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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
A BORN OPTlMlST.
Story That Was Definition and illus.
tratjon All in One.

When little Leander Bassett asked
big Leander, his father, what an op-
timist was, Mr.. Bassett regarded him
thoughtfully for a moment before he
spoke, says the Youths Companion.
II hope you're going to be one," he
said, slowly. "You favor your Uncle
William in looks, and you've got some
of his ways. 'Twould please me
nightly to have you turn out like
him.
Il don't know how the big diction-
aries put it, but I know the general
idea, sonny, and it's your Uncle Will
liam clear through and through.
when he had anything hard to do,
he just made kind of window of it
to see something pleasant through.
when we had wood to saw an
split, he used to call it a kind of bat
tie. He'd say, When we've disposed
of this regiment pointing to pile
O. wood fatherd portioned off to us,
I think our troops will be able to
make off to the woods without furth-
er interference he'd say-and then
we'd both hack away like mad.
when it came to hoeing corn in
the hot sun and I'd get clean discour.
aged, he'd put his hand up to his eyes
and say, Strikes me we're getting on
pretty fast. When we've hoed these
two rows and Is mere, We'll be one
more than half done, and plenty OF
time to finish He'd laugh when he
said it, and I'd laugh with him.
Il couldn't always see it the same
way he did, but learned one thing
you can look right at any hard, dis.
agreeable job till you cant see any
thing else, even when you turn away
from it: or you can look through it,
no matter how thick it is. same as
William did He was what l call an
optimist'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
COTTON FABRICS OF SEASON.
More Elaborate Than Usual Are the
Designs Offered

The chasm between beauty and ex-
travagance is successfully bridged by
the cotton fabrics, although these are
not always inexpensive The manu-
facturers have made such an effort to
produce something rare and novel this
season that their success has in some
instances been gained only by the
employment of materials and designs
that keep pace with costlier fabrics.
AS rule, though, the cotton stuffs
are within the reach of all and very
beautiful.
The limitations of the linens used
for tailored frocks are numerous and
are distinguished from pure linen only
by the difference of shading in the
more difficult tones, such as apricot,
f1amingo, etc. The manufacturers have
handed us some delicious lemon
shades, though, and semi-tailored
frock in an imitation linen has
smart plated skirt inset with medal
lions of machine embroidery further
embellished with tiny buttons and
wash braid. Accompanying the skirt
is little square Elton jacket, plated
and lace trimmed, worn over blouse
of sheer lawn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

Each woman is law unto herself
VINO makes study OF psychology
When Nan Patterson
dsh then washed
anc announced that she
her complexion like
nae been the sunlight
ppea man would have dropped and dragged his
Womensa
nervous better than
seventh tells
sense
V Beauty time OF trial
a1ong W1hout 1t brings the
man Is trouble when his nothing
ELSEWHERE
roast peel
1 remember going
oeen caHed as witness
her
oh Al recess approached
her ~ ~ "
~ must
What shall be-? ende,ly
"A plate OF corned beef cabbage,
succeeded
noon she
goes TO prove that tell
noush he success IN
her ' ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

Fashions Fancies Call for Remark.
ably Pretty Garments.

Dotted mousselines make very pref
ty evening toilettes and garden party
frOcks, some of the prettiest of the
latest novelties being built over lus-
trous cambria or imitation silk Innings.
Rather simple, yet very attractive, is
a frOck in pale ecru mousseline, Gov.
cred with dots of goodly size outlined
with little blue silk cords. The skirt
has panels of ecru lace let in at the
sides and front and is finished with 4
deep graduated founce, edged with
narrow stitchings of dark brown tat.
feta piped with pale blue silk soutache
braid. Above the founce, used as a
heading, are three tiny little ecru
valenciennes ruff1es, the designs of
the lace being outlined with brown
silk threads.
The bodice meets the skirt under a
girdle of soft blue silk ribbon of ORES.
den design, with quantities of dark
brown leaves and dainty pink rose
buds in the pattern. This finishes at
the side with a twisted bow artistical.
ly trimmed with fancy buttons. Soft
folds of net cross at the front over a
vest Of heavy lace, while flounces OF
the same lace are draped to form the
over sleeves. Underpuffs of dotted
net reach to the elbow, where they
are gagged into fancy little cuffs OF
brown silk, blue piping and valen'
ciennes ruffles. The yoke is of all
over lace embroidered in brown and
pale blue. -. - 49, 80.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
HOME OF THE EASTER LILY
Flower Was Introduced Into the Islands of Bermuda bv
American.

shore. the lily fields look from a dis
lance like white summer clouds
dropped down from the sky upon the
green islands. Lilly fragrance fills the
air and is blown by the wind far out
over the water. Coming nearer you
see the fields more clearly-rows up
on rows of blossoms, tall, stately and
snowy white. 1t is very beautiful
1t was not until the early sos that
the Bermuda lily became well known
In the United States 1t is said that
Philadelphia woman, returning from
the islands, brought home a plant to
bloom. This came to the attention of
w. X. Harris. an enterprising florist
of the Quaker city, who purchased
lot of the bulbs, from which he sue
ceeded in raising hundreds Of plants,
introducing them under the name
Lilium Harrisii. Thus the Easter lily
industry spread to America, and to
other countries as we'll But nowhere
do the flowers grow so perfect and
beautiful as under the quickening
warmth of the tropical sun of Ber-
muda.
Ordinarily only bulbs are exported,
but at the rush season whole boat
loads Of cut buds and of thickly-bud-
ded plants are packed and shipped
away, carrying the sweet message
of the Eastertide into countless homes
and churches.
General Hastings is dead. In spite
of his long residence in Bermuda, he
remained devotedly loyal American
citizen and from time to time concern
ed himself with public affairs, holding
various positions of responsibility and
honor. The islanders remember him
as their friend and benefactor, and
that they and those that come after
them may not be unmindful of the
debt of gratitude they owe, a beauti.
full monument has been recently erect,
ed in Hamilton in his memory.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

There is only one monument in the
whole British colony of the Bermudas
and it is erected to the memory of
an American. This fact may seem a
bit strange until one has heard the
story, which is really story of the
Bermuda lily, and of the man who
made it possible.
Many years ago-durng President
Hayes administration, in fact-Gen.
Russell Hastings, who had made for
himself brilliant record during the
civil war, was married In the White
House at Washington. He and his
bride went to Bermuda on their we'd
ding trip, and were so charmed with
the beauty of the place that they re-
solved then and there to return, and,
1t possible, to make it their perma-
nent abode. The climate. too, appeal
cd to them. (The general had been
seriously wounded in the war, and
was far from well)
A little later the two came again.
Not as tourists this time, but as home
seekers. In those days the now-exist-
ing law that none but English citizens
can own land in English colonies was
not in force. So General Hastings had
no difficulty in acquiring a large es-
tate. He chose picturesque site in the
little city Of Hamilton. surrounding a
}and-locked bay. Here he built his
home, "SOnci.' which stands to-day
among tropical trees and luxuriant
flowers
Not only did General Hastings at
once become deeply interested in the
place, and in the possibilities for its
development, but he was genuinely
distressed at the poverty OF the island
ers, says a writer in the Detroit Free
Press. Setting about to improve mat
ters, he studied the climatic condi.
tons, experimental again and again.
and at length hts efforts were crowned
with success. 1t was found that our
present-day Easter lily, originally a
native of Japan. would attain in Ber-
muda to perfection of loneliness
hitherto unknown. The islanders were
soon pressed into service, and since
about 1875 the culture Of lilies has
been not only their chief pride. but
their chief means Of livelihood as we'll
Imagine tiny group of islands. far
out in the Atlantic-the largest of
them about Is miles long and not
wider. at most, than a mile and =
half-set beneath the bl,iest of blue
skies, and seeming to rest on water
whose transparency and brilliancy of
color are unequaled anywhere. This Is
bermuda, the home of the Easter lily
AS the incoming boat skirts the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Years Cigarette Output

The cigarette output of 1865, 729, 015
in the calendar year of 1906 must have
come as a surprise to the bulk of the
trade, but more stunning yet its in
crease in one year of 42,24O,425, an
increase by nearly 3o0,000,000 larger
try during the same year. This jump
is the more remarkable in the face Of
the pronounced and unrelenting hostil-
ity Of half dozen state legislatures
which have ostracized not only tho
manufacture but also the handling
and consumption of cigarettes with
in the confines Of their respective ter
ritories.-United States Tobacco Jour-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
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~ z7I
AN EASILY MADE TELEPHONE.
instrument That Will Work If Con.
structed Carefully.

The materials you will require are
two pine boards ten by - inches, and
half an inch thick, two fresh beef
bladders, one box 1T four-ource tacl:s.
two large gutta-percha overcoat D;,.-
tons, some strips of thin leather one
quarter of an inch wide, and lastly
some flexible wire The best wire for
the purpose is that used in book-bind-
ing machines, but, if it cannot be OBJ
tanned, any soft, flexible wire will do.
Prepare the bladders first by blow
Ing them up tightly, and leaving them
so for day or two until they are
thoroughly stretched, but do not let
them become dry and hard, says Good
Literature. While the bladders are
stretching you can obtain the other
materials. To begin, take one of the
boards, and having brought it to the
required dimensions, draw a circle in
it's center eight inches j.. diameter,
which you must saw out, taking care
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

was cast with a swing Of the arm,
aided by twist of the whole body.
The picture will give you a correct
idea OF the position of the player.
Similar to this game, the ancients had
another, Throwing the solos," a
heavy spherical mass of stone or iron,
perforated through the center to adj
init rope, by the aid of which it was
thrown.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Easter Refreshments for Children.

First cocoa and a variety of crack
ers and waters, then nests made from
foundation of kisses, which may be
purchased at bakers shop; lay
shredded cocoanut and candied orange
peel around the edge to look like
straw, insude put ice cream topped
terpiece have a chicken on a nest,
from which there radiates ribbon for
each child. After the repast pull the
ribbons, which will have an appropri-
ate favor on the end for each child to
take home. These suggestions are all
adaptable to grown people and will be
found most enjoyable.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Stood the Test,

Allcock's Plasters have successfully
stood the test of sixty years use by
the public; their virtues have never
been equaled by the INSCRIPTIONS i'm
itators who have sought to trade upon
their reputation by making plasters
with holes in them, and claiming them
to be lust as good as Allcock's.'
Allcock's plasters stand to-day in
dorsed by not only the highest medical
authorities, but by millions of grateful
patients who have proved their eff
cacy as a household remedy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Record Mountain Climbing.

The redoubtable enterprise OF
climbing Mont Blanc in midwinter has
recently been successfully carried out.
The climber is an artist-photographer
of Chamounix-M. Max Willmann.
The climb took two days and nights.
With Nj. Willmann were two guides.
During all three days the weather was
arctic in point of cold, but otherwise
splendid
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

fading away and finally so weak that
for six months I could not get out of
the house. was nervous, restless and
sleepless at night, and lame and sore
In the morning. Sometimes every.
thing would whirl and blur before me.
l bloated SO badly could not wear
tight clothing, and had to put on shoes
two sizes larger than usual. The
urine was disordered and passages
were dreadfully frequent. 1 got help
from the first box of Doan's Kidney
Pills, however, and by the time I had
taken four boxes the pain and bloating
were gone. have been in good health
ever SINCE"
For sale by all dealers. 50 cents 4
box. Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. 7,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
DISPUTED RIGHT OF WAY.

This picture is taken from won.
derful photograph showing how cat.
erpillars fight. These two creatures
have met on twig and. neither will
give the other the right of way. Both
want it, and the result will be a fight
to the death. The picture shows the
caterpillars sparring for an opening,
just as two human fighters approach
each other in the ring.
An OiymPian Bluff.
Mercury took Vulcan aside conf.
dentially.
Tell me-" he whispered with a
Sherlock Holmes glance around, "are
Jupiter's thunderbolts the real thing?"
mot a bit of it," sneered Vulcan.
Don't you know he forged them?''-
Baltimore American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

Pretty frock of wool for little girl
from eight to ten years old. Both
blouse and skirt are trimmed with lit
tie ruffles of the material.
The gimp is of lace and the bre.
telles and girdle are of soft satin rib.
bon. Lace ruff1es finish the short
pulled sleeves.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
SCIATIC TORTURE
4 Locomotive Engineer Tells How
He Was Cured by Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills.

- Locomotive Engineer Tells How
He Was Cured by Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills.
Pain that seems almost unbearable
is characteristic of sciatic rheuma,
tism. In some cases the pain il
knife.like, sharp or shooting; in 9th.
ers it is dull and aching. Sciatica
is stubborn in resisting treatment and
the patient frequently suffers for
years. This was the case with Mr..
Herbert E. Spaulding, locomotive
engineer on the Cincinnati. New Or.
leans & Texas Pacific Railway, whose
home is at Longview, Texas.
While running an engine some
years ago." he says, Il fell of and
hurt my knee and spine and I have
always considered this to be the cause
Of my illness. The sciatica took hold
of me from my heel to the back Of
my head. The pain was the worst
l ever suffered in my life and my leg
and back were twisted out of shape.
was under physicians care for
several months and for six months
could not get out of bed. I also went
to Hot Springs but came back In q
worse condition than when I went,
1T was when Twas down in bed
that heard Of the case Of a Mr..
Allison, much older man than my.
self, who mad been cured Of sciatica
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills. l began
taking the pills and soon was able ia
get out of bed. When l had taken
six boxes I was able to work about
the house and yard. kept right
on with the pills until was cured
and have never had any return Of
the trouble. l nave been running On
engine ever SINCE"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold 81
all druggists, or sent postpaid, on re-
ceipt Of price, so cents per box, si1
boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co.. Schene ctady, N. =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

called Throwing
the discus. The
discus was a cir
cular plate of
stone or metal,
ten to IL inches
in diameter, and
was held by it's
further edge with
the right hand, so
as to lean upon
the forearm, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

worked hard IN my
time and have been
exposed again and
again to changes OF
weather. It is no
wonder my kidneys
gave out and I went
all to pieces at last.
For five Years I was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Much Depends on the Color.

Shells it really true that the blind
touch?
He-Certainly. I once knew a blind
man who was able to tell red-hot
stove by merely putting his finger on
it.-Illustrated Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Across Lots.
Something lackinu.

The small boy was making calls
with his mother, and to soothe his evil
dent restlessness, the minister's wife
had given him an apple.
What do you say, William" the
mother prompted.
Peel it," William answered. with
conviction.-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

Believed World Hatched from Eqq.
Since remotest times the egg has
symbolized recreation Persian ira.
dition has it that the world was hatch,
ed from an egg at the season which
corresponds to the vernal equinox;
for which reason eggs are still given
for New Years presents by the Per,
sians The druids said that the sun,
great egg, Matched from itself the
earth and other planets
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
THROWING THE DISCUS.
The Old Greek and Roman Game o.
Quoits.

Have you ever played quoits? The
Greeks and Romans had a game very
similar TO Quoits, and it was one Of
their tavoritc amusements. 1t was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

One makes ones own happiness
only by taking care of the happiness
of others.-C. Doane
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

True courage is not incompatible
with nervousness, and heroism does
not mean the absence of fear, but the
conquest OF it.-Henry Van Dyke.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

One trial will convince you of the pc
culiar fitness of Natures remedy, Garfield
Tea, for liver, kidneys, stomach and
bowels, for impure blood, rheumatism and
chronic ailments.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
FADED &c, A SHADOW.
Worn Down by Five Years of Suffer.
ing from Kidney Complaint.

Mrs. Remethe Myers, of $50 South
Tenth St., Ironton, O., says: Il have
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Not a Oisbeliever.

Il suppose remarked the dear girl,
that you do not believe in love at
first sight?'
"Oh, yes, l do" rejoined the old
bachelor. IF men were gifted with
second sight they would never fall in
love. Chicago Daily News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
It Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous. and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all druggists. Price Csc. Don't
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
New York Marriaaes.

There is an average Of 1858 per:
sons married in New York city each
day. 5 Is Ed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

For Prices on Poultry,
either live or dressed, write r. E. Cobb,
St. Paul, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
By Rights.

Correspondent-How much do you
want about the erection of pillar in
the new square?
Editor-lt ought to make good col.
umn story.-Baltimore American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

PILES CURED IN q TO ii DAYS.
PAZO OINTME NT is guaranteed cure any case
OF Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protrnding Piles in
Gto II days or money refunded soc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

The chief secret of comfort lies IN
not suffering trifles to vex us, and in
cultivating our underground of small
pleasures.-M Gerald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

Sudden wealth is apt to bring trou.
BILE to it's owner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05
Method

"You are letting your political rival
make all the speeches"
EYES," answered Senator Sorghum.
LET him talk. My party will adopt
all his good ideas and hold him per-
sonally responsible for all his bad
ones. Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-04-05

English Municipal Employees.
In London there are 10000 munic,
ipal employees; in England generally
there are close to 100000.
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to keep on the line, for if the open
ing is not round or even, the instru-
ment will not work satisfactorily
Next take one of the bladders, and
after cutting the neck off cut away
about One-third of it from end to end:
too hot, until it becomes white and
soft: after which stretch it loosely
but evenly over the opening, letting
the inside of the bladder be on top,
and tack temporarily all around one
inch from the edge of the opening.
Now test it by pushing the center
with your finger; if it stretches
smoothly and without wrinkles, it will
do; but if it does not, you must change
it's position until it does So Next
take strip of leather and tack COM
pletely around the edge of the open.
ing, putting the tacks closely together,
and taking care to keep the bladder
stretched evenly while doing so.
When you have it tackled properly,
take your knife and cut away that part
of the bladder on the outside strip
Gig. y.
This done, break off three feet of
the wire, and after attaching it to
one of the buttons Gig 3, pass the
free end through the center of the
bladder until the button rests on it's
surface "a Fig y, then fasten
weight of eight pounds to the end of
the wire and set in the sun for two
hours or more until thoroughly dry
Gig. p.
Proceed with the other materials in
like manner, and when you have
both drums we'll dried, place one on
each end of the line, and connect the
button wires with the main wire by
loops, and stretch it as tightly as DOS
sible, and with few sharp angles.
Whenever support is needed use
loop.
10 call up, strike the button with
lead pencil, and the one called up
will respond in like manner. This
is not toy, but is a practical tele-
phone that is serviceable from three
feet to three miles.
Across Lots.
What do people mean when they
talk about tacking?" asked Bobby.
who had listened to a detailed account
of his sisters first experience in
sailboat with interest, but in much
confusion of mind
"Oh, you'll know when you're a lit
tie bit older,' said the sister; but the
small round face wore an expression
of injury, and she had to explain fur.
Their.
why, it's just turning halfway
round" she said, with slight hesita-
ton, land then-and then you sail on
the bias '-'Youth's COMPANION.
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A woman writes letter as though
it were . document Of national conse-
QuenoA . / IT'LL. >s. .zz.