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The Washington times., 1913-09-06

Would II be out Of order. do You think,
to style the leaders Of those who are
blocking currency legislation the block
heads?
The Washington times., 1913-09-06
How Like Home!

How Like Home!
G. S. X: Ny laundry announces:
These collars are ironed by the same
process used In laundering new collars
Note the finish" did.
A. F. X.
Akron. Ohio. Sept. B.
The Climbers failure to pass the Maps
can be ascribed directly to their atti-
tude In the matter.
The fact OF II Is that they've been
too active all the time.
i've. G. S. X.
The Washington times., 1913-09-06
Here's Another.

who 10 he?"
why. he's the chap Who takes the
bun from bunions."
Say. dc you expect me to take that
for corn?"
The Washington times., 1913-09-06

Only one day more. The Sunday debut OF
this painting panor1m, occurs AT .:So tomor-
row subscrips TODAY'-Adv.
The Washington times., 1913-09-06
Sped the Guests.

- r A WANTS two pounds Of
M butter exactly like what
IVY YOU sent us last II II
ai'nt exactly like that she
won't take IT," sa'd the small boy, ac-
cording to the Houston Post.
The grocer turned 10 his numerous
customers and remarked blandly:
Some people in my business don't
like particular customers. but | do. It's
nv delight to serve them and get them
what they want. will attend TO you in
n moment. little boy"
Pc sure and get the same kind. -
said the sma hoy. while the storeful OF
Gus omers listened TO him. ~ lot OF
mas relations are visiting our house
and nam doesn't want em to come
again"
The Washington times., 1913-09-06

And mayhap. as r. o. B. points out,
the insurging Dems are the guys who
put the stick in elastic currency.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31

ing the excavation of the Simplon tun-
mel is now accepted, says Prof
Gregory. as proof that such water
came from a plutonic, and could not
have come from a meteoric source.
Several most interesting discoveries
have been made in connection with
the artesian waters of recent years.
One was that the constituent elements
in some of the higher and lower lev
els in the same we'll differ very con-
siderably, the former being generally
injurious and the latter beneficial to
vegetable growth. The injurious ef-
fects Of the higher level waters are
attributed to an alkali which CON-
bines with clay to form substance
known as dift1usible colloid, which
expands in soil treated with these
waters blocks the pores and renders
the soil unfit for agriculture. Hence
the bad reputation of artesian waters
as an irrigant for agricultural rur-
poses. But this difficulty can be
overcome by constructing the wells In
such way as to enable the beneficial
waters at the lower depth to be tap
ped to the exclusion of the injurious
ones at the upper level
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Rebuilding Underground Canal.

About 100000 is to be expended
in rebuilding the underground section
of the canal leading from the Marie
to the Rhine. The Manages tunnel,
as it is called, is three miles long; it
was built sixty years ago and carries
the canal under elevated ground at
this point. The old masonry lining
proving insufficient, a new and heav-
Ter lining of beton Is being put in
throughout the whole length. Naviga-
ton may not be stopped and the
work is carried out on the Fougerolle
system, which allows of working for
short periods at a time. The process
consists of dividing the tunnel into
600-foot sections, each section being
pumped dry in one hours time to
allow work to be carried on for one
day, when the canal Is again flooded
to give passage to the boats. The
pumping is done from two boatlike
caissons. one at each end of the sec
ton. The tunnel is approximately
ellfptical with two-foot eight-inch
beton lining, the inside width of the
section being about twenty-eight feet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Still dying of consumption, he sail
ed for the United States, in hope of
finding a specialist who might cure
him.
REGIMENT IS PENSlONLESS
Extraordinary Discovery is Made as
to Ninth Kansas Cavalry-One
Trooper Makes Application.

Topeka, Kan.-Not one member of
the 9Th Kansas cavalry, one Of the
states most active regiments in the
Civil war, is drawing a pension This
fact developed recently upon receipt
of a letter by state officials from H.
B. Lapham of Lorton, Va. a member
Of the 9th Kansas
Lapham says that when he applied
for pension recently he was mott
fed by the pension officials that no
other member of the regiment had
ever drawn a pension, that he was the
first to make application and that he
would have to induce five other mem
bers to apply, making six in all, be-
fore the consideration of granting
pensions could be taken up. 1nforma-
ton regarding surviving members OF
the regiment is being sought by
Lapham
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
GIRL ESTABLISHES RECORD
In One Day Fills ia Boxes of Oranges
With an Average Of $50
Each.

Palermo, Cal.-Miss Laura Cowden
holds the record for packing oranges,
which she established by packing ia
boxes in one day. Considering the
fac that between 80 and 80 boxes a
day is considered good work for man
Miss Cowden's showing in packing
oranges is remarkable. She earned
$500 for her days work.
The former record of 100 boxes vas
made by man in the Drescher pack
ing house three years ago. Fruit men
consider that if packer reaches more
than 80 boxes there has not been
a minute of lost time.
AS box contains on an average Of
$50 oranges i. will be seen that Miss
Cowden handled over 1900 oranges.
The packers are paid 3K cents a box
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Luck Aids Men to Rise,

Sigurd 1bsen, son of the great Nor
WeSian dramatist, believes in luck
In volume OF essays entitled 1.-The
Quintessence of Life" Ibsen says that
fame is largely matter of chance,
and that "a human beings advance
ment is conditioned by circumstances
over which he has no control"
1t was not sheer ability, lbsen says:
which made Napoleon world figure
but Josephine's intimacy with one OF
the powerful leaders Of the day. Ti1i,
intimacy gained promotion for Napo-
leon which was the beginning OF his
rleteoric rise. Luther became gree:
reformer by an accident, which divert
ed him from jurisprudence to theol
Ogy.
Chance and circumstances are fore
ing one man up into the ranks of the
great and immortals and forcing down
another equally able, equally deserv.
ing man among the mute, inglo1!ous
Millions" The history of culture and
Of politics, he says, is the "epic of
The Fortunate
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Latest From Paris

1t may be true that the American
invasion of Paris is Americanizine
things there to an alarming extent.
but there are places where the
Frenchman still 32aSedly holds his
own. One of these is a certain Paris
hotel where an American recently or.
dered cocktail
There was a delay. The American
grew impatient. He beckoned to the
head waiter.
Are they getting that cocktail for
me?' asked the American
Certainly, Monsieur" answered the
head waiter. 1T will be ready in a
minute"
There was more delay The Amer
lean began to fume. Again he sum.
moned the autocrat of the dining
room.
How about that cccktailo" he ask.
ed.
Coming, sir. Just a moment, sir"
Still more delay. The American
grew profane For the third time he
called the head waiter.
Tell me-" he said witheringly, "dc
you know what cocktail is?"
The head waiter looked deeply Of
Tended.
"Of course I do" he answered. "It's
kind Of bouillon."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Gold Production Nearing Maximum

Gold Production Nearing Maximum.
From the present outlook in the
gold mining industry of the world,
gold production will have reached it's
maximum within the next twelve
months, and it is possible that 1912
will show positive decrease, says
II. c. Hoover in :. recent article. Con-
tinuing with a review of the various
countries in respect to their future
gold production, Mr.. Hoover says:
THE placer gold of Europe was prac-
tically exhausted in Roman times
Lode mining there is small in
dustry and every foot of ground is
known. In Asia the Chinaman has
washed the gravels from Siam to
Tibet Mongolia centuries ago. In lode
mining l can say from three years
Of exploration there that he has long
since exhausted the mines down to
water level and if mines do exist it
will be very slow business finding
them. l do not myself believe there
exists in China or Central Asia dis
trict Of such Importance as to materi-
ally affect the question, for no greater
illusion exists than that the China
man has any prejudice against mining
for good-when he can make profit
And he can make lode mines profit.
able by hand labor on which we could
not earn cent with finest machin,
cry ever built"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
GIANT TREES ARE FOUND
Centuries Old, Several Hunared Feet
High and Growing in Little Ex-
pIored Canyon.

Hood River, Ore-"1n thu forest
reserve between the headwaters If the
west fork Of Hood river an6 the
Bull Run lake are some large tees.
bigger than any I have ever s:e,n
anywhere else in the northwest" sad
George T. Prather, a pioneer new
paper man and orchardist of the Hood
River valley
MY attention was irst called to tho
giants Of the forest about fifteen year.
ago by L. Ferdinand Floss of Latour
ellie, who made visi$ every summee
to the northwest base Of Mount Hood
Mr.. Floss at that time had q COM
munication in the Oregonian relative
to the trees"
The trees are said to be several hur-
dred feet high anG to stand on the
fiat of hidden canycn. Steep bluffs
on either hand shut In the gorge in
which they rear themselves, and this
reason is given for failure of these
who fish in the Lost Lake distric.
to have found the trees. There are
two species Of the great trees.
One has yellowisil and not very
rough bark and is straight and as
round as q candle 1t has no limbs
to a great height, and has a beautiful
crown. The second species is cedar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
BATTLED,s OVER. DOLL
CHllD'S PLAYTHING THE CAUSE
OF FIERCE WARFARE.
African Savages Looked Upon It az a
Fetish, and Fought for Its Pos
session Contest Lasted for
Many Months.

A young German savant, who was
sent on a scientific expedition to New
Guinea, has just brought back a pic
ture OF fatal doll and the extraordi-
nary story connected with it.
1t was originally bought by Dutch
trader, Captain van Be1gnik of Am
sterdam. for his little twelve-year-old
daughter.
u put into the port of Nagasaki IN
September, 1909" said the captain,
and bought the doll in bazaar Soon
afterwards we were obliged to anchor
In Geelwinck bay, New Guinea, for re-
pairs.
For about a fortnight we had daily
intercourse with a tribe Of Papuans
on the coast, and became very friend
ly with man named Tarvar.
This aroused the anger of the
chief, Katiak~Kho, who looked on our
friendship with jealous eye. Tarvar
was very fond of exploring the ship,
and was struck with admiration for
the doll the first time he came into
my cabin.
LAS the young fellow had been very
useful to me l made him a present of
1t, intending to buy another on my
return to Nagasaki. Tarvar left the
ship with manifestations of exuberant
Joy.
"On the following day l heard some
very sad news. The chief of the tribe
accused the young warrior of theft.
and split his head open with an ak.
He then fled into the interior with
the rest of his tribe. Fearful of los
Ing the precious fetish, Katiak,Kho
hid It In the folds of his cloak.
But the warriors noticed that their
chief secretly left them at night to go
and worship the little doll by moon
light in the forest.
"One night they followed him and
caught a glimpse of the chiefs mar
velous doll.
He was not popular and a plot to
kill him was soon on foot. Katiak-Kho
was strangied at the foot of the tree
where he was accustomed to com.
mune with the idol.
THE groans of the dying man at
trscted the attention of his brother
and some Of his friends, and terrible
battle ensued. Five men were killed
and the victors ran farther into the
recesses of the forest.
AFTER days of wandering they found
a suitable site at the foot of noun
ts1n and built a new village. They
thought themselves in safety, but the
reputation of the idol came to the ears
OF the Alfakis, warlike tribe, who de-
termined to secure it at all costs.
"The war between the Papuans and
the Alfakis lasted for many months,
and the little Japanese doll passed al.
ternately from one camp to another.
Three hundred lives were lost In
these battles, and the doll is now in
the possession of the victorious Alta
kis, who have built a temple for it
and declared 1t Taboo"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31

According TO Professor Cam5 ourog-
Ion of Athens the tune Of God Save
the King" is one Of the oldest we have.
Six years ago the professor discovered.
among the manuscripts in the Nation.
al library of Greece, the words and
music of an anthem composed in 1857
in honor Of Emperor Constantine
Paleologos, says the London Chronicle.
The anthem opens with the line, "Long
may our sovereign reign" repeated
three times. The musical notation Ia
of an obsolete type and had to be
transposed by an expert in ancient
music. 1t was then found that the
tune of the fifteenth century anthem is
almost identical with that of God
Save the King
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Enuland's One Real Humorist.

Perhaps England has had no real
humorist since George Savile, mar.
Quis of Halifax, died, and that was in
1895. Halifax was the man who said
that IF you think your place is be-
meath you, you certainly will be be-
meath it, And he wrote an essay
once, which has lately been republish.
ed in exactly it's original form, in
which he congratulated the women
who had fools for husbands.
"A wife, he said, "often maketh the
better figure, for her husbands max
ing no great one, and there seemeth
to be no reason why the lady that
chooseth a waiting woman with worse
looks may not be content with hus-
band with less witt
Take your orders from your hus-
band (this was the Halifax principle)
but also take precious good care he
gets these orders from you in the
first place.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
SOURCE OF WATER
Artesian Variety Comes From
Molten Streams.
Australian Chemist Gives Reason for
His BeIief-He Makes Discoveries
That Prove Of Value to Guilt.
vators Of Land.

Sydney, N. S. W.-One of the most
remarkable features of Australian &C.
ography is the presence of vast un-
derground seas which cover anor-
nous areas in Queensland and New
South Wales, the smaller ones in Vic
toria, and along the extreme western
coast. The problems connected with
their origin, constitution and distribu-
ton are among the most interesting
known to science, while there seems
some ground for the claim that our
great artesian system, with all it's
mineral contents, promises to be of
more value to Australia than all her
other mineral resources combined.
r. Symmonds, chemist attached to
the public works department of New
South Wales, who has made this sub
ject his own, has just had book pub
lished by the department which is
full Of original research and startling
conclusions and in which he deals ex-
haustively with the whole question
from every point of view. He diff
fers entirely from the recent inter-
state conference on artesian waters,
which unhesitatingly pronounced in
favor Of the meteoric origin of the
water, l. e., that is, that the rainfall
has percolated the porous beds under
the influence of hydraulic conditions.
The diminished flow in many of the
wells, which has been so frequently
noted of late, was attributed by the
conference to the continual draining
OF the supply by the wells, which have
been put down in much greater num-
Der OF late years, and, therefore, they
recommended that some of them
should be closed down.
On the other hand, Mr.. Symnonds
holds that the supply is plutonic, or,
in other words. that it comes from
the molten lavas in the interior of the
earth. It appears that when crys-
talllne rock like granite is heated to
redness In vacuo enormous volumes
of gas and vapor are given off, which
accounts for a great deal OF volcanic
action, for the presence of the large
amount of gas found in artesian Wa
ter, and apparently for much of the
water itself. The fact that there is
very little common salt and other
chlorine compounds in the artesian
waters at the lower levels, the amount
diminishing with the depth, is regard
ed as strongly supporting the plutonic
origin, as, If 1t were meteoric, the wa
ter would absorb mere instead of
less salt in its passage through
the soil.
Several other facts are adduced in
support of the conclusion that the ar
tes1an waters have been expelled in
a state of vapor from molten masses
of rock in the interior of the earth.
such as the high temperatures of
much Of the deeper water the large
quantities Of gas imprisoned therein,
the ascent of the water, which is so
noticeable feature in connection
with the bores, being attributed by
Mr.. Symmonds to the presence of the
gas and it's expansive force
The complete absence Of chlorine
from the hot water encountered dur
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Both Vows Broken.

Apropos of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
fight against the Nobel prize award
to DR.. Alexis Carrel Of the Rockefel-
Ter institute, Prof. Herbert Satterley
said the other day in Jacksonville:
These ants contradict themselves
terribly when they try to prove that
animal RESEARCH is useless and futile.
They just put themselves in the posi-
ton of one o. their number whom I
met at my hotel the other day.
LAS this anti was dining l bent for
ward and said to him:
"'Pardon me, but sou are, believe,
both an anti-vivisectionist and Q vecs~
tarian?'
"'Then,' said I, you will probably
be shocked to learn that you have
just eaten live caterpillar with your
lettuce salad"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
TOMB SAFE FROM THIEVES
Californian Guards Family SarcopA'
agus From VandaIs-AIarm Sings
at Police Station.

Los Angeles, Cal.-To secure to him.
self and his wife the perpetual right
to occupy sarcophagus built recent
ly in his front yard, Ernest Kellner. 4
wealthy mining man, residing at Ven
ice, a nearb-by resort. decided the
tomb to the city.
kellner stated that he took this
action as precaution against the
possibility of the burial compartments
being destroyed by any persons &C
curing his property in the future
The tomb is equipped with modern
burglar proof apparatus, including an
alarm that would warn the occupants
of the adjacent residence should any
one attempt to tamler with it. The
alarm also is connected with the Ven.
ice police station.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
FRENCH MOBILIZE FOR WAR
Twelve French Villages Praised for
Quickness In Getting Ready
to Fight.

Paris.-The curious mobilization III
cident when IL villages nthe east
ern frontier were deceived into think
ing that France was at war, has end
ed in storm of congratulations.
The brigadier of gendarmerie, Blion,
is at liberty. The fault for the mis-
take was not his fault at all. The
telegraphic apparatus in Ahracourt
postoffice woke the postmaster up in
the middle of the night, and, being
half asleep, he muddled his instruc-
tons and transmitted mobilization or
ders to II villages without adding the
word EXERCISE" which would have
told those concerned that the order
was merely for maneuvers on small
scale.
NJ. Default, the postmaster, has now
been rechristened EN- Diffaut" Gin
faulty and has been temporarily sus-
pended from his Office.
But everybody else has received
warm congratulations from headQuar.
ters. All the mobilization operations
were carried out without hitch. and
wonderfully quickly
Horses and food were requlsltioned,
everything was done in capital order,
the men came t. the colors singing
all the reservists came from twenty
to forty-five years oid-and marched
brightly and without excitement ri
their posts. @
The result is an excellent object les
son of the perfect readiness Of the east
ern frontier if war were to break out,
and NJ. Miller, the French ministe,
of war, has telegraphed congratula'
tons to all concerned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
FINALLY .LlSIENED!T0 REASON
Old Gentleman, Explosive. at First,
Gave In to Young Man Who Asked
for What He Wanted.

"What do you mean, sir, by presum-
ing to sue for my daughters hand in
marriage? Do you forget that you are
a mere underling in this establish
ment?" !.
mo, sir, I don't forget it for mo
ment.''
Then why have you the presump-
ton to suppose that I would permit
my daughter to wreck her life by be-
coming your wife,"
you remember that you sent, me,
about a week ago to ask the president
of the G. F. & W. railroad company to
extend spur up to our warehouse, do
you not?"
what has that to do with what we
have been discussing?"
'Your partners objected as you will
remember, because they were sure the
railroad company would refuse"
"That has nothing to do with my
daughters happiness"
You told them they were fools, and
said it would not cost us anything to
ask l think you said, also, that peo-
pie who never asked for what they
wanted never got it. Learned great
lesson right there. When asked the
president of the railroad company for
the spur he flared up and sad it was
preposterous; but found out after
little while that he was capable of lis
tening to reason. A hundred men are
working on the spur now"
do you insinuate that I'm not ca
pable Of listening to reason?"
mo, sir. l think you are If l
hadn't thought so we'd have got mar
ried first and asked your blessing aft
erward"
Huh! You would, eh? Do you know
what l ought to do with you?"
"You ought to give me some en-
couragement for the ability l showed
In getting that railroad president to
do what you wanted DONE"
"Confound your impudence! Did
my daughter ask you to see me about
this affair? Did she spur you on?"
She didn't seem to think it would
be worth while, but her mother said
she wished I would ask you, because
she thought it would please you to be
consulted. She did the squirting"
That's just like my wife There's
one of the kindest and most thought
full women alive. Say, my boy. prom
Use me just one thing. Let them think
! gave my enthusiastic consent with
out waiting for you to explain the sit
uatiOn"