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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21
Prevalence of Smallpox.

That smallpox is
alarmingly preva-
lent in many States
must be evident to
all who read the
newspapers. Sta
tistics show that
during the year
1901 the number
Of cases in the mid
die West increased
over 800 per cent,
the plague becom-
ing more widely
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21
Tongue and Taste,

The tongue is divided into three re-
gions of taste, the first of which is
chiefly sensible to pungent and acid
tastes, the middle portion to sweets or
bitters, while the back is confined to
the davors Of roast meats, butter. oils
and nch and fatty substances.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21
What Makes a City Great.

The truly great;
city is the city Of
great men, for that
means great capac!
ity in all directionsI
That city must BID
the truly greater
city-greater in the
sense Of better;
which possesses the
best men. Where
men are of The
highest tyDe Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21
Work that Convicts Miuht Do.

The roads Of the State need
improving. Under proper con-
troll and direction the convicts
could do the work. Is there
any reason why they should not
be 50 employed? The men must
be housed, fed and clothed, all
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21
ads ia Schools a Necessity,

AcOllisitiOn

Acquisition Of
knowledge is the
popular definition
Of education. The
new education does
not ignore the
value of knowledge
by any means, but
it does shift the
emphasis. Our at
titude tow a L d
school fads will be
determined by our
definition Of educa-
ton. If the "tlrec
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

of which costs money, which must be
supplied by the taxpayers. Is there any
more effective way OF making returns to
the taxpayers than in the permanent I'M
provement Of the public roads:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

Have used Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton nearly two years, and find nothing
to compare with it.-Mrs. Morgan, Berke-
ley, Cal, Sept. 2, 1901.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse
in Children's Home, New York, break up
Colds in "a hours, cure Fcyershness,
Headache, Stomach Trouble, Teethinx
Disorders and Destroy Worms. At all
druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, Y. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21
A COrkscreW Steeple,

The steeple of the parish church at
Chesterfield. Eng is often called the
'corkscrew'' steeple, for it has got quite
big twist This is due to the action
Of the SUN on the wooden and iron ma
teriaIS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21
THE OLDEST lRONMASTER.

Remarkable Citizens.
Had Christopher Tug, the oldest iron
manufacturer in the United States, not
been stricken with blindness four years
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

In the royal theater at Berlin the
price of a parquet seat is $1.25. At the
royal opera it is 81 so.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

The material of the Buffalo. exDosi-
ton which was recently sold to a wreck
ing company for $132 900, cost over
SS,OOO.OOO.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

Coughing Leads to Consumption
Kemp's Balsam will top the cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
sample bottle free. Sold in Is and So
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
EerOuS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

PUTNAM FADELESS DYE pro-
duces the fastest and brightest colors
of any known dive stuff.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21
=. KIDNEY TROUBLES
Mrs.. Louise. II. Gibson Says
g That This Fatal Disease is
Easily Cured by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.

"DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAM II felt very
discouraged two years ago, I had SUI
fered SO long with kidney troubles and
other complications, and had taken so
much medicine without relief that 1
began to think there was no hope for
me. Life looked SO good to me, but
what is life without health I wanted
to be well. r. .::, 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

Men Dye More than Women.
A New York druggist said recently
that according to his experience men
use hair dyes to much greater extent
than women. . III,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

Insurance tables show that in Ger
many only one person in 10000 reaches
the age of 100 years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21
Pneumatic Postal tn hes.

Pneumatic postal tubes make. slow
progress in this country. In London there
are eighty-one pneumatic tubes for the
dispatch of postal packets, and their as-
gregate length is thirty four miles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21
$500 From $1.OO.

VIM. Kelley. Lawrence Co.. O., made on Sl.oo
worth OF tomato seed. bought from the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., Lacrosse, Wis. last summer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

MRS. W1NsLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for
Children teethinS: softens the gums, reduces In
fammation. allays pain, cures wind collie. Is
cents q in)ttle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21
Progress of Women.

We do not assume that all
women desire the ballot. All
women do not desire any one
good thing. There are some who
desire no good thing at all.
There are others who are not
seeking the very best in any ye-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

Twelve million New Years cards
passed through the Berlin city postofice
ON January I, exclusive Of those sent
tant Of town.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

HlTc Permanently Cured. No fits nervousness tier
I'll frat days OF DR.. kline's Great Nerve Re-
send for FREE e2 90 trial bottle treatise
Dir. Il. II. KLINE. Ltd, 93l Arch St., PHILADELPHIA Pa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21
Blankets Distributed in Australia

AS Showing the paternal attitude
adopted by the government Of Queens
land toward the aboriginal inhabitants
the report of DR.. Roth states that when
tho cold weather comes Oh blankets are
distributed. Last year about 5000
were given away by the govern
ment authorities at So stations. In or
der to prevent these blankets finding
their way into the hands of whites
exchange for drink and food-a special
pattern is used. When the day of distri-
button comes the blacks foregather from
all quarters and receive their blankets
with much JOY, as they provide them
selves with no clothing and their houses
arc only rude attempts at shelter from
tle winds
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

CONVINCE YOURSELF that Ely's
Cream Balm deserves all that has been
SAID OF it as means Of quick relief and
final cure in obstinate cases Of nasal ca
tarrh and hay fever. 4 trial size costs
but ten cents. Full size, so cents. Sold
by druggists or mailed by Ely Bros, So
Warren street, New York.
Messrs. Ely Bros.-Please send mo one
bottle of Cream Balm, family size. |
think it is the best medicine for catarrh
in the world. Mt. Olive, Ark.
J. NJ. SCHOI4TZ.
Messrs. Ely Bros.-l have been attiict-
ed with catarrh for twenty years. 1t
made me so weak l thought l had con-
sumption. got one bottle Of Ely's Cream
Balm and in three days the discharge
stopped. 1t is the best medicine have
used for catarrh.
FRANK E. KINDLESPIRE.
Proherta. Cal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

Now early cucumbers is one OF the best paying
vegetables. so also earliest radishcs, peas,
tomatoes, beets, etc.
For Ice. aud this Notice
:, the John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lacrosse Wis,
: send yo4 100 kinds OF vegetable and flower
money making vegetables. Market gardeners
hist, &c! GNU
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

Thomas a. Edison has taken out
nearly 500 patents on his various inven-
tons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

If you tire Of Buckwheat, try Mrs. Aus
tins famous Pancake Flour for Il change
made from the great food cereals.
There are 354G. milIonaires in the
United States.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-21

Bombay, with an average temporal
ture Of sos, is the hottest Of the worlds
large Cities
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01
To be Continued. !
How About the Merry Maskers ?

How About the Merry Maskers:
How often do we hear the cry, 1T Is
only the Latin races who possess the
true spirit of the masquerade" With
it goes the kindred complaint, anglo.
SaXons are too cold to enter into the
true spirit Of the masquerade"
But what is 'the true spirit of the
masquerade" I have sought for 1t
vainly. 1 have even failed to find it
in full ettlorescence among the Latins.
In Latin countries the carnival is de-.
clining. Where it still prevails among
them it seems to be kept up for COM
mercial reasons. Where it has been
imported into Anglo-SaXon countries,
it blends with our civilization about
as fifty as does white four-sack
patch on q miners blue overalls.
Was the carnival always such a
merry, merry time Were there no
thin-legged men in Hhe days Of doub-
let and hose? Were there aforetime
no ladies afflicted with fatty degenera-
ton of the ankles? Did nobody get
drunk? Were there no fights: Did
the men who st slugged by merry
maskers hit back? Or did they turn
the otlier cheek? Was there any lock-
up? Did the lookup get full? And
how about the merry maskers?-Ar-
ronaIit. "j 4 ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01
four Smithyilles, four Spartas Id five

four Smithvilles, four Spartas Id five
Jeffersons and so on. In She in.
stances there is postofficebf the
same name in each Of the seveIStates.
AS one may imagine, this on tends
to confuse the average mind.
Periodically the clerks are tamined
at railway mail headquarter9 Packs
Of cards, each card bearing ae name
of a postoffice, are furnisheta candi-
date for examination. He tSes a DO
sition in front Of a case f pigeon
holes labeled with the name Of differ
ent railway postofices throghout the
country. He throws" the ards. dis
tributing them to proper 1utes, Just
as he would packages T. a postal
car. After he finishes til examiner
goes over the cards and chtges up the
errors the clerk has mad and gives
him his percentage Of corrct distribu-
ton. The clerk is also 6amined on
general and standpoint or station
schemes at different times
It Is asserted at railw9; mail serv.
ice headquarters that thee are clerks
who have reached the cahcity of their
minds In the matter OF remembering
names. They now remember so many
that it would be absolutely impossible
to learn another State or part Of
State. 1t would seem Tat of the mill
ions of cells IA their bhin machinery
none are left to fill, al having beer
taken up in the prosecution of the ex
acting duties imposed by their occu
pation.-Chicago Recod-Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01

army Of men in the employ
Of Uncle Sam are burdened with q
mental practice unheard Of, as re-
CARDS extent, in any other country Of
the world.
Things that a railway postal clerk
must remember have increased in such
volume that one would think every cell
of his brain would be filled with the
name of postoffice or railway connec-
ton, and the wonder is that the clerks
mind does not falter under the press
ure. Despite these facts cases Of In
sanity among this class Of public serv-
ants are rare.
One Chicago postal clerk maintained
for several years a record Of 21,OO0
cards (Which take the place Of letters
In examinations with an average per
cent. of correct distribution Of frac.
tion over ninety-nine per cent. He
knew how to reach that many Offices
In several States by the shortest,
quickest route, and he knew the cor
rect location of each Office in its State.
A clerk on the New York and Chi
.ago Railway postofice must know the
correct location of every postottice IN
a group OF States made up Of Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota,
South Dakota and Nebraska. In these
seven States there are 1887 post
Offices. Not only is the clerk required
to be "up" on the general scheme,
which means the correct location Of
the postofices' in each State. but he
must know how to reach the whole
10000 postofices from one or more
stations.
A clerk running between Chicago
and Minneapolis underwent no fewer
than seventy-eighth examinations IN
fifteen years, learning 1896 Offices in
fifteen different sections of the United
States. In some Of these examina-
tions he was required to make q Chi
cago city distribution, which means
that while running over the country at
the rate Of a mile a minute he must
distribute letters to the carriers of the
Chicago delivery. He must keep not
only where every public building and
leading mercantile house is located,
but also how to divide the numbers on
q particular street, so that he can ste
out" his letters to the correct carrier,
according to the route Of the latter.
This same clerk made thirteen examin-
t, he ero
correct distribution of 99.8S per cent.
In twenty examinations he came out
Of nine Of them with a clear 100 per
cent each.
Think of such a task, taking into
consideration the puzzling similarity
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01
-Fru the New York Tribune.
lircuIstes Warm Air.

Most p,ple put away their elec
fans in thfall, thinking they will 3
no furthe use for them until
warm weber arrives in the sp1
but we slw here a simple arra
ment whic makes it possible to-
ize the elecic fan for blowing b
well as col air. It is the inN
Of Edwin IPortor, and can bt
to heat roas and Offices W y
there Is a gajet handy. 1t als
the air in ceulation about TIN
instead Of awing it to rem|
and dead alaay. In this apt
the frame oEuard which suhn
the blades ofle fan is Of hollEt
ing, and is cnected with q 3
by a rubber be. The frama
perforated at tervals the gas
nited as it f1G from the opj
the resultant It being driven
the room by /, action of ii
blades. The ientor designs
heater especiallfor attachment
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01
Street Aid In Accidents.

The municipal authorities or:
are experimenting with a unique $
equipment for rendering prompt
10 the injured. 1t is described as
like a letter box pillar, and con
n folding stretcher, a few medi'
bandages, etc. In order to get at
objects it is necessary to breaH
glass, as when calling" a fire e1
In this way the key Of the cas3
access to a telephone inside com
eating the ambulance service
tanned. This would ob7iate az
the necessity Of hunting up
Dhone and a policeman, in q -
give aid to a case Of accide
LOW necessary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01

as Bethel Church, having ro
wears the distinction Of beingo
house of Protestant worshipst
the river. Rev. David Green,Aa
of Virginia, was its pastor u
death, in 1909. The louisa "
Times suggests that the buhns,
moved to st. Louis and mad,a :.
of the Louisiana Purchase Exns'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01

to any odd nun nhber Of squares indef-
nitely, For Illustration twenty-five
squares are Givfn and the sum Of each
Of its rows OF figures perpendicularly,
horizontally or liagonally is si1ty-fve.
Now for rule. Always write
your numbel consecutively, diagon-
ally. upWar!e the right. If that
direction ca1 you outside Of the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01
Principle Of Magic squ,res Made Plan.

Magic squares OF add numbers in
which the figures ADDED in perpendicu-
lar, horizontal or diagonal rows make
the same sum are fund in books Of
puzzles, but the Principle on which
they are based is neJer given.
There is a principle, and it is appIi-
cable without limit, from one square
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01
Historic Place obrship.

Historic Place obrship.
It has been ascertainthat the frs
Protestant church erec west of tn,
Mississippi River is stiAnding, neaI
Jackson, Cape Girardesounty, Mo-
being used now as a harm. 1t wal
built of logs, in 1906, a Baptis
congregation, and wasng know
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01

thermo-electric fan. ich runs solelJ /
with the aid Of the generating it|
own current for rotsg the fan, bu|
the frame can be rey attain Il
any electric fan wibut IF ez
penSe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01
CHAPTER XIX.

1t was about month after the ship
wreck which brought such strange
consequences to the Blue Lion and its
inmates that Clifford King. much
against his will, found himself, for the
first time that winter, at dance. He
detested dancing, never accepted an
ipXitation to q ball if he could help 1t,
meyer turned up if he found HIM
\ lied to accept.
Entertainment was an ex-
being given in honor Of
W of Otto Conybeare's
"a the mines laid for
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01
A Power in Town Bull

a Power III 1U"H -
A newspaper whose col
flow with ads. Of busines
more influence in attract
to, and building up, a
than any other agency t
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01
: Cultivate a Sense of Humor.

If you are fortunate enough to have
even the germ Of a sense Of humor.
cherish that carefully. 1t Is the very
salt and SAVIOR Of life. Learn to smile
= er the foibles of your friends, loving
II none the less, but more, because
ir little weaknesses. Do not
pIe too seriously, and. above
take yourself too seriously.
Aan atom in an incompre-
e, afte-: all. Why find
brief moment with,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01
Wonderful Brain Work.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
III all Clerks Memories Heavily Taxed

ILLIONS Of people are COM
planning nowadays Of being
taxed financially, but an
army Of men in the employ
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01

of names that are used to designate
postofices. Then, too, must be copsid-
cred the fact that there are hundreds
of cases where IN each State is a post
Office of the Same name. For instance,
In the States named above theYe are
. ieuEl leyas.l
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-01

les, then go to the opposite end os
ow at which you stand. If ys1
a sauah that ts occupieaC'or th|
: right hand corner, then drop
- below the last one use
- before. Begin with
tire square. Now t
erald.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-01
Twenty vssrs' Trial.

There arc lots OF good things the
doctors know nothing about We IRE
auentiy cure people of disease after
the doctors have given them M II
the disease comes from overwork. dis.
sfpation or exposure. causing weak
and watery blood and loss OF nesh and
strength. We have the one sure rem.
edy In DR.. Gunn's Blood and Nerve
Tonic, The~e tablets taken with
meals turn the food into rich red
blood. making strong STEADY nerves
and Increasing the strength, buiidine
up solid nesh At the rate OF I to
pounds per week, This means health
For nervous proetrstion, loss of mem
ory or 4 pale. sailow completion a
better remedy was never made Doc.
tors know nothing about this remedy
only the fact that we mako cures ~
We haye been doing this for twenty
years we know our method to be the
right one. Druggists sell Dr Gums
Blood and Nerve Tonic for rs cts. oer
box. or boxes for 81. or sent by mail
on receipt Of price. Write us for a
pamphlet telling all about this great
medicine. Address. DR.. Gum. Phils.
deiphla Pa For sale by J, L. Par.
a0Na-
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-01
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

LONDON April 30.-According to
the stock ticker dispatch. time Lon
don 246 p. m. the Boer General De
larey and three commandos had sur.
rendered.
LONDON. April 30.--The war de
partment has been besieged this after
noon and evening for news from
South Africa. Only the most conser.
vatlve statements are given out, but
the general impression prevails that
at last the cruel war Is over and the
English army will soon be homeward
bound. Official announcement has
not been made of the surrender OF
Delarey and his fighting command
but II Is regarded as an accepted fact
AS well AS the report that Botha and
pewet have practically accepted
kitchcner's terms and will lay down
arms at once and accept British
sovereignty,
England breathes great sigh OF
relief over today's nows which would
probably have been reported to the
house OF commons today but that
body is not in session this afternoon
having sat up all last night on an in
sular measure, not adiourning until
nearly seven O'Clock this morning
English statesmen. therefore. are
sleeping today.
LONDON. April 30.-The war de
ment from South Africa other than
partment makes no positive state
that matters are progressing towards
the end of the war. II will not ac.
knowledge the alleged surrender OF
Dclarey and his commando, while the
afternoon papers state 1t as fact
Officially there Is no news TO that ef-
feet.
WASHINGTON April 30.-Durins
the senate Philippines Investigation
today. General Macarthur and Sena.
tor Patterson OF Colorado INDUCED in
a sharp tilt The loss OF native life
WAS small. compared with the poula.
ton. which is dense, said General
Mac Arthur.
About 80 per cent in one prov
ince." sneered Patterson.
III you are willing to believe that
cannot help it," announced MacAr-
thur, who went on to say that the ma.
tlvcs We're now unfit for self govern
ment but In a receptive condition
ST. LOUIS. Mo. April S0.-Wilbur
Davis. the waiter arrested pending
the result OF the coroner's inquest
on the death of Mrs, Harry Fargo,
whom her husband shot dead, will be
held. Davis admits that he escort
ad the woman home saving he had
known her several months under the
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-01
The ores, Dismal swamp,

OF Virginia ~ a breeding ground
of MAiartai germs. SO IL low, wet or
mhrshay ground everywhere. These
germs cause weakness. chills and
fever. aches In the bones and muscIes
and may induce dangerous maladien
But Electric Bi.ters never fail to de-
stroy them and cure maiariaI trou
blcs. They wfiI surely prevent ~
phoid. I'VE tried many remedies foi
Malaria and Stomach and Liver trou
blc~." writes John Charleston OF Byee
Vile, o.. "but never found anything
A. good as Electric Bittars-" Try
them, Only Soc J V, Tiffany guar,
antecs satisfaction.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-01

1t will be to your advantage to ascer-
tain the rates from Chicago to New
York. New England. and all eastern
points applying over the Nickel Plate
road and its eastern connections.
Three daily trains on which there is
no excess fare. One feature of ser
vice on that road is meals In dining
cars on American club plan. Pay
for what you get. but in no event
more than from 35c to 81. Folders,
rates and all information cheerfully
furnished by applying to John Y. Cal
lahan, General Agent, III Adams
street. Chicago, Ill. Depot, Fifth av-
enue and Harrison street