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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15
Ants that Ate VILLAGES

1ncomparably Misunderstanding is the
termite, or African white ant; yet he
causes terrible havoc. Marching as they
do in vast swarms, the devastation these
voracious insects commit is almost in
credible. Not only foodstuffs, but wood,
leather, cloth. and, III fact, everything
but stone or metal work is devoured al
most as effectively as by fire. Nothing
stays their progress, and when an ant
army is seen approaching a village the
inhabitants take to flight with whatever
of value they can lay their hands on.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15
Seash0re Sand Cure.

The chief popularity of Berck, a wa
tering place in the Somme department
of France. is the value of it's seasho:e
sand for curative purposes Of spinal and
other diseases, principally in the case of
children, the children being buried UP to
their necks in a mound of sand with a
tricolor flag on the top.-Travel
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot.
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight Or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions. Swollen. Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

Piso's Cure for Consumption promptly
relieves my little 5-year-old sister of
croup.-Miss L. A. Pierce, % PilGng
street, Brooklyn, n. Y, Oct. ?, 1901.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15
:'':% }III}:9E2l INH"
MRS. ECKIs STEVENSON.

MRS. ECkIS SIEV ENSON.
rience. Hundreds of dollars went to the
doctor and the druggist. was simply
a walking medicine chest and a phys
ical wreck. My sister residing in Ohio
wrote me that she had been cured OF
womb trouble by using Lydia T..
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and advised me to try it. l
then discontinued all other med icines
and gave your Vegetable Compound
thorough trial. Within four weeks
nearly all pain had left me; rarely
had headaches, and my nerves were in
a much better condition, and l was
cured in three months, and this avoided
a terrible surgical operation. MRS
EcK1s STEVENSON, ESQ So. State ST.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.-s500o forfeit Il
above testimonial is not genuine
Remember every woman is
cordially invited to write to MIS-.
Pinkham if there is anything
about her symptoms she does not
understand. Mrs. Pinkham's
address is Lynn, Mass.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15
New Nitro-Glvcerin Powder.

France has secured the patents rights
of a new nitro-glyccrin powder which it
is contended will send rifle bullet seven
and half miles and increase the artil-
lery range to eighteen miles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15
their own dom lookout Angelo
Herald.

In case being tried before the Unit
ed States court ut Topeka, one lawye:
said to another, "You are liar
do you mean that personally?' pas
sionately demanded the othcr.-kansas
City Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

The amplitude of vibration of the
diaphragm of the telephone receiver III
reproducing speech is about the one
twenty mil]ionth of an inch
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

Seventy profit-sharing schemes,
affecting 1886 workpeople, were in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15
Bound in Gold and Brilliants.

Bound IN Gold and BTil1iants.
Probably the most expensive book
known is that which the ANGER of At
ghanistan has presented to the Shah of
Persia. 1t is manuscript copy of the
Koran, the binding of which is worth
$15O,00O. This binding is of solid gold,
two and three-quarters inches thick; the
carvings, which are the work of an
Afghan goldsmith. are encrusted with
precious stones-167 pearls. 1872 rubies
and 100 diamonds of the purest water.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP 70,
Children teething; softens the gums, reduces In
fammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. -
cents a bottle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

-Japan's first statue in memory of b
woman was unveiled recently in Shijo-
NaWate, near KiOtO.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

Write for circulars of Spencerian Bust
ness College. Milwaukee, Wis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15
SPINNING WHEEL.
TENDER-HEARTED BESS.

She wouldn't beat the carpets,
She wouldn't whip the cream.
She wouldn't pound the bects cak;
Too cruel 1t did seem.
She wouldn't strike the matches,
She'd give hot tea no blows;
She made no hit at baking,
She wouldn't wiring her clothes.
She wouldn't cut Il chicken,
Or think of drowning care,
She wouldn't mash potatoes
Or bang her golden hair.
She wouldn't do all these things,
My tcnder-henl ted Bess,
And so she smashed all records
At downright laziness.
F. r. Pltzer in New York SUM-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

Where Are These Pennies?
Somewhere in the world there are 49,
100000 copper pennies, but nobody APP
pears to know where they are.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

Magazine rifles will be issued short
~ to the Moorish army.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15
The SURGEONS knife
Mrs. Eckis Stevenson of Salt
Lake City Tells How Opera
tiOns For Ovarian Troubles
May Be Avoided.

"DEAR MRS. P1NKHAM:-1 suffered
with Inflammation of the ovaries and
womb for over six years, enduring aches
and pains which none can dream of but
those who have had the same cxpe-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

'Arl." were the concluding words OF
the professors lecture to the mctlic:;
students, do not promise too much.
knew physician Of real ability wht
promised Il patient. whose legs he hat
Just amputated, that he would have hin
on his feet within two weeks. New
York Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

The fact that an Irish story, though
trite, is always pat, was illustrated re-
Gently when District Attorney Reeves
told this anecdote:
Some people object to releasing pris-
oners on a t1oater because of the fact
that the renesades are turned loose upon
other communiti IS. That reminds me of
the 1rishman who, after reaching Amer
lea, was full of homesick brag, in which
nothing in America even approached
things of a similar variety in Ireland.
In speaking of the bees of the ould sod
ne grew especially roseate and said:
twice as rs as in this indade eDt tbey,r RS
bigger than that. They're as big as tn
shape ye have in this country:
Bees as big as sheep!' said his in
credulous listener: "Why, what kind of
hives do they have to keep them in?
mo bigger than tn ones in this coun-
thry," was the reply.
''Then how do the bees get into the
hives?" he was asked.
SWELL" replied the Irishman. ''thot's
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

A Slight Observation-Disclosures
world has place for everybody. Winks
Yes; the only trouble is there's gener-
ally somebody else in it.-Town and
Country.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

"Charlotte,' said the first, who was OF
her sex and friend, "strives to be strict
ly up to the minute with her horselcss
carriage and other thngS''
YES. responded the other. who was
also feminine and an even closer FRIEND
''she even affects Il birthdaylcSs age
Indianapolis News
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

Here is a suggestive note from a
literary exchange:
Pencil and shears
For each ill-writing sinner;
Authors ut prayers
And sight Of a dinner,
Atlanta Constitution
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

She-Why do they call a battleshir
"she?''
He-Because there are so many arms
about her.-New York Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-08-15

A Mental Strain.-''These teachers"
growls the, first man, "have no mercy on
the young minds entrusted to their care ~
"What have they done now?" asks the
second man. "Why, my boy came home
his teacher insists upon his telling her
how many times the Philippine war was
ended in 19O1.-Baltimore American.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
SHORT STORIES.

There are in Boston 64,22S houses, in
addition to 100 hotels and 5SS family
hotels.
OF the 10000 American soldiers who
participated in the Mexican war only
about 5000 are living.
There is a pigeon range near Los
Angeles which every year sends about
10000 squads to the market.
The sand filtration plant in Albany Is
saving nearly 500 lives a year, as
shown by comparative statistics.
No less than 100000 acres Of Cuba
nearly half the ialand-are forest.
Thirty species Of palm alone are found
there.
The average Number of counterfeit
ing cases now handled annually is
about 600, and of this number nearly
80 per cent are those of persistent and
habitual criminals.
The oil from sunlower seed has been
found to be an excellent substitute for
olive oil. 1t also has possibilities as
lamp oil and may be used for dyeing
purposes and for the making OF soap.
The Australian ballot law was adopt.
ed in Colorado before the state gave
the suffrage to women. This law pro-
vtdes that the voting booths must be
80 constructed that the voters legs
may be seen below the knees"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
Distribution of Telephone Tax.

Pierre Special: The total telegraph
tax distributed in July to the differ
ent counties of the state is 50, 1873. 81,
while the state portion of such tax is
1907. Sc. The tax goes to all the
counties of the state except Buffalo,
Campbell, Gregory, Lyman, Stanley
and Sully, neither Of which had a
telegraph line within its borders at
the time of the assessment last..ycar.
Since that time lines have been ex-
tended into Campbell county, none of
the others named yet being supplied,
but Gregory county will have a line
this year yet.
The telephone taxes distributed
to the counties was 81, 261.87 and
the state portion of this tax S615.8 &c.
The returns of last year showed every
county in the state to be supplied
with telephones except Potter and
Buffalo, but a line has been ex-
tended into Potter leaving Buffalo
county the only one without tele-
phone service.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
The pa Points Of Pewter Fame.


The Du Points own powder mills IT.
Ill parts Of the country from the At
lantic to the Pacific. Among the Du
Points themselves thsre is a process OF
selection for those who are to have to
do with the powder works. The
Youngsters are watched, and when
one shows nervousness in the face OF
danger he is placed somewhere else
than in the powder mills. The rule Is
that a Du Pont in person shall always
lead whenever there is imminent dan
ger. A number of Du Points first and
hst-ard some of them important ones
have been killed under this rule, n
there repeatedly have been heroic es-
capes from death through this disre-
gard of the fear of it.
The family rule is q despotism, n
a very strict one. The family always
has a head, and what this head or
chief says the other members of the
family do. This headship does not
necessarily descend from father to son,
even when there are sons. Sometimes
It goes from uncle to nephew, the main
point being to secure a Du Pont thor
oughly competent to manage the busi-
ness affairs of the family.-New York
Tribune.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15

THE IcEMAN.

IL Given an Unexpected Surprise
by One of His Customers,
rs seldom that / get a surprise"
the iceman, "but a little matter
(lrred the other morning to give me
ocular chill. l had driven I'D to
Ve a customer when I found a bald,
ded, beetle browed man waiting for
l knew that he was going to kick,
I held my breath. The kick came.
j he:
Look here, now, didn't you agree
give me twenty-five pounds of ice
"?
Eyes, SIR
And why haven't you made It
knty-fveT
4 thought I had
III don't care what you thoS.ht, I
Int a man to stick to his AF5rd. I
he been weighing your ice right
ing without saying anything, and
ling the last three months I find
I'll make it up to you,' I said.
During the last ninety days. he
hit on, I find that you have deliv.
ID a hundred pounds extra. Here's
cents for the overplus, and If you
be any such trick on me in future
change to some man who'll stick to
agreement "-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
WHAT WISDOM DENIED US.
The Most Fatal Gift That Could BE
Conferred on Mankind.

h Most Fatal Gift That Could BE
# Conferred on Mankind.
Granted the power to do it, which
would be the most fatal gift that could
be conferred on mankind?
Omnipotence without omniscience.
An omnipotent man, with the best of
intentions toward his kind, could cas-
lily wreck the universe and probably
would, since, unless he knew every
thing, he would in%fallibly make some
mistake which could not fail to have
very terrible consequences. Next to
this would be the power Of foreseeing
events. This would eliminate the great
est factor in human happiness, because
the man who could foresee everything
would have no hope. He would not
only know his own fate, but that Of all
other human beings and also all their
feelings and intentions, which, of itself
alone, would make society impossible.
Equally terrible would be the power
Of %prolonging life at will, since no man
or womaH would willingly die SO long
Is life remained even tolerable. This
Is proved by the shocking conditions
under which people now consent to
live. The race would probably con-
tinue to multiply indefinitely until all
the habitable portions of the globe be-
came overcrowded. Then would COM
mence a struggle for existence which
no human Imagination could portray.
War would be an im%possibility, since
no man could kill another who did not
wish to die, and humanity would reach
some inconceivable climax Of misery
from which nothing but the interven-
ton of a higher power could possibly
release it.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
Revenue Collections Increase.

Aberdeen Special: The report Of
the internal revenue collectors office
in this city for the first year Of it's
business shows that close to 5000, 600
was collected in the .Dakotas. About
tWo-thirds of this was from the
south state, the breweries and cigar
makers paying a large part of it.
The total number Of retail liquor
Dealers licenses issued during the
year was 1851 Of which 1,05l were in
South Dakota and 800 in prohibition
North Dakota. The number Of deal
ers in manufactured tobacco hand
ling over $4,000 pounds per annum
were 9 in North Dakota and q in
South Dakota. Tobacco manufac-
turers in South Dakota number 10
and in North Dakota 30. South
Dakota cigar manufacturers num-
bered III and North Dakota 46. The
north state wholesale dealers in malt
numbered Is, while South Dakota
had 66.
South Dakota had 1853 bankers and
North Dakota had POI. Billiard
halls numbered 1913. South Dakota
had 5 breweries and North Dakota
one,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
SHOWS INCREASE IN PRICE.
Real Estate Transfers Of July. 1901,
and July, 1902. Shows the
Rise in Land Values

There is quite a marked difference
between the aggregate prices OF the
land sold in July, 1901, and that sold
in July, 1902, although there was
about the same acreage. r. d.
Prescott, who is engaged in the alb
stracting business looked up the mat
ter Of the transfers for the month Of
the two years and finds that in July
1902 there were $500 acres of farm
lands sold in the county which
brought an aggregateprice Of s1Sl, 500
which makes the average Of practic-
ally $2l per acre. In July 1901 the
amount of farm lands sold was $50
acres which broughtanaggregate price
Of Sl10,557 or an average Of 812. 90 per
acre. The comparison is very good
indeed for the greater appreciation
Of the farm lands in this country
which makes an average increaes of
S8 per acr although there are indi-
vidual cases where the increase
reaches a much larger a sum. Davi-
son county land has got past the ex-
perimental stage in the matter Of
agricultural pursuits and when mi
Invests here it is with the full as
surance that the ground is sufficient
ly productive under the most ordinary
circumstances as to bring in good re-
turns to the investor.
The quiet steady growth that
has been going on in Dawson county
for the past four years has brought
the lands up to a point where
their true value is becoming stable
and settled.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
Thelp SECRET Ia Out.

AL ~sadieyille. Ky, was curious to
,lo ene cause Of the vast Improve
ment IN the health Of Mrs, S, p.
NniOaker, who had for a long time,
hu u untold suffering from a
chronic bronchial trouble. nIts all
uue 10 Or. Kings New Discovery.n
"llCes her husband. "It completely
cured her and also cured our little
grano daughter of a severe attack Of
Mnooplng cough" 1t positively
cures lures Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe,
bronchitis, all Throat and Lung
TROUBLES: Guaranteed bottle 5oc
s sae si.o0; Trial BOTTLES free at
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
Waited For q xawn.

Two young fellows recently went
out on a shooting expedition, driving
to their destination in a trap. They
had excellent sport, and toward night
fall they returned to where they had
hobbled their horse and were proceed
ing to hitch up when they discovered
that neither of them knew the way to
do it. In about an hour they had most
of the harness on; but, try as they
would, they could not get the bit into
the horses mouth. At last one Of them
sat down in despair, and his compan-
ion said:
"Well, Tom, and what are you going
to do now"
"I'm going to wait till that brute
yawns," was the reply. And they did.
st. Louis Republic.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
To My Friends

1t is with Joy I tell you what Ko-
dol did for me l was troubled with
my stomach for several months. Up
on being advised to use Kodol I did
So, and words can not tell the good
it has done me. a neighbor had
dyspepsia so that he had tried most
everything. I told him to use Kodol.
Words of gratitude have come to me
from him because I recommended it.
Geo. w. Fry, Viola, Iowa. Health
and strength, of mind and body,
depend on the stomach, and normal
activity of these digestive organs.
Kodol, the great re-constructive ton
ic, cures all stomach and bowel
troubles, Indigestion, dyspepsia. Ko-
dol digests any good food you eat.
Take a dose after meals. L. O.
Gale.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
Shake Into Your Shoes.

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder. 1t
cures painful, smarting, nervous feet
and in growing nails, and instantly
takes the sting out OF corns and bun
ions. Its the greatest comfort dis
covery of the age. Aliens Foot Ease
makes tight or new shoes feel easy.
1t is a certain cure for sweating
callous and hot, tired, aching feet.
Try it today. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. Don't accept any
substitute. By mail for Csc. in
stamps. Trial package free. Ad-
dress, Alien S. Olmstead, Leroy N,
Y
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
Couldn't support the Reso,ution.

Clerk Mcdowell Of the house tells a
story Of the Pennsylvania legislature
when that body was controlled by the
Democrats. They elected a speaker
named Patterson, who did not know
anything Of parliamentary law, but
who posed as a second Reed. At the
close Of the session one of the Demo-
cratic members offered a series Of res
buttons lauding the speaker for his
services, but d Republican member op-
posed their adoption.
II cannot" he said at the close Of
q ten minute speech, during which he
emphasized all the mistakes which the
Democrats had made, II cannot In
dorse a speaker who has the vaulting
ambition Of Napoleon and the intellect
Of Blind Tom"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
why Coughing !, we.l.n,,~

why Coughing Is Weakening.
Inc amount of energy expended in
coughing Is very considerable. Indeed
one or the patient statisticians for
"nlch Germany is renowned has cal
eulated that a patient who coughs once
every quarter of an hour for ten hours
eApends energy equivalent to 25O units
VI neat which may be translated as
equivalent to the nourishment con-
tanned in three eggs or two glasses Of
milk: In normal respiration the air Is
expelled from the chest at the rate of
.our teet per second, whereas in VIC
lent coughing it may attain a velocity
Of 300 feet.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
Considerate.

paterfamilias-See here! What does
This mean? The parlor clock is stop
ped. Mr.. Nicefellow was here last
night, as usual, wasn't he?
Daughter-Yes, pa, and l told him
what yea said about the cost Of coal
and gas in the parlor every night, and
we began 10 wonder how we could
economic for you, and finally Mr..
Nieefellow decided that we could at
least stop the clock and save wear and
tear on the works, you know.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
Had Him There.

Pa-Excuse me for saying 1t, my
lid, but I question the pretensions Of
5 foreigner who is seeking your
bid in marriage. I believe he is a
|se count.
baughter-I don't see, pa, why you
build object to him on that account
the attainment of your political as
ations you have always been par
plarly partial to that sort Of thing
ehmond Dispatch.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
Wholesale.

A Frenchman was teaching in a
large school where he had a reputation
for making some queer mistakes. One
day he was taking a class which was
rather %disorderly. What with the heat
and troublesome boys he was very
snappish. Having punished several
boys and sent one to the bottom Of
the class, he at last shouted out in a
passion. "Ze whole class 60 to re bot
tomw
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
Couldn't Help 1t.

Did you ever take an oath?" asked
! judge.
EWance only, y'ur honor" replied the
kness. "Big Moike shwore at me
lm the top az a swim story buildin',
l couldn't Fave me team to git at
b, so l had to take it.'.-Cincinnati
Tribune.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
Always Together.

<Beg PARDON" said the man who had
In writing in the hotel reading room,
BIT how do you spell innocuousY
Iis neighbor gave the desired infor-
2tion.
Thanks," said the writer, "and-er-
Eby the way
fThe other word" interrupted the
ght informant, sis 'd-e-s-u-e-t-u-d-e.'"
Philadelphia Press.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-08-15
A Necessary frecaution.

Don't neglect a cold. 1t is worse
than unpleasant. It is dangerous.
BY using mi minute Cough Cure you
can cure it at once. Allays inflamma-
tion, clears the head, soothes and
strengthens the mucous membrane.
Cures coughs, Group, throat and
ung troubles. Absolutely sa fe
Acts Immediately. Children like it.