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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Volcanic Dust in Atmosphere.

From many points in America and
Europe come reports of an unusual
turbidity OF the atmosphere, which be-
gan early last summer and still con-
tinues. This is manifested in a
marked diminution of the intensity of
solar radiation, as measured with the
pyrheliometer,; abnormal displace-
ment of the neutral points of atmos-
pheric polarization, a hazy appear
ance Of thu sky, and the presences Of
Bishops ring around the sun. From
Dublin Sir John Moore wrote last An
gust: "The sky is constantly covered
with a thin film of uniform cloud in
which no halos develop, and through
which the sun, moon and stars shine
with a subdued. sickly brightness. y
Observers in Russia, Switzerland,
Sweden and Germany, as we'll as
America, report an unusual lack of
blueness in the sky. There seems to
be every reason to attribute these phe-
nomena to the presence in the upper
atmosphere Of an immense pail Of
dust arising from the explosive erup-
ton of Katmai volcano in Alaska last
June. Similar effects were observed
after the eruptions of Kratatoa and
Mont Pele, and in those cases lasted
for some years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
FOUND WORKS OF STEVENSON
Manuscripts and Works Of Popular
Writer Unearthed in Samoa and
Hawaii, by an Admirer.

1t is learned that number Of now
and relatively important manuscripts
Of Robert Louis Stevenson have been
discovered in Samoa and in Honolulu
by an ardent admirer of the great
novelist, who had been for some time
in both Hawaii and Samoa seeking
such writings of the famous Scotsman
as might possibly be found in the pos
session of some of the many friends
Of Stevenson during his years in the
Pacific.
The result of this research has been
the finding of an essay, said to be
highly poetical in character, written
by the novelist after witnessing vol
cano in action, supposedly either the
famous crater of Savaii or the pit of
Kilauea in Hawaii; a piece of fiction
dealing with South Sea life, and a
number of smaller verse compost.
tons.
Still another manuscript. blank
verse relation of a well-known legend
of Maui, of considerable length, but
unfinished, has also come to light, and
the enthusiastic admirer of Stevenson
feels highly rewarded for his month
of effort.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Japan's Sudden Rise.

An idea of how Japan has lt:aped
into the forefront of nations since her
victory over Russia was furnished the
other day by man who had travelled
extensively in Java and other parts
of the Far East.
'The Dutch in Java" he said, make
point of treating people of all the
eastern nations we'll but there is al
ways certain difference between
how an Oriental and how European
is treated. Europeans are always
looked upon as belonging to the DOM
inant races in the Far East, and are
treated accordingly in commercial
and other dealings. On the other
hand, the Chinese, 3or instance,
though they RAY be the richest and
most influential citizens in a COM
munity, are always made to feel that
they are not quite on par with
Europeans.
But it is otherwise with the Jap
anese. In Java and elsewhere they
are treated exactly as if they were
Europeans. It was not so before the
Russian-Japanese war, either. but it
certainly is now, and it makes the
Chinese and other Orientals mighty
Jealous"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
EnuIish Not Beef Eaters.

TT seems strange to an Englishman
that in this country almost everybody
has the impression that the people Of
England are almost cannibalistic in
their consumption Of beef said Will
lam Rogers, a retired merchant Of
Surrey, England, to Washington
Post man. THE fact is that most Eng.
lish persons do not eat a great guam
tity of beef l know-and have had it
Impressed upon me since coming
over here-that Americans have the
idea that roast beef and Yorkshire
pudding make the favorite English
dinner. Maybe they did once upon a
time, but in these days English peo-
pie consume comparatively little
beef
We eat meat, to be sure, but ven.
ture to say that mutton forms the
larger part Of our meat diet.
British beef is first class. I have
not eaten since I came to this coun.
try any beef that is better. The price
of beef is lower in England han in
this country, but it is much higher
than 1t was a few years ago"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
SEES CHINA A GREAT NATION
Their Wonderful Physique, Aided by
Modern Sanitary Methods, Must
Have Its Effect. ..~f

The vitality aand endurance of the
average Chinamans are remarkable.
I doubt if there exists a nation any
where better qualified to illustrate. the
survival of the fittest.' From 8
physical point of view the body of the
Chinese ccolie is a perfect specimen
of human anatomy. have seen this
class Of natives work like pack horses
carrying heavy loads upon their
shoulders, and like horses pulling
heavy loads along the ,thoroughfares
of the city and countryside. They
even take. the place of horses at the
plow. Among no class of people have
ever observed an exhibition of more
wonderful powers of endurance. writes
Clyde Wilmer in the Kansas City
Journal
The native can live in the torrid
zone. in the temperate zone or in
frfgid northern Manchuria. He can
bear hunger, thirst or exhaustion.
Yet there seems to be a cold-blooded
paradox about the Chinese who are
sick and ailing. Little can be learned
in statistical way regarding this
phase Of Chinese health. The medi-
cal dispensaries and hospitals which
visited revealed the widest range OF
diseases, both medical and surgical
cases, which bad been turned over in
despair to the medical skill of the
foreign devils ~@
Infant mortality is enormously high
and while the average native birth
rate is unknown, yet the Chinese
women are very prolific. In many in.
stances the Chinaman possesses sew
eral wives. Frequently I have OBJ,
served old people engaged in heavy
labor either in the fields or trans.
porting freight and baggage in the
Chinese cities. Eventually, with such
a strong and vigorous hereditv back
of the present generation Of Mongol-
lans, and with the advanced sanitary
methods of modern science pushing in
among the native people, the Chinese
race will become an increasingly Won
dertul, strong and vigorous nation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Already Had 1t.

A Texas sheriff, visiting New York
to take a prisoner back to the south.
was turned over to an inspector who
was to be his amusement guide.
They wound up at an East side ball,
where there were a few dips present.
After O. half hour the inspector
called one of the crooks to one side
and said:
"See that tall man with the SOM
brero?"
Yes, what about him."
Hes a Texas bull I'm showing
around, and l think it would be q
fancy idea If you could nick him for
his ticker"
'Nfx: you're trying to put me in
bad"
Nothing like it-purely a joke,
that's ali. To show you I'm on the
level, 1 give you my word that you
won't get in trouble, and III give you
a five-dollar noIa for his watch
"All right; here it Isl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
MONKEYS AND CATS BATTLE
simians Choke FeIines in Weird,
Wild Struggle on Navy
Yard Pier.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Captain Nixon Of
the United States steamship Mime
sofa thought he knew what mon
key and parrot could do when they
came together, but when the eight
monkeys that he had bought In Mex
leo got after the twenty cats Of the
battleship after the vessel reached
League Island he knew that bedlam
was a thing mild In comparison.
The cats had been marauding to
catch the rodents which surrounded
the navy yard pier. This angered the
simians and the biggest one grabbed
the oldest tomcat by the tail and the
battle was on.
Weird, fiendish screams as the cats
clawed the monkeys, who grabbed the
cats by their threats until three of
them were choked to death. caused
the marines to come to the rescue to
stop the deadly combat.
The monkeys were locked up for
the remainder of the night
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
NOT PRlNCESsEs; TRY DEATH
French spinsters Think Themselves
Descendants Of Louis XIV, Dis
cover Error-Shoot Selves.

Paris.-Two spinster sisters, aged
fifty-six and fifty, attempted suicide
here by shooting themselves while
sitting on a bench outside the Avenue
des Champs Elysees. The women were
Mile. Marie and Mile. Leonie Gros
Their minds had become deranged
and they imagined they we're the last
descendants OF Louis XIV, so they
sold their home and had come to Paris
to establish their claims to the throne
of France They stayed at a small
hotel, and started quest for a poll
tician to place their cause before par.
Lament. Naturally they we're unsuc-
cessful and when their modest re-
sources were exhausted they resolved
to die.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Hornv-Handed Son of Toll

Rufus Johnson had swung sledge
so many years that the skin on his
hand was like the back of an arma-
1illo. That did not prevent the ex-
;stence OF tender sentiment for Sal
lie Spears, and his courtship pro-
crossed to the point of getting Mr..
Spears consent.
The affair was creditably staged by
Miss Spears, who made the front room
ook bright and fired up the stove to
! white heat When the old man en-
tered Rufus was standing in roman
tic attitude, leaning on the mantel-
piece back of the stove.
He bowed low and thrust his right
hand in his coat, making a move to
resume his position at the mantel-
piece.
Yes, Mistah Speaks" he said after
the first greeting, "Ah had de homo OF
meetin' yo' daughteh through Booker
Wash'ton. All 'steem heb highly an
lesiah to offeh heb ma han.
(Which ham," asked Mr.. Spears;
de one in yo' cote or de one on De
hot stove?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
French Novelist, Who Killed Amerl.
can Woman for Wrecking Home,
Acquitted.

Paris.-Mme. Bloch, novelist, who
on July 81. last, shot and killed Mrs.
Minnie Bridgeman, wife Of James E..
Bridgeman, an employe of the Paris
branch Of an American life insurance
company, was acquitted in the asslZe
court here of the charge Of homicide.
The tragedy was the outcome of an
husband and Mrs. Bridgeman, the lat
ter a daughter Of Henry Bernard of
Milwaukee. The acquittal of the de-
PENDANT had been said by her lawyers
to be virtually foregone conclusion
owing to the circumstances under
which the crime was committed.
The jury quickly brought in it's YER
dict of acquittal but the accused WON
an was ordered to pay one franc dam
ages in connection with the civil &C
ton Of which the shooting was the
basis.
Mrs. Bridgeman betrayed me and
robbed both of my husband and of my
home. So killed her." This was the
defense set up by Nine. Bloch.
Several dramatic Incidents marked
the trial. At one moment the presi-
dent of the court, Judge Bertulus, de.
nounced Nine. Bloch's husband. say.
ing:
Your conduct in this affair is un'
pardonable."
Nine. Bloch was accompanied by M
Dumoulin, who was conspicuous fig
ure in the Steinheil case.
Nine. Bloch, weeping, told how she
had been driven to despair and had
avenged her love and the honor of he1
home.
The judge cautioned the accused
that this hardly constituted sufficient
defense for homicide, and continued:
THE real traitor and the real felor
was your husband. Yet you gave hin
all your confidence while you killed
the woman who was but his instru
ment.'
M Bloch admitted he was culpable
and as he left the stand Kisses came
from the crowd in the courtroom. IL
which were many American ant
French society people
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
100000 EASY TO SPEND
Mrs. Clara Baldwin Stocker, Now at
Los Angeles, Uses Up Sum In
Six Months.

Los Angeles.-After having spent
approximately $1,o0O,OOO within six
months, Mrs. Clara Baldwin Stocker,
who has already received $500, 900
from the Lucky Baldwin" estate and
will soon get $1o,0o0,ooO more, has ar
rived from Chicago in her $4,000 pri-
vate car, which is sidetracked at Ar
cadia. She brought the first INSTALL
ment of her heavy purchases, includ-
ing $15O,0O0 worth of diamonds and
$4,000 worth of gold and silver ware.
She also has a wardrobe which cost
her about 100000. Following by ex-
press are priced articles of furniture.
unique lamps and other treasures. An
other item in her expenditures is a
100000 yacht. Her new automobiles
cost $4,000. Il have already started
to have a good time," said Mrs.
Stocker.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
10000 HOOKW0RM VICTIMS
Estimate Made From investigation In
a Kentucky county-Puplls
Are Victims.

Lexington, Ky.-The first report OF
the commission appointed under the
terms of the Rockefeller fund to de-
wise means for the eradication of the
hookworm in the mountain districts
of Kentucky was made here. The re-
port is for Breathitt county and shows
that out of 1875 persons examined
1858 were affected. II that rate Of
infection prevails in the other noun
tain counties, Kentucky has 10000
cases Of hookworm, it is estimated. In
some of the Breathitt county schools
every pupil was found to be a sufferer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
N0VElISTS AND CRIME
GREAT WRITERS HAVE INTEREST
ED THEMSELVES IN SUBJECT.
At the Pres eHt Time Arthur Conan
Doyle Is to the Fore, Following
Course ct Other Masters
of Literature.

The creator of Sherlock Holmes GER
tafnly ought to be himself compe-
tent amateur detective, and his sue
cess in the famous Edalji case proves
that his powers IN that direction are
of no mean order. He has now I'M
dertaken another difficult case-that
of proving the innocence of Oscar Sla-
ter, who is at present undergoing a
life sentence for murder.
Quite a number of novelists have In
terested themselves in crime and
criminals Edgar Allan Poe used to
state that there was no problem
which a man could set which another
man could not solve, and he applied
the rule to crime. His greatest tri-
umph in this method of unraveling' ap-
parently inexplicable. mystery gave
| the world that famous story, The
| Murders in the Rue Morgue."
Dickens was strangely drawn to-
ward the alienation of suffering of
all kinds, and his novels did much to
bring about the more humane treat
ment of prisoners But Charles Reade
not only exposed harsh prison meth
DDS in his famous novel 1T Is Never
Too Late to Mend" but actually, like
Conan Doyle, took up the case of
what was known as the Penge muir
der
In spite of magnificent and NOV
ing speech for the defense by Sir Ed
ward Clarke, the Judge summed up
against the prisoners SO decidedly that
the Jury found them guilty. 1t was
then that the novelist entered the
lists, with such telling force and con-
vincing argument that the home Sec
rotary promptly committed all the
sentences.
| Probably the earliest instance of
The Intervention of novelist to save
man from the gallows was DR.. Sam
lei Johnson's herculean efforts to OBJ
tain mercy for the celebrated Doctor
Oodd, who was executed in spite Of
all that the sage of Fleet street could
do or say. Today, thanks to writer's
like Reade and Dickens, no such ad-
vocacy would be needed, for this ia
nous parsons crime was forgery, for
which death is no longer Ne penalty.
Boswell, in his Life of JohsnDn," de-
votes large amount Of space tc this
characteristic example of his hero's
kindness and humanity
| Many years later the famous French
playwright BalZac made d. atfort to
save the life of man named Peytel,
der Of his wife and servant, but equal
~ without success.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Roses in Medicine.

Roses at one time figured prom
inently in the pharmacopoeia. Pliny
caves 80 remedies compounded OF
rose leaves and petals. Sufferers
from nervous complaints used to seek
relief by sleeping on rose pillows and
one Is told that Heloga balus used to
imbibe rose wine as a pick-me-up
after his periodical gormandizing
hours. The flower was also served
at table, both as garnish in the way
parsley is now used, and as salad,
and rose water was largely used for
flavoring dishes. Roses as food have
gone out Of favor among western ma.
tons, but the Chinese still eat rose
fritters.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
NINE. BLOCH FREED BY COURT

bearer of this momentous title, con-
sisted Of competitions In all branches,
cooking, the making of soups, sauces
and other accessories, cutting and
cooking meat, game, fish, vegetables,
entries, patties. entremets, pastry,
fruit and vegetable preserves and the
making of cakes and desserts.
Those who took part In the compe-
tition were requested to get up a
luncheon, the menu of which was
chosen before the examination by the
jury. The concurrents also had to
prepare preserves and give lesson
before the students of the school. All
candidates who presented themselves
had to be between the ages of rs and
40 and conform to many other require
ments, such as being able to show
their birth certificates, a certificate
showing their French nationality and
also what previous experience they
had
Best French cooks come, 1t is said
from the district around Nancy, al
though Lorraine until it became Ger
man property had great reputation
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
JUMPS FROM 81 TO FORTUNE
New York Girl, Employed In 4 CIaar
Factory, Made Heir to Big
Estate.

Kingston, N. Y.-Miss Esther
Sleight, an 18-year-old girl who has
for the last year earned 81 a week In
a cigar factory here. will leave for
Vancouver to claim a legacy left her
in the will of Mrs. Charles Vandewa-
ter of tins city. According to the ad-
vices received here, Miss Sleight is
made the residuary legatee of an es-
tate worth several millions. Miss
Sleight met Mrs. Vandewater while
she was working at an Atlantic City
hotel two years ago, and the two be-
came fast friends
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
CAR IS DENOUNCED
Police Permit q, All A'inti-Russiah DEM
onstrations. b!
Officials Seem %to ''EncodrageS Them
Fact Is Regarded as Significant Of
Feeling in Germany and Austria
Toward Muscovites.

Cracow. Austria.-November 20 was
the anniversary of the insurrectionary
outbreak in 1881. An appeal was
made here to which 5000 persons re-
eponded to show the readiness of
Poles to fight for independence. The
procession mustered In front Of the
Vagellomein university and marched,
singing patriotic songs, such as God,
the. Protector of Poland" with the
Smoke of CONGREGATIONS a Thousand
Braves Went Forth From Warsaw's
Gates" and others. They proceeded
to the statue of Mickiewicz in. the
market place and there, with cries of
Down with the czar!" proceeded to
burn the portrait OF the emperor OF
Russia. to the great delight of the
people, especially of the young stu
dents from Russian Poland, for whom
such an act would at home mean Sibe-
ria.
The police took care to arrive too
late to prevent this attack upon the
Russian monarch. When they came
they took a very friendly part in the
proceedings, singing as loud as any
body. Mr.. Lewicki then made an ar
dent appeal to the people to fight for
their independence, concluding thus:
"These are mere words, but if the time
shall come, let US swear to act!" He
was applauded with the greatest en-
Ahusiasm. A collection was made for
a new society called "SteZelec" to pro-
vide it's members with rifles. 1t is a
company Of volunteer riflemen cos
TUNED as follows: High boots, gray
trousers, gray coat, with buff belt and
brown fur cap. The uniform is less
snowy but more practical than that of
the "Sokol," a patriotic gymnastic or
gantzation, which has up to this time
drilled its members carefully for
marching, but without weapons. How
ever, they may be armed at any time,
and their discipline is excellent.
am told that the collection made for
the Stezelec" amounted to quite a
considerable sum. 1t is certain that
almost every young man in Austrian
Poland would like to have go" at
Russia; the old men disapprove only
because they have given up hoping for
anything better to come. Their life
has been spent in such bitterness and
disappointment that it is not to be
wondered at and perhaps they are
right. The future alone will tell.
1t is significant fact that like
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31

procession of Poles took place on the
same day in Posen, Germany, where
all such manifestations are usually Sc
verely repressed. In it's general lines,
such as patriotic singing and shouting
Down with the carl" it was striking
ly like that in Cracow. The police, it
is true, did not fraternize with the pro"
cession, as in Cracow, but they let
them demonstrate to their hearts con-
tent
No doubt both Austria and Germany
want to show Russia what is likely to
take place if it upholds Servia by
force of arms. Here the widest sur
misses are spread broadcast, causing
panic among the people and runs on
the banks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
One Dry IN the Ward.

In St. Louis there Is one ward that
is full of breweries and Germans. In
a recent election local option ques-
ton came up. After the election some
Germans were counting the votes.
One German was calling off and an
other taking down the option vote.
The first German, running rapidly
through the ballots, said:
"Vet, vet, vet. - Suddenly
he stopped. "Mein Gott!" he cried:
Dry"
Then he went on-"Vet, vet, vet,
vet" Presently he stopped again n
mopped his brow. "Himmel!" he said.
Der son of gun repeated"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
C0NVlCTs IN SUICIDE PACT
Jaiier Found Two English Murderers
Dead in Their Cells In Maid
stone Prison,

London.-Two convicts, twenty-five
and thirty-one years old, both of whom
were serving life sentences for muir
der. were found dead in one cell n
Maidstone prison. Their threats had
been cut with rude knife, which the
prisoners had improvised out of a
piece Of iron while they were working
in the tinsmith shop of the Jail.
The injuries of one of the convicts
were such that it is believed they
could not have been self-inflicted. and
it is supposed that the other man
killed him at his request.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
CAPABLE Of Wider Application.

A clever scheme for checking the
discreditable practice of "joy-riding
is credited by the Boston Herald to
Commissioner Rourke of the public
works department.
According to officials of the depart
ment a certain chauffeur went out JOY
riding with his chiefs machine, and
had = collision. His chief then sus-
pended him for month.
When Commissioner Rourke was IN
formed of the accident and the sus-
pension, he said that if the young man
wished to be reinstated in the clty's
employ at the end of the month, he
must start as a laborer with pick and
shovel.
"He can't go joy-riding with those"
the commissioner dryly added.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31

into conditions as they have a bearing
on the efficiency of the men. Charles
B. Ball of Chicago, formerly inspector
Of the tenement house department
here, is in charge of this work.
I'VE are studying the way in which
policemen present their cases."
Two men were arrested tonight
charged with having bribed the 1ani.
tor OF an apartment building, where
Mrs. Mary Goode lived, to discredit
her testimony before the alderman1c
committee Investigating the police C.
partment