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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
EASY TO MAR PRETTY GARMENT
Much Depends on the Fastenings Be-
ing Properly Arranged.

The whole appearance of an ether
wise pretty garment may be married
If the fastenings are care!essly or in
correctly put On. There are many
garments which are too fine for hooks
and eyes and which are, in fact. fit
ted only for tiny buttonholes and but
tons or hooks and loops These loops
are used both for small buttons and
for hooks and are put on the collars
OF lingerie blouses, on baby clothes,
and other sheer garments When they
are to be used for buttons they are
put at the extreme edge of hem. or
band and sometimes they are placed
on the underneath part of a hem
when it has been folded over and so
closes the opening in an invisible man.
ner. They are made by arranging
loose threads of a certain length to
form loop large enough for the but
ton to pass through. Use strong sew
ing cotton and fasten on by passing
the middle between the folds to the
edge of the band. Make it quite firm
by taking a scanning stitch on it and
give it a jerk to test it. Now take
stitch like a scanning one as far dis
tant from the first as the diameter
of the button, and draw the cotton in
to within three-quarters or half an
inch from the first stitch. Keep this
loop around the forefinger and make
another one. by taking up the first
stitch again, which of course takes
the needle back to the right of the one
last made. Repeat this four or five
times, keeping all the loops the same
length over the finger Let the last
stitch come on the right hand side, so
that when the work IS turned around
for the loop to face the worker it
becomes the left hand. Holding the
work with the loop toward the body,
pass the needle under the loops with
The point toward you and pass the
single thread to the right under the
needle. This will make a purled edge
at the top of the loop. Continue this
from right to left and finish off Sc
curely. Loops for hooks are made in
a similar manner. but the strands are
drawn much tighter and they are
made a quarter of an inch or SO from
the edge of the hem.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Indians in the Navy,

E. l.. Wheeler is an apprentice seq
man at the Norfolk training station
He is a full blcoded Indian of the
Una tribe, VIII has taken leading
place at his station and is the first
petty officer of company. John La.
badie, Pawhuska Indian, is now serv
ing on the U. S. S. Virginia with the
feet. This man is said to be the
only Indian who has come into the
navy from the new state of Oklahoma
though many of his tribe have entered
the army service. J. r. Cook, a full
blooded Indian, and a descendant OF
Watchfar, the great warrior king OF
the st. Regis tribe, is now an appren.
tice seaman at Newport. He has a
brother, Tom Cook, who is already a
gunner's mate in the navy on one OF
the ships.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
! DON'T CARE!
Mother Succeeds in Curing Her Boy Of
Bad Habit,

Charlie was a little boy who always
said Il don't care!" no matter what
was said to him. For instance, his
mother remarked at the table: "You
can't have any more cake. 1t will
make you sick"
Il don't care!" said Charlie. I'll
get we'll again"
Sister says: please show me how
to do this example, l can't do it,
Il don't care:" says Charlie. Find
out for yourself, and you'll know how
next time'
Don't you see your aunt is stand
ing? Get up, Charlie, and give he1
your chair"
Il don't care! There are other
chairs in the room for her to sit on
Come play with the baby; he is
crying for you"
Il don't care! Let him amuse him
self. Mother said it was wicked for
me tc frightec the birds, but l don't
cara. My Cousin beat me running
down hill, but ! don't care. I'm al
the foot Of the class, but I don't care
I missed in all my lessons to-day, but
l don't care
One day his mother called him tc
her knee and said: Don't care, did
you say? You surely do not know the
importance Of these three words
When you go to your father and tel
him you are huRSsy;x does he say te
you I don't carer When you come
to me and tell me you are sick, what
would you think of me were to say
I don't care!' and then go about my
business? YOU would have as much
right to be hurt as l am at your con
slant repetition of the phrase"
1t is needless to say that Charlie
mended his Wavs after that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
EARTH'S CORE HOT

studied, is Kilauea, on the Island Of
Hawaii, the crater of which is 13 ,675
feet above the sea. The crater is
nearly three miles in diameter, and
is filled with boiling lava, which varies
greatly in height at different times.
When visited by Prof. Dana in 1889
1t lacked only 400 feet of being full,
so as to run over from the top. In
1910 the lava had subsidized, so that it
was 1000 feet below the rim. No re-
cent eruptions have projected the lava
over the rim, but at various times
since the discovery of the island great
streams of lava have burst out from
the side of the mountain, 1000 feet or
more below the summit.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

ordinarily melts, SO 1t is supposed that
the pressure toward the center of the
Garth is SO great that no amount of
heat, or, at any rate, the intense
heat in the interior of the earth. can
make it assume a liquid form. This
also agrees with the calculations of
physicists. who affirm that the earth
behaves like solid and therefore
cannot have liquid interior, as was
formerly supposed.
But the many other positive indica-
tons of the existence of molten mat.
ter in the interior Of the earth have
led to Il conclusion which satisfies all
parties. namely, that after descending
40 or so miles from the surface the
limited that all substances are melted,
so that there is a segment. probably
many hundred miles in thickness. con-
sisting of molten matter. while the in
terror nucleus remains, both intensely
hot and at the same time solid
One Of the most striking positive
indications that there is such molten
surface Of the earth is to be found in
the volcanoes of the world, which are
best explained Us vent holes through
which this molten matter escapes to
the surface in response to the varying
degrees of pressure from the crust of
the earth over different areas. When,
for example. through long-continued
- WITH
the mouths of the great rivers, one
portion of the earth's crust becomes
overloaded, SO that it presses with un-
due weight over a limited area, it
would squeeze a portion of the molten
material to the surface, just as if YOU
press with your thumb upon the rind
of an orange in one place it will
crack the rind in another place and
force the juice out through it. The
slow contraction of the diameter of
the earth. also, through it's loss of
heat by radiation, may result in the
wrinkling up of the crust in such a
manner that the molten matter will
be forced out along the lines of great
est weakness.
remarkable instances of intermittent
volcanic action. Up to 1889 the site
where the volcanic cone now stands
was occupied by fertile plain, sur
rounded by hills composed Of very an
cient rocks. In that year. amid earth.
quake shocks, chasm opened in the
plain, from which flames issued, and
ashes and lava were elected in sum.
cient quantities to form in 4 short
time a mountain 1000 feet high
Since then there have been no erup-
tons, and the lower tanks of the
mountain are now covered with trees
and the surrounding country is cult
waited as formerly.
One Of the largest volcanoes and
one which has been most carefully
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
A Strange Meal.

George KEENAN,, the correspondent
and traveller, and Frederic Villiers, the
famous war artist, once tried to get
something to eat in Japanese tea
house. A girl came with tray, and
they tried to explain to her in English,
French, German and Russian, and also
by the sign language, that they were
furnishing, but the only reply they
got was shy giggle. TRY her with
pictures, Villiers," said Mr.. KEENAN,.
Draw an egg, fish, loaf of bread
and a bottle Of beer, and I'll make
signs to show that l am eating and
drinking them" This was done, and
the girl ran OF with a pleased look of
comprehension. When she returned
she carried two neatly-folded bath
gowns, a couple of Turkish towels and
cake of soap.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Seasons Novelty.

One of the novelties of the season is
a line of linen just inside the revers
of jacket, which gives it clean and
neat appearance that nothing else so
small could possibly do. This is really
a very good idea, and one that may be
carried out in many attractive ways.
For instance, If ones suit were plain
black and looked too dark for the sea-
son, one might easily add little line
Of cerise or megneta, which would
brighten the whole and take away that
mourning look to which so many peo-
pie object. Linen bands are especially
used on suits for girls between II and
IL years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

one-half inch from the top of the cork.
The lower end will then extend down
into the neck of the bottle about two
inches below the bottom Of the cork.
The bottle is used in the same way as
pepper sauce bottle, says the Key
stone. The glass tube has sufficient
length so that when the drop reaches
the bottom of the, tube the air pressure
has become great enough, combined
with the capillary attraction of the
tube, to sustain the drop in the tube,
thereby preventing any escaping of
the fumes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Pretty Model for Stout Women.

Recently a smart model in a coat
suit was seen. 1t was made up from
the bordered goods that would be be.
coming to a stout, elderly woman, pro.
vfded she we're not too stout.
The skirt was pleated in four groups,
with the border forming the hem, and
the coat was barely half length, cut
into four points at the lower edge,
breaking up the straight line-an ex.
cellent fashion for stout figures. This
decorative portion of the material also
trimmed the fronts Of the coat, thu
cuffs and the neck. The sleeves were
coat shaped.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
MOLTEN MASS FORTY OR FIFTY
MILES BELOW THE CRUST
OF THE GLOBE.
HEAT MAY BE UTILIZED
From Planets Interior Supplies Of
Warmth Possibly May Take the
Place Of Coal and Oil-Nota-
bic Eruptions Are Told OF.
BY GEORGE FREDERICK WRIGHT,

BY GEORGE FREDERICK WRIGHT,
A. NJ, IL. D.
lAuthor of THE Ice Age in North Amer
lea, Man and the Glacial Pc
Rod" Etc)
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles)
1t is perfectly proper to speak of
the crust Of the earth. The exist.
ence OF volcanoes and the fact that the
temperature regularly increases as
you penetrate the rocks by borings
or mining shafts prove that the in
terror of the earth is hot enough to
melt all known mineral substances.
In boring for gas or oil or water and
IN descending along the line of min
eral veins or to reach deep-seated
coal deposits it is found that the tenn
perature increases about one degree
for every fifty or Is feet, so that it is
a serious question with miners how
far they can follow vein into the
earth before reaching a point where
the heat will be SO great that it would
be impossible for workmen to en-
dure it.
Taking the average increase of heat
to be one degree in so feet, We should
reach point where water would boil
at distance of about 5000 feet or
little over a mile and a half. It,
therefore, would be feasible plan to
bore a hole to that depth, and by let
ting cold water into it by one pipe
bring it up hot in another, thus max
ing use of the heat of the interior of
the earth to warm our houses Very
likely before the coal and oil are ex-
hausted this may be the source
through which to dispel in our homes
the rigors of winter even in arctic
climates.
At the same rate Of increase we
should have to descend only 80 or 40
miles to find degree of heat which
would melt any known substance and
produce a molten Interior The only
escape from the conclusion that the
earth consists OF this thin crust of
consolidated material arises from the
fact that the melting point of metals
rises under pressure. For example,
iron when subjected to very great
pressure will remain solid long after
reaching the temperature at which it
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

Visiting DressA
with bands silk of the half
straps OF silk attached each under small
Materials required
wide,
Linen Coume-ere trim
the skirt
blue the fronts with buttons blue
skirt skirt white lawn with the
nat OF 1uscancoored trimmed
CURED for the white q
yards " a
Home Dress-A pretty Powered cotton
SKIRT
ABOVE the and band Of muslin embroidered
bodice
small tucks and insertion of
Materials required, IL 2S inches WIDE
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
COST $500 AN OUNCE.
Some Of the More Rare Flower Seeds
Are Expensive.

Just as good as gold," remarked a
young Boston suburbanite who thinks
himself something of an amateur gar
dener, as he ran his hand through a
sample bag of fine spring seed wheat
in South Market street seed store.
Yes" said the scotsman to whom
the remark was addressed, but unlike
the seed of some other farm and gar
den products we have in here it isn't
worth it's weight in gold.
Every year there is great variety
of new flowers. The growers are con-
tinually at work hybridizing to produce
fine strains of flowers. It requires con-
this makes them very expensive.
Take the petunia grandiflora, for
instance, as a sample. 1t is an exceed
ingly beautiful flower. The packages
of it's seeds contain between 800 aud
400 seeds each, but the seed is so fine
as to be an almost impalpable powder.
The package retails at Is cents, but
by the ounce the seed is worth $500.
IAN ounce will make about 5000
packages. You can easily see, then.
how the seed is worth even more than
it's weight in gold.
AN ounce Of high-priced seed may
represent the entire product of a sea-
sons work by the grower on one par
ticular variety. We have frequently
paid French hybridist as high as $50
an on:ce for special variety of pansy
seed, tfat retails for a great deal more
than that an ounce Packets of it sell
for so cents each.
In the matter of vegetable and
grain seeds, the market gardener or
the farmer must pay prices for these
that sometimes gives him a shock.
Take one Of those mammoth squashes,
say, that weighs 200 pounds or over
The seeds obtained from a big squash
like that actually sell for four cents
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Useful Qualities of Alum.

Alum should never be absent from
any household. 1t has a very good
effect if applied to bleeding wounds,
as it checks the loss of blood. Boiled
in milk in small quantities it is good
for toothache. It must he held in the
mouth, not swallowed. For bleeding
of the mouth or tongue a wash in cold
water in which alum has been dis.
solved is very effective
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Sailor Hats of Black Net.

Very smart are the black net sailor
hats trimmed with Grape cords and
bound at brim edge with a wide Grape
band. At side wing effects of Grape
edged net stand upright and spread
toward front, and ruche of malinette
tits the hat slightly up at left
Vogue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Fashions from Old Eaypt,

One Of the most famous dressmak.
ers In Paris says that Rameses II. set
the fashion in tea gowns this year.
The Rameses gown is'4 one, of the
most comfortable designs possible, -
she says. 1T is like a loose tea gown
with a crossover bodice which resem-
bles one of the fashionahle boleros.
l have made a gown of brilllaot ultra
marine, embroidered with pattern of
lotus flowers in dun mauves and pur-
pies. Another Egyptian novelty is the
Introduction Of long chains, which I
have copied from old pictures
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
The Crisis.

"Gentlemen," said the orator who
sometimes was careless about his met
aphors, although the time is ripe to
be forging to the front, we are wal
lowing In the slough of despond like
ship without q rudder. unmindful
of the fact that while the ground IN
slipping from beneath our feet every
day brings US nearer to the point at
which we must either draw cards or
drop out of the game"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Butterflies in Cold Climates.

1t is a common experience among
mountain climbers to find butterflies
lying frozen on the snow, and so biz.
tie that they break unless they are
very carefully handled. Such frozen
butterflies on being taken to a warm.
er climate recover and fly away. Six
species of butterflies have been found
within a few hundred miles Of the
north pole.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Hair Curriers'.

Take smooth piece of wood, about
Is large around as an ordinary lead
pencil, three or three and one-half
inches long. Cut little grooves in the
ends. Part your hair as usual, and
twist around wood. Then snap a rub
Der band into grooves in each end. BY
camping the hair and doing it up the
night before you will have beautiful
waves. 1t takes about two hours for
It 10 curl If. yon do it In the morning.
Eight curriers' are enough for front and
back.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

ness, and near
one end Of it
thrust in the
blades of two pen
knives in such a
manner that one
of them inclines
to one side and
the second to the
other, as define
ated in the illus
tratiOn. If the
other end Of the
piece of wood is
then placed on
the tip of the
forefnger, it will
keen itself ner-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Ditto.

DITTO.
William had just learned how to
use the ditto mark. He thoroughly ap-
preciated its use as a time-saver and
determined to put it to account.
Therefore, his next letter home read
like this:
Dear Father:
Il hope you are we'll.
mother is
sister -"
brother I"
Il wish you were here.
mother was I"
sister
brother
"WILLIAM."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

a few drops OF
some liquids are
required at a time,
a dropper bottle
becomes neces'
sary. A dropper
cork can be sup
piled to any bot.
tie by burning a
hole through a
good new cork
and inserting the
glass of a fountain
pen filler, allowing
the small end to
prOtrn6e q hOnt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
Extraordinary,

Reginald-Charles, do you know
what they call two-pound loaf in
johannesburg?
Charles-No, Reginald. have never
been to johannesburg.
Regfnald-Well, Charles, strange as
it may seem, in johannesburg they
call 4 two-pound loaf bread"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
How the Indian Saw II.

A white man and an Indian were
hunting. They killed turkey and a
buzzard. In dividing, the white man
said: Il will take the turkey and
give you the buzzard, or you can take
the buzZard and give me the turkey"
"Humph," said the Indian, white man
al the time get the turkey"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

fectly upright without falling, and
even if it is inclined to one side. it
will instantly recover its perpendicu-
lar position, being in reality kept in
equipose by the knives.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

The latest Charlotte model is the
revolutionary cap of enormous pro-
portions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
LYDIA e. PINKHAM

No other medicine has been so
successful in relieving the suffering
Of women or received so many gen.
uine testimonials as has Lydia E.
Ptnkham'sV Vegetable Compound.
In every community you will find
women who have been restored to
health by Lydia E. Pimkham's Veg
etable Compound. Almost every
one you meet has either been bene-
flied by it, or has friends who have.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, any Womanany daymay
see the files containing over one mil
lion one hundred thousand letters
from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own sigma
lures that they were cured by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is made from roots and
herbs, without drugs, and is whole.
some and harmless.
The reason why Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is so
successful is because it contains in
gradients which act directly upon
the feminine organism, restoring it
to healthy normal condition.
Women who are suffering from
those distressing ills peculiar to their
sex should not lose sight of these
facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
to restore their health,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

into good sized, fine-looking puss.
Get pencil and paper, and see if
you are not artist enough to copy the
design and make a kitty of your
very own.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
CAN YOU DRAW A CAT?
1t Is Easy Enough When You Know
How to Do It,

This is cat. Perhaps you wouldn't
think so from it's queer shape, but
you will see that by adding a line here
and there it will Unexpectedly develop
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
AL.

Sunday-School Teacher-And you
have no brothers or sisters?
Little Edna-No, ma'am. I'm all
the children we've got,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
THE BALANCING STICK.
Learn How to Make One and Have
Some Fun with It.

Get a piece OF wood six inches in
length and about half an inch in thick.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10

Pretty couture formed of a han
deau of silver paillettes and two black
velvet bows; hair dressed low at the
back with soft curls,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-07-10
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A Good Homemade 0ropper Cork for
Bottle.

Almost every home has some bottles
containing different liquids and as only