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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
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BY GEO. V. HOBART, ("HueH M'HueH.D

and that she would have to stay there
in foreign land alone, among utter
strangers, unless he sent a cab for
her.
When Aunt Martha got home that
night she found that all the flesh she
had lost was her pocketbook with ten
dollars in it, and Uncle Peter lost
about ten dollars for cab hire, making
total of four pounds, English money.
A day or two later Mrs. Carruth-
ers told Aunt Martha that the only
sure cure for obesity was to take elec-
trio baths, SO Uncle Peter had one
rugged up which was a great shock to
his pocketbook.
AS soon as it was up Aunt Martha
went inside of the framework and sat
among the electric lamps with only
her head out in the atmosphere for
about two hours
Then she came out smiling, and said
she felt fine and that she must have
lost ten pounds.
Uncle Peter peeped inside to look
the bath over, and found that she had
forgotten to turn the current on.
Next morning when Aunt Martha
went after the electric bath Uncle
Peter turned the current on himself
to make sure, and when Auntie
stepped in it she accidentally put her
foot on an ohm or something, which
tickled her so that she let q blood-
curdling yell out of her that could be
heard for q miles as the crow flies
Then she put her other foot down,
and that landed on volt or an am
pere or some foolish dingus. which
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
SpirituaIistic Friend Failed to Keep
His Appointment.

A Cleveland man sentenced to be
electrocuted on a murder charge was
strong believer in spiritualism
Whenever he talked with his lawyer
he was either abusing him for not
getting him acquitted or else arguing
with him about spiritualism
The lawyer never had believed in
spiritualism, but he was open to con-
viction. The day before his client was
to go to the death chair the lawyer
made a proposition to him: "By this
time Tomorrow" he said, you will
have crossed the mysterious river
You say it is possible for spirits to re
turn. If you think you're so smart.
just return and then I'll be con-
vinced' i.
The client was matter of fact sort
of man. He readily agreed to the
lawyers plan. IF there is any way
can appear to you," he said, you can
bet your neck I'll do it. If I'm not on
hand at the appointed time you can
just make up your mind it's because
there's nothing in spiritualism. But
I'll come around all right
The two decided on a time and
place for the meeting.
Il broke another engagement in Or
der to be there" said the lawyer in
telling of the experiment, land waited
around for more than an hour on the
fellow, but the cuss never showed up"
New York Press.
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FOR A BIG FAMILY.
Twir'ing Tray Does Much to Expedite
Table Service.

There is a novelty extremely smart
as we'll as sensible. that solves a
problem of many housekeeper, both
those with plenty of servants and
those with none. This is twirling
tray to expedite table service.
To have the meals of large family
daintily, even comfortably, served re-
quires a skilled waitress. Even so
there are apt to be long waits or
showing.
The English fashion of being more
informal for breakfast and luncheon
than for dinner, is gaining Roadway
with us. While the side-table serv-
ice, with each one helping his or her
SELF has by no means become gen.
eral, it is being more and more
adopted, especially in country homes.
A convenient substitute is found in
one of these trays. They are made
to match the table, either mahogany
diameter, though they can be made
to suit any width table.
The twirler is placed In the center
Of the table, TN reach of all, and on it
are placed, butter, preserves, bead
and rolls, the molasses pitcher, and
such relishes as radishes, celery, or
cheese. AS these are the things that
are in constant demand, and keep the
waitress busy, it is great time.
saver to have them reached by simply
| a tWirl of the tray.
Ugly? Not all all; rather un-
usual looking at first, but the tray can
be made very dainty with it's snowy
| embroidered cover, vase of flowers
in the center, and the other dishes en-.
circling it.
II one cares to 60 to the expense
there are sectional dishes made that
just fit these trays. They are shallow
ana trimmed, and have circular dish
in the center, with six or eight tri
angular dishes radiating from it to
form an outer circle.
When the family is extra large two
trays are used, one at each end of the
table.
While these trays are only consid.
cred 1.-The thing" for breakfast and
luncheon, and are generally used on
the bare table; when there is no maid
they can be used as convenience die
tAtes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
Wolfe for TRAVELLING.

Few women can afford to keep a
gown entirely for travelling. 1t must
be utilized for walking and for simple
and informal occasions, and it should
&c gown that can be worn in town
in the fall. With all of these things
pressing upon her mind the woman
who goes out to buy travelling dress
las much with which to contend.
Wolfe makes a light travelling dress.
ard 1t is durable if one understands
wolfe. A certain modiste displayed a
lilac wolfe which she said had been
worn two seasons by one of her GUS
toners. This year, after a little reno
.ation, it was being treated to a mar
low trimming of braid upon the collar
and cuffs and to a braided design
down the back. A coat of lilac.
colored braid, three-Quarter length and
fastening loosely down the front. was
t., complete the renovation of the lilac
costume. A black straw hat faced
with lilac silk and trimmed with lilac
flowers makes the costume one of har.
mony.
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Magpie Effects Fashionable.

That the trend of the times is to-
ward maybe effects is evidenced in
the large number of such semitrans-
parencies as Marquisettes, grenadines
and voiles, made up in black and
white and white and black, a differ
ence more marked than distinguished.
Many of these materials are bordered
and AFFORD opportunity for the carry
Ing out of tunic draperies and class
&c effects. They are perfectly adapt
ed for the modest notifications of the
much-discussed "split" skirt, for the
borders may be arranged into draper
les that fall apart and disclose a plat
ted skirt or chiffon underskirt. This
Idea will be extensively utilized dur
ing the autumn and coming winter in
the case of costumes combining
smooth-faced cloth and sicilienne, a
material which is to be one of the
fashionable fabrics of the year.
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Dear Bunch: Your letter from
Vienna received, and glad we are to
know that you and Alice are crowding
the occasion with the joy of living.
On next years trip Peaches and
hope to be with you, and what we'll do
to Europe will be a pitiable shame.
l met Jack Golden the other day,
and he sends his kindest to you and
Alice
Jack says he's going to get married
some Of these days and do that Eu-
rope gag himself
Can you imagine Jack with a thou
sand dollars worth of blushing bride
hanging on his elbow, hiking through
Europe and stopping in at the Louvre
occasionally to make faces at the
paintings?
can't.
If ever a bride drags Jack away
from Stone street she'll be the limit
in ladies' dress goods, and that's no
jovial outburst.
We are all we'll at home with the
exception that some fresh friend told
Aunt Martha that she was getting
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Why He ESCAPED.

Two men who had not seen each
other since they parted after an ocear
voyage that was noteworthy for its
roughness stopped to talk about the
journey.
do you remember that particularly
rough day on the Banks" one of the
men asked the other, when you were
the only man who went to lunch -
The good sailor allowed that he did.
well, SIR" pursued the other, you
never knew how near you came tc
death that afternoon. When Gillen
and I saw you coming out on deck with
a novel in one hand and cigar in the
other, looking disgracefully we'll, Gil.
len said to me: ANY man who has the
nerve to flaunt his ability to stand this
rolling in the face of men as sick as
we ought to be thrown overheard
agreed with him. But you escaped be.
cause neither of us was able to get
up to do IT,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
One Of tie
Essentials

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fund Of information a. to the best methods
OF promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge Of the world's
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Products of actual excellence and
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and which have attained to worldwide
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ing the best the world affords.
One Of the products of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-1nformed Of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-.
facturesl by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and fox sale By ~ leading druggists.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-09-25
THE SAFE WAY 70 BUY PAINT:

Property owners viii save q deal
OF struub1e and expense in keeping
their buildings properly painted, II
they know how to protect themselves
against Misrepresentation and adul-
ITERATION in paint materials. There's
one sure and safe guide to q pure and
thoroughly dependable White Lead
that's the Dutch Boy Painter trade
mark which the National Lead Com
pany, the largest makers of genuine
White Lead, place on every package
Of their product. This company sends
a simple and sure little outfit for test
Ing white lead. and a valuable paint
book, free, to all who write for it.
Their address is Woodbridge Bldg,
New York City.
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caused Aunt Martha to become short
circuited
Bunch, she was the shortest circuit
that ever happened
For couple of minutes that room
looked like thunderstorm, with
Aunt Martha playing the thunder.
When Uncle Peter finally got the
current turned off and all the live
wires out of her hair. Aunt Martha
collapsed on the sofa, screaming:
Take it away! Take it away! Now
| know what hard life the third rail
must lead!"
l think the electric treatment has
cured Aunt Martha. "
At any rate all the exercising par
aphernalia has been thrown out in the
back yard, and think that now she
will be perfectly satisfied to go
through life leading a double chin as
nature intended.
Yours in the current of friendship,
JOHN.
Copyright, 1905, by G. W. Dillingham; Co. }
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stout, and the old lady promptly fell
for every obesity cure known to mod.
ern science.
Even at top weight Aunt Martha
doesn't go over 154 pounds, but she
got the idea in her head that COM
pared with her Barnum's original fat
lady was pikerette, so she decided to
go after that obesity thing with an ak
We tried to flag her and talk her
out of it, but she waved us all back
and said she'd made up her mind she
wasn't going through this world lead
ing double chin.
Well, Bunch, Aunt Martha started in
to put the sabots to the fatty tissue
and for a week Uncle Peters peace
full home across the road looked
like moving picture entitled THE
Original Rough House."
First flop out of the box Mrs Grim
shaw, who weighs 278 in her war
paint told Aunt Martha that exercise
was the only thing to keep down the
weight, so Uncle Peter was chased of,
to town for rowing machine, a set
of Indian clubs and proud assert
ment of deaf and dumb bells.
Presently the muscle goods arrived
and next morning about daylight Aunt
Martha jumped on board the rowing
machine and bore away to the north
west, with a strong ebb tide on the
port bow.
She was about four miles up the
river and going hard when a STRAP
broke, whereupon Aunt Martha went
overheard with splash that upset
most Of the furniture in the room and
knocked her manicure set down be
hind the bureau.
One of the oars went up in the al,
and landed on the bridge of Uncle
Peters nose, because his face hap
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DlSTEMPER

In all its forms among all ages of horses,
as well as dogs, cured and others in the
same stable prevented from having the
disease with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER
CURE. Every bottle guaranteed Over
100000 bottles sold last year. $50 and
Sl.0o. Any good druggist, or send to man.
ufacturers. Agents wanted. Write for
free book. Spohn Medical Co., Spec. Con-
tagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
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More DioniHod.

Good night, you precious lamb"
said the mother, with the liberty ono
sometimes takes. even with ones son.
at bedtime.
Mother" said the small boy be-
seechingly, If you must call me some
thing, wouldn't you just as soon call
me billygoat ?"-Youth's Companion.
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however, modified materials used and
heavy fabrics have been supplanted
by those Of lighter weight, in rich,
deep black All white, or a liberal
mixture Of white with black, in suit
able materials, is accepted as correct
mourning.
In millinery nothing surpasses, the
beautiful hats of white Grape and the
combination of this material, both in
black and white, with other fabrics,
In making up elegant mourning. Grape
is the insignia of mourning and by
using it as a trimming, or finish, light
weight and elegant hats and bonnets
are made. Mourning millinery is con-
coded to be the highest type of milli-
merry art. Recently medium large
hat was shown in Paris, made Of
white silk with a wide border of
white Grape about the edge of the
brim. A cluster of bows of white
ribbon at the front, studded with
white orchids, trailing off into a half
wreath about the crown, was chosen
for the trimming. AS an example of
elegance in millinery and exquisite
beauty in ITSELF this hat created a
sensation, even in the city of wonder
full millinery. The white orchids were
almost like shadows of that ethereal
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from the ranks commission TWEEN
retired from active service with the colonel This
ever until his
Since q o Red Bank
active in business life
New Jersey He
president of the New
Early fight
Big his
Big OF
and from New York They invariably the
from those states
encampments their influence
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effectively with folds of Grape is serv:
fceable and very appropriate. The
veil, when worn in the summer, is
of net bordered with Grape or silk
grenadine. For winter it is of
silk grenadine bordered with Grape,
except when one is in deep
mourning, when it is entirely Of
Grape.
A word of caution to those buy
ing grapes and grenadines. These
fabrics are sometimes almost imper-
ishable. There are varieties, how
ever, that are easily ruined by mois-
ture. Always test the material by
immersing piece of it in water. In
the right kind the color will not
run, nor the crimp come out These
fabrics may be successfully reno.
waited and made to look like new
by steaming them, when the mois-
ture-proof kind is bought.
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pened to be in the way when the oar
came down.
When loving hands finally pulled
Aunt Martha out Of the interior of her
rockingham, she found that, with the
help of the rowing machine, she had
lost nearly two pounds, mostly off the
end of her elbow.
The next day Mrs. Cooper, who
weighs about 24o, told Aunt Martha
that she wasn't using the best kind
of physical torture, so Uncle Peter
was once more chased off to the store,
where he bought one of those rubber
c0ntrivances you fasten on the wall
and then try to pull it off again with
the handles
Bright and carly the next morning
Aunt Martha grabbed the handles,
and was getting away from her obes.
ity at the rate of an ounce an hour,
when suddenly one of the rubber
strings broke and something kicked
Aunt Martha just where a good singer
gets her coloratura.
WHICH Auul MdIlud 1cll WOuuU0O on
the field of battle every picture on
the walls fell with her, and there
was such crash that the cook thought
the end of the world was coming, SO
she ran screaming in the direction OF
Paterson, N. J.
They had to pour about a bucket
of water over Aunt Martha's map be-
fore she came to, and then she found
that all she had lost by this new proc.
ess was her breath and a couple OF
side combs.
Mrs. Gaddings dropped in that day
and told Aunt Martha that the only
way to reduce the flesh is to take a
long walk; SO Auntie picked out a
long walk and took it,
After she was gone about six hours
and it was getting dark, she called
Uncle Peter up on the long distance
telephone and broke the news to him
that she had walked Is miles, and tina,
she had been so extravagant she had
used up all the walk that was in her
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ignored that condition make
be needed Grand
everything
material
and martial He
city
the Royal
with
Il
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A Minority Holder.

Clara-Why are you always COM
planning because l have other callers.
You didn't suppose l would cease to
be attractive just because We became
engaged, did you?
George-No, not exactly; but did
not understand that I was only a
member of an underwriting syndicate.
Puck.
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HoW's This?

We Offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured BY Hau'o
CAtarrh Cure.
F.. CHENEY CO., Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J. CheoeY
tor tho last Is years. and believe him perfectly hon.
orable In all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by hi nrm.
WALDlNG, KlNNAN 4 MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Hairs Catarrh Cure 10 taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and surfaces Of The
system. Testimonials sent free. Price Is cents pas
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hal's Family Pills for constipation.
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Making Essence of Lemon,

Do eot throw away the rind Of
lemons for it can be Utilized nicely.
Fill bottle with rectified spirits and
when using lemons cut away the vel.
low part from the lemon and place in
the spirits. You will find this quite as
good as the essence of lemon which
you buy. Essence of orange can be
made in the same manner.
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All Accessories.

The night was dark, cloudy, and ro-
mantle, as he stood under her window
at the parental mansion. A rope,
chock- full of elopement, stretched
from the window to the ground. Soft
ly the sash was raised and her angelic
form appeared at the easement.
rs everything ready?' she whis-
pered, in a third scene voice.
,s.-.xes,' he responded, in the same
theatrical tones.
Have you the horse and carriage
at the corner, a dark lantern, two re-
yolvers, and double-barreled gum"
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You Know Both,

There is a sort of man who 10 very
polite to your face, but who talks
about you after you are gone. There
is another kind OF man who grumbles
about you to your face and lets you
alone when you are absent. The lat
ter sort of man will last longer, with
all his faults, than the other man.
with all his politeness.-Newark
News
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Well.Snen< Tir,e

Let woman who has been working
all the morning over the countless
details of housekeeping put on her
hat and go out for a brisk walk. If il
is only for Is minutes it will do her
untold gQod-her head will be clearer
and her heart lighter.
Time thus taken is not wasted. but
the best kind of an investment, as
she will find she can do much more
in the long run.
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Where It Pinches.

"They say that abroad they are suf-
fering from the lack of American
tourists"
Eyes, it cuts of profitable expedi-
lions after the golden fleece. "-Balti.
more American.
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PUT "LID' ON ATLANTIC CITY

Gov. John Franklin Fort of New Jersey,
apparently has cinched his claim to half page
or SO in history by providing Atlantic City
with the first Sunday lid it has ever known.
Heretofore the boardwalk town has been the
widest open place on this continent, aside from
Cripple Creek. It's $50 saloons, its gambling
houses and disorderly resorts, numbering hun
dred more each, have cheerfully torn down
the calendar and thrown away the front door
keys at the beginning of the season. to operate
unmolested day and night so long as the sum-
mer visitors from all parts of the country de-
sired to buck the tiger or chase away their in
ternal drought.
The Pennsylvania railroad is one of the
most powerful influences in that seaside city,
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Hawthorne
himself
fight turning the archght political and conditions
a silver
o in
Rose Hawthorne likewise
cal study and charitable work the unotuna
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so LOGICAL.

Mrs. Sparker-Do you think she
really prefers q horse to the motor
car?
Mrs. Tyre-Well, any ono must ad-
NIT that a horse is more becoming to
q woman with such hay-colored hair!
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impossible.

1t is difficult to understand how the
young man with the turred-up trousers
and the striped hat band can, be as
foolish as he looks.-Chicago Record.
Herald.
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Try to love your neighbor as your
self, but II you can't, don't.
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1gnaon Society depicted the book its
reves packers bring about strikes
assessing officials men
all n foot
York society oasing fork
packing
csedngy author.
Eddy Michigan
considerable
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Send us your developing and finishing.
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Platonic love is a good deal like
the gun we didn't know was loaded
Smart Set,
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Yes, yes" he replied, "everything
is arranged. Slide down."
And have you hired two men to
chase us?"-Royal Magazine.