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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
Keen the Store Clean.

1t is a well-known fact that in manu-
featuring concerns clean surroundings
tend to higher standard of workman
true Of a factory which is usually
hidden away from the public gaze,
what must be the moral effect Of
clean surroundings in a retail store
which has to depend upon the public
for it's welfare? If neatness in the
tive, elegance must be decidedly allur-
ing. That this latter is a fact is
proven by the elegant stores of many
twentieth century dealers who have
taken advantage of the popular de-
mand for cheerful surroundings to in
corporate into their places of business
tone Of elegance which would have
been the wonder Of tradesmen of 30
years ago, the majority of whom be-
lieved that store should consist of
few counters and shelves and a stock
Of goods. The growing tendency of
one that demands modern methods
And in adopting these methods it is
but natural that the window should
receive the first share of attention, as
1t is magnet, having power to con-
vert the Indifferent public into inter-
ested customers. What holds good in
the cities as to neatness and cleanli-
ness, also holds good in the small
town. The storekeeper whose place
Is untidy cannot expect to make a
great success. Country people abhor
dirt and slovenly habits about store
as do the city folk
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
INvALlD's SAD PLIGHT.
After Inflammatory Rheumatism, Hala
Came Out, Skin Peeled, and Bed
Sores Developed-Only cuti-
cura Proved Successful.

about four years ago I had a very
severe attack of inflammatory rheuma-
tism. My skin peeled, and the high
fever played havoc with my hair,
which came out in punches. alse
had three large bed sores on my back.
did not gain very rapidly, and my
appetite was very poor. tried many
sure cures but they were of little
help, and until I tried Cuticura Re-
solvent I had had no real relief. Then
my complexion cleared and soon felt
better. The bed sores went very SOON
after a few applications of Cuticura
Ointment, and when used Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment for my hair
It began to regain its former glossy ap-
pearance. Mrs. Lavina ]. Henderson.
1873 Broad St., Stamford. Conn, March
s and IL, 1907"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26

In the most straitened of circum.
stances; that he rose from the depths
of poverty through his own efforts.
and more of the usual exaggerated
nonsense attributed to those who may
rise from comparative obscurity to no.
liability.
AS matter of fact, Fallieres was
the grandson of the blacksmith in the
myth, while his father was a thrifty
mot to say wealthy wine grower.
The son had a reasonably complete
education and was a law student in
the little city of Nerac He was by
no means dull, but nature had instilled
into his bones certain lethargic es-
sence not a bit rare in a Gascon.
Henry of Navarro knew the Gascons
as poor swordsmen; a later genera
ton may find them poor workers.
Aside from this indisposition for
special efforts the young lawyer was
distinguished as a dreamer. Cracked
Drained revolutionist" and feather
brains were some of the really fine
epithets to which relatives of Nine.
Fallieres treated the future president
of great people when they learned
of the prospective alliance. Fallieres
didn't mind much. In common with
dreamers he understood his superfori-
ty and would have let it be. Not so
madame.
Once married to her brilliant but
fndolent barrister, Nine. Fallieres
brought about peace with her father
and secured for her socially inferior
husband the rich legal practice of the
elder lawyer. She established a sort
of provincial political salon at Nerac
had the happy faculty of making
friends and the rare prescience of dis
tinguishing those whose devotion
might prove disastrous With herself
always in the background she labored
with the vim peculiar to a hurt, ambi-
tious woman and she worked better
than may be told in mere words.
To-day the spiteful relatives bow to
the husband who has no social superb
ors in France-and possibly to the
skill Of his wife.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
IN ApNERTIsllte- A4clIY-
Up.to-Date Methods Must al: En-,
,'n& pIoyed' to Bring Capital! 771 =,

!. In this day of progress and of jad.
vertising, not alone do business firms
realize the Importance of publicity,
but municipalities find it essential to
tell the world Of advantages they
possess for the homeseeker and those
seeking business locations.
A few years ago, the city of st.
Louis commenced the raising of fund
of 100000 for the purpose of ad-
vertising in the newspapers and maya
zines, by pamphlet and otherwise, the
growing Importance of st. Louis. Den.
yer, COL, raised a fund of 800, 900
which was employed in general adver-
Using and the paying of lecturers to
visit various parts of the country
with stereopticon views showing pic
torially the industries of Colorado.
The business men of Kansas City re-
Gently inaugurated a campaign to call
the attention of the world to the great
resources of that town and the trib-
utary country. In Kansas City sign
boards are used freely to tell of the
many things that Kansas City posses
ses and which are not possessed by
other cities. The visitor to the town
is impressed by the information cen.
veyed to him from these sign boards.
Such striking statements as do you
know that beans are cheaper in Kan
sas City than in Boston? They are"
1t is fact Flour is cheaper in Kan
sas City than in Minneapolis" Other
sign boards tell by comparison that
taxes per thousand dollars of valua-
ton are lower in Kansas City than in
numerous other cities, and attention
is called to the number of miles of
fine boulevards in the city.
Another means employed is the use
of full page advertisements in the
daily papers Of the leading citizens.
These advertisements are carefully
prepared presenting various maps,
showing the advantage the country
possesses over other cities in differ
ent industrial lines.
It appears that this plan of adver-
Using can be most successfully fol-
lowed out by the enterprising men of
any city. In the smaller towns where
there are not great opportunities for
manufacturing, advertising to the peo-
pie showing the benefits to be derived
from patronage Of home institutions
could be protitably carried on. There
is no town so small but that it can be
helped by judicious advertising
Every town wherein a weekly paper
is published there is a means of CIV
ing publicity to the advantages pos
sessed by the place. The home paper
is one Of the most telling and force
full advertisements any town can have
Every advertisement of a home insti-
tuition speaks for the enterprise Of
the place, and to strangers illustrates
the spirit and enterprise that is pos.
sessed by the people. 1t is always
we'll to bear in mind that seekers for
homes and for business locations never
pick out the dead towns. A small
town where the people are enterpris
ing often holds forth to the prospec
tive settler greater opportunities than
do the larger cities.
D. NJ CARR
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
HOME NDUSTRYDAY
ONE METHOD OF STIMULATING
= 50 INTEREST j -
IN THE LOCAL MANUFACTURES
Education Of the People to Patronize
Home Products and Better Appre-
ciate the importance Of Their
Residence Place.

During late years numerous days
have been set aside for celebrating
certain events. Years ago Arbor day
was inaugurated. One of the latest
days to be inaugurated is Mothers
day. 1t would seem that it is only
fitting that there should be a Home
Industry day.
Des Moines, Ia, has inaugurated
what is called Factory day. On this
day schools and retail business houses
are closed and the populace go from
factory to factory and view the vari-
GUS processes of manufacturing goods
and learn much of the industry of the
city. In Omaha recently, members of
the Commercial club have been de-
voting one day in the month to Wis
iting manufacturing plants.
These plans are most excellent for
educating the people as to the re-
sources of their communities. A Home
Industry day would no doubt be the
means Of better acquainting the peo-
pie of each town with the resources
of each particular place and would
open up avenues little considered and
stimulate the establishment of new en-
terprises. The most good perhaps
would result from the fact that the
people of each community would learn
OF the products of their home place
and better realize how great the ad-
vantage would be to utilize those prod
ucts instead Of using manufactures
from other places. A Home Industry
day should not be for the business or
the professional people, but should
be a day in which all residents, men,
women and children, could participate
and all become acquainted with the
varied resources of the place. The
school children would find a visit to
the different factories helpful to them,
give them a practical idea of how diff
ferent articles are made and broaden
their views as to business methods
Home Industry day can be inau-
g.-ated in any town by the citizens
making united effort In fact, each
STATE could by legislative enactment
set aside such a day with great bene-
lit TO the state and its people, and the
ssta blishment of Home Industry day
might mean the saving of millions of
dollars annually to the state This day
could be made one of real pleasure,
as we'll as a day of education and uni
versal profit. Refreshments could be
served by enterprising manufacturers,
and other entertainment in the WaV of
music, etc, could be utilized in ma.
king it day long to be remembered
D. M. CARR.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26

farm in Lebanon N. H., his job being
to keep the dogs away from the sheep.
Within a few minutes he made the ag-
gregation of children keep their dis.
lance.
Roger caused his sensation a few
days ago by drinking beer at the Eus,
tace bar. He had the mahogany to
himself as he was getting away with
the amber fluid which he seemed to
relish. Now Sir Roger has started out
reach Of, and is being put down as a
topper and bad actor when he has
tanked a few ales
When the buckle made his way in to
where they were drinking at the bar
the other day chain and all followed.
There was a scattering when he en-
tered at the back door, and those who
didn't drop their beer in fright forgot
they had thirst for the rest of the
day.
Roger lost no time getting his fore.
feet up on the round railing at the top
of the bar. Then he winked and
bleated to Anthony O'Malley. the bar
tender. A four-masted schooner of
ale was showed over and Sir Roger
gulped it. 1t was great fun, and the
goat tucked away another in quick
time, never once looking up.
Finishing the second, he was ordered
off the bar and walked slowly to the
back yard. Twice day he calls for
his ale, but lest Roger might start a
rough house some time, his potions are
limited to two
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
Not Much!

$50 you are one of those who want
to be let alone?'
Eyes, sir. What we want is a little
sunshine and not so much tinkerfng
with other peoples business"
What line are you in?"
Il am the owner of q number of
buildings that my agents are renting
to people who keep screens in front
of the windows. 1t may be that they
are not strictly moral-some of em-
but it's not my business to go around
looking through chinks for the pur,
pose Of trying to discover things l
mightn't happen to like "-Chicago
RecOrd-Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
Eiqht Cars Run Over Bow.

New York.-"I lay still because
didn't want to get my new suit all
dirty"
The knowledge that an engine and
eight cars had passed over him with
out cutting him to pieces did not
please little Abraham Morris half as
much as the fact that his new trousers
and stockings had escaped with few
tears
Abraham Joined some boys who
were playing tag on the tracks. He
ran directly in front of an oncoming
train and stumbled as he got between
the rails. When the last car passed
over the spot where the boy had been
seen to fall he arose and began brush
ing off his Clothes and cried that he
would get whipping when he
reached home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
MIGHT VET % PERsuApEp. I
oweet Girl Brought 70 Ask Time fos
Reeonsideration.

- C
"Since you can be no moro than q
sister to me-" said the heartbroken
young man, Twill you not give mo one
KISS OF L3feWell!ss =, -. >sssasss-~.,. 81
She assented, albeit coldly.
And Mannering drew the girl to hin
heart, he pressed his lips to hers with
q passionate fervor born Of his de-
Spair.
Afterward her head sank gently up.
on his shoulder. 10
"Mr. Mannering," she breathed.
this is all so-all so new to me-so
strangely different from my expecta-
tions-perhaps. II you would give mo
dme-time to reconsider"
But, dear reader, let US draw a veil
over the sacred scene.-Exchange
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
"Tin-Horn Gambler"

Twenty years ago in San Francisco
the term 'tin-horn gambler" was at.
tributed to Hon. James Orndorff, who
was dealing in a gambling place on
the Comstock lode. It was said that
he remarked to player at the game
who was playing small: you're
cheaper than a tin horn" When the
question was referred to Orndorff for
settlement he replied: "'Pears to me
did say something like that, any
how that's what he was, he was moth
ing but a tin horn ':s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
SIR ROGER, LARGE BUCK
GOAT; likes. his Beer
It 10 Found Necessary to Cut His
Allowance Down to Two Schoen-
ers a Day.

Clinton. Miss.-Sir Roger, a large
buck goat, the property of James R.
Eustace, has been causing another
sensation.
Roger is black and white. He has
large horns and well-cultivated
bunch Of chin whiskers, which wave in
the breeze when he starts to do but
ting stunt. Except to his owner, he is
not credited with being at all amiable
to human beings.
A few months ago he caused CON-
motion among the young folks who
happened to be going home from
school one day and espied him in the
rear of the Eustace block, Church
street. Sir Roger came from a sheep
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
1.-TWO ToPERs."
A Teachers Experience.

my friends call me The Postum
Preacher" writes MINI. school teach
er, because preach the gospel of
Postum everywhere I go, and have
been the means of liberating many
'coffee-pot slaves
L don't care what they call me 50
long as I can help others to see what
they lose by sticking to coffee, and
can show them the way to steady
nerves, clear brain and general good
health by using Postum.
while school girl I drank coffee
and had fits of trembling and went
through siege Of nervous prostration,
which took me three years to rally
from.
Mother coaxed me to use Postum.
but thought coffee would give me
strength. So things went, and when
I married I found my husband and I
were both coffee topers, and I can
sympathize with drunkard who tries
to leave of his cups.
AT last in sheer desperation
bought package of Postum, followed
directions about boiling 1t, served it
with good cream, and asked my hus-
band how he liked the coffee.
I'VE each drank three cups apiece,
and what satisfied feeling it left. Our
conversion has lasted several years
and will continue as long as we live,
for 1t has made us new-nerves are
steady, appetites good, sleep sound
and refreshing"
There's Reason" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read
1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" in pigs.
Ever read the above Ietter7. A new
one appears from time to tine: They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
He Was Fed Once a DAY.

in the mountains, in chairs carried on
the backs of big coolies.
Prank and | were chatting togeth-
err when he suddenly screamed, and
throwing his arms about me, fell. The
black vomit poured from his mouth
upon my white coat and told me in
stantly that he had been stricken by
the deadly black cholera.
The coolies fled panic stricken at
the sight, but l covered two of them
with my revolver and forced them to
return. Frank was dead within IS
minutes after he fell. We made him
a rough pine box and buried him,
marking the spot with stones. Then,
with my two coolies, | started for Ran
COON, expecting that l myself would
be stricken any moment. The coolies
knew the black vomit had fallen upon
me and were afraid to come near to
me. TO my surprise was not strick-
en-, and reached Rangoon after a ter
rible trip.
My other coolies had reached there
the day before, and when l arrived l
"oo at ollNC ullSotcu dllu, NlluOuL d
hearing. thrown into prison, charged
with having murdered Frank The Of
ficials would not accept my explana-
tion and l could not get them to make
an investigation. Then began three
months OF the worst torture a man
could endure and still live was in a
foul, dark cell, dripping with mildew
and decay. Once a day guard would
bring me bowl of some filthy concoc-
ton that only nauseated me. For days
1 went without food, lying on the
damp floor of my dungeon.
''At last received a call from the
British resident, and after that was al
lowed to have loaf of bread and a
pint of water day. l became deliri-
Gus With fever and in my conscious
moments was sure 7 was dying. After
seemingly endless weeks of suffer
ing an expedition was sent to find
Franks body.
1T was at last brought to Rangoon,
and there an autopsy showed that he
had died from cholera, as l claimed.
l was released in almost a dying con-
dition. When l had recovered SUI
ficiently to travel l went to Singapore,
sent in my resignation and went to
Manila. l never care to see China
again"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
New Chart Corrects Errors.

The great practical utility of tho
magnetic survey made In the Pacific
ocean by the yacht Galilee since 1905
is shown by a new magnetic chart,
from which it appears that the charts
previously used by navigators in the
pacific ocean were erroneous along
some much-traversed routes to the ex-
tent of from three to five degrees.
and the errors at times were syste-
matte. Errors OF this magnitude are
Of importance in practical navigation
where the indications of the compass
should be as accurate as possible.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
How Il Works,

How It Works.
Once there was struggling young
author who was blest with many
friends, all OF whom told him that he
country.
So one day bright thought struck
him. He said:
Il will publish my book, and all my
friends who admire it so much will buy
my book, and I will be rich"
So he printed his book.
And all of his friends waited for
him to send them autographed copies
Of his book.
And so his books were sold as junk.
And ever after he didn't have any
"Reminiscences.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
Sells Rat Tail as Rare Flower.

Warsaw, Ind.-A tramp went to
the home of Arthur A. Saunders, in
the south part of Kosciusko county,
and, in the absence of the head of the
family, sold Mrs. Saunders what he
represented to be rare plant, but
which subsequently developed to be a
rat with its caudal appendage pro-
truding from the earth in a pot in
which it had been placed by the man.
The tail of the rat had been cleverly
attached to stick with thread. Mrs.
Saunders, desiring to- place the plant"
in more presentable receptacle, was
about to transplant it when she dis
covered that she had been swindled
to the extent Of so cents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
What a Dear Little Wife Did.

What a Dear Little Wife Did.
The leap-year widow had cornered
the willy widower.
"Ah, you should marry again, Mr..
Primrose" she whispered In her most
persuasive tones. "Widowers are like
bachelors-they come home at night
and toss their clothes all in a heap.
You should have dear little wife to
60 through your clothes"
Thanks" replied the willy widower.
tersely, "but my last wife went
through them so completely that
didn't have carfare in the morning."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
Danger.

Music" remarked the man with
long hair, lis the language of the
heart"
) In that case" replied the man wh~
takes things literally, "the person who
likes ragtime must have terrible
pulse. '-Washington Star. 30 IT. !.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
HOUSE - sulLT ROUND No &.
Residenee Of Peculiar Architecture to
: Pfe1sea stsiois hhorsr:ss f .,ss74-

Guthrie, Okla-Visitors in this city
are always interested in a; residence
Of peculiar { architecture. located in
West Guthrie, and few speop1e come
here who do not take a look at this
house before leaving. Local photog-
raphers state they finish more kodak
pictures of this residence than Of any
other one point of interest in this Glos
c 6 It is commonly referred to as
1.-THE round house, the house with
the pin on it, and the wonder
house." s.
1t is pagoda looking affair, of sew.
eral stories. built as round as a but.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
lmpruved Screw Driver.

An autOcar screw driver has been
designed for the purpose of making it
possible for railroads to use screw
spikes in track construction, a method
Of spiking rails hitherto impractical
because of the labor and expense of
boring holes and setting the screws
by hand. The machine is driven by a
two-cylinder, 17-horse power gasoline
engine and runs at speed of from
five to forty miles an hour.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
Biu Rats Overrun a Town,

Middletown, N. Y.-Droves of i'm
mense rats, nearly as large as the
wharf rat, are troubling the people OF
Great Bend, Pa. 1t is believed that
the rodents presence in such large
numbers is due to the closing down
of the tannery. They are Grating
great havoc among the fowls and the
cats are afraid to tackle them. VII.
layers have found it necessary to so
cunning for them IKE other game.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
The Final Test,

The angel was making up the list.
"Put' me down." said the man, rs
one who will admit that my dog bites
and my baby cries."
; And 10! Ben Adhem's name led Ill
the rest!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
The Path to Peace,

Harmony is what want" said the
political leader.
Don't go too far" ccunseled an ad-
wiser. Lets not get rash. We can't
kill all the fellows on the other side,
you know
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26

Fish Candles as Curiosities.
The fish candles of Alaska are be.
Ing sent over the world in quantities
as curiosities. go ''4','. - --.2's7:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
LONGEST Gable IA the World

The longest submarine cable in the
world in one stretch is that from Van.
couver to New Zealand.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26
Saved!

Saveo!
At last the entire visible stock of
lumber had been used up.
whats the matter" asked the
father of large family, with using
the old wooden bedsteads piled up in
the attics?" - T f. -
Here was practically exhaustless
source of supply that nobody had
thought of, and mankind eagerly
adopted the suggestion and ran up the
price remorseless on the paper trust.
Chicago Tribune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-06-26

Woman's Valuable Invention.
Mary kies, in 1900, took out in
Washington the first patent for straw
weaving. !.