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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30

screwing up of his eyes, accompanied
by wrinkling of the forehead much
as though he were busily engaged in
solving some very difficult and intri-
cate problem.
During his entire twenty years. stay
upon the county poor farm he has not
given one clue to his boyhood or the
past of his youth. The first that was
known of him was when he turned up
in St. Charles county, Missouri, later
removing across the river to Jersey
county, Illinois. The last piece of
manual labor with which he has been
connected was a bit of wood chopping
for a farmer of Elsah, ILL.,, and seem
ingly he still regrets it although he
alludes to it with half chuckle.
1t was IL years ago that the old
man one morning announced he would
stay in bed, except for the time need
ed to go to his three square ones
day, and he kept the promise. A year
later. wearied by the walking thus
necessitated, and by the exertion of
dressing himself, he said that there
after he would stay in bed. Only once
in eleven years has he violated that
resolve. One very hot day during
the summer before last he found him
self without drinking water in his
airy second-floor apartment where he
lies alone, and descended the steps to
get the drink, also returning unaided
He may have thought to do this unob-
served, but he was detected, and in
mates of the place still remember the
incident as an astonishing one.
During the 20 years which the old
man has spent as an almoner Of Jer-
sey county he never has been seen to
look at book or paper, and the rea-
sonable theory that he cannot read
is hard to reconcile with his intelli-
gent, educated, almost refined appear
ance, even when lying on a cot in a
poorhouse dormitory.
Despite his apparent dislike for con-
versation with other people, and his
disuse of books and papers. he can
tell the day Of week, the day Of the
month and the year with as much pre-.
cision as though a calendar hung be-
fore his bed.
Chuckling, wrinkling up his face and
narrowing his eyes, occasionally talk
ing Just enough to tantalize persons
curious about his past, old John prob
ably will carry his secrets, If he has
any, to the graveyard behind the poor
house hill. And meanwhile he will re-
main in the bed which has supported
his work-hating frame for the last IL
years, and consume enough daily pro-
vender to feed a harvest hand.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Uses Of Paper Metal.

At the great coronation ~eant,
which Will be next June, Wi Gorge
is crowned King George " vi Eng.
land, there Is to be something entire.
ly different from anything that has
ever happened before.
Instead Of real armor the armor
that is to be worn will be made of
paper metal" There will be exact
copies Of all the old sets of armor used
and the paper metal will be so fixed
that the armor made from 1t will
give the appearance of the original.
And it is said that in the future the
metal" will be used for almost all
outdoor decorations, because it is
much cheaper than plaster paris and
also is waterproof
1t can be made to represent all the
different metals and is so strong that
one can jump on it without MAXIM
any impression on it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
DoQ Attended Funeral.

The sagacity and faithfulness of q
dog were illustrated in a striking man.
ner at Wycombe England, recently at
the funeral of a citizen named Henry
Abby. The dead mans dog, rough
wire-haired terrier. took it's place
among the mourners. proceeded with
them to the parish church, and, enter.
ing the sacred building, lay down be.
side the coffin. Attempts were made
by the verger to remove the animal,
but it showed its teeth and refused to
bulge. When the efforts at removal
were relinquished it's behavior was as
decorous as that of any other mourn.
err After the service in church the
dog placed itself between the official.
ing clergyman and the coffin, and
walked sedately to the cemetery. The
ceremony over, it trotted quietly home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Royal Physicians.

The German emperor, on whom the
University of Prague has conferred a
medical degree, is not the first Ger
man royalty entitled to style himself
doctor of medicine.
The late Duke Charles Theodore Of
Bavaria, father of the queen of the
Belgians, after serving with distinc-
ton in the Franco-Prussian war,
studied medicine at Munich, Zurich
and Vienna When he had taken his
degree he established an ophthalmic
hospital at Tegernsee, at which all
patients were treated free of charge.
The duke was devoted to his profes.
sion and between 1874 and 1909 per.
formed over 5000 operations for cata-
ract besides treating innumerable
patients for other diseases of the eye.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30

tax WIN be $11.25. The last years
payment will be $3.50 on account of
principal and 80 cents on account
Of interest. making a total of $7.88.
Thirty thousand dollars of bond IS.
sue will build far more and far bet
ter roads on a general contract, than
$4,000 spent in ten years on a patch
work plan, and the cost to the tax
payer will be considerably less as
well.
Now, let US suppose that Illinois
had, as it surely needs, an up-to-date
state aid law, whereby one-half the
amount required for building perma-
nent roads should be paid from a
state tax levy. II this condition OBJ
tanned, then the township in question
could after raising 100000, draw $780,
900 more from the state, and expend
$4,000 upon highways in their town.
ship. In Illinois less than one-third
the property Of the state is represent
ed by farms, so the state tax will be
spread over an immeasurably greater
amount Of property. A tax of ten
cents on one hundred dollars for the
state, will produce nearly $2,500.000 a
year, and the state aid tax upon tho
farm in question will be $500 per year
in order to raise the second $4,000.
This state tax would add $500 to the
tax bill of the farm in question, so the
maximum amount per year, If 100000
were expended upon the roads of the
township would be $500 per year
less than IL cents per acre per year,
and take it for a series of years, any
one who can figure at all, will see that
the cost to that community, spread
over a series of years, will be even
less under the bond contract plan, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30

ring ten years, and probably will pro-
duce not much over $4,000 worth of
roads at what they ought to cost.
Suppose the new plan is adopted, by
issuing bonds to the full constitutional
limit of 5 per cent, paying the same
of in installments spread over twen-
ty years, and letting the next genera
ton, who will use the roads, help to
pay for them. The bond limit on the
township in question Is $4,000, of
which exactly $4,000 rests upon the
farm in question, to be paid off one
twentieth each year, or $3.50 on &C.
count of principal each year for
twenty years. Interest of course will
be paid annually, but will decrease as
the bonds are paid OF. The first years
interest will be per cent on $4,000,
or $3.50. Add $3.50 on account of
principal, and the first years payment
on this farm for good roads is $500.
The tenth year one-half of the bonds
will be paid of, and the interest will
drop to 1915 20 that that year the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Raw.
HaWs
Bore-Do you believe oysters have
brains?
Bored-Certainly I do, since they
know when to shut up.

SASKATOON'S district has never
known crop failure, even in most adverse
iSssG2s aihes :ss
Hence the fact that Saskatoon's popula-
ton has jumped from ll3 to over 10000
in less than seven years. We have lots OF
land. Why not keep the family together
by getting some for yourself and the boys?
For all information write Commissioner,
Board of Trade, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Western Canada.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30

permanent roads, under the Plan that
is followed in more than one-half the
states. This will make the roads built
a much lighter burden.
Let us see how the matter of taxa
ton will affect the owner of a typical
farm by the two plans Of road build
ing, that is, little each year by an
annual tax levy, and the other by a
bond issue, supplemented by state aid,
or in other words, by comparing the
old way with the new. In order to
give exact figures and have concrete
example, it will be necessary to take
a typical farm In some portion of the
central west, and apply the two plans
to that farm. AS the figures are at
hand, the writer, selects an average
farm in the corn belt of Illinois.
There is no reason why this farm
should be taken in preference to
farm in any other state. except that
more complete data is at hand, hence
it will be used. The same plan will
apply with slight variations to other
farms in other states, the owners of
which, by getting the assessed valua-
ton Of their township and state, can
figure out and ascertain each for him
self just what the effect will be upon
his farm.
The assessed valuation of an aver
age 100 acre farm in the corn belt Of
Illinois is about $4,000. Suppose the
township. of which this is a part, has
an assessed valuation of, say. $780,
900 and is out of debt. BY the old
plan. suppose there is an annual tax
levy for ten years of 60 cents on one
hundred dollars. This will produce
$4,000 per year, and in ten years will
total $4,000. This money spent un-
der average local conditions means
that about half of it will be wasted,
and the farm in question will have to
pay each year sixty cents on thirty
hundred dollars or $500 per year.
The net result of this expenditure
will be the paying out of $780, 900 du-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Couldn't See the Resemblance.

Couldn't See the Resemblance.
They have been joking Assistant
Treasurer James A. Mathews Of the
Guardian bank on his resemblance to
President Taft, and Mr.. Mathews has
steadily refused to be annoyed there
by. So the jokers subsidized and the
joke died a natural death.
Until the other night, when Mr.. ands
Mrs. Mathews dined together with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harmon and their
little daughter, when the Taft resem"
blance was revived. Turning to young
Miss Harmon, Mr.. Mathews asked
whether she, too, thought he looked
like the president
Dorothy studied long and earnestly.
Then she answered.:
Not in the face. Uncle Jim."-
Cleveland Leader.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
WtIljnu to SUPPORT Proxy

Albert Tiedemann, freshman at
the University of Pennsylvania, was
called upon to vote for officers in q
recent gathering. Not being well &C
quainted with the nominees, he
thoughtfully hesitated before filling
out his ballot.
One of the company left the room
with the explanation that he would
vote by proxy"
$50 will L." said Albert, and with
his pencil poised above the paper,
leaned over to a companion on his
right and asked:
Say, what's Proxy's first name?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
He Got the Pass.

II want pass"
Pass? You're not entitled to q
pass. You are not An employee.
Sorry"
mo; but here tho anti-pass law
says free transportation can be grant
ed to necessary caretakers of live
stock, poultry and fruit Well, I'm
going on this trip with an aunt that's
a hen-there's your poultry; girl
that's a peach-there's your fruit;
and a nephew that a mule-there'a
your live stock. Gimme a pass
The Way-Bill.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Planning tho House,

WELL" said Clifford Bennington,
cheerfully, 1--WE got the plans for my
new house on the lake shore all fin
ished"
FINISHED to suit you?"
'.N-no. But the architect is satisfied,
and that's the best can expect"
"Ha, ha! How about Mrs. Berring.
TOM"
TITS all right with her, too. In fact,
she got that fixed before We started.
You see, she laid out the cupboards
and wardrobes. and all the architect
had to do was to build house around
them" Plain Dealer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30

that they can get, by the new plan,
about three times as ruch road as
they would upon the old. In handling
road building in this big way, it will
give an early and practical solution of
the good roads problem, vastly better
and more effective than to pass the
hat, get up an entertainment and
wear oneself out to raise the money
to build little bit OF road.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30

the township will find it wise, instead
of an annual tax levy, to issue bonds
to the full constitutional limit and
build, say, fifteen to twenty miles Of
road at once and pay for them by the
bond issue, paying of the bonds in in
stallments. This is vastly better and
cheaper than to build short stretches
by an annual tax levy. OF course in
terest will have to be paid upon the
bonds, but on the other hand the peo-
pie will have good roads to use, and
if the use Of the roads is not worth
more than the interest on the bonds
required to build them, then road
building is not worth while. The
worlds experience is that good roads
are always worth several times what
they cost to any community.
There are many advantages to this
plan. BY building many miles at once
it is practical to have good engineer
ing supervision and proper specifica-
lions, and the result will be a. we'll
drained, better and a more durable
road and one that will not cost nearly
as much to maintain as one poorly
constructed. Again, on so large a Job
contractors will figure lower than up.
on a small job and the best machinery
and methods can be employed to ad-
vantage, so it is fair to say that twen-
ty miles of road built under a single
contract will cost from Is to 20 per
cent. less than If built mile or so at
a time. Again, the roads are all new
at the same time and will be far more
satisfactory to the people, and the
benefits will be simultaneous to the
whole community.
Suppose the state in which given
township is situated aids in building
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
SOLVING NEGRO PROBLEM
Uneer Conditions, the Matter Seemed
Comparatively Easy Of Ar
ranQement.

The central police station was over
crowded one day last week. Officers
were wondering what they would do
should another arrest be made, when
the door opened and sleepy-looking,
blue-eyed foreigner drifted In with a
most detected '%oot efning, MEMS"
The officers nodded their greetings
to the stranger. who then asked 'tCan
I did some sleepings here? yust
came from Chicago and am start to-
work tomorrow"
"Well. the only space we have left
Is a bunk, which is already occupied
by a colored man. You can share.
that if you want to-" replied the off,
GER
The nan thought for few minutes.
scratched his head and said:
well, guess l no can see him In
dark, and besides am tired and want
sleep."- milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Tea Time In Chile.

Either tea or yerba mate is served
in Chile at 400 p. M, not only in the
homes but at clubs, restaurants and
hotels, and many business houses. A
cup of tea and a roll or small cake in
the club or hotel cost from eight to
twelve cents United States gold, while
the business houses serve it free
rather than have the clerks leave
their work or go out for It.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Showed Tact of kino,

It was the order of the day at
late shoot at Sandringham that hen
pheasants should not be shot, and one
Of the guests brought down a hen
which fell near King Edwards place
In the line. Anxious not to hurt the
offenders feelings by an over rebuke,
the king pointed to the corpus deficit
and said: "Ah, Quincy, what man
you are for the ladies!"-Life of Ed
ward VII.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30

Becomes a Grandma at Twenty-Five,
Denver, Colo.-Mrs. Susie Hurley,
mother of nine children, recently be-
came q grandmother. She 10 only
Twenty-Five years Of age. Her aaugh-
ter, now fifteen years Of age. il the
eldest daughter Of her family.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Old SuperstItIon.

It was prescribed by an old super
stition that If those who were affected
with ague would visit at dead of night
the nearest crossroad five different
times and then bury a new laid egg,
the disease would be buried. II the
experiment failed, they attributed 1t
to some unlucky accident that may
have hefallen them on the way.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Pet Collie Saves Babes Life,

Omaha, Neb.-Forced against a
fence and viciously attacked by a
large game cock, Bessie Savage, q
two-year-old child, was saved from
probable binding and the rooster was
torn to death by the child's dog, e
Scotch collie.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30

Eyes, environment does influence
u.s."
"How now"
"You never see a man coming out
of church with his hat pershed ON tn
side Of his head"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30

Outdon0.
Willis-1'm raising 500 chickens on
a five-foot lot.
Gillis-That's nothing. You ought
to see the relatives my wife is taking:
care of in our flat-Puck.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30
Some Day Ask
Your Physician

To tell you the curious story Of how the mind
affects the digestion of food
refer to the condition the mind IS in, Just
before, at the time, just following the taking
of food.
If he has been properly educated (the major
hy have) he will help you understand the curious
machinery of digestion.
To start you thinking on this Interesting
subject, will try to lay out the plan In general
way and you can then follow into more minute
details.
Pawlow pronounce Pavlof) famous Russian Ply.
the tube leading from the throat to the stomach
They were first put under choroform some other
anaesthec and the operation painless. They were
kept for months in very good condition.
When quite hungry some un-appeuzing food was
placed before them and, although hunger forced them
to eat shown by analysis of the contents of the
stomach that little any Of the digestive Juices
found.
Then, in contrast some raw meat put where they
couldn't reach at once, and little time allowed for
the minds of the dogs to antcpate and create an ap
petite When the food was finally given them, they de-
voured ravenously and with every evidence Of sat-
isfaction. The food passed out into dish through
found to be mixed with "Ptyaln the alkaline Juice Of
the mouth which is important for the step In
geson Then analysis was made Of the contents Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30

Keep your heart high; that I. The
sum of philosophy.-Victor Cousin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-06-30

the stomach, into which food had entered It was
shown that the digestive fluids stomach were flowing
freely, exactly if the desirable food had entered
This proved that it was not the presence of food
which caused the digestive juices to fow but the flow
caused entirely and alone result of the action
of the mind, from participation"
One dog continued to eat the food he liked for
hour believing he getting it into ais stomach
whereas, not ounce went there; particle went
out through the opening and all this time the d.
gestive Juices flowed to the stomach, prepared to
quickly digest In response to the curious orders o.
the mind.
Do you pick up tho lesson?
Unappetzing food that which fails to create mental
anticipation, does not cause the necessary diges<e
juices to ow Whereas food that is pleasing to tho
sight, and hence to the mind, Will the picated
machinery Of the body prepare IN a wonderful way
Tor tts Digestion.
How natural then to tina. one should SIT dowa
to meal In peaceful happy state Of mind and start
OF the breakfast, with some ripe delicious fruit
then follow with bowl OF crisp lightly Drowned thin
and good yellow and the attractive appetz-
ing picture cannot escape and will produce
condition Of mind which causes the digestive Juices
nature has hidden in mouth and stomach to forth
and do their work. '" E.->
These digestive Juices can be driven back by q mind
oppressed with worry, hate dislike of tho dis
agreeable appearance of food placed before one.
Solid facts that are worthy the attention OF anyone
who esteems prime health and human happiness &C =
valuable asset in the game Of me
. Memory Lngers' when breakfast Il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-23
NON-MEDICAL HEALING
|. H. ROWE, M.T.V.

Our Wonderful Healer Has Returned.
Whence cometh his power. The blind See
the deaf hear; and the dying restored TO
health.
BOOKLET FREE.
SIS F st. y. W. Phone NJ. 4S4S.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-23
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

n B.-Following schedule figures published
.nIy as information. an6 not guaranteed:
For Atlanta, Birmingham. Mobile, New
Orleans Asheville. 800 a. m. and lO:45 D. m.
Saiiy: 500 a. m. daily for Chattanooga and
Memphis. Dining cars
Eor Roanoke. Knoxville, CHATTANOOGA
Birmingham. New Orleans. 1919 D. m. daily.
Dining cars.
For Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga. Mem
phis NASHVILLE, 4;lo a. m. daily: sleeping
For Charlotte. Spartansburs. Atlanta, An
niston. Birmingham. AIS p. m. daily. Dining
cars.
Tourist cars for California Monday, We'd
nesday. Thursday. Friday. Saturday, 4::l5
d. m.
For Greensboro. Durham. Raleigh. Char
iotte. Columbia, Charleston, Aiken, Augusta,
Savannah. Jacksonville, and Florida points.
$40 D. m. daily. Dining cars.
Local for Harrisonburg. $50 a m. daily,
s:35 D. m. and 4:30 p. m week days: for
Danville. 7:30 a. m. daily and for Chariottes-
Vile 7:30 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. daily; for
Warrenton. $50 D. nj. daily and 4:55 .. m.
week days. Frequent trains to and from
Hluemont, L 8. BROWN. General Agent
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RAILROADS
BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R

LEAVE UNION STATION.
ROYAL BLUE Line
EVERY Other Hour the odd Hour"
To PglLADELPAIA AND NEW YORK.
NEW YORK TERMINAL LIBERTY ST.
.7:OO, 1910 Royal Special. hours). 800
CRoyal speciap. 'l:09 a. M. 100 'S:So'
k9ysI Limited a0arI Diners Dine so nd sEo:
cars on day trains SlesperS on lZ:la night
open al 1000 p. m
Phiiadeiphia and Atlantic City. t7:Oo. 's:oa
III 100 a M, 81 90. 800. TACO p: M
TO BALTIMORE.
EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR"
90 3 30, 200 '72s Is 100. $50. 900
$3.50, 1000. III 100 a. m. 100 noon, tl2:os,
tiS Ss 500 5o5, $50, $500 $50 i7:So 500
I'm 1000, .iO:4O, 'I:SO. 'l2:15 N. T.
cI,cAeo .,, %E Is w. .1:ss $50 p. m.
SSIaNic CilNA ST LOUIS. and LOUIS
vlLLE :slS : .s9is aI9 p M ' !sIS night
.,5 20 night, sleeper ready. 10 .. m
CLEVELAND. 's;lO y. M C0iuinOhs' '''SS
p HMIEEII>:G. .s:lr a. m. $3.50 p. M
ScheduIes of local trains at ticket offices.
s6aiiy. Except Sunday. tsunday only.
Te,epnN4nTw ", Main ISL; 6iS Pennsylvania
ave- Main rs: Union Station. Main 1850.
sEaBOARD AIR LINE RY.
mos a m. daily-''Seaboard Fast Mail
sHSnSah and Jacksonville. Parlor car Jack
sonvile to Tampa Through sleeper % n
ssS m INTERPRETATIONS Special
pniiInan steel electric lighted SleeDers 10
savannah, jacksonville, Tampa, ST Angus
80 and knights Key (for Hav2na)- Through
Coaches to jacksonville.
s:i5 D. m. daily-..,Atlanta-B irminSha?a spe:
.tei Through Pullman stee! elective lighted
sisaners and observation car to atlanta,
Birmingharn, and Memphis. Through cOachsI
- BIrmingham- Dining car.
"r,cLsr ONCE lIlS New York ave. n. ".
E A. HARDWOOD. e I. A.
G.. 2 PHILLIPS. d. P. A
ID bort T0nI "