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The Virginia enterprise., 1912-08-02

exactly where the edges Of the plate
holder come; wooden .c1eats are then
to be nailed along these marks, as
shown. AS it is impossible to make
light-tight joint in, this manner,
strips of felt or Of black velvet should
be glued along the elges, so that
the plate holder is inserted with some
difficulty.
In the exact center of the front Of
the camera bore a three-Quarter inch
hole. Then take piece of tin about
one inch square and dent the center
with<an awl until slight projection
appears upon the other side; file this
projection until the metal is very thin.
Force No. needle through this
thinned portion, and round out the
hole by revolving the needle and draw
ing it in and out; this hole Is the
lens Of the camera, and upon the care
with which it is made depends the ex-
celleace of the results
The camera is now completed, with
the exception of a finder; this may be
provided by drawing lines, as shown
in the sketch, upon the top and one
side Of the box; the distance between
the ends of the top lines should equal
the length Of the plate and between
the ends of the lines on the side the
distance should correspond with the
plate width. Each pair of lines come
together at point which is in the
center of the corresponding edge OF
the back
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Nearly 900 add ditional i hoos spiral beds,
for consumptives II 20 states Hsre:
provided during the year ending June.
4. recording to Z statement issued hy
the National Associat ationy fora the Study
and prevention Of Tuberculosis This
makes total Of over 80. 900 beds. but.
only about one for every ten INDECENT
tuberculosis patients In this. country.
IN the last five years the hospital.
provision for consumptives has In.
creased from IA, ,42sa In 1907, to over
go. 1000 in 1912, or over 100 per cent.
New York state leads In the number
of BEDS. having $3.50 on June 1; Mae.
sachusetts comes next with 2,800; and;
PENNSYLVANIA, a close third, with Zoo.
Alabama showed the greatest percent
age Of increase In the last year by add
Ing 81 new beds to Its. AZ q year ago.
Georgia comes. next with s109 beds add
ed to 240 year ago. New York has
the greatest numerical increase, hav-
ing provided over 1900 additional beds
in the year., r." H., <
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Kansas City Policeman on Quiet Beat
Nabbed Mosquito for Attempted
Murder.

"Samaritan Joe" Enright Of the po-
lice patrolmen at the Union station
refuses to confirm this story, but there
are number of policemen on the
force who are willing to depose that
it is true. Some years ago, according
to the Kansas City Journal, when John
Hayes was chief, Joe was assigned to
beat No. /, which is on the levee.
When he received the assignment he
quietly but emphatically voiced his dis
gust to his fellow officers.
That's no place for me-" he said,
IT'S too quiet. There's nothing to do
but fight mosquitoes and keep the
catfish from stealing bait off the trot
lines"
Nothing more was heard on the SUBJ
ject from Joe until one day when the
officer in command Of the district
chaffed him for making no arrests. !.
=. =. why don't yca wake up and pinch
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W. ANAAsAA SEAAAA. - L ~ ~ y -
The skull of Blackboard, the pirate.
Nor was Blackbeard's head less fan
tastic in life than it is in death. He
wore an immense beard, jet black,
braided and tied into a dozen fantastic
strands. And each strand was fasten-
ed with gaudy ribbon. To add to his
ferociously ludicrous appearance he
had all his teeth blackened and filed
to sharp point. But though in dress
and shape he looked like comic op-
era brigand, there the comic opera el-
ement ended. He was a shrewd busi-
ness mana pirate for revenue only"
Blackbeard's real name was Edward
Teach (or "Thatch'D. He was born in
England in the last part of the seven
teenth century, and is said to have
shipped as youth aboard privateer
vessel bound for the West Indies dur
ing the war OF the spanish Success
SION Privateering in those days was
not very different from piracy
In 1713 peace was declared and the
privateers found themselves out of
work. This did not trouble Black.
beard. From privateering to piracy was
the shortest kind of step. He turned
pirate. For a year or so nothing was
heard from him by the outside world
But in 1716 he all at once became ia
mous-or Infamous. In his armed
sloop Queen Anne's Revenge (at the
head of murderous crew that feared
nothing but himself) he began raya2-
ing the Spanish Main.
Then, leaving that happy hunting
ground to the freebooter folk, Blacs-
beard headed northward and secured
the Virginia and Carolina coasts, fight.
ing. capturing, pillaging, burning.
Then. in June. 1718. Queen Anne's
Revenge was wrecked of the North
Caroliua coast Blackboard. instead of
lighting on land or waiting to be cap
tured. surrendered himself and 30 of
his best men to Gov. Charles Eden of
North Carolina The pirate. in spite
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sOLAcE. IN MS MlsFoR TUNE..
Entombed Miner Had at Least, One
E Pleasant Thought After Two e..
+ Days Of Sunorina.. ! -:

Miners are among the most heroic
people in the world. Danger is always
beside them, and they are schooled to
believe that any time they will come
nee to face with death. The result of
this is that they are humorous in their
bolcness. + 4s.:s
In one of the mines Of Pennsylvania
there was a cave-in which Imprisoned
q, miner named Jack Thornton. The
accident happened on Friday after
noon, and the fellow laborers of the
entombed man set to work at once to
dig him out. It was not until Sunday
morning, however, that they reached
his prison chamber. and by this time
they were wondering whether he had
been sutfocated or starved to death.
One of them stuck his head through
the aperture made by the picks of
the rescuers and called out:
Jack. are you all right?"
AL right" came the reply, and then
after pause: What day is this?"
"Sunday!" exclaimed the friend.
"Gee!" exclaimed Jack, I'm glad OF
that. That was one Saturday night
when those saloonkeepers didn't get
my wages. Popular Magazine.
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She Was a buster.

Mrs. Sutton advertised for woman
to do general housework, and in an
swer colored girl called, announcing
that she had come for the position.
Are you a good cook?" asked Mrs.
Sutton
mo, indeed. 1 don't cook" was the
reply.
Are you good laundress?"
Il wouldn't do washin' and ironin';
It's too hard on the hands.
Can you sweep" asked Mrs. Sut-
ton.
NO." was the positive answer, I'm
not strong enough"
WELL" said the lady Of the house,
quite exasperated, may l ask what
you can do?"
Il dusts," came the placid reply
Everybody's.
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Good Bait.

Aunt Sarah, cook in a Richmond
family, took home a dish of macaroni
from her mistress table for the edi-
fication of her own family. When her
children had been assured that it
was good they proceeded to eat with
great gusto. The next morning Aunt
Sarah discovered two of her off,
spring in the yard turning over stones
and soil and scratching vigorously in
the earth.
"Heah, yo' chillun!" Called out Aunt
Sarah, what yo' all doin'?"
Yves a-huntin'." was the reply, "fo'
some mo- of dem macareui worms"
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WONDERFUL nlscoYERY .

In this age Of research and experiment. AL nA411A
ic blythe comfort ana Mp
pnessof man. Science has indeed made giantstridet
least important In medicine Ia that Of
Iherapi9n. which has been used with tsucoeoln
ef those who suffer from kidney, bladder, nervous
piles. &C., there is no DOUBT. In fact tseems evident
tsom tie biz str created spongst epecislists that
those questionable remedies that Wero formerly tho
sole reliance OF medcal men. It Of cour.o impoo-
sible to tell sufferers all should like TO tell them
IN this short article: but those who would like 70
know moro about this remedy that has effected 20.
should send addressed envelope for FREE book %.
Pr Le Clero Med. Co. Hayerstock Road, Hampstead,
N Ne% French n Re Remedy ,y "TMERARI0N"N No: ]: 81: +:
in vain during life of misery, suffering Ill health
and unhapPlness TherapiOn is soldby druggists or
mail $780, FOuGera Co., 20 Beekman st., Now York
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Blackboard, Pirate "for Revenue Only"

or his eccentricities, was shrewd
judge Of human nature. He had good
reason to know what manner of man
Eden was. He went to the governor.
secured from him royal pardon and
calmly proposed a business partner
ship. 1t was arranged between them
that Blackboard was to 60 back to his
pleasant piratical labors and that Eden
Tin return for a fair percentage OF the
plunder) should protect him from legal
interference.
This was safe and profitable ar
rangement for both. For few months
it prospered finely. But such a state
of affairs aroused sharp comment from
the planters on whose rich estates
blackboard was now levying a heavy
toll. One local legislator, Edward Mos
ley, complained publicly that while
Eden could easily raise an armed force
to arrest honest men, he did not seem
able to do anything toward capturing
Blackboard. Eden punished this plain
specs by fining Mosley $500 and by
prohibiting him from holding office for
three years
But the peoples discomfort could not
be so easily silenced. The colonists,
unable to stir their own governor into
action, appealed to Gov. Spotswood of
Virginia. Spotswood was very diff.
ferent sort from the profit-loving Eden.
He promptly fitted up two ships and,
with Lieut.. Robert Maynard in COM
mand, send them against the pirates
The Virginian force found Blackboard
in Pamlico bay on November 18. 171S.
A fierce battle ensued Blackboard
knew what defeat would mean to him,
so he ordered one of his men to stand
by the powder magazine with a light
ed match and to blow up friends and
enemies alike at a signal from him.
But the signal was not given. For in
the thick of the turmoil Blackboard
and Maynard met on deck in a hand-to.
hand fight. 1t was duel whose fame
lived long in .Virginia-this deadly
sword clash between a dapper young
officer and a giant pirate. At length
skill in swordsmanship prevailed
against mere savage strength, and a
blow of Maynard's cutlass stretched
Blackboard dead on his own deck. The
career Of Americas most picturesque
sea rover was at an end. The surviv.
ors OF the crew surrendered. Thirteen
Of them were hanged. And coast dwell
ers and marines alike breathed easier
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Titus Oates, Conspiracy Inventor

and unjustly put to death on the same
ridiculous charge. A reign of terror
set in No ones life seemed safe
when a convicted perjurer could swear
it away. Plain citizens and high no.
bles alike swelled the ranks of vic
Tins. Oates received a large income
from the government and had suite
Of rooms in the palace.
Then, as the turmoil began to die
down, Oates tried to revive 1t. by the
most atrocious charge of all. He &C
cused the queen-a meek. plous. gen.
tie little woman whom her husband
had neglected and ill-treated-of con-
spring to poison King Charles. The
public once more howled with fury:
Parliament tried to force the Queer
to leave court Charles had the de-
cency to put a stop to this tale by de-
claring his wife innocent.
Later, when Charles II. died and his
brother, James H., came to the throne.
Oates was convicted of perjury. A.
strange sentence was passed upon
him. For state reasons it was deem
ed best not to execute this "consp1r-
acy inventor" who had caused SO many
better men to die. Instead. It was
decided to put him to death In anoth-
er fashion. He was sentenced to pay
a heavy fine, then to be clapped into
the pillory "a rude wooden contriv-
ance in which a captive's head and
hands were fastened, while he was
kept standing for hours exposed to
public view, to receive a whipping
and then to be imprisoned for life, be"
ing taken from his cell five times a
year to be pilloried again. AS Oates
was sixty-five years old, it was thought
the terrific beating would kill him.
But he was tough He received LOO
lashes Of the whip and was so mangled
that he had to be dragged back to pris-
on on a sledge. In spite OF this treat
ment he recovered.
Three years later, in 1888, when
James II. was deposed and William Of
Orange became king of England. one
don Oates and to give him a royal pen
sion of $1,50O a year.
1t is hard to understand how any
monarc.s, in the light of Oates crimes.
could nave issued such pardon and
pensjsn. Yet the fact remains. The
old ;,erjurer lived on in comfort (vain-
ly trying to stir up new plots now
and then) for the next II years. dy-
ing in 17O5 at the age of eighty-six.
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First Waiter-Did that Arizona
ranchman give you a tip?
Second Waiter-I should say he did!
He told me if I didn't step lively
he'd blow off the top of my head!
Did that Arizona
Making Cheese in elden Days

Making Cheese in clden Days.
: Cheese was made by the old-time
farmers in the summer on the coop
erative plan by which four cattle own
ers owning say "A milch cows, received
all the milk night and morning, &C.
cording to the daily yield of their
little herd. Thus given two families
having five cows each, one with three
and one with one, supposing that the
average yield per COW was the same;
In two weeks. two owners would make
i've cheeses each; one would press
three, and one only one cheese, but
this one would be as good and as large
as any of the rest.-"Nobility of the
Trades-The Farmer" Charles Wins
low Hall, in National Magazine.
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the son of an English weaver. He 5e-
gan life as Baptist clergyman. was
driven out of his church for perjury
and became a chaplain in the British
navy. He was dismissed from this
service for gross misconduct and went
to study for the priesthood in Jes-
uit college. Here he was found to
be vicious, hypocritical and worthless.
and was expelled in disgrace. Thus
in 1878, at the age of fifty-nine, he
was cast upon the world to pick up
living by his wits. Already he had
been branded as a blackguard, but
now his real career of deadly mischief
was beginning.
Hating the Jesuits for iheir Just
condemnation of him, he went to
Charles H., king of England, and in
vented a story of Jesuit plot to MUIR
! der the king and to start general
massacre. His tale was an absolute
lie from first to last, and it was
SO awkwardly devised that the king
in few careless questions exposed it
as not only false but utterly absurd.
Oates was not discouraged. Failing
to convince Charles of the falsehood,
he went before a magistrate named
Godfrey and publicly took oath that
his charges were true. The govern
ment and the people at large seemed
to forget that Oates had already been
convicted OF perjury and that his
whole life was that of a man whose
word was not to be credited. Panic
struck statesmen and populace alike.
They believed their kings life was
really threatened. No proofs to the
contrary nor appeals to their sanity
could check this belief. The nation
was mad with excitement. Charles
alone-the supposed plots intended
victim-remained calm and laughed al
the entire affair as a hoax
Nearly 1000 innocent persons were
arrested on Oates false testimony as
members of the conspiracy. Brave,
honest. loyal Englishmen were tried
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Blackboard Marker.

The chalks are inserted in holders
that are mounted on a lazy-tongs and
he laZy-tongs are slidably mounted In
the slots of bar, which in turn is
set in a U-chaped frame-the frame
having a handle at the back. To reg
ulate the distance between the cray
ons, which means to regulate the
space between the lines they draw,
the lazy-tongs are either extended or
contracted, as the case may be. There
are screws to keep them rigid In any
position desired. It is easy to under
stand the convenience of device like
this for use in the school room
In dividing the blackboard into ver-
ttcal or horizontal spaces, or into
squares.
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pruq Store Stqna.

0SO9 0SOS os9s10s
Every one has noticed the beautiful
colors in the large glass jars that
stand in the drug store windows. but
every one does not know why drug
stores use that sign.
In the old days apothecaries and al
chemists were the only druggists. and
they made up their own nostrums. the
composition of which was supposed to
be great secret They used to leave
their retorts and jars and stills and
bottles in the window to impress upon
the passerby the mystery and inpor-
tance of their business.
The modern drug store has no use
for retorts and stills, all the processes
being handled by the big chemical fac.
tories, but the large jars full of bright
coltsed liquids are still left in the
win,iows just as they We're hundreds
of years ago.
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SALLOW FACES
Often Caused by Tea and Coffee
Drinking.

How many persons realize that tea
and coffee so disturb digestion that
they produce q muddy, yellow com.
plexion?
A ten days trial of Postum has
proven a means, in thousands Of cases,
Of clearing up bad complexion.
A Washn. young lady tells her ex-
perience:
"All of us-father, mother, sister and
brother-had used tea and coffee for
many years until finally we all had
stomach troubles, more or less.
I'VE all were sallow and troubled
with pimples, bad breath, disagreeable
taste in the mouth, and all of US simply
80 many bundles of nerves.
I'VE didn't realize that tea and cof-
fee caused the trouble until one day
we ran out of coffee and went to bor-
row some from a neighbor. She gave
Us some Postum and told us to try
that.
ALTHOUGH we started to make it,
we all f@lt sure that we would be sick
IT we missed our strong coffee, but We
tried Postum and were surprised to
snd it delicious.
We read the statements on the pkg,
got more and in a month and a half
you wouldn't have known US. We all
were able to digest our food without
any trouble, each ones skin became
clear, tongues cleared off, and nerves
in fine condition. We never use any
thing now but Postum. There is moth.
ing like it, Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
There's a reason and It is ex.
planned in the little book, The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs. ....
Ever read the above letter: A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of aOmA1
interest n'&0 -
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Early to Bad.

Some children wonder why It is that
they must always be sent to bed 20
much earlier than grown folks ana
many of them make all kinds Of ex-
cuses to stay up little later. 5@5<@ :
Sleep is natures provisionzto enable
the body and brain to rest and grow,
and most Of the growing is done by
children while they sleep, so that If
they do not go to bed early and get
plenty Of sleep they must lose some
of their growth, both bodily and men
tally. :. - !.
In the old days some parents were
very careless about their children's
sleep, but people understand such
things better now, and parents know
that If they want their boys and girls
to be tall and straight and bright they
must give them plenty Of sleep. sss 4
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DECEPTI0Ns THAT ARE QUEER
Flash Of Lightning Of But one,MlE
>lionth of Second, Vet It Seems
to Last Much Longer. ia


Our senses deceive us 2curiously> at
times. A flash of lightning lights up
the ground for one-millionth Of q sec
ond, yet it seems to us to last SO
much longer.
What happens is that the impress
sion remains In the retina of the eye
for about one-eighth of second, or
$4,000 times as long as the flash
lasts. If on dark night train
speeding along at 60 miles an hour is
lit up by lightning flash it apepars
stationary, yet in the eighth of a
second during which we seem to see
it the train travels II feet.
But we really only see it during
one-millionth of second; and in that
time it travels only one-hundredth of
an inch.
When mans leg is cut of, If the
stump be irritated he feels the pain
in his toes. This curious deception
Is the same as any one can practice
on himself by striking his elbow on
the table, when he feels the pain IN
his fingers. OF course, in both cases
the pain Is felt in the brain.
We do not actually perceive differ
ent distances with the eye, but Judge
them from various Indications. When
our judgment Is at fault we are de-
ceived. If you see person in a fog
for instance, he seems to be much
bigger than usual. The same thing
happens when you see men or cattle
on the top of a hill against the hori.
zon in twilight. In both cases you
judge them to be farther away than
they really are, and consequently they
appear uncommonly large.
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UNIQUE DISPLAY OF LIGHTS
Tight-Rope With Electrical Connec-
tions Arranged for Performer
to Open and Close Circuit.

Ii describing an illuminating sys-
tenn, invented by L. S. Howard of
Wichita, Kan, the Scientific American
says:
by means of this invention a per-
former, such as tight-repe walker
shown in the engraving, can auto
matically cause series of lights to
appear and disappear on his appara-
tus or clothing in manner correspond
ing to his movements. The support,
such as a tight-rope, on which a per-
son is adapted to perform. has sec
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Could Play at Will.

"Mar,ma," said sfive-year-old Willie,
may / go over to Tommy: Jones. to
play?'' -. ~. I'LL. = .'sss..4:s.*& sss e
why do you want to spend so
much of your time at his home?" ask
ed the mother. &. :&: .1ss# ssss*ssss
! {" Cause his mother hasn't got any
nnu eISpets," replied Willie. a.5#s !.
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A better thing than tooth powder to
cleanse and whlten the teeth, remove
tartar and prevent decay is prepara-
tion called Paxtine Antiseptic At
druggists, Csc box or sent postpaid
On receipt of price by The Paxton
Toilet Co., Boston, Mass.
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DeiiberatlnQ.

The Rev. James Hamilton, minister
Of Liverpool, while on holiday in Scot
land, had narrow escape from
drowning. Accompanied by boy, Mr..
Hamilton was fishing for sea trout
when he slipped on a stone, lost his
balance, and being encumbered with
heavy wading boots, had great diff
Guilty in keeping his head above water.
Finally he managed to get back to the
shore, although in very exhausted
state. and said to the boy: II noticed
that you never tried to help me"
Ma" was the deliberate response.
bat was thinkin' o."
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History Of the Pencx.

i The ancient English penny was
the first silver coin struck ID Eng
land, and the only one current among
the Saxons.@ In, the time Of Ethsldred.
It was equal in weight tosa threepenny
bit. Till the time Of King Edward
l., The penny was SO deeply indent-
ed that itsmight be easily broken and
parted into two parts; these were
called half-pence;; or into four; these
were called foM thing or farthjuxa
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In the Far East

Fair Voyager-Why are We SAILING
along here with the flags at half mast
Captain-Out of respect for the
Dead Sea, ma'am.-Judge.
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MARKER FOR A BLACKBOARD
Draws Number Of Parallel Lines at
One Sweep-Distance Between
Crayons Is Regulated.

A blackboard marker, by means
Of which series of parallel lines
may be drawn at one movement, has
been designed by a New York man.
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Animal Activities.

.:7'"Have you ever seen a cat min
tea?" Z.
No, but I've often seen a CLAM BALI
dinner" ~... ...; =. :. -
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A woman never thinks her husband
so unreasonable as when he expects
her to be reasonable.
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Finance,

Stella-How do you suppose they
will finance third party?
Bella-Don't know: l can't make
father pay for one. :"3
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Write .ElDSVOLD CMEAHERY CO, Minneapolis.
FOR prices and tags They guarantee return of cans
Ind satisfaction to you Tor every shipment f.
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Finally Made One Arrest
somebody" laughed the captA1n
I'll try" said Joe.

I'll try" said Joe.
At next roll call Joe is said to hav.
turned in report which read abou: az
follows:
"Pinched A. Mosquito on the lepoa
at l o'clock last night. Description.
Dark complicated. bald. med;nn,
height, gangling legs, with a long faro
and bad eye. Weight, four ponnds
He made desperate fight and had -
smash him. Charge. attempted mnr.
der.
"P. She bit me behind the ear"