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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Short Lived NotorlAt,.

Marietta Wolff. once the crok In the
home OF Nine. StetnheiI. whose acquit.
tai on the charge of murder was, In a
great measure, due to Mrs. VOLTS tes-
timony. has found a new occupation,
She has become a professional bill
poster In Paris On one of tho recent
notable people" postcards published
In that city she is shown 40 a smiling.
elderly, plump woman carrying a lad.
DER A cap Is set jauntily over one ear
and the poster bag hangs at one sida
held by broad strap over the shout.
der. The fact that she goes about her
bushes unnoticed. says a Paris letter.
shows tina, people have forgotten N.
other celebrated case.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

1ronwood many years
Mr.. Foley while . resident Of the
Gogebic metrop lis, superintend-
ed an annual dog race for the.
youngsters Of the. town, but has
passed up the event for the past
three or four years. Continued
approximations on the part Of the.
boys, however, has again led him
into the game, and on February
22nd the boys will try out their
steeds for substantial prizes. And
there's a whole lot more fun at a
dog race than there is at foot.
ball game, too. :: = ~ "
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Good Work Soes On,

William Rendell tor 40 years of tho
Royal Society for the Prevention u
Cruelty to Animals. says that within
bis tenure public opinion on tho
proper care and treatment of animals
has so changed that instead of two
acts of parliament there are now up
ward of twenty which deal directly
with cruelty to animals The branches
OF the society have increased from 20
to $50 The business OF selling old.
WORKOUT horses has been attacked for
years by his society single-handed. but
he now feels more hopeful. I'VE want
spurious sports to be made Illegal, pri.
vate slaughter houses to be abolished
cruel exhibitions Of performing ami.
mails to be stopped. with increased
supervision to prevent overlooking"
he says
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
COUNTY vllUlIlo
INCREASED st 100000.
St. Louis County Now the Rich
est County in Stats, Henne-
II pin, Ramsey and Itasca:
Following in Order.

During the year 1911 the valua-
ton Of St. Louis county increas-
ed $12,5O0,OOO according to the re:
port of County Auditor Haldin,
which was submitted to the coun-
ty board at their adjourned an
ual meeting Tuesday.
St. Louis is the richest coun-
ty in the state, while Hennepin,
Ramsey and Itasca follow in the
order named. The total assets of
the county in 1911 was $287, 1885,
687.04, while for the year 1910
they were $275,25l ,281.45 or an
increase of $12,547, 4O5.59. These
figures include the taxes out
standing and in the hands of the
county treasurer and the property
the county owns.
The total assessed valuation of
all property was 1924, IT'S, 1899, of
which 1886, 653,5l2 was real
estate and $l6,122,387 personal
property.
The total taxes, both outstand-
ing and collected, at the end of
the year 1911 were 81 POP, 463.63.
OF this amount the 1911 taxes
now due were $973,933.57, while
the back taxes were given as $685.
043.92 on which the estimated
penalty and interest is $4,000.
The property owned by the
county consists of the two court
houses at Duluth and Virginia,
poor farm, sanitarium and Canosia
road Toulouse. Following is their
valuation as given in the audi
tors report: Duluth courthouse,
81, 525, 275.86; Virginia court
house, $123,554.04; poor farm,
$102,565, for which $7,065 is for
personal property; sanitarium,
$63,956.61; Canosia road tool
house and contents, $1,000.
The county's liabilities for the
calendar year just ended were
81, 222,O 78.35, which is divided in
to three items Of which $685.
1877 is the bonded indebtedness of
the county; $25, 582.42, interest
due on Indebtedness, and ST.
698.93 the assurance fund on
hand.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
WHY WE DRINK LESS.

The American people are almost
cured of drunkenness.
Notwithstanding the breadth of
this assertion, it is fact
A hundred years ago most
Americans were confirmed tip
pliers, and to be sogged with drink
at bedtime was the privilege and
practice Of gentlemen.
Fifty years ago inebriety had
taken such hold upon the Amer
lean people that reformatory
measures followed one another in
about this order: The Washing
tonians, Cough, Father Mathews,
Reynolds, Murphy, the Sons Of
Temperance, Good Templars,
Knights of Columbus, Temple Of
Honor and White Ribbons, all
commendable means to wean peo-
pie from family wrecking, nation
threatening drunkenness.
Today it is a positive disgrace
to get drunk and serious handi-
cap to have a name for tipping.
This national Transformation has
taken place in practically the first
century's history of our people,
1t is a remarkable result for
which there is remarkable and
patent cause.
1t must not be wholly attributed
to religion, education, social die
tum, moral sensibility, or any the
oretical arguments.
The mania for drink has been
supplanted by a more mastering
mania-personal ambition.
Ambition for achievement, posi-
ton and power brooks no handi-
cap; so Americans have made
laws Of department individually
and in cold-blooded concern for
self the problem that neither pro-
hibition, nor moral suasion nor
both, could solve has, been adjust
ed in conserving regulation of
personal lives, with no pretense to
beneficence or humanitarianism.
This definite cause for dimin-
ution in drinking as an American
habit is not popularity compre-
hended, nor conceded as the prim-
al reason why drinking is less
prevalent than in other countries,
but it is the real reason.
To prove it-had not ambition
been the stronger, the sodden
practices of the sideboard Of a
hundred years ago and the de-
bauching conviviality Of fifty
years ago would have triumphed.
That's the answer.-N. Y. Mail.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
PRACTICAL ADVERTISugQ

The latest move of the North
west Development League is to
ask the federal government to
collect, publish in different langu-
ages and distribute to foreigners
as soon as they arrive on our
shores, all the information posi-
bic about the states having vacant
lands, about their products and
the opportunities awaiting a
family willing to work and hav-
ing only small means. j.
To accomplish this the League
is backing 3 bill introduced in
the United States Senate by Sena-
tor Brown Of Nebraska, which
amends the act to regulate the
admission Of aliens into the Uni.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
importance OF Details.

Spare NO pans IN collecting details
before you geperalize: it Is only when
details are generalized that a truth 10
grasped. The tendency to generalizs
IL universal with all men who achieve
great. success. whether in art. liter.
sturs. or action. The habit of gener.
alizing. though. at first gained with
care and caution. secures by practice
q comprehensiveness OF judgment. and
q promptitude Of decision which seem
70 q crowd Nike the intuitions OF
genius. And, indeed. nothing more
distinguishes the man OF genius from
the mere man Of talent than the facul
~ of generali1ing tho various details.
each OF which demands the aptitude
Of . special talent. but all Of which
can only be gathered into single
whole by tho grasp OF mind which
may have no special aptitude for any
Lord Lytton
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
The Comma In Law.

The comma 10 very important
item. and. II omitted. the reading mat
tor cuts queer capers. As An instance,
note the following act OF the last Leu
lslature Of Massachusetts,: "Whoeves
operates in automobile or 4 motor
cycle on any public way laid out I'm
der the authority OF law recklessly OF
while under The influence OF !:Qaor,
or 20 % to endaaEer the lives or safety
Of the public" etc. Evidently the
reckless motorist can 90 a. ha
p!easea on highways which have not
been laid out under tho influence oil
liquor" Legislators should not only
mind their pa and as. but the periods
onl onmma0.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
THE TEN DEMANDMENTS.

For gross worldly wisdom it
would be difficult to surpass the
''Ten Demandments'' hanging in
one of the many salmon canneries
at Stevenson, in Western Canada.
l. Don't lie.It wastes my time
and yours. / am sure to catch
you in the end. and that is the
wrong end.
2. Watch your work, not the
clock. A long days work makes
long day short, and a short
days work makes my face long.
3. Give me more than | expect
and will give you more than you
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Girl Wireless Operator.

The only gir' operator of wireless
telegraphy In New York, and possibly
In the world at present, sits OF the
roof of 4 Fifth avenue hotel in a lit.
the air to ships at sea. She is only
21, aud her employers say she Is su.
pcrior to many men telegraphers.
While the majority OF the messages
coming and going through her banda
are commercial. some are of a tender
nature. And some OF these are ad-
aresssd to her. rs she Is reported to
have = wireless romance Her flance
is said to be an operator on one OF
the big steamers. and when his ship
GETS within talking distance greetings
are exchanged between them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26

expect. l can afford to increase
your pay if you increase my prof
it's.
4. You owe so much to your
self you cannot afford to owe any
body else. Keep out Of debt or
keep out of my shops.
5. Dishonesty is never an acct
dent. Good men, like good wo-
men, never see temptation when
they meet it.
6. Mind your own business and
in time you'll have a business of
your own.
7. Don't do anything here
which hurts your self-respect. An
employee who is willing to steal for
me is willing to steal from me.
8. 1t is none of my business
what you do at night. But if dis
sipation affects what you do the
next day, and you do half as much
as L demand, you'll last half as
long as you hoped.
8. Don't tell me what I'd like
to hear, but what ought to hear.
| don't want valet for my vanity
but one for my dollars.
10. Don't kick if l kick. If
you re worth while correcting
you're worth while keeping. l
don't waste time cutting specks
out of rotten apples.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
The Natural Bird ue,

The average height OF the cliffs
about the Natural bridge Is about ESQ
feet; the height Of the bridge about
40. The span Of the arch Is 80 feet.
IL average width 80 feet. and its thick.
ness In the center 81 feet The bridge
does not cross the chasm precisely at
night angles. but in an oblique direc-
ton. IKE what engineers used to call
a "skew" bridge. 3rhe top Of the
bridge h covered by clay soil to the
depth Of several feet. which nourishes
. considerable growth Of trees and
bushes. These. with masses of rock.
serve to form the natural parapets
along the sides. which quite conceal
tho view OF the chasm below.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
franc IN truman oalr.

Much human hair is sent from:
Prague to America 1t is collected
BY hair merchants. regularly licensed.
who make trips through the country,
going from house to house to induce
peasant women and girls to part with
their tresses. The price paid depends
upon the length of the hair and tie
color, principally the latter. The On.
tire head Of hair is not sold at one
time. usually but one braid being dis
posed of at once. le{ving the other
to be cut of about four years later.
The price paid for braids varies from
81 to 81 each. Prices paid by tho
pound very from $11.6O to $50: the
latter price being paid for blond; or
gray hair. ranging from "a to ~
inches in length. All OF the native
hair is shipped in its natural state.
without being bleached or dyed. The
estimated annual exports are $4,000
pounds Reports
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Marine Spider.

:, In . French scientific periodical n.
Louis FAgo describes 4 new spe.
>cdes Of marine spider. It has.
6oon found among calcareous sea:
woods on the Mediterranean shore.
Like our own water spider. It can
carry under water with It ! bubbls
q cir. Il lives 70 the burrows Of rock.
boring shells. Or IN the empty shells.
q other species. By spinning numer-
ous threads across the mouth, It keeps:
the Water out Of 1its submarine abods.
Z can creep shout the bottom, but hasi
% keep drm hold to prevent the
she1 rom rising g the surface. Small
- and mites probably serve Il to-
-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
8ri6e3nnaIda.

bridesmaids are due to brides rec.
<10ized reed to have about them
something old, something new. some
thing borrowed. something blue. For
where bridesmaids are at all old It
makes them blue to see another girl
married, and thus they can be made
to serve double purpose. .@.:..Z
Three times bridesmaid, never Z
bride. 10 an old saying, but there's not
much to 1t. Like thrice armed IL hs
who hath his quarrel just" It - true
In theory, but not In business. II q girl
means business, In other words. Il.
makes very little difference how many.
times she ha* been Z bridesmaid.
Bridesma:ds ~ not a distinct species.
Except that tAsy wear bigger hats.
hey are much ike other girls.-Puck
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
NORWEGIAN LUTH. CHURCH

Services Sunday, January 28th,
at 10 80 a. m. Bible Class and
Sunday School at noon. English
service in the evening at Z AS
Prayer meeting Thursday and
Friday evenings. Those who
have been confirmed by the past
or will meet Monday evening to
organize a Covenant Society. All
are welcome.
J. I. FADUM, Pastor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Mountain OF Alum.

One Of the recently discovered nat
nral curiosittes Of China is an alum
mountain 200 feet in height and
about ten miles in circumference at
the base. The Chinese quarry the
alum. or masses containing alum, IN
large blocks, which are heated In
ovens made for the purpose. and att,
erward dissolved in boiling water.
The alum then crystalizes In layers
about half loot in thickness and 10
cut up into ten pound pieces. lts priu'
cipal use Is in the publication Of W,
ter.
Acquires aste Tor Raw Seal.
The Rev. s. M. Stewart, who has
spent eight years in the extreme north
Of Ungava-the coast Of Labrador-a
dreary, frozen wilderness which only
communicates with the outer world
once in IL months. says It 10 often a
question Of raw seal hsh dict or star.
walton when he is on his journeys to
visit the Eskimos of tho Different set
Elements along the coast Seal 10 part
Of his diet. and hs says that hs quite
likes it. 1t is an acquired taste. no
admits. and seems to b something of
cross between cod steak and beet.
steak, with a dash Of .rabbit.-Church
Family Newspaper
Longevity 81 9lrco.
The duchess O: Bedford 10 an en-
thusiastic ornithologist. In an article
in British Birds she gives some re.
markable instances Of longevity
among birds IN her own collection A
Barbary dove which has been in the
duchess possession for fifteen years
was left her by an old woman who
also owned l. for fifteen years and
who always said IT. was an eold bird
when it was given to her.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Pr ttie OF the Parr,,

Sunday Sc. uyi Tes. cher--How MANY
animals went into the ark, Nellie?
Little Nellie~Two OF every kind, ex-
cept Noah and his folks. -.
Vts'tor-Well. Carrie. what do you
think OF your new baby brother?
Carrie Gagged fourj-Oh. don't think
much Of him. Why. he can't even
speak English yet
Small Elmer was deeply interested In
an illustrated book of anatomy
"Mamma," he said, pointing to enc
OF the colored plates. this shows where
mans liver is, but where's HE
bacon :"-ChicaEo News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Durability Of Concrete.

Buildings constructed Of cement and
concrete are not only more dura bic.
but insurance on them IL far. less than
on wooden buildings. These facts are
turning all to concrete construction a.
far as possible.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
Physician-You should eat plenty %

Physictan-You should eat plenty %
fuit. -.
Pattent-Why 90?
Physician-Because Il will do you
good. A man can't eat too much fruit
Patient-oAl don't know. Did you
.vor hear the etory of Adam and Evs1
Famous New York Trees.
In front Of Columbia university H.
brary are two English yews which
we're brought from England in 1900
and set out in st. Johns park. Later
they we're removed to the Elgin botan.
ical gardens at Fiftieth street. which
were then a part of Columbia. In 1877
the trees were transplanted to Morn.
ingside Heights. On the upper part
Of the island near Spuyten Duyvn
stands the largest tulip tree on Man
haitian. 1t has diameter of 81 feet.
Near Fordham square in the Bronx
10 the Stenton willow. said to be 800
years old. and at the foot Of Cypress
avenue are the two largest expresses
In the country. They stand on land
once q part OF the Gouverneur Norris
York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
DAVE WILL REMEMBER
THE BOYS THIS YEAB

D. F. Foley, chief Of the Oliver
Iron Mining company police
force, is again going to be the
"candy kid" with the youngsters
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-26
a ComolalnR

n Complaint
~These old saws ain. ~ koOd."
How noWf'
Eat drink and be merry. they say:
but be dyspepttc 10 the Wav II works.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-12
ACCIDENT At PUMP
STATION ON ". P.

Yesterday while reitting the
pump at Jungo. on the Western
Pacific, west of here, two men were
injured and one of them quite
seriously.
A rope that was holding TIE
heavy casing pipe, while connec-
tions were being made, broke and
the pipe fell. breaking the scaifold
on which there were a number of
workmen, precipitating the men
TO the ground. One of the men
was dangerously cut on the head
and the muscles Of one Of his arm
were laid bare and he was sent to
the Western Pacific hospital at
Elko for treatment. The other
man, while painfully hurt. is not
seriously injured. - Winnemuca
Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-12
TIL: SOFT PETAL

Several p rites of Eastern people
are expected here soon to look
owe mining properties in which
they and their associates arc
interested. 1t will be well to re-
member that these men are looking
for all possible information, and
that their ideas OF the country are
formed from what they hear, as
well as from what they see. If you
ran say a good word for airy of
those enterprises in which they
are interested, say it good and
loud. If You feel that you have
to put in IA gentle knock, do it
with your foot on the soft pedal.
If you know nothing about it, say
nothing Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-12
GOVERNOR WAY WE'D

When Governor Taskar l.. Oddie
was asked by a Gazette correspond
ent today whether or not It was
true thar he planned to become a
benedict ere long, the chief
magistrate coIored clear to the
back of his bald place, smiled
apologcticarly and changed the
subject.
But the correspondent was per-
sistent and finally the governor
said: 81 will neither affirm nor
deny the rumor."
So, it as good as settled, and
when the robins nest again it is
very probable that the re will be a
first lady Of the state.
Rumor whispers that it will be
Mrs. Hale HARTLEY Baker, sister
in-law Of Attorney General Baker
of Nevada. The lady resides at
Oakland but she visits Carson City
and very marked are the atten-
tions paid the lady by the COVER
nor during these visits.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-12
SUPERSTITION NOT DEAD YET

Believers in signs and omens an
in cabalistir characters are far
from dead. Receatly a republican
naEpOlo, which has lowered up
some 200 feet for several years
in an Illinois ci,y, fell with a crash
and vas broken into splinters. and
now there are people who ascrt
that it signifies a general smashup
of the republican party. Not
unlikely a dem vcratic nagpolc may
soon tottcr to its fall in some
winter storm and then political
chances will again be even. 4
well known astrologcr. pre-
sumshly an Enplishmar by n
deXtrous use Of figures, iorctrIls
with great positiyenoss that the
year 1913 will witness the end Of
the German empire. Suucrsitious
Hindoos WHO believes that whoever
posses the kohinoor diamond rules
India I perhaps hoping that the
Queen Of England, moss wearing
it in India, may lose il, for then
according TO their belief the
English rule would end. As for
the common forms Of surrrstiti0r
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-12
STORE DESTROYED
ON SATURDAY

Last Sunday morning the new
store at the new town of Ludwig
was totally destroyed by fire, tn.
gether with the contents. The
fire occurred about two o'clock in
the morning, an hour at which
neatly everyb dy in the camp was
in bed and asleep, AMI by the time
they wer awaken ed and reached
the building the flames had gained
su"h Roadway Mat 1t was i'm
possible to save the builing or the
stock of goods.
The property was owned by the
Smith Valley Mercantile Con pany
and the business was under the
management of Mr.. Frazee.
The loss on the building and
stock is between $4,000 and
$4,000 and there was no insur-
ance. The company expects to
rebuild and restock at once
Warrington Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-12

stood "a degrees below zero here
Friday morning. AS a matter of
fact the lowest for the winter has
been eleven degrees below about
the same as in Reno on correspond
ing dates. The Journal has done
considerable Dragging of late
about the excellence of its special
news service. II that dispatch
from Winnemucca in relation to
weather conditions is a fair
sample, the Journal special service
could not Ue more unreliable.
There is not a single statement of
fact in the entire Disqualification
boldt Star.
The Journals Winnemucca
special has all the earmarks of
being written by the same person
that penned the Elko specials
about the pursuit and capture of
Fred Hess. If Jim Haley were
on the Journal, it would be easy to
guess the writer of the Journals
Winnemucca and Elko specials.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-12
HARTMAN TOLD THEM

Hartman had nm almost super
natural instinct for knowing what
was going on and who was doing
it in the mysteries Of stock manip-
ulation. Once when Southern
Pacific lad been going up fast,
Hartman and various banking
houses buying in concert. he called
up on the telephone one Of his
private brol ers. "Somcbody is
selling" he said. Eyes. sir"
was the ansv er. "Weli. hand the
market 5000 for me-" Immcdi-
atcly he called up the head Of a
banking firm much interested in
the market. who's selling
Southern Pa 'ifc?" he asked. 81
don't know; We haven been able
to find out" was the answer.
"TlI tell you" snapped Hartman:
ITS your house" And he cut off
the connection before any reply to
him could be made.