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'trange Inventions at Patent Office

prevent chickens pecking out each
others eyes, The inventors attempt
to enforce all chickens to wear the
device by legislative action in Kansas
did not succeed, may say.
Members of secret societies, who
sometimes may be put to much
trouble to secure a sufficiently iracible
goat for the purpose Of initiating new
members to their respective lodges.
will be glad to learn that the invent
i've genius of America has come to
their assistance. The device is a me-
chanical goat, which can be put in the
closet when not needed: that requires
no feeding and practically no care.
Also, it may be handled by its keeper
without fear Of consequences.
THE candidate, blindfolded. Is led
to the side of the animal, and on 1t he
takes his seat, placing his feet In
stirrups on either side. As the goat
is pushed about the lodgeroom a
series of wheels and rods. geared to
the wheels on which it runs, causes
the animal to buck and rear In a fear
full manner, keeping the candidate In
continual danger of being shaken of.
Presidents Of Kansas and other
states in the cyclone belt, who are
forced to retire frequently to cyclone
cellars. and then organize searching
parties to find their home when the
storm has passed, will be pleased
with the invention of a tornado-proof
house. This is built in the shape Of
submarine, or a dirigible balloon.
From one end there is vane, or tail,
which is designed to keep the other
pointing in the direction of the wind.
the house being mounted on a pivot
at its center, and turns freely on a
circular track.
Tails are common enough on wind
mills and weather vanes, but here Is
probably the first time that the idea
has been adapted to residences. The
Withdrawing end to the house, the in.
ventor says. is REINFORCED and win
dowless, and the door opens on a
fight Of steps. wheeled at the bottom,
which follow a circular path that ten.
ants may always have place to de.
scend. The inventor says his idea
Is particularly applicable to hospit-
ais, and that by anchoring it it can
be arranged TO permit continuous
sunlight"
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the lingams, such representations of
parts Of the human body as would
bring the police Of any American or
European city about the ears of
priests and vendors alike. The Ne
paulise temple. though containing
some fine carvings, is so covered with
obscene figures that European ladies
are no longer allowed to enter. and
European men, unless coarse and vul.
gar, would blush to be seen by any of
their kind there.
When one comes to the banks Of the
Ganges. he sees Hinduism in its most
characteristic guise. for here to its
holy waters come tens of thousands
Of pilgrims every year to wash away
their sins. They battle in it, they
throw it over their heads In ecstasy.
they dip beneath it's waves in holy
glee. they drink it's horrible mixture Of
water and dirt at the mouth of the
city sewers, and then they shiveringly
stand upon the steps Of the bathing
CHAT and put On their strips Of dry
cloth
Many OF the pilgrims arc old men
and women. who have journeyed hun
dreds Of miles. and whose totterinx
steps will hardly support them to the
bank Of the sacred stream and out
again. But no matter, their sins have
been Washed away u its dirty Water..
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WASH1NGTON.- ''Labor-saving de-
" Vices are always In demand; the
thousand inventors of this country are
Ill devoting 80 per cent. of their time
to producing such things, each in the
hope of winning for himself fame and
fortune, cash and credit" said a pat
ent attorney the other day in Wash
lngton.
"One Of the strangest Of these
schemes to tighten the worlds work
Is patent recently obtained by an
ingenious person in Des Moines, la.
1t is called the self-tipping hat, and
Is designed to save the popular per-
son from the fatiguing labor of re-
moving his hat every time he meets
one of the fair sex with whom he is
acquainted.
Much valuable energy is utilized
In tipping the hat repeatedly says
the inventor, and my device will re-
Heve one Of it and at once cause the
hat to be lifted from the head in a
natural manner It is a novel de-
vice, In other words, for effecting DO
lite salutations by the elevation and
rotation Of the hat on the head of the
saluting party. when said person bows
to the person saluted, the actuation
OF the hat being produced by mech
an1sm within it, and without the use
OF the hands In any manner
mo truly rural person ever could
have been responsible for the inven-
ton OF eyeglasses for chickens,
which was protected by United States
patents recently. The glasses are
modelled much after the fashion of
grandpa's Specs the nose rest being
enlarged to go over the chickens
head, while the ear hooks are Joined
In the back
mo claim is made that the chick
ems eyesight is poor, or that magni-
f1ers ever are needed that it may the
better discover the reluctant worm or
the elusive bug, but the inventor does
say that the glasses are designed to
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Oklahoma Kids See Sights of Capital

and focked around them.
How do you like Washington
the speaker asked the youngsters.
Bully" said the boys, who used tc
know President Roosevelt, and had
some White House slang.
well, my lads" said the speaker
this city belongs to 90,000,000 Of peo
pie. You own just as much of it as
Andrew Carnegie or John D. Rookie
feller."
The baby deputy marshal looked
very important. He gazed longingly
out of the window as much as to say
that if he could have his share he
would take the Washington monu
ument
How much do you rider" asked
the speaker.
"Oh, forty or fifty miles day." an
swered the wolf-catcher's son.
"You kids! You mean a week." said
the speaker. The Abernathys looked
bored.
Nav" they said, "a day. We make
so miles a day easy"
But the army test" said Uncle
Joe. that's 80 miles In three days. ]
thought that was a pretty severe tes.
in horseback riding. for grown men,
too"
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Unusual South Carolina WeddIno,

A very unusual wedding was SOL
emnized at the Mary Help Catholic
church recently when Mary Glover
and Joseph Williams, both colored,
were married. Father Lannigan Of
floating This was the first time that
colored couple had ever married in
white peoples church In Aiken, and
consequently 1t drew a large crowd
both white and colored. Both parties
to the match are well known Aiken
colored people, and many Of their
friends were present to witness the
ceremony.
The bride and her attendants were
dressed neatly and becomingly In
white, and the bridegroom and his at
tendants wore Prince Albert suits
with white gloves. After the wedding
the bridal party repaired to the home
of the brides mother, where large
ly attended reception was held and
where many presents. gifts of both
white and colored people. were dis
played.-Aiken Journal.
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and near by IL the burning CHAT where.
in a few days or weeks at most, their
poor old bodies will be laid on a pile
Of blazing sticks, while curious tour
lists look with morbid eyes and hear
the old thing sizzle." as I heard ono
man express it. No reverence, no
solemntty, no respect for the dead il
inculcated by such a disposition of
the bodies in the most sacred spot In
all Hinduism. Cremation is very well,
but such cremation!
The Monkey temple is another show
place for all visitors, where grinninE
simians that vault and caper over the
walls, and hang by their tails from the
trees within the enclosure, are con-
sidered sacred and worshipped as
gods. While the monkeys and COWS
are petted, the rest Of the animal Gre
alton is hardly treated indeed. The
little racks Of bones, called horses,
that drag around the Benares vehicles.
are starved and beaten till they fall
in their tracks. and then they are
left to die in agony. for it is a sin
In Hindu eyes to kill and put them out
of misery.
Human animals are scarcely better
treated. They live in squalid quarters,
In filth and wretchedness, in compar-
ison with which the worst purlieus IN
our most ill-governed cities would be
comfort and decency. They live on
eight cents a day. and their wages
will average one-hundredth part of the
worst paid laborers in America
Yet these are the results of the
philosophy and religion that are laud-
ed in some quarters in Boston and
other American cities; a religion that
sends its missionaries to the west to
be petted and adored by some foolish
men and Anticipated women.
Compare such a city as I have de.
scribed with any city In America. how
ever much ashamed we may be of
some of our municipalities. Compare
Boston with Benares, and we have
cleanliness instead Of filth, stately
churches instead Of obscene temples,
beautiful cemeteries instead of horri.
bic public burning-ghats, universal ed
ucation in place Of almost universal
illiteracy. fair days wages for fair
days work instead of starvation for
man and beast. 70 say the least, the
contrast is not favorable to Benares.
Copyright. 1870 by Joseph B. BoWles,)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

THEY are fused up out at Fort
i Myer, where the cavalry has 1ts
headquarters. Recently a Washing
ton youth, who got tired OF his ways
aid the ways of the world In general,
and who had sufficient money to go
those ways swiftly, decided to enlist.
He did so in the ordinary manner.
Then one day when he had leave an
automobile was drawn up outside OF
the fort and the recruit sauntered out
and got into It. The officers saw him
driven away. and their amazement
was considerable. The lines are:
definitely drawn at the fort. There
are several streets With square houses
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24
Prejudice Against Sleep.

Why can some men sleep at will
and some nervous men too, while 9th
ers, sometimes very heavy" men,
with apparently immovable nerves,
are tortured by insomnia? Why too
do some men seem to obtain sufficient
rest with five hours sleep. while 9TH
ers require nine? Do some men
sleep slow" as Mr.. Smedley jocular-
~ argued in one of his amusing
stories. or do they actually require
more sleep?
The popular prejudice against sleep
works an infinity of mischief. There
are plenty Of sluggards even among
the cultivated class, but the sleep
sluggard is in that class a very rare
specimen. The tendency Of the edu-
Gated is to wakefulness. and the man
who does intellectual work and ex-
hibits what his friends think dispo-
sition to oversleep is obeying .
healthy instinct. Sleep recuperates
him and he knows it.-Family Doctor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

Chicago quotations show that while
the prices of the two most expensive
cuts of meat have dropped a little. the
13 cheaper cuts, in contrast, have in.
creased in price. Let's see, didn't the
government issue recently 1000, 900
copies Of a cook book showing people
how to use the cheaper cuts Of msat1
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STUDY IN CONTRASTS
The Brahmins of Boston and
Benares Compared.
WHERE SWAMIS F0REGATHER
Comparisons Between Two Headquar-
tiers Of 7rahmins Soon Exhausted;
Contrasts Endless-eenares Prod
uct Of 20 Centuries Of Hinduism.

(ey Francis e. Clark, D. D. L.. d.
President United Society Of Christian
Endeavor.
l have not chosen my title simply
because Of the faint ALTERATION in.
volved. but because of certain resem-
blances and contrasts which are worth
noting between the city on the
Charles and the city on the Ganges.
Boston is often spoken Of as the
headquarters Of the New England
Brahmins; Benares Is certainly the
headquarters of the Indian Brahmins.
American transcendentalists have
!oregathered about Boston; Hindu
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head, told me the other day that he
had five thousand converts to Hindu.
ism in America. many of whom lived
in Boston.
Moreover, he declared that his
school in Huntington Chambers was
thronged with the cultured people of
Boston, and that he hoped soon to go
back to the Hub to make more con-
verts.
We must take his statements, how.
ever. with several grains of salt, and
his own culture can be gagged by a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

transcendentalists (the shades of
Emerson and Alcott forgive meD have
tried to realize their astral bodies in
Benares more frequently than in any
other place.
Moreover, Boston has been more
hospftable to the Indian Swamis and
high priests than any other city, If
these same Swamis are to be believed,
for one Of them, fat Swami or god
in q yellow robe, whose turban was
several sizes too small for his swelled
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

China has taken another great step
toward western civilization and the
emancipation of its women. The
daughters of the Chinese minister at
Washington have learned to make
fudge. When the American schoolgirl
atmosphere gets into any home, how.
ever orientalized, things are bound to
be changed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

That submarine vessels can make
extended trips is shown by a recent
experience with the Viper, owned by
the United States, which, in command
of midshipman, ran 4S7 miles, from
a point off the North Carolina coast to
Annapolis. Hitherto no such attempt
has been made. Of course, the voyage
was made on the surface, as submar-
ines dive only when such action is
considered necessary But that the
Viper could 60 safely for such a dis
lance, unaccompanied by any convoy,
is taken to show that such craft are
capable of more Independent service
than was supposed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

A Chicago woman will be compelled
to explain to the federal grand jury
why she refused to talk to a census
enumerator. What about the old
theory that woman is never able to
hold her tongue?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24
Arrested for SneezInq.

The most silent town in Europe is
Tor rather was until recently not
Bruges apparently, but Driesen-Vor-
dam, in Brandenburg. Here the mu-
nicipal regulation with regard to
street noises are so strict that WIS.,
itor short while ago was fined five
marks for sneezing out of doors. The
stranger refused to pay, and though
assured that this small fee saved him
from the properly deserved punish
ment Of prison, he remained unmoved
by the expression Of generosity and
preferred to argue the matter out In
the local courts. He was eventually
acquitted, but since the verdict the
head of the police Of Driesen-Vordamm
refuses to answer for order in the
streets of that locality.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

The price Of skunk skins has ad.
vanced 100 per cent, so expect big
rise in several kinds of mink, seal and
ermine next winter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

The "Chantecler" cocktail is the
latest, but the man who drinks it
probably does not feel like Growing
the next morning.
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to the Golden Temple and the Cow
Temple. and when you get within their
sacred precincts the nastiness is in
describable. From stagnant tanks.
filled with decaying flowers and other
offerings to the gods, eager pilgrims
quaff the poisonous water as though
it were the nectar Of the gods. as in
deed it is to them. II the Hindus,
through centuries OF incubation. were
not microbe-proof. cholera. dysentery.
smallpox and plague would claim
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

In Zurich, Switzerland, the people
have q custom Of burning an ef1gy of
winter In the streets. If it would help
to bring winter to an end the custom
might we'll be adopted in other places.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

New York suburban railroads have
raised the rate to commuters. Here is
new incentive for the flying-machine
man to continue his activities.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

Candidates for parliament in Hun
gary are being pelted with stale eggs.
Has Hungary no cold-storage houses ?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

Soon some nervous people will be-
gin worrying about what the comet
will do when it returns seventy-flv
years hence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

From Lynn comes story of bread
buried in dry sand and kept sound and
sweet for Is years. This seems to be
another hint for cold-storage men.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

Kissing is safe, says Boston ply
stefan. The young mans fancy will
turn this spring, no doubt, with far
more than it's usual intensity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

Judging by some Of the recent flc-
ton. more novelists are of unsound
mind than are legally declared so.
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their millions throughout India, as
they do now their tens of thousands
every year. The marble floors ate
often inches deep in manure from the
sacred cows, which, aside from the
monkeys, are the only peaceful. petted.
well-fed creatures Is Benares.
Hideous idols abound everywhere.
stone bulls and grotesque and horribly
distorted images of silva and Vishnu.
Most common of all, in every temple
and shrine, while thousands of them
are exposed at the street corners, are
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24
Crude, But Comforting.

Crude, But Comforting.
you are having a lot of fun with
that kite of yours" said the neighbor.
YES" replied Ben Franklin, there's
a great deal of satisfaction in getting
little long distance electricity with
out being told that the lines busy"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

Some straw-hat symptoms are mani.
Testing themselves.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24
And about those flies-!

There are no good flies except dead
ones.
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Astronomers, on the other hand,
learn something new every day.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24
MOTHERS
WHO HAVE
DAUGHTERS
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hams Vegetable Compound

Hudson, Ohio-'Tf mothers realized
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gives new ambition and life from the
first DOSE" Mrs. GEORGE STR1CKLER,
Hudson, Ohio, r. No. s, Box 80.
Hundreds of such letters from
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BILE Compound has accomplished for
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2: Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn,
Mass.
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

Railroads are having trouble fixing
hats. They ere not heavy enough to
go by weight. Why not charge by the
acre?
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Rejected bv Hobo

Rejected by Hobo.
Weary-1t's a poor rule that doesn't
work both ways.
Willie-G'wan! It's a poor rule to
work at all.
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do not tell boy how bad he is,"
says the superintendent of a boys
school. No, he might get naughty
over having achieved such distinction.
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ahea,vd Scheme.

ont0"0 0O5B0bs5Oa
/ Hew1tt-How did he make all his
money? zs c..5~ r.. .zs........... s...ez
Jewett-He started q place where
those Who had been on their vacations
could 70 and rsst ,.s.9
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

The scientists may prove or dis
prove the dangers in kissing, but it
will take all the kings horses to stop
it-and no one seems to be rounding
up horses, either.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

Thanks to the California expert.
mentors it is now possible to eat cacti
and roses. It'll be long before this
prickly fodder takes the place of meat
and Eaters.
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Big


-Four hundred thousand people
take q CASCARET every. night
and rise up in themorning andcall
them blessed. nyou dom beloneto
this great crowd of CASCARET
takers you are missing the greatest
asset of your life. -
cAscARHTs roc q bog for n veaa,.
Treatment, All drugxiGts. BixEest seller
u tie WuGld. N0fou hoxeS a Roa1h
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Kansas will continue to raise corn
and put money in the bank without
getting jealous or excited over dia-
mond discoveries In the neighborhood.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

The Husbands union should inves.
tigate the case of the man whose wife
beat him with her fists, stove poker,
a hammer, and then had him arrested
for assault and battery.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-24

ct HAD no particular interest in Hal
/ ley or his comet" says Senator
Simmons of North Carolina, but Mrs.
Simmons had. Every morning while
the papers were full of the phenome-
non, we would get up at two or three
o'clock. Then Mrs. Simmons would
lead me to window and point out q
dark line in the sky. 1t didn't look
much Of comet to me, but she In
sisted that it was. and l took her
word for it.
One morning we went through our
regular performance. The more l
looked then the less l was convinced
that we had seen the comet at all. At
length, after an investigation, dis
covered that our comet was the dim
outline of a church steeple against the
sky. Nice performance for dignif1ed
senator to rise every morning to look
at a steeple."
All OF the members Of the house are
not acquainted with each other, and
this often leads to funny mistakes.
Though Adam Monroe Byrd has been
in four congresses, he made one OF
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