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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
A Novelty in COllectiOns

A novelty in collections is that pos
scssed by well-known banker Of Leeds,
Eng. The Cornhill Magazine reports
that he has secured an immense num-
Der. of different bank notes. issued ut
various times by banks that have come
to grievous smash and which have in
volved thousands Of persons in their
ruin. Not alone are bank notes included
in. this curious collection of relics Of
broken banks, which must start world
of painful recolections to commercial
community, but also bonds relating to
celebrated undertakings which have
proved sources of immense loss to specu-
lators, these including ''scrip'' of the
South sea bubbles. Of many of the
schemes Of Hudson, > the railway, king,
and Of the Tichbor1le bond enterprise.
so far as the bank notes are gconcerned,
it is astonishing to see what a large num-
Der Of establishments they refer to-; and
the whole collection represents the names
Of schemes which have drained the in
vesting public Of hundreds Of millions
sterling. The collector relates that on
several occasions visitors who have; seen
the collection have,sson coming TO some
particular note. burst into tears, for
they have been directly connected with
the ruin wrought by the crash indicated
tby that same note. - So Z" +s =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
SHE WORKS DEPOTS,
An Old Lady Who is the Most Expert of
Thieves.

An Old Lady Who is the Most Expert Of
! Thieves.
A humber Of railroad passengers were
chatting i'll the rotunda Of the Grand
Pacific Thursday afternoon when George
Robertson, of the Wabash. came in. bear
ing a satchel. He WAS hailed by his
friends, say.. the Chicago Times. who
wanted to know If he was going or com
ing.
- Neither, he replied. 1~-.'r his grin be-
f"rgs to Il guest Of the hotel here. and
was stolen from him while he was wait
ing for. q, train in Dearborn station. 1t
appears that he alighted from the omni-
bus there yesterday. and went into the
waiting-room to sit down until the train
backed in. 9 A nervous oil! lady was the
only .Otcupant of the room, and the man
nut his grip doWn<%om the seat next to
her old glazed satchel. He then started
i'll to read his paper.
THE nervous old lady fidgeted about
on her seat, evidently anxious about her
train. Finally she heard cry of All
aboard and she rushed out. A few mill
Htes later the gentleman heard his train
called. and he started to pick up his alli-
gator grip. 1t was gone. and in its place.
was the nervous old lady's glazed satcheI
Evidently she had made the exchange
by mistake. The? man rushed ont to- find
her, and he told me about it, We looked
for the old lady, but she was nowhere to
be found.
Then we thought there might be
something in her satchel to show her adj
&dfeas.: alHT we opened it. 1t contained
three bricks and lot of newspapers. l
realized at once that she was the old
lady@who is registered ais one of the most
expert depot thieves in the city, and
who has given US a great dpaEO Of trou-
Die. Z II started our detectives after her.
They did not catch her, but they recOv.
cred the grip, ana I am here to return
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
PHYSICIANS AND THEIR PATIENTS
The Style is <pocialties of Patients as
Well as Diseases.


Well as Diseases.
New York physicians not only, make
specialties of diseases, but of patients.
We have milionaires' doctors, insurance
mems doctors, railroad engineers doctors,
and DR.. George II. Fowler of Thirty
ninth street can certainly claim to be the
mer at Shelter island and when the fleets
put i'll, owners and guests alike seek the
tower room of the Manhansett house and
call Oh the doctor, whether there is any
thing wrong with them or not. Usually,
however. their systems require sedative.
Caldy Colt called on the doctor only
two days before his deat tn and asked his
advice, though he did not take it: and
Gus Mott thinks Fowler is the only man
water system. Mr.. Mott has a Shelter
island and a st. Augustine system, and
each is totally different from the other
The doctor spends most of his winters
i'll patching up the Calumet club. A great
many members Of that fashionable mems
club are like the late James X. Osgootl,
publisher, the soul of good fellows. He
was given to late hours and heavy dining,
and went to the famous physician, who
was also his friend =:
"Well, said the doctor. you have only
to go to bed every day by 1870. rise at Z,
take more exercise, smoke only three
cigars day: and never take drink of
wine before Up. M >.
Now. look here said the genial pa
tient, "you don't suppose that l am going
to pay you $40 for telling me that. ANY
fool knows that if did what you say +
wouldn't need any doctor. What L want
You to do is give ME some medicine that
will fix me up so that l can 20 right on
living as do now
Impossible" said the doctor. In two
years Mr.. Osgood died in the prime of life
New York Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
SCHOLAR, GIPSIES.
In Former Times Gipsying was a Part
of the Scholars Life.


In former times gipsying was a part
of ii scholars life. He was compelled to
journey over half of Europe, it might be,
to the college Of his choice. in Il time
when journeying was not always pleas
ant, and seldom safe:
The laws against begg ing were relaxed
in his favor He had no baggage ex-
cept book Or two, and with his staff i'm
hand he trudged merrily forward on his
adventurous way
re-. These men We're the most cultured Eof
their age. The head that was covered
by that tatterdemalion bonnet might be
debating grave points in the AristOtelian
logic, or with Plato framing immortal
commemorative. ''-e'''-'' - ''"r~s.' ''s''
A sun-browned scholar was not ant to
suffer from unreal visions of things: while
to sustain him on his way he had his
love for learning and many rich eclectic
stores to draw on for his entertainment.
In days nearer our own some few men,
bers of the fraternity still survived. Cold
smith, fresh from his desultoryz. college
life. tramped through many countries
with his flute in his pocket, and gained
that large kindness which makes one
of the best features of his work.
In our own day one Of our most in
genious story teller has gone far and
wide in many unchristian ATTITUDES in
search of wisdom and adventure. But.
after all, Of the many who follow the life.
few ever attain to any regulations: for
among other good things they acquire IL
genial contempt for fame, which is Pc
utabIe brotherhood. -Macmillan's Maya
yi,tr,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
First 10 Wear the XIII.

The first reference to Highland costume
occurs in the Saga Of Magnus Barefoot,
King of Norway, 1g03-11O3, written by
Snorro Sturles0r, who was reared with
the children of that monarch's daughter.
Here it is gstated that Magnus and his
h,enya on~their return from a marauding
expedition to the west Of Scotland,
brought with them / great deal Of the
habits and fashions of clothing Of these
western parts. They went about the.
streets with bare legs, sand had short kir-
ties and overcloaks, and therefore his
men called him Magnus Barefoot or
Bareleg.' :s IS. Y '.t +. ..s5.s b.
In the Thirteenth century we seem to
have sonietfing like first reference. to
actual tartans in the statutes Of the
Church Of Aberdeen, which provide that
''all ecc1dsiastics ire to be suitably ar,-
pareled, avoiding red, green and striped
clothing, and their garments shall not be
shorter than the middle of the Leg But.
1t should be noticed that the word tar
tar, which occurs in the Fifteenth CEN
fury, in the accounts Of the lord hieh
treasurer Of Scotland, which was al
.garded BY both BOrthwick and PINK srfons
as meaning tartan, really indicat Cd. asA
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
DIFFERENT FROM TELEGRAPHY.
America Uses One Alphabet for Ca
bling and Europe Another.

America Uses One Alphabet for Ca
bling and Europe Another.
There is popular impression that
cablegrams are sent by hand, as are tele-
grams, and that they are received in Il
dark room by signals that flash uuon a
screen. Such used to be the method of
their transmission, but that has now been
superseded by Il better one. 1t was
found impractic;lle to transmit printed
characters. The four vertical lines that
make our NJ could not be sent, but two
horizontal lines. thus, --. could be. In
devising practicable signs for the letters
two systems were made. One of these
systems is in use throughout all America
and Canada. and the other system
throughout the remainder of the world.
The United States and Canada lines
therefore stand apart from all other lines
i'll the world in the matter of telegraph
alphabet.
The difference between these alphabets
is solely in the employment of the space
For example, the letter is .... There
are four points or dots, but they are
separated by Il space. That is the Ameri-
can Y. 1t was rejected by the Europeans
on the ground that it would be liable to
confusion with parts of preceding or fol-
lowing letters. and. - put in it's place.
AS Il matter of practice, however, no
more mistakes occur with one system
than with the other, while the American
has the vast advantage of being about 20
per cent. shorter, and therefore to, that
extent faster. Other letters in which, the
systems differ are Il, J, l., o, p. Q. II.
Y and u. All remaining letters are alike
in both.-Harper's Young People. 80
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
THE FINGER OF FATE.


Souvenir.
A gentleman of this city wears on his
watch chain charm unique in its slast-
liness, hut which he claims has brought
him luck and about which he tells curl
Gus story, writes Il correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times from Houston, Tex.
In 1862, when the young confetleracy and
the Union were struggling for the posses,
sion of New Mexico. the little town of
OF federal troops. but finding the place
occupied by Il larger company of confed
crates than they had supposed, the at
lacking party was slowly withdrawn I'M
der II rather. hot fire. Singular to relate,
considering how close the two forces
were to each other and how narrow the
lighting ground, the battle proved Il blood
less one except for the relic which now
ldorns the ex-confederate captains chain.
This was the first joint of the forefnger
which some federal soldier left behind
as Il souvenir, and the only one of that
summer days fight. 1t was picked up
Just Oh the edge, of town by the present
possessor. who, being in those days little
more than boy. conceived the idea of
having it preserved by chemicals, and if
possible returning it to, its rightful own
er. The first of these schemes he carried
out: and the second failed through no
fault of his.
After the confe,erates abandoned the
territory to the superior numbers of the
government forces, the captain, then but
Il second lieutenant, aScertained the com
mand which had done the attacking of
the little town, and during IL lull in hos
tilities wrote to the surgeon of the regi-
ment, asking it he knew anyone who had
lost finger in that battle. The surgeon
responded, giving the name of the private
who had suffered in that way, the Incl
dent, from its odtlity. having attracted
the attention of the medical staff at Fort
Craig. The man had gone nome after
ward on sick leave. and it was here that
the capita i'll wrote to him. telling him that
to return it.
The soldiep responded, acknowledging
his loss. and giving an account of how
the thing had happened, to obtain which
had been the inquisitive captains aim all
the time II seemed that as the felerals
were withdra wing from the place this
man wheeled about, and raising his gun
was about to pull the trigger on the figure
Of the colonel of the regiment, when, Just
as he bent his finger, ball came whiz-
zing past and carried off the first joint
The wound was Il slight one, but in all
probability saved the life of the officer at
whom the sharpshooter was aiming The
owner of the member then added that as
he had lost it, in Il fair fight the finder
was more than welcome to it as Il souve-
mir of Dona Ana and of him. Thus pos
sessing it, not only as the spoil of war
but by consent of him who had the best
right to it. the captain still wears it as IL
luck piece. though the thing has turned
as black and hard as pebble of iron
stone and one might exercise ones gness-
ing power all day without even arriving
1T any conclusion near the truth.
Through the ossifed finger has been
drilled Il hole, and the chain passes
through this
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
How Scissors Are Made.

Though no compilations are involved
in the making of scissors or much skin
required, yet the process of manufacture
is very interesting. They are forged from
good bar steel heated to redness, each
blade being cut off with sufficient metal
to form the shank. or that destined to
become the cutting part. and bow, or that
which later on is fastened into the hold
ing portion. For the bow small hole
is punched, and this is afterwards ex
banded to the required size by hammer
ing it on conical anvil after which both
shank and bow are filed in more per
feet shape and the hole bored in the mid
die for the rivet The blades are next
ground, and the handles filed smooth and
FURNISHED with oil and emery. after which
the pairs are fitted together and tested
as to their easy working. They are not
yet finished. however. They have to
undergo hardening and temlering and
be again adjusted. after which they are
finally put together again and polished
for the third time. In comparing the
edges. Of knives and scissors it will he
noticed, of course, that the latter arc not
in any way so sharply ground as the
former. and that. in cutting. scissors
crush and brllSe more than knives
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
A Handsome Confer Cloth.

No little llousekeeper can have too many
embroidered cloths. Therefore if Il
young girl wants to make pretty gift
to anyone this simple but effective design
will serve you well. AS q matter of
course. it is much reduced as you see it
here, but you can get an idea of what it
is like and can easily enlarge it to suit
the size of the cloth.
A good size for i center dolly is twenty
one inches square and Il good depth for
the fringe is two inches. Select fine old
bleached linen and cut it in the desired
and pull the last thread first. Continue to
pull the threads, one at a time, toward the
edge, until you have Il space of about
one-quarter Of an INCH, then hemstitch the
inner edge all round and leave the remain
ing threads till all the work is done. Draw
from them the curved branching lines.
Select wash-color floselle i'll any color you
prefer. This especial cloth is worked
with golden yellow, but old pink. old
blue Or pale green will give anyone a good
result.
stitch and with a single thread of the silk.
and make small group of French knots
in the center of each, When so much is
done cover all the lines with fine tree
stitching, also done with single thread.
and lastly pull ont the remainder of your
fringe. Rinse the linen in warm water,
or, If it is soiled with handling, first in
s,lds made with white soap. then with
clean water. and after shaking out the
fringe, iron quite dry on the wrong side
Spread the cloth out smoothly on q
board, and with Il course comb comb out
all the fringe, then fold once each way
and lay it aside until you are ready to
send it OIL it's way. You will find all the.
work extremely simple, and if you, are
careful to follow the directions will have
no trouble ut all. The little point about
fringing is, an important one. The outer
threads should never be pulled until the
very last, as the fringe is liable to catch
in the silks and to tangle Yet, simple as
the directions are, and important as the
fact is in doing nice work, many older
people make the mistake Of beginning the
other way, and so spoil an otherwise ex-
cellent piece OF work. ~ -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
More Reserve NecessarY.

To see all the worst faults in Ameri-
can manners OH exhibition ut once one
must 90 to popular seaside resort at
the present season. This is the time and
place of social chaos. People are thrown
together in the hotels and boarding
houses who never saw each other before.
and probably never will see each
other. again. Absolute ignorance about
grandfathers is bad enough. perhaps: alb
solute ignorance about the people them
selves is Worse. Even persons of reserve
and discretion find that they are too near
to being acquainted with those whose So
cial position. is a highly uncertain guam.
tity.s and do not feel quite protected by the
t0cit convention that Il summer acquaint-
ance ends when the parties, separate.
There is apt to be much miscellaneous
introducing and. among the young peo-
pie especially. an easy habit of making
sacqNAintances that amounts almost to
recklessness. To a great extent this is
innocent ami harmless enough. far more
so than any foreigner accustomed to a
stricter etiquette could possibly believe.
But it has its dark side, nevertheless.
The records of the divorce courts. and the
still sadder but unwritten history of i'll
assorted and hasty marriages which never
reach that stage, would show that too
many of these mistakes begun with u,
needless summer Irritation. ending III Il
wedding. after which the parties proceed
ed to get acquainted.- domestic Monthly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
An Honor to Him.

On one occasion. when a public reccr-
ton was given to Daniel Webster ut Il
hotel in Boston. Il particularly obsequious
Oftice-seeker. was introduced. The man
ground his own axe. bowling and scraping.
until the great man was tired Of him,
and bidding him good-day. settled down
heavily into the nearest chair. But the
man, instead Of passing on and giving a
chance to the next conner. fingered near
and seemed to have something still OH
his mind. though he looked very blissful.
Webster observed this and said. not very
gootl-naturedly: May l ask you, sin, il
you want anything more of me-" Oh
OH. no.! said the man.. smirkiny; ''only
perhaps l may he permitted to remark
ithat l anu proud to say that my hat is
having the inestimable honor to occupy
the same chair with Daniel Websterr'
Webster had. us matter of fact, sat
down on the mans tail beaver hat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
Music as Medicine.

4 That musical sounds produce Il marked
effect on the system is proved by physio-
logical experiments OH men and animals
The rate of the action of the heart and
the force of the circulation are notably
Influenced in direction depending on the
pitch, intensity and timbre Of the sound.
quickened and the pressure of the blood
III the arteries increased, though some
times the converse effect il produced,
these results depending, 10 doubt, on the
itliosyncrasy OF the individual. Powerful
results are produced OH the nervous sys-
TEN, sometime stilnulant, sometimes Sc
dative. Music is thus clearly seen to be
potent in medicine, and there seems to
be no reason why it's effects should not be
studied like that of any drug Chambers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
Women and the Wheel.

An argument, urged by Kate Fields
Washington, against the woman cyclist
is that she is not a picturesque feature
Of the landscape. An unprejudiced OBJ
server. who had never before seen either,
might say that Il woman ON well-ad-
justed wheel looked as we'll if not better
than Il woman sitting i'll bunch on Il
side-saddle. The difference is largely in
the fact that the women who ride horses
usually belong to the class who can af-
ford to make the most of themselves
under any circumstances, while. 50 far.
the majority Of women cyclists are of the
class that must consider time and money
SO carefully that they can seldom be well
dressed. Society women are beginning
to find out that in some respects the b.
cycle is a more convenient and trustwor-
thy steed than a horse, and when good
tailors learn to make wheeling costumes
as we'll as they now make riding habits
and ut the same exorbitant prices-we
may begin to think a pretty girl shows
to as much advantage on wheel us on
a horse
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
pointed ont BY Dr.. Dickens, u fabric Of
Eastern origin, frequently variant 81
shot, the warp md swoof being of con-
Trusting colOrs. We find d true reference
to tartan IN the same accounts in the fol
lowing century. Is Scotland II evieW .,t 52ssss
EXTREME COLD THAT BURNS.
Its Effects Arc Not Different from Seorch

SGOr n
Ing by Neat. -
Burning is usually associated with
heat. and it seems Il misnomer to speak
of cold burns. Chemists tell us that
really there is no such thing us cold
which is relative heat, and that the low
est temperature vet registered j. some
meeting Of the Swiss Society Of Natural
Sciences at Lausanne, Nj. Raoul 4Pictet
gave some particulars concerning cold
burns experienced by himself and as
sistants during his Investigations Of the
lowest temperature att0inable There are
two degrees Of burns. In one case the
skin reddens ut first and turns blue the
following day, and subsequently the area
ut the spot expands until it becomes near
" double its original dimensions. The
burn, which is usually not healed until
five OF six weeks after it's occurrence, is
accompanied by very painful itching
on the affected spot and the surrounding
tissues. When the burning is more seri-
Gus. produced by longer contact with the
cold body, burn Of the second degree
Is experienced. In this case the skin is
rapidly detached, and all parts reached
oy the cold behave like foreign bodies.
\ long and stubborn s,ippuration sets in.
which does not seem to accelerate the
reconstruction of the tissues. The wounds
are malignant, and scar very slowly in a
manner entirely different from burns pro-
tluced by fire.
On one occasion. when NJ. Pictet was
suffering from Il severe burn due to Il
drop Of liquid air, he accidentally scorched
the same hand very seriously. The
Scorched portion was healed in ten or
twelve days, but the wound produced by
the cold-burn was open for upward Of
six months. IN order to try the effect
of radiation i'll dry cold air, NJ. Pictet
held his bare arm up to the elbow in Il
refrigerating vessel maintained ut 1O5
degrees. when Il sensation of IL peculiarly
distinct character was felt over the whole
skin and throughout the muscles. At first
this sensation was not disagreeable. but
gradually it became decidedly SO. and,
after three or four minutes, the skin
turned blue and the pain more intense and
deeleseated. On withdrawing the arm
from the refrigerator at the end of ten
minutes IL strong reaction was expert
encsl. accompanied by superficial i'll
Illumination of the skin. Newcastle (Eng.)
Chronicle
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-10-05
Novel Entertainments.

Among the novelties in the way of en-
tertainments this season, says the Boston
Herald the Dutch supper promises to be-
come favorite. TO make such a supper
Il success all the guests must be congenial
i'll respectable Bohemian fashion, and
all the viands, beverages and appoint
ments must be consistently expressive of
vaterland. At IL recent affair of this kind
the refreshments served were rye bread
and swiss cheese sandwiches. cabbage
salad served from salad dish deftly
carved i'll the heart of Il delicate, pale
green cabbage, wienerwursts and beer.
The plate cards were small German peas
ant pictures inscribed with the guests
names in German, and among the novel
ties i'll the table decoration We're two
large wooden sabots, gilded and filled
with poinsetta and maidenhair! fern
The tankards were imported delft, with
German feast notices wreathing their
corpulent bodies. Pretzels and picked
onions are also harmonious features of a
dutch sumner"