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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

An American aeronaut committed
suicide by jumping into the English
channel-a dismal paraphrase of the
coals-to-Newcastle principle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15
Army's Many Useless Hitching Posts

IN the United States proper, we nave
/ approximately 10000 mobile troops
half of whom have been in the army
long enough to have become trained
soldiers. Unfortunately the system un-
der which the government manages
the army permits of no such efficiency.
This system divides the army into
number of minute parts and imposes
on each part enough non-military duty
to prevent the military training which
alone can make an army efficient. This
dissection is accomplished by putting
small garrisons in the "forts" or posts
which are scattered throughout the
length and breadth of the land, chiefly
at points were absolutely no excuse
for the pras,ence of a military force
exists.
Some Of these posts were erected to
meet military exigencies incident to
the war of the revolution; some were
established as temporary environments
for troops during the war of 1872;
some are relics of the Mexican war;
others were built along the frontier to
give protection to the western settlers
against Indian depredations. The mil
itary necessity for these posts (irrev-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

A statistician tells US that $4,000
workmen are killed or injured every
yeaI in this country. What was It
General Sherman said about war?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

This weather tempts a man who has
broken himself Of the whisker habit to
start something.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

Astronomers tell US that there is
frost on Mars. but we need not be told
that there is frost on this little old
earth
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

An Omaha Judge says there is no
such thing as old age and proves 1t
by marrying at the age of 70. Boys
will be boys
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

People who have family Of small
boys and girls do not need a calendar
to remind them that Christmas Is
coming
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

A New York Judge decides that an
Americans house is his castle and he
has right to fortify it with handy
revolver.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

Farmer in Connecticut found lump
of gold in chickens crop. The mug
get Is said to be almost as valuable
as a fresh egg.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

Medicine Hat has resumed. It
stands ready to forward all sorts of
disagreeable weather to any address.
charges all prepaid.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

European centenartans.
Centenarians in Europe are much
more numerous in the south than in
the north, according to the investi.
cations Of a German scientist. From
statistics he has collected 1t appears
that Bulgaria has one centenarian IN
every hundred Of the population.
while nermany can barely muster
one In a million. Germany, in fact.
has only rs such patriarchs, compared
with Bulgara's $3.50. Rumanfa has
1914, servia 573. Spain 40. France
213, Italy 1877, Austria-Hungary 113.
Great Britain 81. Russia SO. Norway
q. Sweden 10. and Bslg1um :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

Toe dancing is advised for fat'foot-
ed children. whereas q fiat foot IL an
excellent help In buck dancing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

An exchange tells US that noise.
less typewriter has been brought to
light. The poor girl must be deaf and
dumb.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

1t has been decided the campaign
cigars are not included in New York's
new law prohibiting the carriage Of
deadly weapons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

Doesn't it beat anything how mer'
curry can go down when it gets start.
ed?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

The baby emperor must wonder
what is the matter with his nursery
nowadays
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15
Manchus and pigtails are going out
of fashion in China.
The rubber gown is the latest thlna
In feminine apparel Rubber!
Buffalo steaks that go uneaten arr
utilized as hinges on barn doors.
The cold wave is a stimulus Il
trade particularly the coal trade.

II the pen Is mightier than the
sword where does the typewriter come
In?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

Minneapolis. which has invented the
hobble wh1sker, may keep it and vel
come.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

being descendant general under the
distinguished services in the Great Sikh
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

The ire fend loves an overheated
furnace.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-12-15

Hustle. and you will not feel the
cold. ~ -
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
HISTORIC OLIVE TREE.

It is not everywhere that one can
find an olive tree under the branch
es of which Plato conversed with So
crates about the soul. But in Greece
there still lives such tree. One is
even tempted to add that st. Paul
himself stopped and rested against
its trunk when on his way to the
city to announce the word of God to
the Epicureans and Stoics. By the
roadside of the "Sacred Way" which
unites Athens with Eleusis, one
comes upon the olive tree chosen by
Plato as the site of his academy, and
which has fourished more than
twenty-three centuries. Here every
day comes q Greek, Mons.
Evangelos Vamvacas, who ruined
himself financially for an idea.
This man sold his cafe that
he might be able to send
a few branches Of Plato's olive tree
as peace offerings to all the sover-
eigns Of the world.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
WHEN THE EYESIeHT FAILS
Then Things Look Good to One That
Everyone Else 10 crlticlslna
Harshly.

Everything has It's compensations. Sc
declared the man whose hair is gray
ing over his ears and who can't read
fine print as easily as he could ten
years ago. Eyes, sir! Things look
good to me that I hear other people
criticising like the mischief. Every
girl has a fiawless companion; ev-
erybody's hair looks as II It grew
there and didn't have to be pinned on;
all my friends are handsome: the
streets seem clean and my clothes
look new.
Then, when I put on my spectacles
=! But I've learned not to, except
when / want to read. When my straw
hat gets too spotV my good wife
punches me up and says It's time to-
buy a new one. and when she needs
a frock she just quietly hauls my
specs out of my pocket, hands them to
me pointedly, and stands before me In
q good light. Rose-eolored spectacles
are all right, she tells me, when I'm
looking at her face, but she prefers
me to inspect her last summers gown
with my strongest, clearest lenses"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
END OF VACATION ARGUMENT
Wife Agrees to Separate Outing Plan,
but Hubby Drops the
Subject.

In the garden. over the Sunday
paper and a pitcher of iced tea, they
were holding vacation argument.
YES" he said, DOC Sawyer tells
me a separate vacation Is the best
thing for married folks"
"Humph."
We'll. look at the matter calmly.
Here We are. married nearly twenty
years. and always together. Think
what a change It would be for both
of US to get away alone-to see moth
ing but new scenes. nothing but new
faces"
"Humph."
"a change. a thorough change. that
is what we require, Doc Sawyer
says"
William. look here. I consent I
consent providing you make this
change really thorough by letting me
go or on my vacation by myself, and
you take with you on yours the six
children that haven't had out OF
my sight for ten years"
But this time 1t was William who
said:
"Humph."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
CLOSE CALL FROM DEATH
Boston Boy Has HsIrraIslns Expsrl.
enee at Night In Manila
Bay.


Letters received by K. s. Perkins OF
Savin Hill from his twenty-one year
old SON Lester, brother Of the kite ex-
pert and aeronaut. Samuel b. Perkins,
tell OF an experience which he calls
more "hair-raising" than kite flying.
Young Perkins visited one of the for
tilted islands In Manila bay last
month on a s0-toot tug.
On the return trip a storm came up
and the boat was wrecked on a fish
trap. Perkins managed to get hold
OF q life preserver and drifted about
all night, being at one time within a
mile OF shore, but prevented from
landing by shift Of wind. He chung
some time to fish trap, fought OF a
Chinaman and q Filipino woman, who
sought his life preserver, and was
finally picked up in the morning com.
pletely exhausted after having been
II hours in the water. After ten days
in the hospital he wrote to his father
that Il was q grand experience"
Young Perkins had done consider
able kite flying with his brother and
had developed a strong physique,
which undoubtedly enabled him to
come through the ordeal. He went
out to Manila last September and is
employed in the custom house there.
Boston Transcript.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
THESE ARE YOUR ANCESTORS
When One Considers Their vast Num-
Der Pride Of Descent Seems vsry
Foolish.

Are you proud OF your sncestorsf
OF how many OF themf
Since the beginning OF the Chris
tian era mere 1871 ycars--you have
had 1ss. 2sS, oil. 4ss. ss4.s7e ancestors.
Imagine, II you oan. how many per
sons were needed since the beginning
Of the world to bring you forth-you.
who are reading this now. II works
che other way. too. II a single cou-
pie had started 5000 years ago to pop
ulate the world. and everybody had
grown to maturity and married at the
age of 81, the earth's population would
be 2.199,915. followed by LA ciphers
However. this world would not hold
them all; It would not be large enough
To give all these people breathing
space the size OF the world would
have to be multiplied by 3,166,526, fol-
lowed by 125 ciphers. That is the
only way In which these enormous
numbers can be expressed.
How futile, then, is ancestor wor-
ship! Every one Of US, high or low,
has had in his ancestry kings and
peasants. criminals and saints; II Is
almost impossible to name any one
OF ones own race to whom one can
not prove in some way a remote rela-
tionship.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
uoT EXACT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

That is q misinterpretation,"
said Senator Tsliaferro Of q certain
bill. THAT misinterprsts the peo-
pies wishes a. badly a. the Jackson
vile crisr misinterpreted Shake
spears. In Q Jacksonville couN the
other day . lawyer quoted shAke-
speare-Who steals my purse steals
trssh'-to a deaf Judge. What's
thatr the Judge demanded. Who
steals my purse steals trash,' tho
lawyer repeated. "Twas something,
nothing; twas mine, tits his, and has
been slave Louder! 1 can't hear
your said the judge irritably. Who
steals my purse repeated the unfor-
tunate lawyer, steals trash. Twas
Can't you speak up? growled the
deaf judge. At this point the crier
thought it time to interfere. He
bent over the Judge and shouted in
his ear: HE Just says, sir, that any
body what steals his pocketbook
won't get nothing"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
SHARP REPARTEE or GILBERT
Famous LIbrsttlst Always Would &c.
the Better Of the Actors at
Rehearsals.

Gilbert's facile repartees came In
useful at rehearsals. One afternoon
well-known actor had been made to
repeat one scene over and over again.
When he was told for the forty-sev-
enth time that 1t was all wrong he
stepped down to the footlights and
said: "Mr. Gilbert. must tell you that
I'm not q very good tempered man"
NO." said Gilbert, neither am l."
furthermore" the actor went on.
I'D like to have you, know, Mr.. Gil
bert. that I'm a very strong man."
WELL" said Gilbert. I'm six feet four
in my socks. but If you really want
TO know the difference between us-I
am an extremely clever man"
There was another actor who OBJ
jected to being continually corrected
and snapped out: Look here, Mr.. Gill
bert; l know my lines" Il know you
do" answered Gilbert, but the
trouble is. dear boy, that you don't
know mine"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
TO TAKE PLANT IMPRESSIONS ARTIST WHO HAD NO ARMS
Niles Sarah Blffen, dc MenthoIon and
HIIes Held Brushes In Their
Teeth or Tocs-

Miss Sarah Bitten was q conspicu-
ous example Of the skill which arm
less people sometimes acquire IN
spite OF their afiiction. She. was min
iature painter to Queen Victoria. and
her work was widely known for it's
beauty and delicacy.
She was born without arms, but as
a girl, having a great wish to become
an artist. she worked earnestly for
years until she could paint by holding
the brush In her teeth. In 1921, ac-
cording to the Raja Yoga Messenger.
the judges, without any knowledge OF
the means she was compelled to use,
awarded her the gold medal OF the
Society Of Arts. prize sought by
hundreds Of others.
M. de Mentholon and Bertram
Hiles other artists who were de-
prived Of the use Of their arms. The
former had only one foot, which he
used to paint with.
Mr.. Hiles lost both his arms in an
accident, being run over by a street
car when he was only years old
and when he was Just beginning to
acquire skill In drawing. He spent
two years In patient toll learning to
draw by holding the pencil In his
teeth, at the end Of which time he
won a first-class certificate from q
local art school.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
NOT UP TO EXPECTATIONS
Mankind and the World Frequently
Disappointing to Hopeful Youth,
Says Theodore Parker.

suppose many of US are q little
diayppointed with mankind. The
world of the girls dream is not the
world of the young woman's actual
sight and touch, and still less is It SO
Of the woman no longer young. In
the moonlight of dreamy youth, as
we look out of the windows and re-
joice In the blooming apple trees, how
different does the world seem from
wp4s we find 1t the next day, when in
theVheat of May sun. we go about
and remove the caterpillars from the
scrubby trees. A boy bred In a
wealthy family In a little village, Sc
cluded from the eyes of men, filling
his consciousness with nature and the
reflection Of human life which deep
poems and this great magnificent
Bible and other religious books mir
ror down into his own soul, goes out
into the world, and finds things very
different from what they appeared
when seen through the windows of
the home which his fathers and moth
er's affection colored with the rose
and violet Of their own natures-The-
odore P2yker.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
. - - -
BLAcksroNE AND ooLpsMTYm|

In deciding TO place tablet ON
the house in Lncoin's Inn Fields
where Sir William BlAaiutnns hvedtJ
the London county ccpncl have
probably bean guided , the fact
that the most famous residence u
the judge and commsntstor already
carries a distinguishing hgn. This
is IN the Temple, but the tablet
TO GOldsmith's memory, Here Oh
yer gave dinners to his staidn
friends and supper parties to young
folks Of both SEXES. It was the SUD
per parties which disturbed Blacl
stone, whose chambers were imme6
stely below, and on many an evs
ming his studies on the "Commenta
ries" were broken BY the rachSe
made by his "reveling neighbor." |
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
Two Methods That Resuit-in Pictures
Which Closely Resemble Good
Steel EnsravInas.

Here IN . way to take impressions
Of plants which win resemble steel en-
cravings. Two Of them. In fact; take
your choice. 4
The hrst method Ia to take half .
sheet Of fine woven paper and cover
Its surface with sweet oil; let II stand
a moment or two, rub on the super
fiuous oil and hang II in the air. When
It is fairly dry, move 1t slowly over
the fame OF candle, lamp or gas
burner (caution) until II is quite
black. lay the plant or leaf on It,
place a clean piece of paper on top
and rub equally with the fingers for
about half a minute; then take up the
plant and place It on the paper on
which It is desired to leave an impress
sion. Cover 1t with a piece OF blot
ting paper and rub as before The
engraving-like impression will then
appear.
BY the second method, burn a COM
mon cork until 1t Is reduced to q
powder, add teaspoonful Of olive oil
and mix into a thick paste. Next
paint the under side of the leaf with
a camers hair brush, lay the leaf care
fully, painted side down, upon a piece
of clean paper, press 1t in a book un-
der a strong and even weight for
about quarter of an hour and remove
the leaf carefully from the paper. As
before, the impression will appear
thereon.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
STATUE TO A DOG.

At the entrance TO Grayfriars'
churchyard, Edinburgh, is a statue
and drinking fountain combined (at
which dogs may drink), erected to
the memory of Greyfriars Bobbie, a
Scotch terrier. Boobies master died
and was buried at Greyfriars'
churchyard, and the dog persisted
in following his late master and,
could not be persuaded to leave the
graveyard, ultimately being found
dead near the grave.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
MANY KINDS OF KNIVES.

An extraordinary thing about the
cutlery trade is the variety Of
knives made. At the Suffolk works
in Sheffield, for instance, they have
10000 different patterns on the
books. They make sometimes 5000
patterns to order at one time. The
same thing is true Of the large cue
lery works at Solingen, Germany.
One firm has 5000 patterns tgE Ger
many alone. New ones GrS con-
stantly coming out. The etHolk
works have averaged ten new pat
terms a week for two years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
PROVIDED FOR DRAINAGE.

Excited Mamma-Oh, Henry f;
baby took the scissors to your Pana-
ma hat!
Frantic Papa-Heavens! Did he
hurt it?
Excited Mamma-He cut a canal
across it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-24
DOUBTFUL IMPROVEMENT.

Mrs. Boyle-How's yer husband
arfter the accident? AA
Mrs. Doyle-Faith, sumtoimes
he's better an sumtoimes he's worse,
but frum the way he swears and yills
an takes on whin he's betther, I
thinks he's betther whin he's worse.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-01
REDISTRICTlNG THE
Lone STAR STATE

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 1.-The en-
tire Congress delegation will be here
today. Three of them, Garner, Young
and Galloway, arrived today. They
are all opposed to the reapportionment
bill as it passed the Senate. Each
Congressman will insist that his own
particular district be changed as little
as possible.
The redistricting bill will provide
for two additional Congressman and
there is considerable jockeying be-
tween Bailey and anti-Bailey folk to
capture these for their side. Then
each of the present Congressman de-
sires to retain as much of his present
district as he feels he controls or de-
sires to exchange a county or so for
favorable to him.
ones that he feels would be more
Senator Bailey is Interested in the
House and Senate redistricting bills,
as he comes up for reelection next
year. He is expected tomorrow. Sen
ator Culberson is also expected next
week.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-01
Want SCHOOL TEACHER
With four CHILDREN

SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. RE-
quirements that have never been
named anywhere in the United States
or in the Dominion of Canada by a
board of trustees looking after the
welfare of the little red school house,
are exacted in t he Gordon district,
Shoshone county, Idaho, 125 miles
east of Spokane, where the teacher
qualifying for the position must have
four or more children. There is
legal reason for the stipulation,
which stripped of its verbiage, means
there is only one child of school age
in the district.
The law requires the enrolment
shall not be less than five. The dis
trict which is in the heart of the
richest lead and silver producing
country in the world, boasts of a new
and fully equipped school house, mol
ern library and $4,000 in surplus funds.
The salary attached to the position is
800. The district must lapse if the
equirements are not carried out, and,
as a last resort, the trustees are
searching for a teacher to supply the
pupils.
The Gordon district has been a sort
of family community for years. The
children Of two couples, A. Oswald
and A. Maso:,, composed the enroll
ment until recently, when the Mason
family moved to another part of the
Northwest, leaving Oswald, his child,
a teacher and two mining prospectors
behind. The Mason family has four
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-01
war CLOUD APPEAR
ON MEXICAN HORIZON

NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 1.-The
rumors that the Cientificos Of Mexico
are attempting to involve Guatemala
and Mexico in an imbrOglio were given
added Significance today when 1t be-
came known that $4,000 rounds OF
ammunition and many cases Of rifles
went through this port last week ad-
dressed to the governor Of Yucatan.
The governor of Yucatan is M. Pnio
Suarez, a wealthy supporter OF Fran
cisco l. Madero, Jr, and is bitterly
opposed to the Cientiflcos.
The munitions of war left this port
aboard the British steamer Dunkeld
and were carried on supplementary
manifest after the departure OF the
vessel. Federal officers held that the
shipment was in the regular course OF
trade and made no attempt to pre-
vent it.