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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12

Balancing Coin on Edge Of Glass.
now gently place the edge of the coin
on the rim of the glass; the exact
position will require little searching
for, but it is by no means difficult to
find. When correctly placed, the coin
will be in such a condition of stable
equilibrium as to permit of being rock
ed up and down with absolute free
dom. The drawing Zig. u shows
clearly the position in which the forks
and coin are to be placed.
Another neat little feat of dexter
ity, and one by no means so difficult
as it appears, says Montreal Herald,
consists in placing rouleau of coins
on the elbow, and by quick move
ment catching them in the hand
The forearm and hand are to be
placed in horizontal position with
the coins ON the upper aspect of the
elbow, as depicted in Fig. 2. It will
be noticed on looking carefully at this
that the palm of the hand is upper
most. The hand is now swiftly
brought down, describing in it's course
a circle, and, without any conscious
effort to make for" the coins direct,
they will be found to strike against
the palm in it's descent, and, of course,
are tightly gripped. The simplicity
of the trick turns on the fact that
when the hand is brought down in
the matter indicated, it describes an
arc which cuts through the point at
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12

and the pumping machinery begins it's
days work and keeps it up until SUM-
down.
The power of the sun for heating
has only been family appreciated by
scientists in the past, but the predic-
ton is made now that if all the coal
should give out we would soon be able
to run much of our machinery from
the power of the sun. With 500 mir
rors properly arranged to focus the
rays upon one point, temperature of
more than 1000 degrees has been OBJ
tanned. This almost equals one-fifth
the highest temperature recorded by
cred to-day the most powerful heat
ing apparatus ever discovered. As
there is no limit to the number of
mirrors that may be employed, says
st. Nicholas, and as the intensity OF
the heat increases in proportion to
the number of rays reflected by the
mirrors, it is conceivable that a tenn
perature may be obtained in time that
will surpass anything ever dreamed
of In the past or present.
Hitching the sun to run electric
motors for furnishing light and pow
er for our homes and factories is the
very latest achievement of the mod
ern work of Harvesting the elements
to do mans work; and one square
yard of sunshine in the tropics may
represent, on the average one horse.
power.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12

the habit of sitting upon the floor.
1t is not necessary to sit crosslegged
like the Turk, but one can choose a
pretty and comfortable position. The
Japanese woman, who never gets fat,
has a trick of sitting upon the floor.
She chooses batting or a rug or any
thing that is very low in preference to
higher seats. Indeed, she has almost
nothing which corresponds to our idea
of chair. The result is that she con-
stantly bends the muscles of the
waist, the back and the hips.
The idea of reducing with calisthen-
les and with rigid starvation diet is
Old fashioned: The latest reduction
specialists advise plenty of good food,
a great deal of vigorous body work.
plenty of loose clothing and some incl
dental bending movements These.
with the habit of sitting upon the floor
and letting the spine breathe will help
any woman to acquire the slender pro-
portions of the statuesque figure.
Drinking plenty of weak tea is said
to make woman slim, but the trou-
bic is that few women get it weak
enough. They drink I've and wonder
why they geEsfat and nervous. The
hips should be u little wider than the
shoulders for beauty.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12

Physical culturists all over the
world are busily engaged in working
/ upon the empire hips They are seek.
ing a solution of the stout difficulty.
| 1t isn't so much the waist that counts
as the hips. A fat thick waist may
be concealed, but hips that are not
, symmetrical will spoil the finest en-
pire gown that ever came out of
Paris. Good, well-shaped hips are es-
sential to every nice figure. But the
woman who lets her hips get elephant.
lne-and one does see elephantine
hlps-will surely lose her good looks.
1t is the beginning of the end of con-
tour.
The woman who is going to work
the fat off her hips and abdomen
should give her body plenty of free.
dom. She should take off her tight
garments; she should put on some
thing loose, preferably an empire
gown, and she should allow the air to
touch her skin so that her flesh mus
cles will feel young.
Sitting on the floor is one OF the
simple but very effective things to
do. A specialist who reduces the
weight of queens and titled Amer
leans advises his patients to cultivate
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
SOFT FABRICS FOR SPRING.
I'non Being Used Extensively for
Princess Gowns,

However inconstant fashion NAV
De IN all other things, she is ever
faithful to soft flowing fabrics and
one OF her prime favorites is linon.
Ihls material is being used extensive.
~ tor princess gowns, which are hui1t
over silk Innings and extensively
trimmed with lace and embrotderv
Simply bewitching is one of the now
creations in black silk linon ovar
white, with a border of Persian do.
sign OF oriental coloring worked into
the hem of the SKIRT In turn This
border is outlined top and bottom
with tiny folds of black MORE rihhon
Above this, small panels of tucked
hnon, with borders of embroiderv
are stitched into the skirt. and tha
bodice has a deep yoke of white lara
with an odd oriental embroiderod d.
sign outlined by wide bands Of odo-
ing to match.
The sleeves are pulled at the i'm
then comes a band of embroidered
lace, and below this is another cufp
dropping over the elbow at the hack
with an inset Of lace on the inside
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
, PlaStron Effects

Plastron effects are seen on MANY
OF the white chiffon and white 1ace
bodices worn at matinees by fashion.
able women and girls.
A chiffon waist with a yoke and
sleeves partially of lace have a souara
or otherwise shaped plastron set IN
the front, the lower part perhaps
swinging loose. Indeed, a part of all
these plastrons swing loose, otherwise
they would be appliques or insertions
depending on the manner of their ap-
plication.
Some of the fine lace blouses have
swinging squares or oblongs across
the front or back, of heavier laces. and
vice versa, but much skill and taste
must be used in their application at
the proper point and in the proper
way, or the results are anything but
pleasing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
Colored linens.

Predictions indicate That more col
ored linens than ever are to hold
sway, and indeed the prophecy has
everything in it's favor for it's ulti-
mate naturalization, for some of the
smartest linen dresses that have been
designed this season were in soft col.
ors, made on simple lines with no
trimming save few stitched straps
and dashes of hand embroidery done
with coarse white linen thread. A
good many of these little frocks are
made with separate guimpes or chem.
isettes with blouse and skirt attached
by means of fitted girdle. ..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
FASHIONS FANciEs.

Hatpins are always changing The
prettiest and newest things in that
line are huge round gold balls 1t is
quite the proper caper to have all
of ones hatpins to match instead of
the motley collection that is usually
seen.
Place the veil so that the lower line
at the center comes over the chin,
draw either end up snugly at the
back of the hat, fold into neat little
knot, and turn in the loose ends, fas.
tening with fancy pin. The top of
the veil should not be crumpled over
the hat brim, but laid in trim, neat,
close lines.
Stu the short sleeves continue
Some women declare that short
sleeves are becoming very common,
appearing in even the cheapest gowns.
The same thing may be said of long
sleeves; they were common for many,
many years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
PUSH THE coUNrRY's TRADE
invaluable Work That Is Done tv
American Drummer.

"The American drummer is the
greatest patriot in the world" said w.
J. Clark, in the Washington Post. II
believe no other men can touch the
Americans in selling goods or boost
ing their country. The travelling men
of the United States have made our
foreign trade. They are good mixers,
quick to catch on and are the great
est .clvilizers we have, with the ex-
ception, of the newspapers. How
faithful and patriotic they are none
but those who have seen them can
appreciate. Their patriotism is nut to
the real test, for anyone who has trav.
eled in foreign country longs to get
back home when he has been wears
away from his fireside. Eut the men
stick to their work, knowing that It is
up to them to make trade. AndSthey
are doing it bravely and surely. There
is no better trademark in Europe to.
day than that which appears ON Amer
lean goods. Foreign countries know
Il too. for many OF them arc con.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
Para Must Wait,

Little Dorothy was an only child
and, like many another, her one wish
was for baby brother or sister. One
day when she had asked her papa to
get her one he had laughingly replied
that it was too expensive and he could
not afford it.
Not long after this Dorothy and
her papa were taken by friend for
an automobile ride. The friend
talked enthusiastically upon the pleas
ures of motoring, urging Dorothy's
father to buy an auto. Dorothy
listened in silence for awhile, then
broke out excitedly with:
mo, Mr.. L., papa can't go to
any more expense till he buys me a
new baby brother"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
TIP to ProdiqaIs.

II takes notice." philosophical,
said old Brother Dinger, who was
great hand to cogitate, dat in des<
days, whilst we are dess as glad as w
ever was when a sinnah refawms, W
don't make so much fuss about it a.
we used to-. We respects and in
dawses his action as much as we eve,
did, but we don't shout 80 loud. Nova
days, de prodigal bring along his OWL
calf: If he don't he's i'ble to butt
up ag'in Disappointment. Yves a heap
mo- for solid business, desc times
and lots less for noise, dan We usel
to was, Yassah!"-Puck.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
TOO HOT FOR HIM.
Little Montana Girl Treats Bear to
Hot-Water Bath.

In Montana a few weeks ago a girl
named Mary Williams, 13 years old,
was alone in her fathers cabin when
a bear entered.
For a time bruin looked around in
a curious way, having never made q
social call before, but presently he be.
gan growing at the girl, and showing
signs of an intention to eat her.
On the stove was kettle of hot
water with dipper in it. Mary
backed up to the stove as the bear
advanced upon her, and, though she
was very much frightened, she seized
the dipper and flung pint of boiling
water full in his face. 1t was as good
as if he had been shot with cannon.
He roared with pain, says the De.
troit Free Press, rolled over on the
floor, and their fed through the door,
and did not stop running for mile.
He had probably seen some hot times
before, but this was the first time he
had felt any hot water. .5 ..sz.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
Alumni Claim Governor.

Gov. Hughes is probably the most
"alumnied' executive that ever headed
the state government. Attending the
Cornell dinner the other night, he was
hailed as a son of the Ithaca institu.
ton and only week or so before the
Brown alumni had claimed him for
their own. But the governor if he has
any desire to qualify further may drop
in on the Colgate and even the Colum.
bia alumni when they dine. He started
his college career at Colgate, stayed
there two years and then went to
Brown. He studied law at Columbia
and became Cornell man by occupy
ing lecture chair there for two years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
Like Old Style DESIGNS.

The printed chiffon cloths, silk
mousselines and marquisettes are love-
ly beyond words, and one of the strik-
ing novelties in this class is printed
in Persian design and colorings, recall
ing instantly the Paisley shawls of
blessed memory. Over white this Per-
sian mousseline is remarkably beauti-
full, though probably too unusual to
find general approval. Less extreme
are the chiffons and silk mOusselines
in white with deep Persian borders
similar in color and design to the all
over Persian printing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
One Plea Mans Fellow Drinkers
Res pect.

1T isn't always that slang phrase
exerts any great moral power, though
as dissuader a slang word by the
sense of ridicule it conveys may in
duence people," said the man with
high ball ready to put where it would
do the most good, "but there is one
slang phrase which has higher recog-
milton among drinkers than half the
prayers that are offered in their be-
half. That phrase is ON the water
wagon l like my nip, and l like to
see other people enjoy theirs, but no
excess for me if you please. I've been
around a great deal with drinkers
and have seen how they have been
persuaded by others to drink when
they really did not want it. They
have offered all the ordinary excuses
for not taking drink, but the man
or men who wanted them to drink
kept on coaxing. Why, have heard
man tell another he had promised
his wife and children not to take an
other drink, and the other simply
piffed and pouffed at him, and held
the glass up for him to break his
promise.
But nowadays if a man tells the
crowd at the bar that he is on the
water wagon, and shakes his head,
they accept the excuse with hardly
protest and let him drink milk or
settler. I have seen it done hum
dreds of times with almost the in
variable result l don't know why it
has such potency, but the drinkers
seem to accept it as a good reason
for not drinking and do not insist.
But let the man offer any other ex-
cuse under the sun, and they will
give him the ha ha and either make
him drink or get out"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
Two YEARS IN BED
Or. Williams Pink Pills Cured Stub
born rheumatism When Other
Treatment Gave No Relief.


Treatment Gave No Relief.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have been
curing the most stubborn cases OF
rheumatism for nearly a generation
and thousands of grateful patients
have given testimony that cannot ba
ignored.
Mr.. Robert Odbert, q machinist, liv.
ing at POL Cameron Street, Detroit
Mich, mad a very distressing expert
ence with rheumatism for about two
years. He makes the following state
ment: "About the year 1887 felt the
effects of rheumatism which gradually
grew worse until l was compelled to
give up work for a time. The years
Of ~ and '98 I was confined to my bed
most of the time. was under doctors
treatment but found no relief. my
legs were swollen from the hips down.
ward and red blotches appeared all
over them. Frequently they panied
me so that had to bind them tightly
with strips Of linen. This sometimes
relieved the pain but at other times
failed to do SO. At times I had to
crawl to my work, using two crutches
During these spells suffered greatly
from pain around my heart which I at.
tributed to the rheumatism
AT last my mother wrote me and
asked me to try DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. did and in a short time
found myself getting better and have
had no trouble since. may here add
that I consider myself perfectly cured.
I have not had the least sign of the
disease since and feel better now than
I ever did. For these reasons I
recommend DR.. Williams Pink Pills
to any one affected the same as was"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent by mail, postpaid
on receipt of price, so cents per box,
six boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Will.
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
Farm Life in Rhodesia

Mr.. Trollip's farm, near Fort Gibbs.
has been visited by two rhinoceroeas
lately. They are very truculent in
their behavior and are doing heavy
damage to his crops, besides being a
source of danger to all on the farm
Mrs. Trollip was also surprised by
a crocodile when fishing on the farm.
The reptile plunged into the water
from the opposite bank, and made
straight toward her.-Rhodesia Her
aid. -, s..#=. il
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POWER FROM SUNSHINE.
How 1t 10 Obtained by Use Of
Refiectors.

Electric power from sunlight ap.
pears more wonderful than harness.
Ing the streams or wind. Yet we know
something of the vast heat of the SUM-
Solar engines for operating pumps
have been in use in different parts OF
the earth for several years now, and
their value IN warm climates where
the number of days of clear sunshine
averages high must steadily increase.
One of the most successful of these
solar machines is located near Los
Angeles to irrigate fruit-larr1 An
automatic stand carrying great ,a-
Electors follows the course of the sun
as regularly as the best telescope
ever made, and the suns rays are
thus reflected on a central point
where the boiler of small engine is
located. Within an hour after sun
rise the heat of the sun raises the
temperature of the water to the boil
ing-point, and thus creates steam;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12

tinually making limitations of our
manufactured products, and some are
even going so far as to mark them
with American names. The people of
Europe are beginning to look upon
goods that come from America the
same as we looked upon woolens and
other articles a few years ago that
were marked imported"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
It Looked Small to Him.

There was small Scotch boy who
had the quality of astuteness highly
developed. The boys grandmother,
says the Liverpool Post, was packing
his luncheon for him to take to school.
Suddenly, looking up into the old
lady's face, he said:
Grandmother, do yer specs mag.
nify?'
"A little, my child she answered.
"Aweel, them" said the boy, Il
would just like it If We would take
than of when ye're packing my
loonch." <.-za -. i. ~,.. e.. q. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12

The vivid spots Of color leaped to
her cheeks.
After the letter you sent me?" she
questioned
Letter."
Cynthia fumbled in her blouse and
drew forth crumpled tearstained
sheet. She handed it to Paulding and
he opened it wonderingly, reading tho
words through blood-red mist:
Farewell forever. l have learned
to love another better than yourself.
ana cannot, conscientiously, let you
bind yourself to me. Believe me
this is far best for us both. Some
day you will learn to be happier than
l could hope to make you
There was no address, no signature.
But the handwriting was unmistak-
ably his own. For a moment he
stood, bewildered, looking first at the
girl and then back to the letter. Then,
in fash it came to him. This was
the note he had composed for Billy,
the footman. Billy could not write u
line and he, fool-like, had volunteered
TO help him out of his affair de occur
with the house girl next door. But
how in the world had the note gotten
to Cynthia?
An embarrassing silence lay be-
tween them. Paulding was divided
between an intolerable sense of rage
and modification and an inexpressible
feeling of JOY and relief.
Cynthia" he said after awhile,
how came you by this?"
THE postman brought it,
1T was directed to you?"
Certainly"
I'm my handwriting?'
Naturally
Paulding pondered second. Then:
Good Lord!" he calculated, Good
Lord"
The girl looked at him with GRIM
soning cheeks. Her blouse, cut low
In the neck, revealed her throat white
and palpitant.
Did you ever get the letter I wrote
asking you to go with me to Parsi-
fal?"
She shook her head slowly back and
forth.
NO. she said, Il did not
All at once, and without warning,
Paulding caught her in his arms and
kissed her vehemently on her eyes,
cheeks and lips.
Il guess I must have mixed up
those letters" he explained as Gym
thia struggled away from his en-
brace, breathing fast, her eyes starry
through sudden mist.
Suddenly she broke into a musical
ripple of laughter and sat down weak
ly on the edge of stump.
And the house maid-did you take
her to Parsifal?"
BILLY became chicken-hearted at
the eleventh hour, l believe. and
never sent his letter at all
Cynthia had removed the white
duck hat from her curls and sat re-
garding the narrow band of red about
it with musing eyes. Her cheeks
throbbed crimson. All at once, Pauld-
ing stopped and got possession of her
hands; they were trembling.
Seems queer you should come
down here" he said, down here
where
Il came she interrupted him with
a little something between a sob and
laugh, "just as you did-to end it all
out there"
But you didn't" cried Paulding
eXuitantly, flushing scarlet.
Nor you," she echoed, eluding his
dripping arms.
Il did my best he laughed, with
a cynical face
Dear me-" exclaimed Cynthia, 1--WE
came all round dying together to END
it ALL didn't we?"
There's better way than that"
said Paulding, looking into her shin
ing eyes, I'VE can live together in
stead. Shall WEI"
She gave him her hands.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
Martin Van Buren's Letters

DR.. Stuyvesant Fish Morris of New
York during the last year gave to the
library of congress, Washington, 1900
letters addressed to or written by
Martin Van Buren,. thereby contribut-
ing all that remained in his possess
sion of the Van Buren, collection with
the exception of a few of the more
intimate family letters which DR.. Nor
ris wished to retain in his family
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
Yokes 81 Lace.

Yokes and neck garnishments of all
evening dresses are Of white or cream
lace. except In the case Of an all-black
gown. Even the dyed laces. SO pro-
fuse1y used as decorations in other
ways, either give way to the yoke q
white Or are lined with white chiffon
or net. SIS Y Ss:s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12

How much does your soul weigh !?
Those Of the dear departed In Boston
averaged about half an ounce each.
Cannot, says the Chicago Daily News,
the broad, breezy western Chicago
soul do better than tina?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12

III A pretty blouse of suede silk plated
and draped and trimmed with motifs
Of embroidery in colors. A band OF.
the material piped with velvet finishes
the round neck. The sleeves are trim
med II the same way, and the little
guimpe, hardly more than collar;
and the sleeve fumes are Of lace
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
CURIOUS COIN TRICKS.
Balancing a Fifty-cent Piece Upon
Rim Of Glass.

> 1t would appear to be very din
to balance a 50-cent piece by it's edge
on the rim of a wine glass, but no
great difficulty will be experienced if
the following instructions are faith
fully observed.
Take two ordinary small dinner.
forks, and between the central prongs
of each push in the half dollar, at the
same time. adjusting the forks so that
the prongs lie one over the other;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-12
statesman Breaking Down.

Joseph Chamberlain. who, with Mrs.
chamberlain. has gone for a holiday
on the RIVERS, is reported AZ g-ery
feeble and is travelling under. u O.
sumed namo ...as 81 &. x9.s