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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03

long pursuit Johnson was arrested. He
escaped from Jail, but his wife persuad-
ed him to surrender himself Later he
was pardOned. Mrs. Johnson cut her
hair and put on suit of her husband 8
clothes. They tramped from Ogden to
Evanston, Wyoming where both Sc
cured employment as sheep herders, the
wife still maintaining her disguise.
1T was exciting if it was hard" she
says, land nc one ever knew l was not
man. disguised myself so could be
with my husband all the time, and was
with him always. We were in saloons
together and in gambling houses, and
no one knew the difference
II was with him the night he got into
his trouble. He was gambling and so
was l. He lost all his money and made
out check. 1t was in his own name
Then he made out other checks In all,
there were five or Six I think started
for Salt Lake City after he was arrested.
How did we travel? Why, we went
every way but mostly beating freight
trains. We rode on the brake beams
sometimes and on top of the cars when
1t was safe. or in empty cars
Mrs. Johnson was Hester Larson and
was less than Is years of age when she
met Johnson and eloped with him. She
belongs to respectable family.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
Teach Travelling Men,

St. Paul.-Dairy and Food Commits
missioner E. X. Slater is planning a
convention of grocer's travelling men
for conference with the dairy and
food department. The obi ct of the
conference with the dairy and food de-
partment is to give the statesmen de-
finite information of what is wanted
by the department to conform to the
state pure food laws Commissioner
Slater found that the inspectors are
continually asked advice by the travel
ing men whether this or that is legal
and as to the proper labels and pack
ages of goods. He then conceived the
idea Of the conference and recently
wrote to a number of the wholesale
grocers- He has received a number of
replies, all favorable to the move.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
news Of minnesota,
4. Knotty POM.

St. PAULA demurrer to the CONF
paint in the case OF Charles Thompson
and Arson f. Spear against the Min
nesota Cold Storage company, in which
the plaintiffs seek to recover lao wild
ducks seized by the state and stored IN
the defendant company's plant, was
argued before Judge Hallam in the
district court and taken under advise
lnent.
The complaint alleges that on Sept
20 last the plaintiffs shipped into this
state 40 wild ducks from North Dako-
ia which the state seized. A demand
is made for the return of the birds, or
a judgement for their value, which Is
placed at $780,
The Minnesota game laws prohibit
any person from having in his posses
session more than fifty wild ducks,
but the plaintiffs assert that the game
was lawfully killed in North Dakota
and BECAME their property. Being their
property, it was argued that the State
Of Minnesota cannot contiscate them on
the ground that the number exceeds
the number Of birds which a person
may have in his possession under the
laws of this state. This, it was argued,
applies only to birds shot in this state.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
Site Selected.

Mankato -Governor johnson, State
Auditor 1verson and Attorney General
Young were at Minneopa, going over
the ground proposed to be purchased
for the Minncopa State Park provided
for by the last legislature. They were
joined at this city by a board of trade
committee and several prominent citi-
zens, and all were entertained at din
ner at the railway grading camp. The
state officials reviewed the grounds
and the beautiful and romantic Mime
OPP falls, which greatly resemble the
falls of Minnehaha. and expressed
themselves surprised and delighted
with what they saw. The work of the
board Of trade committee, DR.. j. w.
Andrews, C. N. Andrews and Thomas
Hughes, in selecting the land and con-
Quoting the negotiations for its pur-
chase was approved, and the commit
tee is requested to complete the trans
action
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
News Notes.

St. Paul-Frank T. Williams of Buff
falo is appointed superintendent of
the st. Paul weather bureau.
Hamline-F. G. Mcmillan of Mime
apolis has been given the contract to
put in the foundation for the
new main building at the university.
The contract has been let by the state
board of c ,ntrol. the CONTRACT price not
being announc d
Winona-The present prospect is
that one of Winona's handsome public
school buildings may before long be
vacated on acc ount of the reduced at
tendance, and it being no longer pos
sible to operate it economically. ="
Mankato-The first meeting of the
state normal board ever held in Man
kato took plac recently. 1t is believed
that hereafter the board will hold it's
meetings in cities where normal
schools are located.
Red Wing-The Lake City high
school football team was defeated in
this city by the Red Wing high SCHOOL
team. by a sore of IS too ',
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
A SOCIETY GIRL
TURNS FARMER
A BALTIMORE HEIRESS TAKES
CHARGE OF 600 ACRES.
RAISES THE LARGEST CROPS
Miss Georgia Jones Assumes Manage
ment of Old Homestead and Is a
Pronounced Success as an
Agriculturist.

Baltimore, Md.-Miss Georgia Gels
ton Jones, daughter of the late Isaac
d. Jones, has given up her fashion
able life in Baltimore and ceased to
take an active interest in the old
First Presbyterian church, having
taken over the management of a farm
Of 400 acres under cultivation and 200
acres in woodland She has raised
one of the largest crops on the east
ern shore OF Maryland.
Cares of big farm are just the op-
pOsite of the easy life that has been
the lot of Miss Jones. Her grandpa
Their, Hugh Gelston, was one of the
leading merchants and real estate
owners of this city in the '4O's, and
her father was attorney general under
Gov. William Pinkney Whyte Miss
Jones inherited wealth from both.
She is cousin of the late Countess
Machido, of Paris.
When the father of Miss Jones deed
she fell heir to Arcadia, an estate of
600 acres near Princess Anne, on the
eastern shore. She soon found she
could not get capable overseer or
manager for the place and that it was
going to wreck and ruin. She closed
her ancestral home here, boarding up
It's exterior to protect the rich furni-
ture, works of art and fine linen,
placed the family silverware in stor-
age and decided to go to Princess
Anne and run the farm herself
The estate lies on the bank of the
Manokin river, and is crowned by q
large and roomy old mansion. A
wooded lawn stretches away in front
of the house, a score of negroes are
in the fields busy cutting corn and a
herd of Jersey cattle roams over the
place.
Il did not come here to live, or,
rather l did not come here to stay"
said Miss Jones. II came here fully
intending to get a good tenant, to get
the dear old place, the house of my
father and the home of my child.
hood Strengthened up.
1T had been under the care of ten
ants who seemed to be able to make
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
Suic' de.

Minneapolis. Frank Lindberg, who
was found guilty in Judge Brooks
court of having beaten and robbed
Harry Durston in his room at the Min
nesota house four weeks ago, cut his
throat with razor in the county Jail,
dying almost instantly.
1t is the custom for prisoners to go
to the Jail offic, in the morning to get
their own razors to shave with. Will
liam Doole, the ring-leader of the
Warmelin safe blowing trio, had
brought his razor to his cell and laid
it down while he stepped out of the
cell to get some water. Lindberg,
who had been watching his chance,
ran in and seized the razor, and rum
ming to the toilet room, slashcd his
throath from ear to ear. The deed
was discovered moment later, but it
was too late.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03

total. need notstell Ito pay as You
60. You VII! and 1t at once the safest.
most convenient AMI most satisfactory
method OF managing money. Do not
be too ready to borrow or to lend. a
girl should never borrow. if she can
help herself. and while she should not
be mean and grudglng, she should be-
ware of loose lending.
Myra, a girl friend Of mine, q stu
dent at fashionable school. She had
only small allowance, but it was
punctiliously sent her by her father:
and as she had been trained in bust
nesslilse ways, she always had money
in her purse. Just across the corridor
there roomed girl who dressed with
great elegance and had an air OF
boundless wealth. ibis girl, who was
very sweet and attractive in manner.
had a fatal chronic habit of amiable
borrowing, and was very slow In pay
ing her debts. She gradually used up
the patience of most of her classmates.
who learned to be shy of listening to
her honeyed pleadin2s. But Myra did
not know her and was rather f1attered
when Lucy came flying in impulsive
and smiling, begging for loan which
took nearly every cent from Myra's
little hoard. The money was to be re.
turned in a day or two, but weeks
passed and Lucy SAID nothing about
reimbursement. Meanwhile Myra, the
honorable, was in the depths of de-
spair and in the greatest inconveni.
ence. She never forgot afterward to be
very careful to whom she made loans
One more suggestion. It is as much
duty to give to those who need it az
1t is not duty foolishly to loan mon
ey. Every young girl should have her
charities. There are other girls in the
world who need assistance. There are
causes very dear to us. We wish as a
matter of course to use money in our
church work. To 10 this in the best
way we must do it according to sys-
tenn, and fixed proportion of every
ones allowance should be put aside
and held as sacred trust because it
is to be devoted to some unselfish pur-
pose. For the rest, beware Of having
holes in your pockets. Some people
have a purse which is very much like
what the Bible describes as bag with
holes. Do not let outgo creep beyond
income Be just first and afterward
be generous. Regard money as an op-
portunity which must be put to good
account
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
WOMAN LIVES AS HOBO
FOR LOVE OF HUSBAND
Dressed as Man, Leads Rough Life
After Elopement-Will Wait for
Spouse Who Is in Jail.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-"I will stick to
him if have to wait forever for him, it
I have to wear mems clothes again and
follow him across the continent on 4
freight train," declared Mrs. Edward
Park Johnson the other day, speaking Of
her married life, in the course of which,
she has dressed as man and ''tramped
it, with her husband Twice since her
marriage three years ago she has seen
her husband sent behind prison bars.
He is now serving a sentence of six years
in Wyoming for forgery and the young
wife has returned to her home in Salt
Lake City.
The two eloped from Brigham City,
Utah, three years ago with horse and
buggy which Johnson had stolen. After
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
AcTUATED BY SELFlSHNESS
Attacks Upon Patent Medicines Are
Made by Men of Mercen-
ary Mind.

No other business of legitimate
character has ever been obliged to stand
such unwarranted and vicious attacks
as have been made on the patent medi-
cine" business by men of supposed and
professed intelligence and honesty who
have, in most cases, been actuated ONLY
by desire to further their own selfish
ends. The patent medicine" business
is one that had it's inception in the dire
necessity of the people, and one that has
grown to it's present magnitude by rea-
son of the virtue of the preparations it
has put out. At the present time the
patent medicine" business represents
the investment of many millions of dol
lars and the employment of many thou
sands of men.
The business of the "paten medicine
manufacturers is to provide a system
OF medication. for home use, that lacks
nothing in efficacy when compared with
doctors remedies, for simple and ia
mll1ar ailments, and which is, at the
same time within the financial reach If
all.
In the practice of medicine physicians
originated or assimulated manv spe-
cit1c remedies. Sometimes the knowl-
edge OF specifics was obtained from an
old grandmother, who had practiced the
healing art with roots, herbs and banks.
Some of them have been devised bv the
ingenuity of physicians, but many OF
them have been handed down from gen.
Grafton to generation. Those are the
simple remedies in every day use and in
constant demand.
These remedies were SO constantly
used that their efficacy became generally
knoWn-they became the standards of
the medical world, the medical staples
so to speak. Physicians who used them
and who knew their result producing
ability saw the demand for them and de-
vised means for their wholesale mann.
facture in laboratories great enough tn
make economy and exactness .;osa:b]e
When the first physician started to man.
ufacture more of a certain remedy than
he needed for immediate use the "patent
medicine business was born. and with
its birth there came into existence tho
system OF family medication that is now
so generally in vogue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
SHE HAS FORSAKEN SOCIETY FOR
THE MANAGEMENT OF \ FARM

money for themselves, but none for
my father and none for me when I
came into possession of it, urged
my father to sell it, but he thought
he could get returns from the farm
equal to six per cent. investment
Year after year passed and expected
returns came not. All the time it was
falling into bad repair
Imagine my CONSERVATION, and,
indeed, my grief. when I saw the
fences down, the lawn covered with
sedge grass, the front porch a DISNEY
eled wreck, the house sadly lacking
paint. Before l reached the house I
set the sedge grass on fire. The neigh
bors thought there was a big confla-
grafton on the place made my way
amid the smoke TO the house I had
loved so dearly 1t did not seem to
be the same house, and I could hardly
realize that within the same walls
only few years ago had gathered
some of the most prominent men and
women of the state and that here
had been heard their gay laughter
Why, in the living rooms in the days
of my father l had seen Is guests
assembled. the flower of Maryland.
Mad? I was so mad I did not know
what to do. No. I didn't cry though
l am woman. l wanted to restore
the dear old place, and l wanted to
restore it all at once. l was too busy
with my plans to cry could not
get rid of the tenant, for he had a
lease that would not expire for six
months When that period was up |
came into undisputed possession and
set about my work Of restoration.
''You can see that I have restored
the farm to what it was, in greater
part, during my fathers lifetime
This year beat all my neighbors in
raising wheat. My wheat averaged
IS bushels to the acre. 1 have been
told the average in the county was
Is bushels So remarkable was the
yield and of such fine quality was the
grain that the chamber of commerce
of Baltimore passed most favorably
upon it. l have been in receipt Of
hundreds of letters from all parts OF
the United States asking for seed
My oat crop was equally satisfactory
Ike yield was 100 bushels to the acre
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
FOR GkEEN AUTOMoBILISTS
Directions and Suggestions Which
May or May Not Be
- Useful,

one OF the first things required Of
the genuine automobilist is that he
mustn't know anything about it. And
the second is like unto the first, which
Is that a man should disregard his
nelghbors as much as he loves him.
self, says Life.
These things being understood in
the beginning, your standing among
the fraternity is assured Here are, in
addition, few minor matters that
need attention:
when you start out, be sure that
your mixture is correct. Put about five
gallons of 76 gasoline into your tank,
and add to this couple of highballs
for yourself. You will be surprised
how much better the machine will run.
Upon the extreme care and minute
ness with which you examine your
auto before starting out will depend
the almost absolute certainty of break
ing down. Don't miss anything, there
fore, from the steering apparatus to
the spark plug.
One of the greatest things about
automobiling is the way it trains the
senses. BY practice you will get so
that. you can pass through the most
beautiful scenery without being aware
OF 1t. thus acquiring that superb conP
centration necessary. And you will
soon be able to detect any unusual
smell and locate it at once.
Be sure to buy the most complete
set of tools known, and then, before
starting out, take from them the one
tool you will most certainly need and
leave it carefully behind you. After
awhile this will become second nature,
so that you won't even have to think
about it.
Remember that to keep your auto
In the best condition you must lubri-
cate it constantly. To do this success
fully use, say, one-half as much cylin-
der oil on the machinery as you use
on yourself. BY and by you can tell
by the way you feel whether every
thing is in good running shape or not
Do not be discouraged If your car
buretter gives out, your batteries lay
down on you, your connecting rod re-
fuses to connect, or you are confronted
by missing link in your chain. You
are, OF course, able to support yourself
in luxury and discomfort, or you
wouldn't have motor car anyway; 80
remember that many a man who has
more money than you has had the
same things happen to him.
And finally, when you have anything
happen to you, keep it secret from the
presence of your enemies. But when
you lie, lie openly-just as if you be-
lieved it yourself.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03

to make; all the materials needed would
be few odds and ends of silk or muslin,
some bran, and small doll. The legs
should be cut off at the waist, and a
round cushion substituted. This may be
sewn or glued to the body. Having
dressed the doll in the fashion indicated
with voluminous sleeves and skirt, the
edge of the latter should be gathered
and drawn closely together beneath the
cushion. Small cushions should also
be made to place round the arms to fill
out the wide sleeves, which are gathered
below the elbow to form a frill
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
"sOME BEAUTY DON'TS."

Don't wrinkle your brows with every
word spoken and expect the facial
masseuse to remove them permanently
in one hours time.
Don't worry or cry unnecessarily.
Worry makes wrinkles. Tears dull the
eyes, says a writer in the Philadelphia
Press.
Don't have wrinkled face. 1t is as
unnecessary as wrinkled gown.
Don't wash your face with soap, un-
less you want wrinkles.
Don't chew gum. It is unsightly AMI
vulgar, as well as rapid wrinkle pro-
Queer. -
Don't twist the mouth to ne side
in talking and fondly Imagine that it
makes the face more expressive.
Don't expect the coat of tan which
has been accommodating for weeks, to
disappear without some effort on your
part. :
Don't neglect the daily warm bath.
1t is a beautifier as we'll as health
giver. 4
Don't neglect to ,ventilate your Sleep
ing room, and the daily airing of the
living room, if you desire a good COM
plexion. ~ IS
Don't press out blackheads with the
finger nails. unless you want to enlarge
the pores. 1 ~~ $50 @'~~.' ~~< -~.~ --~ ,...,3
: Don't be surprised IL you have black
heads and pimples, If you eat pastry
and confectionery every day in the
Week. SzsssE&ss5sss- = ---s<r-.
Don't neglect to have the hands well
groomed if you wear costly rings.
Don't bite your nails, It hopelessly.
destroys the shapeliness Of the finger
tips, is uncleanly, and detrimental to
the health. %.zs...5s@=z1 ss z -
:. Don't neglect the daily care Of the
hair. 4 Cleanliness is quite as essential
for the hair as for the body
Don't arrange your hair like your,
friends, unless it also suits the con-.
tour Of your face. ~ u ~ s*ss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
The inexpensive Life.

Inc stingy husband is represented
in the Bystander as scowling penuri-
Ously at his wife.
Please don't Think he said. that
you can hoodwink me over money
matters. Do you think Ihave lived ali;
these years for nothing?"
Ard she replied: Il shouldn't be a
bit surprised"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
Mammoth Sunf1ower

w. R. Mccormack, farmer near
Orion, has a wonder of it's kind now
on his farm in the shape of gigantic
sunf1ower plant. The plant contains
105 buds and blossoms, the latter num-
bering u at present. It measures sew
en- feet in height and 1895 inches in
circumference at the base.-Detroit
News. ~ a. ,..5- 49, ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
Girl IS ALLOWANCE
GREAT MISFORTUNE TO BE
ABLE TO SPEND MONEY
FOOLISHLY.

The Girl with an Allowance Learns
to Be Practical and Independent
The Sum Should Be Moderate, But
Ample to Cover Necessary Ex-
pensos-Handle Your Allowance in
Business-Like Way-The> "Ami-
able Borrowing" Of q Boarding.
School Girl-Every Girl Should
Have Her Charities,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
NO TROUSERS, STOPS TRAIN
Man Robbed in Sleeper Holds Up
Traffic at Denver Until
Clothed

Denver. - E. D. Hall. of Omaha, de-
layed passenger traffic half an hour the
other morning because his only pair Of
trousers had been stolen from him in 4
Pullman sleeper. He was in through
car and when an attempt was made to
get him out so the car could proceed
west he refused to bulge. The railroad
officials in despair finally rushed up
town and secured him makeshift pair
six inches too long.
The whole car full of passengers took
part in the search for Halls trousers
when the car was approaching Denver
in the morning.
The victim of the sneak thief yelled
directions to the porters and conduc-
tor from his closely curtained BERTH
Hall admitted that he hung his trou-
sers on the floor, the same as he does
when home to keep the creases straight.
but declared in future he would sleep
with them under his pillow.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03
A NOVEL PlNCUShION.
May Be Constructed at Little Outlay
Of Money and the Result BE
Quite Satisfactory.

This is quaint little cushion for the
toilet table that would make an accept
able present. and would find a ready
sale at bazaars. 1t is quite inexpensive
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-11-03

Girl Becomes Telephone "Lineman. "
Lindsey, O.-Doing her sick fathers
work gladly in all kinds of weather
has made Miss Grace Brennemen, an
18-year-old girl, heroine in the eyes
of her neighbors.
J. W. Brennemen is manager of a
telephone company, and as the concern
is small, he took care of all the outside
work of the system. A month ago he
was taken too sick to do the repair
work. and so that the father might not
lose his job, the daughter essayed to
perform that task for him.
Every afternoon, in a short skirt ed
shirt waist, she climbs into a buggy
with her bag of tools and coil st
wire, and off she goes on her rounds.
She climbs telephone poles and makes
repairs as easily as q regular lineman.