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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
NO TYPEWRlTERS IN CHINA
Reason for That Fact Is Found In So.
900 Word Signs In Use-Russian
Machine 10 Largest.

Typewriters are now made for use
In nearly a hundred different Ian.
guages. and they are sold all over the
world; but there is still one great ma
ton which. for very simple reason.
has no typewriters that write its
tongue. That nation Is China, says
the New York Sun.
The English alphabet has twenty
six letters. the Russian thirty.six. The
typewriter produced for the Russian
market is the largest made; but no
typewriter could be made that would
begin to be big enough for the Chi.
nese language, which has no alphabet,
but is represented by sign characters.
of which there are about fifty thous-
and OF the great number Of words
found in the English language only a
small proportion are used for the or
binary purposes of speech, and the
same is true OF the characters used in
the Chinese languages; but the mum.
Der of Chinese characters commonly
employed is still far greater than
could be put on any typewriter. So
this nation Of 40O,000.000 people has
no typewriter in its own tongue.
But that doesn't mean that no type
writer's are sold in China More and
more Chinese are learning other Ian
guages besides their own, and Chi
nese merchants and resident foreign
merchants use typewriters. and they
are used in legations and in consular
Offices and In banks and shipping of.
fees and colleges. and by mission.
aries. by various people. Altogether
there are sold in China a good many
typewriters.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
EllskwataWa

A townful of Shawnee Indians, clad
III weirdly fantastic mourning, howled
the death dirge about a great wigwam
one day In 1925. In the wigwam lay
q hideous. Cne-eyed man. whose name
had long been known and hated by
every white settler in the west He
was Ellshwatawa, the prophet.
brother ut the famous Tecumseh and
deadly for to the United States gov
ernmen$
A few days before this scene OF
noisy mourning the tifty-year-old
prophet had been in the act Of light
ing his pipe when he sank to the
ground, lifeless. His followers had
been horsor-struck. For they had
deemed him immortal His death
meant the loss of their wisest. most
powerful leader. They laid the body
in state upon pile of furs in the
wigwam and began the death dance.
When the dancing and feasting were
ended the tribe marched in sad pro-
cesston to the prophets bier to carry
him to his grave. AS they neared the
pile OF furs the silent figure upon it
suddenly sat up.
A Weird miracle"
Il have been in Paradise for three
days." calmly remarked the supposed.
ly dead prophet, as his frightened
tribe-tolk shrunk back in horror. Il
have talked face to face with the
Great Spirit and have brought you a
message from him. Call the nation to-
gether that l may impart the tidings
to ALL"
When the awed nation" had as
sembled the prophet proceeded to de-
liver his message" which included a
command that the Shawnees cease
and which in various points strength
ened the prophets authority over
them. This was but one of many SIM
liar tricks by which the oneeyed
genius held his peoples allegiance
and reused them to frenzy Of 10y
atty toward himself.
The prophet led a strange. adven-
turous life. many of whose incidents
can scarcely be explained by natural
causes AS brother of the mighty
Tecumseh, he won war fame and
wealth. He helped Tecumseh by over
awning the Indians with miracles" Be-
tween them the brothers swayed near
~ all the western tribes. In 1908 the
prophet secured a large tract OF land
where the Tippecanoe and Wabash
rivers join. and he rallied to his stand
ard more than a thousand braves OF
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
MARvELS Of A FLYING BIRD
vultures Glide for Miles, Without
Slightest Deviation Of Course,
Without Wing Beat. :

On the horizon in tropical coun-
tries there often appears a small
black point visible only to the prac-
teal eye. The point increases In size
as 1t approaches. 1t Is the sailing
bird par excellence. the vulture. says
the Strand. returning to its hollow In
the rock a dozen miles away.
A glider, who sails magnificently
upon its outstretched wings. without
a beat, without the slightest deviation
from its perfectly straight track. it
thus traverses the space from one
horizon to the other. again becomes
an tmperceptible point and disap-
pears. leaving the spectator marvel
ing at the simplicity with which ma
ture solves a problem Of mechanics
which appeared impossible to man.
When one observes a sea eagle
perched upon a lofty cliff it may be
remarked that in order to quit its
eyrie it waits until gust Of wind
arises. then it let's itself fall forward
with extended wings. gives beat or
two as it turns, brings itself to face
the wind and thus mounts without q
wing beat hundreds of yards high.
A gliding bird so sets its wings that
the air currents make an angle with
their plane. The wind thus sustains
its weight and gives it at the same
time forward movement. II its
force Is stronger than is necessary to
obtain these two effects it produces
third effect-the bird mounts into
space without wing beat. If the air
suddenly becomes calm the bird
would fall, but the fall would be as
tonishingly slow.
Professor Drzewiecki has calculated
that a gliding bird. at height Of
1880 yards, at the moment when 1t
commences to descend with motion
less wings. can by setting them at the
most favorable angle touch the
ground at horizontal distance Of
about Is miles. II the wind fall,
large birds can always, with few
wing beats, attain an altitude where
they will find a wind which will per-
NIT them to continue their journey
ION tie glide"
The gusts and eddies of the wind
are of course great -disturbers of
flight, and few birds attempt to
struggle with a tempest. Even the
strongest fiers have not from this
point of view so much holiness as
they generally get credit for. Thus
the stormy petrol is so named, not be-
cause 1t braves the storm, but be-
cause as soon as a storm threatens
1t will often seek for refuge on a
ships rigging. and thus foretell the
tempest. And II the albatross loves
the stormy waves 1t is only because
It frequently alights upon the water.
where it often sleeps securely to the
rocking of the pillows.
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different neighboring tribes. To his
followers he was more than a mere
leader. He was also their medicine
man. and supernatural master. Yet.
despite all this. he governed so badly
that soon all but 300 OF his men de-
serted. Nothing but Tecumseh's aid
prevented the remainder Of the band
from scattering.
But even Tecumseh could not save
his brothers land. For in 1909 the
government, through Gen. w. H, Har-
rlson, bought from the Indians a huge
tract OF territory that included all the
prophets domains. Tecumseh sought
in vain to combat this purchase. Fail
Ing. the two brothers set to work com.
bining all the western tribes into q
league to destroy the white men.
The climax was reached at the bat
tie Of Tippecanoe. in November, 1911
Tecumseh had gone southwark to en-
list new tribes for the league In his
absence the prophet was keeping the
local Indians In fever heat OF war
like fury. Harrison, with 800 soldiers
(mostly militia) marched to Terre
Haute and thence sent a declaration
to the prophet. The messengers were
insulted and driven back. Then Har
rison advanced upon the prophets
town. camping for the night a short
distance from it.
The Battle Of TIppecanoe.
The prophet ordered his men to
make a midnight attack. But Harrt-
son was ready for them. All night
the battle waged. The prophet him.
self did not fight He sat IN safety
on distant hilltop. weaving magic"
spells and chanting war-hymns At
daybreak the Indians fed in wild con.
fusion. Sixty white men and forty
savages were found slain upon the
field. Harrison pressed on to the
prophets town, found it deserted and
burned it to the ground. The prophet
had fed in safety. but his defeat had
forever wrecked the combination of
tribes he and Tecumseh had planned
against the government
The prophet fought for the English
against our country in the war of
1912. and for his services received q
pension from the British government
On this he lived comfortably In Can
ada until 1925. surrounded by band
OF his admiring tribesmen Then he
came back to the United States and
settled to the west of the Mississippi
The date and manner Of his death are
shrouded In mystery.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
Aerial Scout Work.

AS an example of what German
military airmen are already able to do.
the performance of Lieutenant Mack
enthun recently is cited. In a space Of
IS minutes Lieutenant Mackenthun.
who was acting for the Red force. rose
and few along the enemy's front and
was back on the ground at his head
quarters ready to report To obtain
the same results would have taken q
strong force of cavalry four hours.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
A Good Hint.

In an emergency, where one has to
evolve a fancy" costume with little
time and apparently less material,
something very lovely can be made of
several of the beautiful evening scarfs,
either the spangled ones or plain ones.
Nearly every woman will possess a
scarf of one kind or another and these
can be borrowed. as no damage need
be done to them. Over white dress
hang two or more of the silver span
gled ones. SO that they fall from the
shoulders down as far as possible on
either side. Then wind others about
the hips and around the head, cross
ing piece over the forehead and an.
other over the chin and lower part OF
the face. The eastern effect is grace
full and usually very becoming.
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and would travel hundreds of miles to
bring him their troubles for adjust
ment. 1t is probably to some of these
worshipping Indians rather than to
any really authentic facts that we owe
the following tale of Tammany's Prov
ess. story that used to be told and
retold at a thousand native camp
fires:
The Evil Spirit" Tor some powerful
and malicious Indian chief who be-
came known by that name. because OF
his crimes) coveted the wealth and
peace and easy life Of Tammany's do
minions, and sought to gain foothold
there. Tammany knew that II the
Evil Spirit" should once establish a
home in Pennsylvania the justice and
kindly feeling that had been so care
fully fostered among the local Indians
must give place to strife and sin. So
he forbade the spirit" to set foot in
the realm. The Spirit" insisted. and
Tammany had to use force to check
his advance.
Battle With evil Spirit"
A long and terrible battle ensued.
lasting several months and dyeing the
green forests red At last Tammany
overcame his foe and drove him forth
in utter defeat The Evil Spirit" fed
to Manhattan island, where the god
less natives received him enthusiastic
ally and made him their ruler. begging
him to remain among them forever.
The many reports Of Tammany's
wisdom, of his goodness to settlers.
ETC.. led later admirers Of him. in
Revolutionary times. to refer to him
as "St Tammany," and to call him
"the patron saint Of America" His
name was placed on some calendars
and his festival celebrated on May l.
From "St Tammany" New York po-
litical association founded just after
the Inauguration of President Wash
ington) took it's name. It's first meet
ing was held May 10. 1889. In mem.
DRY of its namesake's Indian rank the
officers were known as "sachems."
''Tammany Society" was also found
ed in Philadelphia and on its outings
strove to reproduce the local color"
of the great chiefs times and Gus
toms.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
TIMELY TIP ON Lingerie
Among Prettiest Corset Covers Are
Those That Fit Into PepIun.
at Waist.

The busy bachelor maid," who has
Of her wardrobe. but must attend to
them in the bits and edges Of time
after business hours when she would
be glad to stretch out and relax in
place of fussing with tapes and rib
bons. continues to buy or make her
corset covers and coordination"
with headings or castings at waist and
neck edges, in which ribbons must By
run if they are to be worn with an{
comfort
Yet among the prettiest corset coz
ers Of the present day are those that
fit into a peplum at the waist line. a
narrow insertion or tiny band of fold
ed lawn covering the join and render
ing draw tape" superfluous. and
those that have the fullness at the
upper edge gathered daintily, to 1T.
once and for all, under similar dn-
ishing band to which the lace or 4m-
broidery arounn tie neck is joinel-
Reference is not made to the c:ose
fitting corset cover. which reminds
one Of a fitted lining. These perIum
corset covers have a slight fullness at
the waist line, gathered into the ksnd,
and almost as much at the upper
edges, before finishing, as If the lead
ing were to be used, with baby ribbon
to draw it close. And they yield aoth-
ing to the other style, either in ptettt-
ness of appearance or perfection OF
finish. Moreover. they quite elimi-
nate all unnecessary Punching at
the waist line. which advantage. con-
sidering the present styles, is recon-
mending them more and mose to
those who know"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
FhpM TEXAS i.
Some Coffee Facts From tho Lone
Star State.

From a beautiful farm down in Tex
as, where gushing springs unite to
form babbling brooks that wind their
sparkling way through dowery meads,
comes a note Of gratitude for delivery
from the coffee habit.
when my baby boy came to mo
i've years ago, ! began to drink
Postum, having feeling that it would
be better for him and me than the old
kind of drug-laden coffee. I was not
disappointed in it. for it enabled me, a
small, delicate woman, to nurse q
bouncing, healthy baby IA months.
- have since continued the use OF
Postum tor I have grown fond Of II,
and have discovered to my Joy that it
has entirely relieved me of bilious
habit which used to PROSTATE me two
or three times year, causing much
discomfort to my family and suffering
to myself.
my brother-in-law was cured OF
chronic constipation by leaving OF
coffee and using Postum. He has be-
come even more fond Of it than hs
was of the old coffee.
In fact, the entire family, from the
latest arrival "a 2-year-old who always
calls for his 'potie' first thing In the
morning), up TO the head of the house,
think there is no drink 50 good or 30
wholesome as Postum" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road e
Wel1vfl1e," in pkgs. There's q reason"
Ever read the abovo letters "A new
enc appears from tlnDe to time. Th11
t0faNoDk
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Tammany-1ndian war chief, saga
more. sachem and friend of the white
MANS best remembered today by
the society that bears his name. But
he was famous century before Tam
many Hall was built.
Historians were few and amateur
romancers were many In the Pennsyl-
vania wilderness of olden times. So
for one true story OF the great Tam
many there are 20 fanciful legends.
And oftentimes it is hard to separate
fact from fancy in telling of the old
sagamore's career.
Tammny was ruler of the Delaware
Indians early In the seventeenth Gen.
fury and was leader of the Lenni-Len-
nape confederation of New York and
Pennsylvania tribes which in those
days waged eternal warfare against
the fierce six Nations" and the saw
ages who lived On and around Mauhat-
tan island. He WIS king, rather than
a chief. and ruled his wide domain
wisely. In various native dialects he
is called Tamenand. Temane. Tam
1nent and Tammany. His huge pal
ace-wigwam" Ia reported to have stood
upon the site Of Princeton college.
Welcomed William Penn.
When Villa 81 Penn and his fellow
Quakers landed in Pennsylvania, with
q charter to settle that region, 1t was
Tammany, according to most accounts.
who first greeted the great English
man and who made him and his COM
pan1ons welcome guests of his ma
ton" Tammany 1t was who smoothed
the way for the newcomers and in
duced the neigt5oring tribes to receive
them peacefully. He is said to have
been parts to PENIS celebrated
treaty with tho natives, and to have
cemented SO close a friendship be-
tween Quakers and red men that,
while EngIish-;ndian wars waged con-
stantly in neatly all the other colon
les, Pennsylvania was immune from
bl0odshed.
So mighty was Tammany and so
deeply revere.l that his tribesmen IN
later years were wont to bestow his
name upon ary person on whom they
wished to confer special honor. The
Indians looked on him as sort OF god
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
Anqora Wool.

Angora wool. ever 80 beautiful. soft
and feecy, is made up in many at
tractive forms. A dull green sweater
coat is $22, but it is the loveliezt thing
Of it's kind. Unlike all the vhward
things that are accustomed to being
crowded under coats and make the
wearer entirely miserable, th,I one is
soft and pliable. cling1ng to tie figure
in nice lines 1t has pockets and belt
and is finished down the front with
small smoked pearl button9- There
are scarves, too. Of this fleec7 Angora
yarn, long and soft and loosely woven.
though warm as toast. They come
either in pure white or with a purple
striped border.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
C0MICAL FAN FOR CHILDREN
Face Thrusts Tongue In and Out as 1t
10 Waved About-Easlly Made by
Clever Boy or Girl.

A Pennsylvania man has taken out
a patent on an amusing fan which
will probably find favor. The comical
feature of this device is a face which
thrusts out its tongue and draws It
in again as the fan is used. The fan
is made with two covers and hollow
handle. In the center of one of the
covers. near the top. grotesque face
appears The mouth of this face IL
an open slit Running up through the
handle is q stick with flexible
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03

resented in the illustration was carved
long ago by American Indians. That
was before they had to spend their
time lodging white hunters.
Mask making and wearing have
been popular the world over for thou
sands of years. In China and Japan
masks were carved OF wood and used
in the theaters, this custom being In
practice even TO this day in Java. The
Cingalese, natives of Ceylon. worship
the devil, and the mask OF his satanic
majesty is highly respected there.
Most OF the lacquered Chinese and
Japanese masks that you may see in
this country are made especially for
the Americans who like to pay high
prices for oriental cur1os. Maskmak-
ing is also practiced in many European
countries. German masks being noted
for their grotesQueness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
White Caters Arc Wcrn.

The woman who has pumps and
does not wish to get high shoes until
late in the winter can now use her
cloth CATERS and be very much in
style. White ones ore quite the fash
ion, and their rivals are pearl gray
These are worn with the black shoes
with all kinds of gowns that are short
and for the streo!
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A fIY Paradise.

First Houseay-Howdy, old pal7
What sort of a season have you had?
Second F1y-Much the same as
usual. Didn't take any outing this
year. I'm at my old quarters In the
livery stable.
First Fly-Pretty dull. I should say.
rye been in clover. That's right. II
there ever was a fly Eden found 1t.
Listen. No screens, baldheaded own
er, baldheaded baby, fypaper easy to
eat and three fat women who couldn't
swat an elephant. I'm going back there
next summer
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This useful coat might we'll be made
in tweed or rough serge. H. has the
upper part set to the basque under
the waist-band, which is OF material
cut the reverse way. as also are the
cuffs and collar.
The cap Is Of the same material as
coat
Materials required: 2 yards 4S
inches wide.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
Causes of Bad Spelling

we alike mishandle the normal words
every bit as badly as the abnormal
whose number is dreadfully exagger.
ated. And any one who will teach
children to spell analytically, BY
sounds of letter, to build up words
with. will find the child swiftly learn
ing to spell the few anomalous words
and sense" the exceptional usaees
with actual zest. as mental play. l
have tried It over and over"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
Heavy Weights TRANSPORTED.

At Swinton, near Manchester, Eng.
land, many years ago. during a deluxe
Of rain, lightning suddenly filed
brick building. in which coal was
stored, full of pestilential, sulphurous
vapor Suddenly the building. the
walls Of which measured nearly a foot
in thickness, was torn out of the
ground, the foundation being nearly
two feet deep, and transported in an
upright position to distance of near
~ 80 feet The weight moved .waa
estimated at more than eleven tona
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03

tongue on one end that passes
through the mouth of the face. A
projection on the lower end of the
stick passes through slot in the han.
die and by moving this projection up
and down the tongue can be made to
run in and out of the mouth and wag
back and forth. thus producing the
appearance Of person making
faces" A clever boy or girl could
easily make one of these fans for
himself or herself
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-11-03
Ends Too Far Apart.

Little Arthur had been to church.
How did you like the sermon?" asked
his sister.
Pretty we'll" answered the you'll,
full critic. 'The beginning was very
good, and so was the end, but It had
too much middle" g..s.4 =. ~s-> /, ..g-,
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Round collars there are too, some with
cuffs and some without.
Little Jokes and chcmisettes IF Irish
lace are most useful In mademoiselle's
accessory box for they are very prac-
teal indeed. They may be worn with
many gowns or blouses, may be
washed quite frequently and do not
object to the soap and water treatment
in the least.
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Not SURPRISED

NOT surprised.
II am sorry, my dear young lady.
but you have black future before
you"
That's no news. I've just been pro-
NOTED to the mourning department in
the store where I am employed" !
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Why He Felt Better

Mother Ito small invalid)-Are you
feeling better this mornfn, Willie?
Willie-1 dunno. Is there any more
Jam?
Mother-No, dear. You ate the last
of it yesterday.
Willie-Then guess I'm well
enough to get up today.
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] SETTER THAN NOTHING.

HE s. Z g.. r.
oh, tho river keeps on flowing. flowing,
Il Till should think there would be no
r. MORE, : = A. :. Ies-@4a'~
And the little boats are going. going.
IS While I am here on the stock-still shore.
And there's a robin, and there's a swal-
:. low, -kssE
Away they go. as fast as they please;
And all the other birds can follow,
y And even the butterflies and bees.
I'd give my arms. and be glad to do 1t, d
For pair Of nice. big. feathery wings.
That catbird looks just as If he knew IT.
It isn't any wonder he sings! = J.. -;
I'd fly straight up. and over the steeple,
What stupid thing it Is to be people!
But l can do one thing-I'u 60 and
: wade! s.