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Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11

claimed. 'fNever When 1 have paid him
back for it, will let it Drop
"'When you have done wrong, it will not
wish it were settled"
"Well, when l get good chance, it will
be-, he replied, with determined nod, as
he left the room.
a minute later he looked in again.
IL am gojng, down on the fiat, hunting
and disappeared again.
his luck was not good. Neither he nor his
companion, Jim Peters, had bagged bird,
after couple of hours wading about over
the marshy land. which the creek, swollen
miniature lake. The only bird hit by them
had fallen beyond reach and was sailing down
the current.
"Gone. down to lodge in that old willow, 1
suppose" muttered Jack. ''We may as wen
go home"
Bang. went a gun just then from the OBJ.
posite side of the marsh as it seemed
Most likely it is Park. He never hears
my gun without getting out his. He's down
by the gorge, expect, That bird has drift
go straight into his hands now-but it won't
always be So"
Bsng! The 1;vss gun was fired e.a again;
whoever it is, he better be getting back. The
Bang! bang The reports followed each
other in quick succession.
Cant be he's killed anything. Some
thing must be up Jack remarked, as he
listened. 10 Ae
eyes; waters up, and it's going to be nm.
per Wed better be getting out of this be-
Jim set the example by wadine off toward
the mainland, holding his gun out of the wa
ter. W.
Current is setting in right strong. too
he observed, as he stemmed along, Jack close
in his wake.
"Those pieces coming down look as ;f
there had been, freshet above" Jack said
as some fence boards were seen on the snr,
face of the creek. '1
Bang! bang!
"Say. JIM do you suppose anybody's down
the fats alone?" Jack queried, stopping
"He'd better not be. It's going to bs ,
swifter tonight. Come on"
Jack moved slowly. He knew these flats
what they were in slight freshets, crossed
as they were by network of bitches for
If anybody was down there and
did not know how to swim, it would be a
pretty tough matter getting back to main
land Bang! bang
'Iook here, Jim, you take my gun with
you I'm going back. don't believe any
body,,s foolish enough to hang around the
"And get caught YOURSELF We're out none
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11

| too soon, 1 think. Father says Chester dam
is leaking, and [ don't want to be in its
way if it breaks. If that's Park, I should
think you'd let him look out for himself. He
would you. Pay him back in his own coin. F."
Jack hesitated 1t must be Park, and here
was chance to pay him back. He took a
few steps, then stopped again, thrust his gun
into Jim's hands and turned back.
I'm curious to see who it Is, anyhow, he
said, as he waded off.
"Well if that isn't foolish thing to dol"
was Jim's comment, as he hurried Off the
marsh.
eAJack knew his ground, and, carefully avoid
ing the deep bitches. he struck the logs when
1t was quite distance down the flat that
he had gone, sand the water was waist deep
Then bang went the gun again, and the
flash showed him where the gunner was-n
the that low e0 0ah of the GS y Hos beyond
"Halloa!' Jack called.
"Halloa!" came back quickly.
"Who is it,"
"Park Wright" was the answer. 81 am
freed by the water, l don't know my way
There was no reply for moment. Jack
stood on "a submerged stump, looking at the
willow, and its occupant.
He knew that Park could not swim, and
here the fellow was, afraid to try TO md ms
way out because of the holes and bitches. he
must cross What fool to get into such
plight! 81 - -. balm follow ont .
cried Park. =.
half exultant shout
He heard despairing "Oh,'" followed by
"I needn't expect help them" as he stood
balancing himself upon. the stump.
OF course Park needn't expect help. Jack
was master now, and Park might get out by
himself if he wasn't such a coward. 1t
wasn't his business. Here was chance to
pay ~
What was that noise? Was it Chester
Dam? It was a mile away; but that big
pond would soon be down there.
ing -1 a rapid circuit to the tree, 'climb
down here. 1t isn't over your head. Do
inst as / say, and don't lose you senses when
1 saw ditch Hurry"
aTThe dam has broken" Park said, family,
as he stood trembling by Jacks side.
sfNeyer mind. Come ont
r. was not far across the marsh, which
narrowed here to what was called the
gorge" but it was deep, and the dull, rush
inc roar was growing louder.
1,rasping Parks hand. Jack struggled on, |
,);nn;ne. but instinctivey finding the old |
farm bridge across the first deep ditch.
The current was increasing. but they |
on, now into another ditch, but up |
gain. to founder into new holes. The water
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
a Housekeeper

A. bright little girl who had successfully
spelled the word "that," was asked by her
teacher what would remain after the "t' had
been taken away.
ply.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11
A Great Man

Bertie--My Uncle John is big man. tell
you. He's got charge of all the twenty-five
cent pieces in the world.
Bobby--He has?
Bertie-Yes; he told me he was quarter
master last night
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11

T~1 THAT debt was an affair of long
standing, for it had been made years
before Jack Towner's birth, so that
IMSSsNI it could not be looked upon as
- strictly personal matter with him
GOLF
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-22
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest From Fourteen Coun'
ties of State.

A grange has been organized at WI
Evansville this week with charter
membership of 62. This Is the 5lst
grange to be organized in vermont
since December l, 1908.
or the 344 pupils examined In the
Nortbfield schools for defects OF sight
and hearing. 10 were found defective,
or 229 per cent. AS in all towns the
greater per cent, 500 was iouhu III
the high school.
In view OF the fact that there are
several cases of scarlet fever IN Bris-
toll. the school directors, by directioh
of the state board Of health, have CLOS
ed the graded school until after
Thanksgiving.
The members of the South North
field Farmers club are very entnusl-
astic over the benefits derived iroh
the meetings of the organization. Ohe
farmer says that the ideas advanced
there have added more than Sloo 10
his profits this year.
The report on samples OF the Rut-
land CITY water which were recently
sent TO the state laboratory of hygiene
/ at burlington, shows the water TO De
chemically and Extraordinarily free
from evidences of pollution and 10
contain no colon bacilli.
The fifth annual session of the Cairo
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order. Mobiles
| of the Mystic Shrine, will convene In
Rutland December 10 at 3 o'clock Ill
the afternoon for the purpose OF tran.
sacting business. A reception and
hall will be held in the evening.
Just 141 boatloads of lumber have
arrived in port this season from Can
ada for Burlington dealers, which is
a record breaker. Ten more are ex'
| nacted to arrive this season. Last
season 112 boatloads touched port.
Frank H. Rogers, Barre express
man. while engaged in unloading bag
gage the other day was injured in Pc
cuj;ar manner. Trunks were beng
hauled to the second story by means
NJ tackle and as one was guided by
| pogars q ring on his finger caught ON
a nroiection and up he went IL feet
| hefore the ring was released. Rogers
then descended quickly to the ground
striking on his heels and falling evil VI,
IDENTIFY against the wagon. No bones
were broken but the shaking up was
severe.
The billings library, at Burlington,
has received from Miss Emily Canfield
a granddaughter OF the late 5isno u
uon,rins n Gift of 81 bound volumes
mans and many of the pamphlets are
valuable contributions to the early
history history of the transcontinental rail
roads in Canada and the United States
and DI projects for a waterway from the
St. Lawrence through Lake Champlain
to the seaboard, in which Inoma n.s Oaa
field was actively Interested. others
~ the pamphlets relate to affairs o.
the protestant Episcopal diocese and
schools of Vermont The DOCKS are
miscellaneous In character.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-22
FOR SALE 5!

$3.50 buys this 16 acre farm. good
house and barn, keeps two cows and
horse, seventy apple trees. Less than
one mile from SALISBURY Depot.
A good building lot of 5000 square
feet located on River street for $275.
A good building lot on Grandview st.
for $500. A good, well located lot on
Gage street Price 500.
For $4,000 will sell the best farm of
its size in Bennington, 1876 acres with
good house and three barns. win
keep 20 COWS and horses, running wat
er to buildings. plenty of fruit, locat-
ed near j, c. Colgate's estate.
rhe Pleasant street home of David
Moore. price $4,000 VIII take $500
as first payment. Ii is a good modern
house with good barn in first class
repair. 1t has frontage on the above
street of S3Ia feet and the land alone
is worth the price asked for the whole
property
Never was such bargain. Cuts go
tons OF hay, keeps 20 cows and two
nurses, sugar mouse ana lOVO naples,
| so apple trees. other fruit. large house
and three barns in good repair, 1870
acres OF land ~ miles from Shafts
bury Depot plenty of wood and water
and with the above will put in two
COWS and 10 tons OF hay. Price for
all $1,000.
For $500 will sell the best poultry
place In this county. II has a large
and nearly new house, new brooder
house and hen houses for 800 hens,
horse barn, COW barn, two wagon
sheds. The buildings could not be
built for $4,000. Six acres of good land
variety of all kinds of fruit, will take
$500 as first payment, located less
than II miles from trolly line and
Whites shops at North Bennington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-22
TWO Cent Fare In olslahom..

GUTHRIE, Okla, Nov. 22.-The first
act of the Oklahoma corporation COM
mission was to notify the Fort Smith
and Western railroad to comply with
the two cent fare provision Of the con-
stitution until otherwise ordered.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-22

HAVANA, Nov. 22.-The advisory
legislative commission has unanimous
ly granted foreigners the right to be
elected city councillors after a five year
residence, but no right to vote Is
granted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-22
Predict. Thirty-nine snowstorms.

WINSTED, Conn, Nov. 22.-Win-
sted householders have banked up
their outside cellar doors, f. g. Gates,
the most reliable of the towns wealth
err seers, having predicted thirty-nine
snowstorms for this winter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
PUSHING a "cooo THINo.v
Almost Too Much Eagerness Tor Re-.
: ward Of Virtue. H.. q

j. The general manager of a traction
system of western city recently re-
ceived the following communication,
together with f1ve-cent piece: II
beg to advise you that week or two
ago I rode home on car No. 1899, of
your Main street line. The car was
very crowded, and the conductor,
through no fault of his own, failed to
reach me. When left the car he was
too far to the front to enable me to
get to him. I, therefore, now remit
you the amount of my fare, and beg to
say that I would have done so sooner
had it not been that I was out of
town" This unusual occurrence was
reported by the general manager to
the roads board of directors, with the
result that, by their instruction, an
annual pass was sent to the honest
patron, together with letter coucned
in complimentary terms. The recip-
lent must have recounted his expert
ence to his neighbors, for in little
while the manager received a letter
from another patron, reading: I'm
view of the fact that yesterday 1 neg
lected to pay my fare on your line, I
herewith inclose a five-cent piece.
Kindly forward pass to address be-
low"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
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- : = -,
BOUNCING BALL ON AIR
Peculiar Motions Of Trick Ball and
the Explanation.

You will say this is impossible, for
how can ball bounce unless it has
something to strike against, thus CIV
Ing it the required impact to develop
a rebound?
Yet If you throw this particular
ball through the air, it will describe
the series of "bounces" shown in Fig.
1, much to the establishment of the
person it is thrown at Perhaps he
prides himself especially on his catch
ing ability, but his pride will surely
go before a fall" when he tries to
judge this erratic ball, for it is most
difficult to catch and will fool nine
good catchers out of ten.
After you have had some fun puz-
cling your friend in this manner, there
Is another way to get amusement out
of the trick ball. Provide yourself
with an ordinary ball resembling it,
handing the trick ball to the other
chap whom you now invite to roll for
line to see who may come nearest,
each standing about ten feet distant
from the line. Both toss together,
and you will see queer result; your
ball will proceed directly toward it's
destination, but his will CIT a lot of
queer antics, rolling in a Very irregu.
lar course, and when the ball does
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
COULDN'T KEEP iT.
Kept It Hid from the Children.

1--WE cannot keep Grape-Nuts food in
the house. It goes so fast have to
hide it, because the children love it so.
1t is just the food I have been looking
for ever so long; something that do
not have to stop to prepare and still 10
nourishing."
Grape-Nuts is the most scientifically
made food on the market. It is per-
fectly and completely cooked at the
factory and can be served at an in.
stant's notice, either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk If a hot dish
Is desired. When milk or water is
used, little sugar should be added.
but when cold cream is used alone
the natural grape-sugar, which can be
seen glistening on the granules, is suf-
ficiently sweet to. satisfy the palate.
This grape-sugar is not poured over
the granules, as some people think.
but exudes from the granules In the
process of manufacture, when the
starch of the grains is changed from
starch to grape-sugar by the process
OF manufacture. This, in effect, is the
nrst act OF digestion; therefore, Grape
Nuts food is pre-digested and is most
perfectly assimilated by. the very
weakest stomach. There's a Rea-
son."
Made at the pure food factories Of
the Postum Co.,. Battle C.sek, Mich.
Read the little health classic, 'Ths
Road to Wsllville.' II pk&s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
MADE 4 NEW FASHION.
Good Joke Played Ii Old Days On
e@@s *..s ,stWouid-ee Fashionable. 1

- - - =
Old Camden, in his Remains" tells
good story of q trick played by q
knight upon a would-be fashionable
shoemaker. i. Sir = Philip ,Calthrop
pu1 ged John brakes, the shoemaker
Of Norwich in the time Of King Henry
Vll1., Of the proud humor which our
people have to be of the gentlemen's
cut. This knight bought as much fine
French tawny cloth as should make
him a gown, and sent it to the tailor's
to be made. John brakes, shoe
maker, coming to this tailor'S and see-
Ing the knights gown cloth lying
t.=re, bid the tailor buy cloth Of the
same price and pattern and make it
OF the same fashion as the knights.
Not long after the knight, coming in
to the tailor to be measured for his
gown, and perceiving the like cloth
lying there, asked whose it was.
John brakes, the shoemaker, who
will have it made of the self-same
fashion that yours is made of" Then
make mine as full of cuts as the
shears will make it," John brakes
had no time to go for his gown till
Christmas day, when he meant to
wear it. Perceiving the same to be
full of cuts, he began to swear at the
tailor. II have done naught but what
you bid me-" quoth the tailor, "for
as Sir Philip Calthrop's garment is,
even so have I made yours "By my
latchet!" quoth John brakes, II will
never wear gentlemen's fashions
again!"-London T. P.'s Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26

But I'm determined to win you,
Kathleen"
LAS if you could against my will"
1T won't be against your will
you'll wish it,"
She raised her eyebrows in unbelief.
I'll make myself so necessary to
you that you can't help wishing it,"
he went on confidently.
But l don't need you for-any-
thing" she objected
"Oh, but you may, you know" he
smiled, imperturbably. I'll be your
knight and fight for you as in the
olden time"
I'm no princess shut up in a cas-
tie, Charlie" she retorted, all the
more scornfully because his words had
given her curious little thrill. 'The
extent of your warfare thus far has
been to procure me an ice or to bring
me my FAM" she went on, with up tilt
ed chin.
Not very dragon-like obstacles,
acknowledge" he laughed back at
her; "still-there's time yet, so long
as the princess remains unwed," he
finished, bringing his thin, clean-cut
lips together decisively, as Kathleen
turned away.
When Kathleen Randall had unax-
pectedly fallen heir to small fortune
she Immediately announced her inte;-
ton Of travelling.
"All my life" she declared laugh
ingly 1--WE been like Helen'; Dahis 6
and have wanted to see the wheels
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
REHEARSAL IN A CAR,
Professional Entertainer Was Almost
Too Successful.

1.-THE other night, coming home in
the car said the professional enter
tainer, Il began to wonder if l could
bring tears to my own eyes as I do
to the eyes of the other people. I
tried. l thought of all the wrongs I
had committed, and felt sorry for peo-
pie l had wronged. I thought of all
the mistakes had made that other
people had profited by and pretty soon
the tears began to gather in my eyes
and roll down my cheeks.
II forgot there were other people
in the car who might notice me. Soon
woman got up from across the car
and came to me.
81 see, SIR said she, that you are
in some trouble. Can 1 Co. anything to
help your
Lord bless you, no, madam told
her, hastily wiping away my tears, I
am professional entertainer and was
practicing on myself. That's ALL"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
Care Of Gloves.

Too much cannot be said about the
care of gloves and the necessity of
careful removal from the hands, for
upon this more than anything else
depends the length of time a pair of
gloves will wear. After unfastening
the glove it should be turned back
over the hand as far as the fingers,
and then should be pushed off, with
out pulling on the fingers of the glove
at all, as when this is done the threads
of the sewing are broken, and in a
short time begin to rip.
After the glove is off the hand the
fingers should be gently Strengthened
out, the gloves smoothed into shape,
and put into box to keep them from
the air as much as possible, as it is
the air and the moisture in it that rot
the fine thread with which a fine
glove is sewn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26

bath. AS a general rule, sparrows
seem to like the early morning,
thrushes, blackbirds and starlings
prefer midday bath and robins like
to battle about six p. M, when all
other birds have retired to roost. I
have counted as many as six robins,
one after the other, after six p. m. OF
course, I do not mean this is an In
variable rule, but it seems to be a
general one. Chaf1nches and green
finches drink freely; but never saw
one of the former have a bath, and it
is very rare occurrence for the lat
ter to battle. Tomtits are very fond
of the bath, and show great pluck, be-
ing almost out of their depth in 1h
inches of water. One more popularity
I have noticed. Although birds of all
sorts battle regularly, the special time
is during a storm of rain after a spell
of fine weather. The fact of its being
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
WHAT BIRDS CAN DO.

Bros are possessed of enormous
muscular power, far exceeding. I'M
some cases, that of any other warm
blooded creature.
Ihere is an instance on record of
an eagle, weighing IA pounds, lifting
and carrying off young pig that;
weighed AZ pounds. !
The kick of an ostrich is a fearl
some thing. It will break a mans
thigh, or even the leg of horse. The
ostrlch, too, is for short distance.
the sWiftest runner of all creatures.
The top speed of a horse is about 81
miles an hour. !
The speed of birds in the air il re-
markable. A swallow which had q
nest IN the gable of the railway sta
ton at Antwerp was taken thence and
sent to Compiegne, in France, a dis
lance OF 140h miles, and then re-
leased. 1t was home again within one
hour and eight minutes. It's speed
was, therefore, 1851 miles an hour.
Birds are weatherwise beyond other
creatures, says Montreal Herald
Swans and other water birds seem to
have some sixth sense which tells
them when wet season is coming
Before such 9 time they build their
nests higher than usual above the wa
ter line, so that if flood comes the
nest and the eggs will not ba washed
away. 49,. -.
The peacock knows over night what
the weather will be. His hursh scream
before he goes TO roost Is a certain
sign Of rain before morning.
Some migrating birds have the curi.
GUS faculty Of avoiding places infected
by pestilence. Swallows, for instance.
Will never build where plague, cholera
or yellow fever is raging. st. Angus
tine long ago noticed this, and exhort-
ed his followers to "shun wickedness
as swallows shun pestilent places.
We speak Of dainty persons hayingi
no more appetite than a bird. No.
less appropriate phrase could be used.
The bird tribe have. one and all, enor-
NOUS appetites. a heron weighing
four pounds when shot has been found
70 contain two trout one Of two.
pounds and another 81 one and : hair
pounds. SIS. 6
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
Crab Jambalaya.

Throw live crabs into boiling sailed
water and boil until the shells turn
red. Take from the fire, cool, then
pick the meat from the shells. Put a
tablespoonful lard or pork drippings
in a deep pot Gan iron pot is best),
add large onion chopped fine. When
Drowned add a tablespoonful flour,
and as soon as Drowned and blended
cupfnl tomato. When thickened
and smooth add three pints boiling
water or hot stock and then a cupful
rice. Boil until the rice is done, STIR
ring frequently. Season with salt,
pepper, parsley, celery salt. Lastly
add the crab meat, cook ten or Is
minutes and serve.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
The ROYAL Road.

Struggling Author-Why, De Poesy.
how prosperous you look! Was your
last book of poems q success?
De Posey-No-o, can't say that it
was.
published = popular novel, per-
haps?"
NO"
"Ah, then you have written play.
have always held that play writing,
while not the highest form of art, was
nevertheless" !.
Il have written no play"
You haven't? Where did these dne
clothes come from? How did you pay
for that handsome turnout?''
Il have abandoned literature and
am peddling clams."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-26
The New and the Old Tin.

thing, including painting it a dirty
color to make it look like the old tin;
but all to no purpose. Thinking they
would get accustomed to it in time, 1
left it for three or four weeks; but I
never saw it used once. I then put
the old triangular one down near the
new one, and before I had walked ten
yards from it two birds were in it
bathing. I put the old tin into the
new one, and the birds went to it
without hesitation. l cannot imagine
what they object to in the round tin,
unless the surface area, unbroken by
the triangular one, is too big; but
with one tin inside the other they
thoroughly enjoy their bath, and a
study of their habits affords endless
amusement. Different birds appear
to have different times for the daily