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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-06
NEW GOLD COINS.
First lrstalr,nt Shipped from Phil.
adelphia Mint.
=

Philadelphia, Dec. B. The first in
stal!ment OF new $50 pieces has been
schipped from the United States mint
IN this city TO various sub-treasu-
rles about the country There are
$4,000 of them. and their monetary
value is s23OO,OO0. On one side of
the coin Is an eagle flying with
outstretched wings, while on the
other side is the figure OF Liberty"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-06

Badly burnt. but not broke, yours
still for Long Horn.
JOE BASTINE.
Phone 359. City Fish Market
6tf
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
FIVE FALL INTO GRAVE.
Remarkable Incident That Disturbed
SoIemnity of Funeral.

Instead of the accustomed quiet
which prevails at the burial of the
dead, great excitement and fear at
tended the burial the other day Of
Michael Serene, prominent merchant
of Westport, when by the collapsing
of grave the coffin and several per-
sons attending the services were
hurled into a small pit.
The final prayer had been said by
the preacher, and the assistant to the
undertaken stepped to the foot of the
coffin to arrange the rope for letting
the coffin into the grave. At that mo-
ment one of the pallbearers acct
dentally kicked out the crosspiece
that supported the coffin. The coffin
quickly descended into the grave, the
body going feet first. The assistant
fastened it's descent by tumbling on
1t. Several persons rushed to the
edge OF the grave, causing the soil to
yield, and in few seconds five per-
sons were lying in the pit half covered
with dirt.
They were pulled out, the coffin was
dug out and laid fiat, and after the
grave had been redug the burial was
cOmpleted.-N. Y. Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
HAD MISSED GOOD. THING
~ - ~ > >.
Pa!rick's Joy Dimmed by Thought o.
,-~~..,~~>~ Wasted Opportunities. z.@er

Patrick, recently arrived and I'M
used to the ways Of this country, was
accosted one day by a member of the
sporting fraternity, who offered to i'm
part to him, for a modest considera-
ton, a marvellous way to make money
without toiling for it. All one needed,
he said, was small amount to bet
on q certain horse that couldn't pos
sibly lose. "And yez say Oh can get
that money without working for it?''
asked the bewildered Irishman, when
the other was through explaining.
Sure thing. All the work you got to
do is to count the mazuma." I'LL thry
It," said Pat. So they hied them to a
racecourse, where the sporty-looking
gentleman placed Pats money at odds
of five to one. And the horse won!
Pats JOY was unbounded when he was
handed large roll of yellow-backed
bills. Calling his new-found friend to
one side, he asked in a voice that
trembled with excitement: "Oi say,
how long has this thing been goin'
On?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
"GoinQ Some"

Two Of our colored brethren were
engaged in heated argument. The
"retort courteous without the quail
flying adjective, had been passed and
returned.
Suddenly the larger Of the two
moved up aggressively. "Yuh nygah,
you'll! If All hit yuh, Aim a-goin' to
knock yuh so fab dat der amt no rail.
road train kin bring yuh back"
The other looked at him a moment
speculatively. Then: "Niggah YOU
self yuh brack map O. Africa! If All
hit yuh, Aim goin' to knock you so
fab dat it'll cos eight dollars to SEN
yOh a postal card!"
Whereupon the tall one, realizing
that the limit had been reachedg
passed his "chaw," and peace reigned
again.-Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
TWO SISTERS HAD ECZEMA.
cuticura Cured Scalp Troubles Of
Two Illinois GirIs-Another Sis
ter Took Cuticura Pills.

II must give much praise to all the
Cuticura Remedies. I used but one
cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of
Cuticura Ointment, as that was all that
was required to cure my disease. I
was very much troubled with eczema
of the head, and a friend of mine told
me to use the Cuticura Remedies,
which did, and am glad to say that
they cured my eczema entirely. My
head by using the Cuticura Remedies.
Another sister has used Cuticura Re-
solvent and Pills and thinks they are
splendid tonic. Miss Edith Hammer,
r. F. D. No. 6, Morrison, ILL.,, Oct. 3, '06."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Have Trouble
with Your Food =?
Try
Grape-Nuts
Perfectly Cooked,
Ready TO Serve.
Delicious and Healthful

THE ordinary breakfast cereal
cooked a few minutes in half-hearted
way will in time weaken the stomach
Of anything short of an OK.
ANY preparation Of wheat or oats
put into water that is below the boil.
ing point and cooked as mush is usu.
ally served, remains pasty, indi.
gestible mass. The cells are tough
and unopened. In addition, the stom-
ach of a person sensitively constituted
refuses to do anything with the pasty
mass. It is sent into the second stom-
ach, the Duodenum, where in conse.
quence of the long time of the first
process of digestion, is fermented and
soured. AS an eminent medical man
pertinently states, the stomachs of half
the people going about the streets are
about in the condition of an old vim
egar barrel.
Intestinal dyspepsia is the direct
consequence of such feeding"
knowledge of these facts and wide
experience in the preparation and use
of cereals brought out the product
known as Grape-Nuts, manufactured
with special reference to having the
heterogeneous and starchy parts of the
grains, of which the food is composed,
perfectly and scientifically cooked at
the factory, ready for immediate use
and therefore not subject to the ma
nipulations of any cook, good or bad.
The starch of the grains, changed to
grape-sugar, can be seen glistening on
the little granules, and gives forth a
delicate sweetish taste, very palatable.
Children and adults obtain fine re-
suits from the use of Grape-Nuts food.
1t is so perfectly adapted to the wants
of the human body and so easily d.
gested that many cases are on record
of nursing babes being fed very sue
cessfully on it. "There's Reason"
Made at the pure food factories of
the Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
A Prophecy as to Wheat.


Internationally those now living
may see the time when in some years
the United States will import wheat
if a surplus can be found anywhere.
AS rule, however, we may expect
to continue to export grain forever.
The Oldest and most densely popu-
lated countries Of the world continue
to export grain, and while the world
endures there will always be ex-
changes of surpluses. AS to our pro-
duction we are probably nearing our
maximum under present methods of
cultivation. 1t is, however, easily pos.
sible to double our output by better
methods of agriculture which we shall
gradually adopt as increasing prices
caused by the pressure of population
warrant the increased outlay in pro-
ductiOn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

drawn, the lens uncapped, and the in
flash has occurred.
Occasionally one flash will follow
another and show double on the plate,
producing ribbon" or band" flash.
This is caused by the second flash fol-
lowing the same heated column of
air, after the wind has shifted the air
column. Lightning may be photo
graphed in the daytime by using an
extremely deep yellow screen. The
camera should not be moved during
the flash; holding it in the hands will
not yield perfect results; it must be
rigid.
Thunder travels one mile in about
four or five seconds; by counting the
seconds between the flash and the re-
port, the distance can be fairly esti-
mated. Some flashes descend from
the cloud to the earth, and others
ascend from earth to cloud. When
both ends of the flash are included in
the photograph it is simple matter
to trace the course This method can
only be used when the flashes are
ramified. A ramified flash resembles
a river with it's tributaries, but the
current travels in the reverse direc-
ton to the river flow; the lightning
commences at the estuary end Of the
main trunk and breaks up into rami-
fications as it proceeds, SO that when
two images of multiple flash are on
the plate and the rami6cations of one
point towards the earth, and of tho
other towards the sky, it might be as
sumed that they Travelled il opposite
directions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
FOUND ITS WAY HOME,
Pet Seal Which Its Owner Could
Not Lose.

The story of a pet seal, captured
when pup by lighthouse keeper
on the coast Of England, is given in
"Reminiscences of Sportsman
The young seal was fed and allowed
to have the range of the kitchen, and
the members of tie household be-
came greatly attached to it.
1t would make its way daily down
to the water, and pass many hours
swimming about. It. secured more or
less food in that way, but always
returned to it's place in the kitchen
at night.
Dnna4foos nnal1y came To lne sea
with old age, but it continued it's jour
neys to the sea, and returned as reg
ularly as before.
AS old age increased it caused an
noyance by it's peculiar cry for food
and its lessened ability to get about
At last the family decided they must
part with it, and not wishing to kill
it, they arranged with fisherman
to carry it we'll off-some 20 miles
and drop it into the sea. They ex.
pected that it would come to a nat.
ural death in that element. But on
the second day it appeared again al
it's accustomed place.
Another effort was made to get rid
OF it by arranging with a soiling YES.
sci to take it several hundred miles
out to sea and then drop it in. This
was done, and some time passed
away without any sign of the SEAL
But seven days after it's departure
the kitchen maid, who slept near the
door of the kitchen, fancied during
the night she had heard the plaintive
cry OF the seal; and the next morning
it's emaciated body was found on the
threshold.
A PICTURE PJZZI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
On Street in Wife's k;noono

Peoria, Ill.-Peter A. Weast, mil
honaire distiller of Peoria, the other
AFTERNOON promenaded eight blocks
through the business streets in this
city, clad only I'M his wife's kimono
and a pair of Japanese slippers. At
the end of his journey he received
one dollar, the amount~>of a wager
made by James Brown, a friend, who
bet him this amount that he would
not wear the flimsy garment from his
office to the cleaning establishment
where his wife had asked him to de-
liver it. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

were spells of dizziness and faintness,
the kidney secretions were like blood
and passed with intense pain. I had
lost 30 pounds when I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, and was dread
fully nervous. In one week felt bet
ter and to-day am a we'll woman and
have been for long time.'
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
roster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

sary, so that the lens can be set for
inf1nity at a moment s notice when re-
CURED 4 dark night is best for the
purpose, and, when the thunder clouds
are seen to be gathering, the camera
with the plate should be placed in po-
sition. being directed to the point
wAere the flash is expected, the slide
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Three Brave Little Ones.

One summer evening two boys and
a girl who were rowing off Sea View
In the isle of Wight were Mortified to
see a man slip on the Shiny green
weeds on the landing stage and fall
into the water just as the South Sea
steamer was leaving. Grown-up peo.
pie are famous for losing their heads
in the presence of sudden danger,
but these young children kept theirs.
Pulling to the spot as fast as they
could, they soon came up with the
man and let him seize hold of the
boat, but in order to prevent him
from capsizing it they got him to
work himself along to the stern.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Valuable Eco.

Recently there was exhibited in Liv.
erpool an enormous egg, that of a
tall, t1ightless bird, the Aepyornis
maximus, which formerly made it's
home on the island of Madagascar.
Only 20 of these mammoth eggs are
known to be in existence, and they
bring prices ranging from SITS to
$500. Each egg is about a foot long
and nearly yard in circumference.
and the shells will hold about two gal-
Ions of water.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Good for Fishermen's "Bait."

The remarkable Notwithstanding et-
feet of vacuum is strikingly brought
out in the claims made for new
sportsman's bottle. The vessel has
double walls, being really one bottle
within another, with a sealed-up in
tervening space from which the air
has been withdrawn. It is asserted
that liquids in this bottle can be kept
hot 48 hours in the coolest weather,
and that inced beverages will retain
their delicious GOODNESS for weeks in
the hottest summer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

Registers Letters Automatically.
Two Austrian engineers have in.
vented an automatic machine for the
posting of registered letters. Consul
Ledoux Of Prague reports that this
apparatus, which makes it possible to
post registered letters without the as.
sistance of postal officials, is said to
have been accepted by the French and
Hungarian governments. At a recent
demonstration in the presence of the
postal authorities the machine was
declared success, and some ma.
chimes are to be put up to test the
practical value of the invention.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Making PIan Of System.

an ordinary telephone receiver. With
this receiver can hear distinctly the
electric signals made by closing and
opening the Morse key in Fig. 1 and
believe that in short time shall be
able to perfect this system so as to
send wireless messages long distances.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

paratus, consisting of 40-cell bat.
terry connected with two copper plates
sc by Sc by one-eighth inch. The
plates are separated six inches by a
piece of hard rubber at each end.
In Fig. are seen duplicates Of
these insulated plates, connected with
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Boats Wrecked bv Knives

The loss of many English fishing
boats is now believed to have been
due to the fact that the man at the
wheel carried in his pocket special,
~ forged fisherman's knife These
knives possess strong magnetic prop
critics sufficient to defect the COM
pass needle two or three points.
steering an apparently true course,
and the discovery of the knives is now
believed 10 account for many wrecks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

will find the photographing of light
ming both instructive and fascinating.
Some excellent suggestions are made
by Dr.. Lockyer in the Photographic
Journal, London. He divides ordinary
lightning into four general classes:
Stream, sinuous, ramified and mean
dering.
The photographing of lightning is a
simple matter. The lens should be
focused during the day upon a distant
object, or at night on distant lamp,
and the Dashboard marked if neces-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Exploding Torpedoes bv Wireless.

Experiments were recently made
with the explosion of fixed torpedoes
at distance by means of Hertzian
waves. The apparatus employed is
the invention of Senior Balsera, a tele-
graph official. The results of the trials
are declared to have been satisfactory.
The inventor has asked for facilities
to study the application of his sys-
ten to the working of torpedoes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
The Queer Boat.

the little boat, tossed and tumbled
from side to side, will never sink.
In a few days out Of it come guam
titles of wrigglers, hungry as. wolves.
They feast on the scum and minute
vegetation that covers the pool, and
in week or two from each wriggler
energies mosquito. At first their
wings are wet and closely folded. So
each mosquito uses his larval skin for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

ton Of the blad-
der and the trou.
BILE had gone so
far in five years
that my physicians
said nothing but
an operation would
cure me. Awful
b e ar ing dow m
pains, backachcs
and headaches tor
furo6 mo fhoro
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

wireless telegraphy by which I have
had no. difficulty IN sending messages
across one and one-half miles of water
surface, declares correspondent of
Popular Mechanics. 1t is so simple
that the cuts scarcely need explana-
tion In Fig. 1 is seen the sending ap-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

a fairy boat, to float about in while
he airs and dries his wings, but as
soon as he is able to fly, off he goes
to lunch upon you or me, or the first
person he can Superintendent En-.
Quirer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

The love Of a bad woman kills 9TH
ers; the love of good woman kills
herself-George Sand.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Flying Matches.

Little irene, who had just moved
to the country from the city of New
York, was sitting On the porch with
her brother Edgar. They had never
seen lightning bugs before, so they
we're surprised when they saw sew
eral bugs flying and lighting in the
air.
"They are bugs" cried Edgar.
mo, they're not" declared Irene:
they're matches in the ART"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

AUTO ELECTRIC HORN.
Operates by Pushing Button Instead
of Bulb.
A "press-the button" electric horn
for automobiles is the latest thing in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

There was never yet a fair woman
but she made mouths in a glass;
Shakespeare.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
A WoMAN's sUFFERlNes.
a Dreadful Operation Seemed to Be
tho Only Outcome.

Mrs. Clyde Pixley, Bridge St., Beld.
Ing, Mich, writes: Il had inflamma.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Too Heavy.

But, my good fellow" said the d.
vine, did you ever take BATH"
mo, SIR" the tramp answered, hum
bly,. Il never took nothin' bigger'n
teaspOOn"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
High Cream Price,

Write us to-day for particulars and tags
MILTON DAIRY CO., st. Paul.. MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

Wherever women are honored, the
gods are satisfied.-Hindu Proyerb,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

Ship Your Cream to Us.
We always pay the highest market price
amels Bros, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
THE FIRST BOAT BUILDER.
Some Interesting Facts Concerning a
Common Insect.

Would you believe that it was our
constant and most affectionate friend,
the mosquito, who built the first boat?
Often ON small pools you may see a
tiny, soot-black barge floating about.
This is filled with neat rows of eggs.
No matter how wild a storm RACES,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

Women forgive injuries, but they
never forget slights.-Haliburton
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

Let a man pray that none of his
womankind should form a just esti
nation of Iim-Thackeray.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease. It cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy: Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
No Headache in the Mornino.

Knuse's Headache Capsules for over-in-
dnlgence in food: or drink. Druggists, 25c.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

Nature is so earnest when she
makes WOman.-O. w. Holmes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

We Pay Top Price for Cream.
Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes. St. Paul, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

The illustrations will make plain a
simple and inexpensive apparatus for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
Bio Money for Cream,

for cream in summer. GET OUR OFFER.
r. E COBB. St. Paul. MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

Edison says that electricity is more
OF mystery to him than ever.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

Makes New Kind Of Noise.
woodworking. The horn is operated
from a battery, and when the circuit
is opened and closed a resilient dia-
phragm makes new kind of noise.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
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PHOTOGRAPHING LIGHTNING.
Fascinating Pastime for the Thunder
Storm Season.
The season of thunder storms is
with us, and anyone with a camera
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
THE GREEDY BOY.
She Was INDIGNANT.
The Night After the Feast.

A little girl came home flushed
with indignation because she had
been kept in" to correct her exam.
pies. Mamma, Ill never speak ia
jeanne Smith again as long as 1 live, "
she exclaimed. why, what has
Jeanne done to deserve that?" "Be.
cause-well, because I copied allLer
arithmetic, and every sum Of hers was iau
wrong" j. - V NE 81
Shakespeare at the Seashore. 4
Stella-What was the summer re.
sort like?
Bella-A hamlet with Romas LETT
out.-N. 7. Sun. i *sss q Ii. sS 50 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16

Samoa Cocoa Beans.
Samoa exported, in 1905, 271k tons
Of cocoa beans.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-16
NOVEL WIRELESS SYSTEM.

Simple Apparatus by Which Messages
May be Sent Short Distances.