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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
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IRREGULARITIES OF SEX APPEAR
= & IN FLAT-HUNTING. ~. =
Men: Hate to Move When Once Set
tled-Women Expose Their -:
- !, Foibles in Making -
's' Selection. - - -:

Here's where you have a chance to
study human nature" says the super
intendent Of =. a Chicago apartment
house, according to the Inter Ocean.
why, can tell as soon as have
gone over an apartment with couple
whether they live happily together. /
If they talk over the attractive cor
ners and she tells where his reading
lamp will go, and he says that is
nice corner for her tea table, they are
pretty sure to be home folks. =.
If he digs holes in the floor with
his cane while she makes a quick sur
vey of the rooms and orders repairs
In lifeless fashion, they are merely
getting shell of home in which to
hang the skeleton of their: one-time
domestic happiness.
"You learn to read women, too, in
this business" he continues. "The
woman who talks about the lovely flat
she has and how she hates to leave it,
but Henry is bound to come up town;
who criticises everything in the apart
ment and fairly shifts the air for trou-
bic, will make nagging, fault finding
tenant, and if had my way I'd raise
her rent.
The woman who wears stylish
! dress in the newest coloring and fab
ric, but whose shoes are run down at
the heel, whose finger tops need mani
curing and whose underskirts hang in
tatters of embroidery below her skirts,
is sure to be sloppy housekeeper and
ruin the fittings in the fiat. - -
references count for something,
but not everything. A doubtful party
always comes we'll armed with refer
ences, but when woman and a man
look at each other doubtfully and won
der whether they had best give the
name of their uncle, or his employer,
| or their last landlord, take heart and
know they are not up to Chicago
tricks.
''The bane of the apartment house
superintendent is the Sunday rush. All
through April We work early and late
showing apartments on Sunday On a
pleasant Sunday We show perhaps 200
callers over apartments and rent pos
sibly two. On a rainy Monday we have
three callers and rent two apartments
Rainy day fiat hunters mean business.
II do not believe any man would
move If he had his own way. He would
rather pay more rent, put in a gas
stove If the steam heat is not all that
1t ought to be, sleep on a mattress
stretched on the boards laid over the
bathtub, if the fiat is too small-any-
thing rather than move. Moving has
driven more than one well intentioned
| man to drink"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
KiTE-FLYING.
How to Make One That Will Climb
the Wind-Mistakes to Be
Avoided.

The principal point in preparing a
Kite, and the one that shows skill in
the maker, is the arrangement of the
string and the tail. But, first, about
the making of it. A very pretty one
may be made like that in the illus.
tration, which is after Japanese
model, by taking the thin strips of
bamboo that are found in Japanese
fans and arranging them as shown
and then covering them with tissue
paper.
Several short strings should be tied
to the frame, and these should be
united by knot, to which the string
OF the kite is afterward fastened.
The knot must be 50 placed that when
you lift the kite by it, before the tail
has been attached, the kite should
hang with its sides perfectly even,
and the point where the tail is to be
attached should fall slightly lower
than the top. The proper flying of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
GETTING CREW FOR WHALER
Each Man Has to Be Rounded Up
Times Without Number to Get
Him Aboard.

In Harper's Magazine Clifford w.
Ashley, the artist who recently made
a trip in an old-fashioned whaler for
the magazine, tells entertatningly Of
the difficulties of finally getting the
crew together and aboard ship.
Sunday morning, long before. the
church bells rung," says Mr.. Ashley.
I'VE We're gathered in the darkened
front of the store. I had stopped at
the postotice for my mail, and as I
stepped out again into the bright sun
shine Of that August morning, a cou-
pie of sailors numbered hastily by and
lodged around the corner. AS they
were vanishing, one of the owners
appeared in the street; gazing up and
down in a mystified manner, vainly
seeking glimpse of the runaways.
When he saw me he hailed cheerfully.
From the alley whence he had
emerged, series of derisive boots fol-
lowed him, then wagon-load of sea-
men appeared, being trundled off to
the river. Swaying and pitching as
the cart jolted over the cobbles, they
boisterously spoke each passerby.
making the street hideous with their
yells. Before I. entered the store I
saw them, one by one, dropping off
over the tail-board, utterly oblivious
to the protests of the unfortunate dry
goods clerk who was held responsible
for their delivery.
'The front shop was crowded and
noisy, but the. real hubbub was in a
small back room. Here the sailors.
bowling and pounding, were locked up
when caught, and held till the return
of the wagon to take them off to the
river. Word was received that the
mate, refused to go on board till he
had partaken of his Sunday dinner.
On various pretexts others sought to
get on for while longer-one had
forgotten to bid his mother good-bye:
another had left home zwithcl1t AN
overcoat. The clerks rushed franticaI-
~ about Each man had to be round.
up up-not once, but half a dozen
times" Is ri hi 7 = 49, =
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08

u What have you cot inere!" criol
the detective?" ..s$.s@ IL @ - :. .-
Johnny stared at the detective AMI
said nothing. p. a. +: ~. !. -s:s, Il: 49,. !,
''You have pocketbook!''' The de-
tective bounced on Johnny and
dragged him toward the loser OF the
purse.
II found it," Johnny produced the
pocketbook from behind his back, but
held on to it.. Il ..,. ...-.r
Don't lie," said the detective, with.
cocksureness that impressed his lis
teners. He. pointed to the black and
gold pocketbook in Johnny's hand and
said, dramatically:> MADAM. there is
your pocketbook!"
mo, it 'isn't!" snapped the woman.
Everybody laughed; even Johnny
smirked, and dire things might have
happened to him then and there had
not some one called over the balus-
trade:
Here, 81, didn't you lose a pocket
book?"
Sixty-one was young saleswoman
Win bright brown hair, Irish blue eyes.
and smile that revealed a row Of
perfect white teeth She ran up the
steps.
Eyes, I thought lost it. somewhere
up here-anyone find it?'
yep, maybe I did," Johnny looked
up at 81, but he put the pocketbook
behind him.
Sixty-one saw the pinched face, the
big eyes. She forgot her loss.
"You poor little fellow"
Johnny was not visib]y affected He
just looked at her, and asked:
"How much was it,"
Oh, of course she had to prove her
ownership. Sixty-one was amused.
LET me see," she said, there was
neither gold nor silver"-Johnny nod
ded encouragingly-"nor bills, but a
few coppers, believe"
Thirteen" said Johnny, producing
the pocketbook.
''The Lord save us!" said 81. THAT'S
why I lost it!''
Oats why you found it," SAX.
Johnny, handing her the purse.
That's mine!" said 81, joyfully. "I'1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08

of string with ball attached to the
end of it,
This construction should be placed
on a low round table, or even on the
floor, and the players stand on each
side, battledores in hands, and in
turn strike at the ball, and the play
er who succeeds in making the ball
wind round and round until it touches
the! stick Gas shown in the sketch)
scores a point. The number of points
to win the game Must be decided by
the. players before they begin to play.
> Great fun may be got out of this
game played on q larger scale in the
garden, with a long pole driven firmly
into the ground, and q tennis, ball and
rackets used, says the Chicago Daily
News With a good high pole and a
longgpiece of cord! f1Vessor six players
may form sides and play against each
other. W. ~Ass's4 ]~S,'s'7 - : : 1sSz2s @f&
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
ALMOST A CATASTROPHE.
Exuberance Of Love Systematically
Manifested Results in Nor
tfication.

She was seated in the cleaning, a
happy smile on her pretty, pensive
race, when her elderly aunt entered.
Then, as she looked upon the kind old
face, feeling rushed upon her that
she must share her wonderful news
with somebody-she must let someone
into the secret which till then had
been the sole possession Of herself and
Harold. She sprang up and flung her
arms about her aunt's neck.
"Oh. auntie." she cried impulsively.
"you do love me, don't you? Kiss me,
auntie, and tell me you do-kiss mel"
But only an. alarming gurgle came
from the old lady for moment Then
she said; gasping Indignantly:
kiss you. If you amt careful I'll
shake the life out OF you. You very
nearly made me swallow my teeth"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
''Sumbuddy hollered Slide"

Sumbuddy hollered slide and then slid
ann sum wun throo the bawl jusst uz didd
to kut me off at hoana. MUST NV hit
sumbuddy with mi heidi becaws bitt
mi tung kwite badd ann got turble lump
upon mi hedd ann HENRY sedd the bump
got was hurd numbered feat away
ann then thy pickt me up ann let me lay
IN some kool shady plais ann HENRY sedd
lme oft1e pail ann still w if ime dedd
ann aftur while thay brott pail ann pored
sum VOTER oyer me but hadd skored
the winnen rum ann if dide ide be
a hearo now ann till eturnitee
wien was kumfurt to them all. ann wen
eapened boath mi eyes ann breethed
agenn
they gave mitey cheer ann HENRY sedd
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
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Diplomatic Suhiect

+ Italy's king recently paid visit to
:Vesuvius. On the occasion Of pre-
vious visit an Italian newspaper an
snounced that 90 the eruption had the
honor of being witnessed by his mat
esty." It was German paper that
once stated that certain royal prince
was graciously pleased to BE ! born
yesterday. - Equally courtielltke was
an army officer in attendance on the
king Of Spain not long ago. The king
asked him what was tbs time The
5courtier fumbled for his watch, but
could not find It, then espectfu1ly re-
piled: Nv hatevers time your majesty
pleases. s S.. 81: .s,5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08

kite depends on this knot, for if it is
placed too high, the kite, in flying,
will plunge sideways; if placed too
low, it will whirl around.
: The tail, says the Peoples Home
Journal, should not be less than. IL
times the length of the kite, and it
may be even 20 times it's length.
Folded papers, each about three inches
long, may be made into stiff hobs and
fastened with strings at intervals Of
three inches or SO for the tail, If you
use rags or pieces of cloth tied to-
gether the tail will have to be a lit
tie shorter as they are heavier than
the paper. Is f.. ~ =ss 4 .zss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08

need almoast wish that he was neerlv dedd
to get a cheer like that ann men have wun
undyen faim fore less than hav run.
ann aftur vile they helped me up ann
walked
each side NV me ann anvil the time thay
talked
wv oWr CRATE vicktery ann how slidd
moast twenty feat ann wandered how /
didd.
ann HENRY sed in oalden daze a mite
wood tackul half duzen in a fife
ann no he wood get killed but wenn the
cheers
Nv uther iumruds sownded in his GERS
heez gladd to di in sutch a nobul way
witch IL almoast wott have dun to-day.
j. w. Foley, in N. Y. Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
he Didn't Rise

Indeed" the lecturer went on In a
quizzical way, Il believe I am justified
in asserting that nine women out of
10 practically propose to the men they
become engaged to. AS a test, would
ask all married men in the audience
whose wives virtually popped the
question to them to arise"
There was a subdued rustic in the
auditorium, and in the dense silence
that ensued could be heard sibilant
feminine whispers in concert, Just
you dare to stand up."-Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08

In bad W e a t b Ell
brought kidney trou-,
bles on me. and I:
suffered tw enty
years with sharp,
cramping pains in
the back and urinary
disorders. I often
had to get up a doz-
en- times at night to
urinate. Retention
set in, and I was
Obliged to use the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08

It has been the aim of scientists
for years to find some liquid prep
aration which, when applied to the
human body, would penetrate first
through the skin, then through the
muscles and finally to the very bone.
Electricity to be subsequently gen.
Grated through friction with the
hands, it being a well recognized fact
that electricity so generated and
applied, would strengthen the nerves.
remove Inflammation and ease all pain.
Max r. Zaegel. a graduate of the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy,
established as a chemist in Sheboy-
gan,j Wis.,, for the last % years, has
discovered this long sought secret.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
A BALL GAME.
One Which Can Be. Played on the
Table and Will Provide Muck
Amusement.

A ball game for the table is easily
made, and good deal of fun obtained
from it. A stick must be placed in
an upright position in a heavy square
block of wood, and that is not diff
cult to do if we bore a hole in NE
center Of the block of wood and fit
one end of the stick tightly into it.
From the top of the stock is q piece
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
Generates Electricity
In the Human BODY.

Rubbing q piece of amber with q
wooden rag generates electricity
proven by the fact that It will pick
up pieces OF paper and cotton fibre.
The same thing can be done with a
rubber comb and few other mineral
or vegetable substances.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08

catheter. took to my bed, and the
doctors failing to help, began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. The urine soon
came. freely again. and the pain grad
ually disappeared. I have been cured
eight years, and though over 70. am
as active as boy"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
.Ancient.Arfl

Prehistoric artists have left us works
of art engraved on polished she'll.
Among the most anci lent are the masks
upon which the human face Is do
5Dicted.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
Bum Restaurant.

Bum Restaurant.
Paw. what's that orchestra playing
here for?"
Money, Tommy. They couldn't pos
sibly be playing for the kind of meal
they would get here Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
Scholarship by Phonopraph.


A young woman from Australia. has
just won singing scholarship in Lon
don under novel circumstances. From
her colonial home she sent to a well
known professor in London record"
of her voice, with the request that he
would test it on a gramophone and
inform her whether he ! thought its
qualities sufficiently good to { Justify
her in taking SO long a journey for an
examination for a. scholarship. The
professor listened TO- the. record, was
dulyssimpfessed with tho possibilities
of the. voice, and wrote to- say he
thought she might try. Encouraged by
this report, she reached England Just
In time for the examination, and was
one Of two successful candidates out
Of 100 competitors. .E." - -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08

give months pay any time for It.
I'm sorry for your sake there. is not
more in it. Would hoodoo you If /
gave you the 10 cents?"
mot on your life!" Johnny held
out his palm and 81 emptied the con-
tents of the purse into it. A shrewd
look that transformed his face came
into his eyes.
"Thirteen!" he said, covering the
money with his other palm, as if he
were about to match pennies. go ::Th1r.
teen is my lucky number"
That's enough now," said the de-
tective. "Chase yourself out of here. -
Johnny ratified his wealth. He had
no fear of the detective now.
I'm waitin'~t' see, the superintend-
ent. He amt in now
"Oh," said 81, ''if you want a Job,
think l can help you. You go quick
to the delivery entrance round the cor
ner, ask for Mr.. Harris, the freight
clerk. Tell him sent you. Wait,
what's your name?" Sixty-one tore a
leaf from her note book and wrote:
Dear Charlie, Johnny is a great kid.
Take him on if you love me. Kitty"
Sixty-one folded the note and was
about to give it to Johnny when q
thought occurred to her that mace her
blush crimson, and she blurted:
Johnny, can you read?'
Il think I could make it cut If I
tried r." -.
"Well, don't try to-" said CT en-
phat1cally. There" and she pressed
the note into Johnny's hand and closed
his fingers over it. you keep it just
like that till you give it to Mr.. Har-
ris." .
Needless to say, Johnny got a lob.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
Good Place to Swear or !! Il

Biffers---How, did you come to stop
smoking - = ! !. - 4:= 3 A. s@5 g;
Whifers-Got stuck for six weeks
in q small village where there was only
one cigar store.-N. Y. Weekly. = q:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08

Mr.. Zaegel and he will be pleased 10
mail you q sample bottle Of this
wonderful electric oil free.
80 State the nature Of yoGr complaint
and address your letter to Max R
zaegel, ITO Main St, sheboygan. via.
3 It is free now. 90 do not taA 70
write today.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
. Too Bad.

H. Il had painful experience this
morning, = said the chronic invalid.
What was 1t ?" queried the caller. +
~ woke up feeling splendidly," ex-
planned the 6. 4 then suddenly re-
membered that ]. was sick: Chicago
Daily News. q sss q 81. ], GU
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08

tt consists of a mix
ture of vegetable and
mineral oils forming
an amber colored liquid
of pleasant odor and
taste which, when used
as directed. restores
vitality and strength
and gives prompt re-
lief to all pain. !:
Applied ! to cuts,
s or e 8, burns and
bruises it heals, owing
to the fact that no puA
or matter can form In
any wound where this.
electric oil is used.
II you have rheumar
.tism. piles. pain In
hack or catarrh. wr1tA.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-06-08
coNsTA AGONY.

y Vest Virginian's Awful Distress
Through Kidney Troubles.
W. L. Jackson, merchant. Of Park
ersburg, W. Va, says: Driving abors
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-23
TELEPHONE TANGlE
4 TIMELY TOPIC

The telephone question continues u
he Z I've issue With people II 1hurehli
county The iuadequa,N II the present
service becomes more apparent with
each day. As things stand 1t the
present time. the Gne between falion
and uazeu ls toll line while the
balance af lEc system continues 10 b@
used irec al cost by all who have oe-
easlau To use It The county com
missiouers would gladly welcome a
chance 80 dispose oi the county lines
IN tbelr entirety. but will have to he
content 10 lei matters 20 rs hrst they
can. until special act ot legislature is
invoked granting them power To dis
pose al them. It seems 10 be a ease
where a very unpleasant duty is in
eumbeut upon the commissioners.
The line has outlNed the purpose ier
which il was intended. In the mean
tine tho lady butiuskys continue to
eel i'm theu work. the sweethearts
spark TO The exclusion OF business
agf9rs which makes tie busy mm al
affairs rnse softly 10 himself
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-23

The biggest food known in tbs
county since the memorable one al
1880, has been in progress during tie
past week, and as a result a great deaf
OF damage has been done, and much
Inconvenience has also resulted. Roads
have been flooded and rendered i'm
pascal BILE, bridges washed out and farm
crops inundated aud damaged Al
though no accurate estimate can he
made at this time, oi the total damage
inflicted, il will approximate many
thousands OF dollars Among tie
losses inflicted, is the almost total loss
of the county bridge near the Thelan
ranch, which Was erected at cost al
about $500.
The heavy snowfall in the Sierra
Nevada mountains Is responsible for the
present flood, which, at It's highest
stage. was gauged hy reclamation en-
gineers. who compute that more than
1000 cubic teet per second were beng
conducted by the one channel known
as Old river, rs compared with t21S ~
the spring of 1890, and 4 still greater
amount IN the spring OF 1874, which
was not measured. TIE flows Of other
wears, according 10 the figures ON Tile
in the state engineers office are as fol-
lows 1901, 359l 1902, l7l2; 1905, 20N5;
1904, $3.50: 1905, loo.
The foregoing figures give some idea
OF the water available for irrigation
purposes, during the respective seasons.
According TO Thomas II Means, en-
gineer in charge OF the departmentotop-
Grafton and maintenance. How OF more
than 500 cubic feet per second Is being
diverted into the canal system, amt
this TACT contributes quite largely in
keeping the immense volume OF water
in the river banks
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-23
SAND SPRINGS NINE
SHOWS ADDED MERIT

Development work al tie sand
Springs lairc continues To- show added
meritlo due property and thr latest
ASSAYS received from rec, taken from
lhe irdge outeroppineS lor a distance ol
nearly ono mile would Indicate tie
mine to he one ol the best in the
county. These assal-, more thau a
dozen in number, average slightly
better than $40, while some ran MP
close 10 he 500 mark Work wis
commenced last week At tbe point
where the richest rock Was obaiued
and sinking viii be continued along the
ledee toran indefinite distance.
Several nattcring offers have been
received lately from outside parties.
who see in the sand SPRINGS mine a
property OF moro than usual merit, hnt
The offers have been turned down for
the reason that tho stockholders ol
the corporation propose Ia 90 ahead
upon their own resources and develop
the mine.