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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
LAW RATS J

ID H1LADE1. PH1A. - When coal is
i needed IN a Pennsylvania farm
bordering the SusQuehanna river, little
Johnnie does not grab his coal bod
and scoot for the cellar. Instead he
unfastens his Aoat, pulls out into the
river and fishes till his hod is over
flowing.
To be sure, Johnnie doesn't fish with
rod and line, noy yet with a net. His
apparatus consiAts Of wire scoop,
shaped like a shovel and not dissim-
ilar to 4 minnow net, with an eight
foot handle. And his boat is a broad,
flat-bottomed affair, sometimes with
sharp bows. built like a scow. with the
maximum Of capacity and the mini
mum Of draught; for the coal fishers
catch II usually mace In shallow wa
ter.
And the catch 10 unlike any coal you
ever saw. This run Of tho river coal
comes In all sizes. from little fakes to
chunks az big az your head. But most
ly it Is smaller than pea coal. Coal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Live Frog in Stomach Nearly Year

4 LIVE frog that crawled and clawed
n and croaked, lived for nearly Z
year in the stomach Of Mrs. L. v.
King Of Dean Wood, q suburb Of
Washington.
After clawing away at the lining
of the woman's stomach until it waf
raw with pain, almost strangling her
as it climbed into her throat, and
fairly reducing her to living skeleton
it was finally extr1cated by physicians
Of the Emergency hospital. They used
a large pump. ~
The frog is now preserved In alco-
hol. II is a weak, colorless, wrinkled,
shapeless specimen which bears 9
faint resemblance to the normal frog.
Its legs are long and scranny and thin
as toothpicks. It measures, all told,
about seven inches. II rs ~ +
!. Just as it was breaking out OF the
egg, the tadpole was swallowed by
{ Mrs. King in we'll water last August.
Weeks passed before the woman real
lied there was some living animal IN
her stomach. She consulted doctors,
nut they laughed at her. {. q ). J.
]. 81 & Last spring the frog, now reaching
1 to IL fun growth, began 70 climb into
her throat and nearly sunocated her,
It clawed away at the membrane nm
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

~ had taken Phil Breitenkopf's place
at the Busy Bees pie counter, while
Phil was up in the Catskills on his va
cation, said he had never heard Of
Simple Simon and the pieman, 80 that
he could not go back to the very be-
ginning of the history of the pie in
dustry. But Sol could glance back
ward from his Ann street booth over
a period of eleven and one-half years
Of service in the making, carving and
serving Of fresh pies, and it was his
opinion that, take 1t the year round,
winter and summer, and all the rest,
pie was about the best seller in Ann
street. Sol even went so far as to
say that the pie eaters outnumbered
the devotees of the ice cream cone
and the hot waffles combined-that
is among the Office boy connoisseurs
Of Ann street.
Which was fiat contradiction Of
the startling news which throbbed
over the wires the other day from
Chicago, that the American people
were losing their taste for pie. The
head of a large Chicago pie factory,
it appears, begged OF from paying an
increase in taxes on the ground that
pie eating was on the wane and bust
ness was not what it used to be. Pie,
said he. had decreased in popularity
with the masses, its place being
usurped by such things as fruit, ice
cream and salad. Ann street knocked
that theory sky high.
As luck would have it, the Chicago
canard reached Ann street just as the
rush houv for pies-pies and other
things, Of course, like those luscious
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
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exterminating vermin, stated that it
was not an unusual thing for rats to
take up their abode along the lake
shores in summer. The hundreds of
dead fish which are. cast up by the
waves, he said, attract the rats III
large numbers. THE rats burrow in
the sand, at the foot Of the banks. in
large numbers" - said Mr. Morgan.
Then, too, the hot weather may have
something to do with the condition.
The rats will swim out IN. the water In
hot weather and win also make their
homes In the wet sands along the edge
Of the water" I'll, ~, r. 49, ill.,.
T. The rats IN many Cases are extreme-
II large and savage. and threaten to
stack persoons who disturb them q 8
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Made IN Bethlehem,

waste. This last is made Of 8 short,
round piece Of wood sawed in ha1fs
lengthwise, fastened together Il one
end and encircled by . loose iron ring.
The piece of pearl shell Il placed be-
tween the loose wooden ends and the
ring is hammered toward It until the
grip Is tight. The workman then files.
the part Of shell which extends to the
desired diameter; 1t IL reversed in the
holder, and finally a rounded piece Of
perhaps one to three inches in length
is secured. When a number Of these
pieces have been prepared they arc
cut to bead size, a hole Is bored in
each bead and it is rounded to the de
sired shape. Then to give the beads =
smooth surface they are placed IN,
special crockery vessels with little
water and are kept in motion in these.
vessels, rubbing against the sides and
each other until they are smoothed,
but not polished.
: To give them gloss and sheen.
they are finally placed in boiling wa
ter, to which a weak solution of nitric
or muriatic acid is added, and when
removed from this they are passed
through a succession Of cooling wa
ters.. There are three usual shapes
those fiat on two sides, round and
oval.
These beads are strung on cords.
silk or wire. and always on the latter
in the case of rosaries. For these
last also crosses and hearts are made
Of mother-of-pearl. with a small metal
figure attached to the cross. Silver
crosses and hearts are used to a slight
extent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

til she. several times tainted with pain.
Still the doctors, when she told them
OF her fears. laughed. 4..S.s z So
= Two months ago Mrs.. King declares
the frog began to croak. She distinct
~ heard It many times and her rela-
lives bear her ont. That determined
her to leave the PHYSICIANS Of Dean
Wood severely alone and consult "city
doctors" s.s 6. e. Z. ILL., s s5s5
She did so. She went to the Elmer.
gency hospital and the frog was pump
ed out Of It's hiding plaos. S5a5 S. 4
The frog lived ten minutes III . tub
Of Water. It croaked ana sang Just
ike any regular frog. Then It died. .
/ According to the physicians this Il.
the hr1t tims- q Iecord that my ant
n,al f.l1,e pFoportipns of . frog has
ever lived ii q human stomach &c
least for the period of elexen months
Il s. . most remarlable case. ss:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
HIlI'S REMARKABLE CAREER

: The retirement Of James ]. Hill
from his position AZ chairman of the
board Of directors Of the Great Nor
them railroad, which has Just become
effective. was ohlcially announced
Monday from the ONCE Of the COM
PAM at st. Paul.
The resignation, Of Mr.: Hill was
presented to che board of directors
June Z, and unofficial reports of the
changes we're made at the time, but
the statement with which Mr.. Hill &C.
companies his resignation was made
public only q few days ago. - i
Louis w. Hill, who was recently
succeeded by CarlsR. Gray as presi-
dent of the Great Northern, succeeds
his father as chairman Of. the board
G. directors. James ]. Hill will re-
main member OF the executive COM
mittee OF the board.
: With his retirement Mr.. Hill COM
plsted thirty-three years Of active
service in the northwest, beginning
with his purchase Of IN interest in the
St Paul and Pacific, Of which he was
hi1 reclamation from the Office which ]
aianaA tho nrosidencv Of the Great No
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

Another sign Of reverting to the
savage period of the race is intimated
in the suggestion offered by members
OF the physicians meeting that kissing
be abolished by law az unsanitary and
sa.htatioR by rubbing noses or fore
heads be substituted.=- Science seems
TO b advancing Ike Z crab Backward.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16


husband
forced his settled hand
HOUSE,
which had lived also
tied her $4,000
Of her chill
70
Some and lived with her
residence
Cobourg and divided her between Canadian
Washington.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

People who complained Of tho heat
during the past few days should have
their attention and memory directed to
the records Of year ago. Having re,
called the temperatures of that tor
rid interval they will be duly thank
full that they are alive this year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

New York fisherman claims that a
deep sea turtle swallowed his hook
and dragged him to the bottom of ia
maica bay. He admits that he was
soused with sea water, byt there are
those who harbor other suspicious,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
MARSHALL NEW IN POLITICS

Gov. Thomas r. Marshall Of In
diana, the Democratic nominee for
vice-president. rode to the front Of his
party on a wave Of reform. But the
Indiana wave was not so boisterous as
those that broke on the New Jersey
coast and elsewhere. Governor Mar
shall believes in reform-ln nlodera-
ton. Also he believes in progressing
with moderation. He does not be-
lieve that this great and glorious com.
monwealth is going to the "demnition
bow.wows;" in fact, he points with
pride to his belief that the country Is
Just little bit better politically,
financially and morally than ever be-
fore.
It required heroic measures on the
part of his friends to induce Governor
Marshall to take his presidential
chances seriously, and even then he
refused to allow any effort to be made
in his behalf outside Of Indiana
Governor Marshall was born In
Manchester. Ind. in 1854 and has
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

IT.
his Bible
Introduce athletics
Of his first
the attendance Of the school was slim at the time
so rapidly the Drexe Bdde Bible
700 and the ambition the originator make national
With
churches
that Philadelphia
origin thus accounting for their small representaon while
formed Homesbug
Harrisburg Danve and Plymouth Pa Wilmington D Camden
J.. Providence, r.. :, n RI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

1t is said that girl scouts must learn
to bake bread, wash and iron, do SIM
pie cooking, build coal fire, darn
socks and take care of babies. But
what's the use? Girls who can do all
of those things don't have to do any
scouting.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

Students Of the University Of Chi,
cago have been forbidden to use tooth
picks in public. II this sort of thing
keeps up, Chicago will soon be de:
prived Of all its distinguishing char4o-
teristics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

A denizen of q Detroit boarding
house demands that his room rent be-
returned because he has been forced
to kill $4,000 bedbugs. If he does
not have a care he will be arrested for
hunting without a license.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

A Pennsylvania farmer says he has
n flock Of hens that can run the mu>
steal scale, but what we want in our
hens is less artistic temperament and
more egg laying ability.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

We are becoming spry and spright-
~ people, science finds. A reflex, no
doubt. Of the agility acquired in dodg-
ing automobiles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

A New Jersey man has been fined
for allowing mosquitoes to breed on
his land. But how can a man dispense
a flock Of Jersey skeeters unless h~
be armed with gatling gun?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

spent his entire his native state ne
CITY, He
Wabash Nore Dame
married kmy
COLA. in 1886. ~ . . .,,, 80
there nothing
white do be his bro
and bis Holetbue eyes mild
Little
Ae1mi nderSood
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

There are nearly 10000 lawyers In
active practice in New York city. No
wonder some Of the people there pre-
fer to settle their disputes on the
streets with revolvers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

A London suffragette who donned
male attire had her shins kicked by
a mob. Even the hobble skirt has its
advantages
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

Is the large increase In business
shown by the indianapolis postofice
for the fiscal year evidence OF the in
dustry OF 1ndiana's authors?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

Perhaps If the weather bureau will
take an interlude in its prediction OF
showers, the perverse skies might fa-
vOr us.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

An Austrian count has gone into
bankruptcy with assets Of $3.50. 1t
looks as II some American heiress
might get bargain there.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

Why bother to water the plants
while wife is away? It's much easier
to buy her a new set Just before she IL
expected home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

Not until his wife goes away on a
vacation does a man fully realize the
joys of poker as q summer sport.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

Conflicting emotions sway the girl
who is delight to the eye In bath
Ing suit but who freckles in the sun!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

A historian claims that the liberty
bell Is a myth, but our English breth-
rem have reason to suspect otherwise.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

A suit brought in 1926 has Just been
settled. There must have been some
of the laws delays in the good old
times, too.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

New York has again given evidence
Of its dislike of dead ones by avert
ing the hearse drivers strike.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

One pleasurable form Of summer va
cation is to spend two weeks on one Of
those scout cruisers now engaged In
hunting icebergs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

A French town has proposed grad
uated tax on fat residents, those under
1856 pounds being tax free. The weight
of opinion is against it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

Over in New York an alimony claim
for $2S,445 was sold at auction for
$780, This does not sound like q
sporting proposition. 1t looks more
like a donation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

The tides ebb and flow In political
battles, but the fly gets swatted all
the time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

Another way to avoid sunstroke 10
to let somebody else do the political
wrangling.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

When small boy can go around all
day attired in nothing but a cotton
bathing suit the amenities Of civiliza-
ton do not greatly bother him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

Airship or aeroplane. They can
both become engines of death when
the unforeseen happens.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

In Germany, too, the birth rate is
declining. Is the whole human race
going to commit suicide?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
BlDDLE'S UNIQUE METHODS

It IL a far cry from prize fighting
to religion. At first blush it seems
most sacrilegious to associate the two
subjects. But it has been done sue
cessfully not only in words but in
deeds, and, as results have proven.
it is the basis of one Of the most re-
markable religious movements this
country has ever seen.
The man back of this novel idea
for furthering the cause of Christian
ity is Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, mil
lionaire, of Philadelphia, Pa, who but
a few years back became famous as
an amateur boxer and an object Of
criticism and source Of disgust to the
ultra-exclusive set Of the Quaker City
Of which he Is member. But withal,
Tony" Biddle proved himself prac-
tfcal pugilist--one who loved the man
ly art only for the manliness which it
brought out; one who stood for hon
esty and high ideals and who was ever
a gentleman.
Whon NJ pl111o n@~>ea~,>l A..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
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NELLIE GRANT WEBS AGAIN

The marriage recently Of Mrs.
Nellie Grant : Sartoris to Frank II.
Zones, Chicago banker, was in sharp
contrast to her first marriage. SO years
ago, to Algernon J. sartoris, an Eng
lish army officer. T.. ! ss >... ! III III
Nellie Grant was then the idol OF
the nation and her marriage took
place In the east room Of the White
House while her distinguished father
was president. It was one Of the
greatest social events the :. White
House had seen up to that time, or
perhaps since. Simple, amiable and
unaffected, Nellie Grant. the, only
daughter Of General Grant, had en-:
deared herself to the American people
and she went with her husband to
their. English home accompanied by
the heartiest good wishes.
In England she was presented to
Queen Victoria and dined at Windsor
Castle. Yet her life in England prov
ed most unhappy. Her husband treat
ed her with injustice and cruelty. 80
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16
Mark the returned vacationer. B.
his tan 70 shall know him.
Some people go on picnics and 9th
ers &c: their shower baths at home.
Old General Humidity Is once more
In supreme command of all the forces.

Air pockets continue to cause trou'
BILE, but nobody ever tries to pick
them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

Bathing suits are made to At the
occasion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-15

the regal guard, was shot froa his
hofse.
When the crowd that was cheering
the king realized what had happened
there was intense excitement, and the
people turned on the assassin and at
tempted to lynch him.
The procession was passing along
the Via Lata when three shots rang
put from amid the crowd Constsrna-
ton was on every face. The soldiers
following the carriage Immediately
dashed forward and as they did SO
their commander fell from his horse.
He was moved to one side by some OF
his men, while the others dashed up to
the royal carriage, where they found
the king and queen unframed.
Queen Helena was on the side Of the
carriage nearest to D'Albs.
The king tried to resssure the queen,
who tarned pale and threw her arms
around him as though to protect him.
Hs tried to comfort her by saying,
"Be tranquil; it is nothing" and, seem
ingly assured, she sat back as the pro
cession went on.
After the service the king and queen
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-15
..nrn.a 10 tns outrtnal a1ong the same

returned to the ouirinal along the same
route.
sAnother man belonging TO no coun-
try-a man without a fathsrland,T WAS
hfs comment on D'Alba's act.
Despite bis condition after the erowa
blows, D'Aiba was subjected at the
police station to a keen i~nterrogatory'
Hs said he was a stonemason' TWEEN.
ty-one years old, and described hlmseli
as an "individuslist Iarchist." he
made the attempt on the kings life as
a protest against the organization Oh
society.
He had put his bicycle In the door
way Of the 9alviatic palace.
He said he had taken up a position
In the crowd near the odescalchi pal
ace and waited for the kings coming.
When the royal carriage arrived op-
posite the place where he was standing
he fired three shots, intending to Kill
the king.
D'Alba pulled the trigger four times,
but one Of the cartridges did not ex-
piode.
All the circumstances lead to the be-
lief that D'Alba was not concerned III
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-15
BAY0HNE HAS
A LIVELY TIME
Girls on Strike and Women
War on Executive.

Bayonne, N. j., March 15.-Bayonne
Is on the map with both feet, SO to
speak. That suburb of the STANDARD
OIL plant has Z big strike on It's hands.
The Women's Political Study club has
declared war on the mayor, and the
mayor has ordered all unmuzzled dogs
shot.
Not only that, but one-fourth of the
police force, amounting to fourteen
men, has been detached from regular
patrol duty and put on guard around
the silk mills of Schwarbenbach, Hu-
Der s. Co., where 750 girls are on strike.
A mob of strikers attacked the mill
with stones and broke some of the win
dows, and attacks were made on girls
who remained at work.
Four OF the striking girls were ar
rested and arraigned In the recorders
court. They were discharged with a
warning to be good.
!, The Women's Political Study club
has joined hands with the Bayonne
Civic federation In a fight on Mayor
Cronin over the proposition to close
First street and tarn a portion of the
thoroughfaret over to the American Cot
tonseed OIL company. which seeks to
add to the saiubrity Of the Bayonne at
mosphere by esta blishing q soap works.
First street furnishes the only remain
Ing open way from Bayonne to the KIN
Won Kull.
The women's Political Study club
held a mass meeting In Opera House
hall and denounced the proposal. Res
olutions were adopted calling upon the
city council to baik the plan TO seize
part OF q city street for q works. May
or Cronin was warned his influences
were under suspicion. He was also de-.
nounced for mot allowing the Women'B
Poiidcal Study club to use the high
school auditorium for the mass meet
ins.
As for the dog shooting matter, May
or Cronin's action is popular. There
have been mad dog scares In Bayonne
Of late. An ordinance calling for the
muzEhng Of dogs has been disregarded.
The board OF health, on the mayors
initiative, has decided dogs not equip
ped with muzzles must die, irrespective
OF breed or ownership.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-15
GERMAN STRIKE WORSE.
Two Miners kiiled-3oo,o 600 Mon Are
Out, and Trouble 10 Spreading.

Two Miners Httled-3o0,o0Q Men Are
oat, and Trouble 10 Spreading.
Berlin, March 15.-The government
authorities admitted that the coal min
Srs' strike is becoming very serious
Riots have broken out at many places
and some of the miners have been
killed. Three regiments of infantr,
and four sauadrons of cavalry have
been sent to the strike region.
The police at Harnborn. where there
has been considerable unrest, are
searching all men suspected of having
firearms.
Two Of the miners have been killed
at Herne and Buef.
The strike is spreading rapidly, and.
according to estimates, 100000 men
are out.
London, March 15.-The negotiations
between the mine owners and the min
sEs In the coal trade dispute appear to
be taking a favorable course. Progress
IL slow. but deliberations are being
held again today.