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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
= SALVE Is LEGAL TENDER.
All Adams Engaged In an Industry which,
is Peculiar in It's Operations,

ALI ADAMS Engageu In IN Industry which
>. is Peculiar in It's Operations.
Adams, a small town among the hills
Of Jefferson county, this state, is fire.
makes salve, lives on salve, speculatcs in
,salye and corners the salve market when
it wants to. This product is put up in
two sizes in round tin boxes, one size
selling at 80 cents and the other ut 25
cents.
When money is scarce these boxes of
salye pass us legal tender in the village.
One of the. large boxes will purchase
one-fourth dozen of three-for-a-quart er
change, or will buy drinks at the hotel
bars or will pass as one ''ante" in $50
cent limit game
.z There are probably more than 100 diff
ferent brands of salye made in Adams.
There is salve for rheumatism,
salye for eczema, salve for tan and sun
burn, salve for scratches and bruises,
salve for CONSUMPTION, and so through a
long catalogue OF ailments, separate
and distinct salve for each complaint or
group of diseases.
HI. 0. Kenyon was the first to make
a success of the business, and his neigh
bors and then the entire population of
the town decided to try their hands.
These new manufacturers started in hon
orably, however. They all met in con-
ference, and a plan was perfected to
prevent cashing competition between
makers. An organization was perfected,
to be known as the Salve Makers Pro
tective league, and the agreement pro-
vided for the allotment of certain num-
Der Of diseases and ailments to each
manufacturer.
Thus, one salye maker was permitted
to make salve for the healing of burns,
scalds, letter, itch and eczema; another
for wounds, bruises, cuts, sores and Ill
GERS, and another for Group, diphtheria,
lumbago, jaundice and rheumatism.
The growth of the salve business
opened up new field of employment to
the idle persons of Adams, which they
were not slow in taking advantage Of
All successful healing remedies are
strongly endorsed by testimonials from
those who have been cured or healed
The Salve Makers league solved this
matter in a novel way. The manufact-
urer of the salve for burns would him
self write, and have each member of his
family write, testimonials for each of the
other members Of the league, in ex-
change for testimonials from such mem
bers and their families. This worked
we'll at first, but now there are regularly
employed testimonial writer's, who earn
good salaries writing for the league
These testimonials are paid for accord
ing to merit, and are passed upon by an
expert duly chosen by the league for that
purpose.-New York Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27

out, warning she turned and began to 90
seaward. The men who had been below
rushed on deck and, being green hands
were greatly demoralized. The anchor
chain was out nearly $50 feet, and It
was evident that either some animal hat,
ifo,lled i or that current had set out
from shore, due to an earthquake or
some phenomenon Of the kind. THE cap.
tain thought they were fouled by a whale
and ordered the frightened men to the
Windlass, ana soon the chain began To ts
come in. The moment they touched il
the vessel gave a lurch, showing that
some large fish had fouled it. The men
worked away while the schooner spcf
along iii the eye of the wind with ali
sails furled. The unknown steed towed
them oyer a mile before it was observed
from the deck. When the anchor came
up 1t was found to be entangled IN a
giant ray. In swimming along the ami.
.mal had caught the chain between its
claspers, and frightened, had dashed
away, dragging the schooner striking
exhibition Of it's strength.--Philadelp
1Ssp,ne
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
ANIMAL RUBBER,

An Insect Which Produces the Same
Found in Central America.
An insect which produces a species of
india rubber has been discovered in the
district Of Yucatan, Central America.
by an American explorer. 1t is called
neen, and belongs to the Coccus family;
it feeds on the mango tree and swarms
in those regions. 1t is of considerable
size, yellowish-br in color and emits
insect contains large proportion of
grease, which is highly priced by the
natives for application to the skin, OH
account of its medicinal properties.
When exposed to great heat, the light
err oils of the grease volatilize, leaving
a tough wax, which resembles shellac,
and may be used for making varnish or
lacquer. When burnt this wax pro-
duces thick semi-fuid mass, like a So
linton Of india ruhber
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Quarter to Six,

"Seventy-five per cent. of the people
we discharge every year." remarked the
head floor wuix r. uf mammoth dry
goods esta blislment which employs over
u thousand people, to New York Herald
reporter, close their places on account
of a quarter to g. "A quarter to G. is
the hour ut which prepar atoms are made
for closing the days business, and when
the statesmen and-women are 50 much
more interested i'll closing than in at.
tending to customers that they show i'll
civility, or say We are Just out of that.
This weakness is commonly known us
quarter to six"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Devils Own Work.

In small country town in South
Wales, in the days before the gaslighter's
torch replaced the more cumbersome lad
der. Il son of Erin applied at the gas
works for employment He was engaged
he was to receive one shilling a night.
Accordingly, at II o'clock the next night
he sailed forth, ladder on shoulder. A
few minutes later the attention of some
passersby was attracted by the unusual
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Wanted 20 be Held.

When Senator John Sherman entered
the dining room of the Fifth Avenue
hotel on Wednesday he was conducted
by the head waiter to the same table
and the same seat occupied for SO many
years by his brother. the general For
the first time in my life l thought l
saw a slight resemblance to the gallant
old soldier in the tall homely. earnest
old senator. John Sherman is nearly
IL. | had an nged friend from the
South as my guest one morning when
the general was hrea kfasting at the adj
joining table. Naturally | whispered
that the man who marched through
Georgia and ruined his plantation was
sitting within a few feet of him. He
started
"What." hccxclaimcd. "Sherman here ?
Which is the old rascal?"
Having fastened his eye upon the gen.
cral. he kept it there SO long that | be-
came alarmed. l begged him gently to
,lcsist.
mo. no. Let me look ut him. If I
jump uo catch me and hold NE tight.
might go over there and whip him. AS
long as can sit still there is no danger.
But LORD! Wouldn't like to have him
on the ruins of my smokehousc right
this minute--the one he burned after
stealing all my hams? Come on. let's so
to some other hotel. l can't stand it
amy longer. If l stay here I'll lick him
sure"
I had to take him away.-New York
prpSS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Impossible.

On one occasion Senator Edmunds
was standing with a visiting English
statesman on the high steps at the west
side Of the capitol at Washington, look
ing toward the treasury department.
The stranger had seen much to interest
and amuse him in Washington. "You
have Il wonderful country and u wonder
full people here. Mr.. Senator. Nothing
can be impossible with such go-ahcad ill-
habitants. "Oh. yes" said the senator,
''some things are impossible here. It is
impossible to march brass band down
that avenue and have crowd of colored
people go in the opposite direction at the
same time"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
OWL AND EAGLE.
Two Representative Birds Have IA Furious
Fight :lt Mt. clemens.

At Mt. Clemens, Mich. last spring an
immense owl was placed in the cellar
Of restaurant. where he has remained
up to the present time. growing fat and
sassy deyouring the rats and mice
that here abound. The other day a
goodly eagle, which was shot near
the lake shore and slightly wounded in
one of its wings, was placed i'll the
cellar to keep the owl company.
The owl espied his neighbor and imme-
diately issued declaration of war by
swapping his beak viciously. He then
sailed into the enemy and for time
Gathers flew. The tunult reused the
people in the restaurant: above. The
owl was found to have bis beak buried in
the eagles neck. while the latter was
sparring With his talons, striving inef-
fectually to disembowcl his adversary.
The birds were pulled apart, but it was
evident the owl had altogether the best
of the fight and probably would have
killed the eagle had it been left alone.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Not OF Modern Design.

The Church of Our Savior Mt Moscow
was completed only few years ago,
and SURPRISES in beauty any church of
modern times. 1t was built to COM
menorate the deliverance of Moscow
from the French, and it cost about ESQ.,
600. This church stands on the banks
of the Moscow river, just outside the
Kremlin, and it's great gold dome may be
seen blaz ing out under the sun from
any part Of Moscow. 1t covers about
two acres, and is built of Il clear, white
stone, in the shape of a Greek cross
Srysr n:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Very Funny.

Zone of the funny things which one
occasionally meets. with and which is
suggested by our line Of talk said I'm
Gle Dave, speaking of practical jokes,
us the case Of an 1rishman> who took
a contract to dig Il public we'll in a town
in New Hampshire. When he had dug
about twenty-five feet down he came
nearly to the top.
Pat looked cautiously around and
saw that no one was near, then took off
his hat and coat and hung them on the
windlass, crawled into clump of bushes
near by and waited events.
I'm short time the citizens discovered
that the well had caved in, and, seeing
supposed he was at the bottom of the
excavation. Only few hours of brisk
digging cleared the loose earth from
the well. Just as the eager citizens had
reached the bottom and were wondering
where the body was, Pat came walking
out of the bushes and good-naturedly
thanked them for relieving him of a
sorry job. Some of the tired diggers
were Disguised, while Pat was in the
too good to allow anything more than
a hearty laugh, which soon followed
when the full comicality of the situation
was realized. boston Herald.
Not Millinalre.
The man WASN'T millionaire. but he
had some pretensions to refinement, and
he liked music well enough to pay for a
good seat at a notable operate occasion
There were several box parties, and they
1abored, as sometimes happens, under
the impression TINT the singers Were
merely there to fill in any gaps which
might occur owing to dearth of con-
versational topics. The blonde young
lady giggled of+ener and harder than
the prima donna trilled, and young men
with foreheads preternaturally high. or
morbidly low made facetious remarks
about the chorus. The man who had
paid his money felt sorry for them lit:
tie of the time, and indignant u good
deal of it, AS he went out after the
first act. driven to drink, perhaps, he
said to the ticket taker:
"Who are those people who ought to
have been put out an hour ago.!
"Them's about the richest people in
town." replied the official. ''They're So
ciety folks an we have to let 'em alone
a good deal" -,
"But you wouldn't allow me to talk
and disturb others in that way"
mo. But this is different. Ie see,
faint the. people talkin'. It's their
money talkin'. "-Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
GOSSIP FOR THE LAIIES
Il A Leap Year Dirty.
Fus' we gifts Thanksgivln';
NJ Christmas comm soon;
oven am a heatin'.. s,s-
An de banjo am in tune.
Happy New Year follers--
Ladies. staht dc song;
# Gals KIN pop dc question den
Hull
- Yah
Long.
-" !, u1, i,1r .x,, g ! =,

Star.

Growing old does not seem to have ref
erence to the number of years, months
and dnys of life, when we call to mind
some hale and hearty people of 90, and
others broken and feeble at 40 We
all know that weak condition Of body
makes one appear old, but the state
OF ones mind has primarily more to do
with preserving youth or Fastening fee
bleness than anything else; therefore oc-
cupation of a profita Bile. congenial char.
actcr seems the best antidote for feeling
old.
Do not imagine that overdressing will
retain or bring back the beauty of youth;
It only serves to call attention to defects,
II any exist, and to make the wearer
ridiculous. There is beauty that be-
longs to every age, though we do not
see IT rs often rs we ought, as SO few
people grow old gracefully: but the beau
ty OF a sweet and noble life cannot fail
to be reflected i'll the face, and in many
woman such beauty outrivals that of
her youth.
Although the most blessed lot of wom-
an is that Of happy wife and mother,
there is no reason why single woman
saou!d grow cross and Grabbed and
snarled and. wrinkled; single woman.
if lovely and lovable in charac ter. NAV
always find something about which her
affections may entwine, and as for using
hei surplus energy. There is plenty of
work in the world for those qualified to
do it. In these days, with the numerous
avenues of work open to women. it is not
necessary for single woman to grow
old as drudge in her sisters family.
with u compensation of board and cast
OFT clothing, as was formerly the case.
She can now take care of herself, and
be rs we'll dressed and as highly re-
spected as her married sister.
With men as well as with women, a
moderate amount of occupation rather
than abundant leisure will preserve
youth. Most of our public men break
down, grow prcmaturely old, and die
from overwork and nervous strain.
Business men as ~ rule take too little
recreation; one must have recreation.
Or ut least a change of occupation; it
will not answer to allow the mind to
dwell continuously upon one subject but
by observation Of business men shows
that it is better to die in the harness
than TO retire from business and rust
out. When man of boundless activity,
in good health makes up his mind to
retire from business, he might as we'll
make uD his mind to die The active
mind must feed upon something, and
in this case it will feed upon his very
life.-Good housekeeping
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spectacle Of a man On a ladder, his head
thrust rs far as it would 90 into the
lantern of q public lamp and his cheeks
inflated. vainly endeavoring to blow out
the gaslight. Half an hour later the
irate Hibernian again appeared at the
gasworks, and. on being asked for an
explanation of his early return, he re-
piled: "Och. bedad, it's the DEVILS own
work: arm not going to blow me in
side out fora shilling nightw-London
Weekly TAln.yra nh -.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
A THRIFTY PARSON.
Story OF the Craze for Rernato Stocks in
tho London Market.

tho London Market.
The redoubtable Barnato is again cred
tied with valiant deeds in the support
of holders of his stocks, says a London
dispatch to the New York Sum- His
reputation in this line furnishes the basis
of some amusing stories, such as the
following: A country parson wrote to
him the other day:
"My aim has always been investment,
not speculation. When your bank came
out regarded it's shares as an invest
ment, and purchased 400 of them at
fl, sinking my little all in them. and IL
good deal more. They have now fallen
to f., and l am undone. I cannot face
my parish as a bankrupt, and what am /
to do? throw myself upon your
mercy"
Mr.. Barnato was deeply moved by
the appeal. and replied that he would
buy back the shares at FL. On receipt
of this reply the guileless parson wired
to his brokers to "buy 400 shares of Bar
nato bank stock ut FL and send them
round to Rarnato Brothers, who will
give you fl for them.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Jack OF All Trades.

At dinner the other day Emperor
William was not satisfied with the way
in which the military band played "Funi-
culi-Funicula.' So he took the conduct
or's baton himself. The Kaiser is with
out doubt the most versatile person in
public life. He dances well, shoots well,
plays the sovereign well, plays the flute,
paints pictures, co1nposes music, writes
verses, can command Il warship, order
about an army, make speeches and al
ways says something. He often con-
ducts prayers and il, said to have
preached on several occasions. The only
thing he has never done is fight, and
there is reason to believe that he could
do that too. if he had the opportunity
New York Evening Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Too Ancient.

NJ Hooks-"Can you refer me to work
where L can learn how the ancients con-
structed those catapults that would
throw stones half mile?" Friend
"Don't believe can. Why do you want
such information?" Hooks - "Well,
you see, I've advertised that this house
is within n stones throw Of the rail-
up some plan for throwing that stone"
'Iid-B Bits ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27

line the play is a failure. and the next
player takes his turn, but if it stops on
Q space, You make a round mark in
imitation of a mans head. If it falls on
the part marked war it entities you
to mark in each space. After the head
are formed the body, the legs Tone at a
time), then the arms Zone ut a time),
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
A Tennessee Wife's Deyo,ion-

l was talking to a lawyer, and he told
me a story of wifely devotion that was to
him the most singular experience he ever
had. My friend had been appointed by
the court to defend a murderer named
Joe Wallace. The evidence was clear,
and the man was hung in Marion coun-
ty. Tenn. Wallace lived in the noun
tains of Grundy county, near the Ala
bama line, in a one-room log hut, where
he had a wife and one child. This was
about seventy miles from the place where
the man was tried. A few days before
the execution, a woman, with her shoes
entirely worn out appeared at the Jail.
and asked that she be allowed to see
Joe. It was his wife. Permission being
granted she unwrapped from the folds
of her apron large plug of tobacco, and
asked if she could give it to her husband
saying; He KANT live but two days
now. You're all agoin' to hang i'm. an
| sol all my chickens. the las things l
had tibet l cud get a cent fur. They
fotched me half-a dollar. an l jess laid
out quarter fur the 'baccy, KNOWN Joe
couldn' die comf-ble without it, nohow."
The wife had tramped the entire distance
over the mountains, carrying her babe,
that she might bid her doomed husband
goodbye, and give him the tobacco, that
would bring solace during the last two
days of his life. That night. after bid
ding him last farewell. she started on
her long tramp back to the cherries cab
in on the mountains
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Built by the Pilgrims.

Among the attractions Of tie town of
Rournc, Mass. are Two historic cellars
One was dug by the Plymouth colony
These cellars lie side by side. and the
structures built over them were flied
With goods so necessary for the comfort
Of the early pilgrims as we'll rs the
Dutch. The pilgrims net;ied mauufact-
urcd goods such % the Holandcr had
for sale. and the Dutch required prod
ncts cuc!, is the colony could supply
Gov. Bradford in his diary" states that
this hleckherse was built as early as
1927, only seven years after the land
ing of tx :ss = sver. Is i : IL.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
PRINCE OF POTATOES.
Farmer Swans Product is the Larges
Ever Seen by Mortal.

Farmer swans Product is the Largest
Ever Seen by Mortal.
Loycland, Colombia. must be credited
with having raised the biggest potato
in the world 1t belongs to the variety
known rs Maggie Murphies. All the
other ''AIurphies" that have l,cen ex-
hibited at county and state fairs are
dwarfs compared with this one.
There are scoffcrs today who laugh at
the Biblical account of the spies who r.
turned from Eshcol in the promised land
of Canaan with an immense cluster of
grapes. which, in order TO preserve it i'll
tact, 'they bore between two upon a
staff" but there is no more reason 10
disbclieve this narrative than there is to
doubt the story that comes from the
Panama district.
The Loveland potato is IS inches long
and weighs 70 English pounds. 1t ia
large enough to feed an average family
for a week or more. and few ranges con-
tain an oven large enough to hold it,
even if it could be baked through. Farm
cr Swan has christcned it the Goliath pc-
tato.-New York World.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Caught by n Shin's Anchor

z This curious fish; one of the ray FAM.
", is found in various parts Of the world.
generally in tropical waters, and on the
gulf coast of Florida has often been the
cause Of much excitement and specula.
ton among sailors. Several years ago d,
schooner lying In Tampa bay was no-
ticed by the crew to pitch, and then with,,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Homeless Women,

do we ever think" asked woman
who is making her own way, how
many homeless women there are in the
world? Women who never know what
it is to sit down and expect visit. or
hang up Il picture or fix q screen. or
arrange corner, the same as other
Women whose lives are rounded by
home: Women who have to turn out SO
early and so hastily in the morning that
they have no time to arrange their room
before going to the shop! Who have no
one to say as they leave for the days
trials 'Good-bye: take care of yourself?
Who go back to these same rooms ut
night and find them dark and often still
as they We're left in the morning! Who
when. Sunday, comes, have to utilize the
day for mending and stitching and fin
ing up the rents and the pinned-up places
of the week? Who have to work Sun
day nights on the only decent gown.
which they laugh at when it is fixed, for
they wonder when they can wear it, and
where?
''Of course there are many of the shop
women Of the city who live at home
and their mothers and sisters attend to
them have no homes except the little
hall room or the back room on the top
floor. And when they wash out a peck
ct handkerchief in their room, the land
lady glares at them if she knows it. as
she is apt to, and they dare not speak.
AS they arc tired out after their days
work they have no time for company
in the evening. and il they had. they
have 40 place to receive such company
except the parlor in the boarding house.
and any woman who has ever tried that
knows what it is.
'1s it any wonder we see so many
women whose faces gre white, whose
lips arc ashcn and whose tapering fingers
are purple? Women who have no time
or place to be loved, not even time or
place to hear ono endearing word.
Sometimes the burden gets too heavy
and then there is Il missing woman until
the lake gives back it's dead. and three
line item in the Coroner's news is all
that the world knows. "-Chicago Trib-
une.
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Corn from Egyptian Seed.

+. A. VoIlrath of Bucyrus, O., had
two grains of corn that were grown
from seed found in an old Egyptian
The seed was planted and produced ten
ears. Mr.. Yollrath will try his luck rais.
ing the grain next year. /.