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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
MEMS BRAINS ARE At FAULT
Railroad Official Declares Human Fsas
ture Enters Into All Modern Z
Train Wrecks. =

''No matter how perfect the me-
chanical department Of railroad and
how strict the rules and regulations
given the men, 1t is impossible to get
away from the fact that we have al
ways to depend on the brain of one
man. It is the engineer in the cab"
This was the statement of George A.
Cullen, general traffic manager Of the
Lackawanna, after hours of effort In
trying to place the blame for the dis
aster near Corning, In which forty-two
persons were killed. Railroad men
have studied this problem for years"
he went on, "and always We come to
the same question: Is there any other
means than human agency that Will
protect perfectly the lives Of those IN
trusted to our care? No. there must
be the human mind-the man. In $ev-
cry accident it is some human mechan-
ism that is at fault, some brain forgot
or neglected to work at the proper
time. The steel and wire mechanism
is never at fault. That was the case
in this terrible catastrophe. Our nc
nails worked perfectly; all the men
on the road performed their prescribed
duty except one, and he says, In bx-
PLANTATION. that he did not see tho
signals. He blamed the fog. He was
the engineer of the express which tsle-
scoped the Buffalo limited"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
French Authorities are Moved by Ere
quency Of Fatal Accidents to
Army Aviators.

Paris.-Gravely concerned at the
frequency Of fatal accidents to army
aviators, the French ministry of war
has extended its patronage to a com.
petition organized by the Union of
Safety Of Aviators, by offering prize
Of $4,000 to the inventor of an appara.
tus which shall afford satisfactory
guarantees from the point of view OF
safety in flying.
An announcement to this effect was
made in the chamber of deputies by
Colonel Hirzschauer, head of the army
air corps. The vital question of the
safety of aviators, said the colonel,
was one Of the principal preoccupa-
tons of the administration. As COM
pared with the lrst six months of
1911, tbs first half of this year show
Ell about the same number of acct
dents, but the number of army avia-
tors had doubled. as had the total dis
lance of their flights-404, 300 miles in
all.
Great progress had also been made
in the strength of machines. Con-
struction and purchases were most
strictly supervised, dynamic and fly
Ing tests were being carried out, and
the opening of great open-air labora-
tory at Pau, where high-speed ma
chimes could be tested over a meas
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
PRESERVES BREAD AZ YEARS
Missouri Woman Has Collection Of
Real Antiquities-Pastry Hard
as Rock.

Fulton, Mo.-Mrs. William Backer,
on Jefferson street, has a collection
of keepsakes and heirlooms unusually
unique and probably in a class to
themselves, as such collections 60. In.
cluded In the lot is piece OF dark
rye bread AZ years old, handkerchief
80 years old, small white shawl 6S
years old, waist So years old and a
German army discharge paper 81
years old.
The piece Of rye bread was given
to Mrs. Backer by her sister. Miss
Elizabeth Velte OF Germany, as the
former embarked for America. The
bread gradually dried up until it 10
about one-eighth of its normal size
and is almost as hard as rock.
The handkerchief was given to Mrs.
Backer by her mother when she was
IA years old and is almost In tatters.
The shawl also was given to her by
her mother and is in an exceptionally
good state OF preservation.
The discharge paper was given 10
John Velte, father of Mrs. Backer,
and shows his honorable release from
the Second regiment Of German in.
fantry after faithful service for four
years. The document Is dated Oct
~, 1918, and was signed BY King
William Of Germany.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Prisoner Without Clothes.

PRISONER Wttnout IIotneS.
Hey, take that fellow out aud put
some clothes on him." exclaimed a
court attendant when william Nahart
was ushered into the court of special
sessions in St. George, Richmond,
New York, to face charge of petit
larceny.
HE amt got any," replied Detec-
tive Considine, who had the shame
faced prisoner in charge. HE tried
to pinch a suit, but we got it away
from him all right"
The subject of the above remarks
was clad coolly but scantily In an un-
dershirt and a pair of overalls. Save
for the generosity of Detective Con-
sidine, it appears, he might have
lacked the latter garments, for mas
much as all the raiment he wore
when arrested on June 81 last was
stolen, 1t naturally was taken from
him forthwith. The sleuth, however,
realizing that the courts modesty
must not be shocked, supplied him
with the overalls. Thus attired, Ma
hart speedily was sentenced to six
months In the New York penitentiary.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
PERSIAN Was FIRST.
sutfragette Died in. Persia Halt
Century Ago.
Authorities Murdered kurret VI Ayne
Secretly Because She Taught Won-
On to Put Away Their Wells
Ono Execution.

New York.-1n these days, when 30
many English women are seeking
martyrdom In modified form to win
glory for the cause of women's en-
reimbursement. it is interesting to re-
call the story of the first real victim
In this modern crusade.
The death of Kurret VI Ayne &C.
CURED In the late f1ftles, before the
tocsin of woman's equality had sound
led In the western world, outside the
I United States. Kurret vi Ayne was a
Persian woman of high birth and
great intellectual attainments. Her
poems had made her name widely
known. She was the daughter of
Mullah Salaeh Barrakani of Gaswin.
and she bore the title of Zarrine Tadj.
or Grown Of Cold" because OF her
brilliance, and Of Kurret VI Ayne, or
"Consolation of the Eyes," because OF
her beauty and charm.
About 1S46 Kurret VI Ayne became
interested in the teaching of the Bah
who at that time had aroused Persia
with the declaration that the day had
come for the unity of all mankind.
The Bah was already imprisoned by
that Mohammedan fanaticism which
could not comprehend the lofty char
acter Of his noble message, but Kur'
ret VI Ayne correspondent with him
and was quickly convert to his phil
osophy of divine and human brother
hood. She was deeply interested also
In his declaration that the seclusion
of the Oriental women Is a great
wrong, and that men and women are
equal, for "the soul has no sex"
Prof E. Brown of Cambridge uni
versity Of London thus praises this
remarkable pioneer of woman's rights
in the Orient: "The appearance of
such woman as Kurret VI Ayne in
any country and any age Is a rare
phenomenon, but In such country
as Persia 1t Is a prodigy-nay, almost
q miracle"
The gentleness and womanly charm
Of Kurret VI Ayne proved irresistible
to all who approached her, and 1t was
decided that the only way to quench
her influence was to end her life. One
evening she visited all the ladies Of
the household and said goodby to
them, announcing that she was going
on long Journey. Then she went to
tho fountain of the courtyard next
her apartment. bathed, as she loved
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Societies Urge That Constellation
Be Saved From Decay.
Famous Craft Was Launched In 1897,
and Fought Against French Prl-
vateers and Through War
of 1912.

Newport, R. 1.-The frigate Constel.
lation, Truxton's gallant old ship,
which cleaned the Atlantic Of French
privateers and struck the colors OF
many a hostile craft in the War Of
1912. lies off Newport, r. L., in very
poor condition Many patriotic So
cieties are pressing the navy depart
ment to see to it that she is pre-
served.
The Constellation is now used as
a receiving ship, but she soon will be
taken out of commission and brought
to Annapolis. The navy department
has no money to rebuild her old hulk.
and unless patriotic sentiment de-
mands her preservation the once mag
nifcent old frigate will become rot
ting wreck of old timbers and moss.
The Constellation was built by
David Stodert at Baltimore and
launched September 7, 1897. She was
161 feet long, forty-foot beam, 1855
tons and cost $314,212. She carried
twetsY-eight twenty-four-pounde in
the hain deck battery and twelve
twelVe-pounders on the spar deck. In
June, 1898, she sailed under command
of Capt. Thomas Truxton for a cruise
between Cape Henry and the coast OF
Florida. In August she, in company
with the Baltimore, conveyed fleet
OF sixty merchant vessels in safety
from Havana to the United States.
On February 9. 1899, the Constella-
ton captured the French frigate In
surgente.
In January, 1900, she sailed for the
Island Of Guadalupe, which was the
headquarters Of the French priva-
eeers, and on February l, 1880 a. M,
she gave chase to the French frigate
Vengeance. After chasing the entire
da- she came within hailing at p. m.
and for four hours there was a lively
fight, the Constellation losing her
mainnxst, every shroud being shot
away. In the excitement the French
ship escaped in the darkness, and the
Constellation was obliged to make
her way to Jamaica to refit
Under the command of Capt. Alex
andsr Murray she was sent to tho
Mediterranean during the war with
the Barbary powers in the sQuadrea
Of Commodore r. v. Morris.
In January, 1913, she sailed from
Washington under command of Capt.
Charles Stewart, and dropped down
to Hampton Roads, only to find such
a strong force Of British ships bloch
aiding as to make 1t impossible to get
to sea, and was shut in during the
stirring years of this war with Great
Britain.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Broncho Saved Rider

Nathaniel Diaz of New York, who IL
spending his vacation at Diamond
Spring Inn, Denville, N. j., is recover
ing from a severe shock he expert
enced recently. Diaz saddled a bron-
cho shortly after daylight to enjoy a
ride through the mountains.
AS he was galloping alone, Diaz saw
an automobile coming around curve
at 50.mile-an-hour speed.
The road was narrow. On either
side were high lodges Of rock. The
auto could not stop quickly enough to
avoid a collision. The horse could
not turn and race before the automo-
bile.
At the moment collision seemed in
evttablo the wiry little animal jump
ed over the small car. No one was
hurt
Diaz is still very nervous. He says
he will pension the broncho.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Women Should Keep Their Places.

Women should Keep TheIr Placee.
At a meeting Of woman suffrage
organization in Kansas City, KAN, it
was suggested that the members talk
to their servants and other women
workers with a view to forming an
estimate as to the strength Of sui.
frage sentiment in that particular To-
calltX. One member, who has en-.
ployec the same washerwoman for the
last six years, reported that she
put the question to this worthy lady.
Are you In favor of votes for WON:
en7" the suffrage woman asked.
Il don't pay any attention to poll
tics" the washerwoman replied. II
leave all that to my husband"
well, how does your husband stand
on woman suflrage?"
"He don't stand at all. He believes
In women staying at home and mind.
ing their own business"
'"1Iow many families do you wash
for?'
six"
And what does your husband do,
Nary"
HE amt doing anything right now
unless he found something this
morning"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
5sIl)f ;I,uEl ~ / IS! (
/ Railroad Brings aaillsnillst tieafe by
supplying Cushion. Upon lshts
E:# Baggage May Drop Palnles ~. SIS:

By devising cushion upon NAicA
trunks may be dropped painlessIy, The
Cumberland railway In Pennsylyailia
almost persuades US that the millen-
MUM II at hand. 81 q 81
Thousands Of summer tourists who
effectionately kiss their. trunks good.
by after strapping and roping them d
eighteen directions will offer up sa
prayer that the Cumberland railways
plan may be universally adopted be-.
fore another year rolls around.
F The new, cushion Tor the prevention
Of cruelty to baggage Is made 81
pieces Of airbrake hose mounted on
ash strips. This mat can be dragged
wherever car IS to be unloaded and
affords a soft lighting place for thss
precious trunk stuffed with milady's
finery. -
II some kind: genius will only devise
a pneumatic cushioned truck upon
which baggage can be loaded and will
provide pads TO be placed between the
trunks when they are piled high as
the tower of Babel I'm transfer stations
a great strain will be taken OF the
nerves of travellers. FL S@Ss
Baggage-smashing Is the most cruel
Of trades. The butcher ism E half "a
brutal in his methods as the baggage
man. Here's success to the Cumber-
land railway Official who is trying TO
save passengers from the awful
sounds which the baggage busters
produce every time carload .of
trunks is turned over to them. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
\ TO SAVE OLD FRIGATE

The Constellation was at the Ports
mouth navy yard until March, 1862,
when she was sent to the Mediter.
ranean under command Of Commo-
dore Henry X Thatcher, where she
remained for the next two years.
From 1865 to 1867 she was receiving
ship at Norfolk, and from 1867 to 1870
receiving ship at Philadelphia. In
1871 she was practice and gunnery
ship at Washington, and then sent to
the naval academy at Annapolis.
For several years she has been re-
ceiving ship at the Newport station.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Old cathedrals Near Ruin.

Winchester cathedral is not the
only structure of its kind to have be-
come endangered in the course OF
centuries. Italian experts have re-
Gently declared that the cathedrals OF
Como and Milan are in danger of col
lapse, and that immediate restoration
works are necessary ii they are to
be saved. The main structure of the
Milan cathedral dates back to the
sixteenth century, but the facade was
added by Napoleon, and the hurried
manner In which he had the work &C
complished has caused 1t to be I'M
safe today, many Of the marbles be
ing soft and badly set. The upper
part is now to be demolished in con
sequence. It is also the facade OF
the Como cathedral which is in dan
ger. This has been bullying outwarda
for nearly a century, and a large
portion 10 now out of the perpendicu
lar-London Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18

to do in the running water, perfumed
herself and put on white dress. She
had scarcely finished when there was
a loud knocking at the outer gate. 1T
is for me-" she declared, Il am ready"
The Kalaiter himself had come to
take her away. 1t was necessary that
the execution should be carried out Sc
cretly, for Kurret VI Ayne was SO
widely loved that a revolution would
have arisen had 1t been known that
any evil threatened her.
She was carried to the garden of
the Ilkbani, where the Kalanter gave
her in charge to his nephew, who took
her to the Serdar Aziz Khan. She was
to be strangled with handkerchief,
but when the first man came to full
fill the hateful Office she looked at
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
WILL GUST DOVE OF PEACE
Grove and Temple, Meeting Place for
Forty-four Years, Soon viii Be 4
Thing Of the Past.

Mystic. Conn.-The passing of this
town as the headquarters aof the Uni
versal Peace Union was heralded
when Charles p. Hastings of Phila.
delphia, treasurer of the organization.
came here to make arrangements for
the sale OF Peace Grove" and peace
Temple" The peace union has met
here for the last forty-four years.
Since Andrew Carnegie helped to
found the American Peace society and
the subsequent growth Of that or.
ganization, interest In the peace union
has gradually died out until, In re-
cent years. the attendance has been
small
The organization still exists, how.
ever, and the annual convention will
be held this September at Bucks Hill
Falls. N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
About Manners,

The sweetest children are those
kept far from the atmosphere Of arti-
fetal social life. Courteous speech
and manner-the kind that come from
a gentle heart-come naturally to the
child surrounded with good influences.
Please and Thank you and other
gentle expressions fall from baby lips,
If the baby hears them from father
and mother. Quiet, unobtrusive table
manners are better than a knowledge
Of forks and spoons. Consideration
for others in the home can be made
a matter of love instead Of politeness.
And the child who is really consider
ate in the home will not fail outside.
Mothers Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Lives tho LONGEST,

What machine lives the longest1 It
would seem to be the railway engine.
The state department of. France,
which is concerned with the manage
ment Tor mismanagement) Of rail-
ways, has found on the western rail-
way. fourteen locomotives which are a.
old as the line itself. They were built
In 1864, when that portion of the rail-
way between Rouen and Paris was in
process of construction. Further, they
are ascribed to the atalier Of an Eng
'lish engineer named Budiccon. Tho
name does not appear English or
Scotch. Still the work of the bearer
remains, for those locomotives Of the
vintage Of 1864 drag trains about the
envirous of Mans and Rouen today
London Chronicle. =: "
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
DIDN'T FEA THE FREcKL LES
jim, Got the lotion and Applied 4,
: eutsImprovsmept Wa Not z..= 81
~~.', -; sVNaleome.ss: ~ ~;:s=-. :

met Jim early one morning on
Market street; He was chuckling 80
himself as he asked me II John, my
son, was "touchyp about his freckles.
l replied that I didn't think he was
unreasonably 50, and then Jim told me
why he had put the. question. =: s
Il used to have terrible time with
my freckles." he said. 1T seemed to
me then. and it does now, that I had
more than any other boy who ever
lived The fellows and the girls used
to joke about them, and what they
said hurt. Yes, it did. You cant
know how much it hurts to have folks
make sport of such a fearful infirmity
unless you've been afflicted.
well, one day at the drug store on
the corner / saw advertised The Balm
of Thousand Flowers sure cure
for freckles, blackheads, rough skin,
tan and everything else Imaginable,
and my heart gave a great thump. If
I could only get bottle. But the
price was fifty cents-prohibitive!
Zone morning I was sent to the
chemists on an errand before school
~ was attending a small private in
stitution then. Since my discovery
there had almost haunted the shop,
a sort of self-appointed. guardian OF
that magical balm, hoping all the time
that some good fairy would come
along and provide me with a bottle.
DO you know what I found there
that morning? A hole in the show
case right where the balm was placed.
Yes, I got bottle when the clerks
back was turned, and as soon as l
could hurry away made for our barn
and gave my face a good washing
with the lotion. Then I went to
school. but l didn't stay there very
long.
"As soon as I entered the room the
pupils began to laugh and the teacher
called me to her.
James, she said, go straight home
and don't come back until you have
washed your face
II couldn't imagine what it was all
about, but went home and looked In
the mirror. My face was as red as a
beet. Then l rushed out to the barn
and read the directions on the bottle
of balm. They said to use teaspoon
full to a pint of water!"-Charles Vir'
gil Tevis in the Bookman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
DANGER IN RA FOODS | ID
Why uNcookED NuTRiMENT
= MAY eE MENACE 70 hEALTH.
Good Physical Reasons for Taking Al
Precautions: Are Easily Set Forth
Proper knowledge of Facts
Most Essential Thing.

. In older civilizations, where the soil
las been exhausted and needs con
slant manuring, cooked fruit and vege'
tables rather than raw are much more
the rule than with Us. In densely PEG
pied China, where night soil is used
to fertilize the land. the. eating Of
raw vegetables is said to be very rare.
1t is easy to see why such foods, I'M
cooked, may be very dangerous. Al
though such methods are not followed
to any great extent In the United
States. raw fruits and vegetables may
be q menace to health.
A Russian authority; Prot. Metchni:
koff. because Of the possible presence
of disease in the body, strongly ad.
vises against the eating Of any raw
food whatever, even IL 1t has been
washed in boiled water. Although
this view may be considered extreme
for American conditions, it shows
what care must be taken in the pur-
chase and the cleansing Of food that
is to be consumed raw.
Kitchen methods In many of their
details fail to meet the requirements
Of sanitary science. The cook IL not
trained in bacteriology; she does not
know what cleanliness means from
the laboratory point of view. The old.
fashioned hatred Of dirt for its own
hathsome sake Is tho best substitute
for this knowledge, but it IL not
enough.
For instance, boiling has long been
known to kill whatever was the cause
of "spoiling" Of food. However, most
housekeepers did not boil out" the
milk pans; they simply scalded them.
"Scalding" is an indefinite term; If
boiling hot water Is used. and enough
of it, scalding would doubtless be ef-
fective, but too often when the facts
in the case are not thoroughly under
stood, such a process Is carelessly car
ried out and the desired end is not &C.
complished.
When In such cases the milk spoils
quickly it is often attributed to the
weather or to bad luck. The house
keeper who understands the cause of
spelling, and who knows that the
microscopic plants responsible for it
may be destroyed by q sufficient de-
gree Of heat applied for the proper
time, is more likely to be successful
than one who works by rule of thumb.
Here, as In SO many other house
held problems, knowledge is essen
tial. How Is the ignorant cook to
know that what turks unseen In crack
or seam may bring to naught all her
precautions? The homely old dictum,
that the only way to conquer dirt is
by externally keeping at it" is as
true as ever it was, but we have come
to realize the insidiousness and omni'
presence of the enemy to health.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Serves Music steamins Hot.

Serves Music stsamino Hot.
An indulgent father took his young
son to the circus. The boy had wit.
messed the street parade earlier In
the day and was especially interested
in the calliope, the shrill music of
which he heard immediately upon ar.
irving at the show grounds. He want.
ed to inspect the strange instrument
and dragged his father. across the lot
and up to the machine. Both could
feel the heat from the boiler. i -
The boy looked it over carefully
and watched the operator pounding
out the familiar tunes, then turning
to his father said: - x. ~ =
Gee, that's certainly hot musfc!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
Queusless Chinese Demand Hats.

Qususiess Chinese Demand Hats. :
The wholesale cutting Of queues,
which was a consequence Of the rev.
olution in China, cooled the heads.
at least in literal sense, Of the CHI
nese to such degree that there arose
an enormous and unprecedented de.
mand for head covering. The ma
tive hat industry, being but little de-
veloped was unable to keep up with
the demand made by the shears. and
Japan, where the industry 10 -FOUR
ishing, was flooded with orders. The
Japanese factories have been work.
Ing night and day for months to MI
the unexpected need Of the new re.
publicanA: ?. = 10 -. - - -