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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
Shut Out from His Own Show.

Charles Frohman isn't quite certain
yet whether he ever will be able to
understand the workings of the true
bred Briton's mind. In letter l saw
from him the other day he related his
latest encounter with it.
In London recently he decided to
witness performance at the Duke 0!
York's theater-one of his houses.
Not until he entered the lobby did he
recall that he had left his card case
and other means of identification in
his other clothes while changing to
evening attire. AS happens often in
such cases there was a new man on
the door. He checked Mr. Frohman,
who vainly attempted to tell the cere-
bus who he was.
1T makes no difference, governor, -
was his reply. Il don't know you and
you can't go in without a ticket or q
pass"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17

has painful results, we cannot refrain
from publishing this little puzzle.
Judiciously worked, we have fire.
quently seen it reduce staid and re.
sponsible persons to a condition of
absolute frenzy.
All you have to do Is to give q
friend five straws, little sticks, or
narrow pieces of cardboard, and a
penny, and request him to lift the
whole by merely holding the tip Of one
straw
Most people try to balance the
penny on one straw, and the other
four on top of the penny, but tho
trick is quite simple II done as shown
in the illustration.
The straws should be about 3h
inches long.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
The Race Is On.

great chance of your heel bit slipping
out of its position, which instantly
1isqualifies YOU
You are also disqualified if you let
the ball of your foot touch the ground,
ruling that will compel you to pro-
coed slowly and with care if you want
to show your competitors "a clean
pair of heels"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
THE TETHERED GOAT.
A Problem from the Country for You
to Solve. >

Here is another little problem that
everybody should know how to solve.
The goat is placed in a half-acre
meadow, that is in shape an equilat,
eral triangle: It is tetheredr to a post
at one corner Of the field. What should
be the length Of the tether Ito the
nearest inch) in order that the goat
shall be able to eat just half the grass
in the field? 1t is assumed that the
goat can feed to the end of the tether.
The solution Is quite simple, if
properly attacked. Let us suppose
the triangle A B c to represent our
half-acre field, and the shaded portion
to be the quarter-acre over which the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
A KEELING MATCH,
Unique Race Which the Boys Will En-.
joy Running.

BY looking at the picture you will
see just what is needed to prepare
for ''heeling match" A stout broom
stick for what you might appropriate
ly call your "heel bit" and two lengths
of strong clothesline or light rope Sc
curely knotted to each end of the
stick for the reins. Grasp the reins
firmly in your clenched fists and draw
the heel bit" taut so that the balls
of your feet are off the ground and
your weight resting entirely on your
heels.
The course must be short, says Good
Literature, as the race must be run
entirely on the competitors heels.
This would not seem at all hard, but
the heel bits" must be kept in place,
and it is this condition which makes
appears. The second you lift your
heels from the ground there IL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
Ready to Play.

ward upon the length of its cord, it
may be possible to encircle the hook
with the ring.
The players swing the ring in turn.
The object of the game is to encircle
the four posts, which, by the way
should be numbered 1, 2. 3, 4. First
No. must be encircled, then Nos. 2,
8 and 4, in order. The player gains
another turn every time he swings the
ring over post; but if by chance the
ring should encircle the wrong post,
he must begin over again with No.
l post. He who first places the ring
over the four posts in proper order
wins the game
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When q
Baby.

II parents realized the fact that cot.
fee contains a ug-caffeine-which
is especially harmful to children, they
would doubtless hesitate before Civ.
ing the babies coffee to drink.
when was child in my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table, mother used to give me
sips OF coffee. AS my parents used
coffee exclusively at meals I never
knew there was anything to drink but
coffee and water.
"And SO I contracted the coffee habit
early. I remember when quite young,
the continual use of coffee so affected
my parents that they tried roasting
wheat and barley, then ground it in the
cofee"mill, as a substitute for coffee.
But 1t did not taste right and they
went back to coffee again. That was
long before Postum was ever heard of.
continued to use coffee until I was 81.
and when I got into Office work. be-
gan to have nervous spells. Especially
after breakfast was 50 nervous I
could scarcely attend to my CORE
spondence.
AT night. after having coffee for
supper, could hardly sleep, and ON
rising in the morning would feel weak
and nervous.
"A friend persuaded me to try Post
um. My wife and I did not like Il
at drst, but later when boiled good
and strong it was fine. Now We
would not give up Postum for the
best cofee We ever tasted.
Il can now get good sleep, am FREQ
from nervousness and headaches. I
recommend Postum to all coffee drink
ers.
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich: Read "The Road to Well.
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read tho above letter? 4 new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest. 81 .E. 5.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17

here more Catarrh in this section Of the country
Ehan ali other diseases put together and until the
lew years was supposed to be incurabe. For great
years doctors pronounced it local disease and
to cure with local treatment, pronounced ncurable
science has proven Catarrh to be dis
Halls Cstarrh Cure, manufactured bv F. Chena1
Co. Toledo, Ohio is the only Constitutional sure on
me market 1t taken internally in doses 1som 10
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They ofler ono
9unored dollars for any case 1t fails cure. Send
Ior circulars and testimonials.
6 address: FL: CHENEY CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Take Halls Family Pills for combination
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
Sees Good In Fish Die+

There is not the smallest reason to
suppose that meat-eating nation
would be superior in intellect or ply
sique to fish-eating one. We, as a
race, were never stronger than when
We fed on fish to such an extent that
the careful guardian of the newly-en-
tered apprentice commonly inserted
a clause in his indentures stipulating
that he was not to be required to eat
salmon more than three days a week.
-L0ndon Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
"HelpfuI Hints" That Hinder.

Many Of the helpful hints" followed
BY our mothers are now proved utterly
useless, If not more harmful than
helpful. For instance, no one now
uses moist tea leaves to clean a carpet
or rug. because of the inevitable STAIN
ing. And salt used on carpet COL
lects dampness and rusts the tacks.
Newspapers, dampened and torn, an
swer the purpose much more satisfao.
torily. Rugs should be shaken from
the sides, for the strain of the weight
on the end Is very apt to loosen the
welt.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
Amended.

The editor was dreaming in hil
den" when the door opened and a
rather stern-visaged woman entered
without apology, says a writer in the
Baltimore Sun.
''Will you kindly explain" she be
gan, grimly, thrusting a newspaper
clipping under the editors nose. why
your reviewer refers to my recent
book as a History of Female Suffrage
by New Historical Writer'?"
"Quite objectionable" said the ed.
itor, gravely. "Of course the word
should be spelled with 4 "" s..;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17

goat will Craze when tethered to the
corner c. Now, as six equal equilat-
eral triangles placed together will
form a regular hexagon, as shown, it
is evident that the shaded pasture is
just one-sixth Of the complete area of
a circle. Therefore all we require is
the radius &C d. of a circle containing
six quarter-acres or 1k acres, which
is equal to 9,40S,960 square inches. As
We only want our answer Ito the near
est inch,' it is sufficiently exact for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17

informally for some time, but no con.
ciusion has yet been reached. How.
ever, at the conference of information.
al committees, to be held in Atlantic
City soon, the subject will be taken
up, a location chosen and the pre-
liminaries arranged. 1t is probable
that either New York or Washington
will be the fortunate city. The above
design is by Mr.. George Frampton, R.
A.. one of Englands foremost sculp.
tors
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
Oionifed Welcome.

The father of the late marquis of
Linlithgow, the English peer, who has
just died at AZ, was one of the shyest
OF men. 1t is said that when the late
peer was born the father was conduct
ed by the nurse to see his son and
heir: Lady Hopetoun (the mother) in
quired afterwards if he had kissed the
baby, and the nurse replied: els lord
ship shook 'ands with Lord One"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17

our purpose if we assume that as IS
to STAG, so is the diameter of a cir
Gle to its circumference. If, therefore,
we divide the last number I gave by
3.1416, and extract the square root, we
find that 1871 inches, or 4S yards 3
inches is the required length of the
tether ITO the nearest inch"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
As the Sexes Do II.

Many husbands are much more CIV
en- to labor-saving devices than their
wives. The man of the family of mod
crate circumstances has the windows
of his Office or store cleaned with
whiting and alcohol, a channels skin
being used for rubbing. The coolest day
in winter his wife is as likely as not to
order the maid of all work to clean
the windows with soap and water,
freezing her hands and decorating her
feelings as we'll.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
RING GAME.
Easily Made and the Source Of Much
Amusement.

With very little trouble you may
construct this game from strong card.
board. Upon the top of the four card.
board posts should be fastened hooks,
each being of such height that when
the ring is permitted to swing for.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
Kind All Around.

Has my boy been a little defender
and been kind to dumb animals to-
day."
Yes, grandma. I let your canary
out of the cage, and when my cat
caught 1t I set Towser on her,
Royal Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
RAYNER AIDS COL. STEWART.
Request. Court Of inquiry for Officer
Exiied to Abandoned Fort.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rayner re-
Gently introduced a resolution author
izing the president to convene a court
Of inquiry" to consist of five ofhcera
Of the army to investigate charges
and accusations against Col. William
F. Stewart of the army.
Col. Stewart has been detailed to
serve until retirement at the aban-
doned military post at Fort Grant,
Ariz.
Personal peculiarities, chiefly a bad
temper, causing constant friction with
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
TO HONOR FOUNDER OF Y. M. c. A.
Monument to Sir George Williams to
Be Erected in United States.

New YOrk.-To assist in perpetu.
ating the memory of Sir George Will
liams. founder Of the Young Mems
Christian Association, and commemo-
rate the great work he initiated.
memorial will be erected in some
American city, yet to be selected, by
the Canadian and American associa-
lions. The matter has been discussed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
A Social Paradox

Society at that fashionable water.
Ing place is very exclusive. The regu-
lar residents will not allow any Of tho
outsiders who come from season to
season to get into the sacred inner
circles"
That's odd"
whats odd about it?'
THAT it is the floating population
who can't get in the SWIM Balti-
more American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17

was In misery, and had despaired Of
ever getting cured when decided to
try Doan's Kidney Pills. One box helped
me so much that kept on until en-
trely cured"
Sold by all dealers, so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
REALLY! TRULY!

Did you know a daisy white,
Planted on it's head,
When it struggles to the light
Is daisy red?
All red daisies gardens yield
To this fact I swear
Once were daisies in a field;
Molly says they were.
Did you know that wolves and bears
Hide beneath the bed,
Waiting grimly till one dares
To put out ones head?
Yet they can be kept at bay
BY simple plan
Just nightlight on tray;
Molly says they can.
Isabel Butchart. in Royal Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
What She Liked.

Il think the country is just sweet"
said the town young lady. Il love to
see the peasant returning to his hum
BILE cot, his sturdy figure outlined
against the setting sun, his faithful
collie at his side, and his plow upon
his shoulder" -Royal Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
Onkind Analysis.

HE seems to be a very Thoughtful
and serious man." remarked one
statesman.
That's an optical Illusion" replied
the other. Hes merely sitting down,
taking life easy and letting his mind
Vandar"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17

ago I began to notice
sharp pain in the
kidneys and a bear.
ing down sensation
through the hips.
dull headache and
lizzy spells. Dropsy
appeared, and my
feet and ankles
swelled so I could
not get my shoes on.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
A Thouqht.Readinu Trick.

This is trick which is certain to
produce a great deal of amusement il
we'll worked.
Commence by offering to read the
thoughts of anyone of the persons
present.
Having decided on the victim, lady
for choice, take sheet of paper and
tear it into small pieces. Hand one
of the pieces to everyone in turn,
leaving the lady whose thoughts are
to be read till the last.
She naturally holds out her hand
when you come to her. Offer her a
piece of paper, and then withdraw it,
saying: "You thought was going to
give you a piece, but wasn't"
Thus will you have read her
thoughts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17

Many Churches in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma, although the youngest
state. has 80 Catholic churches in the
care of rs priests.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
TO CATCH THE UNWARY.
Lifting Penny by Holding the TIP
Of Straw.

Though the habit of annoying ones
friends is to be deplored, and often
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17

Philosophy from France.
French proverb: The, fool who 10
silent passes for wise. .... T. b.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
A KENTUCKY CASE.
That Will Interest All sufferina
Women.

Mrs. Della Meanes, 1923 E. Front
st., Maysville. KY, says: Seven years
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-17
Spring Lamb.

They went into a restaurant
John Jones and Mary Drew:
Mary had a little lamb,
And John, he had lamb 100.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-04-09

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-04-09
HERMAN BILLEK
MAY ESCAPE
GALLOWS

Af'e LNAttu WIN
Springfield, M. April Sherman
Billek, sentenced TO hang for MUIR
dering five members OF Vrzal family
a few months. ago. was today denied
a rehearing by the state supreme
court and unless the governor or
hoard OF pardons lntereedes In his
behalf he will die on the gallows,
April 20. Billek made the appeal 10
the supreme court on the ground
that Jerry Vrzal. whose testimony
more than that of any other witness
convicted the big Bohemian, con-
fessed that he committed perjury on
the stand. Several days ago Jerry.
who testified that he heard HIS mo-
ther and Billek conspiring TO kin one
of the members OF the Vrzal family,
made a written eonfession in which
he declared no had not told the
truth that the police compelled him.
under threats. 10 give the testimony.
Attorneys representing Billek will at
once appeal 20 the governor.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-04-09
CONGRESS
CONTINUED from page one. }

!
IL herewith submit a letter from
the. department of justice which ex-
Iplains itself. Under this opinion |
hold that existing statutes give the
President the power TO prohibit the
postmaster general from being used
as an instrument of murder. arson
and treason, and shall act upon
such construction. Unquestion-
ably, however, there should be fur
ther legislation by the congress on
this matter. When compared with
the suppression OF anarchy, every
other question sinks into inslgnifl-
cance. An anarchist Is an enemy to
humanity. enemy to all mankind
and his is deeper criminal than any
other. No anarchist is allowed 10
our shores II he Is an anarchist and
no paper published here or abroad
should be PERMITTED circulation In
this country II Il propagates anar-'
chistic doctrines"
Attorney General Bonapartes let
ter contains an exhaustive. review Of
the statute with reference TO the
mails. He finds that the postmaster
general is fully warranted, even
without definite laws. in taking the
action he did against the newspaper
La Questione Social and he holds
that congress has full power TO make
laws covering anarchists and anar-
chistlc publications.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-04-09
STUDIES
TURNED
HIM MAD
(Unlted Presa LAasad wIre.l J

San Francisco, April e.-What
promised to be a brilliant army CO
reer has been suddenly ended by the
suicide OF First Lieutenant David A.
Lindsay, of Company r. of the signal
corps, stationed at the Preside In
San Francisco,
Friends of the dead soldier are to.
day seeking Information that will
throw some light on the cause lead
Ing to the tragedy. SO far as his
comrades know. he was not in finan-
cial trouble and had no love AFFAIR.
He was In his quarters In Tenneesee
hollow when he fired the shot early
yesterday. but his body was not dis
covered until late In the afternoon.
Lieutenant Lindsay enjoyed the
reputation of being extremely am
bilious. He preferred studies TO the
social life, and late at night he was
OFTEN found over. his books, From
these simple facts his comrades can
imagine no valid reason for hts act,
other than suddenly acute At OF
me'ancholia. Some of the lieuten-
ants friends say that a strange fatal
ism has relentlessly followed him for
10 years, from the time he was a
soldier In the Samar campaign in
the Philippines up 10 the time OF his
death. OF seven comrades who were
particularly friendly with Lindsay.
-FOUR preceded him to suicides
grave. Lindsay was born In 1875.
In 1888 he enlisted as a private SOL
dier In the artillery. He was quick
ly promoted, and In 1907 he was adj
vanced to hrst lieutenant. His birth
place was in Pennsylvania.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-04-09
CRUSHED
FUNERAL
CARRIAGE
UNITED Press Leased wire.)

NhiNSu FTesS GehSed Wtro.l
Chicago, April 9.-Four women
ana one man are dead today as the
result OF an electric car running
down carriage returning from a
funeral in Maywold. a western SUI
burb OF Chicago.
The vehicle was cut in two and
parts OF II were carried several feet
before the car could be stopped. Mrs.
F. Rohloff, 65 years old, her daugh-
ter-in-law, aud two other mourners
who occupied It, were almost Instant
ly killed, while Frank Newman. the
driver, was so terribly mangled that
he died at a hospital a few minutes
later. When undertakers arrived the
occupants OF other carriages were
trying 10 extricate the torn bodies OF
the Ave victims from the wreckage.
Tho crew OF the train proceeded 10
Wheaton without waiting 10 learn
how badly the four women and man
had been injlred.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-04-09
GOVERNOR
FIGHTING
GAMBLING
tUnIted Press Leasea wIral


Albany, N. Y, April 9.-coyernor
hughes today stirred up hornets
nest In the senate by sending to that
body special message urging again
the necessity OF the passaRe of the
anti-race horse gambling bill, upon
which a tie vote was taken yester-
day. ~ 10. ~
The message had no sooner been
announced than Senator McCarron
ieaped to his feet with the sugges-
ton that the senate should send n
message back to the governor invit-
ing him to mind his own. business.
This message of the governors
Is a positive insult to the senate. -
shouted McCarron. 'lll3
After he had concluded his START
ling remark. Senator Grandy took
the floor and bitterly attacked the
governor. saying that he was turning
into a common "scold."
Governor Hughes said in his mes
sage that gambling at the race
tracks is not carried on through an
evasion of the law, hut because of
the law as Il now exists. Senator
RaineS made a motion, which was not
acted upon, that that part of the
message relating to race tracks be
tabled with the Agnew and Hart
facing bills.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-04-09

1t is possible thet Governor
Hughes will call a special session OF
the legislature for May IL. Con.
cernlng the Agnew-Hart bill the gov.
ernor said In his message:
II again urge you to enact appro-
pirate legislation toabolish the ex-
listing Determinations In favor of
rave track gambling. The failure OF
the upper branch OF your body to
pass the measures designed to effect
this purpose after their passage in
the lower branch cannot be regarded
as disposing of the matter.
The evil of race track gambling
fiourishes not in spite OF the law, but
because of the law Legislation pre-
tending 10 Gerry out the constitution
al provision in effect nullifies t. You
are asked TO rid our law OF a vicious
discrimination VIII 'reby offenses
eqnalled condemned by the constitu-
ton are punished as crimes n com
mitted In one place aud are encour-
aged by the absence OF suitable PEN
atty IL committed in another"