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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05
Scores Of little Girls

There are scores of little girls whose
harm is not only beauty. but bright,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05

However must confess that lik<
to nave my little goddess about ~.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
BRACE UP; GET A FORTUNE
Millionaire Makes Two Wills, and
Sons Conduct Will Determine
Which Shall Be Probated.

Denver-Two wills have been pre-
pared by Alonzo Thompson, octoge-
marian millionaire and spiritualist of
Denver. In the first will his son.
Alonzo, Jr., is to be given the entire
fortune If he can brace up and be a
man." The young mans conduct is
to decide whether he becomes bene-
ficiary under the first will or under
another one by which he is bequeath-
ed IS.
Both wills were signed by Thomp-
son yesterday afternoon, and placed
in the hands of his attorney. If young
Thompson's conduct meets with his
fathers approval before the will be-
comes effective, the old man himself
Will tear up the will leaving the son
only IS; but if he should die before
the change in conduct has come
about, the lawyer is to determine
which will shall be probated.
Thompson short time ago declar-
ed that his wife and son were at.
tempting to send him to an insane
asylum in order to obtain his estate
Later Mrs. Thompson filed petition
for divorce, alleging non-support She
was granted her petition and $l25,OOO
alimOny.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
SLOWER TRAINS FOR WINTER
Atmospheric Conditions Make Revh
sion Of Schedules Necessary In
Most Sections.

Instead Of slowing down a few Of
the extra fare, extra fast trains, the
speed Of nearly all passenger trains is
to be slackened. y: .
The plan is to make general
frightening of passenger train sched-
ules, that is, all main line trains that
may be in any way considered in the
through route class. This takes in
probably go per cent. Of all passep:,
ger trains. The present plan is to deal
with trains that operate 200 or 800
miles up to 500. The exception to the
slower cards will be to the south,
where the weather is not considered
GENTLY severe to interfere with
operations. ..,
On timecards becoming effective IN
many @of the big western roads the
schedule scores Of passenger trains
is strung out to time cards considered
safe. The managers say it is farc;-
cal to advertise these fast trains in
winter, when they cannot meet their
schedule more than ten per cent of
the time. The locomotives will not
steam, and SHOWS and other atmos-
pheric conditions keep trains delay
ed, and the public becomes aroused
The railroad men argue that the pub
lie will be better satisfied to have
slower trains and have them operated
on tfme.-Chicago Examiner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Old ENGLISH Custom.

From the time of King John till
1889 November 13 was known as Bull
Running Day in Stamford. A seven
teenth century historian gives an in
teresting account of the observance.
THE butchers provide the bull, and
place him overnight in stable be-
longing to the alderman. The next
morning proclamation is made by the
bellman that each one shut up his
shop door and gate and none under
pain of imprisonment do any vio-
lence to strangers. None to have any
iron upon their bull clubs or other
stays, which they pursue the bull
with: which proclamation being made
and the gates all shut up, the bull is
turned out of the alderman's house,
and then hivie skivy, tagrag, men,
women and children of all sorts and
sizes, with all the dogs In the town
running after him.
At the close Of the chase the ami
NAL was killed and its flesh sold at a
nominal rate to the burghers.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
SALMON-FISHlNG IN A CITY
River Taking Short Cut Through In
land Puya!lup Brings Shoals Of
the Finny Tribe.

Seattle, Wash.-To be able to stand
on the sides of the principal business
street of an inland city with a popula-
tion of more than 5000 and catch any
number of large salmon of all varie-
ties is something that can be enjoyed
right in this section of Washington.
Puyallup is the city, and if the run
of salmon continues she will also be
prominent as a fishing center as we'll
as the hub Of agriculture.
AS "fishy" as the story sounds, it IS
nevertheless a fact, and should one
care to venture to Puyallup in quest
of the king OF fish well-fllled string
would be the result. The fish como
from the Puyallup river through
Clark's creek and into Big Ditch. -"
which crosses Meridian street. the
main thoroughfare of the valley met
ropolis. The run is so large that at
times the water in places bubbles like
an eddy.
Persons in the vicinity of the stream
have taken many a catch to their
homes and there will undoubtedly be a
slump in sales in the fish market as
long as the run continues. The ap-
pearance of the salmon was discov-
cred by Carl Hill, a city surveyor. who
was making an investigation OF the
condition of the ditch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
done in clay by some prehistoric

done in clay by some prehistoric
sculptor
1.-The age of the figure is difficult to
determine without further data. Cir
cumstances, however, warrant the
rough guess that about 5000 years
ago Chinese navigators crossed the
Pacific in their primitive junks and
discovered America thousands Of
years before Columbus was born
Settling there, they built city, and
in a grave of one of their number.
many years after, clay image of the
man was buried with him.
This great city fell into ruins
perhaps through conquest-but the
image lay SAFE The ruins of this first
city were covered with earth and
there arose through the centuries an
other splendid and mysterious city.
This, too, fell into ruins, and upon it
was raised third metropolis of some
forgotten race of men. At last the
third city crumbled into dust, but un.
derneath them all the Chinaman's
image still lay safe aid undisturbed
until little group Of searchers in the
cause of science in this wonderful
twentieth century Of ours have
brought it to light. and perhaps
through it we may now solve the
enigma of the new worlds beginning.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
CAR SEVEN MILES FROM LINE
Coaches Have Been Known to Wan.
der Far, but This 10 Believed to
Be the Limit So Far.

The numbers and initials of cars
sometimes become so blurred and in.
distinct that the road on whose line
they are finds itself unable to tell who
their proper owners are. Some time
ago, on Michigan road, a car had
been lost track of completely, and the
most diligent search failed to reveal
its whereabouts. A farmer finally vol
unteered the information to the lost
car agent that the car he was looking
for was about ''seven miles from the
track back in the woods" The agent,
on Investigating the matter, found this
to be true. The previous winter a
temporary track seven miles long had
been laid back in the woods from the
main line to lumber camp. Some OF
the contractors at the camp being In
need of a comfortable kitchen, had
appropriated a car for the purpose, re-
moving the body from the trucks
which were then showed in ditch
and covered with brush.
In the spring when the temporary
track was taken up, this car was over
looked, with the result that it was
left stranded in the wood seven
miles from the place it should have
been.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
OLD DOG SAVES THE CATTLE
Drives Herd From Burning Shed and
Loses Life Preventing Them
From Returning.

Wheeler. S. D.-A shepherd dog was
the hero Of a disastrous prairie fire
which swept over portion of Tripp
county, in the Rosebud country. When
the fire approached the farm of John
Springer. Mrs. Springer ran to the
cattle shed and opened the door so
the cattle could escape.
Before the woman could drive the
cattle from the shed the fire was so
close and the smoke so dense that she
had to run back to the house and seek
shelter in it.
But the dog remained at its post
and with almost human intelligence
succeeded in driving the cattle out of
the burning shed. The animals, fright.
.ened by the fire and smoke, made fran
tic efforts to get back into the shed.
but the faithful dog stood guard and
kept them out When the fire had
swept past the cattle were found
alive, although badly singed, but the
dog had persisted.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Old Folks at the Game.

Then, too, there are the older peo-
pie
After all, the most interesting thing
about a Yale-Harvard football game
crowd is not the pretty girls and the
snappy, clean-cut boys who squire
them. It's the old chaps, gray and
wrinkled maybe, and a bit worn by
line bucking of a kind they don't ex.
perience at college; but still game and
ready as ever to sit for hours on the
hard bleachers and thrill from crown
to toe every time the old team charges,
and SILVER with apprehension when
the line bends and breaks and the
hostile backs crash through. And, Of
course, there are accompanying the
older men certain persons, who-well,
who have seen more games than Miss
Debutante, with her bunch Of violets
or American beauties, and who are
just as competent to discern whether
q play is inside of tackle.-New York
Evening Post
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Geography Of Liquor.

Mayor Gaynor, discussing city gov
eminent in his wonted illuminating
and brilliant way, said in New York:
I'VE must not have one reform law
for the rich and another for the poor.
1t is as bad for the millionaire to gam
BILE in his club as for the laborer to
gamble in a stuss joint. 1t is as bad
TO become intoxicated on champagne
as on mixed ale.
ITO many reformers, 3o-called,
think that when a man is drunk on
Fifth avenue he is ill. and when a
man is i'll on Third avenue no is
drunk
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Word for the Section Worker.

There are at least 100000 section
workers, and over $4,000 section fore
men on American railroads today
These men are Just as Jealous Of their
good names and of the reputation OF
their work, and little more SO, !
think, than any other body of workers
in the country, writes J. o. Pagan In
the Boston Herald. They certainly
deserve more appreciation than the
average, and receive good deal less
Not only is this true, but, in my opin'
ion, this track work which I am now
discussing is probably the very
strongest and best feature In all the
realm of railroad labor at the present
day. Just at this time it will be we'll
for the public to read little about
the duties and responsibility Of these
track workers. Man for man they
actually do twice as much work, both
with head and hands, as enginemen or
trainmen, and they receive only a
fraction as much pay or appreciation
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Passenger Jumps Overheard in Gale;
Rescue Attempt From Ships
Ladder.

New York.-The story of thrilling
but fruitless attempt to rescue man
who had jumped overheard in mild
ocean was related by passengers and
the crew of the French liner France
which arrived in port from Havre
thirty hours late. The incident &C.
Cured during a ninety-mile gale which
was whipping the waves into watery
mountains. Only the hardest passen-
gers ventured on deck. During the
morning a three-ton winch had been
washed overheard.
William Lees of Manchester, Eng
land. flrst-vabin passenger. appear
ed on the promenade deck at o'clock.
He made his way along the cabins un-
til he met sailor, to whom he hand
ed a note addressed to the captain.
Then without warning Lees leaped
over the rail into the sea.
The cry Of man cverboard' was
raised. Captain Poncelet and his Of
fcers on the bridge could see a black
object appearing at intervals on the
tops of waves astern. Tie sea was
too rough to admit of lowering a boat
Captain Poncelet swung his ship in a
circle until he had the vessel directly
alongside Of Lees. who, while making
no efforts to support himself, was
floating.
The skipper directed that sailor
be lowered over the side by a rope.
Try as he would. the man could not
reach Lees, who was floating face
downward with arms extended.
The sailor was drawn aboard after
a few minutes and a ships ladder was
lowered. Another sailor descended
this and. hanging to the bottom step,
reached out every time the roll of the
ship permitted and made grab for
Lees After a dozen unsuccessful
tries he managed to get his fingers
clutched in the clothing Of the man
in the water. when a heavy wave roll
ed along and whipped the prize from
his grasp.
Then the captain lowered boat far
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
"Coin" In Rabbit Hole.

Savoy, Nashville cunning for
rabbits on a lonely mountain, John
Wolfe. Frank Gelangey and Julian
Fillion discovered counterfeitine
outfit. Their dog chased a rabbit in
hole under a large log and remained
at the entrance baying loudly until
the gunners arrived. One poked a
stick into the hole and when he
pulled it out he found a bag full of
dies for counterfeiting on the end
Further search revealed sacks Of
metal about the size of a quarter dol
lar which had not been stamped. The
police are Investigating and suspect
an Italian of the work
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31

The neighborhood had been terror
lied by the battle, which had lasted
more than an hour. Mrs Edwards,
powerless to part the dogs, called for
the aid of the S. P. C. A., and Agent
Ryan was sent to her home. Tie
agent, as soon as he saw the situation,
realized that discretion was the bet
ter part of valor, and set about to ac-
complish his peacemaking at a safe
distance.
He formed a loop at one end Of a
long piece of wire,r and by persistently
dangling 1t from q second GtoEy win.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
THE BEST TEACHER.
Old Experience Still Holds the Palm.

For real practical reliability and
something to swear by, experience
plain old experiences able to carry
q big load yet without getting sway
backed.
A So. Oak. woman found some
things about food from Old Expert
ence good, reliable teacher.
She writes:
Il think have used almost every
breakfast food manufactured, but nore
equal Grape-Nuts in my estimation.
Il was greatly bothered with weak
stomach and indigestion, with fcrma-
ton Of gas after eating, and tried
many remedies for it but did not find
relief.
"Then decided must diet and see
If l could overcome the difficulty that
way. My choice of food was Grape.
Nuts because the doctor told me Z
could not digest starchy food.
"Grape-Nuts food has been a great
benefit to me for feel like different
person since I begun to eat it. 1t -
wonderful to me how strong my
nerves have become. / advise every
one to try it, for experience is the
best teacher.
If you have any stomach trouble
can't digest your food, use Grape
Nuts food for breakfast at least, and
you won't be able to praise it enough
when you see how different you feel"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read the little book,
"The Road to Wellville," in pkgg:
There's Reason "
Ever read the above letteF1 A new
sae appears from time to time. They
~ De0ulD9. true, and fun Of A1D00
interest A. =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31

we'll and hearty and weigh about
200 pounds. I feel very grateful tina:
l found Dodds Kidney Pills and 70.
may publish this letter if you wish. T.
am serving my third term as Probate
Judge of Gray Co. Yours truly.
PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan
Correspond with Judge Miller about
this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box At
your dealer or Dodds Medicine C.
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
english and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All sent free.
Adv
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31

Another Blow at the Public Towel.
Washington.-The common towel
has been ordered abolished from rail
road cars, vessels. all other interstate
vehicles and from stations, by Secre-
tary MacFeagh of the treasury de-
partment. in an amendment to the in
terstate quarantine regulation. This
action follows closely the abolition of
the common drinking cup from use on
interstate carriers. Towels may be
used again only after being sterilized
in boiling water
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Inaccurate,

There we're some celebrated pic.
lures of Adam and Eve on exhibition,
and a professional gardener was tax.
en- in to see them.
"1 think not much Of the painter"
said he. why, man! tempting Adam
WI a pippin Of a variety that wasna
known until about twenty years ago."
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Power of Kindness,

Marvellous is the power Of kindness.
They will do most in life who are
most considerate. They may be
charged with sentimentalism by those
who do not understand the power Of
human feeling, but they will be cred
tied with philosophy by men who IN
derstand the genius Of sympathy
Joseph Parker.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Our DiScontent

Brand Whitlock, the mayor OF To.
ledc, was talking about discomfort
1T is our discomfort, our divine dis
content" he said, that will make 2
great nation of us.
Il believe in discomfort. I can
syHpathize even with the discomfort.
ed ord farmer, who said:
Contented? When'n be con-
tented? Well, I'll be contented wheD
l own all the land adjoinin' mine-snd
not befur, be gum!'"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
LOST CITY IS FOUND
Believed to Have Been Built by
Chinese in Mexico.
Three Towns Were Erected on the
Same Site by Three Civilizations
Prior to the Aztecs-Mongoiian
Image Is Discovered.

City Of Mexico.-A sensation has
been created in British scientific cir
cles by advices received from Sir
Martin Conway, Prof. William Niven
md Senior Ramon Mena of the discov-
cry of absolute Monaghan remains
only a couple Of hours walk from the
City OF Mexico, thereby confirming
the hypothesis that has long been
held that the most ancient civilian
ton of Mexico and Peru preceding
that of the Toltecs and the Aztecs
was of Monaghan origin, says a cor
respondent.
Close to and partly beneath the
ruins of the ancient city of Tootihua-
can, about nineteen miles northeast
Of the City Of Mexico, the scientists
uncovered the still more ancient city
of Otumba. which f1ourished with a
wondrous civilization centuries before
the Aztecs or Toltecs rose to power,
possibly even before Babylon and
Nineveh swayed the destinies Of west
ern Asia.
With the financial assistance of the
Mexican government the expedition
began the removal of six-foot layer
OF earth, representing the dust and
detritus Of more than twenty cen
turtles. This soon brought into view
many evidences of vast and popu-
ious city of a very high order of civ
lization. Chief among these was
great pyramid. It is 700 feet square
At the base and it's apex is 1877 feet
high, while many of the giant blocks
Of stone in its massive walls must
have required extraordinary engineer
ing skill to handle. This pyramid
also has it's riddle, for the axis of the
main gallery is coincidental with the
magnetic meridian.
The workmanship is Of a high or
Ter, the figures being boldly drawn
Ind carefully colored
Then came the greatest discovery
If all. While excavating near the
base Of the great pyramid Professor
Niven unearthed the remains of yet a
hird civilization beneath the ruins Of
lncient Otumba, making three great
cities Of lost and forgotten races,
quilt one above the other.
In what appears to have been a
omb of the lowest city, whose age so
ar defies calculation, Professor Niven
ound the clay image OF a Chinaman,
With oblique eye Sits, padded coat,
lowing trousers and slippers Only
he queue was lacking to make a CON-
olete portrait OF a mandarin OF the
recently defunct Chinese empire. 1t
Ihould be remembered, however, that
he Chinese did not adopt the queue
until after they had been conquered
~ the Tartar hordes from the north.
The image is about seven inches In
ength. and where the arms are
broken the edges of the clay show
led and friable in the center. The
utter surface of the clay, however. is
If granite hardness and it is only
with the greatest difficulty that it can
,e Clipped with hammer.
This Chinese image" writes Pro
'essor Niven, was not made by the
, Aztecs. 1t is much older and proves
hat the ancient people Of Mexico
we're familiar with the Mongol type.
1T should be borne in mind that
his image was not god or an idol,
>ut an ornament-perhaps a portrait
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Mans Dual Nature.

The PROFESSIONAL mind for all it's
acuteness is liable to occasional lapses,
like less highly trained intellects. One
amusing case in point is reported in
the Philadelphia Public Ledger:
A certain professor was struggling
to make the point that both parents
have an equal influence upon a child.
For" he continued, gravely, "a man
Is as much the son of his father as he
Ia the daughter Of his mother"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Most Powerful Locomotive.

Locomotives just built for the Vir-
gilman railway are claimed to be the
most powerful in the world. The To-
comotive and tender weigh $4,000
pounds, the fire box is large enough
to hold donkey switching engine,
and the weight on the sixteen driving
wheels is estimated to be 479,2O0
pounds. 1t is estimated that these
locomotives will haul 1855 loaded So
ton freight cars at 10 miles an hour.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
LASSOES FIGHTING BULLDOG
S. P. c. A. agent bangles Wire From
Window and Ends Battle Be-
tween CANNES.

Philadelphia. PA long wire
topped at the lower end and held from
second story window was the novel
device used by an agent of the Penn
sylvania S. P. A. c.. to stop a fight
between two yicions bulldogs in front
of the home of their owner, Mrs.
Martha Edwards ct 237 Ounce street.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Roof Parks for Firemen.

New York.-The New York firemen
are soon to have roof gardens for
physical exercise, amusement and
recreation, an attraction that will
tighten their long hours Of duty and
confinement when not actually en-.
gagged in fighting fires. Fifteen OF
these gardens are now being built on
the roofs of new buildings under con.
struction. Thirty other fire houses
will be similarly equipped as soon
as the necessary funds are available
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31

dow he finally was able to slip it over
the body of one of the enraged ami
mails. Then he hauled his catch aloft.
The dog was so badly cnewed up that
1t was necessary to kill it,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31

mountain j: grade.
It passed a num-
Der of miners
cabins SO quietly
that they were
not disturbed. It
moved around
sharp curves and
up steep tangents.
Far bow
VhQT6 An arc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-01-31
Distinction.

What have you ever done to claim
distinction? In other words, what
have you ever done that was original
or out of the ordinary?".
Il once had part in the actual
transfer of several shares of stock
on the New York exchange"