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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
The Chimneys of the Ozark Country

Every geologist who visits the Ozark
country comments upon the undisturbed
character Of the formations. The strata
are all horizontal and in their original
bedding. There gre no Indications of
rupture1 or distorted occurrences. The
region has never been disturbed by vol
canic upheavals. Yet Qualification has
taken place. Mineral has been suuirted
about through the c~revices as the result
of some powerful force. Here and there
this force has broken loose in the bowels
Of the mountains and rushed up through
the superintendent formations until it
found vent at the surface. The principle
Of action is that of the volcano, but it is
on Il very small scale. These places are
called blow-onts: Another name for them
is chimneys. The breakup is confined
usually to a few feet in diameter. It is as
if a huge cannon bali had been fired up-
ward from below, leaving a jagged path
way and Il hole filled in with fragments of
all kinds of rocks. In these chimneys
the largest bodies of ore are usually
found. Some of the biologists say the
chimney is the result of electrical rather
than volcanic forcc.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
n Glover r

y fonr-leaf clover party is a pretty
entertainment for Il summer gathering.
especially if the hostess has n country
home, or a clover field in her yard. The
way. to utilize the clover is to decorate
the house with it's blossoms, both red and
white. The linen and china should also
be ornnmentcd with clover blossoms. In
the hall there should be Il little rattan ia
bic f~estooned with vines and clover bios
SONS. and covered with Il green mat
formed Of ivy leaves. On this should
stand a large glass punch-bowl filed with
iced lemonade and surrounded by small
glasses. y young girl in Il dainty gown
it might be one of the new white delajnes
showing a clover-lcaf - should preside
over the tempting beverage as only a
young girl can. At the close of the
luncheon or tea the guests Ia be invit-
cd to hunt for four-leaf c~Iovers, and
those finding the largest number may be
rewarded with pretty clover pins, while
the unfortunate who finds the smallest
number may be given Il pairof eyeglasses
to aid her III some future search.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20

the principal Journals. Both the Daily
Telegraph and the Standard print re-
markable leading articles on the subject,
in which the warmest sentiments are en-
pressed in the language of apparently
genuine sincerity. The Standard re-
marks. with an apology: America is
rather wonderful than interesting, more
attractive to the statistician than to the
tourist. The land is rather of vast indus,
trial enterprises than Of romance, charm,
and poetic enchantment." Then it says
of Americans: London society loves
good spirits, mirth, wit. originality, ind
active mindedness. and our visitors from
the states possess all these Invaluable
qualities, and display them prodigally.
The men are witty and well informed.
The Women are fair to see, admirably
dressed, and overlooking with conversa-
ton. Perhaps we ought to add, for Lon
don society is somewhat venal. that they
bring with them also Il certain amount
of dollars, and they are not made lesn
welcome because they spend their money
right democratically. turn their stair
cases into conservatives, emulate Lucul>
tus in their suppers, have the best floor,
and the best music, and the best people:
III Il word, the best of everything, In
fact, they are in this respect uncomnnonly
like Englishmen and Englishwomen, only
che better"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Stage Accidents.

Accidents have happened OH the stage.
The skirts of ballet dancers have caught
died from the effects. The story viii
not soon be forgotten of Michael Kelly,
in "Lodoiska." The last scene repre-
scented a castle on fire, and the beautiful
Mrs. Crouch, as the princess, was to be
seen at Il window. The draught Carried
the flames toward her, and Kelly, seeing
her danger, rushed up II stage bridge to
save her. but the supports Of this bridge
had been removed prematurely by the
carpenter, and Kelly fell to the ground.
AT the same time" says Kelly, in his
Memoirs" "the fiery tower, in which
was Mrs. Crouch, sank down in a blexc,
with a violent crash. She uttered II
scream of terror. Providentially I was
not hurt by the fall, and catching her in
my arms, scarcely knowing what | was
doing, I carried her to the front of the
stage. The applause was loud and con-
tinued; IN fact, Ind we rehearsed the
scene asit happened, Il could not have
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Three Rules.

IN II occasion writes the Hon. A. l..
Iollemache in "Some Recollections of
Jowett') he said to me: "A friend of
mine of great practical ability told me
that he has laid down for himself three
rules of conduct; Never retract. Never
explain. Get it done and let them howl"
Jowett repeated these p~aradoxical max
inns with a characteristic laugh, which
seemed at any rate not to mark disap-
proval.-Once when l came back from
Il holiday and told Jowett l had been
reading Hegel, he said: Its a good
thing to have read Hegel. hut now that
you've read him, I advise you to forget
him again" But the quaintest thing
that he said was to a pupil who had been
reading him an essay with a strong meta
physical flavor: "1t is remarkable what
a fascination metaphysics seem to possess
for the human mind. 1t is like falling in
love. But you get over it after a time"
He wished to keep up the House of
Lords. and wen wished the bishops to re-
tain their seats in it. 1T keeps them
out of mischief" he said. with a laugh.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
IL Man Consistent?

Talk Of the Inconsistency of woman!
1t doesn't eve approach that quality
as possessed by man, though the latter
prides himself greatly on his mental
esquipoise. his just Judgment and his
thoroughly well-balanced opinions. A
man before he falls in love will declare
that the woman he will marry must be-
gifted intellectually. and of a sensible
turn. iet six months after he has made
this statement he will march down the
aisle of Il swell church joined for life t.
n girl who is as frivolous as Il butterfly.
He will declare that Il woman to be Il
good wife must be a good cook. and yet
what kind of u wife will he bring home.
nine times out of ten? \ pretty. stylish
creature who doesn't know bread dough
from chicken c%roquettc.
You can never tell what Il man really
does expect of the opposite sex. He is
always in favor of a woman dressing we'll
and will pirate glibely of the gentle intiu,
ence that a daintily-attired wife exertS
and what a pleasure to the eye 1t is IT,
be greeted in the evening by Il pretty
woman bccomingly gowned, yet if he
fails in business his first cry will be that
it was his wifc's ~cNtrnvagant fondncs~
for dress that ruined him.
In fact, despite his answering faith
in his own powers, he is a very unrelia.
BILE person, indeed, and may just as well
keep quiet when the subject of consist,
ency Is brought up. Man is a noble ami
in many respects and shows his SUI
perior qualities in many ways, but there
are laws In the armorsof his own CONS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Il Matter of Eggs.

Having taken a farm, a city merchant
was much puzzled to know why his fowls
never laid: so, purchasing two dozen eggs,
he at night placed half a dozen in the
nests.
"Well. gardener" he said next morning,
none Of those fowls laid yet?'
NO, sir answered the gardener. shak.
ing his head sadly. They're very slow,
sir: to lay this time Of the year."
The same thing occurred on the follow
ing two night and mornings. On the
fourth morning the gardener appeared
with one egg, saying: '"They'll soon be
gin to lay now, sir; here's one OH 'em al
ready"
"Nell, gardener" the merchant said,
~ have myself laid four-and-twenly eggs
in the nests, and you pretend the fowls
have laid only One.".
The gardener could only reply, "Well
there is the one they laid" and SUNK off
to become a gardener Observation-Disclosures
Weekly Telegraph.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20

Apropos of the question "Is Man More
Beautiful than Woman" one irate
feminine writer demands:
"Where will the disciples of Schopen-
hauer find in the masculine sex anything
SO graceful as the slope from a we'll
made feminine neck to a well-made femi-
nine shoulderY" and adds: "To be sure,
woman's shoulders are narrow when they
are compared with the breadth of a
barn door. but the Darn door is not the
ideal for all things. Except in sickly
women, who are daily growing more rare,
the shoulders are not only perfectly pro-
portioned to the rest of the body and
perfectly adapted to their uses, which are
not the carrying Of heavy burdens, but
they are absolutely beautiful. She is
br%oad-hipped, to be sure. That is, her
hips are actually broader than mans, but
they are in proportion to the rest of her
body. Her shoulders. breast. waist and
hips are all fitted to one another so that
perfect curves are the result. As to her
legs, the living pictures and ballet dancers
refute all charges against them. Where
is the manager who would dare form a
masculine ballet?" Il
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
GOT THE WRONG SLIDE.
How Mischievous Boys Caused TroubI
for u Minister.

How Mischievous Boys Caused Trouble
for a Minister.
From it's first outbreak it has been
feared that the living picture craze would
nave Il demoralizing effect on the magic
lantern slide and would result in the ban
lshmcnt of the stereopticon from nll
Well-regulated Sunday school exhibitions.
The long-expected has now happened in
vicinity, at least. At Phillipsburg
on the Canadian border line steropticon
views are now under Il ban. There are
Z great many Americans stopping at
Phillipsburg this year, and as roof gar
dens are an unknown quantity in that
neighborhood, all the summer boarders
turned out in full force the other night
magic-lantern soiree for the benefit of
the church. Mr.. Allen had just returned
from a three months trip to London,
Paris and the Holy Land, and it was his
intention to give his congregation some
idea of the sights he had seen. On the
day Of the exhibition Mr.. Allen, who
is a very mild little man, was SO nerv-
GUS about the performance that he
asked the young New Workers to assist
be their duty to slip the slides into place
while Mr.. Allen stood in front of the
sheet and gave explanatory notes.
The schOolhouse was crowded. Meth
odists, Roman Catholics and Presby-
t~erians, waving i'll religious differences,
wedged their way into the building to see
what the Episcopal rector had seen dur
ing his tour abroad.
: The first part Of the entertainment
went swimmingly. Model warehouses;,
model tenements, the tower of London,
the Bastile and other equally respectable
buildings were shown. Then with a few
explanatory remarks Rev. Mr.. Allen Ear
ried his audience to the Holy Land. The
first picture was the Garden If Eden.
That was all right. But as the second
slide was thrown Upon the sheet Il MUIR
muir of amazement ran through the
house. The picture was entitled .Auam
and Eve Up to Date" and even Angelina
Allen in all her glory was never arrayed
like one of these. The picture had evil
IDENTIFY been taken before fig leaves came
seconds for the entire congregation to
get on it's hind legs. Rev. Mr.. Allen
stood i'll front of the curtain and gazing
blankly at the picture. There was a
painful pause, and then, in a shaky
voice, Mr.. Allen eXclaimed: Ladies' and
gentlemen, it is unnecessary for me to
say that l know nothing of this picture.
l have never seen it before. 1t was not
in my collection when l left Europe.
l fear l have been imposed upon. 1t
will be withdrawn at once" But the
picture did not withdraw until Mr.. AL
len had gone behind the sheet and re-
boys had vanished just about that time.
Next morning they decided to move to
Highgate Springs. just on the other side
of the boundary line, and poor little Mr..
Allen hasn't got through explaining him
self yet.-Eew York Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
ROMANTIC ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Youth Hangs Himself at the Altar Where
He was to Marry His Lady Love.

L was ~ 1AuAAJ AAAS AAauy OSc
AS it was growing dark one evening
recently the sacristan of the Church Of
St. Roch, Paris, took his taper to light
the gas burners in the chapel set apart
for wedding ceremonies. AS he drew
near he was terrified to see the form of
a man dangling from one of the candel-
abra.
Instead of rushing off to fetch u police
man, as most of his countrymen would
have don under the circumstances, the
sacristan bravely mounted a chair, cut
the rope with his pocket knife and
caught in his arms the almost inanimate
body of a young man, whom he laid OH
a rus and gradually brought back to life.
Meanwhile, the police were called in
by the church officials, and the young
mar was conveyed to the nearest guard
house, where he stated that his name
was Massin and that he had rashly at
tempted to kill himself because he was
desperately in love with a young girl,
3Mhv was to be his wife. Thc parents,
however, had withheld their consent and
broken off the match. His object in Sc
lecting the church chapel was of an
ultra-mystical order; he had decided to
hang himself i'll front of the very altar
where. to speak like our forefathers, his
lady love would have plighted her troth.
European Edition New York Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Never Phased Him.

Nat Goodwin's first appearance on the
stage was marked with such dire failure
that the only wonder is that he had suffi-
Gent courage to perseyere. When a
youth he was known for his powers OF
mimlcry, and this induced him to accept a
debut at Providence. Il. /. Says tho
New York Commercial Advertiser:
Upon the %eventful night before the cur.
suine "t though uR H nervS %ns 'a dHe r sad ai san:
very well for the first act, III he5was not
III thai at all. Between the first and
second acts his nerve began to play him
false. and when it came time for his en-.
trance he was nearly in a state of col.
lapse. AS his cue was given. he stun.
bled upon the stage completely dazel;
ne opened his mouth, stammered and
then became silent, sta ring dismayed at
the audience. The prompter came to his
assistance, but Goodwin was still speech
less. Again was heard the prompter's
voice: Go on: speak or get off, Nat
came partly out of his trance and was
about to speak when the Prompter cried:
Come off! Come off! You - FOOL.
That settled it. Nat made a rush for
the dressing-room, grabbed and put on an
old linen buster over his picturesque cos.
tune and ran for the IA abroad station
as though the fends were after him.
1t was midwinter and two feet of snow
were on the ground. Goodwin was in
summer costume low sandals, light
stockings and Il linen buster. When the
train for Boston arrived he tucked him.
self far away out of sight in a corner
seat of a dark car. Arriving in Boston,
he fed home into the arms of his good
mother. exclaiming: oh, mother, moth
er, l shall never become an actor! I
was paralyzed-couldn't speak a word.
and everybody just laurned at me" The
kindly consolation of the mother Gained
him. She babe him take courage and as
sured him that he only needed time to be-
come the greatest Hamlet and Richard
that the stage had ever known"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
AMERICAN FLAX FOR FIBER.
The Best Flax Grows West of the Grea
Lakes.

The Best Flax Grows West of the Great
Lakes.
Flax is grown from the seed from Ohio
to the Dakotas, although as yet little at
tention is paid to the fiber. At the Min
nesota station Fargo flax has proved an
especially good yielder of seed, and of
fiber as well, and the variety is being
used as Il basis for selection and cross
ing.
White blosSomed Dutch flax does not do
well in the rather dry American climate.
It has been thought necessary to use
iaxseed imported from Russia for. grow
ing fiber, or ut least that which has been
grown only II or two years III Western
Europe, where it is the custom to get
part of the seed every year from Rigar
and vicinity. The experiments of Prof.
Hays Indicate, however, that the states
west of the great lakes are quite as good
Il source of faxseed for America. and
probably for the rover of flax fiber in
Western Europe, as in Russia. 1t is
noteworthy that this flax is grown on
wheat land. and would replace that sta
pie to some extent.-American Agricul-
turiyt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20

making d lantern of a large gourd which
grew in his back yard. The idea vas
not new, as any boy who has been in
the country could testify, though pump
kins or squash are the vegetables gener,
ally employed. However, this gourd
was especially effective by reason of the
beautiful markings, the green showing in
dark lines against the clear yellow. By
means of a small wax candle such rs are
sold for Christmas trees, the guord lasted
several nights without whitening.
But most city children must be content
with box lanterns. BY taking two cigar
boxes, the size which holds fifty cigars,
opening the lids and forming a cube. a
lantern double the ordinary size may be
made. OF course it will be necessary to
cut a board for the top and base, the for,
mer having II circular or square hole for
air. -Four such boxes will make a hand.
some cross lantern. Take the lids off
and turn the boxes so that they open in
side the figure. The lids will supply
boards for the top and base.
For a gourd lantern the best n
mentation is u face, and by cutting the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
FOLKS COLUMN
A Red-CrOss Knight.
The crimson glow of sunlight falls
the monumental walls

A Red-CrOss Knight. '
The crimson glow Of sunlight falls 5;
Along the monumental walls, r !,
Where still in faded pomp are read
The name and virtues of the dead.
Yet from yon effigy Of knight
The craven name has vanished quite:
No word remains; but stories tell
That he who sleeps fought true II we'll:
In Kindness swift. In vengeance slow
a constant friend, Il courteous foe;
Who partly fought for love of fight,
But chiefly for the love Of right.
To Holy Land he rode away;
Seek thou Il holy land today.
With sword and battle-aX he strove!
Seek thou the armory of love.
He won on earth a poor renown;
Win thou OIL earth Loves fn1eleSs crown.
-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Nothing to feAs.

Bridget O'Hoolihan, an elderly Irish
cook. had been induced to go to a quie,
little suburban town to live in a wealthy
gentleman's family. Two weeks after
her arrival she declared her intention OF
returning to the city.
why do you leave us, BridgetT" asked
her mistress, in a grieved tone. I'VE pay
you the very highest wages"
"Ye do. ma'am, an yer a perfect Teddy.
family, but this place is such a dead old
place, wild no chance to. do anything
LOVELY in it, that, begorry. OF have to
mex up a pack o lies iv'ry tonne OF go to
confession, or old have nothing to con-
feSh!"-Harper's Drawer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Other Suns than Ours.

If our sun could be as far removed
from us as are ths seven stars it would
there are sixty OF, seventy such groups
as the pleiades in sight every night. each
group being composed of scores of suns
larger and more brilliant than that which
makes life on our world possible.
Alcyone is a sun 1000 times more brill
liant than u 'orb Of day.. and Electra
and Mala are each 500 times larger than
Old Sol. Several of these immense sun
groups (taken collectively and not reck-
oned Oh the basis of individual members)
are believed to be as much Ms 40. 600. OOO,,
600 miles in diameter. If this calculation
is 10 Mt fault, it would take light seven
years to flash from one extreme of such Il
group to the other.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
pieteness and one of these has been point,
ed out today.-PhiladeIphia Times.


Dr. farkhurst's Early Training.
II l speak confidently and fecl;nplv
upon this point it is because | know how
much L owe personally to the fact Of no.
ing brought up in a home where T w.s
Taught to appreciate the greatness ~
righteous authority, the vastncss If ;ts
meaning, the advantage of suh,n;ttsno
to it and the serious risk of resistinp T.
writes h Rev. Charles III. p%arkhnr.tt
u. D., in the Ladies' Home Journal n
anarchist could ever nave graduated
from the home l was born, loved md
chastised i'll. Such experience makes mo
pity the children who know no discinlinr
but that OF caresses and sweetlneats
and makes me more than pity the parents
who have neither the discernmpnt in
their mental constitution nor the iron in
their moral constitution to perceive thai
nothing which Il child can know or can
win can begin to take the place Of sense
of superior authority. and of the holy
right of that authority to be RESPECTED,
rcvered aud obeyed. The moral strength
OF Il man is measured pretty accurately
by the cordial reverence with which
ne regards whatsoever has the right to
cail itself his master. Estimated by
TINS criterion the average American boy
~ a Encouraging type of humanity. and
~ a severe reflection upon the crude at
u'Mpts at manhood manufacture evinred
by the typical American home. If our
ioine cannot turn out children that will
respect authority, there will be no author
lty Ill a great while either Mt home, in
the state or anywhere else, that will be
worth their respecting.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Poison OH Bank Notes.

A bank cashier of Vienna recently died
from the effects of touching his liDs with
his fingers when counting money. At an
examination of the vaults it fell to his lot
to count a large number of small bills.
and. although repeatedly warned, he con
tinued mechanically to touch his lips
when his fingers became dry. That even
ing ne telt a smarting pair, in his lip,
had set in the next day. He then consult
ed q surgeon, who insisted upon an i'm
mediate operation on the tumor that had
in the meantime assumed alarming pro-
portions. But, in spite of the operation.
the patient died three days after Of blood
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
SOmna mbulist on q Wheel.

n curious story is told regarding young
the Eagle hotel at Pennington, n. J.
He is an expert. bicycle rider and last
week on the night of the full moon he
arose in his sleep and wheeled all the
way to Bound Brook, where he arrived
about 6:45 O'Clock. AS he wore a night
gown and nothing else his appearance
ated a sensation. Head Constable Nc
Sally woke him up i'll front of the station
of the Cenral Railroad of New Jersey,
and he was loaned n suit of clothes 6y
Yardmaster Flagg. He was also given
free transportation home on the rail-
road, a distance of about sixteen miles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Essay on BOYS.

At a recent boarding school examina-
essay on boys. and this was one Of the
compositions, just as it was handed in by
4 girl of II: The boy is not an animal.
vet they can be heard to a considerable
distance. When Il boy hollcrs he opens
his big mouth like frogs. but girls hold
their tongue till they are spoke to. and
then they answer fespcctable and tell
just how it was. A boy thinks himself
clever because he can wade where it is
deep, but God made the dry land for
every living thing. and rested OH the
seventh day. When the boy grows up
he is called a husband. and then stops
wading and stays out nights. but the
Srew-up girl is a widow and keeps
hOuSc."-RnmhaY Gazette.