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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29
Safe New Porch SWlnQ.

most OF the time, however. as it saves
the porch floor from having paint
scratched of by the feet OF swingers
and keeps women's skirts from drag
ging on the floor and becoming soiled
and frayed around the bottoms. The
swing fastens to the porch ceiling by
chains and cannot be tipped over by
children. A lawn swing Of larger
size is made on the same principle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29
A Quarter Century

Samples given away each year. The con.
slant and increasing sales from samples
proves the genuine merit of Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder to be shaken
into the shoes for Tired, Aching, Swollen
Tender feet. Sample free. Address, Allen
8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29
Holes for the Rain.

Mamma" queried little Ethel,
what are the stars in the sky for?'
Each star 10 world like OUR.
dear" replied her mother.
Why" exclaimed tho astonished
Ethel, thought they were just lit
To holes to lot the rain through"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29
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OPTICAL TOY QUITE AMUSING
Can Easily Be Made by Using Piece
Of Cardboard With Two ojects on
Different Sides.

How many children know what a
.haumatrope is? Very few. by that
lame. But most of them have seen
:haumatropes. The dictionary says
hat ''thaumatrope is an optical toy
depending for its action upon the per-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29
Guesa What.

Tom-Yes, Miss Roxley and I are
strs1gers now. I've ben asked not
10 call there again.
J&ck-rll bet old Roxley had a hand
n that.
Tom-Well-er not a hand exactly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29

The young man who marries an
heiress may not have to wait 50 years
In order to celebrate his golden wed.
ding.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29

sistence Of an image on the retina OF
The eye. On opposite sides Of disk
ire depicted two objects or different
parts of the same object, so that
when the disk is rapidly twirled
around a diameter the two sides ap'
pear to be seen at once and their i'm
ages are combined"
Thaumatropes are not hard to
make. Just cut out those pictures
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29

Reverse Side Of the Disk.
paste them on opposite sides OF
cardboard and twirl it by means of
the string as show> also In the illus
tration. and you Will have thauma-
trope.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29

AS a corrective for Indigestion and a regu-
lator of the system, no remedy can excel in
purity and efficiency Garfield Tea.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29

Doing is the great thing. For II,
resolutely, people do what Is right, in
time they come to like doing it.-Rus'
kin.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29

''Pink Eye" 10 Epidemic In the Swing.
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Reliable Relief
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29

II you are poorer than your rela
lions It is easy for you to dodge them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-03-29

Parlez-vous Francois?
He-Does she speak French at all?
She-Well, yes; but only enough to
make herself nintelligible.-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01

I. The Value Club Piano 10 $40 dollars.
2. The price Club Members ls 2s7 dollars.
The $500 cash. when you join, then $50
The Plano viii be delivered when you Join,
later, you wish.
g. The weekly payments OF dollar and 80 cents
begin when tire Piano Is delivered
g. Every Instrument Is euaranteed-E. e. FORBES
PIANO cos REGULAR TEN YEAR GUARANTEE.
There no lt--Iust straight
guarantee as strong how make II In
writing.
n n afser so days. trial, the plano IsHnot salts
factory, will give you your money back
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01

g. " the piano 10 satisfactory after 80 days
the Club Member months In which 70
satisfy himself of the plano. II IL
does then everything that he expects he
has the privilege OF exchanging IL without penHys
loss for other instrument Of equal greater values
that sell (and sell ten different representative
makesl
8. " club member dies during the life Of his
tract and all payments have been made agreed
win immediately send receipt In full to his family for
the Instrumen-.
10. beautiful match the pizno
style Included without extra cost
II. The plano Will be tuned the nrst free, within
twenty-five mile radius of store
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
MILK WITHOUT THE COW
of German Scientist In
 sures Against all Germs

From the London Express.
 Milking machines are doing away "i'n the picturesque mildmaid, and now cow less milk-if the claims of German scientist count for anything-threatens te make the COW itself good for nothing but beef.
 It is claimed for this synthetic milk that 1t will serve every purpose for which cows milk is now considered indispensa- fble, and that in many directions 1t pos sesses important advantages over its an- imal rival.
 The first samples of this synthetic milk will arrive In London today, and will be subjected to searching tests by the most expert analysts So far, no thorough an alysis of the cowless milk is obtainable. and it is merely stated that it Is made solely from cereal and vegetable sub. stances of which an inexhaustible supply can be obtained.
 Mr. P. w Slingsby, who is interested in the introduction of synthetic milk into this country. and whose partner is at present in treaty with the inventor in Germany. outlined to an Express rep resentative yesterday some of the claims
 which are made for the laboratory made lacteal fluid
 Until we have had our own tests mad. tomorrow" he said, 'I can only repeat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
Little Girls Smoke

Governor Hadley will soon be asked to grant permission to the Missouri wom- ans Christian Temperance Union to cir culate petition among the prisoners fin state penal institutions asking the vot- CTS to do away with saloons at the nexE election.
 This announcement was made at the state cotiNention of the union today
 Girls not over l0 years old in some of the society homes in. St. Louis are smoking cigarettes. said Mrs. E. B. Ingalls in a speech.
 Not only here, but in other parts of the state as we'll have found little girls puffing cigarettes, sometimes in their homes. she said.
 Mrs Ingalls, pleaded with the delegates to use every effort In helping enforce the law which prohibits the sale of ci- garettesl or cigarette materials to per sens less than IS years of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
Red Cross Society of Japan
rom the Oriental Review.

l From the Oriental Review
 The Red Cross society of Japan is not only, one of the largest but one of the best organized of the Red Cross societies in the world. It has a membership of 1.50O 900. It's property is estimated to be worth S1- ,005 and it's annual income is s5o0eO6.
 The society, as is well known, found t possible to render really remarkable ser vice in the relief of the ill and wounded of the oposng forces during the Chino Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars. With tht increase of it's power and Influence in tohse times. it immediately began to ex- tend it's activities to relief work of an international nature.
 During the Boxer troubles in north China it's hospital ships and reserve hos pitals took care of the i'll and wounded o. the allied dsforces. and it easily won the ap- probation of the powers for the excellence of it's work. In the recent revolutionary outbreaks in China, it sent relief corps tc Hankow, China, and attended to 5000 of the ill and wounded. In the absence of an effective Red Cross organization in China the work done by the Jananese earned the geniune appreciation of the Chinese peo- pie.
 At the time of the San Francisco earth quake it contributed 100000 yen (about s2O0,Oo0) to the relief fund, and at the time of the earthquake in Italy 414.000 lira ts1o3, O0o)
 The most remarkable feature of the ac- tivities Of the Red Cross society of Japan however, is undoubtedly in its relief work in time of peace. 1t has local stations or sections all over the country. and each does an enormous amount of relief work in time of stress and trouble. In a way this is keeping up the efficiency of the society's medical staff and nurses for the more serious business of war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
Newspaper Defined

A newspaper, If anything, must De a page from the life of day. It must be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
The Glaciers Are Shrinking

From Harpers Weekly.
 It appears that except over small area, the glaciers of the world are re- treating to the mountains
 The Acapaho glacier in the Rockies has been melting at rapid rate for sev- eral years. The glacier on Mount Sar- 'niento. in South America. which des- cended into the sea in the last century, is now separated from the shore by a vigorous growth gf timber.
 The Jacobshaven glacier in Greenland has retreated four miles since the year 1860, and the East glacier in Spitzber- zen is more than a mile away from it's old terminal moraine.
 In Scandinavia the snow line is farther I'D the mountains, and the glaciers have withdrawn 5000 feet from the lowlands in a century. In the Eastern Alps and one or two other small districts the glaciers are receding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
the claims of the inventor. but they are

1 the claims of the inventor, but they are
 certainly startling enough. | 'It is stated that this synthetic milk
 has every nourishing property of cows milk. but contains no trace of animal
 matter. It Is more readily digested than
 cows milk, as the fatty constituents are
 provided In more assimilable form, and
 it can be altered in manufacture to suit i the particular needs of babies or delicate l persons.
 l "It is claimed also that the new milk is
 far purer than any cows milk as sup piled to the consumer, and that it has
 better keeping properties. It will be pos
 sible to supply it in vessels sealed at the time the milk is manufactured, with a
 consequent maximum of cleanliness. Tt will be possible to manufacture syn thetic milk at cost which will compare favorably with that of cows milk. Its
 taste, I am told, is very pleasant. and of course it has the one great advantage
 that there is DO risk of it being coatami-
 mated with tuberculosis or other disease germs.
 Vet another advantage claimed is that any milk left over In manufa ature can be
 converted into cheese and butter | It is too early yet to look at the econom- ic possibilities of synthetic milk. One hesitates to think of the dairy farmers. reception of the discovery, or of the num-
 Der of cows that will find themselves in
 the ranks of the unemployed. |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03

a mirror of the happenings of that one particular day-not the day before or tbs day to come. And like life it must he made up of many things. There is a lit- tie sense, and a little nonsense. a smile end a sob a tragedy and a comedy, a lit- tie light and little sunshine, day, with It's gorgeous tinting. then--night, with its darkness forever,
 Ihe formula for newspaper does not exist. It is the creation of the moment. and it's life IS limited to the seconds 1t must not only catch the spirit of it's time, but must record the ticklings of tEa clock. The new spaper is today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
Kansas Schools on Wheels

From the Kansas City Journai.
 More than 40 towns in Kansas where the high schools did not offer instruction in home economies have had movable schools in cooking and sewing from the Kansas Agricultural college. These schools" are offered in September ayd in April and May. The maximum number for a class is 4O no girl over 15 and no woman over 100 to be enrolled The course consists of five lessons in sewing and five lessons in cooking and each member of the class must do the work exactly as she would do it if in a class at college.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03

wet weather of the winter and covered many acres of farm land. Now the water has subsded into stream, and the fish were caught out of this with a seine. These fish, like those that were caught when the big wet weather pond between Newstead and Julian disappeared recent ly, are supposed to have come through undergrond streams from the Mississippi river or from Reelfoot lake during the high water of the spring and early sufH- meri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
WITH THE NATURE TAKERS
lighting Goat Whips an Elk in De
 fense of an Angora Cat
11rom the New York Herald.

From the New Y orlS Herald.
 Kilkenny. d big black goat in Central rark. fought a battle with an elk, Nose by name, and came off victor. Nose had precipitated the battle by attacking Willing, an Angora eat, long friend ol killSenny's.
 Nose who is getting old and heavy, was for long time the faVorite in the deer incosure, but recently young elk, Danny by name, was added to the herd. Nose attacked Danny but the battle was not of long duration. Danny, more active, soon vanquished Nose. "Blf' Snyder head keeper, transferred Nose to another iiicosure. H
 Nose saw Wiling an Angora cat, summing herself in a bright place, and at once charged upon her. Willing fled. Kilkenny took umbrage at Moses actions and butted Nose in the side. In a mo- ment both. were putting away al eacn other. The battle was at it's height when William Hoey keeper, aided by a large Scotch hound put stop to the fight. Milwaukee dispatch to the New York
 Tommy Logan, said to be the greatest wonder in the feline world, is sojourning in Milwaukee. Tom has 26 huge toes and claws.
 Tom is some cat when you come to look him over. Twenty-six toes is no small bundle of understanding for any animal to carry And some of these are pretty big ones, more than three-eghths of an inch across. Thomas is but twelve months old, and he still Is adding to the number of his claws. A month ago he increased the count by one, and many more are expected, as they are showing signs of sprouting
 Seven of Toms toes are on each of the front feet, and six on each of those In back. The 26 toes give him a heavy footedsappearanee that would at frs. in dicate ciumsiness. but this is heled by lis actions. Tom has a great record as Il mouser. sDd once while stopping at Minneapolis captured a parrot left in- advertently by it's owner.
 From the Hopklnsville (ky..) New Ela.
 wagonload of fresh fish, caught in Swallow Spring, near Beverly. was sold to c. R. ClarlSs fish market by Louis Gregory and attracted much attention. The fish were crappie and silver perch, weighing up to three pounds each, and catfish of an average weight of about nne pound each. The fish were q part of a catch that is said to have been of about 1000 pounds. As is generally known, Swallow Spring rose during the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
The Typos Way

From the La Crosse Tribune.
 popular novelist was correcting proofs at desk in the Century club.
 Typographical errors are the bane of all writer's" he said. 'I have never had very bad ones myself-nothing like the one once saw in the famous line "There were roses strewn in my path like mad 7 This the typesctter turned to-
 "sThere were roses strewn in my path like mud"
 "The other day Mir. Roosevelt was ad- vocating the purity of the ballot; he'd cacritice himself 10 bring about the purity of the ballot But in my paper the typesetter made it read the purity of the ballet
 1T did once suffer myself not In q hook, in speech. [ was addressing q Scottish literary society and began with the words Brither Scots "But the typesetter made me begin: 'Brither Sots.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
The Literary Waitress

From the Chicago Evening Post.
 win you have a cereal for your break fast?' asked the waitress.
 "A serial9 No, htank you" reped the witty guest, q should prefer some short stories."s
 Whereupon she brought him some lambs tails
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20


This is one of the most sanitary Of SIM
pie homemade stalls. The guides for the
chain tie are placed at an angle which
tightens the chain, drawing the COW
nearer the manger when she lies down.
bringing her forward and so keeping her
cleanl
very much distended relief may be
given by drawing a little milk at in
tervals. but care must be exercised in
this respect.
See that the bowels are in good con-
dition. If not. give ration of succu-
lent. laxative food. Frequent bran
mashes are helpful. In extreme cases
dose of salts and ginger may be Civ
en-. Many veterinarians prescribe a
good dose Of salts and ginger just be-
fore the COW is due to calve.
1t pays to watch the COW that is dry
so as to keep her in health. in order to
get a good strong calf and have the
COW in proper condition to give
heavy flow of milk.
Some assert that cows coming in in
the fall give % per cent more milk
during the year than those which
freshen in the spring. After calving
give the COW all the warm water she
will drink. Do not fail in this. A
nourishing, much liked drink is made
by putting quart of oatmeal in a pail,
wetting it with cold water. then filling
the pail half full of boiling water and
stirring well. Add cold water till the
pail is full and the drink comfortably
warm. The COW may have as much Of
this as she will take for the first few
days. Do not oyerfeed her at first.
Give her bran mash and hay. Then
gradually feed up to the full ration
She should be kept warm and quiet.
If the stable is cold 1t Is well to blanket
her, for she must not take a chill.
Some dairymen take the calf imme-
diately from the COW, but it is the bet
ter practice to allow it to remain with
the mother for twenty-four hours
Leaving the calf with the COW allows
1t to get its first milk in the natural
way, and the licking the COW gives 1t
stimulates the circulation Of the blood
In the young calf. If the calf remains
longer it is harder to teach it to drink,
and the COW is apt to fret more for
her baby. The calf pen should be
where the cows can neither see nor
hear the calves.
Sometimes the udder becomes badly
swollen and hard. Battle thoroughly
with hot water, wipe dry and rub with
camphorated oil or any mild liniment
The oxygen treatment has proved very
satisfactory in cases Of swollen udder
or garget.
Do not exercise COW after she
calves.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20
w. Suggestions For
Building Stables.
By LAURA ROSE
Demonsrator and Lecturer In Daayins
at the Ontario Agricultural Coz
Iese, Guelph. Canada.

rcopyrisht, 1911. By A C. McCIurs & Col
- ELECT a site where the drain
age Will be ava! from the
barn and not toward it Have
the barn In the rear, never In
front Of the house. Arrange for
sheltered. sunny spot for the stock 10
exercise in on bright winter days.
Finish your cement floor With a
wooden troweI. In finishing with
metal one the surface is made so
smooth that cows are In danger OF
slipping and injuring themselves. One
half inch from front OF cow to gutter
Is plenty OF slope a gutter ten or
twelve inches deep and fourteen to
sixteen inches wide is safer and clean
er than a shallower and sloping one
The cows step over the deep ore and
are not so apt to slip. II they back
into ii they soon step up again and
learn to avoid going down.
Placing the drinking basin about
halfway down the stall at the side
lust so the COW can turn her head and
reach it prevents to a great extent the
soiing Of the water by food. and
there is no stopping of water on the
door.
Double windows are not necessary.
Being too carefully housed weakens
the constitution, and good air Is more
necessary than heat. But it is well to
have the windows double paned. The
temperature is more easily controlled.
A strong wire screen in front Of the
manger keeps the cow from getting
too far forward and from throwing
the feed out.
Make provision for box stalls for
sick cows and young stock. A man.
ger for a box stall may be Y shaped.
swinging on pivots at the bottom and
held shut by a button at the top.
When being filed it may be pulled
out into the passage and will hang
that way until shut.
The platform on which the cows
stand may be made little narrower
at one end Of the row to accommo-
date the smaller COWS.
Have the ceiling nine or ten feet
high and closely boarded to prevent
cobwebs accommodating and dust sift-
ing through from above.
Save the liquid manure by making a
drain from the end of the gutter to
the manure shed. The shed should
have cement floor.
Make a cement sidewalk from the
barr to the house. 1t looks progress
slve. Is smarter to walk on and GER
tainly pleases the housewife.
There Is but one way to determine
the value of COW when you have her,
and that is to weigh and test her milk
Systematically. This gives proof posi-
tive of her profitableness.
Keeping a daily record gives the
owner and his help personal interest
in the oversight of each COW. 1t Of
ten results in a severe wedding out of
the poor ones and better care for the
remaining ones. 1t makes the work OF
herd improvement quicker and surer.
Directions for keeping the record
and making the tests are given IN
chapter 4S Of 1.-The Babcock MIX
Test"
WHY 1T PAYS TO TEST COWS.
Dairy division Ottawa
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-06-20
EBER K. BAXTER
ALL KINDS OF DRAWING
COAL FOR SALE

Express and Team work. Some choic
Alder Wood for sale. Prompt at
tention to all business. Phone R3S1