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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01
Sing Q Life q Failure.

Can women be as happy unmarried
as married:' said 4 promisent physician,
who had opportunity to study the uues-
ton, the other day mo. | do not think
so. In the first place, an unmarried
woman has not the same sort of youth
preserving interests that married one
has. Moreover. unless she is a woman
of remarkable character. she cannot fail
to grow more or less set and selfish
and it is surprising to know how much
mental states affect the health. Why
continued the doctor. warming to her
subject. .! believe that half the cases
of neuresthenia and nervous depression
i'll my practice are caused. not by over
work. but by the need of some absorbing
interest. The average woman must have
4 place where she is supreme. not only
over the inanimate objects but over live
beings. She must have intense personal
interests. 1t is not enough for her to
be q part of the big machine"
The doctor paused and looked as
though she were rejecting on the sad lot
of numerous patients. Then she reused
herself and went on:
1T isn't SO had when one is 20 or ..
But it is a little worse when one is over
30. and sadder and more trying still after
40. At first the enthusiasm. the novelty.
and freshness makes the life interesting
enough and full enough. but little by lit
Tie Tile SEllHOur 1HueS ana ner PROFESSION
is not enough. Women are so constituted
that they live largely in the emotions.
They need a homeland 4 home means
husband and children. There are very
few women large-souled and broatl-minded
enough to expend their affections wisely,
to keep their hearts young and fresh
through such remote and impersonal
means as hospitals and flower missions.
There are few, of course, but CHEEKY.
unselfish and young as they manage to
even they would have been happier mar.
ried
"Onc great trouble with this present hue
and cry about woman's work and her in.
dependence" continued the doctor. lis
that it makes the young woman put off
thoughts Of marrying until it il too late.
I don't mean too late for them to mar.
~, but too late for them to grow into
~adaptablity with their husbands. The
years after q woman is first through
school and has had her first experience of
life, either professional or social. are years
of settling down. If she gives herself up
to her career and to living her own life
and all that she rapidly gets into state
where she is really untitled for matri,
mony. She may find her career with all its
attractions and possibilities unsatisfactory,
but at the same time it il difficult for
her to grow into domestic life after few
years Of professional life. 1t il all prob
lem," continued the doctor, signing. ''and
I dare say it will not be settled in one
day,
With which gloomy conclusion and
sigh the doctor abandoned the question.
. - T. y y: -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01
a Fatal Sp<,e

Il rather curious coincidence is cited nv
old salts here in connection with the loss.
Of the Elbe. 1t Is that three years ago ta
a day her sister ship. the Elder. was
wrecked almost in the same neighypr-
hood. The Elder was built just twa
years after the Elhe and wss like her in
every respect. All the Elders passen-
gers and crew were saved, hut the vessel
was considered q total wreck and aban-
doned. Later. however. she was raised
and repaired. She n now an ocean
tramp.-New York Letter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01
The Young Doctor Ahead.

Joker-"I suffer from cold feet at
night"
DR.. Glynn-"Is your general health
good?'
Perfectly"
Good appetitc:"
First rate"
Sleep under blankets"
Yes"
Talk, plenty of outdoor exerrisc:''
Lots"
Very strange
THE cold feet / suffer from are my
wifc's."
''Ah! Get divorce. Two dollars,
please. York Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01
RESOLUTIONS.

With this new year a new resolve
rye made which seems quite fitting,
And that is, after much hard thought
81 I've decided to quit quitting. w..
e. s 3. .s +. e..5 s ss5 49, Judge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01
America 100 Years Aeo.

Under the heading "Ameriea 100 Years
Ago" the American Queen gives the fol-
lowing:
Every gentleman wore queue and
powdered his hair.
Imprisonment for debt was a common
practice.
There was not public library in the
United States.
Almost all the furniture was imported
from England. ..
An old copper mine in Connecticut was
used as prison.
that made cooked hats.
A day laborer considered himself well
paid with ? shillings a day.
CrOckery plates were objected to be-
cause they dulled the knives.
A man who jeered at the preacher or
criticised the sermon was fined.
Virginia contained a fifth of the whole
population Of the country.
a gentleman bowling to lady always
scraped his foot on the ground.
Two stage coaches bore all the travel
between New York and Boston. -
The whipping-post and pillory were
still standing in Boston and New York.
Beef, pork, salt fish, potatoes and hon.
my We're the staple diet all the year
around. =
Buttons were scarce and expensive,
and the trousers were fastened with pegs
or laces.
There were no manufactures in this
country, and every housewife raised her
own flax and made her own linen. =,
The church collection was taken in a
bag at the end Of pole. with bell at
tached to rouse sleepy contributors r..
Leather breaches, checked shirt, a
red flannel jacket and cooked hat
formed the dress of an artisan. Fiji
When man had enough tea he placed
his spoon across his, cup to Indicate that
he wanted no more. =,
A new arrival in jail was set upon by
his fellow prisoners and robbed of every
thing he had.-Queen Of Fashion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01
Why Does Not the British Maiden Come
II. r. tn SAo lIe? .

often wonder why it is we see 30 few
young English women over here. ! do
not moan immigrants or variety act
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01
Great COasting in New Hampshire.

The people of Pennington, n. H.. be-
!ieve that Pennington can boast of hav-
ing the greatest coaster in New England
Its prominent qualities are length. speed
and beauty. 1t was built by it's owner,
Harvey Pearl, a painter. His object was
to win wager that he would coast
across the bridge at the hosiery mill,
which is Il half mile from the foot of the
hill OH Main street. The big sled. which
is known as Uncle SAM" is seventy-sev-
en- feet long, and carries seventy adults
Mr.. Pearl always steers, and has taken
big loads down the hill, running mile a
minute, without meeting with an acct
dent. He is !, man of great strength
and steady nerve. He recently lifted,
clear off the ground. stone roller which
weighed 1000 pounds.
MIR. Pearl gave coasting party for the
children Friday afternoon. In honor of
the event the schools closed, business was
practically suspended, and Main street,
thoroughly iced from the aqueduct, was
thrown open for the coasters. Mr. Pearl
besides accommodating eighty-fve on
Uncle Sam, used his last seasons triple.
runner for the benefit of about forty sew.
en-. Uncle Sam was used exclusively fol
the children except ON the last trip, when,
with seventy-two passengers, mostly
grown people, it broke the towns coast
ing record by about 700 feet, winning a
barrel of apples and an oyster supper for
the party.-St. Louis Globe-DemOcrlt.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01

Money efleugfl has been collected q,
erect statue ta the Irfe Dr. Chariot
i'm Paris
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01
CURED BY A THUNDERCLAP.
Odd Restoration of Man Made Deaf an
Dumb by DYNAMITE.

Odd Restoration of a Man Made Deaf and
Dumb by Dynamite.
John Council, an inmate of the city poor
farm at Marshalsea, near Pittsburg, since
October. was released recently. When he
went there Cornell was insane and dumb.
His cure has been effected by a clap Of
thunder. Director George Booth of the
department Of charities and Supt. Linde-
man of the farm vouch for the truth of
the story.
One night Council went to his room as
usual. He had been acting very queerly,
and his roommate was cautioned to keep
watch over him. About midnight the two
were awakened by a storm which began
that night. The storm was broken by a
tremendous clap Of thunder. The peal
had hardly died away when Cornell
sprang from his bed and raised a shout
that startled the entire building. Finding
that he could shout, the man began dane
ing about the room. He yelled. clanped
his hands and sang, while tears of joy ran
down his face. Up to that hour none in
the establishment had known his name.
Being dumb, he could not give any ac-
count of himself.
Now, however. he has given his name
as John Council. and says he was born
West. Eventually he secured work in a
mine owned by a California company.
He was awakened, he says. by the clap
of thunder. and regards his recovery as a
miracle. During his lucid intervals Con-
nell says he prayed frequently for a res
toration of his faculties He says the
loss of his hearing was attributed by the
California doctors to the explosion of dy-
Mantle in the mine-Toledo Blade.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01
HOW TO TREAT A COLD.
Some Precautions to Take for Its Proven
ton and Cure.

Some Precautions to Take for Its Proven
ton and Cure.
We are now in what we may call the
season for colds, and well-known
French scientific writer. NJ Henri de
Parville. has been writing some notes
on their prevention and cure. He points
out that as soon as there are the slight
est symptoms of a cold the sufferer should
rinse the mouth frequently with some
antlseptic fluid, such as 4 solution of car
bolic acid, and should inhale through the
nose the smell of this fluid. This treat
ment serves to keep off the germs which
are likely to cause Il cold
But the most curious part of his notes
is that which treats of catching cold
through getting ones feet wet In this
case. i'll addition to the treatment of the
mouth and nose by disinfectants, he advo-
Gates plunging the feet into cold water
Usually. he says, people have the water as
hot as they can bear it, but that is a
mistake. It is likely to make the cold
worse. When our feet have become
chilled by the wet, obviously the first
thing to be done is to make the blood cir
culate properly in them.
Now, warm water certainly brings the
blood back to the chilled feet while they
are in the water. but as soon as they are
taken out and the temperature becomes
much lower, the blood again leaves the
feet and return to the inner organs, which
are warmer. with the result that the cold
)ften becomes worse
The feet should be plunged into cold
water. even into snow, for the space of
forty OF fifty seconds not moro. This
sends the blood flying into the inner or
CANS, where the temperature is very high,
and. as consequence, it gradually goes
back to the feet and stops there. The
circulation being thus restored, little
energetic rubbing of the feet will main
tain it. NJ. de Farville recommends this
treatment to all who are sufferers from
anemia and bad circulation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01
His Ears Clipped for fdeurfnratiop.

Charles Johnson - 4 "-'l"rs-si pri~ssrl.,-
at the county Jail. who Will be- rs-E.,=r-s-f
next Tuesday his sentence fey rIlsfIi-iF,-rS
cutting expiring |n that day trrs' p.a,-rI-
Earify about Johnson - that no esfs.. s-Tu
tell how oil he - He looks lev Bes go
years If ag. when he = quiet atBF when
he laughS he IcsskS fss to Ia fnssfh.,r p..-
culiarity about johnson IL tl1at ~ hrs s,ffIv
half an ear Oh each side 0f his hsagf
How this happenesi - not known Johnson
says that his nother told him that has
master marked him that way IN Slrvp
time he crui,i tell him from ;suattss-
hoy WIN Ieekesi just ike him The S-f-S
show that they have fsern cut ST with
knife.-Sourier-Ieu
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-17

Attracted by an offer to sell 5-year old
mare. who could irot In $50 for sl00. q
Marylandor from Queen Anne county,
Ford Store p. o.. came to tAis city yester-
day.
The mare was own and the Marylander
was satisfied to take her at 800. lie was
to pay $50 down and have the enimal 30
days on trial before paying the balance.
The dealer promised to ship the horse by
boat to Baltimore on the o'clock boat
yesterday afternoon.
The Marylander handed over S5C, and
then wanted the dealer to send tho horse
to tho wharf. One pretext after another
was given for delay, and when the dealer
saw that the buyer was going to stay In
town until he cav the horse safely on the
boat he began to bubble over the thirty
days trial agreement.
Whereupon tho buyer demanded back
his money, but the dealer refused to hnnd
II over Believing that he was being vic.
timlzed the Marylander seiZeI the dea Ter
by the throat and threatened to smash his
head II he did not refund thu money.
friend started to the dealers relief
when the bsyer placed his hand upon his
hip pockes aud commanded the friend to
stand back. Addressing the dealer lie
SAID: Put my money on that desk or I'll
send bullet through your head"
The money was placed on the desk
nave been put To useless expense
coming up here Now lay 30 bill on
top of tho $780,"
The dealer put up the money and the
man from Maryland pooksted tue &55,
saying they couldn't play him for five.
cent uudo.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-17

The Smyrna Times In eritlclzinR a por.
tion OF letter written by one OF the re-
porters Tor the REPUBLICAN from Dover
about the proposed amendment offered In
the Legislature by Representative Mus.
tard,says some rather harsh things of th e
writer. We would say for the Times,
benefit that the man who writes the Duvei
letter Ia Delawarean by BIRTH has livsd
III Wilmington for noarly forty.threr
years anu was never drunk la his life He
thinks he knows what he generally writes
about. We give the Times' article so that
or readers eau read 1t aud judge fol
themselves:
1.-The writer who scrubbed off the above
In the absence OF real legislative doings
70 note. (being early In the session aud
little before them thus fHr1 evidently had
In his mind the Idea OF filling out space
to make up letter, not careful even to
disguise the fact that he wielns his pen In
the interests OF those who want the law
both to sell. or use, known in Wilmington
as the kettle" and here as the bottle
law
"But he may not know as the writer of
this doee not know personally OF tho bad
effects of the law but doubtless Repre-
sentative Mustard does, II not from per.
sonal knowledge. from current testimony
of others. MIR. Mustard goes TO the Leg.
islature to represent his constituents In
what arc their best interests. Wilmington
likewise has representative to look after
and reptesent the city andif he linda tho
"Ecttle'iaw as the correspondent terms II
q comfort to the parents aud u blessing to
tho community ne viii doubtless vote to
sustain 1t.
III tie writer In question intelligently
represents his city, the law allowing men.
mostly young men, taking their first les
SONS In drinking. to buy liquor from the
hotels In bottles. must be approved
there but Representative Mustard evi.
IDENTIFY does not regard the law approving
" here, and this Is In harmony with tn
sentiment tnat comes from ail the rurai
sections. that young men by the hun
dreds are being led into evil associations
and evil waya."
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-17


John Hookham Frere was q scholar
and u man of much literary ability, but
one OF those whose work, for some rea.
seh, finds a very slight hearing Brt
even if his literary work should be quite
forgotten the stories Of his absence OF
mind will live as long as incongruoc,
error continues to aInuse.
One day he sat repeating some verses to
Mr.. John Murray IN MIR Munny's Office,
and his host became SO interested in the
poem that he asked the poet to go home
with him to diltner and continue tho
recitation. Mr.. Frerc, start led to find it
so late, excused himself. He had been
married that morning. he said. and it
was already past the hour when he had
promised his wife to be ready for their
journey into the country.
Another such story rests on the au-
thority of his wife herself Mr., Frero
had just been introduced to her Mt au
evening party and offered to take her
down stairs to procure some refresh
ment. He became so interested in their
conversation, however, that he drank
the glass of negus he had poured for her
and was about to conduct het ap stairs
when She laughingly demonstrated with
him for having forgotten her needs.
This, she said, convinced me
that my now acquaintance was, at any
rate, very different from most Of the
young men around usp'-Youth' S Com.
DauiOn
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-17
yea.aiicn .,epnbi,e.

w. Hudaon Shaw In the New Century
Club lust night delivered his second leo
tuie Of the course on the History OF The
Venetian Republic."
The entertainment began with the OK.
hlbit OF several pictures Illustrative OF the
Deginnngs AMI progress of tie city of
Venice and the evolution OF the Venitian
republic from fishing village founded by
eXties on one OF tho islands OF the Adriatie
lagoon The commerce OF Venice are "
rapidly from the export Of fish and salt.
30 that the city became oppuieut and
powerful enough to suppress the pirates
oil the Adfiatsc about tho year 1000 This
tho lecturer said was ths first great stop in
tne oity's progress toward empire. 1t
Then became iDdepe1ent mistress OF it's
own destiny and subject to nobody. Out
OIL this iirst great victory grew tue great.
sat Venetian festival-the marriage of
Venice and tie seattle celebration Of
which continued for 500 years.
Inc latter part Of the lecture was de-
sciir I've OF number oil beautiful pio.
lures illustrating the art and architecture
oil venice. and closed with magnificent
picture OF tho celebrated Horses OF Venice.
The next lecture will be given on Meunes.
uay evening, January 20.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-17
QUEER THINGS IN POLAND.


Yourg Men and Maidens.
1t is customary in Polish villages to
strew straw over the Christmas eve sup.
per tables, and for the young people,
blindfolded or in the dark, to pick out
each straw thercfrom. Should tho straw
he green the lucky maiden expects to wear
a bridal wreath or the youth to lead O
blushing bride to tho altar during tho ap.
preaching year, but dried straw foretells
to either long waiting, possibly even until
death.
In other rural Polish dist 'icts on the
"Chrlst's eve wine, beer and water are
placed by girl between two candles ON
table. She then retres into corner or
an adjoining room to watch the result re-
flceted in Il mirror hung for this purpose.
If as the clock strikes midnight man
enters and drinks the wine, she Ia happy,
for her woucr will be rich. Should he
drink the beer, she may be content, for
the wooer will DO well to do. If the water
be chosen, her husband will DO very poor
But If as tho clock strikes no man comes
to her table tho anxious maiden shivers
with more than midnight terror, believing
that she is doomed to be early the bride of
death.
Poland is peculiarly rich in these oh
seryances, spreading themselves through.
out the year, both sexes being equally
superstitious In this respect On New
Years eve the young unmarried men place
themselves before fire, and bending down
look beneath their legs. Should woman
appear in the background ID is the one
they will marry, but II they SEQ shape as
of u coffin IL fcrebodcs for them death
during tho year close at hand.-Philadol-
Dlia Press
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-17

The handbail games at the Quaker
City Athletic CluU. Ninth and Arch streets
Philadelphia on Wednesday resulted at
follows: j, Raymond and John ii. ClarB
beat Brennan and Mcclure. 2l.30; Leslie
fierce and Charlie Mrheeyer beat J
McDonough and Mike Dee 2l-9; Pierce
and John Ii. Clark beat McKeever and
Brennan, 2l.l5; Raymond and Mckee.
vtf beat Brennan and Pierce. u 20.
II Ryan wins his fight with Jack Demp
soy ON Friday night, Parsoh" Davies
says he Will take him to Engla nd anu
match him against Tom Williams, oil
Australia. Davies will also take Joe
Choyuski with him and match him against
the Harlem Coffee Cooler"
Jim Daiy, formerly OF Philadelphia
whipped Jack Moynaham ut jamestown
N, Y, In three rounds OH tuesday night
Moynahan Is but Is years old, but L.
thought to be conner.
Robert Montgomery, left fielder OF tn
Columbia Athletic CLUB baseball team, o.
New Castle, Del, hus received an oiler t.
sgE with tho Amsterdam Club, OF th.
New York state League.
Bob Fltzslmmons waa born at Elston
Cornwall, England, juno 4th. 1864 His
first liphts wero in New Zealand In 1850.
and he landed In America In May 1870.
Enorts are being made by Solly Smltl
to get u go with Hltmmer, but the latte!
will not lIsten until Smith defeats Val
Hest, who fought him draw
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-17

The Farmere' Institute Of Kent county
met at Odd Fellows' Hall. on Tuesday
afternoon, In Smyrna. A. L. Hudson, Sr,
was elected chairman OF the meeting.
Afterwards tho meeting was taken In
Charge OF ny j. II. Hale. Of South Glaston.
bury. Conn, and he addressed his hearers
on, "the business End OF horticulture. 7"
feur subjects were thoroughly discussed.
Shipping. grading, packing and marking.
lack OF tho proper preparations Tor
shipment OF fruit has caused considerable
loss to the farmers.
Ihe Smyrna Grange. No. 81, at their last
meeting elected the following officers:
Master, J. Il. carter; Oversser, William ).
Jones' kentun; Lecturer, James G. Robin.
son Chaplain, Robert DaIrah; Secretary.
Samuel Biiderback; Treasurer, A. j. Hud.
son ST.; Steward, Joseph o lpslt, Green.
epilnK; Assistant Steward. j. Frank
Gootee and Gatekeepet. Joseph L,ghteap.
Inc grange hae now nom bership OF
nifty, and meets IN Odd Follows nall.