The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01

In fact, In every walk Of life,
This maxim true will hold,
In peace and war, In trade or strife,
Success Is for the bold.
The men of might who '''get the DROP
And lay their rivals low,
Are those who do not have to STOP
But '"'"A WINE e FL iI"s 81; Times.
Nursery Made Toys.
Every mother knows the trials of that
day of downpour when restless babies
drive her and nurse to the edge of distrac-
ton, and when all wonted diversion fail
any longer to amuse.
Has that unhappy lady any idea that if
she will send nurse down to the pantry for
the box of old corks which she thrifty
lays away against the time of need, woes
will disappear as it by magic from the
small bosoms, and so rapidly will the
hours pass that there will be cry Of
surprise when nurse comes to announce
the arrival of supper and bedtime.
"Corks?, the lady mother say !,s What
children quiet? Unless one uses them to
cork up naughty, fretful mouths!' 3
First spread on the nursery table big
newspaper to catch all the messes that
are to be made. Next bottle of good,
thick mucilage, a sharp penknife, box
of matches, Bobby's box of water-color
paints, a ha irpin or two, some old visiting
short but sharp-pointed scissors. All the
nursery population will begin to be inter:
ested at seeing these preparations, and
when they are completed chairs can be
drawn up all round and the announce,
ment made that the rainy day amusement
shop is open for business.
Tables of Cork.
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the cork out of the mustard pot, which
is large and flat Snip the sui phur heads
off of four matches, leaving them square
at the ends. Sharpen the other ends a
little, make four incisions with the PEN
knife into the under side of the cork,
stick the pointed ends of the catches into
these, and at once the attentive circle
about the table begins to see that an
other little table is swiftly coming into
card somewhat larger than the mustard
cork, paste it on top of the cork, and
there stands a beautiful piece Of nursery
carpentry; table all complete. A small
square bit of cork, with four short bits
of matches used as legs, makes 4 good
served to stop the mouth of a little glass
jam jar and sticking in four matches
for feet and two more on the upper side
for back, with bit of cork at tile top Of
these, one has at once q delightful chair
to go with the table and stOol-furniture
which no doll would be too proud to use.
The next piece of manufacture might he
a. teetotum, and here Bobby's paints be-
gin to come into play.
Cut a match in half; sharpen one end
little. Cut thin slice crossways from
a claret cork and stick the match through
the middle of it, pointed end first. Cut
out circle of cardboard four times as
large as the cork, and draw two lines at
right angles across the disk. That will
these quarters are to be painted blue,
green, yellow and red. Bore a hole in the
center of the disk and slip the blunt end
of the match through it until the card
board rests upon the cork. Next cut an
other, but rather thicker, slice from the
cork, bore hole in the center and stick
the blunt end Of the match through, press
ing it down till it touches the card. This
will leave about an inch of match to be
taken between finger and thumb for spin
ming this faScinatingly- beautiful teetOtum.
A Croquet Set.
Cutting long slices through the middle
of the cork leaves pieces, which, with the
aid of Bobby's paints, can be turned into
a beautiful set of .dominoes, and by cut.
ting out square pieces one can make a
beautiful set of noiseless dice, to be used
with the backgammon board.
But perhaps the incest toy of all made
in this nursery shop, which has for, its
sign "Old corks taken in exchange for
new playthings," is the set of parlor
croquet. To begin this heavy but fruitful
labor, cut out eighteen small squares of
cork. Bend into curved hoop-a minia-
ture of those used in lawn croquet-nine
hairpins; and these, with each end stuck
into one of the small squares of cork, will
stand upright and serve as table Wickets
for the game. Cut slices crossways from
the vinegar bottle cork, and into the mid
die of each of these stick a match. whose
end has been sharpened for the purpose;
contrasting colors, as is done to the goal
stakes of lawn crOquet.
Next, for the mallets hunt about in the
cork box for four small ones of even size
those from the small medicine walls serve
nicely if they have not been stained by
drugs. These, if nice shape, need no
S S for obese the maets a % Sf bnnd Of
color must be painted around each so that
players may distinguish their own NAL:
let's. Some nice, large, old sugar-cOated
pills would make beautiful balls for this
nursery croquet, with stripe of paint
around each one, but if all the pills were
much cake and had a tummy ache, then
fresh bread pinched up between the fin
gers and then rolled on the table beneath
ones palm, will make very good subSti-
tute balls and will take a stripe of paint
quite well.-Detroit Free Press.
A Mixed-Up Hunt.
When the doctor settled himself in his
armchair and, crossing his legs, pulled
away contentedly at his pipe, the boys
knew he was good for two hours talk or
story telling. pretty much as they pleased.
They drew near in expectant attitudes
and the doctor looked up with q twinkle
in his jolly brown eyes.
Reginald, commonly called "the Duke, -
."We4, Doc.s it's a hunting story to-
night ftaf ! ggess7"
Eyes, indeedv' chi,ned in Gerald, known
as the Modest One" because of his we'll
developed cheekincss. Zone story a
night is little enough by way of pay
ment!'
"For what. you scoundrels?'
The armchair, and the pipe, and our
society,"
And at that the doctor laughed, a
hearty guffaw which shook the room,
Gerald declared. The armchair certainly
trembled and the sparks flew out Of the
UOctOE plpS OFeE HIS lew uIcSoiAS- gown.
"There, you've made me go far to ruin
my favorite Christmas PRESENT.! he de-
clared, beaming lovingly at his young
cousins. "And it's l that would not be
here tonight to do that same if 1 hadn't
had good escape from the hunt I'm
thinking about!'
Then the boys kept as still as mice,
for they knew the story was coming
The doctor looked cross-eyed into his
pipe to make sure it was alight, gave a
reassuring puff and began:
I'm the first place we didn't 60 out
for big game that day ut all. 1t was
during the years I was in Africa, of
course, and there's no use telling you
the exact part of the &c country mi, for yo y
you heard them. But there were many
hostile natives in the region and the
hunting party, five men and myself,
kept at pretty close quarters in the camp
during the night, making our hunting
excursions during the day.
1.-THE region was a fine hunting ground
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