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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-01-09
FUR COATS

Priced below cost. The winter
has been unusually mild and left us
with our entire stock of Fur Coats
on hand. Which is the better way:
Take our loss now OF pack them
away and have hundreds of dollars
tied up for a whole year? We have
decided on the former.
Russian Calf, plain. .$19. 80
Russian Calf, beaver trimmed 80 90
Russian Calf, No l selected
skins ................27 90
Galloway ....................24.9 SO
Russian Dog ...............14 .48
Asserian Lamb. "a .99
Wombat 10 90
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Well-Dressed Hair
l. First Requisite
of the Debutante

TO be real smart the debutante
must start on her career with hair
we'll dressed. The all-over net is an
absolute necessity. Flying locks and
stray curls are fetchingly pretty, but
fashion has set it's stamp of approval
on the neatly dressed hair with prim
puffs and prim curls. The all-over net
matching the hair exactly, is not dis
coverable and keeps stray hairs in or
der from breakfast till midnight. They
are real time-savers
Wells were never in greater demand
The counters are piled with the most
charming fancies in rufiied, frilled and
bordered wells. The best for face wear
Is the genuine thread with tiny
ring. 1t is not so trying to the eyes.
The big dot nets and extravagant
styles are used for hat draperies, set
ting of any kind of chapeau grace
fully.
Stripes which make their bow for
the first time in the summer gone re.
appear in linens and silks for service
blouses. Just bit striking, they are
still to be liked as novelty. One
combination is brown, blue and white
in quarter-inch stripes; another ia
vorite blue, green and white; another
red, black and white, the stripes clear
and stunning when made up with
some vertical, others horizontal and
others bias.
Elastic belts. steel studded, take
precedence in the belt world. Hand
some leather belts toned to suit cloths
are brought in by French importers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
RANISHED
Coffee Finally Had to Go.

The way some persons cling to cot
fee even after they know it is doing
them harm, is a puzzler. But it is an
easy matter to give it up for good,
when Postum Food Coffee is properly
made and used instead.
A girl writes: Mother had been
suffering with nervous headaches for
seven weary years, but kept drinking
coffee.
Zone day I asked her why she did
not give up coffee as cousin Of mine
had done who had taken to Postum
But Mother was such a slave to coffee
she thought it would be terrible to
give it up.
FINALLY, one day, she made the
change to Postum, and quickly her
headaches disappeared. One morning
while she was drinking Postum so
freely and with such relish I asked for
a taste.
THAT started me on Postum and
now drink it more freely than 1 did
coffee, which never comes into our
house now.
"A girl friend Of mine, one day, saw
me drinking Postum and asked II it
was coffee. told her it was Postum
and gave her some to take home, but
forgot to tell her how to make it..
1.-THE next day she said she did not
see how could drink Postum. found
she had made it like ordinary coffee.
So I told her how to make It right
and gave her a cupful I made, after
boiling it fifteen minutes. She said
she never drank any coffee that tasted
as good, and now coffee is banished
from both our homes" Name given
by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Michigan.
IL Read; the little book The Road to
MELVILLE" II pigs. There's q Reason -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
ITCHING HUMOR on BOY
His Hands Were a Solid Mass, and
Disease Spread All Over Body
Cured in 4 Days BY cuticura.

Zone day We noticed that our little
boy was all broken out with itching
sores. We first noticed it on his little
hands. His hands were not as bad
then, and we didn't think anything
serious would result. But the next day
we heard of the Cuticura Remedies
being SO good for itching sores. BY
this time the disease had spread all
over his body, and his hands were
nothing but solid mass of this itch
ing disease. I purchased a box of Cuti-
cura Soap and zone box Of Cuticura
Ointment, and that night l took the
Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water
and washed him WE'LL Then I dried
him and took the Cuticura Ointment
and anointed him with it. I did this
every evening and in four nights he
was entirely cured. Mrs. Frank Don.
ahue, 20s Fremont St.. Kokomo, Ind,
Sept. 16, 1907"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Finest Laces Used
by Those Who Fancy
the Dainty Jabot

The Jabot of fine real lace so much
affected by the Parisienne is nothing
like so much worn here, even BY
women of fashion.
There is no end to the richness of
the lace employed, and the rarest of
OLD point laces, as we'll as the point
laces of the day, are used. In such
cases, of course, great care is taken
In the arrangement of the jabot so as
not to tear or cut the lace in any way
In many cases the jabots are mar
row and come to the top of the girdle;
others are shorter; and many are
wider as we'll.
They are worn not only with lace
collars attached to blousses but with
the high, sttff linen collars attached
to satin blouses, deliberately embroid.
cred or cut with lace bands.
OF course, the stiff linen collar is
death-dealing to the natural beauty
OF the neck, but so long as they are
fashionable many will wear them.
Fortunately, the society girl or woman
changes her costume so many times a
day that the linen collar is worn for
few hours only at time.
One of the jabots in rare old rose
point dull hued with age was gathered
to a straight strip of satin ribbon.
The latter did not show, of course.
and down the center were four little
cloth Of silver covered button molds,
with a three-quarters inch silver rib.
bon laid in a series of five tiny plaits,
Que on top of the other, each cluster
1aring out a bit like fan.
The different shades of blue, espe-
cially Natter, now the really smart
blue worn in Paris, or in pink, are e.
fective, while pale shades carrying
out the color scheme of the gown or
the hat may be worn, and all set of
the beauty of the lace.
For the woman with little to spend
!alenciennes lace makes charming
]abots, but this must be kept a pure
white or else dipped to make it true
cream or pale yellow in order to be
effective. The yellowish, soiled tones
OF zeal old lace have no beauty when
carried out in Valenciennes.
Black sat:c: buttons and little fiat
loops of black satin are effective, and
NalencieEnes collars of the shaped
sort higher behind the ears may be
made over pattern and finished with
a tebe ribbon of black velvet at tho
top and a smart little bow of inch.
wide ribbon in the front at the base
of the stock.
These stocks must, of course, be
properly boned. No stock of any sort
has even a shade of smartness unless
it is bcned.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
yeWeled Taseels.

Jeweled tassels are all the rage.
They are made of pearl fringe with
diamond tops, which generally have
small stones surrounding them. They
are used to finish the ends of long
platinum and pearl chains that are
worn twisted once around the neck,
or may be seen hanging from brooches
or pendants. The empire necklaces
or diamond clasps threaded with black
velvet ribbon three-eighths of an inch
wide are Shown among the novelties.
For a while women wore only the
clusters of diamonds, though the very
large ones are much sought and some
Of the largest ones are surrounded
with smaller stones.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
JUDGE HAD A VISION.
Saw Himself Enjoying Apple Pie fos
at Least Sixty Days.

The routine of the criminal court
proceedings had been marked by only
one unusual incident, and that was
the alacrity with which certain hard
character was sentenced for 60 days
to the workhouse.
Judge" observed the district at
torney at the close of the dreary ses
sion, you seemed to relish the priv.
ilege of sending that man to the work.
house. Did his case impress your"
Now, look here" whispered the
Judge as he beckoned the attorney
aside, that a man is worthless fel.
low. Always drunk and never con.
tributes cent to the support of his
wife, who is a most deserving WON.
an. l feel sorry for her, and when
ever he is in prison she comes to our
home and assists my wife in the kitch-
e1.
And" chucked the Judge, as he
tapped the attorneys shoulder cheer
fully. "she does know now to bake
apple pie"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31

finds
millinery She has
Of
Il must better
look to hat add
the
able usually small
round hat is shown /,
SOFT comfortable
in
heavily
"odfashioned effects
flowers and rhhnn md n
~ '''"0A ""oo ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Virginia. S Object Lesson
By HlLDA RICHMOND
(Copyright.)

1T isn't that Herbert is a bad boy,"
Mrs. Castle was saying, with wor-
ried look on her motherly face, "or.
that Virginia is disobedient. They are
simply too silly for anything. 'Mushy,'
the boys call them, and the word fits
very we'll. Instead Of having a good
time with the crowd as they always
did, they prefer to sit around by them
selves at parties, and Virginia 10 get
ting SO dreamy that you have to
speak two or three times before she
realizes she is on earth
"Oh, WELL" said her sister, consol-
ingly, "all girls have those spells. 1
remember how Bob Lane and l used
to think our folks cruel and unsympa-
thetic because they ruthlessly spoiled
our cherished plans by sending US
away to school. Virginia will get over
her foolishness in good time and be
able to laugh at herself. Don't take
It to heart So"
Its all very well for you to take
that view, for your girls are too small
to give you any trouble yet; but just
wait few years. Vlrg1n1as health
and lessons suffer while she is moping
around, and l really have to force her
to eat when she and Herbert have had
little tiff. I wish they would fall
out and scratch each others faces as
they did years ago. Then maybe this
nonsense would come to an end"
The memory of the childish fights
these two young people used to in
dulge in caused Mrs. Randolph to
laugh outright. Imagine Virginia,
with two long scratches down her
nose, bowling at the top of her voice.
she said; but her sister refused to see
the funny side
I'D rather have her howl than sit
Ground with that woe-begone look on
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31

S'V9'"A - 1eSt'"9 90 dreamy Snat
You Have to Speak Two or Three
Times Before She Realizes She Is
on Earth"
her face that makes me long to spank
her soundly," said Mrs. Castle. Il al
ways think of Editha when l see her.
for she moped just like that when she
was Virginia's age"
"Editha! The very person! Send for
her to come and spend month with
you, and II that doesn't bring Virginia
to her senses nothing will. 1t will
mean lot of hard work, but you will
be repaid for that, I am sure"
In less than a week Mrs. Castle was
able to announce carelessly at the din
ner table that Cousin Editha and her
family would visit them next week.
Cousin Editha!" said Virginia, with
a pleased look. II haven't seen her
since the day I was flower girl at her
wedding. She was just II then-as
old as l am now-and l was ten. Do
you remember, mamma, how perfectly
beautiful she looked?"
yes, she was a lovely BRIDE said
Mrs. Castle. Unless you eat more
supper. Virginia, l cannot allow you
to go to the lecture this evening""
How many children has she?"
asked Mr.. Castle. Three or four?'
Three" answered his wife, 1.-TWO
boys and baby girl
I'VE must try to have some picnics
and drives for her while she is here"
said Mrs. Castle pleasantly. You
were her flower girl Virginia, and Rob
the page, so you must both exert your
selves to make 1t nice visit for her.
1t is the first time she has visited US,
too, since she was married, and that
Is long time now"
Cousin Editha is coming to visit US
next week, Herbert" said Virginia, az
that young gentleman gently swayed
the hammock back and forth under
the big apple tree. "She was married
at II, and she was the sweetest bride
you ever saw. She had veil and a
long train and bridesmaids and every
thing just perfect. / was the flower
girl and carried a basket of bride
roses up the aisle. l thought l at
tracted as much attention as the bride
herself How silly we are when we
are children!"
Il don't believe the bride was half
as pretty as you,' said Herbert, ad.
justing pillow under her curly head
with look that made Mrs: Randolph
hasten to fan herself violently for fear
they should see the smile on her face.
She might have saved herself the
trouble, for the young people few
feet away were utterly oblivious of
her presence.
A few days later Cousin Editha and
her family made their appearance.
Give me the baby, Ede," said a
young man who had conducted two
small boys in dirty linen suits down
the car steps. The brakeman will
AIRY your luggage"
"Ede!" Virginia looked in disgust
at the innocent young man, but her
disgust changed to astonishment a
minute later when her mother kissed
the paie young woman with her hat
on one side of her head and told her
how delighted they vera to see~them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Brown Decorations Used.

Brown paper is very much used for
the dintng-room, that part below the
chair rail being darker than that
above. The walls should be unadorneti
except for the pieces of china and
rare pottery, perhaps. In such a
brown room yellow silk curtains, Just
to tho sill, are very pretty. White
woodwork adds much Ito the charm
ofssthe' room, but darker wood 10 pre-
terred BY many. y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Tr>zl;xl!f6 and IT.
E't- -
Quality:

appeal to tho Well Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and crcditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy Of
known value, but one Of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
swcetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as q laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
An Ancient Instance.

Belshazzar was giving his great
feast and the wine flowed like water.
"Inasmuch as I'm the whole works."
he said, II don't think proclamation
by chief of police or anybody else
is going to stop this affair at one
o'clock a. m. or any other hour"
No sooner had he uttered this
boast than the handwriting appeared
on the wall.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
REMINDED HIM OF HOME.
New Yorker Saw Beauty in Sign,
Where Maiden Lady Could Not.

A part;- Of tourists was being shown
around Ciudad Juarez, the little Mexi-
can town just across the Rio Grande
from Ell Paso, Texas. Every one was
delighted with its picturesqueness,
and in particular maiden lady, who
went into raptures about each new
sight.
1T Is all so quaint" she said. "These
adobe houses, the old church, the mar
row streets, the little plaza, those
dreadful-looking men wearing SON.
breros: everything breathes the spir-
it of an old-world civilization. It is
so different from our United States"
That's so,'' assented a New York
man who had been listening. For
instance, where in all the world could
you find anything SO antique, so full
of inherent beauty, so charged, as it
were, with the essence of pure Joy, as
that sign over there" He pointed
toward whitewashed mud house on
whose exterior was painted:
BIGGEST BEER IN TOWN, &C."
The woman eagerly turned to look.
Then she froze the horrid man with
a glance and did not speak to him
again during the whole trip.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31


and heavy lifting
weakened my kid
neys. I was tired
every morning and
my limbs stir and
sore. Dizzy spells
and headaches were
frequent, and the
kidney secret}ona
m uch disOrdered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Golf Course Of 10 Holes.

00Vs 000'oO " ~ ''0'0Os
''Neatness is essential on the links"
said H. J. Whigham, the noted golfer,
at a dinner in Chicago. AT Shine
cock Hills one day." he went on, II
played behind two young and pretty
girls. Overtaking them, I heard the
younger say:
"'How many holes in this course,
Aileen?
Nineteen, DEAR said Aileen, in.
Guiding the one in your stocking.'"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
OZARK FARMS xs,s y: = . r. s,:4 (:

OZARK FARMS Ws says = ', tss o :1::
lArge farms small farms improved and uniupfovod
1afnns valley farms fruit And stock farme and tim.
Dor lands On main limo Of Frisco Railroad 100 TO 10
Of tho best clover and grass sections Of Tbs unitee
States; lots Of clear running Wates hi year roun4
Kinds Of sock 1isins There Il much Tich vensl
land producing 1ne crops: The IollleE a1d aplsoa
Prod1oes tho eoundeit and best fruit: II yon farm
farm Prices range from 90 70 30 per acre, accord
ing to improvements location and quality OF soali
Of farms and other information. We have . large
M Sf and ofnsf TfaSs
D. Louis Missouri.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Ring Watches Popular.

Swiss watchmakers are reported to
be busy filling English and American
orders for finger ring watches. The
ring watch, though little seen, is no
novelty. Thesmanager of an old Lon
don matchmaking firm says that he
saw them more than IA years ago.
Queen Victoria had three or four.
The simplest ones-a plain gold ring
with the watch inserted-cost about
500, but with diamonds or other
stones, $1,000 to $4,000 may be paid.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
WORK WEAK EMS KIDNEYS.
The Experiences sof Nj. Woods % the
Experience Of Thousands Of Others. !

Bernardo. Woods OF Jackson, street,
Homecoming, Nd, says: Hard work
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Maxine 4 Pomnadour

Tricks of the toilet are tricks no
longer, and the girl who finds some
new way of being beautiful is glad
enough to tell it to her friends. One
young woman whose soft pompadour
stands up without any artificial SUD-
port says she does it by use of a large
roll of tissue paper of pompadour
shape. This she places under the
hair before it is quite dry after a
shampoo, and keeps the paper in
place until the hair is absolutely
dry.
After thus training her hair in The
way it should 60 she says it holds its
pun splendidly. If the irate sales
women in Pittsburg who refused to
part with their rats" not long ago
had only known about this system
maybe their style of hairdressing
wouldn't have been objected to so
strongly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31

Accordion plated skirts tucked to
give them the proper flare continue
fashionable, and their crisp, neat ef.,
feet is particularly becoming to many
young wearers. In taffeta and other
light silks these keep their shape e.
specially well, but are not recon-
mended for the lighter, softer weayees
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Wise Advice.

diligently, speak cautiously-Chinese
Proverb.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31

This continued for fifteen years and
until I began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Then I improved steadily until
cured, and naturally, I recommend
them strongly"
Sold by all dealers, so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-06
PETTY LARCENY-AND GRAND.

The New York Street Railway Co. is making great
noise with it's figures the knocking down. of fares
by its conductors 1t says that last year 55S7 were
discharged for stealing nckels. There average
of 5000 conductors that equivalent of double the
force discharged.
1t is pitifu and amazing spectacle. These col
1ect millions of dollars of toll for the employers. They
paid 20 cents hour $40 for - hours work The
dishonest ones while large in number, small proper
tion of the force for great many of the have held
the same jobs for years without thing against their
record.
But the company groans and says that 55S1 stole
nckels.
What is the explanation In the first place the method
of collecting fares is stupid and wrong The
temptation offered the poorly paid is altogether too
great Only recently have attempts been made to improve
matters by such devices ''pay you enter' cars
But let what example the New York Stree Rail
way Co. itself set to it's in the way of honesty and
morality This is the company exploited by VIM c. Whit
nev and Thos F. Ryan.
Thousands Of stockholders were swnded and ruined
by false representations.
Forty million dollars( dollars not nickels) disappear
ed absolutely from it's treasury without any visible return
1t debauched politicians by the wholesale.
1t bribed jurors in damage cases.
No corporation in the United States has blacker Grim
inal record.
And this is the company that complains that it's
ployes dishonest There not the slightest for
dishonest conductors who will claim that they in
spred to steal nckes by the successful thefs of millions
of dollars, but it is something Of an explanation
Moral disease is a pestilence 1t is catching. These
worked in atmosphere OF grab and the city which
gives few the privilege to take toll from the many
cannot bounds to the evil it will Public service
must to be private graft
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-06
FRANCE DECIDES ON PLAN
FOR AN OLD AGE PENSION

tor, it is believed, will be over
come.
The proposed law is based upon
the theory that improvidence is a
social evil and that the state
should compel the workmen to
put aside part of their earnings to
provide for their old age. By the
terms of the bill, workmen con-
tribute 2 per cent of their wages
and the employers like percen-
tage during a period Of 80 years,
thus creating fund from which
the workman thereafter is to re-
ceive an annual minimum pension
of S72. The state is to contribute
only when the forced savings Of
the workman do not create a fund
large enough to furnish pension
of that amount. Figures as to
what this would involve in the way
of state liability differ widely, for
statistics of wages earned are
hazy.
Upon the PRONUNCIATION of the
: law, it is proposed to grant an
nual pensions to all workmen over
60 who have worked 80 years, and
then gradually to increase the scale
of pensions of those graduating"
each successive year, until at the
end of 80 years all will receive at
least $72. The number of persons
who would be entitled to pensions
the first year varies, according to
the estimates, from 1854, 900 to q
100000, and the states liability in
the beginning varies from $685.
100000 to $1S0,00O,000. The cham
Der has agreed to the principle OF
absolutely limiting the government
liability for the present to $780,
900 900 annually.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-04-06
REPUBLICANS WILL
MEET ON SATURDAY

The republican county central
committee will meet at the court
house at II o'clock Saturday morn
ing for the purpose of settling the
date for the republican primaries
and convention. At the same time
it will be determined how many
delegates to the convention each
precinct Is entitled to. Felix Pugh
is chairman.