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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
"A Biz DluNder.

1t has been remarked that the habit of
beginning dinner with soup doubtless
grew out of the fact that aliment in
this readily digestcd form soon enters tn.
blood and rapidly refreshes the hungry
man. In two or three minutes after
taking a plate of good warm consomme
the feeling of WEAKNESS disappears and
the temper is apt to be greatly improved
The custom Of taking glass of sherry
before dinner is spoken of by Sir Henry
Thompson as a 'gastronomical and physi-
illogical blunder''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Called Wealth.

II do not understand he is a man of
wealth." replied a lady on the witness
stand before Judge Payne in Chicago the
other day-"he is worth between quar-
ter and half Million"
I'VE call that wealth out here" laugh
ingly remarked the court ~:
The lady made no further reply, nor
deigned to say what she would consider
to be wealth, "but there is something
quite fascinating in the idea that half a
million dollars is a mere bagatelle," OBJ
serves the Times-Herald. We'll, the word
wealth is relative, Of course. "A wage
Garner who owns his house and has a few
hundred in the bank is wealthy. Lowell
was, charmed with Billy Lees definition
OF u compel ence million d. minute
md expenses paid 4 But d modest coIl-
peteilce' ii the golden mean, after all.
1T ii more indepe dent estate than that
of the Mtll tii-nil liiOnaire whose millions
nsually own him. Martin keenly
gbseE socaet to be. iills Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Over the Garden Wall.

A neighbor. whose place adjoined
Bronson Alcott's, had vegetable gar
den, in which he took great interest.
Mr.. Alcott had one, also, and both men
were especially interested i'll their pota-
to patches. One morning. meeting by
the fence, the neighbor said: How is
with bugs, while my vines are crowded
with them?'' "My friend" replied Mr..
Alcott, II rise very early in the morn
ing. gather all the bugs from my vines,
and throw them into Your yard,'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
lille Marching.

General Poillenc de Saint Mars, COM
handing the French Twelfth Army
corps, has issued an order Of the day
regretting that the soldiers do not sing
OIL the march, and suggesting to the regi-
mental band masters that they train
capableImen in the ranks to sing nation
IL ana war-like songs, sentimental ana
popular airs, and lullabies, to the s,c-
compartment Of mandolins accortlions,
or other instruments that Gun be easily.
played while ularching, lzss @
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Eli Wakelce's Aged Team.

The oldest pair of horses in the Nut
meg state belong to Eli Wakelee of West
Ausonia. One is 35 and the other "a
years of age, and Il pretty likely pair of
colts they are yet, says the owner. Mr..
Wakelee drove them over the rough hills
into Derby with Il load Of produce a day
or two ago and had them photographed.
He will have the picture put in Il frame
and hung in his parlor. The horses are
in prime condition, sleek and glossy. and
are sound and capable. Mr.. Wakelee
has worked his veterans in double har-
ness all the spring and summer, blowing
and moving with them. He has owned
them twenty-five years.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Terrible Town.

'Well, how do you like Boston,
asked a rural lllinoisan. "Worst town l
ever struck" he replied; "the streets are
SO narrow and crooked. Seems as though
each street was built by ITSELF" "Any-
thing elseY ! asked. Nothing" he said.
Thanks" He was thinking of one of
those Illinois towns with only one street,
as wide as pasture and straight as a
ferry slip, from one end of which one can
easily see the other end, because there's
nothing on it but Il tavern and Il horse
trOugh-BOstOn Daily Standard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30

constant conspiracy to make the burdens
OF millionairedom bear reasonable cor.
respondence to its privileges. 1T doesn't
succeed perfectly, but in considerable
other reasons very rich man who pro-
poses to get great deal out of his life
must make up his mind to work lust
about as hard for it as if he were merely
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
ODDS IN THE DARKEY'S FAVOR.
Gave His Boy Two Jugs to Fetch the
Molasses Home.


came along TO tine gate of Il humble
cabin in a town in Alabama just as an old
negro handed couple of jugs t" his son.
who was about 10 years of age. and said:
Now. Julius. "" swan down t" de
grocery an git Il quart o lasSeS III one oh
dem jugs an hurry back"
When the boy had gone l said to tn"
father:
You didn't tell him to get anything i'll
the other jug. Is he going t" leave 1t
at the grocery:'
No. sah-gwan to bring it right hack
home" he replied.
''Bnt why send two jugs to get quart
of n,olaSSer?
Its jess dis way, sab If he only
took one jug. he'd be powerful suah to
bump it or drap it an lose de 'l.,S<eS If
he takes two he's jess a> liable to drap
de empty on" as de las>es one. an dat
makes d" odds in my favor. Anything
else yo'd like to IN about. white maui
Detroit Free Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Mourning in Decadence.

A London correspondent calls attention
to IL fact quietly noticed in Philadelphia,
yet receiving little comment 1t is the
disappearance of fixity and form, or false
ness, in peoples mourning. Great Eng
fish danes live their social lives very
much the same, especially when the be-
reavement is none at ALL as in the cases
of some of the losses of the present Ouch
ess Of Devonshire. "The duchess is now
in mourning for her granddaughter, Lady
Montague. But it is not deep mourning
a fact which need excite no astonishmcnt.
since the duchess was giving merry house
parties at Chatsworth and at her other
country seats within four weeks after
the death of her son, the late Duke of
Manchester. In fact. mourning is going
out of fashion, not SO much from heart
lessneSs, but more from the spirit of neces-
sity, since relationships are now so large
that. We're one to go into retreat for the
death of each relative one would no long
er be able to fulfill the duties which we
all, and especially our great ladies. owe
to society. Indeed, we seem to have TAX
Ell our cue from royalty. Court mourn
ing. save i'll very exceptional cases, rare
ly lasts longer than few weeks, which.
owing to its frequency. is fortunate. and
people seem to have come to the conclu-
sion that. inasmuch as princes and
princesses of the blood deem Il few weeks
of more or less outward demonstration of
grief sufficient to fulfill the requirements
of cOnyentionality. they cannot do better
than follow Subtitle Philadelphia Led
ger,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30

to the traditions of bygone days, the story
Of Toms disappearance never left the
minds of the household. Now the mystery
is solved. r E -, ~.
While workmen were repairinr The roof
they discovered the petrihed body of the.
favorite. Tom had evidently crawled un-
der the roof, 12l years ago, and there
met his fate. He lay between the rafters
and the roof and looked as natural as life.
His eyes were partly opened. and he ap-
neared as though he had just awakened
from slumber and was ready to greet
his master of more than a century ago,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
He HAD walked Oo. AGO Miles

One of the famous umbrella members,
Stephen Boaler, died last night i'll the
almshousc at Williamsport, PA. He was
JG years old, and his father is 81. They
were known as moody and Sankey,'
and had II, route covering Lycoming,
and Dauphin counties, which they trav-
ersed. They have walked M,36O miles
in thirty-three years in plying their yoca-
Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Followed the Cows Home.

Il 4 Pittsburg girl recently lost herself
or her way-in the hills of that region,
hut t'''when the cows came home" she
came with them. A girl who has sense
enough to know that the cows know the
way home if she does not. cannot be said
to hive altogether "lost her head."-Bos-
fnn Yrnvnller - - - =. - -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30

forfeited handkerchiefs, ribbons, knives,
pencils, etc. These young folks stand up.
in ring, hand in hand, but facing out
ward, and the biggest, holding small
hearth broom pointing it's handle at the
next player, says rapidly and solemnly:
Buff says Buff to all his men,
And they say Buff to him again,
But neither laughs nor smiles,
But carries his face
With very good grace
And passes his broom
70 the very next place.
Ha! Ho! Ha! Ho!
To my very next neighbor,
Go, Broomie, go!
If Buff makes any mistake, laughs or
even smiles, during thus saying, he must
begin it all over again. If he keeps quite
solemn and serious, he hands the broom
on to the neighbor and retires from the
circle to receive back his forfeit, while
the next player, holding its handle toward
her neighbor, repeats the rhyme, and so
on till the broom is landed with the last
child, who hands it in in return for her
own forfeit, or if buff is being played
at merely as a game the ring is reformed
and the next tallest player begins it again
with 4
Buff says buff to all his men,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Why This Cat Never Came Back.

Willy AhiS CaI Ne'cf Came bAcK.
The mystery Of the disappearance of
Peter Sinmenson's pet Maltese cat at
Wl,tchouse Station, Pa, has at last been
solved. One hundred and twenty-five
years ago Farmer Simmerson erected the
first house at Whitehouse Station. Mr..
Simnlerson was the owner of the finest
Maltese cat in the neighborhood, and was
very much attached TO IT.. He named il
ON. While the building was being
greeted Tom sudd denly disapp and.
80 .traces Of him could be found Owing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Miss Wizards Romance.

The recent rumor regarding the engage
ment of Miss Frances +. Willard, Dresi-
dent of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance union, to an elderly English
gentleman OF means. who uses Il large
part of his annual income in the further
ing OF reform movements, has recalled to
the minds of many of Miss Wizards
early womanhood.
In her youth Miss Willard prepared her
self for teaching, and while pursuing her
studies, met young man who was study
ing for the ministry and who gave prom
Use OF affirming great prominence in his
chosen calling. Their common love of
study attracted them to each other, and
the young man felt that in Miss Willard
he had found the one woman who, as his
wife, would help him upward and would
gracefully share the honors of the lofty
position ut which he was aiming. Nor
was Miss Wizards heart untouched, and
the young mans matrimonial hopes might
have been realized but for her discovery
that he was addicted to the use of to-
bacco. She very promptly told him that
he could choose between tobacco and her
self, and to all his pleadings opposed the
one cry:
IF you love tobacco more than YOU do
me, find some other woman who will tol-
crate such Il habit
At length he ceased to urge her. and
they went their separate ways. she to re-
main single and become president of the
National Woman's Christian Temperance
union and one of the best pariamenta-
rians in the United States, and he to
marry some one else and become one of
the most prominent bishops of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Diet for the Little Ones.

If Il teaspoonful of pure cold water
be given every two or three hours it will
be found that baby cries often from
thirst and not from hunger. Water be-
comes safer for use by boiling. which
process kills any bacteria or germs that
may be present. 1t may then be cooled
and given freely. Washing the mouth
thoroughly every morning with Il soft hit
of old linen and cool water prevents that
bane of all comfort, sore mouth. Give
meals regularly. not ton often. Induce
by every effort plenty of sleep. Keep all
infant belongings cXquiSitely clean.
Finally. use common sense continually
and in large doses, and baby will be the
joy and comfort that nature intended him
to be.
A famous specialist lays great stress
upon the following diet for children from
l to years:
Milk-Always the basis of the diet,
one quart daily; without dlution unless
very rich; always warm. ~ : - =
Eggs Soft boiled or poached, never
fried, not oftener than three times a
week.
8 Meats fter eigh teen months. IL most
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Told the Truth.

johnnie, dear said his mother, who
was trying to inculcate Il lesson in in
dustry, what do you suppose mamma
would do for you if you should come to
her some day and tell her that you loved
your stndiesw Lick tile for telling n
falsehood." said dear little JOHNNIE, with
the frankncss of youth.-Pittsburg Bull
latin
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30

hC t1le OhIaHOIua oOlfee DaMSante
Ladies' an gentlemen" said the ora
tor, mounting the tiddler's barrel, "th,ys
one + two tenderfeet ere from tn Eas',
N the committee s'gests that we ali
show 'em were up to the Willie boy act
wen we feel like it by not a-wcarin'
our hats
Don't fergit the guns, Bill" whis-
pered man in Il red shirt, who stood
near.
AN, gentlemen" the orator conclud-
ed, ''lessn any on us gifts gay N wants
to plug the dudes bmeby, l motion we
all check our guns in the cloakroom-all
'ceptin' the floor manager m his side
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Nine. Re,jane Considers Us Queer.

Rejane cannot make the Americans out
They show, she says, no feeling us spec
tatOrs. "One sees lines of eyes fixed on
one. but one has no idea of what passes
in the brains behind them If the actress
has pleased, heaps of flowers are left next
day ut the hotel-by ladies. The Amer
lean man is too devoted to business to
run around complmenting actresses, like
the French. Ladies' admiration only
counts when the actress is Il person of
honorable life. If the ladies stood aloof
the star would cease to attract. The
ladies' get up subscriptions to present SOU
venirs. They give theatrical matinees
and soirees, theatrical readings, recep-
tons and talk-lectures, only attended by
themselves. The American man is spe-
cialized in business and the lady is the
arbtress of taste, the soul of refinement,
the handspring of all sorts of movements.
Mime. Rejane fancied herself in an Eleu-
sinian country out West. Men found
time to go in the evening to the play. but
were too tired to find pleasure i'll what
cost each moment Il mental effort to un-
derstand."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
GOSSIP FOR. THE LADIES,
Her Blon1nera.

Hef H5lOOMerS.
She vowed she'd wear boomers that night
at the fete,
Whereat accused her of horrible taste:
"You are 5.prejudiced, sir" she returned.
III you wait
TIL you see them you'll alter your verdict
In haste"
Quite dreading the vision the night had In
store
l walked to her house with mind i'll at
ease
Eureka! With praises my lips bubbled DER
When saw at her girdle bunch Of sweet
peas. Richmond Dispatch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
CHURCH ORGANISE IN BLOOMERs.

Miss Ada Coleman Breaks Up:- PRAYER
Meeting at Mason, q.
The good people of the Methodist
church Il, Mason. O.. received Il shock
when Miss Ada Coleman, one of the
bellies of Warren county. the daughter
of one of the wcalthicSt farmers in this
section. and the organiSt of the church.
marched down the center aisle, of the
church at prayerme citing clad in red
boomers Of the most fashionable cut.
The members of the church fled to their
homes. Mortified beyond tiescription.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
GoOd-by.

Good-hy, dear eyes; a little white 81
You ut the darkness Of my days;
Now life Is naught. and nothing stays:
Good,hy, dear eyes and tender smile
And loving ways, Ii
Good-by, dear hands; and now press
For the last time your Wilderness slim,
You will not love them, dear, the less
For tears In them.
Good-by, dear lips. where death has set
His kiss, 4 colder one than thine;
But. in your dwelling place divine.
Shall you, dear love, one hour forget
This kiss Of mine?
Pail Mall Budget.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Called the Turn.

In Il certain Bangor office the telephone
is hung right beside window. which
looks out upon one of the busy sidewalks
of the town. The window was open one
day recently and an employee was stand
ing ut the phone looking out of tn" Win
dow while he waited for an answer from
the people whom central had just called
up for him. He got them. and fust as a
woman with high head and silk under
skirt that r7,stled like an early morning
zephyr was passing the open easement he
remarked in his smooth tones: Hello.
there. The woman wasn't to blame TO,
knowing nothing about the Telephone hu,
it was fun to see her turn about with
look of Scorching Scorn that would have
withered dried apple. as she replied.
Jelly: Did you address me, SIR" The
young man at the telephone didn't stop
to hear or see more; he simply fled. and
a man in an Exchange street office swore
at central for an hour because she had
callcl him to the instrument to hear moth,
ing but the hum of the trolieyS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30

Nj DIR. HANSON, one of Prof. Behring's
ilssistants. has discovered II serum remedy
ngninst cholera which has proved success
fil % animals. s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
No Distinc tion to be "Presented. :"

There has been a prodigious hurry
burly about certain presentations at the
drawing rooms" some of Witch are I'M
derstood to have been privately Cancelled.
When there are upward of 900 presenta-
tons in season it is no wonder that
mistakes should occur; but in these
days it is no sort of advantage to go to
court, nor is Il particle of distinction
gained by doing So The idea that any
thing is now achieved by attendance at
either levee or a "drawing room can
lnger only in the minds of very credu-
lous persons or among those who are ell
tirely unsophisticated. No inquiries of
any sort or kind are now made by the
court officials respecting the horde of I'M
known slip-slop whose names are sent in
before every ''drawing room" or levee.
The person who undertakes the presenta,
ton is held responsible if any mistake"
occurs. and, as rule, such offenders
are forbidden to appear at court for {:
year or two, while in fragrant cases they
are permanently Standardization
TRUTH
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Must Paw Before Hand

Enthusiastic Proprietor-''What do YOU
tt3hink. Of tae new hotSl:" Prospective
thusiastic Proprietor-"Fine? Grand. l
think. Did you notice the frescp work
in the dining room and the new furniture.
in the halls" Prospective Guest-"Yes.
noticed them.' Enthusiastic Propri,>
tor tpsrsistently We'll. what do Won
think Prospective Guest tgloomily}-,
ssOh, / suppose I'll have TO pay for them
before leave. tendon It'd Bits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Mems Facial Characterize

Artists who draw funny pictures of
public men, or who make caricatures, are
happy when they can find some peculiar
development of feature us Il distinguish
ing mark. What joy and treasure they
have found in Theodore Roosevelt! If
the president of the police board did not
have big white front teeth they would be
lost. All that is needed in comic pict-
ure of Roosevelt is Il row of big teeth.
Everybody recognizes it at once. Crokers
strong point is his coal-black beard, close
cropped and stiff as wire. Hills nose and
little side patches of whiskers make up
the man. The back of his neck stands
for President Cleveland every time. and
''Grandfath theirs Hat" detected anywhere,
is good for ex-President Harrison. A
perfect sphere on big hulk of Il body is
taken for Tom Reed every time, and any
thing that resembles Napoleon is be-
lieved to be Mckinley. No one could
mistake Conkling's sharp nose, nor did
any one ever go astray on the heavy puffs
and wattles under the eyes of Mr.. Blaine
No man has more features strongly
marked than Chauncey Depew. He has
peculiar eye, wonderful nose, re-
-markable mouth, small and thin-lipped.
a terrible amount of jaw, the strongest of
chins 1t is impossible to miss him.
Hair standing out every way for Sunday.
as the expression goes, means anarchist
Smooth hair, plastered down to the scalp,
means dude. Long lip means Irishman.
Thick lip means negro. And so forth and
so on-New York Press
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Must Deal Tcnuerly

When Prof. Aytoun was wooing Miss
Wilson, the daughter of CHRISTOPHER
North editor Of Blackwood's Maya zine.
he obtained the la,ly's consent conditional
lX on that of her fathers being gained
prevailed upon the young lady to ask los
it herself. I'VE must deal tenderly with
his feelings said hearty old CHRISTOPHER.
III write my reply on sin of pales
and pin it Oh your back" "Papas an
Swer is on the back of my DRESS" said
Miss Jane. as she entered the drawings
room. Turning her round. the delighted
suitor read these words: with the au>
tbOr'S commitments"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Attained His Object.

In order to reduce his weight
He purchased him 4 wheel;
BEFORE he'd ridden 1t Il week
He fell Off q good deaf.
Dayton Fla.l Journal.
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Alabaster Mining.

Alabaster mining, very remarka BILE
and ancient industry, is still carried on
thirty two miles to the southeast of Pisa,
ra wbch s Of re man
found in nodules embedded in huge
masses of limestone. AT the end of the
cavern whence it is extracted two or three
men are to be seen working away with
small T shaped picks. Sometimes the
block of alabaster is found well projected
from its bed of limestone in which case
the operator carefully picks his way all
around it in order to extricate the COM
plete block. Other times, however, the
workman is obliged to break down large
quantities of limestone before he lights
upon the white nose of what looks like a
block. In which case he picks his way
carefully SO as not to injure the block.
When there seems likelihood of large
quantity of limestone having to be re-
moved blasting with gunpowder is re-
sorted TO-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30

warmly welcomed by the husband and
father. They I'LL lived together happiiy
Tor many years.-Louise Phillips in New