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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

The luminous compaHsos are to bo
issued to each regimental and squad
ron headquarters, and their use Is to
guide troops across a. dark and un-
known country at night. The United
States is here following the example
Of other countries, which have already
adopted compass of the luminous
type.
The compasses are made luminous
through the use Of obyn1te, IN English
invention made luminous by radium.
and the efficiency Of the eevice has
been tested at Rock Island and on a
500-mile practice march. The surface
of the compass is said to be perfectly
luminous, and it is claimed that therJ
is not diminution of this quality after
constant use.
There Is some talk of using the
same material for application to d&sxs
Of thick waterproof board to be at
tached to the backs Of soldiers for
night operations. The column leaders
only wear them.
The board has recommended the
bayonet for the trooper on the ground
that 1.-The greatest accom- iishments Of
the American cavalry have BEEN scout
ing on foot"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

killed my baby, 'Snoozlums,' the
woman is said to have shrieked as
she stepped over the body of the fall
en- poodle and toward the policeman.
who, busy with the trousers which
had been torn, was somewhat at
disadvantage. -:
II didn't want to hit the woman"
said Policeman Melbouff, 10 l Just
held her off," nv.
About this time, according to Mol
bouff, Robert Bronsman took a hand
in the fray This made things easier
for Melbouff for Bronsmen was not a
woman. The battle ragged merrily.
In the meantime neighbors. hearing
the barks Of "Snoozlums," the shot, the
screams Of the woman, had turned in
riot calls for the police. Down the
street came the central station patrol
wagon loaded with blue coats. The re-
Inducements found Melbouff holding
his ground and also holding the woman
and the man who had taken up the
fight.
Leaving "Snoozlums" where he lay
In the street the police took the man
and woman In the patrol wagon and
to central station, where charges Of
disorderly conduct we're placed
against both.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

WARFARE is to be ended for all
W time, at least so far as the United
States is concerned, and the standard
Of citizenship Ia this country is to be
put on a higher plane than ever be-
fore by course Of study in good will
which Is devised for the elementary
schools throughout this country. Such,
It least, is the i>ore of those who have
formulated the course. A complete out
line of the topics covered in this new
school subject ras just been issued
by the United States bureau of ed
ucation.
In the lower grades, according to
The bureau Of education's program,
the child IL trained in habits of for.
oearance, consideration, gentleness
and self-co1trol, while in the latter
gra,1es emphasis is laid upon the prin-
ciplaS of tho world peace movement.
Taus in thu first grade the child
learns the Treatment he should give
his companions and pets. The second
grade deals with home life; the third,
witt school and play time, while the
fourth takes up the home town or city.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05
All Think They Could Do it Better

cost incurred in building battleships
is but an illustration. = s:<ss$ p
Why" he exclaimed, twrathfully,
the revelations are simply astound-
ing. The legal red tape OF A. govern
mental affairs is something exasperat-
ing. II there is a laborsaying device
introduced: it require IN endless
amount of regulation. The quick, de-
cisive action of business executive and
initiative force is utterly lacking"
He told Of ono case reported to him
where 10 typists were kept at work
recoyping each month $4,000 names of
workers to whom checks we're to be
sent. Later an ordinary addressing
machine had done away with the ne
cessity of the. services Of these en-
ployes, but the department head was
prevented by law from dispensing
with their services until the end of the
quarter for, which: the quota Of help
was authorized and imposed.
Another startling fact was revealed
that some of the most learned bureau
chiefs in Washington are receiving no
greater salary than efficient shipping
clerks in private enterprises. 1T seems
to me-" concluded the business man
tersely, that when the comparative
cost of the same work In the govern
ment and in private enterprises are
considered, need Is shown of at, least
more acceleration and elasticity in the
conduct of governmental business + If
it is to be kept in line with modern
commercial methods" - ~Chapple' 8
NoWa-T otter
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05
SCHOOL MOTHERS OPENED

And now we have School OF Moth
ercraft. 1t is a New York institution
and is probably the only one of its
kind in the world; certainly it is the
only one in the United States. -
It's director is Mary L. Read. who
Is also its originator, and among those
interested in it is a list of women
which might well be mistaken for an
extract from the Social Register-all
Of them enthusiastic, helpful and con-
vinced that in the new institution
something has arisen which will very
greatly tend to help the nation.
y. Regarding the objects Of the school
Miss Read said:
1.-THE objects of the school are to
provide competent, very practical
and scientifically true course Of in
struction in those things which will
enable the mother to make of her chill
dren the healthiest, best educated and
most honorable citizens. The school
goes further than that, indeed, for It
aims also to help her to produce. in
the 1lrst place, the right kind Of chi
biology in the family includes, eugenic
the growing child. There Is as much
s1sd woman to learn, for the right stu
whom TO marry and how and whom !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05
Uncle Tom Bloodhounds Are Eaters

tate Of the one-time owner of the show
was intact, and he even could afford
to buy porterhouse for the animals II
they insisted on having 1t. Halbert
hadn't had charge of the estate long,
however, when the dead owners faith
er, J. c. Chunn, filed q claim for the
personal effects Of his son. These
personal effects consisted of a passen-
ger coach and scenery and other para
phernalia necessary to the show.
Halbert fought the giving up of the
passenger coach with the idea that If
the worst came to the worst he could
house the hounds in it and ship them
from place to place that they might
board around" ION their relatives. He
'ost the suit, however, and found him.
self the mortified possessor of the
dogs, which, after the manner OF their
Kind, lost no time in signifying they
would be pleased to cit down to q
food meal. .-'- =
So far they have cost him more
than 500, and none OF. them has In
Acated he ris ready to get old and die
Or quit eating just because the novelty
las worn of. az - J
IF they were elephants" Halbert5
soliloquizes, Il could feed them hay.
They eat as much as a horse, but they,
wont touch oats hate to think
tfat meat 10 higher than it has been.
In 20 years." 49,. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

VXYASHINGTON.- time a busi-
w ness man visits Washington the
Idea comes to him of how much more
easily and economically he could run
Uncle Sans business than it IL now
conducted. In way it is one Of those
cases where ANY sort Of an individual
could rim a newspaper, or fill pub
lie Office, or preach sermon or do
almost anything in which tho public
feels proprietary interest" The
American visiting Washington feels
that he is in a way looking after his
own pnperty, when he looks upon the
buildings and sees how things are 60
Ing.
A prominent New York manufacture
CT, in Washington on visit, was shak-
ing his head az he walked down the
avenue toward his hotel. "Procf of
the fut1Nty of paternalism, government
ownership and socialism" he declared
witt, wave Of the hand, lis evidenced
in observing closely the operation of
the business affairs of the government
as c7utrastet with that by individuals,
especially in the matter of economy
and cost Of operation The higher
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05
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CT. LOU1S.-Four large hounds, Eos.
- sessed of appetites commensurate
with their size, are perplexing William
U. Halbert, of Belleville, public ad-
ministrator of St. Clair county, Eli
nois. The dogs formerly belonged to
an Uncle Toms Cabin show owsed
by E. c. Chunn, who died in East St.
Louis several months ago, and Eal-
bert says they rapidly are eating up
all that Is left of the estate.
The hounds, each one Of which
stands a few hands shorter than a
small pony, came by their appetifes
honestly, it would seem. For yefrs
they chased the elusive Eliza across
the papier mache ice, always just q
trifle too far behind to sink their
teeth in the prosecuted young women.
After the show was closed they cried
for Eliza for a while, but later sig1i-
fed they would be satisfied with plafu,
ordinary beef, or something better.
When Halbert first came into pos
session of the dogs the rest Of the e.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

rHICAGO.-"The march Of COM
~ merce" from time to time has pur-
sued divers courses to obviate . halt,
or the semblance of q halt, but It has
fallen to the lot Of one Of Chicago's
large wholesale concerns, to employ,
probably for tho first time. course
which Is marching around. under and
over the threatening obstacle. -.:
The obstacle encountered by ex-
banding commerce In this instance IL
the person Of John F. Walsh and his
little hardware store, located midway
between North Canal street and the
Chicago river, on the south side Of
West Lake street.
As simon-pure adherent to stand
patism John Walsh has completely
eclipsed tho late originator of that
term.
Now, John Walsh IL not clinging to
the policies Of any particular political
coterie, but is standing pat firmly in
his little shop. which is a lone re-
naming section of once fairly large
building.
His legal or moral right to stand
flrm on the privileges of his nve-year
lease Of the 25x40 foot shop is disput-
ed by no ore, although a mammoth
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05
Tiny Shop Spikes Wheel Of Commerce

building now IN the course Of con-
strucuon must have the few feat occu.5
pied by Walsh's shop II the northern
face Of the structure, when completed,
IL to present IN unbroken front ssz
Perhaps they thought / wonld take
an afternoon Of. tie my lease up With nth
pretty pink ribbon and carry It ovsr
to them on Z silver tray, decorated
With American Beauty roses. :
well. you zee how badly they wore
mistaken. III have no truck With
them. I'm here to stick. I've my lease,
and It runs for three years yet,aud5
here you'll md me when the three
years are done. I'm right on this
spot, running my shop TO suit myself
and see no reason for moving: sSseess 5 81
The entire area, bounded by West
Randolph, North Canal and West Lake
streets, and one Of the present build
ings Of the concern, with the excep-
ton Of Walsh's little store, was In
readiness for the construction work
to be begun. And Walsh steadfsstly
ignored all arguments. T"4
AS a last expedient, the unique
plan Of allowing the new structure to
rear it's steel Orders over the very
roof of the little store, excavating the
basement, and erecting walls on three
sides, was resorted to. =.
Now Walsh Is being builded around
on all sides, top and bottom, except
the front, which will remain his very
own, free and unchallenged, until the
expiration Of the lease, and the
march Of commerce" goes on unhalt-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05
Habits of Forbearance to Be Taught

In grade five the course broadens to
include a consideration of the whole
country; in the sixth, the child takes
up good citizenship; In the seventh
he studies the world family, and In the
last he learns what the larger patriot
ism means.
In this way the child grows up in
the understanding that good will,
which he must show his friends and
parents, should be extended to all the
inhabitants of the earth. He begins
by learning that he must be kind to
animals and playmates, because he is
in constant relations with them; then
he comes to understand that this ma
ton should be at peace with all 9TH
ers, because all nations are interde-
pendent, and this finally leads to the
last topic in the whole long course
the united world.
The moral qualities essential to the
world peace movement, such as faith
fulness, generosity, gratitude, hospital
ity, fair play, honesty, and considera-
ton for others, are emphasized. The
practical operation of these qualities
in the field of world politics is shown
effectively by consideration of such
questions as: How can we help our
community? How can we serve our
county? What have other nations
given U.S. What are our obligations to
them? Wat are the effects Of war?
What are thy Doral substitutes for
war? Who have contributed most to
civilization? AMI Why!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05
Poodle Cause of Death and Arrests

MINNEAPOLIS, M1NN.-One little
M4 white French poodle attacked a
Minneapolis policeman the other
night. The policeman shot the poodle.
The poodle's mistress attacked the
policeman. A riot call was put in for
the police.
When the din of battle subsidized, the
poodle's mistress and one man were
under arrest for disorderly conduct,
and the poodle lay dead in the street
and the policeman was fleeing under
cover Of darkness to his home and q
whole pair Of trousers.
The poodle, cause Of all the trouble.
was "Snoozlums," pet Of Mrs. Bertha
Forslund. The policeman who was at
tackled and who shot "Snoozlums'' was
Police Driver David Melbouff, and the
man whose championship of the poo
die resulted in his own arrest gave
the name of Robert Bonsman at CEN
trail station.
Policeman Melbouff, who is driver
at the South Side station, was riding
home on bicycle at 10 p. m. Accord
ing to his story the poodle ran from
the walk and seized him by the leg Of
the trousers. The poodle pulled, Mel
,bouff left the bicycle, the trousers
gave, the policeman was free, there
was q shot and "Snoozlums" rolled
over in the dust.
It was, at this stage of the conflict,
according to Policeman Melbouff,
when he was complete master Of the
field, that Mrs. Forslund appeared on
the scene.
you have killed my pet. You have
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

"Ah, yes" replied Kent, Il, too, re-
call that SNOWFALL incident. And that
is why l shall not pay so rnuch as one
cent toward new hat for you. Not
one cent shall pay" And he snapped
his fingers defiaatly. Il knocked of
your hat, it's true. Whereupon /
bought you new hat. You mean
while had bought one and charged it
to me. And furthermore, your hat
wasn't ruined after all, as you had it
repaired and wore it long after newer
styles labeled 'NobDy' were being ex-
hibited in the windows. figure that
have had q hat to my credit on your
books for these many years, and
shall buy you no more hats, not even
il you're obliged to go about the
streets without SO much as halo to
protect you from our errauc climate"
} ! Z a = !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05
DECLARES OROZCO HAS FAILED

Gen. Braulio Hernandez, formerly a
leader in both Of the Mexican revolu-
tons, is now in the United States,
practically an exile from his own
country.
At present General Hernandez is at
outs both with the government under
Madero, which has had him indicted
on a charge Of conspiracy, and with
Orozco, the revolutionary leader.
THE revolution is not a separate
one from that which made Madero
president" he said. "But Madero be-
trayed the trust Of the people after
becoming president by allying himself
with the wealthy class and the corpo-
rations-what you call the trusts. At
my call the people arose to demand
wnat they expected from the revolt
ton that ended in the overthrow Of
Dfaz.
"Orozco was not with US then.
Later he joined us. Then the trusts,
seeing they would lose, decided to d.
vide, half Of them going to the aid
IL IL - Ah~1>
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

A scientific experimenter has sue
ceeded in producing artificial malaria.
Such achievements may be fun for
the scientists, but it makes the gen.
eral public feel very much like the
famous protesting frogs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

A New York Judge has sent WON.
an to Jail for beating her husband. He
deemed it necessary to justify his &C.
ton by saying that If it had been the
husband who did the beating he wouk
have sent him to Jail. and he mus,
treat the wife the same way. So, an
other woman's right is DESTROYED. NO.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

Another foolish scientist has been
heard from. He says kissing Is the
most dangerous thing in the world.
The most dangerous thing in the
world is encouraging a man who
thinks he has ability as an after-din.
ner speaker.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

A Washington man in support Of the
term that the "Star-Spangled Banner"
Is not singable says, "You ought ia
have heard the house Of representa-.
tives trying to sing it." Great snakes!
What musical composition in classic
or ragtime could survive that test?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05


to make special effort to look after the cn"oen
their ochurchesa >a...>.. .a:A.
Mrs Vanderbilt visited the
interesting
herself need Of assistance Finding little
she found supposed to be IN charge se
ner
interested in
equation important OF the work.
Stephen
Of her friends also
them the Of employment when they
school,
possible the foundation Of ed
possible
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

Students Of a New York college
have adopted resolution not to treat
one another. If they succeed in keep
ing this resolution they win make a
great gain in moral courage, also in
the amount of their spending money
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

Brunette in New York wants a d.
vorce because her husband raves in
his sleep about Blonde" Evidently
she does not like the color of his af-
fectiOns.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

One Chicago man has moved his
home by sailing it on the lake. This
is another proof that Chicago people
have got past the stage where they
purposes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

on make suitable home for English magistrate everything
handles
with heures the France However,
stand the racket besides
judges Of
big
Of the a in
Wood Norton
Obliged torridne
uge England The last King Manuel
with his mother
night exile this King
Philippe
English SQUIRE gradually
its
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

A French duelist is about as HARM
less as chess master. but a French
tax1cab bandit Is not the sort Of per-
son one would care to meet in a dark
alley
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

register and the guests sign cards,
which are filed out of sight. Thus is
passing away another cherished insti-
tuition.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

French army aeroplanes are being
used to carry ammunition, but it
strikes US that they are dangerous
enough, even when not loaded.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

"A New York man has been ar.
rested for stealing 1920 collars"
Look again and see whether he isn't
really a Pittsburg man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

Policeman in Berlin shot three bur-
glars without notifying the moving
picture men. A mistake of that
kind In Paris would have cost him his
lob
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

A noncapsizable boat has been in
vented by a genius in Norway, but the
fool who rocks the boat will find some
other method of bursting into print.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

An Italian organ grinder is going
back homo with a fortune Of 1000.
Sometimes crime Is highly profitable.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

Perhaps the modern styles In wom-
ems dress were designed to make
bathing suits seem modest by COM
'parison.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

The American girl who has Tilted
an English nobleman evidently would
rather be a wife than q financial as
set
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

The neighbor who runs his phono-
graph late into the night generally IN
the fellow who arises at a. m. to
run the lawn mower.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

We are doing our best In the fly
swatting campaign, but we would be
persuaded to waste one healthy swat
on the weather man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

A Californian has written to his
congressman asking for copy Of the
Congressional Record. Evidently he
10 looking for cure for insomnia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

A Harvard professor says he has dis
covered a way to restore life. This will
arouse the enmity Of the undertakers'
association.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

: Alter the wreck Of the hotel IN
1906 no one gave a thought to the
vine cellar and the stock Of old
::yfnes, assuming that the stock had
Deem ruined e. .1..#s5 Ia 5 SIS. .s=
! : colonel Kirkpatrick Of the Palace,
when advised Of, the Ind and asked
what disposition he wanted made of
The vines said: .z #ss S. ]. 81 81
ct the laborers5 dispose OF it. Tho
vine IS theirs BY right Of discovery
For qace e their lives let them. drink
the wine that men drink Who can bsN
ter aaord It. and who used Is drink Il
ia the Grand hotel bar In tho %
days.s Z. s.. 81 So.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

A court has decided that it is not
unlawful for man to play poker in
his own house. But If he Is wise he
will not do 1t unless his wife is away.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

big hats" says a physician. re
suit in brain fag." II you don't De-
ueve 1t, ask father.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

1t Is reported that one OF the war
correspondents in TripoH is dead. The
ennui probably was too much for him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

One way to cure insomnia 10 to
read the history of the alleged war
between Italy and Turkey.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

Verify, this is world Of wonders.
Occasionally we meet man who
owns a motor car, and has not mort
gagged his house.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

The manager Of losing baseball
team has as hard job explaining as
the husband returning from late
lodge meeting.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-05

A man in New Jersey was arrested
and fined for raising mosquitoes. me
war Is on in earnest.