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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
RECALL OLD RECORDS
AMERICA HAS HAD HORSES OF
RARE REN0WN.
interesting Comparison Of Those Of
Eighty Years Ago With Jerry Ms
Recent Remarkable Race
in ireland.

Carrying ITS pounds and racing over
turf, making many jumps, Jerry NJ, an
Irish thoroughbred, covered distance
of four miles in ten minutes fiat.
He Is considered the greatest horse
In Ireland, and perhaps on the con-
tlnent, and in view Of the heavy weight
carried, is truly wonder. But, says
a writer in the Horseshoers' Journal,
what about the old warriors of the
American turf, those of the '30s and
'4Os going the same route, working at
the trotting gait and covering dis
tances in little slower time.
The Dutchmal, in May, 1886, on the
Centerville Il. ~ course under saddle
and at the trotting gait, went four
miles in 1851. The weight carried
by the horse is not stated, but judy
Ing from Hiram Woodruff's scaling of
100 pounds, without saddle, it is safe
to say that the Dutchman carried near
ly as much weight as Jerry NJ. did
when he won the Liverpool Grand Ma
tional Steeplechase recently in ten
minutes
When 1t is considered that the
Dutchman worked at the trotting gait,
the performance is all the greater.
Ten minutes and fifty-one seconds for
four miles was the best Of early days,
and the mark was a record for many
years for trotters working under sad
die. Reduced to miles it means that
the average for each was 2:42%.
The record for runners for four
miles made previous to 1912, was held
by Fashion, who won over Boston, q
nine-year-old, in 1929 or 1853 for
each mile covered. The record was
established at Union Course, L. l., in
May, 1912. the best previous record
for the same distance being held by
Eclipse in a race with Henry over the
same course in May, 1923. the time be.
ing 1897
The wonderful prowess of Eclipse
and other horses OF the time was es-
tablished by the fact that they could
repeat the samo long distance on the
same day, though not in time as
fast as the first heat. Eclipse in his
race worked under the three in five
plan, and each heat was made in time
as follows: First heat, 1871; second
heat. 7:49; third heat, 8:24 This was
In 1928, 50 years ago, when blood was
put to test, the four miles route be-
ing not an uncommon thing to wit
ness.
Tracing the lines Of the thorough
breds back into history how many
toned; his blood intermingles with
the very select of the present day,
and the reason why is easily seen.
Time has not babe great changes in
the thoroughbred line if the perform.
ances Of Eclipse are figured up
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
Rats and the Plaque.

There is a theory that the old
brown rats aided the spread Of
plague in Europe, because the feas
which infest them are more likely to
take up their abode on human beings
than are the parasites Of the Norway
rat. This is hardly demonstrated be-
yond the fact that the cessation of
plague epidemics in England and west
ern Europe was about coincident with
the Norway rat invasion. 1t seems to
have been proved in California that
the gray rats can spread the infection,
but If the black rats spread it faster,
We may yet be brought to concede
some good In the gray Norway rat
pest that has heretofore driven out its
older brother.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
DECORATION OF FINE BEADS
ing Wear Has Been Found Ex-
tremeiy Effective.

With dresses of semi-eyening per-
suasion the half chain of amber beads
is a pretty fashion. The chain, quite
short one, has one end fastened at
the waist toward the right side, and
the other at the top OF the decolletage
on the opposite side. A single or a
double row Of beads may be worn,
just as the wearer pleases.
A delightfully."- simple frock showing
this row of beads as the sole touch Of
color was in ivory taffetas. There was
a small square-cut decolletage out
lined with narrow fiat killing OF the
taffetas, the somewhat hard outline be-
ing softened by little pleating Of
fine lace put on from the inside The
corsage was a simple Magyar. but
thu sleeves were very original. The
tor part was Magyar, and from just
above the elbow to just below came a
little closely pleated sleeve of the silk,
put on so that little edging was made
Ct the plsats top and bottom. Under
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
DOG SAVES DROWNING WOMAN
Canine Pulls Her From New Jersey
River When Her Canoe Is
Overturned.

New Brunswick, N. IA homeless
Newfoundland dog limped forlornly
through South Boundbrook few days
ago, and fingered under the boathouse
on the Raritan river. The dog was
lying on the pier when Miss Bertha
Thompson put out in her canoe.
When she was so feet from the pier
she dropped her paddle, and in trying
to recover it upset the canoe. The
next instant the dog had plunged off
the pier and was swimming swiftly
toward her. AS she came up the sec
ond time, the animal fastened his
teeth in her clothes and in a few min
utes had her safely on shore.
The dog no longer is homeless
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
Market for Sharks Liver OIL,

1t has been proposed to start in Ma
laysia a small export trade in sharks
liver oil. This oil is refined in Eu-
rope and sold as cod liver oil. In Oc-
tober the ocean sharks come into tho
lagoon, between the barrier reef and
the atolls, to pair. At this time they
can be speared in large numbers by
people skilled in catching them There
are several species of these sharks
and they ordinarily run from seven
to fifteen feet in length. The girth OF
an ordinary shark is the same as it's
length and an eleven-foot shark
would be eleven feet around the body.
The liver Of shark Of this size gives
about five gallons Of oil. The oil
brings $73 ton. The sharks are
found in pairs and the harpooners try
to kill the male first, In which case
they are able to also spear the female,
as 1t does not desert it's mate
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
SHELLS CAUSE A ROMANCE
Kansas Girl Writes Name on Two
Eggs and Young Men Seek Her
Hand.

Hackensack, N. IA girl on farm
near Topeka. Kan, whence eggs are
shipped as far east as Hackensack,
has a fondness for the romance Of
egg-shell acQuaintances. Her name
and address on two eggs fell into the
hands Of Theodore Sidore and George
lille, who room and board together.
Neither told Of the discovery but
quietly started correspondence
which resulted in each receiving the
girls photograph. Two proposals
were sent westward and each brought
a letter of acceptance.
One evening each accused the other
of being lovesick, whereupon confess
sions we're made that each was the
victim of the same eggshell romance.
Both are making preparations to 60
west to see the girl. The loser Is to
be the best man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
HiQh Prices for Pictures.

have before me the catalogue.
II you went through it with me we
should mark the general increase in
prices, and we should see how fash
ion is a particular and powerful fac
tor In some cases. ! could show you
fine Ho)bein portraits-"ChAr les
Brandon, Duke of Suffolk" with the
marked price ESQ IS; Martin Lu-
Their" and Lady Guilford." ESQ and
SIG respectively; Anne Boleyn" and
Calvin together G28 Is, and so on
Then we could reflect upon The
Duchess of Milan" by the same mas
ter, which was presented to the Ma
tional gallery by the National Art
Collections Fund at cast of G72,OO0.
London Opinion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
Leap of Thirty Feet Is But Sport
for Swiss Chamois.
capricornus From Switzerland keeps
st. Louis keiohborhood Amused
by Acrobatic Feats-Hurdies
Barns and Coal Sheds.

st. Louis, Mo.-Frank B. Meste-
pacher OF the Thirty-six engine house
pas at his residence a channels (Rup-
tcapra tragus), or Swiss mountain
goat, that Is at once the wonder, de-
light and mystery of the neighbor-
hood.
Born and bred in the Swiss Alps.
'hls goat amazes the neighbors by
most astounding leaps 1t is nothing
Tor him to jump on shed or "addi-
tlon roof twelve or fifteen feet high.
o1ten he will jump on to the porches
winch ornament the second story,
tnence to the roofs Of the houses.
A jump off the highest roof, about
twenty to thirty feet, is nothing for
MIN. He can walk right up to a fence
Twelve to fourteen feet high and fly
over 1t like a bird. The grace with
which this chamois makes these amaz-
ing leaps attracts and delights all
who see him.
DWellers in the vicinity Of Meste-
macher's home, who in hot weather
sleep on their porches, have been Wis.
tied by the chamois In the morning.
He has all the impudence and curl
osity of the common goat and Is at
tracted to make his jumps by any.
thing that may excite his interest In
this way he has jumped on every roof
that has attracted him save that of
Christian Brothers college, which is
some distance away.
Those who have seen him perform
are sure that he can leap to the roof
OF the Third National bank building
If he cared to do So and say that the
only jump he has not taken is into a
second-story window. They would not
be surprised to see him do this at any
time
When the chamois gets going across
the back yards he takes fences in his
stride and hits the ground but once
In each yard. He hurdles coal sheds
and stables as II they were a foot
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
HAD monographs IN EGYPT
Reports Are That 6abylonian Taties
Also Shows That the Wireless
Telegraph Was Known.

I'VE think we are e great people,
said the retired army officer, taking
on his glasses, and we feel that We
are progressing at tremendous pace.
out here's newspaper account say
Ing that the French government has
unearthed in Babylonia $4,000 tablets,
giving history in full of tae reign
OF the ancient kings. Here we find
for the first time that Baby ION, and
not Rome, was the real Mother of
Laws In those days there was q
system OF courts and of appeals that
even suggested a recall. Sir, this re.
port also states that in the days of
Nebuchadnezzar they had a free rural
delivery of mail over every highway
in the kingdom. And shades Of
Grover Cleveland!-It has also been
proved beyond a doubt that the Egyp-
tian government in 4,5OO B. c., had
perfected system Of civil service
There is record that the first tur-
bine engine was invented by the
Egyptians, and that Archimedes de-
vised this mechanical contrivance by
which the fields could be watered
when the Nile was low. This is the
same principle that is used to drive
the latest additions to the Cunarders."
What shocked the doughty old
American most of ALL says the Ma
tlonal Magazine, was the informa-
ton that four thousand years ago the
monograph was used in ancient
Egypt, and was in reality only per.
fected by Edison in the nineteenth
century. There is evidence also of
the use Of wireless telegraphy before
the Christian era, while the Egyp-
tia alphabet has proven to be SCI
entlfic key to organized human speech
1T Is hard blow to our self-suffi cheney
to find that the banjo Of the southern
plantation with its fascinating
"thrum" only echoes the musical in
struments used by Egyptians in pre-
historic times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
GAIN SHOWN IN GEM OUTPUT
Sapphire Leads In Tabulation for 1911,
With the Turquoise Second and
Emerald Third.

Observation-Disclosures output Of
precious gems, though small. is in
creasing every year, and the total for
1911 showed goodly increase over
that OF 1910, according to a bulletin
just issued by the United States geo
logical survey. The yield in 1911
showed $2.750 worth of diamonds.
$4,000 worth OF emeralds, t215.319
worth of sapphires and SALTS worth
Of turquoise. Promising finds Of emer-
aids have been made In North Caro-
lima, some of the gems running as
high as 500 to 5000 a carat. The
largest emerald found has been about
one inch by three-quarters by one
half Most American diamonds come
from California and Arkansas.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
Perfection In Cookery

The essence OF good cooking"
says Henry T. Ftnck, in the Century.
lies in four things-the ability to
preserve, develop, improve and vary
the favor of foods. The French ex-
eel particularly in the art Of varying
the flavor. A small piece OF meat suf-
fees them to make whole pot Of
vegetables redolent Of It, Converse
ly, they use all sorts of vegetables to
impart their unique flavor to meats
in soups. stews. sauces. and the Wa
ter In which meat or f1sh Is boiled
The combinations and variations are
endlesss. An English epicure do
clares that the secret Of the excel.
lence OF French COOKER, lies in tho
lavish use made of vegetables Where
we use one kind, French cooks use
twenty"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
TASTES IN PERFUMES
STRONG SCENTS ARE NOT CON-
s,DERED GOOD FORM.
Some Subtle Fragrance, However,
Every Woman Should Convey
Many of Them Arc Nerve
StlmuIants and Healthy.

The first perfume came to us In the
flowers. The perfumer like the mu-
stefan and the painter, tries to copy
nature to please the senses of man.
The first to discover the art of per-
fumery were the natives of the Orient.
Their ancient civilization was not
alone responsible for this. These ma
tions cultivate all things which delight
the senses. The taste in perfume
among various races differs exceed
ingly.
The first perfume was obtained by
burning aromatic gums and woods.
The word itself is derived from per"
through, and tuning" smoke.
Pefumery was studied by the vari-
GUS nations which in turn held the
scepter of civilization.
The Hebrews when in captivity
learned the art from the Egyptians;
the Romans from the Greeks, and the
western nations from the Romans.
With the fall Of Rome the art was for
gotten, and was rediscovered during
the conquests of the crusaders In the
far east
Strong perfumes are not considered
In good taste In these days.
Many scents are nerve stimulants
and health-givers. Every woman has
her glass bottle Of lavender salts, so
refreshing when tired or suffering
from headache.
France and England lead the world
today in the manufacture Of perfumes.
Each woman chooses her own beau
,iful scent and envelopes her belong
l1gs in 1t. Garments, laces, notepa-
cate fragrance
At present the fad for scent bottles
aid pomanders, worn about the neck
upon long chains, Is in high favor.
These are in silver in antique de-
sirn and incrusted with semiprecious
stones
More elaborate ones of gold dupli-
Gales of those worn by court ladies'
dusing the reign of Louis XIV may be
had; but they are rather expensive. OF
rocco design and set with jewels,
they are wonderfully beautiful
Fomanders Or perfume balls Of the
seventeenth century are less expen-
sive.
These come In many designs. Gold
ones, representing oranges and heart
sha:'ed designs in filigree work, read
lily allow the scent to escape. Others
are snail shaped or fashioned to rep
resent English walnuts or tiny spheres
carved and adorned with jewels.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
Oldest Nowspaper.

The Itching Pao," which is tho OIL
cial gazette Of Picking, and has just
celebrated it, thousandth anniversary.
is the oldest newspaper in the world.
Ever since its inception, a copy Of
each Issue has been carefully pre-
served in the archives Of tho Peking
palace. Accuracy has always been
the keynote Of his paper, and, in sev.
der to maintain its high, atandard, GOV.
erai journalists on its stan in the past
paid the penalty Of m1stakes with
their lives. Dismissal. and, at the
worst. Imprisonment, is the punish,
ment melted out ut present.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
Baby Of Immigrant Expires In Fathers
Arms on Liner After Glimpse
Of America.

New York-Baby Franz Schea
aboard an Atlantic liner, was due to
arrive recently in the United States.
land of promise. To steerage compan'
ions his parents had told Of their am
billions, centered In the boy and the
wonderful future planned for him.
Two days out from sight OF the
statue of liberty the boy became ill
The ships surgeon carefully examined
the baby and gave a hopeless mega
tive to the mothers entreaty
But he must live to see America!
cried the father. 1T is for the boy
that we came
Again the surgeon shook his head.
Just then a light twlnkled like a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
Shadows Of the Fall,

The hats to be worn next month are
being foreshadowed now in such new
models, and the modern adaptation Of
the old hard or billycock hat is likely
to be greatly used. 1t is a mistake to
think that these shapes, which are
now worn we'll down on the head, will
be suitable on even poor crops Of
hair. The more hair you have the bet.
ter you will look, and If your locks
are not rich and abundant, let me ad-
wise you to hesitate not a moment,
but, to order wig in the shade you
Nke.-London Madame.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
New York AIimony Club.

The Alimony club in New York, =
name adopted by a coterie of men
who are undergoing imprisonment
there for default In payment of allow
ances to wives from whom they have
separated, held banquet in Jail OH
Christmas day. Twelve sat down to
a good repast, two of them having
come back for the occasion, after re-
covering their liberty only two days
before. The popular song, Il Won.
der Who's kissing Her Now" was
sung during every toast. and Our I'm.
fortunate Successors" was received
hilariously.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
New Gloves,

For street wear the newest gloves
are duck's-foot yellow. These are worn
with any tailored suit irrespective Of
color. with gray whipcord or blue
serge.
Chamois and doeskin gloves. wash.
able and therefore practical, are to be
had in all lengths, from the one or two
button to sixteen-button length.
Glace kid gloves in the lighter
tones Of brown and tan are much
worn.
Some have broad, heavy stitch,ne
across the back and are exceedingly
smart looking.
There Is revival of colored elacs
kid gloves.
These are worn with the more
dressy frocks which have short
sleevoa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
SENDS WIFE 50, ENDS LIFE
Felix Curry, Cincinnati Salesman
Says He Prefers Death to LIv-
Ing Without Money.

Chicago-"To My Wife: Here is
sail the money have left. l don't
want to live longer without money,
so good-by. I hate to do 1t. but I
cannot bear to live longer under
these conditions.-Felix."
After writing this note Felix Curry,
a travelling salesman from Cincinnati.
committed suicide by inhaling gas in
a hotel at 205 South Halsted street.
His body was found by Louis Click,
another roomer. Letters showed
Curry lived at 22S South Atkinson
street, Cincinnati. He came to Chi.
cago five days ago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
TOO ERUDITE; IS DEP0RTED
Vienna Professor, Who Speaks Only
Latin and Greek Sent Back by
Authorities.

New York.-Dr. Carl Mantur, for
merly professor of astronomy at the
University of Vienna, who came to
New York on the liner Potsdam, was
deported by order Of the Ellis island
authorities. When he arrived he had
a ticket to Morton Grove, near Chica-
CO. But he said he was going to
Mars and insisted on 1t. Moreover,
he insisted on speaking only in Latin
and Attic Greek.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
BULLET IN BRAIN; LIVES
Being Shot Through Head
by His Wife.

Portland, Ore.-Police Sergt. Ever
cit S. Peachin, after lying two months
in a hospital from the effects of q
bullet passing through his brain, ap
peared at the police station and an,
nounced that he would resume his
duties. In fit Of hysteria last June
his wife fired two shots into his head
and then took her own life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
PROVES LOYAL TO COMRADE
Convict Abandons Chance to Escape
When Friend Falls and sprains
His Ankle.

Leavenworth, Kan.-Richard Os-
born's loyalty to his comrade, Thomas
Johnson, prevented his escape from
the federal penitentiary here. Osborn
had reached the top Of the thirty-foot
wall which surrounds the prison,
when Johnson, who was half the way
up, fell and sprained his ankle Os.
born returned. The two men were
discovered in an areaway and return
ed to their cells.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
Kind Treatment Pave,

At Kansas agricultural experiment
station the results of treating animals
with kindness were recently demon
strated to be of the most practical
character. Three COWS were selected,
and at first treated with the utmost
care and gentleness, with the result
that they produced thirty-six pounds
Of milk containing 4.3 per cent of
butter fat. The same COWS were then
frightened by their attendants bowling
at them, letting dogs bark at them, etc..
with the result that they produced
only twerty.three pounds OF milk, con-
tanning only 34 per cent. of butter
fat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
he had last heard it, had been that Of

he had last heard it, had been that Of
a baby.
When the child was two years o;d
the mother died, and the father placed
Edna In Cleveland orphanage,
whence she was transferred to that OF
the Sisters of Charity, in Toledo. She
was taken from there by preacher,
who kept her several years at his
home In Henry county, Ohio. Thence
she came to Cleveland, and it was
here that some one told her OF an ad-
vertisement for his lost child which
had been made by s. D. Wagner OF
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
College MEN IN HARVEST
Many Of Them Help to Gather Con-
necticut Tobacco Crop and Re.
ceive Good Wages.

Springfield. Mass. - Undergraduate
students from Yale, Harvard, Prince
ton and Dartmouth are providing in
valuable help on the big Connecticut
Valley tobacco plantations during the
harvest season which is now at its
height College men who are working
their way find that harvesting tobacco
is more congenial than collecting fares
or guiding trolley cars. The wages
paid vary from 1925 to So day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
SEES PROMISED LAND; DIES

FREELY on the horizon. Some one
shouted that it was the Fire island
light, the first signal of the new coun.
try
With the gasping babyin in his arms
the father went on deck. He held lit
tie Franz aloft. The child's dropping
eyelids lifted for a moment at sight
of the far off light. Then they closed
forever.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
LONG SEPARATED, TWO MEET
s. D. Wagner Of 7Iuffton, Ind, Sue.
ceeds in Search for Child Lost
Since Babyhood.

Cleveland. O.-After having been
separated 10 years, S. D. Wagner OF
Burton, Ind, and his daughter Edna,
Of Cleveland. were reunited here.
Their meeting came after a telephone
conversation when Wagner. in Bluff
TON, heard Edna, speaking in Cleve-
land, in q woman's voice that, when
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-21
GOAT IS HIGH JUMPER

high. He is a wise old goat and takes
life easy, except when molested by
children, who love to see him per-
form. He is very fond Of salt and will
Jump anywhere to get it.
He is immense in size, being about
three feet six inches at the shoulders,
and looks more like an antelope than
q goat.