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

Mrs. James Taylor, who resides at
No. 50 Bailey avenue. kingsbridSe,
New York, OH the 14th of Decem
Der, 1894. said: My age is Go years.
For the past two years have had
liver trouble and indigestion. l
always employ physician.
which l did in this case, but
obtained no beneficial results.
never had any faith in patent
medicines. but having seen Ripans
Tabules recommended very highly
in the New York Herald l con-
cluded to give them trial. After
using them for short time. l
found they were just what my case
demanded. l have never employed
physician since, which means
s. a call and 81 for medicine One
dollars worth Of Ripans Tabules
lasts me a month, and would not
be without them if it We're my last
dollar. They are the only thing
that ever gave ME any permanent
relief. take great pleasure In
recommending them to any one
similarly affected.
(Signe0 MRS. J. TAYLOR"
Ripans Tabules are sold by druggists. or by mail
he price $50 cents box is sent to The Eipans Chem
al Company. No 10 Spruce Street, New York SamP
nal, 10 cents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Growing Clover Without Grain.

Wheat or rye are the best grains to seed
with, but the low price of wheat for sew
eral years past has led many farmers
to wish that they could dispense with it.
1t is possible to grow clover sOwn alone;
but unless the soil is reasonably free
from weeds, we would prefer to SOW it on
grain that has had 200 pounds per acre
of superphOsphate drilled i'll with it. The
extra yield of grain will more than pay
for the phosphate, and there will be the
second year better growth of clover
than there will be with clover sown alone
without the phosphate. We had occa-
sion to test this many years ago, drilling
once half way across Il field without SOW
ing either grain>o or phosphate. The clo-
YER seed was sown broadcast with Il
Cahoon sOWer. and at harvest the clover
on the strip where no grain was sown
was decidedly better than the other. But
after harvest the clover in the grain stub
BILE rapidly gained. BY the time the
ground froZe we could see little if any
difference. But the next year there was
Il difference, and the clover where the
grain and phosphate had been distributed
was fully two-thirds heavier than the
other. There were besides many more
weeds in the strip that had clover alone,
and we concluded then that the plan
of sowing clover without grain was not
Il good one. however we'll such clover
might look during the first year of it's
growth.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
A New Art Which is Both Difficult and
Delicate.
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
JOHN earle & SONS, New York. 1
CARVING IN GLASS

$500
Delicate.
A specimen of branch of art almost
entirely new to this city was seen for a
few minutes the other day at a local art
store in the shape of h piece of miniature
carving in glass, The artist, or more
properly speaking. sculptor, is Joseph
paratively unknown to Pittsburgers.
Glass carving is an almost unknown art
in this country. but was, a few years ago,
quite common and very popular in Eu
rope. It is exceedingly difficult of execu-
ton from the brittle nature of the ma
terial. and has the advantage over ivory
white glass is used. and the carving.
when completed. is attached on a back
ground of differently colored glass, or
any material desired, The specimen
from Mr. Lockes graver il 4 small bust
of the immortal dramatist, Shakespeare,
and is taken from one of the. most authen-
sic likenesses to be procured in England,
Stratford on Avon, and having secured
for his model one of the portraits kept in
Shakespeare own house.
SO difficult and combining is the work Of
carving on glass that the sculptor is not
able to work more than three or four
hours a day, and the completion of 4
work of Importance, such as that shown,
acquired his knowledge of this rare art
in early youth from different artists en-
ployed at the Royal Worcester works,
and also studied under the well-known
Thomas Bott, r: A.
Of late years. however. Mr.. Locke has
rather neglected glass carving, devoting
more attention to painting He has made
specially Of still life, and has large
collection of magnificent specimens of
flower work. A few of his flower studies
are now on exhibition at Boyd's art store,
where they. have attracted much atten-
tlon.-Pittsburg Leader,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
"A Handy Kcv.

The principle of the puzzle or letter
lock, an invention dating centuries back,
has now been revived and applied by NJ
Deny, a French inventor, to the construc-
ton of n new key adapted to ii multitude
of locks. The mechanism involved is
said to be simple, consisting of number
of ring-shaped wards enclosed in cylin.
der around the keyhole, and adjusted to
the wards Of the key in any required com
bination. The mechanism is such that it
is estimated some 5000 different locks
may be so arranged as to be all unlocked
open only Il single one or any desired
series of the locks. This is illustrated by
the fact that Il large school near Paris
has at least $50 locks, all being unlocked
BY the directors key, while chamber
maids key, unlocks only the doors of the
professors chambers. while the key of
each professor admits him only to his own
room. - "&' ,.-.. = p . Is -. - = t.ss:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Tropical DOwnDours.

The intensity of genuine tropical rain,
fall is extraordinary. The rain appears
to come down, not in separate drops,
but in great sheets. In Darwin's "Voy>
age of the Beagle writing of heavy
shower, amounting to 1.6 inches in six
in the neighborhood of Rio de Janeirv,
the author describes the sound produced
by the drops falling Oh the innumerable
leaves of the forest as very remarkable,
and says the noise was like the rushing
of great body of water and could be
heard at Il distance of quarter of a
mile. Dampler gives a lively picture of
the rain at Gorgonia, off the coast of
Panama, where. he says. when he and
his men were drinking chocolate in the
open air, it rained so heavily that some of
them declared they could not empty their
calabashes, for they could not drink up
the water as fast as it fell into them,
In many parts of the tropics rain is a
remarkably regular phenomenon. At
Rio de Janciro it is said that it used
to be the fashion in invitations for the
afternoon to state whether the guests
were to assemble before or after the thun.
derstorln. which came on regularly every
day ut ii particular hour.
At the government cinchona planta'
tons in jamaica, on December p, 1885
11.SO inches of rain fell in twenty-f -four
hours; but this measurement does not in.
dictate the total fall, as Il gauge, when
read at the usual hour of a. M, wal
found full and overlooking. 1t is proba
BILE that unless care is taken to prevent
this occurring, many. very heavy falls
are not fully measured. On the crest 81
the Blue mountains, on the same planta.
tons. 31.5O inches fell in one week, OF
which three days were fne.-The Gentle.
mans Magazine. -" -. !
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
THE FARMER LOST PATIENCE.
She Threw Hef Eyes Into Too Many At
tittldes for Comfort.

Farmer Hodge (reading novelette,
I'm out of all patience with the Gladys
Fitzallwyn in the story-the way she's
abusing her beautiful eyes. She doesn't
deserve to have none.'
Mrs. Hodge-"What's she been doing
now?'
Farmer Hodge-'Ths book is full of
it. First she threw her eyes up to the
ceiling and then, let them drop on the
floor; then she darted them down on a
long corridor and rested them on the cool
waters of the lagoon. Then she must
have called them back somehow, for 1T
says she bathed them in sad salt tears,
Hbes Unce yws Fool e enor Mtn tn r E9
them Oh the do me, and when ! left off
she was fixing them on mantcipiece -
PearsO1l's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
A LITTLE STREAM OF WATER.
Only Eighteen Inches in Diameter, bu
EurniSlles HayxeE far q l,itx.

Only Eighteen Inches in Diameter, but
Furnishes Power for City.
At Fresno, Cal, work is progressing on
the electric power transmission plant
which is to carry power from the north
fork of the San Joaquin river thirty-threc
miles to Fresno. 1t is to be in operation
within 100 days and is to deliver from
1000 to 1900 horsepower here. 1t will
supply 1000 incandesccnt lights, 100 arc
lights, and motors for four mills, planning
mills and various other purposes, with II
reserve for street railroads.
The enterprise surpasscs in some re-
spects anything to be found on the Pacific
coast. \ column of water only Is inches
in diameter at the bottom. falling down 4,
precipice 141O feet, will drive large dyna,
mos and will develop Il power deemed
sufficient to run the machinery of FIRES,
no, even when the population shall have
increased manifold One-third of the
power delivered will drive all the mills,
the waterworks, machine shops, planning
mills, }aundries, printing presses, cleva,
tors. packing houses. street cars and other
machinery: The remaining 600 horse.
power will be available for factories and
machinery in the future Manufacturer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
SURPRISING Mosquitoes.

The mosquito breeds in any stagnant
water. The drainage of swamps has
greatly lessehed them in many places
The he mosquito is DESTROYED III large mum
beers by the dragon fly. 1t has been sug-
gested that artificial breeding of the
dragon fly would SO multiply them as to
keep the mosquito in check. But 1t is
large numbers, as the older and larger
specimens devour their own young as
readily as they devour the mosquito.
The presence of mosquitoes may be
greatly lessehed by spreading Kerosene
oil over the waters in which they breed.
\ very small quantity will cover Il large
area, and if the water is not Il running
stream, one or two applications of the
oil will prevent the mosquitoes breeding
for the season. The oil fills the pores in
their bodies through which the wrigglers
breathe, and this very quickly destroys
them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30

The st. Louis Republic thinks that the
most remarkable piece Of panora mic
painting ever attempted was 2OOO-mile
view Of scenery along the Mississippi
river, which WAS executed by John Ban
ward. the artist. who died at WatertOWn,
>. d., in the summer Of 1891 This
panora ma. which CAV" faithful md clear
cut pictures Of bluffs. river mouths,
larHis. Era!rl" d'1l> and vu,al-.l prDInoL-
tories along til" Father Of Waters for q
uiStal'" almost Us great H. that which
separates st. Louis from New York. was
painted on Il strip Of canvas twenty-five.
lr"t wide and nearly TWO miles long
Nothing similar has ever l.s.Il at1r1nprc,]
| on such a gigantic scale. and. Will. Ar
tlSt i;;tiydrI WAS not known as til.
Mlrihcl Angel" u -ln"rica' b. vii!
long b" remembered hy the lovers Of 1he
curious, III either art or nature. AS the
man VII" painted the largest painting
ever known
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Motornan's Car was His Hcarse.

The remains of Motorman Robert Sen
ram We're conveyed yesterday to their
last resting place in Mountai in View
cemetery by the trolley car of the Grove
street line which he had operated since
the San Francisco Chronicle. The car
was draped with Grape and was laden
with many floral tributes from employees
of the road, who were present at the
funeral in large numbers. The car
moved in advance of the cortcge and
was rolled up to the gates of the cemc-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
A MIGHTY DESERT WIND.
More Deadly than a Cyclone or a Bill

More Deadly than a Cyclone or Big
Yard.
The samiel is Il hot, noxious, electrical
wind, which passes over the sandy des-
erts Of Arabia and Africa. 1t moves
passes i'll narrow currents for a few min
utes at time. 1t deals instant death to
every man or beast happening to face it,;
and it is said that it so decomposes them
that their limbs fall asunder. The al,-
proach Of it is indicated by thick haze in
the horizon, and travellers, if they have
time, throw themselves on their faces,
with their feet toward it, till it has
passed. The sirocco is another blighting
wind, which prevails in Italy and adjoin-
ing districts, about April. The West In
dian hurricanes are of totally different
description, being simple vortexes of
great force, and they have been known
to blow heavy cannon out of a battery
ind Sarry Il man over tcn-fOOt wall
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Mrs. Dugan's Cold Feet,

Mrs. Sam Dugan, wife Of a farmer of
Georgetown. o.. had an experience with
a huge blacksnake that she will not soon,
If ever, forget. For several mornings
past op awakening her feet felt icy. as
it something cold had been laid against
them, but as upon investigation she found
her mind. This morning, however, the
circumstance was indelibly impressed up
on her memory. Upon turning the mat
tress in making the bed she was hor-
rihed to discover an immense blacksnake
coiled up, on the springs. She hastily
summoned SUNNI, :l her husband; who appea red
The snake showed fight. and terrific
struggle cnsued. Mr. Dugan was finally
victorious. The snake measured FIVE feet
in length.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Il WENT TO PARIS WITH PAPA. -
Lottie Collins New Song Wins the Brit
r. Ons' Hearts.

Lottie Collins New Song Wins the Brit
Ons' Hearts.
= Lottic Collins. who is in London, has
made another hit with Il song which
promises to become another :'Ta-ra-ra
boom-dc-ay" for her 1t is called Il
Went to Paris with Papa,"' and pos
sesses a jingle which seems to have
made the aural tympanums of the Brit
ons vibrate vigorously. The chorus
goes:
l went to Paris with papa, to see what
kind the Frcnchmen are
Such funny ways they've got, which Eng
lshmcn have not.
You really should to Paris go; you learn SO
very much, you know.
l saw lot in Paris that they never taught
at school.
Her arch ways seem to have caught
the English public, who have forgiven
her for her temporary desertion of the
land of her birth, while she played havoc
with that dreadful ''ta-ra-ra' throughout
this country.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
FOR THE FARMER,
"a -. p
In a LattAr.

There catne breath out of a distant time,
All odOr of neglected gardens where .3f
Uilnutlbtreti roses once perfuned the air
Through Summer days In chlldhood's happy
~ cline -. r, ..sss 80
There cnnlc the salt scent of the sea and
chine 4.tt
OF waves against the beaches, or the bare
.Gaunt rocks. as to the mind, half unaware,
Recur the words Of some familiar rhyme.
And as above tho gardens aud the sea =.
The moon arises, and her silver light
Touches the landscape with deeper grace,
SO Ger the misty wfeaths of memory, ~
Turning them Into pictures clear and
bright.
Rose i'll IL halo the beloved face. as
Owen Inns!ey.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
PRAYER ANSWERED. IN DIsAPPOINT.
NlENT. :-<> s.a

lone tewssl inore." cried, Ito mike me
He took the oie hpd
"come ,. Quickly, Lord, and heal tliis wounded
Still more he made ,its.siiiartt
Vat lengtM ftoih Trouble bid my soul RE-
Yet thicker came the huws
He laid life uli sick bed.
asked to seat Iii sunlight. Us the lark
Hut CROPPED oil, dumb and dark.
AT least give peace lii triutiph over SIM
More loud grew battles din.
"oh, let me rest with thee III pastures
gteeht'
Only steep crass are seeii.
why with keen knife dear Lord, dost
Grace will more quickly grow.
"Why In my portion mix such bitter leaV-
en?"
To tit thee more for heaven.
"Lord, take thy way with me-thy WHY, ilbt
mne;'
My child all things IRE thinc
All In the ei,tl, Though stievous, shall prove
best,
And thtn-Etetnal hest!
Newman Hal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventions are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, So and Sc
Loan and Trust building, milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors Handbook" free on request
John H. Beeby, Milwaukee. stove CRATE
Charles F. and G. E. Bierbach, Milwaukee
pavement or sidewalk scraper: Sven A
Ekehorn, Milwaukee, electric temperature
controlling device; Jacob L. Hyzer, James
vile. plant buster; Charles Schoen. Rhine
lander. device for setting up Watchers fol-
planning mill machinery; Henry G. Swan
Oshkosh, vehicle step.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
The Leech is q Natural Getter Ou

The Leech is a Natural Getter Out.
In the top Of the bowl marked
'Leeches" in the drug store are tiny holes
not bigger than knitting needle.
"You wouldn't Think" said the druggist,
"that the leeches could crawl through
that would you? You notice their APP.
parent size, which is about that of a lead
pencil, and you watch them extend them
selves and draw themselves up. You I'D
nit their elasticity. but the thought OF
their crawling through such place a.
that seems impossible. iet in down,
impelled by some instinct, some atmos.
pheric or physiological cause, squeezed
through these tiny holes and erawled on;
upon the floor, where they were found III
the morning. Lewiston Evening Journ
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
ElectriCity for Dogs.

Herea fter all stray dogs caught in Brant-
ford, Ont, will be electrocuted: The vic
metallic soles; a piece of wet sponge is
fitted in the interior of the boot. and Il
copper wire connected with the street
lighting system is attached to the, metal
lie soles. A policeman holds the dog by
Il rope around the neck and Il fireman acts
rs eXccutioner. A switch in the fire hall
is turned Oh, giving current of 100
Review.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Two Mills for Each Creditor.

The smallest dividend ever awarded
creditors in an estate in the orphans
court. and probably in any court, was
announced yesterday in an adjudication
filed by Judge Hanna. The estate is
that of George F. Kline. who died in
March, 1894. There was a balance of
personally on hand of $17.6O to meet
claims amounting to $S3O5.2S. a div.
dend Of a little over two mills was
awarded the general creditors 1t would
be interesting to ascertain in what man.
paid. A check for the amount would be
the only plausible way, and in that
event the checks would probably be the
smallest on record.-Philadelphi Rec
ord.
Paris widows wear Grape knicker-
bockers when bicycling
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
From a Ton OF CbAt,

Somebody has made the interesting
chemical calculation that, from a single
ton of ordinary gas coal, there max be
produced 1900 pounds Of cuke. 20 gallons
of ammonia water and lao pounds of
coal tar. More curious still. it is found
that by destructive distillation the coal
tar will yield nearly 20 pounds of pitch.
II pounds of creosote IL pounds of
low, G,S peonds Of naphthalihe, IA
pounds Of naphthol, "a pounds Of .soiy:
ent haphtha, ~ pounds of phcnol. l Id
pounds of aurine, IL pounds each of
henzine and aniline, % of il pound of
tolnttihes AS Of d pound of anthracine
and 8 of il bound of toluene.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Did He Mean 1t?

One day Maurice Barrymore dropped
in ut the Lambs club and met few
congenial friends. by the way, boys"
he said, ''how is dear old Joe Holland
Where is he now? should so like to
see him. "Why. he's playing over in
Philadelphia, at Mrs. Drew's theater.
Why don't you jump Oh the train this
afternoon and run over there. You'll
see him play Brutus in Julius Caesar
tonight 'I'd love to do so, said Barry
more, enthusiastically, ''but, thank God,
I emit"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Fallen Into Decay.

IN" Paris CORE >ir,ndcnt Of Ill" London
Daily Paragraph laneu'> that nothing is
BENG done to l. store 1l,,. fallen fortress
"1 III" Palais Royal. TIE galleries and
garden. he Says. ar" rapidly E+t"iniu-
f"rsa Ken. thu h'St jewelers. have lDI.y ag,
removed To ,h. Rue de la PAX and h,y..
been replaced by dealers in pa-7" dia
mnnds: Many Of the stores have. put
III! their shutters. Will. III the windows II
others pacarls ann"unr,, that their =."ri,
are to b.. sold at any price TIL, restau-
rants are in an equally unprospprou> con-
dition. IL the Ku" 81. IIpnorr too. be.
complains that wr,.tchcd little hu:.k<,"rs
stalls occupy what WAS once an tiigihl.
frontage. and it is evident in that city.
as elsewhere, that the march Of civiliza-
ton is westward. for III" finest building,
are in the r,Iiun Of The Eban1as E.lyS.,.>
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Too Narrow Barns.

.. Most of the old-fashioned barns were
built with Il view to economy, and were
made rs narrow and cramped as possible.
The standard width seemed to be enough
for " wagon loaded with grain in the
straw to be driven in and for the barn
door to be closed behind it. The floor was
also narrow. so that the team had to be
driven ont at the door opposite that they
went i'll Mt. It is rather curious that
farmers tried to economics so much in
lumber when the woods were full of it,
and larger framed buildings might be
made with scarcely any more expense.
When farmers began to build barns with
Easements, and having only one entrance,
the barn was necessarily made wider and
it's floors broader, so that a loaded wagon
could be driven in and the team be driven
out beside it.. n roomy barn floor is very
convenient for storing many kinds of
farm tools. but wagons should ALWAYS
DC stored III the basement where the
wheels will come in contact with the soil.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
To Cleanse the SySten

Enectually yet gently. when costiyc or
bilious. or when the blood is impure or
sluggish. to permanently cure habitual
constipa ton, to awaken the kidneys and
liver to a healthy activity. without irri-
tating or weakening them, to dispel
headaches, colds or fevers use Syrup of
Firs
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-08-30
Children Should Study Weeds.

Botany is always an interesting study,
and in country schools especially it
ought always to be prominent, says the
American CultivatOr. One of the most
practical features in country schools
should be the study of different kinds of
weeds, including if possible some that
are not known in the neighborhood. If
this Is done the approach Of these weeds
may be made known as soon as they ap-
pear, and efficient means be taken to
destroy them. But on no account should
the seeds of weeds be planted nor
should new plants that are known as
weeds be allowed to seed. Most of the
worst weeds were introduced through
the carelessness of those who did not
know what HARM they were doing. g