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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

He Kissed Her White She Slept.
Mrs. Wisely and Miss Wisby slept, he
could not resist entering and RECALLING
his soul with nectar from the lips of,
not the maid, but the matron Then
he guilt1ly departed, only to feel
guiltier when he reached his own
room. For weary minutes he wrestled
with himself At last he became con-
WINGED it was his duty to make honor
able amend, so he returned to the
apartment he had invaded, with a
prayer for pardon signing through his
mustache.
The apologetic kisser spent several
hours in the detention pen because he
couldn't get bail on the spot, and he
looked sad and sorry when arraigned
before Magistrate Voorhees, in the
afternoon session. Disorderly con-
duct was the technical charge, though
the clerk who gazed on Mrs. Wisby's
charms thought it ought to be grand
larceny. Fleischman pleaded guilty
and was fined ten dollars-five dollars
apiece for the kisses. Strangely
enough, he wasn't punished for the
apology.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
HUNG NINE HOURS OVER ABYSS.
Dangling at Ropes End, Mountain
Climber Dies When Rescued.

Grindelwald, witzerland.-Suspend-
ed nine hours at the end of rope over
the edge of an abysss, hundreds of
feet deep, with both legs and both
arms broken, M. Questo, of Genoa,
was rescued few minutes before
death ended his sufferings.
M. Henri Maige, of Chambery, M.
Questo and M. Figaro, of Genoa, and
Lieut.. Dunerger, were coming down
roped together, from the central peak
Of Aiguilles, when an avalanche of
stones swept them so feet on to a
glacier. Questo, the end man on the
rope, fell into an ice crevasse and was
dangling ten feet below over the
abyss. On the edge of the crevasse,
attached to the same rope, were lying
Figaro and Dunerger, seriously in
jured. The wedging Of the rope tight
ly in small crack had alone prevent
ed all of them being hurled into the
crevasse.
Maige started at eight p. m. for help
and reached mountain chalet at one
q. m. With two volunteers they start
ed back with ropes, etc. They reached
the crevasse at. four a. M, and with
great difficulty hauled up Questo, who
died soon afterwards. The other two
had climbed up away from the crew.
asse and lay unconscious on the snow.
Questo was known in Italy as writer
on Alpine subjects.
At Chamonix guests in a hotel saw
a man descending alone the Dome
du Coulter. His movements We're OBJ
served through telescopes. Towards
two in the afternoon he had completed
half the descent, when he began to
show signs of fatigue. Guides began
to prepare to go to his rescue, when
he was seen to slip and disappear into
a crevasse 1000 feet below. When
the body was recovered next day the
man was identified as Lieut.. Max
Preisbecker, of Zurich. = ,.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

this produces drawing of the ten
dons in the groin of the leg from
which the athlete leaps. This system
is we'll liked by track fans and is very
pretty to watch, but it requires a
quick jerk, which often causes an in
jury which is not quickly healed.
The prettiest form" and probably
the most serviceable is that of going
over fat as the body presses above
the bar and alighting on hands and
feet at the same time. In this style
of jumping the athlete runs from a
point directly in front of the bar, first
having paced off his steps, and when
he reaches the last pace" mark on
the run, if he leaps from the left foot,
his right will naturally be in the air
first, consequently the left must catch
up with the right by the time the body
is directly above the bar, where his
feet, head and back are in a direct
line. The impetus which the run
gives carries the athlete over the stick
and he alights on the mat on hands
and feet at the same time. This is
probably the most serviceable method,
as not bit of the height to which the
athlete raises his body is wasted" in
the leap over the bar. He does not
raise the highest point of his body to
such a great height as in other
forms" and consequently he is able
to accomplish a higher mark.
The only danger in this form is in
landing. Several athletes have been
known to sprain their wrists, or even
break them in landing in this man.
ner, and extreme care should be taken
to give the legs and hips at least the
same weight which the arms take.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
Making Good Use Of Cinders,

The street railway operating plant
of Portland, Ore, which employs
sawmill refuse as fuel, has adopted a
cinder-separating plant with great
success. A powerful draft from a
steel fan forces the furnace smoke
through steel plate flue into YER
teal steel cylinder 80 feet in diane
ter! The bottom is cone-shaped
hopper for receiving the cinders, while
the smoke, after losing it's velocity,
slowly energies through an aperture
at the top. AS the gases lose velocity
the cinders, being heavier, drop into
the hopper, whence they are conveyed
back to the furnaces to be completely
burned. Besides abating the nuisance
the boiler economy is increased.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
HAVE INTERESTS IN CUBA.

Puerto Principe province-Cabal.
los, Camaguey, La Gloria, Garden
City, Nuevitas. =
Province of Santiago de Cuba
Lebanon. Banes, Holguin, OMAHA, Man.
att, Cacocum, Portillo Bay, Palmarito.
Victoria de las Tunas, Guantanamo.
Isle of Pines-Nueva Corona.
There is to-day scarcely a project
in Cuba, from public works to private
roads. that has not been financed by
American capital. In the banks alone
in Cuba controlled by capital from
the United States is invested nearly
$5,000.000, distributed among the
Banco Nacional de Cuba, Royal Bank
of Canada, Bank of Nova Scotia, G..
Lawton Child & Co., Trust Company
of Cuba and Zaldo & Co. Carlos do
Zaldo, ex-minister of finance and JUS
tice, is also the president of the new.
ly organized Banco de la Havana, for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
A Quaker Whisky Cure.

William Penn was once urging a
man he knew to stop drinking to ex.
cess, when the man suddenly asked:
Can you tell me of an easy way to
do it,"
"Yes,'' replied Penn, readily, 1T is
just as easy as to open thy hand,
friend"
Convince me of that" the man ex.
claimed, "and l will promise upon my
honor to do as you tell me-"
well, my FRIEND" Penn answered,
whenever thee finds glass of liquor
in thy hand open that hand before the
glass touches thy lips, and thee will
never drink to excess again.
The man was so struck by the sim.
plicity of the great Quaker's advice
that he followed it and reformed
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
GIRL KEEPS vow
" TO IGNORE MEN;

womanhood the promise was full.
filed. Caroline was of a vivacious
temperament, with rosy cheeks and
fair hair. Some said in those days
that such blithe, care-free girl was
bound to have some great trouble in
her life. Caroline laughed at these:
I'm going to enjoy youth while it
lasts" she had been heard to say.
"There will be time for serious trou-
BILE later
There was change, however, when
Walter Lumpkins came along. He had
been used to city life, and was unlike
the men of Caroline's acquaintance.
He was handsome fellow, about two
years older than she, and wore clothes
that looked and fitted better than
those of the young men Of the vii
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

and order him to lie down, but he I'M
sists on sitting up, that he may loo:
at the checks.
De Costa went from London to Chi
cago after the great fire which de-
vastated that city and became a pros
porous grain merchant He continued
to wax. rich until the panic of 1893,
when he was left practically penniless
While wealthy he did a big business
through banks, and as he always kept
the checks after they had come back
through the clearing house he had
nearly trunk full at the time he
failed. 49,:
These checks he has always treas
ured as souvenirs Of his prosperous
days, and when he came here in 1898
and bought a small house between
River Denys and Port Hood he pa
pered the walls of one Of his rooms
with them. They are drawn on at
least 20 banks. and De Costa declares
that he can tell what each paid for.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

the pace" mark, in most cases about
three feet from the standard jump
for the stick, pulling one foot up al
most to the chin and shooting the 9TH
er out straight ahead. This requires
jump of greater latitude and is not
nearly as popular as the method used
by numerous high school jumpers,
which consists of twisting the body
when directly over the bar, and land
ing in a position directly facing the
starting point. The twist must be
made by a quick motion and often
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
APOLOGIES FOR
KISSING WOMAN.

bad enough to steal one, two kisses
when a woman was half asleep, with
out becoming SO impertinent as to Of
fer any apology other than the beau
ty herself. But that was the motive
of the young mans second VISIT. He
was elaborate in his apology-painful-
ly profuse. Mrs. WHISKY didn't have to
WELD the absurd little slipper. She
was too faint with indignation to do
anything save convince herself as tc
the identity of the i'll advised visitor.
He turned out to be Louis Fleisch-
man, who had a room on the floor
below.
Fleischman's explanation was that,
passing the door of the room in. which
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
It's Different There,

II read somewhere the other day."
said the sweet young thing, that one
of the Russian grand dukes grated to
the extent of $35 100000 in one year."
"Yes," replied the. reinsurance off,
cial, lover there a man doesn't have
to divide up with so many people in
order to get them to keep their
mouths shut. Chicago Record-Her.
aid,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
ROOSTER AS MICE CATCHER
MISSOURI MAN RAISES FOWL
WHICH ARE USEFUL,
A Brood Of About Fifty Have All Be
come Expert at the Business.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Frank Ramsey,
of this city, has made a discovery that
will interest chicken fanciers and
arouse the envy of some writer's of
snake stories. 1t is to the effect that
game chickens can be taught to
catch mice, and that when one of a
brood once acquires this knowledge,
all the others readily take it up. Mr..
Ramsey says that no mice can live
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

This is all the more remarkable, as
the man settled his personal as we'll
as his business obligations with paper.
He never carried more than dollar
in cash in his pockets at one time,
and if a man didn't want to cash q
check he made no sale.
De Costa says that he would rather
look at the checks than eat his dinner,
and this is literally true, for all his
meals are served in the check room.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

around premises when game chickens
have once learned to kill and devour
them.
He is the owner of game rooster
that has taught mice killing to brood
of about so game chickens. Where
the rooster acquired this knowledge
Mr.. Ramsey does not know. He was
first apprized of it by finding the roos-
ter almost choked to death as the
result of trying to swallow a mouse
that was too large for his throat.
Following this discovery he watched
the chickens more closely. AS the
young ones grew up they acquired a
taste for mice, and now they are all
wonderfully expert in catching these
little rodents. and hunt for them with
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
A Refreshing odorI'.

To obtain lasting and refreshing
odor Of sweet violets, put half an
ounce of orrisroot, broken in small
pieces, in a bottle with two ounces OF
alcohol; cork it tight and shake wells
then leave four or Eve days =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
OLD BANK CHECKS ON WALL
AGED MAN LOVES TO GAZE At
RELICS OF PROSPERITY.
Was Once Prosperous Grain Mer-
chant in Chicago-FaiIed in
Panic Of 1898.

River Denys, Cape Breton.-Sitting
many hours day gazing reminiscently
at the walls of a square room papered
with Cancelled bank checks, Gerald de
Costa, queer old character, is pass
ing the last days of his life. Physi-
clans say he has an incurable disease
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
The Latest Fad.

miss Cutting says she's going to
fence good deal next winter.
"She ought to be an expert, she's
been fencing all her life, with her
tongue" -DetrOit Free Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
Creating and Criticizinu,

links (joyously)-My great Ameri-
can drama has been accepted by the
manager of the Fashion theater.
Wife-1sn't that glorious. Now, are
you going to resign your position as
dramatic critic of the Daily Knowall?
"Um-I guess I'll wait and see If the
play succeeds, first."-N. Y. Weekly,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
Peek.a.Boo.,

Peek-a-Boo.
When aerial navigation has been solved.
And men can go
Ger the housetops and the steeples
In their daily to and fro,
Even folks in tall skyscrapers
WILL however, they're inclined,
Recognize that it is prudent
To most always close the blind.
Houston Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
Sonefines So.

Teacher-Willie, can you tell mo
the meaning of leisure?
Bright Scholar-1t's a place where
married people repent.-Cassells
Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

Elephant Carries Heavy Load.
An elephant will carry load of 5,
900 pounds with ease,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
The BRIGHT Side.

The boy stood on the burning deck
And smiled serenely, too;
He said: There's no one here to ask:
is it hot enough for your
Post
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

lage. In few months time she and
Lumpkins were accepted lovers.
Finally the young people became
secretly engaged. The village people
say it was upon Christmas eve that
Walter Lumpkins asked Albert o.
borne for the hand of his daughter.
1t is said that there was a scene
which ended in the father ordering
the young man from the house, de.
spite the pleadings of the daughter.
Il will never speak to you or any
other man again. Neither will I look
at or allow any man to see my face"
were the words that Bakersville peo-
pie say Caroline spoke to her enraged
father.
A long illness followed, and when
she grew we'll the roses had fed from
her cheeks, never to return. For
many years the girl did not leave the
house.
Lumpkins is now wealthy mer-
chant in a city not far from New
York, and has wife.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

as much show of zeal as cat exhib-
it's in the same pursuit. These chick
ems have not only rid his fathers barn
of mice, but they engage in hunting
expeditions in the neighborhood.
Mr.. Ramsey is the son of Col.
George c. Ramsey, a we'll known poll
tician, and big tie and timber con-
tractor. He resides with his father
in the southern part of the city, and
is a great chicken fancier. He says
he will pit his old game rooster against
any cat in the country in the matter
of killing mice, both in number of
mice killed and in quickness in catch
ing the same.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
Mutes Among Lower Animals.

"UHSo 5%1SIO1S IOHSr VnJNIdJ8.
The giraffe, armad:ilo and porcupine
have no vocal cords, and are, there
fore, mute. Whales and serpent. are
also voiceless, =.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-10-05
We ARE NOW READY

100 acres one mile from the city, well fenced, splen-
did house and out houses including about $4,000 in i'm
~provements. IS acres in crops that will show for them
selves Party owning has had four years OF good crops
on this land. Last year the IS acres netted him 5000
and the crop is better this year. This is the greatest
bargain in land around Tucumclri and is offered for
the reason that the party owning it is contemplating
going into other business. This farm will doubtless be
a part OF the city in five years. Possession given after
crop season. One-third of ~sixty-fve acres of corn to
be put in crib, and ~ acre of watermelon patch, and
~ acre OF bean patch. Price, $4,000, Cash.
One business lot asxs5, on Second street facing
east, almost opposite Jones, the jewelers. new building.
The cheapest business lot considering location in the
city. Price, $1,000.
One five room modern adobe building on the south
side of High Street, 1ooxI42 foot lot. This is one of
the most beautiful and best located residences in the
city. 1t is plastered and lastly designed on the out
side and is plastered and papered on the inside. 1t is
opposite a splendid red stone building now under con-
struCtion. Price So, SOC. 90
One lot almost opposite the Nichols houses 5oxI42,
fronting east on Second street. 4 bargain at $500.
IooxI42 feet on the corner OF Monroe street and
McGee avenue. Price $500
Lot No. 5 in block "a Of the Russell Addition. Lot
fronts north. Price, $3.50.
Lot No. S in block 28, 5oxI42 feet, fronting east,
on Second street. Price, $4,000.
One splendid four-room house and dug-out on a lot
facing east, just south OF the Public School building on
q lot 5oxI42 feet. Price, I4oo.o 90, % cash, balance on
on reasonable terms.
Lot 4 in block Is OF Gamble Addition. Price, $IIo.
Lot 10 in block ID, Gamble Addition. Price, SI1o.
One 2-room house in the Russell addition. A bar
gam at $3.50.
Lots I, 2 and 3 in block 3 OF the Russell Addition.
$685. 90 for corner and Sass 90 for inside lots.
One six-room first class dwelling with outhouses
on the north side Of High street, on lots IooxI42 feet,
northeast corner. Price, $4,000 90. Look at this.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-10-05

Two lots, one 2Sx85 feet>on the west side of Second street,
across the street from Jones, the Jeweer. Price, $500 each.
One first class REIMBURSEMENT. five miles from Roy. Price sIoo.
One House five rooms on the south side OF Main street on lot
eoxI4 feet, outhouses and fenced. Price $3.50.
One house three rooms. we'll. fences. and opposite the concrete
house being erected on Second street by VIM, kaufman. Price sI2so.
Three Corners on Main street. Iooxr42 feet. Prices $3.50 and
$3.50.
Three Lots just opposite the Ed Ellis place on Second street.
Price. SIIoo and sI2oo.
100 acres OF patented land ? Ia miles due east of the city,
fences all around. A I6x2o dwelling house, barn aud chicken house
100 apple, peach and plum trees. Twenty-Five acres plowed. Worth
$4,000 90, price 81 Soo-Terms-Look.
One splendid roomng house of ten rooms, on Center street.
Close down terms, uew, now renting for $50 per month. Price,
$4,000.
One fourroom house on the south side of Aber street. on corner
lot EooSI42 feet, now renting for $40 per month, Price. 81. 100.
One lot rooxI a. feet, just west of The Baptist Church. O n the
corner This property is worth $4,000. Price S .a5o-oash.
One elegant stone residence on lots IooxI42 feet, on Smith
street. Price $4,000
One residence on four lots, on Smith street. Price a, 900
Lot 6, block II, Smith Addition. lot Is SO l2xl42 feet
Price $27j. "'
Lots lG and II, block 8, Russelrs Addition. Pr ice $500 eac
Lot in block 20, Russell Addition. Price $500.
Eot IA in block Z. Daubs Addition. Price $1,000.
one lot ii2xlOo feet, just north Of the Legal Tender
be known as the Fuqua Addition. These lots r the b"ann,
business lots for the prices ever offered for sale i'm Tncuuc.ri
Prices $1,000 aud 81, 900.
One lot iOxl42 feet. south of c II Chenault's residence |
Price 5000. 'e''ue'lce'
1ooxI42 feet on the corner of MCGEE and Third |
S65o.o !
GooxI42 on the northwest corner of LauobI;r 49,,
Second streets, in the MCGEE addition due eaot anJ
Just across the street from where two St GOO b""a "u
being erected. Price ',c re
New-York tribune., 1907-11-05
FALLIBLE CONDUCTOR.
Not Blame, but Praise, His Share
at WOmen'S Hands.

The Car Passengers Rights Association nnds
itself almost out Of job these days. its functions
having been assumed by the Public Service Com
There is 10 use in addressing complaints now
N any Of the authorities OF the traction system" "
said the president, Mrs. Cora Wells TroW at the
ossociations first meeting of the season held in
the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday, for such COM
plants matter how addressed always reach
the Public Service Commission, and 1t isn't digni-
fed sensible to complain to people who are
already doing all they cam
Having nothing TO complain about, therefore the
association held praise meeting, the particular
object OF their laudauons being the much abused
conductor.
1T seems to me the manners OF the conductors
are improving" said Mrs. Charles Conrad Ruth
raun. y haven't been refused transfer for
long time and I am never even told TO step lively
any more
Mrs. Albert c. Baye testified that she had seen
q conductor step off his car TO help an old woman
on She complmented him on his pOliteness and
said she hoped II wouldn't wear off. He was very
Young He said he hoped not
Mrs Gerard Buncker also had a story OF a polite
conductor. When she asked for a transfer he
asked where she was going, and when she told
him he said:
yourself perfectly ~ home"
Mrs Trow said the conductors had been ordered
TO wash their hands once day, which she con-
sidered a step in the right direction
The association voted TO petition the proper
authorities for change IN the stopping place Of
the running up Fourth avenue from the Post
Office and the West 23d street ferry TO the Grand
Central Station At present they turn to the east
IN l2d street and dump their passengers right un-
der the elevated railroad" The passengers then
have 10 carry their baggage considerable distance
through jam Of traffic to the station The women
think these might well turn west in 42d
street and then UP Vanderbilt avenue. where they
could deposit their passengers right at the door
OF the baggage room. They could then continue up
10 44th street, go through il 10 Madison avenue
down that avenue TO 42d street and then back to
Fourth avenue. These cars run only TO the station
and then go back downtown again