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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
GOLD IN IMMENSE CHUNKS.
The Richness of Australia's Latest Find
- Said to be without Parallel. -

The Richness of Australians Latest Find
80 Said to beSSvithout Para1lel.
Marvellous stories are told by the altipo.
dean press of the richness of the new gold
fields at Coolgardie. The Australasian
says: ,s4:
At toolgardie on July : the news
leaked out that extraortlina rly rich quartz
had been found within twelve miles of
the township. A rush was made to the
spot and the owners permitted inspection.
The workings consisted of trench ;
feet long. = feet wide and 5 feet in depth.
and IL shaft has been sunk 10 feet IL
short distance from the cutting. Out of
We're ''dollied' in four or five weeks.
. w: T.: Wilson Of Broken Hill fame.
VINO visited the mine, says: "Less than
three tons had been broken when I saw
1T, and S15O,OOO worth of gold was taken
from that quantity. One shot dislodged
a ton and half, worth $4,000" The
largest piece of quartz has been chris,
and is estimated to contain $4,000 worth
of gold. The other pieces weigh 1OS
pounds, SO pounds and 6 pounds. the
whole containing one hundredWeight of
pure gold, valued at $4,000. -Four hum
ilred thousand dollars was offered for
the mine and was refused. Exactly 1886
ounces of dollied goiu was taken out of
II
few feet along the reef, and the tailings
two tons) were put through Bayley's
battery and averaged 600 ounces to the
ton. The shaft is down nearly sixty feet.
"A. drive of five feet struck the reef, and
the quality Of stone is said to be equal to
the surface.
An even more wcN ierfM discovery has
been made north "f>>Coolgardie. F5Rr
hundred and fifty pounds weight of stohe
was lodged in the Union bank the other
day, and it is no exaggeration to say that
it IS nearly half gold The stone is from
the outcrop Of the reef, pieces of gold
with moss. Most of the blocks are, how
whole face fractured simply glistens with
gold: The biggest block. christened Hon
est JOHN weighs 152 pounds, and shows
by u rough measurement that it contains
at least half gold. which sticks up all
over it i'll big, rough pieces.
An even more wonderful stone still was
able to move or break it. This was found
just below the Gaping of the reef. 1t
was impossible for two men to shift it,
while eight-pound hammers in muscular
hands made no more impression omit than
if it were Il block Of pig lead. After
much effort this block was reluctantly
Coolgardie with 449 pounds in smaller
pieces. The discoverer estimates. that
there is at least 200 pounds of gold in the
piece left behind.
With regard to this find. Dunn, the
prospector, estimates from 1000 to 1900
ounces of gold are in the two specimens.
The block of stone, foot square, which
could not be packed. weighed 400 pounds.
The reef runs for 1000 yards on the sur
face, and the gold shows everywhere One
of the most extraordinary features of the
find is that the reef ut the point where
the specimens were found is IA feet vie,
and will average from feet to 5 feet for
the whole length of the outcrop The
prospectors have secured two blocks COM
prising thirty-fou acres. ~,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
AFTER MANY YEARS,
Forty five Years Kicked Out of His Life
BY . Colt.


BY . Colt.
A Portland narrator has a story tn tell
of scientific as we'll as popular interest.
bearing upon the little understood ma
chinery of that most wondrous organism.
the human brain. In the village of I.u-
bee" says the Portland raconteur. Elves
Glenn Wallis When he was boy about
u years of age he went out to his fathers
pasture to catch a frisky colt. As he was
about to place halter around his neck
the colt kicked him in the head. making Il
ragged wound. The wound healed, but it
soon became apparent that the man was
slightly demented. and his Authorization
took peculiar forms. He would travel up
and down the bay on the steamboats,
claiming proprietorship of the latter and
refusing to pay fare. The steamboat men
humOred him, as he was considered daft.
and he was the butt of the small bows
Jokes and banter. He has lived in the vii
lage since. and is now 60 years of age.
About six weeks ago the local physicians
determined to experiment on his case
They found that Il portion of his skull had
been forced into contact with the brain
by the blow. and by a skillfuI operation
removed the pressure. Strange to say. the
man has now recovered his reason. and
the first question he asked when he re-
covered from the operation was. Did the
colt get away Wallis is perfectly sane
now, but forty-tive years of his life are a
perfect blank to him. Lewiston Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
Has New Ideas.


'"The Group is the name of an organ
ization in England which holds ideas
that are called "advanced" or Atcrack-
Drained" according to the standpoint of
the critic. Its object is to produce an
equality Of wealth and social condition
by means not very clearly described. A
suggestion of the character of it's specula-
tons and representations may be OBJ
tuined from these few sentences from a
prophecy by one member, Sarah Grand,
author of ..'The Heavenly Twins"
woman will be in ne lower vital Ell.
vironment than man; the swart mechanic,
who will not be swart any longer, will
dress for dinner regularly; factory girls
will prefer Tennyson to the music halls
and Ruskin to ornamental hats; and even
the debased upper classes will be SO far
elevated that they will no longer over
eat themselves, which. us is well known,
they now do habitually and systematic.
fF..[ 70. T.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
Was Not Executed,

with the recent death of James Gal.
ther of this city passed away one witness
to. /. negative answer of the question
Was Marshal Ney executed:'" says the
Franklin (Ky) Favorite. "A book il
soon to he issued in which facts regarding
Napoleon's great general are gathered to
prove that he was not executed by French
bullets, as history records, but that he
VAS secretly conveyed to this country. and
that for many years he taught school in
the Carolinas. Mr. Gather, in his boy.
hoo,L .wassa pupil of the man in question,
who was known rs Peter $. Ney. He
had sword mark Oh his scalp, and was
generally believed in that section to be
the illustrious French general. Before
the decease of Napoleon he expected to be
granted papers permitting his return to
his native country, and on hearing of the
latters death, with no provision for his
return, he utterly broke down and had to
discontine teachinglhis school. Mr.. Gather
was communicated with by the author
of the book as to his knowledge of the
man only short while before his DEATH
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
HE Waited IN PERU.
Not Knowing What Etiquette Dalnsndel
:. E-.-e-.. ~. He Had q Hard Time. -

Not Knowing What Etiquatte Demanded,
He Had . Hard Time. ..~'~
This Que is told by u navy pticerson
himself: One Of our handsome ships,
with her handsome officers, was cruising
in Peruvian waters, and while in port the
grand ball ill honor+of the wife of the
President>Of the republic was given. The
young officer was there in full uniform
which, in a ballroom, after a number Of
whirls. i'll. H. giddy waltz. such az the
Spanish descendants iii Peru put up, il
anything hut IAN ice cooler. Our young
hero invited a charming Peruvian to
waltz. She conseAted, and away they
went.
gan to wish the young lady would suggest
that they promenade, as most Of the other
couples did from time to time But not
she. On they went spinning and pranc-
ms: Ihe The. henry t;,Ny Uniform had become, a
sweatIb s9S:,, 'Ihe young man WAS burning
Young officer under his breath. Early in
the game he had exhnuste the few Spanish
phrases he knew. He did not dare stop
| until she did, as such d breach of Ell
qnette might mean that her brother wotild
be likely to put stiletto between his ribs
for u Insulting eg his Iii Ester by STOPPING in
lasts twenty minutes. that is long time
in tight-fttihg uniform in a tropical eli
mate. Our ensign began to wabble. but
he kept his feet and that girl never seemed
to weary. When the twenty minutes had
expired the music ceased, Other couples
had waltzed and stopped and waltzed
again.. Some of his brother officers had
waltzed with half dozen beautiful seii-
<oritas, and they were wondering why he
was SO devoted to the particular one he
was Still hugging and whirling when the
music stopped. He led her to a seat, and
for himself sought the open air and unbut-
toned his coat.
He was in a pitiable plight. He did not
enter the ballroom again for two hours
and when he did was still too weak to
dance or enjoy the festivities. The young
lady he had waltzed with avoided him.
Other ladies', who had seen the long dis
lance record, seemed pleased that he did
not ask them to dance when presented.
later i'll the evening he learned that it
| was the Peruvian custom for the gentle
man TO- suggest that they should cease
waltzing and promenade or retire from
the floor. 1t would have been immodest
for his partner to suggest stopping. The
young officer says the memory of that
Peruvian night haunts him still-Wasll-
EingsiNvening STAR. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
THIS SNAKE SWALLOWED OXEN.
An Enormous Python Captured Recently
in SDuth Africn

An Enormous Python Captured Recently
in South Africa.
The colony of Natal South Africa.
| abcunds i'll Demonstrators, says the Lon
don Daily News. While they do not at
| tack men. they are especially destructive
Of cattle, sheep and oxen. and for this
| reason parties are formed by hunters and
natives to burn the brush and forests in
order to exterminate the pests.
| Some of the soldiers ut PietcrnaritZ-
burg We're recently informed by par
| abOuts OF Il huge python, that had been
destroying their oxen. The soldiers, with
200 natives, started off to capture the
snake, and, having located it, the forest
was fired for about Il mile round about, an
| enormous pit hav ing been previously dug
in toward the center of the inclosed
space; What with the burning brush and
| soon drove the reptile toward the pit,
where, closing in upon him, they forced
him into it. The python proved to be
of enormous size, being thirty-two feet
long and forty-one inches in circumfer-
ence. 1t appeared to be quite dazed,
having just eaten young OK that had
been let into the inclosurc.
An enormous cage with iron bars half
way down the front, having been con-
structed, the snake was got out Of the
pit and taken into Maritzburg in the
cage. Here it is kept OH exhibition at
the barracks. and is fed twice a week.
two katfir goats at each meal. 1t will
not eat anything that has been already
killed for 1t, freferring to kill it's food
itself. The goats are thrust through a
small door at the end of the cage alive,
when. fixing it's great eyes upon them.
the snake suddenly lunges forward and
brushes them in it's powerful fold. After
covering them with Il thick slime about
an inch deep. before swallowing, it fiat
tens them out by squeezing them, and
then devours them almost at Il gulp.
After this the python goes to sleep, and
does not wake until it is. time to feed
again.
A gentleman in Maritzburg owns. a
python that has been confined in a cage
for over thirteen months. During this
period the snake has not eaten a mouth
full of food of any kind. although every
conceivable delicacy of likely snake
diet. such as frogs, birds, rats, and meat
has been set to tempt it's appetite. Its
fast seems not to be broken. and the
owner has ut last abandoned the idea of
coaxing the coily prisoner with food.
1t drinks very small quantity of water.
In dormant state this fasting would be
better understood, for in this state rep
tiles of this description have been known
to exist for periods of eighteen months,
or even three years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
Was Not in Fashion

A kind-hearted young lady in Roxbury
"a part of Boston-who is always doing
good in one way or another, and is a tire,
less worker in the charities. had a hat
when she was planning to trim over and
make do for everyday wear this season.
when woman called ut her home, and
with tears streaming from her eyes, told
how poor she was. and what hard tim,
she had to get along. The young lady
had nothing else to give her, and offered
to make the hat over for her. if she would
accept 1T: thinking she herself might man
mage to do without it. The poverty-stri
en woman took it, tried it Oh her head
before glass. and then returned it to tho
young lady-who. by the way. is one of
the Drettiest and most tastefully. though
not richly. :attired girls at the Highlands
even though she is largely her own dress
maker-with the remark: mo. miss: /
will not take it, thank you. They arr
wearing small crowns this year!'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
Inventions are reported this week by Er.
win, Wheeler & Wheeler, IS and 50 Loan
and Trust. building. Milwaukee, Wis.
These attorneys will furnish the I'm
ventOrs' Handbook" free on request.
Harry c. Brokers' and L. Bofhrinler.
Bloomington, hame; Frank 8. Culver, Eau
Claire, electrical transformer: Ernest L. Cru.
ger, London, bride bit: Frank Z. Davis, Ia
Croese, Golfer clasp: Nlc0laus Lytdgen, NIL
waukee, l0ck-nut; Frederick i. Skidmore.
Milwaukee, mOuthpiece for wind instrument;
Wilson Il. Smith, Beloit, friction clutch;
Lew. Wyler, Milwaukee, game apparatus;
trade marx, Bidtel Chemical works, Nilwau.
kee, chemicals.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
1t was q Wooden Man.

Staring heavenward with fixed and
meaningless smile drunken man in help
d Eighth avenue and Twenty-first street,
New York. The Sun says doctor and :,
policeman stood beside him and tried. to
life him from the ground, but his leg.
bent under him with n sickening twist
and the two had to let him down to the
pavement. Il guess his legs broken
;;aid the doctor, bending to turn UP the
drunkard's trousers. A hole in the stock
flesh tint. The doctor tapped the SPOT
and exclaimed: "Why, it's a wooden
leg" BY this time the policeman was
making a like examination, and he ex-
claimed: "Sure this vans wud, too"
At that the doctor disappeared in disgust,
and the policeman left hi. helpless prs.
Jner to, summon aid
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30

sactly;; but it might be something like this:
one ring stand still; two rings, dodge to
four rings, jump straight up and I'll run
under you; five rings, turn Il buck hand
spring and land behind me, and 80 on.
You see. MS folks who walk are always
glad to be accommodating, hut the trou-.
bic is to find ont whit the fellow behind
wants us to do.'--NeW York Weekly, Is5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
Made an IMPRESSION.

Nov, remember said charming
woman to her new butler, who had but
a faint conception of business for
which he demanded the highest wages,
to say breakfast is ready luncheon is
ready dinner is served''' ''All right,
num-. replied the proud butler. Not
long after this charming woman ventured
to experiment on a dinner to a fewsinti-
mate friends. Fancy the expression If
her countenance when on appearing, ut
the drawing room door to announce din
ner.. this literal butler exclaimed :. il,
clarion tones, Breakfast is reldy,
luncheon is ready, dinner is served!''
This is true story of the capital.-Kate
Fields Washington. .- -. ~, .ts4s==
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
Change Of a. Ward.

The New York Sun notes that the word
''ostler' has given place to ''stablenlan'
III the vocabulary Of the large stables of
New York city. The latter word has
casm that swift aimed at the older ones
seeking it's derivation In the phrase coats
stealer." As a matter of fact, ostler is
of more honorable ancestry. for in its
earlier usages it meant not the stableman
but the, host of the inn himself.-.Utah
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
A Hard YOunrster.

-. A friend; Of mine has Il little boy who
has just reached the age where he is i'll
teresting. The other afternoon he was
found sitting on the. steps of the veranda
looking very much dOwncast, and his
mother asked him what the trouble was.
he said. ''Why?" asked his mother
ooh, I've done up every kid in the block
and there amt any more fun here
Buffalo Courier. Ct 81 - :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
She Wore q Big Hat.

1T is charged, sister" said the president,
that you have been going to the irving
picture exhibitions every evening for a
week"
II have" said the secretary, and I
am proud of it. l wore the biggest hat
I could set, too. prevented ever SO many
men from seeing the horrid things."-Cin
cinnati Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
They Were RlOs,mers

A bicycle girl at Laporte got presen,
from her beau. He wrote: by bearer
l send you pair of boomers. Ii you'll
wear them tonight Mt church Iii consider
it as proof of your affection for me.
She fainted:- The boomers were roses.-
IndianapOlis Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
SThe RiCYcl0 H0fl 4

81 First Citizen It is not enough that bi--
cycles carry bells; the law should s.xc
stindersfal
d second Cl.i.eu hat would y An
gest gss
s. First do, Il 4 j y 81
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
He Wasn't Posted.

Hall-"How did you get rid Of that
railroad stock? I didn't think anyone
would. touch it, considering the condition Of
the road.' Ball-"Well, I found atIparty
who wasn't posted" Hall-"Who was
he?' Ball..One of the directors. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
Game Getitnr Scart,c

Every kind of game is getting scarcer
and scarcer in, this country, =, remarked
the man with the gun case. That's &c"
replied the parsonage who wears CON
spicuously striped cuffs. II reckon de
tax on playin' cards has d good sCeul ter
do wild n. "--Waalington STAR. !.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
Calnpnirh PrOmises,.

IL Briggs-sI read the other day fiat
some words in the Chinese language are
capable Of forty different 4 mcailings."
Braggs- : hat a beautiful language to,
make campaign promises i" siincins
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
YOUNG 70 Ks COL UMN
a Jolly Dacf elor.
As IT WAS WRITTEN.

49,. a dolly Dacf elor. &, Z
! %,<ss& As IT WAS. WRITTEN. @
There WINS Il Jolly bachelor -.
~ And, when he died one day, 81
He sWilfed HIS money to some maids
Who onco had sud him May" 81.
Aud In his will he did explain H. 50
He felt he owed to those who had
Refused to be his wife.
h1tsa'-s@'
Chorus -"- -'.-"'' g. s. s--'s" r''r~~. go
For bachelor hilarious -. ~
Has pleasures sweet andgvarlOuS;
His ways may be precurlOus,
hut he has lots Of fun.
He may show cccentrlcity
Or tttrt with bold dupllcity,
Yet he's bound to have felicity
So long as shines the sun. -.
AS IT WAS SUNG.
- The wuzza jollabachelo.o-re,
Nd wennedide one day, -:.
Il Willdzmunny to Summalds,
WhOwunce sodium ''Nay."
And inizwi,ly dideX pla-a-in
The beS.z-z-z-Z-um nfe
He feltyOde t. thu who Ia.ad
: Refusedolobei zwife.
Chorus ~. ,~.. 49,. -.
F-o'o-r. Il b-ch-lorilaryious
Zzhw-sz- varyyious
'HWaysxumze de aryious
Yan-lO-do-lo-sun,,
Immaysho eccentricity,E
(lhummpty, airy iccity
-u-u-m-br-r-r-r-licity
SolonguZshuins the Zun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
Higher Education and Marriage.

One of the greatest advantages as
sured from the higher education Of girls
lies in the broader and more intelligent
views of marriage which they necessarily
gain from their studies. With knowl-
edge of the laws of heredity woman
will hardly run the risk of entailing eth
er physical or moral weakness upon her
children by union with man of doubt
full habits. however strong may be her
personal feelings for him. 1t is upon
this rock that the happiness of many a
home has been wrecked. THERE is
scarcely II community in which one may
not witness the pitiful sight Of a noble
middle-aged woman suffering untold ago
MES, not so much from being linked her
self to y man of unworthy character. as
in seeing the fathers ignoble and vicious
traits reproduced, and usually intensified,
in the children. Mothers have shrunk
from acquainting their daughters with
these stern physiological facts, but the
girls are learning them for themselves.
The higher education also opens new ave
nues for self-support, 70 that they need
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
= BECOME TOO sAnect,onate.

Demonstrations of affection are moi
good form" in England. A caller at the
months in the mother country, tells how ii
goes At an English residence in which
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30

The final separation between Penn.
dylvanla and Delaware occurred in / TO-
although they had Il single executive until
The close Of the revolution. 80
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30

OFF the northeast coast Of New Guinea
wall of coral 800 feet high on the outside
and from 10 to 100 ON the inside. MAIN
tains twelve villages of natives. to whom
war, crime and poverty have been un-s
known since the beginning of their tratii-
TONS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30

-Donizetti, the Italian composer, was
for time insane and incarcerated in an
asylum for Iunatice.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
Telephones In Church,

Supporters of the telephone system in
Birmingham can now be placed in com
munication with Christ church in that
city and practically take part in the serv-
into the pulpit. and the listeners at the
other end of the system can hear the toll
ing of the bell, the prayers, the responses,
the singing and the sermon Even casual
coughing among the congregation can be
distinguished. There are many classes of
persons OH whom this new departure con-
fers a great boon. The sick and bedrid-
den, who have long been prevented from
be present, if not in flesh, in the hearing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-30
~ -
WhaE N Anbble Will DO

A ripe. sweek juicy apple is pleasing,
nutritious: niediHnAls and, being aromatic
and vitalizirk, is supposed to aid in de-
veloplng physical, mental and spiritual
beauty The teachers of expression in art
think so; the vocal teachers say it will
clear the voice; a vegetarian says it will
excite muscular action along the aliment-
airy canal. and the housekeeper ought to
know that it will save the bread and but
ter. Broiled sour apples served with pow
butter before the coffee is a very fascinat-
ing breakfast dish.