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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-08-12

Furnishes thorough courses. Six
ms ructo1s, Offers four-year courses
in Mechanical and ClvIl Engineering,
AZ Il a fchitectuIe
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
A Chinese Game.

Many Of the games that our Yankee
Doodle babies play are quite similar to
those played by the children Of the
orient. For instance, the Chinese
game Of fishing by hand" Is like our
blind mans buff.
The blinded leader holds out his
hands, palms down, and all tho play.
ers strive to touch them without be-
ing caught If the fisherman guesses
the name Of the player when he sue.
ceeds in catching one the one caught
must be blinded; If he cannot guess
the fisherman must pay a forfeit.
There Is more to the game than
there is to ours, for after awhile the
fisherman says: The tide is rising. -"
This makes the children Jump about
and clap their hands and make be-
lieve that the fish are playing around
in great glee because the tide is in,
Again the fisherman will say: THE
tide Is low" Then the children move
about as silently AZ If they were shod
with velvet, which makes catching
them a much harder task.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
Useful Athletic Suit.

costume which combines both bloom
ers and skirt, but which provides for
fastening the latter article out of the
way. The skirt has front flap which
can be opened and fastened up to the
waist, leaving the lower limbs free in
the bifurcated garments and permit
ting much greater freedom OF move
ment The other part of the skirt is
sewed fast to the seams Of the bloom.
ers and when the wearer is swimming
for instance. helps keep her afloat.
This costume is also a convenient one
for cycling. as the skirt can be fast
ened up when she dismounts. The
waistband Of the costume is OF elias
tic dimensions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15

THE liking for feather trimmings
keeps growing, and manufacture
ers keep pace with it by turning
out more remarkable feather
work than has ever been shown in
the past. What with color comtina-
tons made possible by "willowtng"
ostrich, and the furore which has de-
veloped for the softest anti fullest
marabout effects, and combinations of
ostrich and marabout, there is an IN
ending variety in these plumages. But
1t would seem every bird of the mir
has been called upon for inspiration
If not for feathers. In reality only
small proportion Of the bird tribe are
killed solely for plumage, and many
lovely fancy feathers are made from
the feathers Of domestic fowls. These
feathers are in themselves beautiful.
But the demand for variety and the
availability of feathers from the tar-
key. pigeon, peacock and plain, every
day chicken has made the designer Of
feathers work wonders wish tErir
plumage.
Many of the daintiest and nnst
fragile looking feathers are resaly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
Girl. EL| !: J | 1
HER PRISONER \ I!
DAUGHTER OF SHERIFF WEEDS
"MooNsHlNER," WHO RETURNS
ITO COMPLETE SENTENCE.
is FORGIVEN BY her father
cIandestine DistiIier o Georgia Corn
Juice Is shackIed ~ Cupid While
Awaiting Trial foravlolatIno the
Revenue Laws. f4<>:A - f..@.'

Dalton, Ga.-A real life romance of
the kind rarely foundshas been con-
summated here by the runaway mar
ria5e of Tom Manley n "moonshiner"
serving sentence im the Whitfield
county jail, to Miss Lizzie Gilbert, the
daughter of Sheriff ]. Il. Gilbert. :
Making "moonshine" whisky and, in
cidentally, Guiding the, United States
revenue officers involves . no moral
turpitude in this part Of Georgia. Be-
tween the makers Of illicit whisky
and the agents of the government
who seek to break up this hillside in
dustry there has been, ceaseless war
fare for 100 years. The capture and
Imprisonment Of a "moonshiner" is
classified as the fortunes of war"
and public sympathy is likely to be
with the man who is caught.
Over in hurry county Tom Manley
made whisky in the mountains of
which the family farm was a part.
He made it partly because he and his
kinfolk preferred their corn prepared
so it could be taken out Of a bottle in
stead of having it made into pones,
and partly because the Manleys had
been making their own liquor for one
generation after another. in defiance
of laws to the contrary, and young
Tom Manley believed, as did his an
cestors, that he had an inalienable
right to do anything he pleased with
his own corn.
With due precautions the revenue
officers crept up close to Manley's
primitive whisky factory and when he
turned to respond to friendly greet
ing he was looking into the barrels Of
repeating rifles.
| Although a federal prisoner, it was
decided there was 40 use of sending
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
COMING STYLE IN TRIMMING
Some Cardinal Points That Are Sure
to 30 in Vogue for the Hats
Of Fall.

II you propose to trim your fall hat
yourself, you cannot go far wrong II
you place pert pair of wings or a
sharp pointed bow directly at the
back, and the back trimming must
show a tri1le above the high crown.
from . front view. Many of the hats
may be reversed and worn any way
that proves becoming. For example,
the smart little hat Of velvet with q
rolled br1m faced with q lighter COL
ored material and having . pair Of
Mercury wings directly I'm front, might
be whipped around the other way II
one desired. 70 that the wings would
come 1T the back and tho hat would
be equally modish and correct. This
hat has tho very tall pointed tor.
pedo" crown and IL perfectly round
ct tho base. The crown 10 covered
With brown velvet and the wings are
brown With Aecks Of coral pink coloe.
This model promises % b favosits
VIII younger women. The hat 4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
worn, as the picture shows, slightly
tipped back on the head.
Winterhaltar Girls.

The appreciation for sloptnx shout
ders, synonym In the middle Of last
century for all that was shrinking and
tender and essentially feminine, is no
tfced again now. and the evening 40
pect Of the debutante is that Of Win.
terhalter's portraits of the believes Of
1910 and thereabouta- The corsage ie
worn low upon the shoulders, and the
outline is very simple. q few folds Of
gauze drawn beneath q large rose IN
the center suggesting the berthe Of
old times that made 30 beautiful q
frame for the figure.
$ Many Of today's debutantes have Q
charming faculty for applying to their
own use the prettiest fashions of
early Victorian days, modifying. or
40 they would my improving upcn
them. It IL needless to remark. They
dress their hair with the demure and
single grace Of that period without
its severity, and wear the chaplet of
lesvss and foliage that used to 30 8.
most IN essential badge Of girihool
with new and very allsring srasa,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15

very desirable and may be washed In
soap suds, r:zsed and beaten against
the hand until dry. with perfect sue
cess.
Bands, wings, crown pieces and
masses of plumes are the rule. More
splendid than the head dress Of the
savage and almost as strikingly In
evidence are these pieces. Women OF
fashion wear everything in feathers
from the single quill with wonderful
mottled coloring from the owl and
eagle, to the Pocahontas wreath OF
wings A sentiment has been assid.
uously nursed and gradually grown
against certain plumage. but the ZACH
of this seems to promote the use OF
other feathers. Some states have
forbidden the sale or purchase of the
heron crest, and 1t is amazing that
limitations have Immediately takeE
the place of these feathers, which
seem to serve every purpose of thu
original.
Ostrich continues to be the greas
favorite. It is used in a world of nav
mountings.
JULIA BoT10MLEY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15

Manley to Atlanta, where there is al
ways delegation Of moonshiners
serving sentences. There was a good
Jail in Dalton, in which he might as
well serve his sentence. SO 1t was de-
cided to keep him here. Here is where
Cupid scored his first point, for while
t Manley was waiting for trial Lizzie
the sheriffs daughter. became greatly
interested In him.
After he had been sentenced, Man
ley became a trusty, which jail dis
tinction is attained by nearly all moon
sinners, for their word is a matter Of
honor with these mOuntaineers, and
any sheriff feels safe in allowing them
to have q reasonable amount of lib
erty. In this particular case the sher.
III was doubly safe-though he didn't
know tin letting Marley have the
freedom of the premises, for by the
time his trial was over Manley
couldn't have been driven away from
the Joy of basking in Miss Lizzie'e
smiles.
AS trusty he was often sent on
errands to the store. and he was
meekly obedient in sitting around and
waiting for something to do, the sit
ting around being mostly done in the
vicinity Of tho kitchen door, where
glimpses of Miss Lizzie we're easily
to be had.
One morning Sheriff Gilbert missed
his daughter. but he did not worry
thinking she had probably gone te
spend the day with relatives in the
ooyntry. During the day he did not
notice Tom Manley, but Tom was
such a trusty fellow the sheriff die
not worry until time came that even
ing to lock him up for the night
Even then he did not pay much atten
ton to his absence.
The next morning tho situation up
peared differently to the sheriff, for {
telegram came from Murry county
the home of Manley. It was from thu
sheriff's daughter. and read: "Ton
and l are married. He wants to come
back and make his word good"
Now, as has been said, "moonshin
ing in Georgia involves no mora
turpitude, and, as that was the only
thing against Manley, the sheriff &C
cepted the situation philosophically.s
Manley was accompanied back t
jail by a cavalcade of so kinfolk and
friends. all of them proud of him fo1
winning a wife under adverse circum
stances, and proud Of the bride FOL
! stealing her fathers prisoner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
ORIGIN OF WEDDING RINGS
According to Ancient Ritual Husband
Began by Placing Band on Thumb
and Next Three Fingers.

According to the ancient ritual In
marriage, the husband began the ring
business by placing it upon the brides
thumb and putting 1t successfully on
the next two fingers, pronouncing for
each one a person Of the Trinity;
with a final amen when the fourth
finger was reached. and there the ring
remained.
The Greek church ritual directs that
the ring be placed upon the right
hand. Puritan influence sought to
abolish the ring as vain and heather
emblem. but the sweet old fashion OF
giving and taking emblem. "for our
loves sake" yet remains to US.
Betrothal or engagement rings vary
in fashion nowadays and always de-
pend. or should, on the purse of the
donor. Where there are no limitations
of this sort his taste, If it be perfect,
will lead him to choose a diamond
solitaire, and of the best he can af-
ford. a small and pure blue-white
stone being altogether preferable to
large stone. Some prefer a ring set
with three stones, generally a sap
phire set between two diamonds. 9th
ers select ruby or an emerald, which
Agnifies promise of happiness.
Few persons choose pearls for an
engagement ring. as pearls are sup
posed to typify tears. They are also
too rerishable to become emblems of
love, '~hich, in its first glow, at least,
Is always understood to be indestruc-
tlble. Their beauty is very precarious,
being dimmed or aged" as the lapi-
Diary expresses 1t, by contact with i'm
pure air. while acid annihilates them
completely.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
SOnETHING
-T;66 q
I,ITTLEONES
TOY FOR TESTING THE LUNGS
Weight Is Wound Up as Wind Wheel
10 Blown Around-Markings indi-
cate Relative Strength.

A device for testing the lung capa-
city that can be made at home has
been designed by Delaware man. A
long piece of strong wire Is bent to
form handle. One end Of the wire
is then bent at right angles to the
handle, to form shaft, and the other
end is run for a short distance par
allel to the shaft and then bent down
and terminated In a loop. On the
inner end of the shaft a spool with
blades in it, to form a wind wheel, is
journaled. On the outer end of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
A New Coat.

Have you seen the new hackabout
coats for winter. and, II so. don't they
strike you as about the most sensible
decree Dame Fashion has issued for
some time? Made of the heavy polo
cloth, soft and warmth giving, they
are sure successfully to ward OF the
pinching fingers of old Jack Frost,
who would be Infinitely discouraged
by look into some Of the shop win.
dows. One tan-colored model had q
small sailor collar and cuffs of hunt.
er's green. all Of the same material.
Black with white collar and cuffs, OK.
ford gray with purple or scarlet, tan
with white and brown and navy with
red are the popular combinations.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
Making silhouette.

The making of silhouettes is made
simple by means Of the device shown
in the illustration. says the Popular
Mechanics. It consists of q set of
panels attached to tho back Of a chair
at the proper height, one panel being
translucent to receive the shadow,
ard the other holding the paper while
being marked. The person Of whom
the silhouette 10 to be made takes his
or her position in the chair, and a
lamp or candle IL placed on a table 4
few feet away. A pantograph attach
ed to the back of tho panels makes 1t
possible to reproduce on the paper the
outline of the shadow thrown on the
translucent panel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
ORNAMENTS OF ALL KINDS
Earrings Arc Worn Very Long-seed
Pearl Neckiaces-snake 8anal9
Of Jade.

There is a prodigious craze for oar.
rings and they are made very long,
with the upper part of tho drop, in
some cases, scarcely more thar, a
wire. One silver pair of this .ort
seen recently twinkled at the cars
and bottom with rhtnestones set en-
cabochon. Other earrings come with
the ear gem and drop in glass In
every color to match the gown-gr.en.
cherry. purple, gray and black car
rings OF this sort are abundant and
cheap. But the long ear bob is 11nly
effective with a low gown, and on the
street 1t always seems a trifle too
bizarre.
Genuine seed parl necklaces come
in twisted ropes for twenty-four dol
lars. These are worn with collarless
frocks by young persons with Food
threats, and they are worn also with
the deepest mourning. The same
short necklaces can sometimes be
found In Japanese seed pearls, which
are more irregular than the others,
but quite as effective. The dainty
gewgaws are about the most stylish
neck filings seen. and they make suit
able presents for a girl.
The snake bangle Of real or imita.
ton jade has ousted most other sorts
Of bracelets. When 1t is the real thing
1t may cost from nine dollars up. The
paste Jade trifle is sold at ninety
eight cents. and to any but an expert
1t looks AZ good as the real.
A shirt-waist or tailor-gown ring is
pretty fixing made of dull silver
set with paste sapphires in the real
gem colors.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
In Strict Obedience,


Master Gregory Graham, aged three.
had been having an ocean bath. and
breaking away from his older sister
he ran all dripping wet to the door Of
the living room. where Mrs. Graham
was entertaining caller from tho
fashionable hotel.
why. Greg" his mother greeted
him, you mustn't come In here like
that, dear. Go straight upstairs and
take of your bathing suit first"
A few minutes later Mrs. Graham
turned toward the door in curiosity
as to what sight there had sent her
visitors eyebrows up so high, and In
the same moment her sons cheerful
voice rang out:
II looked it of. mother, like you
told mo to. I'm coming In now for
some cake"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
4 Human Cvvot-9tand.

Several villagers were discussing Q
departed sister who had been given to
good deeds. but was rather too fond
of dispensing sharp spoken advice.
"She was an excellent woman" said
tho deceased lady's pastor. "She was
constantly in the homes Of tho poor
and aflicted. In fact, she was tho salt
Of tho earth"
"She was more than that" remarked
q villager. "She was the vinegar. the
pepper and the mustard as we'll. She
was q perfect cruet stand of virtues."
London Tit-BitS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
The Youna Idea.

The Young idea.
There are two kinds of joints, the
hinges and the ball-bearing.
Reflex action is the inside eye and
ear. Reflex action controls things
that we do not have to think about.
as talking.
Had we no skin, our clothes would
cause us endless agony.
The stomach is the trunk of our
body. The stomach contains the liver.
The stomach Is south of the lungs,
west Of the liver. It has three coats.
Without the stomach we should die,
therefore God chose the stomach to
digest our food-Woman's Home Com.
panion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
Doa Bites Wooden Leo,

Asbury Park, N. Jan ordinary
family dog of regular habits was sleep.
ing peacefully in the yard Of Robert b.
Culvert. The new baker ambled
down from the: house to the gate. Al
he swung it open there was . squeak
that aroused the dog and tho CANNES
teeth had pierced his pantaloons. The
dog held fast to the leg.
Let 30 there, F1avors," commanded
the doks master. But the baker only
smiled. ".=t
Guess that dog win got foolish
AFTER awhile" he sid quietly. ~You
know have got Woodea leg" Cul
vsgt pe1od the dor hoss.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15

shaft is another spool to which a cors
is fastened. The cord supports little
wooden ball. To test the lungs the
device is held in front of the face and
the wind wheel is blown around AS
It revolves it winds up the cord. AS
there are markings on the cord to in
dictate how much is wound up the
relative lung strength of the people
using the apparatus can readily be de-
termined.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
YOUTH AND AGE.

I asked my pa a simple thing,
where holes in doughnuts co."
Pa read his paper then he said:
''Oh. you're too young to know"
I asked my ma about the wind.
why can't you see it blown
Ma thought . moment. then she said:
"Oh. you're too young to know
Now. why on earth do you suppose
They went and licked me 50?
Ma asked. "Where Is that jam?" said,
"Oh. I'm too young to know"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
For Rainy Days.

At the ends Of a yard of half-incb.
wide elastic, sew a large hook and
eye: clasp this around the body be.
low the hips, and draw the skirts tn
any desired height under q raincoat,
This is useful. especially when one
m1st wear an evening dress in the
street on q rainy night.
It leaves the hands FREQ; and Ger.
tainly 1t is better than tearing the
fabric with safety pins.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
Poke Bonnet In Felt.

Soft felt hats'in white, faced witt
black velvet, a wide band Of black vel
vet or heavy white grosgrain ribbon
being their only trimming. are tho lat
est They are worn with quite dress,
gowns just at present, that is, the
same gowns Of lingerie or linen viii:
which the black velvet ID worn 70,
more formal occasions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
conundrQma

Mr.. James met three hamps this
morning. To tho first no gave I'VE
cents. to the second ten cents and to
the third ten cents. What time was
IT. Do you all give up7 It IL easy
enough to see that it was = quarter to
three.
In the days when Dan Rice was at
tho height Of his fame ~ Q horse.
back ridsr he rode half . score Of
carreermg horses at onoe.. What
time was It then? Going On ten. Of
coulDa <-z.7.-r.-~ $50. s.~.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
WHY LITTLE STARS TWINK &
British Scientist Says Phenomena IL
Chiefly Effect Produced in Atmos.
phere on Waves of Liqht.

Perhaps you remember that in youth
some kindly elder soul took you into
the darkness of some glorious sum.
mer night and pointed out the stars
and planets, telling you glibly enough
that the unwtnking star overhead was
a planet. while that blue one down
there which wrinkles" was a star. The
fact that planets shone only or mainly
with reflected light, while the stars
burned" was supposed to explain the
twinkling, as against the steadfast
radiance. Even this young illusion Is
dtspelled by British scientist. who
says:
THE twinkling Of the stars Is chief.
~ an effect produced In our atmos.
phere upon the waves of light. It IL
due to currents and strata OF air o1
different densities ll,termingling ard
floating past each other. through which
the light passes to the eye. 1t is seen
much more in cold than in warm
weather. and near the horizon more
than overhead. The same effect may
be seen by looking out of a window
over a hot radiator. or at a candle
held on the other side of a hot stove.
SO that one must look through a body
Of highly heated air at the candle
fame. The fame will be seen to
waver and CULVER. The various layers
of air are at different densities and in
motion. Rapid twiakling of the stars
Is sign of change of weather."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
Birds Of a Feather.

Birds Of a Feather.
whats the bill for fixing my motor
carr" asked the strange patron.
1T figures up to $40. sir" replies
the garage man.
"Whew! III have to give you a
check. left all my money in my
drug store"
why, are you drugg1st?"
YES"
''Oh, in that case the bill will be q
dollar and a quarter. We fellows
ought to stand together"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
Little Pitcher.

Lady Visitor-I am coming to your
mammals company tomorrow. Tom
my.
Tommy-Well. you won't get a good
supper.
Tommy's Papa-Tommy, what do
you mean, talking like that?
Tommy-Well, you know, pa, you
told ma you'd have to get some
chicken feed for her old hen party
tomorrow.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
ATHLETIC SUIT VERY USEFUL
Bloome's Under Skirt, Which Can Be
Fastened Out Of the Way-Conve-
nient for Bicycle Riding.

Most girls prefer boomers for wear
in bathing or while indulging in other
athletic exercises. but do not care to
walk around in them. For their bene-
fit California man has designed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-15
Trains Of cantajouues.

A cantaloupe train believed to be
tho longest tho world has ever seen.
passed through Tucson, Ariz.. recently
from tho Imperial valley. The train
consisted Of 100 cars. was one and one
half miles in length. and contained
more than 100000 pounds Of canta.
loupes ssz.>.,,. :.*.