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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
VIRGINIA'S LUCKY STONES.

Crystals Which Tradition Says Camo from
Tears of Weeping Fairies.
The queer crossshaped crystals of
silicate that are known to the inha bitants
of Virginia as fairy stones have long
puzzled the most noted biologists of the
world. Just why silicate should crystal
ize is the first problem that confronts
them, and the second is why the crystal
ization should always assume the form
of IL cross.
1t is only in one part of Virginia that
these stones are found. Patrick county
is the favored locality, but almost every
neighbor for a specimen, for they are
supposed to be Il lucky stone.
Indeed, no self-respecting citizen of
the Old Dominion will be found with a
rabbits foot in his possession nowadays.
and he must have Il fairy stone for a
mascot. The legend which gives these
little crystals such Il reputation for luck
is not only old. but is quantity beautiful.
When the crucihxion took place the
fairies of that particular section of Vir-
ginia were overwhelmed with grief, and
their tears in falling crystalized into tiny
crosses: For many years the fairy
stones have been the particular mascots
of Patrick county citizens, and it was
only by accident that the fame of the
emblems has spread.
y few months ago a certain Col. Prop
per went into the mountains of that
county on IL prospecting tour, and while
there put up at a farmhouse. He no
ticed that all the people about the place
were wearing irregular cross-shaped
crystals, and on asking found out the
significance of the custom. He secured
one, and in Il few days struck bonanza.
Shortly after the gallant colonel ap-
pearcd in Washington, his studs. cuff
buttons and scarfpins all made of fairy
stones. Congressman and even grave
senators badgered him for a mascot.
but only Il favored few secured the
coveted lucky stones. The fairy stones
are scarce. and are found after diligent
search in the beds of streams, along the
dried-up channels of brooks and rivulets.
New York World.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
November Berry isulletin.

Berry plants in the north have cast off
theft, summer drapery and are prepared
for their long winter sleep. Let them be
carefully laid down, covered with earth
and nicely tucked up for this needed rest
Delay this necessary work no longer.
If you have doubts as to benefits Uf viii
ter protection; even iii i1ild climates, pro
ton and mark the results.
After ground is we'll frozen, strawber-
ries should be covered lightly with clean
straw or marsh hay. In spring this coy
ering to be placed between the rows for
summer mulch. Various systems for
pruning grapes are now i'll use. All are
good in their special way, but confns-
III mind the following facts can easily
care for his own vines.
The object in pruning is to get a well
formed vine and a large yield of best
fruit. At least two-thirds of the new
growth should be cut away for this pllr-
pose. Unless severely pruncd more fruit
will form than can be we'll matured.
Remember, the vine bears it's fruit OH
new wood only.
Canes grown this year are the ones to
preserve for fruit next season. Cut
back the vigorous canes to three or four
buds each. Canes that have borne one
season never bear again. hence the neces-
sity for keeping a supply Of new wood
every year. Train the vine so it may be
laid down and covered with dirt in win
ter and raised and tied to stake or trellis
i'll the spring. One and two year old
vines are not expected to bear fruit and
are cut back to two or three buds. Trim
your grapevines in the full.
Remove all weeds. trimmings and sur
plus rubbish from the garden. See that
every plant and bush is properly pro-
tected for winter. Cover the ground
with finely composted manure and you
may then look forward to a fruitful res
direction in the spring.
NJ. A. Thayer, Sparta, Wis.
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Sold BY Druggists, 75c.
New Medical Plan.

A singular alleged discovery regarding
electricity, described by J. r. Buchanan
IN the Arena. is that it carries with it
the potentiality of everything through
which it passes. and consequently that
any number of patients can be medicated
III succession or simultaneously be given
of medicine without particle being lost,
as it is selidly inclosed. "My usual
method of demonstrating this he writes,
lis to place a sufficient quantity of medl.
cine in medical electrode tightly closed,
and send an electric current through it,
which entering by one wire and leaving
by another. passes through a group Of
students. who have joined hands to the
negative pole. In a few minutes they
recognize the characteristic medical in
fuence, some very promptly. some more
slowly (not knowing what it isl. think
it probable that. with continuous wire
and a sufficient electro-motive force.
medical dose might be sent from San
Francisco to New York Certainly it
would be practica BILE in Il hospital to send
a dose by wire from the laborat tory to a
patient in any part of the building, and
even in properly arranged bed, to have
the patient under the influence of any
current prescribed without even knowing
it,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
The Cat with q Bushy Tail.

! Never was a church congregation SO
summarily dismissed and SO wildly STAN.
peded as that at the holy temple in the
hazel brush ut the extreme limit of At.
Gibson, where the colored brethren meet
to worship. Last night, just as the big,
congregation to an exciting pitch by por-
traying the awful fate of those who
should be weighed in the balances and
found wanting, there ran into the church
through the open door Il little black and
white cat, with a big. bushy tail, closely
pursued by big yellow dog.
Cat and dog ran down the aisle to the
platform on which the preacher was
standing. The cat was met by the toe
of the preachers big boot, and, after a
brief flight through the air, it landed over
among the sisters. AS it hit the floor
something happened. twas II polecat.-
Kansas City Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
TEACHING HIM MANNERS.


\ The Cafe Molineau is where
A dainty little mink y
Serves God and mansas best she cans sge:|
Icy serving meats antl drinks %S4i
On, such an air the creature has, =.Ss5@@s
AND such pretty face! $. ~
= took delight that autumn night
IN hanging round the place. 1. f..
know but very little French; s., s s !. - =
~ nave not long been here; rt II
hMI When she spoke, her meaning brok,
Full sWeetlv on my ear
insn. too, she seemed to understand
"a, Whete'es had to say, S#-,9-%-.
iIoH~h. most knew was ''oony poo"
hohg zhoor," aud "see VOC play"
Ihe female wit is always quick,
d; And Of all womankind
lis here III France that YOU, perchance,
The keenest wits shall find.
And here you'll find that subtle gift, :
That rare, distinctive touch,
Conbined with grace Of form and face, j
Ih0t gladS men OvermuCh. ,'r
''Our girls at home" I unused aloud,
Lack either that or this;
They don't combine the art divine =.
AS does the Gallo miss.
Far be 1t from me to nlalign -
Our bellies across the sea-.
And yet I'll swear none can compare
With this ideal She"
And then l praised her dainty foot
In very awful French.
And parleyrooed IN guileful mood
Until the Saucy wench
And froxe me with disdain:
''There are OH me no fileS,' said she.
"For come from Bangor, Maine"
Eugene Field
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Dance in tho Morning.

At gathering of Kings Daughters
at London, Ont, the other day, Mrs.
Graham of Toronto, Oh being asked if
dancing should be tolerated, replied:
Yes. but only in the morning. an hour
before breakfast. and then the woman
should dance with her husband or broth
er. This encouragement of morning
danclng. at time when morning prayers
are said to be falling into disuse, may
possibly strike some Christians as un-
wise. And there are setate heads of
families. not necessarily Christian, who
would kick vigorously if they were asked
to dance an hour before reading the
morning paper and going to business.
Farmers. also, who have to begin work
very early in the morning, will he ant to
complain if this dancing rule should be
enforced.-New York Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Highest Of all Leavening Power-Laes U S. Govt Report
.R0H!a!!l! RRakiRg
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE
His First Chance.

DR.. Norvin Green, the longtime presi-
dent of the Western Union Telegraph
company, claimed that he gave Edison
the employment, which was the begin
nlng OF his successful career, to which,
as is well known, the Western Union
corporation has largely contributed. Edi-
son had been bothering the officers of
the company with telegraphic devices
they had no need of. He came into the
office one day when it was impossible to
OBTAIN communication between New
York and Albany, and the seat of the
difficulty could not be located. He was
banteringly invited to remedy the trou-
bic. He said he could do SO in two
hours He was laughed at and given
two days for the task. His process was
very simple. He telegraphed to the best
operator in Pittsburg, and instructed him
to telegraph to the best operator in Al
bany. The latter telegraphed his New
York line down as far as he could, feel
ing his way from point to point, and
sending the results to the Pittsburg man.
who forwarded them to Edison. In less
than one hour Edison said to the anxious
officials: 'The break is two miles from
Poughkeepsie." That simple method in
sured his status with the Western Union
people, and Won for him hearing in all
his hemes-philadelnhia Times
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
He Disposed of His SAMPLES.

A crowd of statesmen were sitting in
evenings ago telling yarns about the big
bills of goods they had sold. Finally a
boot and shoe drummer sauntered up and
said: "My sales this year have been out
of sight. l covered all my territory and
closed out all of my firms stock. They
wired me to take no more orders, but
asked me to try to dispose of my sam
man only carries one shoe of each kind,
and was up against a hard game. I
thought the matter over and finally con-
cluded to come to Louisville during the
G. A. r. encampment. and, would you
believe it, sold out my entire lot of sam
pies to one-legged terans!'-Louisville
Commercial
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
IN A WHEELBARROW.
Two Men and a Woman Start from Pari
to Go Round the Wnrld

TWO Men and Woman Start from Paris
to Go Round the World.
Iwo men and woman, all from Bor
deanx, have decided to 90 around the
world in VIII elbarrow. The start took
place from the Place. de In Concorde
on the morning of Sunday, October 6.
at 10 o'clock. when Nine. Dita Calais,
young lady of 20. took her seat in the
vehicle: and her husband, strong, nery-
GUS, fair haired young fellow of %, seized
the two handles and sent the wheelbar-
row lightly rolling on it's journey.
M. Son. the third traveller is also fair,
II years of age and armed with a walk
ing-stick. He follows in the wake of his
companions. The itinerary is as follows:
Paris, Fontainebleau, Sens, Dion, Bes-
sancon, Pontarlier, Lausanne, Sion, the
Simplon, Lugano, Venice, Belgrade, Con-
stantinople lend of ApriD, Teheran, Del
hi and Hun-Nan; then to embark at
Canton for San Francisco, where the
trip IL to be resumed toward Mexico.
Panama. Es,nera Ida. Mercedes; then
Buenos Ayres. where all three are to
embark for Bordeaux, arriving there
presumably in June. 1897. and after a
months rest at Bordeaux the travellers
will take the boat for Havre. whence
they are to start for Paris. and to reach
the Place de la Concorde October i. 1897.
Edition Of New York Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
FORCE OF HABIT,
On Old-Tine Printer Who Visits His Old
Haunts Nightly.

Haunts Nightly.
A man bent with years can he seen
almost amy night in and around Park
row. He appears about the time the
newspaper men go to work. and disap-
pears when good night is sent to the
CONFUSING rooms. To many, the old man
has for long been mystery. Here's his
:. secret: After working at the printers
case for forty years. he retired and ell
gagged in other business; but the habits of
the old life had taken st1ch Il hold upon
him that he cannot, as rule. sleep be-
fore o'clock in the morning and could
not sleep then if he did not loiter in the
Row, which spot he so long Travelled.
Whenever insomnia grows uncomfortable
he puts in his appearance as noted. and
then sleeps soundly until the early after
noon. In the metropolis there are many
whose lives have been spent below Four
teenth street, and who listen with amaze
ment to descriptions of the gayer ex-
istenca above that Thoroughbred, long re-
gardcd as the equatorial line dividing
both the city and the classes. Tonight
an old lady who opened her eyes in 1921
is asleep in Harlem. She never saw the
Battery or the Brooklyn bridge, and has
visited Central park only once during
her lifetime. And she's not the only
One.-New York Letter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Dry Ball Bearings,

A rider who does not believe i'll oiling
bicycle bearings writes as follows: When
piece Of machinery. on floor. we find
by placing few rollers underneath that
much less power is required, but would
anything he gained by greasing the roll
ers? have never tried it, but imagine
that the result would he such collec-
ton of dirt as would at once discourage
the practice. 1t is true that there is n
slight rubbing friction in ball bearing
of one ball against the next. as their
surfaces run in opposite directions, but
the pressure between them is so slight
that wearing or cutting is not likely to
occur when no oil is used. prefer to
run my ball bearings dry.-American Ma
chinist -"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22

When the woman does not understand
what the matter is, and her doctor can
not or will not tell her, she grows morose
and melancholy; that's the blues.
Mrs. Newton Cobb, of Manchester, O.,
says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound will correct all this trouble.
I cannot praise it enough. am pleased
to tell every one that it cured me; and If
it will cure me, why not others am
sure my case was severe enough" twill.
Get it of your druggist at once.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Caught the Wicked.

An alleged literary man inserted an
advertisement in a newspaper requesting
the wickedest woman in New York to
give him an unyarnished history Of her
life. which he wanted to use in novel.
In less than week he received over
twenty replies, some from educated WON
en-, others from the creatures of the
Sums. One refused to give her right
name or address. but was willing to con-
slider fair proposition to be agreed
upon at place to be chosen. All were
eager to air their wickedness between
yellow covers. And it's pretty safe to
conclude that the eyes Of the wickedest
woman missed the advertisement, at
that -Naxx, Vopl,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Both Of One Mind.

They sat in deep thought for half an
hour after lunch. Finally one of them
could stand it no longer. So he took q
cigar from his pocket and lighted it,
with the remark: Sorry l haven't got
another cigar
Just what I should have said to you
IN hFe minutes more. replied the other.
also taking out a cigar and lighting it
If you hadn' got the start of NE. BIOS
ton TRANSCRIPT.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Worth Not First.

There were men dressmakers before
Worth. The first celebrity who made
his mark in this particular line was
Rhomberg, the son Of a Bayarian peas
ant from the neighborhood of Munich,
says Pearson's Weekly. One day in
May, 1880, a beautiful equipage was
seen driving about Paris with an es-
cutcheon in the shape of a corset and an
open pair Of scissors in the middle paint
ed on the panel of each door; that was
own tale. He was a genius in his way,
and owed his success chiefly to his skill
in Disgusting slight deformities and
bringing out the most attractive charms
of his fair customers. He rapidly made
a fortune and left his heirs an annual
income of f0l0l ::
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Good Living.

Where" inquired the tourist, 'tif I
may ask, does your majesty get youf
taste for good living?' "1n our neck"
retorted the barbaric monarch promptly.
VI the courtiers those who laughed with
conspicuous zeal were at once raised to
knightly rank and adorned with the cross
of the Shirt Waist, while those who, to
the number of three or four, had to be
pounded on the back to save them from
choking to death, were ennobled.-Mem.
DhiS Scimitnr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
stablinr Cows in wet weather.

There is not much grass to be got in:
the fields in November. and what there
is will be found PROSTITUTION and nearly
worthless. The cows will lose more in
tramping through the fields than what
They should be kept in the yard during
warm days, and stabling at night or
whenever there il wet weather. There
is always a sudden decline in milk yield
about this time Of the year. 1t Is NEST
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Took Them All.

A Sublime Appetite.-They were seat
ed at the restaurant table, he looking
ly:
''Do YOU know, dear, l have always
longed for the society of congenial
soul. one who loved the good, the true"
Pigs feet; baked beans. cold tripc
griddle cakes. which will you have" in
terrnpted dear at this point
iii take them all" was the soulful
ansWer..DetrOit Free Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22

Women in per-
feet or good health
are rarely victims
Of this symptom.
Women nearly
monopolize tho
blues, because their
peculiar ailments
promote them.
When the female
organs fail to per-
form their func-
tons properly,
when the dreaded
female complaints
appear, there - is
shownnervousness,
sleeplessness, faint
ness, backache,
headache, bearing
down pains, ETC.,
causingthe dreaded
"let-me-alone'' and
=" all. gone ;" feel
1nno
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Wisconsin Patents,

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, IS and 50
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee.
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Charles A. HakeE Waukesha. bracket:
Robert L: Beattie, Milwaukee. shoe support
ner, Racine, gas engine; kinsey Jones.
Galesville, wagon bolster: large G. Mandt.
Stoughton, neckyeke coupling; Albert F
Ransom; burlington, penholder: Ole o.
bert Watson and G. ". Briggs, Milwaukee,
elastic block Or shield for railway track
frogs Pabst Brewing company, Milwaukee,
lager beer. trade mark
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Struck it Hot,

He was visiting the scenes of his youth.
And what became of that pestiferous
little beast, Wallie Hayseed?" he asked
of the brawny farmer with whom he
was talking.
THAT pestiferous little beast, Wallie
Hayseed,' said the farmer, smashing the
visitors hat down over his eyes and set
ting his black-sp0tted carriage dog upon
him. was me, Mr.. Man. What shrimp
eyed, little punkkin-head was you them
days ?"-1arper's Bazar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Fall Sale of Hogs.

Swine breeders have, on the whole.
had a wonderfully successful sale sea-
son. The demand for the best quality
and best developed animals of ali ages
has continued exceedingly active A
healthy, confident tone pervades the bust
ness, and buyers never hesitate to pay
long prices whenever merit warrants it.
1t is quite evident that breeders and
farmers have had enough of the cheaper
and inferior class of hogs, and it often
happened this season that if merit was
wanting pigs were apt to go begging
for buyers. The short-sighted policy of
buying long-drawn-out pedigree is in
excusable and breeders are now learning
their mistake
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls
tatarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
pr1etors have SO much faith in its curative
powers. that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list Of testimonials
Address, r. j. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo, Q.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Buying Potatoes in the Ground.

It is frequently the custom for mcr-
chants III Scotland to buy potatoes when
lin the ground and undertake the lifting
and carting. For this purpose they often
communicate with Il man in Ireland
called Il "gaffer," who takes a gang of
young women over to assist, and the
Irish women are some of the best work
ers iii the field. -, So
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lHfIy<k9
NJ! 34!$x

Mr.. W. G. Lewis, who is con-
nected with the artistic advertising
department Of the Youths Com
paniOn, and resides at 33 Dwight
street, Boston. relates that he had
his attention called to Ripans
Tabules by business acquaintance
who expressed high opinion of
them. Mr.. Lewis was a good deal
troubled with what he describes as
8 nervous, bilious condition that
appeared to be brought on from
time to time by high pressure work
or special mental activity or
excitement, such as would be
common at periods of unusual
nervous tension. 1t has become his
praesice at such times to take a
Tabule-just one-at the moment
that he observes the difficulty
approaching. 1t makes no difference
when it is. A favorable result is
Invariably apparent within twenty
minutes. The only noticeable
effect is that he feels all right ip
twenty minutes if he takes the
Tabule; whilerf he does not the
nervous, uncomfortable feeling
intenSifieS and leads to a bad
afternoon and tired evening. He
carries one of the little walls with
him all the time now, but doesn't
have occasion to apply to it any
thing like as often as he did at
tirst, Nowadays there are frequent
periods of from a week to ten days
or even two weeks during which he
finds that he has no occasion
whatever to make use of the
Tabules, but still carries them in his
pocket, just the same. so that they
may be ready if an occasion occurs.
Rlpans Tabules are sold By druggists or by mail /;
ne price go cents box) Is The Ripans Chemi-
fA. 10 centS