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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

A soap box will do for the plant box
illustrated in Fig. 6, but you will have
neater appearing job il you build it.
up yourself, fitting the bottom boards
between the sides. Fig. shows how
the corner strips should be prepared
and fastened together. Make them
long enough SO the tops will project
one inch above the top OF the box,
and the lower ends about two inches
below the bottom. The upper corners
can be cut off by means OF "a chisel.
In fastening the corner strips in place,
be careful to make the lower projec-
lions equal. Fig shows a good way
of spacing the drain holes.
A dark shade OF green always looks
we'll upon f1ower-boxes, although it is
sometimes thought best to paint them
the same color as the house TRIM
mings. You can use your own judg-
ment about this. Drive all nail heads
below the surface of the wood, and
putty the holes before applying the
paint.
If you make Your flower-boXes neat
ly, probably you can get orders from
ncighbors for similar boxes and earn
some money for your bank account.
Copyright, 1912, by A. Nicely }Iall)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
SOME ANIMALS CAN REASON
Raccoon Reaches Plate Of Food With
Hind Legs When Unable to Con.
meet With Forepaws.

A contributor to the Youths Com
panion tells the following story, which
certainly supports the theory by
some people that animals can rea-
son:
We we're on a stage journey from
Lewiston, Idaho, to Grangeville, Idaho,
a distance of 70 miles. The stage
stopped for noon at the Fountain
house, halfway between the two
towns A large raccoon was chained by
the collar to a post in the front yard.
After luncheon the driver of the stage
gathered up plate of food from the
table and carried it out to where
the animal was chained. He set the
plate just out Of reach of the rae.
coon's front paws. The animal strain
ed and reached, but could not cover
the distance.
lone of the passengers said, Why
do you not place it within his reach?'
He can reach it, the driver re.
piled.
He can't, unless you move the
plate nearer
"'Wait and see,' said the driver.
The raccoon had by this time
given up trying to reach the food, and
sat whining. He seemed to ponder
over the problem for few moments
then stretched his chain to it's fullest
extent, turned round, reached out with
his hind foot, dragged the plate to-
ward him, reversed the process, grasp
ed it in his front paws, and proceed
cd to enjoy his dinner, much to the
amusement of the onlookers and the
discontinue of the man who was sure
he could not accomplish The task"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Famous Woman's Point of View,

The city girl" says a famous au-
thor who recently observed her SSth
birthday. is quite safe in marrying
early in life, where ii would be a
grave mistake for her country cousin
to do SO. The city girl sees life and
knows the ways of the world much
better than if she lived in the country.
She knows her own mind and seldom
makes a mistake
In the city boys and girls have a
hard world to face, and somehow the
very knowledge Of that draws the
bends Of matrimony closer I think
20 is a suitable age for a girl K, mar.
~. but know OF many cases in which
marriages at IS or II have turned out
extremely happy. True love alone is
necessary to a happy marriage and &
happy marriage is the happiest thing
on EARTH"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
MAKE THEM LONG FOR MATE
One Road to Matrimony That Is Said
to Be Almost Certainly Produc-
tive Of Results

Take beautiful care OF him for
three months, and then leave him.
is Mrs. Roger a. Plyor's merry formu-
IL for bringing the most obdurate de-
crier OF matrimony under the yoke
For three months during war time
Mrs. Pryor made her headquarters at
the house of country postmaster. a
Quaker and a Widower He was alb
sent ali day, and rarely returned till
after midnight, for the last mail had
to be sorted and ready for delivery
to the soldiers in the morning.
Every night she made sure that he
should find on his return "a bright
fire. a clean-swept hearth, and on
plates before the fire, biscuits. sau-
sages or broiled ham and little pot
OF coffee. and a table with a lamp and
the latest papers drawn up beside his
armchair"
The result of her considerate care
was shown when, a short time after
her departure, she received this brief
epistle:
Respected friend | have now mar
IlSO. COulull SCGuu IL. ny If1Snu,
l. w."
\ traditional village idyll CT New
Ensland eXemplifies in similar man
ner the southern lady's theory; it,
lco. has a Quaker hero He was a
bachelor, and something of woman
Halter, who for many years lived un-
disturbed with an aged father.
Then the old man fell ill, and had
to have a nurse. She proved to be
kind and capable soul, who, in such
missnanaged home, did not conf1ne
her mlnistrations to the sick room.
The second week after she had ended
her services she received this love
letter:
"Esteepoed Friend Almira: l have
always said 1 would not marry BE-
cause thy sex talks too much and will
ever say the last word; but now I
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
WHERE WRINKLES COME FROM
Of Them Come From Laughter
Some Peculiarities.

The general impression about
wrinkles is that they are caused by
worry, but the truth is that most Of
them come from laughing.
To know how to laugh is just as
important as to know when to do it..
If you laugh with the sides of your
face the skin will work loose in time
and wrinkles will form in exact &C.
cOrdance with the kind Of laugh you
have.
The man who always wears a smirk
will have a series of semicircular
wrinkles covering his cheeks
A gambler, who is accustomed to
suppressing his feelings, generally has
a deep line running from each side Of
his nose to the upper corner of his
mouth which in time extends to the
chin, forming the shape of a half
moon.
A cadaverous person is usually
marked with two wrinkles. one on
the jaw and the other under the eye,
meeting at right angles at the cheek
bones.
The scholars wrinkle forms on his
brow, while schemers wrinkles come
around his eyes and look like spokes
Of wheel
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
RASH ON FACE FOR 2 YEARS

Sioux Falls, S. D.-"N1y trouble Of
skin disease started merely as a rash
on my face and neck, but it grew and
kept getting worse until large scabs
would form, tester and break. This
was just on the one side of my face,
but it soon scattered to the other
side. I suffered a great deal, especial
ly at night, on account Of it's itching
and burning. I would scratch it and
of course that frritated it very much.
This rash was on my face for about
two years, sometimes breaking out
lots worse and forming larger sores.
It kept me from sleeping day or night
ed disgraceful and I was almost
ashamed to be seen by my friends.
"a friend asked me to try Cuticura
Soap and Cuticvra Ointment. 1.would
battle my face with hot water and a
lot of Cuticura Soap, then would put
on the Cuticura Ointment In less
than two days time, the soreness and
inflammation had almost entirely dis
appeared, and in four weeks time you
could not see any Of the rash. Now
my face is without spot of any kind.
I also use them for my scalp and hair.
They cured me completely" (Signed)
Miss Pansy Hutchins, Feb. 6, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
Adv.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Large Rewards Unclaimed.

Fifty thousand dollars has been
offered for the recover: of the will OF
the late Sir John Murray Scott, but it
does not quite break the record One
hundred thousand dollars was offered
in 1894 for the recovery of an Ameri.
can schoolboy, Webster Conkling, who
mysterioasly disappeared in Paris.
The boy. fifteen years old, was on :is
wa2 to the st. Lazare railway station
ii Paris in company with one of Ills
schoolmasters. The master lost sight
OF the hoy for an instant. and, turn.
ing round. found that he had disap,
peared as though the earth had swal.
lowed him. Conklings mother. a
wealthy widow, began by Offering 3d.,
600 for his recovery, and then in
crease the reward to 100000. The
money was deposited at Munroe's
bank in the Rue Scribe, but never
found 4 claimant.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
NEVER TIRES
Of the Food That Restored Her to
Health.

"SOmethin;, was making me i'll and
I didn't know the cause writes q
Colo. young lady: For two years |
was thin and sickly, suffering from in
digestion and inhammatory rheuma-
tism.
II had tried different kinds of diet,
and many OF the remedies recommend
ed, but got no better.
Finally, Mother :uggested that I
try Grape-Nuts, and began at once,
eating it with a little cream or milk.
A change for the better began at once.
To-day l am we'll and am gaining
weight and strength all the time. I've
gained 10 lbs. in the last five weeks
and do not suffer any more from in
digestion, and the rheumatism is all
gone.
Il know 1t is to Grape-Nuts alone
that owe my restored health. ! still
eat the food twice day and never
tire of it," Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek. Mich
The favour of Grape~Nuts is peculiar
to ITSELF 1t is neutral, not too sweet
and has an agreeable. nealthful quality
that never grows tiresome.
One of the sources Of rheumatism is
from overlooking the system with
acid material, the result of imperfect
digestion and assimilation.
AS soon as improper food is aban-
doned and Grape-Nuts is taken regu.
1arly, digestion is made strong, the
organs do their work of building up
good red blood cells and of carrying
away the excess of disease-making
material from the system.
The result is a certain and steady
return to normal health and mental
activity. "There's reason" Read
the little book, 1.-THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letters A new
enc appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and full OF hunaa1
Interest. Adv.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Electricity to Ripen Cheese.

One of the most recent applications
Of electricity which has come to no.
tice is that for ripening cheese. The
use of electricity for maturing various
articles OF consumption such as wines
and alcoholic liquors, is not new. but
Mr.. Cookies method of applying an
alternating current of two amperes
and 10000 volts for the purpose of
ripening cheese appears to be so. The
treatment. as described in Cosmos, is
continued for "a hours. and is said &c
effect In this short time a osGylete
ripening of the cheese
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
GETTING Even.

William. aged 5, had been repri-
mauded by his father for interruptins
while his father was telling his moth
er about the new telephone for their
house. He sulked awhile, then went
over to his mother. and, patting her
on the cheeks. said, Mother, dear. I
love you"
Don't you love me, too?" asked his
father.
Without glancing at him, William
said disdainfully, The wires busy
:Lippincott's.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Good Job.

after she had explained the meaning
of the word. Il wish you would write
q sentence containing defeat"
After a struggle which lasted for
about twenty minutes johnny an
nounccd that he was ready to be
heard
please read your composition" the
teacher directed
When you git shoes dat's too tite'
Johnny read, its hard on dc feet"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Remarkable Optical Illusion.

round instrument. for every possible
purpose, says the Pathfinder The
eye lens is corrected for rectilinear
perspective" 'chromatism," etc., as
the lens-makers would say, but not for
spherical alteration" and some 9TH
er defects. So when it is used for
certain purposes these defects show
up, just as they do in an ordinary
camera lens.
For example, II you look at the fig-
ure here presented you would be
willing to swear that the heavy hor1-
zontal lines are not parallel. But they
are, as you can satisfy yourself by
measuring. 1t is the oblique cross.
lines that produce this deception.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Reader, Please Fill Blanks.

The girls of the fifth form were ask
ed to write 250-word essay on a
motorcar. The bright hope of the
form duly weighed in with this:
my uncle bought a motorcar. He
was riding in the country, and 1t broke
down in going up hill. My uncle
tried to make it go, but couldn't. 1
reckon that is about forty words. The
:other 21o words are what uncle said
;as he was walking back to town; but
they are not At to write down"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

talk too much, unless to say no; and
if thee say no. thee will not be saving
the last word, for | shah still have a
word to say. Thee will perceive l
entertain thoughts OF marrying. and
have come to thee, as to a sober, dis.
Greet and delectable woman, for thy
good advice. Almira. what does thee
say?'
-tlmira said "Yes"-Youth's Com.
panion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
TIRED BLOOD
SKATERS The NERVES

Copyright 1919 by TIE Tonitives Co..
Nervous Strain tires the blood, and
Tired Blooc starves the nerves, pro-
ducing Neuralgia, Neuritis, Brain Fag,
Nervous Headache, M.elancholia, Hys-
terra, Sleeplessness, Nervous Prostra-
ton, Neurasthenia, Muscle Twitch;ag,
Nervous Debility, etc. The rational
:TONl1lVES % 1S@5ff to 1 help ''s sny
ftesJr,nt E1. .1a* nerve, must be
os'lHeDbluuu to revive the
normal activity of the blood. In no
other way can a nerve be reached, or
a cure accomplished. Treatment
should be carried out by the use of
Tonitives, bringing back the red
blood to it's normal condition. 75c. per
box of dealers or by mail. The
Tonttives Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
It Is.

Il suppose you know that Banbcrzy
once saved his wife from drownfng?''
Did he? Was it before they were
married?"
mo, it was several years after"
isn't it strange what man will
do under the stress of sudden EXCITE
ment?''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
voRACIoUs MISS MOTH

II never will invite Miss Moth
To dine with us again."
Said Mr. Bugg. ''for she will eat
AS much as any ten"
"She ate up everything she found
Upon the bill Of fare,
And then she wasn't satisfied
She ate the clothes I wear"
''She ate my underclothes all up,
And ate holes in my coat,
And also ate my hat and vest.
And other things. 1 note"
Il hear that she is now engaged
To marry my friend Jack.
And If she does, I'm sure she'll eat
The clothes right of his back
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Not to Be CAUGHT.

Farmer Con one side of the hedge
to boy ON the other side)-Now, then,
my lad, didn't l tell you not to let ms
catch you here again?
Boy preparing to run)-All right.
don't make a fuss. You amt caught
, me yet!-Weekly Telegraph.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
OPTICAL ILLUSION IS NOVEL
Good Demonstration Of Fact That Eye
Cannot Be Depended on Always
to Tell the Truth.

AS we have seen in many cases,
you can't depend on your eyes to tell
the truth altogether. The eye is SIM
like the cameras made by man it has
It's optical defects. This is owing to
the fact that it is intended as an all
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
A Unique Motor Skate.

illustration. says the Popular Mechan.
les. The foot to which the motor.
equipped skate is attached is set
slightly ahead of the other foot,
which rests on the non-powered skate.
The latter skate might be designated
as trailer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
RuthlxSs.

Coming home the other day in a
ruth of excitemenS- Dora rushed to
Eer mother and sa;'l:
"Oh, mamma guess what We are
going to do?"
II don't know, dear, but hope it Is
nothing dreadful"
"We're going to study botany. and
next Saturday we arc going out b the
woods to tantalize the flowers"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Made-to-Order Kind,

MY wife is always bringing home
so much toothpowder," complained a
man the other day to a friend. Its
a waste of money. AS for me l just
take the bathtub cleanser and scrub
my teeth
The pair were walking down Chest
nut street and his companion stopped
in amaZement What! Doesn't it
hurt your teeth and gums, too?" he
exclaimed almost in horror
No" came back the surprising re-
ply. You see they're the kind you
buy at the DENTISTS"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Just Shoppinu.

Tired Clerk lover piled up counteD
Can | show you anything else,
madam?
Customcr~-Yes; the nearest way
Dut.-Boston Evening Transcript.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Fox and Geese Puzzle.

foxes shall occupy 5 and and the
geese 3 and 4?
Their positions are reversed by NOV
to s; Fox, 4 to l; Goose, 6 to Z; Fox
2 to 5; Goose, 7 to 4; Fox, to Z;
Goose, S to 2; Fox, Z to 6; Goose, 2
to 8.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

MIS-. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens Inc gums, reduces infamma-
tion allays pain cures wind collie, Csc bottle hd
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Advice From an Acquaintance.
'Now If can get some acquaintance
10 indorse my note
Better try some stranger"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
/fzz&~ZS%

The man who takes no interest in
public schools, good roads, religion or
politics isn't even satisfactory has
been.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and inyie.
tiny granules, easy to take as candy. Adv.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
LITTLE PUZZLE IS AMUSING
Trick Is to Reverse Positions Of Fox
and Geese In Smallest Num-
Der Of Moves.

Moving in turn, first fox and then
a goose, ETC., from one circle to an
other, in how how many moves can
their positions be reversed so that the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
it Sticks.

How are YOU coming on with you,
stories?'
'Why. fairly we'll I've managed tc
Good"
Oh yes. The magazine sent 1t to
was burned out the other day"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
MOTOR SKATE QUITE UNIQUE
One Equipped With IA Horse Power
Motor, While Other Runs Behind
as Sort Of Trailer.

A pair of ingenious roller skates,
one skate of which is driven by ~
horse power engine, fed from a tank
or case strapped to the back of the
user. is shown in the accompanying
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Letters a man doesn't write are
never read in court.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Real Thino.

Who was this great god Pan you
read about who worked on pipes?"
Il guess he was a boss plumber"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17

Projecting Valuable Interests.
"Ehy do you charge SO much extra
for putting in a load of coal?"
"Well." replied the dealer, "yoe
know coal is coal, and while it costs
q little more, it is better to have any
body that handles it bonded"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Grey nav en-: aW-bCcn quite N.Y.

self Of late, YOU know.
Kitty-lndeed? hadn': noticed
any Improvement.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-17
Exec ption.

Exception.
you can't put water colors in ah
oil painting
You can, sea blue, can't you?"
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-29
400 Made Homeless by Fire.

More than forty dwellings and fac
tories, covering a space equal to more
than three city blocks, in the Lafay-
ette section OF Jersey City. n. J., were
destroyed by fire in less than three
hours.
There was no loss of life. The prop
erty loss was estimated at S1,00O.O00
Probably 400 persons were made
homeless and six large manufacturing
plants were wiped out The pillar of
fame and smoke which arose from
the confafration could be seen for
miles around.
Forty dogs, under observation for
hydrophobia in a shelter of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals were shot to death just be-
fore the flames reached that building.
All the ambulances in the city we're
sent to the scene to attend fremen
overcome by smoke or burns.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-29

pipe between this germ and the yolk,
and this piPe is connected to the ma
vel Of the embryo, and veins and
arteries and cords run through this
pipe into and ramify over the yolk bag,
and the outside albumen soaks through
the bag. and the blood vessels suck
It and the yolk up and apply it TO the
nutrition Of the growing chick
The crowning, final act that makes
il a perfectly constituted chick is
when the chick draws the remainder
Of the yolk up into itself before com
ing forth. If it ruptures the yolk bag
it often drowns in the shell or may
struggle out daubed with yellow to
die for a chick without the absorp-
tion Of the fun yolk into its system
cannot endure. For an interval il
needs 10 food. but rest. sleep warmth.
1t has worked hard to get ont Of the
shell. 1t needs heat to dry of and for
To feed it now is to over
feed and that means Indigestion,
death.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-29
YoLK ABSORPTION.

Your great Grandmother might con
slider you cruel if she saw you make
newly hatcbed chicks wait thirty hours
for their first breakfast. but there's a
reason, as our cut shows.
Nature surrounds the embryo in the
egg with sufficient from which to draw
for blood, bone. flesh, organs and feath-
ers, but this germ does not grow like
a plant in the garden. for the chick
develops Systematically and draws on
the mass of egg food as it is needed
for the developing parts until at last
the empty egg shell lies on one side
and the live. big chick on the other.
About the yolk is the transparent
vitteline membrane, and on top of this
bag is the germ and there is a Joining
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-29
Woman Leaves $500 to Lawyer.

A sensation has been caused in
Cumberland, Nd, by the announce
ment that Mrs Margaret McCray, aged
thirty-seven years. widow of William
!. McCray, who died after an illness
q two days from acute pneumonia
had left her entire estate to Captain j.
Philip Roman, young lawyer OF Cum
berland and son-in-law Of James Clark.
the millionaire head of the James
Clark Distilling company.
Roman is no relative of Mrs Nc
Cray. who has two brothers and a sis
ter, Mrs. Herbset. of Pittsburgh, Pa
and also a number of nephews. It is
said that the will, which was drawn
after she was fatally stricken, will be
contested by her relatives.
Captain Roman. as attorney for Mrs.
McCray. drew the will, which was wit
messed by DR.. Thomas w Koon. police
and fire commissioner. who was her
physician. and Charles w Fries. a
clerk in the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
ofice.
The estate of Mrs. McCray is esti
mated at about $4,000 Her husband
died in June Of last year while man
Eger Of a theater. A few weeks ago
Mrs McCray presented Captain Ro-
man wieh her new automobile.