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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

they clutched each other ana sdaln,.
Ing and struggling each strove to dis.
lodge the others feet from the door.
Z All at once one Of the men made q
quick move, which it would be impos-
sible for me to explain, and his antag.
onist was hurled backwards over his
shoulder, landing on the mats with a
terrific thud. -
This Performance was gone through
with number of times with infinite
variety in tactics and methods = Of
bringing about the fall, the most mar.
velous skill and training being dis
played.
In addition to the male wrestlers of
Japan there Is one band-and one
only-of women wrestlers-Amazons
OF enormous strength, who travel about
giving exhibitions. Their physical
beauty and Development are, wonder.
full, and they create the greatest en-
thusiasm and admiration whereve:
they appear.
Every man on the Japanese police
force is required to become proficient
in the jiu-jitzu. Every day there is
practice, with the best teachers, from
eight a. m. until noon. About 20 at
time take part in this practice,
wrestling with the masters or each
other, so that each mans turn in the
school comes about once a week.
Fencing is also a part of their edu-
cation, not for practical use, but mere
ly to make them quick and supple.
They practice with long bamboo
swords, wearing wadded hoods and
gloves.
There did not seem to be any exact
skill about it, the men simply rushing
at each other, striking and slashing,
holding the sword in both hands, the
principal object seeming to be which
one could yell the loudest.
After the regular modern jiu-jutzu,
two young men gave an exhibition for
my edification of the ancient form of
the art. 1t was not so easy nor so fin
ished as the modern method, and
was performed with such ardor that
arms and elbows were cut rather bad
ly on the sharp edges of the mats.
The principal feature Of their enter.
tainment was the 'fiendish shouts with
which they inaugurated each clutch.
With all this splendid training in
quickness, adroitness and the wonder
full muscular power 1t develops a GRIM
inal has no chance at all with a Jap
anese policeman. One Of my party re-
marked that he should like to see the
Broadway squad try to do the things
we were looking at.
l lam very much afraid a member of
that august body would be like man
of straw in the hands Of one Of Japan's
quick, cat-like policemen.
-
At the Sugamo prison in Toxic !
found many features that to an Ameei.
can were unusual.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
Fake Investment Concern.

Fifty million dollars annually is the
amount that is conservatively esti.
mated the people of the United States
lose by patronizing fraudulent invest
ment concerns. The government has
been diligently fighting the operations
of all kinds of illegitimate mining com.
panies, bond schemes and the like.
still it Is a difficult matter to head of
their operations, The people are anx-
ious to get the greatest returns tor
the money they have to invest, and
are too DESTROYS Of taking 'long
chance" II the masses would only
realize that any investment which is
sound and will pay q fair profit can
easily secure all needed funds for It's
operation without calling on & the
masses, It would soon drive the fake
concerns ont Of business. 4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
THEY GROW.
Good Humor and cheerfulneso from
Right Food.

Cheerfulness is like sunlight. It dis
pels the clouds from the mind as sun.
light chases away the shadows Of
night.
The good humored man can pick
up and carry of q load that the man
with a crouch wouldn't attempt to
lift.
Anything that interferes with good
health is apt to keep cheerfulness and
good humor in the background. A
Washington lady found that letting
coffee alone made things bright for
her. She writes:
-Four years ago I was practically
given up by my doctor and was not
expected to live long. My nervous
system was in q bad condition.
"But was young and did not want
70 die 20 began to look about for the
cause Of my chronic trouble. I used
to have nervous spells which would
exhaust me and after each spell IL
would take me days before I could sit
up in q chair.
Il became convinced my troubls
was caused by coffee. I decided ID
stop it and bought some Postum.
The first cup, which I made a.
cording to directions, had q soothin6
effect on my nerves and I liked the
taste. For q time I nearly lived on
Postum and ate little food besides. ]
am today a healthy woman. ~
my family and relatives wonder
II am the same person I was four
years ago, when I could do no work ON
account Of nervousness. Now I am do
Ing my own Homework, take care Of
two babies-one twenty, the other two
months old. ! am 30 busy that hard
ly get time to write a letter, yet l do
it all with the cheerfulness and good
humor that comes from enjoying good
health. f
Il tell my friends It sis to Postum
I owe my life today
Name given BY Postum Go, Battle
Greek, Mich. Read The Road to Well.
I villA" 81 pkgy. There's 3 Reason..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

ting about the edge, the shouts were
explained. Here was the school for
the famius jiu-jitzu, which is acknowl.
edged to be the most effective and
deadly form of wrestling.
We were given seats on the edge of
a platform, and two muscular Japs
sprang onto the mats in the middle
of the room. First they bowed, by
squatting down. leaning their left hand
on the floor, and bowling their heads.
Then standing erect, first one, and
then the other gave vent to one of
the blood-curdling cries L had: heard.
This is the challenge, intended to in
coaidate the antagonist Suddenly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
FOR SPRING AND SUMNER TRADE
Right Kind Of Advertising Brings in
the Customers and Builds Up
Business.

Merchants who get. out and present
their lines in the right way are going
to capture the trade. Questions that
the retailers should ask themselves,
are: What am I doing in the way Of
advertising? Have ! the right kind
of space in my home paper? Have I
the proper style of copy? Have 1
spoken to the printer about getting
up the advertisement tastefully and
with border, etc., and in the right
kind of type?
Spring goods should be in show win
dows now, and much of all that is
ready for the buyers.
If the merchant uses q page or a
half page in the local paper, he should
have the printer lift the form and run
of thousand or more handbills that
can be circulated about the country.
No use in doing this unless it is the
right kind of advertising. No use In
just saying: "Spring goods of all kinds
at Browns" Such won't bring busi-
ness. Give prices, and tell how low
tAAO ~ ANCo OH G&Au AOV 6OON VIC 6OOOo
are. The advertisement should be so
divided as to give space to different
kinds of goods, and some good illustra-
tons, and some prices that will talk,
so when tho prospective buyers come
they will not be disappointed. Mer-
chants should see that clerks don't lie,
don't misrepresent, and that they treat
every caller courteously. See that de-
liveries of goods are promptly made,
and that in each package there goes
out circular telling Of other bargains.
Now should be the merchants harvest
time: Everybody who has money ex-
poets to spend goodly share of it.
Don't neglect advertising right. Tell
your patrons that you can secure for
them any kind of goods that they want
if you should happen not to have what
is inquired for in stock. Your jobber
will take special pains to put up
small order for you. if you tell him
that there is need for it, and will try
to assist you all he can, Now is your
harvest time and make the best Of it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
Home, Sweet Home.

The chief reason for leaving home
is that one may the better enjoy com
ing back to it.. Home is tho place
we have 90 studiously suited to our
own needs that it fits us like on. out.
er envelope. In no other house do
we feel So solutely ourselves L,oa.
don Truth. Is s $$
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

Perils Of Fence Mendinq.
IT understand that member Of con-
gress hurried home to mend his
fences"
Eyes. But he doesn't appear to
have made neat job of 1t. His pros
poets look as il he had gotten into Z
tangle with a lot of barbed WIRE"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
LYDIA EPlNKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

For proof of this statement read
the following letters.
Mrs. Barbara Base, of Kingman,
Kansas, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
"For eight years I suffered from tho
most severe form of female troubles and
was told that an operation was my only
hope of recovery. wrote Mrs. Pinkham
for advice, and took Lydia E. Pinkham'4
Vegetable Compound, and it has saved
my life and made me well woman"
Mrs. Arthur r. House, of Church
Road, Moorestown. N. J., writes:
II feel it is my duty to let people
know what Lydi. E. Pinkh.m's vege-
table Compound has done for me. I
suffered from female troubles, and last
March my physician decided that an
operation was necessary. Ny husband
objected, and urged me to try Lydia
E. Rinkham's Vegetable Compound.
and to-day am well and strong"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable. Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been tho
standard remedy for. female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f1broid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, and backache.
Mrs. Pinkham invites oil sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn. Mass.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
Gazetteer Humor,

Many specimens of unconscious hui
NOR are received by the editors of that
monumental work, the new Imperial
Gazetteer of India. A district was
said to be IAN extensive rolling plain,
consisting of alternate ridges of bare
stony hills and narrow fertile valleys"
An interesting item of natural history
was afforded by the remark, the buff
falo differs from the COW in giving q
milk which is richer in fat, In voice,
and in having no hump"
Globe,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
Evidently STRANGE.

"A gentleman to see you, SIR" IN.
bounced Mr.. Struckitt Wright's new
butler.
"Ah-tell him I'll be down in a min
ute. I guess it's my brother, proba-
bly,. I'm expectin' him. Does he look
anything like me?"
mo, sir-not at all. He is very gen.
tlemanly in appearance"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
Restaurant Prize Seat.

A novel method of advertising Q
table d'hote has been invented by 4
New York restauranteur. Every Sat
urday night he selects a certain chair
In his restaurant and places its num-
Der in a sealed envelope in charge Of
the cashier. All the guests select
their own seats. The person who is
lucky enough to occupy the selected
chair receives, as a present, a hand
some gold watch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17
4. I|l|||||1tll
.0P ION

It there il any one thing that .
woman breads more than anotheri il
IS q surgical operation.
We can state without fear Of q
contradiction that there are hun
dreds, yes, thousands, of operations
performed upon women in our hos
pitfalls which are entirely unneces-
sary and many have been avoided BY
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-28

emily bodies. The astronomers tell
US the minute OF the rising of the
sun and moon for ench day of tbs
year, when certain stars will be
evening ind when morning starts
and the e4xct minute of the changes
of the moon. We know when t. ex-
|pect spring time to spread carpet
lot verdure over the earth, when to
expect the sultry heat OF summer,
the autumn decay and the cutting
blasts Of winter. From all this We
learn that nature has laws which
are unrepealable, not subject to
amendment, modification or excep-
ton. The Psalmist further states that
day meets day uttereth speech and
night turns to night showeth know
ledge. Which means that the sing
ing birds, the murmuring brook,
the oceans roar. the lightiug's flash,
the mrrmur Of the summer breeze in
the tree tops. the mutteriny thun-
uSI anu INC SySAVAAS SA0SAA OAo -
fects Of q great life giving cause.
The arrangements of suns and sys-
tens show the handiwork of mas
ter. To conceive the existence of an
intangible, invisible entity possess
ing an intelligence, being every
where, knowing all things. without
beginning or ending, the author of
all things, the one and only source
Of all matter, Is incomprehensible to
the reason OF man and he is disposed
to proclaim that such being can
not exist There Is no place for Him.
II he has body he can not be every
where. II he has not He is nothing
but atmosphere.
s On the other hand there presents
another question more dinscnh to
Ianswer. II nature has law. "how can
there be law without lawgiver?'
So the conclusion is forced upon
" that he who rejects the state
! mont. "In the beganning God created
the heavens and the earth. enters q
Aeld Of unsatisfactory speculation
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-28
Little Folks Entertained.

Little Miss Hannah Timmins, who
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. A. D.
Timmons of Houston, have been the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Tim
Minis on Kaufman street, was the
honoree of a delightful lawn party at
the home Of grandfather" and
grandmother" last Thursday even
ing from to O'Clock. Various out
door games amused the little girls,
some twenty-five or thirty in number
the chief game being the speed
ing OF the Teddy Bear" in which
Little Misc Ollie Shelton won the
pretty prize, Miss Katherine, Her
ring coming second, Dainty seqfe,
Mrs were given each small guest and
cream and cake delightfully."- eISsd
the little folks. ~
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-28
FROM THE FIELD.

VVSSO
"Thd heavens declare the sioU OF
God ana the armament showeth His
handivurk.''
Tho Israelitish warrior. statesman.
king and poet was probably above
all other traits Of character noted for
his expressions Of alteration for the
God Of Isr1el. While some OF his
acts we're a. reprehensible a. the
career of Nero, for expressions OF
humility and contrition history fur
nishes for him no peer. No theolo'
Eian of the past or present has been
able to more impressively portray
the attributes OF the Creator. His
writings furnish thoughts to the
thoug htfui and consolation to the
weary and disconsolate traveller on
LIES rugged and tortu0us highway.
The above quotation directs the
mind to the contemplation OF the
universe as q field Of thought.
Science has revealed to US the fact
that while the universe is illimitable
and that suns and systems are In
Vulnerable there are never varying
laws, governing the movement OF
every planet from the largest to the
most insignificant satellite. The
thus far and no further shalt thou
go" is az clearly defined for each or
bit as is the revolution OF wheel IN
a machine. Centrifugal and centri-
petal forces are so mutually restrain
eG as to work In exact harmony
While, accoi ding to the laws Of srav-
itation larger bodies attract smaller
ones. the ,innumerable heavenly bod
I les Of sucA different magnitude are
80 evenly balanced that collisions
are unknown. "On this terrestiAl
sphere the evi1sness " IN immutabl<
law are a evident o. in the move
ments sad arrangement Of the heav'
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-28

the teacher OF the Bethel school, has
a small cotton crop and was teach
ing a class in penmanship. / spent .
very pleasant night with him and his
estimable family. From thence l
wended my way to Maypearl where
spent the afternoon and night. Out
on Waxahachic l found ]. NJ. Nc
Carley running three cultivators in
his cotton. took dinner with him
and met there Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
Jones, who have only recently NOV
ed out from Waxahachie. E. w. Wal
lace on Maypearl l was gone to town
but l met the family and devoured
4 half OF a canteloupe. found Mrs.
H. H. Hicks, her daughter and dol
lar at home on Venus l. I got q
drink and rested BY pegasus. Mrs.
Hicks told me that their family,
Walter Dunn, F. c. Vanlandingham.
Geo. Ross and Ralph Smith and
their families would start Monday
to the Brazos river to hsh. found
J. H. Armstrong and one of his
brothers hoeing cotton and got re-
newal for L. A. Armstrong and q
new sub for r. NJ. Phillips at Tioga,
Texas. w. H. Hays, an old Ellis coun-
| ty citizen and his wife live comfort
ably on 4 good farm near Ozro and
seem glad to entertain the wayfaring
man. I spent the night with them.
Mr.. Hays will go to Greer county,
Oklahoma, soon for a summer visit.
N. B. Sisk was getting in his sorgh-
um crop but pitched the price of adj
mission down from the top of load
and sent me on my way rejoicing.
w W. Benson was at work on his
buggy and / think was about to get
it ready for picnics and camp meet
ings.
A. Dawson moved from johnson
county this year and now cultivates
the w. A. Martin farm.
l found J. D. Mahaney taking Z
rest on = pallet but Mrs. Mahaney
went and got the dollar. While there
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-28
J. S. CAMPBELL & CO. /:

r. D. Mccormick and family came
by from the cross timbers where
they had gotten a load OF peaches.
Mrs. NJ. E. Kincaid has not been
In very good health for some time
but was tolerabiy we'll. She says the
children would not let her stay on
the place II she let the Enterprise
stop. On toward Mountain Peak
met A. NJ. McKeevcr at home and
placed him on my list. Taking sup
per with John Forbes and the boys,
Mrs. Forbes being at Mountain
Peak got in the surrey and went
down With him to Mountain Peak
where the Mcthodists are conducting
ia protracted meeting. Having travel
ed about twenty miles in the heat
felt like going to bed. SO I turned
the meeting over to the pastor and
repaired to the Cook boarding
house and slept. was glad to meet
my friend DR.. Harris. who is build
ING uP q 6OVA - ANtASO oAu oCCMo W
be well liked by the people
On my way to Waxahachie Satur-
day morning l stopped at the resi-
dence of r. T. Shaw and filled up on
melons wheh Mrs. Brooks from Oak
came along and took me in. At Wax
ahachie F. NJ. Temple of Forreston
registered.
The train was late and had bare
ly time to run from the station and
vote for Williams and few other
gentlemen. The election Is over now
we have all won some and lost
some. 1t will do no good to talk
about it. So let's all 60 to work
| looking to the future for good. I was
about to forget to state that ]
met Innocence Abroad Saturday. He
looks well and says the country II
good enough for him to remain.
l doubt II cotton ever grew and
improved more in any one week In
Ellis county than last week. Though
in some localities on account Of too
much rain they are having the exper.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-28

and g7opes in ktygian darkness to
the end OF his days. Such as cut
loose from the Genesis account Of
earth and life-are building theories
only to tear them down and never
satisfied. So, young man and young
woman, If you can't accept it as It Is
given you and drift along with the
tide.
am in humor to make roar
at the ONCE today. My field piece
came out signed Willie" have not
been able to locate the guilty party
but am still on the hunt. Lord deliv-
er us from the "Willies." A full
grown man who will tamely submit
to lie, ME or any diminutive termi-
nation ought to be forced to wear q
bonnet
While l am making corrections
have some more to say. In my first
letter l used the expression, Mark
ham's man with the hoe" That dod-
gasted printer made 1t read Mark
Hannas man with the hoe" At ano-
Their time he made me say that Phil
lip baptized Enoch instead OF the
Eunuch. According to history Enoch
had left this earth long before the
other transaction occurred. I have
enough ignorance of my own to
answer for without having lot Of
more dumped on me.
Mrs. w. NJ. Williams and baby
boy are visiting Mrs. We parents in
Tennessee and w. NJ. Is little lone
some but l met him in town Monday
and he renewed for the Enterprise.
On Forreston 2 M. J. johnson was
reading the news and watching q
fine cotton crop grow. He enlisted
with US. Mrs. D. R. Rumsey was sick
and 1t Is feared she has appendicitis
Mr.. R., also lost fine hog Tuesday
from excessive heat. ]. l.. Rumsey't
little boy got the end Of his finger
cut on Monday. He seems to have
the Rumsey grit, though, and was
J not complaining. w. T. Harmon ii
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-28
WHAT is HEM-nom7
A Tablet, Taken Inlcrnally, Tha
Cures Piles.
That

Piles (hemorrhoids) are getting
more common every day, because we
live unnaturally, overeating, over
working, taking little exercise. grad
ually causing deadening of veins
and tissues in the lower bowel. Blood
stagnation 10 the cause Of piles, and
= condition that can't be permanent
ly cured with ointments.
DR.. LeonAsrdt's Han-Roids Is the
only internal remedy that cures piles
by freeing the circulation. Sold uh-
der guarantee At b. w. Fearis'. Price
81. DR.. Leonhardt Co., Station b,
Buffalo, N. w. IA
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-28

fence of too much weeds and not
enough fruit Two or. thee weeks Of
warm, dry weather, however. will
remedy this and all may yet rejoice
in = bountiful Yield. The corn crop
is already made and we have moro
than an average Yield. Not Willie,
but BILL COX.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-28
Goal Advances

At mincs August LIST. For present
prices see or pAone me. Both phones
Is. D. H. Thompson. 10l
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-24

holy days the idols in the grove and
in the household temple are carried
in procession to the house, where
propitiatory offeringn ale made The
presiding functionary at all these
various ceremonies is necessarily the
oldest female member of the family
Once a year great festival is held
in honor of the serpents. In the I'M
derground cellar of the house, as we'll
as in the grove to the southwest of
the compound, dough and milk offer
ings are placed. The door of the CO.
lar is kept closed for three days, and
in order to prevent prying eyes from
penetrating the secrets of the subter-
ranean chamber the women of the
household cover every crevice with
their big palmleaf umbrellas. On the
third day the door is opened and the
remnants of the offering are thrown
into a tank as unfit for human use.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-24

Nature has provided the stomach
with certain natural fluids known as
the digestive juices, and it is through
these juices that the food we eat is
acted upon in such a way as to pro-
duce the rich, red blood that flows
through the veins of our body and
thereby makes us strong, healthy
and robust, and it is the weakening
of these juices that destroys health.
1t is our own fault if we destroy our
own health, and yet it is so easy for
any one to put the stomach out of
order. When you need to take some
thing take it promptly, but take
something you know is reliable
something like Kodol for DYSPEPSIA
and Indigestion. Kodol is pleasant
to take; it is reliable, and is guaran-
teed to give relief. 1t is sold by
Dawson Drug Co.