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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-21

providing that land therefore
bought in for taxes might be
redeemed at any time under the
usual conditions.
But he says the Thirty-Second
Legislature failed to pass the
usual two year extension act,
therefore land taken over for
taxes must be redeemed within
two years after its purchase by
the State, or the owner has lost
an opportunity to secure IT, un.
less the next Legislature makes
provision for redemption.
Continuing his Investigations,
Mr. Terrell says he has been un-
able 10 find any statute which
will permit the Controller. Attor-
ney General or any other State
officer to sell land thus bought
TO satisfy delinquent taxes.
Thus the State win have an ac-
emulation. The next Legisla-
ture win probably be asked to
provide for the sale of such land
and also 10 come 10 the relief OF
those who have permitted their
land 10 lapse and did not redeem
il within two years after the tax
sale
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-21

them our people will be compel
led to get BUSY just as other
towns have done. How about
it?"
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-21

! can loan you honey on land
at eig>-.ssZnter three
RObinsTr---- % IL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
How the Picture Animals Talk.

A Partisan novelty is a picture
tiers It's own characteristic cry. The
pictures represent the most familiar
domestic animals, and each animal
speaks its own language. To cause
1t to break silence nothing is neces'
sary but to pull a little string at the
edge Of the book
In the books are to be seen a
rooster. a cow, a lamb, little birds in
their nest. a donkey, a cuckoo, goat.
On the last page are children who are
welcoming their parents. BY pulling
the string at the right page the cry
Of any particular creature is ELECTED.
The listener hears the donkey heehaw
and the rooster crow. The growing is
we'll initiated. The string is pulled
again and the lamb bleats, the birds
twitter, the cuckoo sings, the COW
moos, or the little children call out
papa" and mamma"
These interesting results are OBJ
tanned simply by the aid Of small bel
lows placed in box hidden in the
book. When the string is pulled the
air enters the corresponding bellows
and is thence expelled by a spring.
The air makes its exit through spe-
cial tube appropriate for each cry,
and at the same time the bellows
meets with obstacles placed on a
wire.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
Experimenting With Death.

There are few men, perhaps, whit
have not a hundred times in the
course Of life, felt curiosity tc
know what their sensations would BE-
If they were compelled to lay life
down. The very impossibility, in or.
binary cases, Of obtaining any ap
proach to this knowledge, is an 1nces-
SAINT spur pressing on the fancy In
its endeavors to arrive at it. Thus
poets and painters have ever made
the estate Of man condemned to die
one Of their themes of comment or
description. Footboys and prentices
hang themselves every other day, con.
clusively-missing their arrangement
for slipping the knot half way-out Of
a seeming instinct to try the secrets
Of that fate, which-less in jest than
earnest-they feel an inward mont
ton may become their own. And
thousands Of men, in early life, are
uneasy until they have mounted q
breach or fought a duel merely be-
cause they wish TO know, experiment..
ally; that their nerves are capable Of
carrying them through that peculiar
ordeal-From lie Revenant"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
Elephant That Charged.

DR.. Dunbar Brunton spent some
years in Africa as district medical
officer. One of his most thrilling ad-
ventures was with a bull elephant.
With a friend, who went off on anoth-
er tack he had been following up the
tracks of elephants all day without
success. and just before shutdown re-
ceived word from his comrade that he
was going back. DR.. Dunbar-Brunton
decided to return also, but before
starting on the homeward track sat
down and lighted pipe. lie was
smoking quietly when he heard the
noise of his friends heaters, and a
native who carried his gun said,
Look"
A great bull elephant was close
upon them. Very quietly the doctor
laid down his pipe and took his gun.
while the natives scuttled up the trees
in terror The doctor took quick
shot, but just missed the animals
brain pan. 1t threw up its trunk,
opened its mouth. put its tusks for
ward and charged. A second shot
struck in the shoulder, but did not
check its onrush.
The doctor shot again when 1t was
within a few PAGES. and hurting past
him it fell with legs outstretched,
with a bullet in its heart. The doctor
turned to his pipe. 1t was still al1ght,
and he finished his smoke while the
natives danced round the body Of the
elephane-Chicago News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
AND HERE Is
THE DEFENSE
By BARON Won TAUBE.

The following are extracts from In
Defense of America" written by Bar
ON Gustav Won Taube. a Pole, who
now lives in Paris, but who spent
many years In the United States and
has travelled extensively:
THE ANSWER.
What does the dollar represent but
the embodiment Of mans work, to-
gether with the possibility of further
productive activity beneficial to all?
Nobody can affirm that a Stanford.
Carnegie, Pullman. Girard or any 9TH
or of the hundreds of cash-storing hui
man quantities did not dream of their
universities. libraries, special schools,
workingmens model institutions, in
tirmaries, colleges, ETC., from the very
commencement Of their efforts to
amass fortunes
An almost national popularity of
the American is his ability to derive
a greater pleasure and interest from
his work than from almost anything
else. TO all appearance he is more
aglow with interest about the venture
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
Ceyion Cocoanuts.

Forty full grown Ceylon cocoanuts
will produce one gallon OF oil. It re
quires ITO to 200 nuts to make III
pounds Of dessicated cocoanut One
hundred and twelve pounds of copra
will produce four or five gallons OF
oil. There are 100000 acres planted
with cocoanut in Ceylon. No machin'
cry is used in Ceylon for drying
copra, which is either sun-dried OF
dried over slow fires. A platform
seven to eight feet wide of laths one
fourth inch apart is erected five OK
six feet above pit in which are fired
cocoanut shells fitted into each othe,
in two or more parallel lines two to
three feet apart This gives a white
clean copra due to the fact that the
dry shells do not emit smoke, while
they generate considerable heat As
long as copra, thus dried, obtains
good prices the plantation owners are
content with the old means. The lines
of shells take five or six hours to
burn out. After the second fire the
split nuts are turned over on the plat
form, the third fire releases the ker.
mel from the shell and three more fires
complete the drying. The whole pro.
cess takes no more than forty-eight
hours.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
Chinese Women Want Ballot.

Miss Margaret Chung, young Chi
nese woman, Is at the head Of the
movement which proposes to form an
organization of American women for
the purpose Of assisting and encourag-
ing the women Of China In making the
best use Of their newly acquired right
to the ballet. She is the secretary of
the Woman's Auxiliary Of the Chinese
American League of Justice at Los
Angeles, CAL, and a member of the
Chinese Protective association and OF
the Chinese Women's Reform club.
without the assistance of their
Caucasian sisters the Chinese women
may never reap the full benefit of tho
franchise" Miss Chung declared when
talking about the proposed organiza-
ton. when the new republic of
China granted the franchise to women
it was the most significant step that
could have been taken in the interest
Of progress. Only a Chinese woman
can fully understand what Is meant by
giving Chinese girls an equal chance
with the boys 1t heralds the dawn of
a golden epoch, more than even the
men of China realize. More and bet
ter missionary work can be done for
China by instructing and encouraging
the women in the use Of the ballot
than in any other way"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
LONG COATS NOW REVERSIBLE
Double Effects Obtained by Simple
Means and a Radical Trans
formation Effected.

What more applicable term can be
used in talking of revers than re-
versible? The very meaning of the
words revers implies a double role.
and in no seasons styles is it exempli-
fed more emphatically than in the fall
modes.
Long coats are making use of the
reversible idea. A double effect is OBJ
tainable by turning over one rever,
buttoning back another style, or de-
taching a seemingly permanent collar
and changing it's adjustment with an
entirely new effect.
For the storm coat there are many
buttons and buttonholes that multiply
the roles to be played by the coat. A
long double rever can be unfastened,
turned over to one side and fiattened
down into a plain protective collar
A single rever is looeened, the under
portion pulled out and lie, vest is
revealed that was never guessed 1t
betosol .-..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
SHOES DEMAND PROPER CARE
viii Respond to Good Treatment and
Are Quick to Resent Neglect
or CareIessnese.

Not very long ago the average wom-
an felt she was becoming quite gay
and extravagant when she INDUCED in
the luxury of buying each season
many pairs of shoes. Today she be-
lieves it is economy. Shoes, even the
best of them, need RESI-: and, If they
are to last long and always appear at
their best, they demand it. And In
cidentally there is something very
restful to ones feet in a change Of
Shoes
l! you have few shoes or many, be-
sure to remember that you must treat
them with consideration. The shoe
which Is carelessly kicked off and al
lowed to lie where it has been kicked
will soon retaliate for this treatment
by looking it's ugliest All shoes should
be wiped off carefully before they are
put away; and the shoe tree is as es-
senttal to the shoe as the coat hanger
is to the coat Each helps to preserve
the original shape. Remember, shoe
tree used is pair of shoes saved
Woman's Home Companion
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
Quite Harmless.

Good gracious!" exclaimed the dis
trict visitor. do you harbor mad
men in this village?" She pointed To
the subject of her interest-a little
man with very small eyes and large
spectacles, who was lodging from.
house to house like demented human
bee He approached each door with
the trusting smile of childhood. He
left with a volley Of language such as
could only emanate from long and bit
ter experience.
"Oh, nobody takes no notice Of him,
MISS" answered the old tenant. Hes
quite harmless-been so these 20
years.
Poor fellow" said the district visi-
tor. And what is the exact nature OF
his complaint"
The tenant smiled compaseionately
as he replied:
"Optimism, mA'am. He calls for the
rent every Monday, and actually al
lows himself to fancy he's going to
get It,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
FREsHENING UP OLD GOWN
Little Touches That Will Give New
Appearance to Garment One
Is Tired o..

Every woman has q serge or dark
silk dress in her wardrobe for cool
days. Before the summer is half over
she feels that she is tired Of 1t and
that it looks bit shabby. For such
people let me suggest buying set Of
the new collar and cuffs made of white
dull kid with deep border in dull
black leather. They have just appear
ed the last few days. The collar is the
round Dutch shape, about three and a
half or four inches deep. with inch
wide hem of the black. This is Joined
to the white part by means of cat
stitching in coarse black thread, which
gives 1t crude put nohby effect. The
plainness of the whole thing is re-
lieved by tiny straps OF the white
leather which fasten to small gun
metal buckles. The cuffs match ex-
actly and are about five inches wide.
This set worn with a clinging black
charmeuse gown, but in perfectly plain
straight lines would, as you can easily
imagine, set it of most completely.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
THOUGHT TOO MUCH OF SHOW
Finieky Action Of Wife, Of English
Fireman Duplicated in Our Own
Country.

Before a justice. in small English
town of the south coast, there ap-
peared. not long ago, wife who &C.
cused her husband Of assault and bat
terry. The man admitted that he had
seized her and thrown her down, per-
haps roughly, yet not without making
sure she would fall upon a soft place.
But he had done so, he declared, In de-
tense of his person and his honor. He
was fireman, and she had tried to
keep him from going properly appar-
eled and equipped to fire.
The fire company of his village, he
explained, was composed chiefly Of vol
unteers. whose uniforms were kept in
their homes and kept in repair by
their wives, a task that no. wife per-
formed more faithfully than his own;
In fact, she was too careful Of it.
When night alarm was given for a
fire in the quarter between the glue
factory and the wharves, and he
jumped up to dress, she had positively
refused to allow him to put it on, de-
claring that smoke and cinders were
bad enough, but when 1t came to salt
and glue and flsh-scales as we'll, it was
beyond all reason; his oldest trousers
and pea jacket were plenty good
enough. He had demonstrated and
she had vituperated.
But l didn't lay a finger on her.
your honor not till she 'eaved a kittle
at me ed when l grabbed for me
boots" he protested, and then it
come to me twas no less than a pub.
lie july to chuck 'er on 'er bed where
she couldn't hinterfene; and what
sees to be my july, ups and does. So
l chucked 'er"
Were ducking still the accepted pun
ishment for vixenish wives, she might
have been awarded poetic justice al
the nozzle of hose. AS it was, the
case ended, amid general laughter, IL
the discharge OF the aggrieved hus
band, and reprimand to the toe
careful wife.
In our own country, and in a com.
munity by no means rustic, little in
c1dent but few days ago proved that
1t is not only the better halves of fire
men who can be too flnicky. The fire.
wagon, responding to a still alarm for
a chimney fire, was met by the son OF
the house, who eagerly snatched an
extinguisher, while the flremen wera
unreeling the hose. But the eagle eye
Of the chief was upon him.
Here, here," he cried, authorita'
lively Don't NEEDLE with that extin
guishez, young man. Why, it's only
just been hed!"-Youth's Compan
iOn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
LOOK WELL IN WHITE
VARYING SHADES ALL SUITABLE
FOR BRIDAL FlNERY.
Modiste Of Experience Will Study the
Complexion Of Her Customer to
Determine the Proper Hue to
Be Employed.

In the olden times it was a COM
mon thing to hear people say of some
bride or other, who hitherto had
seemed quite good enough to look
upon, How ugly she looks in white!"
This speech is very nearly impossi-
bic today, for the very good reason
that fashion considers types and CON-
plexions in all of her ideas for the
wedding gown; which is to say that
q smart gown model is tinkered with
until 1t just suits the wearer, and be-
fore this the dressmaker tries ev-
cry conceivable shade of white against
the face Of her customer to see which
one goes best with her skin. In
white, as in color, there are number
Of tonss-dead white, pearl white.
oyster white, cobweb white, pale
cream white, etc. Try buying length
Of satin or lace out of a bargain bas-
ket and then try to match the color
to a T with more material Of the same
sort to 60 with it. The feat is we'll
nigh impossible although it will not
matter so much If the purchase Is a
fine bit of lace In length big enough
to be used alone, for grayish white
lace-the tone called cobweb-is some
times superb in pure white yelling
or net.
The bride looking for absolute be-
comingness in her wedding fixings,
then, must be particular about the
shade Of white she chooses, and If
much satin is used for her bodice she
must also get very delicate lace web
for her guimpe.
The illustration presents an indoor
dress of many possibilities and in
very girlish style, and it is bound to
be liked by the bride who wants to
look young and appears best in simple
raiment. The dress comprises bod
Ice with a rounded peplum and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
Found Old Hiding Place.

Whilst workmen were repairing an
ancient fireplace and chimney at
Fferm Farm. near Mold. Flintshire,
England the other day, which was
built in the early part Of the sixth
century, they discovered by chance
in the chimney a revolving stone,
which, upon being removed, revealed
a secret chamber. The apartment
contained oak furniture OF antique
design, including table, upon which
lay antique firearms and feeding uten-
sils, and also the remains, reduced to
dust, of a repast 1t Is surmised that
the place was utilized as a place of
concealment by Royalist fugitives dur
Ing the civil war Of the reign Of
Charles l., from which period it had
remained undisturbed and. until thu
present time, undiscovered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29

perfectly plain skirt, so by lengthening
the sleeves and wearing a high guimpe
inside the rolling collar the design
would be sufficiently severe for street
use. AS shown by the sonsy maid Of
the picture, the frock is Of striped
and plain silk, the plain appearing
alone in the trimmings of the bodice
This dress likewise presents posi-
bilities for very convenient travel
ing costume, for the lines are suited
to corduroy and serge and cloth, and
the peplum gives enough coat sugges-
ton to make the costume In keeping
with travelling styles. With a change
OF guimpes, lawn or linen severely
made for actual travelling aad muslin
for hotel use, at pinch this single
costume could take the place of sew
eral
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
HERE ARE The
CHARGES MADE

Americans worship only money and
what can be bought by or reckoned in
money.
Their sole contribution to the worlds
civilization is a number Of engineering
and mechanical devices. Even in ma
chinery they do not, however, excel,
since 1t is invariably made badly.
American machinery never lasts; it is
made to come to an early scrap heap.
Their reputed business capacity is
myth. Really, they have only the
forms of business; they are slower and
more unbusinesslke than any other
people.
American education is superficial
and vulgar. 1t does not produce schol-
ars or men of taste, but only quaint
learned men and vulgarians.
American politics are more corrupt
than any the world has known.
American public servants are, like
Russian off cials, open to bribery with
out exception.
American statesmen are almost in
variably without education and self.
made
American foreign politics are slip
perry.
Their public life is vulgar and hys-
terical.
The Americans are de-civilized.
They have no manners whatever
America has no high society.
Wealthy persons live in hotels; the
moderately rich in wretched flats.
American women are silly, sexless
and expensive
American morality is Puritanical in
profession, but licentious in fact. Mar
rages are but matter of form, and
men as we'll as women unchaste.
While protesting to despise, they Sc
cretly admire European, and espe-
pay anything for an English title. an
English education. an English heir
loom, an English work of art, etc.
But they appreciate none Of these
things except enviously.
Americas national characteristics
are those OF weakness, being bully,
bounce, brag and buster.
american cnllurfn are SpOlle0 DratS,
being mostly nervous. hysterical and
illmannereu.
Jonathan, while very sentimental, is
without bowels.
Americans have no appreciation Of
personality All are potentially equal,
and consequently there is only nso-
lrncc among the INFERIOR
Americans are inhospitable
Americans eat greedily, drink to OK
cess and die Of dyspepsia.
An American abroad is ashamed Of
his country; he likes nothing better
than to be mistaken for an English
man.
The best Americans live in Europe
They have produced no literature,
art music. architecture, poetry or
drama
American Wit and humor are, at
best. only Il trick Of homogeneous mag
nation
They do not speak English, but a
sort OF uncOuth slang
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
Dive: Seized by Octopus.

A naval diver at ToIlon was sud.
denly attacked by giant octopus
while under water in the harbor. He
gave the hosting signal and was
hauled to the surface, together with
the octopus, whose tentacles, SAID 70
be Is feet long, were wrapped around
him. The diver was unconscious. ThG
octopus held fast to the diver until 1t
was stabbed to death. It weighed 135
pounds, and the suckers on its tenta-
cles were as big a. halt-dollar paoooA
London Mail
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-29
FLED BEFORE FLAMES
RUSSIAN PEASANTS SUFFERERS
FROM PRAIRIE FIRES.
Huge Areas Devastated and Human
Lives, ~ Well as Live Stock,
Sacriftced-Whoie Settle
nents Wiped Out.

Midsummer in Russia has been ush-
cred in by great epidemic of fires
on the steppes.
The intense dryness of the season
has spread the fires over huge area.
One Of the most dreadful fires that
the Russian steppes have ever seen
ragged few days ago in the Province
of Turgai, on the other side OF the
Ural mountains. and to the northeast
of the Caspian. On these steppes vast
seas OF grass stretch to the horizon,
raised only by shrubs of the wild
cherry and dwarf almond on the hill
sides or by clumps Of NORWOOD when
the soil is clayey. Herds Of cattle
and horses Craze on the plains.
1t was early in the morning when
mighty clouds of smoke suddenly rose
up from the steppe, a sure sign to tho
Inhabitants that fire was in progress.
So appalling was the speed with
which the fire rolled over the dry and
yellow grass that the peasants had
quickly to concert measures for saw
ing just their own lives from destruc-
ton. Feverish activity prevailed In
all the villages until the tongues Of
flame which came on nearer and near
er with uncamy swiftness appeared
on the horizon.
Swept forward by the rushing wind,
sparks from the conflagration kindled
in advance another fire, which in a
short time enveloped 10000 acres Of
grazing ground Swifter and swifter
before the wind dashed on the wall Of
fiery waves. Enormous pillars Of
flame shot up into the air. The sue
ton was so strong that slabs of turf
and burning branches were hurled up
into the air and thrown far away.
Men and cattle were hard put to 1t
to save themselves. Their least dan
ger was Of being scorched by the fiery
breath which swept on ahead Of the
furnace. Women and children who
sank helpless to the ground we're
dragged along by the other villagers,
for only hasty flight was now Of any
avail. But even this would not have
saved them had not lake lain in
their path, into which they all rushed,
wading in as far as they could with
out drowning.
Imagine, then. hundreds of persons
standing in the waters up to their
shoulders, while all round them
masses Of fame ran along the banks
and sent out Pickering tongues over
the water In their direction, baffled in
their thirst for victims.
Some of the Inhabitants ~ the vii
lagos on the steppes directly they saw
the fire advancing set to work to burn
large areas, and on these GASES they
collected all their cattle and household
goods. At last heavy shower came
and extinguished the prairie fire.
Many persisted in the flames or were
stifled by the smoke, five in one viii
lage, three in another, and so on. Be-
sides this there was great destruction
Of livestock, large and small.-Ham-
burger Nachrichten.