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The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
BETZVHIE TALES
Miss ANegretto and the Pie
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By PETER. NEWELL

lasting pie making, but if the pie held
out she would be free. It looked as
if the strong nature of Seattle James
would triumph in the end, for after
each defeat he arose with renewed
vigor and tackled the pie again, and
Miss Allegretto had about lost hope
when factor she had not considered
came into play. The tireless spirit
of Seattle James remained unwearied,
but his teeth were fading away. Ey.
cry time he bit into an emery straw.
berry the emery sharpened his teeth
a little more, and the sharper and
finer his teeth became, until at length
they wore away entirely. In less than
half an hour he had worn his teeth
entirely off, and when he realized
that they were gone he uttered long
soul-racklng cry, took a last bite at
the pie with his toothless gums, and
started north on dead run. Nothing
more has been seen of him since.
AS soon as he was out of sight Miss
Allegretto took the pie and nailed 1t
to the front gate, where it still re.
mains. Once or twice day a tramp
wanders up to the gate, but the mo.
ment he sees the pie nailed there he
utters loud yell of CONSERVATION and
lopes down the street, holding his
teeth with his right hand. Uncle Ash
dod Clute says that if there was only
some way of rigging up the pie so ii
would chase the tramp there would
be no stopping the tramp until he
hoped off Plymouth Rock and
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

One of the kindest hearted ladies
in Betzville is Miss Allegretto G..
Spads, who is naturally kind to man
and beast; but there are times when
kindness ceases to be virtue, and
becomes a nuisance, and Miss Alle-
gretto reached the conclusion week
before last that one of these times
had come.
For over three years a tramp, Sc
attic James by name, has made Miss
Allegretto's back porch a place Of
rendezvous whereat to meet straw
berry pie, and although Miss Allegret-
to has heart second to none in size,
she grew tired of Seattle James a
week ago last Tuesday. For the first
year Seattle James met one of Miss
AllegrettO's strawberry pies every
year, and for the second year he met
one of her strawberry pies once a
month, but this year he started in to
meet strawberry pie once a week,
and it vexed Miss Allegretto.
Miss Allegretto is properly proud Of
her strawberry pies, and she likes
praise, and the best praise is the eat.
ing them. but when Seattle James be-
gan coming every Tuesday. and also
began sending another pie-loving ho.
bo for each other day of the week,
Miss AlleEretto began feeling that she
was becoming mere pie-factory, and
that it was interfering with her duties
as one OF our leading social lights.
No lady can turn out a continuous
stream of large, circular strawberry
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
PAINT FAULTS.

It IL a common occurrence nova
days to hear a man remark with dis
gust: 1T is impossible to have good
painting done these days; either the
paint is not good or there are no good
painters" This, however, is not true.
There is good paint, and there are
good painters. But the question is,
bringing them together.
One cannot expect a satisfactory
painting job without pure white lead.
There is a way to make sure you are
getting pure white lead without test.
Ing 1t. See that the keg bears Ma,
tional Lad Company's famous Dutch
Boy Painter trademark. which is q
positive guarantee of purity. However,
anyone can test white lead. National
Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Bldg,
New York City, will send you a lead
tester and painters outfit, consisting
Of book of color schemes. specifica.
lions, etc., upon request.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
They Didn't Have to Chance.

During the years in which our pure
food laws have been put into effect
there has been great hurrying and
ecurrying on the part of the food man.
ufacturers to change their methods to
make them conform to the law.
The Quaker Oats Company is con-
spicuous exception. 1t was admitted
that Quaker Oats was as pure and
clean as possible and that it was an
ideal food.
1t is so cheap that any one can af-
ford it and so nourishing that every
one needs it. The result of last years
experiments at Yale and other points
where food values were tested is that
Quaker Oats has been adopted by
many persons as their food on which
they rely for adding vigor and endur-
ance of muscle and BRAIN
The Quaker Oats Company meets
all demands in the way it packs
Quaker Oats; regular size packages
and the large size family package;
the latter, both with and without
china 4
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
FAVORED DOGS IN GERMANY
oaehshund 10 the Most Popular varL
sty, tho English Bulldog ee. :
ing Second Choice.

The dachshund is the favorite doa
IN Germany. and a very useful and
pleasant companion he seems to be-
The English bulldog is a good second
IN popularity, and the nearer he is to
our standard points the better he is
lkeq. The fox terrier varies a good
deal In size and marking and is evi
dently not so well known in Germany
10 he deserves to be.
The ladies there are as fond ot
their little Poms and their Kins
Cnarleses as are their English sis
ters OF their pet dogs at home.
Some few dogs in the streets are
harnessed to four wheeled trucks
Usually a man and dog pull. The
work seemed too heavy and exhaust
1og for the dogs, which are generally
mongrels Of the mastifr type. They
look In fair condition and are not III
II eated.-Farm and Home.
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As St. Louis Lawyers Talk.

Circuit Judge Reynolds had an.
nounced that he would hear jurors
who had excuses to offer for not serv-
ing. and a dozen American citizens
crowded up to the bench to tell their
troubles. Their excuses were as
varied as those who were hidden to
the feast that the Bible tells about.
One had an important engagement
and another could not hear very well,
and another had sickness in his fam
lily, and another had duties to per-
form which nobody else on earth could
perform, and another was going on
q journey. And ST it went.
The last man in the line wanted to
be let of because he was a German.
He might have been excused If he had
not presented his excuse wrong end
forward.
Judge" he said, Il can't under
stand good English"
"Oh, you'll do all right" said the
Judge. There is no good English
spoken in here."-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

al Snapphy

pies, day after day, and week after
week, and still do her duty by the
Betzville Sewing society. And yet
Miss AllegrettO had not the heart to
turn a poor pie-hungry hobo from her
door with cruel words.
For several weeks she brooded
mournfully over the situation, and
she was losing flesh rapidly when a
complete solution of the matter came
to her at a meeting Of the Betzville
Sewing society. Uncle AshdOd Clute
himself said the solution was one of
those strokes of genius that come to
a person once in lifetime like flash
of lightning out of a clear sky.
Miss Allegretto was sewing away
and brooding, and didn't know what
in the world to do, when she noticed
that her needle was a little dull, and
she reached into her sewing bag and
pulled out her emery bag to sharpen
her needle little. Her emery bag,
like every other emery bag in Betz-
vile, was shaped like, and looked like,
a ripe red strawberry, and the mo-
ment she saw it, the solution came in
to her mind. Without moments
hesitation she gathered up all the
emery strawberries in the Sewing So
ciety and then excused herself and
went home and made a strawberry
pie out of them. When the pie was
completed it was one of the best look
ing strawberry pies Betzvllle had ever
seen turned out by Miss Allegretto
G. Spads, and without word she set
it on the kitchen window sill to cool.
Half an hour later Seattle James
wandered up with his sweet smile, and
when he saw the pie resting peaceful
ly on the window sill he grinned joy.
fully and reached for it. He opened
his mouth and took a bite. Miss A.
legretto says nothing can describe the
struggle that followed but the meet
ing of an irresistible force and an i'm.
movable obstruction. At the first bite
Seattle James looked panied and sur
prised, but he was game and bit again.
Then a glare of anger came into his
eyes, and, wrapping his arms around
the pie, he lay down and hugged it
while he chewed at it angrily. He
seemed to feel that his whole future
strawberry pie life depended on his
eating this one, and he meant to eat
it or die in the struggle. Sometimes
he held it down with one foot while
he chewed at it, and sometimes he
crushed it up against the side of the
house while he bit at it snappishly,
and once in awhile he would stagger
of few feet and lie on his back and
pant for a few minutes while he gath
cred new strength for the attack.
Miss Allegretto said she watched
and waited with bated breath, for Jhe
felt that her whole future career
hung in the balance. If Seattle James.
held 3ut she was condemned to ever
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American Singers Win Success.

american singers Win Success.
1t is interesting to note the conspic
uOus position taken by American sinG
ers in the various German premieres
of "Elektra!" The list is headed BY
Nine. Schumann-Heink, the ardent
American citizen by right of naturali.
zation. The American singer of the
Berlin ensemble was Francis Rose OF
Denver. Edyth Walker created the
title role wthen the Straus work was
heard in Hamburg, and in Elberfeld.
one of the Rhenish cities, the "Elek.
ira" performance was given under the
baton of Herman Vans Wetzler, who
if not an American by birth (?) was
at least conspicuously associated with
New York musical interests for a LONG
time. American singers have also
been the chief creators of the role of
Madam Butterfly" in the German
stages. Following Geraldine FArrar In
the Berlin production came Marguer.
ite Lemon in Mainz, Jennie Osborn.
Hannah in Leipsiz and Marcella Craft
in Kiel, all of whom have won their
chief laurels in their Interpretation Of
the Puccini Observation-Disclosures Era.
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TWO ! men BATTLE |: ! FOR
: { LIVES: WITH SHE Bear
ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE CUB re.
. SUITS IN DESPERATE CON.
FLlCT WITH MOTHER,

st. Johns, N. B.-A foolhardy at.
tempt to capture bear cub on Ball
mountain would have cost the lives Of
Frank w. Lord and Frank G. Miller
Of. Boston, but for the timely arrival
Of their guide, who killed the mother
bear that attacked them.
Lord and Miller, accompanied BY
Noll Zacobin. a guide, were climbing
the mountain from Browns Flats
They were working their way along
q stream, with the guide in the rear.
when Miller saw q little cub baskiaa
In. the sum-.
Lord and the guide were too late ia
prevent Miller diving at the cub IN
an attempt to capture it. Lord and
Zabocin. realizing that the mother
was somewhere near. sprang to tb&
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
Mars the Next Field.

There are many who will part from
the north pole with regret. All their
lives it has seemed the one unconquer-
able salient of natures fortress, the
very synonym Of the impossible goal
OF human endeavor. With the pole
itself succumbing, the world is no
longer the same, and everything seems
within the realm of mortal achieve
ment. We must now think of talk.
ing with Mars with more respect
The professors mirrors may prove
any day reality.
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Drive His Long Knife Clear to tho
Heart Of the Mother Bear.
defense, but before they could un-
timber their rifles the enraged bear
leaped from the brush, fastening her
forepaws about Miller.
Lord and the guide Immediately
threw themselves at the mother bear,
all five, men, bear and cub, whirling
around in q bouncing, spluttering
bunch.
Miller succeeded in getting q hold
on the dreaded hind legs Of the moth
or bear, and eventually. after several
lunges, the guide drove his long knife
clear to the heart of the mother bear.
All three were badly used up and
limped into camp bearing the gashes
they received in the hand to hand
fight with the bear. They also carried
In with them the skin Of the mother
bear, which weighed 420 pounds. The
skin was six feet II inches long.
Zacobin, the guide, is an Indian, 4
chief of his tribe, with an enviable
reputation as hunter and guide.
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BRANCHES.
RANCHES:
PHILADELPHIA, PA. DENVER. COl0L
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. CLEVELAND. OH0
LOS ANGELES. CAL. DALLAS, TEX.
PORTLAND. ORE. INDIANAPOLIS, M
&AT LAKE CITY SEATTLE, WASH
Woman Author at Home

Woman Author at Home.
Homemade jam is gradually disap.
pearing from the twentieth century
European household. And yet 60 years
ago George Sand, who. treated most
of her domestic duties somewhat
lightly. was discovered BY q visitor
wearing a cotton dress and q big
apron, and skimming painful Of fruit
destined for the jampot. 1T IL not
easy work she remarked. II ind l.
harder to make good jam than 70
write Valentine o.. ,'Aauprat': but
there are some tasks one cannot leayo
I to others.' :=z;s IL 5
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
G. A. r. Posts Abroad,

The first Grand Army post in Eu-
rope has lately been organized at Old
ham, in Lancashire, England, where
20 former union soldiers reside. AL.
though it Is the first European post,
It Is not the first outside the limits
of the United States, as there are al.
ready four in Canada, one in Peru, and
one in Honolulu.-St. John IN. b.
Globe
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
A SUGGESTION.

A Suggestion.
Ponce De Leon was seeking the
fountain of youth.
II WONDER" muttered his impecu.
nious rival, did he ever try to pass
drug store with his best girl?"
Digging into his jeans he was com
PEELED to pay for four sodas.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
GHOST HAUNTS HUMBLE HOME
Annoys Family and Mystlfies Police.
men by Mysterious Rappings
and Outtandish Noises.

Chicago.-There is a ghost in town.
He has put part Of Chicago's police
force to flight and he has gone on
with his rapping and his tapping while
two sleuth's and the "copper"" on tho
beat stood around as an investigating
committee.
For three nights the police have
guarded house on West Sixty-First
street, but the ghost has regularly
made himself heard from II o'clock
at night until three o'clock in the
morning.
Mrs. Laura Amos, who. with her
family lives there, tried a broom, pans
of cold water and heavily hurled
Bibles, but they failed. The ghost
raped on.
Mr.. Amos, being away at work at
night, could only offer good advice in
the case. So the police came in to
prove that ghosts didn't really exist.
Patrolman Hultan, the man on tho
beat. swung jauntily up to the door
three nights ago to put the vaporous
man from the other world to flight.
He failed. He found three kittens IN
the back yard. and he put them in
the shed for safekeeping. But tho
ghost began q most unholy racket
Two more of the bravest men on tho
force, Detectives Dohney and Nc.
Wayne, were summoned by the puz.
zled copper.
All three searched the house and
stood guard. At II o'clock the ghost
started to rattle dishpans, pound on
all the windows at once, shake the
curtains of several rooms at the same
time, and make noises that made the
copper drop his club.
Detective Dohney gave up the fight
and reported to his captain that he
believed in ghosts. The others said
they didn't know what they believed.
but they certainly couldn't locate tho
man from the other side of the world.
And then a story that q man once
hanged imself in the basement of tho
house spread. OF course no one would
hang himself more than once, but the
story-tellers meant it for an explana-
ton of the ghost.
And there it rests. There's an OH
cial report of a ghost made by a Chi.
cago policeman, and there's q family
named Amos that wants to move,
since the ghost insists on haunting
the place without paying rent. The
family moved only nonth ago, and
the ghost started on his pranks soon
afterward. but behaved fairly we'll
until about ten days ago.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
NEW YORK CITY
CHICAGO, Ill.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal
KANSAS CITY: NO.
BOSTON. MASS.
A. Advertised.

He (lank, lean, and much the worse
for drink>-Are you the young woman
to whom life would be burden with
out the companionship. of a man of
noble character and imposing pres
ence?-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
Kills Mad Doa with Giant Tuber. /

Kills Mad Dog with Giant Tuber.
New York-Raymond Corwin, q
young farmer Of Aquebogue, was tax
ing from his home the other day a
big potato that he intended to enter
in the county fair when he was at-
tackled by dog which is supposed to
have been mad. The dog made q rush
for Corwin, who threw the giant tuber
with such force at the canine that it
fractured it's skull, killing it instantly.
Corwin doesn't regret the killing of
the dog, but he is mourning the loss
Of his big potato, which he thinks
would surely have taken first prize a&
the fair. #@ -.,.s8 ..3. =
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Law Of Supply and Demand

"a" OF supply and Oemand.
No art and no fine literature can
flourish securely except when there
is a general delight in beauty. and
such a delight does not exist at tho
present time. When a people do not
care for beauty every artist who
chooses to spend his time in produc.
ing it must do 80 at his own peril
London Times.
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Since the Auto CrazA

Stubb-Some years ago you used tn
read of rich society women giving up
their jewels for the benefit of the
heather. You don't hear of it now.
Penn-No. they are too busy giving
them up to get their chauffeurs out of
the police stations.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

Heavy Loss by Marine Disasters.
Wrecks reduced the effective mer-
camille marine of the world in 1907 BY
s6S vessels, Of S51,224 aggregate ton.
mage, exclusive of vessels of less than
100 tons. Great Britain's percentage
of loss was less than that of any other
Of the principal ship-owning countries.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
Shake Into Your Shoes

Shake Into Your Shoes
Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder.
It makes tight or new shoes feel easy It
10 q certain cure for sweating, callous and
hot, tired, aching feet. Always use it to
Break in new shoes. Sold by all Druggists
Csc. Trial package mailed Free. Address
Allen 8. Olmsted, Leroy, New York.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08
A Good Thlna About 4 Girl.

One good thing about girl, from
mans standpoint at least, is that she
doesn't come around. as soon as she
begins to wear long skirts. asking. her
father questions that he can't answer
without being embarrassed.
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STUDEBAKER AUTOMOBILE co.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
Expres

"Of all the quaint expressions l
have heard recently" said a clubwo-
man, none has struck me as more de-
lightful than that Of an English wo-
man who told me that her daughter
would never smooth out q room.'"
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drowned himself in the salty waters
of the stern and rock-bound coast
but up to the present he hasn't dis
covered how to make a strawberry
pie follow the trail of a tramp.
Copyright, 1909. by W. G. Chapman,)
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The Philosopher OF Folly.

why is It," asks the Philosopher of
Folly, that after a fellow has taken a
week off, he always wakes up with the,
feeling that he j. about to be evicted.
and arrested for obtaining money un-
der false pretensesr I, s 81
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UpS and Downs.

Percy-I braced the old man thls
morning and asked him if he was 60.
ing to dress me up this summer.
Freddy-What did he say? *
Percy-He gave me: q drosaine
gown.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

Hamlins Wizard Oh is over fifty years
old and, like an old friend, it can be de-
pended upon just as surely ~ the family
doctor who may be miles away.
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Mr.. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethtng, eoftens the suas. reduces t
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

The devilish thing about worry IL
that It never counts on Gods help.
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II Your Eyes Bother You
ret box of PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, old
reliable, most successful eye remedy made.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
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WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.

The people who don't want to seay
little must read biz books.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

The spiritualistic medium finds no
hidden treasure except in the pockets
Of the credulous living
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-10-08

The shadow of trouble Is often
blacker than the trouble itself.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01

TO kENr--3 office r4uns 10 rent IN Eastman
Brothers slock ia North 1iain street. i25f
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
At End Of Chinese wal.

From the Inn OF Increasing Righteous.
ness we sent out three men to copy in
scriptions at the Western Gate Of the
city and in the tube Of the fortified
tons to the west, while Mr.. Clark and
took mules ana rode toward the real
end Of the Great Wall. which is not at
kiayukwan itself, but at point fifteen
NJ southwest OF II, During the journey
thther no human being crossed our
path, and there was not house in sight
the whole way, Five antelopes were the
principal sign Of life as they hurried out
OF sight and lizards, magpies and crows
--oh which there was some to be seen
at the start-soon disappeared. There
was nothing TO attract the eye beyond
whirling spirals Of sand and tufts Of
brown sage brush, while the whole land.
scape was earth color, save that on the
lofty southern mountains there lay as
ever, the snow. The monotony would
have been without relief but for the
presence on the scene Of the ruin whose
end we We're seeking the ruin Of the
most stupendous achievement in Asia.
When at last we reached the actual
termination OF the wall a surprise was
in store for us. The construction does
not abut the southern mountains but
stops short on preeipice sheer down
200 feet, as perpendicular as il cut By
engineers 10 plumb line Below flows
the Big White North River Ny com
panion dropped stone and counted
eight pulse beats before he heard the
splash in the water below.
As we stood alone here and unused, the
light fell upon brick .eneascd stone
tablet, TO see which we had travelled 50
far-a tablet erected long, long ago to
mark the western end Of that great wall
the stupendous achievement o. the
mighty Emperor Chin II bears a simple
message in large ideographs, the pnrport
of which is this. +The Martial Barrier
Of All Under Heaven. Harper's Week
III.
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THE FOOD FOR POULTRY IN
WINTER.

Much time and money have been
spent IN what seems the almost vain
endeavor 20 make hens produce eggs
In cold weather. Ii requires but little
experience with poultry to learn the
fact thar, under ordinary circnm-
stances. hens cannot produce as many
eggs In winter as in summer. Summer
is the natural time for the laying Of
eggs, and In order to increase winter
production there must be reproduced
for the fowls as nearly rs possible the
conditions that exist In summer Mrs.
John J. Layzell Of Brandon VI, has
evidently succeeded In doing this with
her flock. She says Il have been
using Pages Perfected Poultry Food
for the last three winters. and | find Il
the best poultry food on the market.
! have tried several different kinds.
but | got no eggs until | began to use
this food
III you want to know more about this
food and the best ways Of using It.
write to G. s. Page. Hyde Park, VT, for
his booklet, Profitable Poultry" IT
will be sent free, postpaid, to anyone
mentioning this paper.