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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Girl Ran Locomotive.

II dare you to run this engine" said
William Pagenhart, an engineer en-
ployed by the contractors double.
tracking a division of an eastern rail-
road, to Miss Ethel Seiple, telephone
girl.
You can't dare me-" was the
prompt reply the engineer received,
and without further ceremony the
young woman jumped into the cab,
threw open the throttle and the engine
started down the tracks.
The contractors had laid their own
tracks from Wapwallopen to a point
where a trestle is built. Miss Seiple
sent the engine down the half-mile
at high speed and brought it to q
stop at the termination Of the track
She handled the engine in way that
surprised the engineer, who was per.
mitted to ride as passenger.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
LARGEST Depot In Europe,

(Which is the largest railway sta
ton in Europe?" is question which
every newspaper has answered num-
berless times for inquisitive readers.
From now till further notice the reply
must be: That at Leipzig. Travellers
who know the Fatherland have al
ways classed the "Leipziger Bahnhof"
as the most dingy and ugly in the
country.
For ten years artists and architects
put their heads together to make it
the acme of beauty and convenience,
and now for ten years the builder
has been busy. 1t has a frontage
Of $50 yards; rs lines Of rail run into
It; it will see 400 trains a day; there
are SO clocks to tell the time. The
finishing touches will take till 1915,
and by that time nearly $4,000, 900
will have been spent on it-London
Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
PIGEONS QUIT CATHEDRAL.

For hundreds of years pigeons
have nestled on the spire of Strass-
burg cathedral" says an English writ
er. "They increased SO much that
many attempts have been made to ex-
tirpate them, but in vain. During the
last few years there has been sud-
den and startling diminution in the
number of these cathedral pigeons. 1
am of opinion that this manifest re-
duction is due to the asphalting of the
streets round the cathedral. Between
the stone sets of the pavement the
pigeons were able to pick up food in
quantity. In consequence of the as
mailing and daily watering and cleans
ing Of the places in the immed1.te
neighborhood the birds have gone"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

tom Trey had to form new habit,
one tfat suited their conditions of
life, and in doing this changes in
their appearances have taken place.
Down On the sea floor, instead of
swimming, they have to lie on one
side, and this continued change in the
position of the body has brought
about change in the body ITSELF
The rewly-hatched skates swim in
the usual fashion. They turn on the
side oily when they begin to live at
the bottom of the sea. Before long
the bcdy becomes flattened, and the
eyes and the mouth shift around. If
they remained In the position they
We're tef6re the fish descended to the
bottom. they would be of no use to
them. The fish, however, simply
adapt themselves to their condition of
life. Naturalists are agreed that this
is one of the most remarkable phe-
nomena in the life history of any fish.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

q condition. Railroad rails will actu-
ally creep forward along the ties.
Solid and ponderous as they are, the
steel rails are not immune from the
effects Of heat or the steady pound
ing OF long trains moving over them,
always in the same direction.
On the railroad tracks laid down
over Eads bridge this peculiar phe-
nomenon may be observed any day'in
the week. Rails creep just as rapidly
over this structure In January as they
do in August. Many trains roar over
this piece of track suspended over the
Mississippi. The constant pounding of
these heavy trains and heavy engines
sets the track a-creeping. Fifty feet
Of rail month is cut from the east
end Of the east-bound track and from
the west end Of the track over which
the west-bound trains pass.
The rails travel twenty-five inches
every day all the year round. In
about two years a given rail would
wander all the. way across the big
bridge. It has been necessary to put
in a "creeper" device on one. end and
a feed rail" on the other in order to
keep the engines from coming down
through an unexpected gap to the
bridge floor.
Heat has the same effect on a piece
Of railroad steel. It will cause it to
elongate and press against the rails
at either end. Once in while there
is railroad wreck produced by just
such happening. The hot sun pours
down into a cut upon q cinder road
bed or upon the rails out somewhere
in tho prairie and they begin to
"kink" and twist under the glare. The
next train that comes along at fifty
mile an hour gait finds itself piled up
In the ditch. The rails have crept
until they could creep no farther and
then they have tried to tie themselves
into a knot.
In wet weather the rails and ties
on open track show the same tenden-
cy to creep as do those on the Eads
bridge tracks. Under the pounding
propulsion Of heavy train they begin
to slide forward, but In these cases
they take the ties with them. The
whole track moves for many inches
and would continue to move indefinite
ly If the section gang failed to come
along and true" things up again.
Bridges and other structures actu-
ally grow longer under the heat of a
summer sun and contract under the
chill winds and frosts OF winter. The
Washington monument feels the suns
rays through all its granite structure
when the sun gets hottest in summer
Experiments show that 1t is slightly
out Of plumb on every hot day. More
delicate experiments show that 1t in
clines toward the sun as that luminary
moves around the horizon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
lenuthx Stock In Trade.


The late Will Mcconnell, an ad-
vance agent and Broadway character
Of much renown, was standing in tho
baggage room Of a railroad station
in company with Mel Stoltz, another
advance agent. They were waiting to
have their trunks checked. Presently
baggage handler passed, pushing a
sample trunk, which, according to-
stoltz. was about 9 feet long and about
2 feet wide. o. . ~ Z.
For the love of Mike!" calculated
Stoltz, what do you suppose the own
er Of that trunk sells?" 4
II don't know" said Mcconnell, but
from the shape Of that package I'd say
bowling alleys."-Kansas City Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Watch for "kInked" Rails,

Most engineers run with care on q
hot day. They are expecting ''kinked''
rails at any minute. The engineer
with a good eye can spot a kinky and
twisted rail in time to at least cut
down his speed. It will be easy to seq
on a stretch Of straight track. for it
will bow up like hoop in some in.
stances. II he fails to see 1t until
almost upon it he shuts his eyes and
hopes that all his string OF cars, en-
CINE included, will take it on the run.
II he Is lucky enough to get over 1t
without being derailed he reports it
from the first telegraph station. The
next man might not be so lucky
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Finds $25, 900, Gets 81 Reward.

For ten minutes Edward Stone.
brakeman on a St. Paul accommoda-
ton train running from Chicago to
Libertyville, was the possessor Of
SIS, 900. Hs did not know it. At the ex.
piration of that time Herbert Schoen-
berg, of Morton Grove, dashed up
to him and asked II he had found an
old shoe box Schoenberg had left on
the train. The brakeman produced
the unopened box, and was told it
contained the NANCY for starting a
new Morton Grove bank. of which
schoenberg is prospective cashier.
Stone was rewarded with $1.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Must Keep Watches In Order.

Must Keep Watches In Order.
Watches are sensitive: There IL in
Cleveland a central office for the in
spection Of watches, which serves 60
different railroads. Twice a month
every railroad servant must take his
watch to a local inspector to be reg
ulated, and once year 1t must be
cleaned. Neglect Of these rules may
be followed by suspension or dis
charge. The officials Of this inspection
department have found that the watch
es of engine drivers with regular runs
keep much better time than those of
men who work in long stretches fol-
lowed by a long rest. And the watch
resents even a change Of pocket.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

immense tract, greater in extent thar
the state of Pennsylvania, he admits
is larger than any one man should
have" Kidman, when a boy of thir.
teen years, left his home mt Adelaide
to seek his fortune. He secured work
as cowboy at five dollars a week
re nnds the atmosphere Of cities hard
to 5seathe and il never so happy as
when sraveling in buggy across the
huge tracts where he is monarch of
all he surveys.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
He Chose the Flat.

no Chose the Flat. ->,~ -
you are charged with desertion,"
said the Judge sternly. -. .... ~. r.
Judge" answered the prisoner at
the bar, Il will explain. Our nat ii
so small that my wife and I can't live.
in it comfortably at the same time.
Being naturally tender hearted and
considerate Of her welfare, I stay on
the outside and let her stay on the in.
SIDE" ..< zz.l..:. i, a., ..s 80: ss.;.:
The Judge ruminated. Ingenious
but not convincing. Take your choice.
between going back to live with your.
wife in the narrow confines Of your
fiat and spending SIX months IN our
workhouse, where there Il plenty of
room. "-Birmingham AgeHerald. IL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
GREATEST JEWISH CITY

About one-tenth Of the entire Jew
ish race in the world today resides in
tho United States, where they form
about two per cent. of the population.
More live there now than were in the
whole Of Palestine. Every fifth per-
son one meets on the streets Is a
Hebrew. In every country the Jews
are among the most orderly elements
Of tho population.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
DEA SEE Ed CLOSE
MAN LIVED YEARS IN FEW Ao-22
II. oNIzlNG MINUTES. IS.
And After All the Cause Of the sTrou-.
bio Was Not a RattIesnake, 8.
Though That Seemed tho
: IL ,.sE Only Explanation.

"oh, DEAR" said Dorothy, suddenly.
looking up from her newspaper,
there's a snake loose" /.
In Upper Footling?" I said. '1m-
possible. This is, a respectable resi-.
Dental suburb" q:
"But there isl she persisted. 1T
has escaped the naturalist's shop at
the corner. This late edition says SO.
Whatever shall We do? Suppose it
gets into our bathroom?"
1--WE shall hear the water running
if it attempts to have a BATH" reas-
eured her. Then we can go UP and
sneak the soap. How big is it,"
'Small-but very deadly
"After all, perhaps it's all for the
best" I unused. 1T may be the
means of reforming some heavy drink
er before he has gone too far" And
then, as if to show how closely COM
edy and tragedy can be allied, it hap
pened.
It was cold and clammy, and felt
it run rapidly down my leg. Beads
Of perspiration stood upon my brow,
and a conclusive shudder ran through
me.
Someone walking over your
grave?" asked Dorothy, who can a.
ways be relied upon to make tho pro-
verbal remark; but she won no an
time for mirth, with death staring me
in the face-or, to be correct, in the
right trouser leg.
Quiet" l whispered. Something
cold has just run down my leg. 1t
must be. the snake
"Oh, DEAR" she shieked. "And now
you'll die of hydropkobia.
"Not If we're calln," replied. do
as l tell you as quietly as possible.
Perhaps it won't bite if it's not dis
turbed.'
Then I babe her come to me and
gently unlace my right boot. Once
more felt 1hat cold wriggle as ex-
tended my foot, and we waited quiet
ly for five agonizing minutes. l got
pins and needles SO badly that fear
ed they would prick the reptile and ir-
ritate 1t; but dare not move. At the
| end of the five minutes changed our
tactica and handed her my penknife.
"Clt the lace,' I recommended
"gerfle. Don't cut me. If once he
smells blood I am done for"
Chen l babe her remove the boot.
Bat, softly as she did it, once again
there came the clammy wriggle, and
how the thing was at my foot. With
its arrival at the too further prog
ress would be bafaed ty the sock, and,
thus baffled, it would probably strike.
The time for caution had gone by.
Swiftly I stopped AMI grabbed at the
spot, praying fervently that I might
clutch it's neck and so prevent its bit
ing. And as l snatehed there came a
musical chink.
tits a rattlesnaks," screamed Doro-
thy. ooh, do be careful"
ION the contrary, my DEAR" re-
piled, 1T is some cents that have
slipped down my leg through a hole
in the trousers pocket. I am saved
poured out whisky and soda with
trembling hands, while on the hearth
rug Dorothy sobbsd Historically over
my merciful delit erance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
new MOUNTAIN IN JAPAN

Japan has a brand new mountain,
which started to grow during the erup-
ton of Usu-san. Within month,
houses which were built on a gentle
inclination toppled over as the hill
side became more steep. Finally a
height of 600 feet was reached, at the
rate of five feet a day. Some time af.
forwards an opposite movement set
in, and the summit settled 140 feet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
LAB0RER's RICH find.

An English labering man took q
mezzotint into Chs1stie's a=t roonn In
London the other day and was aston
ished to be told that it Was worth
$1,7S5. 1t was the Children Bathing"
of J. Ward, a famous eighteenth cen.
fury engraver and painter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
YOUNG BR(E II HE'D Il ;lllt
Tactful4 candId date sursIy Proved tiiFs.5
& colt Resourceful a n
u u 55 II Emergency.

In the midst Of his .campaign fol
congress Stephen g.. Porter of Pits !.
burg, went to a big town hall. says the.
Washington correspondent Ct the tho
Cleveland Plain Dealer. Before the the
affair was over he was called on ZOE.
an impromptu exhibition OF quick-wit..
tedness that stamped him %, a real:
major league tactician. " :: .a| B $ {5:
F A young man whom he knew only.
slightly walked up to Porter and said $
"Mr. Porter, let me introduce yoE 70
my wife," :z5 :.s.. * # t}lE
But the moment the man had made
the proposition he seemed to think Of
something, began to look pale, and q!
became as i'll at ease az bigamist I.
While Porter was shaking hands
with the wife, the man was standing
behind her making frantic signs that
Porter could not interpret, but
he knew he must be tactful and non
committal. +.
$50 you're the Mr.. Porter that's run
ming for congress, are your" inquired
the young woman. :
"Yes," admitted Porter. (
"And don't you find it exceedingly.
trying having to be up all night SO
often?" -. 7
up a: night? Oh, ya,eh, yes! In
deed it is. Should say 30. You have
no idea how trying it Isl" replied Por-
ter, with diplomacy, but wondering
where she got her upAll-night notion.
The young HUSBAND was still making
queer signs, though he looked some
what relieved. !
"And what does your wife think
about your being out all night three
or four times a week." the woman
pursued -
Madam" replied Porter, solemnly,
"a woman who has the confidence In
her husband that a woman should have
doesn't think anything at all when her
husband Is out all night"
And the young man looked as II he
earnestly desired to shout.
It seemed that the man had been
telling at home how he was helping
Porter in his campaign.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Those Pleasant Questions.

... Those Pleasant Questions.
Dubbleigh's car lay hat on its side
and deep in the mud 10 the freshly
ploWed field, having sk!dded of the
road, through the low stone wall, to-
get there. I. :. 81 %ss% -. = q
4: All" cried passer-by from the
roadside. Had an accident?' ~ =
Dubbleigh tried to hold his tongue.
9sk the strain was too much for him.
4. No. Of course not " he replied,
coldly. I've just bought new car.
and have brought my old one ont here
70 bury It. Got pick-ax and d shovel
in your pocket you could lend me! /
5ean,t ssesm g dir syesys dssp iii ny
:Bof1shc1n. aIpss,,s Woekl.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
MINE COAL UNDER SEA

What is perhaps the most extraordi'
nary coal mine in the world may be
found on a tiny island in the Japan
sea, near Nagasaki. This island has
Just sufficient room upon it's surface
for the shafts and the hosting ma
chinery. The workings, which are
very extensive, reach out In all d.
rectiOns under the sea.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Mother Va IP,,,xxladI| i.

4 man who has an ONCE downtown
called his wife BY telephone the other
morning, and during tho conversation
asked what the baby WAS doing. .s#
i. she is CRYING her eyes out, u.
piled the mother. $8 sss5 gsssSSs.s
What about r ssE. . 5sss
7 don't know WHISTLER Il Il becsuaa
she has eaten too many straw borria -
Of because shs wnnts nsofs replied
IT, digceuEnGsa plll
News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
DUST FROM RUBBER TIRES

The extent Of the use Of automo.
biles In New York city may be estima-
ted from the fact that u per cent. OF
the dust collected from tho ei1
streets = Eulyssised 1ubbog.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

the Gookhas enlisted British
1914 after defeated
The Second especially proud the trunheon which
q
bronze
the Gcsrkhas' it in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
SKATE IS AN ODD FISH,

Tie skate and the founder live on
the sea bottom. The ancestors of the
skates, relatives of the sharks, used
to swim about in the upper waters
>he same as other fishes do. When
thay undertook - Hee on the sea bet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
For Economv In Fual.

For Economy IN Fuel. -:
With a view to economiztng fuel
the Japanese government has adopt
ed for its railroads Z German typo
Of locomotive with cylinders but If
teen inches in diameter. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

~. Veteran Locomotive at Work
A locomotive that originally was
built In 1S47 has been reconstructed
and sivso Light work q % by . Eng.
Ssh railroad S5=5.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
A Difference.

plain words spoken by plain
man sometimes have very whole
some effect" ...,,>....
mo doubt they do, but they fire.
uuently lack the caustic quality Of
plain words spoken by plain wo
man.. IS = 2sss 3 nc :s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
An Idea.

Church-There are five kinds of in
,ects that ruin ofice records in India,
riz., white aunt. fish bug, water bug,
:ockroach and borer.
Gotham-Why not bring a few over
here and introduce 'em to the phono-
graph records?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
lmnossibtIltjee,.

ImpoSStblIItteo.
II don't see how that family can be
10 good as people say they are and
yet keep an. automobile"
whats the difficulty about that?"
"They can't be In the odor of sane
tity, can they, and yet ride in a gaso-
1re carr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Gss-EIectric Works.

GA8-EIectr1c works.
A new 90-horse power gas-electric
passenger coach just placed on the
Great Central railroad In England has
fulfilled every expectation as regards
performances, reliability and easy rid.
ing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
GREATEST LAND OWNER

The greatest land owner in the
world is Sydney Kidman, cattleman
Of Queensland, Australia, whose runs
aggregate $4,000 square miles. This
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

OF the most solid
structures in the
world. That it
would and can &C.
tually. creep for
ward-rails, ties
and all-seems al.
m o 8 t incompre-
hensible. Every
double track rail-
road in the cOun-
try, however, has
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
fE ! ! CREEPY MIS- 1
DANGER THAT GETS ON NERVES
<5**$ OF RAILROAD HEADS. @z ;
Periods Of Intense Heat or tho Steady
Pounding Of Long Trains Are the
causes-Frequent!y Result
In Wrecks.

A railroad track, properly ballasted,
bolted and fish plated, looks like one
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-06-17

lands will make the man who knows how and has the means to take ad- vantage of the opportunities afforded, independent. But no citizen of these hills has yet succeeded in harvesting a profitable crop of corn sown broad cast, or, in marketing two or three bales of cotton from a single acre. Industry is a valuable asset, but in spite of mans effort, water continues to flow down stream. No one takes greater delight in welcoming deserv- ing citizens to a home in our midst than the writer of this paragraph. But when such do come, unless com ing from like climate, soil and sur roundings, they must be prepared to amend their methods of operation in accordance with conditions confront ing them and not expect to accomp- fish at the end of few months what men of equal intelligence and perse- verance have failed to accomplish af- ter years of unremitting toil
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-06-17

tion in the name of the church board. After Mr. Jenkins had ceased speak ing, MT. Hurt voiced his happiness at his presence in Durham, and stated that after his reception, and the va rious things he had seen, he was tempted to change his program, and preach from the text, I am citizen of no mean city
 "The new pastor has a pleasing de- livery. His habit of dropping his voice to hardly above a whisper when expressing some point which he wishes to drive home upon his hear CTS is a contrast to the usual pulpit method of sledge-hammer expression in such instances. In his sentences he speaks the words in a manner cal culated to bring out the full meaning. His voice is strong and well modu- lated so that the auditors seated in the rear of the church yesterday morning could hear even the lowest whisper"
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-06-17
HENDRIX ACADEMY
 CLOSING EXERCISES
DECLARATION CONTEST HELD AND CERTIFICATES ARE
 AWARDED.

The closing exercises of Hendrix Academy were held in the college au- ditorium at 10 o'clock this morning, featured by a Reclamation contest in which four students participated. The exercises were opened with an invo- cation by Rev. Elisha Dyer of Lamar and enjoyable music was rendered by the Hendrix glee club and Miss Win nie Mae Craig. The declaimers and their subjects were as follows:
 R. P. Moss, "the Opportunity of the Scholar;' R. A.. Bromley, "Americanism;" o. c. Mitchell, Naturalization in the United States;" Paul Noe, "The Flag" The winner will be announced Wednesday morning.
 At the conclusion of the contest Headmaster M. J. Russell awarded certificates of graduation from the academy to the following: Paul Full mer, Silas Fulmer, Homer Hudson, D. s. Kim, Joe Rogers and A. T. Roten- berry.