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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-05

HAND satchel at Lagoon, Labor day.
Owner can have same by Identifying
property.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-05
A. RICHTER,
Real Estate. Loans and Fire Insurance
Facts.

A FEW bargains in homes:
7-room modern brick, close in .......$ 81, 100
s-room modern brick. close in ........ 50. 100
Groom brick cottage, 18th East; barn,
ZRXlV rOQS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~, I'D
4-room brick cottage, barn, west side 8, 800
Groom brick, fine lot and shade, west
SIDE 49,. 80 s1,VvV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-05
HAT FACTORY AND MILLINERY
PARI0R

LADIES and gentlemen's hats of all
kinds cleaned, blocked and retrimmed
Orders taken for ladies' stylish millinery
451 South Main Bell phone 4733-Y
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-05

L. NJ WEST a. CO.. stocks. 32l D. +
Walker blk. Both phones office and res
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-05

sS0GA SPECIAL OFFER for the mex
ten days for these two lots on Mead and
I'd West. Take South Temple car.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

parade, and when they came opposite
the plaza of the little hotel the spec
tators were astonished to see the gen
eral suddenly leave his chair and ap-
proach then. I.
very good, very good, indeed he
commended; 1T makes me think of
little company that commanded in
this very street some 40 years ago.
But I have a proposition to make,
boys, that l hope you'll agree to-"
I'VE WILL" they cried in chorus.
"Wait till I get through genially.
There are some defects in your
maneuvering which l noticed and
would like to remedy. If you will let
me reorganize the company | will
give you full outfit of caps and belts
and wooden guns, and swords for Of
ficers. Do you agree?"
Eyes! yes! yes!" cried the boys.
Good! Now go through all your
movements carefully. l will watch
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

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The Box Complete.

TOP and bottom into the inside. The
nails should be of various lengths so
that many jagged points may result.
Wrap these points about in various
directions with coarse thread or
string, or with canton, flannel. Plug
up ali the openings with corks except
one in the top. and then pour through
that into the box warm solution of
crystalliZing alum. Now plug up this
hole and wait until the solution cools.
The solution is prepared by dissolv-
ing a pound of alum in gallon of
warm water.
After the disqualification and the re-
moval of the corks the jagged ends
and surface inside will be found to be
covered with bright crystals that look
exactly like the stalactites of beau.
tiful grotto.
Then, explains Good Literature, cov-
er the holes in the top, sides and one
end with colored glass, and over the
front opening place white glass, or,
what is more effective, if you can pro-
cure it, a convex spectacle lens hav-
ing focus about equal to the length
of the box.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
THEIR MILITARY COMPANY.
The Boy Who Would Be Captain and
What Came Of 1t.

Il speak to be captain" cried Luke
Edwards, just as soon as he put his
head round the corner of the barn
where the other boys were already
assembled.
well, you won't be-" retorted Tom
my Green, Indignantly; "tw'n't fair
coming on us that way. You're al
ways doing things when we amt
ready, to get ahead.
"You didn't think of the company,
Willie Jackson spoke of it first, and
asked US to meet here, and this is his
barn, and we're to train on his land,
and OF course he ought to have first
chance"
Then he ought to have spoke first"
Knocked Luke. 'He didn't, so I'm
captain
But you don't know as much bout
training, expostulated Tommy,
though less vehemently. "Willie's
brothers a soldier, and he under
stands things, and-and is interested"
We'll, guess I can walk on ahead
and give orders and wave my sword,
can't ~ demanded Luke, aggressive
ly. That's what captains for. And
then I'm the biggest and spoke
first"
20, let him be captain if he wants
to-" interposed Willie, generously;
whats the odds?"
But he can't do it so we'll as you"
HE can learn" smiled Willie,
that's what I'm trying to do. If
find out anything he don't know,
can show him.
So in spite of general feeling of
discomfort, Luke became captain and
walked on ahead and waved his sword,
and called out sharp and contradict
tory commands, which the 20 boys
tried to follow, because Willie assured
them that soldiers first duty was to
obey.
But as to accepting Willie's advice,
that was something Luke would not
do; it was reflection on his dignity
as captain to receive advice from the
ranks. And more than that, he in
sisted on putting his brother in lieu
tenant and his two cousins second
lieutenant and sergeant, and to keep
the peace Willie persuaded his COM
panions to accept the situation.
Thus it. went on until along in o.
tober, when the town was thrown into
sudden excitement by the unexpected
arrival of an old resident who had
gone away and in 20 years had risen
to be a famous general
OF course, there was a hurriedly ar
ranged parade, in which the promi-
nent men and the band and school
children took part. and in which-to
their CONSERVATION and delight-the
Invincibles were asked to join.
They were at the very end of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
RESURRECTION OF A STATUE
Goddess Of Victory Hidden in French
Senate Cellar Since Sedan.

A strange resurrection of a statue
has recently taken place in France.
It was found in the cellar of the Sen
ate buildings where it had lain since
1870.
Early in that year, when everything
looked peaceful in France, Napoleon
III ordered the famous sculptor Gus
tave Adolph Desire Crauk to model
statue, Of the Goddess of Victory To
be cast In bronze for the Luxembourg
Gardens, where several other statues
BY Crauk are displayed
BY a strange fatality the SCULPTOR
shipped the completed work from his
studio in Valenciennes just in time
for it to be delivered in Paris on Sep-
TENDER 2, the day of the capitulation
of the First French army with Ma
noleon himself at Sedan. -se
The Goddess of Victory had not
many worshipers in Paris at that
q The statue was never even an-
4 hoxed. It was showed out of sight
ana promptly forgotten. Lately SEN
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
HOW TO ADVERTISE
effective METHODS THAT WILL
BRING RESULTS.
SHOULD TELL THE PRICES
Generalities Are Meaningless to the
Pub!ic-Why the Mail-Order Man
Wins-Try the Plan.

II you, Mr.. Merchant, would compete
with the mail-order houses there are
three main essentials to success-the
goods-the prices-advertising.
The last of these is quite as essen
tial as either of the others.
In the great majority of cases the
local merchant has the goods, and he
makes the prices, but in very many
cases he either fails to do the adver-
Using, or what he does do is not effec-
tive in the same way that the mail
order mans advertising is effective.
The writing of effective advertising
Is not an art, it is not business that
requires years of study to learn. A
few hours of study and comparison
will give you every essential detail
that you will need.
1t is comparatively safe to say that
Is per cent. Of the advertising carried
by local merchants in the local papers
is worded in generalities only. Such
advertisements as the following are
found in every paper:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
Studying the Ideal.

Little Joey is the youngest member
of family where vital faith in the
power of thought-concentrati is
fully recognized. Quite logically,
therefore, says Youths Companion,
when his recent requirement, couple
of bantam hens, began to lay very
small eggs, much, below Joey's stand.
ard of size, he put his mind on the
matter, with an original if slightly
unscientific result.
Going to the hen-house one morn
ing, Joey's father was surprised to see
an ostrich egg tied to one of the
beams, and above it card, with the
words:
Keep your eye on this and do your
BEST
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

tall the goods he has to sell, and
quotes the price he asks for it will
attract the favorable attention of the
puDl1c far more often than the one
VINO deals only in generalities. 1t is
TINS kind of advertising that pays. It
is this Kind of advertising that is at
tractlng the dollars from the smaller
cities and towns and farms to the mail
order houses of the city. 1t is this
KIND OF advertising that drew $780,
ooo,oO0 into the Golfers of the Chicago
mall'order houses alone last year, and
1t Is this kind of advertising on the
part OF the local merchants that the
mail-order houses fear more than any
other one thing.
But, Mr.. Merchant, whether your
line be hardware, dry goods, groceries,
clothlng or other commodities, it is
we'll to go further than your newspa-
per advertising, though this is the
foundation OF success. Go to the local
printer and have him make you little
catalogues of your own. They do not
need to be large affairs, but small
folders of four, eight or Is pages. Put
into these folders the descriptions and
prices OF the goods you are carrying,
or leaders in the line. Be sure that
the prices quoted are right, then put
one Of these into the hands of every
customer; keep them circulating
throughout the community, and make
a practice of getting out new one
every few weeks.
You, Mr.. Merchant, can make adver-
Using pay larger returns than the
mail-order man secures; you can make
it the mainstay of your business, and
you can make it the means of killing
the mail-order competition in your
community. And when you do this
do not begrudge the publisher the
reasonable price he asks you for ade-
quate space in his columns. He will
give you better value than any other
commodity you can buy
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
Bore of Shotuul1.

10 the word "bore," when used to
tell the gauge of shotguns, there at
taches an interesting bit of history.
In the days when the rifle balls were
spherical and long, cylindrical, conf
cal-headed bullets and rifed barrels
were undreamed of, the gunsmith
adopted a curious but convenient
method of designating the gauge or
diameter of the bore. He expressed
it by stating how many bullets, of
the size that would fit a particular
musket, would go to make a pound.
Thus, ten-bore musket would be
one of such a bore that ten of it's bull
let's would go to make a pound
weight; a 16-bore gun would be one
whose bullets would run 16 to the
pound, and so on. Hence, the anon
ally that the larger denomination mus.
kct has the smaller bore.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
Followed Old System.

1t was on the evening of March Is,
1881, that William Herschel, at Slough,
England, discovered a new planet.
wishing to pay a compliment to
George ILL.,, his patron, he gave it the
name of Georgium =. Sidus, or the
Georgian star. Other English astrono-
mers wishing to compliment the dis
coverer himself, suggested the name
OF Herschel. Continental astronomers
proposed that the old NEUROLOGICAL
system be followed and the name OF
Uranus was accepted by the scientific
world as the designation Of the sev.
enth planet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
Sheep Raisina in Au.tralia.

The greatest industry of Australia 10
sheep raising, mainly for the sake of
the wool, but also in part, of course,
for the meat. Australia now ranks
second among the great sheep-raising
couatries, Argentina being first with
92,000,000 sheep, Australia second with
100000, and Russia third with TO-
100000. Only a few years; aga Aus
tralla was first, possessing no less
than LOG, 260, 900 head Of sheep. That
was in 1891. Prolonged droughts were
the cause of the destruction of many
millions of Australian sheep, but since
1902 there has been an annual gain
Yet these sheep were not Indigenous
to Australia. They were first intro
duced in 1872, being of the Spanish
merino species,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

and give yon 20 minutes. l want to
study each man."
At the end of 20 minutes he held up
his hand
THAT will do" he called. "The boy
with brown cap will step from the
line; he VIII, be your captain"
The boy with the brown cap was
Willie Jackson.
Nov that boy in the baseball suit.
and the one with the red tie, and the
one who carries broom handle. They
will be your first and second lieuten-
ants and sergeant"
The boy in the baseball suit was
Tommy Green, the others were two
who had closely followed Willie's adj
vice to obey orders. Luke Edwards
stared at the general incredulously.
"But what'll be-" he demanded
20, you will have to go back into
the ranks, my boy" the general
smiled: ut will be for your own
good. No one can command until he
knows ow."-Boston Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
HONEST MEDICINE
try Or. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS
FOR STOMACH TROUBLE.
Convincing Evidence Supported by O
Guarantee That Must Convince
The Most Ske1.tcal.

Convincing Evidence Supported by 0
Guarantee That Must Convince
The Most Skep:tcaI.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are adoctor's
prescription, used by an eminent prac-
titioner, and for nearly generation
known as reliable household remedy
throughout the United States. Need
less to say, mo advertised medicine could
retain popular favor for so long a period
without having great merit and it is the
Invaluable curative properties of the pills
that have made them a standard remedy
in every civilized country in the world.
Added to this is the absolute guarantee
that the pills contain no harmful drug,
opiate, narcotic orstnnulant. A recent
evidence of their efficacy is found in the
statement: of Mrs. N. B. Whitley, of
Boxley, Ark, who says:
II had suffered for good many years
from stomach trouble. For long time
was subject to bad spells of faintness
and lack of breath accompanied by an
indescribable feeling that seemed to
start in my stomach. Whenever was
little rundown or over-tired, these
spells would come on. They occurred
frequently but did not last very long.
II was confined to my bed for ten
weeks one time and the doctor pro-
nounced my trouble chronic indamma-
ton of the stomach and bowels. Since
that time have been subject to the
fainting spells and at other times to fut-
tering of the heart and a feeling as
though was smothering. My general
health was very bad and I was weak and
trembling.
II had seen DR.. Williams Pink Pills
mentioned in the newspapers and de-
cided to try them. When I began taking
the pills was so run down in strength
that could hardly do any housework.
Now could walk ten miles if necessary.
Both my husband and myself think DR..
Williams Pink Pills the best medicine
made and we always recommend the
pills to our friends.''
DR.. Williams Pink Pills actually make
new blood and give strength and tone to
every part of the body. They have
cured serious disorders Of the blood and
nerves, such as rheumatism, sciatica,
anemia, nervousness, headaches, partial
paralysis; = locomotor ataxia, St. Vitus'
dance and many forms of weakness in
either sex. They are sold by all drug
gists or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt
of price, 80 cents per box, six boxes for
$3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
Worshiped as Deities.

Snakes, the objects of terror to
most Europeans in eastern lands, are
worshiped in most parts of India. In
some districts there are from $4,000
to 10000 shrines dedicated exclusive
ly to the worship Of snakes. These
shrines, which are invariably in honor
of one of the minor divinities of the
country, possess, in some instances,
valuable properties for their mainten-
ance and for the, cost of the numerous
ceremonies which their keepers have
to perform. . In these shrines the Hin
dus set up fantastic idols of serpents.
The devotees of this strange religion
make periodical offerings of dough
and milk and cooked rice to the ser
penis living in the shrine, in order to
receive their, favor. %.sx.tff
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

sell at close margin of profit in or
der to attract trade in his general line
on which heavy profits are made.
Blank should advertise hardware in
much the same manner the mail-order
man advertises hardware, and he has
this advantage-he can invite the peo-
pie of the community to visit his store
and see the goods for themselves so
they will know just what they are buy
ing.
If, instead of expressing meaning
less generalities in a two-inch space,
Blank had used little more space
and properly displayed an ADVERTISE
ment something like the following he
would have been sure to nave at
tracted attention to his store, and in
all probability would have been sur
prised at the drawing power of his ad-
vertising:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
ABOUT LIONS.

There is another peculiar thina
about lions" said the trainer, land
that is that they will not eat the flesh
of fowl. You might tempt them with
a canvasback duck or the daintiest
SQUAD, but they would refuse it. This
is a scientific fact. I have tried it
many times. l remember once hav.
ing swan which had broken its wing.
We killed it, dressed it carefully and
threw it into the cage of the lions,
but they would not touch it, and it
finally had to be taken out and thrown
away.
Il have repeatedly put pigeons alive
into the cage, just to see what they
would do. | have thrown grain down
among the lions and the pigeons have
actually got down and hoped around
the big brutes, even hopping on their
backs, the lions making no attempt
to disturb them, even seeming to en-
joy their companionship.
There is something strange about
this which is rather difficult to ex-
plain. To my mind it argues that a
lion is not brutal in his instincts.
Savage, he undoubtedly is. Fierce at
all times, but fierce with justice. |
believe every one of my lions has a
conscience; l know that every one of
them knows the difference between
right and wrong; they know their
wondrous power and are charitable.
They would never attempt to iniure
anything that in no way could do
them harm.
"The study of a lion, his habits,
character and capabilities, is one of
the most interesting 1 know. It Of
fers field as yet comparatively un-
known, but the more one goes into it,
the more time one takes to find out
just what lion is, the more he is
convinced that he has rightly been
named the king of beasts
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
A Farmers STRANGE Story.

A. farmer of Caroline county, Va,
Mr.. @. D. Pitts, tells a very strange
story. While blowing with pair of
horses on his farm, he turned up a
nest containing what he supposed to
be turtle.eggs. He put them in his
pocket to carry them home. Some
time later, when he took up his coat,
he felt something moving, and upon
investigation found that the eggs had
Matched and his pocket was full o.
young snakes. i5sl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26

dressed with Intentional disrespect by
any person in my employ" says Jose.
phine Daskam Bacon in the American
Magazine
II have never been left a day with.
out my regular staff of employees,
which has varied from one to five
Chat is to say, that I have never
been left suddenly or without sufl.
cient notice to supply the vacancy.
Il have never had a satisfactory
worker leave me except for what
considered good reason Gin the ma
jOrity of cases an advantageous mar.
riage).
II have never lost an unsatisfactory
one except by my own dismissal l
have never to my knowledge, or even
suspicion, suffered the loss of pen.
ny's worth by theft, and my record
for breakage is such that it produces
utter incredulity.
I'm three cases out of four l have
had services willingly and frequently
offered me along lines where it was
not expected or requested. 1 have
had extra money offered by me to off.
set extra work occasioned by sickness
refused on the ground that at such
times all the household expected to
share the trouble
and as a climax am able to state
that once, at least, on my offering a
raise in wages to express my appreci-
alton of competent and devoted serv-
ice was met with the astounding sug-
gestion that as my expenses were
heavy at the time and likely to in
crease had better not consider it. "
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
Only One Novelty !, Left.

Mrs. Flora Annie Steel, the author,
was asked recently BY an American
friend for some information about her
self. Mrs Steele replied: II have
been married. have borne children.I
have two grandsons, I have, there
fore, lived through the life allotted to
woman, and the only novelty before
me Is DEATH .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
GO TO
BL A N KS
FOR
Hardware, Stoves and
Tin ware
BEST GOODS LOWEST PRICES

The mail-order mans advertising is
different. 1t is specific, and while the
glowing descriptions given are often
misleading-a thing which Blanks ad-
vertising should never be-they at
tract the attention of the reader and
possible purchaser because they tell
about some one thing that he may pos.
sibly want.
The mail-order man makes a run
on few things which he is willing to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
THE CRYSTAL GROTTO.

You have doubtless heard of the
beautiful crystal caves such as Nam
moth Cave in Kentucky A perfect
imitation is very easily made. A deep
cigar box will do to start with. Now
cut five openings in the top, ends and
sides. Then drive nails through the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-26
WASHDAY BARGAIN SALE
BLAN KS
EVERYTHING NEEDED FOR WASHDAY
AT BARGAIN PRICES
During Thursday, Friday and
Saturday Of this week

AT BARGAIN PRICES
During Thursday, Friday and
Saturday Of this week
1919 soes WsI ss So best e %I
ers.. Solid rubber rolls. steel spring and patent
guide board.
for GcS good 2oz Ansresn clothes wrnrer
INC for genuine No Sag" Curtain Stretchers
~ Center brace and will not sag.
OSC, for extra heavy copper rim and bottom
SO~ wash boilers.
nc for dozen OF the first quality Clothes
nc for 50 foot white Cotton Braided Clothes
2OC for hardwood folding Clothes Bar Of ex-
OS~ ceptional size for the money.
22C for full sized very best quality Wash
~~~ Boards.
zec for medium sized galvanized iron Wash
~ Tubs.
2Ac for 12-qt. heavy galvanized iron water or
scrub pail.
Acc for best quality fiber Water Pail Of ex-
to- ceptional merit.
zOc for an excellent quality OF ironing boards
lS~ that will not warp.
SAC Basi E extra large 0eaS' WHO" 'l0'neS
The prices given here are of course
mere fiction. but the prices Blank
should quote in his advertisement
should show the public that he is
giving bargains; they should be prices
that would compare favorably with the
prices of the mail-order catalogues,
and he should impress it upon the
public that he not only shows them
what they are buying before they pay
for it, but that the purchaser has no
freight to pay, and does not have to
wait On interminable time for the
goods he buys, as when ordering Of
the mail order houses. ; =>sz-
It is specific advertising that draws.
The advertiser who describes in de-