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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14

boards, by fastening first one layer ir
place, about 11h inches apart, and
then tapping another layer of boards
over the spaces between the first
layer. If you can get some roofing
paper you will find it easier to make
tight roof. This can be tackled to
layer Of boards spaced several
inches apart
The window opening can be made Of
the right size for an old window sash );
but if you cannot find sash, wood
en- shutter can be used for closing up
the opening.
Batten together several boards at
top and bottom for the door, and At a
diagonal brace between the battens.
Hinge the door in place with the dag
! onal running in the direction shown in
Fig. l. This is the proper direction
for the brace, to keep the door from
sagging.
The post H Gig. q should be fast.
ened at the edge Of the platform SO
you will have something to steady
yourself by in descending and ascend
ing.
| (CNpyright 1912 by A. Nicely Hall)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Precious Foothills, the Haven OF
Safety, Were Far, Far Away In
the Distance.

A Kansas lawyer was stranded in 4
small Oklahoma town not long ago,
where heavy rains had raised the river
to such an extent that it was feared
that the town would be flooded before
morning. Before the anxious towns
people retired for the night it was ar
ranged that warning would be given Of
any further danger
The Kansan, in the little hotel, was
awakened from heavy sleep by a
knock on his door and a summons to
arise. Reluctantly he arose and made
a careful toilet, because, as he after
wards remarked, IF I'm to be corpse
floating around, at least l want to be a
presentable one,"
When Ire went to the Office he found
a number Of half dressed people trem-
bling with fear whenever a daring rider
dashed along the village street, with
the warning, Fly to the foothills. the
floods are coming
A travelling man, a German, who had
been in cyclone the week before.
rushed into the Office with uncombed
hair pointing skyward, shoes un.
tied and collar flying, and yelled at the
clerk:
"Sherusalem. my happy home, vhero
is dose foothills?"
The humor Of this question wae
matched by the clerks laconic reply:
"Oh, just across the river"-Kansas
City Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Depth Of Ocean.

1t appears that the depth of the
ocean at the place where the Titanic
sank was something over 10000 feet.
or approximately two miles. Tho
place where the ill-fated ship went
down was not by any means the deep.
est in the Atlantic. The greatest
depth of the North Atlantic is sup
posed to be the depression about
hundred miles to the north Of St.
Thomas, where the soundings Indicate
1875 fathoms, or about four and one
third miles. The floor Of the basin
proper OF the Atlantic, at it's widest
part, lies at depth of from 1000 to
5000 fathoms, while the plateau is
found to be on an average not more
than 1000 fathoms. 1t was on the
plateau, therefore, that the great
White Star liner found her grave.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
FRENCH JEWELRY IN VOGUE
tina Best Dressed 1t the So.
ciety Women.

With the makers of this attractive
jewelry growing more clever each
year and copying more closely the
genuine, it has long since ceased to
be social error for the well-dressed
woman to use it. The designs are ar
tistic, the pieces useful and the as
sortment offered so wonderfully large,
woman has at her disposal innumer-
able little trinkets for her adorn.
Ing.
It is particularly suited for gift
giving, particularly from one woman
to another. Now that earrings are
so very much the vogue one may .ave
the right kind for each gown, when
the most elaborate pair seldom costs
a sum ever two figures and much
more frequently one below it, The
pearl and rhinestone effects are es-
pecially good, and there are cleaning
pendants, little bowknots and other
ornaments with which to deck our
ears and fill our trinket boxes.
Then there are corsage pins to hold
ones flowers in place, delicate trifes
that are almost as pretty as the bios
SONS they hold. Slipper buckles, too,
are In this French jewelry-epamelled
and jeweled and rhinestone affairs
that look their best when decorating
satin, kid or suede slipper.
What with ruft1es and frills and
Robespierre collars and other neck
fixings, she is an unusual woman who
does not Feed for several bar
pins. If the stones are glass ard the
pearls baroque, the gems rhinestone
and the metal but near.gold, one may
procure the prettiest of them fo1
quite moderate sum.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14

No, there isn't one single ray of hope
athwart the murky horizon, pa talb6
it from me, dearie." !,
Did Mr.. Megrim have anything
particular to say, Melissa?" asked
Aunt Jane, with apparent careless
ness.
He might have had, but he didn't
say it, replied Mrs. Merriwid. "He
forgot himself for few brief mo-
ments and began to talk OF the joys
of married life and the charm of con-
genial >companionship. There was an
urristakable CLEAN in his eye.
Forget it. Mr.. Megrim,' I said.
firmly, yet sorrowfully. "Consign it
tt, abysses of oblivion. You know as
we'll as l do what the divorce Stats
tics are You know the brutality, the
stupidity, the Inconsistency and de-
pravity Of man, and the vanity, levity.
fckleness, extravaganza and emo
tional folly of woman, and how per-
fectly absurd it is to expect any
thing but misery as result of their
union--excepting children, and you
know what children are nowadays
"'There arc surely exceptions, Mrs.
Merriwid,' he said.
II said. My dear man, you must be
crazy to think so. Really, Mr.. Me-
grim, I'm concerned about you I'll
tell you what you do. Trot along
home, or better still, go to some res
taurant and order a light repast Of
cucumbers and milk and lobster salad
and Swiss cheese and pie, and when
you've eaten it, you'll feel more like
your dear, dyspeptic SELF Well. he
got mad at that, and went"
Poor man." said Aunt Jane, pity
ingly. II wonder If he isn't rather in
judicious in the matter of diet"
well, I think he's careless" Mrs.
Merriwid answered. This Is one
time, anyway, that he bit into Dead
Sea peach and got distinct flavor Of
lemon"
Copyright. 1912. by W. G. Chaprnan.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
MELISSA WOULD HAVE NO PESSi.
MIST AROUND THE HOUSE.

IF you have tears, prepare to shed
them now,'" said Mrs. Merriwid, ad-
dressing her maternal maiden Aunt,
Jane If you have signs to heave,
heave to, my hearties!-jus SO long
as they aren't too heavy and you
dcD't run any risk of straining your
SELF
Why should II" inquired Aunt
Jane, without taking her eyes from
the needle that she was threading.
''On general principles, dearie,' re-
piled Mrs. Merriwid. Its a world of
sadness and sorrow where the, four
fusher is exalted, as one might say
If one used slang, and where honest
merit gets 1t about half way around
between the front and back. collar
buttons, to adopt a metaphor. We are
decadent, degenerate, tainted, auntie.
The trail of the serpent is over it
ell and the canker is at our hearts
It's perfectly scandalous!"
Aunt Jane knotted her thread, and
then looked over her spectacles at
her niece, who had pumped her
comely person upon the lounge and
was arranging the cushions to suit
her angle of reclamation.
THAT was Mr.. Megrim, wasn't it,
Melissa" SIZE asked.
1T was Mr. Megrim, auntie, as you
surmise." replied Mrs. Merriwid. "Mr.
Megrlm, all dolled up and looking too
sweet for anything. He would be a
handsome man If he didn't show Sc
much of his lower teeth, don't you
think? But when society is rotten
to the core and the spirit of greed
| dominates the nation, it's hard for a
man of any sensibility to keep his Liz
from dropping In afraid some time
he will step on 1t and have seri
GUS fall. 1t would naturally be seri
Gus, If he had It,"
Aunt Jane made few stitches and
remarked that frivolity was not ar
, altogether commendable thing in hel
opinion. She quoted Longfellow tt
the effect that life was real and life
was earnest.
And then some, dearie," said Mrs
; Merrlwid. IT'S a vale of tears anC
hollow mockery, and ahem!-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14

feet long, and should be spiked to OPP
posite sides Of the trees with their
tops on an exact level with one an
other. Then the horizontal pieces .
should be set upon the tops of these
and be spiked to the trees, and the
pieces C spiked to the bracket blocks
A near their lower ends. Cut and
fasten the block D between pieces c.
The floor joists should be laid on
top of horizontal pieces B. One of
these should be fastened outside OF
each tree, one inside of each tree, and
one or two in the space between. Then
pieces F should be spiked to their ends
Gig. p.
Tie struts G should be cut of the
right length to reach from pieces E to
G, and should have notches cut in
their ends for these pieces to fit in
Gig. ~. When these have been Sc
curely spiked in place, cut the floor
boards and nail them to the joists.
It is easiest to construct the walls
of the tree hut in sections. building
them on the ground, and then hoist
ing them into position by means of a
rope thrown up over an upper limb Of
one Of the tree supports. Figs. and
show how the wall sections should
be built up. AS you will see by these
diagrams, the ends of the boards are
nailed to board battens; also, that
where there is to be window an ex.
ira batten must be placed each side
Of the opening to nail the boards to.
Lay the battens fiat upon the ground,
at the proper distances apart, connect
them temporarily with horizontal
strips at top and bottom. and after
checking up to see that they are ex-
actly parallel, and that their corners
are square, turn the frame over and
nail the side boards to the other side.
In the case of the end walls, build
them up square as shown Gig. 81;
then ft in pieces at the proper angles
for the pitch of the roof, and saw of
the corners on line with them. The
bottom board of the end section in
which the doorway is made should be
extended across the opening for
brace Gig. s., and be sawed off after
the wall has been fastened in place.
Use nails long enough to extend
through the boards and battens, and
clincb them upon the inner face of the
battens.
The two end walls can be set up
In position first, and nailed to tho end
tree supports; then the side walls can
be set up and fastened to them; or one
end wall can be set up, then a side
w<ll then the second end wall, and
then the second side wall.
Zig. shows how to put on She roof
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14

thing after another. That's Mr.. Me-
g:im's idea of it, and at that, life isn't
as bad as the people who are more
or less enjoying it. 1t wasn't so alb
so]utely awful before the fatal cpl
6emic struck Virtue and Honor and
Decency and Justice and Truth and
carried them off, but now it's some
thing fierce. What's business?' says
Mr. Megrim. I pause for a reply
Give it up? Robbery. That's what
1t is Cheating and robbing, extort-
ing all that the traffic will bea:. What
do we find in politics? Do hear any
reply? l can answer in one word:
Graft. Demagoguery, ma'am. Men
dacity, ma'am. The politician of the
present day, from president to pound
master, is either self-seeking ras-
cal or mischievous, dangerous ia
nate. Have we any literature, any
arts We don't even understand the
meaning Of the words. The publishers
are turning out tons Of rot every
incapable of properly approaching
anything else. Sentimental rot, blood
and thunder rot, erotic rot; not
woith the paper It's printed on.
What's medicine? Humbug and quack-
cry. What's education? Faddism
What are orr preachers? Hypocrites
OF sensation mongers. What are our
Judges? Venal vampires, ma'am.' Oh,
It's a cheerful outlook, Gearie, be-
l1eve me, If you take Mr.. Megrim's
word for it,
well, it seems to me there's q
good dea; OF truth in what Ae says"
remarked Aunt Jane.
And The worst of 1t is fhe hope
lessness of conditions said Mrs.
Merriwjd. "The rich are getting rich
| er and the poor, poorer, and the cost
of liviag higher, every day, and I
wouldn't wonder If the moan tenn
perature of Tophet is steadily rising,
too. declare, auntie, feel quite
Discouraged. Two or three weeks
ago : was pretty ught-hearted, for a
lady IN half mourning. The world
seemed to be good little old world,
after all, ira la. I thought heard
quito a few little birds warbling mer-
rily, and it seemed to me that the
sun shone brightly every once in a
while. Then, Mr.. Megrim came along,
and the band played the Dead March
from Saul. The sky became over
cast, gloom enveloped everything,
ravens croaked dismally and wet blan-
kets fell with dull, soggy thud all
over the shop. I began to realize that
! ali vas vanity sad vexation OF sririt,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
To Shrink Woolens,

The question is frequently aTked
how to shrink wooden goods, and for
the benefit of those who have a task
of this nature here is a simple meth.
cd: Wet sheet and spread it out on
a table. Then place one thickness Of
the goods lengthwise of the sheet
Begin at one end and roll sheet and
goods together. Lay the roll of goods
away on a platter or waiter until
morning. After unrolling the goods
press on the wrong side with a hot
iron. If there should be any doubt
about the right side of the goods be-
fore shrinking 1t would be better
after determining the right side to
mark it by sewing a bit of cloth near
q corner so there will be no trouble
in ascertaining the right side after
shrinking.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Fads OF Fashion.

Skirts are unGuestionab:y and :1dis
putably wider
Coats are closed at the throat in
imitation of the military style.
Separate white waists in quaint de-
signs are worn with many costumes.
Skirted coats are fashionable aad
almost always becoming to the slender
figure.
Shoulders of the blouse cost are
quite unique, with the material gath.
cred into the shoulder seam uSder a
band or strap.
Many of the gowns are caugh: up to
show the ankle and with them rtock.
ings Of extreme transparency and Of a
corresponding shade are worn.
One unusual street model from a
well-known dressmaking establish.
ment is made of American beauty
rose velvet, with overskirt of satin
and lace and chiffon introduced upon
the waist.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Man Made of horseshees.

Some years ago Mr.. Douglas, the
village smith of Ellensburg, Wash. set
to work to construct giant figure of
a man out of old horseshoes which he
accumulated in the course of his work
Up to date he has completed the legs.
which are composed Of no fewer than
$4,000 shoes. Mr.. Douglas il begin
ming to wonder If he will ever finish
the figure, as the coming Of the motor
has an appreciable effect upon the
shoeing trade and materials for this
quaint colossus are not coming in so
fast as they used to do. The smiths
horseshoe man." even in it's incom-
plete form, is one of the sights Of the
town.-Wide World.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Familiar to "Mjke."

A negro clairvoyant who for some
time masqueraded as a Hindoo was
recently visited by a collector. Mike
O'Conner.
"Ah," smiled the clairvoyant, ''zo
councilman wantz ze palm read?"
NO." said Mike. re councilman has
re bill for you"
When the bill was produced the
palm reader forgot his Hindoo an
cestors and a stream of perfect Eng
lish swear words poured from his
lips.
"Ah." said Mike. smiling. re gen.
zelman sounds more like ze Indiana
avenue ian ze Hindoo." -1ndianapolis
NeWk
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Something to Be Thankful For.


Michael Meehan was the proud pos
SCISSOR of brand new silk high hat.
At the wake of his dearest enemy ho
had guarded it carefully, and as =
consequence was strolling home with
the tile unscathed. AS he passed the
site Of building operation, a lady
acquaintance nodded pleasantly.
With an ostentatious wave of tho
hat, which exhibited it to excellent ad-
vantage, Michael bowed. At the same
moment brick sailed down from an
upper floor and bounced from his
barred skull Upon coming to he in
quired anxiously for the hat. A BY
stander restored it unframed. Mike
felt the egg-sized lump on his head
occasioned by the impact of the brick.
and then regarded his unchanged
tile. "Begorry," he sighed in salts
faction. tits lucky it is I saw the
loidy in toime!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14

that he had done and telling his moth
er how much he had been paid for it.
Now, the boy is not yet ten years old,
and so the price peid for his labor was
small. To him it looked large, how
ever.
But boy know got four dollars
a week for working" he told his mot1-
er. He worked for a long time, but
he sot sick and died. Now, what do
you think Of fellow thatll die with
that salary?"- Traveller and
Evening Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Accordion Plated Waists.

Nowadays the waist has entered
Upon a new phase, and the accordion
plated example is carrying all before
1t.
Every girl must have her little waist
accordion plated, while most of these
are belted in at the waist with tiny
accordion-basQue depending from 1t.
Ninon and crepe de chine are the ia
vorite materials, and the brocade belt
of some vivid tint which encircles the
waist has usually one short end de-
pending from it finished with thick
fringe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Queer Sex,

"Yes." said the man at the end OF
the bar, as he ordered his second
drink, women sure are queer crea-
lures. I came home tonight and
thought my wife looked a little down
In the mouth. So said: After sup
per let's go to the theater.' And she
burst into tears and said: Me busy
all day doing up preserves and you
come home and ask me to 60 to tho
theater' She was still crying when I
came out. 1t beats all. doesn't it?
Bartender, 1 think I'll take just ono
MORE"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Blame Tor Snruiy Children.


where the family discipline is lax
and the children are in full possession
of the reins and do the driving, what
conduct can you expect when they at
tend school? The foundations of the
public school are laid upon obedience.
No teaching worthy the name can be
conducted without it. An appalling
amount Of time. for which our taxpay-
ers are furnishing the money, and at
which they are continually grumhling,
Is expended In the determined effort
70 bring these unruly children Of said
taxpayers to a state of submission
Oftentimes, corporal punishment In re-
sorted to in order to enforce obedi-
eRce, and rightly so. Parents who
failed tn make their children mind at
home have no right to complain when
they are punished at school" -Subu1-
ban Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Warm Foot Muff.

4 foot nun of leather, fur lined,
fitted with an electric or hot water
foot warmer and made so that 1t can
be drawn up snugly around the ankles,
where It 10 finished with a wide band
of long haired fur, is something every
woman who motors much In winter
should possess.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Cemeteries Breed Mosquitoes.

Mosquito discriminating commission
ers will this week start to destroy or
remove from all cemeteries in Essex
county, New Jersey, every receptacle
that is capable OF holding water.
They assert that urns, flower pots
and such things breed millions of mos
quitoes. There is talk OF stopping them
by injunction until a test can be made
Of their right-New York Evening
World
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Looks That Way.

Il wouldn't want to teach school
these days. I watched a school teach
err one day not so long ago. She show
ed one class how to whistle, then she
did some rapid-f1re crayon work, mod
eled in clay and played on the VIOLIN"
We'll, what about that?"
Seems to me that girl with all
these accomplishments would do bet.
ter in vaudeville"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Al Easier Way.

There is always room at the top"
said the sage. %@S
Jaw, yes" yawningly replied the
youth with the curly blond front hair,
"but it is so blame much easier to sit
at the bottom anc. make excuses,"-
JU61a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14

A sense of the value of money comes
to some people sooner than to others,
and some people never know its value,
but there is one little boy in a suburb
of Boston that has q keen sense Of
1t. He was discussing piece of work
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
The Widows Weeds.

"They say Mrs. Jslitfe has given up
that pet white poodle Of hers,' said
Mrs. Johnson.
Eyes," said Mrs. Willinger "She's
In deep mourning for Mr.. Jeliffe, you
know, so she has exchanged Tobey
for a black and tan" - Harper's
Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
French Piumes.

French plumes in solid and two
toned effects are in evidence. Many
small hats depend on some ostrich
novelty. placed at some odd anRls
for decoration.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
Exact Cause.

when I saw Dipley yesterday he
looked nervous and run down."
"You guessed it exactly"
"Guessed what?"
"He always was nervous"
yes"
"And that's how he happened to be
run down by an automobile"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14

Some of the charity that begins at
home isn't worth ms~Sing fuss about
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14

Founces
dancing Beach,
at gathered the edge in the applied
Many
embroidered
n
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Hard to Imagine.

Copyright. 1912. by W. G. Chaprnan.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-30
EXPECT ZELAYA'S RELEASE
Rearrest on New Charges, View
of U. S. Officials.

General Jose Santos Zelaya's release I'M
der the habeas corpus proceedings before
Judge Holt I'm the United States Court to-
morrow is thought to be likely, even by
some Of the government attorneys.
His liberty will be short-lved, however
was limited yesterday, because the on
Gals I'm the Department of Justice. VINO
caused his arrest Wednesday night. ex-
pect orders to Immediately take him pris-
oEer again on new charges. 1t was point
ed out that under the extradition treaty
the United States government Is Obliged
to keep Zeaya in custody pending the ar
rival from Nicaragua OF authenticated
copies Of the charges against him. These
will not arrive inside of two weeks. The
only questions to be decided by the court
at this time. II was said, are those reia'-
ing to the compliance with the provisions
of the treaty relating TO provisional
arrest"
1t was rumored yesterday that Zelaya
might be turned over to the Department.
Of immigration TO be dealt with under the
rules applying TO undesirable aliens II
Vas also said that in view OF the fact tRat
the Nicaraguans had apparently not OBJ
iected TO Zelaya's residence In Spain
there might be an agreement to drop uhe
extradition proceedings on his agreeing
10 leave the United States.
Zelaya was visited in the Tombs yester-
day by his ve-year-old grandson, jose
Santos Robert Lee Zelaya, who was ac-
companied by his parents. They spent two
hours with the prisoner.