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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Motor to Utilize Electricity of Clouds.

pole diametrically opposite. Each pole
has a thin brush mounted thereon,
which contacts with the armature Sec
tions as they pass hereunder. AS
there are five armature sections and
but four field-poles, some one of these
brushes is always in contact with an
armature section. II, now, one pair of
opposite tield-poles be positively
charged and the other pair be mega
lively charged, some one of the arma-
ture sections receives charge of like
sign with the tield-pole enveloping it..
The armature section is, therefore, i'm
mediately repealed, and moves away
from the feldpOle and toward the next
tield-pOle, to which it is attracted for
like reason AS it passes under the
brush of the latter field-pole the
charge is given up for one of unlike
sign, and the armature section is in
turn repealed by this field-pole. SINH
lar phenomena are taking place at
each of the other field-poles, and con-
maintained.'
A series of armature plates forming
battery are mounted on a single
shaft, and all the like armature Sec
tiOns in a row (parallel to the Shaft
are connected, thus securing a larger
capacity in each of the five armature
sections. The field-poles are likewise
connected together, and the brushes
arc arranged to contact with the arma-
ture sections only just after each had
passed the median line of each field
pole. Therefore the motor always turns
in the same direction SAYS the au-
thor:
Any suitable source of high-tension
current sufticed for power, as, for
example, an induction machine "a
charged glass rod held to one and a
charged sealing-wax rod held to the
other of the field-posts were sufficient
ITO cause considerable rotation of a
single-disk motor.
In experiments in wireless tele-
phony a pole supporting wires Is feet
above the roof of a two-story frame
house was used. 1t was noticed that
vi INC UtCdSlOU VI SlOfulS LnSrG would
be sparkling at the gap in a plug cut
out block on the instrument table. 1t
was found that on connecting the mo-
tor between the points, that is, so that
one tieldpole was in metallic CON-
munication with the earth and the
other with the aerial, the motor would
run, beginning some little time before
the rain began to fall 1t was also no.
ticed that the motor did not always be-
have similarly; sometimes it would re-
volve rapidly, while upon the occasion
of other storms the tongue would be
weak.
AS the force of attraction and re-
pulsiOn is in proportion to the canac.
tiles of the opposed surfaces, it wonld
seem that a motor of considerable
power might be constructed to run by
static current taken from the passing
clouds, and this is suggested as a line
of research of not unpromisine re.
suits
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Ripening Bananas by EIectricitv,

An English electrical expert has dis
covered a means of ripening bananas
to order. The punches are hung in
an alright glass case in which are
a number of electric lights. The arti-
'fcial light and heat hasten the ripen-
ing process in proportion to the num-
Der Of lights turned on. Records have
been made which enable the operators
ito make delivery of any desired, ouan.
nttes at any agreed date,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Electric Siqns.

Brilliant effects for electric signs are
now to be readily obtained with lit.
tie cost by the use of small colored
transparent caps which fit over the
rounded ends of the incandescent
bulbs. This permits the owner of q
changeable electric sign to alter the
legend at will and to indulge in the
use of colors without the necessity of
keeping on hand a large supply of
colored lamps, some of which are
very expensive.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Tin Used in United States.

The total consumption of tin in the
United States for 1906 was 42,S0O
tons, with 1882 tons in stock at the
close of the year. The shipments
5000 tons, from Cornwall an increase
of from 700 to 1000 tons and from
Australia an increase of 1000 tons,
making the total European and Amer.
lean supply for the year about $685.
tons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
ELECTRIC WINDOW CLOSER.
Continuance by Which Chamber Wa:
Ventilated Without Rising from Bed.

The sketch herewith shows a device
that | have used for the past two
years for closing my bedroom window
at night without getting up. says cor.
respondent of Popular Mechanics An
ordinary door check is connected to
the window by a small chain and is
operated by an electric releasing de-
vice as shown. When the circuit is
closed the magnet, A, attracts the ar
mature, b. and releases the trigger, G,
thus allowing the door check to close
the window. The push button for clos
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by HANS
Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY co., Toledo O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly hon
orabie in all business transactions and financially
able to carry any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KlNNAN 4 MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price Is cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Why should this be the case I?

"uy should TINS De the case
Because they have neglected them
selves, as every one of these patients
In the hospital beds had plenty of
warning in those dragging sensations,
pains at left or right of abdomen,
6ackaches, nervous exhaustion, in
flammation, liberation, displace.
ments, and other organic weaknesses.
All Of these symptoms are indica-
tons of an unhealthy condition of the
female system and if not needed the
penalty has to be paid by a dangerous
operation. When these symptoms
manifest themselves, do not drag
along until you are obliged to go to
the hospital and submit to an opera
tion-but remember that Lydia E.
Plnkham's Vegetable Compound, made
from native roots and herbs, has saved
hundreds of women from surgical
operations.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. has cured more cases of
feminine ills than any other one
remedy. Such letters az :hefollowing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
INADVERTENTLY.
Socfsty Formed in London to Encour.
age Use of Both Hands.

A standing puzzle is the almost uni.
versal tendency of men and women Of
all races to use the right hand in pref
erence to the left. Examination of
skeletons has shown, by the differ
ences Of bone development, that this
tendency is of very ancient origin.
1t is often ascribed to the fact that
the left hemisphere of the brain
which controls the right side of the
body-possesses, in normal persons,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

FREE

Our mammoth l4s-page Seed and Tool
Catalog is mailed free to all intending
buyers, or send &c in stamps and receive
free sa mples Of new Two Foot Long Oats
and other cereals and pig catalog free.
John a: Salzer Seed Co., Box w, La
Crosse, Wis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
GETTING His Answer First

You know" she said, Il am not
much of conversationalist.
This seemed to him the opportunity
for which he had been waiting.
WELL" he returned, If 1 do the
preliminary talking your converse.
tional ability will be sufficient to en-.
able you to say Yes won't it?''
After all, in courtship there is moth
ing like getting your answer before
you ask the question.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Oats-Heads. 2 Foot Lonu.

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, are bringing out a new oats this
year with heads foot long! That's a
wonder. Their catalog tells!
Spetz- the greatest cereal hay food
America ever saw! Catalog tells!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
An Improvement

"The Uncle Toms Cabin show at
the op'ry house last night was consid-
cradle better than when it was here
a year ago." grimly said the landlord
of the Pruntytown tavern.
How 500" inquired the picture en-.
larger. J.,
"Oh, they had one more dog and
three less actors -Puck. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

True dignity is never gained by
place, and never lost when honors arc
withdrawn.-Massin
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
City's Death Rate Reduced

The London death rate is now near
~ 80 per cent. lower than it was at
the coming into operation of the pub
lie health act in 1891. In that year
the death rate was Ill; in 1905 it was
ISL q thousand.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
MRS. CHAS. A.ROCKWOOD

are constantly being received by
Mrs. Pinkham to prove our claims,
Mrs. G. A. lockwood, teacher OF
Parliamentary Law, of So Free st..
Fredonia, N. Y, writes:
"For years suffered with female trouble,
1t was decided that an operation was neces-
sary, and although I submitted to a serious
operation my su6erings continued, until
Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
wasrecommended and it proved marvellous
remedy, so quickly did it restore my health
cannot thank you sufficiently for tho good
Miss Margaret Tierney, Of No. 32s
W. e5th Street, New York, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"When only eighteen years Of age our
physician decided that an operation was
necessary to permit of my womanly organs
performing their natural functions. NV
mother objected and being urged bv a
relative to try Lydia e. Pinkham's Veget-
able Compound did SO. soon improved in
health, the proper conditions were establish
ed and am well and strong, thanks to
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
No other remedy has such un-
qualified endorsement as Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. No
other remedy in the world has such
a record of cures of female ills.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

Did you ever observe the look Of
contempt on plump girls face when
she sees thin one crossing a muddy
street?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

Women suffering from
promptly communicate at
ills Mrs Pinkham probably
case. Her advice is free and always helpful
Ask MIS-. Nakhaa's "A Undefstarp Moaa1, Ill.,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

We Pay Top Price for Cream.
Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes, St. Paul, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

We are ourselves served best by
serving Others.-C. G. Ames.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

ONLY ONE ''BROMO QUININE',
mat; mat is LAXATIVE BROMO Qunine. Similarly
named remedies sometimes deceive. The first and
original Cold Tablet is WHITE PACK AG with
f.. W GROVE. 25c. "a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

ing the circuit may be located in
convenient position for operating from
the bed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

II . s,e sss. T uss 1hompson's Eye Water
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
We Want YOUR Cree am.

Write to-day for tags and prices North
Star Creamery Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

All philosophy lies in two words
sustain and "abstain." -Epictetus
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
SEABOARD MAGAZINE }ssenss

and it will be sent you together with other and
somely illustrated literature descriptive of the
south and its wonderful resources and opportunities
for northern farmers desiring to locate in country
blessed with delightful climate. Special low rates
to hOmeseekers and prOSpectOrS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
cnlldren teething, softens the gums reduces In.
Aamatlon allays pain, cures wind collie CSC bottle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
MISS MARGARET TiERNEV

A large proportion of the operations
performed in our hospitals are upon
women and girls for some organic
trouble
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

A. N. k.-G (1907-12) 2170.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
WHY NOT co SOUTH {?

Where work ca n be carried on the entire year. where
will not have to battle against the elements Of a
frozen H. county, You should send postcard to
Dept. 6, Portsmouth, Va. for q CODY of the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-17
A LOG DRIVE.
The Expert Lumbermen of the Cana
dian Rivers.

The Expert Lumbermen of the Cana
dian Rivers.
One of the most interesting sights
the new arrival in Canada can strike
is to witness log drive on one Of the
rivers there, especially should there
be several rapids to navigate.
The expert river man is clever ath-
lete-clever and nervy as any circus
rider, his steeds probably cutting more
antics than any horse could think Of.
He will jump from one log to another
quickly as they swirl around until he
reaches the one he wants; then he
will make for the center and stand
perfectly upright and still, balancing
himself with a long pike or peavy,
sometimes running down stream miles
without landing.
He also guides other logs into the
channel in passing, at times jumping
from one to another in marvellous
fashion, although the logs are twisting
and turning in every direction.
Probably the cleverest piece Of work
one could observe out here Is when
the logs get jammed in passing the
rapids. Then you see the expert at
his best. He is here, there and every
where until he gets things as he wants
them, when he will calmly stand and
ride down among the heaving, grind
ing mass as though there were no
danger at hand. This scene, so full Of
excitement, once witnessed could new
er be forgotten.-London Tit-Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-17

CLEANING WINDows.-John S. Cox
speaker of the Tennessee senate, had
an old negro servant who liked his
drink just as we'll as the best Kentucky
colonel in the Blue Grass state. One
morning, just after the cold spell
broke, the darky came to Senator Cox.
"Marse John," said he, 'I'll jes' up
an clean desc windows dis mornin'."
"All right, Caesar" replied the SEN
ator.
"Ts got ter hab a half a tumbler Of
whisky, Marse John. Dire amt muffin
like whisky for cleanin' winders."
The half tumbler was promptly Civ
en- Caesar, who armed himself with
some rags and carried the whisky to
another room to begin work. A few
minutes afterward Senator Cox had
occasion to enter his room. Caesar
was busy polishing the windows. The
tumbler was on the table, but no whis-
ky in it.
why, Caesar, what's become Of the
whisky" asked the senator. Il thought
you used it in this work"
80 l does, Marse John; so l does, "
was the answer. "Ye see, sab, drinks
de whisky an blows my bref agin de
inders!"-Judge's Library.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-17
Prohibition Between Drinks.

NJ. H. Stevenson Of Pittsburg. the re-
cent candidate for treasurer on the
Prohibition ticket in Pennsylvania,
said: "A Prohibitionist is one who
votes the Prohibitionist ticket. The
Prohibitionist party is not church nor
a total abstinence society, but a politi-
cal party. Many fail to note this dis
tinction. We have hundreds of drunk
ards in the United States who vote the
Prohibitionist ticket"
This recalls a scene in the Grand
Central station in 1900, says Harper's
Weekly, when Bryan's candidacy was
annoying some excellent Democrats
and when Mr.. Wooley was the prohibi-
ton candidate. The late Col. D. S. La
mont was buying his expensive season
ticket for Millbrook at the ticket Of
fee He was near the head Of a long
line Of affiuent neighbors, including D.
o. Mills and other Republican mag
mates of the first water. At the end
Of the line was an Incorporate Demo-
crat who was a study, and in his sober
moments a righteous power in state
politics when Lamont lived in Albany
and when Cleveland was governor.
Hello, DAM" shouted the drunken
gentleman. How yer going, to vote,
DAM"
II haven't stated yet" said Lamont.
We'll, I have" responded the jovial
upstate Democrat, THAT Wooley's a
pretty good man. 1 guess prohibitions
good 'nuff for me this year"
So it is easy to see prohibition is Of
ten useful between drinks. 1t may be
to some like the Sunday school schol-
ars' definition of a lie; AN abomina-
ton in the sight of the Lord, but very
pleasant help in time of trouble"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-17

Bacon and Root, has almost broken
the shameful alliance between preda-
tory plutocracy and the government OF
the United States.
This Is the Roosevelt that appeals so
effectively to the imagination OF the
masses.
We do not agree with the Sun. The
two Roosevelts must be considered to-
gether. In our opinion the president
started right. In his Labor Day speech
in Minneapolis, which the Sun so often
denounces, few days before Mr..
McKinleys assassination, we believe ne
was right in demanding the restraint
Of crimes Of cunning-that is, the re-
form Of corporation abuses. His first
message was admirable in tone and he
spoke temperately. He began his
great work Of reform well, but as he
proceeded public applause spurred him
on until caution and restraint were
thrown to the winds.
Whirled along by adulation, he was
encouraged to go far beyond his orig
inal words and at a pace he had per-
haps not dreamed of making. Know
ing nothing whatsoever Of law or bus
mess, handicapped by too much ver-
satility, too much energy, too much
ambition, too much vanity, too much
egotism, with hot southern blood rae
ing through his veins, indiscriminate
applause turned his head and destroyed
his discretion. He found that his de-
nunciations and his popularity were
weapons with which he could coerce
congress and make judges tremble on
the bench. When due process OF law
became too slow to suit his haste he
forgot both the dignity and duty of
his great office, and proceeded to gov
ern the nation by rough-riding stump
speeches tuned in harmony with the
shouting of the mob.
In the end the whole country was
worked into q state Of economic hys-
terra, and the whole country Is now
paying. and will for some time con-
tinue to pay, the penalty thereof.
Mr. Roosevelt's mind Is not unhinged.
Very far from 1t, indeed. He Is not
functus officio, as the Sun proclaims.
He is now undergoing the humiliating
ordeal Of retracing his steps; his popu-
larity is weakened; his power is shak-
en-. But he is still powerful and pop
ular enough to be absolutely certain of
re- election for another term If Demo-
cratic imbecility should again divide
the opposition by presenting Mr.. Bry-
an as his opponent.
More than this the World ventures
the prediction that in the dilemma be-
tween Roosevelt and Bryan the Sun,
as we'll as its readers, and certainly
tens of thousands of the readers Of the
World, would prefer Mr.. Roosevelt's
"unhinged mind" as the lesser evil
New York World, Editorial.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-17

A PUDDING IN 4 MUsEUM.-A Brit
ish volunteer has had the hardihOod to
make the following confession. He
says:
Some time ago l spent a week with
a garrison battery in a south coast
fort. On the last day the sergeants sat
down to an exceptionally fine dinner,
the crowning glory of which was a
large plum pudding. 1 had made the
pudding two days before, had it boiled,
and now, reheated. it made its appear
ance amid the welcome shouts of my
brother warriors; and l naturally felt
a bit proud of it, for l hadn't been a
ships cook for nothing.
"'Seems mighty hard remarked the
sergeant major, as he violently tried
to stick his fork into it. Have you
boiled us a cannon ball, Browney"
"'Or the regimental football?' asked
another.
Where did you get the flour from?'
questioned Sergt. Smith.
Where FROM l retorted. From
store No. 5, of course
You did, roared the quartermas-
ter sergeant. Then you've made the
pudding with Portland cement"
And so it proved. The pudding is
now preserved in the battery museum.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-17

Capt. Chas Petty Of Spartanburg,
in the News and Courier: The comp
troller general has sent out the pen
sion report for 1907. For Spartanburg
county the published list is enough to
set taxpayers to thinking. 1t is also
enough to make the good and loyal
Confederates believe that some very
poor soldiers are drawing pensions.
1t is evident also that there are names
on the list that would not be there If
they had regarded the law and their
oath. There are 757 pensioners on the
list, of which 31S are women. The to-
tai amount expended for the county is
$20,S31.92. OF the men, more than for
ty are from other states. Perhaps fifty
have come here from other counties.
many pensioners on the list who ham
died the truth very carelessly when
they were swearing that the income OF
self or wife does not exceed SIS year.
There are widows on the list whose in
come is more than 500 a year. The
whole thing needs reforming. The PEN
sion commissioners will or cannot do
it. If they cannot they ought to re-
sign. If they will not they are aiding
and abetting unworthy pensioners to
get the money that should go to the
worthy. OF course, the amount paid
out is very little, but the worthy and
needy should receive that little. From
a study of conditions in this county 1t
is evident that the board Of pensions
does not know the condition Of half the
applicants. They have no means Of
|ascertaining the real facts Of the case.
1t would be better ard just as cheap to
appoint a board of three discreet men
in each township who should sit only
two days and consider the merits of
ascertairing the real facts of the case.
II would be better and just as cheap
to appoint q board of three discreet
men in each township who should sit
only two days and consider the merits
of every penSiOner. They would be
able to determine whether applicants
were swearing the truth or not. They
could make their reports to the COM
missioner. In case of appeal there
could be one day for hearing such
cases by the pension commissioner.
The chairman of each township board
could attend on the day of appeals and
the commissioner could then pass on
the complaints. If that plan was pur-
sued in this county about one-third of
the list would be cut off. So manifest
ly unjust is the distribution that many
Confederates say it would be better to
repeal the law rather than pay out
money as 1t is done now.