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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
SWEET CLOVER FOR SACHET
able for tho "Frlpperies" and
Underwear.

Sweet white clover, which grows
wild from Maine to the south, Is one
of the most delicate scents that may
be used among pretty frfpperies, and,
unlike many sweet odors, it is not too
heavy to render it unsuitable for
girl. Gathering the fragrant weed Is
a pleasant piece of work.
In gathering them whole stalks may
be cut ruthlessly and piled into the
baskets. One should get small noun
tains Of it, in fact, for it is to. be
remembered that drying causes 1t to
diminish, and what is a huge pile
when green is little more than hand
full after a month.
The whole mass will be sWeeter
when drying is complete If the leaves
be stripped from the stalks. The stems
sometimes take on rank odor. Inat
stripping is by no means tedious, anu
the loose leaves should be thrown on
papers or large pieces of cloth, ready
to spread in the sun.
For a week or more they are le1t
out in the air and sun to do the work
of drying. Occasionally the green
should be turned, that all may be ex'
posed. When thoroughly dry the
leaves are crisp, and Of course break
and by that time the sweet odor Is
apparent.
The leaves are best used by putting
them into bags to place among fr1lls
and undergarments or in pads made
Just the size of the bureau drawers
which are to contain them. Figured
china silk is the prettiest material
for the purpose, but silkoline and
even the plain white Swiss muslin
are by no means to be despised. the
pads will require the thinnest lin
ing of cotton batting to prevent the
leaves from punching in one section.
If they are scattered over the cotton
before sewing the last end they WILL
stick where placed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
In tho Courtroom.

"Mr. Garibaldi. I just want to ask
you a few more questions, which I
want you to answer plainly and speci-
hcally. Is there a woman living with
you who is known in your neighbor-
hood by the name Of Mrs. Garibaldi?"
Eyes, sir" replied the witness.
who takes care Of her?" !
II do"
And you support her, too, don't
you?"
yes, SIR"
mr.. Garibaldi, you have never
been married to her, have your
mo, no." smiled the witness, some
what embarrassed. She" :
THAT is ALL" concluded tho old at.
torney. !
There was young attorney oppos-
ing him and 1t was evident that ho
had been taken by surprise. Con- :.
founded and confused, he stepped for
ward, and in low, reproachful tonei
asked:
Mr. Garabaldi, who IL that womanr''
"That-oh, that 10 my mother. you
know" answered the witness limo
Gently.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
father Of One 6ridegroom-E'ect Locke
Him Up In Protest-Police
Are Called.

Washington. PA double wedding,
ror which great preparations had been
made, was marred and but Sne bride
and bridegroom faced the clergyman
as a result of the sudden determine
ton of James Lennox not to allow his
son to marry the girl of his choice
The double ceremony was to have
united the lives Of Clyde H. Moss and
Annie B. Bennett and Stephen Lennox
and Laura V. NJ. Bennett. At the ap-
pointed hour the guests were waiting
and the two sisters, society leaders of
the town, stood ready to begin the
march to the altar.
Moss appeared, but Lennox did not
arrive, and finally, in desperation, a
messenger was sent to the LenEox
home. Father Lennox promptly in
formed the messenger that his son
Stephen was safely locked up in his
loom upstairs and would not b MAJ
yjed, { zgs2*22 s% E.. IDA: ~ -: q. q.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
FLIGHT DON \
AeTRoN oMER5 DOES NOT THINK
Fl -:.*s Il f. THE FEAT lMPo sslsLE.
ey the uss Of Electrical Force u Can
Dc Done, and Doubtless Will, ~ Y
I. eordlno TO Professor Gar @s.
4 = rett p. servlss. ' r. -:

On the deck Of La Provence, at the
beginning of an old-fashioned. ocean
journey for summer in France, Gar
rett P. serviss. the we'll known as
tronomer, talked seriously OF an air
ship service to the moon which he
believes the future has In store for
man. .5E.., 49,.
Il begin to think seriously. but not
too seriously, now that we have
achieved the navigation of the air by
mechanical means, that there only re-
mains the necessity Of providing air
to exist upon and things to eat for
man to go to the moon," he said.
But we have got to, have new
motive force. Electrical propulsion
begins to hint what that force will be
when men fly from planet to planet.
You understand we have got to over
come gravity and there are only two
forces which overcome gravity under
certain conditions-pressure of light
and electricity.
80 I say that the first flying ma
chine to the moon will be based on
the principle of the pith ball that
flies away from the conductor Of an
electrical machine. When this has
been accomplished there only remains
to be done what modern chemistry
certainly can achieve; that is, to MI a
strong vessel, spherical vessel, with
enough air and food to sustain a man
during the flight This is not 50 ridic-
ulous as it may seem, and the modern
achievement of flying Is step In that
direction"
Incidentally Prof. Serviss does not
believe there are any Inhabitants on
Mars, my friend Lowell" he said,
doesn't allow for the fact that Mars
is too small to retain an atmosphere.
Human beings could not remain on
Mars because there probably Is not
enough oxygen and nitrogen on that
planet. The gravitative force is too
small to retain an atmosphere. The
atmosphere flies away. Those lines
called canals are no doubt natural
phenomenon, Notwithstanding the fact
that they look artificial. Their ex-
istence is due to the fact that Mars
is a very fiat planet. There are 10
mountains there, and waters spread
out in every direction and form con-
Meeting lines. The drainage system
runs in every direction and gives that
checkered appearance Of criss-cross-
ing canals"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
BAR PINS in HIGH FAVOR
Either Metal or Gems May Be Used
for This Hair Ornament Just
Now So Often Seen.

In the realm Of brooches the bar
pin reigns supreme. The round, high
brooch of former times is superseded
by the long, straight pin that forms
a bar of shining metal or cleaning
gems.
Principal among these reigning ia
vorites are the bars formed of q row
of tiny pearls, or of brilliants set In
costly platinum. Their severe SIM
plicity gives to them distinctive dig
nifty, which adds piQuancy and style
to the costume.
More elaborate bar pins have rows
of alternate diamonds and sapphires,
emeralds or rubies; or pearls are
combined with the colored stones.
A beautiful pin shown at one of
the elite jewelry shops has row of
pearls and amethysts in alternate
groups of two and three amethysts
between four tiny pearls. The gems,
~ q tAe same size, are Enclosed By
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
For Correct CARRIAGE,

To attain correct carriage one must
walk erect and to achieve this there is
nothing better than trying to walk
with a book or similar article on the
head. This is sure to keep one from
developing the swaying of the body
more to one side than the other Stays
that force the opposite of this rule
should be discarded and destroyed, for
they are not fit to wear II they
work against the erectness Of the car
riage they are really menace to the
health. Throw out your chest. Bet
ter to have people say that you are
so straight you appear to be falling
over backward, than to be round shout.
dered in appearance, if not in fact.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
PUNCH BOWL CENTURY OLD
Relic Of Early New York to BE Placed
In metropolitan Museum for
Safe-keepinq.

New York.-The Morton punch bowl,
an historic piece of rare Lowestoft
porcelain which was presented to the
city Of New York by Governor Jacob
Morton in 1912, has just ended a 100
year sojourn In the governors room
of the city hall, and will now be con-
signed for safe-keeping to a glass case
in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The bowl is nearly six feet in cir.
conference, making it the largest per-
feet piece of tho ware in existence.
Its ample interior carries huge birds
eye view of New York city in 1903, to.
gether with the seals of the nation and
state, the frigate Constitution under
full sail, and presentment of a ship.
yard. Its inscription reads:
Drink deep. You will preserve the
city and encourage canals"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
HEARS PRAYERS; DIES
THEFT WEIGHED ON HER MIND
Converted at Revival Meeting, She
Asks Forgiveness Of the
Storekeeper.

DEVILS Lake, N. D.-Remorse for
having stolen an apple from the Quail
ity department store Of this city 20
years ago, when she was a schoolgirl,
caused a St. Paul woman, who signed
her name as Mrs. F. c." of Dayton's
Bluff, St. Paul, to send the local
merchant a letter asking forgiveness.
The owners of the store say they
know who the woman is, but refuse to
disclose her identity.
More than 20 years ago." says the
St. Paul woman, Il was a schoolgirl
living in Dakota, and you were run
ming the store at the trading point,
now Devils Lake While on my way
to school one day saw that no one
was looking and l took big apple
from basket in front of your place
of business. I was converted last Fri
day night in revival meeting being
held in one of the churches In this VI
entity and I want to make my wrong
right both with you and my maker"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Would Keep Girls From stage.

VSV~sN s>O0p ~s - - VIII 0S~OOs
Are great artists happy? Emma
Calve, one of the most talented, ad-
mired, and in every way successful
artists the world has ever seen, has
for a number Of years made = special
ty Of advising girls to get married and
try to make happy homes instead e
studying for the stage. Her latest
statement of her views, which she
says she has held ever since she was
twenty-five, was given to journalist
in Los Angeles. 20, tho girls" sha
exclaimed, "the hundreds. the thous.
ands Of poor girls! You viii write
just what say? Then write that but
enc woman in q hundred thousand
who tries wins. There II in . million
one Geraldine FArrar, one Emma
Games, one Schumann-H eink. Do you
grasp what that means? / have sesn
them-these girls that come to Paris
to study, to tight their way among
men. When the, day comes that I
shall teach shall teach no girl Tor
the stage. I win teach only the rich
girls Wig wish to sing for aocompllsh.I
msnt, for home, for husband that u
= woman's place."'-Nsw York I've
ming Post. <$=.s III .gz9 B.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Wanted No caued Birds,

Under the head, "A Friends Mis-
taken Kindness" the Salem Mass
News says that resident Of that
place, knowing DR.. Tanning to b =
lover Of birds and q student Of orni-
thology. called at his ONCE and left
for delivery to the doctor . box con-
tanning q collection Of TWENTY-FIVE
birds, mostly migratory, which had
been trapped recently with . view to
presenting them to one who was IN
terested In the feathered tribe. It
was q kindness gone wrong, . accord
ing to the record Of the case, for like
Ill true lovers Of wild life, he could
not bear to see the creatures n con-
#hnement, and after taking . good look
Ct them released svsry ons, and III
Inv aHay. evidsntly hipDg ! q pe61inr
~ uhr Hhssty. s. S
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Suicide of an Eccentric Religious
Enthusiast.
Wealthy Fish Merchant In Washing
ton Market, Manhattan, Retired
From Business and Intended
to Spend Life in Ease.

New York.-After picking out q
burial plot, making his will and carry
ing out other arrangements for his
death, John Elsey, II years old, whose
eccentricities had made him one of
the city characters, committed suicide
In his home, SO Jewett avenue, Jersey
City. Just before firing two bullets in
to his head he had his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Augustus Elsey, read to him sew
eral extracts from prayer-book. He
sent her to her room to do some sew
ing and said he was going to take a
short nap. Instead he went to bath
room, where he killed himself.
Elsey several years ago was one of
the wealthiest fish merchants in Wash
ington Market, Manhattan. He sold
out his place for $250,000 and then de-
cided to devote himself to life Of
religion and ease. Religion was his
main interest in life. One of his chill
dren died 20 years ago and he found
ed the Elsey Chapel, in Jewett ave-
nue., as a memorial. Before that time
Elsey had carried his religious re-
searches to the point of making fire.
quent changes in his faith. When the
chapel was opened he was among the
Seventh-Day Adventists.
He became convinced not long aft
erward that the Salvation Army work
ers were the opponents of his favorite
doctrines and he gave the chapel to
the Salvationists when he was con-
yerted. Subsequently it was occupied
as the Church of the First Born, by
the Faith Cure sect and then went
back to the Salvation Army Elsey
frequently talked from the pulpit and
delighted to tell the influences that
had worked to convert him to a new
faith.
He was married twice. His first
wife divorced him and the second
died in 1900. The widow of his son,
Mrs. Augustus Elsey, and Mrs. Jessie
Tulley, a housekeeper, lived with him
In the Jewett street house. The old
man had other valuable property,
among the realty pieces being a man.
sion in Duncan avenue that he sold
last April to Edward J. Edwards, state
controller. Several times since then
he regretted the sale of this house.
Two weeks ago with his daughter
in-law he went to Cypress Hills GENE
terry, in Brooklyn, where he made ar
rangemepts for a burial plot for him.
self and also he picked cut one for
Mrs. Elsey. He admitted to Mrs.
Elsey he had made all his plans for
death. However, there seemed to be
no change in his spirits after that
time. He seemed cheerful as he list
ened to several chapters from his
newest religious book, Prevailing
Prayer. After he was found with two
bullets In his head in the bathroom he
never recovered consciousness.
Il don't know why he should have
killed himself" said Mrs. Elsey. HE
and have lived to ourselves for
years as fine as princes. He had plen-
ty Of money to last him all his life,
but he worried about money he had
lost and about the sale of the Duncan
avenue house. Then he has not been
the same since he gave up his bust.
ness"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

narrow band Of platinum, parallei
the length Of the pin, finished with
square corners at either end.
Some ornate pins have scrolls anu
conventional flower forms in dia.
monds, and one charming pin has di.
minutive bowknots of pearls.
The bar pins are often accompanied
by three smaller pins to match, max
ing set unequaled in usefulness by
any other pins or brooches.
These sets come in all the many
beautiful colored enamels, and now
that it is modish to have the Jewels
correspond with the color of the cos.
tune nothing can compare with these
fetching little pins.
Some are in mosaic patterns or
lined with shimmering rays, others are
in plain, gold colors and very exoui
site pin sets are enameled and gem
set as well.-New York Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Woman Ran a Street Car.

To have been a real street car con-
ductor for three whole years, perform
ing all. the duties that the Job i'm
plies, in fair weather and foul. in the
service of one of the first street rail-
way companies in the country, is the
unusual and probably unparalleled ex-
perience Of Mrs. Mary Susan Stone
Of Upper Swampscott, Mass.
It was in 1874, when citizens Of that
quiet little town provided funds for
the organization and operation Of the
old Lynn City railway, now a part of
the Bay State Street Railway system,
that sue" Stone, as Mrs. Stone Ia
popularity known among the older car
men, was initiated into tho service.
The first equipment Of the road con-
sisted of one small bobtail type Of car
which seated seven passengers on
each side. Soon another car. seating
nine passengers on each side. was &C.
quired, and for time this remained
the entire equipment Of the road.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Footwear for Little Folk.

Buttoned boots and slippers are now
the mode for children, as they are for
older people. The very Well-dressed
child wears with street raiment button
ed boots of buckskin with white socks
or stockings. The low heel Is now
considered more satisfactory for the
growing foot than the perfectly nat,
heelless shoe, worn only by very little
children. The buttoned strap boot
also made of white buckskin, Is for
wear with elaborate afternoon frocks
Buttoned strap slippers with nat
pump bows at the front are worn by
the little girl or boy in the house.
There are smart, flat-heeled pumps
with silver buckles for the small boys
evening wear with silk stockings.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

he fascinating curves of the tricorne),
ret it had, and has, masterful per-
Ionality Of its own, and is revived
his moment alike with the brown
:oat and high collar Of that era, and
The violently violet or the uncompro-
missing green collar Of Napoleonic
iesign and coloring!
In Figure we have depicted an
other model hat that apparently Is
IN exaggerated (as everything was
exaggerated in The France Of that
lay copy from the empire period.
It Is accompanied by the usual scarf,
oefringed and betasseled and we'll
suited to the couture cuffs.
Perhaps the prettiest and daintiest
If our models is shown in Figure 4,
The big poke bonnet, with the swathed
:ibbon, revival Of the Second EN-
pire modes, though possessing GER
lain Victorian prudery of it's own,
reminiscent Of our great grandmoth-
ers.
Figue is theater cap, resemb.
ing miniature Of 1898; whereas Fig
ure 6 depicts our up-to-date motor
bonnet In taffetas and straw, and is
/ perfect reproduction of the fashion
If 1898!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Making Artificial Diamonds.

The minute artificial diamonds of
Moissan were produced by causing
the carbon of molten iron to crystal
lie out under great pressure. A
Berlin chemist, DR.. w. Won Bolton,
now uses coal gas, or other gaseous
carbon compound, and on decompos-
Ing it by the action Of mercury vapor
obtains carbon both in the amorphous
form and as diamond dust. BY intro
ducing a diamond chip as a nucleus
or mother crystal, it is expected a
diamond growth of appreciable size
can be brought about. In the expert
ment made, the mercury was supplied
by sodium amalgam, which was placed
in a long testing tube under a coating
of water-glass solution and amorphous
diamond dust, and the tube was kept
at 100 degrees c., while slow cur
rent of coal gas was passed through
for one month. The brilliant crystals
formed, too small for analysis. burned
in oxygen like diamonds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
TO C0NFISCATE GIRLS MAIL
How Postmaster Is to End Practice
He Regards az Evi+To Give Let
tiers to Parents.

Flushing, N. VA new and effective
scheme for curbing misuse Of the post
Offices general delivery window has
ben put into effect by Postmaster
Thomas B. Lowerre here. He will
henceforth conf1scate all general de-
livery letters addressed to young girls
Of the village and turn them over to
their parents or some male member of
the family. Mr.. Lowerre said he
recently became aware that some of
the girls of the village were receiv-
ing mail which he thought would stand
inspection by their parents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
He Couldn't Talk.

At Carnegie Music hall in Pitts
burgh one day an old gentleman was
pointed out 10 q girl, with the infor-
nation that he had once met the
great composer. Rossini. The girl
was a musical enthusiast and she
became greatly excited. She sought
an introduction to the old gentleman.
II am told that you once met the
great composer, Rossini," she cried.
"Yes." said tho old man, II met him
once"
you met the great composer of
William Tell?'"
1.-THE same"
How grand! How very -omantic!
And would you please tell mo what
Rossini had to say" *...s
"Well, he didn't have very much
to say. He was eating spaghetti ct
the time, and you know that doesn't
facilitate conversation" z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Man Mars Dual Nuptials

Police officers were hurried to the
Lennox home, but the father of the
prospective bridegroom remained firm
and refused to give up his son.
The wedding Of Moss and Miss An
rie Bennett went on according to pro-
gram, while the bride who had been
left waiting at the altar locked her
self in her room and wept.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

excess of frills or furbelows. Lace is
lavishly used on the finer frocks for
children this summer, but it is grace
fully and cleverly applied with an in
tent to preserve simplicity and straight
ness of line. Pin tucking makes a
beautiful contrast with sheer fabric
and lace and is always satisfactory
trimming for the little girls froch.
Hand embroidery is the most distip-
guished trimming that can be put on
child's costume OF course, all lin-
gerie frocks Of a very aristocratic ma
ture are entirely put together by hand
stitches.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
LIES IN HOT SALT SOLUTION
Dixie Doctors Try to Save Louisville
(ky.) Newspaper Man Suffering
From Burns. = . !,

Louisville, Ky-Char1es T.. Rogers.
who for six years was night editor at
Louisville. and who suffered sever.
burns in a fire in his rooming house,
lies Immersed in a bathtub nNed with
a saline solution kept at a tempera-
ture, of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This
course was directed by the surgeon A.
tending him at hosuital as last
chance to save his life. Gangreae has
developed and The doctors hops -.
this way to check It
Mr.. Rogers not only suffered b1Ens
upon lis limbs, face and body, ~ -
|Aaled fumes . w SS.is..:.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
CHI RGEs llEEi


Though 4 mans body attains IL
full growth before his twenty fourth,
year, and probably earlier than TINT,
the growth of his mind depends On
himself. He can continue adding to
the sum Of his knowledge and his
power to reason until extreme old age
Il he preserves his mental alertness..s
AS long 80 he retains fair meas
:ure of that curiosity about things
which often make him i : nuisance.
when boy and Is interested IN new
people, new sights. new books and tie
thousand and one things that aro
happening today, his mind continues
to grow. But when = man finds that
change bores him and limits himself
to one narrow round day after day.
he is really growing old mentally: q
we'll as physically. S,5 z 1ss s y. $ssss
This premature ageing Of the brain
is often self.induced. There is class
of men who make a fad Of being I'M
interested in passing events. They
will read only one paper, they will ut
only in one chair. they will eat only
at one table, they will vote only for
one party. the name of which Is the
same as that of their forefathers, no
matter how much it, principles may
have changed.
Though posing at first, they become
"set in their ways" and then, they
are really old even though their years
scarcely number two score. If mis-
fortune or unavoidable change In his
mode OF life overtakes such q man
he is, like homeless cat, miserable
for the rest of his day. Those who
stay young mentally and spiritually
keep in touch with new people and
especially with the young, cultivate
the habit of looking with clear eyes
on passing events. For them In their
daily lives there are no laws Of tho
Modes and Persians. They may wear
themselves out, but they do not rust
away.-New York Commercial.