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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04

The opportunity is ripe and you should take adva-
tage of it,
To the lady having the largest number of votes when the
contest closes will give the beautiful $500 Pierre Cab
Piano will be exhibition in
place. and when it arrives will publish notice inviting
you call and it, Other prizes will be given, such
Organs piano STYLE Sewing Machines Diamond Rings Ladies'
Elegant Cold Watches, Egin movement Piano Purchase
Checks, to apply part payment the purchase of
$4OO Don Pierre Piano.
You will find nomination ballot in this paper good for so
that will give good start Only nomination
blank will count for lady but gather Con
estants Ballots like and they will for
each We will publish week Contestants Ballot
for from paper and send this office pos
sible
SPECIALDierent stores in this section will issue
pons worth 100 every $100 cash purchase Be
ask for coupons with your purchase help
yourself friend.
Votes given subscription, later
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Has Valuable Mementos.

A member of the Institute of France
possesses unique and historic col
lection which had very small begin.
ming. At the proclamation of the EN-.
pire in January. 1858, this gentleman,
knowing one or two Of the then min.
listers, sent them his charlottesville.
They returned the compliment. and
then the idea struck him to pay q
similar attention to the other minis
tiers. This he did, and received a
similar acknowledgment Having his
first ministry complete, he has kept
up the custom ever since, and has
now what Cowper terms "a faithful
remembrance" of every minister who
has served his country during 81
years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
An Uio FASHION,

when ! was boy" said Charley
White, the old-time prize fight referee,
EVERY saloonkeeper had to have a
parrot or monkey in his place to
keep up with his competitors First
class saloons displayed both parrot
and monkey Sailors used to pick
up good deal of spending money in
those days by bringing parrots and
monkeys from South America or A.
RIGA and selling them to the saloon
men. Usually the sailors had taught
the parrots a fine brand of marine
language. Nowadays you never see
a bird or monk in thirst parlors.
wonder what happened to change the
fashion ?"--NeW York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Scotch Horse Respects Cars.

A baker living in the west end Of
Dundee. Scotland, possesses most in.
telligent horse. While waiting in front
of his masters shop the animal is
often called upon to clear the way to
allow the tramway cars to pass, and
this it does regularly and without the
slightest assistance. On hearing the
changing of the car bell the horse i'm.
mediately crosses over to the other
side of the street, and allows the car
to pass; then, looking around, as much
as to say, "An clear!" it again takes
up it's original position.-Wide World
Magazine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04

6.-Postmasters' and agents
commissions are to be sus-
pended during contest.
Especial prizes will be Of
fered from time to time for
special work.
Shake up your mind who
you want to vote for before
coming to the Office as the ed
itor will not decide the matter
for you.
Gin case of a tie equal
prizes will be given.
10.-An Awarding Commit
tee of two of our business men
will be appointed to make a
final count and distribution of
prizes.
1.-Two weeks previous to
the day of closing, the ballot
box will be locked and sealed,
and the judges appointed will
be given the key, thus assuring
the candidates there will be no
tampering with the ballots.
12.-We reserve the right not
to award prizes or count the
votes of candidates who turn
in less than $25.
13.-The contest will close at
3 p. m. on the 28th day of jan
uary, 1911. $3.50
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
An Eccentric Funeral.

The Viscomtesse de Vaugelet, who
recently died at the age of II, left the
bulk Of her fortune, estimated at $780,
600, to the town of Riom on certain
conditions. She insisted on an entire
~ white" funeral, with white trap
pings, white flowers and white horses.
The late viscemtesse bequeathed
5000 to the local band on condition It
played Chopin's Funeral March" con-
tinually during the obsequies all the
way from the house to the church and
from the church to the graveyard, a
distance Of Is miles. The band played
Choptn's Funeral March" 81 times.
and then retired almost inanimate to
q village inn,: where portion of the
$500 was consumed in >drtnks.-Lon.
don Telegraph. q. :zzz-.:s ..==
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Novel Musical instrument

A novel musical instrument has re,
Gently been exhibited, which resem-
bles pisl but the wires, instead of
being struck with hammers, are vi
brated by means of electromagnetic
The instrument is also provided with
ordinary piano keys and hammers so
that II may be operated by them :,lnrc.
or at the same time by hand and by
the electromagnetic. 1t is said that
the tones of the instrument, which
is known as a choralcelo, resemble
those of stringed instrument and or.
gan combined.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04

Founder of New YORK Ferry system.
Cornelius Dircksen was the first
official ferryman on the island OF Man.
haitian. The mooring place on the
New York side was about where Wa
ter street crosses the present Peck
slip. He started the system in 1887.
Passengers who wanted to be rowed
over blew a horn for the skipper, it
he CHANGED to be absent when they
arrived. From Dircksen's skif grew
the present ferry system of the city.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
UrlQInai Miniatures.

The original miniatures were the
small pictures with which manuscripts
were Illuminated in the middle ages
They got their name not on account
of their minute size, but because they
were colored with minium (red lead),
whence came the Italian designation
miniature. Following the invention Of
the art of printing and engraving,
miniature painting entered a new
phase, and the word came to mean in
popular parlance simply a small por-
trait.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Iron and steel vducts.

this country there is produced each
week three.quarters of a pound of
rails, half pound Of structural
shapes, three-quarters of pound
Of plates, one-third of pound
Of sheets, three-quarters of a square
foot of tirplate, ~ pounds OF bars,
hoops, etc., four pounds Of iron castings.
These and other finished iron and
steel products make total Of IL to 10
pounds each week per head.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Use Of Tobacco.

Use OF tobacco is Universal in the
Orient, and the word cheroot and its
use come from Madras. The first
cigars seen by Columbus were
wrapped with corn shucks. Some Him.
alaya tribes take the leaf of the pal-
ASA and, with cunning twist of the
wrist. make a bowl and long narrow
stem OF a pipe in the most perfect
way
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
EXPOSITION at Palos.

A proposition is on foot to establish
In the ancient city of Palos. from
which Columbus sailed to discover the
new world, a permanent agricultural
and industrial exposition to increase
the friendly and commercial relations
between the nations of America and
Spain.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
LONGEVITY OF Birds.

The duchess o. Bedford is an en-
thusiastic ornithologist In an article
in British Birds she gives some re-
markable instances of longevity
among birds in her own collection. A
Barbary dove which has been in the
duchess possession for fifteen years
was left her by an old woman who
also owned i. for fifteen years and
who always said it was an old bird
when it was given to her.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
The Horse Return. 10 to Favor.

The Horse Returning to Favor.
It seems Al though the day Of the
horse for certain purposes 10 coming
back After being almost ostracized
for some four or i've years, horses are
again being used for driving in the
park and for afternoon calling. The
editor Of the London Horse World
ascribes the reaction to the fact that
ladies are getting tired of concealing
their pretty faces and dresses In auto.
mobile toggery, while the automobile
Is no longer the exclusive luxury Il
used to be. ~. =. $50 5.s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
xonrrx,u or Farms

L0uCrcl0 on Farms. W.. ..
Nearly all the pig houses and feed
ing pens are now made Of cement con-
crete, and ars found TO be most salts
E1etpgZ: g.2s -. ..-..--.s..s... !.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
FREIGHT II By WATER ! |.
cosTe ONLY oNE-sixTH. TO ONE
T9NTH 40 MUCH 40 BY r.
=. - RAIL.
TRANSFORMATIONS BIG TOLL.
American People Annually Pay Out
Thres Times ~ae Much for Trans-
; }portation a. They Pay for Support
3 Of the Government. . :.

; Do you know
That the people of tho United States
pay out each year about three times
rs, for the carriage Of freight and pas
Eengers, as they pay in taxes for the
support Of government, national. state
and local?
That transportation affects the price
Of everything that everybody buys.
sells, eats. wears or uses in any way
whatever-air, water and sunshine ex.
copied?
That cheap transportation benefits
both the producer and tho consumer.
making wheat and cotton higher and
-four and cloth lower at one and the
same time?
That the cheapest known transpor
tation is water transportation, costing.
on the average. from one-sixth to one.
tenth as much as transportation by
rail?
That tho direct saving on the goods
actually carried by water In the
United States 10 over 100000 a
year?
That railways always make lower
rates when subject to the competition
OF waterways than whore such compe-
tition does not exist7
That the indirect saving, thus
caused, is probably a. large a. the di.
rect saving given above?
That both tho direct and indirect
co~,tr~ ~,n,,1l hn 1n~nAlx1 tanpaa cad hv
the further improvement Of our water
ways?
That waterways always increase the
profits Of tho railways with which they
come into competition? For the rea'
son that waterways. BY giving cheap
transportation for raw materials. aotu.
ally create both industry and com.
merce? As IL indicated by the fact
That in 1900 there was only one city
in the United States, with population
of 10000 or over, which was not 10.
Gated on a navigable waterway? And
further
How Frankfort Benefited.
That Frankfort, Germany, grew
more In tho twenty years after the
River Main was canalized than it had
grown in the two hundred years be-
fore? And again
That Germany, which 10 nearly co.
900 square miles smaller than Texas,
but has one of tho finest waterway
systems In tho world, had In 1908 q
foreign commerce greater than that Of
the United States BY over $500, 000,.
900?
That throughout the civilized world
tho largest cities, the densest popula.
ton. tho busiest and most prosperous
people are to be found along naviga,
bic waterways?
That the surest and speediest way
to develop tho resources Of the nation
and every state and section thereof,
to increase the growth Of every city
and community in the country. to pro.
mote the prosperity Of every interest,
including the railroads. and Of every
citizen. east. west, north and south. IL
to improve all our waterways as fast
and al far al We can7
That money used for the improve
ment Of waterway. wisely planned
and honestly constructed, IL not an
expenditure but an investment, which
will pay q dividend Of at least 100 per
cent q year,
Provision for Funds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Free! Free! Free!
Get Busy and Nominate Friend in Our
Popular Piano Contest. Prizes Valued
at $4,000 Given to the Most Pop
ular and Ambitious Ladies
in this Vicinity.

Every lady in this vicinity piano
prize win cutting
ballots published every week. We going give VAL
ladies having the
therefore get busy and nominate
good start the beginning
win you have chance equal rest
required forth little effort gathering
asking friends to do the for Everyone inter
who the most popular
in this vicinity and using this method to find
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Provision for Funds.


That the S0nedf1 W6lo6 would r.:
suit from tho comprehensive improve
ment Of our waterways, and the losses
which would follow our failure to
make such Improvement, are 20 enor.
nous, that funds should be provided
by tho issuance of bonds-as has been
done by railways-so that the work
may be begun at once and finished az
soon A. possible?
That the national government claims
exclusive Jurisdiction and exercises
supreme control over all navigAble Va.
terways? And therefore
That It depends entirely on tho con.
gress of the United States whether
the work Of creating a great national
system of waterways shall be done 1t
all and how soon It shall be finished
That the vote Of tho member Of con-
gress from your district will help to
decide the policy Of tho government
with regard to waterways?
That the action Of congressman IL
Influenced by tho wishes Of their con-
stituents, when they know what those
wishes are7
That you have tho right to AK the
candidates for congress in your do.
trict to state their position On this
question now. before the election?
That you are blind to your own In
terests II you do not ask your oandi'
dates to pledge themselves to work
and vote for waterways II elected. and
then demand Of the one who 10 o,eet-
cd that he shall keep his pIedgs1
The facts and figures given In this
series Of articles have been submitted
in the hope that those who read them
would Sc the Importance Of The policy
Of waterway Improvement advocated
by the National Rivers and Ha1bors
congress. and would aid In securing
the adoption Of that policy. How well
they have served the purpoee for
which they were written must bs left
for their readers to decide.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04

Every obstruction to the frs> snA
ebnks q TIE whSsis II inAnet11
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04

The contest is open for
both old and young. BY start
ing out now you will have your
name published among the first
list of candidates.
Try and have your name at
the top with the largest num-
Der of votes, and the way to
get it there is by starting out
right now and gathering bal
lots.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-08
FOR SUCCESS u
OF THE SHORT
COURSE IN AGRICULTURE
The Need of More Energetic and
Business-like Farmers Is IN
Mind of the Secretary.

The Commercial Club is now plan
ming for the success of the short course
in agriculture which will be held here
December 1851, 1910.
This should be a week of vocation
and instruction for the farmers of this
entire section. There is no reason why
our farmers should not attend this
meeting and derive much benefit there.
from. The exchange of ideas, the ex-
perience of practical farmers, and the
strong lectures will be sources of infor-
nation, and will help to create the
sentiment of progressive farming.
Weneed more enthusiastic, energetic
farmers; we need more businesslike
FARMERS, men who grow grain, grass,
vegetables and live stock. We need
thoughtful men in the fields as well as
in our offices. We need to realize the
dignity of the science upon the farm.
The honest intelligent farmer is man
of affairs, and the greater the number
of these men the greater the prosperity
of the country. Our agricultural pos
sibilities are almost unlimited, and as
our farmers are better trained and pGu-
Gated, these possi bilities Will become
implements of progress, growth and
development, and the farmer will be
among our greatest benefactors
The Commercial Club is exceedingly
anxious to see large delegation of far
mers attend this, the first, session of
great agricultural school here in john
son City. The meetings will be con-
Quoted by experienced and competent
instructors, and the Commercial Club
will exert every effort to make the scs-
sion pleasant and profitable for those
who attend. Every farmer who attends
the session is cordially invited TO call
at the Commercial Club room and be.
come acquainted with the work of this
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-08
ROAD PROPOSITION
NOT ATTRACTIVE

Murfreesboro, Tenn, Dec. S.-Wher
Capt. B. w. Hooper first announced
his from. Memphis-to- Bristol highway
scheme, considerable interest was arous
ed in Rutherford county and Murfrees
boro. AS rule his political friends
approved of the scheme and his adver.
saries ridiculed it. The former claimed
that it was entirely feasible, and, I'M
derstand that the prospedodI Muir
freesboro, they We rather enthusiastic
on the subject. Those who regarded
the scheme rs chimerical and absurd
only laughed over the whole matter
from the first Since IL is understood
that, should the plan be attempted, the
road will go by way of Lebanon, leav-
ing Murfreesboro about thirty miles
from the route, those vino favored it
have suddenly revised their views and
opinions, and no one can now be found
who will even discuss the scheme. 1t
is safe to say that, should the attempt
be made to build the road, as proposed
by Capt. Hooper, Rutherford county
may not be depended on to furnish
men or means to push the work
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-08
CHRISTMAS GOODS GALORE
Vim. Silver & Co. Have the Largest
and Finest Display This Year
They Have Ever Shown.

1t gives you the Christmas feeling to
go into the jewelry store Of VIM. Silver
& Co. and take look at the attractive
line of holiday goods there displayed
Each particular line has been enlarged
this season until it is really astonishing
to look at the stock Your every want
IN brio a-brac, cut glass, handpainted
Pickard china, sterling silver for table
or dresser, hammered brass, leather
goods, gold and silver novelties and
jewelry, diamonds, ornamental and
chime clocks, and simply everything
the heart could wish. 1t is impossible
to enumerate the numerous articles,
and if we could do so we could not
convey an idea of their beauty-you
go and see for yourself
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-08
GRIM REAPER'S
CRUEL WORK
SHOCK TO HIS ASSOCIATES
One of the Most Honored Public
Men in the State and an Able
Jurist-Loss Keenly Felt

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. T.
Judge William Dwight Beard,
of the Supreme Court of Ten
neSSee, and former chief justice
of that body, died suddenly in
his room at the Hermitage Ho-
tel, this city, at 9:40 o'clock this
morning, from organic heart
trouble.
Judge Beard was in his usual
health this morning. He had
taken breakfast and had re-
turned to his apartments, pre-
paratory to going to the capitol
to take his accustomed seat on
the supreme bench. He stepped
into the bath room which ad-
joined his sleeping apartment,
and had cleansed his teeth when
he fell to the floor.
Judge Beard served through
out the civil war under the
Confederate flag.
Judge Boards funeral will be
held at Memphis on Friday.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-08
POPULATION OF
BRISTOL, VIRGINIA

Bristol, Dec. 5.-The popula
ton of the Virginia side of Bris-
tol, as shown by the 18th cen
sus, is 6,427. Then years ago
it was 1876. This represents
a gain of 1908. While the
population of the Tennessee
side of Bristol has not been an
nounced, it is believed the fig
ures will show it to be about
$500. This would make a to-
tai population for the two BriS-
tols-which are in reality one
of 1871. This does not in
clude the outlying mill districts,
which, if enumerated, would
make the population of Bristol
easily $4,000.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-08
GREAT WAR AGAINST HA3
Is Proposed IN a Movement to Or
ganize All Religious Demon
nations IN the Weird.

Cleveland, Ohio, Dec, GA move
ment to organize all the religious de-
nominations in the world IN great
war against war was started here last
night by the Cleveland Peace Society.
The first step taken viii be to obtain
united action on the part Of ell Ameu-
can churches and to that end every
minister in the United States will be
asked to speak on the subject of world
peace on Sunday, December is.
President Charles f. Thwing, Of
Western Reserve University, and the
Rev. w. BASTARD, John d. Rocleleller's
pastor, are at the head of the move
ment.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-08
chance throw at Governor Patterson.
1t is mere matter of lung power, not
of law or logic.
COMMERCIAL
APPEAL NOTES

Ave hope the Christmas stocking
won't be worn 10 fragile
1t is aywise hookworm that gets uI
too late for the early bird.
Conservation of forests may yet give
us the tin Christmas tree
Wonder If DIR. Cook is going tc
stake back Mount Mckinley, too.
OF course, that Memphis-to Bristol
highway can't be built in day, bat
the suggestion shows how crazy every
thing is to get connected up 10 Mem.
phis.
Tomorrow your Uncle Joe opens his
last session. After that he will do well
If he can open his mouth.
Some cities have commission form
of government, some have permission
form, and many more have an omis-
sion form.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-08
F0RET0L0 HIS 9NN DEATH
Civd War Veteran Bids His Neigh
bors Farewell and Promptly
Expires at Appointed Time

Marshall, Mich, Dec, 8,-Confident
that he was about to die, Robt. Schley
a veteran of the civil war, last Sunday
informed his aged wife he intended tC
write his autobiography. He tinised
the work Tuesday evening. After cor
recting it, he told bis Wife he believed
he would expire about o'clock We'd
nesday morning. He wished to bid
his ne;ghbors farewell ard 50 called
them in and took leave Of them, in
forming them he was about 10 die
After lie had retired he got up and
wrote his Will. He died at SIX o'ciocl,
"Wednesday morning.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-12-08
AS TO TEA.
(Harper'S Weekly.)

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