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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23
Thealka Of Kentucky.

The fact that recently the postodice
department changed the name of the
Muddy Branch, KY, postofflce to that
Of Thealka calls to mind the fact that
"Thealka" was originated by L. Price,
a local painter, through a misunder.
standing Of orders. Several years ago
the late Captain Green Meek built a
new steamboat for the Big Sandy
trade. Mr.. Price did tho painting and
lettering on the boat. After complet.
ing the painting Price asked Captain
Meek what he meant to name the
boat, and he replied 1.-THE Aka" Price
painted 1.-THE" on the boat, and for.
getting to leave any space proceeded
with the balance of the name. making
1t 'Thealka." Captain Meek was sur.
prised to see the combination Price
had made, and finally concluded that
the name was not a bad one and let
it remain. Since then babies, mines
and postof1ces have been named The
alka.-Exchange.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23

punches, but it sat there and laughed
in my face.
The guard came through, and
spoke to him about the window. He
said, "The first time l see the presi-
dent Of the road I'll tell him about it,"
and left me fiat.
Once more l tried to open that win
dow, but only succeeded in opening
my collar; so then opened my mouth
and made short but spicy announce
ment, whereupon the old lady in the
seat ahead of me got up and left the
car.
Just then the train pulled into sta
ton which l hadn't paid for, but l
went out and took it, because it cor
tanned little fresh air.
Some day will mention the name
OF this subway company and make it
blush. Meantime you may have one
guess.
Well. after l left Bunch that after
noon, I ducked for the depot, and
reached Ruraldene just in time to wit.
ness the beginning Of a most painful
episode.
The house was lighted up from eel
lar to attic. As soon as opened the
door I found our respected mayor,
Uncle Peter, and he was also lit up.
It's surprise, Johnny" he whis-
pered hoarsely. "Clara ]. is giving
an entertainment for the benefit of the
Christian Soldiers league, and it's
going to cost you two dollars to come
into your own house."
1t made an awful hit with Uncle
Peter to see me cough up those two
| bones, but l said nothing and made
good.
My wife called it musicale, but to
me it looked more like fight.
With the help of Aunt Martha and
Alice Grey, my wife arranged the pro
gram and kept it dark to surprise
the rest of the family.
1t was such a surprise to me that
felt like doing a glide to the wood
lands.
It was my second experience with a
musicale, and this one cured me all
right.
For awhile everybody sat around
and sized up what everybody else was
wearing.
Then they gave each other the silen
| double-cross.
Presently my wife whispered tt
Miss Cleopatra Hungerschnitz, where
upon that 1oung lady giEgled her VA
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ed on My Instep.
applauded her with our fingers
crossed, and two very thoughtful la
dies began to talk fast to CLEOPATRA
so as to take her mind off the piano.
Then the Bingledingle brothers,
known as Oscar and Victor, opened
fire on US with couple of mandolins.
Oscar and Victor play entirely by
hand. They don't know one note from
another, and they can prove it when
they begin to play.
Their mother believes them to be
prodigies of genius. She is alone in
her belief.
After Oscar and Victor had chased
one of Sousa's marches all over the
parlor and finally left it unconscious
under the sofa. they bowed and ceased
firing, and then they went out in the
dining-room and filled their storage
batteries with ice cream and cake.
This excitement was followed by an.
other catastrophe named Minnehaha
Jones, who picked up a couple of So
prano songs and screeched them at us,
Minnehaha is one Of those fearless
singers who vocalize without a safety
valve. She always keeps her eyes
closed, so she can't tell just when her
audience gets up and leaves the room.
The next treat was a mixed duet on
the flute and trombone between Clar.
ence Smith and Lancelot Diffenberger
with a violin obligato on the side by
Hector Tompkins.
Never before have seen music 80
roughly handled.
1t looked like walk-over for Clar
ence. but in the fifth round he blew
a couple Of green notes and Lancelot
got the decision.
Then. for consolation prize, Hec.
tor was led out in the middle of the
room, where he assassinated Mascag.
mis- Cavalleria Rusticana so thorough.
ly that it will never to able to enter
a fifty-cent table d'hote restaurant
again.
Then Cornucopia Coogan arose and
gave us few select Rotations.
Just as she started to tell us that
Curfew would not ring tonight Uncle
Peter winked at me. and we sneaked
out and began to drown our sorrow.
Those musicales would be all to the
good II the music didn't suffocate
them.
Copyright by G. w. Dillingham; Co..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23
The Flight From Scotland.

From today's papers it appears
that no fewer than 400 emigrants
left the Clyde on Saturday by various
liners for the United States and Can.
ada and for London on the way to
Queensland. OF these q thousand
were navvies. Last Saturday alone
Great Britain lost as many Scotsmen
as would suffice to people a good
sized town. The Boer war cost us
10000 lives. Four weeks Of similar
emigration will cause to Scotland
alone loss almost as large as that
which was caused to the British EN-.
pire during three years of war. A
Liberal writer has attributed the fear
full emigration from Scotland to the
grouse kept by the landowners. This
argument is erroneous. because the
bulk of the Scottish emigrants come
from the towns. and they are driven
from the towns by the lowness OF
free-trade wages.-Letter In London
Outlook
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23

SIZE with a fall OF two 1nCneS. Inc
rapid flow through the culvert with
a greater fall will keep the culvert
clean. In one where the flow is slug
gish, desposits will form and soon will
choke the flow. Be sure to leave am
pie outlet so the water can move
freely after passing through the cul-
vert.
In grading to make fill do not al
low any weeds or sod to get into the
roadway. These will decay and make
all kinds of trouble. It Is much bet
ter to keep them out in the first in
stance.
If, in making the fill, the material
must be moved six hundred feet or
less, it will be advantageous to do
this with scrapers- type pre-
ferred. But If the material must be
moved more than that it will be
cheaper to put it upon wagons. Any
filling of this nature should be made
early in the spring, preferably as soon
as the frost is out Of the ground, so
1t will have ample time to compact
and settle by the summer rains and
the traffic. BY proper handling dur
ing the summer season, a I'LL sew
eral feet deep can be put in shape
for the road. A I'LL of this kind should
be dragged with q split log drag or
its equivalent after rains In order to
keep the fllls smooth and rounded 20
the water win run OF quickly. The
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23

Since Uncle Peter Grant was elect
ID mayor Of Ruraldene our family
group considers it extremely disloyal
to stay in the big town for more than
four hours at time. So with us 1t Is
q case Of catching those imitation rail-
road trains at all sorts of hours and
commute to beat the band.
Since I became confirmed COM
muter have sprained three watches
and two Of my legs trying to catch
trains that are wild enough to dodge
dog-catcher.
The commuters are divided into two
classes: Going and coming.
One Of the first rules for COM
muter to follow after he locates the
railroad station, and hikes there cou-
pie of times to get in training, is to
get red and pink and blue hammock.
A hammock is necessary evil in
the country, because only by this
means can the insects become &C.
quainted with the new commuter
The day after we first put up our
new hammock Uncle Peter came rub
bering around to look it over. He was
all swelled up over being elected
mayor, and he dropped in the ham,
mock with splash. Ten seconds later
the rope exploded and Uncle Peter
made deep impression on the stone
porch.
Every mosquito in the neighborhood
rushed to his assistance and tried to
lift him up with their teeth.
Then Uncle Peter ran home and
told Aunt Martha that Cinders, our
bulldog, had tried to bite him.
The national emblem of the COM
muter is the lawn-mower.
The laWn-mOWer was invented orig
inally for the purpose of giving the
lawn quick shave, and because it
can't talk like a barber it makes a
noise like the fall Of Port Arthur.
! remember the first day l decided 1
would trim the Vandyke beard on our
lawn. OF course got all mine, and
got it good. The result will always
live in history side by side with the
battle of Gettysburg.
The lawn-mower was sleeping
peacefully in the barn when l rushed
in and dragged it shriekingly from it's
slumbers.
Perhaps it was because I forgot to
lather the lawn. but any way 1t was
the hardest shave I ever had anything
to do with.
The lawn-mower began to CON-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23

plain so loudly that the neighbors for
miles around rushed to the rock pile
and armed themselves for the fray.
The committee of citizens attracted
by the screams of the lawn-mower
came over to see II was killing a
member of the family or only a dis
tant relative.
When they saw me boxing the ears
Of stubborn lawn-mOWer they said
my punishment was heavy enough. so
they threw away the lynching rope
and left me at the post.
Clara J. came out on the porch and
said, John. perhaps that lawn-mower
would stop screaming If you used a
little axle grease!"
All right" came back at her,
out 1t will take me an hour and half
TO find out which part Of the lawn
mower will fit the axle grease"
Then l lifted the machinery up to
examine its constitution and bylaws,
and about two and a half pounds of
wrought iron fell of and landed on
my instep.
The wrought iron made good.
Then tried to stand on the other
foot, but l lost my balance and fell on
the lawn-mower's third rail.
l never was so mortified in my life
as when that lawn-mower began to
saw its initials on my shin bones.
Every time tried to get up lost
my balance, and every time lost my
balance the lawn-mower would leap up
In the air and fall on my wish-bone.
When loving hands finally pulled US
apart l was two doors and half be-
low Inconsistencies, while the lawn
mower had recovered it's second wind
and was wagging its tail with excite.
ment
After waiting for about ten minutes
for me to come back in the ring, the
lawn-mower got impatient and began
to bark at me in Yiddish, so decided
that our lawn could grow whiskers
like a Populist farmer and be hanged
to It.
Another splendid bit of local colo,
in the life of some commuters is the
subway. A ride through this on hot
day will put you over on Woosey ave
nue. quicker than a No. pill In Hor
Leeh smoke factory.
In order to get out to Ruraldene
have to use the subway, and every
time use it 1t leaves something which
looks. like the mark Of Cain across M
brow
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23

E. Pinkham's Vegetable COMPOUND,
and I did. Today I am we'll and strong
and do all nv own housework. IoWe
ny health to lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and advise my
friends who are afflicted with any
female complaint to try it.''-Mrs.
ORv1LLE Rock, r. B. No. s, Paw Paw.
Michigan.
If you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
For thirty years It has been tho stan.
dard remedy for women's ills, and has
sands ofWomen. Whydon'tyoutryit 9
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23
WOMEN
.AlAYAY0ID
By taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable COMPOUND

Tho following letter from Mn.
Orville Rock win prove how mWiso
It IL for women to submit to tho
dangers Of q surgical operation when
It may be avoided by taking Lydia
e. P1nkham's Vegetable Compound.
She was fourWeekSin the hospital
and came homo suffering worse
than before.
Here 10 her own statement.
Paw Paw, Mich.-'Two years aRo
suffered very severely with 4 dis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23

tenance. road drainage, and sugges.
tions that grow out of the experience
of road building can be followed up
and adopted by them. II this were
done 1t would stop an enormous
amount of money that every year is
wasted upon the highways BY Ill
timed and misdirected effort.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23
Not Perfect.

A horse dealer was showing horse
to prospective buyer. After running
him back and forward for q few min
utes, he stopped and said to the buy
or: What do You think Of his coat?
Isn't he q dandy?"
The buyer. noticing that the horse
had the hsaves, replied: Yes, like
his coat, III Hight but I doo'4 Ike his
rants. Btu.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23
unromantic.

IF you marry poor man you mus,
expect to know how to prepare the
dinner and attend to all the little de-
tails of household economy" YES"
replied the worldly young woman:
but instead Of getting married
mightn't it be better TO register at N
employment agency" - Washingtoo
Star,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23
New Works Need,

Mrs. Knowitall-John, what is this
movement about New York trying tc
get longer piers?
Mr. Knowitall-Why, haven't fol-
lowed it very closely. Miranda, but :;
think it is based upon the fact that
most of the peers that come to Amer
lea in search of wives are too short to
be of much financial use.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23

@040O0A4OAOo l. VVU00
not be on my feet for
q long time. Ny
physician t treated
1me for seven months
without much relief
land at last sent mo
ito Ann Arbor fox
ian operation. / was
1there four weeksand
1came home suffering
worse than before.
my mother advised
! mo to try T.vdio
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23
Your Liver
Is Cloqged Up

That's Why You're Tned-Qut Of Sorts
Have No Appetite. -
CARRIERS LITTLE IN
LIVER PILLS -
!; !; ! ! M
will put you right CAR1ERSI
in few days. ~ iTiIE
stipation, - <@=@
Biliousness, Indigestion and Sick Headache
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-23

Marion-Caroline says she paid SO
. dozen for those photos Of herself
Maxine-But they don't look q bit
Ike her.
Marion-Of course not. What %
you suppose she paid $18 fort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26

Mount were the guests this week of Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander Suter in Rosemont
Mrs. Charles Sale and small son are WIS.,
iting Mr.. Sales mother at her home near
Fredericksburg. Mrs. Charles Hulfish has
returned to her home in Charlottesville
after a visit to her mother, Mrs Charles
King. on South ST Asaph street. Miss
n. Simmons of the Alexandria Hospital
is visiting friends in Charleston. w.
Va. Mr.. and Mrs. George William Ram
say have had a family reunion this week
at their home on Cameron street Their
son, Mr.. Dennis Ramsay, has returned to
his home in Baltimore, and three of their
daughters have returned to their homes.
Mrs. Clement Ellis Conger to Pleasant
Valley. Va; Mrs. Frank Mccormick to
Berryville and Mrs. Robert Miller Reese
to Washington. The other two daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ramsay-Mrs. Thomas
Seldom Taliaferro, jr., of Rock Spring,
Wyo., and Mrs. William Ambrose Brown
will stay several weeks longer. Mrs.
Nettie c. Elsom has returned from a
visit to her sister. Mrs. A. NJ. Whitlock,
near Charlottesville. Miss Lila Ralston
of Texas and Miss Smith of Philadelphia
are the guests of Miss Mary Johnson on
Prince street. Miss Ella Davis of New
York visited her old home here this
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26

All hand sewed. In all the
latest shapes. In button, lace
and blucher: made of the best
tan Russia calf, gun metal and
patent leather. Equal to any
shoes sold elsewhere at higher
prices.
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The vogue with women who
are very discriminating. In the
best quality tan and
black feathers. Priced d =
at AVO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26
RIVERDALE.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
RIvERDALE. Md. November Is. 1911.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dunlap of New York
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Dunlap Of Jefferson avenue. Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard NJ. Walker Of East Riverdale
have closed their home here, and are
spending the winter in Washington. Mr..
Theodore F. Bailey has returned after a
visit to Delaware Miss Kathleen Smith
of Washington avenue is spending the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Walker
Of Washington. Mr.. and Mrs. n. S. Co
logne have closed their home on Blu
chanan avenue. and are spending the
winter in Washington. Miss Catherine
James of Pierce avenue has been staying
four weeks with friends in Washington.
Miss Lucille Sehorn is now at her home
on Maryland avenue after delightful
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Shippeil
of Washington. Mrs. William McChes-
ney of Mount Rainier is the guest Of Dr..
and Mrs. Samuel S. Mcmillan Of New
York place. Miss AIMEE Lewis Of jack
son avenue is spending several weeks
with relatives in Kensington. Miss Gladys
Shipley of Jefferson avenue is in New
York with relatives for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Jardine of Mount
Rainier are spending several Gays with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Higdon Of Mad
ison avenue. Mrs. Ethel Lee and chill
dren of Washington spent several days
during the past week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick r. Burrhus Of Adams ave-
nue.. Mrs. A. ]. Galeski and Miss Lucille
of Ashland avenue have returned to their
home here after a delightful stay with
friends in Pittsburgh. Master Clarence
Smith of Lincoln avenue Is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Lyman Compton Of Lynhaven,
Va. Mrs. Clarke 8. Harkinson of Jack
son avenue is the guest Of M1s. John X.
Knox of York. Pa. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
o. Knowles of Madison avenue are spend
ing the week end in Atlantic City. Miss
Marie Knight of Cleveland avenue is Wis
iting friends in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26

visiting her sister, Mrs. r. H. Pearman.
at Charles Town, has returned to her
home, in Washington. Miss Anna Estelle
Giles Of Orlando, Fla, who has been
spending the past year in Washington. is
visiting Miss Este Glenn at her home,
in Harrisonburg. Mrs. ]. r. Gregory OF
Staunton has returned from visit to
friends in Washington and other eastern
cities Mrs. W. NJ S. Hammond of Ber-
ryville has gone on a visit to relatives In
Washington and Baltimore Mr.. and Mrs.
W. E. Manor of Harrisonburg have gone
on a visit to friends in Washington
Mrs. Roy Richardson has returned to
Washington after visiting Mrs. Charles
II. Mauzy at Harrisonburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER ~.


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FIFTY IMPORTED FRENCH SHAPES FORMERLY PRICED UP
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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-08-17
BIG STRIKE CAUSES RIOTING
Troops Called Out to Assist the Police
in Liverpool.

Troops Called Out to Assist the Police
in Liverpool.
Liverpool, England. Serious rioting
growing out Of the strike in progress
mas occurred. One policeman was
kille dby being struck on the head
with a brick and many persons were
injured
An alteration between a policeman
and striker during transport work
ers' demonstration at st Georges
hall started the trouble, which culmi-
mated in a general melee.
One hundred thousand men were
gathered in groups about St. Georges
hall listening to speeches by labor
agitators and the scenes of violence
following the attack upon the police
men necessitated the calling out of
police reserves. When they arrived
one party of fifteen policemen were
surrounded and disarmed, the rioters
attacking them with their own batons.
In the fight the commanding officer of
the police was dangerously wounded.
So great was the disorder that the
riot act was read and troops were call
ed out to assist the police
After the fight St. Georges hall was
converted into temporary hospital,
and the wounds of many persons were
attended by physicians.