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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
One on Chauh;.er.

At the st Andrews dinner in New
York Joseph Fl. thoatc, after ainsosiz-
ing for appearing in trousers. .touk Il
lovely rise out of his friend "t'hauncey.
who had previously touched him up a bit.
as follows: Il have often wondered
what we should do without our Chauncey.
should Providence take him from lis.
lLau=hter.l Perhaps Edison. with some
superior phonograph extended to infinity
llaughterl might preserve and trans
nit his liquid notes I" Il distant pos
terity. and yet | think that he has cum
ningly devised to transmit himself.
Laughter and applause.l l took up the
paper tn" other morning which registers
the Incorporation of new companies by the
filing of certificates in the office of the
secretary of state. 1T Albany. and there.
first upon the list. l saw The Dppew Nat
ur,l Gas company. Limited. There was
4 great shout of laughter ut this sally
Mr.. Depew rose and bowed. Then he
shook hands with Mr.. Choate. wlRreat
the cheering ratloubled.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

care OF the Complexion.
1t is not everyone that is beautiful. yet
PLAIN face may be redeemed by Il clear
healthy complexion. expressive eyes or
beautiful hair. 1t is even possible, to Il
great extent, to correct .Icfnrnlities and
to jdevplop attrTctvcnesS Beatty gives
the Ipssessor such power that it. really IL
the duty of every woman to cultivate II
and to make the very most Of herself
ING complexion is one Of the first things
to look after, as that may I've improved
| with comparatively little trouble. ibnr Of
the first steps toward Il healthy. clear skin
IS the free use of soap and wafer. Tie
idea that soap is hurtful to the skin is a
great mistake, providing the soap be Of n
pure. unadultcratcd kind.
The face should be thoroughly washed
Iltwice Il day. This is especially importa Mt
when the skin is inclined to he oily. The
real secret of blackhead.; is that the face
is not washed frequently enough with
soap and water.
There is an art abOnt washing the face
Use cold or. tepid water. meyer hot water
the latter causes contraction of the skin
which is newt ably followed by reaction
The constant use of hot water Erailses
wrinkles, fabbiness and other things to be-
avoided.
Filtered rain water, or water which
has been softened by chemical process. is
absolutely necessary if yuu would keep
your complexion clear. The face should
be covered with Il lather made from Il
good soap, which should be well rubbed
in with the hands. Then wash the face
in perfectly clear water until every trace.
of the soap is removed. Afterwards dry
gently with Il soft towel. Rough friction
should never be used. If the skin is in
clined to be dry or harsh Il little emollient
cream may then be gently rubbed in An
LIANT do H. E.
ing: Mix together an ounce of sperma
ceti, half an ounce of pure white wax
and a quarter of a pint of pure almond
oil. These should be melted together in
an earthen pot by a gentle heat adding
six drops of altar of roses and one and a
half ounces of glycerine. Stir all to-
gether until nearly cold.
/ Allow the cream to remain on the face
| a few moments. then carefully wipe off
with a soft cloth. a little powder may
then be busted over the face. Pure rice
powder is perfectly harmless and tends
to preserve the skin. Great care should
be taken to avoid all powders containing
metallic substances as these are exceed
i1gly Injurious.
Creams afe seldom suitable for thoS,.
whose skins have d tendency to greasineSS
a cooling and slightly stringent lotion
may m applied in such cases. 4 COOL
preparati ton is made by mixing together
the following ingredients: Eau de CO.
logne, bne. ounces, glyeerine. one ounce:
bortiX. half a drachm; elder flower water.
four Oilncts.
& During the winter great care should be
taken to preserve the color and tone of
the skin. Sudden changes Of temperature.
cold wind and frosts are all to he guarded
against these are all enemies of good
complexion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

boz, eyther,''. said tile 1iian. ''You see,
It's the new baby, mid wife calculates to
fetch him, lip by hand, and this bSttle's
for him, bless his pUotsS tootsy IS Here's
the , ngeIns efity and diving i,ifs another
tubing, CITE. The WOMAN diiH't WIT q
finish her dissertation on temperance, bit
got olt without asking the driver to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
A FIERCE BATTLE.
An Eagle Attacks II Fox Fast In q
Trap.

Trap.
Sam Jones set trap for n fox the
other day ut the upper end Of the; old
Frazier cleuring, in SeaburyS Settlement,
anything Saturday he found that the trap
was gone. Notwithstanding it hndstbeail
secured by a chain and u heavy staple
driven into log alongside. The chain
had been broken off. md fox tracks led
away, leaving II to!erably plain trail in
the dead leyvcs.zs This trail Jones fol.
lowed until he got to Il small opening
moss lay his fox, dead and holding fast by
the throat in its jaws Il dead eagle. The
eagle in sailing over the woods had seen
the caught fox, and had sw0Oped down,
upon it. but the fox. though crippled by
the trap, had made a good fight, and had
killed his -assailant while yielding lp his
own life. The fox with the eagle in its
lmeutl, and the trap on its leg, will form
one of. the most pecular. groups in the To-
cal taxidermist's collection of mounted
birds and beasts.-Kingston freeman.
-.z,, Touched the Sole; ss-.S.
The Detroit Sun gives this INSTANCE Of
misplaced missionary effort: : She was Il
thin, narrow, dark ,visagel woman with
specs on, and she carried package
of tractets and leaflets, which she seat
Cass avenue car on which she rode
When only one or two of the pamphlets
were left man got III. He was on his
way to the depot, a countryman, going
home, evidently: He had big turkey,
which he disposed tenderly on the seat
next to him, and glass flask with a rub
Der cork stuck boldly out of his coat mock
ct. "Heugh !" lie exclaimed, as he stuffed
his fare in the box. s"Colder than blazes
up here, .;lin't it," Everybody looked
cold dsappoval at him, as good, polite
Christian people do when, spoken to. in
Il street car. ali but the wonl,ir with the
"tracts." She hadY fished out sone md
extended il, to him. '.Ths,nkee," he said,
receiving 1T M d brown ,aw: ,s'Co1ilic
almanac. zhes?'' Mo, .sir, ], said the Wo1,-
III, firmly, fl 4 High f1lsetto voice. ut
is ito save, yeurY immortal soul. Touch
not, tns;e not, handle not the Wine z. and
she, pointed with 4 crooked lingerie the
glass flask prptruding from his breast
pocket. oh see" sai,i the man, snlil-
ing good hllmoredly on his sour visaged
vis-a-yis; hut this bottle ain't for me,
mn am Woe unto him that giyeth:
his neighbor drink, quoted the WOMEN.
fercely He amt eggsactly my neigh
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
IsIue. the Seasons Color.

Blue is the color of the season. Dinner
services and luncheon services and, IN
deed. all the objects Of table use are
shown in the favorite color. and we are
told it is to supplant everything else.
Green was in high favor. but it is no more.
Blue comes to us with the approval of
society across the sea and so takes first
place. Just why one color must he s,,-
preme 10 one is in position to state.
we all know that there are times and
rooms in which blue are delightful, and
that there arc occasions upon which ten
der green is better. But fashion has
nothing at all to do with such facts. Blue
is the declared craze and all tn, posses
sions of the past must he buried out of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
DENTISTRY IN JAPAN,
The Native Tooth Doctors Use Nature:
Own Simple Tools.

The Native Tooth Doctors Use Natures
Own Simple Tools.
The study and practice of dentistry in
Japan have little i'll common with the prO-
fession as known in this country. An
American who had occasion to employ a
by Minister Hubbard, and tells this story
vi his experience: ''One day | was tror-
blrl with. the toothache and Mr.. Hubbard
took M. to Il dentist and explained to the
Sa.ldlc-co!ored operator that | wanted the
grinder extracted. l was placed in Il
bamboo chair and tilted slightly back. The
dentist examined my teeth, talking yolnbly
meanwhile to Uncle Sans representative
Suddenly his thumb and forefinger closed
IN the troublesome TOOTH and before !
had thes faintest idea ofssvhat$Was going to
happen, he tiff edit OUT and held it before
me, smiling ii theEsaine time that vacant
smile peculiar to the children Of the Orient.
you:' said Minister Hubbard with i
laugh: They don't use EN- here kLook
at this. Here's a young jap taking his
first lesson in dentistry A 12-year-oltl
Japanese boy sat on the floor, having he
fore him a board in which were Il number
of holes into which pegs had been tightly
q r. VEN EN-. H was attempting 70 * tract
Mr.. Hubbard explained that is tile: strc1lgfll
OF this natUraIInlir of fOrceps deyeloDed
BY Practice. the pegs would @be s.lriye,isSIl
fighter. %AfterSA coupefSof Years at uek-
pulling, the young dentist would gra1Islatc
and he able 10 lift the most refractory
nlolar in the same manner that he had
lifted wooden epegs.-Chicaso Times. 49,
= Had Old Blood. ~
The Holy Coat Of Argenteui1, ins France.
isHone of the several venerable relics which
are declared and .'prrved'' to bestl,n idef1-
teal seam.ess robe that Christ Wore when
he was led to Golgotlla to be crucifietl. 1t
has numerous stains upon it which the
faithful believe and declare to be the
stains of Chr:st's blood. There are, how
ever, many in the church who doubt the
senuineness of the relic; and to satisfy
them the Bishop of Versailles recently de-
cided to submit the stains in the coat to
scientific tests, to be made by NM. Lafon
and Roussel, two eminent chemists of
Paris. Their report. which has just been
published. concludes as follows: ITO sum
up: From the portion Of the coat marked
with r,lst-colored spots we obtained % 4
faint green celebration, with the tiact6re
ofsallaiacum and tho essp1cc Of 7turpentine;
(2) the revival Of the red g,obules of blood,
with the artificial serum; stD the lorna-
lion tf5crystals~ of hnenfiil or . IF chluro-
hydrate. of .haematin. These Indications
are Sufficient to, pena bic usyto affirm that
the ~aspots examined s;l1cf ;,ctuaffy' due TO
blood. Judging by the whole Of our an
alysis, we presume that this blood is very
<xy< SNF q y
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A DETECTIVES MISHAP.
He Gets Locked Up for Using His o,
Reck cs Ilnnk


An adventure that has just l,efaIfer
i Paris commis$ary of police rr;r,f> Ike
an extract from farcical comedy. The
gentleman in question host Il hoax of pisses
with which, in virtue "t his otiiee he is
enabled to rile in the emnih,isS.-> fee
Information was sent by him IN the "mni
bus company, who forwarded Il ,le>cr5P
ton of the missing tickets /" all their
conductors \ few days aff"rward thu,
tickets turned up again. hut the commits
Sary omitted to inform the company "f
:hr fact The consequence was thai the.
first time ls, rode in an omnibus AMI ten
lered one Of the passes he was promptly
seized by the conductor and hand Il over
to the custody of Policeman. To his
protest that be was i c"mnli>>lry of rulicp
and that the passes We're really his. tn.
only reply that WAS vnuch>afed To him WIS
All. | dare say You are: hut we have
hear,l that story before" At the station
house. whittier he was conducted. he was
recognized by the officials and Released.
hut not before his colleagues on the fore,
had a good laugh at him.
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use of the chaperu.. >ulbcrS of the
fair sex whose position is rather that of
the adventures than anything else, and
the result is that this duenna-like person
age is not the guarantee of prOpriety she
once was. Therefore some young ladies
have been doing without her entirely,
and in one case Mrs. Vanderbilt has re-
fused to receive a wellsknown debutante.
whose father is prominent in New York
and Philadelphia financial circles. be-
cause she regularly dspenses with a
ohaperon. The consequence is that Mrs.
Vanderbilt has added to the unpopuIarity
which she now enjoys, and a general pro
test has gone forth against dnennas of
all kinds. 1t is about settled that the
New York girl will have no chaperon. at
all. 1t remains to be seen whether Mrs.
Vanderbilt has power enough left to save
the chaperon. Gazette.
Are Romantic Marriages Prudent?
Marriage in the Old World is generally
a matter of arrangement, is conducted
more or less financially, on the basis of
what is called common sense. Marriage
usually results in the New World from
personal affinity, from some intense form
Of emotionalism, independent of material
conditions or favoring circumstances. We
Americans are more romantic, connubially.
than any people under the sun. We are
gradually growing less so as the republic
ages, but we are still inclined to consult
our feelings rather than our reason in
choosing mates.
Romance is an excellent thing in matri-
mony, but it may be carried too far in
determining the question. When it sur
wives matrimony and is found to be Il large
ingredient in its composition after years
of continuance it is as beautiful us it is
| commendable. 1t is greatly enjoyed by
the married and warmly admired by their
nant romance is in making a match, the
larger is its influence after sobriety has
set in. Young persons will seldom believe
this, however, and they have to learn it
therefore by painful experience. They de-
clare that they love, and love is, in their
partial opinion, sufficient warrant for any
conjngal enterprise. even in the face of the
and hope are. and to the three combined.
evrything desired is possible. and most
things certain. They are i'll a state of
ecstncy, and the hard world is moulded and
mcllowed by their enraptured vision.
They oistinately reuse to accept the as
outcome on prosaic facts and figures; that
It belongs as much to arithmetic as to
sentiment; that love itself may not al
ways stand ,pinching penurry and the trials
it begets. Those who will tell them are
pronounced doubters and cynics, and their
warnings pass like the breeze. Alas!
how many couples have discovered. when
too late, what terrible prophets. those
doubters and cynics proved to be! They
would not heed what they should have
needed, and the time has passed for re.
grets and contritions.
But there are always new couples as
confident and as obdurate as the old. and
there will be while the years go on. Such
couples are convinced beyond refutation
that hearts and pulses that leap together
are en- earnest of the future, and a solid
ground for cooperative housekeeping
Harper's Bazaar.
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How Different,

The prominence of money in deternin-
ing many women's choice Of Il husband
is calling forth much comment from the
hulnorist, among others the following bit
of word play: -x.~. .-.~.s
'Cyrus," she said, reluctantly, IT don't
think ! would make a good wife for a
poor man.
for good man, replied Cyrus, as he
grabbed his hat f
The point aimed at is plain, but is
there not another unwittingly i brought
out!-~ Is not Cyrus" plain assumption
that ne issaa good man aud M 0rthysn good
wife az commonly TIE tacit and unWar-
ranted assumption of the man who is re-
fused, as poverty is the concealed excuse
OF the woman who refuses? Unless ii
follows that because a man lis poor he, is
therefore good: might it not be pardon
able in Il woman if she preferred the
man with wealth to the one who1iIad not
even that To- recommend him? Truly,
woman should prefer goodness to gold,
hut why should not n1;l1f also, *and make
sure that he has goodness whether he has
or has not the goldE-Minneapolis House.
Keeper ! aTSzE IE@&IsS -
Fooled the Drummer.
She was young and food looking, abut
very rural, and the drummer ilfs the seat
back Of her did want TO move over and
talk tosher5 Int she didn't give him any
chnrce. FINALLY he offered to put the. win
dowa,p foE,her. = o.sssiishsl said s;.I don't
want it up" II beg your PARDON he re-
sponded. You don't have to, She. CHR.
seat with me. why DON'T youY j prom
Used. my husband this morning that /
wouldn't talk to any. man that wasn't
hcn elier than he was, and he said If 1
would keep that promise he was willin'
to let me, go. clean round the world by
myself. You never seen my husband. did
you!" and she moved over to make room
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A SuDeriOr Kind

The Earl of Aberdeen told this story in
New York ut the Scotch dinner: A min
lister was sent for to attend man who
was ill and speak to him, administering
proper consolation. As he was leaving
he said to the wife, MY good woman.
do you not attend any church," My
good SIR she said, "we belong to the
barony church." Then why dinna ye
send for DR.. McLcod?' "Ye ken. mon,'
snid the good woman, its IN infectious.
u dangerous cnsc." 1aughter.] Then
he went on: | believe that communities
have ~ soul. SO to speak, which is their
strength, 10 eliminate it would make
them commonplace. l hope that Scotch
men will never try to be anything but
Scotchmen. IF we did attempt any such
process nm sure it would be II failure.
We should no longer be nble to describe
ourselves ~ worthy Scotchmen., a Cana
dian; Mr.. Ogilvie. once described himself
IN his passport an Scottish gentleman.
He wns asked by Turkish official to ex-
plain his nationality. well, in fnct," he
said, "a scottchman is. a kind of superior
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Excused tho Prophet.

!. When Brigham Young was directing the
theocratic government. Of Utah, the Nor
mon missionaries il England converted Il
idea that the prophet in Salt Lake City
might effect a miraculous restoration of
the leg which he had lost III an accident.
So a month later he presented himself,
weary md travel-stained but full Of cheer
church and told his desires: The prophet
said he would willingly get Him a new leg,
but begged him first to consider the matter
fully. This life, he. told him, is but a vale
of tears and as nothing compared to eter-
nifty. He was making the choice of going
through life with one leg and having two
after the resurrection, or of having two
logs through life and three after: The
man found the prospect of being human
tripod through al eternity SO uncongenial
that he accepted with resignation his pres
cnt lot and excused the prophet from per-
forming the miracle.
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Was Very Funny.

William 'rreloar, who defeated
"Cbamp'.I Clark in the Ninth Missouri
congressional district is y professor. of
music and paid no attention to his can
vass - during the campaign and good
naturedly took the chatting his friends,
and even his own family, INDUCED in at
the seeming hopelessness of his election,
srennnrking simply: 1T would be funny
wouldn't it, if / should, be elected p !
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LINE BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT
"A Verdict for &25, 900 Based Upon til,
Evidence of Astronomers.

a Verdict for &e5, 900 Based Upon tho
Evidence of Astronomers.
The exact time at which darkness gives
place to- dawn-the dividing line between
day and night was legally determined,
and verdict for $4,000 given on the de-
cision in the court of common pleas in
Philadelphia recently: A young woman
was knocked down by locomotive on
the Reading road while she was walking
over a crossing ut Norristown ut G:3O
O'Clock in the morning of February II,
1893. The engine did not display light.
nor did it signal with whistle or bell. The
company claimed that it was not negli-
gent, because at that hour dawn was
breaking and no light was needed, and
the entire case rested on the question
whether or not it was daylight when the
accident occurred.
The sin rose on the day of the accident
ut G:54 o'clock. Several astronomers and
other experts testified that half an hour
before sunrise it is as dark rs any time
Of the night. From that time until sun
rise light comes so slowly that the point of
half light is reached only seven minutes
before sunrise. During the last seven min
utes before sun-up light comes very rapid.
~. until the full day breaks. The plant
ifs lawyer claimed, therefore, that at
The time of the accident, twcnty-four min
utes before sunrise, it was pitch dark.
The jury rendered Il verdict for $4,000
in her favor = 49,
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DO the Next Thin.

Don't live Il single hour of your life
without doing exactly what is to be done
in it, and going straight through it from
beginning TO end. Work. play, study:
whatever il. is. take hold at once and fin
ish it up sqdarcly: then to the next thing.
without letting any moments drop in he
tween. 1t is Wonderful to see how many
hours these prompt people c"ntrivr t.
make of a day. 1t is as if they picked
up the moments the ,law'ller> lost. And
''"', ever find yourself where y"u have
;',' r{"n You that yo,
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Impure Air and Wrinkles.

The latest scientific writer's on the sub
rooms should be changed three times cv-
cry hour. The skin owes its beauty to
the nerves which control the fine, invi>i-
HE blood-vesscls of the surface, whose work
lends glow and transparency to the face.
The nerves, in turn. owe their sensitive
ness to the air. which is our chief nutri-
ment inhaled by gallons hourly and which
should be- pure and 1invigorating. When
the nerves are ,eadenrd by close air the
fine muscles lose their tone. the tissue Of
the face shrinks. and these ShrinkaSes be
come wrinkles. a weeks watching may
write the face over with fine lines and :,
week of rest will restore lost tissue. FL,
and fluids to fill the spaces and smooth
the face again.
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...,.. ! les to hama ana you VIII falI INTO
line and follow after like Il company Of
well-tlrillcd soldiers: and. though work
may be hard to meet when it charges in !,
squad. it is easily vanquishcd if you can
bring it into line.
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! DID Whit - = - ~ :
81 bitter, an lien SHE $dief." said the
little dnrkcy with. one Of her most, graz
, '.Yon bit her?". Mnzin Grace nodded
And then she died?' / continued. An.
other nod Of the wooly head, and still
the grin "a .ss..
"Maxin Grave.' said sternly, what
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iron boiler always rested ON { wash days.
md ;. where in the warm Sunshine of
that delicious atmosphere Of Florida the
SONS Of the trees above thcsoid negress'
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The following is called the 'Inock milk
BATH and wouldn't he bad thing to
try if it Was not named ut all: Make up
ii dozen cheese cloth bags about Il foot
square. Fill them with "at meal and
ptlrc white CASTLE. soap shaved fine
two thirds oatmeal and onp-thir. soap.
Put III the bag teasroonful Of horax
and some orris root or lavender flowers
or anything Of that kind that YOU like as
perfume. Have about twelve gallons
of water for your bath. and make it pretty
warm. Use the bag for wash rag,
and YOU will come out of each bath feel
ing as though you had the skin of Il baby.
OF course, one bag will do for only one
bath. and the contents will then have to be
thrown away. but the cheese cloth can
be washed and used till it breaks in holes.