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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
THE MINT JULEP.
The delightful Concoction Probably Came
~ First from Persia.

AAo a elSntlul COncOcCiOn PROBABLY Game
=. First from Persia.
A Marylander and Albanian cannot
argue on the subject of mint juleps with.
if both are patriotic sons of their respect:
i've states. Both states claim the origin of
the mint ,julep. Neither Georgia, Ken
lucky nor Tennessee has yielded it's claim
to the invention, but the sons of those
straight-goods states never came to blows
in the discussion. I am of the opinion
that the mint julep was a Persian inven>
ton. Fine mint grows in that country,
and from the earliest ages the julep was
known as a vehicle for taking medicine.
The Greeks also knew the julep and
handed it down to the French and the
Spanish. Whisky was not used in the
mixture, however, but strong spirituous
liquors of other kinds. AS to the best
modern julep there are various opinions.
political influence. in this city's public
bars. Only a native of one of the rock.
bottomed Southern states can make it to
perfection. Now is the time for it. The
mint is in it's tenderest age. The Greeks
bruised their mint We never think of
doing that over here. BY "we' | mean
those of us who know what Il julep is.
a glass of whisky and brandy, in equal
portions, for four hours. This extracts
the. flavor of the mint without the bitter
quality that spoils Il julep. Fill silver
pitcher with cracked ice next, we say,
pour in the whisky and brandy, with a lit.
tie. water, and send for your friends.
When fine frost settles upon the outside
Of the pitcher the julep is ripe Put a
dozen sprigs of fresh mint in glass, and
pack well with cracked ice. Over the top
sprinkle pulverized sugar to the taste;
then slowly pour from the pitcher till the
glass is filled and the sugar dissolved.
Then-drink. Bury your nose in the mint
till the delightfully."- cool scent goes away
down to your toes. After one or two Of
these you will thank the Lord that you
are alive. There are other julcps, but
this is 1.-The Julep.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Simplicity.

A story at the expense of the Appalachi-
an Mountain club Of Boston is related in
Happy Thought. An excursion party from
the club, it appears, had gone to a rural
part of the state, and in default of suffi-
Gent hotel accommodations some of the
members were obliged to seek quarters in
a farmhouse.
Simplicity was the order of the day.
Everything was scrupuously clean, but
there was natural absence of some of
the luxuries of high-priced city hotels.
Some of the ladies Of the party discovered
that there were no keys in the locks of
wife. y
That good woman was surprised.
,Why,' she said, "we don't usually
here but you. But then / suppose YOU
Know your own party BEST
line visitors did not insist uDon the KEYS.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Grain for Mich Ewes,

Z Ewes that are sucking lambs should
have some grain, especially if they are
given roots or other succu1ent food to in
crease the flow of milk There is always
profit i'll making the lambs grow rapidly.
as the larger and fatter they are the bet
ter price they will bring per pound. It is
Just as possible to increase the yield of
milk from ewes as it is from cows in
the dairy by good feeding. By keeping
up the practice for several generations
breeds Of sheep that are superior for
milk may be established. This will be
especially necessary if farmers grow the
breeds that produce twins and occasional
ly triplets at Il birth. Most common
sheep are SO poor mixers that one lamb
is all they can provide for, and they need
good feeding for that.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05

tions, weakness of the stomach, indiges-
ton, bloating, leucorrhua, womb trou-
bic, flooding, nervous prostration, head
ache, general debility, etc. Symptoms of
Womb Troubles
are dizziness, faintness, extreme lassi-
tude, "don't CARE" and "want to be
LETT alone" feelings, excitabi!ity, irrita-
bility, nervousness, sleeplessness, fatu-
lency, melancholy, or the "blues, - and
backache. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will correct all this
trouble as sure as the sun shines. That
Bearing-Down Feeling,
causing pain, weight, and backache, is
instantly relieved and permanently cured
by its use. Under all circumstances it
acts in perfect harmony with the laws
that govern the female system, is as
harmless as water. 1t is wonderful for
Kidney Complaints in either sex.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Liver Pills
work in unison with the Compound, and
are sure cure for constipation and sick
headache. Mrs. Pinkham's Sanatiye
Wash is frequently found of great value
for local application. Correspondence
IS freely solicited by the Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, and the
strictest confidence assured. All drug
gists sell the Pinkham remedies. The
Vegetable Compound in three for',s, -
Liquid, Pills, and Lozenges.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Longest Tow on Record

The Liverpool steam tug company, limit
ed, have received cabegram from ST.
Vincent, Cape Verde, announcing the ar
rival there on Monday of their screw tuy
Blazer with the disabled Italian steamer
Colombo in tow for Genoa. The Blazer
left Rio on the 18th of March with the
Colombo. She has thus far made very
smart passage, and when Genoa is
rea ched she will have completed the
longest towing feat on record, about
5000 miles. She was detained four DAYS
at Fernando Noronha-northeast coast of
Brazil-for coaling. The outward passage
of the Blazer from Liverpool to Rio was
accomplished in excelently quick time.
the run occupying twenty-one and a half
days, which included stoppages for coal t
Las Palmas and st. Vincent Glasgow
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Queer Empress.

The Empress of Austria may be
queer" but she retains sufficient fe1ni-
nine vanity to spend two hours over her
toilet each day, her beautiful hair having
special care bestowed upon it. After a
lunch of, strong broth and some light
meat she starts off on Il five-hour walk,
wearing short black dress just reach
sol and dark fan. With these to screen
her face from curious gazers and Greek
teacher keeping close at her side, read
ing and speaking in that language, her
majesty manages to endure existence.
Nothing could be more dreary to most
women than such routine, but the EN-
press likes to be peculiar, and then she
sometimes meets with strange expert
ences, which are duly jotted down in her
private diary. No Vienna newspaper
darcs allude to her majesty's goings or
con,inps
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
De Lesseps and the Teacup.

The Count de Lesseps never seemed to
lose sight of the education of his chill
dren even in smallest detail. One morn
ing at breakfast beautiful Dresden tea
cup was broken. ''Ah," cried the coun-
tess, " disaster! Two more of that set
will now be broken. 1t always happens
So" Are you SO superstitious,'" asked
the count, "as really to believe that two
more will now be broken" II know II"
'Then let us get it off our minds: And,
taking up two of the cups by the handles,
he dashed them together. The anger
and dismay of the countess proved con.
clusively that she had not seriously held
to her superstition. 1t also loosened any
hold the absurd idea may have had OH
the minds of the children.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
BfiSsfuI ignorance

4 little cr,Iorel hoy was lying qu1rs
sick recently in Thoma SviI,e tsa vha1
a good woman with missionary pro"Iivi
ties called upon him tn comfort him
by talking of The hereafter You
know what death Is. pr,'~Se-l the cnor
woman. '1ion't know muffin aE"ut lief
what is ~: was the iH7erT '=ar;vr an
S1.er. Why. when yoH die tn, rnD-
seier attempted u explain. your som
leaves your body. Your body y.,r sra
through with, and thar is buried in TN.
ground, hut you live Oh in Your soul "
You say I don't have muffin more Z,
do with my body" That is what I
said" was the answer DEN what Is !
gwine to button up my clothes to when
I get up ia DE- mawnin' - incinnati
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
JAPANESE LULLABY.

Sleep, little pigeon, and fold your Wings
Little blue pigeon with velvet eyes;
Sleep. to the sligikg Of mother bird swing
49, Ing, III 8 =
Swinging the hest where the little one Hes.
Away out t6ndef I see 4 star. 70. H..
Sivery star With u tinklins song;
To the soft dew failing / Hear it cailins--
Calling ana tiHkliug the night along
In through the window iioonbeam comes,
Little gtW mdonbeam with misty wings:
All silently creeilins, !. asks: ''Is lie sleep
ing
Sleeping and dreaming While tt,cthss
singS?'
Up from the sea there floats the sob -,
OF the .wases that are breaking upon tho
As though they We're gfoatnntiis in anguish
Bemoaning the ship that shah come come no 10
But sleep, little pigeon, and fold your
wings ,,. :,
Little blue pigeon with mournful eyes;
Am not singing? See, am swinging
Swinging the nest where my da Fling lies
-lGugelie Field
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Livestock During Summer

Vastly more is written concerning the
feedlng and management of livestock III
winter than is thought necessary in re-
gard to their care during summer, says
the Prairie Farmer. This is natural. for
gpod pasturage is cheap and usually
that it is not usually profitable to feed
grains to most classes of farm animals
when they have abundance of good grass
or clover in the pastures. OF course
working horses should be well fed. al
though it is well to make green food a
part OF the ration of farm teams in sum
mer. 1t is the opinion of an increasing
give some bran or grain of some kind to
best. tt'
Ibis season, as has been the case fire.,
quently in recent years, very many farm
Grs lind their pastures cut short by
arouth. In such cases it certainly will
he wise to feed the stock some grain
rather than to keep them on grass alone.
untll the pastures are exhausted. Even
II the pastures are still fresh it may be
well to give some dry food. It is notice.
ape that stock, especially cattle, often
decidedly relish dry hay, corn stover, or
even straw when they have an abundance
vi soou pasturage.. The readiness with
Whlch dairy cows brought to the stable
IRON a pasture with an abundant supply
OF both grass and clover, will set to work
10 eat hay Of not the best quality has oft,
en- been noticed. OF course this can not
pe made large part of the daily food,
out 1T may be we'll to give opportunity to
MAKE use of surplus hay or slower.
A number of trials seem to Indicate
that, if fattening cattle on pasture are
TO nave grain ut ALL it is better to give
nearly or quite full ration rather than
a smaller quantity. Where there is pros
pect OF insufficient pasturage it will
OFTEN be better to fatten a nart of the
grove as rapidly as possible and get
mem to market, thus securing sufficient
food for the remainder.
Rarely If ever has there been such hot
weather SO early in the season as char
aacterlzed the last days of May and the
nrst days of June over d large part Of
the country, In such weather stock in
pastures without shade suffer much. and
t thls suffering is greatly aggravated If
there ~ not a good supply Of water In
the case OF dairy cows, it would seem
better to keep them in the stables. If
these be comfortable, during the extreme
neat or the day. 1t is at least 4 question
Whether shed shelters placed on high
ground IN the pastures would not be re-
paid by the increased comfort and better
growth OF steers. Hogs Of course must
ma ,.i,,,a some shade Sheep suffer intensely
uhless they have some protection. :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Made a Fortune After Fifty

Some one asked the other day if Gen.
McAlpin was rich man. He is. Many
of the governors staff are millionares,
but none of them wear swords that cost
$1,000. Gen. McAlpin's father, at the
age of $50 years, was employed in a to-
bacco factory. The war made him.
The stockholders became frightened at
the ruin that was staring them and the
country in the face and were crazy to
unload everything they had at an enor-
nous sacrifice. They fell among the
alarmists, who believed that the South
was going to break up the government.
McAlpin, however, was an ardent Union
man: He managed to secure nearly all
of the stock. and when the price of to-
bacco went kiting his fortune was made.
New York Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Wisconsin Patents

Patents for the following WssconSfn
inventions are r"poFtct! this week by Err
win, Wheeler & Wheeler, - and .
Loan and Trust building NfIwauge".
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Inventors HHndlr."k free cn -,.r-r-..~-.
George A. Eowen Fond dH Lac. -efTi-e--
ator: Frank thaInner. Oshkosh guiding
mechanism for rrripr""atiu- carriages Hen
~ F. rraDdTII Milwaukee poVc--frt!,<rnfr-
ting machine: James Harley H..IvsF Dam
apparatus for manufacturing woDlsn yF-nS-
Sebastian H"eningpr. milwaukee 4f-crrir
railway: Peter +. krplyn. Milwaukee IL
Illuminated sign or display: Geur-e L Lock
lin. kenoSha. spiral spTiHg fastening f1r
bed bottoms: James Watson Marfnerrs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Bees Swarmed on the Coffin.

A strange incident happened at a funer
al near Parsons, Kas., the other day
A little son of Samuel Carson, residing
southwest of the city, died and was bur.
led in the neighborhood cemetery. There
being no hearse, the remains were placed
in spring wagon and conveyed to the
cemetery. On the way to the grave a
swarm of bees gathered on the lid OF
the coffin and there remained. When
the cemetery was reached all efforts to
drive the bees from the coffin were with
out avail, and the pallbearers were forced
to take charge of the coffin with the bees
swarming about them, and before the re-
mains were deposited in the grave every
pallbearer suffered, being stung in more
than one place on the face and hands.
The bees chung so tenaciously to the
coffin that many of them were buried with
the body of the dead boy. The dead boy
was very fond of bees, and whether the
bees were thus showing their grief over
the loss of their young friend, or what
the significance of such an act on the part
of the bees was, is mystery yet un-
Ssolved.-Kansas City Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Valuable Tea Swecninps

One of the principal sources of the sup
ply of caffeine in England is the sweep
ings of tea from the floors of the various
docks, wharyes and warehouses in Lon
don. These sweepings aggregate about
$4,000 pounds of tea annually, or. with
the dir :, nails hoop-iron and wood which
gets mixed with the tea, to about 400
tons. The loss to the tea importers an
nually is about $125.OOO The sweepings
have naturally fair proportion of good
to fine grade teas mixed with them, and
consequently contain Il larger amount of
the active principles of tea, called by
chemists caffeine" than the low quality
teas. The sweepings cost the chemists
only about half a cent per pound.-Mer-
chants Review.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
FOR THE FA RMER
Unn OF tho West.


Una Of the West. $3.50. ..s
81 It's "JIna. Una, Una ~ ,s 4s5 d s 81 IL .
3 The birds cry after me-.
III When I so back at sunset . $..3 4 &5.#
Into my own country ~.
* With Una, Una, Una y: ri 7. tn
They will not let me be. n ,sssz
With Druid leaves thew crowned me
The mistress Of the Shee, @ .t
Each wind and west they gave me-
For hounds to follow me. n
Mine are the yellow ragweeds r. 81
And mine the quicken tree. - 49,
teach the dreaming colleen Il -. as
How she her love may win; z,
i wake the old lIarps from silence ):
To wall for days OF Fionn; i
] make the long grass greeMer -.
That folds Saint ldc In. =. ., Il.
It's 'stlht. tina, Una!" -
Birds sing and will not stay;
And not pldvef whistles [
Or lark dare greet HE day
UntiF l c9ine from west ward
And bid the night away. g.. ,,.... IA
from Ballads in Prose.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Orchard Grass.

Those who grow orchard grass should
remember that it needs to be cut early.
=, cut just as the stem is forming and
before it becomes hardened orchard grass
will spront readily, and may be cut sever
al times i'll d season. 1t will also thicken
Under this treatment and cover vacant
staces.in the soil. The seed should al
ways be soWn with some kind of clover.
which will furnish nutriment for it after
the clover has died out.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Wanted n Strong Man.

IT beg your pardon" said one man to
another in a railroad train, but am the
manager of museum and ]. have va
c;,ncy now for strong man."
& well, what of it?"
: s'Why, sir, 1 saw you open the car
window with no apparent effort, and /
thought perhaps we could agree on the
terms and you could begin your engage
ment Immediately" -Detroit Free Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
The Strongest Men Grow Weak

Sometimes. The short cut to renewed vigor
is taken by those sensible enough to use Hos
letters Stomach Bitters Systematically. 1t
re-establishes impaired digestion, enables
the qualities of fine medicinal stimuIant
with those Of sovereign preventive reBl-
edy. Malaria dyspepsia. constipation. rheu-
matte, nervous and kidney complaints are
kcurel and aYertpd hy Ii
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Funerals on an l. Road.

The Brooklyn Elevated Railroad com
pany, whose lines connect the central
part of the city with half dozen large
cemeteries. is to put in the necessary
equipment to run funeral trains Special
cars will be provided and large elevators
are TO be constructed at the stations al
joining the cemeteries and at certain
other stations
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is taken internally. Price Is cents.
Good Business.

Well, Jimmie. how much did you put
III the Sunday school box today"
Ten cents said Jimmie. 1T was
good business, too. Teacher gave me a
card for being the most generous boy in
the class, and swapped it off for post
age stamp worth fifteen cents with Billie
Wilkins. "-HarDer's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Careful of Enu1tsh.

Foreigners who attempt to learn the
English language will appreciate the en-
barrassment of Frenchman who boast
ed that he had mastered the English
tongue. He was asked to write from die
tation the following choice specimen Of
our choice eccentric vernacular: "As
Hugh Hughes was hewing II yule log
1nents of dark hue came up to Hugh
and said: Have you seen my cwesY
TO which he replied: IF you will wait
until hue this yew / will 60 with you
to look for your ewes After an at
tempt the Frenchman admitted his mis-
take. He used to imagine he was used
to English speaking, but he would be
more careful how he used the language
in the future. ~. = ],
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Buying Cows.

Someone has said that the buying of
cows is lottery where a man may buy
4 good COW, but the chances are against
him, for the reason that those who sell
cows are not likely to sell their best ones,
the others going to the buyer because of
undesirable traits, and often vices. In
many sections this may in part be true,
but in the Western states, outside of
what are known as the dairy sections,
raising cows to sell is one of the indus
tries, quite as much AZ raising steers, and
affords no inconsiderab BILE revenue to the
farm income These farmers usually
nave two to five cows to sell in the spring
or fall, and the COW buyer, as a rule, has
his pick. Take one of these cows of
dairy form and put her into the winter
dairy and give her the best of care and
feed, and she as a rule is a fair mixer
and as we happen to know with much ex-
large mess, and in the stable she has few
Wees Of course, where a man raises
his own cows, and breeds along definite
lines, that he will improve the herd
there is no doubt, but the number raised
that prove undesirable" bears no small
proportion to the defective ones pur-
chased, unless the farmer who supplies
his own dairy with the increase of his
own herd is pretty good breeder of
stock and has dairy Judgment to a fair
degree, and is as painstaking to use sires
only from lines of excellence, and saving
only calves from the best cows, good Sc
lection will equal, if not secure, a better
class of cows than the raising. If a
man has correct dairy form fixed well
in his mind, and besides knows the good
signs that 20 with the best cows. he
will select good dairy, and the ''lottery''
part will be in guessing in regard to the
milking period of the COW. Practical
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05

AT the Spezzia and Naples dock
yards the eight-hour day has proved so
successful that the Italian minister of
marine has made arrangements to apply
the system to all the work under his CON
frol
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
A Ninc-year-old Exhortcr.

A colored girl preacher, 8 years old, is
creating a sensa ton among the colored
people of marlborough. The girl is
prea aching nightly in the colored Metho.
dist church. She claims to have been
converted when Is months old.-ltaleigh
IN CT News and Observer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
Poultry for Home Use.

There ID not a great deal of difference
in The price Of meats, and poultry, which
IS easily digested, ought to be more OF,
farmers tables than it is. The staple
meat product used OH the farm III pork.
That is always hard to digest, and if more
OF the vital energy expended in digesting
PORK were used in pushing farm work and
planning better methods farming would
should not be regarded as only means
TO make more money. If it helps to make
farm life more attractive it will be no less
profitable than if it added directly to the
bank account.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
nPhil" Arnour'y Views.

1t lis to be a great year for the farm
err says Phillip d. Armour, 'and ulti-
mately for that reason great year for
the merchant. High prices are going
in wheat, and the country il going to get
the benefits in a moderate way Of rather
light crops abroad. There was never
stich prospects for the Northwest"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-05
The Ladies.

| The pleasant effect and perfect safety
| with which ladies may use the California
| conditions, makes it their favorite rem
edy. To get the true and genuine arti-
! Gle, look for the name of the California
| Fig Syrup Co., printed near the bottom
| of tho ol1