The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-04-19


Cd wrongs, Old lies Of ages blind and cruel.
What If If alone the wordwar's Worldwide
Can purge the ambushed pes Hence away
Yet woe to him that idly lights ne fuel!
A moments fantasy. the vision came
or Europe dipped in fiery death and 50
Mounting reborn. with vrstal limbs aSlow.
Splendid and fragrant from her bath Of
It neeled; and phantom without name.
Sightlcss. dismembcred terrible. said: ..Io
/ am that ravishcd Europe men shall know
After the morn OF blood and night Of
shame
The Europe of the present as she stands
iOWcr.ess from terror Of Icr own vast
power,
Meath novel stars, beside a brink unknown:
And round her the sad kings with sIetpless
hands.
Piling the fagots, hour by dconful hour
London Spectator.
A Cure fer House Nerves.
Energetic, care-frcc individuals laugh
at the suggestion of such IN ailmcnt as
house nerves, and say it is only imag
AIRY. But thousands Of women will test,
fy otherwise.
People of sedentary habits. who spend
all their time indoors, frequently become
morbid, brooding and irritable. The fail,
home at the usual time brings forth
gloomy forcbOdings of disaster; the alb
scnce of anyone at night causes floor,
walking and tears, even though such per.
son be of-maturc years, sound health and
abundant ability to care for himself. A
projected journey is overcast by recital,
of horrible accidents. Meals are unsatis.
factory; clothes never fit, no one sympa.
thiZes or cOndoleS with the sufferer.
The reason of house nerves are legion
Introspertion is one. Let Il woman sit at
home day after day, week in and week
out, and analysis of everything and per-
herself included. A woman who studies
herself, her wants and desires. her all
mcnts and loneliness, is on the fair road
to asylum did she but know it.
Some women, it is true, are tied down
by children and household cares to a
ccaselcss indoor life. but they are not
nerves; one reason being that, forced out
of contact with others. they ycarn always
for the privilege of ningling in some
sort of society, embracing every chance
thrown in their way toward that end
But the woman who stays ut home be-
cause she might get sick by venturin. out
in the cold, or because her neighbor can
better-or perhaps the habit has become
fixed by degrees to that extent that it is
like parting with Il tooth to get out of
the routinc-that is the woman who hrOods
and fancies and cries over mental Dict-
ures of catastrophies that never happer,
and meets troubles which never come.
Any parent who OWLS a highly imagn-
throw it i'll with healthy merry com
panions. who always effect a complete
cure, for mrth is infectious. But if the
unhappy owner is rcpressed and kept in
doors. some family in the future will
feel the effects.
Tnc cure is simple, but few follow it.
Throw away your medicine and go visit
ing Patronize all the gayeties your peck
etbook affords. Take long walks in the
sunshine, and whenever Il morbid thought
comes think up Il necessary errand and il
will dissolve like mist before the sun.
House nerves can be cured. but only by
natural laws. Medicines dull but do not
cure.-New York Press.
When Does a Woman Begin to Grow Ole?
The famous beauty. Ninon de rEnclos,
ly replied, '"rhat is no age at all.
One iratc dame whose husband asked,
"Why, how old are you that you play
the fool like this!' was so incensed that
she took off her slipper and belabored
the unfortunate man until he had no
Dieitii tlL ~ repeat tllc inquiry. w men
marital disagreements finally resulted in
u separation, the same question was re-
peated in court, and the wife answered
in great excitement that her age con-
cerncd nobody. The judge. serene in the
knowledge that he had ways and means
to discover the great secret, simpl:
smiled. Ordinary mortals, however. not
having such means at their disposal, are
unable to ascertain such home truths:
hence, it frequently happens that Il man
is utterly unable to state his own wife's
age. One man. answering the question,
simply. stated that he had never trou-
bled himself on the subject and apollo
most impolite question to ask
The English wit, Douglas Jerrold. all
viscd men in all seriousness not to ask
Il woman her age, but rather to speak
to her about her youth. And indeed he
showed some Judgment, for women never
the following anecdote is appropriate:
The question was once mooted in So
ciety at what period of life old age begins
for woman. A handsome young mat
ron said: AS soon as Il woman is in
capable of awaking love- another said.
hair i third that 'the turning point
was the confirmation of her eldest child"
1t is related that the grandmother. Mrs.
II. w. Beecher. a handsome, silver
haired dame of 60. in whose honor the
company had been assembled. was called
upon to decide the knotty point. She
was asked:
"Grandmother, when do women begin
to grow old?'
Drawing herself up in most stately
manner, and with flashing eyes, she
answered:
some old woman that question:
ence Gilmore in Home and Country.
Duty and Duty.
We often read of the duty of children
to their parents. Children's duty! What
is it? Oh! They must be loving. ten
der, considcratc, obedicnt and-you know
the rest. You have read it as often as
l have.
Isn't tho Keystone of the whole struc-
turc Love?
But | started to write of the parents
duty to children What is the first duty?
wiser person than | has said that the
first right of child is to be well-born.
Does that include the mental as we'll
as the physical part of his being?
How can Il child he loving and consider
ate when his advent is looked forward TO
with dread and hatred? I know | speak
strongly, but feel deeply on the subject.
| was brought up to look upon children
as an added burden and expense. and so.
my first chlid must carry through life
Il discontinued and hateful spirit. Oh.
to think l am the cause of whole life
time Of misery!
Can anyone know of the anguish with
which heard her say Tiny little 1O.ycar.
old: II wisl, l had never been horn!
l can't help being mad and ugly. Oh!
mamma, why amt like little sister,"
What is her duty to mo? | fell as
though | can say nothing"
And so ] say to all mothers, rich and
poor, especially the poor ones: if YOU can
give the babies nothing else, give them
loving welcome. You say I'VE are so
poor. l am ovcrworkcd now. how can l
get along with another little frettrr? We
nave more now than we can take care