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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-29

dishonest man or woman in Holland,
except one. There was one woman
that played it on dad in Amsterdam,
but think she only played him for a
joke, for she laughed all the time. Dad
was much struck at seeing the women
selling milk from little carts, hauled
by teams of big dogs, and he negotiated
with a woman for dog team and cart,
and all one day dad and put on wooden
shoes and Dutch clothes and drove the
dog team around town, and so we had
the time of our lives, more fun than
ever had outside of circus. but the
shoes Skinned our feet, and when the
dogs laid down to rest and dad couldn't
talk dog language to make them get up
and go ahead, he kicked the off dog with
his wooden shoe, and the dog got up and
grabbed mouthful Of dads ample
pants and shook dad till his teeth were
Loose, and woman driving another
mess of dogs had to come and choke the
off dog so he wouldn't swallow dad,
pants and all. Dad gave her dollar for
rescuing him, and what do you think?
Say, she pulled an old stocking of money
out of her bosom and counted out ~96
cents in change and gave it back to dad
and only charged four cents for saving
his life, and that couldn't occur in any
other country, cause in most places
they would take the dollar and strike
him for more.
Dad wanted to take the dog team
and cart to Milwaukee TO give it to a
friend who sells red hot weiners, and
so we arranged to have the team load
ed on the boat, but just before the boat
sailed the dog team was lying down
on the dock, sleeping and scratching
tleas. when the woman dad bought the
team of came along and spoke to the
dogs in Dutch, and, say, those dogs
woke up and started on a regular run
away down the dock, after the laugh
ing woman, and disappeared up the
street, just as the boat whistled to pull
in the gang planl1s. Dad and stood
on deck and saw the team disappear,
and dad said ''Buncoed again, and it
is all your fault. Why didn't you
hang ON to that off dog?'
Well, we lost our dog team, but We
got the worth Of cur money, for we
saw a people who DO not eat much be-
side cabbage and milk, and they are
the strongest in the world, and there
never was case of dyspepsia in their
country. We saw PEOPLE with stone
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-29
"Yous Is, Amt Your"

This conversation is said to have TAX
en- place between Guthrie ball player
and a bartender:
rs you gotany smokin' tobaccog'
asked the bali player. * III
The bartender did not reply at once,
and the question was repeated. s.s5
Il amt said amt" retorted the bar
tender. ~ i II y s#s.Iszz2 II
f.. Il amt asst yo' if yo' amt. I asst yo'li
youis. sYo' is, Amt you ?'-Kansas City
Journal. ss~s- - "a S52 S5ssszz5z#..s ss
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His Sage Counsel.

Il been thinkin' bout gittin' mai
.ried, !" said a member of his flock. to
Brc4her' Williams. You reckon could
git marriage license fer : dozen water
melonsf' 55sss
y reckon you could, 2 replied Brother
Williams But my wholesome advice
Ter You is to eat de watermelons!.' =.
lanta Constitution. SIS. 1.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-29
Cause and Effect,

Ihe last time saw Mrs. Newbride
she said her husband was sick" 49,.
Yes; the last time I saw Ter she
was making some dainty dish for
him"
An! l guess I must have seen her
just after you did.''-Philadelphia
Press. $50
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-29
The Prince at Newport.

HERE Will be a
gay old time at
Newport the lat
ter part of this
month, Or early
in October, when
Admiral Prince
Louis of Batten-
burg with the Sec
Ond British North
Atlantic squad
ron visits that
noted resort. To
have a member
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Editor of the Consular Reports.

AJOR JOHN M.
CARSON, for
over 80 years one
Of the best known
of the corps of
Washington cor
respondents, now
at the head of the
bureau of manu-
facturers, in the
department Of
commerce and Ia
Dor, has brought
his old newspa-
per and editorial
instincts into SER
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-29
MI. Yerkes of Kentucky.

L JOuu w. I erkGS,
commissioner of
internal revenue,
does not land in
President Roose-
velt's cabinet it
will not be the
fault of an army
of good friends
who are cOntin-
ually holding him
up as the ideal
man from the
south for such a
position. M r y
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Memento of George Washington

NE by one the
old landmarks
and historical
p &C e s a out
Washington are
r e m we'd or.
changed but one
interesting = old
tavern seems des--
tined to remain
for some time as
a memento of
George Washing
toms time. An
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-29

and by carefully loading the dice saw
the whole thing off onto Uncle Sam,
and make him pay the debts of the de-
ceased republic, and act as administra-
tor for the benefit of the children of
the sawed off republic, whose only as
set now is climate that feels good, but
contains germs of all diseases, and
tobacco that smells good when it is ir
conf1agration under your nose, and
does not kill instantly if it is pasted up
in Wisconsin wrapper that is the
pure goods. If tobacco ever ceases to
be lad with the rich consumer of so
cent cigars, and beet sugar is found
to contain no first aid to>Rright's dis
ease, Cuba will amount toE about an
much as Dry Tortugas. which has
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-29

After Driving Milk Cart in Holland,
the Bad Boy and His Dad Go to
Cuba-The Bad Boy Finds Havana
Something Like Heaven-In the
Harbor They See the Backbone Of
the Maine,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-29
Verv Trina

Men who affect virtues have no af.
lection for them. .#.*-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-29

attempt was recently made to sell the
historic building but no one appeared
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-29
'W'IA As | GOSSIP.
NATIONS CAPITAL A CHILLY
PLACE TO HEROES.
4 HISTORIC OLD TAVERN
Odd Bits Of Information from Utter
most Parts of Earth in Present Con-
sular Reports - The Commits
sioner Of Internal Revenue.

ASHI N G T o NJ
The citizens of
Washington, as a
rule, are the most
undemOnstrativ G
lot in the coun-
try. They are
most phlegmatic.
in sentiment. 1t
has been fire.
quently remarked
that noted men
and heroes who
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-15
cole

Girls modesty and oversensitiveness
often puzzle their mothers and battle
physicians, because they withhold their
confidence at this critical period.
A mother should come to her child's
aid and remember that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound will at this
time prepare the system for the coming
change and start the menstrual period
in young girls life without pain or
irregularities.
Miss Emma Coleof Tullahoma, Tenn,
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 want to tell you that am enjoying bet
ter health than | have for years, and l owe
it all to Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable Com
pound.
when fourteen years of age suffered al
most constant pain, and for two or three
years I had soreness and pain in my side,
headaches and was dizzy and nervous, and
doctors all failed to help me.
"Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
was recommended, and after taking it my
health began to improve rapidly, and think
it saved my life. Isincerely hope my expert
ence will be a help to bother girls who are pass
ing from girlhood to womanhood, for know
your Compound will do as much for them"
IF you know of any young girl who is
sick and needs motherly advice ask her
to write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass,
and she will receive free advice which
will put her on the right road to astrong.
healthy and happy womanhood.
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piece so as to be perfectly uniform IN
size and shape, which after being planed
to the required form is cut up into keys
each one-half inch wide.
AS the desk-front Cor desk-fall, as it
is more often called is quite wide it
must be kept from warping, and held
straight by having a cleat of the same
thickness firmly doweled to each end,
as shown in detail in Fig. 181. This
illustration also gives the position Of
one OF the two brass screws upon
which the desk-fall is hung. The
bowels should be three-eighth inch in
diameter and two inches in length
one inch into each of the two pieces.
The pigeon-hole case, which is shown
in detail in Fig. 1872, must be made
entirely Independent of the sides and
top which form the space it is to oc-
cupy. 1t should be made of pine, yell
low poplar or other soft and light-col
ored wood, and must be carefully con-
structed as to size, so that when COM
pleted 1t will slip easily into and also
fill the space for which it is intended
1t is held in it's position by two small
screws through the lower end of
each side piece, and three through the
top, seven screws in all. The positions
OF four of the screws are indicated in
the drawing. Their size should be
fve-eighth inch, No. or No. 6, and
they must be carefully used 80 as to
avoid splitting. The upper piece, and
also the two sides and two middle up
rights must be three-eighth inch in
thickness; while all other partitions
and shelves are one-fourth inch.
The center space, marked K, may be
left open, or it may be filled with a
drawer, as indicated in the drawing.
If drawer is used the drawer front
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-15

with the lemons of the upper, middle and
lower shelves projecting only three
eighths of an inch through the sides, be-
ing carefully fitted and glued, but with
out the wedges or keys commonly used
in this mode of construction.
The ends of the lemons must be neatly
chamfered and smoothed, so as to pro-
duce finished appearance, and the con-
struction will be found quite as strong
as when keys are used. The two remain
ing shelves are doweled and the back of
the case is nailed or screwed into rab-
bet which is made three-eighths inch
wide and three-eighths inch deep in the
inside back angle of the sides.
A front elevation of the desk opened
is shown at A in Fig. 179. At B in the
same drawing we give an end view which
indicates the positions of the shelves,
pigeon-hole case and desk front when
open. The front is hung on two large,
roundhead brass screws, 21s inch, No.
16, as indicated at B and also at c in
Fig. 1872, and is supported by having its
lower end swing under the middle shelf,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-15


pieces. The connections may, however,
be further strengthened by the use of
long, slender wire brads, driven from
the outside, and wherever possible to
do so, and in the present case the two
miluule upright pieces should be held
up by two or three three-fourth inch,
No. screws through the top piece and
into the end of each. In all such case
work great care must be taken to have
the grooves neatly cut, and the ends
clo~ely fitting in the grooves, as not
only the strength but the workmanlike
appearance of the case will depend on
the care of the workman in this re-
spect.
This desk will look best if made of
quarter-sawed oak and finished in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-15
Skulls for Paving,

While municipal authorities are de-
Gliding upon the relative value OF
asphalt, Belgian blocks, vitrified bricks
and wood squares as paving material
the inhabitants Of Gwandu, in Africa.
have settled the problem to their en-
tire satisfaction by using the skulls
Of their enemies for paving the ap-
proaches Of their town. More than
$4,000 skulls are used in paving the
approaches to the various gates, and
to those who do not know what ma
terial is used these cleaning skulls,
polished to whiteness by the attritior
Of countless feet, form an ivory ap-
proach of no small attractiveness.
When a new pavement is needed there
is no scandal about the letting of the
paving contract. War is declared upon
some neighboring tribe, and presently
the worn out pavement is replaced by
a new one at small cost Life il
cheap in the African interior.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-15
THE WORLDS RICH MEN.
Some Facts of Interest About One of
Their Number Living in
Chicago.

Marshall Field, of Chicago, who is
now prominent in the public eye by
reason Of his accomplishing payment
Of taxes on $40,000,000 Chicago property.
is a close competitor with three others
for rank as third richest man in the
United States. BY common consent,
states the Washington Star, John L..
Rockefeller heads the list, with Andrew
Carnegie second The three next are
H. H. Rogers, William Rockefeller and
Marshall Field, with J. P. Morgan,
Jacob H. Schiff and j. J. Hill trailing
not very far behind Mr.. Fields for
tune probably approximates 1925 ,OO0,-
900. It's possessor has been uniformly
fortunate since Potter Palmer, the vet
eran dry goods king of Chicago, sold
his establishment at cost and upon
their own terms to his lieutenants,
Marshall Field and L. 2. Letter. That
was just after the civil war, and Chi
cago was seething. The young mer-
chants made money hand over fist, and
invested it as fast as prudence would
permit. Among other things they put
few hundred thousand dollars into
Colorado gold mine, and within three
years took out $S,OO0,O00. BY and by
the PARTNERS disagreed, and on a buy
or sell proposition, Mr.. Field took
over the dry goods establishment.
Letter had poor regard for his part
ner's ability, and predicted his speedy
failire. When Letter died two years
ago he was worth $30,000,000, after
having put up $1O,5OO,OO0 only three
years before that in settlement of the
debts o. his son Joe in trying to corner
the wheat market. Field pursued the
even tenor of his way and made five
and eight dollars for every one dollar
amassed by the partner who quit him
in anger.
1t was to Marshall Field that the
late George M Pullman went with his
scheme for the creation of the Pullman
Palace Car company, and it was
Fields money that made the enterprise
possible. Field and is chronies made
great sums out of the Pullman car,
and are still among heavy sharehold-
ers in the big corporation, which has
been d mine almost from the begin
ming. His money aided largely in the
development of many of the railroad
systems centering in Chicago, and his
stock and bond holdings in them are
still immense.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-15
FARE WAS PARTICULAR.
Humane Young Woman Gave Cabby
Most Unpleasant Sen
sation.

The young woman was about to take
ride in cab. She was evidently a
humane young person, because, when
the driver of the vehicle brought it al
her signal, she proceeded to question
him, relates the Baltimore News.
HAS your horse done much work to-
day." she asked.
Hes just come out of his stable,
lady," replied that person, menda-
ciously.
The girl felt the quadruped's sides.
''He seems to be very warm" she
ventured
"Yessum; his stables warm. He's q
heap more comfortable trotting about
than he is in his box STALL
The young woman peered at his
hoofs.
care his shoes all right?" she asked.
Sure said the driver. ''We
have a veterinary who shoes the
horses every morning before they
come out of the stable, and every
evening before they go in
'Is he very old?" faltered the girl,
gingerly prodding the horses lip in
vain attempt to see his teeth.
"That boss amt nothing more'n a
colt, miss" responded the driver, Sc
riously. "He amt been in harness
more'n year. But he has the sweet
disposition for sure, and he's as
steady as an old boss. He's regular
kitten for gentleness and spirits
The young woman smiled as one
who feels that she has done all she
can in the cause of humanity. "Well,'
she said, don't drive fast" and
stepped into the vehicle.
eff there's anything / hate it is to
take these S. P. G. A. ladies a-riding,''
confided the driver in a growl to fell
low cabman as he adjusted his reins.
Every time try to make this old
brute trot a bit now she'll Ee poking
up the trap and a-screaming at me.
sure do hope his shoes'll stay on till
get her wherever she's a-going."
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DREAMER WAS A RIPPER.
Drygoods Salesman Tore on Goods
far Customers in His
Sleep.

When my uncle first started in bust
ness as a general merchant in a country
town, it was in partnership with a young
fellow of about his own age, relates .
writer in Lippincott's.
Both boys were very enthusiastic about
their work, and after long days behind
the counter they would go to their room
above the store and continue to "talk
shop far into the night.
My uncle's partner was particularly en-.
crossed in his work, and often his ms a sleep
and big sales.
One night his nightmare reached the
climax. Evidently the dreamer was just
IN the act of selling some cotton goods
for my uncle felt his nightshirt GO
"r-i-i-i-p," straight up the back, while his
partner was calmly saying:
''Two wards madam"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-12-15
RECIPE FOR A SERIAL.

(see the machine made fiction running In
certain dailies.)
A maid-or wife-or widow-with red hair,
And cool cheek ana pale;
Bright, hooking wit (not set down any
where)-
Great, glinting eyes, soft laces, jewels rare,
And Doucet gowns, that trail.
A man of mark, who's in-the cabinet,
And has the nations ear;
His hands are clenched, his face is white
and set,
The red-haired siren he cannot forget,
But has a wife-dear, dear
The wife's a miracle of womankind,
All wrongs-and gracious curves,
Though suffering such agonies of mind
That scarcely she weeps herself half bllno'
Her beauty she preserves.
A close Tipped, strong-jawed Monarch or
Finance,
Cynical, ruthless, tall;
All gold, save iron will and steely glance,
He winks-the markets rise-and then. per-
chance,
He yawns-and down they fall
Add now some dukes and marquises. to
taste.
And extra" ladies, please.
A wicked foreign prince-daiE rSes, small
waist
A lot of love and commas too. misplaced.
And not few OF these!
Then let your poppets give their show.
where'er
It's really smart to be:
Nottingham, Ascot. Simla and Mayfair,
Yacht, motor car, balloon-sea, earth and
air,
Sahara and Paree.
Sort EN-. dust EN- when their task is DER:
Fresh names, of course, they'll need,
A coat of paint maybe-and then, once
more,
In Daily Thrills" they'll figure, as before,
And he that runs (to catch mis- train) may
read.
Punch.
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ANXIOUS ABOUT DEER
GUIDES IN ACKNOWLEDGES FEAR
ANoTHED HARD WINTER.
State That Large Numbers Of the
Animals Were Killed by Sever
ity Of the Last Two
Seasons,

Adirondack guides and the sports
men who hunt in the north woods
are hoping that the coming winter
will not be so hard on the deer as
the last two seasons have been, re-
ports the New York Sun.
One of the guides in the Big Moose
district. said last summer that a
third of all the deer in that part Of
the Adirondacks had died of exposure
and starvation during the last two
years. A Saranac guide who had
been up in the northwest part of the
region during the winter said half the
deer there had died.
This was probably an exsggeration,
though there is no doubt that the loss
was great. Man after man will tell
you of passing anywhere from two
or three to seven or eight dead ami
mails in a single days crossing from
one point to another.
1t may seem strange TO speak of
deer dying from exposure, but that,
added to their weakened condition due
to lack of food, was actually what
killed hundreds of them.
In the winter they feed on any
green things which they can find IN
der the snow, and also on the young
est shoots of the hemlock trees. If
there is heavy snow which lies long
on the ground they get along very
well. The snow protects the foliage
underneath it, and if it is deep, with
a crust, the deer can feed on hemlock
shoots which they could not possibly
reach from the ground.
But if it is bitter cold. with little
snow, there is no protection for low
sprouts, and those Which are not
quickly eaten freeze to a worthless
condition. Then the deer eat all the
ground. After that they starve. At
any rate, they become so weak that
they cannot bear what comes next.
A year ago it was no uncommon
thing for guides to see several deer
together, each with a saddle of snow
on it's back. The snow cakes must
have been there for some time, but the
animals had reached so low an ebb
of vitality that there was not enough
warmth in their bodies to melt the
snow.
There were heavy snowfalls during
these trying seasons, but they were
almost Immediately followed by a vio-
lent thaw or pouring rain, which in
it's turn was followed by a sharp
freeze.
attempted to save the deer. They
felled hemlocks so that the animals
could browse on the branches which
had been out of their reach. They
even scattered grain where deer were
in the habit of passing.
At Big Moose lake when deer were
seen coming along the ice men would
go out with sack of grain and scat
ter it across the course the ami
mails were taking, then get back out
of the way.
In spite of these efforts the deer
died by scores. A man came into Big
Moose one day, having walked across
from one of the logging camps, and
said that he had passed one bunch OF
seven deer, and he doubted if any OF
them lived through the day. 1t was
that way all through the mountains,
so that it is small wonder that con-
siderable anxiety is felt that the COM
ing season should be favorable one
for the herds.
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Tennessee Praise.

Dayton, Tenn, Dec. 18th (speciaD.-
Among many prominent residents to
praise Dodd's Kidney Pills is Mr.. N. 3.
Roberts, of this place. He tells of what
they have done for him, and his words
will go deep into the hearts of all who
are suffering in the same way. He says:
81 was a martyr to Kidney Trouble,
but Dodd's Kidney Pills completely cured
me. 1 shall always keep them on hapd
in case there should be any return of the
old trouble, but 1 am thankful to say
they did their work so well there has not
been the slightest sign of my old COM
plant coming back. The pain in my
back used to be terrible. If l got down I
had q hard job to get straight again. But
my back is like new one now and l can
stoop as much as please. l don't believe
there ever was any medicine half SO good
as Dodd's Kidney Pills."
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wax, with golden oak oil stain and
filler underneath the wax.
The stock list for this desk, if made
26 inches wide, is as follows, all being
net, or finished sizes:
2 pieces 5Ox1Ox%-sides, D.
pieces 16x4xB-feet, E.
1 piece 30XS1kxa4-middle shelf, tenoned
and keyed.
l piece 30xSx%-upper shelf, tenoned and
keyed.
piece 30x711xs4-lower shelf, tenoned and
keyed
pieces 26x71kxA-lower shelves, doweled.
l piece 26Ax51ax5s-back piece over upper
shelf 3s-inch into rabbet at each end and
fastened with screws.
piece 1854 X1S7axss-case back pine or soft
wood, fastened with screws.
pieces 26x2x3s-ledges screwed to back
edges of lower shelves.
l piece 2xSxk-to make u keys Oh Fig.
1907.
1 piece 201sx1S11axssl- front, or fall.
pieces 20xSxS4-ends for desk front, dow
eled on.
For pigeon-hole case; pine or other
soft wood:
2 pieces 115sx7xas-sides. grooved for top
and shelves.
pieces 1O1sx7xss-middle uprights. Is
into top piece.
piece 251Ax7xss-top piece, Is into grooves
in sides.
pieces 9x7xA-shelves, each Is into
grooves.
1 piece 714x7x4-shelf at right, Is into
grooves.
pieces 9Ax7x4-uprigbt partitions, u
into grooves.
2 pieces 4Ax7x,-- upright partitions, Is
into grooves.
1 piece 84x2%xss-braee under lower mid
die shelf
piece Sa4x21ax1a-front. piece Of drawer,
dovetailed
2 pieces 6%x21&x%-side piece of drawer,
6ovetailed
1 piece SAx2xsss-back piece Of trawer,
dovetailed.
piece S4x611kxS- 16-bottom for drawer,
Il inch into grooves