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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-14

LaFollette's daughter is to retire
from the stage. but her father will
never voluntarily back out of the
Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-14

The size of the seven.pound tooth
dug up near New York indicates thai
IL may be that of prehistoric mas
todon. The fact that it is blunt shows
That 1t is not the tooth of a Wal
street shark-Louisville Courier
Journal
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-14

Thaw's lawyers are laying great
stress upon the fact that Thaw smokes
cigarettes. They ought not to make
me mistake OF stressing the fact that
jerome smokes cigarettes.-Housto
Post
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
How to Hang Pictures.

Oil paintings and water colors
should never be allowed to become
intimate companions. but the latter
may hobnob with etchings, pastels,
drawings. photographs, and even en-
cravings, without losing their dignity
An oil painting of exceptional excel
lence should be given a special posi-
ton.
Water colors and pastels in delicate
tints and black and whites and soft
etchings should be properly placed in
wall spaces where the light is strong
est. The darker and more heavily
shaded pictures should hang farther
away from the light. From the family
colored pictures in the clearest light,
the glance should be involuntarily
but skillfully led to the deeper-toned
pictures farther back in the room
Sometimes, however. a dark corner
that needs frightening may demand
a lighter picture or spot of brilliant
coloring may be risked. A pen-and-ink
sketch with white mat fills in we'll in
such case. Harmony must be stud
led, and the position of a picture we'll
considered before it's place is decided.
One with broad, white mat should
never be hung next to carbon in a
heavy black frame. The eye must be
led, not jerked, from one picture to
another.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

The astronomers are bestirring
themselves in preparation for the re-
turn of one of the most famous of all
comets, that which bears the name of
Haley. 1t is the greatest comet
known to have been seen at more
than one return, it's average period
being about IS years, says Youths
Companion. 1t was last seen in 1885,
and will, according to the most re-
cent calculations, be visible again
early in 1910. The object of the as
tronomers at present is to predict the
moment of It's perihelion passage
with the utmost possible accuracy.
DR.. Holetschek of Vienna thinks it
will. be visible with telescopes as
early as January, 1910, and that by
March everybody may see it with
the naked eye. Later in the year it
is likely to make startling display,
several hours before sunrise. in the
northern quarter of the sky.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

er's Gulch on Saturday night. All
Paradise was invited, and most of
it accepted. Jernigan, Windy,
Billy Earle, Pap Johnson and others
tried to prevail on Runty to join them,
but the marshals conception of his
duty would not permit him to leave
his post
AS nearly everyone that had the
evening free was expected to attend
the dance. Runtys self-appointed
guardians could see no risk in leav-
ing him uncared for that one night,
and it was SO decided.
At ten O'Clock that Saturday night,
while all was peacefully quiet in Par
adise, four men, masked and heavily
armed, rode into town from the Tue.
son trail. In silence they passed
through the deserted streets to where
the lights from Three-Fingered Pete's
saloon and gambling house shone
across the darkened thoroughfare.
Noiselessly dismounting. they hitch
ed their ponies, readjusted their
masks, and surveyed the room from
their concealment in the outer shad-
ow. Pete's bartender, Dutch Henry,
the sole occupant, was doing in
chair at the end of the bar. With one
swift stride he who acted as leader
OF the outlaws was in the saloon, a
Al in each hand covering Dutch
Hands up" short and sharp.
A glance toward the door, an almost
involuntary movement of the hand
toward the gun under the bar, a
sharp report. and Dutch Henry had
paid the debt of indiscretion The out
laws FASTENED to small safe in the
corner of the room where Pete kept
his bank roll Finding it locked,
the leader gave quick and decisive or
ders.
Jake, knock that knob off with the
hammer. Squint, get out your brace
and bit. Here's the dynamite. Jerry,
go outside and watch. There may be
some one left in this cursed town,
after ALL"
There was. The words were scarce
ly spoken when Marshall Smithers
stepped into the saloon Even his de-
fective vision could not mistake the
visible evidences OF crime. Hating
inside the door, he said
Men, c-c-come with me-"
At the sound Of his voice the leader
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
APPETIZINC HERBS
RECIPES BOTH PALATA1LE AND
HEALTHFUI.
0andelions Boiled with Bacon Make an
Ideal Simple Discrimination
Wine a Tonic That 10
Of Value.

0andelions Boiled with eacon.-Clean
thoroughly a half peck dandelions and
put over the fire with boiling water to
cover. Cook ten minutes, drain, re.
turn to the pan and cover barely with
fresh boiling water. Add one pound
bacon, two onions chopped, teaspoon
full salt and bit of red pepper. Cover
and boil until tender and nearly dry.
Take up the dandelions and mound on
a hot dish, surrounded with a circle
OF the bacon sliced thin and serve with
boiled potatoes. Dandelions are also
tasty cooked with corn beef or
tongue.
Dandelion Wine.-This wine is in
great repute as tonic 1t is made
from the blossoms alone, rejecting the
stems, which would make the wine
bitter. Put four quarts of the yellow
petals in kettle with a gallon of boil
ing water, cover and let them stand
three days, stirring twice day. Strain
OF the clear liquid, place in the kettle
with the thin yellow peel of one lemon
and one orange, and the juice of both
with three and half pounds of sugar,
and half ounce ginger root. Place
over the fire and boil slowly half an
hour. Take off, and when cooled to
lukewarm, spread half cake of COM
pressed yeast on half slice toasted
bread and add to the mixture. Let
this stand in warm place for two or
three days, then put into a demijohn
or cask (the wine must fill whatever
vessel it is put i'm, and stand away in
a warm place six weeks or more Fill
up occasionally with sweetened water,
to make up for that lost in fermenta.
ton. When fermentation has stopped,
close tightly, leave for three weeks,
then bottle
Watercress for Wit.-"Eat cress and
learn w.t. say the Greeks; while
Pliny asserted that cress vinegar re-
stores sanity. According to analysis,
watercress contains iodine, iron, phos-
plate and ulpho-nitrogenous ola
fine combination of wholesome proper
ties. To be perfect, cress should be
freshly gathered, we'll washed in cold
water, shaken thoroughly dry, sea-
soned with salt and eaten with thin
slices of bread and butter. Some pre-
fer dash of lemon juice with cress
and a tablespoonful olive oil, but the
epicure takes his with salt alone.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
To Starch Lace.

There is a great difference of opin.
ion about the starching of lace, some
people objecting to any starch being
put in it on the grounds that it makes
the lace too stiff and tends to destroy
it.
Take some clear starch and thin it
down until it feels like slightly thick
ened water, or for heavy, thick laces,
little thicker; soak the lace we'll in
this, then squeeze out gently with the
hands; spread it. out between the folds
of towel or handkerchief, beat be-
tween the hands or pass it through a
wringing machine.
Avoid twisting it. After wringing
Full the lace out gently with the fin.
gers and roll it up with the wrong
side inside, commencing at the left.
Land end and with the points or edges
away from you. This will be found
the most convenient way to have it
when ironing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

work will be placed thick lining OF
concrete to exclude water, while the
sides and arch will be covered with
white enameled thing and the floor
with cut stone blocks and slabs, upon
which the track will be laid. When
the metal section is finished, excava-
ton will be made beneath it and the
great mass allowed to gradually set
tie to permanent position at the prop
er depth.
Two depots are included in the work
described, both located on the island
These are obtained by charging the
tunnel to ring-shaped construction
with provision for ticket Offices, wait
ing rooms, etc. One OF the depots
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

ing to the top of the third story of
abutting buildings attracts much at
tention The sections which are to
cross the river have already been
built on land and floated to location,
where they are being sunk to the re-
quired level below the bottom of the
river. The land and water sections
mentioned are $500 feet in length
The illustration conveys good
idea of the construction. When COM
pleted the inside measurement of the
tunnel will be Is feet wide by Sc
feet high. There are two land Sec
tons 1900 feet and 1900 feet long,
respectively. Inside the steel frame
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
TUNNEL SBUH TABOVEGROUND

Two underground depots and a
considerable length of connecting tun-
mel, for the use of the Metropolitan
subway lines of Paris, are being con-
structed on a public street, and when
completed will be sunk into position
In other words, this unusual piece Of
engineering work consists in building
u tunnel in the open air.
The main line of the Metropolitan
railway crosses the two branches of
the Seine and the Isle of Cite, which
divide the river, at point just south
Of the Bridge Of St. Michel That por-
ton of the line which crosses the is
land is being built in the street,
where the great steel framework ris-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
Odds and Ends of Hair.

When little scraggly ends of hair
lang down over your collar all you
need is good brush, some back
combs and a little perseverance to
make them stay up with the rest.
When arranging your couture brush
these ends briskly and then place two
back combs where they are needed
A few invisible hairpins will also con.
spire against widow locks. A little
downy growth Of hair on the cheeks
should not be tempered with. When
genuine bristles develop the electric
them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
Oil Burning Enqines.

An American company is building
Tor the Mexican Central railroad
number of oil-burning freight engines
or an unusual type. They are eight
coupled engines with leading pony
truck. The boiler has 2,16S square feet
OF heating surface. The total weight
available for adhesion is about 10
tons, the ratio of tractive effort to adj
hesive weight being one to four and
three-quarters. A boiler pressure Of
200 pounds to the square inch is used
The fuel is crude petroleum. which e
vaporized by steam jet, and DETECTED
against soapslone arch in th4, fire.
box.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

with 500 feet of tunnel weighs $4,000
tons. The reader will readily appre-
ciate the nicely of operation by which
all these metal sections are to be
sunk to an exact level and then bolt
ed together where the end of .: one
length joins that of the next. The .pro-
ject is onet ofethe largest and most in.
teresttng engineering undertakings in
the world at the present time. When
the tunnel and depots have been sunk,
the street will be replaced and paved
as before. All the riveting, says Pop
ular Mechanics, is being done with
pneumatic hammers of American
make.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
Proper Dish WASHING.

The dirty dishes and plates should
be put into a dish-tub of warm water
at once when taken from the table;
by this means half the trouble of
washing-up will be saved, as it will
prevent the grayy-juice, mustard, etc.,
from cooling and drying on the plates
and dishes. When you commence
washing them, add sufficient boiling
water to make it very hot, and with a
dishcloth wash on both sides, one at a
time. Then rinse in a pan of cold
water, or under running tap; this
makes them clean and bright looking,
and removes any little grease that
might remain. Now put them in a
rack, or on one side to drain.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
Big Block OF Granite

The largest and heaviest single bloch
OF granite ever sent to Canada from the
United States has just been shipned
from Barre, Vermont, quarry to Cote
de Neiges, P. O., suburb of Montreal.
The stone is three and a quarter yeet
square and 80 feet long, and weighs
20 tons. 1t was consigned to J. Brit
net. the sculptor, by whom it waA
fashioned into memorial monument
to be erected in honor of the late Ray
mond Prefontaine, who was Canadian
minister of marine and fisheries.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

In a system where a brick-lined
well, E, was supplied at all times
with clean, pure water through pipe,
d, running out into Lake Ontario a
distance of 500 or 900 feet, leak de-
veloped in the submerged pipe, so
that after windstorm muddy water
found it's way into the well. Divers
frightened up the joints, but could not
cure nor locate the trouble. says
Power
In the system F is the suction pipe
from the pumps and c is a heavy
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

cast iron valve used to regulate or
close off the flow OF lake water into
the well. The engineer connected an
air pipe, H, to valve C and had air
pumped into the pipe. After the
pump had been working for some time
he went out into the lake in a canoe,
and soon discovered string of bub-
bles rising to the surface as shown
at A. about 200 feet from shore in
about 20 feet of water. The diver
descended at that point, found the
break and repaired it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
German Exports ef Steel.

The German exports of iron and
steel last year represent total of g.
1928 tons, against 1888 ,42O in 1905,
an increase of 3O7,S54 tons, or nine
Der cent. The excess of exports over
Imports amounted to 2,976,198 tons,
against 1881, 425, a decrease of 5,227
tons, or or per cent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
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4 NEcAkt93
HOMEMADE OIL BURNER.
Simple Device Easily Made Which
Will Work.

BY the following directions an eff
c1ent oil burner may be made at
nome: Into a one-inch tee, A, place
a three-eighths inch elbow and run
babbitt around it to hold it in place,
and also to keep the steam from
leaking into the oil. Screw a three
e1ghths-inch pipe, long enough to
reach through the boiler front into
the furnace, into the elbow. Over
the three-eighths-inch pipe screw a
one-inch pipe, 8. three inches longer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
when the pie was opened
The Birds began to sing"
Beautiful Carriaue Wran

A beautiful carriage wrap recently
unlocked had wide border of bow
knots made with narrow velvet rib.
bons and stitched fiat to the back
ground, festoon of gold threads unit.
ed each knot. Loops of the same or
der decorated the front and lower
parts of the sleeves. A new version
of the old story is the use of tiny
colored beads wrought in quaint de-
signs on backgrounds of silk or linen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
A Question of Title,

A western politician, new to the
ways of Washington, tells of an anus
ing incident in connection with his
hunt for lodgings when first he came
to the national capital. Il approached
the head of fine place in the swell
quarter said he. This lady-an
elderly lady of terrible and agrees
sive refinement of manner-met me at
the door Awed to nervous degree
by her excess of manner, about all
could gasp out was: "'Would it be
announcement to let me an apartment
in your establishment, Mrs. Blank?'
AT this the elderly person stiffened
even straighter than before, and then
delivered to me this crushing rebuke:
Miss Blank, sir! Miss - from
choice! '"-Sunday Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

OF the outlaws whirled on his heel
fired-and missed. Runty had never
been shot at before. His sand-found-
ed confidence fled in a flash. His
face turned ashen gray as his soul
was suddenly stepped in the agony
of physical fear His frame trembled
with the wild desire to turn and
flee. His lips went dry. cold sweat
bathed his body and the horror Of
cowardice cried aloud within him.
But he walked steadily forward.
pointing to the star on his coat
lapel, and said:
Men, c-c-cOme with me-
The amazement that an unarmeo
man, and one of such peaceful appear
ance, should venture to challenge
them, held the outlaws spellbound for
: moment. but now, with an OATH the
leader fired again, the report of his
revolver barely preceding a fusilade
from those of his followers, and Mar
shall Runty Smithers sank to the floor,
murdered in the attempted fulfllment
of his duty.
The reverberation Of the reports
had no. ceased when a madly gallop-
ing horse was curbed to his launches
in front Of the door and Lonesome
Linthicum strobe into the room a re-
volver in each hand. The spasm of
unutterable regret on his face as he
glanced at Runty, prone upon the
floor, changed to one of berserker rage
as he faced the outlaws. No words
were spoken, no quarter was given or
received. When the smoke lifted
there were three dead safe robbers
and one with two bullet holes through
his lungs at one end of the room,
and a gallant gray-eyed fellow at the
other end with broken arm, bull
let in his shoulder and hole through
his thigh. His sound arm lay over the
body of the late marshal of Paradise.
And so the boys found them when
they returned from the dance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
Jackets Heavily Trimmed.

Contrary to former governing fash.
ion rules, the daytime top garment
has taken to all sorts of luxurious
garnishments such as bead work, tin
sci embroidery, gold or silver tassels
and balls and fancy crystal trimmings
of one kind or another.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
Knew Too Much

Purchaser-You told me that par.
rot bought of you was the most in.
telligent bird in your collection.
while the fact is he doesn't talk at all.
Dealer-That's what I meant when
i spoke Of his intelligence. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
A little brother of the air.
HATH dared to ride the gale.

A little brother of the air.
Hath dared to ride the gale (Sea gull
Jenny named in clildren's books,
Brlsht III spirit. dull in looks
with Cock Robin as thy mate
Nothing else III have to state. (Wren)
In Blue Grass Regions is thy splendor
seen.
Thou flash of flame.
August thy name,
fsed-coated pontiff of the green.
(kentucky Cardinal)
Black robber of the cornfields, oh, be-
ware!
The farmer can do other things than
scare. (CroWD
On. singer famed by thousands. sweet
the strain
That ripples from thy pulsing throat like
rain. (Nightingale.)
You initiate the foe who does YOU harm.
And so to the world give alarm. (Catbird.)
I supplicate
AT Heavens gate
And rest on wing
Where angels sing U.ark.)
We know how long ago,
You frightened Mr. Poe
Black prophet of adversely. (Raver)
Black winged in crimson thou art
Fine feathers make fine birds, it is con-
fessed;
And none more fine than thou
Oh. brilliant beauty of the Dough!
(Scarlet TanagerD
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

than the other, into the tee, so that
the smaller pipe is exactly in the
center of the larger one. -
Pipe C runs from the tee to the oil
tank; pipe D to steam main or air
tank, and EE are valves to regulate
the amount of oil and steam or air.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
FOR SIMPLE DRESSING JACKET
Convenient Garment Easily Made witt
Handkerchiefs.

Not only is this simple jacket, but
it is very convenient one to wear
when dressing the hair, as the arms
are left free Four handkerchiefs are
used in it's composition. These may
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
a1he Reason,

Where does that writer get the
time to write as fully and beautifully.
as she does about bringing up chill,
dren? She hasn't got aauy.r;-Balti.
more American. ~ Z Vi
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
ThouQhtless,

His wife has been mad at him for
over a week." What about?" HE
said that Helen of Troy was doubt
less the most beautiful woman that
ever lived. "-HOustons Post. = 4 { &sx% ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

Construction Of Oil Burner.
Partly cover the CRATES, so too much
air cannot come through, says the
Engineers Review, and build the
bridge wall open, as illustrated. Com
pressed air is all right to use on get
ting up steam, but steam is better
after it is raised to force the oil into
the furnsce,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
Dark blue fine coating is employed

Dark blue fine coating is employed
for this coat. and it is lined with
green and blue plaided silk. The cen
ter front and back are arranged with
wide box plat and smaller plat
on either side A stitched belt is
worn round the waist; it is passed un-
der the smaller box plaits. The cuffs
and collar are faced with dark blue
Ielvet
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

insured Against Earthquakes.
A firm in business in Oxford street,
London, has just insured for 81 Zoo, 600
against earthquakes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
Exnort Duty on Electricity.

Canada is trying to pass bill i'm
posing an export duty en- electrical
power generated in the Dominion and
sold IN the United States. 5z..s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

Thy plaintive cry announces punishment
And warns the luckless boy for whom
tbs sent (Whip-poor- Will)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19
- A symbol of perfect love
Sent from above. (Dovc.)

I'm always offered cracker,
And though I like it well.
l think some other Viands
Would do me just as well. (Parrot)
An enormous pie is to be the cen.
terpiece, around the rim a circle OF
cunning little Japanese paper birds.
The rhyme on each card attached tc
the ribbon leading to the places is as
follows:
when the pie was opened
The Birds began to sing
That is where We'll fool you
For We'll not do any such thing.
When, at the signal, the ribbons are
pulled each guest it to receive a card
on which a Mexican feather bird is
mounted. Any small favor will do.
though, if these are not obtainable.
The refreshments are to be chicken
salad, sandwiches, ice cream in bird
shapes, bird cookies and coffee.
MADAME MERRI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-19

You Introduce yourself throughout your
song.
And tell the world your brief, old-fash-
Toned name. Phoebe3