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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11
Cheerful Letters.

The popular woman does not write dole
full letters; she waits till she is in a better
frame of mind before beginning them, for
she realizes that there are burdens enough
il life without adding to them by intiicting
pcssimistic cpistlcs on her friends.
If she writes Il letter of coincidence it
does not sound that way, she will not let
it's GOODNESS further grieve "a bereaved one:
and if she sends congratulations to a bride
or mother she makes point of recollect-
ing or looking up some rousing good
wishes that have the ring of genuine inter-
est.
letter, not to gushing school girl, but
to an old lady, or tired mother, or an
exacting family, and by this bit of senti-
ment-not timentality-keeps her mem
DRY green in the hearts of her friends
New York Herald
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11
y Picture sf webster.

There now h:tu:gs IN tF.. magnificent =
hrary of the algonquin club the finest
portrait Of Danief Webster sxtanf- II WIS
formally presented Ia ths. club az The an
nual meeting Thursday sv..TsiH-. AMI
thereafter it became the clubs r.s,<f treas
urcti pns<.Ssis,H- h prize. wsrirh ps1fs TF<
purchase heynntf The. dssirys ~ th.. ssrsli-
nary epliectcr of works of ART WIS frs7ss..
iiafcly srt on it, II can't be- hssss.sisf for
SItsm
The picture WIS painted frssrl life by
Chester Harding whe in his ti.4v- v..<
celebrated ut hun. ansi ahraasi. IL was
dene az the order of Il 5ir. ThenlDSsy, Of
Springfield
II represents the great Statesman sit-
ting ut 6 writing table He - Dressed
plainly. almost saHiheriy. and his stsyrrfs.rl-
ance wears IN oppression vhs~.. s.fTs.s<s
approaches severity. .IH,ixin.. hy s,Sh-r
Portraits. TIE features SEEM tss bs EIsaEize-t
yet men VIII" knew Webster well ss,.t
wha have seen this likeness say that rh..
expression II entirely natural The eff-4si
" of pose is impressive Altogether. rs,--
acisseurs who have stusi;,~I Tire yFs,rk do
ciare it the most faithful attractive AMI
best executed representation .sf fE. ..ss.-.,.
of Marxhtield tkat hrs ever he,srs ,sxlt;I.-
iteff i sSfa1 IetYr1y.yJ
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11
How u Turkey STONED a Train.

7O' u "1 NY KoCoI1VcU a LTd1H. ~
The east-bound passenger train on the
Lancaster, Oxford & Southern railroad
was stopped by trukey hen early this
mornig: AS the engine was putting up
grade it passed under the limb Of large
tree. Oh which several turkeys were roOst-
Ing, in front of Ralph Clendenin's farm
stack was so strong that it knocked
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11

History shows that the red-headed wom-
an is fascinating. They say that: the locks
of Helen of Troy We're of that color; also
those of Mary Queen Of Scots. There was,
not so long ago, a time when this tinge
was Knocked at by the vulgar. Happily
this period is past. Without making
odious comparisons with her darker or
admirers of the red.headed girls whom
the impressionist painters have taken as
their halo-crowned ideal. Therefore we
hold that whereas the number has in
creased, and is increasing, it ought not to
be diminished
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11
The Reigning Fad in LOndOn.

It is a marvel that we have not yet sue
cumbed to the London 1naiiia. counten-
anced BY the throne itself, for straw plait-
ing. GLASSES are formed over there to
learn the gentle art of making rush bas-
kets and hats, and fashionable women
join them EN- with ' the s same egelnsss With
clubs. Catch-alls, wall pockets s corn ias
pas, fire screens and flower Stands i5 are
being turned out by the hundreds in May
fair, the interesting part Of the process be-
ing the ease With which it is acquired
One inlay learn in nine LESSONS but prYf7
ciencyis vOuched for ii1~fwelve: = f.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11
He was Brave.

"A lady was showing a visitor the. fami-
" portraits in the picture gallery. ."rhnt
officer there in uniform she said, 'awas
my great-great- grandfather He was rs
brave as a lion, but one Of the most mn
fortunate Of men. He never fought a bat
tie in which he did not have IN arm OF d
leg cnrried away. = Then she added,
proudly: He took part in twenty -four
engagements. !" lid Bits, s-,9
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11

large turkey hen from her perch, In
falling she alighted on the he'll rome and
rang the bell, Engineer Spear stopping the
train. Conductor Gorsuch went forward
TO- see why the train had been stopped
and discovered the turkey on the plat
form OF the car. fitting in her peculiar
call. The train crew howled at the lu-
dicrousness. of the. situation as the CON
tluctor tossed the bewildered bird off and
watched her running to the roosting tree.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Culture.

The pursuit of culture at the present
moment is SO ardent that almost it may
be called "fad" The number of royal
roads that are offered to every individual
for his mental culture is legion. Besides
the public opportunities there are invita-
tons to join cubs Or societies, to attend
lectures, to listen to papers, to take part
III symposiums, i'll such abundance as to
and considerable tax upon the time,
even if one attempt to do little more with
the major part Of them than to decline
them civilly and appropriately. -
There is something highly commendable
i'll the spirit behind this general move
ment. TO make the most Of ones own
faculties is surely the first step towards
worthy living. But it is only the first
step, and to become SO: absorbed in it as
steps is to miss all it's advantages. No
one ever valued culture more than
Goethe, yet even he placed it lower than
certain other things, saying, Nothing af-
ter health and virtue can give so mucl,
satisfaction as learning and knowing
All noble endeayors, however, have
their besetting sins and peculiar teimpta-
tions. The most. insldious foe of the dis.
ciples of culture, whether individuals or
societies.: is selfisllness-.a disposition to
keep rather than to share. The esprit
de corps Of an organization, a most lie.
sirablc quality within certain limits, when
emphasized unduly becomes the most ,ll,-
lovely. one Of complacel1cy Of meet
righteousness The, experience of, meet
ing and converse in common IS found
so very delightful that it tends to foster
a forgetfulness of the great truth tlint
a culture based on exclusiveness defeats
itself; that, in fact, the needs of culture,
rightly conceived, are attained best by
forgetting culture and aiming higher.
To deal justly, to conquer prejudice, 10
pay fair Difference to character and in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11
KANSAS WOMEN FARMERS.
They Are Very Successful and Show Gre;
Aptitude for tie Business

They Are Very Successful and Show Great
Aptitude for tie Business.
There are in Kansas City some wom-
en- who are shrewd and capable managers
Of farms. One of these is Miss Kittic
ID. La Master of Gardner, Johnson coun-
~. who had cattle and hogs on the Kan
saS City market one day last week. Miss
LII Master was at the Live Stock OK.
change, and attended to the financial part
of the business in person. Il have been
engaged in farming said the lady, for
the past SIX years, on account of the ILL
health of my father, who is incapacitated
for work on account of rheuma tism
which goes hard with him ut his age, q
years. When my mother and myself took
charge Of the farm of over 800 acres
every one predicted that we would fail,
but we arc very well satisfied with the
results Our corn crop was very fair but
to hogs. | feed crushed wheat, soaked
twenty-four hours before feeding, mixed
with corn-half and half. The soaked
wheat, think, does much better as feed
than dry. Corn is worth 40 cents and
wheat 3S cents at Gardner" OF the 9TH
er Kansas ladies' who are patrons Of the
Kansas City live stock market may be
mentioned Mrs. l. D. HarkeIroad, Silver
dale, Cowley county; Mrs. b. D. Free
man. Madison. Greenwood county; Mrs,
Mary a. bowling. Chapman. Dickinson
county: Mrs. Mary Nurgessen, La Cygllc,
Linn county, and Mrs. John Stack, Ross
Vile, Shawnee county. There are some
ladies who manage large cattle ranches
Mrs. Lucitn Scott, widow Of Judge Lucen
Scott. of Leavcnworth, kas., manages
her ranch in the Panhandle of Texas,
which consists of 100000 acres. all fenced,
and on which there are between 5000
and 1000 cattle.
Openings tor Indian Corn.
1t is curious and interesting fact that
AMERICANS are the only branch of the
great Anglo Saxon German family that
has learned to cat Indian corr and to
relish it rs an article of diet. 1t is
grown very largely in Australia, but is
fed to horses, cattle and poultry, it's use
as human diet being as little familiar as
is that Of cats and dogs here. When
English people arrive III this country
and make their first acquaintance with
q field Of corn they do not know what
it is. and when they sit down to eat II
cooked ear their embarrassment is often
ludicrous. But they soon learn to like the
vegetable. and then wonder why it is
not liz greater use in England and other
parts Of Europe in other forms than
that of maizena, -four. At time when
Russia has had to feed it's famine dis
tricts on wild roots and grasses, and
when Germany has been experimenting
deliberately with sawdust bread, the op-
portulty for an extension of American
export trade in corn has certainly ar
lived
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-11
Living Abroad.

A woman who has tried to live abroad
in refinement and strict economy" epit-
omizes as follows: I'm Italy, we'll there
are many families who take pension
naires, but comfort is not always great
there. England, without shadow of
doubt, provides the best comfort all
around, the best table with the most
wholesome food, and the most refined
style of living. After this comes Ger
many, with a bountiful table; France,
with a more delicate one, perhaps, and
Switzerland, with combination of the
two"
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sHA11ow CULTURE FoR corn.

Iwould advise fall plowing in case
the land was stubble or meadow. PloW
six to seven inches deep in the fall,
but in the spring five inches is sufi.
cient. The rougher the surface Of
fal-plowed ground the better. Pull
verize, compact and level the seed-bed.
Plant any time between May Il and %.
As far as yield is concerned, there is
very little difference between hill and
drill planting, but it is usually advis-
able to check the corn, as it can then
be kept clean easier. The thickness
of planting will depend upon the use.
In drilling where grain alone is de-
sired, plant in rows three and two
third feet apart, one kernel to every
foot. If the corn is to be fed as fod-
der, plant thicker, putting in one ker-
mel to every six or nine inches. In
hill planting endeavor to get four ker-
nels in each hill. Harrow Immediate
ly before planting, as this destroys all
weeds and enables the plants to get q
good start before cultivation is neces-
sary. Cultivate the ground, begin
ming with slant-toothed harrow, and
keep the ground free from weeds dur
ing the entire season, using shallow
cultivator. Experiments made at the
Illinois station for number of years
show that an increased yield OF almost
six bushels per acre has resulted from
shallow cultivation. The crossing of
varieties has increased the yield. This
may be accomplished by planting diff
ferent kinds in alternate rows. AL
though corn has been grown at the
station on one plot continuously for
nineteen years with fair results, ro-
tation is absolutely necessary for corn
raising. The following tive-year ro-
tation is desirable: Beginning with a
meadow or clover sod, plant to corn
two years, then seed to oats or wheat
for one year, following with grass or
clover for two years, and then put
again in corn.--New England Home.
stead.
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of the visitation is from few days to
five or six weeks. During rain, or
cool spell they are dormant; hot
weather kills them. Blood sucking,
which is their only occupation, finally
destroys them. Low, moist ground
and thickets are their haunts; they
avoid sunny spots. The favorite time
for attack is dark, cloudy day, when
rain is threatened. Then let the OBJ
jects of their rapacity beware; with
surprising activity and suddenness
they swoop down upon ar animal
which may approach their ambuscade,
do their sanguinary work and retreat
with equal rapidity. While showing q
singular preference for mule blood,
they will attack horses, COWS, cattle,
sheep, fowls-in fact, all domestic and
wild animals-which become frantic
from pain and rush about seeking to
rid themselves of the pestiferous
creatures. The effects Of the bites
are much tho same as the symptoms Of
rattlesnake poisoning. It has been
observed that where tho bitten animals
do not die from early attacks upon
them they do not suffer so much from
later assaults.
The attacks of the buffalo gnat are
not confined to animals. There are
on record instances of the destruction
of human life by. their bites. DR..
Brumby, of Louisiana, reported a case
of death Of woman in Madison Par
ish, in 1883, from this cause. q. A.
Winter, while passing along low
ground near Helena, Ark, in 1884,
was the victim of a large swarm of
buffalo gnata, and is said to have died
in O few minutes from the poison.
The extent of damage wrought by
these little fends is shown by the
statement that in 1866 400 horses and
mules were killed in the parishes Of
Madison, Tensas and Concordia. In
1874 stock to the estimated value OF
S50O,O00 was destroyed in Southwest
Tennessee New Orleans Picayune.
Il
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PRUNING GRAPEyINEs.

All the lower portions of the main
shoots are comparatively naked, and
the few stronger branches grow from
the upper portion of the vine, but a
well-pruned vine will be covered with
strong branches from the base to the
summit. This is really the leading
object in grapevine pruning but not
one in o hundred knows how to bring
it about. 1t is wholly accomplished
by summer pruning. The upper
branches are usually the strongest,
and if let to run they will draw the
nourishment from all the rest. The
well-instructed grape pruner watches
his vines during the season of growth,
and whenever any one branch is in
clined to grow stronger than its
neighbor, it is either pinched back in
order to check its ambition or else
broken off entirely. The social prob.
lem of the erich becoming richer and
the poor poorer" applies here. We
check the strong branch, and the
weaker is strengthened thereby.-Mee-
hans Monthly.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
COMMUNION OF sArNTE.

It means sympathy, support, suggestion,
corporation, and that peculiar inspiration
which Is due to numbers and mutual in
terest and enthusiasm. 1t means all these
as afforded not only by our fellow church
members, but also in a real sense by our
fellow Christians throughout the world. 1t
means that the redeemed and the angelic
hosts in heaven take real, sincere interest
In Christs earthly followers, and IL some
manner and to some extent are able and
glad to be Of service to US. 1t means all
this day by day and week after week for
ever. The value Of such communion Is sug-
gested by It's meaning. 1t nerves and encour-
ages Us. 1t revives tagging energies. 1t
drives awsy despair and fear. 1t cheers in
hours of loneliness 1t brings heaven close
and renders the cultivation of the heavenly
spirit more easy. 1t shows US how much Of
Jesus Christ there Is in his earthly disciples.
1t turns our thoughts more appreciatively to
him rs the source and center of our happi-
ness and hope. II teaches US the substan-
tial unity Of Christianity in spite of its divi-
sions.
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sANCTrFIED MUSICAL TALENT.

The church wants the best sanctifed musi-
cal talent in the world. How can it be Sc
cured? 1t must be willing to pay for it On
the same principle that 1t pays for pulpit
talent. When the church calls for sanctifled
musical talent,it will have 1t. When Christian
men and women endowed with great musical
talent learn that the church wants them and
is willing to compensate them, they will offer
themselves. If our missionary boards could
send out with their missionaries sanctifed
musical talent of high order-men and
women who could, with their single voices and
with great choruses, accompany aud en-
phasize the word preached-greater results
in the conversion of souls would follow.
Those who have seen the effect OF Mr..
Sankey's music may, perhaps. comprehend
what the effect would be If great singer
like Jenny Lind or Melba could stand side
by side with our evangelists, our pulpit
divines, our missionaries and preach the gos-
pei in song God speed the day when the
church universal shall wake to an apprecia-
ton of one of the grandest agencies in the
work of uplifting and saving men.
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A Musical M0cking.Blrd.

Maxine Caspari is the name Of Q
handsome young Creole who drives g
delivery wagon for one OF the pros.
porous New Orleans green grocers.
Maxine is musician considerably
above the ordinary, and in the early
mornings the quiet street is gay with
the merry sound of his sweet voice, or
the music of his French harp, which
he always carries about with him. It
is charming to see what pleasure he
gives as he drives down the street,
smiling and bowing to right and left
as he goes, like hero in triumphal
procession. It gladdens the heart Of
every woman on the street to have
Maxine deliver a package at her door
and to receive one of his scintillating
smiles, and bow like court gentle
mans.
Entirely in harmony with Maxime's
affable nature is the little pet and
companion which accompanies himal-
ways in his daily rounds. This Is
nothing more nor less than fine
mocking-bird named Beauregard.
which is, beyond a doubt, perfectly
exquisite musician. Maxine has
trained him to whistle the most diff
cult airs with grace and finish that
no instrument can equal, and the lit
tie fellow seems to take infinite de-
light in exhibiting his accomplish
ment. He and Maxine whistle in
concert, the bird usually carrying the
air and his master adding fine, clear
second which is exquisitely harmoni-
GUS.
Beauregard has cage in one corner
of the cart under the roof, but he
usually sits upon Maxime's shoulder,
or occupies a perch just above his
masters head. ~--~
When Maxine is very busy and
hasn't time to dismount and linger at
the door for pleasant word, smile
or bow, Bea uregard gives three
round sharp whistles that serve to
bring servant out to the gate for
the package.
Maxine has frequently refused
large sums of money for his fine bird.
Only last week a museum company
offered $3.50 for him.
"But no." Maxine always says,
"gor can nod buy mey Beauregar'.
He is nod for sale; he never will be.
He is my very soul, that Beauregar'.
-Pniladelphia Times.
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TIE TERRIBLE BUFFALO GSAT.

The buffalo guat and its relative,
the turkey gnst, are rightly feared by
the ownera of stock in the Mississippi
valley, where they have in the past
created great havoc. These gnats are
related to the black fly Of the North,
and the Hungarian gnat. The buffalo
gnat gets it's name not from any
special fondness for the buffalo, bn:
because of fancied resemblance to
that animal, which can easily be per-
oe1ved upon looking at the insect side,
ways. It has an immense thoTax
which forms hump on the neck; its
head is depressed, as if in the act Of
butt;ug, and is equipped with two
snort, horn.like sntennao. The turkey
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A cockerel or pullet becomes a cocl
or len when over year old.
If your hens don't lay by this time
chop their heads off and start in again
Don't forget to give the hens daily
supply of grass. They have been pin
ing for it all winter.
It is good plan to thoroughly
whitewash the interior of your heE
house. 1t is good lice killer.
Salt for cattle is more important in
summer than in winter. When the
COWS are on grass sslt will be highly
reiished by them, as it serves to keep
them in health.
Do not be afraid to thin out the
fruit. Trees that are loaded down are
liable to be injured. The largest and
best fruit is grown on trees that are
not permitted to overbear.
There is nothing like clover patch
for the pigs. They will not only keep
in better health on clover than when
confined, but will grow fast and cosl
less than when they are fed on grain
and require feeding three times day.
Do not be too economical with po.
tato seed. When cutting the seed
leave large pieces to the eyes. It is
considered an advantage to use whole
potatoes, or cut them in half by some.
Do not cut the potatoes into small
pieces.
Cut straw can be more evenly dis
tributed as bedding for cattle than
whole straw, and it will serve better as
an absorbent when added to the manure
heap. The labor required to. cut it Is
not as great on expense as the loss
from manure when the starw Is uncut.
Good farming pays because it ena-
bles the land to bear better crops in the
future. Hundreds of farmers who
may have lost money one year find
that they have made profit the next
because their efforts did not bring
forth fruit until later. There is wealth
in the soil that is stored up for use
during successive seasons.
Nav is an excellent month for hatch
ing chickens. The eggs will give bet
ter results, and the chicks will be more
easily raised, owing to the advantages
of the warm season and less liability
of loss from cold and exposure. Let
the hens hatch out large lot OF
chicks, as there will be quite a num-
Der that will die from various causes,
cats, hawks, and other enemies thin
ming them out.
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HOW MUCH DRY FODDER?

TIE quantity of dry fodder given to
COW may be fifteen to twenty pounds
daily. It depends on what other feed
is given, as if part of the feed is en-
silage, or roots, or much grain is
given. less hay will be needed. But if
hay and grain alone are used, the feed
may be twenty pounds of each, or two
thirds of hay and one-third meal. 1t
is best to have the grain'ground as
finely as possible, and the food is best
digested when the hay is cut into
ohaff and wetted and the meal is
mixed with it. The food is then better
masticated; and this first digestive
process, when best done, aids the
other digestive organs to do their
work. Farmer.
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NOT VANITY BUT DEVOTION.

Professor Blackie frequently stayed at my
house when lecturing In Glasgow. He was
always at his best when one had him alone.
One night we were sitting up together, he
said In his brusque way: whatever other
faults have am free from vanity" An in
credulous smile on my face reused him. "You
don't believethat, give mo an instance" Being
thus challenged said why do you walk
about flourishing plaid continually" "Ill
give you the history OF that sir. When was
a poor man, and when my wife and had our
difficulties, she one day drew my attention to
the threadbare character Of my surtout and
askel me TO order new one. I told her /
could not afford it just then, when she went.
like noble woman, and put her own plaid
shawl on my shoulders, and I huve worn
plaid ever since III memory OF her loving
d."-Good Words.