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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
Having In Wisconhin.

There is Il great deal Of difference III
hay made from the same grasses, writes
a. y. Hyatt of Wisconsin to the Prairie
Farmer. The difference lies mainly iii
the time it ID cut, cured and stored. Some
good fafIiiers cut the Efass just as soon
as the BLOOM appears and others Mt later
stages of growth Until the seeds are eli-
tire ~ rife, atd the plants are SO dry
that the Product feeds ITO curing. ! long
plants have obtained from the soil and
atmosphere the greatest amount Of nutri-
ment: Early cutting and good curing se-
cures hay ftIll af. sugar oil, gum starch,
etc, the very essentials to make milk,
fat, flesh, bone and muscle: early cut
ting gives the roots Il chance to i've on
vigorously and to send forth second
crop to shade the ground during the
months of July and August. Late. cut
ting leaves much less sap in the roots.
They are more hollow and the stubble
iills, with water. 1t is the tendency Of
herbaceous vegetation to die after produc-
ing seed. Rye or winter wheat can be
fed off or repea teddy cut the first summer
and Winter and then yield n heavy crop
of grain. To preserve hay we must get
SOME Of q! the Water out Of It, hut to pre-
sdered 90 So me we es ga n ex g g o
tends to harden tie stalks without max
ing it into hay. / do not believe in cut
ting grass when it is wet, even with 4
light dew. and if it is at all heavy I want
the tedder to follow the mower after the.
grass is cut in the forenoon. ~
This leaves the grass lying lightly upon
the. ground. Before night / want it
cooked up by master hand like myself.
If there are any signs of rain hay caps
are. IN order. These will often pay for
themselves two or three times over in as
MANY days. If the weather is nice /
want all the hay to stand in the cock
two nights and one day, and clover hay
still longer. have no hay upon which
MY stock thrives so well. II showery
weather persists remove the caps cover
ing the cocks if there is tendency to
fefntetit. In dry years hay is dried too
much, and in wet weather it is not dried
enough. I have often been astonished
how. green hay can be put into the NOW
if the conditions are just right. Cure
hay as we may, there is some loss, but
we should STR i've to reduce it to mini
MUM. Hay loses greatly by rains, and
dufing the haying season one should keep
iii pretty close communication with the
WeHthet hurngn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
cning them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
lfactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
ELEVATION OF CITIES.
Delicate Spirit Levels Used Oh the Limo OF
Memphis and Charleston r L.

Delicate Spirit Levels Used Oh the Line of
Memphis and Charleston Il. II.
Visitors ut Chattanooga will naturally
ask among other questions: "How high
ID Chattanooga above sea levcl?" Can
you answer them? Heretofore this ele-
vatlon has been assumed as G3O.G4 feet,
nut III short time it is to be shown alb
soiutely. In past years the Mississippi
river commission has run lines of precise
levels and established permanent bench
mdrks along the Mississippi valley, and
similarly the United States coast and
geodetic survey has run lines across the
United States IN many directions. In the
years 1892 the latter connected a line
they had run from Biloxi, Miss, along the
Mobile 4 Ohio railroad, with the bench
marks of the Mississippi river commits
sion at. Memphis and absolutely deter
mined the elevation Of Corinth above sea
level at Biloxi
The United States engineers in charge
of Tennessee river Improvements on
April ~ sent out party to start from
Corinth and run line of precise levels
ton railroad to Riverton and Florence,
Ala. to place at intervals permanent
bench marks whose elevation above sea
iefei are absolutely known. This line is
to be extended up the river to Chatta-
nooga.
Inc reporter asked Capt. Bingham:
What are precise levels?" He was in
formed that they are lines of levels run
with specially designed Instruments of
precision, the work of which, in compe-
tent hands, is so perfect that the prob
able error of elevation is not more thar
one-half inch in 100 miles Precise levels
are as much superior to ordinary engineer
Or railroad leve1 as surveying with
steel tape and Transit is to the former
method by chain and magnet compass.
1t might be predicted that this method of
precise leveling will not be improved upon
in the next 100 years. since greater &C.
curacy could scarcely be desired
The instruments used are made in
Switzerland by a world-renowned instru-
1nent maker. The delicate spirit levels
are encased in wood to eliminate effects of
heat and cold, and even the legs of the
tripod arc covered with canvas to keep
off the sum- Large, square umbrellas
made for the purpose are used to protect
the instrument and the observer from sun
and wind. The rods are provided with
delicate spirit levels and are most ac-
curately graduated. The lines are run
backward and forward several times.
and every precaution is taken to obtain
absolutely exact results.-Chattanoo
Times
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28

He was evidently a good liver; he took
the bouquet of his champagne with the
gllstO of connoisseur, and touched his
peas with the end Of his fork with that
peculiar delicacy which pertains to disci-
pies of BriIlat-Savarin.
l managed to put in the time comfort
ably and was enabled to remain at my
bic without attracting attention. 1
was determined to see the meal finished,
and when at length the waiter returned
for further Instructions was not at all
surprised at the nature of the strangers
command: ~ss~.. ~, --a
''Consomme, aud after, little neck
clans. And you me will bring the yester-
day afternoons paper" ..
Yes, not only did this cratic individual
begin with coffee and end with clans,
but he chose to read newspapers q day
old in order to be consistent in his re-
versals! ] was now thoroughly convinced
that 50 unusual person must be inter-
esting, and as the displaced necktie had
been source of annoyance to me ever
since / had observed it ] decided that
this was the opportunity to break the ice
and make his acquaintance. waited
only until he was peppering the little
necks. and then stepped over to his table.
g ardon me, 81 4 said our neck.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
The Flavor of Eggs.

Now that we have found that we'll
Favored beef, pork and mutton counts for
a great deal in the market the question
of producing special marks for eggs of
superior flavor should be agitated by ex-
pert poulterers. Already in the city mar
kets the eggs are subjected to severe
test before being graded, but this test
or staleness. 1t makes all the difference
i'll the world as to price whether the eggs
are new-laid or stale
But fact not so generally understood
or appreciated is that it makes all the
difference in the world as to the flavor
OF eggs whether they have been laid by
fine, well-fed hens or by half-starved, in
ferior birds. At present the only adj
vantage poulterer obtains in feeding his
lne-bred fowls scientifically is in the
greater number of eggs the birds are apt
to lay. Cattle raisers obtain the double
advantage of faster increase in the live
weight of their animals by scientific feed
ing and higher prices for the meat if of
a superior flavor. Many consumers would
at first appear skeptical if told today that
the flavor of eggs differs just as much as
that Of beef, mutton or pork. Yet the
fact is self-evident Very often the eggs
that. we eat at our breakfast table and
condemn as stale are not so old as we
may think. The musty. unpleasant odor
and flavor comes more from inferior feed
ing and because the birds were not of a
KIND to make good eggs from any food.
cannot be expected to make fine, juicy,
we'll Favored meat all at once even if fed
the best of food. Neither can we expect
some WORKOUT, tough old hen, without
any ancestry or good qualities, to produce
the finest favored eggs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
a living SHADOW
REMARKABLE TRANSIT A.
TON OF A NORTH CAROLINA
MAN.
Strange, but True, Story from the
Lumber Reg ions of Southern
State-Verified by Personal
Investigation.


From the G'eenv7le ~ e.. ReNectof)
The following interview has just been
given our reporter by Mr.. q. A. Baker,
Sugg, of Greenville, n. C. 1t will inter
est anyone who has ever had typhoid te-
yer Mr.. Baker said in part:
Il was living in Beaufort County, and
on the I'd day of October, 1893, | was
stricken down with typhoid fever. l had
the best physicians to attend me, and on
the 10th day of January, 1894, | was al
and had no appetite. | could only drag
along for short distance and would be
compelled to sit down and rest. This con-
tinued for some time and began to give
up hope of ever getting well. lost my
position i'll Beaufort County, and having
secured one in Pitt County, clerking in a
store, / undertook it. but was SO weak ]
could not do the work and had to give it
up. The diseaH, settled III my knees, legs
and feet. was taking first one kind of
medicine and then another, but nothing
did me any good. l was mighty low-spir
tied. moved out to Col. Sugg's about
four OR five months ago and commenced
taking Dr.. Williams Pills; took three
day for about three months. l began to
regain my appetite in weeks time, and
then my weakness began to disappear,
and hope sprung up with a blessedness
that is beyond all telling. At the expir,-
ton of the three months l was entirely
cured and could take my ak and 80 in the
woods and do as good days work as any
man. l was troubled with dyspepsia and
that has disappeared. 1t is also splen-
did tonic for weak people. l say, Mr..
Editor, God bless DR.. Williams; may he
live. for a long time. l know he will so
up yonder to reap his reward for he has
done a wonderful lot of good. Tell every
body that asks you about DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People that if they
will come to- me l can certainly satisfy
them as to their merits. l always carry
q box of pills with me, and whenever I
feel bad l take one."
We were forcibly struck with the earn
estness of Mr.. Baker, and his statements
may be relied on.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in
condensed form, all the elements neces-
sary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
are an unfailing specific for such diseases
as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, st.
Vltus' dance, sciatica. neuralgia, rheu-
matism, nervous headache, the after ef-
fects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart,
pale and salloW compilations, all forms of
weakness, either in male or female, and
all diseases resulting from vitiated hui
nlors in the blood. Pink Pills are sold By
all dealers, or will he sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price go cents box, or six boxes
for $500. by addressing Dr.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady. NY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
Uneven1y Matched Teams.

= The worst result of having the team
unevenly matched in work is that neither
is is, able to exert it's full power in pulling.
The slow and fast each hinders the
other, and neither can do it's best. This
is a practical basis for the ancient in
junction in the law of Moses that the OK
and the ass should not be yoked together.
There is also need for due proportion
between the team and it's driver. The
great majority of farm work requires
that the driver shall walk, and a slow
team. limits the amount that an active,
able-bodied man can accomplish. We
we'll remember while boy on a farm
blowing with an OK team that could not
be made to turn over an acre a day. A
smart horse team with the same blow
would turn an acre and half or two
acres. Such a difference as this explains
why much farm help fails to earn it's
wages: The team for farm work should
be active rather than plodding. This ac-
tivity is not at all incompatible with SUI
perior strength and endurance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28

an IN 4 very Dau C0ndltl0n-
Ny courses have stopped from
catching cold, and the pain is
fearful. am all bloated up; and
the pain in lower part of my body
is terrible. My back and head
ache all tie time. What shall l
do for it?" Miss l.,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
DR.. PIE|RCE'S
PLEASANT---~A
PELLETS Ii:
~ ~CURf~
hH SICK HEADACHE,
hNG bILlOUSNESS,
A CONSTIPATION.
MAeScel INDIGESTION,
sssss DYSPEPSIA,
~ssss: poor APPETITE,
b1saEasAjsN
f;s:ssss and al arrangements qf The
H- sromart, Liner and Boweis.
RH d dA druggists;
R oNcE t,sE6 -
COO ALWAYS IN EAVoR.
Rare GeOlorical Finn

The cut made by the Oregon Railway &
Navigation company few miles west of
The Dalles in which the petrihcd trees,
which attracted so much attention, were
level. which has laid bare roots of the
trees. which are under the stratum of ba-
salt and in n deposit of coal or half
fpraied cu,l, 81 sort of oily stale. There
are no indic:stionss that there is any vein
Ht coal in the vicinity. but there seems to
coal about the roots of the trees. They
certainly never grew out of such forma-
ton, but Ill some manner during the ages
III which the trees were undergoing the
process of petricaton the earth beneath
them has undergone corresponding
change.-Portlaud Oregonian.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
Feeding Pigs Re Rularlv.

A pigs digestion is much more easily
ruined than is often thought. The raven
GUS appetite OF u hungry pig leads to the
out regard to time. But nothing is surer
than that 4 pig with food always before
it will grow poor. Its digestive anna
ratus never has time to rest, and soon
fails to work. There should be reguar
times for feeding, and these should be
i tar enough apart te allow the pig to
will be eaten should be given if the Rig
is fattencd. The balance can be made
UP with clover pasture in summer and
beet roots in winter. Breeding or. store
animals need very little grain, but cnn
be fed all they will eat Of roots and grass.
though not even with these giving food
to be trodden under foot and wasted.--
American Cultivator. - - - :.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
EEsT Nv THE WORLD.

Beecham's pills are for BIZ
iousness, sick headache, dig
ziness, dyspepsia, bad taste
in the mouth, heartburn. tor
pid liver, foul breath, saIIov
skin, coated tongue, pimPI-5.
loss Of appetite, etc, when
caused by constipation; and
constipation is the most fre-
quent cause Of all of them.
One of the most important things or
everybody to Learn is that constipation
causes more than half the sickness n Ii.
world especially OF women; and II CIT all
be prevented. Go By tie book free at your
druggist s or write 3 F .AlleHCo- .565C anal
ST., New York. Pills, roc and 25e 4 box.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
Starting a Balky Horse.

An officer of the police detail said re-
Gently: When | was mounted police
man learned of a most humane and
kind method of curing balky horse. 1t
hot only mover fails, but it does not give
the slightest pain to the animal. When
the horse refuses to go take the front foot
IT the fttlock and bend the leg at the
knee joint. Hold it thus fef three min
"Ies anl let it down and the horse will
count for this effective mastery of the
horse is that he can. think of only one
thing at a time, and having made up his
mnl not to go. my theory is that the
bending of the leg takes his mind from
the original thought: Farm and Field.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
Of one who at last has succeeded i'll solv,
ing Il vexatious problem. said:

OF one VINO at last mas succeeded Ill SOlV.
ing veXatiOuS problem. said:
"Fromage de Brie. lettuce mayoinaise.' -
The attendant looked puzzled, but with
perhaps growing consciousness of the
possibility of a fee, bowed urbanely and
went off again.
l now noticed that the strangers neck,
tea plain black one-had Slipped around
neck. l felt that it would be Il friendly
act to tell him of this very inelegant dis,
arrangement of dress, but somehow |
hesitated. He was so interesting Il study
that | feared to break the spell by any
closer acquaintance. Besides, if once i
opened the door to conversation, he might
turn out to be a bore and dread d bore
voted myself to my steak and Sauternc
and awaited developments compacent1y
The chi trance of the waiter with the sal.
ad and cheese was the signal for further
happenings which entertained ME delight
And now," remarked the stranger,
you may get chop English, chips Sara,
toga. peas green. A bottle pint Chan
don ct Meet"
The waiter whose official training was
barely sufficient to conceal his surprise at
the position of the gentleman's chair. re-
covered himself with evident effort, and
delivered his silent bow Under the most
unfavorable conditions.
As to myself, my establishment was 1i.
vided between the peculiarities of the
strangers syntaX and the unusual order
in which he chose to partake of his
viands. That he should put his adj
jectivcs after his nouns might be the re,
suit of long study of classic tongues. but
that man should eat his chop after his
lettuce appeared to ME subversive of rec,
ognzed gastronomic tradition. Why. hi
was exactly reversing the order of things
What sort of digestion must the creature
have?
/, who am compelled to be somewhat
careful in this matter, felt sense Of per-
sonal affront in the vagaries of a fellow
being whose individuality scared above
the sacred rights of precedent
had finished my luncheon, but was
dawdling little over my coffee in order
to see the denouement. | could not con-
lecture what odd incident might occur,
and am much too fond of the unusual
to miss any available chances in that di-
rection.
The stranger by this time was discuss
ing his chop with apparent satisfaction.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
Turkeys and Weather Predictions.

says an Old pennsylvania farmer: 81
always know when there is to be wind
storm by watching the turkeys and chick
ems go to roost each night. In calm
weather the fowls always roost on their
poles with their heads alternating each
way; that is, one faces east, the next
west. and SO on; but when there is 90
ing to be a high wind they always roost
with their heads toward the direction
from which it is coming. There are rea-
sons for these different ways of roosting,
L take it. When there is no wind to
guard against they can see other danger
more readily if they are headed in both
directions, but when wind is to arise they
face it because they can hold their posi-
tons better. But the part I can't under
stand, he concluded. lis how the critters
we mortals lack all intima ton Of it."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
4 Worried Farmer.

\ farmer who has been studying a-fi-
cultural Journals writes til" ,7iit..r II an
Ohio paper that he is stumlr4t H. says
he reads i'll one journal that Il id. window
III his stable makes i :.~r>"'S ,y,' weak N
that side Another paper tells hin. that 4
front window hurts hi> eyes hr TIL, glare:
those on ,lia -nnal lines makes him shy
when he travels; or" behind makr> him
squintcyrd. and Il stable without w;ur!rw
makes him blind. The farmer wants L.
know whether there is any place. ,,rrSid..
the heads Of th0St editors wh~rt. H. s-al
hans; his windcW>.-GarrettSvi lind !
Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
BE GOOD TO YOUR SHOES,
Hero Arc Several "Dont's'' Worth Read
ing and Heeding.

Hero Arc Several "Dont's'' Worth Read
ing and Needing.
Don't dry a wet shoe without first ap-
plying some oil or grease. Castor oil or
tallow is the best. The steam generated
in a wet boot will surely scald it and
cause it to crack without this precaution
Don't put shoes by the fire while they
are wet, but let them dry gradually and
slowly. Don't let the shoe become hard.
Don't run it down at the heel Don't wear
it into the welt or insoe. Don't forget
that it pays to repair it in time, so that
it will retain it's shape and comfort
Don't use too much force in polishing.
a gentle brushing with a soft brush is bet
ter than the vigorous work of the boot
black. When the brushing makes your
foot feel warm stop until your shoe coos
off
Don't put pair of good shoes in rub
bers-use an old pair for this and remove
the rnbbers as soon as you enter tho
house.
Don't try on or handle patent leather
shoe when cold-always thoroughly warm
it before bending the leather A patent
leather shoe put Oh in a warm room may
be worn out in the cold weather without
injury.-Philadelphia Record
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
Care of Newly-Planted Trees.

The spring Of 1895 was very favorable
for planting fruit trees and an unusual
ground was warm and in yerv f;ne condi-
ton. Trees made Il good start, but on
the 10th of May the weather turned
cold and very dry. Newly planted trees
must now be cared for. OF most of them
will perish. Our way, says an Iowa man
on the Prairie Farmer, is to take two or
three planks, nail on three crosspieces,
hitch on a team and you can haul two
or three barrels of water. Remove Il
little of the dry earth around the trees,
then take your sprinkler and wash the
dust off the tree. Sprinkle around the
tree until the moisture will reach the
roots, then cover the moist earth around
the tree with loose earth and drive to the
next. Two men, one each side of the
in day. This process will save the
trees and is not expensive. The same
treatment will apply to small fruit.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-28
A HORSE AS A GARDENER.
The Unique Way in Which an Alabama
Farmer Has His Field Attended,

Farmer Has His Field Attended.
Henry Moore, planter living near
Englewood, Ala. has valuable riding
horse, Kit, which he has trained to do
light garden work in Il unique way when
not on duty under the saddle. When Kit
was quite a young colt he had the mis-
fortune to sprain his knee in racing and
romping about the pasture and to give
him careful attention and keep him well
out of harms way his master put him in
the garden to take things easy till his
recovery. Moore's garden. like the aver
age one in that section, sometimes gets
overrun with COCO grass, and having oc-
casion to chop it out pretty frequently
he hit upon plan by which he might be
relieved of this almost endless work dur
ing Kits confinement.
The colt had always seemed remark
ably quick and intelligent and with a
very little training Moore taught him
to pull grass as c!everly and neatly as it
could be done by hand. In short while
Kit was engaged as regular gardener, as
it were, keeping the beds as clean as
the floor, piling the grass in the walks
to be removed by barroWs.