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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15

James Merchant, professor" Mar
chant his scholars called him, despite
his youth. longed to be Out of doors.
inside his room in the Latin school 1t
was warm and uncomfortable. The
1anltor had done his best that day and
the radiators were throwing off an
unusual amount of heat. Outside the
air was cold and clear and the snow,
a loot deep, lay sparkling like a jew
eled mantle in the afternoon sunshine.
When the last class was over Mar
chant arose with a yawn and began to
put on his overcoat All the boys had
rushed out into the snowfall save
Walter Beale, a handsome. quick-Wlt-
ted lad of fourteen.
We'll, suppose you are going for
slide this afternoon, Walter?" ques-
toned his teacher pleasantly.
Nope" rejoined the lad. Going
snowballing today, professor" he re-
Piled. There's going to be a snow
ball battle between the Latin school
and No. 49,"
You don't say" queried Marchant,
d. OuCC AuICICoICu. AOpV IAC AeaIAA
school drives No. 80 of the field We
beat them in baseball, you know"
THAT We did," agreed Walter, but
we wouldn't If you hadn't been pitch
ing against Professor Hanson. And
we won't beat 'em this time if you
don't come along and help us. The
boys told me to ask you about 1t. We
certainly do want you, professor, for
Professor Hanson is going to lead
the No. 80 army"
1.-The boys really do want me. Wal
teri" asked the teacher, joyfully. -
you just bet they do, professor"
exclaimed the boy. They've just got
to have you, that's all there is to it,"
Then I'll CO." announced Marchant,
taking off his overcoat. wait till
get my sweater out of the closet"
The next moment teacher and schol-
ar joined throng of boys kicking
their way through the snow to an
open lot near the school on which two
snow forts had been built. The young
warriors hailed their teacher with
cheers and pressed forward to the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
EAGLE WHIPPED.
BY BIG ROOSTER
FIERCE BATTLE ON WASHINGTON
FARM RESULTS IN VICTORY
FOR CHICKEN.
MANY PERSONS. ATTACKED
Fierce Birds Unusually Bold az They
Hunt Food For Their Young-Men,
Chickens and Animals Terrorized
by the Vicious Fowl.

Seattle, Wash.-Eagles, busy gather
ing food for their young ones and fly
ing down from their nests in the
crags of the Cascade and Olympic
Mountains, are unusually daring. In
stances are being reported where they
have attacked men, women and chill
dren. They are also charged with car
ry1ng off lambs, pigs, dogs, cats and
farmyard poultry. A months file of a
local daily newspaper shows the fol-
lowing:
George Hartman, hunter, of North
Yakima, Wash, attacked by maddened
eagle and severely scratched and flesh
torn.
A stage coach driver near Hartford.
Wash, attacked while sitting on his
wagon and face badly torn by the big
birds talons
Farmers, near Brinnon declare they
are losing much young stock by thiev-
ing eagles. More eagles are nesting in
the foothills of the Olympics than ever
before. The increased food supplies.
consisting of the small farm animals
Is given as the cause of so many
eagles.
A report from Mason county states
that bald eagles are swooping down
on farmyards and carrying of poul-
try, principally ducks and geese. A big
rooster on a Mason county farm fought
a fierce battle with small eagle of
some unknown species and won out,
putting the marauder to flight
News comes from Blaine that farm
ers observed two eagles descend from
high in the air and attack and carry
for over mile two day-old lambs. The
sheep in the pen were so badly fright
ened by the Tapping of wings and
bleating of the dying lambs as to
break from the Enclosure and run pell-
nell into brook. Is drowning.
A news story under Enumclaw
date, telling about pair of eagles
that had a nest on a high. rocky
ledge near there, says, "A newly
Matched eaglet fell from the nest 800
feet into the valley. Several children
coming from Sunday-school picnic
passed near by and were set upon
and badly frightened by the old birds.
So incensed were the eagles that they
followed the scared boys and girls to
their homes and were only routed by
the firing of shotgun toward them as
they circled over the houses.
Items were printed from various
towns on the Pacific slope of the Cas-
cade Mountains. noting the presence of
many eagles and the inroads they &C.
casionally made into the big pens of
ranchers and yards of poultrymen.
Henry GREGG, dog catcher for Seat
tie, shot a large bald eagle when the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
THE DANCER.

She dances like a dandelion,
Fluff upon the breeze.
AS gaily as a butterfly,
And quite as much at ease;
And surely she was always meant
To fly upon her toes.
There never was another
That could 60 as Doris goes.
The flowers she Is scattering
Are no lovelier than she.
They fall in yellow showers,
As she gaily sets them free.
And she beckons them to follow
To the land where all is young
Where a thousand sprites are singing
In the eerie faerie tongue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
Multiply on Fingers.

Perhaps the latter cases Of this
curious, little trick will be, more in
teresting than useful, but the first
series will at times be an aid to every
body who is now and then bothered in
his recollection Of the multiplication
table. A little experimenting will
show that the whole device is simpler
In practise than in description. Ref
erence to the cut will simplify the
study of these rules.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
SWINGING RING GAME IS new
Requires Very Nice Sense Of Dis.
lance, Careful Eye and Light
: Touch to Do it Right.

On days when it is too stormy or
too slushy to be comfortable out of
doors there is generally a strongly
expressed wish voiced by the younger
members of the family that there
was something to do" The old games
do not always suit, and most of them
require too many players. Let us
solve the problem. says Ladies' Home
Journal. r.. -
Here is pastime that is real fun
for it depends on skill. It is fun even
when played alone, for you can al
ways try to beat your own best previ
GUS score, and every time you try II
you become just so much more expert.
1t is for girls as we'll as boys, so a
brother and sister can spend a jolly
afternoon at it without either wanting
to see any friends, who are pretty
sure not to come in on a very bad
day.
You need two nails, string and q
ring OF some kind, about six inches in
diameter. If you have no old curtain
ring or something else of that sort,
you can make ring that will serve
your purpose perfectly we'll by get
ting thin piece of board, marking a
circle seven inches in diameter on its
surface, and inside of that another
circle six inches in diameter. Now
drive a nail in the ceiling, if there is
no hook for lamp or chandelier al
ready there, and another nail in the
wall with its head pointing upward at
an angle of about As degrees. Sus.
pend your ring from the nail In the
ceiling by a. string just long enough
to allow the ring to swing it's center
over the nail in the side wall and
hang there. Now you are ready to be-
gin. ~
Stand by the nail in the side of the
wall with your right hand holding the
ring close to the nail. Now push the
ring away from you, trying to make it
swing back and hook over the nail.
There! or course you didn't do It!
The ring came back and struck the
nall. but did not catch on it. In order
to catch on the projecting nail the
ring must swing in a circle If you
do 1t once out of your first ten trials
you are lucky. 1t requires a very
nice sense of distance, a careful eye
and light touch to do it just right.
Not so easy as it seems, Is it?
1t takes lot of practise to score
three out of i've trys. Get your broth.
er to try it with you, and he will be
astonished to find he is no better at
this than you are. In fact, girls are
best at this game and. strange as 1t
may seem, their judgment of distance
more accurate.
Try game, of fifty points, with
innings" of ten points each.
OF course, the winner is the one
who rings the nail the most times out
of fifty trials.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
BURGLAR STEALS BULLDOGS;
- OWNER VOICES DISGUST
SUPPOSEDLY VICIOUS CANINE
LOOT OF Thief WHO TAKES
HIM AWAY At NIGHT.

Montclair. N. J.-Charles B. Stur.
ges, whose home is in South Noun
tain avenue. has taken of his hat to
the underworld.
II the enterprising thief who Wis
tied Sturges' place recently and stole
the fierce-appearing, wifd-eyed, iron.
jawed, long-fanged. foam-fecked
brindle bulldog which Sturges pur.
chased recently to protect his home
against night marauders, will make
himself known, the Montclair man
will give to him the collar, muzzle,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
Geniuses That Went Broke

On the day fixed for the production
the bankruptcy was announced of the
hrm In whose keeping Sir Arthur had
entrusted all his securities, and he
news OF the crash reached the com.
poser just as he was setting o.: for
the theater. I'm a mowent," SAYS Mr.
Lawrence, his h3oErapaer. the result
OF the WORK of a lifetime and of econ
omS lad been swept away. =.
from the monetary point of view, he
mad to make a beginning all over
again. But, unmoved by his Ill for
tune, he conducted the first perform
ance of Iolanthe' that night"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15

leash, blanket, whip, tar soap, flea.
powder. mango lotion, distemper cure
and Illuminated pedigree that belong
to the dog.
Sturgcs has no more use for them.
He had planned to exhibit his brindle
bull at the dog show and make a de-
termined fight for first prize for fero-
ciousness
Now he has changed his mind. He
has decided that what he thought was
a brlndle bulldog really is, despite its
frightening appearance, an albino-liv-
cred cross between a lamb and a rab-
bit, with streak of turtle dove
thrown in. The feeling here is that
if the brindle hybrid does not guard
the underworld any better than it
guarded the Sturges home, in a little
while the police will have all its den
liens behind the bars, and the thief
who stole the brindle will be sorry he
did it.
When Sturges purchased the brin-
die he took it home and boosted to
his neighbors that any burglar who
1ntruded upon his premises would be
chewed to bits. He went to bed feel
ing that everything was safe, and say
ing to himself what blessing it was
to have a faithful, four-legged protec-
tor roaming the grounds outside.
The burglar seemingly greeted him
like long-lost brother, and the two
went away together as nicely as could
be, with the tail of the brindle wav-
ing by-by toward the Sturges home.
The thief evidently decided enough
glory had come to him for one night
in stealing a brindle bulldog, because
he made no effort to break into the
house.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
A Hibernlan Verdict.

A New Yorker is the happy employ
er Of an aged 1rishman, who grows
eloquent over the woes of the En-
erald ISLE Said the boss: Pat, the
king of England Is dead"
The old man was silent for . mo-
ment Then he took of his hat.
WELL" he said slowly, "as a man
he was a fine bit of q boy. AS Eng
lishmen 60, he was as good as yez
can make them. As king, there was
nobody on earth as could beat him.
But still, I'll keep me eye on George"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
Vanity Of Life.

How small portion Of our life it 10
that We really enjoy. In youth we are
looking forward to things that are to
come. In old age we are looking back
ward to things that are gone past; In
manhood. although we appear indeed
to be more occupied in things that are
present, even that is too often alb
sorbed in vague determinations to be
vastly happy on some future day when
we have time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
Questions and Answers.

Who invented the, locomotive p
Stephenson ss$1SE # $szs
Who established the theory of the
solar neutrality-suspicious. :
Who invented the fly . shuttle? -
John Kaye of Bury, 1861 =
Who invented the spinning jenny?
James Hargreayes, Is
Who invented the spinning frame!
Richard ,Arkwright. .s. ,. 81 !.
Who made the celebrated March
10 the Sea ?''-W. 4. SHERMAN.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
Girl to Ride $40 Mlle.-

st. Petersburg.-A young Cossack
woman named Kudashefi. has started
to ride from Hardin, Manchuria. to st.
Petersburg, on pony, accompanied
only by st. Bernard dog, and armed
with knife and revolver. The dis
lance is 5,420 miles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
Introducing Herself.

A little girl, the daughter of q we'll
known minister. was heard to finish
her evening prayer one night this
way: Now perhaps. God, you don't
know who is talking to you. I'm Mr..
Blanks little girl. and he Is the pastor
OF the First church. and the best
preacher IN the whole blamed coun-
try ##zs:<s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
Find Tribe Of Piomjes,

London.-The Times announces the
discovery by a British expedition ex.
ploring the great Snow mountains Of
Dutch New Guinea Of 4 tribe Of Dix.
mics averaging 81 inches In height,
dwelling at an elevation of about Z. 900
feet,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15

1T must be hard to have a bunch
of relatives to buy presents for"
says the Philosopher of Folly. "How
do people think up So many cheap
things that look expensive?" !.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15

There may be some disagreements
as to what constitutes our national
sin. but there will be substantial &C.
cord as to who are our national sin.
ners.-Charleston News and Courier.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
SIGN THAT IS NOVEL PUZZLE
Unique Method Of Trimming Store to
Advertise Stock-EIeven Words
Can Be Picked Out.

This sign was placed in a TRIMMING
store to advertise the stock. They
kept cotton, lining goods, silk, tape,
thread. pins, braid, cloth and buttons.
Can you find them by moving up.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
Carpino.

carpinq.
The professor of literature had been
criticised sharply for certain letters
written by him. "Confound these
cheap critics." he muttered, there's
nothing wrong with the letters. defv
any one to find split infinitive in tho
lot.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15

bird was circling over the enclosure
containing more than 100 captive dogs.
Whether the bird intended to capture
a dog for food is not known, but the
dogs had observed the eagle and set
up such continuous howl as to at
tract the attention of the manager Of
the pound.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
The EMBARGO Removed.

Shelby chaperon can't see a thfne
without her glasses, and now she's
mislafd them. He (chuckling)-s.sh.
Don't say anything! I've. got them IN.
my pocket-Boston Transcriot
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15

OF course it was an old bachelo.
who said that women ought to hold
their tongues occasionally in order to
give their thoughts a chance to catch
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
A Unique Sign.

down and slanting? Do not skip,
though you may use the, same letter
over again.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
Wrong Angle.

thing"
"A bright side! BAH"
We'll, there u.s."
DO you mean to tell me. doctor.
that there is bright side to my hay
ing had my leg amputated?"
Indeed, there is; and If you could
put yourself in my place you could
really see it."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15

Blankets by the Million,
More than 100000 pairs of blan.
kets are woven in the United King
dom annually.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
AeREETlNGs, Mr.. FRoo.s
How de do. Mr.. Frog?

How de do, Mr.. Frog?
In your fine new attire
1ssas Anaasysnra lovalysa bright gsen back
You look like a squire"
'"Thank you." said the Frog,
In manner quite airy;
with your pretty red ribbons
You look like a fairy"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-15
49,
- 8, lssss.i,s- = : =

Mrs.. Hare-Old Snail got his boy q
position last week and he only held
1t one day.
Mr.. Hare-What was It? (
MIRA. Hare-A messenger boy.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-01
THEFT LEADS
TO A CLEANUP

Stung to supreme efforts by the re-
port OF the theft o. a set OF plaster
ers and other tools Saturday night or
some time Sundar. the police and
city detectives yesterday raided sa.
looms on lower Twelty-fifth street and
secured II men during the afternoon.
all OF whom were locked up In the
city jail on q cblrge OF yagrancy
pending a rigid Investigation By the
police into the numerous petit lar.
ceDy cases which lave been reported
In the last few weeks.
A. A Driscoll a contractor and
plasterer. who ha been doing the
work on the remoieling of the build
ing on Twenty-flth street between
Lincoln and Grant avenues. was the
complainant responsible for the raids
made yesterday by the police and de-
tectives. According to the story told
by Mr. Driscoll several men have
applied 10 him foi employment since
he has been engaged on the Twenty
fifth street operation. one of whom
be recognized as Z man from Denver
whom he had met before.
While he did not remember the
Eame of this man he noticed partlc-
ularly the union card carried by him,
and knew where the man spent his
time while out ,f work, He says
that he was suspicious of the crowd
With whom the nan associates and
when he missed his tools Monday
morning Immediately reported the
matter TO the police with 4 descrip-
ton of the missing tools. After a
search of the various pawn shops
and second hand stores in the city
the police finally discovered the
stolen articles IN a second hand store
on lower Twenty-fiIth street and from
the proprietor OF the store managed to
get fairly good description of the
man who had sold the tools. From
the description given by the keeper of
the second hand store Mr.. Driscoil
recognized the man Of whom he had
been suspicious and accordingly the
police decided TO make an example
OF the man IL he could be captured
and incidentally clean out the gang
which is suspected OF having been ex-
acting toll OF petty theft from sec
tions OF the city for some two or
three weeks.
AS u result OF the first raid II men
were locked up in the city jail on
yagrancy charges, while the second
raid of the afternoon brought in six
more. All of these men were lined
up for the inspection of Mr.. Driscoll
but he failed TO find the suspected
marty
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-01
CONSlDFRATE? is
CITY COUNCIL
Cut $500 Krcher Salary Mayors That
ExtentMayors Veto OF Clerks Increase of Salary Turned
Down-Interest Floating Debt be Reduced One
Haf-Scrappy Councilmen Delight Bump
ing the Mayor-Latter Smiles

The city council last evening was
unanimous In sustaining the mayor 8
veto of the appointment OF Charles
Klrcher as superintendent of the wa
tcrworks department at salary OF
$4,000 a year. The only point of diff
ference With them was regarding tho
number OF dollars that the salary
should be cut
The waterworks committee recon-
mended that the salary be fixed at
$2.700 per year. Councilman Dana
made a motion that the salary be
fixed at $1,000, but the motion re-
ceiycd no second
The salary question brought out an
extended discussion as to what the
city could really afford 10 pay Mr.
Kircher. Councilman Barker contend
ing that IL WAS matter that deserved
careful consideration on the part Of
the city fathers. He said that the
city was in debt and 1t was necessary
to watch every avenue Of expenditure
and cut down expenses whero practi-
cable.
Mr.. Barker considered that $4,000
per year, while II was a reduction of
$500, was altogether too much money
to pay tho head of the waterworks
department. and he thought competent
men could be employed for much less
money. In the course of his remarks,
Mr Barker stated that he had no OBJ
lection TO the appointment OF Mr..
KIrcher TO the position. as he con-
sldered him a competent man. but
that ne felt that the salary should be
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-01
AIRING FOR
RUSH OF SPRING

AS an indication that spring Is here
at last, two building permits were is
sued yesterday by the city engineer.
Monday is generally quiet day in the
building permit line The first appli-
cation was from Fred Nye who oc-
cupics the building at 24l3 Washing
ton avenue, Tor remodeling and reno
voting the basement OF this building,
and the second was from Frank NJ.
Blair, who received a permit for the
erection OF a dwelling OF one story
and basement on Thirty-first street
between Wall and Lincoln avenues.
al an estimated cost of $1,000.
Preparations for a rush of bust
ness arc being made by the city en-.
Gneer's office, all indications point
Ing 10 an unusually heavy business
IN the line of building as soon as the
weather opens up sufficiently. Real
estate men are all optimistic in their
Views for the coming year. and be-
heye that Ogden will experience the
biggest rush OF trade In all lines
since the days OF the boom.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-01
HOGS AND VEALS

We are paying for fat hogs as fol
lows:
Hogs, from 200 lbs. and up, per
100 lbs. ......sssss.s...s 1910
Hogs. from 16o to 200 lbs, per
100 lbs, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. o.oU
Hogs, from 125 to 160 lbs, per
100 lbs. -. .....,,,......-... S.25
We receive hogs daily.
Anybody who prefers dressed
weight or hogs may bring them in on
Tuesdays or Fridays between I:3O
and 10 a. m. We will then slaughter
them while you walt. and pay $1,000
per 100 lbs. dressed At either OF
these days you may choose whether
you want the live weight price or
$1,000 dressed.
We pay for fat veals from 20 10 1875
lbs. dressed weight II cents Per lb.,
aud receive them daily. You may
bring them in either live or dressed
Access 10 our plant is now con
yenlept since the construction Of the
viaduct,
OGDEN PACKING & PROVISION co.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-01
ROYAL ARCANUM
AMENDS BYLAWS

At tho regular session of Rocky
Mountain No, 637, Royal Arcanum.
held last Thursday an entire new set
Of bylaws were proposed, the object
being to promulgate such articles as
arc necessary and compile the same
In brief language. and also abroeate
all resolutions adopted from time TO
time that appear on record IN Vari-
ous places. Until the council has
completed the work and adopted
these laws the meetings VIII be quite
lively, particularly as numerous ap-
plicants are now in the hands of In
vestigation committees which will
get the degree team into the harness
The captain of the degree team has
been anxious to induce the council
to consider the. advlsability of pro-
curing robes and draperies To elab'
crate the initiatory work and doubt
less his pcrslstcncy will give him his
bearts desire.
The members Of the local council