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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
REVOLUTIONARY RELIC.
A Rusty Saber Found in the Cellar of
MCKeesDOrt HOfe1

A Rusty saber Found in the Cellar of a
McKeesport Hotel.
Clerk A. f. Riegner Of Hotel White has
IN his possession very interesting relic
Saturday, while wOrkmen were doing
some excavating and cleaning out the eel.
lar at the hotel, they came upon an object
when proved to be an old saber.
The sword was encased in leather
sheath, but it had almost entirely rottel
away. The saber was mass of rust, but
mad been pretty we'll cleaned up. No dates
or marks of any kind are visible on it, but
It has the appearance of being Of very an.
Gent make "1" ~'' -"rs e.'~.
Persons who have seen the saber believe
It. to be a" relic of revolutionary times.
1t resembles the swords used in those
times, and many think the implement of
war was the property of Gen. Braddock or
some officer in his command who was To-
Gated in this section in the struggling days
of the country. Mr.. .Riegner prizes the
relic very highly and will have it placed in
the best possible OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
Was no Ballet.

Some time ago, when Henry Irving
was in EdinDurgn,- a Scotch clergyman
came and informed him that he was to
attend the theater that week. for the first
time in his life, to see one OF. the Lyceum
productions. Irving felt duly tlattered;
but the divine. after a certain amount of
stammering, confessed that he did not
wish to see a play in which there was a
ballet. Irving, greatly puzzled, Informed
him that there was no dancing in the
plays he was them producing, but that.
according to the slang of the ''profes-
SION" the supernu1neraries of both sexes
were technically called 1.-The ballet" and
hence probably arose the visitors mis-
take. The worthy: mans face beamed,
and he took an affectionate leave of his
host; but at the door he was seized with
misgivings and suddenly demanded,
point blank: IF there is no ballet, Mr..
Irving, why do people talk so much about
your legs?' Irvings answer has not
been chrOnicled T.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
no LONGER AESTHETIC.
oscar Wilde Is Now q Fat and Flsbby.

oscar Wilde Is Now . Fat and Flabby.
.=.~ Faced Man. 4~-44
II Oscar Wilde is really coming here to
.ecture next season, as tile agents insist he
viii. the public will not guy him as he
walks through the streets. for he will be
entirely lnrecogniZable by any popularity
Of dress Instead OF the lOng-haired aesthete,
they viii see a. fnt and rather flabby-
laced man. who. looks to be between 40
ana 5O years Of age and $who can sOnly
be distinguished from any other smooth
shaycn man by am excessive display of
teWelry.5 MIR. Wade insists upon wearing
frock coats, and, as everybody knows, a
trock increases the apparent bulk of a
very stout man. Aside from this idiosyn-
Grassy, his dress is that of an ordinary
London man of fashion, except that there
is some padding of the shoulders and some
thing Of a waist dine, caused by buttoning
the coat up snugly.
The stories Of the enormous earnings of
the famous apostle of aestheticism are
moonshine in the main. Mrs. Oscar Wilde
mas neither y carriage nor the gorgeous
JeWelry which the London photographers
credit her with. but lives in quiet, almost
shabby quarters with her husband Mr.
Wilde's income is derived from occasional
art work on the London papers, the royal
ties from Lady Windeirmcrc's Fan"
whenever that comedy is playing in the
provinces, and scattering royalty from
his books, He has been very much inter
ested III the success of DR.. Conan DOYLE
as a lecturer in this country, particularly
as to the financial aspect of it, and it is
this which will probably bring him over
here next wear
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
Selling and Buyinv.


A man who has arranged to take his
family to Southern California, to assume
charge of ranch owned by . relative,
received telegram not to come just as
he was about to START He had sold his
household furniture to second hand
dealer Of Oakland for S27.5O, and when
the dispatch came to hand the wagon in
which the furniture had been loaded vet
stood at the door. With his plans thus
suddenly upset, twas necessary to Sc
cure cook stove and a few essentials to
put back in the absolutely bare house.
Negotiations with the secondhand dealer
resulted in about olc-fourth of the ar.
ticles being turned over to their late
owner at a charge of S52. In this deal
the sum of 80, it was agreed, was to
stand until the man was able to get work
and n few months later he received bill
for that amount, with. 81 cents tackled on
for mterest.-Oakland s(Cal) Enquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
Phenomenal Potato Yields

Recently II paragraph appeared III the
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin to the
effect that IL Michigan farmer had gath
cred crop of $500 bushels of potatoes
from. eighteen acres Of land, and that
the product Of some acres ran as high as
1000 bushels. This statement was gen
orally pooh-poohed at BY farmers, and
others residing west of Lake Michigan
and declared only a visionary newspaper
reporters statement Now, however,
there comes Il similar statement from the
Pacific coast, where A-far1ner of Pacific
county, Wash, harvested as high as HOO
bushels of potatoes from some parts OF
his ranch, and on others from 400 to 600
bushels. AS potatoes are quoted at SO
cents per bushel OH the coast it will readily
be seen that his potato patch proved to be
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

There Is more Catarrh Id this section Of
the country than all other diseases put to-
sether. and until the last few years was sup
years doctors pronounced it local dis
ease. and prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure With local treat
ment. pronounced It incurahle. Science has
proven catarrh to be constitutional disease
and therefore requires constitutional treat
nient. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured
only constitutional cure on the market. 1t
Is takclt Internally iii doses from 10 drops
!" ateaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
They offer one HUNDRED dollars for any case
i fails to cure. Send for circulars and tes-
timonialS. Address.
F. J: CHbNEY 4 Co., Toledo, O.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
He Was Defeated.

In the Eighth Massachusetts congress
sional district at the lastFelecton, one of
the Populist candidates for seat in
Congress was Linn Boyd Porter of Bos-
ton, once a newspaper man. but who of
late years is known as Albert Ross, the
novelist. He received communication
from the New York Tribune about six
days before election asking him to file
one of two inclosed dispatches as soon as
possible after the result of the balloting
elected" The other read: Il am de-
feated." Mr.. Porter signed the one sig
nifying defeat and telegraphed it on tc
the Tribune six whole days before cleo
ton. His predictions We're correct.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

tWoof oil, a teaspoonful of salt and a salt
spoonful of pepper. Put, the caulifOwer ON
platter with second platter inverted
oyer It. When it is cold arrange it in, a
|pyramidal form on 4. saladsdish anlemask
IT with may mise dressing. Cold boiled
eanlittoWer nlakes5a most delicious salal
tablespo onfuls of yii,egar and three of oil,
|Ssalt and pepper. md Il steaspoonful Of
minced larsleystO III small hend.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
One of CALIFORNIA; Sylvan Giants.

''Goliath,'' one of the largest of the
famous big Trees of California, meas
ures % feet in. diameter at the ground,
and POP feet eight feet higher up.
Goliath" is perfectly healthy and solid
throughout. It has been estimated that
this forest giant, denuded of his branches.
would weigh 100000 tons, and that it
would "saw" 100000 feet of clear lum-
Der. The branches and tops would make
not less than 100 cords of wood. Heller
estimates. the weight Otis leaves alone
at two and one-half tons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
Where Did Ancients Got Tinq

- :, I1bjccts IN bronze manufactured By pre-
historic people, when utensils, arms, Or
ornaments are subjected to analysis to-
day, show variations in the quantity of
tin. Sometime it may be Is per cent. or
upward, or iii a proportion less than s
per cent of the whole. In working up
copper and tin. and fusings them 50 IS to
is more waste Of tin By oxidation than Of
copper, The early makers of bronae In
making over their castings were theii al
ways losing tin. Then there must have
been sources from which tin was derived
in !, continuous manner, or the bronze
industry would have come to d stand
STILL But where it came from we can
only surlnise.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
About the Kaleidoscope. :,
Half a Million Rats.

1t is estimated that 100000 feet of
lumber. principally ash, is used annually
for making baseball bats. the yearly de-
mand being placed at half a million bats.
Over twenty styles are made for boys
and men. In one Michigan factory over
a hundred men IRE employed in this man.
$50, 900 feet Of ash, 5000 feet. Of bass
wood and $1,000 feet Of cherry. Other
factories in the EAST and In the West
are said to do business equally good. =.
4, s' ~.S't~@ Two Big Ones. -.a4s$g
Mound City. Mo-, has q 13-year-old hoy
who weighs 242 pounds; .and CISCO, Me-,
z l2-year-old girl who weighs 22;i pounds.
This may serve to introduce them one to
the other: and who knows what may hap
pen later? is A.s5s,.. Es::..aa.@, 5 49,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventions are reported this week by Err
win, Wheeler & Wheeler, IS and 50 Loan
and Trust building. Milwaukee, Wis.
These attorneys will furnish the In
ventors' Handbook" free on request.
William Casper. Milwaukee. spark arrester;
Henry Klein, GAINESVILLE. thermal circuit.
breaker: Frank ROwley, West Superior, mail
and express car; Fred. F. Stiles. Sparta, au-
tomato ribbon reverse Trade mark: Alfred
Won CotZhausen, Milwaukee, crystalline pict-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

Send your full name and address to
Dobbins' Soap Mfg Co.. Philada., Pa,
by return mail, and get, Free of all Cost. a
coupon worth several dollars, if used by
you to its full advantage. Don't delay.
This is worthy attention. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

Apparently the new Congress viii
have great many youngest members"
The latest claimant is Norman A. Moz-
ley of Missouri. who was born in 1886
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
The Magic Circle.

Tell one Of your number to put on his
hat Tell him that you are to blindfold
him and draw circle about him from
which he cannot jump without removing
his hat. While he is blindfolded draw with
a piece of chalk circle about his hat
Now do you see the int?-Harper's
Young People.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

James ]. of England had a horror of
a naked sword. and could not look at one
without shuddering and turning pale. 1t
was caused by an antenatal influence, the
murder of Rizzio having shortly preceded
:, - l. 1.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

IT took my boy up town the other
day." said Wilkins. eve had lunch at the
Delavin, and q fter that 1 took him to a
matinee of : Hamlet - .That'ss a good
idea. There's education in that" said
Hicks. 'Was, he; impressed?'| Every
home said to him. Well, Willie, you've
had great day Yes said he. what
did you think Of 'Hamlet?' said I. Don't
know said he. But say. pa he added,
wasn't that boss mince pie we had!' -
Harpers Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
No Shams Needed.

We women, said the severe lady with
the large spectacles, Eve women should
unite for the abolition of shams. Do you
notsngree with mel" LA, me!'' said the
IfnllcysWOrk woman, didn't you know that
Zslianls went out Of fashion: ever 80 long
ago Cincinnati Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

Great reduction in Sterling Silver.
Teaspoons, $500 per set and upwards.
Call or write o. L. Rosenkrans & Thatch-
err Co., 129 Wisconsin street, Milwaukee.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

The O. L. Rosenkrans & Thatcher
Co.'S watch is the best and most reliable
time piece. Write for catalogue. 0. L.
Rosenkrans & Thatcher Co., 129 Wiscon-
sin street. Milwaukee.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

Group is quickly relieved and Whoop-
ing Cough greatly helped and its dura-
ton shortened by DR.. D. Jayne's Exppc-
torant, the old family standby for Coughs
and Colds, and all Lung or Throat aff"c-
tons
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of
Massachusetts. Sir Rivers Wilson of
England and Col. John Hay of Washing
tin, D. G., are registered at the Hotel
Brunswick in New York.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

Queen Margaret of Italy is to receive
costly gift. The VeIOce club IF Milan
has decided to give her golden bicyc!a.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

There is now at La Rochelle, France,
an old man of the name of Jules Zostot,
who possesses Il marvellous memory. He
knows by heart all the verses in the Bible
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

Andrew Johnson was the son of a
worry poor farmer. When 10 years old he
was apprenticed to- tailor, and acquired
read aloud from the american Speaker"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

"A negro going through field near
Quincy, Fla, was pursued by drove of
cattle, and made his escape by jumping
into we'll twenty feet deep.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

We have not been without Piso's Cure
for. Consumption for 20 years.-Lizzie
Ferrel, Camp St., Harrisburg, Pa, May
4, "a.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

Lord Percy Douglas, who has by the
death of his elder brother become Lord
Drumlanrig, is at the present moment
prospecting for gold in Western Austria
l;o
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
SOURCES OF ALUMINIUM.
At Present Confined Chiefly to Bauxite,

AC Present COunucu Nnl0Hy 10 1SduXlCO,
Which is Not Plentiful.
The presence of aluminium in clay, says
the Age of Steel, has led to wild notions
as to its available quantities. Men have
looked on clay bank and INDUCED in
visionary estimates of the wealth that
was simply waiting for a-large shovel and
Il roomy wheelbaTow.
1t is however. stated us Il cold scientific
fact by q member Of the United States
geological survey that until some radical
change is made from the present method
of reducing aluminium, bau:itc must con-
time to be the chief source from which
the metal is obtained. This mineral, ac-
cording to geological researches. is at
present located in Arkansas, and in the
southern part of the Appalachian valley,
extending from AAdairsyille, Ga, to Jack
sonville, Ala. The continuity of these
deposits is not yet demonstrated: and the
possible or probable supply is an unknown
quantity.
That science will ultimately devise eff
ticient and economical methods of reduc-
ing aluminium, by which the ubiquitous
white metal can be more generously used,
is simply I; matter of time
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

An Indian carpet weighing three tons
and made by the prisoners in the Agra
Jail for Queen Victoria has just been re-
ceivd: at Windsor Castle.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
LITTLE BROTHERS,

.s-s~ss - sfssss g q
> NhXsan' Jinlssa4 ax.g,x
They're each uthers' 8ssssSs@s&
!; Fat an slim - 4
Little hruthers. 80 tN5~
,..+,.,, - .ya5 ! yysssg
An Jim. the fac.s is, 49,,
zFat$aSin' { +
e Aseltttle' Max is! SD :. /
( Their ri lowed ss.z -
llc don't know whuthcr
;. He's most proud
" ~ OF one or tll'uther!
" Their Ma says 50 ~
They're bothsso sweet--=sm!-
That she guess
She'll hat to eat 'em!
James Whitc0mb Itlley.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

Sarah Bernhardt has earned and
spent more money than any other living
actress. In the last twenty years she mas
earned $2,JOO,DO, and circulated it with
the extravagance of q princfss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

Scientific opticians Eyes examined
free. Visit or write 0. L. Rosenkrans &
Thatcher Co., 129 Wisconsin street, Nil
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
Where the sun is Hot.

GAS thick as the hair on adog's back
expresses nothing in Mexico, for the Next
can dog is utterly devoid of hair on its
back or anywhere else. The hot climate
having rendered it superfuous, Mother
Nature kindly Invested hiM of it. Nor
does 'the little busy bee improve each
shining hour in that country. On the
no winter there, there is no necessity for
laying in store of honey, and it degener,
ates into a thoroughbred loafer.-Animal
Friends.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
"A Great General.

Count Yamagata, the commantler-in-
chief of the Japanese army, sprang from
very humble origin. He is the son of Il
workingman. and the fact that he has
risen from the rank of private soldier
to his present position is the more remark
able considering the ,excusiyeness Of Jap
anese society. The genius of Il great gen
cral lodges in his brain. for he has dis
played the highest qualities as a soldier
from the very beginning of his career.
Already Yamagata Is ranked abroad as
the peer of such great generals as Nnpo-
leon, Wellington and, Moltke. 1t must
make Germany sick. to. find that Japan
has wrested from her the title of .na-
ton Of warriors, and by most brilliant
prowess fastened the eyes of the Whole
world on this army Of little men."-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

: The Glmpania and Lncauia consume
GOO toms OF coal daily when driven Ito
10 d & consumption Oft sa little over no
pound i III coal Or minute al 2166 toas III
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

Nine. Nordica confirms the report Of
her engagement to Zoltan Doeme, the
HUNGARIAN tenor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

"A British clergyman recently under
took to give his horses sea bath. As the
beach was lonely he took off all his
clothes, precautioa which proved EN-
barrassing when the horse ran away and
carried him through the main street Of
the VILLAGE
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
Counting tn

Counting the Worms IN an Acre.
Iii old pastures in England the worms
are estimated ut $4,000 to the acre, and as
many as $4,000 in richly cultivated gar
dcns. Mr. Urquhart estimated the NUM-
Der of worms in the rich pasture lands
near Auckland, New Zealand. at from
100000 to 100000 to the acre. We're it
not for the eartfrworms soil would become
barren, md half the world would die of
starvation ~. -..s ~ 80 ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
Everybody Having Rheumatism

should try. the remedy which cured me.
1t recently cured a druggist who suffered
for twenty-five years. Trial package
free. Address John A. Smith, Milwau-
kee, Wis, Dept, D.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
Some Choice Recipes.

Some Choice Recipes. 80 =
Cheese Fondu-Two cupfuls milk,zw;th
a pinch of soda stirred in, one cupful very
dry, fine crumbs; one-half pound of dry
cheese, grated four beaten eggs; one
level tablespoonful Of melted butter: pep
per, salt, and pinch Of mace. Soak the
crumbs in the milk; beat in the eggs: but
ter, seasoning-lastly, the cheese Butter
pudding dish; put in the mixture
strew the top with fine crumbs and bake,
covered, half an hour; then brown quick
ly. Eat soon, as it will fall in cooling
French Scrambled Eggs-This dish re-
quires little care in cooking, but is,
after all, less troublesome than the ONE
let seems to be to the average cook. Beat
four eggs, without separating, until the
yolks and, whites are thoroughly mixed !;
add four tablespoonfuls Of cream, four
tablespoonful of stock, about four drops
of onion juice and q piece of butter the
size of a walnut. Turn the eggs into a
saucepan or the chatting dish, and stir
constantly until they are of a jelly-like
consistency. AS soon as the egg begins
to thicken stir with fork or egg-beater
something that will whip the eggs into
minute. PARTICLES add a half teaspoonful
of salt, 4 saltspoon of pepper and serve
at once. When just right they are deli
cious. T., r.,:,:
=. Baked Halibut, Southern Fashion
Take two pounds of ahalibut. cut as d
steak; lay, in a baking dish and sprinkle
it with very finely-cllopped onion. Cover
it with 4 layer of tomatoes that have
been nicely stewed, then d layer of dried
and sifted bread crumbs, some bits of but
ter and pepper and salt: last Of all another
layer of tomatoes. Bake twenty minutes
and serve very hot il the same dish in
whichAit was baked. - ~
Irish Cabbage Chop fine medium
sized head Of cabbage and season with
butter, pepper and silt; utftl winter enough
to cook until very tender: then, when al
most dry, add a cup Of thick, sweet cream
md simmer few. minutes longer. "A good
Way is to use half cream and half vine
gar for those who prefer cabbage with
vinegar. or for those who have no cream
use milk thickcncd with q little flour. d
t;nulitloWer MS n Salatl--Divide the
boiled cnulifloWer into flowerets of equaI
siEe while &c 10 hot. Cover Il with "a salad
dressing of three tablespo nfuls OF vinegar,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

Lovely warmth of color. with traces Of
pink and white. is the exquisite complex
ion which follows the use Of GIpnn's
Sulphur Soap.
George Fox was brought up in the
humble home of a weaver
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21
Not an Experjment.

The use of Ripans TabuIes for head
aches, dyspepsia and other stomach dis
orders is not an experiment, but an as
sured success. They will do all that We
say they will.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-21

s.3I--irhe. ssveet potato was brought to Eng
lansa VII 1et S3.