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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
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YOUNG
PEOPLE
HOMEMADE YANKEE B0BSLED
Excellent Coasting Sled May Be Put
Together by Handy vounoster
EASY to Guide.

A good coasting sled, which call a
Yankee bob, can be made from two
hardwood barrel slaves, two pieces OF
by 6-inch pine, piece OF hardwood
for the rudder and few pieces OF
boards, writes William Algie. Jr., OF
Little Falls, N. Y, in Popular Mechan-
les. The 2 by 6-1nch pieces should be
little longer than one-th1rd tho
length OF the slaves. and each piece
cut tapering from the widest part, 8
Inches, down to inches. and then
fastened to the slaves with large wood
screws as shown In Fig. l. Boards
I inch thick are nailed on top OF the
pieces for a seat to hold the runners
together. The boards should be OF
such a length as to make the runners
about eighteen inches apart.
A Pinch shaft IT wood, Fig. 3, Is
turned down to inch on the ends and
put through holes that must be bored
in the front ends Of the by 6-tncn
pieces. A small pin is put through
each end of the shaft to keep It In
place. The rudder is a l@-inch hard
wood piece which should be tapered
to one-half inch at the bottom and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23

hiding. On the morning OF June 20.
1876, they discovered Sitting Bulls
camp on the Little Big Horn river.
Custer, thanks to a clever ruse Of the
medicine man, was quite deceived as
to the number OF his foes. Instead OF
withdrawing or waiting for rein
forcements, he divided his force to at
tack the camp from different sides.
At the head of one Instrumentation
800 men-Custer rode blindly into
battle-or, rather, an ambush-,from
which neither he nor one white man
with him came out alive. Reno, with
most of Clusters remaining troops,
was cooped up on hill by swarms OF
Indians and barely escaped.
Knowing the government would take
swift revenge for Clusters death, Sit
ting Bull retreated, fighting, before
the soldiers advance and at last qui-
city slipped over the border into Can
ada, where he was safe from pursuit.
In 1881 Sitting Bull accepted terms
of peace and came back to the United
States. There he settled near the
Standing Rock agency in North Da-
kota. He made several tours of the
east, was on exhibition in New York
and elsewhere, and earned money SELL
ing his pictures and autographs. His
adventurous career seemed at an end.
But few years later he was busy as
of old stirring up his nation to dis
content, advising them not to give up
their remaining land to the white
man, and transmitting to them fiery
messages from the Great Spirit. He
was in 1889 one of the preachers 0f
not the secret originator) of doc
trine that an Indian messiah was about
to come to earth to bury all the white
men thirty feet under ground and
give the whole country back to the
savages This sort of talk goaded the
Indians to fresh revolt. And again
Sitting Bull was the central figure in
Sioux uprising. To nip the insured.
ton in the bud, squad of Indian epo.
lice came to his village on December
Is, 1890, to arrest the old chief. He
resisted and shouted to his braves tc
rescue him. In the hand-to-hand fight
and general confusion Sitting Bull was
shot dead.
(Copyright.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
THE CARELESS GROCER
and Great Good Came of It.

A careless grocer left the wrong
package at Michigan home one day
and thereby brought a great blessing
to the household.
1.-TWO years ago was sufferer from
stomach troubles, so acute that the
effort to digest ordinary food gave me
great pain, and brought on condition
Of such extreme nervousness that l
could not be left alone. l thought l
should certainly become insane. l was
so reduced in flesh that was little bet
ter than living skeleton. The doc.
tors failed to give me relief and l de-
SPARED Of recovery.
"One day our groceryman left q
package of GrapeNuts food by mis-
take, so tried some for dinner. was
surprised to find that it satisfied my
appetite and gave me no distress what
ever. The next meal ate of it again,
and to be briez. have lived for the
past year almost exclusively ON Grape.
Nuts. 1t has proved to be a most
healthful and appetizing food, per-
fectly adapted to the requirements Of
NY SySlem.
"Grape-Nuts is not only easily di.
gested and assimilated, but find that
since have been using it l am able
to eat anything else my appetite fan
cies, without trouble from indiges-
ton. The stomach trouble and ner.
vousness have left me, l have Raglan.
ed my plumpness and my views OF
life are no longer Respondent and
gloomy.
'Other members of my family, espe-
cially my husband, (whose old enemy,
the heartburn has been vanquishea)
have also derived great benefit from
the use of Grape-Nuts food and W
think no morning meal complete with,
out It," Name given BY Postum Ca,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's reason" and it ID az:
planned in the little book. 1.-THE Road
to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letters 4 new
oae eDuears from time to time. They
AZ genuine, true, and 11N u hUuaa1
1atGx0sts
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shod with a thin piece OF iron. A
half-inch hole Is bored through the
center OF the shaft and lag screw
put through and turned In the rudder
piece, making it so the rudder will
turn right and left and, also, up and
down. Two cleats are nailed to the
upper sides OF the runners and In the
middle lengthways for the persons
heels to rest against
Any child can guide this bob, as all
he has to do is to guide the rudder
right and left to go In the direction
named. II he wants to stop, he pulls
up on the handle and the heel Of the
rudder will dig into the snow, causing
too much friction for the sled to go
any further.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
More Like Him.

''Yo asst me bout Mis- Johnsing an
her husban' las week, Miss LOU" said
Matilda, looking up from her ironing.
"Ah seen Mis- Johnsing on de street
las night an she says dey gone to
boa'din'. Her husban' been out O
wo'r TO- de las six monts an dey
cayn' ford to keep house no mo-.
All Ink It mighty foolish COS deys
sto'in dere furniture an it cos'es dem
fifty cents mont to keep it in de sto
house, an eff dey don pay it ebe'y
mont de money keep a-growin' an
a-growin' an a-bur-owin' into dere
bank count, jes' like a eatin' cancer.
All tol' Mis- Johnsing dat, an All say
wy don she put her husban' to wo'k.
He right able body man. Hitch de
reins to de mule All say, an don yo'
wo'k yo' finger nails to de quick TO
dat niggah.' But she say he can fin
no wo'k he like, dough he out all day
an somet'm's till IL o'clock at night
a-lookin'. All reckon he don like no
wo'k he can fin, dots wot's de mat
tah."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
SITTING BULL

A Sioux youth, knife in hand, leaped
astride the fallen body of buffalo bull
he had just shot. The supposedly dead
bison staggered to its feet and set
of at a numbering gallop; the young
Observation-Disclosures sit
ting on its shoulders. At last, with
his knife. the Indian managed to STAY
his strange mount. From this adven-
ture he is said to have won the nick
name of Sitting Bull"
Sitting Bull was medicine man.
as we'll as a chief. Medicine men were
not only doctors, but we're also sup
posed to be in close communion with
the Great Spirit and to be endowed
with supernatural powers. BY hymns,
by the rafting of drums, etc., they
stirred their people to action; by hyp.
notism, magic spells" and pretended
messages from the Great Spirit they
commanded obedience and generation.
Sitting Bull belonged to the Unopa-
pa tribe of the Sioux nation. He was
born at Willow Creek. Dakota, in 1887.
or little more than medium height,
he was powerfully built, was pallid
and pockmarked of face, and-unusual
among 1ndians-had rather light
brown hair. From this popularity
arose the rumor that he was rene
gade West Point cadet.
The rush Of gold seekers to the
Black Hills began. There was an in
slant clash between the miners and
the local Sioux. The latter, finding
themselves ousted from their lands,
rallied to Sitting Bulls standard and
went on the warpath They plum
dered, burned and killed; their bloody
path lying through huge districts of
Wyoming and Montana. The govern
ment ordered out troops under Gems.
Terry and Crook to drive them back
to their reservation. Instead of re-
turning home, Sitting Bull with about
1000 warriors retreated toward the
Big Horn mountains. With the Sioux
were hostile" Indians from other
tribes-Cheyennes, Bannocks, etc.
They had stolen many cattle and
horses and had become drunk with the
love Of freedom and tloodshed They
were In no mood to surrender. Gen.
eral Custer and Major Reno were sent
to find where the Sioux army was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
AFTER | I THE GR|P|
J. PURIFY THE BLOOD.
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills Are the
Best Blood Builder and viii
Cure You as They Cured
Thi, Woman. s~

It is of the utmost importance to Your
health, if you have suffered from the
grip, that you cleanse the blood OF tho
lingering germs and put it in condition
to resist disease.
After the acute attack the sufferer 10
left with q debilitated system, is short OF
breath upon the slightest exertion and
is affected by every change of weather. 1,
The system is in such q weakened con-
dition that it is powerleas to resist the
attack of such diseases - pneumonis
and bronchitis.
This is q condition which emphati-
cally calls for q tonic for the blood. DR..
Williams Pink Pills are the best medic
cine for this purpose for they act di-
rectly on the blood which they cleanse
of all impurities. They tone up the
nerves and give health and strength to
the debilitated system.
The debility which follows an attack
Of the grip can only be cured by maxi
ing the blood rich and red. This DR..
Williams Pink Pills never fail to do
promptly and it explains how they
cured Mrs. F. R. Boyd, of No. COZ
South Ninth street, Minneapolis, MINI.
She says:
IL was never well after an attack OF
the grip few years ago until 1 took DR..
Williams Pink Pills. Before this I had
found nothing that helped me: I was
all run down, pale and thin. My appe-
tite was poor and my bead ached con-
tinually. Ididn' t feel like myself atal.
Someone finally recommended DR..
Williams Pink Pills to me and found
them just the medicine for my case.
They gave me hearty appetite and =
good, clear color. I got back my vital
ity and was soon a well woman. Lean
safely say that DR.. Williams Pink Pills
will do all that is claimed for them. l
heartily recommend them"
If you are suffering from after-efects
of the grip or other wasting disease,
try the remedy that has cured so many
stubborn cases, DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent, postpaid, upon re-
ceipt of price, so cents per box; six
boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. 7. A
COPY of our booklet, Diseases of the
Blood" is free on request.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
BOX FOR PRINTING PICTURES
fessionaI Photographer Who Wants
Home Made Apparatus.

A very handy device for the anna
teur or professional photographer
who wants a homemade and simple
apparatus for printing pictures can
be made in few minutes time.
The drawing shows the scheme,
which consists of small store box
about IL inches square and an elec-
trio light of any candlepower desired
attached to a drop cord running
through the end of the box. says the
Popular Electricity.
The hole should be made in the top
Of the box a little larger than the
plate or film which is t. be used.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
JUST A LlTTLE TOO TASTY
Mr.. NewIywed Resented What Ae
Considered lmpertinence. bit the
Joke Was on Him.

They were on their wedding tour.
and imagined that every civility Civ
en- them related to their new condi-
ton of servitude.
Having stopped at way station,
the bridegroom was approached by
the station agent, who asked:
Are you going to take the next
train?"
Its none Of your business" re-
torted the bridegroom, Indignantly. al
he guided the bride up the platform.
where they condoled with each other
over the impertinence of some Of the
natives.
Onward came the train, its vapor
curling from afar. It was the last to
their destination that day-an ex-
press. Nearer and nearer it came at
full speed; then in moment it whiz-
zed past and was gone.
why in thunder didn't that train
stop" yelled the bridegroom.
Cos you said 'twarnt none Of my
bizness. l has to signal if that trains
to STOP"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23

semblance OF. others of its kind, but
inside the SKIRT is a soft body with
hand-openinxs on each side. This
dollie. of cfturse, is winter child and
wears a long coat like her owner. the
coat having wide side pockets, SO that
the little girl carrying 1t can slip her
hands through into the soft muff in
side. To enhance the effect the doll
also cas RES a muff. But 1t is not only
childre:1 who may be looked for to
carry :his doll muff In these faddish
days when young women carry teddy
bears, stuffed dogs and even dolls on
the street, there is no reason why they
should not carry one Of these child s
toys as a hand-warmer and achieve
the double success of attracting atten-
ton at the same time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
SHOW WELL WORTH SEEING

side it. There, too. is the famous hat
the hero wore at Torres Vedras. the
wire sticking out of the napless peaks
and only few ragged feathers left.
the worn remnant of his garter, am
The riband of the garter, clean and
neat. in its faded blue BY the side
of these things is the plain service
cloak worn at Waterloo. But it is the
umbrella that is most charged with
significance. 1t bulges with character
and the dust of old London davs
seems to dnger in the folds. There
are thousands of swords as interest
ing in lingo Jones's banqueting hail.
but only that one umbrella.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
BIG SCHOOL BULL 81 :. I
WHIPPED BY TEACHER / \ |; | 3
Boss Of Room "Sasses" Little
Woman Who Promptly Gives
7 Him Good Licking"

Lawrence, Kan.-The story of how a
little woman teacher chastised tho bull
~ boy Of her school was told the other
day in Justice J. D. Wilson's court.
The verdict was that Miss Ruth
Scott. the principal of the Pinckney
school was justified in whipping Cad.
dis >Curbey, Is years old, not only
once, but twice.
Curbey. who Is Is years old, is in
the sixth grade. He is large for his
age and has been accustomed to bully
the smaller boys. Curbey engaged in
several fist fights on the school grounds
on December Is and Miss Scott re.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
Brewers Rule,

It was common knowledge that at
twelve o'clock noon the wealthy brew
er called in all the poor men in tho
neighborhood who warmed themselves
over store and factory gratlngs and
made them small presents Of food.
clothing or money. The brewery graf
ings alone possessed no occupants.
1--WE don't care to stand there on ac-
count of the fumes" said one unfor-
tunate who had been requested to va
cate the trunkmaker's grating. ''Ho
won't give to anybody who smells
berry"
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bands in the infested territory. Whole
villages have been deserted, it is said,
and the people still are fleeing for
their lives. The letter from Mrs.
Tucker follows, in part:
Il will have to tell you the sad
news that two Of our orphan girls
have taken the plague and one died
the other night. We have stretched
a tent In the back yard as far away
as we could and have them in It.
Plague is an awful disease; some die
in twenty-four hours after taking it;
some take it az soon az exposed and
others do not take it for several days,
and some live q month and then die.
The people are dying 10 fast around
u. that some do not get buried at al;
they just carry the bodies out and lay
them down and the Wild animals soon
eat them up. You can not get doc
tors for love or money. : . Z: Ii .s.=
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
RED CLOUD

A young Ogalalla chief Of the Sioux
nation dashed across the Dakota pra1-
cie, followed by band Of youthful
braves who had chosen him as their
leader. from the chiefs shoulders
waved a scarlet blanket. Some poetic
onlooker, observing the foremost rid
er's fiery-colored shoulder covering,
said:
He looks like flying red cloud"
The speech pleased the young chief.
From that time he was known as MAG
pelu-ta-"Red Cloud
Pioneers began to invade his realm.
Many OF them were white men OF the
most daring, lawless sort, who did not
scruple to cheat, rob or even kill any
Indian who crossed their path. Red
Cloud regarded these newcomers as
a hostile tribe and treated them as
such. The white man slaughtered the
buffalos and other game by the thou
sand, taught the Indians to drink and
trampled on their ancient customs.
Red Cloud and his braves retaliated
by Staying some Of these undesirable
citizens" and declaring death-war up
on the rest.
The government rushed to the pro-
lection of it's settlers. Red Cloud
now found himself opposed to trained
soldiers instead of lawless frontiers
man. But he fought on as fearlessly
as ever against these greater odds.
A body Of regulars were sent to gar
rison Fort Phil kearny, In Wyoming.
On December %. 1866, Red Cloud with
a band of Sioux attacked a foraginE
party from the fort. Captain Fetter-
man with one hundred soldiers was
sent out to the party's rescue. Red
Clouds savages in a terrific battle
killed Fetterman and every one OF bis
hundred men.
Encouraged by this feat, Red Cloud
next attacked detachment OF soldiers
under Major Powell, who were cross
ing the prairie with consignment Of
metal wagon bodies. Using these wag-
on bodies for bullet-proof fortific:.-
ton, tho troops defended themselves
so CALAMITY that Red Cloud could
make no Roadway against them. Again
and again he led his warriors across
the open ground in wild charge
against the wagon fort And every
time the soldiers quick, unerring vol
legs emptied dozens Of saddles and
sent the Indians Keeling back. RED
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
PLAGUE EPIDEMIC HORRORS
Letter From Woman Says Victims
Bodies Are Fed to the Wild
Beasts In India.

1ndianapolis.-T the bubonic
plague, which has been raging in Gen.
trail Province, India, for several
months, has been killing so many per-
sons that hundreds Of the bodies new
er have been buried, but were carried
out for the wild animals to eat, is de-
clared In letter received recently
by Mrs. Thomas H. Nelson, wife of
the president of the Pentecost Bands
of the World. The letter Is from Mrs.
E. E. Tucker, superintendent of the
girls orphanage conducted by tho
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
Hobby Of Wealthy EnqIjshman.

Hobby Of Wealthy En9Iishman.
The earl of acknowledgements, who
will be entertaining many parties at
Acknowledgements during the next few
months, would have been able to make
living as an architect if he had been
born In less exalted sphere. He de-
votes some of his spare moments
evolving fascinating toy palaces, each
a study of its kind. perfect In every
detail One he had lighted with cleo
tricity. These Aladdin palaces are
sometimes passed on to lucky chill
dren of his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Sketch
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
An Unexpected Find.

You are alwaye likely to find things
when you least expect For instance
there is the story now going the
rounds of the newspapers about the
woman in Connecticut who was pre-
pairing leg of lamb for dinner when
out dropped diamond worth 5000
The woman had not the least expecta.
ton of finding a diamond in the roast
On the other hand, if you have roast
lamb every day for dinner for a year
and examine each roast with a micro
scope and an X-ray machine it is
100000 to one that you will not
even find a 5000 diamond.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
Out for a Long Walk.

You may recall reading about q cat
that walked nearly 100 miles to get
home, crossing a river and several
smaller streams on the way. A story
from England is better than that for
distance. It relates that q cat was
taken from somersetshire to Surrey.
1873 miles away. became homesick, as
cats proverbially do when they are ex~
lied. and ran away. For several
months nothing was heard OF 1t, but
finally it turned up In its old home.
locking sntire4 4igspgtahlA .s.5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
On to Her Job.

Mrs. Colin Gabble-Do you ever pei.
NIT your husband to have his own
way?
Mrs. Strongmind-Oh, yes, occasion
ally. He is sure to make fool Of
himself, and that makes him easier to
manage next time.
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Felt Rather Fat.

Felt Rather Fat.
Mamma, | had the incest dream"
said little Mary, aged six. just after
waking in the morning.
What was it ?" mamma asked.
why, l dreamt was a young lady,"
the child explained.
THAT felt pretty good. didn't it,"
the mother remarked.
YES" was the reply. But felt
rather fat"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
He Ouoht to Get Il,

He Ought to Get It.
ION what grounds do you seek d.
vorce from your wife," asked the law
yer.
"Simply because Of a pun" replied
the long suffering husband. you see,
she's a sculptress, and it gets on my
nerves to hear her remark twenty
times day, Will you love me when
mold?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
new DOLL IS QUITE USEFUL
Little Girls Can Use it as Muff to
Keep Their Hands Warm-In-
vented by New Yorker.

A doll that is also muff, or a muff
that is doll. whichever way you
like. has been invented by a New
York man. The doll has the outward
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
Box for Printing Photographs.

0o7< 'S' <''6 "oeo9' "P"o'
This hole should be covered with
piece Of glass. The negative can then
be laid On the glass face upward. and
the printing carried on in the usual
way. A fiat weight should be placed
on the print and plate to hold them
securely in place while printing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23

Take Chances With "company."
Little Lola-I think it's a shame
for mamma to put US out Of the
room just because company came.
Little Bobby-Wen, perhaps there
will be some cake left.
Little Lola-I'm afraid not You:
can't trust company with cake.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
What It Meant.

A little girl at Sunday school. b.
ing asked what 1t meant to bear
false witness against ones neighbor,
replied: 1T 10 when nobody haint
done nothing and somebody oeas
and tells It." u 5s.. Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
Gets Il FirSthand.

Does your course of home readin.
include the profane authors?''
mo. don't need 'em. I belong ia
a golf club"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23

The city Of Paris owns a raacAina
which can grind out nearly q uuertsa
Of a million wooden paving bIocka
dAX.
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Old Grouch-So you had fight with
Clarence. He claims he licked you.
Cholly-Oh! the boastah! It's twue
ne wumpled my cwavat dweadfully,
but when it was all ovah his collah
was fwightfully wilted.