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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11

past year, in the United States, died at
the age of 12O years or over. Perhaps
there were more than five. At least
five were reported by the newspaper
press services, and Eve are enough. II
only one were certainly known to have
lived to that age, that one alone would
be warrant sufficient upon which to
base Metchnikoff's remarkable claim.
Absurd as this may sound, it Is
theoretically true. and it would be
practically true if all men were as
sound to begin with, and as carefully
protected, within and without, from
disease and accident. from the poisons
Of industry and fatigue, from impure
and insufficient food, and from the de-
structive effects of alcohol and tobacco
as were the long-lived men them
selves.
Prior to Metchnikotfs claim it was
generally held that men inherited their
natural age from their ancestors; that
the natural age Of a man-disease
germs apart-was the sum total of the
power to live resulting from the blend
ing Of such power in all his ancestors
going back as far as you like.
This remarkable law can be stated
thus: Each man inherits from his an
cestors tendency to die at a certain
age.
Common observation seems to prove
that this Is the case. But every man
also tnherits from his ancestors an
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
llARcU9E, q LIE0 HNIA.
ORPRoElTAaLE FARMING.


Marcuse Colony. located IN Suffer
County, which fs In the heart OF the
Sacramento Valley; is fast coming to
the front as a farming community in
which nearly every agricultural prod
uct known may be successfully raised
without irrigation. Ei.#zx
The soil is a dark, sandy loan,
sedimentary in character, level and
well drained. It has the advantage
over other soils In that It is loose In
character and superior to heavy soils.
With this wealth of soil, abundance
of water, unexcelled climate and long
growing season, Marcuse Colony IL
the ideal place for the homeseeker
with limited means, the worn out pro-
fessional man, or the young man look
ing for a small farm in healthful
climate.
The proximity Of Marcuse Colony to
Sacramento, furnishes ready market
for vegetables, poultry, eggs and
dairy products. Fruits, vegetables,
alfalfa, grains and grasses and poultry
yield large returns. The rainfall 1s
certain and drought is unknown.
Land is yet moderately priced, but
crop failures in other sections Of the
United States will bring new settlers
In rapidly. This, together with the
holding of the Panama Pacific Expo
sition In San Francisco during 1915,
is bound to raise the price, and wheth-
or for a home, or for an investment.
now is the time to purchase. Land
may be had in tracts suitable to the
means of all and the results obtained
are almost beyond belief. Further In
formation will be gladly furnished by
HOMESEEKERS' INFORMATION
BUREAU, $50 Bee Bldg, Omaha, Neb.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
New Idea Put Forth by Manufactur.
ers Seems to Have Jumped Into
Popular Favor.

The newest eccentric shoe for the
house has been brought out by a dis
tinguished Arm, and has sold like the
traditional hot cakes. 1t Is designed
to give the foot magpie effect. which
fashion was started by dressmakers
early last spring in Paris.
One slipper Is Of white kid with a
black heel and the vamp of black and
white striped leather. The other one is
of black kid with q white heel and
the same kind of vamp. The buckles
are of cut steel and are alike, but one
leather tongue that juts over the in
step is Of black and the other one is of
white.
Some women wear these with black
and white stockings, the black stock
ing placed on the foot that has the
white kid slipper. Much as this sounds
like comic opera costumery, it is al
ready taken up rs a new fashion BY
sane very smartly frocked women.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11

and this tradition is encouraged, not
only by professional faddlsts, but also
by medical advisers, who, in many
cases, have their own reasons for do
ing so, but who, as a general thing, be-
leve that a thorough mastication as
sists digestion.
Now this latter notion is only half
a truth. Thorough chewing will, un-
Questionably, digest, or help to digest,
certain kinds Of food, but only GER
tain kinds. On other kinds it has no
digestive effect whatever
The late William E. Gladstone used
to say that if man wished to reach
ripe old age, he should Chew his
bolus (that Is his mouthful of food)
40 times, and count the number"
This advice would have back of it
certain amount of scientific sound
sense, il it were applied to food 9TH
er than the lean parts of meat, that is,
any part OF meat or animal food ex-
cept fat.
care Of animal food without much as
sistance from the salivary glands in
the mouth, or from the grinding proc
ess of the teeth. Old Rover needs
no doctor or faddist to tell him that
he must not swallow his food unchew
ed. He would go right along bolt
ing his, beefsteak II the assembled
faculty" Of Europe were there on the
spot to threaten him with dire dyspep-
sia did he do SO. He knows just what
he can d. and just what he cannot
do, better than his medical advisers
did he have any. But If you could
persuade Rover to try to make meal
Of soda crackers, ne would probably
do no end of chewing previously to
sending his crackers down to his stom-
ach.
The salivary juice will digest
certain kinds of plant food. such as
bread and potatoes; but it has not
the slightest effect on animal food
inclusive Of fat-and this, so far as
the economy Of nature is concerned,
may be swallowed with little chewing
or bolted outright A piece of pilot
bread-which is usually as hard as
granite-will rapidly be attacked and
partly digested by the salivary fer
1nent, whereas bit of beefsteak will
remain in the mouth undigested for
days, or even forever.
Should anyone accuse me of trying
to make practice" for the stomach
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
Has Camera Ewes.

A hen belonging to Virgin Johnson
Of Glasgow, KY, laid an egg the other
day which had upon one end of it the
photograph In red of snake coiled
and ready to strike.
Just what caused the phenomenon is
not known. Nothing like it was ever
heard of before in this part OF the
country. It has been suggested by a
physician here that the hen might
have been charmed or frightened by a
snake coiled in the grass while the
egg was forming, and that a picture Of
the snake was impressed upon the
she'll of the egg, which was then soft
and saturated with the albumen of the
egg. It is we'll known that albumen is
used by photographers in developing
Photographic plates.
The egg has been placed on exhibi-
ton in a store window and crowds
have been attracted by 1t.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
Scottish Pearls.

A number of people in Scotland
make livelihood by searching for the
precious stones which are occasionally
to be found ensconced In the interior
OF fresh water mussels. To lesser
extent it is also carried out on some
English and Welsh streams. but none
of these is 50 prolific In pearl bearing
as the northern rivers.
There are authentic records OF Scot
fish pearls being found which rivaled
any the Orient has produced 20 far %
translucency and fawlessness are con.
cerned. A writer of the eighteenth
century states that 100000 was a
moderate estimate OF the value of
pearls then fished annually from Scot
fish rivers; while It IL matter Of
history that q German who formed q
syndicate of fishers IN 1865 acquired
stones to the value Of Ell, 900 In that
year alone. But tho industry = NJ
50 remunorstdve noWad4yA.
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specialists by giving bad advice, will
reply that it is more than probable
that If men and women were more
disposed than they generally are to
bolt their meat, there would be less in
digestion than at present. l say prob
ably, because indigestion is never, so
far as am aware, caused by the bolt
ing of meat food. but is most certainly
caused by bacteria, and very often by
the boiling of unchewed or insufficient
ly chewed starchy foods. Persons
who, perforce, as in certain countries
of Europe, must live almost altogeth-
er on starchy foods, such as potatoes.
are often afflicted by what is known
by the rather inelegant term of "po-
tato belly"-technically. dilatation of
the stomach.
Now the stomach has precisely the
need Of "something solid" in the way
Of meat upon which to 'set it's grip"
as it were. And this something solid
Is that very unchewed chunk Of meat
which Rover will watch for with a
keen and eagerly anticipating eye, and
let slip untouched down his esopha-
gus the moment it is dropped into his
mouth.
self for any length of time with fine
ly powdered meat on the theory of
saving my stomach it's work" II
there is any one thing the stomach
needs, 1t is work. And feeding it with
ground meat, or too we'll chewed meat
or meat that is chewed more than sui
ficient to make 1t swallowable. unques-
toinably deprives the stomach OF the
work that it and it's ancestral stom-
achs have been accustomed for ages
to do.
Nature, in the machinery of diges-
ton, has given us capital hint as to
how our food, animal and plant, should
be ingested. The mouth is provided
with juices that digest only starchy
foods; and the stomach is provided
with juices that digest only animal
food, with the possible exception Of
fat. This fatless animal food (called
proteids by chemlsts) is attacked by
the juice Of the stomach, say rather
by certain substances in the gastric
juice (called ferments), principally
pepsin, and is made ready to be still
further acted upon by the juice of the
pancreas, when it is turned over by
the stomach to the small intestine.
The pancreas, in fact, and not the
stomach, is the main organ OF diges-
ton. With equal ease it digests ami
NAL food Of every kind. including fat;
and likewise all the starchy foods
which have been only partly digested
In the mouth. The Germans signih-
cantly call the pancreas the "abdom-
nal salivary gland" Theoretically we
would do quite we'll without either
stomach or mouth. The famous Ger
man psychologist, Ludwig, reported
that two of his dogs lived for several
years in above-normal health with no
stomachs at ALL
The moral Of all this would seem to
be: Chew we'll your starchy foods, If
your hobby inclines you to that prac-
| tice, and you have the necessary time
to spare, but bolt your meat like
Rover.
| Copyright, 1911, by the Columbia Press
SVndicate)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
Efficiency in Shoveling.

For the first class shoveler there is a
given shovel load at which he will do
his biggest days work. What is this
shovel load? Will a first class man
do more work per day with shovel
load of s, 10, Is, 20, rs, 80 or 40
pounds? Now, this is question which
can be answered only through care
fully made experiments. By first Sc
lecting two or three flrst-class shovel.
ers, paying them extra wages for do.
ing trustworthy work, and then grad
ually varying the shovel load and hav.
ing all the conditions accompanying
the work carefully observed for sew.
eral weeks at time by men who are
used to experimenting, it was found
that a first class man would do his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
Strongest Man in France.

A few years ago M. BRAND, who
narrowly escaped assassination re-
Gently, was quite unknown outside the
ranks of few fellow lawyers and the
workingmen and Socialist organiza-
tions to which he allied himself. To-
day he 10 universally regarded as one
Of the strongest men in France. He
entered the chamber of deputies in
1902, only seven years before becom-
ing premier, and it was really the
part that he played in the acute re-
ligious-political struggle in France
that brought him to the height of his
fame. He is Stirring orator and a
strenuous worker. Lets have done
with talk; it's time for work." is one
of his favorite phrases. He is one
of the simplest of men, and finds his
chief recreation in fishing. His one
trouble is that the caricaturists re.
fuse to put him in the papers. "Till
they do so," he says, Il am not really
popular"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
Have Odd Design for Shoes

1t has led to the making of high.
heeled slippers with the vamp and the
body of different fabrics and colors.
For instance, there is a smart pair out
that have patent leather vamps and
moleskin suede bodies. There are
smoked pearl buckles, quite small
ones, and tiny pointed tongues of the
suede bound with the patent leather.
The white canvas buttoned boot is
also In first style for street wear. but
especially for resorts. It is to be
worn exactly as canvas pumps are
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11

biggest days work with shovel load
of about FL pounds. For instance,
that this man would shovel a larger
tonnage per day with Fl pound load
than with 24-pound load or with an
18-pound load on his shovel. It is, of
course, evident that no shoveler can
always take a load of exactly 81
pounds on his shovel, but neverthe.
less, although his load may vary three
or four pounds one way or the other,
either below or above the 81 pounds,
the shoveler will do his biggest days
work when his average for the day is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
Paper Cups to Boost St. Louis.

Paper Cups to Boost st. Louis.
The Business Mems league has orig
mated a new medium for advertising
st. Louis. Taking advantage Of the
campaign for sanitary improvements
and the innovation of the individual
drinking cups: the league has had
fashioned distinctive paper cups. which
are being distributed throughou the
city.
On one side in large letters IS print
cd: Drink in the facts about st. Louis
printed on the other side as you use
this cup."-St. Louis Republic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11

turned up for an electric railway; yon-
der road engine is at work and a
highway Is being widened. A group
of graveyard expresses is giving way
to modern thor3ughfare. Actually,
sidewalks are being laid in some
places.
The ConstaneinopIe Dogs.
The famous, or Infamous, Constan-
tinople dogs are missing, except for
an occasional stray, at which critics
Of the new administration point f1ng-
ers of scorn Some thousands of dogs
were gathered up by workmen with
wooden tongs, dropped into carts and
carries to towboats, which bore them
to an island in the harbor. The sim
pie and natural way would have been
to kill them painlessly and end the
matter. or accept some one Of the
commercial offers to clean the city
of dogs for the sake of the hides, one
company agreeing to give the govern
ment a bonus for the privilege. But
the Turk has ideas of mercy toward
dumb animals, albeit rather quixoti-
cal. The poor NANCY, lee-bitten ours
said, they got nothing to drink or
eat, although supposed to be fed by
government grant Certain 1t is that
the dogs which at first waded out to
sea in longing for the filthy streets
of old Constantinople speedily be-
came fewer and fewer and all are
now but a tradition of dark days that
are gone.
The Press as Archimedes' Lever.
Most significant of all the signs
which an observer notes in the Con-
stantinople Of today are the boys and
men who hawk daily newspapers
through the streets. "Extras!" in
strange, hen-track Turkish, Arabic
and Armenian script are Haunted in
the face of the cosmopolitan passers-
by. They are real newspapers, too,
filled with the doings of tho whole
world.
OF course, this means a changed Or
der of society. You cannot have news
papers without having progress. The
dark ages cannot stand the tidings of
what is going on in the world. The
press is one of the Archimidean lev
ers by which the world is moved.
What armies and mobs could not do
in the overthrow Of despotism the
printing press is silently accomplish
ing, not only in Turkey, but in China
and Persia, and the other backward
countries of the world,
With the uncensored press have
come books. A man may now read
anything he pleases in Turkey. My
bag of books received not a second
glance at the Custom House, which
caused fellow traveller used to the
ways Of the old order. to tell stories
of what would have happened two
years ago had traveller tried to
bring a suitcase full of books into
the Custom House. There is free en-
trance for twentieth century ideas in
Turkey. Whereas men used to have
to whisper under their breath the big
words of "Liberty!", "Justice!",
"Equality!" and "Fraternity!", they
now cry them aloud and placard them
on the highways. Formerly neither
Ottoman nor foreigner could travel
in the interior of Turkey without a
special passport; now anybody may go
anywhere.
Some Marvellous Transformations.
No organizations were permitted
under the old regime. Today clubs.
societies and parties flourish. Spies
are but q hideous memory. Even
schools for women are permitted and
encouraged. Turkish omcials send
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
His Criticism,

An old man stood on the street cor
ner in Cherryvale when the trolley
stopped and let of a woman passen-
ger She had on a linen dress, Pan
ANA hat, champagne-colored hose and
strapped pumps. "Gosh!" exclaimed
the old men. I'D spend less money
on my bonnet and buy some ;socks."-
Cherryvale (Kan.) Journal.
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Foreseeina a Possible Danger.

Foreseein9 q PosSIb1e Danger.
Confidential Lawyer-1n this investi-
cation you purpose carrying on. as to
what your enemies have got up their
sleeves, you will need a competent de-
tective, l presume.
Trust Magnate-Yes. but not too
competent. l don't want one that will
90 prying into our own private affairs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
Power Of Publicity.

Commuters Wife-John, did you get
those pickles wanted and showed you
the poster Of?
Communicable, love. was more
moved by the advertisement of these
hooks and eyes, SO bought them in
stead-Woman's Home Companion
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tooth in his NOR
sells, but bolts
them whole. Ro-
ver's stomach Is
ready for his
meal, and he d.
gests it without
preliminary chew
ing. Rover's mas
ter or mistress
could follow RO-
ver's ex m pl e
without the slight
est impairment Of
digestion, but of
course the popu-
lar tradition has it
that a man should
chew his food,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
Showed the Effects.

Showed the Effects.
He-1 understand the speakers at
the banquet vsed a great deal of n.y.
perbole.
She-Well, to Judge from the way
their wives have been telling how they
came home that night, they used
a good deal more than was good for
EN-.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11

A Wayslds Encounter.
my good man, they need labozers
badly In the next town"
"Thanks for tho warning; boeA IN
make q d0touI."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
plSTEMPER.

In all its forms among all ages of horses,
as we'll as dogs, cured and others in same
stable prevented from having the disease
with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE.
bottles sold last year $50 and 800. Any
good druggist, or send to manufacturers.
Agents wanted. Spohn Medical Co., Spec.
Contagious Diseases. Goshen, Ind.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11

SASKATOON requires mixed farmers,
hop and stock raisers. Nowhere is there
more room or greater opportunities for
such. Agricultural laborers in great de-
mand. Wages high. Work abundant.
Why not get into this bigger life and par
ticipate in it's wonderful prosperity? Write
Commissioner, Board of Trade, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Western Canada.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
Useful Knowledne,

We'll. son. what have you learned
at college? Can you reconstruct a
mastodon?"
''Shucks, did! l can do better than
that. can put together an automo-
bile"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11

Result Of Familiarity.
DO you know the woman in the fiat
next you well enough to speak tot"
! We'll enough! know her too well
to speak to!'-London Opinion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
Expert Advice.

Expert Advtce.
How long does 1t take to learn to
run an automobile?"
you'll need about three days to &C.
quaint yorself with the working parts
of the machine and week to master
the vocabulary"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11

When it nearly kills us to give we
are not giving enough.
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The Natural Way to Eat

When Rover Is fed with a prime
quality Of beefsteak, he never puts a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
SAVED
FR0lI.AN
OPERATION
By Lydia e. Pinkharn's
VEGETABLE Compound

Peoria, ILL., wish to lot every ono
know what lydia T.. Pinkham's rome
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dies have done for
me. For two years
I suffered. The doc
tors said I had tu-
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remed y was the sur
geon's knife. Ny
mother bought mo
Lydia E. Pinkham's
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pound, and today I
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Hammat10n, and your SanatlVe Wash re-
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and Twill be glad to answer 1etters."-
Mrs. CHRISTINA REED. los Mound St.,
Peoria, Ill.
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Another Operation Avoided.

New Orleans, La.-'tFor years SUI
fered from severe female troubles.
Finally I was confined to my bed and
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LILY PEYRoUx, I'LL Kerlerec st., New
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