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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
EXERCISE FOR BOYS.

How Five Minutes IL Day May be Profit
ably Spent ut Athletics. 49,.
Nevertheless, this fve-minute exercise
is better than absolutely nothing, and
hence am going to make suggestion or
TWO TWO resard i it. # you know any one
practiced in the navy, get him to show it
to YOU and then so through Z part or the
whole Of that each night and morning.
If You canot find out what this is, make
up few simple movements for yourself.
for example:
together, move the body forward and
gradually try to touch your fingers to the
ground in front without bending either
knee This is Il familiar exercise to all
Of YOU. but it is good one, nevertheless.
This will do for the back and front les
muscles. Bend forward twenty times,
and then take up the second exercise: ?.
Standing with the legs apart, swing from
side to side, bending either knee in turn
and touching the floor first on the right
side. then on the left side, being careful,
however, to sway only sidewise and not
forward and back. Do this twenty times
and your sides will ache. 3. Grasp ono
across your chest. Then, without letting
the elbows go too far out from the body,
pull with all your strength 4 steady, long
pull, as if trying to pull your hands apart.
Maintain this pull for a second or two.
Then change abruptly, and holding arms
and hands in same position, push with all
your strength for the same time. Again
reverse and pull and so on forty tines
if you can do it so long-and you will
soon see how all the arm and chest mus
cles begin to ache. Finally, 4. Lie fiat
on the floor on your stomach, and keeping
your body rigid, push yourself up with
the arms as far as possible. OF course,
nothing must touch the floor but the
palms of your hands and your toes. Do
this twenty times.-Harper's Young Peo>
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22

fully twenty years before the question
OF slavery brought about our civil war.
After he had educated himself, he spent
his energies In writing and making clo-
sqnent speeches against the practice.
whose terrors he knew from experience.
IN letter which he wrote to his old
master explaining why he had run away,
ne says: '"ihree outsof ten years since
LETT you l spent as a common labOrcr
on the wharyes of New Bedford, Mass.
TWAS there earned my first free dollar.
II was mine. | could spend it MS /
pleased. - That was a precious dol.
iar to me. You remember when i used
20 make 81, So or even SO week in
baltimore, you would take every cent of
4 from me every Saturday night, say
Ing belonged to you, and my earnings
also. 1t is hard for children of this
DAY to realize the excitement and nnx
ioty of those slavery and war times.
little idea Of the change which Prcsi-
dent sLincoln's emancipation proclama-
ton brought to whole race of Dconle
can he had, though, when you think that
this man who has just died and who
lived TIL he was grown up as the prop
.erty OF another man, like his horse or his
dog, mas been for many years n rcsmct
ed and distinguished citizen, ENJOYING
ana deserving the friendship of the fin,
est men and women in the country.-New
York Times A'c"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
!, TO MAKE POWDER puFFS.
Thousands of Young Swans Slauphterc,,
- Each Year.

Thousands of Young Swans slaughtered
pr Each Year.
Very little is known about thcso ,,-
most universal adjuncts to ''my laIy's''
toilet table, though SO various are they
IN shape. size and quality, that much
might be written about them.
AS many as 10000 young swans
cygnets, rs they are called-are Killed
every year to supply this dainty fluff.
to say nothing of innumerable young
birds OF the eider-duck and wild goose
kind. 1t is needless to say that tho
bulk of these are ilnported-the swan,
and geese from the islands of the Bal
TIC and from Norway and Sweden, and
the elders from the northern and more
ice-bound seas.
One cygnet will make nearly dozen
average sized ''puffs," which show,
how many of our fair charmers must
be to greater or lesser extent addicted
to the use of powder
The puff trade is highly profitable, as
may be judged from the fact that the
down of cygnct costs little more than
shilling. the poor creature often being
plucked alive so that it may bear an,
other crop, while the puffs are sold often
at several shllings. nicely mounted in
bone and blue and pink satin, which
adJuncts amount to comparatively moth
ing.
The ladies of Paris and Vienna arc
the largest consumers of puffs, owing
chiefly to their fastidiouSness in casting
aside puffs as soon as they lose their
pristine delicacy- It'd Bits,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
OneraS by Phone.

Seeing the number of exhibitions of
microscopes and monographs which are
apparently paying concerns. it is surpris-
ing that some enterprising individual has
not thought of establishing in large cities
Il bureau of theatrophones, such as has
been in existence in Paris for several
years with every indication of success.
The modus operandi is simple: You ell
ter the bureau, and around you are ar
with all the principal operas, concerts,
etc. You choose the entertainment you
desire to listen to, drop in your coin of
80 centimes-about 10 cents-and take
in the audible part Of the show. If you
tire, a 10-cent piece dropped in another
box will produce the desired effect, and
you go from light opera to symphony
or recital until your tickle appetite is
satiated.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
How WASHINGTON Won.

George Washington was wonderful
him the m IF feet
} inches for a running broad. So, II Thack-
cray is to be believed, George. stands the
champion broad jumper of his time; indeed,
tcrcollegiate championship COMPETITIONS and
most Of the nationals. What the agile
young pater patria might have accomplished
plank stake on no one can say, but 1t Is
not improbable that he would now stand not
only, first in war, first in peace and first N
list Of running broad jumpers as well.
In pretty little village in Virginia
there lived in 1775 rich and eccentric
old farmer whose daughter was declared
to be the loveliest maiden in all the coun-
try round. The beautiful Annette was
Is years of age, and, of course, had
On her 10th birthday the old man invit-
ed i'll the youth of the village to a grand
haymakirg frolic.
Nov. my lads" said the old man, aft
er the banquet was some time over, GIVE
got something to say to you. 1t seems
that good many of you have been cast
ing Sleeps eyes OH my Annette: Now,
boys, l don't care anything about money
or talents, book farming or soldier larn-
ing. l can do as we'll by my girl as any
man in the country; but I want her to
marry man of my own grit. 1 got my
old woman by beating the smartcst man
on the Eastern shore. Now listen; I've
my daughter without jumping for it.
There you have it, boys; yonder's the
green, and here's Annette. The one who
jumps farthest on dead level shall mar
ry her this very evening"
This peculiar address was received
with great applause, and more than one
youth, as he bounded away for the arena
OF trial cast a glance of anticipated vic
tory upon the lovely prize as she stood
blnshing beside her father.
they wendell their way, laughing and
singing, toward the village inn before
which spread the green. Soon all was
in readiness. The signal was given and
the young competitors stripped off their
coats.
Edward Grayson, seventeen fcet,,
cried one of the Judges. The youth had
done his utmost, but it was clear by the
look on his face that he had little hone.
With q longing glance at the prize he
could not win, he left the grounds.
."Dick Boulder, nineteen fcetv' Dick,
with a little laugh of satisfaction, re-
placed his coat and Joined the onlookers.
inchesv'
well done, Harryv shouted the spec
and the homestead
"Charlie Simms, fifteen feet and a
:'IIooray for Charlie! Charlie winsv'
cried the crowd with good-natured sar-
casm.
There was now but one leaper left. for
several had become discouraged and re-
tired from the contest
Nov for Harry Carroll!' shouted the
spectators, and Harry stepped forward
amid great applause. Carroll was the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
Persistent Advertising,

In turning over the pages of very old
magazines one cannot help being struck
with The number of familiar names Of
firms of goods which continue to be adj
vcrtised. Further, the largest adver-
tisers then are among the largest adver-
tiscrs of today. 1t seems that whereas
businesses that are not advertised do
the active member of the firm or from
some ill-advised change of policy. be-
come extinct. that on the other hand
goods which are good" or firms which
are constantly advertised have a
charmed life, and go on year after year
If fact, continuous advertising is one of
the best Endorsements the public can
have Of the quality of the article or re-
liability Of the firm All the advertising
in the world will not make a permanent
success of fraudulent firm or inferior
artic(n
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
HER STRANGE REFUGE.
Where u Man Found His Wife After
T4Nru1arv i'm, Tr1nt

Where II Man Found His Wife After a
Burglary in a Fiat.
The construction of city flats is such
that it seems us if flat thieves ought to be
able to obtain almost unlimited plumber
with impunity. But they are forever
getting caught and most of them are the
lowest grades of sneak thieves.
Anything like originality in their meth
OIL Is rare, 50 the experience of the head
OF modest west side fat this week is
remarkable. He arrived home from busi.
ness about & o'clock, and at once OBJ
served indications that something unusual
had been going on
1t was evident that thief had been
around. and that he had gone away with.
out taking much, if anything, with him,
unless it WAS the residents wife. for she
was nowhere to be found The husband
presumed that she had gone to notify the
police. so he sat down and waited; but
after an hour or two he became anxious
and inquired of the neighbors.
They had heard or seen nothing either
of thief or wife. Then there was trouble.
The husband hurried to the nearest police
station. His wife hadn't been there, and
general alarm was sent out for patrol
men to watch for her, while two detect
ives returned to the house and helped
push inquiries.
ne kllclen anu dining room looked lis
il the wife had been interrupted in her
work, but there was no other sign of her.
The detectives looked very wise asked
many questions that seemed impudent to
the distracted husband, made some notes
and went away.
The husband was in Il bad state of
mind but not so upset that he didn't pres
entity realize that he needed food: Rather
than go to Il restaurant. he went to his
rcfrigerato tor to see what there might be to
cat. He opened the door, and there,
curlcd up in the ice chamber. was his
wife. She wasn't hurt; she hadn't even
tainted
She was simply sound asleep. some
what stupefied with the close air and
cramped in every joint. but otherwise in
good condition and glad to get out. She
explained that she caught il thief at work.
and he clapped her into the refrigerator
before she could scream. Once in she
could do nothing. There was no inner
handle to the door. She cried aloud,
and, finding no response, just waited to be
discovered, dreading all the while that her
wedding spoons had been taken. They
were not, though: they had been plac611y
with other valuables. in the center Of the
dining room table for carrying off, and
the incident ended happily.-Cincinnati
Enquirer. 8
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
The Typical American Face.

1t may be worth while to add that
once when l said, How unlike each
other are our American faces, yet how
quickly we recognize any one of them
among European faces!-I wish l knew
why" a foreign friend replied that she
could tell me why. '"rhe typical Amerl-
can mouth" she said. lis more sensi-
tive than that of other races, and the
chin is slenderer; but the main peculi-
arities are the shape and setting of the
eyes. and especially the modelling of the
check bones. You have high cheek bones
but they are narrow, while when they
are high in other races they are broad
and fiat, as with the japanese, or square,
as with the Scandinavians." am
afraid that she thought we all looked a
little foxy; but a foX's face has beauty,
and shows a keen sense of humor as
well as it's own sense of cleverness; and
besides, every one knows that it is mere
" q mask
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
"A Wide Awake Domestic.

Edward Terry, the popular actor, once
engaged young woman from the work
house as q domestic servant. She turned
out badly. and after few days Mrs
Terry told her husband that the girl
would not suit her ut ALL BE patient.
Give her longer trial. said the actor.
But it ayailed nothing. He told the girl
that she would have to go back to the
workhouse if she did not reform.
No. | shan't. Ill get another situa-
tion!''
Not without character said Mr.
Terry.
oh very well!' said the indignant do
nestle. with supreme contempt, ''if the
worst comes to the worst, | can 90 on
the stage!"-Tid-Bits
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
HISTORY OF THE PEANUT.
1t Takes High Rank in Food Value, and i
Rich in Oil


Rich in Oil.
A bulletin just issued from the United
States department of agriculture gives a
concise description and history of the
peanut, together with notes Oh it's cult
vation and uses. As is we'll known, tht;
is not really nut, but. more properly.
ground pea: Analysis gives the pea
nut a high rank as to it's food value, since
it contains % per cent of protein and
~ per cent. of fat, and it should be
classed with such concentrated foods as
the soja-bean and cotton-seed. while the
vines are superior to timothy hay as
feeding stuff, and of course, would be
equal. or superior to clover hay if any
considerable percentage of nuts were
left on the vines. The average yield of
peanuts in Virginia is about twenty bush
els to the acre. and in Tennessee thirty
two bushels. but fifty to sixty bushels
ought to be an average crop, and 100
bushels not an uncommon yield. Fair
peanut land, when properly treated,
should produce fifty bushels to the acre,
with one or two tons of excellent hay,
in ordinary seasons. Four million bush
els are annually raised in this country,
which is only about One-seventh of the
crop of the world. Millions of bushels
are used in the Old World for the pro-
duction of oil, in which these nuts are
very rich.-Garden and Forest.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
4 Kentucky Man that Never Drinks:

a IOuisville,e Ky. man, who says he
never drinks, tells Of Il farmer who has
produced breed of fur-bearing chickens
which sport in ice water and cackle brisk
~ in the midst of almost eternal snow.
Thi. was accomplished by skin grating
i selected cock and hen with rabbit skin,
half an inch ut time. The process
was painful, but succeeded admirably.
Eggs of the new breed sell rapidly ut
Sis Il dozen. and are Matched out by
ordinary hens, who invariably die OF
fright upon pcrceivng the strange APP
pearance of their o(fspring.-Atlanta Con.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
Why the Spectators Laughed.

1t was his wedding day. Radiant in the
newest of outfits, he started for the
church accompanied by the best man.
Suddenly the latter's eyes fell on his
friends feet:
You can't be married in those
boots!''
"Why not? They're very comforta-
ble!'
'But they're very shabby and patched
You must have a new pair. Come quick
~ to the nearest shop and buy some"
When the happy pair knelt ut the altar
a general litter passed through the com
pqny, for on each of the soles of the new
DoG3s: turned up to view; Was Inscribed:
Nights
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
An Old Saving.

1t is said that the expression. There
is Il skeleton in every closet" arose fron.
the following incident: \ young Italian
student. finding he was dying. fearing to
break the news to his mother. adopted
the following device. He informed her
that he was i'll, and it had been foretold
he would not recover until he had worn
shirt made by a woman who had no
trouble. The widow soon discovered that
it was no easy task to find such person.
but ut length was referred to a lady who
seemed surrounded with every comfort
and happiness and possessing husband
who seemed devoted to her. The widow
made known her request. and for an an
swcr was shown a closet where Il skele
ton hung suspended from beam. She
was told it was the remains of the lady $
former lover. who from motives of jea,-
ouSy had been slain by her husband. and
that he compelled her to visit it every
day. The widow concluded that no on"
was without trouble. that there was a
skeleton in every closet" and became
rcconciled to the approaching loss Of her
SOn-IOnt1on Answers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
Fancy Dress Bail.

There was fancy dress ball ut an
aristocratic mansion on Harlem avenue
The mistress of the house stationed a
servant at the door to announce the
guests by their costumes. Among those
who arrived little late were two ladies
in plain walking costumes who had only
come to glance ut the gay and dazzling
scene. What costume shall announce,
Id asked the servant eourteously:
ALL" responded one of the ladies'. 1.-Two
ladies without anything on at ALL" bel
lowed the faithful domestic. Tableau.-
'rrOy vCiroos
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
AnrOyiIlC.

Between Stafford and Manchester is a
glue factory. A lady, who was obliged
to take this ride between those two points
quite often. always carried with her Il
bottle OF lavender salts. One day an old
farmer took the seat directly opposite
her. AS the train neared the factory the
lady opened her bottle of salts. Soon the
whole carriage was filled with the horri-
bic 0dor Of the glue. The old farmer
stood it as long as he could, then leaned
forward and shouted: "Madam, would
yc mind putin the cork in that ere
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
Money Sunk in Mines.

The statistics now being collected and
compiled under the direction of Col.
George h. Squires, chief of the Salt
Lake county bureau, will contain an in
teresting and important feature concern
ing the mining industry and the amount
of money that has been invested without
return. The opinion prevails among the
Eastern goldites that the mountains of the
West arc solid silver, and that it costs
comparatively nothing to produce the
white metal. Col. Squire's statistics will
show the amounts that have been spent
III developing mines in the West mountain
district. ana the totals are astonishing.
For instance. on one group $25O.OOO has;
on another $15O.OOO, and this OIL proper
ties that have not been producers. Salt
Lake Tribune,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
, Eating Snow and Ice.

This is the time of year when small
boys are very much inclined to eat snow
and ice: Perhaps it will be quite inter
csting, for the small boy to know Just
what he makes his body do when he does
eat this ice. If he eats two ounces of ice
-9nd that is not very much-he has to
reduce this to water. =
This reduces the temperature of his
body, or his stomach, SO much hat he will
require bis body to use az much energy
to raise his stomach to a normal degree
OF temperature as he would use to raise
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
GOSSIP FOR THELADIES.
We A. kel COl,acnt.

we asked consent. my love and !,
All IN the car morn ng.
golden promise lit the sky,
The deWy earth adjoining
The day was just beginning,
The hour of all for winning;
But the old man lifted up his mead
And scanned the sky and briefly said:
I" It's me The time for cOortIil':
Nay, nay!' said he.
We asked consent, my love and /:
The maiden moon was slender
starry mist rained down the sky,
And the eve was new and tender
The mother she lay sleeping
80, Where stars their watch were keeping
Inc old man sighed and bowed his head:
"She's but a bnirn-a child" he said.
"Buf MES ae short for lovin'
Ay, ayr said he. The Jutlencudent
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
Fad in the Pulpit.

The "sermonette" is recent fad in
pulpit circles. Evening services are
supposed to be rendered more attractive
by the advertisement that 'sermonettes"
instead of sermons will be preached. In
a little social cotcrie the other night the
new term was discussed. DO tell me-
said the clever girl, what a sermonette
is?' Why" answered the man-who-al-
ways-knows-it-all. 1T is small sermon
"Oh, l sce,' commented the girl, land it
is the ingenious device of some preacher
ette,' l suppose" Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS

- - Were I the Sun. /
Pdalways shine on holidays, sss H.
s.s..s IEs Were 1.-THE sun; 1872 .',
On sleepy heads I'dsAever gaze, i
3 But focus I'LL my morning rays Il; f.
On busy folks Of buStilng ways t~5@.. a.s.,4.
Were the sun.
would not melt Shedding snow,
..- Were / the sun; {" s7as5r 'a
Nor spoil the ice where skaters CO.
Nor help those useless weeds to grow, ~
But hurry melons on, you know,
Were the sun.
I'd warm the swimming pool lust right,
Were the sun;
On school days would hide my light,
The Fourth Id always give you bright,
Nor set so soon on Christmas night
Were the sun.
would not heed such paltry toys,
Were the sum
Such work us grOWn-up men employs;
But would favor solid joys"
In short, I'd run the world for boys,
Were the sum-
February st. Nicholas.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
What the POrcupine Can Do.

The porcupine cannot shoot his quilts,
but he can eat every twig off hemIock
tbirtyfoot beech, and still be hungry.
Like the ostrich, he eats about every
thing that comes in his way, and is al
ways hungry for more: He has a bad
habit of girdling trees, and, like Il sloth.
will sometimes hang for days on one tree,
unless disturbed. 1t is by no means nm,
common for a. large fat porcupine to
weigh from % to 30 pounds. 70 white
men the flesh is rank and unpalatab!e.
but Indians take kindly to it, of COURSE
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
The Boss is Supreme.

! ''Dinny,' said Mr.: Dolan, 'phwat do
yez name to do wild all yer schoolin'
afther yez get to be Il mon?''
.* I'D: like to be u congressman" re-
piled the youngster.
4 We'll, bear in .moind phwat OF tell
yez. Coin to Congress an worruk-
ing successful an a job av Sbricklayin'
ginerally depinds OH wan ting, an that's
.moindin' the boss. "-Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
Left One Out.

4 small boy on third street had some
difficulty with the neighbours children dur,
ing the afternoon, and that night he was
not feeling in very Christian spirit.
in to tuck him away snugly. Did yon
say your prayers?" she inquired. 'Yes'm.'
And did you pray for the heather ~
The boy was. slow to answer. "Yes'm,
did, he said at last, 'all of them, cx,
cept Them next door," - Detroit Free
TDpn<io
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-22
Proof Positive.

Stage MahaGer-'"rbe audience is call
ing for the author
Manager-"All right. Go out and an
where, but you don't know WHERE .s,.s :.
Stage Manager But, perhaps he isn't
in the audience st5a
sS Manager-.'.Don't be n fool! Who else
would have started the call ?'-- New
York World.