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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
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sages hidden in it's depths.
Transformation pictures consisting Of crude draw
tngs in ink at best less artistic render
ing In water color preceded by many the trans
formation valentines that were introduced by tho
Germans once the manufactured valentine became an
established institution. In these old valentines tho
before and after" order favorite subject was that
of bachelor sitting disconsolate and alone in his
cheerless home Upon lifting flap of cardboard
there disclosed by of contrast the happiness
and contentment that might be his in home pre-
sided over by devoted wife.
One of the valentines Of this class in the Baer
collection at first glance nothing more than a
commonplace representation Of the exterior of q
church. but shifting of the displays the nte
rior of the church with the bride groom best man.
maid OF honor and other attendants The best part of
the scheme Is that the young ady-her was Flora
who sent this keepsake a century ago to the
trouble to duly label each person represented in the
enhancing that the recipient presumably had
advance information all details of his own we'd
ding.
Some idea of the extent to which the custom Of ex.
changing valentines carried is indicated by the
great number of different designs shown in Baer COL
lection above mentioned After 1880 the practice
OF preparing valentines at first hand have gone
rapidly into decay and the last of the valentine wrters
bears date of the mentioned. Following this tho
manufactured valentines increased rapidly cost and
pretensions From the lace paper confections which
were gradual evoution-and which, by the way have
remained perenniay popular until the present time
the development turned to the production of silk and
satin valentines beautifully ornamented water Color
glance through the art gallery Of old valentines
gives clear and accurate idea OF the various changes
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
The Co1us of Muscat

a foreigner, which is probably why
the Arab likes 1t. He also claims Il
is richer and makes more butter, but
most ridiculous of all IL the deception
practiced on cows when; the calves
are "weaned." A calfski1. or some
times . goatskin,, II stuffed with rags
and tied not far from where the moth.
or COW 10 anchored. This .edigy Of he,
late amented offspring soothesa hel
nerves and keeps her from "Eofna
dry" according to Arabic tradftton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
CLIP THIS OUT

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Dusty and hundreds here have been
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11


tines in America aud indeed the notable private
public collection of the kind in the world is the prop
erty Mr.. Frank House Baer well-known resident
the state Of Ohio and prominent railroad official Mr..
Baer who has had the to indulge his unique fad
inaugurated his valentines ago
has covered quarters of the globe in his search This
premier valentine collector has than 1000
specimens in his old art gallery and Of his prizes
have cost him pretty penny.
Antedatng all forms of manufactured valentines
the valentine writers"books of specially prepared
verses and sentiments designed for the use of SWANS
and madens of century and a half ago, who must
needs prepare their valentines These first aids to
the sentmentay inclined that have been preserved in
the Baer collection have such suggestive titles 1.-THE
Bower of Cupid" 1.-THE School of Love-" 1.-THE Ladies'
Polite Valentine Writer" THE Satirical Valentine Writ
ar" and "Rhapsodies for Gentlemen Who Wish to Ad-
dress Ladies in Sonnets"
The Oldest and most valuable valentines in existence
those the Baer collection believed to be the
onlv ones of kind extant-are the cut paper vaen
tines These carefully folded and decatey cut with
sawtooth edges the average love token Of this kind
being so arranged that its unfolding discloses
tnuous succession Of penned sentiments One of these
cut paper Valentines bearing the date 1890 formed
from sheet of paper about the size of ladys hand
kerchef folded into of about four inches 1t
was originally sealed with the representation Of heart
Particularly quaint conces In the line OF oldtme
valentines found this collection those which
resent in each instance either single flower cus
TOR If CAV posies fashioned from tissue somewhat
>on the order of modern artificial flowers. However,
these ancient counterfeit blooms slit into lattice
like meshes that the pulling OF attached thread will
cause each flower unfold disclosing sentimental mes
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

that accumulate in all Of our post
offices at the valentine festival. In
innumerable instances youngsters
send Notwithstanding the COM
1c vartety-to persons whose initials
they do not know and regarding even
the spelling of whose names they are
in ignorance. Similarly there is often
a woeful lack of detail in the ad-
dresses embodied in these hazy in
scriptions. All these irregularities
make for difficulty in delivering the
mail on st. Valentines day. Some of
the battling products of the instinct Of
mischief the letter carriers or local
postoffice officials are able to decipher
and deliver to their proper destina-
tons, but many of these mysterious
souvenirs must needs be sent to the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

Muscat Is famed as the hotbed OF
smugglers in the Persian gulf, the
nearby desert tribes being regularly
supplied with arms despite the efforts
Of the British patrol. But to the
writer, reared on a Missouri farm. the
odd antics of the cows Of Muscat
seemed nothing short of freakish.
They actually eat 1lsh. No grass
grows. 80 the Willy Arab teaches his
family COW to subsist on dates and
dried dsh. The milk tastes queer to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

class and Meredith did not like the
accommodation.
why don't you go first, sir, and let
me go third?" the servant asked.
NO." said Meredith, I'D rather
have your company than travel first
class alone"
Sometimes" Mr.. Cole said, when
I worked for him first, he would write
all or nothing. He never seemed to
care about his own comfort. He used
to sleep at first all the year round, in
the little chalet near his house, and
he would get out Of bed every morn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

ing to let me in until suggested that
he would save himself from catching
cold, If he gave me a key. His only
Injuries were good wine and good ci-
gars. and he was a splendid Judge of
both. Every now and then he would
have bit of luck and get hold Of
some extra precious wine, and this al
ways delighted him."-London Core
spondence Of Denver Republican.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

sender II such information has not
been given on the outside wrapper.
Thus when the wandering parcel final
ly reaches the dead letter office and Is
opened there, there is every chance
If its proper destination cannot be de-
termined, at least the identity OF the
sender can be learned and the postal
orphan sent back for better address,
ing. No such clews are to be expect
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
Rather Tall.

THAT" said Senator Tillman of an
opponents argument, lis an amusing
exaggeration."
He smiled.
In fact" he continued, 1T Is a.
bad an exaggeraticn as the story
about Ben Johnsons height. They
said of Ben, you know, the candidate
for sheriff, that when he made stump
speech, instead of getting stump
ready for him to mount, they would,
because he was 30 tall, dig a hole for
him to stand in."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
Faithful Companion Of Meredith,
Great English Author, In a
Reminiscent Mood.

nj a flower4decked cottage in the
village of West Humble lives the man
who for 30 years was the faithful
servant and devoted friend of Mere
dith. A mile away at the foot Of Box
Hill is the house In which the poet
md novelist lived for large part Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
Which Valentines Are Comic?

We read lot Of vigorous censure Of comic" valen
tines But why. in the Of pigment, doesn't
one arise in meeting and tell which is the comic" kind?
generally understood that the hdeous distortions
OF form and feature accompanied by insulting and semi
obscene doggerel, called comic. But that sort Of
thing isn't comic at ALL Those the saddest creations
possibe-rankly and hagrantly and Intentionally dis
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

dead letter office at Washington-the
ultimate destination Of all the waits
Of the mails.
Even in this final clearing house for
lost letters, the unique characteristics
Of the Valentine day mail prove a
handicap in It's disposition. Articles
sent through the mail at other sea.
sons of the year usually contain some
indication as to the identity of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

1vh,ua rose with pink leaves-snt it artistic?
Al vonve seen those that just Of pen
dants al, busily pending from twisted and tasseed
silk cord haven't you? Great! On the top card which
is shaped like a scaloped pancake, Is painted beau
tl little girl with scarlet dab that had been
for her ltps striking her the end Of the
the chin and with golden hair that has blue high lights
On the next pendant (Which is square and hangs
about two inches below the other) is picture Of an
Oklahoma landscape with the pyramids Of Egypt and a
Dutch windmill in the distance.
The one just below is cut-out figure of Queen Maria
Teresa the Venus de Medci Katherine de Milo or
Mrs. Maybrick or early Christian martyr.
Still below hangs two-inch heart Of red with cupids
It, and below that continues string lesser ones
So, when it gets right down to cases. the kind
of evidence that would be accepted in competent
court of law where nobody corrupted, which are
the comic Valentines?
Don't all speak at once.-strickland W. Gillian
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

DR.. A. A. Ames, four times Mayor of
Minneapolis, the we'll known and very
successful physician, who has prac-
ticed his profession for the past forty
years in Minneapolis, is still actively
engaged in practice and may be seen at
his offices, 81 So. Sd St., opposite Post
Office, daily. All patients receive per-
sonal care and attention of DR.. Ames.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

his placid beautiful life. Frank Cole
was much more than Meredith's gar
dener: he was his body servant and
general handy man, and in the poets
later years took him for his daily air
ings. First Mr.. Cole, supported his
master with his arm, then came a
bathchair period and finally a donkey
chaise. He also accompanied "the
master" ION the latter's infreqdent
journeys. They always travelled third
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

, ALL the different and
distinct classes Of mall
that pass through Uncle
Sans postal channels In
the course of the year. 1t
Is probable that none
show so large a proper.
ton Of loss en- route as do
the valentines. That SO
many valentines 60 astray
Is, however, due almost en-
tirely to the negligence OF
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
Not the Proper Atmosphere.

MOI INC proper HtmUspneTe.
Overheard outside St. AIMS church
yesterday:
First City Man-Are you going in
to hear the archdeacon to-day?
Second City Man-No, think not
1t puts me in the wrong frame OF
mind for business for the rest of the
day-Manchester Guardian
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

which have taken place in fashions during the past
tury and hal: pertaining to the costumes of both
men and women The distinctive styles Of the periods
or 1881 and the civil war shown we'll as the ear
her epochs Especially significant in this regard Is an
ola valentine bearing date of 1906 in which sailor lad
Is shown bidding sad farewell to his sweetheart The
costume OF the tar is interesting exempfying the
republic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

First American Paper Money. >
The FIRST American paper money
was made In 174Q.
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gushing. Surely the truly comic val
entine is the kind which exhibits a
lot of absolutely meaningless combi-
nations Of color and shape and fill
gree and gingerbread and which car
ries It all off with conscious air of
being just too beautiful for anything.
Who except a maker of valentines
for the trade ever sat down and mag
jned four-arched heart with silk and
celluloid blisters on it, arranged
tastefully about a fgleafless card
board Cupid sitting on the back of an
accordion-plaited tissue-paper swan,
which he was guiding across tinsel
desert by means of ribbon snafle
bit? Ell? I wonder what they irri-
gate their designers with before they
hand 'em the scissors and paint pot
and glue bottle and turn 'em loose
for that sort Of thing?
Then these blood-red pansies a foot
across, with more celluloid revers on
'em, turned back from nice empty
spot over which is pasted, with q
hinge, a lot Of paper insertion of the
kind they have in the edges of cigar
boxes! And when you lift up the
cigar-box paper (cut in designs like
those mother used to cut in the shelf
paper) you read underneath, in old
English type:
think 1t would be mighty flne
If you would be my valentine.
Isn't that deep and original and
thrilling?
The the lapels of celluloid-what
would the valentine perpetrators do
without celluloid?-are fastened back
at the points, each with little string
of tinsel arranged In loop. while on
the bend of the lapel is painted q
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
The eternal Feminine.

why can't you run a little faster.
Willie?"
Gee! dere's no pleasin' some won.
en-! If I was er race horse, you'd kick
because ! couldn't fly!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

cient valentines as fad or pastime. A
recent canvass of the leading museums and
libraries in the United States disclosed the
fact that none Of them possess SO much as a
single specimen of the valentine of our
great-grandmothers period, although the
British museum in London boasts the own.
ership of a number of early valentines.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
ImpoIite Papa.

ImpoIite Papa.
Mamma, what makes papa make
that funny noise?"
Hes snoring, dear"
But you always tell me it amt po-
lite to blow my noise out loud"
ALIENS LUNG BALSAM
will only fresh cold, but of those stub
born coughs that usually hang on for months. Give
1t trial and prove its worth. Csc. Soc and Sl.OO
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

He who gives better homes, better
books, better tools. fairer outlook
and better hope, him will we crown
with laurels.-Emerson.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

WHY suffer with eye troubles, quick ~
lief by using PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, 25c.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, NY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
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o CLASS of antiques Is OF
greater rarity to-day than the
valentines of ye olden time.
Nor Is this strange, for filmy
creations of lace paper and
scrap pictures could scarcely
be expected to stand the wear
and tear of a century or more
and survive, as does old fur
niture or pewter or brass.
Possibly because old valentines
are so comparatively few In
number and so hard to find,
only a very limited number of
persons have ever attempted
to gather c0llactiOna If an.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

Time cannot remove kindly acts
from a grateful heart.-Royston.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething Boftens the gums reduces IN
Examination, allsys pain, wind collie. CSC bottle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

He loves his country best who
strives to make it best-Ingersoll.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-31
Refreshments Not wantsd.

The rector Of an English church.
seeing that there was only one aims.
dish and that The congregation was
unusually large, bsckoned to d rustic
ard babe him to Sc through the gar
den to the rectory dining room an,
bring a dish from the table. Take it
down one side OF the NORTH aisle and
up me oiher, he said, and then Lring
u 10 me The rustic came back with
me disn, as ordered, and presented ii
10 the people on either side of the
2lsie. Then, approaching the rector
whispered in his ear I've done as We
told ne, sir. I've taken it down one
side tho aisle and up t'other--theyu
none on can ave any" No order had
been given to empty the dish. and it
was iull OF biscuits.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-31
Ice as Fuel.

y cake OF Ice at 80 degrees Fahren
nett Is ordinarily considered to be
rather a cold substance. but 1t o. rs
much hotter than liquid air AZ the
oven in which bread is baked is hot,
ter than the ice.
a tea kettle partly filled with liouid
air and placed on a cake of ice re.
celves so much heat from the ice that
the liquid air soon boils vigorously
and the boiling can be made more VIC
lent by adding few humps of ice.
II the normal temperature Of I'm
earth were at the freezing point of air
and we could obtain block of ice
such as Is distributed by the iceman
OF today such ice could be used MS
fuel and would be put into the fur.
naces instead Of coal. Popular Me
chanies.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-31
SLEEP REMAINS A MYSTERY
NO One Has as Yet Been Able TO De,
fine Its Exact Cause and
Conditions.

All that we know about sleep Is that
we Know nothing about 1t. The ven.
cradle John Bgolow Poultney's IN.
ther-w wrote book on "The Mystery
o. Steep" and left II moro Of nsys,
terry than eyer. A famous psycholo.
gist has lately considered the subject
IA q book that Will cure the average
case OF insomnia II the victim attempts
70 read II, The effects of sleep are
known, but not Its cause or conditions.
A medical journal says that nrain
workers should get all the sleep they
possibly can, whether 1t Is nine hours
or only five. Some men sleep slow ana
others fast. The secretary of a mann.
factnrers association In Boston. a
man verging on middle age. has for
years worked at high pressure and got
alohg nnelv on an average of three
hours sleep day. Most intellectual
~ active men. however, can't knit IN
the raveled sleeve in less than eight
or nine hours. They sleep slow.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-31
The End OF Mr.. kore.

James c. Dahlman, the Mayor of
Omaha, was talking about bores.
i used to be pestered to death
with bore" he said. my door,
keeper was good natured, oblig-
ing chap, and he could npever find 1t
In his heart to turn the bore away.
Just as sure as l was In the bore was
certain to be admitted.
One day, after an hours martyr
dom at the mans hands, deter
mined to end that persecution. So
| called my doorkeeper, and said to
him mysteriousIy:
Jim. do you know what keeps
Smith coming here SO regularity
No, sir, said Jim. 1 doa't
mind telling you the confidence that
mes after your job
From that day." Mayor Dahl
man concluded, Il saw no more OF
the bore"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-31
Time to Make Good.

There was to be a circus In town
next day, and Robert wished to go
to see IL unload; so he sought to
obtain his fathers consent, says
Judge. The first question his father
put to him on being approached was:
Have you asked your mother?''
Yes"
What did she say?" the father
pursued
She said / couldn't 60" was the
frank rejoinder.
What do you mean, Robert. by
coming to me to ask to do a thing
after your mother has told you could
not do it?''
We'll, papa" the little fellow on
served. IL heard You say last week
that you're the boss Of this ranch,
and thought It vas about time for
you to assert yourself"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-31
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

1tices of a sessment for the i'm
provement of Eighth street and Up
per Sycamore street appear else
where in this paper. The date for
the hearing in the county court, in
both cases, Is Monday, June 20.
These two and the Commercial ave
nue. Improvement constitute the last
Of the big Improvement schemes in
the city.
With respect to Commercial ave
nue. there Is said TO be some differ
ence OF opinion between the city au.
thorities and the street railway PEG,
pie. The ordinance provides for two
tracks on Commercial avenue, and
II was SO framed at. the suggestion,
or with the consent of Mr., Fisher,
the former manager, who believed
the second track was to be put in at
once.
Now, however, 1t appears that the
company believes 1t can get along
with one track for a time and pro.
tet Is made against being assessed
a proportion Of they cost of paving
the street to cover two tracks. While
1t Is conceded that the cost win fall
heavily upon he company (although
the ten-year payment plan mitigates
this considerably II is urged in tay,
or Of the assessment as apportionel
that the company has asked for and
hat theen siven tlG right to put
down two tracks. and that it will
cost less money by putting down
the second track before or at the
time the street is paved than after
It has been paved, when it must
take up the pavement and lay it
again. 1t is expected that some sat
isfactory agreement will be reached
before the matter Is finally acted up.
on In the county court.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-31
About Mouth BREATHING.

Mouth breathers are more liable te
contagious diseases and to diseases Of
the bronchial tubes and lungs, which
are more apt to be fatal than In nose
breathers
Bony deformites and other growths
inside OF the nose may also present
nose breathing, and. like tonsils and
adenoids. by causing mouth breathing
give rise to deformities of the upper
Jaw, irregular teeth and to number
81 nervous troubles and diseases. such
as st. Vitus' dance, night terror head.
aches, restlessness, night swoats mon.
tai dullness, backwardness in schoo,
asthma, rheumatism and tubercular
glands of the neck.