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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-23

actions excite the suspicion OF their comrades
Usually few sparrows get only enough
strychnine to paralyzo them for Few hours'
after which they recover. 1t Is important
therefore, to visit the feeding places TWO or
three hours after distributing poison to pre-
vent such birds from escaping. 1t is well also
10 remove dead birds promptly to avoid exct'
ing the suspicious of those that are unaffected.
In northern ATTITUDES the best time 10 put out
poison is Just after a snowstorm. when other
food is covered. The feeding place should DO
cleared Of snow and the poison laid early in
the morning
Sparrows should be baited I'm secluded
places. safe from Interruptions and where
doves and poultry are not endangered. Roofs
back yards, and unused poultry runs are favor
able situations Proximity to low trees grape
arbors and similar retreats has the advan.
tage that sparrows go to such places between
meals. and many dead birds will be found
there well away from the bait. If undisturbcd
poisoned birds Will usually be found within n
few feet OF where the bait was spread death
occurring In from three to twenty minutes
Where doves or poultry are likely to be
poisoned, the sparrow, after being baited. may
be induced to feed in small covered pens
made OF coarsely meshed wire netting and
having the sides raised about an inch and n
half above the ground, There is practically
no danger that cats or other animals will die
from eating sparrows that have been poisoned
ANY wheat coated by the above process
which is overlooked by the birds, will become
harmless after n few rains
Sparrows can be reduced locally to almost
any desired extent by the methods outlined
above, but It should not be forgotten that sch
reduction can be made permanent only by
systematic and continued efforts
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-23

To he sweet and clean, every wom-
an should use Paxtlne in sponge bath
ing. It eradIcates perspIratIon and
all other body odbrs At druggists.
25c n box or sent postpaid on receipt OF
price by The Paxton Toilet Co.. Bos-
ton. MasR
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-23
Paradoxical Polities.

There Is one odd thing about the
English candidates for parliament"
What Is that
They stand Tor a seat"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-23

1t may take lot OF cheek to kiss n
giii. but most girls are willing to fur
nish the cheek
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-23

\ man may not know who his
friends are. but he usually has hts
enemies spotted
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-23

The fellow who depends entirely up
on luck Isn't TO be depended upon.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-23

The satisfying quality in LEWIS Sin.
gle Binder IL found in no other Dc cigar.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-23

for use In a short
time. II should be
dried thoroughly II Is
to be put into Jars
and kept for future
use. Dishes EN-
ployed /" preparing
poison may be safe
ly cleansed by wash
ing.
The poison should
be we'll scattered. so
that many birds may
be able to partake
at the same time
since after a few
are affected their
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-23

HE English sparrow among birds
is comparable to the rat among
mammals. II is cunning. destruc.
tive, and filthy. This sparrow
was introduced into America
about 60 years ago. and is now
distributed generally over the
eastern half of the United States
and southern Canada and locally
westward to the Pacific coast.
This rnnld incrensa liz q realllt Of
The evening world., 1912-02-09

lie walked up Ind down the apartmsnt
through most OF the morning With Little
Ralph Ia his arms.
The evening world., 1912-02-09
MOTHER KILLED
BY ALCOHOL LAMP
: SAVED HER BABY
Chatting Dish Exploded ana
Envelopei Mrs. O'liara
in Flames.

Joseph Todd. an accountant. going "a
~ Apartment at No. J5 West one
Hundred and Forty-eighth street at
dinner time last night had the elevate
boy. Matthew Ross. stop the car al the
NTH moor because he thought no heard
Q woman screaming. \ later a
woman. whose light ncgllgee dress was
abiaze from her feet to her neck and
whose hair was on FIRE. burst from the
door OF an apartment opposite tho elc-
vator and fell on the tiled floor OF the
hall.
Mr.. Todd jumped out OF the elevator,
ripped on his overcoat n wrapped her
n II. lie used his under coat. too.
Women who had heard tho screams
came from other apartments with
blankets and helped him.
Dr. Maynard s. owen was called by
the negro boy from his ONCE next door.
Meanwhile, when the last crawling shark
was ripped away and the burned
woman's face uncovered IL was seen that
she was Mrs. Clara O'IIarn, wife of
Ralph O'Hara. cashier OF "a bank a, No.
- Wall street.
Mrs. O'Hara had been alonc In the
house with her t~wo-year-old boy. Ralph
Jr. she had been preparing a chafng
dish dinner in the kitchen. and had
over nllcd the alcohol lamp. When
lighted II overlooked and the spilled al
cohol caught fire. An explosion fol-
lowed. which threw a spray OF burning
alcohol all over the lacy h~ousegown
she was wearing. In her own fright
and pain. Mrs. o'Hara still hid tho
presence Of mind TO fear hat she would
81 IRE TO little Ralph. who was in the
kitchen watching her. She ran away
from him dow the hail and out OF tho
apartment.
In the half hour that she lived while
Or. owen worked over her, Mrs.
o'Hara's only words. family murmured
we're: rs the baby safe? nd burn
tho baby7"
Mr.. O'Hara arrived Just before hls
wife died. but she was too far zone 70
recognize him. DIR. Maynard said that
II Was remarkable to him that she had
lived a. long as she did. Her body was
~ burned and she had inhaled iames.
The physician himself was 30 distressed
that he did moi think 10 make q report
10 the Coroncr's ofice until 2 O'Clock
this morning.
Mr.. O'Haria was reported to-day In
10 90 overcome that no would not eysn
- those who came to comfort him..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
improved Photoq-aphic Lens.

One of the latest Photographic
inventions is lens by means OF which
4 complete view all around the Oh.
server can be taken at once. 1t IL
known as a periscope lens, and en-.
cbles the observer to see all around
the horizon without moving. Such q
lens should prove useful on board
ship, in aeroplanes and in all cases
where view all around is essential.
The result is attained by means of a
circular ring of glass curved on the
outer surface, and fiat inside BY this
the light from all sides is reflected
down the tube which carries the lens.
The pertscope lens enables the photog.
rapher to take q circular picture o!
the view all around him. The new
lens is q Br.+ieh invention.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Girl Wireless Operator.

The only girl operator Of wireless
telegraphy in New York. and possibly
In the world at present, sits OF the
roof of a Fifth avenue hotel in a lit
tie Office sending messages through
the air to ships at sea. She is only
q, and her employers say she Is su
pcrior to many men telegraphers.
While the majority Of the messages
coming and going through her hands
are commercial. some are Of tender
nature. And some of these are ad.
dressed to her, as she is reported to
have a wireless romance. Her fance
is said to be an operator on one OF
the, big steamers. and when his ship
gets within talking distance greetings
IRE exchanged between them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Professors on the Golf Links,


There is one profession of whose
golfing members we have made some
special study. being attracted thereto
by the curious anomalies they pre-
sent In this matter. and that is the
teaching profession BY universal con-
sent professors OF all sorts are tho
worst players to be found on the links.
So notorious is this that the follow
ing classification on the various grades
OF golf has been generally accepted a.
correct. and though it has been 70.
peatediy published 1t has never been
challenged by any of the unfortunate
class whom it holds up to public
obloquy. The classification Of golf 10:
professional. first class amateur, cad
dies, ladies'. buffers. parlor. infants
and professors
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Everything Ready to Wear
Short Lived NotorIat>.

Marietta Wolf. once the ctok In the
home of ME2e Steinheil. whose acouit.
tai on the charge Of murder was. In 4
great measure, due to Mrs. VOLTS ten.
timony. has found a new occupation.
She has become a professional bill
poster In Paris On one of the recent
notable people" postcards published
In that city she is shown az a smiling,
elderly, plump woman carrying q lad.
der. A cap is set jauntily over one ear
and the poster bag hangs at one side,
held by broad strap over the shout.
der. The fact that she goes about her
bushes unnoticed. says a Paris letter,
shows that people have forgotten an.
other celebrated case.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
franc IN 1umsn raIr.

Much human hair is sent from
Prague to America 1t is collected
by hair merchants, regularly licensed,
who make trips through the country,
going from house to house to induce
peasant women and girls to part with
their tresses. The price paid depends
apon the length of the hair and the
color, principally the latter. The en-
tire head Of hair is not sold at one
time, usually but one braid being dis
posed of at once, leaving the other
to be cut OF about four years later.
The price paid for braids varies from
81 to $21 each. Prices paid by the
pound very from $11.60 to $50: tho
latter price being paid for blond or
gray hair. ranging from "a to -
inches in length. All Of the native
hair is shipped in its natural state.
without being bleached or dyed. The
estimated annual exports are $4,000
pounds,-Consular Reports.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
A Good Word for Bobwhite.

Bobwhite has been accused of rob-
bling grain fields in the south, though
post mortems have shown that only
20 per cent. of his food is grain and
that he eats more than thousand weed
seeds in meal. On this basis. Vtr
ginian bird lover proved that with
all his crimes against grain, bobwhite
more than atoned by eating five hun.
dred and seventy-two tons of weeds
in that state every winter, not to men.
ton his summer diet OF grasshoppers
and chinch bugs and wire worms and
Beetles and boil weevils and cater.
DillarS-OutinR.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

WE overlooked the time-hon-
ored custom in our last issue Of
informing our readers that we
were entering upon our twentieth
successive year as editor Of the
Enterprise, Volume l No. l Of
which was issued under our pa
rental direction on February 10,
1893. But it's not too late to
impart the news-to any who may
not know it-that we're still
here, and still on the same old job,
with prospect of staying. Nor
is it too late to make mere men
ton Of the fact that we are pleas
ed to note that our patronage has
continued to increase with the
growth of the city and with our
continued service to a point which
has demanded many additional
improvements from time to time,
the most notable of which will be
made within a fortnight, No.
3 IL Nliehle press being shipped
us from Chicago on Monday to
be set in at an approximate cost
of $4,000. A trifie different
We'll admit, from the old Wash.
ington hand press which consti.
tuted our machinery equipment
for some years following the fire
of '93, but not more different than
is Virginia-for in those days
you could hang your washing on
the scraggly trees which covered
the rear Of Chestnut street lots
and the site Of the Technical
school was moose yard. AnG
while these changes have been
more are yet to follow, and the
person who pins his faith to Vir
ginia will doubtless live to see il
again double in size with proper
tionate increase in property val
ues, caused by the fact that min
ing in the Virginia district is az
yet almost in it's infancy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Fresh Air for Children.

There is no cause at ALL" says IN
eminent physician, Ito fear the action
OF the air and sunlight upon child
and too great haste cannot be made
% expose 1t to their influence, which
Is entirely beneficial to it's develop
ment and health
"A child a few weeks old, II suitably
dressed, may be taken cut Of doors
for little while each day and the
time may be heightened a. its
strength increases. The habit of daily
exercise in the open air will lay the
foundation for a good constitution and
the liability of taking cold will bo
greatly lessened."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

WITH so suspicious prospect
for good will from all in the con-
duct of the city's affairs as was
rendered Mayor-Eelect Murphy at
the banquet at the European last
evening, it does not demand an
optimist to predict his official ca
reer will receive encouragement at
every step and that success will
crown his every effort for Viir-
ginia s welfare.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Prat1Ie of the Parrl.

Sunday School Teacher-How many
animals went into the ark. Nellie1
Little Nellie-Two Of every kind. e.
eept Noah and his folks.
Visitor-Well. Carrie. what do You
think Of your new baby brother?
much Of him. Why. he can't even
speak English yet. <~.. = &c.,.
Small Elmer was deeply interested n
IN illustrated book Of anatomy 3.
Mamma" he said, pointing 10 one
OF the colored plates. this shows whero
q mans liver Is. DUt where's Ai1
bacon ?'-Chicaxo News
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Superstition OF Chinese,

pie, and think 1t a bounden duty to
keep the body intact, and II by any
misfortune they are compelled to lose
q limb by amputation they Invariably
ask for tho severed member and keep
It in 4 box Sometimes they will actu-
ally eat it, thinking it only right that
that which has been taken from the
body should be returned to 1t. On this
same principle an extracted tooth will
be carefully preserved or ground to
powder and swallowed in water.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

SINCE T. H. Noodle became
identified with the editorial staff
Of the Hibbing Daily Tribune the
paper shows marked improve
ment. The "boiler plate' tele-
graph service, set and run in plate
form in st. Paul and shipped the
smaller dailies forty-eight hours
after it's appearance in the city
press, has been eliminated and
the paper row is devoted in it's
entirety to live local topics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Electricity IN Small Towns.

Several towns in Ohio are electric.
Hg'Ied by companies which own and
q: t'ate no power station, but pur-
chase current from some central Sta
ton in the district Instead Of risk.
ing the building and equipment Of 4
pc" err station which may not be sum-
GENTLY patronized to be profitable or
waiting for the central station 70
reach out for the business Of small
country towns, companies are formed
IN the latter owning their own wires
end buying power.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
BANKER MORSE. who wa

BANKER MORSE, who was
pardoned after serving few brief
months of a sentence for high
financiering because of his alleged
i'll health, RECEIVERS fast. So fast,
in fact, that within a fortnight af-
ter his release on the grounds that
his life was held by = thread he
walks steadily to a cab and de-
parts by his lonesome for parts
unknown, but reputedly for Ger
many. The man who signed his
pardon should be compelled to
serve the balance Of his state s
prison sentence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

THE drag net caught some fifty
additional alleged dynamiters in
dicted by the federal grand jury,
on Wednesday. Among the num-
Der was one Duluth iron worker,
charged with completely in the
dynamite ,outrages which have
stirred the country for the past
several years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

ROOSEVELT is said to be pre-
pairing the platform on which he
will run for the presidency. Bet
a scuttle of suds that it don
contain anything about Panama
canal purchasers or federal libel
suits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
THE NASHWAUK HERALD

THE NASHWAUK HERALD
has completed the second mile
stone in it's existence. And one
need not be told it is prospecting,
for its columns are we'll filed with
ads and with bright, spicy writ
ihgs that insure it a subscription
list which will continue to be val
liable to the merchant. May con-
tinued success be it's lot.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Exopsl1,on at PaIoa.

A proposition il on foot to establish
In the ancient city Of Palos. fron
which Columbus sailed to discover tn.
new world. = permanent agriculture
and Industrial exposition to increas.
tho friendly and commercial relation
between the nations Ct AmeI1ca IN.
Spain. 5. u.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
UNLESS another mad dos

UNLESS another mad dog
scare comes to surface between
now and next Wednesday morn
ing, Fido will be permitted to
perambulate the street without a
muzzle; that is, unless Fido or his
master happens to have some dear
friend on the police force who
considers him a vicious mongrel,
when he stands liable to be shot
down at any time, whether muz-
zled or not.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

B. q I'LL il. Be Taft o. Roose-
Welt IS the absorb ing topic il.
the editorial melange Of the city
press. At the finish. it will be
neither; Woodrow Wilson will
be the initials of the successful
candidate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

1T is pointed out that Sam
Gordon's platform says naught
of county option. But you may
safely wager your mother-in law s
undershirt that Same did not ask
Billy Hamm whether or not he
could run for governor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

JIM HILL is accredited with the
statement before the steel investi-
eating committee that he twill be
an angel before he goes into the
steel business Evidently Jim
does not figure on going into the
steel business for some time, at
least.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

"HIBBING, the metropolis of
the range,' says Editor Rosen-
bloom in his Gilbert Herald. Nay,
nay, Rosey; study your census re-
turns and correct yourself.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

MANY people go round and
round, chasing after the ideal and
unattainable. They move, live
have their being in the realm of
idle theory and dreamy specula-
ton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

If the law Of supply and de-
mand regulates prices the ice man
should make free delivery and
pay his own teamster the coming
season.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
WHILE but little has beer

WHILE but little has been
heard from j. Adam Bede for
many months past he again
emerged into the limelight Mon
day t. trough an address delivered
before the Ramsey County Lin
coin Club, in which he ikened
President Taft to our immortal
martyred president. j. Adam has
always been noted principally
for talking just to hear himself
talk, but when he feels like let
ting 60 of anything like that he
should seek the solitude of the
woods, where the echo would die
ere it reached the ear of any. "
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16


1T is somewhat amusing to note
the warm ones which are being
shot at the Oliver IronMining
Company by certain Of the range
press regarding the closing down
Of work in the Hibbing district
The Oliver Company and it's par
ent concern, the steel corporation,
can stand these random shots
without t1inching, however, and if
it should come to a showdown
they can doubtless get along very
we'll without any ore from the
rich Hibbing district for several
decades to come.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
CHISHOLM business men have

CHISHOLM business men have
gone on record, according to the
Tribune-Herald, against the agi-
tation for a night train service
from Duluth to the range, seeing
in the proposition a scheme to d.
vert more range coin to the peck
cts Of the Duluth merchant.
Can't see it that way, but per-
haps the railroad company may
be induced to leave Chisholm off
the route when tthe service is
put in operation.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-08-14

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease.
Catarrh is a blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure it you
must take internal remedies. HalPs
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is
not a quack medicine. Itwas prescrib-
ed by one of the best physicians in this
country for years and is a regular pre-
scription. 1t is composed of the best
tonics known, contained with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect comb
nation of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful resultsin cur
ing catarrh. Send for testimonials,
free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, To-
ledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.