

Mark Y II Of Foot Said to Have Fol-
lowed. Woman's Curse.
CANNOT Be EFFAcED
Residents o. euckport, Me-, Declare
Woman Charged With Witehcraft
Pronounced a Maledletion Upon
Towns Founder.

Buckport, Me.-"You will soon die.
Over your grave they will erect a
stone, upon that stone will appear the
imprint Of my foot and long after
your accused race has persisted from
the earth people will come from far
and near to say there lies the man
who murdered a woman"
This is the substance Of curse SAID
to have been. uttered in hatred and
anger by q woman about to die, 3
woman Of mystery, who cast spells
upon her neighbors, and told tales un
believable. It was curse given by 8
woman who knew she was about tt
die, and who in her wrath desired ven
geance against Col. Jonathan Buck. TIT
founder of Buckport, who. so the stor,
goes, caused this woman to be put t.
death as a witch.
Some years later a monument wat
erected to the memory Of Col. iona
than Buck in the Buck cemetery
about half mile south Of the presen'
center of the town. It is granite
shaft about Is feet high, standing or
the usual base stones, and it bears the
following inscriptions:
COL. JONATHAN BUCK,
The Founder Of Buckport,
A. D. 1862.
Born in Haverhill, Mass, 1918.
Died March 10, 1895.
The cemetery wall forms boun
Diary to the sidewalk and the stone IL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02
How England Crow.

A great deal of interest 10 taken in
England In the question of coast pro.
lection. The ocean. assailing the
cliffs, gradually tears them away, but
this very process furnishes a defense
for the land by building up long beach.
90 Of sand and single which arrest
the waves before they can attach, the
cliffs. An effort IL making to prevent
or better regulate, the removal OF this
material for construction and road
building, because in many places its
removal has permitted the sea freely
to exert its power OF erosion
The Ordinance Survey has ascer.
tanned that In the last thirty-nve years
England has lost 5000 acres BY Ca
erosion. and gained $4,000 acres
through retaining land. tho existence
Of which IL mainly due to material
brought down by the rivsrs.-1fosa the
Youths Companioa. ~ :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02
TIE GREl lDNEI REL eDY
coNvIncES THE MOST
/. SkEPTlclL. {. !.

7 I want to tell You what Dr.. KlimeF'S
eWamp,Root did for me. Twas com
pletely broken down. Ny kidneys hurt
mo 90 that when was down, could
not get mp unless took hold Of some
thing TO pull myself up with. IS
tried different kinds Of kidney
pills, but they did me no good. Some.
ono told mo to try Swamp-Root. ]
had no faith In It but to please my
wife, I purchased one bottle and took
It. / saw It was beginning to help me-
and kept on taking 1t until I had taken
six bottles and It Strengthened me out
all right. e
swamp.Root is the only medicine
that did me any good. I thought /
one that 10 afflicted an was, to take
bottles took cost me i've dollars, and
good.
Yours very truly,
GEORGE II. HUBER,
Atlanta, III.
I Iessa Ct cd 5'''aS'' IS,
I, M. M. Hoose. a Notary Public IN
and for the said county Of Logan, In
the State Of Illinois, do hereby certify,
that George H. Huber, known to me to
be the same person whose name is sub
scribed to the foregoing instrument,
appeared before me this day In person
| and acknowledged that he signed
sealed and delivered the said instru-
ment az his free and voluntary act.
Given under my hand and Notarial
Seal this the 18th day Of July, A. D.
1902 NJ. n. HoosE,
Notary Public.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02

Louis Riel was a half-breed OF the
"Metis" race Of Franco.lndians. His
father was a leader of the Metis and
headed an uprising in 1849 against
the mighty Hudson Bay company in
Canada. Louis was born October ~.
1914. He studied at the Montreal
Jesuit college with the idea Of becom-
ing priest. But when he went to
take holy orders he was for some
reason refused ordination. In other
words, he was turned loose on the
world with an excellent education, a
keen knowledge OF white men and
their ways, a gift for organization. a
Wild genius for oratory and-as was
afterward claimed-a welldevel0ped
case of egotistic insanity. Such a man
could do much among the local In
dams and excitable French-Indian
half-breeds.
The "human Firebrand."
The Hudson Bay company-one Of
the most gigantic trusts ever launched
had for long time controlled the
fur trade. ETC., Of the northwest The
company was the master and patron
OF thousands Of ha1f-breeds and In
dams. In the late sixties the Cana
dian government bought and assumed
control OF the Manitoba territories
hitherto ruled by the company. The
natives bitterly resented this change.
They hated the English. They loved
the company: although more than
once they had rebelled against its
stern orders. Riel, by fiery speeches,
persuaded the hunters and savages
that they were entitled to part Of the
money paid by the government for the
company lands. He made formal de.
mand for this money. The Canadian
authorities refused. Then Riel called
his people to arms.
William McDougall was sent by the
British officials to assume control OF
their newly acquired tract Of country
as lieutenant governor. At the head
Of little army Of half-breeds and In.
dams. Louis Riel forbade McDougalrs
entrance into the territory. Riel cap.
tured Fort Garry and other strong.
holds, and caused himself to be elect.
ed president of provisional govern.
! ment."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02

the matter of color because they
must. Great quantities of white, and
black and white, pieces are designed
and are salable every season. A we'll
made fancy feather is a very Salts
factory trimming. When hats must
stand constant wear, there is nothing
to be preferred before them. They
stand wind and weather and many Of
them may even be successfully clean
ed with soap and water.
The making of feather pieces is q
great industry. All domestic fowls
and many wild ones contribute plum
age for this purpose. Feathers are
so changed by clipping, bleaching,
dyeing and by combination with other
feathers that only the expert can tell
what the original raw" feathers
came from.
JULIA 10TToMLEY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02
Somewhat Inconsistent.

The young woman had spent 4 busy
day. She had browbeaten fourteen
sales-people, bullyragged a shop
walker, argued VIGOROUSLY with a
milliner, laid down the law to a mod
1ste, nipped In the bud a taxi chauf.
feur's attempt to overcharge her
made street car conductor stop the
car In the middle of a nonstop run
for her. discharged her maid and en-.
gagged another, and otherwise refused
to allow herself to be imposed upon.
Yet she did not smile that evening
when a young man begged:
Let me be your protector through
lifel"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02
Fellows In Distress.

An efficient woman principal Of Q
New York grammar school. though
devoid Of good looks and bearing the
marks Of long service IN her profess
sion, still retains the charm OF de-
lightful frankness. One day while
watching tho pupils pass out OF her
building two by two. AZ usual, she no
ticed one boy marching alone, with
his arm to his eyes. sobbing tumultu-
ously. In answer to her solicitous in
quiry ~ she drew him from the line.
g-got no pardner!"
The principal extended = prompe
and sympathetic hand. "Shake. dear
boy, shako!" she invited. II havon't
either"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02
OPECHANCANOUGH

but only the vile Englishman, Samuel
Argall, who struck me and kidnapped
Pocahontas. I love all other English.
men. and the skies will decay sooner
than that love-"
The settlers were deceived by such
protestatfons. So, when on April l,
1922, Opechancanough turned loose his
1900 savages upon the peaceful COL
ony he caught the English utterly un-
prepared. In less than an hour the
Indians had killed $50 white men.
women and children. jamestown was
saved by prompt measures Of defense.
but the outlying settlements were raw.
aged with fire and steel.
Goes to War at Ago Of Ninety.
The settlers rallied and swept tho
Indians out of their old habitations.
Opechancanough was forced to flee,
and this act of cowardice lost him
much of his power among the saw
ages. About 5000 Indians had lived
within sixty miles Of jamestown. By
the time the campaign was over the
5000 squares miles about jamestown
did not contain 1000 natives. The
rest were slain or captured or had
taken flight. Opechancanough rallied
his stricken braves as best he could.
and for twenty years he waged an IN
termittent warfare against the white
men. All the time he secretly planned
a mighty blow for vengeance. At last,
in 1643, he thought his chance had
come. He heard that there was dis
satisfaction among the colonists over
the actions of Sir William Berkeley,
the local English governor. This
seemed good time to strike
Opechancanough was then over ninety
years old, and SO feeble he could not
open his eyes without hel:,. Neverthe
less he raised a new indian rebellion
against the English and was carried
along, on a litter, at the head OF his
savage forces In April. 1914. the mas
sacres began. Within two days 30O
colonists were slaughtered and whole
districts desolated. But Governor
Berkeley, at the head OF a colonial
army, met and routed the Indians and
captured old Opechancanough.
Opechancanough was taken td
Jamestown. There he was placed I'M
der the charge OF a white soldier
Opechancanough's braves had killed
| members of this latter's family. So
the soldier. in cold blood. shot and
mortally wounded the aged captive
(Copyright.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02

r. VERY season brings out many
things new and strange in fancy
feathers. AS a rule these feath-
er pieces are beautiful because
the feathers from which they are
made are beautiful, to start with, and
because the designers Of feather trim
mings work with great enthusiasm.
A successful piece means great de-
mand, which spells profit for the
manufacturer. Then, the variety and
beauty Of the markings in natural
feathers, and the wonderful changes
which can be made in them by proc
esses of bleaching, dyeing and piec-
ing make possible an inexhaustible
variety of design.
Makers of fancy feathers govern
themselves, in a measure, by the hat
shapes which prove to be popular.
They follow the lead of fashion in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-02

Capt. John Smith stood bound and
helpless before the Virginia chieftain,
Opechancanough, brother i. to the
mighty Sycamore, Powhatan. indian
scouts had captured Smith soon after
he left the new jamestown colony on
his exploring trip to the interior. They
brought him before their chief for
Judgment.
Opechancanough had already heard
with disgust of the white men who
were building settlement on Vir-
ginia's shores, and he was glad one
OF them had fallen into his hands. He
was about to order Smith to torture
and death, when the plucky English
prisoner drew from his pocket COM
pass and calmly proceeded to show
Opechancanough how to use the won.
derful instrument. Then he went on
to explain the course Of the sun. moon
and stars In such amazing fashion that
Opechancanough thought him spirit.
So, instead of killing him (Which
would have crushed the jamestown
colony's chances of life and have put
back for many years the white mans
rulership OF America), he passed him
on to his brother Powhatan.
Revenge for Blow.
When Powhatan died. In 1913,
Opechancanough became Sycamore OF
tho thirty Virginia and Maryland
tribes that had formed his brothers
empire" He also assumed Pow
hatan's mock title of emperor of the
Indies" BY this time the English had
secured strong grip on Virginia.
jamestown was hourishing place.
There were smaller towns and many
rich plantation farms.
He managed to stir up his people
against the English and to draw 1900
fierce Indian warriors to his standard.
Then he waited for the right moment
to attack. A settler and one of the
Indians had fight. The Indian was
slain. Opechancanough, clad for war
and brandishing tomahawk, rushed
into the presence Of the English gov
ernor at Jamestown and demanded
redress. His plea gas refused. In
fury he drove his tomahawk blade in
to the wall Of the house and called
curses down from heaven upon the
English. On the instant, however, he
saw that he had too plainly shown
his hatred, and, fearing lest he might
have put the coionists on their guard,
he said more mildly:
Forgive me, Governor Wyatt.
did not mean to curse all the English,
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Precise.

Precise,
The proofreader on a small middle
western daily was a woman of great
precision and extreme propriety. One
day a reporter succeeded in getting
into type an item about willie Brown,
the boy who was burned in the West
end by a live WIRE"
On the following day the reporter
found on his desk a frigid note ask.
ing, (which is the west end of q
boy?"
1T took only an instant to reply
1.-THE end the son sets on, OF course.
Ladies' Home Journal.