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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
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naH inches in width, and half an inch
in thickness must be procured, and
the corners rounded with a sharp
knife.
This board is then covered with silk
or any other suitable material, folded
in plaits, so that it forms a series of
pockets, turned over the edges and
tackled down securely at the back.
Diagram A at the right hand side
Of the sketch shows a section Of the
material and indicates the manner in
which the silk should be folded so
that It forms pockets when stretched
tightly across the wood. The edge OF
the board can afterwards be finished
of with ornamental braid and tiny
brass-headed nails driven In at inter-
walls.
Two small picture rings are screw
ed into the upper edge for suspending
the rack from nails in the wall. In
the rack in the sketch, four pockets
are shown, but any number can be ar
ranged in the same manner If piece
OF board of longer length is used, and
1t is good idea, when possible, to
make pocket for each member of the
household and work his or her initials
upon it, so that by glancing at the
rack any particular person may see
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
klliina With Electricity.

The French people, scientists. "A
we'll as owners Of slaughter houses
and consumers of beef, mutton and
pork, have become interested in expert.
ments for the more humane killing Of
animals especially for food products
not only to save the creatures from
unnecessary pain, but to better the con.
dition Of meats which go to the con.
sumner. -
DR.. 8. Leduc, who has been conduct.
ing the experiments at the abattoir in
Nantes. has killed by electricity =
great number Of animals oxen. bulls.
COWS, horses, hogs, sheep, calves and
dogs-using current Of 10 volts.
with an intensity Of from 40 to so
mi1liamperes. The current was inter.
rupted 100 times per second, passing
each time during one-thousandth OF 4
second. The result was satisfactory.
but no detailed report has been made.
because the experiments are to b
followed up at the abattoir at RoRens.
burg and also in Germany. : ..S35 Z
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Chicago Health Department in
Campaign of determination.
Decision Follows Publicity Showing
What a Menace and Expense Ro-
dents Are-Do Much Harm
and No Good.

Chicago-Sentence OF death was
passed recently on Chicago's rats. Al
series OF articles, recently pointed out
what a great source of danger and
loss rats are, and now the city is to
be freed from the rodent pests. The
department of health will take the
role of modern pied piper in perform
ing the task.
Announcement of this intention was
made by Commissioner of Health
George B. Young in the course of the
few hours he was in the city to aid
the pure milk fight. Conferences In
Washington with federal health off,
Gals concerning the rat peril we're in
terrupted to enable him to return to
Chicago. He was hurrying back to
continue his investigations In the
east, but he paused long enough to
discuss the plans for routing the rat
from Chicago.
The danger, remote but too great to
be ignored, that the rodents may
spread the bubonic plague, is the i'm
mediate cause for the campaign of ex-
termination that is to be waged.
The first step, according to DR..
Young, will be to put the rats Of the
city through an examination for their
health. The docks and wharves, as
the most fertile breeding places for
them, will be visited first. According
to the studies made of the bubonic
plague, it has been present In virulent
form among the rats before 1t has
been communicated to human beings
The health department men will
search for evidences of the disease
among rats Of all quarters of the city,
and If any traces of it are found their
efforts will be concentrated In ex-
terminating the rats in that vicinity.
After concern regarding the plague
has been satisfied, the department will
turn its attention to a general ex-
termination. The rat population Of
Chicago is set at about half the num-
Der of Inhabitants, and it is consid-
cred THAT so long as the city Is 30
'thickly infested with the rodents it is
in danger Of disease.
Relief from the immense property
damage inflicted by the rats each year
will be secondary in the departments
consideration, as its duties are pri-
marily those Of guarding the city's
health. 1t is considered, however, that
this will be an immediate benefit that
will be more generally felt than the
safety 1t will give from spread Of dis
ease.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
PRESERVING BEAUTY OF NECK
Tjohtness Of Collar Worn There Must
Be Matter Of Serious Con.
sideration.

The ideal neck Is most readily OBJ
tanned and retained by those who
wear collarless gowns, or, If cover
ing for the neck is essential. use trans
parent materials Of white or lined
with that color. II a woman would
have 4 pretty throat 1t Is imperative
that she should give careful atten-
ton to her collars and neck-bands Of
all sorts, and this includes underwear.
Through this a ribbon is often drawn
at the base of the throat of child or
adult. where it exerts a pressure that
Ia not only bad for the contour of the
throat, but for the, circulation as
we'll.
Another important essential in the
care Of the neck is to keep it thor
oughly clean. In this connection a
man who is probably the greatest
beauty specialist In this country de-
clares that "hot water has ruined more
1kins than has anything else"-thts
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Horrors of Prison Told

Of sentence for the theft Of an suto
matte pistol, which he was charged
taking from fellow cavalryman in
Texas. He claims that he was. rail.
roaded and he did not have time to
procure ades"ate counsel to show that
the trial sprahg from a trumped up
charge.
In Fort Leavenworth, Tobani says.
the water cure, the stxaightjacket and
other forms Of torture were employed
to compel the prisoners to perform al.
lotted tasks. At last, the man assert
ed he gained the acquaintance and
friendship Of the driver Of garbage
wagon which came daily to the prison
doors, and between them the plot was
Matched whereby Tobanf escaped in q
swill barrel.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
AUTO COWBOYS STIR TOWN
speeders Arrested After Using Guna
and Lariats In Streets Of
Marshall, No.

Marshall, Mo.-Four former COW.
boys. tourists from Oklahoma, passed
through Marshall in a touring car at
the rate of sixty miles an hour. They
were captured at Arrow Rock,
eighteen miles east. brought back
and left $50 in the city treasury.
All but their driver amused them.
selves roping dogs and chickens on
their way through the city and In the
country they made farmers sit up and
take notice with their guns and laIi
ats.
The thrashing Of wheat was suy.
pended until the cowboys were out OF
sight, but no effort was made to in.
vestigate further.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Value Of Farm Scales.

The day for guessing on farm deals
is past. If the farmer is to get the
greatest profit from his produce mar
keted he must have the same means
Of protecting himself that the grocer,
liveryman and hardware man has.
When the grocer sells sugar, he does
not guess at the number Of pounds
and does the weighing himself II
you happen to be out of feed and drive
to the liveryman or feed store, you
buy by weight and must pay for so
many pounds. The hardware man
sells wire, nails, etc., by weight.
Now, the point is this. A great
many farmers lose enough in the run
of a few years to more than pay for
the platform scale by selling their
produce, letting the other fellow weigh
it, selling by measure, or by guessing
it of. II the farmer is to hold his own
and get what is due him, he ought to
do business In businesslike way. Tho
farm scales will help to do this.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Trimmings for Fall Suits.

A report from the recent style con-
gress in New York says:
plain silk binding braid as used OF,
mems coats for the severe tailor made.
Heavy wood silk braids, plain or tis-
ured, for the more fancy suits.
Buckles for belt effects; this is an
American idea adapted from shoe
buckles. Small ball buttons of ivory
and celluloid in all colors. Striped
and figured velvets. for collar, cuffs
and vestings. Sash and necktie Of
feet; the sashes can be made of braid
and velvet combination In place of the
old-time satin ribbon: Chenille IL
knotted effects win be very popular" ?.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
CUPID WON'T ACCEPT NAME
Swain With Too Many syIlables
Wants Large Amount Pruned
or.

st. Louis, Mo-Louis Kuhlenengel'
ken filed a petition in the circuit
court asking permission to change hia
name. He asserts that his fiancee re-
fuses to be inflicted with an unpro
nounceable name.
Another reason is that Ae wants te
register and vote at the cuming cleo
ton, and thinks It would be- easier to
do this If his name was shofter.
AS brief and pronounceable name
he suggests the last three syllablee
of his present one, and in future he
would be known as Louis Engelken. "
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
PACING No Hen
ITALIAN INVENTED 4 DYNAMO
=: - : & WITH RING ARAaATURE.* 81:
But Ne Let ths Discovery 9lunbsfs
and Seven Years Later IL Was D.. /
veIoped by Gramms, the Hus-s
Ting Belgian. r. 90 8:

AT q moment when an adm1r1u4
world echoes with the achievements Of
one Italian electrical inventor, there
passes from the earth in deepest OBJ
security another Italian to whom tho
arts and sciences are also under oblis
cation, and the contrast is dramatic,
the Scientific American remarks In
cidentally, 1t may be noted that tho
country of Volta by some curious proc
ess Of heredity or continuance always
holds her own in the industry to which
Volta gave birth, but only the student
knows that alongside the cleaning
name Of Marconi may also be set thosG
of Pacinotti and Ferraris.
AS far back as 1864 the gentle Itak
ian physician Pacinotti introduced TIM
idly to public notice small electro
magnetic machine, with toothed ring
armature, which, he pointed out with
prophetic instinct, was available both
as motor and as generator. And
then nothing happened! But when
the celebrated Gramme dynamo with
its ring armature arrested universal
attention, seven years later, the unob-
trusive professor dug up his treatise
and his machine and showed beyond a
doubt he was entitled to the credit Of
the discovery, although he lacked the
essential driving power to turn it into
a device useful to mankind.
There perhaps lies the lesson OF his
career. We need physical discoveries
and reverse those who seek tho truth
for its own sake. But mankind with
keen instinct saves it's warmest &C.
claim for those who also make discov-
cries of some avail in adding to the
length Of life, its Joy, its possibilities
and its conveniences.
Had not the hustling Belgian,
Gramme, come along with his famous
dynamo and sanguine French hackers.
Pacinotti would have let his model
slumber forever In museums and cab
1nets, just where many things the
world is waiting for linger now. The
fact that Y. Pacinotti so little realized
what he had done and what his really
great inventive ability meant. Is
shown by the curious fact that the
work and the studies Of his later years
were devoted to vine culture. II
he did anything significant there the
records Of our time fail to show it.
but meanwhile the glorious torrent
Of electrical invention has swept on
so fast and so far to many people
even this bold recognition of the ami.
able doctors genius may seem a bit
superduous.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

For use in the summer cottage Japa-
nese toweling is the quaintest of new
items. 1t comes about ten inches wide.
and is priced at Is cents yard The
effects are mostly blue patterns on
white grounds, though an occasional
pale green and white piece Is to be
found. There are few designs shown
in the blue and white and each design
is complete within the measure of a
yard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

with reference to steaming processes
ard hot congresses.
In order to cleanse the skin scrub
the neck with hot water and the best
imported bar CASTLE soap obtainable.
After the hot scrub battle the throat
with cold water. Some women even
use ice-cold water, and ice packs for
ten minutes. The cold treatment
tones, tightens and imparts brilliancy
to a skin that is relaxed from the hot
scrub.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

weekly dances, when her descent Of
the main stairway was marked by .
pedal glow that dazzled all the Other
guests. The second pair-which up
peared at the following dance-were
not only Of golden texture, but wers
heavily brocaded with figures Of ,
bird of paradise. 1t is said that xol(
stockings are considered bargain n
500 q pair. You can wear one pain
two times-if you are lucky. i III.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
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@G0|D HE@sz&8&4
T0D LIE F<:Ai

To remove canker in the mouth,
touch it frequently with bicarbonate OF
soda-the ordinary kind used in bak.
ing.
To remove rings from finger swol'
len by their tightness, dip the finger
in ice cold soapsups, and the ring will
come off easily.
A sponge for washing and bathing
purposes Is not sanitary, as it is i'm
possible to be thoroughly cleansed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
WEARS STOCKINGS OF GOLD

at the Mt. Washington hotel. 1s the
first to bring the alchemistic innova-
ton to Breton Woods. but the excite
ment and admiration which her gol-
den stockings caused among the
young and old point to = rapid spread
Of the new hosiery habit = !:
Thus far Miss Gordon has worn two
pairs Of the wonderful creations The
flrst appearances was q one Of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
TOWN TO SELL POORHOUSE
Brewster, Mass, Hasn't Had April
cant to Enter II In Over
a Year.

Worcester, Mass.-Poverty has be-
come SO completely a thing Of the
past in the town Of Brewster, Mass.
that the authorities have directed tie
town clerk to sell the poor farm and
poor house to the highest bidder.
There has not been an applicant fol
q place in the institution in more than
year, 1t is said. The town has abou,
700 Inhabitants,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Valuable Document Stolen,

In the Spanish capital the police
have arrested a Frenchman named
Castor, on a charge Of stealing price
less historic documents in Paris. He
attempted to sell three documents,
which wer seized by the police. They
were the secret treaty between Louis
XIV. of France and Philip ~. of Spain,
signed in 1859; the marriage contract
Of Maria Theresa and Louis XIV, when
the latter declared, ''The Pyrenees no
longer exist" and parchment of the
Emperor Charles w.. The Paris
police had given notice Of the loss OF
these documents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Has Them All Beaten.

. A fashion has sprung up amona
Paris taxtcab drivers sof exhibittna
notices on t4eir cabs. saying "aThs.
driver talks German, The drive,
talks English, and the like. Fired ~
their example . negro taxicab drives,
Who va formerly chauffeur %. tn
king q Siam 81 Bangkok has a1ksel
lie following notice g iii. o..
tal1 <iio1Doso.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Matter Of Credentials.

II am honest, intelligent, discreet,
Industrious. and capable Of making
friends" said the young man who was
looking for employment. WELL" re-
Piled Senator Sorghum, you ought to
get along; although l have seen a lot
Of men 60 before conventions with
those same recommendations and fail
to get more than "a complimentary
vote" ~ - ~ @
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
Society Girl StartIes Summer Colony
at Breton Woods-Are
Valued at 500.

Breton Woods, N. H-Stockings of
pure gold-the fashion vaguely an
nounced from San Francisco a
glittering fact in puritanical New Eng.
land. s ~ .=s ::
Miss. Aline Gordon Of. New York.
.aae 81 tho fashionable young people
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

at once for whom it contains letters
without having to examine each Jet.
ter separately. thing which always
has to be done when letters for dir
ferent people are placed in rack mix,
ed together.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
,
Mere Matter OF Choice.

4: Marie" asked the star Of her maid,
gazing perplexedly at her reflection IN
the mirror, what was about to do
step into the bathtub or 30 on the
STAGE Marie shrugged her shout.
ders. How can tell ldademoisello.
u dressed for either. Judg
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
SAYS ARK ExCELLED TITANIC
Or. Ety. In Sermon to shipbuiiders,
Says Noah Was Wiser Than Mod
ern Marine Engineers.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Rev. DR.. James
B. Ely told a large audience at the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06

Following . summer habit of bef1ep
the butter inquiry = o aoEsal I.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-09-06
SIMPLE letter RACK
MOST USEFUL CONTINUANCE TO
HAVE IN HALL.
Properly Arranged, II Shows at 4
Glance Just What tho Obligations
Of Correspondence Are and
How to Meet Them.

Our sketch shows simple. neat and
Asily made letter rack for the hall.
For the foundation a piece of board
about IA inches In length, six and a
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-11-15
LAGGARD NEVER WINS
KEEP STEP" Is THE BEST or Ap.
VICE FOR THE WORKER.
In Every Walk Of Life the Necessity
for Solidarity Must Be Kept
In the Mind.

Keep step.
II you fall behind you may be lost
II you run on ahead you may get
hurt.
The victories of life are won by
armies OF men. In companies and
regiments.
You will accomplish little. and pos.
sibly you may be shot or hanged, II
you give yourself to guerilla warfare
All Of which, in plain English and
dropping figures OF speech. means
don't lose touch with your fellow hu,
man beings.
Keep step with the family. II may
be necessary to cut loose from home
and home folks-sometimes 1t is best !;
but one always loses something by
1t, no matter how great the gain. The
family is the Oldest known club, gov
eminent. church and mutual benent
association. You will never ind an.
other just like It, Think well before
separating your life from brother and
sister, father and mother.
The isolAting forces are strong
your strong individualism. the feeling
that the family does not understand
you, or that they underrate you. irri,
tation arising from too close Associa.
ton and that contempt which famil,
tarity is likely to breed. Most OF
these forces are strongly egoistic and
need discounting.
You may have to bid goodby to your
kin, but do not forget that in doing
30 you are mourning a distinct loss,
and the profit must be great to over
balance it.
Keep step with your friends. Friend
ship Is not for nothing; we have to
pay for It. To lose a real friend is
worse than losing pocketbook
stuffed with banknotes. You may be
compelled to run on ahead, but think
twice before doing SO.
Keep step with your wife, your hus.
band. Don't drop behind. 1t is a sad
thing to see one at the top of the
hill and the other lingeTing in the val.
ley. Keep your minds abreast. Let
your hopes and fears. triumphs and
failures be taken by you side by side
Keep step with your times. 1t is
well to know the thought of the world
OF yesterday; 1t is we'll to have Tito
plan enthusiasms that reach to the
millennium, but it is best OF all to
know and feel the present day
Frank Crane
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-11-15
RECENT INVENTIONS

For children an electric automobile
has been built with a one-half horse
power motor and speed limit of four
miles an hour.
Electrical apparatus which accu-
rately determines the range and tone
OF human voices has been invented by
German woman
Designed for military purposes a
cart invented in England can be used
as water carrier, fire escape, trestle
bridge, or ambulance.
For withdrawing splinters an Eng
lishman has patented tweezers SO
formed that they press down the flesh
each sides of the jaws.
For pumping heavy liquids a Welsh
inventor has designed a combined
piston and rotary pump with no valves
that can be easily clogged.
Aerial torpedoes that a Swedish
army officer has invented, travel three
miles and can be made to explode eth
er upon contact or by clockwork.
Primarily for the use of invalids is
chair invented by Tennesseean, SO
equipped with mirrors that an occu.
pant can see what is going on around
him without rising.
Pulleys and cords have been com.
bined by California inventor into a
machine to teach person the correct
swimming motions while he lies on a
cushion, safe on dry land
Flies can enter garbage can that
New York man has patented, but as
they try to get out they are caught in
wire trap which can be detached
and the insects destroyed.
A world renowned pianist has taken
out patent in Switzerland for an au.
tomobile in which the steel springs are
replaced by pistons working against
air cushions in brass cylinders.
To enable person to leave q sunk
en- submarine New Jersey inventor
has patented buoy which can be en-.
tered within a boat and set free to
float to the surface OF the water.
A San Francisco man has patented a
phonograph automobile alarm that can
be made to politely request a person to
get away from in front of a car or
make the demand more strenuous as
desired
For transplanting growing plants.
an Idaho man has patented a metal
pot, made In two sections, which may
be inserted in the ground around
the roots and brought together and
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-11-15
PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, DR., C, S. Neer, city super
intendentA of health, and Dr. A. w
Heron, county superintendent of
health, state that our city is having a
moderate epidemic Of cerebro-menin-
gifts and recommend that all public
gatherings, places of amusement and
the public schools be discontinued un-
til further notice:
1t is, therefore, ordered that after
midnight Sunday night, November 10,
1912, all public gatherings places of
amusement and schools be discontinu-
ed until further order
Given under my hand this November
8, 1912. J. c. STARR, Mayor
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-11-15
interest of Occupation.

Do not look on your work as a dull
duty. If you choose, you can make 1t
interesting. Throw your heart int it.
master its meaning, trace out the
causes and previous history, consider
1t in all It's bearings, think how many
even the humblest labor may benefit,
and there is scarcely one OF our du.
ties which We may not look to with
enthusiasm. You will get to love your
work, and II you do 1t with delight,
you will do it with ease Even II at
first you find this impossible, II for
time 1t seems mere drudgery. this
may be just what you require; it may
be good, like mountain air, to brace
up your character.