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Evening journal., 1894-09-26
rhe 80 wnI ao % conlr.

Unless next Saturdays game brings
about marked change, the Vallette
pound cake, for which there has been
much eood-natured rivalry among the
O. A. G, baseball players. win 20 to
James G. Comfy, the clever short stop OF
New. Castles much admired club Mr.
Comfy now stands head and shoulders
above Second Baseman Higgins, who was
on top all along until the game with
Crescent A O., when Comfy made his
every time he grasped the bat, aud the
agile and popular second bastman only
'liftsd" the ball ont OF the diamond once
The conditions upon which Mr.. Vallette
offered his prizs was that 1t should 20 70
the FIRST G, A. G. player to knock the ball
over centre field fence AS that structure
is $50 feet from home base, the conditions
had to be- changed to "the @. A @
player having the highest batting
average The club has decided that no
man shall be considered a regular player
who has not betted id more than five
games. This shuts out Centre Fielder
Hayes who has batting average of over
GOO.
Evening journal., 1894-09-26

can get $1,000 suits anywhere,
but we know just what you get
when we sell these, as every
garment is cut and made right
here. How about new fall
overcoat as low as $500 and up
to $50 90, with almost any
price and kind you want in be-
tween. An extra long and good
value in a black rough Cheviot
fall oyercoat at $40. Extra
long because we had them
made to get them long enough
and extra good because we want
to give you as good as you can
get anywhere for the money.
Evening journal., 1894-09-26
Anusenaenta.

For luxury and comfort combined, live
at the Clayton House
Evening journal., 1894-09-26
Interesting n etiug oF the Board.

interesting VA tAAHE OF the bohFu.
The Board Of Education met last even
ing III monthly session. All the members
were present except Mr. Herbert and
Mr Reynolds Bills for books and sup
plies for the schools were passed amount.
ing to 1912 o. and for work done on
school property. John McCAllin, $40 so;
r. HI Harrington, $l4 GO George Bryson,
1928 53 H. Sentman (priu,ine) $t1
Miss Rsba T Case and Miss May Goodey
made application as teachers in the
public schools. The motion TO pay the
teachers salaries in ten equal install
ments instead Of twelve, as at rrs sent,
which was laid over from last meeting,
WAS taken up aud passed. Orders were
drawn for salaries for month of Ssqtem
Der. Miss Sarah La Bonh was allowed
one days pay as substitute in No. G
school
The principals report was read and
ordered fled The number Of pupils
enrolled during the month was 553
average attendance, 4S5; seating caps
city, 509 The names OF those dessrvins
special commendation for department
and progress are; School No . -SAdi,
Nentine. Mary Winslow, Hetty Mc,
C2ughsn; No 5-Hiram B0rie. John
Willis Robert Vantine, Jsme,
Saunders. Nowland Hanson, Johr
Carrick, Thomas Gravel; No.
Ida Saunders. Matte Johuaou
Margaret Whitnsck, Laura Williams
No S-Frank Wiusiow, Ries Graham
Harry Newlove.
Evening journal., 1894-09-26

Two new styles 90
in stock to. day
just finished in our
work rooms. Black
Cheyiots, both of
them; all wool and
fast colors. One lot
single breasted and
the other double
breasted sacks. You
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07
Had Only One End.

$50 this is the Grand Central depot,
en-: ne said to the station official, gazing
around admirably.
Yes. sill. answered the uniformed man.
And the cars run out of here right
along. l suplose:' he went on inquiringly.
In and out answered the official. with
the air of a man who knew and was glad
impart the information ''This is a ter
minus"
I'm and out. You don't tell me!v'
certainly; they have to come in and 90
out" And he looked at the stranger with
just a shade Of pity in his eyes. ''
Now, that's strange" said the inquir-
ing foreigner. I'VE have terminus where
! live: too-a sort of branch from the main
llne-but the cars there only run OUT
land not n:'' put in the man in the
office incre'lulously.
And not in. positively answered the
stranger. You see we build them"
And then he went over to the ticket
agent t" inquire if the Buffalo express
stopped long enough at Albany to enable 4
man to get Il drink, while the obligine Of
fetal went into the baggage-room and held
a hard word argument with himsef.-New
York WOrId Nv
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07
Three Giddy Girls.

On a Walnut Hills Electric car yestcr-
day afternoon there was Il rather enter
tanning sight, says the Philadelphia Times
The passengers paid nothing extra to see
it, and some of them forgot to get off
ut their homes, SO absorbed were they i'll
the occurrence.
Three young ladies' furnished the amuse-
ment.
did you ever notice." said one. that
Il hairpin will stand up on end if you
put it on the floor of an electric car just
over the motor!'
''Oh, it won't. either her companions
shouted in Il chorused giggle.
II can prove it," said the first
And she did. Taking hairpin from the
bright knot ut the top of her head she
stood it on the floor and it performed such
antics as set all the passengers in IN up
roar.
The reader who does not believe this
story can easily demonstrate its probabili-
IT,. Let her take hairpin and try it.
or let him borrow one, and he will discover
a most interesting experiment
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07
IN A JUNGLE STORM.
You Hear 1t, but Can't See it Until it Can
Also be Felt.

You Hear 1t, but Can't See it Until it Can
Also be Felt.
People who have never been in jungle
talk Of the sky as il painter talks of the
horizon or seafaring man of an oting-
as II when you wanted to see it You only
need use your eyes: But in the jungle
you don't see the sky-at least you only
see few scraggy patches of it overhead
through the openings in the twigs anu
leaves. Neither do you feel the wind
blowing, nor get burned or dazzled by the
sun, nor even see that luminary, except
by momentary glimpses about midday.
From which it follows that junglenan
does not usually pretend to be weather.
wise. If he does he is even a greater hum
bug than the rest of the weather prophets.
On the afternoon about which we are
speaking | remember setting forth on my
walk i'll the still glow of the tropical calm
and wondering rather at the intense still
air grew cooler and the green Of the foliage
III front seemed to deepen and presently
there was the sound rs of a giant water
fan in the distance. Waterfalls do not,
however, grow louder every second, where
as the noise in front did So Then there
was loud. angry growl, as of a dozen
lions. A minute more and the whole jun
gle began to roar as if fifty squadrons Of
heavy cavalry We're coming up at gal
Top. Then came i drop of rain and peal
of thunder which seemed to make the
world stop.
Then the storm began. The sky above
darkened, the trees clattered. the brush
wood beneath Missed and bowed itself. A
deluge of raindrops blOtted out he narrow
view. Down it came soaking through the
densest leaves under which one fled for
refuge. striking the grass and sand with
millions of dull thuds. ,lasling furiously
against the leaves as if they We're so many
hostile shields, streaking the air with in
Vulnerable perpendicular lines. and hurl-
ing itself down with the force of bullets.
In such a downpour one may as we'll
walk and get wet as stand still and get
wet. Unfortunately one did not know
where to walk to. The Recommendations
system" presupposes the fact that the
wagon wheels and bullock tracks can be
seen and noted. But when the cart track
is no longer Il cart track. but ''all turned
to rushing waters" such tracks cannot
be seen: and unless you have a pocket
compass you may as well try to fly as to
get back where you came from. When
one reads of travellers lost in the back
woods they always steer by the sun
and probably very badly; but when there
is no sun what are you to do?-Siam Free
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07
A GOOD COON DOG.
An Indiana Pup that Found a six-Year-
Old Trail.

An Indiana Pup that Found a Six-Year-
Old Trail.
Several enthusiastic coon hunters the
other day We're discussing the "ring- tailed
chase when 'Hime" Wellman Of Urbana
came i'll, and in Il few minutes was doing
more coon talk than all the balance Of the
crowd put together.
'l'll tell YOU" said "Hime." "I'vc got
the best cold trailer OH Il, coon track that
ever anybody owned, and he is only eight
months old, too! l took the pup out the
other day just to see if he could run Il
track and to give him little exercise,
and he hadn't been in the woods ten min
utes until heard him bark, and he kept
barking in such Il way as to make me be-
lieve he had freed his game, and then I
came to the conclusion that he was a
still hunter l found him ut the mouth
of Il G-inch tile ditch, ind he had pulled
out one of the tiles With his teeth and
Was chawing the end of it to pieces. AS
he was young dog l. did not want him
to ruin his teeth, and | pulled him away
from the ii e, ut as soon as let 80 of him
he would jump back and tackle the thing
again with renewed vigor. l led him to
the mouth of the. ditch and stuck his
nose i'll the end of the tile but he paid
no attention to that but ran back to the
other one.
THAT sort of carrying on bothered me
and ut last led the cog away, remarking
that hc was no good on earth. After
awhile turned him loose once more and
in less than three minutes he was back ut
that tile biting pieces out of it and bark
ing like an old-timer. As saw the pup
was bound to ruin himself by breaking
off his teeth ] picked up the tile, detcrm.
ined to carry it to the house. 80 as to keep
it out of his reach. As l walked along
looking ut the marks of the pups teeth,
| made Il startling discovery, and what
do you think it was?"
The spell-bound listeners to the strange
story heid their breath for moment
and in chorus asked: ''What?'
"Well. right OH the inside Of that tile
l saw plainly the imprint of Il coon's foot
which had been made there when the tile
had been first nodded and the clay was
soft and yielding. The tile had evidently
been made late in the evening and set
away to dry and the coon had run through
it the very same night and made the
track. The tile, of course, was after
ward dried and burned in the kiln. am,
it has been in that ditch for more than
six years, and say an S-month-old pup
that can smell as cold trail as that is
certainly the champion coon dog of the
WOrlu.-NahlSh Times
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Maine Indians.

Names NV" Indian tribes fhp PeTI.tI,-
scots AMI the PasSam;HInSIsIy~. wear he
dress Of the whites AMI fer the nI.FSy
part have adopted their ways If living
i.ut the neUsa:,.iie spirit - still strong with
in them. and the summer finals parrIe<
campc,i ut the variauS Maine watering
pi,trS king and selling t,e:T,It.,F prIr~f.S
anu woven gF:tSS and b.IsSst-wsrk rrin-
kets. whiI:' the s'IIEtws turn many Il silver
piece, by teilin. fortunes In ~suas ws-ssi
Iof. where the Ssh tree tiIir supplies
then with working ul:fteriGi - plentiful.
they Snn,rtImes brIilti TfrSr r.IuiFsS af logs
and saplinsS. roofets with bark ~ shin
giles and well ciiTuhed with HISS. There
is Il feeling aufnEx owners 0f frTs.Sf iaa.IS
in Maine thar tts INDIANS. a. first pro-
priesorS. have ciaFm fe reside IN he.
wilderness wherever they eherSe and ~
they arr pc.ieeahis aud la little siETnszs.
to valuable forest sruwti. peTusJsSiaF u,
Occupy u piece of weGtI ftntl u seldom rs-
f,SS,I them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07

4 Long Race g-tu~rn y Freight Trsin
and y Rabbit

The crew on local frpi.shT sJIt .rf FEIi-
place hail IN amusing amt writing Fxy,eTi-
ence down the roa,l last week Tiny y<"-1.
pounding along ut Il -srs'.i SpeprI where he
hill came down very <=stE{s when rabbit
started frUm the >i,is af the Fva.I AMI Ts'pk
tn the nIi.lsiIe uf the track IN frpnT " The
engine.
Bunny WAS either Cs1 h3sliy rsIftIs,I 20
think nf giving down r~c- IN. ri~ET hank
into the bushes "r .'ISs enjoyed the fun
for it bouu.is,I al.,ng IN frrnt sf -hs- train
while the tr.IiHmeu nI:ItIP a royal s-lI=I~s.
after il for ut least Il quarter VI 4 mile.
when The rlhhit found d lear TsI:lra =.
reach the woosi> on the upper <itisr Tr,I
amid the cheers of its purSuerS isft The
field Not. however, before It rurSssI
one gp~i <uuIuerSaufF a5HI narrow "
missed coming to y sad end rITlsisr fh1.
ear wheeIS.-Rrady Review
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
Thanksgiving.

For the year's full crops that are garnered IN,
For the Well-stOcked barn and the weII-hIle,i
= bin,
For the showers Of spring and the summer
sun,
For the storms and the frOsts that their
work have done,
For the purple grapes and the apples red.
For all that the generous year has wrought
For all Of the fruits the year has brought,
A nation Is thanks giving.
For happy homes and for well filed hearts.
For the JOY 1t leayes as the year departs,
For the smiles and the tears the peace and
the pain,
For the genial sun and the dreary rain.
For MI OF the beautiful dreams come true
For all that the future IL left to do.
For the woe and the veal the year has
wrought,
For al the fruits the year has brought.
nation Is thanks giving.
by Macy l. SeylnOur
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07
ETHICS OF TRAVELLING,
Have Passengers Certain Rights WhieT
should be RespecfetI.

Il Sh"ul.! very much Ike to know"
said Il plain citizen tn Il New York S,l
reporter. whether there are any -thic.
of travelling. | mean of railroad ;r:lvpIin:
in this country. Now. I went our by TIL,
$40 train on the New York Central th.
other morning. and, ~ I got to the train
Il little late, l found some difficulty IL
getting Il seat. Not because the ears were
crowded. for they were just about half
filed. That is. the twelve or fifteen seats
on each side held each one person in
stead of the two that should find accom-
mMlatinn. The other halves of the seats
were occupied by the coats or vaIiseS
children. or other implements "f the pre-
emptors.
II walked up and down three coaches
all filed in the same way. and not one
person offered to- make room fer me- r
nally. and after the train had started.
asked permission t." take the place of :
h;,nd-satchel and luncheon bag. and wa.
sourly allowed t" do S". Other desperate
people crowded in. and the coach was pref
~ well filed by the tim" we got to
P"ughkeepsie. Int I failed t" see II sin
gle instance in which half "f the seat wa.
voluntarily left open. or in which it was
cracimlsly given mp.
Right across from where ] sat was Ut
aggravated case Of this u<urpatIon II
one seat. the f,IrtheSt from ne. sat ::
lady with Il nlillinerS box. taking up III.
space between her and the window. Ir
the next scat behind was gentleman
who 7 found was the husband. and VIII,
had his half of the seat litterprI with
dozen small parcels. Behind him sat :
young lady. the daughter. guarding tbs
aisle half "f the seat with Il rampant vi
canvas travelling bag. All three <toIiflIy
held their own against every cumer ant
kept the six seats until they got off AT
Hudson.
THE point I wish To- make is that Will,
every passenger has Il right {" all tn
comforts and cOnvenienceS for which h.
has paid and which are therefore his by
right of purchase. he has no right what
ever to occupy. or even to attempt to
occupy. that part of Il seat for which
he has not paid. know this prescription
of the double seat is an offenSe Of such
everyday commission that it IL arcpptesI
us ono of the cummonplacrS "f Railroad
travel nowadays. but il seems to me tc
merit u little official attention. not with
Il view of limiting the comforts IF travel
hut Of preserving the rights of all trav-
~
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nary gymnasium dress, consisting OF full
knickerl,Ockers of the Turkish variety,
with loose blouse. The instructor in n.y.
glene and physical training has, however,
Invented costume that promises to be,
come very popular. It is like that worn
BY the swheelmen, consisting of black
wooden stockings, tan shoes knickerl,ock-
ers and a smart Norfolk jacket worl, over.
4 starched shirt. Matching this costume
and going with it il trim tailor made
skirt of ordinary walking length and but
toning down the side. When they 20 out
on their wheels the girls take this skirt
along, and they can slip it OH in IN instant
If they wish to do any shopping or walk
ing, or II they approach IL town in which
their bicycling costume would cause II SCH
satiOn. The buttons down the side ena-
bio the wearer to avoid stepping into the
garment Or throwing it over her head,
and thus appearing to dress in the street.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07
Made the Sailors Swear.

Several hundred eases of genuine Sauer-
kraut broke loose in the hold Of the
British steamship WesthalI while hound
from Hamburg to Philadelphia. and the
contents ran out among the cargo. pro-
ducing smell that pervaded everything.
and was almost intolerable. The English
sailors swOre like pirates over this new
affection forced upon them. but there
was no relief until the steamship reached:
this port The responsibility for the loss
has lecn settled by putting il on the
shippers, because of not having placed
the saucrkraut in strong cases.-Philade.-
min Record
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07
Metal for HuiIsiinx Purposes.

Another example is press nsssI ut the
advances possible in the USE vt ron and
steel. 4 Bssssmer plant - beng de-
signed for the city uf Eufftla which Will
turn out nothing hui StrucTurai steel The
cornerstone of the project - a patent for
This buiisiin. material for
SD PER ton. NJ the present price ef iruH
ore. whs reas the ccst cf steel be.araS 90
present Is x-si per ton. That rneans the
extension of the use of metal farshuits;nx
purposes beyond all past conceptions. for
Il reduces the price ef steel beams tn the
level of lumber-Provilence Journxl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07
Girls White Ku=s,

There is nothing in winter thar gives
such sense of warmth. srrnfort and lux
ury as fur. unless. perhaps. it is glow
ing log fire. When these are both com
bire'l. what can the heart "f man desire
more in the way of dernrative comfort ::
While Bengal tigers and white poIIr
bear skins are very expensive. there are
large square and "l,lnny rugs IF white
fur that are much used in bedrooms and
the popular white drawing rooms of the
day. These are also used as couch GOV
erings by the aesthetic young woman. and
she may have several of them as the
price is low.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07
What I saved I lost;
What l spent | had.
The Revival in Miniatures.

In speaking Of the revival in minia-
lures. Il Leading New York journal says:
fashionable. and it is not probable that
any class but this will ever again patron
ize the portrait painters to any extent
The cost Of even the cheapest sort of min
natures will forever keep them beyond the
reach of people Of moderate or limited
means. When. for few dollars, Il dozen
of the very finest photographs can lie had.
the average person is not going to cxl,end
500 or 500 upon n single picture. indif-
ferently painted. both as to likeness and
execution. But the people who have
plenty of money are Offering great encour-
agenent to the miniature artists now
adays. One is hardly derigeur i'll the
smart set unless they have had their por-
trait painted OH ivory by one of the lead
ing artists. For these miniatures the
price varies from $500 to $1,000 or $12N
according to the artist who is engaged to
do the work and the finish of the por.
trait.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07
Cure for Blear Eve.

Warm water. sea bathing temperance
and outdoor life are curative for bIeari-
ness Of the eyes. In hlear 'Iipp:tu
do-therP is an exudat;rn of pur1IIent
matter from the margins of the eyelislS.
which are red. humid and somewhat
painful. and frequently slor:az The, night
are glued together by the discharge
Clean water IF medium warmth is the
best application. Excess in eating aus.
drinking should likewise be- avoided and
some aperient medicine taken.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07

natural outlet Of emotion, sort Of ljauiI
lightning rods in which excitement and
passion is most easily and rapidly dissi-
pated. Sweet Alice, that wepf ut frown.
retained until late in her career rounded
contours, unfurrowed brows, dimpleei
lips, shining eyes, and her hair 80 brown,
80 do nearly all weeping women who can
over their cheeks. It IL she who keeps no
power Of thinking, who has few fears
to shed, and those flow with an effort.
whose facial lines and gray hairs come
early. A capacity for tears is worth ruL
tivatinS, since not only does lack Of
them score heavily against ones freshness
OF face. but has marked effect in gen
eral temperament The women who
weep easily have correspondingiy light
hearts. tender, demOnstrafive and jmpuI.
sive ways. and charm the .Iry-eyed
women lack.
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Whenever it is possible. hair hrtrSIIe.
should be cleanesi with pew1rr. wei
rubbed in. and allowed TO stay SAma tim,
and then rubbed out on Il cloth 1t is tht
greatest mistake to allow the ivory ~
silver to he submerged in water: it spoil
the color Of the ivory. When the brStle
must be washed. put Jumps of <o.l:, II
lukewarm water and keep dipping Their
in till clean. and then into cold water ans
allow them to dry with the bri~tIeS rurne:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07
Tho Children's ThanksRiving.

The children should be encouraged to
help in the preparation for the great oc.
casi0n. They dearly love to be busy, and
if work can be made interesting to them
they will do it cheerfully. If The idea is
suggested to them they will feel proud
satisfaction in the knowledge that they
pared the apples for the pies. or stoned the
raisils for the cake. 1t gives them
sense of proprietorship in the result, which
is wholesome for them, if rather comical
to the elders. An ol,l-fashioned Thanks
giving demands midday dinner. W hat.
ever fashion may dictate on other days,
she should not be listened to on this one.
particularly when there arc children to be
considered. After dinner there should he
time for gamcs and the "recreations'
which the Pilgrim fathers themselves did
not disdain. Football is the time honored
game that has delighted many genera
tons Of boys. Before it attained to its
present height of scientific generalship.
when flying wedges were unknown, ],
was as .iercely contested as on the mod
ern battlefield, and perhaps even more fun
was extracted from it.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
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A Faithful Old stage Driver.

84-year-old stage driver who lost his life
III an accident while on his route in Har-
l1ey county recently, that only Il few days
before his death, when his stage was tied
up by creditors, he caught up his mail
pouches, saying: Uncle Sans mails
must go on mounted Il horse and cur
ried them on to the end of the line.--.
PHILADELPHIA Press. Il Z. -. s. - -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-07
Pickle. win Come High,

1t will be serious news to- girls semi
narics that the pickle crop is short all
journal announces with something like
dismay. that Europe is buying heavily in
tlis country. which means higher prices
soon. The crop in the Mississippi river
section was failure. 1t is interesting
as showing the proportions of the pickle
business that go carloads Of pickles in
for shipnent to the East and Enrnnc