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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
Isn't This Absolutely TrueP

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Nothing ever became popular-here or
In any other country-without a reason.
Popular men have merit of some kind,
must have, or they would not be popular.
They must have exceptional merit and
wonderful character if their popularity in
creases with time.
As with men, so with goods. So with
any article that is on the market. It can
not increase its sales, it cannot be adopt
ed as a standard article, it cannot sur
vive generations unless it have real, inner
ent merit.
Millions of dollars spent in advertising
any article without merit, are just wasted,
so far as continued sales are concerned.
Intelligent housekeepers cannot be COM
PEELED to buy what they do not approve OF.
That much is q se1f-evident fact. It
cannot be gainsaid. But it tells its own
story of Lion Coffee and its quality-a
coffee that has been the leader Of all
package cofees tor more than a quarter
Of a century, that has steadily grown in
the affections of millions of American
homes since the first introduction, long,
long ago
It's une1celled flavor, perfect purity and
uniform quality; its absolute cleanliness
and neat appearance, have endeared it to
the hearts Of the people.
Good grocers will tell you this, but those
who drink coffee ought to know much
more about quality than they who simply
sell it.
; Insist ON Lion. Coffee, buy no loose cof-
fee lin bulk)-you don't know what you
get. How can your grocer?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

on my head now, and from this out I
ever said a word against the pope and
his religion. When we got outside dad
says to me-: "Hennery, don't you ever
let me hear of your doing a thing that
would make the good man sorry if he
was to hear about it." And we went to
u hotel and stayed all the afternoon,
and all night, and just thought Of that
pope's angelic face, and when one of
the Americans came to our room and
wanted dad to play cinch, he was in
dignant, and said: Il would as soon
think of robbing a child's bank" and
we went to bed, and if dad wasn't a n
verted man l never saw one.
Well, sir, trouble, and sorrow, and re-
ligion, don't last very long on dad. The
next morning we talked things over, and
I quoted all the Roman stuff l could
think of to dad, such as I'm that elder
day, to be a Roman was greater than
a king" but before l could think twice
and a porter came and made us take off
our hats, because the king was riding
by, and we looked at the king, and dad
was hot. He said that fellow was moth
ing but a railroad hand, disguised in a
uniform, and, by ginger, if we had sven
that king out west working on a rail-
road, with canvas clothes on, he would
not have looked like a king, on a bet.
There was nothing but his good clothes
that stood between the king and a dago
digging sewers in Chicago.
After the king and his n%inespots had
passed, dad said: when you are in
Rome, you must do as the Romans do"
and he said he wanted to get that heavy
feeling off his shoulders, which he got
at the religious procession, and wanted
me to suggest something devilish that
we could do, and l told him we better
go and see the "Catacombs." He want
ed to know if it was anything like "a
trip to Chinatown" or the ~"Black
Crook" and l told him it was worse.
Then he asked me if there was much
low neck and long stockings in the
"Catacombs," and / told him there was
a plenty, and he said he was just ripe
to see that kind of a show, and so we
took a carriage for the "~Catacombs."
and dad could hardly keep still till we
got there.
1 suppose I ought to be killed for
fooling dad, but he craved for excite
ment. and he got it. The "Catacombs'
are where Roman citizens have been
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
CUTICURA SOAP.
The Worlds Greatest Skin soap-The
Standard Of Every Nation Of -
the Earth.

Millions of the worlds best people use
Cuticura Soap, assisted by -Cuticura ONT
Esn'' akin sae c Rpesst for anp p]re sweeiest o Of ,f1o,,
and identifying the skin, for cleansing
and the stopping Of falling hair, for soft,
ening, whitening and soothing red, rough
and sore hands, for baby rashes, feelings
and cha6ngs,, and many sanative, anti
septic purposes which readily suggest
themselves to women, especially mothers,
as well as for all the purposes Of the
toilet, bath and nursery. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

buried for thousands of years. in graves
hewn out of solid rock, and they are
,petrited,- and after they have laid in the
graves for a few hundred years, he
mummi1ed bodies are taken out and
stood up in corners, if the bodies will
hang together, and if not the bones are
piled up around for scenery.
We had to take torches to go in, and
We wandered through corridors. gazing
at the remains. until dad asked one of
the men with us what it all meant. and
the man said it was the greatest show
on earth. Dad began to think he was
nutty. and when / laughed, and said:
That is great" and clapped my hands,
and said: Encore dad stopped and
said: "Hennerr. this is NO leg show.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
His PHILOSOPHER.

Young Mother-John. you are simply
undolng all my training! You must not
give the baby everything in the house.
Helpless Father-It's not my fault!
If I don't give him everything he wants.
he yells.-Detroit Free Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

pie, when YOU get to Rome and see the
churches thicker than saloons in Mil
Waukee, and everybody attending
church and looking pious, you catch the
fever, and try to forget bad things you
have done, and if you get a chance 20
just cause you want to see everything
that is going on, and you think you
don't care whether school keeps or not.
and you feel independent, as though
this religion was something for weak
people to indulge in, and finally you
come face to face with the pope, and
see his beautiful face, and his grand
eyes, n his every movement is full
OF pious meaning, you "penuk' right
there, and want to kneel down and
let him bless you, by gosh.
Say, l never saw dad weaken like
he did when the pope came in. We
got tickets to go to his reception, but
dad said he had rather go tt the cata-
combs, OF the lion show at the Coliseum.
He said he didn't want to encourage
popes, because he didn't believe they
amounted to any more than presiding
elders at home. He said he had al
ways been a Baptist, and they didn't
have any popes in his church, and he
didn't believe in EN-, but some other
Americans were going to see the pope,
and dad consented to go, under protest.
it being understood that he didn't care
two whoops, anyway.
Well, sir, We went, and it was the
grandest thing you ever saw. There
were guards by the thousand, beautiful
gardens that would make Central park
look like a hay marsh, hundreds of
people in church vestments, and an
air OF sanctity that we never dreamed:
Jewels that are never seen outside the
pope's residence, and We lined up to see
the holy father pass.
Gee, but dad trembled like a dog
tied out in the, snow, and the ~perspira-
ton stood out on his face, and he looked
sorry for himself. Then came the pro-
cession, all mobiles and great people.
and then there vas a party of pious
EtSen carrying the most beautiful man
Wa ever saw on a platform above us.
and it was the pope, and lie smiled at
me, and the tears came to my eyes, and
I couldn't swallow something which
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
The Comment

Did my diamonds call forth any com
ment?" asked Mrs. Cumrox. !
Yes, indeed" answered Miss Cav.
enne. Il heard several people refer to
you as the human Observation-Disclosures
ington Star. " l,- !.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
Knew. Him.

When my husband comes home and
tells me he has had q corki,g eoo.;
time" said Mrs. Gayman. II alway1
know he has had an tncorking .Rcoa.
time.'-Chicago Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
Bile medicine for coughs and colds-N. w.
Samuel. Ocean Grove. n. J.. Feb. II. 1900.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

High finance is now getting soshigh that
some People expect to get to Heaven from
the, top of it.-Life. 800
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
His Opinion.

Dr.. Pills-See that squeezed-in waist?
That's what they call an hour-glass girl.
DR.. Bills-Hour-glass girl, Ell?
eyes. What do you think of her."
well, if she keeps up that sort of lacing
I should say her sands of life will not be
long in running ut."-Louisville Courier
Journal. \
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

When a man has money, he generally
haa more friends than heGneeds. |s&
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

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MBR0Ah
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The Bad Boy and His Dad Visit the
Pope-They Bow to the King Of
Italy and His Nine Spots Dad
Finds That "The Catacombs"
Is Not a Comic Opera.
BY. HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Former Ed
itor Of Peck's Sun, Author of "Peck's.
Bad Boy" etc.,
Copyright. 1905. by Joseph B.. BoWles.)
Rome, ltaly.-Dear Old Friend: You
remember, don't you, when you were a
boy, playing tag, you're it," and
"button, button, who's got the button?"
that n of the trying situations was
to be judged ito Ego to Rome" which
meant that you were to kiss every girl
in the Dom
l never got enough "going to Rome
when / attended church sociables and
parties, but always got blindfolded, and
had to kiss anybody they brought to me,
which was usually a boy or a colored
cook, so l teased dad to take me to
Rome, and when he got over his being
ratified and robbed and burned by lava
at Vesuvius, he said he didn't care
where he went, and, besides, l told him
about the Roman Coliseum, where they
Gurned hungry tigers, and lions, and hy-
enas loose among the gladiators, and
The people could see the beasts eat them
alive, and dad said that was something
like it, as the way he had been robbed
and mlsused in Italy, he would enjoy
seeing a good share of the population
chewed by lions, if the lions could stand
it. I didn't tell dad that the wild ami
mai show had not been running for a
couple of thousand years, cause +
thought he would find it out when we
got here.
Say, old man, I guess I can help you
to locate Rome. You remember the time
l spoke a piece at the school exhibition,
when l put my hand inside my flannel
shirt, like an orator, and said: "And
this is Rome, that sat on her seven
hills, and from her throne of beauty
ruled the whole world" Well, this is
1t, where l am now, but the seven hills
have been graded down, and Rome don't
rule the whole world a little bit; but she
has got religion awful.
The pope lives here, and he is the
boss of more religious people than any
body, and though you may belong to
any other kind of church, and when
you are home you don't care a CONT
mental for any religion except your own,
or your wife's religion, and you act
like an irfidel, and scott at good peO-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

Most of our fasting is done in pious
contemplation of the feasting that IL to
follow.-N. o. Picayune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

If Heavens streets are paved with gold,
the pessimist will want to take along a
little acid for testing purposes.-N Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

little acid for testing purposes.-N Y.
Times.
Shake Into Your Shoes
Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The straw hat season furnishes a chance
for. every man to get some practice in con-
trolling the lid.-Washington Post.
Pusheck's-Kuro is a, wonderful medicine
and cures where all others have failed,
especially in Rheumatism, Pains, Weak
ness and Stomach Trouble. It is the best
G. Pusheck, Chicago. Book free. Write.
Even the married man can't serve two
masters. H..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

rhs genuine has I date ard nunber Stamped
on the label-take no ether from your druggist.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07

Even the married man can't serve two
masters. T..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
Don't Poison Baby.

FORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must
PAREG0RIO or laudanum to make it sleep. These. drugs will p
sleep, and A FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP FR0MW
THERE IS NO WAKING. Many are the children who have. been Kill
whose health has been ruined for Life BY paragorc landanum and morphine
Of which is a narcotic product Of opium. Druggists are prohibited from
either Of the narcotics named to children at all or to anybody without lal
them poison" The definition Of narcotic" is: ~ medicine which reHeue
and produces Sleep but Which in poisonous doses produces stxpor, coma, a
sions and deaths" The taste and smell ofmedicines containing opium are DISC
and sold under the names Of Drops" "Coraials," " Soothing SyrupsS" ETC.
should not permit any medicine to be given to your children without J
your physician know Of what i. is composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT
TAIN NARCOTICS; if it bears the signature Of Ohas. E. Fletcher.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-07-07
The Bad Boy and His Dad Visit the
Pope-They Bow to the King Of
Italy and His Nine Spots Dad
finds That "The Catacombs"
Is Not a Comic Opera.

BY. HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Former Ed
itor Of Peck's Sun, Author Of "Peck's
Bad Boy" etc.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-16
School Notes

Miss Scally has resumed school work
are glad to see her again at her post of
duty. Miss Scallv expresses herself
as highly pleased with the able man
ner in which the work of her room has
been conducted during her absence by
Mrs. Ii. Blair.
Recognizing the fact that the press is
one of the greatest educators, the man.
agment of the schools has made ar
engagements whereby several local and
daily papers come regularly to the
library, as also several magazines,
The Forsyth Times and the Rosebud
County News are staunchly aiding the
schools in the educating of the youth
of the town and these valuable papers
through the generosity of the editors
reach us each week. Any good citizen
who wishes to assist the good cause of
press education by contributing books
or periodicals to the library will re-
celVe the gratitude OF the teachers ana
children. 1t is not the policy of the
schools to teach the children history of
the past without regard to the history
that is being made in the living pre-
sent. Current events are taught from
the first primary through the high
school.
A number of patrons have visited the
schools lately with the view of becom.
ing better acquainted with the teachers
and finding out the needs of their chill
dren. The doors are always open to
visitors and parents are urged to come
and cultivate the acquaintance of the
teachers and look into the workings OF
the schools.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-16

President Roosevelt is going to meet
with strenuous opposition in his plan
of railroad rate legislation, as is evil
denced by the fact that Monday dele
cation representing million railroad
employees called on the president to
protest against any measure tending
to lower rates on railroads. The dele
gates we're no doubt in earnest, but do
they realize that they are only the tools
of railroad kings used to carry out a
scheme which has been used by rail-
roads since their creation-that of play
ing the working man against the work
ing man. The officials of the railroads
have doubtless informed their en-
ployes that should the president COM
pei the roads to "tote fair" in the mat
ter of rates there would be general
reduction in the wage scale, hence the
anxiety of the railroad working con-
tingent. That rate Legislation is need
ed, especially in the state of Montana,
will be apparent to all who have freight
bills to pay. Granted that the cost of
maintaining railroad in Montana is
greater than it is in the east, yet it
will take an expert at the manipula-
ton of figures to convince the people of
this state that it costs nine times as
much to keep up the road from St.
Paul to Helena as it does to keep it up
from Syracuse, N. Y, to St. Paul.
We quote from the Helena Record
"From Syracuse, New York,
there were shipped two cases of
machinery. Both were boxed
Neither was more delicate than
the other. The destination was
Helena. One weighed 895 pounds,
the other weighed 300 pounds.
One was rated at $4.17 and the
other at S4.O9. That is the rate
from st. Paul to Helena, you must
understand. The total charge on
these two boxes for transportation
from St. Panl to Helena was nine
ty dollars and forty-nine cents.
The distance from St. Paul to Hell
ena is 1887 miles. The distance
from Syracuse to ST. Paul is 1907
miles. And what do you think the
charges were on those two boxes
from Syracuse to St. Paul? They
we're exactly ten dollars and seven
ty-two cents. Thus, it cost nine
times as much to haul two boxes of
Gilpin observer., 1905-10-05
The New Fashion in skirts.

1.-The closest attention must be paid
10 the fitting of the present-day skirt,
whether it be short or long" writes
Helen Berkeley-Loyd in the Delinea-
tor, FOR a false line about the hips
is a defect that cannot be concealed.
The new short skir. is bit shorter
than we have recently seen it; hence
the shoes and hosiery worn with 1t
must be of high grade, corresponding
with each other and with the gown to
which they belong. Kilting continues
popular; the plaits growing narrower
and more numerous, and fitted more
carefully to the hips The French
models show much shirring, and in
response the American dressmakers
are introducing cores gathered or
gagged into the belt. between groups
of plaits. The newest modification of
the fashionable circular skirt has a
bias effect in the front and at the
sides and full plaits in the back. 1t
is also marked by the revived gradu-
ated flounce. In tailored gowns the
line of union is left plain, or else it is
emphasized by a shaped fold finished
with fine cord. Occasionally this fold
is built up in a sort of ladder-work of
narrow bands of cloth or of rows of
soutache dyed to match the goods.
There are strong indications that the
apron front will presently lie revived,
and some of the most jealously guard
ed importations show still more
daring innovation in the lines of the
skirt For example. a chiffon velvet
gown in cut-strawberry color has its
front gore laid in shallow but unmis-
taxable drapery folds. just below the
belt and parallel with its dip The
ends of these drapery curves disap-
pear beneath the narrow box-plaits in
the adjoining cores
Gilpin observer., 1905-10-05
| - 20 poNl!S,HoUsEWTvI5 Nil!S,!H

A flannel wet with kerosene oil will
remove fly specks from brass. Polish
with chamois.
Glue can be removed from wood
work by rubbing over with cloth
dipped in vinegar. Vinegar is also
much better to dissolve glue than wa
ter.
For those troubled with reaches and
water bugs: Borax, burned on shov-
el or old pie tin and sprinkled in their
runways, will induce them to leave
their happy homes "for good"
Always allow cold water to run over
sardines before using them for sand
wiches or serving them whole. The
oil used to cover them is rarely of the
best and sometimes it is positively
bad. The delicate flavor of the fish
is not affected by the cold water.
Ribbons may be freshened, if not too
much soiled. by sponging with weak
ammonia water and hanging for few
minutes in the fresh air. They should
then be put between pieces of white
tissue paper and ironed with irons as
hot as can be used without scorching.
Gilpin observer., 1905-10-05
To Clean Ostrich Feathers.

Make lather of pure soap with
little ammonia in it. using about a
quart of water or more if the feathers
are very large. Move them to and
fro gently in this, then lightly press
them stem to tip between the thumb
and finger and do the same in an
equal amount of clear hot water.
Repeat in cold water, slightly tinted
with blue. Hang feathers up to dry
where there is draft and shake at in
tervals. Before quite dry gently shake
them before a gas stove or they can
be partially dried by steam over pan
of quick boiling water and finished as
directed. Comb carefully and curl
any stray strands with silver knife.
Gilpin observer., 1905-10-05
Niahteaps That Scent the Hair.

If you want to be in the very latest
fashion you must wear scented hair,
especially in the ballroom. There are
various ways of imparting delicate
aroma to the tresses. The newest
takes the form of dainty little night
cap, which is cunningly scented and
imparts to the hair during the hours
of sleep delightful aroma. This is.
of course, only very old idea re-
vived; that the ancients of luxurious
habits scented their hair is matter
Of history. 1t should be an almost
impalpable odor that is chosen-one
that will suggest an atmosphere of
sweet, fresh violets, and nothing more.
To overdo it is to kill pretty notion.
Gilpin observer., 1905-10-05
|ss|1I s13@eudeir @"

Two-letter monogram belt buckles
may be found all ready made.
The lacy, pretty, summer shirt
waists are now way down" in price.
Lawn negliges with colored silk
Innings are shown for cool weather
wear
Some delightfully."- pretty mission
rockers, with leather seats, are offered
for $3.50.
Children's half hose in dainty pinks
and blues are bargain feature at Is
cents pair.
Handsome brown suede belts-the
kind made to fit the form-are reduc-
ed to so cents.
Dainty little china sugar and cream
sets, decorated with flower designs,
are selling for 81 set.
Black taffeta is used for making a
lot OF swell little skirt and coat suits
fer early autumn wear.
Gilpin observer., 1905-10-05
III. Flr,t rsisphons.

What was probably the first tefe-
phone used for practical purposes in
England has just been taken down. II
was constructed in 1879 by the late
Mr.. Alfred Cunningham and his
brother between the old town hall.
Devices, and Southgate' House, the
residence OF the Cunningham family,
and was made from the description
and illustrations and sketches which
Edison contributed to the Scientific
American.
Gilpin observer., 1905-10-05
Picked WaInuts.

Gather the walnuts while young and
green and lay in brine strong enough
to bear up an egg. Leave in this for
week. changing for fresh brine
every day. At the end of the week
drain pierce each walnut with a
needle and throw into cold water
Drain again and pack in jars. Bring
TO boil two quarts Of vinegar to
which have been added half-cup of
sugar, a dozen whole cloves, black
peppers and allspice and six blades OF
mace Boil five minutes, then fill
the jars of walnuts to overflowing
with the boiling liquid and seal.
Gilpin observer., 1905-10-05
in the new modes, and the tunlc skirt

in the new modes. and the tunlc skirt
will be seen in a variety of styles.
Both short and long coats will be the
fashion. In separate waists there are
to be variations of the surplice style.
Many green's will be worn throughout
the autumn and winter. Red is also
fashionable. The grays, especially
the shades known as smoke and Lon
don fog, are particularly good style.
Electric blue, the plum, prune and
dahlia tints and the bronze and ma
hogany shades will also be worm
Grace Margaret Gould in Womans
Home Companion.