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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

sion to visit the garden, and also to Dor,
row a knife, he accepted the loan of n
knife from the merchant. On returning
to his room he found the merchant gone.
He went to bed, slept, rose early, walked
to his brothers, and was arrested in the
afternoon for numbering the merchant.
In his pocket was that Trademarks knife,
and between blade and handle was a
guinea of Mary and William. At the inn
the merchants empty bed was stained
with blood and, though the merchants
body was nowhere to he found, the young
man was condemned for murder and
hanged III chains on his brothers. farm.
Here u swain observed that the body
moved; it was cut down, life was reani-
mated and the youth fled to sea. Taken
by Spaniads in South America. he rose to
be warden Of the Jail. and while in enjoy
ment of that Office he recognized amon::
some English prisoners the person for
whose murder he had suffered.
The fact was that the merchant. while.
the youth was in the garden, discovered,
that he was bleeding freely from a vein
which had been opened that day. He hur.
ried to the surgeon IN the dark, was seizet,
by a press-gang, served his Britannia
majesty in II ship-ofwar. was taken by
Spaniarts, and at last met, in Il jail Of
South America. the very man who had
been hanged for numbering him in Eng
land.-LOndOn Saturday Review.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Engaged by TelcDhOne.

a proposal of marriage by telephone is
not Il remarkable or infrequent occurrence
i'll this age of electricity and bashful
mon. but this one is really unique: At a
certain swell club on New Years day a
string band was i'll attendance. as was
also bashful young man who makes
himself agreeable at regular intervals at
fashionable home in one of the suburbs.
The young mans chief affability at these
night sessions is centered on the daughter
of the house. In fact, the young mans
intentions are of a serious nature, and
often he has fixed i'll his mind just what
he would say. but when he would present
himself at the house with his resolve the
honeyed sentences have died of their own
sweetness and courage has failed him.
New Years day. however. it all happened.
He was medtating i'll an easy chair at
the club when gradually he was becoming
conscious of something that reminded him
Of the young lady. 1t was the music.
They were playing "Lohengrin," and as
he listened they swept into that grand
wedding march. He bounced to his feet,
and in Il moment the exchange had con-
nected him with the suburban residence,
and when he recognized the voice he only
said 'Listen, Clara The orchestra
was seated just under the telephone and
the sweet strains were being reverberated
to the hills. When the band had finished
he said: Hello. Clara! Wasn't it just
grand?' A moments silence. and then:
MAY engage the band to play the same
march some afternoon at your house dur
ing Easter week, dear? Say, yes, darl-
ing" Another moment of silence, and
then: "Clara. I'm the happiest man
alive. "-Cincinnati Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
A Very Useful Dream.

A curious story, which may, perhaps,
e worth the attention of the Psychical
Research society. comes from Apple
lore. \ retired captain was disturbed
II his first sleep" on Saturday night
~ dreaming that the house in which
:ome friends lived was on fire. So
;'ivid was the dream that. in spite of his
.'ears and varied experience, the captain
vas really alarmed, and he was not
satisfied until he had dressed and pro-
'ecded to the house. And his appeara nee
vas most opportune. A young girl. while
ndulging in the dangerous delight of
eading in bed, had fallen asleep while
he candle she had used remained ON the
',ed-with the common result that the
.ounterpane became ignited. But for
The timely assistance of the uneasy
dreamer the consequences must have
:,een very serious. AS it was the mid
night reader escaped with a few burns
N the arms and a severe fright. What
If the dream: 1t was certainly strange
and Il Representatives, Dev-
~ 1nurunl
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
A NAUTICAL NOVELTY.
Electric Propeller that Can DO Attached
to Amy Small Boat

to Amy Small Boat.
Many Il man has wanted at some time
in his life steam launch, but either be-
cause he could not afford it, or was I'M
willing to accept the discomfort which ac-
companies the use of such Il motive power
for a small boat, has foregone the pleas
urc. An electric launch would meet the
requirements for those who could afford
the first cost of such craft, but launches
such as those which won the admra ton
of millions at the Worlds fair are expen-
sive and require IL visit to IL generating
plant once in twenty-fonr hours. at least,
to rechargc the batteries. a bright Chi
cagO man has produced II machine which
appears to nc Il solution of the problem,
and now any man who has Il boat from
ten to eighteen feet long can transform
her into an electric launch without any
altera tons, simply by scrcwing to the
stern Il fitting similar to Il rOwlock plate
The motor can then bc attached in
twinkling This motor is now being
shown in this city.
The entire outfit may be briefly de-
scribed as follows: From the tip of the
tillcr to the screw it is 3h feet long,
about eighteen inches of this length con-
sisting of the motor, controlling lever
and tiller arc inboard of the stcrnpost;
that part running cupboard being simply
nickel-plated two-inch shaft tube. Its
needed to run it weighs from Is to 275
pounds, the weight varying with the
choice Of primary or storage battery.
The two-bladc screw is 10 inches in d.
ametcr, and just forward of this OH the
shaft tube there is located a steering fin
Thus both motor and steering gear are
combined in the same machine. With
this rig from one-third to onchalf all
electric hOrse-lN power can be developed
with four 4-ccll batteries giving twenty
six volts. From three to five miles an
hour, it is claimed, can be developed, ac
cording to load and resistance.
The sportsman naturally asks, what
will such Il device cost. and how chcaply
can it be rum This is what is claimed
for it by it's inventor: The machine. OK
elusive of batteries, cost 500: with bat
terics. from 1925 to $17j. If a man is
going off camping, for instance, and can
not conveniently reach an electric plant
for charging storage batteries, he simply
takes along primary batteries and sends
ahead by express carbOy of solution.
The running cost is estimated at from
5 to Z cents per hour. which figures up
pretty cheaply for q two-wecks' outing.
The machine can be packed in case and
transported almost as easily as gun
In running full speed there is almost no
vibration, scarcely any noise and no dirt.
Another argument in favor of such an
outfit is that the batteries will run an in
candescent lamp for night sailing, fishing
or hunting and at the same time propel
the boat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
TRAPPING SALMON IN NORWAY.
The Peasant Farmers Exc Out q Hnra
Subsistence from the FjOrtis.

The Peasant Farmers Exc Out a Hard,
Subsistence from the FJords.
There is very singular way of tran
ping salmon on the Norwegian fjords,
says the Pail Mall Gazette. Here and
there, as you pass along those great
the heart of Norway, you may see II soil
tary hgure perched upon sort of spi-
derry, fragile-ookins timber lookout, ever.
hanging the ford. A week later, or
Il month. us you pass again, you may see
that lonely figure. his eyes always bent
upon the ford beneath him still keeping
his watch.
The man is q salmon catcher; in his
hands are Il couple of long ropes, con
nected with il net in the water below him,
and day after day he sits up there III
tently watching until he sees Il salmon
pass into his net. The instant this great
event happens he hauls sharply upon the
ropes, closes the mouth of the net, and
then getting into his boat, proceeds to
pick UP the salmon ut his leisure. i
The salmon thus caught are sold to
some hotel upon the ford, or sent with
others in ice to Bergen by the next
steamer The fisherman gets from Sd
to I'D per pound for his catch-id is an
average price-and even the hard-earned
procured ut the expense of long, weary
days of watching. means il good deal to
these poor peasant farmers, with whom
ready money is scarce commodity.
The Norwegian peasant farmer is a
poor man indeed, or he would not beake
onous method of adding to his scanty
means. Usually he has Il small patch of
land, few acres only-a mere garden
spot-whcre little soil lies ut the foot
Of the rocky mountains that inclose the
ford, or (whcre the soil is always the
richest,) upon some old moraine or in
some open valley formed by glaciers III
reaps his tiny crops, aud cuts his grass
in August making hay Of it by hanging
it upon tall hurdles. His few COWS and
goats are in the byres during the long
nter-half-starved, poor creatures!- sand
fed, more often than not, upon dried
boughs of the abundant birch tree. In
June the, little flocks and herds emerge
and are driven up to the Saeters (nount-
ain pastures). where the girls of the tiny
hamlet settle down III rude huts quite
alone, make cheeses and live an idyllic,
pastoral life until September. The farm
er always makes his own boats-you can
buy in Norway a good, roomy, pine-bu
boat for 81, shillings, or e. is as
much fisherman and boatman as u
farmer, us, indeed. are all his family
The farmers cat little or no meat; fiat
brod ia sort Of very inferior coarse oat-
cake, made of grain and potatoes), milk,
cheese and fish suffice for the Norwegian
and his family throughout the year. The
catching of Il few salmon each week,
therefore, during the summer is IL matter
Of much Importance to the poorer of the
peasant proprictors of this picturesque,
but excessively barren country. Norway,
indeed, is nothing but country of great
mountains, pierced by the vast s,awater
fjorlS. and ono exhibiting IL few scanty
patches of good land. Its natives. per-
hars the hardest, simplest. kindlicst and
hard. indeed, and their wants are few and
ScantX
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
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|$SS)a|EsEs sRR:pF |:'s'!E''s'' SS@
70" h.s

This huge body is filled with juice made
from the leaves the worm has eaten, and
he must get rid of it or he will die; so he
moves restlessly about until he finds good
places to fasten his threads to, and be-
tween which to swing the little nest he
is going to spin, for he is going to sleep
soon.
From his mouth he throws out tiny
fluid stream that hardens the instant it
reaches the air; and so, after he has
fastened the outside threads, hammock
fashion, he begins to roll his head from
side to side sixty times a minute. until
he has done it 100000 times, making
thread half mile long: Ask papa how
For some time after he has been spin.
ming, and has wound himself in the
threads that have taken the shape of a
cocoon, you can see him doubled up like
horseshoe, hard at work inside. Finally,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Costly Cigar Ashes.

a certain Hans Weber of Stettin sells
md advertises largely powder which. it
it claimed, will cure the dropsy. This
marvellous specific, offered with medical
recommendations and numerous tcstimon-
ials of cures. is sold at price which
amounts to $40 francs the kilogramme
LESS than one and one-quarter pound
lvoirdupois). DR.. Hoffman of Stcttin
bought some of this secret remedy and
had it analysed by the director of the
laboratory of analysis at Darmstadt. The
director found that the powder was com
posed, chemically, Of carbonate of lime, II
per cent. of carbonate of potash, with
variable portions of coal, clay, phosphate
the whole, from chemical point of view,
being identical with cigar ashes.-Indus.
tre NatiOnalp
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

i'll the ranks. and was detailed to drive
mule-wagon in the ammunition corps
Of the Fifth squadron, IN occupation
distastefnl to most conscripts. But while
engaged in this humble work he will oc-
cupy a fine house at Fontainebleau, with
large stables attached for his horses and
roomy quarters for his servants. Anoth-
err conscrpt in whom all France is inter
ested is Gen" Geleoc. a French Tom
Thumb. His height is only feet or
inches.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

The story of Baby's Sash.
Guantanamo has bought a gift,
Beautiful rs may be
Such dainty silken sash!
We must thank her, baby.
"No." said Gran,lmamma. ''for I
From the merchant bought It,"
T%as the eo &eav es i proSght it s"'
''Thanks to me?" the weaver cried.
~ can scarce believe 1t!
Twas the dyer gave the silk,
And l did but weave it."
TO the dyer, them We'll so
Many thanks bestowng:
But its colors glowing"
''Nor to me your thanks belong"
Quickly said the spinner;
"But think know the one
Who should he their winner.
"All the silken thread so fine
Listen how'll found it
In Il silkworm's small cocoon,
And from there unWOund IT,!
Here, then, was the sash begun;
80. though strange 1t may nc,
Twas the SilkWOrnl, after ull,
Gave the sash to baby.
Let us 80 to the silkworm, then, and
sec how he lives and works in the six
short weeks of his life to give the silk
sash to baby. We shall have to watch
him day and night almost if we would
see all the changes he undcrgocs, so rap
idly docs one follow another. We must
go to the countries where it is never
very cold if we would find him, and look
only on the mulberry or Usage orange
trees, for he likes to cat only the tender
leaves of these trees. Therefore our
visit must be in early summer time.
First We find little eggs, about as large
us mustard seeds, 400 of them in q
bunch. fastened by sticky substance to
the leaf.
Now watch closely, for if the sun is
very warm you will see him turn gray,
then blue, then white, all except one
small moon-shapcd black spot. Take
magnifying glass and you will see that
this black spot is the head of a worm.
In few moments out they begin to
come, little black, wrigging things. and
oh, so hungry: In two or three days all
the 400 eggs are Matched, and lively
scramble there is among the little fell
lows to get something to cat. You never
saw anything like it-cat, cat, cat, morn
ing. noon and night. and all the time b.
tween: WHAT would happen to you if
you ate like that? Your clothes would
get too tight, wouldn't they? OF course;
and this is just the way with the silk
worm. His skin gets too tight at the
end of five or six days, when he has
grown to be this size:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
American Competition.

Baltimore mills got contract lately
for 2OO.OW yards of cotton duck for
the Japanese government and an Ala
bama foundry has just secured a contract
for xy7C.NO worth Of east iron pipe for
the Toxic watcrworks. IL the Japanese
government could have got its tent ma
terial cheaper in Europe than i'm this
In the case Of the iron pipe the dispatch
states that the American firm met tb..
competition Of the English. French and
Belgian bidders"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Train Stopped by Oily Rails.

A train was recently stopped in France,
va, under the following curious circum-
stance: A freight train had in one of it's
cars some cod liver oil, which began to
leak away from the containing vessel,
BY chance the escaping stream struck
exactly in the middle of the rail. The.
train that bore the oil was not affected,
the passenger train that followed, which
came to standstill when it reached the
oily rails. Nearly threc-quarters of an
hour were consumed in running the two
and half miles to the next station. and
this rate was only attained by diligent
sanding Of the track.-Tid-Bits
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
The Second vyed,liu~ Gown

What is the CORRECT wedding dress for
widow bride? asks Lady visIrs Gre
vile. a literary belle Of London Shall
she compete with her virgin sisters and
wear white. or must she cen take refuge
in cool gray. soft lilac or rprulcan blue 2
Hitherto white has been taboeefi as the
color Of innocence. to which the widow
guileful rs she is supposed to bs. iareS
no longer pretend. Now. however. We
have changed all that. A fashionable
woman. marrying for the second time.
wore white satin trimmed with xubfr ut
her wedding the other day. The charm
is broken and other brides viii follow
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
"A Carrier Pigeons Return

Eight months ago carrier pigeon be-
longing to John c. Oman, president of
the Hillside Homing club of Lancaster,
Pa. was released at MANASSAS, Va, be-
ing one Of II number engaged in fly
for the Shamrock Silver club on Tues
day. Dinan's bird failed to return home
but last evening it appeared ut it's old
cote. An examination Of the bird showed
as the feathers grew again the birds in
stinct turned it hOmeward.--Philade
T,nlvnr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
THE CHAMPION BOY HUNTER.
He is Seven-Year-O Old Californian of 2
Retiring Nature.

He is Seven-Year-O Californian of a
Retiring Nature.
Little Leslie HALEY, who is only Z
Years old, is the champion boy hunter of
the West, and as hunters flourish more in
the West than in the East, he is probably
the champion boy hunter of America
Moreover. Leslie is a city-bred boy, who
goes to school over brick pavemcnts and
sees deer only in Imagination for a good
many months of the year.
Every summer for several years past
beginning very soon after he was pro-
NOTED from kits to more manly form
OF attlre-he has gone into camp with
his father near Mt. Shasta. Under his
fathers tutelage he has learned how to
Scotch collie, Shep, roam the mountains
from morning until night, bringing down
Whatever game crosses their path. As
result of last summers sport three pairs
of antlers adorn Master Les,ie's room.
and to capture them he fired only -four
shots. Sportsmcn will tell you that that
means good aiming and accurate shoot
ing.
When Leslie was only six years Old h.
won honor for his family His father was
to have been one of the competitors in
a shooting match ut long-r range target
but was unable to take part. His six
ycar-Old son acted as his substitute, to
the grcar amusement of the skilled
markSmcn against whom he was pittcl
But they soon found that it was not the
colossal joke they had imagined or rath
or that the joke was against them. For
the little urchin won the trophy.
1t is gratifying to know that Leslie has
not yet adopted all the methods of tn,
shooters Of ''big game" but that he is
a modest, retiring little boy, who doesn't
like to talk of his achievements-New
York World
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
YOUNG FOLKS. COLUMN
Ideal and Real.

He was q reader Of Shakespeare, : ]
And longing Il poet to be; :.
She was n student at college,
II quest of an NJ. ID. degree.
They stood IN the pale, silent moonlight,
re holding her soft. dimpled hand;
4 happier lover than he wis
Sure never lived In the land:
For she had just told him, the darling
secret he'd long sighed to know:
Al, lady. you'll guess what the thing was,
That IL, II you Ger had beau
MY loved one" he murmured In rapture.
WIN WIN Il line touch OF dramatic art
"Are you sure that those words you have
uttered
Come. straight from your warm. tender
hearth"
She answered; her full tones We're sweetcr
Than tones from ten nightingales' tongues:
"Ha. Ia! From my heart? How absurd,
dear!
Pharmaceutical Era.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

the threads grow so thick that the worm
is shut out from your view forever, and l
am sure You feel wee bit sad in saying
of four days he has spun all of his thread,
and it Cocoon or nesD is done and looks
like this
In about two weeks you will find a
little hole cut through the threads from
the inside. You peep in, but the little
cradle is empty. Looking about you sec,
clinging to the leaves and cocoons, gray
moths, into which the sleeping tired
worms were turned as the catcrpillars
are turned into the butterflies. These
new little friends live only twelve or fif-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
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And now he and his companions come
to 4 very serious time in their lives.
to getting rid of this fourth skin they
suffer acutcly. Their sickness resembles
death, and many of the latest actually
do die. But if they succeed in living
through the ordeal they are we'll and
strong, as large as this and hungrier than
ever:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Had Il Vacation

II had a great time Saturday." said I.
German barber to an early customer thi.
morning. II took day off and saw the
new public library. the new court house
and the new state house, and then l had
n tooth filled. 1t was my first vacation in
hate to get back to work" Boston Tran
scriDt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
Grover Gleveland's Loss.


$4,000, it is understood, by IN unfortu>
nate investment made this past summer
in block of railway stock by his fiscul
agents. This is the fourth serious loss
of Mr.. Cleveland since he re-entered the
presidency. A very erroneous impression
prevails that Mr.. Cleveland is very rich
and that Mr.. Whitney invests for him
Mr.. Cleveland is worth today perhaps
$25O,OOO, and Mr.. Whitney has nothing
to do with his financial affairs. The
President does not superintcnd these in
vestments. which is one reason, perhaps,
why SO many turn out i'll. Some of His
money, by the way. is going into office
buildings. Mr.. Cleveland believes in
these structures, and he has some inter-
est in well-known New York edifice of
the kind Thos who oppose sky scrap
ers may be interested in this fact.-New
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22

to kill them, md to loosen the gluc With
which the threads were fastened to the
ttWigs., Then the fine, fnc threads, finer
than baby's hair, are pulled OF with a
brush and twisted into punches for the
spinner.-Junior Wisconsin. =, = -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
His Lordship was Obtusc.

The New York gir,--'Lord Dumley,
did You ever hear the joke about the m,,.
scum keeper who had two skulls of st.
Paul; one when hc WIS hoy and the
other when he was a. man?' The Eng
lishman-"No: what is it ?"-Iife.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
How She Mixed Thorn

A little girl years of age, attending
n kindergarten class, was asked to tell
n story about two plus two. She COM
mcnced: If l had two apples and two
peaches, / would have But the
teacher interrupted: ''Why, Jessie, how
can yom put apples and peaches to-
gether? EAT 'em," was the quick
response.-New Orleans Picayune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
A Strange Story.

"A young man, walking to the house Of
his brother, a woman. found our, the inn Ct
the room Of a merchant who was openly
counting out his money. Having occns
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-02-22
BOOkish Criticism.

The late Walter Pater was once call
ing on II friend who had recently pub
lished a book. ''Thank you SO much.'
he said, "for giving us that very nice book
on 49,. liked it very much There is
such Il pretty dash of gold in the paper
inside the cover"-San Francisco Argo-