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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
1iowino SOAP Bubbles.

Blowing soap bubbles is an exercise
which has been adopted at 4 school in
Harlem, Holland, on the advice of a
local practitioner, DR.. Ootmar, in order
to broaden the children's chests. This
pleasant method, as ingenious as It 10
simple, was thought Of because Of the
difficulty In getting children to do Or
binary breathing exercises thoroughly
and regularly. On three days in the
week all the children have placed be-
fore them a bowl of soapy water and
a pipe. The windows are opened wide
to admit as much fresh air as possible.
Then competitions are arranged as to
who can blow the biggest bubbles.
Periodical chest measurements have
proved the efficacy Of the arrange
ment, increases being noted in each
individual case.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
MEASURE SIZE OF RAINDROP
Science Devises Method by Means Of
Which Volume Of Each Drop
Is Determined.

You would think 1t impossible to
measure the size of raindrop. as they
come streaking downward from the
gray clouds and seem to disappear In
minute flashes of silver on the pave
ment. Yet science has devised a
plan by means of which the volume of
each drop can be accurately deter
mined.
A broad metal tray is filled with
loose -four to the depth Of about two
inches. Then, carefully covered, it is
carried out into the shower the size
of whose drops it is desired to meas
ure. The cover is suddenly removed.
the surface of the -four is exposed for
about four seconds then is again
sheltered and carried indoors, where
an examination can be made at
leisure.
What happens is that the drops
which fall upon the loose -four, al
though they spatter little, retain for
the most part their spherical shape.
Within few minutes they have alb
sorbed enough of the soft -four to
make them semi-solid, and within two
hours they have hardened into pellets
of size that can be handed and
measured.
Use of this simple and clever device
has established beyond question the
old theory that the farther a drop falls
the larger it is. Many showers, e.
pecially in the spring and autumn,
begin as snow at height of five to
eight miles up in the clouds. In their
downward course they collect other
snowdakes, melt to water, and collect
other raindrops, so that by the time
they reach the earth they are Of con-
siderable size.
A fine, misty rain invariably falls
from low clouds, which hang close to
the earth's surface. Thus there Is
often only a difference of few hun.
dred feet and a few degrees of tenn.
perature between a drizzle or rain and
fog. Heavy thunder showers nearly
always release large drops.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Just His Touched


rug making, and that had the general
foppiness OF piece of cheese-cloth
The rug had tag on one corner that
said $685." but the Armenian raised
it to "$16.75" and then was sorry he
hadn't made it "$116.75," Philharmonic
us took it so quickly.
Philharmonius explained to us,
Wednesday night at the lodge, just
what a magic carpet is good for, and
how you sit on it and say few strong
Arabic words and 60 floating off on it
to any part of the world. When we
asked him he said he had not been
able to do much floating off yet, but
that in few days he would probably
take some trips. He took one that
same night.
He had the rug at the head of his
stairs, and he started down, but just
as his foot touched the rug it slipped
and the rug carried him rapidly down
stairs. 1t was quite a triumph for
Philharmonic, but it was noticed by
his wife that he said the strong Arabic
words after he had started, and on the
way down, instead of at first OF
course it wasn't much of flight, just
trial trip, as you might say, but
Philharmonic was mighty proud of
it, and said it showed that the rug
worked all right. He said that prob
ably in a few days he would be able
to sail away to Bagdad on it without
the least trouble.
All the next day he sat on the rug
in his bedroom saying strong Arabic
words, but he didn't seem to get any
where much. He felt that if he want
ed to he could easily fly down stairs
again, but he seemed tired OF doing
that. Flying down stairs that way
gets so monotonous. So Philharmonic
us strongly urged his wife never to
put the rug at the head of the stairs
again.
About seven o'clock in the evening
Phil went down stairs to supper, and
after supper he saw a big windstorm
coming up, so he rushed upstairs to
close the bedroom windows, and as
he dashed into the bedroom his feet
struck the rug. He says he uttered
the strong Arabic words as he was
coming down, he thinks. He admits
he didn't come down on the rug as
gracefully as a man could after a lit
tie practice, for when his feet went
out they went too high, thus raising
them above his head so that he sat
down on the rug with the back OF his
head, as you might say. But he says it
makes little difference to man who
really has his heart in the magic car
pet business how he alights. The
main thing is to alight.
The moment he alighted he began
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

were pains in my back anx swellings
of the ankles. Often I had smother
ing spells. I had to be helped about.
Doan's Kidney Pills cured me five
years ago and I have been we'll since.
They saved my life"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
President Taft on Discomfort.

President Taft, in one of his ad-
dresses to the farmers Of Florence, N.
c., told story about discomfort
No man." he said, "can really un-
derstand chronic discomfort after hav-
ing eaten one of those famous pine
stews of North Carolina. Chronic dis
content does, however, exist. Now
and then we find a case or two among
farmers when the weather goes wrong.
"'Ah, yes, Joseph, you have cause
to complain a lawyer said to farm
er. The harvest has been very bad,
no doubt Of that. But you should re-
member that Providence cares for all,
and even the birds of the air are pro.
vided for
"'Yes,' said the disconnected farm.
er, so they are-off my potatoes -
Washington Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
9&at9S&!ztss

was brought to his notice. Two bot
ties of Stub-Roo Liquid cured him.
Here are his very words: The
works of this medicine are next to
the miracles of God"
Too strong? Well here's our record:
mot One Known Failure in Years"
At your druggists, or send a dollar
tor a large bottle, express paid.
Write today to
Stub-Roo Medical Co.
Duluth, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Placing Coins.


the movement should be made rather.
slowly and should be commenced at
level close to the floor. permitting
the hand to follow. them up in their
course. rather than jerkily to pitch
them up; the whole action Should be
done very deliberately u"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Trains Her Own Child.

Mrs. Joseph Bachman, the lady who
has recently been elected to the board
OF education In Columbus, O., is an at
torney in the Office with her husband.
they having worked together for IS
years. They have one child, and he
has never had nurse, his mother be.
liev1ng that women should raise their
own children. When possible she has
him at the Office with her, and when
at court he stays with her mother.
She had no organized workers in her
behalf and not cent was spent on
the campaign. She keeps no servant.
and does not board, either,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
The Ruling Passion,

An old 1rishwoman, in describing a
gone but not forgotten" said: mike
was the foine man entoirely and he'd
be living now, if it wasn't for the
drink. He had dog and sure that
basic would bring him home from the
saloon whin he was so blind wild
liquor he couldn't see shtep before
him. And Whin he died-'tis the truth
I'm shpaking ghost walked at
night. both back and foorth, betune
the saloon and his house-and bedad
twas so dhrunk his dog knew him!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
The Tables Turned.

"Oh, dear" said the tired mother, Il
wish I were little girl again like
you!"
'Wen," rejoined fve-year-old Bessie,
let's play you are my little girl; then
you act naughty and I'll spank you
and send you to bed without your sup
per-"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
TO CURE RHEUMATISM
Prescription that Cured Hundred.

Prescription that Cured Hundred.
Since Published Here.
One ounce syrup of SarsapariIla
compound; one ounce Toris COM
pound; Add these to half pint of good
wh1skey: Take a tablespoonful be.
fore each meal and at bed time:
snake the bottle well each time"
Any druggist has these Ingredients
IN stock or will quickly get them from
us wholesale house. Good results an
ielt from this treatment after the firsi
lew doses but it should be continued
until cured. This also acts as system
builder, eventually restoring strength
and vitality.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
He Asked Too Much.

They had been engaged for exactly
Al seconds by the cuckoo clock
clara, DEAR" queried the happy
youth, who had a streak of romance
running up and down his person, twill
you promise to love me forever"
I'D like to, George" replied the
practical maid, "but I really don't ex.
Dect to live so long,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Neglected Branch Of Art

Among the artistic attractions" for
1910 which will be offered bv the civ
OF Vienna. according to a circular let.
ter just published, will be an exhfbi-
ton OF tombstones and monumental
grave decorations" The matter has
had the consideration of committee
for some time, and although the dates
and details have not yet been decided
upon, the proprietors say that the AZ.
hibition will be large one and 81,
every respect attractive"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Bridesmaids for Hire.

Romance dies out in the world, II
would almost seem, with the advent
of the professional bridesmaid.
Whether for better or worse, however,
she has arrived, and bureau in Lon
don offers to supply her, or a dozen
of her, suitably attired, at an hours
notice, for the sum of one guinea. Run
away couples might be expected to
figure as the bureaus chief patrons,
but it is said that the professional ap.
pears at formal weddings also, and
seems to fill want as clearly as does
the paid guest who goes to dinners
and dances given by the new rich. It
would be interesting to know whether
this tyre of bridesmaid feels emotion
or catches thrill of inspiration from
the events in which she oficiates. II
the thought of the guinea leans in her
mind no room for softer sentiment
hers is hopeless case indeed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
A Modest Doctor.

While on his vacation, a city doctor
attended the Sunday morning service
at little country church. When the
congregation was dismissed several
him, and one, wishing to learn If he
were a Methodist, inquired: Are
you a professor. brother?"
"Oh, no, indeed" answered the
physician, modestly; 'just an ordinary
doctor"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

Here j. & ri. .;.r:riys fril - .:
plicatiorI1 tr T. :" ;t,&,::, *:
degree oflterIec,lon.as.s,.s.,.z.s.s
Place the hand in . Id izontal 20.
ton, with the palm dqRnward: -
two or three coins on allowing
space Of about two incl es to In.
vene between EACH, as (hown In
ure, THROW the coins Upwards
raising the hand slowly. then :,
them in the palm of the same
one after the other. It is well to %
mence with one coin, Al ;;ar
Judge the amount Of force RI j.. ~
to throw the coins; then tncreas u
number to two. until finally four =
be caught. The skill lieu greatly
the manner of throwing til
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Friend Of the Animals.

Minnie Madden Fiske is working to
restrict the crime Of vivisection, for
50 she names the art of experimenting
on live animals, and also calls it the
inQuisition and hell of science. Any
law that will permit q child to look
unmoved to the character. she sAyA.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

! always love the summer time,
When it Is here, you know.
Or then I think I ne'er could stand
The winters sleet and snow.
Slut: when the first cold days roll round.
And the hillside's smooth and white.
take my sled and coasting go:
Oh. it @ such delight
know that like other boys.
love the season that is here;
And be it winter, summer, spring,
It IL the one most dear.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
WHEN BABY IS A NUISANCE
Poor, Bentghted Hindu Shows Practi-
cal Method Of Transporting
Their Children.

To parents who often find the con.
veyance Of children problem, the
accompanying picture, taken in India,
may be Of value. 1t may even be that
few Americans will elect to carry
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

troubles. Doan's Kid
ney Pills cure the
cause. Mrs. N. E.
raw 8, Villisca,
Iowa, says: II suf-
fered from kidney
trouble for years.
The secreti0ns were
disOrdered. I b er e
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Beliefs About Sneezes.
There Is quaint old rhyme about
sneezing which runs as follows:

sneezing which runs as follows:
sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger.
sneeze on Tuesday, kiss stranger.
Sneeze on Wednesday. have a letter.
6neeze on Thursday, something better.
6neeze on Friday, sneeze for sorrow.
eneeze on Saturday, see true love to-
morrow.
A sDeeze on Sunday meant visit
from the parson the next day, and the
good old English housewife set every
thing in order against his coming.
The sneeze has certain unfailing
traditions attached to it, especially
among the earlier English peasants,
and handed down to our day they have
become superetitions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Uses of Odditv.

isn't your hat rather curious in
shape?" asked the uniformed man.
"Certainly," answered his wife. 1T
has to be. Any hat that wasn't curious
in shape would look queer"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
WHY PEOPLE SUFFER.

Too often the kidneys are the cause
md the sufferer is not aware of It.
Sick kidneys bring backache and side
pains, lameness and stiffness, dizzi-
ness, headaches, tired feeling, urinary
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
True Friendship,

why did you tell your friend that
your dress?"
''Oh, simply thought it would make
her happy" -Fliegende Blaetter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

In his life as he enjoyed that flight
but that he feels that he has proved
that magic carpets really do all that
is claimed for them and that the real
student Of psychic phenomena know
when they have had enough. When
a thing is proved it is proved, and it
is foolish to 60 on proving it. So, in
order, probably, that he may not be
tempted to make any more flights,
Philharmonic has put the magic car
pet under the bed, and nailed it there.
copyright. 1909, by w. G. Chapman)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
AND TOMMY GOT BIFF.

TOMMY say, sis. Mr.. Gotsplosh
wanted to know what you had in your
stocking this morning.
Sis-Indeed; and what did you say?
TOMMY said the usual things,
you know.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

Occasionally a girl discovers that
the young man after her own heart
isn't after it at all.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Ouinine Tab1ets
Druggists refund money If it fails to cure III "
GROVES signature IL on each box. 25c
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

Give married women fighting
chance and they'll do the rest.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

DAVIS PAINKILLER
sh9TM b. taken without delay when SIRE chess and
nckling throat warn you that an annoying cold
throatenA At all druggists in Csc and SO kbttlo6
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

Occasionally the human race is run
over the course of true love.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04

their children after this mode, but the
fact that the whole world bears the
same burden may not be lacking in
solace.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Yo,l1Iiver
is Clogged up
STRONG WORDS FROM A MINISTER

The Rev. F. o. Carlson, Of Grants
burg, Wis.,, suffered with eczema for
2. years. He had tried ten different
doctors and answered all advertise
ments when
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-04
Bad Breath

::'For months I had great trouble with my
stomach and used all kinds of medicines.
Ny tongue has been actually as green %
grass, my breath having bad odor. Two
weeksago a friend recommends Cascarets
and after using them can willingly and
cheerfully say that they have entirely
cured me. I therefore let you know that I
ehall recommend them to any one suffer-
ing from such troubles. ''-Chas. H. Hal
perm, ia E. 9TH St., New York, N. Y.
CUT THIS OUT. mail it with your sd-
dress to Sterling Remedy Company. Chi
cago, Illinois, and receive a handsome
souvenir gold Bon Bon FREE. Oh
PATENT FL - 49,: WEE Whine:
j NV j DC Est - Yrs. Best rofere0co6
nAFEMFo lnventors' book FREQ. Besasl
] - Gu y HcGin bldg, Wash, b. II
w. N. T., Minneapolis, No. 5-191Q
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-26
Gane.eoeks In Panama.

The color line is not very distinctly
drawn in the Latin republics. The San
Bias Indians are found in and around
Panama. Like the Seminoles Of Flor
ida, they never were conquered. A
curious feature Of native life In Pana-
ma is the cockfghting, which, like
baseball in the United States, Is more
attractive to the public than any other
form Of recreation. Even the work
men on the streets have favorite birds
tethered near by and seize every op-
portunity to test their prowess. The
'click-click of steel spurs as the birds
strike each other, the squirting Of blood
and the clamor Of men indulging in
small wagers seem to supply the men,
tai excitement that Spaniards find in
bullfghts and that English speaking
races derive from less brutal contests:
The hacker of each gamecock stands
behind 1t, and If his bird shows signs
Of exhaustion he takes it up and puts
its bill into his mouth while he In
flates its exhausted lungs One game
cock in fight witnessed by the writ
er, appearing almost dead, was thus
revived, went back into the pit and
finally killed its, opponent.-- National
Magazine.
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What : an Elernent?

In his little book called sThe Ele-
ments'' Sir William A. Tilden defines
an element as "a substance from
which by the operation Of ordinary
chemical processes only one kind Of
matter can be obtained This is some
thing quite different from the four ele-
ments of Aristotle fire, water, earth
and air-ors the salt. sulphur and mer-
curry Of the alchemists. Even in mod
ern times the conception Of what an
element really is has changed some
what. Sir William adds: Until quite
recently the elements Of the inorganic
world were supposed to be fixed, Inn
mutabie with the lapse OF ages or UNI
der the mighty forces concerned in the
making Of worlds. But within a few
years we have learned that the atoms
at least are continually crumbling
away. It Isl impossible to say whether
all may not be suffering slow waste
which In the long ruin may lead back
to the primal chaos, {.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-26
Gone For Good.

Some folks IN foreign lands have;
their own way OF determining whether
their relatives who have migrated to
this land Of ours have become hope
lessly Americanized. One old lady in
Germany reached her conclusion in a
way that can be appreciated only by
those who know the type Of the Ger
man butter dish. deep as a bowl, and
the German reverence therefor. Last
week her granddaughter in New York
received this sad lament:
You will never come back. You are
lost to u.s. Hans Ia cousin) arrived
here from New York on Monday and
reports that you have even given up
our deep German butter dishes and;
are using those shallow little plates
that Americans New York
Times
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RAILROAD TINE CARDS
Great Northern

No. 50 West Bound Leaves at $3.50 p. m
No. "a East Bound Leaves at 1908 p. m
No. 35 West Bound Leaves at SAP a. m
No. SO East Bound Leaves at 1:2O a. m
No. los North Bound Arrives at TAO D. m
No. 106 South Bound Leaves at ZOO q, m
Freight West Bound Leaves at 900 a. m
Freight East Bound Leaves at $3.50 p. m
Minnesota & International
No. 80 South Bound Leaves at 8:15 a. m
No. 81 North Bound Leaves at 6:lO D. m
No. "a South Bound Leaves at 11:35 p.m
No. 80 North Bound Leaves at 4:2O a. m
Freight South Bound Leaves at 7:3O a. m
Freight North Bound Leaves at 600 a. m
MINI. Red Lake & Man.
No. North Bound Leaves at 1886 D. m
No 2 South Bound Arrives at 1880 a. m
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-26
Been Deceived

Have you been betrayed by promi-
SEES of quacks, swallowed pills and
bottled medicines without results
except damaged stomach? To
those we offer HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea, to learn the value of
a real soothing, healing, curing rem
edy. Don't delay; start tonight
E. N. French & Co. ..@
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-26
Marsh Siding.

Marsh Siding.
The Willing Workers met with
Mrs. ]. c. McGhee. Friday.
Mrs. John Hadeen visited with
her daughter at Glen Falls, last
week.
The popularity Of both L. O.
Myhre and John Morrison was
shown Tuesday, by each receiving
every vote of his own precinct.
Myhre, the nominee must now re-
new the fight with Hanson, the
public ownership nominee.
The Brown school is closed few
days on account of illness of the
teacher, Miss Annie Bowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buell. leave tonight
for Kansas City, where they will
spend the winter. .
Z. Miss Frances Bowers began her
work this morning as primary teacher
in the Wilton schools.