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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

I OS ANGELES, CAL-Despite de.
Il clarations that she could not re-
sist the strange power that compelled
her to run away and live the life of a
nomad attired as boy. Lucille Muir
ply. the "Tomboy Tramp" has been
given another opportunity by the Ju-
venile court to make good"
I'm grateful, of course" said the
sixteen-year-old girl tramp, "but it's no
use. Try as hard as I will l can't be
good. want to go to school and
learn, but somehow I can't. try, but
fail. I can't explain why, but it is as
II some strong hand pushed me out
into the world again and induced me
to dress as boy. I've broke bron.
chos, rode horses in a circus, drove
automobiles, acted as messenger and
picked cotton as a ranch hand-all as
boy.
1T was a great mistake that l was
born girl. hate girls and the
dresses and things they wear. I'd like
to be boy, free to go and come as
will. The world is harder on girls
than boys.
'The faults of boys are overlooked,
but the mistakes of a girl are never,
never forgotten. I don't see why they
don't let me alone. I'm happy when
dressed as boy. look like boy,
anyway, and even more so when my
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
Frenchmen Are Leaders in Navigation of the Air

while the height of something over
10000 has been attained by dirigible
balloon. The aeroplanes, however.
have demonstrated that they can
rise higher and much more rapidly
than the balloon type of air craft and
for that reason their efficiency in a
military sense is regarded as much
greater.
In both speed and duration OF
flight the strides since 1909 have been
remarkable. In that year the speed
record was 48 miles an hour, while
the length of time that a machine
kept in the air was 4 hours and II
minutes. The present record foy
speed now is 1889 miles per hour
made by Verdines of France, while an
other Frenchman, Tourney, raised the
record for duration flight to 13 hours
and II minutes.
Busson, still another Frenchman,
also recently established a record for
speed with passengers. With five per-
sons with him in his machine he made
81 miles an hour in sustained fight.
The war department records show
that six persons have been carried to
height Of 2.053 feet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
They Smile Every Time Models Are Mentioned

u ANSAS CITY, MO.-Mrs. Smith
II Jones is very ingenious woman.
She is, however, troubled by a short
memory. Therefore,
Mr.. and Mrs. ST.. went to the the
alter the other night. They enjoyed
the entertainment, and came home
sleepy. ST.. remained downstairs to
look over the pantry, while his spouse
preceded him upstairs. His head was
just entering the lower part Of the re-
frigerator when he heard two shrill
screams. He took the stair at one
leap, seized his revolver off the high
boy as he passed through his room
and into that of his wife. He found
her covering on the bed, pointing
with frozen finger into the. closet.
ST.. looked cautiously into the dark
regions of the closet. He was startled
to see a black figure looking straight
at him. He threatened to shoot, in
highly excited tones. He was ready to
pull the trigger when thought struck
him. He lowered his revolver. Then
he peered again into the closet.
He began to laugh. He draped him
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

some animal. which she thought was
cat, jump out of the window
Mrs. Wheelock awoke her husband
and he turned on the light and the
tray full of jewelry was found on the
window sill. The animal had taken
1t from the dresser and set it down
within reach Of his master, who held
the rope evidently fastened to him,
but who failed In the excitement to
see it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheelock have studied
animal life and taken many pictures
of animals and they know the charac-
teristics of monkeys SO we'll that they
say there is no doubt that this animal
was monkey and that he was under
the control of man.
IF he had been alone he would have
kept quiet and hidden when he saw
me rise up in bed" said Mrs. Wheel
ock. HE only chartered when he felt
the pull of the rope, the man either
knowing that he had picked up the
tray of jewelry or seeing me sit up In
bed"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
This Mail Collectors Horse Doesn't Need Guide

aged in the service of Uncle Sara's
mail department. In the twelve years
Of her service as assistant mail col
lector for the aforementioned route
she has missed only seven days, none
Of them in the last year.
It is the boast of her master that
q substitute mail collector can be
placed on the route for the first time
and return with the mail without the
aid of any guide other than the saga
cious Bess. AS her master climbs
into the wagon after gathering the
mail from one box Bess heads direct
ly for the next one, be it around the
corner, across the street or down the
block, and she never misses a box.
Moreover, until the mail Is in *he
rear of the wagon and she hears her
masters voice, she will not leave the
spot.
Bess, says her master, intends TO
remain a government employee for
many years yet. Except for the fact!
that she spends most of the day sleep
ing In her stall until time to go on
duty at four o'clock in the afternoon,
she exhibits no signs of advanced
age
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

r HE remarkable advance made in
/ the science of aviation since Or
vile Wright made the first public
flights in a heavier-than-air machine
at Fort Myer, Va, in 1908, is the sub
ject of statement compiled by the
war department and just made public.
Although the honor of inventing and
utilizing the aeroplane belongs to the
United States, it is disclosed that viz
tually all the advances made in the
utilization of the air machines have
been accomplished by foreign airmen,
principally Frenchmen.
In 1909, the records show, the great
est height attained by heavier-than-
air machine was 1,450 feet. The mark
now stands at more than 10000 feet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

it for speculation. Two loaded glass
panels that had formerly graced the
transom over the front door of the
house we're sold for so cents apiece.
Many articles wer purchased by per-
sons who priced them for their as
ISOLATION with the former speaker.
Mrs. Robert Mccormick, wife of the
former ambassador to France, paid
$35 for small painting, evidently
aged, which, according to a notation
on the back. had been bought At
Christie's, in London, in the early sos.
Mrs. Pomerene, wife of the senator
from Ohio, and Miss Flora Wilson,
daughter of the former secretary of
agriculture, were among the bidders,
as were Congressman and Mrs. Nolan
of California, Congressman Langley of
Kentucky and former Fish Commits
sioner Mrs. G. M. Bowers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
Two Toms Are Confused by Mail and Express

THOMAS R. MARSHALL, the pro-
i prietor of the Losekam cafe. Is q
native of Washington.
Thomas r. Marshall. the vice-presi-
dent of the United States, is native
of Indiana and a Washingtonian only
by recent adoption.
These facts have not yet been suf-
ficiently clarified in the brain of the
employees Of the Washington postofice
who handle the mail of both men. The
same thing is true of the men who has
charge of the local Office of a certain
express company.
The result of this Is that the vice.
president has been supplied with
enough rye whisky to last him a year
had he an appetite for it worthy Of
one whose birth among the blue grass
es entitled him to the designation of
colonel Also the wife of the Losekam
proprietor has sent back to the manu-
facturer a dress which which was de-
livered to her marked value, $780,"
The trouble started with the mail.
TON" Marshall, the cafe proprietor,
began to receive mail addressed to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

NEWER is probably no per-
u son in Denver who is able to start
at the Union depot, traverse every
street between there and Broadway,
with Fourteenth street as the western
limit and Nineteenth street as the
eastern, and stop without a mistake
or change of mind at every mail box
in that area, but horse, aged fif-
teen, yclept Bess, known the hundreds
Of mail boxes and knows them SO
we'll that she can find them on the
darkest of nights, with blizzard, a
rainstorm or ninety-mile wind &C.
cupying all available space.
Bess is the property of Frank Mon
roe, mail collector. She has grown
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
FILIPlN0S' RESIDENT COMMISSIONER

When in November last the selec-
ton of a successor to Benito Legardo,
the resident commissioner from the
Philippines at Washington. became
necessary, the Filipinos promptly
chose Manuel Earnshaw OF Manila.
This election was held, according
to law, by the Philippine commission,
acting Jointly with the Philippine as
sembly, the general legislative body
of the Philippines.
It was matter of first importance
to the Filipinos, this election. The
Jones bill, which looked to the indie
pendence of the islands at the end OF
eight years, though dying with cor
gress on March 4 last, is standing,
resurrected, at the door of the COM
ing extra session, eager to take it's
chances with congress beyond doubt
far more favorable to it than the con-
gress that has just passed. The i'm
mediate future is pregnant with some
thing for the Philippines.
The position of resident commits
sioler, to which MI. Earnshaw was e
delicacy. He is accredited medium
people and the American people. ~ Hi
Of minister from a foreign country
n common government
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
new COLLECTOR OF new Y0Rk'S PORT

John Purroy Mitchell, Independent
Democrat and president of the board
Of aldermen of New York, has beeo
appointed collector of the port at that
city to succeed William Loeb, Jr.
The selection brought what the White
House termed "a happy solution" TO
a contest In which state leaders Ct
every wing of the New York Democ-
racy had taken lively part.
Mr.. Mitchell was acting mayor
after the shooting Of Mayor Gaynor
by ]. ]. Gallagher Aug. 9, 1910, until
Mr.. Gaynor was able to resume his
official duties.
Candidates for the post, which
pays $4,000 a year and carries with
it the appointment Of an army Of en-
ployes in the countrys biggest custom
house, were numerous from the start.
For time political circles ex-
pected break between the admins
tration and Senator O'Gorman. Re-
Gently, however, friends OF Mr.. Nit
chel, whose candidacy had been
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
MAJ. M'CLAUGHRY'S HUMANE METHODS

Mai. R. w. McChughry, who has
been warden of the federal prison at
Leavenworth for fourteen years, re-
signed his position q few days ago.
He is seventy-four years old.
Discussing his treatment Of pris-
oners, the major said: THE question
of proper Imprisonment resolves itself
simply to this: Is it better to beat a
man through his prison term and turn
him out a criminal, or make him do
good, honest work, and keep his mind
OH of mischief and endeavor to re-
form him? The philosophy Of that
theory acting on the convict himself
is helpful. It's up to him If he doesn't
get along all right.
Il have sought always to eliminate
aristocracy inside the bars. I have
long contended that one man should
not have more than another, simply
because his friends are better fixed.
financially, than the poor prisoner. II
one man was to have turkey Christ,
@4~1 -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
Girl Tramp, Clad as Boy, Is a Regular Nomad

face is dyed brown. It's wearing on
now"
=" Miss Murphy is typical farme-
boy" She has round, good-nature&
face and eyes that sparkle. Her mouth
is masculine and so are her features.
She is freckled, and when dressed as =
boy it is impossible to tell that she Is
not one unless she Is closely observed.
I'm going to try again" she con-
tinued, "but what's the use? I'll prob
ably run away again. have gone four
times already. ran away from homo
when was ten years old. I dressed
as a girl then, but soon discovered
this was a great handicap, so chang
ed to boys attire. I made a good boy
and got away with it. Joined cir
Gus and rode horses. Riding just grew
on mel never learned how.
"One time my mother brfbed me to
do something with a suit of boys
clothes. l wore 'em long time and
got the habit When first came into
the jail this time I was dressed as a
boy, but, darn it, they kept me locked
up because wouldn't change and re-
fused to let me come downstairs.
was told that looked so much like a
boy that it would cause q scandal IN
the jail if I continued to wear them.
"Just the same"-this with smile
of etermination-"rve still got them
on" and she lifted the folds OF a
kimono and showed that she wore
boys clothes beneath.
I'm not bad" continued the little
tomboy, but something is wrong.
don't know what"
Miss Murphy talks and acts exactly
like a boy. She shouted 80 long!"
to the reporter as he left She was re
which she escaped.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

Hon." Thomas R. Marshall" and post
marked Indiana. He suspected that
some friend was trying to play a joke
on him, but investigation established
that the postman was the humorist,
and that his Jokes were perpetrated
involuntarily. He had only to open a
letter before the mail trouble was
Strengthened out. The vice-president's
troubles did not end there, however.
The vice-president, it is understood,
is not a drinking man. But secretly
he received barrel of popular
brand Of rye whisky. The vice-presi-
dent is not through explaining the af-
fair yet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

deputies a
centralized
s imports concerned the revolution did not to affect
revolution concerned
China greatly people 1t not the
the oud world thought 1t
going
political conditions
China
peacefully Neither clouds
between China
which
porant element This
moral
nen. What do I do not know
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
Representatives Hall Suggests Roman Circus

floor with fists, with finger nails, with
canes and pokers, with books, pens
and inkwells, and they have so far
ignored the rules as to engage in hair
pulling, scratching and biting. But
with no inkwells or pens or books or
pokers lying around, there will be less
abuse of the rules governing fair fight
ing. The speaker can better referee
the contests, too, as they will be down
In front Of his desk, where he can see
every move made in the ring. Champ
Clark has confessed that his early
ambition was to be prize fighter, and
he may now have an opportunity to
act as referee over fights in the new
circus of the house of representatives.
In 1856 Representative Galusha
Grow of Pennsylvania and Representa-
tive Keith of South Carolina had bit
ter controversy. in which the latter
called Grow Republican puppy"
and Grow retorted with negro
driver" There was free fight on the
floor, and among those who became
involved were Elihu B. Washburn of
Illinois; his brother, Cadwallader
Washburn, and Representative Potter
of Wisconsin: Representative Barks-
dale of Missississippi and several 9TH
ers. In this instance passion gave way
to ridicule when Cadwallader Wash
burn seized Barksdale by the hair and
lifted the whole poll from a perfectly
bald head. Waving the wig In the
air as wild Indian might wave q
scalp, Washburn danced about the
floor until the whole house was con-
vulsed with laughter and the fight was
forgotten. Potter was afterward
challenged to mortal combat by one
of the southern men, and he named
Boston Common as the place for the
duel with clapboards for weapons. The
sense Of the ridiculous again spoiled
the seriousness of the quarrel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

self around bed post and writhed.
Mrs. Smith-Jones began to come out
Of her stupor of fright. She looked at
her screaming husband first with mild
interest, then curiosity, and finally
with some show of anger. She arose
and looked into the closet. Then size,
too, became hysterical.
The figure in the closet was that Of
Mrs. Sis new clothes model, pur-
chased the day before for tho tanning
of a refractory and ever wr!nkling
spring suit. Mr. and Mrs. Smith-Jones
have made some mutual concessions
to avoid any discussion of the subject
before company.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
CALHOUN PREDICTS PEACE FOR CHINA

William J. Calhoun, the retiring
American minister to China, arrived
In Washington the other day. Mr.
Calhoun, accompanied by his wife,
left Picking on Feb q, and so is some.
what out of touch with current events
in China.
China is at her crucial point Just
now" said Mr.. Calhoun. II have not
been informed as to what has trans
pired recently, but up to date the
powers of the central government
seem limited. I mean to say that the
powers Of the new government are
net clearly defined yet, and until they
are the functions of the government
necessarily will be limited.
There is a division of opinion
among those in politics in China as
to just what the powers of the gov
eminent should be. Some are IN
favor of the form of government that
obtains in this country, while others
like that of France, where practically
the president has no power and the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

These passions
his
If morose1 him cell with cheerful
inclined suicidal put him cell with
Installed
forward them like kids and behave themselves For they do not their
baseball
I
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
Black Soldiers Of France.

Stack 0UIuTeTS OF FFdnCe.
At the national review on July IA
Paris may see the black soldiery Of
France for the first time. In six
years France has raised a black
army of practically 100000 and it IS
now proposed that each section-the
Senegalese, the Madagascar troops,
and others-shall send a delegation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

dropped MS
when the president
ABOUT himself
position
Mitchell born thirtyfour
After
school, he
counsel Of Mitchels
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
How Does It Get Across7

How Does It Get Across7
At a certain eastern university one
Ct the professors was conducting an
examination in physiology. He asked
for a description Of the circulation at
the extremities, meaning of course, the
capillary circulation. The youth he
called upon evidently did not know
much about the matter. tor he replied
that the blood went down one leg
and up the other!-Youth's Companion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
New Breed Of Dairy Cattle.

New Breed Of Dairy Cattle.
A new breed Of dairy cattle known
as the 1llawarra breed has been de-
Veloped In New South Wales. It was
obtained by crossing Shorthorns.
Longhorns. Devons and Ayrshires.
This new breed Of cattle has become
favorite for dairying In the Illawarra
district. New South Wales. though it
Is hardly known in Amertca--Farm
and Fireside. "@ @''' -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

DR.. Josiah Oldf1eld of London is of
the opinion that those incapable OF
falling in love should be drowned. But
then there are those who fall in and
swim out
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

IT'S no wonder that Paris Is regard
ed as a city OF high flyers. It is re-
ported there are nearly thousand
registered aviators living within its
confines. .,..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

It has been decreed tina: there shall
be no more "starboard" and port"
In the navy. Next thing we know
somebody will be meddling with tho
golf l1nguage. .., .,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

Come, live in my heart, and pay
no rent" warbled the inspired poet.
More easily arranged, we dare say,
than meeting the monthly Install
ments of the bungalow.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

In France lately the top fell OF Of
a mountain, destroying gardens and
orchards. This seems very careless.
They should have better land laws.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

Automobiles have been with use for
fifteen years. What means Of Joy
riding will be provided for use fifteen
years hence?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

Are the high steps on street cars
an argument against hobble skirts or
are hobble skirts an argument
against the high steps on street cars?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

This country consumes 100000
worth Of breakfast food annually, and
yet some people kick at the, idea OF
putting wood pulp on the free list
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

DR.. Osler's rule for a long life, For.
get the past and the future" is good
one and has been observed from time
immemorial by mud turtles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27
"Jarndyce and Jarndyce."

"Jarndyce and Jarndyce."
Seven years ago a New York real
estate operator left $4,000 to ''the
cause of charity" Recently the court
decided the will valid, but now there
is no estate to distribute-the law
yers have it. The purpose Of the will
has been accompnshed.-New York
Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

The largest courthouse in the
world is being built down In New
York, and it would be difficult to think
Of q place where it is needed more.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

Virginia young man drove two miles
before discovering that his best girl
had fallen out of the buggy. Maybe
he was driving with rein in each
hand.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

And now Chicago is censoring the
modern song-and properly so, per-
haps. Anyhow, they can't censor a
whistle. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

Anyway those women whose babies
do not win a prize at baby
show, have the satisfaction of enter
tanning a distinct opinion about the
judges.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

It has frequently been said that the
wife is the better half, but assuredly,
hubby clasps the honor when the base
ball season opens.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

There is no sense In littering the
streets in the fond expectation that
the school children will clean them
up some time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

II the neighbors keep feather min.
strels in their poultry yards you will
fId no difficulty in waking up early
every morning about daybreak.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

"Shot at sunrise" continues popu'
lar pastime in Mexico, but there's lots
Of regular fellows who are half shot
long before midnight.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-27

Some one has told us that girl
with painted cheeks Is like a stale
glass of beer-nice to look upon but
very disagreeable to the taste.