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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06
OLD EXPLORER TOLD TRUTH
Story About Flow Of the Nile River
Very Appropriate, Used to Point
Moral.

Some twenty-five centuries ago.
Herodotus, the father of history, heard
of the Niger river, in western Soudan,
and that it flowed into the Nile.
When the Niger was actually found
by white men. 100 years ago, it did
not go anywhere near the Nile, but
doubled back on itself to flow into the
Gulf Of Guinea. And the critics had
much sport telling how credulous old
.Herodotus was.
Now, French expedition comes
back from the Soudan, and declares
that very probably, in the time of
Herodotus, the Niger did just what
he said it did-f1owed into the Nile.
They have found a dried-up water
course leading east, and they are
sure that the present channel of the
Niger is comparatively new.
Which illustrates once more the
truth that men seldom invent any
story. They may garble it, twist it.,
distort it, exaggerate part of it and
suppress other parts, get it out Of
focus till it bears no esemblance to
the fact from which it started.
But almost always it starts from a
fact, or from something believed to
be a fact
Few men can tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth
without being carefully trained to do
so.
Fewer still can tell a lie and stick
to it without letting some tiny bit OF
truth slip in. The existence of the
legend which Herodotus wrote down is
proof that somebody believed in it.
From the recent explorations, that
somebody may not have been so far
wrong.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06
Death Made Beautiful.

George w. Perkins, the corporation
expert, began life as an insurance
agent. So good was he at the game
that one of his friends described him
in these words:
George could convince you that
tho grave was the biggest financial
institution, the biggest dividend
payer and the biggest gold mile in
the world. He could build up in
your mind the idea that each day
you spend on earth was time thrown
away. He could convince you that
the only real feat for you to per-
form was to die, be buried, and leave
your wife and children to roll re-
splendent in wealth he and his COM
pany kept waiting for them. "-Popu-
lar MAGAZINE,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06
Chinese Paner Money.

Paper money is said to have had it's
origin in China in the year sos. when
the government issued it to relieve a
financial stringency, receiving coin
in return, which enabled it to pay off
outstanding obligations. In the mu.
scum of St. Johns college in Shanghai
is a paper bill worth 1000 cash, the
equivalent of SO cents American
money, which was issued by the first
Ming Emperor (Hung-wu A. D. 1868.
1890. 1t is nearly two feet long and
one foot wide, printed on mulberry
bark paper, and is dark slate color,
-Argonaut.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06
BACK YARD FARMER
Interesting Pointers on Garden
ing for the City Man or
Suburbanite.
WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN
Advice by an Expert on Agricultural
Matters-Annual and Perennial
Flowers in Rees-Rais-
ina Cucumbers.

BY PROF. JOHN WILLARD 5OlTE.
Annual flowers, that is, flowers
which are grown from seed and live
only one season, are very useful for
decorating the home grounds, filling
window boxes, etc. They are no less
hardy than perennials, and they are
cheaper to plant and fully as satisfac
tory in most ways.
A moderate use of perennials serves
ps fine foundation for flower gar
Gen, and by using ANIMALS for the bal
ance, we can have an unbroken series
of blossoms throughout the season,
and can also vary the arrangement
from year to year
Choose your color combinations
monious colors blooming at the same
time. Do not use mixed seeds unless
you know what the colors are. Select
and plant beds or borders of the same
variety and color for best effect, con-
trasting them with other solid masses
rather than mixtures
Exceedingly charming effects can be
secured by mass paintings Of coreop-
sis, poppies and many others of the
simpler annual blossoms. Flowers
which bear large clusters or sprays OF
bloom are effective in shady places
and against walls.
The lower growing varieties can be
used for bordering beds of perennials,
outlining vegetable gardens, walks
drives, etc. Wild flowers should be
planted in irregular groups in loca
tons as nearly like their natural ones
as possible. Do not attempt to plant
them in regular beds and geometrical
forms If you would secure best results
ANIMALS may be planted as soon as
the ground is ready, and many varie
ties may go in successfully quite late
in the spring.
For mass planting, the following are
recommended: Scabiosa, Balsam, Cal
liposis, Coreopsis, Globe Amaranth
Poppies, Zinnias, Marigold, Snapdrag
on, Amaranthus.
Border Plants - Sweet Alyssum
Mignonette, Pansies, Candytuft, Dwarf
Nasturtium, Dwarf Snapdragon.
Low Beds-Clarkia, Phlox- Drum
mondi, Verbenas, Petunias
For late blooming background
masses we can recommend: CASTOR
OIL BEANS, COSMOS, SALIVA, AMI
SUNFIOWER. For Annual Vines
CLIMBING NASTURT1UM, LOBELIA
SCARLET RUNNER, WILD CUCUM
Der, MORNING GLORY, CYPRESS
VINE and best of all flowers, the
Sweet Pea.
Plant lots of ANNALS this year
They cost little and they make the
whole world happier.
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make the insulation as perfect +:
possible.

make the insulation as perfect as
possible.
A little creek is often in the vicin
ity of camp site, and a handy cross.
ing is not always found If this creek
is not very wide, it is a simple mat
ter to throw two logs across it at the
desired point of crossing. Boys do
not require a railing on such bridge,
of course, but if girl visitors are ex.
pected it is a good plan to provide q
railing such as is shown in Fig. Z.
The end railing uprights should be
driven into the ground, and these and
a pair of stakes driven into the
ground on the other side of the log
ends should be spiked to the logs to
keep them from rolling.
If your camp is located near lake,
you will probably want a pier, and a
short one can be built on the plan of
the creek bridge. Of course, the out
er ends of the logs must be supported
upon couple of stout stakes driven
foot or more into the lake bottom
and connected at the top with a
crosspiece.
Use the water for your refrigerator
Drive a few nails into the side OF
the pier or creek bridge, and to each
of these nails fasten a piece of stout
cord with snap-hook Zig. 81 tied
to it's end The cords should be ad
justed to the proper lengths to allow
pals to become partially submerged
in the water. A stone placed upon
the covers of the pals will keep them
from bobbing around and upsetting
The snap-hooks will do away with
having to unite the cord from the
handles when removing the pals
This refrigerator should be located
near shore, in the shade of tree OF
reeds.
A shelf bracketed to a tree trunk
to hold wash-basin and soap, is a
camp convenience that should not be
overlooked Gig. 81. Your mirror
can be fastened above the basin, and
few nails will hold your wash-rags
and towels.
copyright, 1912, by A. Nicely Hall)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06
Oats for Hoo Feed.

Oats as a hog feed has never been
very popular for two reasons. First,
the price is usually too high: and,
second, the feeding value is not so
great per pound for hogs as that
Of corn. When the price declines so
that the cost per pound is less than
corn the attention of hog raisers is
Immediately attracted to it's feeding
value
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06
Fixino Their Relations

Mrs. Jameison-Smythe Ito the maid
in her first job)-"You mustn't keep
on calling me Mrs. Jameison-Smythe
every time you address me. You
should say, Yes, num- or No. num-"
Sally-"Oh, can't call yer mum, be.
cos that's wot l calls me mother. But
I'll call yer auntie if yer like"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06
Street Rules in Paris.

It is misdemeanor to throw
piece Of waste paper upon a Paris
street. If policeman sees you drop
piece of paper he walks up to you,
pats you on the shoulder, begs your
pardon for addressing you, tells you
you have violated the law and asks
you to pick up what you have thrown
down.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06
cucumherS.

One Of the most satisfactory vege-
tables for the small garden Is the Gu.
cumber. 1t is easy to grow, bears pro-
fusely, and almost everyone likes it..
Eight or ten plants properly tended
will furnish all of the fruit that the
average family can consume and there
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06
Frugal.

Mrs Willis-I'm afraid the young
man who married our Emma Is par
simonious. Mr. Willis-How so? Mrs.
Willis-She writes that their honey
moon is scarcely costing over his FIRST
ten years salary.-Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06

Just as long as young women per-
sist in trying to sidetrack housework
there WIN be an oversupply of chorus
girls,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06
Consolino.

Consoling.
Rev DR.. Joseph Krauskopf says that
failures lead to success. Well, there
is some consolation in knowing one
is on the right road-Washingto
Post
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06
Old Doctor Explains.

why did you decide not to locate
In that suburb?'
Everybody said it was healthy"
my boy, you don't understand the
first principles of the practice of
medicine. Now l have large and
fashionable following. but it includes
very few people who are really sick"
Fortunately. ones ambitions are not
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06

Strive for Quality.
Quality accompanied by size is what
every hog grower should be seeking:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-06
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Our practical system Of individual instruction via
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Fortunately, ones ambitions are not
limited to the .attainable
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for Nance would have none Of him. He was too
oddly associated in her mind with the cleanliness
of the night skies! Once only did he get oppor.
tunity to plead with her. It was during a dance
that she insisted on sitting by herself she was
tired The redheaded man gave heed to
her cold reception of him He crowded close to
her in the gallery and poured his Irish eloquence
upon her:
Nance. Nance the eyes OF you are too swats
and clane! Don't you do It. Nance. don't you
do it! Hate If it'll help you mavourneen, but
let kape belsvin in you! Can't you hear
'em all a-prayin' you the swate lass that your
mother in dear Donegal, where the colleens are
clane as the true above; the babies that
would look UP into your face some day2 o
Nance, lsten me heart is breskin' with longin over
you!"
So tired Nance. gentle, hopeless that
had Mccartney had but a moment longer he might
have But Nance reached a trembling hand
toward him the Spieler seized It with air OF
proprietorship. Then her face hardened and she
left him without word. She again gave
him such opportunity.
One sultry August night Nsnce's physical and
nervous forces were at their lowest ebb. She
very tired Of 1t a tho panic, the toll. the troubled
conscience. Wher the Speler repeated in her ear
the tender oft repeated phrase 81 loves you Nance.
does you love me?" she lifted her troubled tired
eyes to his and answered. Yes, love you"
All that evening she danced like thing not Of
earth. Her beauty remarkable that even
the devotess of the hall stared at her in wonder.
In her face and eyes burned that passion for music
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4 hance i'm
Zenith Avenue

with longing for the fields of Donegal. With Nance
1t was different She city born and bred and
was only homesick for the solace and comfort of
some life she had never known. McCartney's own
eyes were hungry he looked at her. Whatever of
decency and reverence Tenth Avenue had left in
him. Nance'e eyes had reused to action
IF the Dancin' Academy amt good enough fer
you. why don't you cut it out?" she inquired Then
she continued angrily: Whats so wrong about
dancin'?"
ut amt the dancin' folks has got It in fer It's
the low-down NUTS that runs the halls and the way
they treat the girls. Dancns all right when it's
right. But they amt chance fer a girl to stay
straight very long with things the way they run 'em
in these joints"
Nance's clear gaze wavered. and she crumpled in
her chair. But she said. bravery. 81 don't give
whoop where CO. and nobody else don't ! work
like Dago all day. and like to forget It at night
I'm crazy about dancin' and this is the only place
girl dance"
There sudden crash Of chords from the
piano. merging into the strains of waltz The color
flooded back to Nances face and she Jumped lightly
to her feet Quick the red-headed man was, Nance
was quicker. He followed her down the stairs only
to see her foat away in the arms of the Spieler.
Mccartney. usually the most uncritica of men, felt
tonight unusual symptoms of disgust and dismay at
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How'd you like to have kid look like that and
do that for your"
Nance looked at him helplessly and the red-headed
man rose nobly to the appeal. He took Nance by
the and began to lead her down the stairs. Half
way down. the violin and piano began two-step.
Nance stihened and stopped, but Mccartney pulled
at her beseechingy.
Make believe I'm your dad fer you. Make
believe I'm your mother! Make believe the green
fields of the ould sod is prayin' you Only with
me this once. acoushla!"
Nance caught her breath sharply The had
twanged a hitherto lnarticulate chord. Then she
yielded and left the building with him to sit for
long hour the doorstep of the ten,mont where
she had miserable makeshift Of room. McCart
ney talked eloquenty, but Nance refused give uE
the Academy.
She reiterated to all OF the redheaded mans argu
ments that as long as the dance made her feel like
heaven and forget her troubles she was justified in
dancing. He asking her. she said. to give UP
her Joy in life. But she promised that since her
room did have its single window the fire escape
she would pull her mattress out there and sleep there
fine nights for month, and with that he had to be
content Feeling If he leaving willful
helpless child to its fate. Mccartney went home at
midnight.
Nance went straight to her at the top Of the
house. Without giving herself time to think she
pulled the mattress off her cot bundled it out on tho
open sky. The sky unknown quantity to thiI
slum-bred girl The street lights hide the stars. She
seldom If ever, knew when there was a moon.
During very hot nights many of the tenement
dwelers slept the fire escapes roofs but Nance
had never done The noisy intimacy of such
nights repelled her. Tonight she gazed the rides
cent beauty above her with all the Joy of discovery
The cleanliness the purity, the orderliness of the
unspeakable vistas above her. caught her magma,
ton. The tenement, the turbid depths below,
dropped from her consciousness and for the time
being her soul lay naked to the heavens
1t takes long time to destroy the sweet whole,
someness of Irish girl. But the Spieler was
adept in his trade Men to the Academy
for the sole sake of dancing with Irish Nance.
She was most valuable asset. The night after
her first meeting with Mccartney. the SpEeler put
his arm about her the moment she entered the
hall and drew her into the dance. Instantly she
was in the ecstasy of physical rhythm that made
her dancing a thing at which Tenth Avenue
toughs wondered.
The Speler looked into the girls half.
closed tender eyes. Fatally well he knew that the
dance breaks down all normal barriers. His
not here unpleasant task She sweet,
loyable, was Nancc
Nance" breathed the Spieler. Nance, does you
love me? I've been loyin' you all these months
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and the dance that is of the and not of the
individual It vas If were epitomized in her all
the hunger of human kind for grace and motion and
music
During lhe last OF the evening. poor drunken
Name Ryan appeared She mad trailed about the
hall only short time, iostling and cursing the
dancers. when her little ooy arrived and tried to
lead 5er away. Name not docile this time
She staggered 10 the Spieler who dancing with
Nance, and threw her arms about him. In fit OF
tury the threw her on so forcibly that she
tell At The time he gave the child a slap
he
The child. ,hough trained a nard school. was
not >n.:reiy hardened TO blows. His eyes filled
and bis lips Iriyared. Nance with little cry
to him .ad threw her about aim while she
put hand Name Ryap's shoulder The boy
rned his little tired lace against Nance and sobbed
as !: slT heart must break Nance turned the
spiele'.
"3oa' Sou ;ct l KID again.
she Gr'ed And cont you touch -opgh You
helped nas~ her what she :s jidnt sou?"
Then Of as sorts she oaed and i1oSed
'ntn Names .oor tleared eyes again Thc SICK
tear P-ric-stricE.n. slid Nth .erro- ike iris
o .!a 'ell she Marie ryan
10 the Sri-I md q 'ho ararins aces ibcLr ner
Then sianh'p: ut'e thn,s b" est she .aw
'ed heoT 'nst"rr'> ,l..r. tarHoa to-rss 'eaI
't' ".'"f = -'-H D's
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the sight before him. Little colleens of twelve with
freckles blue eyes and with the hard mouths the
city breeds passed him in the arms of Tenth Avenue
toughs.
"A bunch of kids thet oughta be in bed!" he NUT
tered. "And that Nance girl! If don't throw
scare into heri"
At the end of the waltz the Spieer was forced to
return to his duties Mccartney toek Nance firmly
by the and led her to the window. There while
she recovered her breath, they watched the Spieler
struggle remove from the newcomer who
boisterous with drink. The woman was not ten
Tell that you do"
To Nance his words part OF the tender Tilt
of the waltz. of the hazy rapture that possessed
her. night after night She smiled back into the
Spielers face. The gathered her still closer 20
him. At that moment her glance fell The red
head of Mccartney and there flashed across aeT
rapture the memory OF a star-studded. cleauly sky
She suddenly conscious that the room vas thick
with dust and rank with perspirng humans She
pushed the Spieler from her and crossed TIE
window
During the succeeding weeks Nance drove herself
relentlessly But she found little peace. By day
the death fear harried her. What was the use nj
remembering her dad and trying 70 he decent 1t
the end was so near? Who cared anyhow by
night, still beauty OF the stars ~rnns aeT heart
with longngs freedom. for deer senees 'o' d2ys
and nights better than she had known The ''cus
in the Academy were her only contenter mes n''
Nightly she canced with a revertsh sht"-i % ~
hourly strengthened the held OF The 50
He had hectn.e C her an sftsra
mad jny Of the dance
And nigh s'te' a'-
the hall. 10 sl..E-
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NTH AVENUE was hot and evil smell
inc this June night. The street was in
. mad confusion of truck and horse car,
truIt vendor and freight train The tene-
nsnts had emptied onto the pavements.
Dirty children padded in street muck
while their elders gossiped and quarreled
On the doorsteps. Under the street lights
the avenue swan in silvery dust that
,biorsnsd the air to the taste and smell.
Nance stopped at the foot of the long
civbt Of stairs that led to the Dancing
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the undersigned by the Honorable
William L. Whitney. Second Judge of
the Circuit Court, First Circuit, Ter
ritory of Hawaii, on the 22nd day of
April. A. ID. 1913, at Chambers. in Pro-
bate. No. 1886, In the Matter of the
Guardianship of Charles Dwight and
James Dwight, Minors, of Honolulu,
City and County of Honolulu, Terri
tory of Hawaii, the undersigned guar
dian of the persons and property OF
said minors, will expose and offer for
sale at public auction, and will sell to
the highest and best bidder for cash,
through o. A. Steven, at his auction
rooms, corner of Queen and Fort
Streets. Honolulu aforesaid, on
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View from the Home Site Buy Saturday, May 10

described in deed of Kewaha and
wife, recorded in the office of the
Registrar of Conyeyanees in Liber 81,
page 29S.
2. That certain piece or parcel of
land situated at Mokauea, Kalihi. City
and County of Honolulu. said Terri
tory, conveyed to C, B. Dwight by
deed of Akahi and husband. dated
April 3. 1884. recorded in Liber 159.
page 299, and containing an area Of
1.70 acres more or less.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash in United
States Gold Coin. Twenty per cent
(20%) of the purchase price to be paid
at the time Of the sale. and the bal
ance tS0Ge) to be paid Immediately
upon the execution and delivery by
the Guardian of the deed to the pur-
chaser, deed at the expense of the
purchaser, end sale subject to con
firmation by the court
For further particulars apply to
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AUCTION SALE
SATURDAY .............M May 10
II o'clock Noon.

SATURDAY .................M May 10
u o'clock Noon.
At my land salesroom, corner Fort
and Queen Sts., opposite H. Hack
field & Co.
instructed By The Guardian Trust
Company, / will sell at Public Auc-
, lion, on above date. all the right, title
end interest acquired by Danforth Joy
Coonradt under Special Homestead
Agreement No. 642 In and to par
eel of land known az Lot 81 as shown
on Government Survey Map No. 2252,
situated at Pupukea, Paumalu. Koo-
.auloa, Island OF Oahu, containing an
area of So acres, little more or less,
subject to reservation by the Terri
tory Of Hawaii Of right Of way for a
so foot road across said lot The sale
Is to be subject to the approval OF
the Commissioner of Public Lands Of
the Territory of Hawaii and the pur-
chaser will have to specify to said
commissioner that he or she Is quail
fled to take over this homestead and
will also have to comply with all the
lCA anu OOnboAAAC4 IA tA4O
homestead agreement.
This property fronts the Govern
ment Road and runs parallel to and
bounding the Oahu Railway and Is
situated between the railway station
Of Pupukea and Paumalu There is
On the land a residence containing
three bedrooms. dining room, living
room, bath and kitchen, and also
two-roomed servants house and stable.
The consideration contained in the
right of purchase lease to be paid the
government is $1125. There has been
paid on account of this the sum OF
S27S.75. OF the balance due the Gov
eminent the sum Of $112.50 must be
pair Immediately and the remainder
can be paid at the rate of 10 per cent
each year as per terms stated in the
lease. The amount that is bid for this
property is not to include the payments
due the Government; 1t is to be paid
to the Guardian Trust Company. ex-
ecutor of the estate of ID. ]. Coon
radt, upon the acceptance by the Com
missioner of Public Lands Of the sue
cessful purchaser for this property.
Should such successful purchaser not
be accepted by the Commissioner OF
Public Lands. his money is to be re-
turned to said purchaser.
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Saturday, May "a, 1913

at IL o'clock noon Of said day, the fol-
lowing described property situate at
Kalihi, Honolulu aforesaid;
1. Those two parcels of land stu
ate at Kalihi. City and County of Ho-
nolulu, containing an area of acre,
4 IL 100 chains. being Apana 2 and
one-half OF Apana 3 of Royal Patent
1901, L. C. A. 1897, and more fully