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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Trunk Complete.

well be screwed In place before the
end circles are sawed :part
Great-grandfather's trunk was COW
cred with leather, tanned with the
hair or, making what was called a
hair trunk If one wishes to imi-
tate the original as far as possible, he
could cover this little trunk with can
ton flannel, the rough side out. This
will give quite the original effect
Circles Of cloth are cut for the ends
trif1e larger than the wood circles,
and the edges carried over to the
sides. The sides have the cloth
stretched straight above the outside,
the edges covering the ehds Then a
dark strip of braid can be put about
the edges and secured by round
headed brass tacks, as shown. Two
skate or book straps of laather COM
plete the fittings, except for the han
dies at the ends, which cac be had at
a hardware store. and the little deco
ration with round-headed brass tacks
shown in front. The trunk can be
lined with paper.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Oabbit, Castillo, HoIo and Three
Tricks Have PossibiIities-De-
scription Of Pastimes.

"Dabbit.''
This sounds like a swear word from
a man who is suffering from a severe
code i'd the dose," but 1t isn't. Dab
bit is only the title of a new game,
which some people say has a good
chance OF becoming more popular than
pfng-pong was. says the London
Sketch.
The idea is ridiculously simple You
are provided with 2 sort of oblong
tray, the bottom of which is formed
by the table on which you play. Placed
across the middle of the court thus
provided is q piece of wood contain
ing arches
The ordinary rules of tennis are fol-
lowed, but instead of going over the
net you serve the ball under the cen
ter arch. In returning. the players
send the ball back under any of the
arches and the fun is exciting. 1t Is
a series of pushes, and one is sur
prised at the amount of skill which
can be obtained.
Dabblt Is only one of several. Per-
haps the best is CASTILLO, a game on
an entirely new principle, which is be-
coming very popular in London, for it
can be played either on lawn or the
table, specially shaped mallets are
used. while ordinary croquet balls,
four players having a castle and two
balm. Much skill is required in the
capturing of flags and castles, each
game lasting about 20 minutes, and
providing all sorts of excitement when
the players are skillful.
More modest, but equally interest
ing, is holo, the players trying to
drive ball through their opponents
well-giarded goals. Holo appeals
quite stB much to children as to grown.
ups, and what seems fairly simple at
first Is in the end very difficult. >.
Stepping-st0nes is a game in which
the players have to stop from one
block to another while balancing a
ball on platter. The results are
]udicrous.
Finally, there Is three tricks. A lit
tie table is revolved and suddenly
stopped, whereupon the players try
to spike loose tablets which are num-
bered. The fact that one player spikes
more than another does not mean that
he wins, for he may have taken sew
eral for which he has to concede
points.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

goose bone and the woodchuck bur.
row and the corn husk covering and
the muskrat nest and all the rest Of
the old weather prophesying stand
bys would find their occupations gone.
Infallible? Why, say! For forty
years, whenever kill my pigs in the
fall, I have read the sign of the milt
the very first thing, and then know
a thing or two. That's what I've done
this fall. When I killed my pigs the
other day directed my attention as
usual to a spot under the diaphragm
of the most prognostic-looking pig I
had, and removed the viscus from the
left hypocondrium. Now, In going
for the pigs milt in its unfailing ca
pacity of weather prophet, let me tell
you in passing, just notice if the big
end Of it, the small end of it, or the
middle of it is bigger than by nor
NAL condition it ought to be. One or
t'other of 'em is bound to be SO.
IF it's the big end, get things ready
for the coming in of an early winter,
and a winter thatll make things
crack. If it's the mi6dle part that Is
exaggerated, you needn't count on
having any fun skating or sleigh
riding with your girl not before the
flag end of January.
:tThat's the way the pigs milt casts
the meteorological horoscope. have
looked it over for this year, and I
want to tell you that the small end
of the milt has a nub on it bigger
than a prize rutabaga. So you can
keep right on wearing your last sum-
mer's clothes until almost time for
johnny jump-ups to push their noses
up, and then you can tide over tho
weather that may drop down for a
spell about then by taking the old
ulster from the peg, for it'll be too
late to buy any new winter clothes.
Too late. No use at all.
Yes, yes. Put your trust in the
viscus situated in the left hypocon-
drum, under the diaphragm, and-do
you follow me? See the cinch? In
your minds eye do you see the tailors
and the clothiers on the run for head
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

On warm summer mornings when
it is too hot to enjoy violent plays
and you are looking for something
new to do, try putting ou:: lot Of pa
per clothes to dry. The clothes arc
cut from stiff, white, brown or striped
paper, or any sort of paper which
would look like clothes that are being
washed. You may cut out any eort OF
garment that you like, but remeEuber
that 1t must be cut out so ttat it
looks as if the arms were hung up to
the line. The clothesline is made OF
a cord and hung from one small up.
right post to another. Any thing
which will stand up will do for the
posts which are to hold the lines.
When the clothes are pinned up on
the line they look very funny, and II
is interesting to see how many differ.
ent sorts Of garments you can CIT
from the paper in this fashion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Not impressed.

Deal Beach. said apropos of her re
cent European tour:
MANY good people refuse to be i'm
pressed by the armless and legless
fragments of antique sculpture treas
ured in the museums OF the old
world.
One day in the British museum a
guide was recounting to a little knot
Of tourists the glories of battered
centaur, when a Chicago meat sales
man broke the reverent hush with the
question:
Excuse me, sir. but what would
they feed bloke like that on-ham
and eggs or hay?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

ready-made clothing store in Geeville,
and 1t was true that neither of them
had taken advantage of the Trumpet
in which particular, however, they
were in no way unique among the
trade"men of Geeville.
No" said I. smiling at the protest
against this delinquency of the cloth
ing men that seemed to lie in the
mysterious strangers manner, they
haven't come in yet
We'll" said no, with no little posi-
tiveness. well bring 'em in! Just
listen to me and act. and Well have
the tailors and the clothing store men
tumbling over each other to get here
first with their ads. I've got a cinch
on er> that is yours if you'll listen
and act I've killed it and it's all
right"
This startled me some. anu looked
up quick The man didn't look crazy,
but I thought he certainly must be.
Anyhow. I kept cool and said:
"Nillcd it? Killed what?"
My pig" replied the man. glancing
around as II he was eager that by no
chance the matter should go any fur
Their 1--WE killed my pig. It's all
right. It's got a nub on the small end
bigger than a prize rutabaga.'
| was sure now that the man was
loony. but thought it best to humor
him. and | said:
Your pig has nub on the small
end bigger than q prize rutabaga?"
NO. no." exclaimed the man. Not
the pig It's milt The pigs milt--
but, there: Maybe I'm way ahead of
myself. Perhaps you are not aware
Of the pigs milt?"
had to admit that I was aware
OF the pigs milt orly in general
| anatomical! way
Don't know it as a weather
prophet" said the stranger.
mot the slightest as q weather
prophet" I replied
All" said the man. showing salts
faction. Few do know the pigs milt
as weather prophet. There's where
this cinch Of mine is That's what's
going to make the tailors and the
clothiers come across to you if you'll
| listen to me and act Yes, Weather
propheting. That's about all there
really is to the pigs milt have
| known 1t intimately for forty years,
| and that's all the use I've ever dis
! covered that it had. If you think
| there is s~ny other use the pigs milt
puts itself to- see the dictionary Look
it up"
The man seemed so eager that I
should know. and l wanted to keep
on the right side of him so much until
help of some kind might come in,
| that I turned to the dictionary and
! the "milt" The principal duty of
milt. according to the dictionary. l
found to be this
| "Milt; viscus situated in the left
hypocondrtum, under the diaphragm !;
see melt
! But YOU needn't see melt" said
the man, nodding his head as I read
from the dictionary. III you see melt
it will merely advise you to see milt.
Having seen milt. you will Of course
serve no purpose by calling on it
again. and you have learned all there
is to learn in the dictionary about
milt. But long familiarity with it and
perennial observation Of it have
taught me that pigs milt is weather
prognosticator SO infallible that, ii
folks only knew it, the Kentucky
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
PUTTING Your Foot m IL

This familiar saying has an amusing
historical origin, which is as follows:
When the title to land is disputed in
H1ndustan. two holes are dug in the
ground. and one leg of each of the
lawyers of the rival Claimants are
buried therein. In this awkward posi-
ton the dusky legal champions fall
to arguing and the one who tires
hrst loses his clients case. Thus, in
a very humiliating sense, both the los
ing utigant and the defeated lawyer
have nut their foot In it,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

King Erricus of Sweden publicly
confessed that he was a sorcerer and
magician. He was the owner of an
enchanted cap, which he pretended
enabled him to control the spirits and
change the direction Of the winds at
pleasure. So firmly did his subjests
believe in the supernatural powers OF
their ruler, says the London Mail,
that when q storm arose they would
exclaim: "Ah, the king is again v,es:>
ipG his magic cap!" .~.x
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
AZ Waists Used to Be.

A london paper prints an article
from the ladies' treasury of 1866, in
which a prize is offered for the woman
with tho smallest waist in proportion
to her size. A silk dress was the frs,
prize and a gold watch second prize
In the school in which the prize was
offered by the principal the pupils
were required to sleep in corsets,
which could, however, be loosened
when retiring.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Part cuarly tie Ladies.

- =" = r.
Not only pleasant and reheshhs 70
he taste. but gently cleansing and sweet.
enns to the system. Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir d SIENNA Is particularly .adspted
to ladies and children. and beneficial b
al case. in which . wholesome. strength
enms and effective laxative should 30
used. 1t is perfectly safe at al times and
di,pe: colda headache. and the pains
caused by indigestion and constipation 20
promptly and effectively that it Is The one
perfect family laxative which gives sa6s-
faction to al and Is recommended by
million. Of fannie. who have used It and
who have personal knowledge Of i. ex~
celence.
Its wonderful popularity. however. h..
led m.crupulous dealers to Offer lnita-
ton. which act unsatisfactory. There
fore. when buying, to get its beneficial
effects, always note the full name Of the
Company California Fig Syrup Co..
plainly printed On the front If eve1y
package Of the genuine Syrup of Fis,
and Elixir Of SIENNA.
For sale by al leading druggists. Pnoe
50 cents Des bottle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Photooraph Now for Christmas.

The woman who owns good cam.
era, even though it be a small one.
may begin her Christmas presents
right now by taking attractive little
pictures which may later on be
mounted on blotters, calendars and
the like and give note of personality
to her gifts There are special photo
graph colors by which the black and
white prints may be tinted in artistic
style and without the need of any
special artistic training. With a CAM
era and these colors delightful book
lets and other remembrances may be
provided for during vacation days.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Always a Way.

"How can We get little Archibald
to go to dacing school? He thinks it's
sissy"
He has the wrong idea. Explain
to him that it will improve his foot
work in the ring Courier
journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

goin' in as PARTNERS. And We want a
two-colyumn advertisement put in
this week, sure. Two COLUMNS, and
run EN- right along, for Joback &
Shippers is jest goin' to boom things.
Boom 'em heavy"
looked around and saw the man
with the pigs milt cinch going out of
the door, and he looked so hurt that
I felt sorry for him.
Copyright. by w. G. Chapman)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Saddle for Goats.

has two wheels in front and sine rear
wheel. The goat is httched under the
frame bearing TIE saddle, so that the
entire weight of the rider is carried
on the wheels instead of on the goat.
The front wheels arc attached to a
bow-shaped fork, within which the
goat runs. A handle-bar is provided
for turning the front wheels In
steering
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

De Bore-Yes; I called upon Miss
Clever the other evening and she in
sisted upon my singing all the time.
Miss Grace-So she told me- She
said that was better than having to
talk to you all evening.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

1t isn't difficult to induce the other
fellow to compromise when he real
lses that you have the best of it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
An Equivalent.

The man in the Office with me did
not get the advantage of me- gave
him a Roland for his Oliver"
But which is really the better
make"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

Pitcher Malony-When l see 4
man trying to steal I try to throw
him out.
Of1cer Doolan-Yez do! Whin OF
see mon trying to steal OF run him
in.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
Ston the Pain.

The hurt Of a burn or cut stops when
Coles CarbolIsalve is applied. 1t heals
drHxfsts Ror frse scam sampie PIE a write fec to
J. w. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls, Wis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
A Resulting Ambition,

"The English are a queer people,
aren't they"
In what way"
II suppose it is London mans day
dream to become a knight mayor"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
WHEELED SADDLE FOR GOATS
Continuance So Arranged That Little
Animals May Be Used to Carry
Small Person About,

Goats, unlike horses and little
ponies, are not heavily enough built to
allow of riding upon their backs, but
goat-back riding is made possible by
means of the wheeled saddle shown in
the illustration. The arrangement
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

The next time you feel that swallowing
sensation Gargle Hamlins Wizard Oil i'm
mediately with three parts water. It will
cry from sore throat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy fol-
infants and children, and see that It
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08

It's dead easy to be an optimist
when only the good things Of life AZ
coming your way.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-09-08
POPULAR GAMES IN LONDON

For cats that sing outdoors 8
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-17
Promising Lad

From Tlt-BltS.
 Miss Ellis, descending the steps of Ben nett & Bucks, the ironmongers, met Mrs. Lane going up
 What they got?" Mrs. Lane demanded, in 9 tone that said, Nothing much, I guess!'
 q didn't look around" replied Miss Ellis. 'I knew what wanted,' holding out an ungainly bundle "and I got it-a hand bellows for my fireplace.
 q went in, and MT. Bakers third-no fourth-boy came right up to me and asked what he could show me. I told him hand bellowses. He brought some up, and said they were five shillings.
 Is that the best you can do?' I asked him.
 The very best, he says; but I'll tell you what I'll do, Miss Ellis,' he says. You don't look a very strong lady. and I'll fill it with wind for you
 'If you want bargains" concluded Miss Ellis, T recommend you to go to that boy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-17
SS.5O Recipe Free
 For Weak Men.
Send Name and Address To- day-You Gan Have It Free and Be Strong and
 Vigorous

have fin my possession prescription for nervous debility lack of vigor. weakened manhood. falling memory and lame back. brought by excesses. un- natural drans follies of youth that has cured so- many and nervous men right in their nomes--without additional help medicine that l think every who wishes to regain his manly power and .irty. ouickl, and quietly. should nave a copy. oo l determined to send COD, of the prescription free of charge in plain. ord mary sealed envelope to man who will write me for 1t
 This prescription comes from physician who has ma de special study of men and convinced fl i. ,he suest acting combination fer the cure of def- csnt manhood and sigor failure put together
 I think owe 1t to my fellow to send them A cony in confidence that any man anywhere who is ,reak and discouraged with repeated failures mn v s,op drusging himself with harmful patent medI- cines secure what l believe Is the quickest ling restorative. upbuildng. POT-TOUCHISG remedy ey- CT devised aud so cure himself at home quietly and quickly. Just drop line like this Dr. A. E. I,obinson. 4sO2 Luck Building. Detroit. Mich. and will send you a copy of this splendid recipe in plan ordinary envelope free of charge. great many doctors would charge ss % to $50o for merely wrt- ins out prescription like :hs-but seud t sntiss- H iteo. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-17
Montana Elk Preserve

From the Anaconda Standard.
 Reports from the new Gallatin game preserve, created at the last session of the Montana legislature, are to the effect that it is serving it's purpose admirably in preventing wanton slaughter of elk.
 The animals are now coming over the line into free territory in great numbers, but not in herds or through narrow open ings where pot hunting is possible. Near iy all returning hunters these days are laden with an elk, though they all state that it requires more skill and gives bet ter sport than without the reserve, when it was a mere butchery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-17
Dulldogging a Steer

From the Sunset MagazInc.
 Perhaps there is no contest that is greater tax on human endurance than that. demanded by 'bulldogging' steer, and the ''bulldogger'' must go it alone.
 The pony is as great a factor as the man, for when once the lasso rests over the horns of the range animal, all depends on the rapid way in which the mustang wheels so that the trailing rope will trip the steer
 When the steer is on the ground the plucky pony must keep the rope taut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-17
Not in the Market

From the WaShlngton Star.
 You want the initiative and referen- dum?" said the campaigner.
 No" replied Farmer Corntossel, "Tve gone in fur all the new inventions that come along and I ain't goin to try to learn how to try to run anything more."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-17

The range rider leaps off and with a length of rope ties the steers four feet together. Time is then called Unless he has completed all these operations from the word go in less than three minutes he is not deemed fit to enter the finals. As matter of fact one contestant cut inc time to 20 seconds a worlds record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-17

Recalling the conditions that existed when the early tariff laws were enacted, it does not require a statesman to show that they were primarily enacted for pro- ducing revenues. Whatever of incidental protection to the then infant industries was for the benefit of the tiller of the soil who operated factories as side lines. Our labor was the then ''pauper labor" or slave labor. and their product was used to supply the home demand. Then, too, the merchant borrowed money of the farmer, for cities were rare and banks were not to be found except at trade cen- ters
 Later on canals were constructed, and boat yards for building flat, canal and sailing vessels were abundant. Still later railroads were built, and after the opening of the west (that is west of the Allegha- nies) railroad construction amounted to a craze. recall charter for a railroad granted in 1886, in which the operating company was required to maintain a speed of four miles per hour. Cord wood was the then principal item of freight as coal now is. Railroad stations were called toll gates in the charters.
 Steam supplanted water power and horses as transportation force-'the bieaK, barren treeless plains of the west, desti- ute of springs" that our wise men had asserted "were unfit for habitation were found to be more fertile than the costal plain Mccormick had in his little log blacksmith shops in Augusta county, Nir- ginia. invented and made a mechanical reaper-horse power did the work of mon and again farming became a craze The machinery for harvesting was quickly fol- lowed by the cast blow and the drill--labor perpetuatine machinery-that combined the brain and brawn of hundreds of work men, intensified the profits from the soil,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-17
How Ahout It2

Suppose a man got drunk on oyster cocktails?"
 "Well?"
 Would you call that an oyster stew?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-17

At that time the 'home market was at home." Salt was made wherever saline wells were found-in short the people then were mainly engaged in tilling the soil, in manufacturing the products of the coun- try and in merchandising. Banks and steam engines were then rarer than total eclipses of the sun.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-05-23
ZEBU IS FOUND.

Having noticed the advertisement for a zebu in a recent edition of this paper. many people have been on the lookout for one of these rare animals. The mayor received telephone mes sage from a missionary up the coast this morning that an animal resemb- ling a zebu had been captured in a hole in the tundra by couple of na- tives.
 The zebu is only half grown but is said to be a fine specimen. Dr. Hill has forwarded by special messenger a gross of seidlitz powders for feeding the beast as it is said the little fellow thrives on diet of this character. A special committee headed by w Me. Manus, Councilman Riley and G. P Goggin will leave tonight at midnight to bring the curiosity to town.