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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
Baking AND RUNAWAY. HORSES;
Everybody His Il RslAe,iy, but Not q,
I. .zsffG ,..-,-a ts sGclis EfieGtife:

81 i. & & TX
everybody His i KSinsdy, but Not one
r., - Stems EneStiHe:
There iife two evils Tint everybody
leeils to have: il REMEDY fdr-ssofe throit
Two remedies ire exactiy alike; .ftildi X L
inay be said that almost without exception
IL, NeS ,. & i1aaid there i nothing If
ms a bulky horse: He IL; above anything
Under the sun; Il prolucer of inipItience
l,ind swearing) in iiian. Aid vet it is
only by. patience TINT liz, cin be CURED.
lnlpatience is whit brought On the habit:
and BY patient,,ea. is he Cured: The oldest
horse or to burn his ear, bit both of these
treatments are inhuman and brutal: 1t
would be better to kill the horse: Another
plan, but most harrassilig one, When Il
horse bAlks, is to make hifi stand, for
hours, inst where he STOPS; This MOLE of
prefecture will not slit the baker at all;
again, There is nothing a h3tse hates So
much MS to stahd still.
Still niother. scheme. is to bend the
horses leg, holding the foot close up to the
body. Keep it. there US long as the horse
can stand on one les, and then he will
march off in fine style. This is an almost
to forget that he has baked.
But the runaway horse! He is a ter
ior.. He can be broken of this bad habit
In many ways. Rockwell's plan of the
straps is about as good rs any, because
it is humane. The Russians, however.
have a plan of treatment which is adnrira-
be, because so simple and effective. In
Russia Il horse that is addicted to the
habit of running away has a thin cord
with a running moose around his neck
at the .neckstrap, the other end Of which
is tied to the dashboard.
SAT Rome" says a correspondent, 81
saw in the Corso two spirited horses
bolt with pflaeton. They were driven
by IL lady, and l expected to see instant
destruction. But the lady coolly grasped
u thin cord, and within thirty yards the
horses came to il full stop. 1 afterward
met the lady at Nice and expressed sur
prise ut the skill with which she stopped
tho runaways. She treated it as a trif1e,
and told ine that accidents from runaway
horses are unknown in Russia, as no one
but IL lunatic would drive without a cord.
When Il horse bolts he always takes the
bit in his teeth, and the skill of the driver
is. useless. The moment the pressure
comes on the windpipe the horse knows
hn has met his naStero
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
FOUND A PETRIF!ED EGG.
4 Curiosity Picked Up On a Tenne.5e
Farm

Farm.
Quite a curiosity j. on exhibition at
the cigar Stanl # Dlw st:n 4 Rus~l. IN
Cedar street. says the Nashville American.
If the curiosity is u',5 Il I.,7r::firl "--. hen
nature Tan give tho fowl cr.,atj.l ear l.
and spades in the art of egg lDauufA,-Hr.'
TIL" freak is Il perfect oval shaIs with
both en'is very smoothly ci;r;,e4i IF 4
farmer living on Paradise ri.i=,. 1'irk.-! it
ul' in Il field one day and star7ri =. ri'r *
it. when its t'.il,sl;il weight attracted HI
attention. Shopping. he picked MP *
AMI struck the peculiar nbjte-t Il shan,
blow near tn" middle. The interim -hfi
cracked and three pieces fell IF. rt.v.:r-
in- about half Of il perfectly rr:un:.r Ts
jcct nestled away i'll tn" rfsnai!liHg PARTON
of the shell. This un.Itar-Sphcre is ~ Il
linki>h hue. and is very granular in its
composition. sonnet hing Iik" ran.!,.t.aa- The
first thing person would think "f GIi is
holding it would liz. the yeilow "f an e-g.
and tn" Eirrp he lnrkt-i the more th.rEl-h-
" he would become convinced thar that
was what it was The repcavt pnrjon If
the broken she'll fits back perf.rtiy aI",Ht
IS also granular. though perfectly un;f,,rlII-
1t is ahHt "ne-duarter of an inch thick
and Immediately beneath the granular ~
ttritr is of i .lr,i, a-,!"r resembling very
much in composition isva or IshnSIftlai"
r,rk. 4 close inspection of the hr"k"n
edges Of the she'll shows Il very thin .'Ntt-
riur shell about the thickness of ali egg
shell. In fact. the eIitife Sffcr. TFt"iu. i
= the same: rs. that Obtained i'y fnk-ir-
har!b"ilet! hens egg and cracking lh.. -tr'.!!i
part Il section of it with the white ;,,thrr-
ing t" it. from the yellow. t'avn-: The.
sphere nestled in the remaining h'TIhn
the shell. The petriies1 e----fr that *
undoubtedly what the freak is weighs
| about half pound. and is about tn s.ze
of In Dpffl:ll,S EffytT
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THE GOLDEN KEY.
Alexander III. Refused to Gain a Foot
Z g.: ,tress by 1t.

Alexander III. Refused to Gain a Foot
Z e.: -tress by 1t.
London News: / happen to be cogni-
Zant Of Il curious: episode which strong
is illustrates the honorable and straight
forward character of the late Gar 1t
occurred when he was still the sCzaro-
WITT, i'll command Of the army of the
l-om; the periol was near the end of
July, the place the village of Obertenik
where was located the headquarters of
he Czarowitz: The army was ccheluned
along the roads to Rustchuk, waiting for
the word to besiegc that fortress when
The siege train should arrive. Mean
while. it did not possess an cntrcnch
ng tool or Il siege gun. Yet the place of
every division had been allotted in the
planned cnvironmcnt which l was
privily told, was to precede, but by Il day
or two the gaining of the place by 4
coup de main: | took the liberty to re
mark that to attempt q coup de main
against !. fortress so strong as we knew
Rnstchuk 10 be was simply to court 4
disastrous and bloody failure. IAN the
same significantly replied the staff Off
Ger. with whom l was in conversations
you will see that we shall have stust-
;buk within week. | will tell you Il
secret. he sontinued-."'thc pasha com
:nanding IN Rustchuk has been found TO
have his price: the coup de main will be
simply Il decent blind to. his tre;,chcry !;
and after Il nake-believe assault the
place will be SURRENDERED, and we shall
De in possession Of the strongest for
tress Of the Turkish, quadrilateral.'. The
project never came off, and I silbseTt,ent-
!y learned the reason.s~ Every detail Of
the Arrangement had sbcen2 settled L
only remained to .inform the Czarowitz
Of the scheme which promised results
so valuable. To the surprise and dismay
Of his staff. Alexander broke into pas
sion of wrath and disgust. He DENOUNCED
the project as treacherous, cowardly
and unsoldierlike. Let us take, Rust
chuk,' he exclaimed. ''if we can, but by
the sword and the siege gun, not by the
base method of IL golden key! | am
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
RUSSIA'S METROPOLIS.
Burial Place Of tho Imperial Family

Burial Place of tho Imperial Family In
tn Cathedral of st. Peter and St. Paul.
The Cathedral Of st. Peter and st..
Paul., in which the remains Of the late
Car Alexander III. were laid to rest,
was originally built by Peter the Great
i'll 1908, though it has been rebuilt and
Restored more THAN once since then. 1t IL
often called the Fortress church, because It
stands within the fortress which was built
Oil the island by Peter Of Petersburgskt.
Beneath the piveiiient are great Vaults,
iii which all the Russian Soyefeigris siiice
the foundation Of ST.: Petersburg lie
buried, with tile EXCEPTION Of Peter H..
who died at, Moscow and was Inferred
there: Overhead in the church magnif-
cent inoiiumeiits mark the sites of the
GRAVES. The interior of the church is
covered with banners and other military
trophies captured in the various wars
waged by Russia against the Swedes,
Poles, Turks, Persians and French.
Externally, the most remarkable feat
ure of the building, which is an oblong
structure 21O feet long by 100 broad, is
the slender and elegant pyramidal spire
sprinSing from the four-corncred belfry
ut the western end. The summit of the
cross, which surmounts it. is 81 feet
from the ground level. In the gliding of
the spire twenty-five pounds weight Of
pure gold are said to have been employed.
The fortress, which contains the mint
as we'll as the cathedral, is now used
as a state prison. The remainder of
the island is meanly built and is the ref
uge Of the poorer officials and-'hc bette
class of workingmen. Its northern part,
separated from the main island by mar
row channel, bears the name of Apothe
carries island, and is occupied by a botan-
ical garden of great scientific value and
by fine private grounds and parks
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used: The japanese use a piece of BAN
200, which; from its irregular surface,
loses the stiffness OF the cylindrical form.
we have no bamboo 70 use anil limitations
IN glass, CHINA pr eafthenware are, like aI
imitations,s Offensive 10 good taste. Flower
vases should always be or some opaque
material, and. all things considered. good
ungiazcd earthenware is to be preferred.
oniy i should be inipermeabIe to ~ya,~r.
and not coarse in texture: 1t should dis6
be without 6rnamentation of any kind,
AND Of single and uniform tint of ,o!or.''
a. pure neutral gray" best fuIfilIs the
conditions of color: ''Itale pure buff, not in
Ginning to orange, coming next. .:Opa;,ne
white vases usually present too strong y:
conttast, and all tpiored glasses are To- I've
rejected; together with white or cpIor,ess
GLASSES, which show the usually unsixht
~, stem of the flower To this last rule
however, there is an admitted exception.
New York Times.
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Vases for Cut Flowers.

To the average person bunch of flowers
in vase must be harmonious and beauti-
full under all circumstances The artistic
and educated taste knows that it is quite
as easy for. the combination to be the most
Emphasizing.
. In Il paper on the relations of vases to
the cut flowers which they will hold a writ
er in Garden and Forest shows quickly
that the subject is worthy of consideration.
"a fiat. circular DISH he says. ''is needed
for water lilies, and, as the flowers arc in
this case large. the containing vessel must
be ample in size, not merely to hold the
flowers. but also to preserve Il proper sense
of proportions. Talf spikes require tail
vases. which should not be cylindrical, but
should be selisbly wider at the top than at
the bottom. Roses and flowers with com
paratively short stems require low, broad
vessels, ,tiarings at the top, 50 ,s to admit
Of the graceful dropping which is so. at
tractive With both leaves and flowers. Not
more than four or five differently shaped
flower vases are really necessary, the types
of form being, either fiat or low circular
vessels, which may be widely. futed upon
the edges to break the too great uniformity
of 4 plain circular rini,s or round vessels
which spread more or less as the sides rise
from the bottom, and which may also be
widely f1uted at the top. All forms which
bulge below. or which are in the smallest
degree bizarre in shape, must be rejected.
IF, with the Japanese, we consider 4
single beautiful flower enough at Il
time, narrow containing vessel may be
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS
/ "a Christmas sssng.
4 While stafs of Clislatmala shlnt, AZ
ia .sLlKhtin1 the slstes, -. N
49, etsuniy loving looks e'Ns Hs'"e-~-sa8'aa'
Beam from your eyes.
While bells Of Christmas ring .,....,-,
y6ris iinl clear,
Speak only happy words, 49,,
All mlrth and cheer. tss Is
give only loving gifts, = .-.. .~.,
And In love take;
-, GLADDEN. the poor and sui &c.,.
J :, IN !; Eur. lpye's dear sake. r. e 90
-Enille poulsspn In st. Nlehulus for lie
! jcemhers n 9ttf1%s*1 $%71t[ 1S&1s ~ -
4 Little lslus-Guin Girl,

"'' a Little Blua-GuM Girl.
Aunt Susan Ann was the incest old
soul in the world. She was fat, awfully
fat. and black and shiny She wore biz
hoop earrings and buun,l her woolly old
head about Will 4 bright Mntlannn kcr-
chief. Amt Susan Ann, had II laugh tia t
rould be heard from the ''qhartcrs''', to the
cotton-Sin house, Il distance Of a quarter
healthy. little pickaliiinies, go =
"Dey's healthy, honey she once, said
to me. ""nd tolcr'blc hnntly. all cent
.A!aZin Grace. and dat gal is slD' got lie
"lc Satan in her black skin. Dunno wat
neks dat bigger seeh a. outla tiOnest liar,
and. honey. she steal. too; but dc white
+ t"lksI 9mn't sleek though to catch her,
. = :But I'm sure you've tnught her that
to liz and steal Is sinful, Aunt Susan
Ann" I sa id. g w.
decd ! is. honey / dong teeched her
dat, but yo' see, Maxin Grace is a blue
:un nigger and den she is dc middle of
dc seven, an wuz born on CT Sunday
night. so hits hard to tccch er blue
gum nisser, the difference tween right and
.r'dencrsate." =. And Aunt Susan Ann,
who was washing ut the moment, drew
both black arms. out of the siils, and
placed them akimbo on her hips This at
tnude meant deep thought with the old
black nanny. 3. .;e =
"Msrc,lencry:,tr, sho' dAt's Whit Ntazin
GRACE is" she repeated sadly to herself.
Whore did YOU get that odd name of
Mazin Grace from:'' l asked II don't
remember to have heard it before
Back Went both fat black arms into the
.'nb, and Aunt Susan Ann bent oyer her
work with Il reproachful shake of the
head.
white folks is powerful quarc," she
muttcrc1; "dcy doan git de: tru legion q
llcbbcn." Then, turning her big, black
eyes full on ME, she asked: Amt 70
nebbch hear Nv de beautiful hymn dat be-
gins wild de words, .Mazin' Grace, how
sweet de soun'?' OATS wot l name dat
=al for. But de name doan suit her much.
Use 'feered.'' could scarcely keep the
laugh back that dubbed up to my lips.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the so,,nd!''
How we'll remembered the words of that
.not, old Methodist hymn! And poor, old
Aunt Susan Ann thought that "Mazn'
Grace. wasaa select female name, and
had thus christened her number four"
the little ''b]ue-gum nigser:''
left Aunt Susan. Ann hard at worl;
with her big wash under the apple trees
Ivy the brook, where her tubs and tho huge
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GOSSIP FOR THELADIES
cdr'er': La'hei't:

I'm bit puir aud dotted earle,
WI siller name to spare,
The aud broom coat IL patched an thin,
There's name sac plenty coal an wood,
The shelf Is tliico bare,
Bit Til pra$iil' aye fof days
WI the frost l. the air.
The wife pisces inc tat the folk,
The bairiifes sag Fin daft: ! + -
Bit there's nae nae: cuflth' -. 80,
When the weHtler's warm All s,ift
OF a. the sOOnds that God has glen
There's name sac sweet taeS il{es
AS when the b6nny channcl-stane o.
Gangs roarilg tue the tee ~ .}ss~ Z
~ 5.nH . ~ .sneiiEl sstl 10 1H.
WI Withered arm. an crOOkit back,
That anCe was streight an strang,
3 An trelnlin limbs, an biightcd cen,
J. Gamma bitle fOriang; tG@
Bit set my foot upo the Ice,
My han tipo' be. stahe;
An PARTED youth an shall meet
For ahe short hour again.
r -.. %:.'.a 80 ~.
Then gle me bit Anither day,
Anither hour tae stan
Ance inair Il blytiesomc Gallant
WI the bosom In his han:
An when the pairtin' shot is played,
I'll lay me doom an dee,
An through the narrow port my soul
Shall rest upo' the tee.
'.--t' 49, Outing for December
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Millionaire Social Extravagances-AD Dis.
pute About Chaperons.<


1t is the social vortex that now attracts
attention in New York The situation
this season is SO unique that the whole
of society is practically divided against
itself. 1t is all the result of the old quar-
| rel between those who are termed in scorn
the Knickerbocker element and the "new"
people. At the head of the former ele-
ment is Mrs. Astor. This lady is so
designated because she is the eldest of the
line, and has successfully established her
right to be so styled instead of Mrs. John
Jacob Astor. 1t would appear that the
new people have gone in for extrava-
CANT forms of entertainment, which may
do i'll Il gay capital, but which are pro-
nounced out of place in genuine arsto-
cracy such as New York now claims to
possess. For example, the latest idea
from Paris is the Hun,pty Dumpty din
nor, intended as substitute for the Turk
ish dinners, which were the vogue last
season. The, walters at these dinners
are clad in traditional clownish costume
and the feast consists of eggs in all sorts
of culinary developnent-omele salads
and so forth. IL
The younger, set have been giving these
affairs with great enthusiasm for weeks
past, but Mrs, Astor has declared her
one. who is implicated in. them. She
thinks such affairs ma Ike society ridcul-
ous,! whereas the new" people point out
that the Prince of Wales himself has
given Humpty Dumpty dinners. and that
they are no more und:gnifed than mas
querade, bulls. Be this as it may. all
society is divided on strictly Hnmpty
Dqmpty, lines and Mrs, Astor leads the
ants. Tie mutter. is important only rs
accentuatihg the hostility between the
Gould and Haveineyer element and the
Astor-Van Rensselaer, PARTY. 1t is not in
likely that we shall! have son1e very Bit
ter personalities injected Into the doiilgs
| of the entire social season as ii result
of this imbrogli6. Nearly all the ft:st
families are involved in some aiiairei ri:
other: Not In the memory Of tie oldest
society people has 50 iiiuch dishafmony
existed among those who: iii view of thpij
wealth and position, Should set ri The
world an example Of pfopriety and GOOD
feeling.
An interesting instance of tie sHcioi
war at present is the trouble that has
arisen over the matter of the chaDeronS.
There. are in New York several women
OF good social position, but of very Inn
tied resources, who manage to exc out a
subsistence by dwelling in the houses of
the wealthy in the character of discreet
friends of the family. They fill out va
cant places at table, and are very useful
when theater PARTIES and the like are in
need of an elderly ciGerone. 1t is to Mrs.
Willie X. Vanderbilt that the growth Of
this system is due She has caused to be
billeted, as it were. some very aristo-
cratic hut - ~,
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Not Accountable.

Dramatic Author-"Nfr. Manager. may
ISventure to ask whether, my thrce-act
play has been acccptcd?"
eManager--"Well. you see. the three
members of the reading committees have
gone through it, and they~h have come to
tho conclusion that one act will have to
be struck out" : Z
Author-"Oh! there is no difficulty about
that: it is not SO bad after all
Nlanager--'"No; but unfortunately each
of. the members wants to strike out a
different actr'-La Vie Drole.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
We're Remarked

Foreign papers say that Si-nor Crispi.
ltaly's premier. and his WIFE. born Donna
Lima B;srhagallo. were remarked by Il
priest in Naples few weeks ago. The
marriage years ago was suiy n civil enc.
Signer Crispi consented to the church
ceremony. it is said. at the solicitation of
tho Princess Iinguagiassa. mother of
the young man who is to marry the sig
nor's daughter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
n POpoIar Souvenir.

The most ssrely tried and one Of the
most popular of the worlds soveFeigns.
the Emperor and King Francis Joseph of
Austria Hungary. recently passed his
siNty-fourth Birthday. Succeeding TO the
throne on the ab,lication of the Emperor
Ferdinand and the cession of the rights
by his own father in the trouhlous, year
1913. he is the doyen of European mon
art.'s, with the exception of Queen Vie
toria. His predecessor and his wife. his
own two parents, these of the Empress.
and even the widow of Francis L. were
all still living when he had been nearly a
quarter of Il century on the throne The
Emperor HIS wagcd two unsuccessful
wars. losing Provinces after each III.
lest his brother MaSimif:an by cruel
fate in 1867, and five years ago his only
son, in circumstances that were even
more tragic. His coissort was for many
years an invalid. > lastly. :: year ago.
his eldest daughters eldest daughter gave
him = sheck by eiop;rS with a young
IT, ~ =
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To Clean Miniature Frames.

The collection of miniatures shown al
the portrait exhibition has stimulated the
miniature business, especially the frame
portion of it. \ special style of frame
is considered essential to the displayof y
miniature. and all the stores which deal
in novelties of that sort have just put III
stocks of the quaint little gildcd frames.
The miniature painters already are feel
ing the results. and hosts nf girls can be
seen buying frames to be ready for tn.
portraits They are mostly gildcd, and
those who are investing in them may like
to know how they may keep the frames
bright and fair.
To brighten the miniature frames take
sufficient flour of sulphur to give Il golden
tinge to about one and onc-half pints of
water. and in this boil four or five bruised
onions or garlic, which will answer the
same purpose. Strain off the liquid. and
with it, when cold, wash with scf:
brush any gliding which requires restor-
ing. and when dry it will come out as
bright as new work.
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EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PIECES
Worked Into a Small Table by an lnseni-
oiis MeCh;,ntc

Worked Into 4 Small Table by an lngeni-
Gus Mechanic.
* a table about a yard square, with $780,
900 pieces of wood in it, is the work Just
completed by Charles Il. Adam, i carDen-
ter of Bridgeport; Conn: 1t is without
doubt the most remarkable piece of wood
work ever constructed i'll that state. The
t;!bies nNr: Adam's second attempt at this
Kind ~ work: 1t was begun in 1891, and
was intended for exhibition at the Worlds
fair; but could not be completed in time.
Three thousand three hundred and sixty
four hours of actual labor were put by Mr..
Adam Oh the table.
In the center Of the revolving top is q,
good representation of the white house,
at Washington, surrounded by the stars
and stripes. The border of the top is a
handsome piece Of mosaic work, and on the
four sides are shown Washington's, birth
Place, in Virginia.: his familiar Mount Yer
non home: the birthplace of Grant, in Ohio,
and the place where Grant attended school
IS a. boy: Tastefuliy interspersed with
these are many quaint designs that, taken
as i whole, make up Il pattern which
mucli resembles the production of the
weaver'S art.
The supports consist Of two pieces of oak
placed together in the form Of the letter
~ p:aced upright, cut out in scroll,
md with Il graceful column after the Co
rinthian order of things. On each face of
these oak supports are two panels, making
sixteen in all, on which are shown trees,
birds, leaves of different kinds, and all
varieties of plant growth.
On the lower part are shown an Amer
lean eagle, with outspread wings, clutching
il cluster of arrows III its talons; Il deer's
head. stork, sparrow, and two roosters,
Washington's Valley Forge headquarters,
the birthplace of Lincoln, in Kentucky,
and Ford's' theatcr where he was shot,
and the house near by where he died; the
birthplace of Columbus, at Genoa, Italy,
on Il background of dark rosewood; a
cloister in Spain, visited by Columbus; the
ship Constitution, Libby prison, a. cluster
of lilies and daisies, tweny-siX varieties of
leaves. with ferns, fruits, etc.
There is nothing in the nature of paint
dye. or stain of any sort on the whole
work, the various effects, which are very
beautiful. being brought out by the natural
colors of the Gods, Of which there are
seventy-six different varieties. Some of
the woods are ancient, and of special his
'toric interest. There are pieces from In
dia and a mahogany .snuffboX that was
was made from the timbers Of the ship
Consultations There is also wood from the
Johnstown flood worked in the table.
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Not n Dancer.

Lady of the Ho,ise-"Li Listen. Charlotte,
Isam going to give partS-supper and Il
dance. Now, you will have to show what
you can DO 50 as to keep ap the sTsi,
waltz aud the polka, You win have "a
excuse me from the qiadrilles. 81 ustigs
Blaetter.