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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
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Always make sure that calipers are
properly set before using them.
If the bottom cellar step be painted
white it will save many a fall in the
dark.
Two-thirds of the worlds oil pro-
duction was contributed by the United
States.
Spain makes only about 10000 tons
of paper a year, half of it for the use
of printers.
In Germany bicycles are now used
almost exclusively by the working
classes.
No two nations have the same laws
governing the handling and storage Of
explosives.
The motor Of a new motorcycle is
carried within the rear wheel instead
of on the frame.
Mexico now has a smokeless powder
factory with an annual capacity Of
10000 pounds.
So soft is freshly mined meerschaum
that it may be used as soap, giving an.
abundant lather.
A German artist carries portable
house about with him on his automo-
bile on painting tours.
The safest way to destroy black gun
powder is to throw it into water,
which will dissolve its saltpeter.
A machine to thoroughly clean cof-
fee beans and sort them into three
sizes has been patented by Colorado
man. =
A portable vacuum cleaner brought,
out in England also may be used as a
seat: table, cabinet, music stool or
pedestal - q
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Largest Electric Switch Towar.

The largest electrically controlled
switch tower in the world has. lust
been put into service at Providence,
R. l., on the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad. The tower Is
equipped with II switch levers, provid-
ing 266 combinations. Elaborate pre-
cautions are furnished to prevent the
giving Of wrong signal. The power
used is taken from the feed wires of
the railway, but as precaution two
other sources of power are provided.
which may be drawn upon in case of
mergency-Scientific American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
HALF TON OF HONEY FOUND
Workmen Tearing Down Tavern Built
$50 Years Ago Make Pleasant
and Profitable Discovery.

LenOX, Mass. -One thousand pounds
of honey. some of it more than sixty
years old. is on exhibition at East
Lee, village near her. The entire
quantity was obtained by workmen
while tearing down tavern built $50
years ago. They discovered in the
garnet more than fifty swarms Of bees
and their half-ton accumulation of
honey. For more than century the
tavern has been in the hands of a
single family. No person now living
can remember ever having entered the
garrett
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Pebble Industry Started.

A new industry is being started at
seaton, England. At present large
business is transacted in sea-worn
pebbles. which are imported from the
French coast, and it is hoped to cap
ture part of this trade. Trial orders
from several large users of the peb-
bles are on hand, and gangs Of men
are engaged in selecting the pebbles
from the beach at seaton and the
:neighbGring villages.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
ANGRY "DUMB" MAN SWEARS

Judge; then, without waiting to apol-
ogize for the 'cuss' words, he threw
down $40 bill and rushed from the
courtroom, shouting and laughing,
leaving his pack Of soap behind.
Allen was arrested by Policeman
Schaefer the other night and spent
most Of the night in violent efforts
to shake down the grating of his cell.
In an effort to find out if the man was
taking. Sergeant Charles Harrington
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Win $4,000 Opera Prize.

New York.-Horatio William Parker,
professor of the theory Of music at
Yale university, and Brian Hooker, for
merly assistant in English at Columbia
and later instructor in rhetoric at Yale,
were awarded the Metropolitan Grand
Opera prize of $4,000 for their opera,
Mona"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

attempted to hold conversation with
MIN, but could not make him hear
Then they conversed with pad and
pencil, and the man told the sergeant
ne came from Albany and had been
left deaf and dumb by illness ton
years ago
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
yellow Snow In Alps.

Geneva.-Yellow snow has now fal.
len in the Engadine. This is far
rarer than the black and red snow
which has fallen on several occasions
in different parts of Switzerland dur
ing the last few years.
Yellow snowfalls occurred In the
Alps in 1850 and 1867, on both occa.
sions in the month of February, being
caused by combination of winds,
in which the African sirocco played
an important part, blowing the minute
sands OF the Sahara across the Med;
terranean and Italy and over the from
tier Alps into Switzerland,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Oil Paint Sprav-

The oil paint spray has been so per-
fected that it is now possible to adjust
the stream from fine point to wide
spray covering many inches. This ap-
paratus is now coming into favor for
decoration, and the finest effects are
secured by it's use. For stenciling it
is possible to do work much more mi
mute than could be accomplished with
the use Of the brush, for a stencil of
this character will not last long under
repeated applications of the brush. no
matter how carefully it is done.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
HERMETIC SEAL FOR BOTTLES
Use on All Gaseous Beverages
Shown in Illustration.

The moment bottle of wine ~
other gaseous beverage has been
opened, the contents commence to be
affected by contact with the air, and
which the bottle can be again hermet-
ically sealed, cannot be kept any
length of time, says Popular Mechan-
les. This device, the working of which
is clearly shown in the illustrations,
Theoretically re.seals a bottle of any
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Hot Water Bottles That Warm French
Local Trains.

in comfort Especially is this so as
regards heating, the primitive hot wa,
ter bottles being still in USE
These bottles are so hot when first
placed In the compartments that it is
impossible to keep the feet upon them,
but they soon grow cold and are worse
than useless before station is
reached where an exchange of bottles
may be made.-Popular Mechanics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

co is printed from it by photogravure
This means that the actual photo
graphs are printed. and anyone can
have family portraits on sofa cush-
IONS
1t is, OF course, cheaper than any
other kind of calico printing, and the
delicacy and artistic beauty of the re-
suits are extremely beautiful All the
colors can now be transferred by the
three-color process.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
WATER BOTTLES GIVE HEAT
Trains Running on Local Lines
In France.

Although the limited trains on the
branch railways are provided with up
to-date equipment, the local trains,
made up for the most part of the old
est cars, are almost entirely lacking
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Fined by Judge for Violating City Or
dinance, He Curses-His First
Speech in Ten Years.

New Rochelle, y. $50 enraged
was Albert Allen, deaf and dumb
soap peddler, when Judge Samuel F.
Swinburne fined him $40 for peddling
without license that he swore.
He was so astnished at recovering
his voice that he stared wildly at the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21

aggregated a ter.
rible yearly toll.
Under Mr.. Nose.
lcy's direction the
actual statistics
were collected and
published. The to-
tails of the killed
a nd oun d e d
proved to be rs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
No Boy Scouts for Finland

Helslngfors. Finland.-The Row
Scout movement, which had been max
ing rapid Roadway in Finland has
met with check. the Russian author
tiles not considering it fitting rec-ear
ton for Finnisf hcra
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
NEW BRICK HAMMER DRILL
Drives Tool into Wall In Very
Short Space Of Time.

An ingenious drill designed partic-
ularly for drilling holes in brick and
mortar for the insertion of expansion
bolts is the work of Pennsylvania
man. This is especially useful H.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Wave Power Motor.

A wave power motor that Califor
nian recently patented utilized the
of the vertical, as usually is the case
in such machines.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Hermetic Bottle Seal.

bottom Of the screw contains rubber
ring which is forced tightly down over
the head of the bottom by turning the
screw
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
I onn Ventiiatjno Tunnel.

Long VcntJtdtIH9 uTIHeJ
To ventilate a Pennsylvania coal
mine it's owners have found it neces
sary to drive a tunnel through solid
rock 500 feet long, twelve wide and
ten high
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
DID A GREAT WORK
RAlLROADERs Remember Mr..
MOsELEY WITH GRATITUDE.
Man Mainly Responsible for the Safe.
ty Appliances With Which the
Lines Of the Country Are
Now Equipped.

Every one knew that the casualties
among the trainmen and sWitchmen
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-21
Truck for Pianos.

leverage making this possible. The
instrument can eaen be trundled to
any point on the same floor level.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
LEGAL NOTICES
NfortgaGe Sale

Under and by virtue of a power of sale contained in certain mortgage executed on the 9th day of October, 19u7 by Susie Loy and F. Loy 10 secure debt therein described due and owing to the Peoples Savings Bank and Trust company, a body corporate, which said mort gage is recorded in the office of the probate judge of Jefferson counry in volume 475, record of deeds, page 293, the undersigned will on Wednes- day, December the 9th, 1911, at the legal hours of sale in front of the court house door of Jefferson county, Ala bama, proceed to sell at auction to the described property described in said mortgage. to-wit:
 That part of block 797 of the Ely ton Land company's survey of the city of Birmingham, more particularly de- scribed as follows:
 Begin at a point in the south line of 11th avenue. south, two hundred fifty feet (250) east of the intersection of the south line of said avenue and the east line of 18th street; thence south ward at right angles to said 11th ave- nue two hundred forty t240) feet more or less to the north line of an alley running through said block T97; thence elstwardly along the north line of said alley ten (10) feet; thence northwardly in direction at right angles to said 11th avenue fifty (50) feet; thence east wardly parallel with said 1Tth avenue forty (40) feet; thence northwardly at right angles to said 11th avenue one hundred ninety G90) feet riore or less to the south line of said Huh aven dc 1. thence wcstwar,iy along the ro;th line of 11th avenue fifty t50) feet to the point of beginning; together with all of the Improvements thereon.
 Default having beer made in the pay ment of the debt and interest secured by said mortgage, said sale will be made for the purpose of paying said dcat and interest and .he expense of advertising and selling and the pay ment of a reasonable attorneys fee for foreclosing said mortgage.
 Witness our hand this the End day of November, 1911.
 PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY. ,.
 By ULLMAN & WINKLER,
 11-4-4t-sa Attorneys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
CROSS EXAMINE MISS PEARL KELLAR The State Scores Heavily in the Trial of Dr.
 Hyde n9

Kansas City, November 24-Cross ex- animation of Miss Pearl Kellar, the nurse who attended Thomas II. Swope at the time of his death, began late today in tho trial of B. c. Hyde, charged with murdering Swope with poison. She Will resume the stand in the morning..
 Whether the millionaire was in the habit of swallowing the seeds with fruit he ate was the basis for sharp clash between the opposing lawyers. The de- fense will contend that the cyanide re- action which the states expert chemists say they found in examining the con tents of Swopes stomach. may have come from hydrocyanic acid in fruit seeds eaten the day of the milIionaire's death. Miss KelIar said she gave her patient fruit for breakfast
 The death scene In the bedroom of Col Thomas II. swope and the circum- stances of the fatal day were detailed vlvidly to the jurors in the second trial of Dr. B. Clark Hyde by Miss Pearl Vir- ginia Kellar. nurse, who took up her testimony begun yesterday. af.H. ...
 She told the jury of the capsule which pr. Hyde took from II pink box and told her to give to Colonel Swope. The state alleges the capsules contained cyanide and etrychnine. It was largely on Mss KclIar's testimony that the accused doc- tor was convicted of murder in the hrst degree in his first trial.
 The state won victory in strongly contested point when Miss kellar was allowed to tell of the illness and death Of Moss Huntin at the swope home three Gays before the death of swope. Huntin was named as executor In swopes Will. The nurse told how HuntIn asked her 10 use her influence to have him re- placed or substituted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
Bradstreet's Review

New York, November 4.-Bradstreet' 5 tomorrow will say:
 Reasonable weather has continued to exert a salutary influence on retail trade, holiday buying has expanded, jobbers at a number of centers have done better business in the way of advance orders, buyers in the iron and steel lines display more zest as the result of recent heavy buying by the railroads and the outlook in the latter line is quite encouraging. On the other hand, spring trade, speaking of 1t as a whole, is still feeling the check rein of conservative buying, prices for iron and steel remain very low because competition is yet in evidence, trade in larger line on southern points is quiet due, principally to the low price of cot ton and outdoor operations are generally wanno. in fact strict analysis of all the tiS.d indicates that there is consider al3le room for further improvement. and that from the viewpoint of profits, things are not altogether satisfactory.
 Requests for prompt shipments are sal q feature with most orders, thus confirm ing the belief that stocks do not take up mich space on the shelves of final pur- veyors. There is a stronger tone in cot ton goods. considerable quiet buying of which was taken place, with manufac- tuTtTS dflu tutltTS llSuiinS III tie iiiONc- ment, while woolen goods, particularly men wear lines, are in demand for deliv- cry in 1912, and advance orders on shoes are also coming in. Collections on the whole exhibit no particular improvment, ranging from slow to fair. positively poor reports coming from the south, owing ob- viously to the low level of cotton prices.
 Business failures in the United States for the week ending November 23 were 293 against 23s last week. PIP in the ike week of 1912, PIT in 1909. 193 in 1908. and 25s in 1907.
 Failures in Canada for the week are 34
 in number, compared with 31 last week and 25 in the like week of 1910.
 Wheat, including flour exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending November 23, aggregated 4O02. 40 bushels against 3513.074 last week and i.- l04.610 this week last year. For the T weeks ending November 23. exports arc 65,S79.125 bushels against 46,12993s in the corresponding period last year.
 Corn exports for the week are 1ss .soa bushels against 164.27s last week and 51i : SIS in 1910. For the 21 weeks ending No venber 23, corn exports are 10 992 5O1 bushels against 7,ss1,eS9 last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
BUSINESS GAIN
 VERY GRADUAL According to R. C. Dun's
 Weekly Review RAIL BUYING ACTIVE of Cotton Goods of Heav- fer and Coarser Grades Steadies
 Price-Holiday Buying
 Expands
RAIL BUYING ACTIVE

New York, November 24-R. c. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorrow will say:
 Both in business confidence and in vol ume of business transactions the situation continues to improve. The gain is very gradual and conservative, and there Is little disposition to go beyond satisfac- tion of immediate wants-but it is a gain, and the significant thing is that this im- provement has now maintained for sev- eral weeks. The cessation of disturbing international difficulties, the easier condi- tions of the international money markets. the growing that domestic economy prob lems are shaping themselves for the bet ter and the pressing need of doing some thing to replensh depleted stocks, all con- tribute to the improvement which Is being achieved. A notable development is the more active buying of rails, cars and other imparte better feeling in the iron and steel supply trades. With their 244,o00 miles of track, the railroads by the foune of their purchases affect acutely form the improvement in injury the whole indus trial situation.
 Purchasing of cotton goods of the heavier and coarser grades has steadied prices during the week Print cloths are selling more freely and wide clothes are from 1 1-16c to lac higher. Large sales of blue denms have been made and job bers report fair business on colored do- mestics. Prints are being bought steadi- ly, ducks are well sold up and underwear and hosiery for fall is frmer.
 Shipments on old orders to China are being made regularly. but new business is slow. Miscellaneous export trade. how ever, is steady. Dress goods and mens wear mills are in better position as 10 orders and are cleaning up stocks very rapidly. The yarn markets are steadier and a fairly broad movement of merchan- disc is being shown, and m the New Eng land wool market transfers aggregate 100000 or 100000 pounds for the week and prices tend higher.
 Footwear conditions improve as .he season advances, and the influx of orders delivery, show substantial increase this week The demand for leather is still rather quiet, but trade shows some inn provement over week ago and prices are firmly held The recent active buying of domestic hides has fairly supplied the requirement. of tanners and sales are now
 in comparatively small volume.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
Judicial Sale

0nOAclah S0AC
 In the District Court of the United
 States, for the Northern District of
 Alabama, Southern Division.
 In the Matter of V. & M. Lumber Com
 pany, Bankrupt; in Bankruptcy; No.
 10266
 By virtue of decree rendered in the above entitled cause on the 18th day of October, 1911, I shall proceed to sell at public. outcry, for cash. on Thurs- day, the 14th day of December, 1911 within the legal hours of sale. in front of the Second avenue, door of tlle United States government building in the city of Birmingham, Jefferson county, Ala bama, free of all liens,s subjectf to the approval of the court. the following described property of the said bank rupt (being all of the property be- longing to the estate of said bank rupt), towit: ...
 That certain sawmill and sawmill plant located on the lands of Samuel J. Seay In Dallas county, Alabama, in- cluding all machinery, tools, belting fixtures, appurtenances and property belonging thereto, or used in connec- tion herewith; also the five (6) oxen (being those surviving of eight former- ly sold with said milD used at said mill. one dray and all other property. including houses. and office furniture and fixtures, used in the operation of said mill; also the saw logs and manu- factured lumber on hand at said mill; and also the good will of the business; said property being the same property which was by M. D. Wyatt and J. w. Stewart conveyed to the said W. F.. spink and Claude Brewer heretofore on the 7th day of October, 1909, by their deed which Is recorded in Book 227 on page 460 in the office of the judge of probate in and for Dallas county, Ala bama, together with the additions made thereto by the bankrupt. (The property described in this paragraph is here after referred to as the Wyatt prop erty).
 And also the following described property located and situated in Dallas county, Alabama, towit: All the mer<
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
To Try Mrs. Quinn

Chicago. November 24.-vMrs Jane Quinn whose husband was found shot to deatf, in his bed recently, was charged with his murder in an indictment returned by the grand Jury today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
45 Perish in Storm

Tokio, November 24.-The destroyer Harusame. a Japanese warship, founder ed off Shima province in a storm today and 45 of the crew of otherwise 60 as a complement. perished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
yiosoko Burning

sarsJevo. Bosnia. November 24-The small town of vlosoko, r miles from here. Is in flames. Three hundred houses a'- ready are in ashss,s Many of the people gre destitute. 4, :. ,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
WANTED-MALE HELP

ABLE bo1ed men wanted for the U. 3. Marine Corps, between the ages Of ls and 35 Must be native born or have first papers. Monthly pay s15 to $6s. Ad- ditional compensation possible. Food, clothing, quarters and medical attend dance free. After 30 years service can retire with 75 per cent. of pay and allowances Service on board ship and ashore in all parts of the world. Apply to U. S. Marine Corps Recruiting of- fee. 13 Simon block. Birmingham, Ala.
 11-1-30t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25


 NOTICE is hereby given that we are the owners of the four Warrant Warehouse company receipts numbered and dates as follows, covering 100 bales of cotton each; that said receipts have been lost or stolen, and the public is warned against any negotiation of same No- vember IT, No. 145 100 bales; November Is, No. 147, loo bales; November 1S No 14S 100 bales; November IS, No 149, 100 bales. George H. McFadden & Bro by John $. Turner, Agent 11-24-2t LOST-Elk charm; name on back side: find owner at 122 South Fist street. or rhone Main 670
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
FARM LANDS

% GCRE 'PL1NT4TlON TOR SALE" Eight miles from Benton, 20 miles from Selma. near Collerine three room house, two double and one single cabins, small barn, corn crib, etc.. 75 acres cropped 10 acres timber, 50 acres fenced; price, s10 an acre, half cash.
 y20 ACRE PLANTATION FOR SALE Near Mckinley, Marengo county; 275 acres level land 645 acres rolling, $50 acres cropped, 150 acres timber; seven double and six single cabins; price, SIS. 50 an acre. one-third cash, balance three yearly payments.
 E. E. SECoR, SELMA, ALA. ..-- I. 11-22-7t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25

BE your own boss; don't slave. for wages; earn s to sl5 daily; write for
 free particulars; Wholesale Special Co.
 S2 Long St. A. Jackson. Tenn. 11-11-3t-sa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25

number round house backshop and floor men machin1sts, air brake inspector, round house and back sbop locomotive boiler makers, boiler in- spectors, car carpenters, car repairers, car inspectors. Good wages, free trans portation furnished from junction points on I. c. R. R. system. Write or wire Illinois Central, Water Valley, Miss.
 11-2--i4t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-25
FOR RENT
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