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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

ton, he will get a fee of S or 6 per
cent of the buildings cost. Then he
may be given more. pretentious work,
and so on, till he successfully submits
plans in a. competition, or otherwise,
for. some large public or semi-public
institution; and finds his reputation all
made, and his fortune in the making.
Between our office boy and the sue
cessful architect, however, there is a
long course of studying that has to be
done besides what he has learned in
the Office. The time has long since
gone by when an architect, so-called.
simply copied the plan of one house
when called on to lay out another:
for the modern cry Is for. more: elab-
crate and original structures which
require the most elaborate and pains
taking detailed knowledge. :.
Your boys course Of study. which
can be gone through at nights and
will be partly acquired in his work.
will include quite complete knowl-
edge of geometry and geometrical
drawing, as we'll as freehand and per-
spective drawing, architectural and
ornamental drawing, pen and ink
rendering, drawing in water color
and from nature, an extensive knowl-
edge Of masonry and carpentry, the
latter including ornamental ironwork
and sheet metal work; wiring for
electricity, plumbing, heating and ven.
tilating, painting and decorating. Also,
he will have to be able to superintend
the construction of the buildings for
which he has drawn the plans, and
this includes general knowledge of
all that the contractor does. Also, he
must have studied contracts and the
building permits and laws of his par
ticular locality, as they have to be
conformed to.
These subjects seem a somewhat
forbidding array, particularly when 1t
is added that the architect has to
know the strength and adaptahility of
every timber or stone or piece of steel
or iron used; but all this is no more
than thousands of successful men
have already learned, and no more
than your boy can pick up during the
course of his work-if he is ambitious
and has unremitting application. Let
me add that he should make his be
ginning in a comparatively small Of
flee rather than by being Fohe Of a
score of employees in a large archi
tectural company. In the latter he
will probably. develop facility in only
one particular line of work, and be
kept at it, In the other case he will
have opportunity to participate IN
every class of work. And it is the
all round man who stands the hesl
chance of making good in architsc
ture. He can specialize, If he so de
sires. after he has got a firm fostada
ton. For there are architects who
devote their time and energy on
churches; others who limit their serv
ices to skyscrapers; others to stores
and lofts; still others to dwellings
and SO on, through the entire list Of
buildings. But It is invariably true
that every successful specialist is one
who knows from A to Lizard about
everything there is to know of archi
lecture in general way. And this
lie had sense enough to learn before
he set about specializing.
Copyright, 1910. by the Associated Lit
erary Press.)
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Limitations of Science.

Johnny was sent to study mathe-
mates, and the teacher told him that
1t was true science. For instance -
she said, If it takes one man IL
days to build house, then IL men
can build it in one"
Johnny replied: And 2SS men will
build it in an hour, 1890 in a minute,
1,036.s00 men will put it up in a Sec
ond. Now, don't believe they could
build a single brick in that time.
Again, If one ship can cross the At
lantic In II days, IL ships should be
able to cross it in one day. don't
believe that, either, so I'm not going
to study mathematics" and Johnny
lott tho teacher studying it herself.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
A Benevolent Censor.

A trio of young ladies spent some
weeks last year at an out-of-the-way
village in the mountain region. Thew
found the village postmaster a quaint
old character, whose ways were as
original as they were startling, so
that the daily trip to the postoff1ce
became a real event.
rs there any mail for us, major p"
asked one Of the young ladies, as she
appeared at the window one morn.
ing.
mo. they amt a thing for you-all
this mawnin', Miss Mary" was the re-
ply. They wasn't nothin' come for
you but letter that looked like ad.
vertisin', and so opened it. and sure
enough it was jest some advertisement
about somethin' or other, and / saws
to myself, says I, Now, Miss Mary
don't want to tote such stuff as that
home with her. and so I throwed it
in the waste box"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
REASON FOR PETERS TEARS
Wire From Bale Of Hay Caught In
Mouth Of Hippopotamus Caused
Big Animal to Weep.

Peter cried steadily for nearly a
week, and the keepers at the Bronx
zoo in New York could not imagine
what was the matter with him. Peter
could not tell them, because he had
never learned to speak English, and
he was only hippopotamus. anyway.
He just stood in his big cage and let
the tears run down his cheeks. He
would uot eat, and all he would do
was open his mouth so wide that you
might have showed a bale of hay into
it. 1t was a bale Of hay that had
caused all the trouble. When, at last,
the keepers looked down into the back
of Peters great red mouth they saw
that an iron wire that had been used
for baling hay had been jabbed into
the flesh and was sticking there 1t
was no wonder that Peter cried and
could not eat. The keepers fixed the
hippo's jaws open, and then one of the
men reached in and tied cord to the
wire. 1t took three men to pull it out,
but they did it, and then Peter went
to work on the dinners that he had
not been eating.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
TEACHES ART OF SWIMMING
Apparatus Invented by California
Man Makes Children Proficient
Without Aid Ct Water.

An apparatus to teach swimming
without water has been invented by
California man. The principle lies in
the fact that it will teach the proper
stroke because no other is possible,
and when this movement has become
a habit the pupil will strike out in the
correct way as soon as he or she
hits the water. The novice lies on a
padded support, which extends to her
knees. She grasps a pair of pulleys
above her head, and attached to
these pulleys are cables. The cable
in her right hand is fastened to her
left ankle and that in her left hand
to her right ankle
When the learners hands are
brought down to her sides in the arm
stroke her legs are made to kick
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Aerial Toy.

four or five inches long and connected
by thinner strip. Bend these wings
near their centers till what was or
iginally the top of one becomes the
lower side, thus forming a pair OF
blades like the propeller of a boat OF
Of an airship. for that matter.
Then take stick about eight inches
long and from an eighth to a quar-.
ter of an inch thick and nail the
wings to one end of it. This done,
hold the device with the wings ur
and then stick between the palms OF
the hand. Give it twirl or two
with the last motion shooting II
forth into the air and you will be
surprised to see Il sail straight fer
ward for a distance Of from 20 to
80 feet before it begins to descend
an inch.
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=; M1NZD !
@zZZZZ&;5
MISHAP TO "JACK AND jill"
Certain Familiar Mother Goose Rhyme
|ls Revised by" Copy Read Ing
Newspaper Office.

Good nonsense grows out of good
nonsense. "A writer in the Chicago
Tribune imagfnes what a "copy-read-
err in a newspaper Office would do
VITA a certain familiar Mother Goose
rhyme. The copy-reader, who has
had a reporters training, and has
learned to write everything alike, sits
down for a few moments, and revises
Jack and Jill" somewhat as follows:
Jack, aged seven, son Of Peter Jones,
298 Spring street, and Jill, aged six,
daughter of Mrs. Abigail Thompson,
296 Spring street, at eleven o'clock
yesterday morning walked up the hill
near the junction of Blinker avenue
and Fordyce place.
For the purpose, as jill afterward
explained, of procuring pail Of water
although the improbability Of their
finding water at the top Of a hill nat
urally suggests itself.
Jack, who was carrying the pail,
had started on the return trip, accom-
panied by the little girl, when he
stumbled, as is supposed, over some
obstacle In his path, and fell, his head
striking the ground with great vio-
lence. Doctor Slack, who was at once
summoned, pronounced the lads in
jury to be a fracture of the anterior
portion of the Uranium, and ordered
his immediate removal to Blessington
hospital.
And jill, who had fallen at the same
time, either through excessive fright
or In consequence Of having stumbled
over the same obstacle, but had re-
ceived no serious injury, went home
unassisted
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Tommy Got Il.

The first grade teacher had been
able to spank Tommy with the great
est enthusiasm, says Everybody's, but
his next teacher had not reached the
point where she felt she could do
Justice to him in spite of his naughti-
ness. Send him to nae when you
want him spanked" said the first
grade teacher one morning, after her
colleague had related his many mis-
behaviors. About II o'clock Tommy
appeared at the first grade teachers
door. She dropped her work, seized
him by the arm, dragged him to the
dressing room, turned him over her
knee and did her duty. When she had
finished she said, well, Tommy,
what have you to say" please,
miss, my teacher wants the scissors"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Skunks Out Of Season.

II you are harboring skunk on
your premises you'd peter look up
you local skunk law It seems there
are certain things you can't do rela-
tive to the possession of a skunk,
even though you are treating him
well. That Is to say, you can't go as
far as you like. We always supposed
the skunk able to take care Of him.
self, but it seems that the laws Of
New York have stepped in to assist
him. One Henry Guernsey of Geneseo
has been arrested and fined for having
skunks in his possession out of sea-
son. Hen said he s'posed skunk was
skunk any old time OF year, and If
he wanted to run little skunk farm
on the side, s'posed he had perfect
right to. Hen compromised, and let
the skunks go, but the neighbors, who
are wearing clothes pins on their
noses, say they wish the durn law
would mind it's own business. Boston
Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Prudent BRIDEGROOM.

"The uncertainties of life in New
York are reflected in wedding rings"
said the jeweler. "Of all the wedding
rings l have sold this season more
than half were brought back after the
ceremony to have the date put on. The
rest of the inscripuon was engraved
when the ring was purchased, but in
order that the date might be correct
it was cautiously omitted until after
the knot was tied"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY Il CO.. Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney
for the last is years. and believe him perfectly hon.
orabe in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his arm.
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price Is cents per
bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Swimming Apparatus.

out with the same motion. When
the force of this movement is spent
her legs are drawn up again by a
strong elastic cable, also fastened to
the ankles and attached to the ap.
paratus above her head. The support
on which the swimmer" lies is ex-
tended far enough out to prevent her
arms going below the level of her
body, and auxiliary support limits the
downward movement of her legs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
MOST INGENIOUS little TOT
Few Turns Of Hands Sends It Spin
ming Across Room-in Line
With Aerial Craze.

A most ingenious little toy that is
right in line with the present craze
for things aerial is that here depicted.
1t is SO simple that anybody can make
hours. Take a strip of thin, light
metal-aluminum # you can get q
piece of this, or celluloid Cut out OF
1t pair of .,lliptical wings, each about
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
"1hank You's."

The man who is not thankful for
the lessons he learned in adversely
didn't learn any.
There must be plenty Of thankful
ness in the world if those who have
loved and lost could know just what
they have lost.
why are you giving thanks? They
took $4,000 from you in Wall Street
q little while ago, didn't they?"
Yes; but 1 got out with $40 they
didn't know I had"-Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Mrs. s. j. Barber saws:

'1hipkLydia E.
P1nkham'S Vege-~
table Compound
Is tho best medi-
cine in tho world
for Wonen-and
I feel it my duty
to let others
know the good it
has done for me.
Three years ago
I had q tumor
which the doctor
said .wn111d hava
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Mistaken.

Tommy has a purpled eye:
Tommy has battered nose;
Tommy has broken tooth;
Tommy has two crippled toes
What's the matter with our Tommy?
What has caused him such annoy?
Tommy thought that he was bigger
Than the other little boy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

aches, dizziness
nervousness, etc.
Keep the kidneys
well and health is
easily maintained.
Doan's Kidn e
Pills make strong,
healthy, Kidneys.
N rl +! X: Joseph los e !.
Gross, Church. st.,
Morruton, Ak,
says: my ankles
were swollen and
my back was so
painful I could not
straighten. I was
troatod nv sir dor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Made Of awl-work-Shoes.
Mean to degree-The temperature.
If you multiply vowel by a vowel,
what instrument will you maker
Axe (AxE).
Which fruit is never single?-The
pear.
Which fruit revels in history THE
date.
Which tree forbids suicide?-The
olive 20 live).
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Youthful Reason.

A Sunday school teacher, after
reading the story of Ananias and Sap-
phira to the juvenile class, asked:
Nov. children, why doesn't the Lord
strike everybody dead who tells a
lie?"
"'Cause," answered a bright little
fellow, there wouldn't be anybody
left. hardly"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
80 OOOOOoOoO0
ARCHITECT?

Architecture ls one Of the
most promising lines Of en-
deavor today, besides being one
Of the cleanest-To become an
architect your boy can go to an .
architects office-Just how he
will be advanced, the studies he
will have to pursue, and why it
Is necessary for him to go into
business for himself at certain
stage-The comparative ease
with which this can be done.
BY C.. w. JENNINGS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
An Admission

An Admission.
Fred-I proposed to Miss Dingley
last night.
Joe-Don't believe I know her. Is
she we'll off?
Fred-Yes. guess so. She re-
fused me.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

to be removed by an operation or I
could not live more than q year,
or two, at most. I wrote Mrs Pink
ham, atLynn, Mass, for advice, and
took IA bottles Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and to-
day the tumor is gone and I am a
perfectly well woman. I hope my
testimonial will be of benefit to 9TH
ers."-Mrs. S. J. BARBER, Scott,
NJ "
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY

TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY
for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
Smart-Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, Csc,
soc, $1.00. Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes, Csc, $1.00 Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
A SURPRISE.

Young Benjamin was coming down
The stairs as youngsters do,
Pausing at every step to stamp
Upon each tiny shoe.
And peeping through the banisters
He laughed aloud In glee
And held his wooden elephant
That all below might see. >.
Alas! when nearly down. the toy
-, Fell from his needless hand
And crash upon the marble floor
:. With heavy. thud DID land.
A startled step did Baby make.
With terror in his eyes,
And he, too, landed with a thump,
And that was the surprise.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
More to Be Pitied.

More to Be Pitied.
Tramp Ito lonely spinster)-Come
Missus, arst yer husband If e amt
got pair O. trousers to give away.
Spinster (anxious not to expose her
solitude) my good man, he
eh-never wears such things.-Punch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Must Have Equal Share.

In China father cannot leave more
property to one son than to another:
all must have an equal share.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Mrs. W. X. Housh sayss =.

II have been
completely cured
of q severe f.
male trouble by
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound, and
want to recon-
mend it to all SUI
fering women. -
Mrs. W. K.
sH, Z East
view Ave., Gin
cinnqti 0hiO-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
CHEERFUL. WORDS FOR SUFFER-
ING WOMEN.

No woman can be healthy with sick
Kidneys. They are often the true
cause Of bearingdown pains, head
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Bad Breath

''For months had great trouble with my
stomach and used all kinds of medicine6.
My tongue has been actually - green a.
grass, my breath having bad odor. Two
weeksago a friend recommended Cascaret4
and after using them can willingly and
cheerfu1ly say that they have entirely
cured me. I therefore let you know that I
shall recommend them to any one suffer-
ing from such troubles. "-Chas. H. Hal
perm, ia E. 9TH St., New York, N. Y.
DO G ood. Nevec Si:ken. Ws.tsn or Chs.
10c, sc, SOC. Never sold In bulk. Tho Gen-
uine tablet stamped c &C. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. u
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

Because your case is q difficult
one, doctors having done you no
good, do not continue to suffer with
out giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound trial. It surely
has cured many cases of female ills,
such as Inflammation, liberation, dis
placements, fbroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, etc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Cultivates Garden on Roof

A beautiful garden has been cult
waited on the roof of the West Lon
don police court by the housekeepaE
Edward swift,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Mrs. i. F. Hayes says:

II was under tho
doctors treat
ment for a fbroid
tumor. Isufered
with pain, sore
ness, ating,
and could not
walk or stand on
my feet any
length of time. I
W rote to Mrs.
|Pinkham for adj
vice, followed her
directions and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

tors without relief. Since using Doan's
Kidney Pills. have nothing to COM
plain Of"
Remember the Dame-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 50 cents \
box. :.
Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
Mrs. George May SAYS:

|'"No one knows
what I;h4ve suf-
|fered fro m fe-
male troubles,
neuralgia pains,
and backache.
MY doctor said
he could not give
me anything. to
cure it. Through
the advice Of. .
friend / began
to use Lydia E.
lPinkham'S Vego-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

A truly great piece Of work IL al
ways piece of good work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

For 80 years Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound has been the standard remedy for
female ills. No sick woman does justice to
herself who will not try this famous medicine.
Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and
has thousands of cures to it's credit.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
- to write her for advice. She has
guided thousands to health free of charge.
Address Mrs. Pinkham. Lynn. Mass.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28
he OF them.

table Compound, and the pain soon
disappeared. l continued its use
and am now in perfect health.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has been a God-send to nae
as I believe I should have been in
my grave if it had not been for Mrs.
Pinkham's advice and Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
Mrs. GEORGE MAY, SO 4th Ave.
Paterson. N. J.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

AVE you ever thought about
architecture as your boys
life's vocation?
If not, perhaps you would
do we'll to look a little into
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CONVINCING PROOF
VIRTUE
Lydia E Plnl<I1am's Vegetable Compound
evidence as the following letters represent7 # you are
sick know who what sensible reason have
you for not giving Lydia E. Pinkhans Vegetable Com
pound tial For years have been publishing such
testimonials letters thesehousands Of them they are
genuine and honest, too, every Of them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-10-28

took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. To-day I am q we'll
woman, the tumor was expelled and
my whole system strengthened I
advise all women who are afflicted
with tumors or female troubles to
try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound" - Mrs. E. F. HAYES,
1890 WASHINGTON St.. Boston. Mass.