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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
THE TILDEN PLANTS SOLD.
A Palm Said to Have Belonged to Geo.
WnAhiuRtOn In the Cnlleciinn

a rain said to Have Belonged to George
Washington In the Collection.
About 10000 greenhouse plants belong
ing to the estate of the late Samuel j.
Tilden were sold at auction at Grey
stone, Yonkers. The collection consisted
chiefly of palms, orchids and ornamental
foliage plants and filed fourteen green
houses, which were built and stocked
by Mr.. Tilden in 1885, about q year be-
fore his death.
Greystone has been unoccupied for sew
en- OF the nine years since he died, but
the conservatory has been kept up and q
full force of gardeners employed there.
Owing to litigation now pending, the ex-
ecutors decided to sell the plants.
The collection, while of frst-class quail
ny, did not contain many rare or vaiu-
able plants. Nearly all of the palms
were bought by Mr.. Tilden at the sole
OF the Kelly collection at RhinccIiff, on
the estate now owned by Gov. Morton.
Among these was Cycas reyoluta 2OO
years old, which is reputed 10 have been
Washington. The chief interest cen
tered in the sale of this piece. Several
asked beforehand for certificates of the
Washington ownership. but no certificate
VAS Forthcoming. This lack, coupled
with the fact that the palm was not pot
ted and would be difficult to remove
DESTROYED part Of its value. 1t was start.
ed at SIS. The next bid was $50, and
then by easy stages $62 was reached, al
which figure it went to w. Albert Man
da, a florist.
Most of the buying was by commercial
florists. The highest price paid was $12,
for a Zamia. which went to Siebrecht &
Wadley. This plant is well-knowI
specimen among florists and is consid
cred the best of it's kind in this vicinity
Of the other palms the majority brought
fair prices. a Latania borbonica thirt,
feet tall brought SIT, Kentia Belmore
ana $31 and Kentia Forsteriana $14.
\ Phaloenopsis sold for $1S.
Six hundred and fifty tea roses wen
at cents apiece. Among the bargain.
We're all Alpha nutans at 81, 400 Adj
anita cuneata at to 6 cents each ant
fifty nepenthes at from so cents to s.. 81
each. Several ponds of lotus lilies. con
tanning from twelve to fifteen each, were
sold for rs cents to 1925 pond. The
orchids, which were of no especial rarity
brought low prices. The same was true
of the chrysanthemums. Fifty of these
went for $3.50 and another lot of 1O(
at 1915. In all the sale netted, abou
$2OOO.-New York Sun
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
BICYCLE BUILT FOR NINE.
Experts Think it Can be Made to Travel
Mile in Twenty Sacands

Experts Think it Can be Made to Travel q
Mile in Twenty Seconds.
Quadruplet bicycles with a record of a
mile in I'm. 35s. are all we'll enough for
the conservative East, but San francisco
is in more of hurry than that, so a man
named Thompson, in that city, has de.
signed and is now building ''nonaplet, -
as he calls it-a bicycle built for nine
The machine will have 30-inch
wheel, will weigh $50 pounds and it's gear
will be 225. Think of the speed gear of
225 will make when 90-gear rolls a
mile in I'm. .35s. or about ~451A feet pei
second.
When the Delmas-Smith- ones-D Davis
"'quad' team:made their best time, halt
a second better than the fast horse, after
making their mile. they could not STOP
their machine. At the awful speed they
dared not attempt to back-pedal, for fear
of being hurled from the seat and dashed
to pieces, and the machine ran a great
distance along the level road. When the
riders alighted their faces were blapched
so great had been the nervous strain and
the fear of an accident-always imminent
which would pitch them to destruction
All four of the strong, skillful wheelmen
We're so, Frustrated that they did not at.
tempt TO ride for weeks
Several experts estimate the mona
pletD tY be capable of a mile in twenty
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22

separation. The bridegroom ii q law
yer. The people Of Medford never knew
why the couple separated, and the dis
appearance. of Jackson was a great mys-
terry at the time. When Jackson had
been missing seven years and was legal.
" dead his wife married again. Re-
Gently he came back from the West and
met his wife, who he thought was dead.
the somber ceremony of Saturday even
ing, After the ceremony there was Il
big reception at the home of the bride.
Troy Times. # = ..-@~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
The Weekly Cleaning.

1t is very much better for the furniture
and all your rooms to be treated syste-
matically all the year than to have one
annual upheaving. Except in the mat
ter of carpet cleaning and repapering it
is quite possible to do away with the
spring or tall cleaning by simply doing
one room thoroughly every week. If
your house has six rooms, each room
will get good cleaning every six weeks:
if they are ten, and you are restricted
in help, they will get overhauled only
four or five times year, but in either
case there will be no domestic revolu-
ton, no complete upheaval of your lares
and penates.
1t is very much better for the fur
niture, etc, to be treated Systematically
all the year round in this fashion. Limo
leum oil and floor cloths, washed and
polished in the same way as stained
floors, only with a thinner preparation.
will look better and last much longer
than if merely washed in slovenly
mannerfor six months. and then elab-
orately scrubbed or otherwise treated
with drastic remedies to remove stains
and marks which have been allowed to
eat into the material until it becomes
difficulty to remove them. The same re-
mark naturally applies to polishing.
"A little done every week keeps the fur
niture i'll much better condition than
SpaSmOulc OperaCOnS: IT can be per-
formed with such variety of prepara-
tons that the difficulty lies in the choos-
ing. One of the most satisfactory pol
ishes is also the simplest-namely. q
mixture of linseed oil and vinegar, kept
in well-corked bottle and shaken be-
fore use; the furniture must be busted
first; then the mixture can be applied
over small surface. polishing quickly
with old silk rags. This somewhat prinl-
tive but eficacious compound has double
advantage; it does not form a cake over
the wood, even with long use (Which
cake invariably produces cracks, and
the combined oil and vinegar remove
many stains and grease marks that Or
binary polishes do not touch. Mirrors
and looking-giasses should be cleaned
as a regular thing every time a room is
done; nothing looks so bad as stained
surface to glass of any description,
and a little spirits of wine judiciously
applied with soft rag will remove the
most obstinate marks: picture frames
and books. too. should be well busted.
and the cupboard shelves busted and re-
lined with clean paper.-New York r.,
corClcr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22

inclined plane by laying them on two
books of unequal height, as shown in the
cut. You must be sure, however, that
they are so placed as to form an acute
angle, the apex being beyond the smaller
hook.
Now, place the double cone on the
sticks, near the small book, and you will
see it begin at once to roll uphill. Why ?
Simply because the widening angle be-
tween the sticks allow, the center of
gravity of the; cone to get lower and
lower, and therefore: it appears to roll
uphill Philadelphia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
A NOVEL DEVICE.
To Save Street Cars from a Burning Car
Barn.

To Save Street Cars from q Burning Car
Barn.
Some person tried to burn the car
barns of the Detroit railway at Warren
and Humboldt avenues early Tuesday
morning. The barn is now being fitted
with a device which is expected to be of
great use to trolley companies in saving
rolling stock in case of fire. An outside.
switch is the principal feature. When
a track in barn has been filled with
cars, the current is turned off the trolley
wire over that track by means of a
switch attached to post, some distance
from the barn. When the next track
is filled it's current is also switched off,
and so ON. until the barn is full of cars
with no current to run them. The watch
man then goes through the barn and sets
each motor at the low point-a speed OF
three miles an hour. In case of FIRE
the first man on hand has only to turn
a switch for each track, when the cars
will run themselves slowly out of the.
barn and down the tracks. If one motor
is disabled, those behind will push it
along. Many cars have heretofore been
lost through barns becoming too full of
fire to allow men to enter and run them
Out.-DetrOit Journal.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Hustling ana Spending.

One who frequents the corridors of the
New York hotels cannot but be i'm
pressed by the transformations dress of
This hi is particularly noticeab bic of f' the
French and English. You can see them
at the Waldorf or the Holland; for in
sta nee, in the most modest travelling cos
tumes-and people, too, who think moth
ing of paying $25 or $50 a day for a
suite of rooms. At the dining table they
partake Of frugal fare and seldom go
beyond the list of still wines. Those
who are hustling for the almighty dollar
put on most Of the. style here.-New
York Letter .. ~ . =,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22

woman, and certainly possessed of some
hfty-fve years Of her own, yet who
looked, in her shady hat and light au-
had led a peaceful, vegetation sort Of
existence in little village, with no
great family cares, although she was
poor and the mother of a number of
chlidren. There are many women like
her IN every such country place. They
never seem, to those out in the world,
t9 really live, but only to vegetatc., But
that IL, at least. = healthful life, as their
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
American HumOr.

In an article in Blackwood on liar
Messing Niagara" George Forbes re-
counts good story, told him by the edi-
tor of an American weekly journal, to
illustrate the contention that American
humor is without spontaneity and smells
of the midnight oil. yesterday" said
the editor, "a poor miserable: man came
into my Office and laid before me some
wish you would look through these jokes
and pick out. any you can use. I was
working at them all last night, and 1
need money badly to bury my poor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Maine Fishermen ami Hoodoos.

The ill-luck of the Monhegan mackerel
fishers of late has revived some amusing
superstitions. Although many schools
of mackerel have been seen, only one
crew has made a paying catch, twelve
and one-half barrels, and the fishermen
have shown in various ways Il practical
faith in hoodoos. One believed his new
oil-clothes were the cause of his ill luck,
and promptly threw them overheard.
Another fancietf that his hat was the
Jonah, and tore it into shreds. Again.
a dory in use was Mt fault. and one Of
the crew wanted to have it destroyed,
and regretted his poverty would not al
low him to buy it SO he could satisfy
his within by breaking the dory up. Per-
haps the most striking performance was
that of steamers crew who decided
they were all Jonahs, and left school of
fish to go ashore and smoke themselves
building a brush fire and towering over
it till the tears flowed from their eyes
T journal -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22

to receive a pencil which forms the
point on which the top spins. The ham
die is swiveled so that the top may be
spun while the handle is held in the
hand. After the top is set in motion it
is placed OH Il paper in the position shown
in the engraving. The pencil point then
traces the intricate curves as shown.
If desired, slate pencil may be sub
stituted for the lead pencil. The manu-
facturers state that a well-centered hard
pencil with the lead cut square across
gives the most accurate curves, though
not necessarily the most beautiful-Phil-
adelphia Times,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
An Interesting Relic.

A Mississippi read Ter of the Philadel-
phia Times tells us about very interest
ing relic that he came across some time
Ago in the house of a planter, who lives
in Franklin county Of that state. It is /,
gourd, which. the owner tells him. lis
more than 300 years old. = 1t was used
Brought from Wales to V;rsinir in W ths
Seventeenth century. 1t has been hand
ed down by the father to the eldest son
for six generations. and has acquired in
that time a high polish, as if it had been
vanished - = This is perhaps the. oldest
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
LIGHT IN THE SEWERS.
A Useful Device Invented by Mr.. Amos .
Grand Ran d.

"A Csetul DEVICE invented by Mr.. Amos of
Grand Rap DIS.
George NJ. Ames of the city engineers
Office. who has had good success in re-
moving the obstacles from several
clogged sewers in the downtown district.
is at work upon a device which will ELL
able him to look from end to end of
the smallest straight sewer. The ap-
pa1atus is to be introduced at the man
holes. and it will be necessary for the
operator to descend into the. cavity to
pursue the investigation When he is
once there his assistant supplies hin,
with ray of sunlight from above BY
means of mirror. The light is then
DETECTED along the pipe by means of a
second mirror connected with the ap-
paratus. Still another mirror enables
the operator to look with case and com
fort through a small telescope the length
of the illuminated tunnel. and to discover
any Instructions or imperfections in the
pipe that may exist. The whole ap-
paratus is simple and inexpensive, but it
is expected to be efficient. Considera-
BILE attention may be given to the condi-
ton of the various sewers Of the city if
the authorities recognize the importa nee
of it. 1t is said that at least one mai
ought to be employed to give his entire
time to such work. - Grand Rapids
Do,norrat
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
ComcOn Their Perch.

Its all very we'll to talk about wom-
en- losin' their dominion over man by
learnin' to make Twin fer themselves y
said old Aunt Martha: but that amt
sense. When it comes to this that Il
man will have to take independent
woman or git none, you'll see the men
come off of their horses about the cling
in vine business in the biggest hurry
that ever was"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Good Head Waiter.

Some time ago Prince Bismarck was
pressed by a certain British official. who
shall be namcless, to recommend his
son for a diplomatic post. He is
very remarkable fellow" said the proud
father: ''he speaks seven languages"
"What wonderful head waiter he
would make" said Bismarck, who has
not Il very high opinion Of linguistic &C
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22

Lord Darlington. when lord chamber
lain. sometimes made mistakes. SAYS
Vanity. At one of the drawing rooms
last year he announced Mrs. Whatsher-
name as Lady VIVA tshernamc. and then.
suddenly seeing his error. called out:
Don't kiss her. ma'am; don't kiss her.
She's not a lady after ah.'' 1t is only
peeresses who, upon presentation. are
honored hs- t@seir sovereign's embrace.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
All Genuine.

Guest-''Do you keep champagne
Landlord-"Yes. the genuine article at
/ marks bottle"
Guest--"'Why, that can't be genuine:
Landlord =" Besides, we have some still
more genuine Mt 6 marks. ami. lastly,
some super genuine. such as you won't
set in the province of Champagne itself.
We sell that at 10 marks a bottle. Which
will you take?"--HumoriStisc Blaetter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Tresh-Lookinr Women.

\ recent magazine article declares that
the city woman is much more success
full than her country sister in cpnccalin
the ravages of time and holding that
grim monster at bay. The farmers wife,
from hard work and monotonous life,
does fade quickly. but the frcshest-look-
ing women live in country. towns. They
have no wear or tear Of nerves, they
are usually provided with the absolute
necessities for their very modest wants.
they have few occasions for worries or
distraction of mind. And they keep girl
ish appearance until they die, or until
they have reached the years of grand
motherhood. This is no exaggeration;
the writer saw, few days ago, such a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Bicycle Ball.

In addition to the French and Arion
balls New York is to have bicycle ball.
1t is to be modelled after these celebrat-
ed affairs. 1t will be masquerade.
and bike costumes will predominant. of
course. The grand march will be Oh
wheels, only riders in costume participant
ing. and it is probable that there will
be bicycle floats, club teams and other
fancy exhibits. Afterward there will be
quadrilles and lancers on bicycles by
picked performers, followed by fancy and
trick riding At fixed hour the wheels
will be stalled and the fun will begin.
1t will probably be as lively as the rest
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Mrs, German Buried in stamn..,.

Edna Brown German + Of Kaneville,
Ill, md her famous letter chain for cal-
celled stamps have come into public no.
tice again. n, Is sSs@ f=s 4.
had caused to pour into the little Kane
vile postotfice, for time at the RITE Of
1000 per day, had dwindled down to nj
most nothing untila week ago. Now let
tiers are beginning to come from Eng
land, the chain in some way having been
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Had No Brains.

An Irishman was ut work ut stone
quarry, pulling up loads of broken rock
out Of shaft with windlass. The
windlass was exposed to the sun, and
the labor was very hard, but the man
had on his head a straw hat from which
the crown had been torn.
"Look here" said the visitor to the
Irishman. aren't yoM, afraid the sun
will injure your brainy /
Pat paused in his work and looked
steadily and wonderingly at his ques-
toner.
"Brain!" said he. ''Me brains. is tt!
An do We think that af had any, brains
I'd be turnin'' this windlass?" 49, Elk"
change, s-ts-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Cleanest City in the World.

Paris is said to be the cleanest CITY
in the world. Every morning 1000 male
and 600 female scavengers. divided into
149 brigades, turn out to perform the tot
let of the capital. The men work from
in the morning to in the evening.
less two hours off for meals. or ten hours
day. The women are engaged in the
morning only
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
The GvnOpranh

This engraving shows novelty in
tops recently added to the long list of
interesting notifications of this old-timc
toy.
The novelty in the present case con-
sists in making the point upon which the
top spins produce record of it's move
ments.
The top consists of heavy disk of
iron secured to spool on which to wind
the string. The spool is bored axiauy
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Rolling Up Hill.

You all know that ball, a cylinder or
any other rolling body, if placed on an
inclined plane, will in obedience to the
law of gravity roll down the plane, but
the pretty experiment illustrated here
shows that body may be made to roll
uphill, thus apparently defying gravity.
Take two cones of cardboard and fast
en- them together at their base Then,
with two walking sticks, construct an
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
Whirest City in the World.

There cannot possibly be whittier city
than Cadiz, unless it be built of snow
The best way to approach the port is to
take a trip in one of the small steamers
which ply between the ports of Morocco
and Spain. AS you near the coast you
see in front of you white mass which
appears to be floating upon the water
just as you are. The first thought of u
foreigner is that he is in sight of an ice
berg. The white mass, glittering in the
sun, and rendered more dazzling by the
blue sea and sky, looks exactly like q,
monster ice mountain partly melted, So
that the outlines of the castles and hills
appear upon it; but only second does
the Illusion last, for you know there
are no icebergs in that part, and you
are quickly informed that you are look
ing ut Cadiz. No other town in the
world presents such magic appear
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
REAL WOODEN WEDDINGS.
A Curious Custom Which Provides Hus-
bands Galore.

CuriOus CUSTOM WHICH Provfdes Hus-
bands Galore.
Young women in Southern India need
not be afraid Of ''old maidhood' if there
is any truth in the report of curious
custom which prevails there This CON
sists in wedding girl to a plant, tree.
an animal. or even to an inanimate OBJ
ject, the object being that any ill luck
which may follow an actual marriage
will be ayerted by union of this kind.
the first husband" acting as scapegoat
for the second. The superstition which
ried before the older ones is set aside by
the eldest daughter marrying the branch
of tree. after which number two may
safely enter into the bonds of matrimony
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-11-22
$4,000 IN AN OLD BEAM.


ASue SAA0 AAoAcy "oS 4$OS Oh tu0 nInu US0O
Now.
Visions of untold wealth and a life of
ease and pleasure hoated through the
brain of John Shannon of Falls of
Schuylkill, few days ago, when he
discovered $4,000 in banknotes, snug
" wrapped up in tinfoil and a stout
piece of paper, which had been secretcd
thirty-four years ago in a beam in the
old Mii1in mansion, fronting on Ridge
avenue, below Spencer street.
During the past summer the old man
sion has been demolished, the timber
being sold for firewood, says the Phila-
delphia Record. Shannon purchased
load and had it slowed away in his eel
lar. Kindling wood ran short the other
day and hence the discovery
After counting the entire lot and find
ing the amount so large. a confidential
friend was called in only to blast all
their hopes by stating that the entire
lot was not worth cent, the notes be-
ing issues of the old state banks, now
out of existence. Shannon sent the
notes to broker in the city, with the
possible chance of realizing something
from them, as some of the banks are still
in existence and the notes are redeem
able on demand.
Around the Falls it is supposed the
money was deposited in the hiding place
during the early days of the Rebellion
by Brewer John Stein. who lived in the
mansion at that time.