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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
'And that is the unholy amusement of

the Second squad room" interrupted Muir
blessed consolation of religion"
''Ho!' laughed the Kid, completing a
book of spades, and setting the suit aside
tha4 fh@ df Ga ct he enough Of
siOnary coming to camp
''When:'' asked Murphy and the cor.
poral together.
c,uSrooS 's vtfy "h man ne in te ost Win !S
have to attend. General orders.''
Which will do the Second squad room
no good, said Billy: Its hopeless"
doesn't run him out of camp" rejoined
the Kid, grinning.
Third relief turn out!' commanded the
corporal; and Billy went to his duty with
grumbling.
Back and forward be walked at the side
of two prisoners, confined for drunken
ness. and kept. them to diligent digging.
ing ten days for deserving his post, was
permitted to sit i'll the shade and burn
ish his spade with a fragment Of timber.
The Second squad room will get even
with you, Billy" said one of the tipplers,
doggedly digging.
7 It'll have to apologize to the day of
discharge if it does.' was the ready re-
ever I joined the army
Sunday night the missionary arrived,
and Billy, despite his Catholic obliga>
tons, sat OH a front seat and led the sing
ing. The most impassioned efforts Of the
revivalist fell Intellectual upon him. but
he had the satisfaction Of knowing that
the baleful irreverenc2 Of the Second squad
room was never made aVpafent:
Monday night the meetings were foiitiil>
ued, and Billy sat in the sectnd row,
his emotional Irish senses a tritle dis
turbed, for there was nothing iii his
churchly reserve to stand against the mag
netism of the PREACHER
; Tuesday night he was OH GUARD again
and expressed himself as, glad, Of It.
though as he had simply addressed himself
in the confession the news was not likely
to spread.
But while off duty, between Z and 8
o'clock at night he could not resist the
temptation to slip oft Of the gt1ardroom
and stand just outside the door Of the
sanctuary. His presence was not known
to Kid DeVorc, the bugler, who was
sitting a quantity of pepper OIL the top
of the stove, to the great delight Of all
the men from the Second squad room.
The revivalist was at his best, and
Billy felt the force of his invita- tons.
Deeply thrilled. half. tearful--though
wholly unconscious Of any method i'll
this process Of conversion-he was strug-
Cling between cOntrite surrender and
powerful tendency TO sneeZe, when the
corporal of the guard reached in and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
TufRSy EafT

The prevailing and rsastsFFfv -=7~vf1--
bicycle fad calls attention e, tEsr t=zrz-
number of cases ef uFisltrt,43rE,.-:-r-farf =
the word bicycle TheF,4 Is . s--rrasa
class Of pn1Pi''. particularly Nv YqrE .
fashionable SET which INSISTS IFp1r ~
ing the a long sssEIIffi rs IN ~~Ts.. -
forgetting tb:If 4 prefix or nifty Of ~
changes the SssfHsF Of The 7sgvrat
Still others go tn tn cEEspr rsxIFsugss r=l-l
give the ~ the sound 81 SO f47rr re-.
best uSHss. MAKES tis~ y Sfsgr7 au-t -s-~-
nounees the WORT --Bi-zi5s-f Per- .-----7
among those who give fis - rT:.. -Fl.--r
sound there IS disyr1<iT5.st q, rs1ro ~.
accent on the seeoasf <yIlss be iraSfe.szr! II
on the first whore IL b..!anaS W.
wor'i comes iHta sHsh s-an1tF-sn ,7ss. .r.
bicycle" il = well To- learn =. rs-rr=sf,-e-.-
il correctly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER.
DesolstiOn that Prevailed at tho Close OF
the Rebellion.

Desolation that Prevailed at the Close Of
the Rebellion.
y The war left the South In indescriba BILE
desolation. Great numbers Of Confeder-
ntes came home to- find their farms sold
for unpaid taxes, perhaps mortgaged TO
ex-slaves. The best Southern land, after
the war, was worth but Il trifie of its old
value. Even city real estate was drug,
Many their ruin rendered insane: in null
titudes more it broke down all energy.
The drawer spirits-.men TO whom till now
all toll had been strange-set to work as
clerks, depot masters and agents of vari-
GUS business enterprises. High-born
ladies, widowed by Northern bullets, be-
came teachers or goyernesses. In the
comparatively few cases where families
retained tneir estates, their effort to keep
up appearances was pathetic. One by
one domestics were dismissed; dinner par
ties grew rare; stately coaches lost their
lhtint and became rickety; carriage and
saddle horses were worn out at the
plough and replaced by mules. At last
the master learned to open his own gates,
the mistress to do her own cooking.
Upon the whites, in many communities.
Kind OF moral and social stagnation set
tied down. IN unhealthy. hopeless acqui-
esce1iee ih the worst that might come.
Politics they long regarded with abhor-
renee. as the accused thing that had
brought on the war. Whites, as well as
negroes, drank recklessly. Few of any
class cared much for education.-Scrib-
ner's Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
.Improyinr Rentetl llama.

A really good farmer will not leave
the farm poorer than he found it, even if
he only rents instead of owns the land
says the American Cultivator. But in
this country every Improvement made on
rented land goes to the owner Of the
property, and this fact operates to pre-.
vent those from renting who know that
their methods Of farming, make the
land more productive. In European coun-
tries most Of the farming is on rented
land, and recently the laws have been
changed SO as to give the occupant who
makes ilnprov eme1its a considerable part
Of their value. This is really better for
both parties. It is not to. the advantage
Of any owner of land to lease it SO us to
make temporary profit, but have it's value
constantly decrease until it becomes too
poor for anybody to want to rent it. @
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
And Then He Blew 1t.

Speaking of visits to lighthouses, not
long ago a happy party Of young people
landed at Boston Light, and, with the
curiosity born Of woman, all the young
ladies Of the group sought the lightkeep-
er and piled him with all kinds Of ques-
tons; Everything was. explained to the
the foghorn building was reached, when,
after the patience Of the keeper had
nearly been exhausted one of the fair
damsels innocently inquired: How do
you know when to blow the foghorn? r.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
The (yl,incIh RHp.

Il. The, tkinEll. bug ID on deck III earnest,
though State Nntoniologisf Fofbea,
Champaign, ILL.,; thinks it will not lie as
serious as last year. He thinks the de-
5struction of chinch bugs by injecting
them with disease is not to be wholly re-;
lied upon, and vet lis so helpful that he
offers to supply infection material to all
Illinois farmers who upply for it, togeth-
er with a bulletin describing how to use
this and other methods Of killing the bug.
A similar offer is made to the farmers Of
their state by the experiment station at
Manhattan, Kas.; Columbia, Mo-: Ames,
Ia: Bookings, n. D.; Lincoln, Neb.: La
fayette, Ind, and Wooster, q. Itais only
necessary to apply to these Institutions Dir
rect at the address given. Prof Forbes
is right in saying that the chinch bug
can be mastered only with labor, money
and pluck. but believes all this is small
compared to the value of crops saved.
AS the bugs move from wheat to corn
in June or early July he advises blowing
4 strip ten feet wide around the corn.
field, working it fine as dust with harrow
and brush, and running back and forth
through the middle heavy V-trough to
make deep furrow with dusty sides
up which the bugs will not crawl but
may be collected in holes every twenty
feet and killed by Kerosene. This will
work we'll lii dry weather as long as the
fuffow Is kept i'll repair by close watch-
ing. hoe in hand, but slender line Of
coal tar poured along hardened strip
Of soil just beyond, the furrow will ar
rest the bugs in wet weather and they
may he caught in post holes and de-
strOyed. ~'-> - ?. -'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14

Beechams pills are for bill
iousness, sick headache, Dig
illness, dyspepsia, bad taste
In the mouth, heartburn. tor-
pid liver, foul breath, saIIog
skin, coated tongue, pinpies,
loss of appetite, etc, wben
caused by constipation; and
constipation IS the most frc-
quent cause Of all Of them.
One of TIE most important fiEIzss ke
everybody to learn Is that constitutions
causes more than half the sickness II fIFs
world especially Of Women; and itcEn al
be prevented. CODY tie beok. free II vo,zr
druggist s.or write 3 T. AIienCo- rs65CzazI
ST., View YORK. PilIs,To and zse q box
Annual sales sacre tsizu I'm err tsnz-4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
Light Demand for Heavy Cattle.

!. The demand for very heavy cattle is
not 50 good in recent years as it was
formerly. At almost any season of the
year well fattened medium weight cattle
tie. During hot weather the very large
cattle are at disadvantage. This is also
true, usually, of very heavy hogs. Atten-
ton has been called to the fact that
weight alone was a poor index to prob
able price of fat cattle. This is well
lots considerably above the average in
quality. -Four lots averaging 80 sold
at $685.: one lot averaging 1853 at
500; one averaging Ass at So; while
$685. was the best price Obtain uble for
good cattle weighing 1913; . A bunch .nv-
eraging 1883 sold for $3.45. The scare.
ity of good cattle has helped the sale
of cows and heifers. Three heifers av-
seraging Il little over 1000 sold for export
at s..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
The. 5..( :; Slave. : [, I

N The original Greek Slave the cele-
brated statue by Hiram Powers. is in the
gallery Of the Duke Of Cleveland. It
was never brought to America. It wis
finished in 1S4433. In 1S49 a replica was
brought to New York, and il now in the
copy was bought by the Earl of Dudley
and Il fourth, purchased for $ 1000 by
Prince Demidoff, was afterWard sold to
"a. Z. Stewart OF New York for 81, OOO.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
They Cnre The f,ause.

Most of the discomfort i'm life comes
from the stomach. You'll admit that
without argument. The proof is in your
own stomach
great many seemingly different dis
eases come from the common cause-a
disordered stomach. Coming from one
cause, it is natural that they should all
be cured by one medicine. Ripans Tab
ules not only cure the disease-they cure
the cause
They are good for dyspepsia. biIiousness,
headache, constipation. dizziness and ali
troubles of the stomach. liver and bowels
Druggists sell them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
Is Your
Blood Pure

If it Is, you will be strong. vigorous, full
of life and ambition; YOU will have good
appetite and good digestion; strong nerves,
sweet Steep.
But how few can say that their blood
is pure. How many people are suffering
daily from the consequences OF impure
blood. scrofula. salt rheunl, rheumatism, ca
turrh. nervousness. sleep!essness, and
That Tired Feeling.
Hoods Sarsaparilla purifies, vitaliaes and
enriches the blood. Therefore, it is the
medicine for you. -
1t will give you pure, rich, red blood and
strong nerYeL
It will E# 9cone that tired feeling, create
an appeti# give refreshing sleep and make
you strong.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
One of MIR. RockefeIIcr's stray Cows.

~~sHS VI VT 70 AsoChOHNE1CE - sotEdy NV"S-
Farmer Rudolph Hook of Gouid's sta
ton. this county, owns Il fine cow that is
fond of drinking oil, and at every opp0r-
tunity the gentle creature HES herself
to one of the numerous oil wells in the
vicinity of the Hook farm, in the tieuIsi
oil district. and drinks the greasy liguid
as it flows from the pipes into q tank.
The discovery was made by the dark color
of the cows milk and its oily taste. hut il
was several days before the cause vas a.
certained. Yesterday morning Mr.. Hook
followed the COW as she went off for
her daily drink of OIL and watched her
as she drank nearly gallon of the raw
finid as it was pumped out Of the earth.
The cow has been tied up in the pasture
field until broken of her remarkable ap-
petite for oil.-Cincinnati Enquirer
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, BY more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
The value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs. g.. *EE
Its excellence is due to it's presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; efectually cleansing the system,
tiispelliug colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
heys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance. : :. !:
Syrup of Figs il for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it il man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, You will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
Etiquette.

Etiquette promises to become as remu-
tierative a profession as theology. medi-
cine or even the law. Already are writer's
Of etiquette books-the authorities that in
discriminatory and grarely advise you not
to eat with your knife, how to write a
lovcletter and whether it's the proper
thing to wear green gloves at a wake
besieged with Questions upon subjects of
similar Importance. for which they re-
ceive quite handsome fees, according to
the Importance Of the subject. Whether
to eat with the knife or otherwise is an
swered upon receipt of very small sum
indeed 81 being the lowest. Questions
of clothes come higher. and affairs of the
heart. as always. cost like everything.
1t is in regard to the latter. however. that
the etiquettist. is chiefly called upon for
his opinion. showing that expense is of
little weight in such crises
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
A Bie-Bng Conversation.

II WISH" said the potato bug. that
they'd feed me something different. I'm
getting kind of tired of Paris green"
Try some of this corn" said the cut
worm, "the coal tar they soaked il IN
makes it very nice. / think"
This is always the most trying season
of the year. anyhow said the curealis.
Later. when green leaves dressed with
Kerosene emulsion are in season. Wen
all have chance to get fat. New York
Recorder
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why She wac Jubfiant.

There was d vivacious smile on her
face which was most Winsome. s L
"Oh, dear me, she m,lrmured hap
PLY, I've just gotten such a bargain!' r
How. DEAR" inquired her friend.
ten words, and ut least six Of them were
words of more than three syllables!'-
Washington Star. s n. s5 ,z 5s- !.
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L6rers If flowers WI ris-I sTrr.g-z5. w., -r-
often h1v" variorIs sv-TT~ at fp-yfj.rr5E7-g- -r-
life and FRESHNESS ef The frw r5a.-y p
Ni"lftS may ke karf fr-Sii II Kept y t----
wafer and covered ever Bighf uirl g.
tuml'ler- Mos flowers griII -ssf-r-1 rF,.---
freshness fur S.svrrs; d1yS IF SEN Ut 20
night IN the nFsrn ar fuyurss r,rr=~.--4--ss
of nue bf fh-sSs- tl.-Eie7sf,. Frr--gsh .-.-~--
that have Ia hp eovegasE with z .izI-~ e .as-
cannot do better shan -"I ~ rrT--u -'-.-
clerk. usually an ship..- e n.,iTIl,-- ~. ---.-
oFuaTUFHT. hug flowers f-aT4 rTnts f.. --.,,r
with the prus-re5ES and u~a g'4ss -siz1< t..7..-
pr,,seetar fsF tn. fIrvr--< Il -
Il VIII keep them fresh fer tssv<
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
AZ the Forty.(1ent Ta

At the Forty.C Cent Table d. Hote.
# Gadzooks What il your preference
in wine. when you come here
zz Z0unds when ] order red wine,
and when order the white, tel that
Tho rcd must 8 pFSlesa Z,
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Thc WRONG Fstr1tnT,

The pastor ira,ie her prr-- CT
Tel ne H. as- urged e.
Il put 7 button II rE8s -.vr. &c..
box she faI:-rs-rE
He smiled
md did your caHs"fgnre tFt,e1FpF- 7..rr -
be a. rsi
The woman rajS,''E h..- Sy,-z aa-sr~-
No she answered. Il ryrr lss So
wrong butrnsI and brnEr q g. 4Ha
would IKE to exchJu=s. IT, # .5r-'i -sl.s--
-Detrait Tribune
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
Where Wealth is Despised.

Fashionable Tailor-''Go front at once.
Two young clerks there after suits
New Man (whispering-"I'm waiting
OH millionaire"
Fashionable Tailor-"Leave him am!
attend to the clerks. These millionaires
don't buy new clothes once in five years.
A clerk is good for fresh suit every
three months. New York Weekly.
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Feeding the Islackbirds.

d. It is only possible to keep the blackbirds
from pulling corn in one way. They are
too brave to fear the lines spread around
the field which brighten away the crows.
but they will keep far enough out Of.
the way Of the man who has d gun and
tries to shoot them. The best. plan Is
to let them have corn, not that which
they would pull, but corn soaked and
spread around the edges of the field, es-
peciallv on the side next the woods
whence most of them come. It takes only
d little corn to stop them, and feeding
them d few days ifstIres their services
all summer in destroying insects after
the corn has grown too large to be pulled.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
Al Sure Loser.

s. lister, sud the stranger. who had
wandered across the long bridge, where.
IRE the Potomac fats 4 read SO much
about z,
55sss'I don I know exactly =, replied the de-
jscted mar, who was walking back from.
the rlc e course. hut a guess 4 must be-.
one ot them. ashington Star.
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into e cake. This will lie eaten readily.
NM ~ n Will make the young fowls grow
thfiftily even while producing feafhers,
winch ls is always the most critical period
Eof their growth. ',s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
Work for Colts,

That violent and continuous hard work
would injure colt or ali immature horse
will he clearly admitted. That many farm
ser raiser Of draft colts have failed in
many instances to make some zprofitabl
use OF. strong. Well-grown colts is equally
true. Visiting a farm recently we found
it had been thought necessary to hire an
extra horse for work a part of the day.
Standing idle in the stable. because it was
not convenient, to have him ON pasture.
was sturdy grade draft colt two yea:S,
old, and weighing 1850 pounds or more.
He had never had harness on. Two colts
a year older were doing practically full
work on the farm. They: We're carefully
handled, and, probably, were not being III
jured. although required to do more than
one likes to see asked Of colts at their age.
There is no reason to believe that mod
crate, light work would have been of the
slightest injury to the 2-year-old- but it
is not the custom to work colts at that
age-at least not in ordinary work. Many
2-year-old, trottins or running colts are
made to do excessive work iii training or
in races: Many of these are injured by
their work. but it is the opiiiiotf Of very
many good trainers that Reasonable work.
even at high speed, need not do harm to
the colt, if reasonable care be taken not
to overtask theni.-Prairie Farmer. ~.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
Wisconsin Patents,

PATENTS for the following Wisconsin
inventions are reported this week by FIR.
win. Wheeler l. Wheeler. IS and 50
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee.
wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook free OH request
Alexander Bastan,. Milwaukee. street
sprinkler: Charles S. Brown. Lake Mills,
combined churn and butter-worker: Charles
s. Brown. Lake Mills, combined churn and
butter-werker; Edwin Cartwright, MiIwau-
kee.d:op.shears: Edwin I. Cass. Whitewater.
violin; John EIbein Milwaukee, safety-car-
riers for lanterns: Peter Gagnon and ". f.
Ahearr. Two Rivers. lifting giIInets: John
A. Koelsch. Milwaukee,, Eeckyoke: Olof +.
excayator: Erastus r. winter. NiiiWauk i'
marine engine governor; Franz Zeketner
South Kaukauna. cruet. Design: David c.
Green, Milwaukee,. grate-bar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14
Nothing Succeeds Like Success.

The successes achieved by men and things
are not always based upon merit But a
success wen merited and unprecedented in
the aiillals Of proprietary medicine. should
Stomach Filters. a botanic medicine discov-
cred nearly half century ago, and the
leading remedy for and preventive of ma
dyspepSia. constitution aftl biliausuess
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14

Piso's Cure for Consumption cured
case of Pneumonia after the family doctor
gave up ali hope.-M. F. McDowes. Como
1Siucn Md
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FOR H B + ARMER.
HOi.smiAn Ups and Down.


Isoi,smians TIPS and Down.
4 3 up lii 4 garnet high /,
~ uat a few feet from the sky S.
So, lWeil j IN Bohemia. 6sfsss
& What care for nught below
F;Ihere have nor friend nor. foe
Pity the struggling thrOng
Vnae hp ,'Y hsr ny 4, us heh 81 ha''s
Tween my teeth MY brlar-root-
b Best OF friends, since always mute
Rare thing In Bohemia s
4 Upward us the thick smoke curls
What care ! for slmp,rlng girls? s
I Love sis weak: my pipe Ii strong;
Why for love, then, be the song
Sung here lii Bohemia
OFT my little songs fall fiat
{ Hungry What, care ! for that, 5s;5..
Fasting In Bohemia
& lnt my on y coat In pawn, Ss8..5
3 Live on that and still sing on; . ..z IA
s Pun my pipe aud think We dined-
4 Barniecidal feasts I find s sa5s
Often III Bohemia. 4S
i Hanly then my rlynlelets take. =sss5 ..s
4 viii i check my fast to break,
b Feast we In ROhenlia, a=5s
y Round the corner Of the book,
+ Sign 'erhend Y growing cock, ~ ss.1ss
Mug Of beer and sand wieh fire: i .s45 81
What care we how ttabObs ulIie q zsS{
So Feastins Ill Bpheinia
Friends hare I. some three or four
Quite enVugli, Tor who has More IN
s Iii or out bohemia?
With them JOY islalways Young.
Grief Is but a song that's sung; ss
4 Live we, laugh we dchOnatrs ys
4 Skies are bright aud winds DIE fdir II
& 7zs$s Always IN Bohemia. Is
sss5. ;.s. ,=5# IA kate Fields Washington