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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
REAL. EsTATE FOR SALE
Improved


NOW rs YOUR CHANCE,
So, 250-New, rooms best open nickel plumb
ing; porcelain fixtures; beautiful oak
and large columns; hardwood floors;
chambers white enamel; nicely deco
rated throughout; full basement; hot
water heat; combination fixtures, cleo
trio. and gas; stone walks; shrubbery;
nicely located. ground so feet front;
i this Is a little gem and very cheap;
Portland and 37th easy terms
Sd, 2O0-Strtctly modern, rooms, large colonial
STYLE and barn; hardwood finish; art
lights and very large rooms; full base
ment; laundry; stone walks; large
porch; east front; best open plumbing
cost to build $4500; an estate and must
be sold; could be easily arranged for
two fats; 81 900 cash; lot 6Ux1S1; 1928
a Stevens ay.
81, 85o-New. strictly up-to-date. eight rooms,
hot water heat; beautifully decorated
and gas fixtures; east front; three blocks
from Calhoun and 32d sti this Is GER
tainly} very good home and cheap;
very easy terms.
50, 650--Just finished eight rooms. the best of
everything; elegant hardwood finish;
s1deboard; bookcases, seats beautifully
decorated no better built house In
town. Don't fail to see it, eighth ward;
9th st; easy terms. Call and we will
be pleased to show same and you may
- ride-not walk Several others at less
J. B.. Gleason,
Roth Dhonest- - = EoA Phoenix.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
SPORTS OF CHILDREN.

Skipping rope is childish pastime
of ancient origin. In place of a rope,
a vine stripped Of leaves was original
~ used.
The childish amusement CT riding a
cane is of great antiquity. 1t was
practiced by the children Of Greece
and ancient Rome.
The game of hide and seek is an
other youthful pastime of ancient
origin. It came from Europe about
the beginning of the seventeenth CEN
fury.
The spinning of tops, a favorite
amusement among children in the
spring, also came from the Greeks.
Records show that this kind of fun
was in vogue at the time of Vergil.
Leap-frog is mentioned in the
works of both Shakespeare and John
son. 1t has been played by children
from early times, and is still a ia
vorite game with boys.
The flying kite derived it's name
from it's originally being made to re-
semble that species of bird called
kite. The amusement of kite flying is
about two centuries old in Europe.
Probably 1t originated in China.
where, so records tell, the practice
of flying kites is very ancient.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
A NEW MARBLE GAME.

own men. When a game is over pris-
oners may be exchanged, if both play
.ers SO desire.
1.-THE Pyramid" is another good
game, says the Peoples Home Journal,
in which one boy is selected as '*bank-
err" another becoming banker" in
turn, after each game. A ring about
four or five feet in diameter is drawn.
and the banker places in it at the be-
ginning of the game four marbles,
three close together and the fourth on
top of them, to form the pyramid.
Each player takes a shot, in turn.
from a point agreed upon outside the
circle, and whoever hits the yramid
can have as many marbles as he
knocks out of the ring, his turn con-
tinuing until he, fails to knock one
outside.
II any player fails to hit the pyramid
he must give a marble to the banker
then in charge of the ring. When all
the marbles are out Of the ring a new
game begins, with another banker.
who, in turn, supplies the four marbles
for the pyramid.
+" Order of turns may be agreed upon
as%in the ring game, as it might han
pen that only one would have a chance
to shoot under a certain banker. If he
were expert enough to konck Ill four
marbles out OF the ring at one turn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Jirnny'sWife.
BY T. JENKINS HAMS
(Author Of wind TANNERS" Cruise of
the Petrel." Etc)
copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.,

We were about SO miles south Of
Cape Horn, hove-to in a high, rolling
northwest sea which made the main
deck uninhabitable.
In the dOg-watch the carpenter took
mercy on Gantline and myself and al
lowed us to share his room in the for
ward house for an after-supper smoke.
We had started forward when the man
on lookout hailed. Through the gloom
of the flying drift and twilight a
shadow bore down upon thu ship,
grey-white above black. Then there
suddenly doomed out the shape of a
great ship tearing along under t'gal-
liant sails dead before the gale.
Then in an instant she was gone.
The drift had closed upon her as she
swept astern before anyone could read
her name. She had vanished as quick
ly as she had appeared, passing on in
to the dismal sea behind us like a
Salt-streaked mystery.
We stood gazing at the whirling
drift in the gloom astern for some
minutes, and then we followed Chips
into his room. Gantline could not re-
call the vessel by her shape or rig and
asked the carpenter about her
do I know herr" he Kissed fierce
ly. would I be apt to forget her?"
And he thrust out an arm, pulling up
his sleeve until a long livid scar
showed clear to his elbow. ut isn't
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06

parts Of the whirl. The diagram shows
just how these small swings may be
arranged, although there are many
schemes by which the same result may
be obtained: a~
Now, for elaboration of the whirl. so
that it may have a holiday appearance,
says the Chicago Inter-Ocean. A bar
rel from the grocer's can be placed
over the pin in the center of the board
and festooned with bunting and flags.
1t will turn with the plank, and gives
a fine suggestion of spinning, whirl-
ing color. More flags can he stuck in
the plank wherever they will not in
terfere with it's free action or the oc-
cupants of the swings.
An additional feature can be made
by driving two more posts, smaller
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
A Home Made Merry-Co round

There is fascination about the
merry go-round, with its music and its
animals, which we cannot resist. The
diagram here will show how a NINA
ture one may be constructed at little
or no expense, much to the gratiflca-
ton of everyone concerned. Any
bright boy can build this merry-go-
round from articles obtainable in his
own back yard.
The handspring of the .whirl is a
stout post, driven far enough 20 the
ground to insure its steady and un-
varying position. 1t should be about
SIX feet in height and smooth on top,
with an iron pin set squarely in the
middle
Much after the fashion of seesaw.
next place a good, stout plank. from
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
SOME new MARBLE GAMES
suitable for Indoors When the
Weather Will Not Permit
of Outdoor Plav.

An indoor game of marbles is a good
thing for rainy day, when outdoor
sport is impossible. There is the bat
tie game, for instance, which is full of
possibilities. In it's simpler form it is
played by two boys, each using the
same number of marbles, which repre-
sent the soldiers.
The two boys sit on the floor at op-
posite sides Of the room, so that the
seams in the carpet or the cracks in
the wooden floor run to- their right
and left. The seam or line nearest the
middle of the room forms the enemy's
line to both players. The line next
to that, on each side is the dead line.
Each player may place his marbles as
he chooses between the enemy's line
and his own dead line.
One marble is selected as a sharp
shooter and Is used by the two play
ers alternately, each of whom tries to
shoot his opponents men beyond their
dead line. All men so driven beyond
the dead line, either directly by the
shooter or by being struck by another
marble, are dead" and the player
who first kills" his opponents men Is
the winner of the battle"
The hand must never be advanced
beyond the dead line in shooting; and
II, by accident, player hits one of his
own men and drives him beyond the
enemy's line into his opponents field
that man becomes a prisoner and may
be placed by the opponent among his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Golf YARN ~ LoNcWoRFH
And Kansas Story in Return. by an
Enthusiast at the
Game.

Nicholas Longworth, OF Ohio. is a
golf enthusiast who plays a good game.
and Victor Murdoch, of Kansas, a golf
enthusiast who plays a very indifrer-
emit game, when swapping stories in
the house cloakroom the other dav.
says the Washington correspondent OF
the Kansas City Times.
The most remarkable golfer I ever
Knew" said Representative Longworth.
was a man out in Cincinnati, who had
passion for the game, but who COM
p11cated that fervor with an appetite
for Scotch highballs that was the won,
der OF Ohio.
His theory was that there should
be q drink server on every tee, and
he worked it by means of an army of
caddies. One afternoon he came In
and announced that he had renounced
the game.
What's tho matter, Jim?' said
friend. 49,, $3.50
"'Oh,' he said, YEARLY, It's no use,
I give it up. Whenever 1 can see the
ball can't hit 1t; and whenever I
can hit it can't see it. -
MT. Murdoch told this one:
Gut IN my town Judge Dale, Of tho
district bench, is about the best golfer
IN our club. One day he had a case
on trial IN which several small boys
mad been subpoenaed as witnesses. Ad-
dressing bright youth of about u
summers, Judge Dale solemnly in
qr1red: MY boy, do you understand
the nature of an oath?'
on, yes, SIR quickly replied the
youth. I often caddied for you, SIR I"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06

IL to 20 feet in length, upon the post,
hole for it being bored, thus holding
1t In position. Two or three whirls
around will give the plank free action
upon the pin, and little ordinary
axle grease might complete the spin
ming powers.
-Four more smaller holes now are
to be bored, two in either end of the
plank. Ropes, knotted here, and sus-
pending small seat planks. as shown in
the diagram, complete the technical
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Planting a Tree.

When we plant q tree, we. are, do
Ing what we can to make our planet
a more wholesome and happier dwell.
ing place for those who come after
us, If not for ourselves. As you drou
the seed, as you plant tie sapltng,
your left hand hardly knows what
your tight hand is doing. But nature
knows, and in due time the power
that sees and works in secret will re.
'ard you openly.-HolmeS. -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06

likely anyone would forget the Morn
ing Light if they ever sailed in her.
Man! I'd know her in the depths O.
perdition, the deepest hole in devil
dom, where she'll sail in the hereaf-
ter
mo, I didn't intend to ship in her.
Jimmy Turner an got into her after
We left the navy. When we went
broke fellow wanted hands for the
Morning Light, Cap'n Sam Smith,
master. We hadn't heard of any par
ticular Sam Smith, so on we signed
with shaking hands an dry threats,
willing to go anywhere or do anything
for enough grog to keep alive.
Jimmy had gone in the navy, be-
cause he couldn't live ashore. He'd
married and was sorry for it-made a
mistake. But he'd never said any
thing to me about his wife or family,
and | never asked. Nobody asks ques-
lions of anybody aboard men-o'-war. .
When we dropped down the bay a
tug came alongside and Cap'n Smith
went to the rail to greet little hatch
~et-faced fellow who jumped aboard.
He was with woman.
Sammy Smith an NIECE" said AN
old shel1back standing on the forecas-
tie head, Il thought So
whats the matter?" we asked.
matter! Don't you know that fel-
low? That's Morrell, the worst thing
in mans image that ever trod a deck
plank. Come 1t on us as Sammy Smith p!
Man, If We can get ashore, swim fer it
,afore it's too late. I'm too old" But
Morrell didn't ship men to have them
do the pier-head jump. We were in for
a western ocean cruise in one of the
packet ships who will leave her men,
DRY black and bloody track in the
minds Of sailor men.
Before we'd crossed the stream, Nor
TELL had begun on us. But-well, new
er mind. It would make the tales OF
'old-time horror seem like play to tell
'one-half of what took place in a week
Save We, Gantline, could sit here and
tell you things till morning-and each
one would make you SILVER. We had
five men missing" before the voyage
was half over. Jimmy and I came in
for some of it but even that tiger.
shark aft. knew when he had reached
the limit-and we were men-o'-war's
men.
Zone night there was a row aft and
there were cries of a woman. Jimmy
heard them and started out on deck
with his sheath knife, but we held
him, and four of us got the marks O,
the knife to remember how we saved
him.
AFTER that Jimmy was quiet and
ugly. He never spoke to anyone
There were no more men in the crew
only square-heads and Dutchmen. and
they never go aft.
II wouldn't consent to 20 alone
when Jimmy gave me a look that TOD
his game. Soon noticed he wouldn't
turn in at night and then I knew II
was coming. / stole aft to see the end
Il found him standing close unde,
the break Of the poop, TALKING in q
whisper to some one. Then I caught
the CLINT Of skirt and recognized the
voice of the woman. 4 3 +: ~
"1t's no use, Jim, let me live II
out she said. 1t won't last long.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
"S *
GANE
R1NoER;

than the first, on the outside circle.
far enough away from the flying whirl
to prevent striking them. Slender
sticks fastened to these will serve as a
target for rings, which the children, al
they whirl around, can attempt to
throw upon them.
The proprietor of this pretentious
amusement scheme is expected, of
course, to start the whirl, running
around several times until it's speed
is sufficiently exciting.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
MR. G. B. FIZER, Mt. Sterling, KY.
1v1 writes:

KTR. c. B. FIZER, Mt. Sterling, KY,
4V4 writes:
''I have suffered with kidney and
bladder trouble for ten years past.
"Last March I commenced using
Peruna and continued for three months.
have not used it since, nor have felt
pain.
II believe that am well and there.
fore give my highest commentator to
the curative qualities of Peruna."
| Pe-ru-aa for Kidney TroubIe.
Mrs. Geo. II. Simser, Grant, Ontario,
Can, writes:
II had not been well for about four
years. I had kidney trouble, and, in
fact. felt badly nearly ali the time.
This SUMMER got so very bad I
thought would try Perona, so wrote
toyon and began at once to take Peruna
and Manalin.
81 took only two bottles of Peruna
better than have for some time.
81 feel that Peruna and Manalin cured
me and made a different woman of me
altogether. bless the day I picked up
thelttle book and read Of your Peruna.'
~ Is the business Of the kidneys to
remove from the Hood al poisonous
maferiaLs. They must be active all the
time, else the system suffers. There are
times when they need little assistance.
Peruna is exactly this sort OF REM
edy. It has saved many people from
disaster by rendering the kidneys SER
vice at : time when they were nat able
to bear their own burdena s =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
A CAPITAL GUESS

For whom was our: national capital
named?' the teacher asked one day.
And Johnny Jones responded, in his hest
tating way: ~lz.., -"
But clearly proved beyond a doubt he had
j.. the fact, at least ~
Our Washington, D. c., was named for
=: Washington, deceased" =
Nixon Waterman, in st. Nicholas. , A..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Two Ears and Ore Mouth

The teacher told the children how
wise man once said that we have
only one mouth and two ears so that
we may. listen and hear twice as much
as we speak. Afterward, to see how
much of the instruction was remem.
bered, she asked: Z,
f.. why is it that we have two ears
and only one mouth, Frances?"
Because we would not have room
In our face for two mouths and we
would look too crooked If we had onlv
one ear" *
"No;i that IS not the reason. You
know. do you, Roster"
Yes, ma'am. So that what we hear
may 60 in one ear and out of the 9th
er."-Chicago Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Lost One DaY in 81 Years

That she missed only one day OF
school work in the "a years she was en-
gagged as teacher here was record of
which Mrs. Adelaide Moon, who died in
Muskegon, Mich.,- "a fe1 days ago, was
proud. Mrs. Moon was the dean of. the
teachers In the Muskegon public schools
and; principal of the Hackley school.
Death came after an illness of less than
two weeks. She was So years of age.
She was one of the most prominent ed
ucators in western Michigan.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Looks Onainous

Broncho Bill don't think that
new arrival is going to live long.
Earless Eddie-Sick? .-.'' -
Broncho Btll--Hardly that! But I
see him lend Grizzly Pete a dollar
and he looks tes' fool enough ter ask
him for it ag'in. ~ y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06

Just to show how steady the Land is.
II the person holding the knife should
then lower the blade so that the ends
OF the matches will touch the table,
the matches will walk along on, the
knife blade.
A key, one of the kind that stand
erect, Is required for the second trick.
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. Place
1t as In figure 2 upon a strip of paper
about six inches long and not more
than an inch wide near the edge of a.
table, remove the paper without max
Ing the key fall. It is easy enough
Just strike the paper a sharp tap.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
He Kept His Word at Last

He Kept His Word at Last.
BE mine!" he cried, in a voice sur
charged with anguish. IF you refuse
me, shall die!"
But the heartless girl refused him.
That was so years ago. Yesterday he
died.-Tit-Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
TWO SIMPLE TRICKS.
The Perambulating Toothpicks and
the Key That Remains
Upright.

To find out if a persons hand is
firm and steady, which it never Is,
split the ends of match (not &c sui
phur end) and smooth the end of an
other match so that it will fit into the
split one. Then bend the matches so
that they will look like the figure /.
Then place them over a knife blade
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Scarcity

Scarcity.
Zone has very few friends in this
life,' said the misanthrope.
eyes," answered Miss Cayenne. Fl
suppose that is one reason why a
friend is so likely to be overworked. u
Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
An Amateur.

Porch Climber Bill, he never drew no sal.
airy
Fer Photographic, OWN to the strict
.ures
OF the police-but when he robbed the
gallery, y"
They do say. that he took some blame
good pictures.
Cleveland Leader
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06

''she Is going to marry him to re-
form him." ''Why don't she reform
him flrst?" "Oh! he'd have too much
sense to get married then"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Easy Enough.

Gee! Some of these roustabouts
are strong. See how easily that fellow
raises that barrel Of buckwheat flour."
sThat's no trouble@ That's self-rais,
buckwheat." -Clevelaud Leader.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Married in Haste

Married In Haste.
Jinks-Hello, Blinks! Hear you had
O. great time getting married-eloped
with the girl-father and mother fu-
rlous-gave chase, but they didn't
catch you, did they?
B!lnks (sadly)-No-o.-N.Y Y. Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
, His Wit Saved Him

"Oh!" she said, ''your conduct is
enough to make an angel weep
II don't see you shedding tear"
he retorted, and his ready wit saved
the day.-Tit-Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Her Onion Breath

Manager am greatly disappointed
in your acting, sir. You have COM
pletely ruined my new play by your
cold and wooden performance in the
love scenes
Leading Man (angrily)-Then why
in thunder do you have a leading
lady who eats onions?-Tit-Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
The Latest.

"Thes people in the next saat seem
to be fond Of the latest songs -
yes. They don't appear to- care
for, any that are sung earlier than
ten D, "a, Washington Star, A@@sz y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Nothin' DOM.

Want ny ice?"
Its fresh?'
"Yep."
Bring me up a two-cent chunk"
where re we att"
"Six floor, back"
Gee awp!"-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Sure Enough,

Sure Enough.
"How did uncle propose to you.
auntie?"
by wireless message"
why, the idea! Wireless telegra-
ply was not invented 40 years ago."
Il know it, dear; but letters were."
Houston Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Embarrassed.

Embarrassed.
Patience-Were you embarrassed
when he kissed you?
Patrice-I should say I was! Whv.
he kissed me at least a dozen times
before I could speak!-Yonkers
Statesman. !: -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06

Emergency brake and chauffeur
chute by which an owner can reduce
speed and remove chauffeur without
injury to machine or guests.-N. Y.
Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
In EMBRYO.

In Embryo.
The Bud-How did you get your
first first start in life, senator?
The Senator-Why--er-1 haven't
really got started yet, you know. I
am only worth ten millions as yet
Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06

Enthusiasm won't carry you very
far without backing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
Wouldn't Believe

Wouldn't Believe.
you'd never believe the number OF
proposals had last winter"
my, you are perfectly uncanny!"
"How?"
1.-The way you read ones mind
Houston Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06

g.. N Young Queens Lace.
Queen Wflhelmina OF Hollandsboasts
the finest collection Of lace IN Europe,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
SuperstitionP -

EUPS19C1I1O11V
Burglars are superstitious."
"How do you know"
'No burglar will knowingly break
into house where there is mother
in-law."-Houeton Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06
l.i5iE :3fESl . z ~ q q -
Sorrier Every Year.

....'- =: ~S3HSos &SvVSJ SSSn
Since my wife died, = said the sad
eyed man, my grief has increased
rather than diminished with the yearA
believe L feel worse about it now
than did when it occurred, five years
ago." 49,. ~: / -. &
YES" assented the man with the
subdued voice. There was a death
that affected me in just the same
way" -,
And that was-?"
'That of my wife's first husband"
cleveland Leader.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-07-06

Un-American,
Friend-What became of that col.
lege catcher you thought was find?
Baseball managerial to sell him
Tor song. The paid attendance re-
fused to stand for his darn snobbish.
ness.
Fr1end-How did he offend?
Baseball Manager-Why, instead of
chewing tobacco, he used to moisten
his glove with sponge!-Puck.
Worth Studying.
Rubbe-Why in the world did that
entomologist take so much interest in
the wedding?
Dubbe-No wonder A beetle
browed man married a wasp-waisted
girl.-Chicago Daily News.